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•Èbpm* The Lititz Record ■ Express Serving The Warwick Union Area For Nearly A Century 86th Year Established April, 1877, as The Sunbeam (Consolidated with The U tltz Becord, 1937) Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa„ Thursday, November 15, 1962 7 cents a Copy; 83.00 per year by mall within Lancaster County; $3.00 elsewhere. 14 Pages — No. 31 Postmaster Vacancy At Rothsville Examinations for the offii e of Pos tmas ter a t Rothsville will be held December 4, m the Lancaster Post Office, it was announced in Washington today. The salary is $5,3u ,per year. Applications will 1» accepted up to the d a te of tin examination. Competitors for the post master vacancy must have .r least one year of experience (education above high school level may be substituted for six months of experience) showing th a t they have the ability to maintain simple re . cords of accounts or th a t it has given th em - a knowledge of postal procedures. Competitors must also show th a t they are of good reputation and th a t they can meet and deal with the public agreeably and effectively. Applicants must tak e a written test. Those who pass will be assigned final ratings on the basis of th is te st and on the ir experience, and fitness for the position. They m u st have resided within the delivery of the office for one year immediately preceding .the closing d a te oi the exam, ination. In addition, they must have reached th e ir 18 th b irth day on the closing date for acceptance of applications. Persons over 70 years of age cannot be appointed. Complete information about the examination and instructions for filing applica. . lions may be obtained a t the post office for which this examination is being announced. Application forrqs must be filed with the U.S. Civil Service Commission, Washington, 25, D.C., and must be received or postmarked not la ter than the closing date. Lebanon TV To Move To Lancaster M rs. William Seal« hard, Jr., president of the P itit/ Woman’s (Tub, presents cheek for $18<>.5<>, representing the proceeds of the recent Hook Saks to Alfred L. Douple, treasurer of the Lititz Public Library. Go. Planning Body To Sponsor Area Meeting At Denver The FCC on Wednesday November 7, 1962 authorized WLYH-TV, Channel 15, the Keystone Group station in Lebanon, Pa^ to move its main studio to Lancaster, Pa., it was announced today by Roger W. Clipp, Vice-President for the Triangle Station. The hew studio will be situated in the Greist Building in downtown Lancaster and will be in operation by Ja n u ary 1, 1963. WLYH-TV yvill continue to maintain and operate from its existing studio in Lebanon. On January 1, 1963 the CBS TV network will recognize the arrival of the second /T V operation in Lancaster by switching its network affiliation from WGAL, Channel 8 in Lancaster, to WLYH, Channel 15 in LancasterJLebanon. With WLYH.TV joining the CBS TV network the CBS video program schedule will, for the first time, be available to additional thousands of homes in the central Penn, sylvanla area. The opening of the main WLYH-TV studio in Lancaste r will fu rth e r expand the services of the Keystone Stations, WHP-TV in H arrisburg, WLYH-TV in Lancas. ter.Lebanon and WSBA-TV in York, to the central Pennsylvania area. The Lancaster County P lan ning Commission will sponsor a meeting of Area 2 tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the Denver Borough F ire company building, Fifth and Main Streets. The area includes Lititz borough, Warwick and Elizabeth townships, Epharta, Akron, E p h ra ta township, Denver, Adamstown, East Cocal. ieo West Cocalico and Clay township^. Among the items to be discussed are rthe Commission’s recently published population report, a preliminary presenta tion of findings from the economy ' study, Community Planning Services, a prospos. ed planning school for local officials, and the need for and planning of p a rk and recreational facilities. In order to prepa re for its 1963 budget and staff requirements, the Commission is d e sirous of obtaining an indication of the number of possible requests for Community Planning services next year. Municipalities anticipating such requests will be able to discuss them at these meetings. The Commission is considering the possibility of conducting a planning school for local officials early in 19 63. Professional instructors would teach a variety of planning and zoning topics and a small enrollment fee, if any, might be anticipated. The course would generally follow an outline prepared by the Public Service In stitu te of the Pennsylvania Department of Public Instruction and would Consist of one evening meeting for from six to eight weeks. In order to obtain an indication of the possible number of officials th a t could be expected to enroll in such a course, those attending the area meetings will be asked to express their interest. The meeting at Denver is one of a series being held (his month. Book Sales Nets $186 Newspaper To Be Received Friday The Lititz Record-Express will be received by subscribers next Friday, because Thursday is the T'nanKsgivmg holi. day.N ext week’s paper will be the kick-off of the Christmas shopping guide. School Menu Monday Baked sausage, buttered noodles, limas, half of peach Tuesday Home made vegetable soup, crackers, beef salad sandwich, popsicle Wednesday Ham, string beanä, slaw, applesauce cole Thanksgiving Vacation The total receipts from the sale of books for the Lititz Public Library amounted to $186.85, according to the re port submitted by th e Fine Arts and Education Department -of the L ititz Woman’s Club which conducted ‘the sale. Mrs. J . ’ Lloyd Shaeffer was in charge. There were 2500 books collected for the sale; . 