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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1927
Page
4
The Lititz Record lists E. Buch as editor and proprietor and notes its posting as second class matter at Lititz, Pennsylvania.
A reflection on how thirty years ago July Fourth celebrations grew dangerously boisterous with gunpowder and firecrackers. The piece notes hospital and fire department strains, then credits the 1776 birth of a democracy shaping freedom worldwide, while warning excesses still cause fires and accidents.
Long hotel porches at summer resorts host visitors from many states who critique guests and gossip. Some gain life lessons about different communities and enjoy scenery, while others quarrel in heat. A balanced daily routine and exercise help the body and nerves cope with hot weather.
The device is posed like a watch and adjusted to all heat and cold changes. When kept operating efficiently it adapts to temperature shifts with minimal friction or discomfort in Lititz’s excellent climate.
The Woman's Missionary Society meets Friday at the Lutheran church to discuss Vacation Days God’s Great Out of Doors. Sunday services were hosted at the Sweigarts Morgantown led by Rev Wesley Martin. Mt Zion held a monthly meeting at Miss Stella Miller's home. Various families from Bareville, Ephrata, Manheim and Philadelphia attended Church of the Brethren events and Sunday dinners hosted by local households. Many guests visited at multiple houses including the Albrights, Bomberger family, Cathers, Werntz, Butt, Price, Miller, Mohn, Zell, Eshleman and others, with travel to Conestoga Park and Long Island noted.
Rev and Mrs 8 N Wolf joined Rev and Mrs H B Yoder in Lancaster for Sunday and Mr and Mrs Richard Albright hosted the Sherr family at Long's Park. Cyrus Mohler spent Monday at Hershey, Noah Eberly vacationing with his brother Paul in Philadelphia before heading to Detroit. Margie Enck left for Reading and will depart Wednesday for Chicago. Various couples visited relatives in Millport, Red Run, Thompsontown, Hershey, Palmyra, Bareville, New Holland, and nearby towns.
Rev L A Werner plans to hold the 78th anniversary of the Evangelical church in Sept with details to come. Local team beat Victrix AC Lancaster twice on the Fourth 6 to 5 and 11 to 6, and defeated Akron 10 to 9 in ten innings last Saturday. Neidermyer and others, plus various visits and family gatherings noted, including Werner and Wilmer Werner at Manheim and Lititz and Elizabethtown area residents visiting.
Halfville reports Edgar H. Enck and family from Newark visiting Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Shreiner on Sunday. Mrs. George Rose and daughter of Lancaster visited Charles Rose’s family Sunday. M. G. Shreiner and wife visited Mrs. James Carpenter at Rothsville. Evelyn Aument of Lancaster vacationing three weeks with the Shreiners. An auto accident occurred Sunday at the Cross Roads, a dangerous intersection. Farmers in the area are busy making hay.
Local youths and residents depart for six week summer programs at major schools. Miss Mary Myers and Miss Mary Hess head to Boston for July August courses while Miss Gladys Weidler goes to New York. Ruth and Florence Royer travel to Philadelphia for studies as Jacob Messner enters Lancaster Business College. Elmer Butzer visits Reading and Musser family ties noted.
National Transit Company linemen spent Saturday to Tuesday in town visiting relatives. Mr. Joseph Mohn and Mrs. Maria Mellinger are among the visitors. Warry Bonberger and family from Burlington, New Jersey, stay a week with Mrs. Bomberger’s parents. Milton Haines from Groffdale visited relatives. Lloyd Kissinger of Fritztown visited his parents. Grace Eckert of Lexington spent part of the weekend with Katie Miley’s family. Joseph Boucher and son of Lebanon visited relatives. Emory Shoemaker of Wilkes-Barre spent Sunday visiting. Mrs. Willis Shaar visited Lexington with Norman Kline’s family.
A prisoner admits speeding to a judge, explaining fear of being late for court. The exchange centers on why the defendant attended court and the charge of exceeding the speed limit.
United States public health service reports a botulism outbreak in Oregon linked to home canned string beans. Twelve people from three families fell ill after February 2, 1924, with vomiting and neurological symptoms. six adults and six children died within 27 hours to 11 days. The bacillus botulinus thrives in inadequately heated cold pack canning. thorough cooking plus disposal of spoiled cans are urged to prevent further tragedies.
A Springfiled Union piece recalls a mother explaining to her high school daughter how fast invention outpaces memory. The girl questions cars, wagons, radios, and the era before and after the Civil War, revealing a gap between youth and aging reminders of past tech. The story comments on rapid invention and changing perceptions across generations.
A farmer recovered a watch lost twelve months ago while plowing in England. The watch appeared unfazed by being buried, and was found on top of a furrow after the field had been plowed twice harrowed and drifted. The field recently yielded a potato crop.
Subscribed and sworn before me this sixth day of July nineteen twenty seven J B Herr Notary Public commission expires January seventeenth nineteen eighty one
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