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93rd Year E s t a b l i sh e d Apr i l , 1877, as The S u n b e am
(Co nso l id a te d wi th T h e X.ititz B e co rd, 1937) Lititz, Lancaster County, Penna., Wednesday, December 24, 1969 10 c e n t s a Copy; $4.00 pe r y e a r b y m a il
w ith in L a n c a s t e r C oun ty 12 Pages No. 38
Sam Kali Wins
Carnegie Medial
Samuel W. Hall, Lititz R2,
County Fish Warden, has won
a Carnegie Hero Fund Commis­sion
bronze medal for “out­standing
heroism” in saving the
lives of a school teacher from
Lebanon and his wife last May.
Hall was cited for his “heroic
act” when he saved the lives of
Fay H. and William W. Slike
Jr., of Lebanon, from drowning
in the Speedwell Forge Lake,
when their boat capsized while
they were fishing on May 14.
A letter from the fund com­mission
manager, David B.
Oliver, notified Hall of the hon­or,
which also carries an award
of $500.
POLICE NEWS
Handcar ved wooden figures, moss,
greens, rocks are used to create the at­tractive
and impressive “Putz” on dis­play
at the Moravian parsonage. The putz
was assembled by the Matz family and had
special lighting effects and recorded de­scription.
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Family Putì A t Moravian Parsonage
Have you ever gone “Putz-ing”?
If a person can get past
the word itself he may be on
the way to a pleasant holiday
experience. The Matz parsonage
family located in the Moravian
Gemeinhaus on Church Square
took on a family Christmas pro­ject
in constructing a family
Putz which is erected in their
living room. Sons, Billy and
Randy, have been responsible
for wiring and audio visuals
while mother and dad concern­ed
themselves with construction
and cleanup.
One might ask what is a Putz.
It is a unique Moravian cus-
SKETCHING DESIGNS FOR A MOON BADGE are:
Georgia Hevener, Donna Beamesderfer and Audrey Heven-er,
members of Junior Girl Scout Troop 261. The badge is
being made upon completion of space travel study.
Girl Scouts Earn Moon Badge
Girl Scout Troop 261 held a
Court of Awards at their Christ­mas
Party on Tuesday. The troop
has worked on a special badge,
Our Own Troop Moon Badge.
The purpose of the badge is
to Learn More About Space and
Space Travel. The scouts have
completed these seven require­ments:
1. Dray a design for the badge.
2 .Know date of Apollo 11
eel and will receive the gypsy
badge. At a meeting held on
December 16, the scouts made
logs as gifts for their families.
They also attended the Old Time
Christmas at Landis Valley.
tom. In its simplest form, a putz
is a decoration, representing a
miniature landscape placed in a
home or church to illustrate the
story of the Christ Child’s nati­vity.
There are many kinds of
decorations of this type that, are
built throughout the eastern
part of Pennsylvania;
Putz comes from the German
word “putzen” which today
means, to polish or shine; how­ever
in the Saxon dialect of the
sixteenth century it meant to
decorate end it was usually ap­plied
to the decorating of
churches. The use of the word
in Christmas decorations came
into being through the employ­ment
of figures to represent the
manger scene at Christmas, and
the name “putz” was applied to
the group of those figures, also
known as “Krippen”.
The construction of these
scenes in churches at Christmas
goes far back into the . Middle
Ages. Many splendid works of
art can be seen of the nativity
characters in mountain sections
Of Germany and northern Italy,
where the people had long win­ter
evenings with little to oc­cupy
their time.
The Matz putz shares some of
this early background in the
use of the famous handCarved
wood figurés from Oberammer-gau,
Germany. Other famous
putz regions were in Saxony,
Reisengebirge, and Erzebirge,
where the Moravians learned
the art and carried it to the
Zinzendorf estates which be­came
the Moravian center at
Herrnhut, Germany. The custom
was brought to the new world in
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The Lititz Police Department
has listed the following traffic
violations: Dec. 18 — Charles
Reiser, Lititz R4, driving dur­ing
suspension; Dec. 20 — Ger­ald
L. Fisher, 328 N. Mary St.,
Lancaster, speeding and reck­less
driving; Kenneth L. Hoov­er,
144 Front St., Lititz, speed­ing;
Donald L. Ruhl, Lititz R4,
speeding; Dec. 21 Larry E.
