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Litìtz Honor This Pin Vol. LXVIII Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa., June 12, 1947 5 cents a copy; $2 per yr. by mail No. 26 Many Will Enter College In The Fall Large Percentage Of Graduating Class To Continue Education OUR CITIZENS OF TOMORROW A large portion of this year’s graduating class expect to continue their education this fall or next. In many cases the rejections outnumber the acceptances. However, those not accepted will most likely have preferance th e , following yar. These are fhe ones / who plan to go: I Rufina Balmer, Nancy Lutz and Bob Heagy plan to attend Lebanon Valley, north of here. Heagy "has been offered a scholarship for football theTe. Robert Bender has been accepted at the U. of P. and will study to become a veterinarian. It is likely he will also play football. Jean dePerrot will wait a year before trying to enter Lehigh. This school is very crowded In that of the eighteen hundred who •applied, only eight hundred could be accommodated. Mahlon Clarke will also wait a year before entering Gettysburg where he plans to •enter the the ministry. Jim Johnson has been accepted a t Penn State but will have to ■start the freshman year at Mil-lersville. Harry Eshleman also hopes to enter Penn State. Bob Bushong will also be going to Millersville to take up physical education. .Nancy Fahnestock wil study at Madison College, Harrisonburg, Va. Thomas Hartenstine plans to go to Temple University. Robert Keath will take the science course at F. & M. Richard Leed has been accepted at Oberlin College. Donald Mohler will study at the Eastman School of Music, Rochester, N. Yjj Stanley Schoen-berger expects to attend East Stroudsburg. Lanette Sheaffer has entered Mary Washington College, Fredericksburg. Va. Dick Waltz hopes to enter Gettysburg this fall if it is not too late for him to apply. Lititz Borough Fathers Burn The Midnight Oil Over Devel’ment Controversy Top row, left».to right: Ronald, 5 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. iRichard Nelson; Robert, 7 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. George Clark; Jay, 3 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Armold. Bottom row: Sallie Sue, 7 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Templeton; George, 6 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. George Carvell; Philip, 2 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Hess. Elmer Bobst’s Announcement Of $1,000 Student Awards Was Entirely Spontaneous Idea Came To Him After He Had Finished Talk, He Reveals ALUMNI SPEAKER, Will Open Sport Goods Store Here Lititz’ newest retail business, the Gardner Sport Shop, will be formally opened to the public at 22- East Main Street this Friday, according to an announcement made today. The store will be operated by George W. Gardner, Jr., and Robert W. Gardner, brothters, of Lebanon, and will include sport goods, fishing tackle, hunting equipment, etc., as iweilil as engage in all types of gunsmithing. The two proprietors conducted a repair shop for the repair of guns, fishing equipment, tennis rackets, golf clubs, etc., for a •number of years in Lebanon and have built up an enviable reputation in this respect. George Gardner was associated with a Lebanon sport goods store for the past few years. In addition he has played in several bands including the Steitztown String Band. Robert Gardner distinguished' himself in the 4th Air Force during the war, serving with the rank of Captain. As pilot of a P-38 he was forced to land behind German lines in Sicily but miraculously escaped capture. He is recipient of a presidential citation, the ail maltl with seven oak leaf clusters and the disting- ■ uished flying cross. Elmer Bobst’s action in announcing that he will present $1,000 in awards each year to members of the Lititz High School graduating class, was entirely spontaneous, he revealed following the alumni banquet Friday evening. “I was particularly impressed by the granting of the alumni medal and the thought came to me that it would be nice to carry this a step further. The thought of making the annual awards of $1,000 Came to me a moment after I sat down after making my talk to the alummi association,” Mr. Bobst added. Mr. Bobst also revealed that he has been seeking means of honoring the memory of his father, the late Rev. I. W. Bobst, who preached at .St. Pawl’s Lutheran Church here years ago. “I want this award divided $500 to the first student, $300 to the second and $200 to the third and that the award be based upon and the ability to lead and influence others to accomplish things, more than solely on scholastic standards,” Mr. Bobst explained. The banquet held in the high school gymnasium for the first year, was the most largely attended in the history of the ailumlni association. Morje than 300 persons were present. (In his address, Mr. Bobst spoke uipon the subject of “Life Is What We Make It,” which incidentally /was the subject of his Senior essay when he graduated from the high school here in 1901. Elect Officers During the session these officers were elected: Robert Reidnbaugh, president, to succeed Paul W. McCloud; Dr. John Bender, vice president; Geraldine Hollinger, recordng secretary; Mary Snave-ly, corresponding secretary; and William Hornberger, treasurer. Leon Klaus presided during the session and members of the 1947 graduating class were introduced by M. C. Demmy, supervising principal. The response was given by Ro-berty