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Serving The Warwick Union Area For Nearly A Century
86th Year E«tabUihed April, 1877, as The Snnbeam
(Consolidated with The laltltz Becord, 1937) Lititz, Lancaster Co,, Pa., Thursday, July 26, 1962 7 esenta a Copy; $3.00 per year by mall
within Lancaster County; $3.50 elsewhere. 10 Pages — No. 15
Decision
On Offset
Held Off
An offset press, the topic of
discussion in School Board
meetings for over a year, once
again came up* * *and again
was held over for fu rth e r d is­cussion
on the p art of board
members.
The debate on whether to
purchase the achine actually
went to a vote at th e meeting,
however, th e absence of Rev.
E tte r left th e board with a
three-three tie.
The press, which represents
one of the newer forms of
press work, would cost $3,482.
45. A camera and developing
equipment needed to make the
forms for the press would add
about $1,300 to the cost.
Dr. E. J. Kowalewski, chair­man
of the curriculum and per-sonel
committee, recommended
the purchase of the machine
during his committee report.
He stated th a t he felt the
equipment would be extremely
beneficial from an education­al
view point.
Wilbur Graybill, in th e dis­cussion
th a t followed, stated
th a t he felt th a t the equip­ment
too complicated and
advanced for ju n io r high
students and may be outdated
in several years. He argued
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Warwick
Lions Hold
Talent Show
Entries for the Talent Show
sponsored by the Warwick
Township Lions Club, are
completely filled, according to
the announcement made by
Benjamin Forney, chairman of
the committee, at the meeting
held on Tuesday evening in
the Memorial Building at
Rothsville. The Show will be
held on Saturday, August 18,
on the Club’s Grounds at
Rothsville. The ra in date is
August 25th.
Raymond Groff, th e presi­dent,
was in charge of the
meeting and Roy Long and
William York of Lititz were
visitors. Mr." Groff announced
the Road Commission promis­ed
to s ta rt work on the road
east of Rothsville this week
and the survivors a re already
a t work.
Miss Margaret Frie of Zur­ich,
Switzerland, was the gut.st
speaker. She came to this
country on Ju n e 3.0 and will
remain two months as a part
of the program to promote
International understanding.
Plans were also discussed
for the one hundred per cent
attendance dinner when the
group with the poorest atten­dance
will entertain the group
with the best attendance. The
two sections are led by Paul
Bushong and Elmer Shreiner.
Woodridge
Barbecue
Saturday
Woodridge Swim Club will
hold its annual chicken bar­becue
on Saturday fpr the
benefit of its swimming team.
Proceeds from the event will
go toward the teams annual
banquet and for sweatshirts.
The barbecue will be held
from 4 to 7 p.m. Cost of the
pound and a half chicken half
will be $1.00. Picnickers
should bring the ir own extras.
The barbecue is open to ev­eryone
in the community.
Members of the barbecue
committee are: chairman, Bob
Kauffman, Vic Kingswell,
Marge Minnich, Jack White,
Dot Searles, Bill Owens, and
Gloria Becker. Graybill Miller
will be the barbecuerer.
Dale Shelley Will Lead
WarwickTwp. Chest Drive
Farm Outlook Brighter
After Light Rainfall
Corn and tobacco crops got
a few days reprieve Monday
night when up to an inch of
rain fell in sections of the
county. The badly needed
moisture gave pasture s and
lawns a new lease of life but
unless more rain is forthcom­ing
in the next few days, the
lease will be short.
Most area farmers took th e
a ttitu d e th a t “ any rain is bet­te
r than no r a in ” , but th a t the
amount which fell on Monday
night was not nearly enough
to give the ground the good
soaking so badly needed by
growing crops.
The amount of rain which
fell was aided by two days of
overcast skies which tended
to give the water a chance to
soak into the ground ra th e r
'ian evaporate back into the
atmosphere.
Corn th a t had been wilted
and curled looked brighter and
crisper on Tuesday and Wed­nesday,
but the feeling in the
farming community was th a t
the situation was temporary
unless the crops get more rain.
Tobacco, not yet in the cri­tical
stage, was helped by the
ligh rain and appeared to be
continuing slow growth. Feel­ing
here was th a t the tobacco
crop would still make good
size if rain resumes within the
week. The light hail which ac-i
companied the rain and wind
on Monday night apparently
did no damage to the tobacco
leaves.
