Lititz community notes and upcoming events
A baby girl was born to Mr and Mrs John F Longenecker. George Carpenter welcomes a girl on Locust street. Charles Stengel enters F and M College after Nazareth Hall. Louise Crosland leaves for Staten Island to teach. Five motorists arrested for open cutouts and speeding. Lititz ball game raises about 125 dollars for the fire company and 20 dollars for the band. The Lititz male chorus to sing at Terre Hill on Sept 28 by auto. Eleventh annual Sunday School convention planned for Lexington on Sept 25 with many speakers. Karl Brian moves to Sensenich's feed and coal yard in Lancaster. Theodore Dussinger takes his bank place. Fred Miller given six months in Lancaster jail for theft. Boxbeard and Keath play Oneida. large crowd expected. J F Longenecker reports three Samson tractors sold after last week's Shenk farm demo. John Essworthy visits longtime friend Walter Buch. formerly from here. Norman Wealand Isaac Steinmetz fined two dollars for trespass. Ammon K Gibbel Post 419 to hold festival Sept 18 in Manheim with the Manheim band. William Stoudt and family fish along Delaware Bay. fifty fish reported. Mrs C L Moench dies in Bethlehem. Bishop Moench and wife once local pastors. Walter Lehman, cigar maker, causes disturbance. hearing set. Rexall store to run straw vote on presidential election with L N Moyer. both men and women may vote. Rexall similar nationwide effort. returns posted in Rexall window.
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John F. Longenecker
George Carpenter
Locust Street
Charles Stengel
F. W. Stengel
F. & M. College
Nazareth Hall
Louise Crosland
Staten Island
N. Y
Lititz
Karl Brian
Farmers Bank
Sensenich
Lancaster
Theodore Dussinger
Fred Miller
Aome
White Oak
Boxbeard and Keath
Oneida
J. F. Longenecker
Albert Shenk
John Essworthy
Toledo
Ohio
Walter Buch
Essworthy
Norman
William Wealand
Isaac Steinmetz
Frank Schnerer
Wayne K. Zartman
Ammon K. Gibbel
Manheim
American Legion
Eisenlohr Lawn
West High
Front Strets
William Stoudt
Fortescue
Delaware Bay
Reading
Cape May
C. L. Moench
Bishop Moench
Bethlehem
Walter Lehman
Virginia
Squire C N. Derr
Lehman
Rexall
L. N. Moyer
Mrs Mary Weidman Ries dies at 87 in Lincoln area
Mrs Mary Weidman Ries dies at her daughter's home three miles north of Eph rata after an eight month illness. She is survived by one daughter Mrs Hainey and seven step children. Funeral from the daughter’s home then Lutheran church Lincoln with interment in Lincoln cemetery.
From Utah to Florida by Auto
F B Kreidler and wife traveling from Salt Lake City Utah to Florida in a Maxwell car stopped at Lititz for repairs after a drive shaft broke. A tow was arranged to town and shaft replaced in about forty five minutes. They aim to visit Mrs Kreidler’s uncle at Zion Home and he once edited West coast papers before selling his business to fruit farm in Florida. They travel with a small dog and camping gear and have been on the road two months.
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F.B. Kreidler
Salt Lake City
Utah
Florida
Maxwell
Lititz
Longenecker
Kings Daughters Convention Set at Moravian Church Lititz
The Ninth Annual Convention of the King's Daughters and Sons of Lancaster County will meet in the Moravian church Lititz on Thursday September 28 with sessions at 10 am and 1 30 pm. Mrs Derby state president Miss M Irene Boyer state secretary and Mrs A D Thaeler expect to attend. Luncheon at 12 in the Sunday School Chapel and a short program will follow. Delegations from the county promise a large turnout and a cordial invitation is extended to all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King’s Daughters and Sons
Lancaster County
Lititz
Derby
M. Irene Boyer
A. D. Thaeler
King’s Daughters
Lancaster County Farm Sells at 800 an Acre
Two farms sold at public sale last week indicating rising land values. The Denham farm near Landisville covering 65 acres brought 425.25 per acre, to Hiram Strickler of Landisville. The John Strickster farm near Donegal Springs sold for 20000 dollars on 25 acres at 800 dollars an acre to Mr. Espenshade of Millersville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denham
Donegal Springs
Mr. Espenshade
Millersville
Remains of Robert Farlow to Arrive Here Monday
The body of Robert E. Farlow of the 56th Engineers who died in Nantes France on January 27 1919 of pneumonia will reach Hoboken around Sunday or Monday and be taken home for burial. He was 28 years old son of Lemon and Agnes Furlow of Lincoln avenue and is survived by siblings Anna Elwood Lester Lemon Cathryn Thomas and Paul. Farlow served after initially being rejected for enlistment and later went to Camp Meade on February 7 1918 sailing for France July 18 1918. He trained in searchlight work and his unit moved toward the front shortly before the armistice but did not engage in combat. He was a popular member of St Pauls Lutheran Sunday School the Usher's Association the Young Men's Business League and the Lititz Male Chorus.
