Lititz Record Express

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(Consolidated with The L ititz Record, 1937) Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa., Thursday, December 31, 1959 7 cents a Copy; $3.00 per year by mall
within T.ane*st«r County; ®3;50 elsewhere. No. 37
Center Lone Bidder On Pretzel Co. Property
/959 Goes Down
As Year Of Pool
Wh a t kind of a year was it in Lititz?
A year like all years , perhaps ; a year punctuated with
plans and promises, a y e a r tainted by the tragedy of untimely
d e a th and a year probably most accurately measured by the
realities of things accomplished.
So fa r as the Lititz a rea was concerned the realities
ranged from the imposition of a one per cent wage tax by the
school dis trict to the ena c tment of a Zoning Ordinance by the
borough, and embraced in the interim a decision to go in with
a $410,000 water improvements program, repairs to the
borough building, rebuilding of a portion of Fro n t Street, and
the reactivation of the Lititz Chamber of Commerce which
has taken a new and active interes t in local affairs.
. I t is with the promises, however, where, if one were to
be selecting the event which held the most interes t to local
f 'Is, th a t it would be found. That, of course, was the public
s .^anming pool issue which held sway th ro u g h o u t practically
the entire year.
The ye a r 1959 must, also go down as one in which
citizens were saddened by the unexpected d e a th of head foot­ball
coach Bernie Rider and of a leading church and business­man,
Henry B. Gibbel as well as a favorite teacher and friend
of local teenagers, Rich a rd C. Gaus.
Unfortunate, too, was the football injury to high school
senior Spencer “ Skip” Kopp, an incident, which combined
with the d e a th of Coach Rider cast a pall over a football sea­son
of seven successes and th re e defeats for Warwick High
School. ,
With the gloom of tr ag ed y also came th e plans for new
accomplishments during the new year. Lititz is on the verge
of a new Rev. I. W. Bolbst Recreation Center, a memorial to
the late Lu th e ra n pastoir being financed principally by his
son, indus trialis t Elmer H. Bobst.
Lititz also looks fo rwa rd to having the first S ta te Fish
Commission in this a rea in its back yard; tentatively planned
for Z a r tma n ’s mill. In addition local churches completed the
res toration of one lan dma rk , Moravian Church, and planned
for the expansion of Chris tian Education a s St. P a u l ’s L u th ­e
ran Church and the Lititz Church of th e Bre th ren announced
building plans.
Also on the agenda for 1960 is the rebuilding of Main
Street an d the s ta r t of a n overall wa te r improvements program
by the borough; an addition to John Beck Elementa ry School
a t Brunnerville, a new borough lockup and, most likely, an ­oth
e r round of discussion on a swimming pool.
With the coming of th e New Year two ve terans of the
borough’s governmental woes will have, gone into retirement.
They a re Council Pre s ident Russell L. Templeton, Council­man
Harry F. Ruley and both of whom declined fu r th e r terms
in office a f te r years of sincere and dedicated service.
And so it seems a» the old year rolls to a close th a t
although all things seemed new a t th e time of occurrence, they
were in contrast really old things; the difference being only
th a t they happened to d i f fe re n t people or in a d if fe ren t man ­ner,
th a n k s to time and circumstance.
Next week we’ll pulblish the chronology of events taken
from th e weeklp issues o f the Record-Express.
Forney Appeals
Court Decision
In Road Case
Benjamin G. Forney, IRoths-ville
cattle deale r and co n tra c ­tor,
ha« appealed to th e Su­preme
Court of Penna., a deci­sion
which awarded Lititz Boro
over $900 in road d amag e s in
Lancas ter County Court.
The borough vs Fo rn ey suit
involves paving of Fo rn ey Dr.
^ % State Superior Cour t has
s.*ted a hearing on the legal
aspects of the local t r ia l for
the week of March 21, 1960.
The appeal deals with legal
points raised d uring th e tr ial
here. The Superior Cour t can
either ord e r a new t r ia l for
Fo rn e y or uphold the decision
handed down by the county
court.
Forney built the street which
the borough claimed d id n ’t
measure up to specifications.
