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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 Year E stab lish ed April, 1877, a s The Sunbeam (Consolidated w ith The E ltltz Record, 1937) Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa., Thursday May 25, 1961 7 c en ts a Copy; $3.00 per y e a r by mall with in L an c a ste r County; $3.50 elsewhere. 12 Pai;es — No. 6 Memorial Programs Here And At Rothsville Lucky Shopper Wins Drawing For 3rd Time Lewis P e rin i, of 13 W. L in coln Avenue ,is more th a n a very, lik e ab le fellow — h e ’s rap id ly g e ttin g th e re p u ta tio n of being th e lu ck ie st man hi town! His re p u ta tio n gained added stren g th la s t S a tu rd ay when, for th e th ird tim e ,he won th e firs t prize voucher a t th e sixth weekly d raw in g conducted by th e L ititz R e ta ile rs ' Committee. T wice previously, P e rin i was aw ard ed th e $50 vouchers r e d eemab le in local sto re s, when his name and ad d ress were d raw n d u rin g th e weekly d raw ing held S a tu rd a y a fte rn o o n on West Main S tre e t a t th e Square. This week, however, P e ri-n i's name was th e fifth one d raw n for th e voucher In which th e w inner m u st be p re s e n t. F o u r o th e r names were d raw n b u t none o f th e se step p ed fo rward from th e crowd of sp e c ta to rs to claim th e co v et .'-l voucher. “This ju s t shows sh o p p e rs th a t if your name is im th e wheel th a t you can win each w eek,” Jam e s Hess, p re s id e n t of th e re ta ile rs g roup, ex p la in ed. “Mr. P e rin i d e a ls a t Several local sto re s a n d each week he signs one slip in each sto re, which is exactly w h a t we have asked a ll sh o p p ers to d o ,. “ In a d d itio n , he shows up a t th e d raw in g s fa ith fu lly each week. Had any of th e fo u r o th e rs been p re s e n t th e y atid n o t P e rin i would have won. We c o n g ra tu la te him upon his good lu c k .” A n o th e r $25 m erch an d ise v o u ch er was aw ard ed to C larence H o ffe r, of B ru n n e rv ille . The th ird v o u ch er was n o t claimed a n d a s a re s u lt th is am o u n t will be added to th is week’s d raw in g . As a re s u lt th re e v o u ch ers to ta lin g $100 will be offered lu ck y sh o p p ers th is S a tu rd a y a fte rn o o n a t 3 p.m. A ll you have to d o is sign . up a t any of th e p a rtic ip a tin g sto res where you shop .F o r tw o o f th e vouchers you m u st be p ressent. F o r th e th ird , however, th e lucky: sh o p per n eed h o t be p re s e n t to win. 17 Teen-Agers Arrested Here During Week A teen -ag e clean-up by boro police re su lte d in th e a rr e s ts of a to ta l of sev en teen y o u th s, nine of whom a re ju v en iles, on ch arg es ra n g in g from petty larcen y to b u rg la ry , o v er th e p a st week. Seven of th e group, fo u r of whom sp e n t sev e ra l d a y s in th e county p riso n in d e fa u lt of bail, will be a rra ig n e d before Ju s tic e o f th e Peace P a u l F. I)iehm th is mo rn in g a t 10 a.m. A n o th e r e ig h te en -y e a r-o ld also will be a rra ig n e d b efore Diehm while th e rem a in d e r w ill be a rra ig n e d b efo re th e co u n ty Ju v e n ile C o u rt o r th e county p ro b a tio n officer. A g ro u p of six ju v e n ile s ra n g in g in age from n in e y ears old to fifte e n , were ta k e n in to custody la s t T h u rsd a y by Chief of Police George Hick s and Officer Lloyd Long on a series of sh o p liftin g offenses in local sto re s an d b u rg la riz in g of th e b andsliell in th e p a rk a n d th e tool sh ed of Ir a Yeagley a t th e - Community C en te r b u ild in g , ■ Sto res w here th e sh o p liftin g o ccu rred in clu d ed T rim b le ’s, K re id e r’s, Z a rtm a n ’s, W e ste rn Auto, Jo h n K e lle r's, H a r r is ’, G e a rh a rt's an d th e L ititz Book Store. Two of th e y o u th s, a ’ 4 an d a 15 year-o ld also were b arg ed w ith a ttem p te d b u rg - ¿ary of two local sto re s while th e 15-year-old faces th e added ch a rg e of being a “ Peeping Tom.” Glen H. Myer, 18, Manheim R3, and two 15-year-oids, also of Manheim, were ta k e n in to custody by O ffic e r Long la3t F rid a y on ch arg es of ste a lin g a c a rb u re to r, a ir f ilte r an d two hubcaps from cars on th e K e lle r Bros, c a r lot, Myer in- (Co n tin u ed on page six) Work On Pool May Start By Early Autumn Actual co n stru c tio n of th e proposed public swimming pool should g et s ta rte d e a rly th is fall, acco rd in g to a tim e -sch e d u le d raw n up th is week. According to P a u l McCloud, -o f th e firm of McCloud & ✓ *■« S c a tch a rd , p re p a rin g p lan s a n d ' 1 ) specifications fo r th e pool, specifications sh o u ld be completed and read y to e n te r ta in bids la te in August. The tim e ta b le calls fo r th e g ra n tin g o f c o n tra c ts in S ep tember and com p letio n of th e pool in tim e fo r a g a la opening Memorial Day, 1962, , DISPLAY ABC FIELD DAY TROPHIES • A g ro u p o f riv o rd -h o ld e rs a r e shown h o ld in g th e tro p h ie s to b e aw a rd e d w in n e rs of th e Oth a n n u a l ABC F ield Day to be held h e re on th is S a tu rd a y . In th e fo re g ro u n d a re Howard BeittenniiHer, c u rr e n t re co rd h o ld e r fo r th e 4 0 -y ard d ash in th e 10-11 age 'b ra c k e t, an d M a rth a G u n d rum , who e sta b lish e d a reco rd of 125 fe e t fo r th e g ir ls ’ so ftb a ll th row in 1050. In th e b a ek row, le ft to rig h t, a re : Bill liin d e in an , holder-, of two re co rd s , in th e s ta n d in g b ro ad jum p ; R o b e rt Alspach, p h y s ical d ire c to r in th e b o ro u g h elem en ta ry sc h o o l; William S catch a rd , ABC F ie ld Day c h a irm a n ; Tom Vaux, W arw ick tr a c k coach, a n d Bobby W a tts, 1050 w in n e r of th e “ 2 2 0 .” 70 Students Will Compete In 6th Annual ABC Field Day Sat. The 6,th Annual ABC Field Day will be held this Saturday on the Warwick Athletic Field s ta r tin g at 12:30 p.m. William Scatchard, cha irman, repor ts approximately seventy entries. Field Day is open to all Warwick Union s tu den ts age 10 and over. £5eatchard urged all who have filed entries to attend sta-ting, “Due to the low num- Uer of entries, we should have a .100% tu rn o u t ifl order to make F ie ld Day a success.” Scatchard also extended an invitation to pa rent s to attend and- witness the various track and field e v e n t s . . Contestants will be competing for trophies and ribbons agains t record-holders from 1959 and 1960. In order to duplicate official tra ck and field conditions as nearly as possible, tlie ABC has secured the cooperation of Reo Director and former track coach Bill Bell, RIAA s ta r te r Harold H o r n , . Warwick Track Coach Tom Vaux, and elementary physical dire c to r Robert Alspach. Also assisting Scatchard are ABC members Jame s Sen-senig and Reid Stoner. The present record-holders in each event are as follows: lloys 10 and Up Dash (100 yds.) — 11.9 sec., Ned Pa r t r id g e : High Jump — 4’ « y i ” , Nevin Nuss; St. Broad Jump — 8’ 6” , Bill Lindeman; Shot P u t — 33’ 11” , Bill Lindeman; 440 yd. — 49.4 sec., J. Eichelberger. !