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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1925
Page
1
Town shops will now open Thursday afternoons while the Redy building gets gun-method painting by Norman Brubaker. Christ Imhoff plans to reopen his restaurant and poolroom on Kline street rear of Front street serving oysters and other edibles.
Henry Gibbes of Lititz as student manager for Juniata College football aims for a well planned season. The piece notes weed ball and school spirit as part of the program and encourages ordering Christmas cards from Semt's Book Store.
Landowner N B Leaman sells fifty acres of his 920 acre Cold Springs Tract near Mt Gretna to A L Kauffman who plans $100000 in improvements. A lake and largest regional swimming pool, golf course, new railroad station, public driveway, and highway lots are in development with potential government road plans and Mt Gretna reserve expansion.
John Deiffer judged bantams at Brattleboro New Hampshire where a distant 84 year old exhibitor impressed Peiffer with her knowledge and enthusiasm. Post 56 American Legion plans Armistice Day events on November 8 with Chaplain Rev Schwartz speaking. Fresh Whitman's Chocolates now at Scott's Book Store.
Radios in town broadcast World Series games with reports heard clearly from Kreida's hardware store where a loud speaker carries the program for several hundred feet. The setup brings fans across the area closer to the event with amplified coverage.
Edward Morrison, World War veteran, lived on a small farm near Lexington with his wife and two children. Suffering from gas exposure, he could not work regularly though he received 20 a month from the government. The local Legion Post quietly aided with food and medical care while Morrison recovered at League Island Navy Yard. his compensation may rise as he heals.
Four Lilty men enjoyed a multi day car journey from Williamsport Pennsylvania through Bath Cayuga Lake Geneva Canandaigua Palmyra Williamson Newark Wellsboro Seneca Athens Lake Owego and Binghamton toward Newfourdland with stays with Moravians. They crossed the Delaware and visited Stroudsburg Easton Allentown Reading and Lititz totaling about 800 miles. The trip showcased Catskill Pocono and other regions with farms and markets along the way.
The obituary notes the death of John Porter William born Edward M. Martin tied to Oklahoma City and a Florida hospital, with a career shift from physician to banker and a building and loan history dating to 1925. The piece recalls family links to Quarryville and odd anecdotes about his life and money.
The Lititz Community Show Association met in the Lititz Boro Council chamber to outline events for October including a renewed premium list and exhibits at Brobsts garage and Warwick Grange booths. Plans include an automobile show on North Broad street and a cattle show at the Warwick House with the Brunswick orchestra. poultry events at the fire house and expanded displays by the HCo trustees.
The American Legion will chair an industrial and stores display at the Lititz Community Show on October 30. Booths will be arranged in Snavely’s garage to showcase local industries and stores. The Legion committee reports strong support for a premier regional exhibit. On October 13 at 7 30 p m the film Martin Luther His Life and Times will be shown at St Pauls Lutheran Church with two projectors organ music and a silver offering at the door.
Construction starts on a cement block storage building east of the Lititz Springs ice plant. The 45 by 65 by 20 foot structure will hold 1000 tons of ice with room for perishables, using conveyors and an elevator to maintain year round production.
Visitors including Chester Leicey Kenneth Witmyer Norman Habecker and Charles Kings bury watched a full day of defense testing at Aberdeen Maryland. The display featured 14 and 16 inch guns anti aircraft batteries tanks smoke screens planes and a railway gun. Exhibits included wartime relics from several nations and a field tea service. Admission to the field was by dekot.
Mrs George Bomberger of Anderson Indiana writes from her new Indianapolis address to not miss any copies of the Record. Mr Bomberger resigns as superintendent of Sefton Manufacturing Co after nearly twenty years with the firm and remains connected as vice president of Inland Box Co makers of corrugated fibre boxes. The factory, open only since August, is very lonely. Mrs Bomberger is a daughter of Henry Romberger of Lititz Elizabeth Macher a trained nurse of Manheim and Roy Wissler of this place were quietly married recently outside the state.
Allen Hacker visits Philadelphia for a week with daughter Mrs. Charles Pry. Many locals travel for business, family visits, or leisure from Lititz and surrounding areas to Philadelphia New York Omaha Kingston Canada and Los Angeles.
Ivan Long, formerly employed in Stroudsburg, is home with his father Dr. J A Long after being released from an Allentown hospital. He suffered a broken leg in two places and other injuries in a motorcycle accident, the third time he has been hurt riding.
Harry Gingrich, longtime knit goods businessman, starts a new silk underwear mill at Pottstown. The incorporated mill names Mr. Gingsten as the principal stockholder and will produce only silk underwear.
The Noah Myers square property in Lititz sold this week for 41000, a new city high. Purchasers are Stanford Leiden and a Philadelphia man who wishes to stay unnamed. Myers bought it from H Reist Landis in April for 30000. Possession is set for on or before April 1, 1926, with town rumor tying the site to business uses possibly an opera house or hotel.
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