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VOL. XLI LITITZ, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 2,1918 NO. 34
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.
The monthly dime social of the Linden
Hall Alumnse Association will be held
in the school parlors on Saturday after-noon.
Clarence, son of Harry Weidman, has
entered the Stevens Trade School at
Lancaster, where he is learning the
vocation of carpentering.
Thursday of next week will be Ascen-sion
day and the stores of town will be
closed. They will be open on Wednes-day
evening for the accommodation of
patrons.
Notice—Although ashes may be dump-ed
on the lots owned by the J. C. Brobst
heirs on Front street, the dumping of
tin cans and other rubbish thereon is
prohibited.
Mrs. Joseph B. Wissler entertained
the sewing circle, of which she is a
member, on Tuesday evening. An ex-cellent
luncheon was served and very
much enjoyed by all present.
Mr. and Mrs. John Carpenter an-nounce
the latest addition to their fam-ily,
a baby girl being born at their home
on Tuesday. John, the well-known ex-ball
player, is young looking for a father
of eight children. >
Dr. Daniel Fleisher, county superin-i
tendent of scholos, is visiting the schools
of the first ward, this borough, to-day.
Yesterday he visited the schools in the
second ward. Several of the directors
accompany him.
Water Superintendent Walter Miller,
who had the third finger of his left hand
caught in a machine at the pumping sta-tion,
causing the tip of the finger to be
t i rn off a few weeks ago, reports the
digit as healing nicely.
While Samuel Young's automobile was
standing in the shed at the SturgisHouse
some one stole a new inner tube, cur-tains,
pump, jack, chain and oil from
the car on last Friday. Strong suspi-cions
are held and the thief may be
brought to justice.
Frank E. Schnerer, who has been con-fined
to bed for about a week, is able to
be up and out the house again. Mr.
Schnerer was quite ill, suffering with la
grippe and a touch of blood poisoning
on the arm, which he thinks came from
a bruise sustained about a year ago.
Miss Edna, daughter of John F.Long-enecker,
was agreeably surprised Wed-nesday
noon when she came home from
school to see a beautiful bicycle await-ing
her, which was presented to her by
her father as a birthday gift and as a
reward for good marks in her school
studies.
Mahlon, son of Walter Frey, was
knocked down by an auto at the corner
of Broad and Orange streets, last Fri-day
morning. The lad was picked up
and taken into the home of A. R. Bom-berger,
where he was temporarily cared
for. He suffered a sprained ankle as
the result of the accident.
Following the session of borough coun-cil
on Monday evening Councilman H. J.
Pierson entertained his fellow ¡council-men,
Chief Burgess Diehm, Secretary
J. B. Herr, Water Superintendent Wal-ter
Miller and Solicitor Jos. B. Wissler
at the Springs Hotel. A fine luncheon
was served and enjoyed by all.
Work was resumed this week on the
erection of the new town hall and fire
house. This building was started last
summer, but after the wall had been
built to the second story inclement
weather caused a cessation of opera-tions,
which could not be resumed prior
to this date on account of the lack of
materials.
A birthday surprise party was held in
honor of Mrs. Sherman Steffy on Satur-day
evening at her; home in the Broad
street addition. Seventy-five guests
were present and came with well-filled
baskets of refreshments. There was
singing by the U. B. male chorus and
piano music. Mrs. Steffy received many
useful gifts.
There has been a good advance sale of
tickets for the play to be given in the
Linden Hall gymnasium this evening
under the auspices of the King's Daugh-ters.
It is entitled, "Lost—A Chaper-on,"
and will prove a delightful evening
to all who attend, some of the town's
leading talent being in the caste. Hack-man's
orchestra will be present and
supply instrumental music.
The ropes of the swings placed under
the willow trees near the safe works by
Miss Susie Huber for the amusement of
children, it was discovered the other
morning had been partly cut through
with a knife. Besides trying to destroy
the children's pleasure there was a
chance that one of them might be in-jured.
Fortunately, most of the boys
who did this mean trick are known and
must report to the proper persons if
they wish to avoid serious consequences.
