Lititz Record

              An Independent Family Newspaper, Devoted to Literature, Agriculture, Local and General Intelligence.
VOL. XXXVI LITITZ PA., THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 13,1913. NO. 22
Gllli OF U tVENTS
HAPPENINGS ABOUT TBE TOWN AND
VICINITY.
Short and Snappy Paragraphs of Inter-est
to Every Reader.
A child's new rubber shoe, No. 7, was
found and awaits the loser at B. B. Lea-man's
store.
Mr. and Mrs. John Hartranft, of
Warwick announce the arrival of a baby
boy on Tuesday.
While playing with one of her chil-dren
Mrs. Frank Runk struck a chair
and broke her nose.
Mrs. John Carvel of Warwick was op-erated
on for internal trouble at the
Lancaster General Hospital last week.
Lincoln Gable of Warwick found a
gold cuff link bearing the letter " S " on
Sunday which he will gladly return to
the owner.
A Mothers Association meeting will
be held at the home of Mrs. Sara Jen-kins
on Thursday of next week at 2
P. M. All mothers invited.
Seven candidates will be initiated into
the mysteries of the second and third
degree of Lititz Castle No. 19 A. O. K,
of M. C. on Saturday evening.
Miss Ada Schnerer taught the Web-ster
School in Elizabeth township sever-al
days this week, owing to Miss Pifer,
the regular teacher, being indisposed.
Frank Foltz sprained his ankle while
playing basket ball in the Linden Hall
gymnasium on Tuesday evening. Dr. J.
L. Hertz rendered the necessary medi-cal
attention.
Harry Neidermyer, residing on Front
street, is in possession of a fur collar-ette
which was left in the St. James
Lutheran church a few weeks, and can
be recovered by the owner.
The Nazareth Item has the following
about a former Lititz lady : Miss Clara
Fry, of Nazareth, will next week leave
for Connecticut where she accepted a
position in a sanitarium.
Frank G. Buch, living on Locust st.,
who butchers for farmers and others
hereabouts, up to Monday killed and
dressed 100 hogs this winter. He is on
the job almost every day.
Graybill G. Diehm, W. E. Fasnacht
and Harry Workman on Sunday walked
to Penryn, Overlook and Hull's hotel
above Mount Hope, where they took
dinner and again footed it home. They
covered about twenty-five miles.
Three local boy scouts, Ray Schott,
Ernest Souders and Herbert Weitzel,
walked to Bismarck, Lebanon county,
on Sunday, where they remained until
Monday, when they returned on foot.
John Douple, a farmer residing in
Manheim township about a mile south-west
of Kissel Hill, was very unfortu-nate
last week, losing two horses by
death which he purchased recently. A
third one is in a precarious condition.
There will be a special lot of household
goods, including bedroom suites, side-boards
and the like, all in first class con-dition,
offered for sale at the Warwick
House bazaar on Saturday. Also a lot
of suits for boys from 6 to 15 years old,
hats, caps, harness and blankets.
The output of the Kinports cigar fac-tories
located at Ephrata, Schoeneck,
Hopeland, Rothsville, Reinhold's and
Lititz for 1912 was 60,000,000 cigars.
These factories employ about 1000 hands
and are operated for the United States
Cigar Manufacturers' Company.
Monday night's session of Lititz Lodge
No. 1050 I. O. O. F. was largely attend-ed
and the first degree was conferred.
Prospects are bright for a number' of
new members. A fine luncheon was
served after the session on Monday.
The cold wave of last week caused
sufficient ice to form on the dams to fur-nish
skating and many young folks of
town journeyed to Zartman's dam near
Lexington on Saturday and Sunday to
indulge in the sport. The ice was in
fine condition for this healthful recrea-tion.
At the local market last Saturday eggs
sold at 22 cents a dozen, butter at 34
cents a pound. Dressed chickens were
greatly in demand and although they
were quite plentiful they were soon
taken at the usual prices. Fresh pork,
sausages and scrapple also found a ready
sale.
There will be fewer farms changing
hands this spring than for many years.
The reason given is that there are more
contented farmers today than there
have been for years past. Farming is
beginning to pay better. They know
more about their business than they
formerly did and are conducting their
farms on scientific plans, making them
more profitable.
