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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1928
Page
4
The Lititz Record lists EB Buch as editor and proprietor. Subscription price appears as 1.5 cents per year. The item notes Lititz, Pa postal details and second class matter status.
A call to support local organizations by paying dues attending meetings and serving as officers. It notes a few volunteers do most work and urges others to boost the group by regular attendance recruiting members and public advocacy for the community benefits.
The article urges high schools and upper grammar grades to form ball teams. It argues baseball keeps boys from street loafing, builds physical fitness, teaches rule obedience and harmony, and deserves public support to cover running costs. It notes many Lititz youths would gain physically mentally and morally from structured sport.
Mrs. Sarah Zartman, Mrs. Lily W Gerhart and Mrs. Edna Ober visited Mrs. Hannah O Mellinger who is bed bound near Mt Airy. A public sale of Bertha Johns household goods was well attended. Sales also held at Brickerville at Lot Evans home. P O Elser marked his 77th birthday on Sunday March 18. Families visited relatives in Mechanicsburg and Elm. Celery and apples are scarce as winter yields wane.
Tarry B Miley and wife visited the Rapp family at Lititz over Sunday. William Haines moved to Mt Joy on Saturday. John H Stohler and wife of Penryn visited Mr and Mrs Jno Engle over Sunday. Rev Israel B Graybill remodels his house bought from Herbert Mann. Abram Graybill and wife gave a wedding dinner to Mr and Mrs Paul Graybill. Charles Rose and Harry Kline hauled potatoes to Lititz last week. Elias M Eitnier and family visited his brother Nathan at Penryn over Sunday. A police dog came to the farm of Clayton Adair on Monday which the owner can secure by calling there. Harry C Shreiner and family visited at East Petersburg over Sun. Clayton Adair and family visited Henry Carper on the Fruitville Pike over Sunday.
A Lancaster area notes column lists numerous social visits. Families from Lititz Ephrata and Mastersonville, including the Esbenshades Yocums and Hess families, share Sunday hospitality with relatives such as the Bombergers, Heiseys, Gerharts, and Koehlers, among others.
Roads nearby are impassable to motorists. Mr and Mrs Norman Forney hosted dinner Sunday with guests including Mr and Mrs Ben Forney of Lincoln and several Bollinger and Forney families from Lincoln Lititz and Stevens plus visitors from Millport and Clay. Mumps illness confines Betty and Junior Forney and Willard Roth. Several locals traveled to Lititz and Millway for visits.
The Ruth class of the United Protestant Sunday School held its monthly meeting at Mrs. Melvin Zell's home. After the business session, a social hour and refreshments were served. The article lists numerous visitors and relatives visiting local residents that Sunday.
A long list of local families visited relatives in multiple towns including Jim, near Lincoln, Akron, and Middle Creek over Sunday. Attendees at conferences and banquets included Rev. Wesley Martin, Henry Mohn, Tarry Zwally, John Reitz, J. W. Enck, and bank, tea company, and farm women groups in Lancaster Reading and Farmersville venues.
The Evangelical League of E. rendered a Sunday program with recitation by Athea Werner and duets by Mrs. Earl Smith and Mrs. Monroe Bellman. R. D. Grebill to sell farm implements Friday. Mission Band meets next Sunday at 2 PM. U. S. church held communion. Abraham Foltz family to move into new home. First quarterly conference meeting April 7 in Evangelical church led by Rev. T. L. Wentz. A class meeting to include Evangelicals from Akron Milport Rothsville Wogansville Kleinholtersville. Daughter born to Mr and Mrs Charles Sheaffer last Thursday. Social notes on locals and Scott's Book Store ad.
A traveler recalls a fast auto ride from Koenigsfeld to Rottweil, then a hurried rail sprint to Stuttgart amid a furniture convention. They dodge delays, race through villages, and scramble to secure lodging, recounting the Svabian Württemberg landscape and a near-miss with trains as they chase a bustling German city itinerary.
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