Heagy, and’ Robert Keath received the Alumni medal. Dr. Harry E. Bender, a 1897 graduate of the school gave a toast. The speak sr was introduced by his sister, Mrs. D. P. Brieker. Following the banquet, a dance was held. Hold Lengthy Caucas Trying To Find Solution To Dilemma Lititz’ Borough Fathers this week were burning the midnight oil in an effort to find a way out of a controversy which has been plaguing them for the past six months. Scheduled to make their final decision on a new street plan submitted by Ben Forney, owner of the large tract in the east end of the borough south of Main Street, at a special meeting to be held Friday evening, members of council went into a secret huddle Tuesday evening. Abandoning the councilmanic chamber on the second floor of the firehouse, Borough Fathers took up their study of the perplexing problem in the kitchen of the Young . Men’s Business League across the street where they spread plans and blue-prints over the kitchen stove, tables and chairs. The meeting was merely a committee meeting at which other members of council were free to attend and was not called for the purpose of taking any action, they explained as they filed out less than an hour before midnight. With theplans for the development of the Forney tract presented months ago by the local landscaping firm; of McCloud & S'catchard, council has continued its study of the plan due to objections raised by William Fry, owner of adjacent lands, and at the last special meeting, by Samuel N,uss, owner of the Gochen-auer tract, south of Forney’s plots. Fry has claimed repeatedly that (Continued on Page 7) Mrs. Ditzler Fractures Ankle In Fall Mrs. Frank Ditzler sustained the painful fracture of her left ankle Tuesday evening when she slipped and fell while walking across the lawn of her home at 39 West Lincoln Avenue. Dr. Paul Hess, who was called, found that the hone was fractured just above the ankle and had Mrs. Ditzler removed to the Lancaster General Hospital where the break was reduced. At the time of the mishap, Mrs. Ditzler was following her husband, Borough Councilman Frank Ditzler to their automobile parked at the curb. f f f » i :- ' ■: LOCAL FIRE-FIGHTING EQUIPMENT Legion Post Creates Vets Welfare Fund Membership Increased To 458, Lagest In History Of Local Group ELME|R BOBST Fishermen Await Re-opening Of Streams Summertime Dance Will Be Held Sat. Amid a charming and refreshing moonlight summer garden setting, a full evening of entertainment and sociability, and more awaits all guests attending “Sumlmertime,” the semi-formal dance sponsored by the Lititz Community Center, on Saturday evening, June 14, at the Center. From 9 p. m. till midnight music for dancing will be provided by Bob Lyters’ 15 piece orchestra featuring Jane Stewart as vocalist. Another feature will he - no corsages. For this evening guests are requested to use Park entrance to the Center. all the REV. J. H. HERSHEY RECEIVES DISCHARGE After serving .for a year In the ¡Marine Corps, Fred Sturgis, of West Orai/ge Street, received bis honorable iis'harge at Cherry Point, iN. 1C., and has returned home, fie returned to his formeT /position at the Moyer Pharmacy this Week. During the ¡past year he was stationed at Parris Island, Cherry Point and Camp Lejuene. STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL A strawberry festival will be held on the lawn at the rear of the Moravian Sunday School Saturday afternoon and evening, June 21. The affair is being sponsored by members of the Junior Adult Class as a benefit for the Visual Educational Fund. In case of rain the festival will be held in Fellowship Hall. (Rev. Jacob H. Hershey, eighty-four, .208 E. Front St., this borough, a preacher of the Lititz Mennonite Church for the past 42 years, died at 8:30 p. m. Wednesday at his home after a lingering illness. He was bom near Brunnerville, Warwick Township, a son of the late Jacob R. and Fannie Huber Hershey. He was president of the Hershey-Leaman Co. He is survived by these children: Grace S., at home; Willard 5., ths borough; Ruth C., wife of George Korte, Lititz R. 1.; Jacob 5., Lititz R. 4. Bight grandchildren, two great-grandchildren; and three brothers also survive: Isaac Hershey, Kansas; Henry H. Herhey, Lititz R. 2; and Amos H. Hershey, this borough. Services will be held from the Mennonite Church Saturday at 2 p. m. with interment in the Hess’ Mennonite cemetery. Local fishermen were anxiously awaiting the week-end when fishing again /will he permitted dn two local streams heavily stocked with trout this week. On Monday, sportsmen placed a tottal of 1,150 brook trout in the Middle Creek. This stream will remain closed until Saturday morning. On Tuesday the same group placed' 450 trout in the Hammer Creek, which will remain closed to fishing until Sunday morning. Theatre Group Will Present Comedy Community Center To Give Lavendar And Old Lace On June 26 Score another triumph for the Lititz Community Center’s Little Theatre Group. They have just announced that they have secured the rights to present “Lavender And Old Lace” at the Park Band-shell on June 26 and 27. A perfect cast has been-selected and rehearsals are now in progress under the able asistance of the talented and well known director, Harold McCreary. Charm, excitement and broad humor distinguish this vigorous dramatization of Myrtle Reed’s most popular and best loved novel. The play is a thoroughly modem portrait of present day life, with scenes of bristling comedy, arresting drama and