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Vol. XLII Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa., Thursday, February 15, 1940 No. 22
lO-Ft. Snow Drifts Block Traffic To Lititz
Po litically * *
^Presidential Politics
*G. O. P. Test Coming
*War Orders
Presidential politics is moving
into a period of decision: out of a
period of nebulous argument and
trial balloon flying. Decisions will
determine which individuals are to
contest for the right to lead this
Nation between 1941 and 1945.
First real battiegronijd will be
in the Middle West—Illinois and
Wisconsin. Decision of Taft is to
avoid an open test of popular
strength; of Dewey and Vanden-berg
is to fight it out, first in
Wisconsin. Decision of Roosevelt
is to close no dooTs; of Garner is
to try to block a third term.
The prospect is this:
In the Democratic Party: Roose_
velt controls and can control up
tfo and through the Chicago con-vention.
GarneT is the only open
opposition is in the flight primarily
to check a third term; is active
in many States; but is making
little real progress. MoNufct,
Wheeler, Farley, Hull—even Gar-ner—
are effectively checked so
long as Roosevelt can keep in the
race. Point to watch: President
must by February 24 either permit
use of his name as a delegate
seeker in Illinois or deny use of
his name and trust to a "draft-
Roosevelt" move. Probability is
that Roosevelt will not choose to
seek delegates. He can have them
anyway.
Odds at the moment favor the
view that Roosevelt is determined
to name the Democratic candidate;
is not yet determined that there
should be a thiTd term try.
In the Republican Party: First
real test «f strength will oome
April 2 when Vandenberg and
Dewey contest for favor of Illi-nois
voters. IBoth Dewey and Van-denberg
are preparing to ibattle
for popular support. Taft is more
content to gather delegates quietly
without contest. Point to remem-ber:
Many primaries are advisory
only; many delegations are chos-en
by political leaders, not by
voters. 'Present situation r Taft
has most delegates; Dewey most
popular backing; Vandenberg most
support of national politicians.
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Concern Pays
Cost of Fish
Killed Here
New Dean
WCTU Here
Makes Study
Of Marihuana
The W. C. T. U. met at the home
of Miss A. V. Grosh on Monday
afternoon with the president pre-siding.
(Reports were given on
the "'ten by ten" teas which were
held several weeks ago. The -of-ferings
received at the teas will
be given to the Willard Centenary
Fund. The subject of the after-noon
program was ''Medical
Temperance" which included a
study "Mafihuana" the drug which
is so rampant today. A tribute to
Abraham Lincoln was also read.
Plans were made for the Annual
Silver Tea which will be held-.<,i&
the United Brethren Social, *oom
on Thursday afternoon, 'Pbb. 29th.
Memhers "of the Missionary Socie-ties
of town will be guests of the
Union at this tea. Mrs. J. C.
Light, Mrs. M. C. Demmy and Mrs.
Lily Zook were appointed as a
committee to plan for this event.
Tentative plans were also made
for the Annual Dues meeting
which will be held early in March.
Any one wishing to pay dues now
may do so by contacting any ac-tive
member of the W. C. T. U.
Accident Declared Un-avoidable;
State to Re-stock
Other Streams
An unavoidable accident such as
would not occur again for yeans
was described this week as the
cause for the killing of several
thousand fish in the Lititz creek,
in an investigation which was
concluded here Tuesday.
At the same time, heads of a
local industrial concern made a
voluntary contribution of $100 to
the state to be used for the pur-pose
of re-stocking fish in streams
in this vicinity.
That the Lititz creek probably
will not be re-stocked because of
its being a more or less polluted
stream from which fish caught
could not be eaten but that fish
will be placed by the state in oth-er
nearby streams which are in a
better condition, was predicted
here this week by Abe Hershey,
secretary of the Lititz Sportsmen's
Association, which acted only in
the capacity of an interested by-stander
in the local incident last
week.
