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(C o n so lid a ted w ith T h e Xiititz R e co rd , 1 937) Lititz, Lancaster County, Penna., Thursday, May 23, 1968 10 c e n t s a Copy; $4.00 p e r y e a r b y m a ll
w ith in L a n c a s t e r C ou n ty 16 Pages No. 7
$120 In Cash And Prizes
In Shoppers Jackpot Sat.
Joseph Lahr
¡ÉÉS
Denise Witwer Dennis Keller
Lahr, Witwer, Keller, Chosen As
Commencement Speakers At Warwick
^ Drawing At
5:45 Saturday
The first drawing for the $5,-
000. “Shop in Lititz Jackpot”
"'ll be held this Saturday, May
25, at 5:45 p.m. in front of the
Vcstern Auto Store.
| Anyone over 16 years of age
's eligible to participate by sign­ing
up at anyone of the 29 parti­cipating
merchants’ places of
bus'ness listed below.
Drawings will be held for
he next twelve weeks wi t h
even chances each week to win
$10 merchandise certificates.
There will also be two cash
drawings each week, one for
$30. and another for $20.
While it is not necessary to
be present to win the merchan­dise
certificates, the winner of
the cash drawings must be pre­sent
or the money goes back in-
Joseph Lahr, Denise Witwer
and Dennis Keller have been
chosen as the Commencement
speakers for the annual Com­mencement
Exercises of War­wick
High School on Wednesday,
June 5 at 7 p.m. The exercises
will be held outdoors on the
athletic field.
Lahr, son of Mr. and Mrs. Les­ter
S. Lahr, 38 E. Market St., is
active in the band, orchestra,
treasurer of the National Honor
Society, a member of the Iron
Arrow, photography editor of the
Warrian and the recipient of the
Armstrong Science Award. An
.cademic student, he plans to
attend Pennsylvania State Col­lege.
Miss Witwer, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Harold E. Witwer, Lit­itz
Rl, is a member of the Pep
Club, a princess in the Iron Ar­row
Club, a member of the Na­tional
Honor Society, Glee Club
and cheerleader. She is editor-in-
chief of the Warrian and was
the costume designer for War­wick’s
Homecoming. She is tak­ing
the academic course and will
enter Wilson College.
Keller, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles G. Keller, mfriz R?, is
active in Student Council, Na­tional
Honor Society, yearbook
literary staff, wrestling and the
Iron Arrow. He is taking the ac­ademic
course and will attend
Pennsylvania State College.
The theme for the Commence­ment
speakers will be "Educa­tion”,
Lahr will speak on
“Growth of Education”, Miss
Witwer on “Ideals of Education”
and Keller on “Importance of
Education” .
The guest Commencement
speaker will be Dr. Mitchell
Dreese, Millerstown, Pa. Dr.
Dreese, a retired professor of
Education, who was formerly a
chants and sign up for the draw­ing.
G
lassmyer’s, Lititz Book
Store, Dick’s TV, David Armold.
Bingeman’s Restaurant, Ken­yon’s
Bake Shop, Lititz Sewing
Center, Conestoga National
Bank, Lititz Record-Express,
Keller Bros. Auto. Co., General
Sutter Inn, McElroy’s Phar­macy,
K and M Campers, Stauff­er’s
Market, Martin’s Chevrolet,
J. B. Zartman’s Inc., Clyde O.
Benner’s Pharmacy, Spacht’s
Furniture Store, Wm. B. Fry’s
P o n t i a c, Charlotte’s Dress
Shoppe , Farmer’s National
Bank, J. B. Hess Menswear,
Western Auto Store, Kreider
Hardware, Long & Bomberger’s,
Harris Variety Center, Kauff­man’s
Store, Gearhart’s Self-
Service and Hen & Dave’s.
New Middle School Plans
Revealed To Officials
Building To Be
Completed By
Dec. Of 1970
Rev. Carl J. Frederick
Memorial Day Speaker
Kids Fish Day
Kids Fish Day, sponsored by
the Lititz Sportsmen’s Club,
will be held at the Lebanon
Pumping Station on Sunday,
May 26 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
The event is scheduled fur the
children of the community, 15
years of age and under.
