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WELCOME!
Lancaster County
Firemen’s Association
No. 9
Thousands To lam Boro For Firemen's Parade
Council Creates Borough Planning Commission
Firemen
Refuse
Building
A fte r discussing th e m a tte r
fo r more th a n an h o u r, m em b e rs
o f th e L ititz F ire Company la te
la s t n ig h t tu rn e d down an roffer
to p u rch a se th e fo rm e r Keysttone
K n ittin g Mill b u ild in g on W e s t
Main S tre e t, from S tate S e n a to r
G. Graybill Diehm.
In th e ir discussion, firemen
expressed th e opinion th a t w h ile
th e offer was considered a v e ry
f a ir one, th ey can n o t afford to in ­v
e st in a b u ild in g a t th is tim e ,
in a sm u ch a s th ey re c en tly p u r ­ch
a sed a new Seagrave p um p e r.
T h e offer to sell th e b u ild in g
in clu d ed a clause th a t it m u s t
n o t be re-sold in th e n e a r fu tu r e
a n d th a t a decision m u s t be m a d e
th is week. F irem en ex p ressed
th e opinion th e y n eeded m o re
tim e to in v e stig a te th e p o ssib il­ity
of lon g -ran g e financing and
th u s had to tu rn it down.
“We also fe lt th e re is no im­m
ed ia te need fo r a second b u ild ­in
g ,” P a u l F. Diehm, p re s id e n t
o f th e company, explained.
Spoke At Rothsville
Robert H. Phillips
Memorial Day
Services At
Rothsville
T h e Memorial Day se rv ic e s
y e ste rd a y m o rn in g in th e R o th s ­v
ille L u th e ra n C emetery w e re
well a tte n d e d , a n d th e sp e a k e rs
o f th e day, R o b e rt H. Philllips,
Mountville, p a st c om m a n d e r of
American Legion P o s t 34, L a n ­c
a ste r, d eliv ered a v ery in sp irin g
a n d ch allen g in g message.
T h e R o th sv ille serv ice w a s
tem p o ra rily d is ru p te d w h e n
tw o o f th e y o u n g m a r c h e rs
su d d en ly collapsed. T h e f ir s t
to slump to th e g ro u n d w a s
J u d y Zercher, 16, d a u g h te r of
Mr. an d Mrs. R ich a rd Z e r­ch
er. M a rk e t S tre e t, a m a jo r ­e
tte w ith th e Lititz Hijgh
School B and. A few m om e n ts i
la te r Jo h n Reitz, nine, son o f I
Mr. a n d Mrs. Jo h n C. R e itz ,
Millway, a Cub Scout, fa in te d .
B ru n n e rv ille a n d R o th sv ille
firemen p re s e n t a dm in is te re d
firs t aid tr e a tm e n t. B o th w e re
th e n esco rted to th e ir h om e s.
S peaking on th e theme, “T im e
Is R u n n in g O u t,” Mr. P h illip s
likened th e th re e m a jo r p o in ts
of his ad d ress to “ th re e im p o rt­a
n t candles lig h tin g th e impemd- !
in g d a rk n e s s of th e world todaiy.” I
“Most im p o rta n t of th e thiree
lig h ts ,” he said, “ is th a t li g h t I
which I sh a ll call an u n d a u n te d
F a ith in America a n d in A m e r­ican
Id e a ls,” He s tre ss e d th e u r ­gency
fo r such a fa ith in fa c e of
th e ev e r-p re sen t C ommunistic
th r e a t to th e world.
“Next in im p o rtan c e is a
stro n g F a ith in o u rse lv e s,” he
w en t on to say. F a ith to u p h o ld
a n d defend th e legacy of freedlom
so d early won on th e b a ttle fie ld s
of y e ste rd ay , an d so v ita l to o u r
coveted way of life.
