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MARCH OF DIMES
AUGUST 16 TO 31
78th Year
Established April, 1877, as The Sunbeam
(Consolidated with The Lititz Record, 1937) Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa., Thursday, August 26, 1954 5 cents a Copy; $2 per yr. by mail,
within Lancaster County; $2.50 elsewhere No. 21
School District To Have Enrollment o f 1 ,9 5 0 Students
Congested
Classrooms
Increase
Increase of 50 Students Is
Indicated In Pre-School
Census Compiled
The Warwick Union School Dis­tric
t will have an all-time high
e n ro llm en t of 1,950 s tu d e n ts when
classes re-convene on Wednesday,
September 8, figures based upon
pre-school censuses disclosed th is
week.
The e n ro llm en t reflects an in ­crease
of appro x imately fifty boys
and girls in th e already-congested
school d is tric t as th e local school
a u th o rity was ru sh in g its plans
for th e g ra n tin g of c o n tra c ts on
th e c o n stru c tio n of th e new J u n ­ior-
Senior High School Building
here.
In th e borough, th re e class­rooms
will be o p e ra ted th is year
in th e T rin ity E v an g elical Con­g
re g a tio n a l Church, in stead of
two rooms conducted th e re last
year. In th e borough school b u ild ­ing,
several classes numb er as
high as fo rty s tu d e n ts in a single
room.
It would re q u ire five ad d itio n ­al
rooms h ere to fill th e need,
Supervising P rin c ip a l Marlin
Spaid in d ic a ted ' y esterd ay.
At R othsville, congestion will
be ju s t a b it more pronounced
th a n in fo rm e r y e a rs with every
av a ilab le fo o t of space in th e
high school b u ild in g bein g u til­ized.
At B ru n n e rv ille one class will
n um b e r ap p ro x imately fifty s tu ­d
en ts in ste ad of th e recommended
size of th irty stu d en ts.
Elizab eth Township, which
sen d s all high school stu d e n ts to
th e b o ro u g h was th e only d is tric t
to re p o rt no congestion in its
g rad e school.
Seek More Ground
Union School D irectors were
co nsidering th e p u rch ase of ap ­pro
x imately two more acres, lo­cated
ju s t so u th of th e B ru n n e r­v
ille School, This was recommend­ed
by th e sta te which estim a ted
th e tr a c t should exceed five acres
if th e proposed ad d itio n of two
more classrooms, an all-p u rp o se
room and a k itch en are approved
there.
An option is expected to be su b ­m
itted at th e next school b oard
meeting.
Warwick d ire c to rs also were
considering sev eral p ro sp ects .in
d e te rm in in g a c a n d id a te to fill
th e vacancy caused by th e re sig ­n
atio n of Clarence Binkley. No de­cision
had as yet been reached
y esterday.
CAUSES BOROUGH-WIDE FURORE
Local Girls
Win Ribbons
In 4-H Work
The Lititz Town 4-H Cooking
Club completed its sum mer cook­ing
p ro je c t by a tte n d in g th e Coun­ty
Home Economics Round-Up at
Millersville S ta te Teach ers Col­lege
la s t Th u rsd ay .
Twenty-one g irls completed
th e ir p ro je c t an d were awarded
Red an d Blue Ribbons as deserv ­ing
fo r th e cake bak ing , which
they exhibited.
The following g irls completed
th e p ro je c t: Joyce Ran n els, Syl­via
Swarr, Lily Weiler, Duane
Rosenberg, Linda P alm a, Marga­re
t Han n a, Emma W itwer, Ju n e
Kinsey, R u th Stehman, Linda
Stehnran, Georgia H o aster, Lu­cin
d a Weiler, Lynn Good, Ju d y
C h risten e r, B a rb a ra F o rry , Debbie
Lebo, Nancy Royer, Jo sep h in e
S h rein er, Jo a n n e Oberlin, Marga­re
t Moore an d Mary Sue Davidson.
T h e day was sp en t in swimming,
ex h ib itin g p ro je c ts of th e county
clubs — such as sewing, cooking,
y east bread s, o u td o o r cooking,
h a n d ic ra fts, step p in g o u t clubs,
etc.D
ebbie Lebo was th e local c lu b ’s
p o stu re queen delegate.
