Vents Concisely Told Births Bets and Moon Spells
Newspaper notes celebrate John Leed turning seventy B F Lutz adds a year September 17 Eden commerce and a Hubmobile sale to Andrew Kulp near Akron. Full moon dates and a cool spell foreseen along with local real estate changes. House purchase by Enos Longenecker and Roland’s potential move. Community birthdays church music and a tollgate accident. Tax penalties and late payment dates outlined by Tax collector Grosh with travel notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Leed
B. F. Lutz
Valentine Brobst
Hubmobile
Andrew Kulp
Eden
Enos Longenecker
Akron
Frank Roland
Broad Street
Roland
Catherine Smith
Spruce Street
Harry
Cedar Street
John Keller
Lime Rock
Reading
New York
Newsburg
Henrietta Parish
Lancaster
Harry Bobst
Philadelphia
Mary Steiner
Lititz Pike
Grosh
Lancastrians Attend Moravian Lovefeast Service
Charles Siegel and family Mrs D B Flory Mrs Amanda DeHavern Mrs Ella Mohr Mrs Lillian Miksch Dr and Mrs Edward Crosland Mr and Mrs Walter Light of Florin Myr and Mrs Rolandus Good of New Holland attended Moravian church lovefeast services last Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Siegel
D. B. Flory
Amanda DeHavern
Ella Mohr
Lillian Miksch
Edward 8. Crosland
Walter Light
Florin
Myr
Rolandus Good
New Holland
Joutney Service Parker Gable Wins Jitney License
Parker Gable has secured a license for jitney service and will operate publicly at all times. Address listed as 48 East Main Street in the Burkholder building. Contact available via Independent or Beil phone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parker, Gable
East Main Street
Burkholder Building
Bud Lee Receives Urgent Call At Blue Lake Ranch
Bud Lee the horse foreman at Blue Lake ranch watches dawn over the upper valley when Tommy Burkitt arrives with urgent news from Trevors. Lee replies with calm readiness, telling the boy to wait briefly as he gathers himself for the abrupt task ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bud Lee
Blue Lake Ranch
Tommy Burkitt
Bud
Trevors
Burkitt
Lee
Trevory
Laddie
Three More Thursday Half-Holidays In Lititz Stores
Lititz store employees will have three more Thursday half days with the weekly vacation ending on October 1. Since May, staff have enjoyed a half day each Thursday for recreation such as fishing trips, motor jaunts, picnics, or baseball. Saturday noon mail half days end September 13 but will continue two weeks longer due to light mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Rain Delays Tobacco Cutting for Farmers
Rain this week slowed tobacco cutting for farmers though growing plants benefit from moisture. If frost stays away, yields may be heavier and better in quality than last year. Prices are uncertain but farmers expect a good rate to offset other short crops.
Mother Dog Hid Four Pups In Cemetery Hollow
A pedigreed Airedale bitch with four puppies vanished from Lincoln Weachter’s home on Monday morning. One pup was sold, but the mother returned at noon and led the owner to Moravian cemetery where four pups lay safe in dense shrubbery in a hollow. The dog had dragged them there for an unknown instinctive reason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Weachter
Mr. Weachter
Moravian
Students Head to Michigan Colleges
Esther Leaman and Mary Eby will depart on the 18th to study in Michigan. Eby will attend Hillsdale College in Hillsdale and Leaman will attend Battle Creek College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Leaman
Mary Eby
Michigan
Miss Eby
Hillsdale College
Hillsdale
Miss Leaman
Battle Creek College
Lititz couple quietly wed before Christmas
Francis Helmar and Miss Grace Rudy of Lititz announced their marriage on December 24, 1923. They traveled to East Creek New York to wed by Rev. Cunningham at St Johnville with the groom’s mother and a brother present. They will reside at 9 James Street Lancaster starting housekeeping this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Helmar
Grace Rudy
Mr. Helmar
East Creek
New York
Cunningham
St. Johnville
N. Y
Helmar
Lillian Rudy
East Main Street
Lititz High School
Independent Telephone Exchange
113 Chickens Made Fine Soup at Fire Company Festival
The Saturday festival drew a large crowd with warm dishes in demand during chilly weather. Chicken corn soup used 113 chickens, and cooks were praised for their efforts led by Mrs. Emma Long who annually prepares the soup for the event. Deviled clams also sold well as Brunswick orchestra provided music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fire Company
Emma Long
Brunswick Orchestra
Assault Case Booked for Court
William Hoffman faces aggravated assault and battery charges filed by J. W. Bruckart. The case was heard by Squire N. Derr and sent to Lancaster court. Hoffman countersued Bruckart. hearing set for Friday. Hoffman recently returned home after a month’s disappearance and lives in Bruckart's eastern town residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Hoffman
