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The Lititz Record - Express
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82nd Year E stab lished April, 1877, as The Sunbeam
(Consolidated with The L ititz Record, 1937) Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa., Thursday, December 4, 1958 7 c en ts a Copy; $3.00 per y ea r by m a ll
w ith in L ancaste r County; $3:50 elsewhere. No. 35
Boro Advised To Study Possibility Of Wage Tax
Free Coin Estimate
Idea Move
Expands
The Idea of displaying fish
jowls of pennies to enable cus­tom
e rs free parking in town,
was spreading to more stores
this week.
Shoppers did a lot of kid­ding
but did not dip in for
any great number of pennies,
according to several local
store proprietors who inaugu­rated
the idea last week-end.
The idea however proved a dis«-
tinct good-will move appreciat­ed
by shoppers here.
A number of merchants re ­ported
a pickup in shopping
over the weekend, despite th a t
the Saturday evening opening
was on short notice.
A number of stores here also
will be open every evening until
Christmas, while several ob­serving
evening hours this
week.
Santa Claus will make his ap­pearance
in Lititz each Satur­day
and is scheduled to in te r­view
children a t the Western
Auto Store on East Main Street.
The move by local merchants
to provide parking money for
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IT WAS PRETTY BUT DANGEROUS
New Garage For
Ambulance Is
Now Under Roof
Warwick’s ambulance build­ing
is under roof and work is
progressing on the firs t per­manent
home for th e ambu­lance
on Water Street.
The brick building is being
b u ilt with funds donated to and
raised by the Warwick Am­bulance
Committee. - No time­table
has been set for the pro­je
ct but a spokesman said all
possible is being done to ex­pedite
completion.
Henry Tyson, builder, said
he hoped to begin work on th e
large front doors sometime
this week. Plumbing has been
installed and the doors and a
concrete floor remain to be in­stalled,
along with a heating
unit.
The ambulance service and
building are projects of the
Lititz Chapter, American Bus­iness
Clubs.
This week the club reported
th e ambulance service made its
500th call. The date was No­vember
17, and represented 500
times the service has been call­ed
upon since its inception here
three years ago.
Local Hunters
Report Success
Reports of local dee r kills
were trickling back to Lititz
"this week, as a number of local
h u n te rs took to the northern
tie r counties for the opening
week of th e season.
Hemlock Lodge, Sullivan
County, consisting of a number
•of local men, reported nine deer
killed in two days. There are
17 men in the camp.
Also reporting kills while
h u n tin g locally were Violet
Keller, Lititz R3, who got a
four-point buck and Melvin
Burkholder, 5 E. Orange St., a
spike buck an d Paul M. Enck,
Hopeland, who shot a six-point­er.
A coating of ice on trees and power lines
feeding th e Lititz Water Works a t th e Ath­letic
Field made a pretty, if some w hat d an ­gerous
situation th is week. Ice didn’t snap
—Record-Express Photo
the high voltage lines, however, and there
no danger presented itse lf although PP&L
lineman were watching the situation closely.
Man-Made
Just
What appeared to be on odd
phenomenon of n a tu re when a
cluster of trees in the park
became heavily laden with
glistening sleet and ice early
Sunday morning, turned out to
be merely the resu lt of forget­fulness
on the p a rt of a
borough employee.
But as a result, power facil­ities
a t the borough pumping
sta tion were endangered for
several days this week—with
borough» officials fearing they
might have to give their new­ly-
installed auxiliary pow­er
facilities a sudden workout,
if worse came to worse.
The cluster of trees, situated
a t the extreme southwestern
corner of th e park opposite the
athletic field, suddenly appear­ed
like a small edition of Win­te
r Wonderland and attracted
the attention of Sunday morn­ing
church-goers.
The coating of snow and ice
was so heavy th a t several
branches of th e trees were
broken. Telephone wires sagg­ed
to within two feet of the
ground. But worst of all,
power cables, each carrying
12,000 volts of electricity to
the pumping station nearby,
were so heavily coated th a t
they caused P.P. & L. linemen
considerable concern.
Linemen explained th a t a
sudden thaw, in which the icy
coating dropped from one wire
a t a time, might cause two of
thè cables to meet. The result
would be disastrous and would
immediately knock out all reg­ula
r power facilities a t the
water works.