227 placd in the library; and 1873 sold. The 400 books th a t were left -after th e sale were taken to the Lebanon Veterans Hospital. Wages On Increase In Lititz A survey of wage policies among employers in the Lititz area shows th a t the average sta rting wages have increased several cents an hour over the past two years, according to Borough Manager R. Keith Armstrong, who made the su rvey. T wenty-six employees were requested to provide information and nineteen replied. A total of 1,668 employes were represented in the survey, of whom 977 were men and 691 were women. The average sta rtin g wage for unskilled labor was as follows: office, men, $1.42 in 1962, $1.39 in 1961 and $1.38 in 1960; office, women, $1.40 in 1962, $1.35 in 1961 and $1.29 in 1960; factory men, $1.60 in 1962; $1.54 in 1961, and $1.43 in 1960; factory, women, $1.43 in 1962; $1.40 in 1961, and $1.33 in 1960. Increases are -expected soon, which could increase the 1962 averages by as. much as 4.2 cents, Armstrong said. The average monthly tu rn over is estimated at 2.2 per cent in 1962, as compared with 3 per cent in 1961 and 1.3 per cent in 19 60. ’Benefits also were surveyed, and are as follows, with the corresponding figures for 1961, where available, in parentheses: paid vacations, a t least one week, 99.3 per cent (99.0 per c en t.); two weeks a fte r a certain length of time, 89.1 per cent (82.0 per c e n t); three weeks afte r certain length of c e n t) ; some benefits for sick leave, 77.4 per cent; (58 per time, 18.9 per cent (27.0 per cent). Paid holidays; a t least four, 97.7 per cent (98.0 per cent) at least five 93.3 per cent; a t least six, 90.2 per cent (73.0 per cent) at least seven, 54.5 per cent; a t least eight, 47.0 per cent; a t least nine, 32.4 per cent )33.0 per cent.) Two and three tenths per cent had no paid holidays. Sixty-one per cent of those replying h a d ' pension plans, compared with 6 5 per cent in 1961; 75.3 p e r c e n t had some type of hospitalization or medical plan; 83.7 per cent had group insurance; 58.7 per cent had a Christmas bonus; 31.5 per cent had educational benefits; 14 per cent birthday bonus and 0.9 per cent had profit sharing plans. Thanksgiving Day Service In Churches Lee O. Dunklo, former Warwick Union music teacher, now teaching in Japan, is shown at a Rotary club meeting in Tokyo, Japan. What appears to be a hearing aid in his left ea r actually is a tran sisto r-tran slato r, so the foreign visitors a t th e meeting can understand the parts of th e program in the Japanese language. Former Relates Local Teacher Life In Japan What it’s like to attend a Rotary club meeting in Tokyo was described by Lee ‘C. Dunkle, former Warwick music teacher, in a le tte r received by a fellow Rotarian in Lititz. Dunkle resigned last spring from th e Warwick Union High school where he was q music teacher for six years to go to Japan under the sponsorship of the United Church of Christ to teach music for Conservation Meet Nov, 19 A water shed and conservation meeting wil be held in the Penryn Fire Hall on Monday a t 7:30 p.m. November 19. A color-film entitled “Bey ond Tomorrow’’ will be shown, depicting the need for conservation and what is being done about it in 'Pennsylvania. The film was produced by the 'Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. There also will he a panel or several farmers from the area who will -discuss th e pros and cons of conservation as it is being applied on the ir own farms. The local county soil technician, Martin Muth, will be present to assist in the program and to answer questions. A special invitation is extended to farmers who fee} they have an erosion problem on the ir 'farms and would like to find the solution. The meeting is open to all in te rested persons. Following the program snacks will be served. Guner Dougherty Wins Junior Citizen Award Retailers Name Loerdier Pres. Ronald Loercher was elected president of the Lititz Retailers Association a t a meeting held Monday night in the S utter Hotel. Other officers named -include Robert Trimble, vice president arid Robert Meek, secretary-treasurer. Directors elected include Joseph Gearhart, Pre ston Krebs, Robert G. Campbell and James Hess, outgoing president of 1962. It was recommened th a t stores be open every night until 9 p.m. sta rtin g Friday, December 7, to December 22 inclusive. The 45 retailers- present also discussed the Christmas program and lighting. Details will be announced a t a la ter date. Plan Civic Dinner For December 1st Invitations are being issued now to the annual Civic Dinner to be held this year at the General Sutter Hotel on Saturday December 1. < Attending will be members of 'Borough Council and all the -commissions, boards and committees which work with Council. Wives of the members also will attend. The event, is strikly social; the re will be no speeches or other for- -mality. Miss Guner Dougherty, fourteen, of Warwick Union Junior High School, was selected from her school to receive the “Ju n ior Citizen” award from the Lancaster Optimist clubs. The awards were made to representatives from junior high schools throughout the city and county a t the -dinner meeting of the Optimist club Tuesday, November 13 in the Hotel Brunswick. Each of the 20 Junior citizens received an award inscribed with his or her name and the name of the school. The candidates were chosen from the ninth grades of all the schools by the faculties. Miss Dougherty is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ad