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The Lititz Record - Express Serving The Warwick Union Area For Nearly A Century tear Established April, 1877, as The Sunbeam (Consolidated with The Iiitltz Record, 1937) Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa., Thursday Jan u ary 5, 1961 7 cents a Copy; $3.00 per year by mail Within Lancaster County; $3.50 elsewhere. 10 Pages — No. 38 /ill Decide Hammer Creek Dam Fate This Month V Unsigned Options lay Decide Fate )f $400,000 Project State Official Favors Using Right of Eminent Domain To Obtain Use of Land By John Helter The fate of the proposed $400,000 Hammer Creek Dnm project may be decided this month, according ¡o word released by the Pennsylvania Fish Commis-ion yesterday. The Commission, in an effort to lay it’s plans for the year 1961, will decide at a meeting this month if the remaining six options still unsigned will be taken. Information was received in a telephone conversation with Cyril J. Reagan, Chief of land procurement for the Commission yesterday. Reagan said he will submit a suggestion to the commission recommending the use of the rig h t of Eminent Domain in procuring th e needed properties. A total of 30 landowners Stauf fer also pointed out DEVELOPING SCIENTIFIC M IN D S a re involved in the 240-acre fishing and boating lake. Twenty-four of the proper ty ■owners signed options and agreed on price. Sizable pieces of land still must be obtained th ro u g h th e six unsigned options. The f e d e r a l Government, thro u g h th e Dingle-Johnson Bill, will foot the ma jo r p a r t of the cost. This bill provides a share cf the tax money collected on all fishing tackle sold in this state to be allocated for use by the state in the building of dams and th e improving of water ways of the state. To obtain this fu n d the patate mus t provide twenty-five cents of Federal funds receiv-cents of Federal funds received. This wr ite r Is u n d e r the Opinion the state agency mus t submit plans and proposed use for th e monsy for the (coming year. Local Club Backs Commission Theodore R- Stauffer, newly elected p r e s e n t of th e Lititz Sportsmens Association, said his group is .ready to e n to u r age or help the commission in anyway possille to ge t the jtrogram passed. The local clito was one of the fi r s t in te re ted in getting a Fish commissbn dam in the area. After mjch e f fo r t the p roje c t was s t r t e d In. July 1958. ! Stauf fer sa idf’The F e d e ra t ed Sportsmen kvill meet on Thur sday of thi week and he an d othe r local officials will be a t th e medng to fu th e r advance th e ppgram. the advantage the Commission would have in placing a dam in such a heavily populated area. Fishing license sales have been on th e decline in the pa s t few years and with a lake in an a re a easily accessible and close to the mass public of Lancaster, Lebanon and Berks Counties these sales could be stimulated. Although land costs a re high in Lancas ter County it is doubtful if the fu tu r e will ease prices. Dams and Lakes of this type can and a re being built in oth e r counties a t only a p a r t of th e cost proposed for this one but most of them a re in back-woods are a s creating a traveling problem for most s ta te residents. Lititz Sportsmen To Trap Babbits Stauf fer also announced plans for trap p in g rabbits in the borough. Anyone who would like to have rabbits trapped on th e i r proper ty may contact Richard Wa lte r MA 6-75 76 or Nevin Wa lte r MA 6-7980. ■ M W I i Today’s youngs ters in th e Warwick a re a a re developing a genuine interes t in modern scientific developments, according to Mrs. Shirley Rettew, libra rian a t the borough elementa ry school, shown above, with two of —Record-Express Photo, h e r s tudents, Miss Donna Wiegand a n d Miss Jody Ranch. The traveling science libra ry loaned th e libra ry by th e National Sc ienc e , Foun d a tio n is seen b ehind them. New 2-Million Gallon Reservoir To Be Put Into Use January 15 Lititz Borough’s . new .two-million gallon reservoir atop Kissel Hill will be put into service the week of J a n u a ry 15, borough officials announced yesterday. Filled two weeks ago, the huge circular ta n k of re-in-forced concrete