—Carnations for Valentine. We have
some fine ones. J. W. Bruckart & Son,
Lititz. Ind. phone.
Mrs. Rafala Kauffman, who is ill at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. Agnes
Adams, on Locust street, hereby thanks
the King's Daughters for the filled bas-ket
which they sent her.
Mrs. Luzetta Lehn, residing on Front
street, Warwick, was overcome by an
attack of vertigo on Saturday evening,
She was found lying on the floor by Miss
Annie Furlow, who resides with her.
Dr. J . L. Hertz attends. Mrs. Lehn is
82 years of age.
Ths organ recital in the Moravian
church by Prof. J. Fred. Wolle, of Beth-lehem,
which was to have been given on
February 4, but had to be postponed
owing to the churches being closed by
the Board of Health, will be given on
Tuesday evening of next week. No
doubt a large audience will be present
ro hear this noted musician.
Friday will be St. Valentine's Day
and of course it will be generally observ-ed
by the younger folks, who will ex-change
anonymous communications,
some consisting of appropriate verses
while others will be of an amusing and
comic variety. St. Valentine's Day
has been observed in England, Scotland
and France since the fifteenth century
and was introduced into this country at
lan early date.
Prof. Herbert H. Beck, of Franklin
and Marshall College, Lancaster, deliv-ered
a talk on- "Birds" to a large num-ber
of Sunday-school boys of Lancaster
in the Martin Auditorium in that city On
Tuesday evening. Prof. Beck, who is a
son of Mr. A. R. Beck of this place, is
an eminent authority on bird lore, hav-ing
made it a study since childhood.
A trolley car leaving Lancaster for
this place jumped the track near the
stock yards on Wednesday. Mrs. John
Baum ,of Rome, who was a passenger,
was thrown from her seat against the
seat in front and was considerably
bruised. The affair also brought on an
attack of heart trouble after the lady
had reached home and she was in a pre-carious
condition for several hours.
II
RECEIVED THEIR LAST SOMMONS,
'Squire Reidenbach Was 77
A. B. Reidenbach, one of the oldest
Justices of the Peace for time of ser-vice
in this county, celebrated his sev-enty-
seventh birthday last Sunday, and
as customary most of the children and
grandchildren to a great extent flocked
homeward to help make the day an
eventful one. Those present were:
Elmer Reidenbach, Philadelphia; Mrs.
T. A. Milchsack and daughter, Pauline,
of Bethlehem; Mrs. Gideon Kahl and
daughters, Clara and Helen, of Lan-caster;
Harry and family and Miss
Mary, of this borough, and also Miss
Robins Warner, of Pittsburg. A tur-key
dinner was served with all the
trimmings to it, of course, which all
enjoyed, from the youngest to the oldest,
especially because Mother Reidenbach
prepared it. Mr. Reidenbach received
numerous presents and post cards from
near and far.
Carpenter's Leg Broken
Emanuel Hall, the well known car-penter
and builder, of this place, met
with a serious mishap last Friday
morning, as a result of which he sus-tained
a compound fracture of the left
leg above the ankle. Mr. Hall and his
men were moving a frame structure on
the farm of Graybill Minnich, south-west
of town, when the blocking upon
which a log rested slipped and the
heavy timber fell on Hall's leg, break-ing
both bones. He was taken into
Mr. Minnich's home and Dr. J. C.
Brobst was summoned and reduced the
fracture, after which the unfortunate
man was conveyed to his home. He
suffered much pain for a few days but
is doing well. Last summer Mr. Hall
had his arm fractured while working
on the Kissel-Manor farm, south of
town.
Preparing for Fourth of July.
The committee having in charge the
arrangements for the music for this
year's Fourth of July at the Spring
grounds is already at work, and al-though
nothing definite has been decid-ed,
it is an assured fact that the musical
attraction will be one out of the ordi-nary.
The famous Allentown band has
written the committee and would like to
appear here. Ciricillos's Italian band,
at present at Cleveland, Ohio, and which
appeared here on the Chautauqua pro-gram
last summer, would also like to
play in Lititz again and the committee
has opened negotiations with it.
The Ban Removed.
A special meeting of the Board of
Health was held on Wednesday at 8 P.
