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Board Seek s To Cut Record Million Dollar Budget
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No. 3
Review Of
Budget On
May 5 th
An attem p t to trim a record
school burget oi $1,057,067 for
Warwick Union School District
will be made a t a special meet­ing
of the board.
The group will meet Tues­day,
May 5, with an eye to
paring, if possible, a budget
which is $78,924 higher than
last year. The tenative budget
was set a t last week’s meeting.
Blamed for the increase is
some $42,350 in state-mandat­ed
salary increases, an estimat­ed
rental of some $20,600 for
the proposed Brunnerville ad­dition
and $3,500 for enclos­ing
the sta ir wells a t Roths-ville
school with fire resistant
construction.
The board said estimates
of th e Brunnerville job have
ranged from $150,000 a year
ago, to $280,000 th is year.
Board members Richard S.
Allebach questioned th e es­timate.
He said th e s ta te ’s reim­bursement
program has a ceil­ing
of $1,100 per pupil in re ­tu
rning money for a new build­ing.
He said Brunnerville has
about 180 "pupils and th u s the
district wouldn’t get anywhere
nea r the $280,000 estimate re­turned
in the form of sta te
aid.T
he board was told the es­tim
ate was high because the
sta te won’t reimburse for the
amount the actual cost of a
project goes above an estimate.
Also due for a possible par­ing
was a $12,000 “miscellan­eous”
increase in th e budget.
About $2,500 represents an an ­ticipated
athletic deficit, $1,200
was earmarked for purchasing
war surplus items andl $2,000
for equipment. However the
board said it would go over
th e estimate with an eye to­ward
reduction.
Taxwise the board h a sn ’t set
a tentative millage ra te on the
budget the millage ra te is
blank. I t is anticipated it will
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Boro Wants Decision On Pool By August31
Thief Nets $70 In Must Keep
School, Home Jobs
A bold thie f walked through
Lititz Elementary School Build­ing
yesterday morning, taking
the wallets of two teachers con­taining
about, $20.
Chief of Police Lloyd Hoff­man
said the' same man is be­lieved
to have entered th e home
of Mrs. James B. Sheaffer, 212
S. Broad. St., yesterday morn­ing,
ste aling about $50.
Mrs. Sheaffer has a private
kindergarten and it is believed
the thief stru ck while she took
them for a mid-morning walk
about 10:30 a.m. The house
Youth Flees
Warning Shot
A 19-year-old Lititz youth
who ignored a warning gun­shot
escaped from police Sat­urday
n ight but was a rre s t­ed
la te r on a disorderly conduct
charge filed before Justice of
the Peace Paul F. Diehm.
He was identified a s Robert
Gaul, N. Broad St. Policeman
Howard Dissinger fired a shot
into the a ir Saturday in an
effort to stop Gaul from fleeing
a fte r he allegedly caused a dis­turbanc
e outside the Recreation
Center.
Charges were filed by Recrea­tion
Director William E. Bell
who said Gaul became disor­derly
a fte r he was denied en­trance
to the center. Bell said
Gaul apparently h ad ' been
drinking and was warned to
leave the premises. When he
refused to leave police were
called.
When Patrolman Dissinger
arrived Gaul had hidden him­self
and then fled through the
park, Dissinger firing a shot
into the a ir in an effort to h alt
him.
Bell said th e incident “ is
unfortunate because th e ma­jority
of the kids who partici­pate
in our program know how
to ac t.” He said th e eenter
won’t tolerate “poor conduct.”
Planners To
Evaluate
Suggestions
A handful of property own­ers
turned out for Tuesday’s
public hearing on th e proposed
Zoning Ordinance for Lititz
and members of the Lititz Plan­ning
Commission said they will
tak e under consideration sev­eral
possible revisions of the
code.
A count of noses showed 2 8
persons, including members of
borough council. D. Curtis
Amidon, chairman of th e plan­ning
group, conducted the
meeting a t which objections to
several parts of the ordinance
were raised.
Those raising obpections in­cluded
James D. Cleland, 630
S. Broad St., John B. Kendig,
Lancaster rea lto r who owns a
tra c t on th e southwest fringe
of the borough; and Joseph
Gearhart of Gea rha rt’s store,
who sought a clarifiation on a
ruling affeoting parking space
relative to floor space in com­mercial
establishments.