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Nantes
France
Go. D
56Th Engineers
Lemon
Agnes Furlow
Lincoln Avenue
Anna
Elwood
Lester
Cathryn
Thomas
Paul
Camp Meade
Tie
St. Paul's Lutheran Sunday School
Usher's Association
The
Young Men’s Business League
Lititz
Rome Distillery Offer Seeks South American Sale
J Leseur of Venezuela visits Rome to buy the old Rome distillery. B F Grosh awaits a reply to the proposal. Leseur offers Clayton Roth a paid trip to South America to supervise the still’s erection and distilling guidance. Roth declines due to inability to leave.
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J. Leseur
Venezuela
South America
New York
Rome
B. F. Grosh
Mr. Leseur
Clayton Roth
Roth
Clayton
Preacher Returns from Kerbach Lake with Large Catch
Rev. W. K. Fleck came home from Kerbach Lake last week with an eighteen inch pike and a dozen crappie bass. The catch fed the pastor’s family and made him feel like a king. Lewis Sturgis, his companion, landed an eight and a half inch sunfish, the largest sunny he had seen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. K. Fleck
Kerbach Lake
Lewis Sturgis
Fellow Worker Honored With Wedding Gifts at Rush
Philip Reichert, a fellow worker at the Rush cigar factory, received two wedding gifts from colleagues. A small group gave an Irish lined tablecloth while the union presented a silver set including knives forks spoons a butter knife and a sugar spoon. Reichert was momentarily speechless. S C Sheaffer departed for Boston to work at the Dagz chocolate factory dressed stones for a time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rush Cigar Factory
Philip Reichert
Reichert
Massachusetts Ladies Came Here by Ford
An Adamless automobile party of five young ladies from Springfield, Massachusetts toured via scenic Berkshire mountains to Delaware Water Gap and back toward Baltimore and New York. They logged 341 miles on 23 gallons, averaged fifteen miles per gallon, and had a safe, enjoyable eight weeks journey with minor mishaps, losing a camera at Ephrata.
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Springfield
Mass
Hill and Dale
Ruth Bliss
Margaret Williamson
Lydia Keener
Daisy Keener
Ella Sturgis
Miss Bliss
Standard Oil Company
Berkshire Mountains
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Beacon
Hudson
Milford
Delaware Water Gap
Easton
Allentown
Reading
Massachusetts
New Orleans
Roth
Ephrata
Mises Keeners
Jacob S. Keener
East Mainn Street
Baltimore
Philadelphia
New York
Ford
Community Association Picnic At Yerger’s Trip To Snavely’s Mill
About 150 people from the Community Associated Club and families joined a Saturday picnic from Trap Factory to Snavely’s mill near Brunnerville. The event featured games for all ages, ice cream and Moravian coffee, a male quartette, toasts, and round-table remarks before returning home content with the day’s success.
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Yerger
Snavely’s Mill
Brunnerville
Night Owl
Spick
Association
Landisville Couple Observes Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel D. Graul of Landisville celebrated their thirty-fifth wedding anniversary with a party at their home last Saturday attended by over a hundred friends from Lititz Landisville Paradise Lancaster and Philadelphia. The gathering included many gifts and refreshments.
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Daniel D. Graul
Landisville
Lititz
Paradise
Lancaster
Philadelphia
Farm wedding at Lititz ties couple to Miller's Falls gift farm
Walter C. Hornberger and Grace E. Hoyer married September 9 at Rev J M Walters home Lititz. They plan a New York tour and will live on a seventy acre farm gifted by the bride's parents in Miller's Falls Mass. Also Lloyd B Keller and Florence K Adams wed at Grace Lutheran parsonage Lititz and will reside there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter C. Hornberger
Grace E. Hoyer
Miller’s Falls
Mags
J. M. Walters
Lititz
James C. Hornberger
New York State
Mass
Lloyd B. Keller
Horace Keller
Florence K. Adams
Peter Adams
Grace Lutheran Parsonage
Lancaster
C. E. Haupt
Coon Alarm Stirs Liberty Avenue Residents
Early Sunday morning residents along Liberty avenue were awakened by footsteps on a porch roof. George Korty fired a revolver after mistaking a vehicle theft, then joined neighbor Jacob Eberly in a search that found a coon crouching on the tin roof. The same teacoon owned by Linn Kemper was identified and the group returned to bed.
