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■ y .,p ■. r'f-: •*■■■:* \ 'vTw»flP«p«5 ‘ je¡ a Lititz Says Nuts To The Recession Busy! The Lititz Record- Express ________ Serving The Warwick Union Area For Nearly A Century 82nd Year E stab lish ed April, 1877, a s T h e Sunbeam (Consolidated w ith The £ it it z Record, 1937) Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa., Thursday, May 8, 1958 5 cen ts a Copy; $a.50 per y ea r by mall, w ith in n an o a ste r County; $3.00 elsewhere. No. 6 Brunnerville To Build $30,000 Community Hall SPRUCE VILLA BARN BURNS Seek Funds To Build Garage For Ambulance A fund raising campaign to j build a heated garage to charges paid by persons who house th e Warwick Community i aren ’t subscribers to the am- Ambulance g e t s underway \ bulance" service. . . —Record-Express Photo Lititz and Brunnerville firemen a re shown in th is photo panel fighting th e fire a t th e Spruce Villa Dairy F a rm S atu rday. Top picture shows flames ea ting thro u g h roof of th e s tru c tu re while a t bottom firemen try to confine flames to th e doomed structure . Damage was set a t $50,000, As Usual After Morning Barn Fire Spruce Villa Dairy F arm's two-story bank barn was burned down to the foundation Saturday morning b u t S atu rd ay evening the usual evening milking chores were carried out there, thanks to an amazing job by firemen and other volunteer records. The barn, once presiously destroyed by fire on Nor. 20, 1916, was practically a complete loss a fte r fire roared through it last Saturday morning a t a loss estimated a t $50,000. But Saturday night th e debris had been cleared away sufficiently enough to allow evening milking of a dairy herd of 45 Ayrshire cows. The fire was discovered about 8 a.m. Saturday by Philip Marvel, seven, a nephw of coowner Milton Brubaker, and a foster son, Daniel Jenkins, ten, Plug-in Set For Firemen Is Probed “We w®re over a t Joe’s house a t a party an d I had ju s t plugged th e receiver in to th e wall socket when th e buzzer sounded.” Y ou may be using those or sim ila r words if you a re a member of th e Lititz Fire Company, and if th e investigations of some of its members prove feasible. I t ’s a little box th a t you plug rig h t in th e wall socket in your home, when th e siren sounds, th e speaker o r tra n sm itte r in th e box gives oft a buzz, one member explained. I t does n o t affect rad io o r TV and you could pick it up and ta k e it along when you go visiting. Every ac tive fireman could have one of h is own. I t was reported th e borough of Wyomiasing uses them. Other ide as on how to tra n s mit th e fire signal followed along th e lines o f sirens located in different p a rts of th e town. With th e growth of th e town, th e sound o f th e siren is becoming h a rd to h e a r In th e outlying sections. Something must be done in th e n e a r future , it was sta ted by one of th e members. who were playing in t h e barn. They notified Brubaker who summoned firemen from Lititz and Brunnerville. The 45 cattle were led from the barn and Brubaker’s son, James, carried out a newborn calf. Neighbors responded and with firemen carried out other equipment. The portion of the barn which stables cattle was saved b u t some 300 chickens were lost. This week the cooperation of firemen and neighbors w a lauded by Brubaker and Jus sister, Mrs. Neil Clark, v\ln>| own the property. In a le tte r to the Re<<ud- Express they summed up the ir g ra titu d e for the help turn way; “We a t the Spruce Villa Dairy Farm want to th an k all our neighbors and friends very much for th e way they re sponded to the recent fire. It was heartwarming to know what can be done with only one thought in mind and th a t was to salvage from ruins enough to continue operating. “ It w a s unbelievable to those who were n o t here to realize how a barn can burn down in th e morning and be readied to milk the cows in the same b a rn in the evening. It was amazing and could never have been done without the combined efforts and clear thinking otf a well organized group of men. “We want to especially th an k the firemen fo r the ir quick and efficient response. We want to th an k everyone for the goodness and kindness in a time of real need.” The le tte r was signed by Milton and Muriel Brubaker and Nell and Mary Clark. Saturday May 17, it was announced this week. Members of the Lititz ABC chapter will hold a chicken barbecue at the Lititz Springs P a rk from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. th a t date with proceeds going toward the construction of the garage building. Actually the building fund has a $1,000 sta rt, with the money being raised in a previous project plus s e r v i c e Driving Ed Course Has 15 Signed Fifteen persons, all women, have signed up for the Recreation Centers first summer ad u