Lititz Record

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VOL. XXXV LIT[TZ PA. THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 13,1912. NO. 39
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HAPPENINGS ABOUT TBE TOWN AN
VICINITY.
Short and Snappy Paragraphs of Inter-est
to Every Reader.
A boy's good coat, found on the base
ball grounds, awaits the owner at Wayne
Longenecker's restaurant.
Miss Annie Meek of Ephrata was
given a handkerchief surprise on Sat
urday. A number of them came from
Lititz.
An important meeting of the 4th of
July Springs Committee will be held in
the council chamber next Wednesday
evening.
Andrew Bruckhart, residing at Rome
started a dairy on Monday and is mak
ing daily trips around the town, selling
milk at 6 cents a quart.
The season for bass and pike will open
on Saturday, June 15. The followers of
Isaac Walton are getting their fishing
tackle into shape.
There will be a joint meeting of the
four circles of King's Daughters in the
Bible Class room of the Moravian S. S
chapel on Friday evening, June 14, at
7.30.
L. S. Reedy bought from W. H. Muth
a lot fronting 35 feet on Spruce street
and 200 feet in depth for $420. Mr.
Reedy intends erecting- a two-story
brick house thereon at once.
County Superintendent Daniel
Fleisher examined 21 young persons
4 gentlemen and 17 ladies, in the Lititz
High School room last Friday. All re
ceived teachers'certificates.
Dr. S. R. Posey, at present connected
with the Lancaster General Hospital,
has rented Miss Louisa Graver's house
on S. Broad street, and will begin prac
tice at this place about July 1.
A hunting case watch was found
along the road between Brunrterville
and Zartman's mill. Owner can get it
by calling and proving property at the
home of GEO. STRAUSS, R. D. 1, Lititz.
Next week farmers will begin hay-making.
The longest day customarily
is the day to cut the grass; this year,
however, many will begin earlier, as the
clover fields are unusually heavy, some
of it being lodged.
Lancaster had a horse show last week.
I t was a success in so far as the exhibits
were concerned, but the general public
would not tolerate being robbed for ad-mission
and grand stand seats besides,
consequently the attendance was not so
great.
An enthusiastic meeting of the busi-ness
Men's Assn. was held on Wednes-day
evening. Messrs, Stephan, Potts,
Singer and Sprecher, of Ephrata were
present and made stirring addresses.
A fine supper followed at Snavely's
restaurant.
Calcium chloride was again put on
East Main street along the business
section this week. All in all it is a good
dust allayer, the only objection being
that it does not last long enough, as
this is the second time it has been ap-plied
to this street this spring.
We call attention to the ad on page
8 of Geo. Lamparter's Sons, of Lancas-ter,
who pay the highest cash prices for
dead animals which they remove very
promptly from all parts of the county,
having recently purchased an auto truck
for this purpose. They can be reached
on both phones, day and night. In cal-ling
them be sure to secure the right
party.
The W. C. T. U. will hold a Flower
Mission meeting on Monday evening,
June 17th, at 7 o'clock in the home of
Mrs. Sara Jenkins. The superintend-ents
of the department will arrange the
program. Flowers will be sent to Lan-caster
hospitals and almshouse every
Thursday during the summer. Please
send bouquets to Mrs. Mary Guiles not
later than 11 o'clock in the'morning.
The four circles of King's Daughters
will hold a cherry festival on Satur-day,
June 12, in the Market House.
This is the first time the King's Daugh-teas
have asked the public to aid them
and they hope the public will respond.
This, festival will be held to raise money
to buy a wheeling chair to be given out
to some poor unfortunate person who is
not able to buy one. The King's Daugh-ters
work is to help the poor, the sick
and the shut-ins, and should be well
supported.
Night Watchman Employed.
Clarence Kreider is now employed as
a night watchman by a number of the
business men of town. He started duty
on Wednesday night and makes the
rounds at short intervals. Needless to
say he is well armed and woe to the
man who endeavors to carry on any
thefts hereafter.
