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w ith in L a n c a s te r C o u n ty 14 Pages — No. 2
Soloists and accompanist of the eighth
grade chorus who will present the music
from “Snow White” and “The Wizard of.
Oz” are: kneeling — Charles Lefevre,
John Mease, Bill Mohler. Standing — Don­na
Kepner, Jewel Rosenberg, Pat Ressler,
Mary Ann Smith and Mrs. Mary Jean
Drabek, director.
“An Evening of Music” Concert
Presented At Warwick High
"An Evening of Music” will
be presented by the Warwick
~*'gh School Music Department
-s the first of two spring mu­sicals
on Saturday, April 20 at
8 p.m. in the high school audi­torium.
Henry A. Gass, a native of
Muhlenberg Township, Reading,
arranger for the U.S. Air Force
Band while serving with the Air
Force, will conduct two of the
numbers on the program for the
evening.
Gass, a graduate of Muhlen­berg
High School, attended Itha­ca
College, American University,
George Washington University
and Columbia University, from
which he received his B.S. and
M.A. degrees.
He has taught in public schools
in New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
West Virginia and at Albright
and Ithaca Colleges.
Mr. Gass has served as editor
and arranger of publications for
high school bands for the C. H.
Hansen Publishing Co., New
York.
One, “Ringgold Rhapsody,” is
Gass’s own composition, which
Stiegel Lions
Observe 25th
Anniversary
The Baron Stiegel Lions Club
will celebrate its silver anniver­sary
on Saturday, April 20 at
the Mt. Airy Fire Hall at 7 p.m.
Li o n Carl Roessler, Woburn.
Mass., past international direc­tor
of Lions, 1962-64, will be
the guest speaker, Roessler, a
tradesman, is employed as a
shipbuilder in Boston. The Sweet
Adelines, a singing group from
incaster, will provide the en­tertainment.
The club has f o u r charter
members. They are: Isaac L.
Leaman, Elmer Rock, Forry
Zartman and William Hickman.
The Baron Stiegel Lions Club
was sponsored by the Lititz Li­ons
Club in 1943.
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School Menu
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Monday, April 22
Grilled h a m b u r g w/bun,
French fries, buttered corn,
chilled fruit cup.
Tuesday, April 23
Oven-fried chicken, mashed
potatoes, buttered peas, banana.
Wednesday, April 24
Spaghetti & meat sauce, toss-i
salad, peach crisp, hard roll.
Thursday, April 25
Grilled hot dog, potato salad,
carrot sticks, Jello crystals.
Friday, April 26
Fish patty on bun, baked
beans, tomato sauce, popsicle.
Dr. Alfred N. Sayres, Lan­caster,
will be the guest speaker
at the worship service at St.
Luke's UCC on Sunday. April
21 at 10:30 a.m. Dr. Sayres will
preach on the topic, “God’s
Household.” Dr. Sayres had
served as interm pastor in 1962
until the present pastor accept­ed
his responsibilities.
A Date Stone dedication ser­vice
will be held following the
morning worship service, Thè
Date Stone will be placed to the
left of the entrance way into
the new church northex. The
service will include old testa­ment
reading by Paul P. Bush-ng,
building chairman; a new
-testament reading by Russell
Pettyjohn, consistory president.
The Litany will be led by
Mrs. William Weidman, daugh­ter
of Mrs. Emma Bowman, the
eldest member of St. Luke’s.
Mrs. Bowman is 93 years old and
a resident of the United Zion
CAR RAMS FENCE
Lloyd L. Frybergee,-Lititz R4-.-
was involved in a one car acci­dent
on Willow St., at 9:34 p.m.
April 16. Fryberger, who was
headed south on Willow St., ran
up an embankment at the end of
the street and rammed into the
fence on the Linden Hall pro­perty.
After being examined at
the scene of the crash, Fryberg­er,
was taken to the General
Hospital, where he was admitt­ed.
Officer James Fritz is inves­tigating
the accident.
Six Minor
Changes In
Warwick Zoning
At a meeting held last week,
the Warwick Township Plann­ing
and Zoning Commission
considered suggestions a n d
comments they received from
township residents at two pub­lic
meetings on the proposed
zoning ordinance.
Action taken by the commis­sion
resulted in six changes in
zoning areas on the map and
several changes in th e , context
of the ordinance. The map will
be redrawn to comply with the
changes and put on public dis­play
in the township building.
