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73rd Year Established April, 1877, as The Sunbeam
(Consolidated with The Lititz Record, 1937) Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa., Thursday, October 6, 1949 5 cents a copy ; $2 per yr. by mail No. 25
Daring Thief
Loots School
In Daytime
Boro Police Seek Man Who
Ransacked Desks Tues­day
Morning
Lititz borough police this
week broadcast the description
of a daring looter who ransack­ed
several classrooms a t the
borough school building Tues­day
morning within a few feet
of teachers and students.
Although nothing of value
was reported stolen, the in tru d ­er,
who apparently was looking
for cash, made his daring en ­trance
only a short time after
more than $80 in students’ sav­ings
had been removed from one
of the classrooms.
' According to Chief of Police
Clarence Kreider, the man ap­parently
watched the school
building from the telephone
booth opposite. When two class­es
left the building and w ent to
the playground nearby, the
man is thought to have sneaked
into the first floor from the
Cedar Street entrance.
Surprised as he was ransack­ing
a desk drawer in the room
of Miss Frantz, the intruder in­formed
a small boy th a t he had
been sent there to fix the desk
When he left this room and en­tered
the adjoining room of
Miss Hoffman, a janitor at work
on the same floor took for
granted th a t the man was a
workman sent there by the
superintendent. , _
Police accompanied by Super­intendent
M. C. Demmy la te r
scoured the borough but failed
to locate the man, who was des­cribed
as being about 50 years
of age, very heavy build, sandy
colored hair and to be wearing
a cap and brown work trousers.
Community Chest Will
Hold Public Meeting
At Firehouse Tuesday
Welfare Needs For 1950
. And Campaign Budget
To Be Decided
NORTHERN DISTRICT
CHAIRMAN
Lititz’ welfare needs for the
coming year will be threshed
out at a public meeting to be
held in the borough council
chambers on Tuesday evening,
Christ Nissley, president of the
local Community Chest, an­nounced
today.
Urging the public to attend
the meeting, Mr. Nissley em­phasized
that the budget and
plans for the coming funds
campaign will be decided upon
a t this meeting. Benjamin F o r­rest,
chairman of the northern
district, also will discuss goals
in the various districts outside
the borough.
All persons interested in the
work of the Community Chest
and visiting Nursing are urged
to attend as well as representa­tives
or officers of all local
civic organizations.
The overall goal for the cam­paign
which begins October 17
and continues to November 11
is $416,798 to carry on the
work of local agencies and the
18 county wide Chest agencies
for 1950. Lititz’ goal for the
countywide agencies is $8,500
with the local budget and goal
to be decided at Tuesday’sI
meeting.
Nearby districts’ goals are:
Manheim, $11,500; Elizabeth
Ttvp., $400; Manheim Twp.,
$2,000; Warwick Twp. $1,750.
Community
Concert Drive
Starts Tues.
Workers Will Solicit Re­newals
For The 1949-50
Season Of Concerts
RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET
The
Serious
Philosophers
Well, Mrs. Veiss, what brings
you over today. Do you know
something new maybe?
No. I was all alone by my­self
and chust thought I ’d come
over and invite you over to my
place for lunch and for this
after.
Well, thank you. That’s a good
idea. Where is Chake today?
Chake went to New York
this morning to see a world
serious baseball game. He is a
- rabbittbaseball fan, as they call
them still.
Chorch is a fan too, b u t he
says he is going to sit home to
day and see th e serious on the
telly-vision. You know how he
hates a crowd.
Yes, I know. He wouldn’t
want to go and maybe get hit
by a pop-bottle. They say still
th a t these here Dotcher fans is
a very wild bunch and won’t
stop a t nothing to win the game.
I wonder still why they call
them Dctchers.
Why__Chorch explained that
to me only chust yesterday. It
seems th a t they still have a lot
of IroHey cars in Brooklyn and
th a t Brebkyn people is called
(Continued on Pace 7)
B e n jam in F o r r e s t
John Helter
Ejected Head
Of Sportsmen
Oldsers Turn Over Local
Association To Younger
Men
Girls’ Game
Too Much For
Football Capt.
