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(Consolidated w ith The I iitltz Record, 1937) Lititz, Lancaster County, Penna., Thursday, April 11,1968 10 c en ts a Copy; $4.00 per year by mail
w ith in Lanca ste r County 16 Pages No. 1
“Fans” To Be Featured
At Woman’s Club Meeting
Miss Dorothy Habecker will
present a program on one of her
hobbies, “The History and Ro­mance
of Fans” for the Lititz
Woman’s Club on Monday,
April 15 at the Lutheran Educa­tion
Building at 8 p.m.
Miss Habecker will display
part of her collection of 300
fans, a most fascinating and in­teresting
hobby. All of her fans
have been gifts Horn friends,
relatives and interested audien­ces
whom she has addressed.
The fans are made in all sizes,
’ apes and materials and are
. ~ry colorful. At least 24 coun­tries
and 24 states in the USA
are represented in her collec­tion.
The largest fan has blades 30
inches in length and a spread of
over two yards. The smallest
fan is an inch in size. Her talk
will be augmented with shawls
and cloaks of the period of the
fans. She will demonstrate “The
Language of the Fan.” She has
done a considerable amount of
research for her presentation
of “The History of Fans.”
Miss Habecker is a past presi­dent
of the Musical Art Society,
Lancaster. At the present time,
she is the President of the Past
Presidents Assembly of the Mu-cal
Art Society. She is a former
member of the Six Piano En­semble
and Piano Quartet of the
Society. Her other hobbies in­clude
birds and trees.
Miss Habecker is a graduate
of Lititz High School, Linden
Hall and the Peabody Conserva­tory.
Mrs. William Scatchard
will make the introduction.
The preview for the May din­ner
meeting will be given by
Mrs. Frank Everett. The pro­gram
will be the “Harrisburg
Civic Ballet.” Mrs. Jules Klenin
will read the Collect and Mrs.
Garth Becker, president, will
preside at the meeting.
Traditional Easter Rites
To Be Observed Here
Easter activities enjoyed by the stu­dents
in Mrs. Doris Stryker's morning kin­dergarten
class at the Lititz Elementary
School, included a visit from a lamb, nam­ed
“Lucky" and some fluffy baby chicks.
Appropriately bedecked in the Easter
hats and’bonnets they created from paper
olates, construction paper, artificial fruit
and flowers and balloons are: kneeling —
Donna Hevener and Craig Ackey. Lindy
Beamesderfer, center, a sixth grade stu­dent,
brought “Lucky” in to visit.
' The children in the back row are:
Kathy Striclder, Richard Roth, Lois Mc-
Claren. Deborah Christ, Ramona Bock and
Larry Christ. Record-Express Photo
Easter Dawn Service
At Moravian Church
Miss Dorothy Habecker, who will be the guest speaker
at the Woman's Club meeting on Monday, April 15, displays
two of the lovely fans which she will use in her commentary,
“The History and Romance of Fans."
Automobile Crashes Into
Wall At Park Entrance
A car driven by Robert Lee'
-Atihoff, 544 Green St., Lebanon,
crashed into the stone wall at
the left side of the entrance to
Lititz Springs Park, Wednesday
morning at 6:20 p.m. The im­pact
shattered the wall.. and
knocked over the stone post. I
According to Officer Leroy
Emmerich, who is investigating
the accident, Enhoff was travel­ing
south on N. Broad St., when
he noticed that his oar brakes
were not functioning properly.
Trying to locate a place to pull
off thé road, he decided to turn
in at the park entrance. He was
unable. to negotiate the turn,
however, and crashed into the
wall. The front of his Buick se­dan
was demolished.
Enhoff was treated by Dr. J.
W. Grosh for facial lacerations
which required four sutures. Of­ficer
Emmerich is continuing
the investigation.
The shattered condition of the entrance wall at the Lit­itz
Spring Park is shown which resulted from an automobile
crash on Wednesday morning. Pieces of the Buick sedan
involved in the accident are laying among the broken pieces
of stone. Record-ExDress Photo
The Buick sedan owned by Robert L. Enhoff, 544 Green
St., Lebanon, involved in the crash which knocked down the
entrance wall at the Lititz Springs Park, is pictured above
with its demolished front resulting from the impact.
Lititz Moravian Church will
begin the Easter season with a
“Great Sabbath” Lovefeast, at
3 o’clock on Saturday afternoon.
The service Opens with the bap­tism
of children. During the
singing of hymns the sacristans
serve the buns and coffee long
associated with services of this
kind. While the congregation
participates in th'e simple meal,
the Senior choir will sing sev­eral
anthems, including “For
Me, O Lord,” and “Lamb of
God”.