dison Gery, Lititz R l. She is a member of the Ju n io r High orchestra and glee club, a par ticipant in the Ju n io r High Dramatic club, and was secretary of her class in the eighth grade. She received the American Legion Medal in the 8 th grade. Clair R. Mc'Collogh, president of WGAL, Inc., was the W ■ ------ Adult Dance At Rec. Center An ad u lt dance will be held a t th e Recreation 'Center on February 2, it was announced following a board meeting this week. Teen-agers are asked to wear winter dress for the ir Saturday night -dances from now on. Suits or sports coats and ties are required. The board asked persons who -call the center to use the number 626-5096, because one of the other iphones listed it a -pay -phone not in the office. Groups are asked to consult the Community calendar before planning activities. Guner Dougherty principal speaker and presented the awards in behalf of the combined Optimist clubs of Lancaster city and county. Sabin Vaccine Program Sunday The Sabin Oral Vaccine will be given a t Warwick High School and a t Linden Hall on Sunday, from 11 a.m. to p.m. Those who are going to the Warwick High School to receive their medication are asked to park on the gymnasium area, G. -Marlin Spaid, the supervising principal, requested today. This is adjacent to Orange 'Street, west oif the building. People are asked to come in the west door of the gymnasium lobby. The -circle in fro n t of the school will be reserved for doctors, nurses and other assistants. , The (program is sponsored by the Lancaster City and County Medical Society, which hopes to -get every resident the Warwick area to take the vaccine. This would be around 6000 people. three years in a girls’ college. Dunkle attended a Rotary meeting in Tokyo where a picture was taken of each visiting Rotarian. In the -picture he is wearing a tran sisto r ea rphone, “with the rest of the gadget in my pocket.” The rest of the outfit is resting on the middle of the taJble. ‘Many of the tables had them and foreigners were thus furnished -with instantaneous translations of all Japanese parts of the meeting. As yet haven’t made sufficient progress with my language to be able to carry on an intelligent conversation. However I now can ta lk to the barber and the girl a t the corner flower shop.” MANY VISITORS Dunkle says the re jverq many visitors a t the meeting, including several Germans who were interested in the names Lititz and Manheim. There was a California pastor who knew th e president of the Lancaster ‘Seminary. Also present was an American representative of Rotary In te rn a tional, who brought appropriate greetings — in a Virginia drawl, no less. The program featured a classification talk ‘by a Tokyo 'banker. Ju st like Lititz, they work on a time schedule and the poor guy had little time left after the Virginian was finished with his message from the President! The members of the Tokyo club are obviously in a wealthy bracket, as witnessed -by th e fact th a t many (continued on page 2) CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN The Lititz Church of the Brethren, 300 West. Orange Street, will have the annual Thanksgiving Day service on Thursday, November 22 a t 9 a.m. The Rev. Olden D. Mitchell will present the -message on the theme “O Give Thanks Unto the Lord.” He will he assisted a t the service by John K. Graybill and Henry II. Gibbel, members of the Board of Administration of the local church. There will be Thanksgiving hymns by the congregation and special music will be presented by Miss Jean Seachrist, soloist, accompanied by Mrs. James Shank, organist. Mrs. Shank will play a Prelude and Post-lude, “Now Thank We All Our God” by Beethoven. Mel Ehrin To Play For Club Women Mel Ehrin, pianist from York, will 'present the program a t 'the meeting of the Woman’s Club on Monday evening, Nov. 19 a t 8 p.m. in the music room a t Linden Hall. Mr. Ehrin played 1600 programs from 1954 to 1957 in high schools, colleges, and Community -concerts in the United States, Canada, and MORAVIAN CHURCH The Moravian Church will have a Harvest Home service on Thanksgiving morning at 9:30 a.m. wilh gifts of food, garden produce, canned goods, etc., for the Moravian Home. Members are requested to please place these gifts in the Preparation room on Wednesday. The Rt. Rev. Allen W. Schattschneider will preach on the theme “The Grace of Gratitude", and Hie senior choir will sing the anthem “ Prayer of Thanksgiving” , a Netherlands Folk Song. ST. LUKE’S The St. Luke’s United Church of Christ will hold the ir Thanksgiving service on Wednesday November 21 a t :30 p.m.. The Rev. Robert Myers will preach the sermon and the Children’s choir, directed by Mrs. William Haz-lett, will make their initial appearance and sing “Come Ye Thankful Come”. TRINITY E. C. The Young People of the Trinity Evangelical Congregational Church will hold a Thanksgiving Day Breakfast a t 7:30 a.m. in the Social Room of the church with the ir advisors, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Weaver, Lititz R. D. 2. The theme will be “F ath e r We Thank Thee". A trio, including, Pamela Horsey, Leslie Shreiner and Gail Grube will sing. Others participating will include Gail Evans, Mary Van Brookhaven, Charles Hornberger, and Mrs. Weaver, who will speak on The Rock of the Pilgrims” based on Deut. 32:4. Donald Stauffer will be the chef. EUR CHURCH Tiie E. U. B. Church will hold a service of Thanksgiving and Holy Communion on Thursday, November 22 a t 9:30 a.m. The Senior Choir will sing and ithe Rev. F ran k A. Nickel will preach on the theme “Living in .Thank»* giving” . Farmers’ National