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YOL. LII LITITZ, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 18, 1929 No. 29
[VESTS CONCISELY IBLO Litïtz School Tax
INTERESTING THINGS THAT
HAPPEN IN TOWN
AND VICINITY
Rate May be Raised
H. B. Adams is now in charge of
the shop at the garage of C. M.
Snavely, local Chevrolet dealer.
Paul, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. R.
Bachman, is recovering froim; a dis-located
knee.
The Rev. J. C. H. Light of the ;
United Brethren Church preached at j principal^ of the schools here Just
Avon, Lebanon County, on Sunday! ^ a t action was taken was_ not fully
Board Discusses the Matter At
Meeting; Descision to Be
Revealed Next Week
An increase is expected in the
school tax rate in Lititz in view of
discussions at the meeting of the
school hoard last night in the office
of Prof. M. C. Demmy, supervising
evening.
The Rev. E. S. Crosland was elec-ted
to represent the Lititz Rotary
Club at the International Convention
at Dallas, Texas, May 26th to 31st.
An ad on another page announces
the opening of a new business line
by Boltzhouse the Confectioner.
You will be surprised. ™ rm.
Extensive plans are being laid for i School Junior Class They were very
the celebration of Boys' Week in much pleased with it
Lititz, starting Sunday, April 28th. Prof. H. B. Baughey, director of
The following Wednesday will be
Club Day, Thursday Industrial Day,
Friday School Day, and Saturday he end of ;his term to go . 0 In
I revealed, but it is expected, by next
week more and probably all, will be
made known. /
Other matters of' interest to the
school system; here were discussed
and after the meeting several of the
members looked in on the dress re-hearsal
of "Peg 0' My Heart" the
play to Ibe given tonight by the High
Commerce Chamber
Discusses Merger
Pprade and Field Day. home district, Manheim Township, to
Next Sunday the Rev. W. H. Hartz- j accept a similar position. Faculty,
le - will preach his last sermons i n | pupils and patron? regret exceedingly
the Congregational Evangelical
Church. He will attend the annual
Conference at Sham-okin next week.
John MpCloud will be the lay dele-gate.
Proposed Joining With Business
League Now Up to Latter
Body; Lunch Served
In what may have been the last
meeting of the present body, 43 mem-bers
of the Chamber of Commerce
gathered Tuesday night in the beau-tifully
appointed clulb room in the
office of the Keath Planing Mill Com-pany,
on East Front Street. The
proposition to merge the Chamber
and the Young Men's Business Lea-gue,
agreed on unofficially by both
bodies and accepted officially by the
Chamber, is now before the Busi-ness
League for final action, at a
meeting to be held May 7th.
It semed highly fitting that what
may be the last meeting was held
amid such pleasant surroundings,
since it was natural that pleasant
memories of associations of the past
music in the schools here for the last year would be recalled. It is not to
eight vears, is ieaving his post at be considered that should the merger
go through, the town will lose the
services of a Chamber of Commerce.
It has been pointed out that the char-ters
of the two organizations are
identical in t'rai both "were to work
Sacred Band Concert in the
Tabernacle Sunday Afternoon
The Glee Club from the Moravian | On Sunday morning, the Glee Club
,, •, m, College and Th eol, ogi•c ali Sc emm• ary, w^ ill s^in g in c^o nne^ction^ with the ser- whQ ig a
Bethlehem, Pa., will give a concert , T h e o l o g u e ! w i l l oocupiy, the pulpit,
in Linden Hall gymndsium on Sat- , J n t h e a f t e r n o o n at 2 o'clock the
urday evening at 8 o'clock, under the ; C o l l e g e B a n d w i n g i v e a saC-red con-auspices
of the Ushers' Association j c e r j . i n t h e T a b e r n a c l e building,
of the Moravian Church. The Glee j T h i g c o n c e r t w i l l b e f r e e > b u t a si\.
