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Vo. LXVI Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa., August 9, 1945 No. 3',
Unusual Bird
Census Taken
Here On Wed.
Only Upland Plover Census
In U. S.; Started
In 1924
COUNTY CHAIRMAN
Five 'members of the Lititz Bird
Cliib on Wednesday took a census
of Upland Plover in this area.
They were Dr. Herbert H. Beck,
Barton L. Sharp, Charles Regen-nas.
Jr., Lt. Robert P. Snyder and
George H. Pennypacker all of
Lititz and Frank Thurlow of Dan-caster.
This is the only recognized cen­sus
of Upland Plover in the United
States and was started by Dr.
Beck in 1924.
In 1914 the Upland Plover was
taken off of the Game Bird list.
Prior Ho that time the season open^
ed on July 15th and remained open
until the birds migrated late in
August. They winter in Argent­ina.
Hunters frequently shot up
to 20 Plover in one day so it is
not difficult to understand why the
species was on the verge of ex­tinction
when it was removed from
the Game Bird list in 1314.
On the first census which was in
1924 only 5 Upland Plover were
recorded. In 19412 the total reach­ed
161 and this year only 47 were
counted. This year’s figure is mis­leading
"because of the condition
of the fields where the cnsus is
taken. The birds are invariably
found in fields Where wheat ¡has
been harvested and the growth of
clover and grass is starting. This
year the areas covered have only
a few such fields. Much of the
wheat is stil unharvested and the
birds have had to spread out to
other fields.
Dr. Beck reports this as the
seventh census. It is recorded in
the ‘Auk,” official publication of
the American Ornithological Un­ion.
The observers reported a flock
of 13 Canada Geese and have re­corded
35 other birds for the day
which started at 8 a. m. and lasted
until 2 p. m.
|DR. C. HOWARD WITMER
Dr. Witmer
County Head
Of Welfare
Drive To Be Conducted
From October
15 to 30
Pig-Tail Day
To Be Held
At Playground
Unique Contest Planned
For Wednesday; Prize
Winners Announced
Dr. C. Howard Witmer, promi­nent
physician, was appointed
County Division Chairman of the
Lancaster County United Drive,
it was announced today by Clair
McQullough, General Campaign
Chairman. The campaign will be
conducted October 15 to 30. Or­ganization
of the various county
districts will begin immediately.
In addition to attending to an
extensive private (practice, Dr.
Witmer is Chief of Medical Staff
of St. Joseph’s Hospital and
President of Rossmere Sanator­ium.
He is a member of the Wel­fare
Federation Board, has serv­ed
as Campaijjfh Chairman and in
various other capacities in con­nection
with the Welfare Cam­paigns
of which he was one of
the organizers. Dr. Witmer has
long been a leader in civic and
community affairs, he has been a
District Governor of Rotary In­ternational,
is now president of
the Manheim Township school
board and is also president of the
School Directors Association of
Pennsylvania.
The United Drive again in­cludes
the sixteen Welfare Fed­eration
Agencies and the National
Wlar Fund as well as some local
needs in several of the county
communities. The goal will be
announced in the near future.
Big Program
For Children
Here Friday
Picnic Lunch At Noon;
Novelty Games To Start
At 9 A. M.
A play Day will he held for
the children of the town tomorrow
according to E. S. Dechert, play
ground supervisor. The affair is
planned to take the place of the
union Sunday School picnic which
had to he cancelled because of the
weather conditions.
It will be an all day affair plan­ned
for children with a picnic
lunch at noon for those who
bring them and a soft ball game
in the evening between the all-star
players of the playground
and the a ll' star players of the
church league groups.
In the morning novelty games
of all kinds will be played for
children of all ages beginning at
nine o’clock. There will be no
prizes in the morning.
The program in the afternoon
will begin at one o’clock with a
grand march when the children
will be given horns and1 parade
around the field. Then will fol­low
games, as follows:
Ages one to five years, fifty
yard dash, one for the boys and
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LUTZ PROGRAM CANCELLED GARDEN SPOT POST No.
WILL MEET TUESDAY
56
Due to the condition of the
Springs Park, the annual prog­ram
scheduled to be presented
Sunday by B. F. Lutz and his
group of local musicians, has been
cancelled. The park is still not in
condition since the recent floods,
Mr. Lutz explained.
The regular meeting of Garden
Spot Post No. 56, American Leg- |
ion, will be held on Tuesday even- j
ing, August 14, at 8:00* p. m. in
the Firehouse.
Important matters such as the
nomination of officers will be held
at this time.
