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Postal Laws require that subscriptions be paid promptly. A blue {pencil mark in this ¡circle means your sub- J acription is due, and we will thank you for a prompt remittance Of all forms of advertising known to man—nothing has yet been found as space in the home paper. VOL. XLVII LITITZ, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 15, 1924 NO. 34 VEHS CONCISELY TOLD INTERESTING THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN TOWN AND VICINITY. DR. PIERSON TO ADDRESS GUARANTORS OF CHAU-TAQUA ASS'N At Public School Building Next Mon-day Evening Mrs. Albert Gochenour returned f r om the General Hospital where she was operated on two weeks ago. Twin children, a boy and a girl, were born to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Roth-fus on Monday at Roseville. To Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Miksch, on Front street, was born a baby boy a few days ago. Now they are the fond parents of three girls and one boy. Public sale of household articles, many of them as good as new, will be held at 114 East New Street, Lititz, by H. Y. Bealer, on Saturday May 17. John Yerger, a resident of North Cedar street, is gradually improving, a f t e r a long siege of illness, although considerably advanced in years. P. B. Bucher sold the last of his row of six frame houses on Front street to» Harry Wike on private terms. An examination for a clerk-carrier, to establish an eligible list at the Lititz post office will be held on Satur-day, May 24. For further informa-tion apply at post office. Mrs. Yoder, a resident of Locust street, who had been operated on for a tumor in the Lancaster General Hospital several weeks ago, has re-turned and is now staying temporarily with her son Dr. M. H. Yoder. Garden Spot Post, No. 56, Ameri-can Legion, will hold a strawberry festival on Saturday afternoon and evening, June 14, on the lawn adjoin-ing their new headquarters, 114 South Broad street. Stevens Post, Grand Army of the Republic, requests that the Sons of Veterans meet with them in a joint meeting to be held Sunday afternoon, May 18, at 3 P.M., to arrange the program for Decoration Day. A good attendance is asked for. The debris on the site of the former Solotone factory on North Alley is being cleaned up by the order of the borough council. A cedar chest fac-tory later was started in the building, when it burned down to the ground the night of March 31, 1922. Up to this tim^ it remained as it was after the fire. The charred lumber is being-burned. Taking a cutting from a grape vine and placing it in a jar of water,. Mrs. Howard Evans was surprised to see leaves shoot out and a healthy bunch ef ¿rapes form on the stalk. From all appearances they would have ma-tured but the stalk was thrown away before the experiment of growing grapes in the house and having them mature some months earlier than out-of- doors suggested itself to her. How-ever Mrs. Evans is convinced that it can be done and will probably try 'out the experiment next year. There are several Collie dogs along Main street in Lititz that are more of a nuisance than the average citizen cares to , be pestered with. They follow and jump up at passing automobiles and raise a howl and a barking that is almost intolerable; in fact the auto drivers try to run them down but so f a r have failed. Some even threaten to provide them-selves with guns and t r y to put an end to the canines' lives. One cur has recently been run down, and un-less they be kept home more will see their finish. Dr. Paul M. Pearson, founder and president of the Swarthmore Chau-tauqua Association, is to visit Lititz next Monday evening and address the local guarantors and friends of the chautauqua. The meeting will be held in the Public School building, Grammar grade room. This will be the thirteenth consecutive year of chautauqua in Lititz. P. F. Snyder has accepted the chair-manship of the ticket selling cam-paign. Heads of the various manu-facturing concerns in town, repre-sented on the committee, have given their assurance of active cooperation and Prof. Herbert H. Beck, president of the local chautauqua association,, expressed confidence at the guarantors meeting last Friday evening that the campaign will carry Lititz over the top. Miss Anna K. Miller is secretary of the local committee. R. F. Russel, chairman of the grounds committee, is endeavoring to procure a suitable, central location for holding the chau-tauqua. John G. Zook is chairman of the publicity committee. The chautauqua will open June 24 with a rolicury and rousing program. Mr. Boardman, the advance agent, was present and outlined the pro-gram. The opening will be featured by a first class band. Two grand opera singers will be present, Miss Frances Ingram, and a famous Italian ten<"r, at one time soloist with Sousa's band. The play this year will be the comedy, especially written for Chau-tauqua, "Their Honor, the Mayor." "Mrs. Chester B. Storey will give a fashion talk, illustrated by living models. Other features will be the Sorority Singers, a magician and saintrist. The speakers will be 0. D. Reed, newspaperman and novelist, Nurns of the Mountain, founder and president of Oneida College, a very brilliant orator, and Dr. Martin D. Hardin, commissioner of Charities, Dr. Fiske will be the local superinten-dent this year. . WILD MUSHROOMS PLENTI-FUL THIS YEAR Ephraim Herr Found Over Five Hundred this Season JOHN R. GIBBEL HAD WONDERFUL AUTO TRIP Chicken and A chicken served in t! Reformed 17, from 4:30 Ice cream, c; be on sale. Dinner dinner will be of St. Luke's on Saturday,May to 10:00 P. M. coffee, etc., will also Times Change There is quite a let up of business at the Milway oil pumping station. This it is claimed is due to less oil being pumped through the pipes than formerly, as most of it is shipped by rail and boat to the various oil sta-tions. As a result some- of the em-ployees have been laid off, only those having been in service for sixteen years and over being retained. Whoa, Lizzie Philip Bucher, of Kissel Hill, broke his right wrist last week while crank-ing a Ford truck. —FREE this, w e e k ^ f i h Hoosier Kitchen CabineJ^irftfe set of dishes, R. M. From Orange Blossome and Roses to Snow Covered Roads in Less Than Half an Hour John R. Gibbel, who left this place to make his home in Pasadena, Cal., is expected here next month, when he will attend the convention of the Church of the