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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1936
Page
9
A call for re organizing Lititz Chamber of Commerce urges business voices to attend Tuesday night at the Fire House. Organizers say a chamber would inform manufacturers and warn of swindles, push local projects, and help standardize hours and plans for daylight saving.
Easter celebrations concluded as business and official life resume normal routines this week. Sunrise services drew over 2000 persons at the Moravian Church where ideal weather conditions marked the annual service.
From the Past D E Light delivery wagon driven by L L Zook stalled near Broad Street. The horse bolted toward a telegraph pole, then wrecked at Cc B Gochenaur’s implement warehouse. Zook was thrown and cut and bruised. Other items include trout fry shipments, scalding accident to a girl, and a mule injuring Jacob Keener. Helen Irene Grossman died at 25. Over 200 Indian arrowheads were displayed by Jacob Keener’s stable and rat traps were shipped to Hong Kong.
A series of local notes recounts a trestle fire on the R and C railroad near Brockhart delaying trains from Columbia, busy Lime Rock improvements including craftsman work on Bucher and Brobst properties, school board plans for a Warwick village schoolhouse, a cigar factory opening by Harry Meiskey, the Knights of Pythias hall dedication in Lititz, and a runaway wagon incident involving Isaac Zug near Bamberger’s confectionery.
More than 1,800 participants joined an interdenominational service at the century and a half old church. After the worship, the congregation processed to God's Acre where the concluding service was held at sunrise.
Nation mourns the untimely death of James M. Beck a renowned statesman and scholar. Courts bore his triumphs and his steadfast defense of unpopular causes. Our County feels the loss as he often visited here the scenes of his boyhood days.
Mrs Lavina Neidermyer returns home after months in Bloomfield New Jersey. Melvin Lauver son of Mr and Mrs Henry Lauver of New Street toured NBC studios in Radio City New York on an official guided visit. Mr and Mrs Morris McCloud Front Street celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary with 138 visitors. Florence Robertson of Haddon Heights New Jersey, a Curtis Publishing representative, visits two weeks with Mrs William G Eshleman.
This piece extols the resurrection as a glorious fact transforming despair into hope. It cites the angel at the empty tomb, Jesus rising on the third day, and its enduring impact on apostolic faith, worship, and life. It highlights Paul’s testimony and the assurance of life beyond death.
A revived follower turned from hatred to faith and service, preaching and dying for the cause. His transformation from selfishness to selfless help reflects the Christian path from death to life, with the resurrection as eternal proof.
A collection of humorous sayings and reflections on clothing, heaven, work, midnight mysteries, possessions, April weather, grumbling, and public events. The notes mention overcoats, vaults, anarchists, loafers, and a proposed snowstorm for a Fourth of July sensation.
A playful verse notes April’s tendency to bring rain and rising costs for bills pills and chills. It wryly counts on paying, taking medicine, and enduring sniffles across Sundays and Mondays, implying only the driest escape is a tough judgment.
The zoo welcomed five lion cubs born to Leo the male and a lioness named Lioness. The cubs, three females and two males, measure about 12 inches long and weigh around two pounds each.
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