Lighting Agreement For Lititz Street System
The Edison Electric Company and Lititz Borough presented a lighting agreement to council for a new street lighting network. It seeks 53 standards on Broad Street and Main Street, reduced to 50 before signing. Completion date awaits Public Service Commission approval. May council session attendees included Weber Helter Rudy Breneman Wissler and Habecker.
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Edison Electric Company
Lititz
Wisslar
Broad Street
Orange
LinesIn Avenue
Main Street
the Square
Linden Hall
Public Service Commission
Weber, Helter
Rudy
Burgess Breneman
Wissler
Habecker
Lititz High Band Broadcasts Fine Program on WGAL Radio
Lititz High School Band aired a strong program Tuesday night from Lancaster on WGAL after winning second place in Glass C, State School Band contest. Led by Prof. M. C. Demmy, the group traveled via Lititz Rotary Club members. Selections included The Ambassador, Bridal Song, Atilla Overture, Men of Valor, Stars and Stripes Forever, Straussiana, and Liberty March.
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Lititz
WGAL
Lancaster
Laurandeau
Goldmark
Atilla
Gondor Karoly
Klohy
Sousa
Seredy
Morris
Eighth District Sunday School Convention at Penryn
The eighth district of Lancaster Sunday School Association will hold its annual convention Saturday afternoon and evening at the Reformed Church in Penryn. The program centers on Evangelism with special music readings and an arranged schedule.
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Lancaster Sunday School Association
Reformed Church
Penryn
Lititz High School Class of 1910 Reunion Planned
The Lititz High School class of 1910 will meet with families at Springs Park on Saturday afternoon, June 7. About twenty four classmates are expected to attend with guests including former faculty members Prof. G. Herman Goetz, J. K. Lehman and Miss Barbara Myr4.
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Lititz
Springs Park
Prof
G. Herman Goetz
3. K. Lehman
Barbara My- 4
Risser Reunion Set for Elizabeth Town College Tomorrow
The annual Risser family reunion will be held tomorrow at Elizabeth Town College in Elizabethtown. The morning program starts at 10:30 with the afternoon session at 8:00. All members and friends of the Risser clan are invited to attend.
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Risser
Elizabethtown College
Elizabethtown
Risser Clan
Lancaster Meeting Hosts State Convention Echo Evening
Forty members of the various King's Daughters attended a State Convention Echo meeting in the St James Episcopal Parish House Lancaster on Tuesday evening. Mr and Mrs Wallamyer of Lititz announce the birth of a daughter at St Josephs Hospital Lancaster on Sunday evening. Dr W E K Lockhart offers eye examinations in Lititz at 4 North Broad Street.
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King’s Daughters
St. James
Lancaster
Zyeg
Litus
W. E K Lockhart
North Broad Street
Adyv
Lititz Visitors and Weekend Guests Reported Across Town
A long list of Sunday visitors and weekend guests is noted in Lititz and surrounding towns. Families from Lancaster, Manheim, Reading and Philadelphia stop by relatives and friends, attend church, or share meals, with several baptisms and gatherings mentioned. Notable names include the Dreifus, Helwig, and Boss families visiting Lititz relatives.
