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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1936
Page
1
The Legion Auxiliary stages a tuneful musical comedy titled Wild Oats in Lititz School Auditorium next Wednesday and Thursday. Mrs. H. J. Wheeler leads the Wheeler Producing Co. in full rehearsal with a children’s number The Birthday Party. Tickets are on sale now with reserved seating available.
G O P leaders A M Shissler and Dr H K Cooper announce a public Republican voters meeting in Lititz tomorrow at 8 PM in the Original Pretzel Bakery sales room on N Broad Street. The pair invite voters from both Lititz wards to attend and help organize future political events.
Rehearsal of the first degree by To Rehearse Degree Lititz Lodge No 1050 I D O F invites a full attendance on Monday night in preparation for a class to begin March 2.
The Lititz Public Library Association has completed plans to collect books from homes this Saturday. Collectors will visit in the morning and welcome history travel reference and fiction no longer used. Those absent can call Mrs DenGate to arrange another time.
The water main break on South Broad Street was fixed at 6 o clock Friday morning after Borough workmen spent nearly two days on the job. The leak, which dumped about 10 000 gallons per hour from Wednesday afternoon, prompted a Thursday excavation under a protective tent. Water was shut off between Marion Street and Third Avenue during repairs and the flow was believed to have followed the main until it drained away through ground openings.
The annual Father Son Banquet will be held this evening at 6 30 in St Pauls Lutheran Church. All men and boys of the congregation are invited. A music program will follow the dinner and a talk will be given by Rev J B Rudisill pastor of Christ Lutheran Harrisburg.
The first of five Mission Study Classes meets this afternoon at 2 o'clock in St. Pauls Lutheran Church. The sessions are hosted by the women of the cooperative churches and all women are invited to attend.
A letter from Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Eberly describes their February trip from Lititz to Sebring Florida. They note unusually warm weather at Sebring, with 75 degrees on the day written, and contrast heavy snow in the Mid Atlantic states with clear highways after. They mention cotton farming, peach orchards, orange groves, and the sights around St. Augustine.
Poem notes George Washington born February 22 1732 with lines praising heart to hope will to do wisdom to choose courage in crisis and justice guiding the nation toward freedom and a beacon to the earth. The verse frames Washingtons attributes as ideals for future hours and a guiding path for the United States.
A reader proposes a lineup of contributor names for future columns under playful headings such as Check and Double and Notes to You. The letter lists Jim Mummert Ralph Wier Bennie Lutz Bob Pfantz Ethel Wike Willard Hershey Walter Fry and others, plus Wilma Hoffman's six year old blouse knitting feat.
Mrs. Howard Steinman struggled with a frozen carriage wheel while Roy Long fixed it. Abe Hershey recalls lifting a basket lid at Spacht's and seeing a wicker casket. Clarence Landis woke to 2:30 on his electric clock and found daylight, power out, then hurried to start his bread route with helper Bob Snyder.
Advertisement lists sausage 24c, hamburger 18c, pudding 18c, fresh pork chops 2c at LUTZ. Includes delivery claim and contact line with phone 9181W.
The Lititz School Board re elected Prof. M C Demmy as superintendent and approved a safe driving course to start soon. The board will open the school building one night weekly for WPA recreation and adult education with athletics and classes for men and women. Henry Y Shaub, Lancaster architect, reported plans to reopen PWA funds at a convention. 880 pupils immunized against diphtheria. Treasury stands at 3716 with borrowing authorized. Dorcas Bible Class sale planned at St Pauls Lutheran Church basement Saturday.
A flock of about 30 pheasants wintered in the orchard of J. W. Bruckhart and Son east of town. Crows mobbed the feeding, so the farmer moved the feed near his home under evergreens. Pheasants now feed within 20 feet of the house while crows perch farther away. Several crippled pheasants noted. no males seen.
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