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V BURKHARfS Town TAIL IK What to Do? — That Olrl Again Ever present in my mind is the old question—What is there to do in Lititz? This doesn't concern me personally. I have too much to do. I am thinking ot young men and women between the ages of twelve and twenty, high school age, and' the early stages of alumnidom. The "kids" ffiiom you see hanging about town on warm nights, or wasting their time in a public house of entertainment. All the recreation offered them is that of the movies. And such recreation is entirely correct and conven-tional, as far as relaxation is con-cerned. But what are the kids learning? Nothing vital, nothing edifying or important to one's well-being. I understand now what must have existed before the movies, when there wasn't any place to go. But I am not forgetting the youth organizations of the local churches, which are commendable and well established in Lititz life. And there are clubs, too, which are commendable. Some aren't. I am thinking of a young ladies' club which has as its form of recrea-tion the act of smoking cigarettes on the sly, on the back porch, I believe. But I can't condemn it entirely. What are they to do? Yes, there should be in this town a place, a building, in which youth might gather daily for recreation and mutual thinking. A few in-structors to aid in discussion of things not taught in the public schools—the vital things in life, And there they could converse, boys and girls together, for con-versation is the sweetest expres-sion of language. A library there, too. Ah, this town would be Utopia, then! I wonder—can It be done? I would like to see it ac-complished before this column is discontinued and forgotten. I think I shall, or will Doesn't It Look Bleak About the Square Since the Xmas Decorations Were Removed ? t Juitxtz lExprnia 2,500 Copies Each Week 10,000 Potential Readers. Vol. LX Present P. O. Is Leased For Another Year Springs Park Had Its "Biggest Year" Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa., Thursday, Jan 13, 1938 Government Will Hold Office Till June, 1939; Petiton Opposing New Site Filed At Washington Perhaps my anjriyei* ot ttm Typi-cal LHltz Girl did not clear up many points of interest. I admit it was too short; I add to it this week. Yes, I have found her, tor she is here all the time. She was born in Lititz, and her parents express the age which ended In 1910. Did I say her eyes are bins-gray? It seems they have turned -brown now, or perhaps a clear blue. I cannot decide, because I do not know her name. I know she is often snobbish, but at times she repents and gives herself to a clearer view of life. She can smile, she is lively, athletic to the degree allowed femininity. And her plans for the future? She is passive concerning them. I "believe, from what she has told me and by what I have seen, that she is not too ambitious. Perhaps a little house, someone to lor« . . . she is not prepared as yet, for she is seventeen at 'the most. . . . Oh, you can find her. There are a few of her in this old burg! and though she isn't very Leasing of the present quarters oif the Lititz postoffice for another year and receipt of the petition protesting against the site chosen tor the proposed new office here are the two latest pieces of news from Washington about the local postoffice. The Postoffice Department an-nounced on Friday that a leaes on the present building for a year from June 1, 1938 from the Farm-ers National Bank had been ap-proved. Last Wednesday the petition, signed by more than 100 business men of town, was filed with the Interdepartmental Committee for Postofflces by John M. Miller and W. H. Muth. The paper protests against the committee's decision to locate the new Federal structure oil the southwest corner of East Main and Cedar streets. The com-mittee, composed of officials of the Treasury and Post Office Depart-ment, recently accepted the propo-sal offered by Clayton Stehman and C.. E. Lane, and agreed to purchase thie property, measuring 109 by 200 fe»et, for $26,000. Some action on the petition is expected very soon. C. of C. To Meet On Tuesday Night The January meeting of the Lit-itz Chamber of Commerce will be held on Tuesday night at 8 in the Liititz fire house. Reports of the committees on the Christmas decorations and the park improvements will be heard arid other important business transacted. All members are urg- ¿dl to be present. Mothers Club To Discuss Health The Mothers Club of St. Paul's Lutheran Church will discuss "Healthy Attitudes Toward Health' at its meeting tomorrow evening in the social rooms of the church. Mrs. Cullen Carpenter will lead al-1 tine discussion and all mothers and she will soon get in your fworawy.a r. d." ,.,| women of town who are interested a r e invited to attend. Yes, I long for the snow; To go «tedding on Heinaman's hill. We have almost forgotten the Win-ter show, And the rosy-cheeked girls we used to spill. Webers Tendered House Warminf 'The Sunshine Class of E. C. Church will hold a Chicken Pattie Supper in the Church basement, Saturday Jan. 22, 1938. Price 35c. A house warming was gives to Mrs. Clair Weber, of New Holland, on Tuesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Weber moved to New Holland re-cently and the affair was arranged by the choir of the United Breth-ren Church, of which Mrs. Weber was soloist, also her Sunday School class a»i the Club from town. The following attended: the Rev. and Mrs. J. C. H. Light, Mr. and Mrs. William Oehme, James Sea-ber, Harry Wertsch, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Myers, Mrs. Lottie Splckler and daughter, Dorothy, Miss Ruth Splckler, Misses Esther and Lil-lian MeCreary, Miss Helen Far-rand, Miss Marcella Engle, Miss Martha Sturgis, Mrs. Anne Fry, Miss Asna Laser. ' Miss Irene Whitcraft, Mrs. Nsl- . lie Ruth, Miss Edith Wertsch, Bob- Xj by Wertsch, Miss Mary Ellen How-ard, Sjfl' fl&d-Mrs. Sherman Steffy, all of Lititz. Mrs. John Kulp, Miss Helen Her-sliey, Miss June Weber, Jay Weber, Mrs. Phyllis Weber, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Weber, and Mr. and Mrs. Clair Weber, all of New Holland. Merchants of