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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1920
Page
4
Advertisers and others are notified that the press operates regularly each Thursday morning and cannot assure much material after Wednesday afternoon. Communications must be authenticated by the writer name and address as a guarantee of good faith.
Rev J M Walters and James Seaker represent the local U B church at the East Pennsylvania Conference opened in Palmyra. Bishop W M Bell presides. The report notes 23 members received, 3 died, 165 present, Sunday school enrollment 285, local expenses 5 work 286.31, local church and parsonage 2660.38, benevolence 1210 28, total for all purposes the largest in congregation history.
For a month Rothsville has seen weekly ante accidents. A Lititz youth collided Saturday with another car. both cars were badly damaged but no one was injured. The village road invites speed and after-dark cutouts open, turning the street into a racing track with costly repairs and risk to cautious residents.
Clay Cullings and neighbors share visits with Campbellstown and Elizabeth town residents. Firemen’s parade attendance in Ephrata and social calls across nearby towns noted. W. C. T. U. to hold thrift sale at West Main Street with second hand items and pantry sale October 9. Local tobacco sales and crop remarks mark the farming chatter.
A 1840s to 1850s Lititz Spring celebration described with public suppers, fireworks, and musical tributes. Key figures include Mr. John Beck and Mr. Charles Getz. Notes recount German Declaration reading from 1776 Lancaster paper, The Manheim Guards, and evolving site features such as the Lion's Head carving by J. Augustus Beck and the 1857 Broad Street access. ABRAHAM R. BECK, September 1920.
Mrs Susan Hainley spent Sunday with Wilson Grube and family at Lititz. Mrs Martha Evans left for Lancaster last week to spend the winter with her daughter Mrs William Scheneberser. Mr Scott Meily returned home after a two weeks stay with Doylestown friends. Families from York Lititz Neffsville Manheim gathered Sunday to visit Markley relatives. The King’s Daughters held a meeting electing Leader Mrs David Rickert Treasurer Miss Lizzie Sheaffer Secretary Miss Lillian Himmelberger. Next meeting set for October 12 at Miss Grace Goekley’s home in Brunnerville.
A Tuesday evening surprise party at Nettsville honored Miss A Dorothy Long on her birthday. Despite threatening weather, between 46 and 50 guests attended and enjoyed games and refreshments as gifts were presented.
Lititz Borough Council authorizes increasing its floating indebtedness by 30000 dollars to fund part of existing debt. An election will be held at the November 2, 1920 general election with notices via newspapers and 20 handbills. The measure details the debt amount, property valuations, current debt, and purpose, with official approval dated September 27, 1920.
Vincent Ruth eighteen year old son of Squire Samuel Ruth of Rothsville teaches at Red Run after a post graduate course at Rothsville High School. He took the September 1 examination in Lancaster, finished at noon, and learned by five o clock that he had passed with good marks and secured a Red Run school.
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