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The * Lititz Record - Express Serving The Warwick Union Area For Nearly A Century 82nd Year Established April, 1877, as The Sunbeam (Consolidated with The I>ltltz Record, 1937) Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa., Thursday, October 30, 1958 7 cents a Copy; $3.00 per year by mall within Xiancaster County; $3:50 elsewhere. No. 30 Predict Heavy Vote On Swim Pool Bond Issue See Usual Republican Majority Boro Seeks To Boost New Homes Council Discusses Policy On Opening Of New Streets Has the borough's two-year-old policy of paying no p art of the cost of opening new stree ts served to stifle the building of new homes here? This was the question which lead the borough fathers into a lengthy but inconclusive discussion which marked the monthly meeting of council Tuesday evening. “ I notice we issued no building permits for new homes during the past month,” Councilman Roy S. Reidenbaugh declaired in introducing the topic. ‘‘This worries me and I wonder if there is any tru th to the claim it is difficult to build h e re ? ” Admitting the question to be a good one, President of Council Russell Templeton admitted th a t “ it is possible the policy could be changed.” “This policy was adopted by council several years ago because we wanted to balance the budget without raising the taxes,” Mr. Templeton explained. "“The borough had been spending approximately $25,000 a year for new stree ts.” Borough Manager Dave Baue r pointed out th a t the number of lots remaining on streets a lready built is becoming smaller each year. He also pointed out th a t although no permits were issued during October, six new homes, for which permits were issued previously, now are in the process of construction in the borough. He also predicted th a t new homes soon will be going up along Gochenauer avenue; which has stood partially completed for several years. Matte rs delaying connecting-up of the sewer main already laid on the stree t are expected to be se ttled by November 1. Until then, however, the stre e t cannot be completed. Bauer also pointed out th a t ■ one development — a t Kissel Hill — is being planned with 22-foot streets and 80-foot lots, which he said is sub-normal according to borugh standards. He urged th a t council add its weight and efforts to th e work of the county planning commission to obtain "reasonable sub-division and building code regulations” for areas outside th e boroughs of the county. Council also expressed its displeasure over reports th a t the county re-assessment program is behind schedule and may not become effective until 1962 instead of in 1960. À COUPLE OF PRIZE W IN NER S Store Signs Debated By Council Store signs—which became a touchy subject with local merchants several months ago— again came up for official action by borough council th is week. And unable to reach any decision on ju s t how la rg e the signs hanging in front of the stores should be, council decided to reta in the present building codp regulation—but agreed to study each sign application on its i ndividual merits. The present regulation which confines to within a few inches of the building line makes more than a dozen signs presently hanging illegal, Borough Manager Dave Bauer pointed out in presenting council with measurements on all signs now hanging. “The p r e s e n t regul:|tion seems ridiculous,” Councilman H arry Ruley pointed out—and was reminded th a t he had voted for the code. It then was suggested th a t th e limit be changed to four feet b u t this too was regarded unfavorably. In the end, members of council agreed th a t applicants can appeal th e building code regulation and council th en can use its judgement in settling each application. A lease of the borough lot a t Spruce Street and Second Avenue to the L ititz Lions Club, which operates th e tra c t as a playground, was renewed for another five-year period a t a charge of one dollar p e r year. Three new borough appointments include Leroy Miley, Cedar Street, as an employee of th e sewer depa rtment to succeed John Grubb, who resigned to accept a position with the boron ah of Wnnrthnrv N J • Fawn Show Reported Disbanding Reports th a t the Lititz Community Show Association plans to disband and discontinue presenting its annual Farm Show, were being circulated here this week. Members of the association pointed out however th a t rhe group has not met since the farm show and th a t no action of this sort could be taken otherwise. Several members of the group indicated the re was some agitation to quit due to the fact th a t th e show ended with a financial loss this year. With some bills yet to be paid, the group estimates its losses for the last show a t somewhere between $700 and $800. Several farm show workers also expressed the feeling they had been unduly criticized because of alleged gambling among some of the concessioners. A resolution urging borough council not to allow this type of concession upon local streets in the future, was passed last week by the local Church of the Brethren. Members of council reported they had not received a copy of the resolution a t th e ir meeting Tuesday night but th a t the rumor of the disbanding of the show association had been discussed. TONS OF ALGAE! " <.v. a ♦'•***. t r y Photographing all of the outstanding Hallowe’en paintings in the business section was an