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w ith in R a n c a s t e r C ou n ty 18 Pages No. 26
Million Dollar Modular
Apansnent Complex ToBe
Constructed In Borough
Woman's Club Hears Reports,
ve Donations T® Groups
Emery Loomis is shown recently put­ting
some finishing touches on the ro ot of
the office of the Loomis’ new East Gate
Motor Lodge at the Eastern entrance to
Lititz. - ■
Loomis9
Motel
The first four units oi a plan­ned
32-unit motel are taking
shape at the Eastern edge oi
Lititz.
The new motel, called the
East Gate Motor Lodge, is being
built by Mr. and Mrs. Emery
Loomis on a . two-acre piece of
land that includes their Chim­ney
Corner rcsi.nr.rant.
The office oi the motel, ad­jacent
to the Chimney Corner,
can be seen from Rothsville
Road (extension of East Main
Street). The first four motel
units adjoining the office por-
Dedication
Service At
Trinity EC
The Dedication senate Oi tin
new Film alional Bud !mg R
Tumtv F 'lnw G a l fongrom
tionol C hutch mil be held Sun
day at 3 p.m.
The Act of Dedication will be
conducted by Rev. P R. Cress-man.
Bishop of the EC Church
who will also deliver the Dedica­tory
message.
Rev ft D Witimaici distiut
superintendent oi the EG Church
will read the scripture and oiler
the prayer and pronounce the
benediction.
Rev Ralph Bomman insloi of
the chinch vull picsidc at the
service.
Attci Hit dcdiumon v n t <
luncheon will be served m the
social hall. Guided tours will be
conducted tin on li Lie bm’diru
Building 32-Unit
on Historic Site
The School Menu
The school menu, which has
been a long-standing public
service feature of the Record-
Express on page 1. will con­tinue
as a regular feature oi
the new com n St Con
which no> malic appi as n the
second half ot this new p it t i
pencUcular to East Main are
ready under roof.
Loomis, who is doing much of
the work himself, with the help
of local workmen, says that
eventually he hopes to add four
more units to the first four, and
finally another 24-units along
Lititz Run Road.
Building permits have been
obtained from Warwick Town­ship
for construction of the first
16 units.
Loomis emphasized he is aim­ing
for a modern quality motel
in keeping with the colonial
tenor of Lititz. The facing will
be Holland Stone on the lower
portion and painted masonry
above. The windows will be
shut tried and carriage lamps
will be hung outside the doors.
Inside there »'ill be wall-to-wall
carpeting and color TV.
There will be four-season elec-ti
ic Muting and cooling.
When the motel is complete,
the restaurant and motel office
will front on Rothsville Road,
the motel will run along Lititz
1 on Road and the Eastern edge
oi the property, giving a horse­shoe
effect open to the Western
edge of the property.
Loomis plans to landscape the
interior area, including park
benches. Parking also will be
providecP Tor the individual
motel units.
Loomis indicated he is aware
of the effort to revitalize down­town
Lititz m a colonial style.
Tlm-e will be “no neon lights.”
he said.
lie noted that some of the
Travel Series
Begins Saturday
The Rotarv Club of Lititz will
present the first of its six sche­duled
"Travel and Adventure
Series" Saturday, October. 3 -at
3:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. in the
Warwick High School auditori­um.
T
he featured artist will be
Robert Brouwer, who will pre­sent
an unusual travelogue,
"Spring Captures Holland”.
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Mrs. Lillian Hoffman, proprietor of Hoffman’s Store,
which will go out of business October 7, cheeks out an order
for one of the many customers who patronize the store.
properties in the immediate
area of the new motel are the
remnants of the “old village of
Rome,” which existed in the
early 1700rs and for many years
was the eastern gateway to Lit­itz.
He noted that the old build­ing,
now a four-unit apartment
Recently, while cutting a new
house, on the Eastern edge of
the Loomis property was once
the “Old Rome Hotel.” The
Loomis’ now live in one of these
apartments.
entranceway, they found the
crumbled remains of an 1831
newspaper which apparently
had been used for insulation.
