Lititz Record

              Vol. LVII LÏTITZ, PA.» THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 14, 1933 No. 14
Athletic Field Believed Dead:
Borough Asks For More
Street' Repair Work
Borough projects to be carried
through with CWA funds that
were scheduled to start on Monday
will get under way today, tomor-row
and Monday, according to lat-est
advices here. In addition, bor-ough
council has made application
for general street projects that
would employ 60 more men.
Although last week it was con-fidently
believed that four pro-jects,
street repairs, creek improve-ments,
athletic field and town hall
painting, had been approved, action
"will only go ahead on three, as the
athletic field has been held up.
Letters were sent u-esday from
the Lancaster CWA headquarters
telling the men approved to r-eport
for work today and tomorrow for
the street and creek improvements
and Monday for painting the fire
house. The other projects just
asked by council will be taken up
later,
The athletic field idea is consid-
• ered by officials to be about dead,
because of the complications that
arose. There is a small chance,
however, that it will go through.
High School Orchestra
To Play At Banquet
The High School Orchestra will
play for the third consecutive year
at the Annual Masonic Banquet
of the Manheim-Lancaster District
to be held in the Hotel General
Sutter dining room on Monday.
The orchestra, under the direc-tion
of James R. Grim, and ac-companied
by Miss Ruth Hackman,
will play entirely new pieces in
addition to a few old ones. The
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Cold Wave Here
Lititz awoke Monday morning to
find about an inch of snow on the
ground and more falling. The fall
ceased shortly, however, and a
high wind sprang up, playing hav-oc
with wash-lines and branches
from several trees over town. The
weather grew colder as night came
on and early morning temperatures
Tuesday were reported as 10 and
12. The ten was registered at the
Amer Hardware Store and at the
Morgan Paper Company.
Tuesday remained cold and yes-terday
clouds covered the heav-ens
for the best part of the day and
the thermometers stayed at 28 and
lower. A freezing rain fell, follow-ed
by a little snow, while today
dawned fair and cold. Streets and
pavements were covered with ice.
No better gift—a photograph of
yourself and children in your home.
Something to keep and cherish—a
picture of your children and their
Christmas tree.
WALTON H. ALTHOUSE
130 S. Broad St. Phone 15-M
Santa To Meet Children
Christmas At Fire House
Santa Claus will arrive in Lititz
on Christmas Day, according to
word received by Lititz Fire Com-pany,
and will meet all kiddies at
the Fire House between 12.30 and
6.
Santa says he would like the
children to help him give the fire-men
a nice present and asks that
everyone who can bring an empty
Robert Fulton Coffee bag. This
coffee can be purchased at all lo-cal
stores and the firemen can win
a fine dripolator with so many cof-fee
bags.
Auto Hits Stalled Truck
An automobile driven by Eugene
Henry, a salesman, of Lnacaster,
crashed into a stalled coal truck
-on S. Broad Street, between Lemon
and Marion Sts., Thursday evening
and although the driver was only
shaken and bruised, the machine
was wrecked.
The truck, the front part of
which is owned by Elsie Booth, of
Lancaster, and the rear, or trail-er
part, is owned by two other
men, became disabled early Thurs-day
morning. It was driven by
John Hacker, also of Lancaster,
who went for parts and a mechanic
to make repairs. The truck stood
on the street all day Thursday and
had mo lights when the accident
occurred at 5.10. According to law,
lights must be displayed an hour
after sunset, which came that day
at 4.35. Lights were placed on
the machine later, however, when
Chief of Police Kreider was no-tified.
A state policeman was called in
the case and the following morn-ing
the coal was transferred to an-other
truck and the disabled truck
was towed away. According to law,
a disabled machine may be left on
the highway a reasonable time for
repairs to be made, providing traf-fic
can pass easily.
School Christmas Program
The Christmas program of the
first, second and third grades of
the Lititz school will be held nex-
Thursday afternoon at 1:15 in
the school auditorium. The pro-gram
of the remainder of the school
will be given Friday afternoon at
the same hour. The public is cor-dially
invited to attend and there
is no admission charge.