Older sportsmen yielded to
the younger fellows in their
ranks here Monday night when
they sponsored and e-lected all
young officers of the veteran
Lititz Sportsmen’s Association
at a meeting held at the fire­house.
“We older men have urged
for some time th a t the younger
group take over,” Abe Hershey,
who served as a secretary of the
Sportsmen’s Association for
more than 15 years, declared
following the meeting. “We
rough ’ have faith in these young fel-
Next week, beginning Tues­day,
October 11th. eighty-five
enthusiastic concert workers
will offer the subscribers to the
Lititz Community Concert As­sociation
th eir opportunity to
renew their memberships for
the 1949-1950 season.
Three programs will again be
offered by outstanding artists of
Carnegie Hall fame. Their
names can’t be released until
the end of the drive so th a t the
organization won’t be left “hold­ing
the bag” financially as guar­antors
to Chantauqua did years
ago. You were delighted with
last y e a r’s choice of programs.
Trust the Committee of rep re ­sentative
musicians to do as
well by you this year.
Membership fees are $6.00
for Adults and $3.60 for Stu­dents,
including a 20% Tax.
j There can’t be any single Ad­missions.
If you can’t use your
Membership card yourself, you
may give it to someone else.
There are only 600 Member­ships
available in Moravian
Fellowship Hall, so get yours
in early. In case you miss the
Solicitor in your neighborhood,
contact Mrs. Carl Workman—
Phone 301R General Campaign
Chairman.
! '
Football may be a
sport but these local high school lows and know th a t they will
players won’t do too bad - th a t
is if they will ju st stay away
from the girls hockey field. And
if you want proof, ju st tak e a
look ht the bandage covering
the scalp of Harold Frederick,
captain of the Lititz High
School football team.
Frederick Tuesday afternoon
was h urrying to practise and
paused ju st long enough to
present a program which all
sportsmen will enjoy.”
John Helter was elected presi­dent
of the association to suc­ceed
John Steffy. Other officers
named are: Fred Royer, vice
president; Donald Coble, sec­retary;
Paul Spickler, treasurer,
and Mahlon Young, financial
secretary.
A discussion on the prospects
glance a t the girls hockey g am e> fo r a good small game hunting
with Manheim Township, which 1 season to open soon, featured
the local girls won 1 to 0 in­cidentally.
A moment la te r the
local captain was knocked down
by a puck which came flying
through the air.
Frederick was taken to the
office of Dr. Joseph W. Grosh
where four stitches were re ­quired
to close the wound.
the meeting.
Mrs. Charles Carpenter and
Mrs. Elwood Hann spent Satu r­day
in New York City.
List Public Meetings
On School Merger
Public meetings to discuss the
proposed school merger as an ­nounced
today by the representa­tives
of the three boards are as
follows:
Monday, Oct. 10—Rothsville
P. T. A. at Rothsville.
Wednesday, Oct. 12—Lititz
High School.
Thursday, Oct. 13—Bricker-ville
meeting sponsored
by Baron Stiegel Lions Club
Monday, Oct. 24—John Beck
School P. T. A.
CENTER TO HOLD
A PUMPKIN PRANCE
The Lititz Community Center
will hold a Pumpkin Prance on
Saturday, October 29, from
8:30 to 11:30 P.M. when local
and with spook-walks and such,
youths will appear in costume
featuring the program. Music
j will be furnished by the Blue
Notes Orchestra.
An interesting shot of the Farm Show was taken from the
top of the Lititz Mutual Insurance Company Building and shows
the Saturday afternoon crowd enjoying the unusual experience of
taking a ferris wheel ride rig h t in the middle of Lititz’ business
section.
Successful Farm Show
Ended Saturday Evening
With Huge Crowd
Legion Aux.
Holds Meeting
Miss Caroline George was in­stalled
as president of the Amer­ican
Legion Auxiliary a t a
meeting held Tuesday evening
in the second floor lounge at the
Legion Home.
