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VOL. L THE LITITZ RECORD, THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 25, 1927 NO. 49
EVENTS CONCISELY TOLD
INTERESTING THINGS THAT
HAPPEN IN TOWN
AND VICINITY
Dr. D. C .Martin will have his office
open Friday morning, August 26th.
Dr. Martin and wife spent a week at
Atlantic City.
The Society of Farm Women, No. 1,
will entertain the County Executive
Committee at the Spring Grounds
next week.
At last the Reading Railway Co. is
erecting danger signal lights at the
street crossings at the Safe works
and the Trap factory.
Some of the auto speeders through
town may be surprised one of these
days /by the State Police, who have
been notified to be here.
Dr. E. C. Klin'gersmith, an opto-metrist,
has rented James Goldth-wait's
new house on Second Avenue.
He will practice in Lancaster.
The Women's Auxiliary of the Lit-itz
Fire Company will hold a meeting
at headquarters on Thurday, Sept. 1.
A good turnout is requested.
Preliminary practice has begun
for the football season at the Lititz
High School. With the material on
hand and experience of the past sea-son
results should begin to show.
Dr. H. J. Herr, an osteopath, has
rented rooms at the home of Mrs.
Usner, 16 Ntorth Broad Street. He
came here from Philadelphia.
The Lititz High School Band will
furnish the. music for the concert here
this Saturday. The band had an en-gagement
for nearly every Saturday
this summer.
Mrs. F. B. Buch, Broad Street, cel-ebrated
her ¡birthday on Saturday, the
20th inst.; Mrs. H. C. Miller on Tues-day,
23rd; Mrs. Henry Heiserman on
the salmie date, and Alvin Keller to-day,
the 25th.
Mrs?. H. H. Diehm and Mrs. N. G.
Bachman and the members of their
Sunday School classes in St. Paul's
Lutheran Sunday School spent Sat-urday
and Sunday at Mt. Gretna.
Dahlias are the show flowers for
this season of the year and are grown
in profusion around most homes in
Lititz. The flowers are almost per-fect
this year owing to an abundance
of moisture.
Ensign Fred H&becker, who grad-uated
from the United States Naval
Academy this year and was home for
a short time, left here on Saturday
for the West coast, where he will be
assigned to a ship.
A mule owned by W. W. Gibbel, of
Brunnerville, strayed from his farm
a week ago. The mule is tricky and
can open most gates and doors. The
animal was last seen near Millway.
William Seitzinger returned hoane
from the Lancaster General Hospital
where he had been confined for three
weeks as a result of an accident a}; the
Keath Planing Mill. He is showing
steady improvement.
Dr. H. J. Cooper has a tennis court
in the rear of his home and games
are played nightly under electric
lights. Dr. Cooper is contemplating
erecting a modern court with a hard
base and regulation size.
Jacob Singley of this place has a
mould which was used many years
ago by blacksmiths in making hand
made nails. These moulds are very
rare. It was a slow process, making
a nail at a time. These nails are oc-casionally
found in tearing down an
old house in Lititz.
Prof. M. C. Demmy is considering
showing moving pictures in the High
School auditorium this year of sub-jects
that will prove instructive and
interesting to school children. It is
claimed that the mind acquires know-ledge
in quicker time through the
use of pictures than any other meth-od
of instruction.
On a lot slightly over a sixth of
an acre, in the rear of his home on
Orang'e Street, Jacob Kauffman dug
out over sixty bushels of potatoes.
They are of the Irish Cobbler variety
and run large in size. They are of
fine table quality. For many years
Mr. Kauffman grew tolbacco on this
plot and raised an exceptionally fine
leaf.
Hero Chose Not to Speak
Four hundred persons attended the
reunion of the Baker-Backer clan at
Elizabethtown last Friday, including
soime from Lititz and vicinity. Rev.
J. B. Baker, of York, was the main
speaker of the day. An historical
address was read by David Baker, of
Lancaster.
Among others present at the re-union
was John L. Baker, of Johns-town.
He was asked to address the
audience but chose not to speak.