impossibility — they’re a ll outstanding! And so th e Record-Express photographer —Record-Express Photos settled for th e two above. The pumpkin design is th e work of Helen Good while the “ a r tis t” a t work in th e lower photo is Carol Cox. Both a re eighth graders. Mum’ers Parade Will Be Held Here Tonight Crowning of the Queen will fea ture th e annual Hallowe’en parade and block party to be held here th is evening under auspices of the Lititz Lions Club., The queen will be selected from one of the three student nominee, Rufina Grube, Nina Stroble and Joan KJlopp, with the other two becoming members of the queen’s court. The parade will form a t 6:45 p.m. a t Spruce and Orange Sts. and is scheduled to move promptly at 7:15 p.m. The parade route is north on Broad to the Square, east on Main to th e Church, Square and back to the first block of East Main Street. Music for th e marchers will be provided by the Lititz Community Band, making one of its rare appearances in recent years; and the Warwick High School Junior Band. Prizes will be offered in several categories for individuals, couples, groups and floats. The firs t block of East Main Street will be blocked off and turned over to th e mummers following th e parade. Among othe r attractio n s Lions will conduct a refreshment stand. The judges stand will be erected' in th e center of the block and will be presided over by Claude Swartzbaugh and J. Richard Zerby. Jack Marks and Donald Steffy a re co-chairman, for the parade and party. Ray Pettyjohn, Sr., is in charge of the food stand. In case of rain th e parade will be held on Monday evening. Halloween Paintings Give Boro Ghost Look Downtown Lititz took on the appearance of a ghost town this week, but it was all in the spirit of the season. Spooks of all sorts came springing out from downtown store windows a s young a rtists cooperating with merchants and the Recreation Centers Halloween Window Painting Contest applied the ir brushes to some 46 stores. Over 140 children entered the contest and of th a t number 89 were selected to participate in the contest. Windows were assigned to various groups as follows: The 6th grade of Rothsville an d Brunnerville schools had windows on Broad Street from Sharps Photo Shop to Frey’s store. Fifth grades of Rothsville and Brunnerville had those from Frey’s to Glassmyer’s Cut Rate. Fifth grades of Lititz schools had windows on E. Main Street from Lititz Office Equipment to the Hess Men’s Store on Broad St. Sixth grades had windows from Wild’s store to Hess Men’s Store. Seventh grade from Reedy’s Store to Kreider Hardware and the eighth grades from Keller Gift to Kreider Hardware. PRIZE WINNERS Eighth Grade: 1 Helen Good, Fickinger’s jewelry store window; 2. Donna Rosenberg, Spahct’s. 3. Martha Bredthan-er and B a r b a r a Grube, Spacht’s. Seventh Grade: 1. Shelia Brubaker, Rannel’s. 2. Barbara Seaver, Marjene. 3. Marsha Heiter, Hershey’s Shoe Store. Sixth: 1. Carole Good and Sandy Ditzler a t Beck’s. 2. James Wiegand a t Beck’s. 3. Richard Bender a t Gea rha rt’s. F ifth : 1. Jane Weaver and Donna H a rtran ft a t Doster’s. 2. Linda Garner a t Acme. 3. Bonnie Stump, Gindy Buch and (Continued on Page 12) Nine Brownie Troops Hold Unusual Halloween Parties Reedy Donates TV Set to School Herman Reedy, local distrib u to r for Philco TV, has donated a used télévision set to the John Beck School, Brunnerville. His contribution makes it possible for fifth and sixth grade classrooms to each have th e ir own television set for the televised school science program which is beamed Mon- H a v e o f Q * 3 0 o m The nine Brownie Troops of the Rolling Hills Neighborhood a re celebrating Hallow’en by holding Parties. Perhaps the most unusual one was held by Troop # 9 8 a t the home of th e leader, Mrs. Alvin Mease at- Brunnerville. The girls took th e ir fa th e rs as guests all In masquerade. Games and refreshments were in charge of M!rs. Donald Weaver, Mrs. Kervin Wetzel, Mrs. Mervin Keith, Mrs, Edward de- Veaux and Mrs. Eugene Roth. The affair was planned by Mrs. Mease and Mrs. Morgan Hollinger, assistant leader. Troops 69 an d 203, Mirs. Wallace Hlofferty and Mrs. Robert Workman, leaders, will have parties th is week a t th e home of Mrs. Howard Redcay. Troops 198, 191, an d 200, Mirs. Richard Gaus, Mrs. Vernon Ranck an d Mrs. Richard Yotter, leaders respectively, will hold th e ir parties HP~4 th is week in the v»4 + vt T7*Wrr,»»rroi;«nI O cn v. rv tional Church. Troop 163, of Rothsville, Mrs. Harry Adams, leader will hold theiir party in th e Lions Club building a t Rothsville th is week. Jere Eshelman Seriously Hurt Injured in a fall a t the borough elementary school, Jere, eight-year-old son of Dr. and Mrs. Charles W. Eshelman, Broad Street, was found to have sustained a brain concussion a t the Jefferson Hospita l in Philadelphia where he was removed late yesterday. The in ju ry was sustained Wednesday morning b u t the boy was not removed to th e Lancaster General Hospital until 3:30 p.m. a fte r h e began to act peculiarly. Fearing brain surgery was necessary he then was taken by the Community ambulance to th e Jefferson —Record-Express Photo Despite th a t the tro u t basin a t th e Broad S tre e t. entrance to the Lititz Springs P a rk was thoroughly cleaned five weeks ago, park employees this week removed tons of algae .from the pool. Means of keeping the vegetation growth within bounds