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(Consolidated w ith The n ltlt z Record, 1937) Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa., Thursday, May 15, 1958 5 cen ts a Copy ; 38.50. per year by mall,
Within L an ca ste r County; 33.00 elsewh ere. No. 7
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Lititz children are - going in a big way
fo r the new contemporary playground equip­ment
installed to the springs park.- Colorful,
candy-striped wrings plus modern styled
play equlpmentwitncluding a tu rtle , horse,
elephant ~slTatng n ^W ^ a n d “maize a re going
—B e co rd -E zp ress P hoto
over big. The equipment is nearly a ll in ­stalled
with th e only fam iliar play a re a item
being th e la rge sandbox. Except fo r Crystal
P a rk , Lancaster, L ititz Is th e firs t county
park' to be o u tfitted with th e new tren d in
Children’s play equipment.
Annual Woman’s Club
Dinner Meeting Monday
Mrs. Chester Buzzard, of
Lancaster, will present a pro­gram,
“The P arab le of t h e
African Violet,’’ as a fea ture of
the annual dinner meeting of
th e Lititz Woman’s Club in the
General S u tte r Hotel Monday
evening.
She will display SO different
varieties of violets. The col­lection
is unique in th a t Mrs.
Buzzard, never buys or sells
b u t, instead, exchanges plants
with hundreds of othe r collect­ors.
T
he spring rummage sale is
being held today a t 20 North
Duke Street, Lancaster.
Mrs. B. John Losensky the
president will preside and Mrs.
Albert Pish, County Federa­tion
president, will install the
new officers. Mrs. J. Lloyd
Shaeffer and Mrs. R o b e r t
Watts will serve as hostesses,
and Miss Mildred Young will
introduce the speaker.
Honor 7
Postal
Veterans
Moravian Home
Marks Birthday
The fiftieth anniversary of
th e Moravian Hopie was ob­served
Tuesday evening a t the
annual meeting of the associa­tion.
Candles on a birthday
cake were extinguished by Mrs.
Lawrence Grosh, only living
member of the firs t board of
managers.
A history of the home was
read by Mrs. Harry Bender.
Mrs. Chester Keith and Mrs.
P. F. Snyder were re-elected
to the Board of Managers. The
program included a ta lk by
the Rt. Rev. Carl ‘Helmich and
a solo by Mrs. Richard Grube,
accompanied by Mrs. C a r l
Workman. 1
Center Elects
Four Directors
F our -new directors w e r e
elected a t th e annual meeting
of the Recreation Center held
Monday evening. They are:
Mrs. Raymond Deater, Herbert
Kraybill, William Spacht and
Walter Spicef.
Directors will elect officers
a t next month’s meeting]
The Summer playground will
be held from July 7 to August
15, according to plans com­pleted.
Six well-organized, fun-packed
w e e k s of activities
have been planned for t h e u , .
children, Three playgrounds, | be greatly mlssed 'when he re ‘
the Springs Park, Brunnerville i !r»s‘
and Rothsville will be used in S p e a k e r s included Post-the
program. master Harry P. Shreiner, of
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¡Two Drivers
Prosecuted
In Crashes
I . I 'Local Woman Injured;!
Damage To Cars
Exceeds $1,700
Damage toalinjg $17,000 re ­sulted
and one local woman !
wa-s painfully injured in two I
auiomoliile collisions here th is
week, both ending in th e arrests
ot d in e r s involved.
The woman injured is Mrs.
Eugene Leed, of 504 North]
Cedar Street, who was cut about
the face an d suffered body
iiru h “- Treated by Dr. Reyer j
Ha an. Mrs. Leed was retu rn ed
(<> h< r home.
She was a passenger in an
automobile driven by Barbara |
Moore, of Littiz R. D. 1. Accord­in
g to police, th e Moore car
was struck by a ca r which went
through a stop sign a t Water
and F ro n t Streets Tuesday a t
2:45 p.m.
Police prosecued J. M. Dean,
of Pitnam, Conn., driver of th e
other car, before Justice of th e
Peace J. B. Herr. Damages to
th e Moore oar were estimated
a t $600 with Dean’s automobile,
a brand-new DeSoto, sustain­ing
damages estimated a t $400.
