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Serving The Warwick Union Area For Nearly A Century
86th 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 lid a te d w ith T h e I i ltltz R e co rd , 1937)
Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa., Thursday, July 5, 1962 7 c e n ts a Copy; 33.00 p e r y e a r b y m a ll
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Antique Show On
In Recreation Center
The antique show is off and
running—and it looks at)
though it's coming home a
winner.
The show, which is now
on a t the Recreation Center,
is the first major project of
the newly formed Historical
Society.
And quite a first project.
Nineteen exhibitors have laid
out a selection of antiques,
from all over the country, th a t
is not to be surpassed any­where.
The displays, set up by
lealers from Southeastern
Pennsylvania, Ohio and Mary­land,
feature every thing from
d ry sinks to mechanical banks
— all a t reasonable prices.
The show opened on Tues­day
and will run through this
evening a t 10:30 p.m. I t is
estimated th a t over 1000 per­sons
have already attended
th e show, with the biggest
crowds naturally during the
F ourth Festival.
William Light, chairman of
the event for the Foundation,
stated th a t the crowds have
so far exceeded expectations
and th a t the program will
probably become a regular
fe a tu re of L ititz’ F ourth of
July.
This is the first time in
several years th a t a show of
this type has opened in Lititz
though in other towns they
are regular affairs.
It is open from 1 p.m. to
10:30 p.m. and admission is
75c.
. Mrs. Glenn McElrOy is sec­reta
ry for the show and Rich­ard
Rader is the treasurer.
Mrs. McElroy and Mrs.
F ran k Wolfe were in charge
of writing to the exhibitors
and Mrs. John Losensky is in
charge Of ticket sales.
The committee on equip­ment
includes: Robert Mearig,
Paul Ritz, and John I-Ielter.
G. Martin Spaid is in charge of
publicity.
DAY CAMP BROWNIES
Factories
Observe
Vacations
I t was vacation time all
around the borough this week
as six of the la rg e r factories
in town closed th e ir doors for
annual vacations.
Beford Shoe, Alsam Shoe
and Beford Shoe closed up for
the week. They will all re ­open
for business on Monday
morning.
Animal Trap will not close
it’s doors until next Monday
and then most of the em­ployees,
except for a skeleton
crew, will have two weeks off.
Morgan Paper Mill will be
closed this week and next
week except for maintenance
work. .
P lant employees a t Lam-bert-
Hudnut and Wilbud Cho­colate
will have this week and
next week off. Office employees
will observe a staggered vaca­tion
schedule.
Other a re a business and
shops will be closed for vaca­tions
sometime during the
month of July,
Margo Kckenroarl, Claire KilKoiirnc, Carol tlieir treasure boxes, one of the many daily
Ann, Boose and Diane Weiricli start work on projects at the Mt. Airy day camp last week.
Brownies - Girl Scouts Return
m
AT FURNACE HILLS
“Cowboys” Bucked By
Police Walkie-Talkie
Area “ cowboys” th e ir i orderly conduct got xneiri by Patrolman
firs t taste of the borough’s j Dissinger before Justice of the
new walkie-talkie on T h u rs -'
day — and it was sour.
Larry Ruth, an eighteen-year-
old from Elm, was caught
speeding in the borough by
officer Fred Lucas.
However, the patrolman was
on foot and when he waved
the youth over to the curb he
was ignored.
Then the new system went
into effect and h'red Lucas
radioed to his brother James
who was in the borough patrol
car. Jim immediately picked
up the chase and caught the
youth on Rome Road when he
had a blow out.
Ruth was charged with feck­less
driving, too fast f o e con­ditions,
failure to stop a t the
signal of an officer, excessive
noise, and illegal passing.
He was charged by Fred
Lucas before Justice of the
Peace Paul Diehm.
A second youth, Dale L.
Showers, 19, 100 fa. Market
Street, was prosecuted for dis­p
la c e Paul Diehm.
Showers, a t 1:45 a.m. on
Sunday morning, had gotten
out of a car parked in front
of the Fire House and pro­ceeded
to do an “ Indian war
dance” unaware th a t two j girls collected th e ir treasures
One hundred and eighty-four
persons including Brownies,
Senior aides and adult volun­teers
attended the Day Camp
held in the Mount Airy picnic
grounds last week, the weath­er
was perfect for the event.
A Camp Program was held
on Thursday afternoon which
was the high light of the
week. All the units in . the
group participated. They in­cluded
The “ Sunflower” unit
which presented two pantomi­mes
with the theme to be
guessed by the group.
