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The Lititz Record - Express
Serving The Warwick Union Area For Nearly A Century
86th Year
E s ta b lis h e d A p ril, 1877, a s T h e S u n b e am
(C o n so lid a te d w ith T h e E ltltz R e co rd , 1937) Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa., Thursday, May 9, 1963 7 c e n ts a Copy; $3.00 p e r y e a r b y m a ll
w ith in L a n c a s te r C o u n ty ; 83.50 e ls ew h e re . 14 Pages — No. 4
Residents U rged To Support Community Efforts
Ambucs Net
$2,425 From
Music Show
The American Business Club
of L ititz m ad e a n e t profit of
$2,425 on its fo u rth a n n u a l
show, “Wonderful Good” held
in March, it was an nounced to ­day.
A numb er of local o rg an iza­tio
n s benefited from th e show.
T h e m a jo r p ro je c t fu n d fo r
a new so ftb a ll d iam o n d in L it­itz
Springs P a rk received th e
la rg e s t am o u n t, $1200, while
th e second la rg e s t d o n a tio n ,
$1000, went to th e Lititz Com­m
u n ity C en ter c ap ita l fund.
The o th e r re c ip ien ts w ere:
L ititz Springs P a rk m a in ten ­ance
fu n d , $100; Lititz F ire
D ep a rtm en t, $50; Lititz P u b ­lic
L ib ra ry , $25; Warwick Un­ion
L ittle League, $25; Midget
fo o tb a ll league, $25.
The clu b expressed its ap ­p
re c ia tio n to th e public for su p ­p
o rtin g th e show, a n d th u s en ­ab
lin g th e club to c a rry on its
service to th e community.
Candidates!
To Speak At
PTA Tonite
T h e th re e c an d id a te s fo r n o ­m
in a tio n fo r two vacancies on
th e Warwick Union School bo-an
d will be a llo tte d eq u al q u e st­e
lem e n ta ry School P a re n t Tea­ch
er Association a t its m e e t­in
g to n ig h t in th e school a t 8
-p.m.
They tno)uAe R ic h a rd S. Al-lebaoh,
p re a e a t ach ao l b o a rd
in cum b en t, w h o fe se e k in g no­m
in a tio n lo r . * e^cond te rm ;
Dr. Rodney C Welch and H o r­ac
e A. Kauffman, b o th of whom
a r e en d o rsed by th e R ep u b li­can
p a rty , an d a re seeking no­m
in a tio n fo r th e first time. T h ­ere
a r e no D emocratic Candi­d
a te s . The p re s e n t vacanies on
th e b o a rd a re fo r d irecto rs-at-la
rg e from th e Warw ick Union
a re a .
T h e c an d id a te s will p re s e n t
th e ir q u alificatio n s fo r election
an d wil be a llo tte d equal q u e st­io
n an d an sw er periods.
T h e m e e tin g is open to the-p
u b lic.
A n n u a l F e s tiv a l
T h e PTA will hold its a n ­n
u a l fe stiv a l on S atu rd ay , May
18, in L ititz S p rin g s P a rk ,
from 1 p.m., to 7 p.m., w ith
Don K ep n e r a s g en eral c h a ir­m
a n . O th er com m ittee memb­e
rs in clu d e W a lte r Texter, Mr.
a n d Mrs. George Kalenich,, E r ­n
e st Jo h n so n , a n d H e rb e rt K r-aybill.
A musical p ro g ram will be
g iv en as follows: 2 p.m., L ititz
e lem e n ta ry 6th g ra d e ch o ru s
d ire c te d by Mrs. Hazel Moore;
3 p.m., W arw ick Union Senior
H ig h School Glee Club, d ire c t­ed
by Miss J e a n Sakoski; 4 p.
m., Warwick Union Ju n io r H.
S. ban d , d irected by Hen ry C.
S te in e r; 5 p.m., Warwick Un­io
n High School o rch e stra , d ir ­ected
by Ray W. Kauffman;
6 :1 5 p .m ., Community band,
W illiam B. H o rn b e rg e r, p re s i­d
e n t; Jo h n W. Keehn, direc­to
r.T
h is is th e only fu n d -ra isin g
p ro je c t of th e PTA.
