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T H E R E S S S E R V IN G T H E W A R W IC K A R E A F O R N E A R L Y A C E N T U R Y 97th Year E s ta b lish e d April, 1877, a s T h e Su nb eam (Con so lidated w ith T h e E i t it z R e co rd , 1937) Lititz, Lancaster County, Penna. 17543, Thursday, October 25,1973 10 c en ts a Copy; $4.00 p e r y e a r b y m a ll within L a n c a s te r County 26 PAGES —NO. 31 W h oF igh ts the F ire s ? You Know Them A ll! L it it z Reco rd E x p r e s s Photo “ Mom” and “ Pop” Miley, Prickerville, now in their late 70’s, were commended recently by the Children's Bureau for having raised 63 foster children over the past 40 years. Cited by Children's Bureau Area Couple Raised 63 Foster Children A lot of people in the area know Paul and Susan Miley of Brickerville as “Mom” and “Pop” Miley. But how many know how well they deserve that title? In the last 40 years, Mom and Pop Miley have raised 63 foster children in their home. Now in their late 70’s, they still make a home for a 22 year old foster son, who has been with them for the last eight years. “ It didn’t matter what background or problems the boys had,” the Mileys say. “We never rejected any of them or asked to have them taken from our home.” “They all had some problems,” Pop Miley recalled, during an interview in his big house at the intersection of Rtes. 322 and 501 in Brickerville. “Most of them came from broken homes. Some of them were retarded. Some turned out good, and some of them not so good. But we kept them all and raised them.” The Mileys were cited recently by the Lancaster Children’s Bureau for their 40 years of service as foster parents for the bureau. “Each boy is remembered and spoken of as an individual,” the Children’s Bureau stated in its commendation. “All had some problems, but the Mileys never rejected any or asked to have them removed.” Even now, the elderly couple shows with pride and interest their collection of photographs of their foster sons, taken while the boys were living in their home. The youngest of the 63 was five years old. The others ranged in age up into the teens. “We still hear from a lot of them,” Miley said. “We don’t know where they all are now, but we haven’t forgotten any of them.” The Mileys started taking in foster boys in 1934, when they were farmers. They lived on various farms in the Brickerville area over the years, their home always a haven for those in need. “I made them listen to me,” Pop laughed. “Some of them gave us a lot of trouble. Some of them were downright crooked. But a lot of them were good boys and turned out just fine.” Even now, the Mileys have 13 beds set up on the second floor of their home. “But they say I’m too old to be a foster father now,” Pop smiles. But the Mileys’ energy defies their age. He is 79 and his wife is 77. They have been married 59 years (Mrs. Miley was the former Susan Frederick, from Warwick Township) and now that they have retired from farming, they earn a living baking sugar cookies, sold all over the area (Continued On Page 8) (This is one of several articles about Lititz Fire Company, being written in conjunction with the company’s forthcoming fund drive to raise money for a new fire house.) When “Birnie” Birken-bine, 216 New Haven Dr., started cooking supper one cold February afternoon nearly four years ago, shg had no reason to believe that her kitchen would shortly be engulfed in flames. Just two days earlier she had thoroughly cleaned her electric stove. On this particular day, Feb. 9, 1970, she was starting to fry veal cutlets, getting ready for an early supper. She had turned a burner on under the skillet, and gone into an adjoining room to gather up some folded laundry. When she came back into the kitchen, just minutes later, she found the skillet on fire, and flames racing up the walls of the kitchen to the ceiling. In the few seconds before her kitchen was completely filled with smoke, she tried to smother the fire with a mattress from her dog’s nearby bed. When the mattress caught fire, too, she trhew this into the sink and tried to drown it with water. Somewhere between these two actions, she ran to her kitchen telephone and called the fire company. “Before I was finished with the call, I heard the sirens,” she said. Realizing that she had to get out of the smoke filled kitchen, Birnie grabbed her dog and ran with it to the house next door. Before she could tell her neighbor what was happening, fire engines had arrived and Lititz firemen were entering her home. Turn Clocks Back Sunday Daylight Saving Time will come to an official end on Sunday, October 28 at 2 