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Serving The Warwick Union Area For Nearly A Century
82nd Year E stab lish ed April, 1877, a s The Sunbeam
(Consolidated w ith The I iitltz Record, 1937) Lititz, Lancaster Co,, Pa., Thursday, May 29, 1958 5 c en ts a Copy; $9.50 per y ea r b y mall,
w ith in L an ca ste r County; $3.00 elsewhere. No. 9
Police Force Joins Citizens Group In
Transforming Fountain Plot Tuesday
Spring is b u rstin g out all
over—a t least th a t is the im­pression
one gets looking a t the
fountain in the Square!
Overnight a mass of red ger-aniumis
and blue and white
petunias appeared in full bloom
Wednesday morning. A com­mittee
of civic-minded citizens
—plus most of the police force
—spent Tuesday afternoon and
much of the night, digging and
planting th e area about the
fountain.
Those helping were Mrs.
Winnie Walls, Mrs. Mary Dos-ter,
John Eberly, Chief of
Police Lloyd Hoffman and
TRAINING CENTER OPENS HERE
— Record-Express Photo
Men from a ll parts o f th e e a s t being bronght he re fo r
tra in in g a re seen busy a t w ork in the Reidenbaugh building.
New Firm Selects Lititz
As The Ideal Small Town
A new business quietly en­te
red th e L ititz scene, last
week—an d for several very in­te
re stin g reasons — when the
Smith-Corona company opened
a 'Service T raining Center a t
9 South Broad Street.
In the words of C. V. H ar­rison,
manager of the com­pany’s
H a rrisburg Branch, Lit­itz
was chosen because it is
“ a clean, p leasant community
and while a busy town, is
reasonably removed from o u t­side
distraction, yet easily ac­cessible
to ma jor cities.”
Friendliness a n d pleasant
surroundings, h e emphasized,
mean a lot even to a large com­pany
such as Smith-Corona,
Syracuse, N. Y., manufacturers
of typewriters, elqptric a n d
standard, as well as the leading
supplier of portable typewrit­ers.
T
he former store a t 9 South
Broad Street, next door to the
Lititz Firehouse, was a busy
scene last week as it was
opened as a- training center by
Regional Sales Manager George
F. Burns and National Service
Manager Howard Ward.
In attendance were service
representatives and technicans
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Three Playgrounds Planned
For Warwick Union Area
Three summer playgrounds
—a t Lititz Springs Park, Brun-nerville
and Rothsville — will
be sponsored th is year by the
Recreation Center.
Boys and girls from the
Warwick are a who want to
participate in t h e summer
playground activities are asked
to register a t th e Recreation
Center. Those from out of
town may reg ister by tele­phone.
Director William Bell said
the program will ru n Ju ly 7
until August 15 with both
morning and afternoon sessions
a t all three playlots.
Mornihg hours will be from
9 a.m. until noon and a fte r­noon
hours from 1 p.m. until 4
p.m. Monday through Friday.
In the event of rain activities
will be shifted to the Recrea­tion
Center.
A fea tu re of th e program
will again be th e swimming
feature. Woodridge Swim Club
has agreed to have the Rec
use the Woodridge pool twice
weekly for the first four weeks
(Continued on Page 7)
Officers Lloyd Long and George
Hicks.
A flower fund, sta rted last
fall, provided money to defray
expenses for th e purchase of
plants.
The officers on th e Police
force offered to maintain the
are a over the summer months.
The committee is planning to
continue the planting of this
site from year to year and is
interested in knowing if there
are 25 0 persons willing to do­nate
one dollar each toward a
fund to th is type.
Doners m|ay leave th e ir con­tributions
at either bank or a t
the IGA store on Main St.
Boro Studies
Laying Of
Water Mains
The borough is going to
have to change its policy of
of forcing developers to pay
all the costs of laying water
mains—even if it doesn’t know
where the money is coming
from!
This was the painful decision
reached by members of council
Tuesday night a fte r granting
Robert Balmer permission to
open a 1,300-foot section of
Rome Road in his development
in th e Northeastern end of the
borough.
