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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1926
Page
4
The Lititz Record lists editor and proprietor E. Buch with a subscription rate of $1.50 per year. It notes Entered at Lititz Pennsylvania Post Office as Second Class Matter.
The essay describes the annual house cleaning frenzy as a deep rooted tradition. It compares the unseen effort of scrubbers, dust clouds, and rug beaters to instinctive migrations and argues cleanliness wards off illness and keeps spirits high.
The article extols sunshine as tonic and regenerative, noting a shift from fear of tanning to pride in a sun kissed complexion. It contrasts urban caution with farmers' durability, argues for outdoor activity, and suggests a backyard garden as a source of outdoor vigor.
John Long and family of Penryn and William Horst and wife visited Elias Hitnier's family over Sunday. Mrs George Rose and daughter of Lancaster visited her son Charles and family over Sunday. Miss Miriam Star of Richland and Rev George B Raezer of Lititz visited Elmer Todd's family over Sunday. Harvey Eckert David Hilton and Amos Frey attended the Lancaster circus on Saturday. Farmers continue hauling tobacco in our vicinity.
Miss Blanche Reedy of Sheridan spent Thursday and Friday with Al Menara Heisey. They drove to Pine Grove in Schuylkill County on Thursday with Rufus Heisey. Friends from this area visited Mr and Mrs Wm Romig of Akron over the weekend including Zacharias and Samuel E Ferry P O Elser Samuel W Elser and son Marl Elser Gerhart and Rufus Heisey. Mrs Romig appears on the siecle list. H Arlington Gerhart of Manheim and Betty Ketner and Master Win Parsons of Shillington visited the Gerhart family Sunday.
Brownstown notes that Emanuel Evangelical Church plans its annual Children's Day observance led by church organizers. Details are limited in the fragment.
On Sunday evening June 13 a committee was named to plan the program. Commencement Thursday at U F church features Isaac Styer Harold Buch Clara Snyder Kathryn Snyder and Emeline Wolf with Rev W H Hege of York as speaker. Local elections Tuesday were calm with Judge A G Carpenter and inspectors A G Bear C Studenroth clerks J M Hess W Rollman W H Cooper.
Mrs. Monroe Eckert spent Sunday with her uncle near Schoeneck. A daughter was born to Clayton Myers. Clergy families hosted guests from Meadow Valley Lincoln and Rothsville. Visitors included Longenecker Bollinger and Weaver, Spangler Zartman and Weidman from Lexington. Good Cheer circle to meet May 25 at Lexington.
Reports from Akron area churches and societies include the Lutheran parish council meeting at St. Paul in Penryn with Rev. F A Weichsel, the United Evangelical Women’s Missionary Society gathering at Mrs. Rolandus Lykens, and W M B conventions in Shamokin. A child, Anna Belle Haas, was treated for tetanus in Lancaster, while Kelley Hurst underwent appendicitis surgery. Residents from Clay, Ephrata, Lancaster, Lebanon, and others visited relatives and attended services, with numerous social calls and hospital news sprinkled throughout.
Numerous Mount Joy residents and relatives from nearby towns spent Sunday with family groups across the region. The gatherings included visits to and from the Hess, Dunkelberger, Albright, Mohn, Daniels, Garner, Kern, Landis, Clare, Kilhefner, Bixler, Heiser, Peters, Flowers, Leid, Heigey, Smith, Shirk, Stauffer, Garner, Wilders, and Royer families among others in Reading, Denver, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lititz, Stecelton, and Harrisburg.
A list of summer gatherings at Lititz Springs Park from June to August features numerous family reunions and church group events. Entries include Neenrod, Stauffer, Sweigart, Druckenbrod, Dititz, Kopp, Z em Zem, Kling, and other local families plus church and fraternal organizations across June July and August.
A compiled list of upcoming family and church group events spanning August September and June. Entries include Gantz Garman Butzer Stevens Kaiser Coldren Oberlin Dorcas Circle and Strawberry Festival at the Lutheran Church basement on June 19.
Ralph Eiscadden Jr 85 died from a bullet wound to the chest while being taken to a hospital after a quarrel at John Channell’s home on South Front street. Channell, 45, of Columbia, was jailed awaiting coroner’s inquest as he admitted firing the fatal shot and repeatedly nodded off in the alderman’s office while intoxicated.
Readers weigh the idea that novelty drives belief as Dean Inge argues the first impression often shapes reception. The fragment hints at the tension between initial appeal and enduring truth in public judgment.
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