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within L ancaster County; $3.00 elsewhere. No. 2
Basketball
T estimon’l
Saturday
Expect Capacity Crowd;
No More Tickets Avail­able,
Committee Says
Plans for the testimonial din­ner
honoring Warwick High
School’s Lancaster County bas­ketball
championship team, in
th e High School cafeteria on Sat­urday
night a t 6 o’clock, have
been completed.
With Paul Diehm, president
of the Lititz Chamber of Com­merce
in charge, the following
area organizations are rep resen t­ed
on the general committee
sponsoring th e event:
American Business Club, Lit­itz
Chamber of Commerce, Brun-nerville
Fire Co., Lititz Com­munity
Show Ass'n., Lititz Fire
Co., Lititz Lions Club, Liititz
Lodge of Odd Fellows, Liititz
Rotary Club, Rothsville Fire Co.,
and the Warwick Lions Club.
Raymond Reedy, secretary of
the Lititz Chamber of Commerce,
is in charge of the program.
No more tickets for the ban ­quet
are available, and a capacity
crowd is expected.
Places of honor have been re­served
for former Lititz High
basketball champions. Thirty-seven
players of these teams will
be on hand, along with three
former court coaches, Je rry
Stark, Owen Hershey and Eu­gene
Dechert.
A last - minute change was
made ea rlier this week when
Jesse Arnelle sent word th a t he
would not be able to attend.
Mahargs Take
Over Grocery
Business Here
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Maharg
on Tuesday morning resumed
operation of the grocery store
a t Broad and Lincoln Ave., which
they had owned and operated
from 1947 to 1954, when the
business was sold to Raymomd C.
Todd. -
Barton L. Sharp conducted a
grocery store a t th a t site foir 17
years prior to 1947 and ju st this
past February rebought the bus­iness
from Todd, and th is week
completed negotiations with the
Mahargs to again take over the
business.
After selling the business in
1954, Maharg was associated
with Rosey’s Ice Cream and la te r
served on the borough police
force until his resignation the
beginning of March.
SPRING HATS AND EASTER BUNNIES GALORE!
• Pictured above are some of the Elementary pupils who will
participate in the Spring Music Festival tonight and tomorrow
night in the auditorium of the Lititz Elementary building. In the
top photo is the cast of the “Easter Parade,” which is the grand
finale, and includes Donna Weaver, Kathleen Will, Barbara Spaid,
Linda Beamesderfer, Doretta Wissler, Arlene Smith, Robert Huber,
James Seabert, Jerry Myers, Harold Weaver, Fred Rogers, and
Paul Michael Hess.
In the center photo the cast of “Here Comes Peter Rabbit,”
and “A Trick on Mr. Rabbit,” pose with the Easter Paraders.
They are Kendra Kauffman, Jack Wetherby, Ronald Miller, Bar-
) bara Snyder and David Spangler. Candace Kopp, Larry Weik,
j Margaret Ann Herr, Linda Keller and David Foltz are shown in
the lower photo as they will appear in “Bunny Hop.” The young­sters
made all their own costumes.
Grade Students To Present
Easter Program Tonight, Fri.
Easter Egg
Hunt Here
On April 20
The annual E aster Egg Hunt,
again sponsored by the Lititz
Lions Club, will be held on Sat­urday,
April ,20, according to
Paul Lauderman, the president.
Prizes consisting of rabbits, can­dy
and colored eggs, and cash
prizes will be awarded.
Harold Zander and Orris Nuss,
co-chairman of the event, an­nounced
th a t the Home Econom­ics
department of Warwick High
School will color 60 dozen of
eggs and each member will do­n
ate two dozen to the club. Ap­proximately
125 dozen eggs will
be hidden by members of the
club.
The hu n t will be divided into
three age groups, each a t a dif­ferent
location. Children up to
three years of age will h u n t on
the baseball diamond; ages four
to six inclusive, on the football
field ¡seven years and older, on
th e field adjacent to the w ate r
works.
