Local Events Roundup From Lititz Lancaster Area
William Gabie of East Mainstreet turns eighty Saturday. Grand Jury members A M Shissler Arthur Reist and Frank Buch sit in Lancaster this week. Leon Carpenter quits blacksmithing to work in a factory. Frank Reed injures right forefinger and is treated. Emanuel Grube and Henry Sturgis celebrate birthdays on Sunday born in 1844. Red Cross members drive under Lancaster Chapter. Rossman farm near Brunnerville drawn at 2000 dollars but subsequently withdrawn. Clinton Ford of Lebanon reports crushed fingers at Lime Rock quarries. Donation day set for Moravian Tome on Thanksgiving with linens and tobedo tables. Lec Miter estate case returns to court over estate expenses. Polly Lou play tickets exchangeable at Scott’s Bookstore for reservations on Tuesday. Foresters of America Lititz Lodge Ladies Night set for Wednesday. Dietrich Rupp reported dead. Mrs Word injured. Linden Underwear to open in old Lutheran church building. Bootshoe Springs Hosiery moves from Lemon Street to new street location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polly Lou
Roosters
Scott's Bookstore
Lititz Ledge No
Foresters of Ameries
Word
Dietrich Rupp
Lititz
Linden Underwear Mil
Old Lutheran Church
Pendig
Theitz Springs Hosiery Company
Lemon Street
Woman In Auto Crash Near Springs Hotel Injured
A Nord sedan driven by Walter Tivrshey of Manheim collided with a Fox coupe containing Miss Mary Sheee Yakgister near East Main Street by the Springs Hotel yesterday morning. The woman suffered a deep forehead laceration pushed through the windshield and bleeding, was taken to Dr. N. B. Reeser for treatment. Mrs. Foltz and Hershey escaped injury. Both cars were damaged and immobilized. Spectators crowded the curb as onlookers tried to assist. The other names and items in the text relate to repairs and unrelated notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nord
Walter
Tivrshey
Manheim
Mary Sheeeyakgister
Earl Fella
Irport
Springs
Orlock
Scheneberger
N. B Reeser
Foltz
Safe Openers Are Called From Safe Works Often
Experts are frequently called from local safe works to open locked safes when combinations are forgotten or mislocked. The job demands focus and privacy, with some safes opened in minutes while others take long. A tale from Philadelphia recalls a quick open by a Hebrew extractor who charged twenty dollars for ten minutes, sparking a chase.
Squire Kurth Appointed to Lancaster Board of Viewers
Squire Kurth was appointed a member of the Board of Viewers of Lancaster County by President Judge Chas. I. Landis last Saturday. Ruth took the oath on Thursday the 28th inst at the place of ed. Our town shares in the elated news and offers congratulations to fellow townsman John F. T. Reth Esa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ft. Reth
Esa
Board of Viewers of
Lancaster County
Chas. I. Landis
Ruth
Hotal
Christiana resident buys multiple properties on local road
William Zartman of Christiana purchased two dwellings on Christiana Street and four building lots plus two lots along the state road toward Christiana. He plans to erect several houses on the lots while continuing to reside in Lititz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam Zartman
Christiana
Zartman
Lititz
Leaman Family Attends San Francisco Wedding
Mrs Leanan and her son W will travel to San Francisco this Thursday to attend the wedding of her son Paul to Miss Harriet Riessner. Harriet is the daughter of Mr and Mrs William Riessner, the family having moved to California from Lititz years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathaniel B. Leaman
Frank
San Francisco
Paul
Harriet Riessner
Miss Riessner
William Riessner
California
Lititz
Moving Pictures and Santa at Prautz Bros Store
Prautz Bros offers free moving pictures Monday night November 26 from 5 to 9 p.m. in-store on the first floor. The toy department opens the same time and Santa Claus will entertain children in the Pfantz Bros. store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prautz Bros
Santa Claus
Pfantz Bros
Window novelties, cricket tales, and Lititz road chit chat
A Lititz woman exhibits wax novelties in a window with a small For Sale sign, prompting a house for sale quip. At Harry Z. Erb's auto shop crickets entertain workers while discussions cover markets and finances. Various small town habits and road talk, a Lititz store seat with nail-holes, and reflections on roads, autos, and livery emerge in a slice of daily life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Thanksgiving Praise to Thee for All Thy Blessings
Poem gratitude to God for life's blessings including homeland freedom, flag, nature, friends, and tears, concluding with thanks for inner peace and divine hope. Attributed to Joe Baker.
