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(C o n s o lid a te d w i th T h e U t l t z R e c o rd , 1937) Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa., Thursday, November 2, 1961 7 c e n t s a C o p y ; $3.00 p e r y e a r b y m a ll
w i th in X ia n c a s te r C o u n ty ; $3.50 e ls ew h e r e . 12 Pages — No. 29
any Names Not On Tuesday’s Election Ballot
Nominees
Fail To
PAINTING A TIMELY REMINDER!
File Oath
Few Contests; Predict!
Light Vote In |
This Area 1
Willi contests for local offi­ces
attra c ting little more than
a ripple of interest, a 1 i fill t
vote of probably no more than
forty per-cent of the (nullified
voters of the Warwick Union j
ansi, is expected to be cast
at the general election Tues­day.
With comparatively little
campaigning going on. Repub­lican
nominees generally were
expected to win election with
a minimum of difficulty, based I
upon former voting habits of
local electors.
And — it was disclosed
this week — this Republican
margin could he considerably
boosted due to the fact th a t
few Democratic names lor lo­cal
offices will appear on the
printed ballot, making it
necessary to write-in all b u t
two Democratic names where
contests exist.
The absence of Democratic
names on the ballot is a result
of the failure of a majority of
local Democratic nominees to
appear a t the County Com­missioners’
office and file a
loyalty oath.
Without this loyalty oath,
no names can be printed on
the ballot, Lancas ter County
Commissioners confirmed this
week.
One local contest affected
thus ly is th a t for Mayor in
which only the name of the
Republican nominee, Dr. Ar­th
u r S. Oriswold, will appear
on the printed ballot in the
voting machine.
Harold Zander. Democratic
nominee, who has been con­ducting
a quiet bit of cam-
(Continued on page 4)
Local Jay cees a r e shown p a in tin g rem in d ­e
rs to th e public to vote th is Tuesday. The
rem in d e rs will be placed on cu rb s Throughout
th e b u sin ess section, a p ra c tic e Jay cees s ta rt-ed
back in 105(5. Those shown aD o v c a re K en ­n
e th Kessler, c h a irm a n ot th e (ict-Out-Thc
\ o te ( 'olJ I in it tee ¡ Donald Caldwvll aild Thomas
H a rte n s tin e .
NOW ON JOB
< ' :
Boro And Warwick Offices To
Be Filled In Tuesday’s Voting
and Lloyd Miller, Democrat, | man, Republican nominee for
New Boro Manager
Armstrong Has
Some New Ideas
On Boro Zoning
Lititz’s new borough ma n a ­ger
has some new and differ­ent
ideas on borough zoning!
“Zoning Laws should be
primarily to improve the com­munity.”
the new manager.
Keith Armstrong, stated in an
interview following the coun­cil
meeting Tuesday night.
“Zoning can only work ef­fectively
when it serves as a
stimulate on to the citizens to
do their best. You will never
get improvement by making
the citizens unhappy.”
Expressing a desire to work
with the entire community
toward planning a more com­prehensive
historical area,
Arms trong stressed the fact
th a t Lititz’s history and his­torical
buildings are one of
the town’s main pulling points.
He refused, however, to
commit himself in regard to
the Historical Commission's
plan to bring in a Havard
group to study the architecture
of the borough.
With a background s tre s ­sing
muncipal planning, Arm­strong
stated th a t he is prim­arily
interested in city man­agement
because of its dive r­sity.
“Up to this time 1 have
worked primarily in city and
municipal works. surveying,
d ra f ting and doing zoning
maps. Lititz will open up a
lContinued on page 4)
One unusual aspect of next
Tuesday’s election is th a t
while most local Democratic
nominees’ names will not he
printed on the voting ma ­chines
or th e paper ballots.
Democrats still will be able to
boast a large n umb e r of s-uc-cesseful
candidates.
This, a perusal of the bal­lots
for the general election
shows, is due to the fact tha t
in an unusually large number
of instances, candidates go be­fore
the voters with both p a r ­ty
nominations.
