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(C o n so lid a te d w ith T h e L i t i t z R e c o rd , 1937) Lititz, Lancaster County, Penna., Tuesday, December 31,1968 10 c en ts a Copy; $4.00 per y e a r by mall
w ith in L a n c a s te r County 10 Pages — No. 39
1968 Was A Year Of Progress
Throughout The Warwick Area
In sharp contrast with the confusion and turmoil
of much of the world, the Warwick area enjoyed a more-normal
year during 1968 — but a year marked by con­siderable
expansion and growth.
This becomes strikingly apparent as one reviews
the past 12 months and realizes that in the future when
history is written, 1968 will stand out as a year in which
much was started with these benefits extending into the
coming year of 1968.
A review of local activities and happenings culled
from the Record-Express files follows:
* JANUARY
4-Area building spurt neared
three million in 1967; .Warwick
Towhship growth big, equaling
borough’s total. Building per­mits
issued by the Lititz Bor­ough
and Warwick Township of­ficials
amounted to $2,683,550.
4-Fire losses in Lititz borough
amounted to only $26,780 during
1967, only a fraction of the total
loss of the year previous, Fire
Chief Ammon Shelly reported
this week.
9-Rodney 1$. Miller, vice pres­ident
and Branch manager of
the Conestoga National Bank,
was elected president of the Lit­itz
Retailers Association.
11—Young Men’s Business
League Completely Free of Any
Debt for First Time Since 1914.
16-Warwick School Directors
discuss plans for the new Mid­dle
School at meeting. Proposed
building to contain 30 normal
•size classrooms, special rooms,
^ laboratories, etc.
s 25-New two million dollar
building completed as Lambert-
Hudnut starts producing Bromo
Seltzer.
25-Dr. Horne discusses pro­posal
for boro re-apportionment.
The proposal would reexamine
the borough’s political make-up
to insure that voters are fairly
represented in the representa­tion
in borough and city coun­cils.
. 25-Boro Council attempts to
eliminate “most dangerous” in-
.•--i/gr^ctipn. State Highway De-paHmenf
Hb' conduct survey to
check traffic volume.
FEBRUARY
l^Door - to - door canvass for
Block Parent Volunteers will be
launched here. - Program has
been endorsed by Borough
Council and local PTA.
1-Borough Council okay’s
three storm sewers at an esti­mated
cost of $55,375. Plan re­tension
basin west of Woodcrest
Ave.
1- Warwick Township Zoning
„■ Ordinance completed; to be pre­sented
to the Warwick Super-
^ visors at meeting.
8-Warwick Township police
protection plan to be adopted
with no tax increase. Expect po­lice
costs to run about $15,000.
15-Warwick teachers contem­plate
possibility of participating
in one day March on Harris­burg.
Letter to Dr. Smith, school
superintendent, requests March
4 as Action for Education Day.
20-School Board approves 44
classrooms for Middle School.
There will be 160,000 square
feet in the new school building.
The school is being built for
1140 students in the 6th, 7th and
8th grades.
20-Teachers march request is
vetoed by School Board. Resolu­tion
is offered
29-Boro to start $160,000
- street program in May. Will ob­tain
right of eminent domain
where properly owners are af­fected.
27-According to Kenyon’s
Bakery, people didn’t bother to
count calories on Fasnacht Day.
By the end of Tuesday’s sales it
was estimated that 433 dozen
fasnachts had been sold for con­sumption.
MARCH
2- Linden Hall plans for $800,-
000 expansion program. Basic
facilities will be added to the
existing plant. Enrollment to in­crease.
1- Phil Conlin wins regional
wrestling title after pinning
Conestoga High School’s Lou
Pizzi for his 25th victory in an
undefeated season.
7-Retailers and auto dealers
to give away new car during
2nd annual “Shop in Lititz” pro­motion
sponsored by the retail­ers
association.
11-School Board action on
teachers pay not expected till
state acts. Teachers present pay
proposal.
19-State stops funds for Rec
* Center; School Board and Bor­ough
must fill need. School
Board approves $10.032, Bor­ough
Council requested to sup­ply
remaining $5,200.
