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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1918
Page
7
Fire alarm whistle blasts are listed with locations and blast counts for public awareness. The Moravian and various churches in Lititz area publish Sunday schedules, preachings, and meetings, noting evangelistic services led by Dr Udom and Deacon appointments, with community events and a Y P B planning session.
About 600 to 700 people attended the Lincoln memorial service at the Moravian Sunday-school chapel on Sunday afternoon. G A R members and Boy Scouts in full uniform sat in the front, with Prof. Burkhart leading patriotic songs. Evangelist Dr. Thomas Peon Allom recalled Lincoln, Washington, and Wilson, urging continued prayer for guidance and world peace.
Horace L Eschbach departs Lititz for his North Dakota home after a month long stay with friends. He thanks all who entertained him and asks the Record to convey his gratitude as he travels via Woodstock Illinois to visit his sister Emily and to spread cheer to Chicago hospital patients.
Lititz High School boys fell to Palmyra 34 to 21 in a tough game at Palmyra gym. Obstructions limited play but Lititz’s Ruhl scored 11 and Palmyra’s Erb 12 as halftime was 13-12. Also notes announce Friday’s Lititz versus Annville basketball showdown and a large Scout gathering in Lancaster.
English organist Gatty Sellars who gave a recital at St Taal s Lutheran church in the borough is chosen to make records for Columbia grafonolas. February catalogue announces The Lost Chord and Handel s Largo as played by Sellars, the first cathedral organ recordings for the grafondas. Both pieces were performed here by him.
Public schools in the borough reopen on Monday after a weeklong shutdown caused by coal scarcity. Mild weather since Thursday eased the crisis as coal deliveries increased, sparing families from dire distress during the cold snap.
On Wednesday at the Church of the Brethren Home near Neffsville three porkers averaging 555 pounds were killed with the heaviest at 563 pounds. Peter Buck of Owl Hill bought a horse in Lancaster but it broke its leg and had to be shot. Game Warden S A Keene reports many feed partridges and urges effort to aid the birds, with a covey of 24 at his home. He plans to release 350 rabbits from Susquehanna County and 80 pheasants in the county.
The Florence R Bomberger sale attracted a large crowd with total proceeds of 4065 dollars. Animals and implements fetched above cost with notable prices: engine 232 dollars, driving horse 180, a 16 year mule 40, pair of mules 260, cows 60 to 85, chickens up to 35 cents a pound, corn on the cob 1.81 to 1.86 a bushel. A shipment of 21000 pounds cocoa bean shells was sent by trolley express to Jacob M Zug along the New Holland turnpike for cattle feed and fertilizer use.
Veteran gunner Frank Rader explains that groundhogs exit their winter quarters only after the thaw, digging a 20 foot runway under frost. He notes the animal’s fat reserves, hibernation pattern, and spring emergence. Rader, a Lititz hunter, recalls bagging a 14 pound groundhog and mentions people eating them, with processing details.
Fred Spinner, operating green houses, plans 70 000 to 80 000 cabbage plants and fewer tomato plants amid strong wartime demand. He tests seed 80 ag to avoid delays, aims for continuous production with crops rotating after harvests. Spinner, Swiss native, learned a trade in Germany earning ten cents weekly and seven cents an hour later, now values disciplined training and thrift.
Clarence Regennas notes blue birds returning this week as spring nears. Weather has moderated, sunshine has melted much snow at a proper rate to avoid flooding. streams and rivers are at safe levels for now.
Four wedding notices from Lititz Nazareth and surrounding towns detail Samuel Wonder and Edna May Stohler uniting in the parsonage, Walter Stark and Jeanette Stark tying the knot in Nazareth, Lulu Buch and Melvin N. Myer wedding at Browns Town, and David Brubaker and Mary Kendig wed at Lancaster with a planned Florida trip.
A collage of wartime quips and observations, noting warmer weather and flooding, shortages, and daily life. It mentions rubber demand, war gardens, heatless Mondays ending, and local reflections on March arrival. The piece weaves humor with civic duty, plus a jab about snow and spring readiness.
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