Club is one of the best college mus- y e r o f f e r i n g w i l l b e t a k e n . Tickets
ical organizations that can be heard j f o r ^ g,a i | u r d a y evening concert
anywhere and has had numerous en
gagements this spring.
Two Lititz boys ibelong to the
CW,b, Richard Snyder and Robert
Longenecker, and also Ed. Mickey,
a nephew of Mrs. E. S. Crosland, of
Lititz.
can ¡be obtained from the Ushers on
the committee, consisting of Alfred
Dcuple, Paul Bomberger, Albert
person, Thomas Waddell and Lloyd
Smith. Admission, 50 cents, children
under 15 years of age, 25 cents. No
seats will be reserved.
his departure.
G. R. Saylor, present High School for the betterment o." Lititz and the
Principal and head of Latin and i obtaining of new industries and other
French Department, has been ap- | projects. , In the event of the merger,
pointed head of the French and' either the combined body or a com-of
Elizabethtown ' mittee appointed by that body would
; handle the work now done by the
Arthur Adams, who for the last Spanish Department
several There is no question but TZ has undergone several c h a n g e s , that the unification would be bene-qf
the Victoi Talking Machine Co.. y ^ tentatiwl it g t a n d s a W as | «.eial to Lititz. The strength of the
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roí atoes at 5c a Bu.
at Kissel Hill Sale
Camden, N. J., returned home i.*
day and will repair victrolas and follows, as was learned last night: _ ,
105 North Broad Street, local Victor 1 M. C. Demmy. Supervising Prmci-radios
for his father, E. K. A d a m s , r ü ; Anna K.^Miller. Science; Amy L.
instrument dealer. I Book and Hazel Bentzel. Mathe-
Mr and Mrs. Henry B. Gibbel and matics; N. O. Wertn~an and Anne M , _
M-s Florence Gibbel drove to Hun- Eddyl, Coimlmercial; Neida Spatz and P o t a t o e s dropped to their lowest
ti"gdon to attend the 53rd celebration iTargery Enek, English; Elizabeth | p r J c e ¡n , m a n y y e a r s a r o u n d here
of Founders' Day at Juniata College, Garber, English and History. Miss w h g n lg() b u s h e ] s w e r e o f f e r e d for
yesterday, where Dr. Emerson Col-1 Garber will have charge of all girls | g a J e &t t h g g i x t h B i „ W e e k l y Coim.
Pub1!- Serv-e. C«wms- ' athletic activities. She his had four < m u n i t y S a l e Saturday at Kissel Hill
years' experience in this work at
Man Held as Suspect
in Big Fire on Farm
Suspected of 'having set fire to the
large barn on the farpi of Rohrer
Getz, along the Harrisiburg Pike
near the road leading to East Peters-burg,
Saturday night, State Police
arrested a man who identified him-self
as Rufus Castells, as he was
leaving the scene of the fire. The
barn, chicken house and tobacco shed
were destroyed, entailing a lose of
the chickens from several duct's and1 $30,000.
roosters and a a i e off with the birds. | The fire was discovered by Mr. and
They carried them aibout a quarter j Mrs. John H]aines, Columbia R. D.
of a mile, loaded them on a truck ! 1, as they were driving by the Getz
and left. Tracks in the mud indicate ; home at ten o'clock Saturday night.
Chicken Thieves Steal
60 Birds Near Here
Chicken thieves took advantage of
the wind and rain of Tuesday night
to raid a chicken house north of
Lititz, the second robbery of the kind
in that section in two weeks.
Sixty fine Rhode Island Reds, all
of good stock,/ were taken from the
houses of Clayton M. Brubaker, near
the Zion Home. The thieves sawed
aw;;.: th?rhasp on the door, picked out
OBITUARY
Miss Bessie T. Gingrich
Miss Bessie T. Gingrich, one of the
imost widely known women of Lititz,
died Sunday evening at her home, 6
South Broad Street, of erysipelas
after an illness of two weeks. Miss
Gingrich was 49 years old.
