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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1929
Page
4
E D Faalweiler and J R Johnson are listed as editors and publishers. The notice identifies them in roles central to the publication's management and operation. Their names appear together as the principal figures behind the newspaper.
The article recalls a night at Lititz Springs Park where 6000 candles burned in a grand display. The candles created a magical, fairyland scene with flickering flames forming mystic shapes, surpassing modern electric lights in beauty and atmosphere. The writer urges readers to witness the spectacle from start to finish.
The article lists notable events tied to July dates including the founding of Providence by Roger Williams in 1636, Hawthorne born 1804, Adams and Jefferson death, Foster born 1826, Monroe death 1831, Washington Monument cornerstone 1848, Vicksburg surrender 1863, Coolidge born 1872, and early July battles and events such as Gettysburg 1862, Santiago 1898, Washington Army command 1776, Farragut born 1801, Jones born 1747, and Hawaii annexation 1898.
Lititz Springs Council No. 197 in dependent Order of Americans held a booster meeting Friday. Nine candidates were elected for the anniversary class amid praise for the Shillington degree team. State Councilor Reuben Webber of Pottsville helped arrange the event with attendees from nearby councils. Officers include Charles L. Yerger as Councilor and Levi H. Yerger as Representative to Grand Council. True to form, the column notes a soldierly appeal in the era.
Lexington notes record a series of social visits and calls across Brunnerville and nearby towns. Families including Young, Singer, Carpenter, Mease, Spangler, and Markley exchange visits, dinners, and Sunday engagements. Births and missionary visitors in the week appear alongside motor trips to Mont Alto and Petersburg.
Miss Olive Kauffman and Mr. Norman Miller wed at Rev. W. P. Martin’s Akon residence and plan a motor trip then residence with Miller’s mother in Manheim. The column lists numerous local visitors, travel, church events, and family gatherings across Brunnerville and neighboring towns.
Michael Alemi of 2831 Iseminger Street Philadelphia describes severe inflammatory rheumatism in his wrists. He credits Konjola after four weeks and four bottles with relief of pain swelling return of appetite and better sleep. Konjola sold at I N Moyer's Drug Store Lititz and by major druggists in the region.
Mrs May Hoffer and family join shopping trip in Reading while Wayne Landis and relatives visit. Townsfolk from Lititz Ephrata and Denver drop by for dinners, calls, and church group events. A King’s Daughters meeting set for July 9 at Mrs Olive Rickers in Lexington amidst a flurry of visits and pageant attendance in Lancaster.
The summer months in the home of Mr. Melvin Oberholtzer were spent with his parents Mr and Mrs Norman Kauffman. Mr and Mrs Clarence Smith hosted Sunday dinner with Mr and Mrs Jacob Mishler and children Victor Elmer Ray and Elva of Manheim.
Pine Hill John Landis remains bedbound after an accident repairing a potato duster. Sunday visitors included Mr and Mrs John Hess and family of Hess Church Mr and Mrs Henry Landis of Manheim Mr and Mrs Harry Ehrhart and family of Burnerville Mr and Mrs Harvey Heinicke and daughter of Hast Petersburg and Mr and Mrs Aaron Landis hosted dinner guests Mr and Mrs Howard Marks of Ephrata and Mr and Mrs Roy Marks of Hopeland. Later, Mr and Mrs David Wenitig and children Ruth and Robert with Mr and Mrs LeRoy Wentling spent Sunday at Wrightsville with Oscar Ferry.
Buck's Mill guests Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Fry and Mrs. Harold DeForest spent Sunday with Amos Wentling. Ruth Stella and Sara Hollinger of Owl Hill visit grandmother Mrs. Fiona Hollinger. Akron couple Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Steiner called Friday. Elmer Good family visited Mt. Gretna. Ephriam Falls and Harry Saylor visited Harry Kramer home. Reverend Martin Schweitzer of Ephram and LeRoy Bingaman with son Junior visited Monday afternoon. Mother Emmit Kramer recuperating.
The text notes that Jacksonian administrations were first called Democratic while Washington and Adams led Federalist governments and Jefferson Madison Monroe and John Quincy Adams headed Democratic Republican regimes.
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