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The Lititz Record - Express Serving The Warwick Area For Nearly A Century 95th Year Estab lished April, 1877, as The Sunbeam (Consolidated with The Iiltltz Record, 1937) Lititz, Lancaster County, Penna., Thursday, April 29,1971 10 o sn ts a Copy; #4.00 per y ea r by mall w ith in Lanca ste r Connty 16 Pages No, 4 Lititz Boro Council Takes Action On Many Issues at April Meeting Firemen spray water on the burning bales of paper that burned at Woodstream Corporation Saturday afternoon. Three fire companies, Lititz, Rothsville and Brunnerville helped extinguish the fire that caused ar estimated loss of between $50,00 to $60,000. The fire was located to the rear of the Woodstream building. Woodstream Fire Loss Set at More Than *50,000 A major fire at Woodstream Corporation Saturday afternoon caused an estimated $50,000 to $60.000 damage, according to Lititz Fire Chief Ammon Shelly. Original reports had placed Community Calendar Thursday, April 29 6:15 p.m. — Mother-Daughter Banquet, United Methodist Church. 6:30 p.m.—WCTU annual Legislative Dinner, Lititz Church of the Brethren. Friday, April 30 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. — Rummage Sale, sponsored by Adult Class, St. Luke’s UCC, Odd Fellows Hall. 7 to 8 p.m.—Open House at Nursery School, St. Paul’s Lutheran Church. 7:30 p.m.—The “Bridge”, at Rec Center. Saturday, May 1 9 a.m.—Bake Sale, sponsored by Auxiliary to Lititz Fire Company, Fire Hall. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.—Chicken Barbecue— Bake Sale, sponsored by Ladies Auxiliary to United Zion Home, Newport Road and Route 501. 730 p.m. — Welcome Wagon Club Dinner Dance, Food-ergong Restaurant, Akron. 7:30 p.m.—Movie at Rec Center, “Wackiest Ship In The Army.” Sunday, May 2 11 a.m.—-Warwick Lions Club Horse Show, Rothsville Polo Field. Monday, May 3 7 p.m.—TOPS Meeting, Rec Center. 7 p.m.—Sertoma Club, Warwick Haus. 7:30 p.m.—IOOF Meeting, Lodge Hall. 7:30 p.m.—Lititz Zoning Hearing Board, Borough Hall. 8 p.m.—Ladies Auxiliary to American Legion Post 56 Meeting, Post Home. (Continued on Page 6) damage at only $10,000 to $15,- 000, but the figure was raised. Shelly said the fire burned about one million pounds of paper which was stored in stacks in a 250 by 40 foot area in the yard near a quonset hut at the rear of the Woodstream building. The hut and material stored inside were also reported damaged. Chief Shelly and County Fire Marshall Paul Z. Knier reported Wednesday they are still investigating the cause of the fire. Preliminary indications are that the fire may have started from sparks from a company burning pit located about 30 feet from the bales. Woodstream workmen apparently did not see the fire until it was well under way at about 3 p.m. At the time of the fire, Lititz firemen were already responding to two grass fire calls. Chief Shelly reported the first grass fire call came at about 3:15 p.m. to an area behind Manbeck’s bakery. At about the same time a call came from Linden Hall School for Girls. Shelly dispatched the first truck to Linden Hall where there was a large grass fire and proceeded : with the other two trucks in the chief’s car to Manbeck’s. As the third fire truck, operated by Howard E. Mowrer, assistant, fire chief, was passing through the 500 block of East Main Street, Mowrer noticed a lot of dense smoke in the vicinity of Yerger Bros. Mowrer notified Shelly by radio that he would investigate the Yerger Bros. area. Shelly continued to Manbeck’s and found that the grass fire there had been put out by a fisherman in the area. Following the sound of a whistle signifying a fire at Woodstream, Shelly sent a fire truck there. Shelly said the fire company never received an official call from Woodstream. Shelly summoned assistance from ‘ the Rothsville Fire Company and the Brunnerville Fire Company. Manheim firemen stood call at the Lititz Fire Hall. Employes at Woodstream used three hose lines from an internal hydrant system from the plant. The Rothsville company pumped water from a hydrant at Yergers. The Lititz Company pumped water from North Elm and Front Streets and the Brunnerville Company got water from the Santo Domingo Creek. Sparks from the burning bales 6f paper endangered Yerger Bros, and private garages in the area for a time. Chief Shelly said the local fire company has . never before encountered three fires at the same time. The Linden Hall fire, which started from an incident at the school was extinguished with only minor damage reported. Police Chief George Hicks has recommended that police quarters be expanded into the rec room of the Fire Company. At borough council meeting Tuesday night Chief Hicks listed several reasons why police need about three times the