Memorial Day Observance in Lititz Set With Services
Memorial Day programs in Lititz include a Sunday night service in the high school auditorium and Monday cemetery ceremonies in and near town. Garden Spot Post 56 American Legion veterans lead the observance with a parade from the Post Home to the school, cemetery trips visiting Longenecker’s and other sites, and a main service at Moravian cemetery led by Colonel Daniel B. Strickler.
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Lititz
Garden Spot
Post
American Légion
J. C. H. Light
United Brethren Church
Legion Post
Longenecker's
Erb’s
Rothyville
Kissel Hill
Macpelah
Evangelical
Memorial Plot
East Main Street
Moravian
Daniel B. Strickler
Lancaster
I. A. Schwartz
Social gatherings at Hotel General Sutter and area venues
Miss Sarah Musser of Lebanon entertained eleven Franklin Building teachers at Hotel General Sutter for dinner and bridge. Miss Josephine Bowman hosted a dinner at the hotel on Wednesday. The Lancaster General Hospital graduating class will banquet at Hotel General Sutter this evening. Friday features Lititz High School Junior Prom at the hotel. Elizabeth Town College graduates also plan a Friday banquet at General Sutter.
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Sarah Musser
Lebanon
Franklin Building
General Sulter
Josephine Bowman
Lancaster General Hospital
General Sutter
Lititz High School
Elizabethtown College
May Day at Lititz High School in Springs Park
A large crowd attended Lititz High School May Day exercises in Springs Park. Nearly all pupils participated in a Colonial Times themed program with costumes songs and dances, ending with a colorful May Pole dance. Miss Sylvia Longenecker was crowned May Queen.
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Springs Park
Lititz High School
Sylvia Longenecker
May Gueen
Delphian Society Elects New Officers at Lititz Meeting
The Lititz Delphian Society held its annual election at Mrs. W. H. Muth’s home with seventeen members and a guest. Mrs. Henry B. Gibbes was chosen president, with Mrs. William Moody and Mrs. Mary Dengate as vice presidents, Mrs. Valentine Brobst as secretary, and Mrs. Norman Badorf as treasurer. John Muth gave an art talk and displayed paintings before refreshments ended the session for summer.
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Henry B. Gibbes
William Moody
Mary Dengate
Valentine Brobst
Norman Badorf
Lititz Delphian Society
W. H. Muth
John Muth
Local Social Roundup Shows Community Visits and Travel
Va and Mrs A R Keller spent Tuesday at Honey Brook and Mount Zion. Howard Richardson and family moved from Paxtang near Harrisburg to Mrs Richardson's mother on Spruce Street. The Devon Horse Show drew Dr and Mrs F W Stengel and Prof H H Beck. Numerous Lancaster area residents and visitors shared weekend visits and summer plans including Miss Louise Jackson Christiana Mildred Shoap Louise Kellenberger Sera Gemmel Sunnyburn York Co Betty Scott Coatesville and Miss Betty Martin.
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York Co
Betty Scott
Coatesville
Betty Martin
Charles Holtzman
Myerstown
P. B. Kofroth
Clayton Schrouch
Luella Martin
California
A. Elizabeth Dery
Williamsport
Anna Mac Ffantz
Reading Railroad
Washington, D. C
A. Virginia Grosh
Hollwood
Sunda
Fred. Renn
Lancaster General Hospital
Sophie Brieker
C. EB. Hermstaedt
Elizabeth
N. J
Evangelical Congregational Church
D. F. Longsdort
Allentown
Lititz
Joseph E. Weinland
D. B
Linden Trall
Linden Hall
Hort In Odd Accident Injures PPL Official
C. C. Grim of the Pennsylvania Power and Light Co local office suffered a crushing injury when a tree limb struck a refrigerator on a moving truck during unloading Saturday morning. The fall also left a deep cut on his head and a painful forearm. a physician treated him at the office.
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C. C. Grim
Pennsylvania Power & Light Co
Mr. Grim
Cadet Band Festival at Lititz Fire House
Cadet Band festival and baked ham supper to be held at the Lititz Fire House Monday evening starting at about six o clock. Music before supper by John Keehn's orchestra and Green Jug Hayhackers will perform in the evening.
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Lititz Fire House
John Keehn
Town 2 BALK Our Grass Sign Rumors And Local Bits
A collage of town notes reports absurdities from the metropolis to a Lancaster sports writer. It mentions radio call letters and a Grand Rapids station, a student quip about anonymous stories, and local events including a 6 30 P M airline, baseball wins, and Mary Beile Nissly as Drum Major and May Day performer.
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WXYE
Detroit
Grand Rapids
Mich
Wood
York
Work
Mary Beile Nissly
Junior Prom Tomorrow at Lititz High School
The Junior Class holds its annual Prom tomorrow evening at the General Sutter Hotel starting 8 PM. Guests include the Lenior Class and faculty with a banquet program featuring quartette numbers, a duet, a piano solo, toasts, and a second quartette followed by dancing and cards, with Moonlight Vagabond orchestra providing music.
