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Serving The Warwick Union Area For Nearly A Century '✓
90th Year Established April, 1877, as The snnbeam Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa. 17543, Thursday, April 28, 1966
(Consolidated with The Eltltz Record, 1937)
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THIS IS FOR TEST: Three of seven trucks participating in a test alarm
Monday evening are shown getting water after laying 10,000 feet of hose from
Erb’s church back to the borough limits, nearly two miles. Pictures are the Neffs-ville,
Brunnerville and Lititz fire trucks.
Fire Damages House
In Sutter Village
Fire damaged a home at
528 W. Marion St., Sutter
Village, to the extent of $4,-
500, on Wednesday morning,
it was estimated by Fire
Chief Ammon Shelly.
The fire had gained con­siderable
headway ihy the
time the Lititz fire depart­ment
was called at 9:20 a.m.
but the firemen had i-t under
control within a half hour,
and stayed on he scene until
noon.
The occupant of the house,
Audrey Boullianne, mother of
six children, told Chief Shel­ly
that she whs resting in the
living room and a daughter
and the youngest child were
in the basement when she
heard a crackling sound in
the bedroom portion of the
split-level house. She called
the fire department and
cleared the house. The other
children were not in the
house at the time. A pet poo­dle
failed to bark an alarm.
According to Chief Shelly,
the door to the bedrom was
closed, and the fire blew the
windows out of the room' be­fore
the firemen arrived. He
said the fire started in the
foot portion of the mattress.
A neighbor told him she had
seen smoke coming from the
house an hour earlier, but
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Test Shows Need For
The need for Water stor­age
or some sort of reliable'
water supply In Warwick
Township was pointed up by
a test run of the seven fire
companies in this zone, Mon­day
night.
This was established de­spite
a record time set in
laying 10 000 feet of hose,
or nearly two miles, accord­ing
to Lititz Fire Chief Am­mon
Shelly. Lines were laid
from Erb’s Church back to
the borough limits.
The other fire companies
taking part were Rothsville,
Brunnerville, Penryn, Man­heim,
East Petersburg and
Neffsville. Seven fire trucks
and about 90 men were call­ed
into action for the test.
Plan Remedial
Reading Course
The Warwick Union School
District will sponsor a six
weeks summer remedial read­ing
program for all students
from grades one through grade
nine, it was announced by G.
Marlin Spaid, supervising prin­cipal.
The program will begin on
Monday, June 27, and will be
completed on Friday August 5.
Two session are planned daily.
The first will begin at 8:30
a.m. and end at 10 a.m. The
second will begin at 10:15 a.m,.
and end at 11:45 a.m. All
classes will be held in the Lit­itz
Elementary building.
^ Because the federal governr
memt will be paying for the
program under the Elementary
Secondary Education Act there
will be no charge to the stu­dents.
The elementary library will
be open the hours school is in
session. Any student may uti­lize
the library on days that
will be designated at a later
date. A school nurse will also
be on hand.
Jerry Shupp, elementary
principal, will be the director
of the program.
If any parent wishes to en­roll
his child in the summer
school, he may consult his
principal at once.
Announce Dotes
To Stock Trout
The trout stocking sched­ule
for the Lititz Sportsman
Association is as follows:
April 29, Lower Hammer
Creek; May 6, Chiques
Creek; May 13, Seglock
Creek; May 14, Middle Creek;
May 20, Indian Run; M'ay 28,
Upper Hammer (for Kids’
Fish Day, May 29).
These dates are subject to
change due to weather condi­tions.
School Menu
MONDAY
Hollywoodburger with to­mato,
peppers & onions, po­tato
buds, peaches, roll, milk.
TUESDAY
Beef noodle soup, bologna
sandwiches, celery/p. butter,
orange wedge.
WEDNESDAY
Chicken patties, buttered
peas, carrot sticks, jello
crystals, bread, butter, milk.
THURSDAY
Meat loaf, mashed pota­toes,
buttered corn, popsicle,
bread, butter, milk.