In th e a fte rn o o n , an ex h ib it of
h a ir sty lin g was held a s p a r t of
th e p ro g ram.
The le a d e rs of th e club a re Mrs.
Howard Swarr, Mrs. Neal Clark
and Mrs. Marlin Spaid.
Farm Show Practises Draw
Considerable Comment Here
Not "Little Constable'
Mrs. R o b e rt Kau ffm an , a u th o r o f a le tto r-to -th c -e d ito r o n th e
su b je c t o f b o ro u g h affairs, is shown a t h e r h om e w h e re sh e was
in te rru p te d in th e m id s t o f h e r h o u sew o rk to pose fo r a p h o to ,
flanked by h e r two a ttra c tiv e d a u g h te rs . “ I ’ll ju s t le av e th e a p ro n on
to show a few o f th o s e who called m e o n th e p h o n e th a t I do ta k e
c a re o f my w o rk ,” she commented. — R eco rd -Ex p ress P h o to
Housewife Amazed At
Response to Letter;
Gets Scores of Calls
Dozen Women Volunteer
To Go With Her Before
Council
A local housewife who ex p lain ­ed
th is week th a t she “merely
wan ted th e an sw ers to a lo t of
q u e stio n s” caused a borough-wide
co n tro v ersy to develop h e re la s t
week-end following th e p u b lic a ­tio
n of h e r le tte r-to -th e -e d ito r in
la st w e ek ’s Record-Express.
W ith th e public qeemingly fa irly
well divided fo r a n d opposing
views expressed in th e communi­ca
tio n , th e su b je c t of b o ro u g h a f­fa
irs became th e one an d only
c u rb s to n e to p ic of co n v ersatio n
o v er th e week-end.
Still d e te rm in ed to a p p e a r be­fo
re a meetin g of b o ro u g h council
next Tu esd ay evening, Mrs. Rob­e
r t Kauffman, of 51 E a s t C en ter
S tre e t, a u th o r of th e le tte r , dis­closed
th a t a dozen o r more wo­men
h a r e called h e r on th e phone
a n d d ecla red th e ir in te n tio n s of
accompanying h e r to th e meeting.
“T h is places me in a p e cu lia r
position as I am n o t a le a d e r —
I ’m merely a housewife who w an ts
to know why my tax e s a re so
h ig h — a n d w h a t a middle-class
couple is expected to do to main-
The Gripers ’ Corner
ta in a home h ere w ith o u t going
in to d e b t,” she a ss e rte d th is week.
“ I received pro b ab ly h u n d re d s
of telep h o n e calls from T h u rsd ay
noon u n til Monday mo rn in g an d
th e g re a te r m a jo rity n o t only
ag re ed w ith my se n tim e n ts b u t
gave me ad d itio n a l in fo rm a tio n ,”
she added.
On th e o th e r h an d , a goodly
p o rtio n of re s id e n ts h ere d isag reed
with some of th e th o u g h ts ex­pressed
by Mrs. Kauffman. Taxes
elsewhere a re ju s t a s h ig h an d
th e cost of e d u c a tio n elsewh ere is
ju s t a s high a s it is h e re , one
school b o ard mem b er d ecla red , a l­th
o u g h d eclining to be qu o ted di­rectly
.
A n um b e r of ca lls also were
received by The Record-Express
office in which re s id e n ts expressed
th e th o u g h t th a t b o ro u g h council
mem b ers a re doing a good job an d
th e th o u g h t th a t p re s e n t high-tax
es a re ju stified in view of th e
im p ro v em en ts made in re c e n t
years.
Bu t — due to th e la rg e n um b e r
of calls, some of which voiced
violen exceptions to h e r le tte r,
Mrs. Kauffman th is week penned
a second le tte r-to -th e -e d ito r which
is p ublished in its e n tire ly in th is
issue.
Mrs. Kauffman Urges
Public To Attend Boro
Council Meetings
ACCEPTS POSITION
AS PA RK RANGER
H a ro ld Wilson, who h a s ju s t
completed sum m er work a s rec­re
a tio n a l d ire c to r a t th e Y.M.C.A.
Camp, Black Rock, n e a r B a lti­more,
le ft to d ay fo r C alifo rn ia
w h ere he will be employed a s a
p a rk ra n g e r in th e Yosemite Na­tio
n a l P a rk .
