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Lititz Record

Location

Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Oct 29, 1931

Page

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Pavement Repairs Ordered At Square

Borough Council at October meeting authorized the secretary to contact S. M. Pratt of Reading to replace pavements curbs and gutters on the northeast corner of the Square following July gas station work and an injunction. The meeting also covered land purchase from the Moravian Congregation at Water Street and North Wey for 800 dollars, street and water repairs, sign purchases, and new health funding with bills approved and receipts listed.

Borough Council S. M. Pratt Reading Water Street Northwey Rudy Sturgwis Plauts Brian Burgess Brenemann Solieer Wissler Habecker South Cedar Street F. Feird Avenue Sargis Council Board of Health Penna. Power and Light Co Denver & Ephrata Telephone Co Department of Revenue EE. Habecker T. 1S. Grosh Thos. H. Erb W. B. Gochnauer Tarvia

Birthday thanks extend to 96 year old Henry B Buch

Henry B Buch aged 96 on Friday received 166 postal cards and many gifts. Ten callers visited him as he expressed gratitude to all who made his birthday happy. The Rt. Rev. E Crosland drove Mr Buch on an auto trip to Schaefferstown and the Mountains.

Henry B. Buch Crosland Mr. Buch Schaefferstown Mountains

Farm sale west of Lititz to Rev. John Hevener

G Graybill Minnich and H B Gibbel sold part of a farm west of Lititz including buildings and about ten acres of land on private terms to Rev. John Hevener.

G. Graybill Minnich H. B. Gibbel Lititz John Hevener

Local Couples and Visitors Share Sunday Near Lititz

A long list of residents and guests spent Sunday visiting relatives and friends across Lititz and nearby towns. Frequent travels included Reading Philadelphia York Gettysburg and Chambersburg with several households hosting dinners and bridge parties.

Local School Election Voters Choose Three For Board

Voters will select two from Dr. H. Posey Howard Hollinger and John Hershey for the school board in the General Election Tuesday. Posey appears on Democratic and Republican tickets, Hershey on Democratic Prohibition Socialist, Hollinger on Republican and Socialist tickets.

8. R. Posey Howard Hollinger John Hershey Hollinger Hershey Dr. Posey Justice of the Peace Andrew Shissler Clarence R. Kreider Leroy Bare Jacob L. Snyder D. Constable Jacob Singley Paul Demmy JF James Maize Victor Wagner WH. B. Buch William H. Zarvtman Emory Wagner J. Paul Prubaker Jacob Koch Acob Kling John L. Carpenter Charles Hollinger Andrew M. Shissler Ezra Kline Paul Bomberzer C. G. Brubaker L. Diehm

Linden Hall Hallowe'en Party Planned At Linden Hall

Linden Hall students prepare for the usual Hallowe en program with a gymnasium party on Saturday night. Prof Raymond Haupert of Bethlehem spoke at the Moravian Church Sunday and addressed the vesper service. Horseback riders enjoy fall outings this week while the Literary Society held an interesting meeting Monday evening.

Linden Hall Raymond Haupert Bethlehem Literary Society

Mrs. Charles C. Weaver Dies After Illness at 46

Mrs. Charles C. Weaver 46 died Sunday night at her Maple Street home after a long illness. She was a member of St. Luke's Reformed Church and survived by her husband, a son Austin, four brothers Jacob Kile John Kile Abram Kile Samuel Kile, and two sisters Katherine and Mrs Jacob Fausnacht. Services were held at St. Luke's Reformed Church with burial in Lutheran cemetery. R M Spacht directed.

Charles ©. Weaver Maple Street St. Luke’s Reformed Church Austin Jacob Kile Lancaster John Kile Oregon Abram Kile Waldeck Samuel Kile Stevens Katherine Landis Valley Jacob Fausnacht R. M. Spacht

School departments to exhibit at Community Show

The Manual Training Domestic Science and Art Departments will exhibit at the Community Show. Their displays will be in the former Mathers Barber Shop on West Main Street. Horton the optician advertises eye exams glasses fitted at reasonable prices open 9 am to 8 pm closed Mondays.

Mathers West Main Street Horton Optician Lincoln

Lititz Community Show Weekend Schedule and Parades

Complete program outlines daytime and evening events for the 11th Community Show at Lititz High School. Performances include cadet and band entries, horse shoe pitching finals, Moonlight Melody Makers, baby and Mannada parades, coronation prize drawing, Mummers Parade, and cash prizes for several divisions. Entrants report times and parade routes through Orange Broad Main Cedar streets.

Lititz Rader’s Moonlight Melody Makers Reading Riley Lausch Orange Street Broad Square Main Street Cedar Orange and Spruce Streets Spruce Street Marion Street Broad Street Linsoln Avenue Locust Street

Traffic Blocked on East Main for Community Show

East Main Street from the Square to Cedar Street will be closed to all traffic today tomorrow and Saturday from 5 PM today and tomorrow and from 12 noon Saturday until show closing. One way traffic east permitted before those hours. No parking in the block during the three days and unloading produce for the Market must park outside the block after unloading.

East Main Street Cedar Street

Community Chest To Name Directors and Hear Reports

The Lititz Community Chest holds its annual meeting in the Business League rooms next Thursday evening at o o'clock. Topics include electing an Executive Board for the coming year and appointing a committee to plan the districts and solicitors for the November 16 to 24 drive. A year end report on work and finances will be presented. last year's contributors are considered members and urged to attend.

