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(Consolidated w ith Tbe L ititz Record, 1937) Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa. 17543, Thursday, March 24, 1966 7 c en ts a Copy; $3.00 per y e a r by mall
w ith in L an c a s te r County; $4.00 elsewhere 14 Pages — No. 50
Cigarettes Valued At
$2000 Stolen Here
Two thousand dollars worth
of cigarettes were stolen from
a cigarette distributor truck
parked in Lititz Monday night,
it was reported by Police Chief
George C. Hicks.
The track, owned by Macke
Vending Machine Co., of Lan­caster,
was parked in front of
th e home of Fred Nagle, 342
N. Cedar St., an employe, Chief
Hicks said. Sometime between
11:30 p.m. and 7:30 a.m., some­one
broke into the truck by re-noving
a window and cutting
a wire protective screen, ac­cording
to Chief Hicks.
Nineteen half-cases of
cigarettes, o r 575 cartons,
were removed, with an ap­proximate
value of $2000.
Chief Hicks said the burglary
has been tied in with the th e ft
of a truck in Manheim Town­ship
belonging to the Conesto­ga
Window Cleaning Company
which was stolen the same
night in Manheim Township.
The equipment in th e truck
Gordon Burkey
. s
Burkey Heads
Lititz PTA
Gordon E. Burkey was
elected president of the- L it­itz
P a ren t Teacher« Associa­tion
a t the meeting held on
Thursday evening in the Ele­mentary
School building.
Other officers were as fo l­lows:
Carl Snavely, vice pres­ident;
Henry E. Martin Jr.,
tre a su re r; iMiss Mary C. J a ­cobs,
correcponding secretary;
Mrs. Charles Edson, record­ing
se creta ry.
Jay Wenrich, th e : re tirin g
president, was in charge ' of
th e sh o rt business meeting
which preceeded roopi visita­tion.
The nominating com­m
ittee included Herbert Kray-bill,
Mrs. Ralph Smith and
Robert . Aispach.
The next meeting will be
held on Thursday, April 21,
and will be a musical, eve­ning.
The Elementary Orches­tr
a directed by Ralph Leh­man
will play and the chorus
led by Mrs. Hazel Moore,
will sing.
was dumped out along the
highway and the truck was
driven to Lititz where it was
used to haul away the stolen
cigarettes, the Chief said.
The Conestoga truck was
found in Manheim Township
and had a half-case of cigar­ettes
in it. They have been
identified as coming from the
track th a t was burglarized,
Chief Hicks said.
Officer Howard Dissinger is
investigating the theft.
Hit-Run Case
An automobile reported by
a Lancaster woman as stolen
Saturday night was involved in
a hit-run accident in Lititz in
which one passenger was ap­prehended,
b u t the operator
and another passenger fled the
scene.
Lititz police said the driver
has not y e t been found. They
stated, however, th a t the pas­senger
apprehended was Ward
W. Hill, nineteen, 543 W. Lem­on
St., Lancaster, son of the
ca r’s owner, Mrs. Helen V.
Hill. Me was charged by Offic­e
r E arl Steffy with juvenile
drinking and was released on
payment of a $25 fine and
costs before Justice of the
Peace Paul F. Diehm.
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Water Committee
Named In Twp.
A Citizens’ Confmittee for
a water study m Warwick
Township lias been named by
the supervisors, it was an ­nounced
today.
The group is as follows:
Wayne O. schreiber, Lititz
R4, tem p o rary chairman;
Richard S. Ju rell, L ititz R.2;
Raymond L. Kingcaid, Lititz
R4; Verne B. P o rte r, Jr.,
Lititz R4; F ran k H. Bucher,
Rothsville; Paul R. Seaber,
L ititz R 2 ; also Robert Gib-ble,
representing the super­visors,
and Richard I. Hotter,
representing the Township
P lanning Commission.
The group will sponsor a
putblic me eting th e la tte r
p a rt of April in the Roths­ville
School to discuss the
flndingg of a rec ent survey
concerning w ater facilities.
The exact date will be an­nounced
la te r.
