Lititz Record Express

              73rd Year Established April, 1877, as The Sunbeam
(Consolidated with The LItitz Record, 1937)
No. 5
Seek To Avoid Tax Boost
In Face Of $8000 Raise
In Teachers’ Pay Here
Assessment Differences
Perplex Directors Of
Three Districts
Increasing the pay of local
school teachers approximately
$8,000 and balancing the budget
without an increase in the tax
ra te - this was the perplexing
problem bothering local school
directors this week as work
progressed on the drawing up
of figures for the coming year.
As a result of the new school
act, the 40 members of the
borough school faculty will re ­ceive
pay raises of approximate­ly
$200 each inasmuch as few
if any are receiving the max­imum
legal pay at present.
School board members point­ed
out, however, th a t the fin­ancial
position of the school
district has ben improved stead­ily
for the past several years
during which time the ta x ra te
remained unchanged. This may
make it possible to bring about
the pay increases without boost­ing
the tax rate.
Another factor which may
make this possible is th a t th e
state appropriation also will be
increased and the local school
district will not have to should­e
r the entire load.
To S tu d y Assessments
The difference in property as­sessments
in the th ree districts
now considering merging, Eliz­abeth
and Warwick Townships
and Lititz Borough, also was th e
subject of a lengthy discussion
a t a join t meeting of the th re e
boards h ere last week.
The new school a c t' provldes
th a t all th ree of the assessors
would continue even after th e
merger, it was pointed out. The
county commissioners, however,
have the rig h t to bring about
an equalization of assessments
it was declared.
Charles K. Keath, chairman
of th e meeting, then appointed
several members to contact the
county commissioners in the
near future.
Another plan which the d ir­ectors
of the th ree districts
may consider will be making
of a scientific assessment su r­vey
of the th ree districts by
re a lty experts to be brought
here for th a t purpose.
No Relief
Cases Here
During April
April was the first month for
several years th a t no resident
or family in town was given
assistance by our Community
Chest, according to the report
given Tuesday evening.
It was decided th a t Miss
Emma Erb, the community
nurse will keep a list of names
of practical nurses so th a t any­one
desiring the services of
any may procure the names
from Miss Erb. Also anyone
who desires work may call Miss
Erb to have th e ir name placed
on th e list.
Miss Erb’s report was as fol­lows,
January, patients, 26,
nursing calls, 272; February,
patients, 30, Calls, 242; March
patients, 37, calls, 321; April,
27, calls, 253.
Mrs. P. F. Snyder was elected
a representative to th e Council
of the Lancaster County Com­munity
Chest which will meet
on Monday evening, May 16th
a t headquarters in Lancaster.
ENTERTAIN STUDENTS
The foreign students of
Fran k lin and Marshall College,
Millersville State College and
Elizabethtown College were en­te
rtained a t Linden Hall at a
picnic on th e Campus on Sun­day
by the five foreign students,
Dr. and Mrs. Byron K. Horne,
Mrs. Avis Stengel and the
faculty.
To Present Program
Miss Margaret Ruth Adams
Woman’s Club
Annual Dinner
Next Monday
Program By Margaret Ruth
Adams To Feature
Affair
Miss Margaret Ruth Adams
an outstanding monologist will
give a program at the Annual
Dinner Meeting of the Lititz
Woman’s Club to be held Mon­day,
May 16th a t 6:30 P.M. a t
th e General Sutter Hotel.
Miss Adams has received
much acclaim all over the coun­try
for the presentation of her
original monologues. She de­lights
h er audiences w ith a
varied program and unusual
talent.
MisS Dorothy S. Habecker,
2nd Vice President elect of the
club, will present several mus­ical
selections.
The Hostesses for the evening
will be Mrs. P au l McCloud and
Mrs. Roy Wagner.
Seminary Students
To Conduct Services
Here On Sunday
The Student Body of Mor­avian
Theological Seminary
will hold its Annual re tre a t at
the cottage of Dr. M. H. Yoder
on Saturday, May 14. The
students will be accompanied
by Dean Vernon Couillard, P re ­sident
Raymond Haupert and
Professor John Weinlick.
