Local Boy Sought In Holdup Thefts
An 11 year old Lititz youth is sought by local and state police over an attempted hold up of a Spruce Street store and thefts of two cars. Police believe the boy fled in the Hershey family car from South Broad Street. The Pelger car found abandoned ties the suspect to the prior theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Loretta Hershey
Hershey
South Broad Street
Third Avenue
Edward Pelger
Linden St
Pelger
C. B. Snyder
Spruce Street
Missionary to Speak at St Pauls Tomorrow Rally
Mrs. Elsie Sipes a missionary to India will address the Annual Fall Rally of the Women’s Missionary Societies of the Harrisburg Conference East Penn Synod Lutheran Church. The rally at St Pauls Lutheran Church starts tomorrow evening at 7 30 and invites women from 14 churches and the public. The preparatory service moved to this evening at 7 30 due to the rally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie Sipes
India
Women’s Missionary Societies
Harrisburg
East Penn Synod
Lutheran Church
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Nugent Wins Final Play In Golf Tourney Flight
E. J. Nugent defeated Robert Gibbes to win the third flight of the Lititz Golf Tournament the only completed part of the tourney. Abram Beck will face Dr C A Landis in the first flight final, while Byron K Horne meets Valentine Brobst in the second flight final.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. J. Nugent
Robert Gibbes
Lititz
Abram Beck
Guy Reidenbaugh
Dr.c. A. Landis
Byron K. Horne
Valentine Brobst
General Sutter
Rifle Club at Lititz High Enrolls Girls in League
Lititz High School forms twelve clubs and eight activity groups for the year. The Rifle Club, led by principal Melvin Brubaker, joins the county league with its first female members. Practice happens after school in the Fire House in groups of ten. Officers are Christian Zachman, president. Eugene Roth, vice president. Nathan Heffley, secretary. Members include Ruth Rollman, Doris Furlow, Helen Ruth, Evelyn Enck, and others.
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Melvin Brubaker
Christian Zachman
Eugene Roth
Nathan Heffley
Secetary
Robert Bachman
Ralph Earhart
Harold Zander
Christian Arndt
Robert Pfautz
Ruth Rollman
Ethel May
Doris Furlow
Helen Ruth
Gvelyn Enck
Aaron Hines
John Runkel
Jeanne Eberly
Doris Adans
Mark Underkoffler
Richard Wentling
Paul Ritz
Raymond @ichelberger
Russell Ulrich
John Helter
Wilbur Royer
Lisle Weidman
Clare~Lane
Cameron Lane
Millard ‘Itz
Curtis Batdorf
Charles Hevener
Robert Rosenberger
James Dietrich
Norman Eckert
Reba Hackman
Helen
Crash injures Arch Shelly and family near Elizabethtown
Archie Shelly of Front Street escapes serious harm when his car collides on Harrisburg Pike late Saturday. Mrs Shelly and three children suffer jaw injury and shock. the family, returning from Harrisburg, and the car heads to Wolf Garage for repairs after left turn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archie Shelly
Front Street
Harrisburg Pike
Local residents return from Europe and real estate sale noted
Mr and Mrs E B Unger return from Europe. E E Habecker reports the sale of 71 Front Street from John 8 Immerman of Brunnerville to Vance D Spahr of Lancaster on private terms. Spahr to take possession Nov 1.
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E. B. Unger
Europe
E. E. Habecker
John 8. Immerman
Brunnerville
Front Street
Vance D. Spahr
Lancaster
Spahr
Carl Stubbs
Melvin Lauver
New Street
Melvin Hess
Rothsville
Charles Herr
Hanover
Wanda Kalencki
Ray Swinger
Earl Reist
Morrisville
Ellis Spickler
Reist
William Oehme
William Oehme, Jr
Bud
Hart Reist
Nancy
Lititz
James Spickter
Charles Retten
Charess Young
Ray Young
Manheim
Kauffman’s Park
Henry Borneman
Herbert Fox
Pennsylvania German Society
Thomas Brendle
Egypt
Lehigh County
J. L. Hertz
Moravian Sunday School
91 year old Detroit woman may set air travel record
Mrs. Charlotte E. Barton, 91, of Detroit, visited Lititz friends over the weekend and flew by commercial plane, possibly becoming the oldest woman to travel by air. She sent her daughter and son in law to Washington by auto, then joined them for the trip, expressing great pleasure in the experience and remaining in perfect health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte E. Barton
Detroit
Mich
Lititz
E. K. Brubaker
Susan A. Carter
Vititz Fair Premium List Booklet Closing Today
Lititz Community Show Association members met at the Fire House to review routine business and progress reports. John Kecin was awarded the contract to print the 1936 premium list under a new alternating system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz Community Show Association
John Kecin
Library Readers Increase at Lititz Library in September
The Lititz Public Library reports 91 patrons used the reading rooms in September. Seventy one books were circulated, 14 new members joined bringing total to 518, and 128 books were donated from St Pauls Lutheran Sunday School.
