Lititz Record Express

              The Lititz Record - Express
Serving The Warwick Union Area For Nearly A Century
86th Year E stab lish ed April, 1877, a s The Sunbeam
(Consolidated w ith The I iltltz Record, 1937) Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa., Wednesday, July 3, 1963 7 cent# a Copy; 13.00 p a r y a a r by m ail
w ith in L an c a s te r County; $3.50 elsewhere. 10 Pages — No. 12
Traditional Program To Highlight Fourth Of July
Thousands Expected
At Candle Pageant
ANTIQUE SHOW DISPLAY: Above is shown the Dutch cupboard which W a lte r Steeley,
258 S. Cedar St., Lititz, (right) is exhibiting a t the, Antique Show today, tomorrow an d Friday
in the Lititz Recreation Center. The cupboard contains ra re pewter, glass and china objects.
In front is a ra re rocking horse, and th e re is also a small wooden horse, in th e cupboard.
Heat Wave Lures
More Than 1000
Persons To Pool
More th an 1000 people
swam a t the Lititz Springs
“ wimming pool on Sunday,
^larking one o f th e busiest
days a t the pool.
On Sunday the mothers held
a bake sale and realized $36.
50. The women were asked to
bake a cake or to give a do­nation
to a fund for the p u r­chase
of beach umbrellas for
th e pool. Any persons may
still make contributions at the
pool office.
Ju ly 3 will mark th e open­ing
of the Father-Son camp-out,
for which many activities
are planned.
The remainder of the sche­dule
is as follows: July 4, pic­nic
day; also, scuba diving
demonstration by a team from
Lancaster, 10 a.m.; July 6,
family , n ig h t until 11 p.m.;
Ju ly 8, kiddie day games for
children who use the wading
pool; July 10, moonlight swim
fo r adults.
Announce Exhibitors
For Antiques Show
SERVICE IN PARK
The Rev. Robert M. Myers,
pastor of St. Luke's United
Church of Christ, will conduct
the first service to be held in
'h e Springs Park for the sea-
¿fan on Sunday a t 7 p.m. His
eubject will be “Cut I t Off.”
The choir of the church will
sing “Hymn of P ra ise ”.
Thirty-one exhibits will com­prise
th e Lititz Antiques Show
to be held in t'he Recreation
Center Ju ly 3, 4 and 5. The
hours of the show will be 11
a.m. to 10 p.m. on July 3, and
from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on July
4 and 5.
Two exhibitors a re from L it­itz:
Wa lte r Steeley, 258 S. Ce­d
a r St., and Carl D. Snavely,
23 Willow St. The others are
from various places in Pennsyl­vania,
and include: „
The Shadow Box, Douglass-
Viille R2; R'FD Antiques, Fleet-wood;
Mrs. Philip Cappaloniga,
Spring City R l ; Fegan’s An­tiques,
Annville; Mrs. Mary Ko-cevar,
Manheim; .Rhena L.
Hinz, Reading; Holly Hill An­tiques,
Reading R3; E. V.’s
Antiques, Reedsville; Mrs. H.
B. Swartzbaugh, York; Mrs.
Edith Stubbs, Soudersburg;
Cranford House Antiques, Up­per
Marlboro, Md., E thel Slote-man,
H arrisburg; Mrs. John
J. McElwee,1 Palmyra; Mrs.
Dorothy Poad, Lancaster; Mrs.
Daisy Crooks, Elizabethtown;
Bailey’s Antiques, Hollidays-burg;
Benney’s Antiques, H ar­risburg;
Mrs. Ja n n e tte Dingle,
Carlisle; The Corner Cupboard,
Mrs. Ralph McDermond, Lew-islburg;
Wagner’s Antiques
Dogs To Be Controlled
In Warwick Township
A dog ordinance to prevent
dogs from running a t large
was adopted by the Warwick
township supervisors a t the ir
meeting Friday evening at the
home of Aaron Martin, secre­tary.
The ordinance provides th a t
dogs must be kept under the
control of the owner a>t all
times, on a leash, if necessary.