the first half-block of East Main Street are trying to arrange some method whereby the automobile engine of E. E. Habecker will be shut off auto-matically when he parks his car. Three ¿r • four times in the last week br' so different ones have fowhdfcthe engine running long aftter lie was in his office. According to Ted Stauffer, tick-ets in the automobile contest for th«e Park Improvement Fund just about sell themselves. The other day he was in Lancaster, sitting in the car to be awarded, and sold quite a few to people who stopped and asked for them. A contributor sends this to the oiice: "Ask the lady on West Or-ange Street if she had a nice time on Thursday afternoon when she went out in the new car with her roller skates. We're hoping she had. However, we believe she was wise not to put them on before she left, for we might have seen some fancy stunts—they really were not quijfee the right size." The "biggest year" in the his-tory of the Lititz Springs park saw receipts exceeding $2,500 com-ing into the hands of the park committee, it was disclosed this week at the annual meeting of the Moravian church council. The committee had a balance of $42 at the end of the year and a temporary loan of $150 against it The year 1937 saw, also, the widest improvements of many years. A bandshell was built, electrical improvements were made, many trees were marked, addi-tional trout and game were placed there, and more reunions were held than ever before. Plans are under way for new comfort sta-tions. , Several celebrations of county-wide note were held, including a music fest, Allentown band con; cert, and the traditional July 4 program. The financial statement made public at the council meet-ing, showed the comparative suc-cess of each. The complete list of receipts follows: Balance, Jan. 1, 1937, $56.26; picnics, $14; reunions, $206; Read-ing Co. lease, $25; Enck Bros, lease, $125; appropriation, Lititz boro, $300; July 4 celebration bal-ance, $195.16; land rent, $25; corn roasts, $4; Lititz boro, light re-fund, $139.28; baseball, $2.75; Al-lentown band concert, $566.90; Ke-hoe band concert, $131.20; music (est, $442.10; songfest, $122; dona-tions, etc., $5.47; temporary loan $1.>0; program receipts, $51. To-tal, $2,561.12. Disbursements: labor, $406.80; postage, $16.30; wat«i->reatr . $5; taxes, $22.85; insurance, $8.96: land rent, $88.52; interest paid on loans, $14.25; $139.28; elec-trical repair" ,¿2.51; electrical, band shell, $114.57; water fountain, $170.08; Allentown band, $293; electric organ, $10; Kehoe band. $135; printing, $70.40; music fest, $28.97; policemen, $12.75; adver-tisements, $101.95; Lititz Chamber of Commerce, $300; salaries, Sec-retary and Treasurer, $50; tempo-rary loan paid, $300; miscellaneouh expenses, $137.41; balance, Janu-ary 1, 1938, 042.52. Total $2,561.12. Liabilities, temporary loan, $lrj0. No. 19 New Tax Collector and Family Separated By Measles Quarantine In Pasadena, California Lois Reedy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Reedy, of New Street, is quarantined for measles in the State of California. The family went to California for a vacation and while there Lois was taken ill with the disease which she undoubtedly contracted here before leaving: for the Coast. Mr. Reedy will return to town to-morrow, to return to his work at the Reading Railroad Freight Sta-tion, but Mrs. Reedy and Lois will remain in California two more weeks. California quarantines all cases of measles a month. The Reedys left here the day sifter Christmas and intended to be back in two weeks, and when Lois contracted the measles Mr. Reedy remained one week longer until the crisis in his daughter's condi-tion had passed. Letters to relatives and friends here describe the Tournament of (Continued on Page 6) King's Daughters Community Chest Elect For Year Elects Officers Club To Help Local Hunters File Reports Cards Obtained With Licenses Must Be Mailed To Inform State of What Game Was Bagged Circles Name Officers At Meetings Tuesday; Committees Appointed The Love-One-Another Circle of King's Daughters held their annual organization at the meeting on John G. Hershey Heads Welfare Group; Terms Of Directors Listed John G. Hershey was elected president of the Community Chest Tuesday evening when the follow- j ehxeeldc utoivne Tbuoeasrdda y ate vetnhien g. meOettihnegr ing officers were elected: Miss E. members elected were as follows, Dan. Witmyer Wins Honor at N. Y. Show Dan G. Witmyer, of Spruce Street, widely-known bantam fanci-er and poultry judge, was one of the judges at the great New York Poultry Show last week and scored an unusual honor there. Each judge at the show is al-lowed to nominate birds for com-petition in two big classes which decide the best birds of the show. In both of these classes, one for a golden weather-vane and the other for a 21-inch cup, the birds picked by Dan were the winners. TO OPEN KINDERGARTEN ¡Vft-s. Ruth Lane, of Akron, will move into one of the apartments above the Trimble hardware store on February 1 and will open a kin-dergarten. Mrs. Lane formerly taught school in Jackson Heights, Long Islfcnd, and was Junior Editor tor Blue Ribbon Books. BIRTHS Mr. and Mrs. Earl Fredericks, Lititz, announce the birth of a son at 4:45 a. m. Sunday at St. Jos eph's hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Hackman, o: S. Spruce St., announce the birth of a daughter Thursday night a! 7 at the Lancaster General Hos-pital. Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Hanker, Spruce Street, announce thé birth of a son Tuesday night, in the General Hospital, Lancaster. The new arrival has been named Den-nis Theodore. Magdalena Bricker, leader; Miss Florence Seldomridge, secretary; Miss Anna Stark, treasurer. Miss Bricker appointed the fol-lowing committees, sympathy, Mrs. Sara Jenkins and Mrs. Gertie Hel-ter; social, Mrs. Mabel Hertz, Miss Anna Brubaker, Mrs. Helter; pro-gram, Mrs. E. E. Habecker. The Pollyanna Circle also organ-ized on Tuesday evening as fol-lows, Mrs. P. F. Snyder, leader; Miss Marie Zeller, secretary; MRS. Victor Wagner, treasurer. Miss Agnes Hensel and Miss Ma-ry Sturgis were appointed to serve on the sympathy committee and Mrs. Wagner and Mrs. Ralph Groff on the social committee. These two circles will both hold their next meetings on February 8. The Dorcas circle held their or-ganization on January 4. Miss Mary Huebener, leader; Mrs. George Pennypacker, secretary; Mrs. Clair Rice, treasurer. The following committeeh were ap-pointed, work, Mrs. Rice and Mrs. Domer Brenner; social, Mrs. Ben-jamin Forrest, Mrs. Emory Wag-ner, Mrs. Harry Gorton, Mrs. Rosi-er, Mrs. Chester Keith, and Mrs. Lloyd Leeking. Sledding Good- Walking Bad The first taste of winter for this section came on Tuesday when snow began falling during the night and continued until after-noon. The ground is fcovered with several inches and mists and more snow which have fallen at inter-vals up to last night have made the sledding excellent, but walking and driving perilous. Cedar Street from Main to the railroad was roped off for coasting and was thronged with children each evening. Other large crowds were on South Cedar Street and at various other hills in town to enjoy the sport. Many small accidents have oc.- cured because of the icy streets, but no serious smahsups were reported. M. C. Demmy, vice-president; Mrs. Carl Workman, secretary and Al-fred Douple, treasurer. At the public meeting held in November it was decided to limit the term of office of the directors to three years. At the organization meeting the following terms were decided upon: Elmer Eby, Elam Risser and Mrs. Mary Dengate, one year; B. M. Leaman, Mr. Dou-ple and Mrs. Margie Arntz, two years; Mr. Hershey, Mr. Demmy iriiT'-Mrs. Frank Huilter, three years. Sixteen families in town are re-ceiving aid from the chest at the present time. Forty-six Christmas baskets were distributed, fifteen of these were paid by the organiza-tion, and thirty-one by Sunday School classes and individuals. Miss Edna Miller, the community nurse, reported 178 nursing visits, two clinics held and three ambu-lance calls answered during the past month. Abram Hershey, secretary of the Lititz Sportsmen's Association, an-nounces through these columns, that he has report cards for fill-ing in game reports to the Com-mission, which is required by law, and that he will be at the Hershey- Leaman Co. office Saturday night to help local hunters with their re-ports. The reports must be in Harris-burg on Monday. Just what the penalty may be for not filing the report at this time is not known. Mr. Hershey further announces that he will supply cards and send them to Harrisburg regardless of vhether the hunter is a member of the local sportsmen's group or not. The report cards ask how many rabbits, squirrel, pheasants, deer, bear, etc., the hunter shot this year, and a few other short ques-tions. All hunters received a eard when they purchased their license. 3 Men Added To Scout Committee Engle, Trimble and Nissley Chosen to Serve On Locei Troop Board Interest Is Growing In Auto Contest Lititz High Beats Ephrata For Sth Win Running away with Ephrata, its traditional rival, by a score of 41- 16 Tuesday night at that place, the Lititz High School basketball team hung up its fifth straight victory in the section 2 league of Lancaster County. The game was one-sided all the way, with Lititz leading 21-1 at the end of the first half. Despite the bad driving conditions, a large number of local rooters attended the game. So far this season the local team has played and won ten games, 5 of which were non-league games. Tomorrow night they meet the Manheim Township team on the lo-cal floor and play Manor here on the 21st. The team is one of the fastest developed here in recent years. • With the game tomorrow night, the local lads will have played every team in the league and next week start repeating. Columbia, second in the league with 4 wins and 1 defeat, will be played here later in the season. Insurance Company Holds Annual Meeting All directors of the Lititz Agri-cultural Mutual Fire Insurance Company were reelected at the an-nual meeting of the company on Saturday in the home office, the Hershey & Gibbel building on E. Main St. The directors and the officers are: Henry H. Koser, of Landis-ville, president; J. Bitzer Johns, of Denver, vice-president; Henry B. Gibbel, secretary, Owen Hershey, treasurer, J. F. Denglinger, Gap, R. D. 2, A. N. Landis, Lincoln, Dr. H. IC. Ober, Elizabethtown, John M. Miller, town, and C. H. Aumnet, Quarryville. Following the meeting, the an-nual dinner was held at the Gene-ral Sutter Hotel. Besides the offi-' cers and directors, the following members of the office staff attend- Arville Enck, a former scout master of Ephrata Troop No. 1 for trree years and now residing in town, Robert Trimble and Christ Nissley, young business men, were added to the scout committee of the Lititz Boy Scout Troop No. 1, at a meeting held Tuesday even-ing in the Young Men's Business League. Other members of the committee are Barton Sharp, chairman; Paul Furlow, treasurer, and Dr. J. W. Grosh. Russell Markert is scout master. • The scout committee will meet with the Troop at headquarters on Monday, January 24, to plan for the winter's activities. The winter quarters are in the basement of the St. Luke's Reformed Church while the summer meetings are all held in the scout cabin in the Springs Park. Many Tickets Sold For Park Improvement Fund —Award To Be Made At Theatre On February 1 Churches Plan Week Of Prayer Services Next Week To Be Prelude To Evangelis-tic Capmaign, Jan. 23 As a prelude to the Union Evan-gelistic Campaign to be held by the Ministers Association of Lititz and Vicinity from January 23 to February 6, cooperating churches will hold week of prayer services each evening of next week, except Saturday. The services will be held by each congregation in its own church and the various ministers will preach upon subjects leading up to the opening of the two' weeks' campaign. Then on next Sunday evening, the 23rd, at 7, the series of meet- Interest in the Park Improve-ment contest sponsored by the Lititz Chamber of Commerce is in-creasing rapidly as the date for the awarding of the automobile approaches. The car, which has been on dis-play on Lititz streets and in this territory for the past two weeks, will be awarded on Tuesday even-ing, Feb. 1, at the Lititz Theatre. As announced previously, the win-ner need not be ia the theatre audi-ence that night to receive the car. Many people who work out ol town are selling tickets for the fund, while in town, tickets may be purchased at Ted's Diner or at almost any store. Those desiring to buy tickets and who have not yet been approached, can get them at those places. Nearly everybody in this section is acquainted with the improve-ment program of the Chamber of Commerce for the Springs Park and many persons have contributed to the fund. Any one who wishes to do more for the fund can aid it by selling tickets in this improve-ment campaign. Rotarians See Film of Bakery Dr. John F. Owen, of Ohio, will begin. All Columbus. of these ed:: Misses Ruth Wisman, Orpha I 7 m e e t i n g s > o n S u n d a y n l g h t s a t Bollinger, Helen Ehrhart, Mary' Qn w e e k d a y ^ ^ 7. 