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Boro Faces Mill, $2.50 Per Capita Tax Rise
205 Sign
Up During
Rec Drive
Center Hopes Funds
Will Pay For
Building Site
The Recreation Center men
bershin Drive Co-Chairmei
Mrs. Albert Ebbe r t and Mr:
John Skinner reproled 2 0
memberships were sold las
week.
' The Recreation Center o
fers 110 dif ferent activity
during the year and it
necessary to take out member
ship in order to participate i
these programs.
The Center a t the preset:
time is not going to make -
door-to-door campaign fc-membership,
b u t a drive fc
the Building Fu n d will be
made in the near fu tu re if
sufficient funds are not re ­ceived
to pay for the property
purchased by the Recreation
Center.
If each person in the W a r ­wick
Union School District
would contribute a t leas t $1.00
this goal would be reached, it
was pointed out.
The following places and
d a te ’s have been set so th a t
people may purchase the mem­bership
cards.
Tuesday, J a n u a ry 19 and
Wednesday, Jan. 20 a t the
'arwick High School during
th e lunch periods.
Thursday, J a n u a ry 21, and
Friday, J an u a ry 22 a t th e Lit­itz
Elementa ry School d u r in g
the lunch periods.
Friday, J a n u a ry 22 a t
Rothsville and Jo h n Beck
Schools during the lunch
period,
Friday, Jan, 15 and Friday,
Jan. 29 a t the Warwick High
School Basketball Games.
Friday, Jan. 22: 11 to 2:00
and 5:00 - 7:30 a t the F a rm ­ers
and Lititz Spring Banks.
23 Farm Show
Prizes Won By
Warwick Youth
Twenty three prizes were
captured by the students of
the Home Economics depart­ment
of the Warwick Union
High School a t the annual
F a rm Show held a t Ha r r i sburg
this week.
Thirty-five of the Vocation­al
s tudents and others from
the d epa r tment with their
Wachers, Mrs. Harvey Bissell
nd Mrs. Mas tromatleo a tten d ­ed
the show on Wednesday
by bus. Mrs. Elsie Zug will
go on Friday to bring back
the articles entered.
Among the prize winners
were, Fay Eckman, 5th on a
suit; Roseanna Eberly, 2nd,
long sleeve grey sheath dress;
Lynne Mathers, 5th child’s
dress; Margaret Moore, 1st
red and white child’s dress.
Lamp Shades, Joyce Weber,
1st., Rose Marie Miles, 4th;
Textile Painted Articles, Mary
Buckwalter, 2nd; Oil Painted
Metal Trays, Velma Willis,
2nd., Cindy Weiler, 3rd; Win­te
r Bouquets, Elaine Gorton,
2nd, Virginia Kleinfelter, 4th ,
Nancy Bredthaver, 5th.
Stuffed Animal, Lynn Hol­lingsworth,
6th; Stuffed Dog,
Ba rba ra Deibler, 2nd; Pull
Toy, P a t t i Adams, 1st; Toys
made with cans of spools,
Carole Zink, 1st; Beverly Erb,
2nd; Donna Sensenich, 3rd;
Ba rba ra Elliott, 4th.
REELECTED
Odd Fellows To
Conduct Home
Church Service
Lititz Lodge 1050, lOOF will
make its annual pilgrimage to
the Middletown Home Sunday,
J an u a ry 17 to. take p a r t in
church services at 2:30 p.m.
Participating in the service
will be the 2 2-member Mora­vian
Trombone Choir, directed
by John W. Keehn and vo.cal
choirs from St. L u k e ’s United
Church of Christ and Trinity
E. C. Church.
Rev. Joel Ha r tman, pastor
of St. L u k e ’s, will give the
invocation and sermon and
Raymond O. Pe ttyjohn Jr., will
read .the scripture. The Trom­bone
Choir will give a 15-
minute concert on the lawn of
the home before services.
Special music will be direct­ed
by Ha rry Neidermyer with
Miss Ba rba ra DeVink as or­ganist.
Rev. H a r tm a n ’s se r­mon
topic will be “The Light
of Experience” .
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FARM SHOW WINNER
Paul Brubaker, twelve year
eld son of Mr .and Mrs. Milton
Brubka e r received second prize
on his chunk honey a t the
State F a rm Show a t Ha rrisburg
this week.
II. II. Diehm
H. H. Diehm
Reelected
Bank Pres.
Hiram H. Diehm, 3 2 S.
Broad St., was reelected presi­dent
of the Lititz Springs
National Bank at a reorgan­ization
meeting yesterday.
