Lititz Record Express

              The Lititz Record-Express
74th Year Established April, 1877, as The Sunbeam
(Consolidated with The Lititz Record, 1937) Lititz, Lancaster Thursday, June 29,
Borough Would License
And Regulate Dumps Here
As Means To End Nuisances
INSTALLED AS
ROTARY PRESIDENT
Music To Be Furnished By
High School And Moose
Bands
ATTENDING JAMBOREE
Three Boy Scouts from town
le ft on Monday for the Scout
Jamboree to be held at Valley
Forge. They are K irk Garber
Borough licensing and re- Trepresents Explorer Post
gulation of all dumps inside the I J J 2; W^ tmyer of TrooP
borough limits as a means o f l ^ J » * Eberly’ Tr0°P 43'
ending th e constant flood of j ^ 6y Wl11 remaln untl1 J u ly
dump complaints, was proposed
this week at a meeting of bor­ough
council.
The proposal th a t not only
dumps but persons hauling
things to the dumps be licensed
by the borough, was made by
Councilman Byron K. Home.
“We then can fix regarding the
operation of the dumps and if
these regulations are not ad­hered
to, close them u p ,'’ he
commented.
“It is better to have an ordin­ance
regulating dumps than to
eliminate all dumps,’’ Dr. Horne
Dewey Haines
“Hands-Out”
$109 In Cash
Seek To End
Speeding In
Rothsville
Lions Club Asks State To
Prosecute Reckless
Drivers
Tossing a small g irl a bag
which he thought was filled
w ith broken pretzels, L. A.
‘»Dewey” Haines, proprietor of
th e Lititz Springs Pretzel bake­r
y here, inadvertantly p arted
added. That the public needs with $109 in good U.S. cur-dumps
also was emphasized by rency, he disclosed today.
President of Council Menno The incident occurred Mon-
Rohrer. j day and he has not had a
The discussion followed filin g , glimpse of the little girl since
of another complaint made by
George Miller against the dump
on th e Brubaker farm and op­erated
by John Becker, north
of the borough. An ordinance
passed in 1926 banning all
dumps inside the borough will
be enforced if recommendations
by council to end the nuisance
a re not followed, it was a s­serted.
Traffic Light Refused
then, he explained. The paper
bag of money had been placed
im a large pretzel can by Mrs.
A. H. Dertstler, Locust Street,
Columbia, who assists h e r hus­band
in operating a grocery
store.
Forgetting the bag of money,
she re tu rn ed the empty can to
Mr. Haines, who did no t look
inside the bag bu t supposed
th a t it contained broken pret-
Driver School
For Students
Urged Here
State Trooper Blames
Teen-Agers For Majority
Of Fatal Accidents
the volume of motor traffic and
pedestrian traffic is insufficient,
state officials declared.
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Application for a traffic light|z<els' Following his usual cus-at
Broad Street and Lincoln!t<Dm of £ivinI the broken pret-
Avenue was refused in a com- z<els away free to any of the
munication from the State De-: any boys and Sirls who call
partment of Highways. Both at tbe bakery, he handed the
bag of currency to the little
girl.
uwareu. ‘T wiu know the girl when I
Councilman Tom Steffy see her although I do not know
pointed out that the traffic sur- h,er. nam®’” Mr. Haines ex-vey
was made by the state dur- Pained. the money is not
ing the time of the detour on returned voluntarily I will as-
Route 501 when the flow of Isllst Mrs’ Dertstler in taking ac-traffic
was much less than nor- j tion_to recove^t.”
mal. “We’ll apply again when!
the detour is off, he comment- Loca] DelphiaUS Motor
To Bethlehem
For Annual Outing
The Delphian Society motor­ed
to Bethlehem on Thursday
for their annual outing and
toured the old Moravian build­ings
and the museum. They
viisited Mrs. Edwin W. Kortz, a
former member of the Society
and another former member,
Mrs. Robert Bassett joined
them. Those making the trip
included, Miss Anna K. Miller,
president, Mrs. Norman Badorf,
Mrs. Henry B. Gibbel, Mrs.
