Lititz Record

              LITITZ RECORD
An Independent Family Newspaper, Devoted to Literature, Agriculture, Local and General Intelligence.
VOL. XXXVII I LITITZ, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 14,1915. NO. 18
EVENTS CONCISELY TOLD
INTERESTING THINGS THAT HAPPEN
TOWN AND VICINITY.
IN
I t e m s of Minor Mention, So to Speak
but of Interest to t h e Average Reader
at Home and Abroad.
The regular quarter sessions court
will begin at Lancaster next Monday.
Mrs. A. R. Beck had many callers on
Monday in honor of her seventy-sixth
birthday.
S. E. Lane shipped three carloads of
1913 tobacco to N. D. Alexander at Lan-caster
last week.
A Moravian Sunday-school roll of
honor gold pin was found on East Main
street, and the loser can recover same
by calling at this office.
A gents' gray undressed kid glove
was lost somewhere about town on Sun-day,
Jan. 3. Finder will confer a favor
by returning to this office.
Mrs. D. D. Graul had mariy callers
last Saturday in honor of her fiftieth
birthday anniversary. All who called
were served with refreshments.
Owing to repairs being made to their
engine, the Ideal Cocoa and Chocolate
Co. was furnished with power from the
Edison Electric Co.'s line on Monday. -
Thirty two members of St. Paul's
Lutheran Sunday-school attended every
session during 1914 and on Sunday they
were presented with bibles and books
by the school.
Miss.Estella Grosh and Mrs. T. Stevens
Grosh served light luncheon to the
gathering of the Moravian Sewing Soci-ety
in their rooms in the Moravian chapel
on Tuesday afternoon.
Little wonder that photographers are
so popular among their fellow men. The
motto of a Texas camera man explains
it all. Itreads: "Where there is beauty
we take it, where there is none we make
i t ."
After the union services in the United
Evangelical church on Wednesday even-ing
of last week someone secured Wil-son
Gantz's umbrella, and he would
greatly appreciate the return of the
same.
Mr. David Fisher of Lancaster, grand
deputy, installed the officers of Court
Lititz No. 296 F. of A. on Wednesday
evening. All members are requested to
attend a smoker of the order on Wed-nesday,
January 27.
The Rev. J. W. Meminger, D. D.,
pastor of St. Paul's Reformed church,
Lancaster, will address a mass meeting
on Sunday afternoon, January 17, at 3
o'clock, in the United Evangelical church
under the auspices of the local No-
License League.
Charles Kratzert, of Neffsville, em-ployed
by Electrician R. J. Kofroth,
sustained a painful injury on Monday.
He was taking sockets apart when the
screw driver he was using slipped and
entered the palm of his left hand to the
depth of almost an inch.
The traction company has put a new
rule into effect at this place. Persons
who intend leaving town on the trolley
may no longer board the car before it
reaches the terminus at this place.
Heretofore many passengers boarded
the car as it came into town so as to be
sure of a seat.
Six-year-old Boy a Soloist
A most interesting part of Sunday's
session of Trinity United Evangelical
Sunday-school, was the rendition of vo-cal
solos by what is believed to be the
youngest boy soloist in the state. He is
Daniel Gohn aged 6 years, of Columbia,
who was visiting relatives here with his
mother. The little fellow sang in both
the Primary Department and the main
school, and a large audience does not
disturb him in the least. He has an ex-cellent
voice and his singing truly is
sweet.
They Were Speaking
"Dutch"
Pennsylvania
Brother H. L. Eschbach, of North
Dakota, who is visiting friends here-abouts,
where he loves to come and is
always sure of a hearty welcome, relates
an amusing incident. He was seated on
a well-filled train while enroute here
when a man came and sat beside him.
It does not take Horace long to get
acquainted and in a short time he dis-covered
that his friend was a native of
Lebanon county. Then of course Mr.
Eschbach began talking to him in Penn-sylvania
"Dutch," which greatly de-lighted
his companion, who had not
spoken the tongue for years, but who
nevertheless had not forgotten how.
They conversed in "Dutch" for some
time, when a gentleman in the seat
ahead turned around and with a smile
on his face said: "What language is
that you two are using ? " Horace and
his friend smilingly told him that it was
Pennsylvania "Dutch." We suppose it
does sound foreign to one unacquainted
with it but we are glad that we can talk
it just the same. Gel, Horace ?
