Local briefs highlight births, moves, and community notes
Mr and Mrs Lloyd Smith welcomed a son at Lancaster General Hospital on Sunday. David Fass underwent surgery after entering St Joseph's Hospital on Monday. Ten keys found near Moravian Church square await ownership. L N Moyer builds a large garage and warehouse behind his home for added convenience. Lititz Hi opens basketball season at home against Quarryville on November 27. Train excursion turnout to Philadelphia Sesqui nearly filled a car. Martin Bisker of Animal Trap Co. was injured when a bolt struck his head and remains unable to work. Mr and Mrs H Y Bealer plan to move to Philadelphia, household goods by track. B B Hertzler serves as juryman in Lancaster this week, having done so for fifty years. Ed W Ranch takes over John Fainter’s milk route, not Earl Summers as previously noted. Mr Clement Radorf of East Main St. suffers paralysis and cannot rise. Emanuel H Grube and Henry C Sturgis celebrate 82nd birthdays. Mrs Curtis Hewset to add another year on the 27th. Keystone Underwear mill resumes production switching to light weights. Moravian Sunday School will hold morning sessions this winter. Advent Sunday marks the diener liebesmahl workers’ lovefeast at 3 PM in the Moravian church with discussions on congregation welfare and Christmas decorations.
Banks to Send Out Christmas Savings Checks
Lititz banks prepare to pay out Christmas savings funds totaling thousands of dollars in time for holiday shopping. The Farmers Bank will mail checks on December 6 and the Springs Bank on about the same date.
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Lititz
Farmers Bank
Springs Bank
Epidemic Reported Among Hunting Dogs in Lititz
Gunners in Lititz report an epidemic affecting hunting dogs with many dogs treated by veterinarians. The issue is spreading locally and drawing concern from hunters and animal caretakers. Authorities have not released official figures but farmers and residents note rising cases.
Lititz Fire Company to Demonstrate Rothsville Fire Truck
The Lititz Fire Company will assist at a Rothsville fire truck demonstration scheduled for Saturday. The test of the new machine last Saturday was very satisfactory.
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Lititz
Rothsville
Visit Old Friends at Warwick House
Mr and Mrs Charles Klopp of Richland visited former neighbors around the Warwick House on Tuesday afternoon to reconnect with familiar faces from the prior community.
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Charles Klopp
Richland
Warwick House
Wonder Dam at Conowingo by Chester D. Lescey
The article chronicles the Conowingo dam project, noting five thousand workers, vast construction activity, and a planned 1928 completion. It describes the site, flood planning, safety concerns after a fatal blast, surrounding town development, and the river’s transformation into a power source with a new dam bridge and inspection systems.
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Holtwood
Maryland Line
Benton
Conowingo Bridge
Baltimore
HHS
Lancaster County
Conowingo
Toll Roads to be Transferred by December 15
Lancaster and Lititz pikes will be taken over by the State and tolls ended by December 15. Deeds conveying the roads to the State will be signed and $74,090 paid. Toll houses will remain property of the companies and beAuctioned to the highest bidder.
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Lancaster and
Lititz
Jitz and
Lexington
State Highway Department
Pike
Wild Geese Head South as Snows Push Birds
Wild geese migrate south driven by northern snows, with some stopping in Virginia while others reach the Gulf of Mexico. Observers note two varieties, the Canadian with a white throat mark and the yellow bellied, which is stouter in build, though none have flown over the town this year.
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Seal Town
Virginia
Gulf of Mexico
Meeting Night Announced by Lititz Fire Co Auxiliary
The Women’s Auxiliary of the Lititz Fire Company schedules its regular meeting for Thursday evening December 2nd. The notice invites members to attend and participate in planned activities.
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Women's Auxiliary
The
Lititz Fire Co
Wrong End of the Bargain
Frank Spickler and Arlie Rader hunted rabbits in York county last week. Spickler offered to carry all the rabbits Rader shot if Rader would carry his game. Spickler started with one rabbit and shot none more. Rader shot five rabbits, the limit, and the heavy bag wore on his shoulders despite Spickler’s claim they were light as a feather.
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Frank Spickler
Arlie Rader
York County
Spickler
Rader
Season for small game closes November 30
The season for all small game except ducks ends on November 30 while deer season opens December 1. A quota of Lititz gunners will pursue deer, and two hunters were seen shooting pheasants after the pheasant season closed on the 18th. they missed. Lawbreakers will be prosecuted.
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Lititz
Moravian Church Ladies Sewing Society Sale Set
The Ladies Sewing Society of the Moravian Church will hold its annual sale Saturday afternoon and evening in the Young Ladies Bible class room at the chapel. Items include lace, needlework, pies, bustards, cakes, candy, coffee and more. Select your player piano for Xmas from Howard 8, Young.
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Ladies Sewing Society
Moravian Church
Young Ladies
Adv
Thanksgiving shooting and old turkey hunt traditions
The article describes Thanksgiving shooting games using a stationary target versus a live turkey head in a box, notes Virginia gunners’ skill with rifle and barked squirrel shooting, cites early settlers reusing lead, and recalls 1877 prices for turkeys 7 cents a pound and chickens 6 cents in Lititz with wild turkeys near Elizabeth Furnace hills.
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Virginia
Philadelphia
Lititz
Hame
Elizabeth Furnace Hills
Starting Arithmetic Class Ad Sparks Interest in Record
An advertisement in this week's Record promotes a new arithmetic class offering entry from beginner to advanced levels. It argues school math builds mental capacity and promises practical benefits for career advancement, urging an ambitious person to respond.
Snavely Brothers Present Choice Apples in Record Office
During National Apple Week Snavely Brothers lit itz R D 5 presented the Record of fice with choice apples from their orchard. The fruit is described as perfect with real flavor and coloring. Apples selling below potato price, encouraging healthier eating and preservation.
