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(Consolidated with The Lititz Record, 1937) Lititz, Lancastér Co., Pa., Thursday, October 19, 1950 5 cents a copy; $2 per yr. by mail No. 26
Farai Show Exhibits
Establish New Record;
Prizë Winners Announced
FROM TOBACCO TO HOOKED RUGS
The list I of Farm Show win­ners
in what is considered one
of the largest displays in the
history of the local association,
follows:
charge of jvirs. Elvin Good and
Mrs. John Lutz were as fol­lows:
embroidery: household
linens, Buela Binkley, Akron,
1st, Mrs. E. K. Binkley, Akron,
2nd; Anna Marie Kreider,
Lititz R.D. 3rd; Miscellaneous,
Anna Marié Kreider, 1st; June
Hauck, Lititz, 2nd.
Crocheting: doilies, Amanda
Meiley, 1st; Bertha Backman,
2nd; Mrs. Henry Shenk, Lititz,
3rd; chair-backs, Mrs. Lloyd
Myers, Lititz R.D.3, 1st; Mrs.
Vivian Mehdenhall, Christiana,
2nd; Mrs. Frank Gibble, 3rd;
accessories, Mrs. Lloyd Myers,
Lititz R.D.3, 1st; Mable Meiley,
Lititz, 2nd; Agnes Perry, Lititz
R.D 3rd.
Table clothes: Mrs. Carl
Reedy, 1st; Mrs. Willis Groff,
Lititz R.D; 2nd; Mrs. Elva
Brendel, 3M. Cut Work: Dor­othy
Binktley, 2nd; Tatting:
Minerva Zartman, 1st; Elanora
Hoover, Ephrata R.D.l, 2nd;
Jenny Enck, 3rd.
Quilts: W^s. Harold Kreider,
Lititz R.D.£, 1st; Anna Marie
Kreider, 2nd; Cut Work: Mrs.
B. John Lbsensky, 1st; Beula
Binkley, Akron, 2nd; Helen
Thomas, Likitz R.D.3, 3rd. Af­ghan:
Mrs. [Leon Himmelberger,
1st; Jane Reedy, 2nd; Mrs.
Carl Wonder, 3rd.
Sewing, Woman’s: Mrs. Louis
Heubener, 1st; Vera Keener,
2nd. Infant’s: Vera Keener, 1st;
Mrs. Edgar Sturgis, 2nd; Mrs.
William Kneier, 3rd; miscellan­eous,
Mrs. A*111!® Summy, 2nd.
Crochetedl bedspreads: Mrs.
Parke Mendenhall, Christiana,
2nd, Caroline Kaam, Lancaster,
3rd. Cross stitch: Beula Binkley,
Akron, 1st; Mrs. Earl K. Foltz,
2nd; Mrs. Çdgar Sturgis, 3rd.
Applique, Mrs. Edgar Sturgis,
1st; Knitting, suits, Mrs. Edgar
Sturgis, 1st; sweaters, Mrs.
John Nuss.j 1st; Agnes Perry,
Lititz R.D.3, 2nd; Mrs. Edgar
-Sturgis, 3rd ; coats, Betty Gris­wold,
1st; miscellaneous, June
Hauck, 1st; Mary Lynn Reiden-baugh,
2nd; Mrs. Edgar Sturgis,
3rd.H
and mdde rugs, braided,
Beula Binkley, Akron, 1st; Mor­ris
Baker, 2[nd; drawn, Caroline
Meashey, Lancaster R.D.8, 1st;
Mrs. Jacob Kramer, Lancaster
R.D. 8, 2nd; Reba Kline, 3rd;
Miscellaneous, Mrs. Ira Longen-ecker,
Lititz R.D.3, 1st; Mrs.
