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(C o n s o lid a te d w ith T h e L itit z R e cord, 1937) Lititz, Lancaster County, Penna., Thursday, January 9,1969 10 c e n t s a Copy; $4.00 pen y e a r h y m a ll
w ith in L a n c a s t e r C ou n ty 12 Pages No. 40
Boro Fire
Loss *16,405.50
Fire losses in Lititz Borough
amounted to only $16,405.50
during 1968. This figure repre­sents
a substantial decline in
fire losses in contrast to the
previous year Fire Chief Am­mon
Shelly reported this week.
Property involved and saved
f r o m destruction by f i r e
amounted to $268,360.50. Losses
in the borough were $15,010.50
with losses outside the borough
estimated at $1,395.
Firemen answered a total of
69 calls, 33 inside the borough
and 36 out s i de . The total
amount of hose laid was 600
feet of 3 inch hose; 3,000 feet of
2Vz inch hose; 2,550 feet of IV2
inch hose and 11,150 feet of
booster hose. A total of 1106
firemen responded. The Fire
Company traveled 232 miles and
accumulated 58y2 hours of ser­vice.
Bird Club
Conducts Its
Annual Count
The Lititz Bird Club had se­ven
teams, consisting of 13 ob­servers,
in the field on Decem­ber
29 for the 69th annual
Christmas bird count.
The count was made within
a 15 mile diameter circle, the
center of which was Bricker-ville.
Included in the area was
White Oak Dam, Chiques Creek,
Hammer Forge Dam, Hammer
Creek, Middle Creek, Sedlock
Run, Lititz, Ephrata, Lime Rock
and Kissel Hill.
The temperature during the
count was 28 to 33 degrees and
the weather was cloudy with
snow squalls with winds out of
the northwest at 18 miles per
hour.
The club observed and count­ed
58 species of birds amount­ing
to 12,913 individuals with
starlings leading the count with
over 4,000. The high incidence
of wild ducks came from these
birds feeding on mash in the
meadow adjoining the Penneo
Distillery. Fourteen Canadian
Geese were seen flying over
Lititz. The Pine Grosbeaks have
been seen south of the Lebanon
Pumping Station along the Old
Mountain Road. These birds
were listed on the count a tew
years ago, but are a rare visitor
to the area.
Serving on the observing
teams were: Paul Foreman,
Donald Garner, Ford Gochenau-er,
Tom Heag'y, Russell Markert,
Steve and Gene Rannels, John,
Jim and Charles Regennas,
compiler; Mr. and Mrs. Barton
Sharp, John Spahr and John
Witmyer.
Junior Legion Aux.
Plans Party
The Junior Auxiliary of the
American Legion Post 56 met
last Saturday evening. Michelle
Stouffer, junior chairman, was
in charge of the meeting. The
group made favors for the Vet-,
eran’s Hospital and voted to
hold a Valentine party at their
next meeting on Saturday, Feb­ruary
1 at 6 p.m. at the Legion
Home.
School Menu
Monday, January 13
Grilled hamburg, baked beans,
linger salad, assorted fruit.
Tuesday, January 14
Baked ham, green beans, cab­bage
slaw, chocolate pudding.
Wednesday, January 15
Salisbury steak, roll, french
fries, lettuce wedge w/french
dressing, tangerine.
Thursday, January 16
Chicken corn soup, peanut
butter sandwich, assorted fruit.
Friday, January 17
Macaroni and cheese, maca­roni
and hamburg, buttered
peas, tossed salad, cookies.
Lititz Postmaster Richard Rader ap­pears
pleased with the renovations made
at the Rothsville Rural Branch Office as
he views the new service window. The im-proved
quarters were made available by
Mrs. Mary L. Mast, Clerk, in Charge, pic­tured
with Mr. Rader, and her husband in
whose home the Office1 is located.
Legion Auxiliary
Will Sponsor
Girl At Camp
The Ladies Auxiliary to the
| j American Legion Post 56 voted
to send a girl to Keystone State
11 Camp this summer during a
business meeting held last Mon­day
evening. Mrs. Jack Pontz,
vice president of the auxiliary
piesidea.
Th group also voted to con
tinue to conduct card parties
once a month until May. The
proceeds from these parties will
be used for Veteran Hospital
expenses.
