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•within ¿ a n c a s t e r C o u n ty 22 Pages — No. 17
Lititz Red Tag Sales
Days This Weekend;
Many Good Bargains
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Members of the Woodridge swimming team of Lititz
pose with their team symbol, a grog. Looking like a
cross between an oversized pumpkin and a frog, the
grog was made out of a sheet stuffed with paper — with
some features and clothing added.
Team members from left to right are: Amy Wil­liams,
Colleen Hacker, Sally Good, Barb Hess, Gary
Shelly, team coach, Gary Coble, Sharon Posey; Chris
Eichelberger, Jennie Long and Lori Marks.
The team met Millersville Tuesday night and will
compete in the divisional Saturday with Golden Mea­dows,
Skyline, Brookside, Overlook and Millersville.
Many Lititz Area Craftsmen Will Be Active
In Pa. Guild Fair at Millersville Aug. 5-8
Batik and silk-screened wall
hangings done by a Lititz woman,
Mrs. T. Fred Weaver of 428
Laurel St., will be among the
many exhibits at the annual
■Craft Fair of -the Pennsylvania
Guild of Craftsmen next week
at Millersville State College.
The Conestoga Valley Chapter
of the Guild, including Lancaster
City and County, is host for the
event, to he held August 5, 6, 7
and 8 in Lyle Hall dining room
on the MSC Campus. Hours are
10 a.m. to 9 p.m. except August
8 when they are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Mrs. Weaver, who is secretary
of the Conestoga Chapter, is one
of few Lititz residents -actually
displaying any work even though
quite a few local people are
taking part in the fair in other
capacities.
Mrs. Weaver’s specialties are
batik printing, silk screening and
pottery. ~ -
A member of the Guild for
about a year and a half, Mrs,
Weaver explained that she learn­ed
her crafts by watching ex­hibits
at meetings of the chapter.
At each -meeting, she went on,
someone demonstrates a particu­lar
craft., Many members attend
workshops -to learn crafts -and,
in turn, show fellow members
¡how to do them.
Tlie Batik Process
The batik process Mrs. Weaver
enjoys using to create striking
wail hangings is done by paint­ing
a design on white cloth with
hot beeswax. There are tools for
-this purpose, hut she found that
a stiff brush worked better for
her.
The first sten is to draw the
design which is to remain white.
When the beeswax is dry, the
cloth is dipped into the lightest
color of dye to be used, such as
yellow. Then, the part of the
design that is to remain yellow
is covered with beeswax, and
dipped. This process is repeated
for each color to be used, work­ing
from lightest to darkest.'
When the design-painting and
dyeing processes are completed,
the -entire cloth is dipped into
melted paraffin. Then, it is -al­lowed
to dry out fill the paraf­fin
is hard. The entire piece of
cloth is then crinkled and dipped
into dye again to create a deli­cate
cobweb effect.
It’s a time-consuming and quite
intricate -process, Mrs. Weaver
adds, but she -likes to do intricate
things. Although she’s just start­ing,
she finds it ¡a lot of fun.
Silk Screening
Mrs. Weaver also works in silk
screening design for w-all hang­ings
or materials to be.used in a
dress. For example, she did a
silkscreen print for a dress to be
worn by Mrs. Philip Richards of
Martieville, who will demon­strate
the making ’of natural
dyes during the fair.
The panel, done in shades of
green, brown, purple and yellow,
consists -of -a center stem ending'
in daisy-like flowers, surrounded
by walnu-ts on one side and
onions on the other—-to show -the
materials from which natural
dyes might be made. These are
falling into pots from which the
dye is pouring.
The panel was then sewn into
a dress by Mrs. Robert P. Mearig,
337 E. Second Ave. It’s a sleeve­less
shift style of linen-like mate­rial.
Mrs. Mearig says she w-on’t
enter any of her crafts in the
juried competition, but maybe
will nffer for sale some of her
work in various fabrics.
Mrs. Weaver also enjoys mak­ing
hand-formed pottery. By this
she means that the solid clay is
formed into -a specified shape by
hand rather than poured in
liquid form into a mold.
