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(C o n so lid a te d w ith T h e I>ititz R e co rd , 1937) Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa., Thursday August 3, 1961 7 c e n ts a C o p y ; 83.00 p e r y e a r b y m a ll
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10 Pages — No 16
Sutter Village Plans
Developing Here
Plans for a 608 home de- rapidly developing areas in the
velopment here have been tak- borough.
ing form slowly, under the
watchful eyes of the Borough
Council, during the past
month.
The development, by the Sus­quehanna
Builders Association,
would be called Su tte r Vill­age
and would be built on land
bordering W. Orange St., nor th
of the new Brethren Church
and' west of the Warwick
tli School building.
It would feature medium
price homes with a small mo­dern
shopping cente r for mid­dle
class families.
Borough Council took a big
step in aiding the development
a t the July meeting when it
approved the annexation of
80.4» acres of land from the
present Kendig Nursery Farm.
According to Allen Gober-man,
th e builder, th e p re li­mina
ry plan for the develop-'
ment was approved by the
planning commission, b u t the
council and FHA mus t still
give th e i r final approval.
Goberman hopes th a t the
planning commission will for­ward
its final approval to the
Council by the August Coun­cil
meeting and th a t FHA a p ­proval
will follow immediate-ly.
If such approval is gained,
construction could begin here
this fall.
S u tte r Village, if b u ilt
ould be p a r t of the f i r s t and
.iiird wa rds of the city. I t
would join the recently con­s
t ru c ted Lu th e ra n Education
building and th e new Bre th ren
Church in one of th e mos t
The builder is well known
in this are a for his work on
the Quaker Hills and the Gen­try
Heights developments.
NEW PASTOR
r c ^
To Complete i _ Local Street
Resurfacing
We a th e r permitting, the
borough will finish 1% miles
of s tre e t re surfa c ing this
week, bringing th e tota l to
8 1/2 miles th a t has been com­pleted
since 1956.
Scheduled for c omp le tio n
this week are Third St., be­tween
Spruce and Wa lnut;
Wa ln u t St. between Third and
Woodcrest; Westend between
Spruce and Walnut.
In addition, borough ma n ­ager
Dave Baue r repor ted th a t
one mile of alley resurfacing
has also been completed.
The coating being applied
is a bituminous concrete mix­tu
r e which give a h arder ,
smoother, more pe rman en t s u r ­face
th a n did th e old c o a t in g 1
method. I t also requires less
maintenance.
Bauer also repor ted th a t
th e re are still 3,000 ft. of local
s tre e ts th a t will req u i re com­plete
rebuilding. However," no
schedule is being plapned for
work on these s tre e ts this
year.
In addition; th e s ta te still
has N. Broad St. to rebuild,
but this is not on th e schedule
for 1961 or 1962. Bauer com­mented
th a t it mig h t be plac­ed
on the s ta te lis t if more
local res idents would wr ite to
the s ta te officials about the
condition Of the road.
■ Most of th e rema in d e r of
the s t a te ’s four miles ot lo­cal
s tre e ts a re in good shape
BOOKS A N D MORE BOOKS
L ib rary v o lu n te e rs, (le ft to r ig h t) ltn th ■
Gochonutir, J e a n Bender, l t n th F c ldm n n n ,
and" Dorothy U o senquist, look o v er tile new­est
sh ipmen t o f books to a rriv e a t th e Lititz
Ihiblie L ib ra ry . In cluded in (h is -selection
a re n um e ro u s c h ild re n ’s hooks, inclu d in g
sev eral in Spanish in a n tic ip a tio n of th e
new e lem e n ta ry Spanish course, -
Community Library Facilities
Offer Variety To All Ages
Talent
For All Ages
Planned Here
Home ta le n t of every de­scription
is expected t o , be
displayed a t the second a n ­nual
ta len t show to be held
in the p a rk bandshell on
Rev. Maurer
NewHoliness
Pastor Here
The Rev.- Richard E. Maur­er
has recently begun duties
as the new pastor of th e local
Holiness Chris tian Church.
He succeeds the Rev. K. E.
Walter who res igned in June
to engage in full-time evange­listic
work.
The Lititz charge is the
initial pas torate for the young
minis ter from Easton. In June
of this y-ear he received his
A.B. in Biblical Lite ra tu r e
from Messiah College in Gran­tham.
He also studied for th r e e
years a t Lafayette College in
Easton.
The Rev. Maurer is residing
f the church parsonage, North
■ Uey, with his wife Margaret
id his sou Daniel.
The Rev. Walter filled the
al pas torate from J u u c 1959
il Ju n e of this year.
