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(Consolidated with The Ziltitz Record, 1937) Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa., Thursday, January 23, 1958 _ 5 cents a Copy; $3.50 per year by mall,
within L an ca ste r County; $3.00 elsewhere. No. 43
Child’s death spurs adult crossing guard request
WILLIAM, TELL THE PEOPLE HOW TO SH00TÏ To ask support for
Arrows whiz th ro u g h th e a ir and find
th e ir mark, in th e Elementary School Gym
every Thursday evening, as members of the
Archery Class meet to practice u n d e r the
direction of Jo h n Henry Hershey. Shown
from le ft to rig h t a re (kneeling) Sherry
Bealler, Samuel Seaber, Tom McKinney, Tom
Heagy, Randy Welt, P a u l Roos, Jo n Olesko-
—Record-Express Photo
wltz, Lynnwood Hyle. Standing: Mike Ol-eskowitz,
Ken Bransby, Barry Weit, Martha
Todd, Josephine Shreiner, Diana Kemper,
Mrs. Virginia Oleskowitz, Steven Rannels,
Betty Bealler, Bob LaVigne, Ray Alvarez,
George Bealler and in stru c to r Hershey.
More th a n 60 people have tak en advantage
of these classes to date.
Dimes drive
workers are
named here
Mrs. M. C. D e mmy , in
charge of the Mothers March
on Polio, has announced the
workers for th e drive and also
th a t the collection will be taken
a t th e Lititz Thea ter on Febru­a
ry 7th and 8th with Glenn B.
Knight in chaTge.
The captains include, M'rs.
Barton Sharp, Mira. Alfred Dou-ple,
Mrs. Paul Doster, Mrs. El-se
r Gerhart, Mrs. Horace
—Bleachefc—kies.. Donald Ross,
Mrs. Burton M\usser, Robert
Reidenbaugh, Robert ' Pfautz,
Mrs. Charles Wagamian, Mrs.
Glen Knight and Mrs. Charles
Gumdrumt.
The workers are, Mrs.
George Forry, Mrs. Robert Sny­d
er, H arriet Landis, Lucinda
Weller, Susie Risser, Sussie
Hossler, Carlton Walls, Mirs.
Jo h n Steffy, Mrs. Raymond
Pettysjohn, Miss Jo a n Snavely,
Mrs. Harry Landis, Sandra
Hyle, Susie Way, Christiana
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Pupils bring lunch
to protest prices
A protest against a raise in
prices of a la carte items a t the
High School cafeteria resulted
in a student protest “bring
your own lunch” campaign
last Thursday.
This week, it was reported,
students will continue the pro­test
by bringing lunch today
and Friday. ,
School officials said they w ere
unimpressed by the protest and
felt th e local students were
Farmers b’nk
re-elects
Henry Gibbel
Henry B. Gibbel was re­elected
president of the F arm ­ers
National Bank a t th e an­nual
elecion held Monday
morning. The election also fea­tu
red the announcement of
officers and personnel fo r the
new branch bank a t the Lititz
Pike shopping center to be
opened to the public February
13.
Local stockholders and cus­tomers
of the F arm ers Bank
will be invited to attend a pre­view
of the new branch bank
on Saturday, February 8, di­rectors
of the bank also an­nounced.
Other officers named Tues­day
are as follows:
Paul Bomberger, vice presi­dent,
cashier and secretary; Al­fred
L. Douple, vice president,
assistant cashier and tru s t of­ficer;
James M. Mumjmert, a s­sistant
cashier; Robert , H.
Wonder, a ssistan t tru s t of­ficer.
Officers for th e new branch
hank will be Fred J. Hoover,
manager, and Roy W. Diffen-bach,
credit manager; Two
te lle rs to serve in the branch
bank a re Mrs. Emma Snyder
and Mrs. Irvin Mahler, both of
Lancaster.
Come now, an d le t u s r e a ­son
to g e th e r, s a ith th e L o rd :
th o u g h y o u r sin s be a s s c a r ­le
t, th ey sh a ll be a s w h ite as
s n o w ...— (Is a ia h 1, 18.)
