Lititz Record

              An Independent Family Newspaper, Devoted to Literature, Agriculture, Local and General Intelligence.
VOL. XXXIV LITTTZ, PA.. THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 15,1911. NO. 38
HAPPENINGS ABOUT THE TOWN AND
VICINITY.
Short and Snappy Paragraphs of Inter-est
to Every Reader.
—"The Lititz" cigar is sold at the
Lititz Cigar Store wholesale and retail.
All members of the Fourth of July
Springs Committee are requested to be
present at a meeting to be held on Tues-day
evening.
Potatoe bugs are. reported to be more
numerous this season than ever and as
a consequence there is a great demand
for Paris green.
Tax Collector James O. Sturgis states
that all delinquent taxes for 1909 and
1910 must be paid a t once or legal pro-ceedings
will be taken.
Nine persons from this place accom-panied
the excursion to the Zoological
garden, Philadelphia, over the P. & R.
railroad, last Saturday..
William Scott, who has been an ar-dent
motorcyclist for some years, has
gone a step higher and has secured an
automobile—a Mitchell runabout.
Strawberries are nearly done for this
season in this section. The crop was
good but not as prolific as some years
when weather conditions are more fav-orable.
The Fire Co. will i o ld a special meet-ing
next Wednesday evening to arrange
to participate in the parade at the state
convention to be held at York next Sep-tember.
St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Sun-day-
school has decided to hold its an-nual
picnic on the Spring grounds on
Saturday, August 5. Beck's band will
furnish the music.
Miss Elizabeth Dietrich, employed in
the office of the Ideal chocolate factory,
entertained the other young ladies of
the office force at supper at her home
Salunga last Saturday.
A ladies' oval-shaped gray and black
pin was lost somewhere between the-
Springs hotel and the Springs Grounds
Sunday afternoon. Reward if return-ed
to the RECORD office.
A number of business men, headed
by D. G. Witmyer, are instrumental in
the construction of a cement crossing
now half completed, which crosses the
street at Witmyer's store.
The mothers will meet on Tuesday af-ternoon,
June 20, at the home of Mrs.
M. M. Souders, to sew for a mother
with a large family. Any one willing
to lend a helping hand is cordially invi-ted.
Letters addressed to Mrs. Maranda
Krisher, Miss Hardie Lehman, Miss
Jennie H. Weidley, Mr. R. N. Boyer,
Mr. Thomas L. Edmunds, and Mr.
George W. Wertz remain uncalled for in
the Lititz Post office.
Lloyd Smith, who spent the past
three months in New York city, where
he learned to operate a linotype mach-ine,
is spending several weeks with his
parents here, after which he will return
to the metropolis to work.
Harry Herron, of Lancaster, has
leased the shoe store now occupied
by M. H. Shenk, from I. S. Buckwalter.
He will take possession Sept 1st and in-tends
conducting a clothing store in con-nection
with the shoe business.
John K. Wissler on Tuesday received
word from Utica, N. Y., that his son
William, who is employed at that place
as a molder, wae seriously hurt by a
flask falling on him. His one leg is
broken and the ankle of the other badly
sprained and a tendon torn.
Isaac Lorah sent seventeen head of
nice big draft horses from the Warwick
House stables to John D. Bear at Blue
Ball on Tuesday. One pair of bay
horses won the admiration of all who saw
them, and many claimed it to be the
finest pair sent from here for a long
time.
Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Shreiner, of Phila-delphia,
who spent several weeks here-abouts
with relatives and friends, re-turned
to the city last Saturday. They
have made preliminary arrangements to
enter the Church of the Brethren Home
near Neffsville in September next. They
prefer the country to the city life.
Raccoons have been placed in the
game animal class by the new Kern law
and can only be killed from September
1 to December 31, and the same law
makes the open season for the killing of
gray, black and fox squirrels, rabbits,
ruffed grouse, wild turkey, quail and
pheasants from November 1 to Decem-ber
15.