Service Association Spikes
Rumor That Packages
Were To Be Discontinued
Recr. Center
Reports Boost
In Patronage
Snack Bar Clears $150 In
Six Weeks; Interest
Increases
Association Never Even Considered Discontinuing
Gift Packages To Men and Women In The Ser­vice;
Assure Veterans No Turth To Rumor
Spread; ATCO News Proved Popular
With Overseas Troops
All-Star Game
To Be Played
On August 21
Proceeds To Be Divided
Between Service Assoc.
And Center
VETERANS RETURN HOME
A Pig-Tail day will be held for
the children of the playground on
Wednesday, August 15 when all
the girls are requested to appear
on the playground with their hair
done up in pig tails. Awards will
be given for the longest, shortest,
blackest, blondest, curliest, and
most unique iplg-tails. Diane
Muth and Virginia Schleith will be
in charge.
Several contests were held last
Friday including the model air­plane
and handicrafts. Cart Work­man
of the Lititz Book Store gave
the prizes for the airplanes which
v,ere as follows, Chester Wertsch,
1st., for a Nazi Stuka; Ronald
Achey, 2nd, 2-29; Ronald Erb, 3rd.
Thunderbolt.
Tile, Dawn Hollingsworth, 1st;
Iris Hall, 2nd.; Donald Good, 3rd;
bracelets, Betty Lehn, 1st; Jack
Snavely, 2nd; Iris Hall 3rd.
Awards for paper plates, check­er
boards and pocket books will
he made later.
Private Wilbur G. Keller, of this
borough, received his honorable
discharge from the armyTuesday
at Fort Dix, N. J., prior to return­ing
to his home here. At ¡the
same time Corporal Harry J.
Stauffer, of Lititz, R. D. 1, return­ed
home on furlough after being
redeployed at Undiantown Gap
following his return from overseas* I Strohm.
The third annual All-Star game
of the local S. S. League will be
held Tuesday, August 21, with
proceeds to be divided between the
Lititz Service Association and the
Lititz Recreation Center. In case
of ¡rain the game will ¡be held the
following night.
The All-Stars will play the
league-leading Lutherans and is
expected to attract the season’s
largest attendance.
The line-up for the All-Stars as
announced today is as follows:
Catcher—Carl Foltz— Moravian
IPitchers—‘Bill Gibson Evan, and
Jack Keath Brethren.
1st. Base—¡Marvin Miller ¡Moravian
2nd.—John Hershey Brethren
3rd.—Lloyd Witmer Brethren
S S.—Jolm Buch ¡Moravian
Shortlieid—Clair IBecker Brethren
Leftfield—Claude Young Evan.
Centerfield—¡John Beck Brethren
Alternates: 1st. Base Bill Stauffer
Evan.; Infield, Rhoades Wester-hoff,
Brethren; Outfield, John
Smith, Moravian; Outfield or In­field,
Ray Reedy, Evan.
Managers: Laverne Barber, Evan.
Bill Bingeman, Brethren.
Umpires: Chet Martin and Wally
Service men and women now
serving in the armed forces
of the nation from Lititz were as­sured
this week that the Lititz
Service Association will continue
sending gift packages — and had
never even considered discontinu­ing
the packages.
¡But — due to the widespread
circulation given a baseless
rumor to the contrary, officers of
the Service Association revealed
this week, some of the men and
women in the service are writing
home to know why the work of the
association has stopped.
The rumor was spread last
month when the Service Ass’n de­cided
that, due to |the fact so
many addresses of overseas veter­ans
were being changed, that in­stead
of a gift of various articles,
a gift of a copy of the ATCO
News containing a large number
of local photographs would be
mailed out.
Wlhile it is thought the rumor
was started to ridicule the selec­tion
of this type of gift, scores
of letters received from the. local
service men and women, espec­ially
those serving abroad, re­vealed
this gift to be the most
popular package mailed in many
months.
An unusually large number of
letters warmly thanking the as­sociation
for sending them |the
views of their (home town was
received by the association s sec­retary,
Mrs. Valentine Brobst.
The letters still are pouring in.
“We don’t blame any service
man for thinking he has been let
down if he is under the impres­sion
that we are going to stop
now,” one officer of the associa­tion
asserted, “and that is why
I want to assure all of them right
now that We never did have any
thought of discontinuing this
work.”
¡Bearing out his statement,
members of the association will
meet Monday night to pack this
month’s gift box to be sent the
service men and women.
