Local Lititz notes new clerk at Pfantz Bros Store
A stream of brief items from Lititz covering Ralph Bingeman becoming clerk at Pfantz Bros, tomato yields by Mrs. Wal Evans, students returning to State College, potato shipments, a marshmallow toast scene, tree pruning at Moravian church square, and a public sale withdrawal of the M. A. Moore farm. Also listed are store acquisitions, housing additions, attendance plans for the Knights of the Golden Eagle, upcoming civic moves, local accidents, arrests, trading trips, and notable birthdays in the Lititz area.
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Ralph Bingeman
Hopeland
Pfantz Bros
D. Wal
Evans
Frank Longenecker
Charles Kreider
Henry Erb
State College
Lititz High School
Risser’s Meadow
Brunnerville
Miss Barbara Bomberters Marries Mr Stedman in July
Miss Barbara Bomberter wed B Frank Stedman of Millersville on July 25 in Philadelphia. Rev W K Fleck officiated at a friend's home. After a honeymoon to Atlantic City the couple resides in Millersville. Barbara, daughter of Mr and Mrs Jacob Bomberger, has taught music for years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Bomberter
B. Frank Stedman
Millersville
Philadelphia
W. K. Fleck
Lititz
Atlantic City
Jacob Bomberger
Lincoln Avenue
Over 700 Pupils Back to School in Lititz
Lititz borough schools opened Monday with 718 pupils in attendance, slightly fewer than last year’s 704. Newly elected supervising principal Prof. M. C. Demmy began duties as children voiced relief and excitement about returning. New playgrounds with swings seesaws and slides will soon be installed. Twenty teachers, plus the principal and music director, are on staff.
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Lititz
M. C. Demmy
East End
Neighbors Aid Man After Saw Accident Near Clay
Twenty men gathered yesterday morning at Clayton Bucher’s nome near Clay to free his leg stuck in a circular saw while he worked tobacco. Helpers listed include Milton Eberly, Charles Henley, Samuel Rankins, F R Stauffer, John Zimmerman, Raymond Edwards, Jonas Bucher, C B Snyder, Harry Bucher, Charles Ruth, Burkholder, Henry Bucher, Charles Long, L B Hess, Nathan Kofroth, John Beard, Samuel Wenger, Amos Wenger, John Good, and Carson J E Stauffer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton Bucher
Clay
Milton Eberly
Charles Henley
Sanwel Rankins
F. R. Stauffer
John Zimmerman
Raymond Edwards
Jonas Bucher
C. B. Snyder
Harry Bucher
Charles Ruth A
Burkholder
Henry Bucher
Charles Long
Hess
Nathan Kofroth
John Beard
Samuel Wenger
Amos Wenger
John Good
Carson JE
Stauffer
Lititz Pastor Returns from Southern Evangelistic Tour
Mr. H Reedy finished a summer evangelistic tour through Mississippi, Alabama, and Kentucky with a southern speaker and Lititz singer. He visited several colored churches including one known as the Moaners. The trip yielded insights into southern agriculture. Paul Seaber, acting Lititz postmaster, has been certified to the President for appointment and will go to the Senate for confirmation next week. Others from Lititz include Lloyd Miller teaching in Safe Harbor, Clayton Keener returning to Little Britain High, and Henry Keath heading to Stewartstown High. Laura Hershey begins teaching at Souderton, Abram Hershey, Raleigh Nies, Israel Royer, and Ruth Minnich leave for Elizabethtown College. Miller & Habecker announce new Congoelum and linoleum purchases and advertise a broom for 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Reedy
South
Mississippi
Alabama
Kentucky
Lititz
Paul Seaber
Seaber
Harding
Senate
Leather
Washington
Lloyd Miller
Safe Harbor
Clayton Keener
Little Britain
Henry &. Keath
Brunnerville
Stewartown
Laura
J. W. G. Hershey
Souderton
Safe Works To Enlarge Adds Temporary Plant On Water Street
Within sixty days a one story 176 by 40 foot addition will be completed to the safe works facing Water street and running along the alley south of the creek. The building will be temporary with a solid foundation for future expansion. Old machines moved to Cleveland plant to make room for new equipment. Oyster season opened Friday but Lititz dealers delay handling until weather stabilizes. Prices expected to be similar to last year. European travelers returned from a trip visiting Italy Germany France Belgium and England. They saw the Passion Play. Local fishermen reported sizeable catches at the Susquehanna River including bass rockfish catfish eel and salmon. The last summer baby clinic will be held September 19 at the American Legion rooms with a poster and chart exhibit and open attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Water Street
Swanson
Harry Gorton
Connecticut
Cleveland
Lititz
Margaret Potts
Gertrude Garber
Mary Pierson
New York
Potts
Pierson
Miss Garber
Ocean City
Italy
Germany
France
Belgium
England
American Legion
Former Trap Factory Superintendent Married in Dresden
Mr Warry Jones, a former superintendent of the Oneida Community industry, married Miss Marguerite Van Keuren in Dresden New York on September 1. At the Bomberger reunion last week, 84 year old Mrs James Q Sturgis, granddaughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Bomberger, attended. John Uhland of Roaring Springs, en route to New York, visits town while selling textbooks to colleges.