present available space. Local firemen are expected to discuss the proposal at their meeting this week. Meanwhile, the Lititz Fire Company has requested the Lititz Zoning Board to grant a special exception at its May 3 meeting to allow construction of a new fire hall at 149 South Broad Street. Council accepted with general agreement a five point proposal of the environmental quality control advisory committee. It was noted, however, that one of the proposals, to have monthly collection of newspapers, already is being conducted every second Tuesday by the Boy Scouts. A proposal by eight local dentists urging Council to fluoridate the Borough water supply was take under consideration pending a study of the costs of fluoridation. Speaking on behalf of the dentists was Dr. Roy K. Yeager. Council approved an agreement to pay $141 as the borough’s share of the cost of cooperating with Ephrata Police in securing joint Breathalyzer equipment to check for drinking violations. Borough council approved the annexation of 35.37 acres from Warwick Township at the Southeast end of the borough. The vacant land at the Southeast end of the borough was requested for annexation by Mes-sick Realty Inc. In other action at a busy council meeting, Council approved the Lititz Recreation Board budget for the 1971-72 fiscal year. The borough portion of the budget is $5,927.20 and the Warwick School District will contribute $11,752.80. Council referred a request to increase the membership of the Board of • Historical Review from three to five members to the present board for recommendation. Council added a new section of street to the 1971 street resurfacing program after it was found that there would be money left over from the original work that was planned. Laurel Avenue from East Marion. Street, to East Second Avenue was added at an estimated cost of $1,043. Streets previously listed were: West Marion from Second Avenue to General Sutter and from General Sutter to Sixth Avenue; Swarthmore Drive Warwick Citizens Ask About Proposed Water System The regular monthly meeting of the Warwick Township Municipal Water Authority last week was attended by about 20 interested township residents. Chairman J. Arne Forney revealed the contents of a reply from Congressman Edwin Eshle-man to the Authority’s appeal for aid in obtaining federal funds to. assist in construction of .a proposed township water system. Noting that the Department of Housing and Urban Development will not give aid after construction of a system begins, Forney said Eshleman is not giving much encouragement for state or federal funds. , “The whole purpose of federal assistance is for communities' that cannot finance the projects themselves,” Eshleman’s letter stated. Tracy Greenland of Tracy Engineers, Inc., pointed out that the problem with federal aid is that the emphasis now is on water pollution control, which means sewage. “Almost all the money is going for sewage systems,” Greenlund said. “Lancaster County is not one of the areas in the state given preference for federal aid due to the self sufficiency here,” Greenlund added. Although the~final agreement - for rental of water from Lititz Borough has not. been concluded, Greenlund said a decision has been made to tap the storage reservoir on Kissel Hill and add a pump to serve the Warwick Township area. This will eliminate the need for one of the proposed elevated storage tanks. After considerable discussion on costs, the township supervisors gave approval for the release of the engineer’s early estimates. Stressing that these figures are only estimates and may be changed two or three times, the cost estimates were given as: $5.50 per front foot; $150 preliminary connection fee (tapping fee); average annual water rental, $77. Questions from the residents attending Wednesday’s meeting dealth mainly with the necessity of the water system, areas to be served, costs and usage, of the water. Thomas E. Nolan, Dridge Hill Road, asked if the water system is to serve the whole township or selected areas. Explaining that the system is “looped” to feed from both ends, primarily for fire protection, Tracy Greenlund indicated that the built-up areas will be the primary ones to receive water. “Anyone in the area of a fire hydrant, which the system includes, will benefit by an ultimate reduction in his fire insurance rates,” Greenlund explained. L. Douglas Stark, Owl Hill Road, asked, “If the water line passes my property, I must connect to it, but must I use the water?” it was explained that a well cannot be cross-connected with the water supply. However, the well water could still be used exteriorly for such functions as washing or wwjriggj gam^. ,5 Stark asked how priorities were established for the areas tu be served and was