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VOL. XLII LI TITZ, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 28,1918 NO. 11
EVENTS CONCISELY TOLD
INTERESTING THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN
TOWN AND VICINITY.
I t a m s of Minor Mention, So to Speak
but of Interest to t h e Average Reader
a t Home and Abroad.
F r a n k Badorf attained his sixty-t
h i r d b i r t h d a y on Saturday.
I r a Dissinger of Lititz Route 4 grew
a beet which weighed 5 pounds and H
ounces.
A baby girl was born at t h e home
of Mr. and Mrs. H a r r y Herr, North
W a t e r s t r e e t , on Saturday.
The L i n c o l n A. C. (colored) foot ball
t e am will play the local eleven h e r e at
2.30 o'clock this a f t e r n o o n . The Lan-c
a s t e r lads are f a s t and a good game
is bound to r e s u l t.
The Knights of Malta Lodge will
meet tonight at 7 o'clock instead of
8 o'clock, the r e g u l a r time, in order
t o a t t e n d the e n t e r t a i n m e n t in the
High School Auditorium.
Mrs. Thomas Moyer desires to ex-p
r e s s her t h a n k s to f r i e n d s and neigh-b
o r s for the a s s i s t a n c e extended her
d u r i n g the recent bereavement in the
d e a t h of her husband.
Mr. H a r r y Brubaker on Broad s t r e et
i s confined to the house with a touch
of influenza. It is t h e only case of t he
k i n d in town a l t h o u g h t h e r e a r e a few
i n f l u e n z a victims in the c o u n t r y sec-t
i o n s .
All past chiefs a r e r e q u e s t e d to at-
' t e n d the m e e t i n g of the K. G. E„ No.
18, next Tuesday, when an election for
Grand Castle officers will be held. An
a p p l i c a t i o n for a candidate has been
received.
The one and a h a l f - s t o r y frame
h o u s e owned by H e n r y G. Buch near
Millport was destroyed by fire at
about 9 o'clock l a s t F r i d a y evening. It
ivas unoccupied and is f u l l y covered
by insurance.
The borough water supply is suf-ficient
to meet the demand, but t h e re
i s l i t t l e s u r p l u s in case of an emerg-ency,
and S u p e r i n t e n d e n t Miller gives
out the w a r n i n g that care should be
e x e r c i s e d so t h a t none is wasted.
Monroe Shue will offer a carload of
Mifflin C o u n t y cows, also a c a r l o a d of
h o r s e s , and some colts, a n d fhree"l:>alr
of well-broken mules at the Warwick
House sale this S a t u r d a y . Any f a r m er
in need of this kind of stock will do
well to look t h em over.
A k i t c h e n shower was held for Mrs.
Norman Badorf last F r i d a y evening at
t h e home of her p a r e n t s , Mr. and Mrs.-
C h r i s t i a n Habecker, at Rohrerstown.
Among the p r e s e n t s were cut glass and
l i n e n s . Sixty persons were present,
a m o n g t h em twelve f r om this place.
The deer which has made its home
in the n o r t h e r n part of t h e county was
s e e n on U. S. Delp's f a r m last Frida.y
ancl at H u b e r ' s woods. It is sleek and
f a t and t a k e s a fence with a p p a r e n t ly
no effort. It has become very tame
f o r a wild animal and does not seem
much alarmed upon seeing a human
being.
The Lititz d r um corps will meet for
p r a c t i s e at the home of J o h n H a r t r a n ft
t h i s Friday evening. Members are
a s k e d to be on hand in good time so
t h a t early r e t i r e r s in that neighbor-hood
will not be kept awake. Mem-b
e r s are also asked to bring their
s i l e n c e r s along.
Our former townsman Soloman
Weaver, now a r e s i d e n t of E a s t Pet-e
r s b u r g , will reach the 76th year of
h i s p a t h w a y t h r o u g h life on Saturday.
