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within Lancaster County; $2.50 elsewhere No. 41
Lititz Red Tag Bargain Days This Friday and Saturday
Hundreds of Bargains!
Being Offered In
Local Sales Event
LAUNCH DIMES DRIVE
Merchants Here Unite In b o r o t o p u r c h a s e
Offering Money-Saving
Opportunities
NEW TRUCK
The borough’s 19 31 truck, used
by the stree t department for haul­ing
patching material, has finally
given up th e ghost and refused to
budge another foot, Borough Man-bids
on the purchase of a new
truck. Bids will be opened a t a
meeting of borough council on
Tuesday, January 26.
Change In
Comm. Chest
Considered
Wilbur Miller Named Pres­ident
For Coming Year;
Drive Raised $5,600
Now here come the days when
everybody can have fun picking
up bargains —- and often getting
ju st the things they wanted for J ager Orville Over announced yes
Christmas and didn’t find under i terday when he advertised for
the tree .
This Friday and Saturday a t
least th irty Lititz reta il stores
are offering real bargains. And
don’t forget th a t the things th a t
carry those “Red Tags” are items
out of th e ir regula r stocks. They
are not a lot of “seconds” brought
in ju st to look like bargains.
Take a look at the advertise­ments
in this paper and you’ll see
what we mean. When Lititz stores
stage a “Red Tag Sale” they
really do a swell, money-saving
job for th e ir customers.
I t will pay you to visit all the
stores displaying the Red Tag
pennants. And don’t wait until
half-past eight on Saturday eve­ning,
because, considering the
quality of the merchandise offered
and the big reductions in price,
most of the Red Tag specials won’t
last long.
In short, Friday morning is a
good time to get started. Stack
the breakfast dishes in the sink
and sally forth.
Remember—every store taking
p a rt will have pennants in th e ir
show windows and many will have
some of th e ir Red Tag bargains
in th e ir windows, so you won’t
have any trouble locating th e
stores th a t ore co-operating to
make th is a really outstanding
sale.
So— le t’s go Lititz—and th e
surrounding area—and show our
progressive merchants th a t we are
all sma rt enough to know a good
thing when we see it.
Happy Bargain Hunting!
Snow Birds
Head South
A heated discussion on consoli­dating
the Lititz Community Chest
with the city-county set-up, fea­tured
a meeting of local chest
directors held Tuesday evening.
Lack of in te re st in th e local
Community Chest activities was
given as th e principal reason for
the change proposed, in addition
to th e fact th a t th e functions here
then would be directed from th e
centra lhe adqua rte rs in Lancaster.
Following the discussion, direc­tors
decided to continue operating
as in the past, for th e time being
a t least.
Miller Elected
Wilbur Miller was elected,pres­ident
of th e Community Chest for
the coming year. Other officers
named are a s follows: Woodrow
Neidermyer, vice president; Mrs.
Clarence Troutman, second vice
president; Mrs. Anna H. Kreider,
secretary, and Mrs. E sth e r Her-shey,
trea surer.
Three new directors were elec­ted
for th re e years terms. They
are: Dr. C. W. Eshleman, John
Beck and Mrs. George Keehn.
Mrs. Keehn served the Community
dayg Chest here as secretary for many
years.
It was reported th a t a to ta l of
P ictured above is Lancaster’s number one March of Dimes and
Dollars Coin Card contributor, Mrs. Hugh Williamson Kelly, 105#
Buchanan Avenue, handing h e r 1954 contribution to Christian O.
Rudy, local chapte r chairman. Looking on appreciatively a re polio
victims from la st year and prior years. F ro n t row, le ft to rig h t are,
Jo h n Kraybill III, Ronald Good, Joanne Campbell and Corry Funk.
Back row, Rickey F a rr, Brenda Lombardo, Rudy and Mrs. Kelly. This
in itia l contribution opened th e 1954 March of Dimes an d Dollars
Coin Card Campaign h e re in Lancaster County.
