Boys of Lititz Plan Three Day Week of Activities
Lititz observes Boys Week with a three day program. Rotary Club sponsors events in Lititz High School auditorium featuring a concert and speeches by Hon. Gabriel Moyer. Friday includes good citizenship day and wrestling exhibition by Franklin and Marshall College athletes. Saturday parade with all grades, posters and flags, ending with sports and awards in Lititz Springs Park. Sunday closes with a mass meeting and address by Dr Samuel Schmaker.
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Lititz
Rotary Club of
Rotary Club
Charles Mayser
Franklin, and Marshall College
Grant Brandon
Lancaster Rotary Club
Orange
Spruce
Marion
Broad
Main
Lititz Springs Park
Lititz High School
Samuel Schmaker
West Chester State Normal School
Riding Horse Sold for 400 Dollars in Atlantic City Sale
Clayton B Rudy sold a black saddle horse to I S Millard of Annville for 400 dollars. The horse with one white foot performs five gaits and greeting gestures, including kneeling, foot lifting, and head nods. Pedigreed and Kentucky bred, the animal is shown at Millard's riding academy in Atlantic City. Rudy promises an even better horse.
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Clayton
B. Rudy
II. S. Millard
Annville
Millard
Atlantic City
Mr. Rudy
Samuel Gowers Buddy Letter From Aspinwall Hospital
A friend from the U S Veterans Hospital in Aspinwall Pa writes that Sammy Gowers is passively occupied with eating and sleeping and feeding a canary, learning to whistle like the bird, and plans to outdo the canary when he returns. The note asks friends to send a card or letter to his address at the Veterans Hospital.
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Samuel Bowers
U.S. Veterans Hospital
Aspinwall
Sammy
UL & Veterans’ Hospital
Awall
We're Here Again The 1927 Revue at Linden Tal Alumnae
The Linden Tal alumnae association presents We’re Here Again The 1927 Revue in the gym on Thursday evening May 12 at 8 o’clock. Enjoy music dancing and a witty one act playette for a hearty laugh. Admission 40 cents no reserved seats tickets on sale late week at Miss Ella Buch’s home and from association members.
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Linden Tal] Alumnae Association
Ella Buch
Adv
Hubby Slept in Auto While Wife Walked Home
A Lititz man drove to a town party to surprise his wife and fell asleep in the car. He woke near midnight and knocked loudly at the door, learning his wife had left for home three hours earlier and headed home.
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Hubby
Lititz
Writer Vogeler Prominent in Philadelphia Ledger Feature
Edward Jerome Vogeler, Pennsylvania writer and advertising head at Animal Trap factory, had a spread in the Philadelphia Ledger titled Knockout King of the Ring. He has written poems, edited a weekly paper, and reported for dailies. He knows Jack Dempsey personally and recently received an autographed photo of the champion.
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Edward Jerome Vogeler
Animal Trap Factory
Philadelphia Ledger
Mr. Vogeler
Vogweler
Jack Dempsey
Vogeler
Railroad official promises action on crosswalk signals
Agnew T. Dice superintendent of the Reading Railroad branch responds to Lititz Borough Council about flashlight signals at all town crossings. He says the matter will be considered and a reply will follow. The Hershey accident prompted action after a prior delay since 1914, with signals approved for two Ephrata crossings amid Lititz concerns.
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Agnew T. Dice
Wilmington
John Ditzler Paid Visit to Lititz
Lebanon county resident John Ditzler visited Lititz last week. He is described as a gregarious wanderer with a rapid, tireless gait and a knack for stories and cursing. He reportedly walked to Lebanon and back in a day and once led a dog on a leash that died from exertion, though he is deemed harmless.
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John Ditzler
Lebanon County
Lititz
John
Lebanon
Lititz Fire Company Chooses Band for Parades
Lititz Fire Company held a busy regular meeting to plan the annual festival and parades. The Lititz High School band, fifty six members, will head two parades while the Boys' Band receives a donation as they participate.
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Lititz Fire Company
Lititz High School
Litttg Fire Company
Manheim
Lancaster County Firemen’s
Lititz
Fredericksburg
Lebanon, Co
EH. P. Wagner
Thomas Christ
Ralph Walters
W. H. Sturgis
John E. Sheridan
Carl Grosh
Ephraim Herr
Oliver Reed
Lancaster County Firemen’s Association
Memoir of Mississippi River Life and Flood Touches
The piece surveys life along the lower Mississippi from garfish weights and floating houseboats to lumber mills and river towns. It notes river width, depth, and slow current, river commerce, and sociable southern residents near Fort Pillow and Greenville, Mississippi.
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Mississippi
Uncle Sam
St. Louis
Mark Twain
Mississippi Delta
Fort Pillow
Greenville
Miss
Brown
Dr. H A Cuppy Reflects on Lancaster County and Future Farming
Dr H A Cuppy surveys Lancaster County California Honolulu and Egypt drawing comparisons on climate wealth and living places. He notes farm improvement and rising food costs while warning eight hour labor and wage trends shape prosperity and stress. He highlights Mississippi Valley challenges and the need for saving to weather downturns.
