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85th Year E stab lished April, 1877, a s The Sunbeam
(Consolidated w ith The l i t i t z Record, 1937)
Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa., Thursday September 7, 1961 7 cen ts a Copy;
w ithin Lancaster
$3.00 per yea r by mall
County; $3.50 elsewhere.
12 P a g e s — No. 21
Will
Hire R. K. Armstrong
At Special Meeting
Robert Keith Arms trong,
New Castle, Indiana, was given
the position of Lititz Borough
Manager a t the special borough
council meeting last night.
Selected from over ten ap-pl
:ants for the position,
.Ar ns trong is a g rad u a te of
u.-due University with a B.S.
>,gree in Civil Engineering.
A Lt. J. G. in the United
tes Navy, a t present, he
11 receive his discharge in
ctober and will commence his
duties as borough manage r of
Lititz on November 6.
At present lie is employed
as officer in charge of District
Transpor tation and Construc­tion
Equipment, District Pub­lic
Works Office, Great Lakes,
Illinois.
Previous to th a t he was a
supervisor arid engineer on
heavy excavation for road con­struction
in Joliet, Illinois and
s tudent engineer for the, Piu-due
Planning and Engineering
Dept., Lafayette, Indiana.
His wife is also a g rad u a te
of Pu rd u e University with a
B.S. degree in Political
Science. -t
They have a d a u g h te r four
years old and a son four
months old.
Arms trong will succeed Da­vid
Bauer who left la s t mon­th
to assume duties in Con­necticut.
Since th a t time, the
borough has been operating
without the services of a boro
manager. .
Borough Council and boro
officials will continue to handle
the local affairs until Arm­strong
assumes his duties
November G. The borough
government is repor ted mov­ing
smoothly d uring the ab­sence
of a borough manager.
EFFICIENCY SORTING IN ACTION!
Cynthia Bucher
o Be On T Y Saturday
Miss Cynthia Bueheri will
appear on television this Sat­u
rday a t 1 p.m., wearing a
wool sui t which won, her r e ­cognition
in a clothing contes t
a t Strawbridge and Clothier in
Philadelphia (see page 12J.
She will appear in a colo-cnst,
channel th r e e p re s e n ta ­tion.
Miss Bucher represented
■the local Busy Bee 4-H Sewing
group.
STAFF ADDITION
Delay Bow
And Arrow
Ordinance
The how and arrow ordin­ance
proposal b rought up se­veral
questions a t the Borough
Council meeting Thursday
night.
When the proposed ordin­ance
was brought up, comment
arose from the floor as several
citizens spoke up agains t an
ordinance totally prohibiting
a rchery in the borough.
Donald McGarvey, 108 W.
Lincoln Ave., an avid archery
fan, spoke up aga ins t a pro­hibitive
ordinance.
“ I want to make sure th a t
archery, conducted safely, will
not be prohibited in the boro.
Some of us have safe and
effective ranges th a t a r e totally
harmless. I do not approve
any more th a n you do of al­lowing
a youngs ter wandering
a round the borough s treets
with a bow ha lf cocked.
“But ne ithe r do I believe in
punishing an d depriving the
many to limit the few. Wha t
I would like to see is a ye a r ­ly
permit issued by Chief
Hicks. Tha t way the borough
could control the shooting
done in- the borough and where
i t Is, done but a t the .mine,
time would not be prohibitive
to the tru e a rchery fans in
the borough.”
Decision, on the question
was held over until th e next
meeting so th a t borough offi­cials
could review similiar or­dinances
passed by the boros.
“ I t’s a pleasure to sort th e mail with the
new cases we now have,” , one Util /. P o s t ­man
was h e a rd to say. And from th e looks
of the new eases and the smiles, seen above,
th e re s t of the staff feels the same.
Post Office Improvements Will
Simplify Christmas Mail Rush
Ken Simmon
New Record
Spts. Editor
Kenneth L. Simmons, 30 3
F ro n t St., lias been named as
the new sports editor of the
Lititz Record-Express, accord­ing
to an announcement by
Editor William N. Young this
week.
Simmons will succeed Barry
L. Kauffman who re tu rn s this
week to his jun io r year a t
Susquehanna University, Se-
'fnsgrove.
The new sports editor is
dl known in the area for
s sports achievements —- es-icially
in golf and baseball.