Still wondering what had
caused the odd condition, line­men
maintained a close scru­tiny
of th e cables Monday. and
Tuesday. Cold weather, how­ever,
prevented the ice from
thawing until late Tuesday
when enough had dropped off
to eliminate most of the th re a t
of a power disruption.
Calls For Facts On
Proposed Fish Dam
, S. Gerald Darlington", owner
o f a piece of land coveted by
th e State for building a fishing
dam a t Zartman’s, called upon
th e State Fish Commission
th is week to bare detailed
plans for the dam.
Darlington, owner of Speed­well
Forge, called for a meet­ing
among property owners,
th e sta te fish agency, and the
press to straighten o u t the
m a tte r.
He scored the fish commis­sion
for failing to produce de­tailed
maps of what they in­tend
to do and for “changing
th e ir plans” . He said from
what he has been told the plans
a re much different th an those
presented a t a fact-finding
meeting the commission con­ducted
a t Lititz Springs Park
earlier this year.
“ F irst they say th ey 're going
to build a 20 or 25-foot dam
and now they say it’s going to
be a 30 foot dam,” said Dar­lington.
He said the commis­sion
freely bandied about the
possibility of condemning land
and said a fte r commission field
representatives called on him
he told them they would have
to comdemn his land if they
want it, adding “ two can play
th a t game” .
Dhrlington said he was all
for th e dam a t first, but then
was told the commission would
need seven acres of his upper
meadow. When he expressed
concern about what it would
do to Speedwell mansion, he
said he was told by a fish com­mission
representative th a t
“ they would put a glass floor
in my kitchen so I could watch
the fish swimming below” .
Darlington claimed the fish
commission’s moves also had
political overtones. In Ches­te
r County, he said, they ta lk ­ed
about a dam before the
election, b u t have since dropp­ed
it because it was allegedly
too expensive.
He said he felt th a t by
changing the plans, which he
claims would ta k e more of his
land than originally, the com­mission
would be in a position
to do th e same thing in Lan­caster
County now th a t the
election has passed.
‘Phenomenom’ Said
Of Human Failure
The mystery of the ice for-power lines leading to the
mation also was solved late
Tuesday when it was revealed
th a t the whole thing was caus­ed
by the overflowing of the
borough standpipe located
nearby. A water department
employee merely had forgotten
to tu rn off the valve with the
resu lt th a t an unknown num­ber
of thousands of gallons
borough water had been pump­ed
into th e n ight a ir which im­mediately,
with th e aid of a
brisk wind, sent a veritable
sleet and snow storm in the
direction of the trees involved,
during the early hours of
Sunday morning.
A year ago the th re a t to
Boosters To
Discuss
Sport Teams
A meeting of the Warwick
Booster Club has been called
for Monday, Dec. 8 a t the
Recreation Center a t 8 p.m.,
president Harold Horn an ­nounced
th is week.
He urged all club members
to attend. There will be a re ­view
of the past football sea­son
and a preview of the com­ing
basketball and wrestling
seasons. A discussion on
awards for the year is also
slated.
A chief Booster Club pro­ject
during football season was
furnishing transporta tion home
from practice for football play­ers
who missed the reguja r
school buses.
Membership in the club is
about 20 per cent over last
year Horn said, a reflection on
the job being done by member­ship
committee chairman Glenn
Martin. Martin was a member
of Warwick’s County Cham­pionship
basketball team of two
seasons ago.
Toys For Tots
To Be Collected
At Two Places
Two local business places
will serve as collection points
in the U.S. Marine Reserve’s
annual Toys for Tots campaign,
it was announced this week.
The Miarine Reserve accepts
new or used toys which they
distribute to needy children at
Christmas. Acting as collection
centers in th is area are the Kelz
ler Bros., S. Broad St., and Wil­liam
B. F ry ’s garage, E. Main
St.
Toys may be taken the re by
anyone wishing to donate to
th e project. Distribution of
toys will be made to needy
children in this area first, and
if any toys are left over they
will be taken to other areas.
Both local business places
said receptacles will be placed
outside for th e convenience of
donors beginning Monday. How­ever
toys will he accepted prior
to th a t time and may ju st be
dropped off.
