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LititzW omanCleared
In T ot’sT raff ic Death
A Lititz woman was exon­erated
from criminal negli­gence
in the traffic death of
a local child Monday morn­ing.
Police Chief George C. Hicks
said that, after he conferred
with District Attorney Wilson
Bucher, he exonerated Mrs.
Shirley Ann Horst, twenty-eight,
Lititz R3, driver of the
ar which struck three-year-old
Eric Ziba Wolf as he ran
into the street to retrieve a
rubber dart.
The child was the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Wolf,
24 W. Orange St., who had
moved to that address just
recently from East Main St.
The only witness to the ac­cident
was another four-year-old,
Larry Mowrer, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Howard Mowrer, 21
W. Orange St., who told his
parents that Eric came out
on the other side of the street
and shot a rubber dart. Hje
pointed out to Chief Hicks
where the lad was standing
between two parked cars, and
Chief Hicks theorized he ran
out to retrieve the dart. Mrs.
Horst, who was traveling east
on West Orange, told him she
did not see the boy until he
ran out into the path of her
car. She said she was not
traveling fast, and stopped her
car within a short distance.
The boy was rushed in the
Warwick Ambulance to the
Lancaster General Hospital
where he expired as he was
being taken up to the Inten­sive
Care unit. Dr. Gilbert N.
Clime, deputy coroner, said
Eric’s death was caused by
brain damage and hemorrhag­ing
resulting from a fractured
skull. Hicks said he was giv­en
emergency treatment on
the scene by Dr. Robert H.
Boy Somertoult»
On Bike; Cuts Lip
A boy on a bike suffered in­juries
in a solo accident Sept.
12 in front of the Weis Mar­ket,
South Broad Street.
Police Chief George C. Hicks
said that Gregory Ruth, thir­teen,
Lititz R4, evidently was
traveling north on his bicycle
on S. Broad Street when he
tried to turn left into the
driveway at the Weis Market.
The bike struck a curb at the
driveway, and somersaulted
boy and bike.
The lad was treated by Dr.
Paul G. Hess at the scene,
and later taken to his office
xor treatment. He suffered a
lacerated upper lip, Chief
Hicks said.
Smith, Lititz, before being
taken to the hospital.
The child was born at
Bloomsburg, a son of Richard
C. and Dorothy Reice Wolf,
and attended the Moravian
Nursery School.
In addition to ms parents,
surviving are his maternal
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Fred S. Reice, Bloomsburg;
the paternal grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. William C. Wolf,
Manheim R3; and the paternal
great grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Ziba Herring, Blooms­burg.
Funeral services were held
yesterday at 2 p.m. from the
Moravian Memorial Chapel,
with the Rev. James F. Gross
officiating. Interment was in
the Moravian cemetery. Ar­rangements
were in charge
of the Beck Funeral Home.
This was the third pedes­trian
traffic death within a
year’s time, Chief Hicks said.
The others were a seven-year-old
boy and a seventeen-year-old
boy.
Hicks Will
Prosecute!
More Movies
ilf movies are shown again
in the Lititz Theatre on Sun­day,
Police Chief George C.
Hicks will prosecute the own­ers,
he stated yesterday.
Robert C. Corbin, Lititz, a
co-owner, said that he will go
ahead with another show this
Sunday evening, despite the
fact that he and two others
were fined Tuesday a total of
$177 including costs for vio­lating
the Pennsylvania “Blue
Laws.”
Corbin, Donald E. Cavello,
Reading, a co-owner, and
James R. Hodgkins, Willow
Street, projectionist at the
theater, were charged by
Chief Hicks after they show­ed
a movie last Sunday night.
The charges were filed before
Justice of the Peace Paul F.
Diehm, before whom all three
appeared Tuesday night. Each
was fined $50 plus costs of $9.
According to state law, mov­ies
may not be shown on Sun­days
unless approved by local
option. Lititz turned it down
in a referendum in 1935.
Last week the local Minis­terial
Association went on rec­ord
as opposing Sunday mov­i
ies.
Glass Blower To Show
Club How It’s Done
A glass blowing demonstra-,
tion by Grace Howell of New
Jersey will feature the first
meeting of the season of the
Lititz Woman’s Club Monday,
Sept. 21, at 8 p.m. at the Lit­itz
Recreation Center.
The speaker will be intro­duced
by Mrs. Robert Hershey.
