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TO REPORT A FIRE MA 6-2100 The Lititz Record - Express TO CALL BORO POLICE MA 6-2209 Serving The Warwick Union Area For Nearly A Century 85th "Tear E stab lished April, 1877, as The Sunbeam (Consolidated w ith The Xiititz Record, 1937) Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa., Thursday May 11, 1961 7 cen ts a Copy; $3.00 per yea r b y m all w ithin Lancaster County; $3.50 elsewhere. 14 Pages No. 4 PUTTING ON A NEIGHBORLY ACT — IN A GREAT BIG WAY! T h irte e n n e ig h b o rs a b o a rd a fle e t o f th irte e n tra c to rs p resen t an imposing p ic tu re as th ey tu r n o v er th e sod in a — P h o to by G ran t Heilman.,- wide p a th a s Lloyd Iveller, up tem p o ra rily from his sickbed, waves a frien d ly g re e tin g to liis frien d s. Tip Leads To Arrest Of Youths The long series of auto thefts and a local store burg- '¡lary were cleared up over the past week-end when borough police took into custody two local teen-agers who will be arraigned before county juvenile court. A chance tip from a civilian led to the solution of th e car thef ts which had baffled! boro police for the past several months, Chief of Police-George Hicks explained. The two were ' ta k e n Into custody by Borough Police Officer Lloyd -Loss , ~'w4r®v -has been devoting many hours each week seeking to1 solve th e ear thefts. The two included a seventeen- year-old Ma i n Stre e t youth, who, when questioned, implicated a sixteen-year-old F ro n t Street youth. According to police, the seventeen-year-old admitted thé store burglary as well as thé entire list of nine auto thefts. The younger youth was implicated in two of the car thefts and was allegedly the (Continued on Page 8) WILL DISCUSS HOROSCOPES Coletta Worth Woman’s Club Dinner Meeting Monday Evening The annual spring dinner meeting of the Lititz Woman’s OlitI) will be held in tlie Genera] Suiter Hotel, Monday evening at 0 : 1 r> p.m. Mrs. Coletta Worth, of Medford, New Jersey, will speak on “Horoscopes and Astrology.” She will describe the characteristics of people born under the twelve dif fe rent signs of the zodiac, showing how to better unders tand and live with people of different personalities. Audience participation is p a r t ot this enter taning show. -Mrs. Worth has been very successful for many years in Atlantic City and in Mianti Beach, Florida. Mrs. Paul C. Hess will introduce tiie guest speaker. The Club Chorus under the 13 Neighbors With Tractors Plow 50-Acres For 111 Farmer A fleet of thirte en tractbrs, each operating in unison with the others, a tt ra c ted much a t tention as they were driven back and for th across the broad fields of a farm located thre e miles west of Lititz last Friday afternoon. Plowing deep furrows, the scene proved an interesting one to many motorists who happened by. The story back of the united effort of so many local farmers , proved even more interesting. The plowing occurred on the farm of Lloyd B. Keller, who has been confined to his home under the care of a physician for the past five weeks. Keller, who is suffering from acute colitis, is expected to be under the care of his physician for several weeks more. As a result, the plowing schedule on this truly model farm, was completely dis rupted — a dire contra s t with the orderly procedure annually followed. Ke lle r’s plight became generally known last week. Friday a t noon, the first of the tractor s, with complete plow a ttachments , drove up the lane of the Keller farm. Within the next few minutes, twelve more tra c tor s , w e r e driven to the farm —n and a few minutes later the plowing operation began. By nightfall, approximately 50 acres of rich fa rmland ifad been completely plowed and prepared for the planting of corn, tobacco plants, etc. And, Larry Ferrari To Play Locally This Saturday Larry Fe r r a r i, well known TV-and recording artist, will present an organ concert on Saturday, May 13th, a t the Man-heim Central Senior High School Auditorium. Concert time 8:00 p.m. Mr. Fe r ra r i, well known to folks who enjoy organ music, has a weekly television program out of Philadelphia, Pa., and also records for RCA records. The evening program will be made up of such selections as Stardust, Tea for Two, Calcutta, selected favorite Hymns and songs from South Pacific. The program is being spon-sqred by the Lancaster County Multiple Sclerosis Society in conjunction with their annual drive for funds. Tickets which sell for $1.00 may be pur-, chased at Hersliey’s Shoe Store or a t the auditorium door the evening of the concert. to complete the picture, one fa rmh an d announced he would r e tu rn daily to do the farm chores until Mr. Keller was fully recovered. Getting up from his sick bed, the owner of the farm was assisted to the field where the tra c tor s were working, in order , th a t he might personally thank his neighbors for their thoughtfulness. Fa rme r s who took pa rt in the neighborly act of kindness were: John Brubaker, John Nissley, Mervin Souder, John B. Keller, Martin Nolt, Robert Sensenich, Harold Esh, fa rmhand employed by Paul Balm-er; James Graybill, Charles Graybill, Abram Longenecker, Clinton Rohrer and Bill Keller, all of Lititz R2. and Richard Bruchart, of Manheim R l . Big Fire Demonstration Here Monday Evening Fo u r neighboring fire