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VOL. XLVIII THE LITITZ RECORD, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 3, 1925 NO. 50
EVENTS CONCISELY TOLD
INTERESTING THINGS THAT
HAPPEN IN TOWN
AND VICINITY
Next Monday, being- Labor Day, the
banks and post office will be closed.
Long & Co. are building a house
on East Lemon street for Samuel
Rubrecht.
Lutz brothers will furnish music on
their saws at the Eden Lutheran
church on Thursday evening at ,8
o'clock.
The employees of Leaman and Leed
will be given an outing on Labor daj
at Snavely's bungalow along the' O n -
estoga creek.
Tickets for the Moravian love-feast
which will be held on Sunday can be
secured at Pfautz Bros, store and at
Doster's store.
Rev. J. W. G. Hershey will heat
his new bungalow with oil as fuel.
The oil burner device has arrived and
can be seen in the window of Hershey
and Gibbel's office.
In a collision of autos driven by
Aaron Kahler and Willis Gibble along
the Horseshoe pike near Clay last
-week, Mr. Kahler had the index finger
• of his left hand broken Both autos
were more or less damaged.
A good-sized load of wood, cut and
sawed into stove lengths, was taken
from the rear of N. D. Sturgis' bak-ery
while all the members of the fam-ily
were at the band concert on Sat-urday
evening. ,
Mr. and Mrs. Domer Brenner an-nounce
the birth of their first child,
a girl, at the General Hospital on
Sunday. Mrs: Brenner, nee Hattie
Eberly, was a former teacher in the
public schools.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Weidman and
Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Ritz saw the
jftotorcyele hill climbing contest on
the road between Washingtonboro and
Columbia. There is a steep, sandy
road that tests the skill of a driver
and there were many spills.
Mrs. John Hartranft was severely
shocked when her hand came in con-tact
with an electric light wire, while
"standing on a wet cement floor at
Hartranft's restaurant on Tuesday.
She was thrown to the floor, bruising
her body and breaking a bone in her
left forearm.
A Ford truck owned by I. H.
Doster, standing in the alley along-side
of J. W. G. Hershey's home,
started down the hill with great mo-mentum,
stopping when it hit a water
hydrant. No one was in the car at
the time. Little damage resulted.
Robert Sturgis wrote home from
Canada, that he is with Curtis Yer-ger
and several other young men from
the county. They did not have work
yet but the agency thru whom they
were sent there, was paying for their
meals. Walter Groff wrote that he
secured work running a tractor on a
900 acre farm.
Emanuel Grube found a pur^e on
the street containing over $20, An
auto license card in the purse reveal-ed
the owner's name. He was noti-fied
and secured it this week. The
man's name was Eberly, hailing from
Lancaster, and after comparing notes
Mr. Grube learned that he knew the
man's father, who conducted a store
at Stevens at one time.
New Butcher
Harry Bear rented the butcher es-tablishment
of B. F. Lutz on Cedar
street. The shop will be open daily,
on weekdays until 8 P. M., and on
Saturdays until 10 o'clock. Mr. Bear
has a wagon on the street every day
except Monday.
Held Outings
Members of the Moravian Sewing-
Society held a picnic at the Springs
on Saturday afternoon. The Bible
Class of the Moravian Sunday school,
taught by Rev. E. S. Crosland, had
a corn roast at the Springs on Tues-day
evening. -
Society of Farm Women to Meet
The Society of Farm Women No.
1 will be entertained by Mrs. Samuel
Carpenter at the home of Mrs. Bes-sie
Weidler at Rothsville, on Satur-day
.afternoon, Sept. 5, at 1:30 o'clock.
All members are urged to attend this
meeting. • • '•
Banner Crowds'at Weed-End Concerts
The Good Shepherd Band of Allen-town
attracted the banner crowd of
the season here the past Friday even-ing.
In addition to the music there
was an exhibition on a typewriter
by a blind girll, who also read by
means of the fingers and sang, and
an address by the Superintendent.
The Ringgold Band of York also at-tracted
a big audience on Saturday
night and their music was highly ap-preciated.
