Lititz Record

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VOL. XLII LITITZ, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 12,1918 ISO. 13
CONCISELY TOLD
INTERESTING THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN
TOWN AND VICINITY.
I t e m s of Minor Mention, So to Speak
but of Interest to t h e A v e r a g e Reader
at Home and Abroad.
Pfautz Bros, received a shipment of
goifl fish which are now on display.
Seventy-three cartons, containing
Christmas gifts, were sent from Lititz
to the soldiers overseas.
James J. Huebener, the newly-com-missioned
postmaster, took charge of
the Lititz post office on Tuesday.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Luth-eran
church realized $220 from a sup-per
and fancy work sale held Saturday.
Rev. G. B. Raezer, of the Reformed
church, is slowly recovering from
sickness and expects in a short time
to be out again.
Rev. Jacob Landis, of Fleetwood, who
was here Saturday and feeling ill left
for home the next day, since which
influenza has developed.
On Friday evening the High School
basket ball team will play at Ephrata
and on Saturday evening will meet the
Lancaster H. S. team in that city.
The dog seen last week in town
with a trap fa-stened to its foot is still
about. It should be shot rather than
be allowed to live in such suffering.
The Fairland Hotel and store offered at
public sale last Thursday was withdrawn
at $2200. A tract of land comprising 13
acres and 144 perches was sold to Titus
White of Peun township for $3205.
While the jewelry stores are opened
evenings the other stores will not go
on this schedule until next week, be-ginning
Monday and continuing until
Christmas.
Gteorge Evans has 200 Christmas
trees and some Jerusalem moss for
sale at his residence, No. 31 North
Cedar street. Come early and make
your selection.
Mr. H- H. McCloud, of Philadelphia,
was here latter part of last week and
purchased two carloads of potatoes
iroin fanners in this section. He paid
$1.32 per bushel.
Among souvenirs sent home from
London by Howard Zellers to his par-ents,
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Zellers,
is a bag of coins, representing cur-rency
of many nations.
Thirty-four dollars was sent to the
Loysville Orphans' Home by St. Paul's
: LtitSiranu'CHttrEht'"tffwtrds liaiying"' for
a nurse, as there are over 200 inmates
sick with the influenza.
A farmers' institute will be held at
the Rothsville High School 011 Jan. 16
and 17. An interesting program is
promised, with a number of prominent
agriculturists as speakers.
The trapping laws in many instances
are being violated in this section in
regard to open traps, deputy game
wardens report. Traps" must be kept
closed from sunrise to sunset.
The White Dove Order of Knights of
Malta of this place initiated several
new members last Thursday evening.
The order is growing because it is one
of the best secret societies extant.
Christmas trees are offered for sale
by Ernest B. Helman, Orange street.
The trees will arrive Saturday, to-gether
with moss and other greens. If
you want a tree take a look at them.
Jack, the Hugger, was reported to
be in town last Friday evening and a
number of women were given a scare.
It's strange one never hears of Sue,
(he Hugger. Wouldn't the men run?
Work is continuing steadily on the
new fire house .'and plasterers ate do-ing
interior' work. In case of cold
'weather, the place will' be heated so
that workmen will not be handicapped.-
The annual Linden Hall Christmas
entertainment will be held next
Wednesday evening, Dec. 18. On
Thursday the girls will leave for,their
homes to spend the 'Christmas holi-days.;;
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Wafer has been at" a,Tow, stage on
many farms around here. Albert
Shenk and Elam Koch, whose farms
a r e west of here, were hauling water
in tank wagons, securing it at a water
plug in town.
. The; store effects of the late Harry
S. Dussinger have been sold to the
Philadelphia Underselling Co., and a
representative is conducting a closing
out sale which began on the 10th and
will continue to the-24th, inclusive, of
this month.
Urias Adams, 139 Front street, offers
for sale a number of toy cradles and
chests, which he made himself. They
will make fine Christmas presents for
the children and will outlast the store-hough
t toys. Mr. Adams is 76 years
old and a civil war veteran.
