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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1932
Page
1
Borough Council passes a parking ordinance requiring vehicles to park with high sides toward the curb and at least 15 feet from fire hydrants with fines up to five dollars or jail. The measure, pending two more readings, won’t take effect until August 30.
Vacation Bible Schools run by several town churches end tomorrow with Sunday night exercises at 7 30. The Church of the Brethren and Evangelical Congregational Church hold programs at 7 30, followed at 7 30 by the Moravian Lutheran United Brethren and Reformed schools in the Moravian Chapel. Attendance has been very good.
An organization meeting for a National Junior Shakespeare Story Telling Club will be at 10 A M next Wednesday at the home of Mrs Marguerite Arntz 80 West Main St. Children from third to sixth grades are invited to join and will hear Shakespeare stories in simplified form and later present an entertainment.
Oliver J. Reed of Lititz Tire Company was named to the publicity committee of the Lancaster County Firemens Association. The announcement came from R. Chandie Heagy at the regular monthly meeting Friday evening at Schoeneck United Brethren Church.
Swim at Lutz Pool in Lititz Pennsylvania offered activities priced at 5c 10c and 20c in an advance advertisement.
A Reading Company telegram to O. K. Bushong local agent ordered notices removed claiming the station would close after July 1 but the order is believed to keep the station in use. Bushong notified the company to halt transfer of instruments and keep the station open despite ongoing work. Rumors of a train rerun on the line circulated from Reading though confirmed details were unclear.
A spring and summer boom in Lititz has Seven new houses under construction or finished. Builders include John Killian on Flum Street Floyd Hackman on Spedar Street D B Mberly on Petersburg Road Abraham Hershey on Third Avenue and Geo Stolly near the Lititz Pike. Haydn Brubaker also plans a brick dwelling along the Lititz Pike. Nearly a dozen permits for garages and alterations were issued.
With summer break under way, many local teachers and soon-to-be teachers join six week sessions to earn credits. Prof. M Demmy and Arthur Hackman with others plan study at Columbia University, Penn State, Millersville and related institutions.
The American Legion post 56 will visit Coatesville Veterans Hospital Sunday afternoon July 10 to present an entertainment program for patients. Lititz Green Jug Band and Riley Lausch will perform. attendees may bring food or cigarettes. The group will depart the Post Home at 12 45 PM daylight saving time in a Legion banner guided caravan.
Jimmy Yerger, a Lititz local in the National Marbles Contest, aims for the Mid-Eastern Lion Championship after moving to third with six wins in ten games in Ocean City New Jersey. With a record of nine wins and losses, he eyes the Division Championship and a possible National Title match, while eight years in public school attendance bonds his sportsman image.
Sunday afternoon a cloudburst drenched parts of the county causing field and road floods. Wheat lay dashed and corn bent. creeks ran full, delaying travel. A trolley and a gasoline pump were struck with little damage, Lititz Fire Company called out, Talmage roads swamped, and a week of hot, variable weather followed.
Charles Landes, reported seriously ill after Monday night injures, shows slight improvement. H H Diehm, cashier at Lititz National Bank, returns to duty after recent surgery.
About two hundred Moravian Church members attended an informal reception for Bishop and Mrs. Crosland last Wednesday evening. The bishop spoke about his recent trip and showed photographs from the Virgin Islands and Porto Rico. Alfred L. Douple presided and a brief religious service was held.
Orders will be taken Saturday at Lutz Market for meat to be delivered the morning of the Fourth.
Lititz plans a grand Fourth of July with band concerts baseball fireworks parade and candle display in Springs Park. Garden Spot Post 56 American Legion organizers celebrate Washington's 200th birth with a parade and Revolutionary Shrine ceremonies on Fast Main Street. Fireworks are banned under a 1980 borough ordinance. no sales and violators face arrest. Events begin early with the Lititz High School Band performing in the morning.
The Lebanon Professionals and the Lititz Fire Company nine prepare two games on the Springs diamond Monday, morning and afternoon, promising fine baseball. Saturday features a Columbia tilt at the local field, and Sunday the locals face Lebanon at Poplar Grove as Coatesville faltered 10 to 1 Saturday while rain halted Sunday’s game with the Yorktowne Colored Giants in the 9th.
The Badorf Shoe Company rents part of the former Longenecker Garage on N Broad Street and moves most of its cutting department there to relieve crowding in the main plant.
After years of requests by council, the Business League and private citizens, Conestoga Transportation Corp. starts repairs on 8 Broad Street between its tracks. The street had large holes and dust from trolley passes, angering South End residents. workmen appeared last week and repairs are progressing nicely.
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