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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1926
Page
4
The Lititz Record lists editor and proprietor E Buch. It notes a subscription rate of 1.50 dollars per year and states it is entered at Lititz Pennsylvania Post Office as second class matter.
The anthracite coal conflict intensifies as lawmakers struggle, Governor’s plan appears dead, and committees hold the remaining bills. President Lewis relocates to the coal fields amid rising prices for coal slate and coke. Public burden grows as supply tightens and costs surge, with no party able to end the dispute.
The article notes Candlemas day on February 2 as a long running weather omen often contrary in outcome. It explains groundhog predictions in America and the belief that clear weather foretells a cold slow spring while cloudy weather signals a bright early spring, emphasizing the need to look beneath surface signs.
The Good Cheer Circle will meet at the home of Mrs P W Flory on Tuesday evening February Sth. It is rumored Jacob Hackman is ill with diphtheria. Levi B Risser lost a valuable horse last Wednesday after the animal broke a leg.
Last week visits and gatherings across Lancaster Akron Pine Hill and Shoeneck feature Minnie Hitnier and families. J J Smith and wife joined Waldeck visitors. Mrs Roth visited Gilbert and Hackman families. Lizzie Schaeffer spent weekend in Reading. Church services and revivals continue at Brumnerville U B and Pleasant View Zions Childrens church with Mrs Shreiner living with Binkley family.
Mr A W Lane took his daughter to Lancaster Hospital for operations. Mr and Mrs J K Pfautz attended the funeral of J K Pfautz's brother Samuel at Manheim. Mr and Mrs Lloyd Ober visited the E K Zartman family near Lexington. Mr P C Elser spent Saturday with his sister in Akron. Mr and Mrs P W Elser and son Earl joined Samuel K Keller's Lexington hosts on Sunday. Mr and Mrs Hi Arlington Gerhart and Mr Rinard of Manheim visited J W Gerhart on Sunday. Mr and Mrs Rufus Heisey entertained at dinner with Mr and Mrs Hess and brothers Melvin and Norman Heisey at Mastersonville.
The Lutheran Aid Society schedules a roast beef and sauerkraut supper for Saturday February 6 from 4 to 10 PM at the Fire Company hall with home made ice cream and sandwiches at reasonable prices. Mt Zion Evangelical church observes Day of Prayer on Sunday February 7. The Willing Juniors class held a monthly meeting at Lloyd Eshleman’s home with several attendees and refreshments served afterward. Numerous16 Nant names and extended families are listed as guests and hosts at Sunday gatherings across Akron and nearby towns.
A sequence of social visits across Lancaster and nearby towns features Mr. and Mrs. Harry Weinhold and daughter Charlotte with the Johnsons near Akron. Dietrichs with Weavers in Lancaster. Weitkamp and Harlinger with Shaar in Lancaster. Garner with Wilders in Lancaster. Eshleman and Snavely families visiting Snader. Mary Buch staying with her parents in Annville. Alice and Florence Zwally in Lancaster with the Buehs. Longeneckers and son Charles of Lititz with Amanda Kemper. Esta Meily and daughter of Lititz plus others visiting Mohler. Leid family dinner hosting Denver newlyweds and relatives from Hyde Park, Reading, Swartsville. Lutz hosts Rev. Heck and Rev. Updegrove with visiting Davidson and Widmeyer. and Charles Widmeyer hosts visitors from Schuylkill College and Reading.
A Brownstown birthday party honored Charles Slair with games and well wishes. Kathryn Hunshberger fell ill with scarlet fever. Clayton Gamber plans to move to Ephrata. Elva Zwalley and Alice Duing travel to Philadelphia to work as nurses. Ray Harnish visited family. The Big Five defeated Shillington 89 to 40. Brownstown Reserves beat Lancaster Cork Works 37 to 35. Local team acquires former Conestoga Hosiery dye house for a new court with a planned floor upgrade and public access.
Borough Council met in monthly session with Sturgis, Hester and Rudy present. The street committee filled three sink holes and placed a center in Pine Alley. the light committee proposed a street light on North Locust. Health figures for year end 1925 show measles 149, mumps 7, scarlet fever 7, diphtheria 1, typhoid 1, chicken pox 4, whooping cough 10. births 79, deaths 48. Expenditures totaled 370.69 with a year end balance 90.68. Bills approved include labor, meals, health, and numerous utility and supply charges.
A jumble of items shows Edison Electric Co paying 268.50 and C Walter Miller 125.00 for January salary, with Lincoln Ave Garage and Lititz Tire Hospital also noted. A school urges punctuality, rail crossings endangering motorists, and teachers seek higher pay while students risk their protests.
The column notes the Legion team was booked for a Wildwood game later in the season, scheduled the night before Easter for a large crowd. It adds a tongue in cheek line about a fire insurance man who won’t take precautions yet is insured, and a remark on people ready to spend others’ money.
Walter G. Kulp aged 62 took his own life by hanging in a shed on his farm southeast of Ephrata on Sunday morning, his birthday anniversary. He had recently suffered ill health and appeared well with family earlier that morning. He is survived by his wife Marie, three children, and two grandchildren, plus several siblings. Private funeral services will be held at the late home followed by Akron Brethren church rites and Mohler’s cemetery burial.
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