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's ¿•»üY-'ii fatty*'•p-*, >¡*44», ■fy'- -«•» fáif'iP"1!.■■;•'•,. I ' 73rd Year Established April, 1877, as The Sunbeam (Consolidated with The Lititz Record, 1937) Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa., Thursday, April 14, 1949 5 cents a copy; $2 per yr. by mail No. 1 Only Fair Weather Needed To Make Easter Observance A Gala Affair Here Special Services Will Be Held By All Local Churches The waning hope for c le a r,1 Springlike weather still was being cherished as many here planned to mark the coming Easter holiday by donning new togs. The weatherman, too, had not given up hope and indicated th a t despite the th re a t of showers, Sunday may result in clear an d warmer weather, everything, in fact, th a t Easter morning paraders could ask for. College students were re turning home this week with the prospect th a t the coming week-end will be marked with an unusually heavy social calendar. Local chulches all have planned outstanding Easter services to culminate a week of programs, all of which have been well attended. Outstanding among the Holy Week services has been the mid-day service in the Trinity Evangelical Congregational Church, sponsored by the ministerial especially for school children. This y ear’s attendance a t the mid-day service has broken all records. Monday a total of 424 attended; 425 Tuesday and 377 Wednesday. In attending, students gave up p a rt of their noon hour to do so. Two local students serving as organists a re Nancy Hess and Carl Bal-mer. Brosey; and Thomas Gene For- The annual Good Friday union service will be held this y ear from noon to 2:30 P.M. in the Moravian Church and will be followed immediately by the Traditional Moravian Service to 3:10 P.M. Local stores and offices, almost as a unit, will be closed during this th ree hour period to enable employees to attend. Banks also will be closed all day Friday but the Post Office will observe its regular hpurs and schedules. Brethren To Hold Easter Services Here . On Easter at the 10:30 A.M. service in the Lititz Church of the Brethren the Senior Choir will sing, “Blow Golden Trumpets” and “Christ The Lord Is Risen Today.” An Easter Message by the pastor will be entitled “I Am The Resurrection And The Life” , the last in a series of sermons on the great “I Am” sayings of Christ. Easter Musicale The Chapel Choir and the Senior Choir of the Lititz Church of the Brethren will present an Easter Musicale at 7:00 P.M. Included in the program will be, “He Lives” ; “Hail Mighty Victor” ; and “Were You There?” by the Chapel Choir. Both Chapel and Senior Choirs wil sing together, “Alleluia” ; and “The Strife Is O’e r.” The Senior Choir will present, “The Holy City;” “All in The April Evening;” “In Joseph’s Lovely Garden;” Blow Golden Trumpets;” “Christ The Lord Is Risen Today;” “O Morn of Beauty;” “Lilies of The Dawn.” “In Joseph’s Lovely Garden,” Harold Hollinger will sing the solo part; and in “Christ The Lord Is Risen Today,” Mary Lou Hershey will play a flute Obligato. 89 Members Are Admitted At St. Paul’s Combined Choirs Will Present Musicale In Evening Eighty-nine new members were received by St. P au l’s Lutheran Church on Palm Sunday, the largest number received a t any one time or in any one year in the history of the local congregation. The Confirmation Class con tained 22 members a n d in addition 16 were received by ad u lt baptism, 27 by le tte r of transfer and 24 by profession of faith. The Rev. Charles F. Trunk, the pastor of the church, was assisted a t the service on Palm Sunday morning by Dr. O. O. Leidich, of town. There was a capacity congregation for the service. At 2:30 Sunday, Rev. Trunk baptized 1 children and on Sunday evening another capacity audience heard one of the finest three-choir musicals ever p resented in St. P au l’s, when the Junior, Young People’s and Senior Choirs sang a program of Palm Sunday and Lenten music under th e direction of Albert S. Ebbert, with Mrs. E. D. Fulweiler as organist. Four crates of eggs and a large amount of cash were given a t the Sunday School Sunday for the Lutheran homes at Loysville and a t Topton. For th e th ird Sunday in a row a new high in attendance was recorded in the church (eentinued* from page 6) Lutherans Will Hold Dawn Service Observance of Easter will begin in St. P au l’s Lutheran Church a t a Dawn Service at 6:30 Sunday morning, a t which the Ju n io r and Young People’s Choirs will sing and the self-denial offering envelopes will be received. At 9:15 the main departments of thè Sunday School will combine in the church auditorium for a special Easter session. ' At 10:30 and again a t 7 Holy Communion will be administered. The Confirmation Class will commune at the morning service. Two more of the early morning services sponsored by Clarence Hendrickson’s class of high school boys will be held tomorrow (Friday) and Satu rday. There have been good a ttendances each morning for these services and for the light breakfasts which have followed. 