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OL. LUI LITITZ, PA, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 5, 1929 No. 10
onference Discusses
Youth In Church
early 100 Attend All-Day
Session of Young People's
Council Saturday
The Tenth Annual Conference of
e Young People's Division of Dis-ict
No. 9, Lancaster County Sunday
:hool Association, was held in St.
lul's Lutheran Church on Saturday
ternoon and evening with a good
tendance.
The afternoon session opened with
song service, led by Lloyd Hertzler,
mg Leader, and Miss Verna Hertzler
, the organ. Miss Irma Gantz, the
resident, had charge of the Con-rer.
ce. Devotions were conducted
t Miss Betty Martin and Warren
iehm, the theme being: "The Need
! the World." Miss Ruth Martin
ng a solo.
Miss Elgie Myers gave a talk on
ie Conference Theme: "We Would
;e Jesus," after which lecture groups
ere formed; Miss Mary Riemans
idressing the first on the subject,
Sow Can I Improve My Personal
ife?" Rev. Paul Spotts, of Lancas-r,
the second on the subject, "What
an I Do to Help My School?" and
ev. C. E. Rice, of Neffsville, the
iird on the subject, "How Can I Help
• Make My Community Better?"
he secretaries of the various groups
ive the findings of the groups.
Miss Blanche Stauffer taught the
onference a camp song, "Aladdin";
;iss Grace Sesseman played the
Hallelujah Chorus," as the offertory,
nd Rev. H. J. Kline received the
ates.
The business session then followed,
•loyd Smith and the Misses Emma
;urtz and Beulah Stauffer were ap-ointed
on the Committee of Resolu-ons.
The Treasurer reported $146 in
ie treasury. During the summer $84
/ere paid for campers' expenses.
The following officers were elected:
'resident, Miss Irma Gantz; Vice-
'resident, Lloyd Hertzler; Secretary,
liss Helen Yerger; Assistant Secre-ary,
Miss Betty Martin; Treasurer,
ohn Eberly. Charles Zartman is
uperintendent, and the Assistant
iuperintendents are Miss Anna Mary
'ranck and Warren Diehm.
Miss Margaret Souders gave the
tory of the Hymn, "Jesus Calls Us
>'er the Tumult," illustrated with a
icture, and the hymn was sung. Mrs.
l a r y Longenecker gave a talk on
The Value of Camp Training from
Ln Adult's Viewpoint." A social hour
ollowed when games were played,
he campers, Misses Stauffer and
iouders being in charge.
The banquet was held in the sewing
oom and Miss Helen Yerger served
,s toastmistress. Those responding to
casts were Warren Diehm, Misses
rma Gantz and Margaret Souders
nd Mrs. Sarah Jenkins. Numerous
ongs were sung, led by Miss Souders.
The evening session again opened
n t h a song service. The devotions in
harge of the campers, with Miss
Souders leading, and Miss Sesseman
it the organ. Miss Hertzler read the
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7ire Is Extinguished
Before Firemen Arrive
The Lititz Firemen were called out
ast evening on an alarm of fire, but
iven as they left the fire house, the
ilaze was being extinguished and
hey were recalled before they had
covered half the distance to the blaze.
The call came after 4 o'clock and
the truck got away to a good start in
the snow. They headed for a house
below the Trap Factory, occupied by
Charles Hess, but had gone only a
few squares when they were headed
off. The blaze was in a chimney and
was put out easily by men near the
house.
Two alarms on Saturday afternoon
took the fireman out in the biting
cold weather, one before three o'clock
and the other around 4.30 o'clock.
Neither fire was serious. One was to
the Gas Company plant, the other to
the home of Tobias Erline on West
Lincoln Avenue.
Woman's Society to Meet
The Woman's Missionary Society
of the United Brethren Church will
meet at the home of Mrs. Ellis
Spiclder on Thursday evening.
—The Dorcas Bible Class of St.
Paul's Lutheran Church will hold a
baked ham supper in the • Fire House
here Saturday, December 14th. Sup-
»er will be served f r om 4 to 8.30.—ad.