THIEVES AT HERRON & CO.'S AGAIN
Alarm Set Off When Door Was Forced
Open and They Fled.
Thieves visited this borough early on
Tuesday morning and Herron & Co's
clothing store, corner of Juniper alley
and Broad street, again was the scene
of their operations. As on the morning
of May 10, when thieves were discover-ed
and put to rout just in the nick of
time, to prevent them from getting
away with clothing valued at $400 which
they had put in bags, the midnight mar-auders
did not succeed in securing any
plunder for their efforts. Floyd Stark,
who resides in the house adjoining the
clothing store, was awakened about two
o'clock by the ringing of the burglar
alarm at the store. He lost no time in
dressing and proceeding to find out the
the cause of the alarm. When he got
to the store he saw the front door ajar,
whereupon Stark ran to the Springs
Hotel and arroused Mr. Herron.
. Revolver in hand the two went to the
store, but the thieves were undoubtedly
frightened away by the ringing of the
alarm, as they were no where to be seen.
An examination proved that they had
not stolen anything.
The thieves confined their operations
for entrance to the building to the front
door. Despite the fact that there are
two heavy locks on it, they succeeded,
by the aid of a "jimmy," in forcing the
locks. This operation surely required
considerable time and labor and the door
bears many marks of their efforts.
No elue as to the identity of the mar-auders
has thus far been secured. It is
believed, however, that they came in a
vehicle, as a wagon was heard in the
vicinity about two o'clock. The general
opinion is that it was the same party
which was frustrated on May 10. They
are, is Mr. Herron's opinion, well ac-quainted
with the store. At that time
entraince was gained by cutting the
glass pane out of the door. Since then,
heavy iron bars have been put on the
doors, and the thieves were compelled
to force the door.
flf iL WENGE
FIVE YOUNG LADIES GRADUATED FROM
THE ILLUSTRIOUS INSTITUTION
Sermon to Graduates, Class Day Exer-cises,
Alumnae Meetings, Concert,
Exhibits and Commencement Proper
Proved Highly Interesting.
To Wind Up Defunct Lititz National
Bank Affairs.
The securities of the defunct Lititz
National bank, which closed its doors
three years ago, will be sold at public
sale at the Springs hotel, this borough,
on Friday evening, June 28, at 7 o'clock.
There is a large list of them, ranging in
face value from $10 to $11,000. The af-fairs
of the bank will be closed up as
soon as possible after the sale, and it is
expected that the shareholders will get
a small dividend out of the proceeds of
the sale.
A Dog's Devotion.
"Ginger," the beautiful Pomeranian
dog owned by the late H. S. Kauffman,
has been missed on various occasions
since his master's death, only to be dis-covered
at the grave of Mr. Kauffman,
on the Moravian cemetery, to whom he
was greatly attached. The dog was
kept in the house at the time of the fun-eral,
but has displayed a rare animal
instinct and intelligence in finding the
last resting place of his devoted master.
Had a Finger Amputated.
Charles Dimler, a young man who re-sides
with Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Keener,
had the forefinger of his left hand
caught in the staying machine at the
Lithograph factory, where he was em-ployed,
on last Friday. The finger was
so badly lacerated that the attending
physician, Dr. J. C. Jenkins, had to
amputate it at the second joint.
Large Crowd Expected Here Next
Wednesday.
The picnic season at our ever popular
Spring grounds will be opened next
Wednesday when the annual reunion of
the Lutherans of Eastern Pennsylvania
will be held here. A very interesting
program, including addresses in the Ger-man
and English languages by able
speakers, has been prepared and the
event will be entertaining to all who at-tend.
Musicwillbe furnished by Beck's
Concert Band. Special trains will be
run over the Reading railroad and all
indications point to a large gathering of
Lutherans.
Picking Berries by Night.
J. W. Bruckart's strawberry patch at
the east end of Lititz has been raided
at night several times lately by young
men and boys. On Tuesday evening
three young fellows were raced by Mr.
Bruckart's son Albert, who captured
one of them. After their identity be-came
known Mr. Bruckart notified them
to come and settle for the damage done.
