Lititz Record

              THE LITITZ RECORD
An Independent Family Newspaper, Devoted to Literature, Agriculture, Local and General Intelligence.
VOL. XXXV LITITZ, PA.. THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 30, 1911. NO. 11
COLUMN Of I f ! EVENTS DEATH B E » OF fl WEEK
HAPPENINGS ABOUT THE TOWN AND
VICINITY.
Short and Snappy Paragraphs of Inter-est
to Every Reader.
— Pumpkin pie at the Kissel Hill Inn
on Thanksgiving evening.
Mrs. William Mumma was the re-cipient
of a goodly number of pretty
presents on Tuesday in honor of her 39th
birthday anniversary.
Mr. and Mrs. James Leed announce
the arrival of a baby boy on Tuesday.
Mrs. Jacob Fry, residing at Rome, is
critically ill with pneumonia.
The corn starch factory is about to
close down for an indefinite period.
Atwood Kreider, Ellis Spickler and
Edward Buch took part in the five-mile
marathon race at Lancaster this morn-ing.
Harold Murr lost a kid glove some-where
about town on Sunday, Nov. 18.
for which return a reward of $1 will be
given.
John Evans lost two fine heavy draft
horses by death caused by pneumonia,
on his farm, tenanted by Monroe Whit-craft
at Rome, within the past week.
A small gold pin was lost somewhere
between the St. Paul's Lutheran church
and South Broad street. Finder will
confer a favor by returning to RECORD
office.
Mr. M. M. Souder, the electrician,
sold out to Stephen Kissinger, owing to
failing health. Mr. Souders will soon
be engaged in a more health agreeable
business.
Warwick people have renewed con-tracts
as a rule for street lighting and
all but two of its gas lights are again as
bright as ever. Warwick is too pro-gressive
to be left in darkness.
Rabbits must be almost annihilated
in this locality, for many are the hunt-ers
who spend a day in the fields and
return home in the evening with the
report, "Didn't see a tail."
Frank McKinney's orchestra will
render all the popular music at the band
fair being held at Mt. Airy this even-ing.
The orchestra is in constant de-mand
at this season of the year.
Jacob Bomberger received 400 bushels
of Pennsylvania grown potatoes on
Tuesday, for which he finds ready pur-chasers
hereabouts, who rightly think
that the Keystone state tubers are the
best.
Eggs continue to advance in price and
the local grocers are now paying 38
cents a dozen for the hen fruit, with
present indications of a stil! further ad-vance
in price. Last year at this time
they were quoted at 35 cents a dozen.
Guy Buch, residing about a mile west
of town, sold a pen (four hens and a
rooster) of Partridge Rocks to P. S.
Heidlauf of Columbia for a snug little
sum. Guy is a son of N. K. Buch and
takes a great interest in pigeons and
chickens.
Isaac Lorah, the Penryn horse dealer,
bought a lot of horses from farmers
here-abouts and on Tuesday forwarded
seventeen large fat ones to Blue Ball,
where they will be put under the ham-mer
to-day, the big Thanksgiving day
sale.
The festival and bazar to be held
under the auspices of the Ladies Aid
Society of St. Paul's Lutheran church
in Rudy's hall on Saturday afternoon
and evening, is attracting considerable
attention. Among the many handker-chiefs
to be sold is one contributed by
President Taft's wife.
Before the market house doors opened
last Saturday morning three well-known
citizens happened to meet and congrat-ulated
one another with a hearty hand-shake,
on account of each attaining the
same age that day—67 years. They
were Emanual H. Grube, Henry C.
Sturgis and Reuben Diehm.
This being Thanksgiving day, the
town has assumed a Sunday appearance.
Most places of business are closed as
well as some of the factories. The post
office also is closed most of the time,
while the rural route carriers have a day
off. The public schools are closed for
thn remainder of the week. Linden
Hall Seminary pupils are also having a
short recess and many of tham are en-joying
the turkey feast at their respec-tive.
homes. Union services were held
in the IT. B. church, the sermon being de-livered
by Rev. Clarke, of the St. Paul's
Evangelical Lutheran church.