Lengthens Service Extended banking hours Will be provided during the holiday season by the F armers’ National Bank, it was announced today by bank officials. Effective November 19, the b ank’s drive-in windows will be open until 5 p.m.,_for the transaction of business. The bank officials pointed out the convenient location of the windows also makes it possible for walk-up customers, as well as those in cars, to use this service. The new banking hours were announced as a result of the recent survey taken by the Jaycees, which indicated a need for longer banking hours. Therefore the hoard of directors voted to provide -the extended services. F arm ers’ National officials stressed the importance of the need for local businesses to work together to stimulate business in Lititz, and to provide the best possible facilities for the shopping public. “Banking is changing, ju st as other businesses change,” an official said, “ and banks must adjust to keep in step with the times. We want to serve the people and the business community of Lititz and to fulfill th e ir needs insofar as we are able. Tickets Now Available For Testimonial Plans have been completed and tickets are now available to the public for th e te stimonial program honoring the Warwick Warriors, their cokeh-es led by head coach, ^ tan Schoenberger and the parents of the players. The program will be held a t 8 p.m. Wednesday, November 21 in the Warwick High School Auditorium. The program will be in charge of the well known fe rmer Lititz 'High ¡School grad uate, Marvin E. Miller, who will act as Master of Ceremonies. P h ilad e lp h ia’ Eagles Foot, ball star, Pete Retzlaff will be the featured speaker. > The High School Band under the , direction of Henry C. Steiner and Miss Johanne ¡Smith’s Varsity Cheerleaders will be on hand to add special zest to the program. Complimentary tickets for the program have been sent out to the honored guests and interested team supporters can now obtain the ir tickets for a donation of ,$1 a t the following locations: Bell’s Book Store, Benner’s P h a rmacy, Dick’s Restaurant, E rb ’s Service Station, ’ Brunnerville, Glassmyers, McElroy’s P h a rmacy, Stroble’s Barber Shop. Students may obtain tickets at the High School by contacting George R. ‘Male, (continued on page 2) Mel Ehrin Hawaii. Last year he took leave of absence to play 130 concerts in the New England States, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. He received his B. S. in Music Education from Indiana College, Pa., and his Masters a t Carnegie Tech. He taught music in the P ittsb u rg h pu'b lie schools, Rochester, N. 14 Mid-Pacific In stitu te, Homo lulu and is presently director of vocal music in William Penn high school a t York. Mr. Ehrin has -a rare talent for harmonizing classics and modern style. His captivating enthusiasm and creative pia no provide a refreshing program of exhilarating entertainment. Schooled in the classics, with a Masters Degree in Music, Mr, Ehrin has enjoyed years of teaching young people and has won acclaim from a wide variety of concert a u diences across the country, Hawaii and Canada, performing University concerts, Com. munity programs, night club and hotel dates, radio and TV programs A masterful music educator, exciting pianist and entertainer, he has developed a gifted facility for stimulating audience participation in the wonderful fun of making and enjoying music together. Whether playing one of his own jazz improvisations on a popular theme, performing a classic, or “ breaking up” his audience with his hilarious parody of performers’ musical styles, Mel Ehrin presents piano pagentry a t its best, sensitive classics and light comedy. He will be introduced by Mrs. Howard Moore. Mrs. ‘Donald Ranriels and Mrs. Gordon O. Trump will serve as hostesses and Mrs. E. William Jaede, Jr., will read the collect. Youth Arrested For Recklessness Warren Shirk, sixteen, 15 W. Maple Ave., Lititz, will be prosecuted by Police Chief George Hicks before Squire Dielun for reckless driving as a result of an accident November 11, a t 1:05 p.m. ¡Shirk was headed east on East Main St., when he stopped a t the intersection of Locust St. to back and tu rn around. Reba Rosenberg, Boy-ertown R2, was approaching the intersection at Locust St., and stopped a t the stop sign, waiting to enter the highway. When she saw Shirk 'backing his car, she sounded her horn, but Shirk apparently didn’t see or hear her and backed into her car, causing $189 damage to it, according to Chief Hicks. Open House Held At Warwick High Open House was held Tuesday night at the Warwick Union High school in observance of American Education Week. Parents were given an opportunity to visit the classrooms and visit with .the teachers. Pupils in the d istric t had a holiday yesterday when schools were closed because of ■the annual County Institute for the teachers. TURKEY SUPPER The Young Men’s Business League will hold a turkey supper on Monday, Dec. 10 at the League. John Burkholder and Robert Mearig will be in charge. Community Calendar Nov. 15— 7:30 P.M. — Senior Citizens meeting a t the Recreation Center. 8:00 P.M. — Lititz PTA meeting a t the Elementary School. Nov. Hi— 8:00 P.M. — Senior Class Play at the Warwick Union High School. Nov. 17— 8:00 P.M. — Senior Class Play a t the Warwick Union High School. Nov. 1»— 8:0.0 P.M. — Sportsmen Club meeting. Nov. 20— 8:00 P.M. — Newcomers Club meeting at the Recreation Center. Nov. 21— 6:30 P.M. — ABC meeting at Evans Restaurant, Manheim. 8:00 P.M. — Celebration for the Warwick Football team at the High School auditorium. Nov. 22 — Happy Thanksgiving.
