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(Consolidated w ith The Id tltz Record, 1937) Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa., Thursday, October 10, 1963 7 c en ts a Copy; $3.00 per yea r by mail
within Lanca ste r County; $3.50 elsewhere. 12 Pages — No. 26
New Lutheran Home
To Be Located Here
A new home for the elderly
may be built near Lititz by the
Lutheran Service Agency of the
Lancaster Conference of t h e
Lutheran Church in America,
it was revealed yesterday.
While the site was not de­finitely
announced, it is under­stood
th a t the location men­tioned
most prominently is a
30-acre tra c t of land on the
south side of E ast Main Street
owned by William B. Fry, and
diagonally opposite his Pontiac
agency.
The home will have facili­ties
for 50 guests a t the out­set,
being planned for 32 bed­fast
and 18 semi-bedfast guests.
The proposed construction is
the first un it of a home which
will ultimately house 200
guests, according to the Rev.
Dr. George Evans, agency pres-
Kerry Meiskey
Receives High
Scout Award
An impressive ceremony was
■held in Fellowship Hall, Mor­avian
Sunday School building
on Tuesday evening when Ker­ry
Lee Meiskey was presented
with the Certificate of Merit
by Richard L. Graybill, presi­d
en t of the Lancaster County
Council of Boy Scouts.
The award was given upon
th e request from th e national
Court of Honor, Washington,
D. C. in recognition for Kerry
saving the life of a child on
Nov. 11, 1962. Mr. Graybill
remarked it was a valued ci­ta
tio n and he was one boy in
6000 to receive it.
John Williams, a member of
the Troop committee, welcomed
the guests who included ap­proximately
fifty scouts, par­ents
and friends. Scoutmaster
Charles Miller marched the
scouts to th e auditorium, had
them sing, and presented the
following awards.
Jeffrey Adair, Daniel Ober-holtzer,
Barry Christ, tender­foot;
Kent Herzer, 2nd class;
Merit badges, Scott Ketterman,
swimming; Donald Showers,
public speaking and scholar­ship.
Charles Regennas, advisor
for the Explorer Post, presen­ted
Life Scout awards to Tim
Strickler and Donald Rannels.
Star Scout Tom Murr presided
when several of the scouts pre­sented
skits.
Williams introduced Officer
H. Lloyd Long and Wayne Ac­kerman,
assistant distric t Com­missioner
of th e Warwick Area.
The program was followed by
a social hour.
To Restore Wissler House
ident. The first unit is esti­mated
to cost between $350,
000 and $400,000.
The home will operate in
conjunction with the home now
in operation a t 22 9 E. Orange
St., Lancaster, which has 2 3
ambulatory guests.
Authorization to proceed
with plans for the new home
was given last Jan u ary to the
board by the Corporation of
the Church which represents
48. Lutheran parishes. Final
approval is to he given next
January, and it is hoped th a t
construction could begin by
early summer of 1964.
Auto Show
Highlights
Week-end
Highlighting this week-end’s
activities will be the automo­bile
show Friday and Saturday
in Lititz Springs Park, when
live automobile dealers wi l l
exhibit th e ir 1964 models.
People who have obtained
slips from merchants entitling
them to a drawing for free
prizes may deposit them in ..the
park Friday, sta rtin g a t noon,
and all day Saturday, up to
4:30 p.m., When the drawings
will be made.
P articipating 'autom o h i 1 e
•dealers include William B.
F ry ’s Pontiac, Keller Bros.,
F ord; Lititz Springs Garage,
Studebaker; Steffy’s Chevrolet
and Buick, and Zartman’s Gar­age,
Dodge.
The dea le rs donated a 1950
Pontiac automobile, which will
be the major prize, and local
merchants have donated a large
number of other gifts of a wide
variety of items.
The automobile will be filled
with many gifts for the first
prize drawing and the re will
be ten other prize drawings.
Winners need not be present
a t th e 4:30 p.m. Saturday
drawing.
E n try coupons may he ob­tained
a t any of th e following
participating merchants. The
list included th e gift donated
by each merchant.
R o b e rt Dull Jeweler, man’s
Jona than Hager wallet; McEl-roy’s
Pharmacy, 1 dozen king
size Colgate tooth paste; J. B.