Raymond Kjramer, Lititz R.D.4,
2nd; Mrs. Donald Ober, Lititz
R.D.4, 3rd; Mats, Helen Thomas,
Lititz R.D. 3, 1st; Anna Marie
Rreider, 2nd; Morris Baker,
3rd. j
» Pillow slips, Mrs. Helen
Martin, Leola, 1st; Mrs. E. K.
Binkley, 2nd; Mary Allison,
3rd; Needlepoint, furniture,
Mrs. Ellis Spickler, 1st; Mrs.
Mabel Brubaker, 2nd; Miscell­aneous,
Mary Lynn Reiden-baugh,
2nd. Most interesting an­tique
sewing or embroidery,
Mrs. Kathryn Lefever, 1st; Mrs.
Katie Struphar, 2nd; Samuel
Rubrecht, 3td.
Coverlets, Mrs. Mabel Bru­baker,
1st; iVnna Marie Kreider
Mrs. W. K. Nelson, Lititz R.D.
1st; Mrs. J. B. Losensky, 2nd;
Gloria Ann Brubaker, 3rd. Cox­comb,
Mrs. Ira Longenecker,
Lititz R.D. 3, 1st; Mrs. Norman
Witmer, 2nd; Mrs. Walter Hack-man,
3rd; (double) Mrs. M.
Huyett, 2nd. Cosmos, (single)
Elizabeth Workman, 1st; Mrs.
M. Huyett, 2nd; Helen Thomas,
3rd; (double) Mrs. Elam Beck­er,
2nd.
Chrysanthemums, (small),
Mrs. Abram Foltz and Mrs.
Raymond Runk, 1st; Mrs. I.
Weidman and Elma Landis, 2nd;
Edith Andrew, 3rd; (Azalea)
Mrs. Abram Foltz, 1st; Mrs.
Earl Foltz, 2nd; Mrs. Fred
Shank, 3rd. Dahlias, (cactus)
Mrs. George Harsh, Bareville,
1st; Mrs. Elam Becker, 2nd;
(pompom) Mrs. M. Huyett, 1st;
Mrs. Robert Pfautz, 2nd; Mrs.
Elam Becker, 3rd; (decorative)
Mrs. Abram Foltz, 1st; Mrs.
Elam Becker, 2nd; Mrs. Helen
Martin, 3rd.
Jananese Anemone, Mrs. M.
Huyett, 1st; Mrs. John New­comer,
2nd; Mrs. Edna Sweigart
3rd. Gaillardias, Mrs. David
Amidon, 1st; Helen Thomas,
2nd.M
arigolds, (large), Helen
Thomas, 1st; Mrs. Wm. Horn­berger,
2nd; Barbara Nelson,
Lititz R.D.2 and Mrs. Thomas
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Mrs. Lacey
To Observe
90th Birthday
A family dinner and get-to-g'ether
today will mark the
ninetieth birthday of Mrs. Ella
Lacey, one of the most popular
guests at the Moravian Home
here.
In excellent health, Mrs.
Lacey maintains a vivid inter­est
in a wide assortment of
subjects. She also is an ardent
follower of baseball and has
for many years been a rooter
for the New York Yankees,
world champions«
Members of her family here
to mark the occasion include
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Lacey,
of Detroit Mich., and Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Lacey, and Mrs.
Metz, all of Covington, Ga.
RUMMAGE SALE
The Barbar Snyder Class of
the Moravian Church will hold
a Rummage sale in the Fire­house
on Friday and Saturday,
October 27th and 28th.
—Record-Express Photo by Harry H. Landis
The High School Gymnasium was completely filled with
agricultural and home-making products of every description
during last week’s Farm Show. And in addition to the usual line
of displays, which were judged superior to ;those of any previous
year, this year’s offering included 125 outstanding bits of photo-gaphic
work which ranks high in the state and nation and an art
exhibition which would be difficult to beat anywhere, judging
from the opinions expressed by this year’s Farm Show spectators.
Stirring Addresses Mark
Dedication of Fountain
Lititz’ new memorial fountain
was fittingly dedicated here last
Thursday evening with a mili­tary
parade and a program
which featured a series of stirr­ing
patriotic addresses.
