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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1937
Page
9
A metropolitan daily editorial condemns public patience with sit-down strikes as wearing thin after last week's Hershey riot. Farmers and non-union workers ousted squatters, a spontaneous act by victims of the strike, while authorities are blamed for yielding to the sit-down challenge instead of upholding the law.
The piece recalls Benjamin Franklin's extended career from age 70 to 81, highlighting his pivotal roles as diplomat, naval founder, financier of the revolution, prize court judge, and anti-slavery organizer. It argues age should not end a man's contributions and contrasts this with firms that push retirement at a fixed age.
Work on the new Lutheran church at Broad and Orange Streets will resume after a pause caused by cold weather last fall. The congregation reports brisk sales of memorial windows as the edifice's completion is pressed forward.
The speaker argues that age is not just years but spirit and vitality. Some men lose youth early, living as retired navigators of life who idle while the world moves. Civilization measures by extended life, yet the mind and spirit must endure beyond seventy, lest society condemn the young to a faded future.
John Mohler, longtime janitor at Farmers National Bank, takes a switchboard job with Denver and Eph rata Telephone Co starting tomorrow, a role he formerly held at Bell Telephone Co. His father Ben Mohler will fill his bank duties.
Prof Henry Houck deputy state superintendent of Public Instruction will speak on Bound to Win at the Moravian Sunday School Chapel on Saturday evening to benefit Lititz public schools. It looks like summer ahead for the town and schools.
A maple tree tragedy kills a purple grackle at Eugene Long's Broad Street home. Wrens arrive now, yellow-bellied sap-sucker clears bark from a pine near Walter Miller, and Wilson jack snipes return to county swamps as spring notes resound.
Do not turn cattle out until grass has a good start and ground is settled. Delaying pasture turnout yields more feed over the season and higher milk per acre. Alfalfa outperforms clover for dairy farmers by supplying more digestible protein and lowering purchased concentrate costs.
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