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The Lititz Record - Express Serving The Warwick Area For Nearly A Century J4th Year E stab lished April, 1877, a s The Sunbeam (Consolidated w ith The liitit z Record, 1937) Lititz, Lancaster County, Penna., Thursday, April 1,1971 10 o«nt» a Copy; $4.00 per year by mall w ith in L ancaste r Connty 16 Pages No. 52 U .S . Senator Richard Schweiker To Be Featured Speaker at Joint Lititz Service Club Dinner May 6 U.S. Senator Richard Schweiker will speak in Lititz at 6:30 p.m. May 6. Schweiker recently answered a letter of local service clubs stating he will be the keynote speaker at a joint service club dinner at Warwick High School. This is the first dinner of its kind, but participating organizations hope to make it an annual event. The clubs involved include: American Business Club, Lititz Javeees, Lititz Lions Club, Warwick Lions Club, Rotary and the Sertoma Ciub. Presidents of these service clubs met about six weeks ago to make tentative plans for the joint dinner. Plans were finalized Tuesday night. The intent of the dinner is to foster closer relationships among the service clubs of the Lititz-Warwick area and to consider the feasibility of joint projects to benefit the entire community. In making plans for the dinner, U.S. Senator Schweiker was contacted to be speaker. The original contact was made by Ron Reedy of Lititz, who is Congressman Ed Eshleman’s staff member. Marvin Miller, Pennsylvania representative, will be the master of ceremonies. The meal will be catered by Bingeman’s Restaurant. Local service club representatives indicated they are elated by the Senator’s response to the invitation and are planning for at least 400 to attend the dinner, including wives. Six Lititz service club presidents are shown Tuesday night planning a joint dinner May 6 at which U.S. Senator Richard Schweiker will be speaker. The six and their clubs are: left to right, seated, Paul R. Diehm, American Business Club; Steve Palkovic, Dititz Lions Club; Fred Engle, Lititz Jaycees;! standing, John Morman, Lititz Rotary Club; Harold McKinney, Lititz Sertoma Cub, and Paul Kurtz, Warwick Lions Club. Tickets will be sold at $2.50 each to service club members and their guests first, before they are opened to the general public. Any profit from the dinner will be donated to the Lititz Rec Center, it was reported. Tickets can be secured through the service club members or their presidents. The presidents are: Paul R. Diehm, ABC; Steve Palkovic, Lititz Lions; Fred Engle, Jaycees; Paul Kurtz, Warwick Lions; John Morman, Rotary, and Harold McKinney, Sertoma. Passion and Resurrection Is Central Theme Of Musical At St. Paul’s Lutheran Church A program of Easter music by the St. Paul’s Lutheran Church choirs, organ, Handbell choir and instruments will be presented at 7 p.m. Sunday, April 4. The musical program will be divided into four sections: Palm Sunday, Passion Week, Easter Day, and Post-Easter (The meaning of Easter for us). Short introductory comments by one of the pastors, Rev. James G. Shannon and Rev. James E. Stough, will preeeed each section. Highlighting the program will be the newest composition of Garry A. Cornell, “Joy Dawns Again”, in modern folk music idiom; and “I Know That My Redeemer Lives”, Chorale Con-certato by Bunjes. The folk number will feature Donna Ross on guitar and Jim Enck on the string bass. The concertato combines the choirs, organ and trumpet. The combined choirs of over 100 voices, the Handbell choir and the congregation will join in the singing the hymn, “All Glory, Laud and Honor” as a prelude to the program. Following the hymn, the Senior and Young People’s choirs will sing “Psalm” from Beaumont’s “A Twentieth Century Folk Mass”. The Junior choir will open the Palm Sunday section with “Sing Hosanna” by Sullivan. Tami Weiler is the featured soloist. “Carol for Palm Sunday” by the Young People’s choir will be followed by the combined choirs in “Hail Hosanna!”