3 0 , w U 1 Ellen Howard, Ruth Showers, Mrs.|b e h e l d i n t h e M o r a r l a n P e l l o w s h i p Mary Kreiser, Mrs. Catharine Do'1 , Hall Mrs. Llyrya Messner, John G. Her-' shey, H. K. Masters, and Simon Graybill. A. N. Wolf For home-slaughtered Meats. Sau-sage and Pudding—go to LUTZ. Country Pudding, 18c lb. Hamburg Steak, 19c lb. Phone 9181 W. We deliver. adv. Each Week The RECORD Is Welcomed Into the Homes of 1800 local Readers Every merchant and general advertiser cannot help but consider advertising in The. Record a genuine investment; for'it is a newspaper which readers look forward to receiv-ing each Thursday; a paper for which readers pay by sub-scription; a paper which they are glad to get. More than mere printed matter, The Record brings to every family things every member WANTS TO READ, WANTS TO KNOW; and is a highly-respected medium whicli isn't cast aside until the last word has been read; interest-ing things clipped out and every advertisement carefully gone through so that every family need may be satisfied Dr. Owen is a well-known and forceful speaker and the public of ! this section will be' treated to some ] very interesting and inspirational I talks when he speaks here. | One of the features of the meet- • ings will be the music of a massed choir made up of singers from all the cooperating churches. All choirs are urged to participate in this part of the services and indi-viduals are asked to give their Vlctor n. ames to t.h e„i_r „ respective pastors. Wagner, Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Neff, A g r ° U P °f °r m 0 r e 1 8 b e i n g Mr. Gundrum, Mrs. Warren George,, S ° U g h t t o r the services. Miss Mary Sturgis and Virgie Marks and Mr. Ned. Niddle. Cards were played and prizes won by Mrs. Gundrum, Mr. Neff, Mrs. Wagner an<J Mr. Gundrum. Mrs. Gundrum received many beau-tiful gifts. Refreshments were ser.ved. SURPRISED ON BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY Mrs. Charles Gundrum was given a surprise party at her home on Front Street on Monday evening in honor of her birthday anniversary.: The following attended: Mr. and Mrs. Lester Haines, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Fry, Mr. and Mrs. JOINT COUNCIL TO MEET The Joint Council of the Brick-erville Lutheran Parish will meet next Thursday evening, the 20th, at 7.30 in St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Penryn. SELLS HOME , Paul; Demmy sold his property, 25 -EjjUt Second Ave., to Graybill Bitzei1 on private terms. Posses-sion will be given in the near fu-ture and Mr. Demmy will move to New Holland. The Ladies Aid Society of St. Paul's Lutheran Church will hold a pantry sale in the church base-ment on Saturday, January 22. Baked goods and vegetable soup will be sold. duPonts Visit Propeller Factory A. Felix diiPont, Richard duPont and A. Felix duPont, Jr., all of the famous duPont family of Wil-mington, Del. spent some time on Thursday visiting the Sensenich Propeller factory South of town. They studied with great interest the making of single and two-blade propellers. The trip from Delaware was made by plane, the visitors landing and taking off at the Municipal Airport. ' A talking picture released by the National Biscuit Co. was shown to the Lititz Rotary Club at its week-ly meeting Tuesday night in the General Sutter Hotel. The pro-gram was sponsored by Charles H. Brobst and was in charge of R. T. Wendell, Lancaster area nUnager for the company. The film showed all the steps in the making of several of thp firm's cakes and crackers and de-puted the laboratory tests of a l lv ingredients used. Guests at the meeting were Shreiner Graff, who has been a salesman for the firm in this area for more than 34 years, and B. T. Stettler, Lancaster city salesman. Jesse Jones, a member of the Lan-caster club, also attended the meeting. HOLDS THEATRE PARTY Miss Gladys Jane Hoover, Froik Street, entertained at a Theatre party, last evening, in honor of her fourteenth birthday anniver-sary. The guests were, Norma Steely, Pauline Moyer, Betty Me- Creary, Betty and Grace Snavely, Geraldine Hollinger, Vivian Felker, Pauline Harnley, Ruth Bender, Betty Lou Jones, Jane Walters, Betty Kauffman, Vivian Habecker, Betty Hoffman, Helen Ruth and Jean Dennis. Refreshments were served and several games played at the Hoover home. were BREAKS ARM IN FALL GUARANTEED HOSTTTKY Pay only for the service you get from your silk stockings! I'll call at your home and be glad to ex-plain a very unusual Guaranteed Hosiery Service. I feel certain it will be worth a few minutes of your time. Clifford Rannels, Local Representative, V '-nit Hosiery Company. Phares H. Diehm, 64, of 319 N. Broad St., suffered a fracture of the right arm in a fall Tuesday night while on his way to work as night watchman at the R-G Shoe Co. He was treated by Dr. D. C. Martin. FIRE IN CHIMNEY The fire company responded to a call when there was a alight chimney fire at the home of Mr. Otis Sturgis on East Mala Street on Tuesday night. There was no damage. engagement announced Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Cammauf, of Lititz, announce the engagement of their daughter. Miss Emeline C. Cammauf, to Wilbur W. Klopp, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Klopp of Leola.
