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(C o n s o lid a te d w i th T h e I i l t l t z R e c o rd . 1937) Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa. 17543, Thursday, June 16, 1966 7 c e n t s a C o p y ; $3.00 p e r y e a r b y m a l l
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Antiques Show Scheduled
For July 4 - 6 At Center
The annual Lititz Antiques
Show will be held Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday, July
4, 5 and 6, at the Recreation
Center, in conjunction with
the annual Fourth of July cel­ebration
in Lititz Springs
Park.
More than 30 exhibitors
from Pennsylvania, New York
and Maryland are expected to
display their wares. All pro­ceeds
of the show will go to
STATE OFFICER: The jewel as grand herald of the Grand Lodge of Penn­sylvania,
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, is presented to Raymond L. Petty­john
Jr., 361 E. Main St., Lititz, (right,) by Mark O. Musehlitz, Nazareth R2, the
new state grand master. The men assumed their offices at a ceremony in the
Benjamin Franklin Hotel, Philadelphia, on Tuesday (June 14) night.
PTA Festival
Makes $1378
The Lititz Elementary School
PTA realized a net profit of
$1,378.30 from its recent fes­tival,
it was announced by Jay
H. Wenrich, president.
The total receipts were $3,-
206.47, and the expenditures
were $1,828.09.
A breakdown of receipts
shows that food brought in
the largest single amount —
$988.37.
Other receipts were as fol­lows:
ice cream, $157.40: nov­elties,
$543.60; darts, $71.70;
ponies, $173.45; fish pond,
$55.35; cake stand, $302.79;
soft drinks, $176.25; basketball,
$54.90; beanbag, $41.00; white
elephant, $45.30; canes, $86.05;
fish bowl, $246.55.
Bldg Permits
\ t $72,500
In Borough
Building permits issued by
the borough during May to­talled
$72,500, of which $63,500
was for new construction, and
$9,000 for remodeling, it, was
announced by Borough Man­ager
George D. Steedle.
Permits were issued for new
dwellings to Robert Balmer,
new home, 525 Rome Rd., $18,-
500, and Florence Stauffer,
new home 515 S. Broad St.,
$45,000.
Remodeling permits were is­sued
as follows: Henry Ston­er,
41 E. Lemon St., outside
entrance to basement, $200;
Charles Ditmer, 417 Hensley
St., aluminum patio roof, $500;
Calvin Weitzel, 101 West End
Ave., remodel kitchen and
bath, $800; James D. Eby, 216
E. Lincoln Ave., aluminum sid-
'ng, $700; Earl Hollingsworth,
*62 Front St., new kitchen,
$3,500; Emma Grosh, 137 S.
Spruce St., remodel powder
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Pettyjohn Installed As
Grand Herald Of IOOF
Raymond L. Pettyjohn Jr.,
361 E. Main St.. Lititz, was in­stalled
as grand herald of the
Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania,
Independent Order of Odd Fel­lows,
at the state convention in
the Benjamin Franklin Hotel,
Philadelphia, on Tuesday night.
Pettyjohn, a past grand of
Lititz Lodge No. 1050 and dis­trict
deputy grand master of
the Northern District of Lan­caster
County, was appointed
to the post by Mark O. Musch-litz,
Nazareth R2, who succeed­ed
Samuel Levit, Philadelphia,
as grand master.
Other officers installed were:
Deputy grand master, William
H.’Rellis, Finleyville, Washing­ton
County; grand warden, Wil­liam
F. Fennell, Saltsburg;
treasurer, Lewis M. Atkinson,
Malvern; representative to the
Sovereign Grand Lodge, John
H. Matthews, Pulaski R. D.
Marshal, Allen H. Dreibélbis,
Hamburg; conductor, David B.
Howell, Bangor; chaplain, Vin­cent
O: Alternóse, Wind Gap
Rl; guardian, Richard L. Heff­ner,
Dillsburg, and musician,
Paul L. Miller, West Reading.
Howard A. Dreibelbis, Harris­burg,
father of the grand mar­shal,
is starting the fourth year
of a five-year term as grand
secretary.
Pettyjohn is manager of the
.Lebanon Shoe Co., Lebanon.
His wife, the former Mildred
Guttshall, and their six chil­dren
reside with him in Lititz.
