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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1920
Page
4
Advertisers are informed the paper goes to press every Thursday morning and cannot guarantee insertion of much content after Wednesday afternoon. Communications must be authenticated with name and address of the writer as a guarantee of good faith.
The piece notes people heed fears over real ties in the current US economy. It argues that unexpected events often occur to avert disasters and that industry and thrift will restore normal conditions in time. The Collins Forecast is cited.
The report notes hired farm labor costs rising about 20 percent year over year while farm product prices stay flat. Statewide, hired workers are 18 percent fewer than last year and 88 percent below normal for the season, as farmers invest in machinery and longer hours at home to boost output. Rural areas report few hired hands, driving some farmers to self reliance.
A compact, period tone piece recounts Abraham Lincoln facing repeated defeats from youth through 1858. It lists losses in legislature, business, partnerships, love, Congress, the Land Office, U S Senate, and vice presidency, then notes he rose to become a greatest American. The moral emphasizes perseverance after failures.
Mrs Salinda Williams visited Lititz on Tuesday and led the Zion's Children Love Feast culinary team near Schoeneck in Wayne Wenger’s farm buildings. Amanda Brackbill and Mrs Monroe Eckert shopped in Lancaster and dined with Mary Kreider on East King street. Lizzie Sheaffer spent last week in Lancaster. Mrs Paul Eckert and Mrs Harry Kochel visited Elias and wife at Waldeck due to his ill health. Clayton Smith and family joined others from Akron and Lancaster for the funeral of Mrs Henry Euck at Lexington and called on J V Roth and Fianna Smith. Lydia Minnich and P B Furlow visited J V Roth on Sunday. Mrs Sarah Hackman of Akron is staying with Joseph Hackman. Mrs Levi Habecker suffers a broken rib from a fall. Dr Long of Brickerville attends.
Graduates from 1870 gather for semi centennial reunion at Linden Hall in Allentown. Mrs J B Hall reads a banquet paper describing oil lamps long study tables and rooms with 14 girls per room. The alumni recall old sports, Cedar Hall boys' school, and old friendships amid a bustling campus memory tour.
The poem readings by Janet Flora and L A Weitzel marked an afternoon of pleasant ceremony with songs and a distinguished address by Rev. E S Wolfe. The commencement concert featured vocal and instrumental pieces, piano solos, and dances with praise for Miss Myrtle Eckert and Miss Fifield. Nine graduates received certificates in a formal morning service led by Rev. Wolfe.
The ceremony featured scripture by Rev. E. S. Grosland, a solo by Mrs. Herbert Beck, a prize essay on Loyalty by Miss Geraldine Ellis Hall, and a graduation address by Rev. R. H. Brennecke who spoke on Loyalty in Life urging loyalty to the school and to womanhood amid profiteering times.
Rev Wolfe handed diplomas to eight graduates in the literary course. Principal Rev F W Stengel awarded prizes and golds as each winner stepped forward. Miss Susan Evelyn Trimmer gave a touching valedictory, followed by benediction by Rev Crosland and a recessional.
Gettysburg Janet Flora of Wrightsville and others from Philadelphia Philadelphia Thelma Harrison Valeria Ohio Geraldine Hall New York June Long Apollo Pa Louise Davis New York Genevieve Peoples Allenwood are listed in a notice noting that extreme winter ice conditions have driven ice prices upward across regions.
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