Lititz Post Office Notice Labels Second Class
Entered at Lititz Pennsylvania Post Office as second class matter and published weekly each Thursday morning for local readers.
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Lititz, Pa
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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1922
Page
4
The Present School System Wrong
A lecturer from the Agricultural Extension Department of the International Harvester Company envisions future schools as active, noisy but orderly places where learning by doing replaces six to eight months of quiet regimentation. He urges parents to swap roles with children for a week to grasp how current teaching stifles potential and suggests developing movement, hands on tasks, and sustained attention as lasting benefits.
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International Harvester Company
Motive Power Sup Plants Horse Power
The driving horse has almost disappeared from public roads as automobiles rise. Drag and draft horses are largely replaced by motor trucks. Trucks and tractors reduce farm horse numbers. Lancaster County leads in farm automobiles with 8,141, far surpassing Berks, which has about half as many, while Berks has more trucks and Lancaster more tractors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster County
Berks
Lancaster
Lancaster County Farmers Embrace Mechanical Modernization
The Lancaster County agriculturists lead in travel and leisure, yet keep productivity high through thrift and hard work. With cars, tractors, telephones and electric lights, farming now blends efficiency and convenience, expanding opportunities for families and prompting broader adoption of new systems across the county.
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Lancaster County
Clay Cullings Guests Hosted by L. B. Wiest
Numerous guests visited the home of L. B. Wiest on Sunday including J. M. Neff with sons Wilbur and Eugene and Emma Hildebrand of Ephrata, Reuben Myers and family of Neffsville, and others from Lebanon and Ephrata. March 6 marked Wm. Romig’s 80th birthday and a Clay spelling bee is set for March 18 with all invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. B. Wiest
J.M. Neff
Wilbur
Eugene
Emma Hildebrand
Ephrata
Reuben Myers
Sadie
Florence
Clayton
Norman
Neffsville
Raymond Balmer
Sam’l S. Wiest and Son
Lebanon
Emma Snyder
Elm Items and Social Visits Reported Across Local Towns
My and Mrs Frank Diehm with children hosted by Mr and Mrs J T Weber at Penryn on Sunday. Emanuel Diehm I B Koehler and daughter Meda with Miss Elsie Bomberger visited Mr Chas L Hosler at Honeybrook. Josep Craybill of Shillington visited his father Seth Graybill last week. Airy Hill school to hold a bee Saturday evening March 11 featuring music recitations dialogues spelling and three prizes per class. Doors open 6:30 program starts 7. If bad weather the bee moves to the first fair evening after Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Diehm
J T. Weber
Penryn
Emanuel Diehm
I B. Koehler
Meda
Elsie Bomberger
Honeybrook
Chas
L. Hosler
My. Josep Craybill
Shillington
Berks County
Seth Graybill
Airy Hill
Weekend visits cross Lancaster County letters prompt
Miss Frances Helman of Lititz and Miss Inez Knox of Rothsville visited friends in Lititz and nearby towns over the weekend. Allen Stoner of Lancaster plus several couples from Kissel Hill Rothsville and Brunnerville visited relatives Saturday through Sunday. The Brunnerville spelling bee was postponed to Saturday March 11 due to inclement weather.
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Frances Helman
Lititz
Minerva Zartman
Inez Knox
Rothsville
Mildred Carpenter
Clarence Landis
Kissel Hill
Jaime Kline
John Messner
Ivan Leeking
Walter Zook
Alvin Stoner
Lancaster
Menno Stoner
John Dommy
Kathryn
John Boyd
Stover
Dorothy
Morris Sturgis
Brunnerville School
Loyal Workers honor teacher with birthday gift in Akron
In Akron Grace United Evangelical church Loyal Workers Class celebrated Mrs Sallie Buchs 71st birthday with a towering eyelamen and fine luncheon. Sunday Rev C W Horner starts as pastor at Mr Zion Evangelical church delivering his first sermon. A Church of the Brethren missionary and temperance program drew a large audience with readings recitations and songs. Sunday evening various local families hosted dinners and visits with relatives from Brunnerville Lancaster Myerstown Reading Lititz and Manheim.
