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(Consolidated w ith The U t it z Record, 1937) Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa., Thursday August 31, 1961 7 cen ts a Copy; $3.00 per year by mail
w ith in Lancaster County; $3.00 elsewhere. 12 Pages — No. 20.
Retailers Hope To “Revitalize” Local Association
Boro Council Fails
To Attract Quorum
PLENTY TO EAT FOR EVERYBODY!
For the first time in bor-
>ugl) history, as far as any-ne
can recall, borough coun-
1 failed to obtain a quorum
r the ir monthly meeting.
With a room full of em-oyees
and othe r visitors,
Pres ident Roy Enck was forc­ed
to announce th a t the meet­ing
would be postponed until
Thursday a t 7 p.m.
According to Enck, “ two of
the members had informed me
th a t they would be on vaca­tion,
but the others did n ’t con­tact
me. We tried to telephone
the rest and the way it looks
we won’t have a quorum this
evening.”
Only two more council mem­bers
were needed to make a
quorum, as Enck and council­man
Curtis Amidon were pres­ent.
/ One of thè big issues this
evening will be discussion of
the proposed ordinance limit­ing
bow and arrows in the
borough. Such an ordinance
has been reques ted by Chief
Hicks and has been th e s u b ­ject
of much controversy
lately.
Borough officials have sent
for examples of ordinances
passed by othe r boroughs , in
hopes of finding th e solution
to wording the proposed new
ordinance.
Also on the agenda this eve­n
in g will be consideration of
he Moravian Church congre4-
g a tion’s escrow bid. If this is
Executed this evening, officials
will awa rd sewer and' wa te r
line bids for the Lemon Street
extension.
The Moravian congregation
has also asked the council to
consider making Church Street
two-way again. The one-way
situation has caused them
parking, troubles, . a n d the
parking lot committee òf the
-h u r c h 1s - hoping MiSNF ;tMs
muld be th e solution.
In oth e r action, the board
will consider a reques t from
Raymond Pettyjohn for a load
and unload zone on Warwick
Street. The zone would run
the entire length of th e Be­dford
property.
' In addition to th e oth e r
isual business chores, the
board will listen to a repor t
by Chief Hicks concerning the
traffic situation at the square.
After a holiday weekend,
the board will again meet on
Wednesday evening to look
a t the final swimming pool
plans for the new Lititz pool.
It is expected th a t the Jay-cees
and the Sr.\ Chamber of
Commerce will be represented
at the meeting to repor t of
their progress on the tru s t
fund for the pool.
The public is cordially in ­vited
to attend both meetings.
Registrars
Plan Hours
For Voters
Regis tra rs will set up equip­ment
in Rothsville on Sept. 6
and in Lititz on Sept. 9, in
hopes of facilitating r e g i s t r a ­tion
for local voters.
The reg i s tra r s will accept
additions to the regis tration,
changes of addres s and chang­es
in pa r ty affiliation.
Hours of regis tra tion will
be 12:0p noon to 9:00 p.m. a t
both the Rothsville Elemen­ta
ry building on Wednesday
and a t th e Lititz Fire Hall on
Sept. 9. .
Should local voters not be
able to meet these dates and
times, regis tration will be ac­cepted
a t the Courthouse up to
30 days prior to the November
7 general election.
The regis tra tion commission
for Lancas ter County is com­prised
of C. Abram Snyder,
Richard H. Witmer a n d He r ­bert
R. Wagaman.
Naturalized citizens a re r e ­minded
to bring th e i r n a tu r a l ­ization
papers- with them.
George Wins
“Lucky 30”
Second Time
George did it again!
For the second s tra ight
week, George Evans, 19 Sec­o
nd St., carried off the $25
voucher for the person pres­ent
a t the “Lucky 30” d raw­ing.
T
he jackpot was still u n ­ci
1 a i m e d however, bringing
next week’s total prize value
to $100. This will include two | terested in continuing in the
ion
Goal Of New Effort
An a ttemp t to revitalize the
Lititz Retailers Association
will be made he re as a result
of dis interes t shown by many
of the members, according to
a decision made by the as­sociation
at a meeting Tues­day
morning.
Sometime this week, all of
the 7 0 or more local merch­ants
will receive cards re ­questing
an answer as to
whether the me rchant is in-
, Shown above is p a r t of the crowd of
nearly 1,500 who jammed th e Lititz Springs
P a rk and consumed one ton of chicken a t
Eby’s Appreciation Day Jambore e last T h u r s ­day.
