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Groff Scores Actions Of Warwick School Board
Criticizes
Buying
Practices
Says He’s Tired Of
Being Shoved
Around
A vigorous criticism of the
purchasing practices employed
by Warwick Union School au­thorities
— along with the de­claration
that he is “tired of
being shoved around by other
members of the school board”
— was issued this week by-
Warwick Union School Direc­tor
Raymond Groff, of., Roths-ville.
“I am burned up with the
way , they are operating the
school district and I am not
going to be pushed around any­more—
at least not silently,”
Groff asserted shortly after
last week’s regular monthly
meeting of directors.
'His outburst followed close­ly
on the heels of a motion
he presented during the final
minutes of last week’s meeting
when he moved that a rental
charge of $60 per month be
placed on the Spruce Street
dwelling owned by the school
district and occupied By7 Super-
Vising Principal Marlin Spaid.
“What brings this up now?”
Frank Longenecker, another
member of the board, asked.
“Well I think that when we
spend nearly $4,0 0 0 for re­pairs
on a house we shouldn't
even own, that ■ something
should be paid back to the
school dis tr ict ,” Groff assert­ed.
At this point, Director Cly7de
Hendricks seconded the mo­tion.
Despite that the seem-ingly-
innocent but dynamite-packed
motion yvas accorded a
minimum amount of discus­sion,
the school board voted
unanimously7 to approve it,
one of the few motions ever
made by Groff to receive this
reception.
According to Groff, repairs
to the school-owned dwelling
cost from $3,700 to $3,800 and
may run another $200, when
■all ..the bills are in, and in­cluded
'renovating the bath­room
and kitchen.
Work was done by regular
employees of the school dis­trict
and materials used were
purchased as needed without
going through the procedure
of obtaining bids.
“I yvas given to understand
it would not cost nearly as
much as it did and I did not
question the practice of buying-materials
needed as they didn’t
buy more than $100 worth at
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"BURNED UP"
Raymond Groff
Legion
Installs
Officers
Ray N. Burkholder was in­stalled
as commander of the
Garden .Spot Post of the Ameri­can
Legion for the coming
year with District Commander
Albert Lutz officiating at the
ceremony held in the Legion
Club, North Broad Street.
Other officers installed are:
Kenneth C, Mease, first vice
commander; Luther R. Thomp­son,
second vice commander;
W. Roy Enck, adjutant; Harry
F. Ruley, finance officer; Jo n ­as
E. Risser, historian; Oletus
L. Forney, chaplain: Norman
L. Habecker, service officer;
and J . Ear l Walters, sergeant
at arms.
Announcement yvas made
that the local post has receiv­ed
the Child Welfare Citation
from National Headquarters.
District Commander Lutz
announced the appointment of
Ja ck Pontz as a deputy dis­trict
commander, John Lin­ton
announced that entertain­ment
is being obtained tor the
Coatesville Veterans Hospital
■in October.
.Retiring Commander Spick-ler.
announced that the post-had
the I a t g e s t m e rn b e r s h i p
Jn its history7 during the le­gion
year jus t ended.
'riie new ,S!)5 .0 o0 ol'îiee building ol the Wilbur ( hioeohite ( oinpnnv which was
occupied for the first time this week. Record-Express Photo.
Wilbur New Office Building Completed;
Additional Expansion Being Planned
Completion of the new tw o -
s to ry office building on Broad
Street marks the first of a
series of expansions planned
by the Wilbur Chocolate Com­pany
due to expanding- bus­iness,
it yvas disclosed here
this week.
The new office building yvas
being occupied for the first
time this week. ’ Moving day
last Thursday presented a
busy scene as office- personnel
emptied their old desks of
records and paraphernalis and
transferred them to the brand
new office equipment in the
new structure.
Features of the new office
include improved air-condi­tioning-
and lighting facilities
and constitutes one of the
most ultra-modern office
suites in the borough.
