Second Class Post Office Matter in Lititz Pennsylvania
Locally entered notice notes mail service status at the Lititz Pennsylvania post office as second class matter for publication and distribution.
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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1934
Page
9
Locally entered notice notes mail service status at the Lititz Pennsylvania post office as second class matter for publication and distribution.
Reminder that Lititz enforces a borough ordinance prohibiting sale and discharge of fireworks. Officials warn strict enforcement to prevent burns and injuries and to keep the Fourth safe. violators may be arrested.
Residents complain that children play late on East Main Street keeping neighbors awake. They prefer voluntary self control over curbing noise and warn police may be needed if the issue continues.
The town received two heavy rains last Friday aiding motorists. Spring repairs on several street squares were completed, though driving was rough on Thursday. The rain helped oil treatment, making roads on Saturday comparable to others.
Officials say the Lancaster Airport is about one fifth finished on the Lititz Pike and three to four months additional work is needed to complete it. The current runway base uses stone quarried at the mids and the field is hoped to be dedicated this year.
The notes recount day to day kindness and oddities in town. A woman saved a struggling sparrow from a flood gutter before it flew away. A youth helped show a visitor a beauty spot on Linden Hall Campus. A bare chested man bathed in a pool arouses attention. A Lititz native finds antiques with friends in Staten Island and accidentally breaks a chair.
Announcement from Washington states the National Parks Series stamp will be issued July 16 at Yosemite National Park California and at the Philatelic Agency in Washington. The note questions first day covers handling and dealer sources for collectors.
Three hundred Sweigert family members gathered at Springs Park for the twentieth annual reunion. Miss Lillian Brenner of Reinholds presided with officers Mrs Anna Sweigert, Mohnteun, vice president. Mrs Frank Sweigert, Mohnton, secretary. Frank Sweigert, treasurer. Five counties represented. distant guests from Santa Cruz Calif traveled 3171 miles. Eight deaths and seven births since last reunion noted with memorial service led by Mrs Vera Mell. The next reunion set for the fourth Saturday in June at Springs Park.
Samuel P. Wolfskill of Reams Town was named president of the Wolfskill Martin Clan at the annual reunion held Saturday at Givien’s Park near Ephrata. Harry F. Ludwig of Lebanon and H. Wicover of Lancaster were named first and second vice presidents. More than 400 attended the event with Kath ry n Martin of Littleton taking part in the afternoon program.
In a national showcase of park design, most featured plans come from western states with only Acadia Maine and the Great Smoky Mountains in the east. The column notes a shift in emphasis toward western landscapes and outlines pending decisions on two announced designs from the region.
A jumble of town notes reports births and injuries including Isaac Bomberger’s son breaking a forearm in Elizabeth Towns boat scene Samuel Carpenter’s son cutting his head after a cherry fall Theodore Buch injured his ankle at State College A Maltese colored greyhound joins Dr J J Hertz from Iowa The Penn Starch plant sits under receivership plus local micro-events from parrot sightings parlor entertainments and July 4th policing notes.
Unstructured items list minor incidents and social news: unclaimed letters at the post office, a wagon accident with minor injuries, foundation work on J F Sturgis bakery, stone hauling by Danny Shelly, attendance at a wedding in Rothsville, a hay wagon fall near Lexington with brief fainting, a $1000 fire at Diffenderfer’s clothing store, a drowning incident near Brunnerville rescued by Jesse Buchter, Bethany Reformed Church in Akron remodeled and to be dedicated, obituary note for Jesse Ochs, a gash from an axe at Memorial Chapel, visits and travels among locals, and new sandstone steps at the Evangelical Church.
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