Lititz Record Express

              mwikh , mil un. »i'"nu.'»«i'.nilffMÉ —■ ■
The Lititz Record - Express È r
Serving The Warwick Union Area For Nearly A Century • 1i n ,
=àfe
86th Year Batabllched April, 1877, as Tbe Sunbeam
(Consolidated with The laltltz Record, 1937) Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa., Thursday, August 23, 1962 7 cents a Copy; «3.00 per year by mall - n _ „ .. -
within Lancaster County; 83.50 elsewhere. “ aSes — No. 1 9
Lightening Strikes Nolt Barn;
Firemen Save Other Buildings
Loss Is
$35,000
A barn, owned by Paul
Nolt, Woodridge Road, ex­ploded
into flames Tuesday
when lightening struck it d u r­ing
a severe storm which
swept through the area.
The barn, which it is be­lieved
was hit in the straw
mow, burst into flames se­conds
afte r the strike with
flames towering up 100 feet
,nd more.
Residents from as far away
as Manheim reported seeing
flames from the fire.
Janies Nolt, seventeen-year-old
son of the owner, reported
th a t he was in the milk house
when the barn exploded *—
and th a t seconds la ter flames
were dancing all around him.
Firemen, arriving minutes
a fte r the barn was struck at
9 a.m., found the barn a total
loss and had to content them­selves
with saving the su r­rounding
buildings. /
Quick thinking by Nolt and
four of his sons prevented a
grea ter loss. They were able
to open the stable doors in
the barn and 20 of 22 cows
ran out to freedom. Lost in the
fire were three heifers and two
cows.
The barn also contained
1,200 bales of hay worth $2,-
400; between 1,600 and 1,700
(Continued on page 3)
Frank Krebs,
Raymond Reedy
On G O P Comm.
- Two prominent Republican
workers from this borough are
included in an Advisory Com­mittee
announced this week by
Richard A. Snyder, chairman
of the Republica»*-- Howtrty
Committee.
They are Raymond S. Reedy,
committeeman from the F irst
Ward, and Frank P. Krebs, of
38 S. Broad Street. Both will
serve for two years and will
play important roles in the
campaign to elect William W.
Scranton Governor and James
E. Van Zandt U.S. Senator.
The Advisory Committee is
headed by Former State Sena­tor
G. Graybill Diehm with
Sarah Ann. Stauffer, of Rohr-erstown,
vice chairman.
BATTLING THE BLAZE
Members of th e Lititz F ire Company were kept jumping
on Tuesday when lightening struck a barn owned by P au l Nolt,
Woodridge Road. Here firemen a re seen spraying wate r on a
corner of th e barn in an attem p t to keep the fire localized to
the barn; th e y were successful.
Bank Merger Vote Is
Tomorrow At Conestoga
A special meeting of the
shareholders of the Lititz
Springs National Bank and
the Conestoga National Bank
of Lancaster has been called
for 10 a.m. tomorrow to vote
on the merger of the two
banks. The meeting will be
held in the banking room of
the Conestoga National Bank.
The merger will become
effective upon th e approval of
two-thirds of the shareholders
Of both banks, and upon ap­proval
of th e Comptroller of
the Currency.
If the-*m<erge«, -approved,
th e officers and employees of
the Lititz Springs will be re­tained
on th e staff of the
merged bank with the d irec t­ors
o f'L ititz S prings'acting as
an advisory, board of the
Lititz' Springs branch of the
Conestoga. ,
Directors of both boards
had approved the merger in
June under the charter and
title of “The Conestoga Nat­ional
-Bank of Lancaster.
As of March 2 6, 19 62, the
d a te of the call statements of
both banks, the combined re ­sources
of both banks were
almost $46,000,000. The
banks shared deposits of al­most
$40,000,000. The cap­ital
of the merge bank will
be $1,270,000 divided into
63,500 shares of common with
a par value of $20 per share,
a combined surplus, undivided
Registration For
Nursery School
Pre,-registration foi^tlM} Nur­sery
School classes held a t the
Recreation Center is now
open.
There will be two separate
classes with a maximum of 15
children per class. A Wednes­day
and Friday class and a
Tuesday, and Thursday class,
beginning a t 9 AM and ending
a t 11:30 AM.
All persons interested in
this program are urged to
stop a t the Center office or
Call Madison 6-5096 to reg­ister
the ir children.
