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PRINCIPAL PERFORMERS in Warwick High School Christmas concert
scheduled for Sunday afternoon are shown above. They are soloists and accom­panists.
Left to right, first row: Judi Ebbert, soloist; Barbara Hershey, soloist;
Denise Witwer, accompanist; seated, Leon Brubaker, soloist; Judy Buck waiter,
organ accompanist; second row, Bruce Bucher, soloist; Nancy Ressler, accompan­ist;
Carol Bredthauer, Benjamin Neideigh and Paul Brubaker, soloists.
Local Legion Wins
Governor's Award
Garden Spot Post 56, Amer­ican
Lesion, oi Lititz, is one
of 229 entries in the State
which will receive the Gover­nor’s
awards for outstanding
contribution to traffic safety,
and one of six in the county.
The project was putting re­flecting
tape on bicycles.
Die project consisted of
supplying area gas stations
with safey-driving slogans for
use over the Fourth of July
holiday.
'The awards will be present­ed
on December 8 at the close
of the annual conference on
Traffic Safety in the State
Education building in Harris­burg.
Mrs. Martha Smith
Is 97 Years Old
Mrs. Martha A. Smith, 311
S. Broad St., celebrated her
97 th birthday on November
26. She observed her birthday
quietly at her home with fam­ily
members and relatives.
Mrs. Smith, a life long resi­dent
of Lititz, is the oldest
member of the Lititz Moravian
Church. She “keeps busy” by
crocheting and recently com­pleted
a 77-square afgban. She
also enjoys listening to the
radio and watching television.
“Grandma,” as she is fond­ly
known by neighbors and
friends, wishes to express her
appreciation to all those who
remembered her with cards,
gifts, flowers and phone mes­sages.
Christmas Concert Sunday
At Warwick High School
Charged With
Burglary Try
Donald Eugene Kofroth, 460
N. Cedar St., was charged with
attempted burglary by Lan­caster
State Police last Satur­day
and was jailed for a hear­ing
before Alderman John K.
Shenk, Lancaster.
State Police said the alleged
attempt occurred November 10
at the Sweet and Hot Shop
owned by Glen II. Myers along
Route 72 north of Manheim.
They said Kofroth also impli­cated
two other suspects who
are in the service and will be
investigated.
The Warwick High School
music department will present
its annual Christmas concert
on Dec. 4 at 3 p.m. in the high
school auditorium. No admis­sion
will be charged.
included in the program
will be the 120-voice Junior
High chorus. Their offering
will consist of “The Christmas
Hymn,” “0 Holy Night” with
Kyle Graham soloist; “Do You
Hear What I Hear” with per­cussion,
“The Little Drummer
Boy,” and “The Christmas
Song.” Accompanists are Bec­ky
Doster, Mary Ann Smith,
and Debbie Miller.
Warwick Lions
To Discuss
Road Work
The Warwick Lions Club
civic project committee will
meet Friday with Warwick
Twp. supervisors in Brunner-ville
Fire Hall to discuss pos­sible
widening of roads leading
to the new Kissel Hill School.
Under discussion will be
Owl Hill Road and Landis Val­ley
Road, both of which lead
from Rt. 501 past the school.
The committee also will dis­cuss
the proposal with James
C. Whalen, District 8 engineer
of the State Highways Dept.,
Dec. 8 in Harrisburg.
Raymond Groff is committee
chairman.
BRUNNER VI LEE PARTY
The Brunnerville Fire Com­pany
Auxiliary will hold a cov­ered
dish social and Christmas
party for members and friends
Monday, December 12, at 6:30
p.m. in the Fire Hall.
School Menu
MONDAY
Glazed meat loaf, mashed
potatoes. cole slaw, fruit,
bread, milk.
TUESDAY
Chuck wagon steak, baked
beans, lettuce wedge, cookies,
roll, milk. WEDNESDAY
Beef barbecue, baked pota­toes.
relish cup, applesauce,
roll, milk.
THURSDAY
Chicken pot pie with po­tatoes,
buttered peas, pickle
chips, fruit jello, bread, milk.
FRIDAY
Sub or grilled cheese, p. fout-ter/
celery, candied sweet po­tatoes,
banana, roll, milk.
Dedicate Chimes
To Hiram Reedy
Mr. and Mrs. R a ym o n d
Reedy. 151 S. Spruce St. spent
the weekend with the Rev. and
Mrs. C. Gerald Blake, Jr. and
family, A pa la chin, N.Y.
