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Serving The Warwick Union Area For Nearly A Century
86th Year E s ta b lis h e d A p ril, 1877, a s T h e S u n b e am
(C o n so lid a te d w ith T h e Xiltitz R e co rd , 1937) Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa., Thursday, November 19, 1964 7 c e n ts a C opy; S3.00 p e r y e a r b y m a ll
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Sportsmen Say Area
Of Creek Is Polluted
What was described as “an
extreme amount of pollution”
in the Lititz Springs Creek oc­curred
last Sunday, it was re ­ported
to the Lititz Sports­men’s
Association, members
said this week.
I t is this so rt of thing, they
said, which prompted the or­ganization
to go on record
a t its meeting la st Thursday
night as opposing the Project
70 plan to establish a recrea-
>nal area along th e creek
within the borough. They said
they are opposed to the plan
as long as the creek “remains
in its p resent s ta te d adding
th a t they would not want th e ir
children to wade in, or picnic
on the banks of “what amounts
to an open sewer.”
In reporting the alleged
case of pollution, the Sports­men
said they believe it came
from the Morgan Paper Com­pany.
They said a sample of
water taken above the mill was
“ crystal clear,” but th a t one
below the plant was “milky
white.” They stated th a t veg­etation
at th a t point was cov­ered
over by strings of pu lp ­like
material, and th a t in ad­dition
the water was filled with
little red worms which they
said are characteristic of pol­luted
water and thrive on very
little oxygen. They stated that
an expert had made an analy­sis
of the water and the vege­tation.
A spokesman stated th a t
■'ey notified the borough man­ag
e r who made, an inspection
o f the area, and said he would
contact the company, and the
situation would be brought
Educational TV
Postponed A Week
Educational TV for the
schools was postponed for a
week because of technical dif­ficulties,
it was announced b y
the South Central Education­al
Broadcasting Council..
I t was scheduled to begih
last Monday in nine counties
and Tuesday in Warwicktown-ship
because schools were Clos­ed
Monday for Tea che rs’ Insti­tute.
A spokesman for th e pro-gram
said th a t from all in­dications
programs will begin
next Monday, although the re
is a possibility they may s ta rt
la ter this week: m-Difficulties
were encountered with the
new transm itte r, located at
Hcrshey, it was said.
to the attenion of Borough
council.
Wih rega rd to the Project
70 proposal, they said if the
stream can be cleaned up to
the point th a t it would sup­p
o rt fish life, this would in­dicate
th a t the stream was
reasonably clean. In this event,
they would support the p ro j­ect,
they said. The general
concensus was th a t no one in
the organization would care to
picnic along it as it is now.
The Association also was
scheduled to discuss the pro­posed
development of a game
preserve in the Middle Creek
area, but the game protector
who was to give them all the
facts, was unable to attend.
No action was taken, the re­fore.
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New Pumping Station
Soon To Be Completed
ABCD MEETS
The ABCD Club met recent­ly
a t the home of Mrs. Edward
Savoca. James Gibbel showed
pictures and told about his
work in Ecuador. The next
meeting will be held on Decem­b
er 3 a t the home of Mrs.
Arthur Griswold. There will be
a grab bag and an exchange of
Christmas ideas, gift wrappings
and decorations.
Harlan Bleacher
Bleacher Gets
Scholarship
Harlan A. Bleacher, son of
Mr. Horace Bleacher, 207 New
Haven St., Lititz, is among 37
students in the College of
Home Economics a t The Penn­sylvania
State University, nam­ed
for college-administered
scholarships effective with the
opening of the 1964 Fall Term.
Bleacher will receive the
CMAA Scholarship.
This scholarship is awarded
annually by the Club Managers
of America Association to a
stu d en t enrolled in Consumer
Food Services o r ¡Institutional
Residence Management.
To be eligible, the student
must have acceptable scholas­tic
ratings and be of good
character. Pre fe rence is given
to i son o r daughter of a cur­r
e n t member of the Associa­tion-
who has indicated an in­te
re st in th e field o f Club
Management.
.. A -sophomore, Bleacher is a
member of th e Penn State
Greeter’s Club and Theta Chi
F ra tern ity . •
Award winners will be hon­ored
at the College of Home
Economics annual Awards Ban­quet
tonight.