AUTOISTS HAD MIRACULOUS ESCAPE
When Their Car Dashed Into Iron Post
at Brubaker's Crossroads North of
Town
Two young men and as many women
the occupants of a four-passenger Veile
roadster auto, had a miraculous escape
from serious, if not fatal, injury at the
crossroads near J. C. Brubaker's home,
north of town, on Sunday evening.
Going at a high rate of speed and un-acquainted
with the road, the driver
was unable to make the turn from the
state road to the road leading to Lititz.
This resulted in the machine crashing
into the iron fence surrounding Mr.
Brubaker's garden. The auto struck
the fence at a corner where there was a
heavy iron post, first dashing over an
embankment, but still haying sufficient
force to break the post off and smash
some,of the fence, although the force of
the impact brought the roadster to a
halt, the front part of the machine being
in the garden and the rear end on the
street.
The car was owned by a Mr. Harnish,
of Lancaster, and was being driven by
his friend, a Mr. Hippie. When the
machine crashed into the fence the oc-cupants
of it received a jolt they will
not soon forget but all of them escaped
without a scratch. They walked to
Lititz after the accident, which occur-red
about 10.30 o'clock, and went to
Lancaster via trolley. The auto was
considerably damaged, the front wheel
being smashed, as was the fender, but
the next day a new wheel was put on
the car and it was then run away on its
own power. That the car did not turn
turtle, and that none oi the occupants
were thrown from the vehicle, seems a
miracle, and those who occupied the
auto surely can feel grateful for their
fortunate escape.
Celebrated 84th Birthday
Mrs. Catharine Smith, residing on S.
Spruce street, celebrated her eighty-fourth
birthday anniversary on Wednes-day
and received the congratulations of
many of her friends. Mrs. Smith is en-joying
very good health considering her
advanced age. " ""
Price of Bread Advanced
'Local bakers were compelled to ad-vance
the price of bread on Monday.
Loaves which recently sold at 9 cents
each now cost 10 cents, and the loaves
which sold for 14 cents are now selling
at 15 cents each. This advance, the
bakers claim, has been absolutely neces-sary
if they are to continue in business.
Recently white, or wheat flour, advan-ced
$1.00 a barrel, and substitutes, of
which a certain per cent, must be used,
cost from $1.00 to $6.00 a barrel more
than wheat flour.
Knitted 22 Sweaters for the Red Cross
One of the most ardent workers of
the local Red Cross Society is a native
of France, Mrs. Peter Doppelt, who re-sides
in the, Stehman building, corner of
Main and Cedar streets. She is one of
the first to arrive at the Red Cross So-ciety's
meetings and one of the last to
leave, and spends all of her spare time
working for the boys "over there."
Mrs. Doppelt has the wonderful record
of having knitted 22 sweaters, 10 hel-mets,
3 pairs of wristlets. She has
received photographs recently from rel-atives
in France, showing the ruins of
their former homes.
RECEIVED LAST SUMMONS
NUMEROUS PERSONS CALLED
GREAT BEYOND
TO TH
Brought Automobiles from Michigan
P. B. Bucher and Samuel Lane, Jr.,
accompanied a party which went by rail
in a special coach to Saginaw, Michigan,
to bring back forty-nine Buick autos.
They left Lancaster on Monday, April
22, arriving at their destination the fol-lowing
afternoon. Eighteen cars con-signed
to a Lebanon dealer and three
for Elizabethtown were started home-ward
at once. The twenty-eight ma-chines
for Lancaster left Wednesday,
arriving at the county seat on Saturday
evening. Mr. Bucher drove the car in
the lead and was followed by Mr. Lane.
Only three punctures were reported.
The Lititz men said it was a delightful
trip. | j /
Should be Made to Kiss the Flag
E d i t o r s RECORD:
Isn't it a pity that the few unpatriotic
citizens in our midst are not tarred and
feathered, given a ride on a rail and
then made to kiss the flag ? I refer to
an incident which I could not help but
notice on Sunday evening. After de-livering
a stirring patriotic sermon a
local minister suggested the singing of
"America." Immediately the large
audience arose to its feet and seldom
has the national anthem been sung with
more fervor. But two persons in the
audience did not open their mouths, al-though
they had taken part in the sing-ing
of the other hymns. And when the
service was over these unpatriotic per-sons
did nothing but find fault with it.
