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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1928
Page
4
The Lititz Record shows E. Buch as editor and proprietor with a subscription rate of $1.50 per year. It notes the paper is entered at Lititz Pennsylvania post office as second class matter.
The piece argues that 1928 demands organized efforts in four growth areas: municipal efficiency, business success, attractive homes, and pleasing surroundings. It urges residents to replace wasted time with action to improve business, education, neighborhoods, and overall community progress in Lititz.
Neighborhood residents report visits with family and friends across Hallville Hamburg Lititz and nearby towns. Members of the Frey Balmer Shreiner and Garman families are noted for Sunday gatherings church meetings and tobacco sales with Wayne Habecker selling 10 acres for 20 and 5 and delivering 90 bales.
Sunday morning saw the appointment of additional Evangelical U S officers by Supt J W Buch. New superintendents include Arlene Smith Tuella Kissing and Mrs I A Werner, with others named for Cradle Roll Temperance Missions Infant Dept and Lady Evangelists of Hope Mission. Also Rev T L Wentz will lead the quarterly conference Saturday at 1 30 P M and Rev J I Willaner will preach Sunday morning with Communion. Farmers await higher tobacco prices and local factory moves progress at Strausse Shirt Factory to the old dye house left by Conestoga Hosiery. Work on the new school building continues and transfer to the new site is expected soon. Mr and Mrs W H Pierce visited Lancaster and Mrs Sarah Hackman visited A F Getz on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Dohner of Lancaster spent Sunday with John Appler and family. Mr. Wellington Rollman also spent Sunday in Lancaster.
The Weist home hosted Mr and Mrs Samuel S Weist and guests including Stephen S Steely and family Irene Wingenroth Vernon Claire and Margaret Aberhart with Arlington Gerhart, plus Elser Gerhart H T Reifsnyder in Lebanon for a ministers Pension Fund meeting, and H Weachter with Violetta visiting Elmer Rock.
A weekend of social visits and receptions unfolds as Aaron Landis and Anna Balmer are celebrated at homes in Landisville and near Lincoln. Guests include numerous Landis, Spayd, Ehrhart, Hackman and Bushong families, plus townslike Lititz, East Petersburg, Rothsville, Manheim and Brownstown residents.
On Saturday January 21 the last Quarterly Conference will be held at Mt Zion Evangelical Church with Pre siding Elder T L Wentz of Allentown attending. Sunday afternoon will feature the Communion Service and the Loyal Workers class held its monthly meeting at Mrs Alice Weller's home.
Lancaster County residents and relatives from Reading Schaefferstown Myerstown and Lititz visited family members across various towns. Numerous couples and their children spent Sunday with relatives including Fritz Hess Shirk Mohler Halderman Kurtz and Royer with trips to Myerstown Denver Lebanon Grantham and Reading.
The Women’s Missionary Society of the United Brethren Church in Brunnerville will host a supper on January 28 from 3 to 10 PM at Brunnerville Bard Hall. Everyone is invited. Music by E. B. Weber and Son of Lititz.
Mr and Mrs Manning Shank of Washington DC announce the engagement of their daughter Rhona Elizabeth to Cornelius Clay Logan Jr of North Carolina and Maryland. Rhona is a Lititz High School graduate who lived in Lititz and Limcastar with many friends. Logan is the son of Cornelius Clay Logan and connected with the Munsey Trust Company. The couple has been the focus of many parties and social events.
Local Chevrolet dealer F L Longesecker reports from New York where 1300 dealers heard R A Grant outline a 1928 sales campaign to exceed a million units. The Commodore Hotel hosted the event with W S Knudsen presiding and R J Grant delivering the keynote.
A cramped collage notes rough roads and cheap rents, with weather volatility and January’s progress. It cites lower potato prices, rising vegetables in the South, and persistent breadwinner income changes while warning about travel to Florida and a surge in public sales. It reflects general economic mood, transit cautions, and evolving markets.
Mary Zell Weaver and a list of individuals including Mrs Carrie Mathers Edwin Yingst John Mathers Carl Helman Arthur Getz Charles Weaver Ermine Mathers Raymond Weinhold Luther McCloud Chester Weaver Carrie Walmer Ida Bender Mrs Morris McCloud Edna Miller Mrs Vera Keener Robert Hackman Floyd Yingst Mrs Stella Wonder Richard Pfautz Herbert Pfautz Grace Adams Miriam Wonder Harry Wonder appear in a one year notice or membership roster.
Governor A. Harry Moore of New Jersey and Governor John S. Fisher of Pennsylvania will attend the Lancaster Manufacturers Association dinner on January 24. Moore will be principal speaker addressing Current Events.
The Penryn Fire Company reorganized by electing officers including President J. T. Weber and First Vice President John Stohler.
The United Evangelical Sunday School reports 1927 enrollment 466 with 16 473 total attendance and 829 visitors. Collections totaled 2192 84 with 433 72 aiding Home and Foreign missions. Honor roll lists many members with perfect attendance up to twenty three years and various seniors.
A fragment lists officers including vice president D G Hollinger treasurer R B Biemasdsrfer secretary P B Eshleman trustee for three years Hiram Dem financial secretary Claude Bomsbergmy chief W L Horst. Exact roles and context unavailable due to garbled OCR.
A brief notice inviting readers to phone in news items for publication in the Record. Encourages submissions from the community and promises quick processing and printing of local reports.
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