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(Consolidated with The XJtlta Record, 1937) Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa., Thursday, July 11, 1963 7 oenta a Copy; $8.00 per year by mall
within Eanoastar County; $3.00 elsewhere. 12 Pages — No. 13
Merchants Offer Many Special Bargains Today
“Ridiculous Thürs.”
Offers Special Sales
“Ridiculous Thursday’’ will
be observed today by most of
the Lititz merchants, when
they will offer at least one
item in th e ir stores a t a
“ ridiculously low” price.
Many merchants are offer­ing
more than one item. These
special prices will prevail dur­ing
the hours between 4 p.m.
.d 9 p.m. An added feature
to this promotion is giving out
ice cream or popsicle tickets
which can be redeemed at
Bingeman’s Restaurant, Ben­n
e r ’s, Glassmyer’s or Mc-
Elroy’s stores. These tickets
are given when a purchase is
made.
The special prices are listed
in the advertisements of the
participating merchants.
Other special days will be
held during the summer mon­ths
for the in te rest and the
opportunity of Lititz custom­ers.
N
ext week the merchants
will fe a tu re a "Watermelon
Jamboree.” On this occasion
tickets will be given with p u r­chases
a t the participating
stores. Ten tickets can be re ­deemed
for a watermelon.
Couple Charged With
Neglect Of Children
A Lititz couple has been
charged with neglect of chil­d
re n and lodged in the Lanc­a
s te r County Prison to await
a hearing.
They are Richard and Ida
E itnier, 506 F ro n t St., who
were accused of leaving three
•mall children a t noon Wed­nesday
without food or pro­per
clothing, and remaining
absent the remainder of the
day. Police piekdd them up
about 9 p.m. th a t night in a
hotel in Mhnhelm.
Charges against the Eitniers
ere brought by the children’s
au n t, Lillian Lehn, Manheim,
before Justice of the Peace
Paul F. Diehm, who said yes­te
rd a y he -hoped to have a
hearing arranged for th a t eve­ning.
Meanwhile, the couple
were placed in th e Lancaster
County ja il.
The charges sta ted th a t
th ree children, aged one, three
and five, were alone in the
two-room apa rtment occupied
by the family, th e youngest
one unclothed. The Eitniers
have three other children who
a r e away a t a camp, where
they are sponsored by one of
Withdrawal
Of Kurtz In
Township
Withdrawal of Rcibert H.
Kurtz, Lititz R3, as a candi­d
ate for the post of super­visor
in Warwick township
,vas announced in a le tte r of
resignation which he filed
with the Lancaster County.
Election board on Tuesday,
Kurtz ran for the nomina­tion
in May and won against
incumbent Paul R. Ibach by
226 to 172, without being a
registered voter.
In his le tte r of resignation,
he said th a t due to an over­sight
he had not been regis­tered
a t the time of the May
primary, and th a t he was
withdrawing in the interests of
“ unity oif the p a rty .”
It will now be up to the
Warwick township Republican
committee to fill the vacancy
on the ballot. They will meet
tonight for this purpose.
K u rtz’ withdrawal followed
by three days a court action
filed on behalf of Ibach by
Attorney W. Hensel Brown Jr.,
asking th a t the County.elec­tion
board remove the name
of Kurtz and replace it with
Jbach’s. The court on Friday
agreed to hold a hearing on
.he m a tte r, which probably
will not be necessary now.
Ibach’s name appears on the
Democratic ballot as a result
of write-ins during the May
primary.
the churches, it was said. The
six children and tJwo adults
live in two rooms, a bedroom
and a kitchen, which are in
deplorable state, it was said.
There is no bathroom, except
in another apa rtment where
the children’s g ran d fa th e r
lives.
The three small children
were provided with clothing-by
the community nurse and
turned over to the Children’s
bureau for placement.