Rice & Weidman, of Lan­caster,
yvere the general con­tractors.
In awarding the
contract, Wilbur specified that
as much of the work as pos­sible
must be done by local
labor.
Ira Yeagley did the mason­ry
work, Roy Reidenbaugh the
electrical work, Keath Plan­ning
Mill the millwork and
Long & Bomherger, miscellan­eous
supplies.
Cost of the new office build-
A Small-Town Gets
. . .A Face Liking!
With more opposition to the
planting of trees in the first
block of East Main Street this
week, the plight of the bor­ough’s
tree-planting project
probably will be re-examined
at a meeting of borough coun­cil
Tuesday night.
Borough Manager Dave
Bauer reported yesterday that
over eighty per-cent of the
property owners along the en­tire
length of Eas t Main Street
have expressed favor for the
plan. However this is offset
to some extend by7 ten bus­inessmen
who have expressed
opposition to the plan.
In addition to defending,
their plan, members of the
borough shade tree commis­sion
this week pointed to
strides taken in the improve­ment
of the business section
of Holidaysburg, Pa.
A well-illustrated article in
the Philadelphia Inquirer Sun-
Balrner Overcome
Loading Hay
Overcome while loading hay
on his farm yvest of the bor­ough,
Paul Balmer yvas ad­mitted
to the Lancaster Gen­eral
Hospital last Thursda.v.
Examining physicians reported
he had suffered a cerebral ac­cident.
Despite that he suffered no
signs of paralysis, it was fear ­ed
for a time that lie would
have to undergo surgical t rea t ­ment.
Yesterday, however,
physicians indicated his con­dition
is improving and that
an operation may not be
necessary.
day pointed out that these im­provements,
much similar to
those proposed here, have re­sulted
in better business as
well as a much better looking
town.
The article in part, fol­lows
:
“A small town gets a face
lifting . . . a minor but palp­able
miracle of face-lifting. -
“The patient was Hollidays-burg,
a small town near Penn­sylvania
State University. The
doctor was Dr. Milton S. Os­borne,
head of the University’s
department of architecture.
And the cost yvas surprisingly
small.
“Simplicity, and economy
yvere the key factors in this
operation, aimed at showing
how a small town’s business
center could achieve a bright
new look. “Often,” Dr. Os­borne
explains, “it takes no
more than paint and some
minor changes a shopkeeper
can do himself.” Shutters,
flower boxes, awnings, iron
railings, pleasant old-fashion­ed
signs, gas lights, and mul-lions
yvere the main ingre­dients.
The average expen­diture
yvas less than $250 per
building, and merchants re­ported
an almost immediate
upswing in business.
“In Hollidaysburg, the mod­ernization
program yvas spark­ed
by TV station WFBG of
Altoona, the Chamber of Com-'
merce, and the Peoples Natur­al
Gas Company. Once the
town had started the project,
everyone began sharing the
enthusiasm of Dr. Osborne.
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“Tag” That First Grader
School Officials Advise
Public schools here may not
be opening for another twelve
days but already school offi­cials
are concerned over mak­ing
doubly sure the big batch
of first graders, who will be
reporting for the first time in
their lives, know exactly where
to go.
This week J . Richard Zerby,
elementary supervisor m the
Warwick Union School District,
asked that parents ot the first
graders attending the Elemen­tary
School in the borough, pin
a card containing the child’s
lull name and teacher ’s name
to the front of the child’s
clothing.
This request is made to
speed the assignment of first
grade children to their re­spective
rooms. Fi r s t grade
children, because of fright and
newness of their surroundings,
even forget their names, he ex­plained.
“ Below vou will find a list
of teachers and pupils in the
first grade at the Lititz Build­ing.
Please c lo ck this lie! and
fill out the card while the in-forma
linn n1 ill is fresh in your
mind — and thank you for
your co-operation,” .Mr. Zerby
said.
Teacher — Ruth Frantz
Room 2 5 8
Bender, Joseph R.