The township Constable will
be authorized to pick up dogs
which are running loose. The
animals will be taken to the
Humane League Shelter, and
the owners notified. They must
hen go to the Shelter to claim
th e ir pets, and pay fo r their
keep. The regulations apply to
all hours of the day and night,
an d will go into effect on Au­gust
1. Supervisors said they
had received numiberous com­plaints
of dogs running over
property, especially in new de­velopments.
I t was announced that the
proposed Planning ordinance
has been completed, and will
be read a t a special meeting
Ju ly 9 a t 8 p.m. in the office
of G. Marlin Shreiner, a tto r­ney.
>C. David Landis was present
a t a recent meeting to rece/:e
re stitu tio n for a p er capita tax
bill and penalty he had paid.
Landis some time ago claimed
he had paid his tax for 1961,
STORE HOURS
Downtown stores are now
Dpen a ll day Thursday and
Friday u n til 9 p.m. Most
Stores a re closed Wednesday
afternoon instead of Thurs­day,
as formerly.
but could not find the receipt,
it was explained. The ma tte r
was turned over to a collection
agency and he was made to
pay $10 tax and $7.50 pen-alty.
At a recent meeting he
appeared and had found the
19 61 receipt. Isaac Stoner, a
supervisor, made a (notion
th a t the township refund Lan­dis
his $10 tax and $7.50 pen­alty,
which was seconded by
Aaron Martin.
The expense of changing a
corner of Route 772 a t the
Edward Gray-bill property was
$117:50 for material and equip­ment.
The cost for oiling Kissel
Hill Road amounted to $1,243.
55, of which Lititz borough
paid one th ird and Warwick
township two thirds.
Hum’melstown; H a rry M.
Gan-tz, Elizabethtown; Oliver
Varner, Wilkes Barre; An­tiques
and Uniques, Una Sum-nar,
Oxford R l ; W. G. H a r­rington,
Hummelstown R 3 ;
Dick’s Antiques, Lebanon; Em­ma
Nyce, Collegeville; Earl
Schommer, Philadelphia; A.
J. Novello, New Holland; A.
M. Lang, Holicong, Bucks
County.
The Archives and the Mor­avian
church also will be open
for tours of inspection.
Proceeds of th e show will
go toward the Historical Foun­dation.
ZIP Program
Being Widely
Publicized
Postmaster Richard C. Ra­der
reported th a t publicity for
the ZIP program has appeared
locally in many ways.
“Mr. ZIP” is the Post Offltee
Department’s way of empha­sizing
the -importance of the
Zone Improvement Plan offici­ally
launched July 1 through­out
the nation. Mr. ZIP may
be found on stre e t le tte r box­es,
le tte r c a rrie rs’ mail bags,
the post office truck, life-size
in the Post Office Lobby, and
on a card showing the ZIP
Code number delivered (to
every patron served by the
Lititz Post Office.
Instructions on the ZIP card
indicate th a t the code number
should follow the city and
state, th a t is, Lititz Pa. 17543.
I t also requests th a t the card
be kept handy for reference.
Post Office officials believe
th a t some le tte rs will be deli­vered
24 hours sooner if the
code is used. I t is intended to
cut down the number of times
a piece of mail is handled,
thus decreasing delivery time.
Use of the ZIP code number
by all patrons will not only
help us move the mails faste r
b u t will make possible th e use
of practical mechanization in
the fu tu re to meet mail vol­ume
increases of 2 to 3 per­cent
annually a t a reduced
cost, th e postmaster said.
'Postmaster Rader indicated
the ZIP program has been re­ceived
favorably here so far.
Advance notice given to local
printe rs and large mailers by
the postmaster has alre ady e-sulted
in plans for the place­ment
of the ZIP code number
on hundred's of thousands sf
pieces of new envelopes, mail­ing
labels and lette rhe ads. For
those who do not use, printed
stationery, the ZIP code num­ber
should be tyiped or written
as p a rt of th e address.
Two - Car Collision
Heads Police Reports
A two-car collision occurred
a t 6:25 p.m. June 29, a t East
Lincoln Ave. and N. Cedar St.,
it was reported by police.
