Church and Sunday School Listings in Moravian Area
Sunday school and worship times listed for multiple denominations in Lititz, Penryn, Akron, Rothsville, and surrounding areas. Includes pastors, service times, catechism, and special programs by Byler Family and others with details across Lutheran, Brethren, Mennonite, Catholic, and Evangelical congregations.
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Moravian
Crosland
D.D
Inter. C. E
Byler
SY. Paul's Lutheran
J. Harold Mumper
S. S
Ten to be Confirmed by Moravian Church on Palm Sunday
Palm Sunday services will confirm ten members of the Moravian Church led by Rev. Charles Nagle. Dams were stolen from a smokehouse near Rothsville. George Kofroth has returned to manage the lower hotel in Rothsville. Reports from Akron describe a man beating his wife and locking her in their home. HW. B. Buch, former staffer, began work at the S. and C. Grosh carriage plant. Charles Miller carried bundles to Lancaster daily, aiding local business. Livita National Bank added $20.06 in word for the business week. Prices noted: eggs 28 rents per pound and 11 cents a dozen.
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Charles Nagle
Clement Badorf
Rothsville
George Kofroth
Akron
HW. B. Buch
S. and C
Levi Rudy opens meat store in former Fleming’s space
Twenty five years ago Levi Rudy opened his meat store in the room formerly occupied by Fleming's restaurant with John Schleith in charge. Bricklayers expected to finish the new gas plant that week and the plant to operate in two months, though labor slowdowns hindered progress. Over $80,000 deposited in two banks the previous Saturday and more than $100,000 due by April 1. A sickness found among residents per physicians. Labor shortage to dig gardens noted as many forced to work. William Kissinger planned to add another oven to his pretzel bakery. Borough school board paid off $1300 on bonded debt. Miss Lillian Wike honored with surprise 18th birthday party. Daniel Graft reported good results from his hens last month.
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Levi Rudy
Fleming
John Schleith
William Kissinger
Lillian Wike
Daniel Graft
Hen owners report 788 eggs from fifty birds
Fourteen people joined St. Pauls Lutheran Church guided by Rev J E Maurer. H H Martin and W H Muth dissolved their partnership in the Martin and Muth coal and lumber business. Muth will continue the coal and lumber operation.
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St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
J. E. Maurer
H. H. Martin
W. H. Muth
Martin and Muth
Muth
Obituary Adam Wagner of Neffsville Dies at 44
Adam Wagner, 44, of Neffsville, died late Thursday night at Lancaster General Hospital after a brief illness. He is survived by his widow Sara and five children Robert, Margaret, Ibelen, Janet, and Russell, along with his mother Mrs. Barbara Wagner, a brother Charles Wagner, and a sister Miss Margaret Wagner, all of Lancaster. Services were held Monday at 2 PM at N. C. Rote funeral parlors, Lancaster, with burial in Greenwood Cemetery.
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Adam Wagner
Neffsville
Lancaster General Hospital
Sara
Robert
Margaret
Ibelen
Janet
Russell
Barbara Wagner
Charles Wagner
Margaret Wagner
Lancaster
N. C. Rote
Greenwood Cemetery
Christian M Herr Dies at 65 in Lancaster Township
Christian M Herr 65 of Lancaster died at home Sunday evening after two years of declining health. He was a member of Otterbein United Brethren Church and survived by his widow Lizzie Engroff, sons Harry W and Lloyd L of Lancaster and Arthur E of Mast Petersburg, two grandchildren and a sister Mary Witmer of Neffsville. Funeral was held yesterday at Otterbein Church with burial in Neffsville United Brethren Cemetery.
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Christian M. Herr
Lancaster
Otterbein United Brethren Church
Lizzie Engroff
Harry W and
Lloyd 1
Arthur E
Mast Petersburg
Mary Witmer
Neffsville
Neffsville United Brethren Cemetery
Isaac C West Elias CG West 82 Dies in Hopeland
Isaac C West Elias CG West 82 of Hopeland died Friday at 1 30 PM from complications of diseases. Survived by wife Christina Gushart and children Lizvie Wayne Euck Stevens Tt D 2 Sadie Samuel Eberly Mt Airy Martin Fanny Henry Haas Clay Haas Lititz Ella Levi Sellers Clay Annie Frank Weehter William Mope land and 31 grandchildren 29 great grandchildren half brother John Buchter Stevens Rh D 2. He was a member of Lincoln Lutheran Church and Camp 701 P O S A Hopeland. Services held Tuesday at home 1 30 and Brickerville Lutheran Church 2. Burial in adjoining cemetery.