While sections of the co­unty
to th e south of Lanc­a
ster have green pastures for
th e ir cattle, Warwick area
farmers are only hoping th a t
enough more rain is on the
way to revive th e brown pas­tures
and lawns of th is area.
The rainfall of early in the
week will help the grass to
a degree, but much more mois­tu
re is needed before any ap­preciable
growth can be ex­pected.
Alfalfa and other deep
rooted crops continued to make
some growth, but the ra te is
fa r below normal, and the
long-rooted plants were not
helped by the light showers.
While some farmers in the
area around Lititz expressed a
feeling of pessimism, most
seemed to feel th a t the rains
even though much less than
needed, would help th e strick­en
crops to hold on a few
days longer. “Maybe we will
get some more.” they say.
TheyVe Found
The Radios
The borough police find
themselves in an unusual sit­uation
this week.
Seems th a t over Memorial
Day two tran sisto r radios were
stolen from the locker house
at the Lititz 'Springs Pool.
Police have now recovered
th e radios ----- and Officer
Long th is week picked up a
youth for th e th e ft.
But now they vcan’t find the
owners of the radios!
If you are one, of the persons
who reported a tra n sisto r rad­io
stolen a t th e Pool Mem­orial
Day please go down to
the police office and pick yours
up. Our Cops a re getting a
complex.
Firemen Rush
To False Alarm
An alarm originating from
the Wilbur Chocolate Company
storage building, sent firemen
rushing to the fire house a t
5:10 p.m. on Wednesday.
However, when they arriv ­ed
at the scene minutes la ter
they discovered th a t the re was
no FIRE.
Instead they found a few
fumigating fumes driftin g out
of th e vents in the building
Workmen had been spraying
cocoa beans in the building
and the fumes coming out
must have looked a lot like
smoke.
So, someone phoned in an
alarm.
POOL DIVING EXHIBIT
POSTPONED ’TIL SATURDAY
The comedy diving exhibit
scheduled for Wednesday
night a t the Lititz pool was
postponed late Wednesday af­ternoon
due to the over cast
weather. The exhibit will be
held Saturday, a t 7 p.m.
GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS!
Dale E. Shelley has been
appointed as Chairman of the
forthcoming 1962 “house to
house” United Campaign in
Warwick Township-. This is
the first of four appointments
made by Raymond L. Petty­john,
Sr., Chairman of War­wick
Union Area.
Other chairmen to be an ­nounced
by Mr. Pettyjohn a t g
la te r date will be for Eliza-
WARWICK HEAD
H I
DALE SHELLEY
beth Township and Residen­tial
Division and Small Busi­ness
Division Chairman for the
Borough of Lititz'.
Mr. Shelley, having meen
graduated from Temple Uni­versity
with a Bachelor of
Science Degree in Pharmacy
in 1953, served two years in
the United States Army a t the
WaltebReed Hospital in Waeh-ington,
D.C., re ta rd e d to the
Lititz Community with his
wife, the former Ju n e Witmer
of Manheim Township.
They now -'resid e in War­wick
Township, ; with th e ir
three Bons. Since retu rn in g to
his home Community, Mr.
Shelley has been active, a* a
volunteer. In numerous local
projects. He was an officer
and former member of the
Board of Directors of the Lititz
Community Center and since
1955 has served as a member
of the Post Prom Frolic Com­mittee.
Recently elected 1st Vice
President of the Lititz Chapter
of American Business Clubs,
Mr. Shelley has served the
ABC’s in several capacities. He
was chairman of th e ir War-'
wick Community Ambulance
Committee an d has been a vol­unteer
driver for several years.
He was th e origina tor and the
leader of the ABC’s Minstrel
Shows. Familiar with the work
of the Community Chest, Mr.
Shelley has worked on former
United Campaigns as well as
fhe 1960 “Rec.” Center Build­ing
Fund Drive. Because of his
Outstanding service to his Com­munity,
and to his Lititz
Chapter of ABC’s, Mr. Shelley
was awarded th e 1961 George
B. Searles, J r. Memorial A-ward.
The well known pharmacist
at McElroy’s Pharmacy and
his family a re members of the
Lititz Moravian Church.
Mr. Shelley’s responsibilities
as Chairman of Warwick Twp.
will be to appoint other volun­teer
leaders for the" four
districts in preparation for the
October 1962 United Cam­paign.
