Local notices and community notes from Lititz area
A collage of short items: Mr. Wilson Young relocates to Camden NJ. Pfantz Bros. offer free teen stamps next Wednesday. Lutz quartet to perform for Stevens Post 5176 A R Memorial day. Locust blossoms, Miss Carletta Downey’s appendicitis surgery at Lancaster General. Legislation lists Zion Home funding. Neidermeyer Bros. maple moulding from California. firm busier with planing. Initiatory degree at Lititz Lodge C C F. free concert canceled due to Brownstown. J C Bruiker loses a chain trace. strawberry festival postponed to June and Moravian church square. Linden Hall staff trip to Pequea for shad dinner and Susquehanna views. Theodore Zellers buys Dr Evans property. part payment trades his home. Tax lists show retail and wholesale counts in Lititz area. Local travel: residents toured to several towns around 40 miles. Concrete pavements expanding. advantages over brick. Dr John A Conrad dies at 72. Lititz Academy alumnus. Mrs Dietrich Rupp hosts mothers gathering with luncheon. Norwegian recital. W H Buch to hold Saturday sale with 10 percent cash back on fifty-cent minimum. Spring Creek clean-up improves park appearance. lower flood risk. Two operators at the Independent exchange out sick or convalescent. callers urged to be patient with operators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Young
Millport
Camden
N. J
Pfantz Bros
Lutz Quartette
Stevens Post
A. R
Carletta Downey
Lancaster General Hospital
Sun
Neidermyer Brother's
California
Lititz Lodge
Eck
Brownstown
J.C. Bruiker
Ladies ‘Wing Society
Moravian Church
Church Square
Linden Hall
Pequea
Big Broad Susquehanna
Theodore Zellers
BE. E. Evans
East Main Street
HH. A. Cuppy
Zellers
More Street
Mercantile
Lititzrough
Warwick Township
Hisborough
Warwick
Ezra Lutz
Leon
Irvin Staver
Orris Mearig Harold Kissinger
Carles Weaver
Waldeck
Schaefferstown
Cornall
Hull’s
Suny
John A. Conrad
Robesonia
Berks County
Squire Reidenbach
Wns
Dietrich Rupp
Grace Street
Independnt Telephone Exchange
Miriam Rudy
Elodie Wiegand
Ancaster General Hospital
Narrow Escape in Lancaster Auto Crash Near Neffsville
Norman Carpenter of Lititz and three Lancaster friends escaped injury when their car overturned on the state road near Neffsville. Miss Edna Malick suffered serious injuries including knocked out teeth. others escaped harm. A separate incident recalls a diner and marriage celebration, plus a lost $32 roll and local market notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Carpenter
Lancaster
Neffuville
W. L.longenecker
Neilsville
Carpenter
Theodore Schlegel
Edna Malick
Myrtle Walker
Schlegel
Miss Malick
J. L. Hertz
L. N. Moyer
Graybill Diehm
Lititz
Neffsville
E. H. Witmer
Dust Prevention Plaster to Streets Trialed by Company
A local effort by W. J. Muth & Co. used a calcium chloride plaster on street surfaces to prevent dust as part of an experimental air quality measure. The report notes no violation of speed laws during the trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Muth & Co
Death notices for Keath Steffy and Grosh in Lititz area
Last summons reports Willis Keath of Cedar street died Monday at 8 oclock age 26 years 10 months 5 days from a year long illness He was a carpenter born in Brickerville son of Samuel and Mrs Keath He survived by parents wife Susan Donmeyer and two sons The funeral was at Emanuel Lutheran Brickerville with interment in the adjacent cemetery Also reported Lizzie D Steffy wife of Samuel C Steffy died at North alley age 50 years 5 months 4 days after strokes and illness One son Sherman survives and the family adopted Amma Irvin Others named include Lem Demmy Zacharias Eli Mrs Evans Nagel Erb Spickler and Simmons Funeral services at the Evangelical church Lititz Moravian cemetery Interment in Moravian cemetery Amanda Cordelia Grosh died at Moravian Home age 80 years 8 months 5 days Cause old age She was born Pine Hill and lived Lititz with marriage to Samuel Grosh carriage builder in 1858 Seven children born five surviving Horace E William Lawrence K Mrs Bertha Campbell and Ruth Grosh Also sixteen grandchildren Survived by Moravian church ties Funeral this afternoon at 3 at J K Grosh home then Moravian church Interment Moravian graveyard Rev Hagen to officiate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis Keath
Cedar Street
Broad Street
Brickerville
Samuel Keath
Front Street
Keath
Brickerville Lutheran Charch
Lititz Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Court Lititz
Foresters of America
Susan Donmeyer
Leon
Elwood
Emanuel Lutheran Church
J. W. Bittner
Lizzie D. Steffy
Samuel C. Steffy
North Alley
Steffy
Abraham Demmy
Brunnerville
Lititz
Sherman
Amma Irvin
Lem. Demmy
Neffsville
Zacharias
Eli
William Evans
Lebanon
Caroline Nagel
Henry Erb
Mt. Airy
David Spickler
Ida Simmons
Evangelical Church
P. T. Brocious
J. E. Keene
Amanda Cordelia Grosh
John
Catharine Kraemer
Linden Hall Seminary
Samuel Lichtenthaeler
Springs Hotel
Samuel Grosh
Horace E
William
Lawrence K
Bertha Campbell
Ruth Grosh
Salem Moravian Seminary
North Carolina
West Orange Street
Moravian Church
BE. S. Hagen
Rudy Eberly
Reading
Albert Morrison
Lexington
George Mellinger
S. C. Hassler
Bethlehem
Allentown
Roy
Women’s College
Winston- Salem
N. C
John Leed
Hershey
Dauphin County
Leed
Florence Killian
Wabash
Ind
Stella Westcamp
Akron
L. B. Longenecker
Ammon Longenecker
Indiana
Church of the Brethren