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Geo. Dohner
Michel
Ben
Don Dohner
W. H. Jones
Harvey, Dohner
Myrle
Hern
Miriam
Harvey Dohner, Jr
Lebanon
Sue R. Dohner
Martin Bixler
Julius Howard Helwig
Millersburg
Julius Sabo
Manheim
Lemon Neidermyer
Rothsville
Helwig
Henry B. Buch
Greencastle
Lillie Rudy
Fannin
Charles
Clarence Bassford
Annapolis
William Keller
Holmesburg
Grace E. Keller
Joseph Dreifus
Washington
Geo. B. Raezer
Penryn Reformed
Wm. Mettler
Snydertown
F. A. Weichsel
Gladys Marks
Lancaster
Lititz
Clara Lieb
John McElwain
Fawn Grove
York County
D. A. Zimmerman
Daniel Charles and
A. R. Keller
John Weaver
Florence Weaver
Allentown
Albert Hornberger
Forrest Henning
Arlene
Harold Henning
Daniel Hulman
Chef's
Clarke Miller
Elizabethville
Dorothy Spacht
W. R. Lockhart
Reading
W. R. Sammel
Gettysburg
Sammel
Loretta Smith
Paul Frey
Mt. Joy
Clarence Dengler
Margaret Sauders
Witmer
C. Albright
Theodore Reinke
York
Henry Heydt
Grosland
H. F. Quinn
Mabel Leib
Atlantic City
Ralph Jones
Mary Haag
Shillington
Mary Yoder
Fifteen Graduates Earn Diplomas at Rothsville High
Fifteen Rothsville High School students received diplomas at Friday evening exercises in the school auditorium. Dr. Carl C. Rasiman of Harrisburg gave the graduation address. Graduates include Dorothy A. Leib Richard L. Hoffer Juella Koehler W Wilson Carvell Anna M. Eberly Kathryn Vollersten Martha H. Wikerd Ethel Hooves Violet I. Shank Dorothy C. Ayres H Landig Martin A Paul Huber Emerson Myers Elsie R. Groff and Catharine Royer. The program featured processional invocation salutatory third honor oration orchestra vocal solo valedictory girls glee club and benediction.
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Rothsville High School
Carl C. Rasiman
Harrisburg
Dorothy A. Leib
Richard L. Hoffer
Juella Koehler
W. Wilson Garvell
Anna M. Eberly
Kathryn Vollersten
Martha H. Wikerd
Ethel Hooves
Violet I. Shank
Dorothy C. Ayres
H. Landig Martin
A. Paul Huber
Emerson Myers
Elsie R. Groff
Catharine Royer
F. A. Weichsel
Leib
Mr. Hoffer
Miss Koehler
Carvell
Rasmussen
D. W. Geist
Weichsel
Surprise Birthday for Mrs Lizzie Hershey on South Broad
Mrs Lizzie Hershey celebrated her 65th birthday with a surprise at her South Broad Street home. Family gathered Sunday including Rev I W Taylor of Ephrata Wayne R Groff of Bareville R1 Christ R Groff of White Horse Clayton R Groff of Lancaster and Mrs Annie Groff with Mrs Ada Groff of Lititz.
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Lizzie Hershey
South Broad Steet
I. W. Taylor
Ephrata
Wayne R. Groff
Bareville R. D
Christ R. Groff
White Horse
Clayton R. Groff
Lancaster
Annie Groff
Ada Groff
Lititz
Keath Addresses Rotarians at Local Club Meeting
Charles K. Keath president of the Keath Planing Mill Co spoke to the Rotary Club Tuesday evening on lumber and millwork. Two visitors attended from Downington and Lancaster as he traced wood work in history outlined past industry work and future prospects.
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Chas. K. Keath
Keath Planing Mill Co
Rotary Club
Downingtown
Lancaster
Keath
Legion Medals Awarded At Garden Spot High School
Commander Paul Bomberger of Garden Spot Post 56 awarded American Legion medals for courage character service companionship and scholarship to Pauline Rentschler and Wilmer Eby during the morning exercises at the high school event.
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Paul Bomberger
Garden Spot Post No. 56
American Legion
Pauline Rentschler
Wilmer Eby
Preacher at Elizabethtown College President Speaks at Church
The Rev. R. W. Schlosser, president of Elizabethtown College, preached in the Church of the Brethren on Sunday morning. The Master Barbers of Lititz are closed today for Ascension Day but will reopen tomorrow.
