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except by the minister.
83rd Year E s ta b lis h e d A p ril, 1877, a s T h e S u n b e am
(C o n so lid a ted w ith T h e l i t i t z R e co rd , 1937) Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa., Thursday, June 18, 1959 7 c e n ts a Copy; $3.00 p e r y e a r b y m a ll
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No. 10
Income Tax Probe Includes Lititz Area Farmers
Progress
On Plans
For Ree
Site ‘Indefinite’,
Planners Meet
Tonight
Members of a planning com­mittee
for the new I. Walton
Bobst Recreation Center said
yesterday “definite progress”
is being made on selecting a
site for the facility.
Another meeting of the
group is scheduled for T hurs­day
(tonight) a t which progress
reports will he made.
Members said they were un­able
to specify a t this time
which sites were being con­sidered.
“You can say there
a re several possibilities, includ­ing
the present site,” the Re­cord
was told.
The Recreation Center
would be built by Elmer H.
Bobst and dedicated a s a me­morial
to his fathe r, th e la te
Rev. I. Walton Bobst, a Lu­th
e ra n minister.
Bobst has seen tentative
drawings of the proposed cen­te
r and the planning committee
is charged with reviewing the
drawings, deciding on facilities
and selecting a site.
In his ta lk to the Warwick
Alumni Assn., Bobst two weeks
ago, electrified the group by
announcing he would finance
construction of a recreation
center.
The current center is now
providing rec re ation for an
estimated 100,000 p e r s o n s
yearly, from ages six to sixty-plus.
Linnard Named
President Of
L-H Division
Morris Plains, N.J., — The
promotion of Irvin R. Linnard
to President of th e Lambert-
Hudnut Manufacturing Labora­tories,
Inc., a subsidiary of
Warner-Lambert P harmac euti­cal
Company, was announced
today by Alfred E. Driscoll,
President of the p arent com­pany.
Since 1956, Linnard has been
Vice President for Operations
of the subsidiary company,
which operates plants in Lititz,
St. Louis, Mo.; and Los Ange­les,
Calif.
Linnard joined the Warner-
Lambert organization in 1946
as Vice President of the Hud-n
u t Sales Co. From 1942-46,
he served with the Air Force
from which he was separated
as a Lieutenant Colonel. Île is
a graduate of the University of
Illinois and Harvard Business
School.
A N D THE BAND PLAYED ON
Lititz Marks 50
'Fireless' Days
Lititz yesterday marked 50
days without a fire, the long­est
fireless period since 1944.
The period is in contrast
to the “brush fire ” season
when Lititz firemen were call­ed
out 15 times in less than a
week. Firemen have been cal­led
out several times but in
neither case did they have to
extinguish a fire.
Undaunted by the ra in which forced post­ponement
of F rid ay ’s schedule Horse ‘N’
Buggy Days cake walks, members of Lititz
Community Band, directed by Jo h n W.
Keehn, p u t on an unscheduled concert
beneath the canopy of th e P a rk View Hotel.
A group of children an d several adults
gathered beneath th e old-fashioned canopy
200 “Cartwheels”
Given During Sale
Over 200 in silver dollars and silver do lla rs durin g th e cele-
1,083 free coffee and coke bration, among them Mrs. Arch­slips
were given b y members ie Shelly and Ermine Mathers,
of Lititz Retailers’ Assn., dur- , The winner of 25 silver dollars
to wait out th e rain. The cake walk went
off Saturday morning when about 150 per­sons
participated. Merchants hailed th e ob­servance
of Lititz’ 203rd birthday a success.
All told they distributed over 200 sliver dol­la
rs in cake walk and “ cartwheel special”
prizes.
ing Hjorse’N' Buggy Days la st
Friday and Saturday, it was
reported a t a meeting of the
group Monday.