The Christmas holiday of the
school will be from Friday, Dec.
22, to Tuesday, Jan. 2.
Y. P. Council To Sing
The District No. 9 Young Peo-ple's
Council held its monthly meet-ing
in the basement of St. Paul's
Lutheran Church on Monday eve-ning.
Miss Ella Stauffer was in
charge of the devotions, after
which Earl Brian lead a general in-formation
period. The Council will
sing Christmas carols Sunday af-ternoon
at the Zion Home, Breth-ren
Home and Moravian Home.
Cars will leave St. Paul's Lutheran
Church at 1:30 o'clock.
Miss Lucille Lane, of Lancaster,
entertained a party of 25 at din-ner
in the General Sutter Hotel
Tuesday evening.
The basketball team of the Loys-ville
Orphans Home will meet Lit-itz
High's five on the local court
on January 6.
The Ladies' Auxiliary of Post
56, American Legion, will hold a
covered dish social in the Post
rooms this evening at 7 o'clock.
The business meeting will be held
after the social.
Fifteen members of the Legion
Auxiliary attended a gavel party
at Columbia Wednesday evening.
Mrs. H. C. Hackman, Mrs. Nor-man
Habecker, Mrs. Ed. Wissler
and Miss Mabel Schnerer attended
the Tri-County Council Meeting at
Clifton Heights.
Quite a few people from Lititz
attended the Hershey Theatre Fri-day
night, the first of two benefit
performances for the Lancaster
County Welfare Federation. Dr
C. Howard Witmer, of Lancaster,
head of the welfare federation,
made a short talk. The second and
last benefit will be tomorrow even-ing.
A slight fire in a radio in a
house at Cedar Street and North
Alley, which was promptly put
out called out the Lititz Fire Com-pany
Friday evening.
Santa Claus is to visit Rettew's
Store, Manheim, Saturday, arriv-ing
by airplane at 2.30 and landing
via a parachute. The store is of-fering
presents for children and
will have a big time. In case of
bad weather, the parachute land-ing
will be next Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sesseman
and family have moved into their
new home at the extreme south
end of Spruce Street from their
former home on Broad Street.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Wolf have
moved to the former Shenk home
at the corner of South Broad and
West Second A.venue.
Miss Mary Byler, who was con-fined
to the Lancaster General
Hospital for a time, is convalescing
at her home on Spruce Street.
A chicken and waffle supper wiil
be held Saturday evening in the
Lititz Fire Hall by the Ladies' Aid
Society of the United Brethren
Church. The menu will consist of
chicken and gravy, waffles, cabbage
saliad, syrup, mashed potatoes and
bread, butter and coffee. Price of
the supper will be 35c. Pies, cakes
and candy will also be on sale.
The Millway Quoit Club will hold
a card party next Wednesday eve-ning
at 8 o'clock.
Miss Ere Seaber, daughter of
Mrs. Josephine Seaber, of Water
St., is suffering from a torn liga-ment
in her right leg.
Mrs. T. T. Dussinger and dau-ghter
and Mr. and Mrs. J. E.
Eshleman visited Mr. and Mrs.
John Brinser, at Falsington, Pa.,
over the week-end. Mr. and Mrs.
Brinser announced the birth of a
son on Friday.
Roller Skating Saturday Night
at the LUTZ HALL. 10c, 15c, 20c.
Early Mailing Necessary
Due To Double Holiday
As Christmas falls on Monday
this year and two days will be ob-served
as holidays, there will be
no deliveries of mail Sunday the
24th and Monday the 25th of De-cember.
All greeting cards should be
mailed at least two days earlier
this year than during previous
years. During the holiday time
the volume of mail increases ap-proximately
200%, and it is a phys-ical
impossibility to handle this
great mass of mail matter efficient-ly
and promptly within a few days.
Therefore, to assure delivery of
their . Christmas presents, cards,
and letters by Christmas Day, the
public must SHOP AND MAIL
EARLY.
The department urges that you
mail your gifts, greeting cards and
letters at least a week or 10 days
before Christmas, according to the
distance. A list of dates and des-tinations
by States is posted in the
Post Office for your guidance.
