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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1926
Page
4
The Lititz Record is entered at Lititz Pennsylvania Post Office as a second class matter indicating its mailing status and sharing that designation for distribution and archival purposes.
Long account highlights students returning to school with bright faces and new clothes. The piece notes widespread support for education, while listing several local family visits and gatherings including the H. N. Wolf reunion near Akron and various Sunday visits across Lititz, Manheim, and Denver.
The public schools opened August 30 for an eight month term with new desks in the vacant room to be used for recitation. Principal Prof. Lloyd Roland leads, assisted by Mrs. Esta B. Herr. Grade teachers include Miss Edna Adams grammar school, Mrs. Snavely intermediate, Miss Pauline Reminger secondary, and Mrs. Stella Burkholder primary. Prof. C. N. Melrose teaches music.
A New York firm plans a shirt factory in the former Davis Shirk and Mason building starting with at least fifty machines if workers are available. The Evangelical church W M S meets Thursday. the Bible class plans a Friday gathering with a corn roast by Conestoga Creek. Local camp delegates attended a Philadelphia convention. The baseball team plays Akronite visitors Saturday. Families and individuals visit Mt Gretna and Labor Day reunions are noted along Conestoga. The high school opens for a nine month term as other schools start next Monday.
The E K Zartman family near Lexington and Ira Zartman of New York City were entertained at dinner with the Zacharias Ferry family on Sunday. Several locals visited kin, and Jacob Carper survived a barn accident with bruises. Brickerville picnic drew a crowd with the Ephrata band playing. Lester Keller welcomed a baby boy.
Last Thursday Mrs. Rolandus Keath sustained a compound fracture of her right arm. Eva Kalmanhowitz of New York City stayed four weeks with the Biemes derfer family and returned home Saturday. Charles and James Scofield, New York boys, will head home Thursday after weeks with the Emlen Landis family.
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