Lititz Record Express

              a.
72nd Year
Established April, 1877, as The Sunbeam
(Consolidated with The Lititz Record, 1937) Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa., Thursday June 24, 1948 5 cents a copy; $2 per yr. by mail No. 12
Community Center Offered
For Agricultural Exhibits
Of Local Farm Show
Committee Decides To
Present Huge Fireworks
Display In Lieu Of
Parade
The Lititz Community Center
has been made available for farm
and home exhibits of the annual
farm show, members of the com­mittee
announced this week.
Meeting Monday evening, mem­bers
of the committee expressed
surprise at the action of the
borough school (board in refusing
(the farm show committee permis­sion
to use the gymnasium again
for these exhibits.
It was pointed out that follow­ing
the 1945 show, the last to be
held in the school gymnasium, the
show committee made ¡donations
toaling $526.24 to school activi­ties.
This included $25 for the
use of the gymnasium, $20 for
janitor service; $75 to the High
School Band for parading in ad­dition
to a $50 donation to the
band for uniforms and $200 for
instruments
The comjmittee also appropriat­ed
$156.24 for the flag pole at the
athletic field. In addition the
amplification system of the farm
show has been used for athletic
events here for the past two
years.
(The farm show committee at
the same meeting, decided noa to
hold a parade this year but to use
tihese funds in presenting a mam­moth
fireworks display which
promises to be the largest ever
shown--in this bomough.
In addition, musical and enter­taining
programs will (be given
each evening of the show.
Birubjaker, president, an­nounced
that the committee will
meet again this Monday evening
to take action on the offer of the
Community Center for farm show
exhibits.
Miss Miller
Will Sail
For Germany
Miss Jane iMiller, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. John IM. IMiller,
Broad Street, this borough, will
engage In relief work in Germany
this summer.
(Miss Miller is now at Pendle
Hill, near Philadelphia, where she
is receiving instruction regarding
this work. On July 1 she will
sail with a Friends Relief Unit,
made up in Philadelphia.
iShe will engage in this work
for approximately two months and
will .return toi this country late
in September. Miss (Miller is an
assistant professor in home econ­omics
at Juniata College, Hunt­ingdon,
Pa.
Mercy Plane Bears Red Cross Personnel
and Supplies to Oregon Flood Area
Teen Talk
Don Fisher
Donkey Baseball
Here Monday
iA. Donkey Baseball game will
be sponsored here Monday even­ing
at the Athletic Field as a
joint-benefit of the Veterans bf
Foreign Wars and the Junior
ChJbfmbr of Commerce.
-The game which will provide
both laughs and thrills to spect­ators
and the donkey-riders, too,
will start at 7 P. M. To obtain
tickets a t reduced prices, contact
members (of either organization
prior to the game, it was an­nounced.
Proceeds will be used for a
eommiunity benefit.
Greetings, gossip mungers! Grist
for this weeeks gossip mill was
a little harder to get, but I’ll
still try to give you all the low-down
on the lackadaisoal lads and
lassies. But first a short pause
while you look hurriedly over
this abattoir of literature to see
if your name is included.
Tom Steffy, Kate’s catch, can
now caress his coveted choice in
a new Chevrolet convertible. What,
no hyd-ralmatic?
The “old smoothie”, Bob iSchatz-mann,
has acquired an ear for
music. Practically every where
toe goes, his portable radio goes
too. Even while playing baseball.
Jack (Stauffer, one of the “Rec’s”
pood sharks, is planning to go up
New York (way icorne later sum­mer.
But I believe it is to visit
Staten Island, not some of the
colossal pool and billiard empor­iums.
Ship ahoy, and all hands on
deck, was Rod Shark's descriptive
description of his recent trip to
Porto Rica as a member of the
Naval Reserve’s annual cruise to
the Carribbean Sea. Even though
he is suffering from a slight cold,
(sea breezes) he wants to go again.
While attending the swing con­cert
of Ina Ray (Hubba, Hubba)
Hutton in Ephrata, it was sur­prising
to see the number of
Lititz boys and girls who were
there. Besides the customary
hand concerts held in the park,
I wonder if it would (be possible
and feasible to do the same thing
in Lititz?
