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The Lititz Record - Express
Serving The Warwick Area For Nearly A Century
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(Consolidated w ith The Xiltlts Record, 1937) Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa. 17543, Thursday, November 9,1967 10 canta a Copy; 94.00 par y ea r b y m all
w ith in I>ancaater County 14 Pages — No. 31
Warwick Building Up A ^JilSion in 3 Months
New Home Construction
Is Up 33 Per-Cent As
Compared With 1966
Four Million Mark In
Permits Passed Since
March 1964
Warwick Township has be­come
Ihe fastest growing town­ship
in Lancaster County with
more than a million dollars
worth of building and construc­tion
being launched every seven
or eight months.
This was revealed at the
township municipal building
this week when records reveal­ed
that during the past month
the four-million dollar mark in
building permits was passed
since the township department
was established on March 12,
1964.
That the rate of constructing
new homes and industries
throughout the township is ac­celerating
is illustrated by the
fact that more than a million
dollars in building permits were
issued in the period from March
to the end of October this year.
And township suupervisors
predicted that the trend will
continue in its upswing, basing
this prediction on the numerous
requests for information as well
as the boost in demand for real
estate throughout the Warwick
area.
The first million dollars
worth of building permits were
issued in the period between
March 12, 1964 and the end of
April 1965. The second million-dollar
mark was reached at the
end of May 1966 with the third
million mark being reached dur­ing
March this year.
“This obviously reflects a con­tinuing
and expanding pace of
building,” Supervisor Joseph
Brubaker asserted. ,
According to Mr. Brubaker,
building permits in the first 10
months of this year totaled $1,-
099,865 as compared with $950,-
Greeting Our
Mew Teachers
Editor’s Note: Several doz­en
men and women are
teaching in the Warwick Un­ion
School District this year
for the first time. All of
these men and women be­come
a real part of our com­munity
life and in order to
m ak e it possible for our
readers to become heller ac­quainted
with them, The Rec­ord-
Express will each week
introduce a new teacher,
starting with the elementary
schools and ending up with
the high school faculty.
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Mrs. Carol Ernst
Mrs. Carol Ernst has joined
our leaching staff at John Beck
Elementary School in Brun-nerville.
She has filled the va­cancy
in second grade.
Mrs. Ernst originally came
from Springfield, Del. Co., Pa.,
and graduated from Millers-ville
State College in 1964.
She taught second grade at
J. P. Wickersham School in
Lancaster City for three years.
She has been continuing her
education by attending the
Reading Clinic at East Peters­burg,
and by working toward
her Masters Degree in Educa­tion
at Millersville State Col­lege.
Her husband teaches Social
Studies for Warwick School
District and they presently are
living in Manheim, Pa.
915 in permits during the first
10 months of 1966, an increase
of $148,950 or approximately 16
per-cent.
In the first 10 months this
year, a total of 43 permits were
issued for new residence which
contain a total valuation of
$827, 055 This compares with 38
permits with a value of $623,915
for the same period last year.
These figures show an in­crease
in the value of new resi­dences
being started of $203,140
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Many Warwick
Wells Found
Contaminated
Approximately one in every
three wells or other water
sources tested in Warwick
Township are to some extent
contaminated and not suitable
for drinking purposes, it was
disclosed here yesterday. •
'Samples of water were tak­en
throughout the township
during the past month by rep­resentatives
of the Citizens Wa­ter
Committee and submitted
to the State Health Department
at Harrisburg.
The first o f the reports on
these "samples were mail&d back
to residents this week — and
immediately- resulted in add­ed
concern and interest in
plans for & township water
system. - - - - . -
According to Vefn Porter,
chairman of the committee, a
total of 19 out of 42 tests upon
which reports "have been re-'
turned, were found to be con­taminated.
Nearly 20 more re­ports
are expected from Har­risburg
over the weekend.
“The State Board of Health,
in Harrisburg recommends that
those receiving unsatisfactory
reports should contact them
immediately,” rMr. Porter ex­plained.
“They will advise them
upon de-contaminating their
water sources and will re-ex­amine
the wells after the de-contaminization
has been com­pleted.”
Mr. Porter- also suggested
that property owners who did
not submit samples of water
'Still can contact the State
Health Department and they
will receive instructions on
where and how to send these
samples.
Rebekahs Plan
Christmas Party
The Lady Sutter Rebekah
Lodge 435 planned for a Christ­mas
party during a business
meeting presided over by Mrs.
Betty Weidman, noble grand.
The party will be held in
the General Sutter Inn on
Tuesday December 5 at 6:30
p.m. Gifts will /be exchanged.