These include Elme r S.
Hershey, candidate for bor-rotigh
auditor on both party
tickets. In th e Warwick Union
dis tricts of Lititz, Warwick
and Elizabeth, Robert G.
Zartman, of Elizabeth town­ship,
is both Republican and
Democratic nominee for school
auditor.
The filling of two vacancies
on the Warwick Union School
Board a tt ra c ted much a t te n ­tion
and interest a t the Spring
IMumaries. But th i s is not th e
case m Tuesday’s voting inas­much
as both candidates, Dr.
Edward K. Kowalewski, of
Rothsville, and Rev. Robert
W. Ette r , of Briekerville, are
s tandard-bearers for botli ma ­jor,
parties.
in1 the Fir s t Ward, Floyd S.
Hagy is the Republican nom­inee
for borough council.
Howard Dissinger is both
Republican and Democratic
nominee for constable. Christ
B. Koehler also is a two-party
nominee for Judge of Elec­tions.
Charles E. Rineer is
Republican nominee for In ­spector.
In the Second Ward, Thom­as
Rearick, long-time Demo­crat
is the Republican nominee
for constable, and Glenn O-berlin
the Republican nominee
for Judge of Elections. Am­mon
H. Shelly, Republican,
are nominees for the two po­sitions
of Inspector of Elec­tions.
In the newly-created Third
Ward, Robert J. Hanna, Re­publican,
is opposed by George
Kalenich, Democrat, for Bor­ough
Council; Robert Baeh-constable;
Jo h n Newcomer,
Republican nominee for Judge
of Elections, and Lloyd Smith,
Republican nominee for In ­spector
of Elections. No other
Democratic nominees’ names
for ward offices appe a r on the
ballot.
Five State Amendments
To Appear On Ballot
United Ca’paign
At 55 Per-cent
Of Drive Goal
Nearing the completion of
the- Lancas ter County United
Campaign, Raymond A. Runk,
Chairman of the Warwick
Union Area, repor ts a t this
time 5 5.1% raised agains t
last y e a r ’s amount.
Mr. Runk continued th a t he
may be able to make an a n ­nouncement
next week of a
successful campaign on behalf
of the 24 agencies comprising
the United Campaign with a
goal of $1,118,842. . While
commending the volunteers
Hunk urged they not let up in
their work.
In every area of th e cam­paign,
solicitation mus t be
pushed, and those responsible
for carrying out th e i r ass ign­ments
mus t meet the ir d e ad ­line.
Louis L- Bentley, Gener­al
Chairman of the United
Campaign, stated “ i t ’s a ma t ­te
r of simple arithmetic th a t
we mus t have a generous re ­sponse
from subs tantia l n um­bers
of our contr ibutors if we
are to have a victorous cam­p
a ign” .
It may come as ,xi surprise
to many who ente r the polling
booths Tuesday when they will
be faced with the task of vot­ing
for or agains t five import­an
t amendments to the s ta te
constitution.
But the whole thing is cut
and dried, according to politi­cal
leaders inasmuch as both
parties are giving all five pro­posals
their blessing. This al­so
probably explains away the
lack of interest — or inform­ation
— on the proposed a-mendménts.
Breifly, here they are:
( 1 ) An amendment permit-ting
cash re funds without leg­islative
approval.
(2) An amendment to a l­low
the governor to succeed
himself for one additional
term. .
(3) An amendment p e rmit­ting
the Secretary of Internal
Affairs to take office in J a n u ­ary
instead of in May.
( 4 ) Ail a m e n d m e nt ex­empting
the blind and crip­pled
veterans if they are d o u ­ble
amputees, from paying
real estate tax.
(5) Ah amendment allow­ing
the county t r e a su re r to
succeed himself.
Boro Sues |
Over Trees ' | | Destroyed i
¡Reidenbaugh Objects To I
j Using Prison Labor
■ On Fence j
Borough Council is not go-
( ing to take lightly any tamp­ering
with its East Main St.
shade trees!
