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Recreation Center Board Names
Keith McClure As New Director
Keith McClure, Fairmont, W. ft
Va., was employed as director
ol the Recreation Center, Lit­itz,
at a special meeting o£
the board August 28.
He assumed his duties Sep­tember
1. McClure is a gradu­ate
ol Fairmont State College,
class of 1963, with a B.S. de­gree
in Recreation, and of
Fast Fairmont High School,
class of 1959. At Fairmont Col­lege
he was active in journal­ism,
serving as business man-
-"er of the college paper. He
js a varsity member of the
track and cross country learns
and played intra-mural sports.
He is a member of Tau Kap­pa
Epsilon fraternity.
During the past year, Mc­Clure
was Physical Director at
the Boy’s Club in Winston
Salem, N. C. In his recreation
work, he worked with boys for
and men of all ages and has tarjai course. They will reside
a wide variety of experience ¡n Lititz.
in games, sports and tourna- Make Reservations
ments. The Recreation Center is re-
McClure has been married qUesting all clubs, church and
for one year. His wife, Patty, community organizations to
is also from Fairmont and at- COntact the Center for meet-tended
Fairmont State College jng ancj room reservations.
______________ The scheduled for such or­ganizations
are not kept from
year to year, so to reschedule
activities, organizations are
asked to contact the Recrea­tion
Center, 626-5096.
Any club or organization
not meeting in the Reci*eation
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Keith McClure
two years in the secre-
Woodridge
Plans Labor
Day Events
Labor Day week-end events
... Woodridge Swim Club were
announced today.
On Sunday, at 3 p.m., there
will be a synchronized swim­ming
group under the direc­tion
of Miss Donna Rosenberg,
which will present an intri­cate
number. In case of rain,
the group will perform on Mon­day,
Labor Day.
On Monday the pool will be
open for breakfast in the
woods at 8 a.m. Swimming will
begin at 10 a.m. and continue
through the day. In the after­noon
there will be fiqld day
events, which will include races
for Father and Son, Mother
and Daughter, Father and
Daughter, Mother and Son.
Forty-four Woodridge swim­mers,
ranging in age from und­er
eight through seventeen will
participate in the Adamstown
Relay carnival to be held at
the Adamstown Community
Pool on Saturday, September 5.
Teams from Lancaster and
Berks county have been invit­ed.
Trials will begin at 10 a.m.
and finals will begin at 7 p.m.
Some relays will be run for
articular age groups and some
will be “mixed,” that is, there
will be one child each from the
following age groups; eight,
ten, fourteen and seventeen,
(and under) on each relay
team.
Woodridge will enter 27 of
33 relays. Medals will be given
for the first three places in
each group.
To Discuss
Sun. Films
With D. A.
The possibility of Sunday
movies in Lititz has become a
moot point, it was indicated
by several developments with­in
the last few days.
Robert Corbin, co-owner of
the Lititz Theatre, said that
he had been requested by Dis­trict
Attorney WiLson Bucher
to see him in his office Fri­day
at 11 a.m. Corbin said he
will go as requested.
Bucher, when contacted, de­clined
to comment, and would
not confirm that such a meet­ing
had been arranged.
Meanwhile, the Rev. James
G. Shannon, president of the
Lititz Ministerial Fellowship,
said that the group would
probably discuss the subject at
its regular meeting next Wed­nesday
at 11 a.m. He stated he
didn’t know if Sunday movies
will be opposed or not, but
said there seems to be a feel­ing
in town against it. He
added that the theatre owners
should ask for a referendum.
The State made Sunday
movies legal in 1935, but only
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Rev. Keiper To Serve
At Church Of Brethren
The Lititz Church of the
Brethren has called the Rev.
D. Howard Keiper as assistant
pastor to serving as Minister
of Visitation. He comes to Lit­itz
from the Williamsburg
Church of the Brethren in cen­tral
Pennsylvania, where he
has served the past four years.
Pastor Keiper served for 14
years at the Coventry Church
at Pottstown and prior to that
served as pastor of the Middle
River Church in Virginia, the
Morellville Church, Johnstown,
the Woodberry Church, Balti­more,
and the Calvary Church,
Philadelphia.