Lititz Site Of Area Fire Drill
As Area Companies Test System
JUST FOR PRACTICE
Helen Good Writes About
G irl S c o u t G a th erin g
Mrs. Doris Fcnsterauwher, Welcome Wagon Hostess, makes h e r th ird call in a row on the
Albert Lean/.a’s. Keen in the picture a rc Mrs. Lcanza, holding Tcrcse, two weeks; Mr. Leauza,
holding Maria, one; and Melissa, two.
Three Calls, Three Years, Three Girls
GiveThe Albert LeanzaFamilyARecord
This week th e Record re- \
ceived in the mail a le tte r
from Helen Good, d au g h te r of
Mr. and Mrs. John Good, 233
S. Spruce Street, who is a t­tending
the Girl Scout Round­up
in Vermont.
Helen is one of "thé contin­gent
of about twenty county
girls attending the camp.
She writes th a t th e Round­up,
which is reserved for sen­ior
scouts, is a city in itself,
with over 10,000 scouts from
all over the world in attend­ance.
Helen is the fiftjh Lititz girl
to attend th e annual Round­up.
She writes:
1962 Senior G. S. Roundup
Button Bay S ta te Park
Burlington, Vermont
'Greetings from Vermont!
The Girl Scout Senior Round­up,
19 62, is ju s t getting into
full swing. I t was officially
opened Ju ly 20 in th e first
arena campfire program. This
program included
Greetings from th e Hon.
Ray F. Keyser J r . Gov­ernor
of Vermont
Salute to the U. S. Girl
Scout regions featuring
the song of each region
and its symbol hoisted
into place on a 20 ft high
map of the U. S. A.
Introduction of Interna-i
o n a l Representatives
from
Argentina, Belgium, Ber­muda,
Brazil, Canada
Columbia, D e n m a r k
Great Britain, Greece
Japan, Korea, Mexico
.J*,;'-
, 4>*Ìp» A 'ì 5' ■
S^TicMiibcis ol IliVi Biu uncivil le, Rotiisvilie, Manheim, Neffs-ville
and Lititz Eire Companies drown th e Stiffel-Freeman
building with wate r in a fire relay exercise.
Officer Long Arrests Two
In Ten Minutes For Record
'Netherlands, New Zea­land,
Nigeria, Feru, the
P h i 1 i p p-i » e « . Sttomi-Fin-land,
Sweden, a n d Switz­erland.
Message from Lady Baden-
Powell World Chief Guide
Challenge from President Ken­nedy
A flag ceremony with 264
flags. When all th e color
guard had marched out,
th e flags, surrounded the
whole arena. This is quite
a large area since the arena
holds 10,000 people.
Our patrol, Lancaster patrol
2, arrived Ju ly 18 a t 5:00
P. M., th re e hours la te and
pitched camp in our first
sample of Vermont rain. The
next day we built our table,
(lumber and nails are supplied
a t roundup) • which from th a t
time on fell a p a rt on every
possible occasion. (We add
nails a fte r every meal.) In ad­dition,
th e ridgepole on our
kitchen fly insists on coming
ap a rt every so often and re ­quires
a ll o u r energy to keep
it from coming down on our
heads.
Despite all these troubles,
we have had some time to
look around. We have given
our demonstration on pretzel
twisting and have been re ­quested
to give it again in the
arena for th e entire Round­up.
We’ve been to the trading
post and acquired tons of
swaps. We’ve met girls from
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Between 7 a.m. and 7:10
a.m. on Tuesday morning off­ic
er Long prosecuted two
a re a men for too fast for con­ditions
before Justice of the
Peace Diehm.
Leroy Wentling, Lititz R l,
was prosecuted fo r too fast
for conditions a t North Cedar
and New Streets a t 7 a.m.
At 7:10 a.m. Wilmer B.
Shelly, Lititz R2, was stopped
a t North Water and North
Alley on th e same charge.
ROBBERY SUNDAY
Between 9 p.m. Sunday and
8 , a.m... Monday th e refresh»'
ment stand a t the Lititz
Springs Park was broken into
and burgularized.
Connie Hagy, 46 E. Main
St. operator of th e stand, re ­ported
th a t the only thing mis­sing
was a tax collection box
containing about $4.00. Pol­ice
are still conducting an in­vestigation.
On Saturday a t 2:30 a.m.
F ran k Funk, 13 S. Bread St.!,
was charged with a s su lt and
battery by Donald E. Becker
on behalf of his sister Betty
Knier, 13 S. Broad Street.
Becker charged th a t Funk had
struck Mrs. Knier.