A mimeographed .description of
the actual changes will also be
available.
The Board will hold a special
meetipg for the purpose of
adopting the ordinance on May
15.
Home. The Date Stone laving
will be conducted by Paul
Bushong assisted by Samuel O.
Heisjey and William V. Carper.
The benediction will be given
by Pastor Myers.
Articles to be included in the
Date Stone are: a Bible from
the 1909 corner stone, a Bible
from the present church, photo­graphs
of the ground-breaking,
photographs of the original
church, names of the signers of
the church charter August 1909,
the names of he present consis­tory,
scroll wih the names of
the present members of the
congregation, (this scroll can be
signed before the worship ser­vice
begins) CQins, 1909 cent
from the 1909 corner stone and
a 1968 proof set, a program of
the ground-breaking ceremony,
a memorial booklet, program of
the service of the Date Stone
laying, a record of former
ministers and. church history.
he has dedicated to the Ring-gold
Band of Reading. He will
also c o n d u c t “Overture for
Winds,” by Charles Garter. Both
numbers will be played by the
Senior band.
The program will also feature
the eighth grade chorus, direct­ed
by Mrs. Mary Jean Drabek,
and the junior high school or­chestra.
Directing the junior high or­chestra
and the senior high band
will be Donald Rentschler.
Admission for adults is $1.00
and 50 cents for students.
Dr. Horne
Statement
On Con-Con
“It should be said at the out­set
that the five proposals on
which the voters will be asked
to express their opinions next
Tuesday, are not perfect. Not
everyone of the 163 delegates
agreed with every detail of each
proposal. While not perfect. —-
this should not prevent a “yes”
vote oh e a c h proposal, since
each proposal offers the people
of Pennsylvania, now and in the
future, so much more than what
we have- at present and w'hat we
will have in the future if these
proposals are not approved.
The proposal on Legislative
Apportionment will bring our
Constitution into Conformity
with the. “one-man — one-vote”
decision of the Supreme Court
of the United States. Further­more,
this proposal sets up a
specific method for reapportion­ment
and makes such re-appor-tionment
mandatory after each
Federal ten-year census.
The proposal on Taxation and
Finance, if approved by the vat--
ers, will give Pennsylvania a
realistic debt limit. It will per­mit
direct, in place of authority,
borrowing which’ should mean a
real saving for the'" Common­wealth
through lower rates of
interest.
All agencies which receive
money from the Commonwealth
would have their accounts audit-
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Street Fair To
Be Sponsored By
Lititz JayCees ■
The Lititz Jaycees, with the
co-operation of the Lititz Retail­ers
Association, will hold a
Street Fair on Saturday, May
25. The Jaycees are requesting
permission to c l o s e the first
block of E. Main St. from 9 a.m.
to 9 p.m. on the day of the fair.
This will be a joint venture of
the Jaycees and the Retailers.
The Jaycees will provide the
kiddie rides and a chicken bar­becue,
while the Retailers are
planning special sales events
plus the first drawing for gifts
in their “Shop In Lititz Jack-
Pot Promotion.” There will also
be a display of new cars and
campers by local dealers.
The fair will be open, free of
charge, to all local non-profit
organizations wishing to enter
it. All local organizations inter­ested,
please contact Jaycee
Charles Miller, • 626-8873. He is
the chairman and will correlate
this part of the fair. ■ •
Date Stone Dedication
Service At St. Luke’s
Nitrauer Being 1
Challenged In
Tuesday Primary
Harvey L. Nitrauer, Republi­can
incumbent is being chal
lenged by Luther M, Swanger,
1432 King St.. Lebanon l’o
nomination to representative in
the legislature from the 102n<’
House District at Tuesday’s pri­mary
election.
Nitrauer. a Mverstown resi
dent is seeking his second term
in the state House of Represen­tatives
and has been endorsed
by the Republican party.
Swanger is running indepen­dent
of endorsement. He is a
South Lebanon Township Re­publican
Committeeman and
defeated Nitrauer for jury com­missioner
in 1965 as an indepen­dent
Republican.
Lititz borough, Warwick and
Elizabeth Townships are part of
the 102nd legislative district.
