In town stranger seeks site for motion picture theatre
A stranger in Lititz looked for a location to erect a motion picture theatre. Other items note Elizabeth Hepp building a garage, contracts for standpipe painting awarded to John Gooetzke, and property sales including Anna F. Fry's estate to L. Groff. Community show in Ephrata set for this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Hepp
Juniper Alley
John Gooetzke
Lancaster
Anna F. Fry
Rothsville
L. Groff
Ephrata
Kings Daughters
Lititz
New Holland
Elmer Haines
Tie
Limé Rock
Samuel G. Keller
Maria Minnich
Anna Mae Pfautz
Lancaster General Hospital
Sesqui Poultry Show Aims To Surpass All Past Exhibits
D G Witmyer of Lititz Pennsylvania named judge of Exhibition Game Bantams for the Sesqui Centennal Poultry and Pet Show to be held October 25 to 30 in Philadelphia. Entries indicate a record turnout with many special prizes. Prestigious breeders, multiple meetings, and a Boys and Girls Department mark the event with broad youth involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. G. Witmyer
Lititz
Philadelphia
Judges
American Poultry Association
Warfare Experiments At Aberdeen Proving Grounds Sighted
Frank Dengate and companions Kenneth Witmyer Norman Habecker and Chester Leicey visited Aberdeen proving grounds in Maryland on Friday. Capt Marin arranged the trip. They observed smoke screens, a large gun firing and chemical warfare tests with anti aircraft guns and aircraft. Toward the end targets were towed behind fast planes at high altitude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Dengate
Averdeen Proving Grounds
Kenneth Witmyer
Norman Habecker
Chester Leicey
Capt
Marin
Dengate
Regular meeting of the Women s Auxiliary plans sour kraut supper
The Women s Auxiliary to the Lititz Fire Co holds its regular meeting with eight new members. They plan a sour kraut supper for Saturday October 50. Menu includes sour kraut pork mashed potatoes beans sugar cake coffee pies ice cream. They will bake pumpkin pies and candy the evening before. A special meeting is called for Friday October 15 at 7 30 to complete arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz Fire Co
K. KE. Hubecker
Cornwall Fire Tower Guides Ten-County District
Cornwall Tower in Penn Township Lancaster County sits on the Lancaster Lebanon line. The 65 foot metal structure with a seven by seven foot glass top houses fire detection equipment and links to Lebanon via Bell Telephone lines. A towerman is posted in April May October and November, peak fire danger months. District No 17 includes parts of Lancaster Chester Delaware Philadelphia and other counties. District headquarters are in Harrisburg under District Forester George H. Wirt. More than 4450 visitors were recorded in May this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornwall
Pennania Department of Forests and Waters
Penn Township
Lancaster County
Lancaster and
Lebanon County
Lebanon
Bell Telephone Company
Cornwall Tower
Penryn Park
Poplar Run
Valley Forge
Lancaster
Chester
Delaware
Philadelphia
Buei
Montgomery
Greaier
Dauphin
Golden wedding anniversary celebrated at Lititz home
Mr and Mrs Hiram Hf Minnich of Lititz Pa marked fifty years of marriage on October 5 with a surprise visit from forty three children and grandchildren. Large tables were prepared and refreshments served as they were presented with gifts. The event was described as a pleasant and memorable occasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram Hf. Minnich
Lititz
Prethren Church to Dedicate Fine Edifice on Thanksgiving Day
Evergreen trees are being planted around the new Church of the Brethren on Centre street. The fine edifice is to be dedicated on Thanksgiving day November 28. There are few handsome churches of this denomination in the State.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prethren
Church of the Brethren
Centre Street
Used head for battering ram at Lexington Hotel
Constable Jacob Singley on Monday arrested Stephen Grumbling Walter Blantz and Martin Blantz on assault and battery at the Lexington Hotel on Sunday. They posted bail for a hearing before Squire N Derr. The trio allegedly used a headojack scene as a battering ram striking Mrs. Althouse as a door panel splintered. Eyewitnesses report outsiders causing black eyes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington Hotel
