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Voi. LXVIII Lititz, Lancaster Co., P a .,D e c em b e r 19, 1946 No. 3
Expect Large Crowd At
Community Christmas Party
Here This Saturday Evening
Ticket Sale One Of
Largest In Years; Program
Starts At 8 P. M.
Xmas Bird Count
To Be Made Sunday
Reports of sates of tickets for
the Community Christmas party in
the high school gym Saturday
night, released yesterday by the
Lititz Lions Club, sponsors of the
affair^ indcate thaj, one off the
largest crowds ever to attend these
parties will be on hand.
tfut no uriatter if the largest
crowd in history is there, every­thing
will be in readiness to give
them a wonderful evening of en-tertanment
for the plans of the
Lions Club Committee, headed by
Harry Way and David Wright, are
being perfected to the finest de­tail.
The program will get under way
at 8 sharp land for several hours
there will he entertainment by
professional acts, singing of
Christmas carols led by Burgess
Victor Wagner and eating of del­icious
refreshments, to be follow­ed
by dancing to the music of
Andy Kemer’s orchestra. A copy
of the program will be distributed
to each house in town tomorrow
afternoon.
The representatives of the Farm
Women, Woman’s Club, Kings
Daughters, Fire Co. Auxiliary,
Delphian Society and VFW Aux­iliary
who are working under
Mrs S. R. Krane to prepare the
food for the party are planning
to be in the kitchen at the fire
house all day tomorrow and Sat­urday
morning to complete pre­parations
for that part of the
affair. This year the food will
not be sold from a long table on
thd gymn floor but by the ushers,
so that those who attend will not
have to leave their places.
All members of the Lions Club
have been assigned work to do
and are asked to report on time
where and as required.
The annual Christmas bird count
for the National Audubon Society
willl be taken in northern Lancas­ter
county by members of the
Litiitz Bird Club on Sunday, Dec.
22. ,
The membership is urged to
contact Barton L. Sharp, chairman
of the trip committee, for start­ing
time and assignment to one
of the several groups; each of
which will cover a different area.
At Long Last—
Water Pipe Arrives
After waiting all summer, the
borough water department yester­day
received two large truckloads
of water pipe Including n^ore
than 2,000 feet. With the ground
frozen, pipe will be stored until
Spring when it will be laid along
Noble and Cherry Streets.
Workmen who unloaded the
pipe declared: ,ijn other shipment
is aibout ready to be sent here in
the near future.
Church Marks
Burning Of
Mortgage
Rev. Light Presides Over
Impressive Ceremony At
Evan U. B. Church
Messiah To Be
Given Sunday
At St, Paul’s
Xmas Pageant
At Brethren
Church Sun.
Return To Bethlehem' To
Be Given At Evening
Service
A Christmas pageant entitled
“Return to Bethlehem,, will he
presented in the Church of the
Brethren Sunday evening at 7 p.
m. under the direction of Mrs.
John Hershey.
The scene of the play is a r$pm
in the home of Rueben. First
act takes place on the first Christ­mas
evening, which is followed by
an act in which the Wise Men ar­rive.
The last act is the late sum­mer
of the following year.
The cast includes: Reuben, of
Bethlehem, owner of flocks and
vineyards, El-wood Hershey; Sara,
his wife, Catherine Larkins.
Dan, their 16 year old son, Ro­bert
Piefer.
Miriam, their 12 year old
daughter, Genevieve Havener.
Hanna, their serving woman,
Rowena Scheets.
Three Wise Men: Roy Holling-er,
Kenneth Gibble, Robert Diet-rich.
Narrator, Dr. Franklin Cassel.
Music to the pageant will be
rendered by the Senior Choir un­der
the direction of Mrs. Robert
Sollenberger. Familiar Christmas
Carols will be included in the
musical selections, ending with
the theme of “Return To Bethle­hem”
by I. H. Meredith.
At the morning service at 10:30
a. m. Sunday the Chapel Choir will
sing “O Come Little Children” by
Schulz, the offering will go for
our China missionary, Mrs. De-lores
Hartman Snader. The
Christmas sermon will be “Christ­mas
In Reality” by the pastor.