a touch of heart warming tenderness. Following are the members of the cast: ¡Mary Ainslie, Lorraine Waga-man; Ruth Thome, Gloria Adams; Hepsey, Faye Emck;l Sophrony Trotter, Reba Kline; James Bali, Richard' Hoff; Garl Winfield, Donald Fisher; Doctor Howard Patterson, Allan Adair; Joe Pendleton, Albert Leanza; Jane Hathaway, Jean Hanna; Bernice Carlton, Nancy Ann Bushong. The apparatus of the Lititz Fire Company is shown lined up on display. Local firemen are completing plans for their annual chicken corn soup festival. Firemen Prepare 50 Tubs Of Soup For Festival All Previous Eating Records Are Threatened; To Clean Chickens Tonight Local firemen were out to break all chicken corn soup records this week with no less than fifty wash-tubs being promised for the annual festival to be held in the firehouse Saturday. In fact, all eating records are being ¡threatened according to the array of foodstuffs lined up for the annual affair in an effort to prevent a sell-out early in the day as occurred in several previous years. This evening, firemen and members of the auxiliary will go to the Carl HubeT farm where they will pick and clean a total of 260 chickens. Off this amount, approximately 220 were donated by farmers of the areas surrounding the borough while the remainder weTe purchased. Friday - all day - the same group will be busily engaged at the firehouse preparing the foodstuffs in order that the chicken com soup can be offered for sale not later than 10.30 a. m. Saturday morning. In addition to the chickens they are preparing, 2,000 clams, bushels and busels. of french fired potatoes, probably a hundred NOTICE The Hershey Barber Shop will be closed until Monday due to a death in the family. Repair Major Leak At Water Plant Working at top speed last Sunday atfemoon, a crew of special workmen from Lancaster succeeded in completing maor repars at the borough water plant before the town’s reserve supply of drinking water became exhausted. Due to the rain, workmen did not start the task of repairing the leak in the 12-inch feed main in front of the pumping station until afternoon. Therepairs were completed at 2 a. m. When work started, forcing Water Superintendent Walter Miller to shut off mains leading from the pumping station, the two tall standpipes were filled. One containing 328,000 gallons was held in reserve as a precaution against fire. The other stdpipe containing 150.000 gallons was the sum and substance of water available for consumers until the leak was repaired. When work was completed, the tank showed that 110,000 gallons had been used and that 40.000 gallons remained, Mr. Miller explained. Laying Mains Work of digging the long trench to lay water mains along Noble Street was 'completed Tuesday and borough workmen began laying pipe yesterday. It is expected that work will be completed bv Saturday. Center Will Sponsor Community Party Thursday, June 19 In conjunction with the objectives and program planning of the Coordinating Council, which represents all organizations and clubs in the community, the Lititz Recreation Center will sponsor a Community Card Party and other games on Thursday evening, June 19, at the Center. Elaborate prizes for all the games will be given to the lucky guests. Through the cooporation of the member organizations of the Cornell, committees for the card party will represent the different organizations. All the net proceeds will go toward the support of the L. R. C. Advance tickets for the card party are now available from any of the representatives or at the L. R. C. Musical Program In Springs Park On Sunday Evening A musical program will be presented in the Lititz Springs Park Sunday evening at 7 o’clock by the Lebanon Valley Gospel Band, under the auspices of the Community Tabernacle. Prior to the program, members of the band will pause in front of the service plaque at the post office and render several hymns in honor of those who sacrificed their lives in the recent conflict. The gospel band also will play in the tabenacle at 2 p. m. when Rev. Roy Lair, an ex-service man, representative of the God’s Bible School, Cincinnati, will speak. Brethren Bible School Starts Mon. Vacation Bible School at the Church of the Brethren will have its opening day on June 16 from 8:30 to 11:00 o’clock in the morning. Boys and girls are invited to coime and’ help share in the cakes four crates of strawberries j Play> study and worship. The pro-and gads of other miscellaneous ! ,We6^ t eT1^’ng 0 ’ items. In contemplation of a big demand for french fries, firemen will put into service a new french frier which cost them approximately $250 and which requires around 20 gallons of oil to operate - hut turns out french fries just as fast as several hundred persons can eat them. The Lititz High School Band, directed by Henry Steiner, will present a concert during the evening as one of the features of the festival. ¡Members of the committee in charge urged that as many firemen or members of the auxiliary as possible volunteer to work at the firehouse Friday and Saturday. The creation of a veterans assistance and welfare fund was authorized by members of Garden Spot Post No. 56, American Legion, at a meeting held in the Legion Home, North Broad Street, Tuesday evening. Following this action, aimed at protecting the interests of former servicemen of this district, Commander Joseph M. Carl appointed Howard Leho, chairman of the committee to direct the work of this project. Other members of the committee are Richard