Brethren at Hershey, Pa. Mr. Gibbel and family are doing well in California. An illustrated article recently ap-peared in the Pasadena-Star News showing three photograph reproduc-tions of Mr. Gibbel and his son Henry Z. Gibbel, with an Essex coach, on an interesting mountain trip, from which the following excerpts were taken: "From sunshine and orange blos-soms to snappy cold weather and snow in less than half an hour is one of the most interesting experiences that has befallen John R. Gibbel, 230 North Mentor Avenue, Pasadena. "Snow and cold weather are not new in Mr. Gibbel's experience, as he lived for many years in Pennsyl-vania, but to be sitting on his front porch enjoying the Southern Call fornia sunshine and the delightful odor of orange blossoms and roses at 1 o'clock and to be transplanted in less than an hour and a half to the summit of Mount Wilson with snow on the ground and the mercury dropp-ing fast, was something the former Easterner had never experienced. "The trip was made on one of the few days this season when there has been snow in the mountains. They encountered snow about half way up the trail and at the summit found a blanket of white four to six inches in depth. A number of pictures were taken on the trail. "Mr. Gibbel was enthusiastic over the trip and also with the car and grew reminiscent as he thought of the great transformation which the automobile has brought about in transportation since his boyhood days in Pennsylvania." Wild mushrooms were never more plentiful for many years. Last week they were at the best, the cool weath-er and lack of sunshine keeping them from wilting down. A mushroom is so tender, that coming up during the night the suns rays will blacken it in less than a day. Mushrooms are al-ways found around trees, leading to the belief that they come f r om decay-ed limbs buried in the ground or old roots. While old apple orchards are a productive place for them yet there is no rule as to the kinds of trees around which they grow, and are also found around white oak, walnut, poplar, cherry and'oth^r kinds of trees. The eolor of the niushroom seems to be effected somewhat by the kind of tree near to where it grows. Eugene Weidler found sixty mush-rooms under two trees adjacent to each other. A peculiar thing about this fungus plant is that they seldom grow at the same place each year, making the parching for them all the more interesting. The variety of mushroom eaten around here have a sponge-like formation on the stem. Ephraim Herr is the champion around town, having found over 500, and 205 in one day. George Evans secured the largest one, weighing four ounces. Some searchers have gone to the Susquehanna for thftm, but the ma-jority search around the Furnace Hills and some in apple orchards near town. Percy Furlow, on Front St., found some in his gorden, an apple orchard having been there years ago. Jacob Roland found a number on his lawn. Those who go after them say it is as much fun as hunting for rab-bits. Wild mushrooms are considered better flavored than the cultivated variety. There are many ways of preparing them. Some like them with a gravy put on toast. Another way is to put them on beefsteak. Other housewives f r y them. They are first parboiled in saltwater. They have a meaty flavor. • — _ Birthdays Today Mrs. John Irwin Huber, of Brickerville, celebrates her 87th birth-day. She is still a good woman phy-sically and mentally for one of her age. Tomorrow Walter H. Buch and his cousin, Miss Ella Buch, will celebrate their birthdays. New School Teachers The following members of this year's graduating class of Lititz High School have been appointed as teach-ers of the following schools: Luther Mearig, Fairland; Homer Hackman, Airy dale; Miss Anna Weaver, Owl Hill. An Old Landmark In remodeling the old brick house at the corner of East Main and Water streets, an old land mark gives way to a modern home, to be used as a rest house for tho teachers of Linden Hall when not on duty. The old frame shop attachment was used as the retail store room for the Simon Eichler pretzel bakery, which was in the basement of the dwelling house. Here over 60 years ago Mr. Eichler baked pretzels, ginger cakes and lady fingers, which were hauled to the country stores and hotels for disposal in large quantities. Very few Lititz people can recall this old bakery of so many years ago. How things have changed! Kitchen Shower for Miss Keller A kitchen shower was held for Miss Elizabeth Keller at the home of her parents Mr.- and Mrs. Alvin Keller on Tuesday evening, by fellow mem-bers of the Sunday School class of the United Evangelical church and a num-ber of other friends. Miss Keller re-ceived many useful presents in honor of her coming ir ir age on June 12. Refreshments were served. High School Graduates to Take Trip to Washington The twenty-seven members of the 1924 graduating class of the Lititz High School have planned to go on a. three-day trip to Washington, D. C., the second week in June. A number of other schools in the county will make the same trip. O i i n o m Elmer Heineman, who was here on a visit from New York, had a pocketful of new German money, presenting the editor with two coins, representing 50 marks, but not as payment toward sub-scription. The bigger de-nominations, ranging as high as 10,000 marks are made of a bronze-like material, while the smaller denominations are of alum-inum, and a pocketful would be so light that there would be no danger of the pocket tearing out. The one side of the coin shows a rearing horse, like the cartoon, "liold Er, Newt," probably under the supposition that the mark is still a-rearing. Tax Collections T. S. Grosh, taje collector, will sit for the 1924 Couniy Taxes, as follows: Fisher's stovi, Friday, May 16, f r om 2 to S^PjlM. Warwick I w s e , Saturday, May 17, from 2 to 8 J l M. Five P o i # s \ s t o r e - , Friday, May 23, from 2 to 81?. M. Gingrich's Harntess Store, Saturday, May 24, from 8 A\M. .to 8 P. M. —Good looking s ^ o e s for Decora-tion Day ,Bros. Store. Commencement for High School pupils is the right word. It is their commence-ment. As to the ways of the world, business and money value they are only making their debut. Some years ago a graduating class, not in Lititz, had a class book printed. They were short in cash on the final payment, and the printer took them at their word that they would pay later, and handed over the books. The class scatter-ed and the money