This they vowed with a
vengeance this week when it |
was decided to bring a civil
suit, agains t Charles Moore,
123 9 E. Main St., in an effort.)
to make him pay for two
' t r e e s they claim he deliberate-:
ly cut down.
Moore previously paid a fine!
I of $10 and costs for destroy-j
ling the trees. The borough a l­so
announced th a t it intends j
to plant two new trees a t the
site a t a cost, of approximately
$40 each.
A o P riso n Ijttbor
One member of council also
objected to a move to use
prison labor in the building of
a proposed wire fence around)
the Lions Playground, West
Second Avenue and Spruce
Streets. He is Roy S. Reiden-baugh
who informed his fellow
members th a t “ I for one do
not like the idea of prison
labor being brought to Lititz.”
The subject of importing
prison labor, something never
before considered here, was
b rought up in es timates of
cost presented for the pro­posed
fence. Council decided to
obtain new estimates, this
time based on reg u la r labor.
After a six months proba­tionary
period of service F r e d ­erick
Lucas was made a per­manent
member of the police
force a t a salary of $3624 a
year. This was an increase of
$216 over his probationary
salary.
The stand-pipe on' Spruce
St., which was cleaned and r e ­paired
recently will again be
slated for repairs this spring
when the interior of th e pipe
will be painted in a effort to
prevent the pipe front pitting
(Continued on page 4)
THE HALLOWE'EN QUEEN Argue Over
Blame For
K. H. Road
Shields Protests Being
Blamed For Closing
Road
Tcm Shields, who r d imats.s
he had .¡pent upward of $50,-
000 on borough improve­ments.
isn't going to take the
blame for the closing of Kis­sel
Hill Road!
This he removed beyond any
i
4- *Séfvv' i shn-í low of a doubt T uesday
» J l f I lliííl*it «heu Ito unpoaro-ri bo-i
l l ' H * fon* borough council and d e ­p
i p oí« r ‘ (1 that bol ll borough
O flìo ¡ais and Warwick; To wri­,
ÿM# ship super visf irs liavo. te soma
f j p . ¡r ' exto 111, been 1 ry ing to place
'IMífc \ res¡ misibiUty for lln" s tre e t
) closing on him.
Shields, who began con­structing
homes here some
) years ago, financed the build-p
i |>iig of an interceptor sewer as
" a part of this project. An a-
120 Children Complete
Hallowe’en Paintings
A wid^ variety of ghosts
and hobgoblins completely
took over the business section
of Lititz this week when ap­proximately
120 children pas­ted
over 8 0 paintings on local
s tore windows. This was in
accordance with the annua l
Hallowe’en Window Painting
Contest sponsored by the Rec.
Center.
The paintings again this
year were made on paper, and
then pasted on the merchants
windows, this eliminated the
need for children to pa int in
the outdoors as well as the
mess of mixing paints in front
of the stores.
Judges on Tuesday a f t e r ­noon
announced the names of
the 38 winners in the contest.
They were:
High School — 1st Prize,
James Wiegand, F la n a g a n ’s;
2nd Prize, Sheila Brubaker;
J. B. Hess Men’s Wear, and
3rd Prize, Nancy Bredthaue r,
F la n a g a n ’s.
8th Grade — 1st Prize,
Dawn Ke tte rman, J. B. Hess
Men’s Ware; 2nd Prize, Ma r ­cia
Groves and Ka th y Will,
G e a rh a r t ’s; and 3rd Prize,
tie between Ba rb a ra Spaid and
Laurie Strickler, G e a rh a r t ’s
and Ba rb a ra Kreider, Carpet
Shop.
LIONS GAME NETS
(Di l l TWO CENTS
The re c e n t p ro b a sk e tb a ll
game a t Warwick High,
n e tte d th e L ititz Lions,
sp onsors of th e game, fe a ­tu
r in g Wilt th e S tilt, ex a c t­ly
two cen ts, Jo h n Waga-lnan,
m em b er of th e Lions
comm ittee, rev e a led y e s te r­day.
