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Serving The Warwick Union Area For The Past Eighty Years
80th Year E s t a b lis h e d A p r il, 1877, a s T h e S u n b e am
(C o n s o lid a te d w ith T h e Xiltltz R e co rd , 1937) Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa., Thursday, January 10, 1957 5 c e n t s a C op y ; 82 .5 0 p e r y e a r b y m a il,
w ith in L a n c a s t e r C ou n ty ; 83.00 e ls ew h e r e . No. 41
All Boro Operations Will Cost $324,309 In 1957
Four-Mill
Tax Boost
Inevitable
BIG G AM E HUNTERS
Ï:
V IS IT HERE
Budget Of $201,658 To
Be Approved Wed.;
Sewer Dept. To Cost
$122,651
Cost of all borough operations
in Lititz during the coming yea r
will reach the staggering figure
of an estimated $324,309, it was |
disclosed this week as work on
the borough budget for 1957 was
completed.
The budget Itself, which will
he given council’s final stamp of
approval a t a special meeting to
be held next Wednesday eve­ning,
s calls fo r expenditures of
$201,658. The remaining $122,-
651 will be spent for sewerage
disposal operations, the budget
for which is drawn up separately
on or around February 1st.
And with expenditures reach­ing
an all-time high, members
o f council indicated th a t a four-mill
tax increase, bringing th e
ra te on properties to 18 mills,
will be needed to make up an
estimated deficit of $16,828,
based on the present 14-mill
rate. Four mills of taxation pro­duced
approximately $15,800 on
cu rren t assesesd valuations.
And while the four-mill boost
in all probability will be se ttled
upon, th e wage and income tax
proposal widely publicized! by
Borough Manager David Bauer
still has some support in council
and will be thoroughly discussed
a t Wednesday n ig h t’s meeting.
The proposal is f a r from being
dead aB was indicated in last
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Leases Dam
After Vandals
Do Damage
Park President
Dr. Minnich Ends Efforts
To Provide Ice Skating;
May Sell Property
Vandals have created so much
damage to the Rudy Dam prop­erty
th a t he has abandoned all
efforts to provide public ice
skating, Dr. Howard B. Minnich
announced yesterday.
The cottage and the dam prop­erty
will be leased to the local
Explorers’ Post of Boy Scouts
headed by Charles Regennas and
they will attempt to operate it as
a membership proposition, Dr.
Minnich explained.
Close Vote Marks Meeting
Of St. Paul’s Congregation
Churches To
Hold Service
Here Today
— R e c o r d -E x p r e s s P h o to
Mrand Mrs. L. D. Peters, of Destruction Bay, Yukon T erri­tory,
ar«being shown th e tro u t project of Lititz Sportsmen in th e
Springs *ark, by Wa lte r Z. Bradley, left, of Elm.
BigGame Hunters Find
Elm A Bit Crowded
Living i‘, Elizabeth Township hood of 25 pounds each.
has a lot >u can say for it—
but it’s just* bit too crowded for
real, gen u it comfort!
A Prayer R e tre a t will be held
by seven cooperating churches
here th is afternoon. These
cbnrches will be open for prayer
from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. an d a t
4:00 p.m. a service will be held
in the Memorial Chapel, Morav­ian
Sunday School building. Rev.
Francis R. Bell will preside. Rev.
Glen Dietrich, pastor of th e
Bmnnerville E.U.B. Church will
lead the responsive reading.
Dr. Robert Moss, th e guest
speaker, will be introduced by
Rev. Alton P. Albright, and will
speak on the subject “Methods
of P ray er and Using the Bible in
Devotional Life.” This will be
followed by a discussion period.
The evening service a t 7:30,
will be held in the Moravian
Church, with Rev. Carl J . Hel-mich
presiding. Rev. Bell will
offer th e Invocation prayer, Rev.
R. C. S telnha rt will read th e
Scripture lesson, and Rev. Al­b
right will introduce the speak­er.
Rev. Floyd McDowell will con­duct
a season ot praye r follow­ing
the message, and Rev. Paul
A. Miller will pronounce the ben­ediction.
A girls ensemble from th e
Warwick High School will sing,
directed by Lee Dunkle, teacher
of music.
The cooperating churches in­clude
St. Luke’s Evangelical and
Reformed, St. P au l's Lutheran,
Church of th e Brethren, Evan­gelical
United Brethren, T rinity
Evangelical Congrega t i o n a l ,
Brunnerville Evangelical United
Brethren, and Moravian.