Funk was committed to the
county prison is d e fau lt of
bail. He was la te r released
when th e charges were drop­ped,
and the fine paid.
THREE ACCIDENTS
David T. Enck, 248 F ront
Street, an d Rhoda A. Hauck,
Neffsville, were involved in a
two car accident on Sunday
a t the intersection of E ast
Second Ave. an d Cherry St.
Chief Police Hicks reported
th a t the accident occured when
Miss Hauck, who was headed
South on Cherry St. pulled
Out of th e intersection in front
of th e car driven by Enck.
ifam ag e was estimated a t
$350.
Miss Hack will be prosecuted
for failure to yield the rig h t
of way Of Chief Hicks before
Justice of th e Peace Harold
Kauffman.
On Friday on West Lincoln
Ave. police reported an accid­ent
occured when a tra c to r
driven by H. David Scherph,
105 Brubaker Road, turned
le ft on west Lincoln Ave. into
the path of a oar driven by
F ran k P. Shaub, Manheiml
Scherph will he prosecuted
for fa ilu re to give a siginal
before tu rn in g from a lane of
traffic. Shaub will be pros­ecuted
for too fa st for condit­ions.
•
It was “ ju st for practice”
Monday night—but area fir«»
men couldn’t have been more
serious.
They were trying out a netv
radio communications system
—to be used in case of large
fires.
And in its firs t tr ia l the
new plan worked to perfection.
Within three minutes a fte r
the call was received Lititz
men were a t the scene and
hooking up to water mains a t
the creek.
They then sent out a “help”
call to surrounding companies
—and the Manheim ladder
truck, clocking the distance
at 24 minutes, was th e la st
of eight trucks to get to the
scene.
Within th irty minutes the re
were nine streams of water
pouring onto the building.
All in all it was the kind"
of test th a t lets everyone
sleep well a t night, assured
that, if the re is a fire, it
won’t take the company long
to get the re and get it out.
Ammon Shelly, fire chief,
speaking la ter of the te st sta t­ed
th a t it was nigh on td‘
•perfect, the only disappointing
thing being th a t th e water
pressure had a tendency to
drop along F ro n t Street. This
was a ttrib u ted to the recent
drought.
And, ju s t in case a f ir e ”
broke out in Lititz while our
men were practicing, the Pen-ryn
Fire1 Co. stood by a t our
fire house.
The test, Sheily stated)
proved th a t Zone 2 firemen
can reach the scene of a fire
quickly and efficiently under
the new system, and th a t th e
Lititz water supply is still
operating at high pressure.
Beatnick Show, Checker Tourney
Highlight Week At Playground
Special activities held a t the
playground last week included
a Beatnick Show. On Wheels
Day and a Checker Tourna­ment.
A to ta l of 516 child­ren
attended.
The Beatnick Show was held
for each age group. Winners
were: 5,6,7 Age group: (Girls)
Most Original, Karen Weach­te
r; Funniest, Karen Buchter;
Most Unusual, Carol Pohner;
Best Routine, Vicki Myers;
Best All-round Beatnick, Kar­en
Weachter. (Boys) Most
Original, Robbie Lebo and
Stove Miller; Funniest, Doug
Bucbter, David Shuman; Most
Unusual, Mike Mitchell, Den­nis
Craig; (Best Routine, Den­nis
Fink, Ricky T a ft; Best
All-round Beatnick, Dennis
Fink, Coolest Dennis Fink.
■8,9 Age group; (Girls)
Most Original, Donna Mull.
Jennie Long; Funniest, Carla
Buchter, Susan Moore; Most
Unusual, Nan Mathers, Rox­anne
Yoder; 'Best Routine,
Sondra Heener, Barbara Mit­chell;
Best All Round Beat­nick,
Jennie Long. (Boys)
Most Original, Dean Mastrom-atteo,
Kevin Weachter; F un­niest,
L arry Diehl, Ricky Taft;
Most Unusual, Brad Lauder-man,
Doug Stauffer; Best Rou-
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Kauffman Ties
A Knot
Howard Kauffman, local
grocer, sta rted a new hobby
this, weekend-he’s now try in g
wedding knots in his sp a rs
time.
Kauffman, who was elected
a Justice of th e Peace in Nov­ember’s
elections, wed his first
couple Saturday night.
James H. Nuse, Coatsville,
and Betty L. Lausch, Lancas­te
r, dropped into th e office
about 7:30 p.m.
