Lititz Record Express

              t Í a w ¿ C The lititz Record-Express
73rd Year Established April, 1S77, as The Sunbeam
(Consolidated with The Lititz Record, 1937) Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa., Thursday, September 29, 1949 5 cents a copy; $2 per yr. by mail No. 24
Council Quickly Sets Up
New Fire Alarm System
Dials Still 2 Months Off
Telephone Co. Still Needs
Part of Equipment Before
Change Can Be Made
Informed by local firemen
th a t the- present fire siren sys­tem
here would go out of bus­iness
October 15th due to the
installation of automatic dial
telephone equipment, borough
council went into high gear
Tuesday night and quickly set
Center Gets
700 Members
In 1st Week
Dr. Minnich Predicts Drive
Will Reach 1,000-Mark
Over Week-End
A total of more than 700
“Screen Guild Players” starts a
new season with a scoop by pre-
. . , , . . . . i senting L an a T u rn e r, pictured
up a new system for reporting members were signed up for the here. as c0-star with Clark Gable
Yello-Jackets
Make Attack
On Lineman
Ed. Weidler Needs Medical
Attention Following En­counter
14 Feet Up Pole
fires here.
Wednesday, however, officials
of the telephone company at
Ephrata announced th a t while
a new set-up should be decided
upon as quickly as possible,
this is only to enable the new
numbers to be placed in the
directory supplement soon to go
to the printer.
The new dial system will not
go into effect here - nor will
the present system of sounding
the alarm be abandoned - until
some time in November and
possibly not until early Decem­ber.
“We don’t want to announce
any date for inaugurating the
dial system in Lititz for the
very reason th a t an important
p a rt of the equipment needed
has not arrived and the new
system cannot be completed un
til this equipment does arrive,”
a representative of the tele­phone
company, declared yes­terday
afternoon.
The system approved by bor­ough
council would be that
when the number for reporting
fires is called, it will ring a
private line with terminals a t
both the firehouse and the
water works. The attendant at
the water works would answer
and set off the alarm and then
notify the person a t the fire­house
regarding the fire.
Final plans will be drawn up
a t a meeting between telephone
company officials and a com­mittee
consisting of Councilman
Frank Ford, Fire Chief Ray­mond
Runk, President of the
Lititz Fire Company Emory
Wagner and his brother, Bur­gess
Victor Wagner.
Lititz Community Center in the j
first week of the membership j
campaign, Dr. H. B. Minnich, i
chairman of the drive, an-1
nounced today. j
With solicitors scheduled *to
continue th eir drive next week, |
Dr. Minnich predicted th a t the;
enrollment of members will g o ;
over the thousand mark o v e r'
the week-end. This would b e !
in their original motion picture
roles in “Homecoming” over NBC
Thursday. Oct. 6, at 9 p.m., e.s.t.
I t’s a p o ig n a n t s to ry of a ro­mance
between a married army
doctor and a widowed war nurse,
which builds up to a stirring, and
heart-warming climax.
more members than the Center
has had at any time since its
opening.
Center workers also are con­ducting
a stand at the Farm
Show where memberships will
be solicited. Persons not con­tacted
are asked to volunteer at
the Farm Show stand or a t the
Center.
“We are well pleased withj ----------
the results of the first week of J The Ministerial Association of
the drive and hope th a t workers | Lititz is conducting a Preaching
will not let up in their efforts Mission October 3 to 7 in the
Preaching
Mission Here
October 3-7
Rev. John R. Waser, Beth­lehem,
To Be Speaker
At Local Meetings
until we have gone well over
the thousand mark ,” Dr. Minn­ich
stated.
At the request of the Center,
the names of new members are
being printed in The Record-
Express. The first installment
of names, to be continued next
week, are published below:
(Continued on Page 9)
Warwick PTA
Will Discuss
School Merger
The
Devalued
Philosophers
WeH, Mrs. Veiss. Come on in.
Have you been reading about
this h ere now devaluation of the
p o u n d s
What for pound? Do you
mean like a pound of b u tte r
stillN
o, I mean this Inklish pound,
you know, what they use for
money over in Inkland.
Oh - th a t pound. I never had
one.N
o, nor I neither - and from
the way it looks I am right
glad I don’t have any now.
Last week it was worth four
dollars - now it is worth only
two dollars and eighty cents
a piece.
Like our own dollars still. I
re a d in th e paper th e other
(Continued on page 5)
SPORTSMEN TO ELECT
THIS MONDAY EVENING
The regular meeting 6f the
Warwick Townsip P. T. A. will
be a Panel Discussion of the
proposed Merger of Lititz, Eliz­abeth
Township, and Warwick
Township.
