Local Items Reflect Small Town Life and War Efforts
Nathan Seaber moves to join his father Samuel C. Seaber. Harry Showers falls ill and is hospitalized. Town stores open tonight for Good Friday but close tomorrow. Schools nearing term ends as weather shifts toward spring. Wild geese migrate north in V formations. Coal price reports questioned amid local dealer clarity. John Hester Jr. takes over an Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. store in Ephrata after winter at Coatesville steel works. Temperature swings bring early spring snow flurries. Local resident John Todd shows partial recovery after serious illness. Farmers begin spring plowing and plan crops to aid wartime supply. L. D. Himmelberger reports two large cattle weights, 1400 and 1485 pounds. Kinport cigar factory to open near spring grounds with 60 jobs. Solomon Irvin regains sight in one eye after cataract surgery. Fire company tests a $7,000 Rainbow apparatus in Reading. Paul Badorf given farewell dinner on furlough from Camp Hancock. Easter time changes clock settings. jeweler displays both sun and standard times. William Fisher leaves motorman post for farming. Thieves tried to enter a North Broad Street home. panel damaged but intrusion thwarted. Generous Red Cross response for Belgian relief yields 493 garments and $11. donations credited to local merchants and barge transport. Red Cross also receives $15 from Junior Chautauqua for cutting tables. Hats trimmed while you wait at Dissinger's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan Seaber
Samuel C. Seaber
Harry Showers
John Hester, Jr
Coatesville Steel Works
Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Ephrata
Terra Firma
John Todd
Lancaster
M. W. Phillipps
L. D. Himmelberger
Wayne Boyer
Isaac Bomberger
Kinport
Solomon Irvin
Brunnerville
Lancaster General Hospital
J. Paul Roebuck
Frank Buck
John Leiey
Roy
Reading
Rainbow Fire Company
Paul
Camp Hancock
Augusta
John
Badorf
Dimmer
Messrs
Benjamin Mann
Walter Zecker
H. R. Mellinger
Lancaster County National Bank
E. H- Risser
H. J. Pierson
G. G. Diehm
John Brubaker
Norman Badorf
Lititz
Elmer Badorf
Epbrata
G. L. Hepp
William Fisher
Conestoga Traction Company
Bill
No Fireworks Here July Fourth Lititz Plan
A Lititz community meeting decides to replace the longtime fireworks display at the Fourth of July celebration with a new feature to be organized by four prominent townsmen. The event will include music by Spring Garden Band of York and Lititz Band, plus the usual park illumination. Daylight saving begins Easter Sunday at 2 am, advancing clocks one hour until October. Third Liberty Loan opens April 6 at 4 percent, with a $3 billion issue and nonconvertible future bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muth & Co
Springs Park
Lititz
W.H. Muth
S. C. Hassler
H. J. Pierson
W. B. Light
Spring Garden
York
Wilson
Liberty
Public and private property sales across the borough
A series of sales reports two and a half story frame houses and farms change hands. Harry R. Adair sells to Rolandus Keath for 2800. Emanuel Hall sells fronting 66 feet on South Broad to Daniel Landis. William F. Klunk buys a two story frame on Willow Street for 1700. Wm. H. Muth purchases Clayton Z. Meiskey home for 5800. H. A. Musselman’s South Cedar home withdrawn. Personal property at Samuel Foltz sale overwhelms demand. Margaret Kofroth entertains Ambulance Corps members on a Read ing railway trip, provoking officer intervention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eli
Harry R. Adair
Rolandus Keath
Daniel Landis
Front Street
Emanuel Hall
South Broad Street
Broad Street
William F. Klunk
Willow Street
Harman J. Fisher
Wm. H
Wm. Herzog
Hlizabeth Township
Daniel Whitcraft
Death notices and obituaries from Lititz area borough
Deaths of Mrs. Lydia Seaber, John Gable, Christian Burkholder, Emanuel Zahm, Samuel Stauffer, Charles Goodman, Bertha Evans and Mary Daveler reported with brief funeral details and surviving relatives. Seaber recall notes long service in Moravian church. Zahm former bank director. Burkholder tied to Manheim home and Hess Mennonite meeting house. multiple local family ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian E. Burkholder
Kate Dalton
Manheim
Monroe
Five Pointville
Haydn
Reading
Addison Burkholger
Bradford
Ohio
Hess’ Mennonite Meeting House
Emanuel S. Zahm Emanuel
Zahm
Henry
Ghurch of the Brethren
Keystone National Bank
Litttg Agricultural and Fire Insurance Company
Penn Township
Kreider’s Church
Samuel S. Stauffer
Samuel
Stauffer
Akron
Gideon S. Eberly
Wilson S
David S
Abram L
Lancaster
Lydia Sanders
Milersville
Julia Eberly
Sue Shue
Emma Bair
Strasburg
Charles F. Goodman
Bridgeport
Landisville
Bertha
Howard Evans
Lititz
Mary Daveler