The above picture shows the end of (lie
“ food assembly line” which ted (lie group
a full course meal- In about, two hours.
Over One Ton Of Chicken Eaten At
Eby’s Appreciation Celebration
New School
Bus Routes
\nnounced
Due to some shifting of
lU p i ls to the six new class­rooms
a t the John Beck School
some changes in tr a n sp o r ta ­tion
have become necessary.
The persons living in bor­der-
line areas should check the
paper carefully to determine
to which school their children
’have been assigned and then
use the correct bus. This area
will be served by two buses in
some cases— one going to John.
Beck and another to Lititz.
The area served by two buses
is: the road from Elm to the
“Old Toll Gate” on 501;
Spruce Villa Dairy to the Hess
Mennonite Church; and the
road from 501 through Lexing­ton
to Brunnerville.
Pupils living north of the
road from 501 to Elm, and
Along the road from Spruce
’ 11a Dairy to Brunnerville
1 go to John Beck School
h the following exceptions:
Some pupils in grades 1,
nd 3 living along the road
jm 501 to Elm, and along
,01 between the Zion Hill and
Lexington will continue to go
th e Lititz Elementary School;
(2) In addition to the above
all fifth and sixth grade pupils
living north of the borough
on the road to Brunnerville
and along the road f rom the
Spruce Villa Dairy to th e Hess
Mennonite Church will go to
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Safety Patrol To
Meet Here Friday
Members of the Lititz Ele­menta
ry School Sixth Grade
Pa tro l fo> this school term
/ " ^ s h o u ld repor t to the Lititz
’'--Tmilding auditorium on F r i ­day,
September 1st, a t 10:00
a.m. Mr. Wa lte r Texter, build­ing
principal, will meet with
the safety patrol a t this time
and belts and badges will be
dis tributed.
Jaycees and
Chamber Plan
Solicitation
The Chamber of Commerce
and the .Jaycees put their
heads toge the r Tuesday night
as they made definate plans
to g a rn e r the additional $ 10,-
000 need for the pool tru s t
fund.
I t was decided to solicit
pledges from the business and
professional men of the area
and from local industry.
Within the next two days
members will be calling on the
professional men in town and
they hope to have achieved
some measure of success by the
time borough council meets on
Tuesday.
Bob Hanna, pres ident of the
Chamber of Commerce s tated,
“We won’t go up next, Tues ­day
with ju s t ideas! We want
to go up with some pledges
in oiir hands and with the
ground work behind us to get
more.”
With this objective in mind
the group prepared ail outline
and general information sheet
to be used by the Chamber of
Commerce men who will be
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F a rme r s a re traditionally
good eaters and a,t las t T h u r s ­days
“Appreciation Day J am ­boree”
they did more th an
hold their^ own as 1500 ru ra l
people consumed over a ton
of barbecued chicken a t the
celebration in the Lititz
Springs Park.
And th a t ’s not counting the
potato chips, celery,- ice cream
and 31,000 soft d r in k s handed
out d uring the affair!
The p a rk was flooded with
people from almost ten in the
morning until four th a t night
as hundreds tu rn ed out- for the
food and fun offered by Eby’s
Mill. . .. ■■:. - j :
The line for food alone
s t re tc h e d ’ five deep from the
main pavilion to the bandstand
Zoners Will Consider
Two New Cases Tues.
Two new cases will face
members of the Board of Zon­ing
Adjus tment when they
meet on Tuesday evening at
7:30 in the Borough Council
chambers.
The firs t case to be con­sidered
will be the reques t of
Edward G. Reese, borough
councilman of 649 E. Main St.,
who has reques ted permission
to establish a printing shop on
Marion St.
Reese would use the Marion
St. p ump in g - s ta tio n which he
recently purchased from the
borough. The station has been
u n u sed ,fo r some time and was
finally sold by the borough.
According to Reese he will
employ up to four in the plant
and will do mostly printing
for his own business.
The other case involves Mrs.
Robert Weidler, 521 E. Fro n t
St., who wants to add a c a r­port
to the re a r of her home.
She has already had some
work done to a porch there.
The carpor t would not ob­serve
the 6 ft. clearance dis­tance
from the side of her lot,
however. The lot adjoining
her home is vacant a t the pres­ent,
and she has told board
members th a t she intends to
buy it when the owner, is ready
to sell.
