Thanksgiving Holiday Closures And Local Events
Schools will be closed Thursday through Friday for Thanksgiving. A fire company card party with prizes is tonight at 8 in the Fire House. Several local notices cover residents moving, business demonstrations, sport events, fund payouts, and hunting dates. Weather notes report record warmth for mid November. drought concerns persist. turkey and game offerings before December. The Delphian Club met to discuss Norway with plans for another meeting November 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Binkley
N. Cedar Street
Lancaster General Hospital
John Madlem
South Ninth Street
Lebanon
Ephrata
Gary Crosland
New York City
Seaman & Leed
Battle Creek Sanitarium Health Foods
Paramont Club
Ephraim Eberly
Sheafferstown
Robert W Steffy
Kissel Hill
John Adams
E. Front Street
Rome
H. S. Hershey
Lititz R. D. 2
Elmer Kauffman
Neffsville
Maryland
Dorcas
St. Paul’s Lutheran Sunday School
Lititz Agricultural
Old Guard
Southern Mutual Fire Insurance Companies
Hershey & Gibbes
Weather Man
Mercury
Delphian Club
Sara Jenkins
Norway
Florence Gibbel
W. {. Muth
Mary Huebener
Edward Buch
Deer seen at Kissel Hill by rabbit gunners
J B Henr and LeRoy Weaver while gunning for rabbits at Kissel Hill recently reported seeing an eight point buck about a hundred feet away. The deer was observed by others in the vicinity and later seen near Manheim. Gunners thought the animal appeared tired, likely chased by dogs, as it jumped a fence and moved away slowly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Henr
LeRoy Weaver
Kissel Hill
Manheim
Lititz
To Build Modern Home at Kissel Hill
Jerome Vogler advertising manager of the Animal Trap Company of America bought a house and land from Miss Chamberlain at Kissel Hill and will erect an English style cottage. The site is ideally situated with a fine spring on the premises. The present house was built by the late Haydn Lutz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome Vogler
The
Animal Trap Company of America
Miss Chamberlain
Kissel Hill
Haydn Lutz
Enck's Battery Station To Be Discontinued
Alvin J. Enck will discontinue his battery service station on North Broad street. The shoe factory occupying the building's second floor is expanding, and the first floor will be needed for additional machinery. Two Manheim batterymen plan to take over the business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin
Enck
North Broad Street
Manheim Batterymen
Entertaining Miss Alira Brookmyer Hosts La Camraderie Club
Miss Alira Brookmyer entertained the La Camraderie Card Club at her Front Street home last Thursday evening. Guests included Misses Mabelle Steffy Mildred Keith Betty Krum sine Violet Holter Thelma Pfautz Juottie Kichl Bertha Bachman Elsie Hoffman and Mrs. LeRoy Engle and Mrs. Carl Spacht.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alira Brookmyer
la Camraderie” Club Af Cards
Front Street
Mabelle Steffy
Mildred Keith
Betty Krumsine
Violet Holter
Thelma Pfautz
Juottie Kichl
Bertha Bachman
Elsie Hoffman
LeRoy Engle
Carl Spacht
Twins Celebrate Seventy Third Birthday Edward and Levi Johns
Edward and Levi Johns, twins, observed their seventy eighth birthday last Thursday. Edward, a renowned harness maker from Neffsville, is the father of two and has seven grandchildren and a great grandchild. Levi lives in Lancaster R D 8 and is father to five, grandfather of sixteen, and great grandfather to two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward
Levi Johns
Lin
Neffsville
Thas
Lancaster
R. D
Evangelistic Singer Joins Hillsdale U B Services
Evangelist singer Mr Hiram Reedy assists Rev Albert Dom bach at the Hillsdale U B church in Dauphin County for two Sundays of evangelistic services. He has been chosen as chorister for the Christmas exercises at Trinity Lutheran Church on South Duke Street in Lancaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram ‘Reedy
Albert Dombach
U. B
Hillsdale
Dauphin County
Reedy
Trinity’ Lutheran
South Duke Street
Lancaster
Teacher Spent Week End Here With Eby Family
Miss Anna Eby a Dover area teacher spent the weekend at home with her parents Mr and Mrs Frank Eby. Her sister Edna Eby joined her in Dover and stayed three days at the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Eby
Dover
Delaware
Frank Eby
Edna Eby
Dover i
Edwina Stephens
York
Abram Hershey
Louita Hershey
Drexel College
Frank Dengate
Atlantic City
Dengate
George Benson
Oneco
Florida
Mary Guiles
L. A. Doster
Broad Street
Gwladys Ruth Atkins
Ntondo
Congo Belge
W. K. Lockhart
Harry Bettesw
Dutch Play Captivates Audience at Boyertown Theatre
A capacity crowd attended the second Boyertown performance of En Qt. Millig in En Holle Pt. Rahm, a Pennsylvania Dutch play by Emaus actors. The review praises Pennsylvania German humor and notes the short script conveys ideas well. It suggests Lititz Fire Company should stage a Dutch play this winter to boost funds for a new fire engine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyertown
Millig
Rahm
Emaus
Pennsylvania