He was champion of the
verlook Golf Course from
1055-1958, in addition to
winning numerous o th e r title s .
He has also had some miuor
league baseball experience and
this has enabled him to suc­cessfully
coach the Lititz Teen­e
r baseball squad to two
s t ra ig h t county championships
His teams have compiled a
33-4 mark.
Simmons g radua ted from W.
Lampeter High School and a t ­tended
Penn State. He is p re ­sently
employed a t R.C.A.
Married to the former J o ­anne
Smith, he is the fa th e r of
Ricky, Betty, Jodie and Craig
Simmons.
Kauffman, Record - Express
"^Sports writer since 1955, will
r e tu r n to Susquehanna on Sun­day
where he is majoring in
mathematics a n d physics.
There he is school statis tician
as well as photography editor
of the yearbook.
Simmons will assume his
duties immediately.
Three Drivers
Arrested After
Two Accidents
Local police prosecuted three
motorists here this week fol­lowing
two accidents within
the borough limits.
La s t Thursday police pro­secuted
Elias G. Weit, 77, 123
E. Main St. an d Lynn R.
Martin, 29, Reading, a f te r an
accident a t th e corner o.fl
Main and Elm. Weit was pro­secuted
for fa ilure to yield
the right away and Martin for
driving too fas t for conditions.
Weit appa rently pulled out
in f ro n t of Martin. Police re ­ported
64-feet of skidma rks
from Ma r tin’s car, which t r a ­veled
18 ft. a f te r the impact
and knocked over a mailbox.
About $700 in damage was
reported.
The second accident occurr­ed
on Fr id ay when Thelma F.
Haddad, 9 S. Spruce St., pull­ed
in front of a car driven by
Robert Moyer, Manheim R4,
a t the Lamb e r t-Hu d n u t drive­way.
$375 in damage was re ­ported.
The local driver was pro­secuted
for failure to yield
the r ig h t of way.
Police also urged drivers
to show caution with the open­ing
of schools.
While th e re s t of Lititz
has been basking in the wa rm­th
’of summer and enjoying
thè re f re shment of swimming
and picnicing, the Post Office
has been busy preparing for
the Chris tmas Rush!
Fo r the Post Office, Chris t­mas
is, among othe r things,
one big pile of packages clogg­ing
normal d e l i ^ c y an d piling
up on every spare shelf.
This year, however, Pos t­mas
ter Richard Rader states
th a t the employees a re almost
looking forward to the Christ-man
season.
And the reason is contained
in seven sor ting cases th a t re ­cently
arr ived in the office.
Until this year, the Lititz
Post Office was forced to sort
all mail into th re e large sor t­ing
cases th a t han unevenly
spaced shelves, forcing the
men to le a rn several methods
cjf s o r t i n g . .... , v c
All th a t has been changed.
The new cases all have identi­cal
spacing and by Christmas
all the men a re expected to
know the spacing so well that.
the placing of the over-abun­dance
of packages will be able
to be done in the shortest
possible time.
The cases, which are con­structed
of steel, are a light,
hlue which allows them to
blend in with the post offices’
new paint job.
Both the new paint job and
■iLtbe sorting cases aye part of a
Where The Yellow Went
Is Councilmanic Lament
State Promises
Rt. 772 Work
Here In Fall
Raymond Groff and Ben
Forney believe th a t they have
finally gotten the s ta te to
makp some commitment on
th e bad tu rn on ro u te 7 7 2.
The men traveled to Ha r r i s ­burg
for the fifth time yester­day
on behalf of th e Warwick
Lions Club and saw Mr. F.
Poormau, Deputy Secretary of
Highways, about the tu r n be
tween Rothsville and Browns-town.
Mr. Poorman told them th a t
all indications show th a t the
corner will be straightened
out sometime this fall.
He said th a t th e primary
survey had already been made
and th a t all th a t was left was
to condemn th e prope r ty and
th en work could proceed.
The line painting firm of
Harland B. Zimmerman had
borough council m e m b e r s
wondering “where the yellow
wen t” a t Thursday night's
council meeting.
Last spring th e council
awarded a contract to the
Ep h ra ta firm for the painting
of lines and ma rke rs on bor­ough
s treets and alleys.
I t wa sn’t until the contract
was awarded, however, th a t
the borough realized th a t the
firm consisted of two police­men,
one from E p h r a ta bor­ough
and one a State police­man,
They planned to com­plete
the ta sk in the ir spare
time.
