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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1936
Page
9
The piece notes hobbyists like Carl Reedy of Rothsville and Robert Zartman of North Broad Street building elaborate Christmas yard displays. Reedy’s Fire House display, in progress for about a month, is expected to surpass his two years ago with an estimated equipment value around $1,000.
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From the Past reports G William Grosh the carriage maker fell from a trolley on Broad St last Saturday evening and was unconscious briefly before returning home. Vaudeville performers from Lititz made their debut at Stoner’s moving picture show to a large crowd. The local fire damaged the Linden Hall Seminary gym roof and supports causing about 400 dollars in losses. Bowling alley fixtures for Linden Hall gym arrived weighing about 12 500 pounds. Miss Cassie Engle celebrated her 23rd birthday with about 75 friends while Harry Grazer’s friends held a basket surprise for his 24th birthday.
Fifty years ago on December 24 residents planned a public raffle in Warwick with a hog weighing 800 pounds and a turkey of 80 pounds for top and low poker throwers. The notice notes no typhoid cases in Lititz or Warwick during the past summer or fall. A Maltese cat, kept by Haydn Tshudy, is described roaming toward evening hours.
A reflective reminiscence on 1880s farm life and Thanksgiving dinner ritual. The narrator recalls meals on the farm at White Hollow, the eighties dining routine, and the generous spread with pork, gravy, pies, and long, social meals. Mentions a new livery service, a diptheria outbreak in New Haven, and a blizzard reach.
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