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TAIL IK
During the past six months
there have been several plans pro-,
duced "lor the good of the town."
One, public rest rooms. The local
officials promised action on this
improvement, but we have seen
none. Two, the. new post-office
Perhaps we should blame the com-plicated
and slowly-moving gov-ernment
for delay on this project,
and forget it. Three, a new hi^h
school. I suppose all one can do
here is wait, for the local citizenry
has voted an emphatic "ya", and
the next step is to be taken by
the inevitable power—government
funds. Four, a General Sutter
museum. This would be an inter-esting
project, even though Cali-fornia
would probably attempt: to
"buy out" everything as soon as
a collection could be made. J
Several other plans have been
injected into the local pulse.
Pageants, concerts, and varied
benefits have all been topics of
back-fence conversation. I believe:
this column promised that v.'e
would attempt the production of a
Shakespearean drama. And we
will yet, if we find a sponsor;
within the next few months. So
here's hoping that the coming cool
weather will inspire action on the!
local front!
Every time I pass the old Amerj
building on Broad St., now empty,'
I wonder what will be its ultimate
fate. Hardly another hardware!
store. A warehouse? But surely,
its location merits more than that j
I understand that it will be used
next month for the housing of
Community Show exhibits. How
many of the throng who will walk
its floors then will remember" the
store" as it was until last year,
the clock in the window, which1
used to be the only "big ben" in \
the neighborhood? When we were1
kids, the clock told us when to go
home from our evening play in
that neighborhood. "We used to go
into the store and buy at times—•
nails and screws, a lock for the
shack we built up near Gumball
Alley. The store was a pleasant
place in winter. Around a stove
in the center of the store there
were always several old fellows
sitting, chewing tobacco and talk-ing
of past glories. Once in a
while, we would go in and ask the
owner for a box, or for some of
the sawdust which lay in the rear
lot. No wonder we say "Those
were the days" and sigh for the
fate of the old Amer building.
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Annual Acappella
Songfest On Sunday
Vol. LX Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa., Thursday, September 8, 1938 No. 52
900 Listed
As School
Opens Here
Football Team Begins
Drills for Season;
Safety Patrols Are
Organized for Duty
I am curious to know what the
Penna. Highway Travel Club, Lit-itz
Branch, might be . . . Which
reminds me—Why doesn't someone
organize a bicycle club in town?
Ideal weather for cycling is now
in view. And excellent exercises,
too. dle-oo.
Local Men, Missionary
Address Rotations
The borough schools opened
Tuesday morning with an enroll-ment
of 900 pupils, including G3
beginners, 85 freshmen and 64
seniors.
The school patrol was organized
yesterday by Paul R. Furlow and
the first foot-ball practise was
held last evening by Coach Hen-drickson.
The first game is
scheduled for September 24 at
Shillington. Eight games will be
played as follows, October 1, Pat-ton
Trade; October 8, Elizabeth-town,
these three will all be
played away from home. October
15th, pending; October 22, Red
Lion, at home; October 29, West
York at home; November 5 Eph-rata,
at home; November 12,
pending.
These graduates from last year's
class will enter the following
schools of higher education,
Robert Snyder, Edward Krane
and Harold McCreary all will enter
State College; Jean Shaeffer, Mar-tha
Washington College, Freder-icksburg,
Va.; Nancy Leaman,
Gettysburg College, Gettysburg;
John Bender and Ross Long,
Moravian College, Bethlehem, Pa.,
Jane Dietrich and Clara Lane,
Millersville State Teachers Col-lege;
Amelia Cox, Ohio University,
Athens, Ohio; Helen MacDonald
and Ruth Carpenter, Linden Hall
Junior College, Lititz.
The following girls will enter
training, Sylvia Longenecker and
Arlene Hornberger, General Hospi-tal,
Lancaster; Helen Frederick.