FRIDAY
Fish sticks or ravioli, but­tered
green beans, cheese
wedge, applesauce, bread,
The base station was no­tified
at 6:10 p.m. that all
companies were alerted. They
were all on the scene at Enb's
church past Lamhert-Hudnut
2 5 minutes later, and start­ed
pumping. Water was re­ceived
3:5 minutes after the
call from the relay, from the
borough hydrant across from
Travis Mills.
Meanwhile, 26 minutes of
w*ater was provided by boost­er
lines from the Lititz and
Brunnerville trucks, each pro­viding
13 minutes of water
successively. This meant that
the simulated fire was under­way
less than 10 minutes
without water after the call
was put in.
The trucks provided 1100
to 200 0 feet o‘‘ hose per
truck, according to their ca-pacity.
Chief Shelly said that
farmers who observed the
test were impressed with the
two. main points the test
proved; “that you can get
water two miles away in a
short time, but there is a def­inite
need for a cistern or a
municipal Water system.”
Incidentally, there is a
public meeting tonight at 8
in the Rothsville School to
dislcuss the problem of water
in Warwick township, called
by the township’s newly ap­pointed
Water Committee.
Last year lines were laid
nearly the same distance to
a serious fire on the Lon-gen-ecker
farm west of the bor­ough.
While it Was serious
enough, it would have been
worse if they had not been
able to lay the lines in a re­lay
from truck to truck,
Shelly said.
The Lititz Fire Department-has
been commended by many
sources for their prompt ac­tion
in extinguishing a fire at
the Woodstream Corp. a week
ago, Where damage was esti­mated
at $2 0,00 0. The fire,
Caused by combustion in a
painting machine, was con­fined
mainly to the roof, but
the blaze could be seen for
miles.
Bystander
Gives Chase
To Hit Run
A hit-run driver was
nabbed in the borough on
April 21 through the alert
action of a local citizen.
Leon R. Weaver, Ephrata
Rl, driving a truck owned by
Raymond W. Sauder, Lititz
R l, north on Broad Street,
strufek a car owned ¡by Rich­ard
T. Gruibe, 134 Forney
Drive, parked in front of the
Odd Fellows Hall, according
to Police Chief George C.
Hicks. He continued on, but
a citizen who saw the acci­dent
gave Chase and caught
up with Weaver, obtaining
the information. He will be
charged by Officer Howard
Dissi nger before Justice of
the ¡Peace Paul F. Diehm for
failure to stop and identify
himself at the scène of ah
accident: Damage was esti­mated
at $75 to Grube’s car
and $25 to the truck.
Minors Drinking
Two Lancaster youths were
Charged Apr.il 23 in the bor­ough
on April 23 as (minors
.consuming alcohol by Officer
Leroy P. Emmerich before
Justice of the Peace Diehm.
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THIS IS FOR REAL; Smoke billows out the bedroom window of the home of
'Audrey Boullianne, 528 W. Marion: St., Sutter Village, ..causing $4,500 damage to
the house. The Lititz Fire Department responded 'at 9:30 a.m. yesterday and had
the fire under control in a half hour.
Drive T o Pay Welch T o Receive Award
Rec Center
Mortgage
A drive to step up pay­ments
on the mortgage of
the Lititz Community Center
is being conducted by mail
among businesses and indus­tries,
it was announced by
Curtis E. Long, president of
the Center board.
There is $12,0 0 0 remain­ing
on the mortgage, which
is scheduled to be paid off
’as follows: June 30, 196 6,
$4,7i50; June 34), 1967, $4,-
75 0; December 31, 1967, $2,-
5 0 0. However, it is hoped to
accelerate the payments and
pay it off sooner. It was
pointed out that when the
mortgage is paid off, all re­ceipts
can be used for pro­grams
and maintenance, and
will mean a reduction in the
amount of money needed as
subsidies from the borough
and school district.
Thus far, a total of $9,000
has been paid off on the
mortgage as follows: 19'64,
$4,34)0; 1965, $1,900; 1966
to date, $2.800, Long said.
Rothsville P.O.
Becomes Branch
On May 20th
Mrs. Mary Mast, Rothsville,
will be the new postal clerk
for Rothsville, it was an­nounced
by Lititz Postmaster
Richard G. Rader.