companies will come to the assistance of Lititz firemen in a simulated fire demons tration to be s taged in the center of the borough early Monday evening. The demons tration will he for the purpose of enabling the public to witness the manner in which a ma jor fire would be battled. This will include use of the Fire Radio set-up in bringing equipment here thro u g h a Mutual Aid Alarm. The alarm will be sounded a t 6:30 p.m. Monday with the Spacht F u rn i tu re Store in the first block of Ea s t Main Street as the hypothetical target. Immediately borough and fire po- North Alley, Cedar Street and North Alley. * Lititz firemen will respond and then, through use of the radio system, send out a call for help to the Brunnerville Fire Company, the Rothsville Fire Company, the Neffsville Fire Company and the Manheim Fire Company. The Lititz pumpers and the Manheim pumper and ladder truck will take positions in the first block of Ea s t Main Street. Brunnerville, Neffsville and Rothsville pumpers will take positions at the Lititz stream at the re a r of t h e Spacht Building. In announcing the project, local firemen expressed the hope th a t the public will avail themselves of the opportunity lice will block off traffic a t I to observe the operation. Bor-the Square, Main and Cedar lough officials are giving the Streets, Broad Street and project their full support. Warwick And Borough Contests To Be Decided At Polls Tuesday To Complete Rec. Center By July 15 The new Lititz Recreation Center Building will be completed by July 15, according to a repor t submitted at .the annual membership meeting Monday evening. Richard Allebach, chairman of the building committee, re ported work progressing according to schedule in a work repor t compiled by the contractors, Rice & Weidman. Elect F o u r Directors Four new director s were elected to the Senior Board. Results of the balloting as r e ported by Pres ident R. William Spacht, showed the following elected for three year terms: Richard S. Allebach. 440 S. | Cherry St!, Mrs. Rodney L. Wolf, 1!» S. Spruce St., J. Robert Hess, 512 S. Spruce St., and Forbes S. Emsweller, 42 2 S. Linden St. Outgoing director s are Allebach, John R. Marks, Joseph M. Carl and R. William Spacht. P o st Prom Plan s Dale Shelley, co-chairman of the Post Prom committee, an nounced th a t the annual Junior-Senior Post-Prom will be held on Friday, May 19, at the Warwick High School cafeteria from 12:00 midnight -to 4 a.m. The theme of the dance will be “The Carribean Capers.” Pie also announced th a t Open House will he held from S p.m. to 10 p.m. so th a t parents and the general public may-view the decorations and the entire set-up. Shelley also announced th a t the fourth annual adult dance will be held Saturday, May 20, at the high school from 9 p.m. to - 2 p.m. Reservations maybe obtained by calling Mrs. Forbes Emsweller or Mr. Shelley. Final Concert Saturday In Spring Music Series The , final conc e rt of 19 61 Spring Music Festival will be presented this Sa tu r day evening a t 8 o’clock by three Warwick High School music Organizations — The Seventh Grade Chorus, Junior High Band and the Senior High Glee Club. Four selections by American composers — “The American Hymn” , “ I Hear A Song” , “ Brother Will, Brother J o h n ” and the familiar “Tre e s” will be sung by members of the Seventh Grade Chorus tp open the program. An ensemble ot eleven girls will be heard singing - “Tre e s” . Accompanists are Janice Myers and Darlene Helman. A combination of marches, overtures, and musical comedy-will be played by the Junior High Band, Special numbers will include a sousaphone solo by Charles Hornbe rge r and a French horn solo played by David Keehn. Elaine Dagen and Michael Allebach will prethe , sent a dance routine to the music of Leroy Anderson's “ Blue Tango” , and the Junior High Majorettes will do a baton routine as the Band plays a John Philip Sousa march. , An enjoyable evening of music for all is assured as the Senior High Glee Club concludes the program with selec- .ions from the Broadway hit if 1946, “Annie Get Your Gun” . Numbers to be sung in-dude “Th e re ’s No Business Like Show Business” , “Doin What Comes Na tu ra l ly ” , “ You Can’t Get A Man With A Gun” , “ I Got the Sun In the Morning” and “They Say Its Wonderful” . Glee Club accom- >anists are Marcia Meiskey md Marjorie Klenin. Soloists for this performance a r e Claudia Plostetter, S a n d y Shaub, Terry Ha r tman, Bill lamp, Mary Sue Dissinger, fames Brubaker, and members >f the Girls Ensemble and the Warrians. Warwick’s New High Filled To ‘Capacity’ Fifth Drawing This Saturday Despite a downpour of rain, more than fifty Lititz shoppers. gathered on West Main Street Saturday afternoon for the weekly “Lucky 30” d rawings. Inte re s t in the promotion program ih which merchandise vouchers are awarded to lucky shoppers each week is increasing, Ronald Loercher, cha irman of the committee, re p o r t ed this week. In order to increase the interest, retailers will meet'Mon-day to consider changing the rules and possibly the size or number of vouchers given out each week. This week, however, the same plan of awa rding two vouchers will be continued. Last week’s voucher for $50 in merchandise, was awarded to Lewis Perini, of 13 W. Lincoln Ave., whose name was the third drawn from the wheel. The