M., when it was decided to release the
churches, Sunday-schools, public schools
and the public places of amusement
from the restrictions placed upon them
because of the prevelance of diphtheria,
to take effect on Thursday at 6 P. M.
The Board of health requests that the
people be strict with quarantine rules,
so as to prevent any occasion which
v oald call forth similar restrictions.
Well-Known Carpenter and Builder Dead
Samuel Habecker, who was well-known
throughout this section as a
master carpenter and builder, died at
his home at Brunnerville on Friday
morning, February 7, at 2 o'clock, from
a complication of ailments. His age
was 73 years, 1 month and 21 days. He
was a son of the late Joseph Habecker
and was born at Pine Hill, Warwick
township, but lived at Brunnerville the
greater part of his lifetime. He learned
the carpenter trade and became an ex-pert
mechanic as a builder, having erect-ed
many buildings in this section, the
chocolate factory buildings having been
erected under his supervision. His
work was always good and substantial
and hence his reputation spread and he
always had plenty to do. He was a man
of few woi ds, and his character and re-spect
stood high among his fellow citi-zens.
Mr. Habecker was a member of
the U. B. church, at Brunnerville. Be-sides
his wife, he is survived by the fol-lowing
children: Samuel, of Brunner-ville,
and John, of Parsons. He is also
survived by the following brothers and
sisters: Anna, wife of John Werner, of
Ephrata; Catharine, wife of Martin
Wolf, of Lincoln; Abram, of Lancaster;
Isaac, of Abilene, Kans.; Susannah, of
Pine Hill; Joseph, of Dallas, Texas.
The funeral was held on Monday morn-ing,
at 9 o'clock, with services at the
Brunnerville church, and interment in
the adjoining cemetery. Revs. B. M.
Breneman and Jonas Hess officiated.
John W. Liltz.
The death of John W. Lutz occurred
at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
Phares Malschnee, on Spruce street,
this borough, on Saturday afternoon at
3.20 o'clock, following an illness of sev-eral
months with heart trouble. He
was confined to bed a week. His age
was 68 years, 11 months and 4 days.
Mr. Lutz was born in Warwick town-ship
and was a lifelong resident of this
locality, being a farmer by occupation.
On November 29, 1864 he was united in
marriage to Elizabeth Rettew, who died
in June 1908. Six children were born
to the couple, of whom but one survives,
Mary, wife of Mr. Malschnee. Four
grandchildren also survive. Deceased
resided with his daughter the past year,
prior to which he resided at Lancaster
for a period of five years, where he was
employed as elevator man in Watt &
Shand's store. The funeral was held
on Tuesday morning with services at
the home of his daughter and in the
Neffsville Lutheran church, of which
deceased was a member. Interment
was in the adjoining cemetery. Rev.
George D. Clarke officiated.
Death of Mrs. Martha Beckcr.
Mrs. Martha Becker, widow of Jacob
Becker, of Kissel Hill, died at her home
at Ephrata last Sunday morning, after
an illness of several weeks with ailments
accompanying old age. She was 83
years, 8 months and 19 days old. Her
maiden name was Stehman and she was
a sister to the late Jacob M. Stehman
of Lititz, and was born at Kissel Hill:
After her husband's death she resided
in this borough for a number of years.
Removing from here to near Lincoln,
she served as housekeeper for the late
Samuel Nissley until his death, when
she removed to Ephrata. She was a
member of the Mennonite Church. The
following sons survive: Matthias, Frank
and Hiram, of Ephrata; Alpheus, of
Lancaster, and John, Manheim. The
funeral was held on Wednesday from
her late residence, services being strict-ly
private, and at the Mennonite Church,
Ephrata. Interment was made in Hess'
Cemetery near Lititz.
Guy L. Farlow.
Guy L. Farlow died at the home of his
parents,. Eben and Mary Farlow, at
Hopeland, on Saturday night, from
tuberculosis, aged 20 years. He was a
member of the United Brethren church.
Besides his parents, he is survived by
the following brothers and sisters: Paul,
Ira, John, Lewis and Martha, all at
home. The funeral was held on Thurs-day
morning at 10 o'clock, and later at
the Hopeland U. B. church, with inter-ment
in the adjoining cemetery.
Death of a Child.