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Elias CG. West
Wopeland
Christina Gushart
Lizvie
Wayne Euck
Stevens
Sadie
Samuel Eberly
Mt. Airy
Martin
Fanny
Henry Haas
Heneland
Katie
Frank Booser
Clay
Haas
Lititz
Ella
Levi Sellers
Annie
Frank Weehter
William
Mopeland
John Buchter
Jacob R Rohrer Dies at 72 From Pneumonia in Manheim
Jacob R. Rohrer, 72, died Thursday night at his home on South Grant Street in Manheim after several days of illness. He was a member of the local community likely remembered for his involvement and ties to the area.
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Jacob R. Rohrer
Grant St
Manheim
Manheim Mennonite Church Death Notice for Rogers Family
The obituary notes the passing of a man, son of Jacob and Mary Kreider Rogers, survived by his wife Amanda Stauffer and children Mrs Henry Bucher, Brunnerville, Joseph and Mary of Manheim, plus sister Mrs Benjamin Peters of Rapho township. Funeral details list noon, service at 1 30 and 2 o'clock at Manheim Mennonite Church with interment in Kauffman’s cemetery.
Amos M Dillman 68 Died at Home of Son in Ephrata
Amos M Dillman 68 died Monday evening at his son Cleever B Dillman s home in Ephrata. He leaves sister Emma Bomberger Lititz and six grandchildren plus a great grandson. Funeral at 1 from home and 2 at Metzler s Church Farmersville with burial in adjoining cemetery. R M Spacht funeral director.
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Amos. M. Dillman
Cleever B. Dillman
Ephrata R. D
Emma Bomberger
Lititz R. D
Metzler's Church
Farmersville
R. M. Spacht
Turner Jacob C. Turner Dies at 76 in Millway
Jacob C Turner 76 of Millway died of heart disease at 430 PM Monday. Survived by widow Lizzie Ruchter four children Harry Annie Mary Jacob ten grandchildren four great grandchildren and a Mennonite Church member. Funeral tomorrow at 130 PM from the home with 2 PM services at Hess Church near town. Interment in adjoining cemetery.
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Jacob C. Turner
Millway
Lizzie Ruchter
Harry
Annie
William Smith
Mary
Howard Smith
Jacob
Mennonite Church
Tomorow
Hess’ Church
Still in Force The Law of Comp ten Never Fails
The San Prancises Chronicle notes a maxim about law and character with a reflective line on how a humble presence can reveal virtue, suggesting enduring norms govern conduct and perception in civic life.
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Com
San Prancises Chronicle
Porcupine's Revenge and Marriage Advice Chronicle
A fragment from the Cincinnati Enquirer discusses porcupines and their quills in a bizarre revenge motif, then shifts to a social note on marriage, suggesting petting fades after wedlock and a wife should be a good provider. The piece mixes odd natural lore with domestic advice.
Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress Beginnings and Pardon
John Bunyan began his great work Pilgrim's Progress while in prison. A formal pardon is dated September 15, 1872. The first issue of Pilgrim's Progress appeared in February 1678.
Games Dog Food for Sale at Ebys Mill Lititz Pa
Free samples advertised for Games brand dog food available at Ebys Mill in Lititz Pennsylvania with promotion offering complimentary product samples to shoppers.
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Eby’s Mill
Lititz
Broadway's big radio drive opens in Times Square studio
The April 4 broadcast marks a high point in 1932 radio history with over a hundred entertainers led by Paul Whiteman and Erna Rapee and stars including Wel come Lewis Countess Olga Albani Ohman Arden and Graham McNamee. The national exhibit aims to stimulate work and restore prosperity as cameras flash and celebrities attend in New York City.
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General Motors
Utombil
Nation
Antamo
Bheteau
Paul Whiteman
Ernc Rapee
Stevelers
Welcome Lewis
Olga Albani
Ohman
Graham McNamee
Frank Black
Revelers
Mammoth
Ancient Ethiopia and Egypt Under One Ruler
The article traces ancient Ethiopia known as Aethiopia by Greeks and Cush by Hebrews, outlining its extent across Nubia and northern Abyssinia, its border with Egypt, and its varied tribes led by powerful Sabaeans. It notes Ethiopian history intertwined with Egypt, including a female Candace dynasty resisting Rome, and references Acts 8:27 describing the Ethiopian queen's envoy.
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Ethiopia
Aethiopia
Cush
Egypt
Nubia
Sennaar
Kordofan
Abyssinia
Sudan
Syene
Candace
Philip
Gaza
Candie
Jerusalem
Royalty Seen Without Its Trappings at the Tower
A contemporary portrait by Clare Jerrold cited in The Early Court of Queen Victoria depicts William IV as short and jovial, puffing in heat with the Duchess of Cumberland on his arm, while the queen appears plain in hombazine with a Leghorn hat and leather shoes, an unflattering view of royal attire.
