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VOL. XLIX THE LITITZ RECORD, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 15. 1926 NO. 30
EVEMTS CONCISELY TOLD
INTERESTING THINGS THAT
HAPPEN IN TOWN
AND VICINITY
Members of the Lititz Band will
hold a meeting in the council chamber
this Friday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Ohle have start-ed
housekeeping in part of J. F. Ston-er's
residence on Broad street.
C. B. Risser, North Broad street,
attained his 69th birthday today. He
is still-as active as ever.
Two arrests were made this week
for reckless driving. Other arrests
will follow as long as it continues.
Ralph Spacht is having his new
furniture store painted by the spray
gun method. This quick method of
painting is attracting much attention.
The Moravian Ushers Ass'n will
hold their annual banquet on Tues-day
evening, April 20, at 7:30 o'clock
in the Parish house. A fine program
has been arranged.
Four evergreen trees have been
replanted in front of the Moravian
church and parsonage, taking the
place of those that were cut down
some months ago. The trees are
about twenty feet tall.
During the month of April many
renewals of subscriptions have been
received and many new names have
been added on the list. We appreciate
the co-operation and encouragement
we have been receiving.
The degree team of twenty-nine per-sons
of Lititz Lodge No. 1050, I. O.
O. F., will confer the first degree at
Monterey Lodge, Lancaster, on Friday
April the 23rd. Other members ex-pect
to accompany the degree team
to Lancaster.
Elser Gerhart started excavating
for a two and a half story frame
house, adjacent to Martin Moore's
home on South Broad street. Hershey
Leaman & Co. have the contract. They
are also starting work on a house at
East Petersburg, for W. S. White.
In a flock of wild geese passing
northward, four of them lodged on
E. K. Zartman's dam for a time. A
nearby man, seeing them, shot one
and killed it, when the three others
alighted and no doubt caught up to
their companions, who had gone
ahead.
The Brunswick orchestra of this
place, composed of 7 young musicians,
furnished the music for the play giv-en
at the Brurmerville school on last
Saturday evening. They also played
for the same entertainment last ev-ning
and tonight furnish the music
for the Senior Class play at this place.
A special sermon will be delivered
to the local Odd Fellows Lodge, by
Rev. S. A. Heisey in the United Ev-angelical
church on Sunday evening,
April 18th. If any of the members
have been missed by postal card, they
will kindly consider this notice as an
invitation.
The trolley cars do not stand for
half an hour at the terminus near the
Springs as formerly. Passengers are
discharged there and the car is taken
to the freight station and is run to
the terminus again five minutes be-fore
time to leave.
The season for trout opened in
Pennsylvania today, April 15th, and
will extend xmtil July 31. During
this period any species of trout, ex-cept
lake trout may be caught, but
they must be not less than six inches.
Not more than 25 can be taken in one
day. Not many fisherman from Lititz
are attracted by this sport. The
nearest fishing water for trout
is at the Furnace Hills, north of here.
NEW STORY FOR RECORD
"Baree, Son of Kazon", by James
Oliver Curwood, begins as a serial in
this week's issue of the Record. It
is a dog story which has all the ele-ments
of human interest. Baree's
home is in the Canadian wilds and one
day while engaged in a fight, is res-cued
by Nepeese, a French-Indian
girl. McTaggart, in love with Ne-peese,
kills her father in hope that
he will have full control over her. She
flees and is recaptured. Baree, who
has suffered under the cruelty of Mc-
Taggart, avenges Nepeese and kills
McTaggart in a struggle.
The story starts on Page 3 of this
week's Record. Read it, don't miss
it, for you'll like it.
S o n g s
By Tom Dussingec
There are new songs written daily,
Songs with syncopated time,
But the thots of them mean little,
Just a lot of words that rhyme.
Very few of the late numbers,
Stay in favor viry long,
Cause they don't have half the meanin',
Of a good old fashioned song.
Why they're jazzin' up the op'ras,
Just to please the jazz world's whims,
And old tunes are syncopated,
Next they'll try it on the hymns.