According to Officer Howard
Dissin'ger, Mark E. Zellers, 158
N. Hershey Drive, was travel­ling
east on Lincoln Avenue,
and said he did n o t see a ca r
operated by P a tric ia Dreibot,
twenty, 211 N. Cedar St., mak­ing
a le ft turn. Zellers was
prosecuted by Officer Dissin-ge
for failure to yield the rig h t
of way.D
riving Too F a s t
Gerald B. Williams, Man­heim
R3, was prosecuted for
driving too fa st for conditions
a t 4:30 p.m. Ju n e 27, on East
Lincoln Ave. He also was pro­secuted
for not having his op­e
ra to r’s license on his person.
Prosecution was brought by
Officer Howard Dissinger.
. Oar Stolen
■Heribert E. Long, Jr., 9 E.
No Curtailment
Of Water Needed
Boro Mgr. Says
There is no emergency a t
t'he present time with respect
to Lititz’ w ater supply, Bor­ough
Manager R. Keith Arm­strong
said yesterday.
Although c a re is always
needed, the re is no danger th a t
th e supply will be exhausted,
he -said, unless it continues hot
with no rain all summer.
The sream is an indication
of the water supply, Armstrong
said. As long 'as it continues
-to flow, the re is no danger,
and it could stop flowing for
some time before Lititz would
run out Of water, Armstrong
said. , .
Farm Women
Hold Luncheon
F orty members and th e ir
families attended 'b e covered
dish luncheon held by Society
Of Farm Women No. 1 on Sun­day
( a t the 'Middle Creek
Church pavilion. Mrs. Abram
Bollinger and 'Mrs. Clayton
S'angrey, president and vice-president,
respectively, were in
charge; Mrs. Raymond New­comer
led t'he games and Roy
Brubaker gave the invocation.
The next meeting of the or­ganization
will be held August
3, a t -t'he Mennonite Central
Committee headquarters a t Ak­ron
with Mrs. Edna Byler pre­senting
the program. T'he group
will take a box lunch.
Lemon St., reported to borough
police a t 7:30 a.m. Monday
th a t his car had been stolen
from in front of his home afte r
11 p.-m. the previous night.
The keys were in the switlch,
according to Police Chief Geo­rge
C. Hicks. The c a r Was
located by Ohielf Hicks a t 10:
20 a.m. parked on Locust St.,
nea r Molly's garage. There was
no damage. Chief Hicks said
it apparently Was the work of
“joy-riders,” b u t also empha­sized
th a t it is still auto theft,
a serious offence.
Reckless Driving
Richard L. Keener, 126 N.
Charlotte St., was prosecuted
a t 11:40 p.im. June 29 by Offi­cer
Fred Lucas for reckless
driving on North Broad St. at
the park entrance. Officer Lu­cas
said Keener pulled out of
bhe p a fk in a reckless manner.
No Lights
Nevin Melvin Bucher, Lit­itz
R l, was prosecuted by Bor­ough
Police Officer H. Lloyd
Long before Justice of the
Peace Paul F. Diehm for op­era
ting a vehicle without lights
on Junipe r Alley and Broad
St., on June 28 a t 10:40 p.im.
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COMBINED DRIVE OFFICIAL RECEIVES CHECK: John
G. Hershey, (left) chairman of the Finance Committee of the
Recreation Study Committee, receives check for $10,087 from
Le.Roy Kling, tre a su re r of the Combined Drive, representing
proceeds of the, campaign. Of th e total, the Recreation Center
will receive $8,000; the Lititz Spring Park $1,075, and the
L ititz Public Library $425. I t was Hersliey’s committee which
sparked th e drive.
Over $10,000 Raised
In Combined Drive
The Combined Drive tre a ­surer,
Leroy Kling, th is week
turned over to th e Lititz Com­munity
Center, th e Lititz
Springs P a rk and the Lititz
Public Library th e sum of
$10,087.36, representing the
proceeds to d ate of the drive.
Some monies a re still outstand­ing,
hut the total will not
change appreciably.
In addition to the amount
tu rn ed over, a fifty dollar do­nation
was previously disbur­sed,
making the total collec­ted
to d a te : $10,137.36. Of
this sum, $1574.81 came from
the door-to-door 'canvass, $2,
851 from the Advanced Drive,
$956.215 from the Retailers
and Garages, $4,385 from. In­dustry,
and $370.30 in Mis­cellaneous
Contributions.
