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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1928
Page
4
The Lititz Record filed by E. D. Fulweiler and J. R. Johnson as editors and publishers appears with official post office designation in Lititz Pennsylvania, indicating period publication status.
Shoppers anticipate gifts for Dad and family as Christmas rush nears. Merchants report rising demand and post offices urge early mailing to ensure delivery. Lititz windows brighten with festive decors while banks distribute savings checks, signaling another big Christmas for the town.
A large Sunday night audience filled the Tabernacle benches for Evangelist Neighbour. The crowd included the young and old, drawn by his appeal, with local ministers praised for loyal support and plans to continue the revival efforts.
Schlichter, head of two Union of Gospel Missions, will headline the campaign close at the Tabernacle with two Sunday services on Heaven and a final evening gathering. Monday night offers a Gospel Song Concert with Hemminger and guests, plus Philadelphia cornetist Nevin Weist. The Tabernacle, a landmark built locally for state-scale use, has been purchased by the committee and ministers.
A method describes coating ivory with a silver layer by immersing a silverlize fish in dilute silver nitrate and then salt solution to yellow, drying and sun exposure to blacken a surface that rubs to bright silver.
The Society for the Saving of Time in France proposes limiting family names to five letters and given names to two to cut letters in business correspondence and save costs nationwide. This efficiency move aims to streamline official and commercial writing.
Local families from Lititz Penryn Mastersonville Ephrata Roseville East Petersburg Manheim Brunnenville Rothsville and surrounding areas were entertained at multiple Sunday dinners hosted by neighborhood families including the Strau ss Harveys Good Burkholders and Landises. Numerous couples and children attended and shared meals with relatives and friends.
Local notes record the birth of a baby girl to Clay Cullings and Mrs. Harry Risser. The item adds brief social visits and greetings among area families including Rock Hess Ober Zartman and Gerhart households, with several trips to Columbia and Mit. Airy.
A notable young woman in the neighborhood declined an invitation to a yesterday house party hosted for the groom. The social circle notes her engagement has been mentioned before, reflecting ongoing local interest in the couple.
Halfville residents Abraham Grayhill and family visited the Heagy family at Mt Hope over Sunday. Several hogs were weighed and sold with weights 444 and 369 pounds. Shreiner and wife visited friends at Manheim. Charles Rose hauled a truckload of potatoes to Lancaster and Robert Garman bought a house at Penryn planning a spring move. Tobacco buyers were in the area on Monday.
The Women's Missionary Society of the Lutheran Church and the Loyal Workers class of the Evangelical Congregational Sunday School held monthly meetings at local homes. Birthday gatherings honored Mrs. George Meek and Mrs. Annie Cooper with gifts and suppers. A dinner marked by guests from Lititz Lancaster Reading Ephrata New Tolland and Clay areas followed the marriage of Rev. and Mrs. Hess's son.
Sunday visits brought together the Zwallys Miller Blaziers and Eberlys in Lancaster County towns Glen Moore Rothsville Quarryville and Ephrata. Families including the Lykens Grubes Kersneters and Zells hosted or hosted by relatives in the area with several children mentioned by name.
A quotation extols the divine right of government as essential to human progress, contrasting it with the divine right of kings. The speaker argues without government authority a nation sinks into policing and degenerates into a mob.
When a bird refuses a bath in the tub try sprinkling clean sand in the bottom before filling with water. The slippery bottom often causes hesitation and keeps the bird from bathing.
A biological survey notes magpies differ in vocal behavior. Some birds talk little while others imitate sounds more, depending on individual temperament and training.
Cleon Weidman son of Mr and Mrs Milton Weidman and Mrs Viola Kissinger of Lititz were married Saturday evening at six o clock at the Reformed parsonage on Liberty Street Lititz by Rev Geo B Raezer. The ring ceremony was used and they went to housekeeping on E Lincoln Avenue.
A farmer near Saranac Lake relied on his son to diagnose a failing electric pump. After experts failed to locate the issue, the boy suggested checking the well, leading to the discovery of the problem and a successful fix.
Calvin M. Adams of Rothsville and Katie G. Meiley of Lititz were wed at the Lutheran parsonage on W. Orange Street Lititz by Rev. F. A. Weichsel. The couple will reside in the Adams home at Rothsville starting life together.
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