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YOL. XXXIX LITITZ, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY IT,1916 NO. 22
EVENTS CONCISELY TOLD
INTERESTING THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN
TOWN AND VICINITY.
Items of Minor Mention, So to Speak
but of Interest to the Average Reader
at Home and Abroad.
Linden Hall pupils took a sleigh ride
on Wednesday afternoon,
Aaron Shue, residing on New street,
slaughtered a fine porker the other day
which tipped the beam at 426 pounds
dressed.
The Rothsville mill property was sold
at public sale yesterday by Samuel
Longenecker, trustee for John Zook, to
Ivan Bushong for $2345.
Isaac Lorah yesterday morning deliv
ered 10 horses and 4 mules to John D.
Bear at Blue Ball. They were bought
from farmers hereabouts.
Dr. D. A. Long states that he would
greatly appreciate if the hunter who
borrowed his gun during the past hunt-ing
season would return the same.
Lititz Lodge No. 1050 I. 0 . 0. F. con-tinues
to grow. On Monday evening
the initiatory degree will be conferred
upon .three candidates. AH members
are urged to be present.
Thomas Steffy, who recently assumed
the agency for the Reo auto and truck,
has sold a three-ton truck to Eugene
Brubaker, who will use the same in con-nection
with his stone quarry.
There will be an important meeting of
the Lititz High School Alumni Associa-tion
in the High school auditorium on
Friday evening at 8 o'clock. All mem-bers
of the association are urged to at-tend.
Dr. Charles Rosenberg, who assumed
the management of the local moving
picture theatre 'last Thursday, appears
to be meeting with success. The movies
are of high-class and good crowds are
attending.
Warren S. Buch, Esq., who assumed
charge of the local post office on Wed-nesday,
will continue his law practice,
and this promising young attorney will
be pleased to serve his friends and
clients as heretofore.
The personal property of Louisa
Graver was sold at public sale last Sat-urday.
THE NEW SCHOOL PROPOSITION
Citizens are Discussing the Matter Pro
and Con Prior to the Election on the
7th of March
One of the chief topics of discussion
among the residents of town these days
is the proposed new school building, for
which it is planned to increase the in-debtedness
of the Lititz school district
$95,000. The election will be held on
Tuesday, March 7, and in the meantime
the voters have ample opportunity to
study conditions under which our chil-dren
are being instructed at the present
time. We have previously stated that
Lititz needs a new school building and
believe that any one who thoroughly in-vestigates
the subject will agree to
this.
As planned by the directors the new
building • would contain an auditorium
and a gymnasium. This feature does
not appear to meet with the approval of
some of the voters. Yet we believe
that if the building were constructed
without these features it would only be
a few years until even the citizens who
oppose a gymnasium and auditorium
would regret that the building does not
include them. The gymnasium in par-ticular
is a necessity.
The New YorkMedical Journal of recent
issue says, "If there is to be real inter-est
in preparing the rising generation to
be useful citizens it is about time that
more attention be paid to its physical
well being." In a certain sense the
school directors are responsible for the
condition of the children while at school
and it does not seem just to withhold
support from them when they are mak-ing
efforts to secure conditions which
will alleviate much of the objectionable
features of our present inefficient school
buildings.
Pennsylvania Cigars and Socks in Hawaii
This old world is pretty small after
all. * Theodore B. Buch, of Kauai, the
most northern of the Hawaiian Islands,
in writing to his parents at this place,
said he was recently presented with a
box of cigars and to his surprise he dis-covered
that they were manufactured in
the Ninth Internal Revenue District.
Investigation proved that they came
from York county. The young man
NUMEROUS PERSONS CALLED TO THE
GREAT BEYOND.
Harry While
some time was given several pairs of
So.tne rare old dishes sold at big i socks as.a Christmas gif t from a Chinese
prices while the other goods also said
good in general. The real estate was
also offered but was withdrawn at $5200.