The borough then reb u i lt the
s t re e t and sought to collect
from Forney. A Board of Arbi­tra
tion found in favor of F o r ­ney.
The borough appealed this
decision and the court found in
favor of the borough, precipat-ing
Fo rn ey ’s appeal to Superior
Court.
Bird Count Slated
For This Sunday
yhe annual Chris tmas bird
b\*tnt scheduled for la s t Sun­day
was postponed by fog and
will be conducted this Sunday,
Barton L. Sharp announced.
Persons wishing to a s s is t in
the count should re p o r t to
Broad Street and Lincoln Ave­nue
a t 7:30 a.m. Sunday. This
is the 4 8 th year Lititz Bird
Club has assisted in the coun­ty.
Sharp said the count will be
tak en Sunday, rain or shine,
since it will be the la s t day
th e National Audubon Society
will accept for field counts.
Rader, Siddell
Get Wilbur Co.
50-Year Awards
Two veteran Wilbur Choco­late
Co. employes were given
$250 service awa rds by the
firm a t the annua l Christmas
party.
Receiving the cash awards
were Jo h n Siddell, as s istant
sales manager, an d wrapping
dep a r tmen t foreman Arlie B.
Rader, 23 E. Center St. Wilbur
pres ident Warren Newcomer
prseented them with a $5 bill
for each of the ir 50 years of
service. Siddell joined the firm
in May of 1909 and Rade r in
Augus t of the same year.
Five othe r service awards of
a wristwatch went to workers
who completed 25 years of
service, receiving those were
Fred T. Haggerty, 313 E. Main
St.; Howard M. Neideigh, 30
W. Marion St.; Benjamin Nei­deigh,
318 S. Cedar St.; Fred
D. Pfautz, 215 Noble St., and
George Ruhl, Lititz RD, and
Mrs. Cora Ritz, Lititz.
Borough Accepting
Guard Applications
Lititz Borough is accepting
applications for the position
of Woman Crossing Guard.
Borough Manager David J.
Bauer said Mrs. Geraldine
Rineer has resigned as a wom­an
crossing guard because she
will be moving to Lancaster.
Applications can be picked up
a t the borough office.
ELMER MATHERS IS
HOME FROM HOSPITAL
Elme r Mathers, veteran E.
Orange Street barber, who suff­ered
a hip f ra c tu re in a fall, re­tu
rn e d home from the hospital
Dec. 23. He is confined to bed
except for periods of time he
spends on a wheelchair.
He was injured when he slip­ped
and fell on some ice.
Taxes Up
To New
Council
Three New Members
To Be Inducted
On Monday
Three new members will be
be sworn into Lititz Borough
Council seats Monday, and \v l l
be faced with the problem of
setting a tax ra te for the
borough for 1960.
Slated to be inducted a t
the reorganizational meeting
of council a re D .Curtis Ami-don,
C. Wendell Hower and
Robert E. Aument. They
succeed Council Pres ident
Russell L. Templeton and
Councilmen Ha r ry F. Ruley
and Wallace E. Lausch.
Templeton steps down a f te r
eight years on Council, four as
president. Ruley has served
six years and Lausch served a
year of a te rm to which John
R. Helter was elected but re ­signed
due to business.
Holdover councilmen are
Roy S. Reidenbaugh and
W. Roy Enck, with the la t­ter
looming as the next oc­cupant
of the president's
cliair.
One of the new council’s
first posers will be the b ud­get
for 1960, The outgoing
council has met on a budget
but a s . yet no tenta tive mill-age
or per capita tax rates
have been set.
A brief discussion on mill-age
and per capita taxes was
held d u r in g Tuesday’s meet­ing
which indicated th a t coun­cilmen
had given some
th o u g h t to th e possibility of
picking up $5 of the per capita
tax which the school dis trict
dropped upon ena c tment of
the wage tax.
Tho miliage rate for Lit­itz
is 14 mills. Council, by
law, could raise this to 20
mills.
Due to the unexpected re ­placement
of the Main Street
water mains council finished
the year by borrowing $30,-
a bond issue for financing a
$410,000 water improvements
program in 1960.