St. Joseph Hospital, Lancaster;
Nancy Habecker has entered the
Jefferson Hospital training school
at Philadelphia.
DUTKO-—STURGIS
Several local men and a miss-ionary
addressed the Lititz Rotar •
Club at its meeting Tuesday even
ing in the General Sutter Hotel.
The Rev. Robert Attwood,
guest of Dr. F. W. Stengel, spoke
briefly upon the work he will
shortly undertake as a Moravian
Missionary in Honduras, Central
America.
Other to address the club were
Joseph W. Sheckard, the Rev. E.
P. Truchses and G. D. Bitzer, who
gave impressions of Rotary Clubs
they have visited in three states.
Dr. Charles A. Landis, club
president, announced that 100% at-tendance
was registered Tuesday a
week ago.
At the meeting this coming
Tuesday, the club will be hosts to
the professional men of town and
the speaker will be Dr. F. S.
Chambers, of Lancaster.
Evelyn Sturgis, daughter, of
Mr. and Mrs. Horace Sturgis, East
Main Street, became the bride of
John Dutko, of Trenton, N. J., -.t
the home of the bride's brother-in-
law and sister, Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur Campbell, of Wrightsville,
on Monday September 5th at 11 A.
M. The ring ceremony was used.
Rev. Byron K. Home, pastor of
the Moravian Church of Lititz
performed the ceremony. The
following people were present.;
Mr. and Mrs. Campbell, Mr. and
Mrs. Horace Sturgis and Rev. and
Mrs. Home and daughter Carol
Ann.
SPEAKS AT REUNION
ON TRIP TO SOUTH
Mr. and Mrs. Guy L. Calvert
and Mr. and Mrs. Robert V. Owen,
Jr., New Street, took a trip over
Skyline Drive and to Williamsburg
and Richmond, Va. They visited
Mrs. Owen's brother-in-law and
sister, Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Stuttz,
in Richmond.
Acappella Male Chorus Which Will Sing In Annual Songfest Sunday At Landisville
Front row, left to right: Harry B. Baughey, director; Naaman Harnly, Edward M. Wissler, Elias N. Eby, John P. Gingrich, Harold M.
Hollinger, Phares S. Horst, president; Carl Stubbs, Nathan Heffley, G. H. Pennypacker, director of publicity; and Robert Nolt. Center row: Irvin
R. Peters, acting secretary; Mark Graybill, Isaac M. Brubaker, Clarence Miller, J. K. Miller, H. Ray Blanck, H. H. Johnson, W. W. Gibbel, and
Robert Fahnestock. Back row: Stanley Moyer, Willis S. Nolt, J. Lloyd Hollinger, vice president; James H. Fahnestock, Oscar H. Ruhl, Hershey
Zug, J. Wilmer Charles, treasurer; and Stanley Bake?. Members not appearing on photograph are Robert Turner and LeRoy Yoder.
Former Pupils of
Miss Grosh Meet
FIRM HOLDS OUTING
The second five-year reunion of
Miss A. Virginia Grosh's former
pupils of the Lititz Schools was
held in Lititz Springs Park Satur-day
afternoon.
The Rev. J. E. Baker, of York,
had charge of the meeting, Miss
Grosh taught a spelling class and
there were games and a picnic
supper.
Out of town persons present
were, Rev. and Mrs. Baker, Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Sturgis, Mr. and
Mrs. Howard Hull, Mrs. Jacob
Dommy, of Lancaster, Mrs. Mary
Keller Fishburn and Frank Crall,
of Ephrata, and Edgar Diehm, of
Spring City.
The Hershey-Leaman Company
entertained its employees and!
their families at a picnic at!
Snavely's Bungalow Monday. Boat-1
ing and quoits were enjoyed and
dinner and supper were served to
about 75 persons.
