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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1911
Page
5
A list explains fire alarm bell taps and outlines worship and service times for multiple churches. Congregations include Moravian, United Evangelical, United Brethren, Lutheran, Reformed, Church of the Brethren, and Mennonite in Lititz and surrounding areas with times for morning English sermons, German preaching, Sunday schools, lovefeasts, and baptisms.
Next Sunday married people widows and widowers celebrate at the Moravian church with a 9 A M prayer service 8 loverevast 4 15 German communion and 7 30 P M English communion Rev S Schweitzer marks 40 years at Lincoln Reformed beginning Sept 23 through Oct 1 with visiting ministers Rev C E Hermstredt preached in Moravian Church last Sunday Elder A S Hottenstein leads meetings at Longenecker's church Laura Oehme missionary will speak at Warwick A B Church Sept 16 Rev Thomas J Matterness preaches at St Luke Reformed Church next Sunday Missionary service at St Luke well attended with reports concerts and Miss Laura Bausman Lancaster spoke on foreign fields Monthly Missionary Society meets Sunday at 2 20 P M
The Central Pennsylvania Association of the Grand Army Posts holds its annual reunion in Mt. Joy on Thursday September 14. Posts from Lancaster Harrisburg Lititz Elizabethtown Manheim Bainbridge and other towns attend. Music by the Fourth Regiment Band Lancaster Spring Garden Band York and Germania Band Manheim. National Guard companies K Lancaster C Columbia H Lebanon appear. A seventy five strong mixed chorus led by Prof Keeny Manheim joins the program. The town plans extensive decorations and a large crowd is expected.
Show at the Family theatre in Lancaster offers four acts of vaudeville and two reels of motion pictures with prices from five to fifteen cents. The venue changes programs twice weekly every Monday and Thursday, with three shows daily at 2.30 pm, 7.30 pm, and 9 pm.
Lititz opened with a wild four-run first inning sealed by Meiley and Spickler hits as Arions pitcher faltered. Lancaster managed a single run in the third but could not sustain offense, finishing with three hits total and a chaotic fielding display.
The fourth annual Reedy reunion gathered over 200 at West Lawn near Sinking Springs on Sunday. Hiram C. Reedy prepared a family tree while Lucien B. Reedy was elected president, with a Reading Eagle likeness of him featured. Attendees from Lititz and Lancaster included Lucien and Grace Reedy, Hiram C. Reedy, and the Schmuck family among others.
The Lititz post office will operate a postal savings depository starting Friday. Accounts from age ten are allowed with minimum $1 deposits, maximum $100 per month and $500 total balance plus interest. Interest is 2 percent annually from the month after deposit. partial withdrawals allowed. no interest for fractions of a year. The system follows Taft’s adoption from foreign models to help those wary of regular banks.
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel M. Carper hosted a Kissel Hill gathering on their twenty fifth wedding anniversary. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Lenhart and son Reading’s Rolandus Hilton Mr. and Mrs. Charles Miller and son Irvin Mr. and Mrs. Wm Templeton Lancaster Mr. and Mrs. Martin Lenhart Mrs. Harvey Royer and children Mrs. Elizabeth Carper Mrs. Carrie Downey Lititz Mr. and Mrs. John Ricksecker Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Dunlap Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hilton Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Mellinger Kissel Hill. Guests brought many valuable presents and the event was enjoyed by all.
A jumble of quotes and remarks greets readers as townsfolk anticipate a lively picnic season and fair weather. The piece reflects social chatter about friendships, travel, and humorous witticisms.
Dr. J C Brobst gifted a 1300 pound steel alloy bell to St. James Lutheran Church on Front Street, dedicated during a Sunday service led by Rev J W Bittner. Rev P Geo Seiger delivered the sermon before a large audience, honoring Erma Brobst who died July 5 1905.
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