P h y s i c a l l y he is a good man for his
age judging from the fact that last
F r i d a y he felled six hickory trees
m e a s u r i n g from 12 to 16 inches in
t h i c k n e s s .
Miss Helen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
J. E. Eshleman, was agreeably surprised
by t h e Senior class of t h e High School,
of which she is a member, at her home
on Tuesday evening. Games and music
were the chief features of t h e evening
and everyone had a joyous time.. The
young lady received many pretty gifts.
A Thanksgiving luncheon was served.
Robert Yerger, of the Yerger Manu-f
a c t u r i n g Co., r e p o r t s t h a t the concern
can now secure all the h a r d w a r e and
l u m b e r needed to m a n u f a c t u r e talk-i
n g machines. The war had handi-c
a p p e d t h e b u s i n e s s but t h e local p l a nt
i s r u s h e d with work now and is ship-p
i n g machines as f a s t as they can be
t u r n e d out.
Mrs. John A. Nauman, c h a i r m a n of
t h e Woman's Council of National De-f
e n s e , of L a n c a s t e r county, met with
t h e Lititz committee l a s t F r i d a y a f t e r -
noon to a r r a n g e for the f u t u r e work
of the committee. The next w o r k will
be to help in the r e c o n s t r u c t i o n of
B e l g i um and France. The local com-m
i t t e e hopes to. give a benefit next
m o n t h to f u r n i s h f u n d s f o r t h i s f o r e i gn
work.
Over $300 was cleared at the King's
D a u g h t e r s ' sale of n e e d l e w o r k on Sat-u
r d a y . This organization has done
s u c h fine work among the sick and
needy, w o r k i n g q u i e t l y a n d efficiently,
d o i n g deeds of k i n d n e s s among the
p o o r e s t to t h e r i c h e s t families, t h a t its
f r i e n d s a r e n u m b e r e d among p r a c t i c a l -
l y the entire populace of the town.
They money made S a t u r d a y will all be
spent for a good cause and the big
amount cleared is indeed fine.
A 300 pound p o r k e r owned by Chris-t
i a n ^Imhoff broke its leg and was
k i l l ed at once for b u t c h e r i n g purposes.
Thad. Will, of the Second Ward,
s l a u g h t e r e d a hog which weighed 355
pounds. Thad. has the goods every
s e a s o n but realizes there are some
r i v a l s in t h a t part of town who also
have some pigs and it will be a hot
c o n t e s t before t h e medal is awarded.
E. Lloyd Ritchie
Reported Missing
Believed Mistake
Been Made
Has
A t e l e g r am was received h e r e Tues-day
by Mr. and Mrs. E l m e r C. Ritchie
f r om Washington r e p o r t i n g t h a t their
son Elmer L. Ritchie was missing
s i n c e Sept. 28th. He was in Co. E,
315th Inf., which was in active service
at the front. If the date of being
missed is c o r r e c t . t h e n he is alive, be-c
a u s e the last l e t t e r received f r om h im
was dated Oct. 25, almost a month
l a t e r than the official r e p o r t of the
time last accounted for. A l a t e r let-t
e r w r i t t e n to his fiance was marked
Oct. 30.
Since being in t h e army he was reg-i
s t e r e d under his first name, Elmer.
The name of Elmer L. Ritchie was re-p
o r t e d among the missing in the lists
given t h e n e w s p a p e r s t h r e e weeks ago,
but the home a d d r e s s was given as
P h i l a d e l p h i a . It is known that there
a r e two s o l d i e r s in Co. E with t h e same
name.
A l e t t e r has been sent to Washing-ton
explaining the circumstances in
t h e hope t h a t more positive informa-t
i on can be given. The p a r e n t s are
a n x i o u s l y hoping t h a t t h e y will receive
a n o t h e r letter f r om their boy, giving
t h em full a s s u r a n c e t h a t he is living.
A Triple B i r t h d ay
T h r e e well-known citizens arrived
at t h e i r 74th m i l e s t o n e in life on Mon-day,
namely: Emanuel H. Grube, Reu-ben
Diehm and Henry C. Sturgis.