Jacob Singley
Stephen Grumbling
Walter Blantz
Martin Blantz
Squire €. N. Derr
Airman Killed in Philadelphia Crash Near Roosevelt Blvd
Clarence Markham once employed here died in a Philadelphia crash with two student fliers. The plane buckled during a descent from 840 feet on Roosevelt Boulevard. Markham, from Vineland New Jersey, had lived here intermittently, while Robert Behmer of Lititz was also killed. both had ties to local aviation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Markham
Robert Behmer
Lititz
Philadelphia
Markham
Roosevelt Boulevard
Vineland
N. J
Lititz Twal
Jfames
Lititz High Seniors Visit Sesqui-Centennial Parade
The Lititz High School senior class toured Philadelphia by car on Tuesday to see the Sesqui-Centennial exhibition and the American Legion parade. Chaperones were Miss Anna K. Miller and Prof. and Mrs. M. C. Demmy. Principal Demmy reports 57 applications from seventh to ninth graders to join the high school band to be organized soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz High School
Philadelphia
American Legion
Anna K. Miller
M. C. Demmy
Demmy
Jurors Picked for November Court Terms
Judge Charles I Landis Coroner and Acting Sheriff br C Kinard and Jury Commissioners Louise Souder and Joseph Shultz drew 204 jurors on Saturday to serve at the November 15 Quarter Sessions and the November 22 and 29 Common Pleas weeks. Local names include John J Burkheimer Ephrata Martin B Wacker Ephrata township Thomas Hittier Warwick township William Wahl Manheim Chester E Reitz Warwick Abram S Brubaker Manheim Sheridan Wolf West Earl Lemons Neidermyer Lititz William B Buch Akron George H Graver Manheim Frank S Weaver Ephrata Samuel H Stump Clay T Ulenry Boettcher Manheim David Dissinger Abram F Binkley Addison G C Ficker Harry E Dunkel Isaac Weinhold John K Miller John R Farmer William R Good Charles L Charles John W Martin Benjamin Hertzler Samuel M Fahnestock George M Leicey David Oberholtzer Charles Esbenshade Clayton B E Kiehl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles I. Landis
Br. C. Kinard
Louise Souder
Joseph Shultz
Common “Pleas
John J. Burkheimer
Ephrata
Martin B. Wacker
Thomas Hittier
Warwick Township
Wiliam Wahl
Manheim Township
Chester E. Reitz
Abram S. Brubaker
Manheim
Sheridan Wolf
West Earl Township
Lemons. Neidermyer
Lititz
Willum B. Buch
Akron
George H. Graver
Frank S. Weaver
Samuel H. Stump
Clay Township
Tulenry Boettcher
David Dissinger
Abram F. Binkley
Addison GC. Ficker
Harry E. Dunkel
Isaac Weinhold
John K. Miller
John R. Farmer
Earl Township
William R. Good
Rayl Township
Christian L
Charles
John W. Martin
Enhreta
Benjamin Hertzler
Samuel M. Fahnestock
George M. Leicey
David Oberholtzer
East Earl Township
Charles W. Esbenshade
Clayton BE. Kiehl
Mannheim
Around Our Town puzzle and local notes in Washington
A Washington Record reader sent a new arithmetic puzzle about adding birth year age year of marriage and years married, claiming 3852 as the total though a misprint was noted. The column then reports local anecdotes on a Berlin origin joke, a thief money loss, a banana sale at Warwick House, and a missionary's banana peeling tip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Berlin
Birthday Party Held At Behmer Home In Lititz
A birthday gathering took place at Mr. and Mrs. Walter Behmer's Lititz R D 4 residence on Saturday October 6. Attendees included numerous Behmer relatives and friends such as Eva Behmer Vivian Felker Reba May Stauffer Clara Beekman Leeking Caskey Welker and others. Refreshments were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Behmer
Lititz R. D
John Behmer
Eva
Addison Felker
Wayne Felker
Vivian
Jay Caskey
Gertrude Welker
Clair Beekman
Monroe Leeking
Roy Stauffer
May Stauffer
Papaws Run Wild From Kansas to New York
Papaws ripen across hills where small boys once hunted them. The fruit called Indian papaw or northern banana grows wild and is easily cultivated from Kansas to New York and southward. Some complain they cause a rash while others relish the fruit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
New York
Apples From Dr Stengel's Orchard in Washington
