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YOL. XLT LITITZ, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 24,1918 NO. 20
EVENTS CONCISELY TOLD
INTERESTING THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN
TOWN AND VICINITY.
Items of Minor Mention, So to Speak
but of Interest to the Average Reader
at Home and Abroad.
Messrs. D. G. Witmyer and Harry S.
Dissinger served as jurors in quarter
sessions court at Lancaster this week.
Lewis Sturgis found a Yale key and a
skate key on East Main s t r e e t last Fri-day,
which the owner can secure at his
home, 110 South Cedar street.
If sauer kraut fumes prevade the air
about your mansion on Saturday, Febru-ary
2, follow them to the market house
and invest in a Senior Supper of 1918
model.
Joseph Smith and family moved from
E a s t Lincoln avenue to Columbia on
Tuesday, Levi Yerger taking the house-hold
goods to the river borough in his
auto truck.
Another snowfall of about four inches
fell during Monday night and Tuesday
morning. Fortunately there was no
wind or traffic would have been com-pletely
tied up.
The RECORD will pay 25 cents for a
copy of its issue of March 11, 1915.
Anyone haying a copy of the above date
and willing to p a r t with it will please
notify us at once.
If a fire would break out in town to-r
i g h t would any of the water plugs
which might be pressed into service be
found frozen up? What a serious con-flagration
might occur. Every plug
should be tested frequently.
Clement Badorf celebrated his 65 th
birthday anniversary on Monday. It
was also the 54th birthday of a neighbor
Mrs. Horace Sturgis, and Mr. Badorf
and wife entertained Mr. and Mrs.
Sturgis a t dinner in honor of the event.
Dog owners should remember that
only one week more remains in which to
secure a dog license; not for themselves,
but for their dogs. All dogs not having
a license by February 1 will be sent to
t h e bow-wows from whence no traveler
has ever returned.
M. B. Hollinger, of Neffsville, who
has been sojourning in Florida for some
weeks, writes that the weather there is
ideal. He intends remaining in the
sunny south another month at least.
Mr. Clarence Kreider, employed as a
policeman by one of Coatesville's indus-tries,
and Miss Corletta Downey, of
this borough, whose securing of a mar-riage
license was announced in our last
week's issue, were united in marriage
a t Reading last week by Rev. A. J.
Brunner.
In reading the daily papers these days
t h e word "camouflage" is frequently
encountered, particularly in some of the
articles pertaining to the war. It is a
French slarg word for deception, and
clumps of bushes or anything that is
used to deceive the enemy is known as a
"camouflage."
L a t t e r part of last week District
Deaft Board No. 2, with headquarters
a t Ephrata, sent out the last of the
questionnaires to the young men who
registered last June for military service
and who had not received their question-naires
prior to last week. There were
a large number of them and Chief Bur-gess
G. G. Diehm and others are busily
engaged this week filling out the ques-tionnaires.
Mrs. Emma Murr, residing on West
Orange s t r e e t , was very pleasantly sur-prised
last Thursday evening in honor of
her 60th birthday. The mailman brought
a large variety of 'kerchiefs, aprons
and other useful articles, the g i f t s of
her many friends. In the evening there
were a number of callers and refresh-ments
were served. Mrs. Murr's daugh-t
e r s arranged the happy event.
The moving picture show given in the
Dreamland theatre last week for the
benefit of the local fire company was a
fine success and as a result of it the fire
laddies' treasury is increased by about
$80, which will be used in equipping
their new quarters when the town hall
is completed. Several citizens gave
substantial contributions towards de-f
r a y i n g the expenses of the show.
Director Van Manning, of the Bureau
of Mines, Department of the Interior,
has appointed Justice of the Peace C. N.
Derr Explosive Licensing Agent for this
locality. Vendors, purchasers, foremen,
analysts, educators, inventors and inves-t
i g a t o r s who have occasion to handle
explosives or their ingredients, may pro-cure
licenses f r om 'Squire Derr. Such
licenses are necessary under a recent
Act of Congress.