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Title | Lititz Record Express |
Masthead | Lititz Record Express 1962-11-15 |
Subject | Lititz (Pa.) -- Newspapers;Lancaster County (Pa.)—Newspapers |
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Date | 1962-11-15 |
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Subject | Lititz (Pa.) -- Newspapers;Lancaster County (Pa.)—Newspapers |
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Full Text | •Èbpm* The Lititz Record ■ Express Serving The Warwick Union Area For Nearly A Century 86th Year Established April, 1877, as The Sunbeam (Consolidated with The U tltz Becord, 1937) Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa„ Thursday, November 15, 1962 7 cents a Copy; 83.00 per year by mall within Lancaster County; $3.00 elsewhere. 14 Pages — No. 31 Postmaster Vacancy At Rothsville Examinations for the offii e of Pos tmas ter a t Rothsville will be held December 4, m the Lancaster Post Office, it was announced in Washington today. The salary is $5,3u ,per year. Applications will 1» accepted up to the d a te of tin examination. Competitors for the post master vacancy must have .r least one year of experience (education above high school level may be substituted for six months of experience) showing th a t they have the ability to maintain simple re . cords of accounts or th a t it has given th em - a knowledge of postal procedures. Competitors must also show th a t they are of good reputation and th a t they can meet and deal with the public agreeably and effectively. Applicants must tak e a written test. Those who pass will be assigned final ratings on the basis of th is te st and on the ir experience, and fitness for the position. They m u st have resided within the delivery of the office for one year immediately preceding .the closing d a te oi the exam, ination. In addition, they must have reached th e ir 18 th b irth day on the closing date for acceptance of applications. Persons over 70 years of age cannot be appointed. Complete information about the examination and instructions for filing applica. . lions may be obtained a t the post office for which this examination is being announced. Application forrqs must be filed with the U.S. Civil Service Commission, Washington, 25, D.C., and must be received or postmarked not la ter than the closing date. Lebanon TV To Move To Lancaster M rs. William Seal« hard, Jr., president of the P itit/ Woman’s (Tub, presents cheek for $18<>.5<>, representing the proceeds of the recent Hook Saks to Alfred L. Douple, treasurer of the Lititz Public Library. Go. Planning Body To Sponsor Area Meeting At Denver The FCC on Wednesday November 7, 1962 authorized WLYH-TV, Channel 15, the Keystone Group station in Lebanon, Pa^ to move its main studio to Lancaster, Pa., it was announced today by Roger W. Clipp, Vice-President for the Triangle Station. The hew studio will be situated in the Greist Building in downtown Lancaster and will be in operation by Ja n u ary 1, 1963. WLYH-TV yvill continue to maintain and operate from its existing studio in Lebanon. On January 1, 1963 the CBS TV network will recognize the arrival of the second /T V operation in Lancaster by switching its network affiliation from WGAL, Channel 8 in Lancaster, to WLYH, Channel 15 in LancasterJLebanon. With WLYH.TV joining the CBS TV network the CBS video program schedule will, for the first time, be available to additional thousands of homes in the central Penn, sylvanla area. The opening of the main WLYH-TV studio in Lancaste r will fu rth e r expand the services of the Keystone Stations, WHP-TV in H arrisburg, WLYH-TV in Lancas. ter.Lebanon and WSBA-TV in York, to the central Pennsylvania area. The Lancaster County P lan ning Commission will sponsor a meeting of Area 2 tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the Denver Borough F ire company building, Fifth and Main Streets. The area includes Lititz borough, Warwick and Elizabeth townships, Epharta, Akron, E p h ra ta township, Denver, Adamstown, East Cocal. ieo West Cocalico and Clay township^. Among the items to be discussed are rthe Commission’s recently published population report, a preliminary presenta tion of findings from the economy ' study, Community Planning Services, a prospos. ed planning school for local officials, and the need for and planning of p a rk and recreational facilities. In order to prepa re for its 1963 budget and staff requirements, the Commission is d e sirous of obtaining an indication of the number of possible requests for Community Planning services next year. Municipalities anticipating such requests will be able to discuss them at these meetings. The Commission is considering the possibility of conducting a planning school for local officials early in 19 63. Professional instructors would teach a variety of planning and zoning topics and a small enrollment fee, if any, might be anticipated. The course would generally follow an outline prepared by the Public Service In stitu te of the Pennsylvania Department of Public Instruction and would Consist of one evening meeting for from six to eight weeks. In order to obtain an indication of the possible number of officials th a t could be expected to enroll in such a course, those attending the area meetings will be asked to express their interest. The meeting at Denver is one of a series being held (his month. Book Sales Nets $186 Newspaper To Be Received Friday The Lititz Record-Express will be received by subscribers next Friday, because Thursday is the T'nanKsgivmg holi. day.N ext week’s paper will be the kick-off of the Christmas shopping guide. School Menu Monday Baked sausage, buttered noodles, limas, half of peach Tuesday Home made vegetable soup, crackers, beef salad sandwich, popsicle Wednesday Ham, string beanä, slaw, applesauce cole Thanksgiving Vacation The total receipts from the sale of books for the Lititz Public Library amounted to $186.85, according to the re port submitted by th e Fine Arts and Education Department -of the L ititz Woman’s Club which conducted ‘the sale. Mrs. J . ’ Lloyd Shaeffer was in charge. There were 2500 books collected for the sale; . 