She attended a recent seminar
in the use of 'an open pit kiln to
make Indian pottery, preparing
-the day from earth. It was sup­posed
to turn coal black in -the
' firing process, she admits, but
-too much -oxygen in the fire re­sulted
in white pottery. She
claims to be just a beginner in
pottery but finds it very inter­esting.
Mrs. Walter to Enter
Another Lititz -area woman
who plans to enter -the show is
Mrs. Henry Walter Jr., Lititz
RD3. She will enter some of her
creative weaving in the juried
exhibit, using hand-spun and
vegetable-dyed linen.
Mrs. Walter also plans to
demonstrate weaving' August 7.
•She -has been- weaving for about
five years, but has spent about
1 years doing- tole-painling,
which is painting on tin.
She will -demonstrate this pro­cess
with Mrs. Ellsworth- M.
McMullen. Mrs. Walter also will
take part in the spinning bee
scheduled August 8 from 1 to 5
p.m.
Chairman -of overall plans for
¡thei'air is Mrs. Robert C. Umlauf
Jr., ¡of Neffsville, who is -also
chairman of standards for the
Conestoga Chapter.
She explained that anyone who
wishes -to display his craft at the
fair must meet minimum stand­ards
of the guild — high-quality
craftsmanship and design.
The Juried Exhibit
In order for a member to enter
something -in the juried exhibit,
he must mee-t even more strin­gent
standards. These crafts
which meet the reauicements
will comprise -the juried exhibit
to be on display in the center of
the dining hall.
Judging ¡these items for the
best-oi-juried-show prizes will be
Theresa Capua-na, handcrafts edi­tor
of Woman’s Day magazine;
Karen E. A. Strawbridge, a
teacher -of weaving and slitchery;
and Donald Winer, director -of
fine arts at William -Penn Me­morial
Museum, Harrisburg,
A sale will be conducted of
those -articles craftsmen wish -to
sell which meet -the basic re­quirements
-of the standards
committee.
The Craft Fair
Among' the special démonstra­tions
of both traditional and
modern crafts -to be given will
be weaving, pottery, jewelry-making,
pewter-making, silver-smithing,
woodworking and spin­ning.
Paul Eshelman, well-known
woodworker, is in charge of
demonstrations, ¡and Mrs. Eshel­man
is in charge of the spinning
demonstrations.
Gardner Fassett, Lancaster,
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A Lititz boy, 13-year-old Rich­ard
Busch, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Busch, 508 W. Marion
St., received an award as the
“youngster who showed the most
potential as an ¡artist” in the
Outdoor Art Show held Saturday
in Lititz.
Richie, the only Lititz prize­winner
in -the show, presented
an exhibit of varied media in the
12 to 14 age group.
Among his,works were black
and white still lifes drawn with
-a felt-tip marking pen, -a butter­fly
drawn in colored pencils, and
assorted -arrangements ol wea­thered
wood, stained -glass and'
copper wire. _
He also designed a clever ar­rangement
with the title, “Guess
Who’s Coming to Dinner.” Using
a curved -piece of wood, he
worked copped wire into ’a spider
web on which he placed a little
spider -and a bug. Pebbles sur­rounded
the work.
Acrylic painting's on flat wood
plaques included one with orange
mushrooms on dark wood and
old bottles done in black on gray
wood.
Although Richie -does not take
formal art lessons other than
those received in school—he will
be in the eighth grade at War­wick
High School in September
—he has had plenty -of help from
his parents, both of whom cxcell
In arts and cr-afts.
Besides his -prize money from
the show, Richie sold two of his
works, netting him a profitable
day, both financially (and artistic­ally.
Down-town Lititz on Saturday
resembled such noted art col-
Disploying Red And
White Pennants
In Stores
Lititz Retailers will be offer­ing
bargains galore— thousands
of them—during Red Tag Days
this weekend.