voucher is redeemable with any of the participating merchants. The second drawing for $25 was not claimed and as a re sult, this voucher will be increased to $50 this week, making a total of $100 to be offered this Saturday afternoon at 3 p.m. Dog Bites Child Owner Arrested A local dog owner was prosecuted this week a fte r a three-year-old girl had been bitten. Pie is Robert Eitnier, 2 7 E. Lincoln Ave., who was prosecuted before Jus tice of the Peace Paul F. Diehm for permitting the dog- to r u n loose. According to borough police, the child bitten is the three-year- old dau g h te r of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Vanx, 37 E. Lincoln Ave., who required three stitches to close the gash. Hazel Moore Local Teachers Will Appear Ip Lane. Operas Two local teachers will appear in operas presented by the Lancas ter Ciouhfy Wo rk shop, Freder ick Robinson, director, a t Reynolds Junior High School in Lancaster this Friday and Saturday a t 8:30 p.m. Miss Rochelle Erb, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Erb, R l , Lititz, will sing the role of Leatitia in “The Old Maid and the Th ie f” by Menot-ti. Miss Erb is a graduate of Wes tminster Choir College and is now teaching kindergarten in Conestoga Valley Joint School Disrtict. She has. sung leading roles with the former Lancaster Summertime Playhouse and is a member of the Princeton University Savoyards where she sang leadipg roles in two Gilbert and Sullivan productions. Hazel W. Moore, wife of Howard Moore, resides on E. Second Avenue and is an ins truc tor of vocal music in Warwick Union School District. She is making her operatic stage debut in the title role of “ Secrets of Suzanne,” a one-act opera in English by Wolf- Fe rra ri. Mrs. Moore is a music major gradua te of West Chester Teachers College. She has been a Workshop member for one year and is continuing her vocal tra ining a t the Morgan- Robinson Studios, Lancaster. Rebekahs To Hold Mother's Day Service The ladies of the General Sutter Rebekah Lodge No. 435 will conduct a Mothers’ Day service at the Rebekah Home, Harrisburg, on Sunday. Ail members and friends are invited to attend. They are re quested to meet at the Lodge Hall at 2:45 p.m. Mrs. H . . M. Tobias will be the guest speaker. Tuesday evening a memorial service will be held a t the Lodge Hall for all. members who passed away during the year. School Board Fight Is Center Of Interest; J. of P. Contest In Boro Despite important settled,' a th a t a number of contests are to be comparatively light vote is expected to be cast at the primary election on Tuesday. Polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. with voting to be carried on . in thre e wards or the first Lime in the his-ory of the borough. Voters living in the new Third Ward, all of whom have been notified by mail by the county commissioners, will cast their ballots at Wag ama n ’s, West Second Avenue. Two of half a dozen local contests which are a ttra c ting the most attention in an oth e r wise quiet election are the naming of two justices of the peace in the borough and two Warwick Union directors in the school district. Three candidates for the two offices of justice of the peace Post Prom Frolic Next Friday The Severn» annua l Post Prom will be held on Friday, May 19th from 12:00 .midnight to 4:00 p.m. Saturday in the Warwick High School Cafeteria. It will follow the Ju n io r Senior Prom which will be held a t the Dutch Town and Country Inn, Friday evening. It is sponsored by the. Lititz Community Center. The theme will be “Carib-ban Capers” , there will be dancing and a floor show of three acts will be presented by a well known orches tra. Specialty^ and spot dances will be held. Table decorations will be in Jteeping with the theme, fiesta colored tablecloths and corresponding mats to blend. Centerpieces of fresh pineapple, oranges, bananas, limes and greens sur ro u n d in g t h e taper. Students arr iving a t ' the Post-Prom will be greeted by Richard Allebach as doorman, cars will be parked in the school parking lot by volunteer drivers from civic organizations in town. William Spacht, pres ident of the board of directors of the Lititz Community Center, will ’ extend greetings. Mrs. Forbes Emsweller and Dale Shelley are co-chairman for the affair, othe r members of the committee are, Mr. and Mrs. James Whitcraf t, Mrs. Monroe Shaub, Richard Allebach, Richard Murr, Donald Ross, Forbes Emsweller, and William Bell', director of the Recreation Center. Student. Coordinates, (senior class) Richard Engle, president, Jan e Markert, William Sigmund, Sandra Shaub, Har- (Continued on Page 8) Local Students In State Band Philip Mummfr t, son of Mr. and Mrs, James Mummert, 432 Cedar Street, and Celeste Long, d a u g h te r of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Long, Lititz R l , will represent Warwick High School in the State Band Festival to be held in York Suburban High School today, Friday and Saturday. Philip, a trombonist, and Celeste, clarinetist, won first chair positions in the Southern District Band held at Susquehanna Twp. High School near Harrisburg. The 2 00 specially selected musicians will be directed by Prof. James Dunlop, director of the Penn Sta te University Blue Band. Concerts are planned for F iid ay and Saturday evenings at 8 p.m. W A RW IC K HIGH SCHOOL