Local notices mix with sales and sports in Warwick area
A broad Lititz Warwick page records community happenings from a teachers institute date to property sales at the Warwick House and Rothsville. It notes new residents from Pittsburgh and Camden, a seven month western trip return, a distinctive cow barn visit near Kissel Hill, and local advertising advocacy. Also listed are unclaimed letters, a Samuel Evans will sale, hunting trips by gunners, and a Masonic Zembo Temple fall ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hepp
Frank Hess
C. F. Hess
Hess’ Meeting House
Watertown
Stakelebeck
Ella Evans
East Main Street
Pittsburgh
Zartman
Camden
N.J
Eby
H. Holtzhouse
West Orange Street
Kissel Manor
Kissel Hill
William H. Greek
Samuel F. Heil
Bennie Poster
Wm, F. Bear
L. Cipoletti
A. A. Evans
Spencer M. Evans
B. F. Good
Charles M. Gravath
Chas. E. Jones
Harvey Meese
Robert Marks
Lititz
Jacob Risser
Warwick
J. Francis Dunlap
John Evans
Warwick House
Harry Foltz
Front Street
Grant J.weachter
A. Sheridan Weachter
Samuel G. and
Sarah Weachter
Rothsville
Grant J. Weachter
Cary
Thomas Steffy
Masonic Order
Zembo
Hartrinburg
Alerts
Lancaster
Farmers’ Directory
Lancaster County
Wilmer Atkinson Co
Philadelphia
Lancaster City
Farm Journal
Fighting Forest Fires Student Trains At Mont Alto
J Edward Buch a student at the State Forest Academy Mont Alto joined fellow students in a 30 hour siege against the largest local forest fire in years. About a thousand acres burned before containment. Fires have been unusually numerous this year with several set to drive game or obtain wood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Edward Buch
State Forest Academy
Mont Alto
Breezy Point Play Announced by Linden Hall Girls
Linden Hall presents Breezy Point a three act comedy directed by Miss Hlenberger. Four girls Bernice Laura Clarice and Edith vacation at Breezy Point with romance and campfire antics. Supporting characters include Aunt Debby Elinor Fantine Ashrael Mrs Hardscratch and the Hardscratch twins Old Clem and Doolittle. Performances Saturday evening November 21 at 8 o clock in the Gymnasium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Breezy Point
Linden Hall Girls
Miss Hlenberger
Bernice
Laura
Clarice
Edith
Debby
Elinor
Fantine
Ashrael
Mrs. Hardscratch
Hardscratch
Miss Doolittle
Old Clem
Deaths of Charles B Keller and Jacob A Hearing
Obituaries announce the deaths of Charles B. Keller of Lancaster and Philadelphia and Jacob A. Hearing of Lititz Erie auto accident victim. Keller served as recorder of deeds and held multiple local posts. Hearing, 36, formerly with New Era Printing and Ashby Printing, died after being struck by a car in Erie. Services held in United Evangelical church and buried in Lancaster. Remains of the two men arrived from Erie and were interred locally. Also notes real estate sales by Hershey and Gibbes with details of several bonds stock and a two story house on Orange street Warwick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles B. Keller
Philadelphia
Lancaster and
Lititz Pike
United States District Court
Keller
G. F. Markel
Columbia
Strasburg
Ephrata
Independent Telephone Company
Lancaster County
Lancaster and Lititz Turnpike Co
Conllastore Traction Company
W. W. Griest
Lancaster City
Grace Lutheran Church
Salinda Hearing
Locust Street
Jacob A
Erie
Dailey
Millport
Warwick
Lititz
Lancaster
New Era Printing& Co
Ashby Printing Company
Annie Kilheffner
Marriege
Clarence
Edna May
Thelma
John Hollinger
Hershey & Gibbes
Peter Hess
John H. Hess
Consumers Boxboard and Paper Co
D. B. Seaman
E. H. Risser
J. W. G. Hershey
Consumers , Boxboard and Paper Co
N. W. Kansas Consolidated Oil & Gas Co
B. F. Kready
Orange Street
Akron cigarmaker Lemon Cheney dies at 50
Lemon Cheney of Akron died at General Hospital in Lancaster Friday night from araemia. A well known cigarmaker born in Marietta, he lived in Ephrata and Akron most of his life. He lost both legs as a railroad accident in youth. Survived by sister Mrs. Susan Goss of Grindstone SD. Body taken to Columbia for burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lemon Cheney
Akron
General Hospital
Lancaster
Marietta
Ephrata
Cheney
Susan Goss
Grindstone
South Dakota
Columbia
Henry D Burkholder Dies at 78 in West Cocalico
Henry D Burkholder a well known resident of West Cocalico township died at his home near Cocalico early Tuesday age 78 from Brights disease His wife Catharine nee Brubaker and son Benjamin reside on the old homestead a daughter Mrs B Noll of Gacalico survives Also sister Mrs Elizabeth Weinhold at home The funeral is set for 930 Saturday morning from his late home with services at Steinmetz s meeting house near Schoeneck Interment will follow in the adjoining cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry D. Burkholder
West Cocalico Township
Cocalico
Bright
Catharine (Nee Brubaker
Benjamin
B. Noll
Gacalico
Elizabeth Weinhold
Local Citizens Discuss Auto Factory in Water Street Plant
