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(Consolidated w ith The E ltltz Beoord, 1937) Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa., Thursday, April 2, 1964 7 c en ts a Copy; $3.00 per y ea r b y mall
w ith in L an ca ste r County; $4.00 elsewhere 14 Pages — No. 51
Permits Soar
To $182,400
Building permits issued by
the borough during the period
from February 13 to March 23
soared to $182,400, of which
$177,000 was for new construc­tion,
Borough Manager George
D. Steedle reported to Borough
Council at its meeting Tues­day
night.
Eight new homes will be
constructed by Susquehanna |
Builders in Sutter Village at
-n estimated cost of $15,000
¿ach. They are located at 502-
504 Sixth St.; and 519-21-23-25-
27-29 W. Marion St.
Permits to build three new
homes, two for $13,000 and one
for $15,000, were issued to
Donald E. Smith. These are at I
39, 55 and 56 Forney Drive.
Donald Steffy was issued a
permit to build a new home
at 516 Bluebird Rd. at a cost
of $16,000. |
Remodelling permits were
issued to Paul Houchin, Wood-crest
Ave., for new kitchen and
other work at $5,000, and to
Robert Balmer, 319 E. Front
St. asbestos siding, $400.
Snow Removal
Required 123
Overtime Hours
The borough works crew
worked 217 hours on snow and
ice control, of which 123V2
hours were overtime with pay,
during the period ending
larch 21, it was reported by
Borough Manager George A.
Steedle, to Borough Council
at its meeting Tuesday night.
The total number of hours
worked was 1104, bringing the
cumulative total for the year
to 2919.
Some of the work done over­time
was to: spread salt and
calcium on crossings and hills,
plow snow and open grates,
scoop open N. Oak St. to
Rome Road which was too deep
to plow; move caj on munici­pal
parking lot, clean walks
and around meters where snow
was pushed in, cinder clay
spots, change hook-up on snow
blower, load cinders and salt,
shovel storm grates, fill sink
hole, remove fallen branches
from streets, help on rock work
on Forney drive sewer ditch,
work on Ephrata sewer line,
tow loaded truck out of mud.
The men worked 185 regular
hours on the sewer system, 170
148 on equipment maintenance,
hours on the water system, and
among many miscellaneous
jobs. .
The crew consists of Ray
Landis, foreman; Charles Diir-
.»er, Wayne Gainer, Isaac Gib-ble
and Charles Sweitzer.
Minnich Resigns
School Board Head
Family Has Narrow
Escape From Quake
“SPECTROSCOPE” is the entry of Charlotte Houchin in
the City-County Science Fair at Ephrata. She is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Houchin, 404 Woodcrest Ave., Lititz.
“LUNAVO,” or lunar volcano is exhibited by Doris Snyder
as her entry in the City-County Science Fair at Ephrata High
School. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry D. Snyder,
226 S. Broad St.
17 Warwick H S Students
Exhibit In Science Fair
Seventeen Warwick High
School students have entries
in the 1964 Lancaster City-
County Science Fair which
opened last night at the Eph­rata
High School, and will
continue tonight and tomorrow
night. It is open to the public
on all three nights.
A record number of 183
junior and senior high school
students from high schools
throughout the county have
entries in the show.
The local students and their
exhibits are as follows: Char­lotte
Houchin, spectroscope;
Kean Kauffman, bacteria cul­tures;
Barbara Hershey, music
box; Connie Hollinger, “Which
is More Intelligent — Male of
Female?” (Mice); Peggy Harbi-son,
“Animals can learn,” bas­ed
on condition of. mice, etc.;
Doris Snyder, “Lunavo,” (Lun­ar
Volcano;) Kathy Shannon,
formation of quicksand; Carol
Miller, the Aurora; Carl Shu­man,
solar energy; Arthur
Thorn, image conduit; Steve
Rannels, a study in cranial
structure; Mike Keller, the air
car of tomorrow; Ronald Mill­er,
color in rabbits; Timothy “AIR CAR of Tomorrow” was made by Mike Keller, son of
¿trickier taxidermy _ exhibit Mr. and Mrs. John Keller, Lititz Rl, as his entry in the City
’ County Science Fair now in progress of mounting process an d at Ephrata High SchooL
mounted specimens; Sandra
Donley, beginning of life; Don
Rannels, the dietary habits of
Pennsylvania Owls; Joe Klos,
DNA.