On Sunday Morning the Sen­iors
from th e Seminary will
teach and preach a t the Mor­avian
Church. James Bruckart
of the Lancaster Moravian
Church will preach the sermon
in the Morning Service. In the
Church School Herbert Weber
of Winston-Salem, N. C., will
teach the Young People’s De­partment,
Wilbur Behrend of
Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin,
the Good-Will Class and Mrs.
Fo rrest’s Class, William Craw­ford
of Winston-Salem, N. C.,
the Barbara Snyder .Class and
William Weinland of Bethle­hem,
the Men’s and Ladies’
Bible Classes.
Comm. Center
Holds Annual
Meeting
John Badorf & Carl Huber
Are Elected Directors;
Activities Planned
Completing another success­ful
year in which many im­portant
changes were brought
about, directors of the Lititz
Community Center discussed
plans for fu rth e r increasing ac­tivities
during the coming year j
at the annual meeting held last I
evening.
John Badorf and Carl Huber
were elected to the board of
directors to serve terms of three
years each by the group p re ­sent
at the meeting. This group
represented the various organ­izations
and local clubs in ter­ested
in the operation of the
Center.
They will succeed Harry
Ruley, president, and George
Pennypacker, vice president,
whose terms expire a t the next
monthly meeting when officers
for- the coming year will be
chosen by the board of d irect­ors.
T
he directors also will ap­point
a th ird new member to
fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of Mrs. E. E. Mc­Mullin,
submitted at the annual
meeting.
Members of the Youth Re­presentation
Board also attend­ed
the meeting.
To Lay Curb
At Boro Lot
Laying ' of curb around the
borough lot immediately was
authorized a t a special meeting
of borough council held Mon­day
night. Council previously
had planned to lay the curb in
Ju ly after more funds became
available.
The move to lay the curb im­m
ed ia te ly followed completion
of work in filling in the lot to
be converted into a playground
by the local Lions Club. This
action will make the play­ground
available much sooner
than previously planned.
Eliminate Alleys
After making a tour of in­spection
of the section council
also decided to eliminate all al­leys
on the Bruckart Farm in
the northeast section of town.
All of these alleys are only pro­posed
and nojie had been
opened. ,
6TH GRADE PUPILS
GO TO PHILLIE
Lester Stark and Mrs. Margu­erite
Arntz teachers of sixth)
grades took approximaely forty-five
of th e ir pupils to Philadel­phia
on Saturday. The parents
furnished the transportation and
the children visted th e zoo and
saw a ball game., Douglass
S ta rk accompanied his father.
The group left the school build­ing
at 8:30 a. m. and returned
a t 9:00 p. m.
HACKMAN BREAKS ARM
Henry Hackman, head of the
Science Department of the bor­ough
schools, broke his arm
while working with a tracto r
on his farm last Thursday even­ing.
Annual Warbler Walk
Proves Very Successful
Unusual success was reported
by members of the Lititz Bird
Club who took th e ir annual
Warbler Walk last Sunday,
covering the White Oak Sanct­uary
and . Northern Lancaster
County area.
A total of 26 members and
friends participated in th e hike
and a total of more than 90
species were observed. Many of
the warblers have not arrived
yet but should be here by this
Sunday, which will be the
height of the Spring migration,
members reported.
Many of the birds migrating
through at present include the
yellow warbler, vireos, swal­lows,
rose-breasted grosbeak
and scarlet tanagers, which
spend the winters in South
America and re tu rn to us each
Spring over the same route, a
round trip of 12,000 miles.
Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa., Thursday, May 12, 1949 5 cents a copy; $2 per yr. by mail
GOOD TURN
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Not every Girl Scout gets a chance to befriend orphaned
squirrel babies, but all troop members obey the sixth law of
their promise—“A Girl Scout is a friend to animals.”
Girl Scouts Will Hold
International Festival
In The Park May 21
HONOR ROLL REMOVED FROM P. O.