RECEIVES $1000. Mrs. Jam e s G. Shannon, p re s id e n t of
th e b o a rd of d ire c to rs of th e Recreatio n Center, receives a
check fo r $1000 l'or th e C en te r from R o b e rt Derek, p re sid en t
of th e American Business Club of Lititz. The cheek re p re se n ts
a p a r t of t.he proceeds from th e Ambucs mu sical show, “Won­d
e rfu l Good,” p re s e n te d la s t March.
Recreation Center Plans
Annual Meeting Monday
T h e a n n u a l meetin g of th e h ie fo r reelectio n . Stoner, who
L ititz Community C en ter will
be held Monday, a t 8 :3 0 p.m.
a t th e I. W a lto n Bobst Center
Building. All re s id e n ts of th e
W a rw ick Union School D istric t
a re in v ited to be p re sen t.
T h e p re s e n t officers of th e
b o a rd d ire c to rs of th e Center
a n d Lee Raffen sp erg er, re c re a ­tio
n d ire c to r, w ill p re s e n t re ­p
o rts co n ta in in g p e rtin e n t in fo r­m
atio n . A perio d of time will
be s e t a sid e fo r qu estio n s and
discussion.
A h ig h lig h t of th e meeting
w ill - b e th e elec tio n of new
mem b ers to th e b o a rd of d ir-ectors,..
Those p e rso n s whose
te rm s expire in Ju n e , 1£163 are
R o b e rt D erek , W illiam Ja ed e ,
Mrs. Jam e s S h annon an d Reid
S to n e r. R e rck , Ja ed e an d Mrs.
S h an n o n h ave se rv e d fu ll th re e -
y e a r te rm s a n d a re n o t eligi-was
ap p o in ted to fill th e unex­p
ired te rm of a Board member
who moved from th e a re a , is
eligible fo r election. Nomina­tio
n s fo r th e election a re now
bein g received by th e b o a rd
an d R affen sp erg er or can be
made a t th e meeting. No-mirf-ees
m u st be a d u lt re sid e n ts of
th e Warw ick Union School Dis­tr
ic t an d m u s t have in d ic a ted
th e ir willin g n ess to serve th e
th re e y e a r te rm if elected.
On disp lay a t th e meetin g
will he th e aw a rd received
la s t week by th e L ititz Com­m
u n ity C en ter from th e Com­m
u n ity Council „of L a n c a ste r
County for its co n trib u tio n in
th e field of Social W e lfa re in
L a n c a ste r County, covering a
p erio d of th e la s t sixteen
years.
Complete Plans
For Parking Lot
At Springs Bank
P la n s fo r th e proposed p a rk ­in
g lo t a d jo in in g th e L ititz Sp­rin
g s B ran ch of th e Conestoga
N a tio n a l Ban k have been com­p
leted , an d work is expected to
g e t u n d erw ay d u rin g Ju n e .
Completion is sch ed u led for
some tim e in th e sum mer.
T h e p lan s also include a new
d riv e-in window in a small ad ­d
itio n a t th e re a r of th e b an k
fa c in g o n to th e lot. T h ere Is a
special a re a s e t a sid e fo r cars
to d riv e in an d a lo n g sid e th e
window, an d th e n o u t onto
N o rth Broad St.
S ix te en p a rk in g spaces are
provided in two tie rs of eig h t
each, as well 9s s.everal spaces
fo r employe p a rk in g .
Brick p a v in g se p a ra te s th e
e a s te rn tie r of p a rk in g spaces
from th e d rive-in p o rtio n of
th e lot. T h e w e ste rn tie r is o u t­lin
ed by a n a rrow b rick coping
a n d a hedge on th e side tow ard
N. Broad St. A new sidewalk
will be laid along Broad S tre e t,
w ith p a rk in g m e te rs relo c a ted
in th e a re a .
Famed Trombone Choir
To Play At Bryn Mawr
T h e Tromb o n e Choir of th e
Moravian Church w ill p re s e n t
a p ro g ram fo r th e American
Guild of O rg an ists on S a tu rd ay
a t 7 :3 0 p.m. in th e Church of
Fire Co. Plans
Corn Soup Fete
The L ititz F ir e Company will
s ta r t Monday collecting fo r its
a n n u a l Sp rin g corn soup fe s ti­v
a l to be held a t th e F ir e Hall
on J u n e 8.