has proved satisfactory in the preliminary tes t before it was emptied. When the ta sk of eliminating any trace of bacteria from inside the new reservoir and mains is completed, the re s e r voir again will be filled. A s ta temen t to the public explaining the improvements now completed was issued this week a t the direction of borough council. The s ta temen t follows: J a n u a ry 3, 1960 Dear Editor: Would you p r in t this as an open letter to all Borough residents? The wa te r improvement program initiated by the Borough last spring is now nearly ready to go into operation. We are pleased with the construction progress made to date, and an ticipate th a t during the week of J a n u a ry 15, we can s ta r t Elementary School Students Really Digging In On Scientific Studies Here . Scientific studies are captivating the minds of local te en agers — largely the re sult of work being done in the Lititz Borough Elementa ry School which now boasts of one of the larges t collection of scien-fic books in the state. The s trides made in keeping pace with the space-age, among o u r elementary s tu dents is the re sult of work s ta r ted five or more years ago, Supervising Principal Marlin Spaid pointed out this week. As a re sult of this campaign, the local school was selected as one of 800 in the nation to receive the loan of a traveling scientific library hy the National Science Foundation, Elementary Supervisor Zerby pointed out. And the ne t re sult is an amazing inte re s t and concern over scientific progress on the Services >at. For Fortier P.M. Robert Fautz The flag a t tl Lititz Post-office is flying ihalf-mast in memory of Fort» Pos tma s te r Robe rt E. P f a l who died unexpectedly a l t . Jo s e p h ’s Hospital, Lancar, Wednes d ay morning a t 10 a.m. F u n e ra l servh will be held Saturday ^10:30. a.m. from the Spachtf teral Home with Rt. Rev. rl Helmich officiating. Intejnt will be made in the Miian. Cemetery. t Fome r P o s t ie r Pfautz, who was seventh) years of age, lived a t 44( Broad St. He had been in health for , th e past severa^nths but had been a patie^ the hospital only a shorn ^t He retired aps tma s te r here on October 957 a fter having served in capacity for a tota l of 22, s pi-ior to th a t he was \r tner in the retail businestra t e<j as V Pfautz Brother s period ‘ of approximately years. This store was lo(c1n Eas t M a in Street a t till! 0f jjje present Trimble (,are He was a mein0j t jle Moravian Church, be Na tional Associatio n tetired Civil Employees. H, born in Warwick Twp.., i0f tpg late Wellington. ¡Lizzie Ensminger Pfauitz, ijVed his entire life in. th t ion He is survived! b; Wjfe , Zoners Make Exception For Broad St. Home The Board of Zoning Adjus tment met Tuesday nig h t and approved a zoning permit for Robert Balmer to erect a single family home on a 50-foot lot in the 500 block of South Broad Street. Because the lot was in existence at the time the zoning ordinance was passed, the Board waived the need for 10 foot sideyards. They said th a t 4-foot sideyards could be used in this case. The Ba lme r h e a ring wag number 20 for th e Board. Twelve of the twenty have been approved by th e board unde r the zoning ordinance; In othe r business, the Board held the annua l reorganization. Wallace B. Hofferth was elected Chairman and J. Ru s sell Ma rke rt elected Chairman. Vice Amelia Esh e lma n I and the following ehile Ea r j Pfautz, of MiddHetovjctor Ideal Skating At Rudy’s Dam Ideal ice ska t ing conditions were a t t ra c t in g many skaters to Ru d y ’s Dam, southeas t of the borough, this week -— thanks to the local Explorer s ’ Po s t and the Lititz firemen. Operating the dam, members of the Explore r s ’ Post firs t sought to smooth off the ice, roughened by recent snowfalls, by flooding the d am last week. Fa ilure of a portable pump for a time f ru s tra ted the ir efforts. But Lititz firemen^came to the rescue of the local Boy Scouts Friday nig h t when, led by F i r e Chief Raymond Runk, nine members of the company drove the pumper to the dam. Drawing wa te r from below the dam, a fte r laying appoximate-ly a q u a r te r of a mile of hose, the firemen slowly covered the entire d am with a thin layer of