Incidentally, they noted also
that they had to cut through
some 20-inch pine boards.
The Loomis’ hope eventually
to restore the Rome Hotel.
• But right now, they’re work­ing
slowly but surely to build a
modern., motel in a colonial
style.
The Lititz Woman’s Club held
its first meeting of the new sea­son
at the General Sutter Inn
■September 21. Mrs. Roy Yeager,
president, conducted the meet­ing.
The Collect was read by
Mrs. Albert Vigunas. She also
received the birthday flowers.
Mrs, Dale Shelly, chairman of
the hospitality committee was
in charge of the refreshments.
Dr. Robert Russell, chairman of
the English Department at
Franklin and Marshall College,
Lancaster, was the guest speaker.
Dr. Russell, a noted author
shared with the club members
his ideas about writing and
quoted selections from his books,
“To Catch An Angel” and “The
Art Of Loving.” Mrs. John Mor-man
introduced the speaker.
Mrs. J. William Mikscn pre­viewed
the October meeting
which will be held In the Luther­an
Education Building on Octo­ber
19 at 8 p.m.
Mr. Benno Forman, curator at
"Winterthur” will be the guest
speaker. “Antiques Elevated”
will be his subject. He would
appreciate members’ antiques to
discuss and evaluate.
In club business, Mrs. Yeager,
announced that the Lancaster
County Federation meeting will
be held October 5 with a lunch­eon
at the Hilton Inn, Lancaster.
Interested club members can
make reservations with Mrs.
Yeager.
Ways and Means committee
announced a Fall Rummage sale
.to be held at the Odd Fellows
Hall on November 5 and 6. Co-chairmen
of the sale are Mrs.
Barton Sharp and Mrs. M. C.
Demray.
Mrs. Richard Smith, chairman
of the Welfare committee, an­nounced
that volunteers are
needed to stamp TB envelopes
at the Health and Welfare Cen­ter,
Lancaster on October 20.
Hours are 9 a.m. to noon or 1
p.m. to 4 p.m. Call Mrs. Smith
if interested in participating. The
committee presented $25 to the
United Cancer Drive and $25 to
Contact.
Mrs. Garth Becker member­ship
chairman, announced four
resignations from the club. She
ma.de an appeal for members to
sponsor and welcome new mem­bers.
The Fine Arts and Education
Committee, Mrs. Paul Stoner,
chairman, announced the spon­sorship
of 12 girl scout troops.
The yearly budget was reported
by Mrs. Reid Stoner, chairman
of the Finance committee.
■Mrs. Harold Zander, chairman
of the conservation committee,
read a citation awarded to the
club by the Lititz .Historical
Foundation for services of her
committee at the Mueller House.
Mrs. Zander encouraged involve­ment
in the restoration of his­toric
Lititz. Robert Derek will
bring the club up to date with
■planning ideas at the November
meeting.
Mrs. Henry Gibble, chairman of
the Home Life Committee, an­nounced
plans for Creative Wo­man’s
Day which will be held in
February. She invited women to
’ sign up for the newly organized
- interest groups.
Borough To
Build Garage
Addition
Borough Council met for 4W
hours Tuesday night and con­ducted
the following business:
Warwick Builders, Inc. re­ceived
a bid to build a concrete
extension to the borough gar­age
for $4,215. The 10 foot by 30
foot addition will be used as a
borough works crew quarters
with shower facilities.
Council approved payment of
a water main project bill to
James Favino in the amount of
$6,735. It paid B. R. Kreider
$7319. for street resurfacing. It
approved payment of up to
$850 to Roger Gerhart to clean
the sewer disposal lagoon, re­soil
it and plant it with grass
seed. ■ ■
A committee was named to
study plans for a second public
swimming pool in Lititz. They
include Richard Mearig, Curtis
Amidon, Stephen Palkovic anti
Charles Hoffman.