• G irls 10 a n d Up Dash (50 yds.) — 7.6 sec., Polly Rosenberg; St. Broad Jump — 6’ 3” , Polly Rosenberg; Softball Throw — 125’, Martha Gundrum. Hoys 14 - 15 Dash (100 yds.) — 11.9 sec., Robert Wolfe; High Jump — 4’ 5% ”> Ro b e r t Wa tt s ; St. Broad Jump — 8’ 3% ” , Bill Lindeman; Shot P u t — 32’ ioVs ” , Bill Lindeman; 220 yd. — 25.1 sec., Robe r t Wolfe. G irls 14 - 15 Dash (50 yds.) — 7.6 sec., C. Kowaiewski; St. Broad Jump — 6’ 8” , Donna Dennis; Softball Throw —- 162’, Mary Aponte. Boys 12 - 13 Dash (40 yds.) .— 5.8 sec., Dick Gundrum; High Jump —— 4’ 2” , Joe Carl; St. Broad Jump — 6’ 73/4” ; Terry Kauffman; Softball Throw — 181’ ()” , Terrv Kauffman. Girls I f f - IS Dash (40 yds.) — 6.1 sec., Mil r le n e ,. Sh re in e r ; Jump —- 6’ 3 44” , Diane Sear-les; SoftbaIl Throw — 117', Je an Campbell. Boys 1» - 11 Dash (40 yds.) — 5.S sec., H. Beittenmiller; High Jump — 3’ 7” , David Foltz ( t ie ) ; Tiev Tom Clausen ( t ie ) ; St. Broad Jump — 6’ 4% ” , H. Beittenmiller; Softball Throw — 143’ 6” , Richard Sipe. G irls 10 - 11 . Dash (40 yds.) — 6.3 sec., Barb Hershey; St. Broad Jump — -6' 3 Va ” , ,D>l vva,.-ICe11(>rn u ip ; Softball Throw — 90’ 9” , Dawn Ketterman. Parades, Services Tuesday Ex-Service Men's Groups To Conduct Graveside Ceremonies Memorial Day parades and services will be held here and at Rothsville Tuesday, according to plans announced this week by local ex-service groups. With the weatherman already predicting warm, clear weather for the holiday, Memorial Day also will afford many local family groups their first opportunity for outdoor picnics, cookouts as well as trips to nearby resorts. With most local indus trial plants operating Monday, Die long week-ends of a few years ago did not seem to vogue this year. A small group, however, lilans to make its exodus F r i day night with plans to re tu rn late Tuesday. The services here Tuesday will be conducted by the American Legion Post 5 6 and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1463. In Rothsville, the parade will form a t the east end of Rothsville at Wentling Road and move at 8:45 a.m. proceeding west through Rothsville to the Lu the ran Cemetery. Details if the parade and services at To Set Up Lititz Historical Society As First Step Toward Community Museum A plan for setting up an organization to insure the safeguarding of Lititz’s wealth of antiques and historic lore as well as providing the community with a combination museum- library, emerged from a meeting of three local organizations here Tuesday night. The ambitious community objectives launched are: (1) To establish a> Lititz Historical Society, the nucleus of which will be the cha r te r and assets of the Bi-Centennial Foundation. (2) To fu r th e r the objectives of the Moravian Museum already proposed for the historic Wissler home on East Main Street. (3) To seek q u a r te r s in close proximity of the museum for the Lititz Public Library, presently house in the Borough Elementary School Building. The largely unheralded meet- Jaycees Seek Secret Of Getting Committees To Work* M EM O R IA L DAY SPEAKER Bobbie Huber To Compete For National Pee Wee Golf Crown ORLANDO, Fla. — Robert Huber, Jr ., 12 year-old Lititz junior golfer, will compete in the 15th National Pee Wee Golf Championships Ju n e 13 and 14 at Rio Piriar Country Club in Orlando, -Fla., W. F. Cairns,' to u rn ame n t director has announced. Sponsored by the Greater Seek Homes For Fresh Air Kids The local Fresh-Air Committee again is seeking homes and farms th ro u g h o u t the Wa r wick Union are where boys and girls- ca nbe placed for summer vacations. The firs t of the fresh-air kiddies will arrive here from New York City bn Ju n e 29 for two weeks vacation. Other groups are scheduled to arrive op July 13, Ju ly 27 and August 10, which also are d e p a r tu re dates for those who have completed th e i r vacations. As for many years, children will he re tu rn in g to homes where they , already have made friends thro u g h previous visits. Anyone willing to provide a home for the kiddies should contact Mrs. Clarence Bru b ak er, chairman of the local committee, by calling MA 6-6253. Other members of the committee who also can be contacted a re Mrs. Amos Cassel Mrs. John Helter, Mrs. Daniel Bru b ak e r and Mrs. Eli Martin. This ye a r ’s motto is: Summer to a Child,” Dance Recital This Evening and Friday The Lititz Recreation Cente r and the E p h r a ta Recreation Center will present the Dance Recital “ Stars of Tomor row” this evening at the Lititz Elem. School Auditorium and Friday May 2 6 a t the E p h r a ta Fu lton Elem. School Auditorium a t 8:00 p.m. Mrs. Shelia Audet and Anthony Murse will be the Recital Directors. Local children participating will be: Sharon (Continued on page six) Chevron Station Grand Opening This Week-end Lititz acquires a new business this week-end with the Grand Opening of the Lititz Chevron Station on South Broad Street a t the foot of Kissel Hill. The new s tation, which is modern th ro u g h o u t and includes a well-equipped repa ir and service section, comfort rooms, etc., is owned and operated by Kenneth Weit, of Liberty Street, this borough. Weit is a g rad u a te of Wa r wick Twp. High School and is a former service man. He is well-known th ro u g h o u t the Warwick Union area. In addition to Chevron gas and pro- Orlando Chamber of Commerce and Minute Maid Company, leading producer o f fresh frozen citrus concentrates, to. encourage golfing interest among youngsters, the National Pee Wee is one of the n a tion’s la r gest junior meets. Last year it a tt ra c ted some 2 40 linksters from a dozen states and th e Re public of Panama. Huber, who will vie in the me e t’s 10-12 age group, sports an impressive to u rn amen t record. He has scored wins in the Knights of Columbus, WIP. and Lancaster J. C. events. He is also the Lebanon Country Club junior champion and came in 7th in the Great Lakes National. His best performance to da te has been a sma r t 8 2 over a par 7 2 course. The young links ter is the son of Dr. and Mrs. Robert B. Huber, RD 4. Daniel W. Shaub Bauer Explains Yellow Markings The borough this w'eek placed yellow markings along section of the pavement on