“ F a ith in God on whom we
m u s t depend fo r th e s tre n g th a n d
co u rag e n ecessary to p ro te c t a n d
m a in ta in th e D emocratic w ay of
life so d e a r to th e h e a rts of us
a ll,” h e said in conclusion. “ I t
was a stro n g fa ith in God on
which th is n a tio n was fo u n d ed ,
a n d th e same stro n g fa ith in God
which h a s en ab le d th e U n ited
S ta te s to become th e w o rld p ow er
she is to d a y .”
T h e service was sp onsored by
th e R o th sv ille F ir e Company, a n d
was preceded by a p a ra d e of v e t ­erans,
service m en a n d womien,
Boy an d Girl Scouts, firemien,
OFFERED FOR SALE
— R e co rd -E x p re ss P h o to
T h e K ey sto n e K n ittin g Mill B u ild in g w h ich S ta te S e n a to r
G. G ray b ill Diehm o ffe re d .to th e L ititz F ir e Company fo r $15,000,
sev e ra l th o u s a n d d o lla rs below a bid re p o rte d ly m ad e fo r th e
b u ild in g re c en tly .
19 Exhibitors Sign Up For
Boro’s First Antique Show
One of th e b ig a ttra c tio n s of
th e coming Bi-Cen ten n ial cele­b
ra tio n w ill be th e first a n tiq u e
show in th e h is to ry of th e b o r­ough,
to be held in th e R e c re a ­tio
n C en te r Ju ly 3-4-5.
A to ta l of 19 ex h ib ito rs from
as f a r away a s P itts b u rg h a lre ad y
have sig n ed c o n tra c ts to ex­h
ib it, B a rto n S h arp , c h a irm a n of
th e ex h ib it committee; re p o rte d
th is week. R o b e rt W. Snyder, 344
N o rth B ro ad St., Is se rv in g as
show man ag e r.
E x h ib its of ra r e old a n tiq u e s
owned by local co llecto rs will be
placed on disp lay in p ra c tic a lly
ev ery s to re window alo n g th e
first blo ck of E a s t Main S tre e t
a n d on B ro ad S tre e t from
Orange to Market.
T h e re still a re windows a v a il­ab
le fo r ap p ro x im a te ly six more
collections o r p a rts of collections
a n d local co llecto rs a re in v ited
to co n ta c t th e ex h ib it committee,
Mr. Sh arp explained.
O th e r mem b ers of th e exhibit
comm ittee a re W illiam L ig h t, co-c
h a irm a n ; R o b e rt T rim b le , Jo h n
K eller, R o b e rt Mearig, R o b e rt
Bertzfield a n d B erne A n g stad t.
A rra n g em e n ts fo r th e show
w ill he completed a t a m e e tin g to
be h eld Monday evening.
School Not Over
For 10 Teachers
School is n o t o v er fo r te n
te a c h e rs in th e W a rw ick Union
D istrict. These te n w ill r e tu rn
to college fo r r e f re s h e r co u rses
a n d th e fu r th e rin g of th e ir ed u ­cation.
\
R ic h a rd Will, sev en th g rad e
te a c h e r a t R o th sv ille , w ill g ra d ­u
a te on J u n e 1 4 th from Temple
U n iv ersity w ith a d eg ree o f Mas­te
r of E d u c a tio n ; a n d George
Male, local coach, w ill complete
his course in D riv e r E d u c a tio n a t
Millersville S ta te T e a ch e rs Col­lege.
Mrs. Mary Blondell, C h e rry
Grove te a c h e r, a n d Mrs. D o ro th y
R in e h a rt of th e M illp o rt School,
w ill a tte n d Millersville fo r r e ­fre
sh e r co u rses; a n d H a ro ld Zim­m
erm an , p rin c ip le of J o h n Beck
School, will ta k e sum m e r g ra d u ;
a te work a t Temple.
L e s te r L a h r, six th g ra d e te a ­ch
er in th e b o ro u g h school, has
been given a sch o la rsh ip to th e
C o nservation Wo rk sh o p a t P e n n ­sy
lv an ia S ta te College. E s th e r
Bair, music te a c h e r a t R o th sv ille
a n d B ru n n e rv ille ; Lee Dunkle,
local music te a c h e r; Miss E le a n o r
G riffith , home economics te a c h e r
in th e L ititz School; a n d Miss
J a n e t R. Myers, e lem e n ta ry su p ­e
rv iso r, w ill a ll ta k e g ra d u a te
w o rk a t S tate.