Rader, Wilbur Kready, Curtis Long and William Getz. The local post also announced that it has admitted eight new members, bringing the membership to a total of 458, an all-time high in the history of the post. Approximately 50 members were present at the meeting. A donation of $25 for the entertainment of veterans hospitalized at the Coatesville Veterans’ Hospital, was approved. Daniel Gochenauer, chairman of the graves registratiton committee, announced that 300 flags were placed on graves in this district, graves of veterans of all wars, on Memorial Day. Five delegates were elected to the State Legion Convention at Pittsburgh August 6 to 9, inclusive. Delegates are Donald Derby, Menno Rohrer, Harry Ruley, Richard Rader and Mary Snavely. Alternates are: Ray Herr, Leo Rossi, Wilbur Kready, Quay Enck and Kenneth Bransby. Chrtis Long was appointed chairman of a permanent post firing squad and color guard which, will he used /for military funerals and patriotic parades. Midget Midgets To Play Monday Barn Burns Home Hit In Storm June 27, will be the mission schools in India. There will be classes tor beginners, primaries, juniors and intermediates. (Mrs. John Mohler and Mrs. Isaac Gihhel will teach the beginners and will have as their assistants, J/une Hauick, /Mary Lou Hershey and Mrs. David Forry. The primaries will be under the leadership of Mrs. Kenneth Frantz who will be helped by Mrs. Clifford ¡Smith and (Mrs. Bl-vin Good. Mrs. Jacob Dick, with her assistants, Margaret " Davidson and Lorraine Stehman will direct the juniors, and Rev. Kenneth Frantz will teach the intermediates. Mrs. Wilson Sprang will be secretary and treasurer for the Bible School. Parents are extended a special invitation to visit the Bible School on June 25. Rotarians Enjoy Trapping Pictures Moving pictures showing the manner in which new style traps manufactured at the Animal Trap Company here capture and hold coyotes, /muskrats and other animals were shown at a meeting of the local Rotary Club Tuesday evening. The pictures were taken during a research expedition to Texas where coyotes were trapped and on a similar trip to the eastern shore, Maryland, where muskrats are caught. Joseph Zahm arranged the program. The pictures were shown by George Brooks. A barn was burned to the ground at Elm and considerable damage was done throughout this section late yesterday When one of the most intense electrical storms in years swept through the county. The ¡barn destroyed at a loss of $10,500 was on a farm recently purchased “by Phares Bamberger at Elim. A daughter was in the barn when it was /hit hut ecaped unharmed. She and her father removed all 'livestock excepting a /pig and a calf. The home of Wil/liam Bingaman, Front Street, was struck knocking shingles from the roof hut not setting fire to the structure, firemen tound. A tranformer near Leed’s Ice Plant was struck, temporarily knocking out motors there and in the air-conitioning unit at the Legion Home on ¡Broad /Street. The Shock also was felt by Harry Forry who was sitting in a chair at 'Pennypacker’s harber shop half a ¡block away. (■Continued on Page ton) 59 Pupils Enroll In Trinity School The Vacation Bible School of Trinity E. C. Churchy opened on Monday morning with an enrollment of 59 pupils, 8 teachers and officers. The enrollment on Wednesday morning was 100 pupils, 8 teachers and officers. E. S. Dechert is the superintendent. Mrs. Lester Stark and Mrs. Ralph Habecker are in charge of the beginner’s department and are assisted by Jacqueline Dissinger, Lois Reedy, Peggy Stormfeltz and Doris Barber. Primary teachers are Gladys and Ruth Fry with Rev. George B. Oarvell and E. S. Dechert teaching the funtor department. Rev. Carvell is the pianist and Nancy Landis and Susanne Slosser are secretaries. ON MOTOR TRIP Miss Mary Huebener and Mrs. P. F. Snyder this week drove to Howe, Indiana. They will return with Mr. and Mrs. David Jones and daughter, Barbara. The Lititz Wrens, the midget, midget baseball team being coached ¡by Dr. Charles A. Landis will make its first home appearance after winning two games away. On Monday evening they will play the Manheim /Mustangs. ¡In tJheir first game the Wrens defeated the ¡Brecht School Short Socks, 21 to 3. On Tuesday evening in Manheim they defeated Mianheim 28 to 6. The public is invited to watch the game ¡here Monday. Mid’ The Turmoil Fire/men this week were endeavoring to find out just how many years they have been holding their annual chicken corn festival. As nearly as could be determined, chicken corn soup has been served every June by the smoke-eaters for more than the past forty years. * * * Thirty years ago, 1917, the firemen and auxiliary used 39 chickens (as compared with 260 this year) in making the soup. Other statistics for that year were 250 clams as compared with 2,000 this year; 50 cakes, they eat more cake than that now; 32 boxes of strawberries and 35 gallons of ice cream. In 1917 a concert of classical music was presented by Hackman’s Orchestra. • • • Lititz has some of the finest and best kept tennis courts in the entire county - but little apparent interest in tennis, according to Ben Forrest. “It is a shame that some effort is not put forth to organize a tennis competition,” Ben commented. “We have fine courts and it is too bad they are not being used every day.” * * * Among many here planning motor trips this summer are Mr. and Mrs. Abe Beck who /will he within the next few weeks, tending southward of that width,