Bomberger, Leon W.
Carvel-1, N. H.
Doan, Steven R.
Griffith, R. Michael
Herr, Mark S.
Maliarg, Kerry E.
Miller, Gary L.
Murr, David C.
Ober, Robert
Schoenberger, Dirk D.
Shepherd, Mark
Shuman, David L.
Spence, J . Scott
Weiskner. Paul J ,
Wenger, Alvin
Ammon, Lori K.
Bowman, Doreen K.
Brenner, Kathrvn L.
Bucklev, Carolyn
Eckburg, Susan K.
Gardner, Ruth J .
Hacker, Diane L,
Hoover, Susan ¡VI.
Kray bill, Nancy7 E.
(Crmtinupd on Page 12)
ing was approximately $9 5,-
000.
Space formerly, occupied by
the offices will be used for the
storage of merchandise as it
comes off the dine, but will
only partially fill the need for
more storage space, due to im­proved
business conditions over
the past several years, War ­ren
Newcomer, president of
Wilbur, explained,
“This space is vitally need­ed
and further plans are being
made for further expansion in
the very near future,” Mr.
Newcomer announced.
In the last fiscal year end­ing
April 3 0, Wilbur's volume
of business increased a heal­thy
10 per-cent over and above'
that of the previous year.
. “We have every reason to
believe that a further increase
will continue,” Mr. Newcomer
declared. “Cocoa, beans have
been one commodity in short
supply but prospects for
future production look very
good.
“The price of cocoa beans
is down to a point where de­mand
for more chocolate has
developed and more chocolate
is being used, making pros­pects
for the - industry very
rosey,” Mr. Newcomer added.
-■ In recent conversations- with
company representatives ■ in
Ghana and Nigeria, assurances
of good crops and excellent
working conditions have - been
received, Mr. Newcomer said.
Disturbances which have dis­rupted
business conditions- in
many parts of Africa have not
penetrated the cocoa bean d is ­tricts.
. .
Pony Show Nets
Rec, Center $100
Approximately $100 was
raised for the Lititz Recreation
Center at a pony show in Elm
Sunday. More than 400 attend­ed
the afternoon program
sponsored by Mr. -and Mrs.
w. T. Shively and Mr. and
Mrs. Gary Shotzberger, both of
Elm.
Prizes for 14 events went to
11 youngsters not older than
fourteen. Their ponies were
all less than 5 6 inches high.
The winners and classes were
Robert Snyder, New Provi­dence,
halter; Joann Rothert,
Manheim, lead line; Don Se-bolt,
Lebanon, pony driving;
Je r ry Shinsky J r . , Millersville,
mucisal chair, pole bending
and hoop scramble; James
Arndt,_ Mechanicsburg, horse­manship
and pleasure class;
Bob Gibble, Manheim, crawl
through barrel race, and Butch
Knight, Penryn, egg and
spoon.
Larry Book, Strasburg, won
the soft -drink race and tied
with Jackie Toms, Willow St.,
ill the pony express race. Bob
Hackman, Lititz, won the rib­bon
class, an-d Linda Johnson
Drumore, the trail class.
Jaynecees Hold
Hawaiian Party
The Jayne Gees held, a Ha­waiian
Luan Par ty Saturday
evening at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. John Harmon at
Rothsville. Following- the sup­per
the evening was spent
with -games and ente r tainment -
A group ot Rangerettes pre­sented
a number and surprised
their leader, Mrs. "Lowell
Keath with a birthday gift
winch she greatly appreciated.
Mis. Alary Harmon received
the pi lze lor the best dressed
woman and Albert Vigunas tor
the best -dressed man: El wood
liann won in a Hulu dancing
(mutest. rfhe committee in
charge included, Mrs. Ronald
Aims Mrs Lowell Kenlh Mrs
Paul Ci.untr and Mrs. Richard
Collins.
