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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1934
Page
6
Trappers roam streams ravines and ridges as Pennsylvania’s trapping season opens with beaver beak and muskrat pelts expected to lead the year. Beavers face a curtailed harvest last spring while mink and fox, opossums and raccoons promise strong profits amid a harsh winter outlook.
Hess son of Ralph Hess of Rothsville and Miss Esther M Ravegum daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Ravegum of Lititz were married Saturday at 7 PM by Rev P F A Weichsel in a Lutheran church ceremony. The couple will reside in their new Rothsville home.
Nationwide survey shows Pennsylvania among twelve states with sufficient hay and silage to meet local needs through the 1985 harvest. State favored by surplus hay totaling about 445000 tons when corm fodder and straw are included. Deficit in feed grain due to dairy and poultry consumption. Northwest counties face hay shortages. north central and southeastern counties show surpluses. Agriculture Dept. offers detailed local reports.
Local social notes list numerous Sunday visitors across Penryn including Zell Cochran Moyer Biemesderfer Diehm and others. Multiple households in Browns town Lititz Mount Joy Elm and Manheim host relatives and friends with extended families seen in hospitality all weekend.
Mr and Mrs John Meilinger entertained on Sunday with a dinner guest list including Mr and Mrs followed by additional attendees. The event reflected a social gathering typical of the period.
Charles FP Anderson a cancellation expert of the Post Office Department left Washington last Thursday on the first leg of a 16000 mile journey to Little America for the Byrd Antarctic Expedition. He will dispatch mail from Little America to improve service, bearing 40000 Byrd covers and a full equipment kit including cancelling machines stamps envelopes ink and indelible pencils to prevent ink freezing in the cold. He travels by train to San Francisco then steamer to Auckland New Zealand and on to Wellington Dunedin and Bear of Oak and Steamer of the Byrd expedition.
Samuel Risser Clarence May Ray and Mary Risser of near Strasburg Mrs Mildred Schiott and son Robert Mrs Anna Hostetter Bernice Erla Amos and Richard Hostetter Reuben Risser all of East Petersburg Mr and Mrs M FE Snagely and son Carl of Kissel Till and Mrs Minnie Carpenter of Mechanicsville.
Rev Meek will deliver the Thanksgiving Day message at Kissell Hill Lutheran Church at 7 30 p.m. Residents and visitors from Lancaster York Lititz Rothsville and Mt Joy are noted visiting relatives and friends. The Record lists local home news and social calls with many family names and neighborhoods.
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