227 placd in the library; and 1873 sold. The 400 books th a t were left -after th e sale were taken to the Lebanon Veterans Hospital. Wages On Increase In Lititz A survey of wage policies among employers in the Lititz area shows th a t the average sta rting wages have increased several cents an hour over the past two years, according to Borough Manager R. Keith Armstrong, who made the su rvey. T wenty-six employees were requested to provide information and nineteen replied. A total of 1,668 employes were represented in the survey, of whom 977 were men and 691 were women. The average sta rtin g wage for unskilled labor was as follows: office, men, $1.42 in 1962, $1.39 in 1961 and $1.38 in 1960; office, women, $1.40 in 1962, $1.35 in 1961 and $1.29 in 1960; factory men, $1.60 in 1962; $1.54 in 1961, and $1.43 in 1960; factory, women, $1.43 in 1962; $1.40 in 1961, and $1.33 in 1960. Increases are -expected soon, which could increase the 1962 averages by as. much as 4.2 cents, Armstrong said. The average monthly tu rn over is estimated at 2.2 per cent in 1962, as compared with 3 per cent in 1961 and 1.3 per cent in 19 60. ’Benefits also were surveyed, and are as follows, with the corresponding figures for 1961, where available, in parentheses: paid vacations, a t least one week, 99.3 per cent (99.0 per c en t.); two weeks a fte r a certain length of time, 89.1 per cent (82.0 per c e n t); three weeks afte r certain length of c e n t) ; some benefits for sick leave, 77.4 per cent; (58 per time, 18.9 per cent (27.0 per cent). Paid holidays; a t least four, 97.7 per cent (98.0 per cent) at least five 93.3 per cent; a t least six, 90.2 per cent (73.0 per cent) at least seven, 54.5 per cent; a t least eight, 47.0 per cent; a t least nine, 32.4 per cent )33.0 per cent.) Two and three tenths per cent had no paid holidays. Sixty-one per cent of those replying h a d ' pension plans, compared with 6 5 per cent in 1961; 75.3 p e r c e n t had some type of hospitalization or medical plan; 83.7 per cent had group insurance; 58.7 per cent had a Christmas bonus; 31.5 per cent had educational benefits; 14 per cent birthday bonus and 0.9 per cent had profit sharing plans. Thanksgiving Day Service In Churches Lee O. Dunklo, former Warwick Union music teacher, now teaching in Japan, is shown at a Rotary club meeting in Tokyo, Japan. What appears to be a hearing aid in his left ea r actually is a tran sisto r-tran slato r, so the foreign visitors a t th e meeting can understand the parts of th e program in the Japanese language. Former Relates Local Teacher Life In Japan What it’s like to attend a Rotary club meeting in Tokyo was described by Lee ‘C. Dunkle, former Warwick music teacher, in a le tte r received by a fellow Rotarian in Lititz. Dunkle resigned last spring from th e Warwick Union High school where he was q music teacher for six years to go to Japan under the sponsorship of the United Church of Christ to teach music for Conservation Meet Nov, 19 A water shed and conservation meeting wil be held in the Penryn Fire Hall on Monday a t 7:30 p.m. November 19. A color-film entitled “Bey ond Tomorrow’’ will be shown, depicting the need for conservation and what is being done about it in 'Pennsylvania. The film was produced by the 'Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. There also will he a panel or several farmers from the area who will -discuss th e pros and cons of conservation as it is being applied on the ir own farms. The local county soil technician, Martin Muth, will be present to assist in the program and to answer questions. A special invitation is extended to farmers who fee} they have an erosion problem on the ir 'farms and would like to find the solution. The meeting is open to all in te rested persons. Following the program snacks will be served. Guner Dougherty Wins Junior Citizen Award Retailers Name Loerdier Pres. Ronald Loercher was elected president of the Lititz Retailers Association a t a meeting held Monday night in the S utter Hotel. Other officers named -include Robert Trimble, vice president arid Robert Meek, secretary-treasurer. Directors elected include Joseph Gearhart, Pre ston Krebs, Robert G. Campbell and James Hess, outgoing president of 1962. It was recommened th a t stores be open every night until 9 p.m. sta rtin g Friday, December 7, to December 22 inclusive. The 45 retailers- present also discussed the Christmas program and lighting. Details will be announced a t a la ter date. Plan Civic Dinner For December 1st Invitations are being issued now to the annual Civic Dinner to be held this year at the General Sutter Hotel on Saturday December 1. < Attending will be members of 'Borough Council and all the -commissions, boards and committees which work with Council. Wives of the members also will attend. The event, is strikly social; the re will be no speeches or other for- -mality. Miss Guner Dougherty, fourteen, of Warwick Union Junior High School, was selected from her school to receive the “Ju n ior Citizen” award from the Lancaster Optimist clubs. The awards were made to representatives from junior high schools throughout the city and county a t the -dinner meeting of the Optimist club Tuesday, November 13 in the Hotel Brunswick. Each of the 20 Junior citizens received an award inscribed with his or her