Lititz Record Second Class Matter Notice
The Lititz Record is entered at Lititz Pennsylvania Post Office as second class matter.
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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1926
Page
4
The Lititz Record is entered at Lititz Pennsylvania Post Office as second class matter.
Elmer Todd and family with Galen Balmer visited friends in Lancaster over Sunday. Amos Frey and family called on the Frey family at Buck's Mill. Isaac Heagy and wife from Penryn visited Abram Gray's household. A new Mann joined Mr and Mrs Herbert Mann Sunday.arry C Frey and his wife stayed with Mrs Frey’s parents near Clay for a time.
Residents and visitors share visits and calls across Brunnerville and neighboring towns. A July 6 communion service is announced for the Brunerville A B Church with Rev Enck of Harrisburg to lead after noon services.
Local notes report the baseball carnival postponed due to rain to the coming Saturday. Various community items mention music, schooling, banking holidays, and visits. Notable mentions include Pauline Hess traveling to Joliet Illinois, baptisms, high school events, and hospitalizations including Kelso Horst’s death and funeral.
A Mrs Melvin Zell led AJ E Sunday School on a hike enjoyed by all. Numerous gatherings followed as families from Lancaster, Ephrata, Lititz and beyond visited relatives and friends over Sunday. A Ford pulled two old carriages through town signaling a local market for old horse drawn vehicles.
The piece notes Berks County has only one weekly newspaper outside Reading and urges small towns to stay vigilant against stagnation. It recalls Moravian church records of 1778 detailing a 200 man hospital for American soldiers in Brethren's House, deaths from camp fever, and burial sites east of the village, with the hospital moving to Lancaster by August 28. It mentions Dr. William Brown's Pharmatopeia printed in Philadelphia, and ends with an Administrator's Notice for the estate of John H. Stauffer of Lititz.
Alta May Stauffer entertained a group of young friends at her home on Kissel Hill on May 22 for her eighth birthday. Guests included Roy and Mary Stauffer Ruth and Arlene Strohm Fred and Jean Behmer Grace Mahlon and Elizabeth Lindeman Vera Buchter Kathryn Shreiner and John Stauffer. Refreshments were served by the hostess mother and Mrs M Z Leeking Mrs Walter Behmer Mrs Ivan Behmer and Miss Eva Behmer.
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