According to Horace A. Pyle,
state fish warden for Lancaster,
Chester and Delaware counties,
the pollution occurred when the
driver of an oil tank incorrectly
judged the capacity of a tank he
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REV. HORTÎE ATTENDS
MEETING
The Rev. Byron K. Home at-tended
the semi-annual meeting
of the Trustees of the Moravian
College on Thursday afternoon in
Bethlehem. Dr. E. S. Hagen and
Mr. Home also attended a meet-ing
of the Eastern District Exe-cutive
Board of the Moravian
church Thursday evening.
Unusual Valentines
At Camera Club
Dr. Stevenson W. Fletcher, acting
lean and acting director of the
School of Agriculture and Experi-ment
Station of the Pennsylvania
State College, has been named dean
aid director by action of the Col-ege's
board of trustees. Dr. Fletcher
las been acting head since the re-tirement
of Dean Ralph L. Watts on
January 1, 1939. Dean Fletcher was
previously vice dean and director of
research and has been a member of
the Penn State faculty since 1916.
He is a graduate of Massachusetts
Agricultural College and received
the degrees of master of science and
doctor of philosophy from Cornell
University.
Local Church
Will Give Aid
To Finnish
Something new and different in
the way of valentines was being
offered to the public this week by
members of the Lititz Springs
Camera Club. In the large win-dow
of the club you can see on
display informal (very) portraits
of club members, each, enclosed in
a bright red heart.
The idea was conceived and exe-cuted
by two members who, for
the safety of their own necks,
prefer to remain anonymous.
Don't Miss the Legion Auxiliary
Card Party Tonight
Sportsmen
To Nominate
Here Monday
Will Hold Ox Roast In Fire
House Thursday,
April 18
Plans for the annual ox roast of
the Lititz Sportsmen's Association
will be completed here at the an-nual
meeting to be held Monday
in the Lititz Fire House at 8 P.
M., Abe Hershey, secretary, an-nounced
today.
The ox roast will be held at the
fire house Thursday, April 18, and
will be featured by one of the
most ambitious programs ever at-tempted
by the local sporbsmn.
The program will include motion
pictures and a number of well-known
speakers.
The committee in charge of the
ox roast includes Christ Koehler,
Ralph Walters, Charies Hollinger,
William "fe. Eshleman and James
Derr.
In the annual nomination of of-ficers
which will be held during
Monday evening's meeting, Elmer
Bomberger, who has served as
president of the sportsmen's asso-ciation
for the past several years,
in all probability will be re-
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—Home-made Sausage, -25c lb.;
Beefsteak, 30c lb.; Hamburg, 19c
Ib.; Frankfurts, 25c Ib.; Whole
Chucks, 19c and 20c lb.; Home-made
pudding 20c. LUTZ—Phone
Ä03-R. We Deliver. adv.
Pennsylania Dutch Fescht
To Be Bigger Than Ever
With local Dutch devotees still
chuckling over the fun they had
at the first annual Pennsylvania,
Dutch Fescht last/year, plaits -were
launched this we|k for an even
,$¡£¿61' ' gèl^ogether of Pennsyl-vania
Dutch to be held in Lancas-ter
on April 19.
Rev. Byron K. Home, pastor of
the Moravian church, who played
such an active part in getting the
movement organized last year,
again wae named chairman at a
preliminary meeting held in the
Lancaster Y. M. C. A. Monday
evening.
Other officers appointed to help
plan the Fescht were as follows:
John L. Bowman, Denver, secre-tary-
treasurer. Other of the "Len-geschter
Kountie Fescht Kommit-tee"
attending were Silas E. Bard,
Denver; Alvin B. Eberly, Ephrata;
William E. Glasmire, Bareville;
Prof. Daniel W. Geist, Blue Ball;
Dr. Edwin M. Hartman, ¡Lancas-ter;
Forrest V. Heckman, Lancas-
C. S. Zartman Display
Large «Collection of
Lincoln Pictures
Members of St. Paul's Lutheran
Church will contribute on the
next three Sundays to the Finnish
Relief Fund now being raised by
the United Lutheran Church in
America. It is hoped to collect
$500,000 in Lutheran Churches all
over this country by Easter.
