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VOL. L THE LITITZ RECORD, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 10, 1927 NO. 25
EVENTS CONCISELY TOLO
INTERESTING THINGS THAT
HAPPEN 4N TOWN
AND VICINITY
C. C. Grim ¡won a | 5 prize given at
t h e Lesher gasoline station at th'is
place.
Floyd Meily and wife moved from
Lititz to Fritztown on Monday. He
is a son of Vermont Meily.
There will be an entertainment un-der
the auspices of the Linden Hall
Alumnae Association on April 21 and
22. '
At the session of the local Odd
Fellow Lodge on Monday evening,
March 14, there will be a class of ten
for initiation.
Njoah Trimmer, who bought the
I.izzie K. .NoIt property,' at Kissel
Hill, at private sale, will move there
about April 1.
George S. Geyer, ol Lancaster, on
Monday, March 7, attained his 88th
birthday. Mr. Geyer is a native ¡of
Ro'thsville, Warwick township. ,
Webster Keath spent some days in
Philadelphia laSt week to study the
principles of the Frigidain- refriger-ator,
having the local -agency for ;it.
Rev. W. R. Sammel -will celebrate
the f i f t h anniversray of his taking
'charge of the Lititz Congregation, on
Sunday morning with special chureh
services.
All of last year's tobacco crop
raised m this section has practically
been bought. A local packer stated
that he doesn't know of a farmer that
hasn't sold.
There will be no church services or
Sunday School exercises 'by the Mor-avians
next Sunday, owing to the re-novations
now in progress, which are
to be completed before Easter.
Naaman G. Hershey and Graybill
Hershey have, been appointed admin-i
s t r a t o r s of the estate of Elmer G.
Hershey. J. B. Wissler is the attor-ney.
The administrators are broth-ers
of the deceased.
David Mohler, of Ephrata, is the
new foreman at the General Cigar
factory at this place., He was a
foreman at the factory at Terre Hill
-up to the time it burned down. Mr.
Mohler is a horticulturist and gunner.
Although he will continue to have
his office at Lancaster, N. S. Myers
will discontinue the real estate busi-ness,
taking over, he reports, the ex-clusive
rights for a large territory,
to place money on mortgages for a
big finance company. He expects
to do considerable traveling.
Persons with colds are urged to
isolate themselves and to avoid con-tact
with others and at the same time
are advised to exercise caution in the
use of a handkerchief when coughing
and sneezing, in the weekly health
announcement of Dr. Wilmer Krusen,
Director of the Department of Public
Health. Careful airing of rooms dur-i
n g the night and thorough-ventilation
during the day and cleansing- of tele-phone
mouthpieces are set forth as
important adjuncts to t h e daily health
programme.
War on Dirt
Spring in the old-fashioned
home meant housecleaning.
About that time the housewife's
eye took on a look of fierce de-termination,
and any germs and
dust particles promoted their
health if they took themselves
out of the way.
To the men it was a time of
turmoil and chaos. Taking up
and putting down carpets was
one back aching feature of those
times, when few housewives al-lowed
them to lay loose on the
floor, but a powerful tack had to
be inserted about every six
inches, all of which had to be re-moved
and then hammered
down again.
After eating dinner several
days while sitting on the ice
box, the Old Man felt that germs
and microbes were preferable.
But a great and good work was
done. Cleanliness is a wonder-ful
thing in a home, and the
men of Lititz fail to realize how
much quiet and toilsome work
is done by their wives in provid-ing
it,
Examine- Your Labels
'"Record" readers are aslffed t o ex-amine
» the date on the label placed
i:pon the paper. It tells when your
subscription expires. We are now
sending out the annual statements,
and hope to make ;fto mistakes in
ch&nging dates, a»d this can be done
nrore easily possibly through your
co-operation.
Legion Wants to See Crossings
Protected
At the regular monthly meeting
of the local Legion Post 56, a resolu-tion
was passed to extend the use of
the Legion rooms to the Civil War
veterans of t h i s vicinity.