East Main St., which are to be re paved, Borough Manager David Bauer explained. If owners d e sire to have larger sections re-paved on a share-tlie-cost basis, they should contact the borough office immediately, he added. Mahlon Young, Manheim, who was awarded the contract to do the paving here, is expected to get s ta rted next week. A CORRECTION The problem of getting committees to actually function was delved into by members of the Lititz Junior Chamber of Commerce at a meeting held at the Legion Club last evening. Tlie program, presented u n der the direction of Ronnie Loercher and the steering committee was the first in a series of leadership training courses for the Jaycees and was oil the subject of “How to Organize a Committe e .” Plans also were completed' for the chicken Barbecue to he presented in the Springs Park Saturday, Ju n e 2. The Jaycees also plan a car wash Saturday, Ju n e 10, , a t the F a rme r s National Bank p a rk ing lot, as well as a street dance on or about Julie 15. Carl Kauffman, president, also announced th a t the civic committee of the Jaycees is planning to make the cause of tlie Lititz Public Library one of its basic functions. Officers and mem tiers of the committee recently met with M. C. Dem-my, president of the Library Association. New members recently' admitted to the Lititz Jaycees include DeYoe N. Bear, 14 N. Locust St., an I.B.M. operator at Arms trong; and Lewis Olmstead, Jr., 248 F ro n t St., a production planner also ‘with Armstrong. Linden Hall May Day Activities Saturday Rothsville are being handled in cooperation with the Roths-viile Fire Company. Memorial Day Services will commence at 9 . io a.m. in the Luthe ran Cemetery, the speaker being Rev. David J. Noll, Pa s tor of the Evangelical Congregational Church, Columbia, Pa. and also Chaplain of the Lancaster County Fire Police. In Lititz, the parade will form on Warwick Street and West Lincoln Ave, and move at 10:45 a.m. proceeding east on West Lincoln Ave. to Broad Street, south on Broad Street to Main and eas t to the Moravian Cemetery. Organizations in the community pa rtic ipa ting in the parade should re port a t the s ta r tin g point promptly at the time mentioned. The Memorial Day Services in Lititz will be conducted in tlie Moravian Cemetery a t ( 11:00 a.m., the speaker being i Daniel W. Shaub, Adju tan t of | the State Department of Pa., The American Legion. The annual May Day activities will be held a t Linden Hall this Saturday beginning with the Horse Show at 8:30 a.m. and the Pag e an t at 1:30 p.m. on the Campus. . Miss Susan Lagarde, riding mas ter, will be in charge of the Horse Show which includes only the Linden Hall girls, it will be held at the paddock on the Campus. ... ..«apjie ,Co»ntpy«f*Faii*ft(‘*is -the theme of the May Day Pageant and was written by two of the s tudents a t the school and Will be directed by Miss Catherine Rahl, head of the Physical Education Department. There will be two queens whose identity will not be disclosed until the crowning. There will be twelve girls in the Court. The Alumni Association will serve Moravian Sugar Cake and coffee from the ir booth at the Horse Show and in the a f ternoon, ice cream, pretzels and cokes. The ladies in charge include, Mrs. Alfred Melzer, Mrs. John F. Koehler, Mrs. Freder ick Wielinga, and Mrs. Winifred Walls. May Queen Candidates for May Queens in the Ju n io r College are Linda Kahley of Lancaster; Susan Kroesser and Mary Beth Ed wards. In the Academy the candidates are: Marjorie Morris, Panda Kogge and Michele Pappas, of Reading. Attendants are: Merry E r win, Je remy Pierson, Cindy Whiteford, Virginia Anderson, Bonnie Cougnenc and Sue Wood. The crown b e a re r and train bearers, sons and daughte r s of Linden Hall Alumnae are: Scott Shaub, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Shaub; Mark Christian Yerger, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Yerger; Kim Haldeman, dau g h te r of Mr. and Mrs. Orville G. Haldeman and Lori Adams Hess, dau g h ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Robert Hess, all of Lititz. H o rse Show The show will consist of six classes. Fo u r of these will be equitation classes in which the girl is judged on h e r form and general control of her mount. The two othe r classes will he jumping in which the girl again will be judged on her forth,, flyer ...the,, j urop An d control of her mount. Anne Hickok, from Ha r r i s burg, will be the judge for all the classes. Mr. Lowell Stengel will again be the announcer, and Miss Ru th Crawford, a teacher a t Linden Hall, will be the ringmaster. At the middle of the show a Drill Team will do an exhibition. The team consists of ten of the more advanced riders in the s'chool. There will be presented a mos t improved trophy, and a t the end of the show the champion r ide r of the show will be presented the championship ribbon an d t r o phy. L.H. Concert Open To Public Linden Hall s tudents will present the ir annua l Spring Concert in the Mary Dixon Chapel this Fr iday evening at 7:30 p.m. The public is invited to attend. The program will include selections by the Lin d en -Ha l l Glee Club and the Lindenaires. Tlie glee club is directed by Mrs. Magdalena Pfeiffer with Miss Olga Swartz as accompanist. Soloists will include Karen Hanson, Ba rba ra Jo u re t, Lor-na Fuller, Cathy Steward, Jan e Buchanan, Sue Redcay and Becky Ohm. ing was called by the Bi-Centennial Foundation, an organization founded for the purpose of sponsoring the Bi-Centennial in 1956 and since kept alive by its officers and incorporators through annual meetings. This group is h e aded by Alfred L. Douple. Others attending included the Museum or Archives Committee of the Moravian Church and directors and friends of the Lititz Public Library. Thu expressed purpose of tlie meeting was to find qua r te r s for both the museum and the library. Members of the Museum Committee of which Postmaster Richard I). Rader is cha irman and Robert Much, vice chairman, disclosed th a t their committee already is obtaining cost figures for the restoration of the Wissler home, the oldest residence in the borough and a church - owned property, to house the Moravian Archives in a community museum. It was strongly indicated that church trustees will willingly loan their valuable mu seum collection to a community project such as a museum] A committee consisting of Mr. Douple, Mr. Rader and M. C. Dummy, head of the library board, to take up formation of a community museum group with their organizations, to re port hack in a month. The suggestion th a t the Bic en te n n ia l Foundation amend its cha rte r so as to embrace the work and