T h e collection will co n tin u e
u n til May 27. The ru r a l ro u te s
will be can v ased for chickens
and d o n a tio n s, a n d members
will also collect d o o r-to -d o o r in
th e borough. The p ro ceed s a re
used to d e fra y expenses over
th e y e a rs fo r new eq u ipm en t,
such as oxygen ta n k s , hose, r e ­c
h a rg in g of fire e x tin g u ish e rs
an d o th e r costs.
William Powers is c h a irm an
of th e fe stiv al.
Library Bd.
Joins With
Historians
The L ititz P u b lic L ib rary
bo ard , a t its a n n u a l meeting
la s t n ig h t, v o ted to affiliate
with t'he H isto ric a l F o u n d a tio n .
T h ro u g h th is action, it pav­es
th e way fo r th e lib ra ry to be
h oused in th e , W issler house,
now owned by th e F o u n d a tio n ,
pro v id ed th is would meet w ith
th e a p p ro v a l of th e State.
T h e H isto ric a l F o u n d a tio n ,
which m e t following th e lib ra ry
bo ard , s ta te d it plans to ren o ­v
a te -the Wissler h o u se on E a st
Main St. opposite Church Squ­a
re fo r a museum. They are
-consulting w ith th e -State on
plans for th e p ro je c t, and also
ab o u t the po ssib ility of housing
th e lib ra ry in th e same b u ild ­in
g or in an ad d itio n to the
re a r. They a re aw a itin g th e s t­a
te ’s rep ly b efo re s ta r tin g any
a c tu a l w o rk .
T h e lib ra ry b o a rd reelected
th e following officers: M. C.
Dem-my, p re s id e n t; Mrs. E d ­ward
R o sen q u ist, se c re ta ry ,
a n d A lfred L. Dou-ple, tr e a s u r­er.
T h e W issle r house, b u ilt of
sto n e a n d fram e , is an h is to ri­cal
la n dm a rk , h av in g been b u ­ilt
15 0 y e a rs ago. F o r some
y ears, it was owned by th e
tru s te e s of th e Moravian Church
h av in g been willed to th em by
a fo rm e r owner. “ F o r th e use
of w o rth y a n d in d ig e n t fem ale
mem b ers of th e co n g reg atio n
over 50 y e a rs of ag e .” A few
y e a rs ago it became evid en t
th a t th e b u ild in g could no lo n ­g
er be used w ith o u t extensive
ren o v a tio n s, an d la s t y e a r It
was sold -to th e H isto ric a l Soc­iety.
Jo in in g w ith th e H isto ric a l
F o u n d a tio n will n o t affect th e
s ta tu s of t'he lib ra ry in th e cu r­re
n t combined drive fo r funds.
JayCees Winl
State Award
The L ititz Ju n io r Chamber
of Commerce won th e Key sto n e
aw a rd fo r th e o u ts ta n d in g cha­p
te r in th e s ta te a t th e an n u a l
S ta te Co n v en tio n h eld la st
week-end a t W ilk es B a rre .
Th is aw a rd is given to th e
c h a p te r which is o u ts ta n d in g
in te rn a lly an d ex te rn a lly . The
L ititz Jay cees also won a sec­ond
place m o n th ly aw a rd for
its Senior Citizens S q u a re d a n ­ce
la s t J a n u a ry .
E ig h t mem b ers of th e local
c h a p te r a tte n d e d th e meeting
Which a ttra c te d 1400 Jaycees
from all over the- Keystone S t­ate.
They in clu d ed Charles
York, R o b e rt B ru b a k e r, Pau l
C ramer, J am e s H a rsh , R ich a rd
Oberlin, Jam e s P e rin i, William
D ussinger a n d Th omas H a rte n -
stine.
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POST OFFICE EMPLOYES, PROMOTED AND NEW: L e ft to rig h t, Howard Wagaman,
who becomes a re g u la r c le rk ; Samuel Hess, su b s titu te c a rr ie r In W ag am an ’s fo rm e r job,
a n d E u g en e Y. Becker, newly employed tem p o ra ry su b -c a rrie r.