Successful Turkey Year At Local Farms
Farmers and dealers report a strong turkey outlook with a supply higher than last year and favorable growing conditions. Thanksgiving birds may fetch 60 to 76 cents a pound live weight or ready for the pan. Notable raisers include Harry Tucker near Lexington with bronze turkeys, Rob and Roy Buch, Edward Kulp of Brinkerville, and Jacob Bombere of Rothsville. Several flocks near Main Street area and Garber's creamery report good progress, despite occasional losses to dogs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ness
Harry Tucker
Lexington
Esason
Rob. Buch
Roy
Edward Kulp
Brinkerville
Tlargey Reifsnyier
Jacob Bombere
Rothsville
Montana Homestead Life Shared in Pearl Cohick Letter
Pearl Cohick, who left Lititz fifteen years ago, writes from a Montana homestead about life in the west. He details hunting, trapping, coyotes harming sheep, deer prospects, coal on his land, timber, and a local school, noting branding practices and the practical joys of frontier living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Cohick
Lititz
Montana
Mr. Cohick
William Sturgis
West
Farming couple Souders move to 24 acre Danboro farm
Mr and Mrs Warren Souders formerly of Peakskill N Y travel from Danboro Pa by auto to a 24 acre farm three miles from Doylestown on the Philadelphia and Easton highway. Mr Souders will run truck farming and a chicken business after years with Cutler Sammers Co of New York as an assistant purchasing buyer. Mrs Souders is daughter of W Sonders of this place. Buy your Boy or Girl 4 Fairy Velocipede for Christmas Scott's Book Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Souders
Peakskill
Danboro
Souders
Doylestown
Philadelphia and
Easton
Sonders
Cutlersammer Company of
New York
Mrr. Sonders
W. Sonders
This
Place
MUTH MARRIES BLETTNER AT HANOVER CHURCH
Vida Marie Blettner and William Martin Muth wed yesterday at Saint Matthews Lutheran Church Hanover in a ceremony led by Rev. Burger husser. The bride, a Temple University graduate, will live in Lititz after December 1. The groom, a Penn State graduate, farms near Lititz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saint Matthews Lutheran Church
Hanover
Vida Marie Blettner
Charles Blettner
William Martin Muth
W. H. Muth
Mary Blettner
Fred Muth
Sheaffer
Blettner
Burgerhusser
Schumann
Mendelsohnn
Washington, D. C
Lititz
Temple University
Tanover
Penn State
Public School Musical Tonight at Lititz Auditorium
The Lititz Public Schools present a musical program tonight at 7 30 in the Public School Auditorium. Lower grades perform dances while upper grades sing Christmas carols. The High School chorus will sing the cantata The Village Blacksmith under Prof Banghey. The program features colonial dances French songs and various choral numbers. The High School chorus impressed at a recent Teachers Institute with about 100 members in attendance. The Lititz High School basketball team opens Saturday against Christiana with both boys and girls squads. The American Legion will distribute flag guidance literature in schools. Bank deposits in the schools reached 87 63 this week with Miss Bherly's room leading at 97 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Prof. Baney
Carrie Vschudy
Mary E. Longenecker
Robin Head
