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Voi. LXVII Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa., December 27, 1945 No. 5
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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-
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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
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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.