lt driver education course which will remain open to applicants until June 1, it was announced this week. George R. Male, driver ed in stru c to r a t Warwick High School, who will teach the class, said all registrants must he signed up by June 1 since it will ta k e about two weeks to receive le a rn e r’s permits from the state. Lessons will begin June 18. Two or three pupils will be instructed a t once, with applicants taking tu rn s doing actual driving. Class periods will ru n about an hour to 75 minutes and each class ■ member will re ceive two hours of instruction weekly. A total of 16 class sessions will be held. Upon completion of t h e course Male will take members to th e Lancaster S tate Police Barracks f o r the ir driver’s examination. Annual Report The annual report of the ambulance service showed income la st year ending March 31, of $8,881.96 and expenses of $6,619.95. The receipts included $2,092.31 listed as the cash balance. Subscriptions were th e chief source of income, amounting to $3,296. Donations totaled $861.70 and service charges, $810.50 with a fund raising project netting $1,240! The biggest expense item was $5,000 fo r the purchase of an other ambulance, a 19 5 4 Cad-dilac. Gasoline and oil maintenance cost $401.54. It was reported 180 trips were made covering 4,578 miles. Last y ea r’s ambulance subscriptions t o t a l e d 1,337 compared to 1,283 fo r this year. The ambulance service was established in 195 6 and began operations with an ambulance borrowed from Dr. Harry S. Berberian, Lancaster. Qualified drivers on 24-hour call volunteer th e ir services and the ir employers have granted them time with pay for ambulance duty. A 1948 used Cadillac was the firs t ambulance purchased by the service and was in operation until t h e present 19 54 Cadillac was bought in September 19 57. This recent purchase is fully equipped with all necessary first-aid and oxygen supplies. ^ The firs t ambulance w a s housed, free of charge, in a garage owned by Roy H. Long, however when the old Reading Railroad Passenger Station became available following necessary renovations, the ambulance w a s moved there in order to provide more needed space. With the recent park renova- (Continued on Page 9) Once Rumored Gambling Den, Park Cave Closed Since 1883 By Ralph E. Buch Closed for almost a century, a cave in th e wall at the head-end of tlhe pool of th e Lititz Springs, has been re opened. A n a tu ra l phenomenon of an opening of this n atu re is always mysterious and intriguing, whether small, or as large as Mammoth Cave, probably because of its geological age. The large vault underneath the old Lititz brewery, over 100 feet in length, across from the Lititz Park, a beautiful masonry job costing thousands of dollars, is almost forgotten and probably will remain so, as there is no longer beer to store there for maturing, which required a period of six months. Now th a t the cave a t the Springs has been .restored, it brings out many stories re miniscent of the early days, erroneous as a whole, because of the cobwebs of time. The most general information now handed out follows something like this: “As a boy,” they say, “ I remember th e cave and I explored it by crawling back along a narrow passageway.” Another person re la ted th a t the cave was used by the whites and Indians as a trading center. The Springs was a camping place for the Indians, without question, hut it is doubtful if they ever saw any of the oaves, a story of the early history of the pool and surrounding wall being too lengthy to discuss in this article. I t must be admitted th a t (Continued on Page 16) j z r - y ! Rotarians Hear Folk Music Of The Dietsch Members of Lititz Rotary Club viewed a program on Pennsylvania Dutch F o l k Music given by Prof. J. William Frey, F ranklin and Marshall College, Tuesday. Prof. Frey, who directs the Vivaldi Orchestra, Lancaster, accompanied himself o n a g u ita r d u rin g the renditions. THEY STAND READY TO SERVE YOU McGonigle Speaks Here On Saturday Republican candidate for the nomination fo r Governor of Pennsylvania, A rth u r T. Mc- Gonigie, will visit L ititz Saturday morning. McGonigle, on a whirlwind to u r of the county, will a r rive here and is scheduled to speak a t the square a t 10 a.m. Local republicans will travel to Manheim and bring McGonigle h ere from th a t town where he will make an earlier speech. -Record-Express Photo Sealed for »lmost lO # ydars, the opening o f a cave In th e lieadend has been complete j). The old cave is ju s t to the le ft of th e main opening In th e headend wall. „Bottom le ft is a closenp of th e opening and a t rig h t F ra n k Brown, park caretaker, kneels inside th e cave, h and on cave roof. Restoring th e opening is p a r t of th e p a rk renovation project which is moving toward completion. PTA Festival