Lititz Record

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VOL. XLI11 LITITZ, P A . , THURSDAY MORNING, O C T O B E R 16,1919 NO. 5
EVENTS COICISELi TOLD
INTERESTING THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN
TOWN AND VICINITY.
Macadamiz-ing
Road Near
Kissel Hill
I t e m s of Minor Mention, So t o Speak
b u t of I n t e r e s t t o t h e A v e r a g e R e a d er
a t H o m e a n d A b r o a d.
Teachers' Institute will be held dur-ing
the week opening November 10.
John Carper is serving as juror in
Common Pleas Court at Lancaster this
week.
A child's umbrella was left at
Scott's bookstore, where owner can
secure it.
Forty bushels of sweet potatoes will
be offered for sale at the Warwick
House bazaar on Saturday.
Part of a watch fob with the initials
C, N. C. engraved on it awaits an owner
at Longenecker's restaurant.
Mrs. Martha Hepp was 82 years old
on Tuesday. She is in good health
and has the use of all her faculties.
Mrs. Sarah E. Beckler is sixty-nine
years old today. Mrs. Beckler is very
active as a leader of the King's Daugh-ters.
A surprise party was held for Grace,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Morris Fred-erick,
last evening. Her birthday oc-curred
on Saturday.
A baby girl was welcomed at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. James Iiornber-ger
on Lincoln Avenue on Monday.
The father is an ex-navy man.
Roy Hoffer of Brunnerville has a
flock of Leghorn" pullets which were
hatched on April 1 and began laying o-n
September 29, or when five months old.
A Packard service inspector was in
town in a Ford machine. The Pack-,
ard is the car for pleasure but for
business they have to hand it to the
Ford.
Norman E. Risser in changing his
address from Brunnerville to Annville
writes: "I find that it is next to im-possible
to do without that good old
Lititz Record."
Human beings are not suffering
alone in the high pries of foodstuffs.
Nails within the past two weeks have
advanced about two dollars a keg. It
will be hard on ostriches.
Robert Russell, who is employed at
the oil station at Millway, is doing
special work at Stockton, N. J. He is
supervising the erection of a telegraph
line which will run from New Jersey
to Millwajr.
In honor of their fiftieth birthday-anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Stur-gis
will have open house on Tuesday,
October 21, at their home on Cedar
Street. They were married by Rev.
Kluge, then a pastor of the local Mora-vian
church.
The illustrated lecture to the public
under the auspices of the Knights of
Malta will be held in the High School
auditorium this Thursday evening.
The lecture will appeal to you as an
American and interetsing history of
early Christianity will be given.
Eggs are now selling at over five
cents apiece. The hens are now work-ing
shorter hourg, and as a conse-quence
the production is not as high
as in the long summer days. That's
the trouble the country over — short
"hours, less production and high prices.
The season for squirrel, partridges
and pheasants will open on Monday,
the 2Qth, and continue until the 13th
day of November. The limit for a day-is
four pheasants, eight partridges
and six squirrels. The limit for the
season is twenty-four pheasants, twen-ty-
five quail and twenty squirrels.
Mr. E. W. Weidman, of Fisher, Ar-kansas,
a brother of Amnion Weidman
of this place, in renewing his sub-scription
to the "Record" writes: "Al-ways
anxiously waiting for the home
news. Having lots of rain at present.
Weather will be hard for rice harvest.
Have seventy-five acres to harvest."
Mr. E. B. Beck, the undertaker at
this place, returned to his home at 107
South Broad street, after an extended
visit to Chicago, Indianapolis and other
places in the middle west. He is now
ready to resume business again. Mr.
Beck feels grateful to his many friends
for the sympathy and kindnesses
shown him during- his bereavement.
Forty persons reported to Alvin R.
Keller that they received coins in the
bread which he put out last week. Mrs.
Oliver Smith and Mrs. Albert Culp
were the lucky persons who won the
two and a half dollar gold pieces.
Twenty dollars was given out in all.
Mr. Keller says this method of adver-tising
has paid him well by the new
customers he has gained. See his ad-vertisement
this week.
The Senior class of the Lititz High
School took its annual chestnut trip to
the Furnace Hills around the Lebanon
pumping station on Friday. On Satur-day
the Freshmen and Junior classes
and several of the lower rooms made
the trip, going by hay ladder wagon.
