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within Lancaster County; $3.50 elsewhere. 12 Pages No. 30
New Utility Rates
Save 3.6 To 20.5%
CANINE HERO: This little dog, Tony, in th e arms of his
master, Elmer (Tommy). Adams, saved his ma ste r’s life by
barking when fire broke out in Adams’ home a t 105 N. Broad
St., early Saturday morning. The pair are shown in front of
th e fire-blackened house. Also routed by the fire were four
members of the Ellsworth Shreiner family, who occupied half
of the double house. The American Legion building next door
also was badly damaged by fire.
Dog’s Barking Rescues
Lititz Man From Blaze
The barking of a tiny dog,
p a rt Chihuahua and part toy
terrie r, is credited with sav­ing
the life of a Lititz resi­dent
from a fire which ruined
his home early Saturday morn­ing,
and partially destroyed
the American Legion building
next door.
Elmer (Tommy) Adams,
who lived in a double house
a t 105 N. Broad St., was
awakened about 3 a.m. Sat­urday
by the barking of his
dog, Tony, to find his home
in flames. Meanwhile, Mrs.
Ellsworth Shreiner, whose
family occupied th e other half
of the house, was aroused by
the flames and smoke, and
turned in an alarm at 3:20
a.m. She awakened her hus­band
and two children, and
they fled the house.
Tony, the little canine hero,
will be four years old on Nov­ember
19, Adams is a well-known
Lititz barber, and had
a shop a t the 123-year-old
house for more th an a half
century. Right afte r the fire
he stayed with neighbors, but
this week went to stay with
his son Arthur, a t Lexington.
Fire Chief Ammon Shelley,
who estimated the damage at
well over $10,000, “ perhaps
several thousand more,” is
conducting an investigation.
The site of the fire was in­spected
Monday by County Fire
Marshal Paul Z. Knier, and
on Tuesday by Cpl. Robert
Plummer, of the Pennsylvania
State Police. The cause of the
fire is undetermined. It began
on the Shreiner side of the
double home, spread to Adams’
half, and also to the rear por-
Community
Calendar
Nov. 7— 7:30 P.M. — Fire Co.
Auxiliary meeting at the
Fire Hall.
Nov. 8— 7:30 P.M. — Lititz
Church of the Brethren Area
Children's Leaders meeting
in the Church Lounge.
8:00 A.M. — Ladies Sutter
Rebecca Lodge No. 435
Rummage Sale at Odd Fel­lows
Hall.
Nov. 1)— 6:45 P.M. — Lititz
Church ol' the Brethren All-
Church bowling at Lancaster
Lanes.
8:00 P.M. — Rotary Club
Travel and Adventure Ser­ies
a t the Warwick High
School Auditorium. Film
“The People of Hungary.”
Nov.-10— 7:00 P.M. — Lititz
Church of the Brethren
Elizabethtown College
drama.
Nov.11— 8:00 P.M. — Senior
Board meeting of the Re­creation
Center.
Nov. 12— 1:00 P.M. — Lititz
Church of the Brethren
Auxiliary of the Lane. Gen­eral
Hospital meeting in
Fellowship Hall.
1:00 P.M. — Women’s Bowl­ing
a t the Lititz Bowling
Alleys.
6:00 P.M. — Rotary Club
meeting a t the Hotel Sutter.
7:00 P.M. — Radio Club
meeting a t the Recreation
Center.
7:30 P.M. — Osteopathic
Hospital Guild meeting a t
the home of Mrs. Harold
Bleacher.
8:00 P.M. — Retailer’s
N meeting a t the Recreation
Center.
Nov. 18— 7:00 P.M. — Men &
Women’s Volleyball a t the
Lititz Elementary School
gym.
7:45 P.M. — Lititz Church
of the Brethren Board of
Administration meeting.
tion of the American Legion
home. ; ,
The Lititz Fire C om p ly ,
with all three pieces of equip­ment,
and the Manheim Fire
Company with two, responded
to the blaze and the Rothsville
Fire Company stood by. The
main portion of the blaze was
under control within 45 minu­tes,
but firemen continued to
pour water on the ra fte rs of
the Legion Home for about
three more hours.
