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MANY“-" -- ONE The Lititz Record-Express th e
73rd Year Established April, 1877, as The Sunbeam
(Consolidated with The Lititz Record, 1937) Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa., Thursday, October 27, 1949 5 cents a copy; $2 per yr. by mail No. 28
Block Party
And Parade
This Monday
Plans Completed For Gala
Hallowe’en Affair
Here
DAY Forget-Me-Not Chairman
P la n s h av e been completed
fo r th e mammouth H a llow e ’en
P a ra d e an d Block P a rty to be
h e ld th is Monday evening, local
Lions Club officials announced
today.
The Crowning of the Queen
which w ill ta k e p la ce a t th e
ju d g e s ’ stan d in fro n t of
S p a c h t’s a t th e h e ig h t of the
p a rad e , w ill b e th e o u tstan d in g
fe a tu re of th e ev en in g ’s p ro ­gram.
F o u r High School Seniors who
w e re selected by local stu d en ts
th is w eek an d who w ill com­p
e te fo r th e h o n o r a re Virginia
Ranck, Diane Zeiss, J e a n H an n a
a n d J a n e Dussinger. The Queen
w ill be chosen a few m in u tes
p rio r to th e p a ra d e an d th e
th re e rem a in in g girls w ill rid e
w ith h e r in th e p a ra d e as h e r
co u rt of honor.
Miss Jo a n Fassna cht, la st
y e a r ’s Queen, w ill re tu rn from
West C h e ste r S ta te T e a ch e rs’
College, to p a rtic ip a te in th is
y e a r ’s program. Music w ill be
fu rn ish e d b y th e L ititz High
School Band an d th e W a rwick
Township High School Band.
Many concessions w ill lin e th e
f irs t blo ck of East Main S tre e t
fo r th e block p a r ty immedia te ly
follow ing th e p a ra d e which
w ill s ta r t a t S p ru c e an d Maple
S tre e ts a t 7:30 P.M. The p a ra d e
ro u te w ill b e ea st on Main to
Wa te r, n o rth to F ro n t, west to
Cedar, so u th on C ed ar to Main
an d r e tu rn to th e S q u a re -
Burgess Victor Wagner th is
w e e k u rg ed local kiddom to
“w ith h o ld its fire ” as f a r as
H a llow e ’en p ra n k s a re conc ern­ed
u n til Monday n ig h t when
th e y can p a rtic ip a te in th e
blo ck p a rty . While only a few
complaints h av e been rec eived
to-date, one of the se re p o rte d
th e d e stru c tio n of a law n which
h a d been g rad ed an d p la n ted
th e p a st summer, he rep o rted .
“Monday n ig h t th e re w ill be
p le n ty of good, clean fu n fo r
ev e ry o n e an d we u rg e a ll ch ild ­r
e n to re fra in from destroying
p ro p e rty in th is p re-H a llo ­w
e ’en season,” Burgess Wagner
qdvised.
Dial System
To Start Here
November 19
Borough Completes Plans
For Changing
Fire Siren
Over
Gene Tierney, motion picture star, is Honorary National Chairman of the annual Disabled American V eterans Forget-Me-Not Drive. Funds
realized from sale of Forget-Me-Nots are used by DAV Chapters locally
in their rehabilitation and service program for disabled veterans, their
widows and dependents.
Rev. Trunk
Accepts Call
Mrs. Mathers
Fractures Hip
To Harrisburg In Fall Here
Submits Resignation To Neighbors Finally Reach
Church Council; Effective
On December 1
Rev. C h a rle s A. T ru n k , J r .,
p a s to r of St. P a u l’s L u th e ra n
C h u rc h h a s su bm itte d h is re sig ­n
a tio n to ac cept th e p a s to ra te of
Stricken Woman Through
Open Window
A local woman la y in agony
fra n tic a lly ca llin g fo r h e lp a f­te
r fa llin g in th e bedroom of
h e r home an d su sta in in g a
L ititz w ill change ov er to i
th e n ew d ia l te lephones on S a t­urday,
Novembe r 19, a t 1 1 :3 0 1
P tM:; it 'WbS "’afihdtihCed th is j
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The change-over w ill elimi-1
n a te th e old sty le phones in i
both Lititz an d Manheim, & w i l l '
com pletely e lim in a te th e ex ­change
in Manheim an d w ill
m a rk th e fu n c tio n in g of the
n ew exchange co n stru c ted here .