HOT DOGS FOR THE HUNGRY
Three Thefts
Mar Week
Three thefts in the area
over the week kept both local
and sta te police busy.
The largest th e ft occurred
on Saturday night a t the home
of Raymond Sauder, Lititz
R l, egg dealer, who re tu rn ­ed
home to find his safe
broken.
State Trooper Donald Holly­wood
estimated the cash taken
a t about $1,000.
Thieves broke into Sauders
home while he and his family
were attending church services
a t Kralls Mennonite Church
in Lebanon County.
$800 of the money was gain­ed
by breaking open a 400 lb.
safe a t the home. The other
$150 to $200 was taken when
th ehouse was ransacked.
Trooper Holywood said en­trance
was gained by breaking
a door leading for an enclosed
porch to the firs t floor office.
On Friday Beatrice Patches
reported a th e ft of $5.00 from
her beauty shop on E ast Main
Street local police report.
Sunday James Colon, 66 N.
Water Street, reported to
borough police th a t between
$35 and $40 was stolen from
a childs bank during the
night. Police report th a t the
thief entered the home by cu tt­ing
a screen on the back
door.
At present all three burgu
laries a re being investigated.
Motor Violations
Mrs. George Ketterman, Lit­itz
R4, will be prosecuted by
officer Long for driving over
a fire hose a t the fire Tues­day
a t the Nolt Farm. The
case will be brought before
Justice of the Peace Kauffman.
On Saturday Kenneth Lee
Ditzler was charged by officer
F. Lucas before Justice of the
Peace Diehm. He will also be
charged with failure to dim
his lights when following an ­other
vehicle.
Robert A. Geib, 59 N. Broad
Street, was prosecuted Satur­day
by * officer Steffy before
Justice dr the Peafi^DIfebirf
for excessive noise.
Accidents
At 1:50 a.m., on Sunday,
Howard Hcisey, Penryn, head­ed
north on Broad Street,
struck the railroad signal
pole. Police report th a t the
front end of the car was de­molished
and th a t Heiscy
suffered a broken nose. He
was trea ted by Dr. Smith at
the scene and then taken to
the General Hospital in the
Warwick Ambulance.
Heisey will be prosecuted
by officer'Long before Justice
ot. the Peaco Diehm for reck­less
driving.
Attends Conference
M is
yoiiiijislr
s ta ll th e
. Ra lph
i s a t tiii-s
ta iid li
I'll lit/,, Mrs. Aininoii Mildly a n d Mrs. C u r t i s Long; h a n d out hot dogs to h u n g ry
■ Lititz Pool h o t (log s t a n d . Th e s e women, a lo n g w i th a b o u t tio o th e r s ,
ec d u r in g th e s umme r .
Eating “Dogs” Rivals Swimming
With Youngsters At Lititz Pool
Lititz youngsters stomachs
a re apparently a t least as big
as the ir pocket books — for
if the receipts a t the pool
refreshment stand are any in­dication
the swimmers spend
a t least a third of their time
eating!
And hot dogs seem to lead
the list of delicacies.
The hot dog stand was only
opened nine weeks ago —
and already it has netted $500
for the pool.
This profit is due largely to
the volunteers who staff the
stan d all during the week, ta k ­ing
one hour shifts.
Mrs. Curits Long, leader
and organizer of the hot dog
cookers, stated this week th a t
over twenty-five volunteers
serve weekly to “bring the
dog to the customers.”
Mondays the stand is staffed
by: Mrs. Ralph Pfautz, Mrs.
Ammon Shelly, Mrs. Richard
Yerger and Mrs. Lester Long;
Tuesdays by Mrs. Donald
Weaver, Mrs. George Forry,
Miss Mary Amidon and Mrs.
Curtis Amidon.
The Wednesday : shift is
composed of Mrs. John Helter,
Mrs, Ralph Sload, Mrs, Rich­ard
Oberlin, and Mrs. Earl
Frederich while Thursday are
taken over by Mrs. Ray Herr,
Mrs. Steve Palkovich, Mrs.
Ford Gordon and Mrs. Wendell
Hower.
Fridays are taken over by
Mrs. Donald Weir, Mrs. John
TrOutman, Mrs. George Kalen-ich
and Mrs. P a t Mastromat-teo.
