Lititz Record Express

              B U R K H A R T ' S
Town
TALK,
A *«w Philosophy—Language
and Lorfe Vol. LXI
Back in 1935 and 1936, we put
on a few plays too. Bnt at that
time we were still In the grip of
what 1« commonly called The De-pression.
I think I remember the
title«: 'Who Wouldn't Be Crazy!,
and 'Hold Everything'. You see,
we were uncertain. We couldn't
look forward to anything except
diplomas and graduation honors.
Business was lagging. Employ-ment
was stagnant. We were
'crazy', dizzied by the complexity
of werld affair, our minds unable
to grasp any enlightenment. We
were «tunned, and we questioned
our et&tus.
Then we cried 'hold everything*.
Perhaps there was a way out. Af-ter
all, we were Senior« then, and
we thought we knew a few things
after " twelve years of training.
We were hoping for a new day,
but we didn't see it. We paased
on, with a- prophecy. Por two
years we waited, wondering when
the Seniors would regain their
normal status.
Tonight, and tomorrow night,
may witneee the birth of a new
philosophy. The class of '39 will
present their idea of the coming
good fortune and general prosper
ity. The class of '39 is 'headed iJr
Eden'. And is there a better ob-jective?
Probably not. There is
no better land, no greater glory,
than Bden. Bnt consider the
transformation. In 1936 we were
In a dace, crazy, bewildered, and
now, in 1938, we are headed foT
Eden. What a change! And I am
glad to eee that here Is a das«
which knows its destination. Aside
from the play itself, the characters,
the plot, the scenery, there is evi-denced
here this new philosopy:
a yo'uBg" philosophy of truth «id
future success. 'Headed For Ed-
. en' will help you «ee my point. I
urge you te see 'Headed For Eden^
tonight, or tomorrow night, and
behold a wondrous metamorphasis.
THE
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Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa., Thursday, November 17, 1938 No. 11
See Need of
Better Plan
For Borough
McCloud Plan Regarded
As Impractical; Outside
Boro's Jurisdiction
Thieves Blast Safe
At Long & Co.
I can't help but admire the ef-forts
of Der Deltsch, whose column
appeared in the opposite corner of
this page last week. I wondered
how the duce anyone can write
the stuff. What are the gram-matical
rules of Penna-German T I
have studied German a little lit,
and so I was able to read
Der Deltsch, but I was forced to
stretch my imagination immeasur-ably.
Heretofore, I didn't know
there was a written form of Penn*
German. Is this It? And isn't it
strange that a corruption like
Penna-German has bored Into a
borough which was at one time a
village of Germans, who spoke
'pure' German?
It's good to know that there Is
at least one- organization in town
which takes an Interest In the
welfare of the public library. It
this were a radio forum, I would
award the Merit Award of the
Week to the Girl Scouts, who
cleaned that institution as their
'good deed'. And, speaking of
awards, let us not forget the ser-vices
which the Boy Scouts are
rendering Mr. John Peiffer. There's
spirit here, and I like it.
That LitHz is more in need oî a
plan for the development of streets I
and sewers on tracts within the
borough limits than in developing
land outside the borough in which
it has no jurisdiction, was the
concensus of opinion expressed at
a meeting of the Lititz Chamber
of Commerce here Tuesday even-ing.
"Real planning 'long has been
neglected here and we need much
more of it," Charles Keath, local
manufacturer, declared, adding,
"but before we go outside the bor-ough
we should do more far-sight-ed
planning inside the borough.
We already have made too many
costly errors right here."
This criticism came following a
short discussion of a borough plan
presented before borough council
at its last meeting by Paul Mc-
Cloud, of this borough. The Mc-
Cloud plan provided for the devel-opment
of the entire tract extend-ing
from South Broad street to
the base of Kissel Hill and ex-tending
westward as far as the
East Petersburg road.-
While members „ of borough
coitncll are" expected to take some
formal action at their coming
meeting, Tuesday, November 29,
members of the Chamber* of Com-merce
present regarded the plan
as Impractical inasmuch as it
cannot be accomplished for a num-ber
of years.