The principal speaker of the
evening was Secretary of Com­merce
Teddy Roosevelt, III,
who urged his audience esti­mated
at more than 5,000 per­sons
to more fully appreciate
the many fine things Lititz,
Lancaster County and Pennsyl­vania
have to offer. People here
are noted for “pride, initiative
and self-reliance,” he stated.
In the dedicatory address,
Lloyd Smith, president of the
Community Show Association,
donors of the fountain, asserted
that “each stone in this mem­orial
should be a reminder to
us of those who fought and
those who died in the many
battles of the Civil War to pre­serve
the state of the union—
lest we forget.”
Reminding his audience that
Lititz also has a Revolutionary
War memorial in the east end
of the borough, he predicted
that the borough soon will
complete plans for its vast
memorial for World War I & II
veterans in the western part of
the borough, the athletic field,
park, etc.
Other speakers included Act­ing
Burgess Menno Rohrer,
State Senator G. Graybill
Diehm, Col. John H. Runkle, of
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Lititz R.D.3
Musser, 1st;
2nd; Helen Sny­der,
3rd. Pjllow tops, Caroline
Mrs. Harold Krei-der,
Lititz R.D.2, 2nd.
Juvenile dept., embroidery,
Patsy Lutz, 1st; Darlene Buch­er,
2nd; Glòria Ann Brubaker,
Ephrata, 3rd; Plain sewing,
Darlene Bucher, 1st. Miscellan­eous,
Darlene Bucher, 1st. Plain
sewing, Pricella Bucher, 1st.
(12 years and under) embroid­ery,
Martha Todd, 1st; Dorothy
Todd, 2nd; Priscella Bucher,
3rd.
Flowers, in charge of Mrs.
Samuel Krane, Mrs. John W.
Keehn and Mrs. I. Siegel, asters
mixed, MrsJ Abram Foltz, 1st;
Mrs. J. B. Losensky, 2nd;
Joanne Micliael, 3rd and Gloria
Ann Brubaker, special; (curies)
Mrs. Lloyd Garman, 1st; Mrs.
J . B. Losensky, 3rd. Calendulas,
Well, now, Mrs. Veiss. Come
on in. I am glad you . came
over this after. I have caught
a cold in the head and didn’t
feel like venturing out today.
I have such a little cold my­self,
but I thought maybe a
little walk in the fresh air
might do me some good as long
as the sun is out.
Yes, some people say that
fresh air and sunlight is good
for a cold if a body don’t get
chilled. But then others claim
that you should stay in bed and
rest - or at least stay in the
house.
Well, no doubt one advice is
chust about as good as another.
Where did you catch your cold,
do you think?
No doubt I got a little chilly
and wet Saturday night walk­ing
around in the rain at the
farm show. Chorch says it was­n
’t walking around that gave
me a cold but it was because I
ate too much at those stands
wherd* the town ladies were
GAVE ADDRESS
Dan Steffy
Wounded
In Korea
17-Year-Old Local Youth
Fell In Action On
October 2
The first local casualty of the
Korean fighting became known
here Tuesday night when the
War Department announced
that Pfc. Daniel G. Steffy,
seventeen-year-old youth of
this borough, had sustained in­juries
while in action in the
vicinity of the 38th Parallel.
The brief telegram was re­ceived
by the youth’s father,
Irwin R. Steffy, of 422 North
Cedar Street, and failed to give
ariy details of his condition. The
telegram read as follows:
“Regret to inform you that
your son. Pfc. Daniel G. Steffy,
U. S. Marine Corps, has been
wounded in action October 2,
1950 in the Korean area in the
performance of his duty and
service of his country, but nat­ure
of his wounds not reported
and delay in receipt of details
must be expected. You will be
promptly furnished any addit­ional
information received. His
new address is: First Provision
Casual Co.. F.M.F. Fleet P.O.,
; San Francisco, Cal.”
