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(Conaolidated w ith T h e L l t i t z Record, 1937) Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa., Thursday August 24, 1961 7 cent* a Copy; $3.00 per year by mall
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Service Clubs Begin Plans For 1962 Farm Show
Bauer’s Replacement
To Be Named Sept. 5
A total of ten candidates
have applied for the position
of borough manage r to suc­ceed
Have Hauer, .who res ign­ed
recently, according to mem­bers
of borough council.
With the task of interview­ing
applicants to be completed
next week, the appointment of
new borough manage r, the
third in the borough’s history,
is expected to be made a t the
September meeting of council,
Tuesday, September 5.
To-date, members of boro
council have been impressed
by the caliber of several, of
the applicants, and while non
to-date has b=,en agreed upon,
one being given very serious
consideration is an o u ts tanding
mgine e r of Lancas ter who is
well versed upon th e borough
water and sewerage systems.
This pa r t icula r en g in e e r a l­so
had a big p a r t in drawin g
up the plans for recent wa te r
system improvements, it was
asserted.
Several of th e applicant« are
men of a re t iremen t age but
members of council repor tedly
were anxious to o bta in a
younger man.
F o rme r Borough Manager
Dave Bauer took over his new
duties a t Wethersfield, Conn.,
last Friday and despite th a t
the borough has been without
a manage r since then, boro
business appa rently was oper­ating
smoothly with Pres ident
of Council Roy Enck keeping
in close touch.
FOOTBALL TAKES OVER
R in g
School Bells
Will
September 6
Warwick School D is tric t of­ficials
b egan fin a l p re p a ra tio n s
for th e Sep tem b er 6 o p en in g
of school th is week when th ey
re g is te re d a lm o st 40 new stu?
dents in th e d is tric t.
School will o fficia lly open
on S eptember 6, a lth o u g h
te a c h e rs will re p o r t a day
;a rlie r on Sep tem b er 5.
Due to th e tr a n s f e r of
.up»is to six new rooms a t
lohn Beck, none of la s t y e a r’s
sections in th e L itits E lem en ­ta
ry b u ild in g will rem a in in­ta
c t. Because of th is all L iititz
E lem e n ta ry ch ild re n w ill r e ­p
o rt to th e following lo c a ­tio
n s :
Grades 1 a n d 2 — audlitoM-um
; Grades 3 a n d 4 — ca fe ­te
ria ; Grades 5 a n d 6 —L
g ym n a sium ; k in d e rg a rte n -—
d ire c tly to assig n ed ro om ;
sp ecial e d u c a tio n — d ir e itly to
room, new stu d e n ts in special
ed to th e office,
v I t was also anno u n ced th a t
—th e r e will n o t be an y opening
assembly in th e h ig h school,
b u t stu d e n ts will re p o rt to the
following lo c a tio n s;,
Grade 12 —>. ■ R o om •'' 5.00;
Grade 11 — V o c il! Ro hm;
Grade 10 — B an d ro om ;
Grade 9 — gymn asium ; Grade
8 — c a fe te ria ; Grade 7 —
a u d ito rium .
A ch an g e was also listed
fo r c a fe te ria fu n d s fo r the
coming y e a r. Elementary, c a fe ­te
r ia money w ill be collected
on Monday from now on , and
High School money on F rid a y
as usual.
All c a fe te ria s will be open
on Sept. 6 a n d c h ild re n a re
a sk ed to b rin g th e ir money
th a t day.
Borough Finds
Leak Report
100% Accurate
With 100% accuracy so far,
former Borough M a n a g e r
David Buaer s tated a t his last
council meeting, the Rankin
Leakfinder seems to have done
a hang up job.
The borough has been re ­pairing
an adverage of one
leak a day so fa r and though
none of them have been spec­tacular,
all average between
10,000 and 5,000 gallons per
day, they have all been where
the leak finder said they would
be.