Arguments presented against the
plan were that the borough has no
jurisdiction over the greater part
of the tract which is located out-side
the borough limits. Another
argument advanced was that much
of the land also is tied up through
a trust fund which will not ba
liquidated for many years.
Members of the Chamber of
Commerce expressed interest, how-ever,
in a plan which would sys-tematically
aid in the develop
ment of those tracts located in-side
the borough limits. The Goch-enauer
tract which is being open
ed also was discussed at length.
| Considerable comment was
1 aroused by the fact that many of
the lots in this tract are 125 feet
square, much larger than the ma-jority
of lots inside the borough
limits. Borough council is at
present engaged in the legal pro-cess
of opening up several streets
in this section.
Professional safe crackers
had the laugh turned on them
early this morning when they
used nitroglycerine in blasting
open a safe in the office of Long
and Co., here. According to
clerks, the safe was not locked
but merely was a bit hard to
open. Not only was the safe
open—but also empty.
A clock in the office stopped
by the blast recorded 4 o'clock
indicating that the robbery at-tempt
was made shortly before
daybreak. Before blasting, the
thieves used a heavy bar to chip
off the combination, completely
ruining the safe. Officials who
investigated are convinced the
thieves are professionals and
probably from some larger city.
Xmas Lights
To Surpass
Former Years
Committee
Is Lauded
For Show
Large Lighted Star To Be1 Burgess Wagner Congratu-
Suspended High Above
Fountain
lates Committee; Was
Financial Success
Lititz' Christmas decoratiorx While Lititz had the biggest and
will far surpass those of former! best community show and parade
it likewise had the cleanest, Bur-gess
Victor Wagner informed
members of the community show
years in artistry and splendor, ac-cording
to plans completed here
this week.
A feature of the decorations wtU! committee at their banquet held
be a huge and brightly-lighted' in the fire house Tuesday evening,
star to be suspended high in the "No show in Lancaster county
air directly over the fountain in held a parade which could even
Leed To Open
New Plant
Next Week
A mdern community cold-stor-age
plant where thrifty families
may preserve out-of-season meats
and vegetables will be added to
Lititz' long list of industries next
week when J. M. Leed, local ice
manufacturer, will open a refrig-erated
locker plant on North Alley.
The plant, which is housed in a
new brick structure, is one of the
first fully equipped plants of this
type in the east, and will provide
housekeepers here with a service
long needed. Scores ^of hunters
already have taken advantage of
the new refrigerated lockers and
have deposited a considerable
quantity of game despite that the
plant will not be fully completed
until the opening next week.
According to Mr. Leed, a total of
45 lockers in one of the three com-partments
which make up the
plant, will be available to the pub-lic
for the storage of food and
meat at a temperature which wlil
keep it frozen and preserved in the
same shape as when admitted.
Persons living in the borough
will be able to have hogs slaught-ered
and to store the meat, lard,
etc. in these lockers, taking out
what they need when the^ need it.
In the summer months berries and
vegetables can be stored in the
same manner.
The plant consists of three com-partments.
The first is the cooling
room when the temperature is
maintained at 34 degrees. Here
the halves and quarters of meat
are stored. Then the meat is cut
ROTHSVILLE FIRMEN TO
GIVE MUSICAL COMEDY
compare with that here at Lititz,"
Burgess Wagner asserted. "I con-gratulate
those in charge for the
remarkably clean midway—the
concessions committee co-operated
100 per-cent with the borough
Another feature this year will officials in presenting a show for
' which this borough can feel justly
proud."
At the annual election of officers
the show association re-elected
the center of the borough in such
a way that it can be seen from a
considerable distance on all sides,
Harry Wertsch, chairman of the
decorations committee of the
Chamber of Commerce, explained.
Paul McCloud
Will Open Office
Paul McCloud, of Lititz, this
week announced the opening of
an office along the Lititz pike
at Overlook. Mr. McCloud wiil
engage in the practice of land-scape
architecture and town
planning. Mr. McCloud is the
author of an interesting plan
for the development of 'he
southern section of the borough
recently presented to borough
council.