told it was on the basis of significant need and for the built-up areas. Stark further questioned how front footage costs would be equated if one property is 2,000 feet and the next is 100 feet. George Morgan of Newcomer, Roda and Morgan, solicitors,, answered, “There are exclusions given in the 1970 law (General Assembly Act 97). Industry and farm use for purposes other than human consumption are ex- (Continued on Page 3) from Kissel Hill Road to Laurel Avenue; Oxford Drive from Kissel Hill Road to Laurel Avenue; South Cedar Street from Light Lane to Marion Street, and Laurel Avenue from Marion Street to Second Avenue. Total estimated cost of the summer street resurfacing program will be $17,862. In related action, the council approved a list of local highway priority needs to the County Planning Commission which will in turn incorporate these into a county-wide proposal for consideration by the State in its six year plan. The local requests, in order of priority, are: proposed Fruit-ville Pike construction from Lancaster to Pennsylvania Turnpike, Manheim interchange and associated secondary highway from Lititz to Fruitville Pike; North Water Street from East Main Street to North Borough line; West Orange Street from South Broad Street to Walnut Street, and West Lincoln Avenue from North Broad Street to Warwick Street. It was reported that the state liquid fuel tax which normally is received April 1 will not be received until after July 1. Council reported receiving volume 1 of the Lancaster County Sketch plan and Lancaster County Community Facilities plan from the Lancaster County Planning Commission. A letter of appreciation was approved to William M. Light for donating and planting a Flaming Red Ash tree in the grass island plot at the intersection of South Spruce Street and West Second Avenue. A letter was approved to the Warwick School District to express appreciation for work the students did in connection with Earth Day. Council awarded a $3,257 contract for 1971 police, car to Bru-.. baker Motors, Inc., 1520-60 Lititz Pike, Lancaster. Council also approved $450 purchase from Don Kranch Radio, 306 New Holland Pike, Lancaster, of a federal roof mounting bar with twin warning lights, electronic siren and roof-top public address system. Council approved a 25 cent per 1,000 cubic foot increase in water rates and a 25 cent decrease in sewer rates. The Moravian Manors prposal to remove three unopened streets from the Borough plan was approved. Pledges Beirtg Taken for the $20,000 Tosk Through Monday Citizens Plan to Restore Fine 1787 Tannenberg Organ By Pat Wilson Special Feature Writer Some of the finest organs ever produced in America were made right here in Lititz in the latter part of the 18th century by David Tannenberg. Two of these organs were made for the Lititz Moravian Congregation. One, a small one, is in use in the Chapel of the Single Brethren’s House. The other, a large 16-foot or- Warwick Lions Horse Show Sunday Lion John Kurtz, right, parking chairman, gives instructions to Mel Ravegum, Scoutmaster of Troop 27, Rothsville. Troop 27 will assist in parking cars and exhibitors vans at the Horse Show. The 14th annual Warwick Twp. Lions Club Horse Show starts off the local show circuit for horse show devotees. Paul Kurtz, club president, has announced the show will be held at 11 a.m. Sunday, May 2 at Forney’s Polo Field, Rothsville. The proceeds from this year’s show will be split evenly to Leader Dog for the Blind’ school, and for a local long-range planning of improving the Lions grounds on Twin Brook Road, in Rothsville, to be more useful to the community. Show chairman, Robert Dodson, Jr.,' of Lititz RD4, announces a total of 20 classes with championships awarded in green working hunter, junior working hunter, working hunter, and open jumper. A total of $392 will be offered as prize money in the days events. Mrs. H. C. Baldwin, III, of Coatesville, will be our judge for the day. Lee Karsnitz will be announcing the events and winners throughout the day. A (Continued on Page 8) gan, has been stored in the attic since 1910. Some local citizens have been planning for the past 12 or 13 years to have this organ restored and put into use. Wayne Le-fever, church organist, started the campaign. Now, it is being spearheaded by H. Sidney Long. The group has learned that restoration of the organ will cost about $20,000. A drive is underway to raise pledges to this amount by Monday. The Friends of the Organ, as the group is called, held a dinner at Linden Hall April 12 to get the drive underway. At that event, attended by 40 persons, 17 pledges, totalling $5,000, were made. The Rev. John Morman, headmaster of Linden Hall, pointed out that the committee is not interested in receiving the money at