The drive is sponsored an­nually
by the Marine Reserves
in cooperation with the Atlan­tic
Re-fining Co.
water works would have been
a mighty serious matter,
borough officials admitted. As
result of th e installation of the
auxiliary power generator a t
the pumping station, however,
a break in th e lines merely
would have meant th a t borough
employees would s ta rt up the
auxiliary power un it—and the
flow of borough water would
continue uninterrupted.
Decision to install the aux­iliary
unit was made by
borough council shortly a fte r
the serious disruption of power
facilities during last winter’s
blizzard.
Borough Lockup
Said Sanitary
But Antiquated
Lititz Borough’s lockup was
found “sanita ry and orderly
but an tiq u a ted ” in the annual
inspection by the sta te in No­vember.
The borough this week re ­ceived
a rep o rt from the state
in regard to the cells in the
basement of the firehouse.
Overall, th e report rates the
lockup as “good” but pointed
out a cracked john seat was not
in the best interests of “ safe
custody” .
Borough officials said they
will undertake a commodious
repair program so as to comply
with regulations.
Trinity Cantata
On December 21
A cantata “The Messiah” by
Handel will be presented in the
Trinity Evangelical Congrega­tional
Church on Sunday, Deo
ember 21, a t 8:00 p.m. by the
combined senij>r choir of the
local church and the choir of
the Emmanuel L u t h e r a n
Church of Lancaster. They will
be accompanied by a twenty
piece symphony orchestra and
Harry Neidermyer will direct.
Stop Selling Lititz Short
A battle is going on right here in Lititz in
which you are playing a part, believe it or not.
And don’t kid yourself, it’s a battle to the finish—
for it’s a battle in which our local retailers are
fighting for their very existence!
So many inroads have been made upon the
business of the smaller retailer that his profits have
been shrinking despite that in most cases he is giv­ing
you more for your dollar, more in services and
more in plain down-to-earth convenience than any­one
else possibly can.
Just remember that every dollar you spend
helps to build some community—yours or the other
fellows. For an average of more than 30 per-cent
of the dollar you spend stays in the town where you
spend it.
Every time you spend a dollar in Lititz a part
of that dollar goes to pay for our schools, our fire
and police protection . . . to pay the very salaries of
folks who work here . . . to support our churches
and charities . . . to be re-invested in more kinds of
merchandise for your selection and convenience.
Yes, when you do business in Lititz some of
the money spent goes to support all of the other
things that promote prosperity, growth and better
living in Lititz. Our merchants cannot continue to
pay the big share of local taxes they shoulder if
they do not receive the support they deserve.
We repeat—it’s a serious battle for existence.
So make your dollars help to build your community
—shop right here in Lititz!
Penn State
Blue Band
Coming Here
The Blue Band of Pennsyl­vania
State University will play
a concert a t Warwick High
School on Feb. 25, it was an ­nounced
th is week by the spon­soring
Warwick Union Band
Parents Assn.
The an n o u n c e ih en t^ a s made
a t this month’s meeting a t
which Horace Kauffman was
elected president. Other of­ficers
a re Russell Markert, firs t
vice-president; J. Richard Zer-by,
2nd vice president; Mrs.
Benjamin F o rre st, recording
secretary; Mrs. Robert S t i c k ­ler,
corresponding secretary
and Adrian DeVink, trea surer.
The group approved purchas­ing
6 stoles for th e glee club, an
oboe for th e band and th e re-
Borough Firemen
On Burner Call
An overheated oil burner
caused a fire scare a t the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Arm-old,
18 E. Market St., shortly
before 5 p.m. Tuesday.
Borough firemen^ responded
but said the re was no fire dam­age.
Firemen said an oil tank
had ju s t been filled and may
have caused too much pressure
resulting in the overheating.
He Should Have
Had More Bikes
Eddie Steffy, 240 S.
Broad St., got more action
th a n he bargained for when
he placed a classified adver­tisement
in th e Record-Ex­press
la st week.
He wanted to sell an Eng­lish
bicycle and two hours
a fte r t h e , Record h it th e
stree ts Friday, th e sale was
consummated. On top of
th a t, Ed said th is week, he
could have sold 48 more.
T h a t’s th e number of tele­phone
calls he got over the
weekend in response to th e
ad.
conditioning of a sousaphone.