5 Drivers
Are Nabbed
By Police
Harold Murr Injured
When Struck At
Square
Five motorists, including 2
women -drivers, were prosecut­ed
by borough police here this
week. Two of the -drivers
figured in collisions in which
a pedestrian was injured.
The pedestrian injured was
Harold Murr, WjSst Orange
Street, well-known local junk
dealer, who sustained the f rac ­ture
of his right leg when
struck by a car while walking
across Broad Street at the
Square Thursday night at 8 :4 0
p.m.
Albert H. Markley, of 10
North Broad Street, driver of
the car, was arrested by boro
police on a charge of driving
a motor vehicle while under
the influence of liquor.
Markley was committed to
the Lancaster County Prison
- to await a hearing before
Justice of the Peace Paul F,
Diehm but was released the
following day when bail was
posted.
Following- a collision be­tween
two cars on Juniper
Alley and Broad Street, Susan
Garner, of 234 New Street,
was prosecuted by borough
police on -a charge of follow­ing
another car too closely.
The car struck was driven
by Barbara Lou Hess, of Lititz
R l . Damage to the two ve­hicles
was estimated at $350.
Edward C. Oleskowitz, 3 2,9
Front Street, was prosecuted
before Squire D i e h m on
charges of driving too fast for
conditions and for allegedly
making excessive noise. Alice >
K. Geig, of Manheim R3, was
prosecuted for driving through
a stop sign, at Spruce and-West
Orange Streets.
Rev. Miller
Resigns As
EUB Pastor
Rev. Paul A. Miller Sunday
morning tendered his resigna­tion
as pastor of the Evangel­ical
United Brethren Church,
effective September IS , when
he. will preach his final ser­mon
here.
Rev. Miller gave no reason
for the resignation at this
time but indicated it resulted
from a difference of opinion
regarding church procedures.
The resignation was accepted
by the church board.
Rev. Miller has served here
for a total of 15 years, having-accepted
th pastorate of the
E.U.B. Church in 1945 immed­iately
after returning from
overseas service.
During World War I I, Rev.
Miller was chaplain of the
famous 3 5 4th Fighter Group
which received a presidential
citation for valor.
He was active in the work
of the Ministerial Association
and spent many hours working
among the youth of the com­munity.
Yesterday members
of the borough police force
highly lauded him for his ef­ficient
co-operation in com­batting
juvenile delinquency
“among boys and girls of
every denomination.”
Inasmuch as Rev. Miller
now is on vacation, he will ,
preach from the local pulpit
only two more times, Septem­ber
11 and 18.
Church officials stated that
no successor has been named.
John Whitcraft, lay delegate,
and John Eberly, alternate,
are expected in the near
future to confer with the bis­hop
of conference superinten­dent
of the denomination on
this matter.
Offers Reward
For Arrest
Of Motorist \
A reward of $50 for infor- I
mation leading to the arrest
of the motorist who crashed
into his property oil Raspberry
Alley, was offered this week
by Charles Ivrick, former busi­nessman
and former member
ot borough council.
The incident occurred some
time between 4 a.m. and 4 :3 0
a.ill. last Thursday morning,
Ivrick informed borough police.
The car apparently went out
of control and crashed into
the front of a small frame
dwelling owned by Kriek.
The front ot the dwelling
was damaged. Following the
crash, the motorist jacked up
his ear in order to get if out
ot a cellar window and then
drove off without leaving his
identity. Par t of a ja ck left at
the scene was being studied by
police in an effort to learn
the motorist’s identity. ■
Youthful Quartette Charged
With Long List Of Lootings
A juvenile quartette round­ed
up by borough police this
week were being charged with
a long series of thefts and
robberies ranging from shop­lifting
to looting a sealed
fi-eight car.
The four -boys will be ar­raigned
in county juvenile
court, local police said. They
refused to identify the youth­ful
defendants inasmuch as all
are teen-agers.
