Baptisms and community notes from Lititz churches
A Lititz brief recounts baptisms at Moravian and United Evangelical churches, residents visiting for rest, and local youth activities. It notes Garfield Castle routines, Sturgis family travel, coal dust combustion experiments near a mine, and a Lititz Boy Scouts festival profit. Also mentions a Drexel Institute student, an oyster supper plan, a factory purse gift, and upcoming White Elephant sale. A new Main Street store building is planned, with gas office relocation and street access details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Kling
Elizabeth
George
Willow Street
Thorace L. Eschbach
Lititz
Tie
Little Britain
Jane Elizabeth
Harry Workman
United Evangelical Church
G. W. Imboden
Garfield Castle No. 76
Knights of Pithias
Knights of Malta
N. D. Sturgis
U. B
Lykens
Sturgis
Siram Reedy
Kinderhook
Edward Crosland
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
S&s
The
Reformed Church
Anna Risser
Drexel Institute
West Philadelphia
Ammon Weidman
Rush Cigar Factory
Wolfe
Mast Main St
Jnc
F. Tlongenecker
Vle
Jacob Leed
Leaman & Leed
New York State
Citizen Urges Public Playground for Lititz School Children
A letter from a Lititz resident urges the town to grant a school playground for fourth graders and older. The writer proposes using a nearby tract east of the school, financed by rent income and minimal taxpayer impact, to provide recess and annual school entertainments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Local Lancaster Travelers Visit Luray Cave Adventure
Twelve or more Lititz residents joined a Lancaster to Luray Cave excursion on the Pennsy Sunday. The round trip cost four dollars with fifty cents for cave access. thirteen hundred boarded the Lancaster special. The trip featured many coaches, a Shenandoah Valley run, and a delayed return due to extra coaches. The cave, opened in 1878, offers electric lighting, new sections like the hidden city, and noted formations such as the stone organ and delicate stalactites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Luray Cave
Lancaster
Philadelphia
Shenadoah Valley
Mammoth Cave
Many Young People Married in Lititz Families
Lititz brief notes cover multiple weddings and a local potato crop. Earl Mathers and Tir gah Weicksel wed at the bride’s West Orange street home, with plans to start housekeeping in Baltimore. Evans and Hertzler married in the Moravian church with travel to Niagara Falls and Philadelphia ahead. Look-Getz union stitched in Browns town, while Henry Buchter and Lillian Meily eloped to Elkton Maryland. Also mentions Kenry Hess’s prolific July potato field east of Lititz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Springfield
Mass
Lititz
Baltimore
Baltimore Street
Hallenton
Mathers
Williamson
Lancaster
Albright College
Myerstown
Evans—Hertzler
Jay Harry Evans
Philadelphia
Kathryn May Hertzler
Catherine Hertzler
Spruce Street
E. 8
Crasland
Penna Station
Niagara Falls
Watkins Glen
Hudson
Broadstreet
France
Litiiz
Franklin and Marshall Academy
Evans
Millersville
Maryland
Henry Buchter
Lillian Meily
Elkton
Vermont Meily
Harry Buchter
Owl Vigar
Pickings and Quoits Amid Lititz News and Moves
A Lititz huntsman seeks a strong hunting dog but rejects a high-spirited hound after a test including gunfire. Quoit games thrive behind the firehouse with improved pins and moist ground. A prank involving limburger cheese awakens a Lititz youth. The Eagle Lodge relocates from Rudy’s Hall to the Malta Temple while most lodges move back and forth between Bomberger’s Hall and the up-town site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Eagle Lodge
Malta Tempe
Rudy
Lititz Manheim Ephrata Gas Co Pays First Dividend in Twelve Years
The Lititz Manheim and Ephrata Gas Company declares a five percent dividend the first since twelve years. After a receiver seized the firm it was sold and stockholders repurchased it with a $50000 capitalization under superintendent Kirk Grim who helped return it to profitability and gas service for Lititz and Manheim. A gas line to Ephrata may extend service to that borough soon as residents push the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Manheim
Ephrata
Ephrata Contractor Secures Lititz Ice Plant Project
Isaac Burkhart of Ephrata received the contract to erect a Lititz ice plant with 20 tons daily capacity. York Manufacturing Company of York will install the machinery. Work begins immediately. Burkhart previously built the Ephrata ice plant last summer and is experienced in the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Burkhart
Ephrata
Lititz
York Manufacturing Company
York
Burkhart
Warwick Twp Schools Approve $1030 State Allotment
The Warwick Township School Board met October 1 1921 in Rothsville High School. Principal Miller reported record Rothsville enrollment, noted teacher meetings, fire drills, and enforcement of the Compulsory Attendance Law. MH L Binkley resigned as board president and H E dhcvshay was appointed to fill the vacancy. A state appropriation of $1030 was received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warwick Township School Board
Rothsville
Miller
MH. L. Binkley
H. EH. Dhcvshey
Chas. C, Miller, Frin
Schools
Community Show at Lititz October 21 and 22