It is his sixth term as bank
president. He began his
career with the bank as cash­ier
in 1918. Reelected vice-pres
ident was Dr. M. H. Yoder,
who has served as vice-presi­dent
since 19 36.
Both men were also reelect­ed
to the board of directors.
Dr. Yoder has been a member
of the board of directors since
1919.
Other directors who were
reelected include Mahlon H.
Hostetter, Dr. H. K. Cooper,
D. R. Buckwalter and Pau l F.
Diehm. Other bank officers
who were reelected were H.
Leroy Kling, cashier; and
Ralph W. Wie r and John W.
Eberly. as s is tant cashiers.
Boy, 16, Injured
In 2-car Crash
A 16-year-old boy was slight­ly
injured and a drive r prose­cuted
by borough police as a
result of a two-car collision at
Wa te r Streel and North Alley
Saturday, borough police said.
Police said Gary Kissinger,
son of Wayne Kissinger, F re d e ­ricksburg
R l , Lebanon County,
suffered a bump on the head
when an automobile driven by
his fa th e r was s truck by an­th
e r auto driven by Edwin
Sheaffer Jr., 155 E. New St.
. Police charged Sheaffer with
failure to yield the right of
way before Jus tice of the Peace
Paul F. Diehm. Police e s t ima t­ed
total damage in the crash
at $3 0 0. The Kissinger boy was
tr e a ted by Dr. Paul G. Hess.
Pancake Day Set
As Sat., Jan. 23
The annual Lititz Lions Club
pancake day will be observed
Saturday, J an u a ry 23, co-chair­man
Jack Marks and Donald
Steffy said.
Pancakes will be served at
the Lititz fire house from 6
a.m. until 6 p.m. th a t day and
proceeds will go toward Lions
C l u b community projects.
Adults may have all the pan­cakes
they can eat for $1 and
children under 12 may purchase
tickets for 5 0 cents.
Council
In Parley
Over Pool
Closed Session With
Architects Held
Last Night
Borough Council met with
two architects last night to
discuss the cost of a public
pool for Lititz.
The meeting was held with
council sitting as a committee
and thus was not open to the
press.
At the reorganization meet­ing
of council last week, how­ever.,
the thre e new councilmen,
D. Curtis Amidon, C. Wendell
Hower and Robert E. Aument,
presented and passed a motion
to look into the proposal au ­thorized
by voters in 19 5 8.
Their motion carried, by a
3-2 vote with holdover mem­bers
of council, Roy S. Reiden-baugh
and W. Roy Enck voting
agains t opening the pool issue
again.
A meeting was held with
architects Paul W. McCloud
of McCloud and Seatchard
and James Aumaii of Lan­caster,
to discuss pool cost
and construction.
Last year a five-man com­mittee
which was appointed
by borough council to investi­gate
the public pool question,
recommened th a t the borough,
build one on the Buch t r a c t ad­ja
c ent to the park.
The committee es timated the
cost would b e . $125,000 and
claimed th a t its investigation
showed the pool would probab­ly
be self-liquidating.
Borough council rejected the
recommendation. The referen­dum
in 19 58 authorized the
borough to borrow up to $175,-
000 to build a public pool.
Pr io r to the November elec-tin
the thre e new councilmen
bad gone on record as saying
th e i r “ thinking towaid a public
pool for Lititz is favorable.”
Park Loss Set
At $2,000 For
’59 Operation
A maintenance loss of over
$2,000 a t the end of 1959 was
repor ted by the Lititz Springs
P a rk Trustees at Tuesday
n ig h t’s meeting.
Howard Redcay, treasurer ,
said the maintenance loss
amounted to $2,153.56. He ad d ­ed
th a t the -total yearly o pe ra ­ting
expenses amount to $10,-
0 4 6.48 and th a t the only money­making
item sponsored by the
trustees, the July 4 celebration
netted a $2,700 profit last year.
Max Hoas ter was appointed
izi charge of park rentals. Any
organizations desirous of us­ing
the park facilities is to con­tact
Hoaster.
F o u r trus tees were elected
for three year terms. They are,
Elmer Bomberger, St. P a u l ’s
Luthe ran Church ; John Keehn.
Moravian Church; H a r o l d
Swisher, Trinity (Evangelical
Congregational Church; and
.1. M. Leed. delegate-at-large.
Hoaster was appointed for one
year to fill the unexnired term
of Russell IVturr, Evangelical
United Bre thren Church re ­presentative.