David P. Keehn
Presents Pupils
In Spring Recital
David P. Keehn will present
his brass and piano students in
recital on April 21 at 8:30 p.m.
in the Moravian Fellowship Hall,
Church Square, Lititz. The stu­dents
all reside in Lancaster
County.
Board Ups Teachers'
Pay; Sets $5. Head Tax
Firemen Excel In
Disaster Test
Area fireman, in order to test
their ability to respond in time
of disaster, participated in a
mock demonstration, known as
a Code 18-A Test, set up at the
Parkview Hotel, Monday night,
April 15.
The first alarm was sounded
at 6:06 p.m. Lititz firemen ar­rived
on the scene in minutes
and “arranged things.”
Rothsville and Brunnerville
fire companies responded to a
call for help and arrived in a
dead heat at 6:12 p.m.; Penryn
and Manheim firemen arrived at
6:16, and Neffsville and War­wick
ambulances arrived at
6:18.
Eighty-five firemen and 11
pieces of equipment had arrived
within 12 minutes of the first
alarm.
In addition to arranging an
array of hose lines, firemen also
rescued a man from the third
floor of a hotel by aerial ladder.
Two girls and a boy were res­cued
from the third floor in a
basket.
Firemen figured they had
poured 28,781 gallons of water
on the property.
The exercise was finished in
an hour, and firemen returned
to Lititz fire hall for refresh­ments.
Warwick Lions
Flan Horse Show l
David P. Keehn
Mr. Keehn is an instructor in
Lititz, .and -at the DacnelUHusie*
Studios in Lancaster. He is a
student of Dr. James M. Thur­mond
and is a senior, majoring
in Music-Education at Lebanon
Valley College. Mr. Keehn has
signed a contract with the Sau-gerties
Central School system
of Saugerties, N.Y., for the
school term of 1968-69.
The evening program will
open with Haydn’s “Horn Con­certo
Number Two,” followed
by “Piece in A Major” for piano
by Wilhelm Friedemann Bach.
Other works’ on the program
will include Telemann’s “Son­ata
Number One” for French
Horn, Haydn’s “Trumpet Con­certo”,
Brahms’ “Hungarian
Dance Number Five” for piano,
and Mozart’s “French Horn
Concerto Number One.” After
a brief intermission, the stu­dents
will perform in groups to
play brass chamber music.
Arthur Harris’ “Theme and
Variations” will be performed
by a quartet of French Horns.
This composition was written
for the competition sponsored
by the Los Angeles Horn Club
to increase the repertoire for
French Horn ensembles. Mr.
Harris’ composition ¡won first
prize. Following will be two
chorales by Cruger and Prae-
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The 11th Annual Warwick
Twp. Lions Club Horse Show
will be held Sunday, April 28,
at Forney’s Polo Field in Roths­ville,
at 11 a.m.
Horses will be shown in 19
classes. Jack Stirling of Dover
will be the judge and Ralph
Kurtz of Denver will be the
ringmaster. Robert .Geist will be
the announcer and Mary Mum-ma
will be the secretary. Veter­inary
service will be provided
by Dr. John Bender.
Entries for the show should
be made through Marvin Feiler
of Lititz R4.
Chairmen Appointed
By Foundation
Albert S. Ebbert, president of
the Lititz Historical Foundation,
appointed the following chair­men
at a recent meeting. Ap­pointed
were:
Ho s t e s s Committee, Mrs.
Bruce Earhart; Antique Show
Project Committee, Mrs. Glenn
McFlroy, Mr. William Light, co-chairmen;
Accessions Commit
tee, Dr. Byron K. Horne; Mu­seum
Building Committee, Mr.
William Oehme; Doll Project
Committee, Mrs. William Light;
House Maintenance & Custodi­al
Committee, Mr. Robert Buch;
Publicity & Newsletter, Mr.
Benjamin G. Forrest; Finance
Committee, Mr. Wilbur Miller;
Head Curator, Mr. Hiram Eber-ly;
Assistant Curator, Mr. John
F. Morman.
Additional chairmen will be
appointed at a later date.
Borough Must
Cut Street
Improvements
Borough Council at a special
meeting Tuesday night received
bids for the borough street con­struction
program. Bids were
about 15% higher than the $160,-
000 Council had planned to
spend. Only two bids were re­ceived.
McMinn Road Materials,
Inc., Lancaster, bid $182,000, and
A Genovese, Lancaster, bid
$219,000,
Borough manager George Stee-dle
stated that Council must now
review the bids so the program
can be cut to $160,000.
