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(C o n so lid a te d w ith T h e Xiltltz R e co rd , 1937) Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa., Thursday, January 16, 1964 7 c e n ts a Copy; $3.00 p e r y e a r toy m a ll
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Weekly Food
$7 For
Hungry Trout
The Lititz Sportsmen’s As­sociation
was told by its tro u t
raising committee a t its Dec­ember
meeting th a t the club’s
7000, eight inch tro u t are
now consuming $7 worth of
food per week and this figure
will reach $10 by the time
they will be released in local
streams this spring.
In order to prepare the tre a ­sury
for this financial burden
it was stated th a t members
and prospective members
should purchase the ir mem­berships
as soon as possible.
They are available from Gary
Zong, 17 W. Orange St., and
Nevin Walter, 14 S. Spruce St.,
Lititz.
It was also announced that
the club will raise 185 phea­sants
for release in 19S4 and
rabbit trapping will begin when
the season permits
Pres. Robert Lucas stated
th a t the club was represented
Lititz Still Digging Out
FromWorstSnowStorm
The new borough manager,
George Steedle, had a “ baptism
by fire — or should we say
“snow,” for his first job when
he took over his duties on
Monday was to cope with one
of the heaviest snow storms Lit­itz
has had in years, although
not the worst In the memory
of the proverbial “oldest in­habitants.”
The town is still
digging out.
But then, the same situ a ­tion
greeted the former manag­er,
R. Keith Armstrong in Wil­lard,
Ohio where he took over
as city manager the same
day. They also had overwhelm­ing
snow.
Snow began to fall, softly at
first, about 7 p.m. on Sunday,
SNOW IS A »FLIGHT TO YOUNG PEOPLE: Three bovs s a ^her®d momentum, a-make
Iheniselve.s n .snow rustle out ot a pile of snow left
nea r the Lititz elementary school playground. Shown hollowing
a t the meeting of the Susque- out th e “ sn(>w mountain” are Scott C. Enck, fourteen, his bro­ther,
Jamie, eleven, both of 24 E. Orange St. and Orie Landis,
twelve, 5 E. Orange St.
IiOVELY MODELS POSE: Above a re shown th re e of the members of th e Welcome Wagon
Newcomers Club who will serve as models for the cotton fashion show to be held soon. Left
to rig h t they a re : Mrs. Alfred Bartholomew, Mrs. David Young and Mrs. D. Stanley Stout.
Woman's Club
To Hear Warden
The Lititz Woman’s Club
will hold an open meeting on
Monday,, Jan u ary 20 a t 8 p.m.
In the Recreation Center. The
guest speaker will be Jack F.
Tracy, warden of the Lancas-'
er County prison. His subject
will be “ Penology and the
Rehabilitation of a Criminal.”
Tracey is a native of Lan­ca
ste r county and has received
recognition throughout the
State for his successful pro­grams
for the rehabilitation of
prisoners. He will be in tro ­duced
by Mrs. Gordon Burkey.
. Mrs. Earl Singer and Mrs.
Norman Badorf will serve as
hostesses and Mrs. Lester Stark
will read the collect. -
The public is invited to a t­tend
the meeting.
Lititz PTA
Meets Jan. 23
The Lititz P a ren t Teachers
Association will hold the reg­u
la r monthly meeting on
Thursday, January 23 a t 8
p.m.- in the auditorium of the
elebientary school building.
T h e subject will be “Aware-n'esS
of Population Growth add
Building Needs” . There .will
he- a graphic and verbal report
•from , real estate salesmen,
ju d d e rs, school administrators,
and the County Planning Com­mission.
À vote will be taken from
those present whether the or­ganization
will continue to he
a member of the County, State
and National organization.
Donald Kepner, the presi­dent,
will be in charge of the
meeting.
Newcomers To Present
Cotton Fashion Show
Youth Improved
After Accident
Carlton Walls, twenty, 317
Linden St., Lititz, was rep o rt­ed
by his mother, Mrs. Wini­fred
Walls, as being improved
and in satisfactory condition
in the Lancaster General Hos­pital
where he was taken last
Thursday following an automo­bile
accident. He has been
transfe rred out of the in ten ­sive
care unit.