Ellis Butzer came home from Glou-cester
on Saturday, where he had been
employed in a shipyard, aiding in up-holding
the honor of the nation, and
is now employed «at Edgar Sturgis',
heiping to uphold the name of the
town as a place of good pretzels.
The Court on Saturday appointed
Norman M. Badorf as Chief Burgess of
Lititz borough to" succeed G. Grabill
Diehm, elected to the Legislature. He
will assume his duties as soon as he is
sworn in before a notary public. He
will have three years and a month to
serve.
A committee meeting will be held
this evening to push the Red Cross
Membership Drive. An effort will be
made to secure new members and old
members will be asked to renew their
dues. The idea is to secure every
member of a family on the enrollment.
The drive will start this week with a
house-to-house canvass.
Wm. M. Grube is using a crutch on
account of falling over a shoe-last
stand, severely bruising his right
knee, on Saturday morning. He felt
no bad effects for several hours after-ward,
but the injury later caused him
severe pain and the leg became swol-len.
so that it was necessary to call a
doctor. He pronounced it a severe
bruise.
D. G. Witmyer, the game bantam
king of this country, will be one of the
judges of the Lebanon County Pigeon
and Poultry Show to be held at Leba-non
on January 8 to 11. The ban on
shipping of fancy poultry by express
will be lifted by December 30, so that
many out-of-town birds are expected
at the show.
A party of Lancaster county hunters
of which Eugene Long of this place
was a member, killed two fine deer,
one four-pronged and the other six-pronged,
at Mt. Alto. Eugene brought
some venison along home. The Eph-rata
gunning club, of which Noah
Horning of this place is a member,
killed & six-year buck in Center
county.
Clair, the seven-year-old son of Ed.
Webber of North Broad street, fell out
of Isaac Graybill's automobile near the
railroad station Tuesday. Fortunately
the machine was running slowly. The
boy "'as unconscious for a short time
and w-as carried into the office of Dr.
D. C. Martin. He was badly bruised
about the head and shoulder, but ex-amination
showed nothing of a serious
nature.
Patrick Devlin, who was arrested
for theft at the Park View Hotel here,
pleaded guilty to a long series of rob-beries,
among which were the follow-ing
: Lady's watch and chain from
Mrs. Adaline Firestone, Lititz, valued
at $50; $102.50 and two pocketbooks
from Obrien Miller, Lititz; $1.75 in
money from Charles Walker; saddle
and riveting outfit from the Gunzen-hauser
bakery of Lancaster, valued at
$35; bicycle valued at $16 from Henry
Frymyer, Bridgeport. He was sent to
the Huntingdon Reformatory.
NOTICI: TO THE PUBLIC
This is to inform the public that
when the chocolate factory whistle
gives three long blasts, it does not
a call to all
scouts to assemble at headquarters.
This will be repeated for a few times,
so that when we need the scouts at any
time for quick work we will be able
t- mobilize in a few minutes.
J. L. W.
Can See One in Window at H e r s h e y &
G i b b e l 's
The first thousand pneumatic-tired
automobile license tags for 1919 were
sent out last week by -the automobile
division of the State Highway Depart-ment.
The pneumatic-tired automobile
licenses will be issued this week,
where advance notice has been given
and later the motorcycle tags will be
put out.
PERSONS CALLED TO THE
GREAT BEYOND
Death of Mrs. Susan J. Grube
Mrs. Susan J. Grube died about 1:15
o'clock on Sunday afternoon at her
home on North Broad street, Lititz, of
general debility, aged seventy-nine
years, 1.1 months and 14 days. She
shad been ill about a week. Her maid-en
name was Minnich and she was
born at Mechanicsville. She resided
at Kissel Hill for some time in her
early life and the last forty-two years
at Lititz. Her husband, Samuel Grube,
died June 21, 19.11. She was a member
of the Reformed Church in early life,
but was a consistent member of the
Lititz Moravian Church for nearly
forty years. She was also a member
of the Woman's Missionary Society and
of the Ladies' Mite Society from its
organization in 1878. She wras kind-hearted,
generous, sympathetic, and
hospitable to a fault, a devoted wife
and mother, a » good neighbor and
friend. Two sons survive: Cuvier, of
Lancaster, and Wilson M. Grube, of
Lititz, and one daughter, Katie, mar-ried
to Harry E. Sheaffer, who resided
with her. Five grandchildren are liv-ing.
but no brothers and sisters as she
was the last of a family of eight. The
funeral was held on Wednesday after-noon,
with services at the house at 2
o'clock and in the Moravian Church at
2:30 o'clock, interment was. made in
the Moravian Cemetery.