While not as young in body as t h ej
used to.be, yet they -enjoy good health
a n d look on life with a bright and
c h e e r f u l aspect. Mr: Grube eoritiiiuef
on t h e road as a salesman, Mr. Diehm
works steadily, and while not ailin -
Mr. S t u r g i s has been forced to give IU
w o r k i n g but is h a p p y and content
and his delight is to visit his frieii.V-and
a t t e n d church and Sunday-school
While not a poet Mr. Grube sent the
f o l l o w i n g message to the o t h e r s of the
t r i o , which explains the occasion
n i c e l y :
"Again we have our b i r t h d a y 74,
Because we were born in 1884,
And on the 25th day of November,
A time we all like to remember."
NUMEROUS PERSONS CALLED TO THE
GREAT BEYOND
George H. Ochs '
George H. Ochs, civil war veteran
and a well-known resident of this
place, died about o'ne o'clock Monday
a f t e r n o o n , after suffering f r om ill
h e a l t h for t h e past year. His age was
78 y e a r s , 10 m o n t h s and 22 days.
He was born in Lehigh county and
worked on the old Huber f a rm near
L i t i t z over f i f t y y e a r s ago. He worked
at v a r i o u s places here, at t h e old lum-ber
yard of Kauffman & Beckler, as
r a i l r o a d r e p a i r m a n , and h a d c h a r g e of
t h e k e r o s e n e lights in town for many
y e a r s up to the time of t h e i n s t a l l i ng
of e l e c t r i c lights. At the o u t b r e a k of
t h e civil war he v o l u n t e e r e d in Co. B,
F i r s t Regiment, P e n n s y l v a n i a Volun-t
e e r s . He served in the army for al-most
four years and went through
some hard fighting, being wounded
seven times, and carried a bullet in
his leg to the grave. He was a mem-ber
of Stevens Post and was color
b e a r e r for many years, always t a k i ng
an active part in its affairs. He was
a member of the Moravian Church for
many years. His wife, who had been
Rachael Reidenbach before marriage,
died t h i r t e e n y e a r s a?o. A son Wil-liam,
of Plainfield, N. J., a n d a niece of
h i s wife, whom the couple h a d adopted
at two y e a r s of age, C o r a Reidenbach,
and who lived at the Ochs home, sur-vive.
Mr. Ochs came f r om a family
of t h i r t e e n children, of whom are liv-i
n g two s i s t e r s and a b r o t h e r , namely:
Mrs. Wm. Kline, of Leesport; Mrs.
Susan Spangler, of P a l m y r a , and John,
of Philadelphia.
The f u n e r a l will be held on Thurs-day
afternoon, with services at the
house at 2:;!d o'clock, and i n t e r m e nt
in the M' •• . - ' 'cir. Rev. E
S. Croslan.l » " < ?v „ M
Citizens Grateful to Dr. Yoder
Chief B u r g e s s Diehm is i n r e c e i p t of
a communication f r om a r e p r e s e n t a t i ve
committee of citizens, e x p r e s s i n g their
g r a t i f i c a t i o n with the r e s u l t s obtained
in r e q u e s t i n g the Surgeon General of
the Army to s t a y o r d e r s given Dr. M.
H. Yoder to proceed to Fort Ogle-t
h o r p e , u n t i l such t i m e as t h e influenza
and general health of the community
might j u s t i f y his procedure.
When it became known that Dr.
Yoder had closed his office and com-p
l e t e d all p r e p a r a t i o n s for entering
t h e Service, this committee brought
e v e r y p r e s s u r e to b e a r with the doctor
to a l l ow t h em to make e f f o r t s to obtain
t h e stay, to which he r e l u c t a n t l y con-s
e n t e d a f t e r much persuasion.
