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The Lititz Record - Express
Serving The Warwick Union Area For Nearly A Century
86th Year B ita bU « h « d April« 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 Xdtltz R e co rd , 1937)
Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa., Thursday, June 28, 1962 7 c e n ts a Copy; 33.00 p e r y e a r b y m a ll
w ith in L a n c a s te r C o u n ty ; $3.SQ e ls ew h e re . 12 Pages — No. 11
Brunnerville Will Have
It’s Own Post Office
SETTING UP FOR THE FESTIVITIES
(Postmaster Richard Rader
announced th is week th a t th e
Post Office will establish a
new postal facility in Brun­nerville,
to be known a t th e
Brunnerville Rural Station.
The station will be opened
for business on August 1 in
th e Brunnerville Store.
The sta tio n will be operat­ed
by Mrs. Beatrice E. Varick
who will be designated as
clerk in charge. She received
th e position by v irtu e of con­trac
tin g lo r it for $490 a year.
She was th e lowest of th ree
bidders.
She will furnish office space
and will sell stamps, U. S.
Money Orders, re n t post of­fice
boxes, and accept and de­liver
a ll classes of mail over
th e county which will bear
th e postmark of Brunerville,
Pa.T
his is th e first postal faci­lity
since th e post office was
discontinued in Brunnerville
over twenty years ago. This
facility will ¡be attached to
and controlled by the Lititz
Post Office.
L ititz ru ra l ro u te will con­tin
u e serving th e area where
required by patrons.
T h is was established -to
offer more convenient postal
service in out-lying populat­ed
areas. The combined popu­lation
of Lexington and Brun­nerville
is about 400.
This is the first ru ra l sta ­tion
established in Lancaster
County and one of th e very
few in th is area.
Ree. Center Combo Set
For First Adult Dance
Adults — it’s time to put on
your dancing shoes — the
Rec. Center is holding a dance
ju s t for you.
If you want te escape from
th e world of rock and roll and
mashed potatoes for a nice
quiet evening of "old fashion­ed”
music — if you feel like
dancing instead o f tromping
— the Rec. Center dance is
th e place to go.
For sta rtin g vth is Thursday
night the Center will be hold­ing
a series of dances ■ ju s t
for adults.
The dance will s ta rt a t 8:30
p.m. and continue on till 11:30'
— and the price is only $1.50
a couple.
There will also be dances
on July 12 and 26. All pro­ceeds
from the gatherings will
go toward the Center build'
ing fund.
The Community Center Or­chestra,
consisting of some of
the best known of Lititz musi­cians,
will do th e honors a t
the dances.
Members of the orchestra
a re :
John Keehn on piano. John
has had a long an d varied
musical career, sta rtin g with
trump e t in th e old Lititz
band, under the direction
the la te Harry Keppel. John
has been with the Moravian
Thombone Choir for 45 years
and has been leader of th e
choir for the last twenty.
He organized the Cadet band
, in 1931; has been pianist for
‘ the Lions Club since its be
ginning and is also pianist for
the Odd Fellows.
In the dancing line he was
pianist for the following or­chestras:
Belmon Club, Rtver-ia
Club, Broadway E n te rta in ­ers,
and Plaza Club. The or­chestras
played in Atlantic
City, E astern Pennsylvania,
Maryland, Delaware and local­ly.
In addition John has done
good bit of arran g in g for
band and orchestra.
Ray Andrews on string bass.
Ray is a native : of suburban
Lancaster and has played with
several orchestras in Lancas­te
r including the Bob Rothfuss
Orchestra. He also played with
dance units while in service
durmg'-the Second World War.
Lamar Sipe on alto sax and
clarinet. Lem played in th e
Lititz High School band and as
solo clarin etist with the Mill-ersville
State Band. He also
played in several service bands
in New Jersey and Georgia
Following th is he was a mem
her of several Lancaster
groups, namely th e Blue Notes
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Rev. Huddell
New Pastor
AtRothsville
The Rev. Howard E. Hud-dell
has been appointed pas
to r of the RothsviUe Evan­gelical
United Brethren Church
and will assume his duties on
Ju ly 1.
He comes to the Rothsvijlle
charge from Zion EUB Church
Jersey City, N.J., where he
was pastor since 1957. He
will also be pastor of the
Brownstown Church.
