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(C o n s o lid a te d w ith T h e L it it z R e co rd , 1937) Litit&, Lancaster County, Penna., Thursday, September 19,1968
Woodstream
Prosecuted
Alleged
Creek Pollution
The Woodslr cam Corporation
oi Lititz was prosecuted bv the
Pennsylvania Fish Commission
for .an: alleged polution oi the
Lititz Springs C’i eek
Action u as taken by Fish
Warden Sam Hall, Sept. 3. after
Members ot the Litif/ Sports-
Snens Association look sample*
of the affluent from one oi the
drainage ditches flowing into the
San Domingo Crock
Hall staled ho look action on
Section 200 ot the Pennsylvania
Fish Laws which state in part
“No person shall allow any sub­stance
of any kind or character,
deleterious, destructive or poi­sonous
to fish, -to be turned into
or allowed to- ran, flow, ws&lp or
be emptied into %ny w a te ^ ^ h -
in this Commonwealth,” -
The kill took.piaoe in theAai
ter part of August and the Cor­poration
was fin©<| the sum of
$100 as. a first offender.
Plans were made by Warden
Hall and Mr. Richard • Wool-worth,
President of Woodstream,
to meet with representatives of
the local Sportsmen’s Associa­tion
in an effort to control con­tamination
of the stream.
Details of this meeting can be
found in the column of PLUG &
¿HELL, page 4.
Members of Explorer Post 154
‘will undertake restoration' of an
krea of the Lititz Springs Greeks
Dams, diverters/and raceways,
will be installed in that part of
thfe stream from the mouth of
the San Domingo- Creek down
Stream. The stream bottom will
be cleaned.
Work will begin, this Sunday
afternoon and all local sports­men
interested are requested to
meet at the Fish‘Nursery on the
Bill Fry property.
Work will be done under the
direction of Sam-Hall, Pernsyl-,
vania Fish Warden and. Ray
Shaub, advisor of Post 154.
This unit of the Explorers is
sponsored by the Church of the
Brethern. ^
POLICE NEWS
Douglas Cassel, 71 E. Main St.,
was prosecuted for not having a
registration card while operating
a motor vehicle and also for hav­ing
an obstructed windshield by
Police Chief George Hicks be­fore
Justice of the. Peace Paul
Diehm on September 13-
Officer L e r o y ( Emmerich
charged Michael Ream. 770 E.
Main St., before Squire Diehm
for driving with; a-junior opera­tors
license after midnight on
September 14.
John Brendel, 49 N. Penn St,
Manheim, was charged by Officer
Emmerich for bucking traffic on
W. Main St. on September 14
before Squire Diehm.
Leo J. Hoffma'n, 146 S. Queen
St., Lancaster, was charged on
September 13 by Officer Emmer­ich
before Squire Diehm for op­erating
a vehicle without a li­cense
on the person.
Police Chief Hicks charged
Nancy G. Weiler, Downingtown
■El for a traffic light violation at
^Second Ave. before Squire
Diehm on September 17.
Gerald Welk, 14 E. Center St.,
was charged by Chief Hicks for
a stop sign violation at Spruce
and Orange Sts. and also for
speeding on E. Main St. on Sep­tember
14 before Squire Diehm.
.: Officer Leroy Emmerich who
was on duty-last Thursday after­noon
was. called for assistance at
153 E. Main St. where it was re­ported
a man was threatening to
eommit.:suicide.
When -Emmerich arrived at
the home, he found the male oc­cupant,
Larry Scbreiber, 30, was
despondent and armed with a
semi-automatic pistol; After an
unsuccessful attempt, in trying
torget- Sehreiber to turn- over the
pistol,' .Emmerich, under gun
point; ’ jumped the man and
forceably disarmed, him.
During the straggle, the pistol
d i s c h a r g e d . The slug went
through the sofa Sehreiber was
‘sitting, on and lodged in the
floor.-Sehreiber then ran to the
front door and smashed his fist
through the glass pane and be­came
violent again.
. At this, time, Emmerich had
Due
N O T I C E
to the Ephrata Farm
Show, the regular meeting of the
Lititz Fire Company will be
changed from September 25 to
Monday, September 23.