New York Group Holds
Birthday Party Here
Store Manager
Is Transferred
L. Brubaker Sells
Lime Rock Milli
Landis Brubaker has sold the
Lime Rock Mill to Nelson Weaver,
of Mountville, the buyer to take
possession on Sept. 15. Mr. Wea-ver
will continue the feed and
grain business.
Mr. Brubaker will take up real
estate, building and contract work
as in former years.
Michael Kettering, for the past
year the budget manager of Good -
rich products at the Lititz Auto
Supply, auto accessory store on
East Main Street, was transferred
to the Ephrata branch of the
Goodrich company on Tuesday.
Mr. Kettering is succeeded here
by Ernest Thude, of Merchant-ville,
N. J., who had been manager
of the Goodrich company in Cham-bersburg.
Farm Women Meet
At Fredericksburg
Balmer Family Meets
Elser Gerhart, South Broad
Street, gave the address at the
Eberly reunion held in Ephrata
Park Monday afternoon. Mrs. Su-san
Shreiner, North Cedar Street,
received a gift for being the old-est
person present. Other local
people who attended were; Mrs.
Ada Carper, Mr. and Mrs. Ira Eb-erly,
Mrs. Clarence Foreman, Har-vey
Eberly, David Eberly, Mr.
and Mrs. A. M. Shissler, Mrs. Isaac
Stoner, Mrs. Ellen Schnerer and
Miss M. Ada Schnerer.
VACATION AT SHORE
Miss M. Ada Schnerer and Mrs.
Ellen Schnerer,' of Spruce Street,
returned home on Saturday after
spending a week at Ocean Grove,
N. J. During their stay there
they attended services of the Meth-odist
Campmeeting in the great
auditorium. At one service thj
10,000 seats were filled and people
were standing around the edge and
at another, for young people, the
youth section of 500 seats wai
filled and the choir numbered 300
men.
The Balmer family reunion was
held at the home of Mrs. Laura
Balmer, Lititz R. 2, on Sunday.
Those attending from this section
were: Mrs. Laura Balmer and son,
Paul, and daughter, Mildred, Lit-itz
R 2; Mr. and Mrs. Ira Longe-necker
and son, Glen, of Lincoln;
Mr. and Mrs. Mervin Balmer and
children, Norma, Rachel, Janet
and Charles, of Lititz; Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Tennis and son, Don-ald,
of Lititz; Mr. and Mrs. Clay-ton
Balmer, Manheim~R. 1; Mr.
and Mrs. Elmer Balmer and son,
Gerald, of East Petersburg; Mrs.
Harriet Balmer and Mr. and Mrs.
Ben Snyder and daughter Edna,
Manheim, R. 1; Mr. and Mrs.
Sterling Snyder and daughter,
Betty, of Lititz R. 2; Frank Mit-chel,
Lititz R. 2; and Walter Kel-ler,
Lincoln.
A group of persons from New
York City, who have been stop-ping
at the General Sutter Hotel
for several weeks while conduct-ing
a merchandise survey in th's
territory, marked the birthday of
one of the party with a dinner in
the private dining room of the ho-tel
Sunday evenng.
The one celebrating the anniver-sary
was Cecilia Werkerly an
she was congratulated by Agnes
Steineck, Isabel Haines, Pauline
Spofford, Catherine Tinte, Ethel
Glacell, Ann Medley and Harold
Bernet, who is in charge of the
survey.
Mr. Bernet reports that the
group has been very much im
pressed with the beauty of Lititz
and the surrounding country, with
the quiet here, the nice-looking
homes and friendly people. They
find it a great relief to get out of
the hustle and bustle of New York
to a quiet town like this.
SPEND WEEK-END HERE
William H. Keller, his son-in-law
and daughter, Mr. and Mrs.
William Robinson, Miss Anna
Armstrong and Mrs. Hellings, of
Holmesburg, Philadelphia, spent
from Saturday to Monday at the
General Sutter Hotel visiting Mr^
Keller's sister, Miss Grace E. Kel-ler.
