Lititz Community Notes From Lancaster County
Lititz residents hear Nov ?, church and school events. Mrs Eliza Sturgis is reported as marder at Moravian Home. Miss Anna Meiskey acts as sponsor for a baptism. the Lititz Band helps Veterans Firemen parade in Lancaster. St Luke’s Church window damaged by apple-throwing incident. several store sales and local labor news noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eliza Sturgis
Mis
Susan Risser
Pfaviz Bros
Lititz
American Legion
Town Ballet
Johnnek
Paul Bomberger
Fartjan‘s Mill
Hirzaeth
N. J
Lancaster
St. Luke’s Reformed Church
Wilson M. Grube
Hig Shoe
Warro
Baker & Pfautz
A. K. Mann
Lititz Electric Supply Co
Main Street
John McClotd
Orange and
Cedar Streets
Julius Sturgig
Rhode Island
Fannie Bucher
Christian Bucher
H. C. Miller
Anetta Bowman
Banks
Frank Minnich
Thomas B. Finegan
Pennsylvania
Commonwealth
Charles Dussinger
Ushers’ Association
St. Paul’s Church
Dussingey
Martha. Derr
Sunshine Circle
King's Daughters
Keller's milk bread prize promotes optimistic advertising
The notice describes a milk bread promotion by A R Keller offering two two and a half dollar gold pieces and five dollars in silver as prizes with a closing date Saturday. The advertising plan, wrapped coins, and the message Do not return the money, That belongs to you are highlighted as a new approach. Keller claims the campaign has boosted sales and predicts a record Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. R. Keller
Keller
Government Goods at Lititz P O Army store opens
An army quartermaster retail outlet opens at Lititz Post Office listing blankets, boots, underwear, towels, gloves and other items with prices. Next Sunday Moravian professors from Bethlehem will preach and address the Sunday School to support the Memorial Science Building for Moravian College Bethlehem. They will visit church members in the following week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army Quartermaster
Bethlehem
W. N. Schwarze
Moravian College and Theological Seminary
Wil
Rey Hassler
Moravian College
Charles H W. Rominger
Moravian Preparatory School
It Pays to Advertise A Lost Pony Leads to Waiting List
Two hours after the Record hit the street Bugar Sturgis sold a heater via a want ad. The superintendent credited the paper with results and now has a waiting list of applicants. Lavi Yerger’s ad for a lost pony last week brought quick word that the pony was found in Pennville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bugar Sturgis
Lavi Yerger
Pennville
Evangelistic Campaign Planned by Dr Henry Ostrom
Dr Henry Ostrom, a foremost evangelist, has been engaged to conduct an evangelistic campaign in the Moravian church from February 1 to 15, 1920.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Ostrom
Kind Neighbors Aid Tobacco Grower in Lititz
Kind friends gathered at Clayton Shue's home to house his two acres of tobacco after a nervous breakdown left him unable to harvest. The task was completed in half a day thanks to the neighbors led by Haydn Brubaker Samuel Bucher Harry Adams and others. Shue expresses deep gratitude for the timely aid. Lititz exhibitors win prizes at Lancaster poultry show with multiple firsts and specials including William Rapp Guy Buch Luther Mearig and John Wagner. Hanover fair yields a clean sweep for game bantams by D G Wiymer with ten birds entered and several prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton Shue
Mr. Shue
Rey
John Nless
Lititz
Haydn Brubaker
Samuel Bucher
Harry, Adams
Willian Horning
John Hornung
Philip Martin
Paul Miller
John Hess
John Hackman
Charles Hackman
Norman Shue
Norman Kauffman
Peter Hess
Juling Sturgis
Lancaster
William Rapp
Guy Buch
Luther Mearig
Howard Stricker
John Wagner
John L. Peiffer
Ilanover
D. G. Wiymer
Local Winners at Lancaster Fair Shine in Prizes
At Lancaster Fair W Bruckart and Son led prize winners earning 60 dollars in premiums. Awards included Hampshire boat under two years first, under one year first and second. White Dent corn first and second. Sweet corn first. Country Gentleman first. Stowell Evergreen second. best collection of varieties third. popcorn. Tice second. Red first. best collection of two varieties first. Potatoes Rural New Yorker first. Sir Walter Rabich second. Early Surprise second. Fall bearing strawberries best display first. Butterauts first. Burt Orpingtons seven firsts five seconds. J Grayson Brubaker won Hampshire swine boar over two years second. Broad sow with young third. sows under one year first and second. Frank Runk of Lititz won first prize on White Star potatoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burt Orpingtons
J. Grayson Brubaker
Hampshire
Frank Runk
Lititz
Monster Egg Plants Exhibit At Lancaster Fair