F o r th e ir very fine p a rt in
making the drive a success,
the chairmen made special
mention Of E-lwood Zug and
William Jaede, who headed the
door-to-door drive; John Her­shey
and J . iM. Leed who
directed the Advanced Solici­ta
tion; William Sipacht, for the
Retailers; John Steffy for the
Garages, and Harry Wa-gaman
for the In d u stria l Solicitation.
These men and the committees
who served with them made
th is -drive the succes th a t it
is. The loyal cooperation of
the many workers and th e
whole-hearted participation of
the people of Lititz deserve
the thanks of all of us for
th e ir part, th e -chairmen said.
While th e drive did
reach the goal for which it
aimed, sufficient money has
been raised to insure opera­tion
of these three community
efforts for the balance of the
fiscal year.
Not included in -any totals-b
u t contributing largely to the
success of th e endeavor was
the 'cooperation of Robert
Camipbell and The Lititz Rec­ord-
Express which handled
publicity, John Weniger Who
designed the promotional bro­chure
and Wagaman Printing
Company who printed the bro­chure,
Don Weaver who p rin ­ted
the receipts. All gave
freely of th e ir time and se r­vices
a t no -charge to the drive.
Every cent which was donated
is being turned over to the
participating agencies.
Ridiculous Days
Set By Retailers
Next Thursday
The heat wave has affected
the Lititz retailers! They an­nounced
this week th a t next
Thursday, Ju ly 11 th e re would
be a Ridiculous Thursday Sale!
At this sale from 4 p.m. to 9
p.m. Thursday, certain me r­chandise
which will be listed
in advertisements next week
will be offered for sale a t ri­diculously
low prices. In ad­dition
free tickets ¡for ice
cream will be given with pur­chases.
Nina Jean Stroble
Is On Dean's List
A 'Lititz student, Nina Jean
Stroble, is among 69 named
on the Dean’s List of Honor
for the second semester at
Elizabethtown College, accord­ing
to Dr. Jacob E. Hershman,
dean.
Miss Stroble is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin S. Stro­ble,
59 E. Main St. A 1959
graduate of Warwick High
School, she recently completed
her ju n io r year a t Elizabeth­town
College.
A student must earn a t least
3.5 grade average fo r the
marking period to be placed
on the Dean’s List. A p e rfe c t
average is 4.0.
Preparations are completed
for the 120th anniversary of
th e annual F o u rth of July cele­bration
to be held in Lititz
Springs p a rk tomorrow, and it
is expected th a t one of the
la rge st crowds ever will attend
this event.
This will be the 121st year
for the candlelight ceremony,
which began in 18 43 when a
small group of Moravians, seek­ing
a suitable way to celebrate
the “ F o u rth ,” placed 400 can­dles
on posts at the stream
and around the p ark, and char­ged
admission. The proceeds
amounted to $12. From this
humble 'beginning, the celebra­tion
grew to comprise as -many
as 10,000 candles, with p ro ­grams
lasting all day and into
the evening, -featuring en te r­tainment,
fireworks and baby
parades.
For many years, the candles
were made by hand in Lititz,
some of -tbe time, (appropri­ately
enough), by th e Light
family, a n d la te r by Harry Re-gennas.
They were made of
bees’, wax, which provides the
cha racteristic yellow glow. In
recent years th e 'candles have
been purchased commercially.
T re asure H u n t
The pro-gram tomorrow will
h o t|g e t underway with a trea su re
h u n t for the youngsters a t 2:30
p.-m., with prizes supplied by
Lititz .merchants. This will be
followed by band concerts by
the Rohrerstown band, from
3 to 5 p.m. The band, directed
by Donald 'F. Peters, also will
give concerts during the eve­ning,
presenting a varied pro­gram.
The P ag e an t of th e Queen
of the Candles will take place
a t 9 p.m., when Miss Susan
Minn'ich will be crowned Queen
by Miss ¡Mary Ann Hess, 1962
queen. In th e prelude to the
pageant the Brass choir of the
Lititz Moravian Church, which
has gained a wide reputation,
will present a colorful arrange-meqt
of th e Ba ttle Hymn of
the Republic, the work of the ir
director, Jo h n W. Keehn.
