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The Lititz Record - Express Serving The Warwick Union Area For Nearly A Century 86tn Year E stab lish ed April, 1877, as The Sunbeam (Consolidated w ith The L ititz Record, 1937) Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa., Thursday, May 28, 1964 7 c en ts a Copy; $3.00 pe r y e a r by mall w ith in L an c a s te r County; $4.00 elsewhere 14 Pages No. 7 Warwick High Lists ’64 Graduating Class Members of the graduating class of Warwick High School were announced today by G. Marlin Spaid, supervising, principal. The baccalaureate services will be held Sunday at 7:30 p.m. at the school, and the Commencement e x e r c i s e s Thursday at 8 p.m., also at the school. Awards which are known to the recipients at the present time will be given as follows: Mary Elaine Graybill, a Commencement speaker, Chemistry award from the American Chemical Society of Southeastern Pennsylvania. Lois M. Stauffer, American Agricultural Foundation award for Vocational Homemaking from the Society of Farm Women No. 1. Other awards also will be made at th e Commencement exercises which will not be made known until the time of presentation. The class officers are: Robert Donmoyer, president; Jo Anne Pfautz, vice president; Linnea Minnich, secretary; Wanda Doan, treasurer. The class members are as follows: Marvin Albert Michael Allebach Kenneth Allwein Jane Aument Donna Bachman Margaret Bajkowski (continued on page 2) Brownies’ Day Camp June 22-26 Day Camp for the Brownies will be held June 22 to 26, in-elusive, in Lititz Springs Park, daily sessions at 9:30 to 3:30 p.m. Eighty-five Brownies have registered. There will he two special features. On Wedhes day the entire Camp will go to the Lebanon Pumping station, and Thursday the Camp will not be called until 2 p.m. and the group will stay until approximately 9 p.m. An all- Camp Camp-Fire will be a feature of the evening. Mrs. Gordon Burkey will be camp director; Mrs. Charles Eshelman, business manager; Mrs. Arthur Griswold, program coordinator; Mrs. W illiam Spacht, Camp nurse. They will be assisted by the Senior Girl Scouts and the ninth grade Cadettes. The following will assist with the special program features Dr. John Price, nature study Mrs. Richard Yotter, crafts Miss Jane Markert, square dancing; Mrs. William Spacht First Aid; Mrs. Ronald Nuss, sketching, and Mrs. James K. Rapp, story telling. The Camp will toe divided into six units with the following leaders: Mrs. Clyde Geh-man, Unit One; Mrs. Roy Rodger, Unit Two; Mrs. Wesley Snader, Unit Three; Mrs. Hev-ener Davidson, Unit Four; Mrs. Robert Rihn, Unit Five; Mrs. Dean Miller, Unit Six. VACATION FUNDS The Farmers National Bank of Lititz today mailed out its vacation club checks to nearly 300 club members. Nearly $40,- 000 was distributed among these people who will be spending it on their vacations this summer. This represents a substantial increase over last year’s club, both in amount and number of club members. School Menu Monday Grilled 'hamburg, soup, carrot cup, assorted fruit. Tuesday (Hot ¡beef sandwich, green beans, applesauce. Wednesday Grilled steak in roll, peas, tomato wedge, popsicle. Elementary Schools Only: Thursday Chicken pot pie, corn, cole slaw, fruit jello. Friday Fish sticks, mashed potatoes, mixed vegetables, chocolate pudding. Monday, June 8 Sub sandwich, wax beans, potato chips, popsicle. Milk, bread and butter will be served with each lunch. Sell Pierson House For Institution The Pierson home at 125 South Broad Street has beenj purchased by the Evangelical ■ United Brethren Church Con-j ference as a Home for the Aged, it was confirmed- yester- ] day. I The property has a frontage of 220 feet on South Broad,; and extends back 200 feet. It contains a large mansion house as well as buildings which were. formerly stables and garages. According to plans, the house will be enlarged to accommo-j date sixty guests, all ambulatory. There will either be wings added or a separate building constructed and connected with the main house. The Church group is expected to take possession of the mansion about July 1. It was occupied for a number of years by. the late Senator H. J. Pierson, whose widow now resides at the Towne House Apartments, North Duke St., Lancaster. In its early days it was the location of Abraham Beck’s School for boys. The church organization is the same which was considering the General Sutter Hotel a few months ago. The hotel will go up for public sale on June 6th, Council Sets June 9 Meet To Dicuss Rec Board; Studies Trash Fire Ban AWARDED U.N. TRIP: William Pezick, (center,) a senior at Warwick High School, winner of Odd Fellows contest to send a boy or girl to the United Nations, receives award from Franklin Schleith, (left,) chairman of the Odd Fellows U.N. committee. At right is Principal Harold W. Swisher, who was in charge of the contest at the school. William Pezick Wins Odd Fellows UN Trip 64 Violations Of Boro Meters There were 64 meter violations in the borough during the month ending May 16, and Six parking meter violations, according to the report of Police Chief George C. Hicks to Mayor Arthur