Silver dollars were given
shoppers who could identify
“Cartwheen Specials” a t local
stores and also a t a cake walk
Saturday morning. F rid ay ’s
scheduled cak® walks were
rained out but Saturday morn­ing
an estimated 150 persons
turned out for the calk walk
around the auto entrance to the
Park.
Edgar C. Needles, chairman
of the coffee and coke com­mittee,
said a to ta l of 1.083
slips for free refreshments
were redeemed by six participa­ting
stores. They included Ben­n
e r’s Pharmacy, Glassmyer’s
Cut Rate, Irv in ’s Restaurant,
Nick’s Re stau ran t, McElroy
Pharmacy and Weaver’s Res­tau
ran t.
Retailers M'onday immediate­ly
began planning for their
semi-annual Red Tag sale in
July. The group, discussed
several ideas and appointed a
committee to present a sche­dule
of activities for the Red
Tag days.
Named to the committee
were Needles, Robert Trimble,
David Armold, William Spacht,
J. B. Hess and Floyd Hagy.
Other business a t the meeting
included the election of Harold
Kauffman as treasurer. He re­placed
David Heistand who
asked to be relieved of the
office.
Several "residents won two
Buch Recalls Visit Of
P. T. Bamum, Midgets
(Eig h th Installment)
By Ralph Bush .
The great P. T. Barnum once
appeared in Lititz, before news­papers
were printed here. Bar­num
brought M a j o r T o m
Thumb and wife with him.
These two midgets rode around
in a miniature cab drawn by
two ponies.
F ran k Bucb, who' la te r
founded th e Record, as a boy
sold tickets in advance for the
Fire Co. Festival
Receipts $4,482
Donald Stauffer, chairman of
the Fire Company Festival com­mittee
announced this is the
best year they have had, the
total receipts amounted to
$4482.04. The expenses, he
said, will amount to about one
thousand dollars.
The amounts received were
as follows, business places,
$487.00; country routes, $565.-
46‘, town solicitation, $1608.-
40; festival $1821.18.
The firemen wish to thank
th e public for th e ir patronage.
show. Two books he purchased
from th e show people were
kept in his library for the re ­mainder
of his life. They were
entitled, “Major Tom Thumb’s
Trip Around the World,” and
Barnum’s publication, “How
To Succeed.”
Made History In Texas
In the early days a young
man named Bricker, a mill­wright
from this vicinity, erect­ed
th e firs t water power grain
mill in Texas. Before the Alamo
he was killed in an insurrect­ion,
The bullet which killed
him was d u g out of a tree and
sent to relatives here, finally
being in the possession of Da­vid
Bricker. Some years back,
-an historical society of Texas
wrote to Bricker for the missle
to be placed in a museum. He
compiled. The relationship here
received money from Texas for
land the ir ancester owned.
Friend of Zane Gray
A young man named Kemper,
who was raised a t -the Kemper
House, now the W a r w i c k
House, left his native town for
the west. There he was shang­haied
and forced to work on
the levees along the Mississippi.
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for guessing the .vintage-of. old
cars in a contest a t Hershey’s
Used Cars was Mrs. James
Neideigh.
Hershey presented the ca rt­wheels
to her son, Thomas,
fourteen.
Burgess Benjamin Forrest
presided a t the cake walk Sat­urday
afte r rain dampened the
event Friday. Lititz Community
Band under the direction -of
John W. Keehn, put on an im­promptu
concert beneath the
protective covering of the bal­cony
a t the P ark View Hotel
instead.
Girl, Boy
Of Month
Selected
Miss Pauline Groff, daugh­te
r of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Groff,
33 F ro n t St., and John Henry
Doster, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Paul A. Doster, 507 S. Spruce
St., are the winners of the
final Boy and Girl of the
month Awards for 1959.
The awards are made
monthly and selections are
made by an independent com­mittee
which evaluates the all-around
ability of nominees.
Miss Groff is a member of
Lititz Evangelical United
Brethren Church and choir.