Set Sat. Rain Or Shine Lititz PTA’s annual festival 3:30 to 4 p.m. followed by a will b e h e ld Saturday, May 10, concert by th e ju n io r high and in case of ra in will be j school band from 4 to 6 p.m. —Record-Express Photo Members of th e Warwick Community am- Hess, Herb Kraybill, Melvin Eichelberger, bulance drivers group are shown with th e Claude Swartzbaugh, Roger Martin, Vernon ambulance. Kneeling in fro n t a re Dervin ?l ,a n rk ’ ° ma r Buc,ler> James Hess, Jo h n ij,, . .......... Tr , „ „ Wagaman, Christ Koehler, Sid Long, Wayne Hershey, Harold Horn and Schreiber Jo h n Beck and Robert Bomberger. Jo h n Adams. Robert Longenecker is on th e Harold Kauffman and Dale Shelley were stretcher. Standing are Dan Garner, Lester absent when the photo was taken. Maude Zellers Wins First Prize In Merchandise Quiz Another $40 worth of Shop- In-Lititz merchandise certificates were handed out by The Record-Express th is week with Maude E. Zellers, of 118 South Broad Street, th is borough, winning the major award. A certificate worth $20 in m e rc h an d is e a t any of the stores participating in the Record contest was mailed to Mrs. Zellers yesterday. Other winners th is week are as follows: Second Prize of $10— Anna Mary Frank, of 57 E a st Main Street, this borough. Third Prize of $5— Charles Shreiner, of Rothsville. F o u rth Prize of $5—Ruth Seibel, of Lititz, R.D.2. Over 100 E n te r Of more th a n 100 entry blanks mailed to the Contest Editor th is week, none were 100 per-cent correct. E ight of the contestants had nine out of ten statements correctly identified in the tru e o r false contest. These eight were placed in a h a t and the drawing was conducted publicly by Paul F. Diehin, president of the Lititz Chamber of Commerce, which has endorsed t h e Shop-In- Lititz Contest. Others who sent in nine out of ten correct answers this week included; Mrs. J o h n Siegrist, 309 F ro n t Street; Mrs. T. T. Dussinger, 33 W. Marlon; T. H. Erline, 527 N. Water; and Eugene Stauffer, 311 S. Cherry. More th an 40 other contestants had a total of eight out of the ten statements correct, speaking very highly for the contestants inasmuch a s the statements were considerably more difficult than in any (Continued on Page 9) held in the gymnasium of the Lititz Elementary School.I The affair will be h e ld lra in or shine beginning a t 2 p.m! until 8 p.m. Chicken cornsoup, barbecues, baked goods and soft drinks will be served. Games and rid e s w ill be available for th e children an d th e Elementary School Orchestra will present a concert from Schools To Set Up Air Raid Drills An a ir ra id evacuation drill system will be set up by schools of th e Wlarwick Union District, Supervising Principal G. Marlin Spaid said th is week. He sa id th e need for a drill system was pointed out during Tuesday’s Civil Defense alert during which pupils had the meaning of th e sirens explained to th em by th e teachers. Several days prior to th e drill Tuesday th e school received notification and some instructions b u t Spaid said th is week he wants to get more detailed information on how evacuation drills should be carried out. By next fall, he said, h e hopes to have a system set up similar to th e monthly fire d rills con-d u c te d ja t th e schools, so th a t pupils an d te achers will have a definite evacuation p a tte rn to follow. (Continued on Page 16) Proceeds will be used for PTA projects during th e school term. Tickets will be in charge of Russell Murr, they will be sold previously by children who will receive a ten cent bonus for every ticket sold, they will also be available on t h e grounds. Other chairmen include, Mrs. G. Marlin Spaid, pies and cakes; Mrs. Paul Roos, barbecues; Mrs. Roy Roger, baked beans; Harold Horn, ice cream; games, James Rice and Lester Hess; lemonade, Mrs. John Helter and Mrs. Curtis Long; soft drinks, Richard Zerby; Mrs. James Rice, hot dogs; Mrs. John Good and Lester Stark, chicken corn soup, which will be made by Mrs, Isaac Moyer; Garth Hacker, tables; Mrs. James B. Hess, table se rvice; Mrs. Barton Kent, coffee. CHICKEN BARBECUE The Penryn Fire Co. will hold a Chicken Barbecue Saturday, May 10th a t the Fire Hall from 4 to 8 p.m. Price $1.50 tak e out chicken $1.00. Mother’s Day This Sunday J u s t a friendly reminder men. Sunday is Mother’s Day. T hat means you’ve got only a couple of shopping days to get the little woman a Mother’s Day gift and card. To all the mothers in our circulation area the Record- Express extends its congratulations. And to th e men who forget th e ir wife on Mother’s Day go our sincere condolences. Will Also Serve As Fire Hall Work was sta rted yesterday on the construction of a new firehouse at Brunnerville expected to cost in the neighborhood of $30,000 and to be completed by early fall. The firehouse will incorporate a