Freight Car Crushes Lititz Man to Death
Harry S. Nagle of New and North Cedar Streets was crushed between a freight car and the loading wharf at Lancaster Stock Yards while directing unloading. Found by night watchman near 2 a.m. the next day, death ruled accidental from a fractured skull and crushed chest. Survived by wife Anna Stauffer and nine children. Funeral services held at the Nagle home and Swamp Church, burial in Swamp Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry
Shreve
E. F. Witmer
Neffsville
Nagle
Front
North Cedar Streets
North Cedar Street
Swamp Church
Hiram S. Meck Retires As Rural Mail Carrier
Hiram S. Meck of town retires after 27 years 5 months and 16 days with the postal service. He lived on Spruce Street and served Route 5, earning high regard as gifts were given on his last trip. Six times he walked the 25 mile trip when his horse failed, yet he delivered mail and sometimes redelivered for forgotten packages. Oscar R. Spayd now carries Route 5 temporarily as tests continue on consolidating Routes 4 and 5. Postmaster Paul M. Seaber says the feasibility tests will last for some time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram S. Meck
Postal Service
Mr. Meck
Spruce Street
Meek
Oscar R. Spayd
Governmant
Paul M. Seaber
Radio broadcast features Lutz duo with Kepple at WGAL
John Lutz of Lancaster plays the musical saw with B F Lutz and Prof. Harry Kepple at piano and trumpet. The trio’s broadcast from Lancaster’s pioneer WGAL station aired Sunday evening and was clearly heard by local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lutz
Lancaster
F Lutz
Harry Kepple
Bir
WGAL
Car Crash on Lititz Pike Narrowly Misses Injury
Jacob Brubaker of New Lifect escaped serious injury Sunday after his car struck a pole on the Lititz Pike about a half mile past the Brethren Home when a right front tire blew out. The right side of the car was badly wrecked and towed to a local garage for repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Brubaker
New Lifect
Lititz Pike
Brethren
Builder duo expands miniature golf to Quarryville
Web Keath and Woodie Krei der, who built a town miniature golf course then opened one in Lancaster for Dr. M. L. Emerick, are now constructing another course in Quarryville for Jacob Rineer. The Lancaster course is now in operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Web Keath
Woodie” Kreider
Town
Lancaster
Quarryville
Jacob Rineer
M. L. Emerick
Lititz Welcomes Visitors for Week End and Labor Day
Lititz hosts numerous weekend visitors for Labor Day with residents and guests touring Bellefonte Altoona New York City Poconos and Philadelphia. Local families William Shaffer Roy Kneeburg Clarence Dengler and many others hosted or visited relatives over the holiday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Fred Brackbill
Miller Kreider
Verna
Bellefonte
Brackbill
Altoona
Albert Christener
Adolph Oltiger
New York City
Nevin Bachman
H. H. Diehm
Salsbury
North Carolina
Roy Kneeburg
Charles Landis
Gettysburg
Paul Frey
Joy
Clarence Dengler
Paoli
Ruth Shellheimer
York
F. B. Buch
Mary Laufersweiler
Lou- Laufersweiler
Anna Laufersweiler
Reading
J. A Weitzel
Esther Frailey
Wilmer Poster
Mont Clair
N. J
Howard Young
Joseph Evans
Slatington
Raymond Shott
Upper Darby
A. J. Wood
Orlando
Fla
Atlantic City
A. Virginia Grosh
Wm. Frymyer
Hershey
Adam Frymyer
Mrs. Jayton Roth
Tuesilan
Moravian Church Outdoor Service Held After Weather Delay