T h e b o ru o g h council w ill be
u n ab le to te ll ju s t how much
im p ro v em en t has been made
u n til th e m o n th ly re p o rts go
o u t a n d figures cap be com­p
a red on th e am o u n t of pump-age.
The w o rst a re a fo r leak s
seems to be th e Marlon and
Broad St. section a n d a con-c
o n c en tra ted effort is being
made to c le a r up th a t section
first.
In conclusion, B a u e r s ta te d ,
“This su rv ey was good, it gave
of a comprehensive a n d a c ­c
u ra te view of th e e n tire s itu ­a
tio n .”
Brunnerville
Go. Adds
New Pumper
A new type of fire-fighting
equipment f o r this area, a
tank-pumpe r , will be deliver­ed
to the Brunnerville Fire
Company shor tly a f te r Labor
Day, it was announced this
week,
The equipment, the second
to be added to th e Brunnerville
Company, will have a capacity
of ~i;8ÛO gallons of wa te r and
will be equipped with pump,
hose, boots, and oth e r mis ­cellaneous
equipment.
. The tru ck was purchased
from Jo h n Zartroan, this boro,
with th e High Welding Com­pany,
of Lancas ter, ins talling
the equipment. The vehicle is
in ten d ed for usé a t farm or
ru r a l fires' : whe re th è supply
o f ,wa te r . , is J imi ted .
And, according to Jus tic e of
the Peace Richa rd Hoffer,
pres ident of the company,
ma rk s a d ep a r tu re from th e
company’s previous policy of
ins talling la rg e cis terns a t
points in th e district.
“We a i r know th a t th e firs t
five minutes is th e vital period
in fighting a fire — and this
tru ck is designed for exactly
this, ” Mr. Hoffer declared.
“We held a meeting with re ­sidents
of the Pine Hill are a
before going ahead a n d the
concensus p£ opinion was th a t
a tank-pumpe r "would be more
valuable th a n an o th e r c is tern.’’
At present the company has
constructed f o u r la rg e cisterns,
two a t Lexington and two in
Brunnerville. A fire dam on
(Continued on page six)
F o o tb a ll to o k over th e local scene b o th
a th le tic a lly a n d politically th is week as
th e coining fo o tb all season ap p ro ach ed
qu ick ly . Shown above a re part, of (I Mi. 4o
se n io r high boys who tu rn e d o u t la st week
fo r tile o p en in g fo o tb all d rills.
Towerin g above th e ir h ead s' is th e
rem a in s of th e fo o tb all sco reb o ard which
c re a te d a problem fo r th e Warwick School.
"Board th is week.
$400 Needed For Scoreboard;
Board Refuses School Money
After receiving a tempora ry
setback a t last Wednesday’s
School Board meeting, the pro­posed
$2,000 electric football
scoreboard again seems a l­most
a reality to a re a football
fans.
On Wednesday th e board
voted agains t using any money
from school funds to cover
a cost of $700, which was at
th a t time still unpledged, ■,
Since th a t meeting, however,
local civic groups have re ­sponded
and only $400 re ­mains
to be donated. Several
groups a re repor ted comsider-ing
eliminating this debt, loo.
According to Supervising
Principal G. Marlin Spaid, if
the $2,000 is available by
Tuesday, the low bidder will
be given the “ go a h e a d ’’ sig­nal
rind the scoreboard would
be completed in time for Wa r ­wick’s
second of five home
games this fall.
Prior to Wednesday's meet­ing!
$1,300 had been donated
by the classes of 1958, 1959,
1961, the ABC and the Varsity
Clubs.
Dr. H. B. Minnich approa ch­ed
the board with the sug-
1961 Class Funds Being
Standpipes
Checked By
Boro Council
Borough Council approved
th e ' expenditure, of $175 and
expenses of worke rs for the
repair of a. pipe and brackets
on the Spruce St. standpipe,
a n d .its inspection.
The Standpipe was cleaned
las t week for the firs t time
since it was b uilt in 1952.
