Bones of 12 Revolutionary Soldiers Found On Locust St
Bones of 10 or 12 Revolutionary War soldiers, died after the Battle of Prandywine, were uncovered in a cellar on S Locust Street. Prof Beek and Dr Bender catalogued them. most remains are well preserved and to be reinterred at Memorial Plot on Main Street.
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Prandywine
S. Locust Street
Jacob Hertzler
Morris Frederick
H. H. Beck
Lancaster Co. Historical Society
Main Street
Beek
Harry B. Bender
Lititz
Revolutionary Sol
Linden Hall On Air Educational Highlights Program
Dr W Stengel spoke on Linden Hall history while students performed music under Miss Myrtle Eckert at Linden Wall. The program aired on WGAT Tuesday at 3:30 PM as the first in a series of Educational Highlights.
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W. Stengel
Linden Wall
WGAT
Stengel
Myrtle Eckert
Horton Optician Lincoln Pa Eye Glasses Offered
Horton Optician in Lincoln Pennsylvania advertises eye glasses with examination and fitting services at reasonable prices. Business hours are 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
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Horton
Optician
Lincoln
Final Plans Laid For Great Community Show Next Week
Lititz prepares for the 12th annual Lititz Community Show with changes to layout and entry process. Concessions move to face the street improving light and access. Exhibitors will be guided to their display sites, with fruit vegetables dairy pastry eggs and other items staged at designated locations for entry.
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Lititz
Enck
Plants Brothers
Cinb
Man Beaten in Car Attempted Robbery Near Lexington
Harvey Clair of Lexington sustained severe head wounds Monday night when two men in a car offered him a ride and beat him during an attempted robbery. Clair fought back, escaped, and fired, but police found no trace of the assailants after searching the scene near his Wilby-Suchard Co plant departure.
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T Harvey Clair
Lexington
Clair
Kreider
Wilby-Suchard Co
Lititz School Board Sets Two Vacation Lengths
Lititz School board met to decide Thanksgiving days off and to let teachers vote on how to split ten days of Christmas and Easter vacation. The term ends May 31 and a new auditorium lighting system will be considered next meeting.
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Lititz
Tligh
Hunter
Beck
Hershey
Posey
Snyder
Sedia Lo
Waster
Aystem
Thief Steals Instruments at Dr Smiths Home
A thief gained entry to Dr. R. C. Smith’s Broad and Grange Streets residence Tuesday night last, stealing valuable surgical instruments and some money while the couple were out briefly. No arrests reported.
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Dr. Smith
R. C. Smith
Broad
Grange Streets
Tre’elock
Lock Your Doors Amid Recent Lancaster Robberies
The warning cites last week’s home robbery of Dr. R G C Smith and an attack on Harvey Clair on the Lexington road, noting thieves active in Lancaster are visiting town. Police data show most robberies occur between 8 and 10 PM, when a thief can move unseen. Residents urged to lock doors and windows when retiring or leaving home.
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R. GC. Smith
Harvey Clair
Lexington
Lancaster
Thief Steals Money and Instruments From Home Office
In under an hour a purse belonging to Mrs Smith was looted in a bedroom while tools and instruments were taken from the office. A case containing narcotics was tampered with but the thief either could not open it or fled before completing the act.
Candy factory salesman robbed of cash and gas
Lexington salesman Carl Brubaker employed by Kline candy was robbed of 48 dollars worth of Honight. He found his gas tank emptied at his garage the next morning and suspects burglars tapped the tank after cash was stolen.
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Carl Brubaker
Lexington
Kline
Honight
Brubaker
Stosis
Three Girls Injured In Broad Street Crash
Miss Jane Haines 19 injured Sunday on South Broad Street shows skull fracture but improving at Lancaster General Hospital. Anna Hackman and Edith Pfautz shaken and bruised and have recovered enough to be about. All three Lititz High graduates are well known in town.
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Jane Haines
South Broad Street
Lancaster General Hospital
Anna Hackman
Edith Pfautz
Lititz Tigh
Miss Haines
Lewis
Car Forcefully Hits Pole on South Broad Street
A car skidded and struck a pole on South Broad Street in front of Henry Muth’s home. The driver said he chose the pole to avoid two nearby children, breaking the pole and pulling wires, damaging a spout and cutting telephone service. The men agreed to cover the damages.
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South Broad Street
Third Avenue
Henry Muth
Muth
Branch Institute Held by Woman's Missionary Society
The East Pennsylvania Conference United Brethren Church branch institute met in the local Church on Tuesday afternoon with three sessions. Miss Gertrude Hamaker of New Mexico spoke at the afternoon and night sessions.
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Woman's Missionary Society of the East Pennsylvania Conference of the
United Brethren Church
Gertrude Hamaker
New Mexico
Card Party Tonight by St James Altar Society
The first card party of the season is hosted at the Fire House by St James Altar Society tonight. Games include bridge 500 casino and pinochle. Sixty prizes on view in Boacht's window will be awarded. Play starts at 8 o'clock.
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St. James Altar Society
Fire House
Boacht
Green Jay Nay Hackers Play at School Assembly
The Green Jay Nay Hackers a popu lar local jug band formed mainly by former high school students entertained pupils at the Thursday morning assembly. They will perform again next week at the Community Show.
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Locust St
Washington
Linden Hall
Lexington Road
Broad St
Tata Hall
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