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within Lancaster County 16 Pages No. 3
X-ray-Diabetes
Tests Scheduled
At Fire Hall
Chest x-ray service and diabe­tes
testing will be offered in the
Liitz area on Monday, April 28,
v/hen the mobile x-ray unit of
the Tuberculosis and Health
Society of Lancaster County
visit the borough for a comm­unity
program.
The x-ray truck will be locaed
at the Lititz Fire Hall from 4
to 5:30 p.m. and from 6:30 o 8
p.m. on that date to provide the
services. The x-ray program is
open to all persons 16 years of
age and older, and $1.00 is asked
for the service. Those unable
to pay will be given chest x-rays
through Christmas Seal funds of
the TB Society.
The diabetes test is free and
is done in cooperation with the
Department of Health, Division
of Chronic Diseases. Persons 35
years of age and older are urged
to take this test and best results
are abtained if the test is taken
two hours after eating.
The unit will also spent Wed­nesday,
April 30, in the area,
when the schedule reads as fol­lows:.
10:15 a.m. Moravian Home,
chest x-ray; 11:45 a.m. to 2:30
p.m. Wilbur Chocolate Co., chest
x-ray and diabetes testing; and
3 to 4:30 p. m. Luther Acres,
chest x-ray.
On Thursday, May 1, chest
x-ray services and diabetes est-ing
will be made available for
the employes of Woodstream
Cprp.
Zone 2 Firemen
Elect Officers
Election of officers for Zone
Two firemen was held at the
recent meeting in Rothsville
Fire House.
Elected were president, John
Hatfield, Lititz; first vice-presi­dent,
Jay Hess, East Petersburg;
second vice-president, Ronald
Bueh, Neffsville; secretary,
Clair Stiickler. Penryn; assis­tant
Secretary, Claude Young
Sr., Rothsville; treasurer, Ed
Steffy, Rothsville; chaplain,
George Clair, Eden; and Zone
Two fire marshall, Paul Z.
Knier, Manheim.
The next meeting will be held
May 5 in the Lititz Fire House.
A film on the Watts District,
Los Angeles, riots will be
shown.
Bill Gingrich, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Gingrich, 431 S. Cherry St., happily
poses beside his prize winning exhibit dis­played
at the Sixth Grade Science Fair.
Bill’s, project consisted of growing tropical
plants in different types of fertilizer and
keeping a progress report of their growth.
Record-Express Photo
6th Grade Science Fair Successful
Eleven students received first I Winners in the various cate-place
ribbons at the Sixth Grade gories were: Chemistry — Steve
Science Fair held at the Lititz Yoder, 1st; Mark Rentschler,
Elementary School. 2nd; Joanne Rosenquist, 3rd;
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Lititz Lions
Slate Officers
A nominating Committee
presented the following slate of
officers at a recent Lititz Lions
Club meeting.
Nominated were: Donald
Steffy, president; Steve Palko-vic,
1st vice president; Charles
Kopp, 2nd vice president; Fred
Hall, 3rd vice president; Paul
Lauderman, secretary; Leo
Rossi, treasurer.
Ed Stroble and John Waga-man,
Lion Tamers; William
Miller and James Snavely, Tail
Twisters. Directors for two
years, Lester Young and Ches­ter
Wertsch; directors for one
year, Garth Hacker and Joseph
Ebersole.
First place winners at the Sixth Grade Science Fair
held at the Lititz Elementary School reflect happiness after
receiving blue ribbons for their science displays exhibited at
the Fair. The winners are: front row, left to right — Doria
Smith, Carol Hollinger and Lisa Mearig; second row —
Steve Yoder, April Hall; third row — Jeff Schreiber, Bob
Hoffman, and Daniel Clark; back row — Douglas Royer and
Douglas Buchter. Record-Express Photo
Warwick High Lists
T h ird Honor Boll
The following is the Honor
Roll for the third nine-week
marking period as announced
by Harold W. Swisher, Senior
High School Principal and C. B.
Kauffman, Junior High School
Principal.
12th Grade
Linda Antes, Jessica Bender,
Carol Bingeman, Dean Bolling­er,
Michael Carvell, Patricia
Deneen, Jeffrey Elser.
Jane Foreman, Dale Fry,
Ronald Geib, Kathleen Gibason,
Peggy Griffith, Diane Griswold,
Glenn Grove, Gerald Grube,
Anita Gurney, James Harbison.