water. After about th re e hours the pumping was halted. By the following morning a smooth Center Launches Its Membership Drive The Recreation Center this W. Bobst Recreation Center. week opened it month-long drive for membership renewals and new members. This is an Annual Drive held each J a n u a ry so th a t its program can be formulated for the balance of the year. La s t year membership totaled 1564 persons. I t is necessary to ta k e out membership to participate in any of th e 110 dif ferent activities sponsored d uring the year. Many of these a re operating in cooperation with the Wa r wick Union School District and other s in co-operation w i t h “Recreation - minded” business men. The Recreation Center is going to need more money this year th a n ever before with the completion of th e New I. So if all of the 13,000 res idents of the Warwick Union School District would contr ibute one dolla r each the fin an cial situation of th e N e w Building would be very rosy. Individual Membership is only $1.00, Family Membership $5.00 and Life-Time Family Membership $50.00. Booths will be set up a t the two b a n k s ,1 schools and a t the Lititz Elementa ry School Gym Office. Persons interes ted in joining may mail the ir checks to the Lititz Recreation Center, Box 225 Lititz, Pa., and membership cards will be sent to them. Mrs. Jo h n Skinner and Mrs. Albert Eb b e r t are Co-Chairmen of this years drive. pa r t of s tudents in evert the lowest grades, Mrs. Shirley Rettew, elementary school lib ra r ian reported. The • American Association for the Advancement of Science, which is an association established for seeing th a t the re is an increased interes t in science in schools, is responsible for the loan of our t r a veling science library. The National Defense E d u cation Act has been responsible for supplying the Warwick Union School District with $ 1.00 per s tudent towards the purchase of science and ma th e matics books. This has been in force for the las t two years. The National Defense Edu cation Act has also aided- the Warwick Union School District in the purchase of science tables, various ■ science kits which a re available to all classroom teachers, and a considerable collection of science filmstrips. P a r t of the expense for these items has been paid by the Lititz Ele men ta ry School Pa rent-Te a cher Association. The school is (Continued on Page 3) 1960 Was ‘Big Dig’ Year In Lititz Borough v In Lititz, 19 60 could he re- the wa te r plant itself. Re fer red to as the year of “The Big Dig.” During the year the Borough was involved in more general construction th an it had seen since the sewer was installed. Main Street, of course, h e aded the parade. In order to get ready for the recons truction of the s t re e t by the State Highway Department, fi r s t the water, th en the gas, th en the telephone, and finally the electric utilities all had work to do and it all involved digging up the street. Street work itself began in July. The s tre e t was finally opened to traffic in November, much to everyone’s relief an d satisfaction. Adding to the digging operations -was the work done u n der the Borough’s $395,000 bond issue wa te r improvement program. 19 60 saw the installation of 9,000 feet of 16” main from the Maple Street pumping plant to the top of Kissel Hill, the construction of a 2,000,000 gallon pres tres s ed concrete reservoir on Kissel Hill, and an addition to commended as fa r back as 19 3 2, the improvement, program will give be tte r service to existing wa te r customers and provide room for expansion. A n umbe r of large buildings were s ta r ted d ur ing 19 60. Wilbur Chocolate Company put up a modern office building and Yerger Brothers, Incorporated, added an o th e r ma n u facturing building, both to accomodate growing businesses. Sparked by th e generosity of Elmer H. Bobst, the Lititz Community Center tore down the ir old building an d are replacing it with a beautiful new s truc ture . St. P a u l ’s Lu th e ra n Church, long cramp ed for space, s ta r te d what promises to be a distinctive church education building on West Orange Street. Of pa r t icula r significance was the intergroup cooperation on providing sewer