Lititz Record Express

              ■4PR4MPI
The Lititz Record - Express
Serving The Warwick Union Area For Nearly A Century
86th Year E s t a b l i s h e d A p r i l , 1 8 7 7 , a s T h e S u n b e a m
( C o n s o l i d a t e d w i t h T h e E l t l t s R e c o r d , 1 9 3 7 ) Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa., Thursday, March 7, 1963 7 c e n t s a C o p y ; $ 3 .0 0 p e r y e a r b y m a l l
w i t h i n L a n c a s t e r C o u n t y ; $ 3 .8 0 e l s e w h e r e . 12 Pages — No. 47
OralVaccine
Given 3954
In This Area
A total of 3,954 people in the
Lititz-Warwick area received
Sabin Oral vaccine here on
Sunday, at the Warwick Union
High School and at Linden
Hall. Type III vaccine was ad­ministered.
The vaccine pro­grams
were sponsored by the
Lancaster City and Countv
Medical Society.
Of the total, 2,493 were giv­en
the vaccine at Warwick Un­ion
High school and 1461 at
Linden Hail. At both schools
this was less than the lirst two
times. In November, 2773 rec­eived
Type I a t Warwick, and
1200 at Linden Hall. Last Ja n ­uary
when Type II was given,
the figures were 3.01C and 12-
GO respectively.
Broken down into age gro­ups,
those who received the
vaccine at Warwick were as
follows: under one year, 47;
one to five years, 315; six th ro ­ugh
fourteen, 64 2; fifteen thro-
(Continued on Page 6)
Two Requests
Approved By
Zoning Body
T. W. Hartenstine
85 Pupils
Enter Local
Art Contest
Eighty-five children in the
elementary schools of Warwick
Union — Lititz, Rothsville and
Brunnerville schools —- have
entered pictures in th e art con­test
sponsored by th e Lititz
Woman’s Club in cooperation
w'lth the Lancaster County Fed­eration
of Women's Clubs. The
theme of the contest is “Our
America.”
Hartenstine
Named Head
Of JayCees
Thomas W. H artenstine was
elected president of the Lititz
Junior Chamber of Commerce
at the ir annual election meet­ing
recently.
Other officers named are as
follows: Robert E, Frey, exter­nal
vice president; Paul Cram­er
inte rnal vice president;
Donald Weiksner, secretary;
Donald Caldwell, tre a su re r;
Robert Brubaker and Jerry
Husser, directors.
The deadline for entries was
March 1, and th e pictures were
scheduled to be judged last
night. They are divided into
two groups. Grades One th ro ­ugh
Three, and Grades Four
through Six. The Woman’s Club
will award two prizes in each
group. The winners then will
be judged together with entries
from other schools in Lancas­te
r County, on Fine Arts Fes­tival
Day, March 15, a t the Elks
Club.
Two senior girls have enter­ed
the Hallmark contest, which
is sponsored by the State Fed­eration
of Women's Clubs.
They are Donna 'Rosenberg and
Margaret Engle. These are not
judged on a local level, but
will be judged on a county le­vel
on Fine Arts Festival Day.
Following this they will be
judged on a state level, and the
winner will receive a scholar­ship.
The installation banquet will
be held March 16.
Post-Prom
Frolic To Be
Held May 10
The zoning board, a t its
meeting Tuesday night, ap­proved
a request of Ronald
Whitcraft, 307 East Main St.,
to remodel his property into
a three-apartment building.
He plans to add two rooms,
and to improve the exterior
of the property. This case also
will come up before the Board
of Historical Review because
the house is in the area which
is zoned “historical.”
Robert Wood, who bought
the Tschudy house a t 153 E.
Man St., requested a variance
to put in a two-apartment
building. The lot size was not
large enough, but the board
granted the appeal because the
house had been constructed
originally as a two apa rtment
building, and a t th a t time the
lot was of the required size.
However, since then the lot
has been decreased through a
purchase of a portion of it by
the Warwick Ambulance Asso­ciation,
which makes it differ
from others in the area.
William Miller, who owns a
foundry on N. Locust St., sub­mitted
a request to put an
office building in. This was
tabled until he can provide a r ­chitectural
renderings to show
how-it can be done in a resi­dential
distric t without being
detrimental to the area. A
landscaping plan also will be
required. The are a was zoned
residential before the foundry
was guilt.