Henry Hershey, Margaret Him-melberger,
Susan Himmelberger,
Nancy Hofferth, Cathy Hoover,
Jane Kauffman, Doris Kline,
Beth Martin, Romaine McAlpin,
James MeConaghay.
Audrey Myers, Dianne Neal,
Vickie Ober, Cynthia Pelger,
Shelby Pontz, Cathleen Rannels,
Brenda Rossi, Sandra Royer,
Rebecca Shannon, Gary Shelly,
Elaine Siomko.
Marta Smith, Barbara Steffy,
Brenda Waltz, Thomas Zug.
11th Grade
Jeffrey Aughey, Bridget Bal­lmer,
Nancy Bear, Karen Bom-berger,
Bonnie Cammauf, Susan
Christ, Esther Coen.
Linda deFernelmont, Wanda
Derr, Barbara Detwiler, Joyce
Eshleman, Donna Feaser, Diane
Gibason, Susan Good.
Judy Harman, Babette Hess,
Karen Irvin, Lydia Kowalewski,
Nancy Landis, Ricky Long, Gary
Martin.
Teresa Martin, Karen Mast,
Jack McClearen, Lucinda Mear­ig,
John Minnich, Barbara Mit­chell,
Sue Mummert, John Mum-rnert,
Judith Nies, Esther Nolt,
Gary Ober, Anne Oehme,
Cynthia Perich, Deborah Rapp.
Nancy Reardon, Timothy
Reese, Roberta Roberts, Eileen
Roth, Chritine Royer, Brenda
Siegrist, Nancy Sentz, Russell
Snavely, Irene Spahr, Donna
Steffy.
Beth Ulrich, Patricia Whit-craft,
Roxana Yoder, Diane York,
Stephen Zander.
10th Grade
David Boas, Sandra Bollinger,
Brian Donmoyer, David Fish­er.
Sally Garner, John Gery, Sal­ly
Good, Kenneth Grube, Michael
Hampshire.
Kenneth Jaede, Steven Kuaff-man,
Jenny Kissinger, Steven
Landis.
Dennis Leeking, Michelle Le-fever,
Ray Long, Arlene Mar­tin,,
Gerald Martin, Theodore
Michel, Kathy Morgan.
Rosalyn Mumma, Cathy
Nagle, Linda Rathkey, Ida Reiff,
Leon Kessler, Sally Rihn, Donna
Ross, Karen Schload.
Shelby Smith, Judy Snyder,
Linda Spotts, Diane Seffy, Susan
Soughton.
Vickie Vest, Brenda V-ollen-weider,
Mariiyn K. Weaver,
Sharon Weiler, Karen Wertsch.
9th Grade
Daniel Allwine, David All­wine,
Ruth Amidon, Robert
Antes, Shirley Beam, David
Bamberger.
Darlene Bowman, Jeffrey
Boyer, Carolyn Buckley, Clar­ence
Dagen, Mary Jane Diirner,
Donna Ditzler, Vicki Eckman,
Virginia Ehrhart.
Patricia Erb, Vicki Gochnauer,
Joyce Good, Linford Good.
Lucille Hess, Judy Hofferth,
Deborah Hoover, Debra Hufford,
Audrey Irvin, John Kauffman,
Carol Kautz, Suzanne Keith, Al­len
Kline, Mary Ann Lahr.
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Magnetism —• Douglas Royer,
1st; Steve Reynolds, 2nd; Air —
Robert Hoffman, 1st; Steve
Bomberger, 2nd; Scott Weaver,
3rd.
Heat — Douglas Buchter, 1st:
Light — Carol Hollinger, 1st;
Harry , Resh, 2nd; Melinda
Mensch. 3rd; Space —■ Daniel
Clark, 1st; Plants — Bill Ging­rich.
1st; Cheryl Ober, 2nd: Al­thea
McAlpin, 3rd: Michael
Searles, Michael Gerfen, honor­able
mention.
Water — April Hall, 1st;
Michael Glath, 2nd; Mary Welli-ver,
3rd; Machines — Lesia
Mearig, 1st; Sound — Jeff
Schreiber, 1st; Brian Whitmy-er.
2nd; Vicki Ross. 3rd; Electri­city
— Doria Smith, 1st; Jim
Wolle, 2nd and Dennis Deamer,
3rd.
Judges for the Fair were Mr.
Schoenberger, Mr. Kurek and
Mr. Kline of the Warwick High
School Science Staff. All en­trants
received certificates.