The Riviera Club Orchestra, com-prising
eight musicians and a soloist,
will be the attraction of the open air
concert on Saturday evening. This
is a populär Lancaster orchestra.
John Keehn, of Lititz, is one of the
members.
The Williamstown band is booked
to appear here, on Saturday afternoon
and evening, September 12. The band
will comprise some forty musicians.
This is the home town of the Spachts.
The band was here several seasons
ago and was one of the big musical
hits.
RAH! RAH! OYSTER
SEASON IS HERE
Who Invented the Fried Oyster, His-tory
Iiecordeth Not
The oyster season, lasting during
the months containing R, is at hand.
Local purveyors of bivalves have
been notified that the oyster boats
are out and shipments can be expect-ed
here shortly, June to August are
the spawning season of the oysters,
when they are not disturbed. Cool
weather also seems to add to the
flavor.
Oysters are one of the cheapest
articles of diet at the present time in
the United States, considering quality.
The variety of ways in which oysters
can be prepared for the table would
fill a cook book. It would be inter-esting
. to know who originated the
fried oyster, some cook whose name
deserves great praise for this high
touch of culinary art, dressing up the
oyster in bread and cracker crumbs
to bring out its best flavor. Perhaps
it was some Virginia 'Colored mammy,
skilled in southern dishes, perhaps
some high salaried chef, but history
has recorded no name. The hot dog-gie
has come, but it is doubtful if it
will outlast the fried oyster sand-wich
in popularity.
Baltimore is the great oyster city
of the world, so that local people can
cpngratulate themselves in getting
oysters shipped here fresh. The best
oyster beds are located in the Chese-peake
bay, along the coast of New
Jersey and Long Island Sound.
Most oysters after being dredged
out are put in fresher water for
plumping, losing some of its salty
taste and giving it a fatter appear-ance.
Oysters, it is stated, are ready
for the table in a year and a half
and are at their best at three y^ars
of age.
Chickens Were on a Jag
In the chicken yard of a certain
home in Lititz a flock of thirty chick-ens
were on a big spree—beastly
drunk—one day recently. The rooster
threw out his chest and stepped
around until he fell over on his back
while the hens became lively, cackled
and appeared young again, scrotching
end running around the enclosure, not
caring a bit about the Volstead
amendment.
It was a give-away for the owner.
He made new wine, throwing the
sediment of the receptacles in the
chicken yard. It took the chickens
over an hour to get over their jag.
Long Auto Trip
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Haldeman, of
Bellingham, Wash,., arrived in town
this week by automobile, stopping
with Frank Gable and family and
looking up other relatives in the
county. They have their machine
specially equipped for a long trip,
having a kitchen, -with chairs and
tables in the machiné and a tent is
thrown over the car, providing sleep-ing
quarters in quick time. They
covered 5,500 miles so far, and from
here left for Gettysburg and Wash-ington,
oil their way south to Texas,
and will, go home along the Pacific
coast.
Last of the Lovefeasts
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The festival season, with lovefeasts
on four successive Sundays in the
Moravian church here will close on
Sunday with the Day of Covenant and
Prayer for the married people. This
is always well attended with many
out-of-town persons present.
Home From
Western Trip
Rev. H. R. Gibbet and Family
Home After 2 Months
Sightseeing
Rev. and Mrs. H. R. Gibbel and son
Henry returned home after a trans-continental
trip of two months. Rev.
Gibbel attended a national convention
of insurance men in Seattle.'
Of special interest of the trip were
the tours through Yellowstone, Mt.
Rainier and the Yosemite Valley Na-tional
Parks.
In the Yellowstone, Old Faithful,
a geyser throwing one million five
hundred gallons of hot water to a
height of 125 to 150 feet, naturally,
was interesting. It does this every
sixty or sixty-five minutes. They
traveled over the Cody road, ninety-eight
miles long, stopping at individ-ual
cabins along the way. Woodfires
made the rooms bright and cheerful.
College boys and girls look after the
wants of the travelers and at nights
furnish entertainment with a musical
program. It took about four and a
half days to cover the park, traveling
in auto busses. One night they were
in a cabin close to a 308 foot fall, and
the music of the water was a pleas-ant
diversion.
