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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1928
Page
4
The Lititz Record RB editor and proprietor KE Buch announces subscription at 1.50 dollars per year. The paper is entered at Lititz Pa post office as second class matter.
The piece examines Groundhog Day lore and related folk forecasts, noting how people let legends guide plans for the month ahead. It also mentions beliefs about calendars and last month’s Fridays, contrasting superstition with the slow advance of scientific reasoning.
A prose note argues that midwinter advertising saturates worried stores with sales, keeping commerce flowing when business would otherwise lag. Merchants invest during this season, reaching waiting shoppers drawn to special bargains and boosting local economies.
The article argues against February being a short month and discusses proposals for calendar reform to 13 months or 28day months with an extra day. It notes potential advertising disruption and minor annoyances, while stressing the world’s larger troubles. February is rarely a popular month, so few lament its length.
Whitney offers valentine making supplies at Scott's Book Store with kits for children priced at 25 cents per box. The sale highlights ready to use cards glitter and craft items aimed at kids for classroom and home projects.
The Halfville to Lexington route remained drifted shut on Sunday while men rode on horseback and others traveled in sleighs. On Saturday Galen Balmer towed Ralph E. Adams home. Farmers await damp weather to strip tobacco. An electric line extends to Hallville up to J C Garman. Snow shovelers were active on Monday.
Reverend O O Leidich from Schaefferstown Lebanon County hosted guests at the Samuel W Elser home on Sunday. Mr and Mrs Samuel Nissley with Edna and Mr and Mrs David Eshelman attended. Mrs J W Gerhart visited Lititz and Manheim with her sons families and Neighbor Tabernacle services. Miss Stella Keller is on the sick list.
Akron area notes show the Zion Lutheran Ladies Aid held a Tuesday meeting at Mrs Isabell Grube s home. A baked ham and roast beef supper occurred Saturday in Fire Company Hall. The fourth Community meeting is scheduled Sunday afternoon at the same hall with Bishop E B Woodring of Allentown as speaker and the Church of the Brethren Chorus from Ephrata providing music. Various local residents and visitors are listed with brief social notes.
Charles Sheaffer plans a double stucco bungalow on Main Street near the trolley. A Saturday basketball game at Allentown was canceled due to a blizzard. Many workers stranded in Lancaster remained there until conditions improved. Trolley service halted Saturday to Monday. snow plows cleared drifts. The Butter home sold privately to a Lancaster party. R D Grayhill sold mill and real estate to G S Cooper. Herr family attended funeral in Bind-In-Hand Friday. The Evangelical W M S set Self Denial Day of Prayer for February 5 with sermons by Rev L A Werner and Rev J A Teck and music by J L McQuate family.
The Langaster Automobile Club urges motorists and pedestrians to slow for winter conditions. It emphasizes that safe driving requires safety gear and considering the other road user. The Pennsylvania Motor Code sets a fifteen mile per hour limit in school zones and thirty five on open highways, with drivers responsible for obeying rules and avoiding haste in cold weather.
Report on using airplanes to hunt wolves in the Northwest frontier. Cowboys Clyde Ise and Charles Orely from Rapid City operate as pilot and gunner, collecting bounty, bonuses from ranchers, and selling pelts in the fur market. The daring method entails swoops from the plane to strike packs at close range.
The pilot picks the largest remnant after dispersal, then the plane dives and the gunner opens fire on fleeing wolves. Air crews report averaging two to six wolves shot per flight this winter as they refine tactics for the hunt.
The February 4 round table at Farm Bureau rooms Lancaster starts 9 30 A M Prof E L Moffitt from State College leads a discussion on farm business balancing income labor and expenses and how farmers can keep easy records in 1928 All interested farmers welcome.
The worldwide Christian Endeavor movement marks its forty seventh anniversary with eight days of observances beginning January 29, the date of the first youth society in Portland Maine. Led by Rev. Francis E Clark the organization grew to 100 countries and 4 000 000 members. On Sunday February 5 many churches will hold special services to close Christian Endeavor week.
Rev. Moses Grossman, 68, longtime pastor of Christ Lutheran Church in Conyngham, died suddenly from a heart attack last Saturday night. Born in Lititz, he previously served as pastor in York Addison and Lairdville Pennsylvania.
The Department of Agriculture reports Pennsylvania and other growers gain from higher prices and better quality. Despite 46,200 fewer acres, total receipts rise by about 34 million dollars over 1926 and per acre returns climb from 148 to 167 dollars.
The text discusses macaroni as a glutinous wheat product with origins linked to Halys and purportedly connected to centuries of dairy usage. It mentions a belief that the Chinese made a similar product, noting imprecise historical details.
A reader shows interest in comic weeklies while preparing for a first lesson in self. She lies to her father and asks if it should seem if it or melety.
Reported encounters show eagles attacking or challenging aircraft over Europe. British aviators describe collisions with propellers, near misses, and forced landings while observers note swifts and other birds display no fear of planes.
Saturday's snowstorm evokes two famed blizzards. The March 11 1888 event left the county snow bound for three days, trains marooned and telephones idle as drifted streets cut traffic. A 1898 storm dropped twenty inches, paralyzing rail and road travel with wires toppled by wind and heavy wet snow.
A fragmented note recalls a widow and a missing husband, with a cryptic line about a man named Haxepango and a wish he were alive, hinting at unresolved loss and hidden tensions.
Dr. Theo dore B. Apple urges inviting fresh air inside during winter. He warns against over-sealing homes and advocates opening windows and doors before bedtime to circulate outdoor air, arguing fresh air reduces germ buildup and boosts resistance. He stresses healthy hospitality through regular ventilation.
Gum wood offers notable adaptability for carving with fine interlocked grain enabling delicate lines and strong mass. Its natural color yields high lighting effects unmatched by many hardwoods, making it a preferred material among carvers.
The passage argues that active advertisers gain advantage while non-advertisers lack records of impact. It frames a scrapbook of past ads as a guiding tool to solve sales problems, noting that many merchants know only if their business is good or bad without data.
A borough council approves a resolution for the boroughs share of 104 percent maintenance totaling 48.40 and discusses settling a Cam Regennas bill of 44.52 by using the lowest supplier with added profit. Several payments are approved including labor wages, gas and oil, repairs, printing, and a 400.00 health board appropriation.
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