S. Griswold, M. D., presented to (Borough Council, Tuesday night. There was one case each of burglary, failure to yield right of way, following too close, too fast for conditions, speeding, forgery, and violation of the school attendance law. The cruiser travelled 2,594 miles in investigation and patrol, and four accidents were investigated. Police spent one day in court. Third Offense On Truant Law Clarence Geib, 55 N. Broad St., was arrested for the third time in seven months for violating the Pennsylvania fcom-pulsory school law on May 25, it was reported by Police Chief George C. Hicks. Chief Hicks said Geib allow ed his sixteen-year- old son to Stay away from school. As truant officer, he charged Geib before Justice of the Peace Harold H. Kauffman. William J. Pesick, seventeen, a senior at Warwick High School, has been selected as local winner to take part in the 15th annual United Nations Pilgrimage for Youth sponsored by the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and its sister organization, the Re-bekahs. Together with more than 1,000 teen-agers throughout North America, he will attend United Nations headquarters for one week as an observer, and also will participate in a tour with the Pennsylvania group. Pesick is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Pesick, Lititz R4, and will graduate in the Academic course. In his junior year he became a member of the National Honor Society. He was manager of the football team in his sophomore and jun- ERRATUM The Record-Express was in error last week when it stated that the school district levied a $10 per capita tax. The school district has no per capita tax, although the borough does. Memorial Day At Rothsville The Rothsville ‘Memorial Day parade will begin at 9:15 a.m. at Wentling Road Saturday, May 30. Under the direction of the Rothsville Fire Company and Jacob Longenecker, chairman, participants will march to the Jerusalem Lutheran Church for memorial services at 9:45. F. F. Bailey, assistant county superintendent of schools, will be the speaker. For the fourth consecutive year, Sandra Donley, Rothsville, a senior at Warwick Union High School, will recite the Gettysburg Address. Rev. Myles R. Smeltz, pastor of Jerusalem Church, will give the invocation. The parade will include the American Legion Honor Guard and Firing Squad, veterans, Vivian Keath’s Rangerettes, Boy and Girl Scouts and Brun-nerville and Rothsville Fire Co. units. The Warwick Union High School Band will provide marching music. Dr. Wallace E. Fisher Is Memorial Day Speaker The American Legion Post No. 56 and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1463 will conduct Memorial Day Services in Lititz and Rothsville, on Saturday, May 30. Dr. Wallace E. Fisher, pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity, Lancaster, will deliver the annual Memorial Day address in the Lititz Moravian Cemetery at 11 a.m. Children will decorate graves of deceased veterans with flowers. George Clark will present the Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. The Warwick High School Band will play America and the Lititz Community Band will play the National Anthem. Prior to the Memorial Day Service a parade will form at 10:30 a.m. on Warwick Street, proceed at 10:45 A.M. east on West Lincoln Ave. to Broad Street, south on Broad Street to Main Street, east on Main St. to the Moravian Cemetery. Wallace Fisher Organizations participating in the Parade should report at (Continued on Page 2) ibr years, and a member of the orchestra in Grades 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11. Neil M. Sheneberger, 149 E, New St., was chosen as alternate. , About 50 students entered the contest, which was an objective .type of test on the United Nations prepared by three members of the High School faculty, Ronald Anchak, Francis Long and Lorell Price. Harold W- Swisher, High School principal, was in charge of the contest at the school. Franklin Schleith is chairman of the Odd Fellows UN Committee of Lititz,. Lodge 1050. ... The Pennsylvania group’s tour will leave Harrisburg July 6, and will visit Wayland,, N. Y., Niagara Falls, Ottawa, Quebec; Montreal, Quebec; Cornwall', ;N. . Y>, Bristol,. N. H.; Boston,, Mass.; Hyde Park, N. Y„ and .spend six more days at the UN. The; group will stay at the Sheraton-Atlantic Hotel. Delegates will study and observe the UN in action, see committees and commissions at work in the five official UN languages, and learn of the vast work done throughout the world by such UN departments and agencies as UNO, UNESCO, FAO and Technical As- (Continued on Page 2) Club Women Attend State Convention Four members of the Lititz Woman’s Club were among 1300 delegates to the sixty-seventh annual convention of the Pennsylvania Federation of Women’s Clubs held in Harrisburg last week. The local group included Miss Barbara Wise, president; Mrs. Garth Becker, Mrs. George Morgan and Mrs. H. William Mitchell. “Why a Consumer’s Voice in Government?” was discussed by Mrs. Esther Peterson, special assistant to President Johnson on consumer affairs. She noted that when groups of women bring complaints and suggestions to Washington, they