Greeting cards for local destin-ation
should be mailed not later
than the 20th of December to in-sure
delivery before the 24th, which
is a holidiay. The public is urg-ently
requested to cooperate with
the Post Offices' request. Unseal-ed
greetings may be mailed for
IVzC, but sealed ones will require
2c for local delivery and 3c for
other points.
List of last dates approximately
on which parcels should be mailed
to reach their destination in States
named, follows: Dec 14—Arizona,
California, Nevada, Oregon, Wash-ington;
Dec. 15—Colorado, Idaho,
Montana, New Mexico, North Da-kota,
South Dakota, Texas, Utah,
Wyoming; Dec. 16—Arkansas,
Florida, Kansas, Louisiana, Minne-sota,
Mississippi, Nebraska, Okla-homa,
Wisconsin; Dec 18th—Ala-j
bama, Georgia, Indiana, Illinois,
Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan,
Missouri, New Hampshire, North
Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina,
Tennessee, Virginia, West Virgin-ia;
Dec. 19—Connecticut, Dela-ware,
Maryland Massachusetts
New Jersey, New York, Pennsyl-vania,
Rhode Island, Vermont.
$2,000 Reported
In Welfare Drive
Amount Lowest Ever To Be
Turned In; Chest To List
Families Needing Gifts
Public Sale Saturday
Household goods will be offered
at public sale Saturday afternoon
at 21 West Main Street by Martin
Bisker. The sale will start at
12.30.
Card Party Tonight
Lititz Fire Company will hold a
a card party tonight in the fire
house, the proceeds going to the
annual Christmas party for chil-dren.
Prizes will be awarded.
BEAUTIFUL PHOTOGRAPHIC
Greeting Cards that will be cher-ished
throughout the year. Bring
negative or have new one made.
Envelopes included. Pictures tak-en
in home environment a specialty.
Lowest prices. Phone 15-M. Walton
H. Althouse, 130 S. Broad St. . ad
Half of the goal set for the an-nual
drive of the Lititz Communi-ty
Chest has been reached, accord-ing
to latest reports to the chest
secretary, Miss Mary Huebener.
Returns now total slightly more
than $2,000, with one district yet
to report.
With such a low figure turned in
drastic changes will have to be
made in the Chest's budget.
The Chest will again act as a
clearing Bouse in an effort to pre-vent
duplication, and yet have ev-ery
needy family in Lititz receive
a Christmas basket; and requests
chat all churches, societies, or oth-er
organizations of any kind, as
well as individuals, who plan to
send out baskets, report to the sec-retary,
Miss Huebener, 66 E. Main
St., the names of the families to
whom the baskets will be sent, as
soon as they have been decided
upon. The secretary will also be
in a position to supply' names of
needy families.
Miss Shenk To Recite
At PTA Meeting Tuesday
Several dramatic readings will
be given by Miss Dorothy Shenk,
of the Lititz High School faculty
and the director of the senior class
play, "Little Women" at a meeting
of the Parent Teachers Association
in the High School auditorium
Tuesday evening
Mildred Young will play the ma-rimba,
Vivian Habecker will recite,
and John Lutz will play the musical
saw as added attractions. The
Mothersingers will sing several
choral selections.
Landis Herr will preside at the
business meeting which will pre-cede
the entertainment program.
Club To Hold Ladies Night
Members of Lititz Rotary Club
aired their knowledge of local his-tory
Tuesday night at their week-ly
meeting in the General Sutter
Hotel when a questionnaire on
dates and events in other years
was given.
Next Tuesday evening the an-nual
Ladies' Night of the club wiil
be held in the General Sutter. The
meeting will start at 6.30 and a
very interesting program has been
prepared.
Christmas Store Hours
Lititz stores will be closed this
afternoon and beginning Monday
night will be open each night until
Saturday the 23rd, the last shop-ping
day. The stores will be open
next Thursday afternoon.
Although the RECORD had been
informed last week that the stores
would be open Thursday afternoon,
only several were. The others
were closed and will be today also.