C. Robert Longcnecker and Ed Hei-mlich,
of Moravian College, Bethle-hem,
spent the Thanksgiving holiday
with the parents of the former, Mr.
and Mrs. J. F. Longenecker.
Miss A. Virginia Grosh spent Sun-day
at Kirkwood.
Richard Landis, a student in Comb's
Conservatory of Music, Philadelphia,
spent the Thanksgiving vacation with
his parents.
Miss Frances Kofroth, who is tak-ing
the nurses' training course in the
Hahneman Hospital, Philadelphia,
spent part of last week with her par-ents.
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Keath and
Ralph N. Snader, of Lebanon, on
Thursday brought home Mrs. Julia
Sturgis, who spent a week in that
city.
Frank Grosh, of Philadelphia, and
Harry Rettew and family, of Wyn-cote,
spent Thursday to Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Grosh on Maple
Street.
Mrs. Ella Lacy is visiting relatives
at Lebanon this week.
Herbert Longenecker, a student at
State College, spent Saturday and
Sunday with his mother and brother.
Lowell Stengel and Robert Long-enecker,
students in the Moravian
College, Bethlehem, spent part of last
week at their homes.
C. C. Demmy and daughters Naomi
and Minnie, of Bainbridge, and Mrs.
Minnie Palm and Edward Droffman,
of Manheim, spent Thursday with
Prof, and Mrs. M. C. Demmy.
George Grunenberger and family
spent part of last week with relatives
at Philadelphia.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Davis, of Phoe-nixville,
spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. A. E. Furlow. Miss Catherine
Leibensperger, of Ephrata, spent
Thursday with them.
Leonard Conrad and daughters,
Catherine and Mildred, and the lat-ter's
husband, of Reading, were the
guests of Rev. and Mrs. Geo. Raezer
on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Fry, of Youngs-town,
Ohio, and Mr. and Mrs. Roy N.
Colledge and daughter, Miriam, of
Canton, Ohio, spent Friday with Mr.
and Mrs. David Brian.
Mr. and Mrs. Isaac N. Long, of
Leola, and Mr. and Mrs. Walter J.
Hicks and son, Jimmie, of Lancaster,
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. D.
F. Brian and Mr. and Mrs. W. B.
Smith.
Clarence Keller, of Towaijda, Pa.,
spent the week-end at the home of
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin R.
Keller.
Edward Buch, of State Island, spent
several days with bis family.
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Ringer, of
Philadelphia, spent Thursday with the
former's mother, Mrs. Susan Ringer.
Mrs. Margaret Souders spent the
week-end visiting at Altoona.
Mr. and Mrs. C. Eugene Longen-ecker
and son, Eugene, Jr., of Lan-caster,
spent Thanksgiving Day with
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Longenecker.
Joseph Sheckard, who is attending
the Ithaca Conservatory of Music,
spent the Thanksgiving Holiday here.
Births
Mr. and Mrs. Ottamer Eitnier an-nounce
the birth of a son at the Lan-caster
General Hospital, Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Claire Landis, of Lit-itz
R. D. 3, announce the birth of a
daughter at 4.30 A. M., Tuesday in
St. Poseph's Hospital, Lancaster.
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Keath, 3B2 East
Front Street, a boy at the General
Hospital, Lancaster, Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Fraley, 14 N.
Broad Street, a girl at " the General
Hospital, Lancaster, Monday.
Lititz Ministerium Meets
The Lititz Ministerium met in
monthly session at the Evangelical
Congregational Parsonage on Monday
afternoon. Arrangements for the
Week of Prayer as an annual affair
for Lititz and also discussed other
matters of community interest for the
Churches.
Obituary
Mrs. Henry Hilton
Mrs. Henry Hilton, 80 years old, of
Kissel Hill, died Tuesday morning of
complications and infirmities of age.