Here is some news for all you
guys and gals tht like long trips.
Forney Longneoker, Barry Eit-neer,
Walter Martin, Boh Ging­rich
and Dan Gingrich, all from
Rothsvfiille, are .planning on going
to California this summer. And
if time permits, also go up to
Alaska.
“«EC” REVIEW.. • •..
At a meeting held last Wednes­day
the L.C.C.L.T.G. (Lititz Com-
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Church Of The Brethren
Revival Meetings
To Start Sunday
President Rufus D. Bowman, of
Bethany Biblical Seminary Chig-lago,
Illinois, ¡Will hold a series
of revival meetings in the Lititz
Church of the Brethren from
June 27 to July 4. Dr. Bowman’s
first sermon will be this Sunday
morning with thie Senior Choir
of the church bringing a special
anthem entitled “Songs -of Prais
es”. Each evening the service will
start at 7:30 P. IM. with a song
service. Special music has been
planned for each evening by the
Music Committee of thie local
headed by ¡Mr. Harold HolBnger.
Woman’s Club
Committees
Announced
Mrs. Henry Muth Lists
Groups To Serve
Next Year
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CHICAGO, ILL.—Bearing a specially trained Red Cross disaster
worker and a cargo of supplies that included 500 pounds of dextrose*
rich candy, a mercy plane flew from Chicago to - aid victims of the
flooded Columbia river. The flight was sponsored by the Chicago
Herald-American and business organizations making up the Mercy
Fleet in Chicago. Robert J. Casey, former war correspondent, was-aboard.
Here, Casey (right) helps Chuck O’Connors load the candy,
which was donated by Otto Schnering, president of Curtiss Candy
Company. The plane was made available by John D. MacArthur,
president of the Bankers Life & Casualty Company.
Photos From All Parts Of
World Being Received Here
For Salon Opening July 4
Judging Oi Prints To Take Mrs. Bomberger Will
Place Saturday; Salon To
Be Held At Spacht’s
VISITED PARENTS HERE
(Commander and Mrs. John F.
Hagen, chaplain corps, -UjS.N.,
have returned to their home at
Green Cove Springs, Florida, (after
spending some time here visiting
Commander Hagen’s father, Rev.
E. -S. Hagen, D.D., and IMrs. Hag­en’s
mother, Mrs. (Elizabeth Barr
Hepp, this borough. (Comm. Hagen
delivered the iComjmemcement ad­dress
at the New York Military
Academy, Cornwall-on-the-Hudson*
Unusual photographs from al­most
every state Of the union as
well as many foreign (countries!
will be exhibited (in the Fifth In­ternational
(Salon to ¡be presented
by the Lititz Springs ¡Camera Club
here from July 4 to July 11, in­clusive.
The salon will toe open to the
public in the Early American
Room of the R. M. Spacht Furnit­ure
Store between the hours of
1 and 5 P. IM., 6:30 and 10 P. M.
Robert Zartman, Chairman, -an­nounced
that /prints are arriving
daily and promise to make this
salon equally as interesting as
those -held here before the war.
The judging will be held.this Sun­day,
(with John. Hogan, F.P.S.A.,
F.R.P.S., of. Philadelphia, chair­man
of the pictorial division of
the Photographic Society (Of Amer­ica;
Harrison N. Mucher, of (Read­ing,
-well-known print critic; and
Harold Hess, (of Harrisburg, salon
contributor, serving -s judges.
(Members ioi the Lititz Springs
Camera Club entered 42 ¡prints in
their yearly Print-of-the-Year
competition at the June meeting
on Monday June 14th. The prints
were viewed and discussed at the
meeting. The (following Thursday,
June 17th the prints were taken to
the Reading Camera Club where
they were judged toy -a jury of
three members of the Reading
club.
The judges selected “TRIAD”
by ¡Dave IMiller as ithe print-of-the-
Year. It -is a print -showing
three white d-u-cks on a pond s-ur-
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Observe 80th Birthday
With Open House
Mrs. ¡Mary Bomberger 292 N.