191st. Dawn Service To Be Held Sun. Moravian Program Will Climax Series Of Meetings Rivals Toot The Same Tune PM EASTER PLAY AT ST. LUKES The Easter play “Mine Eyes 1 Hiath Seen Him” will be given at St. Luke’s Evangelical and Reformed church on Easter evening April 17 at 7:00. The 191st Easter Dawn Service wil be held at the Moravian Church a t 5 A.M. on Easter Sunday Morning. After the custom of these many years the worshippers will gather in the Church ju st before dayb re ak and review th eir creed. At dawn a procession of Ministers, Choir and people are led by the Trombone choir to the graveyard (God’s Acre) for the conclusion of the Service. The music has always been the feature o f, the Holy Week and Easter Services. The Trombone Choir, under the direction of John Keehn, will announce the resurrection by playing Chorales throughout the town. Victor Wagner is Choir d irector and on Easter Sunday morning the Choir will sing Handel’s “Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates,” and “The Halle- j lu jah Chorus” from “The Mes- j siah.” In the Evening Service I the beautiful “I Know That My Redeemer Liveth” and “Unfold, Ye Portals Everlasting” will be sung. Also included in the Service will be “The Lord Is My Strength” (Novello) and “Come Unto Me” (Tschaikowsky). On Palm Sunday the following members were received into the fellowship of the Church. Jan e t F. Balmer, Helen L. Hec-kel, Esterlee Hower, Sarah E. Muth, Nancy J . Stroble, Joanne M. Wagner, Gary E. Sipe, John R. Hess, Robert E. Bertzfield, John B. Grosh III, Dorothy L. Jameson, Philip M. Macferran, Dexter Erline, Mr. & Mrs. Louis B. Romaine, Mrs. Jacob Hal-bach, Mrs. John Grosh, Mr. & Mrs. Richard Hardenbergh, Charles R. Shotzmann, Mr. & Mrs. Arth u r Thorn, C. William Boyd, Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Cox, Ruby Adams, Mr. & Mrs. Henry Sharpe, Mrs. Annie Shuyler, John and Robert Shuyler, Mrs. Fred Snavely, Maebelle Voll-rath, Mrs. Winifred Walls. Mr. & Mrs. Willy DePerrot were re ceived on March 27, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Shotzmann will be received at the Thursday Communion Service. Children will be baptized at the Great Sabbath Love Feast on Saturday afternoon at 3 P.M. During the Holy Week the members of the Congregation brought gifts of food to be packed for European Moravians. This effort is in conjunction with a state wide in te rchurch appeal for continued aid to Europe. —Photo by Donald Reidenttaugh. Here’s a shot of the Blue Notes taken during their first public appearance at the Bunny Hop in the Lititz Community Center last Saturday evening. School Rivals Join Hands To Furnish Dance Music Lititz and Ephrata High School students, arch-rivals on the sports field, didn’t even hit a sour note Saturday night when they joined in furnishing the music for the Bunny Hop held a t the Community Center. The group, which is made up of Lititz and Ephrata students, is known as “The Blue Notes”, was making its first public appearance and immediately won the acclaim of the local younger crowd. The band consists of F ran k Showers, Ray Shaub, A rth u r Kling, Dick Neff, Carl Showers, Lemar Sipe and Lynn-ford Owens, of the local high school; Don Harsh, John Peif-fe r and Rodney Mellinger, Ephra ta High School students. The Bunny Hop Was sponsored by the Student Council of which Elvin Mearig is president. Other officers are Dale Herr, vice president; Nancy Breitigan, secretary; Anna Hal-deman, treasurer; Bill Brubaker, chairman, decorating committee. About 200 persons enjoyed the splendid entertainment, clever decorations and delicious food. The entire group expressed appreciation of the newly appointed managers, Mr. and Mrs. P au l Seaber, for th eir assistance in decorating the excellent sandwiches and cake available a t the Snack Bar. There were several tables of adults who were having just as much fun as the younger people and all mingled together to make the evening a huge success. Open Hours A t The Center Monday,. Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday 3 to 5 and 7 to 10:30. Saturday 1 to 5 and 7 to 11. Sunday 1 to 5 and 8 to 10:30. Firemen Are Entertained By Auxiliary Turkey Supper Served; Mrs. M. C. Demmy Re-elected Pres. TRIMBLE TWINS ILL Philip and David Trimble, twin sons of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Trimble, East Main Street, were adifiitted to the Osteopathic Hospital this week. They were reported greatly improved today. Evangelical Easter Program At 9 :3 0 A. M. Midget, M-M, Ball Players To Report Here Saturday All local boys anxious to play Midget or Midget-Midget baseball this year are asked to rep o rt at the High School F riday morning when teams will be selected, it was announced following a meeting Monday at the Warwick House. Two four-team leagues will be organized as follows: Midgets: The Boxers, sponsored by the Simplex Box Co., and manager by George Sipe; Wilbur-Suchard team, Warren Klopp, Robert Martin and Paul Rhoads, managers; 56-ers, American Legion team, Robert Schatsmann, manager; and Rotary Cobs, Rotary team, Robe rt Ludwig and Sil Gochenauer, managers. Midget-Midgets: Boots, spon-sored by Badorf Shoe, Charles Ludwig and Roy White, managers; Cubs, sponsored b y Lions Raymond Reedy, manager; ATCO, sponsored by Animal Trap, Charles Kling, Roy Clair and Richard Zartman, managers; Lacers, sponsored by Lititz Shoe, Bill. Dengler, Devoe Ember and Donald Kreider, managers. i Approximately 150 boys are expected to rep o rt IJriday morning at 10 A.M. Each member of a team will receive a baseball cap and shirt with the name of his team in colored letters. Practise periods also will be announced. Games again will be played on Monday and Wednesday evenings this year. The following members were received into the fellowship of the Trinity Evangelical Congregational church on Palm Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. William Rowe, Mr. and Mrs. Laverne Barber, Cletus