Don't forget the festival by the
Ladies' Sewing Society of the Moravian
church to be held for the benefit of the
Red Cross Society in the Moravian S.
S. chapel on Saturday afternoon and
evening. Supper at 4 o'clock and the
menu will include mock turtle soup,
sausage and buckwheat cakes, oyster
pie and stewed oysters, sugar cake and
coffee, cakes and candies.
FUEL ADMINISTRATOR'S DRASTIC ACTION
Compelled Most Industries, Stores and
Business Houses to Close Down for
Five Days and for Ten Successive
Mondays in Order to Saye Fuel **
The country at large was startled last
Thursday when National Fuel Adminis-t
r a t o r Garfield decreed that practically
all industries, stores and business houses
east of the Mississippi river would have
to be closed from Thursday night to
Wednesday morning, and that for ten
Mondays the same condition of affairs
must exist. The announcement came
near upsetting the country and there
were protests lodged against the ruling
f r om most everywhere. But Mr. Gar-field
stood firm, claiming t h a t the order
was absolutely necessary to relieve the
coal shortage and release fuel for ships
loaded with supplies for the American
army and the allies.
Consequently business generally was
at a standstill and Lititz, like most
other places, was very quiet. An ex-ception
to the order to close down were
industries manufacturing foodstuffs.
Not being certain of its s t a t u s under the
order the chocolate factory closed down
at midnight Thursday, but s t a r t ed work-ing
again on Friday noon, as the follow-ing
telegram was received f r om Howard
Heinz, Federal Food Administrator of
Pennsylvania:
"As a food industry the fuel ad-ministration
order does not apply
in your c a s e ."
The local trap factory, paper mill,
shoe factory, knitting and hosiery mills,
cigar factories, and other industries
were closed down f o r the five days, some
of the factories paying their employees.
On Monday the stores and other business
places also closed as will be the case for
the next nine Mondays. _
The Fuel Administration claims that
the shut down has been effective to a
certain extent.
An Exciting Runaway
A runaway that began in front of
Miller's store on South Broad street
and ended at William Seibert's farm,
about three and a half miles northeast
of this borough caused considerable ex-citement
on Monday afternoon. While
John M. Miller, ex-councilman, and his
daughter Margaret were sleighing the
sleigh which they occupied upset when
Mr. Miller attempted to drive from be-tween
the trolley tracks. The occu-pants
were thrown out, and the horse
s t a r t ed off on the run. Mr. Miller kept
hold of the lines for a moment and had
he continued to do so might have brought
the horse to a stop. But he decided to
ascertain whether his daughter was in-jured
and l e f t go of the lines. Then the
horse had free rein and increased his
speed, going to the fountain and then
down Eain Main street at break-neck
speed. Several persons ran onto the
s t r e e t for the purpose of stopping the
excited horse, but to no avail. He con-tinued
his mad dash down the pike and
then took a northward course, crossing
the state road at Hess' meeting house
and continuing to Mr. Seibert's farm,
where he was halted by Harvey Kline.
Later the owner learned where his horse
was and went for him, finding him in-jured
and the sleigh very slightly dam-aged.
Neither Mr. Miller nor his daugh-t
e r were injured.
Among the Sick and Injured
Edwin Sturgis is convalescing from an
attack of lagrippe, with which he has
been confined to the house for the past
two weeks.
Eckert Coldren, residing on South
Broad street, is seriously ill with pncu
monia.
William H. Zartman resumed work at
Eby's mill on Wednesday a f t e r being
unable to work for the past five weeks
on account of fracturing his arm in a
fall.
Mrs. Caroline Kreiner, who resides
with her daughter, Mrs. E. E. Kautss,
on East Main street, had the misfortune
to fall down a flight of stairs about 7
o'clock on Wednesday morning. She'
suffered a dislocation of the left shoul-der.
Mr. Jefferson Wagner, the popular
Orange street barber, who was serious-ly
ill with an attack of pleurisy, is im-proving.