They settled. For the sake of their
families names are withheld. Others
that have been in the patch are likewise
known and unless they settle soon they
will be prosecuted.
In the language of Scripture, her
"youth is renewed like the eagle's," as
the years roll away. Ever alive to the
demands of the times, she constantly
widens the sphere of her usefulness, her
fame increases as the number of her
alumnae grows larger. From year, to
year this high-grade instutition for thè
higher education of young women has
been sending her graduates out into the
arena of active life, and they made and
preserved her reputation for her as they
exemplified in character and conduct
the high ideals of a noble womanhood
here inculcated and fostered in their
hearts and minds.
For one hundred and seventeen years
the Seminary has successfully carried
on its splendid work with eminently
satisfactory results. In its early days
the higher education of young women
was not generally regarded with favor
even in this free country of ours, and
the founding of the Seminary was very
much of an experiment. Since then
the idea of higher culture for women
has gained great popular favor, and in-stitutions
for the higher education of
women have been established in great
numbers in all parts of the country.
Some of them have gained greater
prominence than Linden Hall, but it is
no idle boast to say that not one of them
offers anything superior in theory and
practice on sane and sensible lines in
education to our own home institution.
We have heard many who are compe-tent
to judge testify tp thateffect,; and
we know that it is a fact. '•••
Many able educators have been at
the head of the institution, and all of
them did good work. During the last
fifteen years Rev. Chas. D. Kreider
held the principalship, and he filled the
position with diligence. Many regret
the necessity that compels him to retire;
but a worthy successor has already been
elected in the person of Rev. E. S.
Hagen. The latter is well known to
the community and to the friends of the
Seminary and we have no fears for the
institution under his management. The
spirit of the institution will continue to
be conservatively progressive, and the
high aim of the institution will continue
to be to qualify its students to enjoy
life rationally and to be a power for
good in their respective communities by
illustrating in themselves the yalue- of
cultivated brains.
The program for the 117th commence-ment,
which follows, presents features
of unusual attractiveness and the ex-ercises
were replete with interest.
Sermon to the Graduating Class.
The beginning of the commencement
exercises at Linden Hall was on Sunday
morning, when the principal, Rev. C.
D. Kreider, delivered the sermon to the
graduating class. His introductory re-marks
were based on the message of
confidence, of faith, of hope, and if pos-sible,
of enthusiasm. But before pro-ceeding
any farther, he stated that
some one else generally preached the
sermon to the graduates, but took oc-casion
at this time to do so himself- at
this opportune time. He took for his
text the words of St. Paul, found in the
fifteenth chapter of his first letter to
the Corinthians and part of the 24th
verse, which reads, "Then cometh the
end." He said in part: "I would have
you carry these three lessons with you
through life: 1. That to everything
there is a certain end; 2. That each end
is but the sign of a new beginning; 3.
That the character Of each end depends
upon our own character and how much
we have wrought of ourselves into the
time and the task which has been ours. "
"Not for life but for eternity let us
labor; as we spend life so we end life.
The ending of our journey is only the
beginning of another. School days are
over, but it is your commencement.
Before you lies the future, made radiant
with all the allurements of fancy, the
land of your dreams." The sermon
was most ably prepared and well de-livered,
in fact one of the best to a
graduating class we ever heard.
Preceding the sermon Mr. Norman
Hertzler sang "The Lord is my Light;"
Miss Erla Garber and Mr. Hertzler sang
"Twilight." Mr. Irvin E. Deer, the
assistant principal elect, read the Gos-pel
lesson. After the sermon Rev. E.
S. Hagen, the principal elect, offered a
prayer and the service closed by the
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RECEIVED THEIR LAST SUMMONS
Mrs. Joseph Graybill.
Lizzie, wife of Joseph Graybill, resid-ing
one mile southwest of Clay, died at
8 p. m. Saturday of a complication of
diseases, after an illness of two weeks,
aged 69 years, 2 months and 18 days.
