Lititz Record Express

              the Lititz rècord - Express
Serving The Warwick Are For Nearly A Century
92nd Year E sta b lish ed . A p r il, 1877, a s T h e S u n b eam
(C o n so lid a ted w ith T h e I iitit z R e cord, 1937) Lititz, Lancaster County, Penna., Thursday, July 11,1968 10 o e n ts 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 te r C o u n ty 14 Pages — No. 14
4thTurnout
Broke Al!
Records
This year’s July 4th celebra­tion
in the Springs Park was the
most successful of any in Lititz’
long series of programs, mem­bers
of the park committee re­ported
this week.
With the weather improving
as the day progressed, those at­tending
the a 11 - d a y program
reached a total of 8 500 persons
with gross receipts totaling $5,-
600, approximately $1.000 over
that of last year.
“We now are assured that, de­spite
many improvements being
made, the park will end this
year with a nice balance as com­pared
with last year’s deficit,”
William Oehme, treasurer of the
park committee, reported.
I m p r o v e ments being made
this year include the installation
of lights. Wires already have
been installed and the park is
awaiting delivery of poles so
that the work can be completed.
More trees also are being
planted and the appearance of
the park generally is being im­proved.
And while this year’s program
proved a delight to the thou­sands
attending, many new fea­tures
are already being planned
for next year, according to mem­bers
of the park committee.
Daphne Shaeffer, a 17-year-old,
blonde-h aired graduate of War-
(Continued on Page 2)
Ask Bids For
P.O. Branch
At Rothsville
Bids are being asked for the
operation of the branch postof­fice
at Rothsville, due to the res­ignation
of Mrs. Mary Mast,
Postmaster Richard Rader an­nounced
this week.
Since her appointment May
21, 1966, Mrs. Mast established
the branch office at her home,
104 Twin Brook Rd. It was at
this time that the Rothsville
Postoffice, long located in a
frame building in the center of
the community, was closed and
house-to-house delivery institut­ed.
The bids are for the providing
of adeuate quarters and equip­ment
and to provide the service
required to operate the branch,
Rader explained. Bids must be
submitted to Room 101 at the
Lititz Postoffice on or before 5
p.m. next Thursday, July 18.
Winning first prize in the instrumental
group competition during the music festi­val
held on July 4th are the “Collègues” a
group of Lititz lads. Front row, left to
right — Jerry Foreman, singer; Dave
Dei bier, lead guitar; Steve Weir, bass gui­tar;
Rick Long, rhythm guitar; Jim Thorn,
lead singer. Back row, Tim Reese, organ
and Mike Runk, drums.
Musical Festival Proves
Hit In Park 4th Program
Adults as well as teenagers
attended the third annual musi­cal
festival which featured a
contest for folk singers and in­strumental
groups in the park
band shell last Thursday.
The “Collègues”, Lititz, won
the first prize of $60 as the best
instrumental group performing.
The members of the group are:
Dave Deibler, Steve Weir, Tim
Reese, Jerry Foreman, Mike
Runk, Jim Thorn and Rick
Long.
The “Second Conneticut Soul
Band”, Lititz, was awarded
second prize of $40 and the
“Cougars”, from Denver and
Adamstown received the third
prize of $25 in the instrumental
groups.
Sandy Zerby, Millersville, was
the first prize winngj-jn the folk
singing group. She won '$60.
Second place winner receiving
$40 was Ruth Amidon, Lititz,
and the $25 third prize was
awarded to trio consisting of:
Randy Zwally, Connie Reddig
and John Althouse, from Eph-rata.
The contestants were judged
on stage appearance, audience
response, quality of music and
time allotment. Judges for the
musical festival were: Mrs. J.
Howard Moore, Mrs. John Wen­ger
and Mrs. Vincent Becker.
Will Brandau, was the master of
ceremony during the program.
The music festival was arrang­ed
by George Beimesderfer.
The first place winners in the
(Continued on Page 5)
Linden Hall
Ceremony
A ground-breaking ceremony
marking the start of a five-year
expansion program which will
more than double the size of
the institution, will be held at
Linden Hall School for Girls
the first week in September.
The ceremony will coincide
with the opening of the fall
term with members of the stu­dent
body participating in the
program, Dr. Byron K. Horne,
headmaster, announced.
