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'»ithin Lancaster County; $2.50 elsewhere No. 44
WARNER-HUDNUT CO. WILL COME TO LITITZ
------ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- — ----— -------------------------------------------------— -------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _____ Judge Wissler Heads Bi-Centennial Committee
Officers Are Elected
To Conduct 200th
Celebration Here
Officers Of 200th Anniversary Committee
Plan To Open Headquar­ters
In Young Men’s
Bus. League
Judge Joseph B. Wissler was
named general chairman of the
Lititz Bi-Centennial Celebration
Committee at a meeting held in
the Lititz Mutual Insurance Com­pany
Building last evening.
Other officers elected to head
the committee which will be in
charge of the year-long observ­ance
of the 200th Anniversary
of Lititz in 1956, are as follows:
Mrs. Valentine Brobst, secre­ta
ry ; J. W. Leed, tre a su re r; and
Raymond Reedy, executive di­rector.
Judge Wissler long has been
a judge of the Lancaster County
Court of Common Pleas, has
served as a director of the Farm­ers
National Bank for many
years, and resides at Kissel Hill.
Mrs. Brobst is active in local
civic affairs, especially of the
Lititz Woman’s Club. During
World War II she played an im­portant
role in the work of the
Lititz Service Association which
for several years mailed gifts
monthly to all local men and wo­men
in the service.
Mr. Leed is head of the Leed
Locker Service here, has been
active in civic and church affairs
and has served as a member of
the Lititz Sewer Authority since
it was organized.
Mr. Reedy, an official of Penn
Dairies, also has been very ac­tive
in civic affairs and church
and lodge work here. In naming
Mr. Reedy executive director, the
committee designated him as the
person to be in charge of the
celebration headquarters which
will be opened in the near fu tu re
in the Young Men’s Business
League.
Mr. Reedy also was authorized
to employ a stenographer or sec­re
ta ry on a part-time basis until
work of the celebration commit­tee
becomes grea t enough to keep
her on a full-time basis.
Officers named were recom­mended
in a report submitted
by a nominating committee nam­ed
by Paul F. Diehm, president
of th e Lititz Chamber of Com­merce,
a t the first meeting of the
group more than a month ago.
Those who attended the meet­ing
last night Included represen­tatives
from a long list of local
clubs, lodges, church and Sunday
School groups.
Following the election of
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Come On Now,
Return That
Silverware !
The Osteopathic Hospital Aux­iliary
Saturday held a successful
rummage sale—in fact, it now
appears th a t the selling job done
was ju st a bit too successful!
After what few articles were
left, those in charge of the sale
learned th a t one of the girls as­sisting,
not only had done a good
job of selling old clothes, hats
and shoes—but had succeeded
in getting a fairly decent price
for a quantity of silverware,
knives, forks and spoons.
The trouble with all th a t, it
was discovered, is th a t the sil­verware
is the property of St.
P au l’s Luthe ran Church — and
naturally not supposed to be in­cluded
in the rummage articles.
If the person who purchased
the silverware will only bring it
back, those in charge of the
sale explained this week, they’ll
be mighty happy to reimburse
the party—in full.
So if you are the party who
got a good bargain in some nice
silverware— come on, bring it
back!
General Chairman
Judge J. B. Wissler
Secretary
Mrs. Valentine Brobst
Given Vital Post
Center Drive
To Continue
Next Week
Executive Director
Raymond Reedy
Hampered by the virus epi­demic,
the storm and the added
fact th a t many Cpnter workers
Darticipated in the polio March
of Dimes, the campaign to raise Preliminary pumping tests a t
funds for the Lititz Recreation the borough water works indi-
Center will be continued all next cate th a t Lititz has a “ compara-week,
directors announced yes- strong source of water,
terday. I state and federal geologists re-
The goal being sought this P°r t ed here yesterday,
year is $5,500. Of this amount! The tests which sta rted Mon-less
th an half has been deposited day caused a ripple of excite-to-
date I ment Tuesday when the water
“As fa r as we can determine, ' being Pumped away, created a
the drive is fa r from completed,” j lenSthy sheet of ice in the alley
Charles Wagaman, president of at the rea r of South Spruce
the Center reported yesterday. Street.
“ Some of the solicitors only ! Geologists were using well No.
sta rted this week and then were 4 for borough purposes. At the
hampered by th e bad weather. ; same time well two and three
“We will need all of next week were being pumped ^nd the
to complete the canvass — and water wasted in order to deter-we
are hoping th a t those who mine whether the level of well
may be missed by the solicitors No. 1 would drop. The drop was
will come forward and volunteer a very slight one, geologists re-th
e lr contributions,” Mr. Waga- , ported.
