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w ith in L a n c a s te r C o u n ty J 14 Pages No. 3
Ninety-Sixth Anniversary
At Trinity E. C. Church
The Ninety sixth Anniversary
of Trinity Evangelical Congre­gational
Church. Lititz will be
observed Sunday, May 5 in three
distinct services.
The Sunday School at 9 a.m.
with Warren Newcomer, super­intendent
in charge, will feature
Jacob Buch, baritone soloist of
Brownstown, Pa.
The Anniversary WorshipServ-ice
at 10 a.m. will feature a
large Homecoming Choir under
the direction of Miss Betty Zer-cher
with Mrs. Warren Newcom-at
the organ. The Choir will
c- augumented by former choir
members of Trinity Church. The
Anniversary Day speaker will
be Lloyd Brownback of Royers-ford,
Pa. He is an outstanding
layman of the church, a trustee
ol the Preacher’s Aid Society of
the c o n f e r ence, an Advisory
Trustee of the School of Theol­ogy
of Myerstown, Pa. He is
also the Senior Vice President of
Sixth Grade
Science Fair
At Lititz School
The Lititz Elementary School
Sixth Grade Science Fair, will
be held April 29th, from 6:30
p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the school
gymnasium.
Projects will be judged by
members of the Warwick High
School science faculty. Judging
vrjll be based primarily upon
riginality and the student’s
application of the scientific
method.
Ribbons will be awarded to
the winning projects in each of
the following areas: chemistry,
mathematics, machines, human
body, light, magnetism, air, elec­tricity,
space, plants, animals,
heat, sound, water, forces and
in°v :a.h
student participating in
cience Fair will receive a
on for entering a project.
4usic Concert
At Kissel Hill
The Wa rwi c k Elementary
Schools will present a concert
of instrumental music Thursday,
April 25th at 7:30 P.M. at the
Kissel Hill Elementary School.
The elementary band and
string ensemble, under the di­rection
of Mr. Ralph Lehman,
will feature clarinet soloist,
Kathy Kraybill from the Lititz
Elementary School; Donna Gar-man,
saxophone soloist from the
’ohn Beck Elementary School
and a trumpet duo, Kathy Mc-
Conaghay and Cheryl Balmer
from John Beck.
A brief business meeting will
follow the concert. An installa­tion
of officers will be held.
Litterbug Crackdown
In Warwick Twp.
Warwick Township officials
announced yesterday that police
were being ordered to “crack­down”
on litterbug'S. They said
a definite increase has been no­ted
in the amount of litter along
township roads and prosecution
will be made.
The officials s a i d the maxi­mum
fine is $100 and costs.
the Continental Bank and Trust
Company of Norristown, Pa., a
member of the Montgomery
County School Board and Presi­dent
of the Western Technical
School Board.
A Homecoming S e r vice will
feature the 7 p.m. Worship hour
when a Male Quartet of First
Evangelical C o n g r e gattonai
Church, Lebanon, Pa. will be the
evening guests. The Pastor Rev.
Ralph H. Bornman of Trinity
Church will be the Homecoming
Speaker, having as his theme—
“Then They Went Forth.”
The Anniversary Day Commit­tee
consists of Mrs. Richard
Murr, chairman; Mr. Richard
Murr, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Hagy,
Mr. and Mrs. William Fry and
Mr. a n d Mrs. Lester Furlow.
Ex-officio members are F r e d
Bear, P r e s i dent cf Official
Board and the Pastor.
Note worthy of this Anniver­sary
Observance is the action of
the Annual Congregational Meet­ing
to erect a two story Educa­tional
Building directly to the
So u t h of the church on Cedar
Street.
Council Will
Consider Many
Requests Tues.
A tentative agenda has been
prepared for the borough coun­cil
meeting next Tuesday, April
30.
The Lititz Jaycees will re­quest
permission to have the
first block of E. Main St. closed
on May 25 so they can conduct
a Street Fair. A representative
from the fire company will ask
to use a piece of borough pro­perty
for fire training purposes.
Projects scheduled for the
summer will necessitate the
taking of bids for installation
of a storm drainage system and
bids for a $160,000 bond issue to
finance street construction.