-al Player
s Roses*
s Contest
Thursday, Augus t 10th, a t 8
p.m. Rain d a te is Friday, Aug­ust
11th.
The show which is open to
persons of all ages who are
living in the Warwick Union
area, is being sponsored by
the playgrounds of the a re a as
a benefit for the new Re c re a ­tion
Center building fund. No
admission will be charged, but
a collection will be taken
with all proceeds being tu r n ­ed
over to the Center Fund
According to Recreational
Director, William Bell, p a r t i­cipants
in the ta len t show will
be divided into four classes:
Eight years of age and under
9 to 2 years of age; 13 to II
years of age and those over
eighteen or adults.
Mr. Bell also emphasized
th a t any and all types of
ta lent a r e being invited, in ­cluding
musical, dramatic,
artistic, humorous, dancing,
etc. Groups representing Sun­day
Schools, scouts or other
organizations also a re invited
to take part.
Entr ie s can be made by
mail, with ' applications ad­dressed
to the Lititz Recrea­tion
Center, P. O. Box 225,
Lititz, Pa., or by calling MA
6-5096 or MA 6-7383 before
Thursday, Augus t 10th.
Cash prizes for first, second
a n d th i rd place will be awa rd ­ed
in each class.
By Sue B re a k fie ld
“Now Mar y> you mu s t sign
more th an your first name on
your card, a f te r all th e re are
so many Mary’s in Lititz th a t
we wouldn’t know which one
has th e book,” Mrs. Robert
Bender, volunteer libra rian
gently admonishes a 'c h i ld .
So it goes each Tuesday
night • a t the Lititz Public
Library as the • children flock
in to t a k e out new books for
the week.
On enter ing th e library, one
is impressed firs t by the c h ild ­ren,
for the entire juvenile
population ot Lititz seems to
at least drop ill tor a visit.
Thev scan the shelves with
the iutensitv ot a ma th ema t i ­cian
who has dt ieover-ed ya-nt
e rror: crouch over th e i r l ib r ­ary
cards, concentrating on
making the large childish
•script fit into the a d u lt plann­ed
space on the card; and
consume the books with such
gusto th a t there is. at least,
a tu rn over of 250 books each
week in th e juvenile section.
If Lititz follows th e national
tren d of Jo h n n y c an ’t read,
then the Library is blessed
w i th 'o n e of the la rg e s t groups
of juvenile actors and actresses
ever to be assembled in one
spot.
Adults also make good use
of. the lib ra ry facilities, and
Mrs. Edward Rosenquist, sec­re
ta ry of the Library Board,
repor ts th a t approximately 35
adults and 160 children take
hooks out- of the libra ry each
week.
The lib ra ry 's selection of
books is varied and ranges
from children’s books in Span­ish
(with an accompanying
English volumes) th a t were
bought in anticipation of the
Spanish course to be held next
year a t the Elementa ry School,
to One lied Rose Forever , a
his torical novel on Baron Stei-gle.
A
vid book buyers, the vol­u
n te e r librarians r e p o r t that
over 200 books have been
purchased since last Ju n e and
th a t they expect to order more
soon.
The library will open in
the General Sutter on Tue s ­day,
August 8, a t 7 p.m. The
new’ stacks in the room were
installed by Ha r ry David
Esheiman and the placing of
the books in the shelves is
being done by the library
committee headed by Je an Ben­der.
(Continued on page six)
$175 Red
Tag Jackpot
To Visitor1
A crowd of 4 50 persons
watched as Mrs. John 1!. Boy­er,
Reading, won the coveted
$175 Lititz Merchants “Lucky
30” jackpot prize this past
Saturday.
Mrs. Dorothy M. Herr, 2 30
Fro n t St., won the $25 in
vouchers for the shopper who
need not be present.
Virginia Orube, Lititz R4,
won the $25 prize for the
shopper who mus t be present.
Next Week's drawing will
toil lu r e three prizes of $25
each. Two of these will he
the reg u la r present and not
present vouchers. The other
will not be awarded unless the
first name picked out of the
ha t is present. If th a t person
is not present the voucher will
be increased an o th e r $25
the .next week.
The drawing is sponsored by
the merchants of Lititz and
the vouchers a re redeemable
in any of the participating
me r ch an t’s stores.
Contestants a re reminded
th a t only official ballots will
be eligible in the drawing and
th a t any one c aught s tuffing
the ballot box will a u toma ti­cally
forfeit their eligibility
in the drawings.
