Lititz Community Happenings Include A Concert And Sports
The Lititz male chorus meets at the Legion on May 21 for rehearsal and social. Lititz High School faces Lancaster High in baseball this Thursday. Barnst Helman bought Barr mill property from Wm Kissinger for 32500. Moravian S A orchestra will perform at the Elizabethtown home plus the trombone choir and Lutz brothers laws. Knights of Golden Eagle invite members to May 19 initiation for four candidates. Bill, a town bulldog, was run over and shot to end his suffering. he was nine years old. Fish commissioner Butler investigated illegal fishing. locals complain of netting harming sport. Lititz Rod and Gun Club received fifteen fry pike-perch from the state fishery and stocked Zartman’s dam. G G Diehm aided the shipment. Leaman Leed brought crates of Maryland strawberries by truck, noting drought hurting crops. berries sold quickly at auction. Frantz Bros advertise a large Dollar Sale this week.
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Lititz
Legion
Lancaster High
Barnst Helman
Wm. Kissinger
Barr Mill
Kline Alley
Moravian S. A
Elizabethtown
the Church
Lutz Brothers
Knights of Golden Eagle
Bill
Tobias Earline
Butler
Lititz Rod and Gun Club
State Fishery Department
Zartman’s Dam
G. G. Diehm
Leaman & Leed
Maryland
Mr. Leed
Frantz Bros
Adv
Lititz Legion Arts Revue Praised for Lighting and Talent
Unsolicited letter from S. L. Carpenter Shirk praising the American Legion Entertainment committee and Lititz residents for the Artists Revue staged in the High School Auditorium. The note lauds lighting, stage settings, and cast. Radio broadcasting via Lancaster station received enthusiastic listener calls.
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American Legion Entertainment Committee
Lititz
Legion
The
Lancaster
S. L. Carpenter Shirk
Shirk
Valley Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Paul Seaber
Morris Baker
Morris Baker and Mrs. Seaber
Noah Myers Starts Eight New Homes in Lititz
Noah Myers broke ground on a house at Broad Street and Third Avenue, promising one of the town’s most up to date homes with a sun parlor greentiled roof and granite dressing. He also started eight additional houses on South Spruce Street this week.
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Noah Myers
N.S. Myers
Broad Street
Third Avenue
Lititz
Mr. Myers
Jon
Lititz Student to Study Music in New York
Lester A. Lesseman, senior at Lititz High School, has perfect attendance and outstanding marks. He served as class officer in multiple years and is a violin teacher with 30 pupils. He will graduate in June and study public school music supervision at New York University.
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Lititz
New York
Lester A. Lesseman
Lancaster
Tax collector Stevens Grosh schedules tax reception dates
Stevens Grosh, tax collector, will receive County and Personal tax at Fisher's Store and Warwick House on May 16 from 2 to 8 PM, at Five Point Store on May 22 from 2 to unknown, and at Gingrich Harness Store on May 23 from 8 AM to 8 PM with a 5 percent abatement if paid by June first.
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T. Stevens Grosh
Fisher’s
Warwick House
Five Point
Removing Sutter's Ashes Faces California Protest
Philadelphia buyer Noah Myers orders a Stanley steamer with claimed low upkeep and 16 mpg, to be delivered this week. Sacramento citizens press to reclaim General John H. Sutter's ashes from Lititz cemetery despite Pennsylvania objections and the cost of court battles and bonds.
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Sacramento
California
Pennsylvania
John H. Sutter
Moravian Cemetery Association
Sutter
Lititz
Sacramentans
Moravian town lacks a street named for its history
An old Moravian town recalls that Lititz has never had a street honor. The Record notes sugar prices fell to six cents, while locals discuss savings, antique collecting, and a York man seeking old brass handles. A Lancaster circus ushering tale ends with a long trek home.
Bank clerk transitions mark staffing changes
To Go on Road Theodore Dussinger resigns as clerk at Farmer's National Bank. Vacancy filled by Miss Esther Stoner of Lexington who will begin duties Monday. Dussinger to travel for Woolworth Chemical Co. of Lititz.
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Theodore Dussinger
Farmer's National Bank
Dussinger
Woolworth Chemical Co
Lititz
Esther Stoner
Lexington
Farmer's Bank
Lititz High Alumni Banquet and Entertainment Plans
The Alumni Association schedules a public entertainment in the Auditorium on Monday evening June 1 and a banquet at Linden Hall Auditorium on Wednesday evening June 3.
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The
Lititz High School
Linden Hall
The Path Across the Hill by Warwick Grange 1754
A community notice announces an event titled The Path Across the Hill produced under the auspices of Warwick Grange No 1754 and the Dorcas Circle of Kings Daughters.
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Warwick Grange
Dorcas
Circle of Kings
Daughters
Memorial Day AERE program set by Garden Spot Post
Garden Spot Post 56, American Legion, plans two days of grave decoration for World War soldiers. A joint Civil War and Legion service will be held at Moravian cemetery on Decoration Day. Speakers include Dr. W. W. Dippel and Rev. H. A. Swartz.
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American Legion
Moravian
W. W. Dippel
F. & M. College
H. A. Swartz
Legion
Lititz
Longenecker’s
Penryn
Hess
Neffsville
East Petersburg
Millersville
Carpenter’s Cemetery
Leola
Kissel Hill
Machpelah
Main Street
Grand Army
W. R. Sammel
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
High School Commencement Plans Announced
The district schedules commence ment on June 2 in the High School auditorium with Rev. Floyd W. Thompkins as speaker. Baccalaureate sermons on May 31 feature Rev. H. R. Gibbie. Class day is June 1 at 1 45 PM and the orchestra performs at both events.