Bird Club Plans Trip
To Hawk Mountain
2 Local Boys "Thumb
Way to Connecticut
»
Big Crowd
Expected
At Songfest
Acaooella Chorus
Ready for Annual
Event; Program
of Services Listed
CIRCLE HOLDS ROAST
The Society of Farm Women No.
1, held its monthly meeting on'
Saturday at the home of Mrs. Elias
Edris at Fredericksburg, Lebanon
County. |
Mrs. Cullen Carpenter, the presi-dent,
presided and Julia Moore
read the Scripture. (
Mrs. Elizabeth Hepp told about
her recent trip to Florida and
plans were discussed for the Lititz
Community Show. The roll call
was answered by the members
telling about their most successful,
canning project. i
The next meeting will be held
at the home of Mrs. W. Martin
Hess the first Saturday in October.
HOLD CORN ROAST
Mr. and Mrs. John Worth, South
Broad Street, entertained at a corn
roast at the Pumping Station Sui-day
evening. The guests were Mi.
and Mrs. Wm. Harding, and child-ren,
Sylvia and David, of Lancas-ter,
Mr. and Mrs. John Reifsn -
der, of Lititz, and Mr. and Mrs.
Ray Eberly, of Harrisburg.
BIRTHS
Mr. and Mrs. David Walton, of
Lititz R. D. 4, announce through
the Visiting Nurse Association the
birth of a son at their home on
August 30.
ENTERTAINS MINISTERS
Dr. F. W. Stengel entertained
the Moravian ministers of Central
Pennsylvania at his cottage at Mt.
Gretna on Tuesday. The follow-ing
attended: the Rev. and Mrs.
Byron K. Horne and Mr. and Mrs.
Louis Huebener, of Lititz; the
Rev. Theodore Reinke, of York;
the Rev. and Mrs. Frank Splies, of
Lancaster ; the Rev. and Mrs. Rob-ert
Attwood, of Manheim, and the
Rev. and Mrs. Paul Seltzer, of
Graceham, Md.
The Dorcas Circle of King's
Daughters held a corn and doggia
roast at "Pennywood", the homa
of Mr. and Mrs. George H. Penny-packer,
on Tuesday evening. Th
committee in charge included Mrs.
Benjamin Forrest, Mrs. Chester
Keith, Mrs. Harry Gorton and Mrs.
Emory Wagner. Others present
were: Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Zahm
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Douple, Mr.
and Mrs. Clair Rice, Mrs. John
Hershey, Mrs. Abram Hershejf,
Mrs. Betty Wissler, Mrs. Anna
Gross, Mrs. ¡Edward Buch, Miss
Myrtle Eckert, Mrs. Domer Bren
ner and children, John, James and
Nancy, Misses Anne and Mas
Brenner, Miss Minnie Kreider, Mis
Mary Heiserman, Miss Mary Hue-bener,
Mrs. George Pennypacker
and Beatrce Pennypacker. -
ON TRIP TO CANADA
ENTERTAIN ON BIRTHDAY
Miss Beatrice Pennypacker en-tertained
some young friends at a
corn roast at her home, "Penny-wood",
Saturday afternoon, in
honor of her ninth birthday anni-versary.
The guests were; Ruth
Neidigh, Eleanor Brenner, Donnie
Brenner, Lamar Furlow, Ruth
Ann Hunter, Shirley Leaman, Jer-ry
Leaman, Helen Rudy, Fay Eit-nier,
Lorraine Hess, of Lititz, and
Cynthia Diller, of Lancaster.
Ruth Showers, George Smith and
Ruth Smith, all of Lititz, and
Chester McQuigan, of Lancaster,
spent the weekend at Niagara
Falls and Canada. They went as
far North as Toronto to see the
World's Largest Exhibition but
due to Canada's closed Sunday, the
grounds were closed. They went
by way of the Finger Lakes and
Watkins Glen.
