Lititz Record

              Vol. LYIII LITITZ, PA. THURSDAY, FEBRARY 14, 1935 No. 23
Auto Hits Engine;
Driver Escapes
Benj. Grosh Only Slightly In-jured
In Crash On Broad St.
Crossing; 2 Cars Collide
- Benjamin Grosh, of East Main
Street, had a rather narrow escape
fi-om serious injury Monday night
when he drove his car into an east-bound
freight locomotive at the
North Broad Street railroad cross-ing.
Fortunately neither he nor the
train were moving with any degree
of speed, or more of a story would
prdbalbly have been made to tell,
as it was, "however, Mr. Grosh, es-caped
with only cuts and bruises.
He was traveling south toward
the Square and upon approaching
the crossing slowed his speed when
he saw the lights blinking. Mr.
Grosh apparently failed to see
Chief-of-Police Kreider and 0. K.
Busbong waiving for him to stop,
for he continued on over the first
track at the crossing and ploughed
into the cow-catcher of the engine,
. smashing and twisting the front of
lis car, and bending the cow-catcher
of the engine and breaking
off a cast iron step.
Mr. Grosh was taken to the offi-ce
of Dr. D. C. Martin where his
wounds were taken care of, and he
then went into the station where
the report of the accident was
made out.
Observers believe that Mr. Grosh
failed to see the signals of the men
until he was nearly on the second
track, and that when he did see
them he stopped quickly. The em-ergency
brake was pulled tight on
the car,'indicating that the driver
did stop quickly, either when he
saw the motions of the men or the
locomotive.
Harold Murr had the front end
of his car badly smashed in an ac-cident
north of Manheim, on the
Manheim-iLititz road, near the Car-per
farm, Tuesday evening about
9:15 o'clock.
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Crazy Cast In Crazy Show,
a Who Wouldn't Be Crazy?
The Junior Class play, "Who
Wouldn't Be Crazy," called the
funniest arid most exciting ever to
be produced on the local High
School stage, will be presented to-nigiht
and tomorrow evenings at
8 o'clock.
The cast is as follows: Inmate
No. 1, Henry Shissler; Inmate No.
2, Kathryn Peiffer; Pluribus, Robt.
Gangwer; Pendie, Winifred Sheatf-fer;
Miss Lavelle, Rachelle Hack-man;
Mr. Hoggins, Lloyd Burk-hart;
Mr. Marshall, Marcus Hart-ranft;
Jack, alias "Speedy," Daniel
Painter; Lois Meredith, Arlyne
Demmy; Reggie Mortimer, Morris
Rosenberg; Beatrice, Ruth Smith;
Marjorie, Mildred Lefever; Janet,
Helen Bruce; Evelyn Winslow, Mil-dred
Young; Hardboiled McCaffer-ty,
Robert Hackman, and Edward
Gordon, Martin Moore.
The play centers about "Speedy"
Marshall, just out of college, who
has all the high-powered cars and
airplanes to play with at his com-mand.
While trying to evade a
traffic cop, he finds refuge in a
rest-cure sanitarium. His father,
president of the Board of Direc-tors
of the institution, decides to
let him stay there to be cured Of
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It has been said that a certain
teacher in the lower grades of the
Lititz school walked into Miss Eli-zabeth
Workman's first grade room
recently and admired some draw-ings
made by the pupils of that
grade.
"Those dog houses are pretty
good!" she said in all sincerity,
pointing to some pictures of Abra-ham
Lincoln's log cabin home.
Here's another one supplied by
cur school!
During the past cold spell the
goldfish and their bowls of water
in Mrs. Mary Longenecker's and
Miss Vera Hoffman's rooms froze
solid.
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Squire C. N. Derr Dies;
Weil-Known Man Was
Justice of Peace 44 Years
(Squire Charles N. Derr, 77,
Justice of the Peace here for the
past 44 years, died suddenly Mon-day
morning at 5:30 o'clock of
heart disease at his home on South
Cedar Street. Mr. Derr had not
been in good health for the past
two years. When he became ill on
Monday, Dr. J. L. Hertz was sum-moned,
but he expired before the
doctor arrived.