a.m., at which time we turn our clock back one hour. Standard time will continue until Sunday, April 28, 1974. Eight Enter Correct Score of 42-0 Mrs. Bonnie Miller (left), 203 New Haven Drive was the winner of last week’s $25 prize in the Lititz Retailer’s Football Contest. Her name was drawn from the eight who entered the correct score of Manheim Twp. 42, Warwick 0. Presenting the prize is Dale Shelley of McElroy Pharmacy. Mrs. Miller entered her guess at McElroy’s. In addition to the winner shown above, seven others entered the correct score of Manheim Twp. 42, Warwick 0. They are Doc Shank, Jim Longenecker, Kim Newell, J. Shank, John Ross, all of Lititz; Bernie Linn of Landisville and R. C. Chestnut of Lancaster. All of these persons become eligible for the drawing for the Miami Trip. Ten additional names were drawn at random from the entries collected and these persons also become eligible for the trip. These names can be found throughout this issue of the Record Express. Be sure to enter this week's contest — Warwick vs. Gov. Mifflin. Complete rules and participating merchants can be found on page 15. NOTE :This week's game is 8 p.m. on Friday and the contest closes at game time. Enter early this week. ‘Knowing what to expect, the firemen had put on their smoke masks as they came up the road,” Mrs. Birkin-bine learned later. In spite of the flames that climed an entire wall of her kitchen, only cupboard doors and counter tops had to be replaced, she said. “ I thought the whole corner of the kitchen would be gone,” she said. “So you can imagine how fast they got here.” Mrs. Birkinbine is one of hundreds of housewives who “follow the books” when it comes to keeping their kitchens free from fire hazards, and yet are faced, unexpectedly and often tragically, with a fire. In her case, the damages were about $1500. The fact that it wasn’t more, she attributes to Lititz Fire Company. The quick action of the local firemen, their readiness for the situation that met them when they reached the burning kitchen, was no quirk of luck. And it was no isolated Trick or Treat Night 6-9 Next Wed. Trick or Treat night will be held Wednesday, Oct. 31 from 6 to 9 p.m. in Lititz borough and Warwick Township. Police Chiefs George Hicks and Paul Haines urge children to wear light colored clothing, and warn motorists to drive cautiously. Chief Hicks said he has already received complaints of vandalism. Both police chiefs have warned that any law breakers will be prosecuted to the fullest. case. Local firemen’s quick and efficient actions have prevented severe fire damage in many houses, barns, factories, and clubs over the past years. The reason—there are about 60 men in Lititz who devote hundreds of hours to learning how to protect this community against fire loss. These are not paid firemen. They are volunteer firefighters from all walks of life. When the fire sirens blow, they leave their jobs, their homes, to respond. For many, it means giving up hours of pay they would be earning on those jobs. For those on shift work, it often means giving up a night’s, or a day’s sleep. Their ages range from 18 to 70. Their ranks include an insurance agent, a district magistrate, a body shop repairman, a restaurant owner, a meat cutter, a barber, a truck driver, policemen, factory workers, construction workers. Ninety percent or better of these men have put in at least 16 hours at county fire school. This year three of them spent a full week at the state fire school in Lewistown. Who are they? Their chief is Howard “Hob” Mowrer, a carpenter and electrical contractor. Their first assistant chief is Paul Diehm, a district magistrate. Their second assistant chief is Ray Bixier, a plant foreman at Armstrong. Mowrer has two captains who, in addition to firefighting, have charge of fire prevention. These are Christ Koehler, semi-retired ceramic tile contractor, and Carl Brubaker, a machinist a t W a rn e r -L am b e r t. Through their efforts, they Woodstream, Police Aid Homeless Family The search continues for a home in the Lititz area for a family of eight who came here last week from Wyoming after the father was promised a job with Woodstream. John Savercool, the father, has already started work at the local plant, and meanwhile, his wife and six children continue their hunt for a home. The big need now, said Police Chief George Hicks, who has been assisting the family in its search, is for permanent housing in this area. Tom Smith from Woodstream Corp. said the local plant promised Savercool a job after he contacted them by letter from Wyoming. Smith made numerous phone calls to the Savercools, at