This committee fully appreciates
t h e personal sacrifice Dr. Yoder has
made by r e m a i n i n g in c i v i l i a n practice,
r a t h e r t h a n follow his own i n c l i n a t i on
to e n t e r t h e Service of his Country.
This is a highly commendable act
and we believe t h a t the community in
g e n e r a l will join in e x p r e s s i n g grati-tude
to Dr. Yoder.
A COLUMN TO KEEP YOU IN TOUCH
WITH OLD AND NEW NAMES
Many Person* Come and Go by Train
Trolley, Auto and Other Conveyances
MARRIED 53 TEARS
Mr. and Mrs. J a c o b Klmg- Will Hare
T h a t D i s t i n c t i o n Tomorrow
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Kling of this
place will r e a c h their fifty-ninth year
of m a r r i e d life tomorrow. Mr. Kling
is 80 and his wife 77 y e a r s old. They
were m a r r i e d at Lebanon by a Mora-vian
m i n i s t e r and have lived h e r e for
t h e past 5S years. Eighteen children
were born to the couple, t h i r t e e n of
whom are living. Mr. Kling was a
shoemaker by t r a d e , l e a r n i n g the t r a de
when eighteen years old and r e t i r i ng
about six y e a r s ago. He was born in
Germany, coming to t h i s c o u n t r y at an
e a r l y age. He was a. soldier during
t h e civil war and has always upheld
t h e country of his adoption. He is
a n x i o u s l y a w a i t i n g the r e t u r n home of
his f a v o r i t e grandson, Roy Miller, who
was wounded in F r a n c e and is in a
B a l t i m o r e hospital at present. Mrs.
K l ' n g ' s maiden name was Eliza Machel-h
e n n y and she was born in Manheim
township, being m a r r i e d at the age of
eighteen. The couple h a v e been mem-b
e r s of the Moravian church for many
y e a r s.
Mrs. William Diehm Surprised
I n honor of her s i x t i e th b i r t h d ay a sur-prise
party was held for Mrs. William S.
Diehm at her home last Friday evening.
The affair was arranged by the children
and about sixty relatives, neighbors and
friends were present. The fine set out
was the feature of t h e evening.
Kissel Hill Inn Sold
The Kissel Hill hotel property with 13
acres of land, owned by John H. Baus-man,
was sold at public sale on Tuesday
to L. D. Himmelberger, of Lititz, for
57,160, Mr. Himmelberger's son Leon
will move on the premises on April 1
next but will discontinue the hotel busi-ness.
P. O. Examinations
An examination for clerk carrier of the
Lititz post office will be held in t h e Lititz
High School building on Saturday, De-cember
14, at 9 A. M. Competitors will
be examined in spelling, arithmetic, let-ter
writing, penmanship, copying from
plain copy and reading addresses. A
married woman whose husband is at
present serving in the military or naval
service of t h e United States may be ad-mitted
to t h i s examination.
The above p i c t u r e of Mr. Ochs, t a k en
about sixteen years ago, with musket,
knapsack, canteen drinking cup, and
in full uniform, shows how the men
of '64 looked at the f r o n t . These war
r e l i c s were p r e s e n t e d to E l m e r Clausen
some years ago and are kept in a
g l a s s case.
Death of Mrs. A. K, Bear "
Mrs. Lizzie Bear, wife of A. R. Bear,
died at her home on N o r t h Broad St.,
Lititz, e a r l y Monday morning, f r om a
complication of diseases, aged sixty-t
h r e e years. She h a d been in ill h e a l th
for five years, and was the daughter
of the late. Daniel and Sarah. Ann
Grosh. She had been a resident of
L i t i t z for the past twenty-five years,
and was a member of the Moravian
Church, the Woman's Missionary Soci-e
t y and the Ladies' Mite Society. Be-sides
h e r h u s b a n d , t h e deceased is sur-vived
by two daughters, Mrs. D. C.