Adjustant Hunter was instructed
t o write to the Reading Railroad Co.
requesting them to properly guard the
Water and Xfflcust street Railroad
crossings.
No Railroad Signals
Fool Proof
No 1 systam of guarding a railroad
crossing -is entirely fool-proof. On
Thursday, 'at the Bread street cross-ing,
an autoist saw the lights "blink-ing"
and brought his car to a stop.
Then on second thought, with the
idea that he could beat the engine, he
shot across. Fortunately his gums
was correct by a few seconds.
Another autoist just missed being-caught
by thé f r e i g h t t r a i n due after
midnight,' several hours after the re-cent
casualty. He saw the lights
signaling danger but arrived at the
conclusion that they were not working'
correctly—giving false alarms. He
escaped the train by making a quiçk
t u rn and running parallel with the
tracks.
On Monday morning at the Water
street crossing the steps at the Wal-ton
Paper Company were badly dam-aged
when an autoist ran into it,
turning at the last second to avoid
crossing the tracks as the early pas-senger
train shot by.
On several occasions Policeman
Kreider stood watch at the Broad
street crossing, standing in the mid-dle
of the street and waving to driv-ers
to stay back. They came ahead
iit full speed and he saved himself
from being run over by quick foot-work.
One of the drivers ^confessed
afterwards that he never saw the po-liceman,
as his mind was occupied
thinking.
Entertained Members of Lititz
High School Band .
Mr. and Mrs. Harry R. Myers en-tertained
fourteen members of the
Lititz High School Band, Messrs.
Harry Kepple, B. F. Lutz and Mrs.
Myers Kreider, of Manheim, and Miss
Swartz- of Ephrata, at their home.
The boys brought their instruments
along and wtere accompanied in a
number of selections by Messrs. Harry
Kepple and Benjamin Lutz. Excel-lent
refreshments were served.
Local Houdini
Breaks Out of Jail
Didn't Like Text of The
World Famed Picture
Not falling in love with the pala-tial
hoosegow in the basement of the
f i r e house, John Myers-, a resident of
Lititz for the past year, escaped
f r om the cell there, late Sunday, hav-ing
been charged with beating his
wife. Two other lodgers there for
the night showed no inclination to
follow him, preferring to wait for
morning lunch of hot coffee and a
sandwich. The iron bars, hard
bench and the solitary work of art,
a classic picture in gilded frame, en-titled
"Everybody works but father."
probably affected the prisoner's sen-sative
nature.
Tanking the iron handle off a meat
chopper, standing within reach of the
cell, Myers had little trouble in spring-ing
an iron bar from its fastening.
. Myers was arrested about 3:30
o'clock Sunday afternoon for beating
his wife. Charges of assault and bat-t
e ry were to be preferred against him
in the morning.
. Myers was arrested after he had
disregarded a warning given by Offi-cer
Singley to stop assaulting his
mate.
He was released from the county
jail last fall, after serving a term
for driving an automobile while intox-icated.
At that time he had taken
a friend's automobile and wrecked it
a f t e r becoming intoxicated.
He broke out of the Manheim jail
several years ago, having residing
in t h a t town before coming to Lititz.
¡He had been employed in washing
cars at~Snavely's garage.
Farm Sales in Full Blast
There are fewer big f a rm sales in
th'i slocality than last year, but an
improvement in the price paid for
f a rm stock and implements is noted.
At Daniel Kreiner's sale, near Ore-gon
on Monday, six cows brought
f r om $54 to $106, 12 steers averaged
$74 eaeh, a bull $79, 4 horses $27 to
$127.50, a mrale $20, 50 Rhode Island
Chickens 27 to 25% ..cents a pound.
A binder brought $157, plows, $5 to
$5.25; drill, $23; roller, $26; harrows,
$4 to $10; corn, 50 to .85 cents a bush-el.
H. H. Snavely was the auctioneer,
an dthe clerks were Roy Himmelberg-er
and H. B. Workman. There were
six hucksters doing business.
