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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1928
Page
4
The Lititz Record and BE. Buch, editor and proprietor, lists subscription at 1.50 per year. It notes entry at Lititz, Pa., post office as second class matter.
March brings wind and dust yet offers hope and sun as Mr Sun climbs higher and birds return, inviting outdoor work and summer plans. The old fashions and indoor wear fade while the state looks forward to better days and renewed activity in Pennsylvania.
People decline to work in Lititz organizations due to being busy or tired yet many who join find enjoyment and benefits beyond the effort. They gain new friends, business success, support from patrons, and experience that boosts leadership and trust, while those who stay isolated miss rewards.
The Men s Bible Class of the Evangelical Sunday School held their monthly meeting at J W Buch s home with many neighbors attending including Mr and Mrs J W Buch and sons Junior and Robert and Rev and Mrs L A Werner and daughter Althea. A social hour and luncheon followed. J W Buch reported on the East Pennsylvania conference in Reading. G M Zeist hatched 2300 to 2400 white leghorn chicks in his blue hen incubator and expects market demand. Several residents took Sunday trips to Reading Sinking Spring Kleinfeltersville and nearby towns. Family visits and gatherings marked the weekend with multiple households hosting relatives.
Accompanied by LeRoy Wolf and Ily of Talmage, they visited Mr. and A. W. Weber at Conestoga Val Park on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Joel Buckwalter, o , Centre Square, spent Sunday with W. E. Pierce and family. Mrs. Mary Kreider, of Lancaster, spent Sunday with J. W. Buch and Raymond and Harold Shirk, of Groffdale, were Sunday visitors with G. M. Zeist and family.
Recent Sunday activity highlights visits among area families. George Ruhl and wife visited Robert C. Garman, M. G. Shreiner and wife traveled to Ephrata and Rothsville, E.D. Todd and family to Lexington, and Charles Rose with family visited Lancaster. Other notes include house move plans, tobacco delivery, a cattle purchase near Oregon, a visit to a ill relative, a planned move to Lexington, and a funeral in Manheim attended by Martin Berto and his wife.
Clay Cullings hosts Lesher family and two children in Ephrata. Many attend the Lebanon Sales Day trolley ride. Gerhart and Pfantz visit Lititz. Ober family visits Kissel Till. Rock and Elmer Bucher families visit in Elstonville and Fphrata. Spelling Bee at Hopeland and a Gerhart family birthday planning March 8 with a 3 PM chicken dinner.
Community notices list Mrs. Elmer Hollinger offering eighty yards of linen for sale and numerous family visits. Names include Forneys Katz Gibbies Shues Nissleys and Hollingers with multiple Sundays and Tuesday visits across Lititz E Petersburg Buck's Mill Rothsville and Manheim.
Benjamin and Mr Ammon Pets of Manheim were entertained at dinner Sunday by Mr and Mrs Rufus Nissley and Mr and Mrs Parke Good. Marlin and Junior Rothsville visited Eliaer Hollinger and family. Verna Reidenbach from near Oisville stayed weekend with Bernice Ehrhart. Harry McHaffey of Lancaster spent Sunday evening with Jacob Wenstermacher near this place. Richard Ehrhart is confined to home with measles.
The Akron scene includes a Sunday community meeting at the Fire Hall with Rev. B D Hess of Bellville as speaker, a Gap Male Chorus performance, and the start of a two week revival at the Church of the Brethren led by Rev M A Jacobs of York. Also listed are numerous local social events, birthday celebrations, dinners, and gatherings honoring residents and couples, with many names and towns from Lancaster and surrounding areas.
The article recalls a Geneva Conservatory Hall concert of Polish music organized to showcase Poland’s enduring musical heritage during the Geneva Peace Conference. Led by Cantatrice Madam St Korwin Szymanowska and pianist Prof M Zbigniew Drezewiecki, the program featured Chopin and Paderewski among others.
Motored to Philadelphia and visited Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Soneday. Mr. and Mrs. Laing Steward and son spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bomberger at Kleinfeltersville. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Smith visited Mrs. Jacob Mohler at St Joseph Hospital Lancaster. Lloyd Mohn and Mrs. J. L. Albright visited their parents in Manheim. Ed A Hess and Mrs. Annie Habecker at Lititz. John Fritz and children with Horace Frank at Lititz. W B Buck with Edwin Buck at Brunnerville. Aaron Buch with Charles Buch at Brownstown.
Charles M Carpenter son of Mr and Mrs George Carpenter of Locust street marries Luella S Meese daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry Meese of Rothsville on a Saturday evening at 7 00 PM Rev 8 A Heisey officiates The couple plan to reside in Rothsville An advertisement in the Record classified columns offers a quick return for lost items.
A Moravian publication by Rev John Greenfield priced 35 cents in single copies or one dollar postpaid for three copies. The writer praises the evangelist and urges Moravians and friends to obtain a copy. The note references sales of ten copies for 38 dollars in Warsaw Indiana. The pamphlet is described as heartfree and warmly welcome.
Mhwin Graybill a 16 year old pounded a 22 caliber rifle on the floor to quiet a disturbance from his father phonograph playing after 6 A M. The rifle fired wounding his cheek tearing four upper teeth. He is in Lancaster General Hospital in good condition.
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