Over 70 Join
‘Brush’ Brothers
The ra n k s of th e b e a rd ed gen ­try
in L ititz was g row in g by
le ap s an d bo u n d s h e re th is week
— w ith more th a n 70 local men
a lre a d y signed up as m em b ers of
th e L ititz C h a p te r of B ro th e rs
of th e B ru sh .
I t looks as th o u g h sev e ra l h u n ­d
red w ill have a b an d o n ed th e ir
ra z o rs lo n g b efo re th e coming
spectacle, it w as p red icted .
A p a rtia l list, to be su p p le ­m
en ted n e x t week, folows:
Jo h n R. H e lte r, Jo h n R. Ri-n
e e r, T. F re d Weaver, A lb e rt G.
H ald em a n , Donald R, W a lte r,
W illiam N. Young, E lm e r K.
Lo n g en eck er, J . Donald Ross,
W illiam E. Bingeman, Ben F o r­re
s t, William E. McCullough.
Jo sep h H. Klos, Sid Long,
Lloyd B. Miller, R o b e rt I. Heagy,
Sr., Irv in B. Miller, S. L. Goche-n
a u r, Lem Sipe, C a rp e n te r H a rt-ra
n f t, Jaco b L o n g en eck er, Leon
D eF e rn e lm o n t, R ic h a rd C h rist,
F re d S henk, Jo h n H. Ulrich, J r .
H a rry Sheffy, R aymond L. P e t­ty
jo h n , J r ., C lair M. Koser, Ar-
(Con tin u ed on P a g e 12)
Standings For
Queen Contest
Are Announced
In te r e s t in th e “Miss L ititz ”
Queen c o n te s t re a ch ed th e b o il­in
g p o in t th is week as Mrs. Wil­liam
Scatchiard, c h a irm a n , a n ­n
o u n ced th e s ta n d in g fo r th e first
period.
At th e moment, Lynn R eiden-b
au g h is a t th e h e ad of th e
ra c e— b u t w ith Sylvia W ertsch ,
J a n e R iss e r a n d Vivian L an d is
n o t f a r behind.
Carol B a rb e r a n d M arian Ger­h
a r t a re tie , w ith Jo a n Snyder,
Joyce Steffy, H e ttie S tau ffer a n d
R o b e rta F re d e ric k r ig h t on th e ir
heels.
A n n o u n cemen t w ill be mad e
weekly of th e re la tiv e sta n d in g s,
an d Mrs. S c a tch a rd emphasized
th a t th is is only th e first ta b u la ­tio
n a n d th a t it s till is an y b o d y ’s
con test. Girls a re u rg e d to re p o rt
to Bi-Centennial H e a d q u a rte rs
each T h u rsd a y , n o t only to mak e
su re th a t an a c c u ra te ta b u la tio n
may be made, b u t also th a t th ey
may he given c re d it fo r bonus
votes.
The Queen w ill b e selected
J u n e 25. P u b lic an n o u n c em en t
w ill be made wh en she is crown­ed
a t th e first p e rfo rm an c e of th e
B i-C en ten n ial P a g e a n t.
Mrs. Kauffman And Son
Get Royal Irish Reception
Mrs. H a ro ld K au ffm an , an d
son, Keen, 121 W e st Lemon St.,
who a re sp en d in g th e sum m e r
w ith Mrs. K au ffm an ’s m o th e r,
Mrs. Agnes S h a rp ie s, B a lly c la re ,
Ire la n d , w ere te n d e re d a w arm
re c ep tio n on th e ir a rr iv a l to Mrs.
K au ffm an ’s n a tiv e soil.