M a r t i n and Mrs. R. J. K o f r o t h , both' of
L i t i t z ; two g r a n d d a u g h t e r s ; two sis-t
e r s , Miss Agnes Grosh and Mrs. Ella
Evans, Lititz, and one b r o t h e r , John,
n e a r L a n c a s t e r . The f u n e r a l will be
held f r om her home on F r i d a y a f t e r -
noon at 2:30 o'clock, with interment
in the Moravian Cemetery. Friends
a n d relatives are invited to attend
without receiving f u r t h e r notice.
Over Seas for Freedom.
TET US be glad together that the
passionate love of freedom that
•de I e Piiq'im fathr-s set
? ^agile cHps to b--a\e the un-known
terrors of the inhospitable New
England coast is driving us back over
the seas in dreadnaughts to face the
known horrors of modern warfare.
When that spirit dies there can be
no more thanksgiving in America. As
long as this spirit lives it is always
Thanksgiving day, whatever happens,
or whatever we may have or may not
have for dinner.
Let us give thanks that years of
prosperity and fatness, years of peace
and security, have not served to make
us entirely forgot that unless we love
freedom more than life, we are al-ready
as one dead; unless we know
the difference between real peace and
selfish security, we are already a con-quered
people.
Let us give thanks for our strength,
our wealth and our opportunities gar-nered
under the protection of even a
dawning democracy, and for the
chance to pour them out without stint
for the spread of democracy to every
corner of our world.
ANNE LEWIS PIERCE.
5T. H. Sbreiner Crashed to Death by a
Heavy Fall of Earth 1' ?
Milton H. Slireiner, a p r o m i n e n t res^
ident of E p h r a t a , met with a sudden
d e a t h last T h u r s d a y a f t e r n o o n while
employed in e x c a v a t i n g for the foun-d
a t i o n of c o n c r e t e bridge in course of
e r e c t i o n on t h e S t a t e R o a d at t h e John
Reddig farm, n e a r Reamstown,
S h r e i n e r was working in a deep
d i t c h when the ground on one side
(CONTINUED* ON PAGE 4)
Back from Old Yirginia
Mr. and Mrs, N. B. L e a m a n and Mr.
and Mrs. M. A. Moore r e t u r n e d f r om
Clover, Virgina, w h e r e p a r t of Mr. Lea-m
a n ' s holdings in a 551 a c r e t r a c t of
l a n d were sold at public sale Satur-day.
He was well pleased with the
r e s u l t s and expects to sell some of the
r e m a i n i n g l a n d at p r i v a t e sale shortly.
A visit was paid to the big tobacco
m a r k e t place at Boston, in the same
s t a t e . Twenty-five million pounds a re
h a n d l e d t h e r e annually. One of the
w a r e h o u s e s which the party visited
f o v e r e d t h r e e - f o u r t h s of an acre. To-bacco
is put up in h a n d s and placed in
b a s k e t s , and is sold by an auctioneer
to the highest bidder. Mr. Leaman
s aw some of t h e best tobacco "knocked
off" at 58 c e n t s a pound. Much of it
is e x p o r t e d and o t h e r s is used in the
m a n u f a c t u r e of the finest c i g a r e t t e s.
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Keller visited at
Stevens on Sunday.
Mr Theodore Wolle, of Akron, vis-i
t ed his mother here on Sunday. .
Mr. and Mrs. R u f u s Z a r t m a n visited
r e l a t i v e s at Manheim on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. John C. Crall spent
Sunday v i s i t i n g r e l a t i v e s at S c h a e f f e r s -
town.
Mrs. M a r g a r e t Wentwdrth is spend-i
n g several weeks at Bethlehem with
her daughter.
Mr. and Mrs. J a m e s Sesseman visited
Milton Enck at P h i l a d e l p h i a on Satur-day
and Sunday.
Mr. Atlee Burkholder, of Reading,
paid a visit to his f a t h e r , Mr. Amos
B u r k h o l d e r , on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. J o h n Reed and Mr. and
Mrs. H a r r y Engle and son spent Sat-u
r d a y a n d Sunday at Richland.