Ask Garden
Enthusiasts
To Aid Pool
An appeal fo r v o lu n te e rs to
h e lp b e au tify th e g ro u n d s s u r­ro
u n d in g th e mu n icip al swim­m
in g pool was issued to d ay by
Steve P a lk o v ich , pool m an ag e r.
H e a sk ed th a t v o lu n te e r
g a rd e n e rs re p o rt on S a tu rd ay ,
May 11, to poolside to trim th e
flower beds an d edges an d to
p la n t flowers of th e ir choice.
T h e pool m an ag e r also is
a sk in g fo r some one to d o n ate
a b a sk e tb a ll n e t a n d b ack b o a rd
to be used a t th e pool th is sum ­mer,
a n d also for someone to
p ro v id e a p a ir of lig h t-w e ig h t
stan ch io n s to be used fo r a p o r­ta
b le volley ball net. These are
to b e easy to h a n d le so they
c a n be p u t in to th e pool for
some of th e m o o n lig h t swims.
T h e game comm ittee has b e en
co n ta c tin g th e local m e rc h a n ts
fo r p rizes to be aw a rd ed th e
w in n e rs of th e v a rio u s events
on opening day, Memorial Day,
May 30. The em m itte e mem­b
e rs, Mrs. George K alen ich an d
C u rt Long, a re p lan n in g th e ev­en
ts to ta k e p la c e from 1 to 2
p.m.
T ick e ts a re on sale fo r th e
o pening day lu n ch th a t will be
served by th e chef, P a t Mast-rom
a tteo , The price is 35 cents
an d th is is th e only ch a rg e to
be made on th is day. Pool ad ­mission,
swimming an d games
a re all free. T ick e ts fo r th e lu ­nch
m a y he p u rch a sed a t the
b o ro u g h office an d many of th e
local sto re s. The new lu n ch
co u n te r is rap id ly ap p ro ach in g
completion, an d will offer a
new look on o pening day.
List Personnel Changes
At Lititz Post Office
A n um b e r of perso n n el
changes a t th e L ititz P o st offi­ce
were anno u n ced -today by
P o stm e a ste r R ich a rd C. R ad er.
T h e ch an g es went in to effect
th is week.
H ow a rd Wag am an , who has
serv ed as a su b s titu te c lerk , be­comes
a re g u la r c a re e r clerk,
rep la c in g E u g en e Stauffer, who
re c en tly re tire d from th e serv ­ice
as a re g u la r clerk. Sub­c
a rrie r Samuel Hess has been
ap p o in ted s u b s titu te c a re e r cl­e
rk re p la c in g Wag am an .
E u g en e Y. Becker, 310 L in ­den
Ave., is th e new ap p o in tee
to tem p o ra ry su b -c a rrie r re p l­acin
g Hess. ’ He was chosen
from a lis t of Civil -Service eli-gibles.
-Becker is a Wo rld W a r II
Army v e te ra n an d fo rm e r ow­n
e r an d o p e ra to r of th e E a s t
E n d Grocery. He is m a rrie d to
th e fam e r J e a n W o rre st of Mil-lersv
ille, P a., an d th ey a re p a r­en
ts of th re e ch ild ren . Becker
will a sum e h is d u tie s next S a t­u
rd ay , w h ich p rin c ip a lly1 will
be th a t of p a rc e l po st delivery
man.
Know Your Government Units
★ ★ TOWNSHIPS ★ *
Parked Truck
Hit By Auto
Damages to ta llin g $400 were
in c u rre d when a sed an collided
w ith a p a rk e d tru c k in th e b o r­ough
a t 10:25 a.m. y esterd ay ,
in fro n t of 114 fro n t St. Th ere
were no in ju rie s, acco rd in g to
Police C h ief George C. Hicks,
who in v e stig a ted .