2- l-St. Paul’s Evangelical Lu-
. theran Church awarded a $524,-
000.00 contract, for the construc­tion
of a new church building on
West Orange St. Construction
will begin on April 15 with com­pletion
scheduled for early 1969.
21- Warwick Township Zoning
plans ready to adopt. Ordinance
and zoning map represent sev­eral
years of study and research
in the best interests of the resi­dence
of Warwick Township.
26-Borough finally gets State
approval for traffic light at in­tersection
of East Main and Lo­cust
Streets. Council awarded a
contract of $11,038.50 for street
and lane resurfacing.
APRIL
4-Eminent domain filed; 49
properties involved as Lititz
borough plans to obtain land
for improvement and extension
of its streets and public utility
system.
4-Local retailers to sponsor
gigantic “Easter Egg Treasure
Hunt” for adults and children
accompanied by adults as a
sales promotion in Lititz stores
between April 4 and April 13.
16-School Board ups teachers’
salary; sets $5 per capita tax
effective July 1. Board esti­mates
raising revenue of $35,-
000 to $40,000 yearly.
16-Special meeting of Borough
Council held, street construc­tion
bids received were 15%
higher than $160,000 planned.
Borough to cut street improve­ments.
22- Nitrauer wins locally, by
only 94 votes; Eshelman and
Con-Con get big majorities in
light balloting; Only 30% of
those eligible vote.
4-John R. Gibbel, Lancaster
lawyer and Lititz native, has
been named to lead GOP cam­paign
in Lancaster county this
year.
4-The musical comedy “Car­nival”
presented by the Ambucs
and their wives, at two perfor­mances,
proved to be quite suc:
cessful. This was the first time
the club had undertaken a com­plete
musical program.
22-Warwick House to get sold
according to Orville “Dubs”
Haldeman. Haldeman plans to
operate a restaurant on St.
Croix, Virgin Islands.
MAY
1- Warwick School Board
scheduled to adopt a tentative
budget of 2.6 million dollars for
1968-69 school year. Budget also
calls for an eight mill real
estate tax increase. Teachers in­creases
up expenses to record
high.
2- Borough to hold Clean-up,
Paint-up, Fix-up Week upon re­commendation
of Health and
Sanitation Advisory committee
members. • Council will rebid
street works program.
9-Scholarship aid in the
amount of $24,300 granted for
Lititz students to assist them in
enrolling in institutions of high­er
learning of their choices.
9-A modern two-unit motel,
probably the smallest of its kind
in Lancaster County, has open­ed
at Kissel Hill. Owned by
Lester Rhineer, it is located on
Route 501 at the intersection
of West Woods Drive.
16-Boy Scouts from Lititz.
Rothsville and Brickerville will
be among an estimated 500
scouts marching along the
“Road to Rescue” over the
weekend at Camp Chiquetan in
southern Lancaster County.
29-Miss Daphne Sheaffer is
named as Queen of the Candles
for the Fourth of July Celebra­tion.
29-Miss Mary Sturgis, local
elementary school teacher re ­tires
after teaching at the Lit­itz
Elementary School for 42
years.
JUNE
13-Father Joseph Driscoll,
who has the care of St. James
Catholic Parish, is leaving the
local congregation and has been
assigned to the Sacred Heart
Catholic Church, New Smyrna,
Fla. and will assume his new
position on June 28.
19-Warwick School Board
votes to retain 56 mill property
tax rate. Governor Sheafer signs
teachers pay raise with War­wick
receiving about $65,000.
School board ends up year with
cash balance of $44,000 more
than anticipated.
19— Lititz Borough Council en­acted
an ordiance authorizing
the issuance of a $160,000 gener­al
obligation bond to the Cones­toga
National Bank.
20- The Lititz Church of the
Brethren will build a Social
Hall and Memorial Chapel with
construction work to begin on
August 1 and completion ex­pected
nn May 1> 1969; The So­cial
Hall will be built adjacent
to the present structure and
the Chapel will be attached to
the went end of the church.