activities of a local historical society, met with an enthusiastic response from the twenty or more persons present at Tuesday evening's meeting. That the antiques in Lititz are second to none and th a t it is important to take steps now to insure keeping them here, was expressed by Mr. Rader. The th ought also was expressed th a t if a truly community museum is established, th a t many persons here would loan additional valuable an t iq u e s to the museum in order th a t tlie public can enjoy ■them. Dr. Byron K. Horne a l s o (Continued from page 2) Through a typographical e rror, the total vote cast for C. William Dussinger was re ported last week as 2 20 instead of 320 votes cast in the three borough wards. We regre t the ducts he will c arry a complete I mis-print and congratulate Mr. line of General tires and tubes. Dussinger on his fine run. 37 High School Students To Receive Booster Trophies The theory of recognizing successful athletic careers by a large number of High School Seniors and not jus t the few outs tanding players, will be put into effect a t Warwick High School this Friday mo rn ing by members of the local Boosters Club. At th a t time, a total of 37 grad u a t in g athletes, including 20 girls and 17 boys, will be presented with trophies. Each trophy will represent the sport “Give in which" he or she has participated ill. To he eligible for a trophy, the senior must participate in athletics during both Junior and Senior years. The awards will be made by Wa r r e n Beittenmiller and Richard Boose, vice pres ident and secretary of the club. The presentations will feature the annual awards assembly. The idea of recognizing a th letic careers of a larger n umber of students recently was highly lauded by Stan Sheneu-berger, Warwick High School coach. Plumber Fined For Ignoring Boro Ordinance The first prosecution since enactment of the borough plumbing ordinance has re sulted in a fine being imposed upon a Millersvlile plumber for work done here more than a year ago, it was reported this week. The plumber fined is E. W. Rice. of Millersville, who pleaded guilty to two charges and paid fines totaling $10 ulus costs of $10 before J u s tice of the Peace Paul F. Diehm. The two charges preferred by Borough Manager David Bauer were for failure to take out a borough plumbing license and for failure to properly complete a hook-up with the borough sewer system. In making the hook-up at the new Wilbur Chocolate Co. office a year ago, Rice was charged with failure to install a trap and air-vent in the sewer line leading from the building. This was not discovered u n till recently when sewerage hacked into the cellar of the building. Predict 4 Mill Boost In School Tax Rate Despite last year's surplus, a tax boost of a round four mills is expected to be approved by ^Warwick Union School directors a t the ir next meeting Ju n e 21. This was indicated last week with the announcement of the tentative budget. Tlie 1961-62 budget calls for expenditures of $1,192,257, which represents an increase of approximately $35,(MM) as compared with the 1960-61 budget. In other business, the hoard accepted the resignation of its f i r s t business manage r, F ra n k Herr, of Eas t Peter sburg, effective May 31. He r r came to Warwick in October, 19 60, and is planning to re tu rn to the U.S. General Accounting Office, Washington, D.C. G. Marlin Spaid, supervising principal, outlined three curr iculum changes which will he tried for a one-year period. First, two foreign languages can he taken by ninth grade s tudents ; second, beginning with the 10th grade, students can take three years of French and Russian; third, all practices for extra curr icula r activities, such as band and sports, will be limited from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. am} special buses will be provided to tran sp o r t the pupils home. The hoard voted to pay census enume ra tor s 10 cents a name for township residents, and seven cents a name for those within the borough. Carl Kaufman and Eugene Deckert are borough enumerator s , Ira Adams, Elizabeth Twp., and Mrs. Elizabeth Bowman, Wa r wick Twp. William R. Gerstemeier, of Aiden, Pa., was elected to the-junior high school boys a th le tic depa rtment. David Bauer, borough manager, asked if the school district is interested in the use of the proposed swimming pool on a year-round basis. The hoard reques ted definite f ig u r es on the costs, especially those concerning the plastic bubble and heating system, and was invited to view a plastic bubble which covers the Collings-wood, N.J., pool. Bauer also repor ted th a t 74 per cent of thé sewer line between Lititz and the Bru n nerville school is completed He asked if the board would be interested in providing boro water in the Brunnerville building siftce the many wells drilled the re failed to u ne a rth a suitable supply of water. Community Calendar .Huy 25— 6:30 P.M. — Ephrata To a s tma s te r ’s meeting at the Amvets. 8:00 P.M. — Stamp Club meeting a t the American Legion. 8:00 P.M.— Ep h ra ta Rec. Center a n d Lititz Rec. Center Dance Recital at t h e Lititz Elementary School Auditorium. Huy 24»— 8:15 A.M. — Senior High Awards during Assembly at the Warwick High School. Linden Hall Spring Concert. 8:00 P.M.— Ep h ra ta Rec. Center and Lititz Rec. Center Dance Recital at the Fulton Elementary School, Ephrata. Huy 27— 8:30 A.M. — Linden Hall Horse Show. 12:30 P.M.— A.B.C. Field at the Warwick H i g h School Athletic Field. 1:30 P.M. — Linden Hall May Day Program. .Huy 2S— Kid’s Irish Day sponsored by the Lititz Sportsmen's ' Association at the Lebanon Pumping Station. Rain date — June 4. Huy 2!)— 6:30 P.M. — Martin Luthe r choir rehearsal at St. P a u l ’s Church. 7:00 P.M. — Junior Choir rehearsal at St. P a u l ’s Church. 7:00 P.M. — Borough Council Meeting a t Boro Hall. 7:30 P.M. — I. O. O. F. meeting. 8:00 P.M. — American Legion # 5 6 meeting a t the Legion home. Huy .’{<)— MEMORIAL DAY — NO SCHOOL. 7:30 P.M. — Brunnerville Fire Company meeting. Huy :)I— Senior High C l a s s trip to New York City. 8:00 P.M. — Senior Choir rehearsal at St. P a u l ’s Church. Ju n e 1— Senior High C l a s s trip ill New York City. 9:00-1 1:30 A.M. — LAST DAY for the Recreation Center Nursery School. 7:30 P.M. — Fire Company Ladies Auxiliary meeting. .8:00 P.M. — Mother and Daughter Supper held by the A.B.C.D. All clubs a n d o rg an iz a tio n s a re a sk ed to co-operate in th is p ro je c t by culling tlie R e c re a tio n C en te r an y day from 3:;50 p.m. to 5 p.m., T h u rsd a y a n d F rid a y s from 10 to 12 a.m. a n d 1 to ¡5 p.m. Those w ish ing to w rite in may do so by mailin g to P.O. Box 225.
