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(C o n s o lid a te d w i th T h e L i t i t z R e c o rd . 1937) Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa. 17543, Thursday, October 20, 1966
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w i th in L a n c a s t e r C o u n ty No. 28
Vie For Halloween Queen Title Borough To Receive New
Bids For Trash Disposal
Borough. Council again willi tract against McMinn’s which
receive bids for the collection the 'borough recently lost in
Elaine Hess
Three pretty girls in the Sen­ior
Class ol Warwick High
School are candidates lor the
title of Liti tz Halloween Queen
to reign over the annual Hal­loween
parade Monday night,
October 31 in the borough.
They are (in alphabetical or­der):
Becky Davidson, daugh­ter
of Mr. and Mi's. Earl A.
Becky Davidson
Davidson, 115 S. Spruce St.;
Barbara ilershey, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Elwood 1). 11
ahoy, Lititz K2, and Ela n
Hess, daughter of Mr. and M
Lester B. Hess, 347 East Fro it
Street.
The queen will be crowned
on the night of the parade
and the other two girls will
Barbara Ilershey
'become her attendants.
The I,ions Chub is 'sponsor -
ihe parade, and will award
l n prizes totalling $140. The
1 ade will form at 6:30 p.m.
I Sp u t and West Orange
Si eels the 'rain date is No-vemper
i.
Lititz Girl
Hospitalized
After Crash
A Lititz girl was hospitalized
and a California woman slight­ly
injured in an accident on
East Main Street Tuesday ait
12:50 p.m. in which two cars
were practically demolished.
Nancy It. Martin, seventeen,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eli
Martin, Lititz R4, driver Of one
of the cars, was admitted to
the Lancaster General Hospi­tal
with a fractured pelvis,
lacerated eye and nose, accord­ing
to Dr. Joseph W. Grosh,
who treated her in his office,
then ordered her taken to the
hospital in the ambulance.
Also treated in his office for
a laceration of the face, brais­es
and shock was Mrs. Laveme
R. Ausman, wife of John T.
Ausman, 3332 Olive St., Hunt­ington
Park, Calif., driver Of
the other car. She was not
hospitalized.
According to Chief of Police
George C. Hicks, the Ausman
car had stopped for the stop
sign on Water Street, headed
south at Main Street. The driv­er
said he saw nothing com­ing,
pulled out and was struck
by the oar operated by Miiss
Martin, who was traveling west
on Main Street There was
about $700 damage to the Mar­tin
car, and $400 damage to
the Ausman car. The accident
was investigated by Officer
Howard Dissinger.
Jackknifes
A tractor-trailer jack-knifed
on North Broad Street Wed­nesday
morning, when the driv­er,
going south, put on the
•brakes for the traffic lights,
and skidded. However, as there
was no damage or injury,
Chief Hicks made no formal
charge.
Hurt in Crash
A Lititz man was involved
in an accident near Strasburg
at 4:45 p.m. Tuesday, accord­ing
to State Police.
Henry B. Delp, thinly, Lititz
R3, operator of a truck, made
a turn in front of an oncom­ing
car driven by John R.
Moritz, Bethel Park, Pa., on
the Hartman Bridge road, po­lite
said. Delp complained of
a bump on the head, hut did
not, require hospital treatment,
police said. Moritz and his
wife, who were touring the
county, were taken to the Gen-
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School Menu
MONDAY
Spaghetti and meat sauce,
wax beans, assorted fruit, hard
roll, milk.
TUESDAY
Oven fried chicken, whipped
potatoes, buttered peas, cookie
bread, milk.
WEDNESDAY
Barbecued hot dogs, baked
beans, carrot sticks, apple­sauce
or prunes, milk.
THURSDAY
Sub or grilled cheese, beef
rice soup, banana, milk.
FRIDAY
Ravioli or fish sticks, cheese
wedge, green -beans, fruit taut,
bread, milk.
Parents And Teachers
To “Get Acquainted”
A “Get Acquainted-Meet the
Teachers” program will be pre­sented
at the Lititz Element y
PTA meeting October 20 (to
night) dt 8 p.m. in the Tie
memtary school cafeteria. Bo k
utilized in the curriculum tor
■grades one through -six will t c
on display. Robert Heron, Ln-i)
tz Eiementary principal, will
introduce the 'teachers. • •
Gordon E. Burkey, PTA pres­ident,
will conduct the busi­ness
meeting. Other members
of the PTA executive board
are: Carl R. Suavely, vice pres­ident;
Henry E. Martin Jr.,
treasurer; Mrs. Charles Edson,
recording secretary; Miss Many
Jacobs, corresponding s-eere-i
y Appointed committee
n me 1 re: 'Mrs. Charles L.