Minerva, 9-year-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Tish, was very roughly
handled by a number of older girls
while returning home from an errand
on Monday afternoon. She was knock-ed
in the mud and when the little girl's
mother reprimanded the naughty girls,
they used profane language. This
surely is no credit to their parents.
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THOSE WHO RECEIVED THEIR LAST
SUMMONS
Israel B. Shreiner.
The death of Israel. B. Shreiner, a
very philanthropic gentleman, who re-sided
at Lancaster, occurred about 2
o'clock on Monday afternoon from the
effects of a paralytic attack, which
prostrated him last week. Mr. Shreiner
was born at Landis Valley and was 73
years old on May 29 last. He was a son
of Henry and Mary Shreiner. For
some years he had been retired from
active pursuits. He was a brother-in-law
of the late A. W. Shober, of Lititz,
and was named as his executor. Years
ago Mr. Shreiner came to the conclusion
that he would like to dispose of his
money while alive, in order that it
might reach the objects to which he de-sired
it devoted. Therefore, he made
a number of donations, with the proviso
that the interest should go to the sup-port
of himself and wife during their
lifetime, and half to the survivor after
death of one of them.
Among the institutions benefited are
Ursinus College, the first of his bene-factions,
which received $3,000; the
Lancaster General Hospital, $8,000;
Lancaster Young Men's Christian Asso-ciation,
$6,000; Young Women's Christ-ian
Association, of Lancaster, $4,000;
and Franklin aud Marshall College,
$7,500.
Mr. Shreiner, on May 31, 1870, was
married to A. Lizzie Rohrer, of Ephrata
township. They lived at Naperville,
111., twenty-eight years, but removed to
Lancaster thirteen years ago. Brief
services were held at 1 o'clock on Thurs-day
afternoon at the house and were
followed by services at the Mennonite
church, Landis Valley, at 2 o'clock.
Interment in the adjoining cemetery.
Charles B. Steinmetz of Ephrata.
Charles B. Steinmetz, a highly re-spected
citizen of Ephrata, died at his
home on Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock
from tuberculosis, after an illness of
four years, aged sixty-seven years. The
deceased was born and raised on what
is now the A. G. Kurtz farm, near
Steinmetz's school house, Ephrata town-ship.
For many years he was foreman
for the Sener Coal and Lumber Com-pany,
and for four years he was night-watchman
at the Ephrata Silk Mill.
He was twice married, his first wife
being Miss Kate Rhoads, of Reamstown,
who died ten years ago. In November,
1903, he married Mrs. Lizzie Groff, who
Miss Leah Bingeman.
The death of Miss Leah Bingeman, a
former resident of Ephrata, occurred at
the home of Isaac T. Zerbe at Reams-town
on Thursday, Nov. 23. Miss Binge-man
sustained a stroke the previous
day. She was seventy-seven years old
and until recently had made her home
with Mrs. Catherine Harley, at Ephrata.
She was a member of the Church of the
Brethren. Five brothers survive: Paul,
of Kissel Hill; John, of Green, Iowa;
George, of Quinter, Kan.; Adam, of
Cerro Gordo, 111., and William, in the
West. The funeral was held from the
home of Mr. Zerbe at Reamstown on
Tuesday. Services at Mohler's meet-ing
house at 10 o'clock and interment
in the adjoining cemetery.
Death of Mrs. Christian Kulp.
Mrs. Alice May Kulp, wife of Chris-tian
Kulp, died at her home, near Man-heim,
on Monday morning, in her thirty-first
year, death resulting from a com-plication
of diseases after a brief illness.
Her husband, two young children, her
parents and two sisters, Mrs. Cornelius
Kreider and Viola Weaver, at home,
survive. The funeral was held from
her late home on Wednesday with in-terment
in the Manheim Cemetery.
Social Events.
Seventeen members of the Ladies
Sewing Society met at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Dietrich Bupp last Thursday
evening and did a lot of sewing for the
family. After the work they were
treated to refreshments and all in all
they had a happy time. Mrs. Bupp is a
lively jolly lady and she can most inter-estingly
relate stories and her experi-ences
when a girl.
Mr. and Mrs. William A. Smith gave
a sumptuous dinner to a number of
relatives on Sunday afternoon at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Diehm
on South Broad street, in honor of Mrs.