is proving a major problem in the park, Willis Bucher, shown a t th e left, chairman of th e p a rk grounds committee, revealed. Also shown in the photograph are P au l Leonard, a volunteer worker; Warren Pettyjohn and F ra n k Brown, park caretaker. Asst. Postmaster Eld Bear Will Retire Tomorrow Solicit For Needy Kids At Parade Young people of Lititz churches will take a hand in aiding needy children of foreign lands by soliciting nickles and dimes for UNICEiF during Thursday’s Halloween Parade. UNICEF is the United Nations International Childrens Emergency Fund and provides food and medicine for needy children the world o v e r . Church young people will solicit down town during the parade with collection ja rs and it is hoped last yea r’s total of over $300 can again be reached. Solicitors will be identified by the orange and black collection ja rs and an identification tag bearing the letters UNICEF. After the collection is completed volunteers may tu rn over the ir collection ja rs to UNICEF committee members a t either th e Moravian Church or the Recreation Center. Conducted on a matching fund basis, the UNICEF drive is aimed solely a t alleviating hardship cases among children in the world’s less fortunate places. 18th Rothsville Halloween Fete On Friday Night Rothsville’s 18 th annual Halloween Parade will be held F riday a t 7 p.m. sponsored by the Rothsville Fire Co. and the Warwick Twp. Lions Club. . The parade will form a t Wentling’s row and will offer $150 in prizes. The Warwick High School band will be in the line of march and also boy and girl scouts, cubs, brownies and float entries. Prizes will be given to individuals, couples and floats. A Halloween Queen will be selected from among Warwick Twp. students in grades nine through 12. Refreshments will be available a t the fire hall and the judges stand will be set up in front of the fire hall. Vivian Landis Keath and her Lititz iRangerettes will be in the line of march. Moravian Group To Mark 136th Anniversary The Women’s Missionary Society of the Moravian Church will observe the 136th anniversary on Sunday with special services. Gordon Sommers, a middler in the Theological Seminary a t Bethlehem will speak a t the morning service a t 10:30 a.m. and a t th e Love-feast a t 3:00 p.m. Mr. Sommers is a native o f Edmonton, Canada and a memb e r o f the Brmederfeld Church b e spent the summer serving with the missionaries in Nicaragua and will tell about the work there. A recognition dinner for ! Sunday School teachers will be held a t the General Sutter hotel on MatiHov mrAViiri’fT o + £ • A A' Assistant Postmaster Edwin W. Bear will retire from the postal service tomorrow a fte r completing 41 years and one month of service in the local post office. Mr. Bear is the fifth veteran employee to re tire this year. Others who have gone on the retirement, list since last Jan uary are Former Postmaster Robert Pfautz, Ed Ranck, Paul Bushong and Amos Yerger. Effective Friday, Chester A. Witmyer will be promoted to the position of assistant postmaster and Arthur E. Badorf will be elevated to the job of superintendent of mails, Acting Postmaster Raymond Reedy announced this week. Mr. Bear sta rted working in the post office on October 1C, 1917 and was made assistant postmaster in 1941. He has served under six postmasters. Postal service today is far different from what it was in 1917, he recalled this week. At th a t time the post office windows were opened up at 7 a.m. and remained open until 7 p.m. But in order to dispatch the mails for the first northbound train which departed here a t 5:30 a.m., the work day for the post office employees s ta rted a t 4:30 a.m. Mail was received and dispatched on six of the eight Reading daily trains and on two trolley cars to Lancaster. H e also Served as secretary of the civil service board for 19 years, dating from the day city service was inaugurated. At th a t time the staff consisted of ten Retiring Christ Koehler Named Judge of Elections In 1st Ward With interest in the proposed bond issue soaring high, a comparatively heavy pooling of votes was expected in the general election Tuesday. Experienced observers here predicted the vote in the boro would total around 2,250. This prediction is based upon the 1,800 vote cast in the borough at the last gubernatorial election and 2,400 cast a t the last preisdential election. The borough and the Warwick Union area was expected to tu rn in a majority for Republican Party candidates, although it was doubtful in some quarters if the three-to-one ra tio piled up by Republicans in recent elections here, would be maintained. Forecasters also predicted a close vote in the balloting on the proposed $175,000 bond issue to finance a public swimming pool in the borough. With approximately 500 persons having signed the petition to place the issue on th e ballot, proponents estimated th a t the issue would be approved unless a protest vote is forthcoming. Interest in the bond issue far exceeded the interest in both the gubernatorial and senatorial elections to be decided. Koehler Appointed One change in the line-up of local election officials was announced this week. Christ Koehler, of Cedar Street, has been named judge of elections in the first ward, to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Eric Buckley. Buckley served in this capacity one election. Voting machines will be used in