Florence Gibbel, Mrs. Avis
Stengel, Miss Myrtle Eckert,
Mrs. Edward Buch, Mrs. Valen­tine
Brobst, Mrs. D. P. Bricker,
Mrs. William Ringer, Miss E.
Magdalena Bricker and Mrs.
P.. F. Snyder.
Firemen Purchase
Hay Mow Thermometer
The th re a t of barn fires
caused by spontaneous com­bustion
was lessened here this
week with the purchase of a
hay-mow thermometer by local
firemen.
According to Fire Chief Ray­mond
Runk, th e thermometer,
which is attached to a slotted
stick, is used to determine the
exact temperature of the center
Of a hay-stack. Through its use
firemen can determine if the
hay-mow is in any danger of
bursting into flame.
Hay mows are combustible
when the temperature reaches
158 degrees.
Kids’ Fish Day
At Rudy’s Dam
Sunday, July 16
“Kid’s Fish Day” will be held
at Rudy’s Dam on Sunday,
Ju ly 16, under the sponsorship
of the Lititz Sportsmen’s As­sociation
and is expected to a t­tra
c t several hundred juveniles
to the scene.
The dam is located one mile
east of Kissel Hill an d has been
liberally stocked with blue
gills by its owners, a group of
local sportsmen headed by Dr.
Howard B. Minnich. The offer
to permit boys and girls to fish
th ere one day Was made re ­cently
to the sportsmen’s as­sociation
by this group»
Fishing will be , allowed
from 1 P.M. to 5 P.M. for all
children 14 years o r under
living in Lititz borough, War­wick
or Elizabeth Townships.
The limit will be five ■ blue gills
while all small-moutki bass or
other fish must be re tu rn e d to
the pond. ,
A d riv e r’s training school for
Lititz High School students as
a means of saving lives on th e j
highway, was urged here Tues- 1
day evening in a program p re ­sented
before the Lititz Rotary
Club through the co-operation
of State Police and the Lan­caster
Automobile Club.
Speakers at the meeting,
both of whom emphasized th a t
the big percentage of Lancaster
County highway fatalities are
caused by teen-age drivers,
were Sergeant Reese of the
State Police, and Dean Gable,
an official of the Lancaster
Automobile Club.
The program also included a
number of gruesome photo­graphs
of local accidents and a
sound motion picture explain­ing
the manner in which a
drivers’ school can be establish­ed
in the local school. Mr. Gab­le
also explained th a t a school
here would require only one
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The Warwick Lions Club is
sponsoring a drive to eliminate I
dangerous and reckless driving !
conditions in and about Roths­ville.
Aroused by dangerous driv­ing
which has been responsible
for a series of bad accidents,
the Lions planned to take their
campaign directly to state of­ficials
in an effort to have law
violators prosecuted.
A petition which has been
drawn up is being circulated
among residents of Rothsville I
with the goal of obtaining the i
signature of every adult in the
community. The petition is be­ing
circulated by a recently-appointed
Safety Committee of
the Lions Club.
The petition also points out
th a t th ere are conditions exist­ing
which daily endanger the
lives of both pedestrians and
motorists and th a t speeding in
Rothsville is a common occur­rence.
The petition also scores
illegal parking.
The Safety Committee named
consists of Charles K. Frymyer,
Dr. Edward Kowalewski, Sam­uel
Auker, Roy Weidman, John
Reitz, J r., Charles Frymyer,
Jr.
July Fourth, Then and Now
In a simple spire-topped meeting
house in Philadelphia in 1776,
liberty was born on paper. To
make each idea live, each phrase
was fought for in patriot’s blood.
Trace the mightiness of our
nation today to the sacrifices of
this little band of men of great
vision.
Crowning of the Queen Will
Feature Candlelight Pageant
In the Park Here Tuesday
TO BE CROWNED
QUEEN OF THE CANDLES State Refuses Permit For
Traffic Light At Linc­oln
Avenue
Miss Virginia Ranck
Realize $450
At Block Party
Approximately $450 was
realized a t the annual Com­munity
Center block p a rty
held last week-end.