Million and Half Army Shirts Made
Here
The Tauber-Rittenberg factory at
this place has finished up work on
Government orders for army shirts.
In a year's time a million and a half
army shirts, of wool and cotton mate-rial,
were turned out here, besides
shirts for the regular trade. A million
and a half army shirts, if strung on a
line, would extend from here to the
western border of Ohio.
Death of Israel Bomberger Erb
Israel Bomberger Erb, one of the
best-known residents of Clay town-ship,
died at 2 o'clock Monday mom
ing at his home from pneumonia, su-perinduced
by influenza. He was the
son of Benj. H. and Lizzie Erb, and
was in his thirty-first year. He was a
member of the Mennonite Church, and
is survived by his parents, his wife,
and one child, Roy. The funeral is
being held this morning at 10 o'clock,
with private services at the home; in-terment
at Hammer Creek Mennonite
meeting-house.
Auto Thief
Aged Sixteen
Benny Badorf, of this Place
Arrested for Stealing
H.R. Wertsch's
Machine
TRAVELERS NEAR AND FAB
A COLUMN TO KEEP YOU IN TOUCH
WITH OLD AND NEW NAMES
Many Persons Come and Go by Train
Trolley, Auto and Other Conveyances
A C T I V E A U T O DEALER
Jno. H. Longenecker, the well-known
automobile dealer of this place, with a
number of his sub-dealers, left yester-day
for New York and expects to re-turn
to-day with a lot of new Chevro-let
cars of various types. Mr. Longe-necker
will bring five of the cars here
and automobile enthusiasts and pros-pective
buyers are anxiously waiting
to see them.
May Place Depot
Near Trap Factory
At a - mëdtiilg of the Moravian Church
Council>on Monday evening 110 definite
action was. taken on the proposition of
allowing the. railroad company to
build a new depot 011 the present site,
with thé present depot to be used as a
freight station. The company planned
tn erect an up-to-date building. It is
understood that the two buildings will
have to be in close proximity and if
the freight station is built on some
other location the passenger depot will
also be put there. There is -a rumor
that the site opposite the trap factory
is being considered. Another meeting
of the church council will be held 011
Jan. 13th.
* Dr. Andrew B. Gloninger
Dr. Andrew B. Gloninger, eminent
surgeon and physician, died suddenly
of heart trouble at Lebanon. He was
57 years old and had been in active
practice here since his graduation from
the University of Pennsylvania Medi-sailsScheeLin-
l®S8:'"-F0T";::y eaiB!7ll'e' was'
chief surgeon of the staff of Good
Samaritan Hospital at Lebanon and
then founded the Lebanon Sanatorium,
of which he continued as chief sur-geon
up to the time of his death. Dur-ing
the Spanish-American War j e was
a surgeon on the Fourth Pennsylvania
Infantry medical staff. Dr. Gloninger
leaves a wife and two children and one
sister, Mrs. Jordan, wife of Rev. Wal-ter
Jordan, of Oak Lane, Philadelphia.
Dr. Gloninger comes from a promi-nent
family. His great grandfather
served in the war of the revolution as
a lieutenant colonel. His grandfather,
Dr. John Gloninger, was a leading phy-sician
of Lebanon. His father, Dr.
Cyrus Gloninger, was also famed as a
physician.
Ben Badorf, 16 years old, of this
place, is in jail at Lancaster awaiting
a hearing Thursday for the theft of an
automobile. About 8 o'clock Sunday
evening the youth broke open the lock
at H. R. Wertsch's stable and disap-peared
with the Ford car kept there.
Shortly before ten o'clock Mr. Wertsch
discovered that his car was missing,
telephoned to Ephrata, and twenty
minutes later Constable Warner
nabbed Badorf. A youth who Badorf
picked up along the road was also
arrested but was later released. Bad-orf
was kept, in the Ephrata lockup
over night and taken to Lancaster in
the morning.