With a g re a t aftiount of w o rk
rem a in in g to b e completed, the
D en v e r & E p h ra ta Telephone
Company was using...a ii av au -
able employees on ov ertim e
shifts in o rd e r th a t th e ch an g e­ov
er can be accomplished w ith
as little confusion an d difficulty
as possible.
D u rin g th e p ast week, em­ployees
of th e company made
th e e n tire section d ia l conscious
when th e y p la ced th e n ew d ial
n um b e r on th e m a jo rity of
local phones an d th e n h id these
from view w ith sm a ll c a rd ­b
o a rd boxes w h ich display th e
p re se n t n um b e r an d a t th e
same tim e m ak e it impossible
fo r fidgety u se rs to p la y w ith
th e dial.
Moving th e d ia l b a c k an d
fo rth n o t only cuts th e lin e b u t
causes a ra sp in g sound in th e
e a r of th e o p e ra to rs in th e ex ­change,
it w as explained.
With th e n ew dials definitely
to go in to effect on Novembe r
19, b o ro u g h officials th is w e e k
completed p la n s fo r changing
o v er th e fire a la rm system to a
n ew a rra n g em e n t w h ich makes
(Continued on Page 7)
William T. Swalm, Jr.
Rotarians
Are Host To
Dist.Govnor
Rev. Wm. Swaim Explains
Peace Motives Of
Service Clubs
Council Will
Buy Lights
Immediately
State Approves Traffic
Signals At Two Bad In­tersections
Here
th e B e th leh em L u th e ra n C h u r c h 'P a*n ^u* fra c tu re , fo r m ore
a t H a rrisb u rg , it w as an n o u n c ed tilan lla lf an ho lir be fo re n e ig h ­bors
could re a c h h e r e a rly on
Tuesday morning.
la st evening follow ing a meeting
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Rev. T ru n k w ill ta k e ov er his
pa to r a te on Dec embe r 1. He
h a s se rv e d h e re since March.
1943 p r io r to w h ich h e se rv ed
fo u r y e a rs a t P h o en ix v ille . He
w ill fill th e vac ancy caused by j d ressed a n d was w a lk in g from
th e d e a th of Dr. E. M a rtin Grove, h e r bedroom w h en h e r foot
w h o se rv ed a t th e B e th leh em j tu rn e d b en e a th h e r causing h e r
she
POLICE WILL PROSECUTE
ANY HUNTING IN BORO
She is Mrs. K a tie Mathers,
widow of th e la te Jo h n Mat­h
e rs, of 24 West O ran g e S tre e t.
S h o rtly a f te r six o’clock T ues­day
morning, Mrs. M a th ers h a d
The
Strike
Philosophers
Well! Hello, Mrs. Espenshate.
Come on in quick. I t ’s rig h t
ch illy lik e today a in ’t it now?
Yes, it is a little chilly. Bu t
th e n a bo d y liaS gCt tO expe ct
ch illy w e a th e r th is time of
y e a r. Well, w h a t’s new?
N othing much, ex c ep t a ll
th e se h e re strik e s an d such
lik e . I am ch u st ab o u t sick an d
tir e d of re ad in g ab o u t them.
And I. Do you know, Mrs.
Veiss, I was ch u st wondering
my se lf w h a t a ll the se s tr ik e rs ’
wives a re doing th e se days
w ith th e ir men u n d e r foot lik e
a ll th e time. I know when
Chorch isn ’t w o rk in g a n d i t ’s
too cold to go fishing, h e gets
m y n e rfs a ll on etch se ttin g
a ro u n d th e house. He d o n ’t
k n ow w h a t to get a t still, b u t
if I a sk him to h e lp me clean,
o r move fu rn itu re , o r b e a t th e
ru c k s in th e b a c k y a rd - or
som e th in g lik e th a t - h e makes
a n aw fu l fu ss ab o u t it. He says
s till th a t th em things is g a l’s
w o rk .
C h ak e is ch u st th e same way.
H e a in ’t home m u ch in d ay ­tim
e b u t w h en h e is home h e
is lik e a d uck o u t of w a te r, as
th e saying is.