T h e tru c k , Which is owned
by G u n z en h au se r’s B ak ery Co.,
37 W. Clay St., L a n c a ste r, was
p a rk ed by Bruce L. Lefever, 23
W. F e rd in a n d St., Manheim, in
a n o p a rk in g zone. Chief Hicks
rep o rted . Ch arles L. Grumb l­ing,
L ititz R l , d riv in g a sedan
owned by Sam R. Grumbling,
same ad d ress, was head ed e a s t
on F ro n t St., an d a p p a re n tly
his a tte n tio n was d raw n to
some one on th e sid ewalk , pol­ice
said. When his a tte n tio n rp
tu rn e d to his d riv in g it was too
la te to avoid th e p a rk e d tru c k ,
it was rep o rted .
Lefever was issued a tic k e t
fo r illegal p a rk in g , an d G rum­b
lin g will be p ro secu ted by
Chief Hicks fo r re ck le ss d riv ­ing.
216 Children
In this, the final article in the series, “Know Your
Government Units,” the township supervisors will be
discussed. Warwick and Elizabeth townships, are close­ly
connected with the Lititz area, since many people
who work in the borough live in the townships. In
addition, the three units are combined to form the
Warwick Union School District.
School Menu
Monday
(Spaghetti an d m e a t sauce,
tossed salad , asso rted f ru it.
Tu esd ay
Sub sandwich, po tato Ch­ips,
b an an a .
W ednesday
Chili, sa ltin e s, g rilled ch­eese
sandwich, rainbow sa l­ad.
T h u rsd a y
T u rk e y b a rb e cu e , p e a s
and carrot», pudding.
F rid a y
C h eeseb u rg er or salmon
loaf, p arsley p o ta to , le ttu c e
with fren ch d ressin g , c h e rry
pie.
th e R ed eem er a t Bry n Mawr,
Pa. E rn e s t Willo u g h b y will be
th e o rg a n ist a n d he will play
sev e ra l n um b e rs by Bach with
th e choir.
T h e Choir, d ire c te d by Jo h n
Keeh n , in clu d es 22 men. The
p ro g ram will consist of Morav­ian
chorales an d se cu la r n um ­b
e rs . Two n um b e rs will be p re ­sen
ted fo r th e first tim e in a
public co n cert, “ B e n e d ic tu s”
by Haydn, an d “ The B a ttle Hy­mn
of th e R ep u b lic” . An o ri­ginal
composition, a ch o rale by
Keehn, w ill also be included.
Keehn h a s a rra n g e d every
n um b e r especially fo r th e T ro ­mbone
Ch o ir. In s te a d of th e
u su a l fo u r-p a rt h a rm o n y found
in (most hymns, ch o ra le s and
an thm s, K e eh n ’s a rra n g em e n ts
a re te n -p a r t h arm o n y , w ith th e
exception of “ B en ed ic tu s,” w h ­ich
Is eleven.
T h e in v ita tio n ex ten d ed to
th e Choir is a d ire c t re s u lt of
a sh o rt p ro g ram p re s e n te d fo r
a sm all group of P h ila d e lp h ia
Guild members on th e Church
lawn last spring.
The su p e rv iso rs in W arw ick
township a re P a u l Ib ach , p r e ­sid
e n t; Isaac S to n er a n d Aaron
Martin , se c re ta ry . Those in E li­zab
eth -township a re W illiam E.
H ickman, p re s id e n t; E a rl But-zer
an d Isa a c L eaman , se c re ­ta
ry . T h e re a re also th r e e a u ­d
ito rs in each township.
(Supervisors a re elec ted for
-terms of six y e a rs , an d elect
officers once a y e a r, a t th e an ­n
u a l m eetin g th e first Monday
in J a n u a ry , which is s e t by la-w.
S u p erv iso rs also ta k e office a t
th is -meeting. T h e W a rw ick
su p e rv iso rs receive $10 p e r
m eetin g a n d th e E liz a b e th
su p erv iso rs $7.50. T h e su p e rin ­te
n d e n t o r ro a dm a s te r also r e ­ceives
a -salary, a n d a su p e r­v
iso r may serv e in th a t capac­ity,
acco rd in g to law. However,
no su p e rv iso r -may use th e ir
own eq u ipm en t o r m in o r ch ild ­ren
in t-he p e rfo rm a n c e of
township -work, n o r -may -he sell
m a te ria l or supplies to b is
township, o r be in te re s te d in
township co n tra c ts.
