Linden Hall Seminary to Open on Wednesday
Linden Hall Seminary will open on Wednesday Sept 21. The community notes various local events from auto garage openings to births and sales. The old railroad schedule will resume Sept 25, post office hours will adjust, and several local residents are mentioned in brief items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linden Hall Seminary
Mahlon G. Shreiner
Brunnerville
Rufus Graybill
East Main Street
Bert Sturgis
Nazareth
Charles Weaver
Bell Telephone
Independent
J. Fred
Essig
Wm. G. Keiler
Spruce Street
Henry M. Brookmyer
Bareville
Wayne
Ezra
John and
Alvin Hartranft
Pierce Hartranft
Ephmata
John
Hummelstown
Gossley Brothers
Dr. Evans
Isaac L. Asner
Pvt. Co. G
Earl Espenshade
New Holland
United Brethren Church
Lititz
Sarah CG. Neely
Basketry
John Longenecker
South Broad Street
Ferms
Lloyd Diehm
H. WT. Diehm
Philadelphia
Lewyland
Chestnut Street
Lloyd
College of Pharmacy
L. N. Mayer
Real Estate Sales Reported by N. 3 Myers
N S Myers Lancaster County Farm Sales Agency reports several recent sales. Harvey Kulp sells six acres with improvements near Rothsville to Benj Gogs for 1890 dollars. Mor Wim W Rhyne sells a 35 acre farm in Lampeter to John B Shissler for 7500 dollars. Jerome Ressler sells a ten acre Rothsville farm to Wentz Martin for 1500 dollars. Andrew TH Shenk sells a two and one half story Elizabeth town frame house to John H Snavely for 4800 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N.S. Myers
Lancaster County Farm Sales Agency
Harvey Kulp
Rothsville
Warwick Township
Benj. G. Gogs
Pequea
Conestoga Township
Mor Wim
W. Rhyne
Lampeter
John B. Shissler
Manor Township
Rothsville Grange Opposes State Constitutional Convention
The State Grange opposed a proposed constitutional convention arguing time is not ripe and centralization of power risks agriculturists. State Secretary Fred Brenckman leads the campaign, sending letters to subordinate granges after the Allentown annual meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Brenckman
Grange
Allentown
State Grange
Rothsville Grange
Lititz School News Introduces New Commercial and Typing Courses
The high school adds the Gregg shorthand and Touch typing systems. Three distinct commercial course tracks will be offered next year and parents are urged to discuss options with students to choose the best fit. Good English Week emphasizes using polished expressions to raise language standards. A nearby Manheim firemen convention promises a large parade, baseball game, concerts, and carnival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manheim
Lancaster County
Columbia
Moose
Market Square
Coleman Memorial Sunday School Furnace Picnic
The Coleman Memorial Sunday School invites all for an old fashioned Furnace picnic at the usual place on Saturday September 17 from one to six o clock. Frank Hackmans Boys Band of Pottstown will provide music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coleman Memorial Sunday
Frank Hackman
Boys' Band
Pottstown
Longenecker Reunion Celebrates Largest Local Family History
The Longenecker clan held a large reunion in Lititz with 400 plus at noon and 557 registered after the program. Officers were elected including R Tiongaker as president and John F Longenecker as a key organizer. attendees traveled from Pennsylvania counties and states like Ohio and Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Longeneccker
Longenecker
Lancaster
Lebanon
Dauphin
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Idaho
Michigan
Alabama
California
A. B. Longenecker
Norristown
Association
Wayne Longenecker
Longeneckers
Montgomery
Chester
Switzerland
England
America
Daniel
Ulrich Longenecker
Ulrich
Schuyl ‘Kill River
Coventry Township
Chester County
Longacres
Andrew Longacre
William Fenn
Delaware
Kinksessing
Jacob Longenecker
Longaker
Longacre
Lancaster County
Longnecker
Longanaker
Graybill Minnich
Edna Longenecker
John Longenecker
Lititz
Aaron
Upper Darby
Mary Longenecker
Evangeline
A Longenecker
Jesse Tyson
Cleveland
Whitehouse
Ammon Longe
Ifershey
John F. Longenecker
David E. Longenecker
Philadelphia
Aaron 8. Longacre
Eugene Longenecker
Ira L. Shenk
Hershey
James Landis
Aaron Longacre
Jacob H. Longenecker
Palmyra
Joseph Fitzwater
Phoenixville
John Langemecker
Donald Alan
Oaks
Reuben R. Longaker
God
Linn Longenecker
Harvest moon and progress talk in town
The piece notes nine consecutive moonrises before midnight starting September 17, the harvest moon. It defends women drivers as equal to men. It mentions Tommy the 13 pound cat of William Stauffer who obediently follows orders. Rumors exist that Conestoga Traction plans to extend the trolley to Rotheville, possibly delayed by war but now advancing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy
William Stauffer
Conestoga Traction Company
Rotheville
WILL INHERIT MONEY FROM LATE RELATIVE
The Regennas and related families in Mifflintown learn a distant relative left nine thousand dollars to descendants of three Regennas brothers and others claim sixty thousand more. Legal action unlikely. a Warwick Township slate of candidates is listed for the September 20 primary, with local residents sick or convalescing in the community.