One fireman, Elton Reed,
of Lititz, was in ju red when
h it on the forehead by a coupl­ing
when a hose burst. Three
others were trea ted for smoke
inhalation: Jack Christ,' Don­ald
Walter and Bill Powers.
All have made satisfactory re ­coveries.
Forty-five firemen were en-i
gaged in - fighting the fire*
the la rge st in th e borough for
several years.
Meanwhile, in Rothsville
Fire Chief Claude R. Young
was still investigating two
fires, one which burned five
acres of woodland, in which
arson has been suspected.
Lititz residents and busi­nesses
will be granted reduc­tions
in the water and sewer
rate s of from 3.6 per cent up
to 20.5 per cent when the new
rates go into effect March 1,
1964.
Borough council approved
the new rates a t its last meet­ing.
They are now based on
cubic footage ra th e r than on
gallons, as formerly, it was
explained by R. Keith Arm­strong,
borough manager.
The smallest consumers
would receive the smallest re ­duction,
or 3.6 per cent for
users of 1,500 cubic feet. The
benefits increase as the use
grows, so th a t users of 40,-
107 cubic feet would have a
reduction of 20.5 per cent.
This is a peak a fte r which
the. ra te of reduction drops
gradually to 7.6 per cent, then
gains again until the largest
consumer, (Lambert Hudnut,
which uses two million cubic
feet) gets a reduction of 19.5
per cent.
The minimum w ater bill
would be $4.50 a quarter, or
less than a cent a gallon, and
the minimum sewer bill would
be $11.25 for six months
payable $5.50 the firs t q u ar­ter,
and $5.75 the second q u ar­ter,
then $5.50 again and so
on alternatingly.
The proposed revised rates
are as follows: water, 1000
to 2,500 cubic feet, $6; sew­er,
$7.50; 2,500 to 7,500 cu.
feet, $5.25 and $6.75; 7,500
to 15,000 cu. feet, $4.50 and
$6; 15,000 to 25,000 cu. feet,
$3.75 to $5.25; 25,000 to 50,-
000 cu. feet, $3 and $4.50;
50.000 to 100,000 cu. feet,
$2.25 and $3.75; 100,000 to
200.000 Cu. feet, $1.50 and
$3; over 200,000 cu. feet, sev­enty-
five cents and $2.25.
The majority of the residen­tial
units are in the, first two
groups, and the remainder is
business and industry, Boro
Manager Armstrong said. The
new schedule reduces th e basic
income of the borough by
about $8,000.
The ra te stru c tu re has been
studied for well over a year,
Armstrong said, explaining
th a t the original thinking was
for greater reduction, but
in order to make the structure
more fiscally sound a lesseir
reduction was made. Since
there is no profit involved an
attempt is being made to keep
the ra te stru c tu re consistent
with providing a good service
at the least possible cost,
Armstrong said.
The new rates will not a f­fect
the December 1 bills, but
will go into effect March 1,
1964.
Brubaker Defeats Ibach
For Twp. Supervisor
Hungarian Travelogue
Next In Rotary Series
Boro Plans
Ice Removal
The borough is now prepar­ing
for the winter ahead and
stocking supplies of sa lt and
calcium chloride fo r snow a n d
ice removal.
This economical and efficient
de-icer, combined according to
the ice condition, today is the
accepted method of combatting
winter hazards, Borough Mana­ger
R. Keith Armstrong points
out. More than 4 6,000 pounds
were used la st winter alone to
protect pedestrians and passen­gers.
Depite th is large amount,
proper snow and ice control
measures cost only about 10 to
15 cents per capita per winter.
This is due to the fact th'at
Chemicals are not only th e most
efficient, but most economical
method of control as proven by
scientific tests, Armstrong said.
Modern methods call for 100
per cent use of chemicals v/Mch
pene trate the ice, bore down
to the road with a corkscrew
action, and th en undercut t h e
frozen mas» w ith brine which
tnelts th e bond between ice and
pavement, th e borough mana­ger
explained.