The auxiliary voted to p u r­chase
a desk fo r the Legion
Home and Mrs. Robert Thomp­son
and Mrs. Mahlon Young
were named a committee to
select the desk. Dues of the
auxiliary were fixed at $1.50
per year.
It was announced th a t Mrs.
Robert Martin has been appoint­ed
sub-department and council
chairman of rehabilitation by
Mrs. P au l Bauman, president of
the Chester-Lancaster Bi-Coun­ty
Council. This is the first
time any of the unit was asked
to hold a chairmanship in
Council. One of h er duties will
be to take charge of birthday
parties a t the Veterans Hospital
a t Coatsville which are held the
th ird Thursday of every month.
HOME ON VACATION
Miss Ruth Steely is enjoying
a month’s vacation at her home
here. She is enrolled at the
University of Pennsylvania
where she will begin h er Senior
year in February.
One
shows
of
in
the most successful
the history of the
Lititz Community Show Assoc­iation
came to a close here Sat­urday
evening with the last of
a long series of musical a ttra c t­ions
in which the Warwick
Township Band presented a
concert.
Thousands of persons jamm­ed
the entire business section
for the final evening of the
thre-day show and kept con­cessioners
and local organiza­tions
which operated more than
a hundred stands , and a ttra c t­ions,
busily engaged until short­ly
before midnight.
Visitors to this y ear’s show
pronounced it an outstanding
success and lauded the local
committee for the show’s feat­ures
which included more farm
and home exhibits in the high
school gymnasium than ever be­fore,
and the 4-H Baby Beef
Show in the park which a ttra c t­ed
the attention of farmers
from far and near.
Art Display
(Continued on Page f)
C. of C. To Poll Members
On School Merger
Mass Meeting On Proposed
School Merger To Be Held
At H. S. Auditorium Wed.
Made-in-Lititz Local Legi°n sp»1»®« Forum For Local Exhibit Marks
Pa. Week
To Display Objects In Win­dows;
$30 in Prizes
Offered In Essay- Contest
Exhibits of Lititz-manufaet-ured
articles will feature Lititz’
observance oi Pennsylvania
Week from October 17 to Oct­ober
24, according to plans a n ­nounced
today by the local com­mittee
headed by Dr. H. B.
Minnich.
Ray Oatman. local Jaycee Of­ficial,
has been named chairman
of the industrial exhibits. These,
he explained, will be displayed
Voters
i A public mass meeting and
l'orum to discuss the proposed
merger of the three local school
districts will be held in the
I High School Auditorium next
Wednesday evening, October 12,
at 7:30 P.M., it was announced
today.
j The meeting will be sponsor-
I ed by the Garden Spot Post of
the American Legion. Harry
' Ruley, commander, today invit-i
ed the public to attend and to
take p a rt in the discussion of
the proposed merger.
* “People are asking a lot of
j questions regarding this merger
which affects all of us and this
meeting will afford them an op­portunity
to get the right ans­wers,”
Mr. Ruley explained.
ter spots available for such dis­plays.
throughout the borough . , „ m store The Lr egi. on i.s sponsoring the windows as well as other c e n -m__e,e• tin„ g as a citizens,h i.p pro­ject.”
Jt. B. Htte ss li ocal. Cham,b er of„ Fowrmiue rs eBrvuerg easss mMoednenroat oRr oha-t
Commerce director, has b e e n |the meeting which wm be a t_
named retail chairman. Mr. Hess | tended b school ^ ^ 3 of the
explained that the re ta ile rs’ wdl; b h Warwick Township
join in displaying articles of J and Elizabeth Township, who
merchandise which have been wiu participate in the public
manufactured m Pennsylvania, I forum
as a p a rt of their role in the
observance.
Another big feature here will
be a quizz and essay contest for
local high school students. Rob­e
rt Thompson, chairman, an­nounced
th a t under sponsorship
of the local Ju n io r Chamber of
Commerce, a total of $30 in
prizes will be offered for the
best local Pennsylvania Week
essays. The winner here also
will be presented with other
county winners on Friday, Oct­ober
22, over radio station
WLAN and will be awarded an
extra $10 prize.
The local winner also can
compete for state prizes which
start at $1,000.