The town-wide sales event is
being sponsored by the Lititz
Antique Show
In The Park
Sat., Sept. 5
The Mil Annual Outdoor Anti­que
Show -and Sale and barbecue
will be held in -the Lititz Springs
Park Saturday, September 5.
Fifty dealers from the Eastern
states have reserved all the avail­able
spaces, according to Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Carl, show chair­men.
Proceeds from the show,
big event of the Labor Day week­end,
will benefit -the park im­provement
fund.
The Antique Show will begin
at 9 a.m. continuing until dusk.
Members -of St. Luke’s United
Church of Christ will serve a
pancake breakfast from 6 a.m.
to 9 a.m.
A chicken Barbecue will be
held from 2 p.m. to 7:30 p.m,
Take-outs and table -service will
be provided. Graybill Miller will
he the barbecuer. ‘
Elmer Bomberger -and George
Biemesderfer are co-chairmen of
¡the show. Assisting the Carl’s
with the antiques are: Norman
Habecker and Richard Summers.
Jay Oberholtzer and Biemesder­fer
are in charge of sales.
Lititz Council To Meet
Lititz Borough Council will
meet at 7:30 p.m. tonight (Thurs­day)
at Borough Hall. The meet­ing
was changed from the usual
last Tuesday of the month sched­ule.
A proposed new -ordinance to
prohibit outdoor vending ma­chines
and a request to install
25 mile per hour speed signs in
five locations will he among
items on the agenda.
Warwick Supervisors
Elsewhere, the Warwick Town­ship
Board of Supervisors also
is slated to meet at 8 p.m. tonight
•at the Township Building, 315
Clay Road, to continue the hear­ing
on the proposed Burkholder
Trailer Park expansion.
-onies as Provincetown, Mass., or
Monterrey, Calif., for the fourth
annual show sponsored jointly by
the Village Art Association ol
Lititz and the Lititz Retailers
Association.
Bigger than ever -this year, the
slashing prices to offer real
bargains to shoppers.
The familiar red and white
pennants will be displayed in
, the windows of the merchants
who are participating in the
sales event. Shoppers are advis­ed
to get down town as early
as possible to take advantage
of the sales event.
Participating merchants are:
David Armold, Jeweler, Clyde
O. Benner, Byler’s Seif-Service,
The Carpet Shop, Charlotte’s
Apparel Shop, Chimney Corner
Restaurant, Dick’s TV & Appli­ances,
Flanagan’s, Glassmyer's,
General Sutler Inn, J. B. Hess
Men’s Wear, Harris Variety
Center, Hagy’s Western Auto,
Kathryn’s Flowers & Gifts,
Kreider Bros. TV, Kenyon’s
Pastry Shop, Lititz Sewing Cen­ter,
Lititz Sports Center, Long
& Bomberger, McElroy Phar-
Senior Citizens
Going To Fair
The Lititz Senior, Citizens will
make a trip to the Allentown
.Fair, Wednesday, August 12th.
The bus will depart the Fire
Hall at '8 a.m. The cost of the
trip will be $3.50 (includes trip
transportation, and insurance.)
AH interested persons should
contact the Rec Center by Mon­day,
August 10th. (626-5096).
This trip is open to the public.
School Record
Cards Available
■Recently the permanent record
cards at Warwick High School
have been micro-filmed.-
These -records are for the stu­dents
who attended Lititz High,
R'othsville and Warwick High
Schools.
Since -the original records will
he destroyed they are being
made available for those who
wish to have them as souvenirs.
Records are available for any
person who graduated from
these schools prior to -and includ­ing
1964.
Records are 'also available for
non-graduates who attended any
of the above schools or any of
the elementary schools in the
district.
Anyone wishing to have these
records may pick them up at the
Warwick High School office any
time -during the month of
August.
show -attracted large crowds of
buyers and browsers despite the
heat and humidity.
Sidewalks along both sides oE
Broad Street from Orange Street
to Front Street, along the first
block of East Main Street, and at
Retailers Association. The local
stores announced that they are
-• macy, Michael’s TV - Stereo,
Henry K. Neff, Piek-It Gift,
Posey Garden Center, Spacht’s
Furniture Store, Stauffer’s of
Kissel Hill, The House of War­wick.
