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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1930
Page
2
Mr and Mrs John O Elser and their daughter Mabel of Harrisburg called on the former s niece Mrs J W. The brief social call highlighted family ties within the Elser clan as they visited in the Harrisburg region.
Monday afternoon Gerhart visited his grandfather P. C. Elser and uncle Samuel W. Elser, after visiting Mrs. Hannah C. Mellinger. Mrs. C. B. Snyder spent Sunday afternoon at Ephrata. Lloyd Ober and three sons joined Mr. and Mrs. E. Zartman for a visit. Apple butter was boiled again at Zacharias Perry’s home. Sunday guests included Rufus F. Heisey and a son from Elm who visited Mrs. Heisey’s parents and Mrs. Yannah O. Mellinger and Emma Trewin, who was bedbound with illness.
Harrishire reports snow fence construction along major routes to keep 16000 miles clear and slippery conditions treated. The department inventories 728 snow plow units at 120 points statewide for instant readiness this winter. Local notes include guardian case for a 75 year old woman in Perry township, a Philadelphia homicide confession by Clare Prophet and Harold Williams, a rescue fire in Greensburg, a two car collision near Quentin involving Mrs. Paul W. Sheetz, and Wrightsville stores shifting to full-day operations after the holiday closure.
Penryn and Elizabethtown residents, including Elsworth Shank and family, Callie Biemesderfer, and Gerald Kreider, visited relatives such as Mary Shank, Jacob Kreider, and Aaron Geib. Also listed are numerous visits by Biemesderfer, Malschny, Bingaman, and Gibbel households to neighbors in Honey Brook, Lebanon, Blytonville, Ephrata, Lititz, Hopeland, and Philadelphia.
Local residents hosted friends and relatives from York Kissel Hill Hopeland and Lancaster over the weekend. Social and church events included the C E Society of Jerusalem Reform Church joining a Christian Endeavor meeting at St Luke's Lititz and a gathering at the Waltz home with a largely attended prayer meeting.
Public sale ordered by the Orphans Court of Lancaster County offers the lot on the north side of the macadam road from Rothsville to Lititz in Warwick Township. The 112 perches property includes a two story frame mansard dwelling and a frame stable, adjoining Paul Miller, Benjamin Groff, and John E. Weaver. Sale begins 2 PM on Saturday December 6 1930. Trustee GEO L KEITH, Auctioneer JACOB G CONRAD, Attorney JOSEPH B WISSLER.
The W M S Rally at the Evangelical church drew a large crowd with Rev J A Heck of Albright College delivering two inspiring addresses. A spelling bee is set for Saturday at 7 30 PM in K G E Hall with four classes and three prizes per class. Families Visited relatives and local residents attended events, and Isaac Garner’s Talmage real estate sold for 2000 at public sale. Thanksgiving closures noted for schools and bank.
Executors of Michael Keath deceased announce a public sale at Huebener and Habecker offices 34 East Main Street Lititz Lancaster County to offer two adjoining lots on Front Street each with a semi detached dwelling in first class condition and modern conveniences sale begins 7 30 PM terms to be announced bid units include western and eastern halves of a semi detached dwelling auctioneers 8 C Hassler and Huebener Habecker clerks Wissler attorney
Fort Rose in northern California stood as an 80 year Russian outpost threatening Spanish possessions in early California. Founded in 1806 by Count Rezanov, it housed about 250 men. The stockade featured a durable redwood chapel and a notable redwood corner.
Ephrata stockholders authorize 1000 shares to raise 5000 for a swimming pool by 1921. New Holland barn fire blamed on incendiary origin. a ton of hay, lumber, and farm implements lost. insured owner Lydia Hoover declining full estimate. Elizabethtown brush fire near Conewago Station scorched 25 acres. sparks from a locomotive blamed. firefighters and track crew contained it in an hour. Manheim wills 200 to Salem United Brethren Church from Lizzie Hess estate worth 6000. probate filed in Lancaster Court House. Paradise police crackdown on sass and fast driving after fatal pedestrian death. majority violators speeding motorists. patrols target intersections and trolley activity. Columbia receives three consignments of catfish from Yorkesdale Feeds near Trenton. distribution to Marietta and Wrightsville via Chiques Creek and Susquehanna river. Parkesburg wallet theft at J W McHllhaney store traced to a young woman. over 200 cash and checks recovered. May Be Cotton Substitute Wendye described as Asiatic plant fiber candidate.
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