51 E. C en ter St.
j L ititz , P en n a.
! Aug. 23rd, 1954
j To The L ititz Record.
I Dear Sir:
T h a n k you very much, Sir, for
I p rin tin g my le tte r la s t week.
| Would you please p rin t th is one
: in a n sw e r to all th e p h o n e calls
I received?
W ritin g th a t le tte r w as like lift­in
g a lid off a r a t ’s n e st a n d
i w a tch in g a million v e rm in come
slowly craw lin g out. I wish each
a n d every one of you who re a d
| th e le tte r could have h e a rd every-
; th in g th a t was to ld to me. I t was
a response to w h a t I w ro te th a t
i w a s overwhelming. I th o u g h t I
h a d lo st all my fa ith in th e h u ­m
a n race. I owe you people many
th a n k s fo r re s to rin g it. I t was
h e a rtb re a k in g , p a th e tic , a n d dis­g
u stin g . I t was lik e an apple th a t
s ta r te d to ro t a t th e core u n til
th e whole apple w as co rru p ted .
I h e a rd from o u t-o f-town ers, who
le f t to g et away from th e p re s e n t
se t-u p — people who would like
to buy a home b u t a re a fra id to
— people who a r e ju s t b id in g
th e ir tim e u n til th e y can sell o u t,
b re a k even, a n d g e t o u t. And wo­m
en who a re a c tu a lly a fr a id of
lo sin g th e ir homes. Women, who
begged me to te ll th em w h a t to
do b ecause th e ir h u sb a n d s a re
a fr a id to voice th e ir opinions
w h e re any o n e will h e a r them.
P eo p le, who called b u t w o u ld n ’t
g iv e me th e ir n am e s fo r th e same
re a so n , h u t said th e y a g re e w ith
A mild wave of criticism over
th e m an n e r in which th e Lititz
F a rm Show affairs are being ru n ,
was sh o rt-liv ed h ere th is week.
L e a rn in g th a t th e show com­m
itte e h as decided no t to accept
p e rm issio n to h o ld th e show in
th e Springs P a rk b u t to p u t it
back on Broad S tre e t, one group
of local re s id e n ts p lan n ed to voice
th e ir objectio n s before council
next Tu esd ay evening — only to
learn th a t council voted th e show
perm issio n to use th e s tre e t as
fa r back as th e April meeting.
The p ro te st would have been
one more in a long list of such
o b je c tio n s over th e use of stre e ts
here, some d a tin g hack more th a n
te n years. This y e a r’s objections,
however, embraced more th a n th e
mere use of stre e ts.
One local fa rm m a ch in e ry ag en t
th is week openly an n o u n ced th a t
he will n o t exhibit in th e local
show due to c e rta in co n d itio n s —■
b u t will ta k e h is ex h ib it to n earb y
shows.
Several o th e rs well versed on
local fa rm co n d itio n s also disclos­ed
th a t th ey a re n o t p a rtic ip a tin g
in th e show th is y e a r due to th e
u n d u e em p h asis placed upon out-of-
town concessions.
Borough council two y e a rs ago
th re a te n e d , u n d e r th e le ad e rsh ip
of Dr. Byron K. Ho rn e, to w ith ­hold
perm issio n to use th e b o r­ough
stre e ts , th u s d ep riv in g the
b o rough of rev en u e from th e
m eters, u n le ss th e fa rm show
comm ittee su bm itte d to an a u d it
of its accounts.
Since th e n th e fa rm show com­m
itte e h a s merely filed tr e a s u r e r ’s
sta tem e n ts which, if a u d ite d , were
merely a u d ite d by th e tre a su re r,
himself. F o r many y e a rs it has
been th e p ra c tise of th e show
comm ittee n o t to keep d u p lic a te
re c e ip ts fo r th e p aym en t of con­cessions,
involving sev eral th o u s­an
d d o lla rs p aid in by out-of-town
concessioners each year.
T h e to ta l income from th e con­cessions
is u su a lly d e te rm in ed
from figures fu rn ish e d by th e con-
(C o n tin u e d o n P a g e 61
Center
Meeting
Monday
The fa te of a fu ll-tim e re c re a ­tio
n a l d ire c to r for th e community
ap p e a red re s tin g upon any deci­sion
an d a ctio n which may be
ta k e n a t a community-wide m e e t­ing
sch ed u led to he h eld th is Mon­day
evening in th e Community
Center.
