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within L an ca ste r County; $4.00 elsewhere 14 Pages — No. 44
Warwick Planners
Look T oward Zoning
First steps toward develop­ing
a Comprehensive Plan for
Warwick township by Septem­ber
1, 1965, which in turn
would lead toward a zoning
ordinance with a target date
of September 1, 1966, were
taken by the Warwick Town­ship
Planning Commission at
a special meeting last week.
The commission voted to
employ the services of Henry
F. Iluth Engineers, Inc., to
develop the comprehensive
planning program for the
township, according to Joseph
K. Snavely, commission chair­man.
The commission proposes
to meet with Garth Bepker,
community planner for the
Huth organization, to set up
its plan.
The Planning Commission
has employed Huth on con­sulting
basis, Snavely said.
The engineering firm will pro­vide
mapping service, general
advice and guidance in the
preparation of the plan itself.
The Planning Commission will
do most of the research work
itself, and it is hoped that
this method of operation will
reduce costs to the township
by two-thirds to one-half.
Considerable work has al­ready
been done by the local
Planning Commission by the
collection of basic information.
In addition, two maps have
ialready been prepared and ac-
Two Youths
Jailed In
Lieu Of Bail
Two Lititz youths were
jailed in lieu of bail and a
third referred to county ju­venile
authorities following
their arrest by State Police
Monday on charges of two
burglaries at Root’s Country
Market and Auction and the
theft of 300 gallons of gaso­line
from the Penn Township
sheds.
State Police said that one
of the suspects, Warren L.
Shirk, nineteen, 15 W. Maple
St., Lititz, was held for a hear­ing
on February 16, but had
r.s money for bail so was com­mitted
to the county jail.
They said Barry Gilbert Shoff,
nineteen, 45 E. Main St., waived
a hearing for court, but also
was committed to jail in ab-j'senee
of bail. The two were
charged with burglary and
larceny by State Troopers Ver­non
Meily and Joseph Mon-ville
before Justice of the
Peace Kathrn Clark, Green­field
Rd., Lancaster.
The third youth involved,
according to police, is a sev-
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New Policeman
In Warwick Twp,
Eugene May was appointed
a policeman for Warwick
township by the supervisors
at their meeting last week, it
was announced by Isaac H.
Stoner, president of the super­visors.
,
He said the residents had
petitioned for a policeman to
augment the work of Consta­ble
John Mishler, who works
from 9 p.m. to 6 am. The
new policeman will be on duty
at various hours, sometimes
after 9 p.m.
The supervisors received the
deed for about a quarter mile
of streets in the Groff develop­ment
at Rothsville, and they
will now be maintained by
the township.
The next meeting will be
held March 5, when the pro­posed
budget will come up
for adoption.
cepted by the County Plan­ning
Commission — a base.
map and a typographical map. I
The next step, Snavely said, |
will be the preparation of an
existing land use map. The
local commission has already
mapped out all land uses in
the township on a series of
property maps, and these will
now be checked for accuracy
by physical inspection of the
Township. The tentative work
schedule calls for the comple­tion
of the comprehensive plan
by Sept. 1, 1965, at which time
the Planning 'Commission will
immediately move into the,
preparation of a zoning ordi­nance
for Warwick Township,
with the hope that this can
be adopted no later than 'Sept.
1, 1966.
'It was noted that while the
township supervisors in the
1964 budget had allocated $1,-
500 to the Planning Commis­sion,
$1,000 had been returned
to the township treasury un­expended.
Of the remaining
$500, the total expenses for
1964 were only $96.29, leav­ing
an unspent balance of
$403.71 remaining in the Com­mission’s
treasury for 1965 ex­penses.
This, together with
the $1,500 more allocated the
commission in the 1965 bud­get,
is expected to cover ade­quately
the full cost of the
comprehensive plan.
In other business, it was an­nounced
that Edward Jones,
chief sanitarian for the Lan­caster
office of the Pennsyl­vania
Department of Sanita­tion,
will attend the next meet­ing
of the township planning
Commission to discuss the
need for a township sanita­tion
ordinance.