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V
BURKHARfS
Town TAIL IK What to Do? — That Olrl Again
Ever present in my mind is the
old question—What is there to do
in Lititz? This doesn't concern me
personally. I have too much to do.
I am thinking ot young men and
women between the ages of twelve
and twenty, high school age, and'
the early stages of alumnidom.
The "kids" ffiiom you see hanging
about town on warm nights, or
wasting their time in a public
house of entertainment. All the
recreation offered them is that of
the movies. And such recreation
is entirely correct and conven-tional,
as far as relaxation is con-cerned.
But what are the kids
learning? Nothing vital, nothing
edifying or important to one's
well-being. I understand now
what must have existed before the
movies, when there wasn't any
place to go.
But I am not forgetting the
youth organizations of the local
churches, which are commendable
and well established in Lititz life.
And there are clubs, too, which are
commendable. Some aren't. I am
thinking of a young ladies' club
which has as its form of recrea-tion
the act of smoking cigarettes
on the sly, on the back porch, I
believe. But I can't condemn it
entirely. What are they to do?
Yes, there should be in this town
a place, a building, in which youth
might gather daily for recreation
and mutual thinking. A few in-structors
to aid in discussion of
things not taught in the public
schools—the vital things in life,
And there they could converse,
boys and girls together, for con-versation
is the sweetest expres-sion
of language. A library there,
too. Ah, this town would be
Utopia, then! I wonder—can It be
done? I would like to see it ac-complished
before this column is
discontinued and forgotten. I think
I shall, or will
Doesn't It Look Bleak About
the Square Since the Xmas
Decorations Were Removed ?
t
Juitxtz lExprnia 2,500 Copies Each Week
10,000 Potential Readers.
Vol. LX
Present P. O.
Is Leased For
Another Year
Springs Park Had
Its "Biggest Year"
Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa., Thursday, Jan 13, 1938
Government Will Hold
Office Till June, 1939;
Petiton Opposing New
Site Filed At Washington
Perhaps my anjriyei* ot ttm Typi-cal
LHltz Girl did not clear up
many points of interest. I admit
it was too short; I add to it this
week. Yes, I have found her, tor
she is here all the time. She was
born in Lititz, and her parents
express the age which ended In
1910. Did I say her eyes are bins-gray?
It seems they have turned
-brown now, or perhaps a clear
blue. I cannot decide, because I
do not know her name. I know
she is often snobbish, but at times
she repents and gives herself to
a clearer view of life. She can
smile, she is lively, athletic to the
degree allowed femininity.
And her plans for the future?
She is passive concerning them. I
"believe, from what she has told me
and by what I have seen, that she
is not too ambitious. Perhaps a
little house, someone to lor« . . .
she is not prepared as yet, for she
is seventeen at 'the most. . . . Oh,
you can find her. There are a few
of her in this old burg! and
though she isn't very
Leasing of the present quarters
oif the Lititz postoffice for another
year and receipt of the petition
protesting against the site chosen
tor the proposed new office here
are the two latest pieces of news
from Washington about the local
postoffice.
The Postoffice Department an-nounced
on Friday that a leaes on
the present building for a year
from June 1, 1938 from the Farm-ers
National Bank had been ap-proved.
Last Wednesday the petition,
signed by more than 100 business
men of town, was filed with the
Interdepartmental Committee for
Postofflces by John M. Miller and
W. H. Muth. The paper protests
against the committee's decision to
locate the new Federal structure
oil the southwest corner of East
Main and Cedar streets. The com-mittee,
composed of officials of the
Treasury and Post Office Depart-ment,
recently accepted the propo-sal
offered by Clayton Stehman and
C.. E. Lane, and agreed to purchase
thie property, measuring 109 by 200
fe»et, for $26,000.
Some action on the petition is
expected very soon.
C. of C. To Meet
On Tuesday Night
The January meeting of the Lit-itz
Chamber of Commerce will be
held on Tuesday night at 8 in the
Liititz fire house.
Reports of the committees on
the Christmas decorations and the
park improvements will be heard
arid other important business
transacted. All members are urg-
¿dl to be present.
Mothers Club
To Discuss Health
The Mothers Club of St. Paul's
Lutheran Church will discuss
"Healthy Attitudes Toward Health'
at its meeting tomorrow evening
in the social rooms of the church.
