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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1920
Page
1
The village announces Hackmans orchestra will perform at the square Saturday evening in place of a band. Victor Wagner will sing and the event includes a baby parade as part of the Union picnic activities. A special train to Atlantic City departs Sunday, fare four dollars and fifty-one cents with tax.
A citizen notes a Sturgis family monopoly over four town bakeries with Louis Haines as the outsider partner. He says only Sturgis pretzels can be bought, comparing the setup to a monopoly and even a coal combine. The piece adds that on Saturdays after bass season, bakeries cease operations to fish, with trucks leaving at dawn to claim prime locations as crews fish.
Harry Nye of Longenecker's repair shop led a Petersburg party of ten including Frank Cope and corn establishment workers on a Delaware Bay fishing trip. They caught trout and croakers, traveled by automobile, and Nye, seasick yet eager, plans another outing with the seasoned salt water angler Cope.
Near McGrannts two anglers assisted Clayton Schmuck who hooked a heavy snapper turtle while bass fishing. The sixteen pound catch fought deep water before being hauled ashore in a damaged box. Schmuck gave the turtle to Frank Demmy for soup during a duck-rich season.
Sterling Getz and partners landed five bass on Saturday along the Conestoga. Sturgis Haines and Elmer Haines with Howard Bollinger beat last week's bass record with ten fish plus a bluegill and a yard-long eel. The eel, placed in a bucket at home, escaped as water rose in rain. It was later found in a garden pool.
Warren Sturgis and a woman posing as his wife fled here last week after arriving from Ohio. In York he took a job with York Baking Company as a driver, worked half a day, and stole about $30 in cash before disappearing. Lancaster County reports no crop failure yet.
Twenty five members of the Oneida trap factory from Lititz plus the bail team traveled to Kenwood New York for a field day hosted by Community Associated Clubs. They toured the factory, attended events, and enjoyed a fireworks display and band concert. Shumaker of Lititz won a running event in 15 seconds while the Lititz team earned one prize. About 10 thousand to 12 thousand attendees observed various attractions throughout the day.
A Lititz resident and Red Cross nurse from Camp Merritt assisted in reviving Spencer Griffith, twenty months old, after he fell into a lily pond behind his Lan caster home. Neighbor Robert Killian helped pull the child from the water and, with nurse Jennie Miller, they worked for a prolonged period before the boy regained consciousness and improved.
Harry E. Kratzert converts his Neffsville blacksmith and wagon repair shop into an auto repair garage. A cement block facility now stands on the former smith shop site. He is known for welding and draws trade from far away, positioned halfway between Lancaster and Lititz on the state road to Petersburg.
The borough public school will reopen here on Monday August 30. Miss Helen Bair of the Third Primary has resigned and no teacher has been secured. The new principal Mr I C Mummert has been unable to rent a house. Directors are helping search for a vacant residence.
John F. Longenecker will entertain the Lancaster County Automobile Club Friday evening at 8 o clock in his remodeled garage. A luncheon will be served and the building decorated. The fast growing enterprise covers 60 by 175 feet with cement block construction and a 125-car storage capacity.
Mrs. William Snavely of Rome celebrated her fiftieth birthday with a special Sunday dinner. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Rush and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Kutz with two children of Reading, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Bollinger, and Mr. Henry Snavely of Lititz. The table featured country cured ham, spring chicken, and homegrown fruits and cakes, described as exceptional by the Record man. The piece notes Rush and Kutz as cigar factory owners who began their careers at the beach, with Rush traveling often and fond of fishing.
The Solotone Manufacturing Company changes its name to Solotone Phonograph Company and is capitalized at 500000. Stock will be offered at 100000 total with 700 stock split into 50000 preferred 7 percent and 50000 common. Plans include expanding stock as business grows and building a larger factory with local capital interest.
