Chorus Song Fest Draws Throng To Petersburg Sunday
East Petersburg accapella Male Chorus to stage its second annual song fest with 2500 expected attendees. Program includes congregational singing with two services at 2 and 6 30 pm standard time and an eight o clock performance by 60 voices. Venue at East Petersburg Brethren Church seats 1500, with outdoor listening via amplifiers and planned parking for hundreds of cars.
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Ecapella
East Petersburg
A. M. Frey
Rotary Club Sees Tennis Finals in Lititz
Members of the Lititz Rotary Club plan to attend the tennis finals sponsored by a local club on Tuesday evening. Finals for boys and girls start at 5 15 at the athletic field with winners receiving trophies. After the ceremony players will join the group at General Sutter Hotel at 6 30 for the remainder of the program.
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Lititz
Memts
General Sutter Hotel
Locust Grove School Reunion Slated for September
Locust Grove reunion gathers former and present pupils teachers directors and friends at Locust Grove School Pennsylvania on Saturday September 28 inviting all interested to attend.
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Locust Grove School
Penn 9
Satay
Erb Couple Celebrates 50th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Levi Erb of South Spruce Street marked their 50 years of marriage with a family dinner on Tuesday. They wed in town with Rev H E Sammel of the Lutheran Brickerville Parish. The couple lived on a farm near Erb’s Church two decades, then in Landisville six years, and since 1905 in Lititz. Their children Frank Musser and family Ephrata Harry Baker family Palmyra Jacob Erb and Irene at home attended.
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Levi Erb
South Spruce Street
Bumbay
H. E. Sammel
Brickerville
Erb
Ellen Harnish
Neffsville
Eob’s Church
Landisville
Lititz
Frank Musser
Burton and
Fay
Ephrata
Harry Baker
Harry
Jack
Ellen Myrl
James Reuben
Palmyra
Jacob
Irene
All-Lititz Faces Mt Laurel In Deciding Softball Game
The All-Lititz softball team meets Mt Laurel Ten in a deciding third game of a three game series. Each side has one win. The match is set for the Latz diamond at 6 o clock sharp.
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Mt. Laurel
Lancaster City
Latz
Towners Hold Annual Corn Yoast and Local Events
Eber Foltz hosts the Men’s Bible Class annual corn roast at his Brickerville Hills cottage with cars departing from the church at 6. A large register records over 1000 summer visitors. Tennis finals in Lititz Rotary Club sponsored events attract crowds. boys’ final features Martin Katz and William Langsdorf. girls’ final set for tomorrow night. WPA project eyed to fix drainage on 5 S Spruce Street. Lititz Springs Park closes season with a subdued final event due to rain. Lititz Theatre crowds flock to Shirley Temple showings with Friday and Saturday nights most crowded.
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Eber Foltz
St. Paul’s Lutheran Sunday School
Brickerville Hills
Lititz Springs Park
More
Lititz Theatre
Shirley Temple
Fire Damages Gift Shop Stock and Money in Loss
Fire at Helen's Gift Shop on East Street causes about 90 dollars in stock loss and 300 dollars in cash. Damage believed from spontaneous combustion of merchandise near a light. blaze smoldered hours before discovery by Miss Alice Zook and family. Helen Kreider was away. husband Atwood Kreider attended a horse show. incident reported around 1:30 P. M. crowd gathered as Lititz Fire Company fought the blaze.
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Djusters
Helen
East Street
Alice Zook
John G. Zook
Helen Kreider
Grantville
Atwood Kreider
Quentin
Lititz Fire Company
Chalk Artist To Appear In Moravian Chapel On 26th
Raymond H. Bubb a noted chalk and sand artist will perform at Moravian Sunday School Chapel next Thursday evening the 26th at 8 under the Men s Missionary Society. Proceeds go to the church building fund. He uses chalk rags crayon sand and smoke to depict religious and educational subjects. He began in the U S Army and has 16 years of platform art with lyceum and chautauqua circuits.