They, went thru the hot spring re-gion,
where bathing houses have been
constructed.
They saw numerous bears. Big-shaggy
animals stood on the road be-fore
approaching machines, begging
for choice bits of food- At one place
they saw a bear place his front paws
on a machine, extending his head in-side.
Needless to say the animal was
rewarded. People, however, are warn-ed
not to feed the bears with their
hands, as the animals have no con-ception
where the food stops and the
hand begins, although they are not
vicious.
A beautiful lake and canyon are
other things of interest in the park.
At Mt. Rainier tourists are also
taken around by automobile. There
are 2000 little geysers and snow at
high altitudes is encountered the en-tire
year. The son had a coast of
300 foot on ice. A chain is formed,
each one holding the other's feet,
while seated, and it is much fun, es-pecially
considering that the time
is mid-summer. Khaki trousers, with
double seats, and paraffined dubbed
tin-plate trousers, are used and stand
the test.
The Lititz visitors inquired at Yel-lowstone
for Mohn and Young, and
were told they had left just four days
before.
The Yosemite Valley, with its im-mense
trees, was a four days trip by
auto bus. Over the greater part of
the north-west they traversed the air
was hazy from forest fires.
They, saw Indians and took in an
Indian field day, when the Native
Americans, showed their skill as horse-men
and executed their dances.
The Gibbel family took a boat trip
from Duluth to Buffalo, pleasant
diversion from car riding.
At Pasadena, they stopped with Mr.
Gibbel's brother John, while Henry.
Jr, went with a cousin by auto sev-eral
thousand miles, crossing into
Mexico.
It hardly seems possible, said Mr.
Gibbel, that one can see and learn so
much in practically such a short time.
This is the second . trip to the coast
made by the Gibbel family.
Landed 15 Pound Turtle at Hammer
Creek
George Heagy, of 527 Walton St.,
Lebanon, and David Miller, of Leh-man
St., who have been camping in
the South Mountain district, near
Speedwell, for the past week, while
angling in waters of the Hammer
Creek, Tuesday, landed a 15 pound
turtle.
Local Fisherman Break Record
Six local fisherman broke the re-cord
for the best catch by Lititz
fisherman this season at Bowers
Beach on Monday. They pulled out
102 fish, mostly weak fish Those in
the party were N. D. Sturgis, Frank
Spickler, Lloyd R9yer, Homer Schn-erer,
Roy Myers and Ed. Bear.-
Malta Excursion
The Malta Pilgrimage to the Malta
Home at Granville, will take place
on Sunday, Sept. 13. Get your tickets
at Pfautz Bros. Store. Everybody is
invited. The found trip fare is $3.00,
with special trolley service to Lan-caster
to meet the train.
Lititz people had an oppor-tunity
through the visit of the
Good Shepherd Home band, of
Allentown, to learn more of
that worthy institution.
It is still new to theml, but
at that the $208 was contribut-ed
here through a hat collection,
A woman, who could hardly
afford it, came around the next
morning with a contribution,
because the collectors had miss-ed
her the night before. An-other
person, who could easily
have afforded it, ignored the
hat.
With the children was a blind
girl, one boy with one leg and
another boy with two artificial
legs. In fact there were only
two children who were not crip-pled
in some way. That should
touch anyone's heart.
They are taught useful oc-cupations
and educated as far
as possible. They are sent to
the Allentown High School when
possible. The blind girl was
sent to Philadelphia. She is
adept in the use of the type-writer.
She sings beautifully
and aims to become an evange-list.
One boy, with a defective
spine, who has to use crutches,
comes from this county.
Rev Baker, the present sup-erintendent,
started in a small
way about seventeen years ago.
Their only child, a girl, was
lost by death. They were later
asked to care for a child, a
cripple, and they took it in and
gave it a home. They took
other children until the good
pastor and his wife had seven.
It was then decided to start a
home.
The pastor had often ponder-ed
on the question. There are
many homes for orphan chil-dren.
They must meet certain
physical requirements. Some-how
or other cripples are not
wanted.
