Local News Items From Lititz And Vicinity
Community notes include a first night at 500. Thanksgiving donations at Moravian Home. market prices for apples and potatoes at 50 cents per bushel. birthday greetings for Grace Keller and others. Jerre Adams hog weighing 886 pounds dressed. jury duty movements. Union services at Moravian church. Levi Yerger’s Mac auto truck shuttling 26 to Columbia for Evangelist Nicholson. Rev Leibensperger current Pennsylvania German Society member. mixed chorus seeks singers for Sunday School and upcoming W C I U event using Winona song book.
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P. B. Bucher
Fremont Hollinger
West Lemon Street
Howard
West
Chester
Warwick House
Grace Keller
H. P. Fry
H. J. Eschbach
North Dakota
Jerre Adams
Warwick
Jerre
Co. S. Landis
J. B. Young
A. H. Bomberger
Emanuel Reifsnyder
Kisse) Hill
Columbia
Evangelist Nicholson
Verger
A. W. Leibengperger
Lancaster
Penna German Society
Lititz
Brickerville
Lutheran Church
Lebanon
Lord’s Vineyard
Leibensperger
Steitz
Winona
Crescent Engineering eyeing vacant Lititz starch plant
Lititz may win a new industry as Crescent Engineering Company of Philadelphia seeks to locate its main plant in the town’s vacant starch facility on Water Street. The proposal requires $40,000 in raised funds, bonds of $100 at 5 percent, and assurances the industry remains in Lititz, with 50 to 60 workers planned and a monthly payroll of up to $4,000. A three-member committee has been appointed by Retail Merchants Association to study the deal as local leaders tout job and housing impacts.
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Crescent Engineering Company
Lititz
Philadelphia
Water Street
D. M. Thomson
Girard Trust Company
Lukens Iron Works
Coat
Retail Merchants Association
Messrs
J. H. Breitigan
C. F. Regennas
M. J. Steiner
Big Game Hunt in Centre County Returns Deer and Bear
A party from Ephrata led by F B Buch and including Harry Sprecher reports success after a week in Centre County. They sighted about 80 deer, with two does and a 200 pound bear among the big game secured. Auto travel and roughing it characterize the expedition as they plan to return Saturday. Separately, the Independent Americans plan a St Luke's Reformed church sermon next Sunday, and Lancaster Lodge No 512 Order of Reindeer marks its second anniversary on December 12 with dancing at Hermenz Hall.
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Ephrata
F. B. Buch
Centre County
Harry Sprecher
Aaronsburg
Order of Independent Americans
St. Luke’s Reformed Church
Lancaster Lodge No. 512
Order of Reindeer
Hermenz’s Hall
Prince and Orange Streets
Lancaster Lodge
Jay Evans
Lancaster
Lititz
Reedy
Womelsdorf
Warren
Buch
New Providence
Christian Burkholder
Reading
Charles Fry
Philadelphia
Allen Hacker
Laura Hackes
Lester Eaches
Granville Wike
Jacob Stark
Nazareth
William S. Smith
B. B. Seaman
David Kurtz
New Boston
Milton Fehr
C. Wm. Grosh
Amanda Hornberger
William Evans
Lebanon
David Spickler
Alice Patterson
Swarthmore
Mary Grosch
Millersville Normal
John Sesseman
James Sesseman
Charles Sturgis
D. D. Graul
Harry Graul
H. E. Greider
Hiram Buckwalter
David
Manheim Township
New York
Carrie Darraugh
Henry Heiserman
S. H. Deer
John Gingrich
Harry
Spring City
Chester County
Richard
Gingrich
George Hand
Springs
Hand
Warwick- Rotheville State Road
Addison E. Burkholder
Bradford
Ohio
Ralph Diehm
Valentine Brobst
University of Pennsylvania
Dartmouth
Benjamin Long
Vancouver
B. C
Long
Easton
The Gunners Paradise Farm Sign Strategy
An Ohio farmer gains hunter interest by posting quirky signs that invite them to his house for dinner when the bell rings. The method is praised as a way to boost farm popularity and attract local hunters.
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Ohio
Buy Made in Lititz Goods Rally for Local Trade
The town of Lititz faces a mild business lull amid war and politics. The Axacorp urges residents to support local industry by buying Made in Lititz goods and patronizing local merchants to aid employees and sustain civic spirit.
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Lititz
United States
America
Deaths and funerals in Kissel Hill and Lancaster
Notice covers the death of Adeline Ricksecker at Kissel Hill aged 67 with details of her origin in 1847, marriage in 1887, and surviving relatives. Also reported is the death of 7 year old Howard Lane at Lancaster General Hospital after an appendicitis operation, with funeral plans at Warwick Mennonite Church and Moravian cemetery. Rev. E S Hagen and Jacob Hershey to officiate.