Elizabethtown
Daniel Daveler
Hess Backs Berkshire Pigs at Midway Farm
C F Hess of the Midway farm in Warwick township is a pioneer Berkshire breeder, keeping about 25 hogs and raising fine registered Berkshires. He promotes pork production through the Berkshire Pig Club and American Berkshire Association, delivering fourteen hogs to Valley National bank for a bank sponsored Boy and Girl Club farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
C. B. Hess
Midway Farm
Hess
Warwick Township
Mr. Hess
American Berkshire Association
Berkshire Pig Club
Farmers National Bank
Valley National Bank
Lebanon
H. J. Pierson Becomes Councilman In Borough Move
Regular monthly meeting at the Young Men's Business League with Chief Burgess Diehm and councilmen present. C. D. Haverstick resigns after eight years as council president. H. J. Pierson fills the vacancy and H. H. Bomberger elected president. License fees reported at $2.00. Street work authorized including macadamizing Stroh Avenue and curb and gutter notices. Oil street paving planned to reduce dust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Men’s Business League
Burgess G. G. Diehm
Haverstick
Frederick
H. H. Bomberger
J. H. Bomberger
Dr. Posey
C. D. Haverstick
Millway
H. J. Pierson
Record tobacco payment tops four thousand dollars per acre
M R Nissley secured a check of 4162.58 on Tuesday for six acres of tobacco grown on the John Cassel farm at Lancaster Junction. Baker and Pfautz issued the payment at a local warehouse, averaging 693.76 per acre for an excellent crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. R. Nissley
Baker & Pfautz
John Cassel
Lancaster Junction
Travelers Near and Far: Visitors and Departures in Lititz
Movements in Lititz and surrounding area feature frequent travel by train trolley and auto. Residents hosting or visiting include Elsie Hare, Melzer, Cuppy, Dengate, Leinbach, Gochnauer, Dalbo, Sturgis, Landin, Eshleman, Hess, Garber, Binkley, Shiffer, Huebener, Grosh, Fahnestock, Webbert, Doster, Crosland, Oswald, Longenecker, Groff, Van Horn, Wissler, Bomberger, Fleck, Posey, Miller, and Hertzler among others with visits to New York, Bethlehem, Philadelphia, and Springfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mies Elsie Hare
Reading
Lititz
Messie
R. O. Melzer
H. A.cuppy
New York
F. C. Dengate
Oneida
N.Y
Bessie Leinbach
Wyomissing
Willis Gochnauer
Pitcairn
Brunnerville
Oscar Dalbo
Lancaster
J. P. Miller
Charles E. Sturgis
Jacob Landin
Shillington
Union Church
Mary Eshleman
Martinville
Bertha Rudy
Lloyd Hess
E. L. Garber
Clara Binkiey
Coatesville
Henry Seaber
William Shiffer
Manheim
Amos
Burkholder
M.T. Huebener
James J. Huebener
South Spruce Street
Emma Grosh
Plainfield
N. J
C. Wm. Grosh
Wayne Fahnestock
North Tonawanda
N. Y
Maggie Webbert
Virginia Grosh
Mechanicsburg
C. B. Beckler
Bethlehem
E. J. Bishop
Esther Eckert
Frances McCully
Ralph Smith
Alabama
W. E. Kersey
Philadelphia
M Sauders
Kersey
Walter Dimeler
Springfield
Mass
Vera Doster
Hood College
Frederick
Easton
Albert K. Longenecker
Lime Rock
Diller Groff
New Holland
Longenecker
John van Horn
Waterbury
Levi Wissler
Lincoln
Wissler
Clayton M. Bomberger
Jacob B. Bomberger
Canada
William Fleck
Littlestown
Fleck
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Joseph Smith
Eddystone
Joe
S. R. Posey
Lititz Presses for Local Legislature Candidate
Republican voters in Lititz urge party leaders to nominate a candidate from the locality for the State Legislature. They argue longstanding loyalty to the party and a deserving resident should be honored with a district nomination, noting leaders allegedly acknowledge a suitable local candidate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Easter celebrations planned in Lititz churches and schools
Citizens of Lititz and vicinity will mark Easter with sunrise services, choral and instrumental music, and Sunday school programs across multiple churches. Highlights include sunrise services around 5:80 to 6:30, sermons by Rev. Crosland and Rev. Harper, and special Easter programs at United Evangelical, Evan. Lutheran, Lutheran and Reformed churches, plus a St Luke’s Reformed evening program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Rawian
Crosland
United Evangelical
J. S. Harper
United Evangelical Church
Hail-Mack
Evan. Lutheran
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
F. A. Weichsel
Alpha and Omega
Lutheran St
Runaway Horse Alarms East Main Street Residents
Mr and Mrs Geng Wry escaping injury when a horse drawing their vehicle bolted on East Main Street after a barking dog frightened it. The driver, Mr Fry, steered the animal into a tree, leaping free and restraining it. No injuries reported though harness dashboard and shafts were damaged.