Henry C. Sturgis and family request
the RECORD to extend their heartfelt
thanks to the many neighbors and
friends for their kindness and help dur-ing
the time of their bereavement caus-ed
by the death of Mr. Sturgis' son Har-ry-
Pfautz B.ros., the enterprising pro
prietors of the department store bear-ing
their name, on Wednesday secured
a handsome Bell auto truck, which they
will use for delivery purposes among
their constantly increasing patrons in
Lititz and locality.
Tuesday next will be the 184th anrii-versary
of the birth of the immortal
George Washington, the father of our
country. The day is a legal holiday and
consequently the banks will be closed
while the usual holiday hours will pre-vail
at the post office. It is also one of
the few days each year that the rural
route mail carriers are given a vacation,
Thomas Wagner, the popular foreman
of the packing room of the Kinport
cigar factory, was agreeably surprised
the other day by the packers. The lat-ter
arranged a feed and the spread took
place in the packing room, much to the
delight of Mr. Wagner and all those
who participated. Chicken corn soup
was the main dish.
While cleaning the basement of the
Wentworth & Hess garage the other
day, Howard Bollinger discovered an old
trunk which contained parts of news-papers
published a century ago. One
of the papers was dated 1812. The trunk
itself is quite a relic, and was covered
with hide, the hinges also being made of
the same material. The young man
contemplates sending the trunk to a
museum at Philadelphia.
Last Friday Joseph Harnish, who
lives near Mechanicsburg, brought a
valuable horse to Morris Frederick's
blacksmith shop at this place to be shod.
While in the shop the animal was over-come
with a kidney stroke and lay
there for 24 hours. He was finally
removed on a sled and strange to say he
overcame the illness and is again in an
apparently healthy condition.
The cold weather prevalent this week
has dealt the grip a solar plexus, com-monly
called a knock-out, blow. Al-though
there are still numerous of our
citizens who are confined with the dis-ease,
many have recovered. Physicians
state that this cold wave has been a
blessing in more ways than one. More
persons have suffered with the grip dur-ing
the present winter than for many
years, but let us look at the matter
optomistically, and be glad that it was
not worse.
storekeeper which bore the trademark
of Reading, Pa.
Postmaster W. S. Buch on the Job
Warren S. Buch, Esq., whose appoint-ment
as postmaster of the Lititz office
was confirmed by the Senate on Janu-ary
6 last, but whose commission was
somewhat delayed, received the same
last Saturday, and assumed charge of
the local post office on Wednesday morn-ing.
Mr. Buch succeeds A. T. Litch,
who held the office for the past four
years and one month and was appointed
during the Taft administration. As has
been the custom for the past few years
the office will be kept open each evening
until 9 o'clock for the convenience of
those who have lock boxes. The ap-pointment
of a new postmaster does not
effect the force as it did years ago, for
all of the clerks are under civil service.
E. Sturgis Falls Dead
Walking on the Street
About 8 o'clock on Thursday morning,
February 10, Harry Eugene Sturgis fell
dead while walking near the toll gate
along the Lititz and Rothsville turnpike.
He was going eastward and when near
the toll gate he was seen to fall over by
Mrs. Monroe Whitcraft, who lives near-by,
and also by Frank Christ, who oc-cupies
the Rome hotel. Mr. Christ and
Mr. Whitcraft ran to the man's aid, but
when they reached him he was breath-ing
his last. He was removed to the
Whitcraft home, a f t e r which Dr. M. H.
Yoder and Deputy Coroner Frank E.
Schnerer were notified, who soon made
their appearance. The physician pro-nounced
it a case of acute cordiac dic-tation.
The body was at once removed
to the home of his father Henry C.
Sturgis. The deceased had not been
working for some days previous to his
death. He was a bretzel baker by trade
and was an unusually good and willing
worker. He was employed by his
brother Edgar. The young man was
born and resided here all his lifetime.
He was a member of Garfield Castle No.
76 K. G. E. His age was 31 years, 1
month and 14 days. His father and
these brothers survive: Edgar, James,
and Otis, all of this borough, and also a
sister, Mrs. Sherman Hacker, of Lin-coln.
The funeral was held Sunday
afternoon, services being held in the
Moravian church, conducted by Rev. E.