The Lutheran re-union to be held at
Lititz on June 21st promises to be one of
the big events of the year, and special
trains and trolley cars will convey the
visitors to the scene. From the length
of the program and list of sports the
committee exercised good judgment in
selecting the longest day of the year
for the jubilee. So says a Lancaster
correspondent of the Philad'a North
American.
RH OF A WEEK
THOSE WHO RECEIVED THEIR LAST
SUMMONS.
LINDEN HALL'S BRILLIANT
COMMENCEMENT
A. F. Hostetter.
Abram F. Hostetter, Esq., a promi-nent
member of the Lancaster bar, died
at the Stevens House, Lancaster, on
Thursday morning at 9.15, a f t e r an ill-ness
covering at least six months. He
was born in Manheim township in 1851.
He was a son of the late Simon Hostet-ter,
and has been practising at the Lan-caster
bar for many years. Mr. Hos-tetter
received his early education at
Lititz Academy and later graduated
from the law school at Ann Arbor, Mich-igan.
He was solicitor of the Farmers
National Bank of Lititz from the time
of its organization until death.
Death of an Infant.
Roy S., six-day-old child of Mr. and
Mrs. John S. Gingrich, residing in the
rear of Front street, this borough, died
on Wednesday morning of convulsions.
Interment was made in the Machpelah
cemetery.
Mrs. Ida Kopp.
Mrs. Ida Kopp died at her home at
Lancaster on Sunday afternoon, from
several different complaints. She was
a daughter of Jacob Livering, of Neffs-ville,
and 34 years of age. She is sur-vived
by these children: Buelah G., Lau-ra
M., Percy W. and Hilda C. The fun-eral
was held Wednesday afternoon.
Services were held in the United Breth-ren
church at Neffsville and interment
in the cemetery adjoining.
Jacob Sheaffer, of Brownstown.
Jacob Sheaffer of Brownstown died
on Friday morning, June 9, from a com-plication
of diseases,..aged 68,years. For
a number of years Mr. Sheaffer conduct-ed
a f a rm near Bareville, but 22 years
ago he retired and took up his residence
in Brownstown. He is survived by his
wife, a daughter, Mrs. J. R. Ranck, of
Brownstown, and one brother and two
sisters. Mr. Sheaffer was affiliated
with the United Evangelical church
and for years was one of the most ac-tive
and faithful members. He was a
class leader and for twenty years was a
member of the board of trustees. The
funeral was held on Tuesday morning,
with interment in the Brownstown cem-etery.
Death of Mrs. Hiram G. Dissinger
Mrs. Margaret Dissinger, wife of Hi-ram
G. Dissinger, died on Wednesday
morning at her home at Lancaster from
the effects of paralysis, with which she
was stricken on the 4th inst. Deceased
was born near Lincoln, and was a
daughter of the late George and Amelia
(Erb) Bentz, and was in her seventy-third
year. She was a member of the
Lutheran church, at Mechanicsburg.
She is survived by her husband, and the
following children: Mrs. Ida Andrew,
Milton B. Dissinger, Albert B., Mrs.
Virginia Heidelbaugh, Paul B., Ralph
B., Elmer B., all of Lancaster; and Mrs.
Laura Swope, of Mechanicsburg. These
brothers and sisters also survive: Isaac
Bentz, of Waterloo, Iowa, Mrs. Matilda
Gockley and Mrs. Isabella Evans, of
Nebraska, and Clara, wife of John V.
Roth, of Brunnerville. The funeral will
be held on Saturday afternoon, with ser-vices
at the house at one o'clock, and at
two o'clock at the Lutheran church, at
Mechanicsburg, with interment in the
adjoining cemetery.
Lititz Woman Appointed Notary Pub-lic
in State of Washington.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Foltz have re-ceived
a letter from their daughter
Mary, who has been a resident of North
Yakima, Wash., for the past two years,
in which she states that she has been
appointed a notary public of the far
western city for the next four years.
Lititz Boy Walks From Gettysburg to
Washington, D. C.