O
thers who have assisted
are: Miss Jane Markert, Wen­d
e ll Hower, Curtis Long,. Eli
Mastromatteo, George Kale-nich,.
Donald Welksner, Mrs.
Jack Hevener, Mrs. Bob My­ers,
and Mrs. Carl Miller,
Brass Choir
At -Hersheyi
On Friday
The Brass Choir of the
Moravian Church will take
part in the Pennsylvania Dutch
Days a t Hershcy Pa rk , pre-seiiting
a program in the band-shell
a t 8:30 p.m. on Friday
evening.
Twenty local men are ex­pected
to take p a r t in the pro­gram.
The choir, which is ren o u n ­ce!
for its unique arrangement,
also recenlty made a T.V. tape
for a West German network.
John Kcehn, director -ar­ranger
of the Choir, explained
tha t the choir has gained its
wide reputation because of the
fact th a t it retains its brass
character, the re a re no reed
ins truments , and because of
the a r r an g emen t of 1st, 2nd.
3rd, and 4th cornet; horns ;
1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th t rom­bones,
and bass.
The Rev. Ed g a r Snyder will
be the n a r r a to r for the show.
Ann Gearhart
‘A
Ann Gearhart
At Indiana
For Conference
Ann Gearhart, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Gear­hart,
310 S. Cherry Street, is
presently attending the Na­tional
Conference on. Christian
Education sponosred by United
Church of Christ a t Purdue
University, Indiana.
She was selected from St.
Luke’s United Church of
Christ and will attend the con­ference
from August 21 to 24.
Program events will focus
on the local church program
of Christian Education and the
persons who serve it. The stu ­dents
will also study the new
United Church of Christ Chris
tian Education curriculum.
Reedy Building Renovations
To Compliment Town’s History
The Main stre e t business
district and the historical so­ciety
entered the i|?ws this
week when Paul E. Maurer,
owner of the old Reedy build­ing,
announced th a t he will
renovate the facade of the
structure to compliment the
historical flavor of the town.
This was the first move,
since the visit to Lititz of
architect Milton Osborne, to­ward
a renovation of the main
area of town.
While only the present his­torical
district is covered by
the plans of the Historical
Commission, the members of
the commission had express­ed
hopes th a t landowners in
the business section of town,
immediately adjacent to the
historical district, would con­sider
an historical motif if
they made plans for exterior
renovations.
The decision of Maurer,
coming, scarcely three weeks
a fte r the visit by Dr. Osborne,
will give the commission their
first chance to put this plan
into effect.
The Reedy building is locat­ed
ju st opposite th e Post
Office. Stan’s Heating and Elec­tric
Service, Kílbourne T.V.,
the former Nick's Restaurant,
and apa rtment building occupy
the building.
Plans for th e renovation
include the repainting of the
entire front of the building,
the replacing of shutters on
the second story, the colonializ-ing
of windows on the first
floor, and possible heavy re ­novations
a t Nick’s to turn
th a t area into another retail
store.
Members of the Planning
and Historical Commissions
emphasized today th a t they
are not planning to zone any
part of the business section
historical. They did state, how­ever,
th a t ' if any landlord
Dr. Osborne Will Speak On
Historical Renovations
would like to make renova­tions
on his building front
th a t they will be happy to
contact Dr. Osborne and have
him supply possible sketches.
The Iieody building is own­ed
by Paul E. Maurer ahd
Patricia F. Muarer, L an c a ste r
Partners in the venture afe
E, O. and Martha M. Moser,
also of Lancaster.
Curved Bars
Given Te Five
Girl Scouts
Five girls from Troop #255
were awarded the Curved Bar
Rank at the Camp Fire Cer­emony
a t Furnace Hills Camp
on Monday evening. This is
the highest rank in Intermed­iate
-Girl Scouting. Barbara
Spaid and Babs Weaver rec­eived
it in Home Making;
Kathy Wills, Laurie Stricklor
and Marcia Groves- in Outdoor
Fun.
Linda Bajkowski was award­ed
her F irs t Class badge with
the Homemaking Field as her
major. The following badges
were' also given: Barbara
Spaid and Babs Weaver, P er­sonal
hea lth; (Marcia Groves,
Donna H a rtran ft, Laurie Stri-ckler,
Barbara Spaid and
Kathy Will, Conservation.