New Lodge Officers Installed
The following officers of the White
Dove Commandery No. 532, were in-stalled
on Thursday evening, March 3,
by Deputy Grand Commander, Sir W.
P. Hepler, of Lancaster: Sir Knight
Commander, J. Albert Hall; General-issimo,
J. Arthur Bruckart; Captain
General, Harry W. Stormfeltz; Pre-late,
Clarence E. Regennas; Recorder,
Charles H. Zartman; Assistant Re-corder,
C. Earl Brian; Treasurer, Al-vin
Y. Young; Senior Warden, David
R. Bowman; Junior Warden, Adam S.
Schaeffer; Sword Bearer, Samuel O.
Heisley; Standard Bearer, Charles W.
Rapp; Warden, William H. Zartman;
F i r s t Guard, Lester K. Showers; Se-cond
Guard, W. Cullen Carpenter;
Trustee, Roy M. Weaver.
Native Lititz Woman Died in
California
Word was received at the home of
Samuel Huber of the sudden death of
Mrs. Albert W. Smith, nee Carrie
Haisch, a native of this place, at San
Bernardino, Calif-, on Tuesday of last
week. Her age was 45 years. Death
was due to a stroke, having been in
good health previously.
She was the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Frederick Haisch and was born
here, spending her girlhood days here.
She had been a member of the Mor-avian
church, Lititz. She was a grad-uate
of the American Stomach Hos-pital
in Philadelphia. She was mar-ried
in 1918, and lived with her fam-ily
in California for the past three
years. Besides her . husband she is
survived by two sons, Albert and
Kenneth, and one brother Thomas, of
Bethlehem. She was buried at San-
Bernardino.
Men! . Schloss Bros., tailors of
men's "Clothes Beautiful," will have
their new spring display at Pfautz
Bros, store on Friday and Saturday
of this week. See the fine spring
suitings before you buy.
Knew Better Than to Argue With Judge
Judge's Decision Short And Sweet — "$11.25"
Earl Reist,. a member of this year's
local basket ball team, was fined
$11.25 in police court at Reading on
Monday, charged with passing a trol-
1« y car on Sunday. He was accom-panied
in the machine by his parents
and Chester Wertsch. The trolley
car slowed down, but did not stop,
in the middle of the block, on Binge-man
street, while a man hopped off.
It was unexpected, to the driver and
he hit the man, fortunately not in-jurying
him in the least.
At the hearing on Mpnday the Lit-itz
people were not allowed to give
their version, t h e magistrate announc-ing
the fine with the curt remark
"Anything to say?"
Believing it was cheaper to pay
than to f i g h t the case, the Lititz
people, although believing an injustice
was done them, counted out the fine
and departed.
In order to1 create interest
among school boys in marble
• shooting the local American
Legion Post is arranging an
elimination contest.
Marbel shooting evidently is
an old game. Almost everyone
has a recollection of old marble
days. The fever in boys comes
with the early spring days. The
editor, like many others, can
plainly remember the name of
every marble used in that day
—a Cornelia being the most
prized.
What seems most strange
about marble playing ii where
do the boys get the names
or vocabulary for certain phases
of the game, such as "Ebbs,"
"Letts," "Fan" and other woTds
not found in the dictionary.
The present rage is to locate
the champion shooter. In the
old days the champion always
carried the biggest and prettiest
collection of marbles—the spoils
of the keep system of play.
Men are apt to wonder ~w"hy
women change the arrangement
of f u r n i t u r e in t h e home so fre-quently.
Men observe t h a t beds,
bureaus and chairs are -arrang-ed
a certain way and then come
home some time and discover
the bureau setting crosswise, -
the bed standing noTth and .
south, whereas it has stood east
and west and probably even the
pictures are hung differently.
Women may not "know why
they do it but according to the
latest explanation it has a good
effect.
In our daily life things may
become routine and one may go
stale. A change, according to
the latest theory, stimulates the
adrenal glands.
So much has been said about
glands—goat gland transplant-ing,
monkey gland extracts and
so on.