S a tu rd ay ’s drawing was. the
acclaimed by many as very
successful. Many merchants ,
surprised by sales results , have
agreed to extend many b a r ­gains
this week,
Léakfinders Locate
39 Bad Connections
Visiting German Pen Pal
Peels “At Home’’ Here
Jaycees In
Attempt To
Save Pool
The Jaycees will be conduct­ing
a drive to g a rn e r the ad­ditional
$40,000 need to com­plete
the swimming pool r e ­serve
fund in the near future.
P a t Mas tromatteo, chairman
of the drive, announced th e
whole Jaycee membership is
planning to make a concentrat­ed
effort to raise the money as
soon as possible and th a t the
campaign will probably s ta r t
the end of next week.
Committees headed by Ron­ald
Darker. Steve Palkovic and
Harry Esheiman plan to so­licit
money from homes and
businesses in the entire Lititz
area.
Soliciting of the local in­dus
tries will be le f t to the
Chamber of Commerce.
When Siegfried Seh werdtner,
Dresden. Germany, and Cookie
Steffy. 21 W. Lincoln Ave.,
f i r s t exchanged letter s, it is
doubtful if e ith e r of them
realized th a t the correspon­dence
would last 25 years.
Then they were 10th grad ­ers
with a n a s s ignment to’ ful­fill;
by the time they got to ­ge
the r in Lititz last Week tliey
were old friends with h u n d red ^
of letter s exchanged and one
previous meeting unde r their
belts.
The meeting came about
When Cookie f o u n d : th a t Sieg­fried
would be visiting this
country and would lie able to
travel under the auspices of
the American Tourism Asso­ciation.
She immediately is­sued
an invitation for him to
came to see the “ Best in small
town America, Lititz .”
They spCnt the first day of
his visit swimming a t the
Wodridge pool and taking full |
advantage of the hospitality
and quiet th a t Lititz affords.
On Thursday they went on
a tour of the Warwick Union
High School. Siegfried, who is
a vocational teacher in Kir-cheim
Teck, conies from a
family of teachers and on his j
visit to Lititz was especially
interested in seeing the voca
Miss Lititz
Contest To
Be Held Here
tional - aspects ot the high
school.
G. • Marlin Spaid, supervis­ing
principal, spent the morn­ing
taking them on a tour
of the school with special em-,
phasis on the vocation aspects
of the building.
“ I was most impressed with
the modern a rchitecture of
the high school,” Siegfried
s tated, “ but I was also ama z ­ed
with the modern equip­ment
aud the in te re s t th a t
seems to be' taken in each
s tudents individual interes ts
and ability. You seem to have
something for everyone and
all of it good.”
After fu r th e r tour s of the
(Continued on page 3)
The Lititz Jaycees have a n ­nounced
preliminary plans to
conduct a Miss Lititz contest
for local girls he re this fall.
The winner would be obli­gated
then to participate in the
Miss Lancas ter County contest
and othe r such contes ts on the
route to Atlantic City's Miss
A m e r i c a S p e c t a c u l a r . " '
The local event will be held
early in September, Any girl
interested in participating
should contact Ronald Loerch-er,
37 E. Main St. More de­tails
will be released later.
The Rankin Leakfinder, sil­lier
water control sleuth,
brought 39 leaks to th e a t ­tention
of the borouh a u th o r i­ties
this week as ip waged a
quiet but effective campaign
against the leaky pipes th a t
have been robbing the local
water supply.
Borough manage r Dave Bau­er
announced th a t the borough
men will begin repa ir ing the
Borough To
Investigate
Fire Policy
Though the increases in wa ­ter
pres sure during the past
five years have had an affect
upon tlie insurance rates of the
commercial interests in town,
they have not served to de­crease
the residential rates.
The borough council, at;
the ir last meeting, took steps
to try to ratify this problem
and a re now looking into the
possibility of joining the Muni­cipal
Fire Defense Ins titute.
This ins titute was set up by
the American Municipal Asso­ciation
to look into th e pos­sibility
of getting fairer re s i­dential
fire insurance rates
for small towns with a volun­teer
fire dep a r tmen t and a low
fire loss rate.
As the insurance policy
stands now res idents of any
town with a volunteer fire
department., no ma t te r how
efficient the d e p a r tmen t may
be, mus t pay a higher ra te
than res idents of a town with
a paid fire department, no
ma t te r how' inefficient the paid
d ep a r tmen t may be.
Because of this policy, L it­itz,
though it has- an extreme­ly
efficient volunteer lire de­p
a r tmen t and a fire loss ra te
of less th an Sl-.OOO a year, is
forced to p ay .a hig h e r rate, .yw
leaks this week. Any leaks tha t
continue to escape the a u th o r i­ties
will be hunted flown by the
Leakfinder on its next trip
throng'll ibis area in about
three weeks.
