Lititz paper mill closes for repairs during Armistice Day parade
The Lititz paper mill is shut for repairs while stores plan Armistice Day closures in Lancaster. The Lititz band will perform for Garden Spot Post 46 of the American Legion at the Lancaster parade. Other notes include wheat price shifts, local hospital and school updates, staff changes, hunting trip reports, and community anecdotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
Lititz
Paul Neidermyer
Louis Himmelberger, Jr
Garden Spot Post
American Legion
Guy Bomberger
Lancaster General Hospital
Adam Long
Lancaster County Teachers’ Institute
the Square
Gay Scouts Hike to Lebanon Pumping Station
Twelve local Boy Scouts led by Alfred Douple hiked to the Lebanon pumping station on Tuesday. They cooked over a wood fire and traced a trail through the mountains to Brickerville, marking the way with stones and natural signs. The forecast rain limited some members from joining, but the trip was praised as a great day for the boys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Douple
Lebanon
Brivkerville
Discovered Old Vault Behind Knights of Malta Building
A yard behind the Knights of Malta on Main Street yielded an underground brick lined cellar with arched ceiling after removing an old shed. An elderly baker, Henry Sturgis, recalled local bread baking history, while a Ford stunt on Main Street wowed onlookers and a Women’s Missionary Society marked its 98th anniversary at the Moravian church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Malta
Main Street
Henry Sturgis
Henry Rauch
Sturgis
Rauch
William Rauch
Ratch
Lititz
Bretzel
Unusual November finds in garden and field trip
James Goldthwait picked ripe strawberries from his garden this week while Maurice Kauffman, on a hunting trip along the Conestoga, saw violets and butterflies in the countryside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Goldthwait
Maurice Kauffman
Shoemaker Kreider wed at Reformed parsonage
Edwood Shoemaker son of Harvey Shoemaker and Miriam Mae Kreider of this place were married at the Reformed parsonage by Rev. G B Raezer on Saturday evening at 8 oelock with a ring ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwood Shoemaker
Harvey Shoemaker
Miriam Mae Kreider
G. B. Raezer
Lititz Farm Show A Big Post for Community Spirit
A Warwick Penn Elizabeth Clay and Manheim Township event drew crowds on Friday and Saturday. Legion fundraisers sold goods, and a cattle sale at Warwick House attracted livestock enthusiasts. J Aldus Herr praised corn judged as superior to Harrisburg. Weitman lauded poultry quality. 810 ears of corn on display along with extensive farm and home exhibits.
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Warwick
Penn
Elizabeth
Clay
Manheim
Lancaster
American Legion
The
Legion
Lennan
Warwick House
Lititz
J. Aldus Herr
Harrisburg
W. W. Witman
Allentown
Wim
Warwick Grange
Farm Women’s Society No. 1
Grange
Child Welfare Department
California
Stifel-Freeman
Cuba
Republican Parades In Lititz And Rothsville Draw Crowds
A Lititz Republican victory parade Thursday drew a large crowd with the Lititz band and Stoud's ninth hour drum corps. Veterans John Carpenter and William Smith led a division. a mule-drawn hearse from the S A G boys appeared. Spectators demanded a speech, but none were volunteered. Rothsville held a parade Monday with about a thousand voters. floats including a Salt River float entertained attendees as bands and visitors watched.
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Lititz
Stoud
John Carpenter
William Smith
S. A. G. Boys
Young Men’s Business League
Rothsville
Manheim
Sons
It Deserves Your Encouragement Lititz Fire Company rummage sale
The Lititz Fire Company charity rummage sale runs all next week in the fire house. Bids failed to deter participation as nearly everyone contributed items including furniture bric a brac and odds and ends. A pantry sale closes the event next Saturday with chicken corn soup pies and similar foods. Women run the sale with men assisting.
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Lititz
Boy Scouts Plant Walnut Trees for Birds in Lancaster County
Care for Birds in Winter outlines Boy Scouts planting walnut and shellbark seeds in Lancaster County this month to feed quail pheasants and other small game. They will build shelters for birds and ensure feeding during winter under Game Protector S A Keene of Christiana. Plans include enclosing young trees next year with stakes. scouts aim to prevent starvation during snow storms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster County
Boy
Game Protector
S. A. Keene
Christiana
Prizes Awarded in Lititz Novel Guessing Contest
More than two thousand people entered a window grain-eating contest at Lititz Clothing and Shoe Store. The nearest guesses to the number of grains a rooster and two chickens would eat between Friday noon and Saturday 10 p.m. won prizes. First prize went to Mrs. M. W. Hess for 960 grains, second to Miss Miriam Rudy for 955, and third to Abram Minnich for 952.