Mrs. Allen Hacker, who has been in
failing health for some time, is confined
to bed.
James Sesseman, who had been con-fined
to the house since December 17th
with kidney trouble and rheumatism,
was outdoors for a brief period on Wed-nesday.
Real Estate Market
The Consumers Boxboard and Paper
Company have purchased the land on
both sides of the Springs creek west of
the paper mill to within a short distance
of Longenecker's r e s t a u r a n t and several
adjoining buildings. It was bought f r om
N. B. Leaman on private terms.
J . Fred. Essig, real estate agent, on
Saturday sold for A. W. Miller a brick
dwelling on South Broad street to Rev.
Harvey Eberly for $3,000.
NUMEROUS PERSONS CALLED TO THE
GREAT BEYOND
Death of Albert K. Longenecker
Albert K. Longenecker, one of Penn
township's well-known farmers, who re-sided
near Lime Rock, died on Wednes-day
morning at 3 30 o'clock, aged 40
years, 5 months and 7 days. Mr. Long-enecker
became ill on Thursday of last
week and took his bed t h a t day, suffer-ing
with pneumonia, which caused his
demise. He was born on the old home-stead
near Manheim borough and was a
son of the late Albert and Eliza Kreider
Longenecker. In 1906 he was united in
marriage to Miss Katie Heil, of Schoe-neck.
Mr. Longenecker was a member
of the Manheim Lutheranchurch. Be-sides
the widow there survive five chil-dren,
all at home, namely: Elam, Edna,
Ella, Earla and Elva. The funeral will
be held on Sunday, with services at the
house at 9.30 A.M., and in-the Manheim
Lutheran church a t 10.30 o'clock. Inter-ment
will be made in the Fairview cem-etery,
Manheim. Rev,. John F. Knittle
will officiate.
Death of Daniel Daveler ,
Daniel Daveler, a resident of this bor-ough
for many years, died a t the home
of his brother, Jacob Daveler, in West
Donegal township, near Elizabethtown,
on Monday evening, aged 68 years. His
death was caused by a stroke with which
he was overcome about 24 hours prior
to his demise. He was a carpenter by
occupation and resided on South Spruce
street, where his wife died about two
years ago. Last March he went to the
home of his sister Mary Daveler, near
Elizabethtown, to reside, being on a
on a visit to his brother when stricken.
He was a member of the Mennonite
church. One son, George, of this place,
survives, as" do the brother and sister
above mentioned and another brother,
John, of West Donegal. The funeral is
being held to-day. Services were held
at Elizabethtown this morning and the
body will be brought here this afternoon
for interment in the Moravian cemetery
at 2 o'clock.
Death of Abram Groff
Abram Groff, a retired farmer, of
Rapho township, died Thursday, Jan. 18,
at his home in Manheim, a f t e r a long
illness f r om a complication of diseases,
aged 73 years. He was a member of
the Mennonite church. His wife and
the following children survive: Emma,
wife of Henry Heagy, of Manheim;
Samuel, of Manheim; Ella, at home;
Anna, wife of Clayton Balmer, of Fair-land,
and Abram, of Rapho township.
Two sisters also survive: Mrs. Reuben
Graybill, of Elm, and Mrs, Henry Kauff-man,
of Manheim. The funeral took
place from his late home on Sunday
morning, with serviees^ollowing at the
Manheim Mennonite church. Interment
was made in Hernley's cemetery.
Edwin Musser of Lincoln Dead
Edwin Musser died at his home in
Lincoln on Tuesday evening following
an apoplectic stroke sustained Monday,
although he had been ill for a number
of weeks. The deceased was a Civil
war veteran, having served as First
Lieutenant, Company B, 178th Penn.
Militia, and was in the eightieth year of
his age. He served several terms as
County Auditor and for four years was
postmaster at Lincoln under the Harri-son
administration. The funeral ser-vices
will be held from his late residence
on Friday afternoon at 1.30 o'clock.
