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VOL. XLII LITITZ, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 28,1919 NO. 50
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.
Frank Rader secured 105 full-sized
potatoes from fourteen stalks in his
garden.
Manheim Band will "be here Satur-day
and Ephrata Band is booked for
the following Saturday.
Members of the merchants' associa-tion
will close their stores here all
day on Monday (Labor Day).
Wayne L. Longeneeker has enlarged
his restaurant dining room and refur-nished
it in an up-to-date way.
Members of Knights of Pythias Lodge,
No. 253, are urged to attend meeting this
evening; business of importance will be
transacted.
Saturday is the last day to pay the
borough tax to save the abatement.
Collector T. S. Grosh will sit at Ging-rich's
harness store that day.
L. D. Hinrmelberger will offer at
public sale 011 Saturday afternoon,
August 30, at the Kissel Hill Hotel
stables thirty-five cows, and a lot of
Poland China shoats.
H. S. Meiskey bought a two and a
half story brick house at 130 South
Broad street from Miss Addie Doster,
The terms are private.
For the balance of the season the
price of bathing at L u t z ' s swimming
pool will be ioc for those owning
their own bathing suits.
Mr. Samuel Steffy is the new janitor
for the public school building. He
will be'assisted by his wife. John
McCloud was the former janitor.
Peaches are plentiful in town this
week, selling from #1.50 to i i . o o a
basket, the fruit being unusually fine.
Many of the peaches were brought
here from Y o r k county by truck.
An egg plant, weighing 4% pounds,
grown by Fred Spinner, who conducts
a greenhouse in the Second Ward, is
exhibited in the window at Amer's
hardware store. Mr. Spinner raises
thousands of garden plants for sale
and this should be proof that he has
the right varieties.
Jacob Y o u n g .will sit at the Springs
Hotel and Andrew Shissler at the
Warwick House on September 2 and
3 to register all those coming into the
borough after June 1. There is a
special provision whereby "all soldiers
and sailors can vote at the primary
election.
i h e Burkholder millinery store, now
alongside of Scott's bookstore, will be
removed to the room next to Dr. J. L.
Hertz's residence and will be open for
business September 2. Miss Mabel
Neidermyer, who has worked at the
Bon Ton millinery in Lancaster, will
be in charge of the store.
The 1919 class of the Lititz High School
and the 1918 class of the Rothsville High
School held a joint sociable at the home
of Samuel Bushong at Rome last even-ing.
Elegant refreshments were served,
including chicken corn soup. The lawn
was beautifully decorated. Miss Edna
Bushong of the Rothsville class and
Miss Anna Goshert of the Lititz class ar-ranged
the affair.
A Lititz man who gets around the
town complains that the only thing
the men of this place are talking about
just now is fishing. He should remem-ber
that over half the fun in fishing is
in telling about it afterwards. To
hear the majority of fishermen talk
one would think they were born at
Fish'ersville. The most ordinary fish-erman
believes that what he doesn't
know about the game will go on a
postage stamp.
John Heiserman of East Main Street
has an "apple tree of the Summer Ram-bo
variety which yielded twenty-five
bushels of apples this summer. The
tree is over sixty years old and has
the thickest trunk of any apple tree
around here. In spite of the heavy
yield the fruit was very large and
nearly perfect. Mr. Heiserman did not
spray the tree, yet the fruit is as free
of blemish as the majority of trees
that have been scientifically treated.
He said he cannot give any reason for
it.
' The Landis family reunion was held
at Perkasie on Saturday. There was
an attendance of 500. Next year the
reunion will be held in Philadelphia.
Scatae of the kin present from this
county were John F. Landis, Oscar
Spayd and family, Warwick Township ;
John L. Landis and family, Oregon;
H. Reist Landis and daughter Ellen,
Lititz; Henry S. Miller, Warwick
Township; John Bomberger and fam-ily,
Elm; Amos Landis and family,
Slackwater; Eli Mumma and family,
Landisville; Aaron Landis, Rohrers-town;
D. B. Landis, Lancaster.
Public School Sotes
The Lititz Public Schools will open
Monday, Sept. 1. A large enrollment
is expected. Will parents kindly at-tend
to the matter of having their
children vaccinated before the opening
day. Any child wishing to know the
room he or she will occupy may call
at the Principal's office on Friday or
Saturday morning from 9 to 11 o'clock.
