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VOL. LV LITITZ, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 11, 1932 No. 22
Lititz Pike Bridge
Delayed Till Spring
Bad Weather Causes Lay Off in
Work Although Span Itself
Has Long Been Finished
Although the new Lititz Pike bridge
itself has been completed for some-time,
bad weather has held up the'
work on the approaches and it is not
likely that the span will be opened
before Spring.
The southern approach has been
finished since early in the operation.
However, the north approach, which
will require much more filling and
grading is not completed and probably
will not be for several weeks it was
learned.. High retaining walls which
had to "be built on each side of the
approach contributed to the delay as
did heavy rains.
Engineers stated that the filling
work can be continued in cold weather ! a t 7 M o'clock. A
but that, due to the frozen condition be rendered,
ol' the ground the road way could not The singing
possibly be built before the return , Samuel Shotzberger will render a
of warm weather when the approach- j s a c r e d s o n S Program at the Lititz
es will be re-graded and finished. j Mennoriite Church on Sunday after-
, , , . , ,! noon at 2 o'clock. Everyone is invited
The telephone lines wmch crossed .
the old bridge as aerial cable will be I
placed underground in the new struc- j
IocmJews The Alumni of Sacred Heart Acad-emy,
Lancaster, held a dance at the
Hotel General Sutter on Saturday
evening. There were 160 members
and friends present.
The Lancaster County Shrine will
have a banquet at the Hotel General
Sutter on Thursday night. Covers
will be laid' for 225.
William G. Regennas had a dinner
a his home on Lemon Street on Sun-day
in honor of his 80th birthday
anniversary. Mrs. Frank Baird, Clar-ence
Regennas and Mr. and Mrs. Hen-ry
Stoner were present.
The congregation of the Bricker-ville
Parish of the Lutheran Church
will hold a union World Day of Pray-er
service at dBriokerville on Friday,
Feb-. 12, at 7.30 P. M. The commun-ity
at large is invited to attend.
The -winter meeting of the Lititz
Branch of the Linden Hall Alumnae
Association will be held in the school
parlor rrext Thursday, February 11th,
musical program
class conducted by
ture. The conduit for most of the new
cable has been laid and will be com-pleted
as soon as the grading is fin-ished.
Trolley tracks will not be placed,
it was learned until the final re-grading
is done and the concreting is
started. The cars over the Manheim,
Lititz and Rossmere lines will con-tinue
to use the temporary route
to attend.
The 'Rt. Rev. E. S. Crosland, D.D.,
of the Moravian Church, will have
catechetical'lectures every Friday ev-ening,
'followed by illustrated lectures
on the tBible, from the Creation to the
Resurrection of Christ.
The Mo:heirs' Circle of the Morav-ian
Church had an interesting meet-ing
at the home of Mrs. Earl Erb
an Thursday evening with an attend-ance
of twelve. The next meeting
be held at the home of Mrs.
Oppose Daylight Saving
The Society of Farm Women, No. 1,
put themselves on record as opposed
to daylight saving time at their meet-ing
at the home of Mrs. W. Martin
Hess, at the east end of Lititz, on
Saturday evening. Each member of
the Society brought one or more
patches to be sewed for a quilt which
the Society will make and sell for the
benefit of the organization. Miss
Anna Erb, the president, had charge
of the meeting, and Miss Amy Bal-mer
served as pianist. After a song
by those present, Mrs. Alice Fasnacht
read the Scriptures, the Lord's Pray-er
was prayed in unison, and Mrs. M.
A. Moore called the roll and read the
r-inutes. Mirs. "Moore reported a board
meeting and reporting for newspapers
at Lancaster.
It was stated that Tuesday, March
10, would be reserved for sewing day
at the Lancaster General Hospital.
MPS, J. C. Brubaker, Mrs. Moore and
Mrs. Grunenberger gave reports of
the State Convention and Farm Show
at Harrisburg. Humorous anecdotes
by all the members and Pennsylvania
German readings by Miss L. A. Weit-zel
were the features of the program.