Object Description
Title | Lititz Record Express |
Masthead | Lititz Record Express 1961-05-25 |
Subject | Lititz (Pa.) -- Newspapers;Lancaster County (Pa.)—Newspapers |
Description | Lititz newspapers 1877-2001 |
Publisher | Record Print. Co. |
Date | 1961-05-25 |
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Description
Title | Page 1 |
Subject | Lititz (Pa.) -- Newspapers;Lancaster County (Pa.)—Newspapers |
Location Covered | United States;Pennsylvania;Lancaster County (Pa.);Lititz (Pa.);Warwick (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) |
Type | Text |
Original Format | 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 Year E stab lish ed April, 1877, a s The Sunbeam (Consolidated w ith The E ltltz Record, 1937) Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa., Thursday May 25, 1961 7 c en ts a Copy; $3.00 per y e a r by mall with in L an c a ste r County; $3.50 elsewhere. 12 Pai;es — No. 6 Memorial Programs Here And At Rothsville Lucky Shopper Wins Drawing For 3rd Time Lewis P e rin i, of 13 W. L in coln Avenue ,is more th a n a very, lik e ab le fellow — h e ’s rap id ly g e ttin g th e re p u ta tio n of being th e lu ck ie st man hi town! His re p u ta tio n gained added stren g th la s t S a tu rd ay when, for th e th ird tim e ,he won th e firs t prize voucher a t th e sixth weekly d raw in g conducted by th e L ititz R e ta ile rs ' Committee. T wice previously, P e rin i was aw ard ed th e $50 vouchers r e d eemab le in local sto re s, when his name and ad d ress were d raw n d u rin g th e weekly d raw ing held S a tu rd a y a fte rn o o n on West Main S tre e t a t th e Square. This week, however, P e ri-n i's name was th e fifth one d raw n for th e voucher In which th e w inner m u st be p re s e n t. F o u r o th e r names were d raw n b u t none o f th e se step p ed fo rward from th e crowd of sp e c ta to rs to claim th e co v et .'-l voucher. “This ju s t shows sh o p p e rs th a t if your name is im th e wheel th a t you can win each w eek,” Jam e s Hess, p re s id e n t of th e re ta ile rs g roup, ex p la in ed. “Mr. P e rin i d e a ls a t Several local sto re s a n d each week he signs one slip in each sto re, which is exactly w h a t we have asked a ll sh o p p ers to d o ,. “ In a d d itio n , he shows up a t th e d raw in g s fa ith fu lly each week. Had any of th e fo u r o th e rs been p re s e n t th e y atid n o t P e rin i would have won. We c o n g ra tu la te him upon his good lu c k .” A n o th e r $25 m erch an d ise v o u ch er was aw ard ed to C larence H o ffe r, of B ru n n e rv ille . The th ird v o u ch er was n o t claimed a n d a s a re s u lt th is am o u n t will be added to th is week’s d raw in g . As a re s u lt th re e v o u ch ers to ta lin g $100 will be offered lu ck y sh o p p ers th is S a tu rd a y a fte rn o o n a t 3 p.m. A ll you have to d o is sign . up a t any of th e p a rtic ip a tin g sto res where you shop .F o r tw o o f th e vouchers you m u st be p ressent. F o r th e th ird , however, th e lucky: sh o p per n eed h o t be p re s e n t to win. 17 Teen-Agers Arrested Here During Week A teen -ag e clean-up by boro police re su lte d in th e a rr e s ts of a to ta l of sev en teen y o u th s, nine of whom a re ju v en iles, on ch arg es ra n g in g from petty larcen y to b u rg la ry , o v er th e p a st week. Seven of th e group, fo u r of whom sp e n t sev e ra l d a y s in th e county p riso n in d e fa u lt of bail, will be a rra ig n e d before Ju s tic e o f th e Peace P a u l F. I)iehm th is mo rn in g a t 10 a.m. A n o th e r e ig h te en -y e a r-o ld also will be a rra ig n e d b efore Diehm while th e rem a in d e r w ill be a rra ig n e d b efo re th e co u n ty Ju v e n ile C o u rt o r th e county p ro b a tio n officer. A g ro u p of six ju v e n ile s ra n g in g in age from n in e y ears old to fifte e n , were ta k e n in to custody la s t T h u rsd a y by Chief of Police George Hick s and Officer Lloyd Long on a series of sh o p liftin g offenses in local sto re s an d b u rg la riz in g of th e b andsliell in th e p a rk a n d th e tool sh ed of Ir a Yeagley a t th e - Community C en te r b u ild in g , ■ Sto res w here th e sh o p liftin g o ccu rred in clu d ed T rim b le ’s, K re id e r’s, Z a rtm a n ’s, W e ste rn Auto, Jo h n K e lle r's, H a r r is ’, G e a rh a rt's an d th e L ititz Book Store. Two of th e y o u th s, a ’ 4 an d a 15 year-o ld also were b arg ed w ith a ttem p te d b u rg - ¿ary of two local sto re s while th e 15-year-old faces th e added ch a rg e of being a “ Peeping Tom.” Glen H. Myer, 18, Manheim R3, and two 15-year-oids, also of Manheim, were ta k e n in to custody by O ffic e r Long la3t F rid a y on ch arg es of ste a lin g a c a rb u re to r, a ir f ilte r an d two hubcaps from cars on th e K e lle r Bros, c a r lot, Myer in- (Co n tin u ed on page six) Work On Pool May Start By Early Autumn Actual co n stru c tio n of th e proposed public swimming pool should g et s ta rte d e a rly th is fall, acco rd in g to a tim e -sch e d u le d raw n up th is week. According to P a u l McCloud, -o f th e firm of McCloud & ✓ *■« S c a tch a rd , p re p a rin g p lan s a n d ' 1 ) specifications fo r th e pool, specifications sh o u ld be completed and read y to e n te r ta in bids la te in August. The tim e ta b le calls fo r th e g ra n tin g o f c o n tra c ts in S ep tember and com p letio n of th e pool in tim e fo r a g a la opening Memorial Day, 1962, , DISPLAY ABC FIELD DAY TROPHIES • A g ro u p o f riv o rd -h o ld e rs a r e shown h o ld in g th e tro p h ie s to b e aw a rd e d w in n e rs of th e Oth a n n u a l ABC F ield Day to be held h e re on th is S a tu rd a y . In th e fo re g ro u n d a re Howard BeittenniiHer, c u rr e n t re co rd h o ld e r fo r th e 4 0 -y ard d ash in th e 10-11 age 'b ra c k e t, an d M a rth a G u n d rum , who e sta b lish e d a reco rd of 125 fe e t fo r th e g ir ls ’ so ftb a ll th row in 1050. In th e b a ek row, le ft to rig h t, a re : Bill liin d e in an , holder-, of two re co rd s , in th e s ta n d in g b ro ad jum p ; R o b e rt Alspach, p h y s ical d ire c to r in th e b o ro u g h elem en ta ry sc h o o l; William S catch a rd , ABC F ie ld Day c h a irm a n ; Tom Vaux, W arw ick tr a c k coach, a n d Bobby W a tts, 1050 w in n e r of th e “ 2 2 0 .” 