Miss Howell has been blow­ing
glass since she was five
years old. Her family has been
doing this for six generations
nd appeared at the first NY
World’s Fair in 1939. Her dem­onstrations
take her through­out
the country to clubs, col­leges
and schools. For the past
14 years she has been at the
Hershey Dutch Days, and this
year will mark her seventh
year of demonstrations at
Manhattan Savings Bank dur­ing
the month of December.
The glass work is Bohemian
and Miss Howell works with
color. At the local meeting
she will relate the story and
School Menu
Monday
Meat loaf, wax beans, mashed
potatoes, assorted fruit.
Tuesday
Grilled steak sandwich, but­tered
noodles, succotash, fruit
eup.
Wednesday
Pork barbecue, oven brown­ed
potatoes, corn, peaches
/High School), popsicle (Ele­mentary)
Thursday
Chicken pot pie, peas, carrot
cup, fruit jello.
Friday
Fish sticks or hot dog, baked
beans, celery/p. butter, cookies.
history of the trade. She will
blow about six pieces of glass
and give them as door prizes.
There will also be pieces on
display and for sale. Miss
Howell recalls that the first
time she and her father came
to Lititz they had to use the
old toll road.
The hostesses for September
will be Mrs. Orville Haldeman
and Mrs. Ellsworth McMullen.
The collect will be read by
Mrs. Richard Allebach.
Recently accepted into mem­bership
are Mrs. James Gross
and Mrs. Anne Porter.
Constable, Physician
In 2-Car Crash
Cars driven by Constable
John Mishler, Lititz Rl, and
Dr. Franklin K. Cassel, 34 S.
Broad St., collided Friday,
Sept. 11, at 7:12 p.m. at Rasp­berry
Alley and East Orange
St.
According to Chief of Po­lice
George C. Hicks, Mishler
was travelling west on E.
Orange St., and Dr. Cassel was
driving north on Raspberry
Alley. The latter failed to see
the oncoming car, and pulled
out, resulting in a collision,
Chief Hicks said. He will be
prosecuted for failure to yield
the right of way. There were
no injuries.
VOTERS ENROLL
Fifty-four Elizabeth town­ship
voters registered at
Brickerville Sept. 8, when spe­cial
registrations were taken.
The total included 34 Republi­cans
and 20 Democrats.
AT LONG, LONG LAST:—Upheaval shown above is the first step in the long-awaited re­construction
of North Broad St. The borough is relocating its water mains and the UGI its
gas lines preliminary to the rebuilding of the street by the State. Meanwhile, traffic is being
detoured.
School Enrollments
Top Previous Figures
With 126 more elementary
school pupils than last year,
and forty more kindergarten
pupils, Warwick Union District
Schools are pointing up the
urgent need for the proposed
addition to the John Beck
School, and a proposed new
building at Kissel Hill. There
are 1915 elementary pupils as
compared to 1789 last year.
Figures for elementary
school enrollment were made
available by Edgar L. Lawton,
director of elementary educa­tion.
He stated that there are
266 children in kindergarten
this year, which he said rep­resents
about two-thirds of the
number of tots who would be
eligible to attend. This means
that there will be about 60
more first graders next school
year.
It is significant to note that
the total of 283 pupils in rent­ed
rooms just about equals
the total number in the entire
Rothsville school, where 289
pupils are enrolled. This over­flow
is sufficient to fill four
or five rooms right now.
At Lititz elementary, 960 pu­pils
are enrolled, and at the
Lutheran Education building
there are 241. Trinity E. C.
church is taking care of 42
pupils. John Beck has an en­rollment
of 383.
At the high school, where
Program For
Women At
Rec. Center
Due to the many calls and
inquiries about the Recreation
Holiday for Women program,
the following information has
been drawn up by the Recrea­tion
Center in an attempt to
clarify all questions.
No registration will be tak­en
before October 6, which is
Registration Day.
A $5 fee for participation
in this program covers any
number of classes chosen by
an individual woman. A $1 fee
for Recreation membership
and $1 Holiday dues are also
required.
The nursery will be open
on Registration Day. There
will be no charge for that
day.
The program will be held
every Tuesday morning, start­ing
on October 13. The sched­ule
is as follows: 9—9:45,
Sl imn a s t i c s , Mrs. Arthur
Grimm; 9—10, Weight Con­trol,
Mrs. Doris Young; 9—10,
Investments, Jack Watson; 9:45
—10:15, coffee break; 10—11,
Sl imn a s t i c s , Mrs.' Arthur
Grimm; 10—12, Knitting, Mrs.