The first phase of the build­ing
program embraces the con­struction
of two dormitories,
dining room and kitchen facili­ties
and two recreation rooms.
This addition will adjoin the
southern part of the school
quadrangle.
Requests for bids were issued
Monday by Linden Hall direc­tors.
Bids will be opened on
July 29th.
A lovely and attractive exhibit at the
Lititz Antique show featured china dishes.
Mrs. Ralph Jennings, Grantsville, Pa., dis­plays
some of her early china pieces which
includes: Gaudy Dutch, Spatter, Historical
Soft Paste, Adams Rose and Lustre Ware.
Also on exhibit were cut glass items, glass
bottles and a child’s antique chair made in
the late 1800’s. Both Mrs. Jennings and her
husband have been collecting antiques for
five years. They also deal in wholesale
country furniture and noted a 17th century
walnut farm table as one of their prized
possessions.
Approximately 2,500 Attend
7th Annual Lititz Antique Show
Keeping pace with the record-breaking
crowds attending the
park celebration on the 4th, Lit­itz
Seventh Annual Antique
Show was acclaimed the best yet
by both dealers and patrons.
Approximately 2,500 persons
attended the two-day show, Wed­nesday
and Thursday, and were
in a real buying mood, according
to the 31 dealers exhibiting.
Sales far exceeded those of for­mer
years, they reported.
As a result the show commit­tee
was confident it would be
able to turn over at least anoth­er
$2,000 to the historical foun­dation,
now in urgent need of
funds due to proposed expan­sions
and improvements. TO-date
the antique shows have earned
a total of $7,500 for the Founda-tion,
Richard Rader, treasurer,
reported.
Mrs. Glenn McElrOy, co-chair­man
with William Light, report­ed
that three cancellations at the
last minute quickly were filled
by the show committee. Present­ly,
she reported, the show has a
waiting list of 80 antique dealers
(Continued on Page Si-
Sandy Zerby, Mliiersville, was
the first place winner in the folk
singing contest conducted dur­ing
the music festival on the
Fourth of July. She also won
second place in last year’s com­petition.
Outdoor Art
ShowJuly27
The second annual Lititz Out­door
Art Show Saturday, July
27, should be even better than
the first, judging from entry
blanks already returned, ac­cording
to Floyd Hackman.
The entries cover many parts
of the 50-mile radius to which
the show is confined. Artists
who have already signified they
will be here include many of
I those who showed paintings
here last year.
The committee also has had
many complimentary letters
from artists throughout, the area
and who rank the local exhibit
high among the summer ai
shows. Thev also reported hav­ing
made many sales here last
year.
The show committee a’so
wants to take this opportunity
to again thank everyone who for
the support given the first show
and tor ail the offers oi co­operation
this year. Artists also
are requested to send in their
acceptances as soon as possible
in order than their names can
be included in the show cata­logue.
Entries can be mailed to Mrs.
Robert Eichhollz. 107 West End
Avenue, Lititz.
Pa. Dutch Cartoon
A New
Record Feature
The Record-Express this
week starts a new feature
— a Pennsylvania Dutch
cartoon strip — written
and drawn for us by two
genuine “Dutchmen”: A.
B. Steakel and Hal Free­man.
It is labeled “Retcheri”
or Gossip and you will
find it on Page 13 of this
issue. Look it over ami let
us know whether you like
it — and, particularly,
whether we should con­tinue
publishing it.
You folks who under­stand
and can read Penn­sylvania
Dutch will have
to come to our aid on this
and help us decide if it is
a desirable feature.
A sales agreement for the pur-
:hase of the St. Paul’s Lutheran
Jhurch building at the corner of
Broad and Orange Streets, was
iigned Monday by officials of the
School House Road Baptist
Church of Lancaster.
After signing the agreement,
the Rev. J. Pat Brock, pastor of
the Lancaster church, announc­ed
that the first activity will be
the opening of a vacation Bible
school on Monday morning to
continue for two weeks.
According to the agreement,
the church building will be used
jointly by St. Paul’s Lutheran
congregation and the next Bap­tist
congregation by scheduling
services at different hours.
This arrangement will contin­ue
until the new Lutheran
Church is built at the site of the
education building with the Bap­tists
taking over title to the
Broad Street church building on
or about May 1, 1970.
The new Baptist congregation
also announced that a New Life
Crusade will be held in the St.