The burial in the Lincoln cemetery will
precede the regular funeral services at
Zion's Reformed church, Lincoln, of
which Mr. Musser was a member. His
wife died a number of years ago, but
the following children survive: Rev.
James Musser, of Ellwood City; Martin,
of New York; Charles, of Philadelphia;
Marcus, whereabouts unknown, and
Emma and Clara, at home. Two sis-ters,
Mrs. J. A. Stober and Mrs. Eliza
Ream, of Lincoln, also survive.
Death of Tobias Hoffer
Tobias Hoffer, a resident a t the Church
of the Brethren Home, near Neffsville,
died there Saturday morning. Death
was caused by heart failure. Mr. Hof-f
e r was aged 82 years. He was a form-er
resident of Elizabethtown, but for
the past year he and his wife resided at
the home. Three sons survive. Funeral
services were held Tuesday afternoon at
Elizabethtown, interment in the Mount
Tunnell cemetery.
Mrs. May Mansberger
Mrs. May Mansberger died Saturday
evening at 9 o'clock in the United Zion
Home, one mile north of Lititz. Death
was caused by a complication of diseases.
Mrs. Mansberger was aged 53 years,
and was a guest at the home for the
past year. She was a former resident
of Middletown. Undertaker Enck will
remove the body to Lancaster on Friday,
f r om where it will be sent to Middle-town,
where services and interment will
be held Saturday.
Mrs. Clara Maze Hallman, of Manheim
Mrs. Clara Maze Hallman died at her
home at Manheim on Sunday morning,
aged 44 years. Death was caused by a
complication of diseases. On November
13 she came to Lititz and attended the
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Butcher Shops Will be Closed Sundays
The butcher shops of Lititz will no
longer be open for business on Sundays.
This action was taken at a meeting held
by the butchers on Monday and will go
into effect this coming Sunday. All per-sons
are urged to purchase their meat
for the Sabbath on Saturday. This is
the first time in the history of town that
such a ruling has been put into effect.
While many people may claim that it
will be a great inconvenience, particu-larly
so if unexpected visitors arrive on
a Sunday morning, in which event a hur-ried
t r ip was made to the butcher shop
to prepare for the noon-day meal, the
fair-minded public will uphold the butch-ers'
actions in closing on the Sabbath
day.
Wonderful Sleighing
The merry jingle of the sleigh bells
continues to be heard on all sides. It
has been many years since there has
been such fine sleighing and over a per-iod
of such long duration as this winter.
Never was there better sleighing and
many persons are taking advantage of
it, numerous sleighing parties being in
evidence. Sleighs t h a t have been stored
away for years have been placed on the
road and once again the rust is worn off
the runners. Road beds are covered
with a coat of ice which has been worn
smooth and the snow on top of it makes
conditions ideal to go speeding along.
This is the forty-seventh consecutive
day upon which it is possible to use a
sleigh. The first day was Sunday, De-cember
9, when sleighing was f a r from
good although several of the more ar-dent
sleighers were out. Since that
time more snow has fallen occasionally
and there has not been a sufficient
moderation of the weather to cause a
thaw and spoil the sport. Indications
are that sleighing will last for weeks to
come.
Oh for a Laying Hen
The price of eggs continues to move
upward and merchants are paying 64
cents a dozen for them this morning, a
two-cent advance over last week, and
the highest price in the history of the
local merchants. If they continue going
up the yoke of the eggs will be worth
their weight in gold.
Town Still Gasless
Lititz and Manheim continue to be
gasless, that is natural gasless. The
L., M. & E. Gas Company, which was
compelled to shut down on January 12
for want of fuel, has been unable to se-cure
any of the black diamonds thus
f a r . Inquiry at the company's office
brings the reply, " T h e r e ' s a car of coal
on the w a y . " Several buildings which
depended upon gas entirely for illumi-nating
purposes have had or are having
electric lights installed, while others
have resorted to the coal oil lights.