Following the custom of mare
than two hundred yeais, resi
dents of Lititz will be awakened
shortly'after 3 a.m. when mem
bers of the trombone choir be­gin
their tour of the commijn-ity.
The choir, under the direc­tion
of John W. Keehn,' leaves
Church Square at 3 o’clock, di­viding.
into two sections, so ¡as
to be able to play at as many
street corners as possible. Tradi­tional
chorales emphasizing the
joy of Christians over the resur­rection.
of our Lord are repeated
as the p l a y e r s make their
rounds. . -
The . Dawn Service, in , 'the
church will begin at f> a„m. The
Senior Choir, of Lancaster .Mor­avian
Church joins ..the, Litifz
choir for this'service. This will
be the 210th annual Dawn Serv­ice
in Lititz.
Bishop Schattschneider, Sen­ior
Pastor of the congregation,
will be assisted in the service by
Assistant Pastor David Wick-mann;
also by Dr. B. K. Horne,
and the Rev. John Morman,
I Headmaster and'Assistant Head­master
of Linden Hall; also by
the Rev. John Goserud, Pastor
of the Lancaster Moravian
Church. The combined choirs
will sing “Ye Sons and Daugh­ters
of the King” (PurcelD un­der
the direction of Julia Zer-
I cher Keehn, with Wayne LeFev-j
re at the organ.
I At a designated point in the
I liturgy the congregation leaves
the church and, as the divided
trombone choir plays antiphon-ally,
moves in procession to the
ancient cemetery south of the
church buildings. Here, led by
Rotary Club
Offers Financial
Aid To Students j
The Lititz Rotary Cl ub has j
available in its student loan fund
a balance of approximately $5,-
000 which is available to any |
student in the area for continu­ing
his or her education. A maxi­mum
loan of $1,500 is available
per student and no interest or
principle is repayable on the
loan wh i l e the student is in
school.
Thirteen students in the area
have already completed repay­ment
of about $10,000 worth of
loans. At present, 11 students
have loans outstanding of $10,-
000.
Any student from the Lititz
area who is interested in secur­ing
a loan of this type may con­tact
any officer of the Lititz Ro­tary
Club or any member of the
Student Loan Committee com­posed
of Alfred Douple, chair­man;
Jack Watson and Joseph
Wissler.
the trombone and voice choirs, |
members of the congregation
bring the service to a close by
singing the traditional stanzas
and concluding the confession of
faith. The service is timed so
that the sun appears, on clear.
mornings, over the Linden-.Hall
campus, about the time the serv­ice
ends..
Immediately f o l l ow ing the
Dawn service, a Holy Commun­ion
service is held in the church
(at about 6 a.m.) At this serv­ice
. the Easter liturgy is used,
and the Senior choir, with or­chestral.
accompaniment, sings
a “Litany for Easter” ; "The
Lord Is Ruler”.;. “ Glory Be to
Him” , and handel’s “Hallelu­jah
Chorus’'. Bishop Schattsch­neider
will preach the sermon
on “The Death of Death”.
The Easter season closes in
the church with a service held
at 7, p.m- .This, service features
the reading, from the Passion
Week Manual, of the resurrec­tion
story from the gospels, the
reading being interspersed with
appropriate hyfnn stanzas. The
Senior, choir will sing: “Jesus
Is Our Joy, Our Treasure”;
(Bach) and “0 Morn oi Beauty”
(Young).
Brunnerville Fire Co.
Purchases New Engine
! Brunnerville Fire Company
Chief Clifford Keith, said this
we e k that the company has
signed a contract for a new
Howe fire engine.
The engine will replace one
now in service and delivery is
expected to be in January, 1969.
Contract price is $28,950.
Spring Music Concert At
Warwick High April 20
The Warwick High School Mu­sic
Department will present its
first spring concert April 20 at
8 p.m. in the high school audi­torium.
Featured on “An Eve­ning
of Music” are the follow­ing
musical organizations: The
eighth grade chorus directed by
Mrs. Mary Jean Drabek and the
junior high orchestra and sen­ior
high band directed by Mr.
Donald Rentschler. Admission
for adults is $1 and for students
is 50c.
The eighth grade chorus will
present a choral fantasy con­sisting
of the music from “Snow
White and The Seven Dwarfs”
and “The Wizard of Oz.” Solo­ists
are Donna Kepner, Ruth
Amidon and Charles LeFevre.
The Tin Woodman is played by
John Mease; The Scarecrow by
Charles LeFevre; The Cowardly
Lion by Bill Mohler; and Doro-j
thy by Jewel Rosenberg. The ac­companist
is Maryann Smith.
