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(C o n so lid a te d w ith T h e U t i t z R e co rd , 1937) Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa., Thursday July 13, 1961 7 c e n ts a Copy; $3.00 p e r y e a r b y m a ll
w ith in L a n c a s te r C o u n ty ; $3.50 elsewhere. 12 Pages — No. 13
Zoners
Approve
Building
Board Reaches
Compromise
Here
Jn a compromise decision
on Tuesday evening, Elser Ger­hart
was given permission by
the Hoard of Zoning Adjus t­ment
to construct his Goche-mr
-Cherry St: house as or-igionally
planned.
llussell Market. inKteru-mental
in breaking the dead­lock,
stated th a t he felt th a t
the house as planned a t this
moment has more yard th an
it would have otherwise and
th a t this was the deciding fac­tor.
As the home s tands now it
will have a 10 ft. re a r yard and
a 17 ft. front yard. In allow­ing
this footage the board is
conceding 10 ft. to the re a r
and 8 ft. to the front.
The property on which the
home is to he built was p u r ­chased
before the zoning went
into effect, so the Board could
not deny Ge rha rt th e r ig h t to
build. However, the Board did
have the r ig h t -to-— Judge
whether the builder was com
plying as closely as was pos­sible
to the zoning ordinance.
Last week the board was u n ­able
to reach a decision on the
case and if no decision had
been reached before Aug. 12
Gerhart would have a u toma t i ­cally
been able to continue.
The decision was reached
-ithout the vote of Leon De-
«-ernelmont, the th i rd member
of the board, who is still on
an extended vacation.
NEIGHBORS WHO REALLY GET ALONG! U f l
; The New St. block p a r ty found young
and old mingling for an evening of food and
fun. In the upper lef t Peggy Griffith, Althea
Koch, Peggy Pelger, Chris tine Pelger, Craig
Lawson an d Dcbby Bingenian line up for
hot dogs dished out by Gerry Griffith.
Tile u p p e r r ig h t picture shows a tr io of
hun g ry males, Monroe Mundorf, J im Scn-
— Record-Express Pliotos
senich and Bob Myers, filling th e i r plates
with home-made specialities.
In the lower left Mrs. Daniel Kshchnan,
77, th e e ldes t p re s ent poses with Lisa Stut­ter,,
.six. months, th e youngest. In th e lower
r ig h t the Harry- Snyders an d the Lloyd Wit-mer
s enjoy th e i r picnic supper.
New Streeters Stir Up Real Spirit
With A Neighborhood Block Party
Lucky 30
On Saturday
Worth $175
Merchants Place
$25 M o r e
In Basket
The Lititz “Lucky 30” ja c k ­pot
is worth $125 this week
to bring the total prize worth
to a record high of $175.
Last weeks jackpot of $100
was not collected so an o th e r
$25 worth of vouchers was
added by the local merchants.
These vouchers a re good at
any of the participating stores.
Mrs. Phylis Bixler, 2 2 E.
Orange St., was awarded $25
this week for the voucher
where the shopper mus t be
present.
Mrs. S. R. Posey, 133 S.
Broad St., was the winner of
the $25 for the shopper who
need not be present.
Local shoppers may regis ter
a t any of the stores of the
participating merchants and
then they will be eligible for
the $175, including the $125
jackpot which will he offered
this week.
The drawin g will be made
a t 3 p.m. on W. Main St. near
the square.
Officials stated today ' th a t
only names registered on r e g u ­lation
slips will be eligible.
Pool Plans
To Be Shown
Here Thürs.
Hammer Creek Dam
Delayed By Senate
The proposed Hammer Creek] House of Representatives earli-
>am and Fishing Lake project er this month.
May Relocate
W. Lemon St.
For Pipe Line
The new Church of the
Brethren and Hie ro p e d 'h t t fife
Residents of the tWo-hun-dred
block of New St. revived
a ¡Lititz c u s tom when they held
an old fashioned block party
last S a turday night.