He is a graduate of Penri
State and Cornell University,
where he received a scholarship
for advanced study. He also
was a finalist in the competi-tion
for a fellowship in Land
scape Architecture awarded by
the American Academy in Rome
Welfare Will
Report Here
This Evening
Canvassers Hope To Raise
$4,000 By Next
Week
be a Christmas Eve service at the
fountain. Ministers of the borough,
civic organizations and the public
will join in presenting a short but
impressive program of carol sing-ing,
providing weather conditions
permit.
In order to make the decora-tions
passible, Elser Gerhart,
president of the local Chamber of
Commerce, this week appointed a
committee of four local business-men
to solicit funds from business-men
and industrial leaders of the
borough. Approximately $150 will
be needed to defray the expenses
of the decorations.
This committee consists of Ben-jamin
Weber, who will canvass
South Broad street; R. M. Spacht,
East Main street; Harry Gorton,
North Broai street; and Samuel II.
Nuss, local industries.
Members of the decorations com-mittee
who will supervise erection
of lights and trees are Mr.
Wertsch, Roy Reldenbaugh, Mr.
(Continued on page four)
Willard Mathers Wins
Place In College Band
Ithaca, N. Y.—Willard B. Math-ers
of Lititz, has been selected
for membership in the Ithaca Col
lege Concert Band after competi-tive
tryouts for students of the
department of music. He plays
trombone in the band of 54 pieces
which presents public concerts lu
Ithaca- and nearby cities.
He is also a member of the trom-bone
section of the college orches-tra
which gives six concerts In the
Little Theatre every year.
Willard Mathers, a senior in the
up and put in the freezing room department of music, Is the son of
where the temperature is main-Mr. and Mrs. John K. Mathers of
(Continued on Page 8) 20 West Orange St. Lititz.
William G. Eshleman president for
the coming year. Other officers
elected were Lloyd C. Smith, first
vice president; Harry Gorton, sec-ond
vice president; Robert Russoll,
treasurer; James R. Johnson, sec-retary;
Robert Russell, superin-tendent;
Oliver J. Reed, assistant
superintendent; and J. C. Bru-baker,
chairman of the executive
committee.
Approximately 40 persons at-tended
the dinner. Those who ad-dressed,
the group in addition to
teurgess Wagner were Mr. Eshe-man
who thanked members of the
various committees for their faith-ful
co-operation; Paul Furlow,
Raymond Reedy, Mr. Johnson and
Eugene Dechert.
Following the dinner an amus-ing
moving picture, a corned;
filmed 25 years ago, one of the
real old-fashioned slap-stick varie-ties,
was shown by Homer Hack-man.
The treasurer's report revealed
that the show more than paid its
way. Receipts amounted to
$1,509.75 as compared with expen-ditures
of $1,498.85. Concessions
made up the bulk of the receipts,
accounting for $952. Other sources
were advertising, $442; entrance
fees in the poultry show, $64.75;
and Borough Council, $60.
Principal expenditures were:
Premiums, $425.25; poultry prem-iums,
$125.50; soap box derby
prizes, $26; baby parade, $54.48;
mummers' parade, $215; electrical
connections, $221 and printing,
$148,55.
Patrol And
School Band
Attend Game
The High school band of 38
members accompanied by Albert
Ebbert, leader, and the school
patrol of 25 members accompanied
by their leader, Paul R. Furlow
and Prof. M. C. Demmy, attended
the F. and M.-Geneva game on
Saturday at Lancaster.
The senior play "Headed For
den" will be given Thursday and
Friday at eight o'clock in the
high school auditorium.
Thanksgiving vacation will In-clude,
Thursday and Friday, No-vember
24 and 25.
