Lititz Record Express

              Wilbur Co.Donates 12Acres For Recreation Use
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No. 5
Room For
Two Ball
Diamonds
Old Athletic Field
Area Will Again
Be Utilized
Wilbur Chocolate Company
has donated the use of 12 acres
of land to the Warwick Recrea­tion
Center for use as baseball
diamonds, it was announced
this week.
Last week the league,
through Russell Erb, Brunner-ville,
had appealed for playing
field space. Shortly a fte r the
appeal the Wilbur Company
told Warwick Little League
President Robert H. Gibble it
would make 12 acres of land
available to th e circuit.
The league was faced with
finding playing space or cur­tailing
its program which em­braces
some 320 boys from ages
9 through 15.
Gibble said th e Wilbur
Company will donate the
land use to th e league for
th e purpose of building two
baseball diamonds. The
chocolate firm, Gibbel said,
also volunteered to pay for
th e cost of one of th e back-
' stops which will be needed.
Company officials told Gib­ble
the remainder of the 12
acres which would not be need­ed
for baseball fields could be
utilized by the Recreation Cen­ter.
T
he tra c t is to th e n o rth ­west
of the Wilbur plhnt, boun­ded
by Lincoln Avenue and the
Reading Railroad tracks. Old
timers will recall it as the
athletic field of the town be­fore
the present athletic field
was built. At one time a firs t
class baseball diamond was laid
out on the tra c t and it was a l­so
used by Lititz High School
for a football field.
Managers Respond
Gibble said a response had
also been had for managers for
the Little League while a sec­ond
offer of land use for base­ball
was also made by Mrs.
Samuel Enck of 156 N. Locust
St.
The league managers as an­nounced
by Gibble are; Midget-
Midget Division; Clarence Ma-harg',
Charles Carrier and
Charles Gundrum for one Lititz
team; Dick Sipe and Gary Sipe
for a second borough team;
Philip Bartola, and Dick Coat­es,
Richard Allebach J r., a
th ird Lititz team; Ken Kof-roth
and Warren Beitten-
Miller, Rothsville; Barry Erb,
Bob Derr, Irvin Eberly, Ja ck
Moyer and Art Ditzler, Brun-nerville.
Midget coaches: Walter Spi­cer
and J. Lloyd Shaeffer, for
one Lititz team; Robert Gibble
and Ralph Pegler, for a second
team; Paul Eckert and Dave
Sammett for a th ird boro team'
and Neil Shelley and Bob Sen-senig
for a fourth boro team;
Jim Davidson, Rothsville and
Ray Huber and Clyde Hoffer,
Brunnerville.
Boys' from Lititz R1 and
Lititz R2 who signed up for
baseball were instructed to re­port
Saturday a t 1 p.m. and
boys from Lititz R4 and Roths­ville
should report a t 10 a.m.
Saturday.
Bar-be-cue Planned
For Ambulance Fund
A chicken bar-be-cue with
th e proceeds going toward
maintenance of the Warwick
Ambulance Service will be held
Saturday, May 16 In Lititz
Springs Park.
Bar-be-cued chicken will be
served from 4 p.m. too 8 p.m.
Adult portions will be $1.50
and children’s n .
School Board Sees Tax Cut ‘Possible’
Co. Cites Record
O f Disputed Sale
A story in April 23 Issue of
the Record-Express which re ­ported
th e district a tto rn ey ’s
office has been asked to probe
th e sale of a pair of hearing aid
eyeglasses to an 83-year-old
Elizabeth Township woman,
This Is a pic ture made by
Barton L. Sharp, L ititz photo
dealer, which h e said shows
a poorly fitte d p a ir of hearing
aid eyeglasses sold to Mrs. An­nie
Brenner. Yesterday th e
Record-Express received a le t­te
r from th e Otarion L istener
Corp., listin g w hat it said was
its “ case history” of th e sale.
One of th e points th e firm made
was th a t “one glance a t th e
photo illustrating; th e story, in ­timates
th a t th e eyeglass frame
has been placed a t an unreal
and exaggerated angle as if
to create a bad impression of
th e eyeglass hearing aid.”
