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(Consolidated w ith The U t l t z Record, 1937) Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa., Thursday, May 17, 1D62 7 cen ts a Copy; 93.00 per yea r by mall
within Lancaster County; 83.50 elsewhere. 12 Pages — No. 5
Citizens And Board Meet
Over Millage Question
Board States
Millage May
Not Rise
ST. LUKE'S PASTOR
ltichard Allebach, chairman
of the finance and legal com­mittee
of the School Board,
s ta ted Thursday night that
there was a possibility of no
increase in millage this year.
The s ta tement was made to
a citizens committee, number­ing
about 60, who came to the
meeting loaded with questions,
facts and figures on the bud­get
and the expected revenue
of the Board.
It was Menno Rohrer, local
attorney, who came out with
the bombshell that prompted
the statement, when he stated
that the County Wage Tax
Collection Bureau had Inform­ed
him that Warwick Will he
receiving this year over $43,-
000 more in wage taxes than
had been expected.
This would mean that the
deficit on the Board’s tenta­tive
budget .now set at $60,-
000 would be cut substantially.
Rohrer also brought up the
fact that the auditors report
shows a balance of $29,000
in the Board account.
It was then stated that it
would be entirely possible for
the Board, in light o f the
newly released figures, to at
least keep the millage at the
present 4 9 mark.
However it was - not - -until
later in the question filled
meeting that Allebach stated
that the Board might w e ll’he
able to keep the millage the
same. . ?
Over 60 citizens turned up
for the meeting of the boar^,
and, despite the fact that, the
Board retired for an hour and
twenty minutes in the middle
of the meeting to discuss the
new addition, the crowd did
not diminish. * '
In fact during the lengthy
Jay-over several more Joined
the crowd.
The group was composed
primarily of a citizens com­mittee,
lead by William Ow­ens.
Menno Rohrer, and Carl
Iteist, who had spent time
going over the Board’s tenta­tive
budget and the state
(Continued on page 3)
Community
Calendar
May 17— 4:15 P.M.— Baseball
- Warwick vs. Manheim
Twp. - Away.
6:30 P.M.— Lions C l u b
meeting at the General
Sutter.
6:30 P.M.— Men’s Softball
- Beford vs. Mftnbeck's.
May 18— 6:30 P.M. — P o s t
P r o m Dinner - Dance -
Town & Country Inn.
7:00 P.M.—Chinese Auc­tion
held by the Lititz
Guild to the Osteopathic
Hospital at the Recreation
Center.
May 19— Elementary S c h o o l
Festival.
Midget - Baseball tryouts
for new players at the
Wilbur Chocolate Com­pany
field.
9:00 P.M.— Adult Dance
at the Warwick High
School Cafeteria.
May a t— 4:00 P.M. — G i r l s
Tennis - Warwick vs. Con­estoga
Valley - Away.
6:30 P.M— Men’s Softball
- Springs Bar vs. A.B.C.
May 122— 6:00 P.M. — Rotary
Club meeting.
6:30 P.M.—Men's Softball
- Diehm & Kepner vs.
Manbeck’s.
8:00 P.M.— J a y n e c e es
meeting at the Recreation
Center.
8:00 P.M.—C om m u n i t y
Chest meeting at the Re­creation
Center.
May 23— 3:30 P.M.— Tr. # 2 5 7
Fashion Show Rehearsal
at the Recreation Center.
4:00 P.M.— Girl’s Tennis
- Warwick vs. Donegal -
Home.
6:30 P.M.— M c ii 'i Slow-ball
- Brethren vs. Hoffy’s.
8:00 P.M.— Antique Show
Committee meeting at the
Recreation Center.
May 24— 6:30 P.M. — M e n’s
Slowball - A.B.C. vs. Be­ford.
7:30 P .M .— Stamp Club
meeting at the Recreation
Center,
7:30 P.M. — Troop # 2 5 7
Fashion Show at the Re­creation
Center.
Rev. Robert Myers
Robert Myers
Is New Pastor
At St. Luke's
The Rev. Robe r t M. Myers
from Altoona, Pa., has ac-,
cepted th e call to St. Lu k e ’s
United Church of Christ, Lititz
Pa.
He will begin his pas torate
on May 20th. Rev. Myers re ­ceived
his AB Degree from
Albright College in Reading,
Pa. and his BD Degree was
..received from the United The ­ological
S minary, , Dayton,
Ohio.