ANNA K. MILLER, Prin.
No More Parcel
Post Melons
Delaware Farmer Who Sup-plied
Many Lititz Familes
Was Unfortunate
With Crop
F. B. Becker, of Harrington, Dela-ware,
who shipped cantaloupes here
by parcel post, has met with misfor-tune.
On account of the unusual heavy
rains in that section, followed by a
hot sun, his cantaloupe crop is almost
at an end. This weather condition
caused the melons to burst and out of
thousands of melons only a few were
fit for sale. Oh account of the flood
one of the bridges had to be repaired
before trains' could pass over and
some crates of fruit consigned to Lit-itz
persons were on the way and held
up, arriving here in somewhat poor
condition, as Mr. Becker does not ship
until the melons are ripe.
This grower had an acre and a half
in cantaloupes and the patch was lit-erally
covered with fruit, and,, he
should have had the most successful
season since he engaged in this busi-ness.
Besides shipping melons here
Mr. Becker had trade in New York
City and even as far as Connecticut.
Mr. Becker's wife, nee Laura Erb,
is a sister to Thomas Erb, living near
here, and recently underwent a very
critical operation. Mr. Thomas Erb's
two sons, Clarence and Thomas, went
to the Becker home by auto this week
and on account of the rains found the
roads in an almost impassable condi-tion.
Under ordinary conditions they
should have traveled 140 miles, but
on account of detours covered thirty
additional miles. They reported that
at many places sheets of water cov-ered
the fields in which there were
growing crops.
NUMEROUS PERSONS CALLED TO THE
GREAT BEYOND
LITITZ SOLDIER CHASED BANDITS
Was Member of A m e r i c a n Force That
Went I n t o Mexico
Aldus Hackman, who has been in
the U, S;,,..Gay.alr.jL_in -Texas siiice en-listing
eighteen months ago, was one
of the 375 cavalry men who last
Wednesday entered Mexico in pursuit
of the bandits who held the two Amer-ican
aviators for ransom. The troops
are back on American soil again, hav-ing
abandoned the chase and are doing
patrol duty.
The Lititz soldier has seen some ex-citement
along the border at different
times. Lately he wrote that he was
tiring of the army life as where they
last were stationed there was not
even a picture show or any other
amusement. He said he welcomed the
chance to go into Mexico in order to
give him some excitement. The letter
was received here bj^ his sister, Mrs.
Sheaffer, of Church street, having been
written from Fort Bliss, before cross-ing
the line.
Camping Parties
The following Lititz persons will
spend next week in the Harry C.
Miller bungalow near Strasburg:
Misses Mary Huebener, Margie and
Mary Kautz, E l l a Sturgis, Mrs. A l va
Leigh, Mrs. Lloyd Brookmyer, Misses
Nora Helman, Ruth Hepp, Bernice
Meiskey, Katie Goclienour.
Leaving here Saturday morning a
party of Lititz young folks will camp
for a week at Edelweiss Cottage, along
the Susquehanna, above Marietta.
This is an ideal place with a fine
bathing beach nearbj'. The party-will
comprise Misses .Gertrude and
Mary Garber, Alice Zook, Esther
Buch, Anna Meiskey, Messrs. Albert
Pierson, Clarence Brubaker, Paul
Hassler, Charles Kreider, Edward
Crosland. Miss Katie Kreider will
serve as cook arid chaperone for the
party.
If They Had Ripped
A Lititz fisherman, in company
with a number of other men, found
himself in an embarrassing position
recently. In attempting to land a
fish his rod broke and in his excite-ment
he made a desperate attempt t'o
catch it by leaping into the "water.
It was of no avail, as the fish towed
the broken rod and line far out of
reach and to date has not been capJ<
tured. Changing his wet clothes the
fisherman put them on the rock to
.dry, while he donned his young son's
overalls, which happened to be in his
auto truck. It was some tight fit
and threatened to " z i p " at any mo-ment,
Then to h i s surprise the wives
of the men in the party unexpectedly
turned up and the laughter, when
they saw his plight, didn't add to his
enjoyment..