Dr F W Stengel displays two winter banana apples in Hensel's window from his Oroville ranch Wash One weighs 17 ounces and comes from four year old trees The winter banana variety originated in Missouri An orchardist grafted stock then kept an un grafted tree to see its fruit It proved to be the now popular winter banana grown in the northwest There are trees of this variety in Lititz Jacob Hertzler Locust Street has a young tree that will yield about eight bushels of winter bananas
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Stengel
Hensel
Oroville
Wash
Missouri
Northwest
Lititz
Jacob Hertzler
Locust Street
World Series notes from New York fans and celebrities
A writer in New York attends the World Series in the city and notes a blasé mood among locals. He recalls Babe Ruth arriving late and autograph seekers flooding the stands, with Trudy Ederle and Gene Tunney among the visitors. Highlights include Grover Cleveland Alexander’s pitching, Bell’s homer, a Southworth catch, Meusel and Babe hits, and Thevenow in the field. The piece closes with the series over until spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
New York
St. Lewis
Yanks
St. Louis
Fox
Graham Macenamee
Yankees
Ruth
Babe
Seventh Regiment
Gertrude Ederle
Trudy
Gene Tunney
Tandis
Czar
Grover Cleveland Alexander
Lester Bell
Southworth
Bob Meusel
Thevenow
Travelers Near Ak0 Foar Mrs Frank Myers Visited Many Friends
A run of social calls and visits spans Lititz, Manheim, Reading, Lancaster, and nearby towns. Notables include Mrs. Frank Myers of Middletown visiting relatives, D. G. Seiler of Shamokin staying with Rev. F. A. Weicksel, and Owen Hershey returning home from Philadelphia to study law. Local families welcomed guests and observed the Philadelphia American Legion Parade with several post members in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Myers
Middletown
C. N. Derr
Charles Brobst
Jacob Kling
Fleetwood
D. G. Seiler
Shamokin
F. A. Weicksel
Robert E. Springes
Lancaster
Clayton B. Snavely
Lititz
R. D
Dendron
William Weaver
Reading
Harvey Gast
Henry Weaver
J. Irvin Miller
Goshen
Ind
Simon Miller
Carry Stoner
Stoner
Souderton
Milton Wolf
Esther Beniz
Bobby
Annie Bostic
Lebanon
Benjamin Weidner
Owen Hershey
Philadelphia
Owen
New York
Jacob Hertzler
Clarence der
Iona Lake
N. Z
Jacob A. Buch
Richland
Lebanon County
Sarah Bollinger
Frank B. Buch
Buch
Elizabeth Grosh
Mount Joy
Tdeal Chocolate Co
Bachman Chocolate Co
Addie Slacker
Savannah
Sarah
Peter Eckert
Manheim
Hacker
Robert Filbert
Womelsdorf
Elser Gerhart
Newman Grove
Neb
E. H. Gerhart
Nat Buch
Akron
Niagara Falls
South Broad Street
American Legion
Norman Habecker
Kenneth Witmiger
Guy Nlershey
Esther Stoner
Roy Myers
N. D. Sturgis
Telen
Mary
Roy Reidenhbach
Roy Keller
Paul Matthews
Legion
Six county men to be honored at Reading convention
Six county men identified with Sunday School work for fifty years and more will be honored at the State Sunday School Convention in Reading this week. They are William Diehm and Walter H Buch of Lititz, L E Miller of Lincoln, James H E Crawford of Willow Street, Walter R Schnader and Philip Wiseman of Lancaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
William 8. Diehm
Walter H. Buch
Lititz
L. E. Miller
Lincoln
James HE
Crawford
Willow Street
Walter R. Schnader
Phillip Wiseman
Lancaster
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George Young
Eckel’s College of Embalming
Spacht
Khivniture
L. KE. Pontier
Schloss Clothes Beautiful
Plautz Frog
Dept
Jerome Vogler
East Main Street
Frank Moody
Vogler
Animal Trap Co
A. R. Bear
North Broad Street
Bluebird Orchestra
Squar'e
Lititz Springs
Warwick House
One
Litita Poultry Record Association
Lititz Fire Tal
J. G. Taylor
State Colege
West
Abram Huber
Lester Hess
Henry Bomberger
Indiana
Illinois
Bomberger
George Bomberger
Indianapolis
Paul Bomberger
Bendersville
Adams County
Edward Titzer
Pitvers
Linden Hall
Stellas Dallas
Grand Theatre
Lois Moran
Linden Mall
Herman Metzer
Samuel Linbecker
W. H. Muth
Habecker
William Miksch
Robert Pfautz
Abram Minnich
Sesqui Poultry
Dr. G. Witmyer
Game Bantams
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Women’s Auxiliary
By LeRoy Bare
Cornwall Fire Tower
Manly
Common Pleas
Paul Kauffman
Kauffman
Kreider
Diogenes
DR. Stengel
Washington
By Tom Dussinger
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