The “Daisy” used hand
puppets with the song “Daisy,
Daisy” ; The “Tulips” sang and
d e m o n s t r a t e d “Tip Toe
Through the Tulips” ; The
“Daffodil” group sang a special
song; the legend of the dog­wood
was told with a panto­mime
and poem.
“ My Wild Irish Rose” was
presented by the "Rose”
group; the “Virginia Trumpet”
did a Spanish dance; the
Brownies from “ Pansy Place”
played a game called categor­ies;
the “Marigold Manor”
group sang the “ Ford Song”
with sound effects.'
The nature crafts were dis­played;
these were in charge
of Mrs. Richard Yotter and
Mrs. Richard Allebach.
The second grade units
made Treasure baxes by taking
shoe boxes and spa tte r paint­ing
leaf designs on them. The
J.C. Survey Shows Some Support
For Taxed Recreation Program
The Recreation Commission,
the Library, and the Lititz
Shopping area, came in for a,
lot of suggestions this week
as questionaires the Jaycees
had enclosed in the Record-
Express began to returp.
Through the questionaire
many residents of the area
expressed a vote for a tax sup­ported
recreation program run
by the commission, under
borough council.
The residents answering the
sheet also seemed to feel th a t
the Historical Foundation, as
well as the Library, Recreation
Center, and park, should be
included in th e commission.
The movie th e a tre , which
may close down due to lack of
support, was given a vote
of confidence by the returns.
Jessica Jo Bender and Linda deFernelmont mount up for
a class in riding at, the Furnace Hills Girl Scout Camp.
Playgrounds Start Mon.
Still Lack Rec. Director
police officers were taking the
whole show in.
Gn June 27 Edward Shind-ler,
New Holland, 69, crashed
into th,e rea r of a car parked
on East Main Street belonging
to John F. Stoll, 410 E. Main
St. He was charged before
Justice of the Peace Paul
Diehm by James Lucas with
reckless driving. Damage was
estimated a t $550.
Douglas'Zell, Lititz R l, 17,
was prosecuted for reckless
driving by Patrolman James
Lucas before Justice of the
Peace Paul Diehm on Friday.
Richard Fleckenstein, 312
S. Cedar St., was prosecuted
for failure to yield the right
of way on Friday afte r he
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from Day Camp in them. They
also made pictures by sta rting
with a leaf and using crayons
to complete the picture.
The th ird grade groups
made plaster of paris molds
in sand, n atu re mobiles and
leaf plaques. The fourth grade
made blue prints of nature
designs and mobiles.
Dr. P ric e’s n atu re hikes
were enjoyed by the Brownies
and leaders, included Was a
talk on his butterfly collection
and insects. The singing led
by Mrs. Gordon Burkey and
the dancing taught by Mrs.
Warren Mellinger were also
part of the camping program.
The unit cook-outs featured
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Despite the fact th a t a new
recreation director has not yet
been found to replace Bill Bell
plans are still going ahead for
the regula r summer play­ground.
Bill Bell resigned his post
as director of the center effec­tive
June 30th; the Recreation
Board announced this week
that, they are still interviewing
applicants for the post.
Mrs. James Shannon, presi­dent
of the Board, stated that
Warwick Students Can Attend
Other Schools, At Board Expense
Is your child a high school
student planning to go into
automotive mechanics, sales,
electrical work, or architec­tu
ra l d raftin g when he gets
o u t of school?
If so you may be interested
in a new sta te plan to enable
students to attend other pub­lic
high schools — a t th e ex­pense
of the school system.
For if your child is in te re st­ed
in a course of study which
is not offered a t Warwick, hut
is offered by another area
school, he may transfe r to th a t
school, and the school hoard
will pay his tuition.
This fact was revealed at
the la st school board meeting
when directors paid the tu i­tion
for Dennis Hollinger, son
of Mr. anfl Mrs. Raymond Hoi-linger,
503 N. Water Street.
Dennis applied to go to Mc­Caskey
High School in 1959,
as a sophomore to study archi­te
ctu ral drafting, a course of
study not offered a t Warwick.
Thus the school board will pay
his tuition until he graduates
> next year. They will not, how­ever,
pay transportation.
This same plan would work
in reverse if a McCaskey boy
wanted to study agriculture
a course not offered a t his
high school. In such a case
his school board would pay his
tuition at Warwick or another
high school in the area offer­ing
a full course in vocational
agriculture.