Warwick Supervisors
Approve 1963 Budget,
Provide For Planning
“Sold to Noah Potorshoim! ” Auctioneer Bob Rosenberg, standing on stool, rehearses his
spiel (hiring the auction scene from “Wonderful Good” to be presented by the Ambuc* Friday
and Saturday night.
u Wonderful Good” Opens
Friday At Warwick H.S.
Surface Calm
Prevails In
Local Politics
Plans for th e ninth annual
High School Post-Prom Frolic
were made recently by tils
Planning Committee. It will be
held on May 10 from 12 mid-night
ito 4 a.m. in the cafeteria
of the Warwick Union High
school. There will also be open
house a t 8:10 p.m. for the un­der-
classmen, parents, and th e
general public.
Appoint Committee
For Combined Drive
Jack R. Watsoq, chairman
of the combined drive for the
Recreation Center, the Lititz
Springs Park and the Public
Library, today announced the
Industrial committee which
will serve on the drive.
The members are : Harry
Wagaman, of Wagaman Bros.;
Fred Haggerty, of Wilbur Cho­colate
Co.; and John Garber,
of A. J. Beford Shoe Co.
The drive will be held some
time in May with a total goal
of $12,000.
This year, as in the past, the
committee will be comprised of
representatives of all civic o r­ganizations,
parents of under
classmen, director of th e Recre­ation
Center, and members of
the junior -and senior classes as
coordinators. Approximately
255 students in the two classes
are eligible to attend th e frolic
which promises to be a gala
affair.
Mr. and Mrs. Forbes Ems-weller
a re co-chairman, and
other members of the commit­tee
are Lee Raffensperger, Mr.
and Mrs. John Troutman, Mr.
and Mrs. Curtis Long, Mr. and
Mrs. James Whitcraft, Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Ross, Mrs. Monroe
Shaub, Robert Hershey, Mrs.
Albert Vigunas, Mrs. David
Young, Dr. Robert Brubaker.
Alan Jones, president
of th e senior class, Donna Ros­enberg,
Robert Donmoyer, pre­sident
of the junior class, Gl­enn
Ludwig, and Lynn Minn-ich.
Musical Art Society To
Hear Moravian Choir
Little activity is apparent on
the surface of the local politi­cal
scene this week withyvari-ous
groups evidently waiting
to see what the other iB going
to do before declaring for can­didates
for nomination
Who the candidates for sch­ool
board will be still remains
shrouded in mysltery, as is the
probable candidate for super­visor
in Warwick township.
Definite are William Hick­man,
for reelection as supervi­sor
in Elizabeth township;
Domer Brenner, school auditor-at-
large, and Raymond Petti-john,
borough auditor-at-large.
Clyde Hendricks, one of the,
two school directors whose
terms are up, has stated defin-.
itely he does not plan ito seek
office again. The other, Rich­ard
Allebach, says he is unde­cided.
The “ race” for borough
councilman still remains the
same as last week. D. Curtis
Amidon and Edward Reese say
they will seek office again;
Wendell Hower says “probab­ly,”
and Richard Aument has
not stated either way.
“Wonderful Good” Qpe,m»
tomorrow night on thé War­wick
High School Stage for a
two night stand afte r months
of rehearsal. Curtain time Is
8:30 p.m. This fourth annual
original musical comedy, pre­sented
by th e American. Busi­ness
Club of Lititz for ithe ben­efit
of, local projects, is alive
with songs, dancing and come­dy..
■ .
Brief glimpses of a strictly
confidential script depicting li­fe
among the Amish of Lancas­te
r County indicates th a t the
show opens with .a barn raising
scene where the romance bet­ween
a young Amish couple
.oomes to light. ;The. scene then
switches to a one-room school
house where musical lessons in
spelling and the geography oj
Lancaster County will make a l’^
want to retu rn to school.
In a more serious vein, an
Amish wedding ceremony is en­acted
in pantomine and n a rra ­ted
to describe th e events au­thentically.
A reception then
follows full of song and dance.
The second act opens with,
an auction where "Lightning,
the Amazing Horse” is sold to
an unsuspecting farmer only to
end up pulling a 1938 Rumbler
Convertible on a to u r of Lititz.