their Wyoming home, after the father was laid off from his job in a manufacturing plant there, and guaranteed him employment here. Since the family had to sell much of its possessions to get here, and arrived practically destitute, Woodstream has also arranged to advance Savercool on his wages, a practise the local company occasionally follows when employees come from out of town without sufficient money to live. “We've done this for three or four others who came down here from the Johnstown and Altoona area,” Smith said Wednesday. Woodstream-also helped the Savercools get help through the United Fund and Salvation Army when they arrived in Lancaster County last week, and has offered their oldest son a part time job after school at the plant. “They’re not looking for any handouts,” Smith said of Savercool and his family. “ He’s operating a mouse machine here, and has been promised all the overtime he can handle.” The Savercools—mother, father, and six school age children—came here from Cheyenne, Wyo. after Savercool was laid off from his job there. The family is originally from Elmira, N. Y Following a flood, in which they lost a number of possessions, they shipped their mobile home to Wyoming. Another flood hit Wyoming and Savercool lost his job. Deciding they couldn’t afford to ship their trailer east, after getting a promise of a job from Woodstream, the family sold it for what was left on the mortgage. They drove to Lancaster in two station wagons and a rented truck. After learning of their predicament last Friday, Chief Hicks arranged for the Lititz-Warwick Community Chest to pay for motel rooms for the family for a few days. He also sought help for them through newspaper articles, which he said Wednesday had brought in a number of offers for temporary housing and several leads for permanent housing. Chief Hicks said two persons also had contacted him to contribute money to the family. • and other firemen take hundreds of local kids on tours of the fire house, place fire prevention posters around town, talk to babysitting classes, clubs, and schools, tour focal industries at least once a year to acquaint firemen with the layout and sprinkling systems in them, and spot potential fire hazards. So successful are their efforts that in the last year, Lititz has had one of the lowest fire loss records in its history. There are also three lieutenants, who have charge of all the maintenance on the fire engines and the fire extinquishers. These are James Wiggins, assistant manager at Weis Markets, Robert Keller, a carpenter for Messick Realty Corp., and Jere Buchter, a factory worker at Howmet Corp. There is also a group of fire police, who leave their businesses at the first fire siren to handle traffic during emergencies.Bob Nagle, a printer and a Warwick Township policeman, is captain of this group. The others are Glenn McElroy and Dale Shelly, both local pharmacists, Ed Cole, retired, Durphy Shumate, who owns the local carpet shop, and Jim Heisey, a barber. Who are the rest of them? You know them. They’re your neighbors, your sons, your brothers, your husbands. For them, fire fighting is a serious business. “It’s not like old time fire fighting any more,” says Fire Chief Hob Mowrer. “Now we need maneuverability and mechanical equipment. More and better training is stressed all the time. The old and new alike take training, much of it state sponsored. L it it z R e co rd E x p r e s s P hoto Ladder and rescue drills are an important part of a fireman's training. Above, two local firemen, Ted Stauffer (on ladder) and Lenny Weidler (at bottom) demonstrate techniques of rescuing an overcome victim from a top story of a building. The “ victim” above is fireman J|e Mengel. There is every kind of course available.” Every Monday night, this group of local firemen meet for training. They test the fire engines, they conduct (Continued On Page 16) In This Issue Business Directory Church News Classified Ads Editorial Page Sports Section Women’s 15 14 16,17 4 6 10 Lu Ann Coniglio Carol Remetz Kathleen Garner Queen Candidates Chosen for Lions Club Halloween Parade The Halloween Parade, sponsored by the Lititz Lions Club, will be held Tuesday, evening, Oct. 30 at 7 p.m. Three candidates for the Halloween Queen were chosen by members of the senior class at Warwick High. The seniors selected were: Lu Ann Coniglio, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Coniglio, 220 New Haven Drive, Lititz, is a senior at Warwick High School. Lu Ann has been a member of Student Government throughout high school and served as vice-president in her junior year. She is also a member of the