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7 3 rd Y e a r Established April, 1877, as The Sunbeam
(Consolidated with The Lititz Record, 1937) Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa., Thursday, October 13, 1949 5 c e n ts a c o p y ; $ 2 p e r y r . b y m a il No. 26
Lititz Community Chest
Fixes Goal of $12,900
In Campaign Starting Monday
Paul McCloud, Dr. Cassel M „ m W n r l r P f f t
And Mrs. John Hershey A^ a m e VV ° r K e r S
Named To Board For Comm.
See How Easy?
The Lititz Community Chest Chest Drive
Campaign for funds will be
launched this Monday morning ---------- i
and will seek to obtain a goal S. Broad, from Marion to 3rd, j
of $12,900, according to plans all te rrito ry west. Capt. Ann i
completed at a public meeting Leidich, Mrs. John L. Hershey, |
held Tuesday evening in the Mrs. C. D. Flowers, Mrs. R o b e rt!
borough council chambers in th .■ Pfautz.
11rehouse. j s . Broad from 3rd to Boro j
Attended by 25 representa- line and all te rrito ry west. Capt. !
fives of local groups and organ- Esther Buch, Harry, Ruley, Mrs.
izations, the meeting endorsed Harry Way, Mrs. Winfield
the proposed budget submitted Rosenberg, Mrs. Laverne Bar-by
the local chest directors ber.
which calls for $1,800 for t h e 1 E. Marion St. to Cedar, Cedar
Community Center; $2,500 for south to Boro line, E. 2nd, E.
the community nursing service 3rd, and Linden Sts. Capt. John j
and local charity needs; $100 G. Hershey, Charles Dussinger, j
for the public library, and $8,- Jr., Landis Stehman, Mrs. Hir- j
500 as Lititz’ share in the am Eberly, Mrs. F ran k Wolfe, j
County Community Chest pro- Rodney Welch. i
gram. j Second and Third Ave., j
Three new directors were el- Water and Cherry Sts. and alii
ected. They a re P au l McCloud, te rrito ry east of Cedar St. Capt. I
Dr. Franklin Cassel and Mrs. Mrs. E. McMullen, Mrs. Benj.!
John Hershey. They Will sue- Shaub, Mrs. Richard Rader. |
ceed Christ Nissley, president,! W. Marion St. and W. Lemoni
who presided; Dr. Charles A. St., Spruce St. from Lemon to _ _ ,
Landis and Mrs. E. McMullen, Marion. Capt. Mrs. P. F. Snyder, i |V | o n W n n F T l i l A F A n
whose terms expired. Elam 1. Charles Kopp, F ran k Longen- ■ "" 1IA/ u l t l C I C l t t J v l l U U l
Habecker and Alfred L. Douple ecker, Mrs. Roy Reidenbach.
were named auditors. ! S. Broad St. from Orange to
Activities of the Community Marion and E. Lemon St. Capt.
Chest were described in d e ta il1 Alfred Douple, Mrs. Samuel
in the annual report su bm itted . Krane, Elmer Bomberger, Mrs.
by Mrs. George Keehn, secret- R0y Keller,
ary, who pointed out th a t the s. Cedar from Marion to
Chest supports the nursing ser- Main St., E. .Orange, Center
vice here, defrays the cost of from Cedar to Broad St. Capt.
her relief work and pays, in | (Continued on page 4)
p a rt at least, fo r Lititz’ share j ___________________
chei'prfEram - ,he Coun,y $1,200 Raised During the past year th r e e 1
families were given assistance in
the form of food credits, milk
orders or coal, amounting to i T t ’I T f / *
$198.12. Miss Emma Erb, com- V ^ C I l l v I L / I IV C
munity nurse, visited 159 pat-1 —
ients or a total of 2,806 visita-1 More than 1,000 members
tions. , ! have been «enrolled and approxi-
An -explanation of the work mately $1,200 raised in the
See how easy? It’s no wonder this trio of mother and brother and sister
looks a little dubious. But the Visiting Nurse is adept at teaching others
3hort cuts to skillful care of the newborn baby. She gives this important
instruction in the home and in classes for expectant mothers and fathers.
Everybody benefits that way. It’s another specialized service the Visiting
Nurse offers this community’s families. The Visiting Nurse Association
is one of the Red Feather services you help support through your Com­munity
Chest. When you make your pledge this year, give enough for
all Red Feather services.