But there's still a few remaining,
That will always be the same,
They have been with us for ages,
And for ages will remain.
ANXIOUS READER
A reader inquires of the Record as
to what will be done about the sys-tem
of sounding the fire alarm' from
the telephone exchange, after the
Penn-State Company is absorbed by
the Bell Company. At the present
time, the alarm is sounded from the
Penn-State exchange here.
We are glad to inform our reader
that the local fire company has looked
into this matter. It has been taken
up with executives of the Bell com-pany
at Lancaster and Harrisburg,
and the fire company here as well as
the companies thruout the county will
be taken care of. There is no need
of worry on that score.
TWENTY CANS OF TROUT
RECEIVED HERE
Twenty cans of trout fry were re-ceived
here by express on Monday
morning by Frank Rader and distri-buted
in waters around the furnace
Hills. They came from the State
Fisheries at Bellefonte and were from
four to six inches in length. They
are supposed to grow an inch a month,
making them from four to six months
old. They arrived in good condition,
only one being dead.
SPELLLING BEE AT ROTHSVILLE
Don't forget the spelling bee at
Rohsville High School this Saturday
evening April 17th, under the auspices
of Warwick Grange. An interesting
program has been prepared.
MARKET HOUSE FOR MEAT AND
FARM PRODUCTS
B. F. Lutz will open a meat market
in the old moving picture house on
Main street, on Saturday afternoons,
and evenings. He is planning to get
farmers to bring produce there, also
a fruit maH. He believes that this me-thod
of marketing will meet with the
approval of the housewife.
MACHINES CAUGHT FIRE
A Chevrolet car driven by Barton
Sharp, caught fire on Sunday, while
driving to his parents home north of
this place. The care was a total wreck.
Several gun shells in the machine ex-ploded
and spattered shot around so
that the owner feared to go close to
the machine.
A Ford machine driven by Frank
Rader caught fire cm Sunday. Frank
Spickler tried to beat it out with his
hat and when that failed the top was
pulled off.
An automobile belonging to Solomon
Strohm, caught fire while on East
Main Street, on Sunday night. An
extinguisher, secured in the neighbor-hood,
made quick work of the flames.
POTATOES JUMP IN PRICE
Seven hundred and four articles
were offered at the Warwick House
Sale on Saturday. Apples were num-erous,
and potatoes at the near ap-proach
of the planting season, took a
big jump. Some of the sales resulted
as follows:
Fifty-three pigs at $5.45 to $17.85;
6 bantams, 45 to 50 cents; 140 bush-els
of apples, 75 cents to $2.35; 62
bushel potatoes, $1.05 to ?3.65; 60
packs horse-radish, 8 and 15 cents;
160 brooms, 40 to 60 cents; 200 pair
of hose, 8 and 11 cents a pair; bed
spring $4; wash machine, $2; step
ladder, $1.35; rifle, $6.50; stove, $3;
wheelbarrow, $2.50; brooder $5.25.
HOUSE BUILT 140
YEARS AGO RAZED
Hinges and Latches Sought By
Antique Dealers ,
A story and a half frame house
built on East Main street in 1786, and
owned by Harry Z. Erb, was razed to
the ground last week. It was a log
weather-boarded house. The log::
were white oak, a foot thick, and
hewn on two sides. They are still
sound and will be used for flooring
the foundation in Mr. Erb's garage,
next door. The chinks between the
logs were plastered with straw and
clay.
The laths were split white oak, hand
made, and are also in good condition.
Old style hinges, latches and doors,
of the building were much sought for
by antique dealers. Home-made clinch
nails were used and were a curiosity
to many.
There was a well in the cellar but
was not in use for a long time. In
the kitchen was an open fire place.
Thè original cistern was in the rear.
The house was once occupied by
Timothy Grosh, later by the Baeh-mans,
then by Mrs. Frederick, moth-er
of George and Mary Frederick,
and last by Thomas Matthews and
mother.