Forney, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Hendricks, Je rry Moore, Lamar Kauffman, Randy Miller, and Mrs. Floyd Yingst. The Rev. George B. Carvell, pastor, baptized the following : children on Sunday afternoon, ! Arth u r Ervin Lafever, son of 1 Mr. and Mrs. Arth u r Lafever; | Theodore Richard Brosey, son j of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore R. I Bosey; and Thomas Gene Forney, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cletus Forney. The Sunday school will present a special program on Easte r morning at 9:30 A.M., and at 10:30 A.M. Holy Communion will be observed. At this service Two hundred members of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Fire Company were entertained by the Firemen a t a tu rk ey pattie supper on Thursday evening a t the Fire house. Professional entertainment was provided door prizes given and each guest was presented with a box of chocolates. Emory Wagner was master of ceremonies. A short business meeting followed the supper and election of officers was held with the following results, Mrs. M. C. Demmy, president; Mrs. C. G. Hoffman, 1st vice-president; Mrs. Floyd Stark, 2nd vice-president; Mrs. Arville Burkholder, secretary; Miss Ada Schnerer, treasurer; Mrs. Henry Hackman, financial secretary. The president appointed Miss Mae Stauffer chairman of the program committee and Mrs. Levi Yerger, chairman of the Ways and Means committee. The ladies made plans for a rummage sale to be held on Thursday and Friday, April 21 and 22 in the Fire house with Mrs. Esther Sheneberger in charge. Local Taxi Demolished In Crash Strikes Moving Truck On Cedar St. Wednesday The front end of a Lititz taxicab was demolished and the driver narrowly escaped inju ry yesterday afternoon when, according to Chief of Police Clarence Kreider, the taxi crashed into the re a r end of a truck. The taxicab, one of two automobiles owned and operated here by Manie Guito, was being operated a t the time of the accident by Raymond S. Ulrich, Lititz, R.D.3. Ulrich was driving south on Cedar Street. At a point south of the Diem Implement garage, Ulrich noticed th a t a tru ck in front of him had slackened its speed. He applied his brakes bu t the taxi skidded on the wet street and crashed into the re a r end of the other vehicle. Damage to the taxi was estimated at more than $200. The truck which was not damaged is owned by Ammon Brothers, Lancaster, and was being operated by Harold McCorkle, Elizabethtown. The mishap occurred at 12:20 P.M. Groups Will Meet Monday On Memorial Jaycees Invite Council And School Board To Confab 135 Children Photographed Despite an epidemic of gum-chewers, a total of 135 children had th e ir photographs taken for the Record-Express a t the General Su tter Hotel last F riday. Representatives of the Landry Studio reported th a t when their picture^taking started they could not understand so many strained expressions until they began removing wads of chewing gum - much of which had been surreptitiously smuggled into th e ir mouths to their p a rents amazement. Results of the wholesale picture- taking were quite gratifying with many unusually fine pictures resulting. Proofs of the pictures were being shown this week and will be ready for publication in this paper, sta rting in about five weeks. Spelling Bee Saturday At Town’s End A Spelling Bee will be held at Town’s End on April 23, according to plans made by the Society of Farm Women No. 1 at the meeting held on Satu rday afternoon a t the home of Mrs. John Witters near Ephrata. Mrs. Robert Behmer will be in charge of arrangement. Mrs. Leonard Miller tendered her resignation as president of th e group, she expects to move to Martinsburg, W. Va. June 1st. Mrs. Daniel Brubaker, the vice-president, became p resident and Mrs. Lerby Firestone was appointed as vice-president. Miss Yvonne Cook, county extension worker, spoke on “Storage Space” ; Dona Sprech-e r played an accordion solo and Donald Witters and his mother, presented a saxophone and piano duet. Mrs. Firestone was in charge of devotions and Mrs. Firestone ■ and Mrs. Clarence Troutman were appointed os representatives on the Recreation Council. The group contributed fifteen dollars to the Ephrata Community hospital. Two new members, Mrs. Willi? Bucher and Mrs. Bushong were received. Twenty members and four visitors were present and the next;, meeting will be at the home of Mrs. Richard Landis at Rothsville with Mrs. Adrian de- Vink as co-hostess when films will be shown by the P.P.&L. LeRoy Book, J r. will be the guest soloist. ' Ralph Downy, a student at Lebanon Valley College, is spending the spring vacation with Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Kreider. CLEFT PALATE CLINIC IS BEING EXPANDED The Cleft Palate Clinic founded by Dr. Herbert K. Cooper, this borough, is being greatly expanded and will soon move to new q uarters «at 24 North Lime Street, Lancaster, it was announced this week. Announcement also was made th a t the clinic is to receive support from the State Department of Health. DR. WILLIAM F. FOSHAG Dr. Foshag, who is Head Curator of the Department of Geology ol the Smithsonian Institution, will de-: liver the main address at the an-1 nual meeting of the Pennsylvania ! Academy of Science at Franklin and j Marshall College, Lancaster, Pa., on i April 15. It will be the twenty-fifth | anniversary meeting of the Acade-1 my, and the sessions will extend through Saturday, April 1C. Woman’s Club Will Hear Talk On Glass Collection Of Glass