Prof. Demmy attended the prin-cipals
meeting held at Rothsville
last Wednesday. i
The Lititz School Board were
guests of the Lititz Rotary Club
on Tuesday evening at the Gene-ral
Sutter Hotel. Those present
were; Frank Hunter, president;
M. H. Yoder M. D. vice-president;
Charles Keath, William Fasnacht
and Frank Longenecker. A. P.
Mylin, county superintendent of
schools was the speaker, he was
introduced by Mr. Demmy.
The patrolmen who attended the
(Continued on page four)
State Twisted On
Needed Repairs Here
Roy Brownmiller of the state
highway department had better
take a second squint at his map ot
Lititz. In a letter to the Lititz
ChambeT of Commerce, Mr. Brown-miller
suggested that the borough
consult the transportation com-pany
regarding the permanent Im-provement
of the middle section
of the extreme southern end of
Broad street
At Tuesday's meeting ot the lo-cal
Chamber of Commerce, how-ever,
it was pointed out that the
section in question Is located out-side
the borough limits. The group
voted te write Mr. Brownmiller
and recommend the Immediate Im-provement
toy the State Highway
Department inasmuch as it it lo-cated
in the township and thus
comes directly within the stats's
jurisdiction.
' A three act musical comedy with
a cast of all home talent will be
given under the auspices of 'Ae
Rothsville Firemen, November 17
and 18, at the High School. The
show will be given for the benefit
of new equipment.
Those in the cast include Mrs.
Jacob H. Mumma, Mr. and Mrs.
Russell Erb, J. S. Bickler, Samuel
Ruth, Amos Martin, Loretta
Brown, Gilbert Kissinger, Charles
Frymyer, Jr., Floyd Hertzler, Mir-iam
Shreiner, Benjamin G. Forney.
The members of the Chorus are
Loretta Kulp, Erma Kulp, Betty
and Annetter Mumma, Betty Frey,
Gladys Brown, Betty Miller, Marie
Leeking, Hilda Carval, Gladys
Rettew, Louella Evans, Anna Rice,
Helen Kissinger and Flora Adams.
May Kern will be the pianist.
Beginning Nov. 28, 1938 my Wed.
afternoon office hours (1 - 8 P. M.)
will be devoted exclusively to the
care of infants and children of the
pre-school age.
Edw. F. Balsbaugh, M. D.,
181 E. Main St,
Lititz, Pa.
Butter Ten Cents Pound
As Aftermath of Runaway
Butter sold for ten cents a
pound in Lititz last Saturday
morning when nearly a ton of but-ter,
produce and farm products
were scattered near the entrance
of the Moravian cemetery as the
aftermath of an old-fashioned run-away.
Frightened by an automobile,
two horses hitched to the wagon
bolted while their owner, Amos
Glick, of near New Holland, was
making calls on South Broad
street.
Elmer Hammond, sexton of the
Moravian church, saw the animals
galloping wildly down Lemon
street and through the stone drive-way
entrance of the Moravian
cemetery. Cabbages, dressed chick-ens,
and various vegetables were
tumbling from the back of the wa-gon
as it bumped up the hill.
One horse, Hammond said, tried
to follow the circuitous route of
the driveway; the other aimed a
ssraight path up the hill. The re-sult
was they stumped over a
family plot in the cemetery, knock-
Rev. Weicksel
Is Honored
Welfare workers canvassing the
borough in an effort to raise Lititz'
Community Chest goal of $4,000
will ) submit their first reports
here this evening.
While no preliminary check-up
has been made, several of the can-vassers
reported a better response
in the borough as compared with
last year although it was not
known how far the- canvassers
stood from the amount being
sought. ,
All captains of the drive will
submit their reports to Mrs. Carl
Workman, secretary.
As usual the drive has met with
some opponents, although quite
few this year, who express the
false opinion that the money raised
here is to be used outside the
borough of Lititz.
"It is not true that the money
goes out of town," Mrs. Workman
explained. "The money raised here
is spent right here for such things
as the community nursing service
and' community relief and nobody
would be willing to sacrifice eith-er
of these.
