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Celebrate Independence Day In The Springs Park Monday J u ly 5th
The Lititz R ecord - Express « « « « « «
Serving The Publié For Seventy-Seven Years
78th Year
Established April, 1877, as The Sunbeam
(Consolidated with The Lititz Record, 1937) Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa., July 1 & 8, 1954 5 cents a Copy; $2 per yr. by mail,
within Lancaster County; $2.50 elsewhere Nos. 13 & 14
Banks To
Stay Open
FrL Nichts
Both Local Banks Eliminate
Saturday Morning Bank­ing
Hours
A n n o uncement th a t both Lititz
b an k s will in a u g u ra te F rid a y eve­n
in g b a n k in g h o u rs an d will elim­in
a te th e u su a l S a tu rd a y m o rn in g
hours, was made th is week by di­re
c to rs of th e two local in s titu ­tions.
In an an n o u n cem en t issued
jo in tly following m e e tin g s of th e
two b o a rd s of d ire c to rs Tuesday,
both local b an k s will be open F r i­day
between th e h o u rs of 5 p.m.
an d 7 :3 0 p.m.
The F rid a y evening h o u rs a re in
ad d itio n to th e re g u la r F rid ay
h o u rs of from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
In lieu of th e F rid ay evening
hours, both b an k s will remain
closed S a tu rd ay mornings. The
new schedule will be s ta rte d on
Frid ay , Ju ly 9.
In mak in g th e ir anno u n cem en t,
local b a n k e rs emphasized th a t th e
change is being made fo r th e con­venience
of local patron s. The F r i­day
evening opening will enable
many w o rk in g people to do th e ir
ban k in g a t a time when many of
them a re downtown to do shop­ping.
The move is sim ila r to th a t
ta k e n in many communities. Banks
in L a n c a ste r City have been closed
on S a tu rd ay s fo r sev eral years.
The change in h o u rs is one of
th e most ra d ic a l to be ta k e n by
local b an k in g in s titu tio n s since
h o u rs were red u ced by th e 2 p.m.
closing daily, a step ta k e n fo u r or
five y ears ago.
As Lititz Men Observed The Anniversary of The Birth of Independence Hare Back In 1926
In this rare old photograph, loaned the Record-Express by Ross
Glassmyer, is depicted th e picturesque manner in which a group of
local men, attired in true Colonial style, depicted th a t Fourth of July
in 1776 when liberty was proclaimed throughout th e land.
The group was assembled along Broad Street opposite th e
former Legion Home. Later th is group went to Lancaster where
they marched in a mammoth parade which marked the Sesqui-
Centennial Celebration held there.
Those shown in the above photo are, le ft to right, as follows:
Jim Carper, Elmer Keller, Sr., Paul F. Diehm, John Miller, A1
Homberger, B illy Imlioff, Ed. Grosh, Roy Keller, Homer Schnerer,
B ill Shaffer, Jonas Rlsser.
Franz Wagaman, Edgar Yeagley, Charles Weidman, Bill Temple­ton,
Paul Frey, Leon Madlam, deceased; Ed Rank, Paul Spangler,
Carl Foltz, Frank Grumbrech.
Paul Matthews, Domer Brenner, Lloyd Royer, Jake Copenhaver,
Clarence Shaub, B ill Nelson, deceased; Harold Weidman, Harry
Becker, deceased; Chester Leicey, Clair Rice, deceased.
Paul Dulaboh’i, deceased; Lester Hackman* Keimeth Witmyer,
Norman Habecker, and Howard Hollinger, deceased.
TO PUBLISH OLD PHOTOS
This is the first o f a series o f old photographs which The
Record-Express plans to publish in subsequent issues. Many o f
these photos w ill be taken from th e file o f The Record and The
Express o f the past ha lf century or more.
If you have an old photo which you think might be o f general
interest or o f historical importance, le t u s know. Do not bring in the
photos until we so advise, a s w e do not want to be responsible for
them until the week they are to be published.