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Full Text | Litìtz Honor This Pin Vol. LXVIII Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa., June 12, 1947 5 cents a copy; $2 per yr. by mail No. 26 Many Will Enter College In The Fall Large Percentage Of Graduating Class To Continue Education OUR CITIZENS OF TOMORROW A large portion of this year’s graduating class expect to continue their education this fall or next. In many cases the rejections outnumber the acceptances. However, those not accepted will most likely have preferance th e , following yar. These are fhe ones / who plan to go: I Rufina Balmer, Nancy Lutz and Bob Heagy plan to attend Lebanon Valley, north of here. Heagy "has been offered a scholarship for football theTe. Robert Bender has been accepted at the U. of P. and will study to become a veterinarian. It is likely he will also play football. Jean dePerrot will wait a year before trying to enter Lehigh. This school is very crowded In that of the eighteen hundred who •applied, only eight hundred could be accommodated. Mahlon Clarke will also wait a year before entering Gettysburg where he plans to •enter the the ministry. Jim Johnson has been accepted a t Penn State but will have to ■start the freshman year at Mil-lersville. Harry Eshleman also hopes to enter Penn State. Bob Bushong will also be going to Millersville to take up physical education. .Nancy Fahnestock wil study at Madison College, Harrisonburg, Va. Thomas Hartenstine plans to go to Temple University. Robert Keath will take the science course at F. & M. Richard Leed has been accepted at Oberlin College. Donald Mohler will study at the Eastman School of Music, Rochester, N. Yjj Stanley Schoen-berger expects to attend East Stroudsburg. Lanette Sheaffer has entered Mary Washington College, Fredericksburg. Va. Dick Waltz hopes to enter Gettysburg this fall if it is not too late for him to apply. Lititz Borough Fathers Burn The Midnight Oil Over Devel’ment Controversy Top row, left».to right: Ronald, 5 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. iRichard Nelson; Robert, 7 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. George Clark; Jay, 3 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Armold. Bottom row: Sallie Sue, 7 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Templeton; George, 6 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. George Carvell; Philip, 2 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Hess. Elmer Bobst’s Announcement Of $1,000 Student Awards Was Entirely Spontaneous Idea Came To Him After He Had Finished Talk, He Reveals ALUMNI SPEAKER, Will Open Sport Goods Store Here Lititz’ newest retail business, the Gardner Sport Shop, will be formally opened to the public at 22- East Main Street this Friday, according to an announcement made today. The store will be operated by George W. Gardner, Jr., and Robert W. Gardner, brothters, of Lebanon, and will include sport goods, fishing tackle, hunting equipment, etc., as iweilil as engage in all types of gunsmithing. The two proprietors conducted a repair shop for the repair of guns, fishing equipment, tennis rackets, golf clubs, etc., for a •number of years in Lebanon and have built up an enviable reputation in this respect. George Gardner was associated with a Lebanon sport goods store for the past few years. In addition he has played in several bands including the Steitztown String Band. Robert Gardner distinguished' himself in the 4th Air Force during the war, serving with the rank of Captain. As pilot of a P-38 he was forced to land behind German lines in Sicily but miraculously escaped capture. He is recipient of a presidential citation, the ail maltl with seven oak leaf clusters and the disting- ■ uished flying cross. Elmer Bobst’s action in announcing that he will present $1,000 in awards each year to members of the Lititz High School graduating class, was entirely spontaneous, he revealed following the alumni banquet Friday evening. “I was particularly impressed by the granting of the alumni medal and the thought came to me that it would be nice to carry this a step further. The thought of making the annual awards of $1,000 Came to me a moment after I sat down after making my talk to the alummi association,” Mr. Bobst added. Mr. Bobst also revealed that he has been seeking means of honoring the memory of his father, the late Rev. I. W. Bobst, who preached at .St. Pawl’s Lutheran Church here years ago. “I want this award divided $500 to the first student, $300 to the second and $200 to the third and that the award be based upon and the ability to lead and influence others to accomplish things, more than solely on scholastic standards,” Mr. Bobst explained. The banquet held in the high school gymnasium for the first year, was the most largely attended in the history of the ailumlni association. Morje than 300 persons were present. (In his address, Mr. Bobst spoke uipon the subject of “Life Is What We Make It,” which incidentally /was the subject of his Senior essay when he graduated from the high school here in 1901. Elect Officers During the session these officers were elected: Robert Reidnbaugh, president, to succeed Paul W. McCloud; Dr. John Bender, vice president; Geraldine Hollinger, recordng secretary; Mary Snave-ly, corresponding secretary; and William Hornberger, treasurer. Leon Klaus presided during the session and members of the 1947 graduating class were introduced by M. C. Demmy, supervising principal. The response was given by Ro-berty Heagy, and’ Robert