S. Hagen, who spoke in a most earnest
manner in no uncertain words. The re-mains
were interred in the Moravian
cemetery. The funeral was an unusual-ly
sad one, made so owing to the circum-stances
under which the young man
passed away so suddenly.
A Murder in Penn Township
Horace Shaud Fatally Shot by Companion When He
Declared His Patriotism for America
Young Men's Business
Home
League Bought
The Young Men's Business League,
which, since its orgpnization less than
two years ago, has been quartered in
the rooms above Moyer's drug store,
has purchased a home. On Saturday
evening Mr. G. G. Diehm, the president
of the organization, closed a deal where-by
the league purchased the home of
Louisa Graver for $5500." Situated as it
is in the very center of the town, this
building will make an ideal home for
this progressive organization which num-bers
60 members, including many of the
town's leading citizens. The league
will at once begin remodelling the resi-dence
and when completed it will be one
of the finest of its kind to be found in a
town of this size. The deal was made
through Hershey & Gibbel, real estate
agents.
Among the Sick and Injured
John Helter, one of the town's well-known
business men, was operated upon
for internal troubles at the Lancaster
General hospital on Monday.
Mr. Harvey Herr, carpenter, is quite
ill with pneumonia and pleurisy.
Frank B. Bentz, proprietor of the
Brunnerville foundry, is serionsly ill at
his home at that place.
Mrs. Samuel Bare, residing on South
Broad street, who had been in ill health
since last November as the result of a
fall, and who was confined to bed for
many weeks, has recovered to such an
extent that she is able to be about the
house again. She requests the RECORD
to extend her heartfelt thanks to the
King's Daughters and the many neigh-bors
and friends who have so kindly re-membered
her.
Michael Adams, employed at W. H.
Muth & Co. 's coal and lumber yard, fell
off a coal shute on Wednesday morning
and injured himself in the spinal cord.
Death of Mary Blanche Risser
Mary Blanche Risser, daughter of
Elam H. and Mary (Eby) Risser, died at
the home of her parents, on North Cedar
street, this borough, on Tuesday even-ing
at 9.30 o'clock, aged 5 years, 5
month^ qijd 27 days. Death was caused
by a complication of diseases, with
which the child had been ailing for some
time, and had been confined to bed for
almost two weeks. Deceased was the
youngest of the family and besides the
parents, two sisters, Anna and Miriam,
and one brother, Martin, survive. The
funeral will be held from the home of
the parents on Saturday afternoon at
1.00 o'clock and in the Lititz Mennonite
church at 1.30 o'clock. Interment will
be in the Hess' meeting house cemetery,
east of town.
Mrs. Fanny Groff, of New Providence
Mrs. Fanny Groff, one of the best-known
women of the southern end of
the county, the widow of Adam Groff,
passed away at her home in New Pro-vidence
on Friday night, in her seventy-ninth
year. Death was caused by a
complication of diseases. Deceased was
familiarly known to a great circle of
friends as "Aunt Fanny," and through
her well-known hospitality and unfailing
good humor she was deeply endeared to
everyone. She was an occasional visitor
to her daughter in this borough. She
was the daughter of the late David
Mowrer and was born at Camargo. The
following children survive: Col. John M.
Groff, ex-District Attorney, of Lancas-ter;
Jefferson, master carpenter on the
Pennsylvania.Railroad located at Phila-delphia;
Mrs. Warren S. Buch, of Lititz,
and Mrs. Cora E. Hoffman, of Harris-burg.
She also leaves a brother, David
Mowrer, of Camargo, and a sister, Mrs.
Mary Groff, of the same place. The
funeral was held from the Mennonite
church at New Providence, of which the
deceased was a devout member, on
Tuesday afternoon, with interment in
the adjoining cemetery.
As a result of a heated argument
about the European war Lancaster
county is confronted with another mur-der
case. The tragedy occurred late
Saturday afternoon in the shed at Gray-bill's
meeting house near Elm, Penn
township. The victim is Horace Shaud,
whose death was caused by his being
shot in the neck by one Albert Wey
nacht. He succumbed to the wound at
the Lancaster General hospital on Tues
day evening at 6.30 o'clock. Weynacht
and Fred. Mann, the latter also one of
those in the argument, are lodged in the
county jail, while a fourth man, whose
name is unknown, but who is claimed to
have been present, is at large.