While a t Dayton, Rev.
Myers served two years a t the
Otterbein Home for Children
and Elderly Guests and was
also assisted by his wife.
The past four years h e serv­ed
as p art-time Chaplain a t
th e Ve te rans ’ Administration
Hospital, Altoona. Fo r a n um­ber
of years Rev. Myers has
worked in Youth on a con­ference
and dis trict level.
../-His family h a s a l r e a d y been
located in St. L u k e ’s parson­age.
i h e wife of Rev. Myers
is -the.’former' Ka th ry n Lyttle,
d a u g h te r of Harvey Lyttle and
Mamie Lyttle now residing in
Shillington, Pa. The Myers’
have th re e sons, David, 8;
Timothy, 6, and Philip, 3.
PTA Hold
Festival
Saturday
Tile P a ren t Teacher« Ass »-
eiation Festival will he held on
Saturday, May 19th from 1: (Mi
to 7:00 p.m. on the Elemen­tary
School grounds.
The proceeds will be used
for the various projects of the
organizations including equip­ment
for the special education
and Spanish classes and to
make the second payment on
the Pierson Playground paving.
Tlie Ju n io r High school
Band, directed by Henry C.
Steiner will play and the chor­us
will sing. There will he
games for the children and a
great variety of food.
The following committees
have been appointed, Barbecue,
Mrs. J a n e t Boaman; cake
table, Mrs. George Ludwig and
Mrs. Richard Yerger; French
Fries, Lest'er Lahr; Coffee,
Mrs. Marshall Kerr; chicken
corn soup, Mrs. Richard Boose;
beans and pepper cabbage, Mrs.
Edward Cole; hot dogs, Mrs.
Dorothy Searles; novelties,
John Badorf; games, Richard
Grube; tickets, George Kale-nich;
clean-up, Joseph Kios;
table clean-up, Sixth grade;
chips and pickles, Sixth grade;
soda, Wa lte r Texter.
ASSEMBLY-LINE GARDENING
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The fountain at the square underwent a
2-4 hour transformation on Tuesday and
emerged trimmed in red and yellow flowers
and ready for the summer weather. Shown
here art! members o f the planting party, L. to
It., Mrs. James Harbison, Mrs. William Get/,,
Mrs, Frank Wolf, irtid Mrs. Roy Rodger.
—Record-Express Photo
Scout Loaders Beautify Town;
Plant Flowers All Along Main St.
TAKES TRAINING COURSE
William Darlington a t te n d ­ed
a District Governor Tra in ­ing
session held a t the national
he adqua rte rs of the A.B.C.’s
in High Point, North Carolina
from Thursday to Sunday.
Springs Bank
Merges With
Conestoga Nat.
The Lititz Springs Bank,
through a me rg e r with the
Conestoga National Bank of
Lancaster, recently became the
second of a chain of branch
banks of the Conestoga th ro u ­g
hout the county. The first
branch is located in Millors-ville.
Leroy Kling, cashier, is sl­ated
to ta k e over as vice
iiikra«ideit**r$R. char«»- o f the.
branch. He has been on the
staff of the Lititz Springs
Bank for some years. The p re ­sent
staff is expected to stay
on with th e bank.
The me rge r was announced
Fr id ay by Dr. H. M. Yoder,
vice pres ident of th e Springs
Bank, and J. F. Aierstock,
pres ident of the Conestoga,
who s ta ted th a t the move had
been approved by the board
of directors of both hanks.
Following approval of the
combine by federal authorities,
(Continued on page 3)
The Scout leaders of the Roi­ling
Hills Neighborhood beau­tified
the town this week by
planting flowers around the
fountain in the square. Mrs.
Richard Yotter and Mrs. Roy
Rodger were cochairmen for
the project.
Brownie Scout Marigolds
are featured this year in rec­ognition
of the f-ifietih anni­versary.
They were planted in
abundance with Lemon Drop
arigolds, geraniums and alys-snm.
The funds were contrib­uted
by th e scouts and also
from the Flower fund given
by interested citizens. Any
funds will be received by John
Eberly a t the Springs Bank
and by Mrs. Winifred Walls at
the F a rme r s Bank:
The member» of the Jnter-
»vediute - and Senior Tpiops
will care for the flowers at
the Square d uring the sum­mer
months; they will weed,
water and remove Hie faded
flowers.
