Lititz Record

              Vol. LVÌ LÍTÍT2, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 22, 1982 No. 15
Churches Present
Christmas Programs
Exercises and Cantatas To Mark
1936th Anniversary Of Birth
Of Saviour in Bethlehem
With the 1936th anniversary of the
Birth of Christ falling on Sunday, the
churches of Lititz and vicinity are
going to observe it with song and
story. Each one has prepared fine,
programs for the event.
Three services Sunday will mark
Christmas in St. Paul's Lutheran
Church. The annual Candle-Light
. dawn service will be held at 6 A. M.
and at 9.30 there will be a combined
church and Sunday School service.
The annual music service by the choir
will be held at 7.
Carols, anthems, duets and solos by
the Young People's Choir and mem-bers
of it will feature the dawn ser-vice.
These will be interspersed with
Scripture readings and comments by
the pastor, the Rev. J. Harold Mum-per.
The members of the Sunday School
will assemble in their various rooms
at 9.30 for the marking of attend-ance,
following which the school will
go to the church in a body. The regu-lar
morning service will be used and
the sermon will be "The Christmas
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Holdup In Penryn?
Yes, Wash On Line
Holds Up Quoit Club
Visions of bank robbery, murder
or holdups ran through the minds of
many Penryn residents one night last
week when several groups of men
were seen standing in the street.
Later they disappeared and the mys-tery
deepened until someone was cur-ious
enough to find the reason.
It seems that the Penryn Quoit
Club pitches in a building donated for
that use by a prominent resident of
the town. The same building, how-ever,
is used by the donor's wife for
drying her wash on bad days, and she
chose the day the Club meets to dry
her wash. Consequently the groups
of men were merely the members of
the Club waiting outside until the
wash was dry.
Hold Christmas Exercises
The Junior C. E. Society of the
United Brethren Church held its
Christmas party and exercises last
night before a well attended audience.
Tomorrow evening the Primary
Department of the Sunday School will
holds its Christmas party and exer-cises.
School Board Delays
Action on Tax Lien
Feels Business Revival Would
Increase Value; Teachers Gei
Full Pay For Christmas
Teachers of the Lititz Schools will
be paid today for the fourth month
of the term as a Christmas present
from the Board of Directors, although
the month will not expire until three
days after the term re-opens January
3, it was decided at a one hour meet-ing
of the board last night.
It is customary to give the teachers
at least half pay before- Christmas,
but with only a few days remaining
until the. month was" up, it was felt
that the full checks would come in
handy for last-minute shopping.
President F. M. Hunter called the
meeting together,with Directors P. F.
Snyder, Dr. S. R. Posey, .John G.
Hershey and Prof. H. H. Beck present.
Minutes of the last regular meeting
and the reorganization meeting were
read and approved. The Treasurer
reported a balance of $33,394, which
is slightly more than was on hand
last year at this time. Bills amount-ing
to approximately $4,800.00 were
approved and ordered paid.
Discussion of the advisability of in-stituting
action on tax liens, against
a Lititz property resulted in decision
to hold off for another year, pending
a general revival of business, which
would, it was believed, increase the
value of the property. Although at
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Rotary Club Donates $50
To Community Chest
The Lititz Rotary Club contributed
$50 to the Lititz Community Chest at
a meeting of the board of directors
following the weekly luncheon Tues-day
night in the General Sutter. A
contribution of $10 to Lititz Fire Co.
to help defray expenses of the annual
Christmas Party for the children was
also made.
The program at Tuesday night's
meeting was of a Christmas nature
and was in charge of the Rev. J.
Harold Mumper. Pictures of Bethle-hem
today and in the day of Christ
were shown and quite a few facts not
known to many of the members were
told.
A Christmas Eve Dance will be held
in the General Suttêr Saturday night
from 9 to 12, with- music by Art
Zellers Orchestra. ad
Fire Co. Invites
Children to Meet
Santa Saturday
Santa Claus is coming to town Sat-urday.
The annual visit of the jolly old
man has been discussed often here
lately, for no definite word had been
received from him by Lititz Fire Com-pany,
which always helps him enter-tain
the children of this community.
Yesterday word finally arrived that he
would be here Saturday. But the fire-men
do not know at what time he will
arrive from the land of ice and snow.
They expect him early, however, and
will keep him here as long as they
can.
Now that they have heard from him,
they are inviting all children of 12
years and under to come to the fire
house and meet him. More than 1400
came last year and they look for
more this year, so don't disappoint
them. Be at the Fire House early
to be sure you won't miss him .
