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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1937
Page
6
Tonight and tomorrow the Lititz school auditorium stages three one act plays featuring the best local pupil talent. The event aims to fill the lyceum gap with thought provoking drama and light comedy, urging community support for future high school productions.
Wellington Pfautz longtime Lititz Democrat leader dies at his home after fifty years in county politics. He shaped the local party through the Jean Democratic era and remained steadfast to his convictions. His loss is felt across the Democratic ranks.
A compact set of aphorisms notes that cleverness and impulse shape behavior. It contrasts risky bets with theft, and cites a girl preferring a non smoker but dating a habitual three indulgence man.
Postmaster A T Litch receives commission from Washington and starts duties. Death of Mrs Maria Pfautz shocks community. John K Mathers sends Bachman painting to Philadelphia contest. D D Graut celebrates 60th birthday. Keath Shields Planing Mill Co aims to be chartered February 14. An owl found dead near Kissel Hill. Record cold and thick ice harvest. Reading and Columbia railroad wreck near Ephra ta damages Cocalico bridge. Ice yard and coal car incidents reported. Lititz Lyceum debates high bonnet wear and ministers in politics. Mike Adams injured by falling timber. Wild duck mounted by B Buch. Bomberger returns to Farmers Bank. Rev George B Raezer to be installed. Lititz basketball beats Millersville Normal School second team.
More than 100 persons attended the monthly Reading Chapter meeting held Friday evening at the General Sutter Hotel. Charles Tippetts Dean of Pitt School of Business gave the address Can Modern Business Cycles Be Controlled? G K Herr and C Straley of Animal Trap Company Lititz led the follow up forum.
Strip farming divides slopes into 100 to 150 foot wide bands alternating tilled crops sod and winter grain Water slows and silt is strained as it traverses sod Keep a strain of birds that lay large smooth eggs Feed cod liver oil to confined birds Limit green feed to five pounds daily per 100 birds Maintain grit and shell forming materials for hens
Miss Dorothy Shenk and Miss Elizabeth Garber, local teachers, were feted by Borough schools at the Willows east on the Lincoln Highway. Shenk resigns and Garber granted leave of absence effective end of the semester. Demmy presided as toastmaster and both teachers received gifts. The Red and Black beat Manor 45 to 16 to stay in second place. Manheim Two and Ephrata tie for first half standings and a playoff is likely after exams. Junior High and Manheim Two continue to lead the Jr High loop.
Fifty years ago on January 21 1887 Mrs H H Reist of Main Street was closing a drawer when the cornice collapsed striking her on the head and cutting a two inch gash.
Representatives Norman Wood Harry E Trout and Baker Royer have introduced a tobacco bill to create a 25000 fund for experimental work by the Department of Agriculture. The aim is to improve tobacco types shade wrappers cure ferment sweat pack and fertilizer methods. Backers compare potential gains to advances in Pennsylvania potato farming.
Mrs. Carrie Mowery is visiting relatives in Lancaster. Harry Evans is confined by influenza. Mr and Mrs Lloyd Buchter and family visited Mr and Mrs Norman Myers in Manheim. Mrs Habecker and daughter Joan called on her mother Mrs Edith Reidenbach Sunday morning.
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