However; th is plan works
only in the case of a full
course of study. A student
could not tak e courses a t Mc­Caskey,
or some other school,
in German, even though it is
not offered by Warwick, be­cause
of the fact th a t German
is not a full course of study.
But, taking McCaskey as an
example,) Warwick boys could
take, sta rtin g at ten th grade,
courses ^n Vocational Electro­nics,
Vocational Mechanics,
Automotive Mechanics, Wood-shop,
or Mechanical Drafting.
And either boys or girls could
take the Distributive Educa­tion
course, which train s
youngsters in sales work and
merchandising.
In speaking to G. Marlin
Spaid about the plan he reveal­ed
th a t so far only three
Warwick students have taken
advantage of the project. Two
of these youngsters went to
Steven’s Trade School to learn
Automative Mechanics and
graduated several years ago!
At present Dennis Hollinger is
taking the architec tural d ra ft­ing
course a t McCaskey.
Dennis, in talking of the
plan, states th a t he feels th a t
it is one of the best op­portunities
available to young-
Lititz Man
Writes Of
Civil War
sters in the Warwick are a and
th a t Ire is surprised th a t more
of them do not take advantage
of it.
Starting at McCaskey . two
years ago, a fte r taking a sum­mer
course in drafting there,
he i will go into his senior
year .this coming semester.
Then the placement bureau
a t McCaskey will help him
find a position in the Lancas­ter
area. (
Dennis goes to shop two
weeks and then goes to two
weeks of regular classes in
rotation with other students
taking vocational classes at
the school. During his first
two yea r’s a t McCaskey. shop
consisted primarily of wood­work
with an, emphasis on the
skills needed to plan a archi­tectural
sketch. Next year his
shop will be composed com­pletely
of drafting.
On the book' side of the
story next year he will take
a course consisting of Trigono­metry,
English, World Cul­ture,
Chemical science, and re ­lated
drawing.
And when he graduates he
will be trained in ’ a specified
field of endeavor — and he
will be ready to find a posi­tion
on a national market th a t
is becoming more specialized
every day.
Editors Note: Among tlio
effects of the late Miss Mary
Huebener were some letters
written to her mother by her
brother, the late Charles Lieli-tentlialer,
who was serving in
the Union Army. It might be
well for ns to ponder this
week on some of the trials en­dured
by the boys who served
to preserve our Union as well
a s . our. independence... The
letter reads as follows, _____
Camp Pierpont, Fairfax Co.,
Virginia
February 28, 186 2
Dear Sister Mary, I received
your most welcome le tte r and
delayed answering it on ac­count
of having nothing of in­terest
to.communicate, th a t is,
th a t would be interesting to
you, as seeing a distinguished
person, on the arrival of a
batch of prisoners, or contra­bands
passing by here.
Another thing I am so much
engaged with duties incum­bent
on my office th a t I hardly
have time, when I sit down to
write I am inte rrupted a dozen
times and have to stop writing
to attend to something. The
office of Orderly Sergeant is
the most troublesome and
poorest paid in the whole ser­vice,
especially in a Regiment.
I must attend to getting all
the clothing for the men,
equipment for the horses, de­tail
all the guards, both' Pick­et
and Camp guards, and in
fact must he on th e tro t all
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she does not feel th a t the
present lack of a director will
vastly influence the plans for
the summer playgrounds. The
playgrounds are located in
Brunnervillo, Rothsville and
Lititz.
Plans call for Richard Poh-ner,
who has had experience in
past years with the Lititz re ­creation
program, to supervise
the p ro g ram /
He will be assisted by Ken
Barshinger, swimmnig super­visor,
Robert Alspach, Lititz
S p r i n g s Park Supervisor,
George Remetz, Rothsville su­pervisor,
and Nelson Gladfelt-er,,
Brunnerville supervisor..
Mrs. June Smith will be
craft supervisor for the th ree
playgrounds and Barry Erb
will be game supervisor.
Assistants will be Nancy
Barshinger and Dan Ciervo.
All of these have had pre­vious
experience in the Lititz
recreation system.
The playground will open on
July 5 and continue until
August 15.
Playground will he held
each day Monday th ru Friday
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Ketterman
Will Head
Rotary Club
George W. Ketterman was
elected president of Rotary
elections conducted recently.
Roy. A. Brubaker and R.
William- Spacht were elected
vice presidents /of th e club
while William Oehme and G.