Educated in Rickert and Hepp's
Academy, he later taught in the
school and in Montour County. In
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Sportsmen To Elect
Officers Monday Night
The Lititz Sportsmen's Associa-tion
will elect officers for the com-ing
year at its annual meeting on
Monday night in the Park View
Hotel. The meeting will start
promptly at 8 o'clock.
Besides the election, other items
of important ¡business will be dis-cussed
and all memibers are urged
to be present.
Birthday Party Held
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Weitzel
entertained on Wednesday in hon-or
of their son, Richard, who was
eight years old. Those present in-cluded:
Fred Wagner, Kenneth
Frederick, Fred Howard, Donald
Sturgis, Fred Shenk, Ralph Dow-ney,
Howard Stengel, John Bear,
Larry Stauffier, Bruce Wike, Treva
Fraelich, Ann Weitzel and Hanna
Weitzel.
Refreshments were served and
games played. Prizes were won by
Larry Staufferr and John Bear.
New Homes Completed
The two new homes built on
Front Street, near Locust, by Cihas.
K. Keath, have beeai completed and
will be furnished and opened for
public, inspection next Friday eve-ning.
The pulblic is> invited to in-spect
them'.
Roast Beef Supper in Fire House
Saturday, Feb. 16, at 4:30, by the
Adult classes of Trinity Evan. S. S.
Vegetable soup sold at 11:30, noon.
Home made ice cream and candy,
pies and cakes.
Lititz High Basketball
Teams Play Loysville
Here Saturday Night
One of the largest crowds of the
current basketball season is expec-ted
to view Saturday night's games
in the school gym when Lititz High
School's varsity will play the fast
Tressler Orphans Home team, of
Loysville. The girls team of the
Home will play the preliminary
with the Lititz High girls, and this
game "will get underway at 7:30
o'clock.
This will be the fourth encounter
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High Scorers At Cards
The Lincoln's Birthday card
party conducted by the Sonis of
Veterans in the Legion Home on
Tuesday night was well patronized.
Winners in 500 were: Wm. F.
Klunk, Ed. L. Wissler, Mrs. Chas.
Broibst, Miss Teresa Klunk, Miss
Anna Weitzel and Mrs. Herbert
Weitzel; in Pinochle, James. Maize,
Mrs. Howard Weaver, Miss Daisy
Rosenberg, and Mrs. Mary Stokes.
Mrs. Leon Madlem won the door
prize.
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Hauptman Found Guilty
Bruno Richard Hauptman was
pronounced guilty of first degree
murder by the jury in the famous
Lindbergh kidnapping case last
night and will face the electric
chair on March 18th.
IacaiREWS Namcy Jane Stroible, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Stroble, of
South Broad Street, and Helen
Louise Heckel, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Heckel, of Lancaster,
were baptised by the Rev. Byron
K. Home in the Moravian Church
on Sunday afternoon.
Wayne G. Fahnestock has pur-chased
the 101-acre farm of Emma
Reist, ' of near Schaefferstown,
along the Hammer Creek, which he
will improve.
Mrs. Alice Flower, of town, is
one of two women in the - county,
native-bs.rn Americans, who will be
examined for final citizenship pa-pers
on March 1, in Lancaster
Court. Mrs. Fliower lost her citi-zenship
through a marriage to an
unnaturalized Englishman.
Mrs. Sdhuyler Hassler, of town,
left last week on an automobile
trip to North Carolina in company
with Mrs. George Hassler and
Clifton Hassler, of Quarryville.
Miss Dorothy Moyer, daughter
:f Dr. and Mrs. L. N. Moyer, was
one of three "Varsity Sweethearts"
who were guests of honor at thf
Varsity Club dance at Millersville
State Teachers College Saturday
evening.
Miss Elizabeth Gochnauer, of S.
Broad Street, who had been ill for
several days with a grippe condi-tion
is much improved.
Mrs. Mary Becbtel, Kissel Hill,
has returned from the Lancaster
General Hospital where she was
operated on for the removal of a
goiter and is improving.
Misses Mary and Sadie Hess, of
Lititz R. D. 4, spent Sunday eve-ning
with Misses Marian and Grace
Biemesderfer at Kissel Hill.
Mr. and Mrs. John Landis, of
Rettew's Mill, near Brunnerville,
have moved to Weidmansville.
Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Weit vis-ited
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Shilling
at Brickerville on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Neff, of E.
Main Street, entertained Mr. and
Mrs. John Adams, of Lititz R. D.
3, Saturday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Collins, of
Washington, D. C., spent the week-end
in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Nicholas Steely.
Community Chest
Gects Officers
E lam H. Risser Again Heads
Board For 1935; Reports
On Drive Are Read
W.C.T.U, Holds Willard Tea
To Mark Lincoln's Birthday
Mrs. M. C. Demmy, of Spruce
Street, entertained 51 members
and guests of the local W. C. T. U.
at a Francis Willard tea on Tues-day
afternoon. Mrs. Horace Grosh
and Mrs. Walter Light poured. The
refreshments were of a patriotic
keynote to observe the anniversary
of Lincoln's birthday.
An excellent program was pre-sented
in which the following took
part: Mrs. D. P. Longsdorf lead
the devotions; Mrs. Olie Kauffman
presented a reading on "Lincoln's
Prophecy"; "How Lincoln Signed
the Temperance Ple/lge," was told
by Mrs. Alice Fasnacht; two solo
numbers were sung by Mrs. J.
Harold Mumper, accompanied at
the piano by Mrs. J. K. Mathers.
The story of the statue of Francis
Willard was told by Mrs. Florence
Gibbel; a poem, "How Still She
Stands," was recited by Mrs. John
Möhler; Mrs. Raymond Dubs and
Mrs. John Möhler sang a vocal
duet "Press On"; Mis:s A. Virginia
Grosh explained the Frances Wil-lard.
Fund to which the local W,
C. T. U. gives $2 a year. Mrs
David Bricker and Mrs. J. K. Math-ers
played a piano duet.
Those present included: Mrs. J.
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Directors of the Lititz Commun-ity
Chest organized for the coming
year Thursday night at the Febru-ary
meeting in the Fire House.
Officers elected are Elam H. Ris-ser,
who was re-elected president;
Elmer Eiby, vice president, and
Miss Mary Huebener, re-elected
secretary. Alfred Douple was elec-ted
as treasurer. The other mem-bers
of the board are M. C. Dem-my,
Mrs. Wm. Moody, Mrs. Mary
Dengate, Norman Badorf and B.
M. Leaman.
Final returns of the drive for
funds for the Chest in November
were announced as $2,819.38, ex-ceeding
the goal which was $2,750.
The board voted to give $500 to the
Welfare Federation of Lancaster
to be divided between the two hos-pitals
and the Rossmere Sanitar-ium,
and to give $500 later when
pledges are collected.
Nursing visits numbering 135,
four ambulance calls, and two
bahy clinics constituted the report
of Miss Edna Miller, community
nurse. Other reports showed- 31
families drawing relief supplies
during the first week in February.
Lutheran Ladies Aid
To Give Play On Tuesday
"The Strike of the Ladies' Aid,"
a comedy, will be presented Tues-day
evening at 8 in the lower Sun-day
School room of St. Paul's Lu-theran
Church by the Ladies' Aid
Society of the cihurch.
At a old-fashioned quilting party
with the women gowned in dresses
of many years ago, the Ladies' Aid
decides to go on a strike to bring
their husbands to "time" to donate
funds toward the building of a new
Sunday School Chapel which they
claim is so much needed. Two
(hours of fun and amusement follow
their action. A silver offering will
be lifted.
Characters in the play are por-trayed
by Mrs. Albert Homiberger,
Margaret Souders, Mildred Rohrer,
Mrs. Guy Buch, Ruth Carper,
Grace Sesseman, Irene Hertzler,
Mary Summy, Mildred Gangwer,
Mariaji Kauffman, Betty Herr, Ev-elyn
Zimmerman, Erla Stultz, Mi-riam
Huiber, and°Elizabeth Maharg.
Mrs. J. F. Stoner is coaching the
play. _
Malta Party Saturday
Anotiher card party in the series
of the Knights. of Malta, of town,
will be held Saturday evening in
the Malta Temple. Door and score
prizes will be awarded.
The committee in charge is com-posed
of W. Martin Hess, chair-man,
Earl Singer, Charles Rapp,
Charles Hoff, Harry Stormfeltz and
Roy Weaver.
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