Lititz Chest Sets $6500 Goal With Nurse Funding
At Lititz Community Chest annual meeting the goal for the local drive was set at $6500, $1400 above last year. The increase reflects funding a community nurse and anticipated higher need amid slow business and unemployment. The drive runs November 14 to 24 aligned with the Lancaster Welfare Federation campaign.
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Lititz
Lancaster
General
St. Joseph’s Hospitals
Rossmere Sanitorium
Red Cross
Robert Pilgrim
Franklin and Marshall College
Lancaster Visiting Nurses’ Association
Lancaster County Welfare Federation
Treasury
Pinchot Carries Both Wards Here
Gifford Pinchot carried Lititz for Governor by 390 votes. His total statewide lead over Hemphill grows as results trickle in, with unreported districts still possible. In Lititz, voters split tickets and some Democrats favored Pinchot while Republicans shifted to Hemphill. Ward vote tallies follow.
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Gifford Pinchot
Lititz
Pinchot
Hemphill
Local Briefs Highlight Accidents and Community News
Mrs Mary Longenevker fractured a toe after a fall from cellar stairs. James McQuate and wife face health issues at home and hospital. Bernice Long broke an ankle playing hockey. Principal M C Demmy appeared on the size list this week. Levi Longenecker’s family hosted several guests including Wenger, Graybill, and Tongenecker families from Denver and Quarryville. Merchants resume afternoon hours as winter approaches. Armistice Day will be observed as the next holiday. A C Darmstuetter of Lancaster spoke to the Rotary on welfare with visitors from two cities. Stetson H Cox opened a dry cleaning business on W Main St. Ladies Auxiliary to the Fire Company meets November 13. Lititz Linden Hall alumnae to meet November 8. An auto party from Kutztown attended Evangelical Congregational Church services. Mrs Halinda Badorf moves to the Foravian Home.
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Mary Longenevker
James McQuate
Lancaster General Hospital
Larl.e
Lancaster Gene
Bernice Long
M. C. Demmy
Myr
Levi Longenecker
LeRoy Wenger
Graybill
Wenger
Samuel
Quarryville
Rufus Royer
Monroe Tongenecker
Denver
Amanda Longenecker
Lizzie Wissler
Lititz
Esther Stauffer
Grace Hesler
Charles G. Heller, Jr
Mastersonville
A. C. Darmstuetter
Lancaster
Rotary Club
Niagara Falls
Stetson H. Cox
Aunt Lucia Visit Sparks City Crowds Tonight
Town advertises Aunt Lucia's two night visit at the High School Auditorium with a funny, well worth meeting performer. The King's Daughters show features extra plot and a male chorus aside. Reserved seats available at Moyer's Drug Store. cast listed on another page.
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Aunt Lucia
Lucia
King’s Daughters of Town
Moyer
York Choir to Visit St Pauls Lutheran for Annual Service
The choir of St Matthew's Church York under Rev J B Baker will travel here next Wednesday to lead the program at St Pauls Lutheran Church. Rev Baker will preach, and the two churches exchange visits promise a delightful evening for attendees. Nothing But the Truth is coming soon Watch Out ad.
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St. Matthew’s Church
York
J. B. Baker
Town
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Baker
Luther League Convention at St Pauls Saturday
The Lancaster District Luther League holds its thirty sixth annual convention at St Pauls Lutheran Church. Sessions start 10 A M with devotional, greetings, address by Rev A L Benner, memorial service by Rev W R Sammel, business and dinner. Afternoon program resumes 1 48 with more devotionals, reports and open forum. Evening service 7 15 features Rev E M Grove, anthem, installation of officers and closing.
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Lancaster District
Luther League
St. Paul'’s
Lutheran
E. M. Grove
Harrisburg
Death Notice for James Sesseman in Lititz
James Sesseman aged 75 of 8 Broad Street Lititz died Wednesday afternoon after a short illness from a heart attack at 5 pm. He is survived by his daughter Mrs A E Furlow and brother William Sesseman of Reading. Funeral Sunday at 1 45 at the late home and 2 at St Pauls Lutheran Church Interment in Maccpelah cemetery directed by R M Spacht.