Keath received the Alumni medal. Dr. Harry E. Bender, a 1897 graduate of the school gave a toast. The speak sr was introduced by his sister, Mrs. D. P. Brieker. Following the banquet, a dance was held. Hold Lengthy Caucas Trying To Find Solution To Dilemma Lititz’ Borough Fathers this week were burning the midnight oil in an effort to find a way out of a controversy which has been plaguing them for the past six months. Scheduled to make their final decision on a new street plan submitted by Ben Forney, owner of the large tract in the east end of the borough south of Main Street, at a special meeting to be held Friday evening, members of council went into a secret huddle Tuesday evening. Abandoning the councilmanic chamber on the second floor of the firehouse, Borough Fathers took up their study of the perplexing problem in the kitchen of the Young . Men’s Business League across the street where they spread plans and blue-prints over the kitchen stove, tables and chairs. The meeting was merely a committee meeting at which other members of council were free to attend and was not called for the purpose of taking any action, they explained as they filed out less than an hour before midnight. With theplans for the development of the Forney tract presented months ago by the local landscaping firm; of McCloud & S'catchard, council has continued its study of the plan due to objections raised by William Fry, owner of adjacent lands, and at the last special meeting, by Samuel N,uss, owner of the Gochen-auer tract, south of Forney’s plots. Fry has claimed repeatedly that (Continued on Page 7) Mrs. Ditzler Fractures Ankle In Fall Mrs. Frank Ditzler sustained the painful fracture of her left ankle Tuesday evening when she slipped and fell while walking across the lawn of her home at 39 West Lincoln Avenue. Dr. Paul Hess, who was called, found that the hone was fractured just above the ankle and had Mrs. Ditzler removed to the Lancaster General Hospital where the break was reduced. At the time of the mishap, Mrs. Ditzler was following her husband, Borough Councilman Frank Ditzler to their automobile parked at the curb. f f f » i :- ' ■: LOCAL FIRE-FIGHTING EQUIPMENT Legion Post Creates Vets Welfare Fund Membership Increased To 458, Lagest In History Of Local Group ELME|R BOBST Fishermen Await Re-opening Of Streams Summertime Dance Will Be Held Sat. Amid a charming and refreshing moonlight summer garden setting, a full evening of entertainment and sociability, and more awaits all guests attending “Sumlmertime,” the semi-formal dance sponsored by the Lititz Community Center, on Saturday evening, June 14, at the Center. From 9 p. m. till midnight music for dancing will be provided by Bob Lyters’ 15 piece orchestra featuring Jane Stewart as vocalist. Another feature will he - no corsages. For this evening guests are requested to use Park entrance to the Center. all the REV. J. H. HERSHEY RECEIVES DISCHARGE After serving .for a year In the ¡Marine Corps, Fred Sturgis, of West Orai/ge Street, received bis honorable iis'harge at Cherry Point, iN. 1C., and has returned home, fie returned to his formeT /position at the Moyer Pharmacy this Week. During the ¡past year he was stationed at Parris Island, Cherry Point and Camp Lejuene. STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL A strawberry festival will be held on the lawn at the rear of the Moravian Sunday School Saturday afternoon and evening, June 21. The affair is being sponsored by members of the Junior Adult Class as a benefit for the Visual Educational Fund. In case of rain the festival will be held in Fellowship Hall. (Rev. Jacob H. Hershey, eighty-four, .208 E. Front St., this borough, a preacher of the Lititz Mennonite Church for the past 42 years, died at 8:30 p. m. Wednesday at his home after a lingering illness. He was bom near Brunnerville, Warwick Township, a son of the late Jacob R. and Fannie Huber Hershey. He was president of the Hershey-Leaman Co. He is survived by these children: Grace S., at home; Willard 5., ths borough; Ruth C., wife of George Korte, Lititz R. 1.; Jacob 5., Lititz R. 4. Bight grandchildren, two great-grandchildren; and three brothers also survive: Isaac Hershey, Kansas; Henry H. Herhey, Lititz R. 2; and Amos H. Hershey, this borough. Services will be held from the Mennonite Church Saturday at 2 p. m. with interment in the Hess’ Mennonite cemetery. Local fishermen were anxiously awaiting the week-end when fishing again /will he permitted dn two local streams heavily stocked with trout this week. On Monday, sportsmen placed a tottal of 1,150 brook trout in the Middle Creek. This stream will remain closed until Saturday morning. On Tuesday the same group placed' 450 trout in the Hammer Creek, which will remain closed to fishing until Sunday morning. Theatre Group Will Present Comedy Community Center To Give Lavendar And Old Lace On June 26 Score another triumph for the Lititz Community Center’s Little Theatre Group. They have just announced that they have secured the rights to present “Lavender And Old Lace” at the Park Band-shell on June 26 and 27. A perfect cast has been-selected and rehearsals are now in progress under the able asistance of the talented and well known director, Harold McCreary. Charm, excitement and broad humor distinguish this vigorous dramatization of Myrtle Reed’s most popular and best loved novel. The play is a thoroughly modem portrait of present day life, with scenes of bristling comedy, arresting drama and a touch of heart warming