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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1926
Page
1
Lititz police tracked fast drivers after a Hudson car spree near Rothsville. The pursuit revealed auto thieves linked to multiple thefts from Chambersburg to Allentown. Suspects Clarence Carpenter and John Carpenter faced reckless driving charges. evidence tied to Lebanon car thefts and a chain of offenses.
Mosley’s Garage at Fast Main Street owned by D. W. Withers is undergoing changes. A cement block front wall and covered driveway for autos are installed, a cement line will be poured, and the entire building will be painted.
Horace L Fachbach returned home for a ten day vacation after forty one weeks caring for Mr Hershey of Manheim who is partly paralyzed. He is a male community nurse and received many calls during his work.
A traction engine and attached baler and thresher overturned while descending a steep grade at Kissel Hill near a water trough on Monday morning. The heavy equipment tipped the tractor, which was later righted with rope and pulleys. The outfit is owned by Wayne Grube.
Mrs. Vinvie Brubaker and children Elva Mae Omar and Carp traveled by auto for a week along the Atlantic coast. They fished a day in the ocean and reached Cape May where they endured mosquito bites. The New Jersey State trip mentions them as Pretzels.
Mr and Mrs Maurice McCloud and three sons returned from an auto trip to Wheeling West Virginia Cleveland Ohio and Niagara Falls. Mr and Mrs William McCloud of Cleveland accompanied them and are visiting in town.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Buch marked fifty years of marriage with a seaside trip to Beach Haven New Jersey. A notice also promotes a twenty percent discount on ready made suits at W H Buchs clothing store.
Tarry Susseman, a former assistant mail carrier hero for six and a half years, becomes a regular carrier starting on Merday. He will collect mail and assist the other two carriers as the town delivery area has recently been enlarged.
Miss Elizabeth Habecker of South Broad Street slipped and fell in her bathroom on Saturday, dislocating her knee and causing her to remain confined to the house for several weeks. For many years she has worked as a bookkeeper for K. L. Garber and Co. in their milk business here and at Towneasier.
Jacob Funk a Lebanon jeweler operates a tent camp near Cornwall attracting visitors with a Christian ethos. He offers four showers benches and rest areas set in a shaded wood with scripture verses, a dug well and flower beds. Moravian Church members from Lititz and Rev E Crosland plan to visit Monday evening for prayer and reflection.
Joe Lloyd of Lebanon has been selected by Lititz management to face the Clarrisburg Giants in a game here today. Lloyd pitched earlier this season against Denver and impressed fans. he also held the Eighth Ward team to eight hits when with Lebanon. Turn out for the game.
The Lititz Fire Co. Women’s Auxiliary reports 44 new members at a Friday meeting. They plan a sour kraut supper for Halloween week and adjust meeting dates to the first Thursday. They will collect cabbage for next month’s kraut and attend the County Firemen’s picnic at Williamson Park in September.
Morris Doster of Philadelphia spent a three week vacation in the area visiting I H Doster and family and other relatives. He toured Middle Creek cemetery where his parents are buried and the old farm where he was born sixty six years ago noting only neighbor John Bollinger remains alive.
Mr and Mrs Charles Hegennas and Dexter Erline left Friday for Grottoes Virginia to spend two weeks with Mrs Regennas parents. The party plans to enjoy local sights and family time during the stay.
Billy Sunday praised Lititz Pennsylvanias welcome history and Horace Eschbach friendship while Linden Hall students greeted him with fond gestures. A Lititz man introduces a dustless street sweeping method and a Lancaster hospital patient faces severe injuries after a sharp bend collision.
John L. Schlott comes to Lititz to live with Mr. and Mrs. J. Albert Hall, his daughter Mrs. Hall, after living with a son in Reading. He will assist in the express business conducted by the Halls.
The Lititz Fire Co No 1will parade at Oxford Chester County on Tuesday evening August 17. Over seventy members are able to go and a few more autos are needed. Report at 4 45 P M at the Fire House. White streamers will mark the autos. The Lititz Bard will provide music. The Oxford Fire Co has a history of fundraising and a new fire house built and paid for.
A telescope bought by John Beck in 1835 and stored for decades was put in service by his grandson Prof. Herbert H. Beck this week to sight the four moons of Jupiter. The 3 inch lens, five and a half feet long, remains praised as a fine instrument. Beck, educator and founder of Lititz Academy (1815 1865), ran a broad program for students and teachers, visiting schools and exhibitions across counties.
The Pennsylvania Farm Bureau Federation is incorporated under a new state charter. JC Brubaker of Lititz is retained as president with Dr W W Livingood of Robesonia as vice president. Officers will serve until the next annual meeting with secretary and treasurer to be named soon.
Former Lititz resident Tevi R K Hacker and his wife and son Harry visited last week for the Malta picnic. Now living in Lancaster, the aged former clerk in J B Wissler Killian’s stores reflects on years in Lititz. Harry resides in Reading and supports his parents. a Hacker daughter lives in Denver and a sister, Mrs. Susan Saylor, is in Lincoln near ninety.
A new road from Rothsville to Yook's mill, covering one and six tenths miles, was completed and approved by State Engineer B F Langlotz. A macadam road from near Warwick House along Manheim pike to the township boundary is under construction. The township has used state awards and county aid to advance road building and hopes neighboring townships will extend the Manheim route.
A townwide tennis event for singles and doubles is planned under the Lititz Tennis Club with all residents eligible to register at Scott's Bookstore.
Farmers report miraculous wheat harvests in the county with yields up to 1000 bushels per farm and 8 to 40 bushels per acre. Improved seed varieties and favorable conditions drive the rise, delivering unusually high production across the region.
Four year old Eugene Imhoff, son of Robert Imhoff, was struck by a Lititz driver Harry Stark on Sunday morning near the Moravian church square. He darted across the street from Sunday School and the car could not stop in time, breaking his arm. LUTS family to broadcast on WKJC Lancaster Friday at 8 pm with saws xylophone and minerva smith and tutner mearig. Miss Minerva Smith will play piano while Mr Mearig whistles. My and Mrs John Kauffman plan to leave Lititz by auto for Pasadena California via Santa Fe route, returning east from that city a year ago. Everett Loercher and wife plan to depart for California in a month. Another Lititz family may move to California if they can sell their home.
P F Snyder treasurer of the Agricultural Trust Company will answer banking questions on WGAL at 930 Friday and the next two Fridays. The talks, pared to ten minutes, cover deposits checks and bank help. Snyder previously spoke at Franklin and Marshall College. the program aims to reveal both routine and romance of money management. Resided here 35 years ago William Baum of Auburn Tl visited Lititz and attended the Bawim reunion with his wife.
Rev. G. D. Clarke and wife of Bridgeton New Jersey spend the week with relatives in town. Dozens of residents and visitors from Philadelphia Reading Harrisburg and New Jersey travel to Lititz for visits vacations and outings to Niagara Falls Middletown Campbelltown Mt Gretna and Atlantic City.
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