They should be punished, and severely,
too.
A PATRIOTIC CITIZEN.
—Athletic union suits and light weight
underwear are in season now- We have
a full line in stock from which to make
your choice. The Lititz Clothing & Shoe
Store, 17 S. Broad St.
Death of John B. Bachman ;
John B. Bachman, one of the county'
well-known and successful school teach
ers for many years, died at his home on
Locust street, this borough, on Satur
day morning at 9.30 o'clock, aged 48
years. Death was due to blood poison
ing. Mr. Bachman taught school at
Elstonville during the past term which
closed several weeks ago. He then be
gan working at the chocolate factory
where he scratched his hand with a piece
of sheet iron. Mr. Bachman paid little
attention to the scratch at first, but it
soon became very sore and when a phy-sician
was consulted blood poisoning had
set in and advanced to a precarious
state. All efforts of the attending phy-sician
were unavailing and Mr. Bach-man
departed this life after an eleven-days'
illness. He was a son of the late
Eugene A. and Fannie Ritter Bachman
and was born at Kissel Hill. He was
graduate of Weidler's Business College
at Lancaster and the Millersville State
Normal School, and has been teaching
school in this county for the past twen-ty-
two years. For a number of years
he resided at Farmeisville where he
taught school and served as a Justice of
the Peace. , Mr. Bachman moved to
Lititz seven years ago and for several
years conducted a machine shop with
his brother and father. While residing
here he attended the Moravian church
and was assistant teacher of the Pas-tor's
Bible Class in the Sunday-school.
On November 24, 1898, he was married
to Miss Addie Althouse, of Binkley's
Bridge, who survives, as does a son
Harvey, at home, and the following
brothers and sisters: Jacob, of Lititz;
Monroe, of DasMoines, Iowa; Mrs.
Harry Martin, of Ed n, and Mrs. Henry
Eberly, of White Horse. The funeral
was held on Tuesday morning, with in-terment
in the United Zion cemeterv
Rothsville. Rev. E. S. Crosland offi
ciated.
Lexington's Oldest Resident Dead :
Mrs. Elizabeth Meily, the oldest isesi
dent of Lexington and its vicinity, died
at her home in Lexington last Friday
morning, aged 83 years, 1 month and 1
day. She was ailing with a complica-tion
of diseases for several months.
Deceased was a life-long resident of this
locality and resided in the house where
death occurred for the past 58 years.
She was the widow of the late Addison
Meily, who was killed in the battle of
Chattanooga, Tenn., 54 years ago. Mrs.
Meiley was the daughter of the late
Samuel and Annie Madlem, and was the
oldest of ten children born to the couple.
She was a member of St'. John's Luth-eran
church, Brickerville, for many
years. Two sons survive, namely: Addi-son,
of near Halfville, and Devan, of
near Lexington. Three sisters also sur-vive,
namely: Mrs. Annie Fetter, of
Penbrook; Mrs. Catherine Gorton, of
Elkhart, Ind., and Mrs. Fianna Mc-
Nulty, of Hazelton, Kansas. The fu-neral
was held on Tuesday, with services
at the house where death occurred and
in Mellinger's church, near Schoeneck.
Interment was made in the adjoining
cemetery. Revs. E. E. Schantz and I.
H. Kauffman officiated.
Death of Howard B. Miller
Howard B. Miller, of East Peters-burg,
died suddedly at his home Monday
afternoon of stomach trouble, after ail-ing
for about two months. His age was
44 years, 8 months and 18 days. De-ceased
was a farmer by occupation. He
was a member of the Brethren Church.
He is survived by his wife, who was
Hettie Herr before marriage. The fol-llowingchildren
survive: Howard,Mary,
Anna, Charles and Mahlon. He is also
survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Daniel W. Miller, of near Fruitville.and
these brothers and sisters: Harry B., of
Fairland; Enos B., of Lancaster; B.