both wards for the th ird time. So far, results show th a t the use of machines here has in no way cut down the number of Edwin Bear men, five of whom were ru ra l carriers. In 1917 receipts a t the local office amounted to $14,000 a year as compared with approximately $200,000 a year today. And while the records do not show it, Mr. Bear probably has “ licked” more than two million stamps in his career. Mr. Bear also is recognized as an .authority for his knowledge of postal rules and regulations. A surprise p arty was held for Mr. Bear by the post office staff a t the Mountain Trail Inn, Waldeck, T u e s d a y night. Miss Yeagley, Ned Partridge Honored Miss Barbara Yeagley, seventeen, d au g h ter of Mr. and Mrs. Ira Yeagley, 115 Market St., and Ned Partridge, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Rider, 426 S. Cherry St., were named Warwick’s Boy and Girl for October. / The announcement was made a t an assembly program a t the high school Thursday (today.) Miss Yeagley, a member of the Moravian Church, is secreta ry of th e Youth Fellowship and a Sunday School teacher. She is a member of the church choir, secretary of th e school Library Club, tre a su re r of the church choir and a past president of the Y-Teens. She works in the nursery a t church, is a library assistant, member of the Yearbook Staff an d also works in the church office. With all her extracurri-eular activities Miss Yeagley is still an honor roll student. Partridge is a member of St. P au l’s Lutheran Church and the church choir. He was vice-presid en t of the ju n io r class, presid en t of his freshman class and also president of the Warwick Varsity Club and Glee Club. He attended Keystone Boys Camp in 19 58 and was elected mayor of the Thomspon City group a t the camp sponsored by the American Legion. Cocaptain of Warwick’s 1958 football team he is a three year letterman an d two yea r basketball letterman. Partridge is also a Yearbook Staff member and had a role in the high school operetta, South Pacific in his junior year. Both Miss Yeagley and P a rtridge a re members o f the Senior Class. ballots cast. Brickerville Lions Make Merry At Family Night Hallowe’en Party Witches, goblins and ghosts made merry a t the family night Hallowe’en p arty held by the Baron Steigel Lions Club on Thursday evening a t Die Scheier, Brickerville. Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Brumbach walked off with first and second prizes respectively in th e most comical class in the adult division with Mrs. Velma Eck-a r t taking th ird prize. Nancy Snyder took first prize for the most comical in th e children’s division, Robert Ulrich, second, an d Patricia Brumbach, third. The program featured Mar-iimbo solo® by Mis® Esthe r Us-ner of Mt. Airy and games and entertainment were in charge n'4TU/-v~4- P e te r Hanly, zone chairman, conducted an Induction ceremony for three new members who were received into the organization, they were, Lester Messner, Luthe r Ober, and Melvin Weachter. Sixty three persons attended th e party, a chicken dinner was served and Clarence Fasnacht, th e president, was in charge of the business meeting. The next meeting will be held the second Thursday in November. The Club will sponsor a Shooting Match a t Rock’s Garage on December 20th for the benefit of the Elizabeth Pool Issues Aired At Forum Pros and cons of the proposed $17 5,000 bond issue to finance a public swimming pool in the borough were voiced in a lively discussion which marked a public forum held in th e elementary school auditorium Monday night. The public meeting sponsored by the Lititz Junior Chamber of Commerce was attended by sixty-five persons. Audience participation in the hour and a half question and answer period soon revealed a difference of opinion among those attending. Highlights of the discussion included: (1) A public swimming pool here should be self-liquidating, judging from Manheim borough’s experience, b u t the re is no guarantee of this. (2) If expenses exceed! income, the difference will have to be paid out of tax revenue. This difference would have to be added to the property tax in as much as a maximum per capita tax now is being collected here. (3) Expression of sentiment th a t the growing need is for a pool which could be operated 12 months of the year. With Kenelm Shirk, former sta te president of the Jaycees, serving as moderator, questions asked by the audience were answered by Menno Roh-rer, former president of the Lititz borough council, representing th e swim pool committee; Borough Manager David Bauer, Councilman Melvin Redcay, of Manheim; and Paul McCloud, landscape architect, representing th e park. J. M. Leed, head of the park tru s tees, also took th e platform to answer questions and to explain the p a rk ’s position. Mr. Redcay, a fte r explaining the pool set-up in Manheim, declared they ended up a 57-day operation with a net income of $9,700. He estimated Manheim will require $10,000 yearly to meet inte rest payments and cost of redeeming bonds. Interest is not payable until 1960 and nothing has been deducted for depreciation. Answering the question regarding a tax boost, Mr. Rohrer explained th a t the bond issue will not block water improvements inasmuch as water improvements will be financed through the water authority. Mr. Bauer explained th a t the $175,000 bond issue would con-