Pfc. Steffy is a native of this
borough and lived here most
of his life. Upon the death of
his mother some years ago, he
was enrolled a t the Bethany
Orphanage at Womelsdorf. Two
years ago he entered Stevens
Trade School, Lancaster, where
he%remained as a student until
his enlistment in August 1949.
He has been stationed in Korea
since last April.
Farm Show. , President
Lloyd Smith who delivered a
truly stirring dedicatory ad­dress
at ceremonies held at the
new fountain Thursday night.
working.
Well, if that is the case, then
the whole of Lititz should have
colds by this time. I never saw
people eat so much. No doubt
it was the cool weather that
made everybody so hungry.
Chorch says he wonders what
our people will do for food un­til
next year’s farm show. But
I noticed that he sampled
about everything in sight him­self.
He said he wanted to see
whether the food was as good
as at the last farm show. I
have to laugh.
Chake wouldn’t eat hardly
anything on the streets. He said
he was afraid of cherms in
things. But I think it was main­ly
because he always eats too
much supper of an evening any­way.
No doubt. And then besites,
a lot of those things they sell
on the street are chust for kids
and young people like Candy
and ice cream and fried potat-
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Eichelberger
Noble Grand
Of I.O.O.F.
Melvin Eichelberger was in­stalled
as noble grand of the
Lititz Lodge, 1050, I.O.O.F.,
here Monday evening with
special services conducted by
Dist. Deputy Joseph Helm and
his installing staff of Elizabeth­town.
He succeeds Guy Nevin
Bowman.
Other officers installed are:
Edgar Sturgis, vice grand; Dan­iel
Reigle, waden; Robert Work­man,
third member relief; Rob­ert
Heagy, R.S.; Ray Burk­holder,
L.S.; Marlin Wolf, con­ductor;
Casper Haddad, R.S.S.;
Homer Adams, Jr., L.S.S.;
Charles Bowman,. Jr., chaplain;
Harvey Haddad, O.G.; Frank
Ford, Jr., I.G.; Earl Steinmetz,
R.S.V.G.; Robert Heagy, Jr.,
L.S.V.G.
The building committee has
called a meeting of_ all Odd
Fellows at the home of Walter
White this Friday evening for
the purpose of organizing a
Hall Association. Charter for
the new organization now is
being prepared by Menno Roh­rer.
BIOLOGIST VISITS HERE
Stanley Young, senior bio­logist
of the U.S. Fish and Wild­life
Service, spent some time in
Lititz this week visiting Ken­neth
Witmyer. Mr. Young is
the author of a number of
books on wildlife.
HESS RETURNS HOME
J. B. Hess, local businessman,
who was injured in an auto­mobile
accident in Baltimore
Lutherans
Hear Report
On Conve’tion
A report on the United Luth­eran
Church Convention, held
in Des Moines, Iowa, from Oct.
4 to 12, was presented to the
congregation a t the morning
service in St. Paul’s Lutheran
Church on Sunday by the Rev.
Francis R. Bell, the pastor.
At the same service a large
display of fruit and vegetables,
the harvest home collection
from members of the congre­gation,
was presented to the
National Lutheran Home in;
Washington. Dr. Lang, the head
of the home, was to have been
the speaker at the service but
was prevented by an emergency
operation.
The evening service Sunday
was in charge of the men of the
congregation in honor of Lay­men’s
Sunday. Taking part in
the service were Charles Kopp,
Marlin Allen, Austin Hess, Dr.
Charles Landis, Pastor Bell and
Edward Fulweiler. A male
chorus of twenty voices sang
several special selections.
Two of the leaders of the
ULCA will speak in Lancaster
on this Sunday and next Sun­day
evenings. They are Dr.
Franklin Clark Fry, president
of ULCA, who will speak in
Trinity Church this Sunday,
and Dr. F. Eppling Reinartz,
ULCA secretary, who will
preach at the annual Refor­mation
Day Service, to be held
next Sunday evening in Mc-
Caskey High School auditorium.