NEW ADDITION of Warwick High School is nearly ready to move into on January 2. The
wing contains ten classrooms, including two modern science laboratories, and also will have
exectuive offices and a guidance suite.
F. M. Hunter
Dies At York
Frank M. Hunter, sixty-sev­en,
who lived in Lititz for
about a qu arte r of a century,
died at his home, 914 W. Mar­ket
St., York, Monday, Nov.
16, at noon. Death was a ttrib ­uted
to a h ea rt attack. He had
been treated for a h e a rt con­dition
previously.
He was the husband of
Marion Jones Hunter, and was
born in Spring City, Pa., a
son of the late Reuben and
Anna M. Dunlap Hunter.
Hunter came to Lititz in
1923 and operated the Linden
Knitting Mill until 1949, when
it was sold. Two years previ­ously,
in 1947, he had moved
; to York. The mill employed
i several h undred people, and at
one time operated in two
buildings, one on North Broad
Street and the other on South
Spruce St.
He was active throughout
the years in the civic affairs
of Lititz. He was a member of _ ^ ___ ______ _____ _ ^
the Lititz Borough School executive offices and a guidance suite,
board for 19y2 years, having
taken the oath of office Dec.
5, 1927, and resigning June
20, 1947. He also served I 6V2
years as president, being elect­ed
on December 7, 1931, and
serving until th< time of his
resignation.
Hunter, a veteran of World
War I, was a P ast Commander
and a life member of Garden
Spot Post 56, American Leg­ion.
He was a member of the
Legion board when the present
Legion Home on North Broad
Stre et was acquired, and was
largely instrumenta l in its pur-
Special Store Hours
For Yule Shopping
Special store hours for
Christmas were agreed upon
at a meeting of the Lititz Re-
| tailors Association held Mon­day.
Stores will be open Thurs­day,
Friday and Saturday, De­cember
3, 4 and 5, u n til 9
p.m., as a sta rter.
From Thursday, Dec. 10, on
u n til Christmas, they will be
open until 9 p.m. every night
except Christmas Eve; when
they will observe th e ir reg u la r
closing.
Rolling Hills Scouts
Plan 20th Anniversary
The twentieth ânniversary
of the Rolling Hills Neighbor­hood
Girl Scouts will be held
this evening a t 6;30 p.m.
in the L uthe ran Education
Building. I t will be a cov-
/ed dish supper traditionally
given by the Troop committee
for the Troop leaders. Special
guests will be representatives
of the sponsoring organiza­tions.
Mrs. Evelyn Webb, adminis­trative
se creta ry of the Guid­ance
Clinic of Lancaster Coun­ty,
will be the guest speaker.
Her subject will be “Under­standing
Girls.”
Miss Cathryn Adams, the
Neighborhood chairman, will
preside. Mrs. Charles Eshel-man
is dinner chairman, assist­ed
by Mrs. Guy Lefevre and
Mrs. Eugene Ludwig. Favors
School Menu
Monday
Cheeseburger, oven browned
potatoes, corn, assorted fruit.
Tuesday
Grilled steak sandwich, bak­ed
beans, relish cup, jello
crystals.
Wednesday
Turkey loaf with gravy,
whipped potatoes, cranberry
sauce, ice cream.
Thursday & Friday
THANKSGIVING VACATION
INDIAN RELICS. Above are shown some of the Indian relics which Walter Carpenter has
found on his farm a t Lititz R3. In the center front is a group of arrow heads, by the size of
which the other items can be judged. There are sxe heads and scrapers, and the large object
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and table decorations will be
provided by Senior Troop 262,
Mrs. Richard Yotter and Miss
Marilyn Roth, leaders.
The program will include
presentation by a speech choir
of Girl Scouts from four age
levels (Brownie, Junior, Cad-ette
and Senior) under the di­rection
of Mrs. Ja ck Davis
and Mrs. Gordon Burkey. The
subject is “I t’s Up to You.”
There will be an Investiture
for the new leaders and re ­dedication
for former leaders.
Service awards for years in
Scouting will he given to the
following; Mrs. Clyde Gehman,
25 years; Mrs. Robert Shirk,
20 years; Mrs. Richard Alle-bach
and Miss Ju d ith Waga-man,
15 years; Mrs. Sam
Savoca, Mrs. Edward Pelger,
Jr., Mrs. Harold Zander, Mrs.