Old-Fashioned Winter
Disrupts Traffic Here
Fear Arson I s u c h HOMS
In Barn
Fire Here
State Police Spend 2 Days
Running Down Clues In
Hess Fire
An .a rre st may be made th is
week as a result of the probe into
blaze which completely destroyed
the large stone and frame barn
o nthe John S. Hess farm two
miles northeast of the borough,
it was revealed here la st evening.
Working on evidence which
strongly "hinted a t arson, State
Policeman Robert Strahan, of the j Dr. Reyer Swan, who completed
Lancaster detail, spent Tuesday i purchase of the three-story dwell-and
yesterday In and nea r Lititz ing house on South Broad Street
running down clues furnished him ! formerly occupied by Newton
by local firemen and others. j Buch, now living in Florida.
The fire which raged out of con- j The sale was consummated by
tro l for several hours, shortly a fte r ! Elam E. Habecker, local real es-midnight
Saturday morning, caus- ta te broker, on Saturday. Dr.
Swan will ta k e possession the first
of February.
Now in the Air Force, Dr. Swan
is stationed a t Baltimore. He ex­pects
to receive his discharge from
th e service in the nea r fu tu re
when he will resume, his practise
here.
Grade Students
Start Seed Sale
After spending several
with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Reid-enbach,
a t Hallandale, Florida,
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Beck, of th is | ?5;6°° was raised in th e la st cam-borough,
have taken up th e ir win- j paign for funds,
te r residence a t 1003 Jackson St., j
F o rt Myers, Florida, according to
word received yesterday.
“The Reidenbachs have a beau­tifu
l to u rist court and a re doing
fine,” Mr. Beck reports.
Mr. Reidenbach s aunt, Miss The annual School Seed Sale
Mary Reidenbach, of East Main 1 wm begin tomorrow, and will be
Street, le ft Tuesday with Mr. and j conducted by the fourth, fifth and
sixth grades of the Lititz Ele­mentary
School.
Each class receives one-third of
the gross receipts of th e ir sales
and this money is used for things
not ordinarily provided for in the
school budget. In the past th e
money has often been used to fi­nance
trip s to places qf inte rest
in connection with class work.
When one of these ju n io r sales­men
calls on you, remember he is
trying to earn money instead of
asking mother or dad for a gift.
He or she is learning to be inde­pendent.
Your help is necessary to
make th e sale a success and will
be greatly appreciated.
Mrs. McDevitt, of Marietta, form­erly
of th is borough, to spend sev­eral
weeks with her nephew.
Other local persons who left
for Florida Tuesday included Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Krick, Broad
Street, and Mr. and Mrs. Chester
Leicey, Bareville RD1, who will
spend several weeks in the Krick
tra ile r a t Revere Beach, near
Palm Beach, Florida.
Last Week’s
Farm Photo
Many readers quickly identified
last week!» aerial farm photo as
th a t of the farm of J. Melvin
Overholtter, Lititz RD1. The farm
is one of the well-known land­marks
here and consists of 50
acres used for general farming.
Crops include wheat, corn, tobac­co,
potatoes and hay.
The farm is owned by Mr. Over-holtzer,
who lives in a residence
on an adjoining farm of 11 acres
which he also farms. This spring
his son, Chester, plans to move
into the house on the farm shown
in last week’s photo and to farm
the land with his father.
This week’s lucky prize winners
are: Willard B. Stauffer, Joseph
8. Garman, John B. Brubaker, all
of Lititz RD1, and Christ Risser,
Manheim RD3.
High winds Tuesday afternoon
and evening combined with Mon­day's
foot-deep snow storm to give
Lititz a ta ste of real-old-fashioned
wintry weather.
Although stowing up busses
somewhat and causing many mo­torists
to remain storm-stayed at
th e curb, Monday’s storm proved
no serious obstacle to traffic, ex­cepting
on small country roads,
until Tuesday afternoon when a
heavy wind sta rted the lig h t flaky
snow to drift.
Within a few hours, both roads
to Manheim were sh u t tig h t and
by early Tuesday evening, Water
Street and North Cedar Street
both were drifted shut. L ater East
Lincoln Avenue drifted sh u t and
remained impassable until late
Wednesday morning.
Tuesday night the local taxi
driven by Kay Stephenson was
stuck in a d rift at Helman’s Row.