is still owing. Later some of the basket ball proceeds were disributer among the players The principal said he was not responsible, and pro-bably wasn't, not legally, but morally he had some re-sponsibility for his charges and should have pointed out to them that confidence be-gets confidence and a man's word should be as good as his bond. What matters it if they had chosen some high-sounding motto about climb-ing the peaks of adversity if they didn't have common sense ideas of right and wrong. It was a bad start for a class going out in life to avoid payings an honest debt, after having received full value. We're not telling about this because we were stung; we didn't do the print-ing. It's the moral point we want to teach. A class mot-to like "Right is right, and wrong is wrong," would have been much better for that class than one up above the clouds. Vinegar has many uses around the home and these few suggestions may prove of much value: 1. Not everyone knows that after a heavy day's work, a long walk or any-thing that tires the muscles and brings aching fatigue, there is nothing better than a warm bath to which has been added a tablespoon of vinegar. Aches and fatigues depart. 2. And if you should have one of those tickling and tir-ing throat coughs you can cure it by taking a spoonful or two of vinegar and honey. Ordinarily hiccoughing, too, can be stopped by eating slowly a spoonful of brown sugar and vinegar. 3. Furniture wiped over with vinegar polishing will then take a more brilliant and lasting shme. It halves the labor, too, for but little "elbow grease" is required. 4. Vinegar is also a dye reviver. Any cotton fabric of red or pink of which the color has faded can be re-vived to its original hue al-most if a tablespoonful of vinegar be added to the rins-water. 5. Those delicate things— gas mantles— will last much longer and give better light if they are soaked for five minutes in white vinegar, then to dry and then burnt off in the usual way. (Continued on page 8) ANNUAL MEETING AT THE MORAVIAN HOME Miss Bricker Read Sketch of History of Place LEGION TO HAVE OPEN HOUSE SATURDAY The 36th annual meeting of the Moravian Home Association was held in the Home parlor on Monday eve-ning, with an attendance of about 45 members and friends. Miss Sophie Bricker, the President, led the de-motions and read a sketch of the Home. Mrs. E. S. Crosland served as pianist. The minutes of the last annual meeting report were read' by the Secretary, Miss L. A. Weitzel. Mrs. W. H. Muth read the report of the Treasurer, Mrs. Robert Russell., Mrs. Herman Fisher and Mrs. Clar-ence Grosh were reelected as mem-bers of the Board of Managers, and Mrs. John Longenecker- was elected to fill the unexpired term of Mrs. H. C. Miller. The Misses Magdalena Bricker and Mary Huebener were re-elected as auditors. A very delightful program was then rendered, consisting of several vocal solos by Mrs. H. H. Beck, Mrs. Naomi Bomberger serving as accom-panist, a piano duet by Mrs. E. Nethercott and Miss Viola Roth, "The New Church Organ," recitation by Miss Ella Buch, "Somewhere a Voice Is Calling," a vocal duet by Mrs. Clar-ence Grosh and Mrs. D. P. Bricker, and a vocal solo, as encore, by Mrs. Grosh. A social time followed dur-ing which refreshments of sugar cake and coffee were served. According to the sketch read by Miiis Bricker, the 12th of May is the date of the birth and death of Miss Julianna Schoenlein, who was born in 1809 and died in 1892, aged 84 years. Her character is correctly portrayed by the epitaph on her tomb-stone: "This woman was full of good works and almsdeeds, which she did." In her will she stipulated that $100 wa» to be given for the founding of a Moravian Home for aged women. Nearly five years passed before any steps were taken toward the organiz-ation of such a project, when a num-ber of women met and organized and adopted a constitution. In 1905 a charter was obtained. At a special meeting of the Church Council July 2, 1907, what was known as thè Ly-ceum building was donated to the As-sociation and Nov. 11 the work of tearing down the old building was begun. The corner stone of the new building was laid on Palm Sunday, April 12th, 1908, and the building was ready for occupation Sept. 1st. As to the financing of the work two large gifts were received, one of $3,000 from Mrs. Matilda Erb, and one of $1,000 from Mrs. Shreiner. When the building was completed there was a debt of only $1,500. It was through the energy of Mrs. Lydia Doster that all this was ac-complished. In January, 1912, a legancy from a Mrs. Smith, of Beth-lehem, wiped out the debt and started an endowment fund. According to the annual report, one permanent inmate, Miss M. Jane Miksch, died Nov. 17th, and two boarders, Mrs. A. L. Hammer, June 6th, and Mrs. C. H. Schmucker, Dec. 8th. Five boarders entered: Miss E. A. Tietze, June 28th, Mrs. Mary Miksch in October, Miss L. A. Weitzel in November, Miss Amanda Carpenter in January, and Mrs. Elizabeth Smith in March. Four funeral suppers were served during the year: for J. B. Young, May 29th, for Mrs. Louisa Buch, Dec. 8th, for Mrs. Thomas Stewart, Dec 21st, and for Mrs. Lucinda Nies, Jan 31st. Some valu-able gifts were received. Dr. C. M. Schmucker presented a^ book case, containing about 100 books, a victrola and records, a sewing machine, etc., Miss L. A. Weitzel, a daven port, etc., Mrs. C. D. Kreider and Miss Alice Hammer refurnished the room form-erly occupied by their mother. Mr. W. H. Muth presented a turkey at Christmas, as he has been doing for a number of years, and a nice lot of groceries, fruit, linens, etc., were re-ceived on Thanksgiving Day. The 6th annual church offering last May amounted to $108.03, and the one on Sunday to $68.10. Various minor im-provements were made during the year, such as painting, papering, etc. The Association numbers 74 members' at present. The rooms are not all occupied but will be during the sum-mer. The following are the Board of Directors: President, Miss Sophie Bricker; Vice President, Mrs. Herman Fisher; Recording Secretary, Miss L. A. Weitzel; Corresponding Secretary, i (CONTINUED ON PAGE 5) Open house will be held at the new-ly re-appointed headquarters of Post 56, American Legion, 114 South Broad public is cordially invited to inspect street, on Saturady 17, between the hours of 2 P. M. and 10 P. M. The the new building. The new home, given to the Legion as temporary headquarters by H. J. Pierson, when the