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Full Text | The * Lititz Record - Express Serving The Warwick Union Area For Nearly A Century 82nd Year Established April, 1877, as The Sunbeam (Consolidated with The I>ltltz Record, 1937) Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa., Thursday, October 30, 1958 7 cents a Copy; $3.00 per year by mall within Xiancaster County; $3:50 elsewhere. No. 30 Predict Heavy Vote On Swim Pool Bond Issue See Usual Republican Majority Boro Seeks To Boost New Homes Council Discusses Policy On Opening Of New Streets Has the borough's two-year-old policy of paying no p art of the cost of opening new stree ts served to stifle the building of new homes here? This was the question which lead the borough fathers into a lengthy but inconclusive discussion which marked the monthly meeting of council Tuesday evening. “ I notice we issued no building permits for new homes during the past month,” Councilman Roy S. Reidenbaugh declaired in introducing the topic. ‘‘This worries me and I wonder if there is any tru th to the claim it is difficult to build h e re ? ” Admitting the question to be a good one, President of Council Russell Templeton admitted th a t “ it is possible the policy could be changed.” “This policy was adopted by council several years ago because we wanted to balance the budget without raising the taxes,” Mr. Templeton explained. "“The borough had been spending approximately $25,000 a year for new stree ts.” Borough Manager Dave Baue r pointed out th a t the number of lots remaining on streets a lready built is becoming smaller each year. He also pointed out th a t although no permits were issued during October, six new homes, for which permits were issued previously, now are in the process of construction in the borough. He also predicted th a t new homes soon will be going up along Gochenauer avenue; which has stood partially completed for several years. Matte rs delaying connecting-up of the sewer main already laid on the stree t are expected to be se ttled by November 1. Until then, however, the stre e t cannot be completed. Bauer also pointed out th a t ■ one development — a t Kissel Hill — is being planned with 22-foot streets and 80-foot lots, which he said is sub-normal according to borugh standards. He urged th a t council add its weight and efforts to th e work of the county planning commission to obtain "reasonable sub-division and building code regulations” for areas outside th e boroughs of the county. Council also expressed its displeasure over reports th a t the county re-assessment program is behind schedule and may not become effective until 1962 instead of in 1960. À COUPLE OF PRIZE W IN NER S Store Signs Debated By Council Store signs—which became a touchy subject with local merchants several months ago— again came up for official action by borough council th is week. And unable to reach any decision on ju s t how la rg e the signs hanging in front of the stores should be, council decided to reta in the present building codp regulation—but agreed to study each sign application on its i ndividual merits. The present regulation which confines to within a few inches of the building line makes more than a dozen signs presently hanging illegal, Borough Manager Dave Bauer pointed out in presenting council with measurements on all signs now hanging. “The p r e s e n t regul:|tion seems ridiculous,” Councilman H arry Ruley pointed out—and was reminded th a t he had voted for the code. It then was suggested th a t th e limit be changed to four feet b u t this too was regarded unfavorably. In the end, members of council agreed th a t applicants can appeal th e building code regulation and council th en can use its judgement in settling each application. A lease of the borough lot a t Spruce Street and Second Avenue to the L ititz Lions Club, which operates th e tra c t as a playground, was renewed for another five-year period a t a charge of one dollar p e r year. Three new borough appointments include Leroy Miley, Cedar Street, as an employee of th e sewer depa rtment to succeed John Grubb, who resigned to accept a position with the boron ah of Wnnrthnrv N J • Fawn Show Reported Disbanding Reports th a t the Lititz Community Show Association plans to disband and discontinue presenting its annual Farm Show, were being circulated here this week. Members of the association pointed out however th a t rhe group has not met since the farm show and th a t no action of this sort could be taken otherwise. Several members of the group indicated the re was some agitation to quit due to the fact th a t th e show ended with a financial loss this year. With some bills yet to be paid, the group estimates its losses for the last show a t somewhere between $700 and $800. Several farm show workers also expressed the feeling they had been unduly criticized because of alleged gambling among some of the concessioners. A resolution urging borough council not to allow this type of concession upon local streets in the future, was passed last week by the local Church of the Brethren. Members of council reported they had not received a copy of the resolution a t th e ir meeting Tuesday night but th a t the rumor of the disbanding of the show association had been discussed. TONS OF ALGAE! " <.v. a ♦'•***. t r y Photographing all of the outstanding Hallowe’en paintings in the business section was an impossibility — they’re