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Vol. LXV Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa., December 23, 1943 No. 6
Local Service
Dates Back
To 1759
Xmas Eve Vigils At
Moravian Church at
5, 6.30, 8 P. M.
Joseph Sheckard
' Will Be Heard On I *
'Xmas Eve Broadcast
Light Candles
Christmas Eve
At St. Paul’s
The Christmas Eve Vigils of the
Moravian Church will be held at
Public Invited To
Attend Special
Service
Joseph Sheckard, former music
supervisor in the local schools, will
; he heard on a broadcast from Italy
j on Christmas Eve at 7 o’clock.
News that Sheckard will have a
) imminent part in the broadcast
and that he would sing a solo
quickly spread through the boro- _______
ugh and several groups here were Singing of Christmas carols and
planning to listen-in to the broai- the lighting of candles will feature
cast. His solo will be “0 Hob- the Christmas Eve service to be
5:00 P. M., 6:30 P M., and 8:00 P. j Night,” of Shubert’s Ave Mario. held in St. Paul’s Lutheran church
M. This service includes the tra­ditional
Love Feast and Candle
Sheckard is directing a la gc at 11:30 Friday night. Most of
.’hoir of officers, nurses and enlisted the service will be amplified to
Ross Almoney
A Lieutenant
Commissioned
Service. The candle service origi men in a Catholic High Miss He Lititz from the church tower,
nated in the Moravian Church in
1747 when one of the Bishops of
the Church held a service for the
children of Marienhom castle in
Germany. The candle represents
three ideas, Christ the Light of
the World, the Bible as the word o
God, and the Church as shining for
God in the world.
The Moravian Church in Lititz
has observed this Candle service
since 1759. The service is therefore
more a community observance
than it is strictly a congregational
affair. The candles in all the win­dows
around Church Square, the
music of the trombone Choir are
familiar to all residents of Lititz.
In the service itself one of the
features is the singing of the hymn,
‘•Morning ¡Star,” which was written
by Rev. Framcis Hagen, the father
of Dr. Ernest Hagen who is now
living at the General Sutter Hotel.
There will be a Church service
on Christmas Day at 10:00 A. M.
This service has the Christmas Lit­urgy
and traditional music and the
pastor’s Christmas message.
Everyone is invited to worship in
these services.
is assistant leader of the ;i:li According to the program an-
Army Band. The toroadast wt lie jounced by Rev. Charles F. Trunk,
oveT the Mutual Network the pastor, the service will open
with two carols, ‘‘Come Hither, Ye
Faithful”, and “Joy to the World”
to be followed by the anthem
‘ GeJtu Bambino,” by Yon, sung by
the Senior Choir.
1 Then will he sung “It Came Upon
‘sie Midnight Clear’, followed by
the Christmas story according to
Luke and “While Shepherds Wat­ched
Their Flocks.” The choir wiL
Grig, “Shepherd’s Christmas
Song”, followed by the carol.,
“Hark! the Herald Angels Sing”,
and prayer.
_____ The service will end with the
New Haven, Conn.—Dec. 16, 1943 lighting of candles after which
Ross B. Almoney, s|on of Mr. and ' 'Away in a Manger” will be sung
Mrs. Ross W. Almoney, Lititz, re- as a diuet by Karl and Rufina Bal-ceived
his commission and gold mer, followed by the congregation
Pars today at the graduation cere- c'nging one verse of “O Little
nvony of the Army Air Forces Town of Bethlehem,” and “Silent
Trainng Command School at Yale Night, Holy Night.”
Receives Gold Bars As
Aviation Technical
Officer
Xmas Pageant
At St. Luke’s
On .Sunday
White Gifts Service
Held Here Last
Sunday
University. Havr.g met rigid phy­sical
and mental aptitude tests,
Lieut. Almoney was sent several
months ago as an aviation cadet to
this school where he began train­ing
to become a technical officer
in Aircraft Maintenance Engineer-,
ing.A
ccording to Col. Raymond J
Reeves, Commanding Officer of the
school, the new lieutenant is now
prapared for duty at an advanced
flying field. There he will be in
Eeveryone is invited to attend
the service.