Mil menbersh'ip; Miss Su-¡from Hendrick’s greenhouse to
s S i e er and Miss Jacobs, \ General Sutter Avenue.
of garbage and rubbish, singly
or combined, at its meeting
Tuesday, October 25, at. 7:30
p.m. in the 'borough office.
Three types of bills will be
received: for the collection and
disposal of garbage; the col­lection
and disposal of ’solid
imperial, and the collection
and disposal of 'garbage and
solids combined.
Last month Council rejected
bids which ranged up to $180,-
000 for three years for the
combined collection.
Borough Manager George D.
Stecdlc said he will report to
Council that the work person­nel
is still a problem. He said
the borough has been advertis­ing
for men on the works
crew, but as of this week there,
have been no applications. He
pointed out that this is a set­back
in the road work sched­ule,
and actually amounts to
one .week’s loss of manpower
per month. However the works
department has completed, the
oiling and chipping of streets
and alleys which had ’been
planned for this year.. Also,
the storm drainage work in
Maple Lane is proceeding well
with, no complications, Steedle
said.
However, Steedle said, no
work has been done by the
State Highway department on
the reconstruction of Wood-crest
AVenue to date. This
would be- about two block’s,
Two Accidents
In Warwick Twp.
Two accidents occurred over
'the weekend in Warwick Town-
Ship were reported by Twp.
Chief of Police Eugene P. May.
He said that Reuben Steffy,
Lititz R4, was traveling west
on the Newport Rd., about
11:20 p.m. October 16, when
bis vehicle struck a car oper­ated
'by Jason L. Reed, Heir-shey
Rl, traveling south on
Olay Road. Chief May said
Hershey pulled out from a stop
sign into Steffy’s path, and will
toe Charged with failure to
yield the right of' way. There
were no injuries. Damages to
both vehicles totaled $550.
Patricia Ann Funk, Lititz
R4, was involved in a one-car
accident at midnight, Satur­day,
October 15, Chief. May
reported. He said she appar­ently
dozed off and bit a util­ity
pole, breaking it off. Dam­ages
to car -and pole were es­timated
at $350. The driver
was' not injured.
Hallowden Party
Planned By ABCD
A Halloween party will be
held by the Lititz ABOD’s Oc­tober
29 at 9 p.m. in the Rob­ert
Morris room of Evan’s Res­taurant,
Manheim.
“Comic Strip -Characters” is
the theme for the evening. A
buffet will he solved. Reserva­tions
for the party must be
made toy October 25. Mrs. John
Marks, 314 Laurel St., is ac­cepting
reservations, 626-7637
ho p t 1 t co-chairmen; Cart
S 1 u vs and means; Ron­ald
Hamsner, safety patrol,
and Mrs. Robert G. Herzer,
publicity. - - ■ ■ ■■■■■■< .f
Parents are urged to attend
the PTA meetings and to 'be­come
active members in 'the
association. A Membership
Drive is being conducted and
dues will be accepted at the
meeting this evening. Interest­ing
programs have been plan­ned
for the coming montlis and
will feature important topics.
Long Cleaning
Business Sold
The Long Quality 'Cleaners,
54 East Main St., has been
sold after serving Lititz and
the vicinity for 40 and a half
years, it was announced by
Roy II. Long.
The purchaser is Vernon E.
Hoover, 637 South Prince St.,
Lancaster, who has been in the
cleaning and laundry business
for over 30 years.
Long expressed his apprecia­tion
to the people of Lititz for
their patronage over the years,
and expressed the hope the
clientele would continue to use
the cleaning and Laundry serv­ices.
Steedle said 'the. second liq­uid
fuel tax cheek to r . $3,-
917.08 has been received, to­ward
the total of $18,619.29
for 'this fiscal year.
The borough manager will
report on the status of the
Locust Street bridge, and the
suit concerning the bridge con-
To Plant New
Trees In Park
The Park trustees plan to
spend about, $1,000 planting
new trees 'in the park next
spring, it was announced fol­lowing
Tuesday might’s meet­ing
of 'the trustees.
J. M. Leed, president, said
that there will be a variety of
species, and the number to be
'planted depends on the size
plus cost. The trustees plan
to get 'bids for 'the trees.
Some trees also will be
trimmed and dead wood ¡re­moved.
They also Will ask, for help
to clean up the leaves. Volun­teers
will be most welcome,
Leed said.
There has been moire van­dalism
in the park, it was said.
Another spigot has been brok­en,
and il will cost between
$35 and $40 to fix it.