The freight car entered was
one on a siding at the local
freight yard which had been
filled with products from the
Lambert Hudnut plant here
and sealed. This is the only of­fense
in which all four of the
youths participated, police
said.
Three of the youths, how­ever,
face a long list of thefts.
These include entering the
basement of Be cke r ’s East End
Grocery store at 4 a.m. one
morning recently and making
Bobby Huber To Tee Off
With The Nation’s Best
By B a rry Kauffman
A- local - boy who has been
playing golf since he was i y 2
years old, will tee off against
the nation’s best junior golf­ers
today in .Massilon, Ohio.
Bobby Huber, eleven-year
old son of Dr. and Mrs. Rob­ert
Huber, Lititz R4, is com­peting
in the National Ban­tam
J r . Tournament for ten
to twelve year olds.
According to his father, the
young golfer got his first
taste of golf when he was
ly 2 years of age. At that
time his grandfather, the late
Carl Huber, had a' putting-green
built at his farm. As
soon as he was old enough to
hold the putter, young Bobby
was oil the green.
Since that time the youngs-
Center Drive
Now Stands
At $13,390,02
A total of $13,390.02 has
been raised to-date in the
Recreation Center Building-
Fund Drive, Herbert Kraybill,
drive chairman announced
yesterday.
With totals nearly complete,
the team captained by Mrs.
J . Lloyd Sheaffer sprang into
the lead with contributions
totaling $1,040, The district
covered by this team is ’South
Broad Street from Third Ave.
to Marion Street and all west.
To -date a total of 6 0 life
memberships also have been
subscribed. These include 5 2
of $50 each, seven at $100
each and one for a donation
of $350.
ter has come along way in the
golfing world. Numerous
titles are already behind the
youngster.
Last week Bobby won the
first annual WIP tournament
by eliminating over 150 young-golfers
from Pennsylvania and
New Jersey. His final 4 2
was three strokes better than
his closest competitor.
As a reward, the youngster
received a trophy, a new set
of clubs and an all-expenses
paid weekend trip to Galen
Hall for his parents.
Bobby’s first actual exper­ience
on the golf course was
six years ago when he was
five years old. At the present
lie averages five or six match­es
a week.
This fall the young golfer
will take a “vacation” front
his busy schedule on the area,
courses, and turn his attention
to his lessons. He will be a
seventh grade student at War ­wick
High School.
Whenever ’ there is any
spare time, Bobby devotes his
attention to reading, swim­ming
and his trombone. He
hopes to be a member of the
Warwick J r . High School
Band this fall.
However, at present there
is little spare time for the
youngster. Today will be the
final 18 holes of the national
tournament, and lie and his
family will return home im-
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JOHN WOHLER
RETURNS HOME
John Mohler, South Cedar
Street, who had been a patient
in the Osteopathic Plospital for
several weeks, returned to
his home Tuesday afternoon.
He will be confined to his
home for at least two more
weeks.
Lititz Area Family Sponsors
Girl Trainee From Germany
Air. and Mrs. Leroy Went-lmg,
Lititz R l , have sponsored
a girl from Germany who came
on Monday to spend” six mouths
with them. Mrs. Wentling,
who makes slip covers will
teach her the art.
Baerbel Kieselbach of Wit-ten-
IIeven, Germany, was one
of forty-one trainees to arrive
at Akron this week-end tor
orientation bv the overseas
Training Program, sponsored
by the Mennomte Central Com­mittee.
Baerbel whose English name
would be Barbara will observe
her twoniy-second birthday nn-niier
sary on Tuesday, Augusr
Jflih, she speaks some English,
has mg studied it four years
m school. Mrs, AYentl.ing re-maike-
d ‘ we get along pretty
well and when we don’t under­stand
each other we both get
our dictionaries.”
The fresh vegetables ot Lan-i
aster Countv seem strange, to
Baerbel, lima beans were new
io her and she doesn’t cave for
corn but she can make a meal
on meat and potatoes.
