Lititz News Bits Chronicle Local Happenings
Mrs Frank Woodington moved to Lititz from Orwigsburg into a house bought from P B Kofroth on East Main Street. Notables include 91 year old David R Buch ill, Miss Zellers to wed soon, and an adjourned Lititz Fire company meeting for plans at the Ephrata county convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Woodington
Orwigsburg
P. B. Kofroth
East Main Street
David R Buch
Guy Brubaker
Dorothy Zellers
Hepp
Miss Zellers
Lititz
Ephrata
Longenecker
Amos Hottenstein
East Petersburg
S. Broad Street
Alexander Bear
Furnace Hills
Here
Litite Gas Company
Moravian Home Association
Dr. Roebuck
Frank McCreary
Benjamin Lutz
Carl Walters
Lincoln Highway
Walter Bear
General Hospital
Michael Peiffer
Homer
Lancaster General Hospital
Paul Lacy
Covington
Ella Lacy
New York
State College
Auto Turns On Side In Reamstown Mirror Load Crash
P B Kofroth and John Leed were returning from Orwigsburg in a sedan loaded with five mirrors and lamp shades when the car skidded on a hill at Reamstown and toppled. Leed sustained minor bruises but the contents remained intact. the vehicle was righted and they continued home with only damage to the car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. B. Kofroth
John Leed
Orwigsburg
Schuylkill County
Reamstown
Mr. Leed
Charles Diehm In Auto Accident Near Neffsville
Charles Diehm of this place collided with an auto near Neffsville Sunday night. Mrs. Lewis L. Stoecker of Lancaster was injured in the face and head and taken to St Joseph Hospital. Her fourteen month old baby escaped with minor lacerations. The Stoecker car was struck by Diehm who drove the Hudson Motor Agency machine. Mr Staecker turned at an intersection not seeing the approaching car. The smaller vehicle went into a ditch and was badly smashed. The husband was only slightly injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Diehm
Neffsville
Lewis L. Stoecker
Lancaster
R. D
St. Joseph Hospital
Stoecker
Diehm
Hudson Motor Agency
Lititz
Lititz Borough conducts monthly session and approves tax rate
Borough officials met in regular session with Burgess Norman Badorf and councilmen present. Streets cleaned, tar via applied, culvert built on Locust street, and nurse Mrs. Sarah Jenkins reported March visits 70 with 1 birth and 1 death. April visits 50 with 2 hospital calls and 4 surgical cages. Water line extension discussed, Edison representative to attend. 1925 tax rate set at 10 mills with 8 for borough and 2 for debt. Several bills approved totaling amounts for Edison Electric Co. and local suppliers. Property transfer noted from Lititz Real Estate Co. to George M. Gruenenberger. possession June 1. Local ads for Walk-Over Shoes and home supplies included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Badorf
E. B. Weber
J. D. Helter
H. J. Pierson
Leyi H. Rudy
Locust Street
Sarah Jenkins
General Hospital
Fire and Water Committee
North Alley
Merchant's Association
Edison Company
Lititz
S. R. Posey
Edison Electric Co
D. Ludwig
C. H. Birkenbine
C. R. Kreider
H. M. Kofroth
Elmer Hi
Jacob Kling
Mueller Co
Long & Co
Garmon Meter Co
Valentine Brobst
D. M. Bender
Stone
L. Walter Miller
Moravian Sunday School Orchestra Twenty Years Ago
Townspeople recall the Moravian Sunday School Orchestra from twenty years past. The lineup shows G L Hepp Herbert Zook B F Lutz P E Beck Monroe Smith Harrison Sheaffer W M Grube Harry Kepple D A Miksch Paul Seaber Harold Stark Harry Foltz Joe Zahm Thomas Haisch Miss Mary Stoner and Miss Irene Light, with only one member, D A Miksch, known to have died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moravian Sunday School Orchestra
D. Alonza Miksch
Ily
G. L. Hepp
Herbert Zook
B. F. Lutz
P. E. Beck
Monroe Smith
Harrison Sheaffer
W. M. Grube
Harry Kepple
Miksch
Paul Seaber
Harold Stark
Harry Foltz
Joe Zahm
Thomas Haisch
Mary Stoner
Lititz
Irene Light
Travel notes from H A Guppy visit Florida circuit
The writer recalls a stay in Ormond and Belleair during a Florida tour, noting Winter Haven and Miama as stops. He comments on Florida real estate fever, fortunes made on paper, and plans for possible return via Penna with four extra dollars in fares, mentioning New Orleans as part of the extended journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buch T
Ormond
Miama
Winter Haven
Belleair
Florida
Penna
New Orleans
Letter from Lititz to Boy Born in Lititz