Committees appointed were:
menu, Mrs. Edith Reedy, Mrs.
Elizabeth Hess and Mrs. Mil­dred
Keys; decorations, Mrs.
Beatrice Heagy, Mis. Hazel
Gochnauer and Mrs. Reedy.
THE TOUCHDOWN TWINS — BECOME ORATORS!
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John Male 'and Rick E-cker't a re all
smiles as they faced the crowd in the
Square Friday night — and, believe it
or not, th e two high scorers, were al­most
as good at pleasing the crowd as
th ey were in Ephrata a few hours
earlier!
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A Thousand Jam Square For
Wild Victory Celebration
.Elated-»over defeating Eph­rata.
and Contemplating a coun­ty
championship after the final
game with , Manheim Central
this Week, a crowd of approxi­mately
1,000 persons jammed
the Square in a lively and
boisterous victory celebration
last Friday night.
At one point in the wild
demonstration, the Lititz bus
was stranded in the center of
Broad Street, completely hemm­ed
in by shouting fans and stu­dents
who had just arrived back
froip Ephrata. Two on-duty boro
policemen, unprepared for a
demonstration of this type,
strove vigorously to keep things
from getting completely out of
control.
At a signal, the crowd gath­ered
at the General Sutter inn
where the coaches and stars of
the game were called upon for
the unusal speeches, Coach
Mick Sload brought forth anoth­er
wild outburst of shouting
and cheering when he promised
a victory over Manheim Cen­tral
this Friday night.
Last Friday night’s victory
over Ephrata assured the 'War­riors.
of no less than a tie for
first place — while a victory
this Friday night at Manheim
Central will . give them the status regained.
County Championship.
Without a championship since
1962, Warwick fans could be ex­cused
for acting emotionally to
the “must” win over Ephrata.
Students will hold a pep rally
this Friday afternoon.
But only a championship will
bring forth another spontaneous
celebration the equal of last
Friday night’s. It was almost
midnight before the Square was
cleared and its usual peaceful
NO MORE BUMPS
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STUDENT RUSE
ALMOST SUCCEEDS
- An ambitious Warwick stu­dent,
allegedly, strode into
the Ephrata High School
building Monday morning,
casually asked where an­nouncements
are made and
was directed to Principal
Kenneth Hoover’s offee, who
granted him permission to an­nounce
“a Chrismtas party.”
Handed the mike, the youth
announced that “there,was a
death in Ephrata Friday night
and you all have Warwick’s
deepest sympathy.” The only
trouble was — he forgot to
push the button opening the
mike. When he asked to be al­lowed
to repeat, Mr. Hoover
refused.
Politely thanking Mr. Hoov­er,
the student, or so it is re­ported,
calmly walked from
the building.
Over 450 Tons Of Leaves
Already Collected Here
With veritable tons of leaves
still toppling earthward, boro
employees already have carted
away approximately 450 tons
from borough streets, Street
Superintendent Raymond Land­is
estimated this week.
Equipped with a new one and
one-half ton truck and a leaf
collector twice as powerful as
the one replaced last year,
borough employees have been
able to average at least seven
truckloads of leaves daily. The
leaf-collecting began the first of
October and is expected to con­tinue
in full swing for the next
several weeks — or until the
first real snowfall.
The leaves are' taken to two
nearby farms where they are
used as fertilizer. Farms being
utilized this year are those of
Paul Balmer, west of the boro
near the East Petersburg Rd.,
and that of Raymond Bucher,
north of the borough along Rte'
501.
“The new equipment makes it
possible to gather leaves even
when they are soaking wet,”
Mr. Landis explained. “Wet
leaves send off a spray which
is not too comfortable for the
men operating the collector
but until we got this equipment
we had to stop and wait for
leaves to dry at least partially.”
Operating the leaf-collecting
machine is a bit hard on the
arms — at least until one gets
accustomed to it, the two regu­lars,
Andy Byerly and Charles
Diirner, explained.
Prior to the present policy
of collecting leaves, the entire
borough crew was used for sev­eral
months but their task was
reduced considerably by the
ten-popular pi-aetice of burning
leaves by residents.
The borough now prohibits
the burning of leaves on the
street claiming this damages
the street surface as well as
constitutes a real fire hazard.
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S treet Superintendent Ray Landis and his ctew
are demonstrating a new machine which, if successful,
will p u l an end to bumpy spots where streets have 'been
te rn up and rep av ed .
Borough Now Testing
New Street Sealer
Tearing up streets to lay new
mains — usually right after the
street has been re-paved, will be
no bugaboo at ail to borough
officials if a radically-new piece
of equipment now being tested
proves successful.