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Liberty Avenue
George Korty
Jacob Eberly
George
Eberly
Linn Kemper
Miller dies in Pasadena after illness
Charles A. Miller a former Lititz store partner and Baltimore native died in Pasadena California on Thursday Sept 9 of tuberculosis aged 52. He left a widow and several children and was connected with Moravian and Knights orders. Burial was in Pasadena after services at his home.
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Charles R. Miller
Pasadena
California
Moravian Church
Lititz
Garfield Castle
Knights of the Golden Eagle
Knights of Pythias
Pittsburgh
Mr. Miller
Lampeter
E. R
Catherine Shultz Miller
Strasburg
Rothsville
H. C. Miller
Madeline Shade
H. C. Miller and Bro
Lititz Minister to Speak at National Insurance Convention
Rev. H. R. Gibbel and family left Lititz for Boston to attend the National Mutual Insurance Association meeting. Gibbel, director of the national and state associations, is on the program to give a talk. He has thirty years in the insurance business.
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Vention
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Mary Weidman
BY Auto
Zion
Mary
Gertrude Garber
Lawrence Kling
G. S. Loeffier
Hawkman
Hershey & Gthbel
Kenner
Liberty Street
Warren George
New Street
Daniel Eshlefan
Rock Home
Linn. Meily
Charles Birkenbine, Jr
J. Fred Essig
Herman. Fisher
Front Street
Alvin Royer
Paul Kreider
Kenwood, N. Y
Mrs
David Henry Kreider
Robert Farlow
Robert E. Farlow
Hoboken
Preacher
S. C. Sheaffer
Boston
Charles Fry
William Smith
William Buel
Emma Scott
Peoria
Walter Scott
Daniel Gochenour
Massillion
Albert Pierson
Lehigh University
Andrew Myers
Stanley Diehm
Culver
South Cedar Street
Levi Mellinger
Christian
Paul Kraft
George Mellinger
Edward Wentworth
Margaret Gundrum
Florence Seldomridge
Salinda Brubaker
Becker von Grabill
Mt. Gretna
Harry Wissler
Akron
J. H. Breitigan
Daniel M. Breitigan
St. Mary’s Hospital
Roy Bowman
J. B. Bowman
Richmond
Tirzah Weichsel
D. G. Seiler
Shamokin
Ruth
Penryn
Mary Biemesderfer
Alvin Yunt
Chicago
Ruben Keller
Alvin R. Keller
Elizabeth Keller
A. R. Keller
Essig
Frederika Shirk
Robert Pfautz
John Schreibh
Franklin
Willard Harper
Charles Brobst
Lancaster County Grocers
Atlantic City
Eshleeman
Juniata County
Church of the Brethren
H. J. Farrer
Amesbury
Lizzie Keener
Helen. Faren
Farren
Henry S. Beck
Ebensburg
Keener
Jefferson Keener
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Snavely's Mill
D. D. Graul
Graul
Henry EK. Miller
Henry H. Keser
Elmer Snavely
Harriet Retten
Edna Stauffer
Wa. Graul
Minerve
Donald Graul
Donald Graul, Mr. and Mrs. ‘G. H. Koser
Frederick H. Koser
Fred ¥. Koser
Emily Caskey
Mary Hershey
Frank Shenck
James Greider
Clint Ruhl
Howard
Levi Yerger
Amos Cooper
Amelia Helman
Jacoh Derr
F. Here
Adan
Leah Snavely
Harry BE
Rudy
Fy Garber
Margaret Reese
Grant Gravl
Grace Keller
G. L. Hepp
Keller-Adams
Charles A. Miller
Calif
Lititz Merchant
M. G. Brubaker
Milton G. Brubaker
Fruitville
Brubaker
Abbeyville
Menno Brubaker
Brickerville
Millersville State Normal School
Fairview
Speedwell
Lancaster County Fruit Growers’ Association
Lancaster County Farm Bureau
Fruitville Community Welfare Society
Mennonite Church
David H
Carrie E
M. Mildred
Christina
Grant Boyer
John Boyer
Brooklyn
Sadie Spangler
Lebanon
East Petersburg
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