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Lititz High School
General Sutter Hotel
Quartette
Robert Neidermyer
William Dengler
Richard Musser
Paul McCloud
Mary Bello Nissley
Cleo Himmelberger
M. C. Demmy
M. L. Brubaker
Robert Posey
Warren Newcomer
Edith Dichm
Elizabeth Pfautz
Ruth Girvin
Kathryn Rollman
Moonlight Vagabond Orchestra
Memorial Day activities in Lititz honor fallen with community events
Memorial observances pause to remember those who died in service. Garden Spot Post 56 American Legion decorates graves in the morning. Linden Mall hosts the annual Horse Show at 9:30 and 3 P. M. May Day exercises are at 1:30 P. M. on campus. Memorial Service at Lititz Moravian Cemetery follows parade. Cadet Band festival at Lititz Fire House with ham supper at 1 P. M.
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Garden Spot Post
American Legion
Linden Mall
Lititz Moravian
The
Legion
Legion Post
Lititz Fire House
Peony Show Set by Lititz Horticultural Society
The Lititz Horticultural Society's first amateur peony show opens Friday June 9 at 1 PM in the General Sutter Hotel and runs through Saturday. Entry is free and open to all amateurs with no admission fee for viewing. Entries due June 9. peonies due June 16 morning. Judge B EF Barr of Lancaster will preside. visitors may vote on their prettiest flower or group.
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Lititz Horticultural Society
J. H. Breitigan
Charles Regennas
Roy Pfautz
Levi Vereer
L. N. Moyer
B. Ef, Barr
Lancaster
Preachers Visit as Local Lutheran Church Heads Next Week
Reverend Donat delivered sermons at St. Pauls Lutheran Church in the morning and evening. Reverend W A Kump of Chambersburg preached Sunday. Reverend Joseph Donat, former supply pastor, will preach next Sunday morning. Reverend Harold Mumper, the pastor, has a short medical leave to recover his health.
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W. A. Kump
Chambersburg
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Joseph K. Donat
D. Harold Mumper
Lexington Indiana Once Known as Dundee With Diverse Industry
Lexington, two miles north of Lititz, a hilltop village of about two hundred people, hosts several old buildings and varied industries. Notable sites include Union Chapel built in 1836 used by Russian Mennonites, and historic houses such as Harry Brubaker’s 1734 stone masonry home. Local industries listed by village blacksmith Morris Carpenter include Suavely's mills, Kline's candy factory, Singer's broom factory, Kauffman's shirt factory, Markley's butcher shop, and Samuel Fahnestock store.
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Lexington
Lititz
Union Chapel
Snavely
Harry Brubaker
Benjamin Hacker
Dundee
John Euck
Morris Carpenter
Suavely’s Mills
Kline’s
Singer’s Broom
Kauffman’s
Markley’s
Samuel Fahnestock
Brethren Church
Lititz Fire Company Wins Two Weekend Games Ahead of Three Set
The Lititz Fire Company baseball team won 11-3 over Hampton A C at Springs Park on Saturday and 6-3 over Spartico of Reading at Poplar Grove on Sunday. They face Steeltum, Cherry Top of York, and 8th Ward of Lancaster in three games this weekend. Lititz pulled away with two homers by Hampton players and a four-run burst in the second inning. Spartico rallied in the seventh but fell short.
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Hampton A. C
Springs Park
Spartico
Reading
Poplar Grove
Lititz Fire Company
York
8Th Ward
Lancaster
Grove Diamond
Hampton
Lititz
Lititz High School honors three top graduates
Honor students Beatrice Bomberger Helen Ehrhart and Mary Koch lead Lititz High School’s graduating class. Edna Eby and Loretta Mellingeet receive honorable mention as four years of marks determine standings. Rev. D P Langsdorf will preach the Baccalaureate Sermon next Sunday in the High School auditorium. Commencement events begin June 5 with the Baccalaureate and run through June 10 Alumni Banquet.
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Beatrice Bomberger
Helen Ehrhart
Mary Koch
Lititz High School
Edna Eby
Loretta Mellingeet
D. P. Langsdorf
Evangelical Congregational Church
J. Harold Mumper
St. Pauls Lutheran Church
Pastor Receives Degree in Absentia at Seminary Commencement
Rev. J Harold Mumper pastor of St Pauls Lutheran Church received the Master of Sacred Theology at the Lutheran Theological Seminary Mt Airy commencement held in St Michaels Church. Thirty two diplomas and twenty two degrees were awarded. He is improving slowly from an illness keeping him at home for three weeks.