In fo rm e r y e a rs th e
game was a r e a l revcime-p
ro d u c c r h e re .
7th Grade — 1st Prize went
to Doris Snyder, Armold's;
2nd Prize to Sandra McConag-hay
and Connie Hollinger, Kel­le
r ’s; and 3rd Prize tie be­tween
Mike Keller and La r ry
Gordley, Armold’s and Su
zanne Rice, Variety Center.
6 th Grade - Lititz — 1st
Prize to Cathy Peffer and
Carol Diehm, Spacht’s; 2nd
Prize to Dennis Brown, Her-shey’s
Shoe Store; and 3 rd
Prize to Susan Sprout and
Gail Grube, Spacht’s.
6th Grade of jo h n Beck and
Rothsville — 1st Prize, Bever­ly
Weaver; Joseph Wild; 2nd
Prize, Robert Seibert and
Howett Seiverling, Joseph
Wild; and 3rd Prize to Pa
tricia Biesiot, Carpet Shop.
5th Grade - Lititz — Tst
Prize to Brenda Rossi and
Rebecca Shannon, Western
Auto; 2nd Prize tie between
Suzanne Martin and Linda* Co­lon,
Pos te rs ; and Richard
Kroech and Michael Carvell
McElroy’s; 3rd Prize tie be­tween
Susan Himmelberger &
Susan Workman, Rannel's
Beauty Shop and Deborah
Goodman, McElroy’s
5th Grade - Jo h n Beck &
Rothsville — 1st Prize, Mar­ta
Smith, Parkview Hotel; 2nd
Prize to Elizabeth Biesiot,
Ben n e r ’s Drug Store; and 3rd
Prize tie between J a y Bowman
and Barry Todd, Ran ck ’s Meat
Market and Ba rb a ra Balmer
and Virginia Sweigart, Bea’s
Beauty Patch.
Winners listed above should
repor t to the Recreation Cen­te
r Friday, November 3 to
pick up the ir cash prizes.
The Recreation Department
wishes to th ank the downtown
merchants for the use of their
windows and the time given to
each of the contestants.
— Record-Express Photo.
Mary Ann Hess, a ttra c tiv e Warwick High School Senior,
Is shown ¡it. th e .judges’ sta n d sh o rtly a lte r being selected
a n d crowned tin Hallowe’en Queen a t th e cele b ra tio n h ere
Tu esd ay n ig h t.
Crowning Of Queen
Highlights Parade Here
Reading Blinker
Frustrating Tot
Driver Of Bus
The Reading Railroads' con­stantly-
blinking red light
where the trucks cross Broad
Street, long the source of c r i t­icism
here,, almost came in
for a real test Tuesday a f te r ­noon
when the driver of a bus­load
of tourists momentarily
refused to cross — and suc­ceeded
in backing up traffic
beyond the Square.
The bus, owned by the Sch-enck
Transpor tation Co., of
Floral Park, Long Island, N.
Y., and driven by F ran k
Schwartz, was filled with New-
Yorkers on a tour of Lancas­te
r County. As the bus ap­proached
th e crossing, the
blinker was flashing red —
jus t as it had been flashing
for the previous half hour
when several freight cars were
left standing on the main
track.
Within a few moments t r a f ­fic
behind the bus extended
beyond the firehouse. When
bystanders tried to explain to
Schwarts he might, have to re ­main
the re for anothe r hour
if he insisted on a clear, go-ahead
signal, the driver ex­plained
he could not legally go
ahead.
,“ I am regulated strictly by
the In te r s ta te Commerce Cont-mssion
and I am told specifi­cally
not to cross any cross­ing
where a red blinker is
flashing — why d o n ’t they
have a guard stationed h e re ? ”
he asked. “ Eithe r th a t o r get
a polieman to give nte the sig­nal
to proceed.”