Sixty-five hungry New Stre e t­ers
tu rn ed out for the event
filling th e back-yards of three
of the home».
The party which featured
innumerable small youngsters
was given suppor t by the bor-
Planniug Commission came to
blows Thursday night with
Southern Pipe Line over
r ig h t of way on the proposed
West Second St.
Mr. Jame s Scally, Southe rn
Pipe Line representative, s t a t ­ed
th a t the paving of West
Second St. would cover his iline
for a total of 2000 ft. and ob­s
truc t the line ’s r ig h t of way.
To avoid this conflict the
borough agreed to inves tigate
the possibility of moving West
Second St. two and one-half
feet to the south-west. This
would put 1200 ft. of line u n ­der
the grass 'strip between the
curb and the sidewalk.
While this would leave 700
ft. of the line still in conten­tion
both the borough an d the
pipe line feel th a t , this c^n be
worked out a t a later do te as
work on this area of tbe^s treet
will not begin for a t l e a s t 'a n ­othe
r two years, i
The pipe line received this
r ig h t of way from the Mora­vian
Church in 1955 when the
line was first laid.
As a quorum was n o t pre s ­ent
a t the meeting, the P la n ­ning
Commission was able to
take only tentative steps.
s tre e t so th a t the children
could play unsupervised.
Tables filled with salads, re l ­ish
trays, cookies, and the ev­er
present potato-chips were
the center of a tt ra c t io n with
Bar-b-que and hot dogs as the
second feature.
The high light of the eve­ning,
however, was the 5 gal­lons
of ice cream which was
dished out a t the close of the
meal. The ice cream was pre­pared
by the Harold' Vander
family, th e Bob Bingeman fam­ily,
and the Bob Griffith fami­ly.
As will happen a t any event
while the wives slaved over
the outside grills th e men and
children played quoits, croquet
and badmitten.
Watching the party, with its
friendly ch a t te r and neighborly
fun, it was easy to see why
th e very popular event, a t one
time, was being revived. As the
res idents of New St. put it,
“We’ll sure have to do this
ag a in ” .
Funds To Be Questioned
At Board Meeting Wed.
The fu tu re of the funds b e - , tra ck at the school. The pre­longing
to the Warwick Class liminary survey has been com-of
1959 may ' be decided a t pleted and the stakes have
July 4 Park
Admissions
Show Drop
Community
Calendar
Ju ly 1!)— 9:00 - 12:00 P.M.—
Story Hour a t Lititz Ele­men
ta ry School Library.
,6:30 P.M. — E p h r a ta
Toa s tma s te rs Club me e t­ing
a t the E p h ra ta Amvets
Ju ly 14— 8:30 - 11:00 A.M.—
Recreation Department
Swimming Lessons a t
Woodridg-e Swim Club.
Ju ly 17— 9:00 A.M.-4:O0 P.M.
Recreation Department
Playground a t th e Lititz
Sptings Pa rk , Brunner-ville
and Rothsville Play­grounds,
Monday thro u g h
Friday.
7:00 P.M.— Lititz Sports­men’s
meeting a t Ba r t
S h a rp ’s Grove, Route 501,
nor th of Brickerville.
Ju ly 18— 8:30 - 11:00 A.M.—
Recreation Department
Swimming Lessons a t
Woodridge Swim Club.
7:00 P.M. — Planning
Commission meeting.
Ju ly 1»— 7:3 0 P.M. — School
Board meeting.
Ju ly 20— 9:0<T- 12:0V> P.M. —
Story Hour a t th e Lititz
Elementa ry School Li­b
ra ry .
A slight drop in paid admis­sion
this year was repor ted by
th e P a rk Association for the
annua l Ju ly 4 program in the
Lititz Springs Park.
According to officials, $4,200
in paid admissions was col­lected,
representing a drop of
$4 60 from last year; however,
a rise in concession sales is ex­pected
to balance the funds
when ail bills a re tak en care
of.