Earnest Baker, son of Jacob M. Bak-er,
walked from Gettysburg to Wash-ington.,
D. C. last week. Earnest ac-companied
the Gettysburg Boy Scouts,
who are in charge of Rev. Joseph B.
Baker, on the hike. It took from Wed-nesday
to Saturday to make the trip,
which was about 80 miles. When last
heard from the boys, who number forty,
were having a fine time with expecta-tions
of shaking hands with President
Taft, whom they intend presenting with
—10 cent goods in a 5 cent cigar-
'The Lititz."
Close of 117th Year of the Institution Marked
by Impressive Ceremonies
TWELVE YOUNG LADIES RECEIVED DIPLOMAS.
Eloquent Baccaleaureate Sermon—Class Day Exercises—
nior Class Play Very Well Rendered—A lumnae Meet-ings
and Banquet—Several Exhibits—Com-mencement
Concert —Address to Class
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Much is wont to be said, especially at
this time of the year when college com-mencements
are in vogue, about the
sweet girl graduate, and possibly the
matter may occasionally be a little over-done,
because the writers and speakers
who make the allusions are not always
serious. In all seriousness we now de-clare
that the Linden Hall graduates of
the class of '11 were certainly of the
kind to make the friends of that time-honored
and high-grade institution, as
well as the people of Lititz in general,
feel very proud and happy. Of course,
the Seminary takes credit only for the
mental graces of the young lady gradu-ates,
and that is enough, too, for its
glory. The exercises of commencement
week participated in by the graduates
all attested the fact that in scholarship
the class of 1911 reflects only credit
upon the institution of which they have
now become worthy alumnae.
The commencement program of any
institution of learning may be said to
reflect, in a large measure, the worth
and vigor of the institution itself, and
the friends of Linden Hall Seminary had
no occasion to shrink from an applica-tion
of that test of merit in conne ction
with this week's commencement exer-cises.
Careful training and painstaking
care on the part of the faculty were in
evidence in every act and performance
rendered by the graduates. The truth
is not strained when we say that the
commencement was a proud occasion for
the friends of Linden Hall Seminary
and a very happy one for the parents
and friends of the graduates.
Linden Hall Seminary is old in years
but altogether youthful in vigor and en-terprise.
All who visited its classic
halls during the commencement season
experienced a happy realization of that
fact. All about the honored seat of
learning breathes the air of prosperity
and careful management, and the visitor
could not escape the conviction that the
spirit of the sane and sensible in the
economy of the higher education of
young women is dominant there. We
shall not indulge in fulsome praise, but
do say that the institution deserves suc-cess
and that it is haying it, too.
In speaking of the achieyements of
Linden Hall Seminary, it is always a
pleasure to us to refer to the excellent
work done for the institution by the
worthy principal, Rev. Charles D. Krei-der.
He is sanguine, ardent, diligent,
faithful and persevering. He holds no
sinecure, but he is called upon to under-go
many severe tests of his efficiency,
and in every test he has proven his
worth and devotion.
Here follows the program in detail :
Sunday—Sermon t-o the Graduates.
The opening event of the commence-ment
exercises was held on Sunday
morning last, when the sermon to the
graduates was delivered in the Mora-vian
church by the Rev. J. Max Hark,
D.D., pastor of the Lebanon Moravian
church. The pulpit decorations were
composed of a pretty display of moun-tain
laurel, daisies and ferns. The pu-pils,
faculty and ministers entered the
church from the chapel annex singing
the Crusaders'Hymn of the 17th cen-tury,
and a f t e r all had taken their places
the choir sang an anthem, Mr. C. S.
Loeffler taking the solo part. This was
followed by the reading of the litany
for Trinity Sunday by Rev. Chas. D.
Kreider, principal of the Seminary.
Rev. E. S. Hagen read the texts for the
day, which was followed by a solo by
Miss Miriam Hepp, who rendered her
selection most charmingly.
