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Mailed in Conformity with P. O. D. Order No. 19687 P. O. D. Order 278S1 Write To The Boys In The Service The Lititz xpress HONOR THIS PIN Voi. LXVII Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa., December 27, 1945 No. 5 — s a . 1945 Stands Out As An Epocal Year In The History Of Lititz Review of Local Events of the Past Twelve Months Takes Borough From the Throes of Warfare To Victory Celebrations; Many Events of The Year Are Unparalleled In Local History The Year 1945 which will come to a boisterous and ceremonioms end next Monday evening was truly an epoc-creating year. For history was written during 1945 which will influence the trend of civilization for many years to come and the story of the manner in which Lititz reacted and responded to the rapid, dazzling flow of events, will make interesting reading forever. In those twelve small months were packed the thrilling announcements of United Nations victories, the utter destruction and downfall of Germany, the Atomic Bomb which in an instant thrust the world a thousand years ahead in the development of destructive weapons; and the downfall and occupation of the islands of Japan. In those twelve months Lititz went from a community doing its utmost to promote the war effort with the buying of bonds, contributing clothing, paper, fats, making munitions, etc., to a community wildly and thankfully celebrating the end of hostilities in a spontaneous outburst, the nois-est ever witnessed by local P e rsons. Lett’s review the ye ait, month by month: JANUARY ‘Last January Lititz was anxiously awaiting announcement of the casualty lists of the Battle of the Bulge. The Service Association announced that $2,800 had been raiis ed through the Christmas Party to be used to mail packages to the service men and women. Bob Mearig was reported safe after being isolated from This buddies for several days in Biel-gium. Rev. James M. Moore submitted his resignation as Church of ttho Brthren pastor. Capt. Joseph Grosh was reported safe in Belgium afteT losing all of his equipment. Lititz suffered the wrost bliz-zardin ten years on January 17 when 17 inches fell and drifted, all roads closed. Eight local casualties were reported during the third week, the heaviest loss foT Lititz since hostilities began. Three hundred attended the firemen’s smoker on Jan. 31, including several service men, Lititz reported all delinquent taxes paid. FEBRUARY Actue coal shortage caused formation of loca/l Emergency Fuel Committee to insure all homes of enough coal. Brown-out went into effect with merchants and theatre dousing ajl outside lights and' signs. Borough council continued 1five mill tax. Local draft board invoked irule to draft anyone refusing to accept essential war work. All local denominations met; to observe Day of Prayer Feb. 16. 13 selectees left Feb. 14. O. K. Bushong, for many years station agent here, died. MARCH Chinese speaker, No-Yung Park opened series of Rotary Institute meetings. Pastors presented petition to end1 all gambling at Farm Show. Sgt. Cari Nagle returned from Switzerland where he had been held as prisoner. Red Cross opened drive for ¡,000 here. Total of 22 local casualties reported during month. Pfc. Bob Gantz addressed1 Moravian Fellowship. Drive starts J» collect 25,000 pounds of clothing here. Plans made for Victory Gardens. APRIL 187th annual Easter Dawn Service held April 1 at Moravian Church. War casualties continued to mount. Red Cross drive succeeded in raising nearly $9,000. Clothing Drive goes ovfer the top.W ork of renovating new Recreation Center was nearing completion. Ray Kreider pitched two no-hit games, against Manheim Boro and Rothsville. MAY Compilation showed that 19 local service men ha ddied in World War II to-date. Lititz observed V-E Day by packing all local churches on Tuesday May 8 and again in day of prayer Sunday, May 13, as proclaimed in radio broadcast by President Truman. Celebration includes fervent prayers for ultimate victory over Japan and for the day of total peace. Police sought prowler who had been disturbing women here. Biggest bond drive in history of borough started May 14. ¡E. C. Feaerheller resigned as local manager of Wilbur-Suchard. Paul A. Mueller addressed Memorial Day program. 53 (received diplomas pt 59th High School Commencement. Lititz wins baseball league championship.' JUNE Firemen serve 400 gal. chicken com soup at festival. Bomberger and Way re-elected to borough council. New Recreation Center opened and dedicated June 23. Benamin Forrest named local manager of Wilbur Suehard. Boro exonerated service men and wives from paying per capita tax, JULY Ringgold Band plays at Fourth Celebration before 6,000 persons. Record heat wave recorded. Police still seeking to solve hit-run death of Howard Charles Cochran, Jr. John Hiestand arrives home from overseas. Flash-flood completely inun- (Oontinued on Page 1) FROM the joy and happiness of the Yule season we gain strength and fortitude to meet the problems of tomorrow. Our hope for you is that the New Year will bring no problems you cannot readily solve, and that all will be stnooth sailing. May your mind be brighter, your heart be lighter, and the road ahead be easier! This is our wish for you this New Year of 1946. Jiafipy New. yean. *7» All Stengel Given Jail Sentence And$150Fine Appeal For