Town Record Highlights Local News And Events
List of small town notices covers births births of Daniel Shenk’s baby on East Main Street and other family milestones. Local injuries, a fountain pew missing on South Broad, and a divorce case for Amanda Stump. Community happenings include store closures for Ascension Day and a preparatory ice plant build.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Shenk
East Main Street
Milford Marks
South Broad Street
Walter H. Buch
Ella Buch
Amanda K. Stump
Adams
Lititz
Harry M. Stump
Ephrata
Leonard
Conrad
Reading
Many Cows Shoats and Potatoes Sold at Warwick House Sale
Warwick House sales continue with strong attendance and rising totals. Fifty eight cows sold at 85 and 88 dollars, eighty seven pigs ranged from 3.28 to 21 dollars, 499 bushels of potatoes moved from 10 cents to 1.80 per bushel, fifty two chickens brought 90 to 95 cents each, plus 12 rabbits 25 to 99 cents, 8 ducks 20 to 75 cents, and several other items including hoses, tools, stoves, and a line engine sold at varied prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warwick House
Partor Suis
Squire Derr Keeps Three-Legged Chick for Study
Squire Derr owns a three legged chick hatched this week. The bird is normal otherwise and lively, with two legs on the same side. Initially it stood on three legs, but now uses the extra leg less. Derr will observe its development.
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Squire Derr
Derr
Safe opened in Capitol office by Gorton in Harrisburg
Harry Gorton, superintendent at Safe Works, used an acetylene torch to open a long-unopened safe in the State Treasurer’s office at Harrisburg. He reached the lock’s dog, identified the combination using a birthday date, and unlocked the safe containing the Insurance Commission books. Auditors questioned necessity and the sudden demand for minutes.
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Harry Gorton
Safe Works
State Treasurer's Office
Harrisburg
State Insurance Commission
Lewis
Insurance Commission
Lititz Election Results Show Pinchot Strength in Wards
Voters in Lititz faced registration issues as about forty ballots were affected. G Graybill Diehm led in both wards for Congress and Assembly while Pinchot carried Governor with strong showing. Regennas the independent earned 77 votes in each ward.
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Lititz
G. Graybill Diehm
U. S
Pepper
Greist
Pinchot
Gifford Pinchot
Geo. E. Alter
Congress
W. W. Greist
W. D. Marberger
General Assembly
G. G. Diehm
Norman Wood
T. J. Brown
Second Ward
Alter
Marburger
G. G. Dichm
Wood
Brown
Dichm
Regennas
Griist
Warwick
Pinechot
Boy Scouts Form Emergency Units At Headquarters
A Boy Scouts meeting at the headquarters on Monday evening organized three emergency units in first aid fires and signaling. Howard Hackman was elected chairman and Fred Unbecker secretary. The session was continued to next Monday evening.
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Boy Scouts
Howard Hackman
Fred Unbecker
Lititz School District Faces 1920-22 Appropriation Shortfall
The Lititz school board has received the 1920 state appropriation but nothing for 1921 and 1922 so far. To cover the gap, the board has borrowed funds to meet current obligations.
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Lititz
Radio equipped Chevrolet cars promise in-car concerts
Local dealer John Longenecker says Chevrolet enclosed cars can be fitted with a Westinghouse two step amplifying radio set for about 200 dollars. The system, usable within 100 miles of a station, mounts aerial wires on four posts and can be transferred to home use when needed.
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John Longenecker
Westinginghouse
West Warwick Seeks High School Privileges at Lititz
H. W. Edris elected principal of Rothsville School. New staff includes Mease, Martin, Landis, Biemesderfer, Ramsey, Stoner, Rife, Roger, Weaver, Hess and others. A West Warwick committee asked the school board for high school privileges at Lititz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Edris
Jonestown
Lebanon County
Rothsville
Edris
Millersville Normal School
Lebanon
C. A. Miller
F. and
M. College
Viola Mease
Lancaster
Helen Martin
Millersville
Jacob Landis
Council Plans to Raise South Spruce Street Five Feet
Council votes to raise South Spruce Street between Second Avenue and Marion Street by three to five feet to improve drainage. Residents oppose the project citing terrace homes and the need to raise pavements and curbs to match the new street level.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council
Spruce Street
Second Avenue
Marion Street
State Convention of Kings Daughters at Lititz This Week
The twenty seventh annual convention of Kings Daughters and Sons opened in the Moravian church with about 175 debates and several hundred attendees from Lancaster Lititz and Lexington. Local citizens provided aid including dinners prepared by the Moravian Sewing Society and transport via autos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
C. E. Mohler
Lancaster General Hospital
Mohler
of Kings Daughters
King’s Daughters and Sons
Lancaster
Lexington
Moravian Sewing Society
Return of German heir Jacob Beidinger inspires travel tale
The New Holland Clarion notes Jacob Beidinger left Germany in 1873 due to political offense and after 20 years in New Holland he travels for three months through Holland Belgium France and Switzerland to meet a sister in Germany and join heirs in Alsace Lorraine. He is nearly 70 and has brothers in America with no inheritance share.