this point. They want pledges for specific amounts to be donated when restoration begins. At the close of the drive Monday, the Church Council will meet to decide to whom to award the restoration contract. The Rev. Mr. Morman indicated that two bona fide bids have been submitted. A third restorer wrote to express interest but did not submit a bid. It will take approximately one year to restore the organ. One of the problems, Rev. Morman ' pointed out, is that the Church already has the smaller Tannenberg organ. However, the interested Friends of the Organ feel that the larger organ, which was built in 1787, rightfully- be longs here and should be available to the entire community. It could be used for something like public concerts, Rev. Morman explained, so that non- Moravian residents of Lititz would have the opportunity to hear it. The spearheading group has been working hard on their project for the past three months and would like to enlist 100 Friends of the Organ by next week. Any amount is welcome. It could be in the form of a me morial, Rev. Morman added He said there will be a com memorative book near the or gan which will list the donors The pledges will be for res toration of the organ this year only. The committee would like to get the job done as quickly as possible so that the organ doesn’t deteriorate further, making restoration more difficult. Cost of restoring such a large, delicate instrument has skyrocketed in the past lev/ years, Rev. Morman said, because there are so few skilled restorers available and their number is rapidly diminishing. Any person who is interested in pledging any amount of money to the restoration of the Tannenberg organ' is asked to contact Rev. Morman at Linden Hall. Besides Rev. Morman, Le-fever and Long, other committee workers are Mrs. Richard S. Allebach, Mrs. Willy de Perrott, Byron K. Horne, Mrs. B. John Losensky, Mrs. Robert S. Posey, Mrs. Henry Walter Jr. and John Yerger. Others are Alfred L. Douple, Mr. and Mrs. James Yerger, Ben Forrest, Dr. Howard Min-nich, Dr. Ross E. Long, Mrs. George Searles, Mrs. H. William Mitchell, Mr. and Mrs. Grant (Continued on Page 2) Rev. John Morman displays a few of about 850 metal and wood pipes which will be fitted into the wind chest, in foreground, when the 1787 Tannenberg organ is restored.
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Title | Lititz Record Express |
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Full Text | The Lititz Record - Express Serving The Warwick Area For Nearly A Century 95th Year Estab lished April, 1877, as The Sunbeam (Consolidated with The Iiltltz Record, 1937) Lititz, Lancaster County, Penna., Thursday, April 29,1971 10 o sn ts a Copy; #4.00 per y ea r by mall w ith in Lanca ste r Connty 16 Pages No, 4 Lititz Boro Council Takes Action On Many Issues at April Meeting Firemen spray water on the burning bales of paper that burned at Woodstream Corporation Saturday afternoon. Three fire companies, Lititz, Rothsville and Brunnerville helped extinguish the fire that caused ar estimated loss of between $50,00 to $60,000. The fire was located to the rear of the Woodstream building. Woodstream Fire Loss Set at More Than *50,000 A major fire at Woodstream Corporation Saturday afternoon caused an estimated $50,000 to $60.000 damage, according to Lititz Fire Chief Ammon Shelly. Original reports had placed Community Calendar Thursday, April 29 6:15 p.m. — Mother-Daughter Banquet, United Methodist Church. 6:30 p.m.—WCTU annual Legislative Dinner, Lititz Church of the Brethren. Friday, April 30 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. — Rummage Sale, sponsored by Adult Class, St. Luke’s UCC, Odd Fellows Hall. 7 to 8 p.m.—Open House at Nursery School, St. Paul’s Lutheran Church. 7:30 p.m.—The “Bridge”, at Rec Center. Saturday, May 1 9 a.m.—Bake Sale, sponsored by Auxiliary to Lititz Fire Company, Fire Hall. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.—Chicken Barbecue— Bake Sale, sponsored by Ladies Auxiliary to United Zion Home, Newport Road and Route 501. 730 p.m. — Welcome Wagon Club Dinner Dance, Food-ergong Restaurant, Akron. 7:30 p.m.—Movie at Rec Center, “Wackiest Ship In The Army.” Sunday, May 2 11 a.m.—-Warwick Lions Club Horse Show, Rothsville Polo Field. Monday, May 3 7 p.m.—TOPS Meeting, Rec Center. 7 p.m.—Sertoma Club, Warwick Haus. 7:30 p.m.—IOOF Meeting, Lodge Hall. 7:30 p.m.—Lititz Zoning Hearing Board, Borough Hall. 8 p.m.