He is a member of the Lititz
United Church of Christ.
In addition to Lititz Lodge
he is a member and past chief
patriarch of Gen. Sutter En­campment
No. 76, Patriarchal
Odd Fellows, Lititz, and is
chairman of District No. 14 of
the Grand Lodge, which in­cludes
Lancaster, Berks, Leb­anon
and Schuylkill counties.
Pettyjohn also was cited a:
the Tuesday morning session
as the outstanding degree no­ble
grand in the past year,
and the Lititz Lodge was cit­ed
for excellence in its pres-1
entation of the First Degree
of the order.
Other awards presented by
the grand lodge’s competitive
degree committee included:
Caernarvon Lodge No. 557,
Morgantown, Initiatory • De­gree
Robertson Lodge No.
450, New Brighton, Second
Degree, and Bowmansdale
Lodge No. 1179, Third Degree.
An honorable mention cer­tificate
was presented to the
degree staff of Clover Lodge
No. 348, Ambridge.
Each year the grand lodge
committee judges degree pres­entations
throughout the state
and presents the awards at
the annual convention.
James Main, Vancouver,
British Columbia, sovereign
grand master of the Sovereign
Grand Lodge, international
body of the order, is attend­ed
the convention.
Rec Center
Pays $7000
On Mortgage
The summer playground
season sponsored by the Lit­itz
Recreation Association will
be held from July 11 to Au­gust
> 19, it was announced at
the meeting of the Center’s
board of directors Monday
night.
The staff has been em­ployed
for the programs at
, Lititz Springs Park, the Lions
Tot Lot, the Rothsville play-
| ground and the Brunnerville
playground.
It was reported that there
are 1,265 paid members and
that 1,250 young people at­tended
the Junior Board
dances during May.
The board authorized' its
treasurer to pay $7,000 on the
center’s mortgage, leaving an
unpaid balance of $5,000.
Curtis E. Long was reelect­ed
president of . the Center;
Ralph Smith, vice .president;
Mrs. John Wenger, secretary,
and Albert Vigunas, treasurer.
Mr. and Mrs. Forbes Ems-weller
announced their resig­nation
as chairmen of the
Post Prom committee after
serving 12 years in that ca­pacity.
They read a- letter to
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Forty - Seven Students
On Final Honor Roll
Forty-seven students at War­wick
Senior High School are
on the honor roll for the
fourth and final marking peri­od,
it was announced by Har­old
W. Swisher, high school
principal.
The list is as follows;
Seniors: Ralph Bair, Gloria
Brubaker, Lana Buch, Con­stance
Davidson, Jeanette En-
;le, Marjorie Grove, Shirley
Hershey, Dawn Ketterman,
Larry Klopp, Candace Kopp,
Donna Longenecker, Sandra
Moore, Joyce Nauman, Mary
Ann Neidermyer, John Schrei
ber, Barbara Spaid, Linda
Stauffer, Arthur Thorn, Diane
Waltz, Larry Weik.
Juniors’ Vicki Augsberger,
Linda Bowman, Susan Col­lins,
Vicki Davidson, Eileen
Grube, Margaret Harbison,
Constance Hollinger, Kathleen
Shannon; John Spahr, David
Spangler, Neil While.
Sophomores: Cathy Bach­man,
Christine Brumbach,
Robert Derr, Michael Gery,
Charlotte Good, Dennis Kel­ler,
Stephen Kraybill, Larry
Kreider, Joseph Lahr, Sharon
Myer, Linda Ressler, Thomas
Risser, Barbara Ronnenberg,
Mary Swarr, Kathleen Whis-keyman,
Denise Witwer.
Rainfall In May
Is 2.07 Inches
Only 2.07 inches of rain fell
in the borough during May,
according to the rain gauge
at the borough water works,
it was reported by Borough
Manager George D. Steedle.
The water plant pumped a
total of 23,225,000 gallons
during the month, of which
Kissel Hill station pumped 5,-
500 gallons. The largest day
was May 21, when 1,118,600
gallons were pumped. This
was the day the municipal
pool was filled. The daily av­erage
was 749,193, and the
minimum day, May 29, was
505,000 gallons.