70 Students Will Compete In 6th Annual ABC Field Day Sat. The 6,th Annual ABC Field Day will be held this Saturday on the Warwick Athletic Field s ta r tin g at 12:30 p.m. William Scatchard, cha irman, repor ts approximately seventy entries. Field Day is open to all Warwick Union s tu den ts age 10 and over. £5eatchard urged all who have filed entries to attend sta-ting, “Due to the low num- Uer of entries, we should have a .100% tu rn o u t ifl order to make F ie ld Day a success.” Scatchard also extended an invitation to pa rent s to attend and- witness the various track and field e v e n t s . . Contestants will be competing for trophies and ribbons agains t record-holders from 1959 and 1960. In order to duplicate official tra ck and field conditions as nearly as possible, tlie ABC has secured the cooperation of Reo Director and former track coach Bill Bell, RIAA s ta r te r Harold H o r n , . Warwick Track Coach Tom Vaux, and elementary physical dire c to r Robert Alspach. Also assisting Scatchard are ABC members Jame s Sen-senig and Reid Stoner. The present record-holders in each event are as follows: lloys 10 and Up Dash (100 yds.) — 11.9 sec., Ned Pa r t r id g e : High Jump — 4’ « y i ” , Nevin Nuss; St. Broad Jump — 8’ 6” , Bill Lindeman; Shot P u t — 33’ 11” , Bill Lindeman; 440 yd. — 49.4 sec., J. Eichelberger. !• G irls 10 a n d Up Dash (50 yds.) — 7.6 sec., Polly Rosenberg; St. Broad Jump — 6’ 3” , Polly Rosenberg; Softball Throw — 125’, Martha Gundrum. Hoys 14 - 15 Dash (100 yds.) — 11.9 sec., Robert Wolfe; High Jump — 4’ 5% ”> Ro b e r t Wa tt s ; St. Broad Jump — 8’ 3% ” , Bill Lindeman; Shot P u t — 32’ ioVs ” , Bill Lindeman; 220 yd. — 25.1 sec., Robe r t Wolfe. G irls 14 - 15 Dash (50 yds.) — 7.6 sec., C. Kowaiewski; St. Broad Jump — 6’ 8” , Donna Dennis; Softball Throw —- 162’, Mary Aponte. Boys 12 - 13 Dash (40 yds.) .— 5.8 sec., Dick Gundrum; High Jump —— 4’ 2” , Joe Carl; St. Broad Jump — 6’ 73/4” ; Terry Kauffman; Softball Throw — 181’ ()” , Terrv Kauffman. Girls I f f - IS Dash (40 yds.) — 6.1 sec., Mil r le n e ,. Sh re in e r ; Jump —- 6’ 3 44” , Diane Sear-les; SoftbaIl Throw — 117', Je an Campbell. Boys 1» - 11 Dash (40 yds.) — 5.S sec., H. Beittenmiller; High Jump — 3’ 7” , David Foltz ( t ie ) ; Tiev Tom Clausen ( t ie ) ; St. Broad Jump — 6’ 4% ” , H. Beittenmiller; Softball Throw — 143’ 6” , Richard Sipe. G irls 10 - 11 . Dash (40 yds.) — 6.3 sec., Barb Hershey; St. Broad Jump — -6' 3 Va ” , ,D>l vva,.-ICe11(>rn u ip ; Softball Throw — 90’ 9” , Dawn Ketterman. Parades, Services Tuesday Ex-Service Men's Groups To Conduct Graveside Ceremonies Memorial Day parades and services will be held here and at Rothsville Tuesday, according to plans announced this week by local ex-service groups. With the weatherman already predicting warm, clear weather for the holiday, Memorial Day also will afford many local family groups their first opportunity for outdoor picnics, cookouts as well as trips to nearby resorts. With most local indus trial plants operating Monday, Die long week-ends of a few years ago did not seem to vogue this year. A small group, however, lilans to make its exodus F r i day night with plans to re tu rn late Tuesday. The services here Tuesday will be conducted by the American Legion Post 5 6 and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1463. In Rothsville, the parade will form a t the east end of Rothsville at Wentling Road and move at 8:45 a.m. proceeding west through Rothsville to the Lu the ran Cemetery. Details if the parade and services at To Set Up Lititz Historical Society As First Step Toward Community Museum A plan for setting up an organization to insure the safeguarding of Lititz’s wealth of antiques and historic lore as well as providing the community with a combination museum- library, emerged from a meeting of three local organizations here Tuesday night. The ambitious community objectives launched are: (1) To establish a> Lititz Historical Society, the nucleus of which will be the cha r te r and assets of the Bi-Centennial Foundation. (2) To fu r th e r the objectives of the Moravian Museum already proposed for the historic Wissler home on East Main Street. (3) To seek q u a r te r s in close proximity of the museum for the Lititz Public Library, presently house in the Borough Elementary School Building. The largely unheralded meet- Jaycees Seek Secret Of Getting Committees To Work* M EM O R IA L DAY SPEAKER Bobbie Huber To Compete For National Pee Wee Golf Crown ORLANDO, Fla. — Robert Huber, Jr ., 12 year-old Lititz junior golfer, will compete in the 15th National Pee Wee Golf Championships Ju n e 13 and 14 at Rio Piriar Country Club in Orlando, -Fla., W. F. Cairns,' to u rn ame n t director has announced. Sponsored by the Greater Seek Homes For Fresh Air Kids The local Fresh-Air Committee again is seeking homes and farms th ro u g h o u t the Wa r wick Union are where boys and girls- ca nbe placed for summer vacations. The firs t of the fresh-air kiddies will arrive here from New York City bn Ju n e 29 for two weeks vacation. Other groups are scheduled to arrive op July 13, Ju ly 27 and August 10, which also are d e p a r tu re dates for those who have completed th e i r vacations. As for many years, children will he re tu rn in g to homes where they , already have made friends thro u g h previous visits. Anyone willing to provide a home for the kiddies should contact Mrs. Clarence Bru b ak er, chairman of the local committee, by calling MA 6-6253. Other members of the committee who also can be contacted a re Mrs. Amos Cassel Mrs. John Helter, Mrs. Daniel Bru b ak e r and Mrs. Eli Martin. This ye a r ’s motto is: Summer to a Child,” Dance Recital This Evening and Friday The Lititz Recreation Cente r and the E p h r a ta Recreation Center will present the Dance Recital “ Stars of Tomor row” this evening at the Lititz Elem. School Auditorium and Friday May 2 6 a t the E p h r a ta Fu lton Elem. School Auditorium a t 8:00 p.m. Mrs. Shelia Audet and Anthony Murse will be the Recital Directors. Local children participating will be: Sharon (Continued on page six) Chevron Station Grand Opening This Week-end Lititz acquires a new business this week-end with the Grand Opening of the Lititz Chevron Station on South Broad Street a t the foot of Kissel Hill. The new s tation, which is modern th ro u g h o u t and includes a well-equipped repa ir and service section, comfort rooms, etc., is owned and operated by Kenneth Weit, of Liberty Street, this borough. Weit is a g rad u a te of Wa r wick Twp. High School and is a former service man. He is well-known th ro u g h o u t the Warwick Union area. In addition to Chevron gas and pro- Orlando Chamber of Commerce and Minute Maid Company, leading producer o f fresh frozen citrus concentrates, to. encourage golfing interest among youngsters, the National Pee Wee is one of the n a tion’s la r gest junior meets. Last year it a tt ra c ted some 2 40 linksters from a dozen states and th e Re public of Panama. Huber, who will vie in the me e t’s 10-12 age group, sports an impressive to u rn amen t record. He has scored wins in the Knights of Columbus, WIP. and Lancaster J. C. events. He is also the Lebanon Country Club junior champion and came in 7th in the Great Lakes National. His best performance to da