Lititz Record Express

              B U R K H A R T ' S
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T A I L I K
The Play — Society — New Year
We have a plan. To produce a
play in the spring or summer of
1938. We are beginning work on
the plan now. To select a play.
It is our wish to present a classic,
not a play written in the present
century; not a play adapted from
a novel, but some drama which has
outlived the past and still pleases
the people of our own day. It will
be difficult work. We think it is
a, grand idea, and determined we
are to create some new interest in
Litita apneerning dramatics. It
possible, it is our desire to form
» guikd or clnb of the theatce
As to Reletting a play, we are
already having our . troubles.
Shakespeare has been abandoned
for the present. We will not en-deavor
to produce a current
Broadway hit, for the plays of
Broadway, in large, are only fit
for the present, and die with the
new year. The first list we are
considering sizes to something
like this. Sheridan's "School for
Scandal" and "The Rivals", Mar-lowe's
"Dr. Faustus", Ben Jonson's
"The Alchemist", Rostand's "Cyra-no
de Bergerac", "Ghosts" by Hen-rik
Ibsen, Oliver Goldsmith's "She
Stoops to Conquer" . . . . They all
have possibilities, but to choose is
a task. We invite you to send in
your suggestions, either to me or
to the office. We feel that there
may be some of you with enough
interest at hand to give us your
Impressions and criticism. . . .
I wish that I may list all the
organizations in this town which
keep it going. It would be a list
of honorable intentions. Church
societies, clubs . (bridge clubs to
the Q. T. C.), choirs, young peo-ples'
organizations, etc. In that
list you would find the wheels of
society which turn so sfefiously on
Broad and Main Streets, from Third
Avenue to New Street. You would
see that there is no upper stratum
of Society in Lititz, that the clas&y
people are those who differ from
others In this one respect: they
are bolder. For all is ministered
through clubs and societies, an]
all £h<>: better organizations are
open to everyone. And there you
have it, as I would have you be-lieve:
the Society—the Four Hun-dred—
are not they who live in big
houses, but rather those citizens
who belong to organized units. . .
This Year's List of Holiday
Visitors Greatest in Many
Years; Almost a Full Page!
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Vol. LX Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa., Thursday, Dec. 30, 1937
No. 17
Council Fills
Post On Board
Of Health
A WARWICK
WOMAN WRITES
Succeed Dr. H. H. Beck;
Gets Report For Year;
To Improve Street
I We sat • Christmas morning—Oh,
'Yes! Merry Christmas! We were
I SO busy last week—-surveying
_ some things we had received, and,
Names C. S. Uartman t0 '™*eont°aa- th!nkine «£ we
I had given some persons.
Are you bound by convention to
give gifts to folks that you really
do not care for? Then, next year,
• use these gift suggestions; it may
be the last time you will need any.
, . | . £joes Aunt Sarah talk too much?
Election of C. S. Zartman, locai Then give her some good home-merchant,
to the. Lititz Board of made butterscotch—that will hold
Health featured the December her for a while. Her jaws will be
meeting of borough council Tues-j locked for at least an hour,
day night. Mr. Zartman succeeds j Does Cousin Rufus have false
Dr. Herbert H. Beck, who moved teeth? Give him some nuts, cara-to
Lancaster during the Fall. j mels or figs. You really should be
The annual report of the health ¡in the same room with him when
board was presented and an ap-1 he opens the package, to see the
projiriatlon of $200 for the coming curious gleam in his eyes,
year the rewqause sat.s ked. Council granted; Do the visiting week-enders make
Council also voted to make tem-porary
repairs to Warwick Street,
whilch runs North and South, West
of IN. Broad Street, on the borough
plain but which has never been
opeined. The improvements are be-
4500 View
Christmas
'Yards' Here
Christmas Observed Here In Old-Fashioned Way;
Fatal Accident and Rain Mar Christmas Eve
Displays at Fire House
And Uartman Home
Draw Crowds; Many
Novel Ideas Developed
their stay at your hoùse too long?
Give them some airplane luggage
and drive them out to the airport
to look around. If Jesse Jones is
on the field, have him give them a
little salés talk on the safety o£
traveling by plane. (We know it
ing made on the request of the| would take a lot of talking to con-
Littttz Shoe Co., which is moving' vince us.)
its plant into a building on the
street.
The light committee was author-ized
to place a street light near
the end of South Cedar Street.