The second driver prosecuted
on a charge of fa ilu re to yield
th e rig h t of wiay was Joshue
Rollmian, well-known local dray-er,
who also will be arraigned
before Squire Herr.
Rollman made a left-hand
tu r n a t Broad an d Lincoln Ave­nue,
crashing head-on into a ca r
being driven by M. K. Zook, of
28 North Cedar Street, police
reported. Damage to th e Zook
c a r was estimated a t more th a n
$700. The collision occurred
Friday a t 11 a.m.
Mary Jane Kreider
Heads Cooking Club
Mary Jan e Kreider was el­ected
president of the “W h a t’s
Cooking” 4H Club held on
Thursday evening a t th e home
of Mrs. Benjamin Shaeffer,
Lititz R.D. 2. Other officers
included, Mary Catherine Gar­ber,
vice-president; Barbara
K e e n e r , secretary-treasurer;
Rhoda Graybill, news reporter;
Ruth Ann Bomberger a n d
Nancy Keener, game leaders;
and Shirley Clark, song leader.
Any g irls wishing to join will
please contact any of the of­ficers
o r Mrs. Shaffer.
Complétés Half
Century of Service Burgess Forrest Appeals To Owners
To End Nuisance Caused By Dogs
An Increasing nuisance caused were ¡Jects th e owners to a *6 fine
by dogs running a t la rg e ^ e ^ d a ttrib u ted to dogs. , The police a re also authorized
th ro u g h the borough bro u g h t hN° doubt ™ ? f y °w n« » h - ,J«> P1^ dp an y stray dogs and
& e bors have complained, he said, I tu rn them a n appeal from Burgess Ben over to th e Humane
F o rre st th is week to dog owners
to keep pets confined to th e ir
own property.
j Hie said borough officials are
receiving miany complaints re­garding
dogs running a t large.
In addition, he said, it is not
only a nuisance b u t a hea lth
hazard to have dogs running
loose.
I With an upswing in th e num­b
er of rabies cases in farm an i­mals
due to fox bites, he said
th e re w as a possibility th a t dogs
allowed to ru n could be infected
by a fox.
I A dog roaming th e streets
, iT n also presents a traffic hazard
Paul H. Bomberger he said,
f l , - ’ | His appeal wap made a fte r
d u L l C v l f O U D complaints of lawn damage and
Will Honor ! Little Interest
Local Banker ph.own H„ere J»
Paul H. Bomberger, of this p 'I P H U f i r y 1 U e S C t c i y
borough, will be honored by _. .... , .
the Pennsylvania Bankers As- | . The political handicap moves
sociation for fifty years of stretch ru n with the
continuous hanking service a t May 20 Prim ary next Tuesday
the ir annual convention in | attd _a field of six candidates
Atlantic City May 26 to 28. ¡seeking gubernatorial nomina-
Mr. Bomberger is director, tions by the two major parties,
vice president and cashier of I In the Warwick are a the cam-the
Farmers National Bank paign of various candidates
of this borough. Announce- | seems to have engendered little
ment o f the honors to be ; excitement with th e indication
bestowed upon the local banker i being th a t Tuesday’s voter turn-
I Ot the six candidates one has
Mr. Bomberger began h i s visit to
career in banking as a clerk i Lititz. He is Republican organ!-
a t the Lititz National Bank ¡nation candidate A rth u r T. Me­in
1908. In the following year Gonigle, Reading, who la st Sat-he
joined the F arm ers National urday came to town for a speech
Bank where he became cashier a t th e Square an d a quick to u r
and secretary in 1932. He was of th e downtown section.
“however th ey will n o t bring
formal charges o r permit th e ir
names to be used.
He reminded th e borough has
Society.”
In the p ast two weeks several
children also have been bitten
by dogs here, fu rth e r pin-point-a
n “ordinance which prohibits tag th e need of keeping dogs
dogs running a t la rg e and sub- confined.
