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(Consolidated with The Xtitltz Record, 1937) Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa., Thursday, October 1, 1959 7 cen ts a Copy; $3.00 per year by mall
w ithin T«ancaster County; $3.50 elsewhere. No. 24
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Community Chest
oard To Include
Enlarges
Townships
l;iH(/, «Ilf. *’irst mail in
County la s t week, q u ito by necessity. W a te r
line work lo qm iid scaling oi l I lie ljr.st
block of Kasl Main S tr e e t to vehicle tra ffic .
¿I re su lt was u n u su a l by heavy vehicle tr a f ­fic
on accessways to th e b o ro u g h ’s p a rk in g
Main Drag Job Seen
Finished Next Week
The borough’s ma in drag,
the first block o£ E a s t Main
Street, was seen throiugh the
first phase of the wa te r line
construction job by the end
of next week, borough coun­cil
.was told Tuesday.
Borough Manager David J.
Bauer said he expected Lititz
Machine Co. Workmen, now
free of a rock shelf which
hampered excavation, would
have the line ins talled for the
section by the end of next
week. ,
Meanwhile temp o ra ry ■ pe­des
trian crossings a r e being
erected a t several downtown
spots. Borough Policeman H.
Lloyd Long took it upon him­self
to shovel away d i r t piles
for accessways.
P la n k in g fo r cro ssin g s
is b eing p u t up. K o ro u g h
Man ag er David J . B a u e r ■
said th e L ititz M ach in e Co.
received ap provul f rom its
in su ra n c e c a rr ie r to e re c t
th e crossings.
’ Bauer said th e {insurance
coverage and liability for cov­erage
had prevented putting
in temporary crossings earlier.
However when Long went to
work with a shovel yesterday
morning, wheels were set into
motion to clarify th e in su r ­ance
angle.
Two Plans For
Collection Of
Refuse Studied
Should Lititz offer trash
collection as a borough serv­ice
a t a possible tax increase
or contract for the work?
Tha t was the question fac­ing
borough cduncil Tuesday
night as it took a course
toward solving the t r a s h dil­emma
of the town.
A study of the two possibili­ties
was ordered by borough
council. Borough Manager
David J. Bauer explained a
plan whereby the borough
could cooperate with the Lan­caster
Area Refuse Autho r i ty
which operates a landfill.
The plan would involve
spending $3,00(1 for a con­ta
ine r into which local col­lectors
would dump. When
the container is full, the re ­fuse
group would liaull it away
and replace it with am empty
one.
The borough would have to
develop a site for the con­ta
ine r and this was e s timated
to be an item of a t least
$3,000. Council directed the
borough manager to inform
the refuse au th o r ity it was in­terested
in the plan however,
a id would also explore the
possibility of contracting for
trash collection.
- If the borough we re to con-pa
c t for the service the pos­sibility
of a tax raise was
present, council was told. A
study of both possibilities will
be made and the borough will
advertise for bids f rom con­tractors.
P1BE CO. AUXILIARY
MEETING TOM CUT
Te regular monthly meeting
of the Lititz Fire Company
Auxiliary will be held Th u r s ­day
(this) evening a t 7:30 in
the Firehouse.
Each member is asked to
bring a new useful item to be
auctioned off. Sally Temple­ton,
auctioneer. Mrs. Betty
Stauffer, chair-lady in charge
of refreshments.
Slowed by a rock shelf
which protruded from the
square to near the middle of
the Hotel Sutter, workmen
this week picked up steam in
removing the old water mains
and ins talling the new.
The excavation also re- director
vealed an old brick or cobble­stone
crosswalk which once
served pedestrian traffic near
the F a rme r s Bank. I t had
been covered with layers of
macadam.
Lions Plan Rig
Parade, Party
For Hallowe’en
A big Hallowe’en Pa rad e and
Block P a r ty Is beinng planned
by the Lititz Lions Club for
Friday, October 30, it was an­nounced
this week.
Lions will give prizes for the
best costumes in th e - p a r a d e
which will follow a route yet to
be established and will dis­perse
a t the Lions Playground,
Spruce and Second Streets.
A Block P a r ty will be held
there, including dancing to the
music of Bob Ste t le r ’s orches t­ra.