¿School Board Condemns
Kissel Hill Property
Lititz Historians Buy
Many Rare Antiques
ART CONTEST WINNERS: Miss Barbara Wise, (left) president of the Lititz
Woman’s Club, presents awards to winners of the senior Warwick High School
art contest presented by the club. Left to right: Miss Janet Spencer, first place;
David Strauss, second prize, and Carol Bredthauer, third prize.
Post Office Open
Lincoln's Birthday
The Lititz Post Office will
be open as usual on Lincoln’s
Birthday, Friday, February 12.
However, on Washington’s
Birthday, February 22, there
will be limited service. Only
two mails will' go out—one in
the early morning, and the
other in late afternoon. The
post office windows will be
closed throughout the day,
but the lobby will be open
for the convenience of those
who want to mail letters or
have access to Posit Office
boxes.
School Menu
Monday
Grilled h a m b u r g, oven
browned potatoes, carrot cup,
assorted fruit.
Tuesday
Franks & sauerkraut, mashed
potatoes, fruit cup.
Wednesday
Sub sandwich, potato chips,
cup tomato soup, apple crunch.
Thursday
Chicken corn soup, chicken
salad on lettuce, tangerine.
Friday
Hamburg & macaroni or
macaroni & cheese casserole,
green beans, fruit.
Fire In Mailbox
Amazes Passersby
People walking down Main
Street Monday afternoon were
startled when they saw a mail­box
making like a chimney—
pouring forth a heavy column
of smoke.
An alarm was put in and
two pieces of Lititz Fire Com­pany
equipment hurried to
the scene to extinguish a
blaze in the mail-box. Fire
Chief Ammon Shelly said this
was the first time he ever en­countered
such an unusual
fire. He hazarded a guess that
someone dropped in a cigar­ette
butt instead of a letter.
A bag of 'mail stored there
and some letters were de­stroyed,
Chief 'Shelly said.
The firemen had to call a
post office employe to open
the box for them before they
could put out the fire.
Robert Sisk, postal inspector,
and Police Chief George C.
Hicks investigated and found
that a juvenile from Roths­ville
was responsible. He will
be referred to juvenile au­thorities,
Hicks said.
NameSeaher
Chairman Of
Bird Club
Paul R. Seaber was select­ed
temporary chairman for the
reorganization of the Lititz
Bird Club at the reactivation
meeting held last week in the
Lititz Community Center.
Charles Regannas will con­tinue
as secretary until elec­tions
are held.
It was decided to have the
nomination and election of of­ficers
within one month, to
investigate the status of the
White Oak dam sanctuary, and
to have a program feature for
the next meeting.
William Voigt, executive di­rector
of the Interstate Ad­visory
Committee on the Sus­quehanna
river basin, will be
principal speaker at the next
meeting, scheduled for Tues­day,
Feb. 23, at 7:30 p.m. in
the Community Center. He
will speak on the effects of
the river on bird life. At this
time, elections will be held,
and decisions will be made
on future programs, the na­ture
of the club, and other
important matters.
The chairman appointed
John Witmyer, Charles Re-gennas
and Paul Seaber to the
nominating committee. Mr.
and Mrs. Edgar Lawton and
Larry Massey were appointed
to the temporary program
which will present suggested
programs for the year.
Barton Sharp will contact
the landowners of the White
Oak tract and report to the
club at the next meeting.
English Student Wins
Art Contest At Warwick
Miss Janet Spencer, English
exchange student at Warwick
High School, was first prize
winner in the open Art con­test
sponsored by the Lititz
Woman’s Club for senior stu­dents
at Warwick High School,
it was announced by Miss
Barbara Wise, club president,
this week.
Miss Spencer is sponsored
here by the Lititz Rotary
Club. She was awarded $15
as first prize.
Second prize of $10 went
to David Strauss, and third
prize of $5 to Carol Bred­thauer.
Other contestants included
Connie Conrad, Linda Fisher,
Carol Miller, Linda Rettew,
Gary Smith, Doris Kay Sny­der,
Ed Vogeler IIII and Sher­ry
Wall.
The judges were Mrs. Grant
Heilman, Miss Josephine Krum
and Mrs. Ronald Nuss.
Miss Wise said the contest
will be held annually to en­courage
interest in art among
senior high school students.