Trinity EC To Mark
86th Year Sunday
Seven men who saw to it
th a t mails were delivered here
for several scores of years,
were honored by the Lititz
Rotary Club Tuesday evening.
The seven guests of honor
were Former Postmaster Rob­e
rt Pfautz, who served nearly
23 years prior to his re tire ­ment
last year; Harry Hacker,
who served 40 years; Morris
McCloud, over 38 years; Sam
Lane, 20 years; and Eld. Ranck,
22 years, all retired; Assistant
Postmaster Edwin W. Bear,
who has completed 40 years,
a n d Superintendent of Mails
Chester Witmyer, 26 years.
During th e program, As­sistan
t Po stm a ster Bear dis­closed
th a t he will re tire ,,, T ... .
from active service on Nov- tlm Lititz ch a p te r of th e A-ember
1 jmerican Business Club, who are
Each of the guests of honor , sponsoring the Field Day in
was introduced by Acting Post- ! f i mniT 1 4 b Warwick
master Raymond Reedy, w h o iUmon officials-briefly
described each man’s I According to Herb Kraybill,
career. He highly lauded Mr. ; A.B.C. president, all children
Pfautz for co-operation tender- i whose names appear below,
ed following his retirement twiu report to the Athletic Field
and declared th a t Mr. Bear wil , n ° t la te r than 12:15 p.m. so
elected vice president of the
bank in 1954.
He has been very active i n ______ ______ _
the Pa. Bankers Association, ¡downtown business places,
serving on the Federal Reserve
Relations committee. He also
has been past president and
secretary of t h e Lancaster
County ' Bankers Association,
is a graduate of the American
In stitu te of Banking, and past
president of t h e Lancaster
Chapter.
He is a past president of the
Lititz Rotary Club, served as
tre a su re r of the Lititz Springs
P ark for 28 years, also as a
member of the board of tru ste ­es
of the Moravian Church as
tre a su re r for 28 years.
Over 280 Children Enroll
For Field Day Saturday
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MoGonigle was on a w h irl­wind
to u r of th e county and
stopped h e re to speak an d visit
Others seeking th e GOP no­mination
include William S.
Livengood, forme r secretary of
Internal affairs. His committee
is headed by Henry B. Gibbel.
The McGonigle local group is
headed by P au l F. DIehm,
Will Dedicate
Historic Organ
A historic old Tennenberg
organ, built here in 1773, has
re tu rn ed to its native town and
will be dedicated a t services in
th e Moravian Church th is Sun­day
morning.
The organ was b u ilt by Tenn­enberg
fo r th e Grace ham, Md.
Moravian congregation where it
was used for a century and a
quarte r. I t now is being present-
A to ta l of 284 children will 1 Orange. Team— Irma Martin,
participate in the annual Field Captain; Vivian Shreiner, Car- _ _ _
Day to be held on th e Athletic j0,e Snavely, Lynne Roth, Carol jed to th e local congregation by
Field th is Saturday afternoon. Kawalewski, Sue Minnich, Sha- Curtis Hensel in memory of his
The extremely la rge registra - i i ? 1?. Davidson, Donna Rader,
tion for the series of iv e n ts I ^ y Adams Bonnie Mease,
was announced by officers of by and MKaalreyn iAchn,n NeidermZyeerr_.
Joan Ehrhart Wins $20.00 Certificate
In Last Week’s Shop-In-Lititz Contest
Joan E h rh a rt, of 91 F ro n t is scheduled to continue for an- I Each week, however, several
Street, was th e winner of the o th e r 15 weeks. replies are received too late,
coveted $20 merchandise cer- j T h a t in te re st in th e contest ¡Judging is done Monday a t noon
tific a te in la st week’s Shop-In- h a s increased by leaps1 and 'an d a11 answers should be in the
Lititz Contest. bounds is indicated by the jump mail n o t la te r th a n Monday a t
Completely swamped beneath In answe rs each week. And * a-10-
the inpouring of welll over a ¡while it is mighty nice to re- ' So jo in in th e fu n—tu rn to
hundred entries to th e contest, celve o n e of th e four valuable Page 5 an d find th e ten state-th
e Contest Judge emerged with 'merchandise certificates issued meats hidden among th e adver-th
e amazing re su lt th a t while , each week, filling out th e entry tisements. Read th e write-ups
none had classified all ten state- ] blanks is a lot of fun in itself. | included, too, as they hre filled
ments in th e ir correct tru e or | W ith everyone anxious to ''with a n abundance of in te rest
Tricky Statements Featured
Last Week's Record Contest
false category, fo u r had euc- le a rn th e answers, th e questions
ceedea in correctly answering | th e answe rs are repeated
m With th e add of Cham.b er o f 'e a chm wDefelrk on an o th e r page* of
Commerce officials Who pulled '
th e lucky entrie s from the hat,
Miss E h rh a r t’s name emerged
a s firs t prize winner.
