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(C o n so lid a te d w ith T h e L ititz R e co rd , 1937) Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa., Thursday August 17, 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 om ity ; $3.50 e lsew h e re . 12 Pages — No. 18
School Board Fills Four Major Posts At Meeting
Board Sets Sept. 30 !Deer Herd Reveals ‘Near-Boulevard’ To Public Gaze
For Rec. Dedication
The dedication of th e new
I. Walton Bobst Recreation
Center has officially been set
for Sept. 30. The d a te was
decided upon by the Rec Board
a t a meeting on Monday even­ing.
Highlight of th e ceremony
will be the- appearance of
Elmer Bobst, d onor of $100,-
000 for the new' building. The
new s t ru c tu r e is a memorial
to his father, I. Walton Bobst,
former pastor of St. P aul's
Lu th e ra n Church.
The service will be held at
4:13 p.m., following th e foot­ball
game on- the Warwick
High Field.
After the ribbon is cut, open
house for the facilities is
planned.
A dance will highlight the
evening’s* activities in th e new
Recreation Center.
According to the board, the
building is over 90 per cent
finished. The tile floors, sever­al
painting jobs a n d cabinet
ins tallation remain to be com­pleted.
The two-etory s t ru c tu r e will
house some of the finest facili­ties
in the area. These will be
made avlalable, free of charge,
to local church and service
organizations upon reservation.
More details for the dedica­tion
service will be announced
prior to th e dedication, accord­ing
to board members.
William Bell is th e local re ­creation
d ire c tor and is pre­sently
carrying out office d u t ­ies
in the Lititz Elementary
School gymnasium. The mov­ing
to the new s t ru c tu re is
expected to begin in the very
near future.
CHIROPRACTOR
TRAFFIC SOLUTION IN ACTION
Donations
Needed For
Furnishings
All usuable fu rn i tu r e and
equipment for the new Recrea-ion
Center are being readied
Cor use, but board members
noted th a t much of the equip­ment
is still not paid for.
It is hoped th a t various
groups will u n d e r tak e to
finance the equipment which
has been purchased from area
dealers a t reduced prices. All
such donations will he re cord­ed
in the official dedication
book.*
The Recreation J u n i o r
Board has tak en the firs t step
and is financing the purchase
of furnishings for th e lounge
and office. The e s timated cost
of this eq uipment is $623.
Donations for th e following
items a re also needed: c ra f t
room tables —r $99.32; Game
room ping pong tables —
$60.00; Meeting room tables
and folding chair s— $965.00;
Nursery school tables and
chairs — $249.00; Assembly
room tables— $164.00; Piauo,
ref rigerator, range, coffee uren,
television set and floor waxer
and scrubber— no prices list­ed
yet on these.
Organizations interes ted in
helpfhg with the purchase of
these items listed, ma y con­tact
William Spacht, boárd
chairman.
All the above aquipmeni
will be purchased by Sept. 30
for open house.
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Po lire eh ief Hieks mi(f p a tro h iia h Luco*
ta k e lime olii Fritluy evenni;; io in v estig ate
wha-t lias prove«! lo he a so lu tio n to a clil’fi-r
u l t tra l'tie prohleni. While tliey wafehed,
lioivever, severa! m o to rista a tte in pto«l to
d riv e a ro u n d Mie cones, fniliin; lo ren a rd
th e posted si^ns, an d Mie police were agalli
foreed to explain w h at “ no left Mini” si«¿ns
mean.
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Cones And Motorist Coopération
Seen As Cure To Traffic Problem
The new' yellow cones, seen
Friday evenings near the two
local banks, have proved thus
far to be the answer to a
very perplexing Friday eve­ning
traffic problem.
A trial measure for the first
month' Police Chief Hicks has
stated th a t the new program
has already ‘‘surpassed all ex­pectations
.”
‘‘The new me a su re ” , he con­tinued,
“ protects pedestrians
and has cleared up the jam
very well. In addition. I made
it a point to discuss the new
action with a n umbe r of
people and all the comment
was favorable.”
Friday evening traffic on
both Broad and Main Sts.
has been a problem facing the
borough for some time.
Previously council had for­bidden
left turns while en­ter
ing or leaving the banks,
but this d id n ’t stop the mo­torists.
They continued to
Extend 3 Rural Routes
Adding 35 Famlies
Dr. Stoner’s
Office To
Open Tues.
