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Shop In L ititi - Stores Open Every N ight Until 9 P.M. T h e L it it z R e c o r d - E x p r e s s Serving The Warwick Union Area For Nearly A Century 84th Year Established. April, 1877, as The Sunbeam (Consolidated with The Idtitz Record, 1937) Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa., Thursday December 8, 1960 7 cents a Copy; $3.00 per year by mail within Xiancaster County; $3.50 elsewhere. 14 Pages No. 34 Zoners Again Refuse Carpet Shop Sign Permit DeFernelmont Admits “Bias” ! THE FIRST SHADE TREE |S wanted! When It Comes To Signs! Despite a division in their own ranks , Lititz zoners served notice Tuesday night th a t nresent zoning regulations and estrictions will he enforced to the le t te r— as long as the ordinance remains on the books! At its meeting, members of the Zoning Board of Appeals again tu rn e d down th e reques t of the Carpet Shop, Broad and Orange Streets, to tr a n s fe r a 16-square foot sign from Orange Street to Broad Street. . Declaring th a t th e ordinance, a s he read it, could be inte rpre ted to e ithe r denji or to g ra n t th e reques t, Russell Mhrkert, one of th e ' thre e members of th e board, voted in favor of the reques t. Leon deFernelmont, head,, of the board, and Wallace Hofferth bo th voted to refuse th e r e quest. , - " 1 ; A 'highlight of the meeting came' prior -to the voting when Mr. d eFe rne lmont openly criticized advertis ing signs in f ro n t of local stores. “ I may bo b ia sed ,” he informed the small group, of spectators a t tending the meeting, adding, “ th e m o re signs I see th e m o re I h a te th em .” Fo llow in g th e m eetin g , Mr. F a n s was a sk e d if h e was g o in g to a b id e b y th e „ d e c is io n o f th e Zoning B o a rd of Appeals a n d h e decla red th a t “ a t th e m om en t wc a re u n d e c id ed .” “W h en someone says h e h a te s signs, h e m ig h t as w ell say h e h a te s to see m e rc h a n ts of a comm u n ity p ro sp e r b ec au se m o d e rn sig n s a r e th e m e rc h a n ts way Spanish Class For Teachers Planned Here ■ The elementary te achers of the Warwick Union School District will go back to school again each Wednesday, s t a r t ing J a n u a ry 4, 1961. . Mrs. P a tr ic ia Imes, elementa ry Spanish teacher, will hold th e classes in conversational Spanish for twenty-one teachers, one hour, for sixteen weeks. - The course will be sponsored by the National Defense Education Act and the Wa r wick Union School District. , The following teachers will 'anticipate in th e program: -Richa rd L. Mearig, Mrs. Helen Spence, Mrs. Mary Clark, Florence Royer, Mrs. June Ibach, Les ter E. Stark, Mrs. Mary Rice, Ralph Smith, Anne tte Keefer, Ju n e Rogers, Mrs. Anne Strickler, Dr. J. Richard Zerby, Nancy* Fisher, Mrs. Nancy Barshinger, Mrs. Ir is Hoffman, Sara Weidman, Mrs. Ju d y Shober, Carol B a r ber, Doris Whitcraf t, and Anna Harnish. One teacher from Manheim Central will be p a r t of the .class, She is Mrs. Elsie Roth-enberger. Teachers from surrounding' school areas a re invited to be p a r t of the class. They should contact Dr. J. Richard Zerby in . the Lititz Elementa ry Building, MAdison 6-2183. Grade Students Will Present Christmas Play The h e a r t wa rmin g Chris ti n a s story, “Have a He a rt, I t ’s .Chris tmas,” will be presented by th e four th, fifth, and sixth grade s tudents in the Lititz Elemen ta ry School auditorium December 14 and 15 a t 7:30 p.m. The Chris tmas story centers a round a rich family, “ the Shelton’s ” , who are feeling-sad because they have lost a pet dog and th e i r Christmas will not be complete until the dog is found. The H a r r i s ’s, a poor family, find the dog and r e tu rn it to the Sheltons. By returning- the lost dog t h e Sheltons rewa rd the Harris family and both families have a Happy Chris tmas day. The play is brightened with appealing and ente r ta ining songs by singing groups called th e Dolls, Popcorn, Lollipops, Cranberries, and Carolers.. The lead p a r t s in the story on Wednesday night a re played by Ba rb a ra Hershey, Bruce Bucher, Ju d y Buckwalter, Kent Kreider, Carol Ilredthau-er, Becky Davidson, Howard Beittenmiller, and Judy Campbell. The play is under the direction of Mrs. Hazel Moore, m u sic ins truc tor for the Warwick Union Elementary Schools. they are being enforced here. “Rule 33.3 of the ordinance, under which you say you based your opinion, gives you absolute au thor ity to decide among yourselves whe the r this sign can be erected,” Yerger to invite business into th e i r stores— th e sh o pping comers a ro u n d us have proved this point an d are capitalizing on o u r stupidity. You would th in k they do not realize th a t p ro sp ero u s merchants a re imp o r tan t to th e welfare I declared. “Mr. Faus (Norman an d growth of any commnn- Faus, propr ietor of the Carpet ity— and th a t me rchants pay Shop) isn’t asking for a new sign — he merely asks to change the present sign on his former location to his new store on Broad Stre e t.” “The sign in question is an taxes a n d h ir e other s who do the same.” Following the vote, th e action of the zoning board was openly criticized by James I Yerger, local manufa c ture r , | attractive who explained th a t he had a t tended the meeting merely to sign — and not mons tros ity such as you permit at the side of the General more intimately acquaint him- I Sutter Hotel,” he added. Dis-self with zoning res trictions as I (Continued on Page 8 ) Woman’s Club Xmas Party Monday Evening T h e ' Chris tmas program of the Lititz Woma n ’s Club will fe a ture “Do You Know This About Ch r is tma s? ” , Monday, December 12, a t 8 P. M. a t the General Sutter Hotel. Ba rb a ra Carper Lang, lectu r e r and story teller has had a varied and inte re s ting background. Her in te re s t in his tory was awakened by the romantic stories told by her two g ran d mothers, one of whom was the widow of an unrecons tructed Confederate Colonel, the othe r of a Union Major who ma rch ed th ro u g h Georgia with Sherman. “Do You Know This About Ch r is tma s? ” is the r e sult of .years of reading and research and is based on folklore an d Chris tmas customs in other lands. The Club Chorus, directed by Mrs. Gordon Burkey will sing a group of carols and songs including th e lovely and familiar “Greensleaves” and the sixteenth century chorale, “Lo, How A Rose E ’er Blooming.” Favor ite Chris tmas goodies and novelties, made and contr ib u ted by club members will be sold a t the Chris tmas t a ble. Gifts for the Lancas ter County Home pa r ty to be given early next year a re to be bro u g h t in by club members. The County F ede ra t ion of Women’s Clubs which sponsors this has reques ted packets of tissues, dus ting powder, soap and me n ’s hose. These need not be in Chris tmas wrap pings. Hostesses for th e evening-will be Mrs. William Spacht, Mrs. Robe r t Thompson, Mrs. F r a n k Longenecker and Mrs. Jules Klenin. Mrs. Scott Gar-man, the Pres ident, will p re side a t th e business meeting. Miss Ba rb a ra Wise will in t ro duce the guest speaker. Will Present Rider Trophy The Bernie Rider trophy will be announced and p re sented a t a meeting of the Lions Club a t .a meeting to be held a t the Legion Home next Thursday evening. Conference of the Roses coaching staffs will be present as guests of the club. A special program of Chris tmas music also will be presented by members of the Woma n ’s Club Chorale, directed by Mrs. Gordon E. Burkey. Mrs. William F a sn a ch t is accompanist. Members of the Chorale a re Mrs. Richard S. Allebach, Mrs. Willy dePerrot, Mrs. Hiram Eberly, Mrs. Clyde Hendricks, Mrs. Paul G. Hess, Mrs. M. E. Hoaster. Mrs. Verne B. Porte r, Jr., Mrs. Clair Rice, Mrs. J. Lloyd Sheaffer, Mrs. Wa lte r Shuman, Mrs. Harold W. Swisher, Mrs. Charles J. Wagaman, Mrs. John Williams, Miss Sara Weidman and Mrs. J. Wilbur Wolf. .JAY \ E CEES MEET The J ayne Gees will hold the ir meeting on Tuesday eve., a t 8:00 p.m. a t the Legion Home. ■ '« i f '111. — I {coord-Express Photo st of (Ik- .125 .shade I roes p u rch a sed by th e borough | for E ast Main (Street p lan tin g s. was put, into th e g ro u n d e a rly I Tu esd ay afte rn o o n a t I he so u th e a s t c o rn e r of Main an d Elm Streets. Charles Sweitzer, borough employee, is shown holding the tree in place while top soil a n d p e a t moss is being shoveled into th e hole f rom a tru ck . ’ Barbara Lang 40 Attend Auxiliary Xmas Party F o r ty persons a tten d ed the Christmas pa r ty held by the Ladies Auxiliary of the Fire Company on Thur sday evening a t the Fire House. Mrs. Elton Reed, th e (president, was in charge of the business meeting. The group was en te r ta in ed by th e Star Dusters, a musical trio. Mrs. Joseph Klos played the role of Santa Claus and dis tributed candy canes and oranges to the group. Mrs. Sue Garner was in charge of refreshments. An orange social will be. held a t the next meeting, J a n uary 2 and members are re quested to bring a small gift for games. Mrs. Anna Carpente r will be in charge of re freshments. May Organize Grackle Shoot Wholesale sh o o ti n g of grackles and s tarlings again may be resorted to in an effort to get rid of the th o u sands which flock here each evening, it was disclosed yesterday. Borough officials Wednes day g ranted permission to Dr. Byron K. Horne, h e adma s te r a t Linden Hall, to organize th e shoot along the same lines as followed several years -ago. At th a t time, members of the Lititz Sportsmen’s Association and game wardens assisted in organizing- groups to fire a t the birds. “The flock does not seem to be growing and we will not do anything until th e end of next week ” Dr. Horne declared. “Then if it is necessary, we will get organized.” Local Woman Defies Boro In Tree Squabble Lititz ’ Main Street shade tree controversy b u r s t forth anew with added vigor this week when borough officials were prevented from cutting-up pavements in front of two store properties in the first block. Armed with the high-powered motor saw with, which they have been cutting out spaces for the tree plantings, borough employees were stopped abruptly wheji they reached Doster’s Market, a site where shade tre e commissioners previously had decided no trees are to be planted. Standing on the spot ma r k ed for the tree, a point ne a r the entrance to the market, Mrs. Pau l Doster, wife of the proprietor, defied the wo rk men to continue. Borough Manager Dave Bauer was summoned b u t his efforts to in duce Mrs, Doster to move also were in vain, despite th a t he spent the be tte r p a r t of an h our debating the issue while two borough workmen stood by silently. "Our forefather s fought for liberties which you and our borough fa th e r s now are t r y ing to tak e away from us ,” Mrs. Doster asserted. “You deliberately came here when you 'knew my husband was away a t deer camp— he does not want a tre e planted here and I do not intend to permit the pavement to be cut up u n til he re turns , then you can discuss it with him.” Questioned ab out a decision announced before a meeting of council two months ago in which th e ' s h a d e tre e commission declared this site was not suitable for a tree. Mr. Bauer revealed th a t this decision has been changed. “I was told to have the pavement cut and th a t is why we are here— I am only doing my du ty ,” he concluded. La te r in the day, borough workmen were stopped by Roy Fry, propr ietor of an appliance store on the n o r th side of Main Street at Sturgis Alley, who declared he did not want a tre e and pointed out th a t the tre e would prevent anyone p a rking in f ro n t of his store from opening the door of the ir car.W hen Borough Manager Bauer appeared on the scene, F ry drove his own car to the space and gave the borough manage r an actua l demonstration. F o r the second time, Bauer ordered the workmen to by-pass the spot but gave no assurance the pavement would not be cut later. In th e i r previous decision, announced by Hiram Eberly in a rep o r t to borough council, it was indicated th a t those me rchants who objected to trees would be by-passed. The decision to plant trees in front of all stores and properties whether owners want them