Fruits Stolen From
Outdoor Display
Roy Clair, of Clair’s Store,
93 Front St., reported to
borough police that fruits were
stolen during a night over the
week-end from a covered dis­play
outside the store.
Missing were a half crate
each of apples, oranges and
grapefruit, and a quantity of
tomatoes. Police are investigat­ing,
Chief of Police George
Hicks said.
Lititz Women Entered
In Federation Project
Members of the Woman’s
Club will participate in the
“Creative Woman’s Day” spon­sored
by the Lancaster County
Federation of Woman’s Clubs
to be held Friday, April 3 at
the Elks Club in Lancaster.
/Arts, crafts, flower arranging
and competitions in art, knitt­ing,
sewing, poster work, and
floral work will be featured.
Arrangements are being
made by the HonTe Life Depart­ment,
Mrs. Frank Longenecker,
chairman, and the Fine Arts
nd Education Department,
Mrs. J. Lloyd Sheaffer, chair­man.
Participating in the knitt­ing
competition are Mrs. Wil­bur
Miller, Mrs. Jules Klenin,
Mrs. T. P. Walker, Mrs. Verne
Porter, Mrs. Roy Wagner, Mrs.
Richard Roth, Mrs. William
Ringer, Mrs. Clair Rice and
Mrs. Longenecker. Flower ar­rangements
will be submitted
by Mrs. Richard Allebach, Mrs.
Curtis Amidon, Mrs. John N.
Garber, Jr., and Mrs. Longe­necker.
School Menu
Monday
Grilled hamburg in roll, mix­ed
vegetables, lettuce wedge
with dressing, cookies.
Tuesday
Sub or grilled cheese, celery
with peanut butter, banana
Wednesday
Hot dog, mashed potatoes,
sauerkraut, applesauce
Thursday
Chicken pot pie, corn, har­vard
beets, peaches
Friday
Hamburg & macaroni eass-erole
or macaroni & cheese,
wax beans, cole slaw, pineapple
salad
A ,craft table will be set-up
on Which will be displayed
items made by Mrs. Ellsworth
McMullen, Mrs. Henry Walter,
Jr., Miss Barbara Wise, Mrs.
M. E. Hoaster, Mrs. John N.
Garber Jr., and Mrs. Richard
Roth.
Miss Virginia Adams and
Miss Jan Knight, first and se­cond
prize winners in the sew­ing
contest, will model their
outfits with Cheryl Ann Porter
modeling the outfit made by
her mother, Mrs. Verne Port­er.
Mrs. Robert Posey is in
charge of these arrangements.
This display which is open
to the public, is intended to
stimulate interest in creative
projects and the sharing of
ideas among the Club mem­bers.
Exhibits will be open at
6 p.m. The program will begin
at 7:30 p.m.
V Power
Failure Keep
Borough Busy
¡Employes^ of the borough wa­ter
and sewer departments
worked 38 hours overtime dur­ing
the period ending March
21 because of snow and PP&L
power failure at the two plants,
it was reported by Borough
Manager George D. Steedle to
Borough Council Tuesday night.
The water department pump­ed
22,018,400 gallons of water
during the month. The daily
average was 629,097- The maxi­mum
day was February 29,
when 1,074,600 gallons were
pumped, and the minimum day
was February 28, with 311,900
gallons., -
The sewer department re­ported
a total flow of 26,849,-
000, the daily average being
767,114. The maximum day was
March 5, when, the flow was
1,488,500 gallons; and the mini­mum
day February 23, 635,800
gallons. The north digester pro­duced
1,309 cubic feet of gas
and the south digester 232,954.
Employes worked a total of
38 hours overtime at the water
and sewer plants due to snow
and PP&L power failure at
the two plants.
Dr. Yoder And Mathers
Receive 60-Year Pins
Two local men received 60-
year pins from Lititz Lodge
1050, I.O.O.F., at the Past
Grand Nights’ program last
Monday in Odd Fellows Hall.
The two honored were Dr.
Mahlon H. Yoder and Elmer
Mathers, both of whom were
accepted into the Lodge in
1914.
Herbert Marks, who wa$ re­ceived
into the Lodge at Lan­caster
on August 14, 1914, re­ceived
a fifty-year pin.
Carl Reedy, Lititz, past Grand
Master of Pennsylvania, was
master of ceremonies, and the
speaker was Ray Himmelberg-er,
Myerstown, also past Grand
Master of Pennsylvania.
' The oldest member present
was Wilson Gantz, eighty-eight.