PROGRAM OF TEACHERS' INSTITUTE
To Be Held in t h e Local High School on
Saturday Morning and A f t e r n o on
The presence of Dr. Fleisher, county
superintendent of schools, is expected
at the thirtieth annual teachers' insti-tute
of the district comprising this bor-ough
and Warwick, Elizabeth and Mar.-
heim townships, to be held in the local
High School building on Saturday.
There will be morning and afternoon
sessions, and a large number of the
teachers of the district are sure to at-tend.
An excellent progam of timely
topics to all interested in the great work
of teaching has been arranged and will
be interspersed with vocal and instru-mental
music.
The institute is not only for teachers
but the public in general in cordially in-vited
to attend and take part in the dis-cussions.
Just as laymen in church or-ganizations
have suggested movements
which led to great results, so citizens
not officially connected with the public
schools can suggest ideas which will be
of much value. The program for the
sessions is as follows:
9.30 A. M. — Devotional Exercises,
Rev. A. de G. Vogler; President's Ad-dress,
Mr. Guy K. Bard; Discussion,
The Best Means of Testing a Pupil's
Ability, Mr. Frank Miller, Mr. L. W.
Leiter; Recitation, Miss Elizabeth
Dashler; Essay, Development, Miss
Emma Warfel; Discussion, What besides
Teaching may the Teacher do for the
Community, Miss Mabel Adair; Music;
A Talk on Reading, Miss Lillian John-son,
Millersville S. N.' S.
1.30 P. M.—Music, Lititz High School
Orchestra; Discussion—Essentials in
Arithmetic, Miss Anna K. Miller; Reci-tation,
Miss Sarah Garvin; Disscussion,
To what Extent Ought Agriculture be
Taught in our Schools, Mr. M. G. Bru-baker;
Music; Discussion—Centraliza-tion
of Schools, Mr. Arthur P. Mylin;
Vocal Solo, Miss Erla Garber; Address,
Dr. V. W. Dippel, F. & M. College.
Among the Sick
Mr. Samuel Rapp, residing on Spruce
street, was overcome with a severe at-tack
of acute indigestion last week.
We are glad to say he is about again.
Mrs. Irwin Smith, residing on Spruce
street, was attacked with acute indiges-tion
last Saturday evening and foi* a
time she was in a precarious condition.
Charles Zartman is confined to the
house with what appeared to be symp-toms
of typhoid fever, but at last re-ports
he is on the mend.
Mrs. A. S. Longenecker is ill with an
attack of septic tonsilitis. She ia on a
fair way to recovery from all appear-ances
which will be most welcome news
to her host of friends.
Harry Adams is ill with an attack of
tonsilitis and kidney trouble.
As a result of a fall Mrs. Frank Marks
sprained her back and sustained internal
injuries which confine her to bed.
RECEIVED LASTSUMMONS
NUMEROUS PERSONS CALLED TO THE
GREAT BEYOND.
Basket Ball Notes
The S. R. C. basket ball five was
scheduled to play the strong Spring
Grove team at this place on Saturday
evening, but the latter team has cancel-led.
Manager Shott is endeavoring to
arrange a game but as yet has not been
successful. In case a game is played
the Lititz team will consist of all home
players for this contest as the out-of-town
men could not be secured for Sat-urday.
On Saturday the Linden Hall Seminary
five will go to Bethlehem where they
will play the team representing Mora-vian
Seminary. The locals have a fast
team and are confident of a victory.
Encountered High Water
On Tuesday evening Levi Yerger con-veyed
seventeen members of Lititz
Springs Council No. 197 0. of I. A. to
Lancaster. The party had quite a peri-lous
trip coming home, during all the
rain and wind which prevailed. A short
distance north of the Church of the
Brethren Home the water covered the
road to a depth that almost reached the
engine of the auto. To add to the trouble
a chain on one of the wheels came off,
but Mr. Yerger brought the party home
safely.
Will Go Through Panama Canal
John Grazer, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Michael Grazer, of this place, who went
to Philadelphia last week for the purpose
of securing a position as a machinist on
a steamship, was successful. On Jan.
22 he will sail on the ship Great North-ern,
going through the Panama canal to
the Panama exposition at San Francisco.
It will take 16 days to make the trip.
The Great Northern is a model passen-ger
vessel of recent construction. It
has a speed of 24 knots an hour and is
an oil-burning vessel of the turbine
engine type. Before the completion of
the canal it would have taken months
to make the trip from Philadelphia to
California. This is not Mr. Grazer's
first experience on board ship, as he
was a machinist on a vessel which sailed
between Seattle, Wash., and China and
Japan.