In old business, the council
will consider a request to
change N. Cedar Street’s traffic
flow, from Lincoln Ave. to Front
St., to one way south and to per­mit
parking on both sides of
the street.
Borough Solicitor Ge o r g e
Morgan and Police Chief George
Hicks will present an ordinance
to permit removal of vehicles
from borough streets for not
carrying current state inspec­tion
stickers or license.
A report is expected to be
made in regards to the water
improvement project, which is
about complete. Samples of the
well water have been submitted
for chemical analysis.
A copy of the fiscal budget
from the Lititz Recreation Cen­ter
will be presented for ap­proval,
and the Center will re­quest
permission to give swimm­ing
instruction at the Springs
Pool.
Borough Manager Geo rge
Steedle wil lask council to ap­prove
the summer garbage col­lection
schedule which will be
the same as last year. Collec­tions
will be made on Wednes­day
and Saturday from June
until September.
Steedle will also request
council to authorize the taking
of bids for an air compressor for
the Works Department.
Council plans to accept streets
in the Sutter Village Develop­ment.
Nitrauer Wins Locally By Only 94
Votes; Eshleman And Con-Con Get
Big Majorities In Light Balloting
Warwick House
To Be Sold
Orville “Dubs” Haldeman an­nounced
this week that the War­wick
House, 104 N. Broad
Street, is for sale.
Haldeman said he is selling
because he and his family are
moving to the Virgin Islands.
1-le will operate a restaurant on
St. Croix, the largest one of the
Virgin Islands group.
Several parties have already
indicated an interest in the fam­ed
tavern and restaurant which
dates back to 1809.
Ed Rosenquist, left and Bob Wiegand,
exhibit four turtles from their collection.
The turtles are box and painted and were
picked-up along hiking trails.
Hiking Inspires Hobby
Some people find enjoyment
from just walking through the
woods with no p a r t i c u l a r
thought in mind but to take in
the scenery and to get a little
bit of exercise.
Two local lads, however, have
combined their hobby and hik­ing.
Whenever they are'out on
the trail, the Applachian or on
the way to Governor Dick, they
are loking for “turtles”. The
boys, Edward Rosenquist, 328
E. Marion- St., and Bob Wie­gand,
323 E. Second Ave,, have
been collecting and keeping
turtles for several years. At the
present time they ■ have nine
box and painted turtles that
measure about six and seven
inches in length.
Ed and Bob have built a pen
four by 10 feet in the Rosen­quist
backyard. The pen has a
small cement pond constructed
by the boys, a grassy area where
the turtles had hibernated dur­ing
the winter, and a large box
for them to use. The turtles eat
insects and some vegetables,
fruit and meat.
The largest number of turtles
Spaghetti Supper
And Bake Sale
The “Twosomes” Class of the
Lititz Moravian Sunday School
will sponsor a spaghetti supper
and bake sale in the basement
of Fellowship Hall Saturday
from 4 to 7 p.m.
Adult and children’s tickets
will be on sale at the door. All
utensils, will be furnished.
Jack Hackman, president of
the class, is general chairman
assisted by Ben Warfel and Dan
Graybill, committee chairmen,
and all class members.
the boys had at one time was
27, last year. Included in the
collection were: box, wood,
painted, spotted, map and red
ear. They also had three turtles
which had hatched from eggs,
the last one died a few weeks
ago. ,
The neighborhood youngsters
gre frequent visitors to the pen
to see their favorite turtles,
“Speedy”, who the boys have
had for five, years and “Dum
Dum.”
Local Child
Hit By Car
Six-year-old Mary Ann Pohl of
430 E. Main St., remains in Lan­caster
General Hospital after
suffering a broken leg and inter­nal
injuries Monday, April 22,
when she was struck by a car
near her home.
According to Police Officer
Robert Keller, the, girl was
struck toy a. car driven by Mrs.
Virginia W. Foley, 45, of Mid­dletown,
Del. at 3:52 p.m. Mon­day.
Miss Pohl was crossing the
intersection of Main and Locust
Streets, Lititz, when the accident
occurred.