At the home at Allentown
they are welcomed. The pre-sent
, superintendent had no
money to start a home, but he
had strong faith. The home
now owns two farms and is ad-ding
improvements as fast as is
practicable.
Probably there is not another
home like it in the United
States. It knows no creed or
color or nationality, or lack of
money.
Three physicians from Allen-town
administer to the home
free of charge, and under their
expert service, many of the in-mates
have made wonderful
physical improvement. Here in
our own state, within a . few
hours by auto, is a home worth
consideration.
There is no accounting for
what man will do. Witness:
Within the week G. L. Smith,
of Atlanta, Ga., admitted that
he robbed houses on week days
and led Christian t Endeavor
meeting- on Sundays. Rev. J.
N. Tallant, Baptist minister of
Macon, Ga., punched an elder
of his church in the eye because
he had called him a liai\ Ernest
Levy, a New York Jew, paid the
debt of a protestant church in
Long Branch, N. J., and saved
it from sheriff's sale. Rudolph
Althans, bald headed citizen, of
East Elmhurst, Pa., permitted
the family cat to lick his pate
and discovered that cat spit is
a better hair restorer than the
Seven Sutherland Sisters ever
dreamed of making.
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Meeting to Arrange Community Show
Saturday
On Saturday evening, Sept. 5, a
meeting will be held in the town hall
to make arrangements for the Lititz
community show. The managers, and
other interested persons are asked to
attend. The sixth annual Lititz com-munity
show will be held some time
in October.
School Days
arid Rule Days
School Opens With Nearly 850
Pupils—Special Class for
Backward Children
The Public School opened on Mon-day
with an enrollment of 848 the
first day. This is 40 more than were
enrolled at any time last year. There
are 184 students in the High school,
last year's enrollment numbering 151.
The seating capacity of the high
school room is about 153, the remain-ing
31 pupils occupy one of the class
rooms in the building. There were
also 76 beginners enrolled.
Two new rooms in the basement of
the building have been fixed up for
class rooms, one being used as a reci-tation
room for the high school and
the other as a room for the new class
which has been started in the Lititz
schools. This class is for crippled
pupils, pupils with defective speech,
pupils that are hard of hearing and
subnormal pupils. The class will be
in charge of Miss Ruth Tinkhan who
is very well fitted for the position
being a graduate of various institu-tion
which specialize aldng these lines
of study. There are only 5 schools
in the 4th class district in' Pennsyl-vania,
which have a class like this
and Lititz is one of them. It is' the
only one in. the county outside of
Lancaster city, where there are 6 or
7 teachers employed in teaching such
classes.
Another teacher has been added to
the high school faculty, namely Miss
Mildred Leech, who will assist in the
teaching of history and English.
Mr. Hunter, one. of the teachers at
the school will be in charge of the
athletics and already a football team
is - being organized.
Not Much Left of Ford, But Still It
'Runs
Proving that a Ford will go -with
an engine, gear and wheels can be
seen by Joshua Rollman's truck. One
thing after another has disappeared.
First the windshield, then the dash-board,
after which the hood fell off
Finally the cab disappeared, piece
by piece. So it remains now, and al-though
stripped of the luxuries, the
engine pulls as goods as the day the
truck appeared new on the streets.
The owner stated that he will con-tinue
to run it that way until the
engine drops out.
New Auto Parking Place in Rear of
Farmers Bank
The vacant space in the rear of the
Farmers. National bank has been
leveled off, filled in with stone and
tarvia applied. This will be used for
a general auto parking place. Being
in the heart of the town it is con-veniently
located. The) entrance is
by way of North alley.
Special Meeting of Knights of Malta
White Dove Commandery, No. 532,
Knights of Malta, will hold a special
convocation Thursday evening, Sept.
3. The various officers recently elect-ed
for the ensuing term will be in-stalled
in charge of Deputy Grand
Commander Walter R. Hepler, of
Lancaster. Refreshments will be
served. A full attendance is desired.
Insect Makes Holes Similar to Gimlet
In a decayed tree in , the Springs
Hotel yard insects are boring num-erous
holes to the depth of several
inches. The holes are as round as if
made by a carpenter's tool. These
insects, according to John Heiserman.
are known as the gnomen fly, one
of a thousand species. They deposit
eggs in these holes. This family of
flies keep down caterpillars, one of
the specie depositing eggs under the
skin of the caterpillar, which eventu-ally
kills it.
