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(Consolidated w ith The I iltitz Record, 1937) Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa., Thursday, October 4, 1962 7 oen ts a Copy; $3.00 per y ea r b y m all
w ithin Lanca ste r County; $3.50 elsewhere. 14 Pages — No. 25
Lions Plan
Meeting On
Recreation
An open meeting of the Lit-itz
Lions Club will be held
Thursday, October 18, a t G:30
p.m., in the General Sutter
Hotel, arranged through the
Recreation Study Committee
appointed by borough council.
There will be a speaker
who will discuss the Recrea­tion
Commission form of gov­e
rning the recreational facil­ities
in the town.
Letters have gone out to
nearly all clubs and organiz a ­tions
in the borough and to
inte re s ted persons, inviting
them to attend. A club spok­esman
said th a t an effort had
been made to contact all clubs
and organizations, b u t if th r ­ough
an overs ight any have
been missed, members a re in­vited
to attend. In fact, thqy
said, any person in the bor­ough
may come. They may a t ­tend
the d in n e r by making
reservations with P a u l Laud-erman,
club secretary, by Oc­tober
15th. The program be­gins
a t 7:30 p.m.
Legion Aux.
BuysFlagFor
Girl Scouts
P la n s to hold a card party
were made a t the meeting of
the Ladies Auxiliary of the
the American Legion on Mon­day
evening a t the Post Home.
It will be held on November
12 a t 8 p.m. a t the Home and
committees will be appointed
a t the November meeting.
The ladies decided to buy
an American Flag for the Girl
Scouts and a contr ibution was
made to the Community Chest
They also decided to conduct
a Food less Rake sale to pur­chase
mattresses for the ir hos­pital
equipment.
Miss Rosemary Rice began
her office as pres ident of thp
organization. Other officers
elected recently were: Mrs.
Gletus Forney, 1st vice-presi­d
e n t; Mrs. Ray Burkholder,
2nd vice-president; Mrs. F r a n ­cis
Miller, recording secretary;
Mrs. Byron Solt, tre a su re r ;
Mrs. Raymond Lorah, corres­ponding
secretary; Mrs. Roger
* Martin, Chaplain; Mrs. Elwood
- Erb, his torian; Mrs. Ha r ry
Lowe, sergeant-at-arms.
Miss Rice appointed the fol­lowing
committees; member­ship,
Mrs. Solt; Americanism,
Mrs. David DeWalt; poppy,
Mrs. Erb; education and scho­larship,
Mrs. David DeWalt;
Child Welfare and Community
Service, Mrs. Burkholder ;
Constitution and By-Laws,
Mrs. Betty McKonly; coupons,
Mrs. Erb; Juniors, Mrs. Ard-eli
deWalt; legislative, Mrs.
Lorah; National security and
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BEFORE
i m
This is a sample of what, lias been done in Hollidays-b
u rg ’s “ Project ’(SO,” which th u s t a r has received th e coopera­tion
of 75 p e r cent of th e downtown me rchants in th e e ffort
to revitalize th e town an d tu r n drabnes s into beauty. The b a r ­b
e r shop shown above (left picture,) is f a r f rom th e wors t
looking building in town, b u t still i t was obvious th a t some-tiling
was needed to spruce i t up.
Warwick School Board
Prefers “Status Quo”
Retention of the Warwick
School district as it now is was
voted by the school board a t
a special meeting Monday
night. The resolution in effect
opposes the s t a te ’s Act 561
which calls for the consolida­tion
of school dis tricts into
units which would have a
minimum of 4,000 pupils. At
the same time, the Act pro­vides
th a t school dis tricts may
have the r ig h t to sugges t an
a lte rn a te plan, and the “s ta tu s
quo” is th a t plan of the Wa r ­wick
Union.
The b oa rd’s action will be
submitted tonight to ,a meeting
of the county . school board
which will receive individual
recommendations from other
school dis tricts in the area
concerning the ir s tand on th .*
law.
The Warwick Union Board
points out th a t there is now a
school population, of 2,653,
and predicts th a t the expanding
ra te of population soon will
bring it nearly to the roquired
4,000 a t any rate. The.y state
th a t plans a re underway for
the enlargement of the present
high school, and for the con­struction
of an additional
elementary school. In predict­ing
increase in population they
s ta te th a t “ the new focus of
the socio-economic develop­ment
in Lancas ter County” is
already headed this way.
The resolution adopted by
the board, and addres s to
County Superintendent Harry
W. Gerlach, is as follows:
The Warwick Union Public
School District, consisting of
the former districts of Lititz
Borough, Elizabeth Township
and Warwick Township, de­sires
to ' continue progressing
as the adminis trative unit and
a ttendance are a s as now or­ganized.