facilities for the Jo h n Beck School a t Brunnerville. With the completion of the expanded Jo h n Beck School, some of (Continued on page 6 ) Borough Hoosegow Gets State’s Highest Rating Lititz Borough has th e high- nal inspections, is th e second est a tta inable r a n k in one depa rtment, a t least •— th a t of maintaining th e local hoosegow! Burgess Benjamin F o r r e s t this week made public a le t te r ju s t received from s t a t e of-ficals highly lauding the borough for the jail and the man ner in which it is being ma intained. Construction of th e jail la s t year was one of the comparatively costliest small items in the borough budget and its elaborate furnishings, including automatic bubblers, has caused amaz ement argong the firehouse janitor ia l force. The le t te r was signed by Robert A. I tri, director of pe-complimentary one received since the jail was built. It reads : “ A reinspection made on December 28, 19 60 showed th a t the lockup is being ma intained in excellent s ani ta ry and physical condition and efficiently operated in all othe r respects, an d merits' an overall ra t in g of excellent. “ The Bureau of Correction highly commends the borough officials for th e i r progressive management and conscientious operation . of th e i r detention facility. We -are gra te ful for t h e courteous cooperation which Borough Manager Bauer and Police Chief Hoffman extended to our representative.” Rolling Hills Annual Dinner Meeting Friday ___ coating of ice made it ideal Pfautz, a t home;; Doi wife for skating. Explorers an-of Elme r Coffey,, of ..gter; nouneed th a t approximately 50 Evelyn, wife of Daviaver> season tickets have been sold Lancaster; R.obert "Vau i z, and hope to more th a n double of Haddonfieldi, N Carl this number over the week- Pfautz, serving with xj.S. end. Army in Korea.. This week-end, the refresh-- He also is siurviv? 15 ment stand will be operated, grandchildren, four e a t In addition, hockey playing grandchildren iin a d to will be confined to the upper the following brotl and part of the d am in order to s is ters; Roy, Mrs. iett:e permit family-type skating of Brubaker, Mrs. Maneh n a more leisurely fashion over ^ lis s H elen P ia q j Gf the rest of the ice. 1 a —. Through operation of the m?y a k h t’s dam local F r id a y evening Explore rs hope to p.m. Raising Campaign got u n d e r way with the advent of the New Year with the annua l appeal scheduled to ru n for the entire month of Jan u a ry . The local chapte r,, l -ong identified with th e “ Fight Against Polio” , also now includes ar thr it is , b ir th defects and crippling diseases. , Chris tian C. Rudy, chapte r chairman, said th a t months of preparation have been nn- _ derway so th a t the stage may iro ,Ro 9 ljnake up pa rt of a $300 deficit ’ be set for one of the most March of Dimes Drive Has Added Appeal The 1961 Lanc a s te r March fund raising campaigns ever of Dimes and Dollars Fu n d a ttempted by the local health in the post treasury. energetic a, n d h a rd-hitting organization. “The tr adit iona l coin collectors have been dis tributed th ro u g h o u t the city and county in all business places,” said Rudy, “and the March of Dimes and Dollars Contribution Mailers have been placed in the mails for the recipients to send th e i r suppor t to thg 1961 campaign. Public, parochial and pr ivate schools a re again suppor ting the March of Dimes and Dollars as a re fra te rna l, civic, (Continued on Page 3) Twelfth Night Bonfire Here Friday Evening A Twelfth-Night bonfire of discarded Chris tmas trees will light up the horizon he re this Friday evening, according to plans completed hy th e Lititz Jaycees. Robe r t Henney, cha irman in charge, announced th a t trees will be gathered, s ta r tin g a t 5:30 p.m. Friday. Trees should he placed a t th e curb prior to th a t time in order not to delay the collection, he urged. Using a fleet of five trucks dona ted for’ the purpose, J a y cees hope to have the several hun d red Chris tmas trees collected and deposited in the old ball field west of the Springs P a rk within a few hours. With Lititz firemen and the pumper standing by, Jaycees will apply the torch to the huge pile of trees a t exactly 10 