Dr. Paul Stoner, a former
resident of Lititz, will re tu rn
here this wreek and open of­fices
as a chiropractor.
Dr. Stoner, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Isaac Stoner. Lititz R3,
will open his office on Tues­day
a t 101 S. Broad St. He
will reside with his wife, Mrs.
Ba rb a ra Geuther Stoner, in
the same building.
Fo r the past two months,
tlie young chiropractor has
been handling the d u tie s of
Dr. Clifford Barkley in Wells-boro,
while the la t te r was on
an extended vacation.
Dr. Stoner graduated from
Lititz High School in 1954.
From the re he went to Miii-orsville
State College and
then on to the Palmer School
of Chiropractors in Daven­port,
from where he g r a d u ­ated
this spring.
He lias also spent a two-year
hitch with the Marines.
While living in the borough
Mrs. Stoner will ta k e up
iuties as an elementary school
seller in the Rothsville Ele-entarv
School. She is form-
;*ly of Clifton Heights.
The opening of Dr. S to n e r ’s
few office will help fill a gap
e f t by Mary Howell, who
closed office a fte r many years
here last week and moved to
California.
Jazz Conceit
Here Wednesday
The Jaycees will sponsor a
dance and concert a t the
Springs h ands tand next Wed­nesday.
The fe a tu re will begin a t 8
p.m. and continue until 10:30
p.m. and is said to be of
special in te re s t to adults.
Star ring the Jazz Sextette
■\J3and, the program will unfold
a number of old favorites
spiced with a few newcomers
, on the music scene.
' Admission is free so take
P a t Ma s tromatteo’s advice and
"give the kids a le s s o n ! ! ! ”
Lucky 30
Prizes Will
Total $100
The Ducky 30 Ja ckpot
climbed to. $50 this Saturday
as the merchants j a c k p o t
v o u c h e r s went unclaimed.
This brings the tota l value of
this week prizes to $100.
J. Mearig, Marion St., was
the winner of the $25 for the
person who mus t be present.
Mrs. C. Victor Rannels,
Lancaster, won the $25 for
the person who need not be
present.
The drawin g will be held
again this Saturday a t 3 p.m.
near the fire house and local
shoppers a re urged to fill out
the slips in the participating
stores so th a t they may be
eligible for the prizes.
Contestants a r e reminded
tha t only regulation slips may
be used in the contest and
tha t any one c aught stuffing
the ballot box will be ineli­gible
for fu r th e r competition.
“Gentleman”
Farmer Grows
Large Potato
Lloyd Smith took -an early
lead in the annua l “ potato
growing contes t” here this
week with a potato th a t weigh­ed
slightly over i y 2 pounds
and measured almost seven
inches long.
Smith, • who does farming
a t his home, 311 S. Broad St.,
is quite proud of th e potato,
but was quick to add “ tha t
th e re is something funny if
someone doesn’t have a big­ger
one.”
In addition to th e unusually
large potato, Smith claims to
have grown a cabbage with
two heads.
Smith, who calls himself a
“ gentleman f a rme r ” credits his
success this year to good fe r ti­lizer.
He has also raised some
large canteloupes.
This spring, Smith planted
ju s t a peck and a ha lf of
Irish cobblers and he has r e ­ceived
a crop of 13 bushels
in re tu rn . Many are the size
of oranges.
Smith, as well as th e Record
staff, is interes ted in any
homegrown potatoes th a t top
the firs t one reported.
Many persons in the rura l
areas, some of whom have had
to walk as much as half a
mile to reach the ir mail boxes,
now will receive mail a t the
very end of their lanes, due
to the passing of the old d ir t
road!
Monday Pos tma s te r Richard
C. Rade r announced th a t to-da
te this year he has obtained
approval of six of eight pro­posed
extension of rura l routes
to both new and old home lo­cations
on three Lititz rura l
routes, all with the approval
of the Regional Director in
Philadelphia.
The six extensions being
s ta rted this month will bene­fit
a total of 35 families the
largest number of extension to
ever . be approxated a t the
local postoffioe in such a short
period of time.