Well, I can p ity th e se s trik ­e
r s ’ wives. I w ould w ay ch e r
(Continued on p ag e 5)
L u th e ra n C h u rch fo r 26 y e a rs
p r io r to h is d e a th la s t August.
In accepting Rev. T ru n k ’s r e ­sig
n a tio n th e c h u rc h council de-j
to fa ll to th e flo o r w h e re
la y helpless.
Using h e r bedroom slipper,
Mrs. M a th ers kn o ck ed ag a in st
d a r e d it w ill b e su bm itte d to the! fb e b ric kw a ll of th e house fo r
congregation th is S u n d ay morn- more th a n h a lf an h o u r be fo re
¿n g finally aw a k en in g Mrs. H a rry
Workman, w h o liv e s n e x t door.
Calling o u t th e fro n t window,
Mrs. W orkman finally u n d e r­stood
w h a t h a d happened.
She w as u n ab le to gain en ­tran
c e bec ause th e fro n t an d
b a c k doors of th e M a th e rs’
house w e re locked. Going from
window to window, Mrs. Wo rk ­man
finally succeeded in p ry ­ing
open a r e a r window an d
climbed inside.
A fte r m a k in g Mrs. M a thers
as com fo rtab le as possible, she
summoned D r. Jo sep h W. Grosh
who h a d Mrs. M a th ers removed
to St. Jo se p h ’s Hospital, L a n ­ca
ste r, w h e re x -ra y s showed
th e h ip to be fra c tu re d .
Salem Lutheran
Purchases Land
For Parsonage
T h e C h u rch Council of th e
S a lem L u th e ra n Church, Kissel
H ill, la st evening vo ted to p u r
cha se land loc ated on th e Landis
Valley Road ju s t ea st of th e in ­te
rse c tio n w ith th Owl H ill Road
an d h a lf a block from th e church
The tra c t, w h ich h a s a 70-foot
fro n ta g e w ill b e th e site of a
p arso n ag e upon w h ich w o rk w ill
s ta r t im m ed ia te l.y The lan d
w ill b e p u rch a sed from- Jo sep h
B ru b a k e r, Kissel Hill- T h e n ew
p a rso n ag e w ill b e an eight-room
stucco, tw o -sto ry dwelling.
C h u rch w o rk e rs w ill do 3
la rg e p a r t of th e lab o r, it w a s
asserted. Ra lp h S tau ffe r is th e
a rc h ite c t. P la n s w e re ap p ro v ed
jo in tly b y th e council an d b u ild ­ing
com m itte e consisting of F lo r ­en
c e S tau ffe r Mae B ren n e r, R ay ­mond
S in g e r an d Raymond
Dubbs, b u ild in g committee; Dan­ie
l F o rry , D omer B ren n e r, Geo­rg
e S la te r, R o b e rt B a lm e r, Mel­vin
L eek in g Lloyd B u c h te r and
Russell Ulrich, members of th e
council.
Any firing of shot-guns
insids- tlis _ .borough__will
be strin g e n tly p rosecuted
Burgess Victor Wagner a n ­n
ounced today.
“E v e ry y e a r we rec eiv e
com plaints of h u n te rs who
d isreg a rd th e sa fe ty of th e
p u b lic an d come w ith in th e
b o ro u g h lim its in seasch of
game,” Burgess Wagner
explained. “B u t th is y e a r
th is p ra c tise w ill n o t be
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b een in s tru c te d to b rin g
p rosecutions in a ll instances
re p o rte d .”
L ititz R o ta rian s w e re host to
Rev. William T. Swaim, J r .,
D istric t G o v ern o r of R o ta ry In-
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h e ld in th e G en e ra l S u tte r
Hotel Tuesday evening. Rev.
Swaim ex p la in e d th a t d u rin g
th e n e x t th re e years, R o ta ry
In te rn a tio n a l w ill sp en d $750,-
000 p rin c ip a lly to c re a te b e tte r
u n d e rsta n d in g among th e peo­ple
s of diffe ren t nations. This
w ill in c lu d e th e fo unding of
n um e ro u s fellowships.
“Devoted to service, R o ta ry
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330,000 business a n d profe ssion­a
l exe cutives th ro u g h o u t th e
world, reg a rd le ss of n a tio n a l­ities,
p o litic a l o r relig io u s b e ­liefs,”
h e asserted.