Mrs. Cullen Carpenter will lead
al-1 tine discussion and all mothers and
she will soon get in your fworawy.a r. d." ,.,| women of town who are interested a r e invited to attend.
Yes, I long for the snow;
To go «tedding on Heinaman's hill.
We have almost forgotten the Win-ter
show,
And the rosy-cheeked girls we
used to spill.
Webers Tendered
House Warminf
'The Sunshine Class of E. C.
Church will hold a Chicken Pattie
Supper in the Church basement,
Saturday Jan. 22, 1938. Price 35c.
A house warming was gives to
Mrs. Clair Weber, of New Holland,
on Tuesday evening. Mr. and Mrs.
Weber moved to New Holland re-cently
and the affair was arranged
by the choir of the United Breth-ren
Church, of which Mrs. Weber
was soloist, also her Sunday School
class a»i the Club from town.
The following attended: the Rev.
and Mrs. J. C. H. Light, Mr. and
Mrs. William Oehme, James Sea-ber,
Harry Wertsch, Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Myers, Mrs. Lottie Splckler
and daughter, Dorothy, Miss Ruth
Splckler, Misses Esther and Lil-lian
MeCreary, Miss Helen Far-rand,
Miss Marcella Engle, Miss
Martha Sturgis, Mrs. Anne Fry,
Miss Asna Laser.
' Miss Irene Whitcraft, Mrs. Nsl-
. lie Ruth, Miss Edith Wertsch, Bob-
Xj by Wertsch, Miss Mary Ellen How-ard,
Sjfl' fl&d-Mrs. Sherman Steffy,
all of Lititz.
Mrs. John Kulp, Miss Helen Her-sliey,
Miss June Weber, Jay Weber,
Mrs. Phyllis Weber, Mr. and Mrs.
Edward Weber, and Mr. and Mrs.
Clair Weber, all of New Holland.
Merchants of the first half-block
of East Main Street are trying to
arrange some method whereby the
automobile engine of E. E.
Habecker will be shut off auto-matically
when he parks his car.
Three ¿r • four times in the last
week br' so different ones have
fowhdfcthe engine running long
aftter lie was in his office.
According to Ted Stauffer, tick-ets
in the automobile contest for
th«e Park Improvement Fund just
about sell themselves. The other
day he was in Lancaster, sitting
in the car to be awarded, and sold
quite a few to people who stopped
and asked for them.
A contributor sends this to the
oiice: "Ask the lady on West Or-ange
Street if she had a nice time
on Thursday afternoon when she
went out in the new car with her
roller skates. We're hoping she
had. However, we believe she was
wise not to put them on before she
left, for we might have seen some
fancy stunts—they really were not
quijfee the right size."
The "biggest year" in the his-tory
of the Lititz Springs park
saw receipts exceeding $2,500 com-ing
into the hands of the park
committee, it was disclosed this
week at the annual meeting of the
Moravian church council.
The committee had a balance of
$42 at the end of the year and a
temporary loan of $150 against it
The year 1937 saw, also, the
widest improvements of many
years. A bandshell was built,
electrical improvements were made,
many trees were marked, addi-tional
trout and game were placed
there, and more reunions were
held than ever before. Plans are
under way for new comfort sta-tions.
,
Several celebrations of county-wide
note were held, including a
music fest, Allentown band con;
cert, and the traditional July 4
program. The financial statement
made public at the council meet-ing,
showed the comparative suc-cess
of each.
The complete list of receipts
follows:
Balance, Jan. 1, 1937, $56.26;
picnics, $14; reunions, $206; Read-ing
Co. lease, $25; Enck Bros,
lease, $125; appropriation, Lititz
boro, $300; July 4 celebration bal-ance,
$195.16; land rent, $25; corn
roasts, $4; Lititz boro, light re-fund,
$139.28; baseball, $2.75; Al-lentown
band concert, $566.90; Ke-hoe
band concert, $131.20; music
(est, $442.10; songfest, $122; dona-tions,
etc., $5.47; temporary loan
$1.>0; program receipts, $51. To-tal,
$2,561.12.
Disbursements: labor, $406.80;
postage, $16.30; wat«i->reatr . $5;
taxes, $22.85; insurance, $8.96:
land rent, $88.52; interest paid on
loans, $14.25; $139.28; elec-trical
repair" ,¿2.51; electrical,
band shell, $114.57; water fountain,
$170.08; Allentown band, $293;
electric organ, $10; Kehoe band.
$135; printing, $70.40; music fest,
$28.97; policemen, $12.75; adver-tisements,
$101.95; Lititz Chamber
of Commerce, $300; salaries, Sec-retary
and Treasurer, $50; tempo-rary
loan paid, $300; miscellaneouh
expenses, $137.41; balance, Janu-ary
1, 1938, 042.52. Total $2,561.12.
Liabilities, temporary loan, $lrj0.
No. 19
New Tax Collector and Family Separated
By Measles Quarantine In Pasadena, California
Lois Reedy, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Raymond Reedy, of New
Street, is quarantined for measles
in the State of California. The
family went to California for a
vacation and while there Lois was
taken ill with the disease which
she undoubtedly contracted here
before leaving: for the Coast.
Mr. Reedy will return to town to-morrow,
to return to his work at
the Reading Railroad Freight Sta-tion,
but Mrs. Reedy and Lois will
remain in California two more
weeks. California quarantines all
cases of measles a month.
The Reedys left here the day
sifter Christmas and intended to be
back in two weeks, and when Lois
contracted the measles Mr. Reedy
remained one week longer until
the crisis in his daughter's condi-tion
had passed.