Balmer agreed he should pay
the cost of laying a 6-inch
main. But, borough plans call
for the laying of a 12-inch
main here inasmuch as this
will form an important link
in th e local system. The dif­ference
in the cost of laying
the two mains will exceed
$4,500 it was estimated.
With no provisions for water
mains in the budget, the bor­ough
is without .any funds for
this purpose, Borough Man­ager
Dave Bauer reminded.
Councilman John Helter then
proposed a plan to reimburse
the developer for th e difference
in pipe—on a delayed pay­ment
plan.
. As planned, th e developer
would lay t h e la rg e r main.
Then each time a new home is
hooked-up to th e main, he
would be reimbursed a defin­ite
amount, similar to the plan
in effect in th e laying of sewer
lines. I t was estimated this
reimbursement would be in
th e neighborhood of $285 per
home.
The same situation will be
faced by th e borough la te r
this year if plans to open ex­tensions
of Second Avenue and
Spruce Streets mature, Bauer
informed council.
Historical Marker
A request for permission to
place a historical marker in
the Square was submitted by
James Cleland and was taken
under advisement. The sign
would point the way to the
Pretzel House, Linden Hall
and other points of interest.
Cubs To Attend
Phillies Game
Plans for th e annual trip were
made a t the meeting of the
Scouts # 1 4 4 a t St. P au l’s Lu­th
e ran church, held recently.
The trip will be ta k en on June
21st to see a baseball game in
Philadelphia. The theme for the
meeting was “Circus Days” and
th re e boys, John Helter, Tommy
Swan and William Zander were
given Bob-cat pins.
The theme for June will be
“Trails and N ature,” the re will
be no meeting b u t the various
dens will take hikes.
TWINS, BORN AT LINDEN HALL
—Record-Express P hotos
The mare held by Judy Mueller and owned by Linden Hall,
surprised everyone when she gave b irth to th e twin colts shown
in th e photo. Wendy Talmage of Stanford, Conn, pets the
palomino while the othe r youngster is more interested in his
mama’s kind of love. Twin colts are a 1 in 1000 oddity.
Students To Name Twin Colts
“Linden She” and “Linden He”
Girls a t Linden Hall are
making real pets out of two
surprises which reached the
institution four weeks ago—
twin colts!
And while twin colts are a
1-in-a-thousand occurrence, the
twins born to a bay mare a t
Linden Hall proved surprising
in more ways th an one!
Miss Barbara Barndt, one of
th e teachers a t th e college,
bought the mare in October
1957. At th e sale of the
animal, no mention was made
th a t the mare had been bred
or was in foal.
Members of the “Bit and
Spur” club, who rode the an ­imal
a fte r h er purchase, found
her skittish and ap t to buck
when she was urged to run.
After an examination by a
veterinarian, th e mare was de­clared
“ in foal.”
April 21, th e expectant mare
gave birth to not one but two
colts—a case said to be one
in a thousand.
Spurt In Building
Is Reported Here
A sp u rt in the building of
new homes was seen here th is
week.
Building permits issued by
the borough included those for
new homes a t 215 Nprth Lo­cust,
209 North Elm an d 509
Rome Road, all issued, to Mi­chael
Gress.
Elser Gerhart also announced
he will s ta rt Work on a new
home on West Lincoln Avenue
fo r Donald MleGarvey, Spruce
Street. A split-level home on
West Lincoln Avenue, ju s t com­pleted,
has been sold to Her­b
ert Oehme, Gerhart reported.
The bay colt arrived in fine
shape but the Palomino, the
smaller of the two, gave every­one
concerned, a scare.
Dr. Byron Horne, h e a d
master a t th e college said,
“Both colts are in fine shape.
The mare produced a colt of
either sex and we discussed
the possibility of naming them
Linden She and Linden He.”
Vandals Destroy
Wiring In House
Vandalism — which has all
the ear-marks of being t h e
work of an ad u lt and not teen­agers—
caused damage of more
than $300 to a partly-complet­ed
house here Tuesday night
or Wednesday, according to
borough police.