Vernon Ronck Buys 1st
Bull At New Auction
Vernon Ranck, owner of
Ranck’s Meat Market, purchas­ed
the first bull sold by the
newly opened Livestock Auc­tion
at the Lancaster Stock
Yards yesterday.
The Hereford weighed in at
1065 pounds and was fed by
Ammon Shelly,R. D. 2, Lititz.
Banck paid 30 cents per pound
for the animal.
Surprise Snow
Covers Local Area ,
Lititz residents awakened
yesterday morning to find the
area under a blanket of soft
white snow, and, (early in the
morning,) at least, the trees
and shrubs were a fairyland of
sparkling white.
However, th e unexpected
snow was not nearly as 'bad as
the storm on Palm Sunday Eve.,
March 22, when a heavy wet
sn-ow fell throughout the area,
and here in Lititz many homes
were without power and phone,
and the fire siren was short-circuited.
During March the temper­ature
ranged from 74 degrees
on March 25, to a low of 19 last
Tuesday morning, just one de­gree
above the all-time low for
March 31, recorded in 1947,
Indicate Agreement On
Fixing Kissel Hill Rd.
A memorial service was held
for five members who died
during the past year.
Voting was held by the past
Grand Masters of the lodge for
the election of Grand Officers
of Pennsylvania. Lititz, which
is one of the oldest lodges in
the state, also has one of the
largest numbers of Past Grands,
nearly 100.
The meeting opened with a
dinner catered by Bingeman,
andabout 150 members attend­ed.
A former Lititz woman and
her family had a narrow es­cape
in the earthquake holo­caust
which struck Alaska,
while others from this area
escaped its effects.
The Lititz woman is Mrs.
Robert Cross, the former Ar­lene
Erb, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas H. Erb, Jr., 56
East Center St. Her husband is
a well driller, and the family
lives eleven miles from An­chorage.
There are two sons
and a daughter.
However, the family happen­ed
to be in Anchorage, one of
the hardest hit of the Alaskan
cities, and were in a theatre
when the earthquake struck.
They left the building at once,
but the chandelier fell before
they got out.
Their sixteen-year-old son
Richard, had the presence of
mind to get to the door and
hold it open, so that there was
no stampede. The theatre later
sank 20 feet into the ground.
When they got out the street
was already filled with debris
from broken windows.
Cross tried to get gasoline
for the drive home, but there
was none available, so they
left immediately anyhow. Dur­ing
the drive they crossed
many crevices five and six
inches wide and 100 feet in
depth. When they opened the
door of their home, they found
everything in a shambles.
Dishes were btoken, books
scattered and plants wrecked.
The stove pipe was discon­nected
and the chimney leaned
at a 45 degree angle. However,
the family was safe. This in­formation
was contained in a
letter received Wednesday by
Mrs. Cross’ parents, and was
Borough Council at their
meeting Tuesday evening took
under consideration the com­plete
rebuilding of Kissel Hill
Road. The rebuilding program
was proposed by Isaac Stoner,
Warwick Township Supervisor.
Stoner said the road is heavily
traveled and the township
would be willing to assume two-thirds
of the cost of the pro­ject.
The Boro would assume
one-third.
Last spring the road had
been temporarily repaired, but
is now in bad condition because
of usage by heavy trucks. Ston­er
and Council were in agree­ment
that trucks should be
banned from the road.
From their comments, Coun­cil
agreed the road should be
rebuilt and ask Stoner to give
them a cost estimate in writing.
Stoner replied he would dis­cuss
the situation with the
other township supervisors at
their meeting tomorrow night.
Indications were that both
council and the supervisors
would approve the plan.
Boro Manager George Steedle
reported that the 'State High­ways
Dept, would not rebuild
North Broad Street in two
stages because it would cost
15 to 20 per cent more. He also
said the state informed him
that the area at the square
would be closed for only five
working days during the con­struction
period.
Keller Brothers was award­ed
a contract of $1,523, plus
trade in of present police car,
for a new police car. Bids for
a pickup truck were also re­ceived
but were tabled until
next month’s meeting.
RECORD WANT ADS
WORK FAST
You don’t have to believe us
when we say classified ads can
work fast for you! Ask F. S.
Ford of Lititz. Mr. Ford got
immediate results from the fol­lowing
ad:
WANTED
Moore May
Enter Plea
Of Guilty
A guilty plea may be enter­ed
by Herbert U. “Bud” Moore,
charged with forgery and em­bezzlement,
he indicated this
week after further questioning
by State Police.