Sweitzer, 1185 Mt. Joy Road,
speeding, Erna Piersol, 941
Cardinal Road, Lancaster,
speeding.
James L. Ruebman, 205 E.
Second Ave., Lititz, was charged
for allegedly driving while in­toxicated.
He was given a
breathlizer test at the Lancas­ter
Barracks.
PERSONAL
Betsy and Carol Cox, San Die­go,
Calif., will spend the Christ­mas
holidays with their mother,
Seline Cox, 202 S. Broad St., Lit-ilz.
Bobst Feted
Elmer Bobst, former Lititz
resident, observed his 85th
birthday on December 16 as the
guest of honor of President and
Mrs. Richard Nixon at a dinner
at the White House.
Approximately 110 guests,
mostly friends of Bobst from
around the country, attended
the gala event.
Wrist Watch
Is Found
A man’s UNIA 17 jewel wrist
watch was found Tuesday after­noon
following dismissal at the
Kissel Hill Elementary School.
The owner may contact the
principal or custodian.
Observes 105th Birthday
Moon flight and name the three
men on the mission.
3 .Name first man to set foot
on moon and his famous quota­tion.
4. Name recovery ship and
place oi splashdown.
5. How many miles from Earth
to the Moon.
6. Name the nine planets in
the Solar System in order of
their distance from the sun.
7. Watch launch of Apollo 12
and splashdown.
The scouts have also complet-
Restauranf To
Be Remodeled
The main restaurant at the
Foodergong Lodge near Ephrata
will be closed the last two weeks
oi January for extensive remod­eling,
■ William Scatchard III,
president, said today.
The restaurant, known as the
Rib and Round Room, will be
refurnished with new decor and
a stage will be built for entain-ers.
He said the restaurant will be
renamed the Hearth and Harness
and .will reopen Feb. 2 for a
press pi’eview: Feb: 3 for a black
tie charity program, and Feb. 4
lor the general public.
Miss Sarah Rettew, a guest at the
Quincy Evangelical United Methodist
Home, 125 S. Broad St., Lititz, will cele­brate
her 105th birthday on Friday, De­cember
26. Miss Rettew stated that she
never thought her approaching birthday
would create such commotion. She has re­ceived
a lovely red dress which she plans
to wear at a special drop-in party at the
home on Friday from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. She
is looking forward to meeting many of her
friends, that will probably include mem­bers
of the Covenant EUM Church, Lan­caster,
of which Miss Rettew is a charter
member. Miss Rettew has already receiv­ed
many beautiful greeting cards and a
number of lovely floral arrangements.
Boro Expected To ; "opt
1970 Budget Next Tues.
Borough Manager George
Steedle will report to Borough
Council, at its monthly meeting
next Tuesday, that the ground
for the Warwick Middle School
is now officially annexed to the
borough. An additional 36.6
acres is involved.
Steedle also said the reorgani­zation
meeting of council will be
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held on Monday, January 5 at
7:30 P.M.
Council will review the bud­get
for 1970, which has been on
display in the borough office.
The amount of the general fund
is $261,277. No tax increase is
included in the budget.
A resolution will be presented
for council’s approval to accept
a deed in the amount of 0.961
acres of land from John B. and
Helen E. Kendig for the sum
total of $1.
Council will receive a request
from Morgan Mills Company
petitioning the borough to install
a 10 inch water main to the plant
to increase fire sprinkling pro­tection.
Icy streets, trees laden with snow and ternoon’s snow storm. It also made walk
pavements covered with snow provided a ing hazardous and driving dangerous,
typical winter scene following Monday af-
7 - Inches Of Snow Blankets Lititz
Seven inches of snow blanket­ed
the Lititz area Monday af­ternoon
making driving treach­erous
and walking hazardous.
The snowfall, accompanied by
brisk winds and low tempera­tures,
had begun Sunday even­ing
as a light snow mixed with
rain. By Monday morning it had
changed to rain.