Directors and the manager
of th e Center this week warmly
thanked all who helped to
make the p a rty a success, es­pecially
the Lititz Community
Band and the Blue Notes Or­chestra,
both of which p re ­sented
concerts.
The following organizations
also assisted: Lititz Woman’s
Club, Lions Club, Ju n io r Cham­b
er of Commerce, American
Legion Auxiliary, Veterans of
Foreign Wars Auxiliary, the
Eastern Star and the Rebekah
Lodge.
Gas Co. Will
Dig Up Many
Streets Here
Stepped-up Recreational
Program Will Be Presented
Here This Summer
More th an h alf the streets of
the borough will be torn up for
the laying of gas mains, it was
indicated here this week as
workmen of the Lancaster
County Gas Company proceed­ed
to dig trenches along the
East Petersburg Road and
South Broad Street, two of the
few good streets remaining
here.
Traffic along both streets was
seriously hampered as the
trenches were continued for
considerable distances.
That this is only the begin­ning
and th a t few streets other
than in the very center of
town, will be torn up, was in­dicated
by Acting Burgess Men­no
Rohrer who displayed a pile
of applications to open streets.
‘There’s no point in reading
this long list as it would re ­quire
too much time,” he de­clared.
Pay Off Meters
Parking meters throughout
the business section now are the
property of the borough, coun­cil
announced. The final pay­ment
of $3,560.39 was reported
a t this week’s meeting.
So fa r this year the meters
have brought in a total of
$3,898.84. Last month the take
was $629.38. Instead of divid­ing
wtih the meter company,
the borough now will be able
to retain all of the nickels and
pennies collected
Four adults will be in charge
and two playgrounds will be
used in a stepped-up recrea­tional
program to be presented
here this summer, beginning
Wednesday, Ju ly 5.
Funds for the augmented re ­creational
program will be fu r­nished
equally by the state
through the Pennsylvania Re­creational
Council, and the
Lititz Borough School District.
The Lions Club playground
a t Second Avenue and Spruce
Street will accommodate the
children at the southern end of
the borough. Equipment order­ed
two months ago is expected
to be placed in time for the
opening sessions.
Bernard Rider will be in
charge of the entire set-up in
the Springs P ark , the athletic
field and the new playground.
A program of tennis instruction
soft ball, volley ball, baseball,
with special activities as swim­ming
parties, breakfast hikes,
day camps, etc. will be offered.
There will also be crafts of
all kinds and special attractions
on Friday, as in former years,
pet shows, hobby displays, etc.
The playground will open on
Wednesday, Ju ly 5th and con­tinue
for six consecutive weeks,
until August 15th, the hours,
from 9:00 A.M. to 11:00 A.M.
and 1:00 P.M. to 3:00 P.M.
daily There will be th ree age
groups as follows, five to seven
years; eight to twelve; and
from thirteen to sixteen years
of age.
Mr. Rider will be assisted by
E. S. Deckert, and Mr. and Mrs.
David MacNicholl and the
teachers will ro tate from one
playground to the other.
CHOIR BANQUET
The Choir of the Trinity Ev­angelical
Church held a ban­quet
a t Wiggins Restaurant,
Lancaster on Thursday evening.
There were 32 members and
friends present. Rev. George
B. Carvell served as Toast­master.
Sees Need For
Boro Manager
Well, Mrs. Veiss. Come on in.
I was chust going to lay down
fo r an hour or so. I wore my­se
lf out almost in to Lancaster
th is morning - so -
Well now, maybe in th a t
case -
No, chust come on in and
se t down. I will get chust as
good a rest talking to you for
a spell. You know what I
mean - a change is a rest, as
th ey say still.
Well - I will set a little
while. I wanted to see you
ab o u t getting the things for
th e picnic supper at th e p a rk
on th e Fourth.
Oh yes, be sure. I forgot all
ab o u t it. Chust what had you
in mind?
I had thought of fried chick­en
and potato salad for the
main dish. I could make the
chicken and you could make -
No, th a t wouldn’t be fair.