always come armed with facts. She stated, too, that there is planned an investigation of the gap between what the farmer receives for his produce and what the consumer pays for it. Miss Lisa Howard, news and political reporter for ABC television, was the speaker for the Thursday night session. She told the convention that rightist societies such as the John Birch society, are not good for the United States. In support of her view, she added that we cannot suppress thoughts with which we disagree, for people must have freedom to speak. Speakers for other sessions were: Dr. Edward H. Litchfield, Chancellor, University of Pittsburgh; Mrs. Earle A. Brown, recording secretary, General Federation of Women’s Clubs; Virginia Graham; Jen-kin Lloyd Jones, editor, Tulsa Tribune; and the Rev. Ned E. Weller of Beaver Memorial Methodist Church, Barry Male Assigned To AF In Viet Nam Reid Stoner Named Acting Director of Rec Center The Recreation Board of the Lititz Community Center, at their meeting Tuesday, named A. Reid Stoner acting director and director of summer playground. The appointment is effective June 15 and runs until August 31. The employment of Lee Raffensperger, present director, terminates June 15. The board stated a playground will be held this summer with a program similar to past years, although there will be no charge. Anyone interested in working as a staff member for the program is requested to contact Stoner. Experienced in recreation work, Stoner graduated from West Chester State Teachers college in 1959 with a major in physical education and recreation. He spent two years as an assistant physical director of the YMCA before joining the Penn Manor School District as an elementary teacher in 1961. He resides at 148 S. Spruce St., Lititz, and has a son, six. He has been a member of the Rec Board for the past two years. The board stated it felt that under Stoner’s direction a very successful summer program could be carried out. It was also announced that applications for a full time director are still being accepted and considered. Miss Joan Riehl Gets Fellowship ' Airman. (First Class Barry L. Male, U. (S. Air Force, has been assigned to the U. S. Forces in Viet Nam, it was learned this week. (He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Male, Market St., 'Lititz. ' A-d/C Male must toe in California toy June 9, and from there he will fly to the 'Philippines and then to Viet Nam. He presently is home on furlough, having arrived on (May 19. , . . He enlisted in the Air Force August 25, 1961, for a four-year term, after graduating from Warwick High School in June 1961. He has been stationed for more than two years a t. Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi, and was made Airman First Class on February 1, 1964. A. Reid Stoner Miss Joan L. Riehl, 417 Laurel Ave., Guidance counselor at Warwick High School, is one of 50 counselors from secondary schools in the northeast who have been selected for a special Guidance Fellowship program of graduate study at Syracuse University under a grant from the General Elec- 1116 East tric Foundation. They were selected from more than 200 applicants from 11 states and D.C. Each Fellowship provides for a six weeks, all-expense paid program of study at the University, which includes books, board and lodging, and round-trip travel allowance from the participant’s school address. The program runs from June 28 to August 7. Miss Riehl is completing her eighth year as guidance counselor at Warwick. She was graduated from East Stroudsburg State College in 1953, and received her Master’s Degree in Education from Temple University in 1959. Kids’ Fish Day Is Big Success The biggest turnout of any Kids’ Fish Day in history took place last Sunday along Hammer Creek, when four or five hundred fishermen showed up, including more than 300 children. Of 500 trout stocked the previous day, about 300 were caught, among them about 30 “prize” fish, each worth $1. Members of the Lititz Sports-, mon Association, sponsors of the event, said that this was the first year that they tried stocking the day before, which made the fish bite better because they were more acclimated. However, about 375 stocked further upstream did not bite, they said. Rejects New Light Offer Borough Council Tuesday night named Wendell Hower and Edward Reese representatives to meet with their school board counter parts to discuss the formation of a recreation commission. Previously the school board named Horace Kauffman and John Wenger as its representatives. Council read a letter from the school board stating $6,700 had been included in the 1964- 65 budget if legal and Dept, of Public Instruction restrictions could be met. Council scheduled a meeting for June 9 for all interested parties including their solicitors so some definite action could be taken. At the same time Council agreed to appropriate $1,000 on July 1 to the Rec Center to insure having the summer playground this year. This money had already been included in council’s 1964 budget. Lititz Fire Chief Ammon Shelly appeared at the meeting and stated he was getting a lot of calls concerning trash burning in the