He was in tro d u c ed by Vernon
Kline, p re sid e n t of th e local
club. N ex t Tuesday evening th e
local R o ta ry club w ill b e p r e ­sen
ted w ith a p ro g ram b y th e
H an d ic ra ft D e p a rtm e n t of th e
u u i u u g l i s u liu u i. O n f lic fu ilw v y ­ing
Tuesday, Novembe r 8, th e
D en v e r & E p h ra ta T elephone
Company w ill show a moving
p ic tu re ex p la in in g th e n ew d ial
system h ere .
Borough Council announc ed
th is w eek th a t traffic lights,
ju s t ap p ro v ed by th e sta te , w ill
be e re c te d a t b ro a d " a n d Or&nge"
S tre e ts an d a t Main an d Cedar
S tre ets, as q u ick ly as bids can
leg a lly be opened fo r th e p u r ­chase
of th e equipment.
The lights for the se two in ­te
rse c tio n s w ill in a ll p ro b ­a
b ility cost ap p ro x im a te ly
$1,800, it Was estima ted mak-,
ing it nec essary fo r th e borough
to ad v e rtise fo r bids before
m ak in g th e purchase.
~ In ap p ro v in g th e ere ctio n of
traffic sta n d a rd s a t the se two
inte rsec tions, sta te officials did
n o t men tio n w h e th e r th e r e ­q
u est fo r a signal lig h t a t Broad
S tre e t an d Lincoln A venue had
been definitely re je c te d o r not.
The sta te recommended a 4-
post, a n d six faces of lig h t a t
B ro ad a n d Orange S tre e t w h e re
it was re p o rte d th a t Broad
S tre e t traffic is 81 p e r-c e n t an d
Orange S tre e t traffic 19 p e r­cent.
A t Main an d C ed ar only
fo u r faces or lig h ts w ill show.
H e re traffic is d ivided 71 p e r ­c
e n t on Main a n d 29 p e r-c e n t
on Cedar.
T h e s ta te o rd e re d th a t the
lig h ts o p e ra te 24 h o u rs a day
b u t d e c la re d thiat d u rin g th e
n ig h t, 11 P. M. to 7 A. M., th a t
on ly th e am b e r b lin k e r b e used
on B ro ad an d Main S tre e ts w ith
th e re d showing on Orange
an d C ed a r S tre ets.
B u ild in g Perm its
P e rm its w e re issued a s fo l­lows:
F r a n k S. F ord, to r e ­model
sto re a t Broad an d O r­ange;
J . M. Leed, to en la rg e
office a t ice p la n t; Lowell S te n ­gel,
co n stru c tio n of tem p o ra ry
office a t Main an d C h e rry Al­ley;
D. L. Diem, construc tion
of b u n g alow on N o rth Wa te r
S tr e e t; Victor C a rp e n te r, con­s
tru c tio n of double dw ellin g on
M a rk e t S tre e t e a st of L ibery.
Claim Flames
Leaped 10 Ft.
Ät hink Dump
Court Expected To Render
Decision In Case
Next Week
Charging th a t flames l e t ^ a
as high as ten feet an d th a t em­bers
th e size of a person s h an d
- uiiux.
Dick Leibert
To Play Here
This Sunday
,Famed Organist To Give
Postponed Concert At
Moravian Church
F in k Dump, a to ta l of th irte en
resid en ts of L ititz ap p e a red b e ­fore
Ju d g e Olive r S. S c h a tg e r
in E quity Co u rt th is w eek bro-te
stin g the m a n n e r in which th e
dump is being ma inta ined.
Residents of th e n o rth end
also testified th a t odors ftom
the fires s ta rte d in th e dump by
its owner, Charles Fink, k ep t
th em aw ake nights an d eVen
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UNDERGOING OPERATIONS
D w ight M a rtin , son of Dr.
an d Mrs. D. C. M a rtin , 19 N o rth
‘R rrv ad S t r p p t h a s h p pn_ a r tm ittp H
as a su rg ic a l p a tie n t in th e
U.S. V e te ra n s’ Hospita l a t L eb ­anon.
TO FLY TO COAST
L ow ell Otis Stengel, th is b o r­ough,
w ill fly across th e con­tin
e n t, le av in g h e re November
11, ac co rd in g to p re s e n t plans.
While west h e w ill v isit th e
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Wenatchee, Washington, fo rm ­e
r ly owned by h is fa th e r, th e
la te Dr. F . W. Stengel.
