Lititz Record

              Vol. LYIII LITITZ, PA. THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1935 No. 26
Pfautz Assumes
Postmastership
Takes Over Office March 1st;
Announces New Hours
Effective Monday
¡Robert E. Pfautz, local merchant,
assumed the duties of acting post-master
here on Friday, following
receipt of his commission. He re-places
Paul M. Seaber, postmaster
for 12 years.
ROBERT E. PFAUTZ
New Post Office hours, to go into
effect Monday, were announced by-
Mr. Pfautz on Tuesday. From the
11th on, office hours will be from
7 A. M. to 8 P. M., with the doors,
closing at the latter hour.
On Saturdays the hours will be
from 7 A. M. to noon, and there
will be no window service during
the afternoon. Mails will be dis-patched
as usual.
Mr. Pfautz was nominated for
the position the beginning of Feb-ruary,
but his commission as act-ing
postmaster was not received
intil last week. Confirmation by
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Lansdale Rotarian Talks
At Local Club Meeting
A stirring talk on the six objects
of» Rotary was presented to the
Lititz Rotary Club, Tuesday eve-ning
in the General Sutter Hotel
by H. W. Shultz, a past president
of the Lansdale Club.
Taking the cog-wheel, the em-blem
of Rotary, as the keynote of
his talk, Mr. Shultz used the cogs,
the spokes, the hub and the wheel
as points in his talk. Interspersing
his remarks with stories, he made
a deep impression on his hearers.
Accompanying Mr. Shultz was
R. H. Van Ke.ssel, also of the Lans-dale
club, who attended as. a guest,
as did Chas. M. Talley, of the
Souderton club. A quartet of the
local cluto members rendered a se-lection.
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"It's A Ming," three-act comedy,
will be presented by Gleaner's class
of U. B. Church tonight, 8 o;cloek.
Admission, 20c and 10c. Refresh-ments
will be on sale.
New Moravian Building
Will Be Completed Soon;
43 Weeks Spent On Work
The oomipletioin of the fine new
Sunday School plant erected by the
Lititz Moravian congregation is not
in the distant future, according to
Charles M. Talley, of .Souderton,
architect of the new building.
Forty-two weeks have been spent
on the project to date from the
time excavation began, which Mr.
Talley thinks is good time con-sidering
the number of workers on
the jolb. Tuesday, carpets were be-ing
laid on the third floor, this
work having been done on the two
other floors, and with the continu-ance
of fair weather, the grading
will s;o-on begin.
The simplicity of design which
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Theatre Decoration Work
Is Being Pushed To Finish
More and more progress is noted
in the Lititz Community Theatre,
and with the hanging of doors,
painting of the lobby and the start
of painting the exterior of the
building, Lititz people are realiz-ing
that the opening day is not far
away.
Work on the murals that line
the auditorium is being pushed and
the historic murals for the lobby
will be begun as soon as the walls
are in shape to receive them.
Erection of the marquee is get-ting
underway today or tomorrow.
There are, of course, many things
remaining to be done, but each
piece of work completed now
leaves the place looking more like
« theatre.
Births
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Baker, of
Rothsville, announce the birth of
a daughter at 9:54 A. M., ¡Sunday,
at the Lancaster General Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph M. Spacht
o" South Broad Street, announce
the birth of a daughter at 7:05 P.
M., Monday, at the Lancaster
General Hospital.
Dr. and Mrs. E. S. Crosland, of
Lancaster, announce the birth of a
daughter Tuesday morning' at St.
Joseph's Hospital.
Mrs. Charles Elliott, 51 E. Lin-coln
Avenue, had been very ill with
quinsey but is improving.
The Accapella Male Chorus, of
East Petersburg and vicinity, will
sing at Quarryville on Sunday,
March 17; at Maniheim on the 24th,
and at Annville on the 31st.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Bamberger
moved from their South Broad St.
home o.n Thursday to Lancaster
where Mr. Bomberger has taken
the agency for Cadillac and La-
Salle motor cars.
The regular monthly meeting of
the Altar . Society of St. James
Catholic Church was .held last eve-ning
at the home of Mrs. Mary M.
Dengaite. After the business meet-ing
refreshments were served by
the hostess.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Showers and
daughter, Shirley Jean, visited the
latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Nicholas Steely on Saturday.
Mrs. Albright, of Akron, spent
part of the week in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Gujney and family.
Miss Helen Albright, of . Long's
H-ome, spent Tuesday in the home
of Mrs. John Heiserman.
Miss Gertrude Kofroth has re-turned
to her home again after
spending several days in Lancas-ter
General Hospital for treatment.
Missionary Societies To
Mark "Day Of Rrayer"
World Day of Prayer will be
celebrated by the combined Wom-en's
Missionary Societies of the
United Brethren, Moravian, Luth-eran,
Evangelical Congregational
and Reformed Churches of town to-morrow
evening in the auditorium
of the U. B. Church at 7:30 o'clock,
using the same program that thou-sands
of societies over the world
will be using at the same time.
The program being used this year
has been planned by a missionary
society member in Holland.
Miss Susanna Pfautz, Mrs. Al-bert
Hornberger, Mrs. Byron K.