10 c e n ts a Cogy; ®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, 24
: ■ Chief of .-'Police George Hicks,' right,
congratulates Officer Leroy Emmerich
Who; received a- Commendation for Out­standing
Police ^Performance. The com­mendation,
presented to Emmerich at a
ceremony, conducted in the local police
office, was .made in recognition of his
meritorius.performance of duty while con­fronted
with great personal danger. Offi­cers
witnessing the presentation are:
Robert Keller, left and James Fritz. , -
Police Officer Leroy Emmerich
Cited For Meritorius Duty
time to.-use his car radio, to call
for assistance; He re-entered the
■home and found Sehreiber with
a knife- m his hand. Sehreiber
was finally subdued and hand-,
cuffed when. Police Chief George
Hicks- and Officer James Fritz
arrived. State Policemen Samuel-
Shoucair and Leon Wanner also.)
assisted. ■ • , ■
After being examined by .a
phvsieian. Sehreiber- was admit-.
ted to St. Joseph's Hospital "fo’r
observation. - .
- A warrant has been issued and
will be served, upon Sehreiber’s
release from the hospital. He
will be charged for pointing a
deadly weapon.
.. Police Chief George ; Hicks
personally commended Officer
Emmerich" for his very, able .per­formance
of duty in disposing of
a daneerous situation. ■ <
Woman’s Club
Hears Reports
, Reports from , committees
were given at-the Woman’s Club
meeting held, Monday evening.
Mrs.1. J: Frank E.verett,. club pre­sident;
.presided at the business
session. -
The Ways and Means commit­tee
announced that a Fall Rum­mage
Sale will-be held at the
Odd Fellows Hall on October 17
and 18 and Card Parties are
slated for the week of Novem­ber
4 thru 9 in homes of the
club members.
..The membership committee
announced two new members.
Mrs. Harold Kauffman and Mrs.
Thomas Williams, had joined
the club.
A preview of the October
meeting was given by Mrs. Wil­liam
M. Whitten, Jr. Dr. Eliza­beth
Garber will be the speaker
and her topic will be “Presiden­tial
Elections, 1968.”
A report on the Penn- State
Conference was given by Mrs.
Henry Gibbel and Mrs. Everett
gave a resume of the State Con­vention
which was held in Pitts­burgh.
Miss Mildred Young introduc­ed
the speaker for the evening
— Pat Kauffman, Allentown,
who presented a monologue en­titled
“What Makes a Woman’s
Club Tick.”
The floral birthday arrange
ment was presented to Mrs
Donald Tennis. Serving as pour
ers at the Tea table were: Mrs
Garth Becker and Mrs. Everett
Block Parent Group Interested
In First Aid Course Set-Up
The Block Parent Committee
will approach the Lititz Elemen­tary
PTA at its first meeting arid
inquire whether or not the PTA
would be interested in sponsor­ing
a first aid course for those
Block Parents desiring to under­take
such a course. The course
if set up would not be compul­sory.
' More Block Parents are still
needed. If you should walk down
your street and not see a block
home sign, why not call and be
the first one on your street. You
need not have a youngster in
school — volunteer by calling
the Lititz Elementary School of­fice.
Commenting on the program,
Robert Heron, Lititz Elementary
principal, said, “As a school we
are’ gratified ■ that- our PTA is
continuing the active operation
of the Block Parent program
that it initiated last year.”
The Block Parent committee
received a donation from the
VFW Post 1463 toward the pur­chase
of metal and window
signs. The committee extends its
gratitude to the VFW for its
contribution. ‘
W. Roy Enck, left, incoming Commander of the Garden
Spot Post 56 of the American Legion, receives a gavel from
Jerry Davis, Columbia Post 722 — District 10 Commander.
New' Post Commander
W. Roy Enck was* recently
elected as the new Commander
of the Garden Spot Post 56 of
the American Legion. Other offi­cers
elected were: Jack Pontz,
1st vice-commander; Howard W.
Stouffer, 2nd vice-commander:
Curtis E. Long, adjutant; How­ard
R. Redcay, finance officer;
John R. Breneman, chaplain;
Jonas E. Risser, historian; Nor­man
L. Habecker. service officer
and J. Earl Walters, Sgt.-at-
Arms.
Delegates appointed to the
County Council were: Jack H.
Pontz, Albert C. Lutz. Henry B.
Bowers, Jonas E. Risser, Nor­man
L. Habecker and James
Shultz.
Serving as alternates to the
County Council will be: Cletus
L. Forney. John L. Keath.
Junior Worship
Begins At Trinity E C
The Rev. Ralph Bornman will
preach on the - subiect “Con­vinced
Because of You ’ at the
morning worship service at Trin­ity
EC Church on Sundav. Sep­tember
22. Junior Worship will
be held at the same time m the
Social I^all and will be in charge
of Mrs. Lee Frv.