At the same time, plans for
the Christmas package, the b ig ! v in more than double after the
The new Lititz Recreation Cen­ter
ended its first six weeks of
operation with the snack bar
showing a profit and interest in­creasing
each week, members of
the board of directors announced
following a meeting Tuesday
evening.
The announcement also was
made that a house-to-house can­vas
to raise sufficient funds to
wipe off the small indebtedness re­maining
on the center will be
held here starting Monday, Sept.
10, and ending Saturday, Sept. 15.
The snack har, one of the big
attractions for the young people
frequenting the center, has shown
an increase in business transacted,
each week since the opening. At
the end of the six-week period the
snack bar shows a profit of $150,
it was explained.
It is estimated that the number
of hoys and girls using the center
Lester Faus To Return After
Long Service In Italy
BOYS RETURN GOODS
TAKEN FROM WAREHOUSE
A q u a n tity o f a lum in um ow n ed
by Senseni-ch B ro th e r s a n d remov-
15th AAF IN ITALY — After
long service in Italy with the 15th
Air Force, T/Sgt. Lester L. Faus,
of Route 3, Lititz, Pa., will soon
return to the U. S. with the vet-teran
459th Bomb Group, accord­ing
to a recent announcement by
Brig. Gen. James A. Mollison,
commanding general of the 15th
Air Force.
The veteran group which will
receive additional training and
equipment before reassignment in
the Pacific Theater of war has
been serving with the 15th Air
Force in Italy for the past eigh-feature
of the year, will be con­sidered
and acted upon. The pub­lic
is invited to attend the meet­ing
and to assist in the work of
sending the packages to the ser­vice
men and women.
Relief, Fear
Mark News Of
Atomic Bomb
Bomb Hit Here Would
Destroy Lititz, Rotbsville
And Manheim
MOYER’S UNDERWEAR MILL
WILL HOLD PICNIC
¡The Walter W. Moyer Under­wear
Mill of Ephrata will be host
to their employees, the immediate
families of their employees, and
a number of other invited guests,
at a picnic to be held in the Eph­rata
Park on Friday afternoon
and evening on August 10.
school season starts in September.
Tc meet this expected demand,
more games, including several
ping-pong tables will be installed.
The door-to-door canvas planned
will aim to remove the debt of
$4,250 remaining on the renova­tions
to the building. It is also
hoped that additional funds will
be raised to take care of mainten­ance
such as janitor services, etc.
A similar drive may be made
once a year to carry along the
center, it was believed.
Directors lauded the borough
for improving the street leading
to the center. Supervisors on duty
at the center this month include
members of the Lititz Woman’s
Club. Rotarians will serve dur­ing
September and Rebekahs in
October.
’Mid The Turmoil
Burgess Vic Wagner spent a
large part off his vacation this
week canning pickles
things.
Some idea of the power of the
new atomic bombs developed by
our Army engineers was illust­rated1
today by the fact that a
bomb dropping on the fountain in
the Square not only would com­pletely
demolish the entire bor­ough
but would erase Rothsville
and part of Manheim as well.
News of the effect of the bomb
dropped upon Hiroshima proved
one of the principal topics of
conversation here this week. Local
residents viewed the new develop­ment
with as much alarm as re­lief
that datpan soon ¡w|ould be
knocked' out.
The opinion was heard repeat­edly
that while this method must
mean the quick defeat of Japan,
it will constitute a constant
threat to civilization itself in de­cades
to come. Another world
war would mean the end of all,
some pointed out.
One group estimating the effect
of a bomb of this type, pointed
out that a near-miss aimed at the
airport would', even if it struck
near Neffsville, wipe out every
living being and destroy every
building in Lititz.
Will Visit
Famed Castle
In The Desert
Pfc. Frank Ford, Jr.
Had Narrow Escape
That a shell landed so close to
Pfc. Frank Ford, Jr., during the
last few days of fighting in Ger­many,
that it ripped off both his
wrist watch and his wedding
ring, was revealed here this week
by his parents.
Told in a letter at that time of
his narrow escape, Mr. and Mrs.
Ford immediately sent the local
youth a film and asked that he
take some pictures of himself,
fearing that he may have lost part
of a limb. The roll arrived back
last week and when developed this
week, showed that Ford had not
suffered any serious effects from
the incident.
He was shipped recently from
Germany to France and hopes to
be able to return to this country
on furlough in September.
Young People
Plan Outdoor
Service Sun.
