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Vol. LXV Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa., January 27, 1944 No. 10
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$150,000 In
Bonds Bought
In Borough
War Heroes, Movie Stars
At Animal Trap
Rally
Conger To Speak
Before Rotary
Lititz has passed the quarter-mark
in the Fourth War Loan
drive with purchases of bonds here
amounting to more than $150,000
in the first ten days of the cam­paign,
William Fasnocht, local
chairman, announced today.
Nearly sixty canvassers will
continue their house-to-house can­vas
here until February 15 when
the campaign closes. Enthusiasm
expressed at bond headquarters in
the Business League Tuesday
evening when workers made their
second report, indicated that local
workers will not cease their ef­forts
until the total bonds sub­scribed
passed the half million dol­lar
point.
Their work is being supplement­ed
by independent soliciting by a
large group of Blue Star Mothers
who have pledged themselves to
obtain the purchases of at least
$1,000 in bonds each, and school
children who are putting ya a
special drive.
Bond sales also were greatly
stimulated over the week-end
when movie stars and returned
war heroes staged a rally, Sat­urday,
a t the plant of the Animal
Trap Company. Bond sales there
greatly increased—and this is in
addition to more than ten per-cent
already subscribed by employees
to be deducted from payrolls, Ho­ward
Richardson, personnel man­ager
at Animal Trap, declared.
With several hundred employees
attending the rally, Ed. Scofield,
in charge of the Hollywood bond
cavalcade, introduced the beauti­ful
Leslie Brooks and Edgar Buch­anan,
movie stars.
Miss Brooks presented Pvt. Ivan
Kenedy, who was wounded in the
Sicily campaign, and Boatswain
Thomas Sartino, of the U. S. Coast
Guard who lost his right arm in
the North African landings.
Describes Underground
Lt. John Middledorf, a flyer shot
down on the Belgian border who
escaped to England via the French
underground, and Lt. James E.
Ayers, D.S.C. and Air Medal, flyer
with 25 missions with the A.A.F.
in England in three months, gave
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Ray Conger, well-known Oly­mpic
champion, will address the
Lititz Rotary Club Tuesday even­ing.
Conger was a member of the
1928 Olympic -team representing
the United States and held both
the 1000-yard and 1500-metre re­cords.
He also ran within one se­cond
of the world’s record for the
mile, defating the great Paavo
Nurmi. He wjll be introduced by
Dr. Charles A. Landis, Jr., a mem­ber
of the program committee of
the local club.
Buckwalter
Gets Rank
Of Captain
Local Man Promoted
Garden City Air
Field
At
Garden City Army Air Field,
Kansas, January 22—John S.
Buckwalter, flight commander
here, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. S.
Buckwalter, Lititz, has1 been pro­moted
from first lieutenant to
captain, Col. Jergen B. Olson, post
commander, announced today.
Capt. Buckwalter is a graduate
of Delaware University, class of
’41, with a Bachelor of Science de­gree
in Agriculture. He was a
member of Kappa Alpha Frater­nity,
Aggie Club, active in athletics
and trained two years with ROTC
unit during his university years.
Upon graduating from college,
Capt. Buckwalter entered flight
training with the Army Air For­ces,
completing- primary pilot
training a t Tulsa, Oklahoma, bas­ic
at Randolph Field, Texas, and
advanced at Kelly Field, Texas,
where he was originally commis­sioned
second lieutenant and
sSutJW joaijs po^oAoa oqi pepauAva
of a pilot.
Capt. Buckwalter served as
flight instructor at Randolph Field
for nine months prior to his as­signment
here in February, 1943.
Boro Plans
To Collect
Garbage Here
Expect To Introduce Or­dinance
At Feb.
Meeting
Borough collection of garbage
here was informally approved at
a meeting of borough council Tues­day
evening. At the same time,
members of local council express­ed
the opinion that the public col­lection
of ashes and rubbish would
prove too costly for the borough
to consider at this time.