Cieland said several sections
of the ordinance were not com­patible
insofar as regulating
help professional offices may
have. He said he felt th e com­mercial
zones were inadequate
and said he couldn’t go along
with zoning one side of South
Broad Street residential ai
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VANDALS DAMAGE
SWINGS AT PARK
Donald L. Crowthers, of
Woodcrest Avenue, has been
appointed ca retaker of the Lit­itz
Springs Park, according to
a n announcement made this
week by J. M. Leed, head of the
park board of trustees.
Crowthers succeeds F ran k
Brown, who served as ca retaker
for the past several years.
Leed also reported a mild
wave of vandalism in th e park
recently in which two swings
for small children were deliber­ately
ruined and tampering
with the park truck resulting
in the destruction of the b at­tery.
Stringent .prosecution will be
in stitu ted if identity of the
vandals can be determined,
Leed said. A bicycle th o u g h t to
be the property of one of the
culprits is being held by park
officials.
was ransacked thoroughly but
only the money taken.
Police said whoever it was,
the thie f was familiar with the
town and with the schedule of
the kindergarten class of Mrs.
Sheaffer.
Police a re checking o u t se­veral
leads furnished by stu ­dents
who saw th e man. The
th e fts o c c u r r e d sometime
around 10 a.m. when the man
entered rooms of Mrs. Hazel
Mjoore, E. Second Ave., and
Mrs. Jeanne Pownall, Gap.
The teachers were absent
a t th e time. Wallets of Mrs.
Moore and Mrs. Pownell were
ta k e n from th e desk. Mrs.
Moore estimated she lost $8,
Mrs. Pownall, $12.
From what police could learn
the thief appa rently made a
complete to u r o f th e building,
searched for rooms where class­es
an d teachers were absent.
S c h o o l j a n i t o r , Ches­te
r Martin furnished police with
a description. He said he saw
the man and questioned' him.
When he did, Martin said, the
man asked directions to the
special education room.
Stu d en ts and Martin told
police the man was about five
feet eight inches ta ll, had gray
hair and was wearing a sweater
and d a rk trousers.
Elementary education super­visor
J. . Richard Zerby said
students reported seeing him
on all floors an d in the one
room a stu d e n t was present
when th e man walked in and
took th e wallet.
The student, however, d id n 't
rep o rt the incident until noon.
JAYCEES CAR WASH
PLANNED SATURDAY
A “ car wash” will be con­ducted
Saturday, April 25 at
the Five Points se rvice,station
by the Lititz Ju n io r Chamber of
Commerce.
Proceeds will be used to help
finance civic projects th e club
plans for th e coming year.
AMONG THE SICK
Vivian Holier, d aughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Hotter at
Lititz R. D., who is a member
of th e senior class of Warwick
High school entered the Lancas­te
r General Hospital March 31
is reported slowly Improving.
SPEAKER
Sen. E. J. Kessler
Fire House
Dedication
On Saturday
A gala day In Brunnerville
is planned S aturday with a
parade, band concert and chic­ken
bar-be-cue as added a ttra c ­tions
to the dedication of the
Brunnerville F ire Hall and
Community Building.
Dedicatory speaker will be
Sen. Edward J. Kessler, Lan
caster, a member of the Senate
of Pennsylvania. He will deliver
the dedication address a t 2 p.m.
A parade is planned a t 1
p.m., a band concert by the
Warwick High School Band
a t 1:45 p.m. with the formal
dedication sta rtin g a t 2 p.m.
Fiire company" president Rich»
a rd Hoffer will welcome the
guests and a fte r Sen. Kess­le
r’s speach and keys to the
building will be tu rn ed over
to chief Milton Landis.
After th a t a chicken bar-be-cue,
with proceeds going to
th e fire company will be held
from 4 p.m, to 8 p.m.
Members of the building com­mittee
of the company include:
Russell Keith, Morris Eckert,
Harold Dull, Joseph Hackman,
Wayne Grube, Clarence Hoffer
and Chief Landis.
The builders and suppliers,
on behalf of th e fire company
have extended an invitation to
the public to attend the dedi­cation.
Fish Lake
Project
‘Active’
A majority of options secur­ed
on land in th e vicinity of
Zartman’s dam are being pro­cessed
by the State Fish Com­mission
which yesterday dis­pelled
fears the proposed fish­ing
lake for the are a was m a rk­ing
time.