GLEE CLUB direction of Mrs. Gordon Bur-key will present a program of then, if anything (Continued on page fi) reflect a fas ter The spacious Warwick High. School, now only a few years old, already is filled to — and slightly above capacity — Supervising Principal Marlin Spaid pointed out yesterday. The s t ru c tu re was built for a capacity of 1,000 .students. This year a total of 1,0 21 boys and girls are attending classes and next y e a r ’s student-body will sh,ow a fu r th e r increase of from twenty to thirty more. Graphs prepared year by year also show th a t the increase of from twenty to more than fifty boys and girls will continue for many years and possibly will rate of increase. This explanation was fo r th coming following filing an application for a proposed ad d ition to the high school before the Lancaster County School Hoard. The application did not include details as to the type or size of the addition. According to Mr. Spaid, the addition will be in the form of a new wing which will consist. solely of classrooms. He furnished no estimate of costs. “This application was filed at this time merely in order to have the proposed addition placed oil the state , list for re imbur s ement ,” Mr. Spaid ex- (Continued on Page 8) in the borough are Paul F. Diehm. who is seeking re-election: Harold Kauffman, local grocery, and C. William Dussinger, a newcomer in the political arena. in spite of a popular misconception tha t tlie offices of justices of the peace are filled by wai'ds. voting is borough-wide with voters in all three wards to name the two nominees, One of the two nominees will fill the vacancy caused by tlie death of the late J o seph 1!. Herr. The contest to name two school directors has attracted the center of attention among local voters due to the fact tha t five candidates are seeking the two Republican nominations to be made. The five candidates are Dr. Rodney C. Welch, Wilbur Chocolate Company executive; Ralph L. Sloat, of the Linden Kail faculty; and Mrs. Carolyn Shenk, wife of a local dentist, all of the borough; Dr. Edward Kowalewski, Rothsville physician; and Rev. Robert W. Etter, of Brickerville, scientist of considerable renown and pastor of the Coleman Memorial Chapel. Borough Offices 111 the borough, voters will nominate candidates for burgess, two members of borough council, as well as fill several constable positions and name election board personnel. Republicans who filed petitions are: For Burgess, Dr. Ar th u r Griswold, who will be unopposed; Robert Hanna, for council from the third ward, and Floyd Hagy, from thè first ward. Thomas Rearich is a candidate for constable from the second ward, and Robert Bachman, in the third ward. A contest for the Republican nomination for constable in the first ward is being waged by Borough Police Officer Howard Dissinger and F o rme r Borough Police Officer Lester Haines. In the first ward, Christ Koehler is a candidate for re-election as judge of elections and Charles Rineer is a candidate for inspector. Ea rl Sing- (Continued on page 5) Community Calendar P ic tu re d h e re a re th e eig h ty mem b ers of Warwick High Nehool's Senior High Glee Club. They will present selections from Irv in g B e rlin 's great, Mind calc “Annie Get Y o u r Citiu" in th e fin a l concert of th e Sp rin g Music F e stiv a l th is S a tu rd ay ev en in g in th e h ig h school a u d ito rium a t 8 o ’clock. May 1 1— w O m a n ’ s C l u b Spring Rummage Sale. 6:30 P.M. — Ep h ra ta Toastmasters meeting a t the Amvets in Ephrata . May 1 ———Lititz Guild to the L a n c a s t e r Osteopathic Hospital Meeting. 7:30 P.M. — Chinese Auction at the Lititz Fire House. May 13— 12:00 Noon — PTA Festival at the Elementary School grounds. 8:00 P.M. — Warwick , H*fth School Vocal a n d Ins trumental concert. 1:00 P.M. — Woman’s Club Special Project Committee Meeting (U.S. Marine Band Concert) ali committee chairman and members be present a t Warwick High S c h o o l Auditorium. May 14— 2 P.M. — Regular meeting of the Elstonville Sportsmen Association. May ir>— 6:15 P.M. .— Dinner meeting of the Lititz Woman’s Club. 6:30 P.M. — M a r t i n Luther choir rehear sal a t St. Paul's Church. 7:00 P.M. — Ju n io r choir and confirmation classes a t St. P a u l ’s Church. 8:00 P.M. -— Young People's Choir 1 rehe a r sa l a t St. P a u l ’s Church. May 1«— 4:15 P.M. —■ Wa r wick High Baseball — Warwick vs. Cocalico — Away game. 6:00 P.M. — Rotary Club meeting at Hotel Sutter. 7:30 P.M. — Planning commission meeting a t Boro Hall. May 17— 7:30 P.M. — School hoard meeting. 8:00 P.M. — Senior Choir rehearsal at St. P a u l ’s Church. Woman's Club s ta te Convention at the Penn Ha r ris Hotel, Harrisburg, Pa. May IK— Woman’s Club State Convention at the Penn Harris Hotel, Harrisburg, Penna. 7:30 P.M. — Inter-Denominational Silver Medal Speech Contest a t the E. U. B. Church, N. Cedar St. All clubs a n d o rg an iz a tio n s a rc ask ed to co-operate in th is p ro je c t by callin g th e R e c re a tio n Cen ter any day from 3 :3 0 to o p.m., T h u rsd ay a n d F rid a y s from 10 to 12 a.m. a n d 1 to 3 p.m. Those w ish in g to w rite in may do so by ¡m a ilin g to P.O. Box 225.
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Title | Lititz Record Express |
Masthead | Lititz Record Express 1961-05-11 |