Hess Men’s Wear, pair North-weave
slacks for m e n ,, Lady
V a n 'Heusen sh irt; Kreider
Bros. TV, 2 L P records; P e te r
De Leo, Tailor, gift certificate
for dry cleaning; Doster’s Su­per
Market, basket groceries;
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Britain To Be Subject
Of Rotary Travelogue
The Lititz R otary club’s
“Travel and Adventure Series”
will present Thayer Soule with
his la test film production, “By-
Ways in Brita in,” on Saturday
evening, October 12, a t 8 p.m.
in the Warwick High School
auditorium.
Soule, a native of Rochester,
N. Y., has been taking pictures
ever since he was old enough
to hold a camera, and has pro­duced
over 35 travel films and
has lectured for 27 years. His
journeys have taken him to
over 70 countries, and he has
covered over a million miles
of travel. F o r 20 years he was
associated with Burton Holmes,
pioneer of travel photography.
“By-Ways in Britain” is an
all-color 16 millimeter film pre­sentation
of the country of
England. Soule has photogra­phed
the charming attractions
of England th a t include not
only London butt the bustling
Midlands. His film expedition
takes the viewer over the wind­ing
roads, to the headlands,
the sea, fishing towns and
ruined castles, green fields, ri­vers
and sparkling lakes.
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FAMOUS LANDMARK, Wissler House on E a st Main Street, soon to be restored by its
owners, th e Lititz Historical Foundation, for use as a museum.
Committee
To Report
Next Week
Restoration of the Wissler
house on East Main Street for
a museum soon will be a re a l­ity,
according to plans which
are underway by the Lititz His­torical
Foundation, owners of
the property.
The building committee,
which includes Richard C. Ra­der
chairman; Hiram Eberly
and Norman Habecker, inspec­ted
th e house recently, and
will report to the Foundation
next week on what they plan
to do.
For a s ta rt, Venetian blinds
have been put in the windows
and Mrs. James Gross, who li­ves
next door in what was for­merly
“ the Hepp house,” has
contributed antique items to
place on the windowsills.
One of the major projects
will be the removal of an un­sightly
frame portion a t the
rea r of the house, which will
be done by Charles Kissinger,
Contractor. This portion is not
at all in keeping with th e ex­quisite
early American front
facade of te house. The com­mittee
said, th e location of an
orignal fireplace has been found
in what was the ’ front room,
and it will be restored. They
found the chimney flue, and
marks on the wall of the room
and in the basement indicate
definitely where it was. In. the
front door, wooden panels will
replace the glass which was
put in at a comparatively re­cent
date.
In making plans for the res­toration,
the committee is b e ­ing
advised by Howard Roh-lins,
Lancaster, curator for the
Pennsylvania Historical Mus­eum
Commission. A brochu-re
is being prepared by Dr. By­ron
K. Horne telling of future
Recreation Study Committee
Recommends Municipal Support;
Seven Member Rec Commission
School Menu
Monday-
Grilled steak sandwich, b.
limas, harva rd beets, assorted
fru it.
Tuesday
Chili, le ttuc e and tomato
wedge, fruited jello.
AVednesday
Oven fried chicken, whipped
potatoes, cole slaw, apple crisp.
Thursday
Spaghetti and meat sauce,
succotash, peaches.
Friday
Macaroni and cheese or mac­aroni
and hamburg casserole,
peas and carrots, fru it cup.
Thayer Soule
The film depicts the green,
enchanting countryside and the
villages th a t dot the land with
thatched cottages, mellow .stone
houses and lovely churchyards.
Visits are made to the cathe­dral
city of Salisbury, the wal­led
city of York and the Mid­land
centers of industry. In
Bampton, Morris dancers per­form
in the streets as they
have for centuries. At Brock-
Worth, giant -cheeses roll
down a roof-steep hill. In Sus­sex,
the Railroad Preserva­tion
Society runs vintage steam
trains on a five-mile line.
P ag ean try is also included,
such as the colorful State
Opening of Parliament by the
Queen.
Everyone is invited to a t­tend
this introductory program.
Free tickets can be obtained
from Lititz Rotary club mem­bers
and from George K etter­man,
Lititz 62 6-533 3. The pro­gram
is introductory to a ser­ies
of six to follow,
Chief Hicks
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Vandalism
Cooperation of the young
people in the celebration of
Halloween was asked by Police
Chief George C. Hicks in a
sta tem en t issued yesterday. He
also praised them for main­taining
a fine record over the
past three years.