Others serving on the commit­tee
are, Donald Steffy, Orville
Haldeman, Charles .Dussinger,
Ray Pettyjohn, Sr., and F red
Haggerty.
Miller Nominated
At a meeting of the Club last
Thursday evening, th e following
nominations were made for the
forthcoming election of officers:
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“Nowadays the hand that
rocks the cradle usually gets
a dollar an hour.”
Approximately 500 children
of grades 1, 2, and 3 will p a r­ticipate
in a musical program
“AN EASTER GREETING” ,
April 11 and 12, 7:30 p.m., Lit­itz
Elementary School.
The first grades from Mrs.
Blondell, Mrs. Grimes, Miss
Sturgis rooms will present “The
Animals E a ste r” . • The cast in­cludes:
Miss Violet—Gail Grube;
Sammy Squirrel—Joseph Lahr;
Daisy Duck — Peggy Redcay;
Mrs. Bunnykins — Christine
Brumbach; Mr. Chipmunk —
Dennis Keller; Mrs. Bluebird—
Kathleen McCreary; Mr. Wise
Old Owl—Stephen Kneipp; Fluff
Bunnykins—Daphne Shaeffer.
The first graders from Miss
Brubaker, Miss Workman, Miss
Hoffman’s rooms will present:
A thrilling birthday party
aboard “The Seven Seas” , en
route to Germany to join her
husband, is described by a Lititz
bride in a le tte r received by her
parents th is week.
She is Mrs. Jack Ringer,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
C. Newcomer, 358 North Broad
Street. She rejoined her husband,
Pvt. Jack Ringer, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Ringer, Kline St.,
who has been in Germany for
several months.
"This is a sh o rt note to tell
you about the most exciting
birthday I ever had,” Mrs. Ring­er
wrote home. “ I had told Netta,
th e g irl who bunks with me,
th a t I would be celebrating my
twentieth birthday on board ‘The
Seven Seas’, but then forgot th a t
I had told her.
“When I went down to dinner
I sat down and my place a t the
table was decorated with flowers
“Chicken Licken.” The cast in­cludes:
Chicken Licken—Steph­anie
Myers; Henny Penny—Bev­erly
Hess; Cocky Locky—Thom­as
Swan; Ducky Lucky—Susan
Bender; Goosey Loosey—Paula
Nuss; Turkey Lurkey—Dennis
Nagle; Foxy Loxy—Jeffrey Sear-les;
King—Robert Hackman.
The second grade rs from Miss
Sturgis and Mrs., Brubaker’s
rooms will present: Eggbert, the
E a ste r Egg and Here Comes
Pete r Cottontail. The baby chick
—Tony Rossi; Bunnies—Daniel
Jenkins, Ronald Miller, Kendra
Kauffman.
The second graders from Miss
F rantz, Mrs. Harclerode and Miss
Sanko’s rooms will present “A
Trick On Mr. Rabbit” . The cast
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and greens and th e re was a ship
radiogram reading ‘Kindest re­gards
on your birthday and for
the g rea t reunion ahead’, and
was signed by my tablemates,
our table steward and the Cap­tain.
" I was really honored because
the Captain and his wife ate
dinner a t o ur table to help me
celebrate my birthday. He con­gratulated
me and sat rig h t next
to me during dinner. And then
the table steward had prepared
what took th e place of a b irth ­day
cake—all different kinds of
fabulous pastry—and were they
delicious! I ’ve never eaten any­thing
like them.
“Then they sang Happy Birth­day
and gave me a gift—a little
stuffed monkey I ’ve been admir­ing
ever since I got on board.
And then all of the officers, first
mate, etc., came over and sang
Happy Birthday. Believe me, I
was speechless.”