Vet Faces
Eviction Here
Before Xmas
Local Service Men Seeking
To Assist Family In
Finding New Quarters
The complaint that a World
War II vetrean, his wife and small
baiby are one of two families sched­uled
to be forcibly evicted from
a local home was made in a letter
to- the editor received by the Re­cord-
Express this week.
Th letter was received from
Marvin Miller, who resides at 361
East Main Street, and who ex­plained
that despite his efforts to
obtain another residence, he was
called before Justice of the Peace
J„ B. Herr Wednesday of last
week.
At the dose of the hearing he
and another tenant in the same
biuilding, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Rineer, who also have been unable
to find another residence in the
borough, were informed they will
bie evicted before Christmas.
“When they ask you why you
don’t move - they’re handing you
tlh-e prize joke of the year,” Miller
explained. “We have lookd high
amd low and there just isn’t a
thing to be found in Lititz - or
ainy place else for that matter.
What a person with a family is
expected to do is more than I
know.
“And when a fellow received a
writ of possession among his
Christmas cards, it is indeed a
poor prospect of a Merry Christ­mas,”
he added.
■It (was indicated this week that
local ex-service men are joining
Miller in his efforts to locate a
lh-ome for his wife and small one-year-
old son.
Senior Choir Organ And
String Orchestra Plan
Beautiful Program
Christmas Entertainment
At Sdiool Friday
A Christmas entertainment will
Ibe presented in the local high
school on Friday, December 20 at
-one o’clok in the auditorium. The
Glee Club will sing Christmas
carols under the direction of Hen­ry
J. Steiner and a brass octet in­cluding,
Robert Heagy, Donald
Kreider, Robert Brubaker, Lemar
Sharp, Joe Hess, John Hershey,
Richard Leed and Gary Hanjia,
will play.
A Christmas drama will be pre­sented,
directed by Mrs. Steiner
will also be given, Cynthia Diller,
Robert Halbleib, Ernest Johnson
and Hurley Nuss will take the
leading roles.
The presentation of Handel’s
“Messiah” by the Senior Choir of
St. Paul’s Lutheran church, ac­companied
-by organ and string or­chestra,
this Sunday night and
next Sunday night is expected to
be heard by congregations -which
will fill the church to capacity.
Although the singing of the
oratorio always draws large
crowds, as was witnessed this year
at Neffsville several weeks ago and
at Lancaster and Millersville last
Sunday, the fact that the present­ation
here will be with string ac­companiment
leads to the belief
that there likely will be overflow
audiences at both Sunday evening
services. The doors of the church
will be opened at 6:30 and ushers
will ,be on hand at that hour to
seat the early-comers.
The Senior Choir will number
31 for the concerts and has been
directed by Albert S. Ebbert,
with Mrs. E’. D. Fulweiler as or­ganist.
Solo parts will be sung by
Mrs. -Roy M. Weaver, Mrs. Norman
Brubaker and Mrs. Charles F.
Trunk, sopranos; Mrs. Charles
Wagaman and Mrs. Russell Lon-genecker,
contraltos; M. Ebbert,
tenor, and William S. D-englei and
Rev. Charles F. Trunk, basses.
The orchestra will be made up
of Leigh Wittell, of Lancaster,
and Lester A. -Sesseman, of Phila­delphia,
violins; Ernest Baker,
viola, and Landis Caldwell, bass,
both of Lancaster, and Allen Bond,
of York, cello.
Other special Christmas services
in St. Paul’s will be the Candle
Light Service by the primary de­partment
this Sunday at 4 and the
Christmas Eve service Tuesday
night at 11:30, at which the Senior
Choir will sing special music and
carols will be sung. This service
concludes with lighting of candles
held by everyone in t\ie congrega­tion.
The Sunbeam Class held its
Christmas banquet Thursday night
at the General Suttter Hotel. Mt s .
Lester Balmer, the president, was
in charge and introduced Mrs. A.
V. Becker as toastmaster. Toasts
were offered by Miss Winona
Leed, the class teacher, Mrs. Roy
Wagner, Mrs. E. D. Fulweiler and
Mrs. David Wright. Also on the
program were a solo by Mrs. Char­les
F. Trunk, and a trio composed
of Mrs. Norm-an Brubaker, Mrs.