Legion had no place to move to, has been repainted, repapered, electric fixtures installed, the floor' stained and linoleum laid on the floor, giving it a cozy appear-ance. One room, nicely furnished, is reserved for the women's auxiliary. Down stairs two rooms have been thrown together for a meeting room while the game room is upstairs. The Legion hopes that the public will respond on Saturday by coming and looking over their place. There will be plenty of attendants to take them around. itev. Crosland Talked on Subject, "The Home" "The Home" was the subject of Pastor Crosland's sermon in the Moravian church last Sunday morn-ing. It was an appropriate subject in honor of the observance of Mothers Day. What the speaker said was true and impressive and no doubt was taken home by most of the hearers for further discussion and consider-ation. Warwick House Sale Eight hundred and ninety-two sales were made at the Warwick House Sale on Saturday. Forty-eight cows were sold, the highest bringing $132.00 and $129.00. Other sales were as follows: Eighty-nine pigs, $2.10 to $7.60; 15 chicks, 20c; 231 bushels potatoes, 40c to $140; 36 baskets apples, 75c to 90c; 1000 cigars, |2.20 per hundred; 240 pairs stockings, 12c to 16c; 360 pairs hose, 7c to 8c; 75 brooms, 55c to 75c; gun, $6.50; high-chair, $2.50; cabinet, $.50; sprayer, $3.50; 6 bicycles, $5.00 to $11.00, lawn mower $8.00. STRANGE BIRD CAUGHT IN LITITZ A strange bird flew *at the window at the home of Clayton' Keith on North Cedar street, early Satur-day morning. Mrs. Keith caught it and since has been classified as a Galli-nule, or Moorehen, a native of Florida. No bird of this kind was ever seen here be-fore, although three years ago one was seen along the Conestoga by a Lititz man. The body is about the size of a pigeon, grayish black in color, with long legs and long toes. The distinguish-ing feature is its head, a flat smooth shield-like skin, bright red in color, starting on the top of the head and extending . half-way down the' top of the bill, the bill being yellow. It belongs to the night family of fish birds. Al-though it has no web feet it swims and dives, living, in Florida in marshy places. Because of its wide expanse of feet it can stand on float-ing aquatic plants. This bird which Mr. Keitli lias in captivity is tamer than a chicken and perches on the shoulder of «persons in the house. WMeit taken out its cage it returns with-out assistance. These birds can be seen in zoo-logical gardens. So far the bird could not beinduced to eat, although live bait was given it. Either it es-caped from a place where it was kept in captivity or strayed- far away from its environs. COLUMN TO KEEP Y00 IN TOUCH WITH OLD AND NEW NAMES Mrs. Wilson Sheneberger spent several days with her parents at Ephrata. Mrs. Irvin Heisey of Milton Grove visited Harry Kauffman and family on Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. Alice Milchsack, of Bethlehem, is here spending a week with her mother, Mrs. Fianna Reidenbach. Miss Florence Buch, of ^Atlantic City, is spending the week here with her sister, Miss Ella Buch. J. F. Stoner, treasurer of the Small Investors' Oil Company, left for Texas with several directors of the company to look a f t e r oil business. Mrs. Martha Delbo, of Reading, is spending two weeks here with her brother, Edwin Sturgis and ^visiting other relatives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Good and Mr. and Mrs. Martha L. Good, of Lan-caster, Were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Loeffler. The Misses Mildred and Catherine Conrad, of Reading, spent several days with Lititz friends. They are daughters of Leonard Conrad. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Eberly and .three children of Christiana spent Sunday with Harvey Eberly and family. Mrs. William Weaver and Mrs. Shade of Reading visited Mr. Henry Weaver and family in town the tetter part of last week. Mrs. Ellen Leib and daughter Mabel spent from Saturday to. Mon-day with the Kreiter family at Wash-ington, D. C., and enjoyed their visit greatly. Paul Heinman, of New York, em-ployed at the Hoffman-La Iiouche Chemical Works, spent Saturday and Sunday with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Heineman, coming home be-cause of Mother's Day. Ira Ressler and family of Kinzer spent Sunday with Jacob Bachman and family. Christian Wiker of Soudersburg, is spending the week with the same family. Mr. Wiker is 87 years old but seems to be twenty years younger. Miss Grace Keller, Democratic County Committeewoman of this place, attended a committee meeting at the Hotel Brunswick on Monday evening. A banquet followed the speech-making. W. M. Pfautz, of this place, was also in attendance. Rev. and Mrs. Linn B. Longenecker, Mr. and Mrs. E. K. Brubaker, of Lititz, and the stewarts at the Brethren Home, Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Bashore, visited in the home of Nathan Brubaker,- at Neffsville on Saturday. A. fine dinner -was served. John Enck, who" had been in Lititz for some years, where he was em-ployed in the Ideal Chocolate factory and later in Springfield, Mass., was in town for several weeks and now leaves for his norpe town in Dover, Ohio. He expects to return here be-fore long to make Lititz his perman-ent home. Mrs.. .Geo. L. Hepp, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Garber, of this place, Mr. and Mrs. .Lloyd Hess, and Mrs. Ferry Garbe? of Lancaster, were at Staten Island, N. Y., last Saturday, where they attended the wedding of Miss Mary Hagen on Saturday evening. The Garber and Hess families went (•by automobile. Mr. and Mrs. Warren Enck and children of Biglersville, Adams county, spent several days of the latter part of last week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John M. Enck, on Front street. Mr. Enck, besides being a farmer and fruit grower, served as principal of the public schools of his home town the past term. Alumni Meeting and Banquet The thirty-fourth annual Public and Business meeting of the Lititz High School Alumni Association will be held in the High School Auditorium on Tuesday evening, June 3, at 8:00 o'clock. The Annual banquet will be held in the Linden Hall Auditorium on Thursday evening, June 5, at 8:00 o'clock. —Beautiful goods at Pf: ummer dress
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Title | Lititz Record |
Masthead | Lititz Record 1924-05-15 |
Subject | Lititz (Pa.) -- Newspapers;Lancaster County (Pa.)—Newspapers |