Arrested By Lancaster Police
In Community
of the 18 county agencies and membership campaign just com-the
objectives . of the coming pleted by the Lititz Community
campaign were explained a t the Center, Dr. H. B. Minnich, drive
meeting by Dr. William H. Boll- chairman, announced today,
man, chairman of the Lancaster j “This is a la rg e r membership
County Community Chest Cam- than the Center ever enjoyed in
paign.
The weakness of an alleged
petty thief to visit the halls of
institutions of learning this
week led to the arrest of a man
who recently looted several
classrooms at the borough
school, Chief of Police Clarence
Kreider revealed today.
The man who is under arrest
is Wallace S. Kline, Sr., forty-five,
of Arlington, Va. He was
identified by Miss Mary Sturgis,
local teacher, and Miss Anna
Harnish, local school nurse,
through photographs sent here
by the Lancaster Detective
Bureau.
Although rifling desks of
teachers who a few minutes be­fore
had le ft the building to
take th e ir classes to the play­ground
nearby, the man failed
to obtain anything of value. Ap­proximately
$80 in student
Woman’s Club
To Meet Mon.
Prof. J. William Frey, head
of the Dept, of German of
F & M College, will speak' on
Pennsylvania Dutch History,
Customs, Art and Music at the
regular meeting of the Lititz
Woman’s Club to be held Mon­day
evening October 17 th, at
8:00 P.M. at the General Sutter
Hotel.
its history and the committee funtjs had been removed Iby
and workers wish to sincerely one of the teachers a few min-th
an k the public for this fine utes before,
spirit of co-operation,” Dr.
Minnich declared. “Through Kline was arrested by Lan-
I this kind of support the C e n te r, caster police after he had at-
'c a n continue to fill an increas-1 tracted the suspicions of per-
'in g ly important role in our sons at Franklin and Marshall
community.”
I (Continued on Page 7)
i SEEKS DIVORCE
Delphians
Open Year’s
Program Here
' The Delphian Society open
th e y e a r’s-activities on Thursday
evening with a meeting a t t h e ! ----------
home of Mrs. Edward Buch. | Cleon Weidman, Jr., twenty,
The program featured a c u r r e n t1 of 22 North Locust Street, this
events discussion by each mem- borough, has filed a suit for
ber. divorce from his wife, Marie D.
Mrs. Avis Stengel, the presi- Weidman, twenty-one, of Lan-dent
was in charge and announ- caster, on the charge of indign-ced
the program for the year ities. They were married June
which will include travel talks, 29, 1946.
musical numbers, current plays, j _______ _______________________
book reviews, and o u tsid e !
speakers.
Mrs. Charles Meylan will be
the guest speaker on November i
3rd a t the home of Mrs. Clar­ence
Grosh when she will tell -------
about her trip to Switzerland The Lititz Springs Garage,
where she spent the summer. Broad and Marion Streets, will
Prof. Frey is also co-director
of the Pa. Dutch Folklore Cen­te
r and Co-editor of THE PA.
DUTCHMAN. He is one of the
authors of the new book - “Pa.
Songs and Legends” .
The Hostesses for the evening
will be Mrs. P au l McCloud and
Mrs. Abram Beck.
Council Buys
Equipment At
Spec. Meeting
Will Repair Alleys; Pass
Resolution Honoring Mem­ory
Of Addison Harding
A new and more modern sys­tem
of billing for the borough
water department was inaugur­ated
by borough council a t a
special meeting held Monday
evening.
Appearing before council,
Clarence K. Herr, this borough,
explained the new system and |
offered a calculating machine to
the borough for $25. In accept­ing
his offer, borough council
also planned additional filing
equipment a t a total cost of
approximately $200.
Honor Late Employee
Borough council members al­so
passed a resolution of con­dolence
in the death of Addision
Harding, who served as borough
street superintendent for almost
20 years. In the resolution sent
to his widow, council inembers
stated: “Addision Harding was
for many years a faithful and
competent servant of the bor­ough,
ever ready to respond to
any call when duty demanded
and always willing to perform
a kind act.”
Council postponed any action
upon the appointment of his
successor. The department will
continue to operate under the
direction of the street committee
it was stated.