Council has a meeting with
bond counsel set for J an . 13
in regard to the wa te r pro­ject.
Your Wage
Tax Number
Coming Up
Your n umbe r will be coming
up this month with the Lancas­te
r County Tax Collection
Bureau, which will collect the
one per cent wage tax levied
by the Warwick Union School
District.
The number will be contain­ed
on a wage tax .re turn form
as a means o f . making sure
everyone files and everyone
pays what he owes.
A special census conducted
by the school dis trict has a t ­tempted
to list all residents
over the age of sixteen. From
this list the LCTCB will mail
out the r e tu rn forms. If, by
chance, you have been missed
and do not receive a form in
time to file a r e tu rn by April
15, 1960, you should notify
the bureau a t 230 Eas t Orange
Street, Lancaster.
Forms will lx- mailed out
the last w<M*k in this month
and eover taxable income
from July 6 through Decem­ber
31, 105!). The tax returns
will be in duplicate. One copy
is sent to the bureau and the
other is kept for personal re­records.
Each tax r e tu rn form bears
a serial number in the upper
r ight corner. This is th e indivi­d
u a l ’s tax r e tu rn number for
the taxable year 1959 and the
bureau keeps duplicate copies
of these number s in the ir files.
After April 15, 1960, when
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NO.59- 120733 This is your Account Number, for
1959 Tox. Please use it in correspondence.
LCTCB o
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LANCASTER COUNTY TAX COLLECTION BUREAU
230 EAST ORANGE ST., LANCASTER, PENNA.
INDIVIDUAI RETURN FOR LANCASTER COUNTY EARNED INCOME TAX from JULY 6 to DEC 31 1959
I S I S RETURN MUST RE FILED WITH THIS «UREAU I IT W E IN JAN. 1 -ARR. 15,1960 EVEN IF N O TAX IS TO RE PAID OR IF A lT h A P R IEN WITHHELD RY EMPLOYER/S
A L.stJTeiir Wages, Salone». Commissions, and Bonuses Received Between July Ó
Employer's Nome ond Addrets (Attqch on Additional Sheet, if M o re Spoce i
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Required)
Dec. 31, 1959
Tot. Gross Eornings Received
from July 6 Thru Dec. 31,1959,
Total Lancaster County
Earned Income Tox Withheld,
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strict between July 6 • Dec. 31, 1959 or if you moved into o Lancaster
County School District after July 6, 1959. “indicate below the names of the
School Districts you lived in and the number of months in eoch.
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of Months
FOR TA>
S.D. Code
BUREA
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SANTA CLAUS, COURTESY OF THE JAYCEES
Santa < ians came to 18 deserving ehil-dren
in the Warwick area, courtesy of the
Lititz Junior Chamber of Commerce this
year. JayCees took the children, gave each
o f them a 85 bill and went on a shopping
trip to ¡ocal stores. Here .TayCee cTiaperone
Klsvood Haim is shown with two of the chil­dren
at the western Auto Store on December
23.
Three Seek Zoning
OK’s, One Volunteer
Three appeals a re scheduled
to be heard by the Zoning
Board of Adjus tments next
Tuesday, including one case
in which a res ident vo lu n ta r ­ily
gave up a building permit
in order to have the board
: rule »>
Voluntarily s u r r e n d e r i n g
the permit was Mrs. Thomas
Swan, Lititz R l , who wants to
open a drapery sewing shop
and build an a p a r tme n t a t 144
S. Broad Street. She had pre­viously
been issued a building
permit. Borough Manager
David J. Bauer, who also
serves as building inspector,
issued th e permit because the
Zoning Code permits custom­ary
home occupations, provid­ing
no more th a n one person
is employed, in the zoned a re a
Collect Trees
For Disposal
Tuesday, Jan. 5
The Lititz. Jaycees will
again collect , the b o rough’s
Chris tmas trees this year on
Tuesday, J a n u a ry 5.
Everyone is urged to place
the ir tree and greens on the
curb so th a t they may be pick­ed
up th a t evening. They
will be burned la te r th a t night
with th e help of the volunteer
firemen.