Cleaning before this time was
not possible since before the
wa te r reservoir was cons truc t­ed,
it would have lef t a n um­ber
of borough homes without
water for an extended period.
Repair work on the s ta n d ­pipe
will be done on Septem­ber
12 by the Chicago Bridge
and I ron Co. of Philadelphia,
the builders of the tower.
Borough council .also dis­cussed
the disposal of th e old
water tower near the high
school. This tower was built
in the 1800's and is serving
no purpose a t the moment.
Wendell Hower b rought up
the fact th a t it might be
cheaper to give it away th an
to spend money for the r e ­pair
of the non-functioning
tower.
Tempers flared a t the las t
school board meeting when a
dispute arose between George
Kalenich and members of the
board over the handling of the
tre a sury of the class of 1961
Kalenich claimed th a t cer­tain
monies in the tre a su ry
of the class of ’61 were g a rn ­ered
u nde r false pretenses,
th a t is th a t the monies were
ga thered to as sure th a t s tu ­dents
would a tten d the New
York trip and were to be re ­turned,
but th a t this was not
done a f te r the trip.
He claims th a t these monies
were not the s tu d e n t s ’ as they
were not earned thro u g h so­licitation
nor given to the class
for the treasury.
In re g a rd to this, Kalenich
wrote a le t te r to the Board
which s ta ted: “At the class
party, a f te r the tr ip, it was
moved to d o n a te this money
as a memorial fdr a deceased
teacher — Right here the class
advisors and the school a u th ­orities
should have called a
halt since this was not and is
not class money -—• it was not
e arned as a class project and
the original intention was by­passed.
This money ■ was on
the way to be misused and I
hold the advisors and the
school board responsible. Class
funds as - such are supposed to
be earned by projects and this
was a levy.
“ It is u n fo r tu n a te th a t some
board members a re so in ten t
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Dave Bauer Honored At
Borough Council Meeting
gestion th a t the school use
money from the ir funds to cov­e
r the remainder. “ I think it's
our duty to give this a lot of
th o u g h t ,” stated Dr. Minnich,
“ I thin k we should take the
money from the s tudent activi­ty
fund — th a t way no tax
money would be used.”
Director Richard Allebach
countered with the argument
th a t “ It seems a little out of
reason to put $2,000 inlo a
piece of equipment th a t will be
used not more than 15.'hours
a year, and it will require
increased help to maintain it.
Even though this money is
donated, we will have to pay
upkeep and it is a luxury th a t
isn't necessary.”
Other dire c tor s suggested
the idea of partially a u toma ­tic
scoreboards, b e ing o p e r a t ­ed
partly, manually by s tu ­dents.
After a lengthy dis vissiou,
the board voted 5-2 agains t
using thé activity money to
purchase the scoreboard.
During the discussion, Ro­bert
Posey, representing the
Class of 1961, asked the
board to place a plaque on
the scoreboard, as a memorial
to the ir late advisor, A. Ross
Ho u s ed . The board agreed to
do this if the scoreboard is
built.
Any groups who are in te re s t­ed
in donating towards the
scoreboard a re asked to con­tact
G. Marlin Spakl as soon
as possible, before Tuesday.
Should the funds not come
in, Warwick will no doubt be
forced to play, on the ir new
field, without, a scoreboard.
The old scoreboard lias been
Appearing for the last time
a t a meeting of borough coun­cil,
F o rme r Borough Manager
Dave Bauer was accorded a
vote of appreciation for “ the
fine, outs tanding job he had
done for the borough and in
appreciation for his services.”
The notation on the official
minutes of council was one of
several tokens of appreciation
tendered Mr. Bauer a t the
special meeting held last
Thursday evening.
Officers of the Lititz Junior
Chamber of Commerce pres­ented
him with' an engraved
cl\ess set in recognition “ of
Eby’s Mill To Host 1500 At
“Appreciation Day Jamboree”
Approximately 1500 custo­mers
will be guests of Eby’s
Mill a t an “Appreciation Day
J amb o re e ” in the Lititz
Springs P a rk today.