The water superintendent, Wal-ter
Miller, reported the pumpa in
opeiration 409 hours and 9,117,000
Does Aunt Mary tell you how to
raise your children? Write her a
little note suggesting that she
adopt twin boys; then buy her a
set of books on Parents Problems
by the Child Study Asso. Subscribe
to thie Parents Magazine for her,
too. This will be expensive, but
galllons pumped. Two leaks were : worÇh it.
repiaired and the water rent out-standing
was reported 'as $561.
T'he street committee reported
that the paving of East Lincoln
Ave is finished. The burgess re-ported
43 lodgers in the lock-up.
The treasurer reported receipts
of ¡$7472.
In passing, a salute to the old
and the new, 1937: Summed up in
Lititz, perhaps, by the local events
of the year, dedication of the band
Shell; and there I'm stumped I
do not think that local progress
can be measured by any other hap-pening
of the year. It is useless
to think of anything more import-ant
to the welfare of the Commun-ity.
And so ends my review for
1937.
Better to look forward to the
new year, to be ushered in by
Candlelight Services, -gay parties,
song, and dance. . . . . and why?
One never knows. Old year, gone
and dead, the coming year newly
fed and rising to quench us in the
liquid of repeated life. . . Resolu-tions,
desolations, disillusions, de-lirium.
. . . With the words of Ben
Jonson, I give you a new-year
wish:
To the old, long life and treasure;
To the young, all health and
pleasure;
To the fair, their face,
With eternal grace;
And the rest, to be loved at leisure:
RECOVERS CAR HERE
Chief of Police Kreider recovered
here on Sunday a car which had
been stolen in Lancaster on Fri-day.
The machine, a new model,
was found on the grounds at the
Reading Company freight
For George who has the mumps
—a.^ar of dill pickles.
Do the neighbors chickens get
into your yard? Then do this for
the chickens. Buy a patent neck-j-
erker and use It on them. While
they are stewing:—open the window
and say "Yoo, hoo, neighbors—I'm
so glad you raised Rhode Island
Reds this year. They're much
meatier than the White Leghorns
you used to raise." Then slam the
window, hard.
Does Uncle Enos have a beard?
Then buy his little rascally boys a
game of darts, the kind with bristle
Station | e n ( j s Tell t ^ c l e r k t 0 k e e p t he
on Water Street. It had been | target for his own boy, you are
driven a long distance and the going
rear end ' . - .- i
aged.
Vas considerably dam-
ANNOUNCEMENT
to use a better one. Tell
the boys to use Uncle Enos' beard
for a target. The darts will stick
like anything and Uncle will look
just too amusing for words. The
Watch this paper- on January 13 d a r t s c a n be u s e d o v e r a n d o v 6r
for date of final announcement and
plaice of drawing for Chevrolet
Sedlan now on display and being
given by Lititz Chamber of Com-merce
for Park Improvement Fund,
again. The beard, of course will
be Uncle Enos' responsibility and
the success of the game will de-pend
on him.
. Are there too many dogs and
cats in your block? Don't give
them poison. You can have a lot
of fun with, them instead. Give
them all a party. Catch or coax
all these stray pete into your arms
and pen them in the garage. Now
catch about a doen live
They must be live, mind you.
phone all the neighbors to
to your garage, release the
cats and dogs all at once
watch the fun
mice.
Then
come
mice,
and
STEPPING OUT
I watched him as he turned the
corner
As though his soul had meekly
died.
He looked quite cold, sad and
weary,
"I'll miss him so", softly I sighed.
He was leaving this place forever
"There's not a thing left here",
said he
I thought this was but true justice
As he'd taken my all from me.
But he turned on me severely,
"Let this be a lessen, my dear _
If yon think that I'm an old meanie
Watch your step with that guy
called Ney Year!"
—S. G. E.
SEW YEAR'S MARKET FRIDAY
The regular New Year's Market
will be held from 1 to 10 P .M.
Friday in the Lititz Market House.