The Moravian Church outdoor service closing Children's Day was conducted Sunday evening with Rev. C. E. Hermstaedt of Elizabeth NJ delivering the address. The Square glowed with colored lights as trombone choir music accompanied the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Hermstaedt
Elizabeth
Public schools reopen with 901 pupils enrolled
Lititz schools began the term Tuesday with 901 students. Grade by grade, teachers led classes from First through Twelfth, listing counts for 19 boys and 16 girls in first grade to 15 boys and 27 girls in twelfth, detailing each instructor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Mary H. Tshudy
Elizabeth L. Workman
Mary Surgis
E. Carrie Tshudy
Mary Longenecker
Kathryn Gantz
Sarah Hacker
Laura Rudy
Agnes Hensel
Edwinna B. Stevens
Frances McGinnis
Marguerite Arntz
Grace Hassler
Lillian Frantz
Emma Myers
Hazel Bentzel
Margery Buck
Eugene §. Dechert
Amma K. Miller
Amy L. Book
Nelda Spatz
M. H. Brubaker
Elizabeth Garber
Five Babies Attend Clinic Under New Nurse
Five babies visited the Moravian Sunday School Chapel Baby Clinic yesterday under Miss Edna B Miller the new local Community Nurse in charge. It was the first clinic since July and only five attended due to lack of prior notice with two first time participants Donald Mohler and Judith Jean Troutman. Hosts included Mrs Elizabeth Hepp Mrs Harry Gorton and Mrs Victor Wagner while Mrs Minnie Esben shade who ran the clinic before Miss Miller attended as well. Next clinic set for Wednesday September 17 at 3 oclock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul E. Beck
Bethlehem
Lititz
Ida May Miller
C. E. Marble
Helen
Ruth
South Brittan
Albert Spangler
Philadelphia
Emma Spangler
Monroe Hornberger
Wertz
Henry Bbaddee
Clair Rice
Francis Rader
Forest
Easton
Victor Books
Edwin Gorton
Long Island
Harry Gorton
Centre Street
Edna B. Miller
Miss Miller
Donald Mohler
Judith Jean Troutman
Elizabeth Hepp
Victor Wagner
Minnie Esbenshade
Miriam Simcox
Lancaster General Hospital
John Brinser
Falsington
N. J
Jacob Eshleman
Brinser
Eshleman
Claude Miller
Oneida
N. Y
Lutz Pool
Levi Yerger
Drayman
A. R. Keller
Crystal Springs Park
Parkesburg
A. M. Kreider
Spruce Street
John Porter
Ruth Grubb
Nevin Bachman
Robert Longenecker
Dorothy
John Beck
Winston- Salem
N. C
Carl Pfall
Beck
Kenneth Pfohl
Bert Kauffman
Brookline
Mass
Bentley School of Accounting
Henry Bomberger
Harry Adair
Iirb
Boyertown
Ruth Seather
Albert Hornberger
Allentown
Hornberger
Arlene Beck
H. J. Wynn
Flora
New Hope
Miss Wynn
Ruth Carper
Hamburg
Eva and
Jennie Lingle
Steelton
Clarence Dengler
S. Broad Street
Lester A. Sesseman
Reading
Douglass and Weiss
Lancaster
A. Y. Keath
Penryn
WGAL
Amandus Stetler
Mission Society Meeting at St Pauls Lutheran Church
The Woman's Missionary Society of St Pauls Lutheran Church met in the lower Sunday School room on Tuesday evening with 18 in attendance. Mrs Elwood Furlow led with the topic Our Inner Mission Task. Mrs Sammel accompanied on piano and readings included Kan narock Training School, Who Sells Your Fruit and Who Measures Your Lace. Elizabeth Mahare gave a recitation and Mildred Gangner sang a solo. A box lunch followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Missionary Society of
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Elwood Furlow
W. R. Sammel
Sammel
Kannarock Training School
W. K. Lockhart
Clarence Dengler
Elizabeth Mahare
Mildred Gangner
Miss Miriam Simcox Soperated On For Appendicitis
Revities report many local movements and events. Miriam Simcox underwent appendicitis surgery at Lancaster General Hospital. Neighbors and friends share visits as families relocate and students begin new terms across multiple towns in Berks and Lancaster counties.