borough. He said many people burn trash fires too close to buildings and something should be done to stop this. (There is presently no ordinance against burning trash.) He suggested council consider an ordinance that no open fires be allowed and no incinerator or barrel fires be allowed within 10 feet of any building. He said several complaints he has investigated could have lead to serious fires. Last month council discussed the possibility of improving the street lighting system with new mercury vapor lamps but local sentiment was so strong to retain the present lighting sys- (Continued on Page 2) Miss Gainer To Attend Earth Science Course Miss Pauline F. Gainer, science teacher at Warwick High School, is one of five area teachers who will be testing and evaluating new materials for use in teaching earth science under a major education program initiated toy the American Geological 'Institute this summer. Dr. Jacob Freedman, professor of Geology at Franklin and Marshall College, will act as consultant for the Lancaster 'Test Center which will evaluate the work locally. The Center chairman is Alfred J. Marcello, Jr., Columbia High School. The teachers, together with 70 others from 14 other test centers throughout the country, will attend a one-week briefing session in Boulder, Colo., from August 17 to 21, at which time they will be introduced to the Earth (Science Curriculum Project (ESOP), which melds the interests and talents of astronomers, physical geographers, geologists, geophysicists, meteorologists and oceanographers to produce curriculum material for secondary school science programs. The College; consultants from each Of the 15 test centers also will attend. The teachers then will work IGNORES SIGNAL Cecilia Holmes, 50 Front St., was charged with ignoring the signal of an officer by disregarding the signal of Policewoman Floy Ulrich as she stopped traffic at 3:10 p.m., May 25, at Front and Cedar Streets to allow school children to cross. Summer Garbage Schedule Announced New s u mm e r garbage schedule effective June 1 at 6 A.M. North of the railroad — Monday and Thursday. South of the railroad —• Tuesday and Friday. Five Warwick Teachers Honored On Retirement Miss Gainer all during the next school year with the materials they have gained. The local teachers will meet once a week as a group at the five different schools in the county. Dr. Freedman! (will go to the schools earlier in the day to observe and work with the teacher, after which the meetings will toe held. The four other teachers are Lewis M. Bryson, (Solanco High School; H. IRichard Gerfin, Lancaster Country Day 'School, (continued on page 2) The Warwick Union Teachers Association honored four teachers and a school librarian who are retiring this year, at a banquet Tuesday night at the Dutch Town and Country Inn, Vintage. The honored guests were: Mrs. Margery E. Kauffman, 624 S. Spruce St., junior high school English instructor; Mrs. Mary G. Rice, John Beck school 4th grade; Miss Florence L. Royer, Rothsville school 4th grade; Miss Elizabeth Workman, Lititz elementary school; and Miss Bessie E. Searje, 306 S. Cedar St., high school librarian. Mrs. Kauffman, a graduate of Millersville Normal School followed by attendance at Penn State, Albright College and the University of Pennsylvania, has taught 45 years, all of them in the Warwick schools. Miss Searle received her B.A. degree in library science from Oberlin College. At Columbia University she received her master’s degree. She has been in the profession for 40 years, 28 of which were spent at Warwick. Miss Royer, who is teaching fourth grade at Rothsville Elementary School, has taught 42 years in the district. However, she is still below retirement age and is retiring on years of service. She started teaching just out of high school and took college courses at Millersville State College, Pennsylvania State College, and other universities/ Miss Workman is a graduate of Millersville State Normal School and teaches first grade. She taught for 20 years after graduating, then retired for a few years. During the teacher shortage in 1942 she returned and has taught an additional 22 years for a total of 42 years, (Continued on Page 2) Community Calendar May 28—6:30 P.M. — Radio Club at the Recreation Center. 7:30 P.M. — Stamp Club meeting at the Recreation Center. 7:30 P.M. — Weight Lifting Club at the Recreation Center'. May 30—MEMORIAL DAY May 31—7:30 P.M. — Baccalaureate Service at the Warwick High School Auditorium. June 1—7:30 P.M. Odd Fellows meeting at l.O.O.F. Hall. June 2—6:00 P.M. — Rotary Club meeting at the Recreation Center. 8:00 P.M. — Ladies Auxiliary Rebekah Lodge No. 435 meeting at Odd Fellows Hall. June 3—12:30 P.M. — Woodridge Swim Club Card Party & Fashion Show at the pool. In case of rain, event will be held at the Recreation Center. June 4—1:00 P.M. — High School early dismissal. 1:30 P.M. — Elementary School early dismissal. 7:30 P.M. — Fire Company Auxiliary meeting at the Fire Hall. 8:00 P.M. — Commencement exercises at the Warwick High School Auditorium.
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Title | Lititz Record Express |