The hostess served refreshments.
Fifteen were present and it was de-cided
to meet at the Moravian Home
in March.
TOMORROW
LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY
through Rossmere for the balance of j L j 0yj gm; t h on February 18.
the winter. ^ ^ ^ j Richard Snyder will address the
r -n. i ' Tii 3Ius, a boys' club connected with Drawn For Jury Duty , t h e M o r i r t d a n C h u r c h > o n Thursday
Among the 294 men and womeft
drawn for jury duty for the next two
months, the following are from Lititz
and vicinity: Common Pleas Court,
March 1—W. M. Scott and Mrs. Eli-zabeth
B. Muth, of town; Quarter
Sessions Court, March 14—William
Burgaman, Chas. S. Landes and' Guy
D. Bomberger, of town, Milo Clause,
of Neffsville, Harry E. Lane, of Mill-way,
and Earl Y. Stauffer, of Roths-ville;
Common Pleas Court, April 25
—Harry C. Reedy and Mrs. Jeanette
-R, Herr, of town, and Christ May, of
Brickerville.
W. C. T. U, Hears Readings
A Francis Willard program was
rendered at the meeting of the W. G.
T. U. oil Monday afternoon. Readings
were given by Mrs. J. C. H. Light,
Mrs. H. J. Kline, Mrs. Elizabeth
Hepp, Mrs Raymond Dubs, Mrs. M. j tory;
•C. Demmy, Mrs. H. E. Grosh, Mrs. Wednesday
Mary Miksch, Mrs. E. Nethercott,
Miss A. V. Grosh and Miss L. A.
Weitzel. It was decided to give $2 to
the Francis Willard Memorial Fund.
Arrangements were made about hold-ing
a covered dish suipper with a
Washington program on Monday, Feb.
-22nd.
Busses Replace Trolleys
evening.
The Rev. Harold Mumper, of St.
Paul's Lutheran Church has prepared
the following program for the Lenten
season: Ash Wednesday, Feb. 10—
S.cdics in the Common Service; Sun-
• !i;y, Feb. 14—A. M., "The Cross—A
Symbol of Lcve;" P. M., "Zacchaeus;"
Wednesday, Feb. 17—"Six Days Be-fore
the Passover;" Sunday, Feb. 21
—A. M., "The Cross—A Symbol of
Obedience;" P. M., "The Visit at
Bethany;" Wednesday, Feb. 24—"The
Last Evening on Olivet;" Sunday,
Feb.*28—A. M., "The Cross—A Sym-bol
of Sacrifice;" P. M., "Simon, the
Cross Bearer;" Wednesday, March 2
—"Gethsemane;" Sunday, March G- -
A. M., "The Cross—A Symbol of
Judgment;" P. M., "The First Word;"
Wednesday, March 9—"The Trial and
Condemnation;" Sunday, March 13—
A. M., "The Cross—A Symbol of Vic-
P. M., "The Second Word;"
March 10—"Golgotha."
The Ladies' Aid Society of St.
Paul's Lutheran Church cleared about
$30 at their pantry sale on Satur-day.
Miss Alleine De Chants, a returned
missionary from China, will speak in
St. Luke's Reformed Church on Sun-day
evening at 7 o'clock. She will
also sipeak at Penryn at 2 P. "M.
The Byler family will give a musi-
I cal program in the United Brethren
Although it was freely predicted j church on Sunday evening.
t h a t when the Conestoga Transporta
tion Company took over and made
changes in the trolley lines in the
County the Lititz line -would be
among the first to have trolley re-placed
by busses, the first announce-ment
of changes does not include the
local line.
Buses will be used on the Quarry-
•ville, Manheim, Elizabethtown and
Strasburg lines, while the Terre Hill-
Blue Ball and Columbia-Marietta
lines and part of the belt line in Col-umbia
will be abandoned. The ma-chines
will not be put in operation un-til
March, if the request before the
Public Service Commission to make
the changes is granted, and it likely
will be.