A ten minute song service will
precede the evening worship ser­vice
and will be led by Larry
Laughman. The sermon topic
will be “Is It In Vam?”
Charles J. Gray, James T. Buch,
George Stoyanovich and L. Rob­ert
Thompson.
Optometrists
Elect Dr.
C. L. Wertsch
The Lancaster County Optom­étrie
Society elected new offi­cers
Sept. JGand heard a spe­cial
renort on the 72nd annual
meeting ot the Pennsylvania
Optométrie Association.
Officers are: Dr, Chester L.
Wertsch, Lititz. president; Dr.
Melvin A. Neff, Ephrata, vice
nresident; Dr. John H. Stauffer,
Mt. Jov. vice president; Dr.
Louis H.. Himes. Lancaster,
treasurer.
Named to the board of direc­tors
were Dr. Raymond Good,
retiring president; Dr. Stauffer,
Dr. John H. Forrey. and Dr. Lee
Robbins, Dr. Albert Wascon was
named state director, and Dr.
John W. Forrev: was named
public relations chairman.
New “save your vision week”
•chairman is Dr. John C. Reptile,
Columbia. New Commumty Re­lations
Committee chairman is
Dr. Michael Rollo. Dr. Wascou
reported on the state associa­tion’s
annual meeting, which he
described as the most success­ful
in the history of the associa­tion.
The meeting was held at
the Host Farm Motel May 12,
13, and 14,
Committee To
Prepare For
Road Opening
Lowell Forney, W a r w i c U '
Township Lions Club president,!
has appointed a committee to I
prepare, with the assistance of!
State Officials a dedication cere
tnon.v for the opening of the new
road from Rothsrillo to Ephra-1
la Appointed were: Waltci'
Slriekler. ehairman, Paul Kurl/
and J Arne Forney The open ■
ing date of the road will be an­nounced
laler
The. Lions Club is holding its
semi-annual Chicken Barbecue
this Saturday from 11. a.m, to 5
p.m. at the Lions Memorial Hall
on Twin Brook road, Rothsville.
Tickets are available from any
club member. The Rothsville
PTA will also hold a bake sale
at the same time.
Elizabeth Twp. Plans Meeting
To Discuss Taking Half Of Wage
Tax From Warwick School District
for
College Planning
Night At-; Warwick
College Planning Night,
the parents of Warwick Juniors,
will be. held in the High School
cafeteria on Thursday, Septeim
ber 26 at 7:30 p.m.
Mr. Robert Moore,' assistant-di­rector
of admissions at ■ Eliza­bethtown
College, will discuss
the over-all picture, of college
admissions as it appears today.
A question and answer period
will follow his presentation.
Various financial aid opportuni­ties
will also be explained.
IOOF Lodge
Confers Degrees
The Lititz IOOF Lodge 1050
conferred ‘degree on a; class of
candidates from the Kirkwood
and Hepbuim .Lodges at a meet­ing
held at the local Lodge Mon­day
evening. .. • . •
, District Deputy Grandmaster
Vernon Whitaker gave a talk on
“Odd Fellowship.” New officers
for the Lititz Lodge will be nom­inated
at the September.23 meet­ingswhich
will be held at -the
Lodge Hall.
Boro Council To Discuss
Zoning Ordinance Changes
Borough Council is.scheduled,
to take up the Planning Com­missions
proposed changes to
the zoning ordinance during the
council meeting next • Tuesday
evening. . -, , -
Slated on the agenda for dis­cussion
for council to consider
are: a. few ordinance- changes as
recommended by Chief of Po­lice
George; Hicks: confirming
the hiring’of Julia V.^West as a
Fire Co. Aux. Plans
Fall Rummage Sale
.... The. Ladies. Auxiliary to: the
Lititz , Fire Company opened
their Fall season with; a banquet
at the General Sutter Inn. Sixty
one members attended.
During .the business.meeting,
conducted by Mrs. Kathryn Kem­per,
two new member^-were .in­ducted
into tlie ' organization.
They were: Mrs. Betty Bowman
and Mrs.: Martha Ney; Plans
were made to sponsor ,a rum­mage
sale at ' the Fire Hall' on
October 11 from 8 a;m, to 5 p.m.
Mrs. Jacob Yerger is -in/ charge
of the sale. Special entertain­ment
at the banquet was ren­dered
by Miss Beverly Stull, who
presented several selections-¿on
the piano.:
The next meeting will be held
at 7:30 p.m. at the Fire Hall.