The committee will meet
in about ten days to elect a
permanent Chairman and sec­re
ta ry . ‘
Odd Fellows To
Honor Grands
'Lititz Lodge 10-50, I.O.O.F.,.
will hold the P a st Grand’s
banquet Monday, March 2 8,
a t 6 :’30 p.m. in Od Fellows
Hall, N. Broad St.
The principal speaker will
be * John Kunkleman, a ssist­a
n t editor of th e Reading
Times.
There will be Voting for
Grand Lodge officers.
Allege Mistreatment
Of Dogs On Twp. Farm
A case of mistre atment of
dogs appa rently as bad as
situations reported recently
in national magazines has
been uncovered in Warwick
township, it was learned th is
week.
Constable John Mishler
served a w a rra n t Tuesday on
Enos Good, Lititz RS, for
c rue lty to animalH afte r
charges were filed by Mrs.-
Lester G. Witmer of the An-i*
mal Shelter a t Millersville
R l.M
rs. Witmer, contacted by
th is newspaper, «aid th a t the
conditions a t the Good farm
were “ the worst I have ever
seen.” She sta ted th a t six
dogs appeared to be emaci­ated
and starving, two were
dead, and one dog was feed­ing
off dead puppies. A Ger­man
Shepherd female was
taken to the Shelter and then
to a veterinarian, whom she
quoted as saying the dog had
no disease, but was starving
to death. When the place was
first visited, she said, some
dogs were running loose, one
was in a cage without food
or water and was Stiff from
cold and hunger, and could­n
’t stand up. Another dog
was tied in the barn, she
¿aid, adding th a t pigs in poor
condition also were seen in
the barn.
Mrs. Witmer told police
th a t she received a phone
call a t midnight Saturday
from a woman who passed
th e re and saw the conditions.
She said she visited the farm
the. next morning, while
Good was in church. She
stated, a 17ryear-old youth
was present and she demand­ed
th a t he Water the dogs.
They d ra n k th irstily , she
said. '
Mrs. Witmer sta ted she
checked the J Ícense and- th a t
it permitted Good to breed,
show and board dogs. The
dogs involved included four
wire h a ir te rrie rs, two Ger­man
Shepherdg and a Kees-hond.
A hearing will be held a t
the office of Alderman Clair
Kurtz, Lanc aster, Monday,
March 28.
Warwick To Arrest
Dog Law Violators
Warwick Township will
crack down on dog law vio­lators,
Joseph M. Brubaker,
president of the supervisors^
announced yesterday. i
He said they have had
many 'Complaints of dogs
running at large and dogs
without licenses, and th a t
prosecution will s ta rt immedi­ately.
Police Officer Eugene
May and 'Constable John
Mishler are authorized to
make arre sts.
To Rebuild Woodcrest
Avenue This Summer
YOUTH DAY OFFICIALS: “Borough councilmen” cluster ’round “Mayor’;
Bob Huber, (seated,) in preparation for Youth Day in Government today. Left
to right, Dave Brumbach, Dick Ludwig, John Graybill, campaign manager; Fred
Rodger, Candy Kopp and Mary Ellen Conlin, all of the “Jets” party.
Firemen T o Cook
Meal For Ladies
The Lititz Firemen will
shed th e ir coats and helmets
Thursday, March 31, to don
white sh irts and aprons in
order to be hosts to the aux­iliary.
The men 'will display the ir
culinary a rt by preparing a
meal for ' the ladies which
will be served a t 6:15 p.m.
m the Fire Hall. After the
dinner the auxiliary will hold
its April monthly meeting
with Mrs. Elton Reed, presi­dent,
in charge.
After th e meeting en te r­ta
inment will be provided
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Bob Huber
Is Youth
Day Mayor
Robert Huber, son of Dr.
and Mrs. Robert B. Huber, Lit­itz
R4, was elected “Mayor”
of Lititz for Youth Day in
Government, a t the elections ....... -
held a t Warwick High School til
last Friday. ggggg&a.:
He headed the “Je ts ” party
which garnered most of the
votes. The “Mods” party won
three offices, but the “Action”
party failed to gain a place.