She was a member of the Evangelical
Church and is survived by her hus-band,
four children; Mrs. Daniel Car-per,
of Kissel Hill; Mrs. Alice Ruth,
of Hopeland; Mrs. Chas. Miller, of
Lancaster, and Roland, of Reading,
and by two brothers and sisters, Na-than
Buffenmoyer, of Ephrata, and
Harvey Buffenmoyer and Mrs. Susan
Schmuck, of Lititz, and Mrs. Mathias
Pfautz, of Lancaster. Four grand
children, four great grand children,
and one great, great, grand child
also survives. Services will be held
tomorrow at 1.30 o'clock at the home
and at 2 o'clock in the Kissel Hill
Church, with burial in the adjoining
cemetery. R. M. Spacht is the funeral
director.
Farm Women to Meet
The Society ..of Farm Women No. 1
will meet at the home of Mrs. Ira
Wenger at Oregon on Saturday after-noon
at 1.30 o'clock. A speaker will
be present from the Visiting Nurses'
Association. Musical and literary
numbers will also feature the pro-gram.
—Give him a Sheaffer Fountain Pen
and Pencil Set, this Christmas from
SCOTT'S BOOK STORE, Lititz.—ad.
Miss Margaret Gerhart
Miss Margaret Gerhart, nineteen,
daughter of J. W. and Lillie W. Elser
Gerhart, of near Clay, died Friday
morning at 5.30 o'clock, at the home
of her parents, after a long illness.
She is survived by her parents, her
grandfather, Peter Elser, near Clay;
twin brothers, Rev. H. A. Gerhart, of
Columbia, and Elser Gerhart, Lititz;
and a sister, Almenara, wife of Ruf-us
Heisey, Elm. She was an honor
student in the graduating class of
1929, Ephrata High School. Funeral
services were held at the late home
Wednesday afternoon at 1.30 o'clock,
and at 2 o'clock at St. John's Luther-an
Church, Brickerville. Burial was
in the adjoining cemetery.
Mrs. Louisa Wealand
Mrs. Louisa Wealand, seventy-three,
widow of Jacob Wealand, died
at the home of her son, Albert Weal-and,
Hopeland, Friday, of dropsy,
children: Harvey, Sheridan; Maggie,
She is survived by the following
wife of Wayne Balmer; Cora, wife of
H. S. Hacke^ and Goldie, wife of
Willis Snyder, all of Ephrata; Jacob,
Lebanon; Alice, wife of Michael Eb-erly,
Indiantown; Robert, of Ephrata;
Albert, of Hopeland, also thirty-one
grandchildren, nineteen great grand-children;
one brother, Evan Wolf, of
Hopeland, and one sister, Mrs. Isaac
Christ, Ephrata. Services were held
Wednesday at 9.30 in her late home,
Hopeland, and at 10 o'clock in the
Hopeland United Brethren Church.
Interment was in the adjoining ceme-tery.
Mrs. Caroline Young
The funeral of Caroline Young,
widow of Winfield Young, who died at
the United Zion Home, near Lititz,
was held Saturday afternoon with
services at the home of James
Swartz, 266 S. Front Street, Colum-bia.
Rev. Charles A. Mathias, pastor
of St. John's Lutheran Church of-ficiated,
and burial was made in Mt.
Bethel cemetery. Mrs. Young was a
resident of Columbia for many years
and was 86 years old.
Snow Still Covers Streets
Lititz streets are still well covered
with snow from the storm on Mon-day
and quite a few sleighs are in
evidence. Snow fell from about 9
o'clock Monday morning until 4 o'-
clock in the afternoon, piling up near-ly
six inches deep. The streets were
partly cleaned by the huge snowplow,
but a hard surface of snow still cov-ers
the town. The children have had
an early seige of sledding, and for
their safety, Cedar Street, from Main
to Front, was roped off in the usual
fashion that they may enjoy their
sport.
Welfare Solicitors Report
$3,035 So Far in Drive
An incomplete report of the can-vass
of Lititz made by the Community
Chest showed subscriptions totaling
$3,035, but this figure will be raised
considerably when all reports are in.
The Industrial Committee, which
last year turned in avery fine report,
has riot been able to complete its work
and expects to have another good re-turn.
Quite a few solicitors have
been unable to complete their work,
also. A full report is expected by
the early part of next week.
Welfare Offering $21
The offering taken for the Welfare
Chest at the Union Thanksgiving ser-vice
last week amounted to $21.70.