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Canada Flooded With American
Tourists
Chester Leicey, returned home from
a nine day trip at Montreal and Que-beck
Mr. Leicey stated that Canada
appears to be filled with American
tourists. In one of the big hotels
in which he stopped a truck was used
in the hallway to deliver bottled goods
to the rooms. The Governments sells
whiskey, gin' and the stronger drinks,
while the hotels sell beer and light
•*.'ines. '
Officials on the boundry line are
saving their hands full searching for
liquor and immigrants who try to
smuggle themselves into this country.
In the part of Canada he was in,
farming is carried on as it was a
hundred years ago, but the crops are
wonderful.
Maltas Again on Top
The Malta quoit team was again
successful in defeating the Lititz tos,-
sers in the rear of the firehouse last
Thursday. Amer and Kreider made
a good start, running away from
their opponents twice out of three
matches. In the remaining matches
Lititz lost ground the final score being
273. to 256.
The Second Ward tossers defeated
Hopeland the same evening.
New York Children Will Leave This
Morning
At eleven o'clock this morning the
229 New York children who were
brought here thru'the New York Tri-bune
fresh air fund, will leave Lititz
on their way home to the big city.
The children will be brought to the
Springs Grounds.
On the whole the people were well
pleased with the children, although
like a similar number from any place,
there were several who were too fresh
and caused trouble. One farmer pen-ned
his hoys in the granary for a
short time after moral suasion fail-ed.
It is safe to say ninety per
cent, of the chilldren were well be-haved.
There are some families who
would like to adopt their charges and
they are welcome to come again at.
any time.
Many of the children are of Italian
parentage and talk and sing in both
Italian and English. Needless to say
the children will have much to say
about Lititz and the country in. gen-eral
when they return home.
Frank Eby has a Spanish boy. The
father of the boy came on to Lititz to
see him, spending several hours here.
He stated that he imagined Lititz
was only a short distance from New
York, until he asked the price of the
railroad fare and then decided to
come on. He asked his son if he
wanted to accompany him home but
the boy decided to stay as long as
possible.
TRAVELERSJNEAR AND FAR
COLUMN TO KEEP YOU IN
TOUCH WITH OLD AND
NEW NAMES
On Zane Grey's Schooner
Jacob Kemper, a former resident of
this place, but who has. been in the
west for many years, sent a picture
of himself on the three-master- schoon-er,
"The Fisherman," owned by Zane
Grey, a well-known writer of western
stories. Mr. Kemper writes that he
has been on the boat, now at anchor
at Avalon Bay, California, near the
Cataline Islands, during the greater
part of the summer and could stay
on her for a year's trip, but will go
to Arizona for the winter.
Mr. Kemper has had a varied car-eer
in the west, as politician, pros-pector,
accompanied a scientist on
Indian research on a deserted Island
and has even appeared in the movies.
He left Lititz when a young man, his
late father having conducted the War-wick
House.
Enjoyed Rev. Diehm's Sermon
Rev. Edward Diehm, who teaches at
Youngstown, Ohio, and is a supply
pastor, preached at the morning ser-vice
in the Church of the Brethren.
In the evening there was a special
program given by the young people.
Several of the New York children
were among those who recited and
sang.
Party in Honor of New York Children
A farewell party was held at the
home of Mr. C. A. Rosenberg on Tues-day
evening, in honor of Cecelia Rom-anoss
and her sister, two fresh air
children who were staying with the
Bill Woods family. There were about
fourteen or fifteen children present,
twelve were fresh air children. There
was music and dancing and prizes
were given for dancing. Refresh-ments
were also served during the
evening.
Bought English Setter Dog
Samuel Huber recently secured an
English setter dog from Iowa by ex-press.
The dog came from good
blood lines arid is registered. Mr.
Huber and William Snavely are -the
only hunters in town who have Setter
dogs.