The sewer plant handled a
total flow of 18,965,500 gal­lons,
a daily average of 611,-
790. Members of the borough
works crew labored 419 hours
on the swimming pool during
May, the largest item in the
total of the 1,032 man-hours
worked during the month.
The next largest item was
mowing grass, which took 153
hours, and the third largest
was the water system, which
required 135 hours of atten­tion.
Watson Heads
Division Of
United Drive
Jack S. Watson, vice-presi­dent
and director of the Farm­ers
National Bank of Lititz,
is named as a co-chairman of
the Large Business Division of
the Lancaster County United
Campaign by William J. Ryan,
general chairman.
Working with Donald B.
Hostetter as division chairman,
Watson will be responsible for
finding volunteers to contact
200 larger businesses through­out
Lancaster County outside
of the metropolitan area. To
cover the county, Watson will
organize volunteer leadership
and solicitors in ten areas
throughout the entire county.
Coming to Lancaster County
as an assistant to the president
of the Farmers National Bank
of Lititz in 1961, he has been
active in United Campaign
since 1964. He has served as
a volunteer in the Large Busi­ness
Division since then.
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the Lititz Historical Founda­tion,
Inc., sponsor of the show.
Mrs. Glenn H. McElroy is
show chairman and corre­sponding
secretary, and Wil­liam
M. Light is president.
Richard C. Rader is treasurer, i
and Mrs. James J. Kline is
recording secretary. j
Mrs: J. M. Leed is chairman I
of refreshments and Mrs.'
Frank P. Wolf is co-chairman.1
The committee also includes
Mrs. Lester Stark, Mrs. Wit-1
bur Miller, Mrs. Donald Ran-nels,
and Mrs. Howard Redcay.
Mrs. Walter Shuman is in
charge of tickets, assisted by
Mrs. Walter Zook, and Mrs.
B. J. Losensky.
The equipment committee
includes Paul Ritz, Jamie J.
Kline and Robert Mearig. Mrs.
Robert Mearig is in charge of
fioral arrangements.
The publicity committee in­cludes
G. Marlin Spaid and
Mrs. Eugene Steffy.
Fire Co. Supplies Water
To Kissel Hill Homes
Seven Speeders
Nabbed In May
Seven speeders were arrest­ed
in the borough during May
according to the monthly re­port
of Police Chief George
C. Hicks.
Four others were nabbed for
not stopping at stop signs,
and three each for reckless
driving and traffic light viola­tions.
There were two cases each
of larceny under $50, viola­tion
of the compulsory school
attendance law, disorderly con­duct,
and failure to yield right
of way. There was one case
of larceny over $50.
Chief Hicks also listed one
case each of burglary and lar­ceny,
bucking' traffic, driving'
to left of center, driving with­out
lights, excessive noise,
failure to obey signal of of­ficer,
illegal passing, operat­ing
motor vehicle during sus­pension,
passing school bus il­legally,
driving too fast for
conditions, and violation of
probation.
Six accidents were investi­gated,
two hearings were at­tended,
three policemen spent
four days in court, and four
juveniles were referred to
county authorities. The cruis­er
traveled 3,510 miles in in­vestigation
and patrol. The
new cruiser has arrived.
There were 55 meter viola­tions,
and 13 parking viola­tions.
Six members of the police
force attended a 10-hour
course of instruction in First
Aid.
Vicki Lynn Zereher Ilenrv R. Gibbel
First Candle Queen
Returning T o Crown
1966 Royal Miss
CHURCH PICNIC
The Moravian Church School
picnic will be held in Lititz
Spring Park Saturday starting
at 4:30 p.m. with games. Sup­per
will be at 5:30 p.m. and
those attending are asked to
bring their own utensils. In
case of rain the picnic will be
held in the basement of Fel­lowship
Hall, Moravian Church. 1942
This year’s Queen of the
Candles for the annual Fourth
of J u l y P a g e a n t will be
crowned by the first Queen,
Mrs. Robert E. KCfcnan. the
former Polly Moyer.
She was voted the title in
1942, twenty-four years ago.