A Smoked Ham-Card Party
has been scheduled for Thurs­day,
January 16 at 8 p.m. at the
Legion Home. The following
committees were appointed:
Mrs. Richard Souders, refresh­ments;
Mrs. Dorothy Geibe, Miss
Rosemary Rice, Mrs. Cletus
Forney and Mrs. Joseph Willis,
I markers; Mrs. Miriam Lorah,
Mrs. Byron Solt and Mrs. Pontz,
tickets; Mrs. Peg John, cloak­room
and Mrs. Francis Miller,
publicity.
Branch Post Office Renovated
The Rothsville Rural Branch
Post Office started the New
Year by operating from improv­ed
quarters according to Post­master
Richard C. Rader. The
new office is located in the
same building at 24 Twin Brook
Drive as before, however, the
entrance is now at the upper
level of the building.
The change was made to bet­ter
accommodate Rothsville pa­trons
and to gain more working
space for the Clerk in Charge.
Postmaster Rader congratulated
Contractor Mary L. Mast and
her husband for their willing­ness
to provide a more suitable
postal facility, for it is they who
assumed the expense in connec­tion
with such renovations. He
said that Mrs. Mast who has
been operating the Branch since
it was established in 1966 can
take pride in her accomplish­ment.
Although most of he mail for
Rothsville patrons is delivered
to the door by a foot carrier
from the Lititz Post Office, the
Branch serves an important
function in providing Post Of­fice
Box service and window
service comparable to the Main
Office, Mr. Rader said. He
pointed out that Money Orders
and stamps may be purchased
there and that there is a re­ceipt
and dispatch of mails
twice daily except Saturday and
Sunday. On Sunday a 5:00 p.m.
collection of mail is made from
the street letter box in front of
the Branch the same as at the
Lititz Post Office.
Warwick Twp.
Planners Call
Special Meeting
The W a r w i c k Township
Planning Commission will hold
a special meeting tomorrow
evening, Friday, January 10 at
7:30 at the Township Munici­pal
Building to consider a peti­tion
for rezoning and to discuss
plans for house numbering in
the Township.
The Planning Commission has
received a petition from the
Township Supervisors to re­zone
the former Levi H. Yerg-er
property, presently owned by
Samuel E. High, Jr. and Betty
M. High, on the northeast corn­er
of Furnace Hills Pike (Route
501) and Newport Road from
Rural to Commercial. The peti­tion
states that the owner in­tends
to construct a car wash
and/or a motel, on the property.
The Commission will also
meet with Postmaster Richard
C. Rader to discuss a system of
house numbers in certain sec­tions
of the Township. This pro­posal
has been under considera­tion
for several months and is
expected to be completed short­ly.
Warwick Twp. Construction Zooms
Over Five Million in Past Four Yrs.
Mrs. Mary L. Mast, Clerk in Charge of
the Rothsville Rural Branch Post Office,
places mail into patron’s boxes in the im­proved
quarters of the Branch Office.
Senior Citizens
To See Slides
The Lititz Senior Citizens will
meet at the Community Center
on Thursday, January 16. Ron­ald
Reedy, Lititz, will provide
the .evening’s entertainment
with slides of his trip through­out
the Mediterranean. The
meeting will get underway at
7:30 p.m.
SURPLUS FOOD
Lancaster County surplus food
v/ill be distributed at the Lititz
Recreation Center on Tuesday,
January 14 from noon to 2 p.m.
for- Lititz, Elizabeth and War­wick
Township residents.
Women’s Guild To Hear
“Generation Gap” Topic
“The Generation Gap” will be
the topic under the leadership
of The Rev. A. J. Daly, Jr., on
Thursday, January 9th at 7:30
p.m. Pastor Daly is assistant
pastor of Trinity Lutheran
Church of Lemoyne and serves
as adult advisor to the Youth
Committee of the Central Penn­sylvania
Synod of the Lutheran
Church in America.
The meeting, sponsored by
the Guild of St. Paul’s Lutheran
Church will be held in the So­cial
hall. By means of records,
posters and a reading entitled
“Paper Doll People” the speak­er
will endeavor to have us bet­ter
understand the topic.
A short business meeting will
be held at which time the bud­get
for the new year will be
presented. Refreshments will be
served by the membership com­mittee
of the Guild. The educa­tion
committee arranged for the
program. All interested persons
are invited to attend whether or
not they be members of the
Guild or friends of the congre­gation.
Farm Women Appoint
Chairmen and Delegates
Society of Farm Women 1,
Lititz, met Saturday at the home
of Mrs. Roy Brubaker, Lititz R3.