Varsity Club. Lu Ann has been a homecoming attendant in tenth and eleventh grade. She is a member of St. James Catholic Church and after graduation plans to have a business career. Kathleen Garner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Garner, 242 Landis Valley Road, Lititz, is a senior at Warwick High School. Kathy was a member of the Junior High Chorus, Girls Ensemble and County Chorus. At the present time, she is cocaptain of the cheering squad, a . member of the Pep Club, Varsity Club, and Glee Club. She is a member of Salem Lutheran Church. After graduation she plans to attend nursing school at the Lancaster General Hospital. Carol Remetz, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Remetz, 205 New Haven Drive, Lititz, is a senior at Warwick High School. Carol is a member of the hockey squad and has been a member of the junior high cheering squad, girls sports club and junior high cheering squad, girls sports club and junior high chorus. Carol is a member of St. James Catholic Church and following graduation she plans to attend a course for laboratory technician at the Lancaster General Hospital. There will be three divisions in the parade: children’s, group and floats. A total of $219 will be awarded in prizes. A grand prize of $25 will also be awarded. Lion Club members will be stationed at the corner of Cedar and Main Streets to register parade marchers at 6:30 p.m. The parade route will be west on East Main St., south on South Broad St., and east on East Orange St. Units of the parade will form in the second two blocks of East Main Street and in the first block of South Cedar St. Both the Lititz Community Band and the Warwick High School Marching Band will participate in the parade. The parade will pass the judges stand twice, giving the judges ample time to examine entries. The judges stand will be in front of Spacht’s Furniture Store on Main St. Master of ceremonies will be Bill Dussinger. The judges will be: Mrs. Deann Showers, Mrs. Genie Rozman and Miss Michelle Ranck. The food stand, operated by the Lions Club, will be situated in the vacant lot directly across from Hagy’s Western Auto. Rain date for the event will be Thursday, Nov. 1 with the same time and places in effect.
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Title | Lititz Record Express |
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Full Text | T H E R E S S S E R V IN G T H E W A R W IC K A R E A F O R N E A R L Y A C E N T U R Y 97th Year E s ta b lish e d April, 1877, a s T h e Su nb eam (Con so lidated w ith T h e E i t it z R e co rd , 1937) Lititz, Lancaster County, Penna. 17543, Thursday, October 25,1973 10 c en ts a Copy; $4.00 p e r y e a r b y m a ll within L a n c a s te r County 26 PAGES —NO. 31 W h oF igh ts the F ire s ? You Know Them A ll! L it it z Reco rd E x p r e s s Photo “ Mom” and “ Pop” Miley, Prickerville, now in their late 70’s, were commended recently by the Children's Bureau for having raised 63 foster children over the past 40 years. Cited by Children's Bureau Area Couple Raised 63 Foster Children A lot of people in the area know Paul and Susan Miley of Brickerville as “Mom” and “Pop” Miley. But how many know how well they deserve that title? In the last 40 years, Mom and Pop Miley have raised 63 foster children in their home. Now in their late 70’s, they still make a home for a 22 year old foster son, who has been with them for the last eight years. “ It didn’t matter what background or problems the boys had,” the Mileys say. “We never rejected any of them or asked to have them taken from our home.” “They all had some problems,” Pop Miley recalled, during an interview in his big house at the intersection of Rtes. 322 and 501 in Brickerville. “Most of them came from broken homes. Some of them were retarded. Some turned out good, and some of them not so good. But we kept them all and raised them.” The Mileys were cited recently by the Lancaster Children’s Bureau for their 40 years of service as foster parents for the bureau. “Each boy is remembered and spoken of as an individual,” the Children’s Bureau stated in its commendation. “All had some problems, but the Mileys never rejected any or asked to have them removed.” Even now, the elderly couple shows with pride and interest their collection of photographs of their foster sons, taken while the boys were living in their home. The youngest of the 63 was five years old. The others ranged in age up into the teens. “We still hear from a lot of them,” Miley said. “We don’t know where they all are now, but we haven’t forgotten any of them.” The Mileys started taking in foster boys