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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1937
Page
9
The notice directs communications to THE RECORD PRINTING CO. on South Broad Street in Lititz Pennsylvania and notes a subscription price of $1.60 per year.
Reports from Lititz describe young men in cars following women on Spruce Street and nearby crossings. The town warns such conduct is unacceptable and demands investigation to preserve safety for women walking at night.
In County towns the Wagaman brothers are celebrated for basketball prowess but twice yearly at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church four tall Wagaman brothers serve as ushers. Their service is described as a stirring sight rivaling any hymn or sermon.
The article lauds the April concert for the Community Ambulance showing strong patronage. It urges readers to contribute pennies to sustain the vital service, invoking the slogan Suppose Nobody Cared.
The article recalls John G. Carpenter of Spruce Street unfurling Old Glory for the 47th year in memory of the Battle of Bentonville during the Civil War in Sherman's march to the sea. It notes Carpenter’s wartime wound and lists a Friday social bowling party of 23 town gentlemen at Hotel Rossmere Lancaster. It also covers Linden Hall class plans, a break in at Spangler’s home, parents day at public school, a large sinkhole near Hess meeting house, loss of notes, ice price cut, a runaway horse incident, and Linden Hall principal resignation with Rev E S Hagen named successor.
Julius F Sturgis buys from Oliver Sturgis a Lancaster bakery and two dwellings and will take possession April 1 to bake bretzels. An illuminated stereopticon show by G W Fraser will be at Moravian Chapel Thursday. The Dunkard denomination plans a Lititz church on Willow Street needing about 2000 in subscriptions after a first day of 600.
A reader notes relief that the ambulance service is ready to respond and provide comfort to those in need, emphasizing the value of prompt care for the community.
The piece jokes about the groundhog seeing his shadow on February 2 and predicting six more weeks of winter. It notes an oversleeping animal letting winter spill into the period and imagines prodding him from his hole to face slushy Monday weather.
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