BlameBoro
For E. Main
St. Delay
Stuber Claims State Ready
To Re-build As Soon As
Curbs Are In
No
No
No
Fuss
Muss
Jams
On The Improved Grocers'
Excursion to Atlantic
City, July 15. Everyone
Invited!
F e a tu re s th a t you will lik e —
PRR tra in s, s ta rtin g a t L an c a ste r,
a re w aitin g a t th e p la tfo rm when
you a rriv e a t th e sta tio n . You do
no t have to w a it in th e Station.
When you a rriv e you buy y o u r
tic k e t (if you were n o t ab le to
g e t it in ad v an ce) th e n proceed
down th e sta irw a y an d b o ard th e
tra in . As p erso n s b o a rd th e tr a in
th e y a re co u n ted w ith au tom a tic
co u n te rs, an d when th e to ta l
re a ch e s th e re q u ire d n um b e r (less
th a n can be seated comfo rtab ly )
th e doors a re closed, and th e tra in
is on its-way. In ab o u t 2 % h o u rs
you a re read y to enjoy th e day at
th e P la y g ro u n d of America — on
th e beach, b o a rdw a lk , o r th e fa ­mous
Steel Pier.
Upon re tu rn in g th e same system
is used — everyone is su re of a
se a t on each tra in . T h e PR R, in
o rd e r to h av e p len ty of coaches,
a sk s everyone to please buy th e ir
excursion tic k e t a t le a s t 48 hours
in ad vance, if a t a ll possible. By
doing th is th e re can be no ques­tio
n ab o u t plen ty of seats. If you
a re n o t in a position to buy in
advance, tic k e ts can be b o u g h t on
th e m o rn in g of th e excursion a t
Columbia, E liz ab e th tow n , Mt. Joy,
(C o n tin u ed on Pag e 12)
1000 To Enjoy
Vacations Here
All Next Week
.Starting this Friday, Lititz will
observe its annual “Vacation
Week” with more than a thousand
local workers enjoying a week’s
respite from their jobs.
Practically every local industrial
plant of th e borough will be closed
this week while several of the
Park T o Present 112th Annual
‘Fourth’ Celebration With
Candles, Concerts, Fireworks
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Joan Reist To Be Crowned Queen At Picturesque
Pageant; 6,000 Candles Will Illuminate The
Springs Park; Music To Be Furnished By
The Lititz High School Band and The
Palmyra Legion Band
The 1 1 2 th a n n u a l observance of In d ep en d en ce Day will be cele­b
ra te d in th e L ititz S p rin g s P a rk Monday, Ju ly 5 th w ith a p ro g ram
fe a tu rin g th e p ic tu re sq u e P a g e a n t of th e
Candles, th e Crowning of th e Queen of
th e Candles, ban d concerts, baby p a rad e
an d fireworks.
W tih th e Sp rin g s P a rk back in its
fo rm e r beauty, th o u s a n d s a r e expected iSfelfcfr: ; '¿¡¡it
to flock h e re Monday fo r th e v a rie d ijfflfNII I N
p ro g ram. The work of tid y in g up th e p a rk
was completed th is week when th e ta sk
of e re c tin g th e many wooden fram e s
upon which a re se t th e six th o u s a n d iga;
candles, was s ta rte d .
A con cert by th e L ititz Hig h School P jL --,
Band, d irected by H en ry C. S tein er, will fos* ,■
fe a tu re th e a fte rn o o n p ro g ram . The b an d E g
will play from 2 :3 0 p.m. to 5 :3 0 p.m.
T h e P a lm y ra Legion Band w ill p re s e n t ¡¡Jr. ’
music fo r th e ev en in g ’s p ro g ram a n d will
nlay from 7 :3 0 p.m. to 1 0 :3 0 p.m. J o a n R o ist
George K eeh n is c h a irm a n of th e music committee.