Grace Seaman
Alice Hershey
Chers
Maggie Buch
Mary Grosh
Anna Goshert
Drences McGinnis
Helen Kop
Margery Enck
Blanche Mackley
Hua Suavely
Maude
Teachers Institute
Banghey
Viola Leith
Travel Scenes and Out-of-Town Visits Across Regions
Travelers hear and far as Miss Grace Keller spends Tuesday at Kinderhook with friends. Mrs. Ella Lacy departs for Covington Virginia to visit her son. Ivan Long of Allentown visits his father in the planing mill. Numerous locals journey to Reading Hamburg Camp Dix and Ohio Michigan for family and funeral observances, with many names and towns noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Grace Keller
Kinderhook
Mr.and
Mrs. Lewis Limecox
Ivan Long
Allentown
D. A. Long
William S. Smith
Joseph Smith
Pittsburgh
Kermit
Snyder
York
Carroll McGonigle
Floyd Kauffman
Jacob Stark
Nazareth
Leroy Stark
Helen Smith
William Buel
Mary Biemensderfer
Reading
Warry Ruhl
Lillian Miller
Manheim
Noah Horning
Chauncey Sturgis
Lancaster
Lancaster County School Directors Meet Today
The 17th annual Lancaster County School Directors' Association convention will be held today in the Millersville State Normal School chapel with sessions in the morning and afternoon. A fine program has been scheduled and most Lititz directors are expected to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster County School Directors’ Association
Millersville State Normal School
Lititz
Settlement reached in Habecker fight cases
The proceedings stemming from the Habecker incident have been resolved without court action. The Julius Sturgis versus Paul Zook matter ended with settlement and no bail posted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Habecker
Julius Sturgis
Paul Zook
Also Mentioned on This Page
William Gabie
East Mainstreet
A. M. Shissler
Arthur Reist
Frank Buch
Leon Carpenter
Spruce Street
Frank Reed
Emanuel H. Grube
Henry C. Sturgis
Harry W. Rossman
Brunnerville
Clinton Ford
Lebanon
Lime Rock
South Broad Street
Noah Myers
Myers
I. Fahnestock
Penn Telopaena
Telegraph
Wahnstock
Boston Butts
Burkholder
Philadelphia
Squire Kurth
Board of Viewers
Z Man
Leanan
Moving Pictures
Harry Z. Erb
Dicken
Atles
Cos A Club
United States
Yoobt
Ganaan’s
Joe Baker
Turkey
Buccasafu'ly
Mary Kautz ii
Main Street
Garber’s Creamery
Ushers’ Association
Moravian Ushers’ Association
Sandez
John von Neida
Ephrata
Scoti’s
Boston
Pearl Gowick
William
Charles
Scott's Book Store
William Muth
James Howard
Eugene Molin
William Fasnacht
Russell Longenscher
Fomor Hackman
Charles Kling
Clarence Grosh
Eugene Stauffer
Joe Grosh
The
American Legion
Roy Long
Sparrows Point
Ella Lacy
Covington, Va
Paul Lacy
C. W. Yerger
Kansas City
Kansas
Minnie Roth
James Geldthwait
Camp Dix
Goldthwait
Ohio
Michigan
G. G. Diehm
Oliver Diehm
Elm
Youngstown
Edgar Diehm
Jerome Hollinger
Helen
Erla
Betty
Charles Hollinger
Phyllis
Sunny
Jacob Howard
Ira Nies
B. F. Grosh
Esther Buch
J. Frank Buch
Helena Seaman
Couri
Hamburg
Janeth
Anna Fryaml
James
Ralph
Arthur Keller
Antville
Charles Seigel
Karry Mikseh
Jeffersonville
William Kemper
Missouri
Valeley
Iowa
M. M. Souders
Sophia Stoner
Kemper
Missouri Valley
Elam Ritz
Henry Kauffman
Oliver Kauffman
Charlotte
John Kauffman
Henry
Elwood Ritz
Millard
Floyd Ritz
Alma
County
Wil
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