J. B. Kauffman, local butcher,
answered the doorbell Christmas
Day at dinner time and a tramp
asked for a bite to eat. "Jake"
asked him if he was hungry, to
which he replied, "I sure am bro-j w a t c h t h e f u n g0 W The Party
their." So the butcher took a large! w i U b e o v e r i n s h o r t o r d e r a n d ll
plaitter-plate and loaded it to thel w l U b e a l o n g t i m e b e f o r e s«e
edg;es with duck, mashed potatoes a n y t h i n g l i v e a r o u m i -vour Place-
and gravy, lima beans, four sweet
potatoes, filling and bread. j 3 J V J g n N e e d ed
i When the tramp had finished
"Jake" took his plate and jokingly A s ScOIlt B o a rd
asked if he would have more, to ""
which the tramp replied that he Russell Markert, scoutmaster,
would, so the butcher loaded i^ up asks if three men will volunteer
again the same way and the tramp to serve on the committee to direct
again ate all of it, besides an the activities of the local scout
orange, a bunch of grapes, dessert troop. This is necessary for a
and 4 pieces of cake and two cups troup to operate, according to the
of coffee. Both Mr. and Mrs. by-laws. Any information desired
Kauffman agreed that it was the can be procured from Mr, Markert,
most food they had ever seen any- and the names must be in before
one eat. | the last of January. Mr. Markert
would appreciate a hearty response
As John StefEy, opening mail to this worthy cause.
Wednesday morning, discovered All scouts desiring to register
some greeting cards addressed to should hand their names to the
him, he thought someone was late scoutmaster before the last Monday
with Christmas mail. But when in January. The Troup meets in
,he read 'them he found they were the basement of St. Luke's Reform-birthday
greetings and then re- ed church on Monday evenings,
meimbered that the 29th was his There was no meeting, however,
birthday. on Monday ,but the troop will meet
John's mother, Mrs. Thomas W. this coming Monday.
Steiffy, celebrated her birthday on On Wednesday, several of the
Sumday, so with Christmas; two boys and Scoutmaster Markert
birtthdays and New Year's in a hiked to Slackwater, where they
week, the Steffy family has a busy studied bird life, built their fire
time. and cooked their dinner.
More than 4500 persons thus far
visited the two fine Christmas
Yards which are on display in Lititz
this year. One yard is at the Lititz
Fire House, where more than 4000
people have passed through the
turnstile, and the other is at the
home of Robert Zartman, North
Broad Street, where more than 325
people have entered their names in
a register. Both displays should
be seen by everyone in town.
The stream of visitors to view
the Fire House display started with
the kiddies party Friday afternoon,
and all day Christmas and Sunday
the room was a moving mass of
spectators coming and going.
While the layout of the display
was changed completely this year
only a few new things were added
over last year, but those few were
enough to cause wonderment to
all.
One of the new items is an air-plane
which can do all kinds of
stunts over the airport. Another
is the exhibition of the new Lionel
scale model "Hudson" engine an:l
coal car—the latest edition of the
Lionel electric train line.
A third new item is a small
scenic railway, like thoe-e in largat
amusement parks.
Once again the zoo, the army
encampment, the old mill, the air-plane
beacon grace the display
although changed on location.
The little German-made electric
train, smallest of its kind ever
made, also graces the display
again and makes its usual two
trips around the track to the laugli-
(Cohtinued on Page 6)
Christmas was observed here in
the good old-fashioned way. The
element in the Yuletide spirit
which brings families together for
the holiday was perhaps slightly
more manifest than in recent years.
Large parties of a public nature
seemed fewer this year, most per-sons
preferring to divide the day
between church attendance and
home gatherings of close friends
and relatives.
The rainy Christmas Eve held
down the famous Moravian Church
1 celebration only very slightly, but
did cause the postponement of the
Carol sing scheduled for the beau-tifully
trimmed Square and other
Carol singing was cut because or
the dampness.
A fatal accident early Christmas
Eve at Broad and Orange Streets
and the finding of an aged well-known
local man dead in a garage
that afternoon, cast gloom over
many home here turning gay Yule
festivities into mournful events.
The weather, which had been
predicted as rainy for Christmas,
turned out better than was expect-ed
and at times the sun shone in
the afternoon.
Death Robs Homes
Of Yuletide Cheer
Weddings Solemnized
Over Christmas Season
Stores Open Today
Will Close Saturday
Lititz stores will be open this
afternoon, some of them this, even-ing
also, and will close all day
Saturday, New Year's Day.
Banks will be closed Saturday
and the postoffice will operate on
holiday hours.
REV. LONGSDORF BETTER
The many friends here of the
Rev. D. P. Longsdorf, former pas-tor
of Trinity E. C. Church and
now stationed at Columbia, will be
glad to learn that he is improving
from a severe cold and complica-tions
which confined him to hi3
bed over Christmas.
LODGE TO INITIATE
The Lititz Lodge of Odfl Fellows
will confer the initiatory degree
upon a class at its meeting Mon-day
night in the Lodge Hall. A
iull attendance is requested.