At the time of the Johnstown flood
he rode on horseback ahead of the
impending water, shouting "To the
hills, to the hills for your lives!'
Many heeded his warning and were
saved. At the time the deed was re-corded
f a r and wide and a poem com-memorating
the act was frequently
heard at public gatherings^ contain-ing
good material for dramatic art.
Now the deed and the poem are al-most
forgotten and John Baker him-self
never refers to it, evidently be-lieving
that he did a good deed and
was satisfied.
He lived too early to commercial-ize
upon it, even had he so desired.
No contracts were offered him from
the vaudeville stage, cinematograph
companies or book and' newspaper
syndicates, or for subscribing his
name for advertising purposes.
In fact the name of the man who
rode the horse through the Cone-maugh
Valley was unknown for many
years.
Returned From Auto Trip to
New Jersey
Mrs. Frank H. Gable and son Alton
and daughter Mildred returned home
after having spent from Saturday to
Wednesday visiting relatives, in Bur-lington
and Collingswood, N. J. They
went by automobile.
Pomona Picnic Held Yesterday
The Lancaster County Pomona
Grange was held at the Spring
Grounds yesterday, but like most
postponed affairs was not so well at-tended.
It was to have beten held last
Thursday, but was called off on ac-count
of rain.
In Boston During Exciting
Times
Charles Kling, local base ball play-er,
and Eugene (Peanut) Staufiter left
here Saturday morninlg for Boston
and by auto lifts arrived in that city
on Sunday evening. They wrote home
that the Sacco-Vanzetti affair caused
much excitem'ent on the streets. They
expect to cover the city pretty
thoroughly before coming home.
Slight Fire at the Home of
Clarence Lesher
Clarence Lesher, who moved from
Lititz to Mjllway last Saturday, had
fire in his home on Monday. Two
mattresses and bed clothing were
ruined, although there was little dam-age
to the woodwork of the house.
The fire was in a smoldering con-dition
when discovered.
THE LAST DAYS OF VACA-TION
The school vacations are just
about over, and it is about time
for the young crowd to go back
to the schoolroom.
The old theory of vacations
was that children were so ex-hausted
by their lessons that it
was necessary for them to quit
for about 12 weeks, to recover
sufficient vitality to dig into
their books for one more year.
That was when lessons were
made so uninteresting that a live
boy , or girl naturally got head-ache
doing them.
In these days school lessons
are not treated in that dull way.
The children feel some incentive
to learn consequently the idea of
vacation is not so much to rest
exhausted pupils, as to give
them a change of activity. It
is not considered well for them
to spend their vacation idly. If
they have not had plenty of ac-tivity
this vacation, the rest
time has not given them what
they need.
Pin Carnival
Then School
"Kreider's Carnival or Pin Show"
is in full blast on the Bollinger lot
along Raspberry Alley. The word pin
gives the key to the story. It is a
juvenile enterprise with an array of
six canopies under which thrive
games of chance, using pins as cur-rency.
The grownujps who missed the
pin stage in their life, paying admis-sion
to a show with pins or buying a
glass of mint-julip or lemonade with
the same specie, have much to be
sorry for.
Mothers may wonder at the sudden
disappearance of pins in the home. At
least the promoters of the present en-terprise
are growing (?) rich in pins.
One wonders where they all come
from. The boys are on the job and
some day .may be as alert in earning
real money. If pennies were involved
the carnival would be of short dura-tion—
as the pennies would soon be
all in the hands of the "show men"—
but wiith pins there seems to be an
almost endless source of supply, mak-ing
for prosperity in the enterprise.
Need Warm Dry Weather For
Growing Crops
Farmers are hoping for warm
weather. MJuch of the tobacco is still
mall and will not mature unless
weather conditions are very favorable.
Corn also needs warm, dry weather
to mature properly.
Attended Funeral In Philadel-phia
J. Frank Buch and daughter Esther
were in Philadelphia on Monday at-tending
the funeral of Mr. A. Bond
Warner. Mr. Warner and Mr. Buch
were good friends for many years.
Mr. Warner was a native of Myers-town.