700 Delegates! Meeting Tonight Will
Will Attend j Consider Permanent Memorial
Convention To Be Placed In Square
Eastern Penna. Missionary
Groups To Meet In
Trinity Church Here
The Rolling Hills Girl Scout
Troop will hold its annual In ­ternational
Festival in the Lititz
Springs P a rk Saturday a fte r­noon,
May 21, from 1 to 3:30
P.M.
The Ju lie tte L o y ^ e e rem o n y
will be held in the bandshell.
One girl from each troop will
present the contribution to Mrs.
P a rk e r of the National Council.
All Girl Scfmt troops from
Lititz, Rothsville, Brickerville
and Hopeland, will participate
in songs and games. Refresh­ments
will be served.
Day Camp
The first day camp of the
Rolling Hills, consisting of
Girl Scout troops of Lititz,
Rothsville, Brickerville and
Hopeland will be held in the
p a rk for a four-day period
starting Tuesday, Ju n e 7 at 9:30
A. M. and ending, Ju n e 10 at
4 P.M.
The fee is $1.25 which will
include chocolate milk every
day, and one meal during the
week. The camp is open to all
Brownies and Intermediate
Scouts. They should contact
th eir leaders who in tu rn will
register them with Mrs. Clyde
O. Benner, Lititz, who is in
charge of registration.
A play day splash p a rty will
also be held in the Ephrata
P a rk on Ju ly 19. Mrs. Richard
Zartman has been appointed
chairman, assisted by Mrs.
Charles Wagaman, Mrs. Doster,
Mrs. Adams and Mrs. Messner.
Elaborate Plans Made
For Senior Ca'beret
To Be Held May 20
The well-known Seniors of
‘49 are, putting forth all their
efforts to make the Senior Cab­a
re t of this year the best one
ever presented a t Lititz High
School.
After several class meetings
and many discussions the Sen­iors
finally selected “The Forty
Niners” as th e ir theme and
choose committees to begin
work.
“The Forty Niners” will be
held in the gymnasium of
L. H. S. on Friday, May 20,
1949, from 9;00 to 12:00 with
Bob Lyter and his orchestra.
Admission is 50c p er person
and tickets can be secured from
any member of the Senior class.
Table reservations can be had
by contacting Catherine Adams.
Don’t miss this gala occasion.
Service For
Lieut. Hagen
This Sunday
Military services will be held
here Sunday for First Lieu­tenant
John F. Hagen, Jr., who
was killed in action in France
on November 3, 1944.
The body with its military
escort arrived here this week
and will lie in state a t Beck
Brothers Funeral Home on
Broad Street Saturday evening
from 7 to 9 P. M. The only
service will be the military in­terment
service to be conducted
Sunday by members of the Gar­den
Spot Post of the American
Legion a t the Moravian Ceme­tery.
At the time of his death,
Lieutenant Hagen was serving
with Co. I, 157th Infan try in
the famous 45th or Thunder-b
ird Division of the Seventh
Army, He was a graduate from
the New York Military Acad­emy
in 1937 and Franklin and
Marshall College in 1941. He
was a past president of the Phi
Kappa Tau Fraternity.
P rio r to the war he served
as an instructor in history at
the New York Military Acad­emy.
He was a member of the
Moravian Church.
Lieutenant Hag^n was a son
of Commander John F. Hagen,
Sr., and Miriam Hepp Hagen.
Commander Hagen is a chap­lain
in the United States Navy
and is stationed a t Norfolk.
Lieutenant Hagen also is sur­vived
by his maternal grand­mother,
Mrs. Elizabeth B. Hepp,
and his patern al grandfather*
Dr. E. S. Hagen, both of this
borough, as well as the follow­ing
brothers and sisters; Ruth,
wife of Edward Wentink, Salis­bury,
N.Y., and Alice, wife of
Dr. William S. Tinney, Lan­caster.
Approximately 700 delegates
will atten d the Convention of
Women’s Home and Foreign
Missionary Societies of Evan­gelical
Churches of Eastern
Pennsylvania to be held here
in the Trinity Church next
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs­day.
M
eals for delegates at noon
and 5 P. M. will be served at
the Church of the Brethren.