He has served the Church of
the Brethren in many leader­ship
capacities. The Rev. Mr.
Keiper is a graduate of Juniata
College and received his bache­lor’s
and master’s degree in
Theology from Princeton Theo­logical
Seminary. Mrs. Keiper
was the former Anna Ruth
Graybill of Manheim. They
were married in 1926 by the
Rev. Henry R. Gibbet in his
home in Lititz. The Keipers
have one son, John D., who is
pastor of the Cherry Lane
Church of the Brethren, near
Everett. Mrs. Keiper, follow­ing
her graduation from Junia­ta
College, served as a high
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Broad St. Work Starts
Sept. 8; Detour Routed
Schools Can’t Hold
All Local Students
Ed Nixdorf Danny Rossi
TORCH CARRIERS: Warwick High athletes Ed Nixdorf
(left) and Danny Rossi, who carried the Olympic torch yester­day
on Route 22 in a Jaycee project to aid the Olympic games,
are pictured in front of the thermometer at the Square which
is recording the Lititz contributions. The red line has risen to
within a hair’s breadth of $500.
Lititz Runners Carry
Torch For Olympics
Rev. D. H. Keiper
Miss Gainer Completes
Science Course At Colo.
those recently developed for
chemistry, biology, and physics,
ESCP is sponsored by the
American Geological Institute
and supported by the National
Miss Pauline F. Gainer,
science teacher at Warwick
High School, was one of 75
secondary school Earth Science
teachers who attended a five
day briefing session in Bould- Science Foundation.
r, Colorado, August 17 through
August 21.
The sessions were held on
the University of Colorado
campus and were conducted by
the Earth Science Curriculum
Project, an interdisciplinary
science program for secondary
schools. A course-content im­provement
program similar to
RECORD W A N T ADS
WORK FAST
You don’t have to believe us
when we say classified ads can
work fast for you! Ask Mrs.
Donna Brown, Rl, Lititz. Mrs.
Brown was kept busy answer­ing
the telephone the first day
her want ad ran. She received
over 50 phone calls that day
. . . and the first person that
called bought the item adver­tised.
The briefing session was
designed to familiarize the
teachers with the philosophy
of ESCP and to review ma­terials
to be used in a new
experimental course in earth
science. This course, “Investi­gating
the Earth”, was written
this summer by 41 earth scien­tists,
secondary school teach-and
science educators. A
LARGE, well built Dog House
— $4.00. Call 626-7534.
Ite
You too can get FAST RE­SULTS
from a LOW COST
Record-Express want ad. Phone
626-2191 today.
ers,
preliminary edition of the text,
laboratory manual and teach­ers
guide will be used at
Warwick High School during
the 1964-65 academic year.
ESCP materials will also be
tested in 70 other carefully
selected secondary schools in
the 15 test centers across the
nation this year.
Also attending the meeting
was one college consultant
from each test center. The
earth scientists serving as con­sultants
will offer technical
assistance to the teachers and
provide liaison with project
headquarters in Boulder.
Dr. Jacob Freedman of
Franklin and Marshall Col-
To Barbecue
Chicken In
Springs Park
The annual chicken barbecue
will be sponsored by the Lititz
Springs trustees on Saturday
in the park from 4 to 8 p.m.
For those who eat in the
park, there also will be chips,
rolls and cole slaw at a total
cost of $1.50. Take-outs of
chicken, only, will be $1.
Proceeds will go toward the
support of the park. This is
the only money-making project
except the Fourth of July cele­bration.
The committee in charge in­cludes
John M. Leed, presi­dent;
John Hershey, secretary;
Daniel Miller, treasurer; Fred
Hall, William Hornberger,
Harold Bortz, Stephen Palko-vic,
George Beamesderfer,
Joseph Carl, Howard Redcay,
Elmer Bomberger, Charles
Krushinski, John Keehn, Rob­ert
Koch, Walter Bard and
Rodney Welch.
Mearig Heads
Teachers’ Assn.