or (Continued on page 2 ) Will-O-The-Whisp Car Thief Narrowly Escapes Capture The Will-O-The-Whisp car sna tche r who has been taking joy-rides in othe r people’s au tos on the average of once a week here for the past several months, narrowly escaped captu re Tuesday evening. And officer George Hicks was credited with making one of the speediest recoveries of a stolen car in borough history. Notified th a t a station wagon owned by Dr. Fred Au-ten, of Lancaster, h ad been stolen from the p a rking lot at the F a rme r s Bank shortly before 9 p.m., Hicks began pa-troling borough s treets in search of the car. Spotting the machine ’ as if turned into the r e a r of ta b e r nacle ju s t east of Cedar St., Hicks sped to the spot in time to see the driver fleeing over backyard fences. Hicks continued the chase until he lost s ight of the man. Dr. Auten, who with his wife had a ttended the ladies night program of the Lititz Rotary Club a t the General Su tte r Hotel, was driven back to Lanc a s te r by friends. This side of the city he stopped a Manheim Twp. policeman to notify him of the theft. The policeman, however, already had been notified th a t the car was recovered and Dr. Legion Aux. Plans Many Activities Plans to hold an essay contes t on “Americanism in the High school, send a girl from the junior class to Keystone Camp and many contributions were made a t the meeting of the Ladies Auxiliary of the American Legion held on Monday evening a t th e Legion Home. The business meeting was preceeded by a covered dish supper, a grab bag and a gift exchange. The ladies will hold a special membership drive and volunteers offered to conduct it. The quota for the year is 177. All members a re urged to send dues as soon as possible to Miss Rosemary Rice, 135 Spruce St., Lititz, Pa. The u n it will remember the Gold Star mothers with gifts a t Christmas. They will also help sponsor th e P o s t ’s “ Give a gift to v e te r a n ” drive. A le t te r was read from the u n i t ’s adopted child a t Scotland School telling wh a t she would like for Christmas, the ladie.s will g ra n t h e r request. A basket of groceries will also be sent to a needy family, and a present will be purchased for the Post officers to be used in the post Plome. The following contributions were made, $26.00 to various Veteran Hospitals; $15.00 to Christmas package fund; $2.00 national security; $12.00 child welfare; $12.00 rehabilitation; $3.00 J r . Baseball; $3.00 scholarship f u n d ; $16.50 special rehabilitation; $5.00 coupon fund; $12.00 Scotland school. A card p a r ty will be held in March. The address of the child a t Scotland school is, Miss Linda Shaeffer, Cottage 3 0, Scotland School for Veterans ’ Children, Scotland, Pa. Auten re tu rn ed here to get it. Due to the fact th a t the section near the tabernacle is poorly lighted, Flicks was u n able to obtain a good description of th e car thief who has kept local police on the jump for several months. In every instance but one, however, the cars stolen have been used solely for sh o r t joy-rides and re tu rn ed undamaged. ENLISTS IN NAVY Bauer Explains Law Regarding Pavements Want To Borrow Santa? Just Call The Center The Recreation Center hasi expanded its activities to the North Pole. Through a special a r r a n g e ment with th a t r ig h t jolly old elf himself, the Rec. Center is offering th e services of Santa Claus free of charge to visit sick children or make appearances a t club or church organizations. Santa Claus will be available between now and December 2 3 since he wants to get an early s ta r t on his rounds on Chris tmas Eve. Persons wishing his services should call MA 6-5096 or MA 6-7 3 8 3. T h e Recreation Center, which has direct line to the North Pole, will then notify Santa of where he is expected to appear and when. The re-construction of many Main Street pavements— and the planting of shade tre e s— have b rought up a numbe r of questions as to who lias the power to decide these issues, Borough Manager Dave Bauer pointed out this week. “The rights and duties of the proper ty owner, the rights and duties of the borough or the s ta te are confusing- and in a sense overlapping,” Bauer asserted. “Basically the ju r isdiction over the a rea between the curb and the building line goes back to state legislation. In Pennsylvania the early legislators felt th a t the property owners should bear the burden of taking care of the s treets and roads. Because of this the property owner can be made responsible for paying for the construction of the original s tre e t surface and is responsible for the construction, maintenance and re construction of curb and sidewalk. Again the property owner, unde r state law c a n 'b e made responsible for planting, talcing care of, and removing shade trees. * In spite of the duties placed upon the proper ty owner, the s ta te had said th a t the government can decide when and what is to be done upon street right of way. This is true even if the prope r ty owners deed goes in to the sidewalk area or even, as is the case with the properties out on North Broad if the deed -description goes across the street. The basic reason for this is th a t the s tre e t and the sidewalk areas belong and exist for the public to use and therefore mus t be of a uniform, safe an d appropr iate condition. So it is th a t though the proper ty owner is responsible for tak in g care of the street and sidewalk are a in front of his property, th e Borough or the State may tell him what, is to be clone. In many re spects it does not seem fair until you stop to consider th a t if Llie proper ty owner was not responsible, th e Borough would have to be and they would necessarily mean hig h er taxes. Wh e th e r it should be tha t way or not, the state law has made Ihe decision. LIONS PINOCHLE PARTY MONDAY The Lititz Lions Club will hold a Pinochle Card P a r ty on Monday evening a t the American Legion, North Broad St., beginning a t 8 o’clock. AVilliam M. E a rh a r t , soli of Mr. an d Mrs. Howa rd M. Ea r-h a r t , 139 \ . Locust St., who enlisted in th e U.S. Navy and now is undergoing boot