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Lititz
M. W. Hess
Abram Minnich
Indian Runner Duck Arrives From England for Local Farmer
An Indian runner duck arrived from Liverpool, England, last week for Isaac Sensenich near town. It was received at the American Express office after about a week on the road and shown at the poultry show on Community Day. Sensenich seeks new blood for his flock. Indian Runner ducks are the heaviest layers in the duck family.
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Liverpool
England
Isaac Sensenich
American Express
Sensenich
Former Lititz Men Hunted in Butler County
William Kissinger and his sons Harold and Charles hunted in Butler County twelve miles south of Butler city. They bagged seventeen rabbits and saw almost thirty in the area. The shooting was difficult where vegetation stood head high.
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William Kissinger
Harold
Charles
Butler County
Butler
Travel Notes From Lititz Social Roundabout
A parade of visitors and travelers fills a Lititz week as Rev. F W Stengel visits Bethlehem. Miss Edna Becker enjoys Harrisburg. Mrs Naomi Bomberger returns from Atlantic City. Mr and Mrs William Woodington from Reading visit Louetta Weitzel. many Lancaster residents host or travel to Philadelphia New York and nearby towns. Notable engagements include Rev Joseph Baker preaching at St Pauls Lutheran and evangelists H C Reedy and J Wilbur Jones leading meetings in Delta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Stengel
Bethlehem
Edna Becker
Harrisburg
Naomi Bomberger
Atlantic City
William Woodington
Reading
Louetta Weitzel
Carrie Darraugh
Lititz
Philadelphia
Lottie Stetter
Elva Masey
Fred Balmer
Lancaster
A. RK
Catherine Miller
Blanche
Topeka
Kane
Isabella Kreider
South Spruce Street
Joseph Baker
Gettysburg
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Alvin R. Keller
Reuben Keller
Hanover
Curtis Becker
Clarence Keller
H. C. Reedy
Presbyterian Church
Delta
York County
J. Wilbur Jones
John Huber
Dendron
Huber
Virginia
A. E. Francke
South Side
M. S. Hess
Stengel
Linden Hall
Elwood Shollenberger
Ruth
J. Frank Buch
Michigan
Nicholson
Harvey Reiber
Easton
William Stoneback
Electrified pipeline hazard and mortgage potato crop report
A pipeline under the railroad near town suffered electrolysis from the trolley system, risking leaks. Repairs will add insulators to break the circuit. Also noted is a potato harvest on Andrew Goch enour farm yielding about 230 bushels from four acres, grown with minimal drought impact and one cultivation.
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Southern Oil Company
Town
Broad Street
Lititz
Brooklyn Bridge
Soldier in World War Marries Lancaster Woman
World War soldier, son of Mr and Mrs Jacob Singley of this place, secretly wed Grace Kauffman of Lancaster on a August Saturday. They visited his parents Sunday and plan to reside at 224 Reservoir Street. Mrs Singley worked at Garvin's store. He saw hard fighting in the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Singley
Lancaster
Jacob Singley
Grace Kauffman
Lititz Contest Wins At Community Show
The Lititz Springs National Bank ran a free guessing contest at the Community Show in Lehman’s garage. A jar held 2514 grains of corn. Paul Singer of Mannheim won first prize $5 with 2513 guesses, Mrs. Harry Kauffman took second $3 with 2510, and HH. H. Brubaker of Lititz won third $2 with 2520.
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Lititz Springs
Red Cross Fourth Annual Roll Call Planned in Lancaster
Lancaster Chapter of the American Red Cross announces its Fourth Annual Roll Call for memberships from Monday November 15 to Thanksgiving Day November 25. The event is chaired by B. B. Wolf of Lancaster with Mrs. Charles F. Stauffer overseeing Lancaster activities and Milton H. Ranck of Strasburg overseeing the county. Vice City Chairman Mrs. John H. Wickersham and a committee including T. Warren Metzger on publicity and W. W. Herrold on supplies lead the administration, along with J. G. Dommy as Chief Auditor and H. W. Hartman with John M. Groff and Ralph W. Cummings heading the Lancaster Chapter committee of advertisers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
The
American Red Cross
B. B. Wolf
City
Charles F. Stauffer
Milton H. Ranck
Strasburg
John H. Wickersham
T. Warren Metzger
W. W. Herrold
J. G. Dommy
H. W. Hartman
John M. Groff
Ralph W. Cummings
Pet Dog Killed On South Broad Street
Dr. H A Cuppy’s Belgian shorthaired Brabason Griffon was run over by a car on South Broad Street Saturday evening. The dog, seven years with the family, was valued at 150 dollars and beloved by townspeople including many children. There are about twenty five of these dogs in America.