Committees were appointed to
complete arrangements for the
concert by the Penn State band
and band p arents urged resi­dents
to set aside the date.
All parents of children who
are members of either the band
or orchestra of any of the
schools in th e d istric t a re eligi­ble
to join the band parents
who meet the firs t Monday of
each month in the vocal music
room a t high school.
Building
Expert At
Moravian
Working
Will Pay
Residents
In City
$10,660
SPEAKS HERE
Miss Stroble Chosen
DAR ‘Good Citizen*
Miss Nina Stroble, d aughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin S.
Stroble, 5 9 E. Main St., has
been selected the Good Citizen
of Warwick High School in the
annual award given by Donegal
Chapter, Daughters of the
American Revolution.
Senior class girls were elig­ible
for the award which re­sults
in competition to the states
wide level fo r the State Good
Citizen award.
Girls must have received a
“B” grade or better in history
during the ir sophomore and
junior years and on th e ir first
report period o f this school year
to be eligible since the state
award is based on a standard­ized
te st on th e Constitution
of the United States.
The DAR, in inviting War­wick
High to participate, said
“The girl chosen should poss­ess
the following qualities to an
outstanding d eg re e :
Dependability, truthfulness,
loyalty and punctuality.
Service, cooperation, cour­tesy,
consideration o f others.
Leadership, personality, self-control
ability to resume re ­sponsibility.
Patriotism, unselfish inte rest
in family, school, community
and nation.
Miss Stroble was selected
from among 11 senior class
girls. Also nominated on th e
basis of th e DAR requirements
were Misses Carol Davidson,
Mary Ann Groff, Pauline Groff,
Helen Hess, Carol Kroeck,
Kathleen Longenecker, Jo an
McCoy, Peggy Mundorf, Floy
Snyder and Charlotte Young.
MJisa Stroble has been active
in many plfases of school and
church work and In September
was named the Recreation Cen­t
e r ’s Girl of the Month. She
had th e feminine lead in th e
senior play, has played girls
athletics and Is active in church
youth work a t the Moravian
Church­Dr.
John R. Scotford, church
building consultant. will
preach the sermon in the Mor­avian
Church on next Sunday,
Decemberl 7 a t 10:30 a.m.
He will visit all departments
of the Church School a t 9:15
a.m. and a t 2:30 p.m. he will
hold an open meeting for all
members and leaders who are
concerned with th e church re ­building
program and the im­provement
of facilities in the
Christian Education Building.
On Saturday, Dec. 6, he will
meet with th e Christian Edu­cation
Board and Church
School teachers and officers a t
4 p.m., and a t 7:30 p.m. will
consult with church officials
and special committees.
Dr. Scotford was pastor
of Congregational Christian
Churches for fifteen years and
a national board member and
editor for ninteen years. He
has worked on the building
problems of over 1000 churches
representing every major de­nomination
and in all parts of
th is country.
He was th e 1958 recipient of
th e Elbe rt M. Conover Award
of th e Church Architectural
Guild of America for his serv­ice?
to church architecture. He
is th e au th o r of two books:
“The Church Be autiful” and
“When You Build Your
Church” .
Dr. H. K. Cooper
Dr. Cooper
Speaks To
Club Women
Dr. Herbert K. Cooper of
Lancaster will address the Lit­itz
Woman’s Club on Monday,
December 8th a t 8:00 p.m. in
th e General Sutter Hotel. His
subject will he “Aladdin’s
Lamp” . He will he introduced
by Mrs. Barton Sharp.
Dr. Cooper practised dentis­try
in Lititz and then special­ized
in the orthodentistry and
has gained nationwide recogni­tion
as founder of th e Cleft
Pala te Clinic in Lancaster. He
is a member of the Moravian
College Board of tru ste es and
recently has been elected presi­dent
of the Board of trustees
a t Linden Hall.
A pantry shelf has been
planned by th e ways and means
committee to share th e ir
Christmas recipes and goodies.
Homemade cakes, cookies,
breads, and candies will he on
sale, gaily wrapped and ac­companied
by recipes.
Attempt To
Photograph
Sewer Fails
An attem pt to photograph
th e inside of local sewer mains
to locate sources of costly
water in filtra tio n was unsuc­cessful
because of a camera
failure, it was reported this
week.