Badorf has fallen into bad company
and it is alleged that this is not his
first offense along the crooked path. It
is believed there were some other boys
connected with the auto "scrape," and
it is being thoroughly investigated.
Will Lecturc in tlie Mennonite Church
Two men of the Society of Friends
will lecture on Sunday at 7 P. M. on
reconstruction work in the European
countries. They represent the Friends'
Unit of the Red Cross. They are said
to be very interesting speakers and
will receive a hearty welcome here, as
the Mennonites have been heavy con-tributors
to this cause. The Confer-ence
District of this church, compris-ing
Lancaster, Franklin and Cumber-land
counties, has already contributed
$225,000 for reconstruction work.
CORPSE REMOVE» OX ACCOO'T OF
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Harvey K. Reifsnyder, star route
carrier between Lititz and Brickerville
gave a turkey dinner Sunday to the
entire postoffice force. In the after-noon
the party went to the hills and
gathered greens. The affair was so
nwch enjoyed that the postoffice work-ers
will not soon forget it.
Important Notice to All Patrons
To J. J. Huebener, Postmaster:
. The United States Treasury Depart-ment
has i ï k e d us to see that all
pledges of War Savings Stamps, «made
payable during the year, are collected
in the month of December, and it will
be your duty to see, as far as you are
able, that the wishes of the Treasury
Department are carried out to the full-est
extent. These Pledge Cards are
the property of the United States Gov-ernment
and can be called for by them
at any time.
Duplicate copies of peldges, of which
we have no record at this office of
being paid, are being forwarded to all
Districts of the County with, instruc-tions
to have same checked up, and
returned to this office, with record on
the back, as to whether same are paid
or unpaid.
National War Savings Committee
of Lancaster County.
Jay N. Schroeder,
County Chairman.
Death of Mrs. Elizabeth H. Brenemaii
Mrs. Elizabeth H. Brenemaii, widow
of the late John Breneman, died Friday
at her home, Salunga, from a compli-cation
of diseases, aged seventy-five
years. She was a member of the Men-nonite
Church. Deceased is survived
by the following brothers and sisters:
Henry B. Haverstick and Abram L.
Haverstick, of near Lancaster: Mrs.
Jacob Ranch, of Lancaster; Mrs. An-na
Bricker, of Lititz; Misses Mary and
Anna Haverstick, of Lancaster. The
funeral services were held from her
late home on Tuesday and at the Men-nonite
Church, at Landisville. Inter-ment
was made in the adjoining ceme-tery.
Mourners Had Gathered to Attend the
Funeral of Eliza Buch When
House Caught Fire
Fire broke out at the home of the
late Eliza Buch, on East Main street,
Thursday afternoon shortly after 1
o'clock, a number of relatives having
already gathered there to attend the
funeral service which was to have
taken place at 2 o'clock. The corpse
was quickly removed from the house
4o an auto hearse. Short services,
after the fire had been extinguished,
were conducted at the home of J. ,F.
Buch. just across the street from the
home of the deceased, and later in the
Moravian church.
The fire was discovered by one of the
relatives who smelled smoke and upon
opening the door leading to a small
addition connected with the kitchen
saw that it was in flames. The fire
was caused by throwing a rag in there,
after being used to polish a stove. The
flames were extinguished by the local
fire company before the fire gained
much headway. Some clothing and
bedding were burned. The damage to
the building is estimated at about
$200, which is covered by insurance in
the Manatawny Company, of Reading.
Acted Santa Claus
Death of Mrs. Samuel Heiser
Mrs. Samuel Heiser, a widow, died
011 Saturday at Akron from a compli-cation,
after a lingering illness. For
two years she had been confined to bed.
Deceased was ninety-one years of age
and is survived by the following chil-dren:
Henrietta, wife of P. B. Miller,
of Akron; Mrs. Kate Eisenberger, Co-calico;
Mrs. Lydia Flory, Stevens:
Henry, Harrisburg, and Samuel, at
home. The funeral was held Wednes-day
morning in the church at Akron
of which she was a member. Inter-ment
was made in the adjoining ceme-tery.