PAGANT SUNDAY
AT COLEMAN CHAPEL
A pageant “The Deserted Chur­ch”
will be presented by the Sun­day
School of the Coleman Memor­ial
Chapel at their Christmas ser­vice
on Sunday at 7 P. M. in the
Church. Recitaticns, readings and
the singing of Christmas carols
charge of enlisted men who a re . will he included in the program,
(continued on page eight) l The public is invited to attend.
Christmas Greetings
The staff of the Record-Express extends a Merry Christmas to all its readers
and friends . . . . firm in our conviction in this year of war and strife that The
Star of Peace Shall Shine Again. '
At this time when so many of our loved ones are braving dangers in the far­away
vanguards of this global conflict, we can do well to re-dedicate our faith in
the sacred doctrine of “Peace on Earth . . . Good Will Toward Men”—that we
may keep alive this faith despite war and suffering. «The Yuletide offers all a
chance to hasten the day of peace through prayer.
To one and all, we repeat,
A Merry Christmas
Xmas Party Monday Night
To Highlight Large Series
Of Yuletide Celebrations
A Community Christmas Party tion which is sponsoring the party
in honor of all service men and j expects an audience of approxl-women
from this vicinity, to ibe mately 1,000 to attend and will use
held in the High School Gymnas- , all proceeds from the party tq de-ium
Monday evening December 27, fray the costs of mailing gifts ¡to
will highlight the yuletide ¡season service men and women during the
here.
An outstanding program of
Christmas music and entertain-coming
year.
Numerous hristmas Programs in
the churches which started last
ment and featuring the Victory , Sunday will continue throughout
Choir of 100 voices led by Victor
Wagner and Albert Ebbert will be
presented during the Christmas
Party. The Lititz Service Associa-
Paper, Tin Can
Collections Here
During Xmas Week
The local Salvage Committee will
make an effort to make the last
week of the year a banner salvage j being planned.
Christmas week. The annual
Christmas Eve singing of carols at
the fountain has been dispensed
with due to war restrictions on
outdoor decorations and lighting,
but a simlar service will he held
in St- Paul’s Lutheran Church at
11.30 P. M.
Many service men are expecting
furloughs which will permit them
to spend at least a part of the
holidays with their families here
and numerous receptions also iare
Service Men
On Furlough
Visit School
FOLLOW H IS S T A R
Group of Senior
Girls Give Tea
For Faculty
PATRIOTIC AND PRACTICAL
St. Luke’s Reformed Church
School held a “White Gifts for the
King” on Sunday last in connec-ton
with the regular school ses­sion
and brought many gifts for
the Orphans Home Children of
Bethany at Womelsdorf Pa., also
a special offering. The singing of
Christmas hymns, recitations by
children and readings by several
adults completed the program.
On Sunday evening, Dec. 26, at
7 P. M.. the School will render n
special Chrstmas pageant entitled:
“Star and Desert Sand.”
Following are the characters:
“Three Wise Men”: Spirits of the
Desert—are made up of 9 young
women. The leading Spirit is
“Faith,” represented toy a young
woman wearig white robe; an­other
young woman representing
Mary, wearing a blue robe.
The musical numbers are: The
Processional—“As with Gladness
Men of Old”; Sung by the choir—
“The Light Is Come” ; Soprano and
Alto duet—“Speak To Us”; Alto
solo and choir—“Christ’s Herald
Star”; Mens voices—“The Three
Kings, Ride” ; Forward with God,”
by the choir; Soprano and Alto
duet—“Beyond the Desert Sands” ;
Choir—“Jesus Waits”; Women’s
chorus—“ ’Twas in a Manger Low­ly”;
Choir—“Star of Promise”;
Tenor solo—“The True Light” ;
Solo and Choir—“Even Our Faith”
and “Lead On 0 Star of Promise”
by the Choir, as the closing ¡song.
The public is cordially invited
to attend this special Christmas
pageant.