p.m. Other precautions a lso will be tak en so th a t the public, including children, will be able to go to the ball park and witness the spectacle, Henney asserted. F.F.A. To Attend Farm Show Next week is State Fa rm Show Week in Ha r r i sb u rg with several h u ndred farmers , s tu den ts and others from the Warwick are planning to a t tend. A highlight of the show from the local angle will be the presentation of southeast regional Sta r F a rme r Award by the Pennsylvania F u tu r e F a rme r s of America to Jame s C. Brubake r on Wednesday. Brubaker, seventeen, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Milton M. Brubaker, and is a senior at Warwick High School. He has been winning one F.F.A. awa rd a f te r an o th e r since 1957. A group of Warwick High School s tudents, representing the Warwick Chapter of F.F. A., headed by Agricultura l (Continued on Page 3) The an n u a l din n e r meeting of the Rolling Hills Girl Scout Neighborhood will be held on Friday evening a t 6:30 p.m. in th e cafeteria of the Elementa ry School building. The theme for the dinner and the program will be “Honor the P a s t .” T h e ceremony will be opened by th e Color Guard from Troop # 1 4 1 , th e girls' include, Joyce Nagle, Babs Weaver, Louise Strickler, Donna H a r t r a n f t and M a r c i a Groves. The program will fe a tu re a Skit “We ’re Outdoor Scouts” by Connie Heagy and Marsha Helter from Troop # 2 3 5 . A film “ Follow Me Girls” and a Chorus of 19 20 directed by Mrs. Gordon Burkey with the following girls participating, from Troop # 1 4 1 Ka thy Will, Police Probe Thefts Here The th e f t of a s tring of mu sk ra t traps along the Lititz Creek in the center of the boro this week highlighted a series of petty the f ts over the past week. Borough police also re ported an a ttemp t to break into a local retail store. The traps stolen were the property of th re e eleven-year old youths who have been g e tting up a t day b re ak daily to care for the ir traps. The youthful trappe r s a re James Walters , Locust Street; Richard Gibson, Lititz Springs Ave., and ■ Mike Enck, Main Street. Police also repor ted the th e f t of a spare tire and wheel from the t ru n k of a car owned by Charles Whitcraf t, Lititz R2, which had been parked at the .re a r of the Lititz Bowling Lanes the evening of December 2S. A tire and wheel also were stolen from a car owned by Ralph E a rh a r t , Lincoln Ave., which had been pa rked in the alley a t the r e a r of his home. E a rh a r t could not state exactly when the tire and wheel were stolen inasmuch as he did not miss them until he got a flat tire over the past week-end. Police also repor ted an a t tempt to break into the re a r door of the Harris Store on Ea s t Main Street early the morning of December 31. A crowbar apparently had b e en used in an effort to remove two heavy steel bars securing the doors, but the ir efforts proved futile. Charlene Diffenbach, Donna Singer, Ba rb a ra Spaid, Troop # 1 1 8 , Cindy Buch, J o B e t h Long, Jo an n e Eshelman, Diane Taft, Troop # 8 0 Mary Nelson, Susan Horn, J ayne Buch, Susan York, Troop # 2 3 5 Ileen Z u g, Lynn Hollingsworth, Debbie Eckert, Jo an Pfautz. Troop # 2 1 5 Helen Good, Mary Amidon, Susan Kauffman, and Carol Swarr. A Memorabilia exhibit on Scouting in Lancas ter County and Lititz will be featured. Membership pins will be presented to the following, five year pins to Mrs. Curtis Long, Mrs. Vernon Ranck, Mrs. How-wa rd Good, Mrs. Robe r t Will, Mrs. Albert Taft, Mrs. Richa rd DeVerter, and Mrs. Pau l Seaber; ten year pins to Mrs. William Donnley, Mrs. Bruce Corbett, Mrs. Floyd Heagy, Mrs. G. Marlin Spaid; fifteen years, Mrs. E s th e r Petticof-fer; and twenty year pins to Mrs. Willy d eP e r ro t an d Jo an Ruebman. The committee in 'c h a rg e is Cathryn Adams, Mrs. Spaid, and Mrs. William Whitten, Jr. Senior Troop # 1 2 2 will have charge of table decorations. Miss Ru ebman is Neighborhood Chairman. Local Womeii Fracture Legs In Falls Here Two well-known local women sus tained broken legs in falls here this week. Falling on a patch of ice hidden by a fresh snowfall early Wednesday morning while walking along Broad Street, Mrs. Elsie Wagner, W. Third Avenue, sus