Mrs. Neil Clark was assisting
hostess. Thirty members and
visitors attended.
Mrs. Scott Garman, president,
was in charge. Mrs. Garman’s
mother, the late Mrs. W. Cullen
Carpenter, served as the society
president from 1934-39. Devo­tions
were led by Mrs. Graybill
Hollinger. Two women were ap­pointed
to work on a memorial
book committee for the county.
They are Mrs. Barbara Moore
and Mrs. Roy Bollinger.
Mrs. Garman appointed these
committee chairmen: Mrs. Neil
Clark, program; Mrs. Franklin
Weber, sunshine and service;
Mrs. Leon Ulrich, nominating;
Mrs. George Zahn, social; Mrs.
C. V. Smith, auditing; Mrs. Ray
Brubaker, ways and means.
Delegates to the convention
in Harrisburg on Jan. 14 are
Mrs. Abram Bollinger, Mrs. Roy
Bake Sale
The Warwick Ba s k e t b a l l
teams will sponsor a Bake Sale
at Stauffers’ of Kissel Hill on
Saturday January 11, beginning
al 8 a.m. Moravian Sugar cakes
will be featured at the sale.
Bollinger and Mrs. Hollinger.
Guest speaker was the Rev.
William Matz, pastor of the Lit­itz
Moravian Church, His topic
was “Fire in the Snow.”
The next meeting will be Feb.
1 at 1:30 p.m. at the home of
Mrs. Paul Kurtz, Lititz R4. The
speaker will be Mrs. Allen Fish­er,
Mount Joy, who will demon­strate
cake decorating.
Faulty Heater
Causes Fire
A fire caused by a faulty' space
heater caused an estimated $7,-
400 damage to the home of Okey
Collins, Lititz R2, at 10:35 a.m.,
Dec. 31.
According to the Penryn Fire
Company, the blaze strated in
the living room of the dwelling
on Brubaker Valley Road, about
two miles east of Elm.
A fire company spokesman
said Collins was making break­fast
when he heard a noise, in­vestigated
and saw smoke and
fire around the heater. He then
called the fire company.
No injuries were reported.
Brickerville Fire Company
also responded.
Request Zoning
Map Change
The Warwick Township Su­pervisors
accepted a petition for
a zoning map change requested
by the Hurst brothers, of Lehoy
Forrest Estates, Lititz, during a
meeting on Jan. 2.
The request was to change
from rural to residential — one
a section containing 20.10 acres
along Log Cabin Road. The firm
plans to build homes in the $30,-
000 and up category.
The change was referred to
the Planning Commission with a
favorable recommendation. The
commission must give final ap­proval.
The supervisors rehired Atty.
George Morgan, as solicitor for
1969.
A real estate tax rate of five
mills was approved and the per
capita tax was readopted at $5.
Next meeting will be held on
Feb. 6.
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Jim Perini, right, President of Lititz JayCees presents
Archery Club Advisor, Donald McGarvey, with a check for
$150 which will be used to further the activities of the newly
organized club.
Twenty archers were on hand for the first night of tar­get
shooting held at the Recreation Center last Monday
evening. The Archers will meet every Monday and Wednes­day
nights at the Recreation Center for indoor shooting.
Fire Co. Schedules
Special Meeting
The Lititz Fire Co. #1 will
hold a special business meeting
Monday January 13th at 8:00
p.m. in the fire hall. Point of
business will be to decide wheth­er
or not, and if so how to sup­port
the Lancaster County Fire
Association’s purchase of Camp
Chiquetan from the Lancaster
County Council of the Boy
Scouts of America, for use as a
County wide fire training pro­gram.
Chest Board
Re-organizes
James Gibbel was elected
president at the Lititz-Warwiek
Community Chest re-organiza-tion
meeting held last Monday
evening at the Lititz. Recreation
Center. There were 12 members
present.
Others elected were: Elmer
Bomberger, first vice president,
and Mrs. Daniel Rossi, second
vice president. Miss Anna Mary
Franck was appointed secretary
and treasurer.
Retiring Community Chest
members are: Mrs. Clifford Dud­ley,
Roy Enck, Harold Swisher
and Miss Cathryn Adams.
New Board members elected
were: Wallace Hofferth, Mrs.
Thomas Walker, Mrs. Harold
Swisher and Mrs. Richard
Adams.
The Welfare investigating
committee members named are:
Mrs. Mildred Meiskey, chair­man;
Mrs. Harvey Bissel and
Mrs. Rossi.