25-Farmers National Bank
announces new construction de­tails
for building program
which will expand Its facilities
on E. Main St.
(Continued Next Week)
Fire Extinguished By
Women Volunteers
The Rothsville Fire Co. was
summoned to a fire Dec. 26 but
when they arrived at the home
of Lou Weit, Rothsville, they
found their work had been tak­en
care of by female volunteers.
Flames from a trash fire spill­ed
over on the grass and ignited
and Mrs. Weit sent her daugh­ter,
June, to call the firemen.
Then she and her mother, Mrs.
Henry Mundorf pitched in and
tackled the fire. When firemen
arrived there was nothing but
some scorched earth and that
was well dampened.
Charles R. Shenenberger
New Patrolman
Joins Local
Police Force
Charles Richard-Shenenberger,
28, has been selected as a new
Police Patrolman for th e ' Lititz
Borough and will begin his du­ties
on Thursday, January 2. The
addition of Mr. Shenenberger to
the Police Force brings the to­tal
number of fulltime officers
to five.
Shenenberger, who resides
with his wife Louise and 8:week-old
child at 437 New Holland
Ave.. Lancaster, formerly lived
at Lititz R3. He graduated from
Warwick High School after
which he was employed by Lam-bert-
Hudnut.
He served four years in the
US Air Force as an Air Police­man
in Nevada and California.
Recently he was employed by
Kircholl, Inc., Neffsville.
Road Opening
Dedication At
Rothsville
An impressive group of digni-
•ies and officials will be at-lding
the Road Opening and
Dedication of the new 2.8 miles
oi Highway from Rothsville to
Ephrata on Jan. 3. A speakers
platform will be erected at the
ersection of the old Rothsville
1 Road and the new Highway near
? Salem EUM Church.
Several dignitaries are sched­uled
to. speak and music will be
provided by the Warwick High
School Senior Band. Next on the
program will be the Ribbon Cut­ting
ceremony and the Motor­cade
over the Highway. Follow­ing
the motorcade, all invited
guests will be favored with a
luncheon at the Warwick Town­ship
Lions Hall. The Lions Club
through its interest and deter­mination
were instrumental in
having the new road construct­ed.
Boro Reduces Water &
Sewer Rates About 10%
Young Men's Business
League Elects Officers
Fire Coni pony Aux.
Will Meet Thursday
The Lititz Fire Company Aux­iliary
will hold their regular
monthly meeting on Thursday,
January 2 at 7:30 at the Fire
Hall. Mrs. Albert Markley will
be chairlady in charge of re­freshments.
Each member is
asked to bring an article for
Chinese Auction.
IOOF Lodge Will
Hold Supper Meeting
The Lititz IOOF Lodge 1050
will hold a supper meeting at
the Lodge Home on Monday,
January 6 at 6:30 p.m. Lodge
members are urged to attend
this meeting. Eugene Leed, no­ble
grand, will preside at the
business session.
its
on
Scrap Paper Drive
Troop 142 will conduct
monthly scrap paper drive
Saturday, January 4, from 8:00
a.m. till noon.
Paper should be tied or boxed
for pickup and placed on the
curb. For those unable to put
the paper out, or who need as­sistance,
please call the follow­ing
numbers, and the Scouts will
pick up the paper at the home:
626-2719 or 626-7235. The Troop
will cover the general Lititz and
Kissel Hill area.
Ronald Frederick, left, chairman of
the JayCees annual Shopping Tour, and
Santa Claus pose with several of the
youngsters who went on the tour and at­tended
a Christmas party at the General
Sutter Inn.
JayCees Entertain Children
The Lititz JayCees entertain­ed
seventeen children in their
annual Christmas Shopping
Tour. Hosting the event were:
James Perini, club president,
Vincent Becker, Bob Landis,
Charles Ditmer, Don McGarvey,
Charles York, Paul Bowman,
Jim Bednar, Adam Samelko and
Ronald Frederick, tour chair­man.