Mrs. Foley was charged with
failure to yield the right of way
Guided Tour For
Sociology Class
A Sociology Class, from Rut­gers
Institute, accompanied by
Professor Sctoifreen, will toe tak­en
on a guided tour of the Dutch
Country side including Inter­course
and Bird - in - Hand by
■members of the Lititz Mennonite
Church on Saturday morning,
April 27.
Following the tour, the group
will return to the church for a
noon meal. A panel discussion
will be presented after the meal.
The panel members and their
topics are: Lester B. Wenger,
Labor and Business: Chester
Wenger, Church, Mission, Relief
and Service; Margaret Derstine,
School and Education; Marian
Leaman, The Home, and Clair
Hershey, Yo u t h Activities. A
question and answer period will
follow the discussion.
The Sociology Class will be en­tertained
for supper at these
Mennonite Church members’
homes: Mr. and Mrs. Jacob
Leed, Mr. and. Mrs. Glenn
Thomas, Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Hershey, Miss Helen Bucher,
Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Weaver.
Mr. and Mrs. Jay R. Oherholt-zer,
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Wen-
John Pflum
Will Speak To
Lititz PTA
The Lititz Elementary PTA
will meet April 25 (this evening)
at 8 p.m. in the school cafeteria.
John Pflum, a professor at Mil-lersville
State College, will be
the guest speaker. His topic will
be “The Preparation of the
Modern Elementary School
Teacher.
Mr. Pflum was an elementary
teacher in the Pittsburgh area
for eight years and served as a
graduate assistant at the Uni­versity
of Pittsburgh for two
years. He received his BS and
Masters Degree from Indiana
University of Pennsylvania. He
has been on the Millersville
staff for three years.
Carl Snavely, PTA president,
will conduct the business meet­ing.
An installation of officers
will be held.
More Drive-Up
Service Set By
Farmers Bank
Officials of the Farmers Na­tional
Bank announced this week
that John Keller’s store, adja­cent
to the bank on East Main
Street, would be torn down. Kel­ler
has until August 1 to vacate
the property.
Bank officials said that the
property is needed to provide
more drive-up and walk-up win­dows.
This is an effort to solve
the traffic problem created at
the present drive-up windows.
It was also learned that the
bank is going to construct an
addition to the rear of their pres­ent
building. The addition will
provide more office space and
will be constructed on stilts for
parking underneath.
Final plans are not yet com­plete
and will be announced at a
later date.
Per Capita Tax
Officials of Warwick Town­ship
announced this week that
all persons must receive per
capita tax notices and no one is
exempt. However, it was point­ed
out, that under certain cir­cumstances
a person may be
exonerated from payment of
per capita taxes.
T h e necessary application
forms may be obtained by con­tacting
Ruth Wetzel, tax collec­tor,
Lititz R3, Phone 626-2495.
Warwick Twp.
Lions Elect
New Officers
The Warwick Township Lions
Club elected new officers for
1968-69 at a meeting held at the
Lions Hall on April 23.
Elected were: J. Lowell
Forney, president; Dale Fetter,
1st vice president; Paul Kurtz,
2nd vice president; Walter
Strickler, 3rd vice president;
Marvin Feiler, secretary; Paul
Kurtz treasurer.
Ben Forney a n d William
Sharpless will serve as directors
for one year and Harold Dull
and J. Arne Forney, directors
for two years. Chester Eckman
was elected Lion Tamer and
Raymond Groff, Tail Twister.
Entertainment at the meeting
was presented by “Mick” Sload,
football coach at Warwick High
School. Sload presented a film
and commentary on football.
Robert Dodson, Jr., was a guest
at the meeting. ,
During the business meeting,
final plans were made for the
Horse Show to be held on Sun­day,
April 28 at 11 a.m. at the
Forney Polo Field, Rothsville.
Only
Of Those
Eligible Vote
Incumbent Harvey L. Nitrau­er,
Republican, won his bid for
nomination for a second term
from the 102nd Legislative Dis­trict
defeating Luther M. Swang-er.
Lititz Borough, Warwick and
Elizabeth Townships along with
portions of Lebanon County
comprise the 102nd District.
Loses Both Townships
Actually, Nitrauer lost both
Elizabeth and Warwick Town­ships,
although he won Lititz
Borough. In a combined vote of
all the Lancaster County dis-tricts
Nitrauer won by only 94
votes or 600 to 506.