Death of Elizabeth B. Longenecker
Miss Elizabeth B. Longenecker died
on Thursday morning, January 7, at
the home of her brother, L. B. Longe-necker,
a mile and a half southwest of
Lititz, from the effects of a stroke with
which she was stricken about two weeks
ago. Miss Longenecker was in her
seventy-seventh year and she was a
member of the Brethren Church. She
is also survived by two sisters, Mrs.
Nathaniel Minnich, of Penryn, and Mrs.
Christian Snyder of near Lititz. Miss
Longenecker was an estimable lady, a
good and charitably disposed friend and
neighbor who did a good deal for those
in need. The funeral was held on Mon-day
morning at 9 o'clock at the house
and at 10 o'clock at Longenecker's
Church. Interment was made in the
cemetery adjoining the church.. Revs.
Israel Graybill, Nathan Fahnestock, I.
W. Taj lor and Hiram Gibbel officiated.
with whom the deceased resided. One
brother also survives, John Snyder, of
Bismarck, Lebanon county. The funer-al
will be held on Sunday morning at 10
o'clock at Kreider's meeting house; in-terment
in the adjoiuing cemetery.
Death of A b r a h am C. Buffenmyer
Abraham C. Buffenmyer died at his
home, in Penn township, near Manheim
borough, on Saturday afternoon, aged
sixty-three years. He is survived by
his wife and the following children:
John, Penn township; Benjamin, Leb-anon
county; Harry, Wernersville; Mrs.
Harry Nauman, Rapho township; Mrs.
Monroe Plasterer, Mrs. John Helt, Man-heim
borough; Mrs. Harry Graybill,
Elm; Mrs. Herman Shenk, East Peters-burg;
Mrs. Tobias Stehman, Penn town-ship.
He was a farmer, but retired
some years ago, and was a member of
the German Baptist church. The funer-al
was held on Tuesday morning at his
late home. Irtterment was made in the
cemetery adjoining Kreider's meeting
house.
Weil-Known Berks Countian Dead
Harry Y. Yocom, aged 65 years, one
of the most active church workers of
Berks county, and a member of one of
the most prominent families in the
county, died last Friday morning at his
home, TheBriarmere, Sheerlund, Cumru
township, from a complication of dis-eases.
Deceased was ill for the past
three months and for seven weeks was
bedfast. He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Lou Yocom (nee Yetter), and by
one brother, George Y. Yocom, of Shil-lington.
Deceased was well known for
his activity in church affairs. As a
member of Christ Union, known as
Yocom's church, he was the president
of the Luther League, an elder of the
congregation, superintendent of the
Sunday-school, and vice president of
the Luther League of Berks county.
Mr. Yocom began his business career
in Reading in the offices of A. S. Boas
&Co., lumber dealers, and later in the
general store of E. S. Ammon. In 1882
he went into the general store business
for himself at Lincoln, this county,
where he continued for seven years.
He then erected a factory in Wyomissing
where for some years he conducted a
successful business in the manufacture
of half hose. Socially and in business
matters he had a host of friends in Berks
and Lancaster counties, and was well
known in Lititz.
Death of Mrs. Mary M. Strickler
Mrs. Mary M. Strickler, of Penn
township, near Manheim borough, died
very suddenly on Saturday evening, aged
forty-nine years, six months and two
days. Her death was caused by heart
trouble. She is survived by her husband
and the following children: Annabel,
Mary, Howard Gilbert; also by her
father John Kopp, Lebanon, and the
following brothers and sisters: Mrs.
Ephraim Rhoads, Lititz R. F. D. No. 3;
Mrs. Ruth Raymor, Cleveland, Ohio;
Alice, at home; John Kopp, Chicago;
William Kopp, Lititz; Harvey Kopp,
Lancaster; Oliver Kopp, Lebanon. She
was a member of St. Paul's Reformed
church, Manheim. The funeral was
held Wednesday at St. Paul's Reformed
church, Manheim. Interment made in
Fairview cemetery.
Death of Henry S. Snyder
Henry S. Snyder, a well-known resi-dent
of Manheim borough, died at the
home of his son, Samuel, at 8 o'clock on
Wednesday morning, from ulcers of the
stomach, aged seventy-nine years, three
months and twelve days. He was a
member of the Church of the Brethren,
and for many years followed the occu-pation
of shoemaker at Sporting Hill.