te has been a sma r t 8 2 over a par 7 2 course. The young links ter is the son of Dr. and Mrs. Robert B. Huber, RD 4. Daniel W. Shaub Bauer Explains Yellow Markings The borough this w'eek placed yellow markings along section of the pavement on East Main St., which are to be re paved, Borough Manager David Bauer explained. If owners d e sire to have larger sections re-paved on a share-tlie-cost basis, they should contact the borough office immediately, he added. Mahlon Young, Manheim, who was awarded the contract to do the paving here, is expected to get s ta rted next week. A CORRECTION The problem of getting committees to actually function was delved into by members of the Lititz Junior Chamber of Commerce at a meeting held at the Legion Club last evening. Tlie program, presented u n der the direction of Ronnie Loercher and the steering committee was the first in a series of leadership training courses for the Jaycees and was oil the subject of “How to Organize a Committe e .” Plans also were completed' for the chicken Barbecue to he presented in the Springs Park Saturday, Ju n e 2. The Jaycees also plan a car wash Saturday, Ju n e 10, , a t the F a rme r s National Bank p a rk ing lot, as well as a street dance on or about Julie 15. Carl Kauffman, president, also announced th a t the civic committee of the Jaycees is planning to make the cause of tlie Lititz Public Library one of its basic functions. Officers and mem tiers of the committee recently met with M. C. Dem-my, president of the Library Association. New members recently' admitted to the Lititz Jaycees include DeYoe N. Bear, 14 N. Locust St., an I.B.M. operator at Arms trong; and Lewis Olmstead, Jr., 248 F ro n t St., a production planner also ‘with Armstrong. Linden Hall May Day Activities Saturday Rothsville are being handled in cooperation with the Roths-viile Fire Company. Memorial Day Services will commence at 9 . io a.m. in the Luthe ran Cemetery, the speaker being Rev. David J. Noll, Pa s tor of the Evangelical Congregational Church, Columbia, Pa. and also Chaplain of the Lancaster County Fire Police. In Lititz, the parade will form on Warwick Street and West Lincoln Ave, and move at 10:45 a.m. proceeding east on West Lincoln Ave. to Broad Street, south on Broad Street to Main and eas t to the Moravian Cemetery. Organizations in the community pa rtic ipa ting in the parade should re port a t the s ta r tin g point promptly at the time mentioned. The Memorial Day Services in Lititz will be conducted in tlie Moravian Cemetery a t ( 11:00 a.m., the speaker being i Daniel W. Shaub, Adju tan t of | the State Department of Pa., The American Legion. The annual May Day activities will be held a t Linden Hall this Saturday beginning with the Horse Show at 8:30 a.m. and the Pag e an t at 1:30 p.m. on the Campus. . Miss Susan Lagarde, riding mas ter, will be in charge of the Horse Show which includes only the Linden Hall girls, it will be held at the paddock on the Campus. ... ..«apjie ,Co»ntpy«f*Faii*ft(‘*is -the theme of the May Day Pageant and was written by two of the s tudents a t the school and Will be directed by Miss Catherine Rahl, head of the Physical Education Department. There will be two queens whose identity will not be disclosed until the crowning. There will be twelve girls in the Court. The Alumni Association will serve Moravian Sugar Cake and coffee from the ir booth at the Horse Show and in the a f ternoon, ice cream, pretzels and cokes. The ladies in charge include, Mrs. Alfred Melzer, Mrs. John F. Koehler, Mrs. Freder ick Wielinga, and Mrs. Winifred Walls. May Queen Candidates for May Queens in the Ju n io r College are Linda Kahley of Lancaster; Susan Kroesser and Mary Beth Ed wards. In the Academy the candidates are: Marjorie Morris, Panda Kogge and Michele Pappas, of Reading. Attendants are: Merry E r win, Je remy Pierson, Cindy Whiteford, Virginia Anderson, Bonnie Cougnenc and Sue Wood. The crown b e a re r and train bearers, sons and daughte r s of Linden Hall Alumnae are: Scott Shaub, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Shaub; Mark Christian Yerger, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Yerger; Kim Haldeman, dau g h te r of Mr. and Mrs. Orville G. Haldeman and Lori Adams Hess, dau g h ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Robert Hess, all of Lititz. H o rse Show The show will consist of six classes. Fo u r of these will be equitation classes in which the girl is judged on h e r form and general control of her mount. The two othe r classes will he jumping in which the girl again will be judged on her forth,, flyer ...the,, j urop An d control of her mount. Anne Hickok, from Ha r r i s burg, will be the judge for all the classes. Mr. Lowell Stengel will again be the announcer, and Miss Ru th Crawford, a teacher a t Linden Hall, will be the ringmaster. At the middle of the show a Drill Team will do an exhibition. The team consists of ten of the more advanced riders in the s'chool. There will be presented a mos t improved trophy, and a t the end of the show the champion r ide r of the show will be presented the championship ribbon an d t r o phy. L.H. Concert Open To Public Linden Hall s tudents will present the ir annua l Spring Concert in the Mary Dixon Chapel this Fr iday evening at 7:30 p.m. The public is invited to attend. The program will include selections by the Lin d en -Ha l l Glee Club and the Lindenaires. Tlie glee club is directed by Mrs. Magdalena Pfeiffer with Miss Olga Swartz as accompanist. Soloists will include Karen Hanson, Ba rba ra Jo u re t, Lor-na Fuller, Cathy Steward, Jan e Buchanan, Sue Redcay and Becky Ohm. ing was called by the Bi-Centennial Foundation, an organization founded for the purpose of sponsoring the Bi-Centennial in 1956 and since kept alive by its officers and incorporators through annual meetings. This group is h e aded by Alfred L. Douple. Others attending included the Museum or Archives Committee of the Moravian Church and directors and friends of the Lititz Public Library. Thu expressed purpose of tlie meeting was to find qua r te r s for both the museum and the library. Members of the Museum Committee of which Postmaster Richard I). Rader is cha irman and Robert Much, vice chairman, disclosed th a t their committee already is obtaining cost figures for the restoration of the Wissler home, the oldest residence in the borough and a church - owned property, to house the Moravian Archives in a community museum. It was strongly indicated that church trustees will willingly loan their valuable mu seum collection to a community project such as a museum] A committee consisting of Mr. Douple, Mr. Rader and M. C. Dummy, head of the library board, to take up formation of a community museum group with their organizations, to re port hack in a month. The suggestion