The borough i» preparing
-for-winter by stock-piling 3 6,
000 pounds of safety sa lts and
calcium chloride. Snow plows
and other equipment are now
ready. A new spreader has (been
purchased and the public can
expect a minimum of delays
and hazards, Armstrong stated.
Gene Wiancko, Pasadena,
Calif., radio narrato r, produc­er,
writer and explorer, will
present his travelogue film,
“The People of Hungary,” in
the Warwick High School audi­torium
on Saturday, Nov. 9,
at 8 p.m., on the “Travel and
Adventure Series” sponsored
by the Lititz Rotary Club.
Wiancko is a graduate of
Gene Wiancko
the University of California,
and has been a member of the
Society of Exploring Geophy­sicists
for Over 16 years. He
was professionally engaged as
an exploration geophysicist for
12 years; and was in charge of
the expedition th a t discovered
the world’s northernmost gas
field a t)P o in t Barrow, Alaska.
He has produced films of such
areas as Yugoslavia, Romania,
Mexico, Munich, Venice, Davos
and Carcassonne.
“The People of Hungary” is
a full-color travel film of
1 Hungary and of the ways of
life of the Hungarian people.
After five months of negotia­tions
with Hungarian officials
and with the full permission
of the United States State De­partment,
Wiancko entered
Hungary with his cameras
and tape recorders and filmed
the first and only full-color
travel motion picture in Hun­gary
ever made by an Ameri­can.
He filmed the ways of
life of peasants, students,
workers, gypsies, g rea t a rtists
and fishermen.
In Budapest, “The Beloved
City,” he recorded the story of
one of the world’s most re­markable
cities and the ways
of life of its million people. A
visit is made to Budapest by
night. A trip is made to beau­tiful
Lake Balaton, and a
river trip is made on the Dan­ube.
The itin erary also in­cludes
being guests a t a
Hungarian wedding and stops
a t ancient castles and fortre ss­es.
The scenic granduer of
the Matra and Bakony Moun­tains
is shown.
The program is the first in
a series of six. Tickets are
available from Lititz Rotary
club members and from George
Ketterman, chairman of the
ticket committee.
Legion Card Party
May Be Postponed
The Ladies Auxiliary of the
American Legion held the ir
meeting on Monday evening in
•the Legion Home.
The possibility of holding
the ir card party as scheduled
on Nor. 18 is uncertain because
of the fire a t the home. An an­nouncement
will be made next
week. The hospital supplies
and two mattresses of the or­ganization
were burned and
must be replaced. Miss Rose­mary
Rice, th e president, was
in charge.
Mrs. Francis Miller and Miss
Rice will a tte n d the Veterans
Dal dinne r to b e held Sunday a t
6 p.m. a t Hotel Brunswick,
Lancaster.
Warwick Lions1
Halloween Party
Eighty-five persons attended
a Halloween p arty held by t‘he
Warwick Lions Club recently
in the Lions Hall building,
Rothsville, for families, chil­d
ren and grandchildren.
The program included games,
dancing, refreshments, and en­te
rtainment by Robert Fulton,
who played the g u ita r and sang
folk songs.
Prizes were awarded for cos­tumes
as follows: prettiest,
iMrs. Beatrice Varick; funniest,
Miss P a t Funk; best pair, Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Bus-hong, most
comidal, M's. Dorothy Kloipp,
ugliest, Jack Shirk; funniest,
iMarvin Feiler,
Install Lights
At Brickerville
Traffic signals are being in­stalled
at the intersection of
Routes 501 and 322, it was
announced today by William E.
Hickman, chairman of the Eli­zabeth
Township supervisors.
The contract has been let to
Crowell Electrical Company,
Lancaster, and work started
yesterday, Hickman said. The
lights will be overhead.
Another accident occurred
Tuesday evening a t the in­tersection,
which has been the
scene of numerous accidents,
many of them serious, over
the past few years. Numerous
requests have been made for
traffic lights as a result. .
Two cars collided at 6 p.m.
Tuesday, causing $325 dam­age,
but no injuries. Drivers of
the cars were Mrs. Alfred D.