Cassius, of Royersford; Lizzie, wife of
John Kauffman, of near Lancaster Junc-tion;
Calvin, of Manheim; David, of
East Petersburg; Mary, wife of Herman
Shelley, of Sporting Hill, and Samuel,
Death of Israel Hostetter
Israel O. Hostetter died on Wednes-day
night, January 6, at St. Joseph's
hospital from a complication of diseases,
after an illness of two months. Mr.
Hostetter lived for many years with the
late Leman Shirk at Oregon. He was
seventy-six years old. He was a native
of Millport, Warwick township. The
wife is dead, but there is a son, Samuel
H., a jeweler, of Parkesburg. The
funeral was held Sunday at the Landis
Valley Mennonite meeting house. In-terment
was made in the family burial
ground on the Hostetter farm near Mill-port.
Farmer Injured in Runaway
Levi Longenecker, a farmer residing
at Lime Rock, west of Lititz, sustained
a sprain of the left arm and numerous
slight body bruises on Monday afternoon
as the result of a runaway. He was
driving a team of horses through a field
and the rattling of the boards in the
floor of the wagon, due to the rough
surface of the field, presumably frigh-tened
the horses and they started on a
wild run. The horses upset the wagon
throwing Longenecker out and then the
animals broke from the harness. The
wagon was somewhat damaged and
Longenecker escaped with the injuries
as above stated. Dr. Beamesderfer of
Manheim rendered the necessary medi-cal
attention.
COLUMN TO KEEP YOU IN TOUCH
WITH OLD AND NEW NAMES
F a rm Sold
John Enck sold his farm of 10 acres
at private sale to Frank Christ. This
is a desirable residence situated along
the old Horse Shoe turnpike at Brick-erville.
DESCRIBING THE GRAND
ALONG THE WAY
SCENERY
Meeting Friends Along the Route and
in the Golden State, Where Fruits
and Flowers are Enjoyed and Former
Lititzites are Greeted
PASADENA, Cal., J a n . 4, 1915.
DEAR RECORD READERS :
Since I am about three thousand miles
away from my home and dear people it
affords me extreme pleasure to tell you
about my journey to the Pacific coast.
I left my home at Lititz on December
10. After bidding farewell to my dear
people, who had accompanied me as far
as Lancaster, I was left to take the
journey by myself.
After a day and a night's ride I ar-rived
at Anderson, Ind., where I call-ed
on my cousins, Mr. and Mrs. George
Bomberger, the latter being formerly
from our home town of Lititz. Enjoy-ing
their hospitality for a few days I
bade them adieu and after another day's
ride reached Sterling, 111., where I vis-ited
in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jos.
U. Bucher, another of my cousins for-merly
from the east.
Speeding westward across the prairies
my next stop was at Ayr, Neb., where
my former Mount Joy friends, Mr. and
Mrs. Henry H. Hiestand, are now abid-ing.
Western farmers certainly do not
enjoy the conveniences the Eastern far-mers
do. Buildings are small and few
between and minus modern convenien-ces.
Leaving the plains we reach the Rock-ies
via the Denver and Rio Grande route,
which is noted for its picturesque scen-ery.
Leaving Denver the first freak of
the Rockies is seen. The Elephant Rock,
an enormous rock, faced us. Our train
arrives at Colorado Springs, noted as a
healthy summer resort. As Pikes Peak
cannot be ascended at this time of the
year, I pass on, soon reaching Canyon
City, where an observation car is at-tached
to our train of eight coaches
drawn by two engines, and we enter the
Royal Gorge of the Arkansas River. We
cross the hanging bridge where the
space is but ten yards; the bridge is
simply hanging in the wall of rock 2627
feet of red granite and gneiss sparkling
with mica, towering aloft on both sides.
The river here plunges from a high to a
low country, a distance of ten miles.
What a marvel of engineering and blast-ing
it required to build this road, costing
f r om $25,000 to $30,000 per mile, has
made it renowned the world over. Snow-capped
mountains dotted with ever-greens
are scenes beyond description.
Opposite the town of Buena Vista
rise the three college peaks—Harvard
14,375 f e e t , Yale 14,187 f e e t , and Prince-ton
14,196 feet in height—all being
higher than Pikes peak. Leaving
Leadville at an altitude of 10,240 feet,
we reach the picturesque Freeman Pass,
the highest road crossed by a traction to
the golden region of Dillion. The river
now grown small our train is climbing
the winding grade of Tennessee Pass
over the continental divide. The crest
of the pass is pierced by a tunnel one-half
mile long, the farther end opening
on the Pacific Slope. Next we are view-ing
the mount of the holy cross, a cross
filled with perpetual snow, but as the
mountains are covered with snow it isn't
EO prominent.