School Board Approves
1.75% Employes Bonus
court.
The water engineer will be
present to discuss 'the status
and future development of the
new well on Locust Street.
The borough is trying to learn
the State requirements.
Council will receive the Rec­reation
Center board’s audit
for review. Steedle will rec­ommend
that Wilbur Miller be
appointed to audit the bor­ough
books for this year.
The permit for the work on
the Oak Street bridge expires
December 31, and Steedle wlII
ask council if they want to re­quest
an extension.
Council will also discuss uni­forms
for ihe works depart-1
ment and water-sewer depart­ments,
a request from UGI to j
make an opening in Raspberry
Lane for gas service, and a re­quest
from the Welcome Wag­on
to erect signs in the bor­ough!.
They also will review
the problem of vending ma­chines-
in or near the right-of-way.
of various streets.
Steedle will report on a
meeting of the State Depart­ment
of health scheduled for
November 3 in Harrisburg,
when Housing Code enforce­ment
will be discussed.
Halloween
Parade Oct. 29
At Rothsville
A Halloween parade will be
held in Rothsville on Satur­day,
October 29, beginning at
7 p.m., and forming at the
Raymond Groff development
(west end of Rothsville).
The parade is being spon­sored
by the Warwick Lions
Club, the Rothsville Fire Com­pany
and the Ladies Auxiliary
to the Fire Company. Each
sponsor will have two candi­dates
for ¡the queen contest.
Nancy Singer, Rothsville, last,
•year’s queen, will crown the
hew queen. Parade marshal is
Russell Gouse and Master of
Ceremonies will be J. Arne
Forney. Mrs. Barbara Bowman,
Rothsville, who participated in
ithe ¡Lancaster county Fire
Company contest, will also be
in the parade.
The public in invited to par­ticipate
in th e parade. Cash
prizes will he given for the
best groups, duos, floats, ete.
Fobd and games will be pro­vided
after the parade. The
Vandals, a combo from War­wick
High, will provide music
for dancing.
Trick ’r Treat Night will
.be held in Warwick town­ship
on Monday, October 31,
it was announced by Town­ship
Police Chief Eugene P.
May.
Ronald Miller Kent Herzer
Two Scouts To Receive
God and Country Awards
The God and Country Award i Ronald, sixteen, is the son
will be presented to two mem- of Mi', and Mrs. Wilbur B.
bers of Boy Scout Troop 42 at Miller, 630 S. ©road St., and
ceremonies conducted in the is a senior at Warwick High.
Moravian Church October 23 He is a member of the band
at the morning worship sera- and glee club, co-editor-in-chief
jce_ of 'the yearbook, a member of
The scouts are Kent Herzer the tennis team and is partici-and
Ronald Miller. Both scouts ip lung in the senior play. Rote
completed a course ot study mrtitct, an Eagle scout, is a Jun-the
fundamentals of Ch it n i o Assistant 'Scoutmaster and
ity. The program (1 acu n es i lember of the Order of the
was designed to prepare me
scouts for Christian living in
their church and comm U**A CJ .
'The Rev. James F. Gross,
instructor and .counselor for
the scouts, will present the
awards.. -
Kent is the son of Scout­master
' and Mrs. Robert G.
Herzer, Lititz R3, and is a
freshman at Warwick High. He
participatesin the Jr.-Sir. High
Bowling League. The fifteen-year-
old Life scout is also a
patrol leader and has served
as troop treasurer. Kent is a
member of the Moravian
Church, the Young People’s
Department of the Church
School and the Senior High
Youth Fellowship.
A ow.
He is a member of the Mor­avian
Church, the Young Peo­ple’s
Department and the Sen­ior
High Youth Fellowship.
Old BrunnerVille
Church For Sale
The former building of the
Brunneraille EUB Church is
for sale, it wais announced this
week. The congregation recent­ly
moved into a new building.
The old building was con­structed
nearly 100 years algo,
in 1869, and is white frame.
It seated about 150 persons.
Also for sale will be the
pews and Sunday School equip­ment,
‘ church officials said.
No Bingo Winners; Popular Contest
Held Over For One More Big Week
Last week was to have
been the LAST WEEK to
play Bingo in the RECORD-EXPRESS.
However, no one
showed up to claim the mon­ey
Friday afternoon, so we’ve
got $100 for which we must
find a home.
In this extra week, purple
Bingo cards will be distribu­ted
by the participating Lit­itz
merchants, starting today,
Candidates For State Offices Make Appeal For Votes
Council Members
To Attend Meeting
Three Warwick High School
Students and their adviser will
attend ¡the annual state con­vention.
of the Pennsylvania .