Masthead | Lititz Record Express 1964-05-28 |
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Full Text | The Lititz Record - Express Serving The Warwick Union Area For Nearly A Century 86tn Year E stab lish ed April, 1877, as The Sunbeam (Consolidated w ith The L ititz Record, 1937) Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa., Thursday, May 28, 1964 7 c en ts a Copy; $3.00 pe r y e a r by mall w ith in L an c a s te r County; $4.00 elsewhere 14 Pages No. 7 Warwick High Lists ’64 Graduating Class Members of the graduating class of Warwick High School were announced today by G. Marlin Spaid, supervising, principal. The baccalaureate services will be held Sunday at 7:30 p.m. at the school, and the Commencement e x e r c i s e s Thursday at 8 p.m., also at the school. Awards which are known to the recipients at the present time will be given as follows: Mary Elaine Graybill, a Commencement speaker, Chemistry award from the American Chemical Society of Southeastern Pennsylvania. Lois M. Stauffer, American Agricultural Foundation award for Vocational Homemaking from the Society of Farm Women No. 1. Other awards also will be made at th e Commencement exercises which will not be made known until the time of presentation. The class officers are: Robert Donmoyer, president; Jo Anne Pfautz, vice president; Linnea Minnich, secretary; Wanda Doan, treasurer. The class members are as follows: Marvin Albert Michael Allebach Kenneth Allwein Jane Aument Donna Bachman Margaret Bajkowski (continued on page 2) Brownies’ Day Camp June 22-26 Day Camp for the Brownies will be held June 22 to 26, in-elusive, in Lititz Springs Park, daily sessions at 9:30 to 3:30 p.m. Eighty-five Brownies have registered. There will he two special features. On Wedhes day the entire Camp will go to the Lebanon Pumping station, and Thursday the Camp will not be called until 2 p.m. and the group will stay until approximately 9 p.m. An all- Camp Camp-Fire will be a feature of the evening. Mrs. Gordon Burkey will be camp director; Mrs. Charles Eshelman, business manager; Mrs. Arthur Griswold, program coordinator; Mrs. W illiam Spacht, Camp nurse. They will be assisted by the Senior Girl Scouts and the ninth grade Cadettes. The following will assist with the special program features Dr. John Price, nature study Mrs. Richard Yotter, crafts Miss Jane Markert, square dancing; Mrs. William Spacht First Aid; Mrs. Ronald Nuss, sketching, and Mrs. James K. Rapp, story telling. The Camp will toe divided into six units with the following leaders: Mrs. Clyde Geh-man, Unit One; Mrs. Roy Rodger, Unit Two; Mrs. Wesley Snader, Unit Three; Mrs. Hev-ener Davidson, Unit Four; Mrs. Robert Rihn, Unit Five; Mrs. Dean Miller, Unit Six. VACATION FUNDS The Farmers National Bank of Lititz today mailed out its vacation club checks to nearly 300 club members. Nearly $40,- 000 was distributed among these people who will be spending it on their vacations this summer. This represents a substantial increase over last year’s club, both in amount and number of club members. School Menu Monday Grilled 'hamburg, soup, carrot cup, assorted fruit. Tuesday (Hot ¡beef sandwich, green beans, applesauce. Wednesday Grilled steak in roll, peas, tomato wedge, popsicle. Elementary Schools Only: Thursday Chicken pot pie, corn, cole slaw, fruit jello. Friday Fish sticks, mashed potatoes, mixed vegetables, chocolate pudding. Monday, June 8 Sub sandwich, wax beans, potato chips, popsicle. Milk, bread and butter will be served with each lunch. Sell Pierson House For Institution The Pierson home at 125 South Broad Street has beenj purchased by the Evangelical ■ United Brethren Church Con-j ference as a Home for the Aged, it was confirmed- yester- ] day. I The property has a frontage of 220 feet on South Broad,; and extends back 200 feet. It contains a large mansion house as well as buildings which were. formerly stables and garages. According to plans, the house will be enlarged to accommo-j date sixty guests, all ambulatory. There will either be wings added or a separate building constructed and connected with the main house. The Church group is expected to take possession of the mansion about July 1. It was occupied for a number of years by. the late Senator H. J. Pierson, whose widow now resides at the Towne House Apartments, North Duke St., Lancaster. In its early days it was the location of Abraham Beck’s School for boys. The church organization is the same which was considering the General Sutter Hotel a few months ago. The hotel will go up for public sale on June 6th, Council Sets June 9 Meet To Dicuss Rec Board; Studies Trash Fire Ban AWARDED U.N. TRIP: William Pezick, (center,) a senior at Warwick High School, winner of Odd Fellows contest to send a boy or girl to the United Nations, receives award from Franklin Schleith, (left,) chairman of the Odd Fellows U.N. committee. At right is Principal Harold W. Swisher, who was in charge of the contest at the school. William Pezick Wins Odd Fellows UN Trip 64 Violations Of Boro Meters There were 64 meter violations in the borough during the month ending May 16, and Six parking meter violations, according to the report of Police