Lititz Record Express

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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
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(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.
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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
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In This Issue
Business Directory
Church News
Classified Ads
Editorial Page
Sports Section
Women’s
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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.