No police were in sight,
however, and a f te r several
near-crashes resulted when
othe r cars attempted to go a-round
his, Schwarts gave vent
to a few personal opinions on
such tactics, and drove off.
“At the moment I do not
know whether he is r ight or
not.” Chief of Police George
Hicks declared later, adding
“ hut I do know th a t those
blinkers a re abused all the
time. There really should be
something done about it .”
With subjects ranging from
an omihous impersonation of
Khrushie to a delightful group
of walking watermelons, Lit­itz’
Hallowe’en parade here
Tuesday night proved one of
the most picturesque ever held
here.
With tho Warwick Junior
High School Band and the
Community Band, made up of
veteran musicians of town,
furnishing the music, the par­ade
traversed th e center of
town where curbs wore lined
with several thousand persons.
In te re s t centered in the
crowning of the Hallowe’en
Queen a t the ju d g e s ’ s tand in
the first block of East Main
Street with pretty Mary Ann
Hess, of Oregon, receiving the
coveted crown. She was flank-de
on either side by the two
runners-ups, Betty Kauffman
and Donna Slagle, all Warwick
High School seniors.
Officials of the Lititz Lions
Club, who sponsored the a n ­nual
affair, escorted the young
ladies from the parade to
their places of honor on tho
judges'’ stand. Following, the
parade, spectators joined the
mummers in a block party fea­tur
in g sandw-iches and cider
— plus dancing to amplified
music a t tho Center.
Brownie Troop 15, led by
Mrs. Curtis Long and dressed
as watermelons, received the
grand prize of $15.
Prizes in tho childrens ’ div­ision
'went to: most artistic.
Kathy Carpenter, Lititz; most,
comical couple, Jeff Hostler,
Frances Hertz, Charles and
Joseph Canter; most original
individual, Joe Stoyanovitch;
most original couple, Nevin
Weidler and Linda Mowrer;
youngest, Karen Knior, 16
moil ills old.
Adult division, most a r t is ­tic,
Gillis Miller, Sheridan;
most comical, Darla Griffith;
most’ original couple, Violet
and Barbara Frederick: most
artistic group, Brownie Troop
3 4 2, led by Mrs. Robert Posey
and Mrs. Nick Rosenberg;
mosj comical group, Brownie
Troop 252, Brunnerville, led
by Mrs. Ed Dovaux and Mrs.
D. Weaver; most original
group, Girl Scout Troop 118,
led by Mrs, S. Young.
grrement with the borough
entitles him to streets and re­funds
which the borough has
since questioned. 11© also em­phasized
tha t ho has paid $2,-
8 58 in school taxes for whicn
he has received no benefit
in loud rebuttals, borough
councilm en took the s tand
that Warwick Township su­pervisors
are not co-operating
in the re-building of Kissel
Hill Road and the borough 13
not willing to go ahead and
shoulder this cost.
The supervisors, on the oth-
(Coutinued on page 4)
Schools Plan
Open House
Roth Hie high school and
the elementary schools of the
Warwick Union School Dis­trict
will be open to parents
during next week in comme­moration
of American Educa­tion
Week.
The elementary schools of
the district will be opened* to
parents all day Wednesday and
parents will bo allowed to sit
in on regular Classes.
Open House will be held
the high school Tuesday even­ing
from 7 to 9 p.m. G. Mar­lin
Spaid, supervising princi­pal,
stressed, however, th a t
parents are invited to visit, the
school anytime during the day
if I hey so desire.
Salk Polio Clinic To Be
Held Here Saturday
A Balk anti-polio vaccine
clinic will be set up this Sat­urday
at, the Lititz ’ American
Legion Homo, 109 N. Broad
Street.
Ja ck H. Pontz is clinic
chairman.
This Free Public Clinic ' is
sponsored by the Lititz Amer­ican
Legion Home. The clinic,
hours are from 9 a.m. to 12
(iNoon 1. There is no charge
for the shots and they will be
given to anyone needing : a
first, second, third, fourth, or
booster shot.