The house entered is being
built on North Locust Street
in the Balmer Development for
Douglas Reinhart, of Lancas­ter.
According to O f f i c e r
George Hicks, some time d u r­ing
th e night an in tru d e r en­tered
the stru c tu re and cut
out parts of the wiring.
The chopping of lead lines
apparently was done by some­one
with knowledge of elec­tricity
and in such a way th a t
the entire house will have to
be re-wired. T h e electrical
work was done by a friend of
the owner.
Many Ignore
Red Tags
Boro Claims
Even Local Motorists
Fail To Pay, Bauer
Says
A lot of parking tickets here
are being ignored — and bor­ough
fathers are planning to
do something about it!
And, Borough Manager Dave
Bauer revealed, parking viola­tors
who are refusing to come
! forth and pay th e ir half dol­lars
a re not all out-of-town
drivers. A group of local
motorists apparently are mak­ing
collections of th e red tags
and are failing to tu rn in a
penny to th e borough office.
Following a long discussion,
members of council Tuesday
night voted to amend the or­dinance
so th a t th e fifty cent
fine jumps to a t least one dol­lar
a fte r ten days have elapsed.
And then, following another^
short period of grace, if the
fine is not paid, the case will
be turned over to a justice of
the peace— giving the recalcit­ra
n t motorist additional costs
to cough up!
The new regulations will be
printed on the card, plus a
notation th a t fines can be
dropped in a box which has
been placed a t the foot of the
sta irs leading to the borough
office on the second floor of
the firehouse.
Gouncil also is trying to fig­ure
out what will be d o n e
with a huge stack of red tags
already reposing on th e bor­ough
manager’s desk.
Asks F o r Reduction Rates
Ivan Adams Sr., requested
th a t council consider a special
water ra te for a self-service
laundry he proposes construct­ing
in a building a t the rea r
of 29 S. Broad St. Ten units
would be installed, Adams
said.
The request was denied: The
borough manager was in stru c t­ed
to inform Adams th a t the
cost of w ater would be about
two cents per load of wash,
if the amount of water used
was near the figure submitted
by Adams.
(Continued on Page 7)
TO VISIT WEST POINT
Mr. and Mrs. William Dan­ner
and son, William, of Lan­caster,
formerly of th is bor­ough,
will spend next week
a t West Point Military Acad­emy
where they will a tten d
graduation exercises. William,
Jr., a sophomore a t Warwick
High School, hopes to enter
West Point upon his gradua­tion
in 1960.
To Install
New Pastor
This Sunday
Installation services for Rev.
and Mrs. Joel A. Hartman,
newly elected minister a n d
director of religious education
of St. Luke’s United Church
of Christ, Lititz, will be held
on Sunday afternoon a t the
church a t 2:30 p.m.
The Hartmans were- elected
a t a special congregational
meeting held last Sunday mor­ning,
a fte r th e close of wor-
(Continued on Page 7)
Memorial Services Friday
Here and At Rothsville
To Speak
Major Gen. Strickler
Public Pool
Hits Snag Here
Unexpected delays have pre­vented
the s ta rt of construc­tion
of a proposed public
swimming pool north of th e
borough, Levi H. Yerger said
this week.
Prospects for t h e pool’s
constructibn “don’t .look so
good,’ he said adding “ I don’t
know yet w h a t’s going to hap­pen.”
Yerger said he didn’t care
to elaborate on th e delays and
held out hope he may yet be
able to build a pool on a plot
he owns opposite th e United
Zion Home.
“ I won’t give it up yet,” he
said although he had no idea
when construction would get
underway.
Over 200 Girls
Enrolled For
Scout Day Camp
Over two hundred girls have
registered for Day Camp ses­sions
of the Girl Scouts F u r­nace
Hills Camjp, it was
announced th is week.
Day Camp will hold classes
August 18 to August 22. Prep­arations
for th e camp by th e
camp staff already a r e under­way
and an outstanding staff
including Dr. John W. Price,
F ranklin and Marshall College
cura tor of North Museum, who
will direct n a tu re study a t the
camp for three days, has been
secured.