Rothsville will operate as
a branch of the Lititz postal
district as of May 2 0, and
the following letters have
been sent to patrons of Roths­ville
informing them of the
new procedures;
'“On May 20, 1966 the
Rothsville Post Office will be
redesignated as a branch of
the ¡Lititz, Pennsylvania pos­tal
district. Delivery service
to the homes of those desir­ing
this service will com­mence
on .Saturday, May 21,
1966. This service will in­clude
delivery of parcel post
and special delivery mail
also.
“In order to qualify for de­livery
it Will he necessary to
display your house number in
a prominent place. In addi­tion,
you. must supply a re­ceptacle
for receipt of mail
which may be either an ap-
Dr. Welch
"Light A Bike"
Project Here
The Veterans of Foreign
Wars will sponsor a “Light
a Bike” program on ¡Satur­day
in observance of Bicycle
¡Safety Week.
They will put luminous
tape on bicycles from 1 to 4
p.m, on Saturday in the park­ing
lot of the VFW Home,
¡North ¡Spruce St. . The serv­ice
is free of charge 'and
available to 'all ages.
They equipped about 100
¡bicycles last year in the same
program.
Sclerosis Day
Is Tomorrow
“Multiple Sclerosis Day” at
¡the two Lititz banks will be
held on Friday, when wom­en
¡will be stationed in the
¡banks all day to receive con-
.tributions.
Elvin ’Leonard, 96 Front
¡St., the 1966 campaign chair­man,
will be in charge. He
announced the following cap­tains
for the campaign; Mrs.
¡Menno Rohrer, East End;
¡Mrs. Henry Gibbel, Central
section; M’rs, Gerard Husser,
Northeast section; Mrs. Rich,
ard Walter, ¡South section
and Sutter Village; Mrs.
.Richard Hoffer, Lexington
and Brunnerville; Miss Marie
Vinson, Rothsville area; Mrs.
Frances ¡Miller, Kissel Hill;
iMrs. ¡Samuel High, Rte. 5 01
North; Mrs. Lester. Young,
a ..u .. ,, ,, c
Industry
Rodney Channing Welch,
vice president and director of
Wilbur Chocolate Company
of Lititz will -receive this
year’s Stroud Jordan award
for outstanding ¡contributions
to the confectionery industry.
Announcement of the award
w*as mlade by the ¡Stroud Jor­dan
'Committee chairman,
Mrs. Prudence W. Allured,
publisher of the “Manufac­turing
¡Confectioner.”
The Stroud Jordan award
was established to commem­orate
the contributions to the
confectionery industry made
by Dr. ¡Stroud Jordan, U. S.
authority in the field of food
technology. It -is presented
each year ¡by the American
Association of Candy, Tech­nologists.
Dr. Welch ¡Was ¡selected for
the ¡award, according to the
committee announcement, for
his contributions to the candy
making industry especially in
the field of ¡cocoa and choco­late
technology. ¡He will be
the 16th recipient.
A native of Iowa, Dr.
Welch received his bachelor’s
and master’s degrees at
Washington State University
and his Ph.D. at Penn State,
and taught ’at both universi-
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Legion Makes
Window Stickers
Available Here
A drive for families to ob­tain
window -stickers signify­ing
” their sons are in the
armed forces is being con­ducted
here -by Lititz Post 56,
American Legion.
The window stickers state:
“The American Legion Sa­lutes
a Service Family,” ac­cording
to John R. Brene­man,
Post adjutant. In ad­dition
to the sticker, each
family will receive a -card for
the serviceman which permits
him to -visit the Post Home
at any time when he is home
on leiave.
To obtain the sticker, fam­ilies
may call Breneman from
7 to 9 p.m. a t -626-6830, or
the American Legion Home,
109 N. Broad St., between 6
and LI ¡p.m., 626-9906.
Breneman said that he has
no estimate at the number of
men from the Lititz area who
are in the military service,
but the Legion has 100 stick-
Borough To Consider
Collecting Rubbish
Along With Garbage
Stoner Wins National
Merit Scholarship Award
Floyd E, Stoner, a ¡senior at
Warwick High School, has been
awarded a National Merit Scho­larship,
it was (announced by
G. Marlin Spaid, supervising
principal.
