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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1921
Page
1
G M Smith schedules a public sale of household furniture at his East Orage street home this Saturday at 2 PM. The item lists multiple local notices about reunions, anniversaries, land sales, and travel plans among Lititz area residents.
An early Lancaster scene notes a man entering the ice delivery business with two rivals now active, suggesting rivalry and potential profits. Other items report festival food reactions, a Lititz girl visit, porch construction in an alley, a father correcting a neglectful son, a man overindulging on home brew, and a Lilitz resident painting West Main street fence with comical amateur effort.
The Linden Hall Seminary 175th anniversary events at Lititz included a recital by four music graduates and a Moravian bishop sermon by Rt. Rev. Howard Rondthaler. Governor Sproul, slated to speak, was detained in Harrisburg. Judge William M. Keller presided. A large historical pageant on Moravian history and Lititz origins followed, with a long list of performers and speakers noted.
Mrs. O K Smith of Lititz dies after eight months illness at home on East Orange Street. Born M Fannie Lockhart in Rising Sun Maryland, she lived in Philadelphia and Baltimore, educated at Pennington Seminary, and was a musician. She moved to Lititz with her husband sixteen years ago and attended Lititz United Evangelical church. Survived by husband and two sisters in Philadelphia. Funeral held Monday with home services and interment in United Evangelical cemetery. Also noted are the deaths of Mrs Beatrice May Holsinger and Beatrice May Risser of Middle Creek, with details of survivors and funeral arrangements.
The Oneida Community LTD will cut work to a three day schedule this week due to weak business. Salaried staff face a 10 to 33 1/3 percent pay cut, officers first, with definite layoffs for recent hires and indefinite leaves through October 1. Life insurance and disability benefits continue until that date. Also: Elam Althouse, age 54 and longtime Pleasant View baker, died of apoplexy at his home Tuesday. services Saturday at his Lititz Moravian cemetery burial.
The Samson truck is on a national demonstration tour and will be shown Saturday at John Longenecker’s Broad Street garage. Trucks will carry goods to Lancaster free on Saturday and accurate records will be posted in the window. A Wick house sale day adds local interest and draws curious spectators.
A Millway festival will be held on Saturday evening June 28 under the auspices of the Electric Light Committee. The Ephrata Band has been engaged. All welcome.
The present railroad depot site remains unchanged while a new freight depot will be built on Water Street after land purchase by the P and R Company. G A Snodgrass of Brown King Construction in Philadelphia seeks local bids with prices due by next Thursday to favor in town materials, easing costs.
Rev J W G Hershey represented the local church at the Church of the Brethren annual conference in Hershey with 600 delegates expected and daily sessions long hours. Lititz Odd Fellows lead a large parade for the Grand Lodge centennial with 20 000 participants and a Tyrone Band of 45 musicians headlines July Fourth festivities. Various bands and church groups will assist in the program and musical offerings.
Two Lititz young ladies Laura Hershey and Elizabeth Trimmer graduated in the pedagogic course at Elizabethtown College with dedicatory exercises Tuesday and commencement Wednesday Rev J W G Hershey delivered the dedicatory address Their relatives from Lititz attended Louis Sturgis and Benjamin Weir fished the Susquehanna reporting many small eels and thousands of whipsnappers captured and released Lititz G A R veterans Allen Hacker John Wommert and Israel Bear attended the Allentown encampment as a G A R convention and Women’s Relief Corps and Sons of Veterans prepared for June 14 Evangola show at Evangelot promised a clean first show with features and a noon square band performance and a 7 pm concert Martini Spaghetti advertised at Miller and Habecker's.
Travelers and Linden Hall alumni visit Lititz for commencement week events. Notable attendees include Mrs. Gussie Fallon Wilson from Washington D C, Mrs. Agnes Moench Krick Ardmore, and Linden Hall graduates from Millersville Normal School. Families from Harrisburg Elmira and Broad Street also attended.
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