Broad ¡Street, this borough, will
observe her eightieth birthday on
Tuesday.
In recognition of the anniver­sary,
she will observe open house
from 3 P. M. to 9 P. M. and has
extended an invitation to her fri­ends
and neighbors to call. Mrs.
Bamberger is the mother of five
children: Paul Bomberger, this
borough; Abram Bomberger, Lit­itz
R. D.; Mrs. Mazie Adair, this
borough; and Mrs. Hattie Bom­berger,
Indianapolis. *
Mrs. Heury Muth, president of
the Lititz Woman’s Club announc­ed
the -committees for the coming
year -at an executive board meet­ing
held at her home ¡recently.
They are as follows:
(Program—Miss Helen Bender,
chairman; IMrs. Marguerite Arntz,
Mrs. Jack Bettis, (Miss Betty Gir-vin,
Mrs W. A. Poetker, Mrs. Wil­liam
iSoatchiard, IMrs. JJ. Lloyd
Schaeffer.
Finance—Mrs. Valentine Brotost,
chairman; IMrs. Henry Gitotoel,
Mrs. George Searles, Mrs. Robert
Posey, Mrs. John Bender, Mrs.
Martin Kutz, Mrs. Russell Gilbert.
Publicity — Mrs. Landis Herr,
chairman; Mrs. Albert ¡Ebbert,
Mrs. Menno Rohrer, Mrs. Chester
Keith, Mrs. Carlton Walls.
Membership—Mrs. H. B. MJnn-ich,
Mrs. (Frank Wolf, Miss Sara
Weidman, Mrs. -Frank Longeneck-er,
Mrs. JaJlmes ®. iScheaffer.
Hospitality—Mrs. Paul McCloud,
Mrs. Charles Miaylon, Mrs. Ho­ward
iRedcay, Mrs. Roy Wagner,
Mrs. IM. C. Demimy, Mrs. William
M. Whitten» Jr., Mrs. Harry Rul-ey,
Mrs. -Robert Trimble, Mrs.
-Clyde Benner, Mrs. Hiram Eto-erly.
Welfare—Mrs. J. B. Hess, Miss
Emma Erb, Mrs. Carl -Brubaker,
Mrs. J. M. Leed, IMrs. Edwin
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WORKING PAPERS
(Mrs. Melvin Erb, Rothsville, is
issuing working papers to War­wick
Township -students instead
of Mrs. Anna May Hess, who has
moved to Hershey, it was annou­nced
this week.
Activities
At St. Paul’s
Are Listed
Summer Communion On
Sunday; Vacation School
Will End Tomorrow
S P O R T S
LAWN FETE
A Lawn Fete will be held at the
children’s orphanage, East End
Eve. and Ann Sts. Lancaster, on
Saturday afternoon beginning at
5 P. IM. Their will ibe music,
games, prizes and refreshments.
It will be for the benefit of the
linen fund, Osteopathic Hospital.
The Lititz Auxiliary is in charge
of flowers arid (plants.
W.C.T.U. MEETING
By Ralph W. Wier
Lititz Sports Club Wins
Tlhe Lititz Sports Club, current­ly
in third place in the Greater
County League, played its best
¡game of the season on Sunday
by defeating Chestnut Hill, the
leaders of the Leaglue. This was
accomplished ¡behind the four hit
pitching of Ry Krei-del. Ray fan­ned
eight and gave up -but one
free ticket in the eleven inning
contest. The final score was
Lititz 3, Chestnut Hill 0. The
defeat of the 'Chestnut Hillers
Caused a tie for first place as
both Chestnut Hill and Quarry-ville
have won 9 and lost 3 for
a .750 percentage. Johnny Blum-enscheim
hurled for -the' losers
and gave up eight hits, Walked
s even “ and struck out twelve. A
three run rally by Lititz broke
up the game in the eleventh
frame. Hen Hershey and Derr led
I the attack for Lititz with two
| hits each. Fry hit a double, while
j Lausch, Zug and Ray Kreider
I each came up with one base hit.