The public is invited. J a y ­cees
a re asked to repor t to the
are a near the pumping station
by 7 p.m.
This project is performed
as a public service to cut down
on the possibility of fires in
the home due to dried out
trees and on observance of the
old-fashioned Twe l tj^ -n ig h t
ceremony.
Mom’s The Word
For Visitor To
Council Session
Mrs. Er la Templeton, wife
of outgoing borough council
pres ident Russell L. Temple­ton,
finally made it Tuesday
night.
He r husband has spent
eight years on council, the
Ihst four in the p re s ident’s
chair b u t she had never a t ­tended
a meeting. She was
present Tuesday, the last meet­ing
a t which Templeton will
preside since new councilmen
take over on Monday, Jan.
4.
Mrs. Templeton, however,
d id n ’t display the he a r t for
it in keeping with the family
tradition. After an hour and
20 minutes she decided sh e ’d
had enough.
Her d ep a r tu re caused Coun­cilman
Roy S. Reidenbaugh to
comment th a t it was the first
time in his m em o ry th a t co u n ­cil
had a visitor who was not
asked by the pres ident wh e th ­er
they had anything to say.
Templeton replied “ I was
afraid she mig h t.’’
in question.
Discussion of Mrs. Swan’s
permit came up a t a meeting
of the Chamber of Commerce,
the Planning Commission and
the Zoning Board of Adjus t­ments
and was explained at
cussion by the Zoning Board
suited in the group deciding
of Adjus tments however, re-
Bauer had erred in issuing
the permit.
Tho board feels the def­inition
of customary home
occupations should bo set
by them and not by the
building Inspector. Mrs.
Swan was contacted, tho sit­uation
explained to her, and
she voluntarily gave up the
permit in order to have the
board rule on it. Her case
w ill be heard Tuesday at
7 :5 0 p.m.
Other cases coming up in­clude
appeals from W. Clyde
Hendricks, 318 S. Spruce St.,
and James Snavely, 225 N.
Broad St.
Hendricks was denied a
building permit for cons truc­tion
of anothe r greenhouse be­cause
his business is in an
are a zoned residential. The
greenhouse would be the ap­proximate
size of other Hen­dr
icks ’ greenhouses. Snavely
was denied a permit to enclose
the bottom of the auction
building a t the re a r of 22 5 N.
Broad Street.
He wants to enclose it so
the property can be used for
storage of building materials.
Hendricks case will be heard
a t 7:30 p.m. and- Snavely's a t
8:10 p.m. Normal procedure
for the Board of Zoning Ad­jus
tments , consisting of Leon
deFernelmont, Wallace A.
Hofferth and Russell J. E.
Markert, is to take the cases
under advisement and issue a
decision a week a f te r hearing
the appeals.
The cases a re the 7th, 8th
and 9th to come before the
board since the Zoning Or­dinance
went into effect.
Status Quo On
Street Lights
Boro Decides
Lititz Borough • Council
unanimously rejected Tuesday
a proposal by the Pennsylvania
Power and Light Co. for p a r ­tial
modernization of street
lighting.
P.P.&L made the proposal
hw a u s e it will have to lower
tiriderground conduits on TO.
Main Street for the rebuilding
of the s tre e t by the State. A
decision on it had been pend­ing
since September.
The proposal would have
affected Main Street from Lo­cust
to Spruce; Broad Street
from Marion to Market and
Orange Street from Cedar to
the high school. I t wtSuld have
provided b r ighte r lights hut
would have done away with
the downtown a rea boulevard
type lights with unde rground
conduits in favor of wood pole,
overhead lighting.
An increased cost of $26.90
monthly would also have been
felt on the borough’s electric
bill.
Center Expands
Pre-School Age
Program A Day
The Lititz Recreation Center
is expanding i t ’s pre-school
program to two more days per
week.
The days a re Wednesday and
Friday mornings, 9:00 a.m.
to 11:30 a.m.
This program is for children
3 Vz to 5 years of age. Classes
will begin J a n u a ry 12. There
is an opening for 12 boys and
girls.. If anyone is interested
in regis ter ing th e i r child they
should contact Mrs. William
Bell a t MA 6-7383 or the Re­creation
Center a t MA 6-5096.