tenderness. Following are the members of the cast: ¡Mary Ainslie, Lorraine Waga-man; Ruth Thome, Gloria Adams; Hepsey, Faye Emck;l Sophrony Trotter, Reba Kline; James Bali, Richard' Hoff; Garl Winfield, Donald Fisher; Doctor Howard Patterson, Allan Adair; Joe Pendleton, Albert Leanza; Jane Hathaway, Jean Hanna; Bernice Carlton, Nancy Ann Bushong. The apparatus of the Lititz Fire Company is shown lined up on display. Local firemen are completing plans for their annual chicken corn soup festival. Firemen Prepare 50 Tubs Of Soup For Festival All Previous Eating Records Are Threatened; To Clean Chickens Tonight Local firemen were out to break all chicken corn soup records this week with no less than fifty wash-tubs being promised for the annual festival to be held in the firehouse Saturday. In fact, all eating records are being ¡threatened according to the array of foodstuffs lined up for the annual affair in an effort to prevent a sell-out early in the day as occurred in several previous years. This evening, firemen and members of the auxiliary will go to the Carl HubeT farm where they will pick and clean a total of 260 chickens. Off this amount, approximately 220 were donated by farmers of the areas surrounding the borough while the remainder weTe purchased. Friday - all day - the same group will be busily engaged at the firehouse preparing the foodstuffs in order that the chicken com soup can be offered for sale not later than 10.30 a. m. Saturday morning. In addition to the chickens they are preparing, 2,000 clams, bushels and busels. of french fired potatoes, probably a hundred NOTICE The Hershey Barber Shop will be closed until Monday due to a death in the family. Repair Major Leak At Water Plant Working at top speed last Sunday atfemoon, a crew of special workmen from Lancaster succeeded in completing maor repars at the borough water plant before the town’s reserve supply of drinking water became exhausted. Due to the rain, workmen did not start the task of repairing the leak in the 12-inch feed main in front of the pumping station until afternoon. Therepairs were completed at 2 a. m. When work started, forcing Water Superintendent Walter Miller to shut off mains leading from the pumping station, the two tall standpipes were filled. One containing 328,000 gallons was held in reserve as a precaution against fire. The other stdpipe containing 150.000 gallons was the sum and substance of water available for consumers until the leak was repaired. When work was completed, the tank showed that 110,000 gallons had been used and that 40.000 gallons remained, Mr. Miller explained. Laying Mains Work of digging the long trench to lay water mains along Noble Street was 'completed Tuesday and borough workmen began laying pipe yesterday. It is expected that work will be completed bv Saturday. Center Will Sponsor Community Party Thursday, June 19 In conjunction with the objectives and program planning of the Coordinating Council, which represents all organizations and clubs in the community, the Lititz Recreation Center will sponsor a Community Card Party and other games on Thursday evening, June 19, at the Center. Elaborate prizes for all the games will be given to the lucky guests. Through the cooporation of the member organizations of the Cornell, committees for the card party will represent the different organizations. All the net proceeds will go toward the support of the L. R. C. Advance tickets for the card party are now available from any of the representatives or at the L. R. C. Musical Program In Springs Park On Sunday Evening A musical program will be presented in the Lititz Springs Park Sunday evening at 7 o’clock by the Lebanon Valley Gospel Band, under the auspices of the Community Tabernacle. Prior to the program, members of the band will pause in front of the service plaque at the post office and render several hymns in honor of those who sacrificed their lives in the recent conflict. The gospel band also will play in the tabenacle at 2 p. m. when Rev. Roy Lair, an ex-service man, representative of the God’s Bible School, Cincinnati, will speak. Brethren Bible School Starts Mon. Vacation Bible School at the Church of the Brethren will have its opening day on June 16 from 8:30 to 11:00 o’clock in the morning. Boys and girls are invited to coime and’ help share in the cakes four crates of strawberries j Play> study and worship. The pro-and gads of other miscellaneous ! ,We6^ t eT1^’ng 0 ’ items. In contemplation of a big demand for french fries, firemen will put into service a new french frier which cost them approximately $250 and which requires around 20 gallons of oil to operate - hut turns out french fries just as fast as several hundred persons can eat them. The Lititz High School Band, directed by Henry Steiner, will present a concert during the evening as one of the features of the festival. ¡Members of the committee in charge urged that as many firemen or members of the auxiliary as possible volunteer to work at the firehouse Friday and Saturday. The creation of a veterans assistance and welfare fund was authorized by members of Garden Spot Post No. 56, American Legion, at a meeting held in the Legion Home, North Broad Street, Tuesday evening. Following this action, aimed at protecting the interests of former servicemen of this district, Commander Joseph M. Carl appointed Howard Leho, chairman of the committee to direct the work of this project. Other members of the committee are Richard Rader, Wilbur Kready, Curtis