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Subject | Lititz (Pa.) -- Newspapers;Lancaster County (Pa.)—Newspapers |
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Full Text | TO REPORT A FIRE MA 6-2100 The Lititz Record - Express TO CALL BORO POLICE MA 6-2209 Serving The Warwick Union Area For Nearly A Century 85th "Tear E stab lished April, 1877, as The Sunbeam (Consolidated w ith The Xiititz Record, 1937) Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa., Thursday May 11, 1961 7 cen ts a Copy; $3.00 per yea r b y m all w ithin Lancaster County; $3.50 elsewhere. 14 Pages No. 4 PUTTING ON A NEIGHBORLY ACT — IN A GREAT BIG WAY! T h irte e n n e ig h b o rs a b o a rd a fle e t o f th irte e n tra c to rs p resen t an imposing p ic tu re as th ey tu r n o v er th e sod in a — P h o to by G ran t Heilman.,- wide p a th a s Lloyd Iveller, up tem p o ra rily from his sickbed, waves a frien d ly g re e tin g to liis frien d s. Tip Leads To Arrest Of Youths The long series of auto thefts and a local store burg- '¡lary were cleared up over the past week-end when borough police took into custody two local teen-agers who will be arraigned before county juvenile court. A chance tip from a civilian led to the solution of th e car thef ts which had baffled! boro police for the past several months, Chief of Police-George Hicks explained. The two were ' ta k e n Into custody by Borough Police Officer Lloyd -Loss , ~'w4r®v -has been devoting many hours each week seeking to1 solve th e ear thefts. The two included a seventeen- year-old Ma i n Stre e t youth, who, when questioned, implicated a sixteen-year-old F ro n t Street youth. According to police, the seventeen-year-old admitted thé store burglary as well as thé entire list of nine auto thefts. The younger youth was implicated in two of the car thefts and was allegedly the (Continued on Page 8) WILL DISCUSS HOROSCOPES Coletta Worth Woman’s Club Dinner Meeting Monday Evening The annual spring dinner meeting of the Lititz Woman’s OlitI) will be held in tlie Genera] Suiter Hotel, Monday evening at 0 : 1 r> p.m. Mrs. Coletta Worth, of Medford, New Jersey, will speak on “Horoscopes and Astrology.” She will describe the characteristics of people born under the twelve dif fe rent signs of the zodiac, showing how to better unders tand and live with people of different personalities. Audience participation is p a r t ot this enter taning show. -Mrs. Worth has been very successful for many years in Atlantic City and in Mianti Beach, Florida. Mrs. Paul C. Hess will introduce tiie guest speaker. The Club Chorus under the 13 Neighbors With Tractors Plow 50-Acres For 111 Farmer A fleet of thirte en tractbrs, each operating in unison with the others, a tt ra c ted much a t tention as they were driven back and for th across the broad fields of a farm located thre e miles west of Lititz last Friday afternoon. Plowing deep furrows, the scene proved an interesting one to many motorists who happened by. The story back of the united effort of so many local farmers , proved even more interesting. The plowing occurred on the farm of Lloyd B. Keller, who has been confined to his home under the care of a physician for the past five weeks. Keller, who is suffering from acute colitis, is expected to be under the care of his physician for several weeks more. As a result, the plowing schedule on this truly model farm, was completely dis rupted — a dire contra s t with the orderly procedure annually followed. Ke lle r’s plight became generally known last week. Friday a t noon, the first of the tractor s, with complete plow a ttachments , drove up the lane of the Keller farm. Within the next few minutes, twelve more tra c tor s , w e r e driven to the farm —n and a few minutes later the plowing operation began. By nightfall, approximately 50 acres of rich fa rmland ifad been completely plowed and prepared for the planting of corn, tobacco plants, etc. And, Larry Ferrari To Play Locally This Saturday Larry Fe r r a r i, well known TV-and recording artist, will present an organ concert on Saturday, May 13th, a t the Man-heim Central Senior High School Auditorium. Concert time 8:00 p.m. Mr. Fe r ra r i, well known to folks who enjoy organ music, has a weekly television program out of Philadelphia, Pa., and also records for RCA records. The evening program will be made up of such selections as Stardust, Tea for Two, Calcutta, selected favorite Hymns and songs from South Pacific. The program is being spon-sqred by the Lancaster County Multiple Sclerosis Society in conjunction with their annual drive for funds. Tickets which sell for $1.00 may be pur-, chased at Hersliey’s Shoe Store or a t the auditorium door the evening of the concert. to complete the picture, one fa rmh an d announced he would r e tu rn daily to do the farm chores until Mr. Keller was fully recovered. Getting up from his sick bed, the owner of the farm was assisted to the field where the tra c tor s were working, in order , th a t he might personally thank his neighbors for their thoughtfulness. Fa rme r s who took pa rt in the neighborly act of kindness were: John Brubaker, John Nissley, Mervin Souder, John B. Keller, Martin Nolt, Robert Sensenich, Harold Esh, fa rmhand employed by Paul Balm-er; James Graybill, Charles Graybill, Abram Longenecker, Clinton Rohrer and Bill Keller, all of Lititz R2. and