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Lititz Public Library
St. Paul's Lutheran Sunday School
Anniversary Celebration Marks Fifty Years for Eshlemans
Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Eshleman of West Orange Street celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with open house this Saturday. Married in 1886 by Rev. Harley, the couple’s sister Mrs. Edith Withers served as bridesmaid. Six children join the observance: Mrs. Elmer Hammond, Mrs. Harry Reinhold, Mrs. Christ Brandt, Mrs. Aaron Zook, Mrs. Harry Miller, and Frank Eshleman.
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Aaron Eshleman
West Orange Street
Harley
Eshleman
Edith Withers
Town
Elmer Hammond
Harry Reinhold
Lancaster
Christ Brandt
Aaron Zook
Glen More
Harry Miller
Frank
Lincoln Highway
GOP Club Meeting Tonight in Lititz Malta Hall
The Republican Club of Lititz and Vicinity meets at Malta Hall at 8 p.m. Guest speaker Harry E. Trout of Manheim, a State Legislature member and publicity director for the State Republican Committee, will speak. The club schedules Ladies’ night for October 15 with prominent Republican women addressing.
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Republican Club
Lititz
Malta Hall
Harry E. Trout
Manheim
Trout
State Republican Committee
Funeral dealer unveils new 1937 Packard hearse model
R. M. Spacht, a furniture dealer and funeral director, has put into service a new 1937 model hearse. It was delivered Tuesday from the Ohio factory by Howard Weaver and H. W. Spacht. The hearse is built on a Packard chassis and represents the latest in every respect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. M. Spacht
Ohio
Howard Weaver
H. W. Spacht
Democrats Rally Saturday at Leiczester Grove near Clay
A large Democratic rally is set for Saturday evening at 7 30 at Leiczester s Grove near Clay. Deputy Attorney General Guy K Bard will headline with Alpheus M Angstead John A G Balmer and other local Democratic candidates also speaking. Entertainment includes blackface acts a noted pianist and Tony Garth along with Mrs Frances Smith and Jacob Hill Byrne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leiczester’s Grove
Clay
Guy K. Bard
U. S
Alpheus M. Angstead
John A. G. Balmer
Tony Garth
Roxy
Frances Smith
Lebanon
Jacob Hill Byrne
Lancaster
Brickerville
Republican Club
Lititz
Linden Hall Alumni Luncheon Planned at Posey Patch
The Lancaster and Lititz Branch of the Linden Hall Alumni Association will hold a luncheon at the Posey Patch on Friday evening at 6 30.
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Lancaster and Lititz
Linden Hall Alumni Association
Posey Patch
Suit To Bar Garage On Broad Street Heard In Court
Judges Atlee and Schaeffer in Equity Court at Lancaster heard testimony in a suit to halt a garage on Broad Street South of Second Avenue. A date for further argument will be set. Plaintiffs H William Zeller D W Withers and William W Reigel seek an injunction. all reside on the East side of 5 Broad Street between Second and ? Continued on Page 9.
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Broad Street
Second Avenue
Atlee and Schaeffer
Equity Court
Lancaster
H. William Zeller
D. W. Withers
William W. Reigel
Second
Boy Four Drowns in Local Pond After Hotel Stay
Howe Crawford Jr. four year old son of Mr and Mrs Howe M Crawford of Upper Darby drowned in a small pond near his home on Friday morning while playing with a cousin. The boy had lived at the General Sutter Hotel with his parents earlier in the year. The family had come to town that Friday. the father, a national bank examiner, went to Ephrata. Funeral services were held Sunday at Mifflintown.
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Howe Crawford, Jr
Howe M. Crawford
Upper Darby
General Sutter
Grosh
Mifflintown
Fishermen’s Beans Explode. G Man Badge Worn by Boy
SNOOPS Vic Wagner and Herb Weitzel fished at Cresswell. When beans were cooked an exploding can scattered beans across the ground. Roy Steffy sent for a Junot G Man badge for his son. the boy wore it proudly for a day. Workmen on E New St hear a ball game via car radio while laying a gas main for two homes.
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Vic Wagner
Herb Weitzel
Cresswell
Roy Steffy
E. New St
John Reifsnyder
Eugene Deckert
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St. Paul’s
Nugent
Hamburg
Lutz
Lititz High School
Vititz Fair
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