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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1928
Page
4
The Lititz Record shows editor and proprietor R. BE. Buch and lists a subscription price of $1.50 a year. It notes entry at Lititz PA Post Office as a second class matter.
The writer notes holidays shift from solemn purpose to leisure activities like motoring and movies. It argues holidays shape ideals and cites Washington's Birthday as inspiring patriotism in 1917, urging Lititz to honor the nation's founder by embodying his legacy.
The text argues modern industry relies on fast communication and transport. It notes widespread car use and excellent railways but cites poor roads in many areas as a hindrance, especially in winter and spring. It calls for substantial road spending and higher earnings to fund improvements, asserting areas with bad roads lag behind the motor age.
Rev L A Werner reports year’s work at Evangelical church and plans to attend the Reading conference with J W Buch. High School presents Safety First in Ey hall Friday and Saturday. Raymond Werner and Sylvia Pierce wed in Baltimore. Miss Althea Werner in wedding party. Evangelical Sunday School class meets Friday evening at Mrs O S Brown’s home. Erich Globish family to move to Lancaster next spring. Local residents visit Reading and Lancaster. Steelton and Co G Wolf visits. Mae Wolf and Cora Getz vacation Lancaster. Samuel Terr and family visit Herr parents.
My and Mrs. Aaron Richardson of Lancaster spent Sunday here with relatives in a brief social note describing family gathering and local visitation.
Abram Graybill and family attended Norman Royer's funeral at Longenecker's church on Sunday. E D Todd and wife, Galen Balmer and family visited Todd's mother in Lititz over Sunday. Herbert Mann buys a house between Lancaster and Millersville and plans to move in April. Wayne Witmer starts farming on the William Seibert farm at Middle Creek in April. Elias M Eitmer and family visited Nathan Fry at Buck's Mill over Sunday. Martin Balmer of Queens, Long Island, visited his son Galen on Monday. Rev Isaac Graybill is sick. E D Todd delivered tobacco to Manheim on Tuesday. Eva Otto of Lititz visited her parents over Sunday.
The Elm village notes list prayer meetings at the homes of Emlen Landis and Brookmyer with attendees from Penryn and Lititz. Residents visit relatives in Penryn and Brickerville, farm sale results report good prices, measles outbreak in two homes, and several relocations. Jacob Steinman funeral draws large crowd. Oliver Diehm visits Lancaster on Monday.
Muth of Chestnut Grove and Elmer Spayd with Virginia spent Sunday with Horace Walter near this place. Arthur Hollinger of Lancaster visited his grandmother Fianna Hollinger. Mrs Nathan Fry and son Raymond of Bucks Mill called on Mrs Amos Wentling Wednesday. Newlyweds Aaron Landis began housekeeping on the Elmer Hollinger farm. Ray Herr of Mechanicsville visited sister Elmer Good. Elmer Hollinger stayed with Mr and Mrs Jacob Fens termacher near Lititz. Mary Leslie visited sister near Longenecker s church. Harry Kramer and daughter Grace attended Norman Rohrer s funeral at Longenecker s church. Mr Mimer Good is ill at home.
The Ruth class of the United Protestant Sunday School held a monthly meeting at Mrs. Charles Smith’s home. The article lists elected officers at the church including Jacob Shirker and Laing Stewart as trustees and notes numerous neighbors visiting, weekend guests, and social visits across Akron and nearby towns.
Mr and Mrs Elmer Rock and companions visited Philadelphia on Tuesday. The Gerharts spent Tuesday evening with Lily Gerhart. Lititz and Ephrata basketball game drew spectators Friday night. Ober family visited Lexington on Sunday. Elser family attended Lloyd Shirk funeral in Akron on Wednesday. Heiseys hosted Margaret Gerhart Sunday. Winter lingers with snow and cold though days grow longer.
A Lititz Sunday gathering featured the Christian Endeavor Society of the Reformed church with Mr. Cullen Carpenter speaking on My Life, A Career Or A Mission. Guests included the Landis and Markley families from Lititz and Eden, plus Mrs. Lizzie Gibble and Elizabeth of Brunnerville, among others.
The Charles D. Wolf family visited the Read Mr and Mrs Wayne Brubaker at Bareville. Rev and Mrs Geo B Wolf and children spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Howard Zaak at Rose Hill. Many couples spent Sunday with relatives in Millway Denver Akron and Ephrata attending revival meetings at Zion Children's church.
At the second Thursday meeting of the Legion Auxiliary, Mrs Clair Rice is named Americanism chair, Mrs Leon Madilem Child Welfare, and Miss Nimma Singer Publicity Manager. The group supports a children's orphanage and arranged Valentine flowers for veterans Samuel Bowers of Aspinwall US Veterans Hospital and Howard Shenk of Oteen Hospital. An order for poppies was set to fund hospital soldiers.
A humorous and instructive poultry show titled The Bad Eye will be held Thursday night March 1 at Mill Way to benefit farmers and poultrymen. J H Reitz and son co sponsor the event which starts precisely at 7 50 oclock and promises education and merriment for chicken keepers seeking higher egg production and profits.
Mr and Mrs Lester G Balmer of South Broad Street entertained at dinner on Sunday with guests including Mr and Mrs Abram Balmer of Elm Mr and Mrs Seth M Sarah and daughter Vera and son Gray bill of Lititz Henry Habecker and Miss Mary Hammer of Penryn or and Mrs William H Royer of Manheim Mr and Mrs Christ H Royer of Chester and Mr and Mrs George Fisher and daughter Jean and son Jack of Mt Penn Reading
Mrs Charles Cosgrave of 287 W Oley Street Reading calls at the Ephrata Review to correct an earlier article about Mrs Harry Fasnacht of Ephrata leaving with another man. The Record prints her statement that it was not her son who left with Fasnacht and he was away only on a trip returning home to Reading with no knowledge of Fasnacht's whereabouts. Also she has returned since.
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