Richard L. Mearig has been
elected president of the War­wick
Teachers Association for
the 1964-65 school term.
Other officers named include
Edgar L. Lawton, first vice
president; Ronald Anchak, se­cond
vice president; Mrs. Judy
Shober, secretary, and Richard
Smith, treasurer.
As a professional organiza­tion,
the members of the War­wick
Teachers Association are
affiliated with the Lancaster
County Education Association,
the Pennsylvania State Educa­tion
Association and the Na­tional
Education Association.
The purpose of the Warwick
, „ , , , , Teachers Association, Mearig
lege, heads the test center here j sajcj) js t0 pr0vide an op-and
will supervise the work in [
the county schools. I (Continued on Page 2)
Two Lititz runners literally
carried the torch for the
Olympic games yesterday when
they became part of a relay
of runners throughout the na­tion
who are carrying the
Olympic torch from New York
to Los Angeles.
The two Lititz boys are
Danny Rossi and Ed Nixdorf,
Warwick High athletes, who
each carried the torch for a
mile on Route 22 in the vi­cinity
of Route 501. They were
taken to their rendezvous yes­terday
morning by Thomas
Hartenstine, past president of
the Lititz Junior Chamber of
Commerce, which is sponsor­ing
the project, here in co­operation
with the national
organization of Jaycees.
Famous Olympic runner of
bygone days, Jesse Owens,
carried the torch out of New
York City, Tuesday morning
on the first leg of its journey
across country. During the
trip it will be carried by Jay­cees,
high school athletes and
Dr. Lane Gives
Antique Piano
To Historians
Dr. Cameron E. Lane has
presented an antique piano to
the Lititz Historical Founda­tion
for the Historic House at
137-39 East Main St., Founda­tion
officers announced.
The piano is more than 100
years old and is Empire style.
It formerly belonged to Dr.
Lane’s uncle and aunt, John
and Matilda Erb, who lived in
the house at 65 E. Main St.,
where Dr. Lane now lives. In
fact, Mr. and Mrs. Erb brought
him up in that house.
Dr. Lane, ninety, is recup­erating
in St. Joseph’s Hospi­tal
from an attack of pneu­monia.
He recently was visit­ed
by Mrs. Glenn H. McElroy,
corresponding secretary of the
Historical Foundation, and at
that time, told her of the gift.
Another recent gift to the
foundation is an Early Ameri­can
cradle, 160 to 170 years
old, donated by William Stief,
116 E. Main St. The cradle has
been in his family for many
years, Mrs. McElroy said.
others. It is expected to ar­rive
in Los Angeles on Sep­tember
25.
Along the route, Jaycees
are collecting contributions
for the Olympic games in
Tokyo. Pennsylvania’s goal
was $100,000.
In Lititz, up to $500 had
been collected by Tuesday
night, when Jaycees were
downtown soliciting contribu­tions.
They were assisted by
18 members of the Warwick
High School Band on the Long
and Bomberger truck. Donald
Caldwell, Jaycee chairman of
the project in Lititz, said they
felt Lititz people were most
responsive to the appeal, es­pecially
since they asked only
contributions in change, not
dollars. They also had a good
response last Friday night. A
thermometer has been set up
in the square indicating the
amounts contributed. Further
contributions can be sent to
Caldwell as long as the proj­ect
continues, until Sept. 25.
Suddenly the days are short­er
and the long days of sum­mer
— seemingly stretching
so leisurely before you three
months ago — are ended, and
you find Autumn is here.
Autumn means the Labor
Day weekend with attendant
festivities, the closing of the
swimming pools, the end of
the playground season, and of
vacation trips — but most of
i all, it means resumption of
winter activities and “Back to
| School.”
Warwick Union Schools will
be bursting at the seams when
they open for the fall se­mester
next Wednesday. The
enrollment is now estimated
at 3,082, highest in the his­tory
of the district, but may
be more (hardly possibly less)
by Wednesday, G. Marlin
Spaid, supervising principal,
said.