Auto trucks are out of harmony with
a chestnut trip. Needless to say not
many chestnuts were collected. The
trip was enjoyed with as much zest by
the youngsters as many of their par-'
ents used to experience on this occa-
.sioE,
Last Link of Free Toll Road
Between Lititz and
Lancaster
Road improvement is being done on
a stretch of road from Kissel Hill east-ward
to Wayne "Grube's farm, a dis-tance
of about a mile. The process of
road making is known as the water
bound road. Large stone are put down
as a foundation to a depth of about a
foot. This is followed with a' layer of
fine stone. The screenings then fol-lows.
It is then sprinkled with water
and rolled with a steam roller. The
wetting and rolling is repeated until
the road becomes very firm. It is
being built by Warwick Township un-der
the supervision of Abram Binkley,
of Neffsville. A road of this kind will
probably cost between ten and twelve
thousand dollars. It will connect with
the macadamized road built by Man-heim
township which runs to the Lan-dis
Valley pike. Thus there will be an
almost continuous stretch of good solid
road between- here and Lancaster free
of toll. This is known as the back
road to Lancaster. While it is slight-ly
further than the Lancaster and Lit-itz
turnpike, with good roads the little
additional mileage will not be much
of a handicap. It will mean a saving
of thousands of dollars in money for-merly
paid for tallage.
Toll roads were all right in years
back when there was a necessity but
they have outlived their time. They
are regarded as back numbers. While
there is little hope of . the Lancaster
and Lititz Turnpike being freed for
years to come this new route will over-come
that difficulty. In the vernacular
of the times, ''We should worry."
AT
Most Expert and Best Known Trapshooter
in That City
Keal Estate
The tract of land containing five
acres and seventy-one perches, with
frame dwelling, barn and other im-provements,
located on the road be-tween
Clay-- and Brickerville, as prop-erty
of the late E. Sadie Evans, was
bought at public sale by H. Lot Evans,
the former husband of the woman. Thé
price was $2905.
Elam B. Witmer purchased a 22-acre
tract of land, lying near Rothsville Sta-tion,
from Ralph Hess. Consideration
is unknown, but rumor has it in the
neighborhood of $4,000.
Tillman Risser bought at private sale
a forty-eight acre tract' of land, with
house and other improvements at
Wood Corner, near Weidmansville, at
$3269.00 from Henry Oberholtzer.
Nathaniel B. Leaman bought the J.
G. Usner farm at Kissel Hill at private
sale this week. It comprises 89 acres,
with a two and a half story brick house
and large barn. The terms are pri-vate.
The property of the late Daniel Bow-man
on Orange street was sold at pub-lic
sale on Tuesday to Edward Stoner
for $2,380.
Mrs. May Schleith bought the home
of Frederika Kling on Spruce street at
private sale. Rumor has it $2,000.
The two and one-half story frame
house at Kissel Hill, known as the
waiting station, was sold at public
sale on Wednesday afternoon by
Andrew Dunlap to William Sheaffer
of East Petersburg for $2900.
LIVED IN LITITZ BEFORE MARRIAGE
Monroe S. Rapp, one of the best
known cigarmakers and trap shooters
of Lebanon, died on Saturday after-noon
at his home at 212 Lehman street,
Lebanon, from the effects of a stroke
of apoplexy. Pie was a man of portly
build. He fell from a chair while help-ing
to put up a stove. His age was 54
years.
Born at Kotlisville
Mr. Rapp was born at Rothsvilla.and
was" the son of the late Anthony and
Catharine Rapp. He lived at Lititz
while a young- man and after his mar-riage
moved to Fredericksburg, and
twenty-seven years ago he went to
Lebanon. He was a cigarmaker by
trade and worked at that avocation
during his residence in Lebanon. He
was lately employed as a cigarmaker
at the Yocum Brothers' factory.
Member of Orders
Mr. Rapp was a man of good habits
and a genial personality, and was
liked by the circles of friends in which
he moved.. He was also a good neigh-bor
and ah exemplary citizen. He was
a member of the Reformed Church of
Lebanon.
He was identified with the Keystone
Gun Club, and was an energetic cap-tain
in charge of trap and bird events.
He was also a member of Camp 254,
Patriotic Order Sons of America; the
Knights of Pythias, and Swatara Tribe,
No. 276, Improved Order of Red Men.