Her husband and one daughter, Mary
Catharine, wife of Graybill G. Landis
of near Lititz, survive. Mrs. Benjamin
K. Miller of Mountville, and Mrs. Elias
Bomberger of Manheim are surviving
sisters. The funeral was held from her
late home Wednesday. Services were
conducted by the Revs. John Bucher
and Noah Landis at Hammer Creek
Meiinonite meeting house, and inter-ment
was made in the adjoining ceme-tery.
Former Lititz Resident Dead.
Benjamin H. Kegerreise, one of the
most widley known citizens of Denver,
died on Monday, aged 74 years, 11
months and 1 day, death being caused
by a stroke of apoplexy "which he sus-tained
on Wednesday of last week. He
is survived by a wife, Amanda, and a
sister, Mrs: Polly Ruth, of Reinholds.
Mr. Kegerreise was engaged in the coal
and lumber business at Lititz and at
Reinholds, but for the last twenty
years has been a resident of Denver,
where he was engaged for a number of
of years in building and in the improve-ment
and sale of real estate. In recent
years, owing to failing health, he has
not been very active. He was for a
number of years a member of the bor-ough
council, and served for a while as
water superintendent. He was one of
the organizers, and a director from the
time of its organization up to the time
of his death, of the Denver National
Bank.
The funeral will be held from his late
home at 9.30 a. m. Friday. Services
will be conducted by the Rev. W. W.
Fridinger in the U. B. church, and in-terment
will be made in the Fairview
cemetery at Denver.
LOCAL RESIDENTS GOING
PLACES.
TO OTHER
You and Your Friends Who Come
and Go for Business and Pleasure.
Dresses 102 Years Old Presented
Linden Hall.
to
Two dresses made in 1810 were pre-sented
to Linden Hall Seminary on Mon-day.
They were made by a Miss Kapp,
who was a student at the Seminary at
that time, and despite the fact that
they are 102 years old are in a fine state
of preservation. The goods used was
a very fine lawn, and the hand em
broidery work on the dresses was very
beautiful. Misses Kapp, of, Northum-berland,
Pa., are the donors and, owing
to thé fact that they were unable to at-tend
commencement exercises, sent the
dresses. They were on exhibition in
the Domestic Science Department room
on Tuesday and inspected with interest
by all who attended. It was the con-census
of opinion that the present day
styles of dresses are very similar to
those of a century ago.
Off on a Big Trip.
Valentine Brobst, son of Dr. J. C.
Brobst, of this place, left yesterday on
an extensive southern and western trip,
accompanied by his cousin Geo. K.
Fisher, of Philadelphia. They sailed
from New York to New Orleans, where,
after a few days sojourn, they resume
their trip for the Pacific coast via the
Southern Pacific railway. They will
visit Los Angeles and San Francisco,
Cal., and Portland, Oregon, where a
brother of the latter resides. On the
return trip they will stop at Salt Lake
City, Denver, St. Louis and Chicago.
They will be gone about five weeks, and
on doubt will have an enjoyable trip.
Last Thursday's Storm.
A severe storm passed over this sec-tion
about U A. M. last Thursday, and
the rain descended in torrents, about 2
inches falling in as many hours. Pre-ceding
the downpour it was as dark as
night. A bolt of lightning struck the
chimney of Menno Brubaker's house on
Front street, Warwick, following it
down to the kitchen and out the stove.
Mrs. Brubaker, who was preparing din-ner
at a gas range nearby, saw a flash
of fire and smoke and was considerably
frightened. The chimney was consider-ably
damaged.
Man Struck by Lightning.
During the heavy ' thunderstorm
Thursday of last week Samuel Eby, Jr.,
residing near Elm, was struck by a bolt
of lightning and the wonder is that he is
alive today. He was knocked down and
for about four hours was unconscious
from the effects. He is now again
abput as usual. Mr. Eby pertainly pas-sed
through a remarkable experience.
—Dorothy Schwartz of Lancaster, 4
years old, died from burns received in
rying to light a candy cigar.
Miss Elsie Huber of Philadelphia is
visiting her brothers and sisters in town.