name and the name of the school. The candidates were chosen from the ninth grades of all the schools by the faculties. Miss Dougherty is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ad dison Gery, Lititz R l. She is a member of the Ju n io r High orchestra and glee club, a par ticipant in the Ju n io r High Dramatic club, and was secretary of her class in the eighth grade. She received the American Legion Medal in the 8 th grade. Clair R. Mc'Collogh, president of WGAL, Inc., was the W ■ ------ Adult Dance At Rec. Center An ad u lt dance will be held a t th e Recreation 'Center on February 2, it was announced following a board meeting this week. Teen-agers are asked to wear winter dress for the ir Saturday night -dances from now on. Suits or sports coats and ties are required. The board asked persons who -call the center to use the number 626-5096, because one of the other iphones listed it a -pay -phone not in the office. Groups are asked to consult the Community calendar before planning activities. Guner Dougherty principal speaker and presented the awards in behalf of the combined Optimist clubs of Lancaster city and county. Sabin Vaccine Program Sunday The Sabin Oral Vaccine will be given a t Warwick High School and a t Linden Hall on Sunday, from 11 a.m. to p.m. Those who are going to the Warwick High School to receive their medication are asked to park on the gymnasium area, G. -Marlin Spaid, the supervising principal, requested today. This is adjacent to Orange 'Street, west oif the building. People are asked to come in the west door of the gymnasium lobby. The -circle in fro n t of the school will be reserved for doctors, nurses and other assistants. , The (program is sponsored by the Lancaster City and County Medical Society, which hopes to -get every resident the Warwick area to take the vaccine. This would be around 6000 people. three years in a girls’ college. Dunkle attended a Rotary meeting in Tokyo where a picture was taken of each visiting Rotarian. In the -picture he is wearing a tran sisto r ea rphone, “with the rest of the gadget in my pocket.” The rest of the outfit is resting on the middle of the taJble. ‘Many of the tables had them and foreigners were thus furnished -with instantaneous translations of all Japanese parts of the meeting. As yet haven’t made sufficient progress with my language to be able to carry on an intelligent conversation. However I now can ta lk to the barber and the girl a t the corner flower shop.” MANY VISITORS Dunkle says the re jverq many visitors a t the meeting, including several Germans who were interested in the names Lititz and Manheim. There was a California pastor who knew th e president of the Lancaster ‘Seminary. Also present was an American representative of Rotary In te rn a tional, who brought appropriate greetings — in a Virginia drawl, no less. The program featured a classification talk ‘by a Tokyo 'banker. Ju st like Lititz, they work on a time schedule and the poor guy had little time left after the Virginian was finished with his message from the President! The members of the Tokyo club are obviously in a wealthy bracket, as witnessed -by th e fact th a t many (continued on page 2) CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN The Lititz Church of the Brethren, 300 West. Orange Street, will have the annual Thanksgiving Day service on Thursday, November 22 a t 9 a.m. The Rev. Olden D. Mitchell will present the -message on the theme “O Give Thanks Unto the Lord.” He will he assisted a t the service by John K. Graybill and Henry II. Gibbel, members of the Board of Administration of the local church. There will be Thanksgiving hymns by the congregation and special music will be presented by Miss Jean Seachrist, soloist, accompanied by Mrs. James Shank, organist. Mrs. Shank will play a Prelude and Post-lude, “Now Thank We All Our God” by Beethoven. Mel Ehrin To Play For Club Women Mel Ehrin, pianist from York, will 'present the program a t 'the meeting of the Woman’s Club on Monday evening, Nov. 19 a t 8 p.m. in the music room a t Linden Hall. Mr. Ehrin played 1600 programs from 1954 to 1957 in high schools, colleges, and Community -concerts in the United States, Canada, and MORAVIAN CHURCH The Moravian Church will have a Harvest Home service on Thanksgiving morning at 9:30 a.m. wilh gifts of food, garden produce, canned goods, etc., for the Moravian Home. Members are requested to please place these gifts in the Preparation room on Wednesday. The Rt. Rev. Allen W. Schattschneider will preach on the theme “The Grace of Gratitude", and Hie senior choir will sing the anthem “ Prayer of Thanksgiving” , a Netherlands Folk Song. ST. LUKE’S The St. Luke’s United Church of Christ will hold the ir Thanksgiving service on Wednesday November 21 a t :30 p.m.. The Rev. Robert Myers will preach the sermon and the Children’s choir, directed by Mrs. William Haz-lett, will make their initial appearance and sing “Come Ye Thankful Come”. TRINITY E. C. The Young People of the Trinity Evangelical Congregational Church will hold a Thanksgiving Day Breakfast a t 7:30 a.m. in the Social Room of the church with the ir advisors, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Weaver, Lititz R. D. 2. The theme will be “F ath e r We Thank Thee". A trio, including, Pamela Horsey, Leslie Shreiner and Gail Grube will sing. Others participating will include Gail Evans, Mary Van Brookhaven, Charles Hornberger, and Mrs. Weaver, who will speak on The Rock of the Pilgrims” based on Deut. 32:4. Donald Stauffer will be the chef. EUR CHURCH Tiie E. U. B. Church will hold a service of Thanksgiving and Holy Communion on Thursday, November 22 a t 9:30 a.m. The Senior Choir will sing and ithe Rev. F ran k A. Nickel will