James Shannon, Mrs. James
Neideigh, Miss Sandra Mun-doi-
f, and Miss Martha Gun-drum,
ten years;
Mrs. Roy Irvin, Mrs. James
Whitcraft, Mrs. Richard Ober-lin,
Mrs. Addison Gery, Mrs.
Agustus Beck, Mrs. Elvin
Mearig, Mrs. Warren Strauss,
Mrs. Leon deFernelmont, Mrs.
Donald Weiksner, Mrs. John
Singer, Mrs. William Sharp­less,
Mrs. Paul Cramer, Mrs.
Byron Solt, Mrs. Wesley
Snader, Mrs. Richard Miller,
five years.
Dr. Wertsch
Is Buyer Of
Lane House
The late Dr. Cameron E.
Lane’s house on E. Main St.,
was sold at public auction last
Saturday for $10,000. I t was
purchased by Roy Long for Dr.
Chester L. Wertsch, and the
auctioneer was Elmer Murry.
Dr. Wertsch said th a t defin­ite
plans for the improvement
of the property hinge on the
zoning restrictions in the boro,
and th a t no decision has been
made as yet.
Meanwhile, it was reported
th a t the antiques bequeathed
by Dr. Lane to the Wheatland
Foundation number more than
1000, the la rgest single bequest
Wheatland has ever received.
Wheatland will keep on dis­play
in the mansion those
items, mostly small ones, that
fit into the period of James
Buchanan’s occupancy of the
house; balance of the collec­tion
will be placed on perman­ent
loan with various Lancaster
County museums.
Sharing in the collection will
be the Lititz Historical Founda­tion,
Rock Ford, Manheim His­torical
Foundation and Landis
Valley Farm Museum.
The Lititz Foundation will
have firs t chance to request
items for loan because Dr.
Lane was a resident of that
community. Representatives
have already earmarked several
items and will re tu rn this week
to look at the collection more
closely.
On Thursday, representatives
of the other museums will be
asked to indicate to Wheatland
which items they would p re ­fer.
Final decision will rest
with Wheatland.
Public Sale
The balance of the collection,
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Child Injured,
Hit By Auto
Elizabeth Hann, four-and-a-half-
year-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Elwood Hann, 228 S.
Broad St., was in ju red when
struck by a car in the Weis
Market parking lot at 6:30 p.m.
Nov. 12, it was reported by
Police Chief George C. Hicks.
The child darted between
parked cars in fro n t of a car
driven by Joseph F. McKonley,
60 E. Center St., according to
Chief Hicks, and the driver of
the car could not avoid strik ­ing
her, he added.
She was given firs t aid a t
the scene by Dr. Franklin K.
Cassel, and la te r taken to his
office in the Warwick ambu­lance,
where he sutured a la­ceration
above h e r eye. She is
under the care of h e r physi­cian,
Dr. Cassel said.
Chief Hicks said he made no
investigation because the ac­cident
occurred on private pro­perty.
WOODLAND FIRE
Rothsville firemen were call­ed
a t 5:20 p.m. Nov. 13 to a
wooded area n ea r Millway
where there was a grass fire.
Assistant Chief Richard Hous­er,
of the Rothsville company,
said the property was owned
by the National T ransit Co.
There was no damage.
Indian Relics Found
On Carpenter Property
What looks like a re a l “find”
in Indian relics has been dis­covered
by Walter Carpenter
on his farm a t Lititz R3, along
Woods drive.
Thus far, Carpenter has dug
up a number of arrow heads,
axes, scrapers, what appears
to be an anvil, and some o th ­er
interesting relics.
Carpenter suspects the re is
an Indian graveyard on his
property, as there is a black
spot on one of his fields ap­proximately
60 by 80 feet in
dimension. He said the In­dians
used to cover over their
graveyards with ashes, which
would create a d a rk spot such
To Build Bridge On
Lititz-Monheim Rd.
The county yesterday decided
to pay up to $2,375 in land
damages in the proposed con­struction
of a new bridge on
the Lititz to Manheim road.