Com pletely re co v e red from
an illness which caused one
nostnnnemervt horp a m o n th
ago, R ich a rd W. L e ib e rt, fam ed
o rg an ist a t th e Music H a ll in
Radio City, New York, an d
n a tio n a lly -k n ow n rad io a rtist,
w ill give a n org an re c ita l in
th e local Moravian ch u rch th is
S u n d ay a fte rn o o n a t fo u r
o’clock.
Dick L e ib e rt, as h e is k n ow n
to h is rad io audience, w ill a p ­p
e a r h e re u n d e r th e auspjices of
tn e Moravian C h u rcn a n a Lin-*
den H all. T h e p u b lic is in v ite d
to a tten d . ,
th e ir fu rn itu re .
In his defense, F in k claimed
th a t no organic m a tte r was p e r-m
itted to be dumped in th e
huge q u a rry hole ju s t n o rth 0f
th e borough lin e on N o rth
Broad S tre et. He also clan g ed
th a t fires k in d le d in th e diimp
w e re k ep t u n d e r co n tro l an d
not s ta rte d w hen th e wind was
blowing tow a rd L ititz.
in e s e n res a re necessary m
o rd e r to p re v e n t th e dijmp
from becoming ra t-in fe sted , h e
asserted.
An opinion in th e su it is e x ­p
ec ted to b e h an d ed down b ex t
w eek b y Ju d g e Schaeffer.
Jay cees Ask Borough
To Reduce Local Tax
Questions Regarding School Merger
Answered By The Three School Boards
Mr. a n d Mrs. P a u l Lacey,
Covington, Va., v isited Mr.
L a c ey ’s m o th e r, Mrs. Ella Lac­ey,
a n d friends far several days
la s t week.
MRS. WRIGHT IMPROVED
Mrs. D av id Wright, S. B ro ad
St., who is a su rg ic a l p a tie n t
in St, Jo s e p h ’s H ospital. w a s r e ­p
o r te d g re a tly im p ro v ed to ­day.
General Hosp. Aux.
Re-elects Mrs. Cassel
Mrs. F ra n k lin Cassell w a s
re e le c ted p re sid e n t of th e L ititz
A u x ilia ry of th e L an c a ste r Gen­e
r a l H o sp ita l a t th e m e e tin g
h e ld on T uesday a fte rn o o n a t
h e r home. O th e r officers elec ted
w e re , Mrs. V a le n tin e Brobst,
1st v ic e -p re sid e n t; Mrs. J . M.
H a rry Landis, se c re ta ry ; Mrs.
Leed, 2nd v ic e-p re sid en t; Mrs.
E lse r G e rh a rt, tre a su re r.
The ladies dec ided to ho ld a
b a k e sa le a n d su p p e r, final
p la n s to b e an n o u n c ed la te r.
By-laws fo r th e organiz ation
w ill also be adopted. T hey w ill
sew fo r th e in s titu tio n some
tim e in F e b ru a ry .
T h e n e x t m e e tin g w ill be
held a t th e h o m e of .Mrs. S a ra
K. J e n k in s on Tuesday, J a n . 10
a t 2:30 P.M.
If th e th re e local school d istric ts financed
fu tu re im p ro v em en ts to g e th er, th e y 'w o u ld
pro v e less costly to everybody, Dr. D. L. Biem-e
sderfe r, p re sid e n t of Millersville S ta te Teach-r
s ’ College, d e c la red a t a public m e e tin g h e ld
th is w eek a t th e Jo h n Beck School, B ru n n e r-ville.
T h e m e rg e r w ill mean a gain in ed u c atio n al
ad v an tag es dnd is th e only sound economic way
to o p e ra te o u r schools, Dr. Bieme sderfer added,
in u rg in g W a rw ick Township v o te rs to approve
th e proposed m e rg e r w ith L ititz Borough and
Elizabeth^ Township a t th e polls November 8.
The m e e tin g was sponsored by th e Wa rwick
Twp. P a r e n t T e a ch e rs’ Association.
Questions an d an swe rs compiled b y th e th re e
school b o a rd s a re co n tin u ed below in th e final
in sta llm en t of th e co n ten ts of th e b o o k le t r e ­c
en tly published.