This will be the 25th annual
Queen Pageant, and the 12th
Candlelight pageant.:
The flower girl for this
year’s queen, Gloria Brubak­er,
will be Vickie Lynne Zer-cher,
seven, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Richard C. Zereher
Jr., 123 E. Lincoln Avenue,
and the crown bearer will be
Henry R. Gibbel, seven, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Henry H. Gibbel,
11 East Third Avenue.
The children .were chosen by
the Pageant committee from
a group selected by first grade
teachers, each of whom chose
a boy and a girl from her
class. The names were with­held
from the committee, who
then “auditioned” the young­sters
and made their selec­tions,
after which the names
were revealed.
Mrs. Keenan has lived out
of town since she was married
17 years ago. She and her hus­band
and three sons have just
moved to Orchard Park, N.Y.,
a suburb of Buffalo. Their
sons are Robert, sixteen; Tom.
fourteen, and Kerry, twelve.
Mr. Keenan is employed by
the Crescent Tool company.
Most recently they lived in
Racine, Wis., and before that
in Mountainside, N. J. Mrs.
Keenan is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Isaac B. Moyer
52 W. Lincoln Avenue, and
has one sister, Jean, wife of
Robert Patton, Wyomissing.
The boy, now grown man,
who was ciown bearer in
Fred Royer, 66 Front
Bobst Awards Won By Three Girls ...
Tax Receipts
Go Up In May
A large influx of tax monies
shot the borough funds sky-high
during May, according to
the monthly report of Bor­ough
Manager George D.
Steedle.
Real estate tax receipts
based on 12 Vi mills totalled
$49,524.91, and an additional
$19,815.66 was received from
the $10 per capita tax. Other
receipts brought the total for
the month up to $70,726,
which added to the beginning
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St., will escort the 1942 Queen
in the pageant.
Candles were first lit in the
park in 1818, and in... 1843-the»
first formal observance was
held. Thé thousands of light­ed
candles are probably uni­que
in the annals of Fourth
of July celebrations in the, na­tion.
There have always been
band concerts during the day,
games, and at one time baby
parades which were discon­tinued
a few vears ago. This
year a Hootenanny will be
added. The entire affair is
climaxed with gorgeous fire­works
about 10 ’ p.m.
Legion Aux.
Installs New
’66 Officers
Newly elected officers for
the Ladies Auxiliary of the.
American Legion wore iiistitU-ed
Monday - evening by
Ambrose Plummer, Elizabeth­town,
directress- of the Auxili­ary
of American Legion * Of
Lancaster County.
Those elected were: Mrs.
Jack Pontz, president; Mrs.
Cletus Forney, 1st vice presi­dent;
Mrs. Joseph Willis, 2nd
vice president: Miss Rosemary
Rice, Mrs. Richard Sauciers,
recording secretary; Mrs. Fran­cis
Miller, corresponding sec­retary;
Mrs. Elwood Erb, his­torian;
Mrs. Clyde Davidson,
chaplain, and Mrs. Miriam
Lorah, sergeant-at-arms.
Winners were announced for
the Poppy Cohtest. They were
Barbara Detwiler, 1st, $10;
Susan Spacht, 2nd, $5, and
Annette Gurney, 3rd, $2.50.
Participating in the contest
were members of the seventh,
eighth and ninth grades.
Mrs. David DeWald attend­ed
a county council meeting
at the Mount Joy Legion oil
June 14.
Miss Rosemary Rice and
Mrs. DeWald will serve as
delegates at the American Le­gion
Convention to be held at
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Drought Dries
Up Cisterns
The Lititz Fire Company
came to the rescue of several
Kissel Hill property owners
on Tuesday who found them­selves
without water due to
the prolonged lack of rainfall.
Ail properties are in Warwick
township.
The Fire department filled
seven cisterns on Tuesday,
| providing each with an aver-
I age of 5.000 gallons of water,
I according to Paul E. Diehm,
I assistant Fire Chief who was
in charge in the absence of
vacationing Chief Ammon
Shelly.
Four or five other property
owners also were banding to­gether
to have the Fire com­pany
fill their cisterns too, all
at the same time.
The water comes from a
borough supply and was ob­tained
from hydrants in the
Kissel Hill area which were
installed last year, so that the
fire engines didn't have to
come into town to load. How­ever,
supplying the water to
the township properties is an
emergency measure, Diehm
said, and the owners will be
charged - by • -thee bor-ough-.—-i*~-
Diehm estimated the supply
would .last • the«4>«»pl^ -about
a month, if it doesn’t rain in
the meantime. In that case the
cisterns would have .to be
filled again. He emphasized
that the water is just for
washing, and that drinking
water must be obtained else­where.