Paul’s building from July 29 to
and including August 2, when
Evangelist Orion Rhoades, of
Lancaster, will be in charge. The
first regular Sunday service will
be held August 4.
The Baptist pulpit here will
(Continued on Page 8)
35 Properties On Boro Clean-up
'Blacklist' Following Survey;
Council Will Notify Owners
A total of 35 property owners
in the borough are on the boro
health committee’s “blacklist”
and will be ordered to improve
the appearance of their proper­ties,
as a result of Lititz’ first
Clean-up. Paint-up, Fix-up cam­paign
just concluded.
A list of addresses where pro­perties
are more-or-less consid­ered
eye-sores was turned over
to Borough Manager George
Steedle this week by members
of borough council and the
health committee following ex­tensive
boroughwide inspec­tions.
As soon as the names of the
Sunday Evening
Park Services
Start This Week
The Sunday evening services
in the Lititz Springs Park will
start this Sunday evening and
will continue to and including
Sunday, August 25, according
to an announcement made this
week.
The series of outdoor meet­ings
to be held in the park band-shell
is sponsored by the Minis­terial
Fellowship of the War­wick
Association of Churches.
The meetings will start each
Sunday at 7 p.m. In case of
rain, church bells will ring at
6:30 p.m. and the service that
Sunday will be held in the local
church responsible for the ser­vice.
At this Sunday evening’s ser­vice,
the Church of the brethren
will be responsible for the de­votional
program and St. Luke’s
Church of Christ will provide
the musical program.
July 21 the Evangelical Con­gregational
Church will provide
the devotions and the Church of
(Continued on Page 5)
Melee Marks Drive To
End Park Loitering
A drive to end loitering in the
vicinity of the Springs Park this
week was' climaxed with a
scuffle irr which a borough
police officer and a local man
both sustained bruises and la­cerations
before the prisoner
was subdued.
Encountering the group of
loiterers at the park Friday
night, Borough Police Officer
James Fritz ordered them to
move. Instead one of the men
pushed the officer.
The man, later identified as
Dennis Lee Rhoads, 20, of 22
North Locust Street, resisted
arrest and had to be subdued.
In the melee, both Fritz and
Rhoads sustained body bruises
and lacerations. Rhoads refus­ed
medical attention but Fritz
was examined by a local phy­sician.
Rhoads was charged with dis­orderly
conduct, assault and
battery and obstructing an offi­cer.
Unable to produce bail for
a hearing before Justice of the
Peace Paul F. Diehm, Rhoads
was committed to the Lancaster
Countv Prison.
Earlier the same day, David
Bowman Frey, 20, also known
as Hitler, of Lititz Rl, was ar­rested
as a loiterer in the park
bv Chief George Hicks and
Officer Keller. Charged with
being in violation of a parole,
Frey was committed to the Lan­caster
County Prison.
His parole grows out of a
charge of receiving stolen goods
when he accepted money stolen
from the East End grocery last
September.
Caught With Beer
Sighting a youth toting six
cans of beer shortlv after mid­night
Saturday, Officers Fritz
and Emmerich arrested Joseph
Jebb Moore, 18, of Lititz Rl.
Taken before Squire Diehm,
Moore was fined $25 and costs
of $13.50 for possession of into­xicants.
At the time of his arrest,
Moore was walking toward a
parked car in which three min­ors
were sitting. All showed
signs of having imbibbed, police
said. The owner of the car.
Francis Xavier Hertz, 18, 450
Front St., was taken before
Diehm and also fined $25 and
costs of $13.50.
i.-ÿ:*:..... r
t
James Fritz
Borough Police Officer James
Fritz, who has served on the
force here for the past four
years, this week submitted his
resignation to borough council.
The resignation becomes effec­tive
August 5.
Officer Fritz has accepted a
position on the Manheim Town­ship
police force, which is be­ing
expanded at this time. In
his resignation, Fritz explained
that his sole reason for resign­ing
is that he sees more oppor-
(Continued on Page 5)
“Shop in Lititz Jackpot” $60. winner
Mrs. Mary Sheaffer (second from left),
Lititz R4, is pictured with Lititz Retailers’
Association president Rod Miller of the
Conestoga National Bank, who presided at
the Saturday drawing. Doug and Diana
Jung are beside Mrs. Warren Newcomer,
109 West End Avenue, Lititz. The young
people were fresh air guests of the New­comers
and participated by drawing the
names.
