Lititz Record Express

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Teenagers Start Ree Building Fund With $500
The trouble with money is
it talks too much and buys
too little. The Lititz Record - Express The task ahead of us is
never as great as the Pow-er
behind us.
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Jr. Board
Makes 1st
Donation
Teenagers of the Warwick
Union area made th e firs t con­tribution
to a proposed building
fund for a new Recreation
Center, a $500 check which was
deposited in a local bank yes­terday.
The money, donated by the
Ju n io r Board of Directors of
th e Recreation Center, repre­sented
one half of th e board’s
treasury.
Ju n io r Board members, ran g ­ing
from ninth to 1 2 th grade
students a t th e school, had
raised the money a t th e weekly
Saturday dances.
Normally the funds are used
by the Junior Board to make
rep a irs to the center or pur­chase
new recreation equip­ment.
Need Cited!
Their contribution came ju st
a week a fte r th e Senior Board
of Directors cited th e need for
sta rtin g a building fund for a
new center. A committee was
named to study Warwick’s re ­creation
needs and to gather
material on what facilities a
new center should have and
where it should be located.
Wednesday the officers of
th e Junior Board- of Directors
tu rn ed a $500 check over to
Rec Director William E. Bell,
who placed it in th e newly
created building fund.
Board officers are Fred Rueb-man,
president; Jo h n Landis,
vice-prseident; Ju d y Markert,
secretary, and Roy Clair, tre a ­surer.
Other members of the Junior
Board are Betsy Cox, Mary Jane
G-ood, Diana Hoaster, Joan
Klopp, Barbara Knoeck, Her­bert
Long, Barry Male, Linda
Reed, Jack Ruebmian, Bobby
Scatehard, Cheryl Willis and
Joseph Willis.
Keep Lake
Project Hot
Urges Club
Lititz Sportsmen’s Assn,
won’t take the Z artman’s dam
project for granted and this
week' renewed efforts to enlist
public support to see th a t the
big fishing and boating lake
becomes a reality.
Sportsmen u rg ed residents
in favor of the proposed lake
to write to th e State Fish Com­mission
bo push the project. At
th e ir meeting Monday Sports­men
noted th a t since the initial
plan began in 19 5 6 th e pro­spects
of th e dam being built
have been good, b u t th a t con­s
ta n t barriers have arisen.
“The dam will not be a reality
until it is built and we have no
intention of giving up our ef­forts
or aid until it is actually
b u ilt,” President F re d Royer
said.
“We also hop« th e general
public will not relax its voice
o f approval. Their support will
aid in fu tu re progress. We are
still a long way from actually
having th e dam placed on -Ham­mer
Creek despite th e fact the
project does show a greatly
increased chance fo r success,”
Royer said.
Meanwhile th e State this
week said land acquisition was
going on and about 30 pieces of
land a re involved. Options have
been obtained on 15 parcels.
Sportsmen said th ey will con­tin
u e the pheasant raising pro­gram
and will get 210 one-day,
old chicks from the Game Com­mission.
I t was reported 67
rab b its were stocked in the
a re a a fte r being trapped.
An auction of used fishing
equipment was also conducted
by Henry J. Snavely, proceeds
going to the club. The next
meeting will be the annual Ox
Roast.
Plan Volley
Ball Leagues
For Men, Gals
Plans for sta rtin g volley ball
leagues for men an d women
were announced th is week by
th e Recreation Center.
Director William Bell said
if enough teams a re in te r­ested
a league can be sta rted
for men and a league for wom­en.
Two mens’ teams have in­dicated
an inte rest in forming
a circuit.
Teams from service clubs,
churches o r other organizations
are invited to Join. There will
be no entry fee. Teams should
consist of six players each.
Persons inte rested should
contact th e Recreation Center,
MA 6-2502.
A GIFT AND A CHALLENGE Police Keep Vigil After
Lexington Store ‘Cased’
Pool Not Strangers
On Lîst
OfCouncil
Applications Hit 443,
Action on Pool Seen
Being Tabled
Three members of th e Ju n io r Board of
Directors of th e Recreation Center hold a
sign telling of th e ir $500 contribution to a
building fund. “We Gave $500. How
—Record-Express Photo
About You?” reads th e sign held by F re d
Ruebman, left, Judy Markert an d Jo h n Lan­dis.