Funeral of Jacob Roth
The funeral of Jacob Roth, a native
and former resident of Rothsville, and
for some years a resident of Reading,
was held on Saturday afternoon from
his late home on Thorn street, that
city, with burial in Charles Evans
Cemetery. The deceased was aged
seventy-eight years. He was a brother
of the late Jeremiah Roth, of Ephrata,
and of Mrs. Eliza Longenecker, of
Reading.
Harry E. Xolt
Harry E. Nolt, son of Jonas Nolt, of
near Ephrata, died at his. home in
Philadelphia on Friday morning from
pneumonia after a week's illness. He
was thirty-four years of age and is
survived by his wife who before her
marriage was Miss Alice Ditzler, of
Brickerville, and the following chil-dren:
Stanley, Elsie. Harold and
Helen, all at. home. The following
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Mr. Morris Cohn, proprietor of the
Lititz Clothing and Shoe Store, played
the role of Santa Claus, visiting the
Lititz and Rothsville High Schools and
thirty-three other schools in this vicin-ity,
distributing Ideal chocolate candy
with a special gift for each teacher.
While not dressed in the costume of
Santa Mr. Cohn personified him in
spirit, and said he never had such a
good time in all his life as the several
days spent among the children. The
way the scholars extended greeting's
of the season and the many who per-sonally
thanked him afterward made
him feel well repaid for his effort.
- Christmas Savings Checks
The Lititz Springs National Bank
mailed 011 Dec. l l t l i Christmas Savings
checks amounting to $12,000.00 to the
members of its 1918 Christmas Sav-ings
Fund. The 1919 Christmas Sav-ings
Fund will open Dec. 26, 1918, but
payments can be made one week prev-ious
to this date. A new system will
be used during the coming year, which
the officers of the bank will" be glad to
explain to yoir in detail.
The Farmers National Bank will
mail the Christmas Savings checks
this evening. The same system of
payment will be used next year.
Both banks have done well consider-ing
the great amount of money sub-scribed
here for war purposes, and not
once did Lititz fail to go over'the top.
The citizens of Lititz have indeed been
thrifty.
Mrs. Victor Sturgis of Reading spent
Monday in town.
•Samuel E. Seaber, of Philadelphia,
spent Wednesday in town.
Mr. Henry Sturgis is visiting his
daughter at Lincoln this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Phares Malschnee vis-ited
friends at Reading on Sunday.
Miss Esther Buch spent from Friday
to Sunday with friends in Reading.
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Huber, of Lan-caster,
visited Lititz friends on Tues-day.
Mr. Owen Hershey, living with his
uncle near Christiana, was home for
five days.
Mrs. Mary C. Gingrich and Mrs. Mary
Miksch spent Tuesday with Manheim
relatives.
Mrs. Zach Demmy, of Lebanon, was
here last Thursday to attend the funeral
of Miss Eliza Buch.
Mrs. Lillian Miksch, now a resident
of Mays Landing, N. J., is visiting her
son, William Miksch.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wardluft, of
Millback, spent Sunday with her
father, Henry Shenk.
Mrs. Martha Stonesifer, of Lancas-ter.
was the guest of D. H. Kreiter
and family on Sunday.
Mrs. Thesea Pierson, of Philadelphia,
spent Sunday in town as the guest of
Mr. and Mrs. Sam'l B. Huber.
Mrs. Lillie Brenneman. of Lancaster,
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Har-vey
F. Royer on Orange street.
Mrs. Paul Hess, of New Holland,
spent several days with Mr. and Mrs.
Christ Hess on South Broad street.
Mrs. E. Zwally, and Mr. and Mrs.
Fred. Brackbili spent Sunday at Terre
Hill with the former's brother. W. T.
Gable.
Mr. Allen Bachman, of Tower City,
spent nearly 3 week in town with, his
sisters, Mrs. W. K. Bender m d Mrs.
Ella Lacy.