J. W. Bruckart
Squire
N. Derrand
Hoffman
Bruckart
Lancaster
Funeral Held for Augustus Stiffel Former Safe Works President
Funeral services for Augustus Stiffel former president of Stiffel Freeman Safe Works were held at his Philadelphia home on Saturday afternoon. The body was sent to Cincinnati for burial. Local employees sent a floral tribute and attendees included R J Holdsworth Mr and Mrs Harry Gorton Joseph Drei fus Charles H Brobst and J H Breitegan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augustus Stiffel
The
Safe Works
Philadelphia
Cincinatti
Stiffel-Freeman Safe Works
R. J. Holdsworth
Harry Gorton
Joseph Dreifus
Charles H. Brobst
J. H. Breitegan
Classes Elect Officers for the Year at Lititz High
Lititz High School classes elected officers for the year as several groups plan weekend outings. The boys are preparing for the Millersville track meet, with strong material anticipated. Constitution Week will be observed next week in schools nationwide, with the local school partnering social studies. A banking program teaches saving, allowing any pupil to deposit weekly with the teacher. The top room earns a banner for the week. Deposits totaled 72.76 dollars, and Miss Mary Tschudy's room had the highest standing at 62 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz High School
Millersville
Mary Tschudy
Ammon Weidman Family Tour of Robertsdale Coal Mine
Mr and Mrs Ammon Weidman and Mr and Mrs Harold Weidman with child stayed four days with Mr and Mrs J W Dougherty at Robertsdale Huntingdon county. The trip included a three mile underground mine tour where the best soft coal from that section is mined and much is contracted by the government for battleships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ammon Weidman
Harold Weidman
Child
J. W. Dougherty
Robertsdale
Huntingdon County
Choir member Harry Singer hosts crab and bass set at Lutheran church
Harry Singer, a member of the Lutheran church choir, entertained fellow choir members with a crab and bass set on Monday evening at the church venue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Singer
Lutheran Church Choir
Geers the Harness Great Dies at Lititz
A tribute to Pop Geers, American harness racing's famed driver, noted for honesty and calm temperament. The piece recalls his simple life, love of Pedro, and steady spirit after a losing streak. Also discussed are local safety concerns near Lititz school zones and a criminology tale from Ephrata involving Biemesder, Rock, and Snyder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pop” Geers
Pedro
Martin Balmer
Rothsville
Mr. Geers
Stop in Nil Victor Record No 19395
A brief note records a stop in Nil Victor at record number 19395 mentioning a Pie Organ item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor
Miss Garber Home From Europe After Seven Weeks
Miss Mary Garber returned from a seven week European trip landing in Montreal. She sailed from Liverpool on July 5 traveling through France Switzerland England and Scotland including a tour of battlefields where trenches and barbed wire remain. The party of seven visited Chatillon Thierry Rheims and the American cemetery at Belleau Wood and spoke French to aid travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Garber
Montreal
E. L. Garber
Canada
Auto
Regina
Liverpool
Miss Garber
France
Switzerland
England
Scotland
Wembly
Chatteau Thierry
Rhiems
Belleu Woods
Defense Day Program At Band Stand Sept 12
A local Defense Day program outlines national and local defense planning requirements. It notes recruiting, supply, shelter, medical care, sanitation and training demands demand careful study. A Lititz band concert at 6 80 Friday plans to draw a large town turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Farm Near Lititz Brought $303 an Acre
At the public sale of the late John Yerger estate held Friday, most holdings were bought by his sons. The sale totaled $28 952.60. The Lititz area farm of 51 acres and 112 perches netted Elmer H. Yerger $15 655.10. Other properties included a Lincoln Avenue house bought by John H. Yerger for $8 060 and several parcels on New Street N Cedar and Lincoln Avenue to Yerger heirs and others with prices from $310 to $5 ?50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Yerger
Lititz
Lexington Pike
Elmer H. Yerger
Lincoln Avenue
John H. Yerger
New Street
Fannie Birkenbine
North Cedar Street
Levi H. Yerger
N. Cedar Street
John W. Hartranft
Harry H. Yerger
Hazing Incident Ended By Police at Moravian Cemetery
Apolice officer stopped a Lititz area hazing raid Tuesday night by firing a shot in the air at the Moravian cemetery. Patrolman Kreider dispersed High School hazers who planned a graveyard test for victims. Principal Demmy warned against rough tactics, but reports suggest the plot intended harm and a hasty escape followed.