Suspended Sentence Denied By Court Six Congregations Here Will Observe Week Of Prayer From January 6 to 13 Nightly Meetings To Be Held In The Moravian Church Jail sentences totaling six months and fines of $150 were imposed upon Lowell O. Stengel, 0 fthis borough, by Judge Oliver S. Schaeffer in county court last Friday. Stengel was convicted of charges of involuntary manslaughter and failure to stop and render assistance. He was sentenced to three months in the county jail and fined $100 and costs on the manslaughter charge and three months in jail and a fine of $50 and costs on the second charge. Judge Oliver S. Schaeffer, who sentenced Stengel, ordered that sentence on the second count start at expira tion of the jail term imposed on the first count. The charges were brought by Corp. V. E. Simpson, of the State Police in the death of Robert F. Fisher, edghty-six, Kreider Ave., Neffsville, who was injured fatally when struck by Stengel’s auto while walking along the Lititz pike near his home on Sept. 28. W. Hensel Brown, defense counsel, pleaded for leniency on the grounds that Stengel had never been in trouble before and that the ury had recommended mercy on the involuntary manslaughter charge. Services For Frank Buch Here Saturday Was Oldest Resident Of Boro; Led Active Life AL GOCH EN AUER PLAYS SANTA CLAUS \nnual Census of Birds To Be Taken Here Sunday Lititz had a real Santa Claus j this year in the personage of Albert Gochenauer. A1 trimmed the arborvitae hedge between the Moravian cemetery and Linden Hall campus and cut over one hundred miniature Christmas trees, placed them on wooden ^tands jand distributed them to otherwise treeless folks. The annual census of song birds n and about Littz will be made Sunday by members of the Lititz iird Club. According to plans announced >y George Pennypaeker, president >f the club, the census will be nade by five teams, each team >eing given a definite territory to sover. The census will start at i a. m. and will continue until l p. m. The five teams will be headed >y the following: Barton L. Sharp, Charles Regennas, Jr„ Robert 3nyder, Russel Markert and Ed. Bear. Persons interested in participating in the census a » asked to report at Sharp’s store at 7:30 a. m. The census is part of a nationwide census of birds made under the auspices of the National Audubon Society. The society annually sets aside the week from December 23 to December 30, inclusive, in which the census is to be made. The census will be one not only of the different species to be seen but the number of each species seen within a certai^i (territory. Reports from all parts of the nation then are compiled in order to give the society a true picture of the increase or decrease of birds in each locality. MRS. D. M. GRAYBILL ADDRESSES EPHRATA CLUB Mrs. David M. Graybill, of this borough, delivered an interesting talk on decorating and the selection of Christmas greens, before members of the Ephrata Women’s Club in the American Legion Club rooms at Ephrata last Thursday afternoon. She was introduced by Mrs. C. Eugene Miller, program chairman. Lititz’ oldest resident, Frank B. Buch, died at his home at 14 North Broad Street, at 6:30 a. m. Wednesday. Death was due to the infirmities of his age. He was in his ninety-fourth year of age and had been a lifelong resident of Lititz. He lived a particularly active life and play-an important part in the organization of several organizatoins here. He was a charter member of St. Paul’s Lutheran church and often recalled the days when the men occupying the pulpit of the local church delivered their sermons n Gierman as well as in English. He also was one of the organizers of the Lititz Fire Company. His influence is seen in Lititz each oFurth of July for he was the one who originated the idea of placing the artistic water wheels and moving candle holders in the ipark stream.. The first wheels usde in the Fourth Celebration were made by his hands. Since then the use o fthese wheels has become famous. During his earlier life he participated in a number of business ventures which included cigaT manufacturing, pretzel manu-fabturinf as well as taxidermy. Species of his work in taxidermy are still highly prized here. He was a son of Jacob and Maria Brubaker Buch. He is sur vived by bis wife, Susan Miller Buch, and two daughters, Mrs. Erla Stultz and Mrs. John Bru baker. Four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren also sur vive. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 p. m. from Beck Bros. Funeral Home. Interment will be made in the Macpelah cemetery. Friends may call at Beck’s Friday evening from seven until nine. ISix congregations of Lititz will unite in the local observannce of Universal Week of Prayer from January 6 to January 13, according to plans completed this week. In observing the week, the six congregations will hold nightly meetings in the Moravian church at 7:30 p. m. The subjects for each meeting, at which the public is cordially invited to attend, are as follows: General Theme: Eph. 5:35-27; 3:20, 21. Monday, Jan. 7 — “And gave himself for it . . . ” Tuesday, Jan. 8—“that He might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of the word . . . ” Wednesday, Jan. 9 — “that He might present it to Himself a glorious church . . . ” Thursday, Jan. 10—“not having ¡spot or iwrinkle or any such thing . . . ” Friday, Jan. 