Russell Longenecker and Miss
Anna Leidich.
An impressive mortgage-burn­ing
ceremony was conducted Sun­day
at the local Evangelical Uni­ted
Brethren church, officially
marking the final payment of all
indebtedness on the church struc­ture
built in 1934.
The original mortgage on the
fine new building totaled $32,000.
In the past twelve years this
mortgage has been reduced per­iodically
with -the final payment
being made some time ago.
At the service Sunday, Rev. J.
C. H. Light, pastor of the church
at the time the new church build­ing
was constructed, presided. He
was assisted by surviving members
of the church board of 1934: James
Seaber, Roy Myers, Ira E-berly,
Harry Showers and Harry Wert-sch.
C
onference Superintendent D.
E. Young, of Harrisburg, preached
the sermon.
The annual children’s Christmas
exercises will be held at a combin­ed
Sunday School and church sea­son
to be held Sunday morning at
9:30 a. m. Various departments
of the Sunday School will be in
charge of .the -program.
The annual Christmas Eve ser­vice
will be held Tuesday from
11 to 12, with the three choirs,
Senior, Youth and Junior choirs,
participating.
CENTER TO CLOSE
The Recreation Center will re­main
closed during the hours of
the Community Christmas party
Saturday evening.
150 Attend
Woman’s Club
Xmas Party
Club Chorus Presents Pro­gram
Of Foreign Carols;
Mrs. Kortz In Charge
Approximately one -hundred and
fifty members and friends atttend
ed the Christmas party held by the
Lititz Woman’s Club on Monday
evening at the General Sutter
Hotel. The room was attractively
decorated with evergreens and
candles and Mrs. Mary Bechtel and
Mrs. William Ringer served fas
hostesses. A table of Christmas
gifts was given to the Welfare
committee to distribute.
“Music for Christmas” was the
theme of the program, Mrs. Edwin
W. Kortz arranged the music and
directed the Club chorus which
sang the music of many lands and
ended with our own Carols. Mrs.
Robert Trimble took the role of
Mary in the tableau and Lanette
Shaeffer accompanied on he flute
and Mrs. Russell Gilbert on the
piano.
The next meeting will be held at
the Recreation Center when a dis­cussion
will be held on subject,
“Are Commercialized Amusements
Decentralizing the American
Home.” Miss Anna K. Miller will
be in charge and the following
will participate, Mrs. Albert Pier­son.
Mrs. Landis Herr, Mrs. John
Badorf, -Mrs. B. M. Leaman, Mrs.
E. C. Bertolet, Mrs. John Garber
and Miss Bessie Searle.
Much Interest In Prizes
Offered For Xmas Decorations
¡Robert Shuyler Is
his honve by illnejg.
confined to
Considerable interest has been
aroused loc-ally over prizes being
offered this year for the best decor­ated
hiomes in Lititz and many
residents were making plans for
elaborate and original decorations,
which will vie with those of pre­war
days. A total of $100 in prizes
will be awarded by the Lititz
Chamber of Comerce. All homes
which carry outside decorations
are eligible to compete in the con-tst
-but no business places will
be included in the competition.
Judging will be done some time
between December 20th and Jan.
1st, and residents are urged to
help build up the holiday atmosp­here
in our town by decorating
their homes.
The prizes, whch are made pos­sible
through various business
firms of Lititz, will -be as follows:
1st prize, $25; 2nd, $20; 3rd, $15;
4th, $12,50; 5th, $10; 6th, $7.50;
7th, $5.00; 8th, $2.50, and 9th,
$2.50.
Rebekahs Hold
Christmas Party
Members of the Lady Sutter
Rebekah Lodge of this borough
held their Christmas party recently
at Town’s End. Approximately
75 -members -and guests attended.
Noble Grand Margie Kline deliver­ed
the address of welcome and in­troduced
the toastmistress, Dor­othy
Worth.
Guests included Martin W.
Hess, Mary Worley, Mrs. Alma
Troutman and Mrs. Anna Rill, of
the Rose O’Sharon Rebekah Lod­ge,
of Lancaster, past district
deputy president. During the
program Santa -Claus made a visit
and distributed gifts.