Albert, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob
Fry, residing near Erb's lime kilns in
Penn township, died on Sunday from
acute paralysis of the bowels, aged 6
years. The funeral took place Tuesday
at Longenecker's meeting house, where
interment was made.
Harvey E. Wanner.
Harvey E. Wanner, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Samel Wanner, former residents
of West Earl township, died at the home
of his brother-in-law, Simon E. Eberly,
in Ephrata on Sunday, aged 34 years
and 26 days, death being due to a com-plication
of diseases. Besides his par-ents
there survive two brothers and one
sister—Jacob, residing near the Sunny
Side school house, Clay township ; Sam-uel
of Diamond Station, and Mrs. Simon
E. Eberly, of Ephrata. The funeral
was held from the Eberly home Wednes-day,
with services in the Mennonite
church, at Ephrata, by Bishop Benja-min
Weaver, Rev. Noah Mack and Rev.
Benjamin Wenger. Interment was
made in the cemetery adjoining Metz-ler's
meeting house in West Earl town-township.
Shipping Many Rat Traps Recom-mended
by Government.
The O. C. L. trap factory at this
place is receiving and filling large orders
at present for a new style of rat trap,
known as the "Official Rat Catchers
Trap." It has been recommended by
government officials as the best rat-des-troying
device on the market. Realiz-ing
the great damage wrought by the
rodents each year, as well as many
cases of diseases which are caused by
the carrying of poisonous germs by the
rats, the government some time ago
started an inquiry among the scientists
of the world as to the best means to ex-terminate
the rodents. It was given
out quite a long while before the inquiry
was started that Uncle Sam was in the
market for a model rat trap which he
might recommend as meeting all re-quirements.
The number and variety
of rat traps received from all over the
world was quite surprising. There were
many thousands of people who thought
they had solved the problem, but after
a thorough study of the models submit-ted,
Uncle Sam finally decided on only
one, which is the trap now being made
at the local factory. Naturally there is
a great demand for them from all parts
of the country and requests for samples
of the traps have been received from
foreign countries. A mouse trap of the
saine design will also be placed on the
market by the O. C. L. in a short time.
Musical Treat Coming.
The third number of the Linden Hall
star course will be given in the gymna-sium
on Saturday evening. The Fisher
Shipp Concert Company will be the at-traction.
It consists of three young
ladies and Mr. Lloyd A. Loar, and comes
very highly, recommended, and should
be greeted by a crowded house.
In the Fisher Shipp Company the
management has combined the two
prime essentials of a popular Lyceum
organization, high standard of individu-ality
and perfect concerted work in the
ensemble features which form a large
part of their program. Their program
is of great variety, no two numbers on
it being alike. A large part of their
program is owned by the company, and
can be given by no other organization.
In addition to the vocal solos and duets,
instrumental solos and duets, readings,
and the musical numbers in which the
whole company appears, the program
includes several sketches which have
been a great success in the past six
years of the company's existence.
Better Accommodations; Not Worse.
LANCASTER, F e b r u a r y 8, 1913.
Mr. J. Frank Buch, Lititz, Pa.
Dear Sir : — We noticed in your paper
this week an item in reference to a
change of the trolley schedule on the Lit-itz
line. Your information that we were
contemplating a change is correct, but
instead of giving you an hour and a half
service we have been figuring on a forty-five
minute service, so that the car
would not lay over in Lititz each trip for
one-half hour, but would be running and
giving our patrons in Lititz better ser-vice.
Yours very truly,
C. EDGAR TITZEL,
General M'gr Conestoga Traction Co.
LOCAL RESIDENTS GOING TO OTHER
PLACES.
Accepts Position in Altoona.
Mr. Guy D. Bomberger, son of Mr.
D. H. Bomberger, of Elizabeth town-ship,
who recently was employed at
the Baldwin locomotive works, Phila-delphia,
has accepted a position with
the chemistry laboratories of the Penn-sylvania
Railroad Company at Altoona.
He entered upon his new duties on Mon-day.
The young man is a graduate of
Franklin and Marshall college and will
undoubtedly fill his new position with
distinction.
Unclaimed Letters.