They attended the morning
worship ' service at the Park
Terrace . Methodist Church on
Sunday November 27. Mrs.
Blake, their daughter, present­ed
a set of organ chimes to
the congregation and dedicat­ed
them to the memory of her
late grandfather, Hiram C.
Reedy, who had served for
many years as an evangelistic
singer,
Mrs. Blake is the choir di­rector
of the church and her
husband is the Pastor.
Featured will be the concert
choir singing “Glory to God,”
a contemporary work by Alan
Hovhaness for chorus, brass,
percussion, and organ. Soloists
will include Mrs. Hazel Moore,
elementary vocal teacher, and
Judi Ebbert, senior. (
The Glee Club will enter
the auditorium with the tradi­tional
candlelight procession­al.
They will highlight the con­cert
with their presentation of
“The Song of Christmas” writ­ten
by Rov Ringwald and nar­rated
by Harold W. Swisher,
high school principal. Soloists
include Barbara Hershey, Car­ol
Bredthauer, Paul Brubak­er,
Leon Brubaker, Benjamin
Neideigh and Bruce Bucher.
Accompanists are Judy Buck-waiter,
organ: Denise Witwer
and Nancy Ressler, piano.
All choruses are under the
direction of Mrs. Mary Jean
Drabek. The brass choir di­rected
by It. Donald Reed will
set the scene by playing carols
appropriate for the Christmas
season.
Following the concert there
will be a reception for par­ticipants
and family in the
cafeteria. The FHA club, un­der
the direction of Mrs. Flora
Schneider and with the co­operation
of the home econom­ics
department, is making the
reception a part, of their year­ly
projects.
Set designs and scenery are
being made by Miss Georgene
Lucas and Charles Sload of
the art department. David E.
Hilbert will handle the con­struction
and lighting details.
County PTÁ
To Hold Meeting
Mrs. Howard J. Huegei, Le-highton,
Pa., newly elected
president of the Penna. Con­gress
of Parents and Teach­ers,
will speak on the topic
“Why PTA.” at the Northwest
Lancaster County Council PTA
dinner meeting to be held at
the Host Town Motel, 30 Kel­ler
Ave., Lancaster, Thursday
December 8 at 6:30 p.m. The
meeting is open to all PTA
members.
The Rev. Jesse Daurte and
his family will provide a vocal
and instrumental program fol­lowing
a brief buisness session.
Reservations and dinner fee
must be paid by December 5
by contacting Mrs. Sydney D.
Brener, PO Box 1744, Lancas­ter.
WCTU TO MEET
The Lititz WCTU will meet
at the home of Mrs. Robert
Hanna, 38 East Second Street,
Monday, Dec. 5, at 7:30 p.m.
Mrs. Naomi Smith will be in
charge of the Christmas pro­gram.
Members are asked to
bring gifts for Veterans’ hos­pitals.
Big Damage
Caused in
Two Crashes
A two-ear accident occurred
at 3:50 p.m. November 30 at
Locust and Main Streets, when
a car operated by Beth S.
Runk, 53 N. Broad St., Lititz,
attempted to make a left turn
from S. Locust onto Main, and
was struck by a car driven by
Rov B. Mull, Lititz R4.
Miss Runk was charged with
failure to yield the right of
way by Officer Leroy P. Em­merich
before Justice of the
Peace Paul F. Diehm. Officer
Howard Dissinger also investi­gated.
Police said damage to the
Runk car was $420. plus $30
damage lo a mailbox the car
knocked over. Damage lo the
Mull car was estimated at $125.
There were no injuries.
Hits Parked Car
Alvin F. Myers, seventy-sev­en,
Lititz Rl, was charged by
Lititz police with reckless
driving on November 28, after
a car he was driving hit a
parked car owned by Charles
B. Landes, 138 S. Broad St.
Charges were brought by Of­ficer
Emmerich before Justice
of the Peace Harold H. Kauff­man.
Police said damages to
the Myers ear were $500. and
to the Landes car, $150. There
were no injuries.
Traffic Violations
Paulette Ann Royer, Man-helm
R2, was charged Novem­ber
24 with a stop sign viola­tion
and speeding by Chief oi
Police George C. Hicks before
Justice of the Peace Paul F.
Diehm.
Robert D. Rohrer, 321 F.
High Street, Manheim, was
charged with speeding on No­vember
24 by Officer Earl
Steffy before Squire Diehm.