DESCRIBES HAWAIIAN
TRIP BEFORE ROTARIANS
Colored slides taken on a flight
to Hawaii were shown by Henry
Gibbel a t a meeting of the Lititz
Rotary Club Tuesday evening.
William E. Danner, J r., E. Sec­ond
Ave., was admitted as a new
member. Dr. Carl Helmich was in
charge of th e induction cere­mony.
«fctBtt*
The Lord Is nigh tmto them
(kit are of a broken heart;
and saveth such as be of a
contrite spirit—(P s a lm 34,
18.)
Into the helplessness of oar
htmost sorrow comes this
wonderful consolation; anid
this promise, this reprieve—
this chance ever to begin
anew. God will always hear
ns, from the deepest pit of
fe a p a fe .
This was ns of the reactions
expressed ths week by two resi­dents
of th e ïik o n Territory of
Canada, Mr.i ind Mrs. L. D.
Peters, who speu th e past week
visiting a t th j lome of Mr. and
Mrs. Walter ZiB-adley, a t Elm.
Both big-gaie hunters in th e ir
own right, Mr and Mrs. Peters,
who a re bette known in the
wilds of northen Canad as Babe
and Larry, hail iront Destruction
Bay on the soutlshore of Klaune
Lake, where th ^ »nd the Brad­leys
spent many h*urs in years
gone by, fishing )ne hunting.
During th e ir tisi, Babe and
L arry were brought to Lititz by
the Bradleys and iupected the
tro u t project in the park which
is being sponsored by local
sportsmen. “This i | a lne conser­vation
project,” Larry comment­ed,
adding, “and while I can see
why this sort of thing is impor­ta
n t here in Pennsylvatia, up in
Canada these would m&e excel­lent
bait.”
The group then recalld a fish­ing
expedition on Klauie Lake
when P e te rs caught a 4l-pound
tro u t while Bradley lanced sev­eral
weighing in th e n%hbor-
Achey Enlists
In Air Force !
Richard R. Achey, 22, o i l l l
West Orange Street, has enlgted
in th e U.S. Air Force, according
to an announcement made this
week by Sgt. Charles Kosten in
charge of the Lancaster Recr it-ing
office.
Although Achey enlisted »n
December 19, he was permitbd
to remain home during the hol-days
because of th e new holidty
leave policy of the Air Force. H
left last week fo r San Antonie
Texas, where he will receive hi;
basic tra in in g a t the Lackland
Air Force Base.
Achey attend Lititz schools5
During th e ir visit, th e Peters
were shown th e ore mines and
buildings a t Cornwall, were ta k ­en
on a to u r of several Amish
farms and shown th e Animal
Trap Company here, from which
Babe and Larry receive trap s
they use in Canada.
They le ft yesterday on th e ir
trip home. The Bradleys are
planning to re tu rn th e visit with­in
the next year o r so. The two
couples several years ago took
p a rt In a successful hunt for big­horn
rams. These experiences are
among a collection being publish­ed
in book form this spring by
Bradley.
He also announced th a t the
property now is for sale since
his efforts to conduct the prop­erty
for the benefit of the public
have from time to time been
thwarted by vandals.
Vandals recently broke seven
windows of the cottage a t th e
dam, set the boat afloat, with the
result th a t it was found ice-hound
in th e middle of the dam,
and broke a number of light
bulbs. Two local youths ques­tioned
are said to have admitted
creating the damage and to have
agreed to make repairs.
The outbreak was one of a
wave of three incidents of van­dalism
being investigated by lo­cal
police. Tuesday morning po­lice
learned th a t vandals had
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New Park
Com’ittee
Organizes
T hat a clean-cut difference of
opinion exists among members
of St. P a u l’s Lutheran Church
over the re-location of church
buildings, was disclosed a t the
special congregational meeting
held last evening.
Following more than three
hours of debate in which th e
proposed plans were both criti­cized
and supported, members of
the congregation present voted
129 to 125 in favor of the sale
of present properties and the
building of new church buildings
in a less congested area.
The closeness of the vote caus­ed
church officials to question
whether a project of this magni­tude
could be acted upon a t this
time.
“This was discussed thorough­ly
and because of the size of this
move and the amount of money
it would involve, we are not cer­tain
we should proceed,” Rev.
Francis Bell, pastor of St. P au l’s
Church, stated following the
meeting. “The ma tte r now is in
the hands of the church coun­cil.”