As harvest Festival time ap­proaches,
local guest soloist
Harold Stryker makes his ap­pearance.
The Harvest Festival
brings to a close this 1963 pro­duction
which according to the
best authorities is bigger add
b etter than previous shows.
Such tunes as “Ach My,” “The
Dogs is All,” and “Oh How We
Schmootzed,” undoubtedly will
go to the top on th e Local Hit.
Parade. In order to provide the
best possible in entertainment,
th e musical portions of the
show will be accompanied by
Dick Hamilton’s Orchestra.
For those who. have not as
yet assured themselves of a
seat on Friday or Saturday.
Night, tickets will be on sale at
the box office both nights while
they last.
Old Poster1
In House
Being Razed!
Legion Aux.
To Present
Essay Prizes
The Ladies Auxiliary of the
American Legion will award
six prizes this year for the es­say
contest in the Senior and
Ju n io r High Schools, it was an ­nounced
a t a meeting of the
auxiliary Monday evening a t
the Legion Home.
The subject is "American
ism,” and three prizes will be
given for each school group
Junior and Senior High School
Mrs. David DeWald is in
charge and the judges will in
elude teachers a t Linden Hall
and Warwick Union High
School.
The auxiliary will hold
ham card party on Monday
March 25 a t the Legion Home
Mrs. Cletus Forney is chair-ilian
of the event. She will be
assisted by Mrs. Harry Lowe
Miss Rosemary Rice, Mrs. El
wood Erb, Mrs. Byron Solt
Mr.s Jacob Pontz, Mrs. Roge
Martin, Mrs. Clyde Davidson
Mrs. David DeWald, and Mrs
Francis Miller. The proceeds
will be used to send a girl to
Keystone Camp.
Ten dollars Was contributed
to Heart Haven and Command­er
Kenneth Mease announced
th a t to show the appreciation
of the Post to the Auxiliary
they are going to present them
a hospital mattress.
A 75-year-old political pos­ter
was found in the Martin
House, N. Broad St., when
workmen sta rted to raze the
house this week. j
The poster urges th e elept-ion
of Dr. P. J. Roebuck, one
of the original occupants of the
house, ito Congress in th e prl-
«W <<w«3w
Bt 1 , <tHtbik,th» ,
«Md* '
75-year-old political ■ poster
iwhich was found in ilio Martin
house when workmen begau- to
dismantle it tills week.
Know Your Government Units
★ ★ SHADE TREES ★ ★
The Shade Tree Commission, an important adjunct
to the borough government, will be discussed in today’s
article in the series “Know Your Government Units.”
Other Commissions and special committees will form
the basis of a later article.
Eighteenth-century Moravian
music, appropriate to the Len­ten
and Easter seasons, will be
sung by the choir of the Lititz
•Moravian Congregation a t the
March meeting of the Lancas­te
r Musical Art Society, to be
held on Wednesday, March 13,
a t 8:30 p.m. in the Lititz
Moravian Church. The pro­gram,
open to the public, will
follow the congregation’s re ­gularly
scheduled 7:30 p.m.
mid-week Lenten service.
The 40-voice choir, directed
by Ju lia Zercher Keehn and
accompanied by organist Viola
Leib Witmyer, will sing com­positions
by Johann Friedrich
Peter, John Antes, Simon
Peter, Johann Heinrich Rolle,
Frances Florentine Hagen, Jo ­hann
Christian Bechler and
Johannes Herbst.
Two Holy Week arias for
soprano, written by the Euro­pean
Moravian composer, Jo ­hann
Daniel Grimm, will be
sung by Phyllis Goodman Of
the Musical Art Society,
Cecelia Reed Keehn, colora
tura-soprano, will sing an aria
by Antes, while Harold T
Stryker, bass-baritone, will pre­sent
a Johann Friedrich Peter
aria and will also n a rra te the
program. Both Mrs. Keehn and
Mr| Stryker a re soloists with
the Lititz choir.
Dr. Byron K. Horne, head­master
of Linden Hall School
for Girls, will offer th e invoca­tion
and the Rt. Rev. Allen W.