Smith's and her father, Mr. Diehm's
birthday anniversaries. Besides the
above named persons the following
were present: Mr. and Mrs. Eugene
Kreider, Mr. and Mrs. John K. Carper
and- son James, Mrs. Reuben Grosh,
Messrs. Lloyd and William Smth.
EARLY MORNING BLAZE.
Fire Destroys Three Lititz Stables
at 2 O'clock This Morning.
The Primary School Building in Great Danger and
Somewhat Damaged—The Firemen Handicapped
but Worked Heroically in Saving Other Property.
This borough was the scene of a large
conflagration early this morning, when
the three frame stables on the north
side of Juniper alley, opposite the Pri-mary
public school building, were burn-ed
to the ground. Tne stables are under
one roof, and the two on the west are
owned by Dr. C. E. Lane, while the one
facing on Cedar street is owned by
Clayton Stehman.
The fire was discovered about two
o'clock by Mr. and Mrs. Hiram P. Fry,
who happened to be awake, and were
attracted by the glow of the blaze.
They gave an alarm and neighbors hur-ried
to the scene. John Troutwine, who
chanced the way, saw the blaze when it
was small, and also gave an alarm, The
fire alarm was rang and the whistles of
the chocolate factory and paper mill
were blown, which awakened the
citizens.
The fire started in about the center
of the buildings, and in a remarkably
short time the three structures were in
flames. When the firemen arrived on
the scene there was no possible chance
of saving the stables. They put their
efforts to saving the school building, the
roof of which caught fire several times.
Their work was greatly hampered by
the poor streams of water emanating
from the hose. It had no force when
they first arrived.
The shingle roof and woodwork of the
north side of school building caught fire
several times and, although the firemen
worked heriocally and saved the build-ing
from destrtictibn,* the shutters and
window frames were badly burned,
while the heat of the flames broke the
majority of the window panes. The in-terior
of the building was damaged by
water.
The flames were fanned by a west
wind and H. P. Fry's stable, across the
street, was in a direct line of the flying
embers. The contents were removed
to a place of safety, and water was
played on the structure, which no doubt
saved it from destruction. The roof of
the frame house adjoining Dr. Evans'
house, and occupied by Rolandus Pickel,
was ignited by the flying embers, but
Mr. Pickel was on the lookout and ex-tinguished
the flame before it gained
any headway. He had a narrow escape
from falling off the roof.
The heat was so intense at first that
the nozzelmen worked in] shifts, not
being able to endure it more than a few
minutes at a time.
Undertaker John Long suffers a con-siderable
loss. Two wagons and his
hearse, besides a number of chickens,
harness, tools, etc., were all destroyed.
He carries some insurance.
Landis Brubaker, a tenant in the
Evans homestead, also had use of part
of the stable, wherin he had a horse, a
large lot of chickens and eleven turkeys,
besides wagons and a buggy. Mr. Bru-baker
ran to the stable in his bare feet
and released the horse, after which he
removed the buggy, but the fowls and
the other contents were consumed by
the fire. Mr. Brubaker in removing
some of the contents of the building,
had his arm burned into blisters by the
falling embers and required medical aid.
Clayton Stehman also had use of part
of the stable connected with his home,
wherein his automobile and a new con-veyance
were kept, which were destroy-ed
by the fire.
A Shetland pony, owned by H. J.
Pierson and which was kept in one of
the burnt buildings, together with a
pony cart, was consumed in the fire.
The little horse was the pride and joy
of his two children. The family went to
New Jersey yesterday on a visit and
will be more than surprised and grieved
when they hear of their loss. The pony
could easily have been saved had any
one known about him.
The stable covered an area of about
35 by 80 feet and the loss to the owners
and tenants is approximately over $2000,
partly covered by insurance. The burn-ing
embers and flames shooting up lit
the sky a great deal and presented a
wierd scene. Farmers and others re-siding
near town, who were awakened
by the whistles, hurried to the scene in
goodly numbers.
The origin of the blaze is a mystery.
A theory is advanced that it was possi-bly
set on fire by tramps. About 9.30
o'clock Wednesday night two suspicious
looking fellows were seen by the writer
closely inspecting Herron & Co. 's store.