Door prizes were won by How­ard
Lebo and Mrs. Annie Weaver.
Stanta Claus To Arrive
Here Tuesday At Noon
To Entertain Kiddies
CHRISTMAS MAIL
BREAKS ALL RECORDS
The current Christmas mail is
the largest in the history of
Lititz, Postmaster ¡Robert Pfautz
announced today. In order to
provide added service, the post-office
will remain open Saturday
until 7 p. m. The lobby of the
postoffice will (be open Sunday for
the convenience of box-holders al­though
the stamp windows will be
closed.
“We have already far exceeded
any previous record and the rush
is still on,” Postmaster Pfautz
declared.
Evangelical
Xmas Services
On Sunday
S. S. Program In Morning;
Candlelight Communion
At 7 P. M.
The Sunday School Christmas
program will be presented In a
combined service on Sunday morn­ing
at 9:39. Eugene S. Dechert,
general superintendent of the
school, -will have charge of the
-program. The Beginners, Prim­ary
and Junior Departments will
present recitations, exercises and
songs.
A Chapel choir -will sing. The
pastor will bring a message on
“Keeping Christ in Christmas.”
Mrs. William B. Fry was chair-lady
of the committee in charge
of arranging the program. Harvey
Artz, Jr., Mrs. Willard Adams,
Miss Ida Miller and Edward Grube
comprised the other members of
the committee.
A Christmas Candlelight Com­munion
service will be observed
on Sunday evening at 7:00 o’clock.
Mrs. Warren Newcomer will pre­side
at the console of the organ;
the choir will render Christmas
anthems. The -pastor will speak
on “The Light of Life.”
A White Gift service will be
held on Christmas morning at
7:00 o’clock. The first part of this
service will be a Christmas break­fast
for the carolers and worship­pers.
The pastor will conduct a
family worship. The teachers of
the Primary department of the
-Sunday School are providing and
serving the meal. All are invited
to attend.
The presentation of the white
gifts will be held in the sanctuary.
The -pastor will bring a -brief mes­sage
on “Mercy Stoops to Share.”
The gifts will be given to the poo
and needy of our community.
Trinity carolers will meet at
the church at 4 o’clock on Christ­mas
momin-g, and will go caroling
until 7:00 when they will meet
at the church for the White Gift
service.
Xmas Cantata
At Rothsville
Sunday Night
O-n Sunday evening, December
22, at seven o'clock the Intermed­iate
department of the Jerusalem
Evangelical Lutheran church,
Rothsville, will present a Christ­mas
service.
The first part of the service will
I be a Cantata, “The Lost C-’arol,”
with -the following cast:
Reader, Hazel Goodman, Franz
Gruber, Daniel Gingrich; Karl
Muller, Richard Ibach; Frau
Gruber, Nancy Adams; the son,
Robert Gingrich, and a choir con­sisting
of Barbara Foltz, Chrystine
Rineer, Harriet Ann Koehler, Jul­ia
Ann Shaeffer, Betty Schoen-berger,
Ida Rice, Kenneth Doster,
Robert Doster, Donald Gingrich,
Richard Miller, Pasty Miller, Joan
Shaeffer, Gloria Goodman, Flora
Jan Shaeffer, Orpha Miller, Karen
Eitnier.
Part two of the program, “The
Spreading of the Lights,” a candle­light
service, with the following
participating: leader, Robert Zar-ing,
¡Spirits, Audrey Stief, Jane
Martin, Betty Rice, Leah Jane
Becker, tDori^ Hackman, Reba
(continued from oat)
Local Firms
Announce
Xmas Bonuses
Wilbur Suchard And Be-ford
Shoe Employees
To Benefit
The announcement of bonuses by
several local industries spread a
pre-Christmas cheer among sever­al
hundred workers -here this
week.
Practically all lodal industries
were planning special Christmas
parties to be conducted this week­end.
Among those receiving Christ­mas
bonuses were employees of
the Wilbur-Suchard Chocolate
Company who will receive gifts
of cash based on the length of
employment of each worker. The
annual Wilbur Christmas party
will be held at the Legion Home,
Bphrata, Friday afternoon and
evening.