Fairyland
This will be followed by the
fairyland of candles when the
p a rk will be 'illuminated by
thousands of candles which
will be lit a t 9:30 p.m. The
program will be concluded with
a gigantic display of fireworks.
The rain date is Saturday,
July 6.
Miss Minn-ich, the Queen of
the Candles, is the daughter of
Mrs. Sylvia G. Minni'ch, 509 S.
Cedar St., and is a 1963 g ra ­duate
oE Warwick High School.
At present she is a secretary
College Board Test
Scores Available
Warwick High School ju n ­iors
who took the College
board examinations may secure
th e ir scores and interpretive
booklets a t the High School
office any day between 8 a.m.
and 4 p.m., it was announced
by the principal, H. W. Swi­sher.
Anyone interested in taking
the College board tests in Au­gust
may secure a catalogue
at the High School.
Sue Mlnnich
(Candle Queen)
In the office of Hershey and
Gihbel. Miss Minnich has been
secretary of her class ever
since th e fifth grade. At high
school she was head majorette
in th e band, captain of the
hockey team, member of the
basketball team an d business
manager of the year book. Be­ing
a Queen is not new to her.
She was Queen of the Junior-
Senior Prom, Halloween Queen
and a candidate for the Eph-r
a ta Hospital bazaar Queen.
Her court will include Bar­bara
Jean Adams, Louise Chris-tener,
Gale Evans, Mary Ann
Fasnacht, Susan Kauffman, Re­becca
Newcomer, Sandra Ris-ser,
Donna Rosenberg, Kris­tina
Sigmund and Carolyn
Smith. Brian Hann will . be
candlebearer, and Matthew
Cramer will be crown-bearer.
Playgrounds To Offer
Swimming Instruction
The 1963 ¡Summer Play- American feed Cross standards
To Set Up
Recreation
Commission
The Recreation Study Com­mittee,
a t a lengthy meeting
Monday night, recommended
th a t a Recreation Commission
be set up to operate under a
borough code.
The commission would be
made up of representatives of
the borough, the school board
and 't'he township supervisors.
It would work with th e th ree
separate boards of the agencies
involved, which are the Re­creation
Center, the L P 'tz
Springs P a rk and the Lititz
Public Library.
A committee was named to
draft a resolution and a re ­port
th a t t'he commission be
formed. On the committee are
Mrs. Jules Klenin, John Her­shey,
George Morgan and Ri­chard
Allebach.
Woodridge Swim Club
Plans Picnic Breakfast
Women's Club Plans
Dessert Card Party
The Lititz Woman’s Club
will hold a dessert card p a r '/
on the lawn a t the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Miller,
630 S. Broad St., J u ly 1 25th
a t 1 p.-m. (ra in or shine ).
This is the first social event
of -the new season and arran g e­ments
are being made by the
Ways and Means Committee,
Mrs. Richard Roth, chairman.
There will he a prize for each
table.
The aroma of family break­fasts
being cooked on the out­door
fireplaces will permeate
the morning air on the wooded
hillside a t Woodridge Swim­ming
pool on July 4th. The
picnic tables will be laden with
breakfa st ham, bacon, eggs and
whatever the family appetite
dictates.
After break fa st a game of
volley 'ball will follow with
everyone from children to ad­ults
joining in.
-Swimming will begin a t 10
a.m. for the day and lunch
will follow in the woods. At
2 p;m. the re will be games for
children, penny scrambles in
both pools; a peanut scramble;
and games for group participa­tion.
For those who prefer to
watch the swimming and other
sports, the woods always pro­vides
a cool shady grandstand.
Supper begins a t any hour
convenient for the participants.
The swimming team will
meet in competition with the
E p h ra ta pool in a non-league
meet in E p h ra ta on Ju ly 8.
The Woodridge youngsters
will meet on Ju ly 10 in the
first Lancaster Y.M.C.A. City-
County Pools Swim League
meet of the season.