. The Passion Week section will be: “Blessed Jesu, Fount of Mercy”, from “Stabat Mater” by Anton Dvorak; “Saw Ye My Saviour?”, an American Folk Hymn arranged by Walter Eh-ret; and, “Before Pilate” and “March to Calvary” from the Easter Cantata “Olivet to Calvary” by J. H. Maunder. All will be sung by the Senior choir. “Hymn for Easter Day” opens the Easter Day section with the choirs and congregation and featuring trumpeters John Kline, Jeff Helman and Richard Taft. Other numbers are: “Easter Chimes” by the Martin Luther choir;. “Easter Bell Carol” by the Junior and Senior choirs with the Handbell choir; Essay Contest Winners Named and the folk number “Joy Dawns Again” by Cornell. The Post-Easter portion of the program will be the concertato, “I Know That My Redeemer Lives” and “Sabbath Bells” by the Martin Luther choir with the Handbell choir. Director of the Senior, Young People’s, Junior and Handbell choirs is Harry Neidermyer. Mrs. Barry Smith will direct the Martin Luther choir. Organists are Mrs. Dean Burkholder, Mrs. Warren Mellinger and Mrs. Frederick Brubaker. The community is invited to attend. Community Calendar Thursday, April 1 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.— Senior Citizens Activity Day, Rec Center. 6:30 p.m.—Lititz Fire Company Auxiliary meeting, Fire Hall. 6:30 p.m. — Lititz Lions Club, General Sutter Inn. 7:30 p.m.—Warwick Township supervisors meeting, Twp. Municipal Building. 7:30 p.m. — Delphian Society, Mrs. Ethel Kauffman home, Neffsville. 7:45 p.m.—Jr. High Orchestra- Chorus Concert, Warwick High School Auditorium. 8 p.m.—VFW Post 1463 meeting, Post Home. Friday, April 2 7 p.m. — Elizabeth Township supervisors meeting, Brick-erville Fire Hall. 7:30 p.m.—All State Region III Chorus, Lebanon. 8 p.m. — The “Bridge”, Rec Center. Saturday, April 3 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.—Chicken Barbecue, sponsored by Brun-nerville Fire Company, Fire Hall. Bake Sale, same place, Sponsored by Fire Company Auxiliary. 12 Noon — Spring Luncheon, Lititz Lancaster, York, Linden Hall Alumnae, General Sutter Inn. 1:30 p.m. — Society of Farm Women 1 meeting at home of Mrs. Ira Shearer, Lititz RD4. 7:30 p.m. — Square Dance Group, Rec Center. 8 p.m.—All State Region III Chorus, Lebanon. Monday, April 5 7 p.m. — TOPS meeting, Rec Center. 7 p.m. — Sertoma Club, Warwick Haus. 7:30 p.m. — IOOF Lodge 1050 meeting, Lodge Hall. 7:30 p.m. — Zoning Hearing Board, Boro Hall. 8 p.m.—Legion Auxiliary meet» ing, Post Home. Tuesday, April 6 10 a.m.—Lititz Retailers meeting, General Sutter Inn. 6 p.m.—Rotary Club, General Sutter Inn. 7:30 p.m.—Planning Commission, Boro Hall. 8 p.m.—Mother’s of Twins Club, Cleft Palate Clinic, Lancaster. Wednesday, April 7 6:30 p.m.—Ambucs, American Legion Home. Thursday, April 8 7 p.m.—Baron Stiegel Lions Club, Polly’s Restaurant. 7:30 p.m.—Warwick Township Planning Commission, Municipal Building. 8:30 p.m. — Jaycee meeting, American Legion Home. Borough To Change Parking Meters To 5 and 10 Cents Lititz Borough Council Tuesday night approved $6006. to purchase the internal mechanisms for 186 parking meters in the borough. The cost of $33. per meter would replace the present mechanism with a new one that would take both nickels and dimes. The cent presently used would be eliminated. Borough Manager George Siedlc presented a study that indicated this policy was followed by most all boroughs in Lancaster County, Council approved the removing .¡of rseSeppl- unopened streets from the bbrough plan Lo pci rod Moravian SoriieSV Infh'Ha-^ean-strucL a fulicare facility for-Uae elderly. : <- V The streets removed are: ')-$ W. Mairion Street, Horn Maple Lane to W. Second Avenue; Moravian Avenue, irom W. Lemon Street, unopened, to W. Marion Street, unopened; and S. Walnut Street, from W. Lemon Street, to W. Second Avenue. James H. Yerger, 105 West End Avenue, appointed to council at the February meeting, was given the loyalty oath by District Judge Paul F. Diehm and the oath of office by Mayor Russell L. Templeton. Council heard a report from Steedle stating that a meeting had been held with state officials, Morgan Mills