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(C on so lid a ted with The lilt it z Record, 1837) Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa., Thursday August 10, 1961 7 c en ts a Copy ; C3.00 p er y e a r by m a ll
within L a n c a s te r Connty; $3.50 elsewhere. 12 Pages — No. 17
Five Repaired Leaks Saving30,000Gallons Daily
Recent Storms Show
Storm Sewage Needs
VIEWS AMERICAN FARMING METHODS
Recent s torms have again
pointed up the need for a
comprehensive borough s torm
sewer system here. At the
moment the. borough has only
limited facilities and many of
these have never even been
.»recorded.
After recent rains, many
comlaints have been received
concerning th e heavy flooding
of homes and yards. Such
flooding is a common occur-ance
in the borough because
of the inadequa te sys tem.'
Hardes t hit d ur ing the r e ­cent
s torms were the Lititz
Springs, Alsam Shoe Co., hom­es
on Cedar St. and yards and
homes on Lemon St.
Residents on Lemon St. r e ­port
th a t during almost every
hard rain, the rain wa te r
floods the streets , over the
curb and up on the ir lawns,
depositing all the tra sh th a t
has been carried from all p a r t s
of the town by th e rain.
Borough Manager Dave Bau­er
has emphasized th a t s torm
sewerage is expensive, b u t “ it
is a project th a t can be done
in pieces without ru n n in g up
the costs, and each little bit
p u t into operation Is going to
s t a r t doing Its job immed ia te ­ly.”
Councilmen a re awa re of
this and know th a t it Is the
next ma jor problem facing the
borough.
A complete survey of the
u u th side of town in 1954
indicated th a t it would ta k e a
total of $300,000 to s torm
sewage th a t area. This e s timate
does not ta k e Into cons iders
tion the n o r th e rn p a r t of the
borough.
Bauer also listed oth e r p ro ­jects
th a t should be taken into
; consideration in reg a rd to the
present situation. They im
. elude: cleaning and. widening
-of the Lititz B a n .and th e San
Domingo; a new hTidge a t Oak
St.; widening of the bridge a t
. Locust and San Domingo.
The borough manage r also
s ta ted the impo r tan t need for
comprehensive soil-water
conservation plan on the farms
a round the borough.
Meanwhile, local res idents
will have to continue pumping
water from the ir basements
and cleaning debris from their
lawns a f te r every heavy rain.
No hope is in sight for the ir
plight.
Park Trust
Fund To Aid
The Needy
Three local men have re ­cently
contr ibuted $10.00 each
to the Lititz Springs P a rk in
hopes of setting up a t ru s t
fund to enable persons less
fo r tu n a te th a n themselves to
a ttend the an n u a l F o u r th of
July Celebration.
Richard Pfautz, originator
of the idea, s ta ted th a t he
fe e l s - th a t this fund will grow
as “ I am sure th a t the other
fine businessmen of Lititz will
like and suppor t th e ide a .”
Jack Leed, member of the
P a rk Trustees, said th a t any
fu r th e r contr ibutions can be
sent to him and th a t they will
be immediately forwarded into
the fund.
The ftind now tota ls $30
with gifts from Richard
Pfautz, 134 S. Broad St., Al­vin
Frey, 56 N. Broad St.,
an an anonymous person.
Pfautz was hos t to four men
from th e county hofne d u r in g
the last F o u r th Celebration
and the fund was created as a
result of th e i r visit.-
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Elm Shopper
Lucky 30
Winner
An Elm woman. Mrs. Wil­liam
Weachter. walked away
with the Lititz “Lucky 30”
jackpot of $25 this week as
the me rch an ts ’ vouchers were
cleaned out for the second
week in a row.
Mary Nies, 22 Spruce St.,
was awarded $25 in vouchers
for the shopper who must lie
present.
Mrs. Elam Hollinger, 629
Broad St., was the winner
)f the $25 for the shopper
who need not be present.
Next week the prizes will
ot.al $75 as the merchants
d a r t again from scratch.
Local shoppers may register
it any of the stores of the
»articipating merchants and
hen they will lie eligible for
he , $75, including the $25
ackpot which will be offered
his week.
The drawing will be made
at 3 p.m. on W. Main St. near
he square.
Boro Notes Saving
With 35 Remaining
Lititz Borough is now saving . ager Bauer, workmen checked
approximately 30,000 gallons pumping on Sunday and com-of
water daily as a result of pdred il with figures from two
Miss Bodil Steen of Norway views p a r t
of a milking a p p a ra tu s as she learns
first hand of some of the finest farming
in the world. Miss Steen is shown with
\V. C. York and the owners of the farm and
equipment, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Becker.