Walls was alone in his car
la st Thursday when he lost
control of it on Kissel Hill in
attempting to pass another
vehicle, according to sta te po­lice.
His car hit a utility pole
and crashed into a tree, police
said. The youth suffered head
injurie s, fra ctures of the left
leg and rig h t shoulder, and
lacerations.
A collection of cottons, fea­tu
rin g 1964 patterns and fab­ric
finishes, will be presented
in a fashion show sponsored
by the Welcome Wagon Club
for Newcomers on Jan u ary 21,
a t 8:30 p.m. in the Lititz Re­creation
Center.
The “Cavalcade of Cottons”
loan Wardrobe is provided by
the National Cotton Council
and McCall's P atte rn s to de­monstrate
the practicality of
home sewing. Fashions for any
time of day range from swim­su
it to formal.
New trends in cottons are
illu strated by a stretch fabric,
an embossed double knit, pas­tel
deims, pin-stripe suiting,
and doeskin, P a tte rn s follow
fashion’s la te s t silhouettes
Insurance Firms
Elect Directors
Henry H. Koser, Landisville,
was reelected president of the
Lititz Mutual Insurance Com­pany
for his 35th term on
Saturday. The following day
he celebrated his 90th birth ­day.
The firm is observing its
75th anniversary this year.
John G. Hershey, was elect­ed
vice president: Henry H.
Gibbel, vice president and sec­retary,
and Owen Hershey,
treasurer.
Both Hersheys Were reelect­ed
to three year terms as di­rectors
a t a stockholder’s meet­ing
preceding the board reor­ganization.
Other directors are Koser,
Jacob H. Ruhl, John L. Ham-aker,
Gibbel, and John M.
Miller.
Penn Charter
The Penn Charter Insurance
Company, at its regula r meet­ing
Monday, reelected two di­rectors:
Jacob H. Ruhl and
Henry H. Gibbel.
Other directors whose teams
have not expired include Owen
G. Hershey, Henry H. Koser,
John L. Hamaker, John G.
Hershey and Paul J. Lower.
The reorganization meeting
was postponed until next Mon­day,
because of the weather.
School Menu
Monday
Chili, lettuce wedge with
French dressing, peach cobbler.
Tuesday
Beef stew, celery sticks, pop-sid
e .
Wednesday
Spaghetti and meat sauce
corn, apple brown betty.
Thursday
Chicken and vegetable pie
tossed salad, creamy chocolate
pudding.
Friday
Hot dog or grilled cheese
sandwich, baked potatoes,
peas, cookies.
with a ten t dress, shifts, wan­dering
waistlines, shirt-cuffed
sleeves and at-home attire.
Both fabrics and patterns are
available in leading stores
throughout the country.
Plans for the show are an ­nounced
by Mrs. Ray Lowry,
program chairman. The fash­ions
will be described by Mrs.
Herbert Fry and models will
include Mrs.. Charles, Edson,
Mrs. Richard Frankhouser,
Mrs. Stan Stout, Mrs. Douglas
Jarnagin, Mrs. Jolin Hughlett,
Mrs. Arthur Grimm, Mrs. Don
Hodgson, Mrs. John Fleurent,
Mrs. C. Rod Heinrichs, Mrs.
Alfred Bartholomew, Mrs. Da­vid
Young, and Mrs. Ray Low­ry.
Jewelry modeled in the
show will he from A rn o ld 's
Jewelry Store. Mrs. Wayne
Wagner will play the piano
during the show.
Refreshments will be serv­ed
by the committee consisting
of Mrs. Alfred Melzer, Mrs.
Walter Weller, Mrs. Donald
Brubaker, and Mrs. Grimm. An
admission of 35 cents will be
charged, and the public is in­vited.
Coming activities for the
club include a board meeting
tonight a t the home of Mrs.
Lowry and morning sewing on
Jan u ary 16 at the home of
Mrs. John Bingham. The Af­ternoon
Card group will meet
on Jan u a ry 22 at the home of
Mrs. Melzer.
hanna River Basin Survey and
reported to them on the pollut­ed
condition in the Lititz
Springs Creek.
The next meeting will be
held in the Lititz American
Legion a t 8 p.m., Monday,
Jan u a ry 20. Plans will he
made for the ox-roast which
will be held March 5 with Bill
Consley of York, the en ter­tainer.
