Thanksgiving week brings school closings and gifts
Local notices report Thanksgiving holiday closures for borough schools and post office hours. A warm community tone recurs with thanks to neighbors and a note on donations to Moravian Home. Also covered are new hires at Springs National Bank, and several local events and acknowledgments in Lititz and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry &. Rudy
Paul Burkholder
Springs National Bank
Homer Hiestand
Lancaster Junction
Chautauqua
Helen Marr
Swarthmore
David Habecker
Habecker
Myra Brookmyer
Greenville
Tenn
Christine I. Tinling
London
England
Norfolk
Lancaster County
West
John Weitzel, Jr
Edwin Stoner
John F. Longenecker
M. H. Yoder
Chester Aument
Strasburg
Lancaster
Mr. Lane
Clay
Lititz
N. B. Leaman
Leaman
Trinity United Evangelical Church
S. G. Haas
United Brethren Church
Wallace C. Wise
San Francisco
Cal
Penna
Exposition Grounds
W. C. Wise
McCune
Aged Caller Mr A B Hackman Recalls Life at Disston
An 88 year old caller, Mr. A B Hackman of Disston area, visited the RecoxD office last Saturday. He was a former public school teacher and farmer known for a keen memory and reading without spectacles. Hackman has served 48 years as trustee of Millport Union church and cemetery, contributing land and labor generously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Hackman
Disston
Recoxd
Millport Union Church and Cemetery
Last summons for Lydia Taylor and death of Reuben Risser
Lydia Taylor age four died after a lingering illness at Brethren Home near Neffsville formerly of Earl township. Survived by three brothers N W Taylor Reidenbachs store near New Holland N W Taylor Union Grove and I W Taylor superintendent Brethren Home. Funeral at Blue Ball Brethren church with interment in Blue Ball cemetery. Reuben Risser aged 63 farmer of Weidmansville died Saturday afternoon after a lingering illness due to complications. Survived by wife and children Tillman Reuben Abraham and Ida at home Mrs John Melsinger Kissel Hill Mrs Minnie Carpenter Ephrata Samuel Lampeter and Mrs Amos Hostetter East Petersburg. Funeral at Hammer Creek Mennonite church conducted by Bishop Noah Landis Rev Jacob Hershey and Rev Jonas Hess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia Taylor
Brethren Home
Neffsville
Aingering
Earl Township
Church of the Brethren
Miss Taylor
N. W. Taylor
Reidenbach
New Holland
Union Grove
I. W. Taylor
Reuben Risser
Weidmansville
Ephrata Township
Mennonite Church
Tillman
Reuben
Abraham
Ida
John Melsinger
Kissel Hill
Minnie Carpenter
Ephrata
Samuel
Lampeter
Amos Hostetter
East Petersburg
Hammer Creek Mennonite Church
Noah Landis
Jacob Hershey
Jonas Hess
Lititz
Obituary notices for Pritz, Gockley, Wittle in Manheim area
Henry F Pritz of Manheim dies at 58 after long tuberculosis illness on Thursday morning November 11. He was a cigarmaker,member of St Pauls Episcopal Church and Fisenlohr Relief Association. survived by wife and children Gerald Grace and two daughters in Manheim. Funeral at St Pauls with burial at Fairview Cemetery. Simon Gockley 86, dies after Brights disease two years, cattle drover turned invalid. Survived by widow and three children Harry Mary Ira. funeral at home then Mellingers Mennonite Church. Mrs Samuel Wittle Anna Wittle of Lebanon dies of pneumonia at 58. survived by husband and five siblings and four sisters including Brickerville and Schaefferstown residents. Funeral details note membership in Salem United Brethren Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry F. Pritz
Manheim
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Fisenlohr Relief Association