He is one of 2,250 students
throughout the nation to win
a scholarship, a record num-er.
The awards provide from
$400 to $6,000 each, depend­ing
on the student’s need.
Stoner is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Jesse B. Stoner, Lititz Rl.
He plans to major in pre-law
ait Messiah College, and plans
a career in law.
He received the American
Legion Good Citizen award in
1962, is vice -president of the
National Honor Society, -acted
in -the senior play, served on
the yearbook literary staff, was
a member of the varsity wrest­ling
team in 1964-65 and 1965-
66, a member of the tennis
team for four years, is interest­ed
in swimming and water ski­ing,
a member of the Glee
Club, enjoys playing guitar and
listening to folk music, and is
president of Christ’s Crusaders
of Speedwell Heights Brethren
in Christ Church.
Wins Oratorical
Last week Stoner won first
place in the boy’s oratorical
contest at the high school,
sponsored by the Lititz Rotary
Club. His topic was “My God
is Living”.
James Watson, -son of Mr.
and Mrs. Jack S. Watson, 225
N. Broad St., was second, and
John Graybill, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Wilbur H. Graybill, Lititz
R2, was third.
Stoner’s Merit scholarship
was -made possible by the
Sn-apOn Tools Corporation,-
Kenosha, Wis. His father is
field -sales -manager for the
firm at its Harrisburg branch
office.
Library Board
To Elect Officers
The ¡board of directors of
the Lititz public library will
meet . Tuesday, ¡Mlay 3, at 8
-p.m. at the new -headquar­ters,
302 IS. -Broad ¡St., for
the election of directors and
-officers, and annual reports.
The library, still located
at 3 East Orange -St., Will be
closed -the remainder of this
week and all next week, in
-prepiara-tion for moving. If it
is to be closed longer than
that, there will be notification
in -this newspaper.
Floyd Stoner
Girl Scouts
To Beautify
Square Again
Lititz Girl Scouts once
again will plant geraniums,
petunias and s-weet alyssum
around the fountain at the
square, while pruning the
shrubs and encouraging the
ivy to cover the ground for
year-aro-und neatness.
Oadette groups will assume
the responsibility for this
area while Junior and. Brown­ie
troops will plant evergreen
myrtle and colorful annuals
around the trees in the first
block of East Main Street.
Origin-ally for several years,
the planting -at the fountain
was done by Mrs. Paul Dos-ter,
after the newly planted
ivy was winter-killed, leaving
the fountain unsightly.
These plantings are now
made possible yearly by the
gifts of appreciative individu­al's
to a fund held by Mrs.
Winifred Walls at the Farm­ers
National Bank of Lititz.
Mrs. Walls says that occasion­ally
visitors to Lititz have
come into the bank to make
contributions. Voluntary gifts
have been adequate over the
years. < •
The Scouts plan to work
towards enough iv y for green
winter cover, leaving some
areas for summer color.
Adult coordinators are Mrs.
C. L. Wertsch and Mrs. D.
Curtis Am id on.
Lions Club To Observe
25th Anniversary Night
The Lititz Lions Club will
hold its 2<5th Charter Anni­versary
a’t the General Sut­ter
Hotel on Saturday, April
30 at 7 p.m.
Giues-t speaker for the oc­casion
is Jorge Bird of San
Juan, Puerto Rico, a past
international director of Li.
ons International. He was
elected second vice president
of the association at the An­nual
Convention in Los An­geles,
Oal-if.,'. 196’5.
He is a key member and
past president of the Lions
Club at Rio Piedras, Piedras,
Puerto Rico, and has also
serve-d that club as secretary.
In the District organiza­tion,
he has held the offices
Of deputy governor and cab­inet
secretary-treasurer as
well as district governor. He
has received the Extension
award, the 100 percent Dis­trict
Governor’s aw*ard and
was named Ambassador of
Good Will.
His civic and social affilia­tions
include membership In
thè Chamber of Commerce of
Puerto Rico, and Several
Boards in the social and edu­cational
life of Puerto Rico.
He aids the Government by
a-cting as a member of the
police commission of the
Puerto Rico board of voca­tional
education and govern­ment
development bank. He
has been a member of the
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Jorge Bird
Awards have been presented
to him for his participation
in the cancer drive and sev­eral
other civic activities.