The borough, previous to the
Leakfinder campaign, was los­ing
approximately one out of
e v e r y t h r e e g a l i o n s p u n i p e d .
T h e l et k s t h a t t h e L e a k f i t d e r
l o c a 1 e d ii r e e x p e c t e d t o a c -
c o t t i l i f o r a t l e a s t !M) p e r
c e n t ( f I h e p r e v i o u s l y l o s t
g a l I o n s
H o w î v e r , u n t i l t h e r e p a i v a
a r e a c t u ii ! ly m a d e a n d t h e m e -
t e r s r ‘¡KÌ. t h e b o r o t g l i w i l l
n o t l ie «ì 1) I t t o s t a l e t b e ­(
l o ­f
i n i t e a vin*. i n w a t e r
T l i e :i!f l o c a t e d i t a k s a r e
s p r e a d ) h e e n g t l i o f l ie b o r o
a n d a l e a st 15 s t r - e t s <*a 11
expect to have some work done
on them.
The Leakfinder was hired
to locate the leaks from with­in
a distance of 125 ft., and
those that the borough is u n ­able
to find at th a t distance
will be located more closely
on the Leak-finders next trip
through this area.
HYMN SING IN
DARK THIS SUNDAY
A Hymn Sing will preceed
the service in the Springs P a rk
on Sunday evening. The Rev.
F r a n k A. Nickel, pastof- of
the E.U.B. Church will be in
charge of the service. The
theme of the sermon will lie
“Amazing Grace.” The choid
directed by B. Garis Daniels
will sing two numbers, “Amaz­ing
Grace” and “Wha t Think
Ye of Chris t.”
Registration
For Nursery
Program Open
The Lititz Recreation Cen­ter
will again sponsor a pre-school
nursery program for
youngsters 3 4g to 5 years of
age s ta rting in September.
. Plans call for two classes of
fifteen students each. The one
class will meet on Tuesday and
Thursday and the other will
meet on Wednesday and F r i ­day.
Classes will be held at
the Recreation Center from »
a.111. to LI: 30 a.m.
Anyone interested in regis­tering
their children should
conlact William E. Bell at MA
0-50 9 6 or MA 6-7383. Pre-re-ftisstfatiou
is required of” all
res idenyiil. in s u r a n c e _ (ban .^ ¿h o se who. wish to attend,
comparable town with a paid
department,.
There lias been a 100 per
cent increase in water pres sure
thro u g h o u t the borough, re­sulting
in satisfactory flow at
the Broad-Main, Front-Locust,,
and the Lincoln-Walnut, o u t­lets.
The pres sure a t the Front-
North pump is still not satis ­factory,
but improvement lias
been made.
If the Municipal Fire De­fence
In s titu te is able to do
th e i r job, borough res idents
may find the ir insurance rates
lowered within the next two
or three years.
The cost to the borough for
this service will be $5 per
volunteer fireman or a total
of ab out $500.
KNIGHTS OF THE ROAD RELAX IN PARK
Three Drivers
Prosecuted
For Violations
Local police listed thre e a r ­rests
tor traffic violations in
the borough during the past
week.
Anna Carvell, 521 N. Wa te r
St., was prosecuted on Monday
l'or driving too fast for condi­tions
on S. Broad St. John I>.
Suavely, 3 3 S. Willow St., was
stopped for a stop sigu viola­tion
at Locust and second Ave.,
last Thursday.
A driver from Bronx. New
York, was stopped on Saturday
at the corner of Lincoln Ave.
and N. Broad St. on a flashing
red light violation.
Residents Proud of Two
Champion Kauffman., son of Mr. Baseball Teams
Horace A. Kauffman,
unon St., h a s been
aner of th e Lanoas-toses
Bat Boy con-ich
several hundred
•layers from Lan-n
ty partic ipa ted re -p in Lancas ter County baseball
competition this year, namely
the Lititz Legion and the
Lititz Teeners.
Local res idents a re very
proud — an d they have a
r ig h t to be — of two of the
finest baseball teams entered
v of the contes t, he
vith the Roses on a
rip to Johns town,
with all expenses
oi ■ this r ig h t by
oproximately - 40
< a th i r d base-
Lititz Teener
e a ju n io r at
this fall.