The meeting will be held in
the Rothsville High School
Building a t 8:00 P. M., October
10th. The discussion will be
led by several local speakers
with a full knowledge of the
subject.
For the benefit of those un
ab le to atten d th is meeting, a
special meeting will be held
October 24th, a t 8:00 P,. M., in
the John Beck School at Brun-nerville.
The purpose of these meet­ings
is to give everyone in the
Township a chance to get all
the facts on th e proposed mer­ger
and also the opportunity to
ask any questions.
This merger will be voted on,
by the residents of the districts,
November 8, 1949, and the
officers of the P. T. A. tak e this
opportunity to remind all those
not registered to do so this
week.
The decision given at the
poll will vitally effect our chil­dren
for many years; therefore,
le t’s get the fact, go to the polls,
and vote for th e kind of a
school system th a t will makp p
b e tte r Community in which tQ
live.
Lititz Church of the Brethren,
E. Center Street. The Rev. John
R. Waser, pastor of the Em­manuel
Evangelical Congregat­ional
Church, Bethlehem, Pa.,
and a teacher in Moravian Col­lege,
will be the speaker. He is
a graduate of Fran k lin and
Marshall College, gpd , of_ the
Biblical Seminary in New York.
He is a Bible expositor and
teacher of note. He is a native
of Manheim.
. Monday through Friday even­ings
a t 7:45 P.M. he will preach
on the following themes: “Con­cerning
Authority”, “Concern
ing Iden tity ” , “Concerning Com­munity”
, “Concerning Destiny” ,
“Concerning Liberty”.
(Continued on Page 9)
World Wide Communion
Will Be Observed
By Local Churches
Disturbed by P.P.&L. line­men
here Wednesday morning,
a nest of apparently thousands
of yellow-jackets came out on
top when they not only routed
the workmen but succeeded in
injuring one local lineman to
the extent th a t he required
medical attention.
The nest was discovered
fourteen feet up on a pole on
North Cedar Street opposite the
Morgan Paper Company plant
by Ed: Weidler, Water Street,
who climbed the pole to replace
a burned-out fuse in a tran s­former.
Weidler did not realize the
presence of the nest u n til he
suddenly was attacked by the
yellow-jackets. Darting at his
eyes, the yellow-jackets succ
eeded in stinging him repeatedly
about the face in the vicinity of
the eyes, ears nose and mouth
as well as on other parts of his
body.
Reaching the ground, Weidler
was rushed to the office of Dr.
Paul Hess where he was given
treatment and then ordered to
go to his home and remain in
bed for at least a day.
The burned-out fuse which
deprived nearby homes and
businesses of light and power
for nearly an hour, finally was
replaced by Harry Lowe, Liber­ty
Street, who donned a hood of
mosquito netting in order to
get past the nest but who re ­ported
th a t despite his p re ­cautions
he received several
stings.
Linemen plan to wait until
freezing weather when they will
seal up a series of holes used
by the yellow-jackets, which is
expected to prevent them from
getting out again next Spring.
Ed “Archie” Gardner introduces a new “Miss Duffy,” in the
comely person of Gloria Erlanger, when “Duffy’s Tavern” returns
to NBC Thursday, Sept. 29, at 9:30 p.m., e.s.t.
Borough Unearths Old Water Main
Laid Privately Over 50 Years Ago
Borough water department i plexing problem in th eir efforts
workers scratched their heads to have the four properties
in wonderment this week when,
in making repairs at Broad and
Center Streets, they suddenly
unearthed a small water main
which had been laid through
private capital more than half
a century ago.
The small one-inch main runs
parallel with the borough’s
four-inch main along the same
street and serves a total of four
properties including the Nuss
building. Old borough records
show th a t the main was laid
more than 50 years ago by
Jacob M. Baker and the old
Lititz Water Company.
Anxious to abandon the old,
leaky one-inch main, borough
officials were faced with a per-hooked
up with the borough
main. All such hook-ups require
a borough permit costing $12.50
with the property owners pay­ing
the cost of running the line
from the borctugh main to the
curb.
Inasmuch as all of these pro­perties
have been getting wator
for half a century, council could
not figure a way to get the
lines hooked-up without ignor­ing
a borough ordinance until
Samuel Nuss, one of the owners
agreed to pay the cost of hook­ing
up a service line providing
the borough did not insist upon
a permit being issued for a new
cut-in.