Mrs. Carol Keller will be in
charge of the refreshments. Each
member is asked to bring a
small gift for games. ;
Rotary Club To Sponsor
Travel-Adventure Series
The Rotary Club of Lititz is
presenting^ its 6th 1968-1969
“Travel and Adventure Series”
which will include six national­ly-
known adventurers- and ex­plorers
who are artists in the
travelogue field. They appear on
such major platforms as: Na­tional
Geographic, Washington,
D.C.; Town Hall, New York;-Or­chestra
Hall, Chicago; and Town
Hall, San Francisco.
>Each is a- professional -photog­rapher
with many years experi­ence
in traveling and filming the
many beautiful and interesting
places around the world. These
personally filmed, -all-color mo­tion
pictures are especially pop­ular
because the man who shot
the picture, appears on the stage
in person and narrates his film.
In addition to the thrilling mo­tion
pictures and the personal
narration, many of the travel­ogues
include a musical back­ground
and special sound ef­fects
for added enjoyment and
realism.
Each member of the family,
young and old, enjoys the tra­velogues
for they are whole­some
entertainment, educational
and adventurous. Everyone has
the urge to travel but only a few
satisfy that desire. By .attending
the “Travel and Adventure Ser­ies”
there is a joy and thrill in
visiting those far-away places,:
such as these included for next
season: Nov. 16—Pulse of Portu­gal;
Dec. 14—Japanese Summer;
Jan. 25—Montana Adventure:
Feb. 22—America’s Hidden Jew-
-r-South America;.'
-Portraits of Aus-els;
Mar. .-22:
and April 12-
tria. i.
. A season ticket for all six- tra­velogues
- is offered at the low
price of $2.50 for students. and
$5:00 for adults. Each ticket
holder will have the satisfaction
of knowing that the profit- from
the series, will , enable-the club
to continue its work on commun­ity
projects. . '
School Crossing Guard; approv­al
of the winter garbage collec­tion
schedule which will go into
effect on October 1, and the ap­proval
of the Lions Club Lease
agreement.
At the meeting it will be not­ed
the, street construction pro­gram
progressed well during
the past month. Borough Man­ager
George .Steedle- will ask
Council for payment of $22,47.0
to be made to Roger Gerhart for
the construction.
The storm drainage system is
being, installed in the area of
the Basin in the Slitter Village
area,-Steedle will request coun­cil
to make payment- of $9,901.-
66 toward this construction.
, The speed restriction signs
will be discussed and' council
Will be asked to purchase these
signs. - • ; -•
Two reports will be given by
Borough Manager Steedle. They
will pertain to th e . traffic sig­nals
at E. Main St. and Locust
St. and the police lock-up which
was inspected by state officials.
Fire Call
■ The Lititz Fire , Company was
summoned to the home' of Wil­liam,
Houser, 223 N. Cedar St.,
at. 7:30 a.m. Tuesday morning
when an electrical wire to an
oven light in a gas stove caused
a short circuit. Fire Chief Am­mon
Shelly reported there was
only minor damage.
Chamber Of Commerce
Sets Oct. \ Meeting, .
The Lititz Chamber of Com­merce
has called a very impor­tant
policy setting meeting for
Tuesday, October 1 at 7:30 p.m.
at the Recreation Center.
Elser Gerhart, President, urg­es-
all members to attend and
said notices will be mailed Mop-day.
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: In the past several years the
Chamber’s activities have been
somewhat 11m i ted, although
much of- its- work is- done with­out
public knowledge.
Part of the meeting is to be
devoted fto ways to improve and
have a more active local cham­ber.
’
School Menu
Monday, September 23
Grilled hamburg w/roll, pota­to
gems, lettuce and tomato sal­ad.
asst, fruit, milk.
Tuesday, September 24
Baked ham, string beans, cole
slaw, cookies, bread, milk.
Wednesday, September 25
Chicken corn soup, peanut
butter and marshmellow sand­wich,
apple crisp, milk.
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Thursday, September 26
Cheeseberger w/roll, baked
potato, buttered peas, sunset
salad, milk.
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Friday, September 27
Macaroni and hamburg cas­serole,-
wax beans in butter
.sauce, applesauce, milk,;
Warwick Twp.
