This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 28 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1928
Page
1
About thirty members of the local Rotary Club visited Liita Public Schools this week. Various community updates follow including births, hospital improvements, and upcoming sales and events around Lititz and Lancaster County.
Mrs Harvey Rotten of Springfield Mass visits due to a family illness and brings cuttings from Betsy Ross original flag. A faded note traces the items to a French friend of Betsy Ross who visited Philadelphia. The red white and blue fragments remain in good condition despite age.
Mr and Mrs Menno Carpenter hosted a Saturday evening birthday party for Mr Carpenter with guests including Mr and Mrs Alvin Keller Mr and Mrs Paul Kauffman and daughter Mr and Mrs Peter Keller and daughter Ruth Mr and Mrs Henry Myers Mr and Mrs Nathan Fahnestock and sons Paul and Kenneth Mr and Mrs Starry Oral Mr and Mrs Edgar Strohm Miss Josephine Bowman and Miss Anna Weidman Refreshments were served and several games were played.
A sparrow hawk struck a window while a tame canary perched nearby. The hawk appeared dazed and fled to a nearby roof. no window damage occurred, and Kreider avoided a shot to prevent property harm. The bright yellow canary left a vivid mark on the hawk.
Chi F Hess staged a major farm sale last Friday drawing about 5,000 people. Ness church yard and nearby fields filled with autos amid heavy mud and tight parking. Auctioneer Ti H Snavely remained busy as the sale neared $5,000 with horses, steers, poultry, corn, sheep and an old binder among items.
Local fishermen keep returning to the creek for suckers amid declining catches each year. Suckers are best in winter as they soften in warm weather, leaving anglers with slim prospects and dwindling success.
The annual grade musical was performed in the high school auditorium last evening under Prof. Harry B. Baughey and grade teachers. It was well received and will be repeated this evening.
A ten pound boy was born to Mr and Mrs Ralph Walters on Saturday. Mr and Mrs Elwood Furlow announce the birth of a boy on Saturday.
The Lancaster County American Legion held its largest meeting at the Lititz Fire Hall with guests from the Legion Auxiliary. A Drum and Bugle Corps parade opened the program, and speeches covered veteran aid, child welfare, and Perry Point Hospital. Posters promoting Legion service will appear on Lititz billboards for two weeks, as Garden Spot Post 56 launches a membership drive.
A performance of The Goose Hangs High will be staged in the High School auditorium on Wednesday evening. It is produced by the same company that presented So This Is London last year. Tickets cost 25 and 50 cents with reserved seats available from Moyer's drug store starting Monday.
Albert Shenk west of town sold his large tobacco crop at 20 and 50 cents. Jacob Douple along the Oregon State road sold leaf at 20 cents. Jacob Grube of Neffs ville sold four acres at the same price.
Elmer Todd of Halfville displayed two specimen stalks of tobacco in town. The stalks measured 38 to 41 inches long and weighed a half pound excluding the stem, which stood eight inches high. Todd credits low topping for better grade and more weight in his leaves.
A Lititz observer recalls bustle fashions from the 1870s and hardships once common in college days. The piece notes the shift to modern styles, the proliferation of themed weeks, and historic coffee made from roasted grain before real coffee became affordable after the Civil War.
Gunners are catching starlings rather than European birds and using them in shooting matches and potpie for flavor. At Lancaster courthouse the birds multiplied so much rockets were used to drive them away. The steady increase is described as alarming.
Thousands of fastnachts were eaten in Lititz and nearby on Tuesday as the day was observed locally. Churches baked fastnachts for sale and many households fried their own, with bakers busy cutting holes and selling throughout town and country. Molasses and coffee are noted as fitting accompaniments to the cakes.
Prof. Herbert Beck spoke on Old Moravian History at Lititz with a 1785 Lititz map. The Moravian Ushers held a basement gathering with devotional exercises and a Washington's Birthday chorus. The next meeting on March will feature Rev. Crosland on Doctrines of Our Church.
The dates for the High School commencement exercises have been set. Commencement day will be Thursday May 31 with class day on Wednesday May 30. The baccalaureate sermon is scheduled for May 27 delivered by Rev. J C Hy Light of the United Brethren church.
The Record reports a bar pin belonging to Miss Fredericka Kling was returned via a want ad. Miss Josephine Bowman recovered glasses found by Clayton Rudy in a snow drift on Spruce Street after twenty days without damage.
From Washington D C Joseph Dreifus, long-time Lititz merchant, visited town this week. His son Dr Percy Dreifus, a U S Navy lieutenant stationed in Haiti, wrote home that he and five companions shot sixty ducks in one day on the island, noting excellent ocean fishing there.
C William Grosh resigned from the Springs Committee after thirty eight consecutive years of service. He served as treasurer and for many years as secretary, sometimes holding both offices jointly. He succeeded Nathan Fry as secretary. Grosh was in charge of booking picnic dates, now assigned to Alfred Douple.
Eloise Garber nine awakens to smoke at 1 a m and calls the fire department. Fire Chief commends her presence of mind after firefighters remove a short circuited radio set from the Garber home at 851 West Lemon Street. Her parents are J Ferry Garber and Elvise Garber. Mr Garber treasurer of Lancaster Sanitary Milk Company was away on business.
Readers urged continuation of Prof Herman Frueaufts European Letters series after his 75 day journey. Mrs Miller recalls her father Prof Beck enjoyed the prior letters and now the editor will publish additional notes written abroad. Frueaults return on the Hamburg steamship Resolute took 7 days 16 hours, his twelfth ocean voyage.
Miss Catherine Gantz, ill with tonsillitis after a trip to Philadelphia, expects to resume duties at Cherry Grove School near Hammer Creek church next week. Substituting so far are John Wissler, a farmer near Clay and former teacher, and Mrs. Nevin Bachman of Lititz.
A Lititz junior garden group will meet at J Clayton Brubaker’s home on Friday February 24 at 7 30 PM A State College representative will attend and discuss plans for the year All former members and others interested in gardening are invited Youth aged 10 to 20 may join the club Participants should learn what gardening involves.
The Lititz firm changes its name to Simplex Paper Box Company. The Simplex box is a folding and setup design that saves space and storage. Production is heavy as new boxes prove convenient and attractive. New lot of dishes offered cheap at Frimmer's.
A crowd of Lititz residents and visitors share travels and visits this week. Mrs S C E Beckler spent a week near Allentown with friends while Mrs H E Hinkle of Bethlehem visited Mrs M L Steiner on Mone.
J Richard Goetz 28 of Harrisburg a former Lititz resident and State Department worker is missing since Monday. Police believe he may have died by his own action after his February 15 dismissal. his car was found by the Susquehanna river edge in Harrisburg. His wife, a clerk in the Department of Public Instruction, and his parents G Herman Goetz cannot account for his disappearance.
The Ringgold Band of Reading has been secured for the Springs on July 4th. Music lovers will enjoy hearing the popular group in the community celebration.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.