No man should ev e r lose
h e a rt, h a te h im s e lf fo r th e
wrong th in g s he h a s done—
fo r God, O ur F a th e r, is ever
m e rc ifu l to fo rg iv e His tru ly
r e p e n t a n t c h ild r e n , a n d to
give them a new, c lean chance
to begin again.
Bomberger Heads
Community Chest
Elmer H. Bomberger, 217
S. Broad St., was elected pres­ident
of the Lititz Community
Chest this week.
Other officers are M. C.
Demmy, first vice-president;
Herb Kraybill, second vice-president;
Anna H. Kreider,
secretary; Mrs. Lucretia Shel­ly,
treasurer, and Mrs. Mildred
Meiskey, nurse.
Plans for the coming year
were discussed by th e group.
ELSTON VILLE SPORTSMEN;
TO HOLD ELECTION
The Elstonville Sportsmen’s
Association will hold its an­nual
election of officers on
Sunday, Jan u a ry 26, a t 2 p.m.
in the club house. All members
a re invited to attend.
“ ju st trying to out-Hempfield
Hempfield and it back-fired.”
Two weeks ago Hempfield
students “stru c k ” against a
meal of powdered scrambled
eggs. Warwick does not serve
powdered scrambled eggs, but
used them in cooking other
dishes.
Principal G. Marlin Spaid
said last week’s action didn’t
show any appreciable drop in
articles served in th e cafe­teria.
He said the school had
no objection to students bring­ing
lunch, since it was up to
them whether they wanted to
carry lunch or avail themselves
of th e hot lunch program.
A hot lunch costs 30 cents
a day. A la carte items were
raised recently, Spaid said, but
the prices are still below down­town
re sta u ran t prices.
The price hike, he said, was
a ma tte r of economics since
the school had been selling
a la carte items at below cost.
53 crashes
occurred
during ’57
Reckless driving blamed
for 12 ; damages
totaled $15,484
Reckless driving was the
chief cause of automobile ac­cidents
which occurred within
the borough limits during
1957, Chief of Police Lloyd
Hoffman, announced yester­day.
D
uring the past year a total
of 5 3 automobile accidents oc­curred
within th e borough,
causing damage estimated a t
$15,484.
In these accidents a total of
15 persons suffered injuries,
th re e of whom required hos­pitalization.
A total of 24 driv­ers
who figured in accidents
were prosecuted by borough
police.
Reckless driving was blam­ed
for a total of 12 of th e 53
accidents and collisions. Other
causes for local accidents
were: Driving through stop
signs, 1; traffic lig h t viola­tions,
1; failure to yield rig h t
of way, 3; driving too fast for
conditions, 2; violating re ­stric
ted licenses, 1; h it and
run, 2; driving during suspen­sion,
1; and permitting viola­tion,
1.
During the year 1957 bor­ough
police made a to ta l of
271 arrests for motor code
violation. These included th ree
driving while intoxicated; two
hit and run and four who drove
during periods of suspension.
Other arrests made by bor­ough
police included 23
charged with disorderly con­duct
and 23 juveniles petition­ed
into county juvenile court.
Local Juveniles face charges
ranging from larceny and rob­bery
to th ree auto th e fts and
one morals case.
AND MAKE THAT A DOUBLE ORDER
Three injured
in collision
Three girls all employees of
Beford Shoe Company, were
injured when two automobiles
collided along the extension of
Orange Street west of the boro­ugh
near the Pfautz develop­ment
shortly a fte r noon yes­terday.
Suffering a possible fracture
of th e left leg, Barbara Steffy,
of Hopeiand, was admitted to
the Lancaster General Hospital
a fte r being conveyed in the
Warwick Community ambul­ance.
Others tre a ted and discharg­ed
are Golie Hubbard Chit­wood,
of 27 Eby St., Manheim,
who sustained cuts of the rig h t
eye and cuts and bruises of
the rig h t leg; and Joyce Stark,
of 150 Washington Ave., Man­heim,
bruises and lacerations
of the ankles.
Following the collision, one
of th e two machines side-swiped
a telephone pole and
Struck a culvert. Damage was
estimated a t $600. S t a t e
Trooper Springer, of the
Lancaster sub-station, is in­vestigating.
PO handle
for ’57 was
$403,437
Total business at the Lititz
Post Office reached $403,437.-
27 during 1957, according to
figures released th is week by
acting Postmaster Raymond S.