A native of Philadelphia, he
was graduated from the Ne­braska
State Teachers Col­lege,
Kearney, Neb.; and the
Evangelical School of Theo
logy, Reading. He received
master of a rts degree from
Bucknell University, Lewis-burg,
and a master of sac­red
theology degree from Tern
pie University School o
Theology, Philadelphia.
He served in the United
States Army Chaplaincy during
World War II and was recall-sd
to active duty in the Army
n 1950. He was a chaplain
Korea, Japan, th e Atomic
roving Grounds a t Desert
ock, Nev.; and F o rt Lewis
ishington. He was discharg
in 1957 with the ra n k of
• tenant colonel,
fe is married tq th e form-
Joris Melissa Bishop. They
3 four children, Howard
glas, who Is studying a t
aington State University;
\y Lorraine, who is with
usband in Europe; Melis-an,
who graduated this
from Westminster Col-
New Wilmington, Pa.;
laine Roberta, a senior
acuse University.
Glenn Dussingcr and Ken Brickncr, mem­bers
of tlvc p a rk work crew, begin setting up
th e stands for th e 130th annual Festival of
Candles.
120th Festival Of Candles Is
Planned For Fourth Of July
Bob Huber
Wins Title
Local th irte en year old golf­er,
Bob Huber, fired a double
38 on th e Colonial Country
Club in Harrisburg to cop the
11-14 year age group tourney
sponsored by Sears Roebuck
and Company.
On IVjonday during the
qualifying round Bob scored
a- 3-8 on th e fro n t nine having
one; birdie on the fo u rth hole,
three putting th e eighth hole
for one of his th ree bogies.
P a r on both nines a t Colonial
are 36’s.
Then on Tuesday he toured
the difficult 'back nine in once
again a 38 having only two
bogies and connecting for 7
pars. Bob not only placed first
in his age group, but finished
high among the en tire field
finishing fourth with the 76
stroke total. The lowest score
shot in the tournam ent was a
73.
Bob wijl be trave ling to
Galen Hall this week-end to
compete in the th ird annual
WIP Radio Tournament. The
tourney is for ages 13 years
and under. In the firs t two
years of th e tournam ent Bob
has won both. The golfer who
reaches th e finals wins an all
expense paid week-end with
his parents a t the Galen Hall
summer resort.
F o r those who are looking
for something different, / some­thing
unique in the way of
holiday entertainment close to
home, they will find it worth
the ir while to visit Lititz
Springs P a rk th is Ju ly 4th.
The day’s program in this
historic park, is without a
doubt, one of the most uni­que
to be presented anywhere.
Although the park has been
in existence almost two h u n ­dred
years, this year will mark
the 120th observance of In­dependence
Day —- and the
program today follows the
same pattern' as"’it HnT'HT the
early days of the celebrations.
The outstanding or “ uni­que”
fea tu re of the celebra­tion
is the "F airy lan d of
Candles” , in which thousands
of candles are used to illumi­n
a te -th e park, actually cre at­ing
a real “ fairyland” .
As a p art of th is 'illum in a ­tion,,
a most colorful pageant
is presented — The Pageant
of the Queen of the Candles —
which is staged in the beauti­ful
setting above th e head-end
of the stream in the Park.
This yea r’s Queen will be
Miss Mary Ann Hess, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hess,
Bareville R l, and she will be
MISS LANC. CO. 1962 QUEEN
Citizens Agree On Commission,
Disagree On Means Of Support
Over 60 citizens, represent­ing
at least twelve local se r­vice
groups and organizations,
turned out a t the Rotary open
forum in an attem pt to find
a solution to th e Community
Chest problem.
And, a fte r a half h o u r of
discussion, moved to tu rn the
problem over to a selected
committee, which will try to
decide whether to cretae a Rec­reation
Commission, supported
by tax dollars, or to have a
Odd Fellows!
Hold Dinner
The Lititz Lodge of Odd
Fellows will hold a dinner
meeting on Monday evening
a t th e Foltz Cottage.
Transportation will be fu r­nished.
Cars will leave the hall
a t 6 p.m. and the dinner will
s ta rt a t 6:30 p.m.
At the meeting a rep o rt will
be given on the Grand Lodge
Session.
Twenty-seven of the mem­bers
a tten d ed the Grand Lodge
meeting when Carl V. Reedy
was installed as grand master
of th e Grand Lodge of Penn­sylvania.
The members acted as ush­ers
a t the installation in the
Penn-Sheridan Hotel. T h e
lodge also gave Reedy a two
suiter suitcase as a gift a t the
installation.