officials and borough representatives concerning Morgan Mills industrial waste. A request by the Record Express to attend the meeting was rejected, so no report is available. It was reported that the Lititz Fire Company desires to locate a new fire station at 147 South Broad Street and will seek approval to do so from the Zoning Hearing Board. Paul Diehm, President of the Ambucs Club, stated in a letter that the club would pay the cost of installing three gas lights in Zum Anker Alley as a downtown restoration project. Diehm also said the board would consider future purchases. Bids were received for a new borough police car, but an awarding will not be made until the April meeting. The following were employed at the Lititz Springs Swimming Pool: Manager, Lawrence Van BrOokhoven, Jr.; Assistant Manager, Frederick J. Rogers; Office Clerk, Karen Kreider, Cathy Hoover; Life Guards, Michael J. Long, Steve Troutman, Dean Mastromatteo, Rebecca C. Rutt and Mary B. Tucker; Refreshment Stand Clerks, Cathy Hoover, Patricia Bryson, Beverly Brown, Audrea J. Stemplinger, Susanne Keith, and Denise Garner; Alternates for Refreshment Stand, Debra Laser and Mary Ann Lahr; Groundkeepir.g, John Mease. A request for a public hearing by Donald F. Kepner was withdrawn. Kepner had sought a hearing on a proposal to have land at the southwest corner of E. Main Street and Forney Drive rezonec! from Rl, low-density residential, to Office and Professional. Council awarded a $16.681 contract for street resurfacing to McMinn Asphalt Co., East Petersburg. Portions of W. Marion Street, Swarthmore Drive, Oxford Drive, S. Cedar Street, Middle Lane, Rodney Lane and Blackberry Lane will be resurfaced. Council gave permission to the Lititz Jaycees to close W. Main Sired from Broad Street to Spruce Street on May 22 for a street fair. Council hired two new employes for the Water and Sewer Department. They are Joseph N. Bryson Jr., Manheim R2, and Robert J. Maul, 519 Spring Ave. The meeting was attended by the winners of the Youth Day in Government Election. Their platform included the following requests which were read to Borough Council: 1. Patch up the Pot Holes! 2. Time those traffic lights! 3. Drop the unfair curfew in the borough and township. • 4 End pollution in Our Own Community! 5. Fight Adult Apathy. 6. A self-cleaning pistol for Leroy Emmerich. 7. New Christmas Decorations. 8. New Park Benches. 9. Allocate more funds for the Public Library. FIRE CALL The Lititz Fireman were called to extinguish a fire in the battery and wiring of a car owned by Charles Bingham, Lititz RD3. The car caught fire along the Landis Valley Road. Damage was estimated at $40. Paul F. Diehm, assistant fire chief was in charge. The firemen were called twice Saturday afternoon to extinguish grass fires. The Lititz Woman’s Christian Temperance Union announced the following award winners in the Essay Contest sponsored by the local WCTU in cooperation with the Health Dept of the Warwick Sr. and Jr. High School. Mr. Ronald McIntyre is head of the health dept. Subjects for the essays this year were; “Alcohol — Total Abstinence for Survival” — Jr. High and “Alcohol — Public Enemy Number One” — Sr. High. Subjects are selected by the Nation- Jacob Messner, 2101 Main Street, Rothsville, displays the plaque presented to him and his wife by the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts of Rothsville. He received the award at a recent scout banquet in recognition of the contributions and assistance he has given to the scouts. (See story under Rothsville Area News page 9.) al WCTU Dept. Of Narcotics Education. Senior High winners are; Rick Tropasso, 1st; David Lutz, 2nd, and Thomas Lantz, 3rd. Honorable mention; Jim Zug, Mike Hampshire and Wayne Siegrist. Junior High winners are; Jim Wolfe, 1st; Kevin Reedy, 2nd; Brian Morgan, 3rd. Honorable Mention; Brad Brubaker, Robert Hoffman and Barry Houser. Monetary awards are given to the first three winners and they are eligible to compete in the County Contest. Scholastic credit is given to all essays