The visit to tile lioeker farm is one of the
highlights of .Miss Steen's visit in America.
Visiting Norwegian Student
In Love With “Garden Spot”
DIRECTOR
Lt. Col. Albert Schoepper
Marine Band
Tickets On
Sale Here
T)
The Lititz Woman’s Club
will host the Marine Band
Thursday, Nov. 16., in the
Warwick High School a u d i ­tor
ium in an effort to g a rn e r
money for the Community
Center Building Ftfod.
. The band, labeled the “ P re ­sidents
Own,” will perform in
an afternoon and evening show
Thursday and capacity crowds
a re expected.
The a f ternon show will he
solely for s tudents of th e Wa r ­wick
Union School d is tr ic t and
will be s taged a t 1:45 p.m.
Tickets for the s tu d en ts will
he 75c.
Tickets for th e evening p ro ­gram
will be $2.50 for general
admission seats with th e pro­gram
s ta r tin g a t 8 p.m.
Pa tron tickets will also be
sold for the evening pe r fo r ­mance
a t $3.50. These tickets
give the donor a seat in the
reserved section and place his
name on the Pa tron List of the
program.
The Women’s Club goal is
to fill both houses to capacity
and Mrs. Forbes Emsweller,
co-chairman of the General
Committee, stated th a t if the
goal is reached, the Womans’
Club will have collected ' at
least $1400 for the Lititz
Community Center Building
Fund.
The general committee is
formed from th e heads of the
various committees and is
headed by Mrs. Forbes Ems ­weller
and Mrs. Richard Roth,
co-chairmen.
Other members of th e gen­eral
committee who hold ex­ecutive
positions a re : Mrs.
(Continued on page six)
Students To
Register On
August 22
Regis tration of s tudents new
to the Warwick Union School
District is listed for August
22, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. a t
the Lititz Elementa ry and
Warwick High buildings.
Those who mus t regis ter in­clude
children of school age
who have entered th e dis trict
since the close of school in
June.
Elementa ry age s tudents
from th e dis trict a re to re ­port
to the Lititz Elementary
building, regardles s of the
building to which they will be
assigned. High School s tudents
will be regis tered a t the High
School building on W'. Orange
St.' ■
P a ren t s a re urged to ac­company
th e i r children and
bring a vaccination certificate
as well as a bir th certificate.
School is scheduled to open
on Sept. 6, with teachers to
repor t Sept. 5.
“To visit the other side of
the world, it is an experience.
If you have the opportunity
let your children go abroad, it
is a wonderful experience ■—
much more educating than
anything else they could do,
even school.”
In this s ta temen t Miss Bodil
Steen. Bodo, Norway, sum­med
up her feelings a fte r her
first, tr ip to the States.
Bodil came to see how
Americans live and in one
slioFt. summer she feels t! a t a t
least she has gotten a glimpse
into the “American Way.”
Sponsored by the Sertoma
Club of Lancaster and the
Experiment In International
Living she has, so far, s tay­ed
in four American homes
and “seen more of Lancas ter
County th an most Laucas-terians
see.”
Her face glowing with en-thus
iam she stated, “We have
seen everything, th e Cloister
Dairy’s and the ir ice cream,
Police List
Two Arrests
Police listed two presecu-tions
here this week.
Leroy Keller, 23 E. Main
St., was charged with disor­derly
conduct on Fr id ay after
he created a dis turbance a t
1:30 a.m. a t th e corner of
Broad and Main Sts. He paid
the fine and costs.
Ba rba ra E a rh a r t , 139 N.
Locust -St., was charged on
Saturday with reckless driving
by P a tro lman Lucas. She was
prosecuted before Jus tic e of
the Peace Diehm.
the cows, the stores, and those
s t range volunteer fire com­panies.”
“And the people, they are
so friendly, they open tlieir
h earts — they are ju s t as
nice as my own people —
sometimes even n ic e r !”
Bodil has been the guest
this week of W. 0. York and
family, 117 W. Third St., she
in this are a lief ore h e r tour is
over.
A farmers dau g h te r herself
she was tre a ted to a to u r of
a dairy farm by Mr. and Mrs
Samuel Becker, Lititz R3,
while she was in this area.
She s tated th a t most Nor
wegian families do not go into
large dairy farming, “ but it is
still much the same, the land
the recent leak investigation
conducted hero.
Borough workmen repaired
five of the forty leaks th a t
were repor ted by the Rankin
Leakfinders, last week and
noticeable results have already
been obtained.