No so o n e r h a d th e y s e t fo o t in
Ire la n d , w h e re a h o s t of frie n d s
a n d re la tiv e s w ere on h a n d to
g re e t th em in tr a d itio n a l Irish
fash io n , an d p re se n te d Keen w ith
an oversize sh illa la h (w h ich H a r­o
ld a n tic ip a te s will he u se d on
h im come S e p tem b e r), a n d to
Keen ’s m o th e r was given a g ray
were mad e by Mrs. William
McConnell, c h a irm a n o f th e B al­ly
c la re F a ir Day.
In a fro n t page p ic tu re s to ry of
th e a rriv a l of th e Kauffmans, th e
“ B e lfa st T e le g ra p h e r” s ta te s
th a t “ th e w h isp e rin g of th e g re en
fields of U lste r can be h e a rd
d is tin c tly in a t le a s t one home
in L ititz , P en n sy lv an ia , U.S.A.,”
a n d fu r th e r s ta te s th a t to “ an
exile” , F a ir Day a t B a lly c la re
is simply irre sista b le .
H a ro ld lik en s th e a ffa ir to th e
R e ad in g o r Y o rk F a ir s h e re , ex­cep
t th a t th e r e a re no games of
chance in co n n ectio n w ith F a ir
A WELCOME FOR — THE VISITING FIREMEN!
F o r th e firs t tim e in man y , m an y y e a rs, n obody seems to
rem em b e r when, th e e n tire b u sin ess se c tio n b ro k e o u t in flags,
b u n tin g a n d b a n n e rs th is week a s a m ean s o f g re e tin g a n d
welcoming firemen a n d o th e rs who w ill a tte n d th e co u n ty fire­m
en ’s co n v en tio n h e re a n d view th e firemen ’s p a ra d e S a tu rd a y .
Graduate Of First H.S. Class
To Attend Alumni Banquet
See Hope
To Revise
Assessm’ts
Buy New Police Car;
To Close Broad St.
For Dances
B o rough council c re a te d a
B o rough P la n n in g Commission
an d in d ic a ted zoning soon will
be in a u g u ra te d here, a t a len g th y
m eetin g h eld Tu esd ay evening.
Members of th e new commission
will be n amed a t th e J u n e meet­in
g an d B o rough M an ag e r Dave
B a u e r was in s tru c te d to a tte n d
p la n n in g commission meetin g s in
L a n c a ste r in o rd e r to tie in plans
h e re w ith su b u rb a n p ro g rams.
To R ev ise A ssessments
T h a t eq u a liz a tio n of assess­men
ts is n o t a dead issu e also
was disclosed when S o licito r P au l
A. Mueller d ecla red th e b o rough
is w ith in its leg a l r ig h t to a p p ro ­p
ria te money fo r rev isin g assess­ments.
T h is opinion now w ill be
p re se n te d to th e W a rw ick Union
School B o a rd a n d if an a g re e ­m
e n t can he re a ch ed , b o th b o r­ough
assesso rs will a g a in be a sk ­ed
to jo in a p la n to re v ise a ll
b o ro u g h asse ssm en ts, p ro p e rty
by p ro p e rty .
Buy P o lic e C a r
Council ap p ro v ed th e p u rch ase
of a new police c a r, a Dodge, to
b e 'p u r c h a s e d from J o h n Zart-m
an fo r $2,300. A mobile rad io
u n it w ill be in s ta lle d by th e Gar­den
Spot Appliance Co., fo r $590.
T h e p re s e n t police c a r w ill be
u sed by th e b o ro u g h m an ag e r
wh ile a dump tru c k owned by th e
S tre e t Dept., was sold to Leroy
Steffy fo r $1,355. Two o th e r
tru c k s w ill be re -p a in te d by
Keller- Bros, fo r th e i r bid of
$179.
A c o n tra c t was sig n ed with
U.S. P ip e a n d F o u n d ry to fu r­n
ish pipe a t a price a p p ro x im a te ­ly
15 p e r-c en t above la s t y e a r’s
q u o ta tio n .
Council also decided to r e ­move
th e c u lv e rt a t New a n d
Lo cu st S tre e ts, m a k in g New a
dead -en d s tre e t, p ro v id in g prop-
( C o n tin u ed on P a g e 7)
JOHN LEAMAN RECEIVES
DIVINITY DEGREE
T h e d eg re e of B a ch e lo r of Di­v
in ity was aw a rd e d to Jo h n
David L eaman , son of Mrs. B. M.
