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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1936
Page
1
Incomplete canvass reports show Lititz Community Chest has collected $2780.34 toward a $4000 goal for the coming year. Industrial and house-to-house campaigns are near complete, but overall results lag behind last year’s $4300 on a $3650 quota. Armistice Day launch and end near Thanksgiving. captains urged to finish returns promptly.
The annual White Gift Service at St Pauls Lutheran Church will take place Sunday evening at 7 30. Gifts wrapped in white will be presented for the boys and girls of the Lyons ville Orphans Home. The Christmas play The Greatest Gift will be performed during the service.
The Christmas display of electric trains and villages erected in the Fire House by Carl Reedy of Rothsville will open to the public Saturday night and Sunday. Everyone is invited to see it.
Thirty one members of the Lititz Fire Co Auxiliary attended a Sauer German supper at the home of Mrs. Linnaeus Roth at 27 W Linco Avenue Thursday evening. Decorations matched the Christmas season and a blanket club added 100 new members with Mrs. Cullen Carpenter as Thursday’s winner.
Eight living pictures will be presented at the Pageant of the Madonna tonight at 8 in the Moravian Sunday School building under the Delphian Society for Lititz Public Library. Each picture will be introduced by a music number on harp flute violin organ or both. Patron and patronesses include a long list of local residents and visitors. The program continues on Page 5.
Dr R B Caldwell of the State Dept of Health told the P T A gathering at Lancaster High School that venereal disease has caused much feeble mindedness and that a moral lapse leads to physical defects. He urged adolescence education on social hygiene as a precaution. Max Stierstorfer praised PTA growth and urged engagement with state and national programs. The next meeting is planned for February’s second Tuesday. Special Christmas photograph prices offered by W H Althouse at 130 S Broad St.
Chester Howard and Paul Longenecker plan a Holiday Dance at the General Sutter Hotel on Wednesday December 30 with entertainment features. Local residents attended dinners, plays, and school events this week, including Esther McCreary hosting guests from Lancaster and Strasburg.
Several local hunters bagged deer though overall game was not as plentiful as in prior years. John Todd's buck received high praise as possibly the finest. Adam Batdorf and his son Curtis, Lloyd Hoffman, Dervin Runk and others from Cedar Run shared kills, while some parties failed to harvest. The Neffsville Hunting Club returned with six deer from Clinton County and Sleepy Hollow campers claimed six kills.
The Lu ita Chamber of Commerce and the Rotary Club will hold a joint meeting at the General Sutter Hotel on Tuesday evening. Luncheon starts at 6 with the full Rotary meeting, or attend from 7 for the latter portion. M M Harnish of Lancaster will speak to both groups.
Final notice warns unpaid taxes due by January 1 1937 will be collected by law. Liens will be filed against properties and wages or personal property of tenants may be seized.
Two Temple University gymnasts from the American Olympic team demonstrated routine work and Olympic stunts at Lititz Rotary Club Ladies Night in the General Sutter Hotel. Fifty eight members and wives attended with five out of town guests present.
The Chamber of Commerce spearheads a new Yuletide display with two evergreen trees at each of forty electric light standards in the business districts. Each standard shines with differently colored bulbs, completed Tuesday and to be lit nightly until January 4. Police warn harsh penalties for bulb thieves and residents urged to watch for thefts, with tips kept confidential.
A local man known to many readers once shared an apartment with Mrs. Wally Simpson who is on the Presidents Goodwill Tour. Both kept dogs walked by the building janitor. The article also notes Lloyd Hoffman deer hunting for 12 years before taking his first buck, a small two point.
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