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Vol. LXIV Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa., FEBRUARY 18, 1948
Canned Food Observe Anniversary Today
Sales To Halt
This Saturday
Consumers To Register For
Ration Book No. 2 Feb.
23, 24, 25 and 26
Sale of canned goods by all re­tailers
will be suspended Saturday
night at midnight for one week
while local consumers will be re­gistering
for their ration books
No. 2 at their local school build­ings.
With grocers receiving little in­struction
to-date, some confusion
•existed as ts what goods cannot
he old. Canned goods were on the
list, however.
Registration for Ration Book
No. 2 will take place a t the local
high school and in nearby township
schools Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday, February
23, 24, 25 and 26 from the hours of
9 A. M. to 8 P. M.
Local ehcool teachers will be on
hand to register consumers. It is
estimated th at 12 minutes’ time
will be required to register a single
family, due to the many details
-which must be provided.
Consumers were warned today
th at they should bring Ration
Rook No.l, and the Consumer De­claration
Blank. The Declaration
Blank should be filled out before
hand. Unless this is done the per­son
applying for the books will be
sent home «gain.
In order to assist our readers,
the Record-Express is printing the
Consumer Declaration or Ration
Book Application a t the bottom of
Page One of this issue of the pa­per.
Clip out this application and
fill it out according to the instruc­tions
on the blank. No printed
sheet» will be available a t the
Sportsmen Will
Nominate Officers
The nomination of officers for
the coming year will feature a
special meeting of the Lititz
Sportsmen’s Association to be held
iin the firehouse Monday evening
a t eight o’clock.
Other important niatters to be
taken up will include a decision on
tlhe ox roast and also the purchase
of pheasants for this year and
next.
school, it was stated today.
Excepting in cases of new-born
children, any person who does not
already possess Ration Book No.
1. will not be able to get Book No.
2 until March 15 when they will
have to apply at the ration board
headquarters at Ephrata.
Borough school will be closed
the four days next week when the
registration ifor the second ration
Iwook will he held. Teachers will
he assisted, however, by Seniors
who are enrolled In thé Commer­cial
Department
Sharps’ Mark
Their Golden
Anniversary
50 Years Ago At
Schaefferstown
Mr. and Mrs. Adam S. Sharp,
well-known local ctouple, today
were quietly observing the fiftieth
anniversary of their wedding, at
their home, (237 E. Front Street.
With half a century of married
life behind them, both Mr. and
Mrs. Sharp regarded the milestone
as just another happy event in
their lives and declared they plan­ned
nothing unusual—although
their day has been interrupted re­peatedly
by friends calling them
up to extend congratulations.
(Mr. and Mrs, Sharp were mar­ried
February 18, 1893, at Schaef-fertown
by the Rev. Fenstler. En­gaging
in farming for many years,
they lived between here and Brick-
HealyExplains
His Status
In Flare-Up
Denies That He Resigned
Voluntarily; Did Not
Apply For Commission
That he did not resign from his
position at the Animal Trap Com­pany
and that he has not planned
to apply for a military commission,
was revealed this week in a letter
received from R. P. Healy, former
vice president in charge of sales.
Mr. Healy’s resignation was an­nounced
by company officials last
week along with that of Herman
Drach, vice president, in a shake-up
also marked by a demonstra­tion
of trap company workers.
Despite last week’s flare-up,
work at the local war industry was
progressing quietly this week.
Mr. Healy’s letter is as follows:
Lord Byron is credited with hav­ing
written the following line—“It
is pleasant to see one’s name in
print and if in business it is pro­fitable.”
Possibly I misquote both as to
the author or the exact wording of
the line but the writer evidently
never was in business.
In your February 11, 1943 issue
my name appeared in connection
with an announcement of my appli­cation
for an army commission and
as having had resigned from the
Animal Trap Company as of Wed­nesday,
February 10th.
(Continued on Page 5)
Air Spotters
Are Praised
For Work
Load Couple Was Married
For— Appeared. BodfCt Bnrecn No. 06-81*6-4*
OPA Poem No. R-1801
MTU STATO OF AMERICA
o rn e e o r
PRICE ADMINISTRATION
Om copy of Mio Dodoration most bo Med
with Ou Office of Píleo Administration by
ooch persoR applying for War Ration Book
Two for the membere of a family anlt, and
by aach person who io not a member of a
family unit. File at the rite designated.