Church Of The Brethren
Group To Gather Near
Fire Tower
- of all
,ed from the Lutz warehouse on teen months. During this time,
Center Stre-et was recovered this
week when returned by a group of
¡hoys. The hoys had obtained ac­cess
to the warehouse by breaking
open a window. They then obtain­ed
a key kept inside the warehouse
and returned several times. 3VIr.
Lutz explained. Upon returning
the goods, the boys promised not
t*> repeat the offense.
the 459th has flown 244 missions
against stragetic targets in Ger­man-
held Europe, contributing to
the German downfall by the
bombing of Ploesti, Vienna, Steyr,
Munich and numerous other tar­gets
whose loss crippled Nazi re­sources,
supplies, and communi­cations.
For one such mission, the pre-cision
bombing of the German air­craft
works at Bad Voslau, Aus­tria,
the 459th was awarded its
second Distinguished Unit cita­tion.
This bombing was called a
“superb job” by Lieut. General
Nathan F. Twining, who was
then commanding general of the
15th AAF.
Under the command of Col.
Mardan M. Munn of Albany, Cal­if.,
and later under Col. Henry
K. Mooney, of New Orleans, La.,
members of the 459th Group won
an impressive array of awards
and decorations. They have flown
over 7,500 sorties and dropped
more than 14,000 tons of bombs
during the strategic, tactical and
morale bombings that German
military leaders have labeled as
the cause of Germany’s defeat.
After returning to the United
States, the 459th Liberator Bomb
Group looks forward to carrying
its devastating .bomb-loads against
the last enemy of free nations —
Japan.
IMr. and Mrs. Bill Stauffer ob­served
their third wedding anni­versary
this week when Mrs.
Stauffer presented Bill with a new
watch so that he wouldn’t miss
any of the buses or trains.
* * *
¡Councilman Harry Way, /Russ
Templeton, George Evans and
Lester Hackman drove to Safe
Harbor to fish Saturday — and
caught one catfish for a moment
_ that is until Hackman lost it
trying to land it. Oh well, every­body
can’t catch six bushels in
less than three hours.
MEN’S BIBLE CLASS
TO HOLD PICNIC
Lowell Stengel To Spend
Week At Home Of
Death Valley Scotty
What should prove to be an
unusually impressive outdoor
vesper service will be conducted
by the young people of the Lititz
Church of the Brethren Sunday
evening.
The program will be conducted
among ¡the trees in the vicinity
of the fire tower and will begin
at 7 p. m.
According to plans made, those
attending the service will meet
at the church at 6 p. m. and will
go by car to the Lebanon Pump­ing
Station.
At 6:30 p. m. the group will
start a hike from the pumping
station to the tower. As a feat­ure
of the service, Elder H. J.
Frysinger of the Big Swatara
congregation will address the
group of young people.
In case of rain, the service will
be held in the Y. P. D. room in
the church. All are invited to at­tend.
The church will hold its fall
council meeting at 7:30 p. m. on
Wednesday evening of next week.
At that meeting Sunday School
officers will be elected for the
year beginning October 1, and
other matters of business will be
conducted.
Large Group
Seeks Boro
Flood Aid
Residents Press Demam
At Special Council Meet
ing Last Night
A group of more than thiri
T i entu °f thS northeastern ei
of the borough crowed into com
chambers last evening in pre
sing their demands for the bo
°u8' to take measures to er
the flooding of properties alor
New and Noble Streets.
After listening to a number <
spokesmen for the group descril
conditions following storms whe
the stream through the Yerge
meadow overflows its banks, men
bers of council unanimously aj
proved a motion to engage a
engineer to make a survey of th
situation and to recommend wha
steps are to be taken.
Borough Solicitor Paul A. Muel
ler reiterated his stand that th
borough cannot spend publi
funds to change the course of thi
stream but added that inasmucl
as borough water also flows int»
the .stream, the borough migh
with residents of the district
shoulder a part of the expense.
At one point in the discussion
Levi Yerger, owner of the mead­ow,
offered to widen the stream
and to change the course at o.
point, for approximately $400. II
legally possible, members oi
council explained, they would like
to widen the stream and to alter
the course so that a new bridge at
Locust and New Streets will take
place of the two small bridges
now located on New and on Lo­cust
Streets.
When the engineer’s investi­gation
is completed another
meeting of residents of the dis­trict
will be held, it was decided
Letters From
The
Service Men
BOTTLED GAS
STILL [RESTRICTED
WASHINGTON—Gas cooking
stoves were removed from the
ration list on August 1, so that
gas stoves can now he purchased
without a certificate. However,
bottled gas is still regulated by
the government.