Association of Student Conn- ecutlve> being president of C
Manbeck For
G.O.P. Senator
Clarence F. Manbeck, Fred-1
ctckdniig III, Lebanon Coun-i
ly, is tiie Republican candidate
for State Senator from the I
48th District, which now in­cludes
the area served by the
Warwick Union School district,
as ’well as the northern part of
Lancaster county and parts of
Lebanon and Dauphin counties, j
Manbeck, fifty-eight, is sera-1
¡mg his third term in the House,
of Representatives, and is now
making his bid for State S ena-1
tor. He has served as chair-:
man of ihe Lebanon County i
Republican finance committee, i
and a's a member of the exe<ru- j
¡live committee. |
Bonn in Bethel township,
Berks county, where he at­tended
public school, Manbeck
is a farmer and business ex-cils
at Bethel Park High
School, Bethel Park, on Oc­tober
27, 28 and 29.
They are Sieve Rannels. Vi­ola
l res. and Viggo Olsen,
foreign exchange student. They
will be accompanied by Miss
Mary Louise Miles, adviser to
the Warwick Council.
Among The Sick
These patients were admit­ted
to the Lancaster General
Hospital recently: Mrs. S. R.
Posey, 133 S. Broad Sit., and
Leroy Pfautz, 62 Front St.
F. Manbeck, Inc., Poultry Proc­essing
which employs 150 peo­ple
at Fredericksburg. He is
also president of Farmers
Pride, Inc., located at Freder­icksburg,
which operates 33 re­tail
stores in Pennsylvania and
Ohio employing 110 people.
Manbeck is a director of the
First National Bank df Fred­ericksburg,
a member of the
board of managers of the Good
Samaritan Hospital, Lebanon,
and a member of the Lebanon
County Tuberculosis and Child
clinic.
He is a former member of
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H. L. Nitrauer
G.O.P. Choice
For Assembly
Harvey L. Nitrauer, 125 S.
Locust St., Myerstown, is the
Republican candidate for the
State Legislature from the
102nd district, which now com­prises
a part of Lebanon and
all of the Warwick Union.
School district area — Lititz
borough, Warwick and Eliza­beth
townships.
■Nitrauer, who is. a brother
of William E. Nitrauer, retired
supervising principal of the
Manheim Township School dis­trict,
is at present .supervising
principal of the Northern Leb-
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Mrs. Trautman
Demo. Choice
For Assembly
Gertrude M. Trautman, Leb­anon,
is Democratic candidate
for the general assembly, Dis­trict
102, of which the area
comprising the Warwick Union
school district is now a part—
'Lititz borough, Warwick town­ship
and Elizabeth township.
Mrs. Trautman, thirty-nine,
is a graduate of Lebanon High
School, where she won the ora­torical
contest. She is a 'li­censed
practical nurse, and is
second vice president of the
Licensed Practical Nurse As-
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Anspach For
Demo. Senator
John H. Anspach, Grantville
Rl, Lebanon County, is the
Democratic candidate for State
senator from the 48th district,
of which the Warwick Union
School district 'area is now a
part.
Anspach, thirty-nine, is own­er
and manager of Anspia'Ch
Auto parts, is a director of the
Jonestown Bank and Trust
company, and active member
of Lembenger’s EUB Church,
where he is a ¡trustee and as­sistant
superintendent of the
Sunday School. He is past
president of the East Hanover
township PTA, and is hospi­tality
chairman for the Leba­non
County PTA.
He is a Democratic Commit­teeman
for East Hanover town­ship
where he ¡formerly served
as tax collector. He is chair­man
of the East Hanover town­ship
School Authority.
Prominent in Lodge affairs,
Anspach :is a 32nd degree Ma­son,
member of Lodge 226 F.
and A.M., Harrisburg Consis­tory,
Tall Cedar Club, Harris­burg
Zernbo Temple ¡Shrine
Club: Lebanon County Shrine
Club.
He served as chairman for
the East Hanover Twp. drive
for the J ones! own Area Medi­cal
'Center, and is; program
chairman for the 'center. He is
a member of 'the Jonestown
Lions Club, the Lebanon Goun-
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and numbers will appear in
the paper the following
Thursday.
The same contest rules
will apply as in preceding
weeks. Winning cards must
be brought to the Record-
Express office between 4-6
p.m., Friday, October 28.
Holders of the lucky cards
will share $100. If you
haven’t been a Bingo Win­ner
yet, you’ve got one more
chance, so check your card
closely this week.