Pennsylvania Week programs
also are being planned by sev­eral
local clubs and organiza­tions
such as Lions and Rotary
Clubs and in chapel periods in
the borough school during the
week.
Interest in the proposed mer­ger
was mounting to a fever
heat here this week. This in­terest
will be stimulated this
evening when members of the
Lititz Lions Club and the Lititz
Rotary Club will hold a joint-
! meeting a t the General S u tte r
Hotel for the purpose of hear­ing
a ta lk on the merger by Dr.
Luke Biemesderfer, of Millers-ville.
School directors of the three
districts as well as members of
the Warwick Township Lions
Club and the Baron Stiegel
Lions Club also will attend.
Members of the th ree boards
who are endeavoring to answer
all questions regarding the mer­ger
also announced th a t other
meetings will be held through­out
the three districts in the
near future.
BILLIE WHITTEN
RETURNS HOME
Questions Regarding School Merger
Answered By The Three School Boards
Billie Whitten, son of Mr. and
Mrs. William Whitten, returned
to his home here this week
after spending 37 days in the
Lancaster General Hospital. The
local youth was stricken ill
while attending a summer camp.
The Kenny hot pack tre a t­ment
and exercise will be con­tinued
at his home and the local
boy hopes to be able to re tu rn
to his class in the borough
school by February.
Local Squire Sentences
Trio To Sunday School
A new brand of justice was
meted out by Justice of the
Peace Joseph B. H err h ere last
week in disposing of complaints
lodged against a group of local
youngsters charged with mali­cious
mischief.
Charged with tearing down
clothes lines and doing other
damage in the vicinity of the
Warwick House, the five youths
were arraigned before ‘Squire
H err who after giving the five
reprimands, released two as
first offenders.
The' three remaining youths
were th ird offenders how ever,
and ’Squire H err ordered them
to observe a 8 P.M. curfew for
60 days. When this sentence ap­peared
to be one not too dis­tasteful
to the trio, the local
justice then tacked on an am­endment
requiring all three to
attend Sunday School each Sun­day
for a year.
“If they don’t miss a single
Sunday they can forget the 9
P.M. curfew,” th e justice con­cluded.
“You see, one . of the
parents ju st happened to men­tion
they had trouble getting
them to go to Sunday School.”
The effect of the proposed merger upon each
of the three districts is discussed in this second
installment of questions and answers published
below.
The installment is taken from the booklet
issued last week by the three school boards and
is p a rt of a campaign of education to be p re ­sented
up to the date of the election, Novem­ber
8.
QUESTION
What will be the indebtedness of the respect­ive
districts at th e time of the proposed merger
- Ju ly 1, 1950?
ANSWER
Elizabeth Township ............... None
Warwick Township ............. $ 2,000.00
Lititz Borough ........................ 35,000.00
QUESTION
How will the debt be distributed?
ANSWER
All debts will be assumed by the merged
district.
QUESTION
Will this be fail' to the district having a
smaller debt or one having no debt?
ANSWER
Yes. By assuming a proportionate share of
the Lititz debt, Warwick Township and Eliza­beth
Township will gain a great deal more
value in the share of the Lititz Boro school
property th a t will become common property of
the three districts.
QUESTION
What is the present assessed valuation of the
combined districts?
ANSWER
$5,700,000.00 This is made up as follows:
Elizabeth Township . . . . $ 700,000.00
Warwick Township . . . . 2,000,000.00
Lititz Borough ............... 3,000,000.00
QUESTION
When additional buildings will be needed,
what would be the maximum borrowing capa­city
of the three districts?
ANSWER
The law allows 7% of the assessed valuation.
This would allow a loan of $399,000.00.
QUESTION
Will the present teaching force be materially
changed?
ANSWER
No. Teachers are employed by various dis­tricts
and are subject to th e Teacher Tenure
Act. There will be no change in the present
teaching force throughout the districts.
QUESTION
What will this merger cost the taxpayers of
the combined districts?
ANSWER
In the merged unit, the tax payers would re ­ceive
more value for th eir tax money due to a
more efficient organization by eliminating over­lapping
services.