To Be Exhibited At Hotel Monday Evening A meeting of the various groups interested in obtaining a war memorial for Lititz has been called for Monday evening in the firehouse, Harold Kauffman, secretary of the Ju nior Chamber of Commerce, announced this week. A recent meeting of Jaycee Directors and the War Memorial Committee headed by Paul F. Diehm was “quite gratifying” Kauffman reported. Local Jaycees are urging the adoption of the Athletic Field as a War Memorial with the project of installing lights for night games as the first step in its development. Other groups invited to a ttend Monday’s meeting, he said, are the borough school board, borough council, borough officials and the Lititz Sports Club. The public also is welcome to attend the meeting. “Glass Through the Ages” to be presented by Miss Elsie M. Heckman of Allentown, at the regular meeting of the Lititz Woman’s Club on Monday evening April 18th at 8:00 P.M. at the General Sutter Hotel. Miss Heckman, a teacher of Art in the Allentown schools, has not only made the collecting of glass h er hobby, she has made an extensive study of it. In connection with th is program the committee sponsoring it is arranging an ex hibit of glass. They are asking that those club members having antique glass they would like to show, th a t evening, to please bring th e ir glass shortly before the meeting. A table will be prepared to receive the exhibit. Also on the program will be several selections on th e harp, by Miss Frances Nissley. Hostesses for the evening will be Mrs. P au l McCloud and Mrs. Harry Ruley. The chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, Mrs. H. K. Cooper announces a Card P a rty to be held April 27th at 8:00 P.M. a t the General Sutte r Hotel. Tickets can be secured from any member of the committee. Rèd Cross Drive Raised $2,800 SCHOOLS CLOSE TODAY The public schools will close on Thursday afternoon, April 14 th to reopen on Tuesday morning, April 19th. Lititz’ recent Red Cross campaign went over th e top to the tune of several hundred dollars, Alfred L- Douple, local chairman, announced today. A total ' of $2,800.75 was subscribed here as compared w ith the goal of $2,500. Mr. Douple an d Mrs. M. C. Derrpny, who served as co-chairman, expressed th e ir appreciation to the public for its support of the campaign and to the workers for th e ir efforts. James Delp Lauded For Oil Painting James Delp received recognition for a picture he did and submitted to the Gimbel a rt exhibit. Mr. Demmy received a le tte r congratulating the school and a certificate of award to be presented to the youth. It will be hung in the Gimbel auditorium where it will compete in the southeastern Pennsylvania Regional exhibition preliminary to the selection of finalists for the national school Art exhibition in the fine Arts Gallety of Carnegie Institute, Pittsburg. The picture was of his brother and a radio set. WARWICK TWP. LIONS PLAN EGG HUNT P au l Ibach, president, announces the annual Easter Egg h u n t on Saturday afternoon at 2 P.M. in the Lions Memorial P a rk at Rothsville. All children from Warwick Township are invited. 707 STUDENTS EXAMINED Seven hundred and seven persons were examined by the X ray unit in the public schools recently. Another opportunity will be given for this examination on May 13th when it will be a t the Fire house, sponsored by the Ladies Auxiliary of the Fire Company. Teen Talk 125 Prizes To Be Awarded At Egg Hunt Saturday More than 3,000 eggs in addition to hundreds of small candy eggs, will be the booty to be sought by an expected avalanche of several hundred boys and girls a t the annual Easter Egg Hunt to be held this Saturday afternoon at 4:30 P.M. Members of the Lititz Lions Club, sponsoring the event, also announced th a t there will be a total of 125 cash prizes to be distributed among the kiddies. Children who are six years old and under are to rep o rt to the Athletic Field where special arrangements have been made vto enable them to seek Easter eggs without being trampled by the older children. Children in the age group of from seven to 12 years w ill re- • p o rt a t the Bandshell. In case ! of rain the egg h u n t w ill be i held Monday afternoon at 4:30 P.M. By Don Fisher Nothing is more humiliating, for a columnist, then having to admit and make amends for a mistake or misstatement of facts. So casting my journalistic pride to the winds here are corrections for two mistakes made during the past few weeks. Wilbur Stark is president of the Sigma Pi fratern ity and not the Phi Si as reported. Also Edward Weiler’s first name is Edward and not Nevin as sated last time. Now, on with this week’s hodge-podge. Errr, ahhh—news. Unless the eyes don’t have it — Bobby Roth and Patsy Pfautz are spring smitten a-la-steady. Jack Stauffer is sporting a maroon head covering th a t is a mixture of dink, beanie, and beret. This type hat is popular in larger cities bu t hasn’t been fully accepted in Lititz. Hmm-mnnn. Say, if enough fellows wore hats of th a t style the town’s people might forget about the loud checked numbers Bender, Knipe, and Eshelman proudly displayed last summer. (Continued on page 8)
Object Description
Title | Lititz Record Express |
Masthead | Lititz Record Express 1949-04-14 |
Subject | Lititz (Pa.) -- Newspapers;Lancaster County (Pa.)—Newspapers |
Description | Lititz newspapers 1877-2001 |
Publisher | Record Print. Co. |
Date | 1949-04-14 |
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Subject | Lititz (Pa.) -- Newspapers;Lancaster County (Pa.)—Newspapers |