Rev. Hark chose his text from II
Timothy 3 :177-"That the man of God
may be perfect, thoroughly furnished
unto all good works. " His introductory
remarks were with reference to the
system in vogue by the Moravian
schools, which aim to give their stu-dents
the training to make men and
women more complete in the symmetri-cal
development not for this short life
only, but for time and) eternity. He
advocated Christian culture in all our
schools besides training for this or
that following through life. A man
may be qualified for this or that great
work, but if he lacks Christian culture
he has not been educated for the high-est
aim in life. He deplored the - fact
that our schools have not yet reached
that point where the spiritual develop-ment
of man was uppermost. Finally,
he again remarked that Christian cul-ture
is what we need and he tried to
impress the class of 1911 to let this be
their aim through life. The sermon
throughout was replete with words of
admonition, and the learned speaker
spoke with great earnestness and im-pressiveness.
After prayer and the benediction by
Rev. Hark, there was another reces-sional
hymn,' 'Come ye f a i t h f u l , ' ' as the
honored ones of the day and the others
marched out by the chapel. Before the
opening of the service the trombone
choir of the church played three tunes
on the balcony facing the north of the
church edifice.
Monday Afternoon—Class Day
Exercises '
After the Linden Hall Commencement
week had been so auspiciously ushered
in on Sunday^by Dr. Hark's sermon and
the excellent music at the Moravian
church, Monday afternoon was devoted
to the Class Day exercises which were
held in the large auditorium, instead of
the beautiful pleasure grounds on ac-count
of the threatening weather. Miss
Mary M. Gosser, of Pittsburg, presided
at the ever popular and interesting cer-emonies.
This year they consisted in
the dedication of the class motto:
"Amat Victoria Curam," which will re-main
for all time in the tiling in the
floor of the memorial hallway, where
generations yet unborn may read and
adopt it in their lives. Then the class
tree, a vigorous pine, was planted to
grow up and adorn the grounds.
Monday Evening—Senior Class Play.
The annual play by the Seniors is al-ways
greatly enjoyed by the visiting
alumnae and our town folks. This year
"Ingomar, the Barbarian," was chosen
by Miss Sylvia Gilbert, the teacher of
rhetoric and English literature. Just at
8 o'clock when the performance should
have begun, it rained in torrents. Hack-man's
orchestra agreeably entertained
the audience who had arrived before the
rain for half an hour in order to give
those who were delayed time to get to
the auditorium. The various senior
classes in past years have been success-ful
in giving a play, but the class of 1911
certainly did themselves proud. The
principal characters, such as the Ti-march
of Massilia, Miss Elizabeth
Holtzhouse; Ingomar, Miss Mary Gos-ser,
were both charmingly and sympa-thetically
interpreted. Actea, Myron's
wife, Miss Mary Hagen, was certainly
both natural and intelligent in the char-acter
she took. Now comes the most
remarkable incident in the evening's per-formance
in that Miss Kathryn Lyon,
who had studied and who was to have
taken the character of Parthenia, was
unavoidably absent, so that in the last
moment Miss Gilbert most kindly took
her part. The public ¡most enthusiasti-cally
applauded Miss Gilbert for her su-perb
Parthenia. It is seldom possible
in the last moment to find any one on
the stage and much less at a young
ladies' school to take such a prima donna
part as perfectly as Miss Gilbert did.
All the young ladies who represented
the , citizens of Massilia and the Ale-manni
added greatly to the success of
the play. The scenery was very charm-ing
in every act.
The hall was very tastily decorated
with the class colors and flags 50x30
feet, in honor of Flag Day, June 14.
Mr. Herbert Spencer Greims of
New York who always has such a
warm heart for Linden Hall, and is al-
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TBE WHEREABOUTS OF Y0Ü AND YOUR
FRIENDS.
The Warm Spring Months Set People to
Traveling.
Mrs. Charlotte Hacker is visiting her
son Charles in Philadelphia.
Rev. and Mrs. J. W. Bittner are
spending several days at Allentown.
Mrs. Jacob Firestone of Reading
spent a few days with Lititz relatives.
Mr. Paul Evans of Philadelphia spent
Saturday to Sunday here with his par-ents.