He was an expert accountant
and secretary of various building and
loan associations. He was 63 years of
age, is survived by his aged mother,
residing in New York; his wife and
son Harry and daughter Dr. Miriam,
all residing in Philadelphia. Mrs. War-ner
was a daughter of the late Geo/.
Filbert, of Womelsdorf. She was
graduated from Linden Hall Seminary
in 1882.
Taught School Here Forty Years
Ago
Mrs. W. H. Mowat, nee Forbes, of
Ashland, Ore., is a visitor in Lititz
for the week. Forty years ago she
was one of our boro school teachers.
After her husband's death, about five
years ago, Mrs. Mowat spent a year
with her son in Honolulu, T. H., then
came East and up to a recent date
lived with her brother in Brooklyn.
N. Y. She also has a brother living
in San Francisco, Calif., and another
in Michigan.
To Enter Bethlehem Moravian
College
Charles B. Adams, of Lancaster,
will enter Bethlehem Moravian Col-lege
this fall to study for the minis-try.
He is a son of Mr. and Mrs.
Bird Adams and was born and -spent
his early life in Lititz. He graduated
with honors from the Boys' High
School at Lancaster in 1927. At pres-ent
he is a clerk at Shaub's Shoe
Store, being employed there for the
past five years between school hours,
starting as errand boy. Charles when
quite young declared he wanted to
be a minister.
Drum Corps to be Organized
Post 56, American Legion, voted to
organize a uniformed drum and bugle
corps of thirty eight persons, among
its members. Plans have been laid
to raise money for equiplment.
Lititz Man in Business at Eph-r
a t a
The Shirk and Madlem Miller Tire
Service Station is a new place of
business in Ephrata, and is located in
the J. G. Leber garage at No. 25
Church street.
The members of the firm that oper-ate
this business place are P. R. Shirk,
of Ephrata, and J. D. Madlem, of Lit-itz.
The service station has a big stock
of tires and auto accessories and is
equipped with modern appliances for
vulcanizing tires and tubes. A glass-grinding
machine is part of the equip-ment
for replacing auto windshield
and door glass.
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In the vicinity of Lewistown
there is a bungalow bearing the
name "Grape Diem." Several
Lititz persons who passed by
read the name with surprise,
¡believing it belonged to G.
Graybill Diehm, of Lititz, who
among his friends is often ad-dressed
as "GraJbe" Diehm. A
slight alteration, they believ-ed,
for the sake of novelty.
Even Mr. Diehm was curious
until he learned that it was pure
Latin, which translated means
"Take a Day." The similarity
of namies is merely a coinci-dence,
as the Lititz man is in
no way connected with the bun-galow.
"Take a Day" is not a bad
motto if rightly applied. "Take
a Day" from the maddening
crowd to be a t ease and build up
health and energy. On the re-verse,
some people "Take a
Day" too frequently, neglecting
work and not applying them-selves
diligently enouigh to ac-complish
anything.
Searching for expressive words
for summer bungalows requires
much thought to select good
combinations. At Mt. Gretna
one sees some original titles.
The groundkeeper there has
painted over the door of his cot-tage,
"Never-In." Some per-sons
who had complaints to
make of things that needed at-tention,
commented that the
name was very applicable. At
the Brunnerville Hotel there is
a sign reading "Wade In." The
proprietor's name is Wade.
When the large barn ion the
f a rm of Isaac Lefever, a mile
west of Neffvsille, was burning
last Friday evening, throwing a
reflection into the skie's that
could be seen for many miles,
someone excitedly called up the
Lititz exchange, asking the op-erator
tq connect the fire
alarm. The operator requested
to know the location of the fire,
but the informer could only
state that it was near Lititz
and a bad one, adding that she
should hurry the call, and be-came
"peeved" when .the girl
refused to act on such unsat-isfactory
information.
The local Fire Company only
recently followed a wild goose
chase ^when someone tele-phoned
they were wanted at
once for a fire near New Hol-land.
The fact was the truck
was taken many miles out of
the way, when the fire was at
Fry's Mill, near Hinkletown.
The county is zoned and or-ganized
for fire fighting pur-poses.