The extensions encompass a
l oad ■ in the Lexington area
toward Snavely’s Mill (Lem
Furlow et a l l , Kissel Hill
area (YV. Carpente r and neigh­bors
), the Irvin Pfautz De­velopment
known as Pfautz
Avenue, in the Brickervilie
area (Amo# Keener et a l ) , the
Drutchabar rick Road ( A r ;
(Continued on page two)
John Beck Elementary
Assignments Listed
Due to the shifting of some
pupils to six new classrooms
a t the John Beck School, some
changes in school ass ignments
have been repor ted by Wa r ­wick
School District officials.
Pupils living nor th of the
road from 501 to Elm, and
along the road from Spruce
Villa Dairy to Brunnerville
will go to John Beck School,
with the following exceptions:
(1) Some pupils in grades
1, 2, 3, living along the road
from 5 01 to Elm between
Zion Hill and Lexington will
continue to go to Lititz Elem­entary.
(2) In addition to the above,
all fifth and sixth grade pupils
living nor th of the borough on
the road to Brunnerville, and
along the road from Spruce
Villa Dairy to Hess Mennonite
Church will go to Jo h n Beck
School.
Shorb Brothers
In Park Friday
The Shorb Brothers, male
recording ar t is t s from Silver
Springs, Maryland, will pre­sent
a program of sacred music*
Friday evening in the Lititz
Springs P a rk Bandshell.
The public is cordially in ­vited
to attend. without
charge, and hear this ma>e
trio which is sponsored by the
Lancaster Youth F o r Christ.
The Shorb Brother s have
appeared in many of the area
churches and a large crowd is
expected.
P a ren t s are urged to check
the following listing of pupils
a t the John Beck School, be­cause
in some cases elementary
children in the same family
will be a tten d in g different
schools this fall.
John Beck School — Fir s t
Grade — Mrs. Patricia Boyer
— Barry 1). Becker. Timothy
D. Bradley, Dennis S. Cassel,
Nevin H. Dull. Gregory E.
Frable. Jame s E. Fryberger.
•Jesse L. Grube, Michael J.
Grube, Dennis L. Hess, Russel
E. Jamil, Michael , Ludwig.
Dennis E. Mort. Daryl E. Nan-man,
J e r ry L. Risser, Richard
S. Rose, Thomas A. Shreirier.
David C. Watts, Lester Z.
Weaver, Luke W. Weaver, Ro­bert
W. Weaver, D. Kim Rai­nier,
J a n e t L. Brubake r, Ka th ­ryn
M. Eckert, Grace Ellis,
Robin S. Gainer. Kathleen Giv-ler,
Robin A. Grube, Patricia
A. Hammer , Karen G. Hel­ler,
Donna L. Hummer, Linda
L. Knahle, Debra M. Laser,
Wilma J. Martin. Kathy A.
(Continued on page six)
Business League
Barbecue Tonight
The annua l Young Men’s
Business League will hold
their barbecue this evening at
Dr. M. H. Yoder's cottage,
north of the borough.
The program will open at 6
p.m., a lthough members are in­vited
to come in the afternoon.
Cards, Bowling on the Green,
C ro q u e t , . Quoits and many1
other events a re planned.
make the tu rn s regardless of
police action and the conges­tion
continued.
Even with the erection of
the cones many local motorists
have still shown dis reg a rd to
the action. While viewing the
s ituation for a 15 minute
period last Fr iday evening.
Record Express repor ters saw
two drive rs try to get a round
the cones find the no left-turn
signs and drive into the p a rk ­ing
lots. Police halted their
attempts, but the cars _ had
again succeeded in blocking
tlie busy evening traffic.
However, such cases a r e
not to frequent since the cones
have been installed. With a
little more cooperation from
local drivers tlie s ituation
could be cured completely.
The play will be on trial
for anothe r few weeks and
then council will d e c i d e
whether or not to make the
action permanent.
Nightly Sight
Causing New
Questions
The “ Dead-end” de e r herd
which lias been attracting
hundreds to the section south
of the Lebanon Pumping Sta­tion
nightly lias _ served to
bring a near-boulevard to pub­lic
gaze — and at the same
time bring forth complaints
from two sources.
Since it became known gen­erally
tha t from ten to twenty-large
buck de e r are to he
seen in the section along the
Dead-End road running p a r ­allel
with the turnpike from
a point jus t south of the Leb­anon
Pumping Station mo­torists
have been jamming the
rural road each evening.