Gerald
York
Grace
Charles Hoffman
Elmer Hahn
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Fairview Cemetery
Bright
Simon Gockley
Schoeneck
Harry
Mary
Ira
Mellinger’s Mennonite Church
D. L. Fogelman
Anna
Samuel Wittle
Lebanon
Salem United Brethren Church
Joshua Yocum
Brickerville
Viola
Eli
Pennville
Jerome
Samuel
John
West
Caroline Steiner
Benjamin Weidenheimer
Wilmington
Del
James Weik
Schaefferstown
Frank Kauffman
Saran Christ
Bismarck
Lebanon County
Burgess Issues Final Warning On Alley Ashes And Guns
The Burgess urges immediate cease of placing ashes and garbage in alleys under penalty of prosecution. He warns parents to control air rifle carrying youths who fire at each other and on Sundays, risking injuries. Names and local dealers are noted with a tangential ad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. G. Marks
Burgess
Petition to Secure Cannon for Lititz Water Works Site
A circulating petition by John Ely seeks a federal cannon for Lititz with full equipment. The effort enjoys broad local support and targets the borough water works tract as the placement site. The push ties to national interest via Hon. W. W. Griest and local civic pride. A separate open mail petition on Philadelphia and Reading railroad trains aims to modify early and noon mail times between Lancaster and Reading, increasing afternoon mail runs and altering letter flow to Denver Eph rata Akron Manheim. In local news, Ralph Leed, seven, suffered a skull fracture from a barn door accident, with ongoing recovery. Other notes mark birthdays and milestones for H P Fry, H L Eshbach, Grace E Keller, and William F Smith, plus a Doster’s ad ending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ely
Lititz
Ely
W. W. Griest
National Capitol
Walter Miller
Philadelphia and Reading
Lancaster
Reading
Washington
Denver
Ephrata
Akron
Manheim
Ralph Leed
Irvin Leed
Heiman’s Row
Eugene Brubaker
Leed
Travelers Near and Far Move To and Fro in Local Notes
Misa M. J. Derr spent Sunday with friends at Denver and many residents visited relatives or guests in Reading Bethlehem Philadelphia and Lancaster. The piece records numerous social visits from Lititz to Nazareth Lebanon and Mount Joy including officials at Bethlehem and a motorcycle trip by Arthur Bruckart totaling about 800 miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misa M. J. Derr
Denver
Victor Sturgis
Reading
Ben. Hertzler
Terre Hill
Erla
Mary Garber
Philadelphia
Blanche Todd
Lancaster
H. C. Reedy
George Evans
Hopeland
Mary Getz
Marshalltown
Iowa
Mary C. Gingrich
C. Wm. Grosh
Eastern District Executive Board
Bethlehem, Pa
James Sturgis
Lebanon
Edgar A. Sturgis
Claude Shelley
Manheim
Lititz
Jacob Stark
Nazareth
William F. Smith
Owen P. Bricker, Esq
Sallie Reidenbach
A. B. Reidenbach
Christian Musser
Mt. Joy
Jacob B. Bomberger
Warren
Buch
New Providence
Fanny Groff
Emma
Susie Smith
Granville Wike
Ella Becker
William Mathers
Joseph Sheckard
Columbia
Mathers
Martha Studenroth
Mt. Carmel
G. W. Harper
W. H. Appel
Allentown
Maurice Kauffman
Clayton Raihl
Jacob Jacoby
Flick
Ephrata
Hasting Rhodes
David Daley
Catherine
William Smith
Harry E. Eby
Eby Shoe Company
Chesapeake Bay
Ralph Diehm
Elmer Bollinger, Jr
University of Pennsylvania
Michigan
Allen W. Zug
New York Fidelity and Casualty Company
Zug
H. Y. Yocum
Blanche Vetter
Stevens
Edna Mitchel
Washington, D.C
Martha Washington Seminary
HE. L. Garber
Linden Hall Seminary
J. S. Badorf
Horace Keller
Paul Badorf
Westminster
Abram Burkholder
Arthur Bruckart
J. W. Bruckart
Albert
State College
Independent Telephone Company Improves Borough Line