His sta tem en t follows:
“With it'll© arrival of cooler
weather, autumn harvest and
falling of th e leaves also come
the “Ghosts and Goblins” of
the Halloween Season.
“Have you noticed in t h e
news th a t various communities
have already reported acts of
vandalism?
“Again this year, I would
like to compliment the youth
of Lititz and of the surround­ing
area for maintaining a fine
record over the 'past three
years.
“During this period the Lit­itz
Police Department has not
had one complaint of serious
vandalism or destruction of
property. This behaviour is
most admirable, especially d u r ­ing
these times when one reads
and hears so much about J u ­venile
Delinquency. Your p a r­ents,
the people of Lititz and
your police depa rtment a r e
proud of you and hope 'that
the Halloween Season will
again be trouble-free this year.
“The Halloween Parade,
sponsored by the Lititz Lions
Club, will be held October 30,
and Trick or Tre at nights are
October 3 0 and 31.
“Have fun, but a t the same
time, respect th e property of
othe rs,”
BUILDING conVmitfee fo r Historical Foundation make in ­spection
a t Wissler House. Left t6 right, Hiram Eberly, Rich­ard
O. Rader, chairman, and Norman Habecker. They will re ­p
o rt next week.
plans for the house a n d ’ the
Society.
B u ilt In 1792
Considerable research has
be.en carried on to determine
the history of the house. Re­cords
show th a t the stone part,
whiich is the main portion, was
built by John Miller, a dyer,
in 1792, an4 thus is one-year
older than the Hepp house next
door, which is a “ companion
piece.” The frame section was
built, by Frederick A. Zitzman,
first postmaster of Lititz, in
1812, and was used as a post
office originally.
The house was sold to Adam
Hambright in 1866, who had
married Zitzman’s daughter.
By th a t time, Ziztman was a
widwoer and continued to live
there. In 189 5 Hambright died
and the house was sold to Mrs.
LaVinia Lane by the Hambright
estate. She had it for four
years, and her husband, Abram
Lane, had a life interest in it,
but did not live there. Instead,
Fire Co. To Serve
Ham And Eggs
'The Lititz F ire Company will
hold a ham and egg breakfast
a t the F ire Hall on Saturday,
October 12.
Serving will s ta rt a t 5:30
a.m. and continue until 1 p.m.
Ham, eggs and home fries will
be served, “all you can eat for
$1,” the committee said. James
L. Snavely is chairman.
it was rented; When he died
in 1902 the property went to
Mrs. Lane’s sister, Mrs. Annie
WiSsler, from whom it got its
familiar name as “th e Wissler
house.” She never lived in it,
but also rented it. When she
died in 1913, it was willed to
th e Moravian Church to be held
in tru st and the income was to
go to worthy and needy women
who were members of the
church and more than 5 0 years
old. To obtain th e income, the
church rented it as a dwelling,
then a grocery store, and la te r
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Fire Co. Women
To Raise Funds
The Ladies Auxiliary of “he
F ire Company held the ir meet­ing
on Thursday evening at
the F ire House. Mrs. Elton
Reed, th e president, was in
charge. The ladies planned to
s ta rt a bed spread and blanket
club and will also sell Christ­mas
candles to raise funds. A
rummage sale will be held at
th e F ire House on Friday, Oc­tober
18 with Mrs. Jacob Yer-ger
in charge.
They will hold a Halloween
party a t th e ir next meeting on
November 4 with Mrs. Elam
Shelly in charge of refre sh­ments.
Miss Rebecca Hoover
won the door prize for the eve­ning.
At a meeting Tuesday eve­ning,
lasting 21/2 hours, the
Recreation Study Committee
unanimously adopted th e ir fi­nal
rep o rt and recommenda­tions.
Although Keith Armstrong,
Boro Manager, and Lee Raf-ensberger,
Rec. Center direc­to
r submitted a sta tement con­tending
th a t the report mainly
changes the source of funds
and provides no savings and
no improvements to the pro­gram
or organization offered.
The 10 page report will be
presented to Borough Council
fo r th e ir approval a t th e Oc­tober
meeting.
The two main recommenda­tions
made in the rep o rt are:
1. T h a t the Council of the
Borough of L ititz establish
a Recreation Commission of
seven members to develop and
maintain a coordinated public
recreation program, utilizing
wherever passible existent re­creational
organizations which
would re ta in th e ir individual
identity and the volunteer se r­vices
of public-spirited persons.