The m eetin g was called by di­re
c to rs of th e C en ter a n d will
include re p re s e n ta tiv e s of all lo­cal
civic clubs, lodges an d o th e r
o rg an izatio n s. In v ita tio n s were
se n t o u t by C en ter d ire c to rs a
month ago an d a numbed o f clubs
since have n am ed re p re se n ta tiv e s
to a tte n d th e meeting.
With th e W arw ick Union School
Board a lre ad y giving its stamp
ap p ro v al to th e p lan , C en ter di­re
c to rs a re faced w ith th e pro b ­lem
of mak in g c e rta in th e re will
be sufficient fu n d s on h a n d to pay
th e cost of th e p ro g ram d u rin g th e
first y ear of its o p eratio n .
According to te rm s of the plan
approved, C en ter d ire c to rs have
in su red th e school d is tric t th a t a n y
cost to he paid locally will be
sh o u ld e red e n tire ly by th e Cen­ter.
The d ire c to r, who is h ire d by
th e school d is tric t, will receive
tw o -th ird s of h is sa la ry from th e
state.
D u rin g th e first y e a r of its op­e
ra tio n , however, th e p lan places
th e e n tire cost upon th e local
d is tric t. T h is m e an s th a t th e Cen­te
r, in poor financial p o sitio n for
th e p a st sev eral y ears, will have
to ra ise a ro u n d $5,000 more n ex t
y e a r " th a n * la s t, if th e p lan is to
be p u t in to effect.
C an d id ates fo r th e po sitio n of
re c re a tio n a l d ire c to r also may he
discussed a t Monday ev en in g ’s
meeting.
Two Local School Bands
Will Not Be Amassed
For At Least Another Year
me one h u n d re d p e r cent. And j
th e n th e people who gave me
frien d ly w a rn in g s th a t now I have
d ared to a sk q u estio n s my toes
will be stepped on to sh u t me up.
To me, th a t is a lm o st funny. I was
always ta u g h t th a t I h ad in h e rite d
from my fo re fa th e rs, th e p riv ileg e
to ask q u estio n s an d express my
opinion. I h ave min d ed my own
b u sin ess so s tric tly th a t I d o n ’t
know of w h a t or of whom to be
a fra id . And when som eth in g con«
cerns th e w e lfa re of my fam ily —■
th a t is my business.
F ir s t of all, th e re is one th in g
I w a n t all of you to u n d e rs ta n d .
I am no p a rag o n of, v irtu e . I am
no soap box queen. I will never,
n o r did I ever, p ro fess to be a n y ­th
in g I ’m not. I ’ve made m ista k e s
th e same as everyone else has.
And I ’ve ato n ed fo r th o s e mis­ta
k e s in my own p riv a te hell an d
in my own way. My mind a n d my
h e a rt a re a t peace w ith my God.
As long as I have th a t peace an d
my self-respect, a n y th in g anyone
may say ab o u t me, or to me, will
no t h u r t me. I ’ve le a rn e d th a t it
is n ’t w h a t people say you a re
th a t counts. I t ’s w h a t you re a lly
are , deep down inside. F rom w h a t
I ’ve w ritte n you p ro b ab ly th in k
I spend my Su n d ay s p reach in g .
I seldom go to ch u rch . I have
fo u n d God many place s except
w h e re I sh o u ld have a n d am n o t
a h y p o crite. I w ill n o t do some­th
in g fo r a p p e a ra n c e ’s sa k e alone.
I will only do it if I believe in it
(Continued on Page 9)
An o p p o rtu n ity to have th e
whole co u n ty ta lk in g w ith th e
la rg e st h ig h school h an d in h is­tory,
seemed to be going by th e
b o a rd s h ere th is week a s final
p re p a ra tio n s were completed for
b an d re h e a rs a ls — h e re a n d at
Rothsville!
R ealizin g th e p rid e w ith which
R o th sv ille re g a rd s its h ig h school
ban d , especially th ro u g h th e co­o
p e ra tio n of th e g ro u p kn own as
The B an d Mothers, b o ro school
officials re c en tly in v ited th e
Ro th sv ille ban d to a tte n d fo o tb all
g ames here.