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Warry Jones
Oneida
Marguerite van Keuren
Dresden
N. Y
Bomberirer
James Q. Sturgis
Joseph and
Elizabeth Eric Bomberger
John Uhland
Roaring Springs
New York
Miss Melzer Heads To St Josephs Academy On Long Island
Miss Isabel Melzer daughter of Mr and Mrs R O Melzer will leave Monday to begin studies at St Josephs Academy on Long Island. The notice appears in Scott's Book Store display promoting art jardinieres and vases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isabel Melzer
R. O. Melzer
St. Joseph's Academy
Long Island
Scott’s
Left and right handed pretzels and a noisy dog in Lititz
In Lititz readers note left handed pretzels vs right handed twists and similar cigar making differences. A Lititz dog in the east end howls for years, despite efforts by neighbors and police to quiet it. A petition labels the howl a nuisance, with possible fines looming if it continues. CITIZEN
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Lititz
Lutz Family Music at Masonic Home Elizabethtown
A Lutz family of musicians with Harry Kepple played gospel on horns and hand saws at the Masonic Home in Elizabethtown. About 200 guests heard the program, ending with thanks to the Lititz musicians amid tears and applause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. ¥. Lutz
Harry Kepple
Elizabethtown
Lititz
Lititz Fire Company Festival Heads to Weekender Civilian Fun
The Lititz Fire Company festival features The Spring Garden Band of York and the Manheim Band with five vocalists, amusements, a $1000 silverware prize, sixteen booths, and a Ford touring car turkey gobbler prize. A big refreshment stand and a larger scale expected crowd highlight the event set south of Lititz on Saturday September 23. The same report notes Sarah Hacker, a Lititz former resident, faces murder charges in Lancaster Court for the death of her seven month old child found in a handbag at 230 East Lemon Street. she is unable to walk unaided and is transported from her cell daily. She is 20, married to Cooper, with two children and had signed a confession after hospitalization in June. The child’s death is linked to an illegitimate birth.
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Charles Pfautz
Main’ Street
Moravian Square
Lititz
Burkholder
F. B. Bueher
Martin Bisker
Elizabeth
Lewis Haines
Paul Roebuck
Lancaster
Harry Schreiner
Kissel Hill
Frank Burkholder
Squire C. N. Derr
Paul Badorf
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Caroline Seather
Levi Hacker
Reading
Amos S Burkholder
Lincoln Avenue
J. Fred Essig
West
Reamstown
Floyd Bucher
Marshall
S. L. Grill
Charles Reddig
Ephrata
New Holland
Wyomissing
Samuel Fichthorn
Adamstown Company
Spring Garden
York
Manheim
Sarah Hacker
Lancaster Court
Lemon Street
Cooper
General Hospital
Spring Garden Band of York
Warwick House Sale Brings Crowd for Large Saturday Auction
Four hundred eleven sales were made at the Warwick House sale on Saturday with a large crowd present. Forty four cows led the prices at 147 and 121 dollars, along with 107 pigs selling from 3.20 to 15.50. Other items included 80c rabbits, 80c chickens, 25c bantams, potatoes 30c to 7ic, grapes 80c to 90c, apple butter 76c to 1.10, cabbage 8c to de, soap 10c, hose 8c to 9c, auto tires 9.25 to 8, hay 12.25 per ton, and 2000 cigars 2.20 to 2.30 per hundred.