2. T h a t the Council of the
Borough of Lititz en te r into
cooperation agreements w i t h
Warwick and Elizabeth Town­ships
and th e Warwick Union
School District for the inclu­sion
of these groups in the
program, th e ir representation
on the Commission and their
participation in the financing
of such a program.
Other important features in­clude:
1. Financing: School Dis­tricts,
and 2nd class townships
if necessary, can levy an an­nual
tax of two mills on- as-
Spook March
To Be Held
October 30
The annual Halloween p ar­ade
will be sponsored by th e
Lititz Lions Club on Wednes­day
evening, October 30, get­ting
underway ab o u t 6:30
p.m. in the downtown area.
The tri-chairmen a re Donald
Steffy, Jo h n T routman and
Monroe Wonder, Jr., it was
announced by George Male,
president of th e club.
A Halloween Queen and two
atten d an ts will be selected
from Warwick Union High Sch­ool,
and the candidates will be
selected by the stu d en t body.
Dean Miller and Daniel Ciervo
are in charge of th e Queen con­test,
and also will obtain the
judges. The Queen will not be
made known until the night of
the parade.
The committee in charge of
th e food stand will include
Raymond P ettyjohn Sr., Wil­liam
Klunk and Ed Pelger, Sr.
A number of other Lions club
members will assist.
The high school band and
th e town band will he among
the units in line.
sessed valuation for recrea­tion.
The Borough, by law, is not
restric ted to 2 mills. However,
the Study Committee included
a recommendation th a t the bor­ough
tax should not be more
than two mills without sub­mitting
it to a referendum of
the electorate.
2. Organization: The com­mission
should consist of sev­en
members, th re e of whom
would be residents of the Bor­ough
appointed by Borough
Council and four of whom
Would he residents of th e War-wick
Union' School District and
members or appointees of the
School Board. The proposed
Cooperation Agreement be­tween
the Borough, School Dis­tric
t and the Townships should
provide th a t th e School Dis­tric
t would make its appoint­ments
to the Commission on
th e basis of the residence of
its appointees so th a t the over­all
membership on the Com­mission
would truly represent
the population served by and
the financial- contribution of
the Borough and each of the
Townships to the Commission.
A Director of P ark s and Re­creation
would be employed by
the School District. He would
act as a professional adivsor
to the Commission and would
see to the execution of its pol­icies.
To this end he would
cooperate fully with a reprei
sentative of each of the p a rti­cipating
municipalities.
3. No change in existing or­ganizations:
(ie) the Rec. Cen­ter,
P ark and Library Boards),
Existing organizations would
continue th e ir programming
with only the overall coordin­ation
thereof subject to Com­mission
aproval. They would
be responsible for the custodial
care of the ir physical proper­ties,
debt reduction and capi­tal
improvements and to thi»
end they could conduct finan­cial
appeals for other th a n op­erating
funds and could »erve
as an additional medium for
charitable contributions.
An accompaning financial
statement based on existing
experiences of the th ree organi­zations
involved estimated a
total of $13,490. needed for
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Annexation Queries
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The advantage^ and disad-1
vantages of annexation were
set fo rth in a le tte r from Bor­ough
Manager R. Keith Arm­strong
to J. B. Hess, 11 S.
Broad St., Lititz, released for
publication today.
Hess, who owns a property
in th e Owl Hill Road section,
recently appeared before Bor­ough
Council to request infor­mation
regarding annexation.
He said h e did th is -in the pub­lic
interest, having received re­quests
for information from
some of the property owners
along the Owl Hill Road.
I t is pointed o u t th a t for a
property to be annexed to th e
borough, it must be contiguous
to a property in the borough,
and the owner must make the
petition to the borough for an­nexation.
Armstrong’s le tte r states
th a t annexation of th e section
along Owl Hill Road will be
s ta rte d only if th e majority of
the owners involved sign a pe­tition
fo r annexation. Accom­panying
the petition would be
a map showing the boundaries
of th e borough of Lititz before
and a fte r th e annexation. Also
it would be necessary to pro­vide
a check for $150 to the
Court of Quarter Sessions
which would he used only if
viewers a re required to be ap­pointed
by the Court. This
would happen only in the case
of Objections from individuals
involved, Armstrong said.