Other successful candidates
on the “Je ts ” ticket were Dan
Rossi, tax collector; Ed Nix-dorf,
justice of the peace,
John Reitz, borough manager,
John Schreiber, Chief of
Police.
Borough council. Candy
Kopp, F red Rodgers, Mary
Conlon, David Brumbach and
6athy L{\GlliSlAlice^Spang^er’ “school tHreetors”"'for Youth * Day in Government, are,"-left -to' rigbt, Lana Buch,
Larry Klopp, Bob Good, &Art 1 Mods party;) Alice Spangler, Lois Adams, Kathy Wills, Art Thorn, Larry
Thorn and Lois Adams, all of Klopp, and Bob Good, all of the “Jets” party,
the “Jets” party. ! ” 7 “ '
Successful candidates of the
“Mods” p arty were Donna
Weaver and John Helter, state
representatives, and Lana
Buch, School board.
The Youth Day observance is
scheduled for today (Thurs­day.)
The local “officials” will
visit the borough offices at
8:45 a.m.; the police' office at
9:15 a.m., the borough garage
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YOUTH DAY SCHOOL BOARD: Warwick High School students chosen as
Mrs. Snyder Retires
As News Reporter
Mrs. P. F. Snyder, who since
1934, has covered news for the
Record-Express, is retiring
from the job this week. She
has been a Record rep o rte r
exclusively since 1997, and
formerly was correspondent
for Lancaster Newspapers, a t
the same time as she worked
the Record.
Her “beat” included church
news, women’s clubs, some
men’s clubs, personals and
“social news” in general.
Until a successor is named,
her former “clients” are asked
to bring or send news to the
office. The deadline for AD­VANCE
stories concerning
club meetings, church pro­grams,
etc., is Tuesday noon.
Edster Egg Hunt
For VFW Children
; The Ladies Auxilary to the
Lititz Springs Post 1463, Vet­erans-
of Foreign Wars, will
sponsor th e ir annual Easter
Egg h u n t for children of ac­tive
and social mem(berg on
April 2, a t 2:30 p.m. a t the
Post Home.
The event is for children
tip to 12 years of age. The
members are asked to bring
th e ir colored eggs f'or the
hunt.
’ The Auxilary will hold
election of officers a t th e ir
next meeting, Monday, April
18, a t 7:30 p.m.
Mrs. Becker Elected
Pres. Of Woman’s Club
Mrs. Garth Becker was elect­ed
president of the Lititz Wo­man’s
Club a t the meeting held
on Monday evening a t the Gen­eral
S u tter Hotel.
Other officers elected were,
Mrs. Herbert E. Fry, firs t vice-president;
Mrs. J. Frank Ever­ett,
second vice-president; Miss
Barbara Wise, treasurer, Mrs.
Dennis Craig, recording secre-tary;
and Mrs. F rederick Au­gustine,
corresponding secre­tary.
Three new members were in-lows:
List Rules For Use
Of New Water Area
Regulations concerning the All fishing is to comply/with
new “Speedwell Forge” lake state rules and regulations,
formed by the Hammer Creek No motors of any type per-dam
were announced today mitted on this lake,
by the Pennsylvania Fish Com- Boats to be launched and
mission. The rules are as fol- moored from designated points
only; if left overnight it is
a t the owner’s risk. If an a t­tendant
is p resent his permis­sion
is required.
Vehicles are to be kept on
driveways only and parked in
designated spaces.
Swimming is prohibited.
No open fire s or camping
permitted.
Picking, cutting or digging
of flowers, plants shrubs and
trees prohibited.
Hunting in season is permitt­ed
from September 15 to Jan u ­ary
15.
Firearms are not permitted
on the property at any other
time.
Disposal of all rubbish must
be in trash cans only.
No entry upon or fishing
from dam breasts.
The Commission said that
any violation of the -rules is
subject to a $20 fine. They re ­mind
that the property is made
available through the fishing
traduced by Mrs. William
Scatchard, membership chair­man.
They are Mrs. Paul R.
Seaber, Mrs. Herbert E. Long,
Sr., and Mrs. Arvid M. Sherpf.
A contribution of $50 each
was given to the American
Cancer Society and the Lan­caster
County Crippled Chil­d
ren ’s Society.