Richard Bruchart, of Manheim R l . Big Fire Demonstration Here Monday Evening Fo u r neighboring fire companies will come to the assistance of Lititz firemen in a simulated fire demons tration to be s taged in the center of the borough early Monday evening. The demons tration will he for the purpose of enabling the public to witness the manner in which a ma jor fire would be battled. This will include use of the Fire Radio set-up in bringing equipment here thro u g h a Mutual Aid Alarm. The alarm will be sounded a t 6:30 p.m. Monday with the Spacht F u rn i tu re Store in the first block of Ea s t Main Street as the hypothetical target. Immediately borough and fire po- North Alley, Cedar Street and North Alley. * Lititz firemen will respond and then, through use of the radio system, send out a call for help to the Brunnerville Fire Company, the Rothsville Fire Company, the Neffsville Fire Company and the Manheim Fire Company. The Lititz pumpers and the Manheim pumper and ladder truck will take positions in the first block of Ea s t Main Street. Brunnerville, Neffsville and Rothsville pumpers will take positions at the Lititz stream at the re a r of t h e Spacht Building. In announcing the project, local firemen expressed the hope th a t the public will avail themselves of the opportunity lice will block off traffic a t I to observe the operation. Bor-the Square, Main and Cedar lough officials are giving the Streets, Broad Street and project their full support. Warwick And Borough Contests To Be Decided At Polls Tuesday To Complete Rec. Center By July 15 The new Lititz Recreation Center Building will be completed by July 15, according to a repor t submitted at .the annual membership meeting Monday evening. Richard Allebach, chairman of the building committee, re ported work progressing according to schedule in a work repor t compiled by the contractors, Rice & Weidman. Elect F o u r Directors Four new director s were elected to the Senior Board. Results of the balloting as r e ported by Pres ident R. William Spacht, showed the following elected for three year terms: Richard S. Allebach. 440 S. | Cherry St!, Mrs. Rodney L. Wolf, 1!» S. Spruce St., J. Robert Hess, 512 S. Spruce St., and Forbes S. Emsweller, 42 2 S. Linden St. Outgoing director s are Allebach, John R. Marks, Joseph M. Carl and R. William Spacht. P o st Prom Plan s Dale Shelley, co-chairman of the Post Prom committee, an nounced th a t the annual Junior-Senior Post-Prom will be held on Friday, May 19, at the Warwick High School cafeteria from 12:00 midnight -to 4 a.m. The theme of the dance will be “The Carribean Capers.” Pie also announced th a t Open House will he held from S p.m. to 10 p.m. so th a t parents and the general public may-view the decorations and the entire set-up. Shelley also announced th a t the fourth annual adult dance will be held Saturday, May 20, at the high school from 9 p.m. to - 2 p.m. Reservations maybe obtained by calling Mrs. Forbes Emsweller or Mr. Shelley. Final Concert Saturday In Spring Music Series The , final conc e rt of 19 61 Spring Music Festival will be presented this Sa tu r day evening a t 8 o’clock by three Warwick High School music Organizations — The Seventh Grade Chorus, Junior High Band and the Senior High Glee Club. Four selections by American composers — “The American Hymn” , “ I Hear A Song” , “ Brother Will, Brother J o h n ” and the familiar “Tre e s” will be sung by members of the Seventh Grade Chorus tp open the program. An ensemble ot eleven girls will be heard singing - “Tre e s” . Accompanists are Janice Myers and Darlene Helman. A combination of marches, overtures, and musical comedy-will be played by the Junior High Band, Special numbers will include a sousaphone solo by Charles Hornbe rge r and a French horn solo played by David Keehn. Elaine Dagen and Michael Allebach will prethe , sent a dance routine to the music of Leroy Anderson's “ Blue Tango” , and the Junior High Majorettes will do a baton routine as the Band plays a John Philip Sousa march. , An enjoyable evening of music for all is assured as the Senior High Glee Club concludes the program with selec- .ions from the Broadway hit if 1946, “Annie Get Your Gun” . Numbers to be sung in-dude “Th e re ’s No Business Like Show Business” , “Doin What Comes Na tu ra l ly ” , “ You Can’t Get A Man With A Gun” , “ I Got the Sun In the Morning” and “They Say Its Wonderful” . Glee Club accom- >anists are Marcia Meiskey md Marjorie Klenin. Soloists for this performance a r e Claudia Plostetter, S a n d y Shaub, Terry Ha r tman, Bill lamp, Mary Sue Dissinger, fames Brubaker, and members >f the Girls Ensemble and the Warrians. Warwick’s New High Filled To ‘Capacity’ Fifth Drawing This Saturday Despite a downpour of rain, more than fifty Lititz shoppers. gathered on West Main Street Saturday afternoon for the weekly “Lucky 30” d rawings. Inte re s t in the promotion program ih which merchandise vouchers are awarded to lucky shoppers each week is increasing, Ronald Loercher, cha irman of the committee, re p o r t ed this week. In order to increase the interest, retailers will meet'Mon-day to consider changing the rules and possibly the size or number of vouchers given out each week. This week, however, the same plan of awa rding two vouchers will be continued. Last week’s voucher for $50 in