Lititz Community Chest Business League At & O Community Chest Organization Lititz

Ruth Burkholder Miles and Sue Burkholder wed at Hopeland parish

Ruth Ruth-Burkholder Miles of Hopeland and Miss Sue Alverta Burkholder of Brunnerville were married at the Reformed Parsonage on Liberty Street Saturday at 4 PM with Rev. Geo B Raezer officiating. The full ring ceremony preceded a Sunday reception at the bride's home for sixty guests.

Miles Ruth Hopeland Sue Alverta Burkholder Brunnerville Liberty Street Geo. B. Raezer

Coronation Contest Draws Near In Mardi Gras Show

Newcomers in the Coronation Contest aim to pace the field as the King and Queen of the Mardi Gras are to be chosen Saturday night. Contestants promise a fast close race on parade streets with two winners, while volunteers are urged to sell votes for prizes and radio sets. Anyone 14 to 20 can enter at the Harris Store and receive 1000 free votes upon registration.

Bcide Tere Harris

Delphian Club Discusses Psychological Novelists

The Lititz Delphian Chapter met at Miss Anna K. Miller's home Friday to discuss Two Psychological Novelists. Program presented by Mrs. W. H. Muth Miss M Bricker Mrs. Edward Buch Miss Mary Hueben er Miss Mary Reidenbaugh and Mrs. Florence Gibbes. Next meeting set at Mrs. Norman Badorf's home November 6.

Lititz

Excavations Mentioned by Professor Haupert in Palestine Trip

The Reverend Raymond Haupert professor of Semitic Languages at Moravian College Bethlehem spent three months in Palestine last summer studying ancient sites under the University of Pennsylvania and preached at the Moravian Church. He described Ur Niniveh Babylon and Jerusalem and later spoke to the Sunday School and led the choir recital.

Raymond Haupert Moravian College and Theological Seminary Bethlehem Palestine Universiy of Pennsylvania Moravian Church Niniveh Babylon Jerusalem

Male Chorus Performs at Reformed Church in Penryn

The male chorus of the Church of the Brethren sang during services at the Reformed Church in Penryn, providing musical support for the event.

Church of the Brethren Penryn

Lititz Community Show opens with record exhibitors and prizes

The Lititz Community Show Association utilizes Springs Park for parking to avoid long walks, charging 10 cents per car. The three day event features expanded exhibits, a large poultry show with 60 more entries, an auto show on N Broad Street, and extensive patrol and emergency provisions. The show runs Friday to Saturday with a parade route, booths, games, and food stands.

Lititz Springs Committee Association Kreider Singley Carpenter Garden Spot Post American Legion Legion E OL Strickler N. Broad Street Lancaster WGAL C. V. Pfautz Beck Bros Lititz Springs Longenecker’s Wm. Fry A. M. Frey, Spacht J. S. Harris and Co Seaman and Leed Plantz Brothers Keller Show Association

Three Local Businesses Donate to Community Show

Errors in soliciting ads for the Premium List Booklet left Farmers National Bank Hershey and Gibbes and Morgan Paper Co. Division unrepresented. In response they contribute to the general fund with checks totaling 50 dollars: 25 from Farmers National Bank 15 from Hershey and Gibbes and 10 from Morgan Paper Co. Division.

Farmers National Bank, Hershey and Gibbes Morgan Paper Co Lititz Community Show Association Farmers National Bank Hershey and Gibbes Morgan Paper Co. Division

Dance Saturday Night at General Sutter Hotel

Roy Harnish and His Morro Castle Orchestra headline a community dance Saturday night at the General Sutter Hotel. The Lititz High School Alumni Association Entertainment Committee sponsors the event. Halloween parade costumed participants gain admission. Tickets are available from Charles V. Pfautz or at the hotel the night of the dance.

General Sutter Hotel Roy Harnish Morro Castle Lititz

Lititz High to Host Stevens Trade at Springs Park Saturday

Lititz High School football welcomes Stevens Trade School to Springs Park for a 2 PM kickoff Saturday. After defeating Lebanon High School Reserves last Saturday the locals seek to extend their winning streak with steady play and strong defense.

Lititz Stevens Trade School Springs Park Lebanon High School

Eighth Grade Play Prof Dummelbeck’s Class Given

Class A of the Eighth Grade performed in the high school auditorium this morning. Cast included Lloyd Burkhardt Richard Wissler Henry Shissler James Yerger Floyd Yingst Morris Rosenberg Robert Gangner and Lester Kline.

Prof Dummelbeck Lloyd Burkhardt Richard Wissler Henry Shissler James Yerger Floyd Yingst Morris Rosenberg Robert Gangner Lester Kline

School Holds All-Event Halloween Party

Public schools and faculty combined for a single large Hallowe em party in the gymnasium Tuesday evening, replacing multiple smaller gatherings.

Missionary Society Plans Meeting at St Pauls Church

The Woman's Missionary Society of St Pauls Lutheran Church will hold its monthly meeting Tuesday evening at 7 30 at Mrs Fred Spinner's Seaman Street home with Mrs Lavinna Keenan leading.

Woman's Missionary Society of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church Fred ‘Spinner Seaman Street Lavinna Keenan

Merchants Offer Community Show Specials in Lititz Area

Co operating with Lititz merchants the paper lists bargains for the three day Community Show. The RECORD is delivering 4 papers in each rural route box from the Lititz Post Office. Read the ads to see many buys and shop now for lower prices than in the past decade.

Lititz

Community Show Special Offers Record Subscription

During the Lititz Community Show a three day offer invites new subscribers to get THE RECORD for 1 dollar, a saving of 50 percent off the regular price. The deal targets attendees at the event and promotes signups on site.

Lititz

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