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Ask Probe
Of Blaze
Near Boro
Firemen Score Alarm
System After Early
Morning Call
County Fire Marshall Paul
Z. Knier was asked to investi­gate
the origin of a blaze which
caused an estimated 350,000
d amage a t a local sawdust firm
early yesterday morning.
Meanwhile Lititz firemen,
meeting last night, pressed a
move to have a louder fire
siren for the borough. Firemen
said only six men answered the
call about 12:30 a.m. yes ter­day.
Many firemen, they said,
d id n ’t hear the siren.
F u r th e r help was forthcom­ing,
firemen said, a f te r the
Morgan Pape r Co. whistle was
sounded. The borough is using
a siren mounted near the water
plant and plans to mount it
a t a higher spot near the a th le ­tic
field.
F irem en from Ro th sv ille,
Ak ro n a n d B ru n n e rv ille 'a id ­ed
in attempting- to (louse
a b o u t 75 tru c k lo a d s of saw ­d
u s t sto red b e n e a th a ste e l
canopy by Ho p k in s Bros.,
along- th e Hess ro a d ju s t e a s t
of town.
Firemen ran a hose relay to
the creek ne a r the disposal
plant and fought tho fire until
about K a.m. yesterday. How­ever
yesterday afternoon the
compacted . sawdus t was still
burning. The canopy, which
has a tin roof, was buckled by
the intense heat, the steel gird­ers
twisted and the wooden
sides burned through.
Jame s and William Hopkins,
who conduct the business, said
. the loss is covered by insur-
¿widividuals who.,. Ira-ta—4,iie..«»ce. Also lost was a tx u e k cab
CHAPTER FROM HARRY'S BOOK
lo t a n d lo ts of downtown sto res. Shopping
malls, a re a s which a re re s tric te d to vehicles,
a re (he coming' th in g , th e p lan n e rs te ll us,
b u t th e b o ro u g h will be g la d wh en th is one
is gone.
Be Patient,
You’ll Get
Tax Forms
If you hav en ’t received a
notice of payment of your one
per cent wage tax, be patient.
You’ll get one.
Tha t was the advice given
yesterday by F r a n k B. Bitzer,
of the Lancaster
County Tax Collection Bureau,
which is collecting the wage
tax for the Warwick School
District.
A list of all res idents of the
school dis trict age 16 and
over is being processed by the
bureau. Notification of wage
tax .‘payment will be sent out,
Bitzer said, with final pay­ment-
due no later th a n April
15. of next year.
wage tax deducted will re ­ceive
forms similar to the
W-2 Federal income tax de­duction
form to show the
wages have been subject to
tax a t the place of employ­ment.
a second tewllctsfetoh
Employers a re the only one
required to make a payment
of tax receipts to the bureau
in October. This, is' due Oct.
15. Individuals, Bitzer said,
will not make qua r te r ly pay-
1 ments if the tax isn’t being
deducted from th e i r ' pay.
Community Nurse Aids
The Needy Of District
Lincoln Gable ente red the
Lancas ter General Hospital on
Friday as a medical pa tient.
The Community Nursing
service, which is one of the
services offered by our local
Community Chest, is perhaps
the one most vital and neces­sary
to the Warwick Union
District. I t is this th a t brings
comfort, hope and relief to
young and old and all classes
of society.
Mrs. Mildred Meiskey who
is serving in the capacity of
Community Nurse since 1052,
is subject to call by all in the
dis trict who need her and I
makes an avearge of 145
nurs ing visits a month. These
include the various attentions
a nurse can give.
She usually begins her day
a t eight o’clock in the morn­ing
and a ttends to the injec- |
tions she gives daily, there
are b a th s , for her regular
patients. She visits the Mor­avian
Home to give baths,
shampoos, foot care and t r e a t ­ments
for those who can not I
leave the building. She spends
the noon hour a t home and !
receives calls for her a f te r ­noon
work.
Mrs. Meiskey also investi- |
gates the Welfare cases of i
the Community. With the high |
s tan d a rd of living of the
present day, we are not aware
there a re those in our midst
who need our help. These our
nurse finds and provides |
whatever necessary. She v is it
Squirrel Negative
In Test For Rabies
A rabies test of a squirrel
which bit a borough child was
negative, the borough was in­formed
this week.
The test was done by the
State Department of Health in
Ha rrisburg which will make
a second test of the squirrel
as a precautionary matter .
Meanwhile borough officials
said parents should warn
young children not to fondle
animals which a re usually
wild, but appear to be fr iend­ly.