Strickler, 203 Hathaway Park,
Lebanon County, and Harold
L. Ditzler, Lititz R2. Accord­ing
to E p h ra ta State Police
Mrs. Strickler, headed north
on 501, pulled out into the
path of Ditzler, headed ea st on
322. No charges have been
made as yet, and Trooper
Thomas Ziemba is investigat­ing.
Classes To Be
Open Next Week
American Education Week
will be observed in the War­wick
Union School d istric t next
week, November 11 through 15.
Classes in ail schools, ele­mentary
and high school, are
open every day for any parent
to visit, it was announced by
G. Marlin Spaid, supervising
principal.
'There will be Open House a t
the High School on Tuesday
evening Nov. 12, from 7 to 9
p.m. Members of th e National
Honor Society will be stationed
in various p a rts oif the build­ing
to serve as guides.
PTA Panel
To Discuss
Education
The L i t i t z Elementary
School Parent-Teacher Asso­ciation
meeting will he held at
the Lititz Elementary School
Auditorium next Thursday,
Nov. 14, a t 8 p.m.
The regular monthly PTA
meetings are generally held
on the 3rd Thursday of the
month, but since th e 2nd
week of November is American
Education Week, it was con­sidered
timely to hold the
meeting during th a t week.
The program will be in the
form of a panel discussion —
of which the theme will be
called “A Look a t Education” .
Panelists will he:
Mrs. Francis Donnon, super­visor
of student teachers at
Millersville STC. Mrs. Donnon
attended West Chester STC;
and earned her BS a t Kutz-town
STC. She tau g h t several
years a t Pottstown, and Ro­chester,
N. Y. and she is cur­rently
working towards her
MA at Millersville.
Robert S. Esiielman, direc­tor
of elementary education a t
Manheim Central School Dis­trict.
Eshelman has been an
educator for 18 years, six
years as a teacher, and 12
years in his present position
as an administrator- He was
graduated from Miliorsville
and earned his MA a t Temple
University. .
Mrs. Wm. E. Jaede, Jr., 229
S. Spruce St., who has been
a resident of Lititz for seven
and a half years, and is moth­er
of 3 children. She is form­erly
a resident of Newark,
N. J.
Jack S. Watson, 225 N.
Broad St., who has lived in
Lititz for two and a half years,
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Moravians To Dedicate New
Lanterns, Informative Signs
The Moravian Church wi l l
hold dedicatory services on
Sunday at the close oif the -mor­ning
worship for the new lights
placed on Church square, for
the parking lot and the new
bulletin boards. The Rt. Rev.
Allen W. Schattschnei-der, pas­tor,
will be in charge.
Thirteen lanterns have been
placed on the square which are
exact -colpies to t'h)e original
lamps, and form the entire
lighting for the area. The bor­ough
turned off the borough
lights as an experiment, a n d
the general feeling is th a t this
has been successful.
A great deal oif reasearch
went into restoring the lan­terns,
as church members wan­ted
to go back as close as they
could to the original oil lamps.
According to records, oil lamps
were followed with gas lamps,
and la te r when electricity was
brought to Lititz the Church
fathe rs debated for several
years before utilizing it, be­cause
they d id n 't believe it
was “ here to stay.”
A large new sign indicating
“»Moravian Church Square,”
with the legend “ established in
1757,” has been erected a t the
entrance to the square, as an
aid to visitors. The sign is a
memorial to Mabel Eshleman
Reinhold, mother oif Mrs. Don­ald
Rannels, who was Jane
Re in hold before marriage. The
late Mrs. Reinhold was a na­tive
of Lititz, lived in Lancas­te
r many years, and then re­turned
to Lititz. It is expected
th a t la ter on another sign will
be placed below this one, con­taining
a map of the square,
and information about the
buildings therein.
Also to be dedicated is the
new bulletin board fo r the
ohur-ch, which contains the ti­mes
of services, topics, etc.
This has been constructed as
a memorial to Mr. and Mrs.
Monroe Smith, residents of
Spruce St., for many years, and
parents oif several children who
live in the Litiitz area.