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Date | 1924-05-15 |
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Full Text | Postal Laws require that subscriptions be paid promptly. A blue {pencil mark in this ¡circle means your sub- J acription is due, and we will thank you for a prompt remittance Of all forms of advertising known to man—nothing has yet been found as space in the home paper. VOL. XLVII LITITZ, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 15, 1924 NO. 34 VEHS CONCISELY TOLD INTERESTING THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN TOWN AND VICINITY. DR. PIERSON TO ADDRESS GUARANTORS OF CHAU-TAQUA ASS'N At Public School Building Next Mon-day Evening Mrs. Albert Gochenour returned f r om the General Hospital where she was operated on two weeks ago. Twin children, a boy and a girl, were born to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Roth-fus on Monday at Roseville. To Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Miksch, on Front street, was born a baby boy a few days ago. Now they are the fond parents of three girls and one boy. Public sale of household articles, many of them as good as new, will be held at 114 East New Street, Lititz, by H. Y. Bealer, on Saturday May 17. John Yerger, a resident of North Cedar street, is gradually improving, a f t e r a long siege of illness, although considerably advanced in years. P. B. Bucher sold the last of his row of six frame houses on Front street to» Harry Wike on private terms. An examination for a clerk-carrier, to establish an eligible list at the Lititz post office will be held on Satur-day, May 24. For further informa-tion apply at post office. Mrs. Yoder, a resident of Locust street, who had been operated on for a tumor in the Lancaster General Hospital several weeks ago, has re-turned and is now staying temporarily with her son Dr. M. H. Yoder. Garden Spot Post, No. 56, Ameri-can Legion, will hold a strawberry festival on Saturday afternoon and evening, June 14, on the lawn adjoin-ing their new headquarters, 114 South Broad street. Stevens Post, Grand Army of the Republic, requests that the Sons of Veterans meet with them in a joint meeting to be held Sunday afternoon, May 18, at 3 P.M., to arrange the program for Decoration Day. A good attendance is asked for. The debris on the site of the former Solotone factory on North Alley is being cleaned up by the order of the borough council. A cedar chest fac-tory later was started in the building, when it burned down to the ground the night of March 31, 1922. Up to this tim^ it remained as it was after the fire. The charred lumber is being-burned. Taking a cutting from a grape vine and placing it in a jar of water,. Mrs. Howard Evans was surprised to see leaves shoot out and a healthy bunch ef ¿rapes form on the stalk. From all appearances they would have ma-tured but the stalk was thrown away before the experiment of growing grapes in the house and having them mature some months earlier than out-of- doors suggested itself to her. How-ever Mrs. Evans is convinced that it can be done and will probably try 'out the experiment next year. There are several Collie dogs along Main street in Lititz that are more of a nuisance than the average citizen cares to , be pestered with. They follow and jump up at passing automobiles and raise a howl and a barking that is almost intolerable; in fact the auto drivers try to run them down but so f a r have failed. Some even threaten to provide them-selves with guns and t r y to put an end to the canines' lives. One cur has recently been run down, and un-less they be kept home more will see their finish. Dr. Paul M. Pearson, founder and president of the Swarthmore Chau-tauqua Association, is to visit Lititz next Monday evening and address the local guarantors and friends of the chautauqua. The meeting will be held in the Public School building, Grammar grade room. This will be the thirteenth consecutive year of chautauqua in Lititz. P. F. Snyder has accepted the chair-manship of the ticket selling cam-paign. Heads of the various manu-facturing concerns in town, repre-sented on the committee, have given their assurance of active cooperation and Prof. Herbert H. Beck, president of the local chautauqua association,, expressed confidence at the guarantors meeting last Friday evening that the campaign will carry Lititz over the top. Miss Anna K. Miller is secretary of the local committee. R. F. Russel, chairman of the grounds committee, is endeavoring to procure a suitable, central location for holding the chau-tauqua. John G. Zook is chairman of the publicity committee. The chautauqua will open June 24 with a rolicury and rousing program. Mr. Boardman, the advance agent, was present and outlined the pro-gram. The opening will be featured by a first class band. Two grand opera singers will be present, Miss Frances Ingram, and a famous Italian ten<"r, at one time soloist with Sousa's band. The play this year will be the comedy, especially written for Chau-tauqua, "Their Honor, the Mayor." "Mrs. Chester B. Storey will give a fashion talk, illustrated by living models. Other features will be the Sorority Singers, a magician and saintrist. The speakers will be 0. D. Reed, newspaperman and novelist, Nurns of the Mountain, founder and president of Oneida College, a very brilliant orator, and Dr. Martin D. Hardin, commissioner of Charities, Dr. Fiske will be the local superinten-dent this year. . WILD MUSHROOMS PLENTI-FUL THIS YEAR Ephraim Herr Found Over Five Hundred this Season JOHN R. GIBBEL HAD WONDERFUL AUTO TRIP Chicken and A chicken served in t! Reformed 17, from 4:30 Ice cream, c; be on sale. Dinner dinner will be of St. Luke's on Saturday,May to 10:00 P. M. coffee, etc., will also Times Change There is quite a let up of business at the Milway oil pumping station. This it is claimed is due to less oil being pumped through the pipes than formerly, as most of it is shipped by rail and boat to the various oil sta-tions. As a result some- of the em-ployees have been laid off, only those having been in service for sixteen years and over being retained. Whoa, Lizzie Philip Bucher, of Kissel Hill, broke his right wrist last week while crank-ing a Ford truck. —FREE this, w e e k ^ f i h Hoosier Kitchen CabineJ^irftfe set of dishes, R. M. From Orange Blossome and Roses to Snow Covered Roads in Less Than Half an Hour John R. Gibbel, who left this place to make his