This was quickly approved
by council members.
Bigger Than Ever Before
Lititz Farm Show
Opens Here This Afternoon
Show Program 4-h Baby ¿¡¡nudging t«
------ i Feature Today’s Program;
TODAY I d a n , c i
9:oo a .m . Judging of Exhibits Ba°y Parade Saturday
in the High School Gym.
12 Noon. Entry of 4H Baby
Beef in Lititz Springs Park. The judging of farm and home
o.nn r.n/r t D u exhibits at the High School
° f 4'H B*by gymnasium this morning mark-
Beef Entries; Showmanship d the opening of the th irt
Contest and Fitting D e -1 first annual Lititz Community
monstration. I gbow
6:00 to 10 P.M. All exhibits j
open to the public. Indications early today were
7:30 to 11 P.M. Entertainment definitely th a t the local show
by the Spring Garden Band j wil1 be the largest in the history
of York and the Denver of the borough and o re of the
Dutch Band. | largest in the county. Practic-
FRIDAY I ally every department of the
10:00 A.M. to 10 P.M. B a b y ' sprawling fa ir which envelopes
Beef Exhibit in the Lititz j the entire business section to-
Springs Park. j day, reported increases in both
2:00 to 10 P.M. Exhibits o p e n ! quantity and quality.
in the Lititz High School j The exhibits in the £chool
7:30 T i l P.M. Entertainment . T .... , . Xwhihch^ Tis ii nsppreiSrienng^ to & an^yone by the Lititz High School f
Bd andj , Aa ndj y tKj- e r n e ,r sO^ r cuh - |iunrtaelr esptuerds uiints hoJmude or waghroic ualrt-_
estra and the Denver 'riv e d in Lititz this morning
Dutch Band.
SATURDAY
10:00 A.M. to 3 P.M. Baby
Beef Exhibit in the Lititz
Springs Park.
1:00 P.M. Baby Parade, mov­ing
west on Orange Street
to Broad Street, n o rth on
were united in th eir praises for
the quality of the local ex­hibits.
A feature of today’s show
program is the judging of the
4-H Baby Beef #Show in the
park. Judging will sta rt at 2
Broad to the Square, east P.M. and is open to the public,
on Main to Cedar to the Approximately 40 young farm
boys and girls will compete in
the various contests and will
vie for a long list of valuable
gift and cash prizes being of-
Lititz iered by the show association.
Ì Today’s competitions include a
School Registration . and
formation promptly at
12:30 P.M.
2:15 P .M ., Football game on
the Athletic Field,
High vs. Biglerville.
SPECIAL REGISTRATION
HERE ON MONDAY
SUSTAINS BACK INJURY
Mr. Chester Habecker, from
Lititz, R3, is a patient in the St.
Josephs Hospital, where he was
admitted on Monday afternoon.
He is suffering from a back in­jury.
Monday, October 3, will be
Lititz special day fo r register­in
g . voters for the coming gen­eral
election in November, the
county commissioners announced
this week. Registrars will sit at
the firehouse to tak e the names
of those not registered, changes
of address as well as changes
of political affiliations.
RE-ROUTE BUSES
DURING FARM SHOW
During the Farm Show busses
will be re-routed on Center St.,
to Cedar to Main to Locust to
F ro n t to Cedar to Orange and
back to Broad Street today and
Friday to 6 »P.M. and Saturday
to noon, Burgess Victor Wagner
announced today. During the
evenings and Saturday after-
Center to Cedar to Orange and
noon the busses will tu rn a t
1 back to Broad Street.
10:00 A.M. to 9 P.M. Exhibits showmanship and a fitting con-in
School Gym open to th e , test.
public. (Continued on Page 12)
9:00 to 11 P.M. Removal of
exhibits from H. S. Gym.
Communion
At St. Paul’s
Holy communion will be ad-
H. S. Classes
Hold Election
Of Officers
The various classes in the
World Wide Communion will |
be observed on Sunday, October
2nd. in the following churches:
L utheran Church 10:00 A.M.
and 7:00 P,M
Moravian Church 4:15 P.M.
and 7:00 P.M.
Trinity Evangelical Church
Evangelical United Brethren
10:30 A. M. and 7:00 P. M.
St. Lukes Evangelical and
Reformed Church 9:00 A.M.
