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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1935
Page
9
A local Thanksgiving message urges gratitude for work and blessings. It notes a Union Thanksgiving service next Thursday at 9 30 in the Moravian Church with Rev James M Moore of the Church of the Brethren delivering the sermon. It invites the community to join in thanks.
The Lititz Public Library Association reports a strong community response to its membership campaign. Officials urge those not yet approached to join and support the library’s mission to provide the best books and services for Lititz.
Lititz kicks off its annual Community Chest drive with the first week focused on local industries and the second week directed at Lititz homes. The note raises concern about the town’s ability to support unemployed residents without adequate funds or government aid, highlighting the value of the Chest and local nursing services.
A local appeal argues hospitals may close without funds and highlights the Free service Lancaster Hospitals provided to Lititz last year. The speaker notes public contributions cover only about half of that free support and urges generous donations over the next two weeks.
The Great Commission Prayer League calls Christians in the United States to observe five key church days Thanksgiving Christmas Watch Night Good Friday and Easter for widespread prayer and renewal. It urges a union of intercession during a crisis period and a rallying of believers to reaffirm faith in God.
Lititz saw a mixed fall of rain and snow on Sunday with several inches of slush. Rain returned in the evening and delayed streetlight activation as clocks failed to trigger the lights about an hour late.
Ms and Mrs Wm Klunk with Arthur Guineyard daughter Lois and Miss Flora Lareher attended the Catholic High School dance in Moose Hall Lancaster Monday evening. B B Snavely of Lexington is visiting Detroit Michigan for a spell.
Dr John H Shenk dies after six months illness at nieces home Mis shudy East Main Street. Hanna Loeffler 71 dies at son Calvin Broad Street. Thanksgiving school closures. Horace Sturgis injures foot falling from scaffold ten feet. Coldest fall morning 16 above zero. Ralph Bertha SouGers' son injures fingers at paper mill. Grape fruit on market. portions of Y M C A piano recital with 25 participants. Maude Willis Concert Company opens Y M C A Star Course. Y M C A basketball opens season 20 13 win over Keystone Columbia. Lititz noted for various trades and foods. D D Graunt furnishes 180 dozen streisslers and butter semmels for Iris Club bazaar. Moravian sugar cakes for 28. Animal Trap Company busy exporting to France and Angenting. Fishing trip to McCalls Ferry yields salmon in Susquehanna. George D Gish buys Pleasant View bakery routes. Gish to Strasburg. Claude Kemper and Lizzie Young marry in Wilmington. Lititz football beats Northern A C 11 5 at local field.
Property of N C Fry sold at public sale to J G Brebst for 1105 dollars. A statewide snow storm heavy in this section. Mrs Jacob Graybill reportedly burned a hog she thought bewitched. Wesley Bender damaged his thumb in a tobacco machine. F B Buch & Bro plan cigar making with a shoe peg insert. Turkeys and chickens priced 10 and 7 to 8 cents per pound. New church bell installed. church may open early next year. Joseph Bollinger to build a shop for meat cutting behind J D Witter’s. Monroe Snyder injured hand at the office printing press.
Lancaster County Young People's Councils plan their annual conference in the Moravian Sunday School Chapel on Friday and Saturday, November 29 and 30. The theme is Christian Youth Building A New World with speakers Sharley Kendig and Rev. Raymond Weh.
In Hummelstown on Saturday night a car carrying Donald E H Peters age three and Monroe Mishler and another passenger collided with a trolley car. All three suffered head lacerations. The car driver, Harry B Peters of Lititz and father of the boy, said he did not see the trolley turning off the highway.
The report notes a brisk uptick in retail trade despite warm weather in the East and South. Wholesale lines show strong demand for apparel and holiday items, with a backlog of reserve buying expected to weigh on stocks as cold weather returns. October department store sales rose 6 percent year over year, rural and small towns up 17 percent, and 31 percent ahead of 1983. Woolen textile orders reach 43.6 million yards while cotton mills accelerate. Bank deposits stay high as Christmas clubs build cash, and national income figures reveal a long and uneven recovery from 1929. Residential building activity remains strong with permits far above 1934, and cheaper money rates push expectations for further gains next year.
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