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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1921
Page
1
A town Record Office finds a large key and notes Frank McKinney’s pneumonia illness. Easter church memberships are listed with transfers and confirmations. Fallback ads announce Solotone machines, an upcoming hardware store opening in Lititz, and Peter Killian named superintendent at Melcher knitting mill.
The Kinports cigar factory at this place reopened after a brief closure and will market a nickle cigar. Scrap cigars are being produced and agents will push the line to gauge public demand amid plans to sell at five cents. Mrs My Sonders suffers from a sore hand after an accident but the business news centers on cigarette production.
Weather notes from Waterloo Ontario describe a milder season with robins bluebirds and song sparrows seen by March 15 and farmers plowing by March 24. The Foresters held an old time gathering at Rudy's Hall with Hackgann's orchestra toastmaster Jacob Eshleman and speakers Samuel Snyder Louis Fisher Ruth Eshleman Ruth Wentworth Elis Spickler Rev Fleck and a chicken corn soup menu.
The Nissley Swiss Chocolate Company, Florin, completed its plant and opened on March 26 with Walter B. Light in charge of production. Two thousand visitors from Lititz toured the four story reinforced concrete building, 116 by 50 feet, capitalized at 400000, producing eating chocolate, chocolate coating, and Dutch process cocoa. Officers are E L Nissley president, B Jay Nissley secretary, and H Roy Nissley treasurer.
Obituary notices report Elizbeth W. Dillman death in Lexington at 67 from quinsy and stroke with extensive survivor list and Brownstown and Lititz ties. Israel G. Hershey dies at 29 in Penryn from diabetes with family kin. Edna L. Dietrich dies in Lancaster at 22 after operation with husband and son. Services and interment at local churches and cemeteries noted.
Robert Plautz renovates a warehouse on East Main street for residence amid many rental inquiries. Victor Stark buys a 50 by 150 foot lot at Locust and Front. Trinity U E church trustees acquire the John McCloud home corner lot. Thomas Christ begins a North Cedar bungalow excavation. George Scheneberger digs for a new East Main house. Dr and Mrs H Yoder move into their East Main home, adding a wing porch and bay windows. Graybill Bitzer visits Abbott’s Alderneys Dairies in Philadelphia and meets William H Moench, Lititz connection.
Lititz plans a new American Legion hall to serve as a community center after the town hall becomes unavailable. Residents recall past failed fund drives for a municipal gym and announce that the schoolhouse may host public gatherings while the Legion pledges an ironclad agreement to provide a general-use hall.
Telegram announced the death of Henry Brubaker at Kitchener Ontario aged sixty. He wintered in Sebring Florida with Mr. and Mrs. David Betzner and visited Lititz two weeks ago on the way home to Canada. His grandfather John Brubaker left the Lititz area for Canada in 1805. The Betzners received a telegram but may not have seen it. They are traveling north and expect to reach Lititz in April.
Elizabeth Marie Brookmyer daughter of Rufus and Anna Brookmyer of Neffsville died at Lancaster General Hospital last Thursday afternoon from meningitis at age five. Survived by brothers Ivan Lloyd Bernice Elmira and Russell Carroll and parents. Funeral in Neifeville Lutheran Church Sunday evening with interment in United Brethren Cemetery.
Elmer C. Bobst of Lititz, age thirty six, named general manager and treasurer of Hoffmann La Roche Chemical Works. He heads a vast operation with headquarters in New York and branches across the U S and Europe. His rise from Lititz High School to top executive follows his belief that half of life is judgment and taking chances.
Frost in Lititz and surrounding county freezes warm weather blossoms on pear apricot cherry and apple trees delaying or eliminating crops. Farmers report damaged berries and few sound plums while late pears may still form.
At M. D. Whitcraft's public sale in Kissel Hill John Longenecker demonstrated plowing. Two Model M Samson tractors 12-24 hp sold to E. B. Kauffman near Neffsville and E. F. Mutzer near Manheim. Outfit deliveries completed for spring plowing.
Many residents of Litizzites searched the Furnace Hills Sunday for arbutus plants. A seven mile automobile trip brought in visitors and many fragrant bouquets of the wild flowers were carried into town.
Chicken thieves stole ten chickens from William Klunk on Willow Street one Sunday night. Neighbors heard a noise at 11 but did not investigate. At 2 the next morning Sanwel Kofroth on North Cedar Street was awakened by barking dogs and found barn doors unlatched, signaling a planned horse theft.
Over three nights the Lititz fire company carnival grossed about 3800 with roughly 2000 profit. Ellis Butzer led planning as chairman and was praised for a highly successful event. Prizes included a Columbian range won by Lemon Furlow and multiple items awarded to local residents. Maine seed potatoes arrived from Lime Rock for planting at four varieties with sale in eleven peck sacks priced 4.25 dollars.
Joseph Coleman of Reading representing the Crescent Professionals visited Lititz to discuss placing a fast team there and joining the county league. The Reading outfit is viewed as the city's best, but local industrial league plans led to dropping the proposition for the time being.
A town report notes a number of families must move and have not yet secured homes while others have managed to relocate despite inconveniences. The piece emphasizes ongoing housing instability in the community.
Albert Bruckart recalls meeting a young Lancaster civil engineer named Remley at Union Station who carried a D. Sturgis pretzel box for lunch. He introduced himself and mentioned meeting Frank Sturgis moments earlier on the street, describing Lititz pretzel as a sign of a secret order.
A small blaze broke out Monday morning at John Hossler’s New Street residence caused by heat from a Bas stove. Smoke filled the kitchen as occupants closed the door cut the gas and moved the stove. Several square feet of woodwork was burned before firefighters or residents extinguished the fire.
Pain's fireworks will be seen at the Spring Grounds on July 4 at Lititz with a great variety of colors and record effects. Pain's Fireworks has over forty years in the trade and is noted for high quality pyrotechnics. The Springs Committee engaged the Lititz Band and Tyrone Band for the event. The Industrial league has leased the base ball diamond and will run baseball on the Fourth.
Numerous residents and visitors from Camp Hill Lebanon Philadelphia New York and other towns spent Easter in Lititz and nearby towns. Notables included Miss Miriam Russell from Philadelphia and Mr Raymond Evans from Pittsburgh, with many relatives hosting Easter gatherings and social visits across households.
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