Dating from th e consum­mation
of th e ' n o r th e rn Lan­caster
County a re a as the ad-
AFTER
The picture above ( r ig h t picture) shows how little was
needed to make th e building a tt ra c t iv e a n d inviting. As can be
seen, no s t ru c tu r a l changes were made. A coat of paint, strips
on tlie windows to tr an s fo rm them into Colonial Small-paned
windows, tlie addition of a flower box (n o t yot planted) were
all th a t were needed. Glimpses of adjoining propertie s also
can be seen, and n e ithe r of these n e e d e d sh ru c tu ra l changes.
All-Number Calling
To Be Introduced Here
Revitalizion Of Main Street
Will Be Theme Of Address By
Penn State’s Dr. Osborne
minis trative a re a of a na tu ra l
geographic unit unde r the
management of a single board
of School Directors, it has
proceded to provide a compre­hensive
program of instruction,
kinde rga rten through twelfth
grade, and to provide recom­mended
adminis trative le ade r ­ship
and supervision a t an in­dividual
pupil cost consistent
with increasing local taxable
wealth and State financial sup­port.
“ All - number - c a 1 1 i n g” ,
(ANC), will be introduced in
Lititz and E p h ra ta within the
next three weeks, it was a n ­nounced
today by Mrs. Bertha
B. Blair, pres ident of the Den­ver
and E p h r a ta Telephone
Company. Ail-number-caljing
involves the use of seven fi­gures
r a th e r th a n a combina­tion
of letters and numbers.
Mrs. Blair added th a t “ cus­tomers
and company will bene­fit
by the advantages of the
new ANC system which makes
This adminis trative unit has ! possible fas ter and more ac-made
available an expanding
educational program and edu­cational
opportunities antici­pating
the growing needs, apti­tudes,
abilities, and interests
of all its citizens in a realistic
relationshp to the socio-econo­mic
characteristics of the area.
Indeed, within the appropr ia ­tion
of a realistic financial
budget, it has managed to pro­vide
a superior program with
essential supporting services in
advance both of increasing
state requirements and of fully
realized local demand for such
offerings.
The Warwick Union School
District embraces three elemen­tary
a ttendance cente rs sup­porting
one secondary a t te n ­dance
a re a having a 1960-
1961 pupil population of 2,65 3,
not counting s tudents in paro­chial
schools. The Pennsylvan­ia
Educational Research Ser­vice
in August completed a
dis trict survey and study from
which we submit the progres­sion
of pupil population for
the next eight years to be so
steady and to approach so
nearly the manda ted minimum
th a t Warwick Union School
District is convinced of the
feasibility of o u r present o r ­ganization.
Approved plans are already
underway for the enlargement
of the present high school.
Most recent additional action
was to expedite the plans for
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curate dialing of calls. I t has
b e e n 1 demons trated in exten­sive
tests th a t customers can
locate numbers mope quickly
on the telephone dial, mainly
because they do not have to
‘change mentally’ from letters
to figures and can concentrate
on dialing quickly and ac­curately”
.
I t was also pointed out that
ffiTU'uSiS" of seven rigures eli­minates
confusion which some­times,
arises between the le t te r
“ 1” and th e figure “ 1” (one).
In addition, she said, “mis­unders
tanding and mispro
nounciation of central office
names will be a*tv. o id ed ” .
The new seven-digit tele­phone
number system for Eph­ra
ta and Lititz will go into
effect a t 3:01 A.M., Thursday,
October 18. /
Mrs. Blair, said, “ the te le ­phone
people a re now working
on assigning new number s to
conform with tho seven-digit
number ing plan. Most tele­phone
number s in E p h ra ta and
Lititz will simply have the pre­fix
“ 73” added to the present
E p h r a ta number, and “ 62”
added to the present Lititz
number. Fo r example, “ RE 3-
9902” will become “ 733-9902”
and “MA 6-9902” will become
“ 626-9902” . However, a few
numbers mus t be changed com­pletely
for technical reasons.
All of these customers will be
notified of the ir new n um­b
e r” .
Mrs. Blair also stated, “ the
new number ing system is in­cluded
in the new telephone
directory which will be deliver­ed
,to all our subscribers the
week ending October 20,
1962” .
Mrs. Blair concluded, “ by
changing E p h ra ta and Lititz to
all-number-calling, all of the
six exchanges of the com­pany
will be completely all-number-
calling.”