Schattschneider, D.D., S.T.D.,
Lititz Morayian P astor,, the
benediction. The program has
been arranged by the pastor
and Rey. Edgar A. Snyder, Jr.,
assistant pastor a t the Lititz
Moravian congregation, in con­sultation
with Miss Dorothy
Habecker, program-cha irrnan
of the Musical Art Society.
Annually the Musical Art
Society, during the Lenten sea­son,
presents programs of re ­ligious
music appropriate to
the various denominations. Co-chairmen
to Miss Habecker for
ths program are Mrs. Donald
M. C. Englert and Mrs. John
F. Koehler. The Musical Art
Society of Lancaster, Mrs. Ro­bert
E. Humpreville, president,
is affiliated with the State and
National Federations of Music
Clubs.
The Shade Tree Commission
was established July 31, 1956,
and has the exclusive custody
and control of the shade trees
in the borough. The members
are William Light, landscaper,
chairman; Hiram Eberly and
Edwin W. Bear.
According to sta te law, trees
along the streets of any town,
although they belong to the
property ownor, are under the
supervision of the town, the
same as the pavements and
curbs, for they are considered
to be for the common good of
the community.
Therefore, any property ow­ner
who plans to plant or re­move
a tree or do major prun­ing
must have a permit, for
which there is no-charge. Wh­en
planting trees, property ow­ners
must choose from a list
of selected trees in order to av-iod
planting trees unsuitable
for a city or town. When they
remove a tree, they must agree
to replace it within two years.
Lititz is one of the first com­munities
to have a Shade Tree
commission, and is one of the
very few where the tree pop­ulation
is on the increase.
Members of the commission
pointed out th a t Lancaster re ­cently
deplored th e fact th a t
they a re losing th e ir trees so
fast. The commission also stres­sed
the importance of trees in
a. community, saying they are
¡the best “ air conditioners”
known, and raise the value of
the property.
Main Stre et P ro je ct
One of the largest tree plant­ing
projects in recent years
was the planting of about 110
trees along six blocks of East
Main Street a fte r the State had
widened and improved the
street, which necessitated the
removal of all old trees. The
borough then saw fit to have
uniform planting throughout
the length of the streets.
At first the re were some ob­jectors
— one property owner
going to the lengths of chopp­ing
trees down, desisting only
a fte r the borough had replant­ed
two or th re e times, then
sent him a bill. However, later
most of the objectors la te r be­came
boosters for the project.
The borough, under the ad­visement
of the Commission,
selected blight-free trees which
had been raised especially for
city use. Considerable thought
was given t4o the fact th a t these
also were the type of trees
which would give no trouble
to sewer lines, pavements or
overhead wires. In the business
district, a specially grown tree
was selected th a t will spread
no more than ten feet, or grow
more th an 30 feet high, so that
they will not hide store signs,
etc. They are mainly for dec­orative
purposes.
The project cost less than
the actual allotment, and the
plantings were done a t about
half the amount th a t it would
cost individual property own­ers.
This was because of two
factors: first, the proper sites
were selected and the spaces
marked before the pavements
were laid down, and second,
the borough did th e planting
with its own labor.
After the trees were planted,
the Girl Scouts, as th e ir own
project, planted flowers around
each tree and a t the square,
making a gay and colorful s tr ­eet
scene. This project was fea­tured
in the National Girl
Scout magazine.
Since the success of the pro­ject
has been evidenced, quite
a few property owners along
Broad Street have followed suit
and are planting tree s in front
of th e ir properties.
POSTPONE MEETING
The meeting of th e Kissel
Hill Civic Association’s execut­ive
committee, scheduled for
Tuesday night, was postponed
on account of basketball gam­es,
and will bo held instead
next Monday night, a t the ho­me
of the president, Wayne
Wagner.
LICENSE SUSPENDED
Larry D. ¡Strohm, Lititz R.4,
pleaded guilty in Lancaster
County Court last Friday to
cha rges of o] $ rating a motor
vehicle while under suspension.
He was fined $200 and cost and
his license was suspended for
one year. Charges were brou­ght
by Borough Police Officer
Earl Steffy, J r .
mary election of April 14, 18-
88. I t IS on display in the L it­itz
Springs Bank.
The poster is not only in te r­esting
in itself, but for the
reason th a t it contains a qouplo
of typographical erro rs —
“ country” , when they probably
meant “ county,” and “nomin-ta
ion” for nomination.............