Wage Tax Date Set
To July 1st
Warwick School District
residents won’t be paying a
wage tax until Ju ly 1, it ap­peared
today following the
school board’s meeting last
night.
Previously the board had an­ticipated
tnaking a one per
cent wage tax effective April
1. Or th e advice of Atty. K'.
L. Sijifyk J r., solicitor, the
TAKES NEW POST
Harold H.
W. Lemon St.,
Kauffman, 121
has joined th e
sta ff of th e Carnation Co., as
distric t salesman for Lancaster,
Lebanon and York County, it
was announced th is week.
Kauffman, who had been a f­filiated
with th e C. S. Kauff­man
store, S. Broad St., for the
p a st 15 years, begins his duties
Monday. Carnation Manufac­tures
Milk Products.
Youth Concert
Tickets In
Demand Here
board set its sights on the July
1 effective date.
Shirk explained the board
couldn’t legally advertise a res­olution
of intention unless the
resoloution could be examined
by residents of the district.
Since a resoloution covering all
aspects of the tax must contain
an estimate of the receipts, it
isn’t possible to draw one.
School directors currently
are making â survey to deter­mine
what the receipts will be.
Shirk also urged the directors
to consider a jo in t collection
agency.
A resoloution was passed by
the board, however, instructing
Shirk to “proceed to prepare
the necessary papers for a res­oloution
and advertising for a
tax on salaries, wages, com­missions,
compensation and
earned fncome a t a ra te of one
per cent.’’
The call for tickets for th e
Lancaster Symphony Orchestra
on Sunday Feb. 22 a t 2:00
p.m. in th e McCaskey High
school has been so large th a t
Mrs. Mohler, local representa­tive,
has requested th a t any
child who will be unable to use
the one received would please
retu rn it to th e ir teacher or
music supervisor . not la te r
than tomorrow. (Friday)
Tickets will not be issued to
adults accompanying the chil­dren.
The children will be
seated first and remaining
seats will be given adults, if
the re a re not enough seats to
accommodate all the adults
they will be seated in the hall
where they hea r the music but
will not be able to see the
orchestra.
Churches Change
Mid-Week Services
The Trinity Evangélical Con­gregation
Church', St. fmkes
United Church of Christ, and
the Moravian Church have
changed the time of the Len­ten
Service on Wednesday,
February 25 to 7:00 p.m. This
will enable the members to a t­tend
the services and also the
Penn State Blue Band concert
a t the Warwick High School a t
8:00 p.m.
Other Action
In other action the board
complied with an evaluation
report to hire, a female gui­dance
counselor; complied with
the school code by raising the
salary of th e supervising p rin ­cipal
$50 annually to $9,1)50
by $400 annually to $7,800;
and the high school principal
agreed to permit the Senior
Class to visit New York an d
hold a class p a rty instead of
class night; purchased boiler
and machinery insurance, arid
agreed to review teachers’ sal­aries
when they reach age 60
since retirement benefits are
based on th e ir last five years
salary.
School directors also decided
they would consider leasing a
portion of the Pierson play­ground
to th e Moravian Church
for an access driveway.
Directors said the church an ­ticipates
building a parking
lot and inquired whether it
could purchase a small piece
of land. Board members said
under th e - provisions of th e
Pierson gift, it couldn’t be
sold, but the church could lease
the narrow strip if it so de­sire.
Police Warn
Of ‘Masher’
In Borough
A warning to s tre e t corner
Romeos who have been pester­ing
girls in Lititz for the past
several weeks, was issued yes­terday
by Chief of Police Lloyd
J. Hoffman.
Applications for the Lititz
Springs Pool hit 4 43 yesterday
amid indications Borough Coun­cil
now won’t schedule any
action on th e proposed public
pool a t th e ir meeting Tuesday.
I t was reported yesterday
the pool discussion, which coun­cil
had planned for the Feb.
24 meeting, has been forced
off the agenda by other press­ing
matters.