No estimates of cost compiled
by the building were made
public.
At a routine business session
ea rlier in the evening, William
Spacht, Russell Schreiber, Ed­ward
A. Leaman and Raymond
Runk were elected to the church
council.
Temporary Bobst Commit­tee
Dissolved As Perma­nent
Group Takes Over
Legion Auxiliary
Launches Civil
Defense Course
P la n s fo r a Civil Defense
course were m ade a t th e
m e e tin g of th e Ladies’ Auxili­a
ry of th e Americ an Legion
o n , Monday ev en in g a t th e
P o s t Home. T h e ladies will
c o n ta c t all civic o rg an iz a tio n s
in town a n d in v ite th em to
th e course on “Mass C a re”- to
be given o n T h u rsd ay , M a rch
28th a t 7:00 p.m. by a Red
Cross worker.
Cubs Assist
Injured Boy
T h e lad ie s a re going to
sponsor a n Essay C o n te st in
th e Senior H ig h School of th e
Warwick Union D istric t. T h e
su b je c t will be “America, One
N a tio n Under God”, a n d a $25
S av in g s Bond will be given
a s a prize.
P la n s were a lso discussed
fo r a s ta n d a rd F ir s t Aid course
to s t a r t F eb ru a ry 7th. Deta ils
will be an n o u n c ed la te r. The
lad ie s will a lso sponsor a drive
fo r fu n d s fo r th e “Crusade
fo r F re ed om ”. Coin boxes will
be p la c ed ini pu b lic places
F eb ru a ry 12 th ro u g h 22l
C o n trib u tio n s were m ad e to
th e M a rc h of Dimes a n d th e
Clarenc e Wieder fu n d .
Mrs. Guy Bowman, th e p re -
and is a gradua te of the Hershey u id e n t, was in ch a rg e of th e
In d u strial School. His father, meeting.
who died several years ago, serv­ed
for years as F irst Ward con­stable.
RETURN FROM FLORIDA
Mr. a n d Mrs|. M. L u th e r
S h a rp , 316 F ro n t St., h av e
r e tu rn e d a f te r sp en d in g th e
C h ris tm a s holidays w ith th e ir
so n a n d d a u g h te r-in -law , Mr.
a n d Mrs. B. L am a r S h a rp , a t
S t. Augustine, Fllorida.
ÏATR DRESSERS TO MEET
aT WARNER-LAMBERT
T h e n e x t m e e tin g o f th e
Lancaster C o u n ty H a ird re s ­sers
Assn, will be h e ld a t th e
L an b e rt-H u d n u t p la n t, Mon-dsr,
J a n u a ry 14, following a
coiducted to u r of th e p la n t to
start a t 5:30 p.m., ac cording
to Mrs. B e a tric e Cole, p re si-
• d e it.
Snavely Will Return To
Germany With His Family
Two flights over the Atlantic
within a month’s time is an ex­perience
Jimmy Snavely, of this
borough, is finding mighty pleas­ant
indeed!
After serving with the U.S.
Army in Germany for the past
year, Jimmy flew back to - th e
United S tates la st week-end and
plans to spend th e next several
weeks with his wife and child
here.
Then, to provide a real climax
for his three-year enlistment in
•the armed service, Jimmy on
J a n a a ry 23. will escort his fam­ily
to New York where all will
board i plane fo r Germany.
Largely due to his good record
in the service, Jimmy will be per­mitted
to have his family with
him during the final 16 months
before he receives his honorable
discharge.
“The Germans are fine peo­ple,”
Jimmy commented this
week, “ ai d living overseas is a
very inteiesting experience and
one my wife will enjoy—but I ’m
sure th a t a fte r 16 months of it,
all of us will be mighty glad to
get hack tr T■«*?** — ' ’’
The Cubs in Mrs. Ralph Ha-becker’s
Den did th e ir good deed
for the yea r on Sunday when
they presented Clarence Wieder
with a sum of money. The boys
sell candy to make money to tak e
an annual trip , which they look
forward to eagerly every sum­mer.
This yea r they decided to
give the money to Clarence, who
recently retu rn ed from the hos­pital,
where he had a leg ampu­tated,
due to a n accident.
They were accompanied to
Clarence’s home by Mrs. Habeck-er,
Mrs. Milton Brubaker, h e r
assistant; Brooke M. Baker, and
the following boys: Joey Mc-
Konley, Roger Snyder, Rodney
Baker, David Keehn, Mike Zerch-er,
Paul Brubaker, Daniel Jen­kins,
and Jimmy Brubaker. Bar­bara
Jenkins and Carol Brubaker
were also along.