Native Born Son Advancing
Louis Seaber, a native born Lititz
boy. and a son of the late Charles Sea-ber,
has been appointed manager of the
Boston office of N. W. Ayer & Son, one
of the largest advertising agencies in
the world. Announcement "of the ap-pointment
was made at the annual din-ner
of the firm in Philadelphia last week,
at which 300 employees were present
and bonusus of more that $50,000 dis-tributed.
Mr. Seaber has been connect-ed
with the N. W. Ayer concern for the
past f ew years and resided at Swarth-more.
He spent his boyhood days here
and graduated from the Lititz High
School, being an honored member of the
Alumni Association, in which he has al-ways
maintained a deep interest. Leav-ing
Lititz he went to Philadelphia and
soon became a reporter, gradually ad-vancing
and being employed on a num-ber
of Philadelphia's leading dailies for
years before entering the advertising
field. Mr. Harvey Seaber of this bor-ough
is a brother.
The Champion Sunday-School Attendant
Unless prevented by illness Mr. D. L.
Bowman, the champion Sunday-school
attendant of Lititz, and possibly of the
United States, has not missed a Sab-bath-
school session f o r forty-one consec-utive
years. This announcement was
made by W. S. Diehm, secretary of the
Trinity United Evangelical Sunday-school,
who read his annual report last
Sunday. The report also shows that
there are many other scholars who are
most f a i t h f u l in their attendance, name-ly:
Jacob B. Young. 26 years; Susie
Diehm, 15 years; Ralph Bowman, 14
years; John McCloud, Cora Miller, 13 ;
Josephine Bowman, 12; William Rapp,
John Wike, Mrs. John Wike, 10; Mary
Souders, Franklin Schleith, W.S.Diehm,
6; Mrs. John Schleith, Catharine Getz,
Grace Reedy, Bertha Diehm, 5; John
Mathers, Raymond Reedy, Charles Getz,
May Bender, Mrs. J. F.Wagner, Hiram
Reedy, Russel Getz, 4; John Fasnacht,
Mary Fasnacht, Mrs. Ellis Butzer.Wm.
Fasnacht, Catherine Fasnacht, 3 years.
The total enrollment of the school was
411; the average attendance, 288, and
the highest attendance on any one day,
466. There were 850 visitors. Sixty-three
attended every Sunday.
—Don't forget that our White sale
prices are only until Feb. 9th. Diss-inger's.
TRAVELERS NEAR AND FAR
A COLUMN TO KEEP YOU IN TOUCH
WITH OLD AND NEW NAMES
Many Persons Come and Go by Train,
Trolley, Auto and Other Conveyances
Miss Esther Buch spent from Friday
to Sunday with friends a t Reading.
Miss Anna Hess, of Millway, spent
Sunday with Miss Salinda Brubaker.
Mrs. Edgar Sturgis attended the fu-neral
of Isaac Miller at Denver on Mon-day.
Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Witmyer and son
John visited his mother at Lincoln on
Sunday.
Mrs. Ella Brock, of Lancastar, was
the guest of her aunt, Mrs. Caroline
Grosh, on Sunday.
George Sheneberger, who had been
employed at Hog Island, Philadelphia,
has returned home.
Mr. Henry B. Buch attended the fu-neral
of Mrs. J . H. Brubaker at Eliza-bethtown
on Tuesday.
Mr. H. B. Workman, of the H. B.
Workman Co., spent Tuesday in Phila-delphia
on a business trip.
Mrs. Paul Smith and daughter Cath-erine,
of Lebanon, spent Sunday and
Monday with Lititz relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. David Fass attended the
funeral of her brother's wife, Mrs.
Harry H. Stroble at Reading on Monday.
Mrs. Hannah Hull, of Terre Hill, who
was a resident of Lititz for 40 years,
celebrated her 82nd birthday on the 14th
inst.
Messrs. Christ. Yerger and George
Yoder, of Palmyra, Lebanon county,
spent Monday here with the former's
f a t h e r .
Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Kane, of. Lan-caster,
were the guests of her mother
Mrs. Michael Keath and husband on
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Mellinger and
Miss Edith Hassler, of Ephrata, were
t h e guests of Mr. and Mrs. George Har-man
on Sunday.
Revs. J . W. G. Hershey and. H. R.
Gibbel spent several days of this week
at Huntingdon where Rev. Gibbel at-tended
a meeting of the trustees of
J u n i a t a College.
Mr. and Mrs, Zach. Wike of Reading
spent from Saturday to i u e s d a y with
S. Harry Smith and family, on N. Cedar
street, besides other relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Spickler and chil-dren
spent from Saturday to Wednes-day
at Philadelphia as the guest of his
sister, Mrs. Paul Evans and family.
Messrs. P. B. Bucherand B. H.Snave-ly
went to Harrisburg on Wednesday to
attend the annual meeting held there by
the S t a t e Board of Agriculture and al-lied
organizations.
Mr. Conrad Tanner, son of the late
Conrad Tanner, and a resident of this
place for many years, who resides at
Cambria, near Pittsburgh, is the guest
of Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Bitzer, as well as
visiting his sister a t Millersville.
Mrs. Albert Mans and two children,
of Hazleton, are the guests of Mrs.
Mans' parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wallace
Meiskey. As stated last week the Mans
family was unfortunate as the home in
which they lived was destroyed by fire
on Sunday evening, January 13.
Mr. Ed. Diehm, of Spring City,
brought his son Ed. here on Sunday and
the boy is the guest of his grandfather,
Mr. Reuben Diehm. The lad is conva-lescing
f r om an a t t a c k of typhoid fever,
with which ailment his mother and sister
are now confined to an hospital.
Mrs. Fianna R. Eberly, who is ill at
her home on East Main street, recently
was visited by t h e following: her nieces,
Mrs. Ray White, of P e r t h Amboy, N.
J . , and Mrs. Fred Lutz, of Lancaster;
her brother Joseph Goda and son, of Eph-r
a t a ; Gideon Eberly and son, of Akron.
A number of residents of Lititz and
i t s vicinity went to Lancaster on Monday
night and heard the wonderful Rev. Dr.
Newell Dwight Hillis, of Brooklyn, N.
Y., give his personal experiences and
investigation of the atrocities commit-ted
by the German army in France and
Belgium.
Being Kept Busy
Mr. Davidson, an income tax deputy
collector, is at the local post office this
weak to assist persons of this locality in
making their Income Tax returns. A
goodly number of persons have already
called on Mr. Davidson and he is kept
busy.
Come Again
Two of the beautiful new trolley cars
recently secured by the Conestoga Trac-tion
Company were sent f r om Lancaster
to this place on a trial run on Monday
afternoon. The cars surely look com-fortable.
Whether they are or not we
are unable to state, but, judging by the
expressions of contentment upon the
faces of the officials of the company
who occupied the cars their looks are
not deceiving. Here's hoping we may
see more of these cars on this line and
likewise that the general public may
have opportunities to ride in them.
—Fresh country butter for sale at
Leaman & Leed's.
PREPARING FOR THE
EVANGELISTIC CAMPAIGN
To be Conducted in Moravian S.S. Chapel
from Sunday, February 3, to Sunday-
February 24
The members of the local Moravian
church are making active preparations
for the evangelistic campaign to be con-ducted
during February. Dr. Thomas
Penn Ullom, a member of the Interde-nominational
Association of Evangelists,
and who has five years of experience in
the evangelistic field, will conduct the
campaign. Dr. Ullom comes here with
the fullest endorsement of Rev. John M.
Greenfield, who conducted the evangel-istic
campaign here last year. Mr.
John Burkhart,of Lancaster, well-known
to many of our citizens, will be the solo-ist
and conduct the choir.
As part of the preparation for the
campaign a series of cottage prayer-meetings
will be held next week, the
schedule of which follows:
Monday, January 28, a t the following
homes: Otis Pfautz, E. Main street;
Mrs. E. K. Bear, W. Lincoln ave.; Wm.