Approximately 400 employees
will a-tttend. Dancing will feat­ure
the afternoon program while
a dinner and floor show will mark
the evening festivities.
Employees of the A. J. Beford
Shoe, Inc., will have their ninth
annual Christmas party at the
General Sutter hotel on Monday
evening. This -gala event will be
high-lighted by the distribution of
a special bonus -to all employees
also based on the length of em­ployment
of each worker.
In a surprise announcement to
all employees, Richard Gould,
president of the company, today
announced a ten per-cent wage in­crease
to all employees to go in­to
effect on January 1. Mr. Gould
also announced a plan allowing
employees paid vacations and five
holidays each year.
The annual Christmas party of
the Morgan Paper Company was
held at the Owls’ Club, Ephrata,
last evening when an interesting
Christmas program was presented.
L. R. C. Will
Sponsor Dance
On Dec. 26
The Lititz Recreation Center
will sponsor ‘ The Snowball,” a
semi-formal dance and entertain­ment
a t the Center on Thursday
evening, December 26, from 8:30
P m. to midnight.
The music and entertainment
will be furnished by Bob Lyter
and his 12 piece orchestra, starr­ing
Jane Stewart as vocalist. The
affair is the second semi-formal
to be presented by the Center.
Advance tickets now are on sale
at the Center or from any mem­ber
of the ticket committee: Mary
Zug, chairman; Esther -Stark,
Lanette Sheaffer, Elsie Sinz, Ray
Rohrer, Kitty Risser, John Bear,
Earl Frederick, Pern Miller, Betty
Mundorf and Kathryn Helman.
ENTERTAINED HERE
Professor LeRoy Ennis, of the
University of Pennsylvania fa­culty,
was the guest of Dr. and
Mrs. Herbert K. Cooper here over
the past week-end. The group at­tended
the performance of the
Mask and Whig Show on Friday
evening.
Earl Reist’s Lititz cagetrs hit
the bottom of Section 2 with a
thud last Tuesday night when
-they -dr-opped a 33-31 battle Ito
George Kauffman’s West Lam­peter
club at Lampeter. The win
was first for Lampeter and was
the Pretzel’s third straight loss.
Failure to convert at the char­ity
line cost the pupils of ¡Reist
the ball game as they outscored
their opponents 12 field goals to
11 but the ball game -was decided
by the 11 free tosses garnered by
Kauffman’s lads as to seven foul
shots made by Lititz.
CHRISTMAS ENTERTAINMENT
AT MORAVIAN S. S.
SUNDAY AFTERNOON
A Christmas program will be
presented on Sunday afternoon at
2:30 in Fellowship -Hall, Moravian
Sunday School building by the
Beginners’, Primary and Junior
departments of the Sunday School.
Mrs. John Losensky, -Mrs. Clair
Rice and Mrs. Edwad Buch, the
superintendents of the varouis de­partments
will be in charge.
187th Xmas
Eve Vigil To
Be Held Here
Tickets Exhausted For
Moravian Traditional
Lovefeast
For the 187th consecutive year,
the traditional and impressive
Christmas Eve Vigil will be held
in the Moravian church here Tues­day
afternoon -and evening and
will be attended by hundreds in­cluding
many from distant -points
who annually make the pilgrim­age
here to attend the service.
Probably the most widely known
of the several traditional services
of the local church, the Christmas
Eve Lovefeast will be conducted
identically as it has been for many
years.
The impressive service is truly
a -Christmas Eve vigil in which
members of the congregation and
their guests gather in the spiriit
of the anticipation of the coming
of the Christ child.
The first Christmas Eve service
was conducted in 1759 and origi­nated
as a children’s vigil but al­most
immediately became a service
attended by both youth and adults
alike.
-One of the features will be the
singing of the traditional Hagen
anthem, “Morning Star,” which
was composed by the father of Dr.
E, S. Hagen, former pastor, who
will .be present at the vigil. The
Junior Choir will participate in
the program.
As in former years, services will
be held a t 4:30 p. m„ 6 p. m. and
7:30 p. m. The demand for tickets
has been so great that practically
the entire supply already has
been exhausted, it was announced
today.