Had the Lititz Com-pany
been needed on Friday one
of the officers otf the nearest
Cotaifpany to the fire would have
sent out a call for help. Under "
the conditions there was no
need for the Lititz Company and
they were not called, although
standing ready to respond.
Firemen's Carnival at Rothsville
A Firemen's Carnival will be held
at Rothsville, on the base ball grounds
on August 27th and September 3rd.
On the first night the City Band of
Lancaster, comprising 35 men, will
furnish the music and there will also
be a special entertainment. There
will be all kinds of entertainment,
with a variety of refreshments, in-cluding
chicken corn soup.
On September 3 the Star Band, of
Coatesville, has been booked, includ-ing!
the famous Keystone quartette.
IThere is ample room for the park-ing
of cars. -Every effort is being
made to make this the biggest Car-nival
ever held at Rothsville.
INDEX OF CONTENTS
Serial Story Page 3
* Editorial Page 4
Classified Advs. __ Pages 5 & 8
* Obituary Page 6
Neighborhood News Page 7
* Church News Page 7
Weddings Page 7
* Sports Page 8
Boys Fancy
Tree Houses
Tree houses are the latest archi-tectural
craze in town among the
school boys. Several are mere plat-forms,
leaving much to the imagina-tion
of the boys, built in the trees, but
two of the houses are developing into
well-built one-room playhouses.
The McCloud brothers, have /built a
house in a tree near the freight
depot. The floor, 5%x6% feet is
twenty feet ifrom the ground, has a
peaked roof, windows and is tightly
enclosed. It is planned to equip the
place with a radio.
The Lutz brothers, not far away,
have a house in a willow tree thirty
feet f r om the ground, the floor dimen-sions
being 6x11% feet. The four
corners are supported by four stout
limbs. It will also have a peaked
roof and windows. Electric lights
will be installed and it wiill be heated
with a small coal stove. The house
is reached by ladders nailed against
the tree and does not appeal to per-sons
who are inclined to dizziness.
The tree was planted by the boys'
father, B. F. Lutz, f o r ty years ago.
Brought Dog Along on Visit
Rev. C. E. Hermstead and family,
of Elizabeth, N. J., who spent the
greater part of the month at the
Br-icker home on North Broad Street,
will leave for their home early in
September. The family dog, a fine
type of English setter, was brought
along and was admired by sportsmen
in town.
Instructions for Opening of
School
Public schools will open Monday,
August 29th. Pupils report to the
same rooms they were in last year
at the close of the term. All begin-ners
report to the Auditorium. Be-ginners
who are six years of age or
will be six before the close of the
school term, June 1st, will be ad-mitted
the first day of school. Be-ginners
should bring their vaccina-tion
certificates in order to be en-rolled
the first day. Pupils never at-tending
Lititz Pulblic Schools before
will report to the office.' These pupils
should bring their vaccination: cer-tificates,
transfer cards and last
year's report card.
Will Purchase Parlor Chair Mot-or
Bus
Charles Krick has decided to pur-chase
a new passenger bus of the
latest type, with parlor car chairs.
I t will probably be called Miss Lititz.
Names New Bus
ville'1
'Miss Roths-
Paul Kraft, of Rothsville, purchased
a new auto bus recently which has
been named "Miss Rothsville." It
has a carrying capacity of twenty-six
persons, the leather upholstered seats
being arranged similar to a trolley
car. It makes a good appearance
and has comfortable riding qualities.
The body is built on an International
chassis.
Fine Musical Programme to be
Given at Brunnerville
A musical program will be held at
the Brunnerville School House on
Wednesday evening, August 31st, un-der
the direction: of Prof. Harry B.
Baughey, starting at 7.30 o'clock. A
silver collection will be lifted. The
pulblic is invited to attend.
A fine program has been prepared,
with numbers by a mixed chorus, and
the Acapella Male Chorus, a ladies'
chorus and the Brunnerville Male
Chorus, together with piano and vo-cal
solos.
Following is the program:
(a) God of Our Father, (b) Am-erica,
the Beautiful, (e) To Thee,0
Country,—mixed chorus.