Zellers, S. Broad.
Tuesday, Jan. 20: Miss A. V. Grosh,
E. Main; Dr. E. E. Evans, S. Cedar.
Wednesday, Jan. 30: Wm. Miksch,
F r o n t ; Mrs. Catharine Smith, Spruce;
J e r e Bowman, E. Lincoln.
Thursday, Jan. 31: Horace Sturgis,
E. Main; George Kling, Front; Mrs. M.
Guiles, S. Broad.
Friday, Feb. 1: Morris S. Kauffman,
Spruce; Moravian Home; Mrs. Clausen,
2d ave.
Rev. Vogler in France
The current number of "The Mora-v
i a n , " the official publication of the
Moravian denomination, states that
Rev. Alfred deGroot Vogler sailed f r om
New York for "over t h e r e " on January
10. Rev. Vogler will do Y. M. C. A.
work for the War Work Council among
the French and American soldiers. The
young man is well-known in Lititz where
he was the assistant principal of Linden
Hall Seminary during p a r t of the 1914-
1915 term. He has recently been the
pastor of the Second Moravian church
at Utica, N. Y. Rev. Vogler's family
has gone to Bethlehem until his return.
TWO FATAL ACCIDENTS IN FAMILY
Two Sons of Former Rome Residents
Meet Death on Railroad and a Third
One is Injured Within a Short Time
Within eighteen weeks two sons of
Mr. ancF Mrs. Lemon Hartranft, of
Reading, formerly residents of Rome,
near this place, met death on the rail-road.
Another brother was injured at
the same employment and only recently
came from the hospital.
William Eckert, the last victim, aged
24 years, was a brakeman on the Read-ing
railway. He died Wednesday of
last week, the result of being squeezed
between two f r e i g h t cars. The funeral
was held on Tuesday of this week. His
brother Charles met death in a similar
accident. He is survived by his wife
and one son, besides his parents. His
four brothers, all railroad employees,
and two sisters are living. One of the
brothers has resigned his position but
the other three will continue at rail-roading.
The family moved f r om Rome to Eph-r
a t a about ten years ago, and thence
went to Reading. A step-son, John
H a r t r a n f t , is employed at Kissinger's
pretzel bakery at this place. Moses
Eckert of Stroh avenue is also a rela-tive.
They are Eating Strawberries
Charles Loercher, the efficient local
superintendent of the Edison Electric
Company, dropped in our office on Tues-day
and lingered long enough to look at
the meter and remark, " P r e t t y high
this m o n t h , " while he shook the snow
f r om his coat. "By the w a y , " said
Charlie, " I ' v e just received a letter
f r om a brother-in-law in Pasedena, Cal.,
and he tells me he heard a woman
grumbling that the strawberries being
picked and served at the hotel of which
she is a guest are too small." Mid-summer
weather there, which is a pleas-ing
thought.
Display the Service Flag
Christmas eve marked what to our
minds was one of the most inspiring
scenes ever enacted in Lititz, namely,
the unfurling of the Service Flag con-taining
85 s t a r s in honor of the local
patriots who are serving their country.
The flag became entangled in wires a f t er
it had been in position in front of the
Farmers National bank several days and
a few weeks ago was taken down. It
should be put up again at once for we
have every reason to be proud of it and
it is a fit emblem to remind us of the
" b o y s " who are preparing to make the
world safe for democracy.
—With every Earlington, Emperor
and other Dress Shirts we sell Saturday
night we'll give f r e e a pair of cuff links.
Lititz Clothing and Shoe Store.
ARMY ANJJVY NOTES
INTERESTING NEWS OF THE BOYS IN
U.S. SERVICE
Roy Bohler in Camp in Washington—
Abram Bucher Will Study for t h e Ord-nance
Department
The rumor current about town that
Aaron Leed is in the army is incorrect.
He tried to enlist but was rejected, and
is now a guard at Eddystone.