Frank, of Baltimore; Mrs. Erwin Sta-ver,
of Lancaster; Mrs. Morris Sturgis,
of Lititz; Emma B., Daniel H. and Ma-bel
V., living with their parents. The
funeral was held this morning at the
Brethren Church at East Petersburg.
Interment was made at ,the Brethren
cemetery about one half mile west of
East Petersburg.
Funeral of David K. Eitnier
The funeral of David K. Eitnier took
place at the Middle Creek meeting house
on Monday, with interment in the ad-joining
cemetery. Mr. Eitnier died at
him home at Terre Hill on April 24, aged
58 years, following an eight-days' illness
with pneumonia. He was a son of Reu-ben
Eitnier, who resides near Brunner-ville.
Several brothers and sisters also
survive, among them Elam K. Eitnier,
of Lexington, and Mrs. Jacob Kramer,
of Millway.
Miss Vera Doster Won Silver Medal
Mias Vera Doster, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. I. H. Doster, who attends
Hood College at Frederick, Md., is dis-playing
the same ability as an elocu-tionist
there as she did during her High
School days at this place. Recently
Miss Doster was one of six speakers in
an oratorical contest conducted by the
W. C. T. U. of Frederick for a silver
medal and the young lady won the prize.
She was selected to represent Hood Col-lege
and winning the medal qualified her
to enter a contest with others who
haye won silver medals in the past, the
prize for which contest will be a gold
medal.
MORE LIBERTY BONDS MUST BE SOLD
If Lititz and its Vicinity is to Raise its
Quota
It hardly seems possible that people
who are financially able to subscrice lib
erally for Liberty bonds fail to do so.
Yet this very condition of affairs exists
to a certain extent in Lititz and its vi
cinity and as a consequence this district
has failed to go "over the top" in the
Third Liberty loan campaign as yet. In
fact, a considerable amount of money
must yet be subscribed if we are to fur
nish our quota. The campaign workers
have been performing their duty faith-fully,
not only subscribing liberally for
bonds but also giving their time in dis-posing
of the bonds. Working people
of small means have responded to the
call nobly, but as above stated, some
people who could well afford to subscribe
for a number of bonds are proving
slackers.
Surely, no one with a drop of patri-otic
blood in his veins can refuse to lend
his money to the government. Think of
the young men who have left their
homes, yea, their all, to give the su-preme
sacrifice, their lives, if need be,
that we who remain at home can enjoy
the comforts of liberty unrestrained.
It is nothing less than a shame if the
people who have not done their duty for
these boys and humanity in general do
not wake up to a sense of their respon-sibilities
and buy bonds.
Any information concerning the bonds
will be gladly supplied at either of the
local banks. If you, reader, have not
bought your bonds yet, do so at once.
Help Sustain Our Reputation
Time and again have visitors to Lititz
remarked most favorably about the neat
appearance of the town. This is a credit
to the citizens. But considerable refuse
has accumulated during the winter and
everybody should observe next week,
which will be Clean-Up Week in the
State, by cleaning alleys, gathering the
dust off the streets and otherwise doing
all in their power to keep Lititz neat,
clean and healthy.
Reckless Autoists to be Prosecuted
Chief Burgess Diehm, unanimously
supported by the members of town
council, is determined to have the ordi
nance concerning autoing observed in
Lititz. Some persons utterly disregard
the speed laws and go shooting through
the town at a rate that makes an ex-press
train look slow. But it's going to
be stopped, says the chief burgess, and
he usually means what he says. The
speed limit in the borough is 15 miles an
hour and autoists will do well to observe
it, otherwise they will be prosecuted to
the full extent of the law.
Mr. Sheaffer Knows His Trade
S. C. Sheaffer returned home on Sat-urday
from Fulton, N. Y., where he had
been since March 25 dressing mill stones
for the Peters Chocolate Company. On
Monday Mr. Sheaffer leaves for Spring-field,
Mass., where he will dress the
mill stones in the W. H. Miner chocolate
factory. The war has caused a cessa-tion
of the importing of chocolate mills
from Germany, and there are none to be
had in this country. Several months
ago the Peters company purchased a few
discarded mustard mills for their choco-late
plant, but found that they would
not work for chocolate making until
Mr. Sheaffer had redressed the stones.