Chief George C. Hicks to Mayor Arthur S. Griswold, M. D., presented to (Borough Council, Tuesday night. There was one case each of burglary, failure to yield right of way, following too close, too fast for conditions, speeding, forgery, and violation of the school attendance law. The cruiser travelled 2,594 miles in investigation and patrol, and four accidents were investigated. Police spent one day in court. Third Offense On Truant Law Clarence Geib, 55 N. Broad St., was arrested for the third time in seven months for violating the Pennsylvania fcom-pulsory school law on May 25, it was reported by Police Chief George C. Hicks. Chief Hicks said Geib allow ed his sixteen-year- old son to Stay away from school. As truant officer, he charged Geib before Justice of the Peace Harold H. Kauffman. William J. Pesick, seventeen, a senior at Warwick High School, has been selected as local winner to take part in the 15th annual United Nations Pilgrimage for Youth sponsored by the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and its sister organization, the Re-bekahs. Together with more than 1,000 teen-agers throughout North America, he will attend United Nations headquarters for one week as an observer, and also will participate in a tour with the Pennsylvania group. Pesick is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Pesick, Lititz R4, and will graduate in the Academic course. In his junior year he became a member of the National Honor Society. He was manager of the football team in his sophomore and jun- ERRATUM The Record-Express was in error last week when it stated that the school district levied a $10 per capita tax. The school district has no per capita tax, although the borough does. Memorial Day At Rothsville The Rothsville ‘Memorial Day parade will begin at 9:15 a.m. at Wentling Road Saturday, May 30. Under the direction of the Rothsville Fire Company and Jacob Longenecker, chairman, participants will march to the Jerusalem Lutheran Church for memorial services at 9:45. F. F. Bailey, assistant county superintendent of schools, will be the speaker. For the fourth consecutive year, Sandra Donley, Rothsville, a senior at Warwick Union High School, will recite the Gettysburg Address. Rev. Myles R. Smeltz, pastor of Jerusalem Church, will give the invocation. The parade will include the American Legion Honor Guard and Firing Squad, veterans, Vivian Keath’s Rangerettes, Boy and Girl Scouts and Brun-nerville and Rothsville Fire Co. units. The Warwick Union High School Band will provide marching music. Dr. Wallace E. Fisher Is Memorial Day Speaker The American Legion Post No. 56 and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1463 will conduct Memorial Day Services in Lititz and Rothsville, on Saturday, May 30. Dr. Wallace E. Fisher, pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity, Lancaster, will deliver the annual Memorial Day address in the Lititz Moravian Cemetery at 11 a.m. Children will decorate graves of deceased veterans with flowers. George Clark will present the Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. The Warwick High School Band will play America and the Lititz Community Band will play the National Anthem. Prior to the Memorial Day Service a parade will form at 10:30 a.m. on Warwick Street, proceed at 10:45 A.M. east on West Lincoln Ave. to Broad Street, south on Broad Street to Main Street, east on Main St. to the Moravian Cemetery. Wallace Fisher Organizations participating in the Parade should report at (Continued on Page 2) ibr years, and a member of the orchestra in Grades 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11. Neil M. Sheneberger, 149 E, New St., was chosen as alternate. , About 50 students entered the contest, which was an objective .type of test on the United Nations prepared by three members of the High School faculty, Ronald Anchak, Francis Long and Lorell Price. Harold W- Swisher, High School principal, was in charge of the contest at the school. Franklin Schleith is chairman of the Odd Fellows UN Committee of Lititz,. Lodge 1050. ... The Pennsylvania group’s tour will leave Harrisburg July 6, and will visit Wayland,, N. Y., Niagara Falls, Ottawa, Quebec; Montreal, Quebec; Cornwall', ;N. . Y>, Bristol,. N. H.; Boston,, Mass.; Hyde Park, N. Y„ and .spend six more days at the UN. The; group will stay at the Sheraton-Atlantic Hotel. Delegates will study and observe the UN in action, see committees and commissions at work in the five official UN languages, and learn of the vast work done throughout the world by such UN departments and agencies as UNO, UNESCO, FAO and Technical As- (Continued on Page 2) Club Women Attend State Convention Four members of the Lititz Woman’s Club were among 1300 delegates to the sixty-seventh annual convention of the Pennsylvania Federation of Women’s Clubs held in Harrisburg last week. The local group included Miss Barbara Wise, president; Mrs. Garth Becker, Mrs. George Morgan and Mrs. H. William Mitchell. “Why a Consumer’s Voice in Government?” was discussed by Mrs. Esther Peterson, special assistant to President Johnson on consumer affairs. She noted that when groups of women bring