L eaman , of th is b o ro u g h , a t com­men
cemen t exercises h eld Tues­day
ev ening a t th e Union Theo­logical
Sem in a ry in New York
City.
Mrs. L eam an a tte n d e d th e
commencement, alo n g w ith h e r
son a n d d au g h te r-in -law , Dr. an d
Mrs. Thomas L eam an , Hershey.
L ititz Hig h School h a s h a d a
to ta l of 70 g ra d u a tin g classes—
a n d a m em b e r of th e v e ry first
class of 1 8S6, Mrs. E liz ab e th
Hepp, w ill be one of th e h o n o red
g u e sts to a tte n d th e b a n q u e t of
th e L ititz Hig h School Alumni
Association to n ig h t in th e Legion
Club a t E p h ra ta .
Mrs. Hepp is th e only su rv iv ­ing
mem b er of h e r class.
Dr. D. L. B iem e sd e rfe r, p re s i­d
e n t of Millersville S ta te Teach­e
rs College, will be th e sp e a k e r
of th e evening, a n d Dr. Howard
B. Minnich will serv e a s to a s t­m
aster.
W ilb u r D itz le r ’42, p re s id e n t,
will p resid e a t th e b u sin ess m e e t­in
g ; Rev. Carl F re d e ric k , ’49,
will give th e in v o c a tio n ; Ray ­mond
Reedy, ’23, will le ad th e
sin g in g a n d J o h n Keehn, '24,
will be th e p ia n ist; A u d rey R iss­e
r, ’53, an d J a n e R isser, ’55, will
sing a du et.
G. Marlin Spaid, su p e rv isin g
p rin c ip a l, will p re s e n t th e class
of ’56, a n d Jam e s Sw arr, ’56
class p re s id e n t, will give th e r e ­sponse;.
th e L ititz Hig h School
Alumni aw a rd will be p re se n te d
by Menno R o h re r, ’27; a n d p re ­s
e n ta tio n of th e I. W a lto n Bobst
aw a rd s will be mad e by Mrs. D.
P. B rick e r, ’98.
Mrs. E liz a b e th Ho ltzh o u se
Kauffman, of Sw a rthm o re , will
re p re s e n t th e class of 1906.
O th e r officers of th e Alumni
Include, Clarence Maharg, vice
p re s id e n t; Miss Rochelle Kopp,
re c o rd in g s e c re ta ry ; Miss Myra
H o llin g er, c o rre sp o n d in g secre­ta
ry ; W illiam H. D a rlin g to n ,
tre a su re r.
Mr. a n d Mrs. R o b e rt Snyder
a n d ch ild ren , M a rg a re t, Jam e s
an d Sally, sp e n t th e week-end
in town.
WHAT OUR PAGEANT STAGE WILL LOOK LIKE
Some id e a o f th e size o f th e s ta g e o f th e I an ces o f a celebration, h e ld re c e n tly in Cumber-local
B i-C en ten n ia l P a g e a n t is se e n in th e p h o to la n d , Md., of w h ich R a le ig h T o z e r also w a s th e
above ta k e n d u rin g on e of th e ev en in g p e rfo rm - | d ire c to r.
14 Local Organizations Supply
Cast of 400 For Bi-Cen. Spectacle
F o u rte e n L ititz re lig io u s, civic,
a n d social o rg a n iz a tio n s will
su p p ly th e c a st of th e 400 p e r­sons
fo r “ Our W o n d ro u s L an d ,”
th e g ig an tic sp ectacle th a t will be
th e o u ts ta n d in g e n te rta inm e n t
fe a tu re d u rin g th e L ititz Bi-Cen­te
n n ia l C e leb ra tio n J u n e 28 to
Ju ly 3. The tw o -h o u r p ro d u ctio n ,
which will be given n ig h tly a t
th e a th le tic field , w ill beg in w ith
th e e a rly g row th of L ititz from
th e old In d ia n days to th e p re ­sent.
