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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1922
Page
5
A playful lament on housecleaning from a bygone era contrasts the complaining husband with the dutiful housewife. It praises the maternal discipline for creating sanitary, healthful homes, noting the shift away from rigid domestic duties as social norms evolve.
The article argues that frequent causes include passing on curves to overtake slow cars on winding roads. Irritated drivers force passes, moving left into oncoming traffic hidden by curves, making crashes likely. Delaying passes until the road ahead is clear improves safety and reduces legal, medical, and fatal outcomes.
On Ascension Day a number of the Musserkin were entertained in the home of Mr. and Mrs. P. K. Bomberger. Mr and Mrs Clayton Nestleroth and three children from Fruitville visited Mrs Sam Bomberger on Sunday. J. M. Bomberger and family drove to Fleetwood to visit Rev and Mrs Landis. Stauffer of Avon Lebanon county visited Mr and Mrs Seth Grayhill on Sunday. L. D Himmelberger and son Leon Aimmelberger called on Sunday. I. W Singer and Henry Risser visited near Clay on Monday evening.
A lengthy Manheim region snippet details Sunday School attendance, shifts in festival dates from June 10 to June 17, and numerous local visits. Names include Jerry H Erb Lititz John W Roth Mrs Roth and friends, Rev C R Gibbel family, plus many neighbors visiting cemeteries, homes and events across Elizabeth township and nearby towns.
Mrs William Weidman and daughter Catherine attended the Sunday School meeting at Hershey Mennonite church Salisbury township last Wednesday. Miss Mildred and Lillian Carpenter visited Miss Esther Kissinger at Rothsville over the weekend. Miss Minerva Zartman visited Mr and Mrs Christ Seeking at Millway on Sunday. Mr Walter Zook and Mr Ralph Stauffer were guests of Robert Conrad at Rothsville over the weekend Clyde Metzler and Jaime Kline visited friends at Rothsville over the weekend. The Evangelicals of Lititz led Union Sunday School services at Lexington last Sunday afternoon at 1 30 led by Lititz superintendent W I Buch with their orchestra. About fifty by auto. Next Sunday Mennonite church under Elmer E Eby will have charge.
On Saturday June 3 Akron Sales Company will host a bazaar at Ramiz's lot starting at 1 pm. At 6:30 pm W B Buech's store will hold an auction for a large assortment of goods. John Eck opened a grocery in the Gutz building next to Grace U E church on South 9th street. Akron Borough School Board elected teachers for the 1922 28 term: Behney Sherr Bishop Wildasin Lehman Bair. Social visits and dinners mark a busy week with numerous Akron residents traveling to Green Tree and visiting families in Endicott Lancaster and Ephrata including Getz and Shimp households.
About 150 members of the Heken road family held their third reunion on Spring Grounds on a Saturday with no special program. Officers elected included President Samuel Eekenroad Akron and Historian Mrs. A G Carpenter Brownstown. The group planned to meet next year on the first Saturday in June.
An anecdote from old Washington recalls Daniel Webster arriving late to a Jenny Lind concert. He stood to join her during the song, urged the chorus, and tipped his hat after each refrain. Mrs. Webster tried to pull him back, as the audience roared with laughter at a child’s interruption.
A vow from 1088 inspired the Oberenbergan Passion Play depicting Christ’s sufferings. Monks likely authored the original text, revised by parish priests. music by Reehus Dedler in 1814. Performed by amateurs in reverent spirit, the work needs about seven hundred cast members and began in 1634 with an $80,000 playhouse built for it in 141.
Families and individuals travel between Lititz Lancaster and Philadelphia for reunions visits and hospital events. Mrs Hertz attends Class Day Reunion in Philadelphia. Mr and Mrs McCleery visit Lititz. Elizabeth Sesseman and Mrs Moore plan Cincinnati trip. Ralph Soudess from Bethlehem recovering from WWI injuries. Memorial Day visits include the Bare home in Warwick and local families gather at servers Hepp and Bleiler households.
Deeds recorded show A W Hess to Harry Brown for property in Rothsville valued at 2200, Christian Fasnacht estate to Emlen B Hess for a Warwick lot at 200, Ralph M Evang to Wilmer Y Adams for Warwick township land at 2525, David M Graybill to Clayton S Zartman for Lititz property at 5500, Tahimon I Brubaker to Thomas W Steely for a Lititz lot at 1200.
The Borough of Lititz in Lancaster County Pennsylvania passes an ordinance to widen and straighten South Cedar Street between Juniper Alley and Main Street by five feet on the western side. The measure, approved May 29, 1922, details the exact courses and distances and is signed by Secretary J. B. Herr and Chief Burgess Norman M. Badorf.
A retrospective notes Bill Nye Edgar Wilson Nye editor at the Laramie Boomerang and recalls a gallery of humorists. It mentions Artemus Ward Charles Browne Browne and others with sketches of their careers and quirks. It notes Josh Billings died of apoplexy in Monterey California.
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