This action by animals
such as squirrels is a sign of
rabies.
and two trailers. Another tra c ­tor
-trailer tru ck was charred
and blistered before it was re ­moved
from the s tructure.
Firemen said the cause of the
fire was unknown and when
they arrived the entire canopy
was in flames. Built with an
open front to load and store
sawdust used as bedding for
livetock, the canopy is an esti­mated
300 feet long, 8 0 feet
deep nad about 40 feet high. It
lias been used by the firm for
about a year.
CANDIDATES ATTEND
COUNCIL MEETING
F o u r candidates for borough
council a t the November elec­tion
a ttended Tuesday’s meet­ing.
. They include Robe r t Au-ment
and G. Wendell Hower,
Republican candidates; and
ed and assisted twenty one
families this year.
There was the case of a Stephen Palkovic and Robert
large family, the mothe r suf- 1 Weaver, Democratic candi-
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AWAITING YOUR CALL
Board
Along
Reorganized
School Lines
The Lititz Community Chest
has voted to expand its board
I of directors and adopt the
name Lititz-Warwiek Com­munity
Chest.
| Action approving the change
j in the chest's board came at
the annua l public meeting of
I the group Tuesday night.
I Pres ident H. K. Kraybill
explained the proposal for a
j union of Lititz Borough with
j Warwick and Elizabeth Town­ships
coincided with the coun-
I ty ’s plan of dividing the area
| into school dis tricts for cam­paign
purposes.
Kraybill also ex plained
th a t few changes in policy
would b e n ecessary since
th e Community Nudse cov­e
rs a ll of th e te r rito ry a n d
tin- b en e fits of th e F re e
Public L ib ra ry an d th e Rec­re
a tio n C e n te r a r e also ex­ten
d ed to th e townships.
The action increased the
board from nine to 12 mem­bers
and saw these persons
elected:
Ar th u r West, Mrs. Rhoda
Buckwalter, Miss Betty Zwal-ly,
John Steffy, Vernon Ranck
and Mrs. Betty Sheaffer.
H a rry R eg en n as, v e te ra n local oand y n iak e r, re a d s a
c h a p te r from th e book “ Vanishing C ra fts And ■'Their C ra fts ­m
a n ” , which (hulls with his u n iq u e vocation. Relow a re some
of th o se delicious Reg en n as su ck ers. The- book, w ritte n by
RoIIin C. S ieinmeiitz a n d C h arles S. Rice, devotes a c h a p te r
to R eg en n as who is still active in th e b u sin ess. I t was, p u b lish ­ed
b y R u tg e rs U n iv ersity P re ss.
Seek Public Opinion
On Changing Lights
Borough Council Tuesday
night sought public opinion
on whe the r it should change
the present s tre e t lighting
until next
month a vote on a plan sub­mitted
by Pennsylvania Power
and Light Co.
Council Pres ident - Russell
L. Templeton said “ the few
people who have talked to
me about it don’t want them
(present light s tan d a rd s )
changed.”
P. P. & L. had presented a
plan for new lights to coun­cil
a t a special meeting last
Mrs. Mildred Meiskey, L ititz Community Nurse, a service
su p p o rte d by th e Community Chest, sta n d s beside h e r a u to
p rio r to m a k in g h e r m o rn in g calls. Mrs. Meiskey h a s been
Community Nurse since 11152,
Lutherans
Plan Home
Fund Visits
A six-week building fund
p r o g r a m , “ B u i l d i n g for
Chris t,” is now underway in
St. P a u l ’s Lu th e ra n Church,
for the purpose of raising
funds for the construction of
a new Chris tian Education
Unit on West Orange Street.
The preliminary es timate of
the cost of the 3-wing unit
is $345,000.
The Venture Goal of the
drive which began on Sept.
1st is $18,000. The high
point of the program will take
place on Sunday, October
11th, “Dedication Sunday,”
when rqore th an 150 men of
the church will conduct a vis­itation
in the homes of the
congregation. Advance visi­tation
is already underway.
The fund drive is being
u nde r taken under the direc­tion
of Charles S. Stief of the
Lu th e ra n Laymen’s Movement
for Stewardship of the United
Lu th e ra n Church of America.