Many h is to ric a l scenes will
be en acted .
T h e f ir s t re h e a rs a l of th e P io ­n
e e r Scenes, sp o n so red by th e
F a rm W omen ’s Society, was held
Monday ev en in g in Fe llow sh ip
H all. T h is g ro u p in th e fu tu re
w ill re h e a r s e o n F rid a y n ig h t,
Mr. Tozer, th e d ire c to r, ex--
T h e c a st fo r W a r Scenes b eing
re c ru ite d by th e Lions Club, will
re h e a rs e on Monday n ig h ts a t
9 o ’clock; Tu esd ay a t 7 :3 0 p.m.
th e c a s t fo r th e p o rtra y a l of
E a rly Mo rav ian Scenes, b eing
su p p lied by th e Men’s Bible Class
of th e Moravian Church, a n d th e
W. C. T. U., will re p o rt; a n d a t
8 :3 0 th e g ro u p fo r th e L a te r Mor­a
v ia n Scenes, sp o n so red jo in tly
by th e R o ta ry Club, St. P a u l’s
L u th e ra n Church, a n d th e Mor­a
v ia n Men’s Bible Class, w ill re ­h
earse.
On W e d n e sd ay n ig h t a t 8 :3 0
mem b e rs o f St. Jam e s P a rish ,
Un ited B re th re n Church, a n d th e
Am erican Legion, w ill re h e a rse
a t th e Odd F ellows H a ll fo r
Civil W a r P e rio d Scenes. T h is is
th e o n ly g ro u p n o t re h e a rs in g in
¡Scenes from th e Gay N in eties
will be re h e a rs e d by th e Womans
Club a n d th e American Legion
A u x ilia ry on T h u rsd a y ev en in g a t
7 o ’clock; a n d on F rid a y a t 7 :3 0
p.m., th e Odd F ellows a n d th e
R eb ek ah s will re h e a rse fo r th e ir
p a rts in th e In d ia n Scenes; an d
a t 8 :3 0 th e F a rm Women will
a g a in re h e a rs e th e P io n e e r
Scenes.
T h e c a st fo r T h e P ro lo g u e
b ein g p o rtra y e d by Hig h School
g irls, will re p o r t a t th e A th le tic
F ie ld o n S a tu rd a y m o rn in g a t
10 o ’clock.
Mr. T o z e r p o in ted o u t th a t
th e c a s t is n o t lim ited to mem­b
e rs ,of th e v a rio u s sp o n so rin g
o rg a n iz a tio n s, a n d a n y p e rso n
w ish in g to p a rtic ip a te is welcome
a t re h e a rs a ls of thoiT* niinino
County Convention
To Be Held In Park
Here This Saturday
Jimmie Witmyer Figures
In Crash At1 Shore
An au tom o b ile d riv en by
Jam e s W itmy er, So u th Cedar St.,
th is bo ro u g h , was bad ly damaged
in a collision w ith a n o th e r ma­chine
a t V en tn o r a n d Pen n sy lv a ­n
ia Avenues in A tla n tic City,
N. J ., S a tu rd a y evening. Witmy-e
r ’s c a r was so badly damaged
it h ad to be towed b ack to Lititz.
W itm y e r a n d Lynn Kemper,
also of th is bo ro u g h , who had
accompanied him to th e shore,
escaped u n h u rt.
Lloyd Hess
Lands Big
Sail Fish
H. Lloyd Hess, of S o u th Broad
S tre e t, th is bo ro u g h , c a u g h t a
seven-foot, n in e-in ch sailfish
while fishing off th e co ast of
F lo rid a Tu esd ay of la s t week, he
re p o rte d u p o n h is r e tu rn here
y e ste rd ay .
The sailfish is exactly five
inches lo n g er th a n a prize tro p h y
c a u g h t by Mrs. Hess la s t y e a r—
a t which tim e Mr. Hess re p o rte d
he c a u g h t n o th in g la rg e r th a n a
su ck er. T h is y e a r th e lu ck was
rev e rsed w ith Mrs. Hess re p o r t­ing
no fish— only a slig h t a tta c k
of seasickness.