The State Highways De­partment
proposes to construct
the bridge and straighten the
alignment of a sharp turn ap ­proaching
the bridge.
Advise Boro
To Retain
St. On Map
Representatives of St. Luke’s
United Church of Christ,. N.
Broad St., met with the Lititz
Planning Commission Tuesday
night to obtain information
concerning the status of un­opened
Market St., which is
on the borough map, b u t the
land has not yet been dedicat­ed
to th e borough.
The church plans to build in
1966, and wanted to know the
stre e t and curbing grades. The
stre e t abuts on th e ir property.
As a re su lt of th e discus­sion,
the Commission moved fo
recommend to borough council
th a t W. Market St. remain on
the map, the location of the
W. Market St. entrance be es­tablished
and curb returns in ­stalled,
and th a t the water,
gas and sewer lines be extend­ed
to W. Market St. during the
North Broad Stre et reconstruc­tion.
I t was explained th a t the
entire curbing would not be
installed, b u t only the curving
portions a t th e proposed en ­trance
to th e street.
The church ■ representatives
asked when and by what pro­cedure
the stre e t may be open­ed.
The commission said the
stre e t is on th e .p la n but the
land is not dedicated to the
borough. The borough legally
may pass an ordinance to con­demn
the property and pay 100
per cent for stre e t construc­tion.
The property owners may
petition council fo open the
street, agreeing tp pay 50 per
cent of the construction costs
and waive all land damages, or
the p roperty owners may peti­tion
council to open the street,
with each abutting property
owner and th e borough paying
one th ird of the costs. A peti­tion
fo r the improvements
would have to be signed by
petitioners representing a ma­jo
rity o f the assessable proper­ty
owners.
In reply td the reque st about
commission said th a t the grades
stre e t and curbing, grades the
as he observed.
Carpenter lives only about a
mile and a half from town i n ___ ___ _______
a new ranch house on Woods are not yet 'established “fo r W~
Drive. There is considerable
Indian lore connected with the
borough, and evidences th a t
they once lived in the areg.
Holiday Here
On Thanksgiving
The Record Express will be
published Friday, Nov. 27, in­stead
of Thursday, Nov. 26,
so th a t the employes may have
a holiday.
A special Thanksgiving mar­ket
will be held a t the F arm ­e
r’s Market, East Main St., on
Wednesday, November 25,
starting at 8 a.m. and running
through the morning and a f­ternoon.
Many churches will hold
services on Thanksgiving Day,
although some are celebrating
the holiday on Wednesday, and
still others on Sunday, Nov. 22.
The Warwick School dis­tric
t will observe the Thanks
giving Holiday from close of
school Wednesday to Monday
morning, Nov. 27.
Market Street. They said tb
borough has no in te re st in the
stre e t and will n o t establish
grades a t th is time. However,
they said the church may have
an engineer p rep a re s tre e t and
curb grades and p re sen t them
to the borough fo r approval in
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Woman’s Club
Aids Drives
Two contributions were
made a t th e meeting of the
Woman’s Club on Monday in
the Recreation Center. One was
to Muscular Dystrophy and the
other to Multiple Sclerosis.
Two new members were ad­mitted,
Mrs. William York and
Mrs. A lb e rt Vigunas.
Mrs. Daniel E b b e rt will dis­cuss
Christmas decorations for
the home a t th e meeting of
the Garden Club at the Rec­reation
Center on December 1.
Announcement was made th a t
the sewing contest will be held
in February.
Miss Ailyn Terada and h er
dance corps provided the en­te
rtainmen t for the evening.
Miss Barbara Wise, the presi­dent,
presided; Mrs. Alfred
Douple read the collect, and
Mrs. Bruce Corbett and Mrs.
B. M. Leaman served as hos­tesses.
The meeting in December
has been moved up one week
due to the holiday season and
will be held on Monday, De­cember
14.
The new Kissel Hill pumping
station is completed and as
soon as all equipment is in­stalled,
it will be ready for
operation, probably in about a
month, it was rep o rted by
Borough Manager George D.
Steedle.
He will make a rep o rt on its
progress a t the meeting of
Borough Council Tuesday, No­vember
24.
