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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1927
Page
4
The Lititz Record shows the editor and proprietor R. E. K. Buch. Subscription is $1.50 a year. It is entered at Lititz Pa Post Office as second class matter.
The writer muses on June weddings as many future notices come, noting the desire for vivid adjectives yet stressing that genuine sentiment makes a marriage a lasting, beautiful pledge. If true, these nuptials reflect shared labor, sacrifice, and forbearance for a common home.
The WCTU hosted a meeting at Mrs. W B Buchs home. Carnival day is planned for Saturday in the neighborhood with many residents mentioned as attendees or visitors from nearby towns and villages. Numerous local families and visitors from Lititz Ephrata Manheim and Rothsville joined the Sunday gatherings at Valley Forge and homes across the area.
Melvin Zell visits J W Enek Knoll and Herbert Knoll in Wernersville while Amos Rudy Emma Rudy visit Alta Rudy in Philadelphia where she attends Temple University. Laura Roland and Rev S N Wolf visit the Charles D Wolf family in Reading. other gatherings include Brubaker Bollinger Guiney Stoner Albright Mohn Enck Oberlin visiting relatives in Elizabethtown Lititz Manheim Millport and Lancaster.
A church wedding occurred last Saturday at 2 P M as Lester Eichelberger of Akron wed Elsie Long daughter of Milton Long of Brownstown in the Evangelical church with Rev L A Werner officiating. Attendants were Huber Hackman of Ephrata and his wife. A wedding dinner followed at the bride’s home with about sixty guests. The couple left for a honeymoon to Ohio Niagara Falls and New York City. Congratulations are extended by friends.
The funeral of Salomon Heberling was held Monday forenoon with services and interment at Hammer Creek church. Saturday dinner hosted guests including Morris Shank of Brickerville and the Shenk family from Lititz. Elser home hosted Whitcraft family reunion attendees, with Elmer Rock and Donald present. Miss Ida R. Snyder of the State was mentioned among attendees.
California arrived home Saturday evening. She is the daughter of Mr. C. B. Snyder of Willow Spring Farm. Miss Mary Snyder is home from Elizabethtown College after the winter term. Miss Emma Snyder has graduated from St. Joseph’s Hospital in Lancaster. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Ober and son J. Russell visited Brunnerville relatives and E. K. Zartman family near Lexington. Other relatives from Lititz and Mt. Airy hosted by the Gerhart families.
Halfville Nathan Hitnter and wife with Alvin Keith and wife visit Penryn. Morris Shaeffer and wife with daughter visit Brun nerville. Elmer Todd and wife visit William Todd at Kissel Hill. William Shreiner and family visit Charles Shreiner. Monroe Shue obtains 40 tons of manure from New Holland for tobacco land. Charles Rose visits his mother at Lancaster. farmers nearby busy planting tobacco.
Washington Camp No. 559 P O S of A will stage a patriotic rally on Saturday June 18 to mark the 150th anniversary of the American flag. A grand street parade includes camps from Hopeland Lincoln Brownstown Ephrata and Lancaster plus three town Sunday Schools and the Lititz American Legion Post. The main ceremonies occur at Lutheran Cemetery after the parade with addresses by Alfred Boyer and Rev R I Carmichael. An evening festival on the high school athletic field features amusements and free auto parking with music by the Lititz Concert Band.
The annual meeting of the Amal Lutheran Church at Rothsville drew a large turnout. Officers elected include Charles Bowman trustee, Starvey Ravegum elder, A L Stauffer, Benjamin Sharz and William Styer deacons. Auditors named were Bowman, Ravegum, and Stauffer. A strawberry sociable is planned for June 11 from 5 to 11 PM with Himmelberger's Orchestra. The Union Picnic with St Pauls and Salem events set for August 20 at Myers Grove.
The missuses Ruth and Florence Royer left last Thursday for Bluefields West Virginia to visit brother Rev Paul Royer and family and will store their furniture before spending the summer with Mrs Behmer’s parents near Pottsville. Various locals including Mr and Mrs Harold Brubaker and Mr John Kilhefner visited relatives and attended events. others suffer rheumatism while some travelers visited Lititz, Ephrata and Reading over the weekend.
A firm ad presence draws customers to buy goods and services and serves as a daily reminder that people need to procure supplies. Merchants distinguish between active salesmanship and passive order taking, with effective advertising acting as a printed salesman prompting needs when customers are receptive.
Lititz shows strong town spirit as residents rally for a recurrent chicken soup and deviled clams event. Volunteers supply ingredients from local farmers while the fire company receives universal support due to its essential role in emergencies.
Levi Zartman of Ephrata and Esta M. Tabecker of Brummerville were wed at the Lutheran parsonage with Rev. F A Weichsel presiding. Ring ceremony performed Ruth Weichsel witnessed. Couple to reside with groom’s parents near Indiantown. Stauffer Family Reunion marks 12th annual gathering at Springs Park with 75 attendees amid rain. officers elected Gideon Eberly president Clyde Fellenbaum secretary Abner Eberly treasurer. prayers, hymns and child recitations observed.
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