George Smith a n d Louis H u eb en e r will have ch a rg e of th e
P a g e a n t of th e Caudles while th e a c tu a l lig h tin g of th e can d le s will
be d irected by H a rry Reg en n as,
who h a s made th em , by h a n d , fo r
man y y ears, a c co rd in g to a n aged
Moravian fo rm u la. The comm ittee
also includes George K eeh n an d
F ra n k Brown.
Miss Jo a n R eist, d a u g h te r of
Mr. an d Mrs. E a rl K. R e ist, 425
L au re l Ave., th is bo ro u g h , a ttr a c ­tiv
e member of th is y e a r’s g ra d u ­a
tin g class a t L ititz Hig h School,
will be crowned Queen a s th e h ig h
p o in t in th e p ag e an t. She will be
crowned by la s t y e a r’s Queen, Miss
Audrey Risser.
Members of th e Queen’s Court
will include Mary Ann W ag n er,
Mary E llen R isser, Delores Show­ers,
Benay Getz, H e len Lo erch er,
E la in e Longenecker, Marilyn L an ­dis,
Myrna A u k er, B a rb a ra Foltz,
Ju d y Meiskey, J u d ith P fa u tz an d
Mary Ann Templeton.
T ra in b earers, Jo h n H o rn b e rg e r
an d Randy R e ist; crown b e a re r,
Daniel H ersh ey ; Mrs. George
(C o n tin u ed on P ag e 12)
AN ARTIST'S CONCEPTION OF THE FAIRYLAND OF CANDLES
No Record
Next Week
Following a custom o f lo n g
sta n d in g , The L ititz Record-Ex­p
re s s will n o t be p u b lish ed next
T h u rsd a y in o rd e r th a t employees
a n d members of th e staff can en­jo
y th e ir v a c a tio n s d u rin g th e
week of Ju ly 4 th .
The next issu e of T h e Record-
E x p re ss will be p u b lish ed T h u rs ­day,
J u ly 15.
The Park Program
For July 5th
6 :0 0 a.m. Rin g in g of th e Church
hells (a custom followed since
th e d ay s of th e first c e le b ra ­tio
n s) .
9 :0 0 a.m. C learin g of th e P a rk
Grounds. (T ick e ts go on sale
a t th is tim e ).
1 2 :0 0 noon. P ro g ram of reco rd ed
music.
2 :3 0 to 5 :3 0 p.m. Concerts by th e
L ititz Hig h School Band.
4 :3 0 p.m. Baby P a rad e .
7 :3 0 to 1 0 :3 0 p.m. C o n certs by
th e American Legion Band of
P a lm y ra .
9 :1 5 p.m. P a g e a n t of th e Queen of
th e Candles.
9 :3 0 p.m. Illum in a tio n of e n tire
P a rk w ith th o u sa n d s of candles.
1 0 :3 0 p.m. Grand F in a le— Gigan­tic
display of F irew o rk s.
SPACHT HOME IS
SOLD FOR $11 ,1 4 5
The two a n d o n e -h a lf sto ry
fram e dwelling a n d g a ra g e a t 306
South Broad S tre e t was p u rch a sed
a t public sa le S a tu rd a y by Hen ry
Ament, of M a rk e t S tre e t, th is b o r­ough
fo r his bid of $11,145.
The p ro p e rty w as sold by th e
E s ta te of F a n n ie S. S p ach t, de­ceased.
H en ry J . Snavely was th e
au ctio n eer.
This is Marjorie Heilman’s conception o f the
Fourth of July celebration in the park!
The above photo was made o f an oil painting
which Mrs. Heilman, o f th is borough, sold to the
Ford Times and which appears in th e current
issue of th e magazine. It is accompanied with an
article written by her husband, Grant Heilman.
In his article, Heilman describes onr candle­light
program as “one o f the safest, sanest and
prettiest Fourth o f July celebrations in the
country.”