Possibly remembering that the day
was Lincoln's birthday, the four men,
all of whom might be called hoboes, al-though
they worked among farmers and
others, started to talk about Lincoln's
patriotic qualities and the like. This no
doubt led to their getting into an argu-ment
about the war. Weynacht is
claimed to have defended the allies while
Mann no doubt favored Germany.
Shaud, who was to be the main sufferer
a little while thereafter, did not take
much part in the argument. He walked
to the end of the shed and when he re-turned
said, "Well, America is good
enough for me." He had hardly uttered
the words, when Weynacht, apparently
enraged, pulled out a revolver and fired
at Shaud. His aim was true and the
bullet entered Shaud's neck, and Shaud
fell to the ground. Mann claims that
Weynacht then turned the revolver upon
him and fired four shots, but in this case
his aim was faulty, and none of the shots
intended to hit Mann took effect.
Leaving their comrade lying helpless
the three men hastily separated. Mann,
however, went to the home of Benjamin
Graybill nearby and notified Mr. Gray-bill
of the affair. They returned to the
scene of the shooting and the wounded
man was taken to the Graybill home.
Dr. Seiling, of White Oak, was called
but seeing that the case was a pretty
serious one ordered tpe man to be tak*.
en to the hospital. Dr. D. C. Martin
of this place was then summoned and
requested that they bring Shaud toward
Lititz and he would meet them on the
way. Accordingly Shaud was placed in
a vehicle and brought toward town.
When at the home of Henry H. Hershey,
a short distance west of the Lititz and
Lexington turnpike toll gate, the doc-tor
encountered the party with Shaud,
and there Dr. Martin gave first aid,
a f t e r which the man was brought to the
Park View hotel and later taken to the
hospital.
The local authorities were notified of
the shooting and Squire C. N. Derr in-terviewed
Shaud before he was taken
to Lancaster. The man was in a weak
ened condition but stated that he had
been shot by Weynacht after making
the remark that "America was good
enough for him." Saturday evening
Constable Allen Hacker and a few armed
citizens went to the vicinity of Elm and
found Weynacht quartered in Harry
Shreiner's barn. He did not resist being
arrested but claimed that he did not
shoot Shaud. No revolver was found on
his person at the time of his arrest.
The charge against him was felonious
shooting. On Sunday morning Mann
was also arrested, he being found in the
shed of Jonas Hartman's hotel, and he
was brought to the local lockup. Later
in the day Constable Hacker took both
men to the county jail. At that time it
was not known by the authorities that
a fourth man was in the party and con
sequently he had plenty of time to make
a get away from the locality. The man
is claimed to be of small stature and
well advanced in years. It is believed
that he passed through town in an east-erly
direction. AH efforts will now be
made to apprehend him.
Shaud was in a precarious condition.
The bullet entered his neck to the right
of the center and is believed to be im-bedded
near the vertebrae. Almost his
entire body was paralyzed and his
chances for recovery were far from
bright.
Shaud was well known by many of
our residents. A year or more ago he
was employed at the local gas plant as a
watchman. He is about 60 years of age
and his home is said to be in Lancaster,
but like Weynacht and Mann is a victim
of the wanderlust.
Now that Shaud has succumbed to the
wound the charge against Weynacht
has been changed from felonious shoot-ing
to manslaughter and murder. Un-less
the unknown man is taken into cus-tody
Mann will be the only witness.
Weynacht, who denied shooting Shaud
when he was arrested, later confessed
to Assistant District Attorney S. V.
Hosterman. He claims that he acted in
self-defense as the other men threatened
to break his neck. Weynacht also claims
that he fired but one shot and that
simply to frighten the other men away
from him. But the fact that Shaud was
possibly 20 feet from Weynacht when
he was shot does not seem to substan-tiate
Weynacht's story. All of the men
were under the influence of liquor when
the shooting took place. Weynacht will
likely be given a hearing early part of
TRAVELERS HEAR AND FAR
A COLUMN TO KEEP YOU IN TOUC
WITH OLD AND NEW NAMES
The Whereabouts of Your and Our
Friends as Thev Move To and Fro.
next week.