Complete unofficial results
from Lebanon County gave:
Nitrauer 1,877
Swanger 1,468
Lancaster County Districts
gave:
Lititz Swanger Nitrauer
1st ward 60 157
2nd ward 79 70
3rd ward 108 179
247 406
Township:
Elizabeth 46 31
Warwick West 99 76
Warwick East 114 87
259 194
The combined vote was:
Nitrauer 2477
Swanger 1974
Eshleman Wins
U.S. Representative Edwin D.
Eshleman won the nomination
for a second term in Congress
from the 16th District. Locally
Eshleman won an overwhelm­ing
victory from challenger J.
Earle Pfoutz.
the Lititz Borough vote was:
Eshleman Pfoutz
1st ward 203 18
2nd ward 145 14
3rd ward 269 21
617 53
Approve Con-Con
Local voters also overwhelm­ingly
approved the Constitution
al Convention questions.
to a pedestrian by Officer Keller | ger, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Sn-ader,
before Justice of the Peace Paul Mr. and Mrs. Luke Moseman,
Dietim. She paid the fine and
costs of prosecution.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Brubaker and
Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Sangery.
James Metcalf To Present
Wings i i To Puerto Rico9!9
Jaycees To Celebrate
Their 20th Anniversary
James Metcalf, photographer,
adventurer, lecturer, pilot and
chemist, will present his latest
travelogue production, “Wings
to Puerto Rico”, on Saturday,
April 27, at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. in
the Warwick High School audi­torium.
He will appear on the
“Travel and Adventure Series”
that is sponsored by the Rotary
Club of Lititz.
James Metcalf has been in the \
photographic profession for al­most
twenty years, a back­ground
unique in the travel-film
field. He majored in chemistry
at the University of Michigan,
later studied commercial pho­tography,
graduating from the
professional school at Winona,
Indiana. During World War II
he traveled extensively for the
Army Ordnance Corps, produc­ing
technical manuals and train­ing
films. His camera assign­ments
have taken him into Can-
James Metcalf
ation Bootstrap” which has
transformed this mountainous
island from an unattractive area
to a proud showcase, and tour­ist
mecca.
In the Capital city of Old San
Juan a visit is made with the
city’s Dady Mayor Dona Felisa
Rincon and with Governor Luis
Mianos Marin. Then to Laurence
Rockefeller’s Dorado Beach Ho­tel,
with its championship golf
course with Chi-Ohi Rodrigas.
Puerto Rico has many resorts,
such ias: Mayaguez, Aguadilla,
Ponce, and the beautiful El Con-quistadore
at Fajardo. Then to
the Rain Forest at El Yunque
and to Luquillo Beach and the
fiesta of Loisa Aldea. The boom­ing
industries of Puerto Rico are
shown in detail, including; the
great sugar industry, the rum
industry, Esso’s huge cracking
plants, rug weaving ¡artists at
the famed V’Soske Company, the
A banquet will be held on
Saturday, May 18 at the General
Sutter Inn to mark the 20th An­niversary
of the Lititz Chapter.
Grover Gouker, past vice presi­dent
of the United States Jay­cees,
will be the principal
speaker. It is hoped that this
will become one of the largest
affairs ever held in Lititz.
Jaycee Charles York, chair­man,
stated that invitations
have been sent to all known
past Jaycees. If you, as a past
Jaycee, have not received an in­vitation,
please contact Jaycee
Adam Samelko, 416 Hensley St.
626-2512, as soon as possible. All
information concerning the af­fair
will then be sent to you.
The present Jaycees urge all
past Jaycees to attend the anni­versary
banquet. You and your
wife can renew old acquaint­ances
and recollect old mem­ories
of past Jaycee experiences.
There will be momentoes for
everyone, prizes for a few and
a good time for all. See you at
the banquet!
“Wings to Puerto Rico” is an
ada, Yucatan, Mexico, Guate- all-color travel film of an inter- Stokie Van Damp pineapple
mala, El Salvador, Honduras, esting p a r t of -the Caribbean fields, and the second largest
Cuba, Venezuela, Colombia, the that is one of the Dependencies ‘t u n a canning industry in the
West Indies, and to many other of the United States. Recent world. On Mona Island, a primi-places.