, The Heilmans recently completed building
their new home ju st w est o f the borough. They
formerly resided a t Broad and Orange Streets,
New Officers Being Installed
By Civic Clubs This Week
Junior Legion All-Star Game
To Be Played Here July 10
The annual Junior Legion All-
Star game for Lancaster City and
larger industries also were closed County will be played on the Ath-last
week, at least partially. In ad- letic Field here on Saturday, July
dition, a number of retail stores 10, at 2:30 p.m., it was announced
and restaurants here also will re- this week.
main closed to permit employees' The game will be sponsored this
vacations. year by the Garden Spot Post of
Postmaster Robert E. Pfautz the American Legion, according to
announced that no deliveries will an announcement made by Post
be made on Monday, July 5, ex- Commander Daniel W. Miller. The
cepting special deliveries. Win- game will be played in place of
dows will be open for the sale of the regular game played by the
stamps from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. The Lititz team Saturday afternoon.
Post Office lobby will remain open The All-Star game will bring to
all day for the convenience of Lititz the best players from the
lock box holders. Legion Leagues in the City and
County, players in the seventeen
and eighteen-year-old bracket.
The players will be competing
for a chance to go to Philadelphia
and take part in the All-Eastern
game to be played at Shibe Park.
Scouts from the various teams
in the Major Leagues will be on
hand to pick the boys to go to the
All-Eastern game.
The Lititz representative to the
All-Star game is Paul Stoner, with
a second local player to be chosen
shortly. Local Legionnaires urged
the public to attend the game
here and to give moral support to
the Junior Legion players.
New officers of L ititz civic clubs
will be in s ta lle d th is week an d
next.
Dr. F re d Au ten , L a n c a ste r den ­tis
t, will ta k e office as p re s id e n t of
th e L ititz R o ta ry Club a t its m e e t­in
g to be h eld h e re n e x t Tu esd ay
re ta ry : H a rry Ruley, tr e a s u re r ;
Jo h n H e lte r, ta il tw is te r; Charles
Wag am an , lion tam e r.
D irecto rs a re : W ilb u r Miller,
William Oehme, F re d H a g g e rty
a n d E a rl Reist.
Incoming officers of th e local
evening. The local R o ta ria n s w ill R o ta ry Club also in clu d e R ich a rd
attend a triplets meeting in Eliza­bethtown
with the Elizabethtown
and Mount Joy clubs this evening.
Raymond Pettyjohn will be in­stalled
as president of the Lititz
Lions Club at an outing to be held
this evening at the cottage of
H. M. “Dutch” Witmyer, north
of Hopeland.
L io n s will m e e t a t th e S q u a re
a t 6 p.m. a n d go to H o p elan d in
a g roup. A buffet su p e r w ill be
served a t 6 :3 0 .
Other officers of the Lions Club
to take office this evening are:
Elvin Good, first vice president;
Paul Lauderman, second vice pres­ident;
Dean Miller, third vice
Allebach, first vice president; Ray
Mann, second vice president; Si­mon
Fickinger, secretary; and Abe
Hershey, treasurer. Directors are
the officers, James Cleland, retir­ing
president; Willy dePerrot,
Thomas Walker and Marlin Spaid.
ANNOUNCEMENT
Peggy’s Beauty Shop, Lititz
RD3, will be closed July 2 and
will not re-open until July 12.
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NOTICE!
E. C. Harry’s Shoe Service (5
Points), will be closed one week,
president; Stanley Brumbach, sec- July 4th to 10th.
APPEAL FOR BOYS
TO LIGHT CANDLES
State
Grants
Extension
Contracts For New High
School Must Be Granted
By October 14
The D e p a rtm e n t of Public In ­stru
c tio n a t H a rrisb u rg th is week
ap proved th e ex ten sio n of th e
d e a d lin e fo r aw a rd in g co n tra c ts
on th e new W arw ick Union Ju n io r-
Sen io r High School b u ild in g to
October 14, 1954.
