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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1929
Page
11
The Lititz Record enters publication details from Lititz Pennsylvania with editors E. D. Pulwester and J. R. Johnson listed as editors and publishers.
In Lititz the community mourns the sudden death of Rev W Hershey a leading church and business figure. His loss leaves a void in the town as desks and pulpits sit empty and residents recall his guidance and sermons.
The RECORD highlights its fourteen page Convention Number as the largest edition yet in fifty years. It thanks advertisers and historians, notes Lititz’s hosting of delegates, and urges attendance at the Saturday parade. Weather predicts favorable conditions for eight to ten thousand visiting firemen and families.
Funeral services for Herbert Glenn Gingrich infant son of John and Elva Gingrich of East Petersburg were held Tuesday at 12:80 at the home and at 2 in South Annville Brethren Church Lebanon County. Interment followed in the nearby cemetery. Cause of death was intestinal trouble. Survived by parents and one brother John Robert Gingrich.
Mrs. George W. Sunanday Mills Ella Frymyer Sunanday aged fifty four wife of George Sunanday died at her sister Mrs John Brukart s home in Talmage Monday morning at 6 30 o clock She lived in Germantown for 25 years at 6414 West 21st Street and was visiting when she died She belonged to Calvary Evangelical Church Philadelphia Survived by brothers and sisters William C Talmage Jacob C and Mrs K Augsberger Akron Mrs John Enek Lititz R D 3 and Mrs John Brukart Talmage Services held this afternoon at 1 30 at Mrs Brukart s home and at 2 at Brownstown Evangelical Church with burial in the cemetery adjoining Greatest Guessing Game fashion is the name of the greatest guessing game on earth American Magazine
Mrs Warren Kulp twenty four of Lititz died suddenly Saturday of a heart attack while sitting in an automobile in Ephrata Her husband was away on business and she became ill Dr Evans Russell pronounced her dead Deputy Coroner Dr BH R Miller ruled heart attack as cause She is survived by her husband a son her parents Mr and Mrs Samuel Getz of Lititz and several brothers and sisters Funeral services were held Tuesday at 130 at the late home and 2 at United Brethren Church Burial in Moravian cemetery
Mrs Anna B Cooper widow of Lemon Cooper aged 66 died Tuesday morning at Akron. A daughter Mrs William Claire survives at home along with brothers and sisters including Mrs Susan Wernberger of Lititz Mrs Monroe Buch of Akron Christian Zwally and Frank Zwally of Lancaster. Private funeral will be held Saturday at 4 30 in home followed by public service at Evangelical Congregational Church Akron Burial in Evangelical cemetery.
The item lists various social visits and family movements across Lancaster area towns. It notes travels from Myerstown York Loysville and Lancaster, plus a series of personnel changes and relocations including teachers, supervisors and Domestic Science staff. It reports injuries from a shop accident at Lititz Ice Co and a street accident involving Mrs Haines, with other residents moving to Dayton Cleveland and Wilmington area. It mentions births, a plumbing course at Tressler Orphan's Home High School, and visits to Baltimore and Washington D. C.
Dowell and Openshaw presented works including June Brought the Roses and Ancestry of Lancaster County as Beulah Minnich granted diplomas. Dorothy Miksch delivered the commencement address while Rev. H J Kline gave the benediction. The annual Chase Day exercises featured prophecies, class personnel, a class will, and presentations by J Eberly and others. The Mantle Oration by Marion Brubaker and Junior Response by Harry Neidermyer stood out amid humor and school color decorations. A memorial ditto machine presented by Helen Sturgis was accepted by Principal M C Demmy. The audience observed a moment of silence for Rev J W G Hershey.
The fifteenth annual Steffy Clan reunion drew about 500 members to Ephrata Park on Saturday. The event featured an afternoon program with singing, prayers by Rev. Sidney Buxton, business session, readings, a vocal duet, German reading, and an address by Rev. Buxton. Officers elected include Organizer Hiram Steffy, President G. Yeank Steffy, and Treasurer Howard Musser, with committees named for program, amusements, badges, and history.
A Germantown reader Louise St. Clair Wolf urged RECORD to publish a nurse wanted ad after a Lititz nurse cared for her sister. The RECORD suggests ads work fast, hinting readers may respond quickly. Also notes a London landlord requested extra room at Drayton Park, Higbury, noting a 12 by 18 foot space occupied by a couple and eight children.
The entire stock of furniture and rugs from J. E. Cruse and Son of Lancaster was sold by the bankruptcy receiver on Tuesday to Kern & Katz of 301 N Queen Street Lancaster. They will move the stock to their store to dispose of it in a Bankrupt Sale.
Estate of Catharine Sammet late of Warwick Township Deceased Letters Testamentary granted to the undersigned. Those indebted please pay now and those with claims present them for settlement to Mary C. Kulp Bertha M. Sheaffer Executors residing Warwick Township Lititz RD No 4 Joseph B Wissler Attorneyಮ
The notice outlines standards for safe building practices including use of fire resisting materials, proper installation of electrical wiring and other fire producing elements, safe chimney and flue construction, general building construction with fire resisting materials, and maintaining appropriate distances between buildings.
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