Sharp, who also wears an eye­glass
hearing aid, said it was
his impression the glasses
were n o t properly fitte d be­cause
th e indentation on the
glasses rim, where th e e a r is
supposed to fit, is well for­ward
of Mrs. Brenner’s ear.
Ree Plans
Driver Ed
For Adults
A class in Adult Driver Edu­cation
will be offered again
this summer. Recreation Dir­ector
William E. Bell said this
week.
He said it will be spon­sored
by the Recreation Cen­te
r In cooperation with Lititz
Springs Garage and is open
to any ad u lt in the Warwick
Union School District area.
Pre-registration is required
and interested persons may
contact the Recreation Center.
The class will be instructed by
George R. Male, Driver Educa­tion
Instru cto r a t Warwick
High School who will have both
afternoon and evening classes.
The classes a re scheduled to
begin in the first week in
June. Potential class members
are reminded they must have
a le a rn e r’s permit as issued Ijy
the State. Classes will be
filled according to registration.
AMONG THE SICK
Mrs. Henry Walter of Kissel
Hill was admitted as a medi­cal
patient in the Lancaster
General Hospital on Wednes­day.
Buch Finds Yesteryear
Printers ‘Picturesque’
By Ralph Bnch
(F o u rth Installment)
John G. Zook, veteran edi­to
r of The Express, was one
of the most picturesque figures
of l i t i t z a t th e tu rn of the
century. He also had the
knack of surrounding himself
with men who were interested
in pursuing the magic of the
printed word.
Prof. H. W. Kriebel, who
lived here for some years and
was a former college instruc­tor,
authored a book printed
a t the Express under the title’
of “Seeing Lancaster County
from a Trolley Window.” I t
was well illustrated and full of
historical facts.
Prof. Kriebel also was edi­to
r of a magazine published
a t The Express and called
th e “Pennsylvania German,”
a worthwhile project b u t one
which died for lack of fin ­ance.
A man named Burroughs,
w h o m a d e t h e E x p r e s s
his h e a d q u a r t e r s , h a n d ­ed
out l i t e r a t u r e advocat­ing
social security and aid for
the aged. He was ahead of
his time by many years and was
regarded here as a dreamer a l­though
much th a t he advocated
la ter became accepted prac­tices.
Tail and with a beard,
he closely resembled John
Burroughs, the n a tu ra list with
whom he claimed relationship.
His two sons would not aid
him financially due to his
views and he died penniless in
th e county hospital.
One of Mr. Zook’s outstand­ing
achievements was printing
of a history known as “ Pi< tor-ial
L ititz,” copies of which are
eagerly sought today. \
Bryan Spoke Here
Billy Bryan and Billy Sun­day
are two of many prominent
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has drawn a response from the
firm.
Yesterday the Record receiv­ed
a le tte r from Terry Arm­strong,
Public Relations Direc­to
r of the Otarion Listener
Corp., Ossining, N. Y., in which
he outlined what he said was
“ the factual case history of
the sale.”
The sale was made to Mrs.
Annie Brenner, and the Rec­o
rd ’s story dealt with what
friends of Mrs. Brenner claim­ed,
was an improperly fitted
pair of hearing aid eyeglasses.
They also claimed th a t efforts
to have a satisfactory ad ju st­ment
made had failed and the
services of Justice of the Peace
Paul F. Diehm were obtained
and la ter the district a tto rn ey ’s
office asked to investigate.
Armstrong, in his le tte r,
said th e story had been
“grossly m i s r e p r e s e n t e d ”
and th a t Otarion company
employes had been “ fru s­tra
ted in th e ir many efforts
to serve Mrs. Brenner.”
“This is the factual case
history of the sale to Mrs.
Brenner,” wrote Armstrong.
He then listed them as:
“ 1. When Mrs. Brenner sign­ed
the sales agreement for the
Listener eyeglass hearing aid,
she made a down payment.
Then as she did not want to
wait any longer for the eye­glass
hearing aid than to have
the lenses inserted, she mailed
a check for the balance of the
price and requested th a t the
hearing aid be rushed by mail
to her.