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William IV
Tower of London
Clare Jerrold
Queen Victoria
Sussex
Duchess of Cumberland
French Bank Vaults for Gold Reserves Deep Under Paris
Special vaults built to store France s gold reserves lie in a two and a half acre chamber two hundred feet underground. Water above forty feet and fifty feet of rock above protect from bombs and gas. Fresh air is supplied through a secret source. The underwater condition stems from a river under Paris discovered when the opera house was built before 1870.
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France
Paris
Britain’s Varied Climates Shown Across Short Distances
A traveler moves from Aberdeen to London to Falmouth in two days, finding snowbound Cairngorms and Deeside Arctic conditions then warm sun and blooming daffodils in the south. The piece notes snow extending from October to March in northern Derbyshire to Beamar, illustrating Britain’s climate diversity.
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Britain
Great Britain
Aberdeen
London
Falmouth
Deeside
Derbshire
Beaemar
Peat Fire Tradition Endures in Caithness Scotland
In Caithness in the far north of Scotland peat remains the sole heat source. Folk cut peat and fry it for winter use. A feature is the lazy hale where ashes are removed once a week. At night embers go to the lazy hale to smolder until morning when they return to the hearth with fresh peat for a brisk blaze.
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British Isles
Scotland
Caithness
Planes' Adaptiveness and Wing Designs Compared
The army air corps finds a biplane more adaptable than a monoplane for combat due to two wings enabling tess construction and shorter wings to resist sudden strain. A monoplane offers higher efficiency and better visibility but is limited to specific tasks like long distance or straight flight.
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Army Air Corps
Binkley and Reynolds Tie Knot in Lancaster Church Ceremony
Adam E. Binkley of Lititz R. D. 1 and Miss Edith E. Reynolds of Lancaster married Sunday at the Lancaster Church of God parsonage in a double ring ceremony conducted by Rev. E. F. Yoder. The couple was attended by Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Miller of Lancaster.
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Adam E. Binkley
Lititz R. D. 1
Edith E. Reynolds
Lancaster
Lancaster Church of God Parsonage
E. F. Yoder
Stoner and Carpenter Married at Manheim Home
Harvey H. Stoner son of Mr and Mrs Harvey W Stoner of Manheim R D 5 and Martha M Carpenter daughter of Mr and Mrs Menno Carpenter of Wititz were married Saturday at 7 PM at his home by Rev John Hershey. They will reside at Manheim R D 4.
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Harvey H. Stoner
Harvey W. Stoner
Manheim R. D
Martha M. Carpenter
Menno Carpenter
Wititz
John Hershey
McCreary Brubaker Tie the Knot in Voganville Denver
McCreary Lloyd McCreary of Voganville and Miss Hattie B Brubaker of Denver wed Saturday at 8 pm in United Brethren parsonage with Emma McCreary and Richard McCreary as attendants. Life Is Like That Life is made up of nods sniffles and smiles with sniffles predom inating.
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Lloyd McCreary
Voganville
Hattie B. Brubaker
Denver
United Brethren Parsonage
J. C. H. Light
Emma
Richard McCreary
O. Healry
Sidney Lotlery
Card of Thanks and Executor Notices From Lititz Area
Community notices express gratitude for support after deaths and bereavements. Card of Thanks from families of Elmer R Frey and Rev Wallace M Zook. acknowledgments to neighbors, Sunday School classes, Aid Societies, and flowers and gifts received after losses. Also executors’ notices for Annie Druckenbroad and Allen R myer estates requesting claims and payments. Conducted by Samuel R Whitmyer as executor.
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Wallace M. Zook
Zook
Charles Zook
Ory
Harry D. Hawthorne
Allen R. Myer
Lititz
East New Street
Samuel R. Whitmyer
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Evangelical Congregational
H. J. Kline
S. 3
League and Mission Band
United Brethren
J. C. Light
Reformed
Geo. B. Raezer
Penryn
Church OF the Brethren
Hess
Hammer Creek
F. A. Weichsel
Brickerville
Kissel Hill Lutheran
Shelly
Maunnerville
Isaac C. West
Amos M. Dillman
Paul Kline
Mary Kline
Imogene Kline
Stanley Kline
Binkley—Reynolds
Cedar Street
A. P. Guiney
Cedar St
S. Cedar Street
KORTE
E. Second Avenue
Stoner
Carpenter
Reuben
Myers
R. D
Mill & Market
McCreary—Brubaker
Anna Bollinger
Elmer R. Frey
Jacob L. Frey
Annie Druckenbroad
East
Lincoln Avenue
Geo. L. Keith
Mayo
Matila V. Shannon
Zartman’s Store
J. H. Reitz & Son
Coal, Lumber and Feed Millway
Roy B. Kneeburg
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