It also was decided to repair
Raspberry Alley south of enter
Street and the alley east of
Raspberry from Cedar to a point
south of Center. A bad drainage
of surface w a te r on the south
side of Main Street from the
Bushong property to Church
Square also will be corrected,
according to action taken.
Endorse Block Party
Council also +he
closing of East Main Street from
Broad to Cedar Streets on Mon­day
night, October 31, to enable
the holding of a parade and
Hallowe’en block party to be
sponsored by the Lititz Lions
Club.
Rev. Helmich
Named Mor.
Church Pastor
Winfield Wilson, of California,
who was East on a business trip,
spent a few days visiting his
mother, Mrs. Harry Weidman.
Staten Islander Will Move
Here With Family
In November
The Rev. Carl J. Helmich,
D.D., of Castleton Hill, Staten
Island, New York, has accepted
the call to become pastor of the
Moravian Congregation here and
plans to begin work in his new
field on Sunday, November 20.
Mr. Helmich has for the past
eleven years been the pastor of
the Castleton Hill Moravian
congregation on Staten Island.
Previous to th a t he served for
thirteen years as pastor of Christ
Moravian Church, Winston-
Salem, North Carolina, and
prior to th a t was for three years
pastor of the Moravian congre­gation
at Lebanon, Penna.
During his eleven years as
pastor of the Castleton Hill
Moravian congregation, the
church membership has shown
a steady increase, so th a t the
present church building has now
become inadequate for the grow­ing
congregation.
Doctor Helmich has disting­uished
himself as a preacher, as
a spiritual leader, a n d " as a
worker with young people. He
has held numerous positions
both in his local community and
in the wider sphere of influence
in the Moravian denomination.
At the present time he is a
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Interest Seen Mounting
In Proposed School Merger
As Mass Meetings Are Held
Ford Buys
Store Bldg.
On Broad St.
Meetings Here And At
Rothsville Are Well
Attended
College where he was posing as
a rug cleaner. Armed with a
description sent them by Chief
Kreider, Lancaster police quick­ly
identified the man as the one
wanted here.
He will not be prosecuted
locally, however, inasmuch as
he has been tu rn ed over to
authorities at Dickinson College
where he allegedly obtained
$128 in rifling rooms in fra te r­nity
houses there.
Questions Regarding School Merger
Answered By The Three School Boards
What are the advantages of the proposed ing high schools as they now are in many dis-
Lititz Springs Garage To
Observe 22nd Anniversary
Mrs. D. P. Brieker will be co-hosiess.
Mis. Stengel appointed the
following cqmmittees, Mrs.
John Garber, welfare; Miss
Annb K. Miller, Legislative and
International relations; Miss
Myrtle Eckert, Fine Arts; Mrs.
Edward Euch, Conservation and
Gardens; Miss Bessie Searle,
Library; Mrs. P. F. Snyder,
Publicity; Miss Magdalena Bri­ek
e r, Finance; Mrs. Henry Gib-bel,
Ybuth Conservation.
Other officers include, Miss
observe its 22nd anniversary as
a local automobile agency on
Saturday, October 15.
T. W. Steffy, father of J. H.
Steffy, the proprietor of the
garage, began to sell Reo auto­mobiles
40 years ago. He ac­quired
a Buick franchise in
1924. Then, on October 15,
1927, J. H. Steffy joined his
father in the business and the
establishment became known as
the Lititz Springs Garage.
A Chevrolet franchise was
granted to T. W. Steffy in 1933
Eckert, j j t vice-pres.; Mrs. Nor- i and it has been carried on since
man ft&dorf, 2nd vice-]pres.; Miss
Searle, secretary; and Mrs.
Valentine Brobst, treasurer.
Mrs. Jason Brambaugh and
son Jason, Jr., of Alton, 111. is
spending several days with her
mother. Mrs. Marie Walter
and family.
April 1, 1942, by his son, who
still is th e Buick dealer in
Lititz. The garage has been op­erated
at the same location for
the past 22 years.
The key employees of the
garage are C. E. Lehman, ser-countant.
Mr. Steffy and his staff
have had a grand total of 75
years of experience with Chev­rolet,
or an average of about 10
years each.
J. H. Steffy is a past presi­dent
of the Lions Club, a d ir­ector
of the Lancaster County
Auto Trade Association, a dir­ector
of the Lancaster Boy
Scout Council, past-presendent
of the Lititz Sportsmen’s Assoc­iation.