11 — “but that it should be holy and without blemish . . . ” ¡Cooperating churches: Churdh of the Brethren; Evangelical Congregational; Evangelical and1 Reformed; Lutheran; Moravian; United Brethren. Boro Council Establishes Police Fund H. H. Diehm Elected Treasurer; Pay $671 Toward Athletic Field Expenses The first steps in establishing a retirement fund for borough policemen were taken at a meeting of borough council last evening. According to plans made, a ¡police retirement board will be named shortly after jtenuary 1. This board ¡will inalatffe three members of borough council, the burgess and a citizen. In setting up the organization to enable the retirement of local police, council appropriated $46.25 as the first quarterly payment on an annuity policy isued Ay the Fidelity Life Insurance Company. Through an act of the state leg- | islature passed at the last session, setting up of the retirement fund here will enable the broough to share in a tax imposed upon out-of- state insurance companies. A refund each year is expected to prove sufficient for carrying the annuities. Borough council also will contribute to the fund in order that members serving on the borough force will be able to retire at the age of 65 years with a sufficient income, it was explained. Council also elected Hiram H. Diehm as treasurer to serve during 1946 and' decided to use the Lititz Springs National Bank as depository for borough funds during the coming year, following a policy of alternating each year between the two local banks. The re-election of Elam H Risser to a five-year term on the borough board of health also was approved by borough council on the recommendation of the local health board. The annual appropriation of $200 also was approved. Borough council also approved payment of $671.30 to the school board, constituting one-half the expense of maiintaing the athletic field and announced its intention of naming two members to rep resent council on the school athletic committee. Councilman Thomas Steffy announced that work of excavating Third avenue and Water streets is nearly half completed while Water Superintendent Walter Miller announced that water mains and supplies have been received and that work of laying mains and continuing these two streets can he finished when weather conditions permit. A building permit was issued to Lloyd Garman, 246 South Spruce Street, for the construction of an apartment over a garage at the rear of his home. COUNCILMAN NISSLEY ILL WITH PNEUMONIA Councilman Christ Nissley was admitted to St. Joseph’s oHspital, Lancaster, Tuesday evening, suffering from pneumonia and a lung congestion. His condition had not improved materially today. Stricken ill Saturday night, Councilman Nissley was confined to his bed with cold and flu. His condition grew worse and when a complication was noted he was ordered removed to the hospital. Epidemic Ban To Be Lifted Here Friday Children To Be Admitted To Movies, Meetings, Bricker Announces WASTE PAPER COLLECTION HERE SAT. JANUARY 5 A waste paper collection will be made throughout the borough, on Saturday, January 5, according to an announcement made today by Frank Macferran, member of the committee in charge. The collection is made by the two local Boy Scout troops. All paper, including Christmas wrappings, etc., should be placed on the curb not later than 1 P. M. Mrs. Lucy Mouzy was taken to the Lancaster Generai Hospital for treatment. RAY KREIDER TO BE HONORED TONIGHT ANNOUNCE BIRTH Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Kauffman, of South Braintree, Mass, announce the birth of a daughter, Sv^san Elizabeth, at the Boston Memorial Hospital, Boston, Mass. Mr. and Mite- Charles Pflautz and two sons of Mount Gretna; Mr. and Mrs. Earl Beck and son, Douglass of Ephrata, spent Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ptfautz. aRy Kreider will be honored as the outstanding football player of the county this evenng at the annual banquet of the All-Lancaster Football Association at the Arcadia Cafe, Lancaster. Awards will be presented to Kreider and he also will be presented with a trop-h to be held by the local school for the year. A number of sports dignitaries will speak. Those from Lititz to attend include Kreider’s father, Superintendent M. C. Demmy and Coach Russel Gilbert. SUFFERING PNEUMONIA When pneumonia developed as the aftermath of an attack of flu, Gary Macferran, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Macferran, East Second Ave., was admitted to the Lancaster General Hospital Saturday. His condition was coonsid-ered improved today. New Alarm Donated To Fire Company Modern Fire Alarm Donated To Community By Animal Trap Co. Lititz is to get a brand-new fire alai}m, a gift from the Animal Trap Company of America, according to an announcement made at a meeting of the Lititz Fire Company last evening. The present alarm has served its usefulness and has been acting erratically recently, Fire Chief aRymond Runk explained. The new alarm will be of a more modern design and will cost approximately $350, the entire cost of which will be paid by the Trap Company. Plans also were completed for holding the annual smoker Thurs day, January 30, at 6 p. m. 