Divided diagonally Into te d
white and blue sectloUB, .the
poster roads:
“The country with its 1'6(-
523 Blaine voters should sec­ure
the nomination of Dr. P. J.
Roebuck, of Warwick, the only
candidate outside of th e city.
’ “Thé ru ra l section gives a
majority of 10,000' and is en­titled
to the next Congress­man.
The city has held this
office for more than 30 years.”
Dr. Roebuck was elected to
Congress and served one term.
He was a Civil War soldier and
had much to do with the early
enterprise of Lititz. He was one
of the founders of the Lititz
Springs Bank and the Morgan
paper company, according to
long-time residents.of th e bor­ough.
A Planning Commission for
Warwick township within a
ma tte r of a few weeks loomed
big this week, following release
of the tentative 19 63 budget,
which provides $500 for a
Planning Commission.
The budget is on display at
the home of Aaron Martin, Lit­itz
R l, board secretary, for 15
days, it is expected th a t forma­tion
of a Planning Commission
will be discussed a t the next
regular meeting of th e super­visors
on April 5.
As a fu rth e r step toward
planning the supervisors, at
the ir regula r meeting last
week, heard a ta lk by Arch G.
Knisely, community develop­ment
specialist of th e Pennsyl­vania
Power and Light Co.' H e
explained planning in Lititz
borough and how it would tie
in with th e township. He dis­played
a map of th e borough
which shows how the various
areas are classified. 4
Approve Budget
The supervisors approved a
ten tativ e budget which lists re ­ceipts
of $93,209.77 and ex­penditures
Of $73,259.11. This
leaves nearly $20,000 not e a r­marked
for expenditures, but
as a c a rry o v e r until taxes st­a
rt coming in, it was explained.
Warwick township prefers not
to borrow money for this pur­pose
as many municipalities do,
it was said.
The township ended the year
with a cash balance of $2 5,-
303.28 of unexpended funds.
Anticipated receipts a re listed
as follows: from current tax
levy, $38,178,; from taxes of
prior years, $1,500; miscellan*
eous, $28,222.78, making a to­tal
of $93,209.77, balance and
receipts. The taxes include
$27,371.86 from real estate
and $10,806.25 from per capita
levies. Included in the miscell­aneous
receipts are th e sums of
$21,163 from State Aid, and
$4,738 from County Aid.
Anticipated expenditures are
as follows: general govern­ment,
$31169.11; protection to
persons and property, $2350;
highways, $60,300; miscellan­eous,
$6,640; a to ta l of $/73,-
259.11. Under highways appro­priations
are listed $5,500 for
snow removal; $20,000 for ro­ad
construction; $25,000 for
maintenance of roads, and
$5,000 for new tools and ma­chinery.
The budget is based on a real
estate tax ra te of 6 Vz mills,
a decrease of a half mill from
last year, and a per capita tax
of $5.
A spokesman for the super­visors,
asked about the propos­ed
Planning commission, said
the re had been several volun­teers,
so th a t there would be
no difficulty in finding the five
men who woud comprise th s
board. He said it is hoped to
appoint the board in time for
(continued on page 2)
Warwick
Ass’n Woos
Kissel Hill
The Warwick Citizens Asso­ciation,
a t its meeting Monday
night, made strong overtures to-the
newly organized Kissel Hill
Civic Association to merge with I
them. About 30 persons were
present, including four from;
the Kissel Hill group.
Raymond Groff, temporary:
chairman of the association,;
stressed the necessity for being!
one organization, and not hav--
ing a “ sp lit” in th e township,,
if projects are to be accomplis--
hed. He stated th a t th e Kissel
Hill group needs the backing
of the entire township in cer­tain
of its projects, such as re­creation.
The Kissel Hill Association
has been reluctant to join, be­cause
they sta te th e ir aim is-strictly
civic and non-political.
John Skinner was named
chairman of a nominating com­mittee
which include represent­atives
of both groups, and will
select a slate of officers for the
Warwick Association from bo­th
organizations The commit­tee
will meet a t Skinner’s
Home, Lititz R4, on Friday
night.
The Warwick Association
will meet again next Monday
night when names of candidat­es'
for the offices of supervisors
and school board will be pro­posed.