,She was the daughter of the late
Mr. and Mrs. Howard H. Gingrich,
the former at one time president and
cashier of the Farmers National
Bank. She was born in Manheim and
was a graduate of the Manheim
schools. She was prominent as a
vocalist and also as a teacher of
voice, having had a studio here and
in Lancaster. Miss Gingrich lived in
Lititz since 1901 and for many years
directed the choir of the Moravian
Church, of which she was a member.
She was a member of the King's
Daughters and of the W. C. T. U.
(Surviving are her mother, Mrs.
Mary A. Gingrich, and a brother,
Harry, both at home. Private funeral
services were held from the home
on Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock,
with interment in the Fairview Ceme-tery,
Manheim. Beck Bros, were the
directors.
Tobias S. Stehman
Tobias H. Stehman, 81, died Tues-day
night at his hoime, 1% miles
South of Manheim of complications
of diseases after an illness of a year,
i He was a retired farmer and a mern-that
they made several trips.
About two weeks ago the hen; work in his garage and then sum- j S l l r v j v e ( j , lby his wife, Mrs. Mary
houses of Mr. Brubaker's father, j moned fire companies from the sur-' s t e h m a n ; b y the following sons and
Sh-aefTer Brubaker, were robbed of j rounding towns.
TRAVELERS_NEAR AND FAI
COLUMN TO KEEP YOU Bi
TOUCH WITH OLD AND
NEW NAMES
Mrs. Roy Himmelberger is re-covering
from an attack of tonsilitis.
Mrs. Sarah Bollinger was 89 years
old Tuesday.
¡Mrs. Paul Herr fell from a step-ladder
and broke her arm.
Walter Sturgis, who is ill, has gone
to his daughter at York.
Mrs. Harry Brubaker was taken
to the Lancaster General Hospital
on Thursday.
Miss Helen Albright spent Satur-day
and Sunday at Roherstown and
Lancaster.
Charles Stengel and family, of
Lansdowne, spent Sunday with the
former's parents at Linden Hall.
Mrs. David Brian sipent Saturday
to Monday at Lancaster with her
mother who is ill.
The Ladies' Aid Society off St.
Paul's Lutheran Church cleared $25
at their pantry sale on Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Charles, of Mt.
Joy, visited Mr. and Mrs. R. E.
Worleyi on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. P. Nolt and family,
of Bethel, Berks County, visited Mr.
and Mrs. H. B. Bomberger on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Burger, of
Mahanoy City, visited Mr. and Mrs.
Carl D. Hu-ber, of Lititz.
Isaac Wiker spent the week-end
i with his parents, .tur. and Mrs. Chris-
They called Mr. Getz who was atL the B r e t h r e n C h u r c h . He is 1
t i a n Wiker, at Souderabuxg.
•nrr\*»lr in hio a»QVSlcr<a QTlH rhAff K11TYV- •» v • A/f^r. Mow ®
lir.s, 0" th
sion, was the orator of the day. Mrs.
Florence Gib,bei also attended a meet-ing
of the Trustees of the College, as
a member of the Board in the after-
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Junior Class Play Tonight
Lancaster County Firemen
Enjoy Honey Brook Meeting
About 75 firemen from different
companies in the Lancaster County
Firmen's Relief Association attended
the monthly meeting of the Chester ^
County Firemen's association held j ^
Saturday night at Honey Brook. ; |
Among that number were about a j J
dozen' from Lititz. Frank Soule, j f
Fire Marshall of Chester County, j
read his report of activities, which I The Aecapella Male Chorus, of E.
was followed by an address and re- ! Petersburg, will render a musical
port by Samuel F. Andes, of East ! program in the St. John's Lutheran
Petersburg. An odd incident, which , Church of Bridkerville on Sunday
the boy's learned later, was that while j evening at 7.30 o'clock.
Mr. Andes was speaking,' there was 1
a large fire in his home district, the
Getz farm fire near East Petersburg.
Aifter the business meeting, which
was quite interesting to the local
firemen, a movie was shown and a
splendid luncheon served.