The facility has been given
a preliminary acceptance in­spection,
but several items
have been noted for the con­tractor
to accomplish before
it is deemed ready for final
acceptance, Steedle said. They
are awaiting three valves which
are not in stock but are built
by manufacturers when cus­tomers
require them, and i t is
hoped to receive them next
month, Steedle said. After they
are installed, the plant will
be put in operation. The Sta­tion
is next to the borough
reservoir, and will increase the
pressure on the water lines
in the area. In the main por­tion
of the borough, the lines
are fed by gravity. The con­tract
price for the building
was $17,976, plus $3,700 for
the electrical work, a total of
$21,676.
Steedle will report to coun­cil
on the Locust Stre et bridge,
which is progressing well, ex­cept
there will be some ad­ditional
charges. It seems th a t
where they wanted to h it rock
for their foundations they
didn’t find it, and had to go
deeper. This is in direct con­tra
st to North Broad St.,
where they hit rock when they
didn’t want to.
There also will be a rep o rt
on the reconstruction of North
Broad Street. The water line
relocation is progressing, ahd
Roger Gerhart was expeeted to
put two crews on this week.
UGI and D&E Telephone also
a re not meeting with too, manj
difficulties, the borough man­ager
said. J. D. Eckman, con­tractor,
has installed the slab
for the bridge; is putting . up
the forms for the sides, and
is expected to pour concrete
Soon.
Steedle also will make a re ­port
On a meeting of the PUC
next Monday when the Redd­ing
Railroad company tfail
present a request to remdVe
a set of tracks from North
Broad St.
Steedle will recommend Pa­trolman
Leroy Emmerich as
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GOLD STAR MOTHERS who were honor guests of the VFW auxiliary recently. Left to
Tight, standing: Mrs. James Kline, Mrs. Edna Bushong, Mrs. Ida Weiss, Mrs. E sthe r Garner,
Mrs. Clarence Hoover, Mrs. Ulysses Reichstein, Mrs. Monroe Leeking; seated, Mrs. Ardell De-
Wald, Mrs. F ran k Ravegum and Mts. Charles Hackman.
Honor Gold
Star Mothers
■ I Ten Gold Star Mothers were
I guests of honor a t the annual
Gold S tar Mothers banquet
held by the Veterans of F o r­eign
Wars auxiliary recently.
The speakers were Howard
Dissinger, past District com­mander
of the 9th District;
Mrs. Horace Sheaffer, president
of the auxiliary; Post Com­mander
Clayton Seitz; Mrs.
George Wunderlich, representa­tive
fo r th e State Department
of th e Veterans Hospital of
Coatesville. Mrs. H a iry Harten-stine
gave the invocation.
Man Hospitalized
For Eye Injury -fi
Richard T. Flanagan, D r i ­ver
R2, whose wife operate«
Flanagan’s Store on S. Brbdd
St., suffered an eye in ju ry at
work Nov. 11 a t the D. M.
Stoltzfus quarry, Talmage.
He was admitted to the Gen­eral
Hospital for a week, and
has been transfe rred to the
University of Pennsylvania
Hospital, Philadelphia. A p re ­liminary
operation was per­formed
in Lancaster, and fur­the
r operations will be need­ed
to remove a steel splinter
from his eye, Mrs. Flanagan
said.
Community
Calendar
Nov. 19—6:30 P.M. — Radio
Club meeting a t th e Rec­reation
Center.
6:30 P.M. — Girl Scout
Neighborhood 20th Anni­versary
Dinner a t thfl
Lutheran Educational Bldg.
7:30 P.M. — Senior Citi­zens
meeting at the Rec­reation
Center.
Nov. 20—3:00 P.M. — Senior
Class Play a t the Warwick
High School Auditorium.
Nov. 21—8:00 P.M. — Senior
Class Play at the Warwick
High School Auditorium.
Nov. 23—7:30 P.M. — Odd Fel­lows
meeting a t I.O.O.F.
Hall.
Nov. 24—9:00 A.M. — Rec­reation
Holiday for Wom­en
at the Recreation Cen­ter.
6:00 P.M. — Rotary Club
meeting a t the Recreation
Center.
Nov. 26—6:30 P.M. — Radio
Club meeting at the Rec­reation
Center.
7:30 P.M. — Stamp Club
meeting at the Recreation
Center.