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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1915
Page
4
The Lititz Record warns advertisers and readers it prints only on Thursday mornings and cannot guarantee late inserts after Wednesday. Communications must include author name and address. Obituaries and society notices cost five cents per line. entertainment notices from one cent per word. renewals and address changes require old and new addresses. subscription: $1.00 year prepaid, $1.25 after year-end.
Entry recorded at Lititz Pennsylvania post office as second class matter indicating continued mail handling status for local distribution.
In Lititz the police warned all children to stop roller skating claiming an ordinance exists. The letter questions authority and fairness noting no similar restriction in cities with playgrounds. It argues children need safe play and mocks the mayor’s opposition to skating.
Linden Hall Seminary announces a new term teaching lineup. Miss Fannie W. Stauffer Lucy A. Tietze Emily A. Tietze Martha V. Ellenberger Virginia Gerhart Mary Hagen Myrtle Eckert Bessie Gingrich Viola Leib and Gertrude Garber were elected. Garber will head Domestic Science after recent studies. Principal elect Rev. F W Stengel praised for maintaining high instruction standards. Home-made top buggy advertised at Grosh's.
Community events include Evangelical Sunday school Children’s Day exercises, U E Sunday school plans June 27 program, local baseball 11 to 3 win, births, lightning damage to residences and Evans garage, visits from Wabash and Akron residents, school board appoints teachers, Mt Airy school house contract awarded, U B Sunday picnic July 10 with Beck's band, and a Lebanon group surprising Mrs Wenrich on her birthday.
The Lutheran Sunday school will render Voices of Nature by Tullar and Meredith for Children s Day on Sunday evening June 20. Various local residents including Mr. C D Butzer, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Spoo, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Evans, and others are noted visiting relatives in Reading Schaefferstown Bridgeport Manheim Reading Ephrata Akron Lancaster York Co appear in town for visits and with kin.
Neffsville notes recall Mr and Mrs Alvin K Forney serenaded at the bride's parents home on Monday night. Gleaners host strawberry festival in Binkley's field with various eats. Heavy rains caused washing. gutters and corn damaged in local fields. Funeral of William Kopp held at U B church amid storm. A sharp social quip ends the column.
Mr and Mrs Charles Bechtel welcome a baby girl named Barbara in honor of grandmother Mrs Samuel Buch. Wm Stauters red cherry tree bears only on alternate years, leaving last year’s harvest wasted. Andy Dunlaps ice cream praised for hot cake like appeal in warm weather. Mrs Christian Miller convalescent after illness.
Mrs. Sarah Singer hosts, Ruth Roger visits, and Norman Kline's family greetings noted. West Marl Township School Board selects teachers for the coming term with openings at multiple schools. Schools reopen Monday August 30 with varied eight or seven month terms.
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