I t is th e d u ty of th e su-pervi-mills
p e r y ears, a n d -five mills
a d d itio n a l, w ith th e co n sen t of
th e co u n ty co u rt.
The la-w a lso provides fo r
o th e r -taxes w h ich tow n sh ip s
can levy, h u t th e two local
tow n sh ip s do n o t -have a ll of
th ese. Among th em a re : up to
Lititz To Host
N. Y. Children
R esid en ts of th e L ititz a re a
ag ain will be hosts th is sum m­er
to c h ild ren from th e u n d e r­privileged
a re a s of New York
City, sp o n sored by th e H erald
T rib u n e F re sh Air F u n d .
L a st y e a r 68 c h ild ren were
e n te rta in e d in th is a re a th ro u g h
th e local committee, th e same
n um b e r as th e prev io u s year.
This y e a r it is hoped to place
more boys in local homes than
previously.
The local comm ittee includes
Mrs. Clarence B ru b a k e r, 626-
6253, c h a irm a n ; Mrs. Amos
5 -mills -for lig h tin g , two mills
fo r fire a p p a ra tu s , two mills fo r
p a rk s, p lay g ro u n d s, -pools etc,
tax es on tr a ile rs , a n d o th e r it­ems.
Taxes in W arw ick tw onship
include 6 y2 m ills on re a l es­ta
te ; $5 p e r c a p ita tax, lig h t
tax of 10 -cents a fro n t fo o t fo r
occupied p ro p e rtie s an d -three
cents a fro n t fo o t fo r v a c a n t
p ro p e rtie s -for lig h tin g . T h is is
in Ro th sv ille. They fo rm e rly
h ad a tr a il e r tax, b u t no lo n ­g
e r -have one.
T ax es in E liz ab e th to-wnship
a re e ig h t m ills on re a l e sta te ,
an d th ey ihave no o th e r.
T h e su p e rv iso rs a re ch arg ed
w ith th e c o n stru c tio n an d
m a in ten an c e of township ro ad s,
an d b rid g e s; may re g u la te or
p ro h ib it -the d ump in g of ashes,
g a rb ag e or ru-bbish -within -tihe
township, -may e sta b lish th e
w id th , g rad e a n d lo catio n of
sidewalks, -may c o n tra c t w ith
lig h tin g companies to lig h t
highways, -may p ro v id e w a te r
an d sew er systems, a re re sp o n ­sible
fo r snow removal, may
e n te r upon p r iv a te la n d s to op­en
d itc h e s o r d ra in s, o r to des­tro
y -Canadian th is tle , may ac­q
u ire -plice-men, may estab lish
zoning ord in an ces an d
ADULT DANCE
Kindergarten
A to ta l of 216. ch ild ren re g is­te
re d fo r k in d e rg a rte n s in th e
Warwick Union sch o o l d is tric t
la s t week, a d ecrease of one
over la s t y e a r. However, no t
a ll ch ild ren h ave re g iste re d
yet, a c co rd in g to E d g a r L. Law-ton,
d ire c to r of e lem e n ta ry ed­ucation.
-Registrations w e re as -fol­lows:
L ititz e lem en ta ry , 13 5,
an in c re a se of 13; Jo h n Beck
elem en ta ry , 39, a d ecrease of
one; R o th sv ille E lem en tary , 42,
a -d e c r e a s e of 13.
-Lawton sa id th a t p a re n ts
who have n o t y e t re g iste re d
k in d e rg a rte n ch ild re n may con­ta
c t th e L ititz elem en ta ry sch­ool
to re g is te r in any of th e
schools.
F ir s t g ra d e re g is tra tio n s will
ta k e p la c e n ex t week as fo l­lows:
Li-titz e lem e n ta ry , Wed­nesday,
May 15, 9 to 11 a.m.,
a n d 1 to 2 p.im.; Jo h n Beck
School, T h u rsd ay , May 16, 9 to
11 a.m.; R o th sv ille e lem en tary ,
F rid a y , May 17, 1 to 2 p.m.
Local Drive
For $12,000
Ends May 11
The combined d riv e fo r the.
R e c re a tio n Center, th e L ititz
Pu b lic L ib ra ry a n d th e L ititz
Springs P a rk is in its final p h ­ase
an d will conclude th is
week.