“Because of her anxiety to
get this eyeglass hearing aid,
Mr. Gaglione, the Otarion deal­er,
acquiesced—but with the
understanding he could call in
two weeks time to. check the
instrument and make any ad„-
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Mrs. Buch
MS Mother
For Year
Penryn Woman Named
By Multiple Sclerosis
Society
Mrs. Draper Buch, Penryn,
has been named “Multiple
Sclerosis Mother for 1959” by
the Lancaster Chapter of the
Multiple Sclerosis Society.
Diagnosed as an M.S. patient
in 1951 at- the University of
Pennsylvania Hospital, Mrs.
Buch has been in and Out of
the hospital 17 times in the
eight years since she developed
Multiple Sclerosis.
Because of her condition,
Mrs. Budh is confined to a
wheel ohair, but she reports
th a t she is much b etter now,
than she was when firs t a tta c k ­ed
by this disease of the central
nervous system. A disease of
which the re is no known cause
o r cure.
Despite this handicap, Mrs.
Buch retains a cheerful a ttitu d e
and apparently has adjusted to
the disease .
On h er good days, Mrs. Buch
prepares th e evening meal but
the rest of the housework is
performed by h er daughter,
Mrs. Enos Hloffer, who lives
next door.
With the encouragement and
help of her physician, Mrs. Buch
was tau g h t to make hooked
rugs.
Tiring easily and quickly is
characteristic of M.S. so Mrs.
Buch can work for only about
fifteen minutes a t a time on
her rugs but has completed
four in the past seven years.
Three o f her rugs have been
entered in th e Mamheim Farm
Show and have won her 1st,
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Arrest 11 Here For
Early A. M. Party
A Cedar S tre e t taproom pro­prietor
was charged with main­taining
a disorderly house and
ten o th e r persons arrested on
disorderly conduct charges af­te
r an early Sunday morning
disturbance a t th e place.
Borough Police said Clyde
Hinkle, 322 F ilb e rt St., Lan­caster,
who operates Hinkle’s
STRICKEN ILL
Justice of th e Peace P au l
F . Diehm, 34 S. Broad St., is
a p atien t in Lancaster General
Hospital a fte r being stricken
ill unexpectedly a t his home
la st Friday. His condition was
reported improving. Tests are
being made to determine th e
n a tu re of th e illness. Diehm
is also Republican committee­man
for th e F irs t Ward of
Lititz.
Invite Retail
Men Of Borough
To Meet May 11
An effort to reactivate the
R e ta iler’s Asociation of Lititz
gat underway h e re this week.
An appeal was issued to all
reta il merchants of the borough
to make plans to a tten d a
meeting Called fo r Monday, May
11, a t 7:30 p.m. in the Young
Mien’s Business League.
The Lititz R e ta iler’s Associa­tion
was formed some years
ago b u t has recently been in­active.
Cafe, 324 N. Cedar St., posted
$1,000 bail for a hearing on
the charge before Justice of
th e Peace J. B. H err Saturday.
Police said neighbors com-of
a disturbance and loud
noise from th e cafe a t 6:30
a.m. la s t Sunday and when
officers investigated they
found a loud party In p ro ­gress.
Facing fines an d costs on
charges oif disorderly conduct
a re the occupants of the place
a t the time. Police identified
them as:
Donald Kling, 430 N. Cedar
St.; Paul Weiler, re a r 338 E.
Main St.; Francis and Betty
Enck, 41 E. Main St.; Robert
Havener, Lititz R3; Vonita
(Bonnie) Depuh, Lancaster;
Charles and Mary Kreider, re a r
2 60 S. Cedar St.; and Edward
Kling and Evelyn Mae Burk­hart,
both of 71 E. Main St.
The disorderly conduct cha-ges
were also lodged' with
Squire Herr.
Charge Teenagers
Had Beer In Car
Borough Police arrested
three persons on disorderly con­duct
charges, two of them teen­agers
who police said had beer
in th e ir automobile last Satur­day.
Police said th e youths, F ran k
Grube Jr., 155 N. Locust St.,
and Jay Felker, Lititz R4, were
charged before Justice of th e
Peace J. B. Herr. Officers said
the boys had' some beer in th e ir
car when they were apprehend­ed
on Spruce Street about 11:30
p.m. Saturday.