Elected for one-year terms
were, J. 1VI. Leed, president;
Elme r Bomberger, vice pres i­dent;
Howard Redcay, secre­tary;
Mrs. John Hershey, t r e a ­surer.
SCENE OF BARN FIRE
J. Shober Barr, Wife
Woman’s Club Speakers
Professor J. Shober Barr,
director of Athletics a t F r a n k ­lin
and Marshall College, will
dc the guest speaker a t the
Lititz Woman ’s Club on Mon­day
evening a t 8; 00 p.m. This
meeting will be held in the
Music Room at Linden Hall
Chapel, Church Square.
Mr. Barr, accompanied by
Mrs. Barr, spent a sabbatical
year in Afghanis tan acting as
advisor to the Minister of E d u ­cation
in the field of Physical
Education. Mr. Barr helped
establish a suitable training
program for future physical
education ins tructors and
traveled th ro u g h o u t the coun­try
in order to initiate and de­velop
his plan,
F ir s t the minis ter had to be
convinced of the p ro g r am’s
value so many weeks were
consumed in prolonged cabinet
meetings before they were able
to begin the ir work.
In traveling the length and
width of Afghanis tan the
B a r r s ’ gained much ins ight in­to
the n a tu re and att itu d e of
(he people bringing back typi­cal
objects and native dress
which Mrs. Barr will show
along pictures tak en by Mr.
Barr.
The trip was sponsored by
the Asia Foundation, a small
private organization located in
San Francisco, and founded
for the purpose of advancing
the social and economic oper-tunities
of the Asian countries.
(Afghanistan is one of the
countries recently visited by
Pres ident Eisenhower on his
trip thro u g h the Middle E a s t) .
The faculty of Linden Hall
and Girl Scout Leaders of the
eighteen Girl Scout Troops of
Lititz sponsored by the Wom­a
n ’s Club, are invited as
special g u e s t s ' to this meet­ing.
Hostesses for the evening-will
be Mrs. Valentine Brobst,
Mrs. .John Hershey, and Mrs.
John Wenger. Mrs. F ra n k
Longenecker will preside at
the business meeting, Mrs.
Scott Carman, program chair­man,
will introduce Prof, and
Mrs. Barr.
Less Revenue, More
Expenses Reflected
In Tenative Budget
The charred timbers in the foreground
and stone foundations a re all that remain of
a 40x00 foot frame barn on tin- \\ aj <.<■
Grube property in Brunnervilie. Fire des­troyed
the barn Sunday, including 800 lath
of tobacco which had been raised by Bru n ­nervilie
firemen to help to pay for the new
Brunnervilie fire house and community
building.
Senior Citizens
To Hear Talk By
Rev, Spanglers
The Rev. and Mrs. Henry
Spangler will be the speakers
a t the regula r monthly meet­ing
of the Senior Citizens to be
held on Thursday, Jan u a ry 21st
a t 7; 30 p.m. at the Community
Center. Mr. and Mrs. Spangler
who served on the mission field
in India will speak on “ India
Today.” The talks will be fol­lowed
by a question and an s ­wer
period.
Mrs. Ha rry Lowe, Mrs. Emma
Seitzinger and Mrs. Mary
Diehm will serve as hostesses
and Mrs. Be rna rd Rider, Mrs.
Raymond Dealer and Mrs. F o r ­bes
Emsweller sponsors.
Visitors and guests are al­ways
welcome a t these- meet­ings.
Long, Hicks
Honored By
Law Group
District Attorney Alfred C.
Alspacli was the main speaker
at the ins tallation banquet of
the Lancaster County Law E n ­forcement
Officers Assn., held
at the Warwick House Tuesday.
Borough Policeman H. Lloyd
Long was presented with an
electric wris twatch and Pa tro l­man
George C. Hicks with a
cuff link and tie bar for their
efforts in organizing the asso­ciation.
Long was also installed for
his second te rm as president
and Hicks as secretary. Vice-pres
ident is Lt. John A. Auman
of the Penna. State Police and
t r e a su re r is Clarence Gingrich
of the Manheim Twp. police.
Ins talled as directors were Sgt.
Philip Gerhard, Penna. State
Police for two years and Mervin
Stekervetz, Conestoga Twp. po­lice,
for three years.
Alspach spoke on law en­forcement.
principles. Also a t ­tending
were Assistant District
Attys. Harold G. Budding,
Clarence I. Newcomer and Wil­son
F. Bucher.
E n te r ta inmen t was provided
by pianist Hyla Jean Neff, solo­ist
Peggy Mundorf and accor­dionist
Judy Ilrcneman. About
100 persons attended.