A large n umbe r of comple­mentary
tickets were given out
this ye a r so park officials esti­mate
th a t the crowd was ab out
the same as usual. A large
n umb e r of early admissions
was noted this year, b u t the
evening was far below par, due
mostly to the increased com
petition of nearby holiday cele
brations.
A special th a n k s was extend­ed
by officials to all who help­ed,
in anyway, to make the
program the success it was.
Farmers Help In
Barn Raising
Over 100 people participated
in-a barn-rais ing las t Thursday
a t the farm of Lloyd H. Wen ­ger,
Lititz R2.
The 'worke r s arr ived early
in the morning and completed
mos t of the work by dusk,
stopping only for lunch breaks
along the way. The new ba rn
will be used to store tobacco.
Warwick School Board on
Wednesday evening a t 7:30 in
the high school.
I t has been rumored th a t
several local organizations a re
planning to atten d th e me e t­ing
to defend the Class of 195 9
in its bid to recover funds
amounting to $192.90 which
have been confiscated by the
Board.
The Class claims th a t they
were not told of a ruling th a t
the Board becomes sole owner
of any funds rema ining a f te r
graduation. They had planned
to use the money'— the largest
amount ever left, a f te r gifts
to the school— for a reunion.
I t is also expected th a t ac­tion
will be tak en on complet­ing
the new football field and
Supervising Principal G.
Marlin Spaid has urged t h e
committee considering t h e
plans to add a pressbox to the
present plans. He stated th a t
it wouldn’t cost anymore to
do it now than a t a la te r date
and there definitely is a need
fo r it, especially if the pro­posed
electric scoreboard is in­stalled.
It is 'expected that, some ac­tion
will lie taken on this, m a t ­ter
by the -Boa rd -at this meet­ing,
since .the Hoard’s next
scheduled meeting is late in
August, only a lew weeks prior
to the opening of the football
season.
The public is in v i te d 'to the
meeting beginning a t 7:30 on
Wednesday evening.
Women’s Club To Feature
Garden Party Here Today
The annual Garden' P a r ty of
the Lititz Woman’s Club will
be held today a t 1:00 p.m. a t
the Linden Hall Lower Cam­pus.
Pineapple Sundaes with a
variety of homemade cakes,
Coffee and tea will be served
by a group of Intermediate
Girl Scouts. Punch will also be
available.
The decorations and prizes
at each table will be African
violet plants. All proceeds are
to be used for the benefit of
the Lititz Girl Scout Troops.
In th e event of rain, the
party will take place in the
Linden Hall gymnasium.
Tickets for members and
friends a re available either at
the door or from any member
of the Ways and Means Com­mittee:
Miss Ba rb a ra Wise and
Mrs. Verne B. Por te r Jr ., co-chairman;
Mrs. James Auman,
Mrs. Lester Balmer, Mrs. Bruce
Corbett, Mrs. M. C. Demmy,
Mrs. V. W. Dillman, Mrs. Hi­ram
Eberly, Mrs. Ha rry D.
Eshelman, Mrs. Orville Halde-man,
Mrs. Charles LeFevre,
Mrs. Abram Mease, Mrs. Wil­liam
B. Oehme, Mrs. Bernard
Rider, Mrs. Paul Seaber, Mrs.
Barton Sharp, Mrs. Robert
Watts, Mrs. William Whitten
Jr., Mrs. David Wr ig h t and
Mrs. E. Reed Zimmerman.
DINNER-THEATER PARTY
PLANNED HER E TONIGHT
The local A.B.C.D. Club has
announced pains for a dinner -
th e a te r pa r ty a t Mt. Gretna
this evening.
The group will be leaving
a t 5:30 and going to the Tim­bers
for d inne r , afterwhich
they will go to the Playhouse
to see “ Sailor Beware.’1
The Thrills And Joys (?) Of
A Long Vacation Trip
Borough Council will hold a
special meeting next Thursday
evening to inspect the in te r ­mediate
plans for the pro­posed
community swimming
pool which may be built here
this fall.