Cyril D. Regan, chief of land
procurement for the commis­sion,
said yesterday “ I think
we’re in good shape on it (the
p ro je c t)” .
He said options already se­cured
are being processed and
only th re e landowners of the
do whose property is affected
by the lake remain to be dealt
with.
Activitity in the Zartman’s
dam area by commission field
workers has lagged recently he
said, because th e ir services are
required in othe r p a rts of ¿he
state.
“ I t ’s been more of a man­power
problem-. As soon as we
can free surveyers we will con­clude
the work. The coirimis-sion
is sincere in going ahead
with the project,” he said.
He said local sportsmen, who
expressed apprehension for the
project, could be told “ I t ’s
still active. We’ve working on
it and will continue to work
on i t ” .
He said technicalities such
as having to get two signature^
on options and of having to
send ,a survey team back to
complete a survey of one prop­erty
were consuming the time.
Regan didn’t identify the
property but it is th a t of £
Gerald Darlington "at Spe
well Forge. When surv
teams first began work a t the
proposed lake site last Jan u a ry
they were not allowed on the
property without a court or­der.
DA Asked To Probe
Hearing Aid Sale
The d istric t attorney’s office
h a s been asked to probe the
sale of a p a ir of hearing aid
glasses to an 83-year-old Eliza­beth
Township woman.
Friend® of Mrs. Annie Bren­ner,
Sheridan R l, claim the
glasses a re ill-fitted and of no
benefit to her. They said Mrs.
Turn Clock Ahead
For 'Fast Time'
Schools, factories, churches,
ad stores will observe Daylight
Saving Tmie sta rtin g Sunday,
April 26. (
Residents are . reminded to
tu rn th e ir clock an hour ahead
Saturday night. Most of Penn­sylvania
will' observe the “ fast
time” from April 26 through
October.
This pitcure made by Barton
L. Sharp, Lititz photo dealer,
shows what he claims is a
poorly-fitted p a ir of hearing-aid
glasses sold to Mrs. Annie
Brenner, 88-year-old Elizabeth
Twp., resident. -S h a rp said the
indentation along th e earpiece
of th e glasses is where th e ea r
should fit. Mrs. Brenner, he
said, paid $295 o u t o f h e r life-savings
of slightly ovdr $300
for th e glasses. E fforts to
have .her properly fitte d have
failed and th e distric t a t­torney’s
office has been asked
to probe th e case.
Borough Residents
Get 65 Shade Trees
Borough residents have re ­ceived
65 shade trees which
have been planted throughout
the town as the result of a
special arrangement with a
nursery.
The borough was able to pro­cure
the trees a t a reduced ra te
and borough workmen under
the direction of William Light,
chairman of the shade tree
commission, planted them. All
of the trees were of the red
maple variety.
MOTHERS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF BABY SPECIALS
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Ralph Buch Writes On
Newsmen Of The Town
(Second of a series)
By Ralph E. Buch
The “ gentleman p rin te r”
played a p a rt in early weekly
journalism in Lititz. In the
old days the re were many Of
these roamers who came to
town to spend weekB, months
or even years here, if they so
pleased. These men enjoyed
the printing atmosphere and
made The Record or The Ex­press
offices th e ir headquar-ers.
E
d Mott, who spent th e sum­mer
months a t the old Lititz
Springs Hotel, although not
a roamer of this type, was one
of the men who joined the type­setting
force from time to time.
In his day he was considered
the leading short story humor­ous
writer in the country.
Lieut. Brauenreuther, a vis­itor
in town, edited the paper
for a week when th e editor
went on a vacation. Another
frequenter a t the Record office
was a man best known as “ the
Dude.
He bailed from Schaeffers-town,
moved west an d was
shot in a love affair. Probably
the last reg u la r visitor a t the
office was Harry Krause, a
student a t F. & M. Theological
School. He played baseball on
Charley Loercher’s team and
had lots of time on his hands.
He did reporting for the paper
as a favor. He la ter became a
pastor in the west.
Tramp P rin te rs
These early days bring back
memories of th e tramp p rin t­ers
who traveled on freight
trains. As the work then was
slow and tedious, th e re general­ly
was some job for them. They
never took off th e ir hats,
wouldn’t stay more th an two
weeks, and ended by getting
drunk. They moved from the
fa r north to the deep south.