Refreshments will be on sale
ami CASH PRIZES will he
awarded for the tagged fish
which are caught on that day.
Dr. Mitchell Dreese
COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER
member of Shippensburg State
College.
Since his retirement, he has
served as a consultant to the Bu­reau
of Guidance Services of the
Department of Pennsylvania In-
<3oa n -
ly School. In March of this year,
Dr. Dreese was the recipient of
a plaque awarded to him by the
Pennsylvania School’s Counsel­or’s
Association for his contri­bution
to the Guidance Services
in Pennsylvania.
The Baccalaureate Service will
be held on Sunday, June 2 in the
VFW Buddy
Poppy Sale
. The VFW Buddy Poppy, wil]
be on sale at the two Lititz
banks on Friday, May 24, from
5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
The Poppy is assembled by
disabled and needy veterans in
hospitals throughout the United
States. Funds raised through
their sale by Veterans of For­eign
Wars Post and Auxiliaries
are used exclusively for aid to
veterans and their dependents.
The Buddy Poppy has been
the symbolic flower of Memorial
Dav since its first sale by the
VFW in 1922.
A Poppy Dance will be held at
the Lititz VFW Post 1463 on Sat­urday,
May 25.
High School auditorium at 7r 30
p.m. The Rt. Rev. Allen W.
Schattschneider will deliver the
address. The Lutheran Choir will
sing. The Rev. Robert Etter is
n charge of the arrangements.
Senior Class Roll
Members of the senior class
are as follows:
Anthony Adair, Marie Adams,
Bruce Auker, Cathy Bachman,
Elizabeth Bajkowski, Gregory
Balmer, Jon Bard, Pamela Bec­ker,
Susan Bender, Janice Bom-berger,
Joyce Bowman, Dennis
Brown, Carol Brubaker, Genia
Brubaker, Christine Brumbach,
Erenda Buch, Warren Buch,
Ethel Bucher, Darcy Buchter,
Gloria Buchter, Barbara Burk­holder,
Patricia Carvell, Chester
Coen, Philip Conlin, Richard I
Cordaro,
Joyanna Cropf, Robert Derr,
Scott Derrish, Janeane DeSantis,
Susan DeWald, Trinda Ditzler,
Linda Dowhower, Wilma Dull.
Deborah Ebersole, Rickey Eck­ert,
Janice Eckman, Robert
Eichholtz, Jere Eshelman, Rob­ert
Evans, Dennis Fenstermac-
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Final Week Of
Fire Co. Fund
Raising Drive
The annual fund-raising drive
of the Lititz Fire Company is en­tering
the final week of solicita­tion.
So that the fire company will
be in a position to HELP YOU
when you need them, Chief Shel­ly
urges all citizens who care to
help now with a generous con­tribution.
Here are some of the facts
about the Lititz Fire Company’s
service during 1967:
Fire calls, 50, of which 35 were
in the borough and 15 outside;
2050 feet of 2% inch hose laid;
2100 P/2 hose laid; 3850 feet of
booster hose laid; ladders raised
205 feet; number of firemen an­swering
calls, 1059; miles trav­eled,
163; property value in­volved
in fires and saved, $256,-
920.
Your contribution will help the
“volunteers” to continue to pro­tect
you by seeing that they get
the equipment necessary to do
the job. Contributions may be
sent to the Lititz Fire Co., Lit­itz,
Pa.
to the jackpot to be added to
the following weeks’ drawings.
At the end of the 12 weeks,
the grand prize — a 1968 Chevy
II — will be going to some
lucky winner!
Each registration slip filled
out during the 12 week contest
will be held for the car draw­ing,
but to participate in each
of the weekly drawings it will
be necessary to re-register each
week.
There is nothing to buy. Just
see one of the following mer-
Jaycees Street
Fair To Be
Held Saturday
Nine organizations will have
stands at the Jaycee Street Fair
on Saturday, May 25. The Fair
will be located in the first
block of E. Main St. and will
begin at 11 a.m. and continune
until ? . , .
