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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1937
Page
9
The Lititz Record is issued weekly by The Record Printing Co and is entered at Lititz Pennsylvania post office as second class matter.
The Lititz press lauds Chamber of Commerce efforts to beautify Lititz Springs Park and urges public backing. It favors private ownership by the Moravian church to allow events and fund upkeep, noting the Fourth of July candle-lighting tradition and the park’s publicity value for the town.
The Moravian Choir presented a singing school on Thursday night that was lively and well rehearsed. It offered entertaining performances that engaged the audience with evident effort and charm.
Dr Roebuck undertakes repairs around his premises while Lititz Water Co reorganizes with Isaac F Bomberger as president. A tale of local incidents includes a 20 foot bank slide at Thomas Erbs lime kilns and a recovered horse. The town marks anniversaries and a Lutheran Synod conference sets dates.
Twenty five years ago the borough council approved paving Spruce Street from Lemon to Marion and ordered street work. An ordinance banning wooden and shingle roofs was adopted. The Church of the Brethren near Lititz planned a new church building, while a San Domingo creek bridge hole nearly caused a horse accident on the Brunnerville road.
The Lancaster choir performed a difficult and fine program at Trinity Church on Thursday night. The congregation is thanked for presenting worthwhile events this past winter.
Mrs. Cameron McNaughton of Lansdowne was nearby when robbers struck the Homan Shoe Company office in Philadelphia. Four clerks and Howard Rue Sr. were forced to the floor as $3,500 payroll was seized. the bandits fled in a stolen car before an alarm could be raised.
May 2 is Rural Life Sunday with pastors of rural churches presenting programs and rural groups like Granges 4-H Clubs P T A s and other country organizations taking part. The observance traces to a 1929 International Association of Agricultural Missions meeting which urged church bodies to promote the fifth Sunday after Easter.
A brisk local page highlights community events and updates across neighborhoods with brief items on meetings, civic notes, and everyday happenings designed for quick reading.
Mrs. G. A. Brubaker of Lititz received a Certificate of Recipe Endorsement from Better Homes & Gardens for Eggplant Delicious. The award recognizes recipes passing a Tasting Test for dependability taste and family usefulness. She also earned six stamped copies to share with friends.
The observance emphasizes half the world’s population and fosters better rural urban understanding. County Agent Bucher notes it deepens appreciation of rural life and its spiritual meanings.
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