This latest theory is to stimu-late
your own gland by chang-ing
your eriviroriment or thot,
instead of going on day in and
day out with the same routine.
Sit down and make a list of
things you do—you will find
them pretty humdrum. ' Make
some changes in your program.
Ever notice how a new suit
makes you feel, even a new tie,
hat or such ardrenal stimula-tion.
Buy your wife a new
hat and she -will be a new wom-an.
We are told to have a hobby..
Keep changing and your glands
will develop. Hobos are often
'happier than millionaires be-cause
they have better adrenal
glands.
Nature placed two adrenal
glands, about the size of a pea,
alongside of the kidneys. They
preserve one's vitality, assist in
keeping one from becoming
dead f r om the neck up, make a
person act quickly and clear-brained,
a source of energy that
can be assembled immediately.
Truly, it is changes that tickle
. or stimulate these glands.
That's why a person taking a
trip, seeing new- things, and
meeting other people, comes
home saying it did him or "her
a world of good, or they feel
like new persons.
The whole thing sounds pret-ty
logical.
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TO Hold Pantry Sale
The Ladies' Auxiliary of Post 56,
American Legion, will hold a pantry
sale in the Post Home on Saturday,
March 12, afternoon and evening.
There will be chicken corn soup, home
made baked beans, deviled clams,
sandwiches, cakes, pies and coffee for
sale.
Business Men back
of Local Bali Team
With. Qood Pitcher Players
Ready to Start
Seven business men interested in
putting a base ball team on the field
at Lititz, met Monday evening and
formulated plans. Three of the
board members were unable to attend
and more members will be added by
the next meeting night.
Local players will be used on the
team with the exception: of a pitcher.
Nelson Mearig was decided upon as
field manager and he was instructed
to get in touch with a certain out-of-town
pitcher who will be a wonderful
asset to the team.
Doc McMullen" and. three other ex-perienced
ball players were "discover-ed"
in town, so that there will be
plenty of good material available, in
connection with last year's team.
Thursday twilight games will be
tried to give the storekeepers and
others who are busy Saturday after-noons,
an opportunity to see games.
I t was decided not to go into the
County League. It was an enthus •
iastic meeting and some excellent
ideas were brought tip for discussion.
Business men represented at the
meeting were R. D. Detweiler, Augus-tus
Fleckenstein, Charles Brobst, Eu-gene
Long, J. W. Ford, Nelson Mear-ig
and H. E. T3uch.
To Show Moving Pictures
At the annual dues meeting of the
W. C. T. U. to be 'held Monday even-ing,
March 14, in St. Paul's Lutheran
church, the great five-reel motion
picture "Lest- We Forget," by James
TL Shields, will be given. It is a
wonderful realistic and dramatic por-
Jjjayal of the tragedies that were an
every day occurence in the old saloons.
Entertained at Party
Miss Mabelle Steffy entertained a
number of her friends at her home
on N. Broad street on Tuesday even-ing.
Refreshments were served to
MissesT Erma Keath, Violet Helter,
Tbelma Pfautz^ Dorothy Hoover, Eli-zabeth
Krumbine, Laura Rudy, Sadie
Seitsinger, Dora Fetter, Alma Brook-myer,
all of Lititz and Lottie Kiehl,
of Ephrata.*1' Cards and games were
played.
Singing Class Organized at
Brunnerville
Prof. H a r r y Baughey, of Neffsville,
has organized an old time singing
class at the Brunnerville schoolhouse,
meeting every Tuesday evening at 8
o'clock sharp. Everybody, both
young and old, who are interested in
music, are invited to join and help re-vive
the old time community singing.
The present enrollment is sixty.
Mr. Baughey has had such classes
at East Petersburg and it proved a
great success, and helpful to all who
attended.
Birth Announcements
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Hershey an-nounce
the birth of a boy at the St.
Joseph Hospital yesterday.
A son was born to Mr. and Mps.
Frank Hunter on Monday.
,A son was born to Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Dengate on Monday, March 7.
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs.