BINGO PARTY FRIDAY
Bingo parties will be resumed in
the Fire House on Friday night
and every Friday night thereafter.
NOTICE!
In accordance with the regula-tions
adopted by the Lancaster
County Bankers Association the
following rates of interest will be
paid on deposits by the undersign-ed:
On Savings Deposits, 2% per
annum, compounded semi-annually.
On Certificates of Deposit, for 6
months, 2% per annum, On Cer-tificates
of Deposit, for 12 months
2V2% per annum.
These rates will become effective
on the next Interest period -tor
savings deposits now in force by
the various banks.
FARMERS NATIONAL BANK,
LITITZ, PA.
LITITZ^SPRINGS NATIONAL
BANK, LITITZ, PA.
2t
Death robbed three homes in
Lititz and vicinity of the usual
Christmas gaiety and cheer.
John Madlem, 62, of 122 Spruce
Street, was killed almost instantly
Christmas eve when he was struck
by an automobile, at Broad and
Orange Streets.
Jacob B. Bowman, 87, of 27 Cen-ter
Street, died suddenly in a ga-rage
on Juniper Alley Friday
afternoon.
David F. Hostetter, 83, of East
Petersburg, died in the Lancaster
General Hospital late Christmas
ève from injuries sustained Wed-nesday
morning when he was
struck by a machine on the East
Petersburg-Neffsville road.
Mr. Madlem was hit about 5.30
Friday evening as he was crossing
Broad Street. It was learned by
Dr. M. H. Yoder, deputy coroner,
and Chief of Police Kreider, that
he was carrying an umbrella which
prevented him from seeing a car
driven by Mrs. Martha Wisner, of
Rome, who was driving North on
the street while going from Lan-caster
to her home.
He was knocked down by the
crash and died as he was being
carried into the office of Dr. L. P.
Koster, across the street. Death
was due to a broken neck. The
driver of the car was exonerated
by Dr. Yoder.
Mr. Madlem, father of Leon Mad-lem,
well-known war veteran who
died about a month ago, is surviv-ed
by a son, Paul, of town, and
two daughters, Mrs. Earl Nauman,
Chester County; and Mrs. Valen-tine
Reich, of Kleinfeltersville.
He is also survived by a broher,
Henry, Rohsville; two sisters, Mrs.
Martin Zwally, Brownstown; Mrs.
Amanda Griffin, Lititz; and ten
grandchildren.
Services were held at 2 p. m.
Tuesday from Spacht's funeral
home, with interment in Moravian
cemetery.
Apparently stricken with a hear
attack as he walked along Juniper
Alley Friday afternoon, Mr. Bow-man
entered the garage of Mrs.
Lillie Rudy to sit down. He was
found dead there about 2.30 by J.
E. Eshleman, who passed the ga-rage
and went back to investigate
when he saw a man lying on the
ground.
Mr. Eshleman called Wilson
Baum, who was passing, and the
latter, identified the man as his
neighbor, Mr. Bowman. Just at
that time Mr. Bowman's daughter,
Marion, passed and learned the
tragic news. Ralph Diehm, the
next person happening by, was
sent for Dr. S. R. Posey, but when
he could not be located, Dr. Joseph
W. Grosh was called and pronounc-ed
the man dead.
Dr. Yoder issued a certificate of
death by a heart attack.
Mr. Bowman was a member of
the Moravian Church and was the
last of his family. He is survived
by his wife, Bella Kreiter Bowman,
and by two children, Roy and Mar-ion,
both at home.
The funeral was held at 3 o'clock
Monday afternoon in the Moravian
Church with burial in the Moravian
Cemetery. R. M. Spacht was the
funeral director.
Services for Mr. Hostetter were
held from his late home at 1:30
p. m., Tuesday and at 2 p. m. in
East Petersburg Mennonite church.
(Continued on page five)
HESS—BROOKMYER
Richard B. Hess, son of Rev. and
Mrs. John S. Hess, of Lititz, R. D.
1 and Miss Mildred H. Brookmyer,
daughter of Galen Brookmyer, of
Smoketown, and niece of Ulysses
Delp, of Lititz, wi.th whom she re-sided,
were married Christmas
morning at 11:30 o'clock at their
new home, near Lititz, by Bishop
N. L. Landis, of Neffsville. They
were attended by James B. Hess,
brother of the bridegroom, and Miss
Helen Erb and ushers were Melvin
Hess and Howard Erb.