At first the small presses
were run by footpower, the
operator pushing a treadle. A
power newspaper press, two
page capacity, known as a
Scott-Taylor, was installed a t
th e Record. I t was operated
with a steam engine and p rin t­ing
was done under the im­prin
t of “Lititz Record Steam
P rin t.” This worked fine un­til
th e coal fire was neglected,
when the re was a reduction in
speed.
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Brenner la st fall answered an
ad in a newspaper in regard to
th e hearing a id glosses.
She was visited by a sales­man,
parted with $295 of her
total life savings of some $310,
and was sen t th e glasses which
were n o t propertly fitted. An
appeal to the firm, the Otarian
Go., Harrisburg, has gone un­heeded
says Barton L. Sharp,
local photo service dealer.
Sharp said efforts to have
th e sale corrected through
le tte rs w ritten by Justice of
th e Peace P a u l F . Diehm
have gone unheeded. Diehm
has turned th e information
over o t D istrict Attorney Wil­liam
C. Storb to see w h a t cau
be done.
Sharp, who also wears a
glasses-type hearing aid, said
th e pair sent Mrs. Brenner
have frames which a re too
small. As pictorial evidence he
took a pic ture of Mrs. Brenner
which show what he says is a
poorly-fitted p a ir of glasses.
Sharp said he fe lt it was a
“ crime” to fail to properly fit
th e woman who lives alone;
her only source of income a
$40 monthly pension. He said
thus f a r no word has been
forthcoming from th e distric t
a tto rn ey ’s office on th e case.
'Last Saturday Mrs. Brenner,
who formerly lived in Lititz,
had fu rth e r troubles when fire
damaged th e roof of her home
which is owned by Robert G.
Zartman. About $250 damage
-resulted when, firemen theoriz­ed,
a bird picked up a lighted
cigaret b u tt and dropped it
on th e roof. Brickerville and
Lititz firemen answered the
call.
Driver, 75,
Charged In
Hit and Run
A 75-year-old motorist was
prosecuted here htis week afte r
an automobile he was driving
we’st on Main S tre e t struck
three parked cars, Monday a t
12:15 p.m
H. H. McCloud, of 220 Souht
Broad S treet, was charged with
failing to leave identity a t the
scene of an accident before
Justice of the Peace Paul F.
Diehm, The complaint was filed
by Chief of Police Lloyd Hoff­man.
According to Chief Hoffman,
McCloud continued west along
Miain Street a fte r h is car struck
a truck and a sedan which had
been parked in fro n t of the
Reedy Building.
At the Square, McCloud tu rn ­ed
south on Broad Street. Chief
Hoffman overtook McCloud on
South Broad Streets The driver
appeared confused as to what
had happened and could not
explain why he did not stop
a t the scene of th e accident,
Hoffman said.
McCloud had continued driv­ing
despite th a t his car was
damaged to the extent of $500
while the two parked vehicles
sustained damage of approxi­mately
$200. The tru ck is a
Cloverdale Soft Drink Company
truck owned by th e Hertz Ren­tal
Service, of Lancaster, and
the auto is owned by William
J. Brennan, Lancaster.
Deficit
To $2,300
Borough Council formally ap­pointed
a swimming pool com­mittee
la st n ig h t an d charged
it with bringing in a recom­mendation
by August 31 on
whether Lititz should build a
public pool.
Meeting in special session
council appointed Dr. Byron
K. Home, Atty. Menno B. Roy­er,
Floyd Hlagy, George Kale-nich
and Charles J. Wagaman
to the committee.
In giving instructions to
the group council said it has
adopted a policy which would
permit no more th a n a $2,300
annual deficit in th e opera­tion
o f a pool. This represents
one-half mill in taxes.
The committee was told it
should determine w h e t h e r
building and operating a pool
is possible under those condi­tions.
If it is possible, council in­structed,
then th e committee
should recommend where the
pool should be located, what
facilities it should consist of
and what size, th e facilities
should be.
Council also said it would
put a t th e discretion of th e
pool committee such clerical
assistance a s it might require
and supplies which may be
needed in making th e commit­te
e investigation.
Progress Report
The borough also expressed
the hope it might be kept in­formed
monthly on the progress
o f the committee but said it
wants a final report on the
project’s possibility no la ter
than August 3T of th is year.
In setting the policy on a
pool deficit council made it
plain th a t any public pool here
must be on a self-sustaining
basis before it- would consider
exercising its voter-approved
$175,000 bond issue for con­struction
of a pool.