He also is a member of
the YMCA, American Auto­mobile
Association and Pennsyl
vania Automotive Association.
Mr. Steffy is vice-president of
the Chamber of Commerce and is
interested in the Community
Fund program.
Mr. Steffy also is a member
of the Automobile Old-Timers'
Association, a group of dealers
who have been in business
over a q u a rte r of a Century,
vice manager; E. L. Steffy, p arts who will meet in the near
manager, and M. R. Erb, ac-1 future in New York City.
school merger to each of the three districts -
is the question clearly answered in this week’s
installment of questions and answers compiled
by members of the three school boards.
This is the th ird weekly installment of the
contents of a booklet recently issued by the
th re e school boards under the title of “Let’s
Think About Our Children.”
Q UESTION
What will be the advantages to Warwick
Township in the proposed merger?
ANSWER
The elementary and secondary grades are
very much over-crowded. There are too many
pupils per teacher for proper instruction. The
proposed plans call for relief of these conditions.
Many high school subjects not now taught
due to lack of proper facilities could be taught,
such as Agriculture, Shop, and Home Econom­ics.
A much improved transportation system is
planned.
Ultimately grades from 1 to 6 will be in
separate buildings and 7 to 12 in another build­ing.
This will allow for many educational ad­vantages.
Improvement in the Gymnasium and Auditor­ium
facilities and an enlarged health program.
The Rothsville and Brunnerville buildings are
to be retained and improved.
The two one-room schools would be closed.
The larger unit will attra c t b etter teachers
coming into the profession.
Q U E ST IO N
What will be the advantages to Elizabeth
Township in the proposed merger?
AN SW ER
The children of Elizabeth Township will be
provided with the same courses of study under
the same supervision as Lititz Borough and
Warwick Township.
Pupils from this district will have th eir own
High School to atten d and not ru n the danger
of being refused as tuition pupils by neighbor-tricts
in the County.
Better teachers will be available because the
district will be p a rt of a larger school system.
Many high school subjects not now available
will be open to grades 7 to 12, such as Agri­culture,
Home Economics, and Shop.
The children of Elizabeth Township will have
Art, Music, Library, health and dental care as
now provided by other schools.
Pupils will be given the advantage of graded
schools.
Q UESTION
What will be the advantages to Lititz Bor­ough
in the proposed merger?
ANSWER
Expanded curriculum, offering subjects not
now taught. An enlarging of some of the p re­sent
programs so 'th a t more needs of the pupils
may be met.
Lititz schools are not over-crowded at p re­sent.
A census, recently taken, shows th a t the
new classes starting will be large thereby
crowding and over-taxing our building.
Elementary pupils separated from the Junior
High-Senior High pupils makes for a b e tte r
school. Under the merger this will be accom­plished.
Additional auditorium space will be gained.
School mortality should be reduced by the
introduction of more and extended courses.
More extensive Adult Education can be of­fered.
A cafeteria, long planned bu t due to limited
space not offered, would be a necessity in the
merger plan.
Under the proposed plan a kindergarten and
special education for handicapped children
would be offered. Both of these have been long
sought by the local board bu t due to lack of
rooms could not be offered.
Under the merger plan and with more pupils
in the system, our athletic program could be
enlarged and would be greatly benefited by
keener competition among our students and
with other schools.
A large two-story building at
the corner of South Broad and
East Orange Streets formerly
occupied by the Trimmer De­partment
Store, was purchased
yesterday by F ran k Ford, Sr.,
local businessman.
Offered at public sale last
Saturday, the property was bid
to $14,000 but was withdrawn
from sale for lack of fu rth e r
bidding. The sale was consum­mated
Wednesday on private
terms.
Ford declined to comment up­on
rumors th a t he intended to
convert the property into a
super-market but did declare
that improvements will be s ta rt­ed
immediately. The first change
will be in the building for sev­eral
modern apartments on the
second floor.
“You also can announce th a t
the overhanging permanent
awning on Broad Street will be
removed - and this should give
the street a more modern ap­pearance,”
Mr. Ford declared.
The property was sold by
Mabel B. Miller. It is one of
the largest store properties in
th e borough, measuring approxi­mately
34 feet by 116 feet.
