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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1915
Page
4
The Lititz Record states it prints every Thursday morning and cannot guarantee inserting much matter after Wednesday afternoon. Communications must be authenticated with name and address, not necessarily for publication, as a guarantee of good faith.
A string of death notices and funeral arrangements for Lancaster region residents. Elizabeth Maier, 93, dies at Brethren Home near Neffsville with services at the Brethren Home and burial in Lancaster Zion Lutheran cemetery. Mary Gordon, 70, dies at United Zion Home near Lititz. interment at Campbellstown. Helen Simpson, 19, daughter of E. M. Simpson, died in Roxborough. remembered by Lancastrians as J. S. J. McConnell’s granddaughter. Mrs Amos Reel, 65, of Lancaster, dies after a paralytic stroke. funeral at Horeybrook M E. Elizabeth Shenk, 67, dies in East Petersburg after cerebral hemorrhage. burial in Reformed cemetery. Church officers elected at St. Pauls Lutheran and Trinity United Evangelical. United Brethren and Mennonite Sunday schools appoint officers for 1915-16.
Our correspondents report the U B Sunday school Christmas exercises postponed to Sunday night January 2 1916 due to heavy snow on December 26 1915. Many locals ill Edna Young LuHauek and Keith visit homes Fianna Smith hosts visitors. The Lutheran school also rescheduled due to weather. A winter storm caused telegraph and electric line damage with poles blown across tracks and wires strained. A yard Christmas tree scene by Harry Baughey and Benjamin Heiss drew 42 visitors. Families gathered for dinners and music at Schaeffer and Huber homes.
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Notice notes that material is entered at Lititz Pennsylvania post office as second class matter.
A Reading old man, living in a bare shack with his dog, laments the dog’s railroad death. The man, a habitual drinker with prior jail time, shows touching grief, prompting musings that true gentleness comes from right thinking and action rather than money or refined manners.
White nation is interested in preparedness and expenditure of a vast sum of money. The borough faces questions vital to citizens as growth and industry rise. A new school house is proposed, needing voter approval to raise indebtedness. Overcrowded and dark rooms justify the plan, with little anticipated opposition.
A note from 1880 Ephrata Saturday Review reprint shows a quip under They Pay in Advance about subscribers who always pay in advance and never face common woes such as illness, corn or toothache, lice, frost, or nighttime crying. It includes a joke exchange from London Punch about tea and expense.
A student notes that when all things are common and everyone runs each other’s business the result is gossip. The remark by Tudge frames a civics class moment on collective ownership and privacy.
The Farmers National Bank reveals a popular Christmas Club inviting all ages to save with small weekly payments. Several plans exist, including uniform and progressive classes, with cards tracking deposits and interest. The program began December 27 and runs fifty weeks, ensuring a Christmas payout.
Snow delays aside the electric line crews progress with pole holes dug townwide. Mr and Mrs Oliver Diehm hosted a Christmas dinner for relatives including Hershey and Diehm families from Lititz and Philadelphia. Auto trouble delayed P K Bomberger family on the way to church. John Longenecker retrieved the Bomberger auto to Lititz. Emanuel Diehm hosted a turkey dinner with many attendees. Yocum and Singer families visited Lincoln to see A L Risser family over Christmas. Airy Hill students gave their teacher a gift box of handkerchiefs and other tokens.
The monthly borough meeting presided by Chief Burgess Marks approved street name changes from Elm to Clay, Orange to Lincoln, East Front to North Cedar, and Centre to Stroh. It reported $25.75 receipts from permits licenses and fines in 1915 and authorized numerous vouchers for labor, materials, and utilities amid routine town operations.
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