The United Telephone and Telegraph Company known as the Independent is upgrading its borough line under District Superintendent Ed Eshleman. Crews install 50 and 25 pair cables, moving open wires into cables and removing crossarms to reduce danger near Edison Electric lines. Routes include Raspberry alley to Apple alley, Broad Street to Lincoln avenue, and Cedar Street toward the Eby Shoe factory. Also notes pneumonia and typhoid cases, property sales, shooting matches, market prices, and several local notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Telephone and Telegraph Company
The
Independent
Ed. Eshleman
Telephone Company
Edison Electric Company
Raspberry Alley
Orange Street
Apple Alley
Marion Street
West Main Street
P. J. Roebuck
Broad Street
Lincoln Avenue
Hershey-Seaman & Co
Cedar Street
Eby Shoe
Traveling man from Brunner ville visits New Orleans and Texas
Harry 8. Becker, former Brunner ville resident, has journeyed through the western states and Texas. He reports ten days in the sugar cane belt, large cane plantations, and plenty of mosquitoes. Weather is fine and wages are cheap in the region. Nearby, the Kmport factory offers paid apprentices to learn cigar making, with apprentices aged 18 to 80 earning $2 weekly while learning, then keeping what they earn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry 8. Becker
Brunnerville
Middle West
Texas
New Orleans
Louisiana
Kmport
Jacob Herzog
Herzog
Lantern City Lititz Fountain Fostered by Civic Pride
The letter discusses postmaster replacements in Pennsylvania with 103 hold overs and names Lancaster county towns Cambridge Denver Lititz Mount Joy New Holland. It urges beautification of Lititz by upgrading the square fountain lighting, suggests petitioning council, and promotes a Christmas gift subscription to The Record for $1 through January 1, 1917.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Burleson
Taft
Lancaster County
Cambridge
Denver
Lititz
Mount Joy
New Holland
P. J. Roebuck
Lancaster
United States
Lancaster County Farmers Institutes Open Season Dates
The first farmers institute of the season in Lancaster County will be held at Blue Ball Friday and Saturday this week with four state speakers. Five more institutes follow in Lampeter November 22-23 Paradise November 26-27 Mechanicsville November 29-30 Lititz December 12 Maytown December 34. County Chairman J. W. Bruckart of Lititz oversees the events and will provide programs on request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers
Lampeter
Paradise
Mechanicsville
Lititz
Maytown
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jonas B. Zug
Warwick Township
Ohio
St. Luke. Reformed Church
United Zion
Pleasant View
Keystone Knitting Mills
John T. Myers
Moyland
A. W. Snader
M. N. Brubaker
George W. Hensel, Jr
Borough of
Stiffel & Freeman Affairs
Stiffel & Freeman
Edward Stackhouse
A. M. Ollman
Milton Heeberger
Geo. W. Chryst
Odd Fellows
Lititz Lodge No
I. O
Linden Hall Auditorium
Richard M. Stockton
Ernest Kilgore
George B. Rodgera
Stockton
Ralph Kinder
Kilgore
Haydn
Handel
E. S. Hagen
Frank Bader
A.S. Delp
John Brubaker
Norman
Paul Baderf
Adams County
Dissinger’s
H. P. Fry
H. L. Eshbach
North Dakota
Grace E. Keller
Bell Telephone Exchange
West Orange
Spruce Streets
Doster’s
Dorothy
Edna
John Wagner
Amelia
Lancaster General Hospital
Mr. Wagner
J. A. Heitler
Rothsville
H. R. Gibbes
East Main Street
Drybread’s
P. B. Kofroth
Henry F. Hostetter
Oregon
Owl Hill
Samuel R. Wenger
Talmage
John Wenger
Clayton Keller
Keystone Hotel
Lexington Hotel
J. B. Young & Son
Louisia
Lancaster County Farmers’ Institutes
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