Participants in the Girl’s
Oratorical Contest were in tro ­duced
by Mrs. G. Dale Cart­wright
and the winner, Linda
Stauffer, presented' h e r ora­tion,
“An American Tragedy
in the Making”.
The April meeting which
will be held in the Lutheran
Educational Building, was pre­viewed
by Mrs. Herbert Fry.
There will be a covered dish
supper a t 6 p.m. to which
members are asked to bring a
covered dish and th e ir own
place setting. Charge will be
one dollar. The business meet­ing
and program will begin at
8 p.m. The Rev. Adolf Henry
Behrenberg, Th. D., will be the
guest speaker. His - topic
“Around the World in Seventy
Days”. The Rev. Mr. Behren­berg
is pastor of the F irs t
Presbyterian C h u r c h of
Metuchin, N. J.
The program for the even­ing
took the form of an auc­tion
with Auctioneer Nick Ro­senberg
selling items donated
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School Menu
MONDAY
Htollyiwoodburger, p o t a t o
buds, assorted fruit, roll, b u t­ter,
milk.
TUESDAY
Beef ¡barbecue, b u tte red
corn, ca rro t sticks, popsicle,
roll, bu tte r, milk.
WEDNESDAY
Homemade vegetable soup,
Carl Kaufman
Kaufman Heads
Building Drive
At St. Luke’s
Carl B. Kaufman has been
appointed general chairman of
the Building Fund Campaign
of the St. Luke’s United
Church of Christ. Mr. Kaufman
is principal of the Warwick
Junior High school.
The church has retained
Staudt Associates of Reading
as building fund directors for
the initial building project.
Two vice chairman and eigh­teen
captains will be appointed
in the next f ew . days. The
total goal for this drive has
not been definitely established,
however it will be set by the
executive group under the
guidance of the campaign
director, Edwin E. Staudt.
bologna sandwich,' ginger-licenses
purchased by residents llD1'eah with lemon s'auce, cel-of
the State, who are asking ery/p. r, ¡butter, milk
their cooperation in maintain-ing
the lake in a clean and
presentable condition.
The lake has been officially
named by the Commission
POSTS RULES — Samuel Hall, Pennsylvania “Speedwell Forge Lake,” which
Fish Warden, is shown posting regulations concerning will replace, the
the new Hammer Creek Lake, henceforth to be known known name of
as “Speedwell Forge Lake.” Creek Lake.”
bu tte r
THURSDAY
Chtoken and waffles, mixed
v e g e t a b l e s , relish, rainbow
s'ala-d, b re a d , b-U'tter, milk.
EUID \Y
Fish sticks, butte red noo-familiarly
dies, -peas, April Fool su-r-
“Hammer -prise dessert, bread, butter,
¡milk.
Gary Smith
Wins Art
Competition
Gary Smith, 228 S. Broad
St:, was first prize winner of
the Art Contest sponsored by
the L ititz Woman’s Cluib for
senior students a t Warwick
High School. Second prize
was won by Fred Rodger, 403
S u tter Place, and th ird prize
was awarded to Lowell Binge,
man, 5 33 N. Water St. ,
Gary is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Rap-h Smith; Fred, the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Rodger, and Lowell, the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Ross Binge-map.
Other en tra n ts were David
Bruinibach, ' Doris ¡Snyder,
Carol Bredthaue r, Connie
Conrad, James Peiffer, Susan­na
Rice, Ron Hevener and
Carol Miller.
Judges were Mrs. William
Miksch, Jr., Mrs. Ronald
Nu-ss and Miss Josephine
Kru*m. , '
The paintings are now on
display in Spaicht’-s F u rn itu re
store Window and will re­main
th e re u n til the end of
the week.
This is the second year for
this contest which is handled
by the Fine Arts and Educa­tion
Department of the Club,
Mrs. G. Dale Cartwright,
chairman.
Property Owners
Are Asked To
Install Curbs
Woodcrest Avenue will be
rebuilt this summer according
to Borough Manager George
D. Steedle, who said he was
advised to this effect by the
State Department of highways.
