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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1928
Page
4
The Lititz Record notes editor E. Buch as proprietor and lists subscription at 1508 dollars yearly. The paper is entered at Lititz Pennsylvania post office as second class matter.
Spring blooms bring welcome color as tulips and crocuses emerge amid frosty mornings. Drivers roaming back roads spoil private plots by picking flowers, a practice now restricted by state laws to preserve plants. Perennials can reliably gift future summers with beauty.
Planting shrubs around homes creates a lasting garden with annual blooms. Well rooted shrubs require little care and endure beyond the lifetimes of their planters, echoing old chimneys and relics of bygone houses as lasting charms.
Neighborhood notes report revival services restarting after a week’s closure. Attendees at the Friday parsonage meeting include W. F. Getz C. F. Brown Samuel Hornberger Paul Fry and many others. Local home improvements and a new baseball team are also noted.
Mr and Mrs John Landis hosted dinner Sunday with guests from East Petersburg Manheim Rothsville Lititz and Lancaster. Visiting families included Forneys Ehrhart Seibert and Lane Forney with children. Farm Women meeting attended by Mrs Charles Forney.
Mrs Susan Carpenter of Lancaster visits Mr and Mrs M G Schreiner. The funeral for Mrs Israel Graybill drew a large crowd. Galen Balmer caught trout over ten inches. Herbert Mann of Bausman visits M G Schreiner. Harry Kline and family visit Robert Grossman. Elias M Eltnner begins work for Hahn the painter.
Mr and Mrs Harvey Rock and family visited Manheim on Sunday and enjoyed an afternoon at the Hess home where Mrs Rock and Mr Hess are siblings. Elmer Rock traveled to Pike County Saturday and returned the same day. Samuel W Elser painted for Harry Gerhart Co of Durlach. On Sunday a large party including Mr and Mrs Ober and two sons and others hosted by Elser Gerhart at Lititz shared dinner with the Gerhart family.
Sunday services at the Lutheran church reported with new members welcomed including Mr. and Mrs. Snyder and other couples. Mt Zion Sunday School elected teachers for the next term led by Principal Lloyd Roland. Broad street foundations poured as East Main Street houses change hands in private sales. Neighbor Tabernacle meetings draw good turnout as wedding dinner guests gathered in Ephrata to honor Mr. and Mrs. Ray Zug.
Numerous readings list many visitors and extended family visits from Lititz Ephrata Lancaster Manheim Norristown and Philadelphia. Couples and children spend Sundays with relatives in Reamstown Browns town and other area towns while others travel to Hagers town and Longwood Gardens for day trips.
The Belles Lettres Literary Society plans a Wednesday April 18 meeting in the High School Auditorium. The Junior play Backbone, staged Saturday, drew strong crowds. Local residents report community visits and weekend travels among families including Behmers in town, Siverlings from Reading, and Ravegums from Akron.
Prof. H. T. Frueauff of Allentown recounts Stuttgart visits and a spring cantata by the 1st to 3rd grades. He notes wartime changes, the royal palace now a museum, the depot rebuilt, and Stuttgart as a popular winter resort.
A fragment notes astonishment at a match striking fire and compares it to a patent fighter under similar circumstances, suggesting a striking display or discovery that would overwhelm or paralyze others.
A quotation from American Magazine argues that a simple gift can spark a dream of speed and dominance. It critiques the belief that fright justifies power and that others are inherently wrong, framing this mindset as a form of American bravado.
In Lititz and surrounding area, Albert Machmer and Norman Bryan testified Frecht accompanied them on a chicken raid with three birds valued about four fifty. The same day John E Foster faced forgery charges over the Ephrata Reporter note deal involving Miss Lillian Coplin.
The church held a Tuesday evening reception for new members with devotions by Rev. W. Sammel, a welcome address by Elam Habecker, instrumental trio and vocal solo by church members, a pantomime The Smack at School, reader Mrs. Tongenecker, and teacher Herr. Social hour led by Mrs. Stoner. 275 attended.
The article urges readers to pursue an attainable set of possessions beyond wealth. It emphasizes a contented end a living peaceful home serving as a haven for a tired businessman and the vision to see beyond daily tasks to greater opportunities than a successful business career.
A parade of guests visited Mrs. Florence Gibbe and Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Shoeneberger over the weekend at Read ing area and nearby towns. Families from Rosedale Upper Dark Ephgata Lan caster Philadelphia Chambersburg Brooklyn and Reading joined meals and socializing.
Larry Hagen of Lewistown found a silver teaspoon on the Juniata River near Fort Granville. The handle bears the name Thomas Holt, a pioneer's son tied to Lewistown's Old Town origins. Holt’s family ties trace to Dorcas Holt Buchannan, early settlers in 18th century Pennsylvania.
A brief obituary note portrays Grandma Holland as a tiny, frail woman who remained seventy years old from age fifty and would stay seventy until she reached ninety. The passage reflects a whimsical take on aging.
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