The Lutheran Church is appeal-ing
for the fund because nearly
all the people of Finland are mem-bers
of that denomination. The
money is to be used for medical
supplies, food, clothing and other
things to relieve war suffering.
In St. Paul's Church, the col-lection
will toe received in offering
plates placed at the doors when
the services dismiss.
Dozens of Motorists Stranded
In Snow-Closed Rural Roads
Furnishes Home
With Dimes
Saving dimes in a small pig
bank has often been the (butt of
good natured jokee—but this week
Mrs. Walter Hassler, of Reinholds,
proved conclusively just (how im-portant
this type of thrift is.
Delivering a set of furniture to
the Hassler home this week,
Christ Nissley, proprietor of
the Lititz Furniture Company,
scratched his head in wonderment
when Mrs. Hassler paid him the
total cost of $110 in dimes which
she has saved in the past year.
"I was glad I thad the truck
along to bring the money back
with," Mr. Nissley explained.
Fills Tooth
To Fiji Program
When local Rotarians had to
call off a scheduled birthday par-ty
Tuesday evening because those
to be honored were unable to at-tend,
Dr. Charles A. Landis, Jr.,
stepped in to the breach and did
the first thing that came to his
mind—filled a tooth.
The birthday party had been
planned for Charles Keith, who
had previously planned a trip to
Hershey, and Eli Garber, who is
enjoying a tour of South America.
Informed of this shortly before
the meeting, Dr. (Landis carted
some of his equipment with him.
With members of the club
grouped about him ihe presented
an interesting demonstration of
the many steps required in mak-ing
a gold inlay. That the un-usual
demonstration proved inter-esting
was evident by the many
questions asked at the conclusion.
Lititz Faces
Columbia Here
Tomorrow
Bakery Truck
Is Looted
ter; Rev. Ralph W. Schlo&ser,
Elizabethtown^ and. SwttAiel Y.
WJsflerf Ephfatl:
Plan Typical Dinner
The occasion will include a
typical Pennsylvania Dutch din-ner,
and a program of music and
talks in the dialect. Favors rep-resenting
Pennsylvania Dutch lore
will be given.
The committees appointed Mon-day
night by Rev. Home are as
follows: Program Kommittee,
Samuel Wissler chairman; Dr. E.
M. Hartman, William E. Glasmire,
Harry Ruhl, Jr., and Rev. Home.
Frescht Ivversicht Kommittee
(general dinner): Rev. Home,
chairman; Dr. R. W. SchlosseT,
Dr. T. A. Alspach, Rev. W. R.
Knerr, Rev. Roy Forney, Rev. W.
S. Brendle and John L. Bowman.
Blatz un Ess Kommittee (place
and dinner): Rev. Alspach, chair-man,
Dr. !P. M. Hartoold, Jonathan
B. Fisher, Harry Ruhl, Jr., Dr. E.
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Twin Bill
Reports First
Casualty
C. of C. Benefit Is Arous-ing
Much Interest
Among Fans
The big double-header basket-ball
game between four local or-ganizations
to be held next Thurs-day
evening as a Chamber of
Commerce benefit already has
claimed its first casualty.
Following preliminary practises
this week, Dr. Charles A. Landis
Jr., lightning-forward of (be Liutz
Rotary team, emerged limping
badly with a sprained ankle. At
tile same time, Ben Forrest, man-ager
for the Rotary team, issued"
a call among..clubs^members for
volunteers, candidly admitting that
he will have to have at least 16
players in order to get through
the tussle without any serious
mishaps.
All in all, the double-header
already promises the people of
Lititz a brand of basketball ther
have never before witnessed. The
first game will ;be between the
Rotarians and the Chamber of
Commerce and will start at 7.30
P. M. promptly. The second game
will be between the Lititz Fire-men
and the Lititz Sportsmen.