New fare schedules are contemplat-ed
by the company, reducing the rates
in many cases, and are expected to
be announced any day.
Ministers Gather Here
The Lutheran Ministerial Associa-tion
of this district held its Pre-
Lenten Retreat in St. Paul's Lutheran
Church Tuesday morning. The Rev.
P. G. Siegler, D.D., of Lancaster,
preached the sermon, after which the
Lord's Supper was administered to
the visiting members. Dinner was
served by the ladies of the congrega-tion
to the 25 ministers present.
On Tuesday evening the Ladies'
Sewing Society of the Moravian
Church gave their annual fasnacht
supper in the Sunday School Chapel
basement, 36 being present. The Rt.
Rev. E. S. Crosland led the dewotions
and spoke briefly. Others who spoke
were Mrs. H. E. Grosh, Mrs. H. C.
Seldomridge and Miss Ella Buch.
The Aid Societies of the Church of
the Brethren of the Eastern District
of Pennsylvania will meet in the Eph-rata
Church of the Brethren tomor-row
afternoon at 2 o'clock to observe
the World Day of Prayer.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Frederick en-tertained
the following guests on Sun-day:
Mr. and Mrs. Zillers and son,
John, of Mt. Joy; Mr. and Mrs. Les-ter
Hossler and son, Billy, of Man-heim,
and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Heagy
and son, Bobby, of town.
Mrs. Jean Reedy •attended the fun-eral
of Miss Mame Fritz at Middle-town
on Friday. Miss Fritz was
known to quite a number of Lititz
people, as she frequently visited the
late Mrs. Herman Fisher.
Wesley Furlow had his hand caught
in the machinery at a local factory.
The flesh was torn from the back of
the hand.
Hundreds of real bargains in Foot-wear
for the entire family at the
Harris' Store, Lititz, Pa. ad
At Linden Hall
A fine piano recital was given at
Linden Hall on Monday evening by
Jacques Jolas.
The Eev. Albert Harke, of Pal-myra,
N. J., addressed the students at
the vesper service on Sunday.
The basketball team was defeated
by Penn Hall at Chambersburg on
Monday, the score being 40-15. The
team will play Shippen School, of
Lancaster, tomorrow.
The Post Graduates gave a benefit
party to the school on Saturday in
the gymnasium.
Mrs. F. W. Stengel entertained the
First Room Company from 5 to 7
F M. on Wednesday.
Ushers Hear Talks
The Ushers of St. Paul's Lutheran
Church held a meeting on Tuesday
evening at which 35 were present.
Addresses were given by three of the
members: Dr. L. Moyer sipoke on
"Blindness"; C. E. Brian compared
railroad's with the Church, and Frank
H. Longeneeker spoke on "Ships."
A light lunch was served.
The next meeting, March 8th, will
be addressed by H. H. Kready, El-wood
Keath and Frank Wonder.
Many Fasnacht« Baked
With the number of fasnachts bak-ed
and distributed in town by bakers
running into the thousands, and with
countless dozens badked in private
homes, it is almost impossible to esti-mate
just how many of these cakes
were consumed here Tuesday, Fas-nacht
Day. Keller's Bakery alone put
out more than 200 dozen.
Gives Address On Lincoln
C. H. Martin, of Lancaster, addres-sed
the Lititz Rotary Club Tuesday
evening on Lincoln and his Lancaster
County Associations. Mr. Martin
said that the hotel in which Lincoln
and his wife lived for about a year
after their marriage" in Springfield,
111., was operated by a native Lititz
man, a Mr. Beck.
Read RECORD 50 Years
Ezra Kline of town, stopped in the
office the other day to renew his sub-scription
to the RECORD. Mr. Kline
told us that he has been a subscriber
for 50 consecutive years and hopes to
keep reading it for maniy more years.
He is one of the oldest subscribers of
this paper.