Mr. a n d Mrs. Hess sp en t th e
p a st mo n th a t T h e Castaways,
Miami Beach, F lo rid a . On th e ir
way home th e y v isited Mr. H e ss’
cousin, Jaco b Zeigler, a b ro th e r
of Mrs. B a rb a ra Snyder, of S.
Spruce S tre e t, th is b o ro u g h .
T h e ir a rriv a l h ome also m a rk ­ed
th e 3 9 th wed d in g an n iv e rsa ry
fo r Mr. a n d Mrs. Hess.
400 Seek 1st
Day Bi-Cente’nial
Cancellations
More th a n 400 p erso n s from
a ll p a rts of th e n a tio n have m a il­ed
from one to 30 pieces o f mail
to be m a rk e d w ith th e special
Bi-Centennial c an c e lla tio n on th e
first day, F rid a y , it was disclosed
a t th e postoffice y esterd ay .
The sp ecial c an c e lla tio n which
will be u sed d u rin g th e mo n th
of J u n e fo r a ll mail passing
th ro u g h th e local office b e a rs th e
slo g an :
1756 — L ititz , P a . — 1956
— 2 0 0 th A n n iv e rsa ry —
— Of The Community —
W ith co lle c to rs showing an u n ­u
su a l in te re s t in th e first-day
c a n c e lla tio n h e re , th e s e cancella­tio
n s im m ed ia te ly will become
v a lu ed o b jects fo r co llecto rs ev­eryw
h ere. L e tte rs s till can be
ta k e n to th e postoffice to d ay for
th e first-d ay can c e lla tio n , P o st­m
a s te r R o b e rt P fa u tz explained.
F ra n c e s Grosh, of W ash in g to n ,
D. C., is sp en d in g th e week in
town.
Corn Soup Festival And
Eddie Grady's Band
Added Attractions
The p a ra d e w ill move from
th e Animal T ra p p a rk in g lo t
a t 2 :0 0 p.m.
R o u te : F ro n t St. to B ro ad ,
so u th o n B ro ad to Main, w est
o n Main to Spruce, so u th o n
S pruce to Second Ave., to
Broad, n o rth on B ro a d to
Main, e a s t on Main to Lo cu st,
n o rth on L o cu st to A n imal
T ra p Co. w h e re it w ill disb an d .
T h o u san d s of p erso n s a re ex­pected
to jam in to L ititz th is
S a tu rd a y to w itn ess th e two-mile
lo n g p a ra d e to be h eld in
co n ju n c tio n w ith th e 3 6 th an ­n
u al convention of th e L a n c a ste r
County F irem e n ’s Assciation.
The convention will be th e
th ird firem e n ’s co n vention h e ld
in th e h is to ry of th e b o rough an d
th e firs t since 1929.
The business session of th e con­v
en tio n will convene in th e L ititz
Sp rin g s P a rk a t 9 a.m. an d will
rem a in in session u n til noon. De­le
g a te s from a ll co u n ty fire com­pan
ies will tra n s a c t b u sin ess fo r
th e y e a r an d elect officers.
The chicken corn soup fe stiv a l
will be h e ld in th e firehouse
fo r th e b u ck e t “ b rig a d e ” a n d a t
th e p a rk w h e re ta b le s w ill be s e t
up.
T h e b o ro u g h a lre a d y p re s e n te d
a festiv e a p p e a ran c e to d ay w ith
a m a jo rity of local b u sin ess
places a n d many re sid en c e s gayly
d e co ra ted w ith flag s, b u n tin g
an d “Welcme F irem e n ” sig n s
a n d placa rd s.
(C rn tln u e d on P ag e 12)
Rev. Neideigh
Appeals For
Condon Sense
Diplomacy, ed u c a tio n a n d th e
Holy Bible can p ro te c t u s from
th e su ffe rin g s of th e b a ttle fie ld—
if we le a rn how to use th em ,
Rev. Roy Neideigh a ss e rte d in
a s tir r in g Memorial Day a d d re s s
which fe a tu re d th e o bservance
in th e Moravian Cemetery h e re
y esterd ay .