Abram Bomberger displayed three giant egg plants at the Lancaster fair. The lightest weighed six and a half pounds and the heaviest nine and three fourths pounds. The crowd wondered who could surpass this record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abram Bomberger
Lititz Gas Company Buys Manheim Property
The defunct Lititz Manheim and Wohraig Gas Company property covering two lots of ground and nine miles of pipeline between Lititz and Manheim, with buildings and apparatus, is now owned by Lititz Gas Company. The transfer occurred Monday for 15000 by a committee of first mortgage bondholders led by John M. Miller Hiam H. Myers and J. E. Kready. Foreclosure by Lancaster Trust Company in 1919 after default on 100000 mortgage prompted the sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Manheim
Lancaster Trust Company
Rewards Offered for Lost Items in Town
A pair of glasses in a case was lost somewhere in town with owner Jacob Prantz seeking return. A roll of bills vanished early Monday between the fountain and shoe factory and a reward will be paid on its return to this office. A black and white cat owned by Ruth Leather, daughter of Mr and Mrs Paul Leather, strayed. reward for its return. A Lititz man noted yesterday that coaxing a girl to sing is difficult and she usually doesn’t know when to stop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Prantz
Ruth
Paul
Ford For Sale Joke Ends In A Laugh
A Ford auto stood on Main Street with a playful sign for sale. A curious passerby tested the car and asked about the price, only to learn it was Peck's Bad Boy humor and that the buyer left puzzled, realizing it was a joke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peck
Local Market Jest Sparks Town Gossip
A famous town butcher at Lan Casters jokes with a customer about fainting and sleep while recalling last Friday's fog. Smoke and factory dust stained dresses and a banker teased a leading citizen about coal-colored skin, prompting speculation if industrial pollution is rising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lan
A Hint For Husbands In Lititz Women and clothesmending discussed
A Lititz husband tells his father he cannot get his wife to mend a vest button. The father offers tips about how to get mending done, joking about arrangements and a rag bag. Two visiting men brought bouquets, sparking notices that some Spruce Street ladies have lost flowers and feel angry when they see the men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Spruce Street
First Real Frost Hits Low Lands This Week
The first real frost of the season occurred Tuesday morning in the low lands though it was light due to early sun. Last fall frost appeared October 8 with a low of 38 degrees in the area.
Welcome Home at Rothsville Parade and Banquet Planned
Special committees of the P. O. S. of A. Lodge of Rothsville organize a Welcome Home event in Rothsville on Saturday October 15 honoring soldiers marines and sailors of Warwick township A parade will be held in the afternoon followed by a banquet A flag 8 by 13 feet will be presented to the school Other features are to be announced next week
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. O. S. of A. Lodge of
Rothsville
Warwick Township
Poultry Culling Demonstration Set Across County
Farm Bureau hosts culling demonstrations to teach profitable fall flock management. Event at Willis Brunnerville on Saturday October 11 at 2 P M invites farmers and poultrymen to learn better feeding housing and culling practices to boost returns from old hens and improve overall flock value.
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Farm Bureau
Willis Aibble Farm
Brunnerville
B.S
Bucier
Reception for Returned Soldier William Marl Mumma
A home reception welcomed William Marl Mumma son of Mr and Mrs William Mumma after two and a half years overseas service. He enlisted in Harrisburg soon after the war began and served in the signal corps First Division rising to corporal. He saw combat first at Cautigny was gassed and later toured the Rhine with the Wiret division entertainers. He traveled through 187 towns and cities and is in good health turning 21 on September 10. He wore four stripe honors and felt it his duty to stand by the flag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Marl
William Mumma
Hart
Harrisburg
Ald ‘Waal
Kansas
Tex
New York
France
Signal Corps
Hts
Cautigny
Earl
Pennsylvania
Rhine
New Pastor Appointed for Lititz A B Church
Rev. J M Walters takes the Lititz A B Church assignment coming from Sunbury after a three year posting and previously serving at Wphrata for a long period. He is to preach next Sunday. Rev Clint Miller, formerly pastor at Lititz, moves to Williamstown Dauphin county after three years in Lititz and six at Mt Carmel, with pastoring roles at Tower City nearby. he will preach next Sunday in the new charge.