Mr. Paul Evans of Philadelphia visit-ed
his parents here from Saturday to
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. B. Frank Druckenmiller
and children are visiting relatives at
Allentown.
Mrs. A. C. Pfautz and son Irvin are
visiting her son Monroe Pfautz and wife
at Olean, N. Y.
Mrs. Samuel Berlin of Berwick, Pa.,
is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
-Albert Gochenour.
Mr. Christ. Neff, employed at Eliza-bethtown,
spent Sunday with his mother,
Mrs. G. D. Shreiner.
Mrs. Henry Stark of Reading is visit-ing
Horace E. Sturgis and family and
other Lititz relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Abram 'Kurtz of Lan-caster
were the guests of Mr. and Mrs.
C. N. Derr on Sunday.
Mr. Harry Brubaker, of Columbia,
was the guest Of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar
A. Sturgis on Saturday.
Mrs. Frank Leinbach and son of Eph-rata
spent several days here with her
»mother Mrs. Amelia Miller.
Miss Dorothy Fry of Nazareth is
yisiting Lititz relatives and friends, she
being a native of this place.
Mr. and Mrs. Abram Newcomer, of
¿Landisville, spent Saturday and Sunday
with Mr. John McCloud and family.
, Mr. and Mrs. William Templeton, of
Lancaster, spent Sunday with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Weidman.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Miksch and Mr.
and Mr». Charles Siege! spent Sunday
with Mr. Siegel's parents at Mountville.
Mr. Howard Hollinger, employed on
the Honey Brook Graphic, Chester
county, spent Saturday and Sunday
here with his parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Levi Zimftierman, resid-ing
near Camp Hill, York county, spent
several days with the several Bucher
families in this vicinity.
Mr. L. K. Grosh and family take up
their cottage at Mount Gretna to-mor-row,
where they will spend the greater
part of the summer.
Mrs. W. E. Fasnacht, who spent a
month in Kansas, Texas and other
states, returned home last Saturday.
She.had a very enjoyable trip.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hacker and his
parents-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Swartz, of Talmage, called on Lititz
relatives and friends last Sunday.
Menno Brubaker took Charles Stein-metz
and wife and also Mrs. J. F.
Stoner to Sheafferstown in his auto last
Saturday to attend the funeral of a
relative.
Mrs. Martha Becker, of Ephrata,
paid a visit to her former neighbors and
friends in our town on Wednesday.
Mrs. Becker is past 83, but quite active
for one of her age.
Mrg. M. H. Taggart, of Lock Haven,
Pa., a former citizen and at one time a
teacher at Linden Hall, was one of the
interested hearers at the commencement
exercises this week.
Miss Fanny Wenger of Paradise was
the guest of Miss Mary M. Buch at
Kissel Hill for several days this week.
Miss Wenger and Miss Buch were class-mates
at Linden Hall Seminary.
Mr. Charles Gohn, wife and two chil-dren,
Mr. and Mrs. Wash Walker of
Columbia, and Mrs. Michael Maurey of
Philadelphia were entertained by Mr.
and Mrs. Wm. Mathers on Sunday.
Jacob Weidner, who is serving his
thirteenth year in the U. S. navy and
at present turret captain on the Con-necticut,
is spending a week with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Weid-ner
of Warwick.
President George F. Bear, of the
Reading railroad, passed through town
on Wednesday in his special train, to
and from the commencement exercises
at Franklin and Marshall college, Lan-caster,
of which he is president.
Mrs. Ella Keim, of Annapolis, Md.,
and two daughters of Baltimore, Md.,
came to participate in the commence-ment
exercises at Linden Hall. The
former was a pupil here upwards of
forty years ago and has not been here
since.
Mr. John R. Shirk, Mrs. Love, of
South Bend, Ind , and Mrs. Carey, of
Lopaz, Ind., spent Wednesday with
Charles S. Landis and family. Mr.
Shirk is a native of Schdeneck, this
county, and: although up in the seventies,
was pleased to come east once again.
