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T he LlTITZ RECORD - Serving The Warwick Union Area For Nearly A Express Century TO CALL BORO POLICE MA 6-2209 TO REPORT A FIRE MA 6-2100 85th Year E s ta b lis h e d A p ril, 1877, a s T h e S u n b e am (C o n so lld a ie d w ith T h e X>ititz R e cord, 1937) Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa., Thursday, November 30, 1961 7 c e n ts a Copy; $3.00 p e r y e a r b y m a ll J 2 P a c e s ___ N o 3'-* w ith in L a n c a s te r C o u n ty ; 83.M) e ls ew h e re . ” Hicks Seeks Traffic Lights At Square And Second Avenue Traffic lights at the Square which will include pedes trian walk signals were recommended to borough council this week by Chief of Police George liicks. Ins tallation of traffic signals at the Square, which have been considered off-and-on for the past ten years, was one of several suggestions offered by Chief Hicks as r e su lt of a recent borough police survey for ways and means of improving the handling of traffic in the borough. Chief Hicks also recommended installation of traffic lights at Second Avenue and Broad Street as well as th e fulltime operation of the traffic lights at Lincoln Avenue and Broad Street. Discussing lights a t the Square. Chief Hicks pointed out th a t the State Highway Department approved lig h ts at the Square in a survey made In 1958 b u t th a t the borough delayed action a t th a t time due to the lack of ready funds. In asking th a t lights be placed at Second Avenue, Chief Hicks pointed out th a t traffic here has increased in recent years due to the building of many homes in the outlying sections. The proposed Sutter Village development will fu r th e r Increase the need for these light*,- he. said. ----- - -... •Although lis tening Intently to Chief Hicks' suggestions, members of council took no action a t th e i r meeting this 151 Students On Warwick Hi Honor Roll Supervising Principal G. Marlin Spaid announced this week th a t 151 s tu d en ts of the Warwick High School have been named to the Honor Roll for the fi r s t mark in g period. Students on the Honor Roll are:1 2A, Jame s Boose, Rochelle Clair, Terry Dagen. • . 12B, Rose Marie Grabill, La r ry Greybill, Claudia Hostet-ter, Hlchard Keller. 12C, William Lindeman, Carol Ludwig, Marcia Meiskey, Lester Nagle, Nancy Nauman, Betty Peiffer, Barbara pennell, : Doris Peters, J a n e t Reiden- ^ b a u g h . i week but indicated th a t the proposals will be discussed thoroughly a t the next me e ting. In order to install the lights d uring th e coming year, provisions will have to be made on the 19 6 2 budget now being drawn up, it was explained. Chief Hicks also announced th a t tickets for wrong-side parking will be issued, s ta rting tomorrow. Courtesy cards have been placed on cars parked on the wrong side for the past two months, but from now on the violation will carry a fine of one dollar — each I time! Stores Start Xmas Hours Chris tmas shopping in Lititz got off to a flying s ta r t during the past week! And with stores filled to the doors with gif t suggestions, ail Lititz retail stores will re main open thi s Fr iday and Saturday evenings until 9 p.m. — to make Chris tmas shopping in Lititz still more convenient. The post-Thanksgiving weekend heralded yule shopping in a big way, local re ta ile r s re ported. And while Santa Claus had to postpone his arrival from Friday to Saturday morning, due to a heavy d ow n pour Friday, he succeeded in spreading the word of Chris tmas gift offerings into all sections of the Warwick Union area. Star ting next week, local stores will be open all day Thursday and s ta r tin g Friday of next week, stores will re main open every evening until Christmas. With Chris tmas coming on Monday, shopping is expected to last r ig h t up to closing time Saturday night, December 23. Collectors To Organize The rapid increase in popular ity of Coin Collecting th ro u g h o u t the Lititz-Lancas-ter area has prompted the Re creation Center to propose the organization of a Coin Club in Lititz. 12D, Dorcas Saylor Truda Smith, Patricia Welle.' 11 A, Ray Alvarez, Pau l Beittenmiller, Ma r th a Bred-thauer, William Briibaker, Louise Christener, Carol1 Cox, Margaret Engle. I I B, Mary Fasnacht, Joanne Givler, Helen Good, Mary Groff, Ba rb a ra Grube, Philip Hess, Dale Huber, Susan Kauffman. I IC, Linda Miller,. Rebecca Newcomer, Donna Rosenberg, John Sheaffer. I ID, Sally Shue, Kristen Shuman, Kr is tina Sigmund, Marilyn Simcock, Carol Swarr, Linda Ulrich, Robert Wolfe, Patr icia Yeagley, Barbara Zander. lOA, Sheila Brubaker, Geo. Clark, Elaine Dagen, Sandra Donley. IOB, Deborah Eckert, Linda Eh rh a r t , Elaine Graybill, Marsha Iielter. IOC, Emily Klenln, Cheryl Lausch, Miriam Myer, JoAnne Pfautz. IOD, Donald Rannels, Richa rd Reese, Douglas Rossi, Beth Bunk, Pa tr ic ia Simon, AudrOy Snader, Dennis Solt, Diane Spaid. (Continued on page 3) Open House At Brunnerville This Evening The Board of Education of the Warwick Union School District. Lititz Area School Authority, parents, and friends of education a re invited to attend an open house a t the John Beck Elementa ry School, Bru n nerville between seven and nine p.m. Thur sday evening. The citizens of Warwick Union School District will he guided by sixth grade pupils to the classrooms and facilities of the school and shown the new additions to the building. Teachers will be In th e i r classrooms to greet the guests and answer questions. The firs t meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, December 12th, s ta r tin g a t 7 p.m. and xt-nr be held a t the I. Walton Bobst Recreation Center. All persons young and old, interested in the s tudy and collection of coins a re invited to attend and become a member of th e new organization. After the organizational meeting, and if time permits, a coin auction will be con-dute* L, Special features are being planned for younger members as well as advanced collectors. Fo r fu r th e r informa-tiin concerning the club contact th e Recreation Center. Warwick Lions Plan Yule Party Plans for the annual Chris tmas P a r ty were made a t the