Between 11:30 a.m. and 1
p.m., the guests will be t r e a t ­ed
to barbecued chicken while
othe r festivities are planned
th ro u g h o u t th e day.
A highlight of the program
will be th e awa rding of almost
$1,000 worth of prizes, in­cluding
a re f r ige ra tor , tele­vision
set and many small ap­pliances.
Between 50 and 60
prizes will be awarded.
En te r ta inme n t will be pro­vided
by Joe Seibold of F o r t
Wayne, Ind. He will act as
ma s te r of ceremonies and pro­vide
the enter tainment.
. This is th e second time th e
local feed m ill has a ttem p te d
such a program. Five years
ago the group held a special
meeting for their customers,
but on a much smaller level.
The program will officially
open at 10 a.m. and will close
about 4 p.m. Fre e pony rides
and games will be provided for
the children and a movie will
be shown a t intervals in the
roundhouse.
Invitations have been sent
out to all customers and their
families and reservations have
been made by r e tu rn mail far
about 1500. This is several
more th a n had been expected.
Committee chairmen s tre s s ­ed.
th a t the program is a
“ come when you like, go when
you lik e ” program, but r e ­servations
for the barbecue
a re required.
his devotion to d u ty .” Mem­bers
of borough council also
gave him an engraved pen set.
Speaking for the Jaycees,
Steve Palkovic, a vice presi­dent,
declared th a t “ if . the
next man to fill this job is
half as good and as devoted
to du ty as Dave has been, we
need have no worries over the
future of the borough.”
Other business conducted at
the meeting included the ap­pointment
of Mrs. Willy de-
Ferrot as secretary in the ab­sence
of a borough manager.
Borough council passed an
ordinance annexing 52.3 acres
in the Kissel Hill are a into
the borough. The area is ad ­jacent
to the southern end of
the borough and wil be known
as Hogan Homes Inc.
The Marion Street Pumping
Station was sold to top bidder
Edward Reese for $1,100.
provided he can secure ap­proval
by the Board of Zoning
Adjus tment to use it as a
printing shop.
The contract for garbage
collection was given to Clair
P. Myer, Manheim, at a de­crease
in cost of $68 per
month. Myer hid $215 per
month for a five ye a r period.
Bids were opened fa r the
construction of water and
sewer lines on Lemon St.
Merchants!
Award $100
In Vouchers
For almost 15 weeks the
merchants of Lititz have been
holding “Lucky 30” drawings
every Saturday. And for al­most
15 weeks George Evans.
19 Second St., has been re ­gis
tering faithfully in the
stores in town and attending
every drawing.
This Saturday George Won!
The drawing was for the
person who mus t be present
and George won $25.
Mrs. William Sensenig, Lin­coln.
won the jackpot voucher
worth $50 in local me rchan­dise.
Winner of the voucher for
the person who need not be
present was Diane Fisher,
Ephra ta .
The Lucky Thir ty Drawing
is held each Saturday a t 3
p.m. near the square.
Contestants are reminded to
regis ter only on regulation
slips and any contes tant
c aught s tuffing the ballot box
will be disqualified.
Ken Mease
New Legion
Commander
Kenneth C. Mease was in­stalled
as commander of the
American Legion Post 5 6 at
the August Ins tallation meet­ing
recently. All the officers
were installed by Deputy
Comm. J a c k Pontz.
Other officers include’': Lu ­th
e r Thompson. 1st vice com­mande
r ; Jay Lehn, 2nd vice
commander; W. Roy Enck, ad ­ju
ta n t ; Ha r ry F. Ruley, fi­nance
officer; Norman L. ,I-la-becker,
service officer; Rich­ard
Mease, chaplain; !.■ E a r l
Wa lte r s , sgt.-at-arms; Jame s
E. Risser, his torian.
A rising vote of th an k s was
also given to Gary Sipe, man ­ager
of the Jr. Legion Base­ball
squad which won the
Southern division title this
summer. The Post voted to
en te r ta in the members of the
team and the ir fa th e r s on F r i ­day
evening.