H e n r y F. Conrad
Henry Franklin Gonrad, of Lititz,
died at an early hour Thursday morn-ing
in St. Joseph's Hospital, from a
complication of diseases, aged sixty-four
years. Deceased had been in
poor health since January but was
only confined to the hospital for eleven
days He was born in New Danville
but with the exception of sixteen
years, spent in Shannon, 111., spent his
entire life in Lititz. He was a mem-ber
of the Lititz Springs Council, No.
197, O. I. A. He was employed at the
chocolate factory at Lititz for more
than eight years, but prior to his death
was working at the Linoleum plant in
Lancaster. He is survived by two sis-ters
as follows: Mrs. Tilly Mellinger
with whom he resided, and Mrs.
Thomas Kissinger, both of Lititz. The
funeral was held on Saturday after-noon
with services at 2:30 o'clock at
Mrs. Mellinger's home in Lititz, with
-interment in the Moravian cemetery.
Welcome Oyster
is Due Shortly
It Will Roll in With the Wel-
That September
Brings
Death of Former Lititz Pastor
Rev. David S. Stauffer, a widely
known United Evangelical clergyman,
who died at Catasauqua, was in the
ministry for 49 years. He was born
in Boyertown, Oct. 23, 1847. Until last
November he resided at Friedensburg,
when he moved to the residence of his
son-in-law, Rev. Paul K. Bergman, in
Catasauqua.
Rev. Stauffer served as pastor here
for four years, leaving nine years ago.
During his long ministry deceased
served congregations at Ashland,
Kutztown, Mauch Chunk, Hazleton,
Redington, Slatington, Tamaqua,
Shenandoah, Fleetwood, Catasauqua,
Lititz, Adamstown, Port Carbon and
Oley. He was pastor of St. John's
Church, Catasauqua, from 1892 to 1896,
during which time the present church
building was erected. He served the
full time limit in all his appointments.
Funeral services were held at Cata-sauqua
on Monday evening at S o'clock
followed by further services in Fair-view
Chapel, Boyertown, on Tuesday
at 2 p. m. Interment in the Boyertown
cemetery. Presiding Elder H. Frank-lin
Schlegel, of Lancaster, officiated,
assisted by Presiding Elder John P.
Miller.
P e t e r G; Amnion
Peter G. Ammon, one of the best
known residents of Lancaster, died
Sunday evening at 6:45 ...o'clock at his
home, No. 119 East Lemon street, aged
72 years. Death was due to diabetes
following a stroke. At one time he
was engaged in the hotel business in
Reading, later removing to Lititz,
where he became proprietor of the
Lititz Springs Hotel. Upon leaving
Lititz he went to Lancaster and opened
the old Keystone Hotel, and after that
was proprietor of the Franklin House
for many years, but had been living
retired for the past seven years. He
was a son of the late George and Mary
Elizabeth Gable Ammon and was born
February 13, 1847, in Caernarvon
township, and was from the old sturdy
Holland Dutch ancestry. October 26,
1876, he was married to Frances Lou-isa
Breneman, daughter of John M.
Breneman, of Lititz. He was a Demo-crat
and at one time represented the
First ward in City Councils. Mr. Am-mon
was a member of the Moravian
church and of numerous lodges. For
twelve years he was director of the
Northern Market House, was a pro-moter
of the Northern National Bank
and a director of the Peoples Building
and Loan Association; also a director
of the Conestoga Fire Insurance Com-pany,
of Lancaster. He was also a
director of the Union Trust Company.
One son, John M. Ammon, of Lancas-ter,
survives.
The funeral will be held Thursday
afternoon at 1.30 o'clock from the
late home, with further services in
the Moravian church at Lititz at 3
o'clock. Interment in the Moravian
cemetery.
Death of Alice Erb
Miss Alice IT. Erb, daughter of
Abram Erb, died at East Petersburg
Tuesday" morning at 6 o'clock from
pneumonia, in her twenty-second year.