Introducing the matter to coun­cil,
Councilman Harry Way declar­ed
that many residents here have
urged the collection of garbage by
the borough. Similar collections
now are made by the boroughs of
Manheim and Ephrata.
During the discussion which
followed it was estimated that the
cost of garbage collection would
amount to approximately one mill
in borough taxes. It was pro­posed
to give the contract for this
collection out on an annual basis.
“I think that this! proposal
should be given plenty of publicity
that we can learn from resi­dent
® if such a service is desired,”
Councilman Way added.
President of Council Elmer
Bamberger appointed Way, Stef-fy
and Ditzler a committee of
three to take the matter.up with
Borough Solicitor Paul A. Mueller
and to have an ordinance drawn up
in time for the February meeting
of council.
Somewhere In The South Pacific
Claire E. Mentzer, of 109 N. Broad Street, this borough, is seen
sitting at the wheel of a jeep somewhere in the South Pacific, in
this jungle photo sent The Record-Express. Supply Sergeant Wm. J.
Reardon, of Philadelphia, is seen loading extra fuel in the rear of
the jeep.
Speakers
or Peace
Meetings
Series To Start Feb. 28;
Sponsored By Rotary
Club
Crusaders Class
Holds Meeting
Legion Auxiliary
Holds Meeting
TROOP 42 TO HOLD
CHARTER NIGHT WEDNESDAY
Boy Scout Troop No. 42 will
hold Charter night Wednesday
evening, Feb. 2 in the social room
of St. Paul’s Lutheran church.
Chief Armstrong will present the
certificates and the Charter for
thenew year. Prof. F. F. Bailey
and Earl Rebman will be speakers
and the boys will give ademonstra-tion.
of tlioir activities*
The hoys of Troop No. 42 will be
guests, and tbe parents of the
boys and friends are invited to a t­tend.
Refreshments will be served.
Willy dePerrot is the Scoutmaster
assisted by Russel Market.
At the monthly meeting of the
Ladies Auxiliary of the American
Legion held recently at the home of
Mrs. Norman Habecker it was de­cided
to hold a pantry and rum­mage
sale in tbe Enck Building,
East Main Street, on February 18
and 19. Anyone having rummage
should bring it to that place on
Thursday.
The next meeting will be held at
the home of Mrs. Samuel Hoffman
on February 19.
HOME OYER WEEK-END
Cpl. Victor Pfautz, stationed at
F o rt George Meade, Md., spent the
week-end at his home on South
¡Broad Street.
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Brubaker
entertained the Crusaders Class
of tbe Church of the Brethren Sun­day
school at their home on Thurs-lay
evening. Henry J. Suavely,
he president, was in charge of the
meeting and thirty-three members
attended.
Plans for the class to contribute
a heifer for the “Heifers for Re­lief”
project of the church were
discussed and Miss Lottie Nies
presented the twelve projects of
the Brethren Service Committee
of the Church of the Brethren.
PENN STATE TO HAVE
FRUIT SHORT COURSE
A fru it growing sh o rt course
will Ibe offered at the Pennsylvania
State College February 1 to 11, an ­nounces
A. L. IBeam, director of
agricultural short courses. The
program of instruction will cover
aids in overcoming wartime diffi­culties
of fruit growing, and be­ginners
as well a s experienced or
chairdists are urged to enroll.
P articular emphasis will toe
placed on solving the problems of
orchard bosses and crew foremen
says F. N. Fagan, pomologist
Many skilled orchard workmen
are in the armed forces, and inex
perienced men and women must be
trained to fill their places.
Patriotic Play
Given At School
“Wlings Over America”, a story
depicting how our government
tracks down spys and sabotage
was presented in the high school
auditorium during assembly on
Tuesday.
Requests have been Sent to the
parents of the children in the
schools to give their consent for
the children to be given the Man-toux
Tuberculin Test on February
1st, to determine whether or not
tuberculosis germs are present in
the body. The tests will be super­vised
by Miss Edna Huffa, state
nurse. The results of the readings
will be given on February 3rd.