Polly Roth; 10—12, Beginners
Bridge, Mrs. Mel Evans; 10—
12, Art—Oils and Watercolor,
Mrs. John Lang; 10—12, Rug
Braiding, Mrs. David Young;
10—12, Home Nursing, Mrs.
Christine Haller.
Participants may take a one
hour class and slimnastics, or
a one hour class and a two
hour class, or slimnastics and
a two hour class.
A note from the doctor is
required for any gym activity.
enrollment is 1175, the cafe­teria
and auditorium are be­ing
pressed into service until
the new ten-room addition is
completed. Enrollment by class­es
is as follows: 12th grade,
150; Uth, 165; 10th, 192; 9th,
200; 8th, 228; 7th, 207, plus 33
in the special education class.
This makes a total to date
of 3090 in the entire district.
Plan To Review
Street Names
The Lititz Borough Planning
Commission will review all the
names of streets in the bor­ough,
it was announced fol­lowing
a meeting of the Com­mission,
Tuesday night.
This is being done at the
request of Borough Council.
While no duplications exist,
there is some confusion in
street signs, according to
Garth Becker, commission
chairman. For example, there
are signs indicating “Second
Avenue” and “Second Street,”
yet it is the same thorough­fare.
A borough map of some
years ago will be consulted in
the review.
The Commission approved
the revised sub-division regu­lations
and passed them on
to Borough Council with a
recommendation that they be
adopted. Basically, it is updat­ed
to be in line with the Coun­ty
Planning commission, and
revision refers only to paper
work, such as the size of the
maps, etc., and not to any
changes in land use.
The plan of a section of Sut­ter
Village which was ap­proved
last April, but not re­corded
in time to meet the
County Planning Commission’s
Deadline, was reapproved.
The commission recently re­organized
by reelecting Beck­er
chairlnan, Dennis Craig,
vice chairman, and George D.
Steedle, secretary.
Fire Chief
Asks Drivers
To Clear Sts.
Fire Chief Ammon Shelly
today made an appeal to mo­torists
to cooperate with the
traffic problem in the center
of town when they hear the
fire siren. Motorists are asked
to pull out of the way to help
make sure the fire trucks can
get through, he said.
The problem has been com­plicated,
Chief Shelly said, by
the new detour through the
center of town. It normally
takes an average of 90 seconds
for firemen to respond to the
siren, but the detours and
one-way streets will result in
delays which are anticipated
to more than double the time
needed to reach the north end
of town, Chief Shelly said.
Therefore, the cooperation of
the motorists is very impor­tant
in clearing the streets in
the center of town, the Fire
Chief pointed out. Even a few
seconds delay could result in
far worse fires, injuries and
death, he said.
Chief Shelly said that be­tween
7:30 and 9 a.m. and
from 3:30 to 5 p.m. every day
traffic on N. Cedar Street is
backed up to “Five Points,”
which would make it very dif­ficult
for fire trucks to reach
the north end of town.
Ten Lititz firemen will at­tend
the Lancaster Fire School
on the Lafayette Fire Company
grounds east of Lancaster on
Sept. 19 and 20. They will re­ceive
14 hours of training.
Lititz Jaycees Are
Guests Of E'town
The Elizabethtown Jaycees
“Rolled the Barrel” for the
Lititz Jaycees last Thursday
at the American Legion.
Films of the 1963 World
Series were shown.
“Roll the Barrel” is an in­ter-
chapter visitation program
for all Jaycees chapters. The
Lititz Jaycees will “Roll the
Barrel” to the Willow Street
Jaycees on Monday, Sept. 21.
NEWCOMER HERE: “Zeke,” a rare Brittany sp.aniel, is
shown here with his master, Charles B. Good, 315 S. Cedar St.
These dogs are unusual in this area. Five-months old now, the
dog is being trained for field work as a retriever.
Buses Rerouted
Due To Detour Ground - Breaking
Because of the construction For Branch Bank
on North Broad Street, the
Lititz-Lancaster CTC buses have
been rerouted.
They will travel the follow­ing
route: Coming in from
Lancaster, the bus will travel
to Main Street at the Square,
turn right on Main out to Lo­cust
Street, then down Front
to the Animal Trap Co.; turn
left and come in Front to
Liberty, north out Liberty to
Lincoln Avenue, across Lin­coln
to North Broad, and down
North Broad to Front, across
Front to Cedar, south on Ced­ar
to Main; west on Main to
the Square, and out on South
Broad Street to Lancaster.
George D. Steedle, Borough
Manager, said that as the de­tour
progresses and changes,
the bus drivers will keep the
public informed as to the route.