QUESTION
W ha t is h ap p en in g n a tio n a lly to r u r a l ed ­ucation,
now th a t a p o p u la tio n crisis is facing
th e ex istin g in a d eq u a te fa c ilitie s in sma ll school
distric ts?
____ ANSWER
The N atio n al F a rm F oundation, th e N atio n al
Educa tion Association, a n d th e U n iv e rsity of
Chicago h av e sp e n t two y e a rs an d m a n y th o u s­ands
of d o lla rs stu d y in g th is oncoming problem.
In S eptember, 1948, th is la rg e group of w o r­rie
d fa rm p eople an d te a ch e rs p u b lish ed its
findings in a 286-page book. The proposals in ­c
lude a re com m en d a tio n th a t th e p eople of
r u r a l school d istric ts should b e p ro v id ed w ith
a n o p p o rtu n ity to v o te u p o n th e im m ed ia te
m e rg e r of th e ir re so u rc e s to b e ab le to do th e
jo b w h ich lies ahead.
H e re is a p a ra g ra p h from th e rep o rt:
“Undersiz ed a n d anemic school dis­tric
ts sh o u ld b e reo rg an iz ed an d con-so
lid ated a s soon as possible, if eq u a l _
ed u c a tio n a l o p p o rtu n itie s a re to be
made av a ila b le to a ll Americ an ch ild ­ren
.
A great wa ste o f both ta x dollars and
h um a n resources re su lts because o f the
o v e rla p p in g * o f school districts.”
The re p o r t fu rth e r comments th a t in some
in stan c es th e sm a ll school d istric t ex ists because
of local p rid e , b u t m o re o ften it se rv e s to avoid
p ay in g a d e q u a te ta x e s fo r th e school su p p o rt
Of o u r most v a lu ab le re so u rc e . . . children.
__________ QUESTION _____________
Where will the additional school .buildings
be located?
ANSWER
School b u ild in g sites m u st b e ap p ro v e d by
th e S ta te D e p a rtm e n t of Ed u ca tio n an d a re u s­u
a lly lo c a ted in th e c e n te r of school popula tion.
QUESTION
I f th e v o te rs ap p ro v e th e pro p o sed m e rg e r,
w hen w ill th e n ew b o a rd proce ed w ith its
plans?
ANSWER
W ith a ll possible speed. The situ a tio n w ith r e ­spe
ct to en ro llm en ts w ill b e g e ttin g w o rse each
y ea r. T h a t is w h y th e question is b e in g su b ­m
itte d to th e people. A p p ro v a l b y th e v o te rs
w ill give th e g re e n lig h t to th e Directors. They
can th e n p ro ce ed to p ro v id e th e fac ilities a ll of
us need.
I f th e m e rg e r is a p p ro v e d b y th e v o te rs
Novembe r 8, it w ill become effective J u ly 1,
1950.
QUESTION
W h a t w ill b e th e n am e of th e proposed
school d istric t?
a n sw e r '
No n am e h a s b een chosen, b u t th e combined
b o a rd w ill ac cept suggestions.
Mr. L e ib e rt is a n a tiv e ‘of
Be thlehem, P en n sy lp an ia . He
a tte n d e d th e M oravian P r e p a r ­a
to ry School of th a t c ity u n til
h is fam ily moved to Wa sh in g ­ton,
D.C., w h e re his p a re n ts
s till reside.
His a b ility a t th e o rgan won
fo r Mr. L e ib e rt a th re e y e a r
scholarship a t The P eab o d y I n ­s
titu te in B a ltim o re , w h e re he
stu d ied o rg an u n d e r th e la te
Dr. Knight. Upon his g r a d u a t­ion
h e se rv e d as o rg an ist in
Chicago, Washington, P ittsb u rg h
Clev e lan d a n d Bro o k ly n .
When th e Music H a ll w as
o pened u n d e r th e sponsorship
of th e R o ck efeller F o u n d atio n ,
h e won th e au d itio n a n d w as
ap p o in ted th e chief organist.
Since th a t ap p o in tm e n t Mr.
L e ib e rt h a s become n a tio n a lly
k n ow n fo r his w o rk on th e a ir
a n d fo r h is recordings.