Charles R. Miller, Lititz R2.
was charged with a traffic light'
violation on November 25 by
Officer James F, Fritz before
Squire Diehm.
Elsie Gibble, 315 Cherry St,
Manheim, was charged with a
red light violation on Novem­ber
26 by Officer Fritz before
Squire Diehm.
Gordon Clair Arndt, Lititz
R4, was charged with reckless
driving November 26 by O-f-lcer
Leroy P. Emmerich be­fore
Squire Diehm.
Edmund Thomas Stadel, Lit­itz
R3, was charged with
speeding November 27 by Of­ficer
Howard Dissinger before
Squire Diehm.
Sideswipes Car
A tractor-truck driven by
Larry Landis, 5 East Orange
Street, side-swiped a parked
car in front of 102 E. Main
St., Sunday. Nov. 27, at 11:45
a.m., according to borough
police.
The parked car was owned
by Harry B. Adams, 534 N.
Water St., and was damaged
to the extent of $75. Officer
James F. Fritz, who investi­gated,
said there would be no
prosecution because the driv­er
didn’t realize he had hit
anything. There were no in­juries.
Backs into Car
A ear operated by Miss
Edna F. Schreiber, 407 W.
James St., Lancaster, was
backed out of a driveway on
East Second Avenue Sunday
evening, and struck a ear
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No Increase In Taxes
In Proposed '67 Budget
Taxes will remain the same
■in Lititz borough in 1967 if
the proposed 1967 budget re­viewed
by Borough Council
Tuesday night is adopted.
The present tax rate is 12 'i
mills on real estate, plus a per
capita tax of $10 for every
resident of the borough 21
years of age or older.
The proposed 1967 budget
anticipates income and expen­ditures
of $173,196 in the gen­eral
fund, as compared with
$164,203 budgeted for 1966.
This is nearly $9,000 higher,
but the increase is expected to
be taken care of by increased
tax revenues made possible by
new construction here, and by
other sources of income, ’such
as licenses, permits, fines and
service charges.
The real estate tax is ex­pected
to bring in $85,500 as
compared with $84,400 in 1966,
and the per capita tax $39,000,
compared with $38,500.
There will be “across-the-board”
wage and salary in­creases
for everyone employed
by the borough, it was re­vealed.
These arc not on a set
¡schedule, but will be granted
| for various reasons, such as
I length of service and the pay
j brackets each one is in.
! Garbage Costs More
I The biggest increase in ex-i
penditures is the cost of gar­bage
collection, which has
nearly doubled. The price has
shot up to $9,400 for 1967 as
compared with $4,950 budgeted
in 1966. Collectors in 1966
complained they were losing
money on the deal. The sum of
$500 has been set aside for
stream clean-up, the same as
this year.
The public Library will get
$750, the Park trustees $900,
and the Lititz Recreation
Board $4,000, about, the same
as budgeted for this year. The
sum of $500 is earmarked for
shade trees compared with
$200 in 1966.
A summary of the expendi­tures
in the General fund,
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PLEASE SANTA: “I’ve been a good boy, and I wanna sled and a super-dooper
superspatial star ship,” five-and-a-half-year-old David. Shank, son oi Mr.
and Mrs. Ray Shank, 111 E. Market Street,, seems to he telling the community
Santa Claus in his castle on East Main Street. Santa will he in his castle again
Friday, December 2, from 6 to 8 p.m., and on Saturday, December 3, from 10,'a.m.
to noon, and 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. The castle is located in the passageway between
the Pick-It Gift Shop and Charlotte’s Shoppe. Most downtown stores will be open
until 9 p.m. tonight, Friday and Saturday, to accommodate Christmas shoppers.
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Building Permits Total
$172,775 In Township
Area Deer Hunters Find
Slim Pickings In State
Apparently rain, snow and
generally bad weather served
to cut down the deer take
among local hunters, for not
as many kills as usual were
reported this year during the
first few days of the deer-hunt­ing
season.
One of the first, however, to
bag a deer was Eugene Buch-ter.
312 E. Main Street, who
shot an eight-point deer at
8:45 a.m. Monday in Perry
County. The animal weighed
120 to .130 pounds.
Lee Miller, Rothsville, got a
six-point buck at 9:20 ’ a.m.
Monday near Pine Grove.