Location Covered | United States;Pennsylvania;Lancaster County (Pa.);Lititz (Pa.);Warwick (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) |
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Language | English |
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Full Text | 's ¿•»üY-'ii fatty*'•p-*, >¡*44», ■fy'- -«•» fáif'iP"1!.■■;•'•,. I ' 73rd Year Established April, 1877, as The Sunbeam (Consolidated with The Lititz Record, 1937) Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa., Thursday, April 14, 1949 5 cents a copy; $2 per yr. by mail No. 1 Only Fair Weather Needed To Make Easter Observance A Gala Affair Here Special Services Will Be Held By All Local Churches The waning hope for c le a r,1 Springlike weather still was being cherished as many here planned to mark the coming Easter holiday by donning new togs. The weatherman, too, had not given up hope and indicated th a t despite the th re a t of showers, Sunday may result in clear an d warmer weather, everything, in fact, th a t Easter morning paraders could ask for. College students were re turning home this week with the prospect th a t the coming week-end will be marked with an unusually heavy social calendar. Local chulches all have planned outstanding Easter services to culminate a week of programs, all of which have been well attended. Outstanding among the Holy Week services has been the mid-day service in the Trinity Evangelical Congregational Church, sponsored by the ministerial especially for school children. This y ear’s attendance a t the mid-day service has broken all records. Monday a total of 424 attended; 425 Tuesday and 377 Wednesday. In attending, students gave up p a rt of their noon hour to do so. Two local students serving as organists a re Nancy Hess and Carl Bal-mer. Brosey; and Thomas Gene For- The annual Good Friday union service will be held this y ear from noon to 2:30 P.M. in the Moravian Church and will be followed immediately by the Traditional Moravian Service to 3:10 P.M. Local stores and offices, almost as a unit, will be closed during this th ree hour period to enable employees to attend. Banks also will be closed all day Friday but the Post Office will observe its regular hpurs and schedules. Brethren To Hold Easter Services Here . On Easter at the 10:30 A.M. service in the Lititz Church of the Brethren the Senior Choir will sing, “Blow Golden Trumpets” and “Christ The Lord Is Risen Today.” An Easter Message by the pastor will be entitled “I Am The Resurrection And The Life” , the last in a series of sermons on the great “I Am” sayings of Christ. Easter Musicale The Chapel Choir and the Senior Choir of the Lititz Church of the Brethren will present an Easter Musicale at 7:00 P.M. Included in the program will be, “He Lives” ; “Hail Mighty Victor” ; and “Were You There?” by the Chapel Choir. Both Chapel and Senior Choirs wil sing together, “Alleluia” ; and “The Strife Is O’e r.” The Senior Choir will present, “The Holy City;” “All in The April Evening;” “In Joseph’s Lovely Garden;” Blow Golden Trumpets;” “Christ The Lord Is Risen Today;” “O Morn of Beauty;” “Lilies of The Dawn.” “In Joseph’s Lovely Garden,” Harold Hollinger will sing the solo part; and in “Christ The Lord Is Risen Today,” Mary Lou Hershey will play a flute Obligato. 89 Members Are Admitted At St. Paul’s Combined Choirs Will Present Musicale In Evening Eighty-nine new members were received by St. P au l’s Lutheran Church on Palm Sunday, the largest number received a t any one time or in any one year in the history of the local congregation. The Confirmation Class con tained 22 members a n d in addition 16 were received by ad u lt baptism, 27 by le tte r of transfer and 24 by profession of faith. The Rev. Charles F. Trunk, the pastor of the church, was assisted a t the service on Palm Sunday morning by Dr. O. O. Leidich, of town. There was a capacity congregation for the service. At 2:30 Sunday, Rev. Trunk baptized 1 children and on Sunday evening another capacity audience heard one of the finest three-choir musicals ever p resented in St. P au l’s, when the Junior, Young People’s and Senior Choirs sang a program of Palm Sunday and Lenten music under th e direction of Albert S. Ebbert, with Mrs. E. D. Fulweiler as organist. Four crates of eggs and a large amount of cash were given a t the Sunday School Sunday for the Lutheran homes at Loysville and a t Topton. For th e th ird Sunday in a row a new high in attendance was recorded in the church (eentinued* from page 6) Lutherans Will Hold Dawn Service Observance of Easter will begin in St. P au l’s Lutheran Church a t a Dawn Service at 6:30 Sunday morning, a t which the Ju n io r and Young People’s Choirs will sing and the self-denial offering envelopes will be received. At 9:15 the main departments of thè Sunday School will combine in the church auditorium for a special Easter session. ' At 10:30 and again a t 7 Holy Communion will be administered. The Confirmation Class will commune at the morning service. Two more of the early morning services sponsored by Clarence Hendrickson’s class of high school boys will be held tomorrow (Friday) and Satu rday. There have been good a ttendances each morning for these services and for the light breakfasts which have followed. 