Marlin Spaid were voted in as
secretary and trea su rer re ­spectively.
Directors for the coming
year are: John N: Garber, Jr.,
Richard Rader, Verne B. P o rt­er,
Jr. and El wood Hann.
John Garber was selected by
Ketterman to head the Club
Service Committees.
Heads of the committee for
the year are: attendance, Roy
Yerger; classifications, William
Getz; club bulletin, Elwood
„Hann; fellowship, B y r .o n
Horne; magazine, Ralph Sloat;
membership, Harry Neider-myer;
program, Ben Forrest;
public relations, Keith Arm­strong;
Rotary information,
Elser Gerhart; music, Ben
Forrest; Sergeant At Arms,
Edward Pelger, birthday table,
Elmer Bomberger; and special
projects, William Spacht.
Roy Brubaker was selected
to be head of the Vocational
Service committee.
Heads of the service com­mittee
are; Earl Diebler, buy­er-
seller relations; George
Biemesderfer, employer-employ­ee
relations; Marlin Spaid, oc­cupational
information; John
Hershey, Fourt-Way Test; and
Howard Redcay, budget com­mittee.
Elwood Hann will direct the
Community Service commit­tees.
- •
Committee heads are: Ro­bert
Reidenbaugh, boys and
girls week and student guests;
Dr. Mahlon Yoder, crippled
children; and A lfre d , Douple,
scholarships, awards and stu ­dent
loans.
T h e . International Service
Committees will be headëd by
Richard Rader.
Committee heads are: Len
Adams, inte rnational contacts
and information; Grant Heil­man,
inte rnational student
projects and Richard
However, residents seemed to
feel th a t n o t enough movies
were shown of interest to or
suitable for the children of the
a r e a and several residents
expressed ithe feeling th a t
often the choice of pictures to
be shown was poor.
While everyone seemed to
be in favor of a library, opin­ion
was mixed over ju st what
the status and job of the Lib­rary
should be.
While one re tu rn would
site a shortage of childrens
books, or a lack of room for
th e number of children who
attended the library, another,
would criticise the library for
its lack of adult clasics.
In. general, howevter, the
re tu rn s were for g rea ter sup­p
o rt of the library, by taxes
if necessary, in order to allow
for the type of expansion they
had in mind.
Zoning Hit
The borough zoning laws
came in for some criticism
through the questionaires as
residents expressed the opin­ion
th a t the zoning was ham­pering
progress ra th e r th an
help it. More liberal zoning
was reguested on about half
of th e responses.
Rick Gilbert
Will Give
Diving Show;
Rick Gilbert, well-known
diver, will bo a t the Lititz
Springs Pool on Saturday, July
7, from 7:30 to 8 p.m. for a
demonstration exhibition of
fancy diving.
He was three times state
interscholastic diving champion
while a t McCaskey and is best
on the three meter board.
Rick is presently a sopho­more
pt thè University of
Indiana and has been named
by coaches as a possible Olym­pic
contender. This spring he
traveled to Japan as a mem­ber
of the National Collegiate
Swimming group.
Another borough ordian-ance,
requiring rig h t side
parking, also came in for
criticsm from residents.
One resident wrote: “A
town this size does not need
to enforce right side parking,
especially on streets where one
side parking is in effect.”
Storm Sewers
Storm sewers also seemed
to be on the minds of borogh
residents for several question­ed
ju st when work would begin
on the sewers and even more
noted for th e borough’s need
for them.
The parking meters, oil
street parking, and rest rooms
all came up when residents
were qestioned on the condit­ion
of the center of town.
Almost all of the re tu rn s
requested rest rooms he sat'
up.M
eters were sited as a prob­lem
by some residents; most of
the answers revealed a very
real need in town for a la rg e r
amount of off stre e t parking.
’ Jaycees Plans
Jaycees announced th a t they
will be making a written re ­port
of the survey and wlil for­ward
it on to borogh council
for their consideration.
W.C.T.U. Meets
On Monday
The monthly meeting of th e
Lititz W. C. T. U. will be
held on Monday evening, July
9, a t 7:30 p.m. in th e home
of Mrs. Florence B. Gibble,
10 E. Third Avenue.
All local directors of de­partments
should come prepar­ed
to give a report of work
accomplished this - p a st - year.
Mrs. Kathryn Dougherty will
be in charge of the worship
service.
This meeting takes th e
place of the annual covered
dish supper which will be
held in August. At th a t time
new officers will be elected.