Corposo will be deducted for excess supplies
of the foods listed below according to the
schedules announced by the Office of Price
Administration.
C O N S U M E R D E C L A R A T IO N
Processed Foods and Coffee
I HEREBY CERTIFY that I am authorized to apply for and receive
a War Ration Book Two for each person listed below who is a
member of my family unit, or the other person or persona
for whom I am acting whose War Ration Book One I have
submitted to the Board;
That the name of each person and number of his or her War
* Ration Book One are accurately listed below;
That none of these persons is confined or resident in an institu­tion,
or is a member of the Armed Forces receiving subsist­ence
in kind or eating in separate messes under an officer’s
command;
That no ether application for War Ration Book Two for these
persons has been made;
That the following inventory statements are true and Include
all indicated foods owned by all persons included in this
Declaration:
Ceffee
1. Pounds a t coffee owned on November 28, 1942,
minus 1 pound for each person included in this
Declaration whose age as stated on War Ration
Book One is 14 years or older. ...........................- ............ .
2. Number o f persons included in this
Declaration whose age as stated
on War Ration Book One is 14
years or older..................... .......................
Cammed Fssts
Include all commercially ca.uied fruits (including spiced);
canned vegetables; canned fruit and vegetable juices; canned
soups, chili sauee, and catsup,
Do not include canned olives; canned meat and fish; pickles,
relish; jellies, jams, and preserves; spaghetti, macaron-’, and
noodles; or home-canned foods.
S. Number of cans, bottles, and jars (8-ounce size or
larger) of commercially packed fruits, vegeta­bles,
juices and soups, chili sauce and catsup
owned on February 21, 1943, minus 5 for
each person included in this Declaration. . . , ...
4. Number of persons .included in this c
Declaration........................................................ ...
The name of each person included in this Declaration ansi ifts
number of his or her War Ration Book One is:
Print Name Number
1.
2.
3 . ...
4.
5. ...
6. ...
7.
8............................ ..................... .....................................
If additional space it needed, attach separate sheet
NOTICE.—Sect»« IS (A) *1 the
United State* Criminal Code make#
It a criminal ofteuee. poniehable by
a maximum ef I t rear*' imprUon-ment,
$10.Ot# Cm. or both, to make
a falae sta ta au a t or representation
aa to any matter within the juriedie-tioa
of any department or agency af
the United State*.
(Signature of applicant or authorized
agent)
(Addreee)
. (City and State)
erville until ten year®' ago when
Mr. Sharp opened his grocery store
here.
The only celebration to mark the
anniversary was held Sunday
when the couple were guests of
honor at a dinner at the General
Sutter Hotel attended by their
six children and their families.
Their six children are Mrs. Sam­uel
Hoffman', Mrs. Gerald Hirst,
Luther Sharp, Barton L. Sharp,
Ella Mae Sharp and (Eugene Sharp,
all of this borough.
Local Girls Enroll
In Aviation Class
Local high school girls are as
much interested in aeronautics as
are the boys.
This was revealed this week
when enrollment in a new Pre-
Aeronautics course being started
at the high school showed as many
girls registered as boys. The
course will be conducted each af­ternoon
at three o’clock and will
give students instruction which
will prove helpful if they later
enroll in an areonautics course.
Those who registered last week
were James Gangwer, Patsy Mas-tromatteo,
Marion Graybill, Alver-ta
Zartman, Carol Anne Hickman
and Fay Carpenter. Gangwer and
Fred Rettew, another local student,
recently passed tests preliminary
to registering at Franklin and
Marshall College as aviation ca­dets
and are awaiting passing of
the age limit before actively en­rolling.
Interest in war activities also
have prompted the starting of sev­eral
additional courses at the high
school in addition to marching in­structions
which now take up the
first 15 minutes of each gymnas­ium
period.
The new courses are one in nu­trition,
taught by Miss Margaret
Hower; and one in Home Nursing,
taught by Mrs. Martin Garman.
Both are sponsored by the Red
Cross.
Don’t forget the Turkey Supper
on Saturday evening, March 6 in
the Trinity E. C. Church. Buy
your tickets now from members of
the Sunshine or the Friendly Fel­lows
classes.