The church square originally
was surrounded by a rail fence
to keep the cow's out, and la-
Wins By Slim
Margin Of
81 Ballots
Joseph M. Brubaker, Repu­blican,
Lititz R3, was elected
Warwick Township supervisor
by the narrow margin of 81
votes over Paul R. Ibach, in ­cumbent
for 26 years, in Tues­day’s
election.
The race was so close th a t
one distric t was still counting
votes a t 3 a.m. Tuesday. To­tals
showed 571 votes for
Brubaker and 4 90 for Ibach.
The “ race” was unique, in
th a t Ibach, a Republican, was
Punning on the Democratic
ticket because he was defeat­ed
in the May primary. An­other
oddity is th a t Brubaker
was an appointee to the can­didacy,
and not nominated in
the May primary. Instead,
Robert H. Kurtz, Republican,
Rothsville, had ru n against
Ibach in the primary and had
won. But shortly the re afte r, it
was found th a t he was not a
registered voter a t the time,
and therefore he withdrew as
a candidate for the fall elec­tion,
and in September, Bru­baker
was selected by the Re­publican
committee to fill the
vacancy.
Robert Garner R. was elect­ed
township auditor, receiving
874 votes. There was one
write-in vote for Fred Vin­son,
Democrat.
Melvin Ditzler, Democrat
received one write-in vote for
supervisor.
In the contest for school
director-at-large, H o r a c e A.
Kauffman, who ran on. both
the Republican and Democratic
tickets, received th e largest
total number of votes, 2575,
of which 1885 were Republi­can
and 690 Democratic. Rod­ney
C. Welch, running on the
Republican ticket, received
2055 votes, a n d ’W. Scott Cum­mings
running on the Demo­cratic
Tickets got 859 votes.
Uncontested for school audi­tor-
at-large was Domer Brenn­er,
who received a total of
1029 votes.
In the borough, ’where four
councilunen were to be elected,
the re was only one contest.
Charles F. Krushinski, Demo­crat,
received 188 votes in the
second ward, defeated by in­cumbent
C. Wendell Hower,
R., 335 votes, for a four-year
term. All other incumbent Re­publicans
were also reelected:
first ward, Edward G. Reese,
39 9; second ward, two-year
term, D. Curtis Amidon, 366;
third ward, Robert E. Au-nient,
364 votes on the Repu­blican
ticket and 105 on the
Democratic ticket.
Joseph Brubaker
(Twp. Supervisor) _
Of interest to Lititz was th e
fact th a t Herbert R. Waga-man,
Democratic County Com­missioner,
regained his seat
over the party-backed candi­date,
Earl B. Myers. Waga-man's
vote was 23,407 and
Myers, 20,453. In t)he Lititz,
Warwick, Elizabeth units,
Wagaman received 1232 votes.
In Elizabeth Township, Wil­liam
E. Hickman, Republican,
was reelected supervisor with
15 6 votes. There were two
write-ins — both Democrats,
Howard Kline and George
White, each of whom received
one vote.
The break-down of the vote
for Warwick Township super­visor
was as follows; i War-wick-
Warwick, Brubaker, R.,
244; Ibach, D., 178; Warwick
East, Brubaker, R., 327; Ibach
312.
The vote for school director-at-
large was as follows:
Welch, R., Warwick-War-wick,
335; Warwick East,"
439; Elizabeth Township, 1-^8;
Lititz Borough, 1st W a rd ,'
398; 2nd Ward, 365; 3rd
Ward, 369. • • >4|
Kauffman, Warwick East,
R., 385; D., 139; Warwick-
Warwick, R., 289; D., 83; Eli­zabeth
Township, R., 132; D.,
67; Lititz Boro, 1st ward, R.,
382; D., 136; 2nd ward, R.,
345; D., 155; 3rd Ward, R.,
352; D„ 110.
Cummings, Warwick - East,
D., 223; Warwick-Warwick, £>.,
136; Elizabeth Township, D.,
8 L; Lititz Boro, 1st ward, D„
132; 2nd ward, 169; 3rd
ward, 118.