complaints and suggestions to Washington, they always come armed with facts. She stated, too, that there is planned an investigation of the gap between what the farmer receives for his produce and what the consumer pays for it. Miss Lisa Howard, news and political reporter for ABC television, was the speaker for the Thursday night session. She told the convention that rightist societies such as the John Birch society, are not good for the United States. In support of her view, she added that we cannot suppress thoughts with which we disagree, for people must have freedom to speak. Speakers for other sessions were: Dr. Edward H. Litchfield, Chancellor, University of Pittsburgh; Mrs. Earle A. Brown, recording secretary, General Federation of Women’s Clubs; Virginia Graham; Jen-kin Lloyd Jones, editor, Tulsa Tribune; and the Rev. Ned E. Weller of Beaver Memorial Methodist Church, Barry Male Assigned To AF In Viet Nam Reid Stoner Named Acting Director of Rec Center The Recreation Board of the Lititz Community Center, at their meeting Tuesday, named A. Reid Stoner acting director and director of summer playground. The appointment is effective June 15 and runs until August 31. The employment of Lee Raffensperger, present director, terminates June 15. The board stated a playground will be held this summer with a program similar to past years, although there will be no charge. Anyone interested in working as a staff member for the program is requested to contact Stoner. Experienced in recreation work, Stoner graduated from West Chester State Teachers college in 1959 with a major in physical education and recreation. He spent two years as an assistant physical director of the YMCA before joining the Penn Manor School District as an elementary teacher in 1961. He resides at 148 S. Spruce St., Lititz, and has a son, six. He has been a member of the Rec Board for the past two years. The board stated it felt that under Stoner’s direction a very successful summer program could be carried out. It was also announced that applications for a full time director are still being accepted and considered. Miss Joan Riehl Gets Fellowship ' Airman. (First Class Barry L. Male, U. (S. Air Force, has been assigned to the U. S. Forces in Viet Nam, it was learned this week. (He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Male, Market St., 'Lititz. ' A-d/C Male must toe in California toy June 9, and from there he will fly to the 'Philippines and then to Viet Nam. He presently is home on furlough, having arrived on (May 19. , . . He enlisted in the Air Force August 25, 1961, for a four-year term, after graduating from Warwick High School in June 1961. He has been stationed for more than two years a t. Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi, and was made Airman First Class on February 1, 1964. A. Reid Stoner Miss Joan L. Riehl, 417 Laurel Ave., Guidance counselor at Warwick High School, is one of 50 counselors from secondary schools in the northeast who have been selected for a special Guidance Fellowship program of graduate study at Syracuse University under a grant from the General Elec- 1116 East tric Foundation. They were selected from more than 200 applicants from 11 states and D.C. Each Fellowship provides for a six weeks, all-expense paid program of study at the University, which includes books, board and lodging, and round-trip travel allowance from the participant’s school address. The program runs from June 28 to August 7. Miss Riehl is completing her eighth year as guidance counselor at Warwick. She was graduated from East Stroudsburg State College in 1953, and received her Master’s Degree in Education from Temple University in 1959. Kids’ Fish Day Is Big Success The biggest turnout of any Kids’ Fish Day in history took place last Sunday along Hammer Creek, when four or five hundred fishermen showed up, including more than 300 children. Of 500 trout stocked the previous day, about 300 were caught, among them about 30 “prize” fish, each worth $1. Members of the Lititz Sports-, mon Association, sponsors of the event, said that this was the first year that they tried stocking the day before, which made the fish bite better because they were more acclimated. However, about 375 stocked further upstream did not bite, they said. Rejects New Light Offer Borough Council Tuesday night named Wendell Hower and Edward Reese representatives to meet with their school board counter parts to discuss the formation of a recreation commission. Previously the school board named Horace Kauffman and John Wenger as its representatives. Council read a letter from the school board stating $6,700 had been included in the 1964- 65 budget if legal and Dept, of Public Instruction restrictions could be met. Council scheduled a meeting for June 9 for all interested parties including their solicitors so some definite action could be taken. At the same time Council agreed to appropriate $1,000 on July 1 to the Rec Center to insure having the summer playground this year. This money had already been included in council’s 1964 budget. Lititz Fire Chief Ammon Shelly appeared at the meeting and stated he was getting a lot of