Preliminary Pumping Tests
Indicate Ample Water Supply
See Drop
In Virus
Cases Here
Died Suddenly
Additional Options
Removing Final
Barrier To Move
Expect School To Re-open
This Monday; S.S.’s Are
Closed To Children
That the closing of schools
and other public places to chil­dren
already has resulted in a
drop-off in new virus cases,, was
reported last evening by local
physicians.
Many new cases are being re­ported
daily, but the ra te of in­crease
is much lower than it was
Monday when the board of
health ruled th a t th e schools
here should close. I
The virus epidemic first made i
itself felt Monday, Jan u a ry 24, i
when absentees in the borough I
school jumped to 15 per-cent.
By the following Wednesday I
this had increased to 17% per­cent,
with a high of 19% per-
Bobst Tells Diehm Com­pany
Definitely Will
Move Plant’Here
Negotiations have been com­pleted
and the Warner-Hudnut
Company definitely will locate its
main manufacturing plant and
offices in Lititz!
This was the announcement
made this week by Paul F.
Diehm, president of the Lititz
Chamber of Commerce, who was
instrumental in obtaining two ad­ditional
options for land which
successfully completed negotia­tions
carried on for the past
month.
Rev. James M. Moore
Rev. Moore
Suffers Fatal
Heart Attack
cent being reported last Friday. | _ _ . _
Monday when absentees t o - l rO r i l i e r LOCSI P& S to r WclS
taled 21 per-cent, Supervising S t r i c k e n W h i l e A t t e n d -
Principal Marlin Spaid notified
Borough Manager Orville Over,
who also serves as secretary of
the board of health and borough
health officer.
ing Meeting In Ohio
I Rev. James M. Moore, former
pastor of the local Church of
| the Brethren, died following a
At a special meeting Monday | h ea rt attack suffered last Friday
at noon, the health board voted | evening a t Poplar Grove, Ohio,
to close the school, Recreation j When stricken, Rev. Moore
Center, Sunday Schools, th e a tre | was attending a meeting of the
and the bowling alleys to chil- Poplar Grove P a ren t Teache
dren of school age, until next i Association. He succumbed short-
Monday, February 7. After class- | iy afterward. Funeral service«
es convene Monday, a decision I wore held a t Poplar Grove
will be made, based upon th e per- | ch u rch of the Brethren on Tues-man
concluded.
Dr. Drepperd Appraises
Antiques For Estate
When the tests are completed,
geolpgists will present the bor­ough
with a comprehensive re­port
on the full extent of the
present supply and will deter-
Dr. Carl Drepperd, of town, mine if the present source is
was in Bethlehem on Thurs-1 going to prove adequate in view
day where he was called as 0f future expansions.
consultant by the ■ trustees of
the Annie S. Kemerer estate
and th e Bethlehem historical
museum. The Kemerer estate
left antiques appraised a t more
than $50,000 and securities
worth more th an $185,000 and
re a l estate of undetermined
value. Dr. Drepperd suggested
ways and means for the His­torical
Society to arrange and
display them and a plan to
pcotray th e history of th e
city.
Preliminary te sts indicate
strongly, th a t the present supply
is more than adequate, the geol­ogists
indicated.
ENTER PENN STATE
Noble Clarke, son of Mrs.
George Clarke, North Cedar St.,
and Anthony Longenecker, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Longe­necker,
F ro n t Street, left Mon­day
for a week of orientation
prior to sta rtin g the second se­mester
at Penn State University.
Captain Fred Gochenaur, of
th is borough, who has been ap­pointed
post signal officer at Ft.
Niagara, New York, according to
a recent announcement. In this
position, Captain Gochenaur will
play an important role in the
Army’s development of guided
missile warfare as fa r as- Ft.
Niagara's installations are con­cerned.
Captain Gochenaur spent the
week-end here and re tu rn ed to
Ft. Niagara Monday with his
wife, who will remain with him.
P rio r to his new appointment,
Captain Gochenaur was stationed
at Ft. Devons, Mass.
REVIEWING SPORTS
SGT. ARTHUR KLING
HOME FROM KOREA
Sgt. A rth u r Kling J r. a fte r
serving fifteen months in Ko­re
a received his discharge a t „ , . ,
Camp Meade on Friday. His Mack was in Florida, being spar
Those Baseball .Mémentos
— And Mr. Mack
Farmer Takes
Out Permit;
Ending Suit
After putting up bail follow­ing
his fifth a rre st for failing to
comply with the school attend­ance
laws, Harold B. Zimmer­man,
Lititz RD4 farmer, appear­ed
a t the local school office and
obtained a work permit for his
sixteen-year-old son, Amos.
Zimmerman was re-arrested
la st Thursday a fte r her had re­fused
to comply with the law by
appearing for a work permit.