Last year, the congregation
authorized the purchase of an
[ 8-acre tr a c t on West Orange
Street, opposite the Athletic
j Field, as the site for the
proposed building. Prelimin-j
ary a rch i te c t’s plans and es­timates
have been apporved by
th e congregation.
The building is designed for
an attendance of 900 plus, the
anticipated a ttendance in ten
years. It will be of modern,
split-level construction. Ade­quate
classroom space will be
jprovided for the needs of the
I growing church school. Also
included in the unit is a
church social hall, as well as
j space for church offices and
scout activities.
j Serving as members of the
Building Fu n d General Com­mittee
are: Wa rren G. Diehm,
General Chairman; Edwin A.
Hess, Advance Visits Chair­man;
R. William Spacht., Aud­it
Chairman; Mrs. Charles W.
| Eshelman, Chief Hostess; Mrs.
Wayne O. Schreiber, Dinner
Arrangements ; Albert S. Eb-bert,
Organization Chairman;
E. Austin Hess, Jr ., Proposal
Chairman; and Homer E.
Martin, Jr ., Publicity Chair­man.
month. The company told
council it will have to replace
its unde rground lines because
of the Main Street work, and
felt -ft -wotrhMjr~tnr^)Trimrrfttft!'
time to update the b o rough’s
lighting system. The new
system would put Lititz on ’ a
different ra te schedule, in­creasing
ra te s about $2 6
monthly.
Councilman Wallace E.
Lausch said “ everyone I ta lk
to about moving the light
s tandards, they shudder.
They’ve been here so long..”
Councilman Roy S. Reiden-baugh
said he felt “ you have
to travel far and wide to find
a more a ttra c tive lighting sys­tem
in keeping with the mode
of the town.” He felt “ it
would be out of order to re ­move
the type of lighting sys­tem
th a t lends itself to the
town and community.”
He said his opinion wa sn’t
affected by the cost and rate
factor. , .
Post 56 Ladies »
Open Meeting
Season Monday
The regular meeting of the
La-dies Auxiliary of the Ameri­can
Legion will be held on Mon­day,
Oct. 5 a t 8:00 p.m. in the
Legion Home, according to
Mrs. Betty McKonly, president.
Mrs. Sidney Brenner of Lan­caster
will speak on the United
Campaign and Lynn Bell will
show slides on the same.
Sara Ami-don, who represent- _ __
ed the Auxiliary a t Keystone Hershey" 127
Camp this summer, will tell of
her experiences there.
Every memberis urged to
attend.
Undergoes Surgery
J . 11. Ile rr. ju s tic e of th e
peace a n d se c re ta ry of th e
Warwick School Board, u n d e r­went
m a jo r h e a rt su rg e ry in
Un iv ersity of Pen n sy lv an ia
Ho sp ital, P h ila d e lp h ia , Mon­day.
His con d itio n y esterd ay
was re p o rte d fa ir.
Borough Hears
Appeals On Rule
For Sidewalks
Borough council reminded
builders of new houses th a t
they mus t construct sidewalks
immediately.
Council had two visitors in
regard to sidewalks on Tues­day,
e^s the borough pushed for
completion of its sidewalk pro­ject.
One, Ammon H. Shelly,
told council he was under the
Impression he d id n ’t have to
build a sidewalk immediately.
CojAilctl ?ai<l its rule was th a t
people who already had homes
built were allowed two years,
or until Ju n e of 1960, to lay
sidewalk.
Shelly reques ted an extension
but was told th a t his was the
four th reques t for an extension
and the other thre e were tu r n ­ed
down and th a t his too was
denied.
Dr. Byron K. Horne of Lin­den
Hall also appeared before
cuncil and said' he feared the
laying of some 2,000 feet of
sidewalk along the college cam­pus
might not get done within
the deadline-. He said he was
having difficulty getting con­tractors.
He said the job will require
a large amo u n t of fill and he
was he s itant about laying con­crete
without allowing proper
time for the ground to settle.
Council informed him of the
procedure it would take if the
sidewalk isn’t in by the d e ad ­line
and Dr. Horne said the
college would endeavor to get
the job completed.
Chairmen Named
For Two Boards
Chairmen of two commis­sions,
created by the passage
of the borough’s zoning or­dinance,
have been named,
borough council was informed
Tuesday.
Leon de Fernelmont, 109
E. Third Ave., has been named
Chairman of the Zoning Board
of AdjustmSnt and Abram R.