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Los Angeles
San Francisco
Oakland
Bay Cities
Meri
Mississippi Valley
St. Louis
Missionaries From China Share War Escape Experience
A missionary family visiting Mr. and Mrs. Elmer C. Ritchie recounts fleeing China after wartime danger. Howard Alexander and family Mildred Edith and William describe 25 years in China, hardships near Ki Kong Shan, and escape three miles from battle after soldiers searched trains. They landed in Seattle and traveled to Lancaster.
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China
Elmer C. Ritchie
Myr
Howard Alexander
Mildred
Edith
William
Alexander
Ruhl
Honau
Ki Kong] Shan
Shanghai
Seattle
Wash
Lancaster
Christian Alliance Church
Ready to Build Log Cabin at Springs
Lititz Boy Scouts under Homer Hackman are cleaning the Spring Grounds and have started a foundation for a log cabin with an open fireplace on the hill serving as headquarters. A pansy bed has been laid at the Spring entrance.
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Lititz
Homer Hackman
Collision injures two at Broad and Front streets
A Ford carrying Mrs. Martin A. Moore and her daughter from this place collided with John Brinser of Middletown driving a Packard at Broad and Front streets on Sunday. The Packard sustained damaged fenders and a bumper thrown out of line. Brinser manufactures rinser corn meal and other products.
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Ford
Martin A. Moore
Packard
John Brinser
Middletown
Brinser
Garden Club Plans Market Stall and May Meeting
Local Boys and Girls Gardening Club met at J. C. Brubaker’s home with James Keim, State Department representative, and Harry Sloat from the County Farm Bureau in attendance. Moving pictures demonstrated garden prep and tool use. juvenile growers plans were reviewed. Martin Muth leads the club and a stall at Lutz’s market is under consideration. The next meeting is at Benjamin Shaeffer’s home. Separate progress reported on the State Road from Lancaster to Brickerville via Lititz with tarvia and stone soon, while Broad street work continues and Kissel Hill shows partial roadbed improvements.
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J. C. Brubaker
James Keim
Huffington
State Department
Harry Sloat
County Farm Bureau
Lutz
Martin Muth
Benjamin Shaeffer
Lancaster
Brickerville
Lititz
Here
Broad Street
Kissel Hill
Travelers Near and Far in Local Social Roundup
John and Eli Engle of Mr. Joy spent Sunday with Eugene Long and family. Visitors include Mrs. Walter B. Light and Catherine Martin of Florin, Mrs. Harry Manus of Hazelton, and families from Lancaster and Akron. Attendees at Rev Weichsel’s events and a 68th birthday gathering at the Weicksel home are noted along with travel to the Naval Academy and lectures at Gettysburg.
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John
Eli Engle
Joy
Eugene Long
Walter B. Light
Firss Catherine Martin
Florin
Harry Manus
Hazelton
Wallace Meiskey
Nathaniel Wolfe
Amanda de Haven
Marie Shultz
Lancaster
Frank Kready
John Kready
Manheim
FE. E. Habecker
Dorthy
C. F. Steiner
Akron
Belvaill
Lemore
California
J. H. Breitigan
South Africa
Seventh Day Adventists
W. R. Sammel
Bedford
Gettysburg
Robert Speer
Theological Seminary
Lititz
F. A. Weicksel
Guy L. Calvert
E. S. Mathers
Jean
Baltimore
D. E. Weicksel
Emma
Fred
Robert
Kirkwood
Ruth Weicksel
Pfautz and Grosh Enjoy Virginia Ante Trip Apple Blossom Festival
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Pfautz and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Grosh returned home after a six day trip through Virginia ending with the annual Winchester apple blossom festival attended by 60,000 people. They watched a parade with 10,000 school children in costumes and twenty eight bands including the Marine Band. The group also saw pageants crowning a queen and other events before visiting Roanoke Natural Bridge Richmond Wassongood and returned home, totaling 922 miles.
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W. M. Pfautz
Clarence Grosh
Virginia
Winchester
Marine Band
Washington
Roanoke
Richmond
Wassongood and
Home
Base Ball Here Saturday by Lititz Team
Lititz base ball team meets Bricker Baking Co. here on Saturday in a strong Lancaster lineup featuring Spicer Hepting Templton Fritch Pool Hawthorne and Thatcher. New suits equip the team. All boys admitted free for Boys Week. Sunday Lititz faces Reliable Silk Sox at Columbia near the Susquehanna Fire House.
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Lititz
Bricker Baking Co
Lancaster
Spicer
Hepting
Templton
Fritch
Pool
Hawthorne
Thatcher
Silk Sox
Columbia
Susquehanna Fire House
Gas Station Closed at Corner Cedar and Front Streets
Closed all week owners are out-of-town. Pfantz Bros store offers 10 percent discount to all boys on shoes and clothing this week.
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Pfantz Bros
Ady
Lititz Baseball Team Seeks Town Support and Tickets
The Lititz base ball team has started well and seeks moral and financial backing. Local business leaders back the project and urge residents to buy season tickets. Turn out for the game this Saturday to show community pride and boost the team.
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Lititz
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