Mr. a n d Mrs. F ra n k lin Sch-le
ith an d d au g h te r Virg in ia a n d
Mr. an d Mrs. Jo h n T reisch from
H in k le tow n sp e n t se v e ra l d ay s
in Richmond, V irg in ia a n d th e
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Reminding borough officials
th a t loc al garbage-collecting
was in te n d ed as a non-profit
community p ro jec t, m em b e rs 0f
th e Lititz J u n io r Ch am b e r of
Commerce ask ed borough coun­cil
to red u c e th e p e r-c ap ita ta x
from fo u r d o lla rs to th re e , in a
le tte r p re sen ted Tuesday ev e n ­ing.
A
t th e tim e th e sewe r pro -
ijU L r vv do XliUibCU U j '
council a t th e insistenc e of local
Jaycees, th e two d o lla r inc re ase
in th e p e i-c ap ita ta x was made.
Subsequently, however,' th e
garbage co n tra c t was le t tit a
figure less th a n expected.
| U n d er th e p re se n t per-cqp ita
| ta x in c re a se th e boro u g h w ill
! collect tw ic e as m u ch as n eed ed
| it was d e c la re d by Jay ce es 0f-
■ ficials th is week. A fte r listen in g
to tne le tte r, council aeexaea io
file it u n til th e n e x t counc il
organizes in J a n u a ry an d ta k e s
up th e m a tte r of n e x t y e a r’s
budget.
The Ladies A u x ilia ry of th e
V.F.W. w ill sponsor a tvar d
p a rty a t th e Coatesville V e te r­ans
Hospital th is S unday, O ct­o
b e r 30 in ste ad of S u n d ay Oct­ob
er 23rd as_p rev io u sly an-
' nounced.
Former Local Couple Starts
On Cruise To Last A Year
Mr. an d Mrs. William Light,
Mrs. W. B. L ight, Mr. an d Mrs.
P a u l McCloud an d son, P h ilip ,
m o to red to New Y o rk City on
S u n d ay to b id b o n voyage to
Mr. a n d Mrs. D anie l L ig h t who
a re lau n ch in g fo r a y e a r’s cru ise
on th e y a ch t, Constellation.
Mr. an d Mrs. Danie l L ig h t
who a re re sid en ts of D etroit,
m o to re d e a st to jo in th e ir
frien d s, Mr. a n d Mrs. S tan le y
Dashew a n d family, ow ners of
th e 2-foot schooner, w h ich w ill
ta k e th em to m a n y p a r ts of
th e w e ste rn h em isp h e re .___
The Constellation was d e sig n ­ed
b y Jo h n Alden, n o te d sh ip
a rc h ite c t, an d w as fo rm e rly a n
officers’ tra in in g sh ip a t th e
Coast G u a rd 's New London,
Conn., academy. I t h a s . fo u r
sails an d a diesel engine a n d is
eq u ip p ed w ith a ship-to-shore
phone. Mrs. Dashew h a s sto ck ed
th e la rd e r w ith 10,000 cans of
food a n d h a s 65 k in d s of m e d ­ic
ation in th e medicine c h e st.___
In ad d itio n to Mr. an d Mrs.
Dashew, Mr. a n d Mrs. L ig h t
th e re a re th e Dashew’s two
ch ild ren , S tephen aged seven,
an d Lesley seven m o n th s a n d
Miss J a n e D rak e, b ab y , s itte r
an d one o th e r couple.
The Dashews s ta rte d from
Chicago in J u ly an d first sa iled
th ro u g h th e G re a t L ak e s an d
th e S t . , L aw ren c e River, then
down th e A tla n tic Coast to New
Y ork w h e re th e L ights w ill
jo in th em a n d th e y w ill begin
th e ir le isu re ly cruise. T h e ir
first stop w ill b e N o rfo lk , Va.,
th e n on to Miami, F lo rid a . Some
tim e w ill be given to th e West
Indies, stopping a t Cuba, Hati
an d P o rto Rica, th e Bahamas,
an d Bermuda. Mr. L ig h t Plans
to visit th e Moravian Missions
on th e Virgin Islands. T hey w ill
co n tin u e an d v is it T rin id a d an d
countries a ro u n d th e C a rib b ean
Sea, th en th ro u g h th e Suez
Canal an d down th e coast of
South America stopping a t P e ru
Columbia an d o th e r S o u th
American countries. .Then n o r th
w a rd to San F ran cisco w h e re
th e Lights w ill disemba rk.