in 1934, when they were farmers. They lived on various farms in the Brickerville area over the years, their home always a haven for those in need. “I made them listen to me,” Pop laughed. “Some of them gave us a lot of trouble. Some of them were downright crooked. But a lot of them were good boys and turned out just fine.” Even now, the Mileys have 13 beds set up on the second floor of their home. “But they say I’m too old to be a foster father now,” Pop smiles. But the Mileys’ energy defies their age. He is 79 and his wife is 77. They have been married 59 years (Mrs. Miley was the former Susan Frederick, from Warwick Township) and now that they have retired from farming, they earn a living baking sugar cookies, sold all over the area (Continued On Page 8) (This is one of several articles about Lititz Fire Company, being written in conjunction with the company’s forthcoming fund drive to raise money for a new fire house.) When “Birnie” Birken-bine, 216 New Haven Dr., started cooking supper one cold February afternoon nearly four years ago, shg had no reason to believe that her kitchen would shortly be engulfed in flames. Just two days earlier she had thoroughly cleaned her electric stove. On this particular day, Feb. 9, 1970, she was starting to fry veal cutlets, getting ready for an early supper. She had turned a burner on under the skillet, and gone into an adjoining room to gather up some folded laundry. When she came back into the kitchen, just minutes later, she found the skillet on fire, and flames racing up the walls of the kitchen to the ceiling. In the few seconds before her kitchen was completely filled with smoke, she tried to smother the fire with a mattress from her dog’s nearby bed. When the mattress caught fire, too, she trhew this into the sink and tried to drown it with water. Somewhere between these two actions, she ran to her kitchen telephone and called the fire company. “Before I was finished with the call, I heard the sirens,” she said. Realizing that she had to get out of the smoke filled kitchen, Birnie grabbed her dog and ran with it to the house next door. Before she could tell her neighbor what was happening, fire engines had arrived and Lititz firemen were entering her home. Turn Clocks Back Sunday Daylight Saving Time will come to an official end on Sunday, October 28 at 2 a.m., at which time we turn our clock back one hour. Standard time will continue until Sunday, April 28, 1974. Eight Enter Correct Score of 42-0 Mrs. Bonnie Miller (left), 203 New Haven Drive was the winner of last week’s $25 prize in the Lititz Retailer’s Football Contest. Her name was drawn from the eight who entered the correct score of Manheim Twp. 42, Warwick 0. Presenting the prize is Dale Shelley of McElroy Pharmacy. Mrs. Miller entered her guess at McElroy’s. In addition to the winner shown above, seven others entered the correct score of Manheim Twp. 42, Warwick 0. They are Doc Shank, Jim Longenecker, Kim Newell, J. Shank, John Ross, all of Lititz; Bernie Linn of Landisville and R. C. Chestnut of Lancaster. All of these persons become eligible for the drawing for the Miami Trip. Ten additional names were drawn at random from the entries collected and these persons also become eligible for the trip. These names can be found throughout this issue of the Record Express. Be sure to enter this week's contest — Warwick vs. Gov. Mifflin. Complete rules and participating merchants can be found on page 15. NOTE :This week's game is 8 p.m. on Friday and the contest closes at game time. Enter early this week. ‘Knowing what to expect, the firemen had put on their smoke masks as they came up the road,” Mrs. Birkin-bine learned later. In spite of the flames that climed an entire wall of her kitchen, only cupboard doors and counter tops had to be replaced, she said. “ I thought the whole corner of the kitchen would be gone,” she said. “So you can imagine how fast they got here.” Mrs. Birkinbine is one of hundreds of housewives who “follow the books” when it comes to keeping their kitchens free from fire hazards, and yet are faced, unexpectedly and often tragically, with a fire. In her case, the damages were about $1500. The fact that it wasn’t more, she attributes to Lititz Fire Company. The quick action of the local firemen, their readiness for the situation that met them when they reached the burning kitchen, was no quirk of luck. And it was no isolated Trick or Treat Night 6-9 Next Wed. Trick or Treat night will be held Wednesday, Oct. 31 from 6 to 9 p.m. in Lititz borough and Warwick Township. Police Chiefs George Hicks and Paul Haines urge children to wear light colored