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Gypsy
H. A. Cuppy
South Broad Street
Dr. Cuppy
America
Washline display sparks local speculation at theater
A baby apparel washline hung in front of a moving picture theater on Monday provoked mixed reactions. Some called it indecent, others speculated it belonged to a nearby family. Most passersby studied it with confusion or amusement. The display advertised the Monday film "Up in Mary's Attic."
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Moving Picture Show
Irishtown
Moving Picture
Mary
Obituary Notices for Hertzler and Hacker of Lititz
Jacob B Hertzler aged 72 died at home after a weeklong illness from a paralytic stroke. Survived by wife Catherine Brubaker and nine children, with nineteen grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Funeral at Church of the Brethren Lititz with private then public services. Also Eli K Hacker aged 77 died after five weeks illness following a stroke. Veteran Civil War drummer, survived by five children and ten grandchildren. Funeral in Lititz with interment in Lutheran cemetery.
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Jacob B. Hertzler
Spruce Street
Lititz
Mbt
Joy
Church of the Brethren
Catherine H. Brubaker
David Landis
Brownstown
Harry
Manheim
John
Philadelphia
Aaron Balmer
Weidmansville
Clayton
Detroit
Mich
Jacob
Norman
Elizabeth
Catherine
Samuel Burkholder
Ulrich Hertzler
Millersville
Henry
Oroville
Eli
Willow Street
Benjamin
Fannie Miller
Lancaster
Hammer Creek Church
Eli K. Hacker
Lancaster County Hospital
General Hospital
Brickerville
Schaefferstown
Mt. Airy
Lincoln
Lutheran Church
195Th Regiment
Pennsylvania Infantry
Hacker
Lansdale
Milton
Harry Sesseman
Frank
Allen
Reading
Lexington
Obituary notices for Esslinger and Plasterer relatives
Milton Esslinger of near Hopeland died Sunday at 11 50 from a illness of two weeks aged 46 leaving wife Mary Summers son Walter daughter Minnie five grandchildren and siblings John Jacob and Mrs Lemon Gockley Funeral at home and Voganville Union church Interment in adjoining cemetery Emma R Plasterer wife of Samuel S Plasterer died at home in Manheim aged 56 from a complication of diseases She was a Reformed Church member Survived by husband and children Annie Sarah Clara John Monroe Zellers Mrs Clarence Katz and others Funeral from her home to Manheim Reformed church with interment in Fairview cemetery.
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Milton Esslinger
Hopeland
Mary Summers
Walter
Minnie
Aaron Hornberg
Murrell
John, Esslinger
Lincoln
Jacob Esslinger
Linwood
North Dakota
Lemon Gockley
Ephrata
Voganville Union Church
Lititz
Emma R. Plasterer
Samuel S. Plasterer
Manheim
Reformed Church
Emma Stoll
John H. Schreiner
Francis
Paul
Eva
Annie
Sarah
Clara
John
Monroe Zellers
Clarence Katz
Reading
William Zellers
John Baustic
Manheim Reformed Church
Fairview Cemetery
Death of East Cocalica resident Edward D. Eberly at 71
Edward D. Eberly, longtime East Cocalica township resident, died Sunday at his home one mile north of Denver. A former carpet weaver who recently ran a small farm, he was twice married and survived by two daughters, Lizzie, married to Joseph, and another daughter from his first marriage. The obituary continues on page 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward D. Eberly
East Cocalica Township
Denver
Lizzie
Joseph
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Jacob Young
Lititzborough
Sarah Bear
St. Joseph’s Hospital
D. W. Withers
New York State
Margie Dissinger
Norman Arntz
Maytown Bank
Adam
Eugene Long
Horace
William Sturgis
Menno Carpenter
Mont Alto
Henry Seaman
Cedar Street
Benjamin Bucher
Bucher
Hidrich
Guy Buch
Benjamin Lutz
Lititz High School
Walter H. Buch
Malta
Ford
Bram Habecker
Springs Bank
Pfantz Bros. Store
Elam
Women's Missionary Day
Women’s Missionary Society
A. Francke
W. Vogler
E. S. Crosland
FP. W. Stengel
S. C. E. Beckler
G. L. Hepp
Kreider
Farmer
Andrew Gochenour
Gochenour
Lan
Red Cross
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