On Friday evening locals met at Hershey and Gibbes to discuss locating an auto manufacturing plant in the vacant Water Street starch works. A $50,000 local capital goal was set but fell short, ending the bid. A structural work plant also seeks the starch works and may visit Lititz late this week to present its proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hershey & Gibbes
Water Street
Lititz
Lititz- Warwick Brumbaugh Club
Keystone Underwear Co
Lititz- Warwick Republican Club
H. C. Miller
E. E. Habecker
G. Graybill Diehm
Martin G. Brumbaugh
Pennsylvania
United States
Turnpike Officers Elected at Lititz and Rothsvill Turnpike
Stockholders chose officers and directors for the Lititz and Rothsville Turnpike Company. President C B Risser, vice president C F Hess, secretary M S Hess, and treasurers J Clayton and N K Brubaker named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz and Rothsvill¢ Turnpike Company
C.B. Risser
C. F. Hess
M. S. Hess
J. Clayton
N. K. Brubaker
Reception for Rev Seaber in East Smithfield
A reception honored Rev Haydn A Seaber who moved from Sweet Valley to East Smithfield Luzerne County to serve as pastor. Almost a hundred residents of East Smithfield from multiple denominations visited his home Friday evening, sharing a pleasant social hour and refreshments. He reports satisfaction with his new location and post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haydn A. Seaber
Sweet Valley
East Smithfield
Luzerne County
Seaber
Large Auto Truck For Warwick Resident Yerger
Yerger of Warwick has received a large two ton Mac auto truck the largest in the area. It can haul furniture for an average family on one trip and seats for 25 passengers for guided straw rides. The owner plans to use it to serve public needs locally and provide comfortable trips to any destination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legs Yerger
Warwick
Yerger
Travel rs Near and Far The Whereabouts of Your and Our Friends
Local notables and visitors are listed as they move through Lititz and nearby towns. Residents from Akron Reading Lancaster Shillington and Philadelphia visit, while others travel to Denver Lebanon and Myerstown. Several guests plan longer stays and potential relocations to Lititz and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel
Viola Leib
Akron
J. C. Brobst
Philadelphia
Chester Burkholder
Hershey
Susan Haldeman
Ambrose Malschnee
Reading
Phares
Mary Hershey
Elizabethtown College
J. Fred. Essig
Rothaville
D. A. Cohick
Nazareth
James Sturgis
Lebanon
8. C. Hassler
Stanley Diehm
Denver
Charles E. Sturgis
Lancaster
Sarah Sturgis
William Ochs
Plainfield
N. J
Laura Kauffmen
Clayton Shue
Gap
Miriam Sturgis
Shue
Cleon Wilson
Allentown
Addison Wilson
David H. Bomberger
Hallville
Dillman
Charles Nagle
Mollie
S. C. Leaber
Mary Kissinger
Thomas Kissinger
Darius Kissinger
Oliver Sturgis
C. E. Hess
Shillington
United Evangelical Church
E. Burd Adams
Charles H. Kreider
Daniel Curran
Liberia
Africa
John Furlow
Sheboygan
Wis
Lemon Furlow
Jacob Enck
Ally
John Sesseman
Adam Sechrist
Ecenroad
Seth Lorah
Near Brunnerville
Rufus Seldomridge
Jerre Longenecker
Farmersville
George Buch
Harry Gingrich
Spring City
John Gingrich
Gingrich
Richard
Elmer Kauffman
Ann G. Kauffman
Leg Broken While Playing Football at the Base
William Enck of Warwick suffered a broken femur during a rush play on a base ball diamond on Saturday afternoon. Dr. D C Martin set the fracture. William Smith Jr., a shipping clerk for Ideal Cocoa and Chocolate company, broke two bones in his left hand last Thursday while hoisting barrels. the hoist brake failed and the handle spun, fracturing two bones. Dr. A L Hertz treated the injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Enck
Phares Enck
Warwick
D. C. Martin
William Smith, Jr
Ideal Cocoa and Chocolate Company
Smith
A. L. Hertz
Lancaster youths win free Washington trip and local notes
Arthur Brackart and Albert Brackart earned Lancaster County Fair prizes earning a Washington trip for corn show winners. R J Kofroth installs a long distance wireless transmitter at Lititz while the Republican Club reorganizes to back Governor Brumbaugh. Lititz hosts a two day Farmers Institute November 30 and December 1 with expert talks and entertainment. Other notes report Mrs. Ira Nies recovering from illness, a child’s appendicitis, and local illnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Brackart
J. W. Brackart
Town
Washington, D. C
Lancaster County Fair Association
Mr. Bruckart
Albert
State College
Lititz
Linden Hall
J. W. Bruckart
Also Mentioned on This Page
Frank Rader
Furnace Hills
Harry Ditzler
P. B. Furlow
U.S. Delp
Elwood
Robert
Charles Furlow
J.S. Badert
Andrews Bridge
Bart
F. B. Buch
Centre County
Messrs
G. G. Diehm
John Brubaker
Paul Baderf
Adams County
Robert Pfautz
Jacob
Rev
L. B. Nies
Jacob Firestone
Nies
Laura Kline
Bertha
Summit Point
West Va
Manheim
Myerstown
Kline
Lititz Mills
S. E. Bushong
William
Washington
R. J. Kofroth
Ritchie
Jelewer H. RB. Wertseh
Mr. Kofroth
Farmers’ Institute
Ira Nies
Howard
Samuel Lane
Lancaster General Hospital
John Baum
Rome
Allen Caslow
Elizabethtown
Zeno Fry
H. R. Gibbel
M. H. Yoder
Atlee
Posey
Elizabeth
Jacob Bachman
Doster’s
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