Permission was granted to
Herbert Kraybill of the United
Campaign to paint red and
white feathers and crosses on
the crosswalks in the borough.
Wilson B. Smith, Hath En­gineers,
reported on storm
drainage in Lititz Springs Park.
Council directed that the mat­ter
be studied further.
Guy S. Reidenbaugh, 115 E,
Third Ave. was hii'ed as an as­sistant
borough manager to
work 15 hours a week starting
about November 1.
Council set Saturdays as the
garbage collection day for the
Winter and the collection goes
into effect Saturday. It also con-
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Plans lor the construction of
a 67 unit apartment complex of
modular housing was revealed at
borough council meeting Tues­day
night. The completed project
will cost almost $1,000,000., ac­cording
to Albert Edelson, Presi­dent
of Morrell Company, the
builders.
The 7.5 acre site is located act
the triangle formed by Getter
Street, Water Street, and Santo
Domingo Creek and will be
called “Linden Acres”.
Edelson told the Record yester­day
that he expected to start the
foundations m several weeks and
have sample units of 3 and 4
bedrooms available in about 4 to
5 weeks. He said the project
would consist mostly of 3 bed­room
units with a total of 67
units and 108 parking places.
Rents have not been set, but
would be available upon comple­tion
of the sample units.
See Other Photo Page 6
The units are manufactured by -
Home Development Industries,
971 Ranck Mill Road, of which
Edelson is also president. They
are prebuilt at the factory com­plete
with all wiring and plumb­ing
and are completely fire proof.
They are set us at the site, with
a crane.
The three bedroom model to
be constructed here consists of
a full living room, dining room,
kitchen, and powder room m
the first floor. Upstairs there are
3 bedrooms and a full bath.
There is no basement or garage.
The units are fully air condition­ed,
have wall to wall carpeting,
dry wall construction inside
and brick and aluminum siding
exterior.
Edelson said there will be a
park in the apex part of the
triangle, sidewalks and curbs,
will be,constructed and the area
is “designed to be a pleasant
living area.”
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In Operation For 50 Years
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A local grocery store, serving
the local area for at least 50
years, will go out of business on
■ October 7.
Hoffman’s Grocery Store, 233
S. Broad St., Lititz, owned by
Lillian Hoffman, is closing be­cause
she feels the business con­sumes
too much time and in­volves
more work then she can
handle by herself. No one is
employed to help her at the
present time.
Mrs, Hoffman spends 78 hours
a week in the store from 9 a.m.
to 10 p.m, each day except Mon­day.
“That’s like two weeks in
one,” she exclaimed. “My hus­band
who works during the day
■helps out in the evenings, but I
don’t think it’s fair to him,” she
She purchased the grocery
business and the home its located
in from Grace Bollinger, former
proprietor, eight years ago. “I
started from scratch, she assert­ed.
The business increased so
much that I employed four
clerks to -help out on Sunday
afternoons.” The opening of the
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entered Bingeman’s
Texaco station, 511 Furnace
Hills Pike and stole cash and
miscellaneous items worth $445.
The burglary occurred some­time
between 9:30 p.m. Friday
and 7 a.m. Saturday.
Trooper Raymond Soil, Eph-rata
State Police, said the bur­glary
was discovered by the
Station operator, Ross Binge-man.
Taken were $19 cash from
a desk drawer, miscellaneous
tools, a .22 caliber rifle, a table
radio, two auto tires and auto
testing equipment.
News Correspondent
Mrs. Paul Eberhart, Lititz
RD1 has assumed the position
of news correspondent at the
Record-Express for the Bricker-ville-
Clay-Hopeland area. She
will be accepting news concern­ing
scouts, clubs, church and
other organizational meetings.
Mrs. Eberhart, a native of
Baltimore, has resided in the
Lititz area for six years. She is a
member of St. Paul’s Lutheran
Church, Lititz and was a form­er
member of the Welcome
Wagon Club.
Persons having news of in­terest
for the newspaper..may
contact Mrs. Eberhart by call­ing
626-7819,