A few hours la te r her husband
was tig h t in a d rift along the
Petersburg Road where he was
held fa st directly behind a state
snow plow, also stuck.
Sleigh bells were heard once
again, the first time in years, when
numerous sleighing parties were
organized here. These included a
sleighing party by students of
Linden Hall.
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Charlotte Keller
Fractures Ankle
Miss Charlotte Keller, proprie t­ress
of Charlotte’s Shoppe,- "sus­tained
the fra c tu re of her rig h t
ankle Tuesday morning when she
slipped on ice and fell as she
walked from th e porch of her
home on F ront Street.
She was removed to the Lan­caster
General Hospital where x-rays
showed th a t two bones of the
ankle had been fractured. Her
ankle was placed in a cast yester­day.
ed damage estimated a t more
than $50,000. F orty pigs and five
of 22 steers were burned in addi­tion
to 225 chickens. A quantity
of corn, potatoes and several crates
of eggs also were destroyed.
The fire destroyed th e corn crib
and a .tobacco shed which had
been converted into a storeplace
for implements. T hre e tractors,
a heavy duty tru ck and a large
assortment of farming equipment
were left a mass of twisted metal.
Rev. Hess and his son, John Jr.,
with th e aid" of firemen, managed
to open two doors of th e burning
barn. Through th e doors they
drove 10 hogs and 18 steers into
an adjacent meadow. Several of
th e steers were badly burned.
The Are sta rted In th e south­west
corner of the barn which
stood a t the intersection of the
Old New P o rt and Pine Hill Roads.
The blaze was discovered by Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Kramer, of Roths-ville,
as they halted for. a stop
sign a t the road intersection. They i ing of the Lititz P a ren t Teachers
Will Discuss
Study Program
For Children
Dr. Bucher To Lead P.T.A.
Discussion Here On,
Jan. 21
Center Will Launch
‘Do-Or-Die’ Drive For
Much-Needed Funds
WILL OBSERVE
91st BIRTHDAY
Mrs. Milto nMiller, who makes
her home with her daughter, Mrs.
Irvin Miller on North Broad St.,
will observe her ninety-first b irth ­day
tomorrow. She formerly lived
a t Penryn.
H. J. Pierson
Will Is Filed
For Probate
The estate of the late Henry J.
Pierson is divided between his
widow, his son and his daughter,
according to a will filed for pro­bate
a t the Court House in Lan­caster
Tuesday.
The estate is estimated for tax
purposes a t $85,000, of which
$35,000 is in real estate and more
than $50,000 in personal Pr °P‘ i man added'
’SQUIRE J . B. HERR
PERFORMS WEDDING
Justice of the Peace Joseph B.
Herr officiated a t a wedding per­formed
in his office recently when
Lorraine Lavage, of Evertville,
Pa., became the bride of Emory
Shofemaker, J r., of Kingston, Pa.
Mr. Shoemaker is the grandson of
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Sturgis, of
Center Street, th is borough.
Lititz Ministerial Assn.
Endorses “Martin Luther
Noted Musicians
To Give Concert
Here February 4
* The Lititz Woman’s Club will
present a concert by Paul Kess­ler,
baritone, and Mrs. Helen R.
Elser, pianist, in Fellowship Hall,
Moravian Sunday School building
on Thursday, F ebruary 4, a t 8:15
p.m. Mr. Kessl'er is sponsored by
the Columbia artists.
Mrs. G. Marlin Spaid is chair­man
of the planning committee
with Mrs. Barton Sharp and Mrs.
Warren Diehm as co-chairmen.
The entire proceeds a re for the
benefit of th e Lititz Community
Center. Tickets may -be secured1
from the executive board of the
Woman’s Club or any of th e Ways
and Means committee, including,
Mrs. Charles Landis, Mrs. Hiram
Eberly, Mrs. W. Clyde Hendricks,
Mrs. Margaret Hopkins, Mrs. Har­ry
Landis, Mrs. Irvin Ritter, Mrs.
Delbert Smith, Mrs. Ralph Spacht,
Mrs. F ran k Wolf, Mrs. M. H.
Yoder and Mrs. William-Young.