According to Police Chief
George C. Hicks, th e children
have been under the care of
the Children’s Bureau for some
time. He said he notified the
bureau of conditions on June
28. For a time the children
were placed in other homes,
but were retu rn ed to their
parents a while ago. Disposi­tion
Of the older children is
not yet decided upon.
In addition to police and
the community nurse, the E it­nier
home also was visited in
the evening by Borough Man­ager
R. Keith Armstrong. He
said he would order the re­moval
of “ju n k ” which su r­rounds
the outside o f , the
house, and the clothes and
tra sh inside which make jit
a fire hazard.
Armstrong said he would
ask Council a t its July meet­ing
to declare th e house a
hea lth hazard and public nui­sance.
He also will ask th a t
it be condemned for h ab ita ­tion
until improvements such
as two separate bathrooms and
w ate r supplies are made. He
said there also is a question
of the stru c tu ra l capacity of
th e building.
WOODRIDGE CHAMPS: Above is shown a representative
group of la s t year’s championship swimming team of the
Woodridge Swim club, who are participating again this year
Included a re Gary Coble, Steve Raiméis, Richard Guudrum,
Tony Adams and' Bill Eiwen; Ann Raiméis, Lynn Welch, Pam
Becker, Nina Lausch and Lydia Kowalewski.
Antiques Show
Draws Record
Crowd Of 1765
A to ta l of 1,7-65 people a t­tended
the second annual L it­itz
Antiques show held ¡last
week in the Recreation Center
under the sponsorship of the
Lititz Historical Foundation,
Inc.T
his is considerably more
than the attendance la st year,
when the re were 1,285 visi­tors.
Receipts will go to the Founj
dation, and the n et amount
will be announced a fte r bills
have been received and paid.
A la rg e r profit is expected
than la st year.
Exhibitors freely sta ted th a t
the show was one of th e best
they had attended, and all 31
asked to come back next year.
The antiques displayed were
of very fine quality. There was
an excellent a rray of glass,
china, jewelry, and ra re oh-
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Warwick Twp.
Ordinance Is
Delayed Again
Another delay has p u t off
the adoption of a planning or­dinance
for Warwick township.
When th e supervisors met
Tuesday night in the office of
th e ir attorney. Marlin Shrein-er,
they were informed th a t
the ordinance was not complet­ed
yet, and would not he ready
until the regular meeting F ri­day,
August 2.
The special meeting had
been called Tuesday for the
express purpose of adopting
the ordinance.
Once the ordinance is adopt­ed,
it will pave the way for the
formation of a Planning Com­mission
and zoning for the
township.
Woodridge
Swim Team
Scores Win
Woodridge ' Swim Club team
trounced the E p h ra ta swim
team 241 to 82 in a meet Mon­day
night at the E p h ra ta pool.
Five Woodridge swimmers
annexed two first places each.
Gary Coble took freestyle and
b a c k stro k e ,' Bill Eiwen, fre e ­style
and b rea ststroke; Steve
Rannels, butterfly and back­stroke;
Wilma Owens, freestyle
and brea ststroke, and Pam
Becker, breaststroke and but­terfly.
-Other first place winners for
Woodridge were Ann Rannels,
Mjarie Burtkholder, Beverly
Hanna, Dick Gundrum, Judy
Hofferth, Lydia Kowalewski,
Casey (Hanna, Cathy- Rannels,
Chuck Niquette, Carol Hunter,
Lynn Wel-ch, Ted Stryker,
Paula Exstrom, Tony Adams,
Dave Brumbach, Dick Bender,
Debbie Esaig and Je an e tte En-gle.
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Woodriqge also won seven
of the eight relay events. ;
Ken SWeigart captured two
firsts for .Ephrata. He won in
th e freestyle and butterfly ev­ents.
Other first place winners for
E p h ra ta were ' Cindy Spotts,
Barry Gosling and Teresa Gun-selrnan.