a ll outstanding! And so th e Record-Express photographer —Record-Express Photos settled for th e two above. The pumpkin design is th e work of Helen Good while the “ a r tis t” a t work in th e lower photo is Carol Cox. Both a re eighth graders. Mum’ers Parade Will Be Held Here Tonight Crowning of the Queen will fea ture th e annual Hallowe’en parade and block party to be held here th is evening under auspices of the Lititz Lions Club., The queen will be selected from one of the three student nominee, Rufina Grube, Nina Stroble and Joan KJlopp, with the other two becoming members of the queen’s court. The parade will form a t 6:45 p.m. a t Spruce and Orange Sts. and is scheduled to move promptly at 7:15 p.m. The parade route is north on Broad to the Square, east on Main to th e Church, Square and back to the first block of East Main Street. Music for th e marchers will be provided by the Lititz Community Band, making one of its rare appearances in recent years; and the Warwick High School Junior Band. Prizes will be offered in several categories for individuals, couples, groups and floats. The firs t block of East Main Street will be blocked off and turned over to th e mummers following th e parade. Among othe r attractio n s Lions will conduct a refreshment stand. The judges stand will be erected' in th e center of the block and will be presided over by Claude Swartzbaugh and J. Richard Zerby. Jack Marks and Donald Steffy a re co-chairman, for the parade and party. Ray Pettyjohn, Sr., is in charge of the food stand. In case of rain th e parade will be held on Monday evening. Halloween Paintings Give Boro Ghost Look Downtown Lititz took on the appearance of a ghost town this week, but it was all in the spirit of the season. Spooks of all sorts came springing out from downtown store windows a s young a rtists cooperating with merchants and the Recreation Centers Halloween Window Painting Contest applied the ir brushes to some 46 stores. Over 140 children entered the contest and of th a t number 89 were selected to participate in the contest. Windows were assigned to various groups as follows: The 6th grade of Rothsville an d Brunnerville schools had windows on Broad Street from Sharps Photo Shop to Frey’s store. Fifth grades of Rothsville and Brunnerville had those from Frey’s to Glassmyer’s Cut Rate. Fifth grades of Lititz schools had windows on E. Main Street from Lititz Office Equipment to the Hess Men’s Store on Broad St. Sixth grades had windows from Wild’s store to Hess Men’s Store. Seventh grade from Reedy’s Store to Kreider Hardware and the eighth grades from Keller Gift to Kreider Hardware. PRIZE WINNERS Eighth Grade: 1 Helen Good, Fickinger’s jewelry store window; 2. Donna Rosenberg, Spahct’s. 3. Martha Bredthan-er and B a r b a r a Grube, Spacht’s. Seventh Grade: 1. Shelia Brubaker, Rannel’s. 2. Barbara Seaver, Marjene. 3. Marsha Heiter, Hershey’s Shoe Store. Sixth: 1. Carole Good and Sandy Ditzler a t Beck’s. 2. James Wiegand a t Beck’s. 3. Richard Bender a t Gea rha rt’s. F ifth : 1. Jane Weaver and Donna H a rtran ft a t Doster’s. 2. Linda Garner a t Acme. 3. Bonnie Stump, Gindy Buch and (Continued on Page 12) Nine Brownie Troops Hold Unusual Halloween Parties Reedy Donates TV Set to School Herman Reedy, local distrib u to r for Philco TV, has donated a used télévision set to the John Beck School, Brunnerville. His contribution makes it possible for fifth and sixth grade classrooms to each have th e ir own television set for the televised school science program which is beamed Mon- H a v e o f Q * 3 0 o m The nine Brownie Troops of the Rolling Hills Neighborhood a re celebrating Hallow’en by holding Parties. Perhaps the most unusual one was held by Troop # 9 8 a t the home of th e leader, Mrs. Alvin Mease at- Brunnerville. The girls took th e ir fa th e rs as guests all In masquerade. Games and refreshments were in charge of M!rs. Donald Weaver, Mrs. Kervin Wetzel, Mrs. Mervin Keith, Mrs, Edward de- Veaux and Mrs. Eugene Roth. The affair was planned by Mrs. Mease and Mrs. Morgan Hollinger, assistant leader. Troops 69 an d 203, Mirs. Wallace Hlofferty and Mrs. Robert Workman, leaders, will have parties th is week a t th e home of Mrs. Howard Redcay. Troops 198, 191, an d 200, Mirs. Richard Gaus, Mrs. Vernon Ranck an d Mrs. Richard Yotter, leaders respectively, will hold th e ir parties HP~4 th is week in the v»4 + vt T7*Wrr,»»rroi;«nI O cn v. rv tional Church. Troop 163, of Rothsville, Mrs. Harry Adams, leader will hold theiir party in th e Lions Club building a t Rothsville th is week. Jere Eshelman Seriously Hurt Injured in a fall a t the borough elementary school, Jere, eight-year-old son of Dr. and Mrs. Charles W. Eshelman, Broad Street, was found to have sustained a brain concussion a t the Jefferson Hospita l in Philadelphia where he was removed late yesterday. The in ju ry was sustained Wednesday morning b u t the boy was not removed to th e Lancaster General Hospital until 3:30 p.m. a fte r h e began to act peculiarly. Fearing brain surgery was necessary he then was taken by the Community ambulance to th e Jefferson —Record-Express Photo Despite th a t the tro u t basin a t th e Broad S tre e t. entrance to the Lititz Springs P a rk was thoroughly cleaned five weeks ago, park employees this week removed tons of algae .from the pool. Means of keeping the vegetation growth within bounds is proving a major