He flies his own Cessna years have seen an aggressive tive dependent of Puerto Rico,
Skyhawk on his photographic development program pursued are found a colorful underwater
missions. by the Puerto Ricans — “Oper- (Continued on Page 8)
Boy Scouts Participate
In Camping Activities
The Lititz vote was:
For Against
Question No. 1 676 99
Question No. 2 661 113
Question No. 3 625 146
Question No. 4 649 120
Question No. 5 626 141
% Vote
About % of the local registei
ed voters took time to go to th
polls. The total vote cast in Li
itz was:
Rep.
1st ward 237
2nd ward 171
3rd ward 314
Dem. No Pari
61 2
67 1
50 6
722 178 9
Richard Nixon was the lead­ing
write-in candidate in Lititz
with 113 votes.
In the only other contested
election Lititz voters gave John
B. Hannum a 470 to 177 margin
over William F. Cercone for
Superior Court judge.
GARAGE SALE
A Garage Sale will be spon­sored
by the Adult Class of St.
Luke's UCC at the Guy Snyder’s
garage, 415 S. Locust St. on Sat­u7rday,
May 4 from 8 p.m. until
Miscellaneous items will be on
sale. Proceeds obtained from
the sale will benefit the build­ing
fund. Mr. and Mrs. Russel!
Markert and Mr. and Mrs. Sny
der are in charge of the sale.
’LL»
Fifty-seven Boy Scouts parti­cipated
in a campout at Camp
Cooper over the weekend. Acti­vities
conducted during the
campout included — a fishing
contest, a hike to Devil’s Potato
Patch with Bill Litzenberger as
the guide and game competi­tion.
Troop 42, with 22 members
attending, were hosts to eight
members of Troop 322, Bricker-ville
and 27 scouts from Troop
33, East Petersburg.
Scoutmaster Robert Herzer
presented the following awards
to the winners of the fishing
contest: Bill Mohler, Troop 322,
first, 13 inches; Steven Hoehn,
Troop 33, second, I2V2 inches
and Roy Deamer, Troop 42,
third, 1214 inches. A total of
37 fish were caught.
A campfire was held Satur­day
evening and featured skits
and scout songs. Devotions on
Sunday morning were conduct­ed
by Dennis Mailer and Tom
Shertzer, Troop 33 and Rick
Taft and Chuck Aument, Troop
42.
Adult supervision was provid­ed
by Scoutmaster Robert Wer-ley
and committeeman Paul
Brombaugh, Troop 322; Scout­master
Robert Brady, and com­mitteemen
John Worden, Har­old
Godshall, Jack Wilson and
Mylin Devenburgh, Troop 33
and Scoutmaster Herzer and his
assistants, Eugene Sipe and
Charles Aument, Troop 42.
Steve Kraybill, left, president of the Warwick High
Chorus and Roger Hershey, president of the Honor Society
discuss plans for the Music and Honor Banquet to be held
in the Warwick High School cafeteria on April 26. Kraybill
and Hershey assisted Mrs. Mary Drabek in the banquet
preparation.
Music and Honors Banquet
To Be Held At Warwick
A Music and Honors Banquet
will be ’held in the Warwick High
School Cafeteria, Friday, April
26 at 6:15 p.m.
Steven Palkovic will act as
master of ceremonies, which
will honor both music and honor
students.
Entertainment will be provid-ed
by Harry Barton, pantomim-ist.
His program will consist of
pantomimes depicting burles­que,
satire, parody, comedy and
caricature.
Warwick High School teachers
and School Board members will
be guests
School Menu
Monday, April 29
Hollywoodburger w/toun, toma­toes,
lettuce, onions, French
fries, applesauce.
Tuesday, April 30
Glazed meat loaf, mashed po­tatoes,
buttered peas, May blos­som.
Wednesday, May 1
Salisbury steak, glazed car­rots,
buttered broccoli, lemon
pudding.
Thursday, May 2
Chicken potpie, potato, cole
slaw, whipped Jello.
Friday, May 3
Macaroni -and hamburg creole,
buttered corn, carrot sticks, pea-mu,
butter cookies.