In Warwick East, Elvin
Mearig, D., received one write-in
vote for school director. ;
In Elizabeth Township Dale
F. Diehm, R., was elected
township auditor with 154
votes.
New Christmas Stamp
Now On Sale At P. O.
SIGNS OF THE TIMES: The Rt. Rev. Allen W. Schatt-schneider,
pastor of the Moravian Church, stands beneath new
sign indicating- Church Square. In le ft background can he seen
one of tile 18 new lanterns which now surround the square.
The sign and lights are among the new improvements which
will be dedicated Sunday.
te r replaced with -a picket
fence, long since gone. Old pic­tures
show a wo-oden p u m p
which will be restored in the
new fu tu re as shown in t h e
early photos.
These improvements are an­other
step in the restoration
of the first two blocks of East
Main Street, in which both the
Historical Foundation and the
merchants are interested. The
Foundation is planning to re­store
th e old -stone house
known as the Wiss'ler house
and merchants are contempla­ting
restorations in the Ger­man-
colonial style.
Driver Hits Pole;
Damage Is $300
A one-car accident occurred
a t Wo'odcrest and Second Av­enues
on Oct. 31 a t 7:15 p.m.,
causing damage of $300,- but
no injuries.
'Mi'dh'ael Do'an, sixteen, 114
Fr-on-t Street, d riv er oif the car
in which there were three pass­engers,
was ’headed west on
Wood-crest and failed to exe­cute
a curve at Second Avenue,
and struck a BP & L poile, ac­cording
to police.
The driver wks charged by
Officer Howard Diss-inge-r with
reckless driving.
This year, fo r th e second
time, -a new Christmas stamp,
designed especially for s-ale and
use during the Christmas sea­son,
is being issued, Postmaster
Richard C. Rader announced
today.
The stamp went on sale at
Hi" local post office on Satur­day.
i t is anticipated th a t this
five cent Christmas stamp will
se t new sales records by ex-
< ceding the 80,000 sold here
d ining th e Christmas season
last year.
A program of p articula r in-icrest
will be the opportunity
lor all children to write to San­ta
and get a reply if they use
his ZIP Code, North Pole
99 701. In fact, it Is the desire
of -p'ostal workers th a t all p a ­trons
use the ZIP Code as p art
of the ir re tu rn address on all
Christmas -mail in order th a t
maximum advantage can be ta ­ken
oif the new zoning system
while mails are heavy and at
the same time give correspon­dents
an opportunity to learn
and record ZIP numbers for
fu tu re use.
Following are special in­structions
issued by the Post­master
which, if adhered to,
will speed the delivery of
Christmas mailings:
¡Surface mails to Armed Ser­vices
overseas should be mailed
between November 1 and Nov­ember
20. For airmail parcels,
the period is from December 1
to 10.
Before sending parcels over­seas,
check with th e Post of­fice
to determine whether cus­toms
ar^ required and what a r­ticles
a r e prohibited.
If it is worth sending, it. de­serves
to -be properly packaged.
The only the strongest mater­ials.
A
ddresses mint be legible
anil complete, and should be
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PROMOTED OVERSEAS
Novin D. Weit, Son of Mr.
and Mrs. Roy A. Weit, 435 E.
Main St., Lititz, Pa., was pro­moted
to specialist four in mid
October, while serving wit'h the
l'Sth Evacuation Hospital near
Muenchweiler, Germany.
Specialist Weit entered t h e
Army in February 1962 and
completed basic training a t
Fort Jack-son, S. C.
The 24-year-old soldier was
graduated from Millensviile
State College in 19 62.
School Menu
Monday
Spaghetti and meat sauce
wax beans, applesauce.
Tuesday
Ranchburger, buttered lim
as, relish tray, peaches.
Wednesday
Pork barbecue, baked pota
to, corn, creamy butterscotcl
pudding.
Thursday
Home-made chicken noodli
soup, chicken salad, carro
sticks, chocolate cake witl
white icing.
Friday
Sub or Grilled cheese sand
wich, succotash, apple cruml
dessert.