—Ladies Auxiliary to American Legion Post 56 Meeting, Post Home. (Continued on Page 6) damage at only $10,000 to $15,- 000, but the figure was raised. Shelly said the fire burned about one million pounds of paper which was stored in stacks in a 250 by 40 foot area in the yard near a quonset hut at the rear of the Woodstream building. The hut and material stored inside were also reported damaged. Chief Shelly and County Fire Marshall Paul Z. Knier reported Wednesday they are still investigating the cause of the fire. Preliminary indications are that the fire may have started from sparks from a company burning pit located about 30 feet from the bales. Woodstream workmen apparently did not see the fire until it was well under way at about 3 p.m. At the time of the fire, Lititz firemen were already responding to two grass fire calls. Chief Shelly reported the first grass fire call came at about 3:15 p.m. to an area behind Manbeck’s bakery. At about the same time a call came from Linden Hall School for Girls. Shelly dispatched the first truck to Linden Hall where there was a large grass fire and proceeded : with the other two trucks in the chief’s car to Manbeck’s. As the third fire truck, operated by Howard E. Mowrer, assistant, fire chief, was passing through the 500 block of East Main Street, Mowrer noticed a lot of dense smoke in the vicinity of Yerger Bros. Mowrer notified Shelly by radio that he would investigate the Yerger Bros. area. Shelly continued to Manbeck’s and found that the grass fire there had been put out by a fisherman in the area. Following the sound of a whistle signifying a fire at Woodstream, Shelly sent a fire truck there. Shelly said the fire company never received an official call from Woodstream. Shelly summoned assistance from ‘ the Rothsville Fire Company and the Brunnerville Fire Company. Manheim firemen stood call at the Lititz Fire Hall. Employes at Woodstream used three hose lines from an internal hydrant system from the plant. The Rothsville company pumped water from a hydrant at Yergers. The Lititz Company pumped water from North Elm and Front Streets and the Brunnerville Company got water from the Santo Domingo Creek. Sparks from the burning bales 6f paper endangered Yerger Bros, and private garages in the area for a time. Chief Shelly said the local fire company has . never before encountered three fires at the same time. The Linden Hall fire, which started from an incident at the school was extinguished with only minor damage reported. Police Chief George Hicks has recommended that police quarters be expanded into the rec room of the Fire Company. At borough council meeting Tuesday night Chief Hicks listed several reasons why police need about three times the present available space. Local firemen are expected to discuss the proposal at their meeting this week. Meanwhile, the Lititz Fire Company has requested the Lititz Zoning Board to grant a special exception at its May 3 meeting to allow construction of a new fire hall at 149 South Broad Street. Council accepted with general agreement a five point proposal of the environmental quality control advisory committee. It was noted, however, that one of the proposals, to have monthly collection of newspapers, already is being conducted every second Tuesday by the Boy Scouts. A proposal by eight local dentists urging Council to fluoridate the Borough water supply was take under consideration pending a study of the costs of fluoridation. Speaking on behalf of the dentists was Dr. Roy K. Yeager. Council approved an agreement to pay $141 as the borough’s share of the cost of cooperating with Ephrata Police in securing joint Breathalyzer equipment to check for drinking violations. Borough council approved the annexation of 35.37 acres from Warwick Township at the Southeast end of the borough. The vacant land at the Southeast end of the borough was requested for annexation by Mes-sick Realty Inc. In other action at a busy council meeting, Council approved the Lititz Recreation Board budget for the 1971-72 fiscal year. The borough portion of the budget is $5,927.20 and the Warwick School District will contribute $11,752.80. Council referred a request to increase the membership of the Board of • Historical Review from three to five members to the present board for recommendation. Council added a new section of street to the 1971 street resurfacing program after it was found that there would be money left over from the original work that was planned. Laurel Avenue from East Marion. Street, to East Second Avenue was added at an estimated cost of $1,043. Streets previously listed were: West Marion from Second Avenue to General Sutter and from General Sutter to Sixth Avenue; Swarthmore Drive Warwick Citizens Ask About Proposed Water System The regular monthly meeting of the Warwick Township Municipal Water Authority last week was attended by about 20 interested township residents. Chairman J. Arne Forney revealed the contents of a reply from Congressman Edwin Eshle-man to the Authority’s appeal for aid in obtaining federal funds to. assist in construction