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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1920
Page
1
Several names and events appear, including estate sales, a residence sale in Landisville, a hospital wrist fracture, and a Christmas dinner. The piece mentions a charity tea at Linden Hall Alumnae, a skating pond at Lutz with electric lights, and a play at the Paramount theatre for children. Mary of Virginia to speak at church. Local authorities report wildlife distribution plans.
A set of keys found and instructions to apply to Walter Hess at Hershey-Seaman. A phonograph mechanism piece in a box may be claimed by the owner. A silver watch lost in Lititz offers a reward via the RECORD office. A pair of double lens sunglasses returned to W. B. Gibme. Moravian Home recall of a Christmas visit with flowers and candy, plus a twenty pound key for the dinner and a cash check from Mrs. S. nits of Anderson South Carolina.
Yerger and Myera depart by auto for Florida on Saturday. Yerger's mother N G Yerger dies of heart failure the day after departure. He had planned land near Dania for tomato growing and will likely learn of the death upon reaching Florida.
A 1919 letter from Menno Brubaker in St. Petersburg, Florida, describes trains to the South and observations of oranges and orange groves, prices, and local life. He notes harvests, travel along the Gulf, and letters home to Lititz about the trip and family.
Eleanore, Fred and Martin Muth hosted a Monday party at Mr and Mrs William Jr Muth home with many out of town guests. Hackman’s orchestra provided music to honor Goodwin Read Harris of Toronto Canada. Martin Muth returns to college Monday and Fred plans a weekend in New York before Cornell Ithaca. Eleanore leaves Wednesday for Sayre Pennsylvania to take a dietitian job at Robert Packert Hospital.
The Record extends New Year wishes to patrons and friends and thanks readers for past support. It hopes for continued success in the year ahead and emphasizes the readers’ important role.
Two hundred guests attended the Lititz Lodge of Odd Fellows banquet with Hackman’s Orchestra providing music. Toasts and readings followed a menu including mock turtle soup goose and neapolitan ice cream. Keath Planing employees and families celebrated with music games and gifts.
Victor Enek recalls buying skates in Unternacht Germany and skating on the Rhine as a soldier. The fine workmanship cost about five dollars here and about fifty five cents in American money. He and fellow soldiers skated with German youths and spoke Lancaster Dutch amid surprised locals.
Paramount Theatre announces a January lineup of meritorious photoplays. The program includes Pauline Frederick in A Daughter of the Old South, Bryant Washburn in The Way of a Man with a Maid, Shirley Mason in Good Bye Bill, John Barrymore in Here Comes the Bride, Wallace Reid in The Man From Funeral Range, Cesil de Mille's super attraction The Squaw Man, Auction of Souls from Ravished America, Mary Pickford in Behind the Scenes, and other fine attractions formerly shown at the Grand Theatre Lancaster.
Washington Star reports a Lititz custom as a trombone choir at Luther Place Memorial Lutheran Church on Christmas morning. The group played carols from 6:30 to 7, while parishioners attended matins, drawing praise from observers in Washington. The piece notes Moravian roots and mentions Rev. Dr. George M. Diffenderfer and local clergy.
The Warwick House will continue public biweekly sales and a March combination sale is planned. Food service ends after the tenth of this month though sleeping quarters remain. The bar area partly stays open and part of the hotel will house the Kiddy Shoe Company. The building traces to 1809, formerly Kemper House under Levi Kemper, renamed in 1890 by H. Il. Snavely.
Get your Takhoma Biscuits at Mil ler Hinbecker's Broad Street Department Store on Friday and Saturday of this week. Two packages for a limited sale.
Henry E. Stauffer died suddenly at his Lititz home 5 Linco Avenue Tuesday at 11 30 of heart dissolution. Aged 76 years 10 months 28 days he was a retired farmer moved to Lititz a decade ago born Mt Joy Mennonite Church member. Survived by wife Susan B Harris and sons Tillman Ada and Harry with Timmins. funeral Monday at 9 30 at the house and 10 at East Petersburg Mennonite Church. Interment adjacent cemetery.
Mrs Katherine E Yerger aged 61 wife of Nicholas G Yerger of Lititz died at home Sunday evening from heart failure after more than two years of illness. Born in Columbia maiden Wohlforth she lived in Lititz 43 years since marriage. She belonged to St Pauls Lutheran Church Ladies Aid and Home Department Sunday School. Survived by husband seven children Carrie Mildred Amos Christian at home Guy Buch Justus Horace nine grandchildren and two sisters.
Harry Miller returns home from service after an investigation into alleged mutiny aboard the transport American. The inquiry found only one person held, with crew arguing over food quality and 74 cent daily rations. Also noted are Christmas roses in John Heiserman’s yard and cigarmaker factory short breaks for holidays.
Joseph Bucher of near Lititz and Jacob Baker of Rapho Township recently returned from a two day auto trip to Waverly Virginia. They bought timber from W M Carpenter to build a barn and visited neighbor John Huber. They bought fifteen hundred pounds of peanuts and noted strong timber income and abundant wildlife.
The Churches of Lititz announce a week of union services starting Sunday Jan 4 1920 at 7 PM in the High School Auditorium. Speakers include Rev E L Deer from Harrisburg, Rev Dr Bromer from Philadelphia, and Rev Dr Batdorf of Lancaster. Congregations urged to attend with hymnals, offerings to aid Near East relief.
Gifts of cash and goods were given to Lititz workers and staff. Box factory employees received $5 each, Bell and Independent exchange operators were given candy, oranges, and money, and the shirt factory paid five percent of wages since July 1 plus candy. Stiffel Freeman plant workers got $5 each. D. S. Walton Co. gave $10 to paper mill department employees.
Mr Norman Lacey of Atlamde Indiana heads Bell Telephone work east of the Mississippi during a Saturday visit. Dr Samuel Schmucker of West Chester State Normal School visited his mother in the Moravian Home over Christmas. Mr and Mrs Harry Miller of Orange Street plan a six week stay in Pasadena California to visit relatives. Mrs Darius Kissinger who lived in Milwaukee spent Christmas in town and moved to Lancaster. Mrs Naomi Bomberger and her mother Mrs Exuma kh Seltzer of Ephrata prepare to travel to Los Angeles and other California spots. Mrs Walter H Buch and family attended David Jones funeral in Philadelphia. Jones died aged 82 or 83. Louis Eysenbach returns from Philadelphia to witness Lititz Christmas Eve observances. he long served as a Moravian in Lititz and later as a Philadelphia Moravian and Linden Hall trustee.
An old Lititz trap factory worker Vogel Meros, residing in Cos Island Archipelazo, Greece, asks to receive the RECORD for a year. He left Lititz eleven years ago with Greek countrymen. many went back to fight in the war. His brother Costos reportedly joined the Greek army. the letter was censured.
A Kel ley's bakery employee, Tvan Adams, cut a ligament in the right hand when a window pane broke. The wound required stitches as he received medical treatment.
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