A Walt Disney “True-life
Nature” film will be shown
and refreshments will be serv­ed
afte r the meeting. Members
and prospective members are
urged to attend this meeting.
Conestoga Bank
Reelects Directors
Directors of the Conestoga
National Bank, Lancaster, of
which the Lititz Springs Bank
is a branch, were reelected at
the shareholders’ annual meet­ing
Tuesday.
They are: Jacob F. Aier-stock,
Harry C. Fulton, M.D.,
Louis H. Hopf, Mahlon H.
Hostetter, D. Raymond Long,
Clair R. McCollough, John E.
McGrann, John C. Peck, Ralph
W. Snavely, John H. Swanger,
Herbert B. Weaver, Mahlon H.
Yoder, M.D., Simon R. Zim­merman.
The reorganization meeting
will be held Tuesday, Jan 21.
Wm. Miksch Dies,
111 3 Months
J. William Miksioh, Sr., 313
S. Broad St., died a t his home
Tuesday a t 3 : 25 p.m. a fte r an
il.lnesis o f-th re e months.
He was born in Lititz, a son
of the late James Alonzo and
Lillian Buckius Miksch. He was
a descendant a t one o t th e
founding Moravian families.
His first wife, Anna Bender
Miksch, died in 1948.
Mr. Miksch established and
operated a heating and plumb­ing
business in Lititz for near­ly
50 years, and retired in
1958. He was , a member of
Ebb’s Mennonite Church, Lititz
R2.H
e is survived by his wife,
Kathryn D. Bomberger Miksch,
and the following children:
Dorothy, wife of William H.
Fasnacht, Lititz; Esther, wife
of Robert Ra tdorf, Lebanon,
and Dr. J. William Miksch,
Jr., Lititz. Also surviving are
his sister, Mrs. Emily Steigel,
Lititz, and ten grandchildren.
Funeral services wjil be held
a t E rb ’s 'Mennonite Church,
Lititz R2, on Friday a t 2 p.m.,
with the Rev. Joseph Boll offi­ciating.
Interment will be in
the Moravian Cemetery, Lititz.
There will be no viewing
Thursday evening. Spacht F un­eral
Home, Lititz, has charge
of arrangements.
Farmers Bank Plans
Open House Saturday
The Farmers National Bank, East Main Street which was
Lititz, will have a n Oipen
House, Saturday, from 2 to 5
PJM. to display its new tru st
offices to the public.
Over the last year, the bank
has been engaged in a rebuild­ing
and remodeling program
p a rt of which has been the re­modeling
of the facade of the
building a t 7 Bast Main Street
to cause it to blend in with
th e architec ture of th e main
bank building. As p a rt of this
project, th e bank created new
office space, p art of which Is
rented to Hershey and Gibbel
Insurance, the remainder of
which is used by the T ru st De­partm
ent for itis new quarters.
These facilities provide a
large reception are a with sec­re
ta ry ’s desk and two private
conference rooms for T ru st Off­icers.
The enlarged space ma­kes
possible b e tte r service to
the customers as well as more
confidential arrangements.
In November the bank open­ed
the new drive-in window a t
the rea r of the property of 15
Postal Receipts Up
To $181,000 In 1963
Postal receipts at the Lititz
Post Office during 1963 to­talled
$181,000, an increase of
$27,000 over the previous year,
Postmaster Richard C. Rader
announced today. This reflects
the ra te of growth in the Lititz
area, he commented.
He attrib u ted the large jump
to increased mail volume and
t^he postal ra te increase.
Eighty-seven new families
received mail delivery in the
Lititz area during 1963, of
whom 59 were iri the borough
of Lititz. This was a sufficient
increase to warrent the esta­blishment
of a fifth town de­livery,
Rader said. The new
aVeas were in Sutter Village
and the Balmer development.
While Christmas mailings
were about the same as the
previous year, the revenues
were ■ larger, the postmaster
said. However, 700 more par-cels,
making a total of 10,000
were delivered during the
Christmas season to ru ra l
areas and the borough.
At present the Post Office
is busy with th e ZIP program,
and is now in the process of
coding lists for local indus­tries,
a t no charge to them.