large dining room, k itchen and other facilities which will make it a complete community building for all types of activities in the Brunnerville neighborhood. Actual work on the n e w community building began only a few days ago a fte r Brunner-ville firemen voted in favor of the project. At th e ir meeting last week, members went over details of the building and the financing and voted unanimously in its favor. The new building will be 100 feet by 32 feet and will be located on the lot adjacent to the Brunnerville Hotel. The building will face on th e Pine Hill road and will have a stone front. The interior will consist of a double engine room, a large combination dining room and a u d i t o r ium, a membership meeting room and a spacious kitchen, A large cistern w i l l be located under the engine room. Parking facilities for approximately 40 cars will he located on the southeast side of the firehouse grounds. Wayne Grube, of Brunner-ville, will serve as contractor and much of the work will be done by firemen themselves, augmented by other local labor. The fire company building committee consists of Morris Eckert, Harold Dull, Joseph Hackman, Russell Keith, Clarence Hoffer, Milton Landis and Grube. Richard Hoffer, vice president, presided a t th e meeting in the absence of the president, Robert Ober. Warwick Lions May Let Rec Use Hall Members of the Warwick Twp. Lions Club are considering allowing th e ir club meeting hall to be used for an expansion of the recreation program in Warwick Twp. Lions club members discussed the possibility a t a meeting and are expected to give an answer to the recreation center board by th e time it meets on Monday. Club members talked over t h e possibility of allowing the ir building to be used for expanding rec program activities in the Rothsville-Warwick Twp. area following a talk by rec director William Bell some time ago. Lack of a suitable place to center recreation activities has hampered th e ir expansion to the Rothsville area. It was said the Lions club favored giving th e use of their building with one or two stipulations. Should they approve it means the rec center can secure sd- Chicken corn soup will also ditional funds from the state be sold by the quart. Donald for th e ir program and thus Stauffer will serve as treasur- allocate those funds to the e r for th e festival. Rothsville area. Interest In Local History Increases Due To Questions Last week’s contest questions were a b it h a rd e r th a n before and as a resu lt only six of approximately 100 answers had nine out of ten correct—despite th a t more th an twenty turned up with eight correct answers. The principal s t u m b l i n g block was Question No. 3 re garding the re-opened cave in th e park. Local historians diffe r with many who believe this cave was open about forty years ago and th a t many local men can remember playing in it. The cave in th e p a rk is being confused with th a t of the distillery, and actually was not open fo r many years prior to th a t. Ralph Buch, former Record editor, went to park since Revolutionary Days. While the Fairyland of Candles celebration is the oldest of its kind in the nation, the first was not held until 1843 when a group of local youngsters floated candle display down the stream in the park. The innovation proved so popular th a t it was repeated year a fte r year, increased in size a n d beauty constantly until it became the dazzling spectacle which draws thousands from all p a rts of the east Ju ly 4th. In addition to entries being mailed into the contest, the Contest Editor th is week again received several le tte rs and calls commenting upon th e Increased interest in local history which has developed as a re su lt of the Records Shop-Inconsiderable trouble in check- ! Lititz Contest ing his sources and had written | You will find th e complete article ?n list of la st week’s questions subject which appears in th is and answers printed on an-lssue’ other page in this issue. A n o t h e r misconception Is And why not join in the fun th a t the candlelight celebra- —tu rn to the Contest P ag e'an d tions| have, been held In the fill out the entry blank now! In Lititz Contest Pays O ff Weekly — Turn To Page 5
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Title | Lititz Record Express |
Masthead | Lititz Record Express 1958-05-08 |
Subject | Lititz (Pa.) -- Newspapers;Lancaster County (Pa.)—Newspapers |
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Date | 1958-05-08 |
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Location Covered | United States;Pennsylvania;Lancaster County (Pa.);Lititz (Pa.);Warwick (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) |
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■ y .,p ■. r'f-: •*■■■:*
\ 'vTw»flP«p«5 ‘ je¡ a
Lititz Says Nuts To The Recession Busy!