written. Reference materials are supplied by the local school library and materials are also suggested by the WCTU. Students may also secure material elsewhere. Essays are judged according to accuracy, originality, style and persuasion, grammatical construction etc. Neatness is also a factor. They must adhere to the assigned topic. All papers are judged by number. The following persons served as judges for the contest; Mrs. Irvin Kauffman, Mrs. Scott Garman, Mrs. Eugene Steffy, Rev. D. Howard ■ Keiper, Rev. James Stough, and Rev. Roy Yuntl. Because of the number of papers written this was not the easiest work and the Narcotics Education Director wishes to publicly thank them for their cooperation. In the past few years the Warwick School has received awards in county, state and national contests. Mrs. John Mohler is the local WCTU director of the Narcotics Education Department. An estimated $45,000 to $50,000 damage occurred in this barn fire Monday on the farm tenanted by Harlan Groff, Holly Tree Road, Manheim RD1, and owned by Grant G. Simmons, 216 Landis Valley Road, Lancaster. . Some early reports had indicated arson, but the fire started from “some bad wires” and the possibility of arson is “definitely out,” Paul Z. Knier, Lancaster County fire marshall, said Wednesday afternoon. The fire early Monday afternoon, completely destroyed the barn and its contents, including many valu-able pieces of farm equipment including a tractor, the charred remains of which are shown in the foreground, farm wagons and cultivators. The house, shown in the photo, was only about 20 feet from the barn and received extensive damage from both flames and water used to bring the fire under control. Five puppies were killed and several pieces of furniture were removed from the house at one point because of concern that the house might also be lost.
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Title | Lititz Record Express |
Masthead | Lititz Record Express 1971-04-01 |
Subject | Lititz (Pa.) -- Newspapers;Lancaster County (Pa.)—Newspapers |
Description | Lititz newspapers 1877-2001 |
Publisher | Record Print. Co. |
Date | 1971-04-01 |
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Full Text | The Lititz Record - Express Serving The Warwick Area For Nearly A Century J4th Year E stab lished April, 1877, a s The Sunbeam (Consolidated w ith The liitit z Record, 1937) Lititz, Lancaster County, Penna., Thursday, April 1,1971 10 o«nt» a Copy; $4.00 per year by mall w ith in L ancaste r Connty 16 Pages No. 52 U .S . Senator Richard Schweiker To Be Featured Speaker at Joint Lititz Service Club Dinner May 6 U.S. Senator Richard Schweiker will speak in Lititz at 6:30 p.m. May 6. Schweiker recently answered a letter of local service clubs stating he will be the keynote speaker at a joint service club dinner at Warwick High School. This is the first dinner of its kind, but participating organizations hope to make it an annual event. The clubs involved include: American Business Club, Lititz Javeees, Lititz Lions Club, Warwick Lions Club, Rotary and the Sertoma Ciub. Presidents of these service clubs met about six weeks ago to make tentative plans for the joint dinner. Plans were finalized Tuesday night. The intent of the dinner is to foster closer relationships among the service clubs of the Lititz-Warwick area and to consider the feasibility of joint projects to benefit the entire community. In making plans for the dinner, U.S. Senator Schweiker was contacted to be speaker. The original contact was made by Ron Reedy of Lititz, who is Congressman Ed Eshleman’s staff member. Marvin Miller, Pennsylvania representative, will be the master of ceremonies. The meal will be catered by Bingeman’s Restaurant. Local service club representatives indicated they are elated by the Senator’s response to the invitation and are planning for at least 400 to attend the dinner, including wives. Six Lititz service club presidents are shown Tuesday night planning a joint dinner May 6 at which U.S. Senator Richard Schweiker will be speaker. The