Heavy Rains
Cause Floods
In Borough
Heavy rains caused the Lit-
CHEST X-RAYS
A total of 227 factory and
office employes of the Wilbur
Chocolate Company received
chest x-rays yesterday when
the mobile x-ray u n it of the
Tuberculosis Society of Lancas­ter
County was stationed there.
itz Springs Creek to overflow
yesterday, and it was still ris
ing late in the afternoon.
The creek- had overflowed
the wall all the way down, and
the water was coming into the
parking are a adjacent to the
Recreation Center and to with­in
five feet of the fro n t steps
of the Center. This entrance
was closed yesterday afternoon,
and only the entrance on the
alley was being used.
The roads through the back
portion of the Park were clos­ed
because of flooded condi­tions
and there were reports
of drains stopped up by snow
and ice. The borough was call­ed
to a private property on
Woodcrest ro ad which had
been flooded. : The workmen
broke through the snow to get
the water to d rain off.
The San Domingo creek, us­ually
dry, was reported as
overflowing its banks between
Water and Locust Sts.
Community
Calendar
Nine Warwick Students
Receive Art Awards
Nine students at Warwick
Union I '|g h Sc\ool received a-wards
in the Scholastic Arts
Awards comtest for which WG-AL-
TV was the Central Penn­sylvania
Regional sponsor, it
was announced a t the school.
This achievement represents
nine out of 12 entries from the
school.
One received the Gold Key
award, and eight others the
Certificate of Merit awards.
The Gold Key went to Doris
Snyder, 8 th grade, 226 S.
Broad! St., d aughter of Mr. and
Mrs! Harry I). Snyder, for her
waif paper'design'.
The Certificate of Merit aw­ards
were won by Donna Ros­enberg,
527 F ro n t St., a senior;
Charles Hornberger, 519 N.
Water St., a junior; David
Brumbach, 309 E. New St., 9th
grade; Fred Rodger, 403 Sut­te
r Place, 9th grade; Linda
Bowman, R.D. 4, 8th grade;
Gergory Balmer, R.D. 2, 7th
grade; Grace Martin, R.D. 2,
7th grade; Denise Witmer, R.
D. 1, 7 th grade.
The various mediums sub­mitted
were oils, pastels, opa­que
water colors, ink and cray­ons.
Fourteen counties submitted
mòre ithan 1,100 entries. Of
this number 500 received ree-:
ognition, including five ‘‘Best
of the Show” awards, 25 Blue
ribbon finalist, 200 gold key
awards, and the remainder
Certificate of merit awards.
March 7— 7:30 P.M. — Lititz
Fire Co. Auxiliary meeting
at the Fire Hall.
March 8— 8:00 P.M. —
"AMBUG’S 4th Annual Show
“Wonderful Good” a t the
Warwick High School audi­torium.
March »— 6:45 P.M. — LifitZ
Church of the Brethren —
All-Church Bowling a t Lan­caster
Lanes.
8:00 P.M. — AMBUC’s 4th
Annual Show “Wonderful
Good” a t the Warwick High
School auditorium.
March 11— 8:00 P.M. — Sr.
Recreation Center Board
meeting a t the Center.
March 12— 8:00 P.M. — Lit­itz
Sportsmen’s Association,
Legion Home.
8:00 P.M. — Newcomer’s
Coffee Chatter.
8:30 P.M. — Re ta iler’s As­sociation
meeting a t the Re­creation
Center.
March 1«— 7:30 P.M. — Lititz
Church of the Brethren
Board of Administrators
meeting.
8:00 P.M. — St. J a m e s
Catholic Church Ladies Altar
Society meeting.
March 14— 8:00 P.M. — New­comer’s
Club Board meeting.
Public Library Hours
Tuesdays, 7 to 9 p.m.
Thursdays, 2 to 4 p.m.
School Menu
Monday
Meat loaf, mashed pota t­oes,
peas, assorted fruit.
Tuesday
Ham, string beans, cole
slaw, applesauce.
Wednesday
Meat & vegetable pie,
cheese wedge, pickle chips,
assorted fruit.
Thursday
Turkey barbecue, peas,
carrot sticks, pudding.
Friday
Potato soup, celery with
peanut butter, red beet eggs,
apricots.