Birth of Daughter for Mr and Mrs Clifford Helter
Mr and Mrs Clifford Helter announce the birth of a daughter Saturday morning at Lancaster General Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Helter
Lancaster General Hospital
Concerts and Festival Will Bring Crowds to Town for Big Celebration
Lititz prepares a Saturday town celebration with a parade and concerts after a parade at 5:30 and a lighting ceremony for the new street lights. George Hensel's Old Fiddlers perform, followed by a band concert and a festival at the Fire House with roast beef suppers. Community groups line the parade route, and donations to support the event are welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
George Hensel
W. Main
Spruce Streets
Spruce
Marion
Broad
Lincoln Avenue
Liberty
Front
Locust
Main
Fdison Electric Company
Fire House
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Fire Company
Ladies’ Auxiliary of
the Legion
Borough Council
Lititz Fire Company
Business League
William G. Eshleman
HE. D. Fulweiler
Death of George Yost Weidman in Talmage area
George Yost Weidman, 63, of Talmage, died at home after a year of declining health. He is survived by his wife Ellanora G. Stauffer and five children: Mrs. Harry N. Spangler, Ephrata. Isaac Grabill, Lancaster. Luke S., Brownstown. James H., at home. and Mrs. Roy Reidenhaugh, Lititz. Five grandchildren also survive along with sisters Mrs. Margaret Brackbill and Mollie Wally, Callie Reeze, and Minnie Kochel. Services were held at the家 home Monday at 2:30 with burial at Carpenter’s Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William
Mumma
Lititz
Lancaster
Mumm
Charles
York
Harry Myers
Earl and
Alvin
Marie Smith
Shillington
Monroe Mumma
Bethlehem
W. King Street
United Brethren Church
Macpelah
R. M. Spacht
Bella B. Weidman
George W. Weidman
Brickerville
Milton D
Wayne H
George
Spring City
Sarah Whitman
Lebanon
Frank C. Miller
Brickerville Lutheran Church
George Yost Weidman
Talmage
Isaac
Eliza Weidman
Ellanora G. Stauffer
Harry N. Spangler
Ephrata
Isaac Grabill
Luke S
Brownstown
James H
Roy Reidenhaugh
Margaret Brackbill
Mollie
H. Wilson L. Wally
Thomas D Moore dies after long illness in Hopeland
Thomas D Moore 59 of Hopeland died Friday night after a long illness caused by a complication of diseases. He belonged to the United Brethren Church at Hopeland and to P C S of A and Knights of Malta of Hopeland. He is survived by his wife Sadie Ruth before marriage and two children Lester and Verna. Verna is married to Walter. (Continued on Page 3)
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas D. Moore
Hopeland
United Brethren Church
Knights of Malta
Theis
Sadie Ruth
Lester
Verna
Walter
Miss Miller Reports On August Work For Chest
Miss Edna B. Miller Liita Community Nurse told the Community Chest board at the Young Men's Business League rooms of her first month’s work. She logged 161 patient visits in August to four patients, two of whom have been dismissed, and urged her availability at home 28 South Broad Street Telephone 244-3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna B. Miller
Liita
Community Chest
Young Men’s Business League
United Brethren Church Meeting and Holtzhouse Sale Ad
To meet tonight see our ad on page 8 Two days the United Brethren Church will meet Money Saving Sale at Holtzhouse s at the home of Mrs Chester Martin Cut Rate Store Lititz Pa adv this evening at 7 30 o clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Missionary Society of
United Brethren Church
Holtzhouse
Chester Martin
Lititz
Doris Wissler Hosts Fifth Birthday Party Friends
Doris Wissler daughter of Mr and Mrs Roy Wissler entertained ten little friends Thursday afternoon in honor of her fifth birthday anniversary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris
Roy Wissler
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Mark
Harry S. Nagle
Samuel Berlin
Berwick
X. Madlem
Minnie Imhof
Quincy
I Hiram Meek
E. P. Miller
Gettyeburg
Ww. R. Sammel
Margaret Stocker
Jacksville
Charles Pfautz
Newton Hershey
Pittsburgh
Sara Reidenbach
Philadel
Roy Colledge
Miriam
Canton
Ohio
Lehman Fry
Youngstown
Brian
Paul Dehart
Narbeth
Ella
Beulah Staufapent
Kepler Lodge
P. E. Shearer
Spayd
East Lansdowne
Habeckerle
A. BR. Keller
Labor Day
Pequea
Salisoury Township
Joseph Scheckard
Cornell University
Ithaca
Martha Huebener
Mary Huebener
Ocean Grove
Walter Scott
Martha Thuma
Katie Smith
Ella Lacy
Detroit
Mich
University of Pennsylvania Hospital
Mary
Carrie Tshudy
Cincinnati
R. E H. Worley
Margaret George
Poughkeepsie
Susquehanna
Hershey Park
J. F. Hagen
John
Hepp
Cornwall
Paul Evans
Bedford
Spruce Creek
Harvey Bachman
Zoller
Frederick
Milt Hacker
John Hacker
Sciety
Evangelical Congregational Church
Amy Chadwick
Atlanta
Young People’s Missionary
The
Evangelical Imtheran Church
Wm. Fassnacht
Albert Hernly
Moravian Church
Mission Society Meets
Wm. S. Momma
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