Heavy rain on Saturday drowned birds in Front street trees and on pavements. A main trunk maple in front of Martin Bollinger's Broad street residence cracked but remains. the old trunk from a 1873 fire era still shows. Thirteen Lititz High School class of 1918 members enjoyed a chicken and waffle supper at Accomac near Marietta after an auto trip. Names include Chandler Ruhl Miles Fasnacht Leon Keath C Earl Briar Paul Brubaker Wm Ringer Morris Trimmer Thalia Hershey Ruth Gundrum Miriam Russell Grace Sturgis Mae Haverstick.
Mrs. Lavinia L. Hacker died at her East Main Street home in Lititz from general debility aged 88 years 5 months after weeks in bed. She was the last survivor of the Arndt family of Manheim and lived in Lititz since 1871. Survived by two daughters Mrs. Mary Miksch and Mrs. M S Hess. Funeral at her home this afternoon at 2 o'clock with private burial in Fairview cemetery Manheim.
Samuel Roth of Fruitville aged 72 died Saturday evening after a disease complication. Survived by wife Katie Roger and children Minnie Walter Hendry Catherine Charles Bauer Mamie Walter Singer Amanda Ammon Snavely all Lancaster. Harry Fruitville. Mrs Charles Dietrich East Petersburg. Ella Mabel Rose at home. brother Amos Roth. sister Catherine Spiekler Lititz. 18 grandchildren. Funeral at home and Mennonite church East Petersburg. Interment in adjoining cemetery. Mrs Anna M Ruth of Ephrata died at 49 2 26 from pulmonary tuberculosis. Native of Rothsville daughter of Jacob and Barbara Geyer. First husband James W Reber. three children Wallace Schlott Schuyler James. In 1899 married John F Ruth. two children Pearl Ohlene Ruth at home. Sister Mrs Scott Ressler of Ephrata. Funeral Wednesday at home. interment Lutheran Rothsville. Clement K Brubaker Elizabethtown died Thursday at 6 pm of sarcoma aged 67. Former East Donegal farmer forty five years. retired to Elizabethtown two years ago. Mennonite member. Survived by wife daughter Mrs Jacob S Witmer Elizabethtown sister Miss Ella Brubaker New York City three brothers Martin B Brubaker Joy Nathaniel Brubaker Lititz Levi Brubaker New York City. Funeral Monday from home and Mennonite church. Graybill’s cemetery. Relatives from around here attended.
The Buch family reunion at the Springs drew many members last Saturday. Officers were re elected and it was decided to hold the next reunion here on the first Saturday in August.
The Church of the Brethren holds its annual Harvest Meeting on Saturday August 14 at 1 30 p m at Middle Creek. Ministers from various parts will address the gathering and invite all to attend.
Morris McCloud, a local mail carrier, plans to keep a 20 pound pig on his porch after a Knights of Malta picnic tale at the Springs. His wife nabbed the pig in a free for all, and a deal with Sam Keath may see the animal trained for his mail route.
Rev. Herbert Moyer and wife spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Reedy. Moyer once pastored at Williamstown and assisted in two evangelistic meetings. He preached at the Evangelical church and sang duets with Reedy. Moyer attends White's Bible School and preaches in a New York Presbyterian church. Reedy plans to assist in a fall evangelistic campaign in New York. They enjoyed Lititz and its springs and history.
Thomas Steffy leads sixteen workers in building a new reservoir at Manheim. The job uses 34 tons of steel, 600 tons of stone, lumber, sand, cement and costs about 15000 dollars. He oversees the project and will later remodel the old reservoir and add a filter plant. Steffy also has crews working on cement pavements and other Lititz improvements.
Mr. G Herman Getz of Harrisburg visited Lititz on Wednesday. Numerous residents and relatives travel to Philadelphia Atlantic City Reading and other places for short stays and family visits. The item lists engagements with Anna Grosh Catherine Grazer Lottie Mischler Grace Keller and others as well as trips by John Carper Floyd Stark Reed Graybill and Rev F A Weicksel with remarks on travel conditions and local hospitality.
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