Schools in the Warwick Dis­trict
were dismissed early Mon­day
afternoon, but classes re­sumed
on Tuesday morning.
Local police reported several
accidents had occurred in town
during the storm. Due to the
below freezing temperatures,
Monday night, the roads and
pavements were all coated with
ice.T
he borough works depart­ment
was busy Tuesday morn­ing
removing snow from along
E. Main St. to provide parking
for shoppers and cindering the
main thoroughfares.
From the latest weather re­port,
it was learned that another
snow storm is on the way. So
it seems that we will be having
a “White Christmas!”
Two minor traffic accidents
occurred in Lititz on Monday
and police attributed the heavy
snow as causing them.
A car driven by Elizabeth
Waring, 73 Front St., Lititz, was
traveling on E. Main St. and
was going around a car stopped
and waiting to go into a parking
area.
A vehicle, operated by Sally
S. Libs, Lititz Rl, pulled out of
the parking area and was struck
by the Waring car.
Patrolman Leroy Emmerich
investigated the accident which
happened at 33 E. Main St. at
10:55 a.m. Damage was esti­mated
at $180.
The second accident occurred
at 12:30 p.m. on S. Broad St. A
car driven by Kathleen Gibason,
Lititz R4 was slowing down for
the traffic light at Broad St. and
Second Ave. As she slowed
down, the car went into a skid
and struck a tree at 421 S. Broad
St.
The Gibason car was than
struck in the rear by a vehicle
driven by Donna Engle, Litite
Rl. Patrolman Emmerich in­vestigated
the accident. Dam­age
was estimated at $300.
The newly constructed bridge, located
on Clay Road, has been opened for public
use. The bridge, which spans the Ham­mer
Creek, measures 24 feet wide by 28
feet long and was built by Roger Gerhart
Inc. at a cost of $18,400. The erection of
the bridge which had washed out, was the
venture of the Warwick, Elizabeth and
Clay Townships.
Rec Center
News
Elementary Basketball
:Six teams won opening games
in the 5th and 6ih grade basket­ball
league, which opened last
Saturday. The SuperSomcs,
Knicks, Mean Machines, Royals,
Bruins,' and Lakers all defeated
their first game opponents.
SuperSomcs 14, Trojans 12
Scoring: 'SuperSomcs — Mike
Adams 8, Gary Rhiner 2, Ray Sie-grist
2, David Caldwell 2. Tro­jans
— Mike Steffy 6, David
Davidson 4, Jeff Fry 2.
Knicks 10, 76’ers 3
Scoring: Knicks — Jeff Wag-ner
4, Chip Fry 2, Jeff Myers 2,
Don Buchter 2. 76’ers — Dirk
Biose 2, Chip Shelley 1.
Mean Machines 19, Warriors 6
Scoring: Mean Machines —
Dennis Snader 11, Andy Bender
6, Scott Rehm 2. Warriors — Ke­vin
Krause 4, Gary Derek 2.
Royals 9, Lions 4
Scoring: Royals Ned Pelger
7. Doug Wenrich 2. Lions — Ver­non
Martin 2, Eddie Boyd 1, Bob
Bergeman 1.
Bruins 23, Chimps 16, overtime
Scoring: Bruins — David
Marks 14, Don Peiffer 4, Mike
McGarvey 2, Clyde Wolfe 2, Jere
Glick 1. Chimps — Rod Carvell
10, Pete Wendel 6.
Lakers 16, Globetratters 9
Scoring: Lakers — Rick Myers
10, Tim Groves 4, Mark Summy 2
Globetratters —- Jeff Miller 5,
Jim Fink 4.
This Saturdays Games
Court #1
9:00—76’ers vs. Bruins
10:00—Nittany Lions vs. Lakers
11:00—Knicks vs. SuperSomcs
Court #2
9:00—Trojans vs. Chimps
10:00—Globetrotters vs. Mean
Machines
11:00—Warriors vs. Royals
AMONG THE SICK
General Hospital — Lorie Gei­ger,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
William Geiger, Lititz, Mrs. Ma­bel
Meiley, 38 E. Lincoln Ave.,
Lititz.