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R. W. Schlosser
Elizabethtown College
Church of the Brethren
Lititz
Lititz Briefs Tie Fires and Local Happenings
A minor chimney fire at Lititz Tire Company was extinguished before firefighters arrived. Businesses close this Ascension Day and Memorial Day afternoons, reopen tonight at 6. Junior CKE Society Moravian Church hosts a social at 6:30. Springs Park opens with two family reunions Werner and Buffenmeyer this week, neither attended before. Boys band from Loysville Tressler Orphan Home returns August 9 and 10. Young Men’s Business League meets next Wednesday. Local music at Neffs ville by Lutz family with Harry Keppel. Various local visits and gatherings among Franck, Huber, Stauffer, Seltzer, Bougart families.
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Lititz Tire Company
Rome
Lititz
Junior C. KE. Society of the Moravian Church
Springs Park
Werner
Buffenmeyer
Tressler
Loysville
Young Men’s Business League
Lutz
Harry Keppel
Country Taxpayers
Home-Coming Day Hears Noted Pastors at Hopeland Church
The fifth annual home-coming day at Hopeland United Brethren Church features Rev. Enck of Harrisburg for the morning service at 9 o clock and Rev. Miller of Lebanon for the evening service at 7 o'clock. Children's Day and various offerings are noted, with missions totals reported and a Bible study class scheduled to begin June 7 for eight weeks.
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Hopeland United
St. Luke’s Reformed Church
Young People's Council to Meet on Anniversary Social
The Young People's Council of District No. 9 will meet Monday evening at 8 at St. Pauls Lutheran Church. It marks the Council's sixth anniversary and will be the social meeting of the year. All campers former officers members pastors superintendents and teachers are invited.
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Young People’s Council of District No
Lititz High School Class of 1930 Commencement
A class of forty seniors at Lititz High School will receive diplomas in the commencement exercises Tuesday evening. The week includes Baccalaureate Sunday, Class Day Monday, and Commencement Tuesday, followed by the Alumni Association banquet. After these events the graduates will travel to Washington.
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Lititz High School
Alumni Association
Washington
Geo. B. Raezer
Wertsch Jeweler Clock Contest Awards Winners
Contest winners Paul Peiffer of Lincoln Avenue and Florence Stauffer of Front Street were named the lucky seniors in Wertsch the Jeweler s clock contest. Prizes included watches for the clock stopping hands and various prizes in the Lucky Number contest awarded to residents of Lititz and nearby areas.
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Paul Peiffer
Lincoln Avenue
Florence Stauffer
Front Street
Wertsch
A. S. Butzer
Rothsville
Harry Landis
Lititz R. D
Ralph Buch
Lititz
Harry Markley
G. D. Bitzer
Jene Klopp
Harry Burkhart
Gladys Euck
Rhoda Nagle
Clarence Shaub
Choir Honors Pastor On His 87th Birthday
St. Pauls Lutheran Church choir hosted a Thursday chicken corn pie supper honoring Pastor Rev W R Sammel on his 87th birthday. They presented 47 carnations as members in old style costumes attended. Emma Long served the supper with 35 people present.
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St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
W. R. Sammel
Emma Long
Birthday Celebration Held by Mary Sturgis at East Main
Mary Sturgis entertained her Moravian Sunday School class at her East Main Street home on Thursday evening to mark her birthday anniversary.
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Mary Sturgis
Moravian Sunday School
East Main Street
Legion to Decorate Graves Tomorrow
Tomorrow Memorial Day will find Lititz Legion posts honoring fallen heroes with floral tributes and gun salutes. Legionnaires will tour Penryn Brickerville Rothsville Kis sel Hill Neffsville in morning services then decorate Lutheran and Evangelical cemeteries before lunch at the Legion Home. At 5 PM the Post led by the High School Band will march to Moravian cemetery for main exercises led by Rev Fleck. Captain J Edgar Murdock cannot attend due to illness. Chaplain Harry Swartz and local ministers will speak. moving pictures will be taken for a future montage.