Junior Orchestra Program
“La Bella Roma” - John Ca-cavas;
“Antique Prelude” - Tel-emann-
Christensen; “Dolce Far
Niente” from “The Unsinkable
| Molly Brown” - Willson, solo­ists:
Jay Gibble, trumpet; Brian
Hess, trombone; "United Na-
Rev. Dr. Roland F. Schuleter
Good Friday
Services At
Trinity EC
The Annual Good Friday
Union Service for the Lititz
area, sponsored by the Warwick
Association of Churches, will
take place at the Trinity EC
Church, Cedar and Orange Sts.,
this Friday, April 12 from 12.30
p.m. to 2:15 p.m.
Guest speaker for this Holv
Day is the Rev. Dr. Roland F.
Schuleter. He will give tw6 mes­sages
during the service on the
theme, “Beyond Perplexing Sha­dows
to the Bright Side of. the
Cross.”
Dr. Schlueter is a native of
Wisconsin and received his
theological training at Yale
College, Union Theological Sem­inary
and the University of Ed­inburgh.
He was ordained into
the United Church of Christ in
the Congregational Christian
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FIRE CALLS
The Lititz Fire Company an­swered
several calls to extin­guish
trash fires which had
gotten out of control the past
few days. Saturday afternoon
they extinguished a trash and
grass fire at the home of John
F. Bingham, Lititz R3, on Sun­day
afternoon, the company re­sponded
to a grass fire on the
farm of David Wenger. Assis­tant
Fire Chief, Paul Diehm said
th'e fire flared from smolder­ing
tree stumps burned on Sat­urday
and on Tuesday the fire­men
extinguished a grass fire
at the Robert J. Hanna Co., 701
S. Broad St., Fire Chief Ammon
Shelly reported no damage.
A zone alarm test and demon­stration
to simulate a disaster
fire will take place in Lititz on
Monday, April 15 it was an­nounced
by Shelly.
LOCAL BANKS TO
OBSERVE REGULAR HOURS
Both local banks, The Farm­ers
National Bank of Lititz and
the Conestoga National Bank,
wi l l observe regular banking
hours tomorrow, Good Friday.
RECORD 92 YEARS OLD
This issue marks the ninety-second
year for the Record-
Express. Since the birthdays
between 99 and 100 seem un­important
. . . we’U wait ’til
we’re 100 to really celebrate!
Mary Swarr
tions Processional Ma r c h " -
Sanfilippo - Niehaus; “Summer
Love” - Y o u n g - Matesky;
“Dance Latin Style” - Lorro-
Brown.
Senior Band Program
“Mustang!” — Eric Osterling;
“Overture for Winds” - Charles
Carter; “Concertino for Flute,
Op. 107” - Cecile Chaminade,
soloist, Mary Swarr; “The Pink
P a n t h e r ” - Henry Mancini;
‘ Ringgold Rhapsody” - Henry
Gass; “Green Peppers” - Arr.
Herb Alpert; “Man of LaMan-cha”
- Leigh-Erickson.
The second Evening of Music
will be held on May 18. Featur­ed
on that program will be the
seventh grade chorus, the jun­ior
high band, the senior high
orchestra, and the senior high
glee club.
Warwick OKV
Water Study
Warwick Township supervi­sors
l a s t Friday night hired
Tracy Engineers, Inc., Lemoyne
to make a study on the feasi­bility
of installing a water sys­tem
for the Kissel Hill, Roths-ville,
Brunnerville and Lexing­ton
areas.
Robert Gibble, chairman, of
the supervisors, said the study
is to be completéd in about 45
days and is not to exceed $1600
in cost.
Installation of water mains in
the built-up sections òf the town-s
h l p is being considered, he
said, because of pollution prob­lems.
The township in 1965 made a
preliminary study of the num­ber
and various kinds of wells
and water sources.
Gibble said the areas where
a water system is being consid­ered
have a total population of
I about 4,000.
In making the engineering
I study, he said, the company will
determine the amount and size
[ of pipe that would be needed,
j the best routes, possible water
I sources and construction costs.
Easter, the festival celebrat­ing
the Resurrection of Jesus
Christ, and symbolizing the im­mortality
of man, will be wel­comed
in Lititz with special
traditional services.
A community Good Friday
service will be held in Trinity
EC Church from 12:30 to 2:15
p.m. The service is being con­ducted
by the Lititz Ministerial
Association. The Rev. Roland F.
Schleuter, Lancaster Theological
Seminary, will be the speaker.
On Good Friday, most stores
will be closed at least part of
the day, usually from 1 p.m. to
3 p.m., commemorating Christ
upon the Cross at Calvary.
Citizens of Lititz will be awak­ened
about 3 a.m. Easter Sunday
morning by the melodious tones
of the Moravian Trombone
Choir, under the direction of
John Keehn, a tradition which
h a s been practiced for more
than a century. This will be
followed by the Moravian Eas­ter
Dawn service — beginning
in the church, then when the
first rays of sunlight announce
the coming of the dawn, the con­gregation
will f i l e outside to
“God’s Acre” in the cemetery
for the final part of the service.