Also charged as disorderly
was William Hess, no- known
address Who paid th e fine and
costs before Squire Herr.
Blame Cigarettes
For Boro Accident
A pack of cigarettes was
blamed for a slig h t accident
which resulted in the prosecu­tion
of a borough man on a
reckless driving charge, Boro
Police said.
E rne st Joseph Lepage, 23 E.
Main St., was charged before
Justice of the Peace J. B.
Herr a fte r h is ‘ automobile
struck a parked auto owned
by Nancy Hungerford, 161 S.
Broad St., a t 3:50 a.m. Sunday.
Lepage told police he dropp­ed
a package of cigarettes and
lost control of the vehicle when
he reached for them.
' TEST BORINGS FOR POSSIBLE POOL SITE
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Test borings have been made an d a re being
analyzed of th is possible pool site, if th e
borough decides to build a public pool. Bor­ings
were ordered to determine whether use
of th e site fo r a pool would have an adverse
effect on Lititz Borough’s w ate r supply.
Site is th e old baseball diamond a re a in the
—Record-Express p h oto
western end of th e park. Warner-Lambert
buildings a re visible in th e background. P a r t
of th e site is on th e Buch tra c t which the
borough is purchasing from Roy Buch. The
Lititz Springs Swimming Pool Committee
will be informed of th e boring findings.
Drunken Driving
Charged To Man
A Strasburg RD1 man posted
$300 bail for a hearing before
Justice of th e Peace J. B. H err
on a charge of operating a
motor vehicle while under the
influence of intoxicants, Boro
Police reported.
The man, Roy George Woer-ner,
was apprehended by offic­ers
a t 11 p.m. last Sunday.
PTA Sets
Date For
Festival
The annual Festival of the
Parents Teachers Association
will be held on Saturday, May
9th beginning a t 1:00 p.m. and
continuing u n til 8:00 p.m. on
the Lititz elementary school
grounds. In case of rain the
festival will be held in the
school gymnasium.
The high school band, direct­ed
by Henry C. Steiner will
play during the supper hour.
There will be rides and games
for the kiddies, all kinds of
food, including chicken corn
soup, barbecue, hot dogs, bak­ed
beans, pies, cakes, ice
cream, soft drinks, cotton can­dy,
caramel corn, taffy apples
and fru it flavored snow balls.
Harold McCreary, the r e tir­ing
president and Bruce Wike
are co-chairman for the affair
with th e assistants, Fred Ret-tew
and Lester Hess in charge
of games; Mrs. Walter Free-burn
and Mrs. Haven Blauch
food; Mrs. G. Marlin Spaid,
cakes and pies; Omar Bucher,
coffee; Mrs. Eugene Ludwig,
ice-cream; Mrs. Reyer Swan,
soft drinks; Mrs. Roy Roger,
barbecue; Joseph Klos, hot
dogs; Walter Bard, baked
beans; Mrs. Ross Bingeman
and Mrs. Jo h n Good, chicken
cooking.
Lititz W.C.T.U.
Will Mark 75th
Birthday Mon.
The Lititz W.C.T.U. will cele­brate
the 75 th year of its or­ganization
a t a meeting to be
held in the home of Mrs. Eliza­beth
Hepp, 145 E. Main St.,
Monday, May 11 a t 7:30 p.m:
Lititz W.C.T.U. is the second
oldest active civic organization
in Lititz. I t was organized in
May, 1884 and h a s been active
since th a t time. Mrs. Angela
Wolle was its firs t president.
F eatu re s of the program will
be a book review on “The
Ourse o f a Nation.” F acts and
incidents o f th e early years of
the W.C.T.U. will be recalled
and the history of th e organiza­tion
presented.
Miss Ella Stauffer, president,
will preside.
Special Date Set
For Registration
Warwick Union School Dis­tric
t parents who missed the
registration set up for children
entering firs t grade in th e fall
of 1959 may register them a t
Lititz Elementary School Mon­day,
May 11 a t 9 a.m.