A tin can collection will be tak­en
in the schools on Thursday and
Friday, February 3 and 4. The
schools have conducted one of
these collections since fall with,'
the following results: October,
2840 pounds; November 2480;
December 1080; January 5520.
One-Mill Tax Boost
Saved By ‘Ten Minutes’
Ten minutes is a mighty short
space of time.
But ‘‘ten minutes” in all pro­bability
saved local taxpayers a
one-mill increase in the borough
tax rate Tuesday night.
During the meeting, members of
council passed the annual budget
fixing the tax rate at the former
five mills, almost without any dis­cussion.
The meeting had adjourned only
a few minutes when Councilman
Harry Way asserted to one of his
fellow-councilman that “I still feel
we should have increased the tax
rate one mill in view of improve­ments
we are going to have to
make in the future.”
To his
Frank
surprise
Ditzler agreed
Councilman
with him
thoroughly, declaring thiat “It pro
balbly would have been a lot better
to increase the rate now when
everybody has plenty of money
than to wait until after the war.:
It then was revealed that dur
ing a caucus on the budget Mon­day
night, members of council had
turned down Councilman Way’!
suggestion of a one mill increase
‘T have been thinking about
that all day and I now feel that
one-'mill increase is justified—'and
much preferable to a bigger in­crease
later,” Councilman Thomas
Steffy then added.
“Well we have a majority—but
it’s too late as we adjourned ten
minutes, ago and the bürget fixing
the tax rate at five mills is now
open for public inspection,” Coun
oilman Wiay concluded.
Binkley Named
Night Officer
By Council
Annual Budget Retains Old
Tax Rate; Salaries
Increased
Rotary’s Institute of Interna­tional
Understanding engaged tbe
attention of Rotarians at their
meeting Tuesday evening. Com­mittees
are hard at work perfect­ing
details for the success of this
event.
The International Committee,
which has general responsibility
for the Institute, announced the
speakers and the topics for the
four evenings.
The speaker for the 'first nicet-ing,
February 28th, will be Eric
IHing-lworth Grimwade, of Chic­ago,
Illinois. His theme will be
British Commonwealth of Nations’
Contribution to a New World Or­der.
Mr. Grimwade, a native of
the British Isles, will bring to the
discussion of his theme a wealth of
knowledge and experience.
The second meeting will have as
its theme The Russian Republics as
Contributors to a New World Or­der.
The man to handle this sub­ject
is now a fellow citizen, but
until his flight from Germany af­ter
hisi escape from a Concentra­tion
Camp, was a native of Ger­many.
As a member of the
Reichstag, before Hitler came in­to
power and especially as a mem­ber
of its Committee on Foreign
Affairs, he became intimately ac­quainted
with Soviet Russia. Mr.
-Gerhart Seger, now of New York
City, is preminently qualified to
throw light upon the enigmatical
equation that is Russia.
This war, more than anything
else, has made us conscious of the
Far East and its importance in
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Two vacancies were filled by
borough council Tuesday evening,
Constable Raymond Binkley was
appointed Night Officer of the
Borough Police force to fill the
vacancy caused by the induction
into the service of Officer Luther
Nagle.
Controversy
Hinge Around
Bike Licenses
Lions Club Asks
To Drop Ordinance;
Chief Defended
Ehvood P. Dull
Now In England
Made A Corporal
Baily Addresses
Lions Club
Prof. F. F. Bailey, of Rothsville,
district governor, addressed the
Lion’s Club a t their meeting on
Thursday evening at the General
Sutter hotel. He spoke on “Lion-ism”
and the effects o ftheir work
in the community.
Two new members were admit­ted
into the Club. They are Carl
Huber and Carl Foltz. The Club
now has a closed membership of
fifty and seven members in the
Service.
Two hundred dollars in war
stamps were sold a t the meeting.