At a joint meeting of the Bobst
Committee and th e newly ap­pointed
board of tru ste es for
th e park, held on Monday eve­ning,
J. M. Leed was elected
president; Warren Newcomer,
vice president; Mrs. Jo h n C. Her­shey,
secretary; and A. F. Flec-kenstein,
trea surer. Wilbur Mil­ler,
chairman of th e Bobst Com­mittee,
presided.
Following the election Mr.
Miller dissolved the Bobst Com­mittee,
which was formed solely
for the purpose of establishing
some efficient means of operating
the Park, and to Administer the
$100,000 donation offered by
Elmer Bobst for improvements,
and transfe rred everything in
th a t connection over to the tru s ­tees.
The board is made up of nine
members selected from the var­ious
churches of town, and th e
previously established executive
committee of th e park. Mr. Leed
said the tru ste e s discussed th e ir
duties and made tentative plans
for a sceond meeting to be held
early next month.
At th a t time, architectural
plans for improvements th rough­out
th e park in accordance with
the wishes of Elmer Bobst, do­nor
of th e $100,000 fund, will
County To
Cooperate On
Assessments
Wins Promotion
Dr. Horne Contradicts
Published Account Of
Court House Meeting
R a th e r th an having been tu rn ­ed
down, borough officials have
been assured th a t any serious
effort to a d ju st an d equalize lo­cal
property assessments on the
p a rt of the borough, will be
given serious consideration on
the p a rt of the county, Dr. Byron
K. Horne, a member of borough
council, announced this week.
Dr. Horne’s sta tement which
was echoed by o th e r’ members
of council, was in direct contra­diction
to published accounts of
the borough’s meeting with the
county commissioners a t the
Court House Saturday morning.
“We found County Commis­sioner
Graybill Diehm most co­operative
and fully cognizant of
our problem,” Dr. Horne said.
“He assured us th a t any revision
of assessments would be consid­ered—
and we a re now asking
him to p u t th is in writing for
fu tu re reference.
“At no time was any amount
such as the $20,000 quoted by a
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Comm. Chest
Gives $3,000
To Center
Elmer Bomberger Elected
President ; Library
Gets $300
William E. Stark
L ater they all visited the Plan- be presented by Paul McCloud,
etarium a t F ran k lin and Mar- J who has been working on them
shall College. for the past several months.
Finds Founding New
Church A Real Job
Legality Of
Hotel Signs
Questioned
Local Man
Treasurer Of
Hosiery Co.
Elmer H. Bomberger was
elected president of the Commun­ity
Chest a t a meeting of th e ex­ecutive
committee Tuesday night.
Mr. Bomberger, a former bor­ough
councilman, has taken an
active p a rt in civic affairs for
many years, having served as
president of the Lititz Rotary
Club in 19 52, and was head of
the Young Men’s Business
League in 1953. He is also an
ardent sportsman.
The group voted in favor of
turning $3,000 over to the Rec­reation
Center as a result of an
appeal made by Richard Alle-bach,
president, a t a previous
meeting. This is double the
amount allotted to the Center in
past years, Dr. Charles Eshel-man,
retiring president of the
Chest, pointed out.
He said th a t the sta te aid is
still coming through in very
small amounts, and th a t it will
be another year before the
amount is substantial enough to
be of much help.
There was also an increased
need for the Public Library, Dr.
Eshelman stated, due to expense
involved in moving and for many
adidtional volumes which a re to
be added. F o r these reasons it
was agreed to increase th a t al­lotment
to $300 instead of the
customary $200.
Other officers elected were, M.
C. Demmy, first vice president,
and Herbert Kraybill, second
vice president. Mrs. Anna Kreid-e
r was re-elected secretary, and
Miss Myrtle Bushong was re ­elected
treasurer.
During the next week it is
hoped a meeting can be arranged
for the purpose of se tting up a
detailed schedule of events for
the coming year.
Stark Assumes New Post
With The Interwoven
Stocking Co.
Those new, huge signs adver­tising
the General Sutter Coffee
Shop and erected on two sides
of the hotel, may be short-lived,
borough officials indicated this
week.
And, it was emphasized, des-j
pite th a t a borough permit was
j issued for th e ir erection by Bor-i
ough Manager David Bauer.