The site of the house will be used
as a driveway to enter Mr. Erb's gar-age
in the rear.
SHOULD HAVE BEST BAND IN
COUNTY
A Lititz lover of music stated that
Lititz should have the best band of
any borough in the county, if the pro -
per support and encouragement was
given. There is sufficient young tal-ent
here but it should be developed by
an instructor. Without new blood the
band will come to an end before many
years.
FLOWERS THAT BLOOM IN
THE SPRING
Lovers of wild life are out in search
of the early wild flowers. Botany is
now taught in school and scholars are
required to get specimens and class-ify
them. They are thus taught to
know something about wild flowers,
and where to find them, an advantage
that scholars some years back never
had.
FASTER SCHEDULE FOR
THE READING EXPRESS
Announcement was made by A. T.
Dice, Jr., divisional superintendent of
the Philadelphia and Reading Rail-road,
between Lancaster, and Reading
that the running time of the new fast
train between the two cities will be
cut down to one hour and ten minutes.
According to the new schedule,
which will go into eifect on the last
Sunday in April, the train will leave
Lancaster at 8:11, which is five min-utes
later than the schedule now in
force. The train which leaves Read-ing,
at 8:42 P. M., will arrive in Lan-caster
at 9:52, instead of 9:57.
No definite schedule was received
at the local station as to the time of
the arrival of the trains in this boro,
but there will be a difference of only
a few minutes.
Daylight saving time, which will
also start on April 25th, will not be
effective on this branch of the Read-ing.
S A k r o u r id
O u r
Tou?n
The centennial in Philadelphia
is remembered only by the older
folks in town. It was a won-derful
thing in its day, but the
Sesqui-centennial will far out
pass it. Many Lititz people
are laying plans to visit Phila-delphia
several times at least
this summer.
Along the Mississippi, at
Vicksburg, a sand bar, which di-verts
the course of the river
from that city, is known as cen-tennial
bar. It started to form
during the centennial year, and
finding that the city would be
cut off from the river, a canal
a mile long was constructed to
carry river traffic to Vicksburg.
Robert Pfautz is the owner
of a parlow organ, the first of
its kind that came td Manheim
some seventy years ago. The
organ was owned by Elizabeth
Becker, who later married John
Ensminger, grandparents of the
present owner. It was consid-ered
a wonderful thing in its
day, and those who saw it and
heard it felt that it was a treat,
and no doubt thought, "What is
the world coming to ?"
The parlor organ died out,
until now it is seldom heard.
Occasionally one is offered at
public sale and sells for about
$10. This organ owned by Mr.
Pfautz is still in good condition.
There is a little flareup in
the county as to who should
pay the bill of a detective. sent
after an auto thief to the state
of Ohio. The county commis-sioners
say that they are not
obligated to pay unless under
certain conditions.
Harolrf Rohrer, of this place,
said he learned his lesson well,
regarding costs connected with
apprehending an auto-thief.
Several years ago it will be
remembered, his machine, was
stolen while left standing at
Ephrata. He was advised to
hire a detective. He did. He
got the best, a Pinkerton repre-sentative.
In a little over two
weeks the thief and machine
were located in Maine. Taking
local officers along, they left
for Maine, Rohrer paying car-fare
and meals. When they ar-rived
at their destination there
were papers to be made out be-fore
the man could be taken
out of the state. This took two
weeks, special fees had to be
paid, and of course the board
for the complaintant and offic-ers.
Finally the start was made
for home in the recovered car,
together with the prisoner. He
even had to pay the prisoner's
meals, and the fellow ordered
chicken dinners on him.
The auto which had been run
only 900 miles until stolen, was
almost ruined when he got it.
In disgust he sold it for $300.
The detective cost $3001
When everything was court-ed
up, Rohrer was out of pock-et
$1900. The thief was sen-tenced
to three and a half years
in the Lancaster jail, broke out
twice and was recaptured and
sentence increased.