A n n o u n cemen t th a t th e sta te
had ap p roved th e re q u e s t made by
th e local b oard was made y e s te r­day
by Su p erv isin g P rin c ip a l Mar­lin
Spaid. P ro g re ss mad e by th e
a rc h ite c ts h a s b een such th a t th e
new d ead lin e will easily be met,
it was in d icated .
The comm u n icatio n from th e
s ta te follows:
Jo sep h H e rr, S e c re ta ry :
R eferen ce is made to y o u r le t­te
r u n d e r d a te of J u n e 17, 1954,
ad d re ssed to Mr. E. A. Quacken-bush,
re q u e s tin g an extension to
October 14, 1954, w ith in which to
place y o u r school b u ild in g p ro je c t
u n d e r co n tra c t, id en tified a s P ro j­ect
457.
I am w ritin g to ad vise you th a t
I am g ra n tin g an extension to Oc­to
b e r 14, 1954, w ith in which th e
b o a rd of school d ire c to rs of th e
Warw ick Union School D istrict,
L a n c a ste r County, should aw a rd
a c o n tra c t fo r th e c o n stru c tio n of
th e new Ju n io r-S e n io r High
School, co vered by P ro je c t 457.
R alp h C. Swan,
Deputy S u p e rin ten d en t.
Garth Becker
Stricken 111
While On Leave
S trick en ill wh ile on leave here,
G a rth Becker, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Samuel Becker, L ititz RD3, was
a dm itte d to th e E p h r a ta Commun­ity
H o sp ital S a tu rd a y evening
where he was fo u n d to be suffer­in
g from k id n ey stones.
Yesterd ay , Becker was tr a n s ­fe
rre d to th e Naval H o sp ital in
P h ila d e lp h ia fo r fu r th e r tr e a t­ment.
He a rriv e d home F rid a y
from th e Air School a t th e Naval
A ir Technical T ra in in g Center a t
Norman, Oklahoma, to spend ten
| days w ith h is wife a n d family.
Blame for a delay in re -b u ild in g
th e E a st Main S tre e t ap p ro ach of
th e boro u g h was placed in th e
lap s of b o ro u g h councilmen by
D istric t H ighway 'S u p e rin te n d e n t
Oscar S tu b e r y esterd ay .
“ If council h a d gone ah e a d a n d
p u t in th e c u rb s a n d h#d fixed th e
cu rb lines to th e w id th th e y de­sired,
we p ro b ab ly would be s ta r t­ed
in th e re -b u ild in g of E a s t M a in
S tre e t b efo re th is ,” S tu b e r a s ­serted.
Chances of g e ttin g th e e a s te rn
approach to th e boro u g h widened
an d re -b u ilt th is y e a r still a re ex­cellent
— if borough council a c ts
promptly — S tu b e r added.
The an n o u n c em en t came a s a
su rp rise to members of council
who had d esp a ired of g e ttin g any
s ta te actio n on th e E a s t Main
S treet ap p ro a ch th is year. The
p ro je c t h a s been con sid ered fo r
th e p a st th re e o r fo u r y e a rs an d
is considered one of th e two bad
traffic h a z a rd s in th e borough.
The s ta te h ig hw a y d e p a rtm e n t
two years ag o /h ad d raw n up plans
for a sixteen-foot w id th b u t th is
was opposed by th e b o rough which
seeks a 2 0-foot s tre e t a t th is
point.
If th e boro u g h p u ts in its cu rb s
a t the w id th d esired, th e s ta te
th e n can go a h e ad an d mak e up its
e stim a te s an d proceed to schedule
th e improvement. And from a ll
in d ic a tio n s th is will be done th is
year, S tu b e r added.
The work of b u ild in g a w id e r
brid g e over th e stre am alo n g th e
Rothsville Road an d th e Dam
Road was p ro g re ssin g on schedule
th is week, w ith traffic b eing de­to
u red a mile e a st of th e b orough.