The architects, McCloud and
Scatchard, will present the im
proved plans which will in ­clude.
minor changes th a t were
suggested*by the council at the-showing
of the first "plans sev­eral
weeks ago.
Interested groups are invited
to attend the meeting and see
the plans when they a re pre­sented.
The Council has alsp asked
Borough Manager Dave Bauer
to present the borough’s re ­quest
to the School Board
parking lot for an entrance
way and parking a re a for the
pool. Bauer will appear at
Wednesday’s School Board
meeting in hopes of securing
permission from the school offi­cials.
Thé reques t also involves
running some lines over the
school property.
Tourists Meet
Residents On
Western Trip
I t ’s a small world— as Jim
Yerger, local manufa c ture r,
emphasized this week on his
re tu rn from a coast-to-coast
motor trip.
On four dif ferent occasions
during the trip he unexpected­ly
encountered Lancaster Coun­ty
friends and acquaintances,
th re e of whom were res idents
of Lititz.
According to Jim, he was
viewing one of the ra re sights
presented by the Yellowstone
National P a rk when a car
drove up asking directions. He
immediately recognized Mr.
and Mrs. Lloyd Leeking, of
this borough.
A few days earlier a t Bryce
Canyon, J im and his party
were taking in the sights when
they suddenly recognized Leon
deFernelmont, local high
school teacher, standing a few
feet. away.
And a t Salt Lake City they
were hailed by Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Houser, fa rme r neigh­bors
here. At Boulder City,
Colorado, they met Glen Oren-
(Continued on page six)
James Gibbel
Will Spend
Two Years
In Ecuador
A two-year hitch in mission
work in Ecuador faces Jame s
C. Gibbel, 6 Eas t Third Street,
this borough, who left Monday
afternoon from the Lancaster
Airport on a flight to the
South American country.
Gibbel has been assigned to
serve as as s is tant to the field
secretary of the Church of the
Brethren Mission which is lo­cated
in a small village near
Quito, Ecuador. The secretary
is George H. Kreps, a nephew
of Mrs. Anna H. Kreider, South
Broad Street.
His duties will be varied
but his primary responsibility
will be to serve as business
manage r and tr e a su re r and do
the bookkeeping for the mis
sion program. He also will be
in charge of repairing the ve
h id e s of the mission.
According to Mr. Gihbel, he
will spend the first several
months living in an Ecuadori
an. home J o ..Quito «tMuuAid*in
learning the Spanish language.
He was one of the 15 youths
who completed a nine-week
training period for Brethren
Volunteer service a t the Breth-en
Center, New Windsor, Md.
The service is a program spon­sored
by the church which at*
tempts to share in the physi­cal,
economic, educational .and
spiritual life of our neglected
neighbors.
on Id suffer a serious delay if
he Penna. Senate fails to r e ­verse
action taken by the Sen-nate
State Government Com­mittee.
On Friday the committee
voted to cut the bid fo r a
loan of $503,801 for land ac­quisition
and construction, a f ­ter
ii had been passed by the
Library To
Operate On
New Hours
Increased library hours will
o into effect as soon as the
library trans fe r s its volumes
from the elementary school
building to the General Sutter
early next month. /
As soon as the tran s fe r is
completed the library will be
open on Tuesday, from 7 to
9 p.m., and Thursday, 2 to 4
p.m. These hours a re expected
t,o increase as sooh as more
volunteer help is obtained.
Alfred Douple repor ted th a t
the linoleum has been repaired
and the floors cleaned in the
new room in the Hotel Sutter
and th a t a library sign will
be installed this week.
Members of the Jaynecees
are planning to vacuum each
volume before the move.
The board also announced
a heed for more shelving as
soon as the move is made.
They s ta ted th a t a f te r the
move they will not -have
enough shelving to hold all
6000 volumes.
I t was repor ted th a t J . Mar­lin
Spaid, supervising principal,
refused the reques t of t h e
board to permit removal of
the shelves from the school to
the new temporary qua rte rs ,
claiming th a t the shelves be­long
to the school dis trict and
are needed for the elementary
library.