TONY APPEL ADDRESSES
LOCAL ROTARY CLUB
saw fire on th e first floor of the
building and aroused th e Hess
family.
Firemen, led by Chief Raymond
Runk, re tu rn ed to the scene Mon­day
night when they removed a
large portion of th e debris which
still was smouldering. A tra c to r
and a scoop were used in this
work.
erty.
A 125-acre farm in Warwick
Township, known as the old Hel-man
farm, was bequeathed to his
wife. The will also grants Mrs.
Pierson a 10-acre tra c t and cabin,
also in Warwick Township, but
th i stra c t and cabin were sold to"
this tra c t and cabin were sold to
written.
The will directs th a t the re­mainder
of the estate is to be
converted into cash and of th a t,
one-third is bequeathed outright
to his wife; one-third is to be set
up as a tru s t fund for his son,
. . . . . . . Albert C. Pierson, this borough;
A discussion of an educational and the remaining 0ne-thlrd is to
program to meet th e needs of be get up M a tru s t fund for his
daughter, Mary P. Brown, of
Lancaster.
TO UNDERGO OPERATION
Mrs. William Rapp wfll be ad­mitted
to the Lancaster General
Hospital tomorrow and is sched­uled
to undergo an operation on
Saturday.
The Lititz Ministerial Associa­tion
at its meeting Monday morn­ing
gave endorsement to the film
“Martin L u th e r” which will ap­pear
a t the Lititz Thea ter on Tues­day,
Wednesday and Thursday,
Jan u ary 26, 27 and 28.
Members of the Association ex­pressed
the feeling th a t people of
all faiths should see th is film be­cause
of it historical accuracy, its
excellence of production and its
spiritually enriching message.
I t was pointed out th a t great
pains were taken to produce a film
which would portray the story of
the Reformation in a factual un­prejudiced
manner.
The film was produced in Ger­many
by Louis de Rochemont As­sociates
for Lutheran Church Pro-thls
movie as one of hte top pic­tu
re s of 1953, some putting it as
high as the second best picture
of the year.
“Martin L u th e r” will show at
advanced prices, but special dis­count
coupons are available a t the
churches in Lititz and th e sur­rounding
community.
P lan Dinner Meeting
The Association also heard re ­ports
on th e Week of Prayer ser­vices
held th e first week in Ja n ­uary
a t St. Luke’s E. and R.
Ohtfrch. Reports stated th a t a t­tendance
was somewhat better
than last year. The Association
decided to give its support to the
Superintendent's. Association in
planning for a Fall dinner meet­ing
of Church School Workers.
This dinner, held for several years,
ductions. Many critics have rated was not held la st year.
James Forrestal, first secretary
of defense, was one of the most
misunderstood men in recent pub­lic
life, Tony Appel, Lancaster a t­torney,
informed members of the
local Rotary Club, in a ta lk pre­sented
here Tuesday evening. For­resta
l took office in 1947 and la te r
committed suicide by jumping
from his hospital window. Mr. Ap­pel
was introduced by Dr. Fred
Auten, vice president of the local
club.
Raymond RpeVly and Eugene
Dechert attended as guests.
ANNOUNCEMENT
Firemen’s Smoker
Plans Complete
Plans for th e annual firemen’s
smoker on Wednesday evening,
Ja n u a ry 27, a t 6 o’clock, were
completed a t a meeting of the
committee headed by Carl Foltz,
held a t the firehouse Tuesday eve­ning.
An inte resting program has
been arranged and dozens of gifts
and d o o r prizes will be-awarded.
I t was decided to contact all mer­chants
for donations to be given
away a s gifts. Within the next
week members of the fire company
will make th e ir solicitation and
all donations, large or small, will
be appreciated.
LOCAL WOMAN CHARGED
Betty Jan e Dawber, 325 South
Broad St., th is borough, charged
with assault and battery by Elsie
Clawges, 636 Penn Ave., Lancas­te
r, was arrested Tuesday by Con­stable
David Jacobs. She la te r
posted bail for a hearing before
Alderman Harry F. Acker, Lan­c
a ste r.