home in Pasadena, Cal., is expected here next month, when he will attend the convention of the Church of the Brethren at Hershey, Pa. Mr. Gibbel and family are doing well in California. An illustrated article recently ap-peared in the Pasadena-Star News showing three photograph reproduc-tions of Mr. Gibbel and his son Henry Z. Gibbel, with an Essex coach, on an interesting mountain trip, from which the following excerpts were taken: "From sunshine and orange blos-soms to snappy cold weather and snow in less than half an hour is one of the most interesting experiences that has befallen John R. Gibbel, 230 North Mentor Avenue, Pasadena. "Snow and cold weather are not new in Mr. Gibbel's experience, as he lived for many years in Pennsyl-vania, but to be sitting on his front porch enjoying the Southern Call fornia sunshine and the delightful odor of orange blossoms and roses at 1 o'clock and to be transplanted in less than an hour and a half to the summit of Mount Wilson with snow on the ground and the mercury dropp-ing fast, was something the former Easterner had never experienced. "The trip was made on one of the few days this season when there has been snow in the mountains. They encountered snow about half way up the trail and at the summit found a blanket of white four to six inches in depth. A number of pictures were taken on the trail. "Mr. Gibbel was enthusiastic over the trip and also with the car and grew reminiscent as he thought of the great transformation which the automobile has brought about in transportation since his boyhood days in Pennsylvania." Wild mushrooms were never more plentiful for many years. Last week they were at the best, the cool weath-er and lack of sunshine keeping them from wilting down. A mushroom is so tender, that coming up during the night the suns rays will blacken it in less than a day. Mushrooms are al-ways found around trees, leading to the belief that they come f r om decay-ed limbs buried in the ground or old roots. While old apple orchards are a productive place for them yet there is no rule as to the kinds of trees around which they grow, and are also found around white oak, walnut, poplar, cherry and'oth^r kinds of trees. The eolor of the niushroom seems to be effected somewhat by the kind of tree near to where it grows. Eugene Weidler found sixty mush-rooms under two trees adjacent to each other. A peculiar thing about this fungus plant is that they seldom grow at the same place each year, making the parching for them all the more interesting. The variety of mushroom eaten around here have a sponge-like formation on the stem. Ephraim Herr is the champion around town, having found over 500, and 205 in one day. George Evans secured the largest one, weighing four ounces. Some searchers have gone to the Susquehanna for thftm, but the ma-jority search around the Furnace Hills and some in apple orchards near town. Percy Furlow, on Front St., found some in his gorden, an apple orchard having been there years ago. Jacob Roland found a number on his lawn. Those who go after them say it is as much fun as hunting for rab-bits. Wild mushrooms are considered better flavored than the cultivated variety. There are many ways of preparing them. Some like them with a gravy put on toast. Another way is to put them on beefsteak. Other housewives f r y them. They are first parboiled in saltwater. They have a meaty flavor. • — _ Birthdays Today Mrs. John Irwin Huber, of Brickerville, celebrates her 87th birth-day. She is still a good woman phy-sically and mentally for one of her age. Tomorrow Walter H. Buch and his cousin, Miss Ella Buch, will celebrate their birthdays. New School Teachers The following members of this year's graduating class of Lititz High School have been appointed as teach-ers of the following schools: Luther Mearig, Fairland; Homer Hackman, Airy dale; Miss Anna Weaver, Owl Hill. An Old Landmark In remodeling the old brick house at the corner of East Main and Water streets, an old land mark gives way to a modern home, to be used as a rest house for tho teachers of Linden Hall when not on duty. The old frame shop attachment was used as the retail store room for the Simon Eichler pretzel bakery, which was in the basement of the dwelling house. Here over 60 years ago Mr. Eichler baked pretzels, ginger cakes and lady fingers, which were hauled to the country stores and hotels for disposal in large quantities. Very few Lititz people can recall this old bakery of so many years ago. How things have changed! Kitchen Shower for Miss Keller A kitchen shower was held for Miss Elizabeth Keller at the home of her parents Mr.- and Mrs. Alvin Keller on Tuesday evening, by fellow mem-bers of the Sunday School class of the United Evangelical church and a num-ber of other friends. Miss Keller re-ceived many useful presents in honor of her coming ir ir age on June 12. Refreshments were served. High School Graduates to Take Trip to Washington The twenty-seven members of the 1924 graduating class of the Lititz High School have planned to go on a. three-day trip to Washington, D. C., the second week in June. A number of other schools in the county will make the same trip. O i i n o m Elmer Heineman, who was here on a visit from New York, had a pocketful of new German money, presenting the editor with two coins, representing 50 marks, but not as payment toward sub-scription. The bigger de-nominations, ranging as high as 10,000 marks are made of a bronze-like material, while the smaller denominations are of alum-inum, and a pocketful would be so light that there would be no danger of the pocket tearing out. The one side of the coin shows a rearing horse, like the cartoon, "liold Er, Newt," probably under the supposition that the mark is still a-rearing. Tax Collections T. S. Grosh, taje collector, will sit for the 1924 Couniy Taxes, as follows: Fisher's stovi, Friday, May 16, f r om 2 to S^PjlM. Warwick I w s e , Saturday, May 17, from 2 to 8 J l M. Five P o i # s \ s t o r e - , Friday, May 23, from 2 to 81?. M. Gingrich's Harntess Store, Saturday, May 24, from 8 A\M. .to 8 P. M. —Good looking s ^ o e s for Decora-tion Day ,Bros. Store. Commencement for High School pupils is the right word. It is their commence-ment. As to the ways of the world, business and money value they are only making their debut. Some years ago a graduating class, not in Lititz, had a class book printed. They were short in cash on the final payment, and the printer took