Bride Describes Thrilling
Birthday Party Aboard Ship
Volunteers
Clean Up
Barn Fire
50 Neighbors Stage Mass
Clean-up At Brickerville
On Monday
Once again the principles of
the “Golden Role” were put Into
practice locally on Monday morn­ing
when more than 50 men and
women assisted in a mass -clean­up
of the debris left in the wake
of the fire which destroyed a
historic barn on the Harvey Reif-snyer
farm at Brickerville on
March 29.
Lancaster County farmers are
noted for th e ir willingness to
come to the aid of one who suf­fers
misfortune, rallying to his
side in an exemplification of
brotherly love and the fra tern ity
of man, in a concerted effort to
ease his burden.
It is not uncommon for a
group of men to g ath er on the
farm of one who is ill, till his
land, cultivate or harvest his
crops, as the need may be. Barns
destroyed by fire have been re ­built
in a single day by volunteer
groups such as these.
Men who participated in the
clean-up job on the Reifsnyder
farm were: Parke Heller, Milton
Stoner, Wayne Elser, Clyde Metz-ler,
Jacob Holsinger, Earl Haldo-man,
Harlan Martin, James Seiv-erling,
Jay Ober, R. Glenn Her­shey,
Clayton Gilbert, A rth u r
Hill, Amos Keener, Howard
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Postoffice
Awaits
Final Word
The Lititz Postofflce will h e
closed up tightly this Saturday
morning unless orders to the
contrary are received between
now and then, Postmaster Robert
Pfautz said la te yesterday.
Sudden passage of hills in­creasing
th e appropriation for
the department, by congress, Is
about the only thing which will
countermand th e order to close,
it was explained. In addition to
the Saturday closings, window
service during th e week will be
restricted to 8 % hours, from
8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Bulletins received by the post­master
also indicated th a t un­less
more funds are available by
April 29, the postoffice will dis­continue
giving money orders
and all th ird class mail except­ing
medicines, drugs and medical
supplies.
“ I really think something will
^be done to relieve the situation
and th a t most of these steps will j
not be tak en ,” Postmaster Pfautz j
explained. Mr. Pfautz also warn-i
ed th a t a number 6f chain le tte rs
have been mailed here recently
and reminded the public th a t
mailing of chain le tte rs is not
permitted.
Educator Cited
Dr. Horne
Moravian
Alumni Honor
Dr. Horne
Presented With Comenius
Day Award At Anniver­sary
Banquet
The Reverend Dr. Byron K.
Horne, president of Linden Hall
School for Girls and Ju n io r Col­lege,
received the annual Morav­ian
College Comenius Day award
a t the 15 0th anniversary celebra­tion
of Moravian College held
Friday night in Bethlehem, Pa.
The Comenius Day Award is
voted annually by the Moravian
College Alumni Association to
honor an alumnus for outstand­ing
achievement in the p articula r
field of endeavor. Rev. Horne,
who served as pastor of Central
Moravian Church, Bethlehem,
before coming to Lititz, received
the Bachelor of Arts degree from
Moravian College in 1922 and
the B.D. degree from Moravian
Theological Seminary in 1927.
He has served the Moravian
Church on the Eastern Destrict
Executive Board and has been a
member of the Board of Trustees
of Moravian College and Theo­logical
Seminary; in 1947 he
was awrded the honorary degree
Doctor of Divinity by his alma
mater.
Fat Collection Here
Saturday, April 27
All the Girl Scout Troops of
Lititz will hold a fat collection
on Saturday, April 27, between
9 a.m. and 1 p.m. If it is not
collected by 1 p.m., please call
Mrs. Fred Ruebman or Mrs. Ed­ward
Pelger.
Each Troop has a district in
which to collect fa t and the Sen­ior
Troop, No. 236, Mrs. Charles
Eshleman, leader, will pick it
up a t district stations. The pro­ceeds
will be divided among all
troops to help support th e ir
troop programs.