Beginning this Sunday and continu-ing
for the week, there will be a re-newal
of the mission that was held in
St. James Church last December. It
will be conducted by Father Shearer,
of the Redemptorist Fathers, of Eph-rata,
who was here last year. There
will be mass every morning at 6 and
sermon and benediction at 7.30 each
night. Everyone, irrespective of
creed, is invited to these services.
The following is the schedule of
services for this month in St. Paul's
Lutheran Church, Morning Services—
8th, Sermon by John S. Bishop, stu-dent
in Gettysburg Theological Semi-nary;
15th, "By-Products of Bethle-hem";
22nd, "The Gifts of Modern
Wise Men"; 29th, "The Glory Beyond
the Hum-Drum." Evening Services
—8th, Sermon by John S. Bishop;
15th, White Gift Service; 22nd, "The
Other Wise Men." (Reading of Dr.
Van Dyke's Book by that name, illus-trated
by beautiful slides); 29th,
Christmas Cantata, "The Christ
Child," by Hawley, will be given by
the Choir with special music by
Messrs. Paul M. Seaber and Lester'
Sesseman.
Next Sunday evening the Rev. E.
S. Crosland of the Moravian Church
will preach the 10th of his series of
evangelistic sermons on "Noahs Car-penters."
The Senior Luther League of St.
Paul's Lutheran Church elected the
following officers: President, Warren
Diehm; Vice President, Margaret
Souders; Secretary, Verna Hertzler;
and Treasurer, Ruth Risser.
Mission Field Christmas
Topic of Women's Meeting
The Woman's Missionary Cociety
of St. Paul's Lutheran Church met
at the home of Mrs. Elwood Furlow,
on Spruce Street, on Tuesday even-ing
with an attendance of 26. The
topic was "Christmas in Our Mis-sion
Fields," and Mrs. Guy Calvert
served as leader of th emeeting. The
following readings were given:
"Christmas in Japan," Mrs. N. C.
Bachman; "Christmas at Ellis Island,"
Mrs. H. H. Diehm; "Christmas at
Rocky Boy Mission (Indian)," Mrs.
Hunter; "Christmas in China," Mrs.
D. G. Witmyer; "Christmas in Ar-gentina,"
Miss Ada Schnerer; "Christ-mas
in India," Mrs. Charles Zartman;
"Christmas in Texas Mission Church,"
Miss Carrie Yerger; "Christmas in
Africa," Mrs. W. R. Sammel. Mrs.
Sammel sang a solo, Mrs. Mary Long-enecker
read a poem, other short
poems were read, and the program
closed with the Lord's prayer. At
the business session Mrs. H. H.
Diehm, Mrs. Hiram Bomberger and
Mrs. Charles Zartman were appointed
a committee to nominate officers for
the coming year and report at the
next meeting in January to be held
at the home of the President, Mrs.
L. N. Moyer.
Bill in Congress Asks
New Post Office Here
In one of the first bills introduced
to the new Congress, a new Post
Office is asked for Lititz, along with
buildings for four other towns in the
County. The bill carries an appro-priation
of $215,000,000.
Chairman Elliott, of the House
Public Buildings Committee ,intro-duced
the bill, and the five towns in
the County are being considered fol-lowing
the recommendations for new
structures last F'ebruary. The other
towns are Paradise, Columbia, Man-heim
and Elizabsthtown. Postal re-ceipts
at the local office were put at
from ¡¡>20,000 to $30,000 yearly.
H. S. Stoner to Move
Harry S. Stoner, local1® photo-grapher,
has purchased a property in
Ephrata, at the corner òf Washing-ton
Avenue and Locust Street, which
will be his home in the future. He
will continue to conduct his business
here, however, having a good trade
and gradually enlarging it. In the
future he may build a studio in Eph-rata.
Community Sale Saturday
Poultry, dress goods, new stove
pipe, electric washer, potatoes, f r u i t,
corn sheller, chop mill and many other
items wil lbe offered Saturday at the
fortnightly Community Sale at Kis-sel
Hill Inn. There is plenty of
shelter for all who attend, and many
good bargains to be had.