t r a in ing a t Great. Lakes, 111. Ear-h a r t is a g ra d u a te of Warwick High School Training P r o g r am which g u a ran te e s t r a in ing in one of 65 tr a d e specialty schools. ABCPlans Xmas Kiddies Party The an n u a l A.B.C. Chris tmas p a r ty for children will be held a t th e American Legion Home Wednesday evening, De c emb e r '23, it was an nounced a t a meeting of the Lititz Chapter, A.B.C., last evening. The program for the kiddies will fe a ture a puppet show, “The Night Before Chris tmas ,” and Ja ck and the Bean Stalk.” Santa will be present to hand out gifts. Don Ross is chairman in charge. Eddie Sachs, ve te ran photographe r of the Lancaster New Era, described th e trials a n d tr ibula tions of a press photographer, as th e speaker of the evening a t this we ek’s meeting. He was introduced by Bob Hess, p ro g ram cha irman. Pau l I. Ritz, membership chairman, repor ted th re e new members were added to the club's ros ter d u r in g the re c ent membership and attendance contest. They are Jame s C. Sensenig, Reid Stoner a n d Henry M. Ross. The winning-team in the contest consisted of Ritz, Wilbur Neff, Dale Shelley, William Miller, H a r ry Wagaman and He rb e r t Wagaman. W i 1 1 i a m H. Darlington, president, was in charge of the meeting. He announced th a t the annua l ABC Christmas buffet dance will he he ld a t the Log Cabin on Saturday, December 17. Candlelight Service This Sunday Afternoon Carols by Candlelight, th e traditiona l Chris tmas concert of Warwick High School, will be presented this Sunday a f ternoon at 3 P.M. in the high school auditorium. I t will featu re music by one-hundred-sixty- five voices, soloists, .and the Brass Choir. Soloists fpr this concert will be Sandy Shaub, Mary Sue Dussinger, Claudia Hostetter, M a r g a r e t, Moore, Marilyn Stauffer. Robe r t Posey will read the Chris tmas s tory as recorded in St. Luke. The senior high choral groups will be h e a rd singing-such familiar songs as “ Silent Night” , “O Come, All Ye F a i th fu l” , “O Come, O Come Emma n u e l” , “Let Our Gladness Know No E n d ” , “ Chris tmas Hymns” , “Go Tell I t On the Mountain” , and “And the Glory of the L o rd ” , from Han de l’s Messiah. Marcia Meis-key and Marjorie Klenin are accompanists for the Glee Club. Pietro Yon’s well-known lu llaby, “Gesu Bambino”, will be sung by ihe Ju n io r High Girls’ Chorus. Their group of selections will also include a Swiss carol “ O Nightingale Awake” , ’ sung by a small ensemble. Accompanists a re Emily Klenin and Janice Myer. This y e a r ’s program will have a new stage setting, p re p a r e d under the direction of Richard Murr and Charles Sload, high school teachers, as well as the other traditional decorations th a t thro u g h the years have come to add to the beauty of this program. There is no admission charge arid all local res idents are mos t cordially invited to atlend. Planned T1p o IL oojt, Legion Bareville Man Had Club And Brunnerville Hotel On His List The timely a r re s t of a counts- man who freely admitted 2 7 burglaries, one in this boro, prevented two more local lootings scheduled for this weekend, Chief of Police Lloyd Hoffman revealed yesterday. The man a r re s ted is Donald E. Sweigart, 22 of Bareville R l , who took his wife and child along as blinds when he burglarized business establishments, s ta te police allege. Sweigart admitted having looted the Kline Laundry, West Main Street, here, on October 3, as one of his series of thefts. In addition to listing .the places looted, a small book found in his possession also listed places which he already-had “cased” an d scheduled to burglarize in the future. This list included the Legion Home on North Broad Street and the Brunnerville Hotel, both of which he expected to reach by tliis week-end, police claim. Borough police were unable to get Sweigart to admit having broken into th e Savoca Shoe Company plant here, a lthough he freely admitted having committed the 2 7 b u r glaries. At the Kline laundry, he obtained approximately $75 from coin machines which lie damaged to the extent of ap proximately $25 0. Officer George Hicks filed a complaint charging him with burglary and larceny before Jus tice of the Peace H. E. Weinhold, Reamstown. Kiddies Xmas Party To Be Held Dec. 24 Local firemen a lready are busily engaged making plans for the annual kiddies Christmas party and the arr ival of Santa Claus. Santa will make his arr ival at the a irp o r t early -Saturdav morning, December 2 4, and will be takepi on his customary tour of the borough in a fire truck. Children of the Warwick Union a rea will be enter tained with a free movies and a Christmas program a t the Lititz Th e a tre a t 10 a.m. Following the show they will greet Santa a t the firehouse and will be presented with candy and oranges. The committee in charge of this y e a r ’s Christmas Kiddles P a r ty consists of Ammon:, fl. Shelly, F r a n k H. Wonder and Pau l F. Diehm. Community Calendar Dec. 8 — Troop No. 44 me e ting in th e Troop Meeting Rooms — St. P a u l’s Church. 5:00 P.M. — Senior High Girls Bowling a t Lititz Bowling Alleys. 6:30 P.M. — Bru n n e r ville Fire Co. Auxiliary Covered Dish Supper at th e Firehall. ‘ ■ Dec. 9 — 4:0 0 P.M. — Jr. High Basketball ■— Wa r wick vs Penn Manor (Away). FHA Food Sale a t the Fire House. Dec. 11 — 3:00 P.M.— Wa r wick I-Iigh School Chris tmas Program. Dec. 12 — 6:30 P.M. — The annua l tu rk e y supper of th e Young Men’s Business League will be held Monday evening. American Legion Pos t 56 Meeting. 7:00 P.M. — Lions Club Directors Meeting a t the American Legion. Recreation Center’s Men’s Basketball — League game. 7:30 P.M. — I. O. O. F. Meeting at I.O.O.F. Hall. 8:00 P.M. — Lititz Wo-, mans Club a t Sutte r Hotel, Christinas Party. Lititz Community Center Board Meeting. Lions Club Card P a r ty a t the American Legion. Dec. 13 — 6:00 P.M, — Rota ry Club Meeting a t the General Sutte r Hotel. 7:30 P.M. — P a rk Commission Meeting at Boro Council Chambers. (Continued on Page 8 )
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Title | Lititz Record Express |