The signs definitely violate Baptizing a man, confirming him to church mem- the borough ordinance reguia-bership,
and seeing him elected a Deacon, all in one day • tin g advertisements of this type,
is but one of the many unique experiences in conned- | members of borough council in-tion
with establishing a church in the mushrooming sist- But, Mr- Bauer explained,
communities of Fairless Hills and Levittown, it was dis­closed
during a visit with Rev. Ray Harwick, former
pastor of St. Luke’s Evangelical and Reformed Church.
Rev. Harwick, who succeeded To quote Rev. Harwick,
Rev. Carl Isenberg as pastor of
St. Luke’s, two years ago accept­ed
the challenge to establish a
church for his denomination in
the two communities which num­bered
approximately 45,000 resi­dents
in th e two developments
“There is considerably more pas­toral
counseling in a congrega­tion
such as ours, because when
family problems arise which nor­mally
would be discussed with
parents, and since those parents
are many miles removed, th e
which were sta rted only one year i next best shoulder to cry on is
earlier.
Starting with a three-acre
tra c t of weed donated by th e de-the
p asto r’s.’
He hastened to sta te however,
th a t both he and Mrs. Harwick
velopers, he now has an active j are thoroughly enjoying th e ir
membership of nearly 300 peo-I new experiences, and consider it
pie worshipping and fellowship- . a God-given privilege to be plac-ping
in a brand new church edi- j ed in such a position,
fice which was dedicated about I He also sta ted th a t while there
nine months ago. The total popu- ' are some forty o th e r churches
lation today is estimated a t 75,- in the area, the need for addi-
000 and it is expected to reach tional help is acute, since a large
100,000 during the next two
years.
“Rev. Ray” , a s he was affec­tionately
known in Lititz, was
most modest in commenting on
his work, h u t pointed out th a t
th e re have been and still are,
many problems arising which are
fa r different from th o se with
which a pastor comes into con­ta
ct in a long established com­munity.
Here th e churches have been
able to absorb th e gradual in­crease
in population through the
years, since most of th a t increase
has come from already acclimat­ed
families; whereas in a com­munity
such as Fairless Hills and
Levitttown practically all of th e
residents a re recently married
people sta rtin g out In life, who
have been a ttra c ted to th e area
from all p a rts of th e nation by
th e new United States Step' ’"•u
percentage of th e church affili­ates
have had no previous exper­ience
in the operation of a relig­ious
organization, and m u st be
trained in the function of th e ir
respective offices.
Rev. and Mrs. Harwick, to­gether
with th e ir three children,
Diana, Gail and Nevln, were vis­iting
relatives and friends here
following th e holidays.
WARWICK UNION TEACHERS
ATTEND BANQUET
T h e te a c h e rs o f th e W a r­wick
Union D istric t a tte n d e d
a b a n q u e t a t th e Warwick
House la s t evening. Approxi­m
a te ly o n e h u n d r e d a tte n d e d .
T h e com m itte e in c h a rg e
inc lu d ed : Mrs. S co tt G a rm a n ,
Miss E lin o r G riffith , Mrs.
F ra n k Long, L ester S ta rk , Mrs.
the wording o f the ordinance is
a bit confusing.
Bauer, it tu rn s out, in te rp re ­ted
the clause th a t th e sign
should not extend beyond the
“ stree t line” as meaning th e
curb line. But, several members
of council now insist, th e stre e t
line referred to Is in re a lity th e
building line.
“We had no idea they were
going to be as large and as con­spicuous,”
Bauer commented fol­lowing
a conference with hotel
officials to determine if an agree­ment
could be reached to have
them taken down.
Several businessmen lodged
complaints on the ground th a t
they were denied permits for
signs much smaller. On the other
hand, some here feel th a t the
illuminated signs add to the ap­pearance
of the Square a t night.
A n o th er ajbtentionrattracting
development a t the hotel this
week was the posting of a public
notice th a application has been
made for a license to dispense
alcoholic beverages.
Paper Collection
This Saturday
William E. Stark, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Floyd W. Stark, 301
East New St., has ju st been
named tre a su re r and controller
of the Interwoven Stocking Co.,
world renowned manufacturer
of men’s hoisery.
A gradua te of Lititz High
School class of 1939, Mr. Stark
then entered Duke University,
nad in 1942 entered the U. S.
Army, serving in anti-aircraft in
th e Pacific theatre. After being
discharged with the ran k of Cap-tian,
he returned to Duke to com­plete
his training, and graduated
on the Dean’s list. He played
varsity basketball for three years
while attending the university.