Weddings
Longenecker—Diller
On Thanksgiving Day morning
Ammon S. Longenecker, of Lititz R.
D. 2, and Miss Gertrude Diller, of
239 Pine Street, Lancaster, were mar-ried
at the altar of Emmanuel Lu-theran
Church, Lancaster, by Rev.
Dr. P. George Sieger, the attendants
being the parents of the bride, Mr.
and Mrs. C. Walter Diller. After a
wedding trip to points of interest in
the south, the couple will reside at
the home of the bridegroom's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Levi Longenecker, of
Lititz I t D. 2. The bride is a gradu-ate
nurse from the Protestant Epis-copal
Hospital Training School at
Philadelphia.
Leisey—Eshelman
On Thanksgiving evening the Rev.
W. R. Sammel united in marriage
William Leisey, of Reamstown, and
Miss Edith Eshleman, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Daniel Eshleman, of New
Street. They were married at the
Altar of St. Paul's Church. For the
present they will reside with the
bride's parents.
Martin—High
Irvin N. Martin, son of Mrs. Lizzie
A. Martin, of New Holland, R. D. 3,
and Miss Edna K. High, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Clayton High, of near
Oregon, were married Thanksgiving
morning by N. L. Landis at his home
at Neffsville. They were attended by
Miss Elsie High, sister of the bride,
and Harvey Shirkland and Miss Betty
High and Paul Martin, brother of the
bridegroom. After the ceremony they
returned to the home of the bride,
where a wedding dinner was served
to sixty guests. They went to Wash-ington,
D. C., on a wedding trip.
Schoenberger—Kreider
Raymond L. Schoenberger, Lancas-ter,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Schoenberger, Mountville, and Miss
Winifred Kreider, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Richard Kreider, Lititz, were
Married Thursday morning at 10.30
o'clock in the Lutheran parsonage, 28
West Orange Street, Lititz, Rev. F.
A. Weicksel officiating. The ring
ceremony was used.
Only 16 of 932 Pupils
Tardy In Month Here
Only sixteen pupils were tardy in
the public schools during the month
of November throughout the school
system, consisting of 932 pupils. This
is a splendid record and one that
the pupils and parents may well be
proud of. Fifteen rooms had no tardy
marks . during the entire month. This
record is as follows: Miss Edwinna
Stevens, Special Education; Miss
Elizabeth Workman, Grade Two; Miss
Carrie Tschudy, Grade Two; Mrs.
Mary Longenecker, Grade Three;
Miss Sara Hacker, Grade Three; Miss
Laura Rudy, Grade Four; Miss Agnes
Hensel, Grade Four; Mrs. Margie
Arntz, Grade Five; Miss Grace Hass-ler,
Grade Six; Miss Emma Myers,
Grade Seven; Miss Margery Enck,
Grade Eight; Clyde Arbegast, Grade
Eight; Miss Anna K. Miller, Fresh-man
Section; Miss Amy L. Book,
Freshman Section; Mr. Melvin Bru-baker,
Sophomore Section.
The percentage of attendance for
November was 98.
The total amount of money deposit-ed
in the school savings bank this
week was $75.50. Miss Maude Bear-inger's
room, Grade One, had the
largest percentage of depositors, 82
per cent.
The girls will play the Y. W. H. A.
on Friday evening here at Lititz.
The boys' basket ball team will play
Myerstown High. Last week the
boys defeated the Pennsylvania Bus-iness
College, the score being 58-21.
The Class of 1916 have presented
to the High School, for use of the
Science Department, a stereopticon
machine, microprojection and set for
making lantern slides.
Sportsmen to Meet Here
A big time is in store for local fish-ermen
and gunners on Tuesday eve-ning,
December 17th, when the Lan-caster
County Sportsmen's Associa-tion
will hold their monthly meeting
in the Fire House here.
Speakers will be men who know
something about fish and game and
how to make fishing and hunting bet-ter.
All those interested in hunting
or fishing, whether members of the
association or not, are invited to at-tend.
Refreshments will be served.
