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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1927
Page
4
The Lititz council is urged to act on cross ing protection following a Saturday railroad tragedy blamed on neglect. The article argues trains speed through town at eight to forty five miles an hour with inadequate crossing safeguards, and warns delaying action could cost more lives. Community notices list local gatherings and visits from residents and families across Lititz and nearby towns.
On Sunday March 6 at 1 30 P M the fourth Community Meeting will be held in Fire Company hall with Rev Teel president of Schuylkill College Reading as speaker. The Mission Band of U E church will give special Sunday evening exercises. The Mt Zion Evangelical Women’s Missionary Society met at Mrs Richard Albright’s home with ten members present. On Thursday March 3 the High School presents the comedy And Home Came Ted in three acts at Fire Company hall with a cast led by Skeet Kelly James Euck Diana Garwood Grace Hess Miss Log nberry Esther Mohler Ira Stone James Crowthers Aunt Jubilee and others. On Monday at Mr and Mrs John Fritz’s home a fifth birthday party for Hilda Mae honored guests including Mary Bomberger Olive Martin Edith Hurst Charlotte Weinhold Helen Greiner Elizabeth Fritz John Royer Jr Reed Mohn Lloyd Kelley Jr Hurst. The funeral of Mrs Elizabeth Zell was held Monday with Rev H F Miller officiating and burial in Evangelical cemetery. Mr and Mrs H H Shreiner of Lancaster moved into their remodeled home on N 9th St. Edgar Daniels rented his residence to David Zimmerman an Oil Station employee who will relocate here.
Miss Nora Seiver and Mr Harry Seiver ang visit Adamstown with the Enek and Reb er families. A rag party hosted by Mrs Emma Weidman drew many locals. Roads were cleared by supervisors after weekend drift. Several attended the Schoeneck gate event. Families from Baltimore Reading and Lebanon visited or stayed with local households. Irwin Stoner announces a birth. Roberta Lutz buried at St John’s Lutheran cemetery.
W M B of the Evangelical church will hold their monthly business meeting Thursday evening at Mrs. W F Getz home. The delivery truck of H W Ruth was wrecked near Schreiner's crossroads in a collision with a Chandler car. No injuries reported. Improvements continue at K G E Hall with carpenters at work. Various local residents visited Lancaster or Harrisburg over the weekend. The funeral of Mrs Benjamin High drew a large crowd, with services and interment at Landis Valley.
The March meeting of the Clay Unit of the Lancaster County arm Bureau will be held in the Clay school house on Tuesday evening, March 8, at 7 30 P M. The following guests were entertained at dinner on Sunday by the Lloyd Ober family: Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Birkley and children, of near Mechanicsburg, and Mr. and Mrs. Eli Zartman and son Worrey, of near Lexington. The auction held by A W Lane on last Thursday evening was well attended. Mrs. C B Snyder spent Saturday at Ephrata. Mrs. Susan Weist and son Letion spent Saturday at Ephrata. Some of our people attended the public sale of household property of L BE Miller on Tuesday of last week. Mr. and Mrs. David Hshleman visited the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Nissley at Weidmansville, on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Miser Gerhart of Litsitz, were the Sunday guests of the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J W Gerhart. The Samuel Wiest family spent Sunday at Ephrata.
Elizabethtown area notes report mail carrier duties by George Ruhl in Lititz Rd 2 as substitute for Sicker ill H E Studenroth. Mrs Helen Rogers and son Albert of Atlantic City visited sister Mrs L Singer. Hershey family killed in a Lititz accident to be buried at Grayhill church. John Gruner public sale well attended Tuesday.
Halfville M G Shreiner and wife with Galen Balmer and wife and son visited friends at Lancaster over Sunday. Elmer Todd and wife attended the funeral of Wm Didhm at Lititz Sunday afternoon. Abram Graybill and family visited Penryn over Sunday. Snow drifts between Hallville and Henry Hershey's reached ten feet. Amos Frey died at his father-in-law's home Sunday evening. Funeral services were held yesterday at the house and at Penryn Lutheran church.
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