"The remainder goes to the hos-pitals
for the hospitalization of
Lititz peiSoSs. Through Welfare
the needy of Lititz know that when
an emergency arises they will
have a hospital to which they can
go!
Another feature of the campaign
is the phase of Improving the
Health of the Community, which
is part , of a national campaign.
This plan calls for the hospitali-zation
of ill when such is needed.
For example several Lititz per-sons
suffering from tuberculosis
in the past have been admitted to
Rossmere Sanitorium.
Uf elekshun dawg gaena mer un
de polls,
Mocha greitser bis mer' denkt
ebmohls.
En ballot mit oll de greitser droit,
Bricha mer net der saltz rewer
I nuff.
Ovver elekshun tseit iss now ferbL
¡ Und mer main't ebmohls es keat
net si!
I We Polotishuns so feel leega,
j Usht fer oll de shtimma greega.
Ovver ich denk es iss nix tsu du,
Duch geb't de mem mer .gore ken
ru.
Bis ich und se un de elekshaa
gaena,
Far shtimma un de Polotishuna
saena.
W. C. T ü To Entertain
Teachers Tonight
We de condidawta socha far'-
shprecha,
Bis se in offlss sin noh gae'd «lies
fer 'gessa.
Ovver se fer'gessa net will ich
huffa,
Era seek mit Greenbacks full
shtuppa.
De mem de sawgt es waart recht
shae,
Wun Polotishuns usht awennich
mae,
Ebbes du daida far de orma lelt!
Und net yusht shwetza de gonaa
tseit,
Es iss ga'wiss en sind und shund.
Oil's geld dos g'shpend wart lv-ver'm
lund!
Far oil de rodd'nt polotix.
Duch helfts em orma mun gore
nix.
Se Toxa di Budder und. Brode.
Sin Toxa fer olles fun free yohr
bis Shpode.
Wu des geld onna gaed des wisser
mer net.
Oner duch sin de polotlshun's oil
dick und fet.
Und ware ba'tsalled far oil de
egshpense?
"Wy*' de orma leit,~duch geic sen
se kens.
Des kun net so faart gae des wissa
de leit.
Und's hut sich awe gwissa un elek-shun
tseit.
Yar elekshun tseit iss now ferbL
Und en nie'r Guvenner hen mer nl.
Wun letz g'shtimm'd husht so
sawgt's im touch.
Nemsht yusht en trip der salts
revver nuff.
Der Deltsch
ing down one big stone and chip-ping
and damaging another. The
fifth wheel, horizontally-placed on
the front axle, lodged on a stone.
Hammond rushed up and grasp-ed
the horses, which had torn loose
from all except the front chains
which held them to the wagon-pole.
Several boys who had been at-tracted
by the noise came up, and
Hammond sent them for help.
The owner arrived shortly after-ward
and quieted the animals. Da-vid
Helman, Lititz, took the horses
temporarily and the wagon was
hitched to an automobile and tak-en
to James Redsecker, Kissel Hill
blacksmith.
More than 10 housewives and
ether persons, attracted by the
runaway—one of the most spec-tacular
since the early days of
gasless buggies—gathered in the
cemetery. Glick's daughter con-ducted
an informal market there,
selling butter for as low as 10
cents a pound.
Rev. Frederick Weicksel was
honored by his former congrega-tion
at the Jerusalem Lutheran
church, Rothsville, Sunday, when
a book of testimonials gathered
from the congregation was nro-sented
to him Sunday. The Ladies
Aid Society presented a bouquet
of flowers while the choir gave
him a book.
Rev. Weicksel served the congre-gation
22 years. Rev. Gerald Ja-coby,
the present pastor, added
his word ot congratulation in a
fitting sermon which followed.
Milk Administrator |
Announces Prices
The Federal and State Milk
Market Administrator of New York
announced today that the price
farmers will receive for their milk
for the month of December will
be $2.11 Per Cwt for 4 percent
milk, plus the regular freight dif-ferential
which will approximately
total $2.16 Per Cwt for 4 percent
milk. Plants shipping milk to
New York from this area are lo
cated at Honeybrook, Christiana, 11:00 o'clock and also at Rothsville
Oxford, Lancaster, and Mt. Joy. High Schol.