CHICKEN CORN SOUP
AT PENRYN WEDNESDAY
The Ladies Auxiliary of the
Penryn Fire Company will hold
a chicken corn soup and bake
sale a t the fire hall next Wed­nesday
from 4 to 7 p.m. J
Food-Stealing Bears Heckle
Local Youths On Hiking Trip
Bears stealing precoius food
supplies—being forced to dis­card
a portion o f v ital equip­ment
because of th e weight of
shoulder packs. — losing more
th a n ten pounds of good solid
flesh—all th is in th ree weeks
time has been the experience of
Charles Balmer, J r., and Nevin
Koch, both of th is borough, who
are attempting to hike the 2,000
mile long Appalachian Trail from
Georgia to Maine.
These facts were disclosed in
le tte rs received over th e week­end
by th e parents of the boys,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Balmer
and Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Koch.
The youths are now in the
Great Smokeys in which they
will encounter Klingman’s Dome,
6,641 feet above sea level, high­est
and most hazardous obstacle
anticipated on the entire trip.
Rugged climbing h a s worn
through the knees of th e ir
breeches, and has also been the
deciding fac tor in discarding
portions of th e ir equipment, it
was explaned in the letters.
Incessant rainfall has caused
th e boys a clothing problem a l­so;
since for days on end it has
been impossible to dry clothing
sufficiently to be comfortable.
They have solved th e bears-stealing-
food problem / however
—and are now following sugges­tions
implicity which were made
available to them by “Trail
Clubs”—they maintain a camp­fire
a fte r dark!
Despite the hardships experi­enced
th u s far, the boys report
th a t they have averaged slight­ly
more th a n 20 miles per day,
which is th e pace they had hoped
to maintain when they set out
on the adventure.
Police Prosecute
Eight Motorists
E ight motorists will be given
summons as re su lt of alleged
violations here th is week. Com­plaints
filed before Justices of
the Peace Herr and Diehm are
as follows:
Gerald High, Lancaster, and
Nathan Buffenmyer, Jr., Hope-land,
too fast for conditions;
Roy Howard, Lancaster, and Jos­eph
A. Mock, Wilkes Barre, ig­noring
stop signs; E arl Goshorn,
27 S. Broad St., Lititz, faulty
muffler; Glenn Showers, 100
Market Street, Lititz, disorderly
conduct; Charles D. Ayers, Lan­caster,
driving to le ft of high­way;
Marlin Mummau, Manheim
RD2, illegal passing.
GRACE M. VOGELER
FILES FOR DIVORCE ‘
Divorce proceedings have been
sta rted by'Grace M. Vogeler, Jr.,
thirty-four, of 619 Kissel Hill
Road, against Edward J. Vogeler,
Jr., forty, 1109 Lee Street,
Charleston, West Virginia. They
were married September 4, 1943.
Teen-agers
Blamed In
Larcenies
Sunshine Feed Robbed;
Center Till Is Looted;
Teacher Loses $50
Teen-agers were being blamed
for the bulk of an outbreak of
petty larcenies reported here
during the past two weeks, ac­cording
to Chief of Police Lloyd
Hoffman.
Four teen-age girls were pick­ed
up by local police this week
on suspicion of robbery a t the
Recreation Center on Saturday
night, Chief Hoffman said. After
being questioned the girls are
alleged to have admitted steal­ing
varying sums of money from
the cash reg ister a t the Center
snack bar.
The four girls will be petition­ed
into County Juvenile Court.
Police were not so sure th a t
teen-agers were involved in an­othe
r daring theft, the removal
of $50 in cash from the pocket-book
of a second grade teacher
at the Elementary School Mon­day
a week ago.
The teacher who reported the
loss is Miss Mary Sturgis. She
explained th a t the money was
in the pocketbook which was in
a drawer in her home room a t
the school. She did not discover
the th e ft until shortly before
classes were through for the day.
Robert Posey, proprietor of
the Sunshine Farm Supply Com­pany,
reported the th e ft of sev­eral
dollars in change from the
cash register in his establish­ment
a t th e re a r of 49 North
Broad Street, sometime over the
week-end.