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Warwick House
Lititz Champion Edwin Bear Receives Loving Cup
Edwin Bear, a post office employee and local tennis champion, was awarded a tin loving cup engraved Lititz Champ. The decoration was by Wood Kreider of the Lititz Art Shop. Bear expresses pride while friends urge display in a show window.
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Edwin Bear
Neck of the Woods
Lititz
Auto trip to Niagara Falls by Lancastrians in New York
Mr and Mrs Arthur Guinea and Mr and Mrs J G Moore undertook a ten day car tour through New York state stopping at Niagara Falls and many other places of interest along the lake region. They reported a delightful trip with fond memories from their travels. Also noted Lancaster residents in Lititz last Sabbath include Edward Flory Amanda De Haven Ella Moore Ella Brock and Clara Howard. Shoes at Piauz Bros offered for less money.
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Arthur Guinea
J. G. Moore
New York State
Niagara Falls
East 5
Lititz
Edward Flory
Amanda de Haven
Ella Moore
Ella Brock
Clara Howard
P. T. Brocious
Harrisburg
Brocious
Magdalena Graeff
Mary
Lancaster
Roland Good
New Holland
Helen Cameron
Miss Cameron
Philadelphia
Curtis Hensel
Agnes
Esther Buch
Theodore
Luray Cave
Blanche Smeltzer
West Virginia
Maryland
John Rhoades
Bertram
Shamokin
Harvey Buffenmeyer
Rhoades
Hopeland
Brunnerville
G. W. Imboden
Frances
Berrysburg
Alvin Keller
Keller
Valley View
Floyd Stark
Frank Runk
Wayne Doster
Annie Furrow
Andrew Conrad
Harvey Bealer
Norristown
John Zug
Maple Street
Ben Zook
Joy
Samuel Hoffer
Alvin
Cora White
Manheim
Fred Ibach
Fred
Lloyd
Wayne
Salunga
Alvin Eshleman
Pearl
Clayton Mundorf
Esther
Martha
Fannie
Ella
Frances Kofroth
Edith .Wertsch
Travel News From Lititz and Nearby Towns
Travelers near and far visit relatives and friends across Pennsylvania and beyond. Names include Shott Adams Good Wolfe Rainsford Shreiner McCloud Hammer Sturgis Cameron Rhoades Imboden Keller Smeltzer and others, with trips to Luray Cave and Moravian Home social events noted.
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Moravian Church Square
M. A. Moore
Arthur Rosenberg
Fivepoint
John Lehn
Atlantic & Pacific Tea_Company
Pfantz
BE. Furlow
West Orange Street
J. Frank Buch
Fleibert Weitzel
Emma Ruhl
Walter Miller
Knights of the Golden Eagle
William Kissinger
Cedar
New Streets
Addison Yartman
Kissinger
John Carpenter
Carpenter's Park
Muscatel
Miller & Habecke
Mr. Reedy
Elizabethtown College
Abram Hershey
Raleigh Nies
Israel Royer
Ruth Minnich
Lititz and
Vicinity
Miller & Habecker
Benjamin Weir
William Keller
Lewis Sturgis
Monroe Smith
Susquehanna
Homer Sturgis
Isaac Pfautz
Miss Melzer
Duran
Aaron Kabler
Eby
Rome Tollgate
Kretcher
Lutz
Masonic
Amstown
O’brien Miller
Herman Fisher
California
Fort Wayne
Ind
Missouri Valley
Iowa
William Kemper
Henry Wike
Litits
Mr. Wike
Tillman Stauffer
Jacob Martin
Midway
Mildred Yerger
The
Lancaster, Intelligencer
Guy Buck
Fire CO
Warwick
Piauiz Bros
Ray Shott
Griffith Bhott
Michael Adams
South Spruce Street
R. E. Good
Esther Wolfe
Willard Rainsford
Detroit
Mich
J. W. Rainsford
Wilson Shreiner
Harry McCloud
Alice Hammer
Wissahickon
A. Hammer
Verona Sturgis
Springfield
Mass
Horace Sturgis
John “Sallade
Womelsdorf
Berks County
Reedy
Wallace Wenrich
Evan Flickinger
Robesonia
Allen Putt
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