clothing, and warn motorists to drive cautiously. Chief Hicks said he has already received complaints of vandalism. Both police chiefs have warned that any law breakers will be prosecuted to the fullest. case. Local firemen’s quick and efficient actions have prevented severe fire damage in many houses, barns, factories, and clubs over the past years. The reason—there are about 60 men in Lititz who devote hundreds of hours to learning how to protect this community against fire loss. These are not paid firemen. They are volunteer firefighters from all walks of life. When the fire sirens blow, they leave their jobs, their homes, to respond. For many, it means giving up hours of pay they would be earning on those jobs. For those on shift work, it often means giving up a night’s, or a day’s sleep. Their ages range from 18 to 70. Their ranks include an insurance agent, a district magistrate, a body shop repairman, a restaurant owner, a meat cutter, a barber, a truck driver, policemen, factory workers, construction workers. Ninety percent or better of these men have put in at least 16 hours at county fire school. This year three of them spent a full week at the state fire school in Lewistown. Who are they? Their chief is Howard “Hob” Mowrer, a carpenter and electrical contractor. Their first assistant chief is Paul Diehm, a district magistrate. Their second assistant chief is Ray Bixier, a plant foreman at Armstrong. Mowrer has two captains who, in addition to firefighting, have charge of fire prevention. These are Christ Koehler, semi-retired ceramic tile contractor, and Carl Brubaker, a machinist a t W a rn e r -L am b e r t. Through their efforts, they Woodstream, Police Aid Homeless Family The search continues for a home in the Lititz area for a family of eight who came here last week from Wyoming after the father was promised a job with Woodstream. John Savercool, the father, has already started work at the local plant, and meanwhile, his wife and six children continue their hunt for a home. The big need now, said Police Chief George Hicks, who has been assisting the family in its search, is for permanent housing in this area. Tom Smith from Woodstream Corp. said the local plant promised Savercool a job after he contacted them by letter from Wyoming. Smith made numerous phone calls to the Savercools, at their Wyoming home, after the father was laid off from his job in a manufacturing plant there, and guaranteed him employment here. Since the family had to sell much of its possessions to get here, and arrived practically destitute, Woodstream has also arranged to advance Savercool on his wages, a practise the local company occasionally follows when employees come from out of town without sufficient money to live. “We've done this for three or four others who came down here from the Johnstown and Altoona area,” Smith said Wednesday. Woodstream-also helped the Savercools get help through the United Fund and Salvation Army when they arrived in Lancaster County last week, and has offered their oldest son a part time job after school at the plant. “They’re not looking for any handouts,” Smith said of Savercool and his family. “ He’s operating a mouse machine here, and has been promised all the overtime he can handle.” The Savercools—mother, father, and six school age children—came here from Cheyenne, Wyo. after Savercool was laid off from his job there. The family is originally from Elmira, N. Y Following a flood, in which they lost a number of possessions, they shipped their mobile home to Wyoming. Another flood hit Wyoming and Savercool lost his job. Deciding they couldn’t afford to ship their trailer east, after getting a promise of a job from Woodstream, the family sold it for what was left on the mortgage. They drove to Lancaster in two station wagons and a rented truck. After learning of their predicament last Friday, Chief Hicks arranged for the Lititz-Warwick Community Chest to pay for motel rooms for the family for a few days. He also sought help for them through newspaper articles, which he said Wednesday had brought in a number of offers for temporary housing and several leads for permanent housing. Chief Hicks said two persons also had contacted him to contribute money to the family. • and other firemen take hundreds of local kids on tours of the fire house, place fire prevention posters around town, talk to babysitting classes, clubs, and schools, tour focal industries at least once a year to acquaint firemen with the layout and sprinkling systems in them, and spot potential fire hazards. So successful are their efforts that in the last year, Lititz has had