He said the CTC officials have
instructed the bus drivers to
do so.
Ground will be broken for
the new Neffsville Branch of
the Farmers National Bank of
Lititz on Tuesday, Sept. 22,
at 3 p.m.
Present at the ceremonies
will be officers and directors
of the bank and Manheim
township officials.
Representing the bank will
be Alfred W. Douple, presi­dent;
Jack R. Watson, vice
president; James M. Mummert,
cashier; James Shreiner, audi­tor;
Robert Wonder, trust of­ficer;
William Hornberger, as­sistant
trust officer; Ray E.
Kauffman, assistant cashier
and manager of the bank’s
office at the Lancaster Shop­ping
Center; also directors of
the bank. Manheim Township
officials are headed by J.
Frank Powl, president of the
Commissioners.
The new branch bank will
be located at the corner of
Lititz Pike and Waverly Road
in Neffsville, and will be an
attractive Colonial building of
brick with a drive-up window,
plus an additional small
building for another drive-up
window as soon as business
warrants it. There will be am­ple
parking space at the rear
of the building, off Waverly
Road.
Construction will start in
the very near future, and the
target date for completion is
April, 1965.
2 Cars Collide
On Broad St.
A two-car accident occurred
Tuesday at 4:55 p.m. on Broad
Street at the square when
autos driven by Mrs. Margaret
Irene Hanna, 38 East Second
Ave., and Mrs. Beulah K. Mus-ser,
416 S. Cedar St., collided,
according to Police Chief
George C. Hicks.
Wheatland To Benefit
From Dr. Lane’s Estate
The James Buchanan Foun­dation
for the Preservation of
Wheatland is the chief bene­ficiary
of the estate of Dr.
Cameron E. Lane, Lititz den­tist
who died two weeks ago,
it was revealed at the Lan­caster
County Court House,
where the will is on file.
According to the will, dat­ed
Nov. 8, 1962, and a codicil
dated April 24, 1963, the Foun­dation
will receive the residue
and balance of the estate “for
the external and internal up­keep
of the buildings, lawns
and trees of Wheatland,” the
home of President James Bu­chanan.
(In addition, sums
were left in trust for several
individuals who will receive
the income, and after their
deaths the principal also will
go to the Buchanan Founda­tion.
These include $2500 in
trust for a niece, Mrs. Edna
Rudy; $2500 in trust for Mrs.
Riley Brubaker, and $2500 in
trust for Dorothy Habecker.
Other public bequests in­clude
$2500 for the Church of
the Brethren Children’s Home
in Neffsville, $1000 to the Lit­itz
Fire Company, and $1000
to the Dental Department of
the University of Pennsylvania.
A nephew, Prof. Harry K.
Jaycees Collect
$537 For Olympics
The sum of $537, or 90 per
cent of the goal of $600, was
collected by the Lititz Junior
Chamber of Commerce to help
finance the Olympic teams on
their trip to Tokyo, Japan.
The contributions were made
in nickels, dimes and quarters,
therefore represented very
many individual contributors.
A feature of the project was
the participation of Danny
Rossi and Ed Nixdorf, War­wick
High athletes, who car­ried
the lighted Olympic torch
for two miles on its cross­country
trip to the coast.
Donald Caldwell was chair­man
of the project, which was
known as “Run for the Money.”
CHURCHES TO MEET
The Assembly of the War­wick
Association of Churches
will meet on Tuesday, Septem­ber
22 at 7:30 p.m., in St.
Luke’s United Church of
Christ. Elmer Allwine, presi­dent,
will be in charge.
Lane, who is also executor, re­ceives
a bequest of $5000, and
a niece, Florence Lane, re-1
ceives $2000.
'It is simply a coincidence
that James Buchanan’s niece,
Harriet, who was his hostess
in the White House and at
Wheatland, was named “Lane.”
Those Lanes were of English
descent and not related, Prof.
Lane said, adding that his
family was of German-Swiss
descent and the name was
originally spelled “Lehn.”
The will directs that the be­quests
be made available
through private or public
sale.
Rec Center
To Sponsor
Grid Contest
The Recreation Center would
like to encourage all boys be­tween
the ages of 8 thru 13 to
participate in the National
Football League Punt Pass
and Kick Contest. This con­test
is sponsored nationally by
the Ford Dealers. The Jay
Cees will run the contest local­ly.
Registration blanks can be
picked up at the Recreation
Center.
This contest is a good phy­sical
fitness program and is
also a good spectator activity,
Rec. Center officials pointed
out.
