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Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa., Thursday, September 19, 1963 7 oenta a Copy; $3.00 p e r y e a r by m all
w ith in Xianoaater County; $3.60 elsewhere. 12 Pages No. 23
Oak Street Bridge Width
Is Question; Boro Claims
Cost Saving About $8,000
William B. Fry of 519 E.
Main Street is protesting Boro
Council’s proposed plan for a
new Oak Street bridge and the
rebuilding of the s tre e t for
ab out 500 feet from E. Main
St. to the railroad tracks.
F r y ’s complaint is he feels
council is making a mistake
by constructing the new bridge
and roadway only 2X feet in
width. He feels the bridge and
roadway should be 3 0 feet in
dth. Fry is directly effected
by the re-location of the road
as it crosses his property and
he will have to pay the cost
of curbs along it.
Although, these are not the
main reasons why he believes
the roadway and bridge should
be 36 feet wide. Present bor­ough
plans call for no parking
along the road, which will
cause an inconvenience, espe­cially
to the Sportsmen, Fry
said.
They have a pond and put
fish into the s tream from F ry ’s
meadow along the road.
Another important consider­ation,
Fry states, is the fact
th a t the road goes to a proposed
indu s tr ia l area, th e Muth pro­perty.
A wider road serving
this proposed indus tria l a re a
would be a definite asset, he
claims.
Fry also feels the road may
in the d is ta n t fu tu re tie-in with
Kissel Hill and the old Roths-ville
state road to provide a
by-pass a round the boro and
help eliminate heavy traffic on
,oute 501 (Broad Street).
He s ta ted he was concerned
with th e possibility th a t some­time
in the fu tu re the sewer
line from the Brunnerville
school may clog up because of
i t ’s relatively inactivity during
th e summe r months. A wider
road would be more desirable
for fu tu re heme construction,
the sewer lines of which could
tie into the Brunnerville line
and hence, may eliminate any
clogging.
Fry said . . . “ the boro
requires developers to build 36
foot roads, why shouldn’t the
boro?”
The- curbs now leading off
Main Street for ju s t a few feet
are already 3 6 feet wide hav­ing
been constructed when the
s ta te rebuilt it.
He suggests the boro build
the roadway 3 6 feet wide to
(continued on page' 2)
Council Toi
Ask Funds
For Oak St
Borough Council, a t its
meeting Tuesday evening,
Sept. 24, is expected to ap­prove
a resolution making ap­plication
to the Highway Aid
F u n d for the construction of
Oak Street, which includes a
bridge.
Contracts for the work will
be awarded a t th a t time, and
th e re will be a hearing if there
are any objections to the open­ing
of th e s treet. The street
formerly curved, and will be
relocated on a new line.
'Council also is expected to
discuss the purchase of a salt
spreader, and a snow fence,
and plans for snow and ice
removal d u r in g the winter.
T h e members also will dis­cuss
the cost and wha t would
he involved in the recons truc­tion
of the intersection of Ce­d
a r and F ro n t Sts. Some of
the s torm drains are bre aking
(continued, on page 3)
Warwick Churches And Citizens
Croup Back School Board Action
On US Supreme Court Bible Ban
PRESENT HOME of Lititz Mutual Insurance Co. which faces the Square and domin­ates
the view from East Main St. In front of the building are Henry H. Koser, president,
(le ft) hud Henry H. Gibbel, vice president and secretary.
Church Ass’n,
To Hold Rally
The Warwick Association of
Churches will sponsor a uni­ted
church rally Sunday eve­ning,
Sept. 29, a t 7:30 p.m.
in the historic Lititz Moravian
Church, Main and Church Sts.,
Lititz.
Th e Rev. Harold R. Albert
D.D., pastor of the F i r s t L u th ­e
ran Church, Pit tsb u rg h , will
be the speaker. The rally is
open to the public.
OAK STREET BRIDGE LOCATION
Lititz Mutual Insurance
Has 75th Anniversary
The Lititz Mutual Insurance
Company observed its 7 5th an ­niversary
on September 17,
1963.
The initial action for the
organization of the company
was tak en on May 1, 1S88,
when some 2 5 citizens of Wa r ­wick
and adjoining townships
met a t the Lititz Springs Ho­tel
to organize a Mutual Fire
Insurance Company. Upon re ­ceipt
of the c h a r te r in Septem­ber,
1888, the first office of
the company was established
in the home of Jonnson Miller
40 South Broad St., which is
still in the Miller family and
is currently occupied by John
Miller, a dire c tor of the com­pany
since 1927.
In the four th year of the
company’s history, Henry It.