Easter Dawn services will
also be held by St. Luke’s UCC
at Old Zion Church, Brickerville
and at the Coleman Chapel at
Brickerville, as will several oth­er
churches.
Schools in the Warwick Union
School District began their Eas­ter
vacation at noon on Wed­nesday,
April 10. All schools will
re-open on Tuesday, April 16 at
the regular time.
The Lititz Lions Club annual
Easter Egg Hunt will be held
Saturday, April 13 at 2 p.m. at
the Warwick High School.
As in the past years, the age
groups will be divided into four
sections as follows: ages 1 to 3
in the c i r c l e in front of the
school: ages 4 to 6 on the base­ball
field; ages 7 to 9 on the old
football field, and ages 10 to 12
on the f i e l d adjacent to the
swimming pool.
There will be cash awards for
all those who find the lucky
eggs. The committee in charge
will see that no child goes home
without an egg. Committee
members are: Robert Weaver,
chairman, George Male and
Harold Landis.
The rain date for the Easter
Egg Hunt will be Monday, April
15 at 4 p.m.
MANAGERS MEET
Managers of ten Boroughs met
at the General Sutter Inn, Wed­nesday
morning, April 10. The
group held an informal discus­sion
on mutual problems.
School Menu
Monday, April 15
No School — Easter Vacation.
Tuesday, April 16
Chili-con-carne, grilled cheese
sandwich, lettuce wedge w/-
French dressing, assorted fruit,
Wednesday, April 17
Baked sausage links, buttered
noodles, succotash, applesauce.
Thursday, April 18
Chicken & vegetable pie, chef
salad, cranberry sauce, popsicle.
Friday, April 19
Lasagna or fish sticks, but­tered
green beans, cole slaw,
cup cake.
The Warwick Ambulance, pictured
above, has traveled 8.524 miles and made
385 calls since the last membership drive
conducted in March of 1967. The Ambu­lance
Service is sponsored by the Ameri­can
Business Club of Lititz.
Ambulance Association
Seeks New Memberships
The Warwick Community
Ambulance Association is pre­sently
in the process of conduct­ing
its annual membership
drive, with the present member­ships
having expired March 31,
1968.
In order to avoid a lapse in
membership, new application
forms were mailed sometime
ago to all residents of the War­wick
School District. Residents
who have not already done so
are urged to complete the appli­cation
and return it promptly if
they wish to renew their mem­bership
or enroll as a new mem­ber.
Those who have not received
applications by mail, may fill
out the accompanying form in
the Record-Express.
The Ambulance service -is
sponsored by the American
Business Club of Lititz under
the supervision of Arch Michael,
chairman and Robert Derek,
secretary-treasurer and operat­ed
by the Warwick Ambulance
Drivers Association, under the
direction of Jay Eisenhauer,
president and Arthur Adams,
secretary, of the Ambulance
Drivers. On an average, 31 am­bulance
calls were made each
month during 1967.
A new ambulance was pur­chased
in September, 1966, since
then, the vehicle has traveled
over 13,000 miles and made 559
calls.
Ambulance Application Form
on Page 9.
Easter Treasure Hunt
Continues Thru Saturday
The Easter Egg Treasure Hunt sponsored by the Lititz
Retailer’s Association continues to the end of this week, witli
prizes galore to lucky winners, and many Easter opportuni­ties
in the stores.
In order to participate in the Treasure hunt, readers of
the Record-Express should clip out the drawing of the
Easter egg which encircles a number in the advertisement
on Page 8. The numbers will be different this week from last
week, thus giving everyone another chance to win a free
gift.
Then each person takes the number he has clipped out
of the paper around to the participating merchants, where
he will find Treasure Hunt posters listing many lucky num­bers.
If your number matches any of these numbers, you get
a free gift. Be sure to check every store, because your num­ber
may be a winner. No purchases are necessary. Children
may participate, as long as they are accompanied to the
stores by an adult.
Stores will be open until 9 p.m. on Friday.
Participating merchants are: David A. Armold, Jewel­er,
Benner’s Pharmacy, Bingeman’s Restaurant, Charlotte’s
Apparel Shop, Farmers National Bank, Flanagan’s, Gear­hart’s,
Glassmyer’s, Robert J. Hanna Co., Harris Variety,
J. B. Hess, Kenyon’s Pastry, Kreider Bros. TV, Lititz Book
Store, Lititz Sewing Center, Lititz Sports Center, McElroy
Pharmacy, Michael’s TV, Posey’s Garden Center, Spacht’s
Furniture Store, Stauffer’s Market, and Trimble Hardware.