She was on the school year­book
and newspaper staff and
was a member of the school
band, choir and glee club. She
also played in the Girls’ En­semble
and made the Lancas­te
r County Chorus.
Doster, a member of the
Moravian Church, was presi­dent
of the Warwick High
School Student Council. He
was Yearbook Committee
Chairman and a member of
the glee club. Employed a t
his fa th e r’s market, Doster
plans to attend college next
year.
Five Teachers
Enrolled For
Summer Courses
Five Warwick school teach­ers
are attending Summer
School this year.
Frederick Augustine, metal
shop instructor, is attending
Ktillersville STC taking a course
in safety education and advanc­ed
metalwork.
Robert E. Bourdette, history
and English teacher, is attend­ing
Penn S ta te University’s
history course. Miss Joan Riehl,
physical ed,, is taking a nine-weeks
course a t Temple Uni­versity,
working toward a
Master’s Degree.
Miss Johann© Smith, physi­cal
ed teacher, is attending
Colorado State College and
Richard Will, history teach­er,
is taking a history course
at Temple University.
Police Say
ForryCase
Is Dropped
DA’s Office Orders
Suspension Charge
Thrown Out
A charge of driving a motor
vehicle while under suspension
against David F o rry Jr., Lititz
R3, will not be brought to
trial, Chief of Police Lloyd
Hoffman said this week.
The charge was filed by
Borough policeman H. Lloyd
Long earlier this year and had
been scheduled for tria l in
June term of Quarter Sessions
Court. It did n ’t appear on the
court docket and Chief Hoff­man
said this week . he has
been informed the charge “will
be thrown out.”
Forry has been free under
$500 bail for court. Chief Hoff­man
said the d istric t attorney’s
office declined to bring the case
to tria l because a number of
defense witnesses say Forry
wasn’t driving.
During a hearing on th e
charge before Ju stice of th e
Peace J . B. Herr, officer Long
had te stified th a t police
h a d n 't stopped Forry, only
Observed him allegedly driv­ing
a tow tru ck owned by
Keller Bros., where h e is
employed.
District Atty. William C.
Storb, contacted yesterday
said he had no comment on the
case a t this time. Atty. John
W. Beyer had represented
Forry a t the hearing.
At th a t time he questioned
Officer Long as to why the
truck wasn’t stopped and an
a rre st made on sight. The offi­cer
replied th a t he didn’t stop
the truck because it wasn’t
until the following day th a t
thp borough received notifica­tion
F o rry ’s license had been
suspended.
Then, he said, th e informa­tion
was filed. Long was ac­companied
a t the time by Offi­cer
George Hicks.
EUR CHURCH LISTS
SUMMER SCHEDULE
The Evangelical United Bre­thren
will hold two morning
services according to th e ir sum­mer
schedule as follows, 8:00
a.m. Morning worship; 9:00
a.m. Church school; 10:30 a.m.
morning worship.
ACCEPTS POSITION Hanssens Says Spot
9 Check Showed Some
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Bill To Centralize
School Buying Scored
John H. Doster
A Warwick school official
came out strongly against a
proposed bill yesterday which
would have the county schools
superintendents office act as
a purchasing agent for all dis­tricts.
The bill was introduced in
the House of Representatives
in Harrisburg Tuesday by
Reps. Edwin D. Eshleman and
Norman Wood, Lancaster
County Republicans. They
claim the purpose of the bill
is to save money.
A local school official, who
preferred not to be identified,
said he disagreed with the
economy idea. He pointed
out having the county office
act as a purchasing agent
would “be extremely costly.
They’d need clerks and trucks
to take around the equipment.
Besides not all schools use the
same things.
“ I t would mean we would
have to standardize and
some districts would have
to change, for erample, tow­e
l racks or othe r facilities to
conform to what was p u r­chased.”
Under the legislation school
districts would inform the
county office of the ir need.
Purchases under $300 could
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Pauline Groff
be made by the individual dis­tric
ts as well as the purchase
of textbooks.