The High School band will be
on hand to give the affair a bit o£
added color in addition to a
added color in addition to
a wrestling exhibition between
games. Local wrestlers will meet
wrestlers from the Manheim Bor-ough
High School.
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Plenty of Action Promised
As Team Keys Itself
For Victory
By OUT BOMBERftER
Record-Express Sport» Editor
Local basketball fans are prom-ised
plenty of action tomorrow
night when the (Lititz High bas-ketball
team faces Columbia on
the local floor. The J-V's will
play the initial game, starting at
7:15.
At present, Lititz is in second
place while the river borougih lads
occupy third place. Columbia has
performed some important upsets
in Section No. 2 League this sea-son,
and local fans expect a close
battle between the two teams.
Coach Eugene Deohert's squad
received a blow last Thursday
when Charles Brown received a
broken ankle during practice. The
forward's injury will keep him
benched for the remainder of the
season.
The Lancaster Catholic High
basketball team avenged a prev-ious
25-27 defeat at the hands of
the locals when it defeated the
Red and Black, 29-22, last Tues-day.
The defeat marked the sev-enth
varsity lose this season.
The Purplte and Gold put th
pressure on the Lititz varsity out-fit
in the second and fourth quar-ters,
allowing the locals only two
points in each of those periods,
Robert Baehman with nine points
and Bob Haines with seven points
were high Lititz scorers.
As usual, the J-V's came
through in fine style to nip their
opponent by eking out a 24-22
victory over the Catholic J-V's.
Richard Stark and Elwood Zug
paced, the victors with nine and
six points respectively.
Last Friday night Coach Dech-ert's
team managed to hold a two
point lead in the last few minutes
to humble Quarryville, 35-33.
What was thought to be a push-
All County Schools Closed
Dozens of Minor Ac-cidents
Reported
Whipped by a wind of gale-like
proportions, the heaviest snow of
the winter had completely blocked
traffic here this morning, all ¡but
isolating ¡Lititz from the outer
world.
When snow stopped falling last
night at midnight, almost 24
hours after it began, 15 inches of
snow had been whipped and wind-beaten
into drifts which in seve-ral
sections of the borough reach-ed
four and five feet in heighth.
Dozens of minor accidents oc-curred
inside and outside the ¡bor-ough
throughout Wednesday af-ternoon
amd evening although mo-torists,
blinded by the blowing
snow, drove so slowly that more
serious mishaps were avoided.
Mailmen completed their courses
only with difficulty and included
one casualty. Harry Hacker,
(South Cedar Street, carrier along
Route Four, after getting stuck in
the snow several times, got caught
in a deep drift at New Road Hill.
In attempting to get out, the rear
end of his car gave way and he
had to summon nearby garagemen
to tow his machine away.
Late Wednesday afternoon prac-tically
every country road leading
into Lititz was rapidly closing to
trafiic. County schools all had
dismissed at noon and at that,
buses reported difficulties in get
ting the children home.
All rural schools in this section
and throughout most of the state
were closed this morning as bus
drivers made no attempt to get
through drifts which ranged as
high as ten feet in many sections.
M. C. Demmy, supervising princi-pal
of the borough schools, re-ported
that attendance was very
poor but that classes will be held.
"We are marking all present
who get here any time today but
we are not concerned about at-tendance
on a day such as this,"
Mr. Demmy declared. "We just
had no way to tell the 'boys and
girls to stay home—and those who
waded through the drifts get
here seem to have enjoyed the ex-perience."
Early this morning not a single
bus had succeeded in getting
through from Lancaster with ser-vice
disrupted shortly after mid-night.
Drifts at Kissel Hill tow-ered
ten feet above the highway
lanes although snow plows prom-
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Young boys were blamed this
week for the looting of a bread
truck owned by iLeroy Pfautz and
stored in the garage at the rear of
his home on East Main Street.
According to Chief of Police
Clarence Kreider, someone (broke
into the garage and removed cakes
and pies from the truck some time
during last Monday night. Goods
stolen were valued at approxi-mately
$2.50.