Association to be held in the High
School Auditorium on Thursday,
Jan u a ry 21, a t 8 p.m.
Dr. Caleb Bucher, principal of
the Brecht School, Manheim Twp.,
will lead the discussion. Dr. Buch­er,
who has been an educator for
21 years, seventeen as principal
of the Brecht School, is unusually
well qualified to present the edu­cational
viewpoint to local par­ents
and teachers.
Miss J a n e t Druftiheller, director
of vocal music in th e borough
school, will present her pupils in
three vocal numbers. William
Henderson, president of th e
P.T.A., will preside a t a business
meeting preceding th e discussion.
The hospitality committee, of
which Mrs. George Palma is chair­man,
will serve refreshments in
the cafeteria a t the close of the
program.
Local Students
In Dist. Chorus
A group from the local High
School will participate in the
Southern District Chorus to be
held in the Lebanon High School,
Lebanon, on Saturday, a t 8:00
p.m. Dr. Paul Ensrud, chairman of
th e music department of St. Olaf
College, Northfield, Minn., will di­rect.
The students from the High
School will leave Thursday morn­ing
to register--and rehearse for
th e concert. They include Mary
Ellen Risser, «Yea Eckert, George
Gardner and Russell Pettyjohn.
Semi-annual payments a re to be
made from th e net income of these
tru s t funds. The lifetime tru sts
a t the beneficiaries’ deaths, are to
be divided among the ir respective
children.
Former Senator Pierson died a t
his home on Broad Street Decem­ber
28 a t the age of eighty-one.
His wife is named executrix.
* Rec ’ Building Urgently
Needs General Repairs;
Have Only $950 BaL
With general repairs to the
Community Center “now an abso­lute
necessity” , directors th is week
announced th a t a campaign to
raise funds will be launched here
this Monday.
The goal of the drive will be to
raise sufficient funds with which
to make widespread repairs to the
Center building — a figure which
even directors could not accn-rately
tabulate.
“It seems we need ju st about
everything,” Paul Lauderman,
president of the Center explained.
“F irst of all, the building needs
an entire new roof. Recently mem­bers
of the Eastern Star re-dec­orated
the rooms they occupy, only
to have th e ir work ruined when
the roof leaked.
“ It also is necessary to replaeo
the chimney—and the entire heat­ing
system must be given a gen­eral
overhauling,” Mr. Lauder-,
“Painting Inside and
out must be done on every flow.“
These repairs will cost several
thousands of dollars, directors in­dicated.
In addition, funds must
be obtained to enable th e Center
to operate and to conduct its pro­gram
during the coming year.
At present the Center treasury
stands a t exactly $950.00. This
amount includes a total of $760
raised through appeals made to
local businessmen, by mail, tor
donations. Eleven hundred letters
were mailed by the Center in the
hope th a t much of the money
needed for repairs could be ob­tained
before the drive for oper­ating
funds was made.
. From th e eleven hundred let­te
rs mailed, a to ta l of 21 dona­tions
totaling $760 resulted.
According to plans made at a
meeting Monday night, each di­rector
will form a team and take
a section of the borough for a
house-to-house canvass. Members
of these teams will be listed next
week.
Koser Re-elected
Head Of Mutual
Henry Koser was re-elected
president of th e Lititz Mutual In­surance
Company for his twenty-fifth
yea r a t th e 65th annual meet­ing
held here Saturday. At a din­ner
in th e General Sutter, Mr.
Koser also cut a birthday cake in
honor of his eightieth birthday,
which occurred th is Tuesday.
Other officers re-elected are:
J. F. Denlinger, of Gap, vice pres­ident;
Henry B. Gibbel, vice pres­ident
and secretary; and Owen
Hershey, vice president and trea s­urer.
Officers To
Be Installed
At Penryn
The office of of Dr. A rth u r Gris­wold,
402 South Broad Street, will
be closed from Friday, Jan u a ry
15, to and including Monday, Ja n ­uary
18. The nurse will be on duty
a t the office during the time it is
closed.