Council had previously said
it would decide whether to gq
ahead with the pool project at
next Tuesday’s meeting and in­dicated
the number of returns
on pool applications would
greatly influence th e ir judge­ment.
Unexpected items have been
placed on Tuesday’s agenda,
however, and th u s the pool
discusión was apparently tab l­ed.
The 443 applications re­presented
an increase of 28
over last week’s total.
Chief Hoffman said the most
recent case occurred last F ri­d
a when a 16-year-old girl en
route home was frightened by
a masher about 11 p.m.
The man, who had been
standing behind a pole, ap­proached
the girl who ran into
the nearest house. Police said
in none of the cases have any
of the girls been harmed, b u t
they have been badly frighten­ed.
The cases have involved 15
and 16 year old girls and have
occurred in both th e early and
late evening. Police advised to
warn children of the mashers
and urged, parents and all area
residents to be alert for sus­picious
persons.
Letter Writer
Gets ‘Realistic’
Reply To Idea
Editor, Lititz Record-Express;
Please direct th is question
to the “Lititz Voter” who cri­ticized
the February 5 th edi­to
ria l regarding Boro Coun­cil’s
course of action on th e
public pool:
Do you own a property
here and the re fore pay th e
14 mills Boro tax plus head
taxes, seven m ills County tax,
and 49 mills School tax plus
more head taxes? ? ? ?
Realistic
Club Women
Make Plans
For Meeting
If anyone is seen loitering
in an area, Chief Hoffman said,
police should be called a t once.
He said any persons caught in
a suspicious act a t n ig h t will
be charged with loitering and
prowling a t night, a felony.
None of th e incidents, he
said, have centered in any ope
area. Girls have given police
meager descriptions of the
masher who police believe is
seeking a n ig h t’s romance.
Baron Stiegel Club
Father-Son Night
Plans for a white elephant
table a t the next meeting of the
Woman’s Club were announced
on Monday evening by Mrs.
William Spacht, chairman of
the Ways and Means commit­tee.
She urged all members to
contribute.
Mrs. William Ringer, mem­bership
chairman, announced
th a t cards proposing new mem­bers
must be in by April 1st.
Mrs. William Scatehard of the
program committee announced
Peggy Cavanaugh of Philadel­phia,
fashion and beauty
authority, will discuss “F ash ­ion
for th e Individual” a t the
meeting on March 16th.
Mrs. Bruce Corbett, th e pres­ident,
presided; Mrs. Warren
Diehm introduced th e .speak­er;
Mrs. R. O, Swan re a d the
collect; an d Mrs. Jo h n Wenger
and Mrs. J . B. Losensky served
as hostesses.
The Baron Steigel ( Lions
Club, Brickerville, observed
F a th e r and Son night by en­tertaining
Boy Scout Troop
# 7 1 a t th e ir meeting on Thurs­day
evening a t Die Scheier. The
Rev. Harold Minnich, pastor of
Swamp Lutheran Church was
the speaker and the boys were
also entertained with a film on
“Fishing in th e Northwest” by
Elmer Rock. Clarence Stauf­fer,
th e vice-president, was in
charge.
The group will observe
Ladies night on Thursday, Feb.
26th.
Rec Plans
Adult Dance
Instruction
An adult class in ballroom
dancing with instruction by
a professional teacher is being
planned by the Recreation Cen­ter.
D
irector William E. Bell said
pre-registration is required and
persons interested should con­tact
the center. Sessions would
be weekly of 90 minutes each
for eight weeks.
Miss J e tra Wilson, Lebanon,
will he the instruc tor and will
teach swing, fox tro t, ma-mbo,
rumba, tango, samba, and polka
and the cha-cha. A minimum of
six couples1 is required and the
maximum is 12 couples.
Miss Wilson has ten years
experience a s a dance teacher
and formerly was associated
with one o f the n a tio n ’s fore­most
dance studios. Several
nights’ classes are available
and Bell said the re may be more
¡than one class.
Interested persons should
contact the center a t MA 6-
2502.
Three
70, Grown
Times Size
Court approval la st week of
the annexation of the 14-acre
Buck tra c t to th e borough
means th a t Lititz has grown
to th re e times its original size.