This means considerable use
of other facilities — there
just isn’t room in the present
school buildings for all the
children. Right now, the pro­posed
addition to the John
Beck School at Brunnerville
could be filled — but it isn’t
even started yet. This means
that some children will have
to be transported to Lititz.
In order to accommodate the
overflow, eight rooms have
been rented in buildings oth­er
than schools for a full year,
VOTER REGISTRATION
Additional registration d;
for voters will be held in tin-,
area as follows: Friday, Sept
4, Rothsville Fire Hall,
voters from Warwick Town
ship, (Warwick East), ana
Wednesday, Sept. 9, Bricker-ville
Fire Hall, for voters
from Elizabeth Township.
and a ninth is rented for a
half year. These include two
rooms in Trinity Evangelical
Congregational Church and
seven rooms in St. Paul’s
Lutheran Education building.
One of these will be occupied
for only a half year by a spe­cial
education class, which will
move to the new high school
addition after December.
Only part of the new high
school addition will be ready
for use at the opening of
school, Spaid said.
These are the dining room,
library and new gymnasium.
The ten new classrooms will
not be completed until the end
of December and will be oc­cupied
after the first of the
year.
Orientation day for new
teachers is being held today,
when they will meet with
their principals, go over their
assignments, get acquainted
with their rooms and materials.
All teachers will meet at
the school Tuesday, and pu­pils
will report at the regular
hour Wednesday morning.
Areas to which they are to re­port
were previously an­nounced.
Cafeterias will serve
meals on the first day of
school.
The elementary school pa­trols
will meet today at 3 p.m.
in the Lititz elementary school
auditorium.
Whitcraft New Treasurer
Of EUB Eastern Conf.
James H. Whitcraft
Moravians Ask Respect
For Cemetery Grounds
The officers of the Mora­vian
congregation announced
that they are concerned over
the fact that many children
and some adults apparently
consider the cemetery a public
playground.
Quite a number of newly
planted trees have been de­stroyed
within the past few
months, and a recent survey
shows that about forty World
War I and II emblems have
been taken from veterans’
graves. Should any be found,
the finder is asked to return
them to Paul Seaber, sexton.
The officers appeal to all
parents and friends to discour­age
children and adults from
using the cemetery as a play­ground,
and urge all who love
the cemetery to do what they
can to help keep it beautiful.
Parents are asked to urge
their children not to use the
cemetery grounds as a short
cut to school.
“The term “God’s Acre” is
the old Moravian name for
cemetery and it emphasizes the
fact that the resting place of
the dead is a sacred area, de­serving
not only loving care,
but respectful treatment by
everyone,” the church officials
said
James H. Whitcraft, Lititz
R3, has been appointed treas­urer
of the Eastern Conference
of the Evangelical United
Brethren Church and will as
sume his duties on Septem
ber 16.
This full-time position Was
formerly filled by the late
Charles W. Sauder of High-spire,
who set up the new Con­ference
office a year ago. It
combines the work of five
former treasuries of the
Church by making use of
modern systems.
Whitcraft is presently em­ployed
by the Armstrong Cork
Company where he worked for
the past 23 years. He served
in the capacity of supervisor
of the Order Department of
the Industry Production Di­vision.
Mr. and Mrs. Whitcraft have
been active in Church and
civic affairs in Lititz, both
serving as advisors in the
Youth Department in the War­wick
Association of Churches.
Whitcraft has served as treas­urer
of the Lititz EUB Church
for the past ten years; he is
a lay delegate to Conference
and has held various other
church offices. Mrs. Whitcraft
is a member of the Com­munity
Chest Board and is a
leader of a Junior Girl Scout
Troop.
They have two daughters,
Kathy and Barbara, and will
move to 323 Kockersville Road,
Hershey. Whitcraft’s office is
located at United Church Cen­ter,
Arlington Rd., Harrisburg,
Pa. Mrs. Whitcraft is the daugh­ter
of Mr. and Mrs. R. L.
Brookmyer, Lititz R3, and
Whitcraft is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Elmer Whitcraft, 324
Second Ave.