Tree1 Adult
Dance Feb, 13
At High School
A new 19 60 membership
card to the Recreation Center
will admit Warwick area
adults to a dance scheduled
for Saturday, Feb. 13, at the
high , school cafeteria, the
ad u lt dance committee an ­nounced
yesterday.
Mrs. Ha r r ie t W. Spicer, a
committee member, said ad­mission
will be free to those
showing new membership
cards. Adults who haven’t yet
purchased membership cards
will be able to do so a t the
door. The cost of a member­ship
card is $1.
Members of the dance com­mittee
said the affair was oe-ing
held in an effort to s tim­ulate
adult subscriptions to
the center.
Grube Bam Destroyed,
Firemen Lose Tobacco
A fund-rais ing project to
help pay for Brunne rville ’s
new fire house and community
building, went up in smoke
Sunday night.
Destroyed along with a 4 0
x6 0 foot barn on the Wayne
Grube farm, Brunnervilie, was
a tobacco crop of 800 la th
which firemen had planted,
harves ted and were stripping
for sale.
Proceeds from the crop
would, have been used to help
pay for the new community
ouilding. Also lost was hay,
a corn picker, hay ra k e and
Directory Gives
Last Call For
Listing Names
Businesses and professional
men in the Lititz rura l are a
who wish to be listed in a
directory being published by
the Lititz Jayne Cees should
contact the club by J an u a ry
19, it was announced.
The club, in cooperation
with Supervising Principal G.
Marlin Spaid, is publishing a
directory of businesses, serv­ices
and professional people in
the Warwick area.
The idea for the directory
was Spaid’s who felt it would
be useful to teachers coming
into the district. Jayne Cees
heard of it and made it a club
project.
A listing in the directory
costs $1. Persons who desire
to be listed Hut hav en ’t yet
been contacted should get in
touch with Mrs. Joan Kil-bourne,
40 8 Laurel Ave. or
telephone her a t 1VIA 6-6 39 8.
After J a n u a ry 19 the direc
tory will go to press. It will
be put on sale for a qua r te r
but will be given free to new
residents to the area.
Two Apprehended Sn
Stripping Used Car
Two men, apprehended by
Lancaster city police, have ad
mitted stripping a used car ox
$310 in parts here in Novem
ber.D
etective Robert D. Swab
Jr. of the city police, said
David Leroy Little, nineteen,
Quarryville R l and Richard
Glenn Groff, twenty - one,
Chestnut Level, admitted I a k ­in
g c arburetors and other
equipment from a parked car
os the lot of Leon Hershey,
used cur dealer.
The the f t happened between
Nov. 21 and 23. Borough
Policeman H. Lloyd Long and
George C. Hicks went to Lan ­caster
yesterday to serve war­rants
on the pair.
mower. Grube, a ve teran mem­ber
of the fire company, esti­mated
the loss at $25,000.
Firemen said the blaze was
probably s ta rted by a stove in
the stripping room and spread
th ro u g h o u t the barn, leveling
it to the foundation.
Saved were a tru ck and
farm tractor, which were d r iv ­en
from the farm, a frame
house, garage and chicken
house. The h e a t was so in­tense,
firemen reported, that
windows of a house across the
road were cracked.
The alarm was sounded at
Brunnervilie shortly before 8
p.m. when Mervin H. Keith,
Lititz R l , leaving services a t
the Brunnervilie Evangelical
United Brethren Church, notic­ed
the blaze.
When the Brunnervilie fire­men
arrived they called for
assistance from Lititz, Roths ­ville,
Lincoln, E p h ra ta and
Brickerville.
About 5 0 feet away was the
house occupied on one side by
Mr. and Mrs, James D. Martin
and on the other side by Mr,
and Mrs. Newpher Shirker.
The Shirkers were not a t home
when the barn went up.
Wa te r was obtained from
the new *30,0 0 0 gallon cis tern
under the new Brunnervilie
fire hall, another cis tern on
tiie Chester Eckman farm, a
20,000 gallon cistern on the
nearby Ea rl Laser property.
In addition firemen laid hose
for about a mile to the fire
dam at the southern end of
Brunnervilie.
The giare of the flames was
seen as far away as the Paul
Garman farm, two miles north
of Speedweii. Hundreds of
curious motorists jammed the
roads leading to the property.
Subject To Change At
January Meeting
Of Council
A tens live budget showing
a one-mill increase in prop­erty
taxes and $2.50 in-ciease
in the per capita tax,
ha= been set by Lititz Borough.