Piano duet by Misses Bushong and
Ehrhard, vocal solo by Miss Forney,
piano solo by Miss Balmer.
(a)Calm as the Night, (b) The
Rose of Allandale, (c) O Warrior
Bold, (d) They All Love J a c k -
mixed chorus.
Selections by Acapella Male Chorus,
(a) Minuet in G, (b) The Harvest
Moon—Ladies' Chorus.
a() Lullaby Moon, (b) Bells of the
Sea—Brunnervile Male Chorus.
(a) The Lost Chord, (b) Lovely
Appear, (c) Round, (d) The Black-smith,
(e) Farewell—Mixed Chorus.
Confesses Stealing Auto
Albert MbDonnell, 19, of Reading,
was committed to Norristown jail fol-lowing
his confession of stealing the
automobile of Paul E. Thomas, of
Doylestowji.
McDonnell told Justice of the Peace
Rath, who held him in $1500 bail, that
he blames his downfall on his home
life. When he was 12 years old his
parents separated and he was cast
out to .shift for himself, he said. He
has a wife and child in Reading, but
they have scorned him since he serv-ed
a short sentence (previously in the
Lancaster jail.
McDonnell was caught in Lititz by
Officer Kreider, and was taken from
here by Pottstdwn officials. Officer
Kreider had not been notified of a
stolen car but arrested the man on
suspicion.
Lititz People Enjoy Picnics
A imian who moved here from an-other
State remarked that he never
saw a place where people had as
many picnics as Lititz. The Sunday
School picnics are only the start, then
come the Ushers' picnics, Bible class
picnics, choir picnilcs, the W. C. T. U.
and societies, barbers' and industrial
picnics. Some picnics are held at the
Springs, others at Sandy Beach,
Buch's Mill, Snavely's Bungalow, Mill-way,
Penryn and Mt. Gretna.
No one seems to grow tired of
picnics. Next year the same routine
will be repeated. The cakes, ice
cream, watermelon, cold chicken, and
many other things—no one skimps
when it comes to the picnic table—
undoubtedly have much to do in mak-ing
picnics popular among the town
people.
Local Boys Like Navy Life
Charles Weidman, who enlisted in
the U. S. Navy solrne months ago, is
home on a ten-day furlough. He is
stationed at Newport, R. I., and likes
the life. He is on a boat crew and has
signed up in a class for wrestling.
Carl Althouse, of this place, who en-listed
about the same' time, is also
a t Newport and expects to be trans-ferred
to Chicago. He was home on
a leave of absence recently.
Left For Canadian Lake Region
Dr. and Mrs. H. L. Cox, Dr. W. S.
Regar, Wm. K. Miller, of Ephrata;
Dr. J. E. Charles, of York, and
Mrs. Norman Badorf, of Lititz,
left by auto to spend some time in
the Muskoka lake region, of Canada.
Auto Club to Have Headlight
Adjusting Clinic
A clinic for the adjusting of auto-mobile
headlights will be held in this
section in the near future under the
auspices of the Lancaster Automobile
Club. The project was authorized at
the August meeting of the Club, held
at Wakefield and the details are now
being worked out by Edward S.
Gaible, president of the organization,
and the members of the executive
committee.
If possible arrangements will be
made to have members of the State
Motor Patrol supervise the inspec-tion,
assisted by competent garage
men. Thus motorists rwho visit the
clinic and have their headlights ad-justed
will be sure that they comply
in every way with the law. The clin-is
will be open to all members of the
Club.
Plans also are being made by the
Club to have garage owners in this
and other sections of the County in-spect
and adjust headlights of the
cars of Club metmibers on certain days
specified by the Club f o r that purpose.
This service also will be free to Club
members.
The Lancaster Automobile Club be-lieves
that the headlights on all cars
Should com(ply with the law, thus
making travel on the main highways
at night safer and more comfortable
for the person behind the wheel. Of-ficials
of the Club believe that if the
organization's 7500 members through-out
the county comply that others
are bound to follow and that, as a
result, the glaring headlight menace
will end. The Club is co-operating
in every way with the State Highway
Department officials in the crusade
aigainst blinding headlights and urges
all motorists to see to it that their
headlights are properly adjusted.