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Loyal Workers Class of
Grace United Evvangelical Church
Sallie Buch
C. W. Horner
Mr. Zion Evangelical Church
Church of the Brethren
George Wolf
Robert Reitz
Temperance
Walter Mohler
Alberta Wenger
Alvin Wenger
D. H. Snader
S. N. Wolf
Dimmer
Cyrus Gibbel
Lizzie
Annie
Brunnerville
Aaron Buch
Earla
Bertha
Clarence Fahnestock
Akron
Charles Wolf
Walter Bechtold
Bixler
Lancaster
Alvin, Trostle
West Reading
William Roland
Myerstown
Amos Rudy
Eugene Zahm
Manheim
Annie Putt
Lester
OC. D. Dornbach
Allen
Witmyer
Lititz
Addie Schatz
Reading
Jacob Shirker
Brownstown Bribes Rev Horner Opens Evangelical Pastorate
Rev C W Horner, newly appointed pastor of the Evangelical Church, preached an introductory sermon to a fair sized audience and left a favorable impression. Conestoga hosiery mill workers gave Mrs Leroy Wolt a kitchen shower featuring about sixty items including aluminum ware toweling brooms dishes canned fruit soap. The local grammar school directed by N Lee Klopp will stage a drama Texas Rangers on March 17 and 18 in K G E Hall. Emory Sowers and family will move to Reamstown in coming weeks to operate a restaurant. Floyd Royer and family hosted numerous neighbors and relatives at a Sunday gathering including J C Buch and family Miriam Harold and Allen J R Groff and daughter Arlene J B Ranck Isaac Royer and Fannie Royer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Horner
The
Evangelical Church
Conestoga Hosiery
Leroy Wolt
N. Lee Klopp
Texas Rangers
K. G. E. Hall
Emory Sowers
Reamstown
Floyd Royer
J. C. Buch
Miriam
Harold
Allen
Elmer Shiffer
Helen
Wendell
J. R. Groff
Arlene
Isaac Royer
Fannie Royer
Local jurors drawn for April May court terms
Jury commissioners and Judge Landis selected grand and common pleas jurors for April and May terms. Names include Grant W. Noll Emory Saners Galen S. Stumpf Amos Sensenig Henry Kissinger Jacob L. Hichelberger William A. Bishop Christian K. Kreider Isaac E. Erb John B. Pickel Harry A. Danner Phares L. Brubaker A L Dietrich Benj Hess Christian Bear George W. Trego Benj Keiper Charles Barr Albert N. Kreider Ezra Kline Peter Lands Jacob Esben shade Jr Henry J Hacker Rodger Westerhoff Jacob F. Dewing Frank Eby Amos H. Heilman Linn R. Reist and others.
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Landis
Grant W. Noll
Landisville
Emory Saners
Talmage
Galen S. Stumpf
Hopeland
Amos Sensenig
Manheim Township
Henry Kissinger
Warwick
Jacob L. Hichelberger
Man
Benj. Keiper
Reamstown
Charles Barr
Albert N. Kreider
Lititz
Ezra Kline
Common Pleas
Peter Landis
Jacob Esbenshade, Jr
Henry J Hacker
Ephrata
Rodger Westerhoff
Denver
Jacob F. Dewing
Frank Eby
Amos H. Heilman
Linn R. Reist
Lititz’s Rise Attributed To J Frank Buch and Record
A letter credits J Frank Buch and his Record for sparking Lititz’s industrial growth. The writer notes Buch personally ran the press and gathered news, believing Lititz would remain a village without his efforts, and praises factories he helped start, making Lititz known nationwide.
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Lititz
J. Frank Buch
United States
George Washington and the Bonus
Senator Watson of Georgia asserts Washington accepted a bonus after the Revolution and fought the war unscathed to justify similar thinking for a World War veteran. The article details Washington’s will, his canal stock grants, and his condition not to take pay, using shares for public uses at Liberty Hall Academy and a DC university endowment.
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Senator Watson
Georgia
George Washington
Watson
Washington
Virginia
Great Britain
General Washington
Liberty Hall Academy
Washington Academy
Washington College
Washington and Lee University
District of Columbia
Ise
Bell Telephone Growth In 1921 And 1922 Network Expansion
Bell Telephone reports a continued strong year with 78,284 new phones installed bringing total connected places to 13,380,000 in 1921. By end of 1922 total wire mileage reached 27,819,821 miles as the United States holds a minority share of the world’s population.
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Bell Telephone
United States
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Eby’s Mill
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Record Office
Record Printing House
Ralph M. Spacht
Titz
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