Folk dancing will be taught
by Mrs. H arry Stephen and Mrs.
Charles Eshleman will be in
charge of swimming. The Day
Campers will leave for camp
a t 9 a.m. August 18.
A to u r of sites for camp units
an d a trek over the n atu re trail
will follow.
SPORTS FANS NOTE!
The Lititz hardball team will
play on Friday afternoon in­stead
of Saturday. This cor­rects
th e schedule which is
listed on th e sports page.
Thank Committee
For Fine Frolic
Parents of students in the
junior and senior classes of
the Warwick Union High Scho­ol,
praised th e work of the
committee responsible for Post
Prom Frolic held in the high
school last Friday night.
Mrs. Fred Ruebman, in a
le tte r to th e editor, said “ It
put your mind a t ease, knowing
the students were ably being
provided for.”
"Anyone who shared in thé
work put in to th e project
deserves the w h o l e hearted
thanks of all of the parents of
the students attending,” Mrs.
Ruebman said.
Memorial Day parades and
services will be held both here
and in Rothsville by local ser­vice
organizations with school
children, boy and girl scouts
participating in the decoration
of graves of the patriotic dead
throughout this are a Friday.
Lititz Service
Major General Daniel B.
Strickler, former Lieutenant
Governor of Pennsylvania and
former Commanding General
of the 2 8th In fantry Division
of the Pennsylvania National
Guard, will be the speaker of
the day a t services to be con­ducted
on the Moravian Cem­etery
a t 11:00 A.M. Friday.
Preceeding th e services a
parade will form on North
liroad Street in the vicinity of
the Legion Home and move
a t 10:45 A.M. proceeding south
on Broad Street to Main and
fa st to th e Moravian Cemetery.
Organizations of t h e com­munity
have been invited to
parade and should report a t
the Legion Home for final
parade instructions.
After conclusion of the ser­vices
the parade will reform
and proceed from the cemetery,
march west on Lemon Street
to South Broad, then north on
Broad Street to t h e Legion
Home where it will disband.
Rothsville Service
The Memorial Day service in
Rothsville also will be sponsor­ed
by the Garden Spot Post
of the American Legion and
the Veterans of Foreign Wars,
in co-operation with the Roths­ville
Fire Company.
Rev. Harold A. Parry, Pastor
of the Nazerene Church, Ephr-ata,
will be th e speaker a t
services to be conducted on th e
Lutheran Cemetery a t 9:15
A.M. Friday.
Preceeding the services a
parade will form a t Wentling
Road a t 8:45 A.M. and pro­ceed
west through Rothsville
to the Lutheran Cemetery. Or­ganizations
of the community
have been invited to parade
and should report a t Wentling
Road for final parade instruc­tions.
Details of th e parade and
services a re being handled in
cooperation with th e Roths­ville
Fire Company.
Alumni Speaker
MEMBERS OF THE 1958 GRADUATING CLASS
m S K S Ê S Ê m m Ê B Ê S S Ê m a S Ê m Ê m Ê Ê S S Ê S m m s m Ê m m
WHO WILL RECEIVE DIPLOMAS TUESDAY
Mrs. Frantz Wagaman Wins $20 Gift
In Last Week’s Shop - In-Lititz Contest
Several t r ic k y historical
questions served to weed out
an unusually la rge inpouring
of entrees in la st week’s Shop-
In-Lititz Contest with the re­su
lt th a t only one tie remained
to be broken, afte r the Con­te
st Judge had completed his
tabulating.
Mlrs. Frantz Wagaman, of 14
South Willow Street, emerged
as winner of the $20 meu*-
chandising certificate w h i c h
she can use as cash in making
purchases from any one of the
advertisers listed on the special
contest page.
Mrs. Wagaman correctly inden-tified
all of th e really tough
statements but completely for-
^ got th a t the present P.T.A. is
j th e second in the history of
our school system.
Other winners in la st week’s
contest are:
Second Prize of $10: Mrs.
Willis Bucher, Lititz, R.D.2.
Third Prize of $5: Miss
Joanne Snavely, Lititz, R.D.4.