The program will begin
with the singing of “Ameri­ca,”
followed by the pledge
of allegiance to the flag.
The Rev. Robert Myers,
pastor of St. Luke’s United
Church of Christ, will give
the invocation. Harold Zan­der,
Lion Club president, will
welcome Lion members, their
wives and guests.
Dinner mu-sic will be pro­vided
by Miss M'arilyn Stauf­fer.
Introduction of toast­master
Lee Lefever, Interna­tional
¡Counsellor, will be
made by Mr. Zander.
-Clarence Kline, District
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Borough council will consid­er
the collection of rubbish
as well as garbage when it bids
for its new garbage contract,
it was agreed at Council meet­ing
Tuesday night.
A bid for a garbage-trash
contract will be made at the
same time as the bid for gar­bage
collection, it was said.
This was decided upon after a
study of the environmental
-sanitation survey as it dealt
with rubbish and disposal. Col­lecting
rubbish would be a
step in the right direction, it
was felt, in. eliminating accu­mulations
of rubbish, unsight­ly
cans, and the acrid smells
of burning trash which some­times
compete with the delici­ous
odors wafted by the choco­late
factory.
Council directed letters of
commendation -to Woodstream
Corp. and Long and Bomberg-er
for their recent improve­ments
to their properties, and
a letter of appreciation to
Lambert-Hudnut for their an­nouncement
that they would
bring their Bromo-Seltzer and
Efferdent operations to Lititz,
with resultant increases in the
number of jobs.
To Dig Well
The contract for digging a
new well went to Kohl Bro­thers,
Myerstown, at their low
bid of $2,052. Other bidders
were H. K. Hornberger, Sa-lunga,
$2,696, and Kohl Bros.,
Harrisburg, $2,864.
They will start drilling in
two or three weeks on the lots
owned by Levi Yerger at Lo­cust
and Front streets, where
reputable geologists as well as
an old-time “water-smeller”
-have indicated there is water.
Both a local geologist and
the Department of Health have
examined -the area and stated
-all the evidence is -there that
water could be obtained in the
same spots which Davi-d King,
Amish-water-smeller divined
with a pair of pliers that there
would be.
In other words, both will
have to be right, or else be
wrong and Boro-ugh Manager
George D. S-teedle says they
are reasonably sure they are
right.
Paul E. Zug, 166 S. Cedar
Street, was hired as a re­placement
on -the works crew.
Steedle was authorized to ad­vertise
for an additional man
in the sewer' and water de­partment.
This would be a new
job in the department.
I-t develops there are a num­ber
of “maverick” alleys in
the borough that don’t belong
¡to anybody. This was revealed
when Irving Miller appeared
to tell council that the alley
which runs back of his pro­perty
between Maple and S.
Spruce Streets is not deeded
either to the borough or to in­dividual
property owners. Four
properties adjoin it. Thè alley
was reported badly in need of
repair, and the borough decid­ed
to make repairs by grading,
patching and improving until
such time as the solicitor can
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Community
Calendar
Apr. 28 — 6:30 P.M. — Radio
Club at the Center.
8:00 P.M. — Lecture by
Dr. Robert E. Zartman,
Warwick high school audi­torium,
on local geology.
Apr. 30 — 8:30 P.M. — Junior
Board Saturday Night
Dance.
May 3 — 1:30 P.M. — Garden
Club at the Center.
6:00 P.M. — Rotary Club
at the Sutter.
7:30 P.M. — Rec Council
at the Center
8:00 P.M. — Annual Meet­ing,
Lititz Library Board.
May 5 — 9:30 A.M. & 1:00 P.M.
— Stauffer’s Flower Ar­rangement
Class at the
Center.
6:30 P.M. — Radio Club
at the Center.
6:30 P.M. — Lions Club at
the Sutter.
6:30 P.M. — ABCD Mother
& Daughter Banquet at the
Center.
6:30 P.M. — Girl Scout
leaders-’ covered dish sup­per,
Lutheran Educational
building.
7:30 P.M. — Fire Company
Auxiliary at the Fire
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