Monroe Showers, who had worked
on a cattle ranch in Idaho, arrived
here last week and will remain for
some time,
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Eck, of Lancas-ter,,
spent • Sanday with, Mr= -and;. M-rsu
Urias Adams. Mr. Eck Is looking well
and happy.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Detterline and
son Mark of Reading were the guests
of her jparents, Mr. and Mrs. "jacob
Kling, on Sunday. ,;
Mrs. J. C. Staley, of New York,, is
visiting her mother, Mrs, ;E.~ S. Young,
at the Moravian Homei Mrs. Staley is
quartered at the Springs Hotel.
Mrs. Wayne Seldomridge was the
guest of her sister, Mrs. William Dix-on,
at Rothsville -on Saturday and Sun-day.
She made .the trip by train.
| Mr. and Mts: Nathaniel -Bollinger
v|isited at the home of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Albert Caslow, near Eliza-bethtown,
on Tuesday. Mr. Caslow is
seriously sick.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Nies and her sis-ter,
Mrs. Albert Hackman, spent Sun-day
with Mr. and Mrs. Linnaeus Nies
at Reading. Linn continues to do auc-tioneer
work and is calling a good
many sales at present.
Mrs. Miriam Wood returned home to
Hammonton, N. J., after spending sev-eral
weeks with her son, Dr. Warren
A. Wood. Dr. Wood's nephew, G. W.
Wood, who was here several days, re-turned
to Hammonton at the same
time.
Mail Boxes Will Soon Be Here
Mrs. Mary Buch. the former post'
mistress, before going out of office,
was informed that the mail collection
boxes had been shipped and could be
expected here any day. The standards
for the boxes have been here for some
months. The war had held up the ar-rival
of boxes, which will be used for
collecting mail by the carriers. It
was through the efforts of her late
husband. Warren S. Buch, during the
time he was postmaster, that Lititz
was granted this improvement to the
service, and he was also instrumental
in having mail carrier service here.
Repaired Safe at Reading
Mr. Peter Dupelt, an employee of the
Stiffel & Freeman safe works, spent
two days at Reading last week. The
safe stood in Saylor's grocery store on
Penn street and was blown open by
burglars on Thanksgiving morning
and robbed of its contents. Thi3 was
the second time the same safe was
blown open in the sifine. store.
HOME, FROM HAWAII
Lieut. Aldus Eshleman Has Served Al-most
l.V Tears hi the Army
Lieutenants Aldus Eshleipan, w-ho has
been in the army for fifteen years, and
for the past several years was in the
Hawaiian Islands, has received . his
discharge papers and came iiome this
week. His mother, Mrs. Amelia Eshle-man,
lives near Rbthsyille while two
of his brothers reside here. Lieuten-ant
Eshleman has served in the Engi-neer
Corps, and before going to the
Islands was stationed in Connecticut.
He has also seen service in the Phil-,
ippine Islands.
He liked the Hawaiian Islands, but
in time he said, one tires of them and
wants a change, of climate where
there is not so much sameness. He
has not decided what he will do yet,
but says he may re-enlist.
His uncle, David Eshleman, came"
along with him from Mt. Carroll, 111.
He left Cumberland county shortly
after the Civil war, when six years
old, with his parents, to settle in Illi-nois,
and it is his first trip to the east.
An Unusual Dinner
A dinner which was unique and un-usual
took place on Tuesday evening
at the home of Rev. and Mrs. J. W. G.
Hershey on East main street. In the.
first place it was a long promised feast
by one of the directors of the Farmers
National Bank when once its state-ment
reaches the million-dollar mark,
and iri the second place it -was marked
with" a bill "of fare so" unusual* because
there was served turkey, venison and
rabbit. The turkey and raiibit, came
from the lower end of Lancaster
county while the venison came from
Franklin county.
All but tw®„ of the directors of the
Farmers " Bank; »with their wives, be-sides
the cashier afld wife and the four
clerks were seated a t the table, where
an hour or more was spent in enjoying
the many good things before them, all
of which were well prepared and to
all of which justice Was done and the
event of course appreciated to its full-est
extent. The consensus of opinion
was that when Mr. and Mrs. Hershey
undertake t® do things they do it right
and not by" halves.
