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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1936
Page
8
The article notes removing early cabbage aphid infestations to avoid sprays, recommends 2 to 3 percent nicotine dust on a warm day, and stresses early action. It advises three steps for quality sweet corn and harvesting at milk stage in cool morning. It warns of late blight risk in potatoes during wet late summers and suggests Bordeaux mixture spraying, plus spring reseeding for injured meadows.
The text suggests applying 125 pounds of nitrate or sulfate of ammonia and 125 pounds of superphosphate per acre as growth begins in spring to convert the old meadow into a paying proposition.
A string of social calls and weekend visits highlights activity around Kis sel Hill. Residents from Philadelphia Richland Lititz Lancaster Oregon Central Manor and nearby towns visited families including the Hornleys Carpers Hernleys Buchters Bakers and others over the past days with multiple Sunday gatherings noted.
Reverend W. K. Cassel of St. Pauls Evangelical Congregational Church Rothsville opened the ninth annual Gass and Roth reunion at Springs Park. Ellis E. Spickler presided with officers elected including Chester Adams as president and Jacob Conrad as vice president. Four month old Dexter Christener’s daughter won youngest attendee prize and Anna Kreider of Lititz claimed largest family attendance.
A list of residents and relatives appears including Mr and Mrs Ellis Spickler Mr and Mrs Charles Hollinger and their children Lois Charles Eugene and John Mrs Minnie Roth and grandchildren Eloise and Nadine Yerger Mrs Harry Weik Mrs Isaac Meek and daughters Mary and Arlene Mrs Paul Hoffman and sons Paul and Robert Eugene Roth Clara A Roth Mrs Richard Kreider and children Bert Donald Arlene Elwood Ray Patricia Pauline and Dorothy Mr and Mrs Raymond.
A public sale of real estate is set for September 19 for two tracts in Warwick Two and Rothsville, tract No. 1 near Bushong's Mill. Rufus W. Pfautz and Harry R. Pfautz, deceased, are involved in the proceedings.
Schoenberger and daughter Helen, Mrs Elwood Witmer and children Shirley and Robert, Mr and Mrs Dexter Christener and daughter Nancy Ann, Mr and Mrs Wm Roth and son Joseph, Mr and Mrs Linnaeus Roth and son Richard, Pauline Ludwig, all of Lititz, Mrs Monroe Eckenrode and Norman Longenecker, of Brunnerville, and Ida Roth, of Lititz R D 1.
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