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James Sesseman
A. E. Furlow
Broad Street
Lititz
William Sesseman
Reading
Paul’s Lutheran Church
Intermert
Macpelah Cemetery
R. M. Spacht
Death of Camp Hill girl follows typhoid fever
Alice Rachel Zook, 19, daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry W Zook of Camp Hill, died Tuesday afternoon at 4 PM from complications after typhoid fever. Besides her parents, she is survived by…
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Alice Rachel Zook
Harry W. Zook
Camp Hill
Armistice Day service by Garden Spot Post at Lititz High
Garden Spot Post 56 American Legion commemorates Armistice Day with a Sunday evening program in Lititz High School auditorium. Ministers join, music by the High School Boys Glee Club and Orchestra, accordion duo from Lancaster, address by W. B. Healey, and a closing reading of In Flanders Fields by Mrs. Margie Arniz. The service begins at 7:30 p.m. and features a cemetery stone memorial representing France.
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Garden Spot Post
American Legion
Lititz
Orchesta
Lancaster
W. B. Healey
Pennsylvania Department of the Legion
France
Margie Arniz
Flanders Fields
Lititz Youth Dies After Car Hits Pole
Granville Wike twenty of 70 East Front Street was killed when the machine they rode in ran off Lititz Rothsville road and crashed into a pole while returning from a Hallowe en party at Rothsville. Leroy Carvell nineteen of 76 Front Street was injured and later improving at General Hospital Lancaster. First aid by Dr Henry Walters and an inquest by Deputy Coroner A V Walters found death from a fractured skull. Burial in Hess cemetery, funeral director RB M Spacht.
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Granville Wike
Front Street
Leroy Carvell
Lititz
Rothsville
Wike
General Hospital
Lancaster
Carvell
Henry Walters
John Aumon
A. V. Walters
Brownstown
Harry Wike
Lester
Robert Delp
Town
Ethel
Ruth
Monroe
United Brethgon
Hess’ Cemetery
RB. M. Spacht
Reading
Dr. Walters
Leroy Carvel
John C. Stumpf
Margaret Heisler
Gladys Mellinger
Brickerville
Orange and Spruce Sts
Guy Rohrer
Maltas Plan Smoker At East Main Street Malta Temple
Maltas Plan Smoker in the Malta Temple on East Main Street next Thursday evening with lunch for attendees. The committee hopes for a large gathering and asks all who can to attend and bring a friend or two. Plenty of smokes will be available.
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White Cove Commandery
Knights of Malta
Malta Temple
East Main Street
Delightful Hallowe'en Party at Tumble Inn Cottage
A Halloween party at the Tumble Inn cottage near Lexington hosted by Mrs. J. J. Kline and Miss Ella Greenly drew thirty guests. Games and prizes followed by a pheasant and rabbit dinner on Sunday. Attendees hailed from Lancaster Harrisburg York and Lititz.
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Tumble Inn
Lexington
J. J. Kline
Ella Greenly
Lancaster
Harrisburg
York
Lititz
Legion Supper To Aid Ambulance Fund In Lititz
The American Legion and Ladies Auxiliary will hold a supper at the Fire House on Saturday November 15 the day the new ambulance is dedicated. Proceeds will go toward reducing the ambulance fund deficit and seek local support from Lititz residents.
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American Legion and the
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Lititz
Hunting season opens with luck and mixed results
A Saturday hunting outing yielded plentiful pheasants but few rabbits with many of the experienced hunters returning empty. A New Street resident flushed a pheasant in his yard. a first time hunter paired with six veterans bagged two rabbits each. Dry conditions blamed for rabbit scarcity. Election day in town was quiet besides car activity at polling sites. Dr Julius Klein urged robust advertising to spur business growth, noting it as a key accelerator and consumer confidence booster for both national and local merchants.
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New Street
Julius Klein
Ile
Hoover
Public Dance Draws 100 In Lititz At Lutz Hall
Over 100 attend Lititz first public dance at Lutz Auditorium East Front Street led by C. H. Leicey. Crowd demands a second dance Armistice night with Jack Raye and his band from the New England states. orchestra praised as best in the region. Hard wood waxed surface cited for smooth dancing. Also notes St Luke's Church baked ham supper November 8 at 222 North Broad Street dining room 4 to 8 PM.
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Lititz
Lutz Auditorium
East Front Street
C. H. Leicey
Jack Raye
New England States
St. Luke’s Reformed Church
North Broad Street
Ambulance Use Soars in Lititz Five Runs in Eight Days
Residents see the free community ambulance in action with five trips to Lancaster Hospitals in eight days. The vehicle rushed accident victims and a medical patient to care, aided by drivers and Legion volunteers. Physicians praised the service and noted there is no charge for use.