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The Whereabouts of Your and Our
Friends as Thev Move T o a n d Fro.
Mr. John H. Purdy of Philadelphia
was in town last week.
Mr. Nathan Seaber spent Saturday
and Sunday at Reading.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Zartman, of
Reading, spent Sunday in town.
Mr. Robert Huebener of Graceham,
Md., is visiting his mother at this place.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hacker, of Tal-mage,
spent Sunday in town with rela-tives.
Mr. John Heiserman will attain his
fiftieth birthday anniversary on Monday,
18th inst.
Miss Mary Forney spent several days
with the family of Monroe F. Longe-necker
at Denver.
Mr. Royer Buch of Elizabethtown was
a visitor in our borough last Friday
looking hale and hearty.
Mrs. Louis Simcox of Kinderhook
spent Sunday here with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Regennas.
Miss Mabel Herr spent a few days in
Philadelphia and attended the Sunday
evangelistic services on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Diehm spent
from Friday to Sunday with their daugh-ter,
Mrs. Paul Smith at Lebanon.
Misses Erla Garber, Alice and Edna
Zook spent seyeral days visiting Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Zook at Camp Hill.
Mrs. Esther Myers and Mrs. Elsie
Arnold of Lancaster were the guests of
Mrs. Emma Snavely on Spruce street
over Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Young and
children, of Manheim, spent Saturday
and Sunday here with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. W. B. Oehme.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Miksch have gone
to Philadelphia to spend about ten days
with their daughter and husband, Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur Keller.
Mr. John Enck, who spent a month
with his father, and brother-at .Canal
Dover, Ohio, has returned to Lititz,
where he intends going to work.
Among the Lititzies attending the
auto show at Philadelphia this week
are: W. H. Muth, Paul Bomberger,
Howard Bollinger, Wayne Zartman.
Mrs. Harry F. Long and Mrs. Alvin
Long were at Shoemakersyille, Berks
county, from Friday to Saturday, where
they attended the funeral of a relative.
Mr. and Mrs. John F. Longenecker
are spending several days in Philadel-phia,
where they are attending the auto
show and the meetings of "Billy" Sun-day.
Mr. John Leed, who serves as cook at
the home of the Church of the Brethren
near Neffsville, spent Saturday and
Sunday at Hershey with his son Spencer,
who is ill.
John Gibbel, Jr., on Monday went to
Bridgewater, Va., to visit his uncle and
aunt, Mr. and Mrs. S. N. McCann. He
also stopped at Washington, D. C. He
will be gone about two weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. William Weaver of Read-ing
spent Saturday to Sunday with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Weaver.
On Sunday evening the elder Mrs.
Weaver accompanied her son to his
home at Reading to spend a week.
The following persons of this place at-tended
the funeral of Harry Y. Yocum
near Reading yesterday: Mrs. Martha
Thuma and sister Katie Smith, William
Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Smith and
daughter Emma, Mrs. J. F. Buch.
Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Seaber entertained
the following at supper last Thursday
evening: Mr. and Mrs. Wm. DeHaven,
Mr. and Mrs. Cuvier Grube, Mr. and
Mrs. D. B. Flory, all of Lancaster, and
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Seaber, of this place.
Rev. C. P. Swank, of Camden, N. J.,
spent Tuesday in town with Rev. Geo.
D. Clarke. He gave an interesting
talk in St. Paul's Lutheran church in
the evening. The reverends were school
mates at Susquehanna University years
ago.
On Sunday William Mathers, the well-known
barber, and wife entertained a
number of relatives at a most enjoyable
turkey dinner at their home on West
Orange street. The following were
present: Mr. and Mrs. Wash F. Walker,
Mr. and Mrs. Stauffer, Mrs. Charles
Gohn and children Daniel and Leona, all
of Columbia; Mrs. Joseph Sheckard, of
Philadelphia; Mr. and Mrs. William K.
Mathers and Mrs. Sarah Habecker, of
this place.
Finger Crushed by Car Door
Madison Schnerer, residing at War-wick,
had the second finger of his right
hand crushed at the paper mill on last
Friday. He was assisting to load paper
in a box car when the finger was caught
in the door of the car. Dr. D. C. Martin
dressed the injury.