I The Interstate League
I Wilmington remains on top in
Interstate League. The Rocks
. have a hard hitting aggregation,
i topped by an excellent pitching
; staff. While they lost their ace
I h|urler Robin Roberts, who- was
! called up toy the Phils, he was
(rdp’jiced toy Radcliffe, another
mound sensation in High School
J circles in Georgia. However, Rad-
| cliffe, still has to produce with
the R'ocks in order to set him up
1 -beside Roberts who had. quite a
1 record with Wilmington.
| York, Allentown, Trenton, 3un-bury
and Harrisburg are all with­in
-striking distance of first place.
! Only about four games separat-ing
them from the leaders. The
Lancaster Roses occupy seventh
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The annual meeting of the
W.C.T.U. will be held on Tuesday,
June 29th -on .the lawn -of Mrs.
Ellis Spickler’s home, 320 East
Main St., the business meeting
will he held at 3: 0-0 P. M. -a cover­ed
dish supper at 5:30 P. M. In
case of rain the meeting will be
held at the home of Mrs. J. C. H.
Light.
QUARTET TQ SING
The Chiques Male Quartet will
present a musical program in
the Middle Creek Church of the
Brethren this Sunday evening at
7:30 P. M. Rev. Robert Hess, a
member of the quartet, will de­liver
the (message of the evening.
The young people of the church
will be in charge -of the service.
The ¡Summer -communion ser­vices
lwil'1 Ibe held at St. Paul’s
Lutheran ¡Church this Sunday,
with two services in the morning.
The first will be iat 7 a m. and
the second at 10:30.
Vacation School
The Vacation (Church School of
St. Paul’s will close tomorrow
morning (Fr-iidiay). Parents of the
-pupils attended the session held
this morning to view the work of
(he school.
Gleaners Class
The Gleaners iGlass met at the
church Monday evening and on
Tuesday evening the Sunbeam
Class met at Sharp’s -cottage.
Picnic Thursday
St. Paul’s Sunday School pic­nic
will be held on Thursday,
July 8, in the Springs Park. A
family, oajfeteria-style supper will
¡be served, with (the various
classes preparing and serving the
items of food. In the evening
there will toe a -concert by the
-Lititz High School Band.
Lester G ‘Balmer Is chairman of
the ¡committee sponsoring the af­fair.
Other -members are John
Erb, RPbert Hanna, William Den-gler,
John Witmye-r John New­comer,
Roy Slchaffstall, Warren
Diehim, J. ¡R. Johnson and E. D.
Fulweiler.
POSTPONE GARDEN PARTY
A garden party scheduled to
have 'been held yesterday at the
home of Mrs. David Wright,
Broad -Street, by members of the
local Rebekah Lodge, has been
postponed until later in the sum­mer.
Inclement and cool weather
was given as the reason for the
postponement.
COMPLETES STUDIES
Dr. and Mrs. Richard Bromer
a^id son Richard (Sheppard are
visiting Dr. Broimer’s parents at
Colsmlan Chapel Manse. Dr. Bro­mer
has just completed his post
graduate work in Psch-ology iat
Purdue U. Lafayette, Indiana.
4H CLUB REORGANIZED
AT COLEMAN CHAPEL.
Following Officers
Pres. Lorraine Qapevele; Vicq-
Pres. Lena Fultz; Sec. & 'Treas.
Ruth Song; Game -La-der Jean
Krepp; News Reporter Helen
Morwrer; Song -Leader Martha
C-apwell.
Two additional meetings ¡have
befen held ’and on -Fridjay June
25th actual work in sewing will
be begun at 9 A. M.
Controversy Raging Over
Whether Local Properties
Should Be Tax-Free
jSflLUTE TO CLERGY
f Official Navy Photograph
Greek Prelate Piped Aboard—
Sideboys pay high Naval honors to
the Regent of Greece as he boards
the super-aircraft carrier USS
Franklin D. Roosevelt in the course
of a visit of the Twelfth Fleet to
Athens as part of a goodwill and
training cruise in Mediterranean
waters.