This week' t lie leaders ol
the Brownie Troops will plant
flowers around the trees on
both sides of Main Street,
from Broad to Cedar. They
will feature . the Brownie
Scout. Marigolds.
The adults . who assisted
with the work at. the square
this week included, Mrs. T a t ­te
r and Mrs. Rodger, Mrs. Wil-1 ace Kauffman.
Ham • Getz,. Mrs.' James Harbi- Troop # 2 5 3 , Mrs. Robert
son, Mbs. , F ran k , Wolf, Mrs. Strickler, leader, will beautify
John Badorf, a n d . Mrs. Hor- the island in the Park. ,
Snyder To Be Installed
As Assistant Pastor Sunday
Council Tables Move
To Take Wage Tax
Council tabled the move to
take wage tax from the school
dis trict on Monday evening.
The move was made a f te r
council had been informed by
it ’s solicitor, Barley, Snyder,
Cooper and M u e l l e r tha t
though the tax switch, a t this
late date, seemed legal there
was a question on whe the r it
could be contes ted in court
successfully.
READY FOR MAY 30th?
The Rev. Ed g a r A. Snyder
Jr., will be installed as the
a s s is tant pastor of the Lititz
Moravian Church on Sunday,
May 20th a t 10:30 a.rn. by
Dr. Edwin A. Sawyer. Presi­dent
of • the. Eas tern District
Executive Board. The R t.
Rev. Carl J. Helmioh will be
in charge of the service.
The Rev. Mr. Snyder is a
native of Bethlehem, the son
of Mr, and Mrs. , Edgar A.
Suyds*, * Sr,. He L&e.eivciJ .Jiis
schooling' a t Penn elementary.
Nitsclimann Ju n io r High ami.
Liberty High Schools: He en­tered
Moravian College in 1955
and received his A.B. degree
in 1 959. He g rad u a te from
Moravian Theological Seminary
last Sunday, May 13th.
He is a member of the Col­lege
Hill Moravian Church and
has been serving : as student
assistant, of th a t congregation
since September. Previously he
was s tu d en t assistant, to ' the
Rev. Royee Schaeffer, of St,.
Jo h n 's United Church of
Christ, Emmaus, Pa. .
His engagement to Miss' Syl­via
Perkins, Staten Jslund,
N.Y., was announced recently.
The couple will be mar ried this
spring.
Mr. Snyder will be in charge
of tlie Chris tian Education and
Youth program and will lead
in othe r pastoral activities.
MORAVIAN PASTOR
Rev. Edgar A. Snyder
Mrs. Herbert Fry
Nominated For
Newcomer Pres.
Mrs. He rbe rt Fry Is expect­ed
to be the first pres ident of
jhe Welcome Wagon Newcom­ers
Club with Mr s . Ja ck Wa t ­son
slated to serve as her
vice pre:si$e'nt.
Their names were released
as slated for the final vote a f ­ter
t h e ■ last Newcomers meet­ing.
Elections will bo held on
Juno 20.
Also slated for offices are:
Mrs. Alfred Melzer; tre a sure r ;
Mrs. Charles Edson, recording
secretary; Mrs. Harold Vand-ergrift,
corresponding secre­tary;
Mrs. John Bingham, pub­licity
and bridge couples; Mrs.
Ha rry ,Landis, pinochle g ro u p ;
Mrs. Ja ck Lange, program
chairman; Mrs. R. Keith Arm­strong,
hospitality chairman;
Mrs. William, Hinter, bowling
chairman; Mrs. Dale Frantz-,-
coffee ch a tte r chairman; and
Mrs.' Robert Hill,’ ref reshment
chairman.
Community projects voted
on for th e conning year are:
driving elderly persons to. the
polls to vole;, kjtchen equip­me
n t for the- Recreation Cen­ter;
one month's rent in the
spring to the Lititz Library;
financial aid fo r th e 1963
Post! Prom Dance.
On May 23 the club will
hold : two -functions* In ' th e :
morning a 1 sowing and conver­sation
group will be 'held a t
the borne of Mrs. Nancy
Young, 210 S. Broad Street
Women interested in attend
ing ahold call MA 6-2281.
That afternoon the club will
have a bowilng meet a t Dutch
Lanes a t 2 p.m. Mrs. Margie
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Groff Suggests Doubling
Sessions To Cut Costs
These girls arc! Seen lined up at the pool
1,. to R.. Donna Siagel, Donna Dennis,
Mary Aim Hess,
Smith.