Lititz Fire Company
Lancaster Hospitals Need Local Help
Mr. James Shand of Lancaster outlined a Welfare Federation plan to Lititz Chamber of Commerce outlining a local drive for Lancaster Hospitals and the Red Cross. Data showed Lititz area patients at General Hospital, St Josephs, and Rossmere Sanitarium with varying payment statuses and charity cases, prompting a Lititz drive and committee appointment to plan fundraising and support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Shand
Lancaster
Lititz
Rossmere Sanitarium
Lancaster Federation
Boy Scouts, Family Relief
Children’s Aid
Crippled Children
Visiting Nurses’ Association
Welfare Association
H. B. Weber
Thos, Waddell
W. Martin Muth
Apples Bring Good Prices at Warwick House Sale
At the Warwick House Sale held Saturday a range of fruit vegetables and odds and ends sold well. Prices included potatoes 35 to 50 cents per bushel apples 1.35 to 1.60 per basket turnips 80 cents per bushel cabbage 6 cents per head pullets 85 cents each bananas 70 cents to 1.80 per bunch oranges 25 cents a dozen grapes 20 cents a box bologna 34 cents a pound brooders 1.50 each incubator 1.00 chairs 1.10 each lumberjacks 1.20 to 1.80 along with tools such as drills 50 cents bits 45 cents lagers 20 cents and a pipe wrench 1.20
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warwick House
Turkeys Flock Attacked as Dogs Forgo Unusual Chase
On Tuesday a shepherd dog and a hound chased a flock of twenty turkeys on Jonas H. Bucher’s farm. An eighteen pound gobbler was killed before the canines were driven off. One of the dogs is owned, per report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonas H. Bucher
Fat Turkeys Make Premium Market Birds
Thanksgiving turkeys are well fed and fattened to boost flesh and meat quality. Fat turkeys command higher prices on the market, making the practice profitable for producers.
Ill residents listed in Brunnerville and East Main area
Among the sick William H. Euck is seriously ill at his East Main street home. Otis Pfautz has been sick for the past month with relapse and kidney trouble. John Roth of Brunnerville is confined to his home with sickness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Euck
East Main Street
Otis Pfautz
Ifet
John Roth
Brunnerville
O'Brien Miller Sentenced in Lancaster County Court
O'Brien Miller proprietor of the Rothsville Hotel received a three month jail term and a $100 fine plus costs after pleading guilty to liquor law violations and gambling in the Lancaster County Court this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O’brien Miller
Rothsville
Lancaster County
Four Civil War vets noted in Lititz stories remembered
The Lititz record recalls four Civil War veterans Edwin Sturgis John Wommert George Hackman and William Gable with one death last week and one this week. It also recounts Hessian slave trade grim details from the era and notes Hessian surnames still found in the region. A New Holland weekly sale near Lititz is described with live auction details of cows pigs horses and poultry and a strikingly dressed bidder observed amid Amish onlookers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Edwin Sturgis
John Wommert
George Hackman
William Gable
Abraham
G. A. R. Post
Rabbit supper at United Brethren church for Bible class
The United Brethren Men's Bible Class hosted a rabbit supper in the church basement on Monday evening. David Voy Ellis Spickler and Harry Whitcraft brought rabbits from Fulton County, with thirty of forty five shot used. Guests included 38 men and boys led by Rev Light. Mrs Frank Spickler led the cooking. Bob Walker spoke of WWI service and Florida business losses from a tornado. A monthly gathering was planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Brethren Church
David Voy
Ellis Spickler
Harry Whitcraft
Fulton County
Rev
Light
Frank Spickler
Bob Walker
Walker
Ed. Mott
National Grange Homecoming in Washington DC
Members from Ephrata Grange joined a national Grange gathering in Washington DC last week. Attendees observed the 6th degree conferment and the presentation of higher degrees to a class of 7000. President Coolidge addressed Grangers by broadcast after the meeting, followed by a Potomac River pilgrimage to Mount Vernon. The Grange was founded in Washington sixty-two years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Grange
Washington, D. C
A. L. Stauffer
M. W. Hess
Eva Bushong
Oscar Deaner
John B. Long
John M. Bruckart
Richard
Joseph Bucher
Ephrata Grange
Coolidge
Potomac River
Mount Vernon
Grange
Washington
Bicycle trips endure as Kissinger rides long distances
Charles Kissinger still enjoys long bicycle trips though bikes are nearly out of date. He recently rode 125 miles to the Conowingo power dam on a Sunday. The piece recalls that bicycle clubs once held century runs, including a rider who came from Philadelphia and returned the same day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Kissinger
Conowingo
Philadelphia
Birthdays for Grube Sturgis and Keller Eschbach Listed