B r e v i t i es
Edward Micky, of Winston-Salem,
N. C., a student in the Moravian Col-lege,
Bethlehem, spent Sunday with
his aunt, Mrs. E. S. Crosland. In the
morning he sang a solo in the Mora-vian
Church.
Mrs. Hugh N. Nary is ill at her
home in the Harris apartments.
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Couch were
entertained by Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Broadman at Lancaster on Sunday.
Mrs. H. J. Kline will be the Girls'
Day speaker on Sunday in Browns-town
Evangelical Church.
Mrs. Harry Eckert is seriously ill.
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Douple had C.
Robert Longenecker and Ed Helmich
as dinner guests Saturday evening at
their home on South Broad Street.
Mr. and Mrs. N. B. Leaman an-nounce
the engagement of their dau-ghter,
Ruth, to Daniel Erb, of East
Front Street.
Mrs. Henry G. Singer is on the
sick list.
Mrs. Owen Hershey, who teaches
at Philadelphia, and Miss Louetta
Hershey, a student in Drexel Insti-tute,
Philadelphia, spent part of last
week at home.
Mrs. Daniel Eshleman is recovering
from an operation in St. Joseph's
Hospital, Lancaster.
Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Hassler and dau-ghters,
the Misses Grace and Mae,
spent several days with Paul Hassler
and family at Thomasville, N. C.
They had some difficulty in getting
home on account cf the snow. They
were scheduled to arrive her Monday,
but did not make it until Tuesday.
Mrs. Addie Bachman sprained her
ankle descending a staircase.
The Pollyanna Circle of King's
Daughters will have a table of needle-work
for sale at the Market House,
Saturday afternoon and evening.
Mrs. H. C. Miller last week attend-ed
a reunion of the Class of 1883 of
Linden Hall, at the home of Mrs.
Warner at Philadelphia. Nine of her
classmates were present and three of
their daughters.
Paul, the ten-year-old son of Paul
Seip, fell on the pavement in front
of the school house on Monday. He
was brought home by his brother and
was unconscious for several hours.
However, with the exception of some
bruises he has fully recovered from
the mishap.
The Woman's Missionary Society of
the Kissel Hill Lutheran Church will
hold a Thank-Offering meeting in the
Church on Tuesday evening, Decem-ber
10th, at 7.30 o'clock. The Rev.
Swartz, Chaplain of Garden Spot Post
No. 56 American Legion, will deliver
the address.
The regular meeting of the W. C.
T. U. will be held at headquarters on
Monday evening, at 7.30 o'clock. The
subject will be "Peace on Earth," and
"Christmas in Lititz When Saloons
Were Wide Open."
Mr. and Mrs. Chester M. Wolworth,
of Wheatland Avenue and Jackson
Drive, Lancaster, had as their
Thanksgiving Day guests Mrs. Wool-worth's
sister, Miss Sylvia Gorton and
her uncles, Joseph and Philip Gorton
of Hartford, Conn., and Mr. Wool-worth's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Felix
M. Woolworth, of Buffalo, N. Y.
Mission Society Elects
The Young People's Missionary So-ciety
of the Evangelical Congrega-tional
Church met at the home of Mrs.
Win. Fry on East Main Street, Mon-day
evening with an attendance of
34. Mrs. W. M. Pfautz, the Presi-dent,
had charge of the devotions.
Miss Ruth Snavely read "The Girl
Who Found Her Wings"; Mrs. Jennie
Shreiner read "A Christmas in
China"; Rev. i l . J. Kline gave a talk
on the topic: "A New Crusade"; Mrs.
H. J. Kline gave Missionary Current
Events, and Mrs. J. K. Mathers, "W.
C. T. U. Gleanings." The Treasurer
reported the Thank-Offering collection
as amounting to $59.45.
The following officers were elected:
President, Mrs. W. M. Pfautz; Vice
President, Mrs. Walter Smith; Rec-ording
Secretary, Miss Katie Miller;
Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. J. K.
Mathers; Treasurer, Mrs. Morris Mc-
Cloud; Pianist, Miss Grace Mae Lehn;
Assistant, Miss Margaret Pfautz;
Delegate to the Missionary Conven-tion,
Mrs. H. J. Kline; Alternate, Mrs.
