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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1926
Page
4
A White Pine camp dispatch notes President Coolidge retires at 10 30 P M a compromise between old timers who favor early nights and the Jazz era who stay late The piece argues workers need seven or eight hours of sleep to function and warns of resignation if one cannot sleep enough The tone contrasts traditional schedules with modern nightlife and stresses rest for productivity.
Mr and Mrs Idloud Ober and son attended the Baker reunion at Elizabethtown on Saturday J W Gerhart and family attended the Mishler reunion at Ephrata on Sunday afternoon An interesting program was rendered Mr and Mrs Nl Arlington Gerhart of Manheim are spending a few days in the former s parents family Misses Jane and Evelyn Brubaker of Akron spent Monday in the J W Gerhart family Mr and Mrs Rufus Heisey and P C Elser attended the funeral of Sam Heisey of Manheim on Sunday afternoon Mrs Martin of Ephrata spent the weekend with her daughter Mrs C B Snyder and family Mr and Mrs Alvin Joose and daughter of Ephrata and the Harry L Wealand family were entertained at dinner on Sunday in the Harry Palm family.
BROWNSTOWN NOTES reports July business meeting of the Women’s Bible Class at Mrs. John Bruckart’s Talmage home. Fresh Air Children to leave for New York city homes Thursday. Local visits include Ira Mumma of Lebanon with Frank Hacker family, L. C. Wolf of Eph rata with J. C. Buch family, and others. Funeral services for C. D. Brown held Thursday at home and Evangelical church, Rev. L. A. Werner officiating. interment in Brownstown cemetery. John Slair of Talmage buried after large attendance. services at U. K. church, interment in Reformed Mennonite cemetery. Many locals visit Lampeter, Lititz, and Lancaster over the weekend. Wheat threshing begins as farmers harvest.
Mr. Irwin Smith, treated at the Rittersville Sanitorium, returned home on Saturday. Messrs. Clinton and Albert Hichel berger of Naperville Illinois are visiting.
Relatives gathered Sunday at the homes of Emanuel Diehm and John Nestleroth in Lancaster. Robert Biemesderfer and daughter Lois visited Irvin Burkholder, while J B Koehler and daughter Meda spent the day at Frank Musser in Mr Joy.
The Ladies' Bible Class along the Conestoga at Browns town and various church groups held Saturday and Sunday gatherings. Numerous families from Lititz Manheim Lancaster and Reading visited relatives in Ephrata Lititz Diamond Station Paradise Mount Gretna and Hopeland. People attended reunions and were noted for youngest present at Fassnacht reunion in Lititz.
An eight year old daughter of Lewis Haines required ten stitches to close a scalp wound that stretched from near the ear across the head after she was struck by a swing at the Spring Grounds on Monday.
The Lititz W C T U held its annual gathering at Springs Park with Miss A Virginia Grosh presiding. Reports show 166 members, 354 letters, 29 schools visited, and 707.04 receipts with diverse outreach across Y P B, L T L, health, temperance, and missions departments. officers elected include Grosh as president and Miksch as corresponding secretary. A memorial bouquet honored late members. the city’s costliest real estate note follows.
The Chester and Lancaster county Fiddlers association executive committee met in Parkesburg to organize a picnic at Crystal Springs Park on Saturday August 7. About 200 fiddlers from across the State are expected to attend with fiddling contests featured. Committee members include George W. Hensel Jr. of Quarryville Samuel Gall Quarryville W S Walton Downingtown C J Albert Dean Coatesville William H. Keith Westwood H M Walker Pomeroy KE G Barnes A Wallace Scott and William Young of Parkesburg.
In Coloma, site of James Marshall's first gold find, once a bustling boom town with hotels, stores, and a jail, now stands a faded village with a post office and few remaining structures. The piece contrasts Sutter as a controversial figure with the town's decline from 10,000 to about 150 residents while noting the memorial statue marking the discovery site.
A Saturday gathering July 17 at Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Bucher’s Lime Rock home honored Miss Susan B. Bucher of Los Angeles during a two month visit. Guests included B. Bucher and wife, Kready couples, Breneman pair, Koehler family, Oberholtzer relatives, and numerous Bucher relatives with refreshments served.
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