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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1923
Page
1
Aged 70, East End citizen Clement Badorf passed away yesterday. The town notes births, local business changes, and community events from Lancaster area, including a new daughter for Mr. and Mrs. John Brubaker, Knights of Malta initiation, and a nurse’s update on Dr. M H Yoder.久久免费热在线精品
Howard Evans and Robert Behmer applied for a patent on a new battery charging pin with a crew clamp to replace the spring clamp. The device promises simpler arrangement, better contact, and almost no corrosion, born from Evans long experience with batteries.
A Lititz official, Squire C. N. Verr, faced misquotation rumors over 1922 license tags amid a statewide auto tag controversy. Towns like Reading and Lancaster granted time extensions. Lititz sought caution before arrests, while residents who applied on time await licenses. Correspondence from Germany notes hardships for the poorer classes this winter.
Thomas W Barnes longtime Lititz resident promoter of a local corn starch factory died after ill health and was buried in Jacksonville Florida Tuesday. He leaves a daughter Mary and his wife. his first wife preceded him in death. He grew wealthy from a wartime ship building project after the factory failed. Also noted Frank Spickler, local baseball figure, won a live bird shooting contest at Spring Grounds with eight birds hit in a row before a couple misses outside the set line.
The illustrated weekly Deutsch-Amerika in New York features a double page of engravings of southeastern Pennsylvania including Lititz Moravian Graveyard and an 1793 house at G. L. Hepp, with engravings of the Cloisters at Ephrata and Conrad Welser’s home at Womelsdorf. The accompanying text is in German, translated here.
The writer describes Lititz and Ephrata’s Moravian settlements and a nearby chocolate factory, noting disruption to the Cloisters view. He recalls Mennonite plainness, language shift after 200 years, and German Lutherans who settled here. A museum visit at Danner's yields a warmer reception after language is spoken. He cites towns like Mannheim and Kleinfeltersville, tracing deep roots of Pennsylvania German culture.
A Warwick House sale Saturday drew a large crowd with 475 sales. Top prices reached 8.20 and 2.80 for pigs, plus numerous items including chickens rabbits potatoes bacon shoes hose cigars and various dry goods.
Lititz banks show over two million in deposits with Farmers Bank at 1 065 000 and Springs National Bank surpassing one million. Both banks posted gains from 1918 and an upswing in earnings, signaling strong management and depositor safety. Election of bank directors includes a long list of local figures. The poem by Joe Baler reflects nostalgia for earlier times.
A Lititz family reunion at Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Weicksel Kissell home marked the 58th birthday of Rev. I. A. Weicksel. Attendees included Rev. F. Calvert and G. L. Calvert of Lititz, A. Weicksel of Mannheim, and D. Weicksel and children Frederick Emma John and Robert of Kissel Hill.
The Akron Rothsville Brickerville and Penryn congregations sent clothing and bedding to Near East Relief and raised funds for the cause. A new shipment of Whitman's Chocolates arrived at Scott's Book Store.
A goose loss claim was certified and sent to Harrisburg but the killing dog owner’s name was omitted. A deputy was sent over 300 miles to supply the name, costing nearly a hundred dollars for a four-cent postage job. The item reflects on the state compensation board and local life in Lititz.
The birthday cake will be cut next Monday after noon at Mrs M M Souders home. The 2 50 meeting hour is set. Other activities are planned and all W C T U members are invited to bring a friend.
The Lititz town clock dating from 1802 was funded by 124 pounds ($375) and installed in the Moravian church steeple. It was remodeled in 1867 by Edward Zahm and now uses steel cords for weights. The clock, four by two by three feet, keeps hours and quarters and must be wound daily. The school clock once displayed a different time, causing dismissal. Also announced are Bicentenary Evangelistic Meetings at the Moravian church with Rev. Edward F. Helmich as speaker starting Sunday.
The Community Welfare Association met at the 1 Hill school house with an overflow crowd. The program featured dialogues recitations songs and quartettes. Officers are Paul Bushong president Miss Mary Hess vice president and Miss Marion Biemesderfer treasurer. The next meeting is planned for Feb 19 at Gwi Hill school house. Local residents doctor updates note improving health and a stillborn birth at Lancaster General Hospital. Get your skates at Scott's Book Store.
Augustus Stiffel of Philadelphia attended to safe works business in town this week. Alvin Ohle of Ideal Chocolate Factory left for New York on a business trip. John Longenecker and his son Eugene headed to the New York auto show. Mrs. G J Calvert returned to Lititz and resumed seamstress work at 28 West Orange Street. Kid Zartman, once in a local auto shop, left for parts unknown before Christmas and has not been heard from. Walter Spickler traveled from Springfield Massachusetts after word of his mother's illness and arrived just before her death. Clarence Burkholder in Tampa sent a box of oranges home and recalls delivering a car a hundred miles away. Frank Gable from Burkholder's garage drove a Lebanon car and noted heavy snow toward Mt Gretna with three foot drifts blocking roads.
The L T L held its first New Year meeting after school with groups Neal Daw and Frances Willards studying clean living and warnings to King Alcohol. Legioners aged six to fourteen met biweekly, 30 to 40 minutes, pledging to safeguard the future.
The Lititz Agricultural Mutual Fire Insurance Company elected directors J. W. G. Hershey as president H. R. Gibbel as secretary and treasurer C. Y. Hess Phares P. Swarr Benjamin UH Erb HW. ML. Koser J. F. Denlinger N. K. Ober and auditor S. L. Graybill The Lititz and Lexington Turnpike Company elected directors J. L. Hertz E. K. Brubaker A. H. Huber J. C. Brubaker M. J. Markley H. R. Gibbel d. W. Risser C. B. Risser J. W. G. Hershey and auditors S. W. Buch R. H. Brubaker David Bricker
The Rev G W Imboden received a cash gift of 80 dollars 50 cents and family gifts at Trinity United Evangelical Church as thanks for his service. The church and gallery were crowded and the Christmas missionary offering totaled 97 dollars 84 cents.
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