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CONSOLIDATED WITH THE LITITZ RECORD 1937 Lititz, Lancaster County, PA. 17543, Thursday, November 13,1980 20 CENTS A COPY $6 00 PER YEAR BY MAIL
WITHIN LANCASTER COUNTY 26 Pages-No.33-
Sutter Home Restoration Completed
Farmers First Bank Holds
Preview Open House
Limited edition prints of the Sutter home which now houses bank offices, were
presented to guests at the preview luncheon.
Lititz Police News
Lititz Woman Arrested
On Drug Charges
Ruth A. “Penny” Cotto, 35,
who resides at the rear of 16
E. Orange Street, was
charged with unlawful
delivery of a controlled
s u b s ta n c e , n am e ly
methamphetamine.
According to Lititz Police
Chief George Hicks, Cotto
sold two grams of the sub­stance
to a confidential
police informant on October
30 and was arrested on
Saturday, Nov. 8.
A search warrant for the
home was obtained at which
tim e v a rio u s d ru g
paraphernalia was seized,
police said. Cotto posted bail
for a hearing at a later date.
Accident
A Lititz man suffered
slight injuries in an accident
Nov. 8 at 7:58 p.m. on South
Cedar Street, south of
Second Avenue.
According to police,
James J. McGarrigle III of
456 Fort Ross St. was
travelling south on South
Cedar behind another
vehicle. Both vehicles were
travelling at a high rate of
speed. When the first vehicle
began'braking for the stop
intersection, according to
police, McGarrigle applied
the brakes and lost control of
the vehicle.
The McGarrigle vehicle
then crossed to the far side of
the roadway, struck a
parked car belonging to
Lewis James Perini, 329 S.
Cedar St., pushing the Perini
car up onto the sidewalk.
The McGarrigle vehicle then
flipped onto its roof, police
said.
McGarrigle was cited for
limitations of driving on the
left side violation and
driving a vehicle at safe
speed violation.
No injuries resulted n an
accident Nov. 4 at 4:52 p.m.
on East Main Street at
Cherry Lane.
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By Mildred Spear
The Farmers First Bank,
having undertaken the
ambitious project of
restoring the home of ■
General John A. Sutter, is
hosting an open house to
show the completed project
and invites guests to visit the
Main Street home which now
houses banking offices, but
which has retained some of
the antique features and
furbelows of the 18th cen­tury.
A preview luncheon was
held today (Thursday) by
invitation. Guests received a
limited edition print from an
original watercolor of the
restored Sutter house, and
were given a guided tour of
the premises by Senior Vice
President Richard M.
Cloney.
An Open House has been
set by the bank for
November 22 from 1 to 4 p.m.
and guests are invited to tour
the home of the general.
Then to complete the day’s
outing. The bank will
provide a coupon for a tour
of the Sutter antiques arid
memorabilia at the Lititz
Historical Society. They then
suggest a stop at the Lititz
Moravian Cemetery where
General Sutter is buried.
In presenting the open
house on November 22, the
Farmers First not only in­vites
guests to learn more
about General Sutter, but is
also offering a reward for
locating old pieces of the
bank’s own history and is
sponsoring a coloring con­test
for children between the
ages of 3 and 12.
The reward is “posted” for
three categories with items
remaining the property of
the original owner. Entries
should be brought-to the open
house and “bounties” will be
presented for the oldest bank
item, the oldest account and
the oldest continuing ac­count.
For the children, the
coloring contest will preceed
the open house. Entry blanks
may be picked up at any
Farmers First Bank and
should be returned by
November ,22. One prize will
be awarded for each winner
in each age group and the
winners will be notified by
mail.
The bank will furnish
guests with a pamphlet
which traces Général Sut­ter's
roots from Germany to
the New World where he
earned national recognition
as a pioneer, a trader, the
founder of Sacramento,
California and as a visionary
who played an integral part
in the development of our
country.
It is ironic that the Gold
Rush of 1849 occurred ex­tensively
along the streams
of John Sutter’s California
landholdings and that the
General spent most of his
declining years traveling
b e tw e en L ititz and
Washington, D.C. seeking
redress from the govern­ment
for thousands of acres
which were overrun by gold
seekers.
The General’s wife, Anna
.Sutter, purchased the Main
Street lot in 1871 for $1,200.
Research indicates the
house was built sometime in
1871 a t a co st of
$10,000 and furnished for
$3,000. Behind the house was
a garden surrounded by a
steel picket fence.
After the general’s death,
the house changed hands
several times, until it was
purchased by Owen Hershey
in 1946. For a number of
years the building housed
Trimble’s Hardware Store.
The bank purchased the
property in July of 1974 for
future expansion, and was
well aware of the building’s
historic value.
With an old photograph
showing the original ap­pearance
of the house and
with old paint scrapings to
indicate the colors of the
exterior trim, the Lancaster
firm of deVitry, Gilbert and
Bradley researched the
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In this Issue
Editorial 4
Sports Section 6,7,8,9
Social 10,11
Classified 13,14,15
Church 22
Business Directory 24
Lititz Resident Awaits Word
Corn Ship Vanishes
Frank Holland, 56, of
Dundock, Baltimore, Md.,
sailed more than two weeks
ago ori the “Poet” , a 522,foot
freighter bound for Egypt
from Delaware with a load of
corn. The ship has vanished.