them at their word that they would pay later, and handed over the books. The class scatter-ed and the money is still owing. Later some of the basket ball proceeds were disributer among the players The principal said he was not responsible, and pro-bably wasn't, not legally, but morally he had some re-sponsibility for his charges and should have pointed out to them that confidence be-gets confidence and a man's word should be as good as his bond. What matters it if they had chosen some high-sounding motto about climb-ing the peaks of adversity if they didn't have common sense ideas of right and wrong. It was a bad start for a class going out in life to avoid payings an honest debt, after having received full value. We're not telling about this because we were stung; we didn't do the print-ing. It's the moral point we want to teach. A class mot-to like "Right is right, and wrong is wrong," would have been much better for that class than one up above the clouds. Vinegar has many uses around the home and these few suggestions may prove of much value: 1. Not everyone knows that after a heavy day's work, a long walk or any-thing that tires the muscles and brings aching fatigue, there is nothing better than a warm bath to which has been added a tablespoon of vinegar. Aches and fatigues depart. 2. And if you should have one of those tickling and tir-ing throat coughs you can cure it by taking a spoonful or two of vinegar and honey. Ordinarily hiccoughing, too, can be stopped by eating slowly a spoonful of brown sugar and vinegar. 3. Furniture wiped over with vinegar polishing will then take a more brilliant and lasting shme. It halves the labor, too, for but little "elbow grease" is required. 4. Vinegar is also a dye reviver. Any cotton fabric of red or pink of which the color has faded can be re-vived to its original hue al-most if a tablespoonful of vinegar be added to the rins-water. 5. Those delicate things— gas mantles— will last much longer and give better light if they are soaked for five minutes in white vinegar, then to dry and then burnt off in the usual way. (Continued on page 8) ANNUAL MEETING AT THE MORAVIAN HOME Miss Bricker Read Sketch of History of Place LEGION TO HAVE OPEN HOUSE SATURDAY The 36th annual meeting of the Moravian Home Association was held in the Home parlor on Monday eve-ning, with an attendance of about 45 members and friends. Miss Sophie Bricker, the President, led the de-motions and read a sketch of the Home. Mrs. E. S. Crosland served as pianist. The minutes of the last annual meeting report were read' by the Secretary, Miss L. A. Weitzel. Mrs. W. H. Muth read the report of the Treasurer, Mrs. Robert Russell., Mrs. Herman Fisher and Mrs. Clar-ence Grosh were reelected as mem-bers of the Board of Managers, and Mrs. John Longenecker- was elected to fill the unexpired term of Mrs. H. C. Miller. The Misses Magdalena Bricker and Mary Huebener were re-elected as auditors. A very delightful program was then rendered, consisting of several vocal solos by Mrs. H. H. Beck, Mrs. Naomi Bomberger serving as accom-panist, a piano duet by Mrs. E. Nethercott and Miss Viola Roth, "The New Church Organ," recitation by Miss Ella Buch, "Somewhere a Voice Is Calling," a vocal duet by Mrs. Clar-ence Grosh and Mrs. D. P. Bricker, and a vocal solo, as encore, by Mrs. Grosh. A social time followed dur-ing which refreshments of sugar cake and coffee were served. According to the sketch read by Miiis Bricker, the 12th of May is the date of the birth and death of Miss Julianna Schoenlein, who was born in 1809 and died in 1892, aged 84 years. Her character is correctly portrayed by the epitaph on her tomb-stone: "This woman was full of good works and almsdeeds, which she did." In her will she stipulated that $100 wa» to be given for the founding of a Moravian Home for aged women. Nearly five years passed before any steps were taken toward the organiz-ation of such a project, when a num-ber of women met and organized and adopted a constitution. In 1905 a charter was obtained. At a special meeting of the Church Council July 2, 1907, what was known as thè Ly-ceum building was donated to the As-sociation and Nov. 11 the work of tearing down the old building was begun. The corner stone of the new building was laid on Palm Sunday, April 12th, 1908, and the building was ready for occupation Sept. 1st. As to the financing of the work two large gifts were received, one of $3,000 from Mrs. Matilda Erb, and one of $1,000 from Mrs. Shreiner. When the building was completed there was a debt of only $1,500. It was through the energy of Mrs. Lydia Doster that all this was ac-complished. In January, 1912, a legancy from a Mrs. Smith, of Beth-lehem, wiped out the debt and started an endowment fund. According to the annual report, one permanent inmate, Miss M. Jane Miksch, died Nov. 17th, and two boarders, Mrs. A. L. Hammer, June 6th, and Mrs. C. H. Schmucker, Dec. 8th. Five boarders entered: Miss E. A. Tietze, June 28th, Mrs. Mary Miksch in October, Miss L. A. Weitzel in November, Miss Amanda Carpenter in January, and Mrs. Elizabeth Smith in March. Four funeral suppers were served during the year: for J. B. Young, May 29th, for Mrs. Louisa Buch, Dec. 8th, for Mrs. Thomas Stewart, Dec 21st, and for Mrs. Lucinda Nies, Jan 31st. Some valu-able gifts were received. Dr. C. M. Schmucker presented a^ book case, containing about 100 books, a victrola and records, a sewing machine, etc., Miss L. A. Weitzel, a daven port, etc., Mrs. C. D. Kreider and Miss Alice Hammer refurnished the room form-erly occupied by their mother. Mr. W. H. Muth presented a turkey at Christmas, as he has been doing for a number of years, and a nice lot of groceries, fruit, linens, etc., were re-ceived on Thanksgiving Day. The 6th annual church offering last May amounted to $108.03, and the one on Sunday to $68.10. Various minor im-provements were made during the year, such as painting, papering, etc. The Association numbers 74 members' at present. The rooms are not all occupied but will be during the sum-mer. The following are the Board of Directors: President, Miss Sophie Bricker; Vice President, Mrs. Herman Fisher; Recording Secretary, Miss L. A. Weitzel; Corresponding Secretary, i (CONTINUED ON PAGE 5) Open house will be held at the new-ly re-appointed headquarters of Post 56, American Legion, 114 South Broad public is cordially invited to inspect street, on Saturady 17, between the hours of 2 P. M. and 10 