Reedy.
Over half of th a t amount
was in the sale of money or­ders.
Reedy said 17,161 money
orders were sent from the lo­cal
office for a total handle of
$249,709.27.
A sixty per cent increase in
the sale of stamps and meter
sales was noted over th e previ­ous
year. Stamp and meter
sales in 1957 totaled $153,-
728.00 while in 1957 the stamp
and meter sale was $90,475.00
or $63,475.00 less than 1957.
By comparison the same
sales totaled $77,527.00 in
1955 and in the ten years from
1947 to 1957 the stamp and
'meter sales were about tripled.
The 1947 to ta l was $51,533.00.
Local Scouts Will
Attend District Rally
Boy Scout Troop 42 with
th e ir Scoutmaster, Barney
Braum will a tten d the Eastern
District Rally to be held in the
War Memorial Building a t
Leola th is evening. The boys
recently camped out over night,
th e temperature registered 3
degrees above zero a t th e camp
site, th e ir bananas and eggs
froze solid. They have another
hike planned for Sunday.
Wilbur Miller (seated) president of th e Lititz Lions Club
anticipates the tasty meal of sausage and pancakes which
Pancake Committee Chairman Harold Zander serves him. The
photo was a plug for th e Lions Club’s annua l Pancake Break­fa
st from 6 a.m. u n til 6 p.m. a t th e firehouse th is Saturday.
hiring of women
A move for women crossing I the time children are en-
New traffic light ‘amber’
confusing to motorists
The new traffic lights a t
Broad and Lincoln Avenue
went in to use, on a part-lime
basis, early th is week—and
immediately became somewhat
of a controversial subject
among residents of th e neigh­borhood.
The lights a t present are
being operated only during the
peak traffic periods and remain
blinking in amber on Broad
Street and red on Lincoln
avenue during th e remainder
of the day and night.
According -to Borough Man­ager
Dave Bauer the lights are
being operated as specified by
the State Highway Department
and actually control traffic
only from 7 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.;
11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.; and
from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Borough police, motorists
and residents o<f the section,
th e last being those who had
petitioned council for t h e
lights, seemed in agreement
th a t since the investment has
been made, th e lights should
be operated throughout the
day. Chief of Police Llcjyd
Hoffman expressed himself in
accord with this thinking.
Another complaint register­ed
is th a t the amber light is
not the same as the amber in
other lights used in th e boro­ugh.
This is thought p a rt­ially
due to the fact th a t sun
shields for the lights did not
arrive with the o th e r equip­ment.
“ I have found th a t the amber
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Jo n a th an Forry, manager of Keller Bros. lin Spaid. Looking on is driver education
presents th e keys to Warwick’s new driver- in stru c to r George Male. Car was donated
tra in e r c a r to Supervising P rincipal G. Mar- ,by Keller Bros, to th e school program.
Shade tree
planting
urged here
Why wait until th e busy
spring season to plant th a t
shade tree? Contrary to com­mon
belief, no b etter time can
be chosen for planting than
in winter. The tre e is then
dormant and th e small rootlets
a re not as apt bo be disturbed
when moving. While trees can
be planted any time in the
year, certain precautions should
be taken during th e summer
months. Nurserymen usually
use a plastic spray to check
evaporation in th a t period.
Planting a tree might not
be as expensive as many folks
think. The Boro shade tree
commission said this week
Since everyone is tax conscious
a t this time of year, it might
be well to know th a t th e In­te
rnal Revenue Service allows
you to deduct the Cost of tree
planting in th e event you
should sell your home thus
I lowering your capital gains
tax. It is safe to say th a t you
will get back any investment in
trees th a t runs between three
and four per cent of the total
value of your property. And
should you lose a tree in a
storm you may be able bo
make a tax deduction of its
approximate worth.
The question is often asked
o n , how best to protect small
trees in an ice storm. The
only solution t h e Ba rtle tt
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color tends to stop or slow
down traffic ra th e r th a n pro­ceed
and this prevents ra th e r
than cause any accidents,”
Mr. Bauer explained. “When
the shields arrive and a re in­stalled,
th is may make a
difference.”
When th e la te afternoon
sun strikes th e lights th e
situation becomes worse, boro-police
explained.
