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E stab lished April, 1877, as The Sunbeam
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Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa. 175415, Thursday, December 22, 1966 10 cen ts a Copy; $4.00 per year by mall
w ithin Xiancaster County 16 Pages — No. 37
Mining Firm
TakesOption
On 18 Farms
Santa Is Cornin’ To Town
To V isit Kids At Fire House
Itrum Jihj JKÏmùniu
A beautiful church across the way
With windows so prominently blue,
Speaks of God’s house, where people pray.
Come to worship, their faith renew.
A gorgeous scene on a moonlit night
When its rays envelop the steeple.
Eight white arches hold it aright.
The town clock chimes from the steeple.
Each arch stands for spiritual gift.
Faith, Mope, Patience, Forgiveness, Love,
Truth, Joy and Peace. Character built
On these, exemplify Christ above.
How strong and firm the steeple stands.
May our belief and faith endure.
Spread the “good news” in many lands
So mankind and the world are secure.
Dorothy S. Habeckor
Lititz
A vein of good clean lime-1
stone is paying off for owneis
of 18 farm properties in the
Hammer Creek area, on which
a mining company has taken
options.
The firm, Callahan Mining
Company of New York, which
has a local office at 18 Y .
Main St., Ephrata, will mine i
the limestone and sell it to
steel companies for the pro­duction
of steel. However, op­erations
in this area will not j
begin for 30 or 40 years, and
meanwhile the owners will
continue to farm the land. !
The area comprises about j
1500 acres, and the vein of
limestone is about 200 feet i
wide and five to seven miles j
long, it was learned. All the j
properties are located north o f;
the Hammer Creek starting at j
501 and continuing along the
creek east to the Brunnerville-
Lincoln Road. j
The firm already has op-1
tions on 1300 acres of land in
the Schoeneck area and has
begun working that now. This
vein is expected to last 30 to
40 year's, after which the Ham-1
mer Creek area, now being op­tioned
as a reserve supply,
Council Plans Further
Action On Water Project
Further steps to consolidate
and improve Lititz’ water sys­tem
will be taken at the reg­ular
meeting of Borough Coun­cil
scheduled for Tuesday, De­cember
27, Borough Manager
George D. Steedle said this
week.
It is expected that a water
engineer will be present to dis­cuss
the exact magnitude of
the project from the standpoint
of the plans and specifications
for the development of the wa­ter
well site on North Locust
Street and East New Street.
Five proposals have been
made, each concerning certain
aspects and limitations of the
proposed development.
Steedle plans to report to
Council on a proposed meeting
between Council, Warwick
township supervisors, and the
township’s citizens water ad­visory
committee to be held in
January. This will be the first
meeting of the three groups
to discuss water problems in
the township.
There will be a report on
the storm drainage project on
Maple Lane, which has been
completed except for resurfac­ing
on West Orange Street.
JC Basketball
Tourney Next
Thurs. and Fri<
Cedar Crest High School
(Lebanon County) and Da lias-town
High (York County) are
new entrants in the fourth an­nual
Holiday Basketball Tour­nament,
sponsored by the Lit­itz
Junior Chamber of Com­merce.
They’ll compete with
Hempfield High, champions in
1064 and 1965, and Warwick,
1963 champs, lor the champion­ship
trophy next Thursday and
Friday, December 29 and 30,
in Warwick's gym.
First game starts at 7 p.m.
Tickets, costing $1, will be
sold at the door.
Trophies will also be award­ed
to the runnerup team and
to the most valuable player.
All four teams, their coaches,
and cheerleaders will be
treated to dinner each night
at Bingeman’s Restaurant.
Jaycees Vince Becker and
Don MeGaivey are co-chair­men
this year. Boh Seatchard
is handling publicity; Bill Dus-singer,
school representative;
Jim Perini, tickets; and Fred
ltuebman, refreshments and
trophies.
Community
Calendar
Steedle will ask council to
authorize the payment of $821
to the Conewago Contractors
for work completed to date.
A report will be given on the
annexation of the Brubaker
property which has been ap­proved
by the Lancaster Coun­ty
Count. The tract, compris­ing
about 1.26 acres, is at the
Wishy Washy place at the
south end of town.
Appointments are scheduled
to be made to the Sewer Au­thority,
the Board of Historical
Review, the Board of Zoning
Adjustment, the Health and
Sanitation Advisory committee,
and the Shade Tree Commis­sion.
The proposed budget for
1967 will be reviewed again
and Steedle will ask that it
go on public display from Jan­uary
16 to 27, prior to adop­tion
on January 31. At the
same time, he said anyone is
welcome to come in and see it
now. But no one has done so.
There have been very few
changes, and those only minor,
in the budget since it was
first reviewed at the Novem­ber
meeting.
Council expects to receive
firm quotations for the erec­tion
of pedestrian traffic sig­nals
and interconnection of
traffic signals at the square.