The tentative budge will be
on view for any interested
citizens at the borough office
sta'-'-'-'o- today.
Whether or not the mill
and $2.50 increase will be­come
effective depends on
borough council’s January
Tim inc-eases were put into
the tenta tive budget to take
„are ox an anticipated $4,800
drop in parking meter revenue
due to repairs on E. Main
Street and also to underwrite
i State mandate th a t Lititz
build a new jail. This is ex­pected
to cost $5,000.
Also due for replacement
are two pieces of the borough's
vehicular equipment a t an es­timated
cost of $7,000.
Some $2,300 in pay raises
for borough workmen is also
figured is the new budget.
The borough lias raised its
scale for laborers from a
starting rate of $1.17 per
hour to $1.32. Other raises
have been given to borough
employes on a merit basis.
The borough’s financial
s t ruc ture is divided into five
phases. They a re the general
fund, the water fund, the sew­er
fund, highways fund and
police pension fund.
Council anticipates it will
require $131,471 for general
fund expenditures in 19 60.
xhe tenative budget would
oring in $132,650. Wa te r fund
expenditures are estimated as
$7 3,4 94 and anticipated in-
Lititz PTA To
Hear Speakers
On Special Ed
The P a re n t Teachers Associa­tion
will meet on Thursday,
J a n u a ry 21 a t 8:00 p.m. in the
auditorium of the Lititz Eie-menta
ry School Building. Bruce
Wike, vice-president, will pre­side
over the business meeting.
“ Special Services by the
County Office” will fe a tu re the
prdgram. This is th e Office on
Special Education a n d . the re
will be various speakers, each
will tell brieifly about the
special work they do. This
will be followed by a question
a n d answer period.
Mrs. Jeanne Pownall, teacher
of special Education in the
Lititz building, wili speak on
“ Special Cla s s e s ;” Mrs. Ju n e
Ibach, teacher of the Day Care
Center a t Rothsville, “.Day
Care C e n te r ;” Mrs. Mary Alice
Hunter, Coordinator of Special
Services for Lancaster County,
“Hearing Conservation;” Dean
Austin “ Psychological Test­in
g ; ” Mrs, Fay Garman,
“ Speech.”
Refreshments will be served
in the cafeteria a f te r the meet­ing.
Over 100 Attend Fete
Of Rolling Hills Group
Lititz LGH Auxiliary
Makes $400 Donation
Fo u r hun d red dollars was
given to the Lancas ter General
Hospital at the meeting of the
Lititz Auxiliary held on Tues­day
afternoon at the home of
Mrs. Abram B. Beck.
This money will be given to
the linen fund. Mrs. F ran k l in
K. Cassei,, the president, was
in change of the meeting and
Mrs. Barton Sharp prayed the
Auxiliary prayer.
The ladies will sew a t the
hospital on Tuesday, F eb ru a ry
9th. The next meeting will be­held
at the home of Mrs. Paul
Bess on Tuesday, March 8th,
One hundred and twenty
person- tte'ids J the fifteenth
anniversary dinner of the Roll­ing
Hills Neighborhood Girl
Scout group held m the cafe­ter
ia of the Elementary school
on Friday evening. The din­ner
was g n e u by the execu­tive
board and the committee
members m honor of the lead-in--
and assistant leaders.
Missing Persons
Case Is Closed
A missing persons case was
written off by borough police
this week with the return
home of Miss Mary Mastromat-teo,
E. Main Street.
Miss Mastroma Iteo had been
reported missing- from homo
last Thursday after she left
town with Miss Florence May
Fiery, Manheim R3 and a
Robert Ulrich, formerly of
Manheim 113.
Miss Flory re turned home
Friday as did Miss Mastrom-atteo.
The whereabouts of
Ulrich, who reportedly pro­posed
mar riage to Miss Mas-tromatteo,
and who masquer­aded
as movie actor ‘ Richard
Widmark, were unknows.
Ulrich signed his name as
“Richard Widma rk ” in giving-autographs
at the Lambert-
Hudn u t plant. At th a t time
the bona fide Richard Wid­mark
was on the West Coast.
Mrs. John Hershey, dis trict
chairman, presided and Miss
Cathryn Adams, Neighbor­hood
chairman, was in charge
of the business meeting. In­vited
guests included, Mrs.
Nye Hungerford of Ephrata ,
n or the a s t District chairman;
Mrs. Henry Musser, Ht Joy,
pres ident of th e Lancas ter
Girl Scout Council; Mrs.