Over Christmas individuals
used ZIP codes more, and
Rader predicted th a t the use
will be increased when all the
industries are coded.
The Postmaster said th a t
the Pre sident’s order for a re
duction in federal employes
will not affect the’ local post
office and th a t there will be no
reduction here. On the con­trary,
he said th a t if the work
load continues at the present
rate, an additional e l l i p s e
may be required at the local
post office.
Girl Scouts
Have 20th
Anniversary
The Girl Scout Troop 250
of Brickerville observed their
twentieth anniversary a t their
meeting on Tuesday evening at
the Brickerville Fire House.
Mrs. Robert Shirk is the
leader, assisted by Mrs. Don­ald
Stefl'y and Mrs. Robert
Gregory.
The Troop was organized on
January 4, 1944, with Mrs.
Lloyd Showers as leader. She
was followed by Miss Cathryn
Adams, the present Neighbor­hood
chairman, and then by
Mrs. Shirk. There are 29 girls,
13 cadettes and 16 juniors.
The girls had a birthday cake
and punch for refreshments.
Donna Mohler was elected
president of the troop, Donna
Steffy, vice-president; Mindy
DeVerter, secretary, assisted
by Sharon Shelly; Patricia
Whitcraft and Judy Wingen-roth,
song leaders; Kay Shelly
and Judy Hammer, cadette
patrol leaders; Shelby Smith
and Donha Steffy, junior patrol
leaders.
The Troop committee mem­bers
are, Mrs. Leon Wingen-roth,
Mrs. Esther Pettieoffer,
Mrs. Ralph Deemer, and Mrs.
Warren Strauss.
The Baron Stiegel Lions
Club of Brickerville sponsors
the group.
Armstrong Is
City Mgr. Of
Willard, Ohio
R. Keith Armstrong, form­er
borough manager who con
eluded his duties here la st F ri­day,
assumed his duties Mon­day
as city manager oi Wil­lard,
Ohio, where he went last
Saturday.
Although the city has only a
population of 5500, it has a
budget of $1.3 million, and
there are 160 city employes.
Armstrong will be in charge
of the same departments as he
was in Lititz, but will have
many assistants. He also will
serve as head of an electric
company owned by the city, a
hospital also owned by the
city, will be in charge of the
Police and Fire Departments,
Parks, Recreation Department
and Public Library.
Among the industries in the
small city are R. R. Donnelly,
printers; Pioneer Rubber Co.,
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Terminal and Midwest Indus­tries.
Armstrong has found a
home for his family and they
will follow him at a la ter
date. He has sold his Lititz
home on Rome Rd., but his
wife and three children, Joelle,
four; Jeff, two, and Randy,
one, will remain here a little
longer, until all sales agree­ments
have been consummated.
also a p a rt of the re-modeling
program this year.
For tihe Open House celelbra-tion,
both the Trust Offices and
the new drive-in window will
be open for pulblic inspection.
The T ru st Officers’ offices a re
paneled in maple, include com­plete
new furnishing including
on-the-spot fire resistant caib-inets
for the complete storage
of records. These cabinets are
located so th a t they are immed­iately
accessible for use in th e
T ru st Department.
There will be door prizes and
a gift for each visitor a t the
open house. In addition re ­freshments
will be served.
In addition to th e remodel­ing
program initiated la st year,
th e re were also some changes
in th e corporate financial
structure . In December an ad­ditional
$200,000.00 was tra n s­ferred
to the Surplus account,
increasing the b ank’s leading
capacity and strengthening the
resources of the hank fo r the
protection of the depositors.
E le c t [Directors
The b ank’s annual meeting
was held Tuesday aft wffiich!
time the following were elected
directors: Henry L. Bomtber-ger,
Raymond D. Buok'walter,
Alfred L. Douple, Henry H.
Gibbel, H. Lloyd Hess, Paul G.
Hess, M.D., Jack S. Watson,
Hon. Joseph B. Wissler. Wat­son
was newly elected as an
additional director.