Lititz residents are urged to prepare for the Community Show on October 21 and 22. A meeting for exhibitors is set for Thursday at 8 PM in Siegler and Hite's garage to finalize plans. Superintendent John L. Peifer and manager D G Witmyer outline entries, space, and poultry show rules with close entry deadline October 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Siegler & Hite
John L. Peifer
D. G. Witmyer
Peifer
Well Known People Dead in Lititz and Philadelphia Obituaries
Horace Lincoln Buck of Philadelphia died at 11 a.m. Thursday after a brief illness. Born January 1864 in Lititz, he was 57 and 8 months old. Survivors include his wife, his mother, and three sisters. Funeral services were held at the Lititz Moravian church with Rev. Crosland officiating. Annie G. Kauffman, born 1842, died at Lancaster General Hospital aged 79. Funeral at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Sessemann with burial in Lititz Evangelical cemetery. Mrs. T. E. Sheaffer of Durnwater is an after fair demonstrator. James Carper also demonstrating at the Bloomsburg fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Lincoln Buck
North Camac Street
Philadelphia
Mr. Buch
Lititz
Joseph
Louisa Buch
John B. Wissler
Brunnerville
Sibley, Fenton & Co
New England
Hattie Stowe
Ella
Florence
Atlantic City
Laura
Willian Glenn
Akron
Ohio
Masonic Fraternity
Crosland
Annie G. Kauffman
Roger
Lancaster General Hospital
East Petersburg
John Kauffman
Tatitz
Moravian Home
Lancaster Hospital
United Evangelical Church
Amogs
West
Himer
James Sesseman
Evangelical
Tt. E. Sheaffer
Durnwater Mmn
York Fair
James Carper
Bloomsburg Fair
M. H. Yoder
Reading
Walter Sturgis
York
Lou Yocum
Catherine Smith
Spruce Street
Norman Arntz
Florin
Elmer Ritchie
Charles Graver
Frank Graver
Bath
Howard Young
Abram Stern
Red Lion
York County
Amos Burkholder
Stern
Lloyd Kauffman
Franklin
Kauff
Birney Oehme
Louis Oehme
Sarah
William
Lykens
East Pennsylvania
U. B. Church
Bishop Bell
S. G. Haas
Lebanon
Frank Schaerer
Frank Ketner
Betty
William Parson
Shillington
J. W. Gerhart
Elser
Margaret
Clay
Irvin C. Birk
Bruce John
Uniondale
Ind
Birk
M. M. Schnerer
F. E. Schnerer
Ada Schnerer
John T. Schnerer
James Miksch
Lawrence Brink
New York
C. N. Derr
Martha Derr
Margaret George
Pougi
Keepsie
N. Y
Mary Schreiner
Lancaster
Paul Schrauck
Annville
Wiliam Solomon
Clayton Schmuck
H. B. Powell
Catherine
Rachael Rehrer
Elizabeth .Gambel
Germantown
J. H. Yerger
J. B. Maurer
Stoyestown
Somerset County
Nettsville
Rev. Maurer
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Brownstown
Weidler Buch
Ephrata
B. R. Miller
Mr. Klopp
Buck
David Buck
Albert Shenck
Real estate sales across four properties this week
Real estate broker J Fred Essig sold a Spruce street frame house to J K Stoner of Kissell Hill for 1850. The Isaac Singer home in Penryn sold at public sale to Harry Shiffer for 2100. John Fasnacht sold his South Broad street residence to Frank Keller for 8000, with Keller planning a barber shop front room. M B Weitzel sold a Water street brick warehouse to Consumers Boxboard and Paper Co for 10000. the building will house tissue paper slicing and rolling operations now underway at the mill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Fred Essig
J. C. Brobst
Spruce Street
J. K. Stoner
Kissell Hill
Isaac Singer
Penryn
Harry Shiffer
John Fasnacht
South Broad Street
Frank Keller
Mr. Keller
N S Myers Sells More Houses and Farms
N S Myers sells multiple properties including a 12 acre farm near Lexington in Warwick township to J A Hougen for 2500, a Lititz house at 116 East Main Street to Samuel Keller for 3850, a Hast Front Street house to Milton M Stauffer for 3600 with possession April 1, a 78 acre Lampeter farm to John C McCherry for 12600, and a 1 1/2 acre Penn township farm to Monroe C Stravely on private terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. Dillman
Lexington
Warwick Township
J. A. Hougendohler
Ruby Street
Lancaster
Alice Henderson
East Main Street
Lititz
Samuel Keller
2Nd Avenue
Clarence B. Dillman
Elizabeth Dillman
Hast Front Street
Milton M. Stauffer
The Best Kind of a Party for Miss Longenecker
Miss Margaret Romaine Longenecker, four, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Fr. Longenecker, hosted a party for eighteen friends at home last Saturday. They enjoyed games, a cake with four pink candles, pink carnations and candles, and souvenirs sent home by automobile. The guests behaved beautifully and wished many more birthdays for their charming hostess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Romaine Longenecker
J. Fr. Longenecker
Steamer the Russian Poodle Murdered in Town
Steamer a jet black Russian poodle owned by Allen Putt was killed when struck by a car. The dog, though plain in appearance, was friendly and beloved by the Putt family and townsfolk. Willard Putt and siblings miss their playmate as Mr Mumma Hess departs for Indiana after visiting relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Putt
Putt
Willard
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lititz Young Lady Graduate Pharmacist
Miriam Russell
L. N. Moyer
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy
John Hess
Tess
Itil Gas Company
J. H. Harris
Eprata
Moyer
Drue
Gas Company
Hershey & Gibbel's
Citizen
Getz
Irene Zook
Charles R. Getz
Hart Township
BE. M. Schlicker
Kenry Hess
Das Company
Ephrata Man
Warwick
America
Granges
Legionaires
Amos H. Bomberger
J. W. Bruckart
N.S. Myers
Mumma Hess
Hess
South Bend
Joan Hess
Long & Co
Brunnerville Bay
Barton Ressler
U. S. Army
Camp Banning
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