Organizations participating in
the Fair are- JayneCees, Jay­cees,
Explorer Post 154, Mid­get
Football, Catholic Mother’s
Club, Hotstove League, the
Recreation Center and the Jun­ior
Youth Fellowship of the
United Methodist Church.
A Chicken-Barbecue will be
conducted during the Fair form
1 p.m. to 6 p.m. and it will be
jointly sponsored by the Jay­cees
and Explorer P o st 42.
Graybill Miller will be the bar-becuer.
You can purchased the
chicken for $1 at a stand locat­ed
at the Lititz Sports Center
or at the Drive-In Window of
the Conestoga Bank.
The Street Fair will feature
rides for the children which
will include: pony and fire en­gine.
Game stands will consist
of balloon and darts, nickel
pitch, ring a cane, pistol and
puppets, roll a ball, duck and
fish ponds and-fish bowls.
Moravian Sugar Cake will be
on sale beginning at 9 a.m.
A variety of food will be avail­able
at the numerous food
stands. Also on sale will be cot­ton
candy, popcorn, french fries
and taffy apples.
A Street Dance is scheduled
from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. with the
music being provided by the
“Lemon Meringue Pill Box
Band.”
Record To Publish
Eorly Next Week
The Record-Express will be
published Wednesday, May 29
or a day early next week, due
to Memorial Day. All adver­tisers
are reminded of a Tues­day
10 A.M. deadline. Anyone
with news is requested to have
it in by Tuesday noon.
The Senior Citizens Club as a project
collected soap at a recent meeting to send
to Richard Gorton, who is stationed with
the Navy at My Tho, Vietnam.
Three hundred pounds of soap was ob­tained
from the club members and other
interested people in Lititz who brought
their contributions to the Recreation Cen­ter.
The soap will be distributed to the re­mote
areas in Vietnam.
Packing some of the soap are club
Warwick Twp.
Adopts Zoning
\
Warwick ToWnship, by unani­mous
vote of its board of super­visors,
Wednesday night, May
15, became the 22nd municipal­ity,
the eighth second class town­ship,
in Lancaster county to
adopt a zoning ordinance.
No one appeared at the Wed­nesday
meeting to protest the
ordinance, a project begun two
years ago. Two requests for
changes in a portion of the ordi­nance
were filed, but were re­jected.
The zoning ordinance
creates three residential dis­tricts,
a rural district encom­passing
more than 50 percent of
the area, an industrial and a
commercial district.
Minor Changes
Joseph R. Snavely, planning
commission chairman, reported
that two public hearings held in
connection with the ordinance
resulted in only one minor
change in the text of the ordi­nance,
while comments from in­terested
citizens brought about
only six minor changes in the
zoning map. <
There was, however, no oppo­sition
from the public at the two
sparsely attended hearings, Mr.
j Snavely reported.
Two Commended
The supervisors - Robert Gib-ble,
chairman; Richard Hoffer,
secretary; and Joseph Brubak­er,
adopted a resolution com­mending
the time and effort put
forth by two former supervisors,
Paul Ibach and Isaac Stoner, in
making the ordinance a reality.
NOTICE
The Rec Center will go on the
following hourly schedule for the
Month of June, starting Monday,
June 10; Monday through Fri­day,
9 to 12 noon, and 1 to 5 p.m.
The Center will he closed eve­nings,
except for scheduled
meetings.
The American Legion Post No.
56 and the Veterans of Foreign
Wars Post 1463 will conduct Me­morial
Day Services in Lititz
and Rothsville on Thursday,
May 30.
The Rev. Carl J. Frederick,
Pastor of the Lutheran Church
of the Redeemer, Lancaster will
deliver the annual Memorial Day
address in the Lititz Moravian
Cemetery at 11 a.m.
Children will decorate graves
of veterans with flowers. The
Rev. Ralph H. Bornman, Pastor
of the Trinity Evangelical Con­gregational
Church, Lititz, will
give the Invocation. Albert S.
Ebbert will lead the audience in
singing America and the Nation­al
Anthem, accompanied by the
Warwick High School Band and
the Lititz Community Band. The
Rev. David L. Wickmann, as­sistant
pastor of the Moravian
Church, Lititz, will pronounce
the Benediction.