Delegates will be welcomed by
Mrs. Daniel Heilman, president
of the Trinity Women’s Mission­ary
Society and music will~be
furnished by the Sixth Grade
Choir Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. Induk Pah k will speak
a t the evening service at 7:30
on Korea’s Place in World Af­fairs.
Mrs. Minnie Lehman
Witman, Elizabethtown, is de­votional
leader and also will
speak Tuesday on “Fa r Hori­zons.”
The Wednesday Morning ses­sion
will feature messages from
missionary of the E. C. Church,
Mildred Kocher and Mildred
Harrison of the Kentucky
Mountains, Mrs. Wilford Hunt
of South America, and Mrs.
Paul Swartz of Africa.
Miss Marika Bakay, a dis-
Queen Of The May
J ÿ i # 1 r * h-
Plan For Flag-Pole And
Electric Fouufltain Drawn
Up By Legion
s
1 I-Lititz’
only war memorial -
the large frame honor roll in
i front of the Post Office which
i was dedicated during the war
| - was torn down during the
past week.
I Members of the Lititz Lions
Miss Barbara Miller, who
will be crowned as Queen of
the May, at th e May Day events
this Saturday afternoon at 1:30
on the Athletic Field when the
theme “State F a ir” will be
presented by local students in
music and pageantry.
Miss Eckert
To Retire At
Linden Hall
Club, which erected the honor
roll in co-operation with the
j Lititz Service Association, stat-
! ed that the removal of the lar-
' ge frame memorial was request-
| ed by the post office depart-
| ed in order th a t landscaping
I at the local post office could be
l completed, members of the
| Lions Club said.
While many persons, includ­ing
pedestrians who pass the
spot each day, did not notice
th a t the honor roll had been
removed, others expressed re ­gret
th a t the names were not
left standing until after some
other memorial plaque is de­dicated
here. When removed,
the board still contained a
wreath which had been placed
th ere on the anniversary of the
death of one of the heroe’s
whose name is inscribed on the
list.
placed person, a young Ukran .
ian medical student will speak J S e r v e d A s H e a d O f M u s ic
Wednesday afternoon ' on “The n . . n n .
victims of Godless Dictatorship” Department For Past
The Junior High G irl’s Glee 35 Years
Club will sing a t this service.
The join t choirs of the
Church of the Brethren and
Trinity Church will sing Moz­a
r t’s “Gloria in Excelsis” and
Handel’s “Hallelujah Chorus”
in the Evening Worship a t 7:30.
Miss Arlene Slosser will direct
with Mrs. Warren Newcomer at
the organ. Rev. John M. Ser­gey
will bring the keynote
address.
The last session of the con­vention
will be on Thursday
morning a t 9:00 o’clock. Bis­hop
A. W. Cooper of Reading
will conduct the Installation
Service. The Senior High
School Male Quartette will sing
at this service.
GRADUATES AS NURSE
Margaret Emily Clarke, daug­hter
of Rev. and Mrs. George
Clarke, this borough, was one
of 85 graduating members of
the Nursing School class last
Thursday night at Jefferson
Medical College Hospital, Ph ila ­delphia.
Dr. Byron K. Horne, Presi­dent
of Linden Hall, announced
this week th a t Miss Myrtle Ec­k
e rt has asked to b e relieved
of h e r duties as head of the
Department of Music of the
school, effective in September
of this year.
Miss Eckert has served Lin­den
Hall in this capacity thirty-five
years. She came to the
school a s an instructor in piano
and organ. Upon the retirement
of Miss Else Rulon, Miss Eckert
was appointed head of the de­partment.
Miss Eckert wil continue in
the department as teacher of
piano and organ and will conf
tinue to assist in th e p rep a ra t­ion
of the Alumnae Bulletin.
The successor to Miss Eckert
has not been chosen.
RETURNS FROM CALIF.
CHOIR TO SING
AT BRICKERVILLE
The Northern Fellowship
Chorus, Prof. Baughy, Neffs-ville,
director, Will sing in Em­anuel
Lutheran Church, Brick­erville,
Sunday a t 7:45 P. M.,
Daylight Saving Time.
