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Independence Day antique show:
a red, white and blue affair
The 26th annual Lititz
Historical Foundation An­tique
Show and Sale will take
place on Independence Day
Weekend in the Warwick
Middle School cafeteria.
The show begins Friday,
July 3, at 10 a.m. until 6 p.m.
Hours on Independence Day,
Saturday, July 4, are from 10
a.m. to 5 p.m.
Thirty-six dealers from
four states will exhibit an­tique
furniture, primitives,
glass, quilts, china, dolls,
books, postcards and tools,
in addition to other items.
As a salute to the nation’s
celebration of the bicen­tennial
of the Constitution,
the theme “The Red, White
and Blue” will color the two-day
event, as exhibitors
dress in thé patriotic colors
during the weekend.
The foundation’s tüm-of-the-
century, portable foot-pedal
organ will be brought
back to musical life by a lady
whose own musical career
spans more than half a
century. Jessie Halkyard,
78, hails from Catawissa and
is the leader of a touring
senior citizens orchestra.
She is coming to Lititz to
play the antique organ on
July 4 at the request of her
daughter, Sue Logan, a Lititz
resident.
On July 3, Sue and her
daughter, Heather, will
perform a medley of
patriotic songs, with Sue
accompanying ce llist
Heather on the piano.
The first 200 patrons who
attend the show and sale
between the hours of 2 and 4
p.m. each day of the event
will receive small American
flags donated by the Lititz
Springs VFW.
Sen. Snyder to speak
Adding to the bicentennial
celebration, the historical
foundation will present a
free lecture, “It is a Rising
Sun, Dr. Franklin,” with
re tire d s ta te Senator
Richard Snyder offering his
dramatized version of what
a Founding Father would
say about the Constitution as
it relates to the United States
today.
Snyder will speak on
Friday, July 3, at 7 p.m. in
the music room of the Mary
Dixon Chapel at Linden Hall
on Church Square.
Light refreshments will be
served in the Johannes
Mueller House Garden just
across the street after the
senator’s talk.
The special fund-raising
feature for this year’s show
will be the offering of an
early 19th century woolen
coverlet.
A p p ro p r ia te ly , th e
coverlet is of a red, white
and blue design. It was made
in the southeastern part of
the county.
The coverlet is on display
at the Mueller House.
Patrons of the antique show
and sale will be treated to a
free tour of the Mueller
House and Gardens.
Moravian sugar cakes and
other baked goods will be
sold during the weekend, as
well as handmade Moravian
dolls. The proceeds from the
show will benefit restoration
and maintenance of the
Mueller House.
Sä /
i n P a r k
July 4 festivities in Lititz
Springs Park begin at 12:30
p.m. Saturday with the first
of a day-long series of en­tertainment
on-stage at the
park bandshell.
Leading off the stage show
will be the newly formed
Babies to parade in Lititz park
Registration for the
second annual Lititz Baby
Parade, sponsored by the
Lititz Woman’s Club, will
take place from 2:30 to 3:15
p.m. at the roundhouse in
Lititz Springs Park.
The parade, open to all
children to the age of 4
years, will begin at 3:15 p.m.
This year’s theme is “The
Fourth of July.”*Awards will
be made to the prettiest, the
most comical, the most
colorful and the best of
theme. A grand prize also
will be awarded.
Second time in one week
Thieves hit church
Lititz Moravian Church, 8
Church Square, has been hit
by thieves for the second
time in one week, according
to Lititz police. The theft is
one of several currently
under investigation.
BURGLARY/THEFT
MORAVIAN CHURCH:
Sylvester Pierce called
Officer Doug Shertzer June
28 at 6:15 p.m. to report that
someone had broken into the
Lititz Moravian Church and
had removed a metal box
from a filing cabinet. Among
the items listed as missing
are candles, an undisclosed
amount of checks, postage
stamps and $139 in wrapped
pennies. Pierce had called
borough police June 23 to
report a break-in and the
theft of $30-$50 in pennies.
SOUTH BROAD
STREET: Michael Neuroh, 4
S. Broad St., called police
June 26 at 9:10 p.m. to report
a burglary/theft at his
apartment. He told Officer
Kerry Nye that between
June 25 at 8 p.m. and June 26
at 9 p.m., someone entered
his apartment through an
unlocked door. Missing were
a Panasonic VCR valued at
$250 and a cassette tape
player valued at $100.The
incident remains under
investigation.
RETAIL THEFT
BROAD STREET: Officer
Ron Sandhaus was called to
People’s Drug Store, 743 S.