Joyce Nagle, Marcia Groves,
Kathy Will, Donna H a rtran ft,
Linda Bajkowski, Donna Car-rity,
Barbara Spaid, and Larie
Strickler, Pinoeer, Linda Baj-k
o w s k i , K a t h y Will,
Barbara Spaid, Life saving;
Babs Weaver, Foods; Marcia
Groves, Cyclist; Babs Weaver,
Child care; Linda Bajkowski,
Pen Pal; Barbara Spaid, Trav­eler.
Mrs. Judy Shober stayed
with the girls for the ir three
days of Primitive Camping.
The Planning Commission
announced a t the ir meeting
Tuesday night th a t Dr. Os­borne,
who is working on the
renovations for the historical
district of town, will re tu rn
to Lititz on October 9.
At th a t time he will meet
with citizens in th e Recreation
Center, or other public place,
to discuss plans for the reno­vations
of both the business
district and the historical dis­trict.
On th is trip Dr. Osborne
will bring possible sketches
for renovations of some of the
buildings in town so th a t citi­zens
may get a b e tte r, idea
of ju st what type of work is
being planned.
Members of the reta ile r's
association, civic -, clubs and
p ro pe rty-owne rs in..th e - boro
will Jbe- invited to the open
meeting.
The Planning Commission
stated th a t any club or group
wishing to hear more about
the proposed plans before the
open meeting should contact
either a member o f the Plann­ing
Commission or the His­torical
Commission.
Members of one or the other
organization will appear be­fore
groups in the are a next
month to discuss the possible
renovations.
Becker Pre sident
Garth Becker was reelected
president of the Planning Com­mission
a t the reorganization
meeting. Dennis Craig will a s­sist
him as assistant chairman
of the group.
Other members of the Com­mission
are Ken McCloskey,
Carl Reist and Harold Kauff­man.
(
Members of the Historical
Commission include Dr. Byron
Horne, Abe Hershey and Mrs.
J. William Miksch, J r.
Chicken Bar B-Q
At Lititz Park
Next Saturday
I t ’s almost Chicken Barbe­cue
time a t the Lititz Springs
Park.
S a t u r d a y , . September 1,
the park will hold it’s annual
chicken barbecue — with Gray­bill
Miller as barbecuer.
Plans for the annual b ar­becue
wore announced a t the
Park -Trustee» avaating Tues­day
night.
Trustees stated th a t the b ar­becue
will be held ra in or
shine — from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
There will be a concert
during the afternoon by the
Lititz Community Band ■—
sta rting a t 4 p.m.
The meal will be $1.50 for
adults and $1.00 for children
under twelve. Take outs will be
$1.00.
WARWICK FOOTBALL
MIDGET PRACTICE
' The Warwick Midget Foot­ball
League will begin prac­tice
oil Wednesday, September
5. Any boys in the area who
aro between the ages of 9 and
13 and wish to participate may
do so by registering a t the
Recreation Center.
First Grade <
Assignments l
Below is the list of firs t
graders and their teachers in
the Lititz Elementary School.
Parents are asked to pin
a name card on their child
when they go to school for the
first day giving not only the
childs name but the name of
the teacher or room indicated
on the list.
There will be helpers a t the
doors of the elementary school
to help the children to th e ir
class rooms. ‘ •
FIRST GRADE ASSIGNMENTS
Miss Carls, Jay Beamesder-fer,
Philip Bingoman, Thomas
Carvell, Gary Dotson, Brian
Hanna, Kent Keller, David L.
Lines, Kenneth Nolt. .
Raymond Pettyjohn, Glen >B.
Spickler, Richard L. Wejk-,
Jacob Young, David A. Zog,
Diane Bear, Tamara Becker,
Lu Ann Coniglio, Donna Car­penter,
Debra Erb. ; -
Heidi Fritz, Sharon Griih-shaw,
Kim Haldeman, SaJly
LaVigne, Beverly Myers, Staci
Pontz, Leslie Jo Roth, Partie ia
Ititz, Debra Wolfe. .. .
Miss Dildine, David Bender,
Michael W. Frey, Michael B.
Gerfeu, Terry Grille, Michael
Hoffman, K urt Kreider, Ed­ward
Miller.
Timothy Nickel, Frederick
Neff, Theodore Schmid-, Gary
Snavely, William M. Sweitzer,
Nevin Weidler, Kenneth Wed-fter.