six and their clubs are: left to right, seated, Paul R. Diehm, American Business Club; Steve Palkovic, Dititz Lions Club; Fred Engle, Lititz Jaycees;! standing, John Morman, Lititz Rotary Club; Harold McKinney, Lititz Sertoma Cub, and Paul Kurtz, Warwick Lions Club. Tickets will be sold at $2.50 each to service club members and their guests first, before they are opened to the general public. Any profit from the dinner will be donated to the Lititz Rec Center, it was reported. Tickets can be secured through the service club members or their presidents. The presidents are: Paul R. Diehm, ABC; Steve Palkovic, Lititz Lions; Fred Engle, Jaycees; Paul Kurtz, Warwick Lions; John Morman, Rotary, and Harold McKinney, Sertoma. Passion and Resurrection Is Central Theme Of Musical At St. Paul’s Lutheran Church A program of Easter music by the St. Paul’s Lutheran Church choirs, organ, Handbell choir and instruments will be presented at 7 p.m. Sunday, April 4. The musical program will be divided into four sections: Palm Sunday, Passion Week, Easter Day, and Post-Easter (The meaning of Easter for us). Short introductory comments by one of the pastors, Rev. James G. Shannon and Rev. James E. Stough, will preeeed each section. Highlighting the program will be the newest composition of Garry A. Cornell, “Joy Dawns Again”, in modern folk music idiom; and “I Know That My Redeemer Lives”, Chorale Con-certato by Bunjes. The folk number will feature Donna Ross on guitar and Jim Enck on the string bass. The concertato combines the choirs, organ and trumpet. The combined choirs of over 100 voices, the Handbell choir and the congregation will join in the singing the hymn, “All Glory, Laud and Honor” as a prelude to the program. Following the hymn, the Senior and Young People’s choirs will sing “Psalm” from Beaumont’s “A Twentieth Century Folk Mass”. The Junior choir will open the Palm Sunday section with “Sing Hosanna” by Sullivan. Tami Weiler is the featured soloist. “Carol for Palm Sunday” by the Young People’s choir will be followed by the combined choirs in “Hail Hosanna!”. The Passion Week section will be: “Blessed Jesu, Fount of Mercy”, from “Stabat Mater” by Anton Dvorak; “Saw Ye My Saviour?”, an American Folk Hymn arranged by Walter Eh-ret; and, “Before Pilate” and “March to Calvary” from the Easter Cantata “Olivet to Calvary” by J. H. Maunder. All will be sung by the Senior choir. “Hymn for Easter Day” opens the Easter Day section with the choirs and congregation and featuring trumpeters John Kline, Jeff Helman and Richard Taft. Other numbers are: “Easter Chimes” by the Martin Luther choir;. “Easter Bell Carol” by the Junior and Senior choirs with the Handbell choir; Essay Contest Winners Named and the folk number “Joy Dawns Again” by Cornell. The Post-Easter portion of the program will be the concertato, “I Know That My Redeemer Lives” and “Sabbath Bells” by the Martin Luther choir with the Handbell choir. Director of the Senior, Young People’s, Junior and Handbell choirs is Harry Neidermyer. Mrs. Barry Smith will direct the Martin Luther choir. Organists are Mrs. Dean Burkholder, Mrs. Warren Mellinger and Mrs. Frederick Brubaker. The community is invited to attend. Community Calendar Thursday, April 1 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.— Senior Citizens Activity Day, Rec Center. 6:30 p.m.—Lititz Fire Company Auxiliary meeting, Fire Hall. 6:30 p.m. — Lititz Lions Club, General Sutter Inn. 7:30 p.m.—Warwick Township supervisors meeting, Twp. Municipal Building. 7:30 p.m. — Delphian Society, Mrs. Ethel Kauffman home, Neffsville. 7:45 p.m.—Jr. High Orchestra- Chorus Concert, Warwick High School Auditorium. 8 p.m.—VFW Post 1463 meeting, Post Home. Friday, April 2 7 p.m. — Elizabeth Township supervisors meeting, Brick-erville Fire Hall. 7:30 p.m.—All State Region III Chorus, Lebanon. 8 p.m. — The “Bridge”, Rec Center. Saturday, April 3 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.—Chicken Barbecue, sponsored by Brun-nerville Fire Company, Fire Hall. Bake Sale, same place, Sponsored by Fire Company Auxiliary. 