Questions Regarding School Merger
Answered By The Three School Boards
An important meeting of the
Lititz Sportsmen’s Association
will be held Monday evening in
the firehouse when officers will
be elected for th e coming year
All members are urged to atten d
and to assist in formulating a
program of activities, for the
next year. The opening of h u n t­ing
season on Tuesday, Novem­ber
1, also will be discussed.
TO OBSERVE COMMUNION
NEW OFFICERS NAMED
BY FIRE COMPANY
Will Install
New Officers
The Rev. Jacob T. Dick will
install the officers of the Sun­day
school at the service on
Sunday morning a t 10:30 in the
Church of the Brethren. They
were elected a t a recent Council
meeting, they are as follows,
Robert * Sollenberg, General
Supt., assisted by John Gray-h
ill; Charles Hevener, Adult
Supt, assisted by Lloyd Wit-mer;
Mrs. John Mohler, Child­rens
supt., assisted by Miss
Jan e Hollinger.
Miss Mary Davidson, sec., as­sisted
by Miss Genevieve Hev$>
ner; Charles Forry, treas., as­sisted
by Elwood Hershey; Mrs.
John Martin, Home dept., as­sisted
by Mrs. Emma Hackman;
Mrs. Charles Arndt, Jr., Cradle
Librarian, assisted by Miss Lor­raine
Stehman.
World Wide Communion will
be observed in St. Lukes Evan­gelical
and Reformed Church
a t 9 A.M. Sunday, October 2.
Please note time.
A re-shuffling of officers of
the Lititz Fire Company took
place a t the monthly meeting
la st evening, following th e re- Roll supt., assisted by Mrs. Ar-signation
of Amos Bucher as th u r Bushong; Mrs. Susie Royer,
Second Assistant Chief. Bucher
announced th a t he is moving to
Florida.
F ran k Wonder was promoted
to the office of Second Assistant
Chief to fill the vacancy while
P au l F. Diehm was named
Captain and Daniel Garner,
Lieutenant. Two new drivers
were appointed. They are Will­iam
Knier, Jr., and Lloyd Long.
YOUNG PEOPLE’S MEETING
Rev. Noah Hershey, Park es­burg,
. will discuss “Biblical
Standards of Modesty” at a
Young People’s meeting in the
Lititz Mennonite Church this
Sunday evening at 7:30.
A campaign of education to acquaint voters i
of Lititz borough, Warwick and Elizabeth Town­ships
with the facts regarding the proposed
merger o f the three local school districts, was
launched this week jointly by the th re e school
boards.
The first gun in the campaign was th e dis­tribution
of thousands of booklets listing quest­ions
and answers pertaining to the merger, en­titled
“Let’s Think About Our Children. The
contents of this booklet will be published in
five weekly installments in The Record-Express
beginning with this article.
In addition, members of the three boards
are planning a group of public meetings to be
held in various parts of the three affected dis­tricts.
These meetings will be held between now
and the election, November 8.
Questions arid answers compiled by the
three school boards are as follows:
QUESTION
Why is the merger proposed at this time by
the three school boards?
ANSWER
Because it will benefit our children, our tax
payers, and our community.
1. Relieve present crowded conditions.
2. Effect economies by eliminating dup­lications
iri the th re e districts.
3. By making possible a wider range of
urgently needed courses of study.
4. By operating more efficiently as one
unit instead of th ree units.
5. By making our community a more
desirable place in which to live.
QUESTION
What would the proposed merger accomplish?
ANSWER
It will give every child in the merged dis­tric
t the same educational advantages.
Additional courses of study will eventually
be made available such as:
Vocational Agriculture
Vocational Shop - Industrial Arts
Vocational Home Economics
Complete Business Courses
ministered at the morning a n d , borough schools held th eir el-evening
services in St. P au l’s ections for class officers last
Lutheran Church on Sunday, week with the following results,
which is World Wide Commun­ion
Sunday.
Senior, Kirk Garber, president;
Noble Clark, vice-pres.; Jean
Kindergarten
Special Education for Handicapped
Children
F u ll Time Nurse Service
Fu ll Time Dental Hygienist
Improved Health, Physical Education
and Sports Program
Cafeteria Service
Expanded Academic Courses
Expanded Music and Arts Program
1. Relieve present crowded conditions.
2. Effect economies by eliminating dup­lications
in the th ree districts.
QUESTION
What is happening to our school enrollments
th a t makes this proposed reorganization vitally
necessary at this time?
ANSWER
According to a pre-school census taken in
the th ree school districts future enrollments
will be as follows as compared to present en­rollment.