He plans to make a report
to Borough Council at its
meeting Tuesday evening in
the borough offices. The pro­perty
owners will be asked to
install curbs in preparation for
the rebuilding of the street,
be said.
He also will rep o rt to Coun­cil
on the traffic study made
by the State Highway Depart­ment
at the intersection of
Main and Locust Streets which
showed th a t th e re is not
enough traffic to warrant in­stalling
traffic lights.
Council will be asked to buy
new lawnmowers, and also to
buy paint to paint the swimm­ing
pool and cement wash the
macadam around the pool.
Steedle also will give council
a recommended list for employ­ment
at the pool this sufhmer.
Council also will he present­ed
with a proposed list of
streets for resurfacing this
summer.
A proposal to build V dog
shelter also will be submitted.
Police Chief George C. Hicks
has asked for one in which
stray dogs can be kept until
claimed by their owners or
taken to the animal she lte r in
Lancaster.
Council is expected to dis­cuss
Part II of Project 70,
which concerns the purchase
of property west of Woodcrest
Avenue for storm drainage.
Steedle will present the fol­lowing
plans for development
and expansion: preliminary
plans for Sections B and C
of Libramont, final plans for
Section B of Libramont; peti­tion
of Luke Brubaker, of
Wishy Washy Car Wash, for
annexation of 50 fee t of land
to the borough, final plans of
Warwick Acres with petition
and ordinance to remove Car-
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dinal Road from th e plan;
Paul Doster’s petition for land
optioned by the school board.
Council will discuss addi­tional
water well sites, and
will review the State’s environ­mental
sanitation survey p re ­sented
to Council last month.
They will consider two re ­quests
for .variances to the
zoning ordinance from Keller
Brothers and Lehman’s garage.
Bids will be awarded for a
new police car. y.
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Miller Takes Port
In Gemini Recovery
Radioman Seaman Thomas
L. Miller, USN, son o f Mr.
and Mrs. Carl D. Mille,r of
Speedwell Heights, L ititz R2,
p articipa ted in the Project
Gemini GTA-8 flight of as­tro
n au ts Neil Armstrong and
David Scott while serving ag
a -crewmember aboard the
ra d a r picket destroyer US.S
Goodrich, a recovery un it of
Task Force 140.
Special equipment was in­stalled
on the destroyer to
fac ilita te h an d lin g of the
spacecraft d u rin g recovery
o-perations. Her cre-w u n d e r­went.
extensive tra in in g in
spacecraft, recovery techniques
since the vessel was selected
as an a lte rn a te recovery ship.
Normally operating with
the Atlantic F leet Destroyer
Force, the ship, re tu rn ed to
its normal duties afte r the
spacecraft was recovered.
Rannels Heads
Woodridge Club
Donald Rannels was elected
president of the Woodridge
Swim Club a t an organizational
meeting held recently a t the
home of Albert S. Ebbert, 603
S. Spruce St.
Other officers elected include
Robert Kauffman, vice presi­dent,
administrative; Charles
Rineer, vice president, pool
and grounds; Victor Kingswell,
treasurer; Mrs. A rth u r S. Gris­wold,
secretary; Mrs. Frank S.
Peters, assistant secretary.
At a board meeting which
followed, newly installed P re­sident
Rannels appointed the
following committee chairmen
for administration of the club’s
activities; Charles Rineer, pool
and grounds committee; Dale
Shelley, personnel; Donald
Coble, program; John Hanna,
swim team; Mrs. ' Harold S.
Zander, fashion show an d card
party; Mrs. Frank Peters,
nominating; Robert Kauffman,
publicity and finance.
Community
Calendar
March 24 — 6:30 P.M. — Radio
Club a t the Center.
6:30 P.M. — Elementary
Playnight at the Center.
March 29 — 9:30 A.M. — Reg­istration
Day for “Holiday
for Women” program.
6:00 P.M. — Rotary Club
at the Sutter.
March 31 — 6:30 P.M. — Radio
Club at the Center.
6:30 P.M. — Elementary
Playnight at the Center.
6:00 P.M. — Lititz F ire
Company Auxiliary meet­ing
at the Fire House.