■ For the th ree individual districts to provide
additional buildings to accomodate the increas­ing
enrollments would be more expensive to
the taxpayers than if the merged districts pro­vided
these facilities.
It is estimated th a t the tax ra te of the merged
district under existing conditions would be ap­proximately
20 mills. The future tax ra te will
depend entirely upon how soon the additional
services previously mentioned and additional
buildings are authorized by the voters. It will
also be dependent upon future state legislation,,
which is favorable to merged districts.
A post card poll to determine
how its members stand on the
proposed school merger will be
conducted by the Liiitz Chamber
of Commerce, it was decided at
a directors’ meeting last evening. Addison S. Harding, veteran
Post cards will be mailed this superintendent of streets who
week to all members who are rounded out almost a score of
Addison Harding
Veteran Boro Supt.
Died Suddenly
urged to fill out the question­naire
and to re tu rn the cards to
the secretary, Abe Beck, immedi­ately.
The results cf this poll
will be announced shortly prior
to the coming election.
years in the borough’s employee
died Monday morning at his
home, 13 N. Cedar St., after an
illness of only a few days. He
was seventy-one years of age.
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Plan Hallowe’en Parade
And Block Party Here
Plans for a bigger-than-ever
Hallowe’en parade and block
party to be held in the center
of the borough on Monday
evening, October 31, were be­ing
completed here this week
by members of the local Lions
Club.
Abe Beck, president of the
Lions Club, announced th a t the
block party will be held in the
first block of East Main Street,
providing th e borough grants its
official approval, instead of a t
the borough lot as previously
planned.
Fe a r th a t inclement weather
might render the lot boggy in
view of the recent filling-in,
was the basis for the change
back to Main Street for the
party.
The same list of nearly 100
prizes offered last year will be
repeated for this y ear’s Hallo­we’en
parade which promises to
include more mummers than
ever before.
The crowning of the Hallo­we’en
Queen again will prove
an interesting feature of the
evening’s festivities. The Queen
is selected through balloting
among the upper grades at the
local school.
Members of the committee in
charge of the Hallowe’en cele­bration
a re John Steffy, Carl
Reedy, Ray Reedy and Ed.
Stroble. They announced that
the parade will form on Spruce
Street as last year and will in
all probability follow the same
route.
Bernard Rider has been
named chairman of the com­mittee
for th e selection of the
queen while William Klunk
and Dr. I. Siegel will have
charge of refreshment stands.
H a rry Ruley is in charge of the
parade prizes and F ra n k Long-enecker,
noise-makers.
Other members of the com­mittee
are Lester Balmer, Dr.
C. L. Wertsch, Charles Shenk,
Ed. Pelger, Clayton George
and Dave Wright.
According to present plans,
efforts will be made to engage
both the Lititz High School
Band and the Warwick Town­ship
Band to lead the marchers.
Center Drive
Nears 1,000
New Members
A last-minute appeal to send
the Lititz Community Center
membership over the one-thous­and
m a rk was issued today by
Dr. H. B. Minnich, chairman of
the membership drive now in
its second week.
“We are so close to the thous­and
membership mark th a t it
would be a shame not to go
over the top,” Dr. Minnich as­serted.
“This would give the
Center the largest membership
in its history.”
Persons who have not been
contacted by the large group of
12 teams of solicitors are asked
to take or send th eir member­ships
to the Center or to give
them to Dr. Minnich or any
other officer of the Center.
This week’s list of new mem­bers
follows:
William Mathers
Mrs. Carl Mathers
Mr. Carl Mathers
Elia Mastromatteo, Jr.
Tom Maharg
Kathryn D. Martin
Albert W. McCarthy
Sarah Jane McDate
Robert Mellinger
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DR. THOMAS LEAMAN
OPENS HERSHEY OFFICE
Dr. Thomas Leaman, son of
Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Leaman,
this borough, this week opened
his office for th e practise of
medicine at Hershey.
Dr. Leaman recently com­pleted
his internship a t the Lan­caster
General Hospital. He is
a graduate of the George Wash­ington
University, Washington,
D. C.