A father and son. hunting
in Sullivan County, each
brought down four-point bucks
on Monday. They are Garth
Backer and his son, Craig, six­teen,
Lititz Rl. Craig beat his
Dad to it by bringing down his
quarry in the morning, while
Dad shot his in the afternoon.
Six members of the Seven
Mountain Club, located in Cen­ter
County, brought down two
deer Tuesday, considered a
good percentage for the five
men in the group who held li­censes.
The two animals were
a four-point buck and a three-point
buck, each dressing out
at about 80 pounds. The suc­cessful
nimrods were John
Goodman and Art Myers. Oth­ers
in the group were Floyd
Mi ley, Fred Hall. Leo Rossi
and Herman Reedy.
Among others who had suc­cessful
trips were Ken Hess,
Jim Witmyer, both of Lititz,
and Robert Geary, Adamstown.
Also. H. D. Mease, Lloyd
Rhineer, both of Neffsville;
David Hevener, James Burk-w-
alter. James Alderfer, Robert
Delp Sr.. Wesley Jordan. Rob­ert
Gibble. George Haddad,
Cap Haddad, Charles Miller,
all of Lititz, and M. K. Zook.
Lititz, who shot a freak ani­mat
with three horns protrud­ing
from its head.
Building permits ; totalling
$172,775 were issued in War­wick
township during Novem­ber,
according to the report of
Mrs. Ruth Wetzel, building
permit clerk.
Of the total, $170,400 was
for new construction. Largest
in value was a permit for a
new broiler house to cost $45,-
000, issued to Harold M. Buck-waiter,
Lititz R3. It will be
constructed on the east side of
Buckwalter Road.
Next, largest was a permit
for $41,000 issued to the town­ship
supervisors for their new
building on Clay Road.
Other permits for new con­struction
were issued as fol­lows:
Harold G. Ha Id email,
new dwelling Route 501, $17,-
000; Ralph and Doris Ehrhart,
Dridge Hill Road, new dwell­ing
and locating trailer, $17,-
000; John It. Kurtz, 319 S.
Boy Scout's Hike
On Horseshoe Trail
Nine members of Boy Seoul
Troop 44 hiked along the
Horseshoe Trail in the Indian-town
Gap area on November
25. They were accompanied by
Scoutmaster Lester Lahr.
The purpose of the hike was
to familiarize the scouts with
the trail in preparation for a
hike to be taken along the en­tire
Horseshoe Trail.
Cedar St., house for resale on
Ballstown Road, $18,500; Hen­ry
G. Wenger, Lititz R4, house
for resale on Pine Hill Road,
$17,000; Lloyd P. May, Lititz
R3, house on New Haven “Drive
for resale, $14,900.
Permits for improvements
were issued as follows: John
F Mishler, Lititz Rl, twin
houses on Church Street, Brun-nerville,
aluminum siding, $2,-
100; Daniel F. Gingrich, 2035
Main St., Rothsville, panelling,
$225; G. Harold W. Spangler,
Lititz R4, garage and storage,
Pine Hill and Millway Rd., $50.
Odd Fellows
To Give Party
For Children
The annual Children’s Christ­mas
party will be held by Lit­itz
Lodge 1050, Odd Fellows,
on Friday evening, December
9, in Odd Fellows Hall, North
Broad Street.
Refreshments will be served,
starting at 6:30 p.m., followed
by entertainment presented by
Clint Riedel, magician of Lit­itz;
carol singing and a visit
from Santa Claus bringing
gifts for all children present.
All Odd Fellows and their
families are invited to attend.
Seiverling Named Head
of County Chapter, FFA.
ON HONOR BOLL
Due to a typographical er­ror,
the names of Doris Sny­der
and John Spahr were omit­ted
from the Warwick High
School Honor Roll last week.
Both are members of the sen­ior
class. The Record-Express
regrets the error.
CHRISTMAS PARTY
The Lititz Five Company
Auxiliary will hold a Christmas
party tonight at 7:30 p.m. at
the Fire Hall.
Bowett Seiverling was elect­ed
president of the Lancaster
County Red Rose Chapter Fu­ture
Farmers of America Mon­day
night. In installation cere­monies
planned for January
23 at Elizabethtown High
I School, Seiverling will succeed
| Robert Weaver of Lampeler-
Strasburg High School.
Seiverling, a junior at War-
; wick High School, is the 16-
year-old son of Mr. and Mns.
Harold Seiverling, Lititz Rl.