And, according to council
members, they really meant
their spare time!
The job was finally com­pleted
last week and by the
time the men had finished,
the first line painted had faded
so badly th a t it was almost
totally gone.
Twice the men reportedly
ran out of paint and the bor­ough
had to wait until they
were able to order more to
complete the job. Many hours
Were taken up by borough men
who had to supervise the work
to make sure ins tructions
were followed correctly.
And so, in hope of stopping
any duplicate “ b ru s h ” t r e a t ­ments,
the council added a
new clause to the council
minutes : “The borough shall
put a time limit and qualifica­tions
on certain jobs let out
for bid.”
Merchants
Will Offer
$75 Jackpot
The “Lucky 30” jackpot
jumped to $75 this week as
for the second week in a row
the merchants jackpot vouch­ers
remained unclaimed.
This brings the total prize
worth of the merchandise
vouchers to $125. These vouch­ers
are good at the stores of
any of the participating me r ­chants.
Mrs. E s th e r Bare, 10 South
Broad St., was awarded the
$25 this week for the vouch­er
where the shopper mus t be
present.
Susan Moore, 309 N. Wate r
St., was the winner of the $25
for the shopper who need not
be present.
Local shoppers may register
at any of the stores of the
participating merchants and
then they will be eligible for
the $12 5, including the $75
jackpot which will be offered
this week.
State Official Will
Discuss Museum Mon.
The fu tu re of the proposed
museum-library in Lititz may
be decided on Monday evening
when interested parties will
meet with professional help in
the Moravian Church parlor.
Howard Rohlin of the Lan­dis
Valley Museum has con­sented
to meet with the Bi-
Centennial group, the Library
committee and the Archives
committee to a n s w e r a n y
questions which may exist.
Heat
High
First
Closes
School
Day
Donations Still Needed
For Center Furnishings
Donations a re being received
for some of the new fu rn ish ­ings
needed for the new I.
Walton Bobst Recreation Cen­ter
scheduled to open Septem­ber
30th, “ Rec” Board Chair­man
William Spacht pointed
out this week.
However, unless more funds
are received within the next
week or two, the furnishings
will not be paid for by the de­dication
date.
Spacht pointed out th a t in ­dividuals
or groups can supply
furnishings as a memorial if
desired. Donors will be re ­cognized
in the “Dedication
Book” which will be on display
in the new -center. He urged
any organization who has
money set aside for Rec fu r ­nishings
to contact h i m
promptly.
The Lititz Jaynecess have
made $85 available toward the
purchase of n urs e ry school
equipment. An individual don­or
has given official ping-pong
tables.
American Business Club
members a re reportedly d o na t­ing
$20 toward Rec fu rn ish ­ings
and several other organi­zations
have repor ted funds
available for the purpose.
Items still needed and their
cost include: Craft Roo-m
tables - $90.32; Meeting-room
tables and folding chairs -
$965.00; Nursery-school tables
and chairs - $249.00; Assem­bly-
room tables $165.00: piano,
ref rigerator, range, coffee urn,
T.V., set, and floor waxer-scrubber
— no prices listed on
these as yet.
Boro Awards
Contracts For
Two New Lines
The borough council ap­proved
a contract for cons truc­tion
of sewer and water lines
to the site of the Church of
the B r e th r e n ’s new church,
when they met Thursday
night,
Roger Gerhart, this bor­ough,
was awarded the con­tra
c t for the sewer line for
$7,903 and W. E. Bernhard
Inc., Lebanon, won the bid
for the water line with an
entry of $5,707.50.
The Church of the Bre th ­ren
purchased the site from
the Moravian Church and the
la t te r congregation re turned
to council with a check for
(Co n tin u e d -o n page th re e )
long range program to improve
postal service. While neither,
by themselves, will drastically
improve the service they, and
a number of other proposed
projects, with the co-operation
of the public, a re expected to
finally pull the mailing system
toward a balanced budget and
improve service considerably.
The new plan for improved
service is know as NI'.US, Na­tional
Improved Mail Service,
and so fa r it has accomplish­ed
rema rkable gains in speed
and service.
By delivering the majority
of Pennsylvania’s s ta te mail
by express trucks punning a
regularly scheduled post office
route, instead of -depending on
a varied tr a in schedule, the
post office has been able to
speed up delivery by as much
as 48 hours.