Masthead | Lititz Record Express 1960-12-08 |
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Full Text | Shop In L ititi - Stores Open Every N ight Until 9 P.M. T h e L it it z R e c o r d - E x p r e s s Serving The Warwick Union Area For Nearly A Century 84th Year Established. April, 1877, as The Sunbeam (Consolidated with The Idtitz Record, 1937) Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa., Thursday December 8, 1960 7 cents a Copy; $3.00 per year by mail within Xiancaster County; $3.50 elsewhere. 14 Pages No. 34 Zoners Again Refuse Carpet Shop Sign Permit DeFernelmont Admits “Bias” ! THE FIRST SHADE TREE |S wanted! When It Comes To Signs! Despite a division in their own ranks , Lititz zoners served notice Tuesday night th a t nresent zoning regulations and estrictions will he enforced to the le t te r— as long as the ordinance remains on the books! At its meeting, members of the Zoning Board of Appeals again tu rn e d down th e reques t of the Carpet Shop, Broad and Orange Streets, to tr a n s fe r a 16-square foot sign from Orange Street to Broad Street. . Declaring th a t th e ordinance, a s he read it, could be inte rpre ted to e ithe r denji or to g ra n t th e reques t, Russell Mhrkert, one of th e ' thre e members of th e board, voted in favor of the reques t. Leon deFernelmont, head,, of the board, and Wallace Hofferth bo th voted to refuse th e r e quest. , - " 1 ; A 'highlight of the meeting came' prior -to the voting when Mr. d eFe rne lmont openly criticized advertis ing signs in f ro n t of local stores. “ I may bo b ia sed ,” he informed the small group, of spectators a t tending the meeting, adding, “ th e m o re signs I see th e m o re I h a te th em .” Fo llow in g th e m eetin g , Mr. F a n s was a sk e d if h e was g o in g to a b id e b y th e „ d e c is io n o f th e Zoning B o a rd of Appeals a n d h e decla red th a t “ a t th e m om en t wc a re u n d e c id ed .” “W h en someone says h e h a te s signs, h e m ig h t as w ell say h e h a te s to see m e rc h a n ts of a comm u n ity p ro sp e r b ec au se m o d e rn sig n s a r e th e m e rc h a n ts way Spanish Class For Teachers Planned Here ■ The elementary te achers of the Warwick Union School District will go back to school again each Wednesday, s t a r t ing J a n u a ry 4, 1961. . Mrs. P a tr ic ia Imes, elementa ry Spanish teacher, will hold th e classes in conversational Spanish for twenty-one teachers, one hour, for sixteen weeks. - The course will be sponsored by the National Defense Education Act and the Wa r wick Union School District. , The following teachers will 'anticipate in th e program: -Richa rd L. Mearig, Mrs. Helen Spence, Mrs. Mary Clark, Florence Royer, Mrs. June Ibach, Les ter E. Stark, Mrs. Mary Rice, Ralph Smith, Anne tte Keefer, Ju n e Rogers, Mrs. Anne Strickler, Dr. J. Richard Zerby, Nancy* Fisher, Mrs. Nancy Barshinger, Mrs. Ir is Hoffman, Sara Weidman, Mrs. Ju d y Shober, Carol B a r ber, Doris Whitcraf t, and Anna Harnish. One teacher from Manheim Central will be p a r t of the .class, She is Mrs. Elsie Roth-enberger. Teachers from surrounding' school areas a re invited to be p a r t of the class. They should contact Dr. J. Richard Zerby in . the Lititz Elementa ry Building, MAdison 6-2183. Grade Students Will Present Christmas Play The h e a r t wa rmin g Chris ti n a s story, “Have a He a rt, I t ’s .Chris tmas,” will be presented by th e four th, fifth, and sixth grade s tudents in the Lititz Elemen ta ry School auditorium December 14 and 15 a t 7:30 p.m. The Chris tmas story centers a round a rich family, “ the Shelton’s ” , who are feeling-sad because they have lost a pet dog and th e i r Christmas will not be complete until the dog is found. The H a r r i s ’s, a poor family, find the dog and r e tu rn it to the Sheltons. By returning- the lost dog t h e Sheltons rewa rd the Harris family and both families have a Happy Chris tmas day. The play is brightened with appealing and ente r ta ining songs by singing groups called th e Dolls, Popcorn, Lollipops, Cranberries, and Carolers.. The lead p a r t s in the story on Wednesday night a re played by Ba rb a ra Hershey, Bruce Bucher, Ju d y Buckwalter, Kent Kreider, Carol Ilredthau-er, Becky Davidson, Howard Beittenmiller, and Judy Campbell. The play is under the direction of Mrs. Hazel Moore, m u sic ins truc tor for the Warwick Union Elementary Schools. they are being enforced here. “Rule 33.3 of the ordinance, under which you say you based your opinion, gives you absolute au thor ity to decide among yourselves whe the r this sign can be erected,” Yerger to invite business into th e i r stores— th e sh o pping comers a ro u n d us have proved this point an d are capitalizing on o u r stupidity. You would th in k they do not realize th a t p ro sp ero u s merchants a re imp o r tan t to th e welfare I declared. “Mr. Faus (Norman an d growth of any commnn- Faus, propr ietor of the Carpet ity— and th a t me rchants pay Shop) isn’t asking for a new sign — he merely asks to change the present sign on his former location to his new store on Broad Stre e t.” “The sign in question is an taxes a n d h ir e other s who do the same.” Following the vote, th e action of the zoning board was openly criticized by James I Yerger, local manufa c ture r , | attractive who explained th a t he had a t tended the meeting merely to sign — and not mons tros ity such as you permit at the side of the General more intimately acquaint him- I Sutter Hotel,” he added. Dis-self with zoning res trictions as I (Continued on Page 8 ) Woman’s Club Xmas Party Monday Evening T h e ' Chris tmas program of the Lititz Woma n ’s Club will fe a ture “Do You Know This About Ch r is tma s? ” , Monday, December 12, a t 8 P. M. a t the General Sutter Hotel. Ba rb a ra Carper Lang, lectu r e r and story teller has had a varied and inte re s ting background. Her in te re s t in his tory was awakened by the romantic stories told by her two g ran d mothers, one of whom was the widow of an unrecons tructed Confederate Colonel, the othe r of a Union Major who ma rch ed th ro u g h Georgia with Sherman. “Do You Know This