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Snavely Brothers
Lititz
Aged West Visitor Mrs Comstock Recalls Long Life
Mrs. A. M. Comstock of Denver, visiting Mrs. Ellen Leib and daughter Mabel on West Main, traces her life from Kissel Hill to East Petersburg, Kansas City, and Denver. In her 85th year she toured Alaska with a party two years ago and speaks knowledgeably about the far northwest. Selection notes a player piano or RCA radio for Christmas.
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A. M. Comstock
Denver
Col
Ellen Leib
Mabel
West Main Street
Lititz and Lexington Pike Turnpike History Unearthed
The Lititz and Lexington turnpike built 44 years ago and later sold to the State is traced from its 1822 origins. Highlights include the 1882 meeting at Kemper House Warwick, stock subscriptions at 50 dollars per share, and the toll house built for 1244 dollars now slated for sale.
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Lexington Pike
Lititz and
Lexington
Kemper House
Warwick
Lititz
Brickerville
Smanuel Kauffman
Edwin B. Brubaker
John Evans
J. K. Hertz
M. D
Samuel Shreiner
George D. Shreiner
Menno H. Brubaker
Making sauerkraut classed as fine art
A historical note extols sauerkraut making as an art, detailing selection of cabbage, correct salting, daily brine checks, and proper covering. It contrasts skilled kraut craft with improper methods, and touches on cider preservation and bung sealing to keep cider fresh.
School Houses Sold at Warwick Public Sale
Two Warwick township school houses were sold at the Warwick House on Saturday. Huber's house went to U S Delp for 375 dollars. he owns the land it sits on. Owl Hill school house sold to John Behmer for 455 dollars with about an acre of land. Two furnaces fetched 20 and 27 50 dollars respectively.
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Warwick Township
Warwick House
Huber
Traveling Face Maps and Local Visits in Lititz Area
James Sturgis and friends spent Friday in Nazareth. Frances Flory of Lancaster visited cousin Henry Sturgis. Nathan Wolfe and wife from Lancaster were in town. Else Rulon of Philadelphia, Linden Hall supervisor, was here last week. Mrs Ezra Habecker and daughter Elizabeth plan Atlantic City departure for future home. Mrs C N Derr from St Josephs Hospital returned home improved. Wayne Longenecker and Violet Helter visited Pittsburgh with Russell at Carnegie Tech. Joe Duster and Lititz relatives announce birth of a son on Nov 1. I Kosev of Stark County Ohio visiting relatives, staying with Michael Keath. John Globish of Muskegon, with daughter life guard, and Mary Grazer is former Globish. Naomi Bomberger of Lancaster, longtime resident, plans Los Angeles trip then Honolulu over winter.
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Wayne Longenecker
Violet Helter
Pittsburgh
Russell
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Mr. Kosev
Stark County
Ohio
Michael Keath
John Globish
Muskegon, Mich
Lititz
Naomi Bomberger
Lancaster
Los Angeles
Calif
Honolulu
T. H
Hertzler Attends Granddaughter's Wedding in Lititz
Arthur Williams of New York and Mary A. Boyer of Terre Hill were united in marriage by Rev. 8. W. Bren-Lae. After a sumptuous dinner they left for the seashore and Atlantic City. The bride's mother, Nettie Swart, is remembered by many in Lititz, and the bridegroom's grandfather B. B. Hertzler of Lititz attended the ceremony.
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Arthur Williams
New York
Mary A
J. W. Boyer
Terre Hill
WARWICK HOUSE BAZAAR SELLS 1100 ITEMS OF FARM PRODUCE AND FOWL
The Warwick House bazaar sold over 1100 articles on Saturday featuring fowl for Thanksgiving. Chickens fetched from 0 to 1.65 dollars each, turkeys 0.45 per pound, Mallard ducks 1.30 per pair, plus pigs, potatoes, apples, sweet potatoes, rabbits, brooms, blankets and underwear.
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Warwick House
Mrs Jenkins to remain at sanitarium for weeks
Mrs Sarah Jenkins, a patient at St. Josephs Hospital after a fall at the Community Show, is much improved and will be taken to a sanitarium near Coatesville on Thursday to remain there for some time to recuperate.
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Sarah Jenkins
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Coatesville
King's Daughters' Sale at Lititz Fire Hall
The King's Daughters of Lititz announce their annual needlework sale on Saturday afternoon and evening December 4 at the Fire Company Hall. Cakes sugar cakes candies soups sandwiches ice cream and more will be sold to support the group's charitable work in town.
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King’s Daughters
Lititz
Fire Company
Kings Daughters
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L. N. Moyer
Lititz Hi
Quarryville Quintette
Martin Bisker
Animal Trap Co
H. Y. Bealer
North Locust Street
B. B. Hertzler
Ed. W. Ranch
John Fainter
Earl Summers
Summers
Clement Radorf
East Main St
Emanuel H. Grube
Henry C. Sturgis
Curtis Hewset
Keystone
T Fhe
By Chester D. Lescey
Joll
Lititz Pike
His Highness
SMALT
Churcie Sale
Howard
Young
Iit
Howard S. Young
E. B. Brubaker
Lexington Hotel
Brickerville Turnpike
Emanuel Kauffman
Hiram Kline
A. W. Shober
John Bricker
Jacob Wissler
Owen P. Bricker
Seaber and Grube
Pike Company
James Sturgis
Nazareth
Frances Flory
Henry Sturgis
East Main Street
Nathan Wolfe
Else Rulon
Linden Hall
Ezra Habecker
Elizabeth
Atlantic City
C. N. Derr
Joe Duster
I. H. Duster
B. Hertzler
Mrs. Jenkins
King's Daughters’ Sale
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