calls concerning trash burning in the borough. He said many people burn trash fires too close to buildings and something should be done to stop this. (There is presently no ordinance against burning trash.) He suggested council consider an ordinance that no open fires be allowed and no incinerator or barrel fires be allowed within 10 feet of any building. He said several complaints he has investigated could have lead to serious fires. Last month council discussed the possibility of improving the street lighting system with new mercury vapor lamps but local sentiment was so strong to retain the present lighting sys- (Continued on Page 2) Miss Gainer To Attend Earth Science Course Miss Pauline F. Gainer, science teacher at Warwick High School, is one of five area teachers who will be testing and evaluating new materials for use in teaching earth science under a major education program initiated toy the American Geological 'Institute this summer. Dr. Jacob Freedman, professor of Geology at Franklin and Marshall College, will act as consultant for the Lancaster 'Test Center which will evaluate the work locally. The Center chairman is Alfred J. Marcello, Jr., Columbia High School. The teachers, together with 70 others from 14 other test centers throughout the country, will attend a one-week briefing session in Boulder, Colo., from August 17 to 21, at which time they will be introduced to the Earth (Science Curriculum Project (ESOP), which melds the interests and talents of astronomers, physical geographers, geologists, geophysicists, meteorologists and oceanographers to produce curriculum material for secondary school science programs. The College; consultants from each Of the 15 test centers also will attend. The teachers then will work IGNORES SIGNAL Cecilia Holmes, 50 Front St., was charged with ignoring the signal of an officer by disregarding the signal of Policewoman Floy Ulrich as she stopped traffic at 3:10 p.m., May 25, at Front and Cedar Streets to allow school children to cross. Summer Garbage Schedule Announced New s u mm e r garbage schedule effective June 1 at 6 A.M. North of the railroad — Monday and Thursday. South of the railroad —• Tuesday and Friday. Five Warwick Teachers Honored On Retirement Miss Gainer all during the next school year with the materials they have gained. The local teachers will meet once a week as a group at the five different schools in the county. Dr. Freedman! (will go to the schools earlier in the day to observe and work with the teacher, after which the meetings will toe held. The four other teachers are Lewis M. Bryson, (Solanco High School; H. IRichard Gerfin, Lancaster Country Day 'School, (continued on page 2) The Warwick Union Teachers Association honored four teachers and a school librarian who are retiring this year, at a banquet Tuesday night at the Dutch Town and Country Inn, Vintage. The honored guests were: Mrs. Margery E. Kauffman, 624 S. Spruce St., junior high school English instructor; Mrs. Mary G. Rice, John Beck school 4th grade; Miss Florence L. Royer, Rothsville school 4th grade; Miss Elizabeth Workman, Lititz elementary school; and Miss Bessie E. Searje, 306 S. Cedar St., high school librarian. Mrs. Kauffman, a graduate of Millersville Normal School followed by attendance at Penn State, Albright College and the University of Pennsylvania, has taught 45 years, all of them in the Warwick schools. Miss Searle received her B.A. degree in library science from Oberlin College. At Columbia University she received her master’s degree. She has been in the profession for 40 years, 28 of which were spent at Warwick. Miss Royer, who is teaching fourth grade at Rothsville Elementary School, has taught 42 years in the district. However, she is still below retirement age and is retiring on years of service. She started teaching just out of high school and took college courses at Millersville State College, Pennsylvania State College, and other universities/ Miss Workman is a graduate of Millersville State Normal School and teaches first grade. She taught for 20 years after graduating, then retired for a few years. During the teacher shortage in 1942 she returned and has taught an additional 22 years for a total of 42 years, (Continued on Page 2) Community Calendar May 28—6:30 P.M. — Radio Club at the Recreation Center. 7:30 P.M. — Stamp Club meeting at the Recreation Center. 7:30 P.M. — Weight Lifting Club at the Recreation Center'. May 30—MEMORIAL DAY May 31—7:30 P.M. — Baccalaureate Service at the Warwick High School Auditorium. June 1—7:30 P.M. Odd Fellows meeting at l.O.O.F. Hall. June 2—6:00 P.M. — Rotary Club meeting at the Recreation Center. 8:00 P.M. — Ladies Auxiliary Rebekah Lodge No. 435 meeting at Odd Fellows Hall. June 3—12:30 P.M. — Woodridge Swim Club Card Party & Fashion Show at the pool. In case of rain, event will be held at the Recreation Center. June 4—1:00 P.M. — High School early dismissal. 1:30 P.M. — Elementary School early dismissal. 7:30 P.M. — Fire Company Auxiliary meeting at the Fire Hall. 8:00 P.M. — Commencement exercises at the Warwick High School Auditorium. |
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