Burglary Occurs
At Midway Markets
A burglary occurred early
Tuesday morning at Midway
Markets, Lexington Road, op­erated
by Norman Carpenter,
it Was reported by Warwick
Township Chief of Police Eu­gene
P. May.
He said that at 1:30 a.m.
some one broke open a win­dow
and stole razor blades,
cigarettes and several other
small items, valued at about
$85. He said the blades were
found along Dridge Hill Road.
Police are still seeking the
thief. The market was robbed
a lew months ago, also.
will be worked.
A spokesman said that the
firm sought good clean lime­stone,
with no impurities
which would affect the qua!-1
ity of the steel to he manu-factored.
No ore is to be
mined, and no steel plants will
be built here. The mining con-1
cern has properties all over
the United States, it was said.
Op*n House Jan. 7-8
At- Public Library
Open House will be celebrat­ed
at the Lititz Public Library,
302 S. Broad St., on Saturday
and Sunday, January 7, from
2 to 4 p.m. each day.
The public will have an op­portunity
to see the new li­brary
and the two new apart­ments
which have been com­pleted
on the second floor.
To Take Annual
Bird Census On
December 26th
The annual bird census will
be taken by the Lititz Bird
Club-on Monday, December 26,
starting out at 7 a.m. from
the corner of Lincoln Avenue
and North Broad .Street.
The area of a circle not
more than 15 miles in diam­eter
will be covered, compris­ing
■ Lititz, White Oak Dam,
Hammer Creek Valley, Fur­nace
Hills, and the new water
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HO! HO! HOI JOLLY OLD SANTA CLAUS here with
drum, ready for all little girls and boys.
his pack full of toys. There’s the dolly and there’s the
Club Women
To Sponsor
Art Contest
Christmas Mail
Highest On Record
Christmas business at the
Lititz Post Office reached an
all-time high, according to
Postmaster Richard C. Rader.
Cancellations as of Monday,
Dec. 19, reached approximate­ly
260,000 pieces of mail in
December, about 40,000 more
than in the same period last
year.
While no dollar figures were
available, Postmaster Rader
said that the dollar volume
also is the highest in the his­tory
of the Lititz Post Office.
An open Art Contest, spon­sored
by the Woman’s Club,
is . announced for the students
of the Warwick High School,
grades 10-12.
All paintings submitted must
be original, may be in any
and all media, two-dimensional
only, and must have been
started and completed in the
period December 1 to Febru­ary
1, 1967:
Three prizes will be award­ed.
$15, first prize; $10, sc-ond
prize; and $5, third prize.
All entries are to be sub­mitted
to Charles Sload, art
instructor at Warwick High
School, or to Spacht’s Furni-
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Jaycees To Burn
Trees 12th Night
The Lititz Jay-Cees will Hold
their annual Twelfth Night
tree burning ceremony in the
area behind the Community
Pool on Thursday, January 5.
Rain date for the event will
be January 6.
The trees will be picked up
on Wednesday January 4, rain
or shine. Area residents are
requested to place their trees
on the curb before 6 p.m.
Linden Hall
Dec. 22-Jan.
Putz Open To Public
1, Features Severed Scenes
“It’s beginning to look a lot
like Christmas . . .” what with
all the snow which descended
on Lititz Tuesday, and it seems
as if those who yearn for a
"White Christmas” might get
their wish.
And to make things even
more complete. "Santa Claus
is cornin’ lo town” on Saturday
morning, to entertain all the
I children of Lititz at the an­nual
Christmas party in the
Fire House.
Santa Claus, sponsored by
■ the Lititz Fire Company, will
tour the town from 8:30 to 10
a.m. Saturday in the Fire
Engine, so if \ou hear the
I siren and the clanging of the
bells, never fear, Santa is here,
(it’s not a fire.) He will then
visit, the Zion Home north of
I Lititz and the Moravian home
on Church Square.
Jolly Old St. Nick will be
stationed at the fire hall from
! 12 noon to 3 p.m., expecting
visits Horn all the children of
j the town. He will give them
i chocolate candy and oranges.
| The Fire Company Santa has
I been a tradition of Lititz for
many, many years.
The committee in charge
this year includes James Snave-ly,
chairman; Lester Bingeman
| and Leroy P. Emmerich.
! Stores Open
I Downtown stores will eon-itinue
to be open until 9 pm.
Thursday (tonight) and Friday,
, hut will dose at the usual
hours on Saturday. Christmas
Eve. Santa Claus will no long­er
be in his castle off E. Main
J Street, having returned to the
North Pole to make ready for
i his return on Christmas, bear-
; ing the gifts about which
children have whispered into
| tos ear, or so every child
j hopes.
The Jaycees will have their
| annual Christmas shopping
I tour for children Thursday (to­night),
followed by a Christmas
party at Bingeman’s.