She is survived by her father and these
brothers and sisters: Elmer, at home;
Daniel and Abram, of East Petersburg;
Catherine, wife of Harry Shreiner, of
Halfville; Emma, wife of Elam iPeifer,
of near East Petersburg; David, at
home; Rudy, near East Petersburg;
Anna May, wife of Landis Huber, of
near East Petersburg; Mabel and
Jonas, at home. The funeral will be
held on Friday; at 9:30 a. m. at the
house; 10:15 at Mennonite Church at
East Petersburg; interment in ceme-tery
adjoining.
Addison Buch
Addison Buch, who died at Eliza-be
thtown on August 20th, in his 84th
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- Some of the local restaurants will
receive oysters this week. To start
with they will not be dearer than last
year but whether they will hold at
these prices cannot be foretold, as
strikes being the fashion, there might
be oyestermen labor disturbances.
There has always been a big demand
for oysters in Lititz and it is surpris-ing
how many barrtels the town gets
away with in a year. The cooks will
soon be busy serving us with oysters
fried, stewed, scalloped, and creamed,
not forgetting the good old oyster pie.
Many persons prefer to eat the oysters
alive, as they believe that cooking re-moves
the fine flavor. There are no
less than a hundred ways to prepare
oysters. Local restaurants are noted
for the way in which they fry oysters,
as when properly fried they are crisp
and free from sogginess.
As the oyster is only good for food
in the months that contain the letter
"r," September is, therefore, the month
when the succulent bivalve is served
after a four months lay off. During
the spring and summer, May to August
inclusive, the oyster is in the breeding
phase of his useful career.
Just how our primitive ancestors
came to first eat an oyster is a matter
of pure conjecture, and an incident
which has appealed to the curiosity
and imagination of many writers. •
• Some of the birds along the seashore
have a novel way of opening oysters.
They carry an oyster to a good heighth
and drop it on some rocky place. This
cracks the shell and the birds then
have a choice morsel of food. Around
the oyster beds there is a variety of
fish, not any larger than a "catty" that
has such powerful jaws that it can
crack an oyster shell and depends on
this source for its food supply. Some
years ago when we were fishing near
an oyster bed we hooked quite a few
of these fish. The old fisherman who
took us out in his boat warned us not
to take them off the hook as he said
they could, crush the bone in a finger.
Without any objection we yielded in
his favor as he knew the proper way
to handle them without danger.
NEARLY ALL CIOAE MAKEBS ARE
W ORKING AT L I T I TZ
Most of the workers of the Rush
cigar factory of this place, which em-ploys
about fifty hands, have returned
to work since the walkout on AugusJ
18. It is claimed that the cigarmak-ers'
strike going on at present thru-out
the country was not responsible
for the trouble.
Strike speakers were here on Tues-day
evening and a public meeting was
held in the former Roebuck lot at the
square. The session was addressed
by John Stumpf, of Reading, and Irvin
D. Endy, of Summeystown. Everything
was orderly. At times the speakers
were applauded. So far Lititz cigar-makers
have shown no signs of strik-ing.
A parade was held at Ephrata on
Monday by Reading strikers in an at-tempt
to get the Ephrata workers to
join the movement.
The cigarmakers of Lancaster, led
by a band of thirty pieces, will parade
Friday morning and will include in
their itinerary all the large chain
shops in that city.
At some of the places where the
cigarmakers are out cake and pie
sales are being held for the benefit of
the strikers.
After four weeks of the strike there
is little change in the situation at
Reading. Eight of the small shops
have signed agreements with their em-ployees,
but the remainder of the fac-tories
are still closed.
Missionary Return* From China
Miss Laura E. Oebme, a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel A. Qehme, of East
Earl, is at the home of her parents, after
an absence of seven years. Miss Oehine
has been doing mission work in China
and arrived home on a leave of one year.
She has been in the mission field for
fourteen years and this is her second trip
home.
Mr. B. W. Oehme, the local barber, is
an uncle to Miss Oehme. She was born
at Lititz.