The borough, now 70 years
old, contains 1,I93.0‘81 acres
of land. This compares with,
the 354.365 acres approved by
the county court as p a rt o f the
incorporation proceedings in,
April, 1888.
Annexation of the Buch tra c t
was the 14th parcel of land'
to be annexed to the borough,
ten of th e annexations taking
place within the past ten years
and seven of those ten within
the past five years.
Records show the biggest an ­nexation
was the one in 1915.
T hat one- took in Warwick Vil­lage
and land to the e a s t and
south of the borough for a total
of 515.868 acres.
As a result o f the 14 annexa­tions
only one of the original
boundary lines of th e borough
remains as incorporated 70
years ago. It is the line th a t
runs from Orange Street n o rth
on Buch Lane to the north side
of the high school property.
The newly annexed tra c t ad­joins
Lititz Springs P a rk and
was annexed to protect the
borough’s watershed to th e
west. It was purchased from
Roy Buch and h a s also: been
mentioned as a likely site for
a public swimming pool. ,
Aroused
Suspicion
Henry L. Bomberger Richard C. Rader
Elm, Boro Postal
Nominations Made
Approval of two postmaster
appointments, one for Lititz
Post Office and the other for
Elm, is in th e hands of the
U, S. Senate, it was formally
announced this week.
Nominated for th e posts
were Richard C. Rader, 422 S.
Cherry St., Lititz and Henry
L. Bomberger, Elm. Both
were recommended Monday by
President Eiesnhower.
Rader’s nomination was
previously announced by the
Record-Express on Dec. 18 of
last year. It had been learned
a t th a t time th a t he would be
recommended by local Republi­can
leaders for th e appoint­ment.
He will succeed Raymond S.
Reedy, who has been acting
postmaster for the past year
and a half since Robert E.
Pfautz resigned.
F irs t In Exam
Rader is money order clerk
a t the Lititz office. He is a
Purple Heart veteran of World
War II and joined th e postal
service in 1947. He placed
first in a competitive examin­ation
for the post.
Bomberger, affiliated with
Bomberger’s Store, Elm, has
been acting postmaster since
his father, John M. Bomberger,
retired as postmaster in July,
1957.
The Elm postal station is lo­cated
in the store and Bom­berger
has been close to the
operation of the facility all
his life. His fathe r was post­master
a t Elm for almost 4Q
years. ,
Both nominations are ex­pected
to be confirmed shortly,
the Senate’s approval being
merely a formality in the
majority of cases.
Four Awards
Presented;
By Boosters
The second annual Warwick
Booster Club outstanding play­er
awards were made to four
athletes during the halftime in­termission
o f the Ephrata-War-wick
basketball game Tues­day.
Presented with Booster ,Club
jackets in recognition of the
honor were Misses Martha Gun-drum
and Linda Dillman, nam­ed
the outstanding field hockey
players and Glen Dussinger and
Ned Partridge, named the o u t­standing
football players.
Miss Gundrum, a sophomore,
won the hockey award for a
line player and Miss Dillman, a
junior, for a back. Dussing­er,
a junior and co-captain of
next yea r’s football team, won
the lineman’s award and P a rt­ridge,
a senior and co-captain
of the 1958 team, th e back’s
award.
Presentations were made by
Harold Horn, president of the
Boosters in conjunction with
the club’s first “ Parents
Night.” Parents of ju n io r var­sity
and varsity basketball play­ers
were guests of th e club a t
the game.
They sat in a special section
and were introduced to specta­tors
during halftime. Follow­ing
the game parents and play­ers
and coaches had a social
hour in the cafeteria.
Terry Hartman, acting JV
captain, spoke on behalf of
th a t team, and Ned' P artridge,
acting varsity captain, for
them. Coaches Dean Miller
and Leroy Trupe also spoke.
Horn said the Boosters were
encouraged by the response to
“ Parents Night” and will make
the a ffa ir an annual event,
holding it earlier in the basket­ball
season next year.
Awards to th e athletes are
based on ability, sportsman­ship,
cooperation and scholastic
ability, and a re made by a
special club committee.