Among the former graduates of
the high school serving in the arm­ed
forces who visited school this
week are, Carl Reist of the Ait
Corps, Geore .Dennis, Richard
Davidson, Paul Mowrey of the
Navy and Janet Lambert, a stu­dent
nurse at the Lancaster Gen­eral
Hospital,
A group of senior girls of the
Home Economics class gave a tea
for the faculty members on Tues­day
afternoon. They included,
Jeanne Green, Ruth Gorton, Glad­ys
Harding, Frances Blondell, Est
her Ginder, Alverta Hammer and
Fay Stilwell.
A Christmas program was pre­sented
by the members of the Home
Economics Club at the Moravian
Home on Thursday evenng by the
following, Verna Mae Hauck, the
president, was in charge, Fay Stil-well,
Dorothy Krick, Lanette
Shaeffer, Reba Hammond, Loraine
Eckert, Jeanne Green, LaVerne
Longenceker, Rufina Balmer, Ra­mona
Keath, Frances Blondell,
Nancy Lutz, and Mary George.
Christmas, trees have been trim­med
in the various rooms in the
school and seasonal decorations
adorn the walls, there will be
Christmas carols sung before va­cation
begins on Thursday, Dec.
'i 3. School will reopen on Monday
Jan. 3.
As Mary crooned a lullabye,
The stars were shining up on high
Did she know that there was one,
Leading Wise Men to her Son.
While she sawg to hush His-cries,
Angels sang out in the skies,
she certain that their singing,
Messages of hope was bringing.
Mary with the quiet eyes,
Singing baby lullabyes,
Must have bowed with humbleness
To kiss the Babe of Holiness.
Thankful to the Lord on high,
Who it a star up in the sky,
To lead all men to Christ’s true way,
As it was then and is today.
—Selina Eshleman.
collecting week for the borough,
according to plans announced to­day
by Christ Nissly, chairman.
On Mbnday afternoon, fats will
he collected at a benefit matinee
.n the Lititz Theatre under the
auspices of the Girl Scouts.
On Tuesday afternoon, Decem­ber
28, efforts will be made to col­lect
an entire carload of paper from
the borough. The collection wil,
tart at 1 P. M. and all paper will
find its way to the Simplex Paper
Box Company of this borough, it
v as explained. Boy Scouts and the
Salvage Committee will make the
collection from the curbs. In case
of rain or snow the collection will
be made Wednesday.
On Thursday afternoon, Decem­ber
30, a door-to-door collection
of tin cans will be made. Persons
with cans are as teed to place them
at the doorstep or at the curb so
that the collection can start at 1
M. In case of bad weather the
collection will he made the follow­ing
afternoon.
The program for the hristmas
Party Monday night is as follows:
Star Spangled Banner; Pledge
of Allegiance; Prayer by the Rev.
Charles F. Trunk, Jr.; Trumpet
Solo, Ralph Downey; the local
Dramatic Theatre group will pre­sent
the Lititz version of Harold
McCreary’s “Breakfast At Sardi’s”
at this point in the program.
Th eVctory Chorus will sing
“Land of Hope and Glory,” toy El­gar;
“Nazareth,” by Gounod.
“Gesu Bambino,” by Pietro Yon;
the “Halleluyah Chorus,” from
Handel’s Messiah. Accompanists,
are Mrs. Viola Witmyer and Mrs.
Grace Fulweiler.
Christmas Carols will follow
in which everyone will sing. Mr.
Wagner will direct the group sing­ing
which will be accompanied to:
a Brass Choir, arranged and direc­ted
by John -Keehn.
Santa’s Visit wil follow next on
the program, and dancing to a
famous hand will close the eve­ning’s
fun.
44,000 Cards, Letters
Handled Daily Here
During Xmas Rash
Annual Bird Census
On December 26
Enjoy Xmas Service
At Penryn
The Lititz Bird Club and the
Lancaster ounty Bird Club will
make its annual Christmas Bi a
Census on Sunday December :6
according to ¡plans announced this
week toy Barton L. Sharp, presi­dent
of the two clubs.