F o u rth Prize of $5: Ornha
i Another list of ten sta te ­ments
appear in this week’s
j Shop-In-Lititz Contest p a g e .
All you have to do is identify
each in its correct “True” or
| “F a lse ” category — ju s t mark
down ten “X’s ” where they
should be.
I Of course, figuring out a
' bunch of historical statements
1 and trying to determine if they
are tru e or false can be really
educational, too. We know,
j judging from a number of
le tte rs we received this week
from readers.
Of course, winning one of
the four merchandise certifi­cates
is a th rill in itself—but
win or lose, you can’t really
lose though, it is a lot of fun
filling out th e entry blank and
mailing it to th e Contest
Editor, Record-Express, Lititz,
Pa.
Turn to t h e contest page
now and find th e ten sta te ­ments
hidden among the ad ­vertisements.
Who knows, next
week may be your lucky week!
Historical Misconcepts
Fooled Some Of Our Readers
One of the most widespread
misconceptions of recent years
was th a t th e belfry destroyed
when th e Moravian Church
burned la st Summer, was de­signed
by David Tannenberg,
famous organ builder.
And th is fact proved the
principal stumbling block to
many of our readers who sub-
In-Lititz Contest la st week.
Tannenberg did design the
firs t belfry built in 1787. But
in 1857 th e belfry was chang­ed
basicallly in its design.
Comparison o f photographs
taken before and a fte r the
middle of the nineteenth Cen­tu
ry reveal convincingly th a t
the original belfry was a six-
H. Grant Hurst
Baccalaureate service will be
held Sunday with Commence­ment
exercises Tuesday, June
3, for members of Warwick
High School’s Class of 1958.
Rev. Paul Miller will deliver
th e baccalaureate sermon with
th e Rev. James Shannon in
charge of devotions.
be Dr. Murray Cayley, profes­sor
of Philosophy and Psycho­logy
a t Rochester In stitu te of
Technology whose topic will be
“What Are You Living F o r? ”
Student speakers a re Mar­g
a re t Seaber, “New Worlds Be­fore
Us” and Sylvia Swarr
“Youth ..Has A Challenge.”
Spaid will present th e class and
Wilbur Graybill, president of
th e School Board will g ran t
th e diplomas.
Awards will be presented by
N. J. Fuhrman, high school
principal. Music will be fu r­nished
by the Senior High Glee
Club. Senior Girls Ensemhle
a clarinet solo “ Serenade and
Polonaise.”
The invocation will be given
by Melvin H. Lauver, pastor
of Lititz Mennonite Church and
th e Rev. Glenn M. Dietrich,
pastor of the Brunnerville EUB
Church will pronounce t h e
Special Honors
For Thirty
Bobst Winners
Spw ial recognition will be
in.ulc ml rhe more th a n 30 Bobst
-W.ird w inners a t the Warwick
Alumni Association Banquet
I'l.d.iv. June 6th, a t the War­wick
High School, a t 6:30 p.m.
T iim 1.958 awards will be
made personally by Elmer
Bobst, founder of the I. Walton
Bobst Award, on th is the 10th
annual birthday of the present­ation.
The fund was initiated
in honor of his parents.
The speaker of th e evening
will be H. Grant Hurst, of Lan­caster.
Mr. Hurst is currently
teaching French a t MeCaskey
High School. i.
He was born in Lancaster and
a t t e n d e d Lancaster City
Schools. Hie graduated from
Franklin and Marshall College
and did g rad u a te work a t the
University of Pennsylvania.
Mr. Hurst is active in officiat­ing
in th e County PIAA, is
president of International
Board of Basketball Officials,
pres, of Dist. 3 PIAA Wrestl­ing
Officials, Secretary-Trea-u
re r of Lane. Co. PIAA Foot­ball,
Soccer, a n d Basketball
Officials.
Also honored a t th e affair,
will be the 50 year, 25 year and
10 year classes of both Roths­ville
and Lititz schools.
Herbert Wagaman, President
of th e association announced
th e High School would be open
for inspection to any alumni