A brief meeting of the Lititz
Borough Swimming Pool Com­mittee
was held following th e
council session and Kalenich
was elected committee chair­man.
Another meeting of the
pool group was set up for Tues­day,
May 5.
Senior Citizens
Give $25 To Rec
Building Fund
The Senior Citizens voted to
contribute twenty five dollars
to the Building Fund of the
Recreation Center a t the ir
meeting held on Thursday eve­ning
a t the Center. The pres­entation
will be made to Wil­liam
Bell, director.
Plans were also made for
the trip the group will take to
the United State Naval Acad­emy
at Annapolis, Md., on Wed­nesday,
April 29, this will in­clude
a guided tour with a lec­tu
re through the museum,
Chapel, the grounds, a visit to
the John Paul Jones Crypt
and the dress parade a t 3:30
p.m.N
ine seats are available oi^
the bus and anyone wishing to
accompany the group should
call Mrs. Forbes Emsweller,
phone, MA 6-7114.
Thirty six persons attended
the meeting and the evening
was spent playing games. Mrs.
Lizzie Ecenroad, Mrs. Viola
Reichenstein and Mrs. Mary
Yerger were hostesses. Mrs.
Emesweller, Mrs. Benard Rider
l and Mrs. Raymond Deater were
the sponsors.
Hopeland Farms Among
Stops On Tour Sunday
Baby Week specials a t Lititz stores were fea tu red la st
week and th e Record photog caught these to ts an d toddlers
down town. Upper le ft shows Russo Studios, Lancaster, snap­ping
picture of Sally Ann Slater, year-old d au g h ter of Mr. and
Mrs. George Slater, while mother watches. At top rig h t Mrs.
R. K. Shuman, 18 E. Lincoln Ave., pu ts son Stephen, six months,
on th e lap of son David, a t McElroy’s. Bottom le ft shows a
pair of Ecuadorian visitors shopping a t Charlotte’s. Miss Vicky
Serrano, nine, Quito, Ecuador, closest to camera an d Miss Mary-sue
Brubaker, eleven, look a t dresses. Girls were accompanied
by Mrs. Jo h n W. Brubaker a t whose home they a rc staying
during th e school vacation in Ecuador. Miss Brubaker is a
d aughter of Mr. an d Mrs. Jo h n Brubaker, former L ititz re si­dents
who live in Guayaquil. At rig h t Mrs. P au l Spickler,
131 E. New St., is shown with son Glenn, right, and Cathy
Gockley, d aughter of Mr. an d Mrs. H arry Gockley, re a r 131
E. Main St.
—Record-Express Photos
• A visit to historic Hopeland
Farms, Lititz R.D.2, owjied by
Cel. and Mrs. Maximilian Elser,
J r., will fea ture the Hospitality
Day to u r being sponsored this
Sunday afternoon by the Wom­a
n ’s Club of Ephrata.
A to ta l of 15 homes and
historic spots of Northern Lan­caster
County are being thrown
open to the public from noon
until 6 p.m. Sunday evening.
Tickets of admission a re avail­able
a t any of th e homes and
proceeds will be applied to the
E p h ra ta Woman’s Club welfare
projects.
The Hopeland Farms, located
near Hopeland, first was oc­cupied
about 1740 a t which
time the log cabin th e re was
built. The present house dates
back to 1810. An interesting
fea ture on the farm is th e hex­agonal
horse run where grain
was ground by horse power,
using four to six horses circul­ating
around the mill wheels
within the farm of the build­ing.
Tea will be served during
the afternoon.
Other spots included are:
Beissel Cottage.at the E p h ra ta
Cloisters; The P o tte rs’ Shop,
17 Sunset Ave., E phrata; Clois­ter
Mill Farm, Ephrata; Dr.
Paul S. Schantz home, Ephrata,
R.D.I.; Oliver howalter home,
Reinholds, R.D.l; Harlan W.
Easnacht home, Reinholds; the
new Swamp Evan. Lutheran
Church, near R e in h o ld s ;
Swamp Union Church of Christ,
Blainsport; Mrte. Mary Leisey’s
Country Store, Schoeneck; F e t­te
r ’s School, Mt. Airy; Dutch’s,
near Hopeland; John A. Hum­mer
home, 1065 W. Main, Eph­rata
; Albert H. Mellinger
home, 1^4 Crescent Ave., Eph­rata.