meeting of th e Warwick Twp. Lions Club a t the meeting held on Tuesday evening In the Memorial Building, Rothsvillc. The party will be held on Saturday, December 2 3 a t 1:30 p.m. in the Rothsville Elementa ry School building and will include all the children under twelve years of age in Warwick Township. There will he en te r ta inment and gifts for the children. The committee on a r ran g emen t s includes: Raymond Groff, cha irman, Ben Forney, Fred Kauffman, Edward Bowser and Ha r lan Weit. The Club is selling Chris tmas trees on Ben Fo rn ey ’s property for the benefit of the party. Ladies Night is being p lanned for December 12th. LEGION AUXILIARY SUPPER MONDAY The Ladies Auxiliary of the American Legion will hold a covered dish supper on Monday evening a t 6:00 p.m. at. the P o s t Home. Mrs. Francis Miller, the president, will be in charge. IT'S ALMOST FREEZING — BUT THE WORK GOES ON! i s « » — Rcs’ord-Exjm'fw Photo. Large quantities o f dirt, already have High School parking lot, Willis Kucher and been moved about in the preliminary grad- Paul Mndlein are seen working at the site ing for the borough swimming pool, in tho of the bath house, photo above, taken from the W a r w i c k _________________ ■ Weather Slows Up-But Fails To Stop Work On Swimming Pool Project The advent of freezing weather, plus high winds, this week slowed down but failed to stop progress on th e building of the borough’s new swimming pool project. Several large d ir t - moving machines were changing much of the te r ra in ju s t north of the parking lot at th e north side of the Warwick Hig|h School. The cold weather in no Council announced th a t the committee will be empowered to take care of a l l . operational aspects of the pool, to plan the sale of tickets and to interview and h ire ,» pool man ag e r with the consent of council. Members of the committee are: Curtis Amidon, Wendel f lower , Floyd Hagy, George Kalenich, Steve Palkovic and Pat Mastromatteo. . .. Council also opened bids for the pool sewer line and re f e r r ed them to the Sewer Authority, , . ■ ; ' ■ . Bids, were received from Mosentan and Co., Harrisburg; Be rn h a r t Inc., Lebanon; Ro-gelli, Ha rrisburg; Paul Barry, Richland; IVIt. Joy Construction Co., Landisville; :and R o g e r Gerhart, Lititz, - ; way hampered this part of the work with contractor s a s s e r ting th a t only a heavy snow at this time, would servo to halt operations. i On the other hand, Willis Bucher, local contractor, declared th a t ' the cold we a the r had halted the pouring of concrete for the foundation . of the bath house. All preliminary work has been completed and the pouring of concrete would ’ have s ta r ted Tuesday morning had the cold we a the r abatted. Historical Foundation Plans Antique Show The firs t step in the plan to raise funds for the res toration of the historic Wisslcr Homo on Eas t Main Street will be an antique show to .b e held in the. Recreation Center July 4th to 6th, members of the Lititz Historical Foundation decided Tuesday evening. studying bills presented the State Legislature by othe r similar groups elsewhere. At the proper time, , it was indicated, efforts will be made to have tho State Legislature approve the proposed museum here and to appropr ia te funds for it. Work this week included of completing the sewer line excavation front the hath house. Name ('o)nmittec A six man committee was named by the borough council a t its meeting Tuesday to take care of tho operation of the pool. Disputes Boro Ruling On Opening Streets The boruogh is all wrong in the s tringent man n e r it is seeking to protect newly-paved streets from being torn up, UGI ' officials complained Tuesday night. The ordinance passed in 1957 prohibits s treets from being re-opened within live years of being paved. But enforcing this to the letter lias h u r t UGI competition - wise, Robert Yerger, UGI operating manager, informed borough council. “No other subdivision in our a re a requires a permit to servo a customer within live years a fte r the s tre e t is paved,’’ lie stated, “ and since Februar-v of 19.57 not one of our reques ts for a permit of this type has been approved." “Wo a re asking for a more realistic trial of each case on its own merit. Where a r e quest for gas conies to us a f ter the street has been laid, and where the reques t is beyond our control to anticipate we ask th a t Council g ra n t our request, and allow us to serve these people.’’ Yerger gave council the names of five local es tablishments . and homes which, though considering gas, had been forced to put off the consideration or to change it be-beeause of council’s decision a-gains t opening the streets. Council, in turn, retorted th a t it had considered each case oil its own merit. But th a t it felt th a t tile s treets and their welfare were of gre a te r importance to the people of the borough. Wendell Hower, councilman, stated th a t especially in the case of new construction council tended to be lenient in re gard to the opening of streets. The plan for the - antique show similar to th a t presented during the Bi-Centennial, was presented by Kicliard Rader, member of the Foundation. “Aside from the fact tha t an event of this type is in keeping with tho best interes t and c h a r a c t e r of . .the entire conuminiiy. it: seems fitting that this hisorical group should sponsor it,” Pos tmas ter Rader asserted. : ' Alfred Douple, president of the Foundation, will appoint a show committee this week with authorization, to proceed immediately in planning the show. The Foundation also spent some time Tuesday evening Carols by Candlelight, Wa r wick High School’s annual prelude to the Christmas season for Warwick Union residents will be. presented on Sunday afternoon, December 10th, at 3 p .n u according to an announcement made this week by the music d epa r tment of the high school. The program will contain many traditional customs and decorations seen in previous years as well as' familiar carols sung and played by the Jun io r High Girls’ Chorus, the Brass Choir, affift; the Senior High Glee Club, Several