Tlie Nursery School has 45
children enrolled in two class­es
on Tuesday and Thursday
and one on Wednesay and
Friay. Mrs. Nancy Kraybill will
be the certified ins truc tor of
the new class.
Letter Questions Code;
Is Answered By Borough
A Lititz res ident has written
to borough council and the
zoning board protesting excep­tions
made to the code while
he was denied a building per­mit.
The res ident is M H. Bru ­baker,
veteran local high school
teacher, who made the letter
sent to the borough government
public. His letter follows:
Dear Sirs,
We want to thank you and
council for your time and con­sideration
of our reques t for a
building permit.
I u n de r s tand the borough
does not wish to make any ex­ception
to the code ruling. A
councilman has s tated th a t they
have made mistakes in the
past and do not wish to make
any similar errors in the future.
We a re willing and happy
(Continued on Page 6)
This is the reply to a letter
written by M. H. Brubkaer,
237 S. Cedar St., wihich Lititz
Borough Council authorized
Borough Manager David J.
Bauer to dra f t.
Dear Mr. Brubaker:
As an a ttemp t to answer the
points raised in your letter of
1 2 /8 /5 9 let me make the fol­lowing
comments:
1. The permit in November
was to build a house on a
vacant lot a t 432 S. Cedar St.
This lot has existed as separate
lot with a separate deed since
prior to 19 42. This lot has a 6 0
foot front and a 14 6 foot depth
or an a rea of 8 7 60 square feet.
The only obstacle in the way
of using this lot as a building
lot was the recently enacted
Zoning Ordinance. Section 101
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Court Must Confirm
Bid of $4,500 For
New Building Site
U. S. Eastern District
Court Must Approve
Bankruptcy Sale
A bid of $4,500 by the Lit­itz
Community Center was the
only one received Tuesday a t
a bankruptcy auction of the
building of the former Lititz
Springs Pretzel Co.
No othe r bids were made
when they were called for at
i sale ordered by the Trustee
in Bankruptcy. Atty. Menno
B. Rohrer, representing the
center, had entered the bid.
Because of légal technical­ities
the sale wa sn’t immed­iately
confirmed. Under bank-
•uptey laws the sale is sub-iect
to confirmation of the
U. S. District Court for the
Eas tern District of Pennsyl­vania.
The Trus tee in Bank­ruptcy
makes a r e tu rn of th e
3alo to the Referee in Bank­ruptcy,
Russell L. Hiller, at
which time the sale is con­sidered
for confirmation by
the court.
The prctzlc c om p a n y
building i$ the final Ob­stacle
in the path of the
center’s board o f directors
ill procuring a site for a
proposed new Rev. I. W.
Bobst Recreation Center, a
memorial to the father of
PrayerWeek
Services On
January 6
The Warwick District Asso­ciation
of Churches will observe
the Universal Week of Praye r
with two community services
on Wednesday, J an u a ry 6 at
2:00 P.M. and 7:30 P.M. in
the Trinity Evangelical Con­gregational
Church, Orange and
Cedar Streets.
The speaker for the day will
be the Rev. K. Maurer, Dean of
the Evangleieal Congregational
School of Theology, Myerstown,
Pa. Dr. Maurer is also the
Profes sor of .Church History in
the School and the chairman of
the Evangelism Committee of
the General Conference of his
denomination.
Previous to his position as
an educator Dr. Maurer was a
Dr. K. R. Maurer
successful pastor in Allentown
and Frackville.
The afternoon service will
be in charge of the host pas­tor,
Rev. James K. Rapp and
Dr. Maurer will speak on the
theme, “ Praye r—Our F i r s t Line
of Defense.”
In the evening service Dr.
Maurer will preach on the sub­ject,
“The Value of Prayer
in this Atomic Age.” This ser-.
vice will be conducted by the
Rev. .Olden Mitchell, Pa s tor of
the Church of the Brethren.
Rev. Marlin Schaffstall, assis­ta
n t pastor of the Moravian
Church, will lead the devo­tions.
