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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1936
Page
5
Lititz High football was edged 20 to 6 by Shillington in a hard fought season opener. The defeat showed progress as Lititz gains experience, with next action at Elizabethtown and their first home game scheduled for October 24 against Red Lion.
The Accapella Male Chorus of East Petersburg directed by H B Baughy of Neffsville earned first place at a rural chorus contest in State College and was invited to perform on the Farm Show opening evening in Harrisburg. George Pennypacker announced the invitation from Secretary J Hensell French. the group accepted at their Monday meeting and will sing six to eight selections.
Mr and Mrs Aaron Eshleman of 118 West Orange Street celebrated their golden wedding with an open house on Saturday. Rev Samuel Hailey ordained their marriage at Ephrata. They have six children and many relatives and friends listed as guests.
A Polish-born immigrant who arrived after the war built one of New York state’s largest goat ranches on a Boston area farm. Starting six years ago with twenty goats, she turned a profit by using the goats’ milk to make Swiss cheese in the Swiss style.
The 46th annual meeting of the Pennsylvania German Society will convene Friday October 23 at the Moravian Chapel with a business session historical program and luncheon. Prof H M J Klein of Franklin and Marshall College will preside. Speakers include Dr Herbert H Beck on Lititz 1759 regulations and Prof Guy F Reinert on Pennsylvania German pottery. William B Troxell will discuss folk games with musical embellishments. Dr John L Hertz will tour Lititz sites and surroundings. The Moravian Trombone Choir will provide chorales. Rev Byron K Horne will extend greetings. The society, founded 1891, marks its Golden Jubilee in 1941 and is publishing an illuminated manuscripts volume. Ralph Beaver Strassburger currently presides.
Dorothy Frey Honeycutt of Bethlehem, president of the General Alumnae Association of Linden Hall, was guest of honor at a meeting of the Lancaster and Lititz Branches held at the Posey Patch on the Harrisburg Pike. Janet Lyons of Lancaster was elected president with Mary Huebener as vice president and Dorothy Habecker and Myrtle Eckert re elected to secretary and treasurer respectively.
A century ago a group of Creoles returned from Paris and, on Shrove Tuesday, wowed the colonial guard with a street procession. From that moment Mardi Gras grew into a premier western world celebration with exuberant costumes.
The article discusses water view photography from sea, lake, and river settings. It notes lighting as bright water reflects light well, advises stopping down lenses to control glare, highlights fast lenses and shutters, and suggests angles of ships, boats, and shorelines for sharp, vivid images.
Lititz High School seniors chose The Patchwork Quilt as the school play for November 12 and 13 with Miss Dorothy Shenk coaching. M C Demmy announced total enrollment at 920 with 452 boys and 468 girls while elementary enrollment slipped. senior and junior high reached a high of 441 students. Strasburg teachers toured the system and attendance neared 999 percent with several rooms posting tardies.
A reflective piece argues that the people must adopt heroic thinking. It declares the Sage of Chinatoy creates confidence from imagination and uses a fallback method when one approach fails.
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