L
uetta Berkenstock, Debra
Bingeman, Jacqueline Dinkel,
Audrey E h rh a rt, Margo F re ­derick,
Melinda Hunter, K ath­erine
Kraybili, Geraldine My­ers,
Patricia Singer, Caryli
Snader, Carol L. Stauffer, Don­na
Ziegler.
Mi»s Herr. Robert Bomtfdr-ger;
Dean Bucher, Gary Dgdm
Colon, Daniel J. Cooper, M8fk
L. dcPerrot, K urt Herzer, Ro­bert
W. Long, Dennis Meatlgi
Curtis Oberholtzer, F ran k
Showers, Donald K. Stoner,
Donald Ulrich, Dennis L. Udn-er,
, Darrell Weaver, Patric ia
Bushong, Donna L. Carpenter*
Cathy Jo Conway, Shar-pn
Dagcn, Kathy DeWald, Beth
Furlow, Robin Goodman, Mary
M. Minnich, Sandra Royer,
(Continued on page 6)
FIFTY MILE MEN!
110 Scouts,
AttendCamp
One hundred Intermediate
and Senior Girl Scouts repre-sentating
ten Troops camped
a t Furnace Hills on Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday.
Mrs. Charles Eshleman serv­ed
as director; Marcia Horn
served as Camp nurse; and
Mrs. Henry Snavely, assisted
by Margaret Engle was in
charge of the Pool. Each
Troop prepared th e ir own pro­gram
and twenty adults as­sisted
with the Camp.
Mrs, Gonder
Heads WCTU
Mrs. 11. W. Gonder was elec­ted
president of the Lititz
WCTU a t its annual covered
dish spper held last week at
the home of Miss Ella Stauffer,
Kissel Hill.
Other officers elected were:
first vice president, Mrs. Ira
Farlow; second vice presidenl,
Mrs. Ella Stauffer; recording
secretary, Mrs. Robert Hanna;
corresponding secretary, Mrs.
Naomi Smith; tre a sure r , Mrs.
John Mohler with Mrs. John
Royer serving as as s istant
tre a sure r .
Devotions were in charge of
Mrs. Kathryn Dougherty, who
also lead the memorial service
in memory of Mrs. Mary Gib-ble,
Mr. Robert Hanna and Mr.
Ira Eberly, honorary members.
The tre a su re r reported a
gain in WCTU women mem­bers
and also in honorary
members. She also reported
th a t the local chapter had
attained the required number
of points to be a Life Line
Union in the national organ­ization.
An oak tree was
purchased from th e Lititz
(Springs Park Committee to re­place
the “A. Virginia Grosh”
memorial tree. This tre e is
situated nea r the band shell
and pavilion.
(Continued on page 3)
i* l b p . ■ • ‘ A
> -S. f >
■ ■ I
'W
Woody Collins, Alan Ivin so, Joe La hr, Hill Cole and Gary Brewer re st on the porch of
Rev. Scherer's home a lte r taking a 03 mile hike through the Appalachians.
Boy Scouts Of Troop 44 Take
65 Mile Hike Around The State
Five boys — and one man
— spent the week hiking 65
miles on th e Appalachian
Trail, ju s t for the fun of it!
The boys, members of Troop
44 of St. P au l’s Lutheran
Church, sta rted out a Mackie
Run Lean-To, five miles from
Waynesboro on Wednesday,
August 15. August 21 they
ended the hike two miles from
Williams Grove on Rt. 74.
They hed, in the interim
tramped through Caledonia
State Park, Pine Grove F u r­nace
State Park, and. the town
of Hunters Run.
Members of the troopers in­cluded:
Pastor George Scherer,
Woody Colline, Alan Klase,
Joe Lahr, Bill Cole and Gary
Brewer.
As a result of the hike the
boys have earned, the ir “ Fif­ty
Miler” scouting award, their
hiking merit badge and the ir
camping merit badge.
On Sunday, August 1 9 ,‘‘*fhe
scouts were met by th e ir p a r­ents
a t Pine Grove Furnftco
and a picnic supper was serv­ed.
-ii
Eugene Ludwig is sceut
master of the pack. The beys
were accompanied from Friday
until Sunday by Nevin Bow­man.
in addition ‘ to Pastor
Scherer. ■ >'