Prior to the Memorial Day
Service, a parade will form at
10:30 a.m. on Warwick Street,
proceed at 10:45 a.m. east on
West Lincoln Ave. to Broad
Street, south on Broad Street to
Main Street, east on Main Street
to the Moravian Cemetery. Or­ganizations
participating in the
parade should report at the
starting point promptly at the
time mentioned.
In Rothsville, the parade will
form at Wentling Road at 9 a.m.
and move promptly west thru
Rothsville to the Post Office,
then south to the Lutheran Cem­etery
where Memorial Day Ser­vices
will commence at 9:30
a.m., the speaker being Marvin
Miller, member of the State
House of Representatives. The
Rev.. James C. Mohn, pastor of
St. Paul’s Evangelical Congre­gational
Church, Rothsville, will
give the invocation and the Rev.
Myles R. Smeltz, pastor of Jeru­salem
Lutheran Churdh, Roths­ville,
will pronounce the Bene­diction.
The Warwick High
Rev. Carl J. Frederick
School Band will play America
and the National Anthem. De­tails
of the parade and service
at Rothsville are being handled
in cooperation with the Roths­ville
Fire Company.
Kissel Hill P.T.A.
Installs Officers
An installation of officers for
1968-69 ,was conducted at the
Kissel Hill PTÂ meeting held on
May ■-16. John Evans, retiring
vice president,.’ conducted the
installation ceremony. . , ■ «
Installed were: Henry Martin
Jr., president; Oren Spaiigfen-berg,
.vice p r e s i d e n t ; Mrs.
Charles Edson, secretary and
Mrs. Richaid MibfiL. tteasurex.,/,
It was announced that the
Safety Patrol will be taken on a
trip to Philadelphia. The attend­ance
flag was presented to Mrs.
Charlotte Redcay who also won
the end of the year attendance
award.
The Warwick School Board,
Tuesday night, held a joint meet­ing
with governmental units
from Lititz Borough and War­wick
and Elizabeth Townships
to reveal plans for the new mid­dle
school.
School board president Horace
Kauffman told the group of about
30 that the hoard wanted to keep
“everybody posted” on the prog­ress
of the new school. Members
present, in addition to the school
board, were from Lititz Borough
Council, Warwick and Elizabeth
Township supervisors, Warwick
School Authority, and Warwick
and Elizabeth Township Plan­ning
Commissions.
tSchool officials stated it was
hoped that the school would be
ready for occupancy toy Decem­ber
of 1979. The school will be
built on a 40-acre tract of what
was part of the Buch farm adja­cent
and to the southwest of the
present high school.
1100 Students
The school is designed for 1100
students - in the sixth, seventh
and eighth grades. There will
not be a large auditorium due to
the availability of the high school
auditorium, but a gymnasium
will be included in the structure
for intramural athletics.
The structure will be a one-story
building and expansion will
be possible.
Regular Meeting
'During regular school board
action the board accepted five
resignations. They were from
Mrs. Patricia Priebe, a Junior
High School math teacher; Mrs.
Judith Bowser, John Beck School
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CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS
Lititz Retailers and the
Lbocaugh -will be looking for
comments and opinions con­cerning
the Christmas decora-ations
displayed on Main St.
over the week-end. There will
.he three different decora­tions
on display . . . so let the
. retailers know your favorite.
Bank Day For Multiple
Sclerosis Set For Friday
Workers will be sitting at the
two Lititz hanks all day Friday,
May 24, handing out literature
about Multiple Sclerosis and so­liciting
funds for the Lancaster
County Chapter Multiple Scler­osis
Society.
Elvin Leonard, the present
chairman of the local chapter’s
board of directors, lives at 448
Fort Ross Ave. He also is the
Lititz area fund raising chair­man.
Leonard thanks the Lititz
area residents for their wonder­ful
support in the past and hopes
for their continued support. The
goal for the county is $25,000.
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members: left to right, Christ Koehler,
treasurer; Mrs. Mabel Mumma, secre­tary;
Chief Melvin Myers, Naval Recruit­er,
Lancaster, and Mrs. Mae McCreary,
club leader. Advisor is Mrs. Emsweller.