Home, Mrs. W. M. Pfautz and «Mrs.
Chester Martin will have charge
of the five sections of the worship
and meditation service.
Zellner Here Tonight;
Changes Costumes Swiftly
To Portray Characters
High School Department Begun
With 3-Year Course In 1885
By PAUL R. FURLOW
!In 1885 the Secondary School
curriculum was enlarged to include
high school subjects and a three-year
course of study was planned
by the principal, Howard T. Kyle.
The next year, 1886, the first
high school graduation exercises
were held with the following four
pupils receiving diplomas: Alice
Bricker, Elizabeth Kauffman (Mrs.
Wilson Appel, Allenitotom) ; Eliza-beth.
Barr (Mrs. G. L. Hepp, of
Lititz); Bessie Miller (Mrs. Frank
Leinibach, Wyomissing).
The class of 1887 bad only one
member, Anna L. Barr (Mrs. Hen-ry
Lütz, Cincinnati, Ohio).
The primary building which ori-ginally
consisted of two rooms, one
above the other, was enlarged by
the addition of two more rooms in
1889. A heating and ventilating
system was installed at the same
time. This, work not being finished
at the opening of the 1889-90 ses-sions,
the primary pupils were in-structed
in the lower part of the
building known as the Malt House
on West Main Street, now used as
a tobacco warehouse by Walter
Bare. In 1902 the building was
further remodeled.
The other building in which .the
High School was located, was
greatly remodeled in 1903. At this
time is was equipped with a heat-ing
and ventilating system, at a
cost of $7,500.
ZELLNER
Zellner, character portrayer, will
be seen and heard in the High
School auditorium this evening ai
8 o'clock as the next to last pre-sentation
of the 1984-35 season
Lyceum Course.
Beautiful scenery, elaborate cos-tumes
and lighting effects will
be used to bring to life the great
characters from life, literature and
history which he will portray.
Costume changes will be 30 seconds
or less in length, which promises
to make a smooth program without
long waits between portrayals.. His
presentation is advertised as being
humorous, entertaining, dramatic
and instructive. Zellner has ap-peared
on many stages in the East.
March Is A Gentle Lamb
•March gambolled into its place in
the calendar just as lamb-like as
you please and for six days treated
us to a real taste of Spring. The
temperatures have ranged up into
the fifties and topcoats have been
shed during the day.
Although we must look forward
to the exit like a lion, the respite
from winter's cold has been wel-come.
In a few. days. Spring will,
be officially here, the groundhog's
spell will be gone and we'll all be
ready to welcome warmer days
with open arms.
Scouts Plan Banquet
Preliminary plans- for a Father
and Son banquet were made Mon-day
night by Floyd Hackman,
scoutmaster of Troop No. 1, and
«•embers of the troop committee.
The affair will probably be held
this month and will consist of
program by the Scouts, addresses
by prominent men and eats.
Quentin Keath, senior patrol
leader, led the games at the week-ly
meeting. Rus.sel Market and
Elvin Geltz instructed the Scouts
in first aid and the use of the
compass. Wilbur Stark, scribe,
reported 40 boys present.
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LHS Enters Play
Tor Court Title
Meets Kutztown Tonight At
Reading; Wallop Marietta
By 67-24, Tuesday Night
Lititz High School's varsity
basketball team will play the Kutz-town
High School fivei Berks Coun-x..
champions, in the Reading Ar-mory
tonight to decide the semi-final
winner of the State, District
Three.
On Tuesday night the local team
defeated the Marietta High ¡School
passers on the Manheim Township
School floor at Neffsville, 67 to 24,
giving the Red. and Black the title
of Sections 1, 2 and 3 County
Champions.
Marietta High, of Section 1, and
New Holland High, of Section 3,
had played on Saturday night to
settle . the chamtpioniship of Sec-t
i o n s ! and 3, while Lititz High, by
virtue of its. victory over Manheim
Township on Friday night, was de-clared
winner of the Section 2
crown.
' Tonight's game at Reading with'
Kutztown will settle the semi-fin? 1
winners of a large territory of the
State, laid out as District Three.
Kutztown trimmed Robesonia on
'Saturday night. Earlier in the
week Robesonia had beaten Boyer-town
for another Section in the
Berks County League.
Coach Clyde Anbegast's passers
should win the Kutztown game to-
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LENTEN MEDITATION
By REV. J. HAROLD MUMPER,
(Continued from Last Week)
There were those in that crowd,
who, if they would have closed
their ears to thei hate-ladened words
of the priests, and would have re-lied
wholly upon their memories to
recall the prisoner who waited for
the pronouncement of judgement
upon him, would have seen one,
who in the first place accepted the
responsibility that was his upon,
the death of his earthly father,
Joseph, and spent the years until
he was 30 caring and providing for
a widowed mother and younger
brothers and sisters.
They would have seen one who
delayed entrance into the great
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Although the lower floor of a
local church is usually filled Sun-day
mornings, the gallery is vac-ant.
Not last Sunday, hoiwever,
for a boy and the Sandman were
there. The Sandman left, but the
boy slept and slept—far past the
conclusion of the service. When ha
was awakened and. discovered he
was being viewed by a group of
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