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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1927
Page
8
The brief item collection mixes farming tips and seasonal observations with social commentary. It notes ripening monoms and cheap onions, juicy corn, a good fall cabbage, and a mid autumn tone. It comments on Florida travel, Texas growth, business ethics, youth behavior, and fashion trends, plus hunting risks and World Series chatter.
The author describes a seven week stay in Koenigsfeld highlighting its wooded scenery and remarkable Moravian houses. He notes central Moravian church with adjacent parsonage and warden’s office, a 75 room Gasthof der Bruedenge meine, a bustling hutchery, and local industry hauling trees to Peterzell. He praises the town’s beauty, clean streets, and the Moravian influence, inviting readers to visit Koenigsfeld.
Akron Fire Company hosted a carnival on the athletic field last Saturday attracting a large crowd. The Girls Band from Beaver Springs, Pa., with 41 pieces, and the Globe Accordion Band from Beverly, N J, headlined the program along with a bustling midway of attractions and entertainment.
Four improved highways opened to public travel in Berks County linking Pricetown with Fleetwood and New Jerusalem, Robesonia with Bernville and the Kurtz House, and Reading’s Nineteenth Ward to Angelica. Large numbers of motorists journeyed over the newly improved routes joining main travel arteries in and out of Reading.
On the Lincoln Highway near Columbia Saturday evening a horse drawing a wagon was struck by N S Myers of York. The horse died. Mr and Mrs Hartman about 70 were thrown from the wagon with a fractured arm to the woman. They were taken to Dr Hess at Mountville. The wagon had no light and Myers swerved to avoid the wagon. Two Franklin and Marshall students rode with Myers. Police exonerated Myers, calling the accident unavoidable and noting no vehicle should travel after sunset without lights.
The Lancaster Automobile Club urges all organizations to address highway safety and teach courtesy and care while using streets and highways. Laws regulate traffic, but individual responsibility is vital as carelessness causes fatal and serious accidents. About 70 lives are lost daily with 2,000 injured, prompting calls for public awareness and action.
Grand Master John D. Fissel and officials from Selah Lodge install Lititz Lodge No 1050 officers. New offices include N. G. John Sheridan V. G. Martin Hess R. S. to N. G. Eugene Stauffer L. S. to N. G. Landis Hero Warden Otis Sturgis Con Raymond Singer and many others.
Lititz High lost 25 to 6 on the Zuid field as Columbia used a large substitute group. Columbia scored in all but the second quarter and own thirteen first downs to Lititz's one. Poliz of Lititz exited with a broken collarbone while Lititz had only three substitutes amid fatigue. A 52 yard fourth quarter run capped a dominant day for Columbia. Also noted: sale of a Pine Hill property in Warwick Township for 1660 to Samuel Kulp from Daniel G. Weachter estate executors.
The late discovered work The Art of the Fugue by Johann Sebastian Bach had its premiere in St Thomas in Leipzig 177 years after his death. Wolfgang Graeser, age 21, found the piano score and prepared an orchestral version. Critics from across Germany hailed the first night as a supreme display of counterpoint.
On Saturday October 15 1927 a public sale will be held at the David Helman farm between Lexington and Brunner ville. The auction lists items including a Reading Queen Cabinet Cook Stove Parlor Stove 7 piece Mohair Parlor Suite Bedroom Suite tables chairs kitchenware and garden tools. Sale to begin at 1 PM with terms announced by Sarah Eickert L H Kaufman auctioneers.
Rumors surface of a Cornwall mining expansion after the resignation of Clarrison Souder from Cornwall and Miners Village properties. Arthur Peterson is elevated to general manager of Cornwall ore mine operations to unlock South Mountain, with new shafts, underground connections, and a two to threefold increase in ore production. Management aims to attract experienced workers from the Great Lakes region and erect new housing for miners, signaling a forthcoming era of growth for Cornwall and its surrounding borough.
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