VISIT IN OHIO
Mr. and Mrs. Graybill Brian, of
Lancaster, and Mr. and Mrs. Da-vid
Brian, Front Street, returned
from a ten-day trip to Niagara
Falls and Ohio. They stopped at
Toledo and White-house, Oho,
where they visited Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Frank and family. They
also visited Mr. and Mrs. L. E>
Dunlap and family in Pittsburgh.
Maurice Broun, ornithologist in
charge of the Hawk Mountain
sanctuary, near Drehersville, Pa.,
will give an illustrated lecture at
the Lancaster County Bird club's
first meeting of the season to be
held at 8:16 p. m. Thursday in
Stahr Hall, Franklin and Marshall
college.
A business meeting will be held
after the lecture at which time
plans for a trip to Hawk Mountai i
on September 18 will be made. All
members, as well as others inter-ested
in Bird study, are urged to
be present. Mrs. Charles Tanger
is chairman of the program com-mittee.
CLARENCE E. M AH AR
Clarence E. Maharg, 43, died at
his home, 532 East Front St., at
11:15 Monday night of a complica-tion
of diseases after an illness of
seven months.
He is survived by his wife and
these children: Thomas, Elizabeth,
Margarete, Clarence, Edward and
Joanne, all at home;; also his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Maharg, Spring City; and two sis-ters,
Mrs. Edward Scharles, of
Philadelphia, and Mrs. Clarence
Springer, of Royersford.
Mr. Maharg, who was a fore-man
at the Linden Underwear Co.
plant on Spruce St., was a well-known
singer and frequently ap-peared
as tenor soloist here and
in Lancaster. He was a member
of the Reformed Church at Potts-town,
and was tenor soloist at the
First M. E. Church, Lancaster, for
a number of years. i
Services were held at the Spacht
Funeral Home this afternoon at 2
^'clock with interment in Macpelah! I
cemetery. i
John F. Brubaker and Bruce
Schaeffer, of town, hitch-hiked to
Hartford, Conn., last week where
they met Joseph W. Sheckard, also
of town, who was singing with the
University Gilbert <• and Sullivan
Opera Company.
En route they visited the follow-ing
cities : Philadelphia, New York,
Port Chester, Stamford, Bridge-port,
New Haven, Middletown, and
Hartford. While there ,they saw
the Gilbert and Sullivan opera
"The Gondolier" from back stage.
They also became well acquainted
with Stuart Churchill, famous ra-dio
singer, who was also singing
with the Company. It was the last
performance of the company this
year, but Mr. Sheckard says ne
expects to return next year.
The following day the boys drove
home with Mr. Sheckard. Thia
was the second time this summer
that John "thumbed" his way t >
or from Hartford, and the third
time that he "hitched" to or from
New York City. Hitching to New
York, he says, is easy, and his
average for the three .trips so far
has been a little over six hours.
Unenrolled Voters
Register Tomorrow
TAX NOTICE
The advertisement in last week's
issue regarding taxes was publish-ed
by the former collector and re- j
ferred only to delinquent taxes or
taxes due prior to 1938.
I will sit at the following place|
for the collection of 1938 taxes:
Sept. 16, Weber's Store, 1 to 8 P.
M.; Sept. 17, Leatnan's Five-Point
Store, 1 to 8 P. M.; Sept. 23, B. L.
Sharp Store, 1 to 8 P. M.; Sept. 24,
320 E. New St., 8 A. M. to 8 P.M.)
Sept. 30, Wagner's Store, 1 to 8
P. M.; Oct. 1, Trimble's Hardware
Store, 1 to 8 P. M.
RAYMOND S. REEDY,
adv Collector.
Registrars will sit tomorrow
and Saturday, September 9th and
10th, for the purpose of register-ing
voters of the borough and
surrounding townships. The reg-istrars
will receive registrations
on either one of these days from
9 a. m. toll p. m., daylight time.