To Confer Degree
The Lititz Lodge of Knights of
Malta will confer a degree on a class
of candidates tonight in the Lodge
rooms. The fine degree team of
Lancaster will be in charge using the
new ritual. Members have learned
that the team which was here last
week will appear in Harrisiburg at
the state convention in May to show
their sikill. Following the meeting
there will be a luncheon served.
Next Thursday night the candi-dates
will be prepared for the final
degree to be given in Lancaster,
Monday, Ajpril 29th.
Hershey—Cammauf
At eight o'clock Saturday evening,
April 13th at the home of Elder J.
W. G. Hershey, South Broad and
Third Streets, Lititz, Pa., Abram R.
Hershey and Catherine B. Cammauf
of Brownstown were united in mar-riage
by the father of the bride-groom,
Elder J. W. G. Hershey in the
presence of the immediate families.
They will be at home at 127 East
Main Street, Lititz, Pa., where they
will operate a Beauty Parlor.
Firemen Attend Meeting
Quite a few of the members of the
Lititz Fire Company are going to
McSherrystown, Adams County, to-night
to attend the quarterly busi-ness
meeting of the Southeastern
Firemen's asseiation, composed of
members in 7 counties.
Inn and brought from 5 to 30 cents
a bushel. This potatoes were of good
quality and the sales were bargains
for the buyers. Aio-out 100>0 people
turned out for the bazaar, held under
— I the management of Roy Himmelber-
, The Jrnior Class play "Peg O' My ! Sales numbered 720, amounting
Heart," a comedy, will be produced ( to about $2600.
tonight in the High School auditor-1 Fifteen cows were sold at prices
ium. A large audience in expected to I u n g i n g from $46 for beef cow to
.attend. ' ¡ $1'5G for the best fresh one; Eleven
: pigs of very good quality Poland
fiqj^pfcrisas "»affe. TfiBBiBBwaai I China from $4.70 to $6.00; Two wash-ing
machines were sold, one at 35
cents and the other at $4.00; Two
trunks bi ought 35 cents and 8O1 cents,
respectively.
Other items and prices were: Bed
Room Suite, $8.00; Two Bed Steads,
$1 and $2; Two Ranges, $2 and $3;
Three Burner Oil Stove, $13; Aceor-dian,
$4; Bicycle, $2.25; 84 Piano
Rolls at 2 cents and 4 cents each; 3
Oil Heaters, 10 cents to SI.25: Radio
$5; Plow, $6; Croquet Set, $1.25;
Church Notes ¡
The following program was ren-dered
at the Christian Endeavor An- „ ,
niversarv ^D ay servi.c e h, el,d, m. t,h, e TUT • Guinea Pigs, Lawn Mowers, Garden " " , a , • o • rTr, ools, Brooms, Apples, „O ranges, TL e, t- B. Church on Sunday evening: Scrip-ture
Reading, Miss Mary Sturgis;
Prayer, Officers of the Senior So-ciety;
Address, "Purpose, of the Meet-ing,"
Roy G. Myers, President;
Music, Junior Choir; "Message from
the General Secretary, O. T. Deever,"
Miss Kathryn Gilbbel; Address, Levi
C. Hershey, Vice President of Con-ference
C. E. Union; Music, Junior
Choir; Reading "On the Life of Rev.
H. F. Shupe" (Uncle Harry), E.
Showers.
The Holy Name Society of St.
James Catholic Church met at the
home of William Klunk on East Main
Street on Sunday evening with twelve
members present. At the business
meeting it was decided to fix up the
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Plan Big Spelling Bee
The ^Alumni Association- of Lititz:
High School will present a Spelling
Bee in the high school auditorium
Tuesday night a week, A|pril 30 at
8 P. M. A general big time is being
planned. Besides the usual class |
in spelling, there will be a class ill
general information, taught by an
out of town man, which will present
some stumbling blocks to every one
present. There will be special music
and a short play at the end.