I t took a little frantic scuiv
rying to locate th e rig h t book
- -and a run across to th e gro­cery
to snag th e wife to aOt
as witness---- h u t a ll in all
Kauffman terms the ceremony
a pretty good one.
In fact he reports th a t i t ’s
so much fun th a t he may ju s t
tak e it up as a profession - - -
and next time he promises to
be prepared!
It isn’t often th a t Doris Fen-stermacher,
th e Welcome Wag­on
Hostess, gets to make three
baby calls on any one couple.
And when all three calls
are made in Ju ly - - - th r e e
Julys in a row it becomes a
once in a life time proposal.
But the Albert Leanza’s
did it!
Mrs. Fenstermacher made
her second baby mil of her
career on th e Leanza’s the
first week of July, I9 60'. That
was to welcome th e ir daughter
Melissa, now two.
She made h e r second call
on th e Leanza’s during the
first week of July, 19 61. And
welcomed into the family Mar­ia,
now one.
And la st week she made her
third call a t the Leariza home
to welcome Terese, who is
working on her second week.
Three years, th re e calls,
three girls---- th a t’s a pretty
good record in any book.
Dolores and A1 think now,
however, th e y ’ll rest on the ir
laurels. And as no one seems
to want to ta k e up the chal­lenge
th «record may stand.
The family resides a t 314 N.
Water Street.
Rec Center
Will Hold
Talent Show
A Home Talent Show under
the,auspices of th e Recreation
Department will be held Wed­nesday,
August 8th at. 7 p,m,
with rain date, Thursday,
August 9th a t the Band Shell
in th e Lititz Springs P a rk .
This show is open to per­sons
in all age groups and
pre-registration is required.
This may be done by calling
the Center office IMA 6-5096
any day from 1 to 4 p.m. on or
before Monday, August 6th.
Cash prizes will be awarded
to the winners in each age
group.
At th e same time th e re will
be a cra ft display'of all articles
made by the beys and girls
during th e summer play­ground
program.
Five Lititz Men Place In Plowing
Contest, Mervin Shelly Wins Second
BACK WITH A RIBBON
Mervin Shelly, Lititz l i t , poses on his tra c to r a fte r plac­ing
second in th e county plowing contest.
Five Lititz men carried off
prizes in th e th ird annual
plowing contest held Monday
a t th e Roy G. Garber Farm,
Lititz R3.
While first in th e level
land contest went to Everett
Kreider, Quarryville R l, both
second and th ird prizes were
wen by Lititz men: Mervin B.
Shelly, Lititz R l, ta k in g sec­ond
and Forney Longenecker,
Lititz R3 carrying off third.
iShelly, who had won the
contest in 1960, came but 11
points from beating the win­ner.
As second prize he re­ceived
a five gallon can of oil,
$10, and a ribbon.
Other Lititz winners were
Richard Groff, Liittz R3, Ver­non
H. Good, Lititz R l, and
Kerry Fritz, 'Lititz R l.
The contest was judged on
several factors: the smooth
est of the furrows; pulveriza­tio
n of the soil, straightness
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Community
Calendar
Ju ly 20— 8:30 A.M.—Recrea­tion
Swimming
1:00 P.M.—Summer Play­ground
7:30 P.M.—Stamp Club
meeting a t the Recreation
Center
8:30 P.M.—Adult Dance
at the Recreation Center
8:30 P.M.—S u m m e r
Basketball a t the Elemen­ta
ry School gym
Ju ly 27— 8:30 A.M.—Recrea­tion
Swimming
1:00 P.M.—Summer Play­ground
Ju ly 28 — Chicken Barbecue
at Woodridge Swimming
Pool from 4 to 7 p. m
Ju ly .‘to— 9 - 12 Noon—Sum­mer
Playground
1 - 4 P.M.—S u m m $ t
Playground
8:30 P.M.—S u m m e r
Basketball a t th e Elemen­ta
ry School gym
July 31— 8:30 A.M.—Recrea­tional
Swimming
1:00 P.M.—S u m m 6 T
Playground
8:30 p .m .—s u m m e r
Basketball a t the Elemen­ta
ry School gym
August 1— 8:30 A.M.—R e C-reation
Swimming
1:00 P.M.— Summer Play­ground
August 2— 8:30 A.M.—Rec­reation
Swimming
) : 0 0 P.M.—s u m m e r
Playground
8:30 P.M.—S u m m e r
Basketball a t th e Elemen­ta
ry gym.