And besites - I never could
make potato salad good. That
is, to please Chorch. He says I
should never mix mayonnaise
with potatoes. I says to him, I
says, I was always taught to
make it th a t way. And he says,
no, th a t ain’t the rig h t way to
make it, he says. He says his
mother used to make it some
way with bacon cut up into
little pieces and - well, I forget
the re st of the recipe.
I know the kind he means.
You cut the bacon up and fry
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1951 State Confab
Of King’s Daughters
Will Be Held Here
The King’s Daughters State
Convention in 1951 will be held
in Lititz according to the an­nouncement
made a t the Con­vention
held last week in
Bethlehem, Pa. The invitations
was extended and accepted to
come to Lititz in Convention
next year, the exact time to be
I announced later. Mrs. Edward
Buch and Mrs. David Rickert
j represented the Dorcas Circle
I of Lititz a t Bethlehem and Mrs.
j William Ringer and Mrs. D. P.
Bricker attended on Saturday.
Mrs. Eva Yost, a n ative of
Lititz, now of New Holland,
who served as State president
for four years, retired.
Is Lititz destined to get a
Borough Manager in th e near
future?
This question was being ask­ed
this week following a len­gthy
meeting of borough coun­cil
a t the close of which Acting
Burgess Menno Rohrer asserted
emphatically “all of this points
to the re a l need for a borough
manager in Lititz” .
At the time of the remark,
’ Councilman Rohrer was holding
bills for $104 paid out by the
borough since Jan u a ry 1st to
determine street grades. “None
of this land should have been
accepted by the borough with­out
the grades being furnished”
Mr. Rohrer said.
It also was disclosed this
week th a t members of council
have on several occasions seri­ously
discussed the m a tte r of a
borough manager form of
government during th e ir p ri­vate
caucuses although none
cared to be quoted on the mat­te
r today.
4th Program
6:00 A.M. Ringing of the
Church Bells (a custom follow­ed
since the days of the first
celebrations).
12:00 Noon Clearing of the
P a rk Grounds for the day.
(Tickets go on sale at this time).
12:00 Noon Program of record­ed
music through the courtesy
of Reedy’s Record Shop, Lititz.
1:30 to 4:30 P.M. Music by
the Lititz High School Band.
4:00 P.M. Entrants for the
Baby Parade meet at the “Cof­fee
House” for registration.
4:30 P.M. Baby Parade, fol­lowing
the main paths of the
Park.
5:00 to 7:00 P.M. Musical
Program by Ira T. Bowman and
his Orchestra, of Lancaster, Pa.
7:30 to 10:30 P.M. Music by
the Moose Band of Harrisburg,
Pa.
9:15 P.M. Pageant of the
Qtieen of the Candles. (This
pageant takes place at the
Bandshell).
9:30 P.M. Illumination of the
entire P a rk with thousands of
candles.
10:30 P.M. Grand Finale—
Gigantic display of fireworks.
ART CLASSES
At the monthly meeting of
the Village A rt Association,
held Monday evening, Jütte 26,
it was decided to hold th e re ­gular
classes on the second
floor of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars Building every Monday
evening a t 7 P.M. An invitation
to join the group is extended
to any one interested.
28 members and th e ir fam­ilies
enjoyed a picnic and paint­ing
class on Sunday as guests
of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Grosh
at th eir cottage.
No Record
Next Week
Next week will be Vacation
Week in Lititz.
Practically every industrial
plan t inside the borough limits
will close down this Saturday
and remain closed throughout
the coming week, a survey
showed today. This will enable
employees to enjoy an annual
vacation and a t the same time
permit repairs to machinery.
Following a custom started
years ago, The Lititz Record-
Express will not be published
next Thursday in order th a t
the Record-Express staff can
likewise gird itself for the 51
weeks ahead.
The candlelight pageant
climaxed with the crowning of
the Queen of the Candles,
again will feature this y e a r’s
107th annual Fourth of Ju ly
celebration in the Springs P a rk
next Tuesday.