Rohrer says he helped to make
it safe for others, as the prison-er
is a ''bad egg", but at his own
expense. Summing up his ex-perience,
it would have been
much cheaper not to have done
a thing.
A farmer living near Lititz, re-lated
a recent experience in
selling a dressed chicken. The
purchaser was a city woman,
and a recent bride. When he
returned some days later, after
making the sale, the woman re-ported
that the chicken was no
good and she had to throw it
away. The farmer wondered
why, and the bride blushingly
and hesitatingly explained,
"You see, it was full of eggs
and— the next thing there
would have been young ones."
Y
Turnpike Go. and Traction Interests
Consider Terms to Free Toll Road
From all appearances it looks as if
the freeing of the Lancaster and Lit-itz
turnpike is coming to a climax.
The Conestoga Traction Company
holds a 99 year lease on the pike. S.
R. Zimmerman, council for the util-ities,
makes public the following let-ter
:
''We understand the Turnpike Com-pany
stockholders propose to ask a
price for the road based on the earn-ings
which they now receive. The
Traction Company officials are dis-posed
to recommend a sale of its
interest on the same basis, and to
that end will be pleased to co-op-erate
with the Turnpike Company. In
other words the officials are satis-fied
to recommend that whatever
price the State of Pennsylvania is
willing to pay and the Turnpike Com-pany
is satisfied to accept, shall be
divided between the Turnpike Com-pany
and the Traction Company in
proportion of their respective net
income, the income of the? Traction-
Company to be considered as the net
annual average income it has real-ized
under its lease during the past
10 years "
It is hoped that, an agreement
can be arrived at shortly, at least
by June 1st.
The pike company is entitled to
a fair return, also the traction com-pany,
if it is equitable that they
should receive a share of the pur-chase
money.
The general public, who foot the
bills, should be given consideration,
so that there is no over-valuation.
The public has been patient a long
time and at last it looks as if the end
is in sight.
READING FLYER'S
FIRST VICTIM
y
Jonas B. Nissley Killed and Daniel
Forry Seriously Injured at
Petersburg Crossing
Two aged men in an auto were hit
by the Reading Express train at the
Bast Petersburg crossing Saturday
night. Jonas R. Nissley, aged 76, of
Landisville, was killed, and his com-panion,
Daniel Forrey, aged 70, who
owned and drove the car, was badly
injured and was taken to the Lancas-ter
General Hospital. His condition
is still critical. Mr. Forrey is a
brother to Mrs. Eli Garber of this
place.
The crash occured about 9.48 o'-
clock, as the men were returning
home from a visit to Frank Eby of
Lititz. Mr. Nissley visited his sis-ter,
Mrs. Stehman, at that home. Mrs.
Eby was a neice to the deceased.
The machine, a small coupe, was hit
broadside by the engine, pieces of it
being scattered about along the track
and a nearby field.
The men were thrown from their
demolished machine and were picked
up by members of the train crew
from an embankment, on the west side
of the tracks, Mr. Nissley was dead
when reached and Mr. Foxry, though
delirious, had not lost consciousness.
Clearing away the wreckage of the
machine and summoning the General
Hospital ambulance to the Reading
station, the crew placed the victims
in the baggage car and continued to
Lancaster. Due to a broken water
pipe, which had been smashed in the
accident, the train was forced to trav-el
slowly.
The engineer blew a long blast on
the whistle a quarter of a mile from
the crossing. The train was travel-ing
at the ra-te of about 40 miles an
hour it is stated.
The engineman declared that he
saw the machine, which seemed to be
traveling at a fair rate of speed, too
late to avoid the crash. The men
riding in a small coupe, and as both
were elderly, it is believed that they
did not hear the whistle.
A bell and light signal system is in
use at the crossing but the train crew
was unable to testify whether it was
in operation at the time.
Besides the water pipe, both steps
of the locomotive, and a step of the
right side of the baggage car were
broken as a result of the crash. The
automobile was demolished.
Funeral services for Mr. Nissley
were held on Tuesday morning from
his home at Landisvile, with further
services in the Mennonite church. Bur-ial
was made in the adjoining ceme-tery.