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Floyd W. Thompkins
Holy Trinity Church
Philadelphia
R. Gibbie
The
Brethren Church
Nine Grosh
Kathryn Gantz
Violet Helter
Beatrice Peiffer
Kathryn Sturgis
Amny Burkart
Bertha Eck
Alma Weber
Mary Neidemyer
Chas
Taylor
Arntzville
Lancaster High
Lancaster
Stevens Trade School
Levi Weber
Elizabeth Township
Wm. Stoner
Penn
Harvey Zartman
Elizabeth
Raymond Newcomer
Willis Buchter
Milton Brubaker
Miriam Enck
Mildred Bixler
Warwick
Helen Knight
Joseph Hutchinson
Maria Fasnacht
Irene Whitcraft
Florence Enck
Local Birthdays Mark Milestones for a Brickerville Woman
Mrs. John Irwin Huber of Bricker ville celebrates her 88th birthday on Friday the 15th. Walter H. Buch and Miss Ella Buch reach new life milestones on Saturday, May 16th.
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John Irwin Huber
Brickerville
Walter H. Buch
Ella Buch
Close Escape at Railroad Crossing
Mrs Edward Heidrich narrowly escaped being struck by a passenger engine at a railroad crossing yesterday morning. The engineer spotted her and applied the brakes in time. She was hurrying to catch a train to Manheim.
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Edward Heidrich
Making Good Start On Coast Trip From Ohio
Ben Lutz Frank McCreary and Earl Walters report by letter from Wooster Ohio dated May 6 on a cautious but cheerful cross country auto trip to California. They describe chilly damp weather snow in places, warming meals on a gasoline stove, and a first leg of 266 miles followed by 121 miles with a hail storm and a churchyard shelter.
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Ben Lutz
Frank McCreary
Earl Walters
California
Wooster
Pittsburgh
Ohio
Lancaster County
East Liverpool
Letters From Our Subscribers State Normal School East Stroudsburg
A Miss Sylvia Beck from Crawfordsville Ind thanks for a crossword prize and recalls the Lititz Record’s presence from Harrisburg to Clarion then East Stroudsburg. Another letter from W Killian asks forgiveness for late payments and sends regards to the staff and readers.
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Buch IL
Harrisburg
Lititz
Clarion
Sylvia KE. Beck
Warwick Grange to Hold Public Meeting
Warwick Grange held a regular session with a large turnout and scheduled a public meeting at Rothsville High on Wednesday May 20 at 8 pm. A prominent speaker from another grange will attend along with a literary program of music readings and recitations.
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Warwick Grange
Rothsville High School
Travelers Near and Far Visit Lititz Traditions
A Lititz social column lists residents and guests visiting from Philadelphia Baltimore Shepherdstown Harrisburg and New Jersey. Names include Amos Albright E S Mathers Jean and Elia Lacy and others visiting Moravian Home Trinity church Williamstown and Millersville. Trips by auto and weekend stays in Lititz extend to Scranton Boston and Atlantic locales.
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E. S. Mathers
Jean
Baltimore
Lititz
J. C. Staley
Shepherdstown
W. Va
E S. Young
F. A. Weichsel
Lancaster Lutheran Pastoral Association
Trinity Church
Lancaster
W. R. Sammel
Harrisburg
Williamstown
Henry Heiserman
Scranton
Lititz Lodge
Ladies of the Golden Eagle
Grand Lodge
Francis Rader
Easton
Thomas Kissinger
Harry McCloud
Norman W. Leicey
Philadelphia
Brownstown
Norman Lacy
Atlanta
Elia Lacy
John V. Roth
Bronnerville
P. B. Farlow
Front Street
Martha Huebener
Massachusetts
Boston
Elmer Kautz
Mary
Bethlehem
E. J. Bishop
Charlotte Maull
Irvington
N. J
Agnes Hen
Millersville State Normal School
Raymond Shott
John Hall
Cheap Farmland Offers Across Lancaster Chest er Counties
A writer on an auto trip reports vacated farms in Lancaster and Chester counties and Maryland. An 88 acre farm with poor buildings sold for 3000 dollars after nearly two years empty. Another 100 acre farm with modern house and cultivation available for under 9000 dollars.
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Maryland
Lancaster
Chester
Lititz Team Joins Inter-County Tennis League
Lititz forms a six player squad Elwood Fur low Owen Hershey Abram Hershey Herbert Huber and Walter Scott to compete in the Inter county Tennis League with five matches per team Action begins May 16 with Lititz playing at Elizabethtown on Saturday Other league entrants include Manheim Columbia Elizabethtown Penbrook and Hummelstown.
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Lititz
Elwood Furlow
Owen
Abram Hershey
Herbert Huber
Walter Scott
Wershey
Linden Avenue
Manheim
Columbia
Elizabethtown
Penbrook
Hummelstowm
Garden Spot Post 56 Takes Over Local Ball Team
A committee representing the local soldiers post assumed control of the town ball team with full title from former manager Clarence Kreider. A new manager will be elected soon as the Legion seeks good sport and community support.
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Clarence Kreider
Legion
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