To Give Play
“The Amazing Arabella,” a
comedy by Norman Ashton,
will be presented at the meet­ing
of the Woman’s Club on
Monday evening at 8 in the
Lutheran Educational Build­ing.
Mrs. John Wenger will
introduce the program and the
cast will include members of
the Club.
Mrs. E. William Jaede, Jr.,
will direct the play and also
enact one of the characters.
Other participants are Mrs.
Albert Vigunas, Mrs. Henry
Gibbel, Mrs. Charles Waga-man
and Mrs. Howard Moore.
The Club’s annual sewing
contest will also be part of
the evening’s events. Members
are requested to return their
The Lititz Historical Foun­dation
became the proud pos­sessor
of quite a number of
antiques from the collection
of the late Dr. Cameron E.
Lane, purchased at the sale
of some of his collection at
the Guernsey 'Sales Barn last
Saturday.
A total of 650 items were
sold, netting $35,000 for the
Buchanan Foundation for the
Preservation of Wheatland,
chief beneficiary of Dr. Lane’s
estate.
Among things bought by Lit­itz
members of the Foundation
and which will be used to
furnish their historic house at
137-39 E. Main Street, were
several earthen crocks of a
type used in Lititz, which
could have been made in
Sturgis’ pottery. There is a
very rare Pennsylvania candle-,
stand, which was the only one
of its kind, according to the
late Dr. Lane. It is similar to
others used here, and could
have originated in Lititz,
Foundation members said.
Nine tin penny banks made
in 1850 by a local tinsmith
for a local Sunday School
were among the other treas­ures
snapped up, as well as
two P e n n s y l v a n i a pottery
Turkheads, or cake plates.
They also acquired four lad-
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envelopes for the cardies» card der.back chairs, two ladder-party
for the benefit of the
Lititz Recreation Center. Mrs.
John Worth has donated candy
in the Club’s name for a Feb­ruary
party to be held at the
County Home.
back rockers, and a walnut
tilt-top candle stand, all dat­ing
from the time of the his­torical
house, 1792. They also
were successful bidders on
several Windsor fanback
Mrs. Lester Lehr will read cbajrS) a Windsor armchair
the Collect and Miss Betty
Girvin will preview the March
program.
Local Girl In
H'burg Orchestra
Miss Anna Grace Mease,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Al­vin
S. Mease of Lititz R ', has
been accepted as a member
of the Harrisburg Youth Sym­phony
Orchestra. A violin stu­dent
of Mr. Harry S. Neider-myer,
she will participate in
the annual spring concert to
he held in Harrisburg on May 4.
■Miss Mease plays violin in
the school orchestra, drums
in the marching and concert
bands, and sings in the glee
club at Warwick Union High
School wheVe she is a mem­ber
of the Sophomore class.
Anna Grace is a daughter of
the former Marguerite Mus-ser
Weidman who was well
known in musical circles as a
concert pianist, recitalist, ra­dio
artist and piano teacher.
Newcomers To
Make Toys For
Heart Haven
Members of the Welcome
Wagoh Newcomers club will
make toys for children at
Heart Haven at their meeting
Tuesday, Feb. 16, at 8 p.m. at
the Recreation Center.
They will make yarn dolls
To Reduce
Jr. Board At
Rec. Center
The Junior Board of the
Recreation 'Center will be re­duced
from 20 to 12 members
in order to make it more ef­ficient,
it was agreed at a
joint meeting with the 'Senior
board Monday night.
The young people discussed
this proposal at its own meet-for
’ the girls and tom-toms for, 'n§’ then at the joint meeting,
the boys I after consideration of all the
Morning sewing will be held factors involved, the senior
at the home of Mrs. Earl board voted for the reduction.
Binkley, Lititz R3, Feb. 18, at The 12 members will in-
10 a.m. > The hoard meeting is elude three seniors, three jun-scheduled
for tonight at 8:15 i°rs> three sophomores and
and a pine grained ches't, dat­ing
1800.
One of the fine authenticat
ed articles is a hand-woven
coverlet in red, blue and
green, dated 1845. Woven into
it is the legend “Emmanual
Grube, Warwick Township,
Lancaster County, for L. Kel­ler.”