And while many did not get
a. glimpse of the elusive deer,
scores learned for the first
time th a t the “Dead-End”
road, a strip of several miles
leading nowhere, is one of
Die finest state - maintained
roads in the county. /
Despite th a t nobody even
lives a t the western end of
the strip state workmen have
spent several weeks rebuilding
and repairing the strip twice
in tlie past th r e e years.
“ I would like somebody to
tell me why the state spends
more than $50,000 on a strip
of road which goes absolutely
nowhere and then refused to
rebuild North Broad Street
used daily by hundreds of
c a r s ? ” one North Broad Street
(Continued on page six)
Staff At Full Strength
For Sept. 6 Opening
MRS. LLOYD HESS
INJURED IN FALL
Mrs. Lloyd Hess, Broad
Street, suffered the f ra c tu re of
her a rm in a fall at their
cottage in Mount Gretna last
Friday. The fra c ture occurred
near the wrist.
SPRUCE VILLA AND
BRUBAKER HONORED v
Spruce Villa exhibited the
G r a n d Champion Ayrshire
cow a t the Artificial Breeding
show held recently a t the
S.P.A.B.C. Building, she was
shown by Milton Brubaker.
James Brubake r won first
on “ Dixie Las s” a t the 4-H
show1 held recently. His ex­hibition
was placed in the
eighteen months to two year
class.
The Warwick School Board
filled four major offices a t the
monthly school hoard meeting
last evening.
Offices filled include th a t of
business manage r, high school
principal, Lititz elementary
principal and dire c tor of ele­mentary
education.
The new high school p r in ­cipal,
beginning this term, will
be Harold Swisher, o f this
borough. Swisher has been in
the area school system for a
number of years as a Jr. and
Sr. high his tory teacher.
Swisher will replace Noah
F u h rman , who resigned to take
a similar position a t Manheim.
The appointment of business
manage r went to a former
res ident and a g rad u a te of
Lititz High, He rb e r t Frey.
Will Secure
Fishing Dam
Land Soon
The proposed H a m m e r
Creek Fishing Dam definitely
will be built — even though
work may not s ta r t for several
more years!
This was as serted this week'
when it was disclosed th a t
checks a lready have been
made out for the payment of
land being purchased for this
purpose by the State Fishing
Commission.
“Three representatives of
the fish commission visited me
on Monday and informed me
th a t a check for land being
purchased from me now is in
the hands of the a tto rn ey who
is drawing up the necessary
pape r s ,” Wa lte r Bradley, Elm
sportsman, declared.
“They s ta ted definitely th a t
most -nof the Checks have been
made out by the s ta te and that,
all th e land needed * for the
fishing dam along the Ham­mer
Creek will be purchased
a t this time.
“This means th a t the state
has no intention of dropping
the project and th a t every­thing
will he in readiness to
get s ta r ted the moment the
legislature approved the appro­priation
for the construction
costs.”
THE ROYAL COURT
A g rad u a te of Lititz in
1944. lie received his B.S. from
Ursinus and his M.A. from
Temple University. He has
over three years of experience
as a business manager.
The new director of ele­mentary
education is Edgar
Lloyd Lawton of California,
Pa. Lawton is presently as­sociate
professor of elemen­tary
education at California
Slate College.
A graduate of Wellshoro
High School, lie received his
Ii.S. from Mansfield Stato Col­lege
and his M.S. in Education
from Burkuell University. He
has been doing fu r th e r g ra d u ­ate
work at I’enn Slate.
Before coming to California,
lie was Hie assistant principal
at Old Lycoming Twp. Ele­mentary
School and taught, at
Woodward Twp. Elementary
School both in Lycoming
Count y.
The new Lititz Elementary
principal will be Walter H.
Texter, .Jr., presently- elemen­tary
principal at the Bradford
Area Joint Schools, where he
lias served since 1958. Previ­ously
he tau g h t in the same
system.
He is a gradua te of St.
Petersburgh High and re­ceived
his B.S. from Clarion
State College. He received
his Master of Education from
I’enn State in 1!)5S.
POLICE PROSECUTE
LOCAL DRIVER HERE
Local police prosecuted
Bert Kreider, Jr ., Lititz R3,
before Squire Diehm on Tues­day
for driving too fast for
conditions on S. Broad
Officer Lucas brought
charges.