Broad St., June 26 at 4:47
p.m. to investigate a report
of retail theft. He was told
that two men, one carrying a
blue gym bag, entered the
store and went to the aisle
where perfumes and
colognes were displayed,
cashier saw them put items
from the shelves into the
bag. They left the store when
she went to call a manager.
Missing are the following:
three bottles of Lady Stetson
($7.50 each), one bottle
Emeraude cologne ($11.50),
two bottles Pierre Cardin
($12 each), one bottle Enjoli
($9.29 each), two Crystal
spray perfume ($21.50 each),
two bottles Crystal toilet
water ($17.50 each), and two
bottles Crystal body cream
($15.50 each).
The manager reported
that two men left the store
and entered a car driven by
a hispanic woman. He added
that the woman and one of
the men matched the
descriptions of people who
re tu rn ed merchandise
without sales receipts
recently.
THEFT
BROAD STREET: Jim
Yerger reported the theft of
a cash box from the Young
Men’s Business League, 4 S.
Broad St., June 26. Yerger
told Officer Charles
Shenenberger that someone
took the pool table money
box from a wall at the
league. The box contained
$50-$60 in cash.
FRONT STREET: Robert
Weidler, 521 Front St., told
Chief Jim Fritz that
someone took a wheelbarrow
valued at $25 from in front of
his residence between June
25 and 26.
SECOND AVENUE:
Lorraine Weigand, 323 E.
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Walt Saunders, Carl Kline, and Mike Diehm, alias “ Front Page," will rock the
Fourth of July celebration in Lititz Springs Park with their own special blend of
foik/blues/country/rock music from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
to rock
Fourth of July
group “ One Hundred
Proof,” starring Warwick
students, who will play
contemporary music to get
the day’s activities rolling
with a rock beat.
At 2 p.m, the ventriloquist
act “Stephen and Other
Dummies” will take the
stage.
Stephen Brubaker and his
“talented” dummies have
toured the country with a
fast-paced comedy/variety
show that incorporates
mime, live animal illusions
(they disappear!), sound
effects and music.
Stephen and his friends
have appeared with well-known
performers such as
Bob Hope, Elton John, The
Beach Boys, Chuck Berry
and others.
They have appeared at
comedy clubs, amusement
parks, and colleges and have
performed on the stage of
the famed Improvisation
Club in New York City.
At 3 p.m., entertainment
will be provided by
American Field Service
students who recently
completed the 1986-87 school
year at Warwick High
School.
At 4 p.m., the Lititz
Community Band will offer a
concert of favorite band
music to help recapture the
traditional atmosphere of a
day in the park.
In a slight break with
tradition, “ The Front
Page,” (see related story)
will take the stage at 5:30
p.m. New to the July 4
celebration in the park, the
group offers a style aimed at
a wide range of musical
tastes.
At 7 p.m., Glenn Zockoll’s
band will present the sound
of “Big Band Nostalgia,”
with a 9-piece band per­forming
music of Tommy
Dorsey, Harry James,
Benny Goodman, Woody
Herman and other masters
of the big band sound.
Band leader Zockoll notes
that his band plays the
sounds of the ’30s and ’40s in
authentic arrangements.
Zockoll has original
recordings from the big band
era, which he follows
“exactly,” he asserts.
Zockoll’s band includes
several musicians, including
himself, who played with
original big bands during
their heyday, said the
leader.
Locally, the band has
played at conventions, camp
grounds, and other events.
The Queen of Candles
Pageant will begin at 9 p.m.,
with the announcement of
this year’s queen and the
lighting of the candles.
This year’s fireworks
display will begin at 10 p.m.,
one half-hour earlier than in
years past to accommodate
what has been reported as
“the largest display we ever
had.”
by Becky Collins
During the week they are
family men with ordinary
jobs. But on weekends they
get out their guitars, load up
the van and head out for
work of a different kind.
Front Page, a.k.a. Mike
Diehm, Carl Kline, and Wait
Saunders, will make its
hometown debut at the
Fourth of July celebration on
Saturday at Lititz Springs
Park. The trio will take the
stage from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
with a repertoire that in­cludes
“a little something
for everyone,” according to
Kline.
While the Everly Brothers
“Wake Up Little Suzie”
might seem a bit out of place
with other, more con­temporary
musical stan­dards,
Front Page’s per­formance
runs the gamut
from ’50s rock to folk music
from the late ’60s and early
’70s.
Then, just for fun, the
group throws in a little spice
with one of the biggest hits of
the summer of 1987 with Bon
Jovi’s “Dead or Alive.”
Their musical versatility
and patented three-part
vocal harmonies are only the
icing on the cake. Diehm,
Kline and Saunders’ easy,
low-key approach to music
invites reminiscence and
audience participation.
