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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1911
Page
5
Fire alarm bell tapping guide explains patterns for local districts. The Moravian, Lutheran, United Brethren, Church of the Brethren, Mennonite and other congregations announce services, sermons, Sunday schools, rallies, and anniversaries across Lititz area with meet times, locations, and special events through the coming weeks.
The Moravian Men's Missionary Society banquet will be held in Linden Hall gym tomorrow night with two notable speakers. Charles L. Huston of Coatesville and E G Hoyler of the First Moravian Church Philadelphia are slated to address the gathering. A pre ban quest reception and archive opening occur from 7:30 PM in the Moravian Sunday school chapel. Meanwhile three carloads of New York state potatoes, priced at 85 cents per bushel, are moving through local yards as farmers seek winter supplies.
Multiple nuptials reported near Manheim and Lancaster. Walter W. Shuey and Bertha M. Y. Randler wed by Rev H J Behney. Harriet H. Becker and Raymond B. Vogel married by Rev A E Bartholomew at the Reformed parsonage Manheim. H Newton Mearig and Viola G Hornberger wed at Grace Lutheran Lan caster. Levi J. Mellinger and Bertha R. Boose married at Kinzer's home by Elder H B Yoder.
The borough monthly meeting notes extensive street repairs and planned work. Council orders new gutter and brick crossing installations, sidewalk obligations, and macadamizing on Orange and Lemon streets. Several vouchers for August and September services approved. street lighting and cement gutter bonuses listed.
In a lively Lititz vs Manheim game, Lititz triumphed 3 to 0 after a tense battle. Diffenderfer fanned 17, while Anheim’s fielding flubs and curious plays enriched the old Stiegel Town tale.
John K Zook 80 a West Earl man and owner of Zook s woolen mill near Brownstown committed death by his own action Tuesday in the mill attic using a self made rope found by his granddaughter He had lost his wife about a month earlier Ezra Burkholder deputy coroner and Dr A V Walter Rothsville investigated and ruled death by own action He leaves two children Lena Bitner and Howard at home
Tuesday's ceremony drew thousands of Masons in silk hats as the corner stone of the Grand Lodge Hall at the Masonic Home site in Elizabethtown was laid. Local Masons with wives attended including H. S. Kauffman and Lester Eaches, Joseph Dreifus, Harvey Reiber, J. L. Hertz, Harry Eby, H. J. Pierson, E. E. Habecker, and H. C. Seldomridge, with Amphion Quartet members performing.
A reflective notice honors the baseball umpire behind the plate, praised for fair rulings amid jeers as September ends. The piece also surveys brief quips on love, honesty, willpower, and everyday wisdom, ending with a note on curiosity and experience.
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