INTERESTING NEWS OF THE BOYS IN
U. S. SERVICE
Pithyf Paragraphs of Up-to-Date I n f o r -
mation From a Wide Radius
Paul Hassler, who was in the stri-dent
army at Bethlehem Moravian
Seminary, was mustered out of service
and^was home for several days.
^Clarence Kreider, who was mus-tered
out of service at Camp Dix, in-tends
getting on the police force at
Coatesville, which position he left
wfien called into the service.
A letter was received from Harry
Rudy • on Tuesday. He went to the
trenches in May and was in five big
drives. "I was hit in the back," he
writes, "but I got my share of Huns
before they got me. I am all right
now."
Monroe Witmer was severely wound-ed
in action on Sept. 27, according to
a n ^ f f i c i a l telegram received here by
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Levi Wit-mer,
of North Broad street. No letter
has been received from him for sev-eral
weeks preceding that date.
Sgt. Guy Butler was killed in France,
according to a letter written by Thomas
Fralicli. Sgt. Butler was in the 316th
Inf., Co I,, and frequently came here
with Lititz boys in that company, mak-ing
many friends here. He was of a jo-vial
disposition and was the life of the
company. Although hailing from Ne-braska,
he liked Lititz so well that he in-tended
to make his home here. He was
"in the army for ten years.
William Sheaffer, who lived west of
town and had <<been employed at the
t r ap factory, received in good condi-tion
pretzels «hipped to him in France.
He wrote that he shared them with
Ralph Habecker, a, Lititz boy, and
Jacob Coppenhaffer, a, Kissel Hill boy
but has lost track of them since that
time.
Ralph M. Hoffman, son of I. M.
Hoffman, and one of three brothers
who had been across, is expected home
this week. He is supposed to be on
the Adriatic, on which the company of
which he is a member set sail, from
England. The young man, however,
did not write anything concerning his
homecoming.
W a s on t h e Go
John Walters, who is in France, has
seeg_a_gpoddeal .of the world since he
left Lititz 7 years ago. He has traveled
across the United States four times, was
in the ..Hawaiian* Islancl?,,i;the Philippines
and Japan. He has a wife in the west.
A Good Idea
At a meeting of the Moravian Ushers'
Association held on Tuesday evening it
was decided to act in conjunction with
the other town churches to arrange for
the welfare and comfort of the returning
soldiers and sailors now in the IT. S. ser-vice.
SOME PORKERS
- This is the season of the year when
individuals come forward with their
champion porkers which they have
owned and fattened during the year
and are now having them killed for the
winter's supply of pork, sausage and
other bi-products. Every owner takes
pride in what he thinks is some porker
and each one tries to outdo his neigh-bor
in producing the heaviest in the
neighborhood. Thad Will, of Lincoln
avenue, seems to be the most envied
in this direction. - He knows how to
select the right stock from the start,
when they come from the mother pig,
and besides he knows just how and
what to feed to make them grow big
and fat, and he nurses them almost as
much as some people do their own
children. Last spring he put five little
slioats, all black, in his pens and thus
far he has killed three of them, the
remaining two to see their finish on
the third of January. The one was
killed in November and dressed some-where
about 350 pounds. The two
which were killed last week dressed
381 and 400 pounds respectively. Mind
it takes some pig to dress even 350
pounds. Of course this meant a big-lot
of hams, pork roasts, sausage and
puddings1 besides kettles and kettles of
lard.
Lincoln Gable, a resident of the Sec-ond
ward, no doubt has the biggest
porker in the ward. It measured a
week ago 66 inches around the girth
and 55 inches from the ears to the end
of the back, and according to a well-known
rule of figuring will dress about
450 pounds. At any rate all eyes are
centered on Gable's hog. It is surely
a perfect picture of the swine family
and is worth seeing.
Charlie Butzer killed one this week
that dressed 376 pounds.
Will cash Christmas savings checks.
Look over our adv. this week on page
8.—Lititz Clothing & Shoe Store,
Dislocated Arm Hanging on Trolley
Strap
Mr. Raymond Schott and wife, of
Philadelphia, spent several days here
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Griffith
Schott. Raymond recently dislocated
his shoulder for the eighth time while
he was riding 011 a trolley Car, hanging
to a strap. A sudden lurch did it, and
he remained in the car in that condi-tion
all the way from Chester to Dar-by,
receiving medical attention at his
home. Previously he had dislocated it
by sneezing, and other times in playing
basket ball.