St.
the
Burglar Takes
$50 In Coins
From Home
Police are investigating a
reported robbery of $50 in
coins from tlie home of Victor
Singley, 28 S. Spruce St., las t
Thursday morning.
According to police. Sing-ley's
mother. .Mrs. Ja k e Sing-ley,
was at home. She allowed
a salesman to use the ba th ­room
facilities of the home
during tha t time, but police
questioned him without re ­sults.
The suspect denied being in
the home or having any know­ledge
of tlie collection.
The collection contained
Indian Head pennies, Lincoln
pennies. Columbian half-dol­lars.
dimes and quarters.
Tliis is the second such theft
in the last month. Early in
July’, a burglar took $125 in
-rare coins from tlie home of
Dennis Foltz, 3 13 E. Main St.
Police are continuing in­vestigation
of both cases arid
local collectors are urged to
be on rlie look-out for the
stolen coins.
Community
Calendar
Shown above a re th e members of th e
a n n u a l sum m e r p lay g ro u n d royal n iiirl.
selected al each of tlie th re e play g ro u n d s.
Shown above, left to rig h t, a re , Tom ( J a n s ­sen,
L ititz King; Viola Ures, Rothsville
Queen; Jo e l Remi, Ro th sv ille King; I'at
Eniik, Itru n n c rv illc Queen: Brian Slicnk,
B ru n n e rv ille King. Doris Snyder, Lititz
Queen, was mi vacai ion a t th e time.
( R ecord-Express Piloto)
Playgrounds Name Royal Court At
Picnic - Carnival Program In Park
Over 200 youngsters p a r t i ­cipated
in tlie annual carnival
and picnic which annually
marks the close of the summer
playgrounds, on Monday in the
Lititz Springs Park.
The group consumed over
5 5 lbs. of hot dogs and othe r
delicious items which were
donated by the local me r ­chants
for the picnic.
Highlight of the day was
th e crowning of the Kings
and .the Queens of the various
playgrounds. T h e s e w e r e
chosen by a composite point
program of all the events 'held
al tlie playgrounds this .s um ­mer.
The royal courts included:
Miss Doris Snyder and Tom
Claussen of the Lititz play­ground;
Miss Viola Ures and
Joel Reed of the Rothsville
playground: Miss Pat. Funk
and Brian Slienk of the Bruu-nerville
playground.
Monday's program opened
with games and various acti­vities
in the morning with tlie
annual picnic at noon. F o l­lowing
the picnic the kids
participated in a carnival a n d
then the day was closed with
the awarding of prizes a t the
bandshell.
Merchants who participated
in making the event such a
success include: Mot .Dogs—
Lutz’s, Becker's, Kauffman’:;,
H u r s t ’s, H a rd in g ’», Hershey’s,
He is tand’s, R a n c l ’ i, a n d
Clair's. ’
Chips — Bu rk h o ld e r ’s; ice
cream— Pen Dairies; d r in k s—^
Lancaster Coca Cola; candy—
Cooper’s Tobacco Co.; b uns—
Manbecks. ^ . .
!-4 P.M.— Public
is open in Hie
August 17
Library
General Sutter Hotel.
August 2 1 - 7 : 3 0 P.M.- -Liti tz
.Sportsmen’s Association,
meeting at S h a rp ’s Grove,
2 mile north of Briekor-ville
on route 501.
August 2 3—8 A.M. - 1 P.M.— •
Student Registration for
the \V a r w ic k Union
School District. All ele­mentary
age s tudents re­port
to the Elementa ry
School— High School s tu ­dents
report to the High
School, West Orange St.
6:oo p.M. — Rotary Club
meeting.
August 2-4— 1:00 P.M.— Des­sert
Card Pa r ty a t the
home of Mrs. Wilbur Mil­ler,
6 30 S. Broad Street
under the sponsorship of
tlie Eastern Star.
6:30 P.M. — E p h ra ta
Toas tmas ters meeting a t
the Am vets, Ephrata .
All d u b s a n d o rg an iz a tio n s
are a sk ed to co -o p erate in th is
pro.jeet by callin g th e R e c re a ­tion
C en te r any day from 3 :3 0
p.m. to 5 p.m., T h u rsd a y an d
F rid a y s from 10 to 12 a.m.
an d 1 to 3 ji.ni. Those w ish ­ing
to w rite in may do so by
mailing to P.O. Box 223»