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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1920
Page
1
The Lititz Band schedules a Saturday open air concert. Local notes cover bantam judging at Hanover Fair, a festival at Rothsville, birthdays at Mora vilian Home, farm sales, church activities, and a Ford price drop announced by Henry Ford.
A Saturday gathering at Lititz Springs honored Mrs. Howard Alexander missionary to interior China. About fifty relatives and friends attended with Alexander’s two children who sang Chinese songs. Supper followed on the Springs table as guests expressed good wishes for her return to her field.
A recap of property transactions including A J Hinsey purchasing on North Ninth Street Akron for 1860, Iva Bucher acquiring the Henry Pfautz Brunner ville farm for 2200, Monroe Shue buying meadow land near Locust Street, William G Eshelman acquiring 27 S Broad Street store for 3600, Herman Fisher selling 126 Liberty Avenue, Hiram Holtzhouse purchasing 1544 West Orange Street residence for 4000, Franklin Buch selling Locust Street Lititz home, the Abram Brubaker farm near Brickerville offered then withdrawn at 86 per acre, Henry Carper farm near Fairland sold to John Ganther for 11105, Henry E Kready Rothsville farm withdrawn at 6850, Justus Stoner buying a furnished Mt Gretna cottage on Pennsylvania Avenue.
Benjamin Wier landed five bass Saturday with the largest at fourteen and a half inches. Harry Singer joined him with three. Clayton Schmuck reported two, the biggest a fifteen inch prize catch.
A parade will be held Saturday afternoon in Ephrata with a carnival in the evening under the Fire Company. A big time is expected for participants and spectators in this community event.
Swart Brothers report from a merchant ship about a bull fight in Spain and observe Egyptian views at sea while voyaging. The narrative blends travel impressions with cultural scenes encountered during the voyage.
Brothers Cart and Barton Swart, former Lititz youths and local high school graduates, served in the U S Navy during the war and now cruise the merchant marine. One sails as radio operator and the other as petty officer. both were popular basketball players. A letter to Grandpa Hertzler is praised for its composition and detail.
Mehanno Valencia Spain August 31 1920 letter describes departure from Baltimore June 13 1920 aboard a general cargo ship carrying iron pipes typewriters cars and flour. It recounts stops at Barcelona Genoa Alexandria Bizerta and arrival in Valencia with vivid scenes including a bloody bull fight and visits to Christopher Columbus sights and the Roman Catacombs.
A litany of residents traveling for work and family visits spans Leetonia Ohio to Elizabethtown, Schaefferstown, Tuckahoe New Jersey, Lititz and Philadelphia. Notables include Harry Grazer in Ohio as a welder, and Prof Roy Hassler resuming teaching at Moravian College.
Harry Gingrich of Meldor Knitting Co heads a fishing party and catches a four and a half pound twenty inch bass in Perkiomen creek near Green Lane. The age is estimated at eighteen years. A. L. Hartman of Pottstown helped and both men nearly fell in during the battle. The fish was shared at Boyertown with eleven diners including Gingrich family.
Linden Hall Seminary will open next Tuesday with 106 students, the largest enrollment in its history. Principal Stengel, in his sixth year, aims for a hundred. a new three story dormitory with 28 beds is nearing completion, plus a swimming pool planned for next year. Endowments remain minimal and growth may require new buildings soon.
Thomas Marks, a flexible handyman and tradesman, spends time with his brother Charles in Manheim repairing shoes and painting or carpentry. He also buys burlap bags and barrels for resale, operating from Godenour's implement warehouse. Tom trained as a farmer in youth and could plow all day and jig half the night.
Residents of the town watched an aeroplane circle Tuesday afternoon then land at Andrew Gochenour’s farm. Aviator Leon Myers, son of Prof. Myers of Juniata College, left a card for Henry Gibbel. Rev. Gibbel sped to the landing site in his auto, meeting Myers and Henry, longtime friends from 1907 travels. Myers plans a return visit to Lititz the following Thursday.
Lititz selects Prof I C Mummert as principal to elevate the school system and align teaching staff with a modern building. The community notes its aim to stamp Lititz above the ordinary through strong leadership and devoted educators despite teacher shortages.
The Ninth Annual County Convention of King's Daughters and Sons of Lancaster County opens in the Moravian church with over two hundred delegates. Delegates discuss charity work, luncheon contributions from Lititz residents, and program plans as Rev. Fleck and Mrs. Derby lead devotions and speeches. Tax reminders note late payments and that all women must pay taxes regardless of voting.
Gertrude Shultz Moench wife of Bishop C L Moench died at 68 after a long illness in Bethlehem on September 11. She was a Moravian church leader and mother of five, honored for decades of service in Lititz Bethlehem Philadelphia and other congregations. Funeral held September 14 at 45 West Church Street with burial in Nisky Hill cemetery.
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