Mathers. A social hour and refresh-ments
followed the business meeting.
Auxiliary to Meet Tonight
The Ladies' Auxiliary of the Lititz
Fire Company will meet this evening
in the Fire House at 7.30. A full at-tendance
is requested.
—You'll find a complete line of Christ-mas
Cards at Scott's Book Store.—ad.
firemen Nominate
Officers for 1930
Six Seeking Three Places On
Board of Trustees, Only
Contest On Ticket
Nomination of officers for the com-ing
year occupied the November
meeting of the Lititz Fire Company
last Wednesday night in the Fire
House.
The names that will be placed be-fore
the members at the December
meeting follow:
President, Victor Wagner; First
Vice-President, W. G. Eshleman;:
Second Vice President, Oliver J. Reed?
Corresponding Secretary, A. K. Reist;
Financial Secretary, Geo. F. Evans;
Treasurer, C. W. Miller; Chief, E. P.
Wagner; Trustees, three to be named,
Otis Sturgis, W. L. Longenecker, Le-
Roy Bare, Ralph Walters, Sol Strohm
and Wilson Sheneberger; Janitor, W-A.
Sturgis.
Other business included the re-ports
of officers, chief of which was
the report of the fire chief, Emory
Wagner. He reported four calls for
the month, two in town and two out-side.
However, the report for the
month is really six calls, as the com-pany
was called twice on Saturday
afternoon.
The matter of the annual visit of
Santa Claus here to meet the chil-dren
of Lititz was discussed and dis-patches
were sent to that august
ruler to learn the exact date of his
trip. Full details of the celebration
will be announced later.
It was further decided to hold the
December meeting on December 18th,
because of Christmas falling on the
last Wednesday.
The December card party will be
held on Thursday, December 19th,
when the prizes will be appropriate
to the season. The last card party
was reported to have been very suc-cessful.
Delphian Club Members
Hear Papers On Belgium.
The Delphian Club met at the home
of Mrs. William Moody on Spruce
Street. The topic was "Belgium" and
the following papers were read:
"Early History and Economic Deve-lopment,"
Miss Magdalena Bricker;
Sixteenth and Nineteenth Century
History, Mrs. W. K. Lockhart; Archi-tecture,
Mrs. Valentine Brobst, Music,
Sculpture and Engraving, Mrs. Henry
Gibbel; Literature, Mrs. Florence Gib-bel.
Some of the topics were saved
for the next meeting to be held at
the home of Mrs. W. K. Lockhart on
December 13th. At that time "The'
Mountain Republic" will be studied,.
Refreshments were served by the hos-tess.
Linden Hall Echoes
The Literary Society at Linden
Hall rendered the following program
on Monday evening: Current Events,
Anne McGee; Life of Shaw, Dorothy
Mason; Song, Ruth Weiser; Life of
Barrie, Margaret Mary Parnelee;
Piano Selections, Eugenia Hoosier,
and Sylvia Turover. The faculty cri-tic
was Miss Gittinger, and the stu-dent
critic, Marguerita Bard.
Dr. Bilheimer, of Myerstown, gave
an illustrated Bible talk on Sunday.
Dr. Fred Wolle, leader of the Bach
Choir, of Bethlehem, will give a reci-tal
on the new organ tomorrow eve-ning.
Alumna to Hold Tea
The fall meeting of the Lititz
Branch of the Linden Hall Alumna
Association will be held in the School
parlors next Thursday afternoon, at
2.30 o'clock. It will be a thimble tea,
and the alumna will be entertained by
some of the faculty and students.
Holds Family Reunion
Mrs. Annie Habecker had a fam-ily
reunion and dinner on Thursday.
The following children and grand-children
were present: Mr. and Mrs.
Clyde Eshleman, of Mt. Joy; Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Hess and child, of Akron, and
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Habecker and
child, of Lititz.
School Board Organizes
The Lititz School Board organized
at the yearly organization meeting
Monday night with the election of
Elmer Eby as President and P. F.
Snyder as Vice-President. These were
the only two offices voted upon at
this meeting.