The local i official said the
proposed law would only com­plicate
and make more expen­sive
and cumbersome the sup­plying
of school needs. He said
he felt this was a ma tte r which
could best be handled by in­dividual
districts which know
th e ir individual needs.
Neither Rep. Eshleman nor
Rep. Wood could estimate how
much money would be saved.
They said they believed it
would be “ considerable’.
Paul Spickler
Nominated To
Head Post 56
Paul B. Spickler has befen
nominated as Commander of
Garden Spot Post 56, Ameri­can
Legion, the Lititz post
announced this week.
Other nominations include
Ray N. Burkholder, first vice­commander;
John J. Linton,
second vice-commander; Harry
F. Ruley, finance officer;
Jonas Risser, historian; Jack
Pontz, chaplain; Norman L.
Habecker, service officer; J.
Earl Walters, sergeant-at-arms
and Albert C. Lutz,
Pontz and Richard C. Rader,
directors.
Present commander Lutz
said nominations will remain
open until the July meeting
when an election will be held.
W. Roy Enck reported 37 3
flags were placed on 23 ceme­teries
on Memorial Day by the
Post. John Keath, firing
squad and color guard chair­man
John Keath reported the
group participated in Memor-
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50th. ANNIVERSARY
FOR DR. AND MRS. MARTIN
Dr. and Mrs. D. C. Martin
quietly observed their fifieth
wedding anniversary yesterday
at their apartment on East
Main Street. They received
many friends, cards and call­ers.
Margaret Irene Hanna, 38
E. Second Ave., has been plac­ed
with E a ste rn Airlines,
Washington, D. C., to fill a
position as Reservation Agent.
Miss Hanna is the d aughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Robe rt J. Han­na.
She attended and grad ­uated
from Warwick High
School in 1958, and g rad u a t­ed
from th e National School
of Aeronautics, Kansas City,
Mo., April 17, 1959.
Here Not Complying
MISS ALICE SNYDER .
RETURNS TO MISSION
Miss Alice Snyder returned to
the Mission a t Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia, over the week-end.
Miss Snyder came to the states
last September afte r spending
five yaers a t the station where
she assisted teaching blind chil­dren
and various other duties.
She le ft Xdlewild Airport ou
Saturday morning a t 2:30 a.m.
for F ran k fo rt, Germany and
from there to her station in
Africa. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Sny-er
accompanied her to New
York City.
Plan Annual
Baby Parade
On July 4th
A Baby Parade will feature
the program on Ju ly 4th in the
Springs P a rk with a grtfud
prize of a twenty-five dollar
savings bond for the best float
entered.
Other money prizes will be
given. There will be four class­es
and all pre-school children
are eligible to enter.
In the best float class ten
prizes will be offered, ranging
from ten dollars to one dollar.
(The grand prize winner is
not eligible for a prize in this
class.)
In the most artistic class, six
prizes will be given ranging
from six to one dollar, the
same amounts are offered in
th e “most original” and the
“best decorated coach” class.
The en tran ts are to be at
the coffee house a t 1:00 p.m.
and one parent will be admitted
free to the Park grounds to ac­company
the child.
The committee, in charge in­cludes,
Raymond Pettyjohn,
chairman, Mrs. John Hershey,
Mrs. Arville Burkholder, Mrs.
'Willis Bucher, Mrs. Ediward
Grube, Miss Mary Ann Buck-waiter.
Band Shell
Work Nearly
Completed
A $15,000 renovation to the
Beck Memorial Bandshell in
Lititz iSprings P ark , paid for
by funds donated by local re-,
sidents, Is 95 per cent complete.
Workmen yesterday put the
finishing touches to th e maca­dam
paving for the seating
area and everything Will be in
readiness for L ititz’ annual
July 4th program.
Renovations included re­placing
the wooden floor of the
bandshell and applying stone
facing. The macadam area has
been sloped so th a t people will
be able to see the stage from
any p a rt of th se ating area.