A -total of $12,000 is so u g h t
fo r th e drive in o rd e r to con­tin
u e tlie services of th e th re e
o rg an izatio n s to th e p ublic.
There is no tax money to su p ­p
o rt th em , an d no fu n d s a re
fo rth comin g from -the Commu­n
ity Chest, as in fo rm e r y ears.
T h e re fo re , C h airm an Jac-k R.
Watson emphasized, it is h o p ­ed
th a t local citizens w ill con­tin
u e to give gen ero u sly in o r­d
e r to meet th e goal.
The R e creatio n Center p ro ­vides
ac tiv itie s th e y e a r a ro u n d
for all persons liv in g in th e
Warwick Union School d is tr-ict.
F u n d s fo r o p e ra tio n an d
m a in te n a n c e come only from
sale of m em b ersh ip s a n d d o n a­tions
from th e public. T h e L it­itz
C en ter goes u n ch allen g ed a s
one of -the finest in towns th is
size — or much la rg e r com­mu
n ities.
The F o u rth of J u ly c a n d le ­lig
h t p a g e a n t in L ititz Springs.
P a rk has b ro u g h t (fame to
L ititz, b u t th e re c e ip ts a r e no
lo n g er ad e q u a te -to m a in ta in
th e p a rk . T h e re fo re , it m u s t
come to th e p u b lic fo r aid . ,,
The p a rk is u nique, in th a t *
very few towns th e size of L it- 1
itz have su ch an a ttra c tiv e fac- {•
ility in th e ir c en te r. .(,-'
T h e ' L ititz P u b lic library,!;;1
located in th e General S u tte r
Hotel, now d ep en d s e n tire ly o n *
public co n trib u tio n s, since sup- *
p o rt has been w ith d raw n by th e
Community Chest.
The to ta l ra ised in th e d riv e
will be d iv id ed propoirtlo&aiteJy'
among th e th re e o rg an iz a tio n s,
Watso n said.
" El Wood Zug a n d W illiam J a ­ede,
co-chairmen of th e Bo,or- ■
to-Door div isio n in th e 'b o r-,;
ou-gh, anno u n ced th e following
ad d itio n a l c an v assers: D en n is £.
Craig, Jo h n Burkey, Mr. an d *
Mrs. Jo sep h KJos, Thomas P . i
Reari-ch, J r ., an d Raymond P e t- **
tijo'hn, J r .
LIONS TO ELECT
The L ititz Lions Club w-Rl
elect officers a t its d in n e r
meetin g T h u rsd ay , May 16, «$
6 :3 0 p.m. a t th e General S u tt­e
r Hotel.
An A d u lt Danc-e will be held NEW ARRIVALS
a t Warwick High School in th e I ^ P o p u latio n explosion h a s
c a fe te ria on S a tu rd a y even-1o ccurred a t L ititz Springs P a -
ing, u n d e r th e auspices of th e
R e creatio n Center. The d e co ra ­tio
n s from th e P a st-P rom , p a r­ty
th e previous n ig h t will be
used, an d re fre shm e n ts will be
av ailab le.
F o r re se rv a tio n s, call e ith e r
Mr. an d Mrs. R ic h a rd S. Alle-bach
or Mr. a n d Mrs. F o rb es
Emsweller.
rk . Eleven baby du ck lin g s,
were observed in th e pond, u n ­d
e r th e so licito u s eyes of two
duck mamas. They a re of th e
wild v a rie ty .
SICK LIST
-Mrs. William Zell is a med­ical
p a tie n t a t L a n c a ste r Gen­e
ra l Ho sp ital.
Book Of Poems Written
By Chester Wittell
. -Chester W itte ll, fo rm e rly of
L a n c a ste r County, now of
Reading, h a s ju s t -published a
book of p o e try e n title d “G a r­n
e red from th e G ard en S p o t,”
a work d e a lin g w ith th e PeniA
sy lv an ia Dutch. W itte ll also is
a p ia n ist an d composer.
T h e w o rk consists of verse,
so n n ets a n d p o em s d etailin g
some of th e .h is to ric a l episodes,
social -customs an d idioms wh­ich
a re in d ig en o u s to th is re -
Cassel, Mrs. Eli Martin , Mrs.
so rs to levy tax es, a n d to s e t | ^ a n *e* B ru b a k e r a n d Mrs. Clair
Zug.