tained the f ra c tu re of a bone of her left leg near the ankle. At the time Mrs. Wagner was accompanied hy h e r hus band, Roy Wagner, manager of the General Sutter Hotel. They had walked to Broad St. hoping to get a bus to the cente r of the borough but apparently had missed the bus. They then decided to walk to the hotel and had reached a point ne a r Marion Street when the mishap occurred. Mrs. Wagne r was tre a ted by Dr. Joseph W. Grosh and re tu rn ed to her home a f te r x-rays had been taken. Mrs. Charles Krick also sustained a f ra c tu re of the same type in a fall down several steps a t her home on South Broad Street on Monday morning. This f ra c tu re also was- reduced hy l)r. Grosh. p u tt ing pa rts of the new system into operation. We know th a t the changes now unde r construction will improve our wa te r system and allow us to handle some expansion. With the new 2 million gallon water storage reservoir the town will be able to withs tand sudden large demands such as caused by fires or main breaks, and we will be able to pump only a t night when electric rates a re lowest. With the addition to the Maple Street pumping plant we will be able to provide a longer chlorination period and to convert our plant operation to an automatic basis. With the 16” transmission main out to the reservoir, we are materially s t rengthening the dis tribution system south of Main Strtet. One of the effects of the changes will be to increase the water pres sure in th e a re a north of a line including West Marion Street, the Linden Hall campus, and Main Street east of Locust Street. The pres sure will be increased by 23 pounds which should have no effect 011 normal plumbing lines or fixtures. If you have any doubts, however, it would be adviseable to call your plumber. I t is interes ting to note th a t within the last three years, Ep h ra ta , Lancas ter and Quarryville all increased their maximum pres sure to a point higher th an ours will be, with no bad effects. There will be no change in water pres sure iu the southe rn end of town. If you have any questions about this, please call the Borough Office. Lititz Borough Council Community Calendar J a n . 5— 5:00 P.M.— Sr. High girls Bowling. 6:30 P.M. — Lititz Lions Club Meeting a t the American Legion. 7:30 P.M.— Ladies Auxiliary of Lititz Fire Co. At Fire Hall. J a n . 0— 4:00 P.M)— J r . High Basketball game with Cocalico. Home. 6:30 P.M.— Rolling Hills Girl Scout Leaders Covered Dish. Dinner a t Lititz Elem. School Cafeteria. 6:45 P.M.— Varsity Basketball Game a t Peque a Valley. 7:30 P.M. — Varsity Wres tling Match with Manheim C e n t r a l a t home. Jan . O— 7:00 P.M.— American Legion Post # 5 6 Meeting. 7:30 P.M.— I.O.O.F. Meeting a t I.O.O.F. Hall. 8:00 P.M.— Lititz Community Center Board of Directors Meeting a t Boro Hall. 8:00 P.M.— Lititz Woma n ’s Club Board of Directors Meeting. . 2:00 P.M.— Lititz Auxiliary of Lancas ter General Hospital Meeting. 6:00 P.M.— Lititz Rota ry Club Meeting a t Gen. Sutte r Hotel. 7:30 P.M.— Womens Volleyball. Lititz Elemena ry School Gym. 7:30 P.M.— Board of His- . tor ial Review Meeting. 7:30 P.M.— Lititz Springs P a rk Committee Meeting a t Boro Hall. J an . 10— 8 P.M.— Lititz Guild to Lancas ter Osteopathic Hospital. Meeting a t home of Mrs. Roy Oberlin, 30 E. Orange St. J a n . 11— 5:00 P.M.— J r . High Girls Bowling. 7:30 P.M.— Sewer Au th ority Meeting. J a n . 12— 5:00 P.M.— Sr. High Girls Bowling. 7:0 0— Ea s te rn Sta r Meeting a t I.O.O.F. 1 Jail. 13— 4:00 P.M. — J r . High Basketball a t Lancaster Township. 6:45 P.M.— Varsity Basketball Game a t Conestoga Valley. 7:30 P.M. — V a r s i t y Wres tling Match with Mc- Caskey a t home. AH clubs a n d o rg an iz a tio n s a rc a sk e d to co -o p erate In th is p ro je c t by callin g th e R e c re a tion C e n te r a n y day from 3 :3 0 p.m. to 5 p.111., T h u rsd a y a n d F rid a y s from 1 0 to 1 2 a.m. a n d 1 to 3 p.m. Those w ish ing to w rite in m ay do so by mailing to P.O. Box 225. MRS. MARGARET HOPKINS EXTERTAIN S SOCI ET Y Mrs. Margaret Hopkins will enter tain the Society of Fa rm Women No. 1 at the Diffen-baugh Home, Lancaster, on Saturday Jan. 7th at 1:30 p.m. Alis.4 Mae Gravitili will he the spea ker.