During the administration of Mayor
Edgar A. Weimer, he was night ser-geant
of police.
Those Who Survive
Besides his wife, nee Ellen Miller,
and a daughter, Mrs. Howard Tarrach,
he leaves two brothers, Samuel and
William Rapp, and a sister, Amanda,
all of Lititz.:
The funeral wag. held.on Wednesday
with services at the Reformed church
at Lebanon and with interment in the
Lebanon cemetery. ' '
The American Legion
If you were in the service; either overseas or at home, THE
AMERICAN LEGION is open to you and you should avail your-self
of the opportunity and enroll at once.
You have helped give " F r i t z " all that is coming to him,
have you got everything that is coming to you ? Have you had
any trouble with your War Risk Allotment or allowance, Quarter-master
or Navy allotment, Compensation, Insurance, Liberty
Bonds, Bonus, Back Pay, etc. ? If so T H E AMERICAN LEGION
is ready to help straighten out your accounts.
Do you receive THE AMERICAN LEGION weekly, a maga-zine
published exclusively to serve those who were in the service
of the U. S. during the Great War ? You will receive it every
Saturday if you enroll in the AMERICAN LEGION for only one
dollar a year.
Tear out this coupon and fill in the question^. Either mail
or hand it to r
•ALFRED M. DOUPLE,
Farmer's Nat'l Bank,
Lititz, Pa.
together with 35 cents and you will be enrolled in THE AMERI-CAN
LEGION; and your name sent in for three months free sub-scription
to the AMERICAN LEGION weekly at once.
Welcome Home
For the Warwick
Township Soldiers
Will Be Held Saturday at
Rothsville, Banquet and
Other Features
My name is
(first) (middle) (iast)
Military Rank ;
Present Address..*....
Permanent Address ...
Military Organizations in which I served
Civil Occupation
I hereby subscribe to the Constitution of THE AMERICAN
LEGION and apply for enrollment in Post No. 56 of the Penn-sylvania
State Branch.
Signature. ;
Death of an Infant
'Marion Samuel, infant son of Jacob
E. and Salome Leaman, living south-west
of Lititz, died Tuesday morning
from convulsions after an illness of
several days, aged 9 months and 20
days Besides the parents three broth-ers
and four sisters remain in the fam-ly.
The funeral services will beheld at
the home on Friday at 8 o 'clock. The
cortege will go by automobile to
Chambersburg, and interment taking
place in the Mennonite burial ground
at that place. E. B. Beck lias chorge
Lititz Chorus Sang- at Kewmanstown
The Lititz Male Chorus sang at New-manstown
on Sunday, marking its fifth
appearance in that town. The chorus
sang at three church services and a
Sunday School session on the occasion
of rally day in the United Evangelical
Church. Rev. I. J. Reitz, a former pas-tor
of this place, is serving that con-gregation.
There was a fine attend-ance
at all the servic.es. Arrangements
have partly been ma:de for the Lititz
chorus to appear at the church at
Robesonia of the same denomination
on November 1. The leader of the
chorus is Mr. Hiram Reedy and the
other members who made the trip Sun-day
were Charles Dussinger, Harry
Sesseman, Oliver Smith, Ellsworth
Phillippi, James Seaber, Harry Work-man,
Walter Smith, Carl Reedy, Emory
Wagner, Benj. Weir. There were
numerous visitors at the special serv-ices,
among them Mrs. John Crall of
Lititz, who was accompanied there by
her son Frank and family of Reading.
The members of the chorus were finely
entertained by different families of the
congregation.
Death of An Infant
John, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert
Shenk, residing one mile west of Lititz,
died' Sunday morning/ after a four-weeks'
illness, of an abscess, aged one
month. Besides the parents, one
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Who Has Oldest
Fire Engine ?
Manheim and Lititz Both
Claim the Honor
Fish Stories
School Boy of 1878 Came. Back to See
the Town
Mr. Frank Foster of Philadelphia, a
pupil at Rickert & Hepp's Academy'in
1879, when nine years old, called on
one of his former teachers, 'Squire A.
B. Reidenbach, last Friday. Mr. Fos-ter
had not been here for thirteen
years. Mr. Reidenbach remembered
him well when he was a boy and
amused Mr. Foster when he told him
he had been exceptionally good.