Betsy Kauffman, and Trmla
Pool Ticket Sales Start Climb;
Workmen Finish This Weekend
Workmen should be moving
out of the pool by the end of
this week — and ten days
la te r the pool should he open
for use.
In fact, though no one will
be allowed in until the opening
on May 30, the pool should be
filled, a t le a s t for a tr ial
period, by the end of the week.
With the advent o f . w a n n e r
we a th e r pool tickets sales have
also begun to climb and now
s tan d a t the one-fourth ma rk
with over a hundred families
already enrolled.
The big sp u r t in ticket sales
is not expected, however, until
a l te r the dedication exercises
on May 30.
However, in ail effort to get
ticket sales really moving be­fore
th a t date, it is expected
th a t th e re will be an open
house a t the pool some time
next week.
Membership is open to any­one
residing in the Warwick
School District and tickets ru n
$30 for a family and $15 for
single memberships. Single
admission is $1.
Fo r Memorial Day, however,
the pool will be open free for
everyone. In addition the pool
committee plans to have a
chicken barbecue, games for
the youngsters, and a dance
for the teen age set on Me­morial
Day.
Rotary, Lions, ABC, Jayeees
and Jaynecees will be in charge
of the activities planned for
the day.
Five Chosen
To Board
Of Center
Five new members were e-iectod
to the Board of the Lit­itz
Community Center at the
annual elections held Monday
night.
Elected for three year terms
were: Edward G. Reese, Mrs.
Walter A. Shuman, Elwoo.1
Zug, arid Mrs. Mary Lou Ilar-tenstine.
Charles R. Heinrichs
was elected to fulfill the two
year unexpired term left vac­ant
bv the resignation of Mrs.
Nancy W-oif. '
Members leaving the Board
are: Dale Shelley, R. William
Sp-acht. Mrs. Albert Ebbert,
and Mrs. John Skinner.
Members remaining on the
Board of Directors are: Rich­ard
Allebach, Forbes Emswel-ler,
George Morgan, Robert
Derek, Mrs. James Shannon,
William Jaede and M r s . 'H a r ­ry
Esholman.
The new Board will elect of­ficers
at their meeting June
11 at 8 p.m. in the Center,
Any member of the Center is
invited to attend.
Spacht, president, stated he
was . pleased to sec the large,
representative tu rn o u t for the
annual meeting.
Raymond Groff, S c h o o l
Board Director, presented a
letter to the Board Thursday
night, which if put into effect,
would call for double session
in the high school and possibly
in one elementary school.
In the letter, which was in­serted
in the minutes of the
niPc.ling, Groff stated th a t at
present the School Board owns
a three million dollar building
which is only used 35 hours
a week, nine months of the
year.
He suggested tha t, r a th e r
than : build an o th e r /costly" ad ­dition,
the Board should take
advantage o f ' th e existing faci­lities
by p u tt ing in two ses­sions
a day. ........
In this way, Groff s tated, the
school system would be getting
more money out of their in­ves
tment because of the fact
th a t the building would be
more fully utilized, the teach­er
expenditure would be less
as all teachers would not he
(Continued on Page 3)
However, even before th e
letter was read, Council seem-,
ed to have changed it ’s mind
about the proposed change.
Edw'ard Reese, councilman,
brought up the point th a t a
property tax is much more cer­tain
than a wage tax and thus
would be better for the boro
to have.
Council president, Curt Ami-don,
also added the fact tha t
as Coiineil deals primarily with
property owners, and is pri­marily
interested in property
owners, it should tax them
ra th e r Ulan wage earners as
a whole.
The matter was then dropp­ed
with Council tableing the
motion until J a n u a ry of next
year, when a budget will be up
for consideration.
Had Council gone through
with the motion it would have
taken up to one half of th e
wage tax now taken by the
School Board in the Boro of
Lititz for 1963.
Thus the School Board, its
budget almost complete, would
have been forced to find a n ­other,
unplanned, source of re ­venue
for 19 63.
Health Committee
Council also approved a su g ­gestion
by Mayor Griswold to
form a “ health and sanitation
advisory committee’’ in the
borough to take care of sani­tation
problem and to inform
the state of any violations.
This committee would also bfc
responsible for s tream pollu­tion.
.
The committee would be
comprised of three men, serv'-
Ing one, two and three year
terms and would be headed by
a professional man.