P. M. The the new building. The new home, given to the Legion as temporary headquarters by H. J. Pierson, when the Legion had no place to move to, has been repainted, repapered, electric fixtures installed, the floor' stained and linoleum laid on the floor, giving it a cozy appear-ance. One room, nicely furnished, is reserved for the women's auxiliary. Down stairs two rooms have been thrown together for a meeting room while the game room is upstairs. The Legion hopes that the public will respond on Saturday by coming and looking over their place. There will be plenty of attendants to take them around. itev. Crosland Talked on Subject, "The Home" "The Home" was the subject of Pastor Crosland's sermon in the Moravian church last Sunday morn-ing. It was an appropriate subject in honor of the observance of Mothers Day. What the speaker said was true and impressive and no doubt was taken home by most of the hearers for further discussion and consider-ation. Warwick House Sale Eight hundred and ninety-two sales were made at the Warwick House Sale on Saturday. Forty-eight cows were sold, the highest bringing $132.00 and $129.00. Other sales were as follows: Eighty-nine pigs, $2.10 to $7.60; 15 chicks, 20c; 231 bushels potatoes, 40c to $140; 36 baskets apples, 75c to 90c; 1000 cigars, |2.20 per hundred; 240 pairs stockings, 12c to 16c; 360 pairs hose, 7c to 8c; 75 brooms, 55c to 75c; gun, $6.50; high-chair, $2.50; cabinet, $.50; sprayer, $3.50; 6 bicycles, $5.00 to $11.00, lawn mower $8.00. STRANGE BIRD CAUGHT IN LITITZ A strange bird flew *at the window at the home of Clayton' Keith on North Cedar street, early Satur-day morning. Mrs. Keith caught it and since has been classified as a Galli-nule, or Moorehen, a native of Florida. No bird of this kind was ever seen here be-fore, although three years ago one was seen along the Conestoga by a Lititz man. The body is about the size of a pigeon, grayish black in color, with long legs and long toes. The distinguish-ing feature is its head, a flat smooth shield-like skin, bright red in color, starting on the top of the head and extending . half-way down the' top of the bill, the bill being yellow. It belongs to the night family of fish birds. Al-though it has no web feet it swims and dives, living, in Florida in marshy places. Because of its wide expanse of feet it can stand on float-ing aquatic plants. This bird which Mr. Keitli lias in captivity is tamer than a chicken and perches on the shoulder of «persons in the house. WMeit taken out its cage it returns with-out assistance. These birds can be seen in zoo-logical gardens. So far the bird could not beinduced to eat, although live bait was given it. Either it es-caped from a place where it was kept in captivity or strayed- far away from its environs. COLUMN TO KEEP Y00 IN TOUCH WITH OLD AND NEW NAMES Mrs. Wilson Sheneberger spent several days with her parents at Ephrata. Mrs. Irvin Heisey of Milton Grove visited Harry Kauffman and family on Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. Alice Milchsack, of Bethlehem, is here spending a week with her mother, Mrs. Fianna Reidenbach. Miss Florence Buch, of ^Atlantic City, is spending the week here with her sister, Miss Ella Buch. J. F. Stoner, treasurer of the Small Investors' Oil Company, left for Texas with several directors of the company to look a f t e r oil business. Mrs. Martha Delbo, of Reading, is spending two weeks here with her brother, Edwin Sturgis and ^visiting other relatives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Good and Mr. and Mrs. Martha L. Good, of Lan-caster, Were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Loeffler. The Misses Mildred and Catherine Conrad, of Reading, spent several days with Lititz friends. They are daughters of Leonard Conrad. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Eberly and .three children of Christiana spent Sunday with Harvey Eberly and family. Mrs. William Weaver and Mrs. Shade of Reading visited Mr. Henry Weaver and family in town the tetter part of last week. Mrs. Ellen Leib and daughter Mabel spent from Saturday to. Mon-day with the Kreiter family at Wash-ington, D. C., and enjoyed their visit greatly. Paul Heinman, of New York, em-ployed at the Hoffman-La Iiouche Chemical Works, spent Saturday and Sunday with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Heineman, coming home be-cause of Mother's Day. Ira Ressler and family of Kinzer spent Sunday with Jacob Bachman and family. Christian Wiker of Soudersburg, is spending the week with the same family. Mr. Wiker is 87 years old but seems to be twenty years younger. Miss Grace Keller, Democratic County Committeewoman of this place, attended a committee meeting at the Hotel Brunswick on Monday evening. A banquet followed the speech-making. W. M. Pfautz, of this place, was also in attendance. Rev. and Mrs. Linn B. Longenecker, Mr. and Mrs. E. K. Brubaker, of Lititz, and the stewarts at the Brethren Home, Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Bashore, visited in the home of Nathan Brubaker,- at Neffsville on Saturday. A. fine dinner -was served. John Enck, who" had been in Lititz for some years, where he was em-ployed in the Ideal Chocolate factory and later in Springfield, Mass., was in town for several weeks and now leaves for his norpe town in Dover, Ohio. He expects to return here be-fore long to make Lititz his perman-ent home. Mrs.. .Geo. L. Hepp, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Garber, of this place, Mr. and Mrs. .Lloyd Hess, and Mrs. Ferry Garbe? of Lancaster, were at Staten Island, N. Y., last Saturday, where they attended the wedding of Miss Mary Hagen on Saturday evening. The Garber and Hess families went (•by automobile. Mr. and Mrs. Warren Enck and children of Biglersville, Adams county, spent several days of the latter part of last week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John M. Enck, on Front street. Mr. Enck, besides being a farmer and fruit grower, served as principal of the public schools of his home town the past term. Alumni Meeting and Banquet The thirty-fourth annual Public and Business meeting of the Lititz High School Alumni Association will be held in the High School Auditorium on Tuesday evening, June 3, at 8:00 o'clock. The Annual banquet will be held in the Linden Hall Auditorium on Thursday evening, June 5, at 8:00 o'clock. —Beautiful goods at Pf: ummer dress |
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