191st. Dawn Service To Be Held Sun. Moravian Program Will Climax Series Of Meetings Rivals Toot The Same Tune PM EASTER PLAY AT ST. LUKES The Easter play “Mine Eyes 1 Hiath Seen Him” will be given at St. Luke’s Evangelical and Reformed church on Easter evening April 17 at 7:00. The 191st Easter Dawn Service wil be held at the Moravian Church a t 5 A.M. on Easter Sunday Morning. After the custom of these many years the worshippers will gather in the Church ju st before dayb re ak and review th eir creed. At dawn a procession of Ministers, Choir and people are led by the Trombone choir to the graveyard (God’s Acre) for the conclusion of the Service. The music has always been the feature o f, the Holy Week and Easter Services. The Trombone Choir, under the direction of John Keehn, will announce the resurrection by playing Chorales throughout the town. Victor Wagner is Choir d irector and on Easter Sunday morning the Choir will sing Handel’s “Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates,” and “The Halle- j lu jah Chorus” from “The Mes- j siah.” In the Evening Service I the beautiful “I Know That My Redeemer Liveth” and “Unfold, Ye Portals Everlasting” will be sung. Also included in the Service will be “The Lord Is My Strength” (Novello) and “Come Unto Me” (Tschaikowsky). On Palm Sunday the following members were received into the fellowship of the Church. Jan e t F. Balmer, Helen L. Hec-kel, Esterlee Hower, Sarah E. Muth, Nancy J . Stroble, Joanne M. Wagner, Gary E. Sipe, John R. Hess, Robert E. Bertzfield, John B. Grosh III, Dorothy L. Jameson, Philip M. Macferran, Dexter Erline, Mr. & Mrs. Louis B. Romaine, Mrs. Jacob Hal-bach, Mrs. John Grosh, Mr. & Mrs. Richard Hardenbergh, Charles R. Shotzmann, Mr. & Mrs. Arth u r Thorn, C. William Boyd, Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Cox, Ruby Adams, Mr. & Mrs. Henry Sharpe, Mrs. Annie Shuyler, John and Robert Shuyler, Mrs. Fred Snavely, Maebelle Voll-rath, Mrs. Winifred Walls. Mr. & Mrs. Willy DePerrot were re ceived on March 27, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Shotzmann will be received at the Thursday Communion Service. Children will be baptized at the Great Sabbath Love Feast on Saturday afternoon at 3 P.M. During the Holy Week the members of the Congregation brought gifts of food to be packed for European Moravians. This effort is in conjunction with a state wide in te rchurch appeal for continued aid to Europe. —Photo by Donald Reidenttaugh. Here’s a shot of the Blue Notes taken during their first public appearance at the Bunny Hop in the Lititz Community Center last Saturday evening. School Rivals Join Hands To Furnish Dance Music Lititz and Ephrata High School students, arch-rivals on the sports field, didn’t even hit a sour note Saturday night when they joined in furnishing the music for the Bunny Hop held a t the Community Center. The group, which is made up of Lititz and Ephrata students, is known as “The Blue Notes”, was making its first public appearance and immediately won the acclaim of the local younger crowd. The band consists of F ran k Showers, Ray Shaub, A rth u r Kling, Dick Neff, Carl Showers, Lemar Sipe and Lynn-ford Owens, of the local high school; Don Harsh, John Peif-fe r and Rodney Mellinger, Ephra ta High School students. The Bunny Hop Was sponsored by the Student Council of which Elvin Mearig is president. Other officers are Dale Herr, vice president; Nancy Breitigan, secretary; Anna Hal-deman, treasurer; Bill Brubaker, chairman, decorating committee. About 200 persons enjoyed the splendid entertainment, clever decorations and delicious food. The entire group expressed appreciation of the newly appointed managers, Mr. and Mrs. P au l Seaber, for th eir assistance in decorating the excellent sandwiches and cake available a t the Snack Bar. There were several tables of adults who were having just as much fun as the younger people and all mingled together to make the evening a huge success. Open Hours A t The Center Monday,. Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday 3 to 5 and 7 to 10:30. Saturday 1 to 5 and 7 to 11. Sunday 1 to 5 and 8 to 10:30. Firemen Are Entertained By Auxiliary Turkey Supper Served; Mrs. M. C. Demmy Re-elected Pres. TRIMBLE TWINS ILL Philip and David Trimble, twin sons of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Trimble, East Main Street, were adifiitted to the Osteopathic Hospital this week. They were reported greatly improved today. Evangelical Easter Program At 9 :3 0 A. M. Midget, M-M, Ball Players To Report Here Saturday All local boys anxious to play Midget or Midget-Midget baseball this year are asked to rep o rt at the High School F riday morning when teams will be selected, it was announced following a meeting Monday at the Warwick House. Two four-team leagues will be organized as follows: Midgets: The Boxers, sponsored by the Simplex Box Co., and manager by George Sipe; Wilbur-Suchard team, Warren Klopp, Robert Martin and Paul Rhoads, managers; 56-ers, American Legion team, Robert Schatsmann, manager; and Rotary Cobs, Rotary team, Robe rt Ludwig and Sil Gochenauer, managers. Midget-Midgets: Boots, spon-sored by Badorf Shoe, Charles Ludwig and Roy White, managers; Cubs, sponsored b y Lions Raymond Reedy, manager; ATCO, sponsored by Animal Trap, Charles Kling, Roy Clair and Richard Zartman, managers; Lacers, sponsored by Lititz Shoe, Bill. Dengler, Devoe Ember and Donald Kreider, managers. i Approximately 150 boys are expected to rep o rt IJriday morning at 10 A.M. Each member of a team will receive a baseball cap and shirt with the name of his team in colored letters. Practise periods also will be announced. Games again will be played