Otherwise this $150 would he
retu rn ed to the petitioners. A
map of the a re a containing ap­proximately
35 properties, in­cluding
a large section as yet
undeveloped, accomp a n li e d
Armstrong’s le tte r, and he sug­gests
th a t in order to provide
proper municipal services, all
of this area should be in the
same political subdivision.
P ro s an d Cons
The borough manager dis­cussed
some of th e factors
which enter into the picture of
annexation.
The school and county tax
would remain the same. The
borough real estate taxes would
b e 12j£.. mills with a per capi­ta
tax of $10, as they a r* at
present.
Property owners would have!
the protection of zoning.
Wa te r lines could be exten»
ded to pass in front of house«
a t th e expense of th e owners.
F o r a 100 foot lot, this would
probably cost between $300
and $400, Armstrong states.
For an estimate of the cost,
the front footage should (be
multiplied by $4. Adjustments
can be made on corner lots.
The sewer line could be ex­tended
a t the discretion of the
Sewer Authority and Borough
Council. In the event th a t th e
Line is adjacent to a property,
the owner would be required
to connect a t a cost of $1100
connection fee and $1 permit
fee. At thiis time, it is impose-
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Salem Lutheran Church
Plans 140th Anniversary
The 140 th anniversary of
Salem Lutheran Church, Kissel
Hill, will be observed in a spe­cial
service Sunday afternoon
at 2:30 p.m.
The principal speaker will be
Dr. D. Luke Biemsderfer, pres­ident
of Millersville State Col­lege.
The Rev. Dr. Earl Sj
Rudisill is pastor of the church.
'Special music will be presen­ted
by the choir of St. P au l’s
Lutheran Church, Lititz, one
of two churches which were
outlgro‘wths of Salem Church.
The other is St. P e te r’s L u th ­eran
Church, Neffsville.
'Historical records show th a t
a one-acre lot was bought and
the corner stone of th e church
laid June 1, 1823. This work
was done jointly by the Luthe r­an
and Reformed congrega­tions.
F o r about 40 years the
services were all conducted in
the German language.
The old high pulpit of wine­glass
shape was reached by a
corkscrew stairway, and from
this pulpit th e Gospel was
preached for almost 50 years.
The present pulpit was lowered
in 1910. In 1848 a spire and
hell were added, bringing the
total cost of the building up to
th a t time to $2,277.32.
In October, 1884, th irty
members were dismissed to
unite with St. P e te r’s Church
in Neffsville, and in August,
188'5, fifty-two members were
dismissed to unite in organiz­ing
St. P au l’s Church, in Lit­itz.
During the past 140 years,
20 pastors have served the con­gregation.
Two are still living,
Dr. Raymond W. Sammel, of
Gettysburg, and Rev. Paul E.
Whitmoyer, of Palmyra.
OBSERVES 140TH ANNIVERSARY: Salem Lutheran
Church, a t Kissel Hill, which will hold a special service Sun­day
to commemorate Its anniversary, is little changed from its
original appearance nearly a century and a half ago, although
a new wing (n o t shown in picture) was added for Sunday
School rooms a couple pf years ago.
Hooded Meters
Please Shoppers
Parking meters in the down­town
section will be hooded
again this Thursday as a con­venience
to shoppers.
The borough has agreed to
hood the meters every Thurs­day
during October. Last week
was the first Thursday, a n d
both merchants and shoppers
expressed themselves as well
pleased with the arrangements.
The hooded meters provide two
hours of free parking.
Community
Calendar
Oct. 12 — P. P. & K. Contest
for boys a t the High School
Athletic Field.
7:30 P.M. Osteopathic Guild
Banquet a t the Akron Res­ta
u ra n t.
ABC & ABCD p arty a t Ev­ans
Re staurant, Manheim.
Oct. 14 — 8:00 P.M. Sr. Re­creation
Center Board meet­ing.
Oct. 15 — 7:30 P.M. Osteo­pathic
Guild meeting a t the
home of Mrs. Gerald Wea­ver.
8:00 P.M. Newcomer’s Club
meeting a t th e Recreation
Center.
Oct. 16 — 6:30 P.M. J r. Re­creation
Center Board meet­ing.
7:00 P.M. Lititz Church of
the Brethren Prayer Service.
8:00 P jM. School Board
meeting.
Oct. 17 — 7:30 P.M. Senior
Citizens meeting a t the Re­creation
Center.
7:30 P.M. John Beck PTA
meeting,
8:00 P.M. Lititz Elementary
School PTA meeting.
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