P la n s o rig in a lly called fo r th e
two b an d s to e n te r th e playing
fiield a t fo o tb a ll g am es a s two
d istin c t bands, m assin g fo r one or
two n um b e rs such a s T h e S ta r
Spangled B an n er, Alma Mater,
etc.T
he in v ita tio n a p p a re n tly has
not been accepted a s re h e a rsa ls
were re ad y to s ta r t w ith both
ban d s following th e ir fo rm e r p a t­te
rn s.
Should th e in v ita tio n h av e been
accepted, L ititz a n d Warwick
would have placed a to ta l of ap­pro
x imately 160 u n ifo rm e d s tu ­d
e n ts on th e fo o tb a ll field a t a
sin g le ap p earan ce. B u t, even
th o u g h th is is n o t lik e ly to hap ­pen
th is y ear, it is th o u g h t th a t
both b an d s will be merg ed into
one o rg a n iz a tio n in a n o th e r year.
At th a t time ,band le a d e rs will
be co n fro n ted w ith ch an g in g th e ir
e n tire p ro g ram of precision
m a rch in g in asm u ch a s th e fo rm e r
“ L ’ ’an d “R ” will give way to a
“W ” re p re s e n tin g th e Warwick
Union D istric t. T h is is one change
which may h ave h ad some b e a r­in
g on th e s itu a tio n in c au sin g th e
two schools to keep th e ir bands
(C o n tin u ed on P a g e 12)
PEANUT BILL WELL
ON ROAD TO RECOVERY
Donnie Ringer
Returns Home
Donnie R in g e r, local high school
stu d e n t, one of fo u r in ju re d in an
au tom o b ile acc id en t la s t Spring,
re tu rn e d home la te y e ste rd a y a f­te
rn o o n , slig h tly tire d by th e trip
b u t in a h appy mood over being
home again.
H o sp italized since th e acc id en t
la s t A p ril 20, Donnie was a fa v o r­ite
p a tie n t among n u rs e s a n d doc­to
rs a t th e L a n c a ste r G eneral Hos­p
ital. He now w a lk s w ith th e aid
of a back b race, a leg b ra c e an d
cru tch es. In a n o th e r week h e may
be ab le to m a k e sh o rt w a lk s from
h is home, it w as th o u g h t.
Almost reco v ered from th e ef­fects
of a h e a r t a tta c k suffered
seven week s ago, W illiam “ P e a ­n
u t B ill” S tau ffe r a p p e a re d a t his
well-known a n d fam ilia r p e a n u t
s ta n d on E a s t Main. S tre e t Tues­day
a fte rn o o n .
S till u n d e r s tr ic t su p e rv isio n of
h is p hysician, Bill ex plained th a t
h is s ta n d will -be o p e ra te d only
F rid a y ’ ev enings a n d a ll day Sat­u
rd a y s fo r th e tim e being.
100 Attend
H. &G. Outing
At Betterton, Md.
Approximately a h u n d re d w o rk ­ers,
officers an d mem b ers of th e ir
fam ilie s of th e H e rsh ey & Gibbel
in su ra n c e firm h ere sp en t y e ste r­day
on an all-day o u tin g a t Bet­te
rto n Beach, Md.
G a th e rin g a t th e L ititz Mutual
In su ra n c e B u ild in g a t S a.m., th e
group mo to red by c a r to th e Yacht
Club a t H av re de Grace Md., where
th ey b o ard ed a b o a t a t 9 :3 0 a.m.
to ta k e th em to B e tte rto n .
At B e tte rto n th e gro u p made
Hotel Bigby th e ir h e a d q u a rte rs ,
w ith d in n e r b ein g serv ed a t 3 :3 0
p.m. B a th in g proved th e most
p o p u la r p astim e w ith su n b a th ­ing,
lo llin g on th e h o te l porch,
bowling a n d sig h t-se e in g alo n g
th e dock ru n n in g a close second.
The b o a t re tu rn e d to H a v re de
Grace at 5:30 p.m. with the local
g ro u p reaching here around 7
o ’clock.