P. T. A. Meets Tonight
The Parent - Teacher Association
will meet, tonight in the High School
auditorium. A fine program has been
arranged. Dr. D. W. Draper, of
Lancaster, will deliver an address and
several musical numbers and a short
playlet will also be included on the
program. All parents and teachers
are invited to attend.
Obituary
Mrs. Madison Schnerer
Mrs. Mary B. Schnerer, 59, wife of
Madison Schnerer, died at her home,
145 Spruce Street, Sunday night at
11:20 o'clock, of a complication of
diseases, after an illness of 8 weeks.
She was1 born in Clay Township and
has resided at Lititz the last eighteen
years. She was a member of the
Moravian Church, the Pastor's Bible
Class, the Woman's Missionary Soc-iety,
Speak-,No-Evil Circle of King's
Daughters and the American Legion
Auxiliary.
She is survived by her husband, a
daughter, Mabel, and a son, Homer.
Services will be held this afternoon
at 1.30 o'clock at the home and ¡burial
will be in the Macpelah cemetery.
Beck Bros, are the funeral directors.
Delphian Society Meets
The Lititz Delphian Society met at
the home of Miss Mary Huebener
with ten members and one guest pres-ent.
Roll call was responded to by
news items. The subject for the eve-ning
was: "The End of the Century."
Those taking part in the discussions
are as follows: The Resume, Mrs. W.
H. Muth; Preliminary Survey—"Eng-lish
Traits As Revealed In Fiction,"
Miss Maggie Bricker; Conrad's Stor-
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Calvert and Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas Kissinger spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Kreiser
on a farm at Grantville.
Mrs. S. G. Tulloch and Mr. arid
Mirs. John Stevens, of Altoona, spent
the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Har-ies—
Mrs. Buch; Theme of "The Nig- l a n Hoffman.
ger of the Narcissus," Mrs. Mary M. I J o h n W o l g ' e m u t h a n d f a m i ] y > of M t
Dengate; From 'The Nigger of the
Narcissus," Miss Huebener. The hos-tess
served refreshments a f t e r which
the meeting adjourned to meet Feb.
19th at the home of Mrs. Florence
Gitobel.
Charles M. Stamm
Charles M. Stamm, 77, died at his
home, Erb's Corner, near Ephrata, at
4 P. M. Sunday of complications. He
was a member of Zion Reformed
Church, Lincoln, and was the son of
the late William and Mary Ann
Stamm.
He is survived by the following
children: Mrs. Laura Loose, Ephra-ta;
John E. Stamm, Reading; Charles
E. Stamm, Ephrata R. D. 1; Mrs.
Harvey Wealand, of Clay, and Mrs.
Elam Cready, at home. Eighteen
grandchildren and eight great-grand-children
also survive.
Funeral services were held at 9:30
A. M. today at the late home, with
further services at 10 in Zion Re-formed
Church. Burial was in the
adjoining: cemetery.
Hold Valentine Party
The girls classes of the Senior De-partent
of St. Paul's Lutheran Sunday
School held a Valentine Party in the
church social rooms on Tuesday eve-ning.
The evening was spent playing
games and at a seasonable hour re-freshments
were served in keeping
with the season.
Mrs. Elizabeth Miller
Mrs. Elizabeth R. Miller, 79, widow
of John G. Miller, died at 8 P. M.
Saturday at the Brethren Home, ar
Neffsville, where she had resided fer-tile
past seven months. Death was
caused by paralysis.
Mrs. Miller was active in mission-ary
work and conducted a wearing
ayparel store in Lancaster before
moving to the Brethren Home.
Two sons, George W., and Daniel
L., both of Lancaster, survive.
Funeral services were conducted at
2 P. M. Tuesday at the Brethren
Home. Interment was in the MiTlers-ville
Mennonite cemetery.
Cox—Moore
Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Moore, of
town, announce the marriage of their
daughter, Anne L., to Ellsworth L.
Cox, son of Mr. and Mrs. Luther E.
