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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1936
Page
9
Ex service men study how to use their Federal service based bonuses. The average payout is expected to be between 500 and 600 dollars. Many say the wife will manage the budget and seek labor saving appliances to improve daily life.
Miss Lucy M Leicht of South old L I visited Grayhill Bitzer family then Bitzer couple vacationed in New York and Long Island. Mrs Carrie Detterer Miss Pauline Detterer Mrs Krause and Miss Addie Clewell visited Lititz on Thursday. Several ladies attended a 4 H Club Council Meeting at Chickies Rock on Saturday.
A collection of maxims and witticisms on patience anger stubbornness and charity. Notable lines include time as a traveler, slow to anger winning, blaming ancestors for bad habits, matchups of temperament, bluff versus being called, and love’s pains. Green apples mentioned as triggering similar effects.
Park View Hotel owner A W Miller purchased a 19 by 240 foot lot fronting Stoad Street for 3250 dollars to build a three story addition, starting about July 1. The property includes a frame building once used for moving pictures.
Fifty years ago a Roman riding accident left Christian Hess with a broken leg near the knee during colt breaking. Moravian Church grounds will lock gates for Sunday services with the first bell signaling departure to the cemetery. Lightner Kauffman reported major bass strawberries at Hallville with a largest fruit of 14 ounces and 8 inches around. Beginning next Sunday night Lititz will add a night operator Abner Hall for 24 hour line access. A fifteen member committee met at the Springs Hotel to plan July Fourth celebration, leaning to Monday as the holiday. George W. Hepp Jr now in Philadelphia will take charge of W H Apples jewelry store on July 1 after buying stock and fixtures. Lititz school board reassembled with Israel G Erb presiding and Haydn H Tshudy secretary, N C Fry treasurer, Mrs William Niess Sr. A Rothsville stone strike cut Mrs Niess forehead. Moravia picnic site may move from Springs Park.
Gretna Players led by A. E. Scott announce the tenth anniversary season opening with the Broadway comedy Her Master’s Voice to run the week of June 15 at Gretna Theatre Mt. Gretna. Star cast includes Margaret Mansfield, David Byrne, George R Taylor and son, Irene Shirley, with Jack Easton in juvenile roles and Vera Tatum Rosalie Williamson Jeanne Elgart Jack Handford Edgar Mason among featured players. Public notice appears in The Record.
Carl B. Workman appointed committees for the Lititz High School Alumni Association with members across areas including Toastmaster, Executive, Entertainment, Property, Athletics, Resolutions, Auditing, Awards, Filing, and Nominating. Key names include Dr. M. H. Yoder, Kenneth Witmyer, Ruth Dussinger, John Hershey, Magdalena Bricker, Richard Snyder, and Thalia Hershey.
Fifteen thousand people joined Lancaster County firemen for the annual convention parade and carnival in Christiana. Delegates met at the Masonic Hall to set the 1937 site Manheim as part of Community Firemen's Day and a 725th anniversary celebration. R C Henegy was reelected president with Emory Wagner as second vice president. In the afternoon uniformed companies and auxiliaries paraded, with prizes totaling 560 dollars awarded to Hope Hose and Engine Company Manheim 75 dollars Pioneer Fire Company Ephrata 65 dollars Neffsville Company 50 dollars
Severe drought mainly in the Southeast jeopardizes crops while retail trade outpaces 1935. May shows 10 to 20 percent gains over 1935. building activity and employment rise. Detroit index at 105. 10,500 Pennsylvanians went off relief. Philadelphia port set a record. Springfield mass industrial activity at 1929 peak.
The Friendship Company of Elizabethtown contributed $85 each to the Strasburg and Ephrata Ladies Auxiliaries and $50 to the Hanover Fire Company in support of community efforts.
The RECORD promises a spread of local happenings across each page with briefs, notices, and community updates to reflect daily life in the city.
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