Noah A. T r i m m e r spent Tuesday at
C a r l i s l e , w h e r e the household effects
of his l a t e mother were sold at public
sale.
Mr. and Mrs. Emil J. Bishop, of
Bethlehem, are visiting her brother,
E l m e r Kautz, ana family on E a s t Main
s t r e e t .
Mr. P. B. Bucher, Mr. F r a n k Eby
and parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Eby,
took an auto t r i p to P h i l a d e l p h i a last
F r i d a y .
Mrs. Walter Rhoten left this week
f o r h e r home at Rockport, Ind., where
she intends r e m a i n i n g until a f t e r the
holidays.
Mr. Victor S t u r g i s of Reading called
on his f a t h e r , N. D. S t u r g i s , y e s t e r d a y.
Victor is on the detective service in
t h a t city.
Mrs. Jacob Kling, Sr., Mrs. Henry
K l i n g and son Paul visited the family
of Theodore Keener at Schaefferstown
on Sunday.
P h a r e s Frederick, of E p h r a t a , was
in town Tuesday looking up old
f r i e n d s . At p r e s e n t he is f o r e m a n in a
c i g a r f a c t o r y at E p h r a t a.
Mi. a n d ' M r s . J a m e s Yoder a r e visit-i
n g her mother and sister and Mrs.
J a m e s Haag at Shoemakersville and at
o t h e r places in Berks county.
W i l l i am Sturgis, who is in the ad-v
e r t i s i n g business and t r a v e l s around
considerably, called 011 h i s f a t h e r , Wil-l
i am A. Sturgis, l a s t Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. L i n n a e u s B Meily, of
Reading, visited Lititz relatives and
f r i e n d s 011 Sunday. The couple were
f o r m e r r e s i d e n t s of this borough.
Mrs. Mary Steiner, Miss Elizabeth
Weachter and Mr. Victor S t a r k spent
Sunday at Giip w i t h Mr. Robert Defor-tado,
where they were e n t e r t a i n e d with
a t u r k e y dinner.
Rev. F. W. Stengel made an auto
t r i p to Nazareth on Wednesday,
b r i n g i n g home with him for Thanks-giving
his two sons, Charles and
James, who are a t t e n d i n g Nazareth
Hall.
Mr. and Mrs. Willis Marks of Read-ing-
are spending several days with
his parents Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Marks. Willis put in a day of rabbit
h u n t i n g yesterday in the vicinity of
White Oak.
Mr. Zach Wilte of Reading was a
v i s i t o r in town on S a t u r d a y and Sun-day.
Mr. Wike said since he has been
away f r om home t h e r e has not been a
week t h a t the "Record" failed to ar-r
i v e at his home.
Mr. Samuel Reeser and sister
B l a n c h r e t u r n e d to Camp Hill after
s p e n d i n g a week with their brother,
Dr. N. B. Reeser. Samuel was suffer-i
n g f r om t h e effects of a broken leg, a
r a i l r o a d rail having f a l l e n on it.
Miss Myra Brookmyer, a n u r s e at
t h e Riverside, N. J., h o s p i t a l , was home
w i t h her p a r e n t s , Mr. and Mrs. Benja-min
Brookmyer, on S a t u r d a y and Sun-day.
Lloyd Brookmyer, t r a i n i n g in t he
s t u d e n t army at F. & M., L n a c a s t e r,
also paid a visit to his home on Satur-day
and Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Levi H. Rudy of East
Main street entertained their son
Clayton and wife, newly-weds, with a
s p e c i a l dinner on Sunday. Among
those p r e s e n t were Mr. Elmer Rudy,
wife and children, of S c h a e f f e r s t o w n;
Miss Ellen Rudy and Mr. and Mrs.
H a r r y DeHaven, of Lancaster.
Ml*. Ellis Butzer and Wayne Zart-man
of Gloucester, N. J., w e r e in town
Sunday. Ellis is working at a ship-yard.