About Ch r is tma s? ” is the r e sult of .years of reading and research and is based on folklore an d Chris tmas customs in other lands. The Club Chorus, directed by Mrs. Gordon Burkey will sing a group of carols and songs including th e lovely and familiar “Greensleaves” and the sixteenth century chorale, “Lo, How A Rose E ’er Blooming.” Favor ite Chris tmas goodies and novelties, made and contr ib u ted by club members will be sold a t the Chris tmas t a ble. Gifts for the Lancas ter County Home pa r ty to be given early next year a re to be bro u g h t in by club members. The County F ede ra t ion of Women’s Clubs which sponsors this has reques ted packets of tissues, dus ting powder, soap and me n ’s hose. These need not be in Chris tmas wrap pings. Hostesses for th e evening-will be Mrs. William Spacht, Mrs. Robe r t Thompson, Mrs. F r a n k Longenecker and Mrs. Jules Klenin. Mrs. Scott Gar-man, the Pres ident, will p re side a t th e business meeting. Miss Ba rb a ra Wise will in t ro duce the guest speaker. Will Present Rider Trophy The Bernie Rider trophy will be announced and p re sented a t a meeting of the Lions Club a t .a meeting to be held a t the Legion Home next Thursday evening. Conference of the Roses coaching staffs will be present as guests of the club. A special program of Chris tmas music also will be presented by members of the Woma n ’s Club Chorale, directed by Mrs. Gordon E. Burkey. Mrs. William F a sn a ch t is accompanist. Members of the Chorale a re Mrs. Richard S. Allebach, Mrs. Willy dePerrot, Mrs. Hiram Eberly, Mrs. Clyde Hendricks, Mrs. Paul G. Hess, Mrs. M. E. Hoaster. Mrs. Verne B. Porte r, Jr., Mrs. Clair Rice, Mrs. J. Lloyd Sheaffer, Mrs. Wa lte r Shuman, Mrs. Harold W. Swisher, Mrs. Charles J. Wagaman, Mrs. John Williams, Miss Sara Weidman and Mrs. J. Wilbur Wolf. .JAY \ E CEES MEET The J ayne Gees will hold the ir meeting on Tuesday eve., a t 8:00 p.m. a t the Legion Home. ■ '« i f '111. — I {coord-Express Photo st of (Ik- .125 .shade I roes p u rch a sed by th e borough | for E ast Main (Street p lan tin g s. was put, into th e g ro u n d e a rly I Tu esd ay afte rn o o n a t I he so u th e a s t c o rn e r of Main an d Elm Streets. Charles Sweitzer, borough employee, is shown holding the tree in place while top soil a n d p e a t moss is being shoveled into th e hole f rom a tru ck . ’ Barbara Lang 40 Attend Auxiliary Xmas Party F o r ty persons a tten d ed the Christmas pa r ty held by the Ladies Auxiliary of the Fire Company on Thur sday evening a t the Fire House. Mrs. Elton Reed, th e (president, was in charge of the business meeting. The group was en te r ta in ed by th e Star Dusters, a musical trio. Mrs. Joseph Klos played the role of Santa Claus and dis tributed candy canes and oranges to the group. Mrs. Sue Garner was in charge of refreshments. An orange social will be. held a t the next meeting, J a n uary 2 and members are re quested to bring a small gift for games. Mrs. Anna Carpente r will be in charge of re freshments. May Organize Grackle Shoot Wholesale sh o o ti n g of grackles and s tarlings again may be resorted to in an effort to get rid of the th o u sands which flock here each evening, it was disclosed yesterday. Borough officials Wednes day g ranted permission to Dr. Byron K. Horne, h e adma s te r a t Linden Hall, to organize th e shoot along the same lines as followed several years -ago. At th a t time, members of the Lititz Sportsmen’s Association and game wardens assisted in organizing- groups to fire a t the birds. “The flock does not seem to be growing and we will not do anything until th e end of next week ” Dr. Horne declared. “Then if it is necessary, we will get organized.” Local Woman Defies Boro In Tree Squabble Lititz ’ Main Street shade tree controversy b u r s t forth anew with added vigor this week when borough officials were prevented from cutting-up pavements in front of two store properties in the first block. Armed with the high-powered motor saw with, which they have been cutting out spaces for the tree plantings, borough employees were stopped abruptly wheji they reached Doster’s Market, a site where shade tre e commissioners previously had decided no trees are to be planted. Standing on the spot ma r k ed for the tree, a point ne a r the entrance to the market, Mrs. Pau l Doster, wife of the proprietor, defied the wo rk men to continue. Borough Manager Dave Bauer was summoned b u t his efforts to in duce Mrs, Doster to move also were in vain, despite th a t he spent the be tte r p a r t of an h our debating the issue while two borough workmen stood by silently. "Our forefather s fought for liberties which you and our borough fa th e r s now are t r y ing to tak e away from us ,” Mrs. Doster asserted. “You deliberately came here when you 'knew my husband was away a t deer camp— he does not want a tre e planted here and I do not intend to permit the pavement to be cut up u n til he re turns , then you can discuss it with him.” Questioned ab out a decision announced before a meeting of council two months ago in which th e ' s h a d e tre e commission declared this site was not suitable for a tree. Mr. Bauer revealed th a t this decision has been changed. “I was told to have the pavement cut and th a t is why we are here— I am only doing my du ty ,” he concluded. La te r in the day, borough workmen were stopped by Roy Fry, propr ietor of an appliance store on the n o r th side of Main Street at Sturgis Alley, who declared he did not want a tre e and pointed out th a t the tre e would prevent anyone p a rking in f ro n t of his store from opening the door of the ir car.W hen Borough Manager Bauer appeared on the scene, F ry drove his own car to the space and gave the borough manage r an actua l demonstration. F o r the second time, Bauer ordered the workmen to by-pass the spot but gave no assurance the pavement would not be cut later. In th e i r previous decision, announced by Hiram Eberly in a rep o r t to borough council, it was indicated th a t those me rchants who objected to trees would be by-passed. The decision to plant trees in front of all stores