Binkley, who held a responsible
position in a local plant, has been
given his release due to the acute
need for a night officer here and
will* begin his new duties tonight,
it was announced.
Harvey Fetter was named to fill
a vacancy in the Water Depart­ment
caused more than a week ago
by the resignation of Lester Mil­ler,
veteran employee of the water
department now with the Simplex
Paper Box Corporation.
Presentation of the annual bud­get,
which was passed on first
reading, again fixed the local tax
rate at five mills. Salary increas­es
also were approved.
The budget estimates; total re­ceipts
of $44,291.78, listed! asi fol­lows:
balance carried forward,
$20,470.74; receipts from current
taxes, $17,338.04; from prior tax­es,
$1,000; miscellaneous income,
$5,483. Expenditures are estimat­ed
at $23,346, the largest item
being $15,300 for street and high­way
work, and the remainder for
salaries and miscellaneous ex­penses.
Addison Harding, street super­intendent,
was granted a salary in-ereaste
of $15 a month, and all ot­her
salaried employes were grant­ed
increases of $10 a month each.
Water Superintendent Wlalter
Miller announced that $189.47 still
is outstanding in unpaid water
rents.
Lititz’ bicycle ordinance jumped
into the limelight as a controver­sial
Tuesday evening when local
eouincilmen quickly sprang to its
defense after receiving a letter
from the local Lions club, original
sponsors of the law, asking that it
ibe abolished “if nothing more is
done than the collecting of fees.”
Burgess Victor Wagner immed­iately
took exceptions to a state­ment
in the letter that “nothing is
done” and empathically asserted
that Chief of Police Clarence R.
Kreider has on numerous occas­ions
reprimanded boys and girls
for violating sections of the ordi­nance.
“The parents still violate auto­mobile
laws and it’s asking too
much to think that the children
are going to obey all traffic laws
without exception,” Burgess Wag-nqr
added. “I feel that much has
been accomplished by the ¡bicycle
ordinance and certainly would hate
to see it dropped now.”
Asked if many of the children
object to paying 25 cents for li­cense
tags, Borough Secretary
Elam Habecqer declared that on
the contrary, ¡boys and girls take
considerable pride in the owner­ship
of -the tags and that parents
feel it is good insurance against
theft.
“We traced ownership of a stol­en
¡bicycle just this week through
the records; we keep when bike li­censes
are issued,” he explained.
In a letter sent to council the
Lions Club declared that “in other
towns and cities . . . bicycle courts
are held where children ace
brought to be reprimanded for vio>
lating traffic regulations. In view
of the fact that apparently noth­ing
is done more than the collect­ing
of fees, we recommend that the
issuance of licenses be discontin
ued.
“This is not a reflection on our
police force as we realize one man
can't be everywhere at one time,”
the letter concluded.
In a letter to be sent the Lions
Club, members of council ¡suggest­ed
a meeting ¡between council and
a committee of the club to deter-ine
if the ordinance can be enforc­ed
any more effectively.
An Eighth AAF Bomber Station,
England—It was recently announc­ed
by Eighth Air Force Headquar-
CoUllcil 1 te rs that EHwooid P. Dull, of Lititz,
Pa., has been promoted to the
grade of Corporal in -the Army Air
Corps.
Dull is a dispatcher in the motor
pool at a Flying Fortress station
somewhere In England. His posi­tion
necessitates good judgement
and tact as the vehicles are lim­ited
in number and the gasoline is
rationed.
Before entering the Air Corpj
the -Corporal was employed by the
¡Spring Lake Ice Company in L it­itz.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Reuben Dull, Lititz.
Letters From
The
Service Men
Waste Paper
Collection
On Saturday
Tin Can Salvage Next Wed­nesday
And Thurs­day
An appeal for local housewives
to gather together as much waste
paper as possible was coupled this
week with an announcement by
the local salvage committee that
a paper collection, will be made
Saturday. --dpx&b,,
Paper should Be 'bundled and
placed on the curbs Saturday not
later than 1 P. M., Christ Nissiy,
local chairman, announced. A tin
can collection will be made next
Wednesday and Thursday. Cans
are to be taken to the Orange St.
entrance of the borough shcool.