A nostalgic missive from Lititz creator to a boy born there recounts local growth and plans for expansion toward Kissel Hill and suburbs of Lancaster. The writer notes home improvements, a thriving garden, and Lititz’s rapid progress with Linden Hall flourishing and Moravian congregations in the Northern Province mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Spain
Portugal
Boston
Kissel Hill
New Haven
Lancaster
Lexington
Brunnerville
Sporting Hill
Rabbit
Owl Hill
Shaefferstown
Linden Hall
Moravian Church
Post Office Delays Spark Lancaster Complaints And Veteran Notes
Lancaster residents complain about 8 day parcel post from Lancaster to Philadelphia amid long standing issues at the Lancaster post office. In town Stevens Post veterans, numbering about a dozen, plan Memorial Day activities while others in the county see similar declines. Also noted are lean wartime survivors in Lititz and the enduring Good Samaritan who assists an invalid neighbor without pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster City
Philadelphia
Lancaster
Stevens Post
Lititz
Suits Filed Against Five Officials of Trolley Line Plan
Three suits seek 17577.25 from five officials of the Womelsdorf Myerstown and Lititz Transit and Light Co. as notes issued by the purchasing committee for rails and right of way collapse. The company is not named since officials signed the notes individually and it failed to fund when due.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Womelsdorf
Myerstown
Company Officers Resign Amid Funding Shortfall
Obligations were incurred with the understanding funds would come from a fiscal agent. R W Ferguson Co failed to supply the money. Makers of notes will cover their shares and be reimbursed by the company when able. The company lacks acting officers aside from directors after recent resignations by James M Butler Emerson? and William G Seibel along with Samuel E Fritz and John H Bennett. successors to be elected at a May stockholders meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. W. Ferguson & Co
James M. Butler
William G. Seibel
Samuel E. Fritz
John H. Bennett
Construction Delayed for Trolley Line Project
The proposed trolley line from Womelsdorf to Lititz is postponed as financing lags. Operations stay in promotion until June when 104 stockholders vote on a bond issue to provide working capital. approval would let construction begin soon after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Womelsdorf
Lititz
Directors of Company and Proposed Connecting Line
Directors listed include Irvin F. Weber Warren S. Adams Samuel E. Fritz Dr I J K Light John L. Shultz Newmanstown George Kleinginna Myerstown John H. Bennett A W Luck Monroe BE Royer Kleinfeltersville Ralph L. Eberly Charles J. Esterly A Morris Kershner The new line would link Lancaster Lebanon and Reading with an estimated cost of 300000 It would comprise two links continued on Page 4
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irvin F. Weber
Warren S. Adams
Samuel E. Fritz
I. J. K. Light
John L. Shultz
Newmanstown
George §. Kleinginna
Myerstown
John H. Bennett
A. W. Luck
Monroe BE. Royer
Kleinfeltersville
Ralph L. Eberly
Charles J. Esterly
A. Morris Kershner
Lancaster
Lebanon
Reading
Lititz man fined for unauthorized car use in civil suit
Cost over 200 dollars to Kill Con Sylvester Ryder of Lititz, sentenced by Judge Landis on Saturday to pay a 200 dollar fine and costs for operating an automobile without the owner's consent. This follows a civil suit by George D. Schoenberger to recover damages from F. B. Burkholder for the loss of a cow killed by Ryder while employed by Burkholder. Ryder initially claimed he was not employed and took the car without consent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Con Sylvester Ryder
Lititz
Landis
George D. Schoenberger
F. B. Burkholder
Ryder
Burkholder
Lititz Springs Beverage Co Opens Local Soft Drink Plant
Augustus Fleckenstein began manufacturing soft drinks on North Alley as Lititz Springs Beverage Co using spring water analyzed by three chemists. The plant will produce carbonated drinks with ginger ale as a specialty, bottling in sanitary, shaped bottles and delivering by truck with orders already placed for weekly New York City shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augustus Fleckenstein
North Alley
Lititz Springs Beverage Co
Fleckenstein
New York City
Orchard buds show light bloom and reduced fruit yield
Off year for apricots with trees carrying only a tenth of normal blossoms. April frosts damaged crops, and peach buds have suffered in recent weeks. Last year’s heavy yield contrasted with this season’s shortage as many buds in several orchards were injured.