Results follow:
• Freestyle
20 yds. - Girls 8 and under
— 1. Ann Rannels W; 2. Judy
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Health Committee Recommends
Boro Act On Creek Pollution
Top priority should be given by the borough to
the “unsanitary and intermittent polluted condition” of
the Lititz Springs Creek, it is recommended by the
borough’s Health and Sanitation Advisory Committee
in a letter to borough council and released by the com­mittee
for publication.
The committee also recom­mended
th a t a sanitary engin­eer,
acquainted with, industry,
could igo over th e problems
with borough council and in­dustries
on an individual b a ­sis,
and make recommendations
which would fulfill the needs
for health sanita ry systems.
They fu rth e r recommended
th a t borough council utilize the
duties of the borough mana­ger
to enforce the present
health standards and any fu­tu
re ones which may he en­acted.
The committee, which inclu­des
Dr. Joseph W. Grosh, M.
D., chairman; Dr. Charles W.
Eshelman, Dr. Chester L. Wer-tsch,
and Robert E. Buch,
chemist, pointed out th a t a
meeting was held April 2-3 to
discuss the condition of the
stream, which in th e ir apin-
WINNIN'G TEAM: Robert Aihvoin and his sons, Ken,
Barry, Je rry and Sid, won the title of outstanding F a th e r and
Son team- a t the Camp-out held a t the L ititz Springs Pool last
week.: •
Bob Allwein And Sons
Top Team At Camp-Out
ion resolved very little . Noth­ing
has been done since then,
the committee said, and the
cu rren t le tte r has been writ­ten
to prod the borough into
action. They sta te th a t they
do not believe any one is sa t­isfied
with the present condb
tion of the stream, and th a t
what is needed now is a strong
leadership in correcting con­ditions.
TRUSTEES TO MEET
The board of tru ste e s of
Lititz Springs Park, Inc., will
meet Tuesday, Ju ly 16, at
7:45 p.m. in th e Wilbur Choc­olate
office.
131 Children Register
At Five Playground»
The Lititz Playground pro­gram
got underway Monday,
with the 131 participants re ­gistering
at their respective
areas on opening day, as fol­lows
:
Lititz Springs Park, 70;
Brunnerville, 16; Rothsville,
19; Lions Tot Lot, 15; War­rick
Acres, 11.
The swimming instruction
phase of the summer program
began Tuesday, with approxi­mately
150 youngsters tu rn ­ing
out for the first day of
instruction.
Fees charged the program
participants are as follows: $3
plus $1 for a Recreation Cen­te
r membership if they have
not already been obtained. The
$3 fee is a flat ra te charged
to help defray the costs of
craft .supplie s, prizes . and
awards and instructors. P e r­sons
registering for the sum­mer
program have the benefit
Of participating in all activi­ties,
namely swimming instruc­tion,
a rts and crafts,, music
and dance, daily playground
activity and special events.
Making use of the Whole
program is entirely u-p to the
individual.
Nab Parole©
After Crash
A local murder parolee
found himself in trouble yes­terday
as a result of a hit-run
accident.
E arl Eugene Steeley, 25 N.
Broad St., was accompanying
Harold Eckert, Lititz R4, in
the la tte r’s car at 2:30 a.m.
Wednesday when Eckert struck
a car owned by Geraldine
Foltz, 71 East Main St., par­ked
in front oif her home.
After the accident, Eckert
moved his car and parked it
a t the re a r of Mrs. Foltz home,
according to borough police.
It was discovered a t 7 a.m.
and through it was learned the
identity oif the driver. Eckert
was prosecuted by Officer Fred
Lucas before Justice of the
Peace Paul R. Diehm for fail­ure
to leave his identity at
the scene of the accident. Ac­cording
to police Eckert had
been drinking and was “wea­ving”
down Main St. when he
hit the parked car.
L ater in the morning Chief
oif Police George C. Hicks a r­rested
Steeley for violation of
parole, ’charging him with
drinking. Siteeley was lodged
in the Lititz jail awaiting his
parole officer, who arrived
shortly a fte r noon and will re ­commit
him for a review by
the parole board.