on Monday and Wednesday evenings this year. The following members were received into the fellowship of the Trinity Evangelical Congregational church on Palm Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. William Rowe, Mr. and Mrs. Laverne Barber, Cletus Forney, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Hendricks, Je rry Moore, Lamar Kauffman, Randy Miller, and Mrs. Floyd Yingst. The Rev. George B. Carvell, pastor, baptized the following : children on Sunday afternoon, ! Arth u r Ervin Lafever, son of 1 Mr. and Mrs. Arth u r Lafever; | Theodore Richard Brosey, son j of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore R. I Bosey; and Thomas Gene Forney, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cletus Forney. The Sunday school will present a special program on Easte r morning at 9:30 A.M., and at 10:30 A.M. Holy Communion will be observed. At this service Two hundred members of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Fire Company were entertained by the Firemen a t a tu rk ey pattie supper on Thursday evening a t the Fire house. Professional entertainment was provided door prizes given and each guest was presented with a box of chocolates. Emory Wagner was master of ceremonies. A short business meeting followed the supper and election of officers was held with the following results, Mrs. M. C. Demmy, president; Mrs. C. G. Hoffman, 1st vice-president; Mrs. Floyd Stark, 2nd vice-president; Mrs. Arville Burkholder, secretary; Miss Ada Schnerer, treasurer; Mrs. Henry Hackman, financial secretary. The president appointed Miss Mae Stauffer chairman of the program committee and Mrs. Levi Yerger, chairman of the Ways and Means committee. The ladies made plans for a rummage sale to be held on Thursday and Friday, April 21 and 22 in the Fire house with Mrs. Esther Sheneberger in charge. Local Taxi Demolished In Crash Strikes Moving Truck On Cedar St. Wednesday The front end of a Lititz taxicab was demolished and the driver narrowly escaped inju ry yesterday afternoon when, according to Chief of Police Clarence Kreider, the taxi crashed into the re a r end of a truck. The taxicab, one of two automobiles owned and operated here by Manie Guito, was being operated a t the time of the accident by Raymond S. Ulrich, Lititz, R.D.3. Ulrich was driving south on Cedar Street. At a point south of the Diem Implement garage, Ulrich noticed th a t a tru ck in front of him had slackened its speed. He applied his brakes bu t the taxi skidded on the wet street and crashed into the re a r end of the other vehicle. Damage to the taxi was estimated at more than $200. The truck which was not damaged is owned by Ammon Brothers, Lancaster, and was being operated by Harold McCorkle, Elizabethtown. The mishap occurred at 12:20 P.M. Groups Will Meet Monday On Memorial Jaycees Invite Council And School Board To Confab 135 Children Photographed Despite an epidemic of gum-chewers, a total of 135 children had th e ir photographs taken for the Record-Express a t the General Su tter Hotel last F riday. Representatives of the Landry Studio reported th a t when their picture^taking started they could not understand so many strained expressions until they began removing wads of chewing gum - much of which had been surreptitiously smuggled into th e ir mouths to their p a rents amazement. Results of the wholesale picture- taking were quite gratifying with many unusually fine pictures resulting. Proofs of the pictures were being shown this week and will be ready for publication in this paper, sta rting in about five weeks. Spelling Bee Saturday At Town’s End A Spelling Bee will be held at Town’s End on April 23, according to plans made by the Society of Farm Women No. 1 at the meeting held on Satu rday afternoon a t the home of Mrs. John Witters near Ephrata. Mrs. Robert Behmer will be in charge of arrangement. Mrs. Leonard Miller tendered her resignation as president of th e group, she expects to move to Martinsburg, W. Va. June 1st. Mrs. Daniel Brubaker, the vice-president, became p resident and Mrs. Lerby Firestone was appointed as vice-president. Miss Yvonne Cook, county extension worker, spoke on “Storage Space” ; Dona Sprech-e r played an accordion solo and Donald Witters and his mother, presented a saxophone and piano duet. Mrs. Firestone was in charge of devotions and Mrs. Firestone ■ and Mrs. Clarence Troutman were appointed os representatives on the Recreation Council. The group contributed fifteen dollars to the Ephrata Community hospital. Two new members, Mrs. Willi? Bucher and Mrs. Bushong were received. Twenty members and four visitors were present and the next;, meeting will be at the home of Mrs. Richard Landis at Rothsville with Mrs. Adrian de- Vink as co-hostess when films will be shown by the P.P.