P rio r to th a t and before his son’s
sixteenth birthday, he had been
arrested and fined four times for
refusing to send th e boy to
school.
In appearing th is time, Zim­merman
declared the boy would
be employed on his own farm.
Justice of the Peace J. B. Herr
then announced th a t the last
prosecution will he dropped —
upon payment of costs already
incurred.
centage of absentees, whether to
continue th e ruling or not.
Warwick Township schools
were not affected, although the
storm served to cut down a t­tendance
materially yesterday.
The Rothsville school was dis­missed
a t noon yesterday when
reports were received th a t roads
were drifting. At Rothsville the
percentage of absentees a t no
time went above 10 per-cent
while a t Brunnerville the num­ber
of absentees dropped from
eight per-cent Monday to six
per-cent on Tuesday.
Raise $1,135.23
In Polio Drive Here
Lititz borough forged ahead of
its neighboring boroughs with
contributions totaling $1,135.23
in the polio March of Dimes con­ducted
here la st week, Mrs. M.
C. Demmy, local chairman, re­ported
yesterday.
“But despite th is wonderful
showing, the county still needs
more funds and we are hoping
th a t th is total will be increased
materially during the coming
week-end,” Mrs. Demmy ex­plained.
“Additional donations
are being received daily.”
day with interment near Green­ville,
Ohio.
At the time of his death, R( ■
Moore was pastor of th e Poplar
Grove Church of the Brethren, _
pastorate he assumed when he
left Lititz approximately ten
years ago. He served as pastor
of the local church for a period
of ten years, leaving here in
1945.
He had served several other
pastorates throughout the east
before coming here.
Rev. Moore is survived by two
children; John, now living in
Idaho; and Mary, wife of Sam­uel
Longenecker, of Napanee,
Ohio.
While he did not re tu rn here
more th an a few times since leav­ing
Lititz ten years ago, Rev.
Moore’s final visit here occurred
only a few weks ago when he
preached the sermon a t the local
Church of the Brethren.
“The last obstacle has been re ­moved
and Mr. Bobst (Elmer
Bobst, chairman of the board of
Warner-Hudnut and native of
Paul F. Diehm
SCOUTS TO COLLECT
PAPER FEBRUARY 12
D-E To Spend
$82,000 On
Improvements
By TOM DUSSINGER.
The fellow was telling about
how a t the breakfast table one
day last week he saw th e pictures
in the paper of th e mementos
and other personal effects of the
aged Connie Mack being crated
for shipment to Kansas City.
Mr. Mack wanted these base­ball
memorabilia placed in the
Hall of Fame a t Cooperstown.
But the powers th a t be decided,
since the A’s go west, so should
the whole valuable collection of
do-dads.
At the time th e venerable Mr.
parents Mr. and Mrs. A rth u r ed the heart-breaking scene cli-
Kling, Sr., and Mr. and Mrs. maxing over fifty years of the
White Elerihants’ tenure in Phil-
This fellow said it brought to
mind a hot Sunday afternoon
last August in Connie Mack
Stadium.
He said he and his wife and
daughter had seen Cleveland,
with Bobby F elle r pitching, beat
the A’s the day before. He re­membered
so well because the
only time his family went to
baseball was when Bobby Feller
pitched or th e Giants were in
town. They liked the Giants be­cause
of Durocher and they liked
to see Durocher because he was
married to Lorraine Day.
Well bless ’em, they were
along with him, sitting back of
home plate down stairs. There’s
an electric organ a t the Stadium
an d a il th e tim e i t w a s ninvinp'
The Boy Scouts will hold the ir
monthly Paper Collection on Sat­urday,
February 12, a t 1:00 p.m.
Don’t forget to save your papers
and cartons for them. They will
greatly appreciate it if you will
tie them in bundles and put them
out on the curb.
Final Doubt
Not Removed
Until Friday
Dr. Stark Plans
To Practice Here
Up to Friday afternoon some
doubt still remained over War-ner-
Hudnut’s decision to come
here — and only after days of
intensive negotiations were the
final obstacles removed.
This was disclosed th is week
by Justice of the Peace Paul F.
Deihm, who carried the ball on
the local scene, so to speak, and
assisted materially in ironing
out difficulties encountered by
Warner-Hudnut officials.
After the option to purchase
the Newton Buch farm had been
obtained, it was discovered that
Dr. Richard Stark, an Os­teopathic
physician, purchased „ . , .
the home located a t 236 South 11 « d not delude all of the land
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REBEKAHS TO HOLD
HAM CARD PARTY
A net gain of 640 telephones
in th e local district was reported
at the annual meeting of the
Denver and E p h ra ta Telephone
Company held Saturday a t Eph­rata.