Steeley was convicted in
19 39 of the first degree mur­der
of a Lititz woman and
sentenced to life imprison­ment.
In 19'57 he was p a r­oled,
according1 to Chief Hicks.
In 1959 he was arrested as a
parole violator and was ¡re­committed.
In 1962 he was
again paroled and went to live
in Philadelphia. In 19 63 his
parole was tran sfe rred to
Lititz.
j
R o b e rt Allwein, Kissel Hill
Road, and his four sons were
declared the outstanding F a ­th
e r and Son team during the
Father-Son Gampout a t the
Lititz Springs Community
Swimming Pool July 2, 3 and
4.
Bob and his sons, Ken, Bar­ry,
Je rry and Sid, scored the
most number of points during
the variety Of contests staged
during the event.
Two other teams tied for
second place: Gary Sipe and
son Barry, 10- Market S t , and
Elwood Klase and sons Herbert
and Thomas, 33 E. Second St.
The camp-out was attended
by about 70 men and boys:
and was climaxed by a camp­fire
and doggie roast during
the evening Of July 3. Dennis
Craig led the group in singing
Fishing Lake
Costs Higher
Than Planned
The Hammer Creek Fishing
Lake will cost $35,000 more
th an originally estimated, ac­cording
to -construction coat
estimates released by the State
Fish Commission.
The commission said it is
authorized to spend $350,000
on actual construction. Cost
estimates -this year totaled
$38-5,000 but the Fish Com­mission
hopes to cut costs.
The reason ror the 10 -per
cent increase is th a t the ori­ginal
estimates were made five
years -ago when the project
was first considered.
Commission officials said re­cently
th a t costs -are bein_
trimmed to get the figure dawn
to the amount set by law for
a General (State AuthoriU
loan.
While plans are being re ­vised
the commission said the
project is -moving ahead in
other phases. A review of th>
sta tu s of all GSA projects is
slated th is month and Hammer
Creek lake will be high on
the priority list.
The 10 6-acre fishing lake
will be created by building a
dam across the creek. Depths,
when finished, will range from
12 to 18 feet. The site north
of Lititz is about two miles
west of Route 501.
¡Commission officials said
cost paring will be done where
it Will le ast affect the physical
layout of the lake itself, such
as access road construction.
around the campfire, while the
youngsters toasted marshmal­lows.
The next morning, afte r
a dip in the pool, the group
was served breakfa st.
The first swimming meet for
the team will be held Friday,
sta rtin g a t 6 p.m. at the Man­heim
pool. A re tu rn meet is
scheduled for July 19.
Sunday Ju ly 14 will be vol­leyball
day. The men are asked
to form six-man teams and re­gister
at the office for a to u rn ­ament.
. T he (five-to-nine-year-olds
will be entertained a t games
on the picnic grounds on. July
15. Prizes will be awarded.
Teen night will he held July
16 from 8 to 11 p.m.
Guest day will be observed
on July 20. All guests oif tic­ket
holders will be admitted
a t half price.
Ju ly 22 will be a special day
fo r the 10-to-l 4-year old swim­mers.
Games will be played on
the pool athletic field.
Family night Will be held
July 24, with special rate s for
lunch between 5 and 6:30 p.m.
Another teen night will be
held July 31 from 8 to 11 ,p.m.
Mother and Daughter Camp-out
will be held July 26, and
Family Camp-out is scheduled
for August 9.
Big Crowd
Attends 4th
Celebration
L ititz ’ unique F o u rth of
July celebration—th e Pageant
oif Candles in Lititz Springs
P a rk — drew approximately
4-600 paid admissions ithis
year, slightly more than la st
year and in line with the num­ber
of people who have a tten ­ded
for the past decade.