Cross-Word Prize Winners Named in Lititz Ad
Garden Spot Stores lititz hosts a cross word puzzle with prizes for top solvers. Five misspellings nod Hana for Hannah while most answers are correct. First prize of 5 dollars split among five winners. others win 2.50 subscriptions to the Record. Spring Baby Health Conference set at St Pauls Lutheran Church May 7 at 2 PM with reports talks and music. county health centers represented. mothers invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden Spot
Lititz
No. 12
Hana
Wana
Hannah
Rice
Spruce Street
Landis Herr
Front Street
Sylvia E. Beck
East Stroudsburg
Allen Putt
Frank Nies
Huber
Fetter
Brunnerville
J. G. Huber
Lancaster
Harry A. Bailey
York
Paul R. Furlow
J. E. Charles
E. E. Baker
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Social Roundup of Lancaster County Visitors and Relatives
Travelers near and far visit Lititz, Manheim, and Lancaster with banter of weekly trips. Miss Elizabeth Meiskey seeks Atlantic City employment while others travel to Philadelphia Greencastle and Bethlehem. Notable figures include Dr I Harry Brumbaugh and Rev F A Weicksel family milestones as the Evangelical Lutheran ministerium meets in Lancaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernice Meiskey
Philadelphia
H. B. Buch
Greencastle
Franklin County
D. D. Graut
Penryn
Lititz
Elizabeth Meiskey
Atlantic City
Harris
Charles Smith
Manheim
Catharine
Alice Milchsack
Bethlehem
Fianna Reidenbach
Mary Reidenbach
James Sesseman
Elmer Kauffman
Sesseman
Harry Wissler
I. Harry Brumbaugh
Juniata College
Columbia University
New York
H. R. Gibbel
Lizzie Hornberger
Second Avenue
Martin Bollinger
South Broad Street
Earl S. Mathers
Jean
Baltimore
Mr. Mathers
John Mathers
Mathers
R.A. Weicksel
Lancaster
Evangelical Lutheran Ministerium of Pennsylvania
Church of the Advent
F. A. Weicksel
Orange Street
Weicksel
Rey
Guy L. Calvert
D. E. Weicksel
Kirkwood
R. A. Weicksel
E. S. Mathers
Balti
Ruth Weicksel
Car Collision Near John Hess Home Injures Bisker
Martin Bisker of this place collided at the crossroads near John Hess's home north of this place last Friday. His Overland struck a culvert a foot and a half above road level breaking the axle and smashing a wheel. The Ford received only slight damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Bisker
John Hess
Path Across the Hill play by Warwick Grange at High School
A home talent production titled The Path Across the Hill by Warwick Grange members will be staged in the High School Auditorium on Thursday May 14 under the auspices of the Dorcas Kings Daughters Circle. Two prior winter performances in Rothsville and Myers town were well received. Reserved seats go on sale at Moyer's Drug Store starting Tuesday May 12 with music by the Concert Ensemble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warwick Grange
Dorcas Kings Daughters Circle
Rothsville
Myerstown
Moyer’s Drug Store
Also Mentioned on This Page
Goncisely
Pfantz Bros
Miller & Habecker
HH. N. Reiber
Penn Real Estate Company of
Lititz Paper Box and Printing Company
North Water Street
George M. Gruenenberger
Leaman & Leed
North Broad St
Pfauiz Bros
H. A. Guppy
Cay
Lititz Springs
Baby Health Conference
Ford
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