Following the ceremony a wed-ding
dinner was served to the bri-dal
party and other guests as fol-lows:
-Galen Brookmyer, Mr. and
Mrs. Mark Brookmyer, of Smoke-tawn,
U. S. Delp, Lititz, Rev. and
Mrs. John Hess and children, Anna
May, Mary, Arlene and John El-wood,
Peter Hess, Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Delp and children, Lititz
R. D. 1, Mr. and Mrs. Marlin Lau-ver
and daughter, Phyllis, Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Brookmyer, Miss Bar-bara
Oberholtzer , Misses Alma
Nolt, Janet Eby, Betty Weber, Mr.
and Mrs. Elias Eby, Lititz, Ezra
Brubaker of Neffsville, Miss Anna
Rowe, Miss Arlene Evans and Leon
Buckwalter, of Lancaster.
GBOFF—ZELL
Miss Mary M. Zell, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Zell, of
Lititz, and Raymond C. Groff, son
of Weidler Groff, of Leola, were
married at 9 o'clock Saturday
morning in Trinity Evangelical
Congregational church, by the pas-tor
the Rev. C. S. Helm.
The couple was attended by Miss
Evelyn Shreiner and Lester Cam-mauf,
both of Lititz.
The bride wore a gown of wine
colored transparent velvet with
brown accessories and her attend-ant
wore a blue crepe gown with
matching accessories. Both car-ried
bouquets of chrysanthemums.
Following the ceremony a din-ner
was held at the home of the
bride. After a trip to Florida the
couple will reside at Lititz.
LONG—MOORE
The marriage of Miss Alverta
B. Long, daughter of Mrs. Elva
Long, of Rothsville, and Charles
Luther Moore, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Moore, of Lititz, took place
at 10 o'clock Christmas morning
in the St. Paul's Evangelical Con-gregational
Church, Rothsville.
The ceremony was performed by
the Rev. W. K. Cassel, pastor.
The bride was attired in a gown
of blue crystelle with grey acces-sories,
and carried a White Bible.
BAUGHEY—GOOD
Miss Mildred M. Good, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Amos H. Good, of
the Lincoln Highway east, and
Harry B„ Baughey, son of Mrs. H.
E. Baughey, of Neffsville, were
married at 5 o'clock Thursday af-ternoon
in St. Paul's Reformed
church, Lancaster. The ceremony
was performed by the Rev. T. A.
Alspach, D. D. ,,
The bride was attended by her
sister, Mrs. David Weaver, Mr.
Weaver was best man, and the
ushers were Ralph Good, a brother
of the bride, and Richard Eby, a
brother-in-law of the bride.
The bride, who was given in
marriage by her father, was attired
in a gown of white net appliqued
with satin leaves over white taf-
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Site For New Post Office
Opposed By Petition Signed
ByOver 100 Business Men"
Engagements Announced
Over Holiday Week-end
Mr. and Mrs. Clayton R. Leaman
of Neffsville, announce the en-gagement
of their daughter, Paul-ine,
to Robert W. Higgins, son of
Mr, and Mrs. Janies Higgins, of
New Hope.
. Miss Leaman is a graduate of
Millersville State Teachers college,
and is a teacher in the public
schools of Lititz.
Mr. Higgins is a graduate of
Franklin and Marshall college, and
is a graduate student in chemistry,
at Northwestern university, Evans-ton,
Illinois.
No date has been. SJ&ior the wed-ding.
Mean and Cedar Streets
Too Narrow To Handle
Traffic, They Declare;
Favor Broad Street Plot
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Buch announc-ed
the engagement of their daugh-ter,
Mildred L., to Samuel Snavely,
son of Mr and Mrs. Henry J.
Snavely, on Christinas at a dinner
at their home. The guests includ-ed
Mr. and Mrs. James Keys, Miss
Carrie Yerger, Christian Yerger,
Nadine and Richard Yerger, Nathi
an Buch, Samuel Snavely, Miss
Katherine Buch and Donald Buch;
The engagement of Miss Marga-ret
U. Ditzler, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Ditzler, of West Lin-coln
Ave., to William ,S. Dengler,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Dengler, of S. Broad St., was an-nounced
on Christmas at Miss
Ditzler's home. The wedding will
take place in May.
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob H. Summy, of
East Lincoln Avenue* announce
the engagement of their daughter,
Ida D„ to Norman B. Kline, Jr.,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Norman B.
Kline, of Lexington. No date has
been sqt for the wedding.