Sues 011 I n s u r a n c e Policy
Neidermyer Brothers, of this pla'Se,
now to the use of Charles Doster, have
brought suit in Common Pleas Court
to recover $1,500 alleged to be due on
an insurance policy held by the plain-tiff
in the Lancaster County Mutual
Fire Insurance Company. The,defend-ant
company alleges that they had
never insured the plaintiffs in the
present issue, who had been engaged
in the manufacture of war material
for the Government, but had held a
policy with a former owner who had
conducted a different line of business.
EMPLOYEES OF 3
LITITZ INDUSTRIES
Levi H. Verger will liave a load of fine
peaches here . on or before Wednesday.
It will pay you to wait.
EXPENSE PAID BY EMPLOYERS
Four Hundred and Fifty Lititz Persons
Enjoyed Themselves at Willow Grove
Hershcy and Accomac
The management of the Ideal Cocoa
and Chocolate Company gave their
employees their first annual excursion
on Friday, August 22nd, 1919. There
were over three hundred at the station
Friday morning, everyone anticipating
a good time, and from all appearances
and statements made since their re-turn,
it surely seems that no one was
disappointed.
Promptly at seven o'clock the train
consisting of seven coaches left Lititz,
bound for Willow Grove Park. . Good
time was made and the excursion ar-rived
at the Park a little before ten
thirty.
At twelve the Casino dinner whistle
sounded and everyone found a seat on
the porch of the restaurant where an
exceptionally good course dinner was
served.
At one-thirty, in athletic field No. 2,
which had been assigned to the Ideal
aggregation for the day, a series of
games were started. There was a tug
of war, for both men and women, run-ning
races, chicken chases, bag race
and several other amusing features,
after which a five inning game of ball
was played between the married and
single men. The result of the base
ball contest proved the single men the
best players, the score being 4 to 0. •
During the afternoon and evening
Sousa and his band rendered three
concerts, all of which were attended
by a large number of the excursion-ists,
and which, needless to say, every-one
enjoyed.
Supper was served on the porch of
the Casino at six. It also consisted of
three courses and proved to be equally
as good as the noon meal.
Nearly everyone on the excursion
enjoyed some or all of the amusements
offered by the park. It surely -was
amusing to see both young and old
having a ride on the Carousal, a tour
through the Coal Mine, a trip in the
Clouds ,or a ride through Venice.
Although the official programme
stated that the electric fountain would
not be started until 9:30, arrange-ments
were made with the park man-agement
whereby an extra exhibition
of this wonderful fountain was given
at 8:30, especially for the benefit of
the Ideal excursionists.
Return train left Willow Grove Sta-tion
at about 9:30 and everyone was
On hand, ready to start for home. The
train made even better time on the
way from Willow Grove to Lititz, ar-riving
in town a little after midnight.
Although there were indications of
everyone being more or less tired, it
was plain to see that a happy crowd
of people returned from an excursion
which surely will rest in the minds of
all as one of the most pleasant days
they have ever spent.
Box Makers at H e r s h ey
One hundred employees of the Lititz
Paper Box Factory spent last Saturday
at Hershey Park, leaving here at 7:30
in the morning in two large auto
trucks and several autos. A fine
luncheon, furnished by the manage-ment,
was served out in the open at
dinner and supper time. Some enjoyed
themselves at swimming and others
attended a ball game» The machines
arrived home at 9:30 P. M., the trip
requiring three hours.
Ifeath Mill Employees at Accomac
As guests of the firm thirty-two em-ployees
of the Keath Planing Mill, in-cluding
several woman folks, left here
last Saturday noon for Marietta, en-joying
a chicken and waffle supper at
Accomac, a summer resort along the
Susquehanna. A special boat ride on
the steamboat was also one of the en-joyable
features. This week there is
quite a little argument at the mill to
determine who ate the most waffles.
Mr. G. W. Halbach, secretary of the
company, of Lancaster, accompanied
by his wife, were in the party.
T w o Children Hurt on Tuesday
While chasing cows which had
broken into a cornfield, Mildred, ten-year-
old daughter of Benjamin Nolt-of
Kissel Hill, was knocked down and
trampled upon. She was injured
around the abdomen, hemorrages fol-lowing.