Unearth Meagre Clues
In Three Attempts To
Loot Places Here
Borough Police Officer Ludwig
came in fo r a h it of h e ck lin g th is
week when a re fe ren c e in a le tte r-to
-th e -e d ito r caused re a d e rs to
m istak e him fo r th e “ L ittle Con­s
ta b le ” re fe rre d to. Officer Ludwig
confines his police a c tiv itie s s tric t­ly
w ith in th e borough lim its, it
was explained.
Mistaken For
Twp. Officers
In ‘Arrests’
Prosecutions In Warwick
Twp. Not Work Of Local
Police Officer
P u b lic ity g iv en a “ little con­s
ta b le ” who h a s been k n o ck in g
off m o to rists fo r easin g th ro u g h
stop sig n s o u ts id e th e b o rough
have been m istak en ly laid a t th e
do o rstep of B o rough Po lice Offi­cer
Ludwig, it was disclosed h ere
th is.
According to th e local police
officer, many h e re figured h e was
th e officer re fe rre d to by th e
w rite r of a le tte r p u b lish ed la st
week. But, Officer Ludwig emp h a­sized,
he a t no time has c a rrie d
h is police woyk o u tsid e th e b o r­ough
limit.
The campaign a g a in s t local mo­to
r is ts is being c a rrie d on, it was
disclosed, by Constable Milton
Haines, of Snavely’s Mill, an d
Constable Neiss, of Rothsville,
w o rk in g o u t of th e office of Ju s tic e
of th e Peace Leroy F ire sto n e , of
Lexington.
Constable Neiss, in th e p a st few
weeks, h a s been re p o rte d ta k in g
up a position a t th e base of Kissel
Hill in Warwick Township where
he pinches those, especially early
mo rn in g comm u ters, if th ey cross
th e w h ite line.
Constable H aines on th e o th e r
h an d , was re p o rte d sta n d in g vigil
a t a stop sign n e a r E rh ’s Quarry.
While th e stop sign is in E liz ab e th
Twp., th e m o to rist is in Warwick
Township as soon a s he crosses.
Some of th o se p ro se cu ted have
been loud in th e ir com p lain ts th a t
th e two Warwick Township con­stab
le s have been n ab b in g m o to r­is
ts on “ te ch n ic a l v io la tio n ” and,
in cid en ta lly , doing q u ite a lu c ra ­tive
business.
Penryn S. S. Picnic
To Be Held Saturday
The P e n ry n L u th e ra n Sunday
School picnic which was to have
been h eld on S a tu rd a y , Aug. 21,
was p ostponed u n til th is S atu rd ay ,
because o fth e ra in y w e a th e r.
Home-made ch ick en c o rn soup,
sandwiches, pies an d cak es will
be sold.
'Cyclist' Injured In
Odd Mishap Here
A local man suffered th e fra c ­tu
re of his le ft sh o u ld e r when
th rown from a bicycle in an u n ­u
su al accid en t h ere Tuesday a f te r ­noon.
He is Raymond Fau s, fifty-seven,
of L ititz RD2, who was ad ­m
itte d to th e L a n c a ste r General
Hospital.
F a u s was rid in g his bicycle past
a p a rk e d car owned by Jo h n H.
Smith, 311 South Broad S treet,
when th e c a r door was opened
suddenly, cau sin g him to collide
w ith it. The mish ap o ccu rred in j
The S q u are here. j
Long & Bomberger Office
And Lititz Firehouse
Entered Last Week
Harwick To
Preach Final
Sermon Sun.
Rev. Ray L. Harwick will i
preach h is two farewell sermons
as p a sto r of th e Warw ick Charge
of th e E v an g elical an d Reformed
Church th is Sunday. \
On September 1, Rev. Harwick '
will begin th e ta sk of s ta rtin g a
new E v an g elical a n d Reformed
Church a t F a irle s s Hills, Pa., a
larg e community which has de­veloped
w ith in th e co u rse of sev­e
ra l y e a rs as a re s u lt of th e con­stru
c tio n of th e v a st F a irle ss
Steel un its.
H is final sermo n s h e re will be
p reach ed from th e p u lp it of St. j
L u k e ’s Church, N o rth Broad St., I
th is borough, a t 1 0 :4 5 a.m. His
sermon topic w ill be, “A F a ith
foFToftiotTow.” ’
D u rin g his stay here, Rev. H a r­wick
has played an o u ts ta n d in g
role in civic affairs. He h a s served
for several y e a rs as ch ap la in of
th e L ititz F ire Company; secre­ta
ry a n d tr e a s u re r of th e Lititz
M in isterial Association, and h e lp ­ed
organize an d served a s advisor
of th e L ititz Youth Council.
