Lititz Record

              Vol. LVII LITITZ, PA. THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 16, 1984 No. 49
B-G Co. To Take On About
25 Employees At Start;
Machinery Installed
With the installation of machin-ery
underway, the B-G Shoe Com-pany,
newest industry here, ex-pects
to begin operations the early
part of next week. About 25 people
will be taken on at the start.
Machinery needed in the manu-facture
of children's shoes arrived
last week and this and found th>
former Reigel warehouse on Marion
Street remodeled and painted and
awaiting it. Factory men are at
work now setting- up this machin-ery
and the necessary electrical
equipment is also being installed.
Work will start in the cutting
department first and other employ-ees
will be added as needed.
When the building was being- re-modeled
for the shoe factory an
advertisement was inserted in the
columns of the RECORD for ap-plicants
for various jobs, and 135
made application for positions.
Upon learning of the large num-ber
of applications our first thou-ght
was: "Are there that many in
this community out of employ-ment."
We have learned since,
however, that most of those apply-ing
for positions either had work
here or were working elsewhere.
So the large number of applica-tions
was no criterion to go by in
estimating our unemployed.
Shows Large Corn Stalk
John Madlem found a very high
stalk among his corn and brought
it to The Handy Store of A1 Goch-enaur
where it was tied to a light
standard. It is fully as high as the
•standard and is one of the tallest
stalks seeen around here in years.
The corn is unusually tall this
year- because of the many rains we
have had. In most patches the
ears are head high on the stalks.
Phone Coin Box Stolen
The coin box from a pay station
telephone in the garage of the
Lititz Motor Sales, East Main St.,
was stolen Monday night. The thief
or thieves gained entrance through
a window, it is believed, and evi-dently
planned only to take the
coin box, as 3 packs of cigaretetes
was the only other loot. It is not
known how much money was in
the box.
Lititz Fire Co, Called
To Landis Valley Blaze
When sparks from a threshing
engine ignited a wheat stack at the
farm of John Lehman, of Landis
Valley, Tuesday afternoon, Lititz,
Neffsville and Eden fire companies
were called. The blaze was held
to the stack and there was little
damage.
The stack was in a corner
formed by the barn and a shed, and
had the fire gained headway, the
barn would have been doomed.
Men of the threshing crew and
neighbors fought the fire until the
fire companies arrived, and then
with chemicals ,forks, wet bags,
and hard work, the firemen finally
extinguished the last spark.
Stiirgis House Sale Set
The date for the public sale of
the Hotel Sturgis property on East
Main Street has been fixed for
Thursday, August 30. The sale was
ordered by the County Court of
Common Pleas when, recently, ob-jections
were filed at a hearing to
approve a private sale of the real
estate.
The liquidating Trustees of cer-tain
assets of the Lancaster Trust
Company had asked permission m
July 6 to sell the property to W. F.
Kneller, of Manheim, for $11,000.
Several other parties told the court
at the hearing that they would
give more for the property, so the
public sale was ordered when those
interested filed bonds to show that
they would bid at a public sale.
Two Drivers Held, Two Fined
Two automobile drivers were
arrested here Saturday and Sun-day,
and two others, who were ar-rested
previously, have paid fines
before Squire Sbissler,
Lester Shreiner, of R. D. 2, was
arrested Sunday night by Chief-of-
Poliee Kreider for passing another
car at an intersection, Simon B.
Hess, of Akron, was arrested Sat-urday
night by Constable Singley
for reckless driving. Both drivers
will have hearings before the
Squire.
Robert J. Weaver, of Bird-in-
Hand, paid a fine of $10 and costs
on a charge of speeding and Earl
Snyder paid a fine of $24 and costs
for speeding and improper use of
muffler.
Postponed Outing' Today
Having twice postponed its pic-nic
because of threatening weather,
the Sunlbeam Class of St, Paul's
Lutheran Sunday School will hold
a-corn roast this afternoon and eve-ning
rain or shine at Spring Lake
Park, one mile north of Bricker-ville
on Route 501, Lunch will be
provided for the members and
friends.
Mud Washed On Street
Residents of West Orange Street
are complaining of the mud that
has been washed into the street
from the new playground after thi
recent heavy rains we have had.
Last week a fire hose was used to
clean the street, but following the
rain of Sunday afternoon it was
as bad as ever again.
RECORD INDEX
Baseball Scores , . , . , , 4
Classified Ads . . . . . . . 5
"From the Past" , , . . 8
Church Page , . , . . , . , 7
"Let's Go Shopping". . 10
"Homemakers Column" 10
"News and Views
for the Farmer" . . . 11
Mr, and Mrs. Eugene Long and
family will spend from Sunday
until after Latoor Day at Wildwood,
N. J.
Joseph Sheekard left last night
for Atlantic City, N. J., where he
will spend a week's vacation.
Rosemary Rice, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Allan Rice, has returned
home after spending a week with
her aunt, Mrs. Charles Gardner at
Philadelphia. Mrs. Gardner and
daughter, Helen Mae, returned
with her and will spend a week in
Lititz.
Miss Alice Hastings, of Lancas-ter,
is visiting Miss Julia Habeeker
at the home of Mrs. Hettie Habee-ker
on South Broad Street.
Miss Ruth Heisey returned Sun-day
after spending two weeks at
Camp Mensch Mill, a Reformed
Church Camp, near Reading.
John L. Peiffer will spend a
week with his daughter, Mrs. Enos
Mumnra at Elizabethtown.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B. Wissler
and son, Richard, have returned
from a trip to the Thousand Is-lands
and are spending the balance
of the summer at the old Wissler
homestead near the Hammer Creek
Church.