And Borough
Oppose Idea
Raymond Groff, Wa rwi c k
School director from Rothsville;
reported to the Record .this week
that a meeting is contemplated
between Warwick and-Elizabeth
Townships and Lititz Borough té
discuss the wage -tax.. •
. According to Groff, Elizabeth
Township will instigate . the
meeting to discuss the possibility
of the townships and. fhe bor­ough
taking % of thé 1%- wage'
tax. The entire 1% now goes to
the school district. Groff said
this amounts to aboiit $3f78;00Q*
annually and if the district was
to lose one half it.would mean-;
an additional 12 mill property;
tax levy to make up thé loss. ; ’ '
Groff stated that an additional;
levy, of 12 mills-plus the extra
millage that will be necessary?
because of the new m i d d l e
school would- be an impossible
burden on the property owner.’
Elizabeth Township officials'
contacted by the Record confirm­ed
that a meeting on the subject-was
discussed but no- tinté ‘or
date had been set. They said ad-1
ditional revenue neèdedTby thé
township last year. necessitated’
a -small millage“ încréase,’ and*
with the school board recent ad­dition
of a $5.00 head tax the
township had now reached the
$15. limit; They were concëriièd
as to where to go; for additional*
revenue.
When contacted by tfte'Rècéhï
Borough Council President Cur­tis
Amidon said that he,had hot
be^n informed about ameeting.
.He stated that th'e borough via
hot and at . this time does not
plan considering-taking half the
wage tax. Although, he said, hé
wôuld attend a meeting because
he believed cooperation oh prob-lems
between various govern­mental,
uihts would be helpful to
all. '
Robert Gibble, president of
the Warwick Township-: super­visors,
said, a meeting had been
mentioned to him .but no da«&
had been set.
He'said referring to the wage
tax that Warwick TOwftship k
“perfectly happy with' the pres­ent
set-up* but if Elizabeth Town*;
Ship would take half of tit War­wick.
and „the, borough Would
have to paiticipate to’mkmtam a
fair tax structure for all schoôl
district- residents.”" Otherwise,:
Gibble explained, Warwick town­ship
and the borough would be
paying more than a fair share
for . school - taxes. He also said
taking, half the wage tax would:
give .thousands, of dollars addi-?
tional even? i f ; they eliminate
-their 5 mill-township tax, which
brings in--about $36,000. Them
share of the wage tax would be
around $69,000.
Elizabeth Township's auditors
report filed January 1, "19681
showed total township revenue
at $36,662. with $10,049 ffdm
state aid and $2679. from county:
aid. Of the remaining $23,934.
property taxes of 10 mills
amounted to $10,905. and per
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Mrs. Mabel Light, 37 E. Main St. reads a message of
congratulations from one of the many cards she received m
observance of her 90th Birthday. She also received numer­ous
floral arrangements from friends and relatives.
Observes 90th Birthday
F o r t y members, including
four generations, of.;the- family,
of Mrs Mabel D Light, 37 E
Main St., helped her celebrate
her 90th birthday anniversary
m Lititz on Sunday, -September
15th. Relatives came from ..Cali­fornia,
Iowa, Ohio, Virginia In­diana,
Delaware. Marylahdyi-New
Jersey, and Maine to joiri .with
Pennsylvania relatives m .recog­nizing
her birthday. The. family
attended Church services in the
United Methodist Church om Ce­dar
St., where the Rev. J. C. H.
Light, now deceased, had been
minister for 20 years from 1925
to 1945. The family gathered fpr
dinner at the General Sutter Inn
where a. planned program was
presented.
There were 44 guests at the
beautifully decorated tables. The
decorations centered a three-tiered
birthday cake with' the
symbol “90” displayed by. can­dles.
The programs, prepared: by
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Zoners Act
On Appeals . .. ...: - -ft
The Lititz Zoning Board *of
Appeals denied one and approv­ed
one appeal at a special meet­ing
Sept. 13. The two appeals
first came up at- the regular
meeting which was held Sept. 9.
Denied was a request, by Karl
Z. Diem, Lancaster, for; a home
appliance and displayst<>re;atgtO
East Second'St.
The site formerly. had been -a
grocery store in the Rl district.
Officials said in this instance the
establishment would be detri­mental
to the neighborhoods >
Approved was. an appealdby
Ronald D. Whitcraft, 124 .Wb^t1:
Third St„ who requested-^. vari­ance
to convert a warehouse at
30 East Center- -St.,.intO'f\te
apartments and a garagev.vrark-shop.
^
Conditions placed" upon the
dwelling in the vR2 district in-'
eluded the provision of two park­ing
spaces off street, noise kept
at a minimum, and rainwater
runoff must beAfahy 'from the
building. ’ ^ „ , v
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