Therein lies a slight clue. They may
have intended pulling off a robbery, and
perhaps were in search of a horse and
wagon to get away with plunder, and
may have been prowling around the de-stroyed
stables and dropped a lighted
match.
Horace E. Sturgis, fire chief, stood at
the top of an extension ladder which
rested against the school builing. The
rope holding the extension seemed not
to be fastened and as a consequence the
upper part slipped down, throwing Mr.
Sturgis to the ground, a distance of
thirty feet. He sustained a sprain of
the left ankle, but was lucky to escape
at that. Two other men, John Trout-wine
and Roy Kneer, were on the roof
of the school building holding the nozzle
of the hose when the ladder fell, tearing
the nozzle from their grasp and almost
sweeping them off the roof.
I. 0. 0. F. DE6REE TEAM MADE A HIT.
Were at Lancaster on Tuesday Even-ing
Where They Performed Before
Past Grands' Association.
Forty-nine Odd Fellows journeyed
from this place to Lancaster on a
special trolley on Tuesday evening.
Among them was the degree staff of
Lititz Lodge No. 1050, which had been
given the honor of conferring- the first
degree in the presence of the Past
Grands' Association of this county.
The staff has a wide-spread reputation
for the manner in which it does the
work. Two hundred 6dd Fellows from
Paradise, Quarryville, Elizabethtown,
Mt. Joy, Manheim, Ephrata,. New Hol-land,
Clay, Columbia, Lancaster, Kirk-wood
and Chaplain, Chester county,
were in attendance.
The local degree team' probably never
performed to better advantage, and
after the conferring of the degree re-ceived
much praise from all present.
The work was done in the F. O. E.
hall, after which a fine luncheon was
served to all in the Eagles' social room.
Twenty-seven men comprised the de-gree
team, as follows: Officers—Past
Grand, Joseph Herr; Supporters to
Past Grand, James Sesseman, Ezra
Hartranft; Vice Grand, Charles Zart-man;
Supporters to Vice Grand, David
Spickler, F. E. Schnerer; Chaplain,
M. W. Phillippi; Conductor, Henry
Heiserman; Degree Master, H. C.
Reedy; H. E. Workman, Ben. Fass,
L. C. Reedy, C. D. Haverstick, C. K.
Zartman, Harry Meiskey, Alva Leigh,
Wilson Sheneberger, C. B. Dussinger,
Floyd Stark, Harry Weidman, John
Heiserman, B. G. Weir, Harry Rein-hold,
H. B. Workman, Monroe Smith,
J. A. Sturgis, P. B. Furlow.
Real Estate Market
Hershey & Gibbel, real estate agents
sold the following properties on Tues-day:
For John Brian, a two-story frame
house and lot on the south side of New
street, Warwick, to Haydn K. Carper
for $1850.
For Haydn K. Carper, a two-story
frame house, on the north side of New
street, Warwick, to Daniel B. Eberly,
for $1000.
S U M PERSONAL I I S
LOCAL RESIDENTS GOING TO OTHER
PLACES.
Night Prowlers at Ezra Lutz's
On Saturday night between the hours
of 12 and 1 o'clock some person endeav-ored
to gain an entrance into the home
of Ezra Lutz on Cedar street by remov-ing
a screen from a window above the
porch roof. One of Mr. Lutz's daugh-ters
happened to hear the noise made
by the intruder and gave an alarm,
whereupon the fellow was seen to beat
a hasty retreat.
B"Sgy Collided with a Stump
Jonas Bucher, son of Henry Bucher,
residing near Lexington, met with a
driving accident at Rome on Sunday
evening while returning home. In try-ing
to avoid a collision with another
conveyance he drove into a large stump
alongside the road, which caused his
buggy to upset. Bucher was thrown
out of the vehicle and badly bruised, his
right foot being dislocated. The buggy
was partly demolished, the shafts and
top being broken and other parts dam-aged.
The young man and the horse
were taken home by a friend who hap- !
pened to be in Bucher's company,
The Fall Season of the Year a Pleasant
Time for Goers and Comers
Mr. Alvin Mumma and family spent
Sunday at Ronks.