Miss Grace Habeeker will leave
on Sunday for a month's visit with
relatives in ¡the State of Minne-sota.
Misses Ella and Halbert Grosh,
of Philadelphia, spent the week
wtih their cousin, Mrs. W. M.
Grube,
Miss Frances Allison, of West
Medford, Mass., is visiting Mr. and
Mrs. William Ladci and family, of
Second Avenue. Miss Allison is a
sister to Mrs. Ladd.
Mrs. Alice Bobst of Philadelphia,
who is vacationing at the General
Sutter Hotel, will leave at the end
of the week for Hendersonville, N.
C., to visit her son, Harry,
Mr. and Mrs. William B. Dun-woody
and family, of Llanerch,
spent Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs.
J. P. Dunwoody at the General
Sutter Hotel.
Mrs. Wililam Donner and son, of
Palmyra, are visiting Mrs. Don-ner's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Her-man
Helman, West Orange Street,
from Tuesday until Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Garman
spent the week-end in Atlantic
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Big 5c Days at LUTZ POOL—
Friday and Saturday. ad
Legion All Stars To
Play Denver Tomorrow
The Legion All Stars will play
the fast Denver team on the Lin-coln
Avenue field tomorrow night.
The visiting team will probably
present the best lineup of any out-side
team appearing here to date.
The game will start promptly at 6
o'clock.
The Honey Brook team, of the
Northern Chester County League,
defeated the All Stars, 6 to 3, on
Thursday night in a rather loose-ly
played game.
The visitors only collected five
hits off the twirling of "Don"
Dei by, but manufactured six runs,
ccmibined with three errors by the
home team. The locals could only
garner three runs from their nine
hits.
In the early innings, Reifsnyder,
Honey Brook second baseman, ran
into his own right fielder while
chasing a fly ball, breaking his
nose. He was taken to a local doc-tor
for treatment and returned
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Farmers Invited To Hear
Tobacco Marketing Plan
Farmers of Penn and other
townships are invited to attend a
meeting Tuesday evening at 7:30,
Standard Time, in the Doe Run
School, on the Lititz-Manheim Pike,
to learn details of the Government
Tobacco Marketing Plan.
Those familiar with the plan be-lieve
that it will benefit ail growers
to work together tinder it and have
their tobacco sold on its merits,
with the Government grading. The
meeting is important and all grow-ers
are urged to attend.
Board Discusses
Grass Seed To Be Sown On
Terraces To Prevent Wash;
Tree Planting Discussed
Legion Carnival Saturday
The second carnival of the sea-son
of the local Legion Post will
be held on Saturday night on the
field south of town on the Lititz
Pike. A big crowd is expected for
the affair, !and the Legion is pre-paring
to sell much of the good
eats they prepare for such events.
The entertainment. attraction
will be Tex and Hank's Cow%oys,
featuring two girl dancers, and
Cliff ¡Gray, de old hill billy, both
of whom are favorites with people
around here. All entertainment
will be amplified. The admission to
the carnival is 20 cents for adults,
children free. Parking will als'o be
free. Four gate prizes will be
awarded.
or avian Church
Building Cornerstone sunaay
The Moravian Congregation will
lay the cornerstone of the Sunday
School building now under con-struction
at services Sunday after-noon
at 2. The R,ev. Joseph Wein-land,
president of the Eastern Dis-trict
of the church, will be the
speaker and the Rev. Byron K.
Home, pastor of the church, will
be in csharge of the program.
Work on the structure, which
was begun May 14, is progressing
rapidly and all foundations are in
place and walls started, The build-ing
is being erected in the rear
and at right angles to the present
chapel, the historic "Brothers'
House", which dates back to and
was used as a hospital during the
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Discussion of the athletic field
on West Orange Street, which is
virtually completed, occupied most
of the time of the August meeting
of the Lititz School Board last
night in the High School build-ing*.
John Erb, of Erb Bros,, land-scape
gardeners, was the super-visor
of the OWA work on the 10-
acre plot, reported on the work
thus far completed. He advised
sowing grass seed at once on the
terraces around the tennis courts
to prevent wash, which was. ap-proved
and ordered by the board.
Sowing of grass on the balance of
the land will await the approval
of an application for state relief
hours next month.
Bids for grass seed were read,
and a contract for 1000 lbs. was
awarded to Elmer Eby at his bid
of $19.50 per hundredweight. Six
tarred tennis nets, at $9.85 each,
were ordered from Reilly Bros &
Raub, of Lancaster,
Mr. Erb also presented a plan
for planting trees on the field,
and it was tentatively approved.
Residents outside the borough
who send children to school here
and who are delinquent in tuition
will be notified to pay or the child-ren
will not be admitted at the start
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Rotary Picnic Today
The annual picnic of the Lititz
Rotary Clu'b will be held this after-noon
and evening at the cottage of
the Lititz Camping Cluib, Baseball
and other sports will make up the
program and supper will be served
about 8:30 o'clock.
"Rat" Runk endeavored to take
T, ¿T. Dussinger's place, as mana-ger
of the Sayres, Seheid and
Sweeton branch store in the Hotel
General Sutter Building, last week.
According to reports, he measured
up all right in every point except,
one," to wit: he couldn't rattle off
the triple -name when answering the
telephone, and, as his plain "S. S. 3.
Store" sounded more like "Eth Eth
Eth Store," he dispensed with ail
formalities and drawled out, "Hel-lo,"
"Let" Hackrnan says he caught a
fish, a two-pound bass, the first
one of his young life, near Mari-etta,
but his friend's don't believe
it for he showed it to only a few
intimates and they could be de-pended
on to say "Yes" to anyone's
query,
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