The census takers will gaiter
at North Broad and Lincoln A /
this borough, at 8 A. M. and expect
to complete their work by four
o’clock in the afternoon. Local .
lovers are invited to acco I'li.uiv
the group.
The bird census is be*tv mad •
in conjunction with other censuses
being taken all over the in'.rin oy
the Audobon Bird Society. The
census here ¡has been token an­nually
for th,. past 25 yea •
The Jerusalem Reformed Church
Penryn, held a special Christmas
servee on Sunday evening at 7
o’clock. The program was made
up of recitations, singing toy the
Beginners and Primary children,
specal music toy the Junior choir,
also special music by the Senior
choir; and an inspiring pageant
was given, als-o reading of Scrip­ture
and prayer; a ¡short but ¡help­ful
address toy the pastor. A spe­cial
offering was taken for Beth­any’s
Orphans. The decoratons
were in accord wth the Christmas
season. A very large attendance
was present.
i
Pound Of Fat To Admit
Persons To Benefit Show
Xmas Market will be open Fri­day
afternoon and evening in the
l.utz Market.
—For Home Dressed Meat fol­low
the crowd and land in LUTZ’S
do the trick. Phone 93-R,
deliver
Meat Market. Prices and quality | fat.
An intenssive drive for waste
fats sorely needed at this time for
the manufacture of medicinal dres­sings
will be held during the week
In tween Christmas and New Year’s
day. The Girl Sccut Salvage Com­mittee
is planning a county wide
eppeal with Mrs. Stephen Lockey
in charge.
During the Christmas drive a
-special motion picture provided
through the Motion Picture War
Activities) Program will be shown
We j in the city and county theatres; the
I price of admission will -be waste
The committee requires that
pINGS DAUGHTERS
VISIT ZION HOME
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Light, of
Toledo, O., will spend the holidays
with Mrs. W. B. Light and family
ions. Beck Bros. Lititz. at least one pound will be contri
luted per person.
The Lititz Theatre of this bor­ough
under the management of
Mr. Mitchell Garfinkle will parti­cipate
on December 27th showing
Heritage of the Desert”, “Jasper
: nd the Haunted House”, and
“Bird Farm”. On duty at the
theatre will be Mrs. W. de Per-
. ot and Mrs. E. ¡C. Slosser, local
Girl Scout and Brownie Commit-
‘ec Women.
The waste fat will be immediate­ly
collected and transported to the
Lancaster County 'Salvage Com­mittee.
The members of the King’s Dau­ghters
Circles of Lititz went to the
Zion Home on Tuesday evening
and presented a program and
candy to the ¡guests there. Miss.
Mabel Lieto ¡was in charge of the
distribution of gifts ¡and Miss Mary
Huebener the program. Mrs. D. P.
Briciker told, ‘the ¡story of “The
Los tCarol”; ¡Mrs. Walter Smith
read several Pennsylvania ¡Dutch
stories and Mrs. Edwin W. Kortz
played the carols on the violin.
! There was group singing.
J. M. Leed Heads
Hospital Drive Here
An all-time record in the hand­ling
of mail by the local postoffice
staff has bee nestablished this
month, according to statistics
made public this week by Post­master
Robert Pfautz.
Outgoing mail ¡handled has in­creased
more than six times since
the beginning of the month and
incoming mail has shown a simi­larly
large jump in volume. On
December 6 the cancellations of
outgoing mail at the local office
was 3,885 pieces of ¡first class.
On December 20, Moday, a totgJ
of 22,000 pieces of first class mail
were cancelled and approximately
the same number of incoming pie­ces
of first class mail was hand­led,
Mr. Pfautz explained. This
would mean that the local staff,
only slightly increased to handle
the Christmas' rush, ¡handled 44,-
000 pieces of fir-st class mall in ad­dition
to parcels, specials, insured
packages, as well as the making
out of money orders, war bond
and stamp sales.