The new equipment, called a
patching and sealing machine,
returns torn-up streets back to
their original shape to the ex­tent
that no trace of the spot
torn up remains, Borough Man­ager
George Steedle asserted.
The tests being made here
300 Children
Are Immunized
For Measles
The Warwick area success­fully
launched its muzzle meas­les
campaign. Sunday when a
'total of more than 390 boys
and girls ranging in ages from
one to 12 years, were immun­ized.
The turnout was all that had
been hoped for and the work­ing
of the clinic set up in the
Kissel Hill Elementary School
worked smoothly and efficient-
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this week are the first tests to
be made in this part of the.styte
with the result that nearby com­munities
are watching the re­sults
with interest. The machine
being used,; a product of the
United Suffolk Corp., has been
rented by the borough for a
month at a cost of only $200.
Using an intense heat, the
machine will patch and bond
between the old and' new ma­terials
where the street has
been re-paved. In a demonstra­tion
on North Lane yesterday,
Street Superintendent Raymond
Landis and his group of main­tenance
men found.the machine
effective although a bit slow.
“It is my opinion that if this
mitchine were used in the warm
summer months when most of
the street work is done, that it
woud be much faster and much
more valuable,” Landis declar­ed.
A final test of the machine
will be made later when the
newly-dug-up strip across Broad
Street at North Lane where a
new water main was installed
last week, will be re-paved.
Completing Project
Work of completing the lay-
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Linden Hall
Agrees To
Boro Plan
Will Pay Half The Costs
Of Eliminating
Flooding
Linden Hall directors have
agreed to assume 50 per-cent'of
the cost of constructing a drain­age
and storm sewer system
through the campus as propos­ed
last week by borough coun­cil.
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n a letter mailed to Borough
Manager George Steedle this
week, Dr. Byron K. Horne, head­master
at the school for girls,
informed the borough of the ap­proval
of the school officials to
the plan which is expected to
cost approximately $32,000.
Linden Hall officials did not
agree to assume the engineering
or supervision of the work, how­ever,
and informed Steedle that
this was strictly a borough func­tion.
All possible haste in com­pleting
the preliminary plans
and specifications was urged.
Linden Hall is anxious to get
started early next Spring on the
construction of new buildings
which, ultimately, will more
than double the facilities of the
local school and will enable
greatly increasing the student
enrollment.
The campus as well , as areas
on either side, at South Cedar
Street as well as along East
Main Street-, are points which
repeatedly become flooded fol­lowing
heavy rainfalls. One of
the worst of these floodings oc­curred
last summer.
Offer Trophy
For Largest
Deer Shot
A trophy will be awarded to
the local hunter shooting the
largest deer anywhere in the
state, according to plans an­nounced
following a meeting
of the board of directors of
the Lititz Sportsmen’s Associa­tion
Monday evening.
Meeting at the home of 'Phil­ip
McCloud, president of the
group, the following officers
drew up the conditions for the
contest: Jack Lange, Henny
Hershey, Glenn Knight, Bob
Herr, Bob Leed and Floyd
Heagy.
Addressing their announce­ment
to “All Confident Deer-slayers,”
the board issued the
following statement:
Here’s your chance to set
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Unusually Heavy Vote
Contained No Surprises;
Gave GOP 3-1
Christmas Stamp
Opens Season
At Post Office
The pre-holiday season got
underway at the Lititz Post Of­fice
on Tuesday when the new
and beautiful Christmas stamp
went on sale for the first lime
—with a rush of purchasers
consisting largely of local
stamp collectors.
There is ev­e
ry indication
.hat the pre-
Christmas mail­ings
will set
new r e c o r d s
here this year,
P o s tm a s ter
Richard Rader
a n nounced.
use zip code A n d in order
that the increased mailings be
handled promptly and efficient­ly,
Postmaster Raider urged all
patrons to: “Mail early -and1 of­ten',
be sure to separate the
mail in Tnlown’ or ‘Out-of-town’
and be sure to use zip
codes on all mail.”
Of special importance to
ipailjpg ' parcels to the armed
forces overseas, Postmaster Ra­der
offered the following time­ly
tips:
(1) Dates for mailing surface
parcels are Oct. 16-Nov. 11.
(2) 'Space available (SAM),
parcels, weighing under fiive
pounds should be mailed from
Oct. 21-Dec. 1.