Registration for the third
class of Nursery School at the
Recreation Center will remain
open until Friday. Anyone in­terested
in having their child
enrolled in this class, call the
Recreation Center before to­morrow.
The Junior Board of the
Recreation Center would ap­preciate
any couples who
would be interested in being
chaperones for the Saturday
night dances, starting Satur­day,
September 19th, and con­tinuing
through the school
term, to call the Recreation
Center, 626-5096 during the
day; James Watson, 626-2346,
Carl Shenk, 626-6072, after
school. Dances are held from
8:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. Chap­erones
are asked to be at the
Recreation Center by 8 p.m.
Lititz Man Acquires
Brittany Spaniel Pup
A dog of a breed rarely
seen around here has been
acquired by a Lititz man.
The five-months’ old pup is
a Brittany spaniel owned by
Charles B. Good, 315 S. Cedar
St., who says he has been try­ing
to find one for quite a
few years. As far as is known,
the dog is the first of his
breed to come to Lititz. His
call name is “Zeke,” and his
registered name is in the
process of being properly re­corded.
Brittany spaniels originated
about 1800 in France. They
are larger than a cocker
spaniel, smaller than a setter,
and about the size of a Spring­er
spaniel, but with a differ­ent
conformation. They are
long-legged, are born with
cropped tails, and 18 inches
at the shoulder, about six
inches less than an English
setter, and weigh 30 to 40
pounds. Their legs are feath­ered,
but their ears not so
much so, and they are web­footed
for retrieving in water.
Good said he intends to
train Zeke for field work, not
for shows. The dogs are good
at retrieving grouse, pheasants,
quail and ducks.
Zeke, a most friendly pup,
is orange and white, with
light-colored eyes, similar to a
Chesapeake retriever. He came
originally from Corning, N.Y.,
and was obtained through a
Berks county handler.
Mrs. Hanna, who was head­ed
east on West Main Street,
told police she stopped at the
stop sign and pulled out to
make a right turn. She said
she failed to see Mrs. Mus-sers’
car, which was headed
south on Broad Street, and a
collision resulted. The Hanna
ear then struck a parked
truck on South Broad Street
owned by Lester Long, 304 S.
Broad St. Damage to all ve­hicles
totalled $250. There
were no injuries.
Mrs. Hanna will be charged
by Officer James Fritz with
failure to yield the right of
way.
Three Speeders
Arrested In Boro
Three motorists were nabbed
by Lititz borough police for
speeding during the past week,
it was reported by Police
Chief George C. Hicks.
Larry T. Greathouse, 46 E.
Center St., Lititz, was charged
with speeding and excessive
noise on East Main Street,
Sept. 13, before Justice of the
Peace Paul F. Diehm.
John E. Garvey, 1180 Coal
St., Shenandoah, was charged
on Sept. 14 with speeding on
S. Broad St., before Justice
of the Peace Harold H. Kauff­man.
Donald L. Young, 408 E.
Main St., Lititz, was charged
Sept. 14 with speeding on S.
Broad St., before Squire Kauff­man.
Stolen Car Is
Still Missing
A car owned by Mrs. Dor­othy
M. Wolf which was stol­en
September 3, is still miss­ing,
Police Chief George C.
Hicks said yesterday.
The car had grey primer
paint on it and damage to the
lower right side and left front
fender. When stolen, it bore
the registration plate ODO087.
Community
Calendar
Sept. 17 — 6:30 p.m. Radio
Club meeting at the Rec­reation
Center.
7:30 p.m. — Senior Citizens
meeting at the Recreation
Center.
Sept. 19 — 9:30 p.m. Dance at
the Recreation Center.
Sept. 21 — 7:00 p.m. — Jayne-cees
meeting at the Rec­reation
Center.
7:30 p.m. — Odd Fellows
meeting at the I.O.O.F.
Hall.
8:00 p.m. — Women’s
Club meeting at the Rec­reation
Center.
Sept. 22 — 6:00 p.m. Rotary
Club meeting at the Rec­reation
Center.
Sept. 23 — 6:00 p.m. Senior
Scout meeting at the Rec­reation
Center.
Sept. 24 — 4:00 p.m. Girls
Hockey — Pequea Valley
at Warwick.
6:30 p.m. Radio Club meet­ing
at the Recreation Cen­ter.
7:30 p.m. Stamp Club
meeting at the Recreation
Center.
8:00 p.m. Girl Scout Neigh­borhood
meeting at the
Recreation Center.