Hensel Lauds
Firemen Here
For Efforts
Don't Miss the Legion Auxiliary
Card Party Tonight.
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Druggist Recovers From
Illness Which Kept Him
Bedfast Since Blaze
That a month or more will be
required to completely renovate
and *re-stock the Hensel Drug
store, badly damaged when swept
by fire more than two weeks ago,
was declared this week by Curtis
Hensel.
Recovering from an illness
which he contracted prior to the
fire, Mr. Hensel was not able to be
about until Sunday when he view-ed
the destruction of Ms store for
the first time. At the «time of the
fire, he and members of his family
were forced to flee to t he home of
a neighbor.
No sooner had he l<eft his bed
than Mr. Hensel warmly praised
the work of local fliremen who
risked their own lives tto enter the
burning store knowing that a
large quantity of chemicals were
stored in the basement within a
few feet of where the fire origi-nated.
Mr. Hensel today wias complet-ing
plans for completely refurn-ishing
his shelves. Although much
of the merchandise is in as good a
condition as originally, cartons
and labels were turned black by
the dense clouds of simoke which
poured from the building.
The building is ownekl by Dr. W.
S. Regar, of Ephrata.. Work of
renovating and improving the
building was expected to get un-derway
here early next week.
"AELEND UND
HENSHING"
De ledscht wuch hov ich eich
fer'tsaelled fun'ra Fildelfii trip,
und sell wore wunnerbore shlim
ovver de wuch hov ich ebbes tsa
sawga dos fer'leicht net gons so
ba'dovverlich wore ower es wore
shlim ga'nuch hov ich ga'maent.
Des iss g'happent a'pore wucha
fer de Grish-Dawg grawd we es
onner, es iss scheins en Fraw doh
fun Lititz nuch'da shtodd gonga
fer nuch a'pore so glaeni socha
tsu kawfa eb de shtora tsu mocha
fer'de Fire-dawga. Now se hen,
mer g'sawt dos se ordlich im'a
huddel wore shunt wu se fum
haem iss, und se daart ni nuch
Lenkeschter cooma iss in dem
shpludder hut se de tseidt net
g'hot fer shtuppa fer era weksel
on'da shtora, Yar se iss fun shtore
tsu shtore gonga bis se sheer
gore nimmi lawfa hut kenna. Ov-ver
se hut gwist dos se nuch in
der Penny shtore gae mus eb se
fardich iss mit era'm kawferi, und
wu se daart ni gonga iss hut se
shunt de aeram so ful pock g'hot
dos se sheer net driwer nous
gooka hut kenna, und on'da sae-ma
tseidt hut se awe gore net
feel tseidt g'hot fer de Bus tsu
funga fer haem tsu gae. Wu se
in den shtore cooma iss und hat
siah darrioh oil de leidt >ga'drickt
g'hot und hut olles ga'kawft doa
se hut wella iss se uf em foos
rum ga'draed und g'shtaerd ter
de deer, yar daart iss es aelendt
ob gonga, de Mrs. Buch iss flat
grawdt daart im shtore uf der
budda he g'flooga und oil era sock
dos se ga'kawft g'hot hut iss in
olli direction nous g'flooga, de
fraw hut sieh now gore net wae
ga'du, net maener dos der windt
awennich ous'ra gshlogga g'hot
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Don't Miss the Legion Auxiliary
Card Party Tonight.
ARCHIE SHELLEY HURT
Archie Shelley, s•i xteen, a mem-ber
of the junior class, fell from
the flying rings in the school gym-nasium
on Monday afternoon to
the floor, a distance of approxi-mately
fifteen feet. (He received
head injuries and wa« attended by
Dr. P. W. Eyler who later remov-ed
him to the Lancaster General
Hospital.
Will Present Grade Musical
Here February 28 and 29
Seven To Take
I. 0. 0. F. Degree
The first degree will be con-ferred
upon a class of seven mem-bers
by the local lodge of Odd
Fellows Monday evening in the I.
O. 0. F. hall here. The seven
took their initiatory degree last
Monday evening.