Long and William Getz. The local post also announced that it has admitted eight new members, bringing the membership to a total of 458, an all-time high in the history of the post. Approximately 50 members were present at the meeting. A donation of $25 for the entertainment of veterans hospitalized at the Coatesville Veterans’ Hospital, was approved. Daniel Gochenauer, chairman of the graves registratiton committee, announced that 300 flags were placed on graves in this district, graves of veterans of all wars, on Memorial Day. Five delegates were elected to the State Legion Convention at Pittsburgh August 6 to 9, inclusive. Delegates are Donald Derby, Menno Rohrer, Harry Ruley, Richard Rader and Mary Snavely. Alternates are: Ray Herr, Leo Rossi, Wilbur Kready, Quay Enck and Kenneth Bransby. Chrtis Long was appointed chairman of a permanent post firing squad and color guard which, will he used /for military funerals and patriotic parades. Midget Midgets To Play Monday Barn Burns Home Hit In Storm June 27, will be the mission schools in India. There will be classes tor beginners, primaries, juniors and intermediates. (Mrs. John Mohler and Mrs. Isaac Gihhel will teach the beginners and will have as their assistants, J/une Hauick, /Mary Lou Hershey and Mrs. David Forry. The primaries will be under the leadership of Mrs. Kenneth Frantz who will be helped by Mrs. Clifford ¡Smith and (Mrs. Bl-vin Good. Mrs. Jacob Dick, with her assistants, Margaret " Davidson and Lorraine Stehman will direct the juniors, and Rev. Kenneth Frantz will teach the intermediates. Mrs. Wilson Sprang will be secretary and treasurer for the Bible School. Parents are extended a special invitation to visit the Bible School on June 25. Rotarians Enjoy Trapping Pictures Moving pictures showing the manner in which new style traps manufactured at the Animal Trap Company here capture and hold coyotes, /muskrats and other animals were shown at a meeting of the local Rotary Club Tuesday evening. The pictures were taken during a research expedition to Texas where coyotes were trapped and on a similar trip to the eastern shore, Maryland, where muskrats are caught. Joseph Zahm arranged the program. The pictures were shown by George Brooks. A barn was burned to the ground at Elm and considerable damage was done throughout this section late yesterday When one of the most intense electrical storms in years swept through the county. The ¡barn destroyed at a loss of $10,500 was on a farm recently purchased “by Phares Bamberger at Elim. A daughter was in the barn when it was /hit hut ecaped unharmed. She and her father removed all 'livestock excepting a /pig and a calf. The home of Wil/liam Bingaman, Front Street, was struck knocking shingles from the roof hut not setting fire to the structure, firemen tound. A tranformer near Leed’s Ice Plant was struck, temporarily knocking out motors there and in the air-conitioning unit at the Legion Home on ¡Broad /Street. The Shock also was felt by Harry Forry who was sitting in a chair at 'Pennypacker’s harber shop half a ¡block away. (■Continued on Page ton) 59 Pupils Enroll In Trinity School The Vacation Bible School of Trinity E. C. Churchy opened on Monday morning with an enrollment of 59 pupils, 8 teachers and officers. The enrollment on Wednesday morning was 100 pupils, 8 teachers and officers. E. S. Dechert is the superintendent. Mrs. Lester Stark and Mrs. Ralph Habecker are in charge of the beginner’s department and are assisted by Jacqueline Dissinger, Lois Reedy, Peggy Stormfeltz and Doris Barber. Primary teachers are Gladys and Ruth Fry with Rev. George B. Oarvell and E. S. Dechert teaching the funtor department. Rev. Carvell is the pianist and Nancy Landis and Susanne Slosser are secretaries. ON MOTOR TRIP Miss Mary Huebener and Mrs. P. F. Snyder this week drove to Howe, Indiana. They will return with Mr. and Mrs. David Jones and daughter, Barbara. The Lititz Wrens, the midget, midget baseball team being coached ¡by Dr. Charles A. Landis will make its first home appearance after winning two games away. On Monday evening they will play the Manheim /Mustangs. ¡In tJheir first game the Wrens defeated the ¡Brecht School Short Socks, 21 to 3. On Tuesday evening in Manheim they defeated Mianheim 28 to 6. The public is invited to watch the game ¡here Monday. Mid’ The Turmoil Fire/men this week were endeavoring to find out just how many years they have been holding their annual chicken corn festival. As nearly as could be determined, chicken corn soup has been served every June by the smoke-eaters for more than the past forty years. * * * Thirty years ago, 1917, the firemen and auxiliary used 39 chickens (as compared with 260 this year) in making the soup. Other statistics for that year were 250 clams as compared with 2,000 this year; 50 cakes, they eat more cake than that now; 32 boxes of strawberries and 35 gallons of ice cream. In 1917 a concert of classical music was presented by Hackman’s Orchestra. • • • Lititz has some of the finest and best kept tennis courts in the entire county - but little apparent interest in tennis, according to Ben Forrest. “It is a shame that some effort is not put forth to organize a tennis competition,” Ben commented. “We have fine courts and it is too bad they are not being used every day.” * * * Among many here planning motor trips this summer are Mr. and Mrs. Abe Beck who /will he within the next few weeks, tending southward of that width, |
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