Warned Of Importance Of
Continuing 24-hr. Vigil
Until War Ends
Air spotters must remain on
duty 24 hours a day now more
than ever before.
This was the warning given lo­cal
spotters by Sergeant John
Haug, of the Aircraft Warning
Service, at a mass meeting held in
the high school auditiorium Mon­day
evening.
“The Axis is meeting with re­verses
and they are becoming more
and more desperate,” Sergeant
Haug asserted. “When the Nazis
become frustrated they become
more revengeful than ever and it
is a real possibility that they
might attmept to.even scores by
staging a number of token raids
upon this country.
“We must not let down in our
efforts one bit—for as soon as we
do—that is the time the Axis will
strike.”
Sergeant Haug inspected the
local set-up along with an inspec­tion
of spotters’ posts in various
parts of the county and expressed
himself well pleased with what
he saw.
He also showed moving, pictures
of aircraft operations and con­ducted
a quiz on the work being
done.
Straley Applies
For A Divorce
An application for a divorce was
filed in Lancater Tuesday by Char­les
C. Straley, Animal Trap Com­pany-
official, against Gladys Ston­er
Straley, now living at 14 North
Broad Street, this borough. Mr.
Straley gave his address as 802
North Duke Street, Lancaster
In the application, Straley char­ges
his wife with indignities to the
person. They were married Oct.
| 2, 1926 and separated on January
j 21, this year.
! For Home Droned Moat follow
the crowd and land in LUTZ’S
Meat Market. Prices and quality
do the trick. Phone 293 R. We
i deliver.
Gets Promotion
SGT. RICHARD WENTLING
Dick Wentling
Graduates In
Gunnery Class
Local Man Becomes Ser-
Bond Dinner
Will Be Here
This Evening
Tickets Still Available;
! Public Urged To Patronize
Rally
| Announcing an unusual program
! of entertainment for tonight’s Bond
I Dinner and Rally to he held at the
General Sutter Hotel, the com­mittee
in charge also revealed to­day
that tickets still are available.
Despite an early rush for tic­kets,
the final sale was disappoint-i
ing and the public was urged to
still apply for tickets. Those wllo
are unable to attend the banquet
are urged to come to the hotel at
7:30 tio heaT the program
Among speakers to address the
banquet wil he a veteran of many
recent campaigns, Walter L. John­son,
Coxswain, U. S. S. Boise.
¡Petty Officer Johnson took part in
the Salomons Battle of October 11
and 12 as one of the gun crews.
He has seen service in Honolulu,
(Panama, Cuba, India, tPago Pago,
*Speaks Here Tonight
Petty Officer Walter L. Johnson
Rev. Trunk
To Move Here
On March 3
geant: Member of Larg­est
Class
Richard L. Wentling, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Arlington Hackman, 413
South Cedar Street, this borough
was graduated from the Harlingen
Army Gunnery School, Texas. He
was a member of the largest class
to graduate from the nation’s larg­est,
aerial gunnery- school.
Automatically promoted to ser­geant
on the day he received his
diploma as an aerial deader in
sudden death, he was also present­ed
a pair of silver Gunner’s Wings,
combat air crew insignia. , „
•After Ave weeks Of intensive
training in class, on the ground
and in the air, and shooting every
kind of gun from BB to 59 caliber
Brownings, he now rates as an ex­pert
combat member of the Army
Air Forces’ famous “Four Flying-
Horseman” fighting combination—
gunner, bombardier, navigator and
pilot.
Unless held over at the Harling­en
school to serve as an instructor,
he will immediately be sent to join
a fighting unit.
Red Cross
Smarts Drive
For $210,000
Need Help To Provide Aid
For American Fighters
And Families
The American Red Gross needs
the help of the every American to
provide aid for fighters and their
families and to guard our nation
against disasters.—With this plea
as their inspiration, a small army,
already numbering between 4,090
and -5,000 volunteer workers, Is
starting work to raise a minimum
of $210,000 in contributions from
Lancaster city and county to the
American Red Cross 1943 War
Fund.
In a pre-campaign solicitation,
members of the Big Gifts division
began work Monday. The Mer­cantile,
Industrial, County, and
Business -and Professional divi­sions
will begin their formal can­vass
on Monday, Feb. 22, official
opening of the (local campaign.