He is survived by the following sis-ters:
Mrs. Anna Stehman, Lititz; Mrs.
Amos Shelly, Mt. Joy; Mrs. W. B.
Rohrer, Lancaster; and Miss Ellen
Nissley of Lancaster. Also the fol-lowing
children: Dr. D. H. Nissley and
Dr. R. H. Nissley, Lancaster; Christ-ian,
York; Jonas, East Petersburg;
Harvey, Landisville; Elam, at home;
Mrs. Benjamin Kendig, Salunga; El-en
Nissley, Salunga.
PROPOSED TOBACCCO PROBE
A systematic investigation of the
tobacco situation in Lancaster county
probably will be undertaken by feder-al
experts of the federal Department
of Agriculture appropriation is ap-proved
in the United States Senate.
The appropriation has been acted on
favorably in the House. The bill car-ries
provisions for the allocation of
$67,000 to be used in research work.
DANDELION PICKERS ACTIVE IN
THE COUNTRY
Dandelion pickers have been scour-ing
the country during the past few
days gathering this delicious green
which is served in many homes. The
first signs of spring usuallly bring
out a goodly number of persons in
search of the dandelion. Men, wom-en
and children are included among
the searchers who always find a ready
sale for their product. Many child-ren
can be seen almost daily peddling
dandelion from door to door, the price
per box depending largely upon the
quality. A considerable amount of
dandelion is gathered each year for
the making of wine.
WOMEN TO AID LITITZ FIRE
COMPANY
A woman's auxiliary to the Lititz
Fire company was organized on Fri-day
evening, at the fire hall, with
twenty-five persons present.
The following officers were elected:
President, Mrs. J. F. Stoner; Vice
president, Mrs. J. L. Hertz; secretary,
Mrs. Victor Wagner; treasurer, Mrs.
E. E. Habecker.
The executive board consists of:
Mrs. L. S. Reedy, Mrs. Henry Heis-erman,
Mrs. Emory Wagner, Mrs. Al-ice
Fasnacht, and Mrs. N. G. Bach-man.
Mrs. Emory Wagner is chairman of
the membership committee.
Mrs. Fasnacht, Mrs. Bachman, and
Mrs. Beckler were appointed to draw-up
a constitution and by-laws.
C. E. Regennas stated that the an-nual
Fire Company Festival would be
held on June 12th.
NEW YORK ARTIST VISITS
BOYHOOD HAUNTS
Mr. and Mrs. Hubley of New York,
stopped off in town, this week. Mr.
Hubley's father at one time conducted
the Hubley Novelty Works at Lancas-ter.
The visitor, when a boy, spent
much time on the late Tobias Martin's
farm at Kissel Hill and recalled many
funny incidents of that time. He is
employed as an artist in New York.
BLAZING CAT FIRES FARM
BUILDINGS
A cat, its fur afire with burning
oil, started a fire late on Monday, that
caused damages amounting to $15,000
and destroyed a barn, three farm
buildings, and other smaller sheds on
a f a rm at Oyster Point;« southwest of
Petersburg. An explosion covered the
animal with oil and it dashed madly
for a haymow, which became a roar-ing
furnace in a short time.
From the barn, the flames spread to
a nearby tobacco shed and to a corn
house and summerhouse and two
smaller buildings close by. Fire com-panies
from nearby towns responded,
but were unable to save the buildings.
BE KIND TO ANIMAL WEEK-DOG
BIT MILKMAN
This is the national "Be Kind To
Animal week." "Dick" Graybill, the
milkman, believes that the slogan
should be reversed. When he was de-livering
milk at Linden Hall, early on
Sunday morning, a young German
police dog made a dive at him and be-fore
he could defend himself, bit him
in the hip. Dr. M. H. Yoder dress-ed
the wound, it being a very nasty
one.
TO GIVE PLAY TONIGHT
This evening, the Senior Class of
Lititz High school, will give a play
entitled ''The Charm School"..