Persons who become of age on
or before November 9, 1938, will
be eligible to register on these
two special dates, and will be per-mitted
to vote on November &
Persons who have already regis-tered
and have not changed their
residence, and do not wish to
change their political registration,
do not need to appear before the
registrars.
Persons who have moved from
one voting precinct to another
must register in order to qualify
to vote on November 8. i
Personal registration is compul-sory
according to an act of the
Assembly passed in 1937.
Persons failing to register o»
these designated dates in the var-ious
boroughs of the County, may
register before or after these
dates, up to October 8, at the
County Court House in Lancaster.
Before what is expected to be
the largest crowd ever to attend
its annual affair, the AcappelU
Male Chorus of East Petersburg
will present its Fifth Annua!
Songfest on Sunday in the Lan-disville
Campmeeting Grove at
Landisville.
Advertised extensively over the
Eastern part of the' state, the!
Songfest should draw upwards op
8000 people to the grove for the
programs of chorus and congregsfc
tional singing.
The proceeds of the offerings and
of the patron lists included in the
programs will be divided between
the Lancaster County Blind Men's
and Women's Clubs and the Water
Street Rescue Mission.
Herbert Howells, famed choris-ter
and minister of Chester, will
lead the crowd in gospel-hymn
singing. Mr. Howells has appear-ed
with many famous evangelists
and is also a soloist of note.
Direction signs have been* put
up to point the way to Landisville,
seats are ready for more than
000 persons around the shell in
the grove and the chorus itsfelf,
under the direction of Harry B.
Baughey, of Neffsville, is reSears-ed
for the big affair.
The program will be as follows:
Afternoon: one o'clock, S. T.,:
Organ Recital, Marie Gast, Organ-ist,
St. Paul's Reformed Church,
Lancaster; Invocation, Rev. P. B.
Gibbel, Palmyra U. B. Church;
Apollo Four, "Rise Up, O Men of
God", Strouse; Words of Welcome,
Phares S. Horst; Renditions by
1 Present Chorus, "Come Unto Me",
Les Preludes, Liszt; "Send Out
Thy Light", Gounod, "The Shrine
of Prayer," Meridith; "Above the
Bright Blue", Pollock, (Sung in
loving memory of our departed
brothers), "God Shall Wipe Away
All Tears", Stebbins, "Sundown",
Londonderry Air, Wilson; Intro-duction
of Herbert Howells, Guest
Chorister, Rev. P. C. Kichline,
Lancaster E. C. Church; Everyono
sings with Herbert Howells; Solo,
"The Publican," Van daWater,
Melvin G. Huber; Offertory, Miss
(Continued on page four)
HOME FROM LONG TRIP
Misses Sophie, Elizabeth and
Magdalena Bricker and their bro-^
ther Charles Bricker, North Broad
Street, have returned from an
eight-week trip across the United
States. They went through the
Southern States to California, Ore-gon
and Washington, then east
through Idaho, Utah and on to
Chicago. They visited a number
of National Parks and most of f.h3
larger cities. Their nephew, Con-rad
Hermsted, who had spent a
year in a lumber camp in Wash-ington,
returned home with them.
W. C. T. U. TO MEET
The W. C. T. U. will hold its
regular meeting at the home of
Mrs. Mary Guiles on Monday even-ing
at 7:30. Plans will be com-pleted
for tire Rummage Sale
which will be held in Lancaster
on Sept. 19. Arrangements will
also be made for school visitation
this month.
J SHOOT THIS EVENING
—Make a purchase of 19c or more
and get a ticket for the pool for
8c; Beefsteak, 32c; Hamburger,
19c; Frankfurts, 25c; whole chuck
roast, 20c. LUTZ, Phone 9181-W.
We Deliver.
The Lititz Sportsmens Associa-tion
will hold a shoot this evening
at the traps behind the Springs
Park. Members and men interest-ed
are invited to attend.