Council also agreed to pay
(Continued on page 3)
Junior Board
Pledges $1000
Each Year
The Ju n io r Board of the
Recreation Center voted a t
their meeting on Tuesday ev­ening
to pay one thousand
dollars a year toward the re­duction
of the debt on t'he
building,
, This group is made up of a
representative f r o m the
eighth grade to the Senior
class and is composed of eight­een.
young people.
They had a now audio sys­tem
installed in the Assembly
room by the Steigel Audio So­ciety
of Manheim: new record
changers; new . sp e a k e r s ’ and
amplifers; and have agreed to
replace the shrubbery, whieh
was .destroyed by fire, in 'f ro n t
of .the building. '« " ; ;
The funds are realized from
their Saturday nigih.t dances;
this summer they will also be
held on Wednesday.
The officers include': Joe
Willis-pres.: William Haiffip-vice
pres.; Betsy Kauffman-sec.;
Sue Minnlch-treas.
Saturday Jinx Strikes;
Steffys Robbed Twice
The name Stcffy seems to
have carried a jinx this Sa tu r ­day.
Saturday afternoon Thomas
Steffy, Jr., 11 W. Lincoln Ave.,
parked his car in front of the
post office.
When lie returned fifteen
minutes later the car was gone.
It was located later th a t a f ­ternoon
parked fu r th e r down
Main Street and apparently
none the worse for wear.
Police believe th a t some one
picked up the car for a joy
ride.
GUILD WILL HOLD
CHINESE AUCTION
A Chinese Auction will be
held by the Lititz Guild to the
Lancas ter Osteopathic Hospi­tal
on Friday, May 18, s t a r t ­ing
a t 7;30 P.M., in the Lititz
Recreation Center.
Tha t evening,, or early Sun­day
morning, Jo h n Steffy was
hit when four spinner type
hub caps were stolen from a
car on his lot a t Steffy’s
Chevrolet.
They were valued a t $1000.
As yet police have no leads
on either of the thefts.
Also o n . Saturday L a r ry R.
Huber, Conestoga, was pro­secuted
b y P a tro lman F red
Lucas before Jus tice of the
Peace Kauffman with to fast
for conditions.
Wellington Wolf Speaker
At Woman’s Club Meeting
The Lititz Woman's , Club
will close (lie 1961-62 Season
with a dinner meeting, Mon­day,
May 21 a t 6:15 P.M. at
the General Sutter Hotel.
Wellington H. Wolf. of
Reading, the Pennsylvania
Dutch Victor Borge. will en­te
r ta in with a program, “ High­lights
of Musical Humor .”
Mrs. Albert S. Ebbert will
introduce the speaker. Mrs.
Gordon Burkey will direct
the club chorus in a musical
program.
Offlcers-elect will be in­stalled
by Mrs. Donald Palm-quist,
pres ident of the Lancas­ter
County Federation of Wo­man
’s Clubs.
Mrs. John Badorf will read
Lho collect. Hostesses for the
evening will be Mrs. J . Wil­liam
Miksch, J r . and Mrs; Gor­don
Trump.
Mrs. William Mitchell, pre­sident,
will conduct the busi­ness
meeting.
Linden Hall
Celebrates
May Day
Tlie Horse Show and th e
May Day Pag e an t will be
held a t Linden Hall on Sa tu r ­day,
May 26 th.
The Bit an d Spur Club will
sponsor the Horse Show which
will be held a t 9:00 a.m. on
th e Campus; only the girls of
the school will be eligible to
ente r th e show. Miss Susan
Lagarde, riding mistress will
be in charge.
"Show Boat,” th e May Day
pageant will be presented a t
2:00 p.m. on th e Campus.
There are three candidates for
Queen, Rebecca Baker, Ard­more;
Diane Walke r, State
College; and Suzanne Wood,
New York City. The Queen wil)
not be chosen u ntil the time
o f . the pageant.
An Art exhibition an d de­mons
tration will follow th e
Page ant with Miss Josephine
Krum in charge.
A Concert will be held on
Friday, May 25th a t 8:00 p.m.
in Fellowship Hall, Moravian
Sunday School building. This
is presented by the pupils of
Mrs. Magdalena Peiffer and
Miss Dorothy Pozniko, teachers
o f . in s trumen ta l and vocal
music. - .. .
The Lititz-Laricaster Branch
of the Linden Hall Alumni As­sociation
will sell refreshments
at these events.