Boys Came to the Rescue
A trim-looking roadster auto occupied
by two dapper young ladies misbehaved
in front of the RECORD office on Tues-day
evening, and despite efforts of the
young ladies, refused to move. In short
order a crowd of boys surrounded the
auto and when one of the ladies asked
where a garage was a youth informed
her and suggested that the boys push
the auto, to Burkholder's garage. "All
right, boys, go to i t , " replied the lady,
and in a jiffy the youngsters had the car
on the move, pushing it to the garage in
short order, while some of the young
men looked on with envious eyes, and
wished they were little boys again. The
car was repaired in a few moments and
the ladies proceeded on their way.
Will Celebrate Anniversary
To-morrow, Friday, D. L. Bowman,
the well-known shoe merchant, whose
Dlace of business is located at No. 26
!3ast Main street, will celebrate the 31st
anniversary of his store. All callers,
regardless whether purchasers or not,
will receive a free smoke. Mr. Bowman
began business at the same location
where his store is at the present time.
He has been a cobbler for the past 53
years,, learning the trade with the late
J. D. Withers, for whom he worked until
1887, when he began business for him-self.
Conditions have greatly changed
since Mr. Bowman started his vocation.
At that time most of the footwear was
hand-made and far more substantial
than the present day machine-made foot-wear.
'
Rothsyille Commencement
This is commencement week at the
Rothsville High School. On Sunday eve-ning
Rev. F. A. Weicksel delivered the
baccalaureate sermon to the graduates
in the High School auditorium and there
was a large attendance. This evening
the Class Day exercises will be held, a
feature of which will be a short musi-cale,
including the cantata, "The Vil-lage
Blacksmith."
Commencement exercises proper will
be held on Friday evening, at which
time eleven graduates will receive di-plomas.
The address to the class will
be delivered by Dr, John T. Reeve, and
indications point to a very large attend-
-New men's ties arrived this week.
Dissinger's.
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A COLUMN TO KEEP YOU IN TOUCH
WITH OLD AND NEW NAMES
Many Persons Come and Go by Train
Trolley, Auto and Other Conveyances
Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Pfautz visited rel
atives at Ephrata on Sunday.
Miss Mollie Nagle, of Lancaster, spent
Sunday with Mrs. Caroline Grosh.
Mrs. Earl Erb and two children spent
a week at Lancaster visiting her par
ents.
Mrs. C. Wm. Grosh spent the latter
part of last week among relatives at
Easton.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Sheneberger and
son Galen visited relatives at Ephrata
on Sunday.
Mr. H. C. Weidler, of the Weidler
Business College, Lancaster, spent Sun-day
in town.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Smith, of Coates
ville, spent several days with S. M.
Huber and family.
Harrison Sheaffer and family moved
from his father's house on East New
street to Lebanon last week.
Roy Long, son of Dr. D. A. Long,
who is employed at Pittsburgh, spent a
few days here with his father.
Mrs. William B. Ditzler, residing on
North Cedar street, is confined to bed
with an attack of rheumatism.
Mrs. Sue Stark, of Lancaster, spent
Saturday and Sunday as the guest of
Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Steffy.
Mr, and Mrs. W. M.Grube and daugh
ter and Mrs. Mary Steiner enjoyed an
auto trip to Harrisuurg on Sunday.
Allen Ditzler and family, who moved
to Lebanon county some weeks ago
spent Saturday and Sunday in town.
Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Kofroth and son
Perry spent Saturday and Sunday at
Philadelphia, making the trip by auto.
Mrs. Raymond Wetherhold and child,
of Reading, are spending a week here
with her mother, Mrs. Amanda Downey.
Mr. Jacob Stark, of Nazareth, spent
Saturday and Sunday ijv town with Mr.
William S. Smith and son Harry and
family.