The Science Fair was arrang­ed
by Mrs. June Smith, sixth
grade teacher at the Lititz Ele­mentary
School. Mrs. Smith
wishes to extend her gratitude
to everyone for their help in
making the Science Fair a suc­cess.
Kindergarten
Registration
Registration ror an new kin­dergarten
children in the War­wick
School District will take
place in the various elementary
schools on the following dates:
Rothsville Elementary School,
April 28.
John Beck E l e m e n t a r y
School, April 29.
Kissel Hill E l e m e n t a r y
School, April 30.
Lititz Elementary S c h o o l,
May 1.
Registration for the Lititz
Elementary School will be be­tween
9:00 A.M. and 12:00 P.M.
and from 12:30 P.M. to 3:15 P.M.
Registration for Kissel Hill and
John Beck Elementary Schools
will be between 9:00 A.M. and
11:00 A.M. and from 1:30 P.M.
to 3:15 P.M. Registration for
Rothsville Elementary School
will be between 9:00 A.M. and
11:00 A.M.
Parents are requested to
bring with them the child’s
birth certificate, vaccination
certificiate, and all immuniza­tion
records. It will not be ne­cessary
for the child to be pre­sent.
Any child not previously en­rolled
and who is going to enter
first grade should also be regis­tered
at this time. These chil­dren
should be present in order
to be tested for school readi­ness.
Children entering kindergar­ten
must be five years of age
before September 15, 1969, and
those entering grade one must
be six years of age before Sep­tember
15, 1969.
Delphian Society
Donates $25 To
Public Library
The Delphian Society at a re­cent
meeting at the home of
Mrs. Avis Stengel, voted to give
$25 to the Lititz Public Library
for the purchase of new books.
Mrs. Carl Workman and Miss
Bessie Searle discussed the
topic “Lasting Values.” Plans
for the annual trip to Winter-tur
and Valley Forge scheduled
for May 10 were discussed. Mrs.
Norman Badorf and Mrs. Work­man
are in charge of the ar­rangements.
Committee On
School Affairs
To Meet Monday
The Lititz Citizens Committee
will hold its first open to the
public meeting Monday, April
28 at 7 P.M. at the Rec Center.
James Snavely, 631 Kissel
Hill Road, acting chairman, said
the purpose of the committee is
to “form a communication link
between the public and school
directors, administrators, and
teachers”.
He said school directors, ad­ministrators
and teachers will
be invited.
Snavely stated the purpose of
the meeting is to explain to the
public the reason for the or­ganization,
and to determine if
there is enough public interest
to warrant enlarging the com­mittee.
Members of the committee
are Rev. Robert Myers, Donald
Kepner, Mrs. Lester Young and
Dennis Bortz. To date no com­mittee
officers have been elect­ed.
Snavely said everyone is in­vited
and they should find the
meeting interesting.
Rep. Marvin Miller
To Speak Ai Smoker
Representive Marvin Miller
will be guest speaker at the
Lititz Fire Company Smoker to­night
at the Fire Hall. There is
still room for more. Don’t miss
this annual affair, tickets avail­able
at the door. Open to mem­bers
and non-members, with
dinner being served at 6:30 p.m.
There will be valuable door
[ prizes and a good time to be had
by all.
Don’t miss the monthly busi­ness
meeting, Wednesday, April
30th, 8:30 p.m. at the Fire Hall.
Council Agenda Slates Bids,
Discussions And Requests
Miss Marc Williams
Linden Hall Senior
Sings With Chorus
A Linden Hall senior student
has just returned from a three
day stay at York Springs, Pa.
where she participated in the
celebrated Region Three Chorus
under the sponsorship of the
Pennsylvania Music Educatiors
Association, April 17 through 19.
Miss Marc Willman, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Reuben O. Will-man
of Ml. Wolf, took part in
the annual event' at the Bermu­dian
Springs High School, York
Springs after competing twice
for the two districts represent­ed.