one of the lowest fire loss records in its history. There are also three lieutenants, who have charge of all the maintenance on the fire engines and the fire extinquishers. These are James Wiggins, assistant manager at Weis Markets, Robert Keller, a carpenter for Messick Realty Corp., and Jere Buchter, a factory worker at Howmet Corp. There is also a group of fire police, who leave their businesses at the first fire siren to handle traffic during emergencies.Bob Nagle, a printer and a Warwick Township policeman, is captain of this group. The others are Glenn McElroy and Dale Shelly, both local pharmacists, Ed Cole, retired, Durphy Shumate, who owns the local carpet shop, and Jim Heisey, a barber. Who are the rest of them? You know them. They’re your neighbors, your sons, your brothers, your husbands. For them, fire fighting is a serious business. “It’s not like old time fire fighting any more,” says Fire Chief Hob Mowrer. “Now we need maneuverability and mechanical equipment. More and better training is stressed all the time. The old and new alike take training, much of it state sponsored. L it it z R e co rd E x p r e s s P hoto Ladder and rescue drills are an important part of a fireman's training. Above, two local firemen, Ted Stauffer (on ladder) and Lenny Weidler (at bottom) demonstrate techniques of rescuing an overcome victim from a top story of a building. The “ victim” above is fireman J|e Mengel. There is every kind of course available.” Every Monday night, this group of local firemen meet for training. They test the fire engines, they conduct (Continued On Page 16) In This Issue Business Directory Church News Classified Ads Editorial Page Sports Section Women’s 15 14 16,17 4 6 10 Lu Ann Coniglio Carol Remetz Kathleen Garner Queen Candidates Chosen for Lions Club Halloween Parade The Halloween Parade, sponsored by the Lititz Lions Club, will be held Tuesday, evening, Oct. 30 at 7 p.m. Three candidates for the Halloween Queen were chosen by members of the senior class at Warwick High. The seniors selected were: Lu Ann Coniglio, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Coniglio, 220 New Haven Drive, Lititz, is a senior at Warwick High School. Lu Ann has been a member of Student Government throughout high school and served as vice-president in her junior year. She is also a member of the Varsity Club. Lu Ann has been a homecoming attendant in tenth and eleventh grade. She is a member of St. James Catholic Church and after graduation plans to have a business career. Kathleen Garner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Garner, 242 Landis Valley Road, Lititz, is a senior at Warwick High School. Kathy was a member of the Junior High Chorus, Girls Ensemble and County Chorus. At the present time, she is cocaptain of the cheering squad, a . member of the Pep Club, Varsity Club, and Glee Club. She is a member of Salem Lutheran Church. After graduation she plans to attend nursing school at the Lancaster General Hospital. Carol Remetz, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Remetz, 205 New Haven Drive, Lititz, is a senior at Warwick High School. Carol is a member of the hockey squad and has been a member of the junior high cheering squad, girls sports club and junior high cheering squad, girls sports club and junior high chorus. Carol is a member of St. James Catholic Church and following graduation she plans to attend a course for laboratory technician at the Lancaster General Hospital. There will be three divisions in the parade: children’s, group and floats. A total of $219 will be awarded in prizes. A grand prize of $25 will also be awarded. Lion Club members will be stationed at the corner of Cedar and Main Streets to register parade marchers at 6:30 p.m. The parade route will be west on East Main St., south on South Broad St., and east on East Orange St. Units of the parade will form in the second two blocks of East Main Street and in the first block of South Cedar St. Both the Lititz Community Band and the Warwick High School Marching Band will participate in the parade. The parade will pass the judges stand twice, giving the judges ample time to examine entries. The judges stand will be in front of Spacht’s Furniture Store on Main St. Master of ceremonies will be Bill Dussinger. The judges will be: Mrs. Deann Showers, Mrs. Genie Rozman and Miss Michelle Ranck. The food stand, operated by the Lions Club, will be situated in the vacant lot directly across from Hagy’s Western Auto. Rain date for the event will be Thursday, Nov. 1 with the same time and places in effect. |
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