Mr. and Mrs, Willard Hershey and
daughter, of Denver, spent Sunday here
with his parents, Rev. Jacob Hershey
and wife.
Mrs. Frederick Haller, of Watertown,
N. Y., arrives here to-day to spend a
few weeks with her daughter, Mrs. Jos.
B. Wissler.
Mrs. Mary Strohm and the Misses
Ella Carvel and Lizzie Zellers spent Sat-urday
and Sunday at Baltimore and
Camp Meade.
Mrs. Joseph Kitchen, of West Ches-ter,
and daughter Erma Glendenning, of
Downingtown, spent Sunday in town
with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Stormfeltz.
Miss Mary Garber and friend Miss
Reese, of Florida, both of whom attend
Devon Manor Seminary, spent from last
Friday to Sunday here with the former
parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Garber.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Ensminger, of
Manheim; Mr. and Mrs. Howard Rey-nolds,
of Quarryville, and Miss Mollie
Swartz, of Reading, were the guests of
Mr. and Mrs. J. Frank Buch on Sunday.
Mrs. Fredericka Shirk, of Mohnton,
and Mr. and Mrs. John Schnupp and
daughters Ruth and Grace, of Lancas-ter,
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J.
Fred. Essig.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Biggs, of Phila-delphia,
and their daughter, Mrs. Frank
Williams, of Howard, Center county,
were the guests of C. Fred. Regennas
and sons on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Keath, of this
place, were among the many guests who
attended a pleasant social function held
at Strasburg on Saturday evening in
honor of the fifty-third birthday anni-versary
of Martin L. Kreider.
Our former townsman John K. Dyer,
of New Brunswick, N. J., accompanied
by his wife, her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
David Sammers and son David, also of
New Brunswick, are visiting in town.
They made the trip in Mr. Dyer's auto.
Two autos containing the following
persons visited Camp Meade on Sunday:
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Singer, Mr. Elmer
Eby and family, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Marks and granddaughter Gladys, Mr.
Aaron Kahler, Misses Grace Keller and
Ida Zartman.
Mrs. Theodore B. Buch, a resident of
Kilauea, Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, ar-rived
at Lancaster on Wednesday, to
spend an indefinite time with her par-ents,
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Foltz. Mrs.
Buch made the journey from the islands
in the mid-Pacific unaccompanied.
The Tank Was Here
A device, patterned after the famous
English tanks being used at the French
front, visited Lititz last Thursday and
Friday mornings to arouse interest in
the Liberty Loan campaign. On Friday
the Boy Scouts escorted the tank about
the main streets of town. Most indus-tries
were closed during the afternoon,
it being a Liberty Loan holiday.
TOWN COUNCIL HAD ACTIVE SESSION
Although Unable to Secure Oil the
Borough Fathers Will Make Every
Possible Effort to Allay the Dust
Town council held its regular monthly
meeting on Monday evening, with Chief
Burgess G. G. Diehm and Councilmen
J. H. Bomberger, H. H. Bomberger,
M, G. Frederick, Dr. S. R. Posey, H. J.
Pierson and Solicitor Jos. B. Wissler
present.
H. J. Pierson, who was appointed as
councilman to succeed C. D. Haverstick,
who removed from the borough, was
sworn in by 'Squire C. N. Derr.
President H. H. Bomberger appointed
Mr. Pierson to serve on the various com
mittees of which Mr. Haverstick was a
member, namely: the Street, Finance,
Light, Grading and Building commit-tees.
Considerable time was spent consider-ing
the allaying of the dust on the
streets. No oil can be secured, but it
is a certainty that tarvia will arrive.
More than likely tarvia will be placed
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ARMY ANDJAVi NOTES
INTERESTING NEWS OF THE BOYS IN
U. S. SERVICE
The League is Organized
There will be four teams in the Red
Cross base ball league, their names and
managers being as follows: Athletics,
M. C. McCloud; Red Sox, Clyde Keller;
Giants, B. G. Wier; Cubs, H. S. Dissing-er.
There will be 30 games played and
the season will open on Monday, May
13. See next week's issue for the
schedule.