While fishing at the river Saturday
N. D. Sturgis notice,^ a fish in the
water that stayed at one place all the
time. Believing that it was fast to a
line he made a cast for it, fifty feet
out in the river. The aim was perfect
for the hook caught .the fish in the
under jaw. A cast of this kind in a
contest would have won national and
international prizes. He drew the fish
to shore. It was dead. Fastened to
the mouth of the salmon were two
hooks, a sinker and and a long piece
of line.
A colored man who was fishing not
far away caused lots of fun by his
droll remarks. He had a wonderful
hard strike. He pulled until.he fell on
his back and then left go. The Lititz
persons who saw the fish when it'-came
to the top of the water said it w'as a
regular whale for size. Some one
asked the colored fisherman why he
didn't keep hold of it. He replied,-
"I's sure not goin' to be pulled off the
rock into forty feet of water for no
fish."
Lititz was represented by about
fifty marchers in the firemen's parade
at Lancaster last Thursday. The Lit-itz
Fire Company drum corps and some
of the marchers wore white hats, blue
shirts and white neckties while the rest
wore the blue uniforms. The old horse-driven
pump built in 1792 attracted
considerable attention. There was a
$50 prize offered for the oldest engine
and the judges made the award to Lit-itz.
Manheim protested it, claiming
that their engine was, made in 1765.
According to a sworn statement made
by the Manheim representatives they
bought the engine second-handed in
1812 from a Philadelphia"fire company,
having been in use in that city at that
early date. The placard on the Man-heim
engine bore the date of purchase
1812, naturally misleading the judges.
Representatives of the Lititz Company
are asked to come to Lancaster in
order to straighten out the matter and
if necessary will accompany the Lan-caster
judges to Manheim. Lititz is
sure of its ground for the date given
but if Manheim can produce substan-tial
data naturally will be awarded the
prize. Meantime the prize money is
being withheld.
The oldest known fire engine in the
state is the one at Bethlehem, built in
1761. It will be interesting to note the
outcome of the Lititz-Manheim contest
Nevertheless it is more highly impor-t
a n t that Lititz secures a fire fighting
apparatus of the 1919 model and that
the townpeople respond generously
when the soliciting committee calls on
them.
former Lititz Soldier
Now Forester in Alaska
Everything is In readiness for the
great welcome home reception to the
soldier boys of Warwick Township to
be held at Rothsville this Saturday
afternoon and evening. The commit-tee
representing Washington Camp,
No. 559, P. O. S. of A., of Rothsville,
together with friends of the order, have
arranged a fine program for the occa-sion.
The Lititz Band, the fine speak-ing
talent, the cartoonist, the banquet,
all will contribute to a day full of in-terest
and one which will long be re-memberéd.
There is a record of forty-five
service men in the township,
twelve of whom are members of the
P. O. S. of A. order.
Of this number, three made the su-preme
sacrifice.
The banquet is in the hands of the
women, Mrs. Joseph Mohn supervising
the preparations. There will be chick-en
and other good things on the menu.
The cartoonist is Frank J. Kirk, a
lightning sketch artist, who picks out
subjects among his audience and in
fact draws anything. Pie will also give
vaudeville acts. He appeared at the
welcome home celebration at Akron
recently and was a feature of the day.
Persons who saw him there are com-ing
to Rothsville to see him again. He
will draw and act during the band con-cert.
All service men of the township are
asked to come to Rothsville in their
uniforms.
The celebration will commence with
a band concert between 2 and 3 o'clock
in the afternoon by the Lititz Band.
At 3 o'clock there will be a street
parade. From 5 to 7 P. M. the banquet
will be held in the High School Audi-torium.
At 8 o'clock a public meeting
will be held in the, sànie auditorium.
The Lititz Band will give a second
outdoor concert near the square dur-ing
the hours of 7 and 10 o'clock in
•tì^-^isalngr"-''''"'":-:--
The program for the public meeting-ai
8 o'clock follows: Orchestra music,
invocation by Rev. S. A. Heisey, music
by High School, presentation of flag
to High School by P. O. S. of A. and
citizens of Rothsville, presentation ad-dress
to be made by James Pyle, State
Inspector of the order; acknowledge-ment
by Principal Charles A. Miller,
piano duet, orchestra music, vocal
solo, address by Hon. H. Frank Esh-leman,
orchestra' music, address by-
State Vice President of the P. O. S. of
A., Frederick W. Mcgrady, Esq., of Mt.