The Southern District com­petitions
were held in November,
1968, at the Cedar Crest High
School while the Southeastern
District competitions were held
at Hanover High School, Feb­ruary,
1968. Fifteen hundred
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“Sponsors Night” Held By
Welcome Wagon Club
The Lititz-Manheim Welcome
Wagon Club held their annual
“Sponsor’s Night” at the Bobst
Comunity Center. Club mem­bers
furnished a covered dish
supper and a short business
meeting followed. Guest speaker
for the evening was Mrs. Fuhr-man
of Lititz, who presented a
monologue on Pennsylvania
Dutch. Representatives of local
sponsor’s of the club are as fol­lows:
Mrs. Robert Herzer of the
Lititz Record-Express; Mr. &
Mrs. Richard West of Dick’s TV;
Mr, & Mrs. Roy Sauder of Am-way;
Mr. & Mrs. John Forrey of
Keller Brothers; Mr. & Mrs. Nor­man
Crouse of Reynolds Soft
'Water; 'Mr. & Mrs. Jack Watson
of Lititz Farmers National
Bank; Mr. & Mrs. Earl Whiskey-man
of Vivianne Woodard Cos­metics;
Mr. & Mrs. Frank Myers
of Myers Service Station; Mr.
& Mrs. Arthur Kling of Stewart
& Fuss; Mr. & Mrs. Derf Shu­mate
of Carpet Shop; Mr. Allen
Steffy of Steffy’s Flowers; Mr.
& Mrs. 'Robert Wallin—Mrs.
Wallin is Area Supervisor of the
club; Mrs. Harry Bomberger,
Welcome Wagon Club Hostess
and Mrs. Ronald McIntyre, assis­tant
Hostess.
The Spring Social for club
members is a Dinner-Dance at
the Green Terrace on May 10.
General meeting for May will
be at the Planetarium at F&M
College. Professor Cavannah
and Mr. Richard Busch will con­duct
a tour of the various fea­tures
of the Museum. Members
are asked to meet at the Rec
Center parking lot at 7 p.m.,
May 20.
The “Story Book Hour” at the
Lititz Library, sponsored by the
club, will continue through the
month of May.
Local Band To Be
In State Finals
The “Trippeneasy” (formerly
called the “Rain”) will embark
on the second part of their
quest to become the National
Champions of the “BATTLE OF
THE BANDS” sponsored by the
United States Jaycees.
The“Trippeneasy” won the
local contest sponsored by the
Lititz Jaycees on November 9,
1968; and in doing so earned
the right to represent the Lit­itz
Jaycees in the Pennsylvania
State Finals to be held in the
Civic Center in Philadelphia.
The “Trippeneasy” is made
up of four local fellows that in­clude:
Kirby Martzall, Dave
Johnson, Joe Ragsdale, and
George Scott. They deal in
“PSYC” music and they have
great hopes in advancing to the
National Championship to be
held in Boston, Mass, in June.
A partial list of prizes for the
winners of the State Finals in­clude
the following:
1. A Magnatone 150SR guitar
amplifier system valued at $550.
2. A record contract for the
State Winner.
3. Appearances on the Ted
Mack Amature Hour for at least
one group in the contest. This
could include a number of
groups.
4. Television appearances for
the top three place winners.
5. Appearances as part of the
Philadelphia Summer Program.
6. A sum of money will be
given to the first three place
winners.
7. Trophies will be given to
each contestant and special
trophies to the members of the
top three groups.
8. An all expense paid trip for
the State Winner to the Nation­al
Finals in June.
The contest is scheduled for
Saturday, April 26, 1969 at the
Civic Center in Philadelphia;
and it will run from 3:00 p.m. -
12:00 midnight. Tickets may br
purchased at the door for $2.00.
The “Trippenesy” is scheduled
to be on stage from 5:18-5:30
p.m.
This is a fine opportunity to
see some of the states most
talented teenagers playing the
sounds of todays music, as 27
of the states greatest groups get
together for “ONE GIGANTIC
BLAST”.
Local Man Pays
$200 Fine And Cost’s
Larry L. Pleger, 39, of 24516
E. Main St., Lititz, was fined
$200 and costs when he pleaded
guilty to operating a motor ve­hicle
while intoxicated. He was
prosecuted by Lancaster Police­man
Richard Simms after a
slight accident in the 100 block
of N. Duke Street on Jan. 31.
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PREPARING FOR THEIR TROOP
SKIT, an Indian Dance, to be presented at
the Girl Scout “Happening” in the Lititz
Springs Park on Saturday are: left to
right, Cynthia Gingrich, Lynn Sipe and
Holly Hopkins, members of Troop 251. The
Bids and unfinished business
will be discussed at the Borough
Council meeting next Tuesday,
April 29 in the council chambers.
Two bids will be asked, one
for a tractor with a front end
loader and back hoe, and the
other for water equipment.
In unfinished business, council
will discuss the police inter­municipal
assistance and respon­sibility
program, taking up a
small change in the weed ordin­ance
and working on the park­ing
ordinance.