Ralph K. Davis, Deputy Pet­roleum
Administrator, said thjat
bottled gas, which is delivered to
the homes in cylinders, is still in
heavy demand' by the armed forces
and war plants and therefore it
is still necessary to continue the
restrictions on new installations.
A visit to the elaborate castle
in which the picturesque Death
Valley Scotty lives near Gold­field,
Nevada, will be one of the
features of a business and pleas­ure
trip being made by Lowell
Stengel, of this borough.
Mr. Stengel left Tuesday after­noon.
He will spend approxi­mately
a week at the famed
castle, which is [located in the
heart of America’s most-isolated
desert country.
Continuing to California, he
will spend several days with Cap­tain
and Mrs. Robert Longeneck-er.
Captain Longenecker, for­mer
Lititz youth, is married to
the moving picture actress, Ruth
Hussey.
Before returning to Lititz, Mr.
Stengel will then go north along
the coast and spend several days
on a fruit ranch. He expects to
return to Lititz early in Septem­ber.
FLIES HOME
Mrs. Ross Long returned to Lit­itz
¡from Seattle, Washington,
where she had been visiting her
husband, now in the service, ■ y
airplane Tuesday. Taking a plane
at Seattle Tuesday morning, she
arrived home less then 24 hours
later.
Dear Friends
Next to Pennsylvania, Minne-sot
is a fine state, with all its
beautiful lakes and woodland
(and its Swedes.- I received the
ATCO News and enjoyed that in­teresting
sketch of Lititz very
much. Thanks a lot.
Pfc. Robert Pfautz
Det. 102 AAGS
Wold Chamberlain Field
Minneapolis, Minn.
FAjRM WOMEN WILL
HOLD AUCTION TONIGHT
An auction sale will be held by
the Society of Farm Women No.
1 this evening at 7:45 at the new
Recreation Center. There will bs
entertainment ¡and refreshments.
Everyone attending will he asked
to bring an item worth approxi­mately
fifty cents which will be
auctioned off during the evening.
The public is invited.
The Men’s Bible Class of the
Moravian Sunday School will
hold a picnic on Thursday after­noon
and evening, August 23, on
the lawn in the rear of Fellowship
Hall.
All men of the congregation are
invited'.
Mrs. Isaac Moyer who spent
several weeks with her daughter,
Miss Pauline Moyer in California,
returned to her home.
—For Home Dressed Meat fol­low
the crowd and land in LUTZ’S
Meat Market. Prices and quality
do Hie trick. Phone 293-B. We
deliver
Keeping Up With
The Ration Changes
Home heating problems will be
just as difficult next ,win ter as
last, if not more so. Household­ers
who converted from oil to coal
because of the fuel oil shortage
are now faced with a similar
shortage in coal.
They will not be permitted to
reconvert to oil again because the
scarcity of heating fuel still con­tinues.
Something tells us that
people with fireplaces to take off
the coal-oil shortage chill may be
mighty popular with their friend's
and neighbors, come winter.
Light Sirup
A couple of food facts: Butter
may be a bit more plentiful this
month due to the fact that the
Government purchase set-aside
has bgen reduced to 20 per cent
from the originally scheduled 30
per cent.
Prices for fancy and choice
fruits of the 1945 crop, packed in
light sirup instead of the regular
heavy sirup because of the sugar
shortage, will be somewhat lower
due to this fact.
More Wool Garments
With a chilly, fuel-shy winter
(Continued on Page 5)
Dear Friends:
I got your package with Itihe
stationery and the issue of the
ATCO News today.
I was very glad to receive it
because I can give the fellows an
idea of what my home town looks
like and also it’s historic back­ground.
I am sorry I didn’t answer your
cards before hut it is very hard
to get back in the groove of study­ing
after two years of loafing. I
was never used to covering one
full sized text book in 14 weeks
but we’re doing it now. Not in
one subject but four. It’s hard
until you catch on then it is
pretty easy.
[We have very nice environment
and it doesn’t seem like the old
Navy.
I get a half a year’s college
credit for this 16 weeks so I
have nothing to lose and every­thing
to gain.
The gifts which I received from
you were put to very good use so
thanks again. If there’s ever any­thing
I can do or you, let me
know.
Until I see you all again, I re­main
“Fred."
Frederick Rettew Jr. ARM3/c
William Jewel College
Liberty, Missouri.
UNDERGOES OPERATION
Miss Doris Eckert, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. ¡Harvey Eckert,
Market Street, underwent an ap­pendectomy
at the St, Joseph’s
Hospital Friday. She returned
home this week.