Army and Navy Notes from Camp Meade Update
Pithy notes from Elam Bucher Floyd Rader and Edgar Strohm in training at Camp Meade. Letters recount service connections in France Italy and Rock Island arsenal transfers. Red Cross nurse Jennie Miller at Camp Merritt describes camp size, patients, housing, passes, and social events with Roosevelt and Margaret Wilson visiting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elam Bucher
Floyd Rader
Edgar Strohm
Camp Meade
Harry Bobst
Rev
I. W. Bobst
France
Italy
Elmer Wyman
Benjamin Adams
Fairland
Penn Town
Adams
Abram Minnich
Abram G. Bucher
State College
Ordnance Department of the Army
Rock Island, Lll
Arsenal
Bucher
Farmers National Bank
Floyd Hackman
New Hampshire
Aaron Hackman
New
Cedar Streets
Floyd
Yorktown
Virginia
Charlie Young
San Antonio
Texas
Paul Miller
Battle in the skies seen by Lititz healer in France
Letters from Lititz youths in the Rainbow division report an aerial battle witnessed from a great height. Although not detailing the outcome, the writer notes aviators maneuvering for position while other troops back home are asked for Y M C A donations. Officers describe troop relief through moving pictures, concerts, and boxing bouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rainbow
France
Lititz
Rainbow Division
Charles Frederick
Morris Frederick
Frederick
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ben. F. Weidner
North Broad Street
Mr. Weidner
Red Cross Society
W. L. Longenecker
Dissinger’s
Springs Committee
Margaret
R. Joseph Kofroth
Ambulance Corps
Allentown
Lydia Ann Seaber
East Main Street
Seaber
Marthall
East Petersburg
Minnie
Cuvier Grube
Samuel E. Morris E
Nathan B
Paul M
Salinda Carper
Kate Martzall
Charles Nagle
Robert Pilgrim
John Gable
Gable
Springs Hotel
Charles W. Lippett
Jack
Churchtown
Knights of Golden Eagle of
Howard J. Lotz
Charles Evans Cemetery
C. F. Hess
John Yerger
C. Brubaker
H. Greek
B. P
Walter Miller
B. Adams
R. H. Brubaker
Saerace
Lititz Paper Box and Printing Co
Edison Electric Co
John S. Badorf
Stone
W. H. Muth & Co
Ind. Telephone Co
Uber
Amos Hershey
C. F. Longenecker
Martin Lenhart
B. B. Stauffer
N. K. Weit
W. M. Weitzel
Menay
Haydn K. Cakper
Mary Garber
Devon Manor Seminary
BE. L. Garber
Mary Percer
Danville
Jacob B. Hertzler
David Hershey
Whitefield
N. H
John Weaver
Mechanics Grove
Ulrich Hertzler
Millersville
Luella
Robert Hertzler
Aaron Balmer
Millport
Ephraim Eby
Denver
Schoeneck
Abraham Reinke
Nazareth
Mortimer Levering
Jamaica
Edwin Reinke
Lancaster Co
Northampton
A. R. Beck
Army and Navy Notes
U. S
Red Cross
Mias
Jennie Miller
Camp Merritt
Tenafly
Joseph P. Miller
Camp Meravi'r
Camp
Merritt
Theodore Roosevelt
Margaret Wilson
Barry House
Lititz Clothing and Shoe Store
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