Name Cast
For Comedy
In The Park
“Nats And Bolts” To Be
Presented In Park
July 29, 30, 31
On July 29, 30 and 31, Lititz
will -have a rare, iside-sipllitting
experience when the Little Thea­tre
Group, sponsored toy the Lititz
Community Center, presents Jay
Tobias’ hilarious three-act farce
“Bolts and Nuts.” The play is
under the direction of Mrs. Clar­ence
Troutman, who has chosen
the following cast of characters.
IMi-ss Faye Enok plays “Rebecca
-Bolt” who turns a house she in­herits
from her brother into a
sanitarium aginst the wishes of
her niece Benita (Glori-a Adams)
and -her maid Lutie iSpinks (Jean
¡Hanna). (Rebecca needs help to
run the huge mansion, so she
employs two of her brothers ser­vants,
mournful Martha -Grubb
(Diana Ziss) and colored Henry
Goober (Albert Leanza). The un­expected
arrival of Dr. Hippo­crates
Joy (Joe Hess) makes
Rebecca very happy since he is
a famous psychiatrist. It is when
spinless Phin-eas Plunkett (Allen
Adair) Rebecca's late brother’s
lawyer brings a ¡sealed, myster­ious
letter for her that things
really happen. Soon the place
is filled with “Nuts”. First Prun­ella
Figg' (Nancy Bushiong), Oad-weler
Clippy (Carl Frederick)
IRebecca’s old flame, (Mrs. Gertie
iGlossop (Rdba Kline) Iwith -her
darling little brat Wilbur (Lamar
ISipe) and Twink ¡Starr (Donald
Fisher) Benita’s fiance, Jack Gor­don
(Carlos Ziegler) a young in­terne,
and Tw-i-nk (Starr bring the
play to a successful close toy
solving the mystery that engulfs
Bolt [Sanitarium.
This will be the (fourth- play
presented by the Little Theatre
Group. John Witmyer is stage
manager, -assisted by Clarence -
Yingst.
. Mrs. Susie Royer is visiting
er. She will stop a t Yellow-
Grand Canyon in Colorado.
Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Frysinger,
Harrisburg R.D.
A “self-pitying” thief who re­moved
-cash amounting -t-o- $48
from a purse he found on the
street and then ¡tossed the empty
purse ‘in a mail box included a
note declaring that “I think I
need this money more than you
do,” it was disclosed bare this
week.
But - it might interest the thief
to know - the rightful (owner of
the money had a real need ¡for it
herself. (She is IMrs. Kathryn
Garrity, who came here recently
Milt Hershey
With Heifers
Sent Abroad
Ten dairy animals recently
shipped from the local Heifer
Project collection center, super­vised
by Milton Hershey of Lititz,
are now abroad the S. S. Human-itas,
(bound for Naples, Italy.
(Most of these animals were
heifers and were contributed by
individuals and churches in this
area. They were part of a total
overseas shipment of 153.
Heifers and bulls have bfoeen
shipped to 15 different nations
since the first 18 anilmals went to
Puerto Rica on July 14, 1944.
Sgt. Walter Grosh
On Training Cruise
Master Sergeant Waiter Grosh,
Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Grosh, West Main Street, this
borough, has returned from two
wieeks of intensve flying training
with the 91st Air Division of the
Air Reserve.
After leaving Newark air field
the group trained at Nashville
and Port Worth. Sgt. Grosh is
now stationed a t the Newiark air
depot.
Rotary Picnic
Was Held Indoors
Bad weather (forced members of
the Lititz and the East (Peters­burg
Rotary Clubs to take their
joint-ipicnic indoors here Tuesday
-when the affair was shifted from
Dr. M. iH. Yoder’s cottage near
Brickervilile, to the basement of
Fellowship Hall.
Dr. H. 1C. Fulton addressed the
(group on -his recent trip to South
America. South Aimer-loans are
the -most hospitable people of the
world he asserted.
Vernon Kline was elected a
(director of the local club to suc­ceed
Gus Gyselman, who resigned.
Harry Grubb Will be installed as
president this Tuesday.