Gibbel, g ran d f a th e r of the pre­sent
secretary, Henry H. Gib­bel,
and fa th e r of the late
Henry B. Gibbel, was elected
secretary of the company and
held this office until his death
in 1927. He was succeeded in
this office by his son, Henry
H., who served until his de a th
in 1959, when he in tu rn was
succeeded by his son, Henry
H., named a director, secre­tary
and executive vice presi­d
e n t in th a t year.
In 1900, J. W. G. Hershey
was elected a director of the
company and pres ident in 1915,
serving in this capacity until
his death in 1929. He was the
fa th e r of Owen Hershey, n a ­med
a d ire c tor in 1924 and
present t r e a su re r and vice
pres ident of th e company, a
position he has held since 1928.
Jo h n G. Hershey, brothe r of
Owen Hershey elected a direc­tor
in 1951, is associated with
the company as director and
head of the F a rm Depart­ment.
Upon the de a th of the elder
Hershey,, Henry H. Koser, Lan-disville,
was named president.
Now in his 90th year, he is
currently serving his 34th year
in th a t capacity and his 44th
(Continued on Rage 3)
Miss Sue Minnich
To Vie For Queen
Miss Sue Minnich, d a u g h te r
of Mrs. Sylvia G. Minnich, 509
S. Cedar St., will be one of
11 contes tants for the title of
“ Miss Lan c a s te r” a t the contest
to be held Sept. 2 8 in the Eph-r
a ta High School auditorium.
The contest is being held in
connection with the E p h ra ta
Fair.
' Miss Minnich, 18, gradua ted
last Ju n e from the Warwick
High School and is employed
with Hershey and Gibbel in­surance,
Lititz. Her specialty
is baton twirling.
The F a i r will open Wednes ­day,
Sept. 25, at 7 p.m. with
a parade fe aturing 120 units.
The beauty queens will take
p a r t in the parade.
Miss Minnich is sponsored
by the Lititz Chapter of the
American Business Clubs and
will be known as “Miss Am­in
e , "
Two s e p a r a te groups here
this week decided it was not
within the ir province to ask
the Warwick Union School
board to go ag a ins t the U S.
Supreme Court ruling which
bans prayer s and Bible re ad ­ing
in th e schools.
The board recently voted
four to th re e to comply with
the ruling, and to subs titute
silent meditation and inspira­tional
lite ra ture .
The two groups which met
and discussed the situation
were the Warwick Ministerial
Fellowship, which consists of
ten or more churches of the
area, and the Warwick Town­ship
Citizens committee.
The Church fellowship felt
th a t regardless of personal
opinion, it mu s t back the de­cision
of the school board, be­cause
the ruling is Constitu­tional
law and everyone should
adhe re to it. They point out
th a t citizens or groups of citi­zens
have the privilege of us
ing every legal means to find
a satisfactory su b s titute for
any law they believe to be in­adequate,
and th a t laws can
be changed th ro u g h legal chan­nels.
The church rep re sen ta ­tives
held two meetings, las t
Fr id ay and Tuesday, to d i s ­cuss
th e subject.
They issued th e following
s ta temen t:
“The recent Supreme Court
decision s ta te s th a t Bible re ad ­ing
and prayer in public sch­ools
is a violation of our Con­stitution.
Wh e th e r we agree or
disagree with this decision, it
is now the law of our nation.
“We, the members of the
Warwick Ministerial Fellow­ship,
agree th a t no citizen or
group of citizens should defy
the laws of our land. Open de­fiance
is not our American way,
nor our Chris tian way of de­fending
personal convictions.
We believe th a t obedience to
the law is a Chris tian and citi
zen duty. To advise agaimst
obedience to our Constitution
can lead to anarchy. F u r th e r ­more,
it is our privilege aa a
citizen or group of citizens to
use every legal means to find
a satisfactory su bs titute f o r
any law we believe to be in­adequate.
“ In keeping with our expec­tation
th a t all citizens do work
within th e f ramework of our
laws, we, the members of the
Warwick Ministerial Fellow­ship
of the Warwick Associa­tion
of Churches, will continue
to inves tigate othe r means of
religious tr a ining for our chil­dren
th a t will more adequately
take the place of th a t which
is declared illegal. In the
meantime, we would encourage
every family to have daily Bible
reading and prayer in the home
and to participate fully in the
study and worship services of
the church.”