The cost of the addition
would be between $4 00 and
$500.
The second case will be act­ed
upon about 7:45, following
action on the Reese case.
Pony Show Raises $200
For New Ree Building
Court Places
Two Juveniles
On Probation
Two juveniles appeared be­fore
Judge Johns tone Wednes­day
morning in a session of
the Lancas ter County juvenile
court. Both were p u t ou pro­bation.
, One was a 17 year old Man-heim
youth who had loaned
his car to thre e other youths
for the purpose of stealing
car pa rts from Keller Bros,
auto lot, May 14, 1961. The
young man had also conceal­ed
some of the stolen goods
a t his home.
He was p u t on probation
and his drivers licence was re ­voked.
The other' involved a 16
year old Lititz boy who had
received beer from Lawrence
Letner, Lititz R4, for several
months prior to May 26, 1961.
The boy was put on proba­tion
and ordered to live at
home with his parents.
Letner, who h ad supplied
the beer, appeared In court
(several weeks ago and was
convicted on contr ibuting to
th e delinquency of a minor.
He was committed to the Lan­caster
County Frison.
Approximately $200 was
raised for the new Recreation
Center building through the
efforts of the second annual
Elm Pony Show on Sunday.
The show was sponsored by
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Shively,
Lititz R2 and Mr. and Mrs.
Gary Shotzberger, Elm, on the
Wilbur Little League fields.
I t is the only known show of
its kind in the area.
Approximately 600 specta­tors
watched 164 entries and
30 ponies compete.
The Champion Pony of the
show was Dolly, owned by
Jo h n so n ’s Stables, Drumore,
and shown by Mike Shoe­maker,
Quarryville. The Re­serve
Champion pony was
Patty, owned and shown by
Larry Book, Strasburg. The
Ha lte r and Leadstrap, donated
by Angelin! and Groff, RD7,
Lancas ter was won by Bob
Shively, Lititz.
Following is a list of win­ners
in each class:
HALTER CLASS: Kress-
Navy Mothers To
Meet Here Wednesday
A meeting of the Lancaster
Area Navy Mothers Club No.
591 will be held on Wednes ­day,
September 6th a t 7:00
p.m. at the home of Mrs.
Robert Welk, 3 4 Ea s t Centre
St. ,
Any mo th e r . whose child
was or is a member of the
Navy, Marines, or Coast Gua rd­is
leigible to join this o rgan­ization.
ley’s Perfection, shown &
owned by Ralph Kressley, Ore-field;
Ko-Ko, owned & shown
by Beth Ann Good, Willow
Street; Blossom Lone’s Indian
Summer, owned & shown by
Gden Kulp, Manheim; Th u n ­der
Boy, owned & shown by
Carl Gingrich, Annville: Nug­get,
owned & shown by Mel
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$25 vouchers and one $50
voucher.
Winner of the $25 voucher
for the person not present
was Mrs. T. W. Steffy, 209
N. Broad St.
Shoppers are urged to reg ­ister
a t the stores of the p a r t i ­cipating
merchants this week,
making them eligible for Sat­u
rd a y ’s weekly drawing. The
drawing will be held a t 3 p.m.
near the square on W. Main
St.
It was announced this week
th a t beginning on Sept. 9, the
time of the drawing would be
switched to 10:30 a.m. This
was to avoid conflicts with the
Warwick football schedule.
and a t one point officials were
afraid th a t a ton of chicken
wouldn’t feed the crowd.
Morgan Hollinger, the mill
manager, described the affair
as “ p e r f e c t , 'w e couldn’t have
had be tte r weather and 1 think
every one had a wonderful
time.”
A total of 6 3 prizes were
awarded a t the jamboree to
bring the prize value to a
grand total of over $ 1000.
Clinton Rohrer, Lititz R2,
woii the grand prize which' a l­lows
him his choice of a re ­f
r ige ra tor or a H ig h Fidelity
Phonograph.
The two prue-bred York­shire
Gilts were won by Arron
•N. Martin, Lititz R l , and Ea rl
Metzler, Manheim.
When asked about the s tag­ing
of the next Appreciation
Day Morgan Hollinger said
th a t the mill hoped to be able
to put on anothe r one some­time
in the fu tu r e ,” hut I
don’t think any can possibly
lie as good as this one was,
it was perfect.”