Steedle also said that plans for
the Locust Street traffic light are
in Harrisburg. Council expressed
their appreciation to Represen­tative
Harvey Nitrauer for his
help in getting the traffic light
approved.
Dr, B. K. Horne
Gives Con-Con
Resume To Club
The regular monthly meeting
of the Lititz Woman’s Club was
held on April 15 at the Lutheran
Education Building. The guest
speaker was Mis-s Dorothy Ha-becker
who gave a delightful
program on “Romance and His­tory
of Fans.”
Mrs. William M. Whitten Jr.,
introduced Dr. Byron K. Horne,
who gave a brief resume of the
Constitutional Convention. He
also reviewed the five questions
that will appear on the Ballot
for the State Constitution.
During the business meeting,
conducted by Mrs. Garth Beck­er,
president, it was voted to
donate $50 for the Post Prom
and $10 for the Lancaster Asso­ciation
for Retarded Children.
The Collect was read by Mrs.
Jules Klenin. Hostesses for the
evening were Mrs. Elwood Keath
and Mrs. Clarence Herr, Mrs.
Reyer Swan was awarded the
birthday bouquet for the month.
Mrs. Frank Everett previewed
the May meeting. Entertainment
for the evening will be present­ed
by the Harrisburg’Civic Bal­let.
An installation of officers
will be held at the Dutch Town
and Country Inn.
Puppet Show
At Library
The Lititz Public Library will
present “Happiest Of Puppet
Shows—The Land of Magic” at
4:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Friday,
April 19. Admission is free to all
children and parents in the Lit-itz
area.
“Land of Magic” is a Twin
Leaves Theater production, pro­duced
and directed by Russell
Bachert, a senior at Millersville
State College majoring in ele­mentary
education.
Anyone interested in learning
more about puppetry can talk
with Bachert after the perform-
Most Teachers Receive
$1100 Increase July 1st.
The Warwick School Board Tuesday night approved
substantial increases in teachers’ salaries and also passed
a $5. per capita tax effective July 1.
Start At $6000.
The starting salary for a new teacher with a Bachelor’s
degree went from $5200. to $6000. Maximum increases are
$1100. and most teachers received the maximum.
Total increases for teachers’ salaries during the next
school year will be about $223,700, although this included
funds for 10 additional teachers.
Groff Objects
Only one objection was voic­ed
to the increases. Raymond
Groff, director from Rothsville,
objected to a $500. raise to $14,-
500. for Marlin Spaid, former
supervising principal and now
assistant superintendent. Groff
said the board at a February 21,
1967 meeting agreed to employ
Spaid for three more years at
$14,000. per year. The matter
was dropped after little discus­sion
and the raise is included in
the new schedule.
Head Tax
The board also passed a $5
per capita tax for all persons 21
and over effective July 1.
The board estimated it would
raise revenue of $35,000. to $40,-
000. annually.
The head tax was put at only
$5. because the borough already
has a $10. head tax and the legal
limit is $15.00.
Wenger Statement
The following is the state­ment
made by John Wenger,
chairman of the Finance Com­mittee,
concerning salary in­creases.
All salaries for teachers in
the Warwick School District
will be increased next year un­der
the schedule being consider­ed
tonight.
This schedule is the result of
planning by both the Warwick
Education Assn, and the War­wick
School Board.
The starting salary for a new
teacher with a Bachelor’s de­gree
will jump from $5200. to
$6000, Maximum increases will
be $1100; the average per teach­er
will be $1044. 113 out of 158
teachers will receive the maxi­mum.
With the $1100 limit, a few
teachers will not be on step
with the scherule, but they will
be put on step the following
year. But even those teachers
will be at salary levels higher
than the new state law schedule
now being considered in Harris­burg,
At $6000., the young teacher
right out of college will earn
$164.86 per week for his 37
ed by an excellent hospitaliza­tion
policy (which costs the
Board an average of $150 per
teacher). He can earn up to
$180. per year for extra credits
toward higher degrees — which
in turn will improve his salary
level. He can also earn addi­tional
money through extra
curricular coaching and ad­visory
capacities. This is not
all. He gets accumulated sick
leaves with pay, a day of per­sonal
leave with pay, plus ex­pense-
paid seminars and work­shops
to help improve his skills.