La s t Thur sday evening the
Legion squad trounced Man­heim
7-3 to win th e so u th e rn
division crown of th e county
ra c e and on Monday night the
Teeners whipped th e Breakfas t
Optomist' squad from Lancas­ter,
7-2, to win th e i r second
s t ra ig h t Lanco Teener League
title. ^
The Legion finished th e i r
season on Tuesday on a los­ing
note, however, as St. Jo e ’s
of Lancas ter eliminated the
local squad, 3-2, in the open­in
g game of the District play­offs.
I t gave the southern
division champs a 13-4 ma rk
for the year.
The Teeners will now pre­pare
for the annual New Era
to u rn ame n t which is scheduled
to open next Wednesday. They
will meet either Millersville or
Pa radise in the opener of the
(Contiiiued on Page 4)
Gil Dodds
Will Appear
Here Sat.
After ra in ha lted th e i r pro­gram
last Saturday, the Lan­caster
County Youth For
Christ has ar ran g ed to feature
Gil Dodds, famed tr a ck s ta r , in
the Lititz Springs Band Shell
on Saturday a t 7:45 p.iu.
Dodds held the record for
the indoor mile for many veers
and pictures of his champion­ship
m u will be shown. He is
presently athletic dire c tor at
Wheaton College.
Also on the program will
be Bob P a lme r and Bob and
Doris Campbell, of Hilltop
Ranch, Md.
MANHEIM (JEN. PLANS
STU1) E N T LEGIST It A T1 < ) N
P a ren t s who have moved in­to
the Manlieim Cen. School
District since Ju n e 8 are a sk ­ed
to enroll the ir children a t
the appropr iate schols from 9
a .111. to 3 p,m. on August 16.
The school , reques ts th a t
birth certificates, vaccination
certificates, rep o r t cards and
oth e r related information ba
b r o u g i t with th e student.
( c rowd of h ob o s g a th e r ed in lilt1 Lititz Spr in g s
Park, bul last we ek vi s i to r s saw lite a b o v e
p ic tur ed s igh t in the local park. Th e oc-elision
w a s a sp e c ia l hobo sh ow, sp o n s o r ed ’
hy th e Re c r ea t ion P la y g r o u n d o r g a n iz a t io n .
Sev e ra l dozen ch i ld r en p a r t ic ipa t ed an d
c omp e t e d lo r prizes .
Hobo Gathering Follows Beatnik
Show On Three Local Playgrounds
Hobo and beatnik shows a t the Lititz playground. Simi-1 g ro u n d s ’ events follow. Fir s t
highlighted a busy week of
activities on the th re e local
playgrounds this past week.
Several h u n d red local young­sters
again participated in the
program which is sponsored
by the Recreation Dept.
Another special event was
the annua l J r . Olympics events
lar contests will be presented
a t Rothsville and Brunuerville
later in the summer.
Events scheduled for this
week include a ta lent show' on
Friday, for all age groups and
a Baby Show aud Diaper Derby
for the girls.
R e su lts of th e th r e e pla^-
the results from the l i t i t z
playground:
Te th e r Uni I ( Vintest-/- (Boys )
Herbert Clausen: (Girls) Bet­sy
Showers. • j ,
Treasure Hunt— 5. 6, 7 yea r
olds— (Boys) Ar th u r Stauffer;
(Girls) Corrine Conway, Kay
(Continued on page 3)
Community
Calendar
August 3— 9:00-12:00 P.M __
Story Hour at the Lititz
Klein. School Library.
August -l— 8:30-11:00 A.M. —
Swimming Lessons at
Woodridge Swim Club
give by the Recreation
I >epa rtment.
Au g u s t 7—-9:00-12:00 P.M. __
Story Hour at the Lititz
Klein. School Library.
8 oil P.M.— American Le­gion
Auxiliary meeting at
tile Legion Home.
August X— 8:30-11:00 A.M. __
Swimming Lessons at
Woodridge Swim Club
given by the Recreation
I >epa rt ment.
6: ho P.M. — Rotary Club
meeting at General Sut­ter.
7:00-9:00 P.M. — Open­ing
of the Lititz Public
Li lirarv in the General
Sutler Hotel.
7:3o P.M. — Board of
Historical Review Meet­ing.
7:30 P.M. — P a rk Com­mission
meeting in the
Lititz Springs Park.
August 1)— 7:30 P.M. — Sew­er
Authority meeting in
Boro Hall.
August It)— 9:00-12:00 P.M.
— Story Hour at the Lit­itz
Elementary School
Libra ry.
2:00-4:00 P.M, — Lititz
Public Library will be
open in the General Sutter
Hotel.
6 :30 P.M. — E p h r a t a
Toas tmas ters meeting a t
the Amvets, Ephrata .