Persons unable to take: cans to the
school are asked to call Supervis­ing
Principal M. C. Demmy.
The paper collection will be
made by local Boy Scouts. Trucks
have been provided ¡by local busi­ness
places and industries. Per­sons
willing to help are asked to
get in touch with Mr. Nissiy.
“The government has urged the
local salvage committee to obtain
more waste paper in view of an
acute shortage,” Mr. Nissiy ex­plained.
“When we realize that a
single newspaper makes three cups
for 25-pound shells and that a
magazine makes a mortar shell
carrier—both vitally needed by the
forces overseas—iwe can see just
how important it iisi for every town
the size of Lititz to come through
with tons of paper,” he added.
MISS MILLER ENTERTAINS
THE DELPHIAN CLASS
To Aid Taxpayers
File Income Returns
Miiss Anna K. Miller entertained
the Delphian Society at her home
on Thursday evening. Mrs. Ed­ward
Buch, president, was in
charge and seventeen members
and o-neguest attended.
The program was a resume of
the present situation of the War
and was discussed as follows: “The
Far East”, Misls Sophie Bricker;
“Europe”, Mrs. J. B. Wissler;
“The Americans”, Mrs. Normlan
Badiorf. The next meeting will be
held ait Linden Hall when Miss
Myrtle Eckert will present “Mus­ical
Moments!.”
Dr. Hagen Becomes
A Great-Grandfather
Three deputies of the Internal
Revenue Department will be on
duty here Thursday and Friday
February 10 and 11, to sssi-st local
persons in making out their in ­come
tax forms, Postmaster Rob’t.
Pfautz announced today.
The deputies will be stationed in
the inspectors’ office which can be
reached from the Cedar Street en­trance
of the Post Office. They
will answer all questions and give
any assistance possible helping
persons to file correct returns.
Jan. 10, 1944
Hi Folks:
Just a few lines to let you know
that I’m thinking of that good old
town Lititz. I hope I’m soon able
to get there again. I will be very
glad when I can start to peddle
bread again. I am in the best of
health and hope thiisi finds every­one
in Lititz the same.
If you folks could travel as much
as I have in the past few months
I am sure you would appreciate
Lititz more than -ever. I -hear
Lititz is a pretty quiet place late­ly.
We boys over here are doing
our best to end this war as soon
as possible.
I was out on a water point for
a few weeks. The only thing I
did wasi cook once in awhile and
keep tract of the water we sup­plied.
It was very easy.
I wish to thank all of the people
of Lititz for remembering me with
Christmas cards. I got quite a few
and was very glad to know that
you people were thinking of me,
I ’ll have to close for this time,
hoping to soon he able to return
to Lititz.
Sincerely,
Herb Oehime.
ALTHOUSE PROMOTED
Harold G. Alhouse stationed
somewhere in England wrote to
Mr. and Mrs. Levi Weaver of Lit­itz,
th a t he has been promoted
from Cpl. to Sgt. on Ja n ., 10, S g t
Alhouse was inducted in Sept,
and went overseas Nov. 1943. He
formerly lived with Mr. and Mrs.
Weaver.
Mid The Turmoil
George Pennypacker -is having
trouble with his pets. Last week
a chicken leaped in the air, landed
on George’s sparsely-covered head
and left a long gash. This week
Doc. Slgel’s dog followed George
and Margie to church.
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YOUNG PEOPLE TO
CONDUCT SERVICE
The young people of the Mor­avian
congregation will have
charge of the evening ¡service,
Sunday, February 6th.
The program will consist of a
sermon, selections by the Girls’
choir and solos.