Cox, of Quarryville, R. D. 1, Sundiay,
at Georgetown, Maryland. Miss Moore
was. a student nurse at the Lancaster
General Hospital. Mr. Cox is employ-ed
by the Pennsylvania Water and
Power Company at Safe Harbor.
Maurer—Jarrett
The marriage of Miss Lena Henri-etta
Jarrett, of Lancaster, to Victor
Arnold Maurer, of East Petersburg,
was quietly performed in the City
Chapel, New York City, at noon Sat-urday
by Acting Deputy Clerk Her-man
C. Oechsli. Mrs. Maurer is the
daughter of George ai d Lena Mau-rer
Jarret, of Lancaster. Mr. Mau-rer
is the son of Samuel and Annie
Annie Bender Maurer, and is a native
of East Petersburg.
He Wonders Why
Mission Society Meets
A meeting of the Young People's
Missionary Society of the Evangeli-cal
Congregational Church was held
at the parsonage on Monday evening
with an attendance of 31. Mrs. W. M.
Pfautz had charge of the meeting ana
read the Scriptures. Prayers, were
offered by Mrs. Walter Smith, Mrs.
Morris MeCloud and Mrs. Frank Tre-go.
Readings were given by Miss
Ida Miller and Mrs. Harry Hershey.
Miss Viola Schmuck rendered a solo.
Rev. H. J. Kline had the topic, giving
a summary of the first two chapters
of "God and the Census," "The Church
and the Community," and "The Fight,
for Civic Righteousness." Missionary
Current Events were given by Mrs.
H. J. Kline. After the business ses-sion
the hostess served refreshments.
The next meeting will be held at the
home of Miss Ruth Engle on Lincoln
Avenue.
Men Name Officers
The Men's Missionary Society of
the Moravian Church observed their
57th anniversary on Sunday. The
speaker ox the day, who preached
morning and evening, delivered an
address at the lovefeast in the after-noon
and spoke in the Sunday School,
was Rev. Albert J. Harke, of Palmyra,
N. J. At the business meeting of the
Society the following officers were
elected: President, H. C. Seldomridge;
Vice President, A. L. Douple; Secre-t
a ry and Treasurer, Louis Huebener;
Collectors, Horace L. Eschbach and
B. L. Miller; Alternates, Daniel Groff
and George Keehn. The following
appropriations were made: Reading
Church, $25; Evangelistic Fund, Sal-ary
of Missionary Pastor, Rev. R-ufus
F." Bishop, Yulu, Nicaragua, and
Home Mission Fund, $42 each.
A farmer who dropped into the of-fice
the other day, paid his subscrip-tion
and started talking about the
present economic conditions of the
country. During his conversation he
remarked that he had bought two
loads of cattie last year to fatten,
paying 6V2 cents a pound for them.
Last week he sold them at 6 cents.
He wonders why, with the low prices
now prevailing, that there is not more
of a drop in meat to the consumer.
Roller Skating Saturday Evening.
LUTZ HALL—10c and 20c. ad
Prayer Day Meeting
Tomorrow evening at 7.30 o'clock a
union service will be held in the Mor-avian
Church in observance of the
World Day of Prayer for Missions.
All the Missionary Societies of town
will take part in the program special-ly
prepared for the occasion by Miss
Helen Tupper, of Isabella Thoburn
College, Lueknow, Indiana. Mrs. W.
M. Pfautz, of the Evangelical Congre-gational
Church, will be in charge of
the meeting and will represent her
Church. Mrs. E. S. Crosland will
reprfcstent the Womlan's Missionary
Societies of the Moravian Church.
Mrs. Chester Martin will represent
the United Brethren Church. Mrs,
Cullen Carpenter will represent the
Reformed Church. Mrs. Guy Calvert
will represent S't. Paul's Lutheran
Church. There will be special music,
responsive readings, prayer and of-fering.
The meeting is open to the
general public.
Young People's Council Meets
The Young People's Council held
their regular monthly meeting on
Monday evening with a fine attend-ance.