REG. CENTER TO BE
CLOSED ALL NEXT WEEK
L ititz Recreation Center will
be closed ¡the week of July
4th due (to the antique show
being held July 3-4-5. The
Center reopens Sat., Ju ly 7.
Helen Good
Chosen For
Scout Camp
1 Helen - Good, d au g h ter of
(Mr. anjd M;rs. John Good,
223 South ¡Spruce St., has
been chosen to ¡attend the
Third ¡Girl Scout Senior Round
up to be held July 20-29 at
Button Bay S ta te Park, Ver­mont.
¡Helen, who is a member
Oif Mrs. Richard Altetoach’s
Senior Girl (Scout ¡troop, is
one of twenty four Lancaster
County Girls ¡to be chosen to
attend the Camp. There will
be 8,500 Senior Scouts from
each sta te of th e United States
and its jossessions, plus nearly
150 ¡Girl ¡Guides ¡from 14
nations around ¡the world.
(The encampment, largest
national event to be sponsored
by Girl Scouts of the U. ¡S. A-will
be held on ¡the shores of
¡Lake Champlain, 25 miles
southwest of Burlington, Ver­mont.
I t will mark the 50 th
anniversary of ¡Girl Scouting,
toeing celebrated ¡this year.
,A staff of -1700 adult workers
will supervise arrangements
and activities.
Several events a re ¡planned
to fulfill th e purpose of the
Roundup, including an ex­change
of swap items, dem­onstrations
of customs in
various p a rts of the eountry
by the girls, and special events.
Miss Mary Jane Hill Miss Mary Ann Hess
crowned by Miss Mary Jane
Hill, d aughter of Mr. and Mrs.
A r t h u r Hill, Lititz R. D.
Miss Hill has won th e title
of “Miss Lancaster County”
and will compete in th e Miss
Pennsylvania contest.
The Pageant of the Queen of
the Candles and th e candle
illumination of th e park are
only a p art of the day’s acti­vities
offered in Lititz Springs
Park on the 4th.
In th e morning and a fte r­noon
those who visit the park
can enjoy th e n a tu ra l and
quiet beauty of the grounds.
For the younger set the re will
be a “Treasure H u n t” a t 2:30
pirn, with many valuable cash
and merchandise prizes to he
awarded b j the re ta ile rs of
Lititz,
During both th e afternoon
and evening the re will he con­certs
by the popular Rohrers-
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Two Hit
By Boy
On Bike
A young boy, riding his bike
on the side walk with out
lights h it two elderly women
Tuesday night and knocked
them down.
Mrs. Patti Bomberger, S.
Broad Street, and Mrs. Anges
Heagy, Manheim, were knock-r
ed to the ground a t 10 p.m.
Mrs. Bomberger suffered abra­sions
of the le ft leg while
Mrs. Heagy received a bruise
on the back.
The boy was referred to
juvenile authorities for dis­pensation
by Patrolmen Fred
and James Lucas.
Therfe is a borough ordin­ance
against both riding on
the side walk and riding afte r
dark without lights.
Motor Violations
On Thursday police spent a
busy day with two red light
violations and one accident
cropping up.
Both Leroy A. Mull, Roths-ville,
and Annabelle HUmaker,
Lancaster were prosecuted be­fore
Justice of the Peace Paul
Diehm for red lig h t violations
They were brought before .the
Justice by Patrolman Fred
Lucas and Chief Hicks respec­tively.
At 3:30 a.m. Alfred Leanza,
Lititz R3, drove his ca r into a
car owned by Stadel Auto
Company, parked on E. Main
Street. He was brought before
Justice of the Peace Paul
Diehm by Patrolman Dissinger
on a charge of reckless driv­ing.
Damage to the cars was
estimated a t $900.
Monday Kenneth M. Miller,
121 S. Spruce Street, was pro-
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Service -Clubs Recreation
Board, which would solicit
funds from the residents of the
borough in a yearly drive.
While all residents present
a t th e meeting -seemed agreed
th a t -there will have to be some
so rt of union between th e var­ious
recreation facilities
opinion seemed about evenly
divided ¡between proposals to
carry on a personal contrib­ution
drive to support the
organizations or to reve rt to
tax dollars for the necessary
support.