Another unusual item is a
tin feeder for a baby made
locally, and a papered tin box
also made locally, said to be
“one of a kind.” There are
also a number of tin things
which haven’t been sorted yet,
as they were part of a “lot,”
which are said to resemble
the tin work of some of the
local craftsmen.
Another rare item 'Was a
long-handled waffle iron with
four compartments, each dif-
William J. Pezick
Pezick Gains
Finals For
Merit Award
William J. Pezick, seventeen,
a senior at Warwick High
School, has been named a fi­nalist
in the National Merit
Scholarship competition, it
was announced at the school.
He is among 14,000 students
throughout the United ’States
who have qualified, represent­ing
only one half of one per
cent of all secondary school
seniors in the nation.
The finalist group will be
offered Merit Scholarships
ranging from $100 to $1,500
per year, according to the
need of the student, and the
college they plan to attend.
Selection is now in 'the process
of being made, and studer.ts
will be notified in April of
the amount of their awards.
Pezick is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. William Pezick, Lititz
R4, and plans to take up a
liberal arts course in college,
probably majoring in political
science. 'He is a member of
the National Honor Society,
was winner of the UN Contest
sponsored last spring by the
Odd Fellows; and received the
chemistry award last spring.
He also has played violin and
cello in the orchestra through-
Sets Price At
$36,000; Ups
Teachers Pay
The Warwick Union School
Board at its meeting last night
moved to condemn the Hogan
Homes, Inc. property located
on Kissel Hill. The land in
question is the proposed loca­tion
of the new Kissel Hill
Elementary School.
The owners anc me school
board were not able to agree
on a price for the 18 acre site
so the board set a price of
$36,000 in the condemnation
proceedings.
Preliminary drawings for the
new school, scheduled to be
completed by September of
next year, were approved at
the meeting.
In other business the board
raised the minimum starting
salary for teachers to $4600.
The $100. increase was across
the board and a new salary
schedule was adopted. The
schedule ranges from a mini­mum
starting salary of $4600.
to a maximum of $9800. for a
teacher with 11 years ex­perience
and a doctor’s degree.
Board members declined to
estimate the additional cost of
the increase to the district un­til
a detailed study was com­pleted.
Department heads also re­ceived
a $50. per year increase
to $300. starting with the 1965-
66 school term.
In other business the board:
— Approved a feasability
study for a water line from the
borough to the John Beck
School by Huth Engineers at
a cost of $500.
— Created three new posi­tions
for the next school term:
namely, a full time principal
for the John Beck and Roths­ville
Elementary Schools, an
additonal secretary for the
high school and an additional
librarian for the elementary
schools.
— Approved the creation of
a Physical Education and
Health Department head.
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at the home of Mrs. Douglas
Jarnagin. .
March 16 will be sponsors’
night, conducted by the Na­tional
Barbershop Association
of Lancaster.
Evening bridge is scheduled
for February 24 at 8:15 p.m.
at the home of Mrs. Donald
Brubaker. Those planning to
attend are asked to call Mrs.
•Brubaker, 626-8987.
three freshmen, who will be
selected by the present board
members.
Edward G. Reese resigned
from the board in order to
become a member of the new
Lititz Recreation Board, to
which he has been appointed
by the borough. Ralph Smith
was elected to fill his unex-
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Troop 42 Celebrates
25th Charter Program
One hundred and seventy
Scouts, parents and friends at­tended
the covered dish sup­per
held by Boy Scout Troop
42 on Tuesday evening in Fel­lowship
Hall, Moravian Sun­day
School building, in cele­bration
of their 25th anniver­sary.
Wayne Ackerman was
master of ceremonies and the
FINED
A hearing was held before
Justice of the Peace Paul F.
Diehm on Jan. 28 for Michael
Long, 102 Market St., on
charges of a minor consuming
alcohol. He was found guilty
and fined $25 and costs.
Community Center Seeks
New 1965 Memberships
The Lititz Community Cen­ter
this year is setting up a
new system for issuing mem­berships
to the residents of
Warwick Union School Dis­trict,
it was. announced today.
A spokesman stated that the
center appreciates the support
of the public during the past
years and expressed the hope
that it can offer many new
services and programs in the
future.