Sweep Up Stones
Stone placed on local streets
to prevent skidding during ice
and snow storms, were being
removed yesterday. After the
streets become clear of ice o r
snow the stones prove danger­ous
to both cars and pedestr­ians,
local police reported.
Planners ask
funds for
zone survey
In an effort to speed up work
on a zoning ordinance for the
borough, th e Planning Comis­sion
requested an origin, des­tination
and parking survey be
made by the State Highways
Department, a t a cost of $15,-
000 a t a meeting held Tues­day
evening.
The borough will pay $500
of th is cost, with the Federal
contribution tota ling $14,500,
if th e proposal is approved by
borough council a t its next
meeting.
The P lanning Commission
agenda calls for a Public Hear­ing
of a Zoning Ordinance in
Nlovemfber 1958, with th e idea
of its adoption by early 1959.
President D. Curtis Amidon
said: “With the possibility of
Main Street being rebuilt, it is
imperative th a t th is survey be
mjade as soon as possible.” The
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guards in the Warwick Union
area was spurred th is week
following the automobile death
of a kindergarten child several
hours before a PTA meeting
on safety last Thursday.
Leading the move was the
PTA, backed by borough and
school officials and Chief of
Police Lloyd Hoffman.
Speeding up the action was
the death of Barbara Loose,
five, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Loose, Rothsville, who
was crushed beneath th e dual
wheels of an oil truck.
She ran against the truck
ehroute home from classes a t
t h e Rothsville Elementary
S c h o o l kindergarten last
Thursday afternoon and was
killed instantly.
Share Cost
Members of the Lions Club,
ABC, Jaycees and Rotary will
be asked to consider paying a
share of th e cost of hiring
womek crossing guards. The
women would work only dur-
St. Luke’s
separates
from charge
The most important step for­ward
in th e history of the
Evangelical and R e f o r m e d
Church in Lititz was ta k en on
Monday evening when the con­gregation
of St. Luke’s Church
unanimously voted in favor of
separation of the Warwick
Charge.
This action is expected to
resu lt shortly in full indepen­dence
for St. Luke’s and en­able
the congregation to call a
full-time pastor to minister to
its growing congregation. The
Rev. Alton P. Albright, who
has been serving th e Warwick
Charge since early 1955, has
resigned in order to accept a
call on February 1 to the Lees-port
Parish in Reading Synod.
“The establishment of a
separate E&R Church,” said
Raymond L. Pettyjohn, presi­dent
of the consistory, “has
been a dream of our people for
many years. The unanimous
support given on Monday eve­ning
shows the tremendous
faith we have in the fu tu re of
our church and in th e contin­ued
growth of the community
of Lititz.
“With a minister who will
live and work in Lititz and
have no other responsibilities,
we look forward to a bright
fu tu re for our church school
and to ta l church program.”
The L i t i t z congregation
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route to or going home from
school.
The firs t definite action
was token by th e local chap­te
r of the A.B.C. Tuesday
evening when directors went
on record as endorsing the
plan “ to engage women to
assist a t busy crossings in di­recting
traffic for th e pro­tection
of school children.”
The school board will also
be asked to share in the cost
as will borough council.
It is estimated three cross­ing
guards are needed to es-ro
rt children across especially
dangerous stretches of road,
both in the township and in
the borough.
News of the child’s death
hit especially hard a t parents
attending the Warwick Union
Elementary School PTA meet­ing
Thursday night.
The topic for the meeting
was “Safety for Your Child.”
Warwick supervisors fear
they cannot legally pay women
to direct traffic but would have
to seek volunteers instead of
paying an hourly wage.
The child was killed about 4
p. m. and police said she ran
from behind an eastbound
auto, against the tru ck going
west.
And, probably in th e mind
of little Barbara the picture
stories from the Official Safe­ty
Manual she studied in kin­dergarten
flashed as a warning
to obey the safety rules.
“Walk to the left of the
road, facing traffic, don’t walk
between parked cars, be alert,
never take a ride from a
s tran g e r” and then for ju s t a
few seconds her little mind
wandered to thoughts of play
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Re-enlists Woe's
Y.M.B.L. will hold
oyster supper Monday
The annual oyster supper of
th e Young Men’s Business
League will be held on Mon­day,
Jan u a ry 27, a t the
League.