'Sol ¡Strohm was re-elected presi dent o fthe company at the an nual election of officers. Other officers named were as follows: Amos Bucher, first vice president. J. Elton eRed, second vice president. Roy W. D. Sdhaffstall, treasurer. Lester Balmer, secretary. Fred Geesey, financial secretary. Christ Koehler, trustee. Raymond Runk, fire chief. George F. Evans, janitor. Disability Board: A. K. Reist, Clarence Shaub and Raymond Runk. A total of 2 5applications for membership were received. Service Men Return Home While a numbeT of local service men were back in the country but unable to get home for Christmas due to the transportation tie-up, more than.half a dozen succeeded in receiving their disdharges in time to enjoy the holiday at their homes. EM3/c Ford GocbenaueTi received his honorable discharge at Bainbridge Friday after serving 25 months in the Navy, most of which he was stationed in the Pacific. Others discharged at Bainbridge included SF3/c Henry Rollman, WT3/c Raymond C. DeWald and SFi/c ¡Charles E. Bowman, Jr., all of this borough. Tl^ose discharged through In-diantoiwn this week included Pfc. Harlan R, Steffy, this borough; T-5 Jacob Earhart, R. D. 1, and Corporal Norman P. Adair, R. D. With a slight improvement being noted daily in the epidemic of colds, and flu, the ban on children attending meetings and the movies will be lifted tomorrow, David Bricker, president of the Lititz Board of Health, announced today. “Our survey has shown that there is a slight improvement and we are hoping that this trend will continue,” Mr. Bricker explained. “While we are lifting the ban we urge all parents to use discretion and to take all precautions to prevent a recurrence of the epidemic.” The local school will open Monday morning when an immediate check will be made to determine the actual reduction in the number of children sffering flrom colds, Superintendent M. C. Demmy explained. Sunday School sessions also will be resumed Sunday morning. According to local physicians, fewer children have been stricken this week with flue and colds but the epdemc has spread somewhat to adults. Several cases of where adults had been weakened by colds and had subsequently developed more serous attacks of flu and pneumona were reported. New Year To Be Welcomed Quietly Here Two Watchniglit Services Planned; Several Other Services Cancelled Paul Mueller Explains Need For General Hospital Drive “To adequately provide for the growing demands for hospital service A>r the ipbmmnjnity, the Lancaster General Hospital needs $114,628 in its first annual campaign,” Paul A. Mueller, Esq-president of the Board of Directors of the hospital said' following a meeting of the board this week. The money, he said, is to be used for three purposes, vis '.charity work, debt reduction and maintenance. ‘‘The General,” said Mr. Mueller, “is appealing directly to the people of Lancaster County — whose hospital it is—because it is no longer possible for the hospital to work out its financial problems within the framework of the Welfare Federation.” The Hospital board decided some months ago to withdraw from the Federation at the close of 1945. (Some of those problems Mr. Mueller outlined as follows: (1) The liquidation of a bonded indebtedness of $329,500.00 which ¡matures in 1948. This in-debtedfnqss was incurred at the suggestion of Welfare and with the understanding that it would be amortized by Welfare. Welfare has never been able to pay more than $17,000.00 on account of this obligation. (2) The necessity of adequately providing for the growing and (continued on page two) The New Year will be welcomed in Lititz quietly with two watch night services being planned while several other belated yuletide services postponed from the preceding week have been cancelled due to the epidemic of flu and colds. Watchnight services will be held Monday evenng by both the Moravian church and the Church of the Brethren. , The postponed children’s Christmas entertainment of the Primary and Beginners’ Department of the Moravian Sunday School was scheduled to be held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 p. m. unless the epidemic grows worse. The watchnight service will begin at 10:30 p. m. The Trinity Evangelical Con-gational church has cancelled the Christmas program entirely and will distribute their Christmas gifts on Sunday. Holy Communion will be observed at the morning and evening service. Rev. George B. Carvell, pastor will preach the morning sermon and Rev. N. N. Lower of Readng will speak at the evening service. There will be no service on New Year’s eve. The Church of the Brethren also cancelled their! Children’s program entirely and will have Sunday School and church at regular time on Sunday, according to the Rev. Jacob T. Dick, pastor. A Watchnight Service will be held next Monday evening from ten o’clock until twelve, sponsored by the Young People of the church with Roy Hollinger, the president, in charge. There will be games and refreshments and Mr. Dick will speak. The St. Paul’s Lutheran church will hold their two postponed services on Sunday. The senior choir will present “Bethlehem,” a sacred cantata by Maunder. The solo parts will be sung by Mrs. George Bond, Wiliam S. Dengler, oJseph W. Sheckard, Rev. Charles F. Trunk and Albert S. Ebbert, director. The White Gift service will be held in the evening with the junior and' Young People's choirs singing. No watchnight service will be held.
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Title | Lititz Record Express |