In September the borough
entered into an agreement with
th e Clay Pipe Assn, in the
photography experiment. The
borough paid for the time of
the men on the job, the assoc­iation
for the camera and other
technical gadgets.
The idea was to attach the
special camera to an iron sled
and ride it through the sewers.
A mechanism would click off
a photograph of jthe inside of
the main every five feet.
The pictures were expected
to show spots of water infil­tra
tio n which could then be
corrected.
However the borough le arn ­ed
Wednesday the experiement
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Among The Sick
Dr. Dwight W. Martin was
admitted to the Lancaster Gen
eral Hospital last Friday for
tre a tm e n t and observation and
expects to be home again later
this week.
Mrs. Betty Waring Is a pa­tient
,in the Lanaster General
Hospital.
Floyd Stark, who has been a
patient in the Lancaster Gen­eral
Hospital, still is in the hos­pital
and did not return home
as was erroneously reported last
week..
Lancaster City's wage tax
will take an estimated $10,-
660 from Lititz residents em­ployed
there, and puts a new
light on the advisability of a
wage tax in Lititz, the borough
was told this week.
Wilbur B. Miller, borough
auditor, said he would advise
the borough to closely examine
the situation in light of the
city development.
Miller said an American Club
survey made in 19 54 indicated
th a t some 533 Lititz residents
work in Lancaster, 39 3 men
and 140 women. Based on an
estimated $4,000 annual in­come,
which the survey also
showed, it would mean th a t
the city’s one-half of one per
cent wage tax levy would take
some $10, 660 from local resi­dents.
Borough Council about a
year ago, discussed a wage tax
as an additional revenue raiser
here. Trial balloons were sent
out but public reaction was
totally against it, and the talks
ended there.
However Miller said th e fact
th a t many Lititz residents will
be hit with a tax of th e ir wages
in Lancaster, puts a new light
on the subject.
He advised th a t council take
the m a tte r under study. Law
specifies th a t the highest wage
tax th a t can be levied against
an individual’s earnings by a
local municipality is one per
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Grades Plan
Christmas
Operettas
Warwick Union School Dis­tric
t’s th ree elementary schools
will give th e ir annual Christ­mas
programs again this year,
it was announced this week.
Lititz Elementary School
will present th e ir program
Wednesday and Thursday, De­cember
17 and 18, a t 7:30 p.m.
in the school auditorium.
Grades one, two and three wil,l
participate in a Christmas
Operetta.
Entitled “At the Court of
Santa Claus” , the operetta will
be directed by Miss Emma
Herr, music teacher.
Rothsville Elementary school
will also present “At the Court
of Santa Claus” under Miss
Herr’s direction. Grades one
through six will participate in
the program the re scheduled
for Friday, Dec. 19 a t 7:30
p.m.
At John Beck Elementary
School, Brunnerville, grades
one through six will present a
Christmas Operetta, “A Pen­ny
for Christmas” .
Mrs. Hazel Moore, music
teacher, will direct the pro­gram
which will be given
Thursday, December 18 a t 7:30
p.m.
Farm Women Will
Entertain Guests
The Society of Farm Women
No. 1 will entertain the ladies
a t the Moravian Home on Sat­urday
afternoon Mrs. Howard
Wolfe, the president, will be
in charge and Mrs. Simon Sny­d
er will be the speaker.
WINS AWARD
Tow Bar Snaps,
Parked Car Hit
On Broad Street
A runaway auto which broke
away while being towed, crash­ed
into a parked car on North
Broad Street early Tuesday
evening, causing damage to
both cars.
According to Officer George
Hicks, the car was being towed
south on Broad Street by Tom­as
E. Reed, of Lancaster, when
the tow bar of the truck broke.
The ca r being towed, a ’38
sedan, swerved across the
street, hittin g a car parked in
front of the Adams barber
shop.
The p a rk e d 'c a r is owned by
John C. Keen, of 324 North
Broad Street. The investiga­tion
is being continued and no
decision has been made as to
whether any prosecution will
be made, Hicks said.
' . 4
Garman, Warwick
Union teacher, was voted the
best speaker a t th e semi­monthly
meeting of the Lancas­te
r Toastmasters Club Nov. 25.
I t was th e th ird time) Garman
won in as many attempts, and
he was given permanent posses­sion
of th e Best Speaker Tro­phy.