Lititz Record

              Vol. LVIII LITITZ, PA. THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1935 No, 36
Lutheran Synod
Opens Here Monday
200 Ministers And Laymen
Expected To Attend Four-
Day Sessions In St. Paul's
LUTHERAN SYNOD TO MEET HERE
'Two hundred and more1 ministers
' and lay delegates of the Lutheran
Church will come here Monday for
the 94th annual convention of the
East Pennsylvania Synod in St.
Paul's Lutheran Church. The ses-sions
will conclude on Thursday.
Simultaneous with the meetings
here, the Ministerium of the Lu-theran
Church will convene in At-lantic
City. The Ministerium is
composed of churches in mid- and
Western Pennsylvania, and the
East Penn Syn-od of churches in
Eastern Pennsylvania, Southern
New Jersey and Delaware.
The most important item of busi-ness
for each Will be the vote on
the proposed merger of the two
bodies which split 96 years ago in
Lancaster. A unified report on the
merger, which has been adapted by
the executive committees of both,
ill be preisentd for adoption or re-jection.
If adopted, the merger
would not become effective for
about three years, or until suffici-ent
time has elapsed for each of
12 stated conditions to be fulfilled.
Business .sessions will occupy the
days of the sessions, . and special
church services will be held each
evening. Monday evening there
will foe communion for the dele-gates;
Tuesday evening will be ob-served
as Brotherhood night, and
Wednesday will be the evening for
the ordination service. The senior
choir of St. Paul's will render spe-cial
music at each service.
Delegates will, be entertained in
the homes of members of the local
congregation ahd will be served
lunch and dinner in the churdh
basement by the women of the.
church. -
St. Paul's was host to the Synod
ten years ago and the 1986 ses-sion
was invited here to mark the
^Oth ¡anniversary of the local
- church and the 10th anniversary
of the ordination of the pastor, the
Rev. J. Harold Mumper.
Flower Expert To Speak
A. O. Rasmussen, State College
extension ornamental hornicultur-
•,st, will speak on flower culture apd
¡home beautification, showing slides,
at the local Fire Hall, next Wed-nesday
evening, May 22, at 7:30
o'cl&k, Standard Time. The So-ciety
of Farm Women, No. 1, is
sponsoring the lecture, which is
open to the, public.
TAX NOTICE
T. Stevens Grnsh, Tax Collector,
will sit to receive the County and
Personal Tax at the following
places from 2 to 8 P. M.: Wagner's
Store, May 17; Warwick House,
May 18; Five Points Store, Miay
24. And from 8 A. M. to 8 P. M.
at the Park View Cigar Store, May
°5. All taxes paid on or before
„une 1, 5% abatement will be
allowed.
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St. Paul's
Lutheran
Church,
Broad and
Orange
Streets
REV. J. HAROLD MUMPER,
Pastor of Church Entertaining
94th Annual Meeting of Synod.
Radio Tryouts Scheduled For
Local Park On Memorial Day
Cash prizes will be given in a
gigantic Radio tryout and musical
competition, to be held in the Park
on Memorial Day, which will be
open to Bands, Glee Clubs, Quar-tettes,
Sextettes and Individuals, it
was announced yesterday by the
Lititz Spring's Park Committee.
The affair, the first of its kind
ever to be held in this secitijn, will
be operated under the direction, of
Radio Station W'KJ'C, of Lancaster,
and all contestants, desiring to com-pete
are requested to get in touch
with the Lancaster Broadcasting
Office at an early date.
A rain date of June 1 has been
announced by the Committee. The
activities will get underway at 2
o'clock and continue until 10 that
evening with an intermission at the
supper hour.
Postpone "Wedding" Until *
Next Thursday Evening
The fashion revue and Tom
Thumb wedding that were schedu-led
for this evening in the auditor-ium
of the new Sunday School
building of the Moravian Church,
under the sponsorship of the
Mothers' Clulb and the Beginner's
Department, has -been postponed to
May 23 at 8 o'clock at the same
place. All are welcome to attend.
Visits Parents
Earl Kauffman, son of Mr. and
Mrs. C. S. Kauffman, of W. Lemon
Street, a student at Albright Col-lege,
spent Sunday at the home of
his parents. He came here after
a trip with the College Glee Club
to .Rochester, N. Y.
Work Will Start
Today On New
Shoe Co. Factory
Ground will be broken this, morn-ing
for the basement of the modern
shoe factory to be erected by the
Badorf Shoe Company o.n West
Lincoln Avenue. W. H. Mutih &
Co. have received the contract for
the work. The building will be
completed as soion as possible.
The Company acquired a 200-
foot tract o.n W. Lincoln Avenue
from T. I. Bru'baker, of Philadel-phia,
owner of the land last week.
Plans call for a building 160 by
50 feet; of brick construction, and
one story and a basement the full
length and width of the building.
The building will be thoroughly
modern and will house all opera-tions
of the company in the manu-facure
of infants' shoes.
Grocers Attend Convention
Barton L. Sharp, local grocer,
delegate of the Lancaster Whole-sale
Grocery Company, attended
the 39th annual convention of the
Pen-na. Retail Grocers Association
which convened in Williamsport on
Monday. B. M. Leama'n,-local gro-cer,
Mrs. Leaman and family at-tended
the convention Monday and
Tuesday, also.
.Chicken and Waffle Supper, Fire.
Hall, Sat., May 18, 4:30 P. M. by
Pasitor's Bible Class of Trinity E.
C. Church. Chicken corn soup for
sale at 11 A. M. Cakes, Pies, Ice
Cream and Candy. Benefit of'Build-ing
Fund.