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar A. Sturgis spent
Sunday at Terre Hill.
Mr. H. J. Pierson and family are
visiting relatives at Lambertville, N. J.
Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Gingrich are
spending Thanksgiving day in Philadel-phia.
Roy Hassler, a student at the Mora-vian
College at Bethlehem, is home for
a few days.
Miss Edna Haldeman, of Akron, spent
Sunday in town with her sister, Mrs. C.
G. Spickler.
Mrs. Philip Blumenshine, of Mount-ville,
spent Saturday and Sunday with
her grandson, Mr. Charles Seigel and
wife.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Young, of Man-heim,
spent Saturday and Sunday with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Oehme
at this place.
Misses Julia Eaches and Miriam Nein
of Reading were the guests of the
former's brother at this place from Sat-urday
tu Sunday.
Morgan Fry, a pharmaceutical student
at Temple University, Philadelphia, is
spending i his Thanksgiving vacation
with his parents.
Mr. Laurence K. Grosh spent Tuesday
in Philadelphia attending a meeting of
the - American Burial Corporation, of
which he is a member.
Mr. Lloyd Smith, employed on the
Philadelphia Telegram, spent Saturday
and Sunday here with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. William Smith.
Mr. and Mrs. Aldus Royer and daugh-ter,
May, of Fulton House, spent
several days here with her parents Mr.
and Mrs. Urias Rollman.
Miss Lorraine Schrom, who had spent
some time in the western part of the
state, has returned to the home of her
sister Mrs. Elam Habecker.
Raymond Evans and Ernest Hagen,
students at the Nazareth Hall Military
Academy, are spending a short vacation
at the homes of their parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Ammon Longenecker,
residing at Lime Rock, left on Tuesday
for Goshen, Ind., where they will spend
about two weeks with her relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel W. Buch, of
Kissel Hill, announce the engagement
of their daughter Mary May to Charles
Henry Bechtel, of Philadelphia.
Eugene Weidler has taken a position
as bookkeeper in the John Longenecker
auto office at this place. Mr. Weidler
is a resident of Akron.
Messrs. H. H. Gingrich, J. H. Breite-gan
and P. F. Snyder attended a ban-quet
of the county bankers at the Ham-ilton
Club at Lancaster on last Thurday
evening.
Mrs. William Schneider, of Plant City,
Fla., accompanied by her daughter Miss
Jsephine, are spending several days
with thè former's brother Mr. John
Horting at Rome. They came north to
purchase Miss Josephine's wedding out:
fit in Philadelphia.
Edmund Faithful Peer, Esq., of Lon-don,
England, son of Col. C. J. Peer, of
the English Review of Reviews, is en-joying
Thanksgiving with Mr. and Mrs.
H. A. Cuppy. Miss Edith Woodruff, of
New York, is also spending Thanksgiv-ing
with the same couple.
Got His Just Dues
On Saturday evening a young man
hired a team from a local liveryman.
About 10 o'clock the owner of the rig
heard that his horse was standing in
front of a local business place much the
worse for exertion. Investigating, he
learned that the horse had been driven
to town from Lancaster in a race with
a trolley car. The liveryman took the
driver to task, but received a "big
mouth," whereupon he justly slapped
the fellow good and hard. Needless to
say he was not prosecuted, as the mer-ciless
driver was only too glad to escape
being arrested.
A Great Game.
There promises to be a fine game of
foot ball on the local gridiron this after-noon,
when the locals, greatly strength-ened
by Todd and Hardy, the star Ful-ton
A. C. players, will contest for
honors with the All-Scholastics of Co-lumbia.
The visiting eleven is com-posed
of former college boys and are
reputed to be a very tricky and fast
team, who have been playing school
teams all season. Game will be called
at 2.30 P. M.
—Gold Fish and supplies for sale by
GeorgeC. Miller, New Street, Warwick.
TBE NUPTIAL TIE.
Bomberger-Bomberger.
A pretty wedding was solemnized this
morning at 11 o'clock at Sunnyside, the
residence of Mr. and Mrs. Henry H.