Masthead | Lititz Record Express 1945-12-27 |
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Full Text | Mailed in Conformity with P. O. D. Order No. 19687 P. O. D. Order 278S1 Write To The Boys In The Service The Lititz xpress HONOR THIS PIN Voi. LXVII Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa., December 27, 1945 No. 5 — s a . 1945 Stands Out As An Epocal Year In The History Of Lititz Review of Local Events of the Past Twelve Months Takes Borough From the Throes of Warfare To Victory Celebrations; Many Events of The Year Are Unparalleled In Local History The Year 1945 which will come to a boisterous and ceremonioms end next Monday evening was truly an epoc-creating year. For history was written during 1945 which will influence the trend of civilization for many years to come and the story of the manner in which Lititz reacted and responded to the rapid, dazzling flow of events, will make interesting reading forever. In those twelve small months were packed the thrilling announcements of United Nations victories, the utter destruction and downfall of Germany, the Atomic Bomb which in an instant thrust the world a thousand years ahead in the development of destructive weapons; and the downfall and occupation of the islands of Japan. In those twelve months Lititz went from a community doing its utmost to promote the war effort with the buying of bonds, contributing clothing, paper, fats, making munitions, etc., to a community wildly and thankfully celebrating the end of hostilities in a spontaneous outburst, the nois-est ever witnessed by local P e rsons. Lett’s review the ye ait, month by month: JANUARY ‘Last January Lititz was anxiously awaiting announcement of the casualty lists of the Battle of the Bulge. The Service Association announced that $2,800 had been raiis ed through the Christmas Party to be used to mail packages to the service men and women. Bob Mearig was reported safe after being isolated from This buddies for several days in Biel-gium. Rev. James M. Moore submitted his resignation as Church of ttho Brthren pastor. Capt. Joseph Grosh was reported safe in Belgium afteT losing all of his equipment. Lititz suffered the wrost bliz-zardin ten years on January 17 when 17 inches fell and drifted, all roads closed. Eight local casualties were reported during the third week, the heaviest loss foT Lititz since hostilities began. Three hundred attended the firemen’s smoker on Jan. 31, including several service men, Lititz reported all delinquent taxes paid. FEBRUARY Actue coal shortage caused formation of loca/l Emergency Fuel Committee to insure all homes of enough coal. Brown-out went into effect with merchants and theatre dousing ajl outside lights and' signs. Borough council continued 1five mill tax. Local draft board invoked irule to draft anyone refusing to accept essential war work. All local denominations met; to observe Day of Prayer Feb. 16. 13 selectees left Feb. 14. O. K. Bushong, for many years station agent here, died. MARCH Chinese speaker, No-Yung Park opened series of Rotary Institute meetings. Pastors presented petition to end1 all gambling at Farm Show. Sgt. Cari Nagle returned from Switzerland where he had been held as prisoner. Red Cross opened drive for ¡,000 here. Total of 22 local casualties reported during month. Pfc. Bob Gantz addressed1 Moravian Fellowship. Drive starts J» collect 25,000 pounds of clothing here. Plans made for Victory Gardens. APRIL 187th annual Easter Dawn Service held April 1 at Moravian Church. War casualties continued to mount. Red Cross drive succeeded in raising nearly $9,000. Clothing Drive goes ovfer the top.W ork of renovating new Recreation Center was nearing completion. Ray Kreider pitched two no-hit games, against Manheim Boro and Rothsville. MAY Compilation showed that 19 local service men ha ddied in World War II to-date. Lititz observed V-E Day by packing all local churches on Tuesday May 8 and again in day of prayer Sunday, May 13, as proclaimed in radio broadcast by President Truman. Celebration includes fervent prayers for ultimate victory over Japan and for the day of total peace. Police sought prowler who had been disturbing women here. Biggest bond drive in history of borough started May 14. ¡E. C. Feaerheller resigned as local manager of Wilbur-Suchard. Paul A. Mueller addressed Memorial Day program. 53 (received diplomas pt 59th High School Commencement. Lititz wins baseball league championship.' JUNE Firemen serve 400 gal. chicken com soup at festival. Bomberger and Way re-elected to borough council. New Recreation Center opened and dedicated June 23. Benamin Forrest named local manager of Wilbur Suehard. Boro exonerated service men and wives from paying per capita tax, JULY Ringgold Band plays at Fourth Celebration before 6,000 persons. Record heat wave recorded. Police still seeking to solve hit-run death of Howard Charles Cochran, Jr. John Hiestand arrives home from overseas. Flash-flood completely inun- (Oontinued on Page 1) FROM the joy and happiness of the Yule season we gain strength and fortitude to meet the problems of tomorrow. Our hope for you is that the New Year will bring no problems you cannot readily solve, and that all will be stnooth sailing. May your mind be brighter, your heart be lighter, and the road ahead be easier! This is our wish for you this New Year of 1946. Jiafipy New. yean. *7» All Stengel Given