James Brown, 1st vice-presi­dent
of the Lancaster County
Council; Mrs. George Hicks,
Field director; Miss B. K.
Cannon, as s is tant executive
director; and Mrs. Gordon
Burley who directed the sing­ing.
Mrs. Willy d ePerrot, who
was responsible for the o rgan­ization
of the movement in
Lititz, traced the ‘ his tory of
its growth for the past fifteen
years. Today there are eight
Brownie Troops, nine in t e r ­mediate,
and four senior
Troops, she congratulated
them on this success and hop­ed
for enough fu tu re leaders
to continue this growth.
Mrs. James Yerger will be
chairman of the Cookie sale
to begin J a n u a ry 30th, Mrs.
(Continued on Page 6;
HURT IN FALL
Mrs. Russell Longenecker,
351 F ro n t St., injured her
back in a fall on the ice yes­terday
morning while enroute
to work to the F a rme r s Nation­al
Bank,
come is $73,420. The water
fund showed a $74 balance
for 19 59.
Sewer fund expenditures are
expected to be $1 25,0 0 0 and
income anticipated is $129,-
020. Highway fund expendi­tures
and anticipated revenue
are the same, $9,300 while the
police pension fund revenue
is expected to be $3,9 80 and
expenditures are anticipated at
$2,300.
Although the tentative
budget shows a tax increase,
the general fund revenues
w ill fall below general fund
expend!» ares for last year
which totaled $ 135,080 but
which saw the borough
beiiig forced to borrow $80-
000 to get tiie replacement
of Slain Street water lines
underway.
The boro u g h ’s money needs
do not include any salary for
the borough councilmen. Un­der
the Borough Code the
council could set aside $50
per month for each council
member.
Lititz borough council mem­bers
have traditionally declin­ed
to exercise the right to pay
themselves the $6 00 per year.
UGI Begi
<Tlo3 ¥Lower
Gas Lines
United Gas Improvements
Co. this week began lowering
and replacing lines in tile first
block of E. Main Street.
U.G.I. intends to replace
and lower lines as far as
Wa te r Street. The -lines be­yond
Wa te r Street are believ­ed
to be low esough to remain
in place when Main Streel is
rebuilt by the State.
Meanwhile, the borough
was told Pennsylvania Pow­er
and Light Co. w ill not
begin to lower its " under­ground
conduits on Main
Street until the Sfate De­partment
of Highways be­gins
reconstruction of the
street
No s ta r tin g date for the job
has been set by the state.
xn anothe r phase of she
s tre e t upheaval, the replace-nent
of water lines has been
extended to Willow Street
where the main line is in
place.
Yet . an o th e r construction
job is going on a t Cedar and
Main Streets where the Den­ver
& E p h ra ta Telephone Co.
is lowering its cables.
I t was the State Highways
Department which set off the
chain reaction of lowering-utilities
when it announced
iast July th a t Main Street
will be rebuilt. Since then
the borough has heard nothing
from the state.
Garageman Warns
Of Burglar Trap
The taking of precautionary
steps on the p a r t of property
owners to protect th e i r proper­ties
from int rude r s and v an ­dals,
was strongly endorsed
this week by Chief of Police
Lloyd Hoffman.
The endorsement came a fte r
Chief Hoffman had made an
inspection of a protective sys­tem
installed by J. B. Zartman
at his garage on North Broad
Street, scene of several rob­beries
in recent years.
“The safety devices we have
installed were not put into
use until a fte r Chief Hoffman,
had a chance to inspect th em,”
Zartman explained. “And 1
now serve notice th a t I will
nut be responsible for what­ever
might happen to anyone
attempting- to molest the prop­erty
a f te r working hour s .”
League Elects
Paul Balmer
Paul Balmer was elected
pres ident of the Young Men’s
Business League a t the Meeting
held on Monday evening- a t the
League. Paul Diffenderfer was
elected vice-president, Robert
Merig, tre a su re r and M. C.
Demmy was re-elected secre­tary.
Edwin Stroble, Paul Bal­mer
and Abram Hershey were
elected directors for a term of
three years.
The members will hold an
oysLer supper on Monday, J a n ­uary
18th a t 6:00 p.m., Mr.
Mearig, Mr. Hershey, John
Keller, Roy Long and Edwin
Bear are the entertainment-committee.
WAGAMAN IN HOSPITAL
Charles Wagaman entered
the General Hospital, Lancas­ter,
last Wednesday for ob­servation.