Dr. Curvie Smith
Will Speak At
PTA Meeting
Dr. Curvin Smith, superinten­dent
of the Warwick School Dis­trict,
will be the speaker at the
meeting of the Lititz Elemen­tary
PTA which will be held
on Thursday, January 16 at 8
p.m. in the school cafeteria.
His topic will be “The Middle
School.” Robert Lucas, PTA
president, will preside at the
meeting.
WCTU Will Hold
Prayer Meeting
The Lititz WCTU will hold a
Prayer Meeting at the home of
Mrs. Ella Hendricks, 425 Wood-crest
Ave., on Monday, January
13 at 1:30 p.m. If transportation
is needed call 626-5588 or 626-
6565.
Warwick Township has zoom­ed
over the 5 million mark in
construction m the past four
years. Building permits have
been required in the township
only since 1964.
As of March 12, 1964, 439 per-mits
have been issued with a to­tal
valuation of $5,359,342 of
which 208 were for new homes
with a value of $3,759,680.
Construction in the township,
during 1968, went well over the
million mark for the fourth con­secutive
year as 126 building
permits with a total value of
$1,252,727 were issued.
This compares with 111 per­mits
issued in 1967 with a value
of $1,192,165.
Sixty-four permits were issu­ed
for new construction, valued
at $1,123,800, compared with 56
permits in 1967 valued at $990,-
555. Of this volume 43 were lor
new houses with a total value of
$873,100. In 1967 some 46 new
house permits were issued, valu­ed
at $888,855.
Sixty-two permits were issu­ed
in 1968 for alterations and
additions for a value of $128,-
927, compared with 55 in 1967
with a value of $201,610.
Since building permits have
b e e n required in Warwick
Township, as of March 12, 1964,
439 permits have been written
with a total valuation of $5,359,-
342, of which 208 were for new
houses with a value of $3,759,-
680.
During December two per­mits
were issued: to Donald A.
Gregg, Owl Hill Road, carport;
and Irvin L. Wise, Rothsville,
interior alterations. Total value
was $3300.
Cars Collide
At intersection
A two car accident occurred
at the intersection of Main and
Locust Sts. at 9 p.m. on January
6.
Raymond I. Dubbs, 309 E.
Second Ave. traveling west on
E. Main St. and making a left
turn on Locust St. was hit by a
car driven by Elsie J. Miller,
203 N. Locust St., who was mov­ing
north on S. Locust St. and
was unable to stop due to the
snow on the highway.
Patrolman Robert Keller who
investigated the accident stated
there were no injuries and esti­mated
damage at $225.
Service Of Dedication
Planned At St. Luke’s
A service of dedication will
be held at St. Luke’s United
Church of Christ at the morn­ing
worship service. The ser­vices
will be conducted for me­morials
received and dedicated
since the new edifice of the
church was completed.
The memorials include a
spinet piano to be placed in the
Chapel and to be used in the
church when needed, the Altar
in the Chapel and a number of
new hymnals used in the regu­lar
worship services. . .
The Rev. Robert Myers will
reliver the message “Personal
Dedication” which will center
around the nature of spiritaul
concretration.
The senior choir, under the
direction of Sidney H. C. Peters,
will present the anthem, “Be­side
Still Waters.”
Membership Drive Unde
Gibble Reelected
Twp. Chairman
The Warwick Township Su­pervisors
reelected Robert Gib­ble
as chairman at a reorganiza­tion
meeting Wednesday morn­ing,
Jan. 1.
Other officers reelected in­clude
Joseph Brubaker, vice
chairman, and Richard Hoffer,
secretary-treasurer.
The supervisors also adopted
the 1969 budget of $68,856.
POLICE NEWS
William T. Baumiller, 17
Bradford Drive, Leola, was
charged for speeding on S.
Broad St. by Patrolman Earl
Steffy on January 4 before
Justice of the Peace Harold
Kauffman.
Chief of Police George Hicks
has stated that at the present
time there are six bikes which
have been found, at Police Sta­tion.
The owners are urged to
come and claim their bikes im­mediately.
Many of the youngsters who attended
the “Rec” Center during the holiday sea­son
assisted in preparing Membership
Drive material for distribution throughout
the Warwick School District, The drive
will be conducted throughout the month of
January. Busily engaged in folding Drive
materials are: left to right, Dave Marks,
Lori Marks, Karen Kling, Cindy Shreiner,
Debbie Pelger and Donna Carpenter.