Children whose birthday
falls before February 1, 1960
must be registered. Prompt­ness
is requested for those who
may have to register Monday.
East Lampeter Gets
Plant Boro ‘Muffed’
An industry which sought
unsuccessfully to locate in Lit­itz
last week announced plans
to build a mew manufacturing
plant in East Lampeter Twp.,
near Schick, Inc.
The industry is the Hermidi-fer
Oo., Neffsville, which ac­cording
to the owner, Paul
Herr, Neffsville, tried to locate
here “but did n ’t g e t any kind of
a deal in L ititz.”
H e rr said when h e firs t
thought of expanding his
business he “th o u g h t i t would
be nice to have a p la n t th e re
(in L ititz .)” He sought un­successfully
he said, to find
a site b u t received no cooper­ation
here.
Construction of the plant in
Negotiations At
Warner -Lambert
Plant Concluded
Union negotiators and repre­sentatives
of the Lambert-
Hudnut Laboratories yesterday
reached agreement on a new
contract and la st night the
union passed the proposal on
to its members.
The membership meeting fol­lowed
a month of negotiation
meetings between th e company
and a negotiating committee
of Local 12-670, Oil, Chemical
and Atomic Workers.
Negotiations were completed
Tuesday night between the
company and the union repre­sentatives
an d went to the
union membership la st night
for approval.
Terms of th e new contract
were kept confidential until
the membership of th e union
had a chance to act on them.
A one-year contract had expired
Tuesday a t midnight but was
extended until midnight la st
night so th e union membership
could act on the. proposals.
Public Library
Elects Demmy
M. C. Demmy was elected
president of th e Public Library
Association a t the meeting held
on Tuesday evening in the
Library located in the Ele­mentary
school building, Miss
Myrtle Eckert was elected
vice-president; Mrs. John Bad-orf,
secretary and Alfred L.
•Douple, treasurer. Mrs. Bad-orf
was elected a member of
the board to serve five years.
Other members of th e board
include, Mrs. Eugene Steffy,
Miss Mildred Young and John
G. Hershey.
Miss Grace Miller, th e lib­ra
rian gave th e following re ­port,
Juvenile circulation, 2562
books; ad u lt circulation, 1992
books; borrowers registered
114; and new books added 107;
total number of books 3925.
Douple reported the follow­ing
receipts, members dues
$4.00; fines $49.09; Delphian
contribution, $15.00; Lititz
Woman’s Club, $100.00; Lititz
Community Chest $332.14.
The Board planned to invite
representatives of the various
civic groups to the meeting
next year. The public is in­vited
to join th e association.
The dues are a dollar a year
payable to th e trea surer.
East Lampter Twp. will begin
July 1, he said. The plant is
strictly an assembly plant, giv­ing
off no offensive odors,
noises or smoke.
The new plant, which will
cost about $65,000, will be
one-story with 8,000 square
feet of space and designed to
provide for fu tu re expansion.
I t will house all manufacturing
operations and office facilities.
Herr said the building,
which will be constructed of
concerto blocks and steel, will
be located on a portion of 11
acres of land purchased from
James Clymer. I t will front
on Route 230 with Hempstead
Road in the rea r of the build­ing.
Hen* obtained th e land
with th e help of th e Indus­tria
l Development Bureau of
Lancaster Chamber of Com­merce.
The company, established by
Herr 14 years ago, now man­ufactures
humidifiers under
his own name and for other
companies under brand names.
The line includes equipment
for homes, offices and indus­tria
l establishments.
The production personnel is
expected to reach 25 persons
by midwinter, in addition to
office staff. Herr said the
new building is p art of a gen­eral
expansion program by the
Herrmidifier Co. The new
plant is needed so th a t th e com­pany
may keep pace with the
increasing demand for its pro­duct,
he said.
Industry Plans
Vacations Over
July 4 Holiday
Most local industries will
close down for summer vaca­tion
over the F o u rth of July
holiday, the Lititz Chamber of
Commerce announced this
week.
The five shoe factories in the
borough will close from June
27 through Ju ly 6. Lambert-
Hudnut Laboratories and Wil­bur
Chocolate Co., will close
from June 27 through Ju ly 13.