In othe r business, the Post
voted to again sponsor another
Salk Vaccine Clinic, probably
in December. Ja ck Linton r e ­ported
th a t the Post would
provide the en te r ta inmen t at
the Coatesville V.A. Hospital
on October 15.
Association Says No
Show Here This Y ear
There will definitely not lie | Show Association. “ Harris-a
Lititz Fa rm Show this Fall-,
but local service groups are
already beginning plans for a
gigantic show in 1 962.
“ I t ’s too late this year to
plan a show,” s ta ted Carl I holies
Foltz, pres ident of the Fa rm alive.
The
burg wouldn’t give its appro­priai
ion at Ibis late a d a le .”
Earlier this summer the As­sociation
had offered its facili­ties
to local organiations in
of keeping tile show
Residents
Help Stop
Speedster
The co-operation of re s i­dents
resulted in the a r r e s t of
a juvenile speeds ter and possi­bly
ended a sudden outbreak
of speeding in the southwes t
end of town, Chief of Police
George Hicks repor ted this
week.
Fo r the past several weeks,
complaints have been coming
in of a youthful driver who
has been using South Spruce
Street as a speedway, police
explained. Sunday morning,
Fo rme r Borough Councilman
Ha rry Way and a group of
neighbors were s tanding a t the
curb a t Third and Spruce
Streets when the speedster
suddenly showed up.
Turning in Third Avenue,
from Broad Street, the youth
skidded his tires as he ro u n d ­ed
the intersection into Spruce
Street and th en “ g u n n ed ” the
vehicle n o r th on Spruce Street.
The group obtained the licen­se
n umbe r which they called
in to Chief Hicks.
Ten minutes later, Hicks
questioned the boy a t his
home and allegedly obtained
the confession th a t “ I just
felt like pushing the accelera­tor
to the floor.” The juvenile
wi|l be charged with reckless
driving and faces th e suspen­sion
of his license.
“ If res idents can ob ta in - th e .
license number s of these speed­ers,
speeding th ro u g h borough
s tre e ts can and will be broken
up in quick ord e r ,” Chief of
Police Hicks asserted. “ I t is
much more difficult when we
receive a complaint hours a fte r
something has occurred.”
PENRYN CHURCH TO
Ho l d p a r k v e s p e r s
The J e r u s a 1 e m United
Church of Christ, Penryn will
be in charge of the P a rk Ves-destroyed
by children and per service on Sunday a t 7
weather, and would lie r a th e r j p.m. in the Lititz Springs Park,
costly to rebuild. The Rev. Brinker will preach.
Jaycees and the Ambu­lance
Service both expressed
interest in the idea, but both
felt unable to undertake such
a program at such short notice.
However, Jayeee President
Carl Kaufman, stated tha t his
organization is going to head
a campaign to reorganize and
prepare for a 19 6 2 show.
Kaufman stated tha t later
this fall, all local service o r ­ganizations
would be invited
to send a representative to a
meeting to discuss plans. The
Jaycees feel th a t a Fa rm Show
must be run as a project by all
the civic organizations.
According to Foltz, the As­sociation
owns a quantity of
equipment,, including wiring,
electrical equipment, b a n d
stands, etc., and it will be
willing to trans fe r all of it
to an interested organization
or to the committee th a t would
be set up this fall.
The Community Show Asso­ciation,
which regularly pre­sented
form shows here for
more than a q u a r te r of a
century, a t one time included
cattle and chicken exhibits,
farm and home exhibits, p a r ­ades
aiul programs equal to
anything in the county.
In recent years, disputes
over the use of borough s treets
plus the added cost of obtain­ing
bands and en te r ta inmen t
have marked the community
show. Last y e a r ’s show was
forced to be cancelled due to
the fact th a t Main Street was
being rebuilt.