This does not include the ad­ditional
thousands oif people
who lined West Lincoln Ave­nue
and other points of van­tage
around the borough to
see the magnificent fireworks
display which concluded th e
day long observance. Festivi­ties
began a t 6 a.m. with the
ringing of church hells, a cus­tom
which has been followed
since the first days of the cele­bration.
At noon th e re was a pro­gram
of recorded music from
the bandshell and a t 2:30 p.m.
a tre a su re hu n t was held for
the children. Concerts were gi­ven
during the afternoon and
early evening by the Rohrers-town
band, directed by Donald
Peters.
A high point of the celebra­tion
was th e crowning of Miss
Susan Minnich as Queen oi the
Pageant of Candles. The coro­net
was placed on her head
by last yea r’s queeu, Miss Mary
Ann Hess. A bevy of young
beauties constituted t h e
Queen’s court.
Then came the lighting of
the myriads of candles, tu rn ­ing
the -park into veritable
fairyland oif shimmering light,
to the round-eyed amazement
of the many babes and small
children Who were present.
The candles continued to glow
for about an hour, despite a
fairly stiff breeze, before they
began flickering out, and about
th a t time a few bombs sent
up in the fireworks are a sig­nalled
the s ta rt of the display
of pyrotechnics, which could
be seen for miles.
535,000
Gallons Of
Water Lost
A break in the main water
line south of th e borough oc­curred
a t 2:48 a.m. Saturday,
and resulted in the loss of
53(5,00D gallons of water, Bor­ough
Manager R. Keith Arm­strong
announced.
However, if it had not been
for th e alarm system installed
in the borough office, the leak­age
would have been much
g rea ter, he pointed out. The
leak continued ffor only 45
minutes.
The leak was detected by
the water drop detector in ’he
borough office, setting off the
alarm. Officer Fred Lucas, who
was on duty, immediately cal­led
John Bowder, water super­intendent,
attd Armstrong, The
leak was found very quickly,
and valves were closed to iso­la
te the leak. About 7 a.m.,
the works crew arrived and
Started repairs, which were
completed about 5 p.m. Sat­urday.
No one. knew the water
Was off except the wbrk crew.
During the time the leak was
being repaired, the wate r sys­tem
operated from the standby
reservoir a t Spruce and Third
Sts.T
he water which was lost
flowed off harmlessly through
farmland, and did not flood
any residential - areas.
British Rector
To Preach At
Park Service
The Community Service in
the Lititz Springs P ark on
Sunday evening a t 7 o’clock
will be conducted by the Lit­itz
Church of the Brethren.
Guest preacher for the service
will be the Rev. A. Aidah
Chapman of St. Giles Parish
near London, England. He will
speak on the subject, “Hands.”
P a sto r Olden D. Mitchell of
the Lititz Church will serve as
liturgist for the service. The
Senior Choir under th e direc­tion
of Mrs. Harold E. Kern
will sing the anthem, “ I Walk­ed
Today Where Jesus Walk­ed”
by O’Hara, with Mrs. Jam ­es
Shank as accompanist.
The Rev. Mr. Chapman on
Sunday evening will conclude
a week in Lititz as guest of
the local Church of the Bre­thren,
serving as a participant
Preachers’ Exchange.
In case of rain the service
will be held in the host church.
A cordial invitation is extend­ed
to the entire community to
participate in the community
service in the Lititz Springs
Park, held each Sunday d u r­ing
Ju ly and August a t 7
p.m.
The complete le tte r follows:
Gentlemen:
On Tuesday, April 23, 1963,
a meeting concerning the pol­lution
of the Lititz Springs
Creek was held in the Lititz
Recreation Center. Attending
this meeting were representa­tives
oif several industries, lo­cal
sportsmen, Borough Coun­cil,
Izaa-c Walton League,
Health and Sanitation Advis­ory
Committee, Sanitary Wa­te
r Board and othe r interested
individuals. The purpose of
this -meeting was to obtain a
better understanding of the
problems involved in keeping
Lititz (Springs Creek pollution-free,
so th a t an honest attempt
could be made Iby industry,
with the help of the (Sanitary
Water Board, to prevent any
future possibilities of pollut­ing.