'Jackpot' Cash & Gift Certificates
A t $180; Drawing 2 P . M . Sat
Local Woman
Wins $60.
Mrs. Mary Sheaffer, Lititz R4,
was the lucky winner of $60. at
the “Shop in Lititz Jackpot”
drawing on Saturday. The
“Jackpot” will be $20. for Sat­urday.
Mary Strohm, Lititz Rl, was
the name drawn for the other
$60. “Jackpot”, but she was not
present, so that money with
$30. added will be in a $90.
“Jackpot” for this Saturday’s
drawing.
Rod Miller of the Conestoga
National Bank represented the
Lititz Retailers’ Association and
presided at the seventh weekly
drawing.
Diana and Doug Jung from
New York City, guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Warren Newcomer,
109 West End Avenue, took
turns drawing names.
The two cash drawings for
this week will be $20. and $90.
Seven names drawn were for
$10 gift certificates and the win­ners
were mailed their certifi­cates
While all entry cards will be
held for the grand prize draw­ing
for the 1968 Chevy II at the
(Continued on Page 2)
correct property owners can be
compiled, letters will be mail­ed
all on the list with orders to
make improvements — or else!
The “Or Else” phrase still is
a bit hazy inasmuch as it is not
too clear just how far the boro
can go at present. However, if
troubles in getting improve­ments
made are encountered,
the health committee will go
to council with recommenda­tions
for new ordinances with
“teeth in them,” it was explain­ed.
In the Clean-up campaign,
council and health committee
members divided up into four
teams which conducted a house-to-
house inspection. Results fol­lowing
the campaign then were
checked with a preliminary sur­vey
made by borough health
authorities a few months ago.
The two most prevalent com­plaints
were weeds and unsafe
and unsightly burning recep­tacles,
Mr. Steedle explained.
Barrels used toburn paper, etc.,
often were found too close to
buildings or in poor states of re­pair.
Between the times of the first
and second inspections, many
here have improved the appear­ance
of their properties, he said.
“And 35 properties out of a
total of 2,200 in the borough is
not too bad a record,” Mr.
Steedle concluded.
Fire Scare
At Boro Hall
Firemen were frustrated in
keeping secret a minor fire
scare in the borough building
Monday night when a local elec­trician
accidentally tripped the
fire alarm — and then quickly
turned it off after a single blast
of the siren.
Many who heard the siren
figured it was a missing person?
alarm and within a few mo­ments
quite a crowd gathered
at the building.
It all started, Fire Chief Am­mon
Shelly reported, when
Borough Police Officer Keller
reported to firemen on the first
floor of the borough building
that he smelled smoke in the
vicinity of the police office on
the second floor.
Chief Ammon and ten mem­bers
who had just completed
their Monday night drill, found
that the ballast of a flourescent
light in the hallway had over­heated
and was blistering the
paint. Extinguishers were car­ried
from the truck and the fire
extinguished.
When the lights throughout
the building went out, Edward
F’elger, Sr., local electrician was
railed to check the line and as
ae and Jere Buchter, local fire-nan,
reached a fuse box. Pelger
it was reported, accidentally set
off the alarm.
Co-operation
Solves Dilemma
Co-operation between two lo-cal
businessmen solved a prob­lem
facing one of the two here
this week when the gift and
news store operated by John
Keller moved to the front of the
Trimble Hardware store in the
property adjoining.
With each store utilizing one
of the two display windows in
front and attractive wrought
iron signs replacing former ones,
the combination resulted in an
interesting new store, judging
from comments of customers of
both stores.
The Keller shop in front is
separated from the Trimble
Hardware in the rear by a door­way
and partition. Later a side
entrance will be added to the
Trimble store.
The need to find a new loca<
tion faced Keller after the Farm­ers
National Bank decided to de­molish
the store property in or­der
to increase the drive-up win­dow
facilities. It then developed
that there is no vacant store
property in this vicinity.
“Someone stated recently that
Lititz merchants do not co-oper.
ate,” Keller declared this week.
“But my experience is that I’m
still in business due to a willing­ness
on the parts of Bob Trim­ble
and his wife to co-operate in
helping me solve my problem.”