Amnion Shelly last week. Frank
Gantz of Pine Hill, paid the family
a visit and held his young great
grandchild.
Income Tax Service
Mr. Earl E. Kolbach, income tax
consultant of Reading, will be at tlje
Farmers National Bank until March
12th to assist patrons and friends in
the filing of their income taxes. Call
at the bank and receive his services
gratis.
Made Fifth Trip to Philadelphia
On Account of Auto Accident
Eugene Stauffer made his f i f t h t r ip
on Monday to Philadelphia concern-ing
an auto accident in that city al-most
a year ago, when the car he
was driving for Mrg. Woodington,
hit a woman. Mrs. Woodington car-ried
insurance and a casualty com-pany
is fighting the case. The vie
tim was dismissed from the hospital
the second day, but is trying to col-lect
heavy damages. The case has
been postponed numerous times in
court.
COLUMN TO KEEP YOU IN
TOUCH WITH OLD AND
NEW NAMES
Thousands atFuneral
of R. R. Victims
Three ministers officiated at the
funeral of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer G.
Hershey and sons Eugene and Wilbur,
victims of a grade crossing accident
Vt Lititz, which was held Thursday af-ternoon
at Graybill's Church of the
Brethren, at Elm.
Sixteen pallbearers assisted in tak-ing
the bodies from the four funeral
cars. The four caskets were lower-ed
in a single grave, the simple ritual
read and the four bodies were simul-taneously
lowered.
Four thousand spectators stood
shivering in the cold, wintry weather.
A thousand automobiles were parked
¿round the meeting house.
The Beck parlors at Manheim were
thrown open to visitors on*Wednesday
evening and Thursday morning. A con-tinuous
stream of humanity lined up
outside and were admitted to view
the bodies, in the front door and
passed out thru the rear door.
When 1:30 o'clock, the hour'set for
the services, arrived, the Brethren
church was more than filled, possibly
two thousand gaining entrance, while
as many stood outside, impatiently
-waiting. Even the basement of the
church was filled with people1. Ss?me
feared that the floor might give way
with the unusual large crowd.
The cortege as it left Manheim was
augmented at every intersection by
additional automobiles.
Officiating Ministers /
Officiating ministers were the Rev.
Charles Cassel, Manheim; Rev. 'David
Kilheffner, Ephrata; and Rev. J. W.
G. Hershey, of Lititz. •
Four deacons of the Lititz church,
Noah Trimmer, Henry Nies, Benjamin
Mohler, and Mahlon Garman were
pallbearers for the f a t h e r ; Earl Roh-rer,
Will Moyer, Harvey Lehman and
Clarence Fahnestock, residents of the
White Oak district, for the mother;
Henry Longenecker, Graybill Longen-ecker,
Hiram Graybill and Mark
Graybill, distant relatives of his own
age, for Eugene Paul; and small first
cousins, Willis Geib, Lester Hershey,
Arthbr Hershey and Elwood Hershey
for the infant Wilbur.
Officers Jacklin and Myers of the
local detachment of. State High-way
Patrolmen, assisted in handling
the huge crowd.
Among the Sick
Jacob Snyder, South Broad street,
is confined to bed with grippe.
Mrs. Henry Weaver has been con-fined
to her home Nvith sickness for
the past three weejes.
Mrs. S. W. Buch, of Kissel Hill,
who has been ill for the past ten d aW
is much improved. ' f
Mrs. William A. Sturgis of Wyom-issing
was a visitor in town this week.
Mrs. Mary Miksch is spending the
week with relatives and friends at
Manheim.
Wayne H a r t r a n f t visited his son
Ralph and other relatives at Reading
on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Buch spent
Saturday in York with their daughter
Mrs. John Stultz.
Miss Genevieve Herr of Quarryville,
spent last? week-end with her friend,
Miss Agnes Hensel. ' V
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Conrad, of
Reading, visited his brother. Andrew
Conrad on Sunday.
Paul Birkenbine, who had been
working in Philadelphia as a cigar
packer, has returned to Lititz.