The Farmers National Bank
ma inta ins offices in Lititz and
in th e Lancaster Shopping
Center. The present officers oif
the bank a re : Alfred L. Dou-plle,
president; H. Lloyd Hess,
vice president; Jack S. Watson,
vice president; James M. M’uim-mert,
cashier, James H. Shrei-ner,
auditor; Ray B. Kauffman,
assistant Cashier and manager,
Lancaster Shopping Center Off­ice,
Robert H. Wonder, tru st
officer, and William B. Horn-berger,
assistant tru s t officer.
abetted by high winds some­times
of gale force. Borough
workers began salting intersec­tions
about 8 p.m., and at 5
a.m. Monday, began plowing.
They operated the plows con­tinuously
all day Monday, all
night, and all day Tuesday
and Wednesday. On Monday
in the middle of the afternoon
the swirling storm began to
gain, but by diligent effort the
workers caught up. Ray Land­is
and his crew of four were
on duty continuously Monday
from 5 a.m. until midnight,
and Borough Manager Steedle
also was on hand until the
same hour.
One tru ck was kept at' plow­ing
nothing but alleys, and the
other equipment included a
road grader, a bulldozer and
a plow. A snow blower with
a fro n t end loader was hired
from a local contractor on
Tuesday, and began clearing
snow from Main and Broad
Streets. However, the Munici­pal
parking lot still was snow­bound
by Wednesday a fte r­noon.
Police Chier George Hicks
reported the amazing fact th a t
no accidents occurred during
the snow Storm or afterwards.
There was no tie-up of traffic.
He urged motorists not to
abandon <their cars, as in th a t
case they would be towed
away.
Schools were closed Monday
and Tuesday because of the
storm, and on Wednesday be­cause
of a teacher visitation to
the Philadelphia area — if
Odd Fellows To
Visit Middletown
The Lititz Odd Fellows will
make the ir annual pilgrimage
to the Middletown Odd Fel­low
Home for the Aged Sunr
day, January 19, where they
will conduct services beginn­ing
at 2:30 p.m.
The Rev. F ran k A. Nickel,
pastor of the Evangelical Unit­ed
Brethren Church will be
the speaker. The Childrens
Choir from th a t church will
furnish special music under
the direction of Harold Mc­Creary
who is also a member
of the Lodge.
A bus will leave the Odd
Fellow Hall at 1:30 p.m,
SR. CITIZENS
The meeting of the Senior
Citizens scheduled for tonight
has been postponed until
Thursday, January 23, in the
Recreation Center.
R u ral Roads Shut
However, grea t difficulties
were reported in the ru ra l
areas, he said. They only
sta rted opening the main roads
in Warwick Township on
Tuesday, and the smaller roads
were completely closed. By
Wednesday morning, it was re ­ported
by the county superin­tendent
of highways th a t 40
per cent of the ru ra l roads
were still shut. Ju st the same,
the local mailmen were on
their routes in the country
areas Monday and Tuesday,
making deliveries where they
could.
Postmaster Rader reminded
rural patrons th a t it is their
responsibility to clear the snow
away from the mailboxes, as
the carrier is not expected to
get out of his car to put tin
mail in boxes.
Stork Loses
Race With Snow
The stork Iosft a race against
the snow Tuesday with the re ­su
lt th a t a Lititz are a baby
was horn wihout benefit of
medical aid.
Lloyd S. Martin, Liti'tz Ril,
helped his 23-vear-old wife,
the former Ruth S. Zimmer­man,
deliver th e ir first-horn at
5:35 a.m. Tuesday, while a Lit­itz
doctor and a snow plow b a t­tled
with drifted1 snow in a
vain attempt to reach them in
time.
The physician, Dr. Robert H.
Smith, and a snow plow secur­ed
by sta te police a t 2 a.m.
Tuesday, were trapped on a
county road between Lexington
and Brunnerville while the ba­by
was being horn. The plow
became stuck clearing the road,
and Dr. Smith had to tu rn
around and come back because
he couldn’t get through. After
it was freed, the plow finally
led Dr. Smith to the Martin
home, but by th a t time the
iVFartins were the proud parents
of a six-ipound, seven ounce
baby girl. Dr. Smith commen­ded
the parents for th e ir “ex­cellent
job” in delivering the
baby, and said th a t Mrs. Mar-they
could make it. Schools tin, former nurse, used h e r
were expected to open th is I knowledge and experience very
morning, according to G. Mar- well to direct her husband. Mo-lin
Spaid, supervising principal, th e r and baby were reported in
who said, however, th a t some fine condition,
teachers who live in ru ra l
areas still may not be able to
get out. He sta ted th e teach­ers
were not required to make
the Philadelphia trip under the
circumstances, b u t could use
th e ir own judgment as to
whether or not they would try
it.
