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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1935
Page
5
The last Lititz PTA meeting of the season will be held in the high school auditorium on Tuesday at 8 o clock. President Mrs C Allan Rice will preside until new officers are elected. M C Demmy supervising principal will address current school problems and summarize the year s work. All parents are urged to attend. friends are welcome.
Da vid P. Bricker noted an error in last week’s RECORD report on Bor ough Council. He appeared for the Springs Committee, not Park, and asked an appropriation for Springs Park. The council granted $300, the ongoing annual amount.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bruckhart of Elm entertained at a reception for their son Albram and his bride Miss Mary Edris of Fredericksburg Pa. Guests included numerous Bruckhart relatives and friends from Lititz Elm Manheim Richland Ephrata and Fairview with names and children listed.
Mr and Mrs A B Miller of 842 Oxford Street Berkeley California announce the birth of a son on April 29. Mr Miller is the son of Mr and Mrs H C Miller of 1445 Broad Street.
Local social notes describe Mr. and Mrs. Clair Weber hosting the Webers of E Lincoln Ave and the Keaths of Penryn. Mrs Gertrude Helter and her son Clifford visited Mrs James McMuhen in Fenryn while Mrs Isaac Moyer visited Penryn residents over the weekend. Mr John Mohler hosted I B Koehler and daughter Meda of Elm on Cedar Street. Ruth Wike spent the weekend with Arlene Galebach in Elm.
Evan Hallman world famous xylophonist appears as soloist with the Imperial Marimba at the Moravian Sunday School Chapel under Daughters. The self taught musician has national fame from age 12 when he played in New York with George Green. He has since performed with major groups and arranges all band music.
PAUL R FURLOW recounts Warwick Township early educators Philip Kratz Jacob Singer Abram Shiffer Eli Pickel Abraham Balmer Samuel Coldren Mordecai Davis and Samuel Zintmyer from 1843 and 1855 records. These men taught five months yearly for about $25 per month in wind rocked, poorly equipped buildings. A 1855 note shows the board inspected schools with meals at farmer homes, highlighting progress toward learning in the community.
The board met at inns in Lititz or Rothsville with the innkeeper appointed custodian of teachers' contracts, outlining early administrative steps in managing educator agreements.
The December 17 1925 issue features a Lititz Football team photo from 1912 with coaches Wayne Longenecker and Ellis Butzer and players including Emory Niedermyer Elmer Bollinger Jay Sanders Howard Weaver Harry Reidenbach Roy Weaver John Felker Ralph Diehm Clarence Carpenter Chauncey Sturgis Thomas Frie lich and David Hoke. The same issue reports a banquet for the high school football team and James Mummert chosen captain for 1926 season at a team meeting before the banquet.
The region saw persistent rain through last week with cool, damp conditions from Thursday to yesterday. Ira Keath of Eph rata reports April rainfall at 3.15 inches, 0.38 inch below normal, and year to date precipitation 2.35 inches under normal. No heavy snow occurred in April for the second straight year.
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