merchandise, was awarded to Lewis Perini, of 13 W. Lincoln Ave., whose name was the third drawn from the wheel. The voucher is redeemable with any of the participating merchants. The second drawing for $25 was not claimed and as a re sult, this voucher will be increased to $50 this week, making a total of $100 to be offered this Saturday afternoon at 3 p.m. Dog Bites Child Owner Arrested A local dog owner was prosecuted this week a fte r a three-year-old girl had been bitten. Pie is Robert Eitnier, 2 7 E. Lincoln Ave., who was prosecuted before Jus tice of the Peace Paul F. Diehm for permitting the dog- to r u n loose. According to borough police, the child bitten is the three-year- old dau g h te r of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Vanx, 37 E. Lincoln Ave., who required three stitches to close the gash. Hazel Moore Local Teachers Will Appear Ip Lane. Operas Two local teachers will appear in operas presented by the Lancas ter Ciouhfy Wo rk shop, Freder ick Robinson, director, a t Reynolds Junior High School in Lancaster this Friday and Saturday a t 8:30 p.m. Miss Rochelle Erb, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Erb, R l , Lititz, will sing the role of Leatitia in “The Old Maid and the Th ie f” by Menot-ti. Miss Erb is a graduate of Wes tminster Choir College and is now teaching kindergarten in Conestoga Valley Joint School Disrtict. She has. sung leading roles with the former Lancaster Summertime Playhouse and is a member of the Princeton University Savoyards where she sang leadipg roles in two Gilbert and Sullivan productions. Hazel W. Moore, wife of Howard Moore, resides on E. Second Avenue and is an ins truc tor of vocal music in Warwick Union School District. She is making her operatic stage debut in the title role of “ Secrets of Suzanne,” a one-act opera in English by Wolf- Fe rra ri. Mrs. Moore is a music major gradua te of West Chester Teachers College. She has been a Workshop member for one year and is continuing her vocal tra ining a t the Morgan- Robinson Studios, Lancaster. Rebekahs To Hold Mother's Day Service The ladies of the General Sutter Rebekah Lodge No. 435 will conduct a Mothers’ Day service at the Rebekah Home, Harrisburg, on Sunday. Ail members and friends are invited to attend. They are re quested to meet at the Lodge Hall at 2:45 p.m. Mrs. H . . M. Tobias will be the guest speaker. Tuesday evening a memorial service will be held a t the Lodge Hall for all. members who passed away during the year. School Board Fight Is Center Of Interest; J. of P. Contest In Boro Despite important settled,' a th a t a number of contests are to be comparatively light vote is expected to be cast at the primary election on Tuesday. Polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. with voting to be carried on . in thre e wards or the first Lime in the his-ory of the borough. Voters living in the new Third Ward, all of whom have been notified by mail by the county commissioners, will cast their ballots at Wag ama n ’s, West Second Avenue. Two of half a dozen local contests which are a ttra c ting the most attention in an oth e r wise quiet election are the naming of two justices of the peace in the borough and two Warwick Union directors in the school district. Three candidates for the two offices of justice of the peace Post Prom Frolic Next Friday The Severn» annua l Post Prom will be held on Friday, May 19th from 12:00 .midnight to 4:00 p.m. Saturday in the Warwick High School Cafeteria. It will follow the Ju n io r Senior Prom which will be held a t the Dutch Town and Country Inn, Friday evening. It is sponsored by the. Lititz Community Center. The theme will be “Carib-ban Capers” , there will be dancing and a floor show of three acts will be presented by a well known orches tra. Specialty^ and spot dances will be held. Table decorations will be in Jteeping with the theme, fiesta colored tablecloths and corresponding mats to blend. Centerpieces of fresh pineapple, oranges, bananas, limes and greens sur ro u n d in g t h e taper. Students arr iving a t ' the Post-Prom will be greeted by Richard Allebach as doorman, cars will be parked in the school parking lot by volunteer drivers from civic organizations in town. William Spacht, pres ident of the board of directors of the Lititz Community Center, will ’ extend greetings. Mrs. Forbes Emsweller and Dale Shelley are co-chairman for the affair, othe r members of the committee are, Mr. and Mrs. James Whitcraf t, Mrs. Monroe Shaub, Richard Allebach, Richard Murr, Donald Ross, Forbes Emsweller, and William Bell', director of the Recreation Center. Student. Coordinates, (senior class) Richard Engle, president, Jan e Markert, William Sigmund, Sandra Shaub, Har- (Continued on Page 8) Local Students In State Band Philip Mummfr t, son of Mr. and Mrs, James Mummert, 432 Cedar Street, and Celeste Long, d a u g h te r of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Long, Lititz R l , will represent Warwick High School in the State Band Festival to be held in York Suburban High School today, Friday and Saturday. Philip, a trombonist, and Celeste, clarinetist, won first chair positions in the Southern District Band held at Susquehanna Twp. High School near Harrisburg. The 2 00 specially selected musicians will be directed by Prof. James Dunlop, director of the Penn Sta te University