Chief Myers is aiding the club in mak­ing
arrangements for sending the pack­ages
of soap to Vietnam, through the as­sistance
of the Navy who are providing
stamps for the postage.
Record-Express Photo
School Menu
Monday, May 27
Salisbury steak w/bun, baked
beans, relish, assorted fruit.
Tuesday, May 28
Cup of soup, wiener winks, ap­plesauce,
cookie.
(Last day for serving lunch at
the High School.)
Wednesday, May 29
Grilled h a m h u r g w/bun,
French fries, carrot sticks, pop-si
cle.
May 30 and 31
’ MEMORIAL DAY VACATION
Sixty percent of this money
stays in the county for our pa­tients’
. service programs. We
purchase medicines as well as
all kinds of equipment, such as
wheel chairs, hospital beds, hy­draulic
lifts, walkers, crutches,
air mattresses, etc., for our lo­cal
patients. The other 40 per­cent
goes to our national society
for the research so badly needed
to find the cause and cure of
Multiple Sclerosis.
Warwick House Sale
The Warwick House, 104 North
Broad Street, outstanding 'Penn­sylvania
Dutch Restaurant, will
be sold at public sale on Friday,
May 30.
The restaurant, in operation
for the past century, has been
remodeled in recent years.
The sale will be by the owner,
Mrs. Carrie Baldeman. She and
her son, “Dubs”, will operate a
restaurant and motel in the Vir­gin
Islands.
CONVALESCENT LEAVE
Pvt. Michael Mishler, son of
Mrs. Florence Mishler, 43 E.
Main St., is spending convale­scent
leave with his mother. He
arrived in Lititz Tuesday.
Mrs. James Sheaffer, retiring kinder­garten
teacher, 212 S. Broad St., points
out several birds which are seen locally
to three of her pupils, left to right, Mary
Beth Gibbel, Ki Ki Hershey and Ellen
Seaber. The bird poster was utilized in
nature studies.
Record-Express Photo
Mrs. James Sheaffer Retires
As Kindergarten Teacher
A Lititz kindergarten teacher,
Mrs. James Sheaffer, 4112 South
Broad Street, who has devoted
32 years to instructing pre-school
children in her home, will retire
from her teaching duties on Fri­day,
May 24.
Mrs. Sheaffer was well quali­fied
for her teaching position,
since she had training at Mil-lersville
Normal School, Temple
University and UCLA, Calif. She
gained further experience teach­ing
in Warwick and Elizabeth
Township one-room schools.
Mrs. Sheaffer is the mother of
three children: Jean Simmons,
Los Angeles, Calif.; Bruce, Wil­mington,
Del., and Lanet'te, wife
of John Flowers, Kent, Ohio.
The idea of a kindergarten be­ing
started in Lititz came about
when Mrs. Harold Mumper, wife
of a former Lititz minister, be-’
came interested in sending her
daughter to nursery school.
Since there wasn’t a school of
Lhis kind in Lititz, Mrs. Mumper
a p p r o a c h e d Mrs. Sheaffer,
whom she knew enjoyed being
with children, and asked her if
she would be willing to start a
kindergarten.
Mrs. Sheaffer recalls that she
wasn’t sure whether or not there
would be enough children to at­tend,
but she volunteered to try.
She remembers that nine young­sters
came the first year,,,Later,
her attendance grew to 60’ chil­dren
who attended kindergarten
in-three shifts. • «-* »<•<•. - ■ .
In time, the kindergarten be­came
state-approved, which lim­ited
the number of children to
15, all who -were four year olds,
since the public school had open­ed
a kindergarten for children
over the age of five.
During her teaching career,
Mrs. Sheaffer had provided a
basic training schedule which in­cluded:
music, art, nature study
and good manners. Nature study
formed an important part of the
school day. Using a book con­taining
birds and their habits,
the children learned to name at
.least 50 local ones, and some un­usual
ones. Also helpful was an
accompanying bird call record.
Identifying pictures of birds en­abled
the youngsters to see and
know the birds more quickly in
•real life. ,« ,
Combining nature and art,
Mrs. Sheaffer used leaves to
make drawings, explaining to
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