The Women’s Missionary So­ciety
is sponsoring tfcis program
in recognition of th e ir 25th
anniversary.
Donald Coble, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Coble, Spruce Street,
re tu rn ed home Sunday from
Hawthorn, California, where he
graduated in April from the
Northrop Aeronautical Institute
a t Hawthorn, as a licensed a ir­craft
engine mechanic.
At the same time, removal of
the memorial honor-roll spurred
efforts to have a suitable honor
roll or plaque of a more last­ing
n ature placed on the Square
as soon as possible.
Paul F. Diehm, chairman of
the memorial committee, im­mediately
announced th a t his
committee will confer this even­ing
with a committee rep re ­senting
the Garden Spot Post
of the American Legion which
already has in its possession
drawings of a proposed memor­ial
for the traffic lane where
the Roebuck fountain formerly
stood.
These plans also were stud-
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JOHN LUTZ PLAYS
John Lutz with his musical
saws and musical goblets, fu rn ­ished
music a t th e Lions Club
a t Willow Street, Pa., on Tues­day
evening. B. F. Lutz, ac­companied
him on the piano.
Straley To Address
Cost Accountants
Mrs. Guy Reidenbaugh is a
patient a t the Lancaster Gen­e
ra l Hospital.
Charles C. Straley, Vice
President of the Animal Trap
Company of America, will
speak to the Lancaster Chapter
of the National Association of
Cost Accountants, a t - 8:00 P.M.
a t Wiggins Restaurant, Lan­caster,
an May 20.
Mr. Straley’s subject will be
“The Mystery of Incentives” .
Russell L. Templeton of Sim­plex
P ap er Box Corporation
will preside a t the meeting as
discussion leader.
Harry Ruley Nominated
Legion Post Commander
Harry F. Ruley was nominat­ed
commander of the Garden
Spot Post of the American Le­gion
a t a meeting held Tuesday
evening.
The post also voted to open
the canteen to a limited num­ber
of social members after bi­laws
can be changed.
Other officers nominated
were: William Scatchard, first
vice commander; Jack Pontz,
second vice commander; Ro­bert
Herr, finance officer; Rev.
Paul A. Miller, chaplain; Jonas
E. Risser, historian; Richard
C. Rader, service officer; J. Earl
Walters, sergeant-at-arms; Dr.
Joseph Grosh, W. Roy Enck,
John Muth, F ran k Ford, Sr.,
George W. Tigbe an d J. Wilbur
Wolf, directors, th ree to be
elected.
County Council: Charles
Bowman, Fred Gochenauer,
Harold Kauffman, Harold Ad­ams,
Charles Ludwig, Charles
Bergerstock; Carl W. Bachman,
Robert Eichholtz, Harry Waga­man,
Walter Auker, Paul Bran-sby
and Charles Wenrich.
Many Here
Did Not Miss
Honor Roll
Lititz’ honor-roll in front of
the post office was dedicated to
the memory of our local war
heroes at an elaborate cere­mony
addressed by Former
Governor Martin.
But the honor-roll’s exodus
was of an entirely different n a t­ure
- in fact for days many p e r­sons
failed to realize th a t the
huge frame board no longer
stood on the post office lawn.
“What do you think of the
honor-roll?” one well-known
civic leader was asked yester­day
afternoon.
“Why it should be painted,”
he replied, “I noticed th a t it
needs some repairs.”
Several persons who have
walked inside the post office to
get mail, also had failed to not­ice
th a t the honor-roll had been
taken down. After being told it
no longer stood in its former
place, some expressed regret
th a t it had not been left stand­ing
until after Memorial Day
when, following a custom es­tablished
during the war, num­erous
parents and relatives of
departed heroes, used the board
as a spot to place wreaths and
memorial flowers. ’
VETERAN CARRIER
ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL
Harry H. Sesseman, veteran
mail carrier of town, was ad­mitted
to St. Joseph's Hospital,
Lancaster, last Thursday for
treatment. He had been ill a t
his home on South Broad St.
for more th an a month.