Change Exams
Closing of schools affect­ed
th e dates for examina­tions,
Spaid said. They will
be held Ja n u a ry 23, 24, and
27, instead of ¡January 21,
22 and 23.
Surplus food distribution
scheduled for Monday was can­celled,
and held Wednesday
instead. Many meetings also
were cancelled.
Mail deliveries in the boro-on
Monday were 100 per cent,
Postmaster Richard C. Rader
reported. This was done with a
lot of extra help and extra
work. Employes who ordinarily
don’t carry mail were pressed
into service making deliveries.
Farm Women Defy Snow
To Attend State Banquet
(Seven intrepid members of
Farm Women (Society No. 1
braved the blizzard Monday by
taking a chartered bus to Har­risburg
to attend the 50 th an­niversary
banque t of ¡State
Farm Women th a t evening in
the Scottish Rite Cathedral.
The group included Mrs.
Clayton Sangrey, Mrs. Amos
Shank, Mrs. W. Dean Fyoc'k,
Mrs. Neil CHark, Mrs. Abram
Bollinger, Mrs. I ra Shearer, all
of the Lititz area, and Mrs. C.
V. Smith of Lancaster.
Four of them were to be del­egates
to the State meeting the
next day, so they decided not
to try to make the trip home
th a t night, but found hotel aic-commodaions
overnight. The
next afternoon they returned
by train, which was two hours
late. This group included Mrs.
Sangrey, 'Mrs. Shenk, 'Mrs.
Bollinger, and Mrs. Smith.
The other three, Mrs. Clark,
Mrs. Fyock, and Mrs. Shearer,
decided to come to Lancaster,
and the trip from Harrisburg
was uneventful, especially on
the 230 by-pasis where the
snow had blown the road clear.
They arrived a t 9:15 p.m. at
the Lititz and Oregon pikes,
expecting to tak e the Lititz
bus, but found no buses were
running. They phoned their
men folk and Mrs. Clark’s bro­the
r dame afte r them in the
milk truck. This was the h a rd ­est
p a rt of the journey.
At the dinner, in Harrisburg,
reservations b ad been ¡made
for 600 paid in advance, and
the tables beautifully decolla­ted.
However, only 200 were
able to attend, so the extra
food was turned over to a mis­sion.
Community
Calendar
Jan . 16— 3:30 P.M. — J r . &
Sr. High Girls Bowling a t
Lititz Lanes.
6:30 P.M. — Radio Club
meeting at the Recreation
Center.
7:30 P.M. — John Beck
PTA meeting.
7:30 P.M. — Weight Lift­ing
club meeting a t the Re­creation
Center.
Jan . 1»— 1:00 P.M. — ABC’s
rehearsal at the Recreation
Center.
Ja n . 20— 6:20 P.M. — Tap &
Ballet classes at the Recrea­tion
Center.
7:00 P.M. :— Badminton at
the Recreation Center.
7:30 P.M. — Odd Fellows
meeting at I.O.O.F. Hall.
8:00 P.M. — Women’s Club
meeting a t the Recreation
Center.
Jan. 2 1— 6:00 P.M. — Rotary
Club meeting a t the Recrea­tion
Center.
8:00 P.M.—Ladies Auxiliary
Rebekah Lodge No. 435
meeting at Odd Fellows
Hall.
8:00 P.M. — Newcomers
Club meeting a t the Recrea­tion
Center.
Jan . 2 2— 7:00 P.M. — Lititz
Church of the Brethren
Bible Study and Prayer Ser­vice.
7:45 P.M. — Lititz Church
of the Brethren Commission
meeting.
Jan . 2 3— 3:30 P.M. — J r. &
Sr. High Girls Bowling at
Lititz Lanes.
6:30 P.M. — Radio Club
meeting a t the Recreation
Center.
7:30 P.M. — Weight L ift­ing
Club meeting a t the Re­creation
Center.
7:30 P.M. — Sr. Citizens
meeting a t the Recreation
Center.
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