Juniors Entertain Seniors
At Annual Spring Prom
The Junior class of Lititz High
School will entertain the Senior
class at a banquet and dance to-morrow
evening at the General
Sutter.
The following committees have
been .named by Marcus Hartranft,
president of the third-year class:
Talbles — Arlene Demrny, Mary
Meillinger, Winifred Sceaffer, Mor-ris
Rosenberg and Henry S'hissler;
Entertainment —• Riojbert Hackman,
Robert Ganjgwer, Mildred Young
and Ruth Smith; Invitations' :—
Kathryn . Peiffer, Helen Bruce,
James Yerger and Daniel Painter.
A1 Gable's orchestra will play for
dancing following the banquet.
Ninth Grade Wins Trophy
As Youth Week Closes
Presentation of the Youth Week
trophy to the Freshman clasls. àt
the weekly assembly period of the
local high school ended the annual
affair sponsored by the Rotary
Club.
Each year the cup is relinquished
by the winner of the year previous
and the class earning the highest
number of points in the current
week is awarded the cup upon
which the winning class' name has
been engraved. During the inter-vening
year the cup holds the
principal position in. the trophy
case, which stands in the first floor
corridor. The Freshmen compiled
a score of 148. Members of the
Sophomore class wo,n. second place
with 136 points, and the 8th grade
placed third with 128 points.
The public speaking, vocal and
instrumental contests of last Mon-day
and Tuesday nights were as
well attended as in former years.,
but the Open House this year is
said to have eclipsed that of last
year in attendance, when an. esti-mated
crowd of 1500 passed thro-ugh
the building to see the exhi-bits.
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The complete list of winners for
the week's activities are as follows:
Home Economics: clothing, 7th
grade, towels, Mary Sue Brubaker,
Mary Zug, Ethel .S'tark; laundry
bags, Jean. Moyer, Louise Bear, Vi-olet
Keaith; slips., Mary Zug, Jean
Moyer, Jacqueline Hall; print dres-ses,
Ruth Habecker; Alice Snyder,
Mary Zug; grades 9-12: pajamas,
Viola Evans, Mildred Einck, Esther
Zartman; short costumes, Anna
May Good, Margaret Snyder, Janet
Garman; underwear, Dorothy Sei-bert,
Jane Dietrich, Beatrice
Keath; sports dresses, Dorothy
Seîbert, Winifred Becker, Ruth
Hollings, lace dress, special atten-tion,
Mildred Enck.
Renovated Garments: Esther
Heagy, Margaret Snyder, Clara
La,ne; wool suits, Margaret Posey,
Rulth iSteffy, Rachel Hackman;
wool dresses, Dorothy Seilbert, Ar-lene
Hiesitand, Grace Diehm; knit-ted
coats, Marion Rannels, Eliza-beth
Maharg; knitted suits, Mild-red
Lefever, Mary Mellinger, Grace
Diehm; knitted accessories, Jean
Sheaffer, Mildred Enck, Dorothy
Seilbert.
Foods, baking powder buseuits,
Arlene Nolt, Margaret Counts»
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Warwick Seniors
To Hear Sermon
Rev. Home To Address Class
In Rothsville School Sunday;
Moravian Choir To Sing
Baccalaureate services will be
held Sunday evening ait 7:30 o'clock
Standard Time, in the Rotihsville
High' School auditorium for 23
seniors who will graduate from the
Warwick Township High School,
next Friday, May 24.
The Rev. Byron K. Home, pastor
of the Lititz Moravian, Church, will
deliver the serrawgi to ¡the seniors,
entitled, "The Highway of Life,"
The senior choir, of the local
Church under the direction of Vic-tor
Wagner, will render the follow-ing
anthems: "Hallelujah Chorus,"
by Handel; "The Lord Is My
Strength," "Sun of My Soul" and
"Repent Ye." The Moravian Sun-day
School orchestra will render
several selections.
The graduating class is com-posed
of the following: Willis. Car-veil,
Raymond Bueher, Jacob Bush-onig,
Warren Bushong, Henry
Burkholder, Helen Erib, Howard
Erfo, Russell Erfo, Jaimes Hess, Ar-thur
Hyle, Jane Kistler, Ira Lan-dis,
Amos Maxtin, Mary Mentzer,
Anna Minnich, Katihryn Mummert,
Elva Oberholtzer, Lester Rettew,
Wanda Snyder, Aaron Stiomer, Vir-ginia
Stungis, Edward J. Vogeler,
Jr., and Harold Young.
¡Class Night exercises will be
held on May 23, Commencement an
May 24 and the annual Alumni
banquet on May 25. The clasis will
leave June 3 for a three-day trip
to Washington, D. C., and other
points of interest.
All-Lititz Organizes
The All-Lititz Softball team has.
organized for the coming season.
Walter H. Birkemfoine, local sports-man,
will manage the club. Vari-ous
attractions will be booked for
Thursday evenings with some of
the leading teams in this section.
The Lutz field will again be used as
the home diamond. Any teams,
desiring gaimes are asked to write
Mr. Birkenfbine at 122 New Street,
Lititz, or Phone Lititz 209R, after
5:30 in the evening.
Amos Yerger is the new heavy-weight
champ at the postofftce, ac-cording
to the boys there.
Miss Lambert, head of the New
York Herald-Triibune Fresh Air
Fund, which each year sends child-ren
from the crowded tenements
into the country or to camps, vis-ited
us the other day on an ad-vance
trip around the territory she
covers with her '585,000 children.
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