Park Replaces Former "Eye-sore"
B. F. Lutz, who resides on North
Cedar street, also owns a piece of
ground adjacent to his home facing
Cedar street. It has been a meadow
originally but Mr. Lutz filled it up,
sowed lawn seed, then planted ever-green
trees and has converted an eye-sore
into a pretty little park and play-ground.
It shows what can be done
when a person has the ambition and
inclination to do. things right.
Rev and Mrs. Paul Shultz and son
John of Emaus, were visitors in town
this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Simcox and dau-ghter
Miriam, of Kinderhook, were
in Lititz on Sunday.
Harry Smith, North Cedar street,
spent Sunday in Lancaster with his
son-in-law and daughter Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Rhen.
Miss Catherine Martin, Mr. Walter
Light and family, of Florin, we're
among aLititz relatives and friends ori
Sunday.
Charles Weaver and mother Mrs.
Henry Weaver attended the funeral
of Mrs. Gast at Reading, last Thurs-day.
,
Mrs. M. Mullen of Atlantic City,
and Monroe Eckert, of Newark were
in town yesterday to attend the fun-eral
of Mrs. John Boyer.
Mrs. George W. Anthony and Mr.
Arretes Dungan of Burlington, N. J.,
spent the past week with Mrs. Mary
Woodington.
Mr. and Mrs. G. S,. Loeffler enter-tained
Mrs Francisco, of New York
City, N. Y., and Mrs, Sydney Evans
of Lancaster, on Monday.
John and Benjamin Fass, of New
York, are spending several days here
with their parents, Mr. and Mrs,
David Fass, ,
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Mr. Robert Brobst of Ashville, Car-bon
county, spent a week here with
his brother Charles at the Springs
Hotel.
Mrs. Taylor Harper of Christiana,
spent from Saturday to Monday here
with her parents, Dr. and Mrs. W.
K. Bender.
Mrs. J. D. Tomlinson, of Phila-delphia,
returned to her home after
spending a week here with her father.
Peter L. Yeiser.
Miss Evelyn Sturgis, daughter of
Horace E. Sturgis, went to Philadel-phia
on Tuesday to become a student
nurse in a hospital.
Mrs. A. F. Williams and Mr. and
Mrs. A. C. Biles of Trenton, N. J,,
are visiting in Lititz. Mrs. Williams
is stopping at the Springs Hotel with
Mrs. I. W. Bobst, and Mr. and Mrs.
Biles are the guests of Mr. and Mrs.
David Bricker, and will remain until
Labor Day.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Brobst an
Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Helman left c
Tuesday on a week's auto tour th
New York state to Niagara Falls >
will cross to Canada. \
Misses Ella and Lydia Ko^
Charles Kofroth, Samuel and
Francis and Beckie Ludwig left yes-terday
by auto for Niagara Falls and
Canada.
Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Mohler, of
Lewistown, on an auto trip stopped off
with Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Sturgis, and
from here went to places in New
Jersey.
Mrs. Ella Brock, Mrs. Clara How-ard,
Mrs. Charles Siegel and two sons,
Mrs. Lillie Miksch, all of Lancaster, .
were in town on Sunday and attend-ed
thei lovefeast in the Moravian
church.
Rev. and Mrs. F. A. Weicksel had
as guests on Sunday: Mr. and Mrs.
G. L. Calvert of Lititz; D. E. Weicksel
and family of Kirkwood, H. A. Weick-sel
and family of Manheim and Ruth
Weicksel of Lancaster.
David Becker of Philadelphia, is
spending a vacation-with his mother,
Mrs. Lizzie Becker, East Main- street.
Just before coming here David's car
was destroyed by fire, with forty other
cars, while in a garage.
Mrs. Daniel Snowden, of San Diego,
California, is visiting her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Jos. Miller, who reside on
East Main street. Mrs. Snowden ex-pects
to remain here for another week
before returning west.
Returned Home From Mt. Gretna
. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Longenecker re- .
turned from a month's vacation at Mt.
Gretna, where they occupied the Max-sil
cottage on the Chautauqua
grounds. Miss Margaret Loucks of
Reading was the guest of Miss Edna
Mae Longenecker at Mt. Gretna for
a week.
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