Other winner’s la st week are ;
Second Prize o f $10: Mrs.
Henry Seibert, 29 West, Lincoln
Avenue.
Third Prize o f $ 5: Mrs. Helen
Smjith, 110 Spruce Street.
F o u rth Prize of $5: Patric ia
A. Ruhl, Lititz, R. D. 2.
According to many readers,
in te re st in local history and
sta tistic s has greatly Increased
a s a re su lt o f The Recond-Ex-ing
facts.
And who knows—you may be
one of th e lucky winners next
week!
Record-Express readers re a l­ly
know th e ir local history but
a couple of trick statements
succeeded in confusing a num­ber
of contestants in l a s t
week’s Shop-In-Lititz Contest.
Apd despite th a t taxes seem
mighty high,, the statement
th a t Lititz has the lowest tax
ra te of any borough its size
or larger, was correct.
eight boroughs have t a x e s
higher th an the local 14-mill
rate, while two have the same
millage. E ight which have
lower rates in the county all
are smaller boroughs t h a n
Lititz.
The sta temen t th a t the Lit­itz
Fire Company owns its
headquarters debt-free w a s
th a t selection of events can
tak e place with th e ir designat­ed
captains.
Parents are urged to come
out and cheer th e ir children
to victory — they need your
support. Refreshments will he
on sale on thé grounds.
l'h e girls teams are as fol­lows:
To Erect Chapel
At Poplar Grove
Work of building a chapel in
the Poplar Grove area, west of
Brickerville, will be sta rted
early Saturday morning by a
group called the Ambassadors
For Christ, headed by Rev.
Willis Clawser, of Campbell-town.
A crane will be on hand to
help set trusses a n d Rev.
Clawser called for volunteers
to help in the task. The group
meets each Sunday morning a t
the home of Mrs. Mary Stohler,
Lititz, R. D. 2.
WOMEN’S GUILD
HOLDS MEETING
Mrs. Lester R e in h a rt a n d
Mrs. F ran k Bromer were hos­tesses
to the Women’s Guild
of St. Luke’s United Church of
Christ a t the meeting held
Tuesday evening in Zwingli
Hall. Mrs. James Roth pre­sided
and Mrs. Isaac Stoner
led th e program. The theme
was “ In God.” A white elephant
sale was held with Mrs. George
Yellow Team—Brooke Min­nich,
Captain; Mabel Rettew,
Shirley Miller, Gloria Engle,
Susan Shreiner, Carole Swarr,
Susan Kauffman, Peggy Bard,
Jaqueline Lauseh, Charlene
Mearig, P a tty Hauder, Ann
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false inasmuch as the firehouse Bach serving as auctioneer A
Police Seek
To Solve
Robbery
Borough p o l i c e yesterday
were running down several
leads in an effort to solve the
looting of a west-end home and
efforts to break into several
o th e r homes in the borough
over the week-end.
Cash estimated a t approxi­mately
$60 was stolen when
thieves entered the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Cox, 413
Woodcrest Avenue, S u n d a y
sometime between the hours of
6:30 and 10:30 p.m.
Gaining admission by remov­ing
a window screen, the thiev­es
completely ransacked t h e
home, emptying the contents o t
drawers on the floor. The
cash was obtained from sev­eral
banks broken into but
nothing else of value was found
missing.
