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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1922
Page
4
A century ago a bicycle shop housed the world’s leading car maker while a hotel owner rang bells and steel magnates fed blast furnaces. An international banker fired a locomotive and a U S president operated a printing press. A famed merchant shouldered a load as a railroad boss tapped a telegraph key. Where will you be in 1954.
The Vacation Bible School closed last Friday at the Brethren's church with a large audience of parents and friends. It marked the second session and showcased students reciting verses and singing motion songs. Industrial displays included clay maps, baskets, Noah's arks, Bible pictures, and colorfully illustrated books by the children. Addresses were given by Rev. Henry Gibbel and Rev. J. W. G. Hershey.
Readable lines note a Lititz parade and circus planned for Saturday with a chautauqua event. Other items mention agricultural harvests oats corn and fresh fruit, plus talk of warm weather and automotive traffic in the countryside.
J Auth his wife and daughter Ruth plus granddaughter Dorothy from Lancaster spent the weekend with relatives. Mrs Rebecca Althouse of Ephrata made trade calls at Brunnerville on Saturday. Jas B Shirker and wife from Akron visited the home of J V on Sunday.
Ruth Swope, Ruth Troyer, Anna Troyer, and Mary Troyer of Leola made a call at a common place. Lizzie Williams of Lititz spent the weekend with her mother. Harvey Flory of Lancaster Irene Butzer of Rothsville Harry McCreary and family of Lititz visited P. W. Flory over the weekend. The Brunnerville Sunday School picnic drew many villagers and the funeral of Abram Bittner was attended by several residents.
The Lititz Mennonites led the Union Sunday School in Lexington last Sunday with Elmer Eby guiding. Next Sunday the Reformed church, led by Martin Bisker, will take charge. Visitors from Lititz and nearby towns attended various gatherings, camp meeting at Mount Lebanon, and a Cleary show opened with a weeklong run and changing programs nightly.
The funeral for Susan Smith widow of Henry Smith occurred at the G U Evangelical church in Akron after she died Saturday at her son Amos’s home in Clay. Interment was in Wolf cemetery near Akron. Rev. S A Heisey and wife plan a weekend in Perkasie Philadelphia and Albright College.
Sunday events at Mishler Family Reunion in Ephrata Park featured a fine program. Music provided by the Lutz band of Lititz and the Mandolin Club of Ephrata, plus piano tunes from Kirk Johnson Co.
The Boy Scouts of Brownstown prepare to depart Saturday for a weeklong trip. Leaders report planned hikes, camping, and group activities aimed at building skills and teamwork.
Scout Master Abram Bare enforces strict local rules while potatoes fetch one dollar per bushel. Mark Hirschman of Ephrata took several women on a Philadelphia sight seeing trip to Fairmount Park Navy Yard Zoological Garden and other sites. Rumor says San Telmo cigar factory will reopen in its building soon. A crowd attended camp meetings near Mohns Hill and Mt Gretna. gatherings and picnics were held across the region with families visiting from Millersville Akron Rothsville Juniata and Schuylkill counties.
Julius Schneebeli aged 48 of Lancaster drowned in the Conestoga creek after attempting to teach swimming to a Swiss visitor, a twelve year old girl. Police searched with grappling hooks for hours before a second man, George Brown, helped recover the body as relatives and an undertaker arrived. Schneebeli was an elder and treasurer of St. John's Reformed church and leaves a wife and two brothers. The funeral was held at his home with burial in Greenwood Cemetery.
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