Following the tour of the
downtown stores, the children
were treated to a party at the
General Sutter Inn. Refresh­ments
were provided by the Inn
and Kenyon’s Pastry Shop. San­ta
Claus presented candy to
everyone. •
The JayCees would like to
extend their gratitude to the
merchants and individuals of
Lititz who donated time and fi­nancial
aid to this annual event.
The local JayneCees provided
gifts for all the children under
6- years of age at the party and
the Club members express their
gratitude to the group.
Second-Class
Postal Rate
Will Increase
Postal rates for newspa
and magazines and other ma
al mailed at the second-c
rate will be increased Janu.tiy
1. Postmaster Richard C. Ratio)
reminded second-class mai
today.
The increase results from the
postage law enacted in Dei
ber 1967, which raised most
ond-class rates in three annua!
steps, Postmaster Rader poi:
out. The January 1, 1969, hike
is the second phase of the in­crease.
The first phase took ef­fect,
January 7, 1968, and I he
third step will go into effect
January 1, 1970.
The second-class rate incr
affects general interest, nonptof-it
and classroom publicatior
Rates also will go up Jan'
1 for controlled circulation pub­lications.
These are primarily
trade, technical and industrial
journals which generally do not
charge a subscription fee and
arenot-eligible fo r ■second-class
rates,. The 1967 postal rate law
called for a three-step raise for
controlled circulation publica­tions,
to be effective the same
dates as the second-class in­creases.
Except for home-county mail­ings,
postal rates for newspapers
and magazines mailed second-class
are based on the weight of
the publication, the amount of
advertising it contains, and the
distance it is mailed.
Effective January 1, rates for
editorial or non-advertising mat­ter
in commercial publications
will be increased from 3 to 3.2
cents per pound. Rates for ad­vertising
content depend on the
distance the publication is mail­ed.
These zone rates now range
from 4.6 to 15 cents per pound
of advertising content. The new
advertising zone rate range will
be 4.9 to 16 cents.
There are special lower sec­ond-
class rates for classroom
publications and publications of
nonprofit organizations. These
rates also will be increased Jan­uary
1.
Postmaster Rader said that
second-class or controlled circu­lation
mailers who need more
detailed information on the new
rates should contact the Post Of­fice
where their publications are
mailed.
The Young Men’s Business
League elected new officers re­cently
for 1969. Elected were:
Abram Hershey, president; El­mer
Bomberger, vice president;
I. L. Mearig, secretary-treasur­er.
Elected as directors were:
Amos Shenk, Warren Buch and
Charles Kling.
Committees were appointed as
follows: Owen Hershey, Roger
Gerhart, financial; I. L. Mearig,
Jacob Brubaker, candy; Maurice
Kreider, Roy Long, Dr. C. L.
Wertsch; John Brubaker, Wil­liam
Templeton, John Zartman,
membership; James Yerger, Dri
Wertsch, pool; Marlin Wolf,
chairman, Harold Witwer, Paul
Diffenderfer, Paul Balmer, Mar­tin
Muth, Harold Kepply, Glenn
Zartman, entertainment.
Greeting Our
New Teachers
Editor’s note: This is the
last of a series of articles de­scribing
the new teachers in
the Warwick Schools.
Distraction Causes
Vehicle Accident
Richard Bender, Lititz Rl,
tarveling north on S. Broad St.
at 10:40 a.m. on December 26,
stopped in his line of traffic
at Broad and Marion Sts. and
appeared to be choking. Ray­mond
C. Groff, Lititz R4, head­ed
south on S. Broad St., notic­ed
the driver of the vehicle in
need of help. He pulled his
truck over to the side of the
road.
Meanwhile, a passenger in the
Bender car, got out and came
around to the drivers side and
tried to help dislodge the for­eign
matter from Bender’s
throat by striking him on the
chest and back.
Sheridan S. Stengel, 1818
Greinder St., Lebanon, traveling
south on S. Broad St., was at­tracted
by the commotion think­ing
someone was being beaten,
didn’t notice that the truck had
stopped and ran into the left
rear corner of the truck. There
were no injuries and damage
was estimated at $640.