A. S. Ebbert
New Head
of Historians
PROI*OHE!> LOCATION of New Oak Street bridge is .just to le ft of old bridge shown
barricaded in above picture. At present time plans are to rebuild street only to the railroad
tracks visible in distance immediately in front of white house, (left center). I’ond used by
Sportsmen is just off photograph to right. _________________ ____________________________
United Campaign Opens
In Lititz Businesses
The Large and Small Busi­ness
Divisions of the United
Campaign began their work in
Lititz this week.
Both Henry H. Gibbel, chair-nan
of the Lititz Area Large
Business Division, and John S.
Witmyer, recently n a m e d
chairman of Lititz Small Busi­ness
Division, repor t tha t the
campaign in each of their divi­sions
is now well underway.
School Menu
Monday
Chili, saltines, c a r r o t
sticks, choice of fruit.
Tuesday
Grilled s teak sandwich,
corn, mashed potatoes, pear
salad.
Wednesday
Vegetable soup, grilled
cheese sandwich, apple pie.
Thursday
Chicken & Waffles, peas,
relish tray, molded fruit sal­ad.
Friday
Choice of macaroni &
cheese or hamburg, maca­roni
casserole, limes, apple­sauce.
Emphasis has been placed on
trying to complete the solici­tations
by September 3 0, the
d a te the House-to-House cam­paign
is .o begin.
To assist . him in this years
solicitations, Witmyer has re ­cruited
the following a re a busi­ness
men:
Floyd Hagy, Jame s Hess,
Ronald R. Loercher, Robert C.
Meek, Robert Dull, Lester G.
Bingeman, Charles Kopp, Wil­liam
E. Bell, Carl Haldeman,
Robert W. Trimble, Dale E.
Shelley, Edward C. Pelger, Jr.,
Robert L. Bomberger, J. Don­ald
Steffy, William B. Horn-berger,
Woodrow W. Neider-myer,
R. William Spacht, Ver­non
Ranck, Pau l K. Flory, Al­bert
W. Taft, William L. Getz,
Donald F. Kepner, Ralph K.
Snyder, Melvin R. Erb.
Each of the solicitors has
been assigned four to six bus ­inesses.
Gibbel repor ted th a t a n um­ber
of the are a indus tries have
scheduled showings of the new
Lancas ter County United Cam­paign
film “ Bits of Time ” in
order for the ir employees to
learn more about the services
rendered to all res idents of
Lanc a s te r County by the 25
Red F ea th e r Agencies,
Board Discusses
Teacher Salaries
The Warwick Union School
board was expected to hold a
committee meeting prior to
the regula r meeting las t night
to discuss te a c h e r s ’ salaries.
The board m.ust comply with
the s ta te law which recently
established increments a t $300
instead of $200. I t planned to
review the list of teachers to
de te rmine how many teachers
will receive the increment,
which according to law mus t
be given until the teacher has
reached the maximum.
It was not expected th a t the
board will receive any protests
regarding its decision to abide
by the U.S. Supreme court
ruling which forbids Bible
reading and prayers in the sch­ools.
I t was repor ted th a t t h e
running tra ck is expected to
be completed this week, wea­the
r permitting.
Ambucs Busy Building
Baseball Field In Park
The American Business Club
is supplying the men and the
money for the construction of
a new baseball field in the
Lititz Springs park, and club
members are to be found out
there every week-end working
for its completion.
“Ambus” field will be locat­ed
in the a rea of the old
baseball field. However, home
plate will be toward the swim­ming
pool and the outfield to ­ward
the railroad tracks.
A total of 4500 cubic yards
of ea rth had to be moved
a round with a bulldozer and a
pan working about two weeks.
Last Saturday Ambucs and
volunteer helpers who rep r e ­sented
other teams in the Re­creation
Softball L e a g u e ,
worked with rakes and other
equipment. They helped to
level the field, spread one ton
of fertilizer and 400 pounds
JOHN BECK l'TA
The John Beck P a r e n t Tea­chers
Association will meet
this evening at the school.
Room vis itation will be at
7:30 p.m. and the general
meeting a t 8 p.m. Dean Aus­tin,
county psychologist will be
the speaker. Robert Derr, the
pres ident will be in charge of
the meeting.
Ephrata at
Warwick Saturday
The Mountaineers of Eph-rata
High (1-0) provide tlie
opposition for the Warriors
(O-l) Saturday at 2 p.m. on
the High School field. This
is also Parents Day — an
annual affair when the par­ents
of the football players
are admitted free and sit to ­gether
in a special reserved
section.
of grass seed.
More than $2000 has been
put into Ambue Field thus
far. This money has been made
possible thro u g h th e efforts
of the Ambucs annua l ama ­teur
show. The proceeds from
the show have been used en ­tirely
for local projects. The
show presented by L a r ry F e r ­rar
i las t year also helped to
make this possible and it will
again this year.