Ford is the owner of h a lf a
dozen other local properties in­business
buildings in the first
eluding two centrally located
block of East Main Street.
Dickens Program
Will Be Sponsored
By Linden Hall
A program of impersonations
of the famous and infamous
characters created by the im­mortal
Charles Dickens will be
presented by Dr. F ran k Guy
Armitage, Fellowship Hall Tues­day
evening a t 8 P.M. The p ro ­gram
is open to the public w ith
no admission charge and is be­ing
sponsored by Linden Hail.
Dr. Armitage has lived and
worked in surroundings made
famous by Charles Dickens for
long periods and his considered
an authority upon Dickensia.
Through his impersonations,
Micawber struts his cheerful
optimistic way and Uriah Heap
crawls in his slavish hypro-crisy.
In the program he uses a
large assortment of wigs and
costumes to heighten the effect
of the illusion. i
Interest in the proposed school
merger skyrocketed this week
as voters of the three districts
flocked to a series of public
meetings and participated in
discussions of all phases of the
matter.
Last Thursday evening, school
officials of the three districts
heard Dr. D. L. Biemesderfer,
president of Millersville State
Teachers’ College and former
resident, pupil and teacher of
Warwick Township, appeal to
voters to discard petty consider­ations
in deciding the issue.
Dr. Biemesderfer emphasized
the need of the united district to
provide broader courses of
study for children of all three
districts. He also emphasized
that economies will be affected
by eliminating present over­lapping
of school activities.
Monday evening a group of
more than 15 residents of War­wick
Township participated in
a spirited discussion a t a meet­ing
held at Rothsville and again
addressed by Dr. Biemesderfer.
A public forum a t the close of
the meeting continued for mo~e
than an hour and a half.
Last evening approximately
10.0 residents of the borough, as
well as several groups from
Warwick and Elizabeth Town­ships
attended a mass meeting
at the borough school auditor­ium
sponsored by the Garden
Spot Post of the American
Legion.
Dr. Arthur Mylin, county
superintendent of schools, in
addressing this meeting, em­phasized
that due to current
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10,031 BOOKS AVAILABLE
AT PUBLIC LIBRARY
There are 10,031 books avail­able
in our School and Public
libraries according to a compil­ation
made recently by Miss
Bessie Searle, librarian. The
public lib ra ry has 3,082 volumes
the senior and junior high
school lib rary has 4,475 books
and the grades have 2,474.
The
Football
Philosophers
Well now, Mrs. Veiss. Here I
am still. I chust dropped over to
see you about Saturday.
What’s next Saturday, Mrs.
Espenshate?
Why, about us going to Phila-deffia.
What fo r? '
Now don’t act so dumb, Mrs.
Veiss. You know Chorch and
Chake is taking I and you to
the Penn-Columpia football
game!
Oh, that! I remember now
Chake did say something like
that,' bu t I figgered it was chust
supposing like. Are we going
still for sure, do you think?
Sure we a re and it chust won­dered
me still what are you
going to wear.
Well, I hadn’t really given it
much thought. I would guess
my new fu r coat no doubt.
A fur coat is all right if it’s
cold, but suppose it turns hot?
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L.H.S. Band Formations
Making A Big Hit
The Lititz High School Band,
which has been presenting u n ­usual
marching formations at
the football games this year,
made a big impression upon last
Saturday’s audience when they
presented “The Clock.”
In t the new “Clock” format­ion,
the band formed 6 o’clock
while playing “Grandfather’s
Clock.” As the hand moved to
7 o’clock, reveille was sounded
followed by “Gee, How I Hate
to Get Up In The Morning.”
Another feature was the play­ing
of “Hickory, Dickory, Dock
the Mouse Ran Up The Clock”
while Carl Showers, dressed up
like a mouse ra n up th e h and
of the clock. Finally as time a r­rived
fo r the game to sta rt the
hands formed 2 o’clock and the
band played “Now is the Hour”
as two band members ran across
the field tossing forward passes.
On the previous Saturday the
high school band presented a
formation which they called
“The School-House,” featuring
the teacher, the fellow who
played the sour notes until he
was given a dunce cap and stood
in the corner, etc.
This week the band will
combine with the Columbia
High School Band in escorting
and taking p a rt in festivities
crowning the Columbia Queen
of the Harvest. The Columbia
Queen will be crowned by Miss
Pennsylvania.