The evening services at St.
Paul’s have been canceled for
both of those nights so that
members can go to Lancaster
to hear these men.
The Gleaners Class met at
the church on Monday evening
with Mrs. Edgar Petticoffer and
Mrs. Mahlon Fry as hostesses.
The Dorcas Class met at the
church on Tuseday evening
Edwin Steffe, widely-known American baritone, whose con­cert
next Wednesday night, the 25th, in Fellowship Hall, opens
the current season of the Lititz Community Concert Association.
Mr. Steffe has been heard on the famous telephone hour on the*
radio and has scored successes on the stage and in opera.
Local Concert Season
Will Open Next Wednesday
The Lititz Community Con­cert
season will open on next
Wednesday evening, October
25, with a recital by the Amer­ican
baritone, Edwin Steffe, who
has attained noteworthy suc­cess
on the opera and concert
stage and in radio as well.
Mr. Steffe’s concert here will
be in Fellowship Hall and will
begin at 8:15. Doors of the
hall will open at 7:30 and ad­mission
is by membership tick­et
only. There will be no single
admission tickets for any con­cert
of the season and there
are no reserved seats.
The other two numbers of
the local concert season are
the Columbia Concert Trio on
December 18 and Dranoffs,
a piano team, on January 18.
Mr. Steffe studied at Peabody
Conservatory in Baltimore, be­gan
his musical career as
soloist at Radio City Music
Hall in New York, and has
since sung in opera, on radio
and television and with famous
symphony orchestras. He has
repeatedly sung with the Bach
Choir of Bethlehem. His pres­ent
tour is taking him from
coast to coast.
Bird Club
Plans Trip
To Hawk Mt.
Members of the Lititz Bird
Club will make their anni
pilgrimage to Hawk Mountain
this Sunday, leaving Broad and
Lincoln Avenue at 8 A.M. All
bird lovers are invited to par­ticipate.
B. L. Sharp, conservation
chairman, also announced plans
for a Martin House-building
contest which will close at the
February meeting when prizes
will be offered for the most
particular design. The first
colony of Martins in this vicin­ity
for many years was attract­ed
to the Carl Huber farm
north of the borough last year.
At the meeting Tuesday
evening colored slides were pre­sented
by Don Wier, Robert
Buch, Charles Regennas, Jr.,
Eugene Bowman and Mr. Sharp.
NOTICE
Theological Students
Are Filling .Pulpit
At Reformed Church
with the following committee
three weeks ago, was returned | in charge: Mrs. Thomas Steffy,
to his home here Wednesday \ Mrs. Sarah Steiner, Mrs. Ellis
He will be confened to his home Swisher and Mrs. Annie Sum-three
more weeks. ^ my.
Students from the Theological
Seminary in Lancaster have
been supplying the pulpit in
St. Luke’s Evangelical and Re­formed
church and Services
will be held on Sunday at 10:30
A.M. The Rev. Christ, president
of the Lancaster Synod met
with the joint Consistory of the
Penryn and Lititz congregations
recently. Mrs. Isaac Stoner en­tertained
the Women’s Guild
at her home on Tuesday even­ing.
Rotary Club
Hears Talk
By Dr. Horne
More than 60 per-cent of the
students at Linden Hall are
either related to members of
the alumni or come here from
good impressions obtained from
former students, Dr. Byron K.
Horne, headmaster at the local
Junior College, informed mem­bers
of the Lititz Rotary Club
Tuesday evening.
“It is a matter of consider­able
pride that our alumni are
responsible for bringing . so
many of our student body
here,” Dr. Horne declared. He
also explained that while many
present students are daughters
of former students, one present
student is the fifth generation
in her family to attend Linden
Hall.