JayCees Ta Collect
Christmas Trees
The Lititz JayCees will hold
their annual Christmas tree col­lection
on Tuesday, January 7
in the Lititz borough only. All
trees must be placed along the
curb. .
Miss Linda Smith
Miss Linda Smith is a fifth
grade teacher at the Kissel Hill
Elementary School. A former
Ephrata resident, she graduated
from Conestoga Valley High
School.
•She receiced her BS in Ele­mentary
Education from Mill-ersville
State College. Miss
Smith, who is now residing in
Lancaster, enjoys reading
novels, and poetry, sewing and
playing the organ.
Hit And Run Accident
Occurs On Maple Street
A hit and run accident occurr­ed
in the vicinity of 36 Maple
St. at 11:50 p.m. on December
21.
A vehicle, owned by Anna
and Robert Patterson, 360 E.
Main St., which was parked on
the south side of Maple St. was
struck on the right front side.
The impact pushed the parked
car 36 feet.
Patrolmen ‘ Earl Steffy and
Leroy Emmerich located the hit
and run car at 15 minutes after
midnight parked in front of the
owner’s home. The owner, Chris­tian
Brandt, 118 W. Orange St.
was charged by Patrolman Em­merich
before Justice of the
Peace Paul F. Diehm for failure
to stop and identify at the scene
of an accident.
Fire Call
A corn stubble fire at tin*
farm of Jacob Bushong, Lititz
R3, was answered by the Lititz
Eire Company at 2:15 p.m, Mon­day,
About an acre was burned,
when a trash fire jumped a
barrel.
Borough Council at a meeting
Monday night reduced water
and sewer rates about 10%. The
reduction’ik effective January 1,
and applies almost entirely to
residential customers. There will
be practically no reduction to
large industrial customers.
About $16,000 total will be cut
from the bills with approximate--
ly $8,000 in each water and
sewer.
Council also announced that
effective in 1969 meters will be
read 3 times a year with one
estimated bill. The bills of
March 1, 1969 will be an esti­mated
one based on the new
rates. Actual meter readings will
be made in the spring, summer
and fall. Council feels the extra
readings should help eliminate
the possibility of leaks not be­ing
discovered and thus prevent
a customer from receiving a
large bill.
In other business council:
—appointed Warren Newcom­er
to a five year term on the
sewer authority; Devoe Bear to
a three year term on the zoning
board; Robert E. Buch to a four
year term on the health and san­itation
advisory board and D.
Robert Buch to the historical re­view
board for three years.
—Approved the 1969 budget of
$217,872, with only minor chang­es
from the original proposal.
The budget was approved with
no increase in the 12.5 mill prop­erty
tax, or the . $10 per capita
tax. A $10 occupational privilege
tax will be adopted Jan. 28, and
js expected to bring in $25,000.
'Ihe utiht\ poir ;ax was rais­ed
from 50 eonu to 75 cents.
—Rejected a reque-t lrum the
county to pay towauk- support
of the Lanca.-ter Airpoit. Coun­cil
staled the airport should be
paid tor on the eountv level.
Film To Be Shawn
At Kissel Hill
“The Adventures of Tom Saw­yer”,
a 77 minute feature,
be shown on Saturday, January,
4 at 1:30 p.m in the all-purpose |
room at the Kissel Hill Elemen­tary
School. All elementary stu
dents in the Warwick School
District are invited to see the I
film.
Phone “Hook-up” Links
Former Servicemen
PERSONALS
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Toews,
Lincoln, Kans., spent the week
with Mr. and- Mrs. Robert Ni-quette,
615 Kissel Hill Road... .
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Derrick-son,
Wilmington, Del., visited
with Mr. and Mrs. Ronald
Tweed and family, 413 Laurel
Ave.
Dr. and Mrs. John D. Mohler
and children, Linda, Carol and
David, Ann Arbor, Mich., spent
several days visiting Dr. Moh-ler’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. John
P.- Mohler, 316 S. Cedar St,
Mr. and Mrs. William Ringer;
415 Laurel Ave., spent the
Christmas holidays at the home
of their son, William B. Ringer,
Bethlehem.