The thieves Ignored a valu­able
collection of guns, cameras
and silverware a n d obviously
were seeking cash, police re ­ported.
I t also was reported th a t an
effort was made to enter the
home of Graybill Bitzer, Broad
Street, but a man, who was
trying to force the fro n t door
fled when a light was turned
on. A prowler also was re ­ported
to have tried to open
the fro n t door of the Marguer­ite.
Beantv nn Q-nmne*
wife an d daughter, an d will be
known as the Marion an d Agnes
Hensel Memorial Organ.
It has been placed In the Esh-hach
Memorial parlor. Follow­ing
th e dedication, the Senior
Choir will sing an 18th Century
composition by Jo h an n Soern-sen,
“Blessed Are They.” The
Ascension Day Liturgy will be
prayed and th e sermon subject
will be, “Christ’s Viotroy and
Ours.”
Annual Banquet
At Brickerville
A total of 106 persons a t­tended
the second a n n u a l
Mother and Daughter Banquet
sponsored by the women of
Emanuel Lutheran Church,
Brickerville, which was held
in th e Brickerville Fire Hall.
The Ladies Auxiliary to the
fire company prepared .and ser­ved
the meal. Mrs. Harry Palm
was in charge of the program
which included a solo by Nedra
Eberly, readings! by Mrs. Ivan
cordion selections by Mr s .
Kenneth Lied and an illu stra t­ed
ta lk by Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Singer, Manheim.
The Singers’ told of a trip
to Hong Kong and other F a r
E ast places. They also showed
articles made toy the refugees.
Prayer was offered toy Mrs.
Mazie Young.
Each person attending re ­ceived
a potted flower plant.
Dish gardens were presented
to the oldest mother,. Mrs. Liz­zie
Schaeffer; the youngest
mother, Mrs. Galen Weachter;
the mother with the most
daughters, Mrs. Mazie Young,
seven; the .youngest grand­mother,
Mrs. Charles Weachter;
the youngest child, Linda Re­ed,
daughter of Rev. and Mrs.
This Sunday, May 18, Trinity
Evangelicial C o n g r e gational
Church will observe her 8 6th
Anniversary.
Services will be conducted a t
9:30 and 10:30 A.M. and 7:00
P.M. The guest speaker for
all th re e services will be Rev.
H. H. Scanlin D. D. of Allen­town,
who is the Presiding
Elder of the Eastern District
of the Evangelical Congrega­tional
Church.
Dr. Scanlin is an alumnus of
Elizabethtown College who has
served his church with dis­tinction
and is a capable speak­er.
A ladies octet of the local
church will furnish the special
music for the Sunday School
Session a t 9:30 A.M. and the
Junior Choir directed by Mrs.
Robert Delp, Jr. and the Senior
Choir directed by Harry Neider­myer
will sing in the worship
services a t 10:30 A. M. and
7:00 P.M. Rev. Jaimes K. Rapp
will he in charge.
The Anniversary Committee
headed by Warren Newcomer,
has set the financial goal at
$2,000. The contributions will
be used to paint th e exterior
of th e parsonage and beautify
the Church Cemetary.
Hall Buys
Eberly Home
A cherry bureau, with grad­ed
drawers sold for $67.50 and
rocking chairs brought $22 to
Rev. H. H. Scanlin
40 Outings
Scheduled
For Park
The improved Lititz Springs
Park faces one of the most
■successful seasons In its long
history with a to ta l of nearly
40 barbecues, picnics and re­unions
already scheduled to be
$22.50 each at the public sale held there this summer.
a t 153 S. Spruce St., Saturday.
The property, formerly own­ed
by M. Ada Schnerer Eberly,
was sold to Fred Hall for
$8120. E x e c u t o r was the
Farmers National Bank.
Other prices a t the sale were
chest $26, a four-barrel pistol
$19, Bible $15, Lancaster Co.
History book $14, 1950 Ply­mouth
$310, table cloths $4.50
and $6.50, coverlet $34, and
a refrig erato r $145.
Henry J. Snavely was the
auctioneer.
