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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1926
Page
4
The Lititz Record argues advertising is not a mere expense but an investment. Regular ads build goodwill and a reputation for enterprise, drawing customers who become loyal. Goodwill is an asset as valuable as property or stock, and advertising daily builds this permanent value.
The article argues that business confidence grows with national progress and that a well run, well located enterprise with good service will prosper. It cautions against risky ventures while noting wealth and trade volume tend to rise even if population stays flat, encouraging steady, efficient operations.
Lenten service set in Lutheran Church with Rev. P Geo Sieger of Lancaster as speaker. Revival meetings to open at Brethren church on March 14 led by Rev. B W S Ebersole of Hershey for two weeks. Mt Zion Evangelical welcomes Rev Walter Sinclair in his first sermon as pastor. Loyal Workers class met at Mrs Lizzie Stauffer with a full program and social hour. Chicken pox cases noted around town and several residents attended a funeral in Lebanon.
Sunday gatherings mark 75th birthday for Mrs. Sallie Bach and 84th milestone for William Romig as families from Reading Lancaster Ephrata and Lititz visit relatives. Numerous hospitality moments feature the Gar ner, Roland, Eichleberger, Getz, Hicks, Witmyer, Bow man and Romig households along with wedding reception attendance for Noah C. Landis and bride.
Brunnerville residents Keith and family visited the Keith households on Saturday. J W Roth and family spent Sunday with Daniel Weachter’s at Pine Hill. Susanna Habecker, long-time Pine Hill resident, is seriously ill. Dr Walters of Rothsville attends. Lancaster County Farm Sales Agency reports private sales including a Reservier Street brick dwelling to Kathryn Henry in Manheim with April 1 possession, a 68 acre Elm Township farm to Raymond Galebach with spring 1927 possession, and a Lititz North Locust Street frame dwelling to John Hollinger with April 1 possession. Jury verdict in Ferrich v Rudy awards plaintiff $50 for damages from an automobile accident.
Alvin Ohle of Lititz and Erna Kuehn of Wyomissing wed in the Court House attorney's room with John F. Burkhart presiding. Ohle is factory superintendent at the Ideal Cocoa and Chocolate factory. Kuehn is a former Lititz resident.
Lancaster county farmers announce drastic reductions in tobacco acres amid poor market conditions. Some growers may cut 50 percent or drop the crop entirely as tobacco is sold at a loss this year. Louis Cramer urges a plan to secure better prices for quality tobacco. The county tobacco market currently fails to distinguish good from poor grade. The Society of Farm Women No1 met at Miss Anna Erb’s home with about thirty attendees.
A Lancaster area auction offers 2 head of high grade Herefords and red roans plus 150 hogs including Poland China Berkshire and Chester White. Also 9 pairs of Turkeys and assorted household goods. Sale set for 12 30 P M Thursday March 18 1926 by Simon Groff Auct Kopp Son Clerks with trolley access via Lititz car.
Adams county residents gathered for a Society No 10 event near West Eden with Verna Reidenbach reciting The Elocutionist Bernice Harhart performing a piano solo and Miss L A Weitzel reading an original poem My Garden. Mr Bucher from the Farm Bureau explained Boys and Girls Projects while Baby Beef Clubs and gardens were highlighted with prize schemes and member awards. Refreshments were served as Brighten the Corner Where You Are closed the program and plans for an April meeting at Mrs Agnes Reifsnyder's home near Brunnerville were announced.
Letters testamentary on the estate of Albert R Bear late of Lititz Borough have been granted to Ruth Agnes Kofroth and Bessie Mae Martin executrices. All indebted persons should pay promptly and anyone with claims should present them for settlement to the executrices residing in Lititz Pennsylvania.
Albert Kulp expresses heartfelt appreciation to those who supplied automobiles, neighbors, and friends for flowers and favors during his wife’s illness and funeral at his home, noting the token of remembrance from the Stifel-Freeman plant.
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