According to Borough Man-
Council May
Fill Bauer’s
Post Thurs.
A replacement for Borough
Manager David Bauer may be
named at a special Borough
Council meeting, on Thursday
evening in the council chain- I tliis campaign will eliminate
Sundays previous. A difference
of Mu.IMM) gallons was noted
and credited to the improved
mains.
Leaks were repaired last
week at 5 27 Front St.., the 200
block of Market St., the corn­er
of Kissel Hill Rd. and Se­cond
Ave., the corner of Broad
and Third St... and at the corn­er
of Lemon and Raspberry.
Workmen will continue this
week to locate the remaining
35 leaks and make repairs.
Bauer stated tha t he’s not,
a b le ’ to say at the present
whether or not the borough
will have to rehire the Leak-finders
to hell) with the re­maining
bad connections.
It was reported before Hie
investigation that the borough
was losing 33 per cent of the
water pumped. It is hoped that
will visit ii total of six fSsnuUes' the people, eve rything.”
Nominations Open For
Miss Lititz Contest
On the evening of September i County Contest and will re-
13 the Jaycees will sponsor a
contest a t the Springs Park to
chose Miss Lititz of. 1961 in
conjunction with the annual
Miss America Contest.
The winner of th e contest
will automatically be a con­te
s tan t in the Miss Lancaster
Assignments Released
For Kindergartens
Assignments for the % day
kind e rg a r ten sessions for the
coming term have been r e ­leased
here this week by Wa r ­wick
School District officials.
As in the past, the school
will conduct both morning and
afternoon sessions in the Lit­itz,
Jo h n Beck and Rothsviile
buildings.
Pa ren t s are urged to call the
school office immediately if
the assigned time is not su i t­able
for the ir children. Chang­es
will be made if the school
Jayne-Cees
Will Sponsor
Card Party
Mrs. Albert Vigunas, pres i­dent
of the Jayne-cees, a n ­nounced
th a t a r ran g emen t s are
being made for a card party
fashion bazaar to be held on
November 15 in the new I.
Walton Bobst Recreation Cen­ter.
C
ommittee cha irmen for the
event will Include Mrs, P a t
Mastromatteo, Mrs. Paul Cram­er,
Mrs. Rodney Wolfe, Mrs.
Craig, K ilbourne, Mrs. Kenneth
Ressler and Mrs. Richard Hal-lacher.
I t was also announced th a t
recent multiple sclerosis drive
in Lititz topped any of the
sur rounding towns.
Talent Show
Features Top
Amateurs Here
Approximately 30 entries
have been repor ted thus far
for the second annua l home
ta lent show to lie held this
evening in the Lititz Springs
Bandshell a t 8 p.m. Rain date
is Friday.
P a r e n t s ’ night for the play­grounds
is also being held in
connection with this show and
a large display of a r t s and
crafts will be on display.
The show, open to all ages
in the Warwick Union dis trict,
is being held to benefit the
new Recreation Center. No a d ­mission
will he charged, h u t a
collection will he taken.
Participants will be divided
into four classes: 8 years of
age and under; 9 to 12 years
of age; 13 to 18 years of age;
adults. All types of ta lent are
invited.
Cash prizes for first, second
and third place will he awa rd ­ed
in each class. Deadline for
entries is noon today. Reg is t ra ­tion
can be made by calling
MA 6-5096 or MA 6-7383, or
a t the local playgrounds.
is notified of them early
enough. v
Following a re th e assign­ments,
as to building, time
and teacher:
Lititz — Morning — Miss
J a n e t F a r r e ll — Jame s W.
Ammon, Phillip W. Bingeman,
Donald W. Dundore, Kent Kel­ler,
Carl D. Kendig, Gregory
L. Newswanger, Jame s P.
Oberholtzer, Terrence S. Ro­well,
Denny L. Shaub, Chris t­ian
Smytlie, Dennis L. Snader,
Donald J. Ulrich, Darrell S.
Weaver, Tama ra J. Becker,
Tanya E. Bixler, Cathy J.
Conway, Luanne Frederick,
Colleen M. Hacker, Peggy A.
Knier, Patricia L. Singer,
Caryil A. Snader, Deborah S.
Splain, Deborah J. Taylor.
Lititz — M o r n i n g ----Miss
Mary Ann Ritz — Dean M.
Bucher, Michael D. Fisher,
Michael W. Frey. Dale O.
Garner, Brian L. Hanna, Wa r ­ren
J. Hoover Jr., Robert W.
Long. Kevin S. Ludwig, Timo­thy
A. Nickel, Gregory Nies,
Raymond A. Pettyjohn. James
E. Regennas, Corey A. White,
Kathy J. Carpenter, Margo E.