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J. Harold Mumper
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Lutheran Theological Seminary
Mt. Airy
St. Michael’s Church
Mumper
Reverend J B Baker to Speak at York Service
The Rev J B Baker pastor of St Matthew's Lutheran Church York will address the mid week prayer service at St Paul's Lutheran Church on Wednesday evening. With him will be the York church chair who will render several selections during the service.
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J. B. Baker
St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church
York
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
York Church
Lititz News Briefs Highlight Local Events and Incidents
Local student exam dates announced with seniors finishing today and younger students later in June. A child injured near Lititz. residents report a nail accident. Local Ford V-8 owner Leon Risser noted. W. OG. T. UL meeting planned at Miss Virginia Grosh’s home. Baby clinic set for Moravian Chapel. Samuel Nuss begins upholstery at Pine Alley factory. Pentecostal Bible School planned at Maranatha Park. Rev J R Flower family plans summer stay away. Lititz HS domestic science class picnics. Rev H B Yoder and wife injured in car crash near Lancaster. Memorial Day address by Rev William Fleck at Neffsville High School. Lancaster Blind Assoc warns rugs may be made by blind workers. Ladies’ Aid to meet at Mrs. Sadie Enck’s. Tressler Orphans’ Band to visit Lititz in June. Moravian Church pulpit by E T Mickey from Moravian Theological Seminary. Rhoda Kautzmann engaged to Ira G Weaver. Harry Gorton installs 74 safe deposit boxes at Lititz Springs Bank.
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Lititz High School
Israel Zartman
Horace Frank
King’s Daughters
Echo
Lancaster
Leon Risser
Lititz Motor Sales
W. OG. T. UL
Virginia Grosh
Samuel Nuss
Amer
Pine Alley
Pentecostal Church
Maranatha Park
Perkiomen Creek
J. R. Flower
Woos
H. B. Yoder
Elizabeth
Sidney Watt
Manheim Pike
Marvy Myers
State Highway Patrol
Watt
Yoder
William Fleck
Woodbine
York County
Manheim Township
American Legion
Neffsville
Francis Graves
Lancaster County Blind Association
Pennsylvania Blind Association
Graves
Ladies’ Aid Society
The
United Brethren Church
Sadie Enck
New Street
Tressler Orphans
Loysville
Lititz
Moravian Church
Edward T. Mickey
Winston- Salem
N. C
Moravian Theological Seminary
Bethlehem
Rhoda H. Kautzmann
Wilhelm Kautzmann
Ira G. Weaver
Town
Harry Gorton
Lititz Springs National Bank
National Safe & Lock Co
Cleveland
Ohio
Child Opens Gas Jets On Main Street Homes
A two year old girl, daughter of Mr and Mrs Phares Hollinger on E Main Street, opened all gas jets on the stove during a short absence Monday morning. Both children were ill and a physician was summoned. They have since recovered.
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Oneline
Phares Hollinger
E. Main Street
Memorial Day Holiday Observed By Town Businesses
Monday will be a general holiday with banks and many stores closed. Some grocery stores stay open until 9 A.M. to handle needs. Post Office hours also reflect the holiday.
Linden Hall to Host Third Annual Horse Show and May Day
Linden Hall hosts its third annual horse show and May Day ceremonies on Monday drawing close to 1000 spectators. The program features a jumping class, May Queen crowning, Peter Pan pageant, and statues dedicated by Prof. H. H. Beck and Congressman James M. Beck. May Day includes attendants from each class, a throne ceremony, and a transition to the open saddle horse championship. Alumni Day activities follow commencement events planned for the week.
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Linden Hall
Barrie
Peter Pan
Linden
H. H. Beck
Town
James M. Beck
Il. H. Beck
Charles S. Landes
Harry Bender
Richard McGrann
Alan Holman
Lancaster
Augen
Betty Burdan
Eleanore Garrett
Virginia Wickersham
Mary Jane Moore
Miriam Enck
Carrol Johnson
Wildabeth Stengel
Mendrith Mary Stengel
Barvie
Peter
Tinker Bell
Nana
Rustic Golf Club Opens Season With Improvements
The Rustic Golf Course on East New Street will reopen Saturday for the season with improved fairways and new features. Admission has been reduced and season tickets are on sale by the Rustic Club.
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Rustic
East New Street
Rustic Club
Moravian Missionary Society Meets This Afternoon
The Woman's Missionary Society of the Moravian Church will meet at Mrs. Harry Becker's home on N. Cedar Street at 2 30 this afternoon. Miss A. Virginia Grosh will lead with the topic The Advance Guard or 200 Years of Moravian Missions. Now is the time to buy a piano. Prices were never so low. 25 and 50 dollars will buy a good used piano at Howard S Young's Music House Lititz Pa.
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Young's Music House
Lititz
Woman’s Missionary Society of the
Moravian Church
Harry Becker
Cedar Street
A. Virginia Grosh
Howard S. Young
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