Pro Basketball
Game Planned
Here Oct. 16
The Lititz Lions club a n ­nounced1
plans yesterday to
again sponsor a professional
basketball game in the Wa r ­wick
High gymnasium, for the
benefit, of various community
activities. .
This ye a r ’s game will 'match
the Philadelphia Warr iors
agains t the New York Knicks,
on Monday. Oct. 16 a t 8:30
p.m. A Pennsylvania Dutch
Band will provide additional
enter tainment. beginning a t
7:15.
Tickets are on sale from
Lions Club members at $3.00.
Only l , j 0 0 tickets, will De sold
on a firs t come, first serve
basis.
IGNORES RE1) LIGHT
Loretta Kurtz, Lititz R2,
was charged by Officer Fred
Lu ta s with ignoring a refl
traffic signal, a t Cedar and
Main St., Tuesday afternoon.
The charge was filed before
Jus tice of the Peace Paul
Dieinn.
Association. Tihis card is ot
Plans Made
For Record
Enrollments
A record enrollment is ex­pected
in the Warwick School
District when school officially
opens on Wednesday morning.
To handle the s tudents, the
dis trict has made the follow­ing
plans. ,
Kin d e rg a r ten s tudents and
parents should repor t to their
assigned rooms a t the follow­ing
times: Rothsville — 9:00
a;m. , and 2:30 p.m.; John
Beck — 9:45 a.m. and 2:30
p.m.; Lititz— 10:30 a.m. and
1 :0 0 p.m. - , - - ■
Lititz Elementa ry s tudents
to the following p i a c e s:
Grades 1 and 2— a u d i to r ium;
Grades 3 and 4 — cafeteria;
Grades 5 and 6 — gymnasium;
k inde rga r ten —■ d i r e c t ly y » as­signed
room; special educa­tion
---- directly to room, new
s tudents in. special ed to the
office.
• Warwick High School s tu d ­ents
to th e following places:
Grade 12— Room 500) Grade
11— Vocal Room; Grade 10—-
Bandroom; Grade 9— gymna­sium;
Grade 8 — cafeteria;
Grade 7 — auditorium.
All othe r s tudents should'
repor t to th e i r assigned rooms
in the ir respective schools.
- A change was also listed
for cafeteria funds for the
coming j(ear. Elementary cafe­ter
ia money will be collected
on Monday from now on, and
High School money on Friday
as usual.
All cafeterias will be open
on Sept. 6 and children are
asked to bring th e i r money
th a t day.
SURE IT'S AN ATTRACTIVE PORCH!
Plan Second
Annual Park
Barbecue Sat.
The second annual chicken
barbecue for the benefit of the
Lititz Springs P a rk will be­held
this Saturday by the Park
Committee from 4:00 p.m. to
8 :0 0 p.m. in the park.
Graybitl Miller, of Manheim.
will again be the barbecuer.
He will work with th e co-chairmen
of this event. Mrs.
] Elmer Bomberger and Mrs. H.
! W. Swisher. They will be as­sisted
bv the wives of other
Pa rk Trustees.
The Lititz Community Band
will again provide the music
as they did last year.
Adults will be able to buy
their complete din n e r in the
park for $1.50. The cost for
children under 12 years of
age is $1.00. Take-outs also
cost $1.0 0 .
All ^ proceeds from the
chicken barbecue will go into
the P a rk Treasury to help de­fray
maintenance costs and to
aid in the P a rk expansion pro­gram.
— Record-Express Pinito.
Here’s Hie finished product a t the home of Lester Blngenmn a t 12» Forney
Drive which was (lie cente r of a recent zoning board controversy.
The Reason For Zoning Controversy
Still Remains A Big Mystery!
• When it comes to “ being
technical” , Lititz zoners and
planners tak e the all - time
prize! > 1
This was the impression we
received when we viewed the
home pictured above which
last month proved the most
recent source of controversy
on the p a r t of the zoners.
The trip to the L e s t e r
Bingeman home at 129 Forney
Drive was made a t the Indirect
suggestion of Bill Good, presi­dent
of Zephyr Aluminum, ■ who
installed the porch and who,
rightfully, objected to the im­pression
th a t the porch ins ta l­led
was in any way of an in­ferior
nature.
We have to agree with Bill
for ins tead' of a “ temp o ra ry ”
aluminum “ awning” as we ex­pected
to find, we were faced
with a mighty a ttractive porch
— but a porch of a permanent
na tu re and not, by any stretch
of the imagination, a tempor­ary
structure.