Police were unable to deter­mine
how entry to the building
had been effected, but are of the
opinion th a t teen-agers a re re ­sponsible
for the theft. Mr. Posey
explained th a t when he closed
for th e day on Saturday he re ­moved
all paper money and
checks from the drawer, leaving
only the change which he esti­mated
was under $10.
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Ramona Groff In
Queen Contest
It was disclosed th is week
th a t Miss .Ramona R. Groff, eigh­teen-
year-old daughter of War­wick
Union School director an d
Mrs. Raymond C. Groff, Lititz
R4, is a candidate for the title
‘‘Miss Milkmaid.”
This is the second annual con­te
st for the title in Pennsylvania,
and Miss Groff is one of seven
beauteaus daughters of Lancas­te
r County milk producers seek­ing
th e honor. No date has been
set for the county judging.
Win Plaudits
WILFRED ROSENRERG
SUFFERS CORONARY ATTACK
Wilfred Rosenberg, of this
borough, was conveyed to th e
Lancaster General Hospital Tues­day
evening a fte r suffering a
coronary attack while sitting in
Weaver’s Restaurant. This is
Rosenberg’s second trip to the
same hospital within a month’s
time, having suffered an insulin
attack several weeks ago. He was
reported in fa ir condition la te
yesterday.
Sally Sue Templeton
Robert Keller
Outstanding
Boy And Girl
Announced
Sally Sue Templeton and Rob­e
rt Keller were chosen as the
outstanding Warwick Union
boy and girl for the month of
April in an announcement made
th is week by Robert Sutherland,
recreational director.
Judges who include local pas­tors,
teachers and Sutherland
indicated th a t Sally Sue’s selec­tion
was based on her “ spark­ling
personality and outstanding
leadership ability.” She is active
in school, church and civic af­fairs
and is the d au g h ter of Bor­ough
Councilman and Mrs. Rus­sell
Templeton, 152 E. F ront
Street.
She is on the honor roll con-sistantly,
is a member of the
Student Council, Glee Club and
sta rred in the Ju n io r and Sen­ior
plays. She plans to go to
college and to major in health
and physical education.
Keller was cited as the top
man scholastically in his class
and the fact th a t “he is honest,
sincere and gives freely of his
time to school activities.” He
is chairman of the yearbook
committee, secretary of the phy­sical
secince club and received
the American Legion Awards in
1952 an d 1953.
Bob attends the Church of the
Brethren and has been active in
C.B.Y.F. work. He plans to a t­tend
college and to major in
! science.
Starting
Few New
Buildings
Only 5 New Homes Under
Construction In Boro At
Present Time
Despite the demand for new
homes in Lititz, the volume of
residential constructions being
launched this Spring is below
the level of any year for the past
five.
On the other hand, Borough
Manager David Bauer pointed
out this week, commercial con­structions
now underway here
will do much to bolster up the
volume of building in progress.
At the present time work is
progressing on five new residen­ces
within the borough limits, as
compared with 12 a t this time
last year. Not a single applica­tion
for a residential building is
on file a t th e borough office
which would indicate a minimum
of applications a t the April meet­ing,
usually a big month for the
issuance of permits.*
The three industrial and com­mercial
projects being built here
at this time are the Heistand
Market, South Broad Street; a
warehouse a t the re a r of Eby’s
Feed Mill, North Cedar Street,
and a warehouse being built by
Joshua Rollman as an addition
to his present tru ck depot.
Homes being built presently
include one on North Elm Street
by Michael Gress; a home on
Lincoln Avenue being built by
Elser Gerhart; another on F o r­ney
Drive and a fourth on Kissel
Hill Road being built by Lloyd
May.
The drop-off in the number of
homes is no indication th a t Lit­itz’
twd-year spurt in growth is
at an end but th a t prospective
builders are finding it much
more difficult to finance, Borough
officials and local bankers agreed.