12 Noon — Spring Luncheon, Lititz Lancaster, York, Linden Hall Alumnae, General Sutter Inn. 1:30 p.m. — Society of Farm Women 1 meeting at home of Mrs. Ira Shearer, Lititz RD4. 7:30 p.m. — Square Dance Group, Rec Center. 8 p.m.—All State Region III Chorus, Lebanon. Monday, April 5 7 p.m. — TOPS meeting, Rec Center. 7 p.m. — Sertoma Club, Warwick Haus. 7:30 p.m. — IOOF Lodge 1050 meeting, Lodge Hall. 7:30 p.m. — Zoning Hearing Board, Boro Hall. 8 p.m.—Legion Auxiliary meet» ing, Post Home. Tuesday, April 6 10 a.m.—Lititz Retailers meeting, General Sutter Inn. 6 p.m.—Rotary Club, General Sutter Inn. 7:30 p.m.—Planning Commission, Boro Hall. 8 p.m.—Mother’s of Twins Club, Cleft Palate Clinic, Lancaster. Wednesday, April 7 6:30 p.m.—Ambucs, American Legion Home. Thursday, April 8 7 p.m.—Baron Stiegel Lions Club, Polly’s Restaurant. 7:30 p.m.—Warwick Township Planning Commission, Municipal Building. 8:30 p.m. — Jaycee meeting, American Legion Home. Borough To Change Parking Meters To 5 and 10 Cents Lititz Borough Council Tuesday night approved $6006. to purchase the internal mechanisms for 186 parking meters in the borough. The cost of $33. per meter would replace the present mechanism with a new one that would take both nickels and dimes. The cent presently used would be eliminated. Borough Manager George Siedlc presented a study that indicated this policy was followed by most all boroughs in Lancaster County, Council approved the removing .¡of rseSeppl- unopened streets from the bbrough plan Lo pci rod Moravian SoriieSV Infh'Ha-^ean-strucL a fulicare facility for-Uae elderly. : <- V The streets removed are: ')-$ W. Mairion Street, Horn Maple Lane to W. Second Avenue; Moravian Avenue, irom W. Lemon Street, unopened, to W. Marion Street, unopened; and S. Walnut Street, from W. Lemon Street, to W. Second Avenue. James H. Yerger, 105 West End Avenue, appointed to council at the February meeting, was given the loyalty oath by District Judge Paul F. Diehm and the oath of office by Mayor Russell L. Templeton. Council heard a report from Steedle stating that a meeting had been held with state officials, Morgan Mills officials and borough representatives concerning Morgan Mills industrial waste. A request by the Record Express to attend the meeting was rejected, so no report is available. It was reported that the Lititz Fire Company desires to locate a new fire station at 147 South Broad Street and will seek approval to do so from the Zoning Hearing Board. Paul Diehm, President of the Ambucs Club, stated in a letter that the club would pay the cost of installing three gas lights in Zum Anker Alley as a downtown restoration project. Diehm also said the board would consider future purchases. Bids were received for a new borough police car, but an awarding will not be made until the April meeting. The following were employed at the Lititz Springs Swimming Pool: Manager, Lawrence Van BrOokhoven, Jr.; Assistant Manager, Frederick J. Rogers; Office Clerk, Karen Kreider, Cathy Hoover; Life Guards, Michael J. Long, Steve Troutman, Dean Mastromatteo, Rebecca C. Rutt and Mary B. Tucker; Refreshment Stand Clerks, Cathy Hoover, Patricia Bryson, Beverly Brown, Audrea J. Stemplinger, Susanne Keith, and Denise Garner; Alternates for Refreshment Stand, Debra Laser and Mary Ann Lahr; Groundkeepir.g, John Mease. A request for a public hearing by Donald F. Kepner was withdrawn. Kepner had sought a hearing on a proposal to have land at the southwest corner of E. Main Street and Forney Drive rezonec! from Rl, low-density residential, to Office and Professional. Council awarded a $16.681 contract for street resurfacing to McMinn Asphalt Co., East Petersburg. Portions of W. Marion Street, Swarthmore Drive, Oxford Drive, S. Cedar Street, Middle Lane, Rodney Lane and Blackberry Lane will be resurfaced. Council gave permission to the Lititz Jaycees to close W. Main Sired from Broad Street to Spruce Street on May 22 for a street fair. Council hired two new employes for the Water and Sewer Department. They are Joseph N. Bryson Jr., Manheim R2, and Robert J. Maul, 519 Spring Ave. The meeting was attended by the winners of the Youth Day in Government Election. Their platform included the following requests which were read to Borough Council: 1. Patch up the Pot Holes! 