The annual Christmas Day ser­vice
will he held Wednesday morn­ing
at 10 a. m. when the Christmas
message will be presented by Rev.
Edwin Kortz. The offering will be
for the benefit of the needy of the
congregation.
300 ATTENDED
HYMN SING HERE
Three hundred persons attended
the hyfhn sing held in the Trinity
E. C. church on Sunday evening.
Rev. George B. Ciarvell led the
singing.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Landis and
Mrs. S. C. Hassler have moved
from Linden Street to the Landis
home on South Broad Street.
to the lineup for the first time
-Even the return of Bob ¡Bus-hong
since the Chambersburg playoff
game last season was not enough
for the locals to pull the contest
out of the fire after the Lampeter
lads had tied tthe game in the last
period.
Sporting a five point 25-20 ad­vantage
at th-e beginning of the
final quarter the Pretzels withered
and finally bowed for the third
tim-e in two weeks to go into a
deadlock with Manheim Twp. for
the cellar position. “Legs” Neff’s
nine tallies was high for Lititz.
Also Will Visit Neffsville
Home, Moravian Home
And Zion Home
Approximately 1,500 Children
from the borough and surrounding
townships will be entertained by
local firemen next Tuesday at the
annual Firemen’s Christmas party.
The party will get started with
the arrival of Santa Claus, who
will arrive at the municipal air­port
at 19 a. m. But before com­ing
here he will visit the children
at the Neffsville Home, where he
will pass out gifts -of candy and
oranges.
After extending greetings to
the older folks at the home, Santa
will climb aboard the Lititz fire
truck and is expected to arrive
at the Lititz Theatre at 12:45 when
he will greet local kiddies for
about 15 minutes. At one o’clock
a free show will be presented to
the children in the Lititz Theatre.
This will allow Santa Claus
sufficent time to make his annual
call on the ladies at the Moravian
1 Home where plans have been
made to give him a royal welcome.
Samta then will return to the fire­house
where he will entertain the
kiddies after the show and will
present them with candy - and
oranges. He will remain at the
firehouse until 6 p. m.
After 6 o’clock he will be taken
to the Zion Home at Lexington
where he will participate in the
annual Christmas eve party there.
Members of the committee in
charge of the kiddies party are
Emory Wagner, chairman, A. K.
Reist, Sol -Strohm and Paul F.
Diehm.
Sol Strohm
Re-elected By
Fire Company
Sol Strohm was re-elected presi­dent
of the Lititz Fire Company
at the annual election held last
evening.
Other officers -elected were:
Amos H. Bucher, first vice presi­dent;
J. Elton Reed, second vice”
president; Paul F. Diehm, secre­tary;
-Samuel Ru-brecht, financial
-secretary; Roy Schaffstall, treas­urer;
Raymond Runk, chief; Wal­ter
George, trustee, and George
Evans, janitor.
The disability board consisting
of A. K. Reist, Clarence Shau-b
and Raymond Runk wag -re-elect­ed.
Twelve new members elected
are: Roy Adams, Lloyd Diem,
George Porry, James E. Herr, Dr.
Paul S. Hess, Dr. Robert B. Huber,
Elwood D. Kreider, Leonard T.
Miller, Daniel W. Miller, Donald
Walters, Leon C. Schmuck and
Maurice Mearig.
Refreshments of turkey patties,
french friies and coffee were
served. ,
Mid’ The Turmoil
The story is noiw out - or was
left out of the bag when several
members of the Elm Hunting
Club solicited the Record-Express
editor’s aid in finding out what
’Squire Paul Diehm did with the
meat supply he was supposed to
take along to their hunting camp
in Potter County this year.
• * *
And while some fellow wanted
to know whether the local ’Squire
had been feeding his family on
the meat, it was definitely learned
that the whole thing was the
prize case of forgetfulness of the
year here. The meat had been
stord in a locker and Mr. Diehm
was supposed to take it home and
then bring it along to the hunting
camp. In the exciitement of get­ting
away, however, Paul entirely
forgot the meat supply with the
result that the members of the
Elm Club involuntarily decided to
become vegetarians for a week.
Lititz Drops Game
To Lampeter, 33 to 31