The supper will fe a tu re oys­te
rs made in every conceiv­able
style. E n te rta inm en t is
being planned.
Dr. Charles Landis is chair­man
of the committee in
Charge.
PLAN SKI TRIP
Dr. and Mrs. H. B. Minnich
will leave Monday on a three-week
sking trip in New Eng­land.
Making th e ir head­quarte
rs a t North Conway,
they will visit several of the
most famous ski slopes in Ver­mont,
and New Hampshire.
They pi kn to re tu rn Saturday,
February 15.
Cpl. Betty J . Miller, Roths-ville,
has reemlisted fo r a
th ree yea r hitch in th e Wo­men’s
Army Corps i t was an-ounced
th is week by Sgt,
Robert D. Browne, of th e U. S.
Army Recruiting Station, Lan­caster.
Cpl. Miller, a v e tem of two
years service, is now stationed
in Heidleburg, Germany. She
had h e r choice of being a s­signed
to a desired station
and chose th e European as­signment.
She formerly attended LltitJ
High School and resided with
Mr. and Mrs. Morgan Shoe­maker,
Rothsville.
Card party for benefit
of Rec Center planned
Plans to hold a card party president, appointed Mrs. H
for the benefit of the Recrea­William
Mitchell, Mrs. Richard
tion Center were announced a t
the meeting of th e Women’s
Club held a t th e General Sutter
Hotel by Mrs. William Scatch-ard,
of the Welfare Committee.
The party will be held a t
the Center on Thursday, Feb.
pinochle and canasta will be
13th, a t 8:00 p. m. and bridge,
played. Tickets may be obtain­ed
from Mrs. Forbes Ems-weller,,
chairman of the Ways
and Means Committee, or her
committee members.
Contributions were made to
the March of Dimes, Seeing
Eye organization, and the Ko­rean
Knitting project, accord­ing
to Mrs. Wilbur Miller,
chairman of th e Welfare Com­mittee.
Yarn for th e Korean
Knitting project is available
for members wishing to con-trib
u té th e ir time to th is
service.
Mrs. B. Jo h n Losensky, the
Scouts hold
derby, make
star awards;
A Pine Wood . Derby wa*
held by Cub Scouts, Troop 44
on Friday evening a t St. P au l’;
Lutheran Church. The boy:
carved racers out of pirn
boards and tried them on at
improvised run-way. Herber
Clausen was the grand cham
pion. William E. White, chair
man of th e committee, was ii
charge of arrangements.
Harold Ho r n , Cubmaster
made the following awards
Den one, Barry E. Kreider am
Patrick Maharg, bobcat; Mi
chael E. Pinkerton, one yea:
service star.
Den three, Robert Good Jr.
wolf badge, denner stripe an<
one year service sta r; Frei
Horn, assistant denner stripe
Joseph Carl Adams, one yea
service sta r; Lowell Bingemai
Jr., two year service star.
Den four, Brian Shenk, boh
cat; David Brumbaugh, wol
badge, gold arrow for woll
one year service sta r; Herber
Clausen, and Douglas Reits
two year service sta rs; De
five, James Reed, assistan
denner stripe and one yea
service star. |
The annual anniversary din
__ .. . _ _ . n er will be held by the Cub
collect and Mrs. Harry Landis on Friday, February 14th, i
and Mrs. Allebach served a s 1 the basement of St. P au l’
hostesses. Lutheran Church.
Allebach, and Mrs. Winifred S.
Walls, as judges in th e Ora­torical
Contest to be held by
the girls in the senior class of
the Warwick High School.
Thirty dollars in prizes were
given by the Club for this
project.
The following nominating
committee was appointed: Mrs.
Mitchell, chairman; Mrs. Al­lebach,
Mrs. J. Lloyd Sheaffer
and Mrs. John Wenger.
Miss Dorothy Habecker, as­sisted
by Mrs. William Ringer,
(both members of the Club),
presented “History and Ro­mance
of F an s” . Miss Habeck­er
traced the history of fans
from early Egyptian period to
the prseent day, displaying
over th re e hundred fans from
her collection.
Mrs. Harold Zander read fh©