Letters to relatives and friends
here describe the Tournament of
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King's Daughters Community Chest
Elect For Year Elects Officers
Club To Help
Local Hunters
File Reports
Cards Obtained With
Licenses Must Be Mailed
To Inform State of What
Game Was Bagged
Circles Name Officers
At Meetings Tuesday;
Committees Appointed
The Love-One-Another Circle of
King's Daughters held their annual
organization at the meeting on
John G. Hershey Heads
Welfare Group; Terms
Of Directors Listed
John G. Hershey was elected
president of the Community Chest
Tuesday evening when the follow- j ehxeeldc utoivne Tbuoeasrdda y ate vetnhien g. meOettihnegr
ing officers were elected: Miss E. members elected were as follows,
Dan. Witmyer Wins
Honor at N. Y. Show
Dan G. Witmyer, of Spruce
Street, widely-known bantam fanci-er
and poultry judge, was one of
the judges at the great New York
Poultry Show last week and scored
an unusual honor there.
Each judge at the show is al-lowed
to nominate birds for com-petition
in two big classes which
decide the best birds of the show.
In both of these classes, one for a
golden weather-vane and the other
for a 21-inch cup, the birds picked
by Dan were the winners.
TO OPEN KINDERGARTEN
¡Vft-s. Ruth Lane, of Akron, will
move into one of the apartments
above the Trimble hardware store
on February 1 and will open a kin-dergarten.
Mrs. Lane formerly
taught school in Jackson Heights,
Long Islfcnd, and was Junior Editor
tor Blue Ribbon Books.
BIRTHS
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Fredericks,
Lititz, announce the birth of a son
at 4:45 a. m. Sunday at St. Jos
eph's hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Hackman, o:
S. Spruce St., announce the birth
of a daughter Thursday night a!
7 at the Lancaster General Hos-pital.
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Hanker,
Spruce Street, announce thé birth
of a son Tuesday night, in the
General Hospital, Lancaster. The
new arrival has been named Den-nis
Theodore.
Magdalena Bricker, leader; Miss
Florence Seldomridge, secretary;
Miss Anna Stark, treasurer.
Miss Bricker appointed the fol-lowing
committees, sympathy, Mrs.
Sara Jenkins and Mrs. Gertie Hel-ter;
social, Mrs. Mabel Hertz, Miss
Anna Brubaker, Mrs. Helter; pro-gram,
Mrs. E. E. Habecker.
The Pollyanna Circle also organ-ized
on Tuesday evening as fol-lows,
Mrs. P. F. Snyder, leader;
Miss Marie Zeller, secretary; MRS.
Victor Wagner, treasurer.
Miss Agnes Hensel and Miss Ma-ry
Sturgis were appointed to serve
on the sympathy committee and
Mrs. Wagner and Mrs. Ralph Groff
on the social committee.
These two circles will both hold
their next meetings on February 8.
The Dorcas circle held their or-ganization
on January 4. Miss
Mary Huebener, leader; Mrs.
George Pennypacker, secretary;
Mrs. Clair Rice, treasurer. The
following committeeh were ap-pointed,
work, Mrs. Rice and Mrs.
Domer Brenner; social, Mrs. Ben-jamin
Forrest, Mrs. Emory Wag-ner,
Mrs. Harry Gorton, Mrs. Rosi-er,
Mrs. Chester Keith, and Mrs.
Lloyd Leeking.
Sledding Good-
Walking Bad
The first taste of winter for this
section came on Tuesday when
snow began falling during the
night and continued until after-noon.
The ground is fcovered with
several inches and mists and more
snow which have fallen at inter-vals
up to last night have made
the sledding excellent, but walking
and driving perilous.
Cedar Street from Main to the
railroad was roped off for coasting
and was thronged with children
each evening. Other large crowds
were on South Cedar Street and
at various other hills in town to
enjoy the sport.
Many small accidents have oc.-
cured because of the icy streets,
but no serious smahsups were
reported.
M. C. Demmy, vice-president; Mrs.
Carl Workman, secretary and Al-fred
Douple, treasurer.
At the public meeting held in
November it was decided to limit
the term of office of the directors
to three years. At the organization
meeting the following terms were
decided upon: Elmer Eby, Elam
Risser and Mrs. Mary Dengate,
one year; B. M. Leaman, Mr. Dou-ple
and Mrs. Margie Arntz, two
years; Mr. Hershey, Mr. Demmy
iriiT'-Mrs. Frank Huilter, three
years.
Sixteen families in town are re-ceiving
aid from the chest at the
present time. Forty-six Christmas
baskets were distributed, fifteen of
these were paid by the organiza-tion,
and thirty-one by Sunday
School classes and individuals.
Miss Edna Miller, the community
nurse, reported 178 nursing visits,
two clinics held and three ambu-lance
calls answered during the
past month.
Abram Hershey, secretary of the
Lititz Sportsmen's Association, an-nounces
through these columns,
that he has report cards for fill-ing
in game reports to the Com-mission,
which is required by law,
and that he will be at the Hershey-
Leaman Co. office Saturday night
to help local hunters with their re-ports.
The reports must be in Harris-burg
on Monday. Just what the
penalty may be for not filing the
report at this time is not known.
Mr. Hershey further announces
that he will supply cards and send
them to Harrisburg regardless of
vhether the hunter is a member of
the local sportsmen's group or not.
The report cards ask how many
rabbits, squirrel, pheasants, deer,
bear, etc., the hunter shot this
year, and a few other short ques-tions.