problem in the park, Willis Bucher, shown a t th e left, chairman of th e p a rk grounds committee, revealed. Also shown in the photograph are P au l Leonard, a volunteer worker; Warren Pettyjohn and F ra n k Brown, park caretaker. Asst. Postmaster Eld Bear Will Retire Tomorrow Solicit For Needy Kids At Parade Young people of Lititz churches will take a hand in aiding needy children of foreign lands by soliciting nickles and dimes for UNICEiF during Thursday’s Halloween Parade. UNICEF is the United Nations International Childrens Emergency Fund and provides food and medicine for needy children the world o v e r . Church young people will solicit down town during the parade with collection ja rs and it is hoped last yea r’s total of over $300 can again be reached. Solicitors will be identified by the orange and black collection ja rs and an identification tag bearing the letters UNICEF. After the collection is completed volunteers may tu rn over the ir collection ja rs to UNICEF committee members a t either th e Moravian Church or the Recreation Center. Conducted on a matching fund basis, the UNICEF drive is aimed solely a t alleviating hardship cases among children in the world’s less fortunate places. 18th Rothsville Halloween Fete On Friday Night Rothsville’s 18 th annual Halloween Parade will be held F riday a t 7 p.m. sponsored by the Rothsville Fire Co. and the Warwick Twp. Lions Club. . The parade will form a t Wentling’s row and will offer $150 in prizes. The Warwick High School band will be in the line of march and also boy and girl scouts, cubs, brownies and float entries. Prizes will be given to individuals, couples and floats. A Halloween Queen will be selected from among Warwick Twp. students in grades nine through 12. Refreshments will be available a t the fire hall and the judges stand will be set up in front of the fire hall. Vivian Landis Keath and her Lititz iRangerettes will be in the line of march. Moravian Group To Mark 136th Anniversary The Women’s Missionary Society of the Moravian Church will observe the 136th anniversary on Sunday with special services. Gordon Sommers, a middler in the Theological Seminary a t Bethlehem will speak a t the morning service a t 10:30 a.m. and a t th e Love-feast a t 3:00 p.m. Mr. Sommers is a native o f Edmonton, Canada and a memb e r o f the Brmederfeld Church b e spent the summer serving with the missionaries in Nicaragua and will tell about the work there. A recognition dinner for ! Sunday School teachers will be held a t the General Sutter hotel on MatiHov mrAViiri’fT o + £ • A A' Assistant Postmaster Edwin W. Bear will retire from the postal service tomorrow a fte r completing 41 years and one month of service in the local post office. Mr. Bear is the fifth veteran employee to re tire this year. Others who have gone on the retirement, list since last Jan uary are Former Postmaster Robert Pfautz, Ed Ranck, Paul Bushong and Amos Yerger. Effective Friday, Chester A. Witmyer will be promoted to the position of assistant postmaster and Arthur E. Badorf will be elevated to the job of superintendent of mails, Acting Postmaster Raymond Reedy announced this week. Mr. Bear sta rted working in the post office on October 1C, 1917 and was made assistant postmaster in 1941. He has served under six postmasters. Postal service today is far different from what it was in 1917, he recalled this week. At th a t time the post office windows were opened up at 7 a.m. and remained open until 7 p.m. But in order to dispatch the mails for the first northbound train which departed here a t 5:30 a.m., the work day for the post office employees s ta rted a t 4:30 a.m. Mail was received and dispatched on six of the eight Reading daily trains and on two trolley cars to Lancaster. H e also Served as secretary of the civil service board for 19 years, dating from the day city service was inaugurated. At th a t time the staff consisted of ten Retiring Christ Koehler Named Judge of Elections In 1st Ward With interest in the proposed bond issue soaring high, a comparatively heavy pooling of votes was expected in the general election Tuesday. Experienced observers here predicted the vote in the boro would total around 2,250. This prediction is based upon the 1,800 vote cast in the borough at the last gubernatorial election and 2,400 cast a t the last preisdential election. The borough and the Warwick Union area was expected to tu rn in a majority for Republican Party candidates, although it was doubtful in some quarters if the three-to-one ra tio piled up by Republicans in recent elections here, would be maintained. Forecasters also predicted a close vote in the balloting on the proposed $175,000 bond issue to finance a public swimming pool in the borough. With approximately 500 persons having signed the petition to place the issue on th e ballot, proponents estimated th a t the issue would be approved unless a protest vote is forthcoming. Interest in the bond issue far exceeded the interest in both the gubernatorial and senatorial elections to be decided. Koehler Appointed One change in the line-up of local election officials was announced this week. Christ Koehler, of Cedar Street, has been named judge of elections in the first ward, to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Eric Buckley. Buckley served in this capacity one election. Voting machines will be used in both wards for the th