Aged Pair Die from Illness of Grippe
Following his wife in death after a
bereavement of but two days, Henry
Landis, a well-known resident of Owl
Hill, Warwick township, died at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. Henry
Adams, at Ephrata, on Sunday morning.
Both were victims of the grip. Mrs.
Landis suffered for over a week, and
passed away on Friday evening at her
daughter's home, at the age of eighty.
The husband, who was eighty-four years
of age, also suffered from grip and was
blind. Mr. Landis was a butcher and
had lived at Owl Hill until he took up
his residence with his daughter last fall.
Both were members of the United Zion's
Children church, and are survived by
the following children: Mary, wife of
Samuel Bahmer, Altoona; Laura, wife
of Henry Adams, Ephrata; Emma, wife
of Reuben Fry, Rothsville; John, Lititz;
Christian, Brunnerville; Henry, Mill-
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Birthdays
Mr. Tobias D. Martin, residing on
Front street, will celebrate his 79th
birthday on Saturday. How active and
well preserved he is for one of that age
Here's to your continued good heath and
many more years, Tobe.
Mr. Frederick Kling, a Spruce street
resident, on Saturday becomes 83 years
of age. Mr, Kling goes out of doors
very little, but appreciates visits from
his many friends.
Mr. E. L. Garber, of "Purity" ice
cream fame, became 52 years of age last
Friday and celebrated the event by being
busy as usual.
Mr. P. B. Bucher, a resident of our
borough for a good many years, reached
the 61st milestone of his travel through
life last Saturday. At any rate he is a
good traveler and can tell you a whole
lot about it.
The editor of t h e RECORD celebrated
his birthday yesterday. In honor of the
occasion he was the recipient of a large
bunch of pretty snap dragons of many
tints from his friends Mr. and Mrs. C.
S. Loeffler, and also a dozen pink car-nations
from a friend, which of course
we appreciate. We believe in flowers
for the living and advocate it.
He Did Well, Indeed
Rev. E. G. Diehm, of Juniata College,
who was ordained as a minister of the
Church of the Brethren some months
ago, delivered his initial sermon at this
place on Sunday evening, when he occu-pied
the pulpit of St. Paul's Lutheran
church. A large audience was present
to hear Rev. Diehm and it is a safe as-sertion
that never before did a young
man starting out in the ministry make
a more favorable impression on his hear-ers.
Rev. Diehm spoke oi) "The Un-seen
Powers" and the manner in which
he portrayed the greatest of all unseen
powers, the love of Jesus Christ, held
the audience spell-bound. The young
man has gained honors as an orator in
the past, and we predict many added
laurels for him in the greatest of all
earthly vocations—the ministry of Jesus
Christ.
What the Hens are Doing
Emanuel Hall, a Spruce street resi-dent,
has 16 chickens. The other week
they laid 74 eggs and last week 68.
Very good indeed.
Ralph Downey, residing on East Main
street, has a Plymouth Rock hen that
was certainly working overtime last
week. On four successive days the hen
laid double-yoked eggs. An unusual
feat, indeed.
If all hens performed their duty as the
White Leghorn flock of Thomas Steffy,
residing on. North Broad street, eggs
would probably sell at the rate of about
a cent each. During the pastfour weeks
Mr. Steffy's flock of 127 hens laid on an
average of 42 dozens per week. Ap-parently
Mr. Steffy knows how to mix
chicken mash as well as concrete.
Lititz Borough's Share is $21.80
Lititz borough will get $21.80 fire in-surance
tax, according to the auditor
general's tabulation of the returns of
the state tax on fire insurance prem-iums
written by foreign companies do-ing
business in this state. One half of
the tax imposed on these foreign com-panies
by the state is retured to the dis-tricts
where it was collected and this
borough's share is the above-mentioned
amount. The amount returned to the
entire county is $2,448.31, of which some
of the northern end boroughs receive the
following: Manheim, $55.23; Ephrata,
19.01; Akron, $4.45; Denver, $9.48.
