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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1928
Page
4
The Lititz Record under R KEK Buch, editor and proprietor. Subscription is 31.50 a year. Entered at Lititz Pa Post Office as second class matter.
The piece argues teachers face tough tasks and little rest after breaks. It notes large classes resist discipline, requiring skill and energy to maintain order. Many teachers end term exhausted, with only a few wholly qualified for such pressure.
The piece urges students to join football squads through athletic tests, noting relatives’ anxiety over injuries yet arguing sport provides essential healthful exercise. It stresses proper training and oversight to prevent serious accidents and says boys who win should be ready to face life’s hard knocks.
A sizable crowd attended the public sale of the late Samuel Wissler’s personal property in Lincoln on Saturday afternoon and evening. Nearby families and neighbors, including the Elser and Gerhart households, gathered for visitation and church events as community ties remain strong locally.
Lancaster visitors join the Gray Bills Brethren church Harvest meeting on Saturday. Ellen Graybill returns from Ocean Grove after a three week stay. Local farmers work on tobacco storage. Elias M Bitmer and family and Jacob Hitner visit Penryn over Sunday. BE D Todd and Galen Balmer with family travel to Hamberg to see Balmer’s brother in the sanitarium who is recovering. Yton Adair and family visit friends in Hagerstown from Saturday to Sunday.
Mr and Mrs Irwin Martin and children Minnie Anna Mae and John of Hess corner spent Sunday with Wayne Hackman and family. James Root and daughter Ellen of White Horse visited Saturday. Alice Hackman and sons Nom and Arlington of Lititz called on Charles Hackman. Forneys and Wentlings visited with Mary Mantannerville Me. Wentling children Ruth and Robert with Hiram Koehler Waite Oak. Elmer Good and children Mabel Laura Ray with Harry Good and family and Isaac Lesley Mary and Benny visited near Lititz. Fianna Hollinger Philip Martin John Shank and family from Manheim joined Uandis and family. Lester Herr of Lincoln spent Sunday evening with Aaron Landis.
The Loyal Workers class of the Evangelical Congregational Sunday School met at Mrs. A. Overholtzer's home. The Zion Lutheran Woman's Missionary Society met at Mrs. P. Snyder's home. Miss Mae Overholtzer hosted the Ladies' Aid Society of Bethany Reformed Church, Ephrata. Numerous visits and family mentions from Lancaster, Lititz, Belmont, Philadelphia, and Moore's are noted, with many residents visiting relatives and attending events.
Swarthmore School Philadelphia families attend weddings and reunions across Lititz Terrehill and Millersville. Mr and Mrs Homer Mack wedding dinner at the Hirshberger home Schaefferstown. Funeral for Mrs Liskey at Annville. Reunions for Buch Stuber and Leid families. Ferry corner-stone laying for Evangelical Congregational church at Millersville. People visit Conowingo Dam and Marietta weekend gatherings.
Local notes report fine crops and good prices for tobacco in the Brownstown area. Church visits include Rev and Mrs Werner in Allentown and Philadelphia. A taxi collision in New York City killed the driver. Ellis Wall was badly cut and hospitalized. Several local residents visited or spent Sunday with relatives in nearby towns. Read the Record for $1.50 a year.
Lancaster residents and visitors are listed in a social column of brief trips visits and connections. Calvin Biemesderfer of Reading recalls tinsmith training and railroad work. A Busy weekend includes church and club gatherings with Rev Henry Fasnacht in Millersburg and others traveling to New York and Baltimore.
In the Weekly Witness humor column a New York printed copy from 54 years ago is revisited. Mrs Howard Evans presents the item and a doctor’s quip about sun bonnets and congestion of the brain follows, with a witty exchange about fashion headwear.
In a fragmentary remark the speaker mocks the idea that women lack brains and ponders how such a notion would be received today versus 54 years ago, highlighting shifting attitudes toward gender and intellect.
Mr and Mrs H K Cooper of South Broad street entertained on Monday for the sixth birthday of their son Nerbert Jr. A party of friends and neighbors attended including Betty Wertsch Josephine Kopp Richard Stark Turner Fahnestock Peggy Lou Buck Jimmy Buck Betty Cooper of Lititz and Elizabeth Binkly of Lancaster. A birthday dinner was served to the youngsters.
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