A "Schnitzelbunk Quartette" is
expected to be on hand to present a
fine musical program. A large turn
out of people is expected to enjoy
and participate in the bee.
—For new porch and window awn-ings,
Armstrong Linoleum and win-dow
shades, call Rfautz Bros. Dept.
Store.—adv.
about 20 chickens. That hennery is j <Getz and Hanies succeeding in re-located
on the hill across from the j scuing 26 cows, four calves and six
Zion Home. It is believed that the j mules' from: the burning building,
same bunch robbed the houses on j About 1001 chickens were cremated
Tuesday night. State Police are in- in the hen house adjoining the barn,
vestigating the case. Neighbors of Getz said they saw
It seems that the thieves are work- a man leaving the barn a short time
ing this section and in and around before the fire was discovered. Af-
Ephrata. Before Christmas theives ter the arrest of Castells he was
robbed many henneries in the vicinity identified by the neighbors as being
of Mt. Joy and since the first of the the man and also by Haines as the
year were centered in and around ^ man he had seen walking along the
Quarryville, now it appears that we pike before he discovered the fire,
are to be next in line. ' According to Getz the barn was
•—• • — - — erected during the civil war. It was
Shirk Herd Average 126 feet long and 50 feet wide with
Reported in Tests t w o wings, each ao-xio feet, in the
_ j rear. The chidken house was 20" feet
The first two herd averages for j square and the tobacco shed 40 feet
Pennsylvania purebred Holsteins to | square.
be announced under the new Herd ,
Test plan are those of C. A. Mc-: Odd Fellows to Attend
Cauley, of New Bethlehem, and John: Services at Middletown
H. Shirk, of Lititz. j —
With two milkings daily, an aver- | Lititz Odd Fellows, their wives and
age of 12.4 purebreds on the Mc- j friends are cordially invited to at-
Cauley farm produced 8990 pounds of j tend religious services at the Middle-millk'
each containing 338.2 pounds of town Home for the Aged, on Sunday
daughters: Mrs. Christ Barnhart, of
Lititz, R. D. 2; Mrs. David Givler, of
Manheim, R. D. 1; Mrs. Monroe Todd,
of Manheim, R. D. 5; Mrs. James
Ditzler, of Manheim; Mrs. Edgar
Shuman, of Manheim Township;
Mrs. Harvey- Krick was operated on
at the Lancaster General Hospital at
Lancaster several days ago.
Charles Gundrum, who suddenly
became ill while at work in his lot
a week ago, is much improved.
Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Calvert and
Isaac, of Lancaster; Harry, of Neffs-. Miss Ruth Weicksel visited in the
ville,' and Tobias, Jr., of Manheim, home of Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Weick-and
by 29 grandchildren and 4 grand-children.
The funeral will be held tomorrow
at 1.30 at the home and at 2 at the
Kreiter's Church, with interment in
the adjoining cemetery. Beck Bros,
are the funeral directors.
tuee and other eats, including baskets
of tomatoes at 50 cents each. A nice
Billy Goat was sold for $2.
Linden Hall Notes
The Sophomore Play "The College
Cut-Up," was given in the Linden
H-a.ll gymnasium on Monday evening
under the direction of Mis-s Susan
Kauffiman, teacher of expression.
After the play she was presented
with a bouquet by the class in ap-preciation
of ' her services. Jean
Hotchkis-s, a member of another class,
who assisted, was also remembered
with a gift.
. The Rev. and Mrs. Walter W.
Edge, of the First Presbyterian
Church, of Lancaster, were the guests
at Linden Hall on Sunday evening,
when the former addressed the girls
at the vesper service.
A numiber of the students and
faculty! attended the Drinkwater lec-ture
at Lancaster os Tuesday eve-ning.
Miss Elizabeth Liebfried, of Phila-delphia,
who is a graduate of the
school, was the guest of Mrs. F. "W.
Stengel at Linden Hall for several
days this week.