Halfville Sale
Monroe Garman purchased
a 2% story dwelling for $11,-
700 a t a public sale on Satur­day,
in the village of Halfville.
The property was offered
by the Mary S. Graybill estate.
Abram S. Graybill Administra­tor.
P
lank bottom chairs sold for
$14 each and a High Poster
Bed brought $99.
Sunday Services
In The Park
This Summer
P la n s to hold summer ser-vices
in -the Springs P a rk were
made a t th e meeting of the Min­isterial
Association held on
Tuesday morning a t the home
o f th e Rev. James G. Shannon
with th e Rev. E, Floyd Mc­Dowell,
th e president in charge.
The services will be held each
Sunday evening during Ju ly and
August a t 7:00 p.m. with the
various members of th e Minis­te
ria l Association participating.
The Rev. James K. Rapp an d
th e Rev. P au l A. Miller a re in
charge of arrangements. ‘
Plans were announced for th e
Baccalaureate service which will
be held In th e High school audi-torinml
on Sunday, Ju n e 1st a t
7:30 p.m. with th e Rev. Paul
A. Miller preaching th e sermon
to th e gradua tes an d the Rev.
James G. Shannon serving as
Hturgist. At th e commence­ment
exercises to be held also
in th e High school auditorium
on Tuesday, Ju n e 3rd a t 8:00
p.m. th e Rev. Melvin Lauver
will give th e Invocation a n d th e
Rev. Glenn Dietrich, th e Bene­diction.
UrOSPITAL AUXILIARY
ANNOUNCES DONATION
S ta rtin g with the Warwick
Union Ambulance barbecue in
the park this Saturday, many
of the affairs will be held
while workmen still are busily
engaged completing contracts
already started.
One of the la rge st affairs
scheduled to-date will be the
annual Lancaster County Poul-trymen’s
outing and chicken
barbecue to be held here on
Saturday, Ju n e 7. Officials of
the association estimate th a t
more than 5,000 persons will
visit the park on th a t date.
The schedule of events for
the park is as follows:
May
17—Warwick Union Ambul­ance
Barbecue-
Ju n e
1—Cloister Twins Reunion.
7- —Lane. County Poultry-men
Banquet. ;
8— Bingamen Reunion.
8— Ressler Reunion. '
10—L uthe ran Brotherhood,
14—Lesslg Reunion.
14— J. L. Clark Factory Picnic.
15— Rettew Reunion.
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Five Area Auto
Dealers In Buy
Now Campaign
Five local automobile dealers
a re joining in a special “You
Auto Buy Now” c a m p a i g n
scheduled for the week of Ju n e
14.
Some 40 auto dealers in the
city and county are participa t­ing
in the event which will be
expedited < by advertising and
promotion campaigns.
Offering automotive specials
during the campaign which will
stress the advantages of buying
now will ibe J. B. Zartman Co.,
Keller Bros., Lititz' Springs
Garage, Leon S. Hershey, used
car dealer, a n d Warwick
Motors.
Hershey and Zartman are on
a committee planning t h e
event. A meeting of th e group
will be held again Thur. (to­day).
At the la st meeting J.
B. Forry, Keller Bros., and
John Steffy, Lititz Springs-
Garage-, and John R. Helter,
Record-Express a d v e r t i sing
manager, were in attendance.
A donation of $609 to the
lin en fu n d was voted by the
Henry L. Reed and the mo th e r j Lititz Auxiliary of th e Danes»-
coming the g rea test distance, te r General Hospital a t a cover-
Mrs. Allen Bomberger. ! ed dish dinner h eld a t th e Steffy
Mrs. Kenneth Buch, Ephrata, cottage a t Mlount Gretna Tues-
1« Tvr^aifriAnt rvf +Via wrvmon nf \ diov fPTi1r:tTr..+'h,ro» Tnpnr»T>Ar«
Ambulance Fund
Barbecue Saturday
A chicken barbecue w i t h
proceeds going to the garage
fund for the Warwick Com­munity
ambulance will be held
in th e Lititz Springs P a rk Sat­urday.
Members of th e Lititz Chap­ter,
ABC Clubs will sponsor the
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