State Police have been keep­ing
a vigil over the general
store at Lexington which a
group of men is believed to
have “ cased” for a possible
holdup or burglary last Thurs­day
night.
Police patrols scoured the
Lexington, Brunnerville, Clay
and Elm areas Thursday, in an
effort to check out an automo­bile
containing the four men.
The men aroused the sus­picions
of Robert G. Donmoyer,
store proprietor, and a neigh­bor
of Donmoyer’s on Thurs­day
night, when they came to
the store shortly before closing
time.
One of the men went into
the store and th e o th e rs waited
in the car. The man asked
Donmoyer to use the telephone
and when he did h e merely
thumbed lazily through the
book, looking instead about
the store.
He stayed for several min­ute
», police said, and then
without making a telephone
call and without a word tc
either Donmoyer or his wife.
A description of the men was
furnished State Police and pa
trois Thursday and Friday h alt
ed several gara in the area or
routine checks.
Police commended Donmdyé:
on his actions. They said in
creased patrol activity has beei
made in th e area since. Don
moyer told police he hadn’
seen any of th e men previously
nor did the neighbor.
Penn State
Band Here
Wednesday!
Douglas R. Gingrich
Road Hole
‘May’ Have
CausedCrash
A broken Whizzeir motor
bike, a ten-foot length of one-eighth
inch twine, a neighbor’s
helping hand and possibly,
State Police said, a chuck hole
in pockmarked Main Street ex­tension,
added up to death
for sixteen-year-old Douglas R.
Gingrich of Rothsville this
week.
Funeral services for the boy,
son o f Mr. and' Mrs. Amos H.
Gingrich, will be conducted to­day
(Thursday) a t 2 p.m. from
Spacht Funeral Home with in­terment
in th e Lutheran Ceme­tery
a t Rothsville.
L a st night friends and re-
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The Penn State Blue Bam
which is appearing in the War
wick High School Auditoriun
on Wednesday, February 25tl
wil play a program whici
should please the musical taste
of all.
The one-hundred ten piec
band wil be under the directioi
of Professor James Dunlop
Concert time is set for 8:0'
p.m. The Warwick Music Par
ents Organization is sponsorim
the concert. They have announc
ed the advance sale of ticket
as most encouraging, However
tickets may be purchased th
night of th e concert.
The following is th e prograi;
to be presented:
The National Anthem, Bloc;
’M’ Concert March, Finale fror
Symphony No. 1 in G Minor
Quartet for Saxophones, Na
tional Spirit March, Toccata fo
Band, Victory a t Sea.
Jubilee Concert March, Musi
oa Simpatica, Holiday for Tram
bones, Habanera, Carousel Wa!
tz and the Stars and Stripe
Forever.
The Music P aren ts said i
the concert proves a succes
they will attempt to bring i
other topflight colege and ser
vice bands for concerts a t th
high school.
SR. CITIZENS MEET
The Senior Citizens will me«
tonight a t 8:00 p.m. a t th
Recreation Center when Mrs
Theodore Schmid will speak o
“Simple Floral Arrangements’
Governor's Office May
Probe Main St. Delay
The Lititz Ju n io r Chamber
of Commerce has renewed its
efforts to prod the State into
resurfacing E. Main Street and
carried the urging directly to
thé Governor’s office.
JayCees, who fo r the past
two years have been writing
le tte rs to various Harrisburg
dep a rtm en ts in an effort to get
something done about Main St.,
la st week resumed th e work.
A le tte r was directed to Ro­b
ert Hlucher of th e Dept, of
Highways and another to the
Governor’s office. The reply
d ated Feb; 16, came from his
secretary,. O tis B. Morse.
He wrote local JayCees th£
“Governor Lawrence has direc
ed me to check into the circun
stances you described in yot
recent le tte r.”
“As soon as I have obtaine
the necessary information fro:
the Department involved,
wlil be in touch with you.”
The holdup on Main Stree
the Dept, of Highways has a
ready explained, is due to tl
delay in the governor decidir
how much in funds shall be a
located to various department
Harry D. Eshleman is chai
man of the JayCees Street Ii
provement Committee.