Miss Betty Weicksel, of Strasburg,
has been visiting in the home of Rev.
F. A. Weicksel and family during the
past week. ,
Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Calvert and
Ruth Weicksel and Betty Weicksel
spent the week-end visiting Mr. arid
Mrs. Earl S. Mathers in Baltimore.
R. J. Holdsworth and Harry Gor-ton
are spending several days iji Chi-cago
in connection with the business
of the Stiffel-Freeman Safe factory.
Mrs. Paul Shultz and family and
Mrs. John Shultz and son John,
Jr., of Emaus, spent from Friday of
last week until today with the Charles
P f a u t z family. Rev. Paul Shultz
accompanied them here but ^eturngd
home again last Friday. /
Miss Nora Hottenstein, .'who had
been an inmate at the Wernersville
Grand View Home for the past' four
and a half years, is now at her broth-er's
home at East Petersburg. Years
ago she was a bookkeeper at the Ideal
Chocolate factory here, and later was
a clerk in the East Petersburg Na-tional
bank.
Meeting of Missionary Society
The Women's Missionary Society of
the Moravian church will meet at the
home of Mrs. William Zartman, East
Main, street, on Thursday afternoon,
March 17, at 2:30 P. M.
Dispute Over House Site Aired In Court
Abram Eshleman • Tries to Get Back Money Paid to N. S. Myers
Paying out $1,785 for which he has
nothing to show, Abram^B. Eshleman,
of Lincoln, brought suit in Equity
Court at Lancaster, against Andrew
H. Gochenour and N. S. Myers of Lit-itz.
The case was heard Monday and
the Judge's decision will be made in
several weeks.
A contract was drawn up. between
Eshleman and Myers, the latter to
erect a frame stucco house and gar-a>
ge on a site on Andrew Gochenour's
farm, for $7,785. Eshleman paid
$1,785 to Myers on deposit, the bal-ance
of $6000 to be paid when the
house was completed. Myers claims
t h a t Eshleman ordered him not to
build.
Myers said he kept the money for
some time for the purpose of building
the house, but later used it for him-self.
Gochenour received none of the
money as he had nothing to do with
the Eshleman transaction, he testified.
Mr. Gochenour admitted selling a
plot of ground to Myers on a verbal
agreement, but it had never been paid
for.
Referee in Bankruptcy Redmund
Conyngham testified to Myers hav-ing
gone into bankruptcy in May,
1926, and there was not enough mon-ey
realized to pay the claims in full.
Cigar Factory Closed Down
The General Cigar factory at this
place has been closed, with no encour-agement
given for reopening. Nine-ty
cigarmakers were employed. ^
Attended Banquet at Ephrata
Postmaster Paul Seaber, Edwin
Bear, Guy Hershey, Herbert Weitzel,
Morris McCloud, Harry Sesseman,
Harry D. Hacker, Hiram Meek, Paul
Bushong, Jacob Fenstmacher and
George Ruhl, all employees at the
local post office, attended a banquet
on Tuesday, held in the Community
Hall at Ephrata, by the Postmaster's
Association.
Third assistant postmaster general,
R. S. Regar, was the main speaker
of the evening.
—Pfautz Bros, are running "Double
Stamp Week". See adv. on page 5;.
Spring Mud
Spring weather is dreaded in
many rural sections, because it
is the muddiest time of year on
the roads. In many localities
where no hardening material
was ever put on these highways,
a vehicle will sink in a foot or
more into these sloughs of de-spond.
Some of these neigh^-
borhoods are largely cut off
from their town centers during
this period, as the difficulty of
traveling over these bad roads
is so great as to largely discour-age
travel.
Recent years with their im-proved
methods of road building
have largely improved these con-ditions,
but many 'complaints
about bad spring roads are still
heard. People can hardly be
expected to be content now on
back roads, if these highways
are in bad order from mud or
any defect. It is the ideal of
Pennsylvania to give every rural
neighborhood its outlet to its
town center over a hard road in
good condition in all seasons.