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Garden Spot Post
Leola
Mechanicsburg
Lititz
New Holland
Legion
Legionnaires
Legion Home
Penryn
Brickerville
Rothsville
Kissel Hill
Neffsville
Lutheran
Evvangelical
Post
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Moravian
W. K. Fleck
Lancaster
J. Edgar Murdock
Washington
Comany
Harry Swartz
Littitz
Herbert Gooper
Linden Hall Hosts Pioneering Girls School Horse Show
Tomorrow afternoon at Linden Hall a notable horse show opens at 3 with four classes. Linden Hall girls enter the novice junior and experienced rider divisions, a saddle horse class open to county women and girls. Judges include Mrs Richard P McGrann Mrs Charles Foltz of Lancaster and Dr Harry Bender of Lititz.
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United States
Linden Hall
Richard P. McGrann
Charles 8. Foltz
Lancaster
Harry Bender
Lititz
Frank Korte Builds Store and Home on Second Avenue
Frank Korte plans a dwelling and grocery store on Second Avenue. He will operate a grocery business as part of the new building project in the streetside development.
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Frank Korte
Second Avenue
Woman Dies and Four Hurt in Route to Clay Crash
A head on collision near Clay at 7:86 am killed Mrs Lorella Buxton of Detroit and injured four others including Mrs Russell Klees of Glenside and her infant son. Dr Klees, a Glen side dentist, and J H Krall of Lebanon sustained multiple injuries. Dr Klees blamed heavy rain for skidding and loss of control.
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Clay
Lorella Buxton
Detroit
Mich
Russell. Klees
Glenside
Philadelphia
Klees
J. H. Krall
Lebanon
Springs Association Plans Fourth of July Celebration
The Lititz Springs Park Association outlined preliminary plans for the annual Fourth of July celebration in Lititz Springs Park. The Ringgold Band from Reading will provide music along with two Lititz bands. Events include a baseball game, family picnics, a candle display at dusk, and a grand fireworks show in the evening. Leroy Bare will manage park oversight this year, replacing the Boy Scouts, and will publish new automobile rules next week.
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Lititz Springs Park
Lititz Springs
Leroy Bare
Boy Scouts
Package Surprise and Party For Woman on 50th Birthday
Mrs. William Stauffer of West Orange Street marked her fiftieth birthday with two surprises over the weekend. A Saturday and Monday gift haul preceded a Monday evening birthday party at her home attended by many friends including Mrs. Eher Foltz Mrs. Hazel Godenauer Mrs. Paul Stark Mrs. George Evans and several others.
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William Stauffer
West Orange Street
Eher Foltz
Hazel Godenauer
Paul Stark
George Evans
Harry Wertsch
Elmer Keller
May Day Fete Delights Lititz High Crowd
Lititz High School staged a large May Day fete Friday on the school playground behind the Moravian church grounds. The May Queen Janet Huber, maid of honor Julia Owen, and the court led an attractive program with dancers from nearly every grade, delivering an enjoyable, well-received romance themed festivities.
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Lititz High School
Moravian Church
Janet Huber
Julia Owen
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Kathryn
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Margaret
Charles Rogers
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Charles Conlin
Akron
Gregory Nichols
John Allwein
Joseph Dunlevy
Lancastery
Geo. Granenberger
Horace L. Eschbach
D. D. Kilgore
Woodbine
Paul Diener
Diner
H.C. Miller
Maude Bearinger
Denver
Mary Stirgis
Margaret Kofroth
Arlene Steffy
Bertha Hert
Bruce Corbett
Amy Grace Buchter
Esther Furlow
Verna Hertzler
Esther Shue
Charles Wagaman
Marlin Lauver
Helen Diehm
Betty Martin
Eva Shissler
Myrtle Kling
Mary Biehm
Thelma Farlow
Romaine Long
Mary Nies
Nami Peiffer
Harry Neidermyer
M. C. Demmy
Richard McCloud
Miriam Hall
Elsie Engle
Arlene Beck
Kathryn Birkenbine
Mary Minnich
Margaret Pfautz
Florence Butzer
Emma Erb
Ruth Seaber
Grace Lehn
Marguerie Masser
Ira Hall
Russell Enck
Richard Enc
Paul Davidson
Rothsville High
Alampi Hanquet
St. Paul's Lutheran Sunday School
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