The firs t g ro u p of c’h'Ulren
will a rriv e on Ju n e 2 7, an d
o th e r a rriv a l d a te s a re July
j 11, Ju ly 25 a n d A u g u st 8.
t-he tax ra te no la te r th a n -the .
fo u r th Mon-a-ay o-f March o-f
each y e a r. T h e law -provides
th a t th e y m ay levy u-p to n in e
gion. Beg in n in g w ith a poem
o th e r iab o u t tlhe Cloisters a n d Tego-o
rd in an ces b enefiting t’h e tow n - j te le sah , th e old -Conestoga In ­ship.
T h ey also -may a c q u ire tr - d ia n Chief, th e -book
a c ts of la n d fo r fo r e s t o r rec­re
a tio n areas.
H
limns
L a n c a ste r County h isto ry , in ­clu
d in g -such figures as th e
P a x ta n g R an g e rs, B aro n von
as
These a re o n ly some of th e
d u tie s — t-he laws r e g u la tin g : Stiegel, an d Conrad Weiser
second class tow n sh ip f ill a ”
book 342 p a g e s long.
T h e m a jo r p o rtio n of th e
w o rk of th e su p e rv iso rs in th e
Community
Calendar
May 9— 8 .0 0 P.M. — New­comer’s
Club Board meeting.
May JO— 8 :0 0 A.M.-8:00 P.M.
Women’s Club Rumm ag e
Sale a t Odd Fellows Hall.
8 :0 0 P.M. — L ititz Elem en ­ta
ry School “ S p rin g tim e ”
pro g ram, Grades 1, 2, aiifl
3.
12 Midnight - 4 A.M.— P o st
Prom F ro lic a t th e W a rw ick
Union High School c a fe te ria .
May 11— 9 :0 0 P.M. — A d u lt
Dance a t th e Warwick Unioti
H ig h School c a fe te ria .
May 12— 10:30 A.M. — L i t id
Church of th e B re th re n
Mother Day service.
May 1 3— 8:00 ,M .—-B a llro om
Dancing class a t th e Re?
creatio n Center.
8 :3 0 P.M. — A nnual m e e t­ing
of th e Sr. Board of Dir­ecto
rs of th e L ititz R ecrea­tion
Center — Pu b lic wel­come.
May 14— 6 :0 0 P.M. — St.
L u k e ’s Refo rm ed C hurch
Family covered dish su p p e r
a t th e R ecreatio n Center.
8 :3 0 .M. —- R e ta ile r’s meet­ing
a t the R e c re a tio n Center.
May 1 5— 6:30 .PM. — L ititz
Church of th e B re th re n
F am ily Night D in n er a n d
Church Council.
6:30 P.M. — ABC m e e tin g
at. Evans R e s ta u ra n t, Man-heim.
May MS-—10:00 A.M. — New­com
e r’s Club Sewing g roup. ‘
6:30 P.M. — Lions Club '
meeting a t th e Ho tel S u tte r /.
7:30 P.M. — Sr. C itiz e n s '
meeting a t th e R e c re a tio n ’
Center. • *
Pu b lic L ib ra ry H o n rs
Tuesdays, 7 to 9 p .m.
T h u rsd ay s. 2 to 4 p.m.
C h e ste r W itte ll
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well as more in tim a te a n d fa-m- es an(j -puckish trifle s , in which
ilia r su b jects, such as Schnitz m an y Gf th e local idioms ap-a
n d Knepp, Abe Buzzard an d pear. T h e se a re ex plained in
th e H au s S-teier.. m a rg in a l g lo ssaries fo r th o se
The la te r p a r t of th e book who a re n o t fam ilia r with
is d ev o ted to h um o ro u s episod- “ P e n n sy lv a n ia D u tch ,”
STORE HOURS
Downtown sto re s a r e now
»pen a ll d a y T h u rsd a y a n #
F rid ay u n til 9 p.m. Most
stores a r e closed Wednesday
a fte rn o o n in s te a d o f T h u rs ­day,
a s fo rm e rly .