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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1927
Page
7
A miscellany of holiday observations and social quips from the era. Topics include merriment and restraint during the season, rising electric bills, generous acts toward the poor, plentiful water from streams, 1928 calendars, Christmas inquiries, homecomings, vanity among success, and broader attitudes toward money, travel, education, and economics.
At the Warwick House sale on Saturday buyers purchased ducks for 1.75 each, geese 3.00 each, pullets 0.56 to 1.00, rabbits 0 cents, pigs 3.50 to 4.55. Three truckloads of apples sold 95 cents to 1.20 a bushel, bananas 1.10 to 1.35 a bunch, potatoes 0.85 to 0.95 a bushel, oranges 0.20 a bushel, tangerines 2.59 a box, popcorn 5 to 8 cents a dozen, cabbage 1.50 per hundred, brooms 0.52 each, gloves 0.05 a pair, stove 2.00.
Lititz High boys shut out Ephrata High 24 to 11 in a quick win. Faltz came off the bench for Tart Kauffman, who was injured, scoring four field goals as Lititz limited Ephrata to three baskets. The Lititz girls easily defeated the Ephrata girls in the preliminary.
Lititz All-Scholastics defeated Shillington 84 to 30 on Shillington's court last Thursday. The game was fast from start to finish with Lititz leading 22 to 16 at halftime. Shillington will host a return game.
The Lititz All-Scholastics, sponsored by the Adamstown A. C., will face the Adamstown Aces on Saturday December 24. The lineup stars from Shillington Mohnton and Adamstown will include Hackman Kling Fasnacht Hackman Ruhl Stauffer Mummert and other subs.
The Rothsville All Scholastic five travels Friday evening to host Lischey-Myers of York and Hanover. The York county squad has faced Buffalo Lincolns Kaiser and Olsen's Terrible Swedes. Rothsville fell 42 to 38 at Ephrata last Wednesday but beat Marietta 32 to 20 on Thursday.
Alice Worley daughter of Mr and Mrs Ralph Worley celebrated her fifteenth birthday with a surprise party Saturday at their home. Twenty four friends from Lititz Bridgeport and Strasburg attended and presented gifts. Elegant refreshments were served.
A quotation recounts that the best gifts are forgiveness to enemies, tolerance to opponents, guidance to friends, deference to fathers, conduct to mothers, self-respect, and charity to all. It frames these attitudes as noble personal gifts.
The fourth annual Lancaster Corn and Tobacco Show will be held at Garber's garage in Elizabethtown on Friday and Saturday December 80 and &t- Exhibits of corn will be shown in classes of single cars ten cars and thirty cars Tobacco will be shown as binders and fillers using 15 leaves to the hand Growers of corn and tobacco are invited to show and all who intend to show at the State Show at Harrisburg are urged to exhibit at the county show Exhibits not delivered to Garber garage may be left at the Farm Bureau Office not later than the evening of the twenty ninth
The Lancaster Automobile Club advocates ending the three percent government tax on new car purchases. At its December meeting in Lancaster, the club voted to telegram U S Senator Reed of Pennsylvania urging Senate repeal, noting the House already supports elimination. President S Edward Gable cites about 65 million dollars yearly in tax paid by buyers. The club, affiliated with the American Automobile Association, helped push House action. Eighty nine new members joined at the December gathering, with future meetings planned in Lancaster before countywide visits resume.
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