This problem arose when
th e County Community Chest
passed a resolution early this
year, which resulted in funds,
previously forthcoming, being
cut off to* the Lititz Library,
the Lititz Springs Park, and
over a period of three years,
th e Recreation Center. Prev­ious
chest -support to these or­ganizations
to ta led o v e r
$7,500 a year.
Bill Bell, local recreation
director, ¡stated d u ring th e
meeting ¡that ¡thijs type of
-thing is happening a ll over
-the country and -that more and
more support to -recreation
is coming in th rough either
sta te or local taxes. -He also
revealed th a t over 60 per
cent of th e local Recreation
Funds come from the state.
In »peaking of th e tax
supported, recreation commis­sion
directed plan, D. Curtis
Amidon, president of Borough
Council, sta ted th a t he felt
th a t a lot of the recreation
programs in th e borough
could be made self supporting.
He did not think th a t the re­sulting
tax burden on -the citiz­ens
would be too great. He
also revealed th a t council has
given borough Manager Keith
Armstrong instructions to
proceed with a plan for a
Recreation Commission in the.
event -that it is decided upon.
I n t h e meeting, Coun­cil
asked the manager to send
letters requesting participation
to Rotary, The Recreation Cen­ter,
-the Lititz Springs Park,
The Warwick School Direct­ors,
The Public Library, Lion»
ABC, the Chamber of Com­merce,
Jaycees, the Women’s
Club, Delphians, Warwick
Township -Supervisors, Eliz­abeth
Township Supervisors
and th e Sportsmen, and any
other interested groups.
¡Council took tlti-s action
afte r being requested by Rot­ary
to form such a group.
However, speaking for -the'
public drive plan, Howard
Redcay, argued th a t he feels,
th a t it would be foolish to ‘
jump into tax support before
an open drive for funds has
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Children Here
For Summer
Thirty-three children from
the tenements of New York
will be arriving a t Lititz this
week as a p a rt of th e annual
Fresh Air Program.
The youngsters, who have
been placed in Lititz homes
for a period from one- to six
weeks, are the firs t of four
groups to visit -the are a this
summer.
Mrs. Clarence Brubaker,
chairman of the drive, stated
th a t' th e re is still time for
families to register for child­ren
in the th ird and fourth,
groups. Interested persons
should call her a t MA 6-
6253.
Children from New York
have been visiting in Lititz
homes for almost fifty years
as a p a rt of the Fresh Air
Plan.
ROTH SVI LLE LIONS PRESIDENT
Long Council Meeting Is
Uneventful But Detailed
In a four hour meeting,
which stressed detail, council
took care of a multitude of
small items th a t have been
carried on the books, in some
cases for years.
Business in th e meeting in­cluded
a redrafting of parts
three and ten of th e borough
code and a minute study of the
Peddlers Ordinance.
Corrections on the code
were finally approved after
some discussion on whether to
delete from the code a pro­vision
requiring residents of
the borough to sweep both
their side walks and gutters
once a day. The ordinance,
which is not enforced, was
dropped from the records.
The peddlers ordinance,
which had to bo revised to fit
sta te requirements, was not
passed by council on the
grounds th a t is was both over­ly
restrictive and too long.
Duties for the newly form­ed
Advisory Sanitation Com­mittee
were outlined and
Council President C u r t i s
Amidon gave the committee
sole responsibility for looking
in. to the pollution problem
in the Lititz Creek. He ex­pressed
- a desire th a t all or­ganizations
now working on
cleaning up the creek, will
use this committee as the ir
final board.
At th e same, time it was
noted th a t quite a few dead
chickens had been found ly­ing
along the railroad tracks
in Warwick Township close to
the boro and Manager Arm­strong
was requested to notify
Township Supervisors about
the problem and ask action
from them.
The Sanitation Committee
was also given the job of look­ing
into a rep o rt of ra ts near
the Nuss trac t, around Kissel
Hill Road. Manager Armstrong
stated th a t the property own­ers
of th e tra c t had been sent
notification to cut the ir weeds
in compliance with th e boro
ordinance.
The Pool
At the meeting Council au ­thorized
the Borough Manager
to proceed with plans to set
up a concession stand to sell
grilled hot dogs a t the pool.
Armstrong was asked to find
out whether it would be pos­sible
for the pool to receive
the grill free through a hot dog
company, and was given per­mission,
if this was not pos­sible,
to purchase a grill.
Council also gave permission
for the purchase of five more
tra sh cans and one chair for
the pool a t a cost of approx­imately
$203.