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Title | Lititz Record Express |
Masthead | Lititz Record Express 1961-01-05 |
Subject | Lititz (Pa.) -- Newspapers;Lancaster County (Pa.)—Newspapers |
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The Lititz Record - Express
Serving The Warwick Union Area For Nearly A Century
tear Established April, 1877, as The Sunbeam
(Consolidated with The Iiitltz Record, 1937) Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa., Thursday Jan u ary 5, 1961 7 cents a Copy; $3.00 per year by mail
Within Lancaster County; $3.50 elsewhere.
10 Pages — No. 38
/ill Decide Hammer Creek Dam Fate This Month
V Unsigned Options
lay Decide Fate
)f $400,000 Project
State Official Favors Using Right of
Eminent Domain To Obtain
Use of Land
By John Helter
The fate of the proposed $400,000 Hammer Creek
Dnm project may be decided this month, according
¡o word released by the Pennsylvania Fish Commis-ion
yesterday.
The Commission, in an effort to lay it’s plans for
the year 1961, will decide at a meeting this month if
the remaining six options still unsigned will be taken.
Information was received in a telephone conversation
with Cyril J. Reagan, Chief of land procurement
for the Commission yesterday.
Reagan said he will submit a suggestion to the
commission recommending the use of the rig h t of
Eminent Domain in procuring th e needed properties.
A total of 30 landowners Stauf fer also pointed out
DEVELOPING SCIENTIFIC M IN D S
a re involved in the 240-acre
fishing and boating lake.
Twenty-four of the proper ty
■owners signed options and
agreed on price. Sizable pieces
of land still must be obtained
th ro u g h th e six unsigned options.
The f e d e r a l Government,
thro u g h th e Dingle-Johnson
Bill, will foot the ma jo r p a r t
of the cost. This bill provides
a share cf the tax money collected
on all fishing tackle
sold in this state to be allocated
for use by the state in the
building of dams and th e improving
of water ways of the
state.
To obtain this fu n d the
patate mus t provide twenty-five
cents of Federal funds receiv-cents
of Federal funds received.
This wr ite r Is u n d e r the
Opinion the state agency mus t
submit plans and proposed use
for th e monsy for the (coming
year.
Local Club Backs Commission
Theodore R- Stauffer, newly
elected p r e s e n t of th e Lititz
Sportsmens Association, said
his group is .ready to e n to u r age
or help the commission
in anyway possille to ge t the
jtrogram passed.
The local clito was one of
the fi r s t in te re ted in getting
a Fish commissbn dam in the
area. After mjch e f fo r t the
p roje c t was s t r t e d In. July
1958. !