Jail Sentence And$150Fine Appeal For Suspended Sentence Denied By Court Six Congregations Here Will Observe Week Of Prayer From January 6 to 13 Nightly Meetings To Be Held In The Moravian Church Jail sentences totaling six months and fines of $150 were imposed upon Lowell O. Stengel, 0 fthis borough, by Judge Oliver S. Schaeffer in county court last Friday. Stengel was convicted of charges of involuntary manslaughter and failure to stop and render assistance. He was sentenced to three months in the county jail and fined $100 and costs on the manslaughter charge and three months in jail and a fine of $50 and costs on the second charge. Judge Oliver S. Schaeffer, who sentenced Stengel, ordered that sentence on the second count start at expira tion of the jail term imposed on the first count. The charges were brought by Corp. V. E. Simpson, of the State Police in the death of Robert F. Fisher, edghty-six, Kreider Ave., Neffsville, who was injured fatally when struck by Stengel’s auto while walking along the Lititz pike near his home on Sept. 28. W. Hensel Brown, defense counsel, pleaded for leniency on the grounds that Stengel had never been in trouble before and that the ury had recommended mercy on the involuntary manslaughter charge. Services For Frank Buch Here Saturday Was Oldest Resident Of Boro; Led Active Life AL GOCH EN AUER PLAYS SANTA CLAUS \nnual Census of Birds To Be Taken Here Sunday Lititz had a real Santa Claus j this year in the personage of Albert Gochenauer. A1 trimmed the arborvitae hedge between the Moravian cemetery and Linden Hall campus and cut over one hundred miniature Christmas trees, placed them on wooden ^tands jand distributed them to otherwise treeless folks. The annual census of song birds n and about Littz will be made Sunday by members of the Lititz iird Club. According to plans announced >y George Pennypaeker, president >f the club, the census will be nade by five teams, each team >eing given a definite territory to sover. The census will start at i a. m. and will continue until l p. m. The five teams will be headed >y the following: Barton L. Sharp, Charles Regennas, Jr„ Robert 3nyder, Russel Markert and Ed. Bear. Persons interested in participating in the census a » asked to report at Sharp’s store at 7:30 a. m. The census is part of a nationwide census of birds made under the auspices of the National Audubon Society. The society annually sets aside the week from December 23 to December 30, inclusive, in which the census is to be made. The census will be one not only of the different species to be seen but the number of each species seen within a certai^i (territory. Reports from all parts of the nation then are compiled in order to give the society a true picture of the increase or decrease of birds in each locality. MRS. D. M. GRAYBILL ADDRESSES EPHRATA CLUB Mrs. David M. Graybill, of this borough, delivered an interesting talk on decorating and the selection of Christmas greens, before members of the Ephrata Women’s Club in the American Legion Club rooms at Ephrata last Thursday afternoon. She was introduced by Mrs. C. Eugene Miller, program chairman. Lititz’ oldest resident, Frank B. Buch, died at his home at 14 North Broad Street, at 6:30 a. m. Wednesday. Death was due to the infirmities of his age. He was in his ninety-fourth year of age and had been a lifelong resident of Lititz. He lived a particularly active life and play-an important part in the organization of several organizatoins here. He was a charter member of St. Paul’s Lutheran church and often recalled the days when the men occupying the pulpit of the local church delivered their sermons n Gierman as well as in English. He also was one of the organizers of the Lititz Fire Company. His influence is seen in Lititz each oFurth of July for he was the one who originated the idea of placing the artistic water wheels and moving candle holders in the ipark stream.. The first wheels usde in the Fourth Celebration were made by his hands. Since then the use o fthese wheels has become famous. During his earlier life he participated in a number of business ventures which included cigaT manufacturing, pretzel manu-fabturinf as well as taxidermy. Species of his work in taxidermy are still highly prized here. He was a son of Jacob and Maria Brubaker Buch. He is sur vived by bis wife, Susan Miller Buch, and two daughters, Mrs. Erla Stultz and Mrs. John Bru baker. Four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren also sur vive. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 p. m. from Beck Bros. Funeral Home. Interment will be made in the Macpelah cemetery. Friends may call at Beck’s Friday evening from seven until nine. ISix congregations of Lititz will unite in the local observannce of Universal Week of Prayer from January 6 to January 13, according to plans completed this week. In observing the week, the six congregations will hold nightly meetings in the Moravian church at 7:30 p. m. The subjects for each meeting, at which the public is cordially invited to attend, are as follows: General Theme: Eph. 5:35-27; 3:20, 21. Monday, Jan. 7 — “And gave himself for it . . . ” Tuesday, Jan. 8—“that He might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of the word . . . ” Wednesday, Jan. 9 — “that He might present it to Himself a glorious church . . . ” Thursday, Jan. 10—“not having ¡spot or