ird time. So far, results show th a t the use of machines here has in no way cut down the number of Edwin Bear men, five of whom were ru ra l carriers. In 1917 receipts a t the local office amounted to $14,000 a year as compared with approximately $200,000 a year today. And while the records do not show it, Mr. Bear probably has “ licked” more than two million stamps in his career. Mr. Bear also is recognized as an .authority for his knowledge of postal rules and regulations. A surprise p arty was held for Mr. Bear by the post office staff a t the Mountain Trail Inn, Waldeck, T u e s d a y night. Miss Yeagley, Ned Partridge Honored Miss Barbara Yeagley, seventeen, d au g h ter of Mr. and Mrs. Ira Yeagley, 115 Market St., and Ned Partridge, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Rider, 426 S. Cherry St., were named Warwick’s Boy and Girl for October. / The announcement was made a t an assembly program a t the high school Thursday (today.) Miss Yeagley, a member of the Moravian Church, is secreta ry of th e Youth Fellowship and a Sunday School teacher. She is a member of the church choir, secretary of th e school Library Club, tre a su re r of the church choir and a past president of the Y-Teens. She works in the nursery a t church, is a library assistant, member of the Yearbook Staff an d also works in the church office. With all her extracurri-eular activities Miss Yeagley is still an honor roll student. Partridge is a member of St. P au l’s Lutheran Church and the church choir. He was vice-presid en t of the ju n io r class, presid en t of his freshman class and also president of the Warwick Varsity Club and Glee Club. He attended Keystone Boys Camp in 19 58 and was elected mayor of the Thomspon City group a t the camp sponsored by the American Legion. Cocaptain of Warwick’s 1958 football team he is a three year letterman an d two yea r basketball letterman. Partridge is also a Yearbook Staff member and had a role in the high school operetta, South Pacific in his junior year. Both Miss Yeagley and P a rtridge a re members o f the Senior Class. ballots cast. Brickerville Lions Make Merry At Family Night Hallowe’en Party Witches, goblins and ghosts made merry a t the family night Hallowe’en p arty held by the Baron Steigel Lions Club on Thursday evening a t Die Scheier, Brickerville. Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Brumbach walked off with first and second prizes respectively in th e most comical class in the adult division with Mrs. Velma Eck-a r t taking th ird prize. Nancy Snyder took first prize for the most comical in th e children’s division, Robert Ulrich, second, an d Patricia Brumbach, third. The program featured Mar-iimbo solo® by Mis® Esthe r Us-ner of Mt. Airy and games and entertainment were in charge n'4TU/-v~4- P e te r Hanly, zone chairman, conducted an Induction ceremony for three new members who were received into the organization, they were, Lester Messner, Luthe r Ober, and Melvin Weachter. Sixty three persons attended th e party, a chicken dinner was served and Clarence Fasnacht, th e president, was in charge of the business meeting. The next meeting will be held the second Thursday in November. The Club will sponsor a Shooting Match a t Rock’s Garage on December 20th for the benefit of the Elizabeth Pool Issues Aired At Forum Pros and cons of the proposed $17 5,000 bond issue to finance a public swimming pool in the borough were voiced in a lively discussion which marked a public forum held in th e elementary school auditorium Monday night. The public meeting sponsored by the Lititz Junior Chamber of Commerce was attended by sixty-five persons. Audience participation in the hour and a half question and answer period soon revealed a difference of opinion among those attending. Highlights of the discussion included: (1) A public swimming pool here should be self-liquidating, judging from Manheim borough’s experience, b u t the re is no guarantee of this. (2) If expenses exceed! income, the difference will have to be paid out of tax revenue. This difference would have to be added to the property tax in as much as a maximum per capita tax now is being collected here. (3) Expression of sentiment th a t the growing need is for a pool which could be operated 12 months of the year. With Kenelm Shirk, former sta te president of the Jaycees, serving as moderator, questions asked by the audience were answered by Menno Roh-rer, former president of the Lititz borough council, representing th e swim pool committee; Borough Manager David Bauer, Councilman Melvin Redcay, of Manheim; and Paul McCloud, landscape architect, representing th e park. J. M. Leed, head of the park tru s tees, also took th e platform to answer questions and to explain the p a rk ’s position. Mr. Redcay, a fte r explaining the pool set-up in Manheim, declared they ended up a 57-day operation with a net income of $9,700. He estimated Manheim will require $10,000 yearly to meet inte rest payments and cost of redeeming bonds. Interest is not payable until 1960 and nothing has been deducted for depreciation. Answering the question regarding a tax boost, Mr. Rohrer explained th a t the bond issue will not block water improvements inasmuch as water improvements will be financed through the water authority. Mr. Bauer explained th a t the $175,000 bond issue would con- |
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