Roy Bohler, a former well-known
Lititz basket ball player, is an officer at
Camp Lewis, Tacoma, Washington. His,
brother George is at Camp Meade.
Charles Frederick wrote from "over
t h e r e " t h a t he is back with his company
again a f t e r being in the hospital. '' Send
candy," he requests of his parents. "I
get so hungry for it and we can't get
any here in F r a n c e ."
Guy, son of William Longenecksr, has
been transferred f r om Kelly Field, Tex-as,
to the 336 Aero Squadron at Camp
McArthur, at Waco, Texas. "When a
sand storm is in progress," he writes,
it is necessary to cover your face with a
handkerchief."
Abram Bucher, who was a clerk in the
Farmers National bank at this place for
years, but who has been the treasurer
of the H. C. Bucher Printing Co. at
Honeybrook for some months, leaves for
State College this week, where he will
take a course to prepare f o r the Ordnance
Department of the U. S. army.
Robert C. Baker, a native son of
Lititz, is in the coast artillery, serving
as a corporal. His address is 27th Co.,
C. A. C., Fort Scott, San Francisco,
Cal. "The climate is fine out h e r e , " he
wrote to his parents a t Lancaster, "with
no snow and ice like many of the eastern
camps. I have my eye on something
higher, and will t ry for second lieuten-ant.
I hope that I will be sent to
F r a n c e . " He asked for a list of the
Lititz boys in the service as he is much
interested in the old home town.
Samuel Bowers, one of the local giants
in the army, who is 6 f e e t , 3 inches in
heig;hth, has safely arrived ' 'over t h e r e . ' '
His f a t h e r , George Bowers, last week
received a card from Samuel stating
" I have arrived safely abroad." The
young man had not been heard from
since he left Gettysburg a few months
ago and it was supposed t h a t he was on
his way across the big pond. Samuel is
a first class private in the second trench
mortar battery of the artillery.
Local Boy Sees Snow in France
The following abstracts are taken
f r om a letter written on Dec. 30 to
J . Frank Buch by his son Edward, who
has been in France for months, where
he is a f o r e s t e r : "Christmas is over and
I did not do any celebrating. We work-ed
last Sunday in order to have Monday
and Tuesday off. We expected turkey
for Christmas dinner, but it did not
come in time, and we had it the day
a f t e r Christmas. Received several
boxes of g i f t s f r om the states, although
some of which you wrote have not ar-rived
as yet. They will likely come
later as there is so much sent across to
men in the service t h a t it takes a lot of
time to distribute it. The natives say
they have no snow at all here, but last
Friday it snowed about three inches,
and most of it is still on the ground."
Harry Bobst Now on Italian Front
A f ew weeks ago the RECORD pub-lished
an article concerning a former
resident, Harry Bobst, who is in the
English army and who had taken part
in an engagement on the French front.
This week his sister, Mrs. D. P. Brick -
er, received a l e t t e r from Harry stating
t h a t he has been t r a n s f e r r e d to t h e Ital-ian
front, he no doubt being one of the
many allied troops rushed to Italy to
check the onward rush of the German
forces. The young man writes that he
had not received his Christmas packages
as yet.
LOCAL SOLDIERS ON LONG HIKE
Members of the Ambulance Company at
Camp Hancock, Ga., Traveled More
than 150 Miles on Foot
Messrs. Ralph Diehm, Ray Dillman,
Ralph Cole, William Duross, Valentine
Brobst and Robert E. Behmer, the
Lititz boys who are members of the
Ambulance Company stationed at Camp
Hancock, near Augusta, Georgia,
are undergoing intensive training. Re-cently
they participated in a hike of
more than 150 miies, and the following
letter, written by Ralph Diehm to his
sister, Miss Bertha Diehm, interestingly
tells of the trip:
Jan. 14, 1918.
Dear Bertha:
Came back f r om the hike last evening
and we certainly had some experience.
On Monday morning about 4 o'clock the
call to arms sounded and the four am-bulance
companies prepared to leave. In
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