JR. 0. U. A. M. CONVENTION.
Councils of the County Met In Annual
Session Here On Saturday—Had a
Fine Street Parade.
The convention of the Lancaster coun-ty
association of the Jr. O. U. A. M.
was held at this place on Saturday.
Sessions were held in the lodge hall of
the Rudy building, morning afternoon
and evening, and representatives were
in attendance from all the councils in
the county. Lititz Springs Council No.
197 had made preparations for the event
and the visitors appeared more than
pleased with the hearty welcome given
them during their sojourn in our midst.
At the morning session, held at 9
o'clock, the adoption of laws to govern
the convention, nomination of officers,
etc., occupied the time, tegether with
reports from the various county councils.
Charles Winower, of Lancaster, the
president, called the convention to order.
Burgess M. J. Steiner made the address
of welcome, which was responded to by
H. R. Bickel, of Lancaster.
The afternoon session was called to
order at 1 o'clock. Officers were elect-ed
and Mt. Joy selected as the place for
holding the next convention. A resolu-tion
was adopted endorsing William
Gundaker, of Lancaster, an ardent
worker of the order, for state vice
councilor. The state board of officers
were present and made brief eongratu-tory
remarks.
A parade was held at 4 o'clock and
the thoroughfares along the main streets
were well-lined with persons Ih5
route was over the principal streets of
town. The Iroquois band of Lancaster
headed the demonstration and made a
fine appearance.! Our citizens decorated
in good style for the occasion and the
national colors were displayed on every
hand. "
The order of the parade was as fol-lows:
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Chief Marshal, Harry Bender. Aids
Morris Frederick and Henry Hess.
Messrs. John Longenecker, John
Habecker and Thomas StefEy, respec-tively,
with autos containing state and
county officers. " '
Aids Horace Sturgis, Wayne Gantz ;
and Elmer Badorf.
Iroquois band
Companies A. and B. Guards of Lan-caster
Good of the Order Association
Millersville band
' Manor Council
Aids Ira Nies, Wm. Killian, Floyd
Bender
Denver band
Akron Council
Beck's band
Lititz Springs Council
Jay Council
The latter carried the flag won last
year for showing the biggest increase
in membership. About 400 men were
in line and some fine drills were executed
by the various Guards of the order.
The evening meeting was open to the
public and largely attended. An excel-lent
program was rendered. Hack-man's
orchestra furnished the instru-mental
music and there were solos,
recitations, and addresses.
Wagon Damaged in Runaway.
A spring wagon owned by Dr. H.
Walters, of Rothsville, ;#as badly dam-aged
in a runaway near Huebener's
bretzel bakery on Monday afternoon.
The vehicle was in charge of Harvey
Shoemaker, and contained three cases
of cigars which were being taken from
the Kinport factory here to the one at
Rothsville. While Shoemaker was in
the bretzel bakery the horse attached
to the wagon took fright and slipping
the bridle, started off on a gallop. In
endeavoring to make a sharp turn at the
corner of the alley leading along the
Spring grounds the vehicle collided with
a post and turned topsy-turvy. The one
side and a front wheel were demolished,
and the harness was badly torn. The
horse freed himself and ran to the home
of Samuel Steffy, who caught him...
The smokers were not damaged.
Two Large Barns Raised.
On Thursday last a fine frame barn,
48x58 feet, was raised on the farm of
Rev. Aaron Wenger near Erb's meet-ing
house in a half day by 85 men.
Milton Nauman, of Naumansville, was
the boss carpenter. An excellent din-ner
was served after the job was com -
pleted. The structure is a modern one
in every respect with tin ropf.
On Monday a barn, with all concrete
walls, 60x100 feet, was raised on the
farm of Nathan B. Minnich in Penn
township, in a little over a half-day by
125 men. Cyrus Kauffman, of Elm, was
the boss carpenter. Three ministers of
the gospel, Revs. Joseph Boll, Nathan
Fahnestock and Linn. B. Longenecker,
were in attendance and did their full
share of the work. An elegent dinner
was served to all.