This y ear’s Queen will be
Miss Virginia Ranck, attractive
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed­ward
Ranck, East Main Street.
She will be surrounded by her
Court of Honor which will con­sist
of Dianne Zaiss, Jean Han­na,
Jan e Dussinger, Jan e t Reub-man,
Marianne Baer, Je an Mil­ler,
Betty Blain, Vera Ritter,
Joanne Groff, Joyce Gibbel,
Shirley Miley and Betty Leed.
Other features of the day’s
program will be the old-stand­by,
the Baby Parade a t 4:30
P.M. in which prizes totaling
$150 will be awarded; concerts
by the Lititz High School Band,
the Moose Band of Harrisburg
and Ira Bowman’s Orchestra,
and the grand finale, a display
of fireworks.
Work of installing the vast
framework on which will be
placed the display of approxi­mately
8,000 candles already
has been started in the park.
The number of candles to be
lighted is approximately a
thousand more than ever before
and is expected to transform
the p a rk into a fairyland of
golden color.
Indications are th a t only fa ir
weather is needed to bring out
a record-breaking crowd.
Redcay Will
Be Installed
Next Thurs.
HONORED ON ANNIV.
Approximately 200 guests
Sunday honored Mr. and Mrs.
Elam E. Habecker at a recep­tion
in the General Sutter
Hotel marking th eir fiftieth
wedding anniversary.
Would Change Street Names
To Honor Local War Dead
WALTTER MILLER WILL
ENTER HOSPITAL TODAY
Borough Water Superinten­dent
Walter Miller will be ad­mitted
to the Lancaster General
Hospital this afternoon fo r
medical treatment. He is suffer­ing
from a kidney condition.
Petitions asking th a t names
of two local streets be changed
to honor war-dead, were p re ­sented
to borough officials a t
a meeting of council Tuesday
evening.
In tabling the m a tte r until
next month, borough officials
invited the public to come fo r­ward
with suggestions, in order
th a t a ll such proposals can be
considered a t one time.
The two proposals would
change Cherry Street to Went-ling
Avenue in honor of the
memory of Richard L. Went-ling,
who sacrificed his life in
action; and Water Street to De-
Wald Avenue, honoring Will­iam
DeWald. who also lost his
life on the battle-front.
These changes can be brought
about only through an ordin­ance
changing th e borough
plan, it was explained. All
similar changes in the plan
could be incorporated in a
single ordinance ra th e r than
piece-meal in a series of or­dinances.
“If the public has any fu r­th
e r suggestions of this kind we
should h ear about them a t this
time,” Dr. Byron K. Horne ex­plained-
“Perhaps th e re are
those who want to honor some
others in the total of 15 men
from th e borough who lost their
lives.”
Howard Redcay will be for­mally
installed as president of
the local Lions Club a t a meet­ing
to be held in the General
Sutter Hotel next Thursday
evening. The installation will
be conducted by Paul Esben-shade,
international counselor
of the Lions.
Redcay will succeed Abram
Beck who has served as presi­dent
during the past year.
Other officers to be installed
are: John Witmyer, first vice
president; Charles Dissinger,
second vice president; William
Klunk, th ird vice president;
Harry Ruley, treasurer; Will­iam
Ringer, secretary; Ed
Stroble, tail-twister; and Clay­ton
George, lion tamer.
Boro Okays
Fountain Plan
Borough Council Tuesday
formally approved plans for
the new memorial fountain to
be placed in the Square by the
Lititz Community Show As­sociation.
Approval of the State
Highway Department, State
Historical Commission and the
State Art and Museum Com­mission
were obtained ia.tf
week .
Work on the new fountain
is expected to get underway
shortly after Ju ly 4. McCloud
and Scatchard are th e design­ers
of the fountain which will
be dedicated to the memory of
Civil War veterans from this
vicinity.
The plan had included in­stallation
of several new-type
street lights similar to those re­cently
installed in Lancaster
City, around the Square bu t
council this week decided first
to use the three standards now
on the traffic island, instead.
This would save around $550
annually, it was explained.