2. Time those traffic lights! 3. Drop the unfair curfew in the borough and township. • 4 End pollution in Our Own Community! 5. Fight Adult Apathy. 6. A self-cleaning pistol for Leroy Emmerich. 7. New Christmas Decorations. 8. New Park Benches. 9. Allocate more funds for the Public Library. FIRE CALL The Lititz Fireman were called to extinguish a fire in the battery and wiring of a car owned by Charles Bingham, Lititz RD3. The car caught fire along the Landis Valley Road. Damage was estimated at $40. Paul F. Diehm, assistant fire chief was in charge. The firemen were called twice Saturday afternoon to extinguish grass fires. The Lititz Woman’s Christian Temperance Union announced the following award winners in the Essay Contest sponsored by the local WCTU in cooperation with the Health Dept of the Warwick Sr. and Jr. High School. Mr. Ronald McIntyre is head of the health dept. Subjects for the essays this year were; “Alcohol — Total Abstinence for Survival” — Jr. High and “Alcohol — Public Enemy Number One” — Sr. High. Subjects are selected by the Nation- Jacob Messner, 2101 Main Street, Rothsville, displays the plaque presented to him and his wife by the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts of Rothsville. He received the award at a recent scout banquet in recognition of the contributions and assistance he has given to the scouts. (See story under Rothsville Area News page 9.) al WCTU Dept. Of Narcotics Education. Senior High winners are; Rick Tropasso, 1st; David Lutz, 2nd, and Thomas Lantz, 3rd. Honorable mention; Jim Zug, Mike Hampshire and Wayne Siegrist. Junior High winners are; Jim Wolfe, 1st; Kevin Reedy, 2nd; Brian Morgan, 3rd. Honorable Mention; Brad Brubaker, Robert Hoffman and Barry Houser. Monetary awards are given to the first three winners and they are eligible to compete in the County Contest. Scholastic credit is given to all essays written. Reference materials are supplied by the local school library and materials are also suggested by the WCTU. Students may also secure material elsewhere. Essays are judged according to accuracy, originality, style and persuasion, grammatical construction etc. Neatness is also a factor. They must adhere to the assigned topic. All papers are judged by number. The following persons served as judges for the contest; Mrs. Irvin Kauffman, Mrs. Scott Garman, Mrs. Eugene Steffy, Rev. D. Howard ■ Keiper, Rev. James Stough, and Rev. Roy Yuntl. Because of the number of papers written this was not the easiest work and the Narcotics Education Director wishes to publicly thank them for their cooperation. In the past few years the Warwick School has received awards in county, state and national contests. Mrs. John Mohler is the local WCTU director of the Narcotics Education Department. An estimated $45,000 to $50,000 damage occurred in this barn fire Monday on the farm tenanted by Harlan Groff, Holly Tree Road, Manheim RD1, and owned by Grant G. Simmons, 216 Landis Valley Road, Lancaster. . Some early reports had indicated arson, but the fire started from “some bad wires” and the possibility of arson is “definitely out,” Paul Z. Knier, Lancaster County fire marshall, said Wednesday afternoon. The fire early Monday afternoon, completely destroyed the barn and its contents, including many valu-able pieces of farm equipment including a tractor, the charred remains of which are shown in the foreground, farm wagons and cultivators. The house, shown in the photo, was only about 20 feet from the barn and received extensive damage from both flames and water used to bring the fire under control. Five puppies were killed and several pieces of furniture were removed from the house at one point because of concern that the house might also be lost. |
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