and properties whether owners want them or (Continued on page 2 ) Will-O-The-Whisp Car Thief Narrowly Escapes Capture The Will-O-The-Whisp car sna tche r who has been taking joy-rides in othe r people’s au tos on the average of once a week here for the past several months, narrowly escaped captu re Tuesday evening. And officer George Hicks was credited with making one of the speediest recoveries of a stolen car in borough history. Notified th a t a station wagon owned by Dr. Fred Au-ten, of Lancaster, h ad been stolen from the p a rking lot at the F a rme r s Bank shortly before 9 p.m., Hicks began pa-troling borough s treets in search of the car. Spotting the machine ’ as if turned into the r e a r of ta b e r nacle ju s t east of Cedar St., Hicks sped to the spot in time to see the driver fleeing over backyard fences. Hicks continued the chase until he lost s ight of the man. Dr. Auten, who with his wife had a ttended the ladies night program of the Lititz Rotary Club a t the General Su tte r Hotel, was driven back to Lanc a s te r by friends. This side of the city he stopped a Manheim Twp. policeman to notify him of the theft. The policeman, however, already had been notified th a t the car was recovered and Dr. Legion Aux. Plans Many Activities Plans to hold an essay contes t on “Americanism in the High school, send a girl from the junior class to Keystone Camp and many contributions were made a t the meeting of the Ladies Auxiliary of the American Legion held on Monday evening a t th e Legion Home. The business meeting was preceeded by a covered dish supper, a grab bag and a gift exchange. The ladies will hold a special membership drive and volunteers offered to conduct it. The quota for the year is 177. All members a re urged to send dues as soon as possible to Miss Rosemary Rice, 135 Spruce St., Lititz, Pa. The u n it will remember the Gold Star mothers with gifts a t Christmas. They will also help sponsor th e P o s t ’s “ Give a gift to v e te r a n ” drive. A le t te r was read from the u n i t ’s adopted child a t Scotland School telling wh a t she would like for Christmas, the ladie.s will g ra n t h e r request. A basket of groceries will also be sent to a needy family, and a present will be purchased for the Post officers to be used in the post Plome. The following contributions were made, $26.00 to various Veteran Hospitals; $15.00 to Christmas package fund; $2.00 national security; $12.00 child welfare; $12.00 rehabilitation; $3.00 J r . Baseball; $3.00 scholarship f u n d ; $16.50 special rehabilitation; $5.00 coupon fund; $12.00 Scotland school. A card p a r ty will be held in March. The address of the child a t Scotland school is, Miss Linda Shaeffer, Cottage 3 0, Scotland School for Veterans ’ Children, Scotland, Pa. Auten re tu rn ed here to get it. Due to the fact th a t the section near the tabernacle is poorly lighted, Flicks was u n able to obtain a good description of th e car thief who has kept local police on the jump for several months. In every instance but one, however, the cars stolen have been used solely for sh o r t joy-rides and re tu rn ed undamaged. ENLISTS IN NAVY Bauer Explains Law Regarding Pavements Want To Borrow Santa? Just Call The Center The Recreation Center hasi expanded its activities to the North Pole. Through a special a r r a n g e ment with th a t r ig h t jolly old elf himself, the Rec. Center is offering th e services of Santa Claus free of charge to visit sick children or make appearances a t club or church organizations. Santa Claus will be available between now and December 2 3 since he wants to get an early s ta r t on his rounds on Chris tmas Eve. Persons wishing his services should call MA 6-5096 or MA 6-7 3 8 3. T h e Recreation Center, which has direct line to the North Pole, will then notify Santa of where he is expected to appear and when. The re-construction of many Main Street pavements— and the planting of shade tre e s— have b rought up a numbe r of questions as to who lias the power to decide these issues, Borough Manager Dave Bauer pointed out this week. “The rights and duties of the proper ty owner, the rights and duties of the borough or the s ta te are confusing- and in a sense overlapping,” Bauer asserted. “Basically the ju r isdiction over the a rea between the curb and the building line goes back to state legislation. In Pennsylvania the early legislators felt th a t the property owners should bear the burden of taking care of the s treets and roads. Because of this the property owner can be made responsible for paying for the construction of the original s tre e t surface and is responsible for the construction, maintenance and re construction of curb and sidewalk. Again the property owner, unde r state law c a n 'b e made responsible for planting, talcing care of, and removing shade trees. * In spite of the duties placed upon the proper ty owner, the s ta te had said th a t the government can decide when and what is to be done upon street right of way. This is true even if the prope r ty owners deed goes in to the sidewalk area or even, as is the case with the properties out on North Broad if the deed -description goes across the street. The basic reason for this is th a t the s tre e t and the sidewalk areas belong and exist for the public to use and therefore mus t be of a uniform, safe an d appropr iate condition. So it is th a t though the proper ty owner is responsible for tak in g care of the street and sidewalk are a in front of his property, th e Borough or the State may tell him what, is to be clone. In many re spects it does not seem fair until you stop to consider th a t if Llie proper ty owner was not responsible, th e Borough would have to be and they would necessarily mean hig h er taxes. Wh e th e r it should be tha t way or not, the state law has made Ihe decision. LIONS PINOCHLE PARTY MONDAY The Lititz Lions Club will hold a Pinochle Card P a r ty on Monday evening a t the American Legion, North Broad St., beginning a t 8 o’clock. AVilliam M. E a rh a r t , soli of Mr. an d Mrs. Howa rd M. Ea r-h a r t , 139 \ . Locust St., who enlisted in