The Coast Guard, Navy
and other rescue units have
The driver of this car miraculously received only minor injuries after a crash on South Cedar Street
Saturday night. (Photo by Stan Hall)
combed the Atlantic up to 400
miles offshore in what is so
far a fruitless search for
traces of the ship, its cap­tain,
or its crew of 32. -- -.
Frank, Holland is the
brother of Mrs. Marvin
Porch of Disston View Drive,
Lititz, and Mrs. Porch
reports that the waiting to
hear something is “so very
hard. Frank has been like a
father and brother to me,”
she explained, “because of
the great difference in our
ages. He first went to sea
when he was 17.” Mrs. Porch
said that another Penn­sylvania
man is thought to
be abroad the Poet.
The family had suffered
more grief earlier this year
when Mrs. Porch’s and
Holland’s mother, died in
July.
“No one has been in touch
with us about this,” she said.
“We know Frank was
aboard, but have heard
nothing about the search.”
The Poet was headed for
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The restoration of the only building still standing, attributed to General John
A. Sutter, has been completed by the Farmers First Bank and a preview lun­cheon
was held today. The building will be the scene of an open house given by
the bank on November 22 from 1 to 4 p.m.
Village Art Association
Sets Membership Show
'The Bat’ At WHS
Which One Killed Richard Fleming?
The V illag e Art
Association of Lititz, will
hold its 4th Annual Mem­bership
Art Show in A1 Taft’s
Gallery at 413 North Water
Street, Saturday, November
15, and Sunday, November
16. The show will be open to
the public on Saturday from
1 p.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday
from lp.m. to 4 p.m.
There will be over 100
paintings on display, in­c
lu d in g la n d s c a p e s ,,
seascapes, still life, portraits
and wildlife done in
watercolor, oil, pastel, and
pen and ink. All paintings
will be for sale.
The show will be judged by
Dr. Ronald E. Sykes,
Professor of Art, Millersville
State College. Dr. Sykes has
taught over fifteen courses
in the college’s Art
Department. He has often
spoken to civic and art
groups in the county and he
produced and presented four
one man half hour TV shows
on studio art on Channel 8. A
number of art workshops
have been conducted by him
for school districts in Lan­caster
County. He has
judged numerous art shows
for civic groups and schools
in Lancaster County. Over
thirty major painting or
sculpture portraits com­missions
which appear in
public buildings have been
completed by him.
First and second prizes
will be awarded in each
category and Judge’s
Awards will be awarded in
any medium.
The V illag e Art
Association sponsors the
Lititz Outdoor Art Show each
July which attracts over 200
artists to exhibit their art­work
on the sidewalks of
Lititz. This show has become
one of the best art shows of
its type in the State.
The V illag e Art
Association was formed over
twenty-five years ago and
now has a membership of
over fifty riiembers. The
membership includes
professional, amateur, and
beginning artists. New areas
of interest such as holding
art classes and learning
about other mediums of art
are being explored by the
association.
Reminder To Parents
Police Chief Hicks
issued a reminder to
parents of kindergarten
students that there will
be no school for grades
one through five on
November 20 and 21.
Therefore crossing
guards will not be on
duty those days.
Motorists Warned
Police Chief George
Hicks announced this
week that the speed-check
device has been
delivered and will be put
into use soon in various
parts of the borough.
Motorists are urged to
follow the posted speed
limits.
Behind these ten smiling
faces lurks an evil, con­spiratorial
heart that fells
Richard Fleming with a shot
in a darkened Victorian
mansion.
Was it Detective Anderson
(John David Wissler,
standing left); the gardener
Brooks (Joel Longenecker)
who loves niece Dale Ogden
(Amy Slater, seated left);
w e a lth y , d e te rm in e d
spinster Cornelia Van
Gorder (Mary Jane Trump,
also seated); or Cornelia’s
“hired help”, her floosy
maid Lizzie (Sue Mc-
Caffery); or the Japanese
butler “ Billy” (Bruce
Weaver)?
Or could County Coroner
Wells (Julie Downing,
kneeling, second from left)
or mysterious Esther
Beresford (Esther Van Der
Beek, kneeling, third from
left) have snuffed out
Richard Fleming’s devious
life?
Or the unknown entrants
into Cornelia’s rented
summer house played by
Deb DaVis and Scott Wall,
flanking the coroner and
Bereford...Could they have
pulled the trigger?
Only the “body” knows:
Richard Fleming (Lance
Stoner).
Or doesjhe?
And you won’t know until weekend, November 14-15, at
the last five lines of War- 8 P-m - in the WHS
wick’s fall production “THE auditorium.
BAT” to be presented this THE BAT, a three-act
mystery thriller directed by
Dan Neidermyer will rivet
you to your seat and keep
you guessing from curtain
up to curtain down with
tickets only $1.50 tor adults
and $1.00 for students.
(Photo by Kate Duncan)