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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1928
Page
4
The Lititz Record, Bech editor and proprietor, offers subscription at 1.50 dollars per year. Entered at Lititz Pennsylvania post office as second class matter.
The piece notes a surge in consumer spending from early November through Christmas, with more money in circulation and rising demand for holiday goods, winter clothing, and home improvements. It emphasizes that advertisers capture this spend by offering attractive bargains and compelling notices.
A writer urges the public to settle down after a hard fought election. Voices recall dire prophecies and bitter words, urging forgotten issues to heal. The call emphasizes cooperation, harmony, and mutual respect among all political sides for the country’s welfare.
A pig roast and sauerkraut supper funded the basketball team at K G E hall last Thursday. Ev angleical S B Class bake sale at W P Beck's store. Deer hunting trips planned for December 1st. H S basketball team bought new uniforms. Many attend Neighbour evangelistic meetings in Lititz. G S Cooper installed new mill machinery from R D Graybill. Local visits include Becks at Clifton Heights, Carpenter family in Lancaster, Werner at Allentown, Bowers in Lancaster, Earl Smiths in Akron, Hellman family visiting Herr, all on recent Sundays.
Local notices report E D Todd and Galen Balmer visiting Lancaster over Sunday and Wm Haines family from Silver Springs visiting R E Adams. Shreiner attends Middle Creek children meeting. George Rose at Fire Tower Friday to Saturday. Local hunters Norman Kline Landis Mull Harry Miley Charles Shreiner Galen Balmer in the hills Friday. Allen Yeagley family from Lancaster visits Harry B Miley Sunday. Mark Graybill starts work for Theodore Forney Monday. Wayne Habecker Jr injures foot with a 22 rifle Saturday. Landis Mull from Lexington starts work for Elmer Todd Monday. Farmers begin stripping tobacco.
Elizabeth and Lavina Snyder of California visit relatives in the area guests of Mr. and Mrs. Sammel S. Wiest. Several locals travel to Columbia and West Over for family time and church services with notes of Dedication Day sermons at Grace B.C. Church. The week closes with Evangelistic services in Lititz and scenes of social visits among neighbors.
Local residents from Lititz and surrounding areas attended Sunday gatherings at the Good home. Clergy from Lebanon Valley College and Brunerville United Brethren joined Neighbour Evangelistic meetings in Lititz as families visited kin and friends across multiple townships.
Akron notes Rev Geo Hoag of Schuylkill Seminary Reading preached at Mt Zion Evangelical. Zion Lutheran Aid Society prepares a roast beef and baked ham supper for Nov 24 in Fire Co hall. Local residents visit, travel, and recover from injuries as community members gather for services and social events.
Rothsville Schools report October perfect attendance by grade and pupil lists. First Grade 98 percent with pupils who were neither tardy nor absent, including boys Arnold Becker Roy Bushong Junior Cammaus Harry Frederick Raymond Fry Junior Gackley Samuel Gockley Moses Garman Joseph Garman Walter Garner George Grube Benj Lefe ver Kenneth Long Junior Miller Victor Mumma Boddy Musser Carl Sammet Charles Sprout Junior Wenger Junior Wissler Robert Witjhers Abram Witmer Bobby Zaring Harold Garner and girls Dorothy Adams Alice Cochran Mabel Ditz
The article lists pupil names by grade and gender from Rothsville School in Warwick Township, noting students achieving 96 to 99 percent. It also reports Miss Eleanor Dando of Williamsport to teach languages and history at Rothsville High School, replacing Miss Stager who resigned, plus local attendance figures, savings fund totals, and the Thanksgiving vacation dates for 1928.
In England a dynamo is a generator, windscreens are windscreens, sedans are saloons, gasoline is petrol, and anti bounce clips reduce roughness in British cars.
This piece extols the turkey gobbler as a proud emblem of American life. It links the bird to Thanksgiving history, notes the decline of wild turkeys, and warns of the domestic gobbler's possible fate while praising the bird as a sign of prosperity and welcome.
The Moravian W M S met at Mrs. B L Miller's Spruce street home with 24 in attendance. President Mrs E S Crosland presided and led devotions. treasurer reported 5.85. Program covered veteran missionaries with articles on Hartman Weinland Alaska Jamaica Thibet etc. Pictures shown. Dec 18 meeting at Moravian Home planned with leader Mrs C Win Grosh and topic Training in Services. The offering was 3.39.
The December 2 to 9 mission at St James Catholic Church features Rev Edwin Shearer, recently at St Patrick's Cathedral in NYC, preaching sermons and conducting services to revive faith and teach core Christian doctrine. All are invited to attend morning and evening sessions and ask questions. Another A Pest quoted.
A brief item notes the railway station at Oodunadutti in Australia has two‑week gaps with only a single train due in the forthcoming period, marking it as exceptionally quiet within the empire.
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