Warwick Combination Sale
The inclemency of the weather did not
seem to have any effect on the combina-tion
sale at the Warwick house on Sat-urday
afternoon. There was a good
variety of articles for sale and the buy-ers
were also there in goodly numbers.
Among the articles put under the ham-mer
was a lot of merchandise from a
party in Lebanon county. Suckling pigs
brought $1.85 each and shotes sold at
from $3.50 to $7.50. Two geese were
disposed of at $1.30 each. Choice white
potatoes brought 80 and 88 cents a
bushel and culls sold at from 45 to 54
cents for the same quantity.
Mrs. Minnie Badorf spent a week in
Philadelphia and Media.
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Ditzler spent Sat-urday
and Sunday at Lebanon.
Rev. E. S. Hagen and wife spent sev
eral days this week in New York city.
Mr. Hiram E. Steinmetz of Ephrata
was a caller a t t h e RECORD office a f ew
days ago.
Mrs. Harvey Buffenmoyer spent from
Friday to Sunday with her sister at
Ephrata.
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Dommy of Lan-caster
were Sunday visitors with Lititz
relatives.
Miss Gladys Thome has gone to Spring-field,
Mass., to spend several weeks
with friends.
Mr. D. A. Cohick, employed at Naz-areth,
spent Saturday and Sunday here
with his family.
Mrs. Joseph Dreifus has gone to Phil-adelphia
to spend about two weeks with
her many friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Badorf, of Eph-rata,
were the guests of his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. John Badorf, on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Julius Keller, of South
Bethlehem, spent a few days in town
with her mother, Mrs. Mary A. Ditzler.
Mrs. Morris McCloud and two children
and Miss Carrie McCloud spent Saturday
and Sunday at Brownstown and Eph-rata.
Mr. William Sturgis, of Tatamy,
Penna., spent several days in town with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Horace E.
Sturgis.
Ray, Tirzah and Ruth, children of
Rev. F. A. Weicksel, spent Sunday with
their brother Donald Weicksel at Green-field
station.
Mrs. Elmer Snyder and son, and Mrs.
Newton Morley and son, of Reading,
were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Walter
H. Buch on Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Sturgis spent
from Saturday to Tuesday at Highspire
with their daughter and husband, Mr.
and Mrs. E. R; Möhler.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Wentworth and
two children, of West Lawn, Berks
county, spent Sunday here with his
father, John Wentworth.
Mr. Albert O. Sturgis and son Bert,
Mrs. J. O. Sturgis, of Nazareth, came
here to attend the funeral of Henry E.
Sturgis last Sunday.
Clayton Rudy is spending some time
at Schaefferstown conducting the butch-ering
business for his brother Elmer,
during the latter's illness due to appendi-citis.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Bassler, of Chi-cago,
111., visited Lititz relatives and
friends last week. Mr. Bassler is
linotype operator on an adless daily
newspaper.
Miss Gertrude Kilgore, of Woodbine,
York county, was the guest of Miss
Mary Hagen Saturday and Sunday. She
was graduated from Linden Hall in the
class of 1915.
Mrs. Wm. Wise and two children, of
Red Lion, York county, spent a week
here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Martin Bisker. Mr. Wise was also here
over Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob L. Grosh have re-turned
from a two months' visit with
Mr. and Mrs. David Grosh in Kansas
City, Missouri. Mr. Grosh is prominent
in musical circles in Kansas City, as
director of the David Grosh Institute of
Vocal Art and conductor of the Kansas
City Oratorio and Choral Society. While
there Mr. and Mrs. Grosh heard a per-formance
of Handel's "Messiah" by the
above-mentioned society, which was
pronounced by musical critics as the best
of its kind ever given there.
WELL-KNOWN CITIZEN 50 YEARS OLD
Frank E. Schnerer Will Have Open House
in Honor of the Event on Friday Eve-ning
Mr. Frank E. Schnerer, one of Lititz
borough's highly respected and progres-sive
citizens, on Friday, February 18th,
will celebrate his fiftieth birthday anni-versary.
Mr. Schnerer was born February 18,
1866, in Clay township, about one-half
mile southeast of the village of Clay,
his parents, Edward and Rebecca O.