Council President Amidon
stated th a t not more th an 200
visitors to the park will be
admitted to the pool during
one day. This move was made
to' try to keep the pool from
becoming excessively crowded
during week ends.
Council also announced th a t
the pool will close a t 6:30
p.m. on Ju ly 4th so th a t the
Lititz Springs P ark Trustees
can prepare for the annual
F o u rth of Ju ly celebration.
Commend Citizens
Council also voted to send
le tte rs recognizing, civic contri­butions
to The Balmer De­velopment,
for it’s cooperation
with the borough; th e Breth-
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Churches Plan
Park Services
The summer services for
the Springs P ark will begin
on Sunday, July 1st and con­tinue
until August 26tn.
They are sponsored by the
Ministerial Fellowship of the
Warwick Association Of
-Churches and will be held at
7:00 p.m.
In case of inclement weather
the church bells will be rung
a t 6:30 p.m. and th e service
will be held in the church of
-the congregation in charge.
The Rev. Robert Myers of
St. Luke’s United Church of
Christ will hold th e first
services, July 1st.
July 8-th, The Church of The
Brethren with the Rev. Olden
Mitchell -preaching th e ser­mon.
. Ju ly 15-th, Holiness Christ­ian
Church-tbe Rev. Richard
Maurer, Pastor.
July 22nd, St. P au l’s Evan­gelical
Congregational Church
of Rothsville-the Rev. Thomas
Beilis, -pastor.
Ju ly 29th. Trinity Evan­gelical
Congregational Church,
Lltitz-the Rev. James K. Rapp,
pastor.
August 5 th, Evangelcial
United Brethren Church-the
Rev. F ran k A. Nickel, Pastor.
August 12th The Moravain
Church-the Rev. Edgar Snyder
a ssistan t pastor.
August 19 th St. P au l’s
Lutheran Church-the Rev.
James -Shannon, pastor.
August 26 th Jerusalem
United Church of Christ,
Penryn-the Rev. Albert Brink*
er, pastor.
Raymond Groff, president of th e Warwick Township Lions
Club fo r th e coming your, is congratulated by Zone Leader
Jo h n Halligan.
Raymond Groff Installed
Head Of Warwick Lions
Raymond Groff was installed
as president of th e Warwick
Township Lions Club a t cere­monies
a t th e RothsviUe Mem­orial
. -building -on Tuesday
evening. John Halligan, Lion
Zone -Chairman was installing
officer.
Other officers installed were:
first vice president, Chester
¡Shirk; second vice president;
Henry Burkholder; th ird vice
president, Lester Keiffer; sec­retary,
Harold Shaak; and
tre a su re r, Elmer Shreiner.
Directors elected for two
year terms were: Elmer Shrie-ner,
and Jo h n Reitz. P au l
Bushong was elected lion tam ­er
while John Reitz took over
th e position as Tail Twister.
Former president, Edward
Bowser, congratulated . the
Lions for the ir work in helping
th e local blind man and in
giving whole hearted -particip­ation.
¡to th e Horse Show.
H e also thanked -the women
-of th e auxiliary, who twice
a month prepare th e dinners
at- -the ¡Community Building.
The women, he noted, have
been doing this fo r the club
ever since th e ¡Community
Building was built over ten
years ago.
Community
Calendar
Ju n e 38— 6:30 P.M. — Men’s
Softball - Hoffy’s vs. Bre­thren.
7:30 P.M. — Stamp Club
meeting a t th e Recreation
Center.
8:30 P.M. — Adult Dance
a t the Recreation Center.
8:30 P.M. — S u m m e r
Basketball - Lititz Ele­mentary
School gym.
Ju ly 2—8:30 P.M. — Summer
Basketball - Lititz Ele­mentary
School gym.
Ju ly 3—ANTIQUE SHOW- AT
THE RECREATION CEN­TER.
July 4— HOLIDAY.
L ititz’ Annual F o u rth of
Ju ly Festival.
ANTIQUE SHOW AT TfiE
RECREATION CENTER.
Ju ly 5—ANTIQUE SHOW AT
THE RECREATION CEN­TER.
8:30 A.M. — Recreation
Center Swimming Lessons
a t the Lititz Springs Pool.
1:00 P.M. ■— Recreation
Center Playground a t the
Lititz Springs Park.
8:30 P.M. — S u m m e r
Basketball - Lititz Ele­mentary
School gym.