The following pamphlet was written in 1990 at the
request of Farmers First Bank, where I was then employed. It was distributed to
schools and companies in the area, was handed out to customers and visitors to
the bank facilities, and sent by the marketing department to other interested
persons and organizations. In 2013 it was reprinted in the book “Lititz: Our
Community in Story” published as a joint effort of the Lititz Historical Foundation
and the Archives Committee of Lititz Moravian Congregation. Because neither the
pamphlet nor the book is now available, I’m posting it here. ~ Marian L. Shatto
A New Company Founded in Lititz
Soon after the turn of the century a group of local businessmen banded together to bring a new industry to the borough of Lititz. They secured a large lot just to the west of the first block of North Cedar Street, bounded by the railroad on the north, Eby's Mill on the east, and Lititz Springs Creek on the south. They drew plans and blueprints for a one-story brick and stone factory building, with a two story office annex. They advertised their plans to the people of Lititz and the surrounding communities, who willingly responded by subscribing to a bond issue to finance the construction of the buildings. Within a few months the initial goal of S 100,000 had been reached, and the Consumers Box Board and Paper Company was chartered as a Pennsylvania corporation on 8 April 1905.
The original shareholders included P. J. Roebuck, E. E. Bruner, E. E. Weaver, G. A. Hoffman, A. L. Lane, C. B. Risser, and H. C. Seldomridge, all of whom comprised the Board of Directors, with Roebuck as president and Bruner as secretary, plus H. H. Gingrich, J. F. Stoner, and S. F. Glatfelter. All but Bruner and Glatfelter were Lititz residents.