!
A few months ago a water
committee was formed in War­wick
Township which sent out
questionaires concerning the
possibility of a municipal wa­ter
supply in the township.
The committee recognizes the
present and future needs for
a reliable source of water.
However, most of the property
owners frowned on a public
water supply.
Shirley Hershey
Miss Shirley Hershey, daugh­ter
of Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Hershey, Lititz Rl, won the
highest of the three Rev. I.
W. Bobst awards, $500, pre­sented
Saturday night at the
Warwick Union Alumni Assn,
banquet.
Miss Joyce Nauman, daugh­ter
of Mr. and Mrs. Elam
Nauman, Lititz Rl, won the
$300 prize and the $200 award
was won by Miss Dawn Ket­terman,
daughter of Mr. and
Joyce Nauman
Mrs. George Ketterman, 23 N.
Oak St., Lititz.
Miss Nauman also received
the Alumni Student award of
a $25 savings bond.
The awards were based on
observation by teachers from
ninth to-twelfth grades. Quali­fications
considered were cour­tesy,
dependability, initiative,
honesty, tolerance, leadership,
punctuality, self-control, and
appreciation of teachers. Scout I
Dawn Ketterman
leaders, ministers, 4-H leaders,
youth fellowship leaders, Sun­day
School leaders and era
ployers were also consulted.
Officers elected by the asso
ciation for 1966-67 were: James
Gibbel, president; Samuel
Hess, vice president; Mrs, Ge­neva
Hopkins, corresponding
secretary; Mrs. Joan Clair, as­sistant
corresponding secre­tary;
Mrs. Linnea Hershey, re­cording
secretary; and Richard
Mearig, treasurer.
Fresh Air Tots
Arrive June 30
The first group of Fresh Air
Children from New York
bound for Lititz will arrive at
the Pennsylvania Railroad Sta-i
lion in Lancaster at 3:23 p.m.
Thursday, June 30, it was an-
I nounced by Mrs. Clarence Bru-
I baker, chairman for Lititz
area. . .
There will be 22 children ill
the group, some of whom will
stay for two weeks and others
for longer periods, including
the entire summer.
Mrs. Brubaker said there is
still time to request children
as summer guests. The com­mittee
would especially like to
place hoys in area homes.
Those wishing to entertain
children may call Mrs. Bru­baker,
626-6253, or her com­mittee,
Mrs. Amos . Cassel,
Mrs. Eli Martin, Mrs. Clair
Zug and Mrs. Lloyd Martin.
Prospects Look
Good For New
Borough Water
Weil drillers started pump­ing
for a new water supply
for the borough on Monday
at 9:30 a.m., and pumped con­tinuously
until the middle of
Wednesday morning, according
to Borough Manager George
Dl Steedle. The new supply is
located on the former Yerger
property on Locust off Front
Street,
The ilow was 614 gallons a
minute, Steedle said. Tuesday
afternoon the engineer took
samples, and the health de­partment
took samples Wed­nesday.
It is the approval of
the latter that the borough is
awaiting most eagerly, as their
permit is required before the
borough can use the water as
a municipal supply, Steedle
said. "However, there is every
indication that we will have a
good well.” he said.
Fire Co. Fete
Is Big Success
A highly successful chicken
corn soup festival was held by
the Lititz Fire Company last
Saturday, and the foods were
sold out between noon and 1
o’clock, at least an hour earii
er than anticipated.
Roy Bixler, chairman, said
they sold 38 wash boilers of
soup, and 1700 clams made
into mix and patties. He com­mended
the community for its
efforts in making the event a
success.
Community
Calendar
June 16 — 5:30 p.m., Senior
Citizens at Rec Center.
—7:00 p.m., Men’s Basket­ball
Meeting at Rec Cen­ter.
—7:30 p.m., Stamp Club
at Rec Center.
June 21 — 6:00 p.m., Rotary
at the Sutter.
—6:00 p.m.. Welcome
Wagon at Rec Center.