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Moravian
Kreider
Demmy
Lititz High
Lititz
Indian Chief Clarke Hosts Lititz Fishermen
Mr and Mrs Harry Singer and Mr and Mrs Eber Foltz returned from a fishing trip to Millsboro and Oak Orchard Delaware and Ocean City Maryland. They caught forty bass one to four pounds various fish and two bushels of crabs. Oak Orchard is owned by an educated Mohawk survivor known as Clarke who owns hundreds of acres with furnished seaside cottages renting from twelve dollars weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Singer
Eber Foltz
Millsboro
Del
Oak Orchard
Ocean City
Clarke
Lititz
Corn Roasts Draw Local Groups On Springs Grounds
The Sewing Society of the Moravian Church hosted a corn roast on Springs grounds Tuesday evening. The Sunshine Circle of King's Daughters held a corn roast there on Wednesday evening. The Lancaster County Oculists Association will be tendered a corn roast on Springs grounds this evening, hosted by Geo. L. Hepp, the jeweler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sewing Society
Moravian Church
Sunshine Circle of
King’s Daughters
Lancaster County Oculists’ Association
Geo. L. Hepp
Elizabethville Band Concert In Lititz Saturday Evening
The Elizabethville band with 35 musicians performs an open air concert this Saturday evening in Lititz. It is the largest band to visit northern Dauphin County this summer, featuring quartets and vocal solos. This will be the last concert of the season and promises a quality musical treat for locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabethville
Dauphin County
Lititz
Prof Frueauff to mark eighty years on September 17
Prof William Herman Theodore Frueauff born at Linden Hall and now of Allentown turns eighty on Wednesday September 17. He recalls childhood days at Lititz and friendships with Henry C. Sturgis Frank Buch and Henry Bomberger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frueauff
William Herman Theodore Frueauff
Linden Hall
Allentown
Lititz
Henry C. Sturgis
Frank Buch
Henry Bomberger
Fishermen at Bowers Beach Reel In Few Fish
At Bowers Beach on Monday Fisherman N D Sturgis with six others struggled for action catching forty three fish. Other beachgoers included Rev Jacob Hershey George Korte Harvey Hershey and Jacob Hershey Jr. Dr Cooper at Conestoga earned four bass weighing over two pounds in a brief session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. D. Sturgis
Lloyd Royer
Frank Ford
Roy Myers
Raymond Stauffer
Amos Risser
Bowers Beach
Jacob Hershey
George Korte
Harvey Hershey
Cooper
Conestoga
Real Estate Sale of Estate Home on New Street
Public auction of the estate home of the late Isaac Shoemaker on New Street. The sale was conducted by Jone Gate Auctioneers with Bays at Bays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Shoemaker
New Street
Attempted kidnapping at Lititz Public School
Ten year old Evelyn Oberholtzer, adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Amos Oberholtzer, fought off a would be captor near Lititz Public School last Friday. The girl was taken from Mennonite Home at Millersville four years ago and later adopted. the foster parents deny the mother’s claim and say legal ownership remains with them. The girl wishes to stay with her adoptive parents and has adjusted well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Oberholtzer
Amos Oberholtzer
Millersville
Oberholtzer
Sikes
Lancaster
Lititz
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Joutney Service
By Jackson Gregory
Charles Scribnen
Frances Helmar
Lutheran Choir
Biemesder
Rock
Lancaster County
Samuel Snyder
Snyder
Ephrata
Europe
Delaware
Ole
Amanda Rapp
Boiling Springs
Franklin County
Susan Saylor
Denver
D. G. Witmyer
Elizabeth Walters of
Pottstown
Mary Sturgis
Horace L. Eschbach
Mr. Schropp
Nazareth
Sarah C. Beckler
Mary Miksch
Atlantic City
Ella Light
Walter
Jacob Rosenberg
S. Jacoby and Son
Joseph Dreifas
Newton Mary and Seq
Gertrude Snyder
W. H. Buch Lastaturday
Harry Musselman
Kutztown
John Biemesderfer
John
Alonzo, Miksch
Jessie Craig
Charlotte
Welsh Run
W. M. Grube
Elizabeth
J. K. Huber
Oklahoma City
Mr. Huber
Warwick Township
West
Bernice Meiskey
Stiffel-Freeman Late Works
Mrs. Meiskey
William Weaver
Henry Weaver
William
J. F. Dunlop
Manheim
C. S. Nagle
Zach Demmy
Lebanon
David Spickler
Caroline Buch
Raymond Galebach
Henry Heffelfinger
Ruth
Jacob Bross
Annice
Frystown
Lebanon County
Abraham Kurtz
Quentin
Clayton Nestleroth
Carl and
Paul
Elm
Lititz Public
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