th a t the Bic en te n n ia l Foundation amend its cha rte r so as to embrace the work and activities of a local historical society, met with an enthusiastic response from the twenty or more persons present at Tuesday evening's meeting. That the antiques in Lititz are second to none and th a t it is important to take steps now to insure keeping them here, was expressed by Mr. Rader. The th ought also was expressed th a t if a truly community museum is established, th a t many persons here would loan additional valuable an t iq u e s to the museum in order th a t tlie public can enjoy ■them. Dr. Byron K. Horne a l s o (Continued from page 2) Through a typographical e rror, the total vote cast for C. William Dussinger was re ported last week as 2 20 instead of 320 votes cast in the three borough wards. We regre t the ducts he will c arry a complete I mis-print and congratulate Mr. line of General tires and tubes. Dussinger on his fine run. 37 High School Students To Receive Booster Trophies The theory of recognizing successful athletic careers by a large number of High School Seniors and not jus t the few outs tanding players, will be put into effect a t Warwick High School this Friday mo rn ing by members of the local Boosters Club. At th a t time, a total of 37 grad u a t in g athletes, including 20 girls and 17 boys, will be presented with trophies. Each trophy will represent the sport “Give in which" he or she has participated ill. To he eligible for a trophy, the senior must participate in athletics during both Junior and Senior years. The awards will be made by Wa r r e n Beittenmiller and Richard Boose, vice pres ident and secretary of the club. The presentations will feature the annual awards assembly. The idea of recognizing a th letic careers of a larger n umber of students recently was highly lauded by Stan Sheneu-berger, Warwick High School coach. Plumber Fined For Ignoring Boro Ordinance The first prosecution since enactment of the borough plumbing ordinance has re sulted in a fine being imposed upon a Millersvlile plumber for work done here more than a year ago, it was reported this week. The plumber fined is E. W. Rice. of Millersville, who pleaded guilty to two charges and paid fines totaling $10 ulus costs of $10 before J u s tice of the Peace Paul F. Diehm. The two charges preferred by Borough Manager David Bauer were for failure to take out a borough plumbing license and for failure to properly complete a hook-up with the borough sewer system. In making the hook-up at the new Wilbur Chocolate Co. office a year ago, Rice was charged with failure to install a trap and air-vent in the sewer line leading from the building. This was not discovered u n till recently when sewerage hacked into the cellar of the building. Predict 4 Mill Boost In School Tax Rate Despite last year's surplus, a tax boost of a round four mills is expected to be approved by ^Warwick Union School directors a t the ir next meeting Ju n e 21. This was indicated last week with the announcement of the tentative budget. Tlie 1961-62 budget calls for expenditures of $1,192,257, which represents an increase of approximately $35,(MM) as compared with the 1960-61 budget. In other business, the hoard accepted the resignation of its f i r s t business manage r, F ra n k Herr, of Eas t Peter sburg, effective May 31. He r r came to Warwick in October, 19 60, and is planning to re tu rn to the U.S. General Accounting Office, Washington, D.C. G. Marlin Spaid, supervising principal, outlined three curr iculum changes which will he tried for a one-year period. First, two foreign languages can he taken by ninth grade s tudents ; second, beginning with the 10th grade, students can take three years of French and Russian; third, all practices for extra curr icula r activities, such as band and sports, will be limited from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. am} special buses will be provided to tran sp o r t the pupils home. The hoard voted to pay census enume ra tor s 10 cents a name for township residents, and seven cents a name for those within the borough. Carl Kaufman and Eugene Deckert are borough enumerator s , Ira Adams, Elizabeth Twp., and Mrs. Elizabeth Bowman, Wa r wick Twp. William R. Gerstemeier, of Aiden, Pa., was elected to the-junior high school boys a th le tic depa rtment. David Bauer, borough manager, asked if the school district is interested in the use of the proposed swimming pool on a year-round basis. The hoard reques ted definite f ig u r es on the costs, especially those concerning the plastic bubble and heating system, and was invited to view a plastic bubble which covers the Collings-wood, N.J., pool. Bauer also repor ted th a t 74 per cent of thé sewer line between Lititz and the Bru n nerville school is completed He asked if the board would be interested in providing boro water in the Brunnerville building siftce the many wells drilled the re failed to u ne a rth a suitable supply of water. Community Calendar .Huy 25— 6:30 P.M. — Ephrata To a s tma s te r ’s meeting at the Amvets. 8:00 P.M. — Stamp Club meeting a t the American Legion. 8:00 P.M.— Ep h ra ta Rec. Center a n d Lititz Rec. Center Dance Recital at t h e Lititz Elementary School Auditorium. Huy 24»— 8:15 A.M. — Senior High Awards during Assembly at the Warwick High School. Linden Hall Spring Concert. 8:00 P.M.— Ep h ra ta Rec. Center and Lititz Rec. Center Dance Recital at the Fulton Elementary School, Ephrata. Huy 27— 8:30 A.M. — Linden Hall Horse Show. 12:30 P.M.— A.B.C. Field at the Warwick H i g h School Athletic Field. 1:30 P.M. — Linden Hall May Day Program. .Huy 2S— Kid’s Irish Day sponsored by the Lititz Sportsmen's ' Association at the Lebanon Pumping Station. Rain date — June 4. Huy 2!)— 6:30 P.M. — Martin Luthe r choir rehearsal at St. P a u l ’s Church. 7:00 P.M. — Junior Choir rehearsal at St. P a u l ’s Church. 7:00 P.M. — Borough Council Meeting a t Boro Hall. 7:30 P.M. — I. O. O. F. meeting. 8:00 P.M. — American Legion # 5 6 meeting a t the Legion home. Huy .’{<)— MEMORIAL DAY — NO SCHOOL. 7:30 P.M. — Brunnerville Fire Company meeting. Huy :)I— Senior High C l a s s trip to New York City. 8:00 P.M. — Senior Choir rehearsal at St. P a u l ’s Church. Ju n e 1— Senior High C l a s s trip ill New York City. 9:00-1 1:30 A.M. — LAST DAY for the Recreation Center Nursery School. 7:30 P.M. — Fire Company Ladies Auxiliary meeting. .8:00 P.M. — Mother and Daughter Supper held by the A.B.C.D. All clubs a n d o rg an iz a tio n s a re a sk ed to co-operate in th is p ro je c t by culling tlie R e c re a tio n C en te r an y day from 3:;50 p.m. to 5 p.m., T h u rsd a y a n d F rid a y s from 10 to 12 a.m. a n d 1 to ¡5 p.m. Those w ish ing to w rite in may do so by mailin g to P.O. Box 225. |
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