&L. LeRoy Book, J r. will be the guest soloist. ' Ralph Downy, a student at Lebanon Valley College, is spending the spring vacation with Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Kreider. CLEFT PALATE CLINIC IS BEING EXPANDED The Cleft Palate Clinic founded by Dr. Herbert K. Cooper, this borough, is being greatly expanded and will soon move to new q uarters «at 24 North Lime Street, Lancaster, it was announced this week. Announcement also was made th a t the clinic is to receive support from the State Department of Health. DR. WILLIAM F. FOSHAG Dr. Foshag, who is Head Curator of the Department of Geology ol the Smithsonian Institution, will de-: liver the main address at the an-1 nual meeting of the Pennsylvania ! Academy of Science at Franklin and j Marshall College, Lancaster, Pa., on i April 15. It will be the twenty-fifth | anniversary meeting of the Acade-1 my, and the sessions will extend through Saturday, April 1C. Woman’s Club Will Hear Talk On Glass Collection Of Glass To Be Exhibited At Hotel Monday Evening A meeting of the various groups interested in obtaining a war memorial for Lititz has been called for Monday evening in the firehouse, Harold Kauffman, secretary of the Ju nior Chamber of Commerce, announced this week. A recent meeting of Jaycee Directors and the War Memorial Committee headed by Paul F. Diehm was “quite gratifying” Kauffman reported. Local Jaycees are urging the adoption of the Athletic Field as a War Memorial with the project of installing lights for night games as the first step in its development. Other groups invited to a ttend Monday’s meeting, he said, are the borough school board, borough council, borough officials and the Lititz Sports Club. The public also is welcome to attend the meeting. “Glass Through the Ages” to be presented by Miss Elsie M. Heckman of Allentown, at the regular meeting of the Lititz Woman’s Club on Monday evening April 18th at 8:00 P.M. at the General Sutter Hotel. Miss Heckman, a teacher of Art in the Allentown schools, has not only made the collecting of glass h er hobby, she has made an extensive study of it. In connection with th is program the committee sponsoring it is arranging an ex hibit of glass. They are asking that those club members having antique glass they would like to show, th a t evening, to please bring th e ir glass shortly before the meeting. A table will be prepared to receive the exhibit. Also on the program will be several selections on th e harp, by Miss Frances Nissley. Hostesses for the evening will be Mrs. P au l McCloud and Mrs. Harry Ruley. The chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, Mrs. H. K. Cooper announces a Card P a rty to be held April 27th at 8:00 P.M. a t the General Sutte r Hotel. Tickets can be secured from any member of the committee. Rèd Cross Drive Raised $2,800 SCHOOLS CLOSE TODAY The public schools will close on Thursday afternoon, April 14 th to reopen on Tuesday morning, April 19th. Lititz’ recent Red Cross campaign went over th e top to the tune of several hundred dollars, Alfred L- Douple, local chairman, announced today. A total ' of $2,800.75 was subscribed here as compared w ith the goal of $2,500. Mr. Douple an d Mrs. M. C. Derrpny, who served as co-chairman, expressed th e ir appreciation to the public for its support of the campaign and to the workers for th e ir efforts. James Delp Lauded For Oil Painting James Delp received recognition for a picture he did and submitted to the Gimbel a rt exhibit. Mr. Demmy received a le tte r congratulating the school and a certificate of award to be presented to the youth. It will be hung in the Gimbel auditorium where it will compete in the southeastern Pennsylvania Regional exhibition preliminary to the selection of finalists for the national school Art exhibition in the fine Arts Gallety of Carnegie Institute, Pittsburg. The picture was of his brother and a radio set. WARWICK TWP. LIONS PLAN EGG HUNT P au l Ibach, president, announces the annual Easter Egg h u n t on Saturday afternoon at 2 P.M. in the Lions Memorial P a rk at Rothsville. All children from Warwick Township are invited. 707 STUDENTS EXAMINED Seven hundred and seven persons were examined by the X ray unit in the public schools recently. Another opportunity will be given for this examination on May 13th when it will be a t the Fire house, sponsored by the Ladies Auxiliary of the Fire Company. Teen Talk 125 Prizes To Be Awarded At Egg Hunt Saturday More than 3,000 eggs in addition to hundreds of small candy eggs, will be the booty to be sought by an expected avalanche of several hundred boys and girls a t the annual Easter Egg Hunt to be held this Saturday afternoon at 4:30 P.M. Members of the Lititz Lions Club, sponsoring the event, also announced th a t there will be a total of 125 cash prizes to be distributed among the kiddies. Children who are six years old and under are to rep o rt to the Athletic Field where special arrangements have been made vto enable them to seek Easter eggs without being trampled by the older children. Children in the age group of from seven to 12 years w ill re- • p o rt a t the Bandshell. In case ! of rain the egg h u n t w ill be i held Monday afternoon at 4:30 P.M. By Don Fisher Nothing is more humiliating, for a columnist, then having to admit and make amends for a mistake or misstatement of facts. So casting my journalistic pride to the winds here are corrections for two mistakes made during the past few weeks. Wilbur Stark is president of the Sigma Pi fratern ity and not the Phi Si as reported. Also Edward Weiler’s first name is Edward and not Nevin as sated last time. Now, on with this week’s hodge-podge. Errr, ahhh—news. Unless the eyes don’t have it — Bobby Roth and Patsy Pfautz are spring smitten a-la-steady. Jack Stauffer is sporting a maroon head covering th a t is a mixture of dink, beanie, and beret. This type hat is popular in larger cities bu t hasn’t been fully accepted in Lititz. Hmm-mnnn. Say, if enough fellows wore hats of th a t style the town’s people might forget about the loud checked numbers Bender, Knipe, and Eshelman proudly displayed last summer. (Continued on page 8) |
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