Police said an additional war­rant
will be served against him
charging him with violating
the Uniform Firearms Act. This
will bring the number of
charges against the alleged em­bezzler
to five, according to
Det. Sgt. William J. Devlin of
the State Police, the prosecutor.
Moor previously was indicated
on two counts of forgery and
one count each of embezzle­ment
and fraudulent conver­sion.
He is accused of embezz­ling
$297,000 from the Cour­tesy
Finance Co., Lititz, where
he was president and manager.
Police questioned him fully
last Monday at the Lancaster
General Hospital, where he was
reported as “improved” by hos­pital
officials. He is recovering
from two gunshot wounds in
the jaw, which he afflicted
upon himself when he was
apprehended by police on
March 11 in a cottage near
Talmage.
One of the bullets was re­moved
shortly after he was ad­mitted
to the hospital on
March 11. An attempt was
made last week to remove the
other bullet, but surgery was
stopped when it was discovered
that the slug had lodged again­st
a major artery in his jaw.
He used a .357 Magnum
which he purchased in 1960,
but had allowed his permit to
carry a gun to expire.
In the hospital, Moore was
A Live Wire to take over the
“N. D. Sturgis Bakery — The
Pretzel House” for Tourist At-1 quoted by police as saying he
traction. Last year 35,000 re
gistered and many more no
record of. Gold Mine for Right
Party. Call F. S. Ford — 626-
6818.
You too can get FAST RE­SULTS
from a LOW COST
Record-Express want ad. Phone
626-2191 today.
knew he had done wrong and
intended to take whatever
punishment was coming to him.
Devlin described him as re­morseful,
and quoted him as
saying that his companion on
a nine-months trip, Mrs. Bea­trice
D if fe n .d e rf er. knew
nothing about the embezzle-
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178 Violations
Of Meter
There Were 178 meter viola­tions
in the borough during the
period ending March 21, it was
reported by Police . C h i e f
George C. Hicks to Mayor Ar­thur
S. Griswold, M. D; This
is considerably more than the
same period last year, when
there were 91 violations.
Police tagged 28 for parking
violations. There was one auto
theft, and two men were arrest­ed
on ten counts of, burglary
and larceny. (
Other arrests were as fol­lows;
speeding, five; reckless
driving, two; excessive noise,
two; surety of the peace, two;
failure to carry registration
card, one; one-way street, one;
too fast for conditions, one;
traffic light violation, one; frau­dulent
check, one; non-support,
one; driving without lights,
one; malicious use of tele­phone,
one.
The cruiser traveled 3,172
miles in investigation and pa­trol.
Three accidents and one
bomb threat werq investigated.
Police officers spent two days
in court.
written at 12:40 a.m. last Sat­urday.
It was postmarked
Seattle, Wash. Mr. and Mrs.
Cross have lived in Alaska
since 1947. Their other chil­dren
are Susan and Jeffrey.
Richard, the oldest, has shown
his clear-headedness on other
occasions. One time he was in
a bus accident and had the
presence of mind to lie down
on the floor and kick the
emergency door open.
Mrs. Lentz in Hawaii
Another local woman who
felt the effects in a secondary
manner was Mrs. Mildred Len­tz,
Lititz, who at the time was
in Hawaii visiting her son and
daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Lentz. They were in
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High School
Youths Meet
WithCouncil
Mayor-for-the-day Joe Carl
led his late of Warwick High
School students through a list
of proposals ranging from tour­ist
attractions through street
repairs and a bubble top for
the borough swimming pool.
The officers included Elaine-
Dagen, borough manager; Rich­ard
Stauffer, council president;
and four councilmen, Robert
Donmoyer, Donna Sensenich,
Donna Tennis and Donna Stoy-anovitch.
The students proposed:
1. That,an outdoor basketball
court be built at the swimming
pool and that a plastic bubble
be used to convert the pool for
indoor use.
2. That N. Broad Street be
repaired and that Kissel Hill
Road be kept open and repair­ed.
3. That tourist attractions,
such as the Pretzel House and
the Sutter Hotel (if it is re­opened)
be publicized.
4. That passes be given Lit­itz
area teen-agers who might
otherwise be charged with vio­lation
of the 10 p.m. curfew in
Manheim Twp. while driving
between Lititz and Lancaster.
The Record-Express learned
yesterday that Dr. H. B. Min­nich,
President of the Warwick
Union School Board has sub­mitted
his resignation.
According to the report the
resignation was tendered at
the last school board meeting
on March 18, after newspaper
reporters had left the meeting.