The engagement of Miss Paiuline
Ludwig, of town, to Richard Roth,
also of town, was announced by
his sister, Mrs. Curtis Belford, at
a Christmas dinner held at the
home of his aunt, Mrs. Roy' M.
Weaver, South Spruce St. No date
has been set for the wedding.
King's Daughters
Spread Christmas Cheer
Over one hundred persons, shut
ins, invalids, and sick, were re-membered
at Christmas by the six
Circles of Kings Daughters with
fruit and cards.
Tuesday evening 25 members
went to the Zion Home, north of
Lititz, and presented program.
Mrs. C. William Grosh talked on
"Christmas"; Mrs. Eric Buckley
read a Pennsylvania Dutch story,
and the Dorcas Juniors sang,
"Jolly Old St. Nicholas". All sang
Christmas carols. Gifts were dis
tributed to every person in the
Home.
Forty-six baskets of .provisions
were distributed by the Circles,
organizations and individuals. Only
29 were given out last year.
ATTEND PRESS MEETING
Peggy Snyder, Nancy Leaman,
Wilbur Stark, William Stark and
John Enck, of the staff o|Vjthe;'
Pretelette, Lititz high school news-paper,
and Paul F. Furlow, faculty
adviser, attended the Monday
meetings of the Penna. School
Press Association conference at
Hershey. /
L. B. Mearig, native of town,
who is faculty adviser of the Muh-lenberg
Observer, published - .by
Muhlenberg township high school,
near Reading, was active in the
work of the convention and spoke
at the meetings.
For home-slaughtered Meats.
Sausage and Pudding—go to LUTZ
Hamburg Steak, 19c. Phone 9181W
We deliver. ady.
A wave of criticism over the
site recommended for the new
Post Office was manifest iiere over
the week-end. So great was the
protest that a petition protesting
against the site has been circulated
and will be taken to Washington
this week.
The petition has been signed
over 108 heads of local factorit
and businesses here and represent!
the buyers of 80% of the stamps
sold at the local Post Office.
While the petition does not
recommend a site, it does say that
the site should be on the Square
or as near there as possible.
According to the reports of
those interviewed, the majority
favored the Dr. D. C. Martin and
Dr. C. E. Lane lots on N. Broad
Street, next to the Springs Bank,
while others favored the Blatt
property on the West side of
Broad across from the Square.
The extra hazard for schor'
Iren; the narrowness of
streets in the vicinity »f >.
recommended, the ex % ^
asked and the unha ^ % \ ^ 8
were some of the obj
site recommended by
commission.
Just what effect the petition-win
have on the outcome is problem-atical.
It was learned that the
petition was only taken to large
buyers of stamps. The petition
was signed by business firms in
both wards. „
It was learned that while many
firms would be slightly handier to
the site recommended, they felt
that the Square should have any
building project which would
beautify the town.
Having to cross Broad Street,
the heavest traffic thorny 'tare,
was-the oiflly objection raL by-those
opposed to the Blatt prop-erty
site; it was said.
Christmas Mail
Sets Record Here
Business at the Lititz postoflice
set new records over the Christmas
season, according to Postmaster
Robert E. Pfautz. Fo r last Mon-day
and Tuesday, the combined re-ceipts
for stamps, money orders
and bonds were $5158.52, an all
tiihe high record for two day's
business.
Twenty men were in the office
during the rush and working regu-lar
hours and overtime, they kept
the mail moving out so that every-thing
in the office on Friday was
delivered. Only perishables and
special delivery mail ^ere delivered
on Christmas Day.
ENTERTAIN CHRISTMAS EVE
Miss Grace Diehm, New Street,
entertained at a Christmas Eve
party, at her home. The gwests
were: Misses Marian Bender, Bet-ty
Cooper, Jean Shaeffer, Sylvia
Lorigenecker, Nancy Leaman, Mar-garet
Snyder, Arlene Hornberger
and "Bill" Stark, Ross Long, Rob-ert
Snyder, Wilbur Stark, Charles
Bowman, Deane Spahr, Gordon
Berkey and John Bender. Games,
dancing and refreshments werf
enjoyed after which the group a:
tended the mid-night show at tl
movies.
BIRTHS
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Getz,
Lancaster, announce the birth c
a daughter at the Lancaster Gen-eral
Hospital last Friday. Mr.
Getz is a son of Mr. and Mrs. John
Getz, of Orange Street and Mrs.
Getz is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
McKee Weaver of Front Street.
Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Grosh, r *
Broad St., announce the bir'
a son at 1:28 a. m. Monday &
Lancaster General hospital.