outs tanding f e a tures of this ye a r ’s program Dr. Bricker Hurt In Fall Dr. Elizabeth Bricker, of North Rroad St., is a patient in the General Hospital where she is recovering from a concussion sus tained in a fall in Lancas ter Tuesday. At the time of the mishap, Miss Bricker was boarding the Lititz bus on North Queen Street. Admitted to the General Hospital, she was found to be suffering from amnesia, caused by the concussion. Dr. Joseph W. Grosli, who is t re a tin g Dr. Bricker, rep o r ted her condition much improved yesterday. The basis of some previous appropriations has been th a t the museum be s ta r ted and th a t the sponsoring organization, in this case th e His torical Foundation, raise opproxi-mately half the funds needed. In other action taken a t the meeting it was revealed that, an immediate m o n e y -m a k e r could well he the sale of permanently hound volumes ' of the Bi-Ceiileiinial Celebration. Copies of this book have jus t been received from the bindery which would make interes ting Chris tmas gifts to those, former native Lititz friends who did n ’t have the opportunity to pa rtake in the celebration several years ago. will be a new' stage set-tinr and the first public performance of an original drama , “The Night Jo u rn e y ”—a play for voices. Written by Robert E. Bourdelle. English ins truc t o r ' a t tlie high school, it was first performed d uring an assembly program last year. The script calls for dialogue by four speakers, interspersed with .appropriate vocal and Ins trumenta l Chris tmas selections. and pantomines of the familiar scenes in the Chris tmas story. Cast members for “The Night Jo u rn e y ” will lie d i r ected . by Margaret Steiner and Rboert Ilourdette. The posters and programs are being prepared in the graphic a rts d e pa r tmen t under the direction of Richard Murr and Richie Moorehead. The music will lie in charge of Henry Steiner and Lee Hankie. hand and choral directors at the high school. William Hamp, president of the Glee Chib will handle other a r rangements for the program. LEAGUE TURKEY DINNER MONDAY, DECEMBER 11 The annual tu rk e y supper of the Young Men’s Business League will be held in tlie league home on Monday, December 11 a t 6 p.m. A program of games will he presented following the supper. Students To Present Carols By Candlelight New County Assessment Figures Disturbing Property Owners What served the same dis-turbing purpose of a veritable “ bomb-shell” was dropped in the laps of a large number of local property owners Tuesday and Wednesday of this week when the first of th e county re-assessment figures were re ceived here. Tlie notices a re part of the county's re-assessment program which lias been given considerable publicity over the past few years — but still served to shock those who to-d a te have been advised as to the change in their assessments. Several local property owners who called the Record- Express to voice their woeful complaints, asserted their as sessments have been more than doubled. “ If I have to pay twice as much borough and school tax as last year, I’ll have to sell my home,” ’one elderly woman asserted. Advised that the assessment figure does not mean she will liaye to pay more than double in. dollars and cents, she failed to regard this as of much importance. Nor would slio have received much or any re-assurance had 50 Attend In Center The Recreation Membership Drive s ta r ted Monday night with a kick-off meeting at the new Recreation Center. Captains and the chairmen of the drive met to plan th e Annual Door*to-Door campaign. There were over 50 persons present for this kick-off meeting and ovor 150 persons will begin the door-to-door campaign this week. The Recreation Center h a sn 't held a door-to-door campaign for membership since 1 957, but with the permission of the Community Chest and with the increased cost of the 'new building this drive is essential to meet operational expenses. The co-chairmen of this drive urge' all residents of the School District to take part in this drive. IndividuSi Membership costs $l.(ip, Family Membership, $5.00, and Lifetime Family Membership, $50.00. Membership is required to participate in ,any one of the 110 activities offered by the Recreation ¿ e n te r . Remember -4K* aeUvUie» and . programs Enck Says People Don't Want Fence The Lion’s P 1 a y g r o u n d Fence came to the fore in the Borough Council meeting Tuesday night only to be put off for fu r th e r study and deliberation. The Boro Man ag e r ,. Keith Armstrong, reported th a t a fence completely a round the playground would cost an estimated $1840 with the fence running about $1.38 a foot without labor. After Arms trong’s rep o r t Roy Enck, pres ident of Council, stated th a t he had received several phone calls d uring the month an d th a t each of the callers had been agains t the fence. The topic was then dropped without a decision. A bill submitted by Mr. and Mrs. F ra n k Fry, E. Main St., for building a retaining wall on their proper ty was re je c ted on the grounds th a t no actual damage was done to their ya rd by th e Main St. leveling. Council agreed to a c t on a reques t by Mr. Balmor to. place , s t re e t lights a t the end of Rome Road, near his two newly cons tructed houses. In othe r business council granted expenses to any of its members to a ttend three (Continued o n 'p a g e 6) Kick-off Campaign may bo. added If sufficient interest is shown. Membership Drive co-chairmen are Mrs. Albert Ebbert, Mrs. John Skinner, Mrs. Ha r ry Eslileman, and Mrs. Rodney Wolfe, announce th a t if any one Is missed d ur ing this doór-to-door campaign, they may obtain membership cards by contacting the above names or by sending the ir checks to the Lititz Community Center, Box 225, Lititz, Pa., or by stopping at the new I. Walton Bobst Recreation Center. If checks are sent in membership cards will be received in the (Continued on page 3) Many Deer Hunters To Leave Sat. Several hun d red h unte r s , from the Warwick a re a will depart for Western Pennsylvania over the week-end for the opening of the deer season next woek —■ with preliminary surveys indicating extra- fine hunting. Very little snow ha>s fallen in any of the deer-abounding tier of counties in Northwestern Pennsylvania and the cold weather has tended to make conditions ideal. In addition to practically all of the long-established clubs from this area, this y e a r ’s contingent of Warwick hunte r s participating include a number of new clubs and hunting combinations. The most unusual of these will be a camp of from six to e ig h t deaf-mutes from th e area, headed by James Grube, of Brunnerville. All have obtained h unting licenses and have established their hunting camp in Tioga County. Other groups from the Brunnerville a re will include a club headed by Wayne Grube and a group of approximately sixteen members headed by Eugene Buch-tcr, local barber. One of the new clubs formed is the Fe rn Hill Hunt (Bub headed by Jus tice of the Peace Paul F. Diehm and including his sons, Paul, Jr., and Dale in addition to Ammon Shelley and Donald Kepner. Their camp is located in Po tte r Co. (Continued from Page 1 ) This camp is n ear, th a t of Tony’s Hunting Club of which ’Squire Diehm formerly was a member. Tony’s club includes Paul Irvin, Clarence Irvin, Lloyd Shre la e r, Isaac Bom-berger, Jo h n Ludwig and Ammon Shelley.’ (Continued on page 6) she attended the monthly meeting of borough council Tuesday evening when President Roy Enck merely admitted that: “ it is extremely doubtful tha t there will he an Increase in taxes this year — in fact. I imagine tho millage will drop.” At tlie sains meeting, Enck announced fio had been advis' d by county officials tha t the borough’s assessed properly valuation has jumped 27. f per-cent due to the re-assessment. lie added that the pre- ',ent, figure of $5,960,880 will probably he reduced by three per-cent by the time the final assessment figures are approved. This still means a, jump of a million dollars over last ye a r ’s assessment total. At the time (he county roll s s e s s in c n t program was launched, it was pointed out I hat a higher assessment total will he adjus ted by a corresponding reduction in the tax rate, producing the same total in dollars and cents. Tha t most municipalities and school dis tricts are contemplating using the re-assessment. total us a moans of getting in more green stuff for their treasuries seemed more or less obvious with officials now pointing out tha t —- with Lancaster becoming a third class county — there is no limit, on the amount of increase a borough can impose. The borough council’s a t t i tude will lie clarified December 14 when a special budget meeting will bo held and will discuss the new assessment figure at length. At the same time, Warwick Union School Officials disclosed (hey have been given no hill! as lo the new ansosa-menl figures for I hair dis trict 1 which includes not only the borough but. Warwick and E-iizabeth Townships as well. Informally discussing tho matter, school officials as s e rted tha t a big boost in the assessment by no means a big boost in school taxes. “The budget is drawn up to d e te r mine the amount needed for the budget, and then the. mill-age is set to produce this a-mount,” Supervising Principal Marlin Spaid said. “ it. is simple arithmetic —- if the assessment goes up the tax rate goes down,” he added. But to many of those now receiving their new assessment notices, tlie figures reported have a disconcerting if not ominous affect! Rebekah Yule Party And Dinner Tuesday The Lady Sutter Rebekah Lodge will hold its annual Christmas dinner and party on Tuesday evening, December 5, beginning at 6:30 in the Odd Fellows Hall, North Broad St. Everyone is asked to bring a small Chris tmas gift for the grab bag. Also anyone in te r ested in coining please notify Mrs. George Ludwig before Saturday evening. Community Calendar Nov. !IO— 7:30 P.M, — Senior Citizens meeting a t the Recreation Center. 8:00 p :m . — Table Tennis match at the Recreation Center. 8:00 P.M. — Stamp Club meet ing a t the Recreation Center. Boro Forms Battle Lines To Combat Heavy Snows! Heavy snowfalld won’t h amper Lititz this year if the battle plans worked out by the new borough manager. Keith Arms trong, a re any indication of borough prepa redness. Under the plan presented to council Tuesday night the boro will be divided, “ s tre e t wise,” into five “ priority a re a s .” "We a re not doing anything really different,” Arms trong stated, “What we have done is to divide the s treets into one through five priority r a t ings, according to the amount of traffic using them, then these streets , d ur ing a snow, will be cleared in this order of traffic priority.” Arms trong also brought up the possibility of the borough installing phones in some of the ir vehicles in order to be able to cordinate their efforts be tte r during a heavy snow. The proposed phones Avon Id cost an es timated $4 00. Again this year, in - th e case of an extremely heavy snow, the borough will call in private contractors to help them over the heaviest p a r t of the cloaring. Priority ra tings of the boro a re as announced: Priority one, first area to be cleared in case of snow: Broad St., East Main St.., and West Lincoln Avenue. Priority Two, second area to be cleared: E. Lincoln from Broad to New; Fro n t St. from Broad to Locust; Kline St.; Cedar St. from North Borough limits to Marion; Orange St.; (Continued on page 6) Dec. 1— 4:00 P.M. — J r . High Basketball - Warwick vs. Ephrata. Home game. 8: 00 P.M. — Varsity Basketball - Warwick vs. So-lunco - Home. Dec. ’J— Farm Society Women No. 1 will ente r ta in a t the Moravian Home. Dec. 1 —7:00 P.M, — LO.O.F. meeting. 8 : 0 0 p.M — American Le gion Auxiliary meeting. Dee. 5— 6:00 P.M. —• Rotary Club meeting. 7 : 0 P.M. — Zone Adjus tment meeting. Dee. <[— 6:30 P.M. — A B C meeting a t E v a n ’s Res taurant. Manlieim. Dee. 7— 6:30 P.M. — Linns Club meeting at the General Sutter. 7:30 P.M. — Lititz Fire Company Auxiliary Chris tmas Party a t the Fire Hall. 8: 00 P.M. — Table Tennis match.
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Title | Lititz Record Express |