preach on the theme “Living in .Thank»* giving” . Farmers’ National Lengthens Service Extended banking hours Will be provided during the holiday season by the F armers’ National Bank, it was announced today by bank officials. Effective November 19, the b ank’s drive-in windows will be open until 5 p.m.,_for the transaction of business. The bank officials pointed out the convenient location of the windows also makes it possible for walk-up customers, as well as those in cars, to use this service. The new banking hours were announced as a result of the recent survey taken by the Jaycees, which indicated a need for longer banking hours. Therefore the hoard of directors voted to provide -the extended services. F arm ers’ National officials stressed the importance of the need for local businesses to work together to stimulate business in Lititz, and to provide the best possible facilities for the shopping public. “Banking is changing, ju st as other businesses change,” an official said, “ and banks must adjust to keep in step with the times. We want to serve the people and the business community of Lititz and to fulfill th e ir needs insofar as we are able. Tickets Now Available For Testimonial Plans have been completed and tickets are now available to the public for th e te stimonial program honoring the Warwick Warriors, their cokeh-es led by head coach, ^ tan Schoenberger and the parents of the players. The program will be held a t 8 p.m. Wednesday, November 21 in the Warwick High School Auditorium. The program will be in charge of the well known fe rmer Lititz 'High ¡School grad uate, Marvin E. Miller, who will act as Master of Ceremonies. P h ilad e lp h ia’ Eagles Foot, ball star, Pete Retzlaff will be the featured speaker. > The High School Band under the , direction of Henry C. Steiner and Miss Johanne ¡Smith’s Varsity Cheerleaders will be on hand to add special zest to the program. Complimentary tickets for the program have been sent out to the honored guests and interested team supporters can now obtain the ir tickets for a donation of ,$1 a t the following locations: Bell’s Book Store, Benner’s P h a rmacy, Dick’s Restaurant, E rb ’s Service Station, ’ Brunnerville, Glassmyers, McElroy’s P h a rmacy, Stroble’s Barber Shop. Students may obtain tickets at the High School by contacting George R. ‘Male, (continued on page 2) Mel Ehrin Hawaii. Last year he took leave of absence to play 130 concerts in the New England States, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. He received his B. S. in Music Education from Indiana College, Pa., and his Masters a t Carnegie Tech. He taught music in the P ittsb u rg h pu'b lie schools, Rochester, N. 14 Mid-Pacific In stitu te, Homo lulu and is presently director of vocal music in William Penn high school a t York. Mr. Ehrin has -a rare talent for harmonizing classics and modern style. His captivating enthusiasm and creative pia no provide a refreshing program of exhilarating entertainment. Schooled in the classics, with a Masters Degree in Music, Mr, Ehrin has enjoyed years of teaching young people and has won acclaim from a wide variety of concert a u diences across the country, Hawaii and Canada, performing University concerts, Com. munity programs, night club and hotel dates, radio and TV programs A masterful music educator, exciting pianist and entertainer, he has developed a gifted facility for stimulating audience participation in the wonderful fun of making and enjoying music together. Whether playing one of his own jazz improvisations on a popular theme, performing a classic, or “ breaking up” his audience with his hilarious parody of performers’ musical styles, Mel Ehrin presents piano pagentry a t its best, sensitive classics and light comedy. He will be introduced by Mrs. Howard Moore. Mrs. ‘Donald Ranriels and Mrs. Gordon O. Trump will serve as hostesses and Mrs. E. William Jaede, Jr., will read the collect. Youth Arrested For Recklessness Warren Shirk, sixteen, 15 W. Maple Ave., Lititz, will be prosecuted by Police Chief George Hicks before Squire Dielun for reckless driving as a result of an accident November 11, a t 1:05 p.m. ¡Shirk was headed east on East Main St., when he stopped a t the intersection of Locust St. to back and tu rn around. Reba Rosenberg, Boy-ertown R2, was approaching the intersection at Locust St., and stopped a t the stop sign, waiting to enter the highway. When she saw Shirk 'backing his car, she sounded her horn, but Shirk apparently didn’t see or hear her and backed into her car, causing $189 damage to it, according to Chief Hicks. Open House Held At Warwick High Open House was held Tuesday night at the Warwick Union High school in observance of American Education Week. Parents were given an opportunity to visit the classrooms and visit with .the teachers. Pupils in the d istric t had a holiday yesterday when schools were closed because of ■the annual County Institute for the teachers. TURKEY SUPPER The Young Men’s Business League will hold a turkey supper on Monday, Dec. 10 at the League. John Burkholder and Robert Mearig will be in charge. Community Calendar Nov. 15— 7:30 P.M. — Senior Citizens meeting a t the Recreation Center. 8:00 P.M. — Lititz PTA meeting a t the Elementary School. Nov. Hi— 8:00 P.M. — Senior Class Play at the Warwick Union High School. Nov. 17— 8:00 P.M. — Senior Class Play a t the Warwick Union High School. Nov. 1»— 8:0.0 P.M. — Sportsmen Club meeting. Nov. 20— 8:00 P.M. — Newcomers Club meeting at the Recreation Center. Nov. 21— 6:30 P.M. — ABC meeting at Evans Restaurant, Manheim. 8:00 P.M. — Celebration for the Warwick Football team at the High School auditorium. Nov. 22 — Happy Thanksgiving. |
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