Many Attend Open House
The invitation to visit Open House
and inspect the up-to-date bakery of
A. R. Keller on Tuesday!, Wednesday
and Thursday evenings was eagerly
accepted by about 1800 -persons Mr.
Keller reports.
Many of the crowds who were the
guests of Mr. Keller witnessed for
the first time the workings of a
modern bakery.
butter-fat. On the Shirk farm, an
average of 9112 pounds of milk con-taining
328.9 pounds of butterfat
was secured from an average of 23.3
purebred Holstein cows. This last
herd is one of the largest to be
reported for two milkings a day in
the Herd Test.
To Aid Hospital
The Lititz Auxiliary of the Lan-caster
General Hospital will send
two trucks and a number of Boy
Scouts- over the town on Monday
afternoon to collect canned fruits,
jellies, groceries or anything which
any one may care to give to the
cause.
If you are not at home on Monday
or if your home is missed telephone
Mrs. Sara Jenkins or Mrs. Lydia
Leaman on Tuesday and a truck will
call for your donations.
Graduates as Therapist
Miss Hazel E. Meiskey, of Lititz,
will graduate from the Philadelphia
at 2.30 o'clock. There will be a ser-mon
by Rev. J. C. H. Light and music
by I. O. O. F. Male Chorus. Mem-bers
with autos not fully occupied
and members who have no provision
for the trip are to -call at the Hall at
12.30 o'clock. Members of the Male
Chorus of two years ago are to call
at the Hall at 12.30 also for a short
rehearsal. Towner's book will be used.
High School Notes
Miss Bearinger will present the
following pupils in a recital in the
High School auditorium on Monday
at 6.30 o'clocb: Gladys Jane Hoover,
Doris Furlow, Arlene Demmy, Helen
Peacock, Lila Peacock, Eloise Meis-key,
Margaret Posey, Dorothy Won-der
and Maud Bender.
The total amount of money de-posited
in the school savings fund
this week was $67.58. MJss Agiies
: Hensel's room, Fourth Grade, had the
largest numiber of depositors, 91 per
cent. *
The County examination for all
School of Occupational Therapy, to- country pupils expecting to attend
She has accepted a position High School next year will be held
on Saturday, May 4th, in the High
School auditorium, starting promptly
at 9 o'clock.
Mrs. Caroline Snyder
Mrs. Caroline Weidler Snyder, 86,
widow of Henry M. Snyder, died at
the home of her daughter, Beata,
wife of Samuel Raezer, at Talmage,
at noon Sunday. . She is survived by
one daughter, with whom she resi-ded
and one granddaughter. Also one
sister, Mrs. Walter H. Buch, of Lititz.
Funeral services were held at the
late home yesterday afternoon at 1.3-0
o'clock, and at 2 o'clock, at the
Evangelical Congregational Church,
Brownstown. Burial was made in
Brownstown cemetery.
William R. Fieles
William Rodgers Fieles, 69, a pro-minent
resident of Christiana, died
Monday -morning at his home, of
heart disease after having been in
failing health for some time. Mr.
Fieles attended the Lititz Acadeimy,
and when his student days were over
he began his business career and was
tfor many years engaged in the con-duct
of a livery stable. Later he
went into the hotel-keeping line. He
was an especially enthusiastic gun
sportsman, as well as dog and pigeon
fancier.
Mr. Fieles was one of the first
subscribers to THE LITITZ RECORD
and was a constant reader of this
paper. He was quite well-known
aibout Lititz, having been born in
Warwick Township.
The funeral will be held this after-noon
at 2 o'clock at his late home.
morrow.
as Occupational Therapist at the
feetreat Hospital, Retreat, Pa.
Baseball Prospects Bright Glee Club Concert
• The Girls' ™ of «ie High
brighter a„d now comes the word, School will give their annual concert
that a first class catcher has been o n T h u r s d a y evening of next week at
s i n e d , and that letters have gone 8 o'clock m the High School audi-signeu,
auu , , , tto™ri;u,™m . One feature of interest is
a farce on Grand O-pera, illustrating
that even opera music -can be made
humorous and, at the same time keep
its high musical standard. The spe-cial
feature of the program is an
operetta "In India," by Paul Bliss.