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The
New Holland Clarion
Jacob Beidinger
Germany
New Holland
Holland
Belgium
France
Switzerland
Alsace-Lorraine
Mgr. B
America
Organizing Lititz Health Clinic Aims to Aid Children
Last Thursday a meeting at Mrs. G. Lepp’s home organized a Lititz Health or Educational Centre. Miss Miller from Harrisburg and Mrs. Hiestand of Marietta attended along with Dr. Witmer of Lancaster. Mrs. J. W. Rainsford was chosen chairwoman as weekly sessions were planned. The Lititz Child Health Station seeks citizen cooperation to keep children well and correct defects early. Miller & Habecker advertise Voiles, latest imported goods.
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G. Lepp
Lititz
Miss Miller
Harrisburg
Henry Hiestand
Marietta
Dr. Witmer
Lancaster
J. W. Rainsford
State Department of Health
Warren Sturgis Disappears After Job With Vital Sales Co
Day ton Ohio notes suggested Warren Sturgis planned suicide by drowning. Later, Walter Sturgis learns from Vital Sales Co of Philadelphia that Warren, who had sold $120 worth of electric sweepers, pocketed the money and vanished. The company peaceably asserts an uncle named N. D. Sturgis from Lititz aided his agency privileges.
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Dayton
Ohio
Warren Sturgis
Walter Sturgis
Vital Sales Co
Philadelphia
N. D. Sturgis
Lititz
Twenty Three to Graduate at Lititz High School
Lititz High School plans its commencement for May 24 at 8 PM with Prof. F. G. Gaige of Millersville delivering the annual address. Union service at 7:30 PM, senior baccalaureate by Rev. J. M. Walters, and class day events begin the commencement week for the class of 1922.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz High School
F. G. Gaige
Millersville
J. M. Walters
Frederick Habecker
Mildred Keath
Leon L- Kraus
Esther E. Leaman
Raleign
Susan
John Fasnacht
Abram Hershey
Jean M. Russell
John Grosh
Grace Reedy
Hsther Seaman
John Witmyer
Leon Klaus
Accident delayed trip to Baltimore and Washington DC
Dr and Mrs D A Long and Mr and Mrs M W Hess of Lititz RD 4 took an auto trip to Baltimore and Washington DC on Sunday. An accident caused a long road delay and a bent axle with a broken rod near Washington Baltimore. They waited for repairs from 7 pm until 3 am.
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D. A. Long
M. W. Hess
Lititz
R. D
Baltimore
Washington, D. C
Washington
Algutter
Excursion Train Fares Draw Fifty-Eight Passengers
Fifty eight persons rode the excursion train on Sunday with twenty stopping in New York and thirty eight sailing by boat to Newburg. The trip ran smoothly with the Jersey City departure at 8 25 p m and arrival here at 1 30 a m. The Young Ladies Bible Class of St Pauls Lutheran church plans a strawberry and clam supper on Saturday May 27 in the church basement.
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New York
Hudson
Newburg
Jersey City
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Steel discs prevent punctures demonstration attracts crowd
A noon demonstration at the fountain showcased Lee puncture proof tires. Three steel discs encased in rubber were shown to resist punctures, with a lecturer answering crowd questions about heat. The tires reportedly passed a hundred mile race test while a truck drove over spiked boards without damage. J Alvin Enck, local distributor, fielded inquiries.