Stauf fer sa idf’The F e d e ra t ed
Sportsmen kvill meet on
Thur sday of thi week and he
an d othe r local officials will
be a t th e medng to fu th e r
advance th e ppgram.
the advantage the Commission
would have in placing a dam
in such a heavily populated
area. Fishing license sales
have been on th e decline in
the pa s t few years and with
a lake in an a re a easily accessible
and close to the mass
public of Lancaster, Lebanon
and Berks Counties these sales
could be stimulated.
Although land costs a re
high in Lancas ter County it is
doubtful if the fu tu r e will
ease prices. Dams and Lakes
of this type can and a re being
built in oth e r counties a t only
a p a r t of th e cost proposed for
this one but most of them a re
in back-woods are a s creating a
traveling problem for most
s ta te residents.
Lititz Sportsmen
To Trap Babbits
Stauf fer also announced
plans for trap p in g rabbits in
the borough. Anyone who
would like to have rabbits
trapped on th e i r proper ty may
contact Richard Wa lte r MA
6-75 76 or Nevin Wa lte r MA
6-7980.
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Today’s youngs ters in th e Warwick a re a
a re developing a genuine interes t in modern
scientific developments, according to Mrs.
Shirley Rettew, libra rian a t the borough elementa
ry school, shown above, with two of
—Record-Express Photo,
h e r s tudents, Miss Donna Wiegand a n d Miss
Jody Ranch. The traveling science libra ry
loaned th e libra ry by th e National Sc ienc e ,
Foun d a tio n is seen b ehind them.
New 2-Million Gallon Reservoir
To Be Put Into Use January 15
Lititz Borough’s . new .two-million
gallon reservoir atop
Kissel Hill will be put into
service the week of J a n u a ry
15, borough officials announced
yesterday.
Filled two weeks ago, the
huge circular ta n k of re-in-forced
concrete has proved
satisfactory in the preliminary
tes t before it was emptied.
When the ta sk of eliminating
any trace of bacteria from inside
the new reservoir and
mains is completed, the re s e r voir
again will be filled.
A s ta temen t to the public
explaining the improvements
now completed was issued this
week a t the direction of borough
council. The s ta temen t
follows:
J a n u a ry 3, 1960
Dear Editor:
Would you p r in t this as an
open letter to all Borough
residents?
The wa te r improvement program
initiated by the Borough
last spring is now nearly ready
to go into operation. We are
pleased with the construction
progress made to date, and an ticipate
th a t during the week
of J a n u a ry 15, we can s ta r t
Elementary School Students Really
Digging In On Scientific Studies Here
. Scientific studies are captivating
the minds of local te en agers
— largely the re sult of
work being done in the Lititz
Borough Elementa ry School
which now boasts of one of
the larges t collection of scien-fic
books in the state.
The s trides made in keeping
pace with the space-age,
among o u r elementary s tu dents
is the re sult of work
s ta r ted five or more years ago,
Supervising Principal Marlin
Spaid pointed out this week.
As a re sult of this campaign,
the local school was selected
as one of 800 in the nation to
receive the loan of a traveling
scientific library hy the National
Science Foundation,
Elementary Supervisor Zerby
pointed out.
And the ne t re sult is an
amazing inte re s t and concern
over scientific progress on the
Services >at.
For Fortier P.M.
Robert Fautz
The flag a t tl Lititz Post-office
is flying ihalf-mast in
memory of Fort» Pos tma s te r
Robe rt E. P f a l who died
unexpectedly a l t . Jo s e p h ’s
Hospital, Lancar, Wednes d
ay morning a t 10 a.m.
F u n e ra l servh will be
held Saturday ^10:30. a.m.
from the Spachtf teral Home
with Rt. Rev. rl Helmich
officiating. Intejnt will be
made in the Miian. Cemetery.
t
Fome r P o s t ie r Pfautz,
who was seventh) years of
age, lived a t 44( Broad St.
He had been in health for
, th e past severa^nths but
had been a patie^ the hospital
only a shorn ^t
He retired aps tma s te r
here on October 957 a fter
having served in capacity
for a tota l of 22, s pi-ior
to th a t he was \r tner in
the retail businestra t e |
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