He also h a s served a s vice p res­id
en t of th e E.&R. M in isters As­sociation
of L a n c a ste r County,
and ad v iso r of th e L a n c a ste r Re­gion
Cabinet of th e E.&R. Youth
Fellowship. A n o th e r im p o rta n t
post h e h a s held in recen t y ears
is th a t of c h a irm a n of th e Chris-tion
Social Action Committee of
the L a n c a ste r Synod of th e E.&R.
Church.
Joan Mumma In
Beauty Contest
At Reading Fair
Miss Jo a n G. Mumma, of Lititz
RD2, h a s e n te re d th e Reading
P a ir b e a u ty co n test. She is em­ployed
by Alcoa Aluminum.
T h e co n te st, which c a rrie s a
$1,000 cash first p rize and nine
o th e r cash p rizes to ta lin g $1,300,
is open to single a n d m a rrie d
women an yw h ere in th e world.
E n trie s close S ep tem b er 1.
Ju d g in g will ta k e place a t th e
R eading F a ir on th e n ig h ts of
Sept. 12, 13 a n d 18.
Lititz police th is week were
ru n n in g down a few meag re clues
u n e a rth e d following a series of
p etty lo o tin g s of local places of
business and, of all places, th e
Lititz Fireh o u se.
The th re e places b ro k en into
and robbed include th e office of
Long & Bomberger, local coal and
lum b er deale rs, located e a s t of
Broad S tre e t a n d n o rth of th e
Reading R a ilro ad tra c k s ; th e L it­itz
F ireh o u se and, a week before,
th e office of th e Su n sh in e Feed
Company.
The a ttem p te d lo o tin g a t th e
Long & B omberger office o ccu rred
la s t T h u rsd ay nig h t. The in tru d ­e
rs removed a window fram e in
g ain in g en tran c e . In sid e th ey
found th e safe open — b u t empty.
Only a rtic le s of little v a lu e were
removed.
F in g e r-p rin ts were o b tain ed ,
however, an d police p lan n ed to a t­tem
p t to match th e s e w ith th o se
of several su sp ects here.
At th e firehouse, th e in tru d e rs
stole a q u a n tity of cash which is
k e p t th e re in co n n ectio n w ith
candy, c ig a r an d so ft d rin k con­cessions.
The m an n e r in which
th ey gained e n tra n c e to th e fire­house
was n o t definitely d e te r­mined
an d it is th o u g h t th ey may
have e n te re d th ro u g h th e fro n t
door which o ften is le ft unlo ck ed
for members.
The ro b b ery a t th e Sunshine
Feed Company office a week be­fore,
in which cash also was
sto len , rem a in ed unsolved b u t po­lice
a re convinced all th re e lo o t­in
g s were th e w o rk of th e same
person o r group.
HOME H ER E SOLD
Misses Lizzie a n d E llen Carper
sold th e ir home a t 307 S. Spruce
S tre e t to E dw a rd Maharg, on p ri­v
a te terms.
AUXILIARY PLANS
OUTING IN PA RK
The F ir e Company Auxiliary
will hold a box lu n ch in th e
S p rin g s P a rk n ex t T h u rsd a y eve­nin
g , S ep tem b er 2, acco rd in g to
p la n s now b eing completed. Mrs.
Viola Meiskey is c h a irm a n in
c h a rg e of th e p ro g ram .
F re e coffee will be serv ed a t
6 :3 0 p.m.
Expect 15,000 Persons
At Hershey Barbecue Sat.
REPORT ROBBERY
ATTEMPT AT CLAY
Police were en d eav o rin g to de­te
rm in e if th e re is any connection
between an a ttem p t mad e Mon­day
n ig h t to e n te r th e Clay Feed
Mill a t Clayand th e th re e local
lootings re p o rte d in th e p a st week
an d a half.
A re a r window in th e feed mill
was broken, Norman Ball, m an ag ­er,
in fo rm ed S ta te Police. No th ­ing
was re p o rte d missing, howev­er.