Improvements 'to Ambue
field in the way of a backstop,
dugouts, bleachers and a fence
will be added as money be­comes
available. The club is
in the planning stage for their
5th annual show to be p r e ­sented
in the spring and for
the presentation of Larry F e r ­rari
in a concert of Christmas
music Saturday, December 7,
in the Warwick High school
auditorium.
The Club expressed its ap­preciation
to the following for
their assistance in the base­ball
field project: Roger Ger­hart,
William Light and L. H.
Brubaker, for the use of
equipment; Warwick High
School for 10 00 yards of earth,
the volunteer workers, the
Lititz Spring's Pa rk Board and
to William Scatchard, Robert
Dereck, Charles Edson and
Paul Diehm, Jr., for the many
hours spent in planning the
project. They also than k ed the
general public for suppor t of
their projects.
Adult Education
Classes Offered
Adult education classes will
be s ta r ted a t th e Warwick Un­ion
High School, provided en­ough
inte re s t in shown, G.
Marlin Spa-id, supervising prin­cipal,
announced yesterday.
He s ta ted th a t if persons are
interes ted in a certain study,
they should write him, and if
15 people ask for the same sub­ject,
a class will be s tarted.
Those who have wr it ten will
be notified.
According to s ta te reg u la ­tion,
th e re mus t be 15 people
signed up for a class to s tart,
and if the enrollment drops at
any time to below ten, t h e
class is automatically dropped.
The fee is $7.50, and if an in­dividual
a ttends 75 per cent of
the classes, the fee will be re ­turned.
Any subject desired will be
tau g h t , Spaid said, provided
th e r e a re enough requests.
Among the mos t popular us ­ually
a re such subjects as typ­ing,
sho r th an d , shop, sewing
Warns Against
Pollution By
Detergents
The Lititz Woman ’s C l u b
held the first meeting of the
fall season on Monday evening
in the General Su tte r Hotel.
Mrs. William Scatchard, the
president, was in charge.
Mrs. Donald Palmquis t, pres­ident
of the County Federation
of Woman ’s Clubs, was a spe­cial
guest and spoke on the
importance of the Federation
and the work which can be
accomplished by this large
group of women.
Miss Ba rb a ra Wise, vice-pres
ident, repor ted on th e
State Convention which she a t ­tended
in May and Mrs. G.
Marlin Spaid, 2nd vice-presi­dent,
gave a deta iled rep o r t of
the three-day Conference held
a t Penn State in July.
Mrs. Willy d ePe r ro t, vice
ch a irman of the Home Life
and Conservation Department,
b rought to the a ttention of
Club members the serious pro­blem
of wa te r pollution being
caused mainly by detergents
containing Alkyl-Benzene-'Sul-
(continued on page 3)
Albert S. Ebbert, 603 S.
Spruce St., was elected presi­d
e n t of the Lititz Historical
Society a t their meeting Mon­day
night, succeeding Alfred
L. Douple who was pres ident
Of the Society since it forma ­tion
about seven years ago.
Other officers elected include
Richard Rader, local postmas­ter,
vice pres ident; Mrs. Val­entine
Brobst, secretary, a n d
J. M. Leed, treasuer.
Eb b e r t is general agent for
the Lu th e ra n Brotherhood Life
and He a lth Insurance Co., and
haB been active in musical and
civic affairs of the commuity.
A well known singer for many
years, he is soloist a t many
weddings. He directed the
choirs a t St. P a u l ’s Lu the ran
Church fo r 19 years up until
about a year ago. When he first
came to Lititz, he tau g h t ele­menta
ry school and directed
the high school band. He is a
g rad u a te of Miilersville State
Teachers College.
Eb b e r t also was charter
pres ident of the Lititz Ameri­can
Business Club, and t h e
first pres ident of the Lititz
P a r e n t Teacher Association,
(continued on page 3)
Citizens Group
Upholds Board Action
A lively discussion in which
everyone p re s en t took p a r t
sparked the Warwick Town­ship
Citizens Association Tue s ­day
nig h t in th e Rothsville
Fire Hall, when every angle
of the s ituation was aired.
¡During the coujrse of the
meeting opposing opinions
were reconciled, and the final
consensus was th a t It would
not be a good idea to demand
or suggest th a t the school
board should ask the school
adminis trators or teachers to
break the law.