Carole Swárr
Linda Miller
Attend Camp
Carole E. Swarr and Linda
Miller, Warwick seniors, spent
last week a t Keystone Girls
State Camp a t Shippensburg,
Pa.C
arole was given th is week
of camp as a reward for win­d
in g th e Oonty Oratorical
Contest t sponsored by th e
Conty American Legion.
Miller was chosen from the
Warwick Student Council and
sponsored by th e Lititz Legion
Auxiliary.
At the camp the girls learn­ed
about th e mechanism of
government, elections and
democracy and participated in
th e camp recreation program
135 girls from all a re a s of
Pennsylvania were selected to
attend this yearly camp. Mrs
Hei-| Paul Dague was one of th e
stand, Rotary Foundation. counselors.
First 4th Festival Held In 1818,
Fire Co. Starts Tradition In 1856
Festival Stopped
During Battle
of Gettysburg
Since the early p a rt of the
nineteenth century,,, the Lititz
Spring grounds have played a
prominent role in th e life of
this community.
Always a place of natura l
beauty, th e park has attracted
untold thousands, who for the
past half dozen generations,
have gone there for recreation,
and to hea r important ad­dresses.
Music too, has played a
prominent p art in the develop­ment
of the park, while the
park on the ot^ier hand, could
be said to have added its bit
to, the love of music here.
The first real history of the
park as such dates hack to the
la te eighteenth century.
In 1792 a town meeting was
held and the first improvement
was begun. The wall around
the basin was constructed, the
bridge was built lover the
stream and a small, bath
house and a summer house
were also built.
Seates and benches were also
made and trees were planted
according to a plan made by a
committee.
The farmers who watered
the ir cattle there, were oppos­ed
to the improvements how­ever,
and destroyed every­thing.
The benches were
broken, th e summer house
was upset and th e wall thrown
into the creek.
This was a shock and noth­ing
more was done untiL 18.35.
Then th irty dollars was col­lected
and a fence was made
and seats were again erected.
Trees were planted but they all
died.
More work was done in
1838 but William Eberman,
the warden was hostile over
the improvements. The spirit
was revived again th e fallow­ing
ylear. 1 T h e creek was wall«*
ed up. The men even quarried
th e ir own stone. Every day,
afte r d inner, and every evening
when it was not moonlight they
worked by candlelight. Some­times
th e townspeople supp­lied
coffee an d cake fo r the
workmen. By this time the
grounds began to look smooth
and nice.
The first of th e regular cel­ebrations
were held irreg­ularly
as early as 1818. There
was no celebration in 18 63
when 'stragglers 'were s t i l l .
pouring through town ; from
the burning of the Columbia
bridge an d th e b a ttle of
Gettysburg' and local citizens
were momentarily expecting
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Community
Calendar
July 6— 8:30 A.M. — Recrea­tion
Swimming at the Lit­itz
Springs Community
Pool.
1:00 P.M. — S u m m e r
Playground a t the Lititz
Springs Park, Brunner­ville
and Rothsville.
8:30 P.M. — S u m m e r
Basketball - Lititz Ele­mentary
School Gym.
ANTIQUE SHOW AT THE
RECREATION CENTER.
July 6— 8:30 A.M, -— Recrea­tion
Swimming.
1:00 P.M. — S u m m e r
Playground.
July 9-^-Summer Playground
— ALL DAY a t the Lititz
Springs Park.
6:30 P.M. — Men’s Soft-ball
- Beford vs. A.B.C.
8:30 P.M. — S u m m e r
' Basketball — Elementary
School gym.
Ju ly 10— 8:30 A.M. — Re-creation
Swimming.
1:00 P.M. — S u m m e r
Playground.
6:30 P.M. — Men’s Soft-ball
- Manbeck’s vs.
Diehm & Kepner.
8:30 P.M. — S u m m e r
Basketball - Lititz Ele­mentary
School gym.
July 11— 8:30 A.M. — Sum­mer
Recreation Swimm­ing..
1:00 P.M. — S u m m e r
Playground.
6:30 P.M. — Men’s Soft-ball
- Springs Bar vs.
Brethren.
July l a— 8:30 A.M. Récréa­tion
Swimming.
1:00 P.M. — S u m m e r
Playground.
6:30 P.M. — Diehm &
Kepner vs. Hoffy’s.
'8 :3 0 P.M. — Adult Dance
at the Recreation Center.
8:30 P.M. — S u m m e r
Basketball a t the Lititz
Elementary School gym.