Letters addressed to Mrs. Fred. Ecla,
Miss Marie Hoover, Miss Ella Landis,
Mrs. Lizzie Rock, Mr. Amos Hostettor,
Mr. Paris Hostettor, Mr. W. O. Sprech-er
(2), Mr. J. B. Stephens, Meri Skulis
and Mr. Samuel Weidman remain un-called
for in the Lititz postoffice.
—Get prices on sugar at Doster's.
The Cold and Chilly Winter Blasts Do
Not Keep Everybody Indoors
Miss Irene Todd, of Lancaster, spent
Sunday in town.
Mr: and Mrs. Walter H. Buch spent
Sunday at Reading.
Rev. S. S. Daugherty of Elizabeth-town
spent last Friday in Lititz.
Miss Estella Grosh was at Reading
over Sunday visiting her sister.
Mr. Wilson F. Gibble made a business
trip to York on Sunday and Monday.
Miss Emma Amer is spending several
weeks among friends in Philadelphia.
Mr. John F. Hoover spent Tuesday at
at York with his aunt Mrs. Jacob Sener.
Mr. Stephen Kissinger spent Sunday
at the big pigeon farm at Campbell-town.
Mr. John Purdy spent last Friday and
Saturday in town as the guest of Wm.
M. Amer.
Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Loffleer were at
Lebanon over Sunday visiting relatives
and friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Stark and Mr.
and Mrs. Lewis Oehme spent Sunday at
Manheim.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Kline, of
Manheim, were among Lititz relatives
last Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ditzler spent
Sunday with Addison Harting and fam-ily
at Murrell.
Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Wertsch and
children spent Sunday visiting relatives
at Hopeland.
Mr. Norman Lacy, employed at At-lanta;,
Ga., is here visiting her mother,
Mrs.i Ella Lacy.
Mrs. Harry Dissinger, of Campbell-town,
is visiting her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. E. C. Ritchie.
Mr. Willis Marks, of Reading, spent
Sunday here with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Marks.
Miss Myra Brookmyer, a nurse in a
Philadelphia hospital, is visiting her
parents at this place.
Mr. Peter Kershner, of Reading, vis-ited
his cousin, Mrs. J. E. Keene, on
Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. Amanda Hornberger, who spent
over two months in Philadelphia, return-ed
to her home here on Sunday.
Mrs. George Butzer, residing on Cedar
street, attained her fiftieth milestone in
her journey through life on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Dommy of Lan-caster
spent Sunday here with her par-ents,
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob M. Baker.
Mr. J. Herbert Zook spent from Sat-urday
to Monday with his brother, Har-ry,
at Camp Hill, Cumberland county.
Misses Myrtle Gibble and Lillie Bu tzer
spent Wednesday at Neffsville with
their classmate Miss Susan Huber.
Rev. E. S. Hagen went to Nazareth
this morning to attend a meeting of the
Provincial Evangelistic Committee.
Mr. Ira Fickes and Miss Lillie Miller,
of Lancaster, were the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. John Mathers on Sunday.
Mrs. D. B. Flory and sister Miss Alice
Sturgis of Lancaster, visited their sis-ter
Mrs. Samuel Foltz last Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Whitman, of Phila-delphia,
spent from Monday to Wednes-day
in town with her grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Edwin Sturgis.
Mrs. J. V. Roth of Brunnerville spent
two days here this week with her son
Percy Furlow and wife and also with
some of her friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Phares Graybill and Mr.
Christian Stehman and family, of Lan-caster,
were the guests of Mr. and Mrs.
H. C. Seldomridge on Sunday.
Mr. Cyrus Miller, of Newaygo, Mich.,
was in Lititz last week. He came east
last month to see old friends and his
native home in Manheim borough. Mr.
Miller took home with him a goodly
supply of Ideal chocolates and Lititz
bretzels.
Western Visitors.
Messrs. Josephus Wallace and Benjamin
Shreiner arrived here last week from
Goshen, Ind., intending to spend several
weeks among relatives and old friends.
Mr. Wallace was born near Pleasant
View and he attended the Lexington
pike school. Mr. Shreiner was born in
Indiana but his ancestors are natiyes of
this county and this was his first visit
east. Of course Mr. Wallace is his
guide and is making it interesting for
his companion, as he can tell him all
about the people who lived in this sec-tion
when he lived here. Mr. Wallace
left for the west in 1865 but was here
a visit in 1895. He weighs 245 pounds
and gets around very lively. He has a
good memory and is an interesting con-versationalist.
