Lititz Community Show Highlights Fall Events
Election day will close banks on November 7. Pfantz Bros. demo Sunshine Biscuits draws shoppers. Lititz Community Show features glowing lights and an auto display. Proceeds from school and club events total in the low hundreds, with a Bethlehem era of activity around Halloween and Rally Day services. Robert Emory Neidermyer born at Lancaster General Hospital after father’s accident. Moravian Women’s Missionary Society marks centennial with Dr. James H. Franklin preaching November 3 and subsequent meetings. Frank Burkholder opens new restaurant with popular chicken and waffle supper. Radio demo at Warwick House showcases indoor aerial and horn for sound reach.
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Lititz
Chautauqua
American Legion
Neidermyer
Emory Neidermyer
Lancaster General Hospital
Robert Emory
H. C. Reedy
Maceville
Williamstown
Dauphin County
Reedy
Women’s Missionary Society of the
Moravian Church
James H. Franklin
New York
Lititz An
Coalition Meeting in Lititz With Lancaster Speakers
A coalition meeting is set for Friday November 3 at 8 p.m. in the Paramount theatre Lititz with speakers Frank C. Musser H M J Kline Mrs Kell and Joseph G Forney. Music by the Lititz cornet band and a St Luke's Reformed Sunday School supper in the church basement Saturday evening November 4 features chicken corn soup and oysters.
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Coalition
Paramount Theatre
Lititz
Lancaster
Frank C. Musser
H. M. J. Kline
Kell
Joseph G. Forney
Lititz Cornet Band
St. Luke’s Reformed Sunday School
Lititz Fire Company Plans to Buy Chemical Engine
Lititz Fire Company No. 1 reveals plans to purchase a chemical engine. At the recent meeting with over a hundred members present, most of the funds are ready and the rest will be raised by an indoor festival this winter to avoid further solicitations.
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Lititz
Warwick House Sale Reports and Wales Musical Event
Six hundred eighty seven sales occurred at the Warwick House on Saturday with a large crowd. Forty two cows topped at 135 dollars, 128 dollars, and the average on ten cows was 114.90. Other items sold included pigs, rabbits, fruit, vegetables, and various household goods. The Welsh Miners quintette will open the Litita High School Alumni Star Course on Friday November 10, with tickets on sale November 8 at Scott's Book Store. David Graybill, president of the Springs bank, returned from a hunting trip in northern New York with eight gunners and eight deer caught during eleven days in camp.
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Warwick House
Litita High School
Wales
Scott's Book Store
David Graybill
The
Springs Bank
New York State
Lancaster
Building New Barn to Replace One Destroyed by Fire
B Frosh begins excavations for a new farm barn east of town to replace the one burned. The plan shows a ground floor of 90 by 50 feet with an eight foot fore bay and two upper floors, plus a 25 by 56 addition, and an slate angled roof. No construction contract awarded yet.
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B. Frosh
Diehm Stands On His Record For Lititz Leader
Graybill Diehm, a longtime Lititz cited for constructive public service, seeks re election to the State Legislature. The piece notes his early life in Penn township, farm labor, teaching, and rise as a local official and business leader, stressing his record and outlook for future governance.
Rabbits Open Season Mixed Harvest In Lancaster County
Gun enthusiasts left town for a one day rabbit shoot while many bakeries and industries slowed. Weather favored hunting as frost conditions improve rabbit flesh though some meat is discarded due to rabbit worm. Limits: five rabbits per day, forty per season. squirrels six per day, twenty per season. pheasants three per day, six per season. Ringneck pheasants banned in Lancaster. Readouts list scores: Rader, Evans, Helter, Weidler, Long, Furlow, Wissler, Sesseman, Strohm, Fralich, and others with three to ten birds.
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Ringneck
Lancaster County
Arlie Rader
George Evans
Frank Rader
John Helter
Eugene Weidler
Wayne Longenecker
Lemon Furlow
Harry Wissler
James Sesseman
Edgar Strohm
Jacob Wissler
John Fralich
Dr. D A. Long
Eugene Long
John Brubaker
Frank Buch
Upcoming Y P B Meeting and Linden Hall Tea
The Y P B will convene at headquarters on Monday November 6 at 7 30 p m with all members urged to attend. Linden Hall alumnae tea is scheduled for Saturday from 2 to 4 p m this week at the hall.
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Linden Hall
Cars, a Knight of Malta service, and a flower mystery
A Ford sedan with lace curtains is noted on Main street. The Knights of Malta memorial services at the Malta Temple in Lancaster attracted five Lititz members. Flowers valued at 15 dollars disappeared from a basket but reappeared at home, traced to Mrs. Garton. A science note discusses limestone's effect on livestock and people, citing that athletes from limestone regions tend to be larger and stronger.
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Main Street
Lititz
Knights of Malta
Malta
Lancaster
St. Paul’s Reformed Church
Victor Wagner
Gifts at Scott's Book Store Highlight Selection
When you think of gifts you think of Scott's Book Store as the place to make your selection for presents. The message positions the store as the natural destination for gift purchases and emphasizes its range.
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Scott
Dangerous blast at quarry injures man near Lititz
Daniel Williams of Lexington narrowly escaped serious harm after a rock blast at Forneys stone quarry north of Lititz. He was knocked unconscious by the explosion while lighting fuses for three charges and sustained leg strain and hand scratches. Dr. D. C. Martin offered care.