Stiffle-Freeman
Finishing Big Job
A number of Stiffel & Freeman Co.
employees, comprising Jacob Kling,
David Roth, Harry Firestone, Howard
Weaver and Supt. Harry Gorton left
Monday for Philadelphia, where they
will erect a magazine at the Franklin
arsenal. The total weight of it is forty
tons, and it was manufactured here.
It is in five parts and held together by
35,000 rivets and many bolts. It will
require until the end of the year to
complete the erection. The force of
men had intended leaving here last
week.
Teachers Resume Their Duties
Prof. D. Luke Biemesderfer, of Kis-sel
Hill, who returned from Camp Dix,
N. J., receiving his discharge from the
U. S. Army service, has been re-elected
principal of the Christiana Boro
schools going on duty on Thursday
morning, Mr. Biemesderfer held the
same position when he was sent to
Camp Dix. Miss Mabel ¿Jolt who suc-ceeded
him as principal now holds the
position of assistant.
Prof. Arthur P. Mylin, former prin-cipal
of the Mt. Joy High Schools, who
has returned after being discharged
from the service, has been elected a
teacher in the Mt. Joy High School, to
begin his duties on Monday morning,
December 9.
Prof. A. H. Showalter, son of Rev.
and Mrs. Daniel W. Showalter, of
Reinhold Station, has returned to his
home from Camp Lee, Va„ after re-ceiving
his discharge, and since" his
return has been, elected teacher of
Latin and French in a York County
High School and has accepted the
position.
Brother^ Meet in France
Private Edwin Reidenbaugh in a let-ter
to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer
Reidenbaugh, of N'effsville, dated No-vember
Sth, state'H that he and his.
brother, Howard, had met in France-
'-Teddy" is in the 'artillery and while
they were feeding their horses in a
small French town one day, he heard
someone ask Bugler Melvin G. Huber,
also of that place, where "Ted was."
Upon looking up he was surprise'1 to
see his brother Howard, coming
toward him. He states in the letter
that they had a nice little chat but it-did
not last very long as they soon re-ceived
orders to move on. Howard en-listed
in the army in June,,;i917 and
"Ted'' had not seen his brother since
that time. -Howard, better known
locally as "Dick," was home on Mr-....
lough last June, but at that time "Ted"
had already gone to Camp Lee, Vir-ginia.
for training.
BELLS RANG AT VERDUN
The following letter from Ed. L,
Wissler was started 011 the 10th and.
finished on the 11th of November, the
day of the armistice:
Nov. 10, 1918.
Dear Parents:
We are living in dugouts. A person,
would almost think we are ground
hogs to see us going in and out the
holes to our underground homes. But
we feel real safe when we are in
the.re and the Hun is shelling us, al-though
it is anything but comfortable
to live in them. I am in hopes that
this war will soon be over and then I
will be able to laugh at some of the
things that don't seem funny now.
I received four Lititz Records -and
again found one of my letters in it.
Paper is scarce and they shouldn't be
wasting it publishing my letters.
Pvt. ED. L. WISSLER,
19th Platoon, 56 Engrs.
EXTRA. Thank God, I guess the
Hun is licked as the last gun I heard
fired was 10 A. M., Nov. 11, and the
few bells in Verdun that the Hun has
not demolished are ringing.
IX GAY PAIiEE
Emerson Groff wrote the following-letters
to his parents:
Surely, I have been floating around
since I came here, seeing most of
Northern and Central France. I am in
Paris again for the second time. It is
nice to be here and not have to bother
about the mud.
I got a warm reception this trip.
When I landed here I checked my pack
and bag. When I came back for them
everything was gone, including my
personal effects.
One of the boys in my unit is from
Lebanon, all the' rest are from West-ern
States.
Everything- Wild in Paris
The second -letter was written after
the armistice, and follows:
Hooray! here we are 111 Paris.
Everybody is wild and it is hard to
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