He is currently president of
t he Warwick FFA Chapter, and
was this year's Ayrshire calf
! recipient at the Lampeter Fail1
' in September.
i Other officers elected at the
i County FFA meeting held at
! Garden Spot High School were:
William Buchter, Cloister
Chapter, vice president; Galen
Yoder, Grassland Chapter, sec­retary:
Gerald Phillips, Solan-co
Chapter, treasurer; John Da-
! vid Nissley, Manheim Chapter,
j chaplain; Barry Nickel, Pequea
; Valley Chapter, parliamentari-
| an: Clair Erb, Manor Chapter,
: corresponding secretary; John
Kurtz, Elizabethtown Chapter,
sentinel; and Thomas Houser,
| Garden Spot Chapter, reporter.
I Fortyrthree Lancaster Coun-with
the 1966 budget figures in
parentheses, is as follows:
general government. $34,437
($33.681): protection to persons
and property, $36.937 ($31,-
222); highways. $64,082 ($64,
750); health and sanitation,
$9.900 (S5.450): recreation, $8,-
900 ($11,100): miscellaneous,
$18.940 (Si7.850L The balance
in t lie general fund at the
start of 1967 is expected to
be $2,671.
Any increases in other spe­cial
funds, such as water, sew­er,
.swimming pool, etc., are
expected lo be taken care of
by increasing revenue. In the
water revenue fund, expendi­tures
are listed at $113,143,
compared with $102,548 bud­geted
for 1966. The increase is
accounted for by allotting $24,
263 to the water .system con­struction
fund, as compared
with $13,162 in 1966. thus pav­ing
the wav-for spending about
$20.000 more than in 1966 for
development of the new water
wells and improvements.
Other expenditures listed in
special funds are as follows:
sewer fund. $139.640 ($138,-
951): highway aid, $36,500.
($14.000): Water system con­struction
fund, $25,000 ($5,*
000); storm drainage constnlc-tion
fund. $20.000 ($20,000);
Police pension fund, $3,(KM)
($3,700); swimming pool fund.,
$29.985 ($28.290): equipment,
reserve fund, $11,280 ($9,600).
Proposed expenditures for
equipment include a dump
truck, new typewriter, new
duplicator.
The proposed budget is sub­ject
to revision before its final
adoption about two months
from now.
Borough Manager George
D. Steedle said that anyone
is welcome to come into the
office and look the proposed
budget over. However, the
official budget will not be on
formal display until January.
To Check Lists
The borough is attempting
to bring its per capita tax
listing up-to-date by sending
cards along with the water and
sewer bills. These cards ask
the recipients to list: the
names and year of birth of
each resident of each house­hold
born, before 1946. The
cards are to be returned to
the borough office, where they
will be cheeked with the cur­rent
listings.
Council decided to solve the
excess sludge problem by em-ploying
the Mobile Dredging
Company to haul away and dis­pose
of the digested sludge.
There has been an increasing
amount of solids over the
years, and a better method is
needed for disposal, it was
said. The extra cost will be
about $5180 a year.
To Further Water Plans
The borough will advance
with the development of its
water system by asking Huth
Engineers to prepare plans
and specifications for bidding
at the earlier possible date.
They will ask bids on five dif­ferent
plans, ranging from an
estimated $62.000 for partial
development up to $240,000
for a complete consolidation
of the enliie water system.
Council approved payment of
a hilt for $8,185.81 on the $10,-
649 contract for the storm
drainage project on Maple
Lane. About two blocks of
drains were laid.
Approval was given to a re­quest
from Travis Mills to re­move
a portion of unopened
IV Market Street from the
borough plan, and to add the
extension of Buch Avenue and
X. Chestnut St. lo the plan.
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Howett Seiverling
ty youths will receive the Red
Rose degree, highest honor be­stowed
on the county level, at
the January meeting.
Thomas Malin, vocational ag­riculture
adviser for Lancas­ter
-and York Counties, an­nounced
that 23 county youths
will receive the Keystone
Farmer Degree at the 1967
Farm Show.
Community
Calendar
Dec. 1—10 a.m. and 1 p.m.—.
Stauffer’s Flower Arrange­ment
Class at the Center.
—7:30 p.m. Fire Company
Auxiliary meeting at the
Fire House.
Dee. 3 — 8 p.m. Rotary Trav­elogue
at the High School
Auditorium.
Dec. 6 — 6 p.m. Rotary Club
at the Sutter.
—8 p.m. Rebekah Lodge
#435 at the I.O.O.F. Hall,