PARTICIPATING
MERCHANTS '
David Armold, Jeweler
Clyde O. Benner
Bingeman's Restaurant
Charlotte’s Apparel
Dick’s TV & Appliances
Duster’s Super Market
East End Grocery
Gearhart’s Self-Service
Glassmyer’s
Hagy’s Western Auto
Robert J. Hanna Co.
Harris Variety Center
Leon S. Hershey
J. B. Hess Men's Wear
Kauffman’s Grocery Store
Keller Bros. Auto. Co.
Kreider Hardware
Kreider Bros. TV
Lititz Book Store
Lititz Sewing Center
Lititz Sports Center
Long & Boinberger
Martin’s Chevrolet, Inc,
McElroy’s Pharmacy
Michael's TV -
The Pick-It Gift Shop
Spacht’s Furniture Store
Stan’s Electric Service
Stauffer’s Market
The Carpet Shop
P. T. Trimble & Son
Hardware
J. B. Zartman, Inc.
To Cost $25,000;
New Rental
Schedule Set
Tiie Warwick Union School
Board Tuesday ¡night approved
payment of a bonus, termed an
appreciation bonus, for full
HI time professional and non-pro-
I 'fessional employes.
The bonus, totaling $25.000,
] represents 1.75 percent of the
annual salaries and will be
I payable on Dec. 2 to each full
I'time employe on the payroll
or the 1966-67 school year
¡provided the employe has not;
submitted a resignation prior
to that time.
B o a rd president Horace
| Kauffman stated that, the bon­us
did not result solely be­cause
of an increase in the
cost of living. He said • it was
something the board “felt
¡they should do” ¡and that it
would mean more monetarily
to long term employees, who
had not received a proportiioin-alte
share from the recertt
state bonus, as 'most shorter
term employees. He stated
that the Board was not com­mitting
itself to making the
bonus an annual paymentt.
New Rental Fees
A new schedule of fees for
rentals of school facilities was
adopted by the Boat'd after
long controversy.'• - -
The new fees represent
about a quarter of the former
fees, and for local groups the
Cost is about the same as the
cost of the labor involved. For
groups or individuals outside
the district, costs are higher,
in many cases more than dou­ble.
There is no fee for adult
groups such as PTA, and oth­er
groups, unless admission Is
Charged, nor is there a charge
for youth groups such as
Scouts and 4-H Clubs which
serve the youth ¡of the dis­trict.
The charge is for a third
classification which includes
civic, social, educational, pa­triotic
'organizations, etc.
The fee for the high school
auditorium will be $25 mini­mum
per performance (for
groups within the district, and
$100 minimum for groups out­side
the district. Other feds
include: high school gymnasi­um,
$25 in district, $75 out­side
district; elementary gym­nasium,
$20 within district at
lititz elementary; $15 for
ftothisville elementary, and $35
minimum for outside; high
school and elementary cafe­teria
dining room, $25 in dis­trict,
$50 outside; high schodl
cafeteria kitchen, $25 inside.
$60 minimum outside; class­rooms.
$10 per room. ,
The rentals include one free
rehearsal per performance, and
50 percent of the fee for ad­ditional
rehearsals. It also in­cludes
necessary facilities and
custodial sendee.
The Board approved pay­ment
of $750 to Wilbur Miller
for audit of the 1965-66 school
rear.
B > d n ember Robert Zink
ted d!,d t the motion, stot-i
t l q i t >ned tiie depth
ot me audit. Explaining his
II / k t ted he did not
l e t i tl iceounbant who
prepared the audit, but from
reading the comments attached
did question whether the audit
went far enough.
it seemed unclear as to just
what instructions had been
given concerning what was ex­pected
from the audit.
Approves Prosecution
The Board approved a re-qucU
for prosecution by the
I¡aiicaster County Tax Collec­tion
Bureau of Paul and
Gladys Floy, 201 Leamaii
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CHANGE DATE
Trict ’r Treat Night will
be held in Lititz Borough on
Saturday, October 29, instead
of October 31, it was an-:
nounced by Chief of Police
George C. Hicks. He said the
date had been changed in
order not to conflict with the
Halloween parade on Octo­ber
31.
Community
Calendar
Oct. 20 — 7:30 p.m. Senk«
Citizens at the Center.
—7:30 p.m. Stamp Club at
ihe Center.
Oct. 22 — 8:30 p.m. Junior
Board Saturday Night
Dance featuring “The
Keepers”.
Oct. 24 — 7:00 p.m. JayneCeie
Babysitting Clinic at the
Center.
Oct. 25 — 6:00 p.m. Rotary
Club ait the Sutter,