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Lititz A. B
J. M. Walters
Sunbury
Wphrata
Walters
Rev
Miller
Clint
Lititz
Mt. Carmel
Williamstown
Dauphin County
Tower City
Coat Fire on Main Street Causes Quick Response
A coat left on a hall rack at Wast Main Street by Jacob Keener caught fire from a pipe left in a pocket. Tiarry Dimeler, a resident, hurriedly removed the rack and its burning contents to the front pavement. The coat and umbrella burned while occupants were shaken but unharmed.
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Jacob Keener
Tiarry Dimeler
Government Food Arrived at Last in August
The first consignment of government food arrived last Friday after opening on August 14, with more to come. The sale was discontinued as the quota to Luis remained largely unused, though many who inspected the food placed orders before the suspension made new orders impossible. Those who ordered in time will receive the full amount. It notes Lititz residents often waste time planning without acting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luis
Malta Public Lecture Postponed to Oct 16
An illustrated lecture by Rev. C. B. Miller, originally set for a Tapaday evening, is postponed due to a misunderstanding and will now be held Thursday October 16 at 8 pm in the High School Auditorium. The event features numerous screen slides, music by local talents, and is free to the public with Miller’s prior successful appearances in the state.
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Tapaday
C. 8. Miller
Miller
Lititz
Malta
Publi
Monessing
Wilkes-Barre
Bethlehem
Stroudsburg
United States
A. Mitchell Palmer
Holy City
Victor Wagner
Viola Leth
Letter from Gov Sproul praised by Rev Miller after steel strike visit
Rev C S Miller of this place visited Monessing the steel strike heart, spoke on Mualtaism, and observed the high tension. He congratulated Governor Sproul on his firm stand in response to Foster's protest. Sproul replied that the time is here to uphold Americanism.
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C. S. Miller
Monessing
Miller
Sproul
Answ
Foster
Hfe
Philadelphia Fishermen Return From Susquehanna Trip
Successful fishermen from Philadelphia return after a five day trip near Holtwood on the Susquehanna. They housed in a bungalow and caught thirty four salmon with one over seven pounds. Loughran left abruptly on a telegram, prompting jokes of a new arrival.
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Charles Drobst
Mamma
Rothsvile
Elmer
Bobst
George G. Knecht
John Loughstars
Philadelphia
Susquehanna
Holtwood
Loughran
Brobst
Sunbury
Homer Sturgis
Lewis Haines
Bollinger
Fis
Webster Keller
Gneida
White Oak
Aaron Diehm
Keller
James Breitigan’s Lost Rod In River Strike
James Breitigan started river fishing on Tuesday when a heavy stone on his rod caused a line and rod to vanish after a strike. His party waited but found no sign of the outfit. Anyone who recovers a rod with line should return it to Mr Brettigan, who suspects a whale may have snagged it.
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James Breitigan
James
Brettigan
Travelers Near and Far in Lititz Face Travel Ties
A Lititz column lists numerous visitors and travelers from Philadelphia Norristown Reading Ephrata and Harrisburg. Notables include Mr Samuel Seaber and wife of Philadelphia visiting town, Mr Benjamin Hertzler in Norristown Philadelphia, and Elam Bucher at Camp Dix. Families hosted guests from Reading Lancaster Bethlehem and York while others planned trips to Washington and Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Seaber
Philadelphia
Benjamin Hertzler
Norristown
John Fass
Jacob Rishé
Ephrata
Zwalley
Phares Malschnee
Reading
Parkholder
Robert Eb, Pfautsz
Jester K. Furlow
Mary Garber
Danville
Thomas Matthews
Lottie
Jacker
York
Matthews
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Willis Gibbel
Bronnerville
Gov. Sproul
5. G. Haas
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Ilopeland
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Frank Spickser
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F. A. Woicksel
Elam Bucher
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J. Fred Essig
John Schnupp
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J. F. Jones
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Frank Shultz
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