iwrinkle or any such thing . . . ” Friday, Jan. 11 — “but that it should be holy and without blemish . . . ” ¡Cooperating churches: Churdh of the Brethren; Evangelical Congregational; Evangelical and1 Reformed; Lutheran; Moravian; United Brethren. Boro Council Establishes Police Fund H. H. Diehm Elected Treasurer; Pay $671 Toward Athletic Field Expenses The first steps in establishing a retirement fund for borough policemen were taken at a meeting of borough council last evening. According to plans made, a ¡police retirement board will be named shortly after jtenuary 1. This board ¡will inalatffe three members of borough council, the burgess and a citizen. In setting up the organization to enable the retirement of local police, council appropriated $46.25 as the first quarterly payment on an annuity policy isued Ay the Fidelity Life Insurance Company. Through an act of the state leg- | islature passed at the last session, setting up of the retirement fund here will enable the broough to share in a tax imposed upon out-of- state insurance companies. A refund each year is expected to prove sufficient for carrying the annuities. Borough council also will contribute to the fund in order that members serving on the borough force will be able to retire at the age of 65 years with a sufficient income, it was explained. Council also elected Hiram H. Diehm as treasurer to serve during 1946 and' decided to use the Lititz Springs National Bank as depository for borough funds during the coming year, following a policy of alternating each year between the two local banks. The re-election of Elam H Risser to a five-year term on the borough board of health also was approved by borough council on the recommendation of the local health board. The annual appropriation of $200 also was approved. Borough council also approved payment of $671.30 to the school board, constituting one-half the expense of maiintaing the athletic field and announced its intention of naming two members to rep resent council on the school athletic committee. Councilman Thomas Steffy announced that work of excavating Third avenue and Water streets is nearly half completed while Water Superintendent Walter Miller announced that water mains and supplies have been received and that work of laying mains and continuing these two streets can he finished when weather conditions permit. A building permit was issued to Lloyd Garman, 246 South Spruce Street, for the construction of an apartment over a garage at the rear of his home. COUNCILMAN NISSLEY ILL WITH PNEUMONIA Councilman Christ Nissley was admitted to St. Joseph’s oHspital, Lancaster, Tuesday evening, suffering from pneumonia and a lung congestion. His condition had not improved materially today. Stricken ill Saturday night, Councilman Nissley was confined to his bed with cold and flu. His condition grew worse and when a complication was noted he was ordered removed to the hospital. Epidemic Ban To Be Lifted Here Friday Children To Be Admitted To Movies, Meetings, Bricker Announces WASTE PAPER COLLECTION HERE SAT. JANUARY 5 A waste paper collection will be made throughout the borough, on Saturday, January 5, according to an announcement made today by Frank Macferran, member of the committee in charge. The collection is made by the two local Boy Scout troops. All paper, including Christmas wrappings, etc., should be placed on the curb not later than 1 P. M. Mrs. Lucy Mouzy was taken to the Lancaster Generai Hospital for treatment. RAY KREIDER TO BE HONORED TONIGHT ANNOUNCE BIRTH Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Kauffman, of South Braintree, Mass, announce the birth of a daughter, Sv^san Elizabeth, at the Boston Memorial Hospital, Boston, Mass. Mr. and Mite- Charles Pflautz and two sons of Mount Gretna; Mr. and Mrs. Earl Beck and son, Douglass of Ephrata, spent Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ptfautz. aRy Kreider will be honored as the outstanding football player of the county this evenng at the annual banquet of the All-Lancaster Football Association at the Arcadia Cafe, Lancaster. Awards will be presented to Kreider and he also will be presented with a trop-h to be held by the local school for the year. A number of sports dignitaries will speak. Those from Lititz to attend include Kreider’s father, Superintendent M. C. Demmy and Coach Russel Gilbert. SUFFERING PNEUMONIA When pneumonia developed as the aftermath of an attack of flu, Gary Macferran, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Macferran, East Second Ave., was admitted to the Lancaster General Hospital Saturday. His condition was coonsid-ered improved today. New Alarm Donated To Fire Company Modern Fire Alarm Donated To Community By Animal Trap Co. Lititz is to get a brand-new fire alai}m, a gift from the Animal Trap Company of America, according to an announcement made at a meeting of the Lititz Fire Company last evening. The present alarm has served its usefulness and has been acting erratically recently, Fire Chief aRymond Runk explained. The new alarm will be of a more modern design and will cost approximately $350, the entire cost of which will be paid by the Trap Company. Plans also were completed for holding the annual smoker Thurs day, January 30, at 6 p. m. 