ATTEND WEDDINGS
Mr. and Mrs. Frank MaJcferran
and sons, Philip and Gary, attend­ed
the wedding of Mrs. Maofer-ran’s
neiphew, Tholmias Hafler
Egolf to Miss Mary Jane Keller
at State College on June 16. On
June 18 they attended the wed­ding
of Mr. Macferran’is brother,
Samuel -Nice Ma-cferm to Miss
(Janice Sipple, (Drexeil Hill, Where
Mr. Macferrian served as best man.
TWO DEWEY ROOTERS
RETURN PROM CONVENTION
Justice of the Peace Paul F.
Dliehm and Borough Councilman
Christ Nissley attended the Tues­day
sessions of the Republican
National Convention in Philadel­phia
and returned home convinced
Dewey would nab the namination
on the first ballot. As soon as he
arriv-efd at his office ’Squire Diehm
-dug out an old Dewey poster he
had used in 1940 and placed it
on view in his window.
in order to -obtain an operation
far her child. After remaining
with her sister, Miss Etaiima Daug­herty,
W-est (Orange ,Street, -she
had borrowed $50 in ord-er to
return to -her home.
The empty ¡purse with the rude­ly-
scrawled note were found by
Richard -Rader, post office emp­loyee,
when he collected mail from
the mail boxes in town. Mrs.
Garrity missed the purse when
-she stopped at Fry’s Service Stat­ion,
East Main (Street, to pur­chase
gasoline.
County Officials Order
Exempt Buildings Re­turned
To List
Efforts of county officials to tafo»
certain local properties from the
“tax-exempt” list and to pkuce
them bac-k -on the taxable list has
created a ticklish local contro­versy
which may require tax ex­perts
to decide, it -was revealed
here this -week.
According to Borough Assessor
Guy Brubaker, county officials
specifically directed that several
properties here which have been
kept off the taxable list for Tears,
be put on the list this year.
-One of these is the residence
occupied by M. C. Demmy, super­vising
principal of the borough
school, located on ¡Spruce Street
and owned by the school district
While the property was placed on
the list this year, the tax levied
has not as yet been paid.
Another property put on the
taxable list is the (office of the
Denver & Ephrata Telephone
Company. This property, along
with that 'of the Pennsylvania
Power & Light Company, always
has been taxexempt due to the
public utilities act and the tact
that (public utilities are assessed
federal taxes instead. There Is
considerable doubt that this pro­perty
will remain on the taxable
list. |
Another property around which
a 'controversy is raiging is the
new barn of the Linden Hall
College. The question of what
if any part of Linden Hall Can
be taxed came up several years
ago ait which time borough council
decided to submit tax bills to
Linden Hall and to let the matter
be decided in court.
At some time since then, it was
di-s-closed this week, the borough
made a right-about-face and re­moved
all Linden Hall properties
from the taxable list. This Spring»
however, the new barn was taxed
but school officials have refused
to consider this property any
different from the others.
Park Boasts
“New Look”
For The 4th
The Lititz Springs Park has
been given “the new look” in pre­paration
for the Fourth of July
Celebration, A. L. Douple, secr­etary
of the park committee, an­nounced
today.
The new look ■ consists of new
playground equipment, the new1
refreshment stand and a bright,
glistening coat of paint on just
about everything visible inside the
park gates.
It also was announced this week
that a considerable portion of the
after and evening programs will
be (broadcast over radio station
WLAN through the cou-rtesy of the
Wilbur Su-chard Chocolate Com­pany.
PURCHASES STORE
Rufus Longenecker, of West
Third Avenue, has -purchased the
Boyle’s Cut-rate drug store at
Adamstoiwn which he will operate
as the Longenecker Out-rate store
after taking possession August 2.
COMMUNITY MARKET
OPENS NEW BUILDING
The new building of the Lititz
Community Market, -containing 100
stalls, an increase of more than
40, is now being used in the
weekly Saturday sales and auct­ions,
John (McGee, the owner,
announced this week.
■ -The building formerly used for
this purpose is now being used
for the cattle auctions being held
each Wednesday. This Saturday’s
amusement attraction will he the
Twilight Ridge Runners, jazz-kinigs
of the Blue Hills.
‘Self-Pitying’ Thief
Removes Funds From Purse