E. Main St., was
named Chairman of the Board
of Historical Review.
Following a three-year
transition period to allow pres­ent
members to finish out
their terms, six members will
be elected from the town­ships
and six members from
the borough. Four of the
members must be women.
The tentative budget of
$15,816 was approved; $2,700
for the Community Nurse;
$300 for the library, $4,500
for the recreation center and
$8,316 for the county’s red
feather agencies.
Volunteer workers are now
seeking to meet th a t quota
through various solicitations.
The drive ends October 15.
Police File
Charges In
3 Accidents
Borough Police investigated
three accidents which resulted
in the prosecution of three
drivers over the weekend,
Chief Lloyd J. Hoffman said.
Roy Gingrich, 344 E. Main
St., was charged with failure
to stop a t the scene of an ac­cident
a f te r an automobile he
was driving allegedly s truck
a parked car in the 100- block
of N. Cedar Street about 5:30
p.m. Saturday.
Police said Gingrich wa.s
headed south and s truck an
auto owned by Richard F.
Weitzel, 141 N. Cedar St.
Weitzel is serving with the
U. S. Consulate in Malaya, and
keeps the car a t his home.
Damage was slight and Ging­rich
will be summoned for a
hearing before Jus tice of the
Peace Paul F. Diehm.
Two C a r C rash -
Floyd J. Hoffman, 510 E.
Fro n t St., no relation to Chief
Hoffman, was charged with
reckless driving a fte r a two-car
accident a t Wate r and
Fro n t Streets a t 12:30 a.m.
Sunday.
Police said Hoffman s t ruck
the re a r of an automobile
driven west on F ro n t Street
by La r ry B. Howard, 19 E.
Main St. Damage to ea^h car
was estimated a t $500.
Brenda Ann Gibbs, 512
P a rk Drive, Lebanon, was
charged with reckless driving
a fte r a three-car accident on
South Broad Street Saturday.
Police said she was headed
south on Broad Stre e t-a n d as
she came onto the rough
pavement in the north e r d of
the town, applied her breaks
and skidded 90 feet, striking
two cars.
One vehicle was driven by
Jo h n Denlinger, Lancaster R4
and the other was parked,
owned by Wayne Cochrane,
Willow Street RD. Total
damage was estimated a t
$325.
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FA REW ELL PARTY
FOR REV. DIETRICH
The Ministerial Association
of Lititz held a farewell dinner
lor the Rev. and Mrs. Glenn
Dietrich at the General Sutter
Hotel on Tuesday.
The Rev. Mr. Dietrich who
served the E.U.B. Church at
Brunnerville has been tr a n s ­ferred
to Halifax, Pa. He as­sumed
his new duties on Sun­day,
Sept. 27th.
Korean Veteran Bonus
Forms Supply At Legion
American Legion Pos t Com­mander
Paul B. Spickler of
Post 5 6 announced official ad ­vice
and assistance is avail­able
at the Post '’ome, 109
Nortl) Broad Stree't, to all
veterans of the Korean Con­flict
applying for the ir bonus.
“We have plenty of ap­plications,”
he ,said. “ F o r ­warded
direct from the Capitol
in Harrisburg, the forms can
be filled out and mailed back
to the State Bonus Bureau
within a few minutes if the
veteran has with him, the
necessary information concern­ing
honorable discharge or
separation papers .”
American Legion Officers
have been studying the entire
program for months.
Commander Robert Hevener
of Veterans of Foreign Wars
Post 1463, said the applica­tion
forms are also available
there. He said post service
officer Howard Dissinger
would aid persons in filling
them out.
Commander Spickler urged
Korean Veterans to come to
the Post Home Friday evening
October 2nd from 7 to 9 p.m.
for the application and for
any assistance he may need in
filling out the forms so tha t
he may be one of the first to
receive his check from the
State.
“The program set up by the
State Bonus Bu re au ,” he add­ed,
is on a ‘first come, first
served’ basis. The American
Legion has pledged its mem­bers
th a t there will he no
delay on our part, and th a t
we will do everything we can
to speed up filing and com­pleting
the job until the
veteran has his check.”
The legion commander said
several post members have
been trained to help the Kor­ean
veterans fill out their ap­plications
to Avoid ommissions
or errors. A notary public
will be available to notarize
applications. The service is
free to everyone who will ap­ply
for assistance.