'Sol ¡Strohm was re-elected presi dent o fthe company at the an nual election of officers. Other officers named were as follows: Amos Bucher, first vice president. J. Elton eRed, second vice president. Roy W. D. Sdhaffstall, treasurer. Lester Balmer, secretary. Fred Geesey, financial secretary. Christ Koehler, trustee. Raymond Runk, fire chief. George F. Evans, janitor. Disability Board: A. K. Reist, Clarence Shaub and Raymond Runk. A total of 2 5applications for membership were received. Service Men Return Home While a numbeT of local service men were back in the country but unable to get home for Christmas due to the transportation tie-up, more than.half a dozen succeeded in receiving their disdharges in time to enjoy the holiday at their homes. EM3/c Ford GocbenaueTi received his honorable discharge at Bainbridge Friday after serving 25 months in the Navy, most of which he was stationed in the Pacific. Others discharged at Bainbridge included SF3/c Henry Rollman, WT3/c Raymond C. DeWald and SFi/c ¡Charles E. Bowman, Jr., all of this borough. Tl^ose discharged through In-diantoiwn this week included Pfc. Harlan R, Steffy, this borough; T-5 Jacob Earhart, R. D. 1, and Corporal Norman P. Adair, R. D. With a slight improvement being noted daily in the epidemic of colds, and flu, the ban on children attending meetings and the movies will be lifted tomorrow, David Bricker, president of the Lititz Board of Health, announced today. “Our survey has shown that there is a slight improvement and we are hoping that this trend will continue,” Mr. Bricker explained. “While we are lifting the ban we urge all parents to use discretion and to take all precautions to prevent a recurrence of the epidemic.” The local school will open Monday morning when an immediate check will be made to determine the actual reduction in the number of children sffering flrom colds, Superintendent M. C. Demmy explained. Sunday School sessions also will be resumed Sunday morning. According to local physicians, fewer children have been stricken this week with flue and colds but the epdemc has spread somewhat to adults. Several cases of where adults had been weakened by colds and had subsequently developed more serous attacks of flu and pneumona were reported. New Year To Be Welcomed Quietly Here Two Watchniglit Services Planned; Several Other Services Cancelled Paul Mueller Explains Need For General Hospital Drive “To adequately provide for the growing demands for hospital service A>r the ipbmmnjnity, the Lancaster General Hospital needs $114,628 in its first annual campaign,” Paul A. Mueller, Esq-president of the Board of Directors of the hospital said' following a meeting of the board this week. The money, he said, is to be used for three purposes, vis '.charity work, debt reduction and maintenance. ‘‘The General,” said Mr. Mueller, “is appealing directly to the people of Lancaster County — whose hospital it is—because it is no longer possible for the hospital to work out its financial problems within the framework of the Welfare Federation.” The Hospital board decided some months ago to withdraw from the Federation at the close of 1945. (Some of those problems Mr. Mueller outlined as follows: (1) The liquidation of a bonded indebtedness of $329,500.00 which ¡matures in 1948. This in-debtedfnqss was incurred at the suggestion of Welfare and with the understanding that it would be amortized by Welfare. Welfare has never been able to pay more than $17,000.00 on account of this obligation. (2) The necessity of adequately providing for the growing and (continued on page two) The New Year will be welcomed in Lititz quietly with two watch night services being planned while several other belated yuletide services postponed from the preceding week have been cancelled due to the epidemic of flu and colds. Watchnight services will be held Monday evenng by both the Moravian church and the Church of the Brethren. , The postponed children’s Christmas entertainment of the Primary and Beginners’ Department of the Moravian Sunday School was scheduled to be held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 p. m. unless the epidemic grows worse. The watchnight service will begin at 10:30 p. m. The Trinity Evangelical Con-gational church has cancelled the Christmas program entirely and will distribute their Christmas gifts on Sunday. Holy Communion will be observed at the morning and evening service. Rev. George B. Carvell, pastor will preach the morning sermon and Rev. N. N. Lower of Readng will speak at the evening service. There will be no service on New Year’s eve. The Church of the Brethren also cancelled their! Children’s program entirely and will have Sunday School and church at regular time on Sunday, according to the Rev. Jacob T. Dick, pastor. A Watchnight Service will be held next Monday evening from ten o’clock until twelve, sponsored by the Young People of the church with Roy Hollinger, the president, in charge. There will be games and refreshments and Mr. Dick will speak. The St. Paul’s Lutheran church will hold their two postponed services on Sunday. The senior choir will present “Bethlehem,” a sacred cantata by Maunder. The solo parts will be sung by Mrs. George Bond, Wiliam S. Dengler, oJseph W. Sheckard, Rev. Charles F. Trunk and Albert S. Ebbert, director. The White Gift service will be held in the evening with the junior and' Young People's choirs singing. No watchnight service will be held. |
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