The revitalization of the
Lititz business section will re ­ceive
a big impetus on Tues ­day,
October 9, when Dr.
Miiton S. Osborne, of Penn
State, will speak a t a meeting
in the Recreation Center at
8 p.m.
Dr. Osborne is head of Penn
State University's Architect­ural
Department, and has been
a leading light in the projects
to face-lift many communities
in Pennsylvania, thus re s to r ­ing
them original character.
Lititz actually was the pio­neer
in the state to create an
historical zone subject to
municipal control, according
to the Lancas ter Historical
Society. However, the town
has been late getting s tarted,
and several other communities
in the state have gotten ahead.
One of those is Hollidaysburg.
which carried out “ Project
’60” in a spirited program in­volving
a face-lifting for ap­proximately
75 per cent of the
business es tablishments along
the town’s main thoroughfare.
At the same time, though
in Lititz, it is app a ren t th a t
the majority of the lovely oid
homes th a t line the tow n s
s treets have always been care­fully
preserved to re ta in the
au ra of the olden times d q rmg
which they were built. In the
business dis trict, stores which
have been res tored with an
Early-Ameriean flavor include
McElroy’s and Benne r’s. The
Reedy building also is nearing
completion.
The meeting on October 9
is sponsored by the Board of
Historical Review and the
Planning Commission which
have invited the Retailers As­sociation,
Civic clubs, propertv
owners and citizens to attend.
Dr. Osborne will show slid­es
and discuss some of the
work he has done in other
communities toward the re-
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Fellows
Honor
Reedy
Carl V. Rfeedy, Lititz, Grand
Master of the Grand Lodge of
Pennsylvania. Independent Or­d
e r of Odd Fellows, will be
honored a t the rally to be
sponsored by District No. 14 in
the /Warwick Union High
School on Saturday.
Also -to bb honored is Irene
Ilreneman. Greenville, pres i­dent.
of the Rebekah Assembly
of Pennsylvania. They will in­troduce
their, s ta te s taffs at
the public session in the even­ing.
1 rophies will be presented
to the subordinate and Rebeic-ah
lodges from with in the
Penryn Church Will Observe
235th Anniversary On Sunday
Je rusa lem United Church of
Christ, Penryn, will celebrate
th e 235th anniversary of the
founding of its congregation
on Sunday, October 7. The pro­gram
for the day will begin
with the Service of Worship
and Holy Communion a t 10
A.M., a t which time the Rev.
Dr. Ben M. Herbster, presi­d
e n t of The United Church of
Christ, will be guest preacher.
School Menu
Monday
Chili, grilled cheese sand.,
lettuce wedge, popsicle
Tuesday
Veg. s o u p , crackers,
cheese wedge, chocolate
cake
Wednesday
G. hamburg in barbecue
sauce, buttered corn, c a rrot
sticks, clierry cobbler
Thursday
Oven fried chicken, peas
and carrots, buttered pota­toes,
applesauce
Friday
Salmon loaf, corn, celery
with pe anut butter, cherry
snowflake cake
Milk, b re ad an d bu tte r ,
will be served with each
lunch.
The Rev. Albert J. Brinker,
pastor, will be liturgist-cele-,
brant.
At 12:30 p.m. a d in n e r for
members and friends of the
congregation will be held in
Penryn Fire Hall. At this time
all living ministers who have
served the congregation in the
past will be guests and wi’.i
bring greetings. Guests will
also include representatives of
the auxiliary organizations of
The United Church of Christ
and members of tlie Lancaster
Theological Seminary faculty.
Theodore Schwalm, Lancaster,
national pres ident of The
Churchmen’s Fellowship and
chairman of the 'National Com­mission
on Lay Life and Work;
Mrs. Theodore Schwalm, r e ­presenting
the Women’s Guild;
the Rev. Dr. Truman A. Crist,
pres ident of Lancas ter Synod:
the Rev. Dr. Alfred C. B a r th ­olomew,
professor of Church
and Community a t Lancaster
Seminary; the Rev. Dr. Rob­ert
C. Davis, pastor of S;.
Pau l Lu the ran Church, Pen ­ryn,
will be among those
bringing greetings
At 2:30 p.m. a service Of
Spiritual Re-Dedication will be
held in the church. The Rev.
Dr. Robert V. Moss, Pres ident
of Lancaster Theological Sem­inary,
will be guest, preacher
a t this Service The Rev. Cat!
W. Isenberg, Eas t Pe ter sburg:
the Rev. Ray L. Harwick,
Reading; the Rev. Aiton P.
Albright, Leesport; the Rev.