Frederick, Cynthia ' A. Fry,
Laurie J. Hess, Staci L. Pon-tz,
Deborah S. Suavely, Carol
A. Spaclit, J an L. Wismer,
Donna C. Ziegler.
Lititz — Morning — Mfs.
Anne Strickler — Thomas A.
Carvell, Daniel J. Cooper,
Mark L. d ePerrot, J. Neal
(Continued on Page 3)
ceive a total of $150 in gifts
from local me rchants and the
Jaycees.
. Acontestant may he e n te r ­ed
in th e contest by filling
out a ballot and mailing it be­fore
September 5, to Miss
Lititz Contest, 22 E. Main
Bt. Anyone may nominate a
candidate so long as she fu l ­fills
the qualifications.
The Miss Lititz contest will
be sponsored in conjunction
with a Pops Concert. Admis­sion,
to both of the shows will
be free.
The beauty contest will he
judged by Mrs. Flanagan, Dr.
Ar th u r Griswold, John Helter,
Mrs. Wilbur Wolf, and Dt.
Byron K. Horne. Mrs. Jame s
Shannon will he the a lte rna te
and Marvin Miller will be
Master of Ceremony a t the
pageant.
(Continued on Page 3)
Approve Water
And Sewer Line
Extension Here
The borough planning com­mission
a t its meeting T h u r s ­day
approved the Moravian
Church plan for water and
sewer mains to be constructed
on Lemon St., from Second
to Wa ln u t and sent the plan
to the county commission for
approval.
It was decided to ru n the
line all the way to Second St.,
though this is not necessary at
present, so th a t any fu tu re
problems with this are a can j
he avoided.
Tile «o’MMtrtawfott*
Kenneth E. McCloskey to the
hoard. He was appointed to
the commission a t the last
borough council meeting.
The commission also re ­viewed
an outline of th e pro­posed
sewer and water mains
in view of hoped for expan­sion
of building in the boro.
Under the proposed water
and sewer plan the borough
could grow, population wise,
twice without requiring pip­ing
in the borough limits.
The plan will lie discussed
fu r th e r before the compre­hensive
plan is fo rwa rd ­ed
to the borough council.
hers.
. At the present, about a half
dozen applications have been
received, but qo official action
has been taken. Such action
may come about on Thursday.
The meeting has been mov­ed
ahead so th a t final business
can be completed before Bauer
leaves the next morning.
Bauer resigned from the
post to take a s imilar j6b at
Wethersfield, Conn. During his
term here, since 195 5, Lititz
has seen one of its biggest eras
of improvement in its history.
LATE CORRECTION FOR
LOCAL TOCRN EY
Due to a conflict in schedr
uling, Mountville will be un­able
to play the RothsviHe
Dodgers this evening as sched­uled.
However, it is hoped tha t
the tourney will open tonight
as planned, possibly having
the Lititz Giants face the
Brunnerville Braves.
This change was received
too late to correct the notices
oil ttie sports page of this is­sue.
Population
Increase In
War’ckTwp.
Warwick Twp. has shown
the larges t percentage increase
in population in the Warwick
School District during the past
ten years according to a re ­port
by the Lancaster County
Planning Commission t h i s
week.
Warwick Twp. showed a per­centage
of 4 4.0 per cent, Eli­zabeth
Twp. 3 3.5 per cent and
Lititz Borough 7.5 per cent.
The borough still leads in
density, persons per square
mile, with 3,151, while Eli­zabeth
Twp. is at 85 and War­wick
Twp. second with 228.
Pouiation for the thre e divi­sions
show Lititz a t 5,987:
Warwick Twp. a t 4,716 and
Elizabeth Twp. a t 1,555.
Warwick Twp. ra te d tenth
in the 6 2 civil divisions, in per
cent increase. Lititz is o u t ­ranked
by six in density and
s tands tenth in total popula­tion.
most of tliis costly waste.
Bauer also reported that
workmen worked until 11 pm .
on Friday to repair a broken
main at. the corner of New St.
and Water St., at the Menno-nite
Church.
A sinkhole had been de­veloping
in the churchyard for
sometime, causing the fire
hydrant to gradually sink.
Finally, at about 5 p.m. F r i ­day.
tile main collapsed be­cause
of the hydrant.
Ray Landis and liis crew
were called and they repaired
the damage.
Trombone Choir
In Park Sun.