Mr. and Mrs.' Randolf Bricker,
Jr. Hyattsville, Md. visited Dr.
Elizabeth Bricker, 314 N. Broad
St. and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Mill­er,
11$ West End Ave. on Sun­day.
. . . . .
Mr. and Mrs. James Sutton,
Jackson, N. J. spent the Christ­mas
holidays visiting Mr. -and
Mrs. James D. Sutton, 416
Laurel Ave.
Mr. and Mrs. C. Fredei
Sturgis and daughter Linda
from Lewis, Delaware, visited
with Mr. and Mrs. Clare
Sturgis, 330 E. Marion Sti
over the past week-end.
Misses Carol and Betsy (
San Diego, Calif., . spent
Christmas holidays with, then
mother, Mrs Selina Cox, 201
Broad St.
Not all Christmas greetings
were received by-mail it was re­vealed
here last week. A local
gent, Edward C. Pelger,- Lititz
Rl, upon answering his phone
at 11 a.m. on December 24
found himself to his amaze­ment
speaking simultaneously
to three former buddies who he
was in the service with 23 years
ago.
The fellows linked by the
“Hook-up” exchanged their
greetings on a perfect connec­tion,
Pelger related. The 25
minute conversation linked the
voices of John Delaney, Cen-trila,
Wash., George Kamp,
Reno, Nev. and Earl Peterson,
Boston, Mass.
The men all Navy veteran’s
had served aboard the troop
transport, USS Noble during
World War II.
Miss Elaine Holbach
Marley - Holbach
Mrs. Louise . O’Hare, 16 E.
Orange, St.',, announces .the en­gagement
of her daughter, Miss
Elaine Holbach to Ronald J.
Marley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ja­cob
Marley, 1065 Ironville Road,
Columbia.
Miss Holbach, a graduate of
Warwick High School, class -of
1966, is employed by Hamilton
Watch, East Petersburg Plant.
Her fiance is a graduate of
Columbia High School, class of
1967. Hè is presently serving as
ah apprentice seaman at the Na­val
Training-Center, Dam Neck,
Va.
Water Damage
At Shoe Co.
A considerable amount of
water damage, estimated at sev­eral
thousand dollars, to shoes
at the Lititz Shoe Company,
Kline St:, Lititz, resulted when
a furnace shut down, pipes
froze an eventually- burst, last
Thursday evening:
The Lititz Fire Company was
summoned fo pump but the ex­cess
wateri , : '. .
Deborah L. Ebersole
Elser - Ebersole
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Eber­sole,
R. D. 3, Lititz, announce
the engagement of their daugh­ter,
Deborah Lee Ebersole, to
Jeffrey Lynn Elser, son of Mr.
and Mrs. George Elser, 217 New
Haven Drive, Lititz. Miss Eber­sole
is a 1968 graduate of War­wick
High School and is now at­tending
Millersville State Col­lege.
Mrs. Elser is presently a
senior at Warwick High School.
Woman Walks Into
Side Of Moving Car
Mrs. Gertrude Schoenberger,
307 E. Second Ave., Lititz, in the
process of crossing E. Main St.
from the south side to the north
side in the area of Lutz’s Mar­ket,
walked into the side of a
Gar driven by Mrs. Patricia Eck­ert,
127 E. Market St.
Mrs. Schoenberger, who was
watching a west bound car,
wasn’t aware of the Eckert ve­hicle
approaching from the east
as she entered the highway.
She was taken to the office of
Dr. J. W. Grosh by the Warwick
Ambulance where x-rays were
taken and she was released.
School Menu
Monday, January 6
Grilled hot dog, mashed po­tatoes,
sauer kraut, assorted
fruit
Tuesday, January 7
Italian steak, buttered corn,
relish cup, pineapples
Wednesday, January 8
Sub or grilled cheese, tomato
soup, chips, orange wedge
Thursday, January 9
Chicken pot pie, peas, cole
slaw, jello cryystals
Friday, January 10
Fish sticks, buttered noodles,
tomato sauce, peaches