George R. Bach, Leacock, past
ministers of the congregation,
will take p a r t in this service.
Je rusa lem congregation is
one of the oldest congrega­tions
of the German Reformed
Church in America. Its origins
go back to 1727 and its church
property is held by direct
g ra n t of land from King
George III of England, under
the proprietorship of John
Penn, son of William Penn.
Many articles of historical sig­nificance.
are held in th e his­torical
cabinet and records of
the church, including antique
pewter a lta r and Communion
ware, glass Communion wine
bottles, lamps, German Bibles,
old hymnals record books,
bread baskets, and other items
of gre a t historical interes t and
value. A memorial book con­taining
the complete history
of Jerusalem congregation
from its founding to the p r e ­sent
will be available to the
public on the Anniversary
Day. All members, former
members, and friends of the
congregation are cordially in­vited
and urged to join in the
celebration.
Services Sunday
For Moravians
World Wide Communion
will be observed a t three serv­ices
in the Moravian Church
on Sunday, a t 8:15 a.m., and
3:00 p.m. A Consecration Serv­ice
for the officers and teach­ers
of the Sunday School will
be held a t the 8:30 a.m. Serv­ice.
The Women’s Fellowship
will hold a Dessert in Fellow­ship
Hall today a t 7:30 p.m.
:in honor of Mrs. Allen W.
Schattschneider. The genera]
meeting of the Fellowship
will be held a t 8:15 p.m.
Planning Commission
Clarifies Annexation
The Planning
has presented to borough
Council its recommendations
for annexation procedures. The
plan will be studied by coun­cil
members and probably be
acted upon a t borough coun­cil’s
next meeting.
The Commission feels th a t
it is advisable to establish
s tanda rds and policies for an ­nexations
in ord e r to protect
the interes t of the citizens of
the borough and to insure th a t
potential annexées will u n d e r ­s
tand the borough’s requi re ­ments.
I t is th é feeling of the
Planning Commission th a t all
owners of property annexed
should pay for the same items
that proper ty owners already
within the borough are r e q u i r ­ed
to pay. It is recommended
tha t the following policy be
adopted by council:
Wa te r : The property or pro­perties
receiving water should
pay for all extensions of the
water line.
Sewer: The Sewer Author i­ty
determines any extensions
tha t a re to be made, and they
normally pay for such exten­sions
with the nominal charge
for connection.
Curb: Curbs a re to be in-
Commission stalled by tho property owner
when required by the boro;
this will normally be before
any resurfacting or recon­s
truction of the streets.
Sidewalks: Sidewalks will be
installed by the property own­er,
when required by the boro.
Right of Way: The
mum r ig h t of way Will be 33
feet.
Cartway: Aliy s treets In the
proposed annexation mus t have,
been approved by the Penn­sylvania
State Department of
Highways.
The late Paul A. Mueller,
when borough solicitor, advis­ed
of the stops tor annexation
in a letter of March 23, 1954.
This s ta ted th a t a majority
of the owners in th e portion
of the township proposed to be
annexed mus t sign and file
with the borough a petition
reques ting annexation, which
mus t be accompanied by a de­posit
of $150. This is to be
used to pay for costs, if nec­essary,
and otherwise will he
copy, without signatures , also
re tu rn ed to the petitioners. A
mus t be filed with the town­ship
supervisors before it is
presented to the borough. Af­ter
tiiis, council acts upon the
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Carl V. Reedy
district ' and oittbide it who
have' the most candidates ’ i
the class. . ,
Two Canadian degree staff»
will participate in the rally,
both from St. Catherine's, On­tario.
■. ■
Lititz Lodg'd 1050 will con­fer
the initiatory degree at. 1
p.m., • opening the .'program.
Clover Lodge, 34 8, Ambridge,
will exemplify the F i r s t Degree
at. 2:15 p.m.; Empire Lodge
87, of St. Ca the rine ’s will con­fe
r , the second degree a t 3:3,0
p.m, and :the Third degree a t
7:30. Empres s Rebekah Lodge
of St. Catherines will comer
the Rebekah degree a t 2 p.m.
A banquet will be served in
tho Recreation Center a t
5 p.m., and a joint public meet­ing
will be held a t 9:15 a.m.
The Lititz Guild to the Os­teopathic
Hospital will serve
th e banquet to an anticipated
1000 people.
The degree teams will a t ­tend
local churches on Sunday,
in observance of World-Wide
Communion.
JAYCEES PRESENT CHECKS
vitaization of the business
districts. He prepares archi­tectural
renderings from 8 by
10 inch photographs showing
improvements tha t can be
made inexpensively to exist­ing
buildings to make them
more attractive.