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Adeline
John G. Ricksecker
Kissel Hill
Ricksecker
Lancaster
Thomas Thompson
Lititz
James
Charles
Mt. Joy
A. EB. Reidenbach
Henry
Aaron
Marion
Ohio
Peter
Edinburg
Ind
Sarah
Philadelphia
Caroline Barton
E.S. Hagen
Howard
Samuel
Ann Mary Lane
Front Street
Lancaster General Hospital
Anna
Warwick Mennonite
Hagen
Jacob Hershey
Sudden Death of Lemon R. Brown in Centre Square
Lemon R. Brown 64 a Brownstown cigar maker died of apoplexy after pumping a tire in Centre Square Lancaster Saturday afternoon about 4:30. He led Brownstown evangelical church Sunday school for 25 years without a miss. Survived by children Rev Willard Brown Philadelphia Harry D. Brown Lancaster Mrs Clay Groff Leela Mrs Jeremiah Mumma Brownstown. Continued on page 5.
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Centre Square
Lancaster
Lemon R. Brown
Brownstown
Evangelical Church
Lincoln
Knights of the Golden Eagles
Willard Brown
Philadelphia
Harry D. Brown
Clay Groff
Leela
Jeremiah Mumma
Painful Foot Injury of Local Laborer
Archie Hant employed by Farmer Albert Shenk living west of town suffered a severe foot injury while hauling stone. While stepping from a wagon his left foot was run over by a wheel, causing a painful bruise with significant swelling. Dr. J. L. Hertz is unsure if bones are fractured.
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Archie Hant
Albert Shenk
J. L. Hertz
Foot Injury From Horse Treading At Quarry
Monroe Miller of South Broad Street suffered a serious foot injury when a horse trod on him Wednesday morning at Brubaker's stone quarry. He walked to Dr. M. H. Yoder's office despite great effort and had to go to bed. Miller had previously injured the same foot a month or more ago.
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Monroe Miller
South Broad Street
Brubaker
M. H. Yoder
Mr. Miller
Brickerville man pleads guilty to bicycle theft at Eby Shoe
Walter Eby of Brickerville pleaded guilty in Lancaster court to stealing a bicycle from Ivan G. Bushong at the Eby Shoe factory. Sentence suspended. The Oct 8 theft led to a chase by Chief Burgess Marks ending in a corn shock. Eby has been jailed since his arrest near Lime Rock the following Tuesday.
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Walter Eby
Brickerville
Lancaster
Ivan G. Bushong
Eby
Lime Rock
Burgess Marks
Drought Ends as Sunday Rain Recovers Parched Region
After three months of dry weather, a Sunday rainstorm brought welcome relief. The downpour filled cisterns and wells but little stream flow, aiding wheat and possibly curbing livestock disease. A rapid shift to cold, windy weather followed, with temperatures dropping to 26 degrees on Tuesday morning.
Travel and visits cross counties in Lititz area
Travelers near and far share Friday through Sunday visits as Lancaster and Reading residents visit relatives in Lititz, Nazareth, Millersville, Spring City, and Philadelphia. Highlights include university football scores, alumni events, and a Lititz High School Alumni play preparation while piano tuning promotion ends the column.
Auto Collided With Bank Near Hallville
L R Roland and four Millport residents escaped serious injury after their Ford struck a bank along the Lexington to Hallville road near David Bomberger’s farm. The crash damaged two wheels and the top. King and Adams were thrown clear, with Adams sustaining a long head wound needing eight stitches. Frank Badorf took the injured home, and Habecker’s garage began repairs Monday.
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L. R. Roland
Ford
Michael King
Oscar Adams
Harry Kulp
Frank Buch
Millport
Lexington
Hallville
David Bomberger
King
Adams
Frank Badorf
Habecker
Fire at Snyder Farm Burns Beyond Intention north of Lititz
A brush pile burn at Nathan Snyder’s farm north of Lititz escalated into a large grass fire on Friday. Neighbors joined in fighting the blaze using plows and fresh earth to halt further spread before it could grow.
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Nathan Snyder
Lititz
Snyder
Fire Alarm Scare Over False Farm Blaze
Saturday afternoon around 5:20 the Fisher's store box 4 alarm and the general system rang out causing mass town movement toward the eastern end. Fire crews found the blaze to be burning rubbish on a northeast farm, a misfire sparked by a boy who sent in the warning before checking.
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Fisher’s
Warwick real estate sells at public sale to Bomberger
The late John Evans estate in Warwick including several houses and a large barn sold at a public sale last Friday evening in Warwick. Dr. J Francis Dunlap the executor presided. Henry H Bomberger bought the property for 6200 dollars and will take possession April 1 with planned improvements.
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John Evans
Warwick
Warwick House
J. Francis Dunlap
Henry H. Bomberger
Warwick Township
H. H. Snavely
Bomberger
Harry Foltz
Front Street
Charles Birkenbine
H. Reist Landis
Main Street
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Charles Siegel
N. D. Sturgis
William A. Sturgis
Sam Foltz
Susquehanna
Wm. Long
The
Samuel Lane
Cr. H
Shissler
Alumni Association
Lititz High School
Old
New Hampshire
J. B. Youry
Linden Hall
Elsie Hastings
Millersville State Normal School
Marjorie Thropp
Trenton
Emma Dodson
York
Martha Bausman
Millersville
Frank Rader
G. G. Diehm
Paul Badorf
John Brubaker
Adams County
Christ
Amos Verger
Upper
Berks
Blue Mountains
Albert Longenecker
Longenecker
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