Because of this new plan
they are now able to offer
next day delivery to any point
within 150 miles of Lititz, in-
(Continued on page thre e )
The first day of attendance
of the '61 season in the Wa r ­wick
School District saw the
schools close early because of
the heat.
A record enrollment of 2,-
7 84 s tudents were enrolled in
the system a t the close of
school yesterday, with 1,061
of these listed in the high
school. x
The elementary school li s t­ed
1,72 3 s tu d en ts with the
first grade; having the largest
numbe r enrolled, 312.
G. Marlin Spaid explained
th a t the schools had closed
early today because of the
combined difficulties of the ex­cessive
h e a t an d th e problem
of keeping the s tudents a t ­tention
on the fi r s t day in
classrooms where tempe ra ture
averaged 9 0 degrees.
Local Farmer
Claims Title
L. C. Smith, 311 S. Broad
St., claimed the title for grow­ing
the largest cantaloupes
here this week. Previously he
claimed a similiar ti tle with
a large potato.
Smith presented th re e can­taloupes
last week, the largest
weighing 18 lbs. 6 oz. The
other two weighed 15 lbs. and
11 lbs.
The weights were recorded
at Kau f fman ’s Market on S.
Broad St.
List Exam
For R-ville
Postmaster
The U.S. Civil Service Com­mission
announced this week
th a t applications a re being
accepted for the post of Pos t­mas
ter in Rothsville. Deadline
is Sept. 26.
It was announced, too, chat
the salary will be $4975 per
year, with the elected post­mas
ter able to spend 8 hours
of each business day giving
personal attention to th a job.
Competitors for the post­mas
ter vacancy mus t have a t
least 1 year of experience
(education above high séhool
level may be su bs tituted for
6 months of experience) show­ing
th a t they have the ability
to maintain simple records of
accounts or th a t it has given
them a knowledge of postal
procedures. ,
Applicants mus t tak e a
written test. Those who pass
will be assigned final ratings
on the basis of this tes t and
on th e i r experience* - and fit­ness
for the position. They
mus t have resided within the
delivery of the office for one
year immediately preceding the
closing date of the examina­tion.
In addition, they mus t
have reached the ir 18th bir­thday
on the closing date for
acceptance of applications. P e r ­sons
over 70 years of age
cannot he appointed.
Complete information about
the examination requirements
and ins tructions for filing ap­plications
may be obtained at
the Rothsville post office. Ap
plication forms mus t be filed
with the U.S. Civil Service
Commission, Washington 25,
D.C., and mus t be received
or postmarked not later th an
the closing cute.
ODD FELLOWS PLAN
DINNER MEETING MONDAY
The Odd Fellows- will hold
a special din n e r meeting On
Monday a t Heagy’s Cottage at
Spring Lake. Dinner will be
served at 6:30 p.m.
Anybody needing tr a n sp o r ta ­tion
should meet at the Lodge
Hall a t 6 p.m.
Rohlin was Contacted upon
the advice of S. K. Stevens,
Executive Director of the State
Historical and Museum Com­mission
at Harrisburg.
Alfred Douple, chairirian-at-large
for the three groups, has
stated tha t he hopes th a t the
roup can reach a final d e ­cision
on Monday as to tbs.
choice of sites. Then, a finance
committee could be appointed
and immediately go into
action.
Last week Pos tmas ter Rich­ard
C. Rader met with Roh­lin,
upon the advice of Doupie
and tlie committee, and con­ducted
an inspection to u r of
the buildings being considered.
Theses included the Pierson
House, the Brethren Church
and th e Wissler House.
After inspection of the facil­ities,
Roll tin made the follow­ing
suggestions, all of which
may affect Monday’s decisions:
1. The Wissler House is
definitely worth res toring, a l­though
he has reservations re­garding
the erection of an ad­ditional
modern bujlding to
the re a r as has been suggest«)!
locally.
2. 'Committees should give
th o u g h t toward planning, an
18th century village consist­ing
of 5 or 6 houses s ta rting
with the Wissler House and
extending down to and includ­ing
th e Worley property..
3. The local collections, if
donated or loaned, are suffici­ently
large and historically
worthy to wa r ra n t establishi
ing a museum. r
4. Inclusion of thé 'Piib'TÎc
Library on the Musentn pro­perty
could cause added pro­blems.