Herbert Longenecker and his Bruns-wick
orchestra, will furnish music for
the entertainment.
TRAVELERSJKEAR AND FAR
COLUMN TO KEEP YOU IN
TOUCH WITH OLD AND
NEW NAMES
W. H. Buch was in Philadephia oij¡
Tuesday, on business.
Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Grosh spent Sun-,
day with relatives at Hershey, Pa.
Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Long spent Sun^
day at Emaus, visiting relatives.
Miss Mary Piersol of Danville, Paw
is visiting at the home of E. L. Gas-»
ber.
Mr. and Mrs. George Keehn and'
daughter Ruth, visited relatives at
Kutztown on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Hess have re-»
turned from Florida, where they spent
the winter.
Miss Kathryn Martin of Florircs
spent Sunday and Monday with Mr.
and Mrs. W. H. Muth.
Mrs. L. N. Moyer and Miss Selinda
Hess, on Wednesday, attended the
funeral of an old friend, Miss Amelia
Fisher, at Robesonia, Berks county.
Mr. and Mrs.- W. B. Hornberger, of
Philadelphia, spent Saturday and Sun-day
with Lititz friends. Mr. Hornber-gsr
is the country circulation manag«,
er of the Philadelphia Record,
Mr. and Mrs. Newton Morey and"
son Paul and Mrs. Elmer Snyder of
Reading were the guests of Mr. and.
Mrs. W. H. Buch last Saturday.
Elmer and Paul Beck, of the firm
of Beck Brothers, left for New York
on Monday to attend a furniture ex-hibition
and buy a supply, returning:
on Wednesday.
Mrs. Helen Kreider, who conducts
the Water Lilly Gift and Art Shoppe
at this place, is spending several days
this week in New York City purchas»
ing goods for her store.
Mrs. Agnes Hensel and her daugh-ter
Miss Florence Hensel, of Wiscon-»
isco, Dauphin county, are visiting tha
former's son, Dr. Curtis Hensel, at
this place.
Herbert Marks of Pittsburgh spent
Friday and Saturday in town with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Marks. He came to Philadelphia on
business.
Stephen Eberly, a local representa-»
tivé of the Delco Lighting Plant Sys-tem,
attended a national convention
of the company at Dayton, Ohio, re-turning
on Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Lutz of Phila-delphia
after spending a week in
town left for Stone Harbor, N. J.»
where Mr. Lutz conducts a meat mar-»
ket during the summer months.
Joseph Dreifus, former storekeeper
and resident here for the past thirty
years, returned to Lititz this week*
after having been at the horns of his
son, Lieut. Percy Dreifus, Philadel-phia,
for some months. Mrs. Dreifus
died and was buried at Philadelphia
some weeks ago. Mr. Dreifus is
stopping at the Springs Hotel.
ACCIDENT HAPPENED THREE!
YEARS AGO
Mr. and Mrs. Russel Cardell and
child, living near Shamokin spent Sat-urday
and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Z. Erb, East Main street. Mrs.
Cardell's sister was killed in a rail-road
crossing accident, near East Pet-ersburg,
three years ago in which
Mr. and Mrs. Erb's son also met death
while home on an Easter vacation
from State College.
REMOVED TO HOSPITALS
Miss Florence Seldomridge and Mrs,
Katie Enck are at the General Hos->.
pital for treatment.
Horace D. Grube, son of Emaituei'
Grube of this boro, is in the St,. Jo-seph's
Hospital, suffering with a. ner-,
vous breakdown.
Miss Miriam Russell, clerk at Moy^
ers Drug Store, was operated upon,
for appendicitis, at the Lancaster Gen-eral
Hospital on Monday.
Mrs. Francis Ammon, widow of the
late Peter Ammon, is at the St. Jo-seph's
Hospital, Lancaster. Mrs. Am,
mon fell at the Moravian Home here),
shortly before Easter. It was thot
that there was no serious injury, but
an x-ray examination showed a frac-.
ture of the hip.