Brickerville Girl Scouts
Observe 10th Anniversary"
• The Brickerville Girl Scout j Cathryn Adams, leader, received
Troop, 87, celebrated Its te n th * 10 year pin from Miss Houper;
anniversary Wednesday with an a basket of flowers from the Lions
open meeting held in the Emman­uel
Lutheran Church, Brickerville,
and attended by more th a n 10.0
parents and friends.
Greetings and best wishes were
received from the Baron Stiegel
Lions Club, sponsors of the troop,
by Lions W. E. Hickman, Isaac
Leaman and Walter Wolf, J r . For
the Lancaster County Girl Scout
Council, Inc., by Miss Marilyn
Houser, executive director, and
by Mrs. Howard Redcay, chairman
of th e Rolling Hills Neighborhood.
Speaking for the mothers of the
girls i nthe troop was Mrs. Lester
Reinhart.
Club, and a gift of money from
the troop committee.
Mrs. W. E. Hickman, committee-woman,
received a 10-year pin
from Miss Houser and a s flower
from the troop committee.'
The program included .Colors
by the troop, Invocation by Rev.
Henry L, Reed, origin of th e troop
by Mrs. Hickman, ceremony, songs
and a sk it by the troop, and a film,
“A Girl Scout Troop.” A Court of
Awards was held, with Miss Hous­er
presenting girls with member­ship
stars.
After the program all enjoyed
refreshments which included a
large birthday cake.
Woman’s Chib
To Hear About
Wedge wood
Oliver Lewis Christman, o f
Pottstown, Pa., will present a pro­gram
“From Dawn to Dusk” Mon­day
evening a t 8:00 p.m. to th e
Lititz Woman’s Club, at the Gen­eral
Sutter Hotel.
Mr. Christman, florist and au­thority
on Widgewood china and
old silver, will discuss appropriate
table arrangements for the various
meals of the day and w ill display
settings of silver and china and
flora larrangements to be used on
each occasion.
Seating has been planned that
all may enjoy seeing Mr. Christ­man’s
displays.
Mrs. F ran k Longenecker w ill
introduce the speaker; Mrs. Wil­liam
Whitten, Jr., president, w ill
preside over the business meeting
during which a vote w ill be taken
of the members as to the amount
of the Club’s contribution to the
Church School officers and * Pr °J*ct of restoring Independence
teachers will be installed a t the
Jerusalem Evangelical and Re­formed
Church, Penryn, th is Sun­day.
Those to be installed include
Eugene White, Mrs. Samuel Derr,
Ray Ober, John Summy, Irvin
Keath, Miss Arlene Zook, Miss j
Meda Diehm, Mrs. Paul Koehler, I
Mrs. Claude Bender, Mrs. Rufus
Shelly, Russel Bishop, Miss Lucille
Zook, Mrs. Ray Ober, Mrs. Stan­ley
Nauman and Mrs. Robert
Miller.
William Boyer, a Ju n io r a t the
Lancaster Theological Seminary,
began a term of Field Work in
the Church School th is past Sun­day.
A
service of prayer and song
will be conducted by the pastor
th is Sunday night, "beginning a t
7:00 o’clock. Everyone "is invited.
For those who wish to remain, a
period of Bible Study will follow
the service.
The Annual Congregational
meeting which had been scheduled
for Tuesday, a t 7:30 p.m., was
postponed because of snow, until
next Tuesday, a t the same time.
Hall, Philadelphia. This sorely
needed restoration is a project to
be shared in by all the Federated
Woman’s Clubs of the State.
Members of th e local Club are
urged to be present to vote on the
share to be contributed by their
Club.
Senior Girl Scout Troops 11S
and 236 are invited to be guests
of the Club a t th is meeting.
MacNICOLL ACCEPTS
COACHING POSITION
Dace MacNicoll, local football
coach who resigned from the local
faculty recently, has accepted a
teaching position with the Liv­ingston,
N. J., High School, It wa>
announced th is week. His contract
is as head football coach and k
for a five-year period.
GIVE FIREMEN flJSOO
The Auxiliary to the Rothsrilh
Fire Company a t a recent meeting
presented th e F ire Company w itl
a check for $1,500. The also g a y
a walkie-talkie to the firemen
Mrs. Dorothy S. Weidman is aux
iliary president.
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