The theme is an interesting story laid
in India along the Ganges River, set
Chilton Fountain Pen—the pen that t o tuneful music. The chart for re-holds
twice the ink, at the same | s e r v e d g e a t s will be open at Moyer's
price as other fountain pens. A pen j d r u g store on Tuesday. Miss Benetta
that will please you. — SCOTT'S j Burrier is the director. The admission
BOOK STORE.—adv. is 35 cents.
out to arrange a schedule with some
fast teams- in this section. A1 Efoerly,
star left handei, has been signed as
pitcher. Manager Sheneber-ger has
been holding skull practice with his
boys and hopes to get out on the field
soon.
-We want to introduce to you the
Dr. J. D. Kendig
Dr. John D. Kendig, well-known
dentist, of Manheim, died suddenly
in his home yesterday morning. Be
was 65 years old. -He is survived by
his wife and a son, John D. Kendig.
The funeral will be held Saturday
morning at his late home, with in-terment
in Fairview Cemetery, Man-heim.
Beck Bros, funeral directors.
Mrs. Norman Longenecker
sel at Kirkwood on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Hensel and
daughter AgneS and Miss Mabel
-Leib motored to Lykens on Sunday
to visit relatives.
Miles H. Orth and family and
Mary Frances Orth, of Hiarrisburg,
visited Mrs. E. S. Young at the Mor-avian
Home on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Worley and
two daughters, of Carlisle, spent Sat-urday
and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
R. E. Worley and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Grosh en-tertained
Mr. and Mrs. William Mil-ler
and Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Reea at
a ham dinner on Suncfay.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. B. Hornberger,
of Philadelphia, and Mr. and Mrs.
Samuel Sea-ber, also of that city, were
week-end visitors in Lititz.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Heidrick and John
and Henry Moore, of Reading, spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. George
Grunenberger.
David Getz moved from Mrs.
Kathryn Wike's house on N. Cedar
Street to his father's on East Front
Street.
Helen Beverly, daughter of Mjr.
and Mrs. W. Virginius Smith, was
baptized at the service in the Luth-eran
Church at Akron on Friday ev-ening.
The Rev. and Mrs. D. A. Roth, of
Palmerton, called on friends in Lititz
last week. Rev. Roth was/formerly
pastor of the Brickerville Lutheran
Parish.
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Wallace and
daughter, of New Holland, and Mr.
and Mrs. Archie Snyder, of Souders-burg,
visited Mr. and Mrs. Jacob R.
Bachman on Sunday.
Guy Wallace and family, of New
Holland, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Snyder,
of Soudersburg, and Mrs. Richard
Gingrich and son, ¡Robert, of Potts-town,
spent Sunday at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Bachman.
John Ear hart, for many years
driver of Edgar Sturgis pretzel truck,
is home from St. Joseph's Hospital,
Lancaster, where he lingered for five
weeks with sciatic rheumatism. He is •
now staying with his brother at the
east end of town.
Robert Longenecker, Robert
'Bassett, George Zellers, Hlarold
Lashmit and Maurice Taliey, of
Moravian College, Bethlehem, also
members of the Glee Club spent the
week-end with the former's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Longenecker. The
Glee Club filled engagements at Get-
Mrs. Norman Longenecker, 331
years old, of near Brunnerville, died
Saturday afternoon in the General
Hospital, Lancaster, of pneumonia ! t y s b u r g a n ( , 1 > a n ( . a s t e r.
after a short illness. She is sur- ; . - . . .
vived by her husband, three children, | „M. o t h e r>s D a y is May 12th—You
Hazel, Mary Jane, and Laverne, h e r : w i u find a n i c e a s s o r t m e n t of cards
mother, Mrs. Mary Long, and one ; a n ( 1 b o o M e t s f o r Mother's Day Greet-
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