“By the end of the month we
will have handled one-half more
mail again than we ever handled
in ¡any Christmas rush,” ¡Postmas­ter
Pfautz declared. “Despite this
enormous volume the postoffice
staff has been able to clear up
eac hday’s mail and nothing has
been permitted to pile up or toe
delayed.”
Xmas Musical
To Be Given
Sunday Night
Mrs. Minnie Longenceker enter­tained
twelve members of the Lo­yal
Workrs Class of the Church of
the Brethren Sunday School. Mrs.
Lizzie Hershey was in charge and
all the members had ¡a Christmas
reading.
Additional county leaders in the
Lancaster General Hospital’s cam­paign
for building funds were an­nounced
this week following the
first report meeting in the cam­paign,
at which total contributions
of $167,0.82.00 were revealed.
County Chairman Leslie Hub­bard
announced that Ephrata Bor­ough
leaders are now being organ­ized
under the direction of Arville
Enck, borough chairman. Ephrata
is included in a campaign district
under the chairmanship of Will
iam Bixler.
District Chairman John G. Her­shey
meanwhile announced the
appointments of J. M. ,Leed to head
the campaign in Lititz, and Samuel
Seaber as chairman In Warwick
townshp. The industrial section in
town is being directed by Domer
Brenner.
Lititz Borough solicitors are;
Raymond Reedy, Paul Diehm, El-ser
Gerhart, Warren Diehm, Gray-bill
Bitzer, Newton Buch, Harry
Ruley B. M. Leaman, John Miller,
Ralph Spacht Alfred Douple, Rov
Schoffstall, Henry Neff, Elam ¡R,i,s-ser
and Abram Huber.
Announcing that further meet­ings
are being scheduled in order
to achieve organizaton in every
community, County Chairman
Hubbard declared:
“We have found widespread in­terest
in this campaign that is re­ally
amazing. The good that is
(continued on page eight)
RECORD-EXPRESS WILL NOT
PUBLISH NEXT WEEK
Following a custom of many
years standing no edition of The
Lititz Record-Express will be pub­lished
following Christmas.
Due to the scarcity of paper and
the strict rationing of newsprint,
this custom this year serves also
tee purpose of enabling us to catch
up on our paper needs to some ex­tent.
Due to increases in circula
tion this scarcity of paper is be­coming
increasingly serious with
in.
Some of the best-known music
cf the Christmas season will be
sung by the Senior Choir of St.
Paul’s Lutheran Church when it
presents its Christmas Musical on
Sunday evening at 7.
The numbers feature solo and
quartet ¡parts as well as chorus
work and a well-rounded program
has been arranged by Albert S.
Ebbert, the choir director. Mrs.
E. D. Fulweiler is organist. Rev.
Charles F. Trunk, the pastor, will
have charge of the opening part of
the Service.
The program will begin with
“O Come, All Ye Faithful,” by
Reading, for chorus and quartet,
Mrs. Norman Brubaker, Mrs.
Charles Wagaman, Quentin R.
Keath and William S. Dengler.
This will be followed by the an-ihem,
“Holy Night, Peaceful
Night,” with soprano solo by Mrs.
Roy M. Weaver. Mr. Keath will
then sing “O Holy Night,” by
Adam.
The next number, “Shepherd’s
Christmas; Song”, is new to this
section. It is an Austrian folk­song
of 1810; arranged by Dickin­son,
and its interesting tune and
surprising conclusion will linger
long in the minds of those who
Lear it. It is written for choir and
soprano solo, wihich will be sung
by Mrs. James M Mummert. Mr.
Dengler will next sing “The
7-iirthday of a King”, by Neidling-i
v, and the musical program will
conclude with two anthems, “And
the Glory of the Lord”, from Han­del’s
Messiah, and “Glory to God
m the Highest,” by Pergolesi.
The public is invited to attend
:he musical.
—3-plece
Large Size,
Living Room Suites,
with the old metal
Cpl. Robert Wonder is spending
a ten-day furlough with his par­ents,
Mr. and Mrc.. Harry Wonder
on New Street.
Mrs. Arthur Johannson is spend­ing
the week with Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Spacht arid family in Ham
turg.