Mr. L. B. Niess and family of Read-ing
visited relatives in town for a few
days.
Miss Katie Mertz of Ephrata spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Morris Mc-
Clock.
Mr. John Hacker, of Lansdale visited
his parents in town from Sunday to
Monday.
Mr. T. A. Wilson and family spent
Sunday with her father and brother at
Kutztown.
Mrs. Warren S. Buch visited her
mother at New Providence on Saturday
and Sunday.
Mr. Harry B. Steininger of Philadel-phia
spent Sunday in town with his bro-ther
William.
Mr. and Mrs. William Graul and Mr.
and Mrs. Leonard Taubert spent Sun-day
at Brickerville.
Miss Helen Becker of Manheim spent
several days in town as the guest _of
Miss Esther Buch.
Mrs. George D. Clarke and two chil-dren
are visiting her parents at Stew-artstown,
York county.
Mrs. Mary Long, Mrs. Laura Delbo
and son, of Lancaster, spent Sunday
with Mrs. Martha Delbo.
Rev. Carl H. Hirszel and son Rev. C.
J. of Philadelphia spent Monday with C.
Fred. Regennas and sons.
Rev. James L. Becker of Lansdale
spent Saturday to Monday with his
brother-in-law J. B. Haag.
Mrs. Amos Good and Miss Gertrude
Downey, of near Lancaster, visited rel-atives
in town on Sunnay.
Mr. and Mrs. William Zellers, of
Reading, are spending a few days with
their son William and family.
Mrs. W. H. Regennas and daughters
Viola and Miriam are spending the day
with her brother at Salunga.
Mr. and Mrs. L. K. Grosh and two
sons have again taken up quarters at
Mount Gretna for the summer.
Mrs. W. H. Muth and sister Miss
Kate Martin are spending several days
at Philadelphia and Atlantic City.
Miss Elizabeth Gormly, who gradua-ated
from Linden Hall three years ago,
is the guest of Miss Mary Reidenbach.
Mrs. J. Edge Spackman, of Coates-ville,
and Mrs. Ella Slough, of Lancas-ter,
spent Friday with C. N. Derr and
family.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. B. Hornberger, of
Philadelphia, spent from Saturday to
Monday in town paying a visit to his
mother.
Mr. D. D. Graul is attending the an-nual
convention of the Penna. Associa-tion
of Master Bakers being held at
Reading this week.
Mr. J . B. Haag of this place has again
been elected unanimously as teacher of
Ruths' school in Lower Heidelberg town-ship,
Berks county.
Mr. Edward F. Beecher, of Philadel-phia,
spent from Tuesday to Sunday
with his cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. A.
Kauffman, of Neffsville.
Mr. Jacob B. Keller, of Chicago, is
visiting relatives hereabouts. Mr. Kel-ler
is extensively engaged in the cattle
business in the Windy City.
Mrs. John Mathers attended the com-mencement
exercises of Albright Col-lege,
Myerstown, on Tuesday and Wed-nesday.
Mrs. Mathers was a pupil
there a t one time.
Rev. D. A. Roth, of Lehighton, Pa.,
whilom pastor of the Brickerville charge
of the Lutheran church, and a resident
of Lititz while serving the charge, was
in town Sunday and Monday.
" The following young people were at
Manheim on Sunday enjoying the Feast
of Roses day: Lottie Zartman, Bertha
Sesseman, Anna Evans, Lijlian and Car-oline
Loercher, Herbert Marks, Charles
Zartman.
Rev. William J.Masser, of Numidia,
visited his brother Frank at this place
on Tuesday. On Monday evening he
was ordained into the ministry at a
meeting of the Lutheran Ministerium at
Lancaster.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Y. Yocom, resid-ing
near Reading, spent several days
with Lititz relatives and friends. Mr.
Yocom was a delegate to the Lutheran
Ministerium of Penn'a, which met at
Lancaster last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Quinzler and
daughter Niomi, of Altoona spent Sun-day
with Albert Kolp and family.