It was agreed th a t the only
action th a t should be taken
would be as individuals, not
as an organization. This would
be to ask the churches to s ta r t
some sort of petition to be
sent to the representatives in
the State and in the U.S. Con­gress
asking them to change
the law. Members of “Teens for
Freedom" from E p h r a ta were
present, with their petition to
re ins ta te Bible reading in the
Schools, but they also came
around to the general opinion,
it was reported, and the ir p e ti­tion
was not signed by th e
group.
About 22 prsons a ttended
the meeting.
60 OPPOSED
Meanwhile, Raymond E.
Groff, a member of the s c h o o l'
board, has asked res idents of
the are a to write him as to
their sentiments. He said yes-
(Continued on page 3)
Harry "Pop" Irwin
Dies; III 6 Mos.
Ha rry R. Irwin, sixty-olne,
92 E. F ro n t St., Lititz, died
a t 5:15 p.m. Sept. 15 at his
home following an illness o f
six months.
Known by his many friend«
as “ Pop” Irwin, he was the
owner and operator of I rwin’s
re s taurant , E. Main St., for
35 years until becoming ill.
The re s tau ran t recently was
sold.
A native of Reamstown, he
was a son of the la te Martin
and Maggie Eberly Irwin. He
was a member of the Berg-strasse
Lu the ran Church, E p h ­rata
Twp.
in addition to his wife, the
former Alma P. Sweigart, sur-ving
is a daughte r , Evelyn,
wife of Irvin Ritter, Lititz
R t ; and these sisters and a
brother: Mrs. Carrie Sharp,
and Clayton Irwin, both of
Ep h ra ta ; and Mrs. Bessie Lor-ah.
Reamstown.
Funeral services will be held
today a t 2 p.m. fom the Spacht
Funeral Home, S. Broad and
Center Sts., with the Rev.
Raymond M. Roden officiat­ing.
Inte rment will he In
Bergstrasse cemetery.
Nearly Half Of ’63
Class Enroll In College
Forty-seven per cent of the
1963 g rad u a t in g class of the
Warwick Union High School
have entered schools of hig h ­er
learning, according to the
statistics a t the school. This
is th o u g h t to be one of the
highes t ever graduating.
They have enrolled as fol­lows,
Ray Alvarez, Mary
Amidon, Eugene Johnson,
James Neidermyer, Robert
Seachrist, and La r ry Van
Brookhoven, Miilersville State
College; Paul Beittenmiller,
Ha rva rd; Thomas Bissel, Syl­via
Yerger, York Ju n io r Col­lege.
Martha Bredthaur , Joanne
Givler, Ba rb a ra Gruibe, Re ad­ing
Hospital School of Nurs ­ing;
Jo h n Cassel, Jo h n Peffer,
Linda Ulrich, Elizabethtown
College; Carol Cox, Margaret
Engle, Gall Evans, Donna Ro­senberg,
Jo h n Sheaffer, Jr.,
Penn State University; Ronald
Loose, York Center, Penn
State; David and Philip T r im­ble,
Wilkes Barre Center,
Penn State.
Mary Ann Fa snacht, West
Chester State College; Dale
Huber, Susan Kauffman, East
Stroudsburg State College;
Alan Jones, Robert Wolfe,
Colorado State University;
Terry Kauffman, Albright Col­lege;
Ralph Kline, Jr ., Uni­versity
of Miami (F lo r id a ) ;
Gerald Lutz, Lancas ter Busi­ness
School.
Paul Roos, King’s College;
Kris ten Shuman, Baldwin Wal-lace;
Kris tina Sigmund, Syra­cuse
University; Marlin Weav­er,
Goldey-Beacon School of
Business; Richard Watson,
Carnegie In s titu te of Techno­logy;
Barbara Zander, Gettys­burg;
James Watts , W’csley
Junior College.
William Brubake r, Helen
Good, Philip Hess, Vernon
Mitchell, Rebecca Newcomer,
Marilyn Simcock, Carol Swarr,
Juniata College. Linda Miller
will s ta r t in J a n u a ry because
of illness.
Community
Calendar
Sept, 19— 7; 30 P.M. — 3r.
Citizens meeting a t the
Recreation Center.
8:00 P.M. — Lititz PTA
meeting a t the Elementary
School.
Sept. 20— 8:00 P.M. — V.F.W.
Auxiliary meeting a t the
Recreation Center.
Sept. 21— 8:00 P.M. — New­comer’s
Club meeting a t
the Recreation Center.
8:00 P.M. ■— JaynoCeos
meeting a t the Recreation
Center.
Sept. 25— 1:30 P.M. Women’s
Club meeting a t the Re ­creation
Center.
7:30 P.M. — Lititz Church
of the Brethren Commission,
meeting.