The devotions were in charge
of the Neffsville Lutheran Church and
were of a patriotic nature. This was
followed by the business session, dur-ing
which an invitation was given to
attend County Council in Lancaster
on March 3rd. Kanesatake Camp
dates were also announced. Following
the business session games were play-ed
and the meeting closed with the
Friendship Circle.
Legion Women Meet Tonight
The regular monthly meeting of
the American Legion Auxiliary of
Post 56, will be held this evening in
the Post Home. Important business
will be discussed and. plans for a
gavel party to be held some time in
March will be taken up. The New
Holland Unit is entertaining the Eli-zabethtown
and Lititz Auxiliaries to-morrow
evening at New Holland.
Joy, on Sunday visited Mr. and Mrs.
A. L. Douple.
Mr. and Mrs. Titus Wert and dau-ghter,
Ruth, and Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Goda, of East Petersburg, on Satur-day
visited Mr. and Mrs. John S.
Zimmerman.
Mr. and Mrs. Milton R. Hess, of
Brunnerville; -Mr. and Mrs. Edwin
K. Bare and son, Eugene, of Bird-in-
Harid, and Mr. and Mrs. Clayton
Bucher and daughter, Verna, of Birds-boro,
visited John S. Zimmerman and
family on Sunday.
Mr and Mrs. Edward Swartz and
family, of Yoirk, were the guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Dengler on
Sunday.
Mrs. E. E. Habecker is on the sick
list.
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Sweigert and
daughter, Olive, and Wilson E'bersole,
of Harrisburg, visited Mrs. M. L
Steiner on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Miller and son,
Daniel, of East Petersburg, spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Jacob
Wagaman.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bigler, Read-ing,
were the guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Omar K. Bushong on Sunday.
Francis C. Grosh, who spent some
time with his parents, has gone to
visit his sister at Wyncote.
Mrs. John Bitner, of Harrisburg,
visited her cousin, Miss Sarah Weid-man,
on Tuesday.
Mrs. A. R. Keller attended a fun-eral
at Loag's Corner, Chester County,
on Friday.
Miss Emma Enck has returned
home from Akron.
Prof. M. C. Demmy, supervising
principal of the Lititz schools, attend-ed
the Principals' meeting at the
Neffsville school on Wednesday.
Kenneth Shreiner was taken to the
St. Joseph's Hospital,' Lancaster, for
treatment.
'C. Wm. Grosh, who was seriously
ill, is able to be about again.
Ten members of the Lititz school
faculty attended Walter Hampden's
play, "Cyrano De Bergerac," at the
Garrick Theatre, Philadelphia, Satur-day.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Glenn, of Akron,
Ohio, have come to live with the lat-ter's
sister, Miss Ella Buch. Miss
Mary Bruckhart, who lived with Miss
Buch for the last eight years, has
gone to her parents at Elm.
Bernice Dengler, of Harrisburg
spent the week-end at home.
R. V. Owen, Sr., of Hershey, spent
Sunday with his son and family.
Frances Kofroth, student nurse in
Philadelphia, spent several days with
her father and family.
W. E. Hickman spent several days
last week in Virginia.
Dorothy Spacht, Mr. and' Mrs. Carl
Spacht and son and Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur Johanneson spent Sunday in
Philadelphia.
Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Mellinger, Mr.
and Mrs. H. M. Mellinger and Elva
Mellinger, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Wein-hold,
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Heagy and
daughter, Ella Mae, of Denver, and
Louis Roseboro, of New Holland,
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Nor-man
B. Brubaker.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kling spent
Sunday at East Petersburg with
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Kling.
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel McElwain, of
Fawn Grove, York County, spent the
week-end with Mr. and Mrs. D. A.
Zimmerman and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Phillipps
and daughter, of Shillington; Frank
Myers and three children, of Mohn-ton;
Mr. and Mrs. Miyer Kreider, of
Manheim, and Sara Jenkins, of town,
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Har-ry
Myers.