Bomberger, situated a mile and a half
northwest of Lititz, when their daugh-ter,
Miss Hattie Eleanor, was united in
marriage to Mr. George Ernest Bom-berger,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Aldus Bom-berger,
of Anderson, Ind. Rev. E. S.
Hagen, pastor of the Moravian church
at this place, performed the ceremony
in the presence of about sixty invited
guests. The bride was given away by
Mr. A. H. Bomberger, an uncle, of Lit-itz.
She was attended by Miss Iva
Martin, of Millway, and Miss Katie Erb,
of East Petersburg. The groom's at-tendant
was Mr. Abram Bomberger, a
brother of the bride. The ushers were
Messrs.1 Harry Shreiner, of Halfville,
and Daniel Erb, of East Petersburg.
Mrs. Noah Eshleman of Penryn, a sister
of the bride, played Mendelssohn's wed-ding
march. The bride was attired in
a pretty gown of white messaline, while
her attendants wore blue messaline.
Laurel predominated in the decorations.
A sumptuous dinner was served after
the ceremony. The bride received many
beautiful and costly gifts. The newly-married
couple will leave for their fu-ture
home at Brooklyn, N. Y., on Sun-day,
where Mr. Bomberger holds a re-sponsible
position with the Sefton Man-ufacturing
Company. The RECORD ex-tends
congratulations and wishes them a
long and prosperous voyage in their
life's journey.
How the bride and groom became ac-quainted
with each other, is a very in-teresting
story, in which the RECORD
played a prominent part in romance.
Many years ago the groom's father re-signed
as clerk in Miller's store at this
place and moved to Anderson, Ind. Be-fore
leaving he subscribed for the
RECORD and has been a faithful reader
ever since. As the son grew into man-hood
he also became a reader of the pa-per,
and incidentally read news con-cerning
Mr. H. H. Bomberger and fam-ily,
then perfect strangers to the young
man. This led him to correspond with
Miss Bomberger, and which came to a
happy climax with today's wedding.
Married in Secret—Came Home With
his Bride.
Mr. and Mrs. Percy Dreifus of Phila-delphia
visited his parents at this place
from Saturday to Sunday. The couple
were wedded in Baltimore on July 19,
The bride's maiden name was Emily
Montague Wallace, of Philadelphia.
The wedding was kept a secret until a
few weeks ago, when the young man
came home on a visit and apprised his
parents of the fact. Young Dreifus is
a medical student of the Penna Univer-sity
in the Quaker City.
Chronister-WoJf.
Mr. Sherman Chronister, son of Mr.
and Mrs. John Chronister, of this place,
and Bertha Wolf, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Eli Wolf, of Akron, were united
in marriage at Camden, N. J., on Mon-day,
November 13. They went to
housekeeping in Philadelphia, where
Mr. Chronister is employed.
Leed-Hacker.
Edgar G. Leed, son of Mr. and Mrs.
William Leed, New Holland, and Lizzie
K., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob
Hacker, Ephrata, were privately mar-ried
by Rev. Marvin H. Stettler, at his
parsonage, Perkiomen avenue, Reading.
The couple was unattended. The bride
was attired in a brown traveling gown.
Immediately after the ceremony the
couple left on a short wedding trip. They
will reside at New Holland. Mr. Leed
is a silk weaver. Both bride and groom
are well-known in Lititz.
Eckert-Williams.
On Saturday afternoon at the U. B.
parsonage, Rev. J. E. Keene united in
holy matrimony Mr. Edwin Eckert of
Halfville and Miss Alice Williams of
Lexington. They were unattended.
Young-Moyer.
On Saturday evening, Nov. 25, Mr.
Clayton Young, of Rothsville, and Miss
Katie Moyer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
John S. Moyer, of Ephrata, were united
in marriage by Rev. O. T. Moyer, at his
residence on North State St., Ephrata.
Miss Gilbert's Recital.
The recital to be given by Miss Syl-via
Gilbert in the Linden Hall gymna-sium
on Saturday evening, December
9, bids fair to draw a crowded house.
Miss Gilbert, who is instructor of elo-cution
and English at the seminary, is
well-known for her rare ability as a
reader, and her charming personality
adds much to make her efforts highly
pleasing. Tickets for the event can be
purchased at Habecker's bookstore.