• !
AH interested groups a re
urged to a ttend Monday’s very
imp o r tan t meeting. »
Zoning Board
Rejects Case,
Approves One
The Zoning Board of Adjust­ment
approved plans for a
printing shop on Marion St.
and rejected anothe r applica­tion
a t Tuesday’s Board meet­ing.
The board denied th e re ­quest
of Mrs. Robert Weidlér
to erect a 10x24 c ar port on ,
her property a t 521 F ro n t -St.,
because of side yard require­ments.
' ‘
The reques t of Edward
Reese to convert the Marion
St. pumping station into à
printing shop was approved»
1961 WARWICK VARSITY FOOTBALL TEAM
Shown above a re the members of flic
injury-hidden Warwick Varsity football
squad which opens at home on Saturday
afternoon. Fro n t row, left to right, are
Nagle, Rynier, Rons, Jones, Bender, Singer,
Gt-tibe, 1 Hack and Coach Schoenberger.
Seooiul row, Coach Cervo, Eckert, Liaise,
Landis, Keller, Lindemau, AVolfe, Huber,
Doster, Garner, Ktilp, Weit and Coach Mill­er.
l’aul Beittenmiller, Terry Kauffman a n d .
Bob Bachman, all Injured lettermen, were
absent at the time.
Warwick “11” To Open Season On
New Football Field Here Saturday
The Warwick Wa r r io r s will
opefi the ir 1961 football cam­paign
on a brand new field
this Saturday afternoon, agin-st
the Manheim Central Barons
a t 2 p.m.
Located west of ' the high
school, the new field has a
seating capacity of nearly 2,-
000, complete with press box
and plenty of space for s tan d ­ing
room.
I t ’s expected th a i most of
this space will be filled when
kick-off time rolls a round for
this non-league opening en-cotufter
with neighboring l la n -
Turn to page six for a
special feature page devoted to
the opening of the football
season. .Other sports news is
also found on page seven of
this issue.
heim. Warwick meets Manheim
again in two jveeks in a league
match a t Manheim.
Injurie s have continued to
hinder the local squad, al­though
many of the injured
have shown improvement. Only
Terry Kauffman and Boh Bitch-man,
both lettermen, will n ri
suit up. Both will undergo
surgical tr e a tme n t in the near
fu tu re and will be lost for the
entire season.
Dick Keller has re tu rn ed
and will see plenty of action
while Pau l Beittenmiller and
(Continued on page two)
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Calendar
.Sept. 7 — 6:00 P.M.— Annual
Corn Roast of the Lititz
Guild to the La‘ocaqit«-r
Osteopathic Hospital" will
be held a t the home Of
Dr. and Mrs. Siegel, t071
New Holland Ave., Lan­caster.
7:00 P.M. — Planning
Committee Meeting.
S e p t . . «— 8:00 P.M.— Rolling
Hills Girl Scouts meeting
a t St. L u k e ’s United
■ Church of Christ.
Sept. 1)— 12 N o o n - 9 : 0 0 P.M.
2:00 P.M.—-Warwick vs.
Manheim Central, on new
Warwick football field,
directly west of high
school.
Vote regis tration a t the
, Lititz Fire Hall.
Sept. 1 1 — 8:00 P.M.— Ameri­can
Legion Auxiliary
meeting.
8:00 P.M. — Lititz Com­munity
Center Board
meeting.
Sept. 1 3— 7:30 P.M.— -Pat]t
Commission meeting.
7:30 P.M.— Board of -Hi s ­torical
Review meeting.
Sept. 1 3 — 7:30 P.M. — Sew-'
Authority meeting.
Miss Lititz contest und6r
th e sponsorship of the
Lititz Jaycees, will be
held In the Springs Park.
Sept. ;l+ — 6:30 P.M. — Eph-r
a t a Toas tmas ters will
meet at the Amvets, Eph-ra
ta .
A ll clubs a n d o rg an iz a tio n A
a re a sk e d to co -o p erate ill tliiS
p ro je c t by callin g th e R ecrea­tion
C e n te r any day from 8 :8 0
p.m. to o p.m., T h u rsd a y a n d
F rid a y s from 10 to 13 a.m.
an d j to 3 p.m. Those wish­in
g to w rite In may do ao- by mailing to P.O. Box 893.