REVIVAL SERVICES
CONTINUED
Dr. and Mrs. William S. Tlnney,
of the Mayo Clinic, Rochester,
Minn., announce the birth of a son,
William Scott Tlnney, 3rd, Sun­day,
January 23. The young fel-lo
wis -the great-grandson of Dr.
E. S. Hagen as well as the great-grandson
of Mrs. George L. Hepp,
both of th is borough.
The revival services in the Com­munity
Tabernacle are in progress
with satsifactory results.
Rev. G. Fletchall and Mrs.
Fletehall of_Intercession City, Fla.,
will be with us over the week-end.
Service each evening next week
at 7:30. You are cordially invited
to attend this gospel feast.
HOME FROM ALEUTIAN
Charles Bowman is spending a
month with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Bowman, Lititz, after
spending 14 months in the Aleu­tian
Islands.
Name Committee
Mrs, M. C. Demmy, chairman of
the “March of Dimes” program to
collect funds to aid infantile para­lysis
victims, has appointed the
f ollowing committee to assist with
the work: Postmaster Robert E.
Pfautz, Dr. C. E. Lane, Christ
Nissiy, Mrs. Arville Burkholder,
Sol Strohm, Raymond Reedy, Mrs.
John Hershey, Mm. Sara K. Jen­kins,
A. L. Douple, and Warren
Diehm. Mrs. Frank Longemecker
is secretary-treasurer of the or­ganization.
Feed More Than 300
At Fire Company Smoker
More than 300 firemen attended
the annual dinner and smoker
held in the firehouse last evening.
Demonstrating a brand of effi­ciency
hard to beat„firemien and
members of the auxiliary served
the large group with a total ab­sence
of confusion. Filing past in
cafeteria style, the guests receiv­ed
their platters, found their
places at the table, with the result
that the entire group was fed bet­ween
6:30 and 7:30' P. M.
The annual get-together of local
firemen was probably the largest
in the history of the local com­pany.
The principal addrelss of the
evening was delivered by Rev. R.
H. Wihiston, of Quarrvyille. Rev.
Whiston served as a chaplain in
World War, No. 1.
Out-of-town guests included
prominent firemen from the coun­ty
and state.
These local bowlers are
going -to town th is year,
week Norm Badorf rolled 520 and
Coach Harold Reese chalked up a
510. Dutch Long topped the ¡league
with his 213 single. _ ,
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The day long ago when the Lit­itz
Band, all dressed up in new
went to Washington to play af
uniforms, boarded a tra in and
Canfield's inaugration, was recalled
here -this week when Amos Kauff­man,
eighty, now living in Lancas­ter,
spent ¡a few hours here. Kauff­man
boarded the same tra in anc
went on to Hickory, North Caro­lina,
where he worked for yCa.
for Jesse Pannabecker, wih-o toe
fore that time had operated a tan
nery here. Wilson Baum was thi
last surviving member of the bam
to make that trip, Amos explained
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Last year Julia Reifsnyder go
a -big laugh out of her husband
Johnnie’s plight When he sat oi
his glasses. You guessed it. La?
week Julia sat on her spectacl'
Don’t these Reifsnyder’s k?
where to wear glasses?
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Paul Bomtoerger, believe
not, is quite some stage
Paul brought the house down a
the close of a dramatic play pre
sented by -two professionals a t
Rotary Club meeting Tuesda
when he rushed on the stag
brandishing a revolver and a*
rested a Nazi spy ju st as she wa
about to shoot the play’s her<
“I did it for my country,” Paul d<
d a re d later.
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Bennie Lutz calls up to tell t,
th a t Bob Herr, son of'Squire an
Mrs. J. B. Herr, was one of lei
than 20 pe rcent a t Chapel HT
N. C., who passed a swimming te
“And you can ad th a t Bob le a r n .
to swim a t the Lutz pool,” h
added.
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—For Home Dressed Meat ff
low the crowd and land in LUT"
Meat Market. Prices
do the trick. Phom
deliver