They will compete with the
Hemipfield Recreation Associa­t
i o n ^ Woodridge on Ju ly 10,
and they will also fe a tu re a
teenage dance. The teenage
swim held recently was a tten ­ded
by more than 17'5 young
people.
A Father-iSon camp-out is
scheduled for July 12, and
Ju ly 20 a Family n ight and
moonlight swim will be the
order of the day.
Sunday, Ju ly 21 is family
siports day. The yearly barbe­cue
open to everyone will be
held July 27 from 4 to 7 p.m.
ground program w ill open Mon­day,
Ju ly 8 a t th e Lititz
Springs Park, Rothsville and
Brunnerville, with two addi­tional
neighborhood Tot Lots
a t -the Lions Playground and
Warwick Acres.
The neighborhood T o t Lots
will be supervised from 9 to
12, for youngsters in the five
to eight year old bracket. The
P ark playground, Rothsville
and Brunnerville will be under
supervision from 9:00 'to 12
noon and -from 1 to 4, Mon­day
through ¡Friday.
¡Personnel -conducting the
playground activities include:
Lititz Springs Park, Dick
Pohner, Bob Alspa'ch, Barry
Erb, Sue Hendricks, Esthe r
Markey. Rothsville, Dan Cier-
Vo; Brunnerville, Nelson Glat-fe
lte r; Lions Tot Lot, Becky
Hoover; Warwick Acres,
('Rome Road), Rochelle Dietz.
Each ¡playground area will
have an a rts and 'craft pro­gram
conducted by Mrs. Ju n e
Smith. Classes will be held a t
the Tot Lots Tuesdays and
Thursdays, and a t th e th re e
la rg e r playgrounds Monday,
Wednesday and Friday.
Swimming Instruction.
Another special activity held
in conjunction with the ' Play­ground
program will be swim­ming
instruction. The program
will he in accordance with the
and will be supervised by Mrs.
Lucy 'Sn’avely a t the Lititz
Springs swimming ¡pool, Tues­day,
Wednesday and Thursday
mornings from 9 to 12 noon.
The classes will be divided
into four groups: (1) -Swim­mers,
9 a.m. to 9:40 a.m.; (2)
Intermediate, 9:45 a.m. to 10:
25 a:m.; (3) Beginners, 10:
30 a.m. to 11:10 a.m.; (4)
11:15 a.m. -to 12 Noon, Jr.
Life Saving. Those who have
passed any of these courses
the previous yea r are asked
to -bring th e ir Red Cross -cards
on the first day of swimming.
All boys and g irls ages five
th ru 16 'are eligible to take
p a rt in this swimming p ro ­gram.
A wide Variety of activities
are provided daily -and through­out
th e week to -meet the lei­sure
time needs and desires of
all ¡participants and includel
games and hobbies; sports and
athletics; elementary d ram a ­tics;
a rts and c ra fts ; nature
and outdoor education; trips,
tours and outings; music and
dancing; and special events
such as cook-outs, picnics, etc.
Registration for playground
and swimming is now being
conducted a t the -Recreation
Center and will -also be held
a t the various playgrounds on
Monday, July 8. The fee is
$3.00.
Community
Calendar
Ju ly 4—F ourth C»lebr*ti»n at
the Lititz Springs Park.
July 7— Kline - Klein Reunion
a t the Lititz Springs P ark .
Lancaster Grace Lutheran
Church picnic a t the Lititz
Springs Park.
Ju ly 8— 9:00 A.M. — Summer
Playground begins a t Lititz
Springs Park, Rothsvflte,
Brunnerville, Lions Play­ground
and Warwick Acres.
8:00 P.M. — Recreation
Center Senior Board meeting
and picnic.
July 9— 9:00 A.M. — Play­ground
a t the P a rk and
Swimming Instruction a t the
Lititz Springs Pool.
7:00 P.M. — Lancaster Co,
Association of Policemen.
July 10— 8:00 P.M. — Lititz
Church of the Brethren
Board of Administration
meeting.
Ju ly 11— 7:00 P.M. — Meet­ing
of the Class ’6 3 a t the
Lititz Springs Park.
’ 8:00 P.M. •— Lancaster
Youth of Christ.
W. S. W. S. of Lititz EUB
Church.