of .a proposed township water system. Noting that the Department of Housing and Urban Development will not give aid after construction of a system begins, Forney said Eshleman is not giving much encouragement for state or federal funds. , “The whole purpose of federal assistance is for communities' that cannot finance the projects themselves,” Eshleman’s letter stated. Tracy Greenland of Tracy Engineers, Inc., pointed out that the problem with federal aid is that the emphasis now is on water pollution control, which means sewage. “Almost all the money is going for sewage systems,” Greenlund said. “Lancaster County is not one of the areas in the state given preference for federal aid due to the self sufficiency here,” Greenlund added. Although the~final agreement - for rental of water from Lititz Borough has not. been concluded, Greenlund said a decision has been made to tap the storage reservoir on Kissel Hill and add a pump to serve the Warwick Township area. This will eliminate the need for one of the proposed elevated storage tanks. After considerable discussion on costs, the township supervisors gave approval for the release of the engineer’s early estimates. Stressing that these figures are only estimates and may be changed two or three times, the cost estimates were given as: $5.50 per front foot; $150 preliminary connection fee (tapping fee); average annual water rental, $77. Questions from the residents attending Wednesday’s meeting dealth mainly with the necessity of the water system, areas to be served, costs and usage, of the water. Thomas E. Nolan, Dridge Hill Road, asked if the water system is to serve the whole township or selected areas. Explaining that the system is “looped” to feed from both ends, primarily for fire protection, Tracy Greenlund indicated that the built-up areas will be the primary ones to receive water. “Anyone in the area of a fire hydrant, which the system includes, will benefit by an ultimate reduction in his fire insurance rates,” Greenlund explained. L. Douglas Stark, Owl Hill Road, asked, “If the water line passes my property, I must connect to it, but must I use the water?” it was explained that a well cannot be cross-connected with the water supply. However, the well water could still be used exteriorly for such functions as washing or wwjriggj gam^. ,5 Stark asked how priorities were established for the areas tu be served and was told it was on the basis of significant need and for the built-up areas. Stark further questioned how front footage costs would be equated if one property is 2,000 feet and the next is 100 feet. George Morgan of Newcomer, Roda and Morgan, solicitors,, answered, “There are exclusions given in the 1970 law (General Assembly Act 97). Industry and farm use for purposes other than human consumption are ex- (Continued on Page 3) from Kissel Hill Road to Laurel Avenue; Oxford Drive from Kissel Hill Road to Laurel Avenue; South Cedar Street from Light Lane to Marion Street, and Laurel Avenue from Marion Street to Second Avenue. Total estimated cost of the summer street resurfacing program will be $17,862. In related action, the council approved a list of local highway priority needs to the County Planning Commission which will in turn incorporate these into a county-wide proposal for consideration by the State in its six year plan. The local requests, in order of priority, are: proposed Fruit-ville Pike construction from Lancaster to Pennsylvania Turnpike, Manheim interchange and associated secondary highway from Lititz to Fruitville Pike; North Water Street from East Main Street to North Borough line; West Orange Street from South Broad Street to Walnut Street, and West Lincoln Avenue from North Broad Street to Warwick Street. It was reported that the state liquid fuel tax which normally is received April 1 will not be received until after July 1. Council reported receiving volume 1 of the Lancaster County Sketch plan and Lancaster County Community Facilities plan from the Lancaster County Planning Commission. A letter of appreciation was approved to William M. Light for donating and planting a Flaming Red Ash tree in the grass island plot at the intersection of South Spruce Street and West Second Avenue. A letter was approved to the Warwick School District to express appreciation for work the students did in connection with Earth Day. Council awarded a $3,257 contract for 1971 police, car to Bru-.. baker Motors, Inc., 1520-60 Lititz Pike, Lancaster. Council also approved $450 purchase from Don Kranch Radio, 306 New Holland Pike, Lancaster, of a federal roof mounting bar with twin warning lights, electronic siren and roof-top public address system. Council approved a 25 cent per 1,000 cubic foot increase in water rates and a 25 cent decrease