Carmel,
The committee in charge of the af-fair
is composed of: Joseph N. Mohn,
chairman; Charles Bowman, secre-tary;
Joseph Loose, Chester N. Adams,
Wallace Mumma, Alvin R. F. Weaver
and B. B. Erb.
A COLUMN TO KEEP YOU IN TOUCH
WITH OLD AND NEW NAMES
M a n y P e r s o n s C o m e and Go by T r a in
T r o i l e y , A u t o a n d O t h e r C o n v e y a n c es
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lehn visited at
Lancaster Junction on Saturday and
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Kauffmafl of
Philadelphia spent several days to
town with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Marks spent
Saturday and Sunday as guests of
Jacob Kauffman and family at White
Oak.
•Xititz Fishermen Continue to Have
Good Luck
Joseph Dreifus, veteran fisherman,
but who classes himself as one of the
boys, caught five salmon and a bass at
the river on Friday. The largest
salmon weighed five pounds and ten
ounces.
Frank Eby caught three salmon at
the river last week The largest was
a four pounder. It was served baked
at his home. John Helter, who ac-companied
him, landed four salmon.
On Saturday Rev. W. K. Fleck land-ed
a twenty inch bass weighing three
pounds and six ounces. He also caught
an eighteen inch salmon.
Robert, son of Mr. and Mrs. Theo-dore
Zeller, of this place, is seeing a
great deal of the world. After being
discharged from the army, having
served as sergeant in France, he left
for the Northwest to take up forest
work in the Government service and
was then transferred to the group of
islands in southeastern Alaska. The
lined up on my new job and then came
on here to Petersburg which is farther
north.. This whole country is one
series of long islands with the sea
forming lakes, bays and narrow chan-nels
between them. The only mode of
transportation is by boat; no rail-roads
around in this section. The For-est
Service has their own boats 40 to
P i c t u r e T a k e n F r o m P a r t of A l a s k a W h e r e Lititz Boy Is L o c a t ed
young man graduated in the forestry
department at State College. The fol-lowing
article is taken from several
letters written home:
Travels by Boat
I landed in Ketchican on July 5th
and spent a couple days there getting
60 ft. long. Each ranger has one and
there is a big one called the "Tahu"
which is used by the Supervisor. I am
sort of a traveling delegate, going from
one to another ranger's districts, so
get around quite a bit. Usually travel
on the big steam boats when going any
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Household Goods Bring- Better Prices
at Sal© Than When Kew
At the sale of John McCloud's house-hold
goods on Saturday some articles
were sold at an advance of 300 per
cent, over the original cost. There
were 575 articles sold, totaling $510.
The sale lasted from 1 to '6 P. M., and
on account of the lateness of the hour
the sale was stopped and Mr. McCloud
•divided the remaining things among
his children. John Leicey of Browns-town
was the auctioneer.
A dresser, costing $10 when bought
from a dealer seven years ago, was
sold for $20. An old bureau, bought at
a sale by Mr. McCloud some years ago
for sixty cents, was sold for $8.00. A
chiffonier, bought seven years ago for
$4.25, brought $20. Bed sheets brought
$1.70 and $1.80 apiece. A bolster was
sold for $1.00. Carpets averaged $1.10
a yard, about a 100 per cent, increase
over the original cost. Aluminum ware
all sold over the cost price. Mat-tresses
which cost $14 sold from $16
to $24. Cake pans sold at $1.20 apiece.
Naturally if these articles were to be
bought new at the present time, they
would, represent a vast difference in.
price when bought seven and more
f e a r s ago.
Lititz Man liaises Saffron
From a bed, 8 by 22 feet, planted
with saffron flowers, David Suavely
of this place picked 820 blooms one
morning. He picks them daily. The
pistols, of which there are three, are
separated from the flower and when
dry are used for coloring and- flavoring
by many housewives. It is frequently
used with chicken, soups, potatoes and
what not although its use is becoming
less general.' At one time nearly every
farmer's wife had a saffron bed and the
flowers for some unaccountable rea-son,
after the pistols were taken out,
were thrown on the street. Most of
the saffron sold in the drug stores at
present is imported.' Thousands of
flowers must be picked to make a
pound of saffron.