In anticipation of continued
increases in business, the com­pany
plans to spend $82,000 for
additional equipment during
1955.
During the year 2,418 tele­phones
were added; 1,778 were
disconnected; leaving a net gain
of 640 for the year and making
a total of 13,923 telephones serv­ed
by the company. At the end
of the year there were a to ta l of
65 unfilled, orders for new ser­vice
and 48 applications for ser­vice
re-grades.
President Eaby reported the
Company’s progress during 1954
had been most encouraging. To
care for customers’ wants -— to
eliminate unfilled orders — to
meet the substantial new de­mands
— 480 additional lines of
Dial Central Office equipment
was installed a t all five exchanges
for a to ta l cost of $62,900.00. In
anticipation of increased de-
Lady Sutter Rebekah Lodge
4 35, will hold a Ham Card Party
Saturday, Feb. 12, a t 8 p.m., at
the Fire House. Pinochle and 500
will be played. Mrs. Jamie Kline
and Mrs. Marlin Wolf, of the
ways and means committee, will
be in charge of th e party.
his internship a t the Lancas­te
r General Hospital in June.
He plans to have offices on
the first floor of the home and
his residence on the second
floor.
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this borough) has assured me
the company will locate here ,”
Mr. Diehm explained. “Only
something very drastic could
now prevent Warner-Hudnut
from becoming Lititz’ newest in­dustry.”
Negotiations for the two op­tions
which held up announce­ment
th a t Warner-Hudnut was
coming here, were for a ten-acre
tra c t of land owned by Amos
Shenk and a 13-acre tra c t owned
by Isaac Erb, both adjoining the
Newton Buch farm.
Both options were signed late
Friday. Added to the option ob­tained
recently from Mr. Buch,
Warner-Hudnut now holds 60-
day options on more th an 100
acres of land in the northwest­ern
end of the borough and be­yond.
Completion of negotiations al­so
revealed th a t Elmer Bobst
also plans to build from fifty to
approximately 100 residences in
the section adjoining the new
Warner-Hudnut plant, for plant
personnel. The Buch farmhouse
will be used also fo r the social
activities of company personnel.
As soon as preliminary sur­veys
are completed by Mr. Diehm
and title searches finished, War­ner-
Hudnut will exercise its op­tions,
it was explained by Mr.
Diehm. With these surveys com­pleted,
architects will go to work
immediately completing th e ir
preliminary plans for th e plant
buildings to be constructed.
Within the course of a few
months, actual construction is
expected to be started. When
completed the first local Warner-
Hudnut un it will employ approxi­mately
400 persons of whom
sixty per-cent will be women.
Should Warner-Hudnut com­plete
a merger now being con­sidered,
the plant here will be
increased materially and the
number of employees probably
doubled again.
But details of those plans re­main
to be worked out by War­ner-
Hudnut. In the meantime,
borough officials and others here
were elated a t the news th a t
(Co n tin u ed on P ag e 12)
LYNNFORD OWENS WILL
JOIN POSTOFFICE FORCE
Sgt. Lynnford Owens visited
his grandparents Mr. and Mrs.
George Evans on Sunday. Sgt.
Owens served fifteen months
in Korea and expects his dis­charge
a t Camp Meade on
February 12th. He expects to
assume his duties in Post off­ice
on March 1st. He was em­ployed
in the Post Office p re­vious
to his term in the ser-vice.
Men’s Missionary Society
To Mark 81st Anniversary
The 81st Anniversary of the
Men’s Missionary Society of the
Moravian Church will be observ­ed
th is Sunday, with Rev. and
Mrs. Charles B. Michael as guests
of the day.
They have served Moravian
Missions in Alaska fo r 27 years
and are a t present in charge of
work In Quinhagak.
Rev. Michael will deliver the
sermon a t 10:30 a.m. The choir
will sing “Send Out Thy L ight” ,
and the men’s chorus will sing
“Awake Up My Glory” .
To Conduct Forum
At 3:00 p.m., a forum will be
conducted by Rev. and Mrs. Mj-chael,
answering questions which
Special music will be furnished
by the senior choir which will
sing “When Wilt Thou Save the
people” , and the men’s chorus
which will sing two hymn a r­rangements,
“F airest Lord Je­sus”
and “F o r the Beauty of the
E a rth .”
Will Show Film
In the 7:00 p.m. service in
Fellowship Hall, the Michaels
will present a sound film, entitled
“Alaska, U. S. A.” ; and will also
show slides pertaining to the dis­tric
t in which they are stationed
and depicting the life of the Kus-kokwim
Eskimos.
The men of the society extend
a cordial welcome to any of these
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FOR INFANTILE PARALYSIS
C. C. Rudy
Chairman
Telephon*
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John C. Truxal
Treasurer