Masthead | Lititz Record Express 1961-11-30 |
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Full Text | T he LlTITZ RECORD - Serving The Warwick Union Area For Nearly A Express Century TO CALL BORO POLICE MA 6-2209 TO REPORT A FIRE MA 6-2100 85th Year E s ta b lis h e d A p ril, 1877, a s T h e S u n b e am (C o n so lld a ie d w ith T h e X>ititz R e cord, 1937) Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa., Thursday, November 30, 1961 7 c e n ts a Copy; $3.00 p e r y e a r b y m a ll J 2 P a c e s ___ N o 3'-* w ith in L a n c a s te r C o u n ty ; 83.M) e ls ew h e re . ” Hicks Seeks Traffic Lights At Square And Second Avenue Traffic lights at the Square which will include pedes trian walk signals were recommended to borough council this week by Chief of Police George liicks. Ins tallation of traffic signals at the Square, which have been considered off-and-on for the past ten years, was one of several suggestions offered by Chief Hicks as r e su lt of a recent borough police survey for ways and means of improving the handling of traffic in the borough. Chief Hicks also recommended installation of traffic lights at Second Avenue and Broad Street as well as th e fulltime operation of the traffic lights at Lincoln Avenue and Broad Street. Discussing lights a t the Square. Chief Hicks pointed out th a t the State Highway Department approved lig h ts at the Square in a survey made In 1958 b u t th a t the borough delayed action a t th a t time due to the lack of ready funds. In asking th a t lights be placed at Second Avenue, Chief Hicks pointed out th a t traffic here has increased in recent years due to the building of many homes in the outlying sections. The proposed Sutter Village development will fu r th e r Increase the need for these light*,- he. said. ----- - -... •Although lis tening Intently to Chief Hicks' suggestions, members of council took no action a t th e i r meeting this 151 Students On Warwick Hi Honor Roll Supervising Principal G. Marlin Spaid announced this week th a t 151 s tu d en ts of the Warwick High School have been named to the Honor Roll for the fi r s t mark in g period. Students on the Honor Roll are:1 2A, Jame s Boose, Rochelle Clair, Terry Dagen. • . 12B, Rose Marie Grabill, La r ry Greybill, Claudia Hostet-ter, Hlchard Keller. 12C, William Lindeman, Carol Ludwig, Marcia Meiskey, Lester Nagle, Nancy Nauman, Betty Peiffer, Barbara pennell, : Doris Peters, J a n e t Reiden- ^ b a u g h . i week but indicated th a t the proposals will be discussed thoroughly a t the next me e ting. In order to install the lights d uring th e coming year, provisions will have to be made on the 19 6 2 budget now being drawn up, it was explained. Chief Hicks also announced th a t tickets for wrong-side parking will be issued, s ta rting tomorrow. Courtesy cards have been placed on cars parked on the wrong side for the past two months, but from now on the violation will carry a fine of one dollar — each I time! Stores Start Xmas Hours Chris tmas shopping in Lititz got off to a flying s ta r t during the past week! And with stores filled to the doors with gif t suggestions, ail Lititz retail stores will re main open thi s Fr iday and Saturday evenings until 9 p.m. — to make Chris tmas shopping in Lititz still more convenient. The post-Thanksgiving weekend heralded yule shopping in a big way, local re ta ile r s re ported. And while Santa Claus had to postpone his arrival from Friday to Saturday morning, due to a heavy d ow n pour Friday, he succeeded in spreading the word of Chris tmas gift offerings into all sections of the Warwick Union area. Star ting next week, local stores will be open all day Thursday and s ta r tin g Friday of next week, stores will re main open every evening until Christmas. With Chris tmas coming on Monday, shopping is expected to last r ig h t up to closing time Saturday night, December 23. Collectors To Organize The rapid increase in popular ity of Coin Collecting th ro u g h o u t the Lititz-Lancas-ter area has prompted the Re creation Center to propose the organization of a Coin Club in Lititz. 12D, Dorcas Saylor Truda Smith, Patricia Welle.' 11 A, Ray Alvarez, Pau l Beittenmiller, Ma r th a Bred-thauer, William Briibaker, Louise Christener, Carol1 Cox, Margaret Engle. I I B, Mary Fasnacht, Joanne Givler, Helen Good, Mary Groff, Ba rb a ra Grube, Philip Hess, Dale Huber, Susan Kauffman. I IC, Linda Miller,. Rebecca Newcomer, Donna Rosenberg, John Sheaffer. I ID, Sally Shue, Kristen Shuman, Kr is tina Sigmund, Marilyn Simcock, Carol Swarr, Linda Ulrich, Robert Wolfe, Patr icia Yeagley, Barbara Zander. lOA, Sheila Brubaker, Geo. Clark, Elaine Dagen, Sandra Donley. IOB, Deborah Eckert, Linda Eh rh a r t , Elaine Graybill, Marsha Iielter. IOC, Emily Klenln, Cheryl Lausch, Miriam Myer, JoAnne Pfautz. IOD, Donald Rannels, Richa rd Reese, Douglas Rossi, Beth Bunk, Pa tr ic ia Simon, AudrOy Snader, Dennis Solt, Diane Spaid. (Continued on page 3) Open House At Brunnerville This Evening The Board of Education of the Warwick Union School District. Lititz Area School Authority, parents, and friends of education a re invited to attend an open house a t the John Beck Elementa ry School, Bru n nerville between seven and nine p.m. Thur sday evening. The citizens of Warwick Union School District will he guided by sixth grade pupils to the classrooms and facilities of the school and shown the new additions to the building. Teachers will be In th e i r classrooms to greet the guests and answer questions. The firs t meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, December 12th, s ta r tin g a t 7 p.m. and xt-nr be held a t the I. Walton Bobst Recreation Center. All persons young and old, interested in the s tudy and collection of coins a re invited to attend and become a member of th e new organization. After the organizational meeting, and if time permits, a coin auction will be con-dute* L, Special features are being planned for younger members as well as advanced collectors. Fo r fu r th e r informa-tiin concerning the club contact th e Recreation Center. Warwick Lions Plan Yule Party Plans for the