The situation here is ju st
about the same as it is through­out
the nation, Mr. Bauer em­phasized.
Since 1949 Lititz has grown a t
the rate of a three per-cent addi­tion
to the assessed valuation
of the borough annually with
the exception of la st year when,
due to the building of the Lam-bert-
Hudnut plant, the increase
was considerably larger.
MISS VIRGINIA GROSH
SUFFERS ATTACK
Miss A. Virginia Grosh, long
active in temperance work and
for many years head of the Lan­caster
County W.C.T.U., suffered
a serious attack a t the Moravian
Home la st Friday. Her con­dition
was reported much im­proved
late yesterday. Miss Grosh
will be ninety-three years old in
July.
Hiram Minnichs Mark
Fifty-Third Anniversary
The fifty-third wedding anni­versary
of Mr. and Mrs. Hiram
G. Minnich was observed Sunday
a t a baked ham dinner tendered
in the ir honor by Mr. and Mrs.
Roy G. Hess, of Manheim RD3.
Guests included: Mr. and Mrs.
John B. Minnich and children,
John and Robert, of York; Dr.
and Mrs. Howard B. Minnich and
children, Brooke and Richard, of
th is borough, and James and
Margaret Hess.
Rothsville Churches Plan
Joint Holy Week Services
The churches of Rothsville
will have Community Holy Week
Services sta rtin g Monday i eve­ning.
The theme for all the serv­ices
will be “The Cross in Chris­tian
Experience.”
Monday evening services will
be held a t the Salem Evangeli­cal
United Brethren Church. Rev.
E. L. Manges, D.D., will preach
on the theme "The Cross and
Reconciliation.”
Tuesday evening services will
be held a t St. P au l’? Evangelical
Congregational Church. Rev. K.
R. Texter will preach on “The
Cross and Atonement.”
“Wednesday evening services
will be held a t the Jerusalem
Evangelical Lutheran Church.
Rev. C. S. Engle will preach on
“The Cross and God’s Ransom.”
There will be special music
each evening by the choir of
the host church. All services will
s ta rt a t 7:30 p.m.
Will Canvass
Rothsville For
Ambulance
Members of the Warwick Am­bulance
Association will make a
house-to-house canvass of Roths­ville
this coming Monday night,
seeking both new and renewal
subscriptions. The following
night, April 16, a like solicita­tion
will be made in Brunner-ville
and Lexington. There will
be no door-to-door canvass with­in
the borough.
Subscription blanks are avail­able
at the local drug stores,
Ranck’s Meat Market and Kauff­man’s
store. If more convenient,
subscriptions may be mailed with
the name and address toge ther
with $2 to Post Office Box 42,
Lititz, Pa.
This fee entitles any member
of a subscribing family living
under one roof within the War­wick
Union School District, to
free transporta tion for one year
to any hospital within a 60-mile
radius of th e ir home. In the
event of rain, th e house-to-house
canvass will be delayed one
night.
John Beck was named chair­man
of the Warwick Ambulance
Drivers Association, a t a meet­ing
held last week in the old
Reading Railroad Station. Roger
Martin and Dan Garner were also
named to the committee which
will handle the management of
the ambulance.
TOTAL OF $453 COLLECTED
IN M.S. CAMPAIGN HERE
A to ta l of $453 was collected
in the borough in the Multiple
Sclerosis drive for funds, it was
announced th is week. Of the
total, $40 represented proceeds
from a dance sponsored by the
Recreation Center. The remain­der
was raised in a house-to-house
canvass and in receptacles
placed in local stores.
. . . With men it is impossi­ble,
but not with God: for with
God all things are possible.—
(St. Mark 10,27.)
There is no limit to God's
love for us, His children, or to
His power to help us in all
mortal troubles larg e or
small. Therefore we overcome
all fear and anxiety when,
through fa ith , we ask His
blessing and then place our
complete tru st in Him.