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Raymond H. Bubb
Men's Missionary Society
Church Building Fund
Mr. Bubb
U. S. Army
Lyceum
Chautauqua
Farewell Party For Dorothy Heagy Before Training
Miss Dorothy Heagy of Penryn was given a farewell gathering Sunday evening before entering training at Preston Retreat Hospital in Philadelphia. Friends attending included Miriam and Mildred Boyer, Mary Koch, Naomi Hornley, Ruth Hornley, Cordelia Ziegler, Mary Ziegler, Nora Grayhill, Mary Grayhill, Kathryn Brubaker, Pauline Hosler, Meda Lehman, Martha Dohner, Dorothy Lipp, Esther Heagy, Mark Grayhill, Earl Solliday, Russell Klick, Charles Becker, Henry Lehman, Harry Minnich, Lester Hershey, Arthur Hershey, Isaac Brubaker, Roy Lehman, John Bixler, plus Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Graybill, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Becker, and Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Hollinger.
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Dorothy Heagy
Penryn
Preston Retreat Hospital
Philadelphia
Miriam Boyer
Mildred Boyer
Mary Koch
Naomi
Ruth Hornley
Cordelia
Mary Ziegler
Nora
Mary Grayhill
Kathryn Brubaker
Pauline Hosler
Meda Lehman
Martha Dohner
Dorothy Lipp
Esther Heagy
Messrs
Mark Grayhill
Earl Solliday
Russell Klick
Charles Becker
Henry Lehman
Harry Minnich
Lester
Arthur Hershey
Isaac Brubaker
Roy Lehman
John Bixler
Hiram Graybill
Samuel Becker
Clyde Hollinger
Kindergarten to Reopen Sessions at Moravian Chapel
Miss Margaret Kofroth announces that the kindergarten will reopen for the Fall and Winter on Monday, September 30. The 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. sessions will be held in the kindergarten room of the Moravian Sunday School Chapel. A chicken and waffle supper begins at 4 p.m. Saturday at the United Brethren Church served by the Ladies Aid Society. Supper 60 cents. Pies cake and candy for sale.
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Margaret Kofroth
Moravian Sunday School
United Brethren Church
Ladies’ Aid Society
Two Close Fights In Local Primary
Interest ran high in the local primary but only two wards produced close races. Total 658 votes, 39 in ward one and 254 in ward two. Hollinger lost the constable race 126 to 84 to Carpenter but captured the Democratic nomination. Krick led the Republican slate for Council with 118 votes. Koch won the other seat with 89. Kling 76 and Yerger 77. Graybill Diehm sought County Commissioner nomination, 288 votes in ward one and 165 in ward two. Posey ran for County Treasurer Democratic nomination with 77 in ward one and 24 in ward two. Constitutional revision defeated 141.
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Chas
Slip” Hollinger
John “Logue” Carpenter
Council
Charles Krick
Jacob H. Koch
Jacob Kling
Levi Yerger
Graybill Diehm
S. R. Posey
Corn Roast Leads to Treasure Find at Kissel Hill
The Sunday School class of the Church of the Brethren named The Junior Alexander Macks held a corn roast in Grube's Meadow near Kissel Hill led by teacher Willis Gibble. On the return trip the group searched for a treasure at Macpelah cemetery and Martin Kutz found it. Present were Gibble Towell Reidenbaugh Robert Keller John Nies Charles Hergeney Wim Stanley Zell Homer Studenroth Lester Kline Nathan Heppley Frank Hefferfinger Lawrence Young Freda Mies and David Byler.
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Church of the Brethren
Alexander Macks
Willis Gibble
Grube’s Meadow
Kissel Hill
Macpelah
Martin Kutz
Mr. Gibble
Towell Reidenbaugh
Robert Keller
John Nies
Charles
Paul Hergeney
Wim
Stanley Zell
Homer Studenroth
Lester Kline
Nathan Heppley
Frank Heffelfinger
Lawrence Young
Freda Mies
David Byler
Firefighters Battle Blaze At Helen's Gift Shop
Sunday afternoon chaos surrounded Chief Emory Wagner as he fought the Helen's Gift Shop fire. A sharp speaking woman warned him not to get everything wet, then the firemen continued their brave effort to control the flames.
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Emory Wagner
Helen
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Otarians
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Locust Grove Reunion
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Raymond II
Bubb
Snoops
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