Prosecute Man
After Crash
George F. Van Pelt, E.
Orange, N.J., was prescuted
by local police yesterday fol­lowing
a two-car collision a t
the corner of F ro n t and Cedar
Sts, about 11:4.0 a.m.
Van Pelt was driving nor th
on Cedar when he failed to
yield the r ig h t of way and col­lided
with a c ar driven by
Carolyn Heller, Lititz R l .
Van Pelt was a r re s ted -for
failure to yield the r ig h t of
way. He paid fine and costs
and was released.
RIBBONS AND TROPHIES GALORE!
Area Residents
Will Entertain
Students Here
A group of foreign students
were enter tained this week by
local residents. The tour was
a rranged by Mr. and Mrs.
Ronald Gordley, Lititz R3,
witli the Association for World
Travel Exchange of New York
City.
They arrived last evening
and will see the county today
and leave Friday morning.
They are s tudents from Lou­vain
University, the majority
are from Belgium with one
from France and one front
Germany.
Others serving as hosts are
Dr. and Mrs. F ran k l in Cassel,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hamilton,
the Rev. and Mrs. Glen Crego
a t the Neffsville Aid Society
and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bruck-hart.
,
Four Openings
For Teachers
Four teacher openings re ­mained
at Warwick High
School this week, as th e open­ing
of school drew closer.
Still to tie filled a re a
history post, gir ls ’ guidance
counsellor. English teacher,
special education ins tructor.
The guidance counsellor is ex­pected
to be the ha rd e s t to
fill.
It was also announced th a t
the new high school principal
lias assumed his duties. The
oilier three newly appointed
adminis trators will assume
trade show at Chicago.
MISS GEORGIA ROASTER
GRADUATES l.V READING
Mi s s Georgia HOaster,
d au g h te r of Mr. and Mrs.
Max Hoaster, gradua ted from
the Reading School of Nursing
las t week. She was among a
class of 80 to graduate.
Jo a n n e an d Ronald Kootlier disp lay
sonic of I lie rib b o n s a n d tro p h ie s which
will be aw ard ed a t th e ' Second Annual Elm
Pony Show on th e W ilb u r Diamonds th is
Sunday. 101) rib b o n s a n d 10 tro p h ie s will
lie aw a rd ed , with all p ro ceed s to go to th e
in-tv R ec re a tio n Cen ter.
Second Annual Pony Show Will Benefit
New Recreation Center Fund Drive
The Second Annual Elm
Pony Show, sponsored b y ' t h e
Lititz Recreation Center will
be held Sunday, August 2 7
a t 1:00 p.m. In case of rain,
the show will be held Sun­day,
September 3.
Over 50 ponies a re expected
to compete for 16 trophies
and 100 ribbons. |
The show will be held a t
the Wilbur Chocolate Company
Fields and is open to all
ponies 5 6 inches and unde r
and to all riders 14 years
of age an d u n d e r. An e n try fee
of 50c a class will be charged
and ribbons and trophies will
be awarded for each class.
• Ju d g e for the event will be
Bud Gochenauer, Quarryville,
acting as Ringmas ter , Bill
Adams, Millersville knd taking
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Community
Calendar
Aug. *.11-1:00 P.M.—Eas tern
Star Dessert Cart Party
at the home of Mrs. Wil­bur
Miller. 6 30 S. Broad
St.
6: 30 P.M. — E p h r a t a
Toas tmas ters meeting at
the Amvets, Ephrata .
8:30 P.M.— Junior Cham­ber
of Commerce Meet­ing
in American Legion
Home.
Aug. 2!)— 6:00 P.M. — Rotary
(Tub meeting.
7:30 P.M.— Boro Council
meeting at Boro Hall.
7:30 P.M. — Brunnerville
Fire Company meeting.
Aug. 31-—8:00 P.M. — Stamp
Club meeting a t the
American Legion.