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Regennas
Peter
John
Henry Regennas
Mifflintown
Clarence
William Regennas
Joseph Zahm
Harry
Charles Regennas
Marriage Ties Lititz Families in Schuylkill Temple
Dorothy G Fassnacht daughter of Rev H E Fassnacht of Schuylkill Taven wed Daniel R Harper physical director at Schuylkill Seminary in a ceremony performed by the bride’s father. The bride’s grandparents Mr and Mrs John Fassnacht reside in Lititz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy G. Fassnacht
H. E. Fassnacht
Schuylkill Taven
Daniel R. Harper
Schuylkill Seminary
John Fassnacht
Ideal Factory Busy as Orders Build for Six Months
The Ideal Chocolate Company in Lititz shows a rebound with orders piling up across departments, prompting planned all night shifts and expanded day work. A broader business revival is noted with job seekers now employed, and local industries expect prosperity to lift borough taxes and civic life.
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Ideal Chocolate Company
Ideal Company
United States
Lititz
Lititz Banks Show Gains Amid Depression Lull
Local banks report rising deposits and loans as 1921 figures beat 1920. Springs National Bank posts deposits of 880,454 with loans of 987,800, while Farmers National Bank shows deposits of 892,299 and loans of 1,087,252. Recovery outlook appears tentative but hopeful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Loans & Investments
Nat'l
John Leed Celebrates 67th Birthday With Barn Floor Dinner
John Leed gathered eighty five relatives and friends at the Bricker property to mark his sixty seventh birthday. A large barn floor meal featured ham and tongue, multiple cakes, fruit, and coffee as guests from Ephrata, Akron, Lancaster, Maytown and Columbia shared in gifts and photographs. A probate note mentions a $200 Moravian ministers fund bequest from Sarah M Forney of Lititz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Leed
Homer Sturgis
Bricker
Leed
Spencer
Hershey
James
Lancaster
Aaron
North Dakota
Phares
Akron
Retten’s Mill
John Boyer
Red Run
Solomon Irvin
Brunnerville
Ephrata
Maytown
Columbia
Leach
Sarah M. Forney
Lititz
Moravian Church
Lebanon
Travelers Near and Far from Lititz Moravian Home
Mrs Ruth Kofroth recovers from illness while a stream of visitors and travelers pass through Lititz. Notables include Atlee Burkholder from Reading serving as a fair judge in Nazareth, and Lettitz natives and former residents visiting relatives, attending Moravian services, or touring locals such as Dittman’s large family gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlee Burkholder
Reading
Joseph Dreifus
Ocean City
N. J
Dreifus
Wesley Bruckart
Nazareth
Matthais Raezer
York
G. B. Raezer
Alice Wolfe
Jacob Keener
East Main Street
Henry Erb
Harry Erb
State College
Agricultural Department
Daisy Rouse Richardson
Linden Hall
Lititz
Richardson
Baltimore
Long
Brickerville
G .B. Raezer
Wm. DeHaven
Lancaster
D. Grant
Landisville
Theodore Wolfe
Akron
Emma Lash
Dayton
Ohio
Cora Hoover
Wilson Hacker
Dittman
Harry Hess
Jerry Adams
Locust Street
James Kennedy
Youngstown
Lawrence Brink
E. S Young
United meeting of Sunday School workers planned
At a meeting of the super intendents the decision was made to hold a united gathering of all committees and Sunday School workers on Monday evening September 19 at 7 30 in the United Evangelical church. A local pastor will speak on the value of a cooperative town canvass to raise Sunday school enrollment.
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United Evangelical Church
Lititz Fire Parade and Band Concert Scheduled
Lititz will host a fire company parade in Manheim on Saturday. If a fire occurs, notify the operator at Ind exchange in Lititz who will contact the local company. The Lititz band will also perform a concert on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Lititz Fire Company
Manheim
Ind
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Myers
Rader
Eugene Weidler
John Fralich
Lititz School News
Forse
Tobias Snavely
Sturgis
W.K. Bender
Mr. Snavely
Bushong
Rome
Garber’s Creamery
Warwick
J. H. Enck
Roy Hoffer
Simon Graybill
Emanuel Reifsnyder
H. Gochenaur
H. L. Zook
Frank E. Knox
Abner Risser
Adam L. Burkholder
Frank I. Schreiner
Harry R. Pfautz
Abram
8. Huber
Justice of the Peace
Harry S. Kauffman
M. R. Hess
D. H. Musser
E. Warwick
Aaron H. Weidman
Harvey S. Kohler
Chester Adams
H. W. Carvell
E. Samuel Kline
Geo. S. Grabe
Oscar Young
Sheaffer Graybill
Louisa Herring
Ella Sturgis
Andrew Althouse
Libbie Buch
David Kreiter
Clarence Grosh
Mary Eby
Linti Nies
Tvan Adams
Thomas Crago
Congress
Garland
Crago
Secretary of the Treasury
Ruth Kofroth
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