As an added incentive to
make shopping in Lititz a real
money-saving pleasure during
the bargain event, bags will be
placed over all meters in the
center of town and parking'will
be free.
Boro Issues
$27,250 In
Bldg. Permits
Building permits issued by -the
borough during' the month oC
June totaled $27,250. Fifteen re­modeling
permits amounted to
$24,050 and two permits for new
construction totaled $3,200.
Remodeling permits were is­sued
to: Irvin Miller, 8 N.
Spruce St, new roof, $700: -Frank
Ford, 22-36 E. Main Street, 'sand­blasting,
$2,000; Moravian Con­gregation,
replace tin roof with
slate, $6,000; Paul Doster, 46 E.
Main St., remodel interior of
store, paint, electrical repairs,
install powder room, $4,000;
Jacob Musser, 416 S. Cedar St,
aluminum siding, $1,000; Elwood
Hann, 314 Linden St., paneling
and remodeling, $500; James L,
Husey, 325 S. Broad St., remodel
kitchen, $1,000.
Wagamap Bros. Printers, W.
Second Ave. and -Pine Lane, -re­modeling
office, $2,000; James
B. Ream, 547 Golden St, build
fireplace in home, $500; Aaron.
Landis, 25 Willow St., vinyl sid­ing,
$2,500; Gerald Downing, 339
E. Second ‘Ave., roof, $800;
Amanda Meil'ey, 38 E. Lincoln.
Ave., insulate entire house, $800;
Florence Lane, 103 W. Third
Ave,. new asphalt shingle roof.
$1,250; Larry Donmoyer, 33 E.
Lemon St., new roof, $650; Clair
Meiskey, 42 Center St., replace
roof and minor repairs, $350.
Permits for new construction
was issued to Don Kepner, 601
S. Broad St., install swim pool
■in rear yard, $2,000; Stanley
W alkowicz, 216 S w a th mo re
Drive, build storage shed and
patio on rear-of premises, $1,200.
the entrance -to Lititz Springs
Park were crammed with paint­ings,
drawings, ceramics, carv­ings
and crafts of all types, some
of it hung on clotheslines,' Some
displayed on easels, .some ..
propped against buildings.
Pleasantest spot for the show
was probably -that area devoted
to children’s exhibits. These
were arranged around the pond
ai the entrance to Lititz Springs
Park.
Another relatively cool spot
was the shaded area in front of
the General Suiter Hotel. In
other -areas, exhibitor's -had to
rely on the awnings over some
store fronts or -on lawn -umbrel­las.
P
aintings ranged from the
primitive style of Grandma
Moses -to the most ultra-modern
abstracts. There was even a Mon-driaan-
lype done in ■ brightly
colored squares outlined in
black.
One of the most 'popular ex--
hibils was one which included
quite a few winter scenes. It was
easy to see why so m-a;fy hot,
perspiring browsers paused long­er
before,this exhibit ihamany in
which sun and hot colors pre­dominated.
The winter exhibit could have
been -one of Currier and -Ives’,
complete w ith farmhouses,
sleighs and streams, >all whitened
by snow.
There were paintings of water
scenes, too — streams, rivers,
l-akes and oceans. Gigantic flow­ers
in vivid colors were -another
eye-catching exhibit . - -
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Mrs. T. Fred Weaver, 428 Laurel Ave.,
Lititz, displays some of the art she plans
to exhibit next week at the Craft Fair at
Millersville. She is holding pottery. In the
background are two - of many -wall paint­ings.
The flower design on the left was
done in batik, a hot wax process, and the
church design on the right was done in
silk screening. The beautiful dress she is
wearing was also done in batik.
Richard Busch ot 508 Marion St., Lititz, is shown posing
with some of the art that earned him the “Most Potential”
award at the Lititz Art Show, '
Richard Bused 18, Lauded for Art Potential
A t AnnualLititz Outdoor Show Here Saturday