The Senior Choir of the
host church under the direction
of Mr. Ha rry Neidermyer will
provide special music. Ushers
will be selected from the p a rti­cipating
congregations.
This program was arranged
by the combined Men and
Women’s Departments of the
Association of Churches. The
public is cordially invited to
attend.
SATURDAY RANKING
HOURS JANUARY 2
Lititz banks will be closed
New Ye a r ’s Day but will be
open Saturday morning, J a n ­uary
2.
In a joint announcement
Pres idents H. H. Diehm and
Paul H. Bomberger of the Lititz
Springs and Fa rme r s National
Bank respectively said Saturday
hours will be observed from 8
a.m. until 11 a.m.
industrialist Elmer H. Bob-
Ht.A
ctually the bid by the cen­ter
had been made a t a meet­ing
with the bankruptcy
trus tee several days ago.
When no active- bidders ap­peared
when the real estate
was offered a t public auction,
the center reaffirmed its bid.
The center also holds an of­fer
to purchase the property
of Charles and Norma Brown
for $11,250, which is adjacent
to the bakery and situated be­tween
the bakery and the
present Recreation Center
which was donated to Lititz
by Ralph M. Spacht.
It is on this site th a t the
center proposes to build the
new building. Bobst has said
he will build the center if site
is prepared and it is furnished
by the community.
Only a portion of the b ak­ery
equipment was purchased
a t the sale which apparently
caused little interest, except
for the aspect of the site.
Attending the sale in ad ­dition
to Rohrer were center
directors Warren Beittenmiller
and Richard Allebach and
Recreation Director William
Bell.
Boro Acts
On Rubbish
Collection
Lititz Borough will ente r in­to
an agreement with the Lan­caster
Refuse Authority and
haule r Leon Himmelberger to
insure tra sh collection for resi­dents
, borough council decided
’Tuesday.
The trash collection program
decided upon hinges on the
Lancaster Authority's ability
to secure enough of hauler s
throughout the county to make
tlie program practical.
Council will notify the au ­thority
it will ente r into an
agreement to deposit a t least
three loads of speefied size at
the author ity operated landfill
every week, a t a cost of $19
per load.
The borough will also enter
into an agreement with Him­melberger
and his son, Robert,
who will purchase a receptacle
for trash, build a loading ramp
and insure the operation. Him-
| melberger's trucks will then
continue to collect trash, d e ­posit
it in the large receptacle
Which in tu rn will be picked
up by the landfill group.
Himmelberger, who a t­tended
the meeting w ilh his
son, askerl (lie borough to cut
flu* guarantee! number ot
loads weekly to two. The
lie rough agreed to undi-r-write
any number of loads
less than the three It guaran­teed
the authority.
The borough said it will also
enact an ordinance requiring all
persons picking up tra sh locally
to deposit it in the landfill
container. Since the State De­partment
of Health cracked
down on open dumping, Him­melberger
has been trying to
operate a landfill. However, he
told council, his present d ump ­ing
site will be filled within a
year.
Cost of a receptacle for d e ­positing
trash is estimated at
$3,600. Tlie borough would pay
tlie landfill but collect from
Himmelberger for loads in ex­cess
of three a week.
New Year’s Eve
Services At
Two Churches
Watehnight services will he
held in St. Lu k e ’s United
Church of Christ and the Mora­vian
Church on Thursday even-ihg.
St. Lu k e ’s will begin at
11:15 a.m. and close with Holy
Communion a t 12:00 midnight.
Communion will also be ob­served
on Sunday, Jan. 3rd at
10:45 a.m.
The Moravian Church will
hold a service at 11:15 a.m.
with a message by the Rt. Rev.
Carl J. Helmich and the d raw­ing
of the watchword texts for
1960.
The trombone choir will an ­nounce
the New Year. Holy
Communion will be observed on
Sunday a t 10:30 a.m. and 3:00
p.m.
The Evangelical United Bre­thren
Church a t Brunnerville
will observe Holy Communion
services at 7:30 p.m. with the
Rev. Ralph H. Wolfe, pastor
in charge.