Our complaint, in the first
place, was not with Bill or his
company but with the zoners
who ruled th a t a building per­mit
could not he issued to
Willis Bucher, who had been
engaged to construct a wooden
porch for fe a r tha t , according
to Bingeman, “ it was of a
permanent n a ture which might
some day be changed to an
extra room.”
One glance a t the above
photo will show th a t the
“ borough-approved” type of
construction of the porch is
jus t as p ermanent and ju s t as
subs tantial as any porch built
of wood. With a concrete floor,
a ttractive a luminum pillars,
the porch is anything but a
temporary s tructure.
The porch constructed in no
way down-grades the home—
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be returned immediately.
As a second step, (the
merchants will ga the r on Tues­day
evening, Sept. 12, iu the
Business L e a g u e building.
Fu tu re plans will be made a t
this meeting.
Tile problem has been de­veloping
for sometime as the
attendance at r e ta ile r ’s meet­ings
lias been gradually d e ­creasing.
On Tuesday morning only
three merchants, Jim Hess,
Joe Gearhart and Ron* Loei’-
clier showed up a t 311 an­nounced
meeting to plan a
special September community­wide
sale. There are approxi­mately
20 paid members and
50 unpaid members who be­long
to the group.
“ I t ’ s v e r y discouraging
when you can’t get anybody
o u t” , stated Hess.
“ We won’t get anything
done if nobody wants to do it,
vve need cooperation. We used
to have a minimum o f seven
merchants present, and often
twenty or more,” replied Gea’r-hart.
Meanwhile the Association
decided to postpone the Sep­tember
sale and make ■ plans
for a gigantic comnvunity-wide
promotion in October,
probably Oct. 20-21.
In the past, the association
has usually planned a ’ large
sale in October, but. If the
group can be reorganized In .
time, preliminary plans, call
for a “ bigger th a n ever” sale
and promotion.
This will be one of the n i ^ n
topics of discussion when the
merchants meet on Sept. .12
at 7:30 p. m.
Another subjuct which may
be considered is the . opening
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Cooperation
Requested For
Civic Calendar
llY JANE LANZA
' The Community Calendar, t
which is compiled as an ad- :
ditional Recreation Center a c - :
tivity, is asking the coopéra- ■
tion of all club and g r o u p 1
chairmen and officers to send
in their correct time, day and 1
meeting d a te for the coming
season.
S i n c e many organizations 1
did not meet d u r in g th e sum-mer
months and many changes .
may be forthcoming in meet- '
ing schedules, the Recreation
Center would like to hear
from the clubs so th a t thé
Community Calendar can be
concise and correct in its
scheduling. ... »,
This primary purpose Ql tJvs
service is to elimitlale -%s
many duplications of pub,lie
affairs on the same d a t e « .as 1
possible. The list will be upfen "
for public inspection so .that 1
duplications can be avoided .
long before plans are com- '
1)1 eted.
Program chairman and Sf- ,
fleers are asked to call MA '
6-5096, Monday th ru Friday ’
from 9:00 AM to 12:00 noon;
and 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM, or
they may send the ir entire
schedule to the Lititz Recre­ation
Center. P. O. Box 225,
Lititz, Penna.
Community
Calendar
Aug. !)1— 8 :00 P.M. — Stamp
Club meeting at tho
American Legion.
Sept. 2 — 9:00 A.M. — Tri-scrimmage,
W a r t r i c k ,
York Suburban, Hemp-field
at Hempfield High
School.
4:00 P.M. - 8:00 P.M.—
Park Trustees will hold a
Chicken Bar-B’-Q in the
Lititz Springs Park.
Sept. 4— LABOR DAY.
Sept. 5 —- Warwick dis trict
teachers repor t to schools.
6:00 P.M. — Rotary Club
meeting.
7:00 P.M. — Board of
Zoning Adjustment.
Sept, (i — SCHOOLS OPENS,
All s tudents report.
7:00 P.M.— Special Bor­ough
Council meeting.
Sept. 7— 6:00 P.M. — Annual
Corn Roast of the Lititz
Guild to the Osteopathic
Hospital will be held a t
the home of Dr. & Mrs.
Siegel, 1071 New Holland
Pike, Lancaster.
7:00 P.M. — Planning
Committee meeting.