Lititz Record Post Office notice
The Lititz Record is entered at Lititz Pennsylvania Post Office as second class matter.
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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1926
Page
4
The Lititz Record is entered at Lititz Pennsylvania Post Office as second class matter.
The annual beauty show among women will be held on the Atlantic City boardwalk this week drawing a large crowd. Entries span the globe including a contestant from Australia. Commentator Arthur Brisbane praises Miss Australia as the epitome of intelligence and inner beauty, urging newspapers to feature her photo and promote such ideals.
The piece urges starting a new season of effort in September with firm resolutions for students to gain full benefits of modern education, citizens to boost community development, and business and workers to improve service beyond merely getting by, noting success stems from persistent application of these resolves.
Isaac R. Buch builds a concrete wall in front of his home boosting curb appeal. The Evangelical S. S. class roast was postponed due to threatening weather. church services were canceled because Rev. L A Werner fell ill with vertigo. Luke Weidman and family along with James Weidman and Mrs. George Weidman returned from Chesapeake Bay fishing trip. Quarterly conference and communion planned at the Evangelical church with a Saturday business meeting and Sunday services.
Sunday morning Harvest Home services announced. The focal baseball team beat Akron 5 to 4 in eleven innings. A Saturday evening baseball festival at K G E Hall raised about $80. Township schools opened with fair attendance. Local residents traveled to Washington, D C on an auto trip. Households attended bricktown camp meeting. Helen Ravel from Sinking Spring visited Miriam Buck. E W Pierce and grandson Herbert visited Reading, Shillington, and Sinking Springs. Zwally visited parents in Elizabeth New Jersey.
Halfville community members report visits among families including Halfville residents and visitors from Lancaster and Florida. Attending Labor Day events, sales plans, and home projects such as wiring for electric lights and water systems are noted. Several residents travel, visit relatives in Lititz and Mastersonville, and a public sale is announced for September 25.
John K. Pfautz remains confined to bed with severe illness since last week. Sisters Mrs Mease of Hallville and Mrs Ober of Mt. Joy visited him on Monday. Samuel Elser was also on the sick list last week. Lloyd Hesses welcomed a baby boy. Ferry reunion attended by Zacharias Samuel E Ferry and Lloyd Ober families in Lebanon county on Labor Day. J W Gerhart and family dined with Rufus F Heisey at Elm on Sunday. Other guests included Mrs Ginder and Grace, Mrs Mattie Heisey, Norman and Melvin Heisey of Mastersonville, and Edith Harnish of Landsville.
Harvest Home services will be held on Sunday at 2 P M in the Church of the Brethren with Rev H B Yoder of Lancaster as speaker. The Mt Zion Evangelical Mission Band will present a Summer Xmas Tree Program Sunday evening. Rev and Mrs B W Wolf attended the Eastern Pennsylvania Sunday School meeting in Lancaster. Mrs Harry Reitz hosted her Church of the Brethren Sunday School class at Wenger's Meadow with Esther Mohler among attendees.
A long list of local residents from Lancaster, Lititz, and surrounding towns attended picnics, outings, church events, and family visits. Many names from Hess, Royer, Malschnee, Zell, and others appear with relatives in Manheim, Ephrata, Quarryville, and Philadelphia. A Harvest Home Service plans at Zieplersville include chicken dishes and waffles, while Rothsville High School reports over 400 in attendance as the new term begins.
St Pauls United Evangelical church will hold Rally Day on Sunday September 12 1926 with a 2 00 PM Sunday School rally featuring instrumental and vocal music readings and an address by Rev H P Hagner of
European reporters note East pride fuels self assertion during India clerkships. A London suburb recruit finds kinship in a small ruling class among 320 million Indians, feeling superiority from coolie to maharaja, justified by skin color.
Jimmie, an office boy for nearly two years, kept the office orderly but admitted to taking small items. When asking for a raise, his boss Mr Bailey compares service with a product and demands the same trait represented by honor and integrity. The story underscores honesty in exchange for fair wages.
The 8th Keath family reunion met at Spring Ground with attendees from Lititz Penryn Lancaster Harrisburg and nearby areas. Officers elected include A Y Keath president Abram G Fritz vice president Lydia Bishop secretary and others. Program featured Rev Warren Hess address recitations hymns and vocal duets. Next year’s gathering set for Penryn on the same date.
Several hundred Frymyer descendants met at Spring Grounds on Labor Day for the 8th annual reunion. The program included prayers, songs, dialect recitations, and speeches. Officiating officers and committee members were elected, and plans set to meet again next year in Lititz. The event honored founder John Frymyer born in 1742, with a genealogical list of 653 names. The youngest child received a dollar. the eldest, who donated his gift to a church project, was 80-year-old Matthias Geiz.
A scout candidate is welcomed into Scoutdom and told to do one good turn daily. The motto Be Prepared urges saving lives, helping the injured, and sharing home duties, distinguishing a real Scout from a mere name. Signed Scout Joutdown Beaver Patrol Toop 2 K K K.
A short reflection on friendly people in everyday life and the value of a smiling, helpful friend who lends a hand and ear in hard luck, contrasted with a grouch who touts himself as the standout person. The piece celebrates kindness and neighborly support.
A fragment from Scout Joutdown of Beaver Patrol Troop 2 K. W. K. argues life needs more fairness and mutual friendship urging kindness to all as a path to receiving the same in return.
A quotation asserting that good government depends on adhering to foundational principles and judging individuals by merit rather than class, attributed to Theodore Roosevelt and emphasizing steadfast effort toward founding ideals.
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