All hunters received a eard
when they purchased their license.
3 Men Added To
Scout Committee
Engle, Trimble and
Nissley Chosen to Serve
On Locei Troop Board
Interest Is
Growing In
Auto Contest
Lititz High Beats
Ephrata For Sth Win
Running away with Ephrata, its
traditional rival, by a score of 41-
16 Tuesday night at that place, the
Lititz High School basketball team
hung up its fifth straight victory in
the section 2 league of Lancaster
County.
The game was one-sided all the
way, with Lititz leading 21-1 at the
end of the first half. Despite the
bad driving conditions, a large
number of local rooters attended
the game.
So far this season the local team
has played and won ten games, 5
of which were non-league games.
Tomorrow night they meet the
Manheim Township team on the lo-cal
floor and play Manor here on
the 21st. The team is one of the
fastest developed here in recent
years.
• With the game tomorrow night,
the local lads will have played
every team in the league and next
week start repeating. Columbia,
second in the league with 4 wins
and 1 defeat, will be played here
later in the season.
Insurance Company
Holds Annual Meeting
All directors of the Lititz Agri-cultural
Mutual Fire Insurance
Company were reelected at the an-nual
meeting of the company on
Saturday in the home office, the
Hershey & Gibbel building on E.
Main St.
The directors and the officers
are: Henry H. Koser, of Landis-ville,
president; J. Bitzer Johns, of
Denver, vice-president; Henry B.
Gibbel, secretary, Owen Hershey,
treasurer, J. F. Denglinger, Gap,
R. D. 2, A. N. Landis, Lincoln, Dr.
H. IC. Ober, Elizabethtown, John
M. Miller, town, and C. H. Aumnet,
Quarryville.
Following the meeting, the an-nual
dinner was held at the Gene-ral
Sutter Hotel. Besides the offi-'
cers and directors, the following
members of the office staff attend-
Arville Enck, a former scout
master of Ephrata Troop No. 1 for
trree years and now residing in
town, Robert Trimble and Christ
Nissley, young business men, were
added to the scout committee of
the Lititz Boy Scout Troop No. 1,
at a meeting held Tuesday even-ing
in the Young Men's Business
League.
Other members of the committee
are Barton Sharp, chairman; Paul
Furlow, treasurer, and Dr. J. W.
Grosh. Russell Markert is scout
master. •
The scout committee will meet
with the Troop at headquarters on
Monday, January 24, to plan for
the winter's activities. The winter
quarters are in the basement of
the St. Luke's Reformed Church
while the summer meetings are all
held in the scout cabin in the
Springs Park.
Many Tickets Sold For
Park Improvement Fund
—Award To Be Made At
Theatre On February 1
Churches Plan
Week Of Prayer
Services Next Week To
Be Prelude To Evangelis-tic
Capmaign, Jan. 23
As a prelude to the Union Evan-gelistic
Campaign to be held by
the Ministers Association of Lititz
and Vicinity from January 23 to
February 6, cooperating churches
will hold week of prayer services
each evening of next week, except
Saturday.
The services will be held by
each congregation in its own
church and the various ministers
will preach upon subjects leading
up to the opening of the two'
weeks' campaign.
Then on next Sunday evening,
the 23rd, at 7, the series of meet-
Interest in the Park Improve-ment
contest sponsored by the
Lititz Chamber of Commerce is in-creasing
rapidly as the date for
the awarding of the automobile
approaches.
The car, which has been on dis-play
on Lititz streets and in this
territory for the past two weeks,
will be awarded on Tuesday even-ing,
Feb. 1, at the Lititz Theatre.
As announced previously, the win-ner
need not be ia the theatre audi-ence
that night to receive the car.
Many people who work out ol
town are selling tickets for the
fund, while in town, tickets may
be purchased at Ted's Diner or at
almost any store. Those desiring
to buy tickets and who have not
yet been approached, can get them
at those places.
Nearly everybody in this section
is acquainted with the improve-ment
program of the Chamber of
Commerce for the Springs Park
and many persons have contributed
to the fund. Any one who wishes
to do more for the fund can aid it
by selling tickets in this improve-ment
campaign.
Rotarians See
Film of Bakery
Dr. John F. Owen, of
Ohio, will begin. All
Columbus.
of these
ed:: Misses Ruth Wisman, Orpha I 7 m e e t i n g s > o n S u n d a y n l g h t s a t Bollinger, Helen Ehrhart, Mary' Qn w e e k d a y ^ ^ 7. 3 0 , w U 1 Ellen Howard, Ruth Showers, Mrs.|b e h e l d i n t h e M o r a r l a n P e l l o w s h i p Mary Kreiser, Mrs. Catharine Do'1 , Hall
Mrs. Llyrya Messner, John G. Her-'
shey, H. K. Masters,
and Simon Graybill.
A. N. Wolf
For home-slaughtered Meats. Sau-sage
and Pudding—go to LUTZ.
Country Pudding, 18c lb. Hamburg
Steak, 19c lb. Phone 9181 W.
We deliver. adv.
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| One of the features of the meet-
• ings will be the music of a massed
choir made up of singers from all
the cooperating churches. All
choirs are urged to participate in
this part of the services and indi-viduals
are asked to give their
Vlctor n. ames to t.h e„i_r „ respective pastors.
Wagner, Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Neff, A g r ° U P °f °r m 0 r e 1 8 b e i n g
Mr. Gundrum, Mrs. Warren George,, S ° U g h t t o r the services.
Miss Mary Sturgis and Virgie
Marks and Mr. Ned. Niddle.
Cards were played and prizes
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