The Lititz Record- Express
________ Serving The Warwick Union Area For Nearly A Century
82nd Year E stab lish ed April, 1877, a s T h e Sunbeam
(Consolidated w ith The £ it it z Record, 1937) Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa., Thursday, May 8, 1958 5 cen ts a Copy; $a.50 per y ea r by mall,
w ith in n an o a ste r County; $3.00 elsewhere. No. 6
Brunnerville To Build $30,000 Community Hall
SPRUCE VILLA BARN BURNS Seek Funds To
Build Garage
For Ambulance
A fund raising campaign to j
build a heated garage to charges paid by persons who
house th e Warwick Community i aren ’t subscribers to the am-
Ambulance g e t s underway \ bulance" service.
. . —Record-Express Photo
Lititz and Brunnerville firemen a re shown in th is photo
panel fighting th e fire a t th e Spruce Villa Dairy F a rm S atu rday.
Top picture shows flames ea ting thro u g h roof of th e
s tru c tu re while a t bottom firemen try to confine flames to th e
doomed structure . Damage was set a t $50,000,
As Usual After
Morning Barn Fire
Spruce Villa Dairy F arm's
two-story bank barn was burned
down to the foundation
Saturday morning b u t S atu rd
ay evening the usual evening
milking chores were carried
out there, thanks to an amazing
job by firemen and other
volunteer records.
The barn, once presiously
destroyed by fire on Nor. 20,
1916, was practically a complete
loss a fte r fire roared
through it last Saturday morning
a t a loss estimated a t
$50,000.
But Saturday night th e debris
had been cleared away
sufficiently enough to allow
evening milking of a dairy
herd of 45 Ayrshire cows.
The fire was discovered about
8 a.m. Saturday by Philip Marvel,
seven, a nephw of coowner
Milton Brubaker, and a
foster son, Daniel Jenkins, ten,
Plug-in Set
For Firemen
Is Probed
“We w®re over a t Joe’s house
a t a party an d I had ju s t plugged
th e receiver in to th e wall
socket when th e buzzer sounded.”
Y
ou may be using those or
sim ila r words if you a re a member
of th e Lititz Fire Company,
and if th e investigations of
some of its members prove
feasible.
I t ’s a little box th a t you plug
rig h t in th e wall socket in your
home, when th e siren sounds,
th e speaker o r tra n sm itte r in
th e box gives oft a buzz, one
member explained.
I t does n o t affect rad io o r
TV and you could pick it up and
ta k e it along when you go visiting.
Every ac tive fireman could
have one of h is own.
I t was reported th e borough
of Wyomiasing uses them.
Other ide as on how to tra n s mit
th e fire signal followed
along th e lines o f sirens located
in different p a rts of th e town.
With th e growth of th e town,
th e sound o f th e siren is becoming
h a rd to h e a r In th e outlying
sections. Something must
be done in th e n e a r future , it
was sta ted by one of th e members.
who were playing in t h e
barn. They notified Brubaker
who summoned firemen from
Lititz and Brunnerville.
The 45 cattle were led from
the barn and Brubaker’s son,
James, carried out a newborn
calf. Neighbors responded and
with firemen carried out other
equipment. The portion of the
barn which stables cattle was
saved b u t some 300 chickens
were lost.
This week the cooperation of
firemen and neighbors w a
lauded by Brubaker and Jus
sister, Mrs. Neil Clark, v\ln>|
own the property.
In a le tte r to the Re< |
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