She spent three years in a
s-clio 01 ol Intiirior Dee orating
and db wor­king
at it but
s 11 p no \ 01 um was new to her.
Ml-. \\ eml-l rn.ii thin k s however
sJie \V.iiJ 1. he ,i hie to 1<crii n ir
ion.
off with a quantity of goods.
Entry to the store was ob­tained
through the use of a key
purchased from another youth
still being sought by borough
police. The youth still not ap­prehended
removed the key
from the door of the store
shortly before closing time,
police claim.
He then had duplicate's of
the key made and was retail­ing
these to other youths at
one dollar each, police further
allege.
At Zartman’s -Store' ( on N.
Broad Street, one of the quar­tette
allegedly tossed a pair of
slacks out an open window
while purchasing ‘another p-air
of slacks, affecting a two-for-the-
price-of-one deal.
At Reedy's store opposite
the post office, the group pur­chased
two transistor radio
sets from money obtained in
other thefts and, at the - same
time, shoplifted two addition­al
sets, police said.
A radio also was removed
from the porch of the home
of Postmaster Richard Rader
on Cherry Street and another
from the home of Robert
Bucli, Cherry Street.
Irvin Smith, local news­paper
dealer, also was the
victim of the theft of money
which one of the group, serving
as a carrier previously had
paid in, police explained.
Police also planned to con­tinue
questioning the quartette
regarding several other thefts
here in recent months.
Linden Hall
Has Capacity
Enrollment
Linden Hall will open the
215th year in September with
a capacity enrollment, how­ever
the Junior . College will
admit only seniors this year
making it possible to admit
twenty five more students in
the Academy.
The buildings are being,
cleaned and many repairs -and
renovations made in prepara­tion
for the opening of school.
Stengel Hall, the building op­posite
the school gymnasium,
has been completely renovated
and will be occupied by the
Junior College seniors. The
parlor in the castle has also
been redone.
There are two changes ill
the faculty and an additional
teacher added. Miss Olga
Swartz will teach organ and
piano, she is from Blooming­ton,
Ind., and graduated from
Oberlin College and received
her Masters degree from the
School of Music at Indiana
University.
Mrs. Richard Goodling is
the additional member of the
faculty who will teach English
and Spanish, she is a graduate
of Gettysburg College, attend»
e-d Middlebury and Indiana
University.
Miss' Sue Legarde will be
the new Riding Mistress, she
is a Linden Hall Academy
graduate and attended Ran-dolph-
Macon.
The Academy students will
register September 11 and -12
and the Junior College on the
18 and 19. The first staff
meeting will he held on Sat­urday,
Sept. 10th with a din­ner
for the s taff and the
Board of Trustees that eve­ning.
Barry Garman
President Of
Youth Group
Bar ry Garman was ■ elected
president of the Youth F e l ­lowship
of the Church of the
Brethren at a meeting held at
the Planning weekend at Koeh­ler
’s cottage at Peach Bottom.
Other officers, elected were,
Ronnie Mitchell, vice-presi­dent;
Pat Hershey, secretary.
The group was accompanied
by their advisors, Robert--and
Lucy Brubaker, and Miss
Verna Weaver.
The new Cabinet members
include, J im Brubaker, Fai th;
Sue Hosier, Outreach; Ruth
Gibbel, Witness; Carol Shenk,
Citizenship; Bob Hollinger,
Fellowship; Sandy Corbett,
Publicity; Sandy Keller, Mem­bership;
and Barbara Cramer,
Photography.
Fifteen young people at­tended
the meeting.
Joseph Gearhart’
Suffers Attack
Suffering an attack early
Monday morning, Joseph Gear­hart,
proprietor of Gearhart’s
tive-an-d-ten cent store on
Broad Street, was admitted to
the Lancaster General Hospi­tal
where his condition re­mained
more or less serious
late' yesterday.
It had not been determined
late yesterday whether he was
suffering- rrom a heart attack.
More cardiographs will he
taken today.