New Circle of King's Daughters
A new circle of King's Daughters was
organized in Lititz on Thursday, April
25, at the home of Mrs. E. E. Habecker.
They chose the name "Pollyanna" cir-cle
and elected the following officers:
Leader, Mrs. E. E. Habecker; secre-tary,
Katherine Miller; treasurer, Dor-othy
Habecker. The new circle starts
with nine members, namely: Dorothy
Habecker, Mary Souders, Cora Miller,
Mary Fasnacht, Sarah Muth, Anna Bru-baker,
Josephine Kreiter, Laura Miller
and Katherine Miller. Lititz. now has,
five circles of King's Daughters with a
total membership of 194. May the good
work of the King's Daughters go on and
prosper.
Our Boy Scouts are Live Wires
Without a doubt the local troops of
Boy Scouts are the most active in the
county. They made the town very
lively last Saturday in connection with
the drive they conducted for the sale of
Liberty bonds and War Savings stamps.
Several street processions were in order
and the Scouts erected a tent on the lot
adjoining the Farmers National bank
where they had their headquarters for
the day and disposed of a goodly amount
of bonds and war savings stamps.
A resemblance of the Kaiser also ¡was
erected and by investing a nickle you
were allowed to throw balls at Bill's
likeness. He got some good solid wal-lops
from the balls thrown at him, just
as every bond and thrift stamp that is
bought gives him a solid whack.
Great Star Course Under High School
Alumni Association Auspices
At the final number of the Linden Hall
Seminary star course, held last Thurs-day
evening, Rev. F. W. Stengel made
the announcement that Linden Hall has
decided to abandon the star course en-tertainments
in the future. The lovers
of the high-class entertainments sup-plied
by these star courses need have no
regrets however, as the entertainment
committee of the High School Alumni
Association has made arrangements for
a star course to be given in the new
High School auditorium next fall and
winter. The program has already been
completed and without doubt will be one
of the greatest ever given here. Peter
MacQueen, who has delivered several
wonderful lectures here in the past, and
who now is in France, will open the
course with an illustrated lecture rela-tive
to the great war. The other num-bers
will be the Liberty Musical Four,
the Almaretta Jubilee Singers (colored),
and an operatic concert and recital by
Pauline Corella, soprano, and Riccardo
Bonelli, baritone, and two assistants.
I t will be the most expensive course
ever given here but the usual admission
prices will be charged.
Red Cross Notes
There was a large attendance at the
election of officers for the local branch
of the Red Cross Society last Thursday
evening, and all of the old officers were
re-elected, as follows: Pres., Mrs. J. C.
Jenkins; 1st vice pres., Mrs. H. J. Pier-son;
2nd vice pres., Miss Anna K. Mil-ler;
vice presidents, Mrs. Lester Eaches,
Mrs.,L. N. Moyer and Mrs. M. H. Yoder;
secretary, Mrs. F. C. Dengate; assis-tant
secretary, Mrs. A'. R. Bomberger;
treasurer, Mrs. P. F. Snyder.
Information received from time to
time from local boys at the training
camps shows that they greatly appre-ciate
the comfort kits presented to them
by the local Red Cross Society. Despite
this fact some of the young men who
know that they are leaving for camp
fail to call upon the Red Cross officers
for their kits, as they have been re-quested
to do time and time again. The
result is that if any of the boys do not
get their kits the Red Cross workers
are censured. This is unjust and again
the officers of the Red Cross Society re-quest
all boys who know they must leave
for camp to inform any of the officers
or call at the Young Men's Business
League for their kits.
Pithy Paragraphs of Up-to-Date Infor-mation
From a Wide Radius
Roy K. Miller, who had been located
at Gamp Greene, is now at Camp Mills,.
L. I., waiting to go across. He sends
good-bye to his friends.
Captain J. L. Hertz continues to serve
his government at Camp Shelby, Miss.,
although he has been expecting to be
sent "over there" for some months.
Mrs. Hertz and son John, who are in the
sunny south with Capt. Hertz, are en-joying
the best of health. Dr. Hertz
was commissioned a captain a few
months ago.