1948 enrollment -' 1812
1949 enrollment - 1906
1950 enrollment - 1977
1951 enrollment - 2019
1952 enrollment - 2029
1953 enrollment - 2099
QUESTION
Can the present available buildings take care
of the increased enrollments shown above?
. ANSWER
No. Even though the merger did not go
through, it would be necessary for each school
district to build additional schools a t a greater
cost to tax papers than if the merged districts
built a consolidated building.
QUESTION
What is the value of the present buildings
owned by the School Districts to be merged?
ANSWER
Recent appraisals made by independent
agencies show the following valuation:
Elizabeth Township .........$ 60,000.00
Warwick Township ......... 270,000.00 -
Lititz Borough ............... 1,090,000.00
The Young Women’s Mission- j Hanna, sec.; Dolores Hackman,
ary Society will gather food ¡treas.; Dianne Zaiss, represent-gifts
from members of S t.! ative on Student Council.
Paul’s congregation n ex t week I Junior, Nancy Kline, pres.;
for the celebration of Harvest, Elia Mastromatteo, vice-pres.;
Home on Sunday, October 9. Mary Jan e Neff, sec.; Joanne
The food will b e displayed in Maharg, treas; John Shounder,
the church and then sent to representative on Student Coun-the
National Home for the Aged cil; Sophmore, James Sensenig,
pres.; Nancy Stroble, vice-pres.;
Audrey Steffy, sec.; Ruth Ford,
treas; Anna Miller, represent­ative
on Student Council.
Freshman, David Amidon,
pres.; Donald Garber, vice-pres.;
Audrey Risser, sec.; Polly Ann
presentative on Student Council.
Risser, treas.; Donald Ruhl, re-
Eighth grade, Mrs. Steiner’s
room, Ju d ith Meiskey, pres.;
John Eberly, vice-pres.; Jan e t
REBEKAHS ISSUE CALL
FOR HELP DURING SHOW
in Washington.
Rev. Charles F. Trunk, pastor
of St. P au l’s, announced Sunday
that new members will be re ­ceived
on October 9. An-" — -
ing to unite with the church
who have not been visited re ­cently,
should get in contact
with him.
The Luther League h eld elect­ion
of officers at its meeting on
Sunday night following Vespers.
The Wide Awake Class of Kreider, sec.; Patsy Garner,
the Sunday School met on Tues- ! treas.; Miss Enck’s room, Ronald
day night a t the home of Mrs. Runk, pres.; Robert Sensenig,
Nathanial Bailey, 3 West Sec- [ vice-pres.; Mary Ann Wagner,
ond Ave. The Sunbeam C la ss1 sec.; Sandra Weit, treas.
met the same evening in the j Mr. Rhosm’s room, Mary Ann
church basement. Templeton, pres.; David Landis,
vice-pres.; Rosmary Reppert,
sec.; Judy Pfautz, treas.; Mr.
MacNicoll’s room, William Her­shey,
pres.; Richard Delp, vice-pres.;
Charlotte Mathers, sec.;
Portia Bowman, treas.; Mr.
Swisher’s room, Donald Keller,
pres.; James Howell, vice-pres.;
Janice Keath, sec.; Connie
Sharp, treas.
Sixth grade, Mrs. Arn t’s
room, Paul Grosh, pres.; Etta
Je an Hershey, vice-pres.; WilL
iam Landis, sec.; Fa ith Horne,
treas.; Mr. S ta rk ’s room, Nor­man
Waltz, pres.; Mary Lynn
Reidenbaugh, sec.; Richard Mea-rig,
vice-pres.; Carol Barber,
treas.
Fifth grade, Miss Showalter’s
room, Mary Alice Diehm, pres.;
Nevin Weit, vice-pres.; Sally
Sue Templeton, sec.; Miss Gar­n
e r’s room, John Gibbel, pres.;
Gerald Kemper, vice-pres.; Nan­cy
Landis, Sec.; Susan Beck,
treas.
The local Rebakahs will con­duct
a stand at the F arm Show
and will hold a bake sale Sat­urday
afternoon. All members
today were , urged to bring
donations of cakes to the stand
not la te r than noon Saturday.
The local lodge officers also
urged members to volunteer to
work a t the stand. Turkey b ar­becues
will be featured a t the
stand with home-made vegetable
day a t 11 A. M.
soup to be placed on sale Fri-
ATTEND GAME
Mr. and Mrs. George Slater,
Kissel Hill, attended th e State-
Villa Nova football game at
Penn State Saturday afternoon.
Their son, George, J r., is a
Junior at Penn State*