The s ta te p lan s to re -b u ild only
from th e b o rough line to th e Revo­lu
tio n a ry m em o rial b u ria l p lo t on
E a s t Main S tre e t a t th is time.
The p ro je c t of rem o v in g th e
high crown from E a s t Main S tre e t
in th e b u sin e ss section a n d fo r re ­b
u ild in g N o rth Broad S tre e t still
a re not in clu d ed in s ta te plans.
An appeal for more boys to help
lig h t the 6,000 candles in the park
during the Pag^jint of the Candles
Monday evening was made yester­day
by Harry Regennas, in charge
of this work. All youths over
twelve will be given passes to the
park and will be paid 50 cents
each for the half hour’s work.
EBY’S OBSERVE THEIR
50th ANNIVERSARY
LEAGUE CLAM BAKE
BEING HELD TODAY
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Ehy ob­served
their golden wedding by
having “open house” for their
friends on Wednesday at their
home on Front Street.
Mrs. Eby was the former Maude
Kaylor and the couple was mar­ried
at the home of the bride’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Kay­lor,
at Marietta, by Rev. Jacob
N. Brubaker, of Mount Joy. They
are the parents of two children,
Mrs. Leon Klaus, of Lancaster,
and Mrs. Rudolf Devries, of Glenn
Rock, N. J.
Members of th e Young Men’s
B u sin ess L eag u e will hold a clam
bake a t Dr. M. H. Yo d er’s c o ttag e
n e a r B ric k e rv ille th is a fte rn o o n
a n d evening. D in n er will he serv ­ed
a t 6 :3 0 . Bowling on th e g reen
a n d pin o ch le will be played.
Retailers
Seek Active
Program Here
Ways an d m ean s of m ak in g
shopping in L ititz m o re a ttra c tiv e
to th e public w e re discussed a t a
meeting of th e L ititz R e ta ile rs ’
Committee held Tuesday ev ening
a t th e Young Men’s Business
League.
The need fo r a m o re active pro­g
ram was emphasized by sev eral
local businessmen. P la n s fo r fu ­tu
r e ac tiv itie s were placed in th e
h a n d s of an executive committee.
This com m ittee co n sists of Si­mon
F ick in g e r, Jo h n K eller, Miss
C h a rlo tte K e lle r a n d Jo sep h B.
Hess.
A discussion of closing S a tu r­day
ev enings d u rin g th e sum m er
also was discussed b u t no a g re e ­men
t reached. F iv e of th o s e p re s­e
n t announced th ey p lan to close
S a tu rd ay ev en in g s th ro u g h o u t th e
sum mer months.
One su g g e stio n made, which
did n o t g e t to a vote, was th a t
sto re s h e re close Wednesday a f­tern
o o n s, in s te a d of T h u rsd ay s,
rem a in open T h u rsd a y an d F rid a y
evenings a n d close S a tu rd a y eve­ning.
This is th e same sch ed u le
as th a t followed in E p h r a ta and
Mount Joy.
William Spacht, tr e a s u r e r for
th e group, re p o rte d a cash balance
of $87.12.
Seek More Requests Here
For Fresh Air Children
Minus the usual fanfare, twelve
youngsters from the hot sidewalks
of New York reached Lititz in the
midst of an early summer heat
spell last Friday.
The group included several
children who had been here be­fore
and several happy reunions
took place at the Pennsylvania
Station in Lancaster when they
arrived.
But — according to members of
the committee, more are waiting
to come as soon as arrangements
can be made to have them enter­tained
in local homes or on nearby
farms.
Persons anxious to obtain Fresh
Air Children should contact Mrs.
Walter Miller, 5-8143; Mrs. John
Helter, 6-7977; Mrs. Ray Har-wick,
6-5011; or Mrs. Elmer Her­shey,
6-6192.
Future arrival dates are July
14 and 29 and August 12. Children
range in ages from five to 12 years
and persons can request different,
nationalities if they desire.