The same reliable source
stated that several members
Dr. H. B. Minnich
Of the board were trying to
persuade Dr. Minnich to stay
on, at least, until the new bud­get
for the 1964-65 school year
is completed.
At press time it was not
exactly clear as to why Dr.
Minnich resigned. But, a source
close to the situation stated
it was partly due to some
recent decisions of the board
including the selection of the
new elementary school site,
which was made while Minnich
was away on vacation.
Minnich had been reeledtfS
president of the Warwick Board
at their reorganization meeting
last December. At that tiine
he was starting his tenth year
on the board. ;
In a contested and close
election, Wilbur Graybill was
elected vice president at the
same meeting. He had served
as president for bight years
prior to Dr. Minnich’s first
term of office.
300 Children In
Easter Egg Hunt
Over 300 children participat­ed
in the Easter egg hunt spon­sored
the Warwick Town­ship
Lions Club at the Clubs
Grounds on Saturday. The chil­dren
were divided into two age
groups and over 400 candy
bars and 75 dozen eggs in addi­tion
to cash prizes were given.
Raymond Groff and Chester
Eckman were in charge.
The Lions Club with the
Brunnerville and Rothsville
Fire Companies will sponsor
a broom sale on Thursday and
Friday evenings and Saturday,
all day.
Vincent Dagen Named To
New Position In Ohio
Vincent R. Dagen, Lititz R* D. w t
3, has been appointed Director »
of Labor Relations for Nor­walk
Truck Lines, Inc., Nor­walk,
Ohio. He assumed hi6
new duties April 1, 1964 while
continuing in his present capa­city
as vice-president of opera­tions
of Norwalk Truck Lines,
Inc., of Delaware.
Dagen is a regional vice-chairman
of the Industrial Re­lations
Committee of the
American Trucking Associa­tion.
He has served for several
years on the committee which
formulates policy in the area of
trucking industry labor rela­tions
and personnel. He is vice-president
of the Central Penna.
Motor Carriers Ass’n., and a
member of the board of direc­tors
of Motor Transport Labor
Relations, Inc. of Philadelphia.
With his new assignment,
Dagen will be headquartered in
Norwalk, Ohio, and his family
plans to move to that area dur­ing
the summer months. He is
married to the former Lor­raine
Hess and they have two
children. Their daughter Elaine
Vincent Dagen
and has enrolled at American
University, Washington, D. C.,
for the fall semester. Their
son Terry, who will be married
to Miss Patricia Riker on July
18, will reside in Lancaster
while continuing his studies at
is a senior at Warwick H, S. i Franklin and Marshall College.
Planners Talk
Over Problems
Of Twp.-Boro ■;
The Warwick Township Whi­ning
Commission, at Its meeting
last Thursday, discussed Severn
problems which also concern
the borough with iGarth Becker,
(representing the ILititz Plan­ning
Commission.
The Warwick unit expressed
interest in ILititz’ concern over
preservation of its water shed,
and agreed to make available
any sub-division pains that are
filed to the west of ILititz Which
might affect the Water supply.
They also studied the compre­hensive
¡highway plan drawn uij>
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Community
Calendar
April 2—6:00 P.M. — Litlt*
Fire Co. Auxiliary meeting at
the Fire Hall.
6:30 P.M. — Radio Club
meeting at the Rec. Center.
7:30 P.M. — Weight Lifting
Center.
Club meeting at the Rec.
April 3—7:30 P.M. — Cub Pack
44 meeting, Lutheran Educa­tional
Building.
April 6—6:20 P.M. — Tap &
Ballet Classes at the Rec.
Center.
7:30 P.M. — Odd Fellows
meeting at I.O.O.F. Hall. :
April 7—6:00 P.M. — Rotary
Center. -
Club meeting at the Rec.
8:00 P.M. — Ladies Auxiliary
Rebekah Lodge #435 meet­ing
at I.O.O.F. Hall.
April 8—7:00 P.M. — Y-Teerts
meeting at the Rec. Center.-
7:00 P.M. — Lititz ChuVh <*f
the Brethren Bible Study and
Prayer Service.
7:45 P.M. — Lititz Church of
the Brethren Board of Ad­ministration
meeting.
April 9—6:30 P.M. — Radio
Club meeting at the Rec.
Center. ,•
7:30 P.M. — Weight Lifting
Club meeting at the Rec.
Center.
8:00 P.M. — Eastern Sthr
Card Party at the Recreation
Center.