annual Chris tmas P a r ty were made a t the meeting of th e Warwick Twp. Lions Club a t the meeting held on Tuesday evening In the Memorial Building, Rothsvillc. The party will be held on Saturday, December 2 3 a t 1:30 p.m. in the Rothsville Elementa ry School building and will include all the children under twelve years of age in Warwick Township. There will he en te r ta inment and gifts for the children. The committee on a r ran g emen t s includes: Raymond Groff, cha irman, Ben Forney, Fred Kauffman, Edward Bowser and Ha r lan Weit. The Club is selling Chris tmas trees on Ben Fo rn ey ’s property for the benefit of the party. Ladies Night is being p lanned for December 12th. LEGION AUXILIARY SUPPER MONDAY The Ladies Auxiliary of the American Legion will hold a covered dish supper on Monday evening a t 6:00 p.m. at. the P o s t Home. Mrs. Francis Miller, the president, will be in charge. IT'S ALMOST FREEZING — BUT THE WORK GOES ON! i s « » — Rcs’ord-Exjm'fw Photo. Large quantities o f dirt, already have High School parking lot, Willis Kucher and been moved about in the preliminary grad- Paul Mndlein are seen working at the site ing for the borough swimming pool, in tho of the bath house, photo above, taken from the W a r w i c k _________________ ■ Weather Slows Up-But Fails To Stop Work On Swimming Pool Project The advent of freezing weather, plus high winds, this week slowed down but failed to stop progress on th e building of the borough’s new swimming pool project. Several large d ir t - moving machines were changing much of the te r ra in ju s t north of the parking lot at th e north side of the Warwick Hig|h School. The cold weather in no Council announced th a t the committee will be empowered to take care of a l l . operational aspects of the pool, to plan the sale of tickets and to interview and h ire ,» pool man ag e r with the consent of council. Members of the committee are: Curtis Amidon, Wendel f lower , Floyd Hagy, George Kalenich, Steve Palkovic and Pat Mastromatteo. . .. Council also opened bids for the pool sewer line and re f e r r ed them to the Sewer Authority, , . ■ ; ' ■ . Bids, were received from Mosentan and Co., Harrisburg; Be rn h a r t Inc., Lebanon; Ro-gelli, Ha rrisburg; Paul Barry, Richland; IVIt. Joy Construction Co., Landisville; :and R o g e r Gerhart, Lititz, - ; way hampered this part of the work with contractor s a s s e r ting th a t only a heavy snow at this time, would servo to halt operations. i On the other hand, Willis Bucher, local contractor, declared th a t ' the cold we a the r had halted the pouring of concrete for the foundation . of the bath house. All preliminary work has been completed and the pouring of concrete would ’ have s ta r ted Tuesday morning had the cold we a the r abatted. Historical Foundation Plans Antique Show The firs t step in the plan to raise funds for the res toration of the historic Wisslcr Homo on Eas t Main Street will be an antique show to .b e held in the. Recreation Center July 4th to 6th, members of the Lititz Historical Foundation decided Tuesday evening. studying bills presented the State Legislature by othe r similar groups elsewhere. At the proper time, , it was indicated, efforts will be made to have tho State Legislature approve the proposed museum here and to appropr ia te funds for it. Work this week included of completing the sewer line excavation front the hath house. Name ('o)nmittec A six man committee was named by the borough council a t its meeting Tuesday to take care of tho operation of the pool. Disputes Boro Ruling On Opening Streets The boruogh is all wrong in the s tringent man n e r it is seeking to protect newly-paved streets from being torn up, UGI ' officials complained Tuesday night. The ordinance passed in 1957 prohibits s treets from being re-opened within live years of being paved. But enforcing this to the letter lias h u r t UGI competition - wise, Robert Yerger, UGI operating manager, informed borough council. “No other subdivision in our a re a requires a permit to servo a customer within live years a fte r the s tre e t is paved,’’ lie stated, “ and since Februar-v of 19.57 not one of our reques ts for a permit of this type has been approved." “Wo a re asking for a more realistic trial of each case on its own merit. Where a r e quest for gas conies to us a f ter the street has been laid, and where the reques t is beyond our control to anticipate we ask th a t Council g ra n t our request, and allow us to serve these people.’’ Yerger gave council the names of five local es tablishments . and homes which, though considering gas, had been forced to put off the consideration or to change it be-beeause of council’s decision a-gains t opening the streets. Council, in turn, retorted th a t it had considered each case oil its own merit. But th a t it felt th a t tile s treets and their welfare were of gre a te r importance to the people of the borough. Wendell Hower, councilman, stated th a t especially in the case of new construction council tended to be lenient in re gard to the opening of streets. The plan for the - antique show similar to th a t presented during the Bi-Centennial, was presented by Kicliard Rader, member of the Foundation. “Aside from the fact tha t an event of this type is in keeping with tho best interes t and c h a r a c t e r of . .the entire conuminiiy. it: seems fitting that this hisorical group should sponsor it,” Pos tmas ter Rader asserted. : ' Alfred Douple, president of the Foundation, will appoint a show committee this week with authorization, to proceed immediately in planning the show. The Foundation also spent some time Tuesday evening Carols by Candlelight, Wa r wick High School’s annual prelude to the Christmas season for Warwick Union residents will be. presented on Sunday afternoon, December 10th, at 3 p .n u according to an announcement made this week by the music d epa r tment of the high school. The program will contain many traditional customs and decorations seen in previous years as well as' familiar carols sung and played by the Jun io r High Girls’ Chorus, the Brass