In addition the macadam
surface cn be utilized by the
summer playground and re ­creation
program for roller
skating or other activities. Un­seen,
b u t important improve­ments,
include a new drain ag e
system.
An underground drainage
system, which drains off sur­face
water and carries it back
in to Lititz Springs Creek has
been installed. Workman
said during Host F riday’s
heavy ra in th e system d ra in ­ed
off th e a re a nicely. P re ­viously
th e bandshell a re a
was a n a tu ra l basin and
during heavy ra in would be
inundated by flood waters.
Now, however, it will be
possible to use the area minutes
a fte r a storm. Three trees have
been planted and a th ird will
be planted to replace the huge
Elms which had to be removed.
Two trees, red oaks, were
donated by Lititz Rotary Club
and a th ird is a memorial to
Henry Bomberger, a pioneer
se ttle r, donated by his family.
This fall another memorial
tree, in memory of Dr. H a rry
E. Bender, will be planted.
Exact Number To Be
Ascertained By
IRS Agents
A number of farmers in the
Lititz area are among thqse
who are facing a crackdown
by the Internal Revenue Ser­vice
for failure to file income
tax returns, Julien Hanssens,
area IRS chief said yesterday.
Hanssens, contacted a t his
Lancaster office, said he didn’t
know the exact number. He
said “ the exact figure isn’t
available because we ju st made
a spot check of the county.”
The check, which also cov­ered
the Lititz area, showed
that 30 per cent of the farm­ers
in the county are not re ­porting
income, Hanssens said.
“P a r t of th e check was
made in the Lititz are a and
th e re are some out there.
How many we don’t know,
but we intend to find ont.”
Hanssens said since recent
publicity on the situation, over
2,000 farmers “ some of them
from out th e re ” filed returns
for the first time. “News­paper
publicity has helped a
lot” , he said, but now IRS is
checking to see why the 2,000
farmers never filed returns
previous to 1958.
“ I t ’s ju st those prior to
1957 th a t we’re checking. We
want to know why they fail­ed
to file.”
in the county are filing re-
Hanssens said most farmers
turns and th a t the delinquents
are not confined to any one
area.
He said where persons have
never filed, cases can go back
to 1913 when income tax be­gan
since there is no sta tu te of
limitations. With the help of
additional agents, Hanssens
said, the drive will be stepped
up in the Lititz area as well
as all parts of the county.
Lions Install
C. J, Wagaman
Wilbur Miller, past president
and zone chairman of the Lions
Club will install the following
officers th is evening a t the
Legion Home: Charles Waga­man,
president; P e te r De Leo,
1st vice-president; Daniel Mill­er,
2nd vice-president; Forbes
Emsweller, 3rd vice-president;
Bernard R id er/ secretary; Ho­ward
Lebo, treasurer.
Ray Shaub, attendance sec­reta
ry; Glenn Mearig, financial
secretary; George Male and
Donald Steffy, Lion tamers;
Orris Nuss and Bob Schatzman,
tail twisters; and Jack Marks,
Robert Weaver and Frank
Longenecker, directors.
W IN BOOSTER CLUB AW ARD S
Five Warwick athletes were selected as
the winners of awards for outstanding work
in five sports by the Warwick Booster Club
Monday night. The winners will receive
jackets from the club which a re on order.
Winners a re (seated 1-r) John Landis, boys
basketball; Dianne Forrest, girls’ basket­ball;
Fred Ruebman, wrestling, Ja ck Rueb-man,
tennis and Donald Long, baseball.
Booster d u ll nominations for officers sub­mitted
at th e mooting a t which the athletes
were honored included Robert Kauffman,
vice-president; Bud Lindeman, secretary;
Charles Rineer, tre a su re r and Charles Kopp,
Rev. P au l A. Miller, Elwood Reese, Miss
Joan Riehl and Harold Horn, directors.
Nominations for president will be announced
la ter.