He gets automatic pay raises
yearly by law, and if the past
few years are any indication, he
can look forward to additional
Board increases as well.
All of the foregoing sounds
very rosy, but now let’s look at
the $6000. in plain, everyday
economics. The pay of our new
teacher is actually spread over
a 52 week period, and thus
divided, amounts to $115.38 per
week. If he is a married man
with a family, he is not over­paid
by the time he budgets this
$115 for food, clothing, shelter,
taxes, transportation, and neces­sary
summer schooling.
The total increases for teach­ers’
salaries next year will
amount to approximately $223,-
700. This includes money for 10
additional teachers to the staff.
How much additional reim­bursement
will be coming from
the State to offset these im
creases is not known at this
time. We are certain of one
thing however . . . whatever thé
reimbursement, these increases
cannot be made without a tax
boost locally.
What does the community get
in return? The answer is bet­ter
teachers. Better teachers
make better schools. Better
teachers are attracted by com­petitive
salary schedules which
give them a decent living and
the promise of a future. Proof
of this lies in the fact that this
District now gets 2, 3, and more
applicants for each job opening,
many of them experienced.
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WARWICK SCHOOL DISTRICT
Salary Schedule -- 1968-69
Master’s Bachelor’s
Degree or Degree
Years of Standard * Bachelor’s Master’s plus 60
Service Degree Degree Equivalent credit hrs.
1 5700 6000 6300
2 6000 6300 6600
3 6300 6600 6900
4 6600 6900 7200
5 6900 7200 7500 7800
6 7200 7500 7800 8100
7 7500 7800 8100 8400
8 7800 8100 8400 8700
9 8100 8400 8700 9000
10 8400 8700 9000 9300
11 9300 9600
12 9800
Book Published On The
Life Of David Tannenberg
In 1857, the above pictured Grosh Car­riage
Works was erected on the corner of
Broad and Orange Streets.
According to the picture post card,
from which this photo was taken, this
building later was used as the Y.M.C.A’.
quarters in Lititz. In 1911 it was demolish­ed
and replaced by the present building of
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church.
“Kick-Off Dinner” Scheduled
On Monday evening, April 22,
the congregation of St. Paul’s
will hold a “Kick-off Dinner”
for the purpose of raising funds
to construct a n ew church
building on the present sight of
their educational building on
West Orange Street.
The dinner will b e '. held in
Lutheran Educational Building
at 6:30 p.m. The speaker will be
the Rev. Dr. Gorden Folkener
D. D. from York, Pennsylvania.
Special music will be offered by
Robert Kline, Jack . Hubley,
James Hälbleib and Joe Lahr.
Mr. Wallace Hofferth will be
master of ceremonies and the
meai will be catered by Binge-man’s.
Reservations can be made by
rnembers of the congregation
by contacting Mrs. Betty Gris­wold,
chairman of the affair.
“Organs For America”—The
Life and Work of David Tan-nenberg,
is the book written by
William H. Armstrong relating
the story of Tannenberg, the or­gan
builder of Lititz.
One of America’s first full­time
organ builders, Tannen­berg
built or helped to build al­most
50 pipe organs for church­es
and individuals in six states,
preparing them for such distant
cities as Albany, N.Y. and Sa­lem,
N.C. The organs were not
only built, for the use of Mor­avian
Brethren, of which he was
a member, but for the German
Reformed and Lutheran Church­es
as well and, in at least one
case, for a Roman Catholic
Church.
The quality of Tannenberg’s
work was such that he is rec­ognized
today as one of the mas­ter
organ builders, to be ranked
alongside the Silbermanns and
Arp Schnitger in Europe.
In recent years a renewed in­terest
in the old, mechanical,
“tracker action” organs has led
to the rediscovery and restora­tion
of most of Tannenberg’s
surviving works.
But the story of his life has
never adequately been told, nor
the measure of his work been
taken. The life work of the mas­ter
builder has lain buried in
the German manuscripts of the
Moravian Brethren. Contained
in their pages is the fascinating
story of a people rich in music
and religious devotion.
It is from these pages that
the story of the one whom they
proudly called Brother David
Tannenberg is taken. The book,
which has been credited as a
valuable contribution to the his­tory
of early music and crafts­manship,
contains 21 Illustra­tions,
four of which are in full
color.