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J. Alvin Enck
Keller Truck Hit by York Manufacturer Car
J Osborne Whitely a York manufacturer suffered a dislocated left leg when his auto struck Alvin Keller's bread delivery truck from the rear on a state road near Oregon. Whitely's car tumbled. his condition awaits hospital updates at Lancaster General Hospital. Amber Witmer drove the Keller truck
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J. Osborne Whitely
York
Alvin Keller
Oregon
Mr. Whitely
Lancaster General Hospital
Keller
Amber Witmer
Hig Auto Party Visits Rev Fleck and Wife in Camden
Twenty persons from Lititz toured to Camden New Jersey on Sunday to visit Rev W K Fleck and family of St Pauls Lutheran church. They traveled by Tin Lincoln Highway to Philadelphia and ferried to Camden, returning by 8 pm after a morning service and church reception.
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Camden
N. J
W K. Fleck
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Harry Rt. Myers
Andrew Alter House
Jacob Hertzler
Iva Eberly
Brighton
Brubaker
Oliver Adthouse
Lancaster
Philadelphia
Lititz
Fleck
Rev Fleck
Convention Visitors and Local Guests at Lititz
Convention speaker Rev. Paul Leinbach of Philadelphia visits Lititz entertained by his brother in law Dr. D C Martin. Nazareth delegates travel by auto. Mrs. Morris Leibert of New York speaks at the gathering and the Martins have long helped put Nazareth on the map. Local figures include Mrs A B Thacler and Irene Boyer. Nearby merchants advertise Cretonnes and Nesco cook stoves.
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E. S. Crosland
Victor Wagner
Fred Derby
Morris W. Leibert
New York State
Paul Leinbach
D- D
Philadelphia
Lititz
D. C. Martin
Martin
Nazareth
Martins
Morris Leibert
New York City
M. W. Leibert
A. BD. Thacler
Nazareth Hall
Irene Boyer
Pottstown
Travelers Near and Far Visit Lititz Figures
Mrs J Frank Buch visits Reading. several families host guests from Lancaster County. Delegates to a Christian Endeavor convention are named. multiple trips and social events occur around Lititz with friends and relatives from Nazareth Bethlehem Lancaster and Reading. A car crash near Conestoga Park causes minor damage but no injuries.
Home grown strawberries in two weeks near Lititz
The first crop of home grown strawberries should be ready to market in two weeks, says T. H. Stauffer, who owns a two acre berry tract near Lititz. Cool weather holds back ripening. Early varieties yield a small crop while later varieties look promising.
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T. H. Stauffer
Lititz
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Goncisely
Christian Imhoff
Rhode Island
Brunnerville
Oneida
Spring Grounds
Murphy" Spiekler
Calvin Adair
Benjamin Ritter
John Heas
State Road
Ritter
Tsaue Lausch
North Broad
Lancaster Gentral Hospital
North Alley
Jacob Stober
Evangelical
Ed Brethren and Reformed
Union
Mennoires
Church of the Brethren
Capitol
Chevrolet
West Warwick
Warwick Township School Board
Jacob
Isle
John Carpenter
Carpenter’s Park
Carpenter
Miller & Habecker
F. H. Gaige
Sion
Lee Tires
A. R. Keller
Hig Auto Party
Rev. Fleck
Pfantz Bros
J. Frank Buch
M. R Wolf
Vera
Rolandus Kauffman
Sherman Hacker
Lincoln
Henry Sturgis
Susan Stark
Sherman Steffy
Samuel Pfantz
Agnes Adams
Alvin Kochel
W. A. Kauffman
Neffsville
E. M. Crouthamel
Mary Hershey
Souderton
J. W. G. Hershey
Amanda Landes
Walter Smith
William Weaver
Henry Weaver
William
Bard’s Hardware Store
3Th and
Penn Streets
Herman Hoch
Little Son
Hoch
Samuel Schmucker
West Chester Normal School
Schmucker
Frank Keath
Arlene
Owen Will
Roger
Elstonville
Isaac Reidenbach
Owl Hill
Mary Souders
Amelia Wagner
Christian Endeavor
Lottie Herr
Mary and
Carrie Tschudy
Morris Rosenberg
Hartford
Albert O. Sturgis
Tilghman Fogel
Bethlehem
Elizabethtown
Leola
Cornwill
Lancaster County
Woodside
Harrisburg Pike
Landisville
Jonas Hernley
Christian Hernley
Scottdale
Ralph Jones
Atlantic City
N. d
Conestoga Park
Peter Ammon
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