Wayne was employed at an
a e r o p l a n e plant, which owing. t o the
ending of the war, has reduced pro-d
u c t i o n f r om t w e n t y planes a week to
almost nothing. Later on he worked
a s an. e l e c t r i c i a n at the -Campbell's
soup plant and says the magnitude,
s y s t em and c l e a n l i n e s s of the place is
w o n d e r f u l .
Mr. N. B. Hollinger and daughter
Eva visited Samuel Baum and family
at Manheim 011 Sunday. On S a t u r d ay
Cranked Auto; Broke Arm
J o h n S. Badorf, p r o p r i e t o r of the
Warwick House, met with a painful
accident on Monday afternoon. He
was c r a n k i n g his auto, when the crank
rebounded and s t r u c k him, breaking
t h e r i g h t a rm above the w r i s t . Dr. M.
H. Yoder attends. Mr. Badorf had
been feeling u n u s u a l l y happy, having
received a l e t t e r a f ew h o u r s previous
f r om his son Paul, at Newport News,
stating- t h t a he would be home T h a n k s -
giving Day.
ARMY M « O T E S
INTERESTING NEWS OF THE BOYS IN
U. S. SERVICE
Pithy Paragraphs of Up-to-Date Infor-mation
F r om a Wide Radius
KILLED IN
FRANCE
Reuben C. Fry, Halfville
Soldier
Reuben C. F r y was killed in France
between Sept. 13 and 20, according to a
t e l e g r am received by h i s ' f a t h e r , Samuel
Fry, of Halfville, on Saturday- He was
25 years old. He left for Camp Meade
on Sept. 14, 19x7, previous to which he
had worked in t h e local chocolate factory.
His. last visit home was on Thanksgiving
year ago and no communication had
been received f r om h im for t h e past three
months. He was a member of Co. 1,
16th I n f a n t r y . Besides the father, the
mother having died over a year ago, he
is survived by the following brothers and
sisters: Nathan, of Pine Hill; Harry, of
near Brunnerville; Samuel, at home;
Sallie, wife of Michael Musser, of Silver
Springs; Mary, wife of Horace Wagner,
of Mt. Joy; Lizzie, wife of Samuel Eby,
of Lexington; Amanda, wife of William
Haines, of Halfville; Ellen, of Lititz.
Sgt. Lutman, Whose Wife
and Children Live Here,
Reported Dead
Mrs. Enos R. L u t m a n , living on East
F r o n t street, beyond the t r a p factory,
was notified by t e l e g r am of the death
of her husband, Sergeant Lutman,
k i l l e d in action in F r a n c e on Sept. 29.
The wife w i t h t h r e e small children, re-c
e n t l y moved to this town f r om Man-heim.
He was 25 y e a r s old and was
d r a f t e d Sept. 19, 1917. He was trained
at Camp Meade, and was in Co. I, 316
I n f a n t r y . His promotion to Sergeant
came when he was in France. The
young man was well known in Lititz,
h a v i n g been a f r e q u e n t visitor. The
l a s t l e t t e r w r i t t e n by him was dated
Sept. 22, and he told his wife not to
worry. He also made mention of Lit-itz
boys. Besides his family, he is sur-vived
by a f a t h e r , Richard, who re-sides
with the f a m i l y ; a b r o t h e r Clay-ton,
at Camp Lee; and a sister, Mrs.
Samuel Kortie, R. D. 1, Lititz.
J a c o b K. Gibbel wrote to his par-e
n t s Mr. and Mr.s J. R. Gibbel from
F r a n c e that he has been given seven
days off, and
E d w a r d Crosland, in the student
a r m y of the medical department at
t h e University, spent Sunday at the
home of h i s p a r e n t s Rev. and Mrs. E.
S. Crosland.
P a u l Becker who left Lititz eleven
Shears ago and h a s not been back since,
sent a post card f r om France, saying
he was in the service. He had been
a r e s i d e n t of N i a g a r a Falls.
