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Lititz Record

Location

Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Apr 08, 1937

Page

9

Lititz Post Office Second Class Matter Note

The note records the Lititz Pennsylvania post office designation as Second Class Matter for mail handling and publication purposes.

Lititz, Pa

Thank You For Support Of Community Ambulance Fund

A local message thanks contributors to the ambulance patron list and urges attendance at a Sunday concert by the Acappella Male Chorus for the ambulance fund. The Moravian Sunday School hall will host the event to benefit urgent medical transport.

Community Ambulance Acappella Ambulance Fund Moravian Sunday School

Noted Bible Teacher Dr. Wertheimer Speaks in Town

Dr. Max Wertheimer conducts a week of special studies in local churches. Attendance at his services has been good, but many more would attend if space allowed.

Max Wertheimer

Spring Cleaning Brings Clamor Over Field Trash Dumps

Lititz residents curb winter debris by hauling away rubbish dumped along roads and fields. Farmers complain about careless tin cans and rubbish dumped on land, prompting local cleanup efforts during the season.

Lititz

Lititz News Highlights From April Two 1912 Local Events

Remodeling begins on two tenement houses for the Ideal Chocolate Company offices. A large scrap paper fire at the paper mill is controlled by mill staff. Chautauqua plans confirmed for mid June on Springs Grounds. Roosevelt address drawn crowds to Lancaster and Lincoln link recalled. Street sprinkler returns to borough streets. Local starch plant sale slated by auction. A baby girl born to Mr and Mrs Hertzler Jr. Bantam orders from Dan Torcat noted. Wedding of Elwood K Furlow and Emma C Grant in Moravian parsonage. Lititz High defeats Ephrata 12 to 8 on Linden Hall court.

W. H. Muth and Company Ideal Chocolate Company Lititz Lancaster Jacob Hertzler, Jr D. G. Witmyer L. Torcat Torcat Dan E. S. Hagen Elwood K. Furlow Warwick Emma C. Grant Town Washington, D. GC Ephrata Linden Hall Court

Rubbish Dumping and Alarm Noise Troubles Town

A farmer reported hiring two men for two days to clear rubbish dumped on his private quarry. Dumping on private land is illegal, suggesting costs of cleanup vs disposal. Town also heard the Farmers Bank burglar alarm tone and a half-hearted noon fire siren before the usual noon blast.

Farmers Bank

Slow signs placed at Front and Water Street intersection

A reader reports temporary traffic control signs are installed at the Front Street and Water Street intersection. Drivers are advised to slow down and proceed with caution through the area until further notice.

Front and Water Street

Cornerstone Set For Brickerville Lutheran Church

Fifty years ago on April 8 1887 word lists details of the Brickerville Lutheran Church cornerstone laying to occur Sunday afternoon with Revs Lewars Fernster and Asay in attendance A pupils recital directed by J F Schaeberley and B F Van Vieck with local performers and the Choral Society to be held April 16 in the Moravian Sunday School Chapel A passing train last week set fire to a large straw stack nearby.

Brickerville Lewars Fernster Asay Messrs J. F. Schaeberley F. van Vieck

Brunnerville School Students Attend Geo Keith’s Summer Session

Geo Keith's summer school at Brunnerville draws thirty pupils as reported in a local tax or bank notice. The Lititz National Bank handles about $175,000 in transactions on April first, with inmates forced to work until the next morning.

Martin Keller Lime Rock Geo. Keith Brunnerville Lititz National Bank

Music Expert Photographs Old Moravian Scores Found Here

Dr. Theodore Mitchell Finney of the University of Pittsburgh photographs about 400 manuscript pieces found in the Moravian church archives. The manuscripts date 1759 to 1770 and were used by the congregation in its early days. Rev. Byron K. Horne located the copies in the church attic last year. Finney will study Moravian music in Lititz Bethlehem Pa and Winston-Salem NC.

Theodore Mitchell Finney Department of Music Appreciation Univ. of Pittsburgh Moravian Church Byron K. Horne Lititz Finney Bethlehem Winston-Salem N. C

Plough and the Stars to Play at Irish Rebellion Night

Town talk notes a series of stage offerings with a focus on Irish themes. The upcoming Thursday screening is The Plough and the Stars, adapted from Sean O'Casey’s play, featuring Barbara Stanwyck and Preston Foster as a tempestuous married couple in Dublin.

Trishman O’casey Barbara Stanwyck Preston Foster Jack Clithroe Nora Dublin The

Parallels of public life and personal fate in film and town scenes

The piece contrasts The Plough and the Stars on collective national strife with Be Loved Enemy on a leader’s private life shaping a nation. It notes an upcoming Par n ell film, laments reckless driving on Broad Street, and reflects on spring, danger, and parental care amid city observations and personal verses.

Parnell Broad Street Lititz

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