NEW CHURCH OF BRETHREN DEDICATED
Longenecker's Meeting House, a Mile
West of Lititz, Opened For Wor-ship
on Sunday
The new house of worship of the
Church of the Brethren of the White
Oak district, known as Longenecker's
meeting house, situated about a mile
west of this place, and erected during
the past several months, was dedicated
on Sunday. Services were held in the
morning and evening and they were
very largely attended, the edifice being
filled almost to its capacity. In the
morning Rev. I. W. Taylor, of the
Neffsville Home, preached the sermon
and in the evening Elder Henry Groff,
of Bareville, preached. Both the dis-courses
were appropriate to the occa-sion
and were rendered in an impressive
manner. A number of other ministers
of the denomination were in attendance.
Services are being held every evening
this week by Rev. I. W. Taylor.
The new church is a fine brick struc-ture,
50x80 feet in size. While quite
plain, characteristic of the denomina-tion,
it is along the lines of the modern
edifices of the Church of the Brethren
and is comfortable and well adapted for
the needs of the congregation. A large
basement is fitted up with all the nec-essary
appliances for serving meals at
funerals and lovefeasts.
More Than 50 Persons to be Immersed
One of the largest baptismal ceremo-nies
ever held in this section by the
Church of the Brethren will take place
at Springville'tot of Lincoln,on Satur-day,
when more than fifty persons who
recently professed their^raith at the ser-vices
held at the Middle . ^ e e k meeting
house, will be baptized by immersion.
The service will start shortly a f t e r the
noon hour ahd will no doubt be witness-ed
by a large number of people. ' Revs.
John Schlosser, Abram Royer, David
Snader, and L. B. Longenecker will of-ficiate.
Good Hcrse Sale.
John D. Bair, of Blue Ball, held an-other
big horse sale at the Warwick
House sale stables on Tuesday after-noon.
Despite the inclement weather a
large crowd of men attended and sixty-four
horses and mules were disposed of
for a total price of $9160, or an average
of $143 per head. The highest price
realized was $181 for a nice bay carriage
horse. W. G. Stanton, of Swedsboro,
N. J., bought quite a number of the
horses. From all appearances Lititz is
gaining some of its former reputation
as a horse market, due to the untiring
efforts of Mr. Bair, who is doing all in
his power to establish a good trade here.
There will likely be another sale here in
a few weeks.
Another Good Crowd at Fair
Despite rumors about town that the
base ball fair would not be held in the
band hall last Saturday evening, the
fair was well attended and various
handsome articles were disposed of.
Prospects are also bright for a good
crowd being present this Saturday ev-ening.
Hackman's orchestra again
furnished the music last week and at
the request of many patrons the man-agement
has engaged the services of
this popular organization for each night
the fair is held. They play all the
latest popular music and are doing
much to make the fair a success.
Good Bowling.
Floyd Stark and Emory Wagner
broke this season's bowling record for
the Linden Hall alleys last Thursday
evening, when the former scored 204
and the latter 203 points. Prior to this
201 was the season's record and there
were also several bowlers who scored
200. Stark and Wagner both bowled
fine in the five games played during the
eyening, Stark averaging 169 pins and
Wagner 172 for the five games, which
is a record for the alleys. Norman
Badorf continued to hold the record of
the alleys with a score of 234, made last
season.
Interest in the sport continues and
there are four clubs at it weekly. Pros-pects
are bright for a league being
formed next season, which would be an
incentive for the bowlers to do their
best work.
Prospects for Ice are Brighter.
The cold wave of the past ten days or
more has caused ice to form on all the
dams in this locality, and chances for
the icemen harvesting a crop of the ice,
which a few weeks ago were decidedly
discouraging, have become exceedingly
bright. At present the ice is from 5 to
6 inches thick, according to the location
of the dams. The ice is of good quality,
but should be a few inches thicker, al-though
some few ice houses are being
filled by those who fear warmer weather
and consequently a melting of the ice.
The temperature continues around 20,
and a cold wave of a few days would
give the ice the desired thickness.