Dr. Byron Horne, of Linden
Hall, has donated a number of
shelves, and i t is hoped th a t
many other s will do the same.
LociU .sportsmen are urging
the public to write mid pilone
their Senators in hopes of re­versing
the committee’s action
when it conies up for discus­sion
before the full Senate very
shortly.
Wallace Lausch, local sp o r ts ­man,
stressed the fact th a t the
action of the committee lias
not changed the status of the
dam completely. The action has
dimmed hopes, however, of
completing the project in the
near future.
He pointed out th a t the
money will be available in the
future, as previously planned,
but tha t failure to get the loan
from the government could
cause a lengthy delay in con­struction.
“Actually, we h a d n ’t expected
to s ta r t construction this sum­mer,’’
Wallace stated, “ but if
the bill would pass the Sen­ate,
it would still be possible
to do so.”
Other sportsmen a re trying
earnestly to make the Senate
reconsider the move. Besides
writing and calling, several of
the sportsmen are meeting- on
Monday evening to discuss the
future of the project.
The proposed lake would im­pound
the waters of Hammer
Creek a t a point ius t west of
Zartman's Mill, forming a lake
extending for over a mile.
The State Fish Commission
had previously cleared the way
to condemn three tr a c ts 'wh ic h
were holding up the develop­ment.
Fishing and boating would
be permitted on the lake which
would be banned to p o w e r
boats. The Fish Commission
would stock the lake.
The next time Don Kepner,
local real es tate broker, goes
on a vacation— he plans to
take Ray Mease, local garage-man,
along with him, if a t all
possible!
For, according1 to Don, Ray,
in exactly thre e minutes time
made repairs which would
have saved he and his family
many hours! of tedious concern
as well as several hundred
miles of traveling.
Mr. and Mrs. Kepner and
the ir two chilren, along with
Mr. and Mrs. Ross Jones, and
the ir thre e children, had spent
last week camping ’ in the
Shenandoah Lake Region in
Virginia. The camping trip,
in which the groups used
camping trailers sold by Mease,
had included many thrills, in ­cluding
the killing of a large
copperhead snake.
Sunday the Kepners were r e ­turning
home when, eighty
miles from home, south of
Gettysburg, the ir car broke
down. Garagemen of th e area
were called but could not get
the car s tarted. Finailly in
desperation, Don called friends
in Lancas ter who drove to
the spot and b rought the fam­ily
here, a rr iving a f te r mid­night.
(Continued on page 3)
1,000People
See Circus
Perform’ces
Approximately 1,000 persons
saw the first circus to come
to Lititz in many years, last
Friday, according to local l i t­tle
league officials. ,
I t was also reported’ th a t
the local little leagues received
about $300 for the ir efforts, a
figure much lower th a n was
expected.
Officials s tated th a t the r e a ­son
for the low figure was the
fact that, many of the sales­men,
mostly baseball players,
failed even to buy tickets .for
themselves and instead p u r ­chased
them at the gate. Wljile
the local organization did get
a small percentage of th e gate
sales, they were awarded 50%
of the advanced sales.
Most of those in attendance,
were very pleased with the
performance and all agreed it
was a worthwhile project for
Lititz. While rain spoiled the
afternoon show to some ex­tent,
an exciting evening per­formance
was reported.
It was hoped th a t this circus
program would finance the lit­tle
league program foi;, the
year so th a t donations wouldn’t
have to be solicited from local
organizations; however, the
profit will not cover all of the
expenses and some soliciting
may be needed.
SHOO IN DAMAGE
IN ACCIDENT HERE
A two car accident occurred
last Wednesday n i g h t on
the corner of Fro n t and Wa te r
St. when Mrs. Florence Long,
16 F ro n t St., failed to yield a
r ight of way and rammed into
the r ight side of a car driven
by Mrs. Romaine Weik, 34 E.