Mr. and Mrs. Arville Burkholder
spent Saturday and Sunday with Mrs.
-Burkholder's parents at Stoney Brook,
York County.
Miss Ida Zartman and nephew,
Richard Zartman, spent Sunday with
her brother, Levi Zartman, and family,
at Manheim.
Mrs. G. W. Eetzweiler and two sons
of Wrightsville motored here last'
Thursday to see Druggist Curtis Hen-sel
and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Pfautz of Leb-anon
visited at Lititz on Saturday and
Sunday. Mr. Pfautz is a former resi-dent
of this place.
Mr. Herman McCloud and family of
Clearfield spent from last Thursday
until Sunday here with his father,
John McCloud. The trip was made by
automobile.
Mrs. Ellen Leib and daughter Mabel
attended a party Saturday evening at
the home of Mrs. Nathan F. Krall at
South Lebanon. Eighty-five persons
were present.
Earl Mathers, employed at the Holt-wood
Power Station on the Susque-hanna,
spent Sunday and Monday at
home with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
John Mathers.
Mrs. Henry Eckert left for Hazletom
to visit her son-in-law and daughter,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hornberger. A
baby girl "was recently born to them,
making the fifth child,in the family.
Mr. Jefferson Groff and wife/of Phil-adelphia
spent Sunday with Mr. GrofE's
sister, Mrs. Mary S. G. Buch. Mr.
Groff-'has-been employed- with the
Pennsylvania R. R. Co. for thirty-two
years.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hammer, Mr.
Robert Behmer, Miss Alverta Sharp
and Mrs. D. Wal. Evans motored to
Wilmington, Del., last Saturday-and re-turned
the following day, having vis- '
ited Mrs. Evans' two brothers.
Mr. Edward Diehm of Spring City,-
who played at the firemen's parade,at
Lancaster with the Spring City band,
paid a short visit here to his father.
The Spring City Band is a good one
and has striking uniforms. Edward is
a member of this band for many years.
Rev. E. S. Crosland, accompanied by
his wife, of the Lititz Moravian
Church, left Monday on his evangelis-tic
campaign at Hope, Ind., and Salem,
111. They were- accompanied as far as
Harrisburg by Mr. George L. fiepp who
attended a meeting of opticians in that
city.
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Ditzler and
two children, of Akron, Ohio, and Mrs.
Ella Close and daughter Louella, of
Washington, Kansas, Mrs. Close for-mer
name being Mrs. Frank Moore, re-turned
to Ohio on Tuesday by automo-bile,
having spent several weeks with
Mrs. Mary Ditzler.
Judge James Kennedy and wife of
Youngstown, Ohio, left here Tuesday-after
spending several days with Mrs.
Kennedy's mother, Mrs. Susan Young,
at the Moravian Home. The judge and
his wife made the trip by automobile.
Mrs. Belle Brink of New York is visit- .
ing her mother, Mrs. Young, at" the
present time.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. McComas of
Bridgeport, Ohio, stopped off here sev-eral
days last week to visit then-daughter
at Linden Hall, making the
trip by automobile. They left here
for Washington, D. C. Mr. McComas
is interested in grange work and will
meet some of the leaders of the Penn-sylvania
Grange before he returns
home.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Sturgis returned
home last Friday after an extended,
visit to Tuckahoe and New Brunswick,
N. J., with side trips to Cape May
Court .House, Mays Landing, Ocean
City, North and South Amboy, Smith
River and other places. While at New
Brunsjvick with Mr. John Dyer and a
granddaughter Mr. Sturgis reached his
76th birthday. In honor of the event a
birthday cake with candles "forming
the figure of the years was placed on
the table.
Mr. Reuben Bear and daughter Ida,
of New Berlin," Ohio, are visiting his
brothers and sisters at and around
Lititz. He is 71 years old, a farmer by
occupation and left for the west fifty-two
years ago. He is stopping with
his sister, Mrs. Kate Lutz, who has
her home with Mr. and Mrs. Sherman
Steffy. Michael and Israel Bear, of
this place, and Henry of Roseville,
are brothers of Reuben, and Mrs.
Susan Stark, of Lancaster, is a sister.
Most of the brothers and sisters were
together on Sunday.