T
he meeting, in general,
wasn’t very enlightening. Re*
presentatives oif th e Wilbur
Chocolate Company, the -Mor­gan
Paper Mill and thè Ani­mal
Trap Company of Amer­ica
gave brief accounts of
what -took place in th e ir res­pective
p la n t’s sanitary sys­tems.
In all cases, these were
defensive accounts and contri­buted
little toward solving any
problems. Our committee got
th e overall impression th a t no
one actually understands 'their
respective -systems. The an­swers,
“ I ’m not su re ,” or “ 1
don’t -know” were heard most!
frequently when a questioa
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NEW STKil’ER: Borough employes are shown using the
new striping machine, painting white lines a t the square. Opera­to
r of the -machine is Lem Sipe, a t right, while Kay Landis, su­pervisor,
lias a sharp eye on th e machine's performance.
_ (HC photo.)
Jr. Board
Gives $500)
To Center
The Ju n io r Board of th e ■
Lititz Recreation Center pre- 1
sented a check for $500 to
the Senior 'board a t its meet­ing
Monday night in the Cen­ter.
The money, raised mainly
through the dance)», will be
placed toward the debt.
Richard Alleba-ch, the new
president, -presided a t his first
meeting.
The following -committee
chairmen were appointed:
Senior Citizens, Forbes Ems-weller;
Junior Board advisor,
Gerald Husser; building, Don­ald
Ross; Post Prom and Ad­ult
dances, Forbes Emsweller
and Donald Ross; membership,
Mrs. Robert Rosenberg, chair­man,
assisted by Mrs. Wini­fred
Walls and Mrs. Walter
Sh-u-man; finance, George Mor­gan
and Elwood Zug; publi­city,
Mrs. Winifred Walls;
chaperons, Mrs. Robert Ros­enberg,
Edward Reese; activi­ties,
A. Reed Stoner, C. Rod
Heinrichs; study committee,
WiJlia-m Jaede, former board
member.
'The subject of summer dress
was discussed again. I t was
felt th a t the existing rules
must be enforced, under the
belief th a t ;a p e rso n ’s d^hss
affects his or her behavior.
The rules provide th a t youmg
people must wear shirts tuc*
ked in; no sneakers and no
shorts. It was emphasized th a t
those bringing guests from
other areas should iafcortn
these guests of the dress ro*
gulations.
Property Owners
Should Trim Trees
The Shade Tree Commission
reminds all property owners
th a t they are responsible for
the trimming of th e ir trees.
All trees overhanging side­walks
should be trimmed to
a clearance of seven feet or
more, and trees overhanging
streets should be trimmed 14
fe e t or more, the commission
said.
The commission reminds
property owners th a t they are
liable for any accidents which
might occur, even though the
trees are in the rig h t of way
of the streets.
If these regulations are not
compiled with, then individual
letters forcing compliance will
have- to be sent, the commis­sion
said.
Community
Calendar
July 11— 7:00 P.M. —* Meet*
ing of the Class Of ’$3 ifi th e
Springs Park.
July 13— 8:30 - 11:30 P.M. —
Teen-Ager’s “ S u rfe r’s Holt*
day” dance ht the Recrea­tion
Center.
July 14— 10:00 A.M. — Lit­itz
Church of th e Brethren,
The Rev. A. Aidan Chap­man,
from England.
Youth Fellowship of the 30’«
at the Springs Park.
July 15— 8:00 P.M. — Litit«
S p o r t s men’s Association,
American Legion Home.
STORE HOURS
Downtown stores a re now
open a ll day Thursday and
Friday u n til 9 p.m. Most
stores a re closed Wednesday
afternoon instead of T hurs­day,
a s formerly.