Center St.
Mr. Long’s foot was broken
in the collision and he was
tre a ted on the scene by Dr.
Pau l Hess and then tak en to
the Lancas ter General Hos­pital
by the Warwick Ambu­lance.
Diehm Denies
Any Connection
With Booklet
Jus tice of the Peace Paul F.
Diehm vesterdav wa rned \loe.il
businessmen th a t he has no
connection with an advertis ­ing
book being compiled for
the countv magis trates associa­tion.
,
“A solicitor who gives his
name as Wa lte r Baker h'as
been using my name in a high-pressure.
method to obtain ad­vertisements
for the Book,’’
Mr. Diehm explained, ¡adding;
“ I have never met tliis man,
have nothing to do with the
book and want to wa rn my
friends th a t th i s 'm a n hag no
au thor ity to use my name in
anyway,:
“ I hdve also lodged a com­plaint
with the officers of the
Lancaster County Magistrates
Association and they have as­sured
me th a t this practice will
be stopped,’’ Mr. Diehm con­cluded.
Local Sailor
On USS New
Robe rt E. Showers, g u n n e r ’s
mate third class, ¿on of Mr.
and Mrs. Eugene R.\ Showers,
100 Market St., i s serving'
aboard the US§ New, escort
destroyer.
The New is On a goodwill
cruise to the Afrioan continent
and outlaying islands as part
of operation SOLANT AMITY
II.
NEW BUSINESS
4
UNDERGOES OPERATION
Harold Kauffman, local gro­cer
and member of the b o r ­ough
zoning board, u nde rwent
surgical t r e a tmen t a t the Lan­caster
General Hospital Wed­nesday
morning. His condition
was reported as satisfactory
last evening.
LIONS CLUB TO MEET
The Lions' Club will hold
an outdoor meeting on T h u r s ­day,
Ju ly 20th a t 6:30 p.m.
a t John Wh itmy e r ’s cottage.
Daniel Miller, the president,
will be in charge, of the busi­ness
meeting.
Drivers Course
Offered Here
Second Time
A second course in drivers
training, will be offered for the
public here by the Recreation
Center beginning on July 24.
George Male, local in s tru c ­tor,
will again bp in charge of
the course. A le a rn e r ’s permit
is required for the five-week
course..
It was stressed that- p r e -
regis tra tion is required for the
course and th a t interested p a r ­ties
should register by calling
MA 5-5096 or MA 6-7383.
The course is sponsored by
the Recreation Center and will
be the second offered this sum­mer,
Norman Faus, Jr,
Carpet Store
On Wheels
Started Here
Norman Faus, J r ., this week
announced the s ta r t of a new
business in Lititz to be known
as The Rug Van.
At the same time, Mr. Faus
announced his recent, res igna­tion
from The Carpet Shop,
S. Broad St., which he and
F ra n k Ford, Sr., organized in
1950. Mr. Faus has been in
the rug and carpet business
for the past 14 years.
The new business being
s ta rted by Mr. Faus will in­clude
displays at both the Eph­ra
ta Market and the Ea s t
Peter sburg Market.
A distinctly new feature will
be the addition ol’ a ’walk-in
truck through which Mr.. Faus
can take hundreds of samples
of carpets and floor coverings
directly to the home. The Rug
Van will be a complete carpet
store on wheels.
“This will enable me, for
the first time, to show my
customers a complete assort­ment
of hundreds of ca rpe t
samples right in the proper
setting— the customer's home,”
Mr. Faus explained.
He will use his home a t
303 E. Third Street, this bor­ough,
as his main office. For
complete details see his an ­nouncement
on Page Nine of
ihis issue of The Record-Ex­press.
MOVE TO NEW YORK
Mr. an d Mrs. Charles Bow­man
hud family moved to Sel­kirk,
N.Y. las t Thursday where
Mr. Bowman has accepted a
■position as salesman for the
Wicks Lumber Co. Mr. Bow­man
sold his home on Willow
Street to Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Neff.