Resided In Lititz Eighteen
Years Ago
Mr. and Mrs. John Mumma, of
Waynesboro, were in town this week
while spending several days in the
County among relatives. They were
former residents of this place, leaving
here eighteen years ago.
TRAVELERSJIEAR AND FAR
COLUMN TO KEEP YOU IN
TOUCH WITH OLD AND
NEW NAMES
Miss Amelia Wagner is spending a
week at Ocean Grove and Asbury
Park.
Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Miohn, New-burn,
N. C., visited Morris McCloud
and family.
Prof. P. E. Beck, of East Strouds-burlg,
was a visitor in town this week
for several days.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Peiffer, son
Lloyd and daughter Louella, spent
Sunday at Gettysburg.
Mr. John Leed is spending the week
with his son Spencer, at Campbells-town,
Dauphin County.
Mr. and Mrs. Adam Sharp, of Lead-ville,
Col., visited Mrs. Walter Smith
and other relatives in town.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Regennas
spent a few days of last week with
her relatives in Virginia.
Mr. and Mrs. J a m e s Sesseman at-tended
the Rosedale Camp Meeting,
near Reading, on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Keller and
child visited Elmer Butzer and family
at Reading on Sunday.
Mrs. J. C. Staley, of Shepherds-town,
W. Va., is here visiting her
mother at the Moravian home.
Miss Hazel Mier, of Rutherford, N.
J., is spending some time here as the
guest of Miss Katherine Miller.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Sturgis are
visiting their daughter and family,
Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Mohler, at Lewis-town.
Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Graybill are
away- on a two-week's auto trip thru
the New England States and part of
Canada.
Mr. and Mrs. Hiram McCauley and
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Shellheim, of
Steelton, spent Sunday at the home of
N. G. Yerger.
Urias R. Witters, of New York
City, was a caller in town last
week. He was a former resident of
this place and some of his family are
buried here.
Mr. and Mrs. George Smith, of
Philadelphia, were here Sunday and
Monday visiting his mother, Mrs.
Catharine Smith, on Spruce Street.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Alvin Enck took an
auto trip to Washington, D. C., and
other interesting places in Virginia
and West Virginia, returning yester-day.
Misses Margaret and Sylvia, dau-ghters
of J. L. Loagenecker, are
spending several days with Mjr. and
Mrs. Samuel Wolfskill, at Reamstoiwn.
Charles Robert Longenecker return-ed
home after a ten-day motor trip
to Wheeling, W. Va., Oneida, Sherrill,
Buffalo, Pittsburgh, and other places.
Mrs. F. B. Buch celebrated her
birthday on Saturday, in honor of
which her daughter and husband, Mr.
and Mrs. John Stoltz, of York, paid
her a visit.
Misses Sadie Seitzinger, Mabelle
Steffy, Alma Brookmyer and Lottie
Kiehl spent the week end in Reading
with Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Brookmyer.
Mrs. Mary S. G. Buch, a f t e r having
spent two weeks in the Adirondack
mountains, in New York, has return-ed
to Lititz, where she is spending
a week.
'Miss Ella Buch is home after a
month's visit to her sister and hus-band,
Mr. and Mrs. William Glenn, at
Akron, Ohio. She also was at Cleve-land,
Ohio.
James Goldthwait expects to leave
this week by auto as a delegate of
Camp 56, of Lancaster, Spanish Am-erican
War Veterans, to attend the
National Convention in Detroit.
Mr. and Mrs. Isaac B. Enb and chil-dren
Eisither, Howard and Helen and
Irene, daughter of Joseph Bucher, all
of Lititz, R. D. 2, spent three days
of last week at Wildwood, N. J., mak-ing
the trip by automobile.
Mr. Uriah Seltzer and daughters
Miss Mary Seltzer and Mrs. Ida
Baer, Mrs. Samuel Neiun and Mr.
Silas Kreiser, of Hummelstown, were
Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs.:
Thomas Kissinger.