Choir, affift; the Senior High Glee Club, Several outs tanding f e a tures of this ye a r ’s program Dr. Bricker Hurt In Fall Dr. Elizabeth Bricker, of North Rroad St., is a patient in the General Hospital where she is recovering from a concussion sus tained in a fall in Lancas ter Tuesday. At the time of the mishap, Miss Bricker was boarding the Lititz bus on North Queen Street. Admitted to the General Hospital, she was found to be suffering from amnesia, caused by the concussion. Dr. Joseph W. Grosli, who is t re a tin g Dr. Bricker, rep o r ted her condition much improved yesterday. The basis of some previous appropriations has been th a t the museum be s ta r ted and th a t the sponsoring organization, in this case th e His torical Foundation, raise opproxi-mately half the funds needed. In other action taken a t the meeting it was revealed that, an immediate m o n e y -m a k e r could well he the sale of permanently hound volumes ' of the Bi-Ceiileiinial Celebration. Copies of this book have jus t been received from the bindery which would make interes ting Chris tmas gifts to those, former native Lititz friends who did n ’t have the opportunity to pa rtake in the celebration several years ago. will be a new' stage set-tinr and the first public performance of an original drama , “The Night Jo u rn e y ”—a play for voices. Written by Robert E. Bourdelle. English ins truc t o r ' a t tlie high school, it was first performed d uring an assembly program last year. The script calls for dialogue by four speakers, interspersed with .appropriate vocal and Ins trumenta l Chris tmas selections. and pantomines of the familiar scenes in the Chris tmas story. Cast members for “The Night Jo u rn e y ” will lie d i r ected . by Margaret Steiner and Rboert Ilourdette. The posters and programs are being prepared in the graphic a rts d e pa r tmen t under the direction of Richard Murr and Richie Moorehead. The music will lie in charge of Henry Steiner and Lee Hankie. hand and choral directors at the high school. William Hamp, president of the Glee Chib will handle other a r rangements for the program. LEAGUE TURKEY DINNER MONDAY, DECEMBER 11 The annual tu rk e y supper of the Young Men’s Business League will be held in tlie league home on Monday, December 11 a t 6 p.m. A program of games will he presented following the supper. Students To Present Carols By Candlelight New County Assessment Figures Disturbing Property Owners What served the same dis-turbing purpose of a veritable “ bomb-shell” was dropped in the laps of a large number of local property owners Tuesday and Wednesday of this week when the first of th e county re-assessment figures were re ceived here. Tlie notices a re part of the county's re-assessment program which lias been given considerable publicity over the past few years — but still served to shock those who to-d a te have been advised as to the change in their assessments. Several local property owners who called the Record- Express to voice their woeful complaints, asserted their as sessments have been more than doubled. “ If I have to pay twice as much borough and school tax as last year, I’ll have to sell my home,” ’one elderly woman asserted. Advised that the assessment figure does not mean she will liaye to pay more than double in. dollars and cents, she failed to regard this as of much importance. Nor would slio have received much or any re-assurance had 50 Attend In Center The Recreation Membership Drive s ta r ted Monday night with a kick-off meeting at the new Recreation Center. Captains and the chairmen of the drive met to plan th e Annual Door*to-Door campaign. There were over 50 persons present for this kick-off meeting and ovor 150 persons will begin the door-to-door campaign this week. The Recreation Center h a sn 't held a door-to-door campaign for membership since 1 957, but with the permission of the Community Chest and with the increased cost of the 'new building this drive is essential to meet operational expenses. The co-chairmen of this drive urge' all residents of the School District to take part in this drive. IndividuSi Membership costs $l.(ip, Family Membership, $5.00, and Lifetime Family Membership, $50.00. Membership is required to participate in ,any one of the 110 activities offered by the Recreation ¿ e n te r . Remember -4K* aeUvUie» and . programs Enck Says People Don't Want Fence The Lion’s P 1 a y g r o u n d Fence came to the fore in the Borough Council meeting Tuesday night only to be put off for fu r th e r study and deliberation. The Boro Man ag e r ,. Keith Armstrong, reported th a t a fence completely a round the playground would cost an estimated $1840 with the fence running about $1.38 a foot without labor. After Arms trong’s rep o r t Roy Enck, pres ident of Council, stated th a t he had received several phone calls d uring the month an d th a t each of the callers had been agains t the fence. The topic was then dropped without a decision. A bill submitted by Mr. and Mrs. F ra n k Fry, E. Main St., for building a retaining wall on their proper ty was re je c ted on the grounds th a t no actual damage was done to their ya rd by th e Main St. leveling. Council agreed to a c t on a reques t by Mr. Balmor to. place , s t re e t lights a t the end of Rome Road, near his two newly cons tructed houses. In othe r business council granted expenses to any of its members to a ttend three (Continued o n 'p a g e 6) Kick-off Campaign may bo. added If sufficient interest is shown. Membership Drive co-chairmen are Mrs. Albert Ebbert, Mrs. John Skinner, Mrs. Ha r ry Eslileman, and Mrs. Rodney Wolfe, announce th a t if any one Is missed d ur ing this doór-to-door campaign, they may obtain membership cards by contacting the above names or by sending the ir checks to the Lititz Community Center, Box 225, Lititz, Pa., or by stopping at the new I. Walton Bobst Recreation Center. If checks are sent in membership cards will be received in the (Continued on page 3) Many Deer Hunters To Leave Sat. Several hun d red h unte r s , from the Warwick a re a will depart for Western Pennsylvania over the week-end for