Tile Trombone Choir of the
Moravian Church will play
several numbers proceeding
the service to lie held in the
Springs Park on Sunday eve­ning
at 7:0U p. m. Jo h n Keelin
will direct tile choir of twenty
members which will play the
Offertory and also tile Post-lude.
Tile Rey. Marlin Schaif-stall,
ass istant pastor, will be
ill charge of tile sendee and
bring the message, his sub­ject.
will he “The Prodigal” .
The senior choir, directed by
Mrs. George Keelin will sing
“ Praise Ye the Lord” (Moli-t
o n and “ For All the Saints”
(Vaughan Williams).
VETERANS AUXILIARY
MEET ON TUESDAY
TO
The regula r monthly me e t­ing
of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars Auxiliary is scheduled
for Tuesday a t 8 p.m.
Former Editor Buch Recalls The
“Livelier Days” In Local History
KILLS COPPERHEAD
NEAR BRUNNERVILLE
Clifford Keith of Brunner-ville
killed a 2 6 inch copper­head
Wednesday morning af­ter
being summoned by Mrs.
Kenneth Stauffer. Mrs. Stauf­fer
was weeding a flower bed
at her home when she dis­covered
the snake.
by Sue Rreakcfield
Fo rme r editor of the paper,
necktie painter, and story tell­er
extrodinary, Ralph Buch is
one of the few remaining old
Lititz breed.
A ch aracter who has lived
with and in Lititz since she
too was but a adolescent,
Buch is a vertable tre a sure
box of Lititz names, places,
and faces.
A resident in the Lititz area
since his bir th i n . 1884 he was
raised in the Record Printing |
Office.
“ F a th e r did n ’t believe in
idle time, we children started
work when we were small
tots- picking up the type that
fell on the floor. My father
saw to it. th a t we sons were
raised to he printers. I started
writing on the paper when 1
was 16.
“ I was lucky to learn a
trade for the re was not as
much indus try in Lititz then
as th e re is' now. In those days
you either learned cigar ma k ­ing
or pretzel baking or .you
ju s t d id n ’t stay in Lititz.”
Buch was ed ito r of the paper
from 1918 to 1929. The Record
was only eight pages th en and
he ran the entire thing off by
himself; “ I was the editor and
Ralph Buch
the p rinte r and everything.”
However the newspaper
business has never been the
easiest arfea to rema in sane
in and by 1929 Buch had seen
enough deadlines and type to
satisfy him for a life time.
He admits, though, to never
really getting over his fascina­tion
with the printed word and
still ma inta ins an off and on
writing jag. -ebmetimes tu rn in g
the articles into the Refcord-
Express. \
Now in semi - retirement
Buch is still a gregarious in­dividual.
An avid painter of
neckties he has exhibited his
work a t the Lancaster Hobby
Show. He also used to paint
clam shells b u t an u n fo r tu n a te
(Continued from page 2)
Community
Calendar
August 10— 9:00 - 12:00 P.M.
— - Final Session of Story
Hour at the Lititz Elem.
School Library.
6:30 P.M. — E p h ra ta
Toastmasters meeting at
the Amvets, Ephrata .
7:00-9:00 P.M. — Lititz
Public Library will be
, ‘ open in the General Sut­ter
Hotel.
Baron Steigel Lions Club
will hold a family picnic
at Walters Grove.
. 7:00-8:00 P.M. — P a r ­ents
Night at Playground
— Crafts display.
■ 8:00 P.M. — A Home
Talent show, sponsored
by the Playgrounds , for
the benefit of the Recrea­tion
Center, will be held
in the Pa rk Bandshell.
Rain Date, Friday, Aug.
■ 11th.
August 1 1— 8:30 - 11:00 P.M.
— Swimming Lessons a t
Woodridge Swim Club
given by the Recreation
I lepartment.
August 14— 9:00 A.M. - 4:00
P.M. — Carnival and Pic­nic
at the Park for all
Playgrounds: Rothsviile,
Brunnerville and Lititz.
8:00 P.M. — American
Legion Aux. meeting.
8:00 P.-M. — Lititz Com­munity
Center Board
meet ing.
August 15— 8: 3 0 - 11:00 A.M.
-— Final swimming lesson
at Woodridge Swim Club
given by Recreation Dept.
1:00-4:00 P.M. — Final
Day of Playground u nde r
the sponsorship of the
Recreation Department.
6:00 P.M. — Rotary Club
meeting.
August 1« — 7:30 P.M. —.
, School Board meeting.
August 17— 7:00 - 9:00 P.M.
, — Public Library will be
V open in the General Sut­te
r Hotel.