Christmas Eve and Christmas
morning most secular activities
Linden Hall has set up a
Christmas “Putz” which will be
open to the public every eve­ning
from Thursday (tonight)
through Sunday, January 1,
from 7 to 10 p.m., in the Mary
Dixon Memorial chapel at the
school.
The putz is a series of
scenes related to the Nativity
story, including the prophecy,
annunciation, nativity, shep­herds,
temple, Bethlehem, wise
men, flight into Egypt and
Nazareth.
There is a narration which
takes fifteen minutes, and dur­ing
which special lighting ef­fects
are arranged for each
scene. The entire presentation
is done electronically, rquiring
intricate wiring and lighting
systems.
There is no charge for ad­mission,
but a free will offer­ing
for a local benevolence
will be available for those who
wish to contribute.
Dec. 23 — 8:00 P.M. Junior
Board Christmas Dance at
the Center featuring “The
Mid-Knights”.
Dec. 26 — Rec Center will be
closed.
Dec. 27 — 6:00 P.M. Rotary
One-Car Crash
Near Lexington
Historically, the putz is
traced to St. Francis of Assis-si
who, in 1224, arranged a
nativity scene for the villagers
using live figures. In time
carved figures came to replace
such figures. Churches began
to set up more and more elab­orate
scenes until the figures
came to have great art value.
Soon scenes were erected in
homes. This was the time when
the word “putz” was intro­duced.
The word comes from the
German word “putzen” which
today means to polish or shine.
In the Saxon dialect of the
sixteenth century it meant to
decorate, and especially at
Christmas.
Boy Grabs Car,
Eludes Police,
Crashes In City
Famous putz regions were in
the Saxon Reisengefoirge and
Ezegebirge areas, where the
Moravians learned the art and
earned it to the Zinzendorf
estates at Herrnhut, from
which place they brought the
custom to the new world in
the early years of the eigh­teenth
century.
The Linden Hall putz re­turns
to Lititz a tradition that
was prevalent in the emmrnm-
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will stop while Lititz residents
observe the religious aspect of
the birth of Christ by attend­ing
reverent worship services.
Then families will sit down
to the traditional Christmas
dinner — turkey and all the
trimmin’s — accompanied by
mountains of mashed potatoes,
succulent vegetables, plum
pudding, mince pie or ice
cream, or both. This, of course,
is alter Santa Claus has ar­rived
at each home, and pre­sents
carefully laid under the
tree have been opened and
the contents duly admired,
while playful pets are ecstatic
over the wrappings.
The Christmas holidays be­gin
officially today for the
hundreds of children in the
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A one-ear accident occurred i
Sunday afternoon, Dec. 18, on j
the Lexington Road, according |
to Warwick Township Chief of j
Police Eugene P. May. j
| He said that Glen R. Noll.
I Lititz 112, was driving west on
the Lexington Road when he
I lost control of his car on a
turn, striking a mail box and
| damaging the lawn ol the i
home of John Todd Jr., to the
extent of $250. Chief May said,
there were 337 feet of skid
marks before the impact, the
(car crossing the highway be-
I fore it struck. Nolt was]
I charged with failure to drive
to the right of the highway, j
| Seek Hit-Run
Chief May reported that a
hit-run driver caused S50 dam-j
¡age to the property of Ralph
| Myers. Route 772, early Sun-:
¡day morning, Dec. 18. The car
not apprehended, but it is
Two teen-age Lancaster boys
got into trouble with Lititz po­lice
on account of drinking last
week. One was caught by Lit­itz
police, but the other got
away and drove into Lancaster
where he smashed up the car |
he was driving and was ar­rested
by city police.
Chief of Police George C.
Hicks of Lititz said a seven­teen-
year-old youth Was appre­hended
on December 17, found j
to be drinking, and was turned j
over to his parents. A report j
will be made to juvenile au- j
thorities. Hicks said, because I
the youth was on probation for I
larceny of and possession of j
beer. He also was driving his
lather's car.
believed from the evidence to
FIVE SISTERS herald the coming of Christmas by singing favorite Christ-1 “matf Cheeks. 'chatof *May said
mas carols. They are the daughters of Mr. and Mrs. A. Frank Rollrn, 524 Golden | there would be damage on the
St., Lititz. Left to right, Patty, five; Georgia, ten; Mary Kay, four; Barbara, four-1 left side, and that the side
The other lad, a sixteen-year-old
bov, however, eluded Lit­itz
police by grabbing the oth­er
boy's car, and heading into
Lancaster, where he collided at j
North Prince and Lemon
Streets with a car driven toy
Frank Kroll, 242 E. King St. I
Damage to the car the lad was
driving totaled $1275. and to]
the Kroll car, $250, according
to city police, who said charges
will be brought against the
boy, but they hadn’t deter­mined
yet what they will be.
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FIRE COMPANY SANTA, depicted by James
Suavely, is visited by Rodney and Ronald Fink in his
Fire Engine castle for a preview of the big Day on
Saturday, when he will entertain all the children
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