A large number of local mem-bers
also are planning to attend
a banquet and rally of the Garden
Spot I. O. O. F. in Odd Fellows
Hall, West Chestnut Street, Lan-caster,
Saturday evening. W. Mar-tin
Hess, district deputy grand
master, is chairman of the com-mittee
making arrangements for
the local members.
"The Land of Dreams Come
True", an operetta in three acts
by Alan Grya M. Campbell, will
be given by Grades one to six on
Wednesday and Thursday even-ings,
February 28 and 29 at eight
o'clock.
Joseph Sheckard will be in
charge of the music and Eleanor
Fell and Marion Althouse will
coach, assisted by Vera Hoffman,
Mary Sturgis, Margaret Kofroth,
Elizabeth iHolenbach, Agnes Hen-sel,
Kathryn Gantz, Jeanette Shel-lenberger,
Marguerite Arntz, Mar-garet
Hess, Albert Ebbert, Marga-ret
Hower.
Characters: Betty, Nancy Lutz;
Peggy, Neadrith Stengel; Paul,
Gary Hanna; Bob, Allen Adair;
Mother Goose, Ruth Ann Hunter;
Old Woman, Gladys Stebman;
Contrary Mary, Phyllis Truchses;
Eib Peep, Geraldine Lehn; Jack
Horner, Lamar Sharp; Miss Muf-fett,
Betty Reed; Son John, Rich-ard
Fry; Queen of Hearts, Doris
Little; Jack, Roy Yosit; Jill, (Mary
Lou Yost; Nimble Jack, Kenneth
Steffy; Boy Blue, Jack Keehn;
Giant, Sidney Stormfeltz.
Playmates: First Girl, Phyllis
Miller; Second Girl, Necia Hack-man;
First Boy, Briuce Snavely;
Dorothy Shenk, James Johnson,
Charles Forrey.
Pixies: John Steffy, Carl Red-dig;
Carl Horn, Donald Coble;
Stanley Shoenberger, Harry Eshle-man;
Robert Halbl«ib, Norman
Sharp.
Rose Chorus, Grade 1: Betsy
iee Reynolds, Mary Jane Neff, Lois
Reedy.
Daisy Chorus, Grade II: Cynthia
Keener, June Risser , Joan Mus-ser,
Jean Hanna, Betty Lou Blaine,
Susanna Slosser, Janet Ruebman,
Virginia Ranok.
Blue-Bell Chorus: Nelda Bru-baker,
Joan Fasnach.t, Carol Ann
Horn, Jean Snyder, Ptesy Foltz,
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Lititz Chest
Pays $1000
To Hospitals
Community Nurse Maes
182 Visits During
Busy Month
Miss Edna Miller, the commun-ity
nurse, reported 182 nursing
visits made during the past
month, at the meeting of the
Community Chest Board held on
Tuesday evening in the Hershey
and Gibbel offices. Miss Mil'er
also held two well baby clinics.
The Board voted its first contri-bution
of one thousand dollars t*î
the County Welfare organization,
to be given to the Lancaster Gen-eral
Hospital, the St. Joseph Hos-pital,
the Rossmere Sanatorium
and the Red Cross.
iNine families were assisted dur-ing
the past month by the Board.
John Hershey, the president was
in charge and all the hoard mem-bers
attended, they included, M.
C. Demmy, James M. Moore, James
H. Breitigan, J. M. Leed, Elam
Risser, Miss Mary' Huebener, Mrs.
Frank Hunter and Mrs. Mary
Dengate.
Robert Hackman
On Concert Tour
Robert Hackman, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Hackman, South
Spruce st. a student at Lebanon
Valley College, accompanied the
combined Glee Clubs of the Col-lege
on a concert tour. They left
on Monday morning and will re-turn
in ten days. Among the
places visited are, Carlisle, Balti-more,
Washington, D. C., Waynes-boro
and Shippensburg.
Don't Miss the Legion Auxiliary
Card Party Tonight.