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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1931
Page
7
Miss Edith Hollinger and Miss Ella Heck spent Sunday with friends in Pine Hill and Lancaster. Families including Reidenbach, Habecker, Ritter, and Spayd joined relatives across Lititz, Rome, Mount Joy, and Lebanon for weekend calls and social visits.
On May 16 1931 at 2 PM a public sale will occur by order of the Lancaster County Orphans Court. The property in Lexington Village Warwick Township includes a two story frame dwelling, frame barn and hog sty on 124 perches of land with specific boundary descriptions. Administrators Harry B Enck Wilson Enck act as sellers with G Conrad Auctioneer Jabert Ruppin Attorney.
Professional cards for HERSHEY and GIBBEL detail real estate insurance investments and scrivening services. They offer deeds wills mortgages and legal papers, clerking of sales, and decedents estates settlements from Lititz Pennsylvania.
Mr and Mrs Mathers from Lititz and Mr and Mrs Chas Musser with family of Rothsville visited over the week end in the home of Mr and Mrs Monroe Gable. Mrs Harry Long and Mrs Joe Ritter attended the funeral of Mrs Wm Reidenbach in Lititz Sunday afternoon.
Penn Township school authorities reappoint Mary Minnich and Lena Olack for Sun Will Lime Rock Parl and Fairview schools. Brethren church activities include baptism at Jacob Schenk meadow and revival plans at Kreider's Church beginning May 10 with Rev Beam from Virginia.
The Western Electric New Process Noiseless Recording by Electrical Research Products and Bell Labs makes film sound utterly silent, enabling whispers and soft sounds to come through. The Right to Love uses the method with Ruth Chatterton, while Paramount leads initial adoption and Hollywood studios follow. A New York theatre power-line issue briefly disrupted testing, solved by changing the ground system.
A long list of residents and families from Lancaster and nearby towns hosted or visited relatives and friends over the weekend. Names include the Hiestands, Minnichs, Florys, and many others, with trips to Philadelphia zoological gardens and Valley Forge noted.
At Brownstown Evangelical Congregational Church the K. L. C. EB met Sunday evening with Miss Kathryn L. Wolf as lead er. The session opened with singing, the secretary Miss Eidna Yost called roll, members answered with a scripture quotation, and the leader read the scripture lesson.
Mary Dixon performed a saxophone solo while prayers were offered by Mrs Grayson Leaman Edna Yost and Kathryn Wolf. Pauline Leaman and Mary Yost played a piano duet. The meeting discussed What Jesus Teaches About Work led by the leader. A quartet L K Wolf Charles Roberts Mrs Ivan Weaver and Kathryn Wolf sang several numbers.
Clay Cullings notes a series of visits by Ober and Gerhart families across Sunday and Saturday. Mrs. Liloyd Ober and sons visited Ober's parents and Eshleman family at Lime Rock. William Becker of Kissel Hill joined Obers for a Saturday dinner. J W Gerhart, P O Elser and Rufus Heisey's household hosted at Gerharts. The group spent the afternoon with John Ruhl near White Oak, and Gerhart family members tracked further visits to Lititz and Lincoln residents Elser Gerhart and Samuel W Elser.
Rev F A Weichsel pastor of the Brickerville charge will preach the baccalaureate sermon for Rothsville High School in the Rothsville Lutheran Church Sunday evening. Class Day is May 21 and Commencement May 22.
The United States Department of Agriculture and North Carolina State College unveil a show window duplex cotton bag for farm products. One side uses open mesh to show contents while the other prints the brand. It saves weigh time and reduces overselection by buyers. The bag can be rinsed and repurposed. it competes in price with paper bags and targets retail ready packaging.
Dr. J. F. Balard of Purdue University warns coccidiosis is a common poultry disease causing heavy losses in chicks two to fifteen weeks old. The parasite spreads via droppings and remains inactive until ingested with feed or water. He urges clean brooders, routine sanitation, and separation from adult flocks to control the illness.
The Allentown state hospital farm in Pennsylvania posted extraordinary potato yields. One acre produced 603 bushels and 28 acres averaged well above the national figure. Seed came from northern Michigan, rosset variety, with fall plowing of soybeans and seven tons per acre of barnyard manure. Each acre received 956 pounds of commercial fertilizer rich in phosphate and potash.
The article explains that green feed like leafy vegetables is best for hens while other succulent feeds such as gels, apples, pumpkin pulp, and sugar beet pulp add bulk but not full green feed value. Carrots provide vitamins near green feed levels and may yield rich yellow yolks and higher hatchability. alfalfa leaves and head lettuce are also succulent vitamin sources.
Sows that furrow in March or April should be placed to individual pens at least six by eight feet a day or two before they fur row. Pens should have guard rails to protect pigs when the sow lies down and be lightly bedded with short clean straw to prevent entanglement. Provide enough artificial heat to maintain moisture and comfort.
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