The Residential division, making
■the house-to-house canvass in the
city and adjacent residential sec­tions,
will start out Monday,
March 1, when the nation-wide
campaign for $125,090,900 begins.
The work of organizing approxi­mately
2,509 workers for the cam­paign
in the county, where a goal
of $84,009 1» sought, haB (been un­derway
for several weeks. ¡With
LeRoy B. Breneman, general chair­man,
in charge, the county Is divid­ed
into five geographical divisions
with the following leaders: Roy
B. Sheetz, Western; John M. Miller,
Northern; Dr. E. D. Russell, North­eastern;
Joseph C. Wentz, Eastern,
and Rev. George Shea, Southern.
Samoa, Auckland, New Zealand,
Borneo, Philippines, Australia,
Java, Ceylon and Fiji Islands.
Johnson will be accompanied by
Benjamin Ludlow, state war (bond
chairman. Another big feature
will be the appearance of three
outstanding musicians now station­ed
at the New Cumberland Re­ception
Center, all of whom have
been heard by Ideal audiences over
national radio hook-up.
They are: Pvt. Alvin (Rudni-tsky,
rated as one of the ten best violin­ists
of the nation, who has played
with various symphonic orchestras.
Rudnitsky will use a Stradivarious
violin valued at $45,990.
Pvt. Robert Decker, baritone
with the Pittsburgh Civic Opera
Company. 1
Service men home on furlough
will be admitted free to the ban­quet
as the guests of the Chamber
of Commerce.
Betty Cooper Honored
At Wilson College
¡Chambersburg, Pa., Feb. 16—
Mis® Caroline Elizabeth Cooper,
South Broad street, Lititz, Pa., to­day
was cited for academic achi­evement
at Wilson College, where
she is a senior.
Miss Cooper is among the twen­ty-
five members of her class who
have been named to the seme s 'er
honor list by Dean Mary B. McEl-wain.
At Wilson such citation not
only is a recognition of notable
work; it also entitles a student to
the privilege of assuming respon-sibilitiy
for her class attendance.
Miss Cooper is making English
her field of concentration with
French as an allied subject. She
is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs.
Herbert K. Cooper.
FORMER RESIDENT VISITS
WITH MISS VIRGINIA GROSH
Mrs. Frank Baird, of Biloxi, Mis­sissippi,
is visiting at the home
of Miss Virginia Grosh, East Main
Street. Mrs. Baird lived here
years ago. Her maiden name is
Mary Fieles.
New Lutheran Pastor Suc­ceeds
Chaplain Truchses
Now In The Navy
Rev. Charles F. Trunk, Jr., new­ly-
elected pastor of ,St. Paul’s Lut­heran
Church, will move his family
to the Ideal parsonage on March
3, when he will take over his
duties, it was announced this week.
Rev. Trunk will fill the vacancy
caused last October by the resigna­tion
of Rev. E. P. Truchses, who
volunteered as a chaplain in the
United 'States Navy. Since then
Rev. O. O. Leidich has been serving
as supply pastor here.
The new pastor is married and
ihas one son, Charles, Jr., three
years old. He has been pastor of
ithe Central Lutheran Church,
Ph'oenixviile, for the past three
and one-half years.
Rev. Trunk graduated from
Gettysburg College In 1936 and
from the Seminary in 1939 when he
was ordained. During the last six
month« in the 'seminary, Rev.
Trunk served as assistant pastor
of 'St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church
at Hanover, Pa.
Five Pounds Of Rag*
Admission Price
To Movie Show
A free movie «how for ail per­sons,
adults or children, who don­ate
fire or more pounds of rags,
to be held in the Lititz Theatre
nextx Tuesday afternoon, was an­nounced
this morning by the 'lo­cal
salvage committee.
An interesting program of mov­ing
pictures is being furnished
through the courtesy of the man­agement
of the local theatre. Per­sons
desiring to attend thè show
are asked to bring five or more
pounds of clean rag« In a bag or
other container.
Doors will open at 1 P. M. Pro­ceeds
from the sale of the rags
wil be devoted to some branch of
the local defense set-up.
Seek To Place Children
In Homes Of Borough
A home is every child’s right!
/But because of unfortunate cir­cumstances,
some parents are un­able
to provide a home; illness and
death are other causes for the se­paration
of parents and children.