She is under a doctor's care.
Paul, the young son of Howard
Hess, near the Hammer Creek meet-i
n g house, was severely cut on the
forehead on Tuesday by f a l l i n g from a
c h i l d ' s express wagon. The boy was
brought to Iyititz for treatment.
Government Food
Expected Shortly
No Longer a Limit to the
Amount That Can
Be Ordered
So far no Government foodstuffs
have been received at the local post
office, but it is expected to arrive this
week. Many postmasters, it is re-ported,
have failed to correctly fill
their requisitions and this will delay
shipments. Postmaster Huebener
says he is certain that he figured the
cost correctly in sending in the orders.
So far ninety persons have ordered
goods through the local post office,
from amounts ranging from 20 cents
to $130. Cherries and beans in No. 2
cans have- been bought to the limit
here but there is an abundance of
other articles left. Roast beef is one
of the main articles the soldiers are
buying. In Reading this beef was
found to be so good by those who
tried it that many at once ordered
more of it. There is 110 longer a limit
to the amount of foodstuffs that can
be ordered.
I
A COLUMN TO KEEP YOU IN TOUCH
WITH OLD AND NEW NAMES
Many Persons Come and Go by Train
Trolley, Auto and Other Conveyance»
Animal Picnic of St. Paul's Ushers'
Association
On Thursday afternoon of last week
the Ushers' Association of St. Paul's
Lutheran Church spent the afternoon
along the Conestoga creek as guests
of Mr., and Mrs. H. H. Snavely, whose
kindness and hospitality will long be
remembered.
The members left the church at 1
o'clock in automobiles furnished by
members and friends of the associa-tion,
numbering about 90, including a
few Invited "guests, among whom were
Revs. Bobst, Weicksel, and Prof. G. F.
Lavis.
The afternoon was greatly enjoyed
by the members and friends in boat-ing,
bathing, fishing and quoit pitch-ing,
until 3:30, after which time a
very interesting and speedy ball game
was played between the Tiger and
Rover nines plus, resulting in the close
score of 29-26, in favor of the former,
umpired by Rev. Weicksel. Had Con-nie
Mack been there, we are certain
he could have selected some £ood ma-terial
to help him out of the. team's
present "underground abode.''
After the game all present greatly
enjoyed the eatables prepared by the
chefs, Dussinger and Landis, after
which the closing exercises were held,
with remarks by Revs. Bobst, Weick-sel,
and Fleck.
All present returning home after
thanking Mr. and Mrs. Snavely for
their hospitality and feeling well satis-fied
that this was the most successful
picnic ever held by the association.
A r t h u r L. Hoff T r a n s f e r r e d F r om Leb-a
n o n to Allentown Store
A. L. Hoif, for the past few years
in charge of the Grand Union Tea Co.
store, near Eighth and Cumberland
streets, Lebanon, has been transferred
to Allentown, where he will hold the
same position. Mr. Hoff is a native of
this place and a graduate of the Lititz
High School.
Paris F. Snyder a Bank Examiner
Paris P. Snyder, of Lititz, was ap-pointed
a bank examiner on Wednes-day
and assigned to examination of
building and loan associations. He
will be assigned to this district. Mr.
Snyder is well qualified for the posi-tion.
Glad He Returned
Edwin Hess, living along the pike
between Clay and Lincoln, who left
his home without notice two weeks
ago, returned to his wife and two chil-dren
on Saturday. He would not tell
where he had been. His friends and
neighbors ar^ glad that he has done
the right thing by coming home where
he is needed.
Miss Ellen Sturgis of Manheim vis-ited
her father, N. D. Sturgis, on Sat-urday.
Rev. Jacob Landis and wife of Fleet-wood
spent the latter part of last week
in town.
R. Chandler Heagy was a guest at
the Chautauqua Inn, Mt. Gretna, over
the week-end.
Mrs. C. William Grosh and son
Samuel spent from Saturday to Thurs-day
at Asbury Park.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sturgis and
daughter of Lancaster visited relatives
and friends in town on Saturday anci
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Beisel and son
Earl of Reading spent Saturday and
Sunday here as the guests of Miss Lib-bie
Buch.