Emanuel H. Grube and Henry Clay Sturgis will be 84 this Sunday. Grace E. Keller and Horace Eschbach added another year to their lives on Nov 16, born in the same year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emanuel H. Grube
Henry Clay Sturgis
Grace E. Keller
Horace Eschbach
Tobacco Sale Sparks Local Negotiations
Dornbach of Weidmiansville in Clay township sold his tobacco crop to David Hielman of Lititz for 20 and 5. Some neighbors refused the price and hold out for a better offer, prompting talk of broader bidding among local growers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evan
Dornbach
Weidwmiansville
Clay Township
David Hielman
Lititz
Chicken Thieves Near Denver Steal 80 Chickens
Thieves entered a poultry house on Reuben E. Hirneisen farm near Denver Boro Thursday night and stole about 80 chickens, leaving only one small bird behind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reuben E. Hirneisen
Denver Boro
Lititz Auto Wrecks Leave Several Injured at Local Bridges
Lititz reports a series of traffic incidents this week. Thomas Waddel, blinded by a headlight, crashed at the Hinkle town bridge. fenders crushed but no glass broken. Albert Hall, driving Keller's bread truck, hit a planing mill truck. truck to garage for repairs. Emory Shoemaker, in a De Soto, was sideswiped near Akron hill. another car struck hard, nearly wrecking Shoemaker's vehicle. Shoemaker and two companions were taken home. no serious injuries, though Wilkes-Barre folk reported later injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Waddel
Hinkletown Bridge
Albert Hall
Keller
Heath Planing Mill
Akron Hill
Emory
de’ Soto
Shoemaker
Sara Sturgis
Wilkesbarre
Lititz
Poultry Meeting Set in Brownstown This Monday Evening
A Brownstown poultry meeting will be held Monday at 7 30 PM in the machine shop. Prof G Dossin poultry specialist from State College will lead the discussion. Attendees will discuss winter maladies affecting flocks and methods to restore egg production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownstown
G. ©. Dossin
State College
Rev S A Heisey To Preach Farewell Sermon Sunday
Rev S A Heisey pastor of the United Evangelical church will preach his farewell sermon Sunday at 10 80 oclock before leaving to become Superintendent of the Old People’s Home at Herndon four miles from Sunbury. Heisey has served the congregation nearly five years and his term would end April 1. Their household goods go to public sale December 1 and they move to Herndon the following week. A pastor will fill his unexpired term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. A. Heisey
United Evangelical Church
Old People’s Home
Herndon
Sunbury
Kermit Singer Fined for Operating Automobile While Intoxicated
A $200 fine plus costs was imposed on Kermit Singer of Lexington after he was found guilty of operating an automobile while intoxicated. The Lancaster Court heard the case this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kermit Singer
Lexington
Lancaster Court
Councilman Helter Recovering After Hospital Operation
Councilman John Helter remains at St. Joseph's Hospital after an operation. He is reported improving and there is no known date for his return home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Helter
St. Joseph's Hospital
Plautzs Return from Texas Trip with Lemon
Mr and Mrs W M Plautz return from a ten day trip to Magic Valley Texas bringing a lemon weighing 25 ounces The article notes the unusual souvenir and the travelers full names and locations.
High Ups in Liquor Raids Called Out by Judge
President Judge William G. Hargest told a Pennsylvania League of Women Voters session that prohibition enforcement fails to reach the higher ups. He stressed it is the little fellow who is caught while leaders avoid acts that would trigger liability. An interviewed Lititz man spoke of a Lana county woman whose husband was jailed for making liquor on his farm, saying debt drove their actions as they tried to clear the farm. The question remained who the higher ups who disposed of the liquor are.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Scheafferstown
Germany
New Holland
H. H. Snavely
Monroe Shue
Shue
Dinghill
Jersey
Rhode Island
William G. Hargest
Pennsylvania League of Women Voters
Lana County
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Denver
Mr. Helter
Texas
Annie Habecker
Earl
Reading
M. A. Fissel
Marietta
Dorothy
Habecker
Paul Diener
J. W. G. Hershey
M. L. Steiner
Jennie Watson
Clyde Eshleman
Mt. Joy
Benjamin Goodman
Lanccaster
Halward Evans
Paul Bushong
Geo. B. Raezer
Harrisburg
Robert Russell
Bellefonte
Frances McGinnis
D. E. Weicksel and Family
Kirkwood
BR. A. Weicksel and
Guy L. Calvert
Ezra Lutz
Fred Hensel
Eugene Hensel
Lacy Whittaker
Iola Carrigan
Hawley
Killian
Lewis Chambers
Atglen
Sarah Pyle
Naomi J. Ulrich
Elmhurst
Etheldreda Reilley
Bayonne
N. J
Elizabeth Rice
New Haven
Connn
Helen Quinn
Horace Yerger
Drexel Hill
Carrie Yerger
Guy Buck
Agnes Hensel
Florence
Curtis Hensel
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