Council will review the street
resurfacing projects and ,the
street construction programs. ..
Borough Manager George
Steedle will ask council to pay
the sum of $22,569.98 to the Mesa
Contraction Company and $6,-
160.46 to Roger Gerhart,; for
street construction. Steedle
will also request that council
hire two men for summer em­ployment
in the works depart­ment
and authorize employing
personnel at the Lititz Springs
Swimming Pool.
Chief of Police George , HiSks
will request a change in j the
police telephone communications
system.
A letter received from the
JayCees in regards to closing the
first block of E. Main St., for a
street fair on May 24 will be
discussed.
'Borough Manager Steedle will
ask council to make a storm,
drainage modification on Front
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The Lititz Community Center
budget will be presented to
council for approval. '
Five Injured
In Accident '
Five persons were injured in
a truck-auto crash at Lemqii
and Charlotte Streets at 11:17
p.m. Apr. 15, city police repo t-ed
today. Damage was estimated
at $1 ,100.
Police said John F. Binghspi
Jr., 18, of Lititz R3, was driving
north on Charlotte Street and
collided with a vehicle operated
east on Lemon Street by Paul V.
Clerico, 616 W. Lemon St. Poliqe
prosecuted Bingham for ignor­ing
a red traffic light. vy'.
Treated at St- Joseph’s Hos­pital
were Bingham, who suf­fered
a laceration of the left
arm that required three sutures';
Dennis D. Boyle, 19, of 766 M'a-rietta
Ave., abrasions of the
right shin, and Bernard €.
Pfeiffer, 18, of 728 E. King St.,
abrasions of the forhead. Doyle
and Pfeiffer were passengers, ill
the Bingham auto.
Clerico, who was operating a
van truck owned by Nikolaus
Electric Co., 438 Locust St., Gq-lumbi'a,
was treated at the Os­teopathic
Hospital for lacera­tions
of the left leg. His wife,
Esther, a passenger in the ve­hicle,
was treated for injured
ribs and will return to the hos­pital
today for X-rays, police
said.
scouts have made colorful headbands and
gaily decorated tomtoms under the lead­ership
of Mrs. Edward Rosenquist, Scout-leader
and her assistants, Mrs. Ray Kauff­man
and Mrs. Darlene Flowers.
Girl Scout "Happening" In Park
A Girl Scout “Happening”
will be held in the Lititz
Springs Park on Saturday, April
26 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The
all-day affair will consist of pro­grammed
events presented in
the Park Band Shell.
Troop exhibits and demon­strations
will be on display
throughout the Park. Girl Scout
Neighborhoods participating in
the “Happening” will be from
Rolling Hills and Cedars.
Local Troops performing in
the program are: Cadette
Troops 258 and 259, who will
present a Glimpse of Fashion
and Beauty Thru the Ages;
Junior Troop 251, Indian Dance;
Brownie Troop 252, Singing ac­companied
by instruments they
made; Junior Troop 241, Lemmi
Sticks and Junior Troop 261,
Virginia Reel.
Exhibits and demonstrations
will be given in Brownie
Glen by Troops: 256, tray fa­vors;
316, shoe shine shop; 392,
sewing and 264, crafts.
Badge interest groups will be
on display by troops 260, active
citizenship challenge and 250,
aviation badge and weather.
Warwick Lions
Hear About
Leader Dogs
Lion Abe Summers, past inter­national
Lion director, introduc­ed
Eugene McCarvey, Lancaster
to the members of the Warwick
Township Lions Club at their
recent meeting.
Mr. McCarvey attended the
Leader Dog School in Michigan
| during August of 1968 for one
month to receive training on how
I to use a leader dog.
It was very interesting for
the club members to hear the in­sights
of the Lions sponsored
Leader Dog School.
'Mr. McCarvey related how
happy he was to have the dog
and felt confident he could
travel anywhere with the dog.
SchoolMeau
Monday, April 28
Salisbury steak, french fries,
buttered peas, assorted fruit.
Tuesday, April 29
Glazed meat loaf, mashed
potatoes, green beans, cubed
jello.
Wednesday, April 30
Chicken and waffels, glazed
carrots, buttered lima beans,
fruit cocktail.
Thursday, May 1
Chile-con-carne, grilled cheese
sandwich, relish tray, sliced
peaches.
Friday, May 2
'Pizza, cheese wedge, celery
and peanut butter, baked beans,
applesauce.