The Rev. J. Harold Mumper and
the lay delegates, Frank H. Longenec-ker
and Theodore Dussinger, attended
the Pre-,Lenten Retreat of the Har-risburg
Conference at Maytown on
Monday.
Seniors To Present
Fine Play Next Week
'Smilin' Through," Outstanding
Show Of Past Theatre Season,
To Be Given Feb. 17 and 18
In an effort to present a play that
would be new to Lititz audiences, the
Senior Class of the Lititz High School
has chosen the
P l a y "Smilin'
Through" as their
c o n t r i b u t i o n to
the 1932 enter-tainment
season.
P r a c t i c e s ars
held daily in pre-paration
for the
plaiy which will
be given in the
High School au-ditorium
Wednes-day
and Thurs-day,
February 17
and 18.
Beatrice Bom-berger
stars in
the performance
as the girl who
is loved by one 0
Kenneth Wayne
(Elvin Geltz) and
influenced to mar-
Miss Bomberger ry another, Willie
Ainley (Robert Kreider.)
Sylvia Longenecker depicts the role
of Mary Clare, sister to Esther Mik-sch,
who plays t h e dual role of a bride-to-
be and the apparition of herself
50 years later as the spirit of Moon-yeen
Clare. Moonyeen returns to her
lover, John Carteret, (Robert Posey),
at certain times "smilin' through"
the mist that separates the life here
from that of the hereafter. Robert
Peiffer plays the part of the bachelor
doctor.
Stage properties and scenery for
the play will be borrowed from the
Fulton Opera House in Lancaster. The
costumes of middle 19th century per-iod,
with which the characters in the
f i r s t act will be clothed, will be pro-cured
from a Philadelphia costumer.
Smilin' Through" opens in the
beautiful Carteret garden. Two old
men, John Carteret (Robert Posey),
and Dr. Owen Harding (Robert Peif-f
e r ) , are playing their favorite game
c," dominoes. Unconsciously Dr. Owen
has brought up the name of a man,
Jeremiah Wayne (Mahlon Groff),
hated by John Carteret for 50 years.
The incident makes him furiously an-gry.
He takes vengeance in his stern
remarks to his housekeeper ' (Maude
Bender).
Guests and dancers are Ann Hack-man,
Jane Haines, Irene Keener,
Helen Leed, Edith Pfautz and Carl
Gockley.
Ushers for the play are Helen Ear-hart,
Valeria Habecker, Theora Keith,
Anna Belle Minnich, Ethel Miller, '
Laura Snavely, Alice Worley, Berne-tha
Adams, Adele Flower, Helen
Hershey, Mary Koch, Loret-ta Mellin-ger,
Vera Lorah and Florence Steffy.
Some of the costumes are being
made by the Senior girls under the
direction of Miss Amy Book. The
orchestra which will furnish the
music is rehearsing daily under the
supervisor of music, James Grim.
Births
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Wenger, of Lit-itz
R. D. 2, announce the birth of a
daughter in the Lancaster General
Hospital on Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Barton Swarr, of
Ardmoirte, announce the birth of a
son on February 4th. Mr. Swarr is
a graduate of the Lititz High School
and is well known here.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kreider residing
south of town, announce the arrival
of a daughter, born on Tuesday.
To Roll Bandages
—Basketball Tonight at Lutz Hall.
Lancaster Armstrong Big Five vs.
Lititz Merchants. 10c and 15c. ad
The Woman's Missionary Society
of the Moravian Church will meet in
the Sunday School Chapel next Thurs-day
afternoon and evening to sow and •
roll bandages for the Leper Home in
Serinam, Dutch Guiana, S. A. A box
lunch will be served. Mrs. E. Nether-cott,
Miss Amelia Miller and Miss
Mary Frederick will be in charge.
Baby Clinic Next Week
The Baby Clinic will be open in the
Moravian Sunday School Chapel on
Wednesday afternoon, February 17th,
at 3 o'clock.
—Sweeping reductions on all Men's
and Boys' Overcoats. Harris'—Lititz.