th e U.S. Navy and now is undergoing boot t r a in ing a t Great. Lakes, 111. Ear-h a r t is a g ra d u a te of Warwick High School Training P r o g r am which g u a ran te e s t r a in ing in one of 65 tr a d e specialty schools. ABCPlans Xmas Kiddies Party The an n u a l A.B.C. Chris tmas p a r ty for children will be held a t th e American Legion Home Wednesday evening, De c emb e r '23, it was an nounced a t a meeting of the Lititz Chapter, A.B.C., last evening. The program for the kiddies will fe a ture a puppet show, “The Night Before Chris tmas ,” and Ja ck and the Bean Stalk.” Santa will be present to hand out gifts. Don Ross is chairman in charge. Eddie Sachs, ve te ran photographe r of the Lancaster New Era, described th e trials a n d tr ibula tions of a press photographer, as th e speaker of the evening a t this we ek’s meeting. He was introduced by Bob Hess, p ro g ram cha irman. Pau l I. Ritz, membership chairman, repor ted th re e new members were added to the club's ros ter d u r in g the re c ent membership and attendance contest. They are Jame s C. Sensenig, Reid Stoner a n d Henry M. Ross. The winning-team in the contest consisted of Ritz, Wilbur Neff, Dale Shelley, William Miller, H a r ry Wagaman and He rb e r t Wagaman. W i 1 1 i a m H. Darlington, president, was in charge of the meeting. He announced th a t the annua l ABC Christmas buffet dance will he he ld a t the Log Cabin on Saturday, December 17. Candlelight Service This Sunday Afternoon Carols by Candlelight, th e traditiona l Chris tmas concert of Warwick High School, will be presented this Sunday a f ternoon at 3 P.M. in the high school auditorium. I t will featu re music by one-hundred-sixty- five voices, soloists, .and the Brass Choir. Soloists fpr this concert will be Sandy Shaub, Mary Sue Dussinger, Claudia Hostetter, M a r g a r e t, Moore, Marilyn Stauffer. Robe r t Posey will read the Chris tmas s tory as recorded in St. Luke. The senior high choral groups will be h e a rd singing-such familiar songs as “ Silent Night” , “O Come, All Ye F a i th fu l” , “O Come, O Come Emma n u e l” , “Let Our Gladness Know No E n d ” , “ Chris tmas Hymns” , “Go Tell I t On the Mountain” , and “And the Glory of the L o rd ” , from Han de l’s Messiah. Marcia Meis-key and Marjorie Klenin are accompanists for the Glee Club. Pietro Yon’s well-known lu llaby, “Gesu Bambino”, will be sung by ihe Ju n io r High Girls’ Chorus. Their group of selections will also include a Swiss carol “ O Nightingale Awake” , ’ sung by a small ensemble. Accompanists a re Emily Klenin and Janice Myer. This y e a r ’s program will have a new stage setting, p re p a r e d under the direction of Richard Murr and Charles Sload, high school teachers, as well as the other traditional decorations th a t thro u g h the years have come to add to the beauty of this program. There is no admission charge arid all local res idents are mos t cordially invited to atlend. Planned T1p o IL oojt, Legion Bareville Man Had Club And Brunnerville Hotel On His List The timely a r re s t of a counts- man who freely admitted 2 7 burglaries, one in this boro, prevented two more local lootings scheduled for this weekend, Chief of Police Lloyd Hoffman revealed yesterday. The man a r re s ted is Donald E. Sweigart, 22 of Bareville R l , who took his wife and child along as blinds when he burglarized business establishments, s ta te police allege. Sweigart admitted having looted the Kline Laundry, West Main Street, here, on October 3, as one of his series of thefts. In addition to listing .the places looted, a small book found in his possession also listed places which he already-had “cased” an d scheduled to burglarize in the future. This list included the Legion Home on North Broad Street and the Brunnerville Hotel, both of which he expected to reach by tliis week-end, police claim. Borough police were unable to get Sweigart to admit having broken into th e Savoca Shoe Company plant here, a lthough he freely admitted having committed the 2 7 b u r glaries. At the Kline laundry, he obtained approximately $75 from coin machines which lie damaged to the extent of ap proximately $25 0. Officer George Hicks filed a complaint charging him with burglary and larceny before Jus tice of the Peace H. E. Weinhold, Reamstown. Kiddies Xmas Party To Be Held Dec. 24 Local firemen a lready are busily engaged making plans for the annual kiddies Christmas party and the arr ival of Santa Claus. Santa will make his arr ival at the a irp o r t early -Saturdav morning, December 2 4, and will be takepi on his customary tour of the borough in a fire truck. Children of the Warwick Union a rea will be enter tained with a free movies and a Christmas program a t the Lititz Th e a tre a t 10 a.m. Following the show they will greet Santa a t the firehouse and will be presented with candy and oranges. The committee in charge of this y e a r ’s Christmas Kiddles P a r ty consists of Ammon:, fl. Shelly, F r a n k H. Wonder and Pau l F. Diehm. Community Calendar Dec. 8 — Troop No. 44 me e ting in th e Troop Meeting Rooms — St. P a u l’s Church. 5:00 P.M. — Senior High Girls Bowling a t Lititz Bowling Alleys. 6:30 P.M. — Bru n n e r ville Fire Co. Auxiliary Covered Dish Supper at th e Firehall. ‘ ■ Dec. 9 — 4:0 0 P.M. — Jr. High Basketball ■— Wa r wick vs Penn Manor (Away). FHA Food Sale a t the Fire House. Dec. 11 — 3:00 P.M.— Wa r wick I-Iigh School Chris tmas Program. Dec. 12 — 6:30 P.M. — The annua l tu rk e y supper of th e Young Men’s Business League will be held Monday evening. American Legion Pos t 56 Meeting. 7:00 P.M. — Lions Club Directors Meeting a t the American Legion. Recreation Center’s Men’s Basketball — League game. 7:30 P.M. — I. O. O. F. Meeting at I.O.O.F. Hall. 8:00 P.M. — Lititz Wo-, mans Club a t Sutte r Hotel, Christinas Party. Lititz Community Center Board Meeting. Lions Club Card P a r ty a t the American Legion. Dec. 13 — 6:00 P.M, — Rota ry Club Meeting a t the General Sutte r Hotel. 7:30 P.M. — P a rk Commission Meeting at Boro Council Chambers. (Continued on Page 8 ) |
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