And so the children come to the
Children’s Bureau for care and
protection. They come: all ages:
blond_ and brunette; brown eyes
and blue; hair is straight, hair
that is curly; some are laughing
and loving; some are awkward and
ehy; but they are all seeking
homes where they wHl have the
care and affection that is every
child's right and which they must
have if they are to grow up to be
good citizen«.
Today we hear a great deal about
the tragic effect of war upon chil-we
want to do something for them,
which we sbotld.
/But not all the’ tragedies which
befall children are due to war;
the tragedies that befall children
here in this vicinity are very real
to them and some of them may be
caused by the war even though
Indirectly.
So the Children’s Bureau is ap­pealing
to the men and women of
Lancaster County; to parents and
their children to open their homes
and their hearts to some homeless
child,
“Inasmuch as ye have done it
unto one of the least of these
my brethren ye have done It
unto me.”
For particulars dial 52 41-Lancas­ter;
or come to the office «of the
Children’s Bureau of Community
dren and our hearts ache tor those Service, 129 East Orange Street,
j children in war-tom countries and Lancaster.
18
|30 Local Men
jLeave Today
(For Service
Five Select The Navy; Tom
Leaman Joins Forces
From Gettsburg College
I * " - i
| A total of thirty more local
! young men left Lititz this week to
; join Uncle Sam’s Armed forces
’ with this total expected to be fur­ther
increased before the end of
the week.
Of this number, 29 were included
j in February quota from the local
ration board, 24 of whom were as­signed
to the army while the five
others were transferred to the Un­ited
States Navy. The thirtieth
man to leave was Tom Leaman,
son of Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Leaman.
Leaman, who is a 'Sophomore at
Gettysburg College, ¡returned nerne
early this week for a short stay
upon being notified that he was
to report to Camp Meade today. He
was a member of the Army Re­serves
while at college.
The local selectees who left the
firehouse this morning were as
tololws: Roger S. Martin, Donald
G. Marks, Robert G. Zartman, El-wood
C. Zug, James H. Whitcraft,
Satouel R. Bergman, Luther L.
Hackman, Theodore R. Stauffer,
Jr., Paul H. Antes, Richard L.
Birkenbine, John Hahecker, Jr.,
and Harry E. Pfautz, all of this
borough; William E. Turner, Mill-way;
Bruce H. Lonah, Lititz, R. D.
1; Paul A. Klein, R. D. 2; Richard
W. Haines, R. O. 3; Robert K.
Stauffer, Rothsville; ¡William lEit-nier,
R. D. 3; Roy F. Steffy, R. D.
3; Jay A. Frymeyer, Rothsville;
Ray W. Dieter, 'Rothsville; Sylvan
G. Eshleman, R. D. 1; Gordon O.
Trump, Brunnerville; all of whom
were assigned to the Army.
Those assigned to the Navy were
as follows: Robert R. Reidenbaugh,
Lititz; John R. Helter, Lititz; (Mel­vin
R. Erb, Rothsville; Donald
Rock, Clay; and Herbert R. Adams,
Rothsville.
Morgan Paper
Announces
Pay Bonus
Third Payment Of 5 Per-
Cent Of Payroll Will Be
Granted Here Friday
A five per-cent bonus based upon
pay checks during the last six
monts of 1942, will be paid all em­ployees
of the Morgan Paper Com­pany
Division here on Friday ac­cording
to a notice posted at the
local plant this week.
This is the third five per-cent
bonus granted the local employees
during the past year. The an­nouncement
posted read as fol­lows:
“On September 10, 1942 we paid
you a 5% bonus on your earnings
for the first six months of 1942.
“We are glad to announce at this
time that our volume of business
and the earnings were such during
the second six months’ operations
of last year that we are able to pay
a 5% bonus on your total earnings
for the second six months of 1942.
“This bonus will be paid to all
employees who are on our payroll
as of the date of this announce­ment.
“The 5% bonus check will be
handed to you on Friday, February
26, together with a letter of ex­planation.”
“Every employee in all plants
and offices of this company will re­ceive
this bonus.
“On February 27, 1942 a 5%
bonus was paid all employees on
their total earnings for 1941.
“On September 10, 1942 a 5%
bonus was paid all employees on
their total earnings for the first
six months of 1942.”
Yours very truly,
United States Envelope Company
E. V. Jol