Blue Band. Concerts are planned for F iid ay and Saturday evenings at 8 p.m. W A RW IC K HIGH SCHOOL GLEE CLUB direction of Mrs. Gordon Bur-key will present a program of then, if anything (Continued on page fi) reflect a fas ter The spacious Warwick High. School, now only a few years old, already is filled to — and slightly above capacity — Supervising Principal Marlin Spaid pointed out yesterday. The s t ru c tu re was built for a capacity of 1,000 .students. This year a total of 1,0 21 boys and girls are attending classes and next y e a r ’s student-body will sh,ow a fu r th e r increase of from twenty to thirty more. Graphs prepared year by year also show th a t the increase of from twenty to more than fifty boys and girls will continue for many years and possibly will rate of increase. This explanation was fo r th coming following filing an application for a proposed ad d ition to the high school before the Lancaster County School Hoard. The application did not include details as to the type or size of the addition. According to Mr. Spaid, the addition will be in the form of a new wing which will consist. solely of classrooms. He furnished no estimate of costs. “This application was filed at this time merely in order to have the proposed addition placed oil the state , list for re imbur s ement ,” Mr. Spaid ex- (Continued on Page 8) in the borough are Paul F. Diehm. who is seeking re-election: Harold Kauffman, local grocery, and C. William Dussinger, a newcomer in the political arena. in spite of a popular misconception tha t tlie offices of justices of the peace are filled by wai'ds. voting is borough-wide with voters in all three wards to name the two nominees, One of the two nominees will fill the vacancy caused by tlie death of the late J o seph 1!. Herr. The contest to name two school directors has attracted the center of attention among local voters due to the fact tha t five candidates are seeking the two Republican nominations to be made. The five candidates are Dr. Rodney C. Welch, Wilbur Chocolate Company executive; Ralph L. Sloat, of the Linden Kail faculty; and Mrs. Carolyn Shenk, wife of a local dentist, all of the borough; Dr. Edward Kowalewski, Rothsville physician; and Rev. Robert W. Etter, of Brickerville, scientist of considerable renown and pastor of the Coleman Memorial Chapel. Borough Offices 111 the borough, voters will nominate candidates for burgess, two members of borough council, as well as fill several constable positions and name election board personnel. Republicans who filed petitions are: For Burgess, Dr. Ar th u r Griswold, who will be unopposed; Robert Hanna, for council from the third ward, and Floyd Hagy, from thè first ward. Thomas Rearich is a candidate for constable from the second ward, and Robert Bachman, in the third ward. A contest for the Republican nomination for constable in the first ward is being waged by Borough Police Officer Howard Dissinger and F o rme r Borough Police Officer Lester Haines. In the first ward, Christ Koehler is a candidate for re-election as judge of elections and Charles Rineer is a candidate for inspector. Ea rl Sing- (Continued on page 5) Community Calendar P ic tu re d h e re a re th e eig h ty mem b ers of Warwick High Nehool's Senior High Glee Club. They will present selections from Irv in g B e rlin 's great, Mind calc “Annie Get Y o u r Citiu" in th e fin a l concert of th e Sp rin g Music F e stiv a l th is S a tu rd ay ev en in g in th e h ig h school a u d ito rium a t 8 o ’clock. May 1 1— w O m a n ’ s C l u b Spring Rummage Sale. 6:30 P.M. — Ep h ra ta Toastmasters meeting a t the Amvets in Ephrata . May 1 ———Lititz Guild to the L a n c a s t e r Osteopathic Hospital Meeting. 7:30 P.M. — Chinese Auction at the Lititz Fire House. May 13— 12:00 Noon — PTA Festival at the Elementary School grounds. 8:00 P.M. — Warwick , H*fth School Vocal a n d Ins trumental concert. 1:00 P.M. — Woman’s Club Special Project Committee Meeting (U.S. Marine Band Concert) ali committee chairman and members be present a t Warwick High S c h o o l Auditorium. May 14— 2 P.M. — Regular meeting of the Elstonville Sportsmen Association. May ir>— 6:15 P.M. .— Dinner meeting of the Lititz Woman’s Club. 6:30 P.M. — M a r t i n Luther choir rehear sal a t St. Paul's Church. 7:00 P.M. — Ju n io r choir and confirmation classes a t St. P a u l ’s Church. 8:00 P.M. -— Young People's Choir 1 rehe a r sa l a t St. P a u l ’s Church. May 1«— 4:15 P.M. —■ Wa r wick High Baseball — Warwick vs. Cocalico — Away game. 6:00 P.M. — Rotary Club meeting at Hotel Sutter. 7:30 P.M. — Planning commission meeting a t Boro Hall. May 17— 7:30 P.M. — School hoard meeting. 8:00 P.M. — Senior Choir rehearsal at St. P a u l ’s Church. Woman's Club s ta te Convention at the Penn Ha r ris Hotel, Harrisburg, Pa. May IK— Woman’s Club State Convention at the Penn Harris Hotel, Harrisburg, Penna. 7:30 P.M. — Inter-Denominational Silver Medal Speech Contest a t the E. U. B. Church, N. Cedar St. All clubs a n d o rg an iz a tio n s a rc ask ed to co-operate in th is p ro je c t by callin g th e R e c re a tio n Cen ter any day from 3 :3 0 to o p.m., T h u rsd ay a n d F rid a y s from 10 to 12 a.m. a n d 1 to 3 p.m. Those w ish in g to w rite in may do so by ¡m a ilin g to P.O. Box 225. |
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