“ Todajr we n eed simple a n d
common sen se ,” he d e c la red ,
“W eapons such a s tr u th a n d
ju s tic e w ith which to fig h t p re ­ju
d ice, h a tre d , envy a n d a ll of
th e o th e r d ead ly sin s which a re
a b o u t us.
Contin u in g , Rev. Neideigh de­cla
red :
“ In th is modern day an d age
we mu st le a rn to u se th e wea­pons
we have a t h an d , o u r h e ri­tag
e, th e Holy Bible, th e b a llo t
box a n d a ll of o u r man y fre e ­doms.
So lo n g a s people live In
fe a r of bombers an d in th e sh a ­dow
of ty ran n y , ju s t th a t long
is o u r ta sk u n fin ish ed .
“And th e r e fo r by th e use of
diplomacy in ste ad of th e can ­non;
by b ro th e rly love in s te a d of
(C o n tin u ed on P ag e 12)
Kangaroo Court To Hold Its
First Session Friday Evening
Bob W eav er, “ Supreme Most
High Sheriff” o f “ The Kan g aro o
C o u rt” an n o u n c ed to d a y th a t th e
first session of th e C o u rt will he
held th is F rid a y evening a t 8:00
o ’clock.
“We a re ca llin g up o n a ll
‘B ro th e rs of th e B ru sh ’ to re p o rt
to Ye C en te r S q u a re a t th is time.
This mean s a ll b e a rd ed men who
h ave d u ly re g is te re d th e ir whis­k
e rs an d have secu red th e ir offi­cial
certificates a n d h a t,” Bob
added.
“We h ave fitted u p o u r ‘K an ­garoo
P a tro l P ad d y W ag o n ’ with
a few new g a d g e ts a n d w ill have
o u r p o rtab le ‘S to ck ad e ’ mo unted
on a special tr a ile r. The Keystone
Cops h ave been in s tru c te d to
b rin g In th e m o st fla g ra n t vio la­to
rs of th e ‘Sh av in g P e rm it,’
‘Cosmetic P e rm it,’ h a t a n d bon­n
e t re g u la tio n s a n d th e s e cases
will be tr ie d by o u r Most Unmer­cifu
l Ju d g e , E d S tro b le a n d my­self.
“We a re going to afford th e se
v io la to rs some sem b lan ce of ju s ­tice.
We will have a twelve-man
ju ry , composed o f six smooth-th
e B ru sh . In th e case of a sp lit
v erd ict, e ith e r Ju d g e S tro b le o r
myself w ill v o te a s a th irte e n th
Ju ro r. While It is tr u e th a t we
may be more o r less p re ju d ic ed
as a d d itio n a l mem b ers of th e
venue, th e d e fe n d a n ts w ill h ave
a t le a s t a o n e-ln -a -th o u san d
chance of se c u rin g a n a c q u itta l.
“The Key sto n e Cops a re now
c o n stru c tin g sev e ra l new engines
of to r tu r e fo r th o se fo u n d g u ilty
in The Court. The mo st novel
will b e ‘The T o rtu re C h am b e r’
fo r lady offenders. A n o th e r in n o ­v
a tio n is ‘Ye A n cien t P illo ry ”
fo r th e c h a stisem e n t of men
w ith o u t S h a v e r’s P e rm its, B ro th ­e
rs of th e B ru sh w ith o u t official
c e rtificates a n d men w ith o u t offi­cial
derbies.
“Those sen ten c ed fo r m in o r of­fenses
will be in tro d u c e d to His
M ajesty ’s ‘Royal Ball a n d C h ain ’
p ro ced u re. P e rh a p s th e most ig ­nomin
io u s devices fo r m e tin g o u t
p u n ishm e n t will be ‘Ye W a te ro u s
B a th -T u b ,’ in to which th e w o rst
offenders w ill be publicly ‘d u n k ­e
d .’ Th is w ill be re se rv e d fo r
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