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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1918
Page
4
Reading indicates the document was entered at Lititz Pennsylvania as second class matter marking its mailing status and authority under postal service rules. The notice confirms the processing category for the publication and its distribution terms within the local area.
A narrative on thrift habits features Nancy Macey and the Jones family. It recounts saving routines from small allowances to bank deposits, shared family efforts, and domestic economies to reduce waste. The piece urges persistent thrift for national prosperity and personal stability.
The Penryn Red Cross Society states it has hemmed 150 bandages and 76 napkins. It sent knitted items to wartime locations including France and various camps in Maryland Virginia and Georgia. The Brunnerville United Brethren Sunday school elected officers for the coming year with Harry Miley as superintendent and Lizzie Sheaffer as secretary among others.
Rev Fahnestock the new Lexington merchant settles in as Dillman successor. Daniel and Emma Shreiner visit Elmer Todd. Emanuel Diehm and Elm residents spend Sunday with Hiram Kline family. Mae Hitnier and Lillian Himmelberger tour C B Dillman at Lititz. Martin Zartman ill with pleurisy. Abram Metzler attends aunt’s funeral at Willow Street. Hettie Hess, village schoolteacher, visits Willow Street home.
Severe winter conditions immobilized highways and halted mail for days. At Airy Hill school, students and teachers sawed a large chestnut tree for fuel, reflecting a return to old manual labor rituals. Local residents Cephas Hostetter and family visited the Koehlers in Manheim, while others traveled to Kleinfeltersville and Brunnerville. Milk shipments from the station ceased indefinitely due to coal shortages at the Hershey chocolate plant.
The Clay Literary Society meeting scheduled for last week was postponed due to snow. Mrs Emma Wissler has returned home after a ten day visit to her daughter in Ephrata. Mr Jacob Weist of Camp Meade visited his parents L B Weist and wife. Mr and Mrs Samuel Nissley spent Sunday in Lebanon county. Miss Stella Keller is on the sick list. Mr Elser Gerhart visited Harry Bucher at Lexington on Sunday.
In Browntown Rev J L Boyer preached on baptism at the Evangelical church where twenty three were baptized and five received into fellowship. H P Hagner of the U E church will conduct baptism and member reception next Sunday evening. H N Mohler, grammar teacher, planned to resume Tuesday but relapsed and is bedbound with Dr A V Walter attending. Carpenters repair dyehouse damage at Conestoga Hosiery Mill. Emma Brown visited Richland. E W Pierce spent Sunday at Hopeland. C Cooper ill with heart trouble. Spencer Bear of the New York Central railroad visited his father A G Bear last week.
The Elm hotel in Elizabeth township, run by Jonas Hartman for many years, will close when Hartman leaves the business on March 4. Monday was the final day to file liquor license applications, and no license was sought for the Elm hotel. Five other county hotels, a Columbia liquor store, and the Mt. Joy brewery also did not apply for licenses.
A wartime editorial urges unity after reports of a German sub sinking a transport with over 2000 American troops. It condemns the attack, calls for vigilance at home, and asks citizens to support government efforts for world democracy and the war cause.
Evan R. Wolf, a private in the U S army, was honorably discharged for physical reasons and returned home on Saturday from Camp Greene. C Clayton Habecker was appointed Register Assessor of Clay township succeeding Harry J. Strickler who recently married and will reside at Lebanon. Samuel Ruth, a Civil War veteran, is confined to the house with rheumatism. Frank Fasnacht and wife of Manheim spent Sunday with Preston Helman and wife. Rebecca Noll, living with her daughter, Mrs Harvey Bingaman, is ill with pneumonia. Mrs Harvey Eberly, previously seriously ill, is slowly improving.
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