Animal Trap Co. will close
either the second or th ird of
Ju ly for vacation periods, re ­opening
on Ju ly 20.
Several years ago th e prac­tice
of industry closing down
for vacation periods was begun
here and has proved popular
both with workers and manage­ment.
Most plants will keep
on skeleton staffs, b u t the
bulk of employes will be vaca­tioning
during the period.
Continue
Study To
Pare Cost
Tentative Budget Said
Reflecting 13V2 Mill
Saving
I t ’s possible th a t a reduction
in Warwick’s 49-mill property
tax ra te can be made and the
Warwick Union School District
Board of Directors is working
toward th a t end.
If it isn’t possible, however,
board members said the ten ta ­tive
budget as it now stands
reflects, in effect, a 13y2 mill
savings in the terms of the
property tax payer.
These facts were brought out
Tuesday night a t an informal
meeting of the board and mem­bers
of Lititz Borough Council.
Councilmen requested the
meeting to have the board ex­plain
why it hadn’t cut millage
rates since instituting a one
per cent wage tax.
Borough Council had intend­ed
to levy a one half of one per
cent wage tax but stepped aside
for the school d istric t’s one
per cent levy under the impres­sion
the school district could
pass on to Warwick area prop­erty
owners, a big millage tax
reduction.
The board said it would
know by its May 20th reg­u
la r meeting o r e ith e r its
Ju n e 17th meeting whether
a reduction is possible.
The possibility of a reduc­tion
was voiced by board mem­ber
Richard S. Allebach in
Iresponse to a question by
Councilman Roy S. Reiden-baugh
toward the close of the
hour-long session.
Reidenbaugh asked “Is it
possible th a t a real reduction
(in millage) can be made?” .
Allebach replied, “ I t ’s pos­sible.
T h a t’s what this meet­ing
(a scheduled meeting of
the board finance committee)
is for tonight.”
As the tentative budget now
stands, Allebach said, it in ef­fect
reflects a 13% mill prop­erty
tax saving. He cited the
dropping of $5 of the head tax
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Moravians
Plan Drive
For Church
L ititz Moravian Church plans
a $117,000 fund drive to com­plete
restoration of the church
which was wrecked by fire in
1957 and to enlarge church
facilities.
Home visitation will be
made to members of th e con­gregation
on Sunday, May 24,
for the purpose of securing
pledges in th a t amount. The
visits will be made by church
members to save th e cost of
having an outside fund-raising
agency do the work.
The church restoration is
estimated to cost $230,000.
Insurance will repay $160,-
OOO b u t th e balance plus th e
cost of planned expansion of
c o n g r e g a t i o n a l facilities
brings th e to ta l to $117,000.
The fire of 1957, caused by
a p a in te r’s blowtorch, was
ironic, in th a t the church was
ju s t completing th e exterior
phase of a $60,000 renovation
program. Funds for this reno­vation
had also been contribut­ed
by church members through
a similar pledge campaign.
Church officials plan to
make pledges payable over a
five-year period, and will ac­cept
pledges of from $50 to
$5,000.
. T h e expansion of church fac­ilities
would include moving a
kitchen on the first floor of
Fellowship Hall to a location
in th e basement. This would
provide additional Sunday
School rooms.
Training School Ends,
Will Reopen in January
Smith-CorOna has closed its
train in g school in Lititz but
will be back next Ja n u a ry for
another session.
The school located next to
the borough hall trained some
300 Smith-Corona men in re ­pairing
and servicing Smith-
Corona products, according to
Howard J. Ward, national se r­vice
manager.
Ward said the school was
opened last May 21. Since
then Smith-Corona has assign­ed
men to two-weeks sessions
a t the school. The training
sessions ended last week and
the school was closed.
I t .will reopen in Jan u a ry
for another session. Ward
said trainees stayed a t the
Hotel S utter and the Lititz
atmosphere proved “wonderful
for both the men and the com­pany.”
Ward said the school was
established here ra th e r th an
in a city so th a t the re wouldn’t
be “distracting influences. We
liked it here and we’ll be back
in Jan u ary ,” Ward said.