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Legion
O K Club Masquerade Parties at Millway Lodge
The O K Club held a masquerade Saturday evening at the Q O K Lodge Millway with forty five ghosts and costumed guests. Ghostly tableaux along dim lit paths led through vacant rooms to the main house. Prizes went to Mrs Norman Batdorf for best dressed woman Charles Weaver for best dressed man Mrs Mabel Heidler of Columbia for female makeup Charles Waga for male makeup and Mrs Charles Weaver for the door prize.
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O. K
Q O. K
Millway
Madame Queen
Norman Batdorf
Charles Weaver
Mabel Heidler
Columbia
Charles Waga
Entertains At Dinner for Wagaman Family Birthdays
Mr and Mrs Abram Wagaman of Neffsville hosted a Sunday dinner honoring the birthdays of Mrs Esther Wagaman and John Wagaman. Guests included Mr and Mrs John Wagaman, Mrs Esther Wagaman and her sons Herbert Harry Wilbur Richard and Charles and Margaret Souders.
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Abram Wagaman
Neffsville
Esther Wagaman
John Wagaman
Herbert, Harry, Wilbur
Richard and
Charles
Margaret Souders
Young People to Meet at St Pauls Lutheran Church
The Young People’s Council of District 9 will hold a patriotic meeting Monday at 7 45 p m in the lower Sunday School room of St Pauls Lutheran Church to hear Lloyd Mentzer of Ephrata, a World War veteran, describe his European trip in moving pictures. The public is invited and the pictures are described as interesting and instructive.
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Young People’s Council of
District 9
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Lloyd Mentzer
Ephrata
Europe
Important Lodge Meeting Urged for Tomorrow Night
Members of the Independent Order of Americans are urged to attend a lodge meeting tomorrow night at 7.80 o'clock in the lodge rooms. Matters of importance will be taken up.
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Independent Order of Americans
Four hurt in Spruce and Orange crash near Manheim
A collision at Spruce and Orange Streets Tuesday night injured four people. Guy Rohrer suffered possible skull fracture and head lacerations and was taken to General Hospital, while Carl Rohrer John Leaman and Kline Hollinger received injuries. Seaman was arrested for reckless driving after police investigated the wreck.
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Spruce & Orange
Spruce and
Orange Streets
Guy Rohrer
Sporting Hill
General Hospital
New Community Ambulance
Carl Rohrer
John Leaman
Kline Hollinger
Near Manheim
Leaman
Orange
Rohrers
Spruce
Seaman
Rohrer
Leicey
Weekend Social Roundup From Pennsylvania Towns
Sunday and weekend visits populate this social notes roundup. Residents from Philadelphia to Lancaster and York County report visits with relatives and friends, including Emma Myers at Philadelphia home, Stangels in Bethlehem, Stauffer guests of Longeneckers, and nurses Beck and Owen returning to Plainfield and Philadelphia.
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Emma Myers
Philadelphia
F. W. Stengel
Bethlehem
Benjamin Stauffer
Leyi F. Longenecker
Evelyn Dennis
George Lauer
William Bransby
Lancaster
E. F. Miller
Gettysburg
Edgar Miller
Edgewood
W. R. Sammel
Lloyd Hertzler
Emma Grosch
Plainfield
N. J
Harry Anspach
Anna Mae
Mortonville
Chester County
Charles Silver
Newark
Hoover and Eureka Vacuums On Sale At Spacht's
Announcement lists factory reconditioned Hoover vacuums and the new Eureka cleaner at Spacht's with Hoover service man Ed Esheman covering the Akron Pennsylvania territory.
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Hoover
Eureka
Spacht’s
Esheman
Akron
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Board of Health
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Edna Miller
Community Chest Treasury
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van Essen
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Supreme Court
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Palmer
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Reiber
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Musselin
Silver
Co Rust
Pat
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Kinzer
HBA
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Assembly Cvans
Wood
Brown
Montgomery
Stroock
Huber
America
Lancaster Hospital
Young People’s Council
D. C. Martin
Kreider
D. A. Zimmerman
Kathryne
Evelyn
Fawn Grove
York County
Arlene Beck
Julia Owen
Pennsylvania Hospital
Flora C .Wynn
Blanche Taylor
New Hope
Grace Sesseman
Charles Yost
New Holland
D. A. Cohick
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