Diehm, who plays guitar,
mandolin and banjo, is a
Lititz native who played in
different rock bands while in
high school. “We were just
kids having fun with rock
and roll,” he explained.
Diehm has since sold his
electrical guitar and “gotten
back to basics,” he insists.
Now he plays only acoustical
instruments, and enjoys
writing music as well as
performing.
Diehm met Kline at work,
(both are Lititz Borough
Sewer Plant employees) and
discovered that he also
enjoyed playing guitar.
While Diehm was visiting
Kline’s home one day last
autumn, the neighbor, Walt
Saunders, noticed the duo
strumming up a storm in the
backyard, and brought his
guitar and harmonica over
to join in.
I couldn’t believe how good
we sounded together,”
Saunders commented
quietly. “It all just sort of fit
together,” Kline added.
Saunders noted that at one
time he had dreamed of
being part of a band. “Those
dreams get pushed aside as
you grow older,” he noted,
“and you make room for
other things in your life.”
Kline, who is a self-taught
guitarist and the group’s
lead vocalist, added with a
smile, “It’s the first time
I’ve ever gotten paid for
doing something I enjoy this
much.”
The first “gig” Front Page
played at was a pig roast.
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In this issue
Editorial 4
Sports Section 6,7,8
Social 12,13
Manheim 14,15
Church 16,17
Business Directory 18,19
Classified 21,22,23
Lititz Community Band
plays to traditional tastes
At the turn of the
century, several men in
the Lititz Community
formed the Becks
Cornet Band. The
cornet band continued
in existence through
several directors and
name changes until
World War II, at which
time it disbanded when
many of the musicians
entered the armed
forces.
In the postwar period,
there were several band
get-togethers; however,
the Lititz Community
Band did not see a
rev iv a l until the
borough’s Bicentennial
Celebration in 1956.
The band has con­tinued
to be active for
the past decade. It is
comprised of local
school administrators,
te a c h e r s , fu n e ra l
directors, bank per­sonnel,
homemakers,
local company em­p
lo y e e s , d e n ta l
assistants, students and
retirees.
In the past 30 years,
the band has been under
the direction of several
local musicians - Harry
Neidermyer, John
Keehn and Harold
Rothenberger - and is
presently under the
direction of Heidi
Wolfgang Limbert, a
choir director, in­strumental
teacher and
school band assistant
director.
Anyone who plays a
band instrument or has
played one in the past is
welcome to join the
community band. The
rehearsal and per­formance
season runs
from May through July.
All performances are
within the Warwick
Township School
District.
Youth gives to new Lititz Center
and keeps on giving
V
donates $24,000 to community projects
Community members who recently acted as
representatives for local organizations in ac­cepting
(jtonations from the Lititz Rotary Club
include, left to right, front row, Curvin Smith,
Elmer Murray, Floss Morgan, Cheryl Templeton,
Portia Bowman and Bruce Caldwell; center row,
Mike Corcoran, Ken Kline, Robert Hershey, Fred
Garman and Roman Musser; back row, Frank
Judd (Rotary), Tim Henry and Bob Lutrell (Rotary).
(See story page 13.)
by Becky Collins
Nineteen-year-old Dale
Roberts, 59 Front St., isn’t
what anyone would call
independently wealthy.
He works as a civilian aide
for the Manheim Township
Police Department, a job he
landed right out of high
school, so his monetary
income is limited.
But for Roberts, it’s not
how much money you make,
it’s how you spend it that
counts. And he’s one person
who puts his money
(literally) where his mouth
is.
During the past five
months Roberts has con­tinued
to donate month­ly
to the new Lititz
Community Center. He
says that his desire to donate
financially to the new
community center was an
idea that was inspired by
Rec Center director Jerry
Kiralfy.
“I started playing Rec
Center Tee Ball back in the
first or second grade,”
Roberts recalls. He later
took swimming lessons
through the Rec Center and
in essence “grew up” with
programs offered through
the Lititz Rec Center.
“Jerry remembered me
from then,” Roberts notes
with pride. “He was so
important in my life when I
was a kid.”
“Now I’ve got a chance to
help the community by
donating to the construction
of the new Community
Center and to repay some of
those 'people who made a
difference in my life,”
of the
Dale Roberts
Roberts commented.
Since the opening
Community Center cam­paign
headquarters at 48-50
E. Main St., Roberts has
expanded his involvement.
He now spends odd
weekends and evenings
“helping out wherever they
need help,” he explained.
Roberts’ duties as a
volunteer at campaign
headquarters include an­swering
the telephone,
talking with people stopping
by and giving out in­formation
about the new
community center.
By volunteering his time,
Roberts reasons, there will
be more money for equip­ment
at the community
center. “This way they don’t
have to pay someone to do
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