Winona Lake
Michael, Hess
Rome
Harry Neidermyer
Mary Neidermyer
Ruth Neidermyer
Mt. Joy
Aaron Johnson
Lynetta Lehman
Nyack
N. Y
Toccoa Falls
Addie Lehman
H. R. Gibble
J. W. G. Hershey
E. E. Eby
J. H. Breitegan
Kiam Risser
J. M. Mill
Abram Bue
Elizabethtown
C. G. Ellis
Junita College
Huntingdon
Mrs Baum dies at 62 in Lititz area near Rome mills
Mrs Justina Baum wife of John Baum died at their home near the old Rome mills east of Lititz on Tuesday at 1 23 4 M aged 62 years 11 months and 1 day. Death due to heart failure with prior suffering and a stroke followed. Survived by daughter Annie Demmy and the late Peter, plus other relatives. Funeral service to be held at the family residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justina Baum
John Baum
Old Rome Mills
Lititz
Annie Demmy
Baum Rome
Peter
Mary Kirs. Touizester
Eldon
Pride _Farvices
High School Commencement Set for Next Thursday Evening
Fourteen seniors will graduate after passing final exams. Commencement at Linden Hall gym at 7:30. Speaker is Stanley Le Fevre Krebs of Philadelphia. baccalaureate sermon Sunday at St Pauls Lutheran by Rev George D Clarke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linden Hall Gymnasium
Stanley le Fevre Krebs
Philadelphia
Krebs
Lititz
Ernest Baker
Beatrice Brookmyer
Ella Gibbel
Landis Herr
Elam Hornley
Ardell Kissinger
Viola
Becks Band Secures Plum for Muddy Creek Picnic
Becks band earned a slot to perform at the Muddy Creek picnic on August 2, a favored summer event where top attractions are sought. Ringgold band of Reading will also attend, signaling strong support from the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beck
Muddy Creek
Ringgold Band
Reading
Widow Susan Baldwin Dies at 72 in Neffsville Home
Susan Baldwin widow of John Baldwin died at the Brethren Home Neffsville last Thursday after noon at 12 30 following a heart valvular disease. She was seventy two and a Mennonite. Survived by one brother Joseph Shirk of Churchtown. She had resided at the home since November. Funeral Sunday morning at the home with interment in New Providence Mennonite cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan
John Baldwin
Brethren Home
Neffsville
Mennonite Church
Joseph Shirk
Churchtown
Baldwin
New Providence Mennonite
Travel Discussed as People Escape to Outdoors
A parade of locals and visitors are noted in town as they travel for leisure and family visits. Names include Frank Downey Miss Addie Rickert Addison Harding Justus Yerger Lydia McCully Florence Buch Harry Collins Sallie Reidenbach and many others with trips from Philadelphia New York Atlantic City Bethlehem Allentown Washington D C Winona Lake and Lititz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Downey
Reading
Addie Rickert
Witmer
Addison Harding
Stevens
Justus Yerger
Newark
N. J
New York
Allan Ditzler
Lebanon
Ditzler
David Landis
Lou
Lititz
Sallie Reidenbach
Philadelphia
A. B. Reidenbach
George Russ
Lancaster
Heiserman
Kling
Solomon Spangler
Bismarck
Michael
Percy Dreifus
Newton Morey
Paul
W. H. Buch
Harvey Mumma
Hershey
D. W. Dietrich
Fine Hen Egg Egg Size Sparks Local Oddity
Jacob F. Shultz reports a hen at Lititz and Lexington tollgate laying eggs with unusual size including an 8 by 6 1⁄2 inch double yolked specimen. The piece also notes the Hen’s “job” security and nearby community anecdotes from Millersville State Normal School’s Page Literary Society anniversary and local incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob F. Shultz
Lititz and
Lexington Turnpike
Mr. Shultz
A. S. Longenecker
Page Literary Society
Millersville State Normal School
Abram
Longenecker
Public Schools of
Lititz
the Normal
Lancaster Examiner
Great Cattle Sale At Villa Nova Draws 500 Enthusiasts
About 500 cattle buyers from across the country attended Frederick Philips's annual Guernsey sale near Philadelphia. One hundred head sold for 310,000 with calves at 200 each. Rockingham the prize bull brought 2,000 to Branford Farms of Garton Conn. Calves a week or two old hit 200 each. L F Herrick of Worcester Masse conducted the sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
J. C. Brubaker
J. Hess
Frederick Philips
Villanova
Philadelphia
Rockingham
Branford Farms
Garton
Conn
L. F. Herrick
Worcester
Mass
Guernsey
Philips
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Linnaeus Kemper
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M. H. Yoder
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Frank Andrews
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Charles H. Zartman
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Gettysburg
Wilson Gibbes
James Seather
C. FE. Society
Warwick U. B
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M. M. Souders
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G. Ermine Platt
Elsie Miller
Ida Miller
Lillie Miller
Katie Miller
Mary Kissinger
Harrisburg
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Arthur Smith
William A. Smith
J. K. Carper
James
Ed. Diehm
Spring City
C. S. Loeffler
Martin Good
Howard D. Bollinger
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Augustus Wesel
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Wesel
Horse
Elmer E. Eby
University of Pennsylvania Veterinary School
Quaker City
Jacob Ruh
Harry Bender
Lemon Lutz
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Jacob Bomberger
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