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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1927
Page
4
The Lititz Record notes R. B. E Buch as editor and proprietor while indicating the paper is entered at Lititz Pennsylvania post office as second class matter.
Planting time drives nursery ads as households set out young trees and shrubs. It costs little to buy and plant, while matured greenery boosts home value and daily pleasure. A well landscaped home signals permanence and civic pride, inviting neighbors to view residents as established members of the community.
Nature notes highlight the Baltimore oriole nest as a marvel of skill and symmetry. Suspended from drooping branches, it shields young birds from predators and allows them to mature before flying. The piece extols avian parental devotion as a model for human childrearing.
Communion services welcomed new members Walter Bender Grace Dis singer Paul Pfautz and Leroy Mohn at the Lutheran church. Mt Zion Evangelical S. 8 held an Easter service. United Evangelical Women’s Missionary Society met at Mrs A C Oberholtzer’s home. Lancaster county Pomona Grange met largely attended. Fred D Pontz of Lancaster bought the Broad and South 11th street corner and will build a bungalow. Edgar Daniels family to relocate to Milwaukee. Administrators of the late Samuel R Ruth to sell personal property and real estate. Mr and Mrs G S Eberly hosted a wedding reception for Casper Eberly of Ephrata with many relatives from area towns attending.
Chester and Paul Eshleman along with numerous families from Norristown New York Philadelphia Lebanon Manheim and Reading spent Sunday visiting relatives. The lengthy list includes the Weidlers Overholtzers Brubakers and Strohls among others with trips noted to Lititz Ephrata Reading and Reinholds.
Mrs J W Buch recently operated on at Lancaster General Hospital has returned home and is improving. Funeral services for Monroe Balmer of Wyomissing were held in Brownstown Evangelical church with Rev C H Gerhart officiating. Interment followed in Brownstown cemetery. Mrs Hettie Harnish announces a public sale of household goods Saturday afternoon. The Evangelical church C E Society gave a program on Easter Sunday evening. Harry Hoover and Miss Lucy Witmyer were married last Saturday evening in Lancaster by Rev H B Yoder. The High School will present a three act drama The Stolen Necklace Friday and Saturday in K G E Hall.
The column notes Easter weekend visits and family gatherings across several towns. Names include Mel Edith Roger Miss Beulah Keith of Harrisburg. Elva Zwally in Newark spending a week with parents. Charles Martin Rothsville with Hess family. Franks ton NJ visitors Jesse Burris Reading Sanford Mellinger Leola families. Morris Wolf Lititz. Melvin Myers Bareville area. Elias Diller Lancaster. Lloyd Leeking Mt Alto. Charles Shaefler Philadelphia with mother. Ernest Helman Brunnenville with S M Herr. Mrs. Sarah Hackman Pine Hill with A F Getz. Miss Edna Wolf at Columbia. One stroke reported for Mrs Isaac Garner Talmage.
Amos Roth of Lititz called on J. W. Roth on Good Friday. Mrs Litizan Donner of Long Island and Norman Risser of New Jersey spent Eastertide with Levi B. Risser's family. Lizzie Loyah and family of Lebanon visited Levi Habecker. R L Keith and wife called on Israel Shultz ill at his daughter's near Reinholds. Jacob Dugler and family of Landis Valley visited Mrs. Alice Young. Monroe Eckert and Ralph Keith visited Manheim. Henry S. Keith of New Freedom stayed with his parents Friday to Sunday. A G Fahnestock attended Monroe G. Fahnestock sale near Mt Aetna.
Mr. Lester Keller suffers pneumonia with slight improvement. Warren Glen Keller, son, dies of the same illness. Funeral held at grandparents Samuel and Mrs. Keller's home. Ober and Zartman families host and visit. Eshlemar and Mersey guests with Fahnestock family. Samuel Elser attends St Luke's Easter services.
Halfville Elias M. Eitnier and wife with Mrs. Amos Fry and son visited Nathan C. Frey at Buck's mill over Sunday. Harry B. Miley and wife visited friends at Mt Hope over Sunday. Jonas B. Hernley and wife of Scott dale stayed with Christian B. and Annie B. Hernley on Saturday. M. G. Shreiner and wife with Mrs. James Carpenter visited Lancaster over Sunday. David High and family of Lampeter called briefly on Good Friday.
The Rothsville high school will hold its annual commencement Thursday evening May 19 in the high school auditorium with Dr. C. C. Ellis as speaker. Class day exercises are scheduled for Wednesday evening May 18 and the program details continue.
Sunday's baccalaureate sermon and class details include motto Work Conquers Everything and flower Sweet Pea. Class colors cherry red and steel gray. Roster lists Mabel Adams through Guy Snyder with multiple Lancaster/Wirehouse area affiliations noted alongside. Also mentions Rothsville baseball revival after four years and contact Earl Y. Stauffer Lititz 64 R 11 for scheduling.
Lancaster County residents and visitors are noted over the Easter period with several individuals named visiting relatives and friends in town. Local students sit entrance exams for the high school while civic groups announce a May festival with details to follow.
Milton S. Hershey has returned to his Hershey home after a winter in Cuba. He will stay for the boys industrial school's dedication planned for late this month or early June, then depart to New York and later travel to Cuba for further sugar plantation and refinery development.
The text muses on the vastness of the mind and perception, arguing no person lacks any tool or insight. It references how belief and imagination shape reality. It then notes architecture as mankind's oldest fine art, citing Babylonian brickwork and the earliest vaults and arches dating to around 6000 B.C.
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