One of th e th re e ro b b eries
h ere, police p o in ted out, also was
a t a feed mill.
Seven an d o n e -h a lf to n s of
ch icken w e re on o rd e r to d ay fo r
w h a t is expected to he th e n a ­tio
n ’s b ig g est ch icken d in n e r a t
H e rsh ey th is S a tu rd ay .
A p p roximately 15,000 perso n s
a re expected to ta k e p a r t in th e
b a rb e cu ed ch ick en d in n e r a t H e r­shey
P a rk . T h e big feed is being
sp o nsored by th e P en n sy lv an ia
S ta te P o u ltry F e d e ra tio n in con­n
e ctio n w ith th e six th a n n u a l
P e n n sy lv a n ia Dutch Days Cele­b
ra tio n .
H om er J. Bicksler, Of P a lm y ra ,
will d ire c t th e e n tire b a rb e cu in g
o p e ra tio n a s c h a irm a n of th e P o u l­tr
y F e d e ra tio n ’s b a rb e c u in g com­m
itte e . B ick sle r is m a n a g e r of th e
H a tc h e ry Division o f th e P en n sy l­v
a n ia F a rm B u re au Cooperative
Association.
In ad d itio n to th e mammoth
o rd e r of chicken, Bicksler also
said th e meal would re q u ire th e
following q u a n titie s of food:
th re e -q u a rte rs of a to n of cabbage
for p ep p er slaw; th re e -q u a rte rs of
a to n of b e an s fo r b ak in g ; five
h u n d re d p o u n d s of b u tte r; n in ety
gallons of v in e g a r an d 50 pounds
of salt.
F ifte e n th o u s a n d seven-ounce
p ack ag es of ice c ream also have
been o rd e re d fo r th e meal.
Bick sler re p o rte d th a t a mile
of p ap e r ta b le c lo th w ill be used
to cover th e ta b le s w h e re th e
th ro n g w ill eat. T h e chicken d in ­n
e rs wil he serv ed from 11 a.m. to
7 p.m., h e added.
Twelve sp ecial se rv in g lineB,
each cap ab le of se rv in g 100 p e r­sons
ev ery 15 m in u te s, h av e b een
a rra n g e d to h a n d le th e crowd a t
mealtimes. , . ofe ,
Class Of ’29
Holds Reunion
In The Park
Members of th e Class of 1929
of th e L ititz High School held
th e ir Tw en ty -F ifth A n n iv e rsa ry a t
a reu n io n in th e L ititz Springs
P a rk Sunday a fte rn o o n a n d eve­ning.
A to ta l of 55 p erso n s a tte n d e d ,
in clu d in g members of th e class
an d th e ir families.
The following a tte n d e d :
Dorothy R o th Belford, of Bal­timore,
Md.; Helen Steffy Weber,
of New Ho llan d ; Clarence Kiss­inger,
of York; B eatrice F o rem an
W en tw o rth , of S h e rid an ; Blanche
Stauffer McEllhenney, of Millers­ville;
Grace Sesseman Fu lw e ile r,
of Lansdowne; F ra n c e s K o fro th
Godfrey, of Ph ilad e lp h ia .
M a rg a re t Souders Wag am an ,
Grace Adams Landis, Jo h n Eb erly ,
C h arles P fa u tz , Mildred Bigler
Kemper, B ert Kauffman, Mary
E sh lem an Doster, Dorothy Miksch
Fa sn a ch t, all of th is borough.
Beulah Stauffer, W illis Bu ch er
an d Milton B ru b a k e r, all of L it­itz
RD.
Now Surveying
West Orange St.
S ta te su rv ey o rs w ere b u sily en ­gaged
th is week su rv ey in g West
Orange S tre e t, th e first step ta k e n
tow a rd th e e v en tu a l w idening of
th e s tre e t to a 40-foot wid th , es­pecially
a t th e site of th e proposed
Warw ick Union Ju n io r-S en io r
High School.
A fte r th is phase of th e p ro je c t
is completed, p la n s will be d raw n
up a n d su bm itte d to th e b o rough
fo r its ap p ro v al. Then, p ro p e rty
re le a se s wiil be o b ta in e d b efo re
the project is placed on th e s ta te
highway p lan an d a s ta te ap p ro ­priation
for th e work, is so u g h t.