As has been the case in all
these free public Salk vaccine
clinics, the Salk Vaccine will
be supplied by the Lancaster
County March of Dimes Com­mittee
and the noccssary need-
Hicks Lauds
Local Youths
Chief of Police George Hicks
this week had anothe r good
word for Warwick area youths.
“ I would like to take this
opportunity to compliment the
youths of our area for their
good conduct during the Hal­lowe’en
season,” he declared.
“ During the past week we
have been reading many ac­counts
of vandalism in ne a r ­by
municipalities,” he continu­ed.
“ In view of all this publi­city
I thin k it is only fair to
repor t th a t in Lititz the police
dep a r tmen t did not receive
one complaint of vandalism or
malicious mischief.”
“This is an admirable re ­cord
and we are proud of
you,” Chief Hicks concluded.
les and syringes will be fu rn ­ished
by the Lancaster office
of the State Department, of
Health.
Christian C. Rudy, chapter
chairman, pointed out tha t to
da te tile Lancaster County Po­lio
Chapter has given FREE,
157,682 Salk Vaccine immun­ization
vaccinations here in
Lancaster County and with the
“ polio season” a t hand, the
chapte r is preparing for a
large number of persons need­ing
their first,, second, third,
fourth, or booster shot.
Jayne-cees Plan
County Social
Mrs. Albert Vigunas, pres i­dent
of the Jayne-cees, presid­ed
at, the Jayne-cee meeting
held on Tuesday in the Recrea­tion
Center.
F u r th e r plans were made
for the Card Pa r ty - Fashion
Show - Bazaar to be held in
the Center a t 8 p.m. Th u r s ­day.
Tickets can be obtained
a t the door.
Plans wore also made to go
in a group to the county so­cial
a t Mount Joy on Novem­ber
6. The Lititz Jayne-cees
arc helping to sponsor the so­cial.
F a th e r Driscoll. gave a talk
on “The Civic And Moral
Duties For Us As Members Of
A Civic Club.”
The Hallowe’en Parly, held
a t Spring Lake on Saturday
for the Jayne-cees and their
husbands, was a success. Prizes
were given for costumes and
ref reshments were served.
Community
Calendar
Nov. 1i— 6:30 P.M. — Lion3
Club at General Sutter
Hotel.
7:00 P.M. --- Tile Good
Order Committee Meeting
of I.O.O.F.
8:00 P.M. — Table Ten­nis
match a t Recreation
Center — Lititz vs. Boys
Club, Lancaster.
8:00 P.M. — Jaynecees
Card Pa r ty and Fashion
Show a t the Recreation
Center.
Nov. B—Rolling Hills G i r l
Scout meeting a t St.
Luke's United Church of
Christ.
Nov. I— 2:00 P.M.— Football
Warwick vs. Donegal —-
Home Game.
4 - 8 P.M. — Ham Sup­per
at I.O.O.F. Hall spon­sored
by the Lititz Guild
of the Lancaster Osteo­pathic
Hospital.
Nov. (5— 6:30 P.M. D i n n e r
Meeting of the I.O.O.F.
at. Lodge Hall,
8:00 P.M. — American
Legion Auxiliary meeting.
Nov. 7— 6:00 P.M. — Rotary
Club mooting.
7:00 P.M. — Zoning Ad­ju
s tmen t meeting.
Nov. 8—-1:00 P.M. — New­comers
Club a t the Rec
Center.
7:30 P.M. — Sewer Au­thority
meeting.
Nov. »—8:00 P.M. — ABCD
Club meeting at the Rec
Center.
8:00 P.M. — Table Ten­nis
match at Recreation
Center — Lititz vs. Eph-rut-
a.
8:00 P.M. — “ Holiday
Fashions,” sponsored by
the NUGIETTS Girls Club
of the Ephrata Recreation
Center, a t the Fulton St.
School, Ephra ta .