There is going to be a treat in store
for grown-ups, too, for two weeks ago
the firemen received a letter from
Santa by air mail from his work-shop
away up North. Santa wrote
that although the trees and yard at
the Fire House had always been very
nice, he felt that since the depression
is over, the men ought to make some-
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Firemen Called Out Twice
To Fight Cellar Blazes
The Lititz Fire Company was called
twice within a week to extinguish
fires that started in cellars of homes
here. In both instances little damage
was done.
The first call came Saturday morn-ing
from the home of David P.
Bricker, on Spruce Street. There is a
blower on the fuynace there and an
explosion of gas had blown open the
fire door and parted a pipe on top.
Mr. Bricker's son had closed the door,
but did not see the pipe and when the
blower started working again, the
wood floor above caught fire. The fire-men
arrived before the blaze had
gained any headway and it was quick-ly
extinguished.
Tuesday morning a call came from
the home of Clayton Martin, Front
Street, where defective wiring, it is
believed, caused a fire in the cellar.
This blaze was also quickly put out.
Men's Suits and Overcoats at
January Sale Prices at the HARRIS
STORE, Lititz, Pa. ad
Below Zero Weather
Thermometers Drop To 7 And 8
Below Following 5-Inch Storm
Saturday Throughout East
The second snow storm of the win-ter
gripped the east Saturday and
when the last flakes had fallen in the
evening more than five inches ,of the
white mantle had been distributed
over the countryside.
Just one week from Saturday the,
first snow of the season arrived with
a three-inch blanket and started about
ten o'clock in the morning. Last Sat-urday's
snow started a few minutes
before eight o'clock and lasted the
entire day.
With all the snow on the ground -at
present it is likely that we will have
a white Christmas for the first time
in several years. Last year was one
of the warmest Christmas eves in
history. Santa trimmed trees in his
shirt sleeves and at several. places
left the" front doors open while he
was doing the job.
Very cold weather has been ac-companying
the snow arid both Sun-day
and Monday were extremely cold.
Monday was the coldest of the win-ter
here when thermometers near the
Park entrance and at the Long Coal
Yard registered 7 and 8 below zero.
Tuesday and Wednesday mornings
were also very cold', the temperature
dropping to 2 and 4 above. Rain and
warmer is the forecast, but it is likely
that more snow will be here for
Christmas. The almanac called for
very cold weather from the 18th to
22nd and a storm period frata the
23rd to 27th.
Driving was made doubly treach-erous
with ice underneath the snow,
but main highways were open. High-way
trucks with plows were used in
the afternoon traveling in and out the
Lititz Pike and other roads. No seri-ous
accidents were reported, how-ever,
for all cars were equipped with
chains and drivers were particularly
cautious.
Ready for your last-minute Xmas
shopping at HARRIS'—"The Store of
Practical Gifts" in Lititz. ad
—Roller Skating Saturday Even-ing.
Lutz Hall. 10c and 20c.—adv.
Stores Open All Day Christmas,
Gifts Were Few 75 Years Ago
WE WISH ALL OUR
READERS A VERY
MERRY CHRISTMAS
Did you ever shop on Christmas
Day or did you ever feel the birch
switch of the beltznickels ?
If you had lived in Lititz 75 years
ago you probably did, for Christmas
then and now were two entirely differ-ent
things. The great holiday then
was a simple celebration.
Children did not know what it was
to receive presents in 1857. A little
candy, some cakes, raisins and a bit
of money were all they found in their
stockings Christmas morning, but
they were happy with that.
Then the beltznickels came around,
and, without knocking, entered the
homes and scattered home-made can-dies
about them. When the children
scrambled for the sweets, these beltz-nickels
switched them with birches.
Lititz was known then for its many
and fine "putz." Trees were not used,
at least not until near the end of the
century, and the putz was made of
only the limbs of spruce trees. These
were elaborate affiairs, requiring
weeks of work, but the makers were
well satisfied when parties admired
them, as they made the rounds of the
homes of their friends. The limbs
were then strung thick with "mautzy-
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Milk Depot Opens Saturday
The Lititz Milk Depot, a model
dairy store, will open Saturday at 41
East Main Street, where considerable
activity has been going on for some
time.
Equipment for the handling of milk
and dairy products has been installed
by the Penn Dairies, Inc., of Lancas-ter,
and service to be furnished will
be up-to-date in every respect. Samp-les
of products to be sold will be given
to those inspecting the store on the
opening.
Free Games for the Kiddies. Santa
will give them away absolutely Free.
Come to the HARRIS STORE, Lititz,
Pa., and register. ad
—Basketball, Lititz vs. West Lam-peter,
league game, Tuesday, Dec.
29th, LUTZ HALL. adv
DO YOU REMEMBER—
When "beltznickles" were
out on Christmas eve, mak-ing
the evening merry?
That was 25 years ago.