the opening of the deer season next woek —■ with preliminary surveys indicating extra- fine hunting. Very little snow ha>s fallen in any of the deer-abounding tier of counties in Northwestern Pennsylvania and the cold weather has tended to make conditions ideal. In addition to practically all of the long-established clubs from this area, this y e a r ’s contingent of Warwick hunte r s participating include a number of new clubs and hunting combinations. The most unusual of these will be a camp of from six to e ig h t deaf-mutes from th e area, headed by James Grube, of Brunnerville. All have obtained h unting licenses and have established their hunting camp in Tioga County. Other groups from the Brunnerville a re will include a club headed by Wayne Grube and a group of approximately sixteen members headed by Eugene Buch-tcr, local barber. One of the new clubs formed is the Fe rn Hill Hunt (Bub headed by Jus tice of the Peace Paul F. Diehm and including his sons, Paul, Jr., and Dale in addition to Ammon Shelley and Donald Kepner. Their camp is located in Po tte r Co. (Continued from Page 1 ) This camp is n ear, th a t of Tony’s Hunting Club of which ’Squire Diehm formerly was a member. Tony’s club includes Paul Irvin, Clarence Irvin, Lloyd Shre la e r, Isaac Bom-berger, Jo h n Ludwig and Ammon Shelley.’ (Continued on page 6) she attended the monthly meeting of borough council Tuesday evening when President Roy Enck merely admitted that: “ it is extremely doubtful tha t there will he an Increase in taxes this year — in fact. I imagine tho millage will drop.” At tlie sains meeting, Enck announced fio had been advis' d by county officials tha t the borough’s assessed properly valuation has jumped 27. f per-cent due to the re-assessment. lie added that the pre- ',ent, figure of $5,960,880 will probably he reduced by three per-cent by the time the final assessment figures are approved. This still means a, jump of a million dollars over last ye a r ’s assessment total. At the time (he county roll s s e s s in c n t program was launched, it was pointed out I hat a higher assessment total will he adjus ted by a corresponding reduction in the tax rate, producing the same total in dollars and cents. Tha t most municipalities and school dis tricts are contemplating using the re-assessment. total us a moans of getting in more green stuff for their treasuries seemed more or less obvious with officials now pointing out tha t —- with Lancaster becoming a third class county — there is no limit, on the amount of increase a borough can impose. The borough council’s a t t i tude will lie clarified December 14 when a special budget meeting will bo held and will discuss the new assessment figure at length. At the same time, Warwick Union School Officials disclosed (hey have been given no hill! as lo the new ansosa-menl figures for I hair dis trict 1 which includes not only the borough but. Warwick and E-iizabeth Townships as well. Informally discussing tho matter, school officials as s e rted tha t a big boost in the assessment by no means a big boost in school taxes. “The budget is drawn up to d e te r mine the amount needed for the budget, and then the. mill-age is set to produce this a-mount,” Supervising Principal Marlin Spaid said. “ it. is simple arithmetic —- if the assessment goes up the tax rate goes down,” he added. But to many of those now receiving their new assessment notices, tlie figures reported have a disconcerting if not ominous affect! Rebekah Yule Party And Dinner Tuesday The Lady Sutter Rebekah Lodge will hold its annual Christmas dinner and party on Tuesday evening, December 5, beginning at 6:30 in the Odd Fellows Hall, North Broad St. Everyone is asked to bring a small Chris tmas gift for the grab bag. Also anyone in te r ested in coining please notify Mrs. George Ludwig before Saturday evening. Community Calendar Nov. !IO— 7:30 P.M, — Senior Citizens meeting a t the Recreation Center. 8:00 p :m . — Table Tennis match at the Recreation Center. 8:00 P.M. — Stamp Club meet ing a t the Recreation Center. Boro Forms Battle Lines To Combat Heavy Snows! Heavy snowfalld won’t h amper Lititz this year if the battle plans worked out by the new borough manager. Keith Arms trong, a re any indication of borough prepa redness. Under the plan presented to council Tuesday night the boro will be divided, “ s tre e t wise,” into five “ priority a re a s .” "We a re not doing anything really different,” Arms trong stated, “What we have done is to divide the s treets into one through five priority r a t ings, according to the amount of traffic using them, then these streets , d ur ing a snow, will be cleared in this order of traffic priority.” Arms trong also brought up the possibility of the borough installing phones in some of the ir vehicles in order to be able to cordinate their efforts be tte r during a heavy snow. The proposed phones Avon Id cost an es timated $4 00. Again this year, in - th e case of an extremely heavy snow, the borough will call in private contractors to help them over the heaviest p a r t of the cloaring. Priority ra tings of the boro a re as announced: Priority one, first area to be cleared in case of snow: Broad St., East Main St.., and West Lincoln Avenue. Priority Two, second area to be cleared: E. Lincoln from Broad to New; Fro n t St. from Broad to Locust; Kline St.; Cedar St. from North Borough limits to Marion; Orange St.; (Continued on page 6) Dec. 1— 4:00 P.M. — J r . High Basketball - Warwick vs. Ephrata. Home game. 8: 00 P.M. — Varsity Basketball - Warwick vs. So-lunco - Home. Dec. ’J— Farm Society Women No. 1 will ente r ta in a t the Moravian Home. Dec. 1 —7:00 P.M, — LO.O.F. meeting. 8 : 0 0 p.M — American Le gion Auxiliary meeting. Dee. 5— 6:00 P.M. —• Rotary Club meeting. 7 : 0 P.M. — Zone Adjus tment meeting. Dee. <[— 6:30 P.M. — A B C meeting a t E v a n ’s Res taurant. Manlieim. Dee. 7— 6:30 P.M. — Linns Club meeting at the General Sutter. 7:30 P.M. — Lititz Fire Company Auxiliary Chris tmas Party a t the Fire Hall. 8: 00 P.M. — Table Tennis match. |
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