Went to Hear "Billy" Sunday
This morning the following persons
from this place left for Philadelphia for
the purpose of attending the great evan-gelistic
services being held by "Billy"
Sunday: Rev. and Mrs. E. S. Hagen,
Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Hess, Mr. and Mrs.
G. L. Hepp, Mrs. S. C. E. Bechler, Mr.
and Mrs. J. H. Breitigan, Mrs. I. H.
Doster, Mrs. E. L. Garber, Miss Mamie
Kofroth, Mr. C. W. Souders, Mr. Harry
Wagaman. Mr. and Mrs. L. K. Grosh,
of Lancaster, and Mr. Horace Eschbach,
who is visiting here, will also accompany
the party. In fact Mr. Eschbach will
act as guide, so to speak. He has been
personally acquainted with Mr. Sunday
for many years, having met him in
Chicago, 111., when Mr. Sunday was sec-retary
of the Y. M. C. A. at which Mr.
Eschbach had his hearquarters. Mr.
Eschbach received a letter from Mr.
Sunday a few days ago, telling him to-come
to Philadelphia to see him. Im-mediately
Mr. Eschbach began organiz-ing
a party to go along, and he is en-deavoring
to secure reserved seats for
all. ^
Knocked Down by Auto, Child Escapes
I n j u ry
Raymond, six-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. C. G. Spickler, residing on West
Orange street, had a miraculous escape
from serious if not fatal injury on Mon-day
afternoon. The youngster was re-turning
home from school with several
companions and while playing along the
pavement one of the children accidental-ly
broke a window at the dwelling oc-cupied
by Monroe Ecenrode on the north-east
corner of East Orange street and
Raspberry alley. This caused the boys
to start for home on the run. Raymond
ran directly in front of Dr. S. R. Posey's
automobile, which was going over the
crossing at the time. He was knocked
down before the physician could bring
the auto to a stop. He did not arise
and the physician hurriedly jumped from
the machine expecting to find an injured
lad. The reason the boy did not get up
was that the wheel of the machine had
caught the sleeve of his overcoat and
held him. The machine was backed a
bit and then the boy. was up in a hurry.
He did not receive as much as a scratch
as the wheel did not quite reach his arm,
but had it done so it would no doubt
have crushed it and possibly passed over
his body. Fortunately the physician
was running the auto carefully and had
blown the horn and shouted, but owing
to his excitement about the broken
window the youth did not heed the
warning,
Our Market
The local market had the average at-tendance
last Saturday morning. There
were plenty seasonable vegetables and
fruits on sale and buying was rapidly
done. Fresh pork and its bi-products
were the principal commodities in de-mand,
and dressed chickens were second,
although not as plentiful as usual. John
Hossler has a stand at which he offered
cauliflower at 18 cents per head and head
lettuce at 10 cents a head. He also had
tropical fruits on sale. Butter com-manded
38 cents a pound, eggs 38 cents
a dozen. Fresh baked bread from Alvin
Keller's ovens was also to be had and
came handy to some people.
Rain and High Winds Played Havoc
Sunday was an ideal day; Monday
evening it began to snow but before
morning it rained and this condition con-tinued
until about supper time on Tues-day
evening when it began to pour, so
to speak. Tuesday night certainly will
long be remembered. The rain came
down in torrents and to add to it all the
wind blew at about a sixty-mile an hour
gait. It certainly was a wierd night.
If ever houses were tested as to their
water-proof qualities it was Tuesday
night and many homes that have with-stood
the test on all former occasions
could not do so under the driving rain.
Gutters and streets were turned into
streams and streams were turned into
raging torrents. Many cellars were
filled with water and the overflowing
streams caused some roads to become
impassible at low places. More than
two inches of rain fell and at times a
veritable cloudburst raged. It was one
of the most severe storms of its kind
for years.
Lodge Officers Installed
On Tuesday evening Deputy Grand
Chief F. E. Schnerer installed the fol-lowing
officers of Garfield Castle No. 76
Knights of the Golden Eagle: Past
chief, Arville Burkholder; noble chief,
Ed. Hall; vice chief, Harold Weidman;
sir herald, Daniel Light; master of rec-ords,
W. S. Diehm; clerk of exchequer,
E. P. Wagner; keeper of exchequer, F.
E. Schnerer; ensign, S. L. Diehm; sec-ond
guardian, C. B. Schmuck. Mr.
Schnerer also conferred the past chief's
degree.