One new member, Kenneth
Wise, of this borough, was in­ducted
into membership in a
brief ceremony conducted by
Benjamin Forrest. Mr. Wise is
a representative of Dunn and
Bradstreet in this section.
Next Tuesday evening, Rev.
Paul E. Whitmoyer, pastor of
the Salem Lutheran Church at
Kissel Hill, will address the
club upon the subject of Henry
Mechoir Mulenberg, an Out­standing
Pennsylvanian.
MRS. WONDER BURNED
WHILE HELPING AUX.
Sportsmen
Pass Motion
On Grnd’hogs
Favor Use of Rifles; John
Helter Re-elected Pres.;
Prize Winners
Lititz Sportsmen joined a
controversy raging over ground­hog
hunting at their meeting
Monday night when the local
association endorsed a resolut­ion
favoring the use of any
weapon legal for other game,
in the shooting of groundhogs.
The resolution will be for­warded
to the Lancaster Coun­ty
Federation which recently
entertained a motion of another
club to ban the use of high
powered rifles for this purpose.
The local association also ap­propriated
$150 for the pur­chase
of pheasants at the end
of the season in November.
John R. Helter was re-elected
president at the annual election.
Other officers named are Fred
G. Royer, vice president; Don­ald
Coble, secretary; Mahlon
Young, financial secretary; Paul
Spickler, treasurer.
Members will bum brush
from the fence surrounding the
game preserve at Speedwell
this Sunday and should meet
at the firehouse a t 8 A.M.
The following won prizes of­fered
by the sportsmen at the
Farm Show: first prize, pump
gun, Gene Moats, Maple S t;
second prize, elec, mixer, Robt
Tshudy, New Holland; 3rd
prize, bicycle, Carl Sammet,
Akron; 4th, jacket, Bob Rosen­berg;
and 5th, rod and reel, R.
E. Worley, both of Lititz.
Dr. Arthur A. High, Chiro­podist,
of Reading, has purchas­ed
the goodwill and records and
all equipment of Dr. J. H. Hof­ier.
located at 19 N. Broad St.,
Dtr. High is a graduate of
Chicago School of Chiropody.
Call 6-2195 for an appointment.
Mrs. Frank Wonder was
burned about the face and
hands on Saturday evening
when she opened the door of
a gas stove at the Fire house
where she was assisting the
Ladies of the Fire Auxiliary
in preparing refreshments.
Plan Parade
At Rothsville
On Halloween
The Warwick Twp. Alumni
Ass’n. will sponsor a Halloween
Parade in Rothsville on October
31st at seven-thirty. The parade
will form and disband at the
Lions Memorial Hall. Follow­ing
the parade there will be
a festival at the Lions Memorial
Park.
In connection with the par­ade,
the association is sponsor­ing
a popularity contest among
the high school girls. Any girl
in W.T.H.S. is eligible. The one
with the highest number of
votes (collected the most money,
each cent counts as a vote) will
be crowned Queen of the p ar­ade.
The divisions are as fol­lows:
Division I—Pre-school and
Babies (these contestants are
to be accompanied by an adult).
Division II—School pupils.
This will consist of marches,
and prizes will be awarded for
the prettiest, most comical, and
most original individual, and a
couple or group; the best dec­orated
wagon, tricycle, or pets;
a section for bicycles, and one
for school floats.
Division III—Non School—
Prizes in this division will be
awarded to the prettiest, most
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Pennsylvania Week
Is Observed Here
Pennsylvania Week activities
here will be climaxed with a
dance to be held in th e Com­munity
Center Saturday evening
starting a t 8:15 P.M. Music will
be furnished by the Nobliecs
and everyone is invited to make
this a family affair.
Displays of Pennsylvania-made
articles in a dozen local
store windows proved one at
the most interesting aspects at
the local observance this week.
A program featuring the show-isg
of a moving picture upon
the state was presented during
chapel periods at the borough
school this week.
The observance here was
sponsored by the Junior Cham­ber
of Commerce.