Robert Furlow, stationed at the Wash-ington,
D. C., barracks, where he is in
the searchlight division of an engineer
corps, spent Saturday and Sunday here
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lemon
Furlow. Robert is the picture of health
and believes that he will sail for France
ere long. Rev. George D. Clarke, pas-tor
of St. Paul's Lutheran church, this
borough, for a number of years, who
now is located at Georgetown, a suburb
of Washington, recently called on
Robert.
Paul, son of Thomas Matthews, who
is in the 29th Motor Ambulance Co., at
Camp Logan, Texas, writes that they
would hardly know him if they saw him
now, as he weighs 160 pounds. He is in
the service eight months, enlisting at
the age of eighteen and weighed 116
pounds. Photographs accompanying the
letter show him to be a broad-shoulder-ed,
well-set young man. "I would like
to put on a civilian suit again just to see
how it feels," writes Paul.
Robert Imhoff wrote home from Camp
Grant, near Chicago, that he longed for
a cocoanut custard pie. He had tasted
several at restaurants but they didn't
near come up to the kind that mother
made. His mother, Mrs. Christian Im-hoff,
toolc a chance and sent a custard
by parcel post, wrapping it securely be-tween
two picnic plates. Robert re-ported
that it arrived in good condition
and it was the best one he ever ate.
Corporal Harry Snader, or Corporal
Spider as he signs his name, is serious
when he speaks of buying liberty bonds,
according to a letter received by a Lititz
friend. He says in part: "The boys
here in camp have given up good posi-tions
in civil life and are Willing to do
more—to give their lives also. 'Come
through,' back us up and buy a liberty
bond."
A crowd of several hundred persons
gathered at the local railroad station on
Tuesday evening to bid farewell to the
boys who boarded the train here to go
to the training camp at Camp Lee, Va.
District No. 2, of which this borough is
a part, sent 30 men, the names of those
residing hereabouts being mentioned in
our last week's issue. Among those
who passed through town was Ed. Wit-myer(
who played first base for the Eph-rata
base ball team for a number of
years. The county, including Lancaster
city, supplied 172 men for Camp Lee on
Tuesday. One of those sent from Lan-caster
was a native Lititz boy, Thomas
C. Haisch, who has been employed by
the Bell Telephone Company.
Local Soldiers in Base Hospital
Mrs. George Hambright of Neffsville
has received a letter from her son, El-mer
C. Wyman, who enlisted in the ma-rines
while a resident of Lititz, which
indicates that the young man was in-jured
in France, although no details are
given. Abstracts from the letter, writ-ten
from the base hospital, follow:
"Dear Mother: Have been in the hos-pital
for about two weeks, where I was
operated on and expect to return to duty
with my company soon. Have been
treated very fine while here, the Red
Cross nurses doing all they possibly can
for us. It certainly is a big difference
to be in an iron bed and between nice
white covers. I have been used to hav-ing
my trousers or a shoe for a pillow.
Received two Red Cross bags since here
and also got some Red Cross tobacco
every other day. Are having the rainy
season here. Will write more later."
David New, employed at the safe
works, received word from his boy Da-vid,
Jr.. in France, stating that he i& in
the hospital but there is no need to wor-ry,
as he is making rapid improvement,
He does not say whether he has been
wounded or overcome with sickness.
—Tr£ a pound of Troco nut butterine
at Pf&utz Bros, store.
Lititz Boys Have Been in the Trenches
That the Lititz boys who are members
of the Rainbow Machine Gun Division
in France have had their baptism of fire
in the trenches is known to be a fact
now. Last week Mr. and Mrs. Daniel
Imhoff received a letter from their son
Burnell which conveyed the information.
Burnell says:
"Must tell you that I have been in the
trenches and came out safe. It was
safer there than at home on an arm
chair. Tne Germans were shooting
them over our heads pretty fast but
none of them had my number. Have
been receiving several letters from you
folks which are very welcome, as are
the copies of the RECORD, which I get
regularly. Am in good health and hope
this letter finds you the same."
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