After receiving his degree he
became affiliated with Lybrand,
Ross Brothers and Montgomery,
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To Trade-In
Clothes For
Hungarians
Street Workers
Nabbed After
Collision Here
Joseph B. Hess, local haber­dasher,
th is week launched a
unique drive for Hungarian re­lief
by offering a trade-in allow­ance
on worn clothing with the
purchase of a topcoat. He will
then clean the used items and
tu rn them over to the Hungarian
relief agency.
Mr. Hess had done something
similar several years ago during
th e police action in Korea and
collected an astonishing amount
of clothing for those sufferers.
He stressed th a fact th a t it
need not be only men’s clothing
traded in, but th a t he would give
an allowance on any piece of
warm clothing whether it be
men’s , women’s or children’s
apparrel.
Mr. Hess’ only stipulation is
th a t coats, suits or jackets tu rn ­ed
in for an allowance must be
wearable for some less fo rtu ­nate
person; but th a t he would
not trad e in any articles which
are ready for th e rag bag.
Lutheran Boy Scout Troop 44,
and Moravian Troop 42 will
make a collection of paper in the
borough this Saturday, Jan. 12.
Scouts of these troops are re ­quested
to report to th e ir re­spective
headquarte rs a t 1 p.m.
sharp. Trucks will be on hand
to do the hauling. In case of
bad weather, the collection will
be made th e following Saturday.
Persons a re urged to have
th e ir naners i ’
Two b o rough s tre e t employ­ees
g ree ted borough policemen
o n a b it d iffe re n t basis th is
week w h en th e y were prose­cu
ted following a n automobile
a c c id en t o n C ed ar S tr e e t la st
S a tu rd ay .
T h e two p rosecuted were
Arnold Habecker, Manheim,
c h a rg e d w ith h av in g o p e ra ted
a c a r w h en h is license was
su sp en d ed ; a n d Wayne H.
G a in e r, M an h e im R 1, c h a rg ­ed
w ith p e rm ittin g a n u n li­c
ensed d riv e r to o p e ra te h is
car.
T h e c h a rg e s were p re fe rre d
b efore Ju s tic e of th e Peace
Jo se p h B. Herr, a f te r a c a r
o p e ra te d by H abe cke r cra sh ed
in to th e r e a r o f a m a ch in e
o p e ra te d by Mary Gockley of
M an h e im R 1. Damage to th e
two c a rs was e s tim a ted a t a p ­p
ro x im a te ly $135.
R a le ig h Tozer, d ire c to r of
L ititz ’ B i-C en te n n ia l p ag e an t,
also p a id a fin e before Squire
H e rr o n a ch a rg e of d riv in g
th ro u g h a ‘s to p sig n ’. Tozer
gave h is ad d re ss as Lynchburg, '
Virginia.
Six m o to rists were p ro se cu t­ed
before Justice s H e rr an d
P a u l F. Diehm o n ch a rg e s of
d riv in g too f a s t for conditions.
T hey a re : Leroy Stoltzfus, of
Ba reville; David F. Efoerly,
L ititz R. 2; H a rry Bowers, J n ,
L an c a s' ” .7; Donald R o b e rt
Snyde: f a s te r : F rsn p ^ . h
GETS FREE ROOM AND
BOARD FOR WINTER
R o b e rt Geesey, n o address,
ap p e a red in a good h um o r
w h en given 30 d ay s in th e
L a n c a ste r C o u n ty P riso n on a
ch a rg e o f v ag ra n cy a f te r b e ­in
g a rra ig n e d before Ju stic e
o f th e Peace P a u l F. Diehm.
Geesey a dm itte d consuming a
p in t of whiskey a n d a b o ttle
o f wine before b o rough police
en co u n te red him. “T h e food
over in Be rks Co u n ty P riso n
is a lo t b e tte r th a n where I ’m
going . . . b u t you c a n ’t ask
fo r eve ry th in g ,” h e com m en t­ed
a s h e was esco rted from
th e h e a rin g .
TOURING THE SOUTH
Mr. a n d Mrs. F ra n k Eckman,
524 F ro n t St)., sp e n t th e h o li­d
a y season to u rin g F lorida,
P o rtsm o u th , Virginia, a n d At­la
n ta , Georgia, w h e re th e y vi­s
ited Mrs. E ckm an ’s sister, Mrs.
Myra Groff.