Schnerer (nee Elser), at that time re-siding
on the farm known as "Elser's
saw mill." When Frank was five years
old his parents moved to what was then
FRANK E. SCHNERER
known as the " Johannes Elser " farm,
also in Clay township, at the present
time occupied by Zach Forry. In 1878
his father bought the Schnerer home-stead,
in the village of Brickerville, in
Elizabeth township, and thither they
moved in March, 1879, where the youth
grew up to manhood, in the meantime
assisting his father on the farm.
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BEAUTIFUL WINTER WEATHER
Auto Truck Moving from Philadelphia
Levi Yerger made a trip to Philadel-phia
with his auto truck this week,
where he secured the furniture of Mr.
and Mrs. Allen Roth and brought it to
Lititz. Mr. Roth is a native Lititz boy,
but was employed in the Quaker city for
many years. He has secured a position
in the office of Stiffel & Freeman indus-try
and moved into Jacob Bomberger's
house on Lincoln avenue. Mr. Yerger
l e f t here on Monday night and returned
with the furniture on Tuesday night.
He made good time enroute and reports
the roads being in good condition.
Ice Dealers Happy
No doubt all of our icemen are sure
of at least a partial crop this winter.
The cold snap this week has made it
possible for the Spring Lake Ice Co. to
begin harvesting on their dam near Owl
Hill and fine ice between 6 and 7 inches
is being housed. The Gochenauers have
about 6 inches on their dam southeast of
Kissel Hill and may begin cutting the
latter part of the week.
Ice, Sun and Snow Form Pretty Pictures
While Skating and Sleighing Furnish
Sport
Following in the wake of an almost
Constant rain on Saturday this section
this week again experienced a siege of
genuine winter weather. The rain turn-ed
to snow sometime during Sunday
morning and by daybreak the ground
was covered with snow, which continu-ed
throughout the morning and part of
the afternoon until several inches of
the beautiful covered terra firma. The
winter scene which was apparent on
every hand on Sunday and Monday was
glorious. Everywhere boughs of trees
were covered with a crystal-like coat of
ice and the sun and moon shining there-on
made a glittering picture that defies
description. Wires were also heavily
laden, but fortunately little or no dam-age
occurred as there was no high wind
prevalent. Some limbs of trees could
not withstand the weight of the elements
and broke off and a good-sized tree on
the Spring grounds was uprooted.
Some of the coldest weather of the
winter prevailed Monday and Tuesday.
On both of these mornings the thermom-eter
registered near zero, although it
moderated considerably as the sun ap-peared
higher in the • skies. A coat of
ice of sufficient thickness to allow skat-ing
again formed on the dams and the
skaters have been out in force, some of
them going to Zartman's dam near Lex-ington
in Yerger's auto truck in the eve-nings.
The rain which fell and froze
made an ideal foundation for sleighing
and enough snow fell to make good
sleighing and coasting. The children
have been taking advantage of the coast-ing
and many sleighs have been out for
the first time this winter. A few
sleighing parties passed through town.
If a few inches more of snow would
have fallen it would have made the best
sleighing in years.
Funeral of Christian B. Gochnauer
The funeral of Christian B. Gochnauer,
a well-known implement dealer of this
place, whose death occurred on last
Thursday morning, an account of which
appeared in our last week's issue, was
held on Monday afternoon. Services
were conducted at the house by Rev.
George D. Clarke, followed by services
in St. Paul's Lutheran church, of which
deceased was a devout member. Rev.
Clarke was assisted at the church by
Rev. George Diffenderfer, of Carlisle, a
very intimate friend of the deceased.
Interment was in the Machpelah ceme-tery.
The corpse was attired in a suit
of black and rested in a beautiful solid
walnut casket with silver bar handles
and name plate. The bearers were
Messrs. W. M. Amer, C. B. Dussinger,
C. Wal. Souders, Frank Marks, Michael
Bear, Charles Landis. There were
numerous beautiful floral tributes and
the funeral was very largely attended.
The family extend their heartfelt
thanks to all for their kindnesses during
Mr. Gochenour's illness and after his.
death.