Mr. John Miller and family, Mr. Elam
Risser and family, and Mr. Elmer Eby
and family are spending the week at
Ocean City.
Mrs. Hanna McCauley of Berwick
returned home after spending two
weeks with Mrs. Thamar Gochenour
and family.
Miss Laura. Eaches returned to her
home at Reading on Tuesday after
spending a week with her brother, Mr.
Lester Eaches, and wife.
Mrs. Barbara Daugherty of Harris-burg,
a former resident of this place,
is spending the week with Mr. and.
Mrs. Daniel M. Weidman.
Mr. John Leed and grandson, Clar-ence
Sturgis, are spending the week
at Hershey with Mr. Leed's son,
Spencer, and will also attend the Leb-anon
fair. -
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gable and son, of
Washington, D. C., are spending a
week here and took a side trip to
Shaefferstown, Mr. Gable is employed
in the government printing office.
Mr. Reuben Thomas, of Lancaster,
called on Mr. G. L. Hepp on Saturday.
Although a veteran of the Civil War
Mr. Thomas continues to work at his,
trade of jeweler and watch repairing.
Mr. H. Reist Landis and daughter
Ellen, Misses Annie Oberholtzer and
Anna Bucher, Messrs. Ephraim Eby
and Martin Shenk are attending the
general Mennonite Conference being
held at Harrisonburg, Virginia, this
week.
Mrs. Thomas Baum of Phoenixville,
Pa., and her brother, George Wall, of
Detroit, Mich., visited Mr. and Mrs.
John M. Helman of West Main street
on Sunday. The visitors also paid a
visit to their uncle, Daniel G, Weach-ter,
of Pine Hill.
Mr. O. J, Oswald, principal of one of
the public schools of Trenton, N. J.,
accompanied by his wife and children,
Dorothy and Eugene, are visiting Mr.
and Mrs. W. H. Buch. Mr. Oswald has
visited in Lititz since he was a student
at Lafayette College.
Mrs. John Elsra, Mrs. George 01-
hoffer, Misses Carrie and Lillie Russ,
all of Lancaster, spent last Thursday
with Mr. John J. Heiserman and fam-ily.
Mrs. Jacob Martin and daughter
Elsie of Millway were guests at the
same home on Sunday.
Dr. and Mrs. M. H. Yoder accompan-ied
by his mother, Mrs. Mary Yoder,
autoed to Reading on Sunday. They
took the trip on account of the illness
of Mrs. Yoder's brother, John Haag.,
and when they arrived at his home
they learned that he had died only a
short time before.
Mr. John" Shue, formerly of this
place, now employed in. the pretzel
baking business in Philadelphia, ac-companied
by Mr. Fred. Haring, of the
same city, spent Friday in town, hav-ing
been on an automobile trip for a
week through Scranton and Wilkes-
Barre and were on their way home
when they stopped off here.
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Lititz Needs an Auto Fire Truck
The fire engine demonstration held here Friday evening should have
convinced all who saw it that the protection that the fire company is no«'
able to g i v e the town is only of the make-shift variety and should be rem-edied.
An American .La France engine, the property of the Ephrata Fire
Company, was here, and actual demonstrations were made. While the
L i t i t z water main showed a pressure of 38 pounds by the use of the pump 011
the truck it was increased to 250 pounds and it was not at its limit. Persons
who argue that the present system is satisfactory should compare these fig-ures.
' By the use of the pump a stream was thrown from the sidewalk 011.
Broad street to the roof of Burkholcler's new implement house. WTith the
use of a three-fourth inch nozzle instead oi the inch nozzle used the stream
could have been extended beyond this point. .
Now don't think for a moment that you can say " W e have got a good
fire department." That does not reduce your insurance rates. When you
find a man or a group of men who are dissatisfied' with the rates on their
buildings, make inquiries why their rates are so high. The insurance com,
panies will answer. The insurance rates in every place in this country can
be influenced by the standard of fire protection. Insurance rates depend,
largely on the fire company of the town. The citizens must stand back' of
the fire company. .