The Lititz W. C. T. U. will enter-tain
the local public school teach-
6*3, and ministers of the town at
a reception this evening. Mrs. Al-vin
Sherbine, of Jihnstown, will
be guest speaker. Mrs. Sherbine
is Alcohol Education Director for
the Penna. W. C. T. U. Miss Vir-ginia
Grosh president of the local
Union will call the meeting to or-der.
Mrs. John Mohler is the lo-cal
director of the Alcohol Educa-tili
dept. Mrs. Sherbine will also
speak in High School Assembly at
I
•1
T. R. Adams
Bags Deer
Amish Girls Teach School
As Experiment, Mylin Says
I. R. Adams, production manager
of Penn Dairies, Inc., returned
this week from C. A. MacArthur's
Camps, at Canterbury Station, New
Brunswick, Canada.
The party of four bagged eight
buck deer, each dressing over
two hundred pounds in weight. Mr.
Adams shot a nine-point deer
weighing 240 pounds and an eight-point
deer weighing 210 pounds.
He reports game, large and small,
extremely plentiful.
Even the Amish who so strenu-ously
opposed the closing of the
familiar little Red School houses
are changing their minds regard-ing
the value of present day public
school education, according to Ar-thur
P. Mylin, county superinten-dent
of schools.
According to Dr. Mylin who ad-dressed
members of the Lititz Ro-tary
club Tuesday evening, one of
the most interesting experiments
in the history of public education
is now being carried on right here
in Lancaster County where two
Amish girls have taken positions
as public scchool teachers.
Never before in history have any
of the Amish girls been permitted
to teach school. The majority have
been obliged to end their public
school education as soon as they
reached the legal age to return to
their homes and farms, it was
pointed out.
The two teachers, the
Stoltzfus are teaching in the cen-ter
of the Amish belt in the vicin-ity
of the Welsh Mountains. Both
are graduates of the Morgantown
High School and the Elizabethtown
College.
Discussing education m general,
Dr. Mylin classified public school
education as one of the six big
businesses in America today, vieing
with the automobile industry, steel
and the railroads in money ex-pended
and persons employed. Iu
Lancaster county alone 29,265
children are enrolled outside Lan-caster
city and Columbia.
"In the future when historians
come to write about this period
they may refer to it as the period
of education just as other histori-ans
classified the Gay Nineties,
the Victorian era and others," Dr.
Mliy" ey
Couple Here
Observe 64th
Anniversary
The world is far more compli-cated
than it was 64 years ago—
but the home is still the backbone
of civilization.
This was the sentiment express-ed,
by a well-known Lititz couple,
Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Keller, of
South Broad street, Sunday when
they observed the sixty-fourth an-niversary
of their marriage. Both
well and taking an active interest
in the affairs of the world, Mr.
and Mrs. Keller vividly recalled
their wedding day, November 12,
1874, performed by Rev. Sweitzer,
of Denver.
Following their wedding they
went to Philadelphia on their wed-ding
trip, they recalled. Mr. Kel-ler
will be 85 on February 25
while Mrs. Keller will be S3 on
February 1.
Those who attended the anni-versary
were Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Keller and their children, Marga-ret
and Harold; Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Leibfreid, Mrs. Margaret
Andrews, all of Lancaster; Mr. and
Mrs. Carl Wolf, and their children,
Caroline, Robert and Sammy, of
Lebanon; Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Kel-ler,
of Neffsville; Peter Kell< ^
and daughter, Ruth, Mr. and Mr* ^
Jacob Keller and daughter, Nar«^
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Keller®//
of Lititz.
—Home-madte Sausage, 28c P ¿ >
Pudding, 22c lb; Beefsteak, 30c .
Hamburg, 19c Ib.; Frankfurts, ' ^
lb.; Whole Chucks, 19c an-tt>.
LUTZ—Phone 9181-W
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Special Market Wednesd&
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