Katie, daughter of Simon Miller, of
Warwick, spent from Friday to Mon-day
in Washington, D. C., where she
met her sister Mary, who» returned
home with her, having attended Cat-awba
college, at Newton, N." C.
Misses Irene Light, May Erb, of this
place, and Bertha Grosh, of Denver,
who left for California two and a half
years ago, and settled at Pasadena, are
on their way home, intending to stop off
at Denver, Colorado, and Chicago.
Rev. N. U. Reinhard, of Allentown,
was the guest of James Sesseman last
Saturday. About seven years ago Mr.
Reinhard lived in Lititz, when f o r a short
time he served as pastor of the Bricker-ville
charge of the Lutheran church.
Prof. H. T. Frueauff of Bethlehem
was an interested spectator at the sev-eral
Commencement exercises at Linden
Hall this week. Mr. Frueauff always
takes an interest in this school, where
his father served as principal for many
years.
Prof, and Mrs. A. S. Longenecker
and Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Gibble left in
the latter's automobile on Monday for
Huntingdon, where the commencement
exercises of the college take place, Mr.
Gibble having graduated therefrom.
They expect to be gone for the week.
Great Game of Base Bali on Saturday.
Followers of base ball in this vicinity
will have the opportunity of seeing a
fast game at this place on Satureay,
when the locals cross bats with the Col-umbia
team. The latter team has just
been organized and is undoubtedly the
fastest team in the county. It is com-posed
of the best players who constitut-ed
the Elizabethtown team and Dietrich,
Lantz, and Jackson, late of Lancaster
Tri-state team. Everybody should turn
out and see this great game and encour-age
the management.
Prolific Berry Patch.
D. S. High, who farms a tract of land
near Halfville, has three-fourths of an
acree in strawberries, as briefly referred
to in last week's RECORD. His crop
seems to have been very prolific from
all accounts, considering the long dry
spell experienced while the plants were
blooming. At any rate on Monday of
last week he and his helpers picked 15
bushels, on Wednesday 8, and on Friday
26 bushels. One helper picked 119
quarts one day in less than eight hours,
and another 119. Most of the luscious
berries, which at all times were choice,
were disposed of in Lititz and vicinity.
I t remains for Monday of this week to
be the banner day, when 32 bushels
were picked.
Park View Hotel to be Greatly
Enlarged.
For some time past A. W. Miller,
proprietor of the Park View hotel, has
planned enlarging the hotel, and on
Tuesday purchased from S. K. Snavely
the property adjoining the hotel on the
side, which consists of a lot of ground
fronting 19 feet on Broad street and ex-tending
240 feet in depth, which adjoins
the hotel property on the north. The
price paid was $3,250. The lot con-tains
a frame building, which, until re-cently,
was used as a moving picture
theatre. Mr. Miller intends building
a three-story addition on the ground
purchased to adjoin the hotel building.
Work on the addition will be started
in July. Mr. Miller is making special
efforts to accommodate the public and
will, when the addition is completed, be
able to keep a large number of boarders.
Wife Rejected Husband's Affections.
The saying "Familiarity breeds con-tempt,"
was very forcibly illustrated
by a resolution made by several men
employed in Kinport's "Owl" cigar
factory the other day. The men in
question were talking on various sub-jects
during the afternoon—cigarmak-ers
will talk, you know—when finally,
as the close of the day drew nigh, they
talked on affections toward their con-sorts
—they were benedicts. These par-ticular
men it seems were not given to
show their affection, but after a thor-ough
discussion they decided that upon
their arriving at their homes they would
give their wives a gentle kiss. The de-cision
was a good one but, alas, when
one of the men started carrying out the
obligation upon his srrival at home, his
wife, as he advanced toward her, with
his arms extended, gave him one great
big cold stare that froze all lovingness
out of him then and there. Such was
her surprise at her husband's sudden
affection that she could not realize his .,
intentions. After an explanation every
thing was rightly amended, however.
The other men in the newly-made reso-lution
kept "mum" as to their success.
—"The Lititz" cigar is clear Havana.