in sewer rates. The Moravian Manors prposal to remove three unopened streets from the Borough plan was approved. Pledges Beirtg Taken for the $20,000 Tosk Through Monday Citizens Plan to Restore Fine 1787 Tannenberg Organ By Pat Wilson Special Feature Writer Some of the finest organs ever produced in America were made right here in Lititz in the latter part of the 18th century by David Tannenberg. Two of these organs were made for the Lititz Moravian Congregation. One, a small one, is in use in the Chapel of the Single Brethren’s House. The other, a large 16-foot or- Warwick Lions Horse Show Sunday Lion John Kurtz, right, parking chairman, gives instructions to Mel Ravegum, Scoutmaster of Troop 27, Rothsville. Troop 27 will assist in parking cars and exhibitors vans at the Horse Show. The 14th annual Warwick Twp. Lions Club Horse Show starts off the local show circuit for horse show devotees. Paul Kurtz, club president, has announced the show will be held at 11 a.m. Sunday, May 2 at Forney’s Polo Field, Rothsville. The proceeds from this year’s show will be split evenly to Leader Dog for the Blind’ school, and for a local long-range planning of improving the Lions grounds on Twin Brook Road, in Rothsville, to be more useful to the community. Show chairman, Robert Dodson, Jr.,' of Lititz RD4, announces a total of 20 classes with championships awarded in green working hunter, junior working hunter, working hunter, and open jumper. A total of $392 will be offered as prize money in the days events. Mrs. H. C. Baldwin, III, of Coatesville, will be our judge for the day. Lee Karsnitz will be announcing the events and winners throughout the day. A (Continued on Page 8) gan, has been stored in the attic since 1910. Some local citizens have been planning for the past 12 or 13 years to have this organ restored and put into use. Wayne Le-fever, church organist, started the campaign. Now, it is being spearheaded by H. Sidney Long. The group has learned that restoration of the organ will cost about $20,000. A drive is underway to raise pledges to this amount by Monday. The Friends of the Organ, as the group is called, held a dinner at Linden Hall April 12 to get the drive underway. At that event, attended by 40 persons, 17 pledges, totalling $5,000, were made. The Rev. John Morman, headmaster of Linden Hall, pointed out that the committee is not interested in receiving the money at this point. They want pledges for specific amounts to be donated when restoration begins. At the close of the drive Monday, the Church Council will meet to decide to whom to award the restoration contract. The Rev. Mr. Morman indicated that two bona fide bids have been submitted. A third restorer wrote to express interest but did not submit a bid. It will take approximately one year to restore the organ. One of the problems, Rev. Morman ' pointed out, is that the Church already has the smaller Tannenberg organ. However, the interested Friends of the Organ feel that the larger organ, which was built in 1787, rightfully- be longs here and should be available to the entire community. It could be used for something like public concerts, Rev. Morman explained, so that non- Moravian residents of Lititz would have the opportunity to hear it. The spearheading group has been working hard on their project for the past three months and would like to enlist 100 Friends of the Organ by next week. Any amount is welcome. It could be in the form of a me morial, Rev. Morman added He said there will be a com memorative book near the or gan which will list the donors The pledges will be for res toration of the organ this year only. The committee would like to get the job done as quickly as possible so that the organ doesn’t deteriorate further, making restoration more difficult. Cost of restoring such a large, delicate instrument has skyrocketed in the past lev/ years, Rev. Morman said, because there are so few skilled restorers available and their number is rapidly diminishing. Any person who is interested in pledging any amount of money to the restoration of the Tannenberg organ' is asked to contact Rev. Morman at Linden Hall. Besides Rev. Morman, Le-fever and Long, other committee workers are Mrs. Richard S. Allebach, Mrs. Willy de Perrott, Byron K. Horne, Mrs. B. John Losensky, Mrs. Robert S. Posey, Mrs. Henry Walter Jr. and John Yerger. Others are Alfred L. Douple, Mr. and Mrs. James Yerger, Ben Forrest, Dr. Howard Min-nich, Dr. Ross E. Long, Mrs. George Searles, Mrs. H. William Mitchell, Mr. and Mrs. Grant (Continued on Page 2) Rev. John Morman displays a few of about 850 metal and wood pipes which will be fitted into the wind chest, in foreground, when the 1787 Tannenberg organ is restored. |
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