As a prelude lo the recon­struction
of North Broad Street
by I he State, Roger E. Ger­hart,
Inc., and the United Gas
Improvement Company will be­gin
relocating the water and
gas utility service lines on the
street on Tuesday, September
8.
Gerhart will lower ihe Bor­ough's
water main between
Main and Front Streets, in­stall
a new eight-inch water
service main from Front
Street north to the borough
limit and renew the water
laterals from Main Street to
the Borough limits. The total
cost of construction, to be paid
for by the borough, will be
approximately $40,000. It is
estimated that the job will
take about 90 working days to
complete, working between
the hours of 7 a.m. and 5 p.m.,
Monday through Friday.
The Borough will assign
Charles Sweitzer as its inspec­tor
for this work and to as­sist
in coordinating services
as the construction progresses.
Persons having any ques­tions
or problems during this
phase of the North Broad
Street reconstruction are ask­ed
to call upon Sweitzer at
the scene of the work, or call
the borough office.
“This is a large job and
will probably cause inconveni­ences,
dirt, noise and detours,”
Borough Manager George D.
Steedle said. “However, we
will attempt to reduce these
annoyances to a minimum,”
he said, adding that any ideas
or suggestions to assist the
borough will be greatly appre­ciated.
The borough will place a
detour on North Broad Street
on Tuesday, September 8. Lo­cal
traffic will be permitted
on North Broad, but motorists
are requested to travel at a
slow rate of speed and keep
a sharp eye open for workmen
and equipment. The general
detour will route traffic north
on Water Street, south on
Cedar Street and east and
west on Main Street.
Lititz Pool
Assn. Meets
Tonight
An important meeting of the
Lititz Springs Pool Association
will be held at the pool to­night
at 7:30 p.m.
The beginning of a new year
will be inaugurated at this
time. The nominating commit­tee'
will make its report and
new officers will be elected for
the year. Nominations may be
made from the floor.
The nominating committee
has slated Walter Carvell and
Fred Royer as candidates for
president, the one with the
majority of votes to become
president, and the other the
vice president. The remainder
of the slate is as follows: for
secretary, Mrs. Ammon Shelly;
for treasurer, Mrs. Jay Miller;
ior hoard of directors; (three
to be elected), Frank Show­ers,
Don McGarvcy, Mrs.
Joseph Snyder and Mrs. Rus­sell
Row.
The Association has been
very active during the past
year. In addition lo the num­ber
of winter activities the
group sponsored, they donated
six .stalling blocks for the use
of the swimming team, spon­sored
a card party at the pool,
an invitational swim meet and
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TIP r i• p rTpo Fy ia i.r
Sponsored Here
A bus tour to the World’s
Fair will be sponsored iby the
Senior Citizens group of the
Recreation Center on Wednes­day,
September 30. The tour
is open to people of all ages,
not just members of the group.
Deluxe buses will foe used,
and one bus-load is already
filled. Reservations for a sec­ond
bus are now being taken
and must be made by Septem­ber
10 with Mrs. Forbes Ems-weller,
626-7114.
The buses will leave the
BYGONE TIMES: Above is shown the Roebuck fountain in the “square” at Lititz, about **aH ^ a'm‘ ^ r
1900. There are some who would like lo see the fountain returned to its former location, one i one_day trip. The price is
of the reasons being that it blocks the view of the streets less than the present one. I $8 for the complete trip, in-
(Picture is from the Collection of Robert Mearig.) 1 eluding admission to the Fair.
Community
Calendar
Sept. 3—6:30 P.M. — Radio
Club meeting at the Ree.
('enter.
7:30 P.M. -- Fire Co. Auxi­liary
meeting.
Sept. 7--7:30 P.M. — Odd Fel­lows
meeting at I.O.O.F.
Hall.
Sept. 8—12:30 P.M. — Food
Surplus Distribution at the
Ree. Center.
6:00 P.M. — Rotary Club
meeting at the Ree. Cen­ter.
7:30 P.M. — Sutter En­campment
No. 75 meeting
at I.O.O.F. Hall.
Sept. 10—6:30 P.M. — Radio
Club meeting at the Rec.
Center.