The ultimate goal is to pro­vide
activities which will be
beneficial to each individual
and without the support of
the public this goal cannot be
accomplished. During the past
four months, attendance in
programs either sponsored by
or held at the Center has ex-ceeded
15,000 visits. Some of
the present activities include:
Recreation Holiday for Wom­en,
nursery school, teen-age
dances, youth and adult bas­ketball,
youth and adult base­ball,
youth and women’s bowl­ing,
Christmas vacation pro­gram,
and many more activi­ties.
The Recreation Center is
constantly trying to improve
its activities. Any suggestions
or recommendations which will
inspire greater participation
or aid in introducing new ac­tivities
to the Center’s pres­ent
programs are welcomed.
Since membership will be
required for all participants
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BOY SCOUTS HONORED: Four members of Troop 42 receive awards at
25th anniversary banquet Tuesday night in Moravian Fellowship Hall. Left to
right, Mrs. Charles W. Eshelman is pinning a Life badge on her son, Jere, four­teen,
237 South Broad St.; Ronald Miller, fifteen, 630 South Broad St., a Life
Scout, who is receiving three merit badges and an interpreter’s stripe; Mike
Mohn, eleven, Owl Hill Rd., receiving a tenderfoot badge, and Rick Simmons,
twelve, Lititz R4, receiving a second class badge.
Rev. James F. Gross gave the
invocation.
Dr. H. K. Cooper, the guest
of honor, was unable to at­tend
because of illness. It was
planned to present him with
a Scout neckerchief making
him an honorary member of|
the Troop by Scoutmaster Rob-:
ert Herzer; Ronald Miller,
Junior Assistant leader, was
to present a check for $50 for
the Cleft Palate Clinic, and
Robert Harding, Troop com­mittee
chairman, was to pre­sent
him with a plaque and
scroll denoting his honorary
membership. Dr. Cooper has
made available some of his
property in the country for
the use of the Scouts.
Skits were presented by the
Buffalo and Road Runner pa­trols
and Charles Regennas
gave a talking on Scouting
dating from the beginning of
the Troop 25 years ago.
Scoutmaster Herzer con­ducted
the Investiture service
for the advancement of the
following boys to tenderfoot:
Charles Aument, James Diem,
David1 Diebler and Robert
Mihn. Merit badges were giv­en
for Home Repairs to
Charles Diiner, Donald Grube
and Ronald Miller; public
health and personal fitness to
Ronald Miller; Life Scout
badge to Jere Eshelman; sec­ond
class, Ricky Simmons and
Kevin Weachter.
A Green Bar campout was
held on Friday evening at
their campsite, Lititz R2, by
junior assistant Scout leaders
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Community
Calendar
Feb. 11—6:30 P.M. Radio Club
meeting at the Recreation
Center.
Feb. 12—7:30 P.M. Adult
Dance Lessons at the Rec­reation
Center.
Feb. 13—8:00 IPM. Rotary
Travelogue Film at the
Warwick High School Au­ditorium.
Feb. 14—2:00 PjM. ABC Show
Rehearsal for entire cast
at the Recreation Center.
Feb. 15—7:30 P.M. Odd Fel­lows
meeting at the I.O.
O.F. Hall.
8:00 PjM. Midget Football
meeting at the Recreation
Center.
8:00 P.M. Lititz Sports­men’s
Association, Ameri­can
Legion Home.
Feb. 16—9:00 A.M. Recreation
Holiday for Women at the
Recreation Center.
6:00 P.M. Rotary Club
meeting at the Recreation
Center.
7:00 PjM. Women’s Volley­ball
at the Elementary
School Gym.
8:00 iPM. Newcomer’s
Club meeting at the Rec­reation
Center.
Feb. 17—9:30 AjM. Sewing
Class at the Recreation
Center.
1:15 P.M. Tailoring Class
at the Recreation Center.
Feb. 18—6:30 P.M. Radio Club
meeting at the Recreation
Center.
7:30 P.M. Stamp Club meet­ing
at the Recreation Cen­ter.
7:30 PM. Senior Citizen’s
Club meeting at the Rec­reation
Center.