Joe Halpern, who is at the Great
Lakes Training .School, wrote that
they had a night off d u r i n g the peace
j u b i l e e and went to Chicago. He de-s
c r i b e s the city as going wild—never
say a n y t h i n g like it before.
E d w a r d Rank, of Christiana, who
was employed at GLarbsr's creamery,
wrote to Mr. H a r r y Crall that he ex-p
e c t s to make his home in Lititz a f t er
he comes back. He was- married
T h a n k s g i v i n g day a year ago, his wife
r e s i d i n g at C h r i s t i a n a at present.
Robert F u r l ow wrote t h a t he is look-ing
f o r w a r d to the time when he can
come back home. He has met none of
t h e Lititz boys. He r e l a t e s that he
was in a l i t t l e F r e n c h village when he
h e a r d some American soldiers talking.
By the p r o n u n c i a t i o n used by one of
t h em he judged he was f r om Lancas-t
e r county. He made himself known
and l e a r n e d he was an E p h r a t a boy.
Robert Buch, son of N a t h a n K. Buch,
woh had been a t t e n d i n g officers' t r a i n -
i n g school at Camp Lee, was muster-ed
out of service and came home. He
would have received a commission in
a short time. Robert is looking fine
and while life in the a r m y was hard
and exacting at times, he says he is
glad t h a t he has gone t h r o u g h the ex-perience.
A l e t t e r was received h e r e this week
w r i t t e n by Paul Spangler while at
sea. Pie said they were having- a good
time and sang every night. "Met
many fine boys. One of them came
f r om Red Lion and' he knew the B i s t -
e r s of "Lititz. Also met a l i t t l e Italian,
f r om Philadelphia who knows imy
b r o t h e r George, a policeman on Jack-son
s t r e e t . When I showed him the
p i c t u r e he said, ' t h a t ' s him, all right,
without mistake.' "
EXPECTED
IN LITITZ
THIS WEEK
Paul
in
Badorf, Wounded
France, is in the
States
Coming a l t o g e t h e r unexpectedly was
a t e l e g r am received last Thursday
m o r n i n g by Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Badorf
f r om t h e i r son Paul, who was wound-ed
in France, s t a t i n g that he was at
Newport News, Va. According to l a t er
i n f o r m a t i o n he expects to be home by
Thanksgiving, and will have to go to
C a r l i s l e or some other hospital before
being- discharged. He said he is feel-i
n g fine and the bandages have been
removed. He was a Sergeant in Co.
A, 109th Machine Gun Battery. He
will be the first Lititz soldier to come
EXCITEMENT . ON MAIN STREET
WHEN AUTO TURNED TUKTIE
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Occupants Had a Close Call Car Bad-ly
Wrecked
I n an auto which t u r n e d t u r t l e on
E a s t . M a i n street Sunday about noon
Mrs. Ivan E b e r l y and daughter, Miss
E l s i e Dulebohn and Theodore Fry, all
of this place, h a d a lucky escape f r om
s e r i o u s injury. The machine was
d r i v e n by y o u n g F r y and at the Rome
t o l l g a t e s t r u c k a post, knocking the
s t e e r i n g m e c h a n i sm out of place, but
c o n t i n u e d r u n n i n g until he came to
L i t i t z when the machine t u r n e d ov •
Miss Dulebohn was somewhat cut
about the body but was not seriously
i n j u r e d , while t h e o t h e r s s u f f e r e d f r om
t h e shock. Miss Dulebohn was taken
i n t o a nearby house and Dr. N. B
Reeser was summoned. The top ot
t h e car, windshield and r a d i a t o r were
badly damaged. The weight of the
car rested- on the s t e e r i n g wheel, sav-i
n g the occupants f r om being pinned
u n d e r n e a t h .
home who has seen fighting at the
f r o n t and n a t u r a l l y every person is
a n x i o u s l y awaiting- his appearance.
The following communications were
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