II is expected th a t e n th u s ­iasm
will be greatly aroused
by liis presentation. The pro­cedure
then would be to take
pictures of the first block of
Main street for Dr. Osborne’s
use in preparing sketches.
Each property owner would
have the privilege of using any
or all of the ideas proposed
in tlie sketches in renovating
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Some Of That
Which Glitters
Might Be Gold!
Everybody th o u g h t it was
“ jus t ju n k ” but a lot of it
turned out to be valuable an­tiques,
it was discovered when
the home of the late Harold
Murr, well known ju n k deal-eE,
was fine-combed prep a ra ­tory
to a sale of th e items
next Saturday. Murr died two
weeks ago a t the .age of 68,
There was an old saying to
the effect th a t you should buy
“ ju n k ” now if you want to
have “ antique s” 50 yeafs
hence. This appears to be tlie
case with Murr, who evidently
held onto many of the items
for years tha t once were com­monplace
household wares,
such as ironstone dishes, milk
glass, old guns, cow bells,
dough tray, coal oil lamps and
things like that.
There wore hundreds of
letters and post cards ffom
World War I, among the items
unearthed. In fact, not all the
items have boon unpacked or
sorted as yet — and besides
that, there is also a Whole
barnful of stuff. This is mostly
really junk, it was said.
Money was found in tin Cans
— all of it in change, ranging
from pennies up to silver dol­lars.
It was estimated by the
auctioneer th a t it came to
about $700 or $800. The moa-ey
was immediately tu rn e d ov­er
to the F a rm e r ’s National
Bank, adminis tra tor of the
estate. However, bank officials
declined to give out the figure
of tlie amount, saying th a t it
wasn’t startling, b u t was pre­tty
close to the estimate givett
by the auctioneer. I f It lia4
been a large sum, say $10,000,
it would have been news, bank
officials said.
Oddly enough, of all the
myriads of articles found in
the house, no jewelry was
found — a t least not as yet.
But anyone who a ttends the
sale on Saturday a t Nick’s
Auction Barn, 58 South Alley
Lititz, ought to be able to find
almost anything they might
want. Nick Rosenberg will be
the auctioneer.
Sources Of Pollution
Found By Committee
J u n io r Chamber of Commerce members present, checks to representatives of organiza­tions
which benefited from the Indus trial F a i r held recently by th e Jayeees. At left, Daniel
Caldwell, treasurin’ of th e Jayeees, presents a cheek to Alfred Douple, who received two
checks for $100 each for the Historical Society and for th e Lititz Springs J’ark. At right, Mrs.
Arlene Shannon, pres ident of the Lititz Re c re a t io n Center, accepts $500 check from Charles
York, p re s ident of the Ju n io r Chamber of Commerce.
The Mayor’s new Sanitation
committee, headed by Joseph
W. Grosh M. D„ found manv
sources of pollution of Lititz
Springs Crook d u r in g a preli­mina
ry survey, the chairman
said this week.
The first action of the com­mittee
was to meet with the
borough manage r to discuss
the overall sanitation condi­tions
in tho borough. Tho
members went over some of
the s ta tute s concerning sanita ­tion
which are now obsolete,
with the idea of rewriting-some
of the laws. Each mem­ber
of the committee has a
copy of the old laws to study.
Dr. Grosh said th a t the
creek has been given a pre­liminary
survey from its be­ginning
to the borough. He
said there apparently arc many
sources of pollution, and tha t
a few of the la rge r ones have
been investigated .so far. These
investigations will continue to
de te rmine liow various fa c tor­ies
control the ir waste.
The committee also includes
Charles W. Eshelinan, D.D.S.,
Chester L. Wertsc.h, M.D., and
Robert Buch. Dr. Eshelman
and Dr. Wertsh walked the
length of the creek for the
survey, the chairman said.
A formal report of the work
of the committee will be
drawn up and presented to
borough council,Dr. Grosh
sa id.
Community
Calendar
Oct. 4— 7:30 P .M . ----Lititz
Fire Company Auxiliary
meeting a t the fire house.
Oct. «—Odd Fellows dinner at
1 lie Recreation Center.
2 P.M. — Football - Wa r ­wick
vs. Red Lion - Home
game.
Oct. X— Récréai ion C e n t e r
Board of Directors meet­ing
at the Recreation Cen­ter.
Oct. !)— 4 P.M. ■— Hockey —
Warwick vs. Manheim
Central - Home game.
8 P.M. Planning Com­mission
Board of His tori­cal
Revue meeting a t the
Recreation Center.