(3) Airmail should be mailed
Dec. 1-Dec. 1L
The term “Armed Forces
Overseas” includes personnel
of the Armed Forces, mem-
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Health Question Given
Slight Edge In
Borough
Comparatively heavy ballot­ing
which resulted in expected
Republican pluralities exceed­ing
three to one and which did
not contain any surprises of
any kind. Local candidates for
county offices all received add­ed
complimentary votes to the
usual party differences.
The proposal to establish a
county health board was given a
a slight edge in the borough but
soundly rejected by voters in
Warwick and Elizabeth Tr-w~-
shius.
The health v,.
in the borough showed the
First Ward, 120 yes and 119
no votes; the Second Ward,
138 yes and 57 no: Third Ward.
145 yes and 14.7 no.
In Warwick Township the pro
posal was defeated 328 to 232:
Warwick-Warwick polling 150
no votes and 104 yes; Warwick-
East, 178 no and 128 yes. In
Elizabeth Township voters turn­ed
down the same question by
a vote of 48 no and 14 yes.
Dr. Byron K. Horne, Linden
Hall headmaster, was named a
delegate to the state constitu­tional
convention from the
48th district, polling a high
for the ticket of 5,782 votes,
almost four-to-one as compar­ed
with his Democratic op­ponents.
Raymond Reedy, of this bor­ough,
elected county treasurer
received 32,714 votes as com-
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TAKES LEAD
RANGERETTEvS TO MARCH
IN TURKEY PARADE
The Lititz Rangerettes, di­rected
by Mrs. Vivian Keath,
will be one of the many march­ing
groups which will partici­pate
in the 48th annual Thanks­giving
Day Parade in center-city
Philadelphia, Thursday,
November 23. The parade will
be televised by Philadelphia
stations.
TURKEY SUPPER AT
ROTHSVILLE SATURDAY
A turkey supper will be held
in the Rothsville Fireball Sat­urday,
starting at 4 p.m'., un­der
auspices of the fire com­pany.
Fireman Hurt
In Fall From
Pumper Here
A local fireman narrowly es­caped
serious injury Saturday
night when he slipped and fell
from the apparatus en route to
a blaze in a tree house north of
the borough.
IP' is Robert Gaul, 28, of
North Broad St., who sustained
bruises and lacerations but who,
according to firemen, escaped
more serious injury due to the
fact that he was wearing his
helmit and complete fire-fight­ing
equipment.
Gaul was treated by Dr. Jose­ph
W. Grosh and returned to his
home.
The fire destroyed a frame
structure erected some years
ago in a tree on property along
North Locust St., owned by Mil-ton
Brubaker. It is thought that
the house was set afire by boys
seen playing about it earlier in
the day.
Travis Mill Blaze
Lititz firemen were called to
the Travis Mills, W. Lincoln
Ave., at 1:45 p.m. Tuesday when
a large batch of pitch being
heated caught fire and could
not be extinguished by small
hand extinguishers. Firemen
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Concerts To
Tannenberg
m m r n m
David Keehn
Sponsor
Organ Fund
This season the choir of the
Lititz Moravian Congregation
will sponsor a series of con­certs
and recitals to benefit the
restoration of the congrega­tion’s
1787 Tannenberg organ
stored in the attic of the Sin­gle
Brothers House.
The first program will be
presented in the Church this
Sunday evening at 7:30 p.m. by
the Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia
Chamber Ensemble, a group
of 'Lebanon Valley College
students who are members of
the National Professional Mu­sic
Fraternity.
The musicians, under the di­rectorship
of David Keehn, will
perform the following works:
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Tom Swan
Senior Class
Will Present
‘Blithe Spirit’
The senior class will present
it’s play, “Blithe Spirit,” in the
high school auditorium on Fri­day
and Saturday, November 17
and 18, at 8 p.m. The price of
admission will be 75 cents.
“Blithe Spirit” is a three act
comedy centering about Char­les
Condomine’s contact with
the spiritual world. Charles
Condomine is played by Tom
Swan. Sue DeWald, as Madame
Arcati, is the medium responsi­ble
for conducting the seance.
Other members of the cast in­clude
Donna Mohler, Mrs. Con-
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School Menu
Friday
Baked fish sticks, buttered
potatoes, cole slaw, creamy
pudding, bread, butter, milk.
Monday
Spaghetti & meat sauce, toss­ed
salad, assorted fruit, bread,
butter, milk.
Tuesday
Meat loaf & gravy, mixed
vegetables, whipped potatoes,
lemon meringue, bread, butter,
milk.
Wednesday
Italian steak with roll, but­tered
peas & carrots, apple
sauce, popsicle, milk
Thursday
' Homemade chicken corn
soup, peanut butter & marsh­mallow
sandwich, pears, milk.