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Forneys
Lititz
Daniel Williams
Lexington
D. C. Martin
Surprise for Rev Walters at Pottstown Home
A Pottstown crowd of about one hundred gathered at S. D. Brown’s home to surprise Rev J. M. Walters and wife of Beltzell United Brethren church. The party followed by a visit to the parsonage at 269 North York street included an interspersed program, social hour, and refreshments. The piece notes Walters’ recent Lancaster County assignment and outlines a proposed Lancaster County basketball league from Lititz to Elizabethtown to reduce travel and costs. Guy Hershey and others attended the meeting.
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Pottstown
J. M. Walters
Lititz
Beltzell
Walters
North York Street
Mt. Joy
Manheim
Millersville
Akron
Ephrata
Marietta
Elizabethtown
Lancaster
Steelton
Hershey
Guy Hershey
Travelers Near and Far Visit Lititz Residents
A long list of visiting friends and relatives highlights this Lititz area report. Pittsburgh resident Mr Clifford Funk visits the Eckerts, Ellen Leib tours Atlantic City, H B Buch attends Mrs John S Brown’s funeral in Reading, and Jay Harry Evans travels from Lansdowne with his wife. Others include H Reist Landis and daughter Ella at Landis Valley, Lester Runk plans Florida work, Wm Derr visits Montour County, Emily Eschbach returns to Woodstock, and D W Withers buys apples in New York state. Rev E W Gaylord and wife head to Connecticut, with stops in Baltimore. Local hosts include John Hertzler and Catherine Hertzler in Lititz, and Mrs Catherine Hertzler visiting Philadelphia and Lansdowne. The Rohrer trolley era memories resurface as Mr Harry Rohrer visits Lititz, and extended visits from Sturgis family members continue the pattern of regional social travel.
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Lititz
Diehm
Stiffel-Freeman Company
Safe Manufacturers
Keystone Underwear Co., Inc
Young Men's Business League of
Red Cross
Council of
Lititz Bank
Mr. Jay Harry Evans
Lansdown
H. Reist Landis
Ella
David Hoover
Elmer B. Landis
Landis Valley
Harry Rohrer
Lancaster
Rohrer
Lancaster and
Lancaster and Coatesville
Harry
Edwin Sturgis
Edward Shiffner
New Brunswick
N. J
Paul Whitman
Philadelphia
John K. Dyer
Sturgis
Thomas Keller
Lottie
Lititz Republican Women to Meet at Bomberger Home
A gathering of Republican women is planned at Mrs. Naomi 8 Bomberger’s residence at South Broad and Orange streets in Lititz. The meeting starts Friday at 7 PM with an invitation to all interested women and a prominent Lancaster speaker expected to address the attendees.
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Lititz
Naomi
Bomberger
South Broad and
Orange Streets
Lancaster
Traveling Frank Longenecker Stopped Here Last Week
Cheap traveling Frank Longenecker toured through town on his hike from State College to New York to watch his college team play football Saturday. He traveled mostly by lifts and is the son of Mrs. Mary Longenecker of this place. Parades are planned in Lancaster with Republican and Coalition parties parading Monday evening November 6, featuring the Lititz band among thirty-one bands in line.
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Frank Burkholder
Lancaster
Lititz
Bucher
New York State
Warry Wolf
Lloyd Hoffman
Hallowe’en
North Broad Street
Frank Longenecker
State College
New York
Mary Longenecker
Republican Party
Coalition Party
Lancaster County
Pike County Men Seek Farm Near Lititz
Frank Fribole and his brother Henry from Pike County arrived to buy a farm near Lititz if a suitable site is found. They stay with Mrs. Elmer Getz on Front Street and are acquainted with Moravian ministers Bishop C. J. Moench and Rev. Max Shultz.
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Frank Fribole
Henry Fribole
Pike County
Lititz
Elmer Getz
Front Street
C. J. Moench
Max Shultz
Mrs John E Leaman Prostrated After Niagara Falls Incident
Prostrated at her father's Lancaster home Mrs John E Leaman wife of the presumed Niagara Falls jumper is under a physician's care. She has heard nothing from her husband from whom she had been separated.
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John E. Leaman
Lancaster
Niagara Falls
Elopement Ends in Maryland Marriage of Bachman and Ludwig
Eloped to Maryland to wed Arthur Bachman and Miss Carrie Ludwig were married at Elkton. The groom is son of Jacob Bachman and works at a Lititz paper box factory. Bride is daughter of Alvin Ludwig of Rome.
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Arthur Bachman
Carrie Ludwig
Elkton, Md
Jacob Bachman
Lititz
Alvin Ludwig
Rome
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C. &. Loeflier
Harry H. Girvin
Christiana
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Scott’s Book Store
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Examiner-New Era
Graybill G. Diehm
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Thad Biemesderfer
Israel G. Erb
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Harry Gorton
Rev. Walters
Clifford Funk
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Atlantic City
Caroline Grosh
H. B. Buch
John S. Brown
Reading
Kissel FY
Lester Runk
Frank Runk
Florida
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Manhattan
Kan
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Woodstock
D. W. Withers
E. W. Gaylord
Coleman Memorial Chapel
Brickerville
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Locust Street
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J. Harry Evans
Buckwalter
Leola
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Lizzie Hertzler
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