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VOL. LXI Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa., Thursday, February 16, 1939 No. 24 i
BURKHART'S
Town TASLiK
AN AMERICAN TRADITION
February marks the birthday
anniversaries of two great Ameri-can
«. Custom and proclamation
have made the twelfth and twenty-second
of February important holi-days
in America. And why? The
answer lies in public school edu-cation.
The legends of Lincoln
and Washington are incorporated
into our knowledge of American
history, and we can do nothing but
accept them. Washington never
told a lie. He chopped down a
cherry tree. These legend« have
very little truth behind them.
Thy are, vrobatoly, the inventions
of a certain Mr. Weems, who wrote
a life of Washington. The true
story of Washington is compara-tively
new. Only recently has the
world come to know the tn*6\man
of affairs. I have always consid-ered
Washington the connecting
link between England and the new
world, America. He lived a life
of fashion; powdered wigs, after-
, noon teas, English dramas, and
plantation slaves. He married one
of the richest women in Virginia,
and, apart from his military and
political interludes, differed little
from the ordinary Southern gentle-man.
Lincoln, the Emancipator, re-mains
the hero of the common
man. Without wealth and educa-tion,
trat with a native intelligence
peculiar to the frontier, he still
maintains a gracious place in the
hearts of Americans. But, apart
from liis rugged individualism,
apart from hte homespun religion
and philosophy, apart from his
brave backwardness, there was a
spirit in him which epitomized the
new American frontier. And that
is why his memory survived. He
was a new man in a new world, a
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Sportsmen
Hear
Addresses
At The Top of The League
Nearly 180 Attend Banquet
In Fire Hall, Wildlife
Pictures Shown
<DER
DEITSCH
Approximately 180 members and
guests of the 'Lititz Sportsmen's
association heard a series of in-teresting
addresses and were
shown a lengthy program of rare
wildlife pictures at the annual ox
roast held Tuesday evening in the
Lititz flrehouse.
With three long tableé filling
every available inch of space on
the first fiobr of the flrehouse,
sportsmen filled practically every
avalla/ble seat in what was de-scribed
as one of the most success-ful
affairs in the history of the
local association.
Prominent sportsmen of the
state and county who addressed
the banquet complimented mem-bers
and offirers of the local asso-ciation
for the fine record of activi-tie*
during the past few years.
Conservation activities of the local
club and work of placing safety
zone posters on farms of this sec-tion
were highly lauded.
That a community such a« Lititz
Is the richer for having in its
midst a large group of sportsmen
wai declared by Norman Wood, of
Coatesville, the principal speaker
of the evening. "If you don't en-joy
getting out in the open, fishing
or hunting or merely studying na-ture;
you're just non compus men-tus,"
Mr. Wood declared, adding,
"every community is better for the
sportsmen it has in it."
Activities such as hunting and
fishing give a man a finer aspect
on life, Mr. Wood emphasized. As
a part of his address, Mr. Wood,
who is well-known as a lecturer
throughout the state, showed five
reels of wildlife pictures including
rare shots of a wild mongoose
fighting and killing a 20-foot cobra
snake.
Announcement that the state
game commission is anxious to
purchase more land in this section
(Continued on Page 8)
First row, Reserves, left to right—Richard Stark, Herbert Pfantz, Clyde Stauffer, John Helter, Luther
Hartranft, Curtis Long, Robert Bachman, Roger Martin, and Archie Shelly. Second row, Varsity—Coach
David Foster, Roy Longenecker, Manager; Charles Brown, Richard Pfantz, Stanley Brumbach, William
Stark, Bert Reidenbangh, Ray Herr, Martin Kutz, Robert Haines, Wallace Lauseh, Wilbur Royer, and
Eugene Deckert, Assistant Coach. Photo W. Kissinger
"Awennich Fundes
Und Sell"
Es coom't mer fore dos de leidt
folia fer sheer olli saarta dum-heidta.
In de ledschta pore wucha
hilt's slch awe ga'wiss saena g'lust.
Oil dos mer haert shwetza unnicb
de leidt und dos mer se saed du
iss des- ni game dos se "Chinese
Checkers" haesa. Yar se hen mich
awe shunt draw g'hot, ower ich
bin net so gude draw. Ich bin denk
wos se so en Deltscher dick kup
haesa daeda. Ich kun net so weidt
funna nous saena we dale fun de
onnera leidt, bis ich oil mi «licker
ous em eck hob hut shunt etober
es game. Yar se hupsa und jumpa
oil iwer's hoard und's nexcht dos
mer waes iss es game evva ferbi.
Ower ich waes net we se es don-na,
ferleicht hen se tricks dos se
shpeela uf mich dos ich nix waes
da'fu. Ich hob doh yetz en gpme
g*watsch"t, doh waara de weib-
. (Continued on Page 8)
FRED HULL RECOVERING
Fred Hull, Marion street, is re-covering
at. St. Joseph's hospital,
Lancaster, where he underwent an
appendicitis operation on Sunday
morning.
Be wise, economize, your old
furniture will look like new when
Beck Bros, are thru—revamping
and refinishing.'
Work Started
Here Adopted
By The State
Work of teaching bird and wild-life
conservation in the schools
which will soon be put into effect
throughout the state of Pennsyl-vania
comes directly as thf result
of work started here several years
ago by Lititz sportsmen, it was re-vealed
here this week.
Recommendations that the teach-ing
of wildlife become a part of
the compulsory curriculum of
pu'blic schools were taken to Har-risburg
this week by a large group
of sportsmen, including several
from this borough.
According to sportsmen of the
state, this work was started in and
around iLtitz several years ago
through the efforts of the sports-men's
association and A. A. Zech-er,
local bird-^over. The successi
of the plan here was so great that
it finally has attracted the atten-ion
of educators throughout the
state.
According to prominent sports-men
here Tuesday evening to at-tend
the local ox-roast, courses
along lines outlined by Mr. Zecher,
will be installed in teachers' col-leges
of the state to prepare teach-ers
for this work. The work of
conservation of wildlife is expect-ed
to be given a considerable impe-tus
from this program.
Nature study classes and illus-trated
lectures soon will become a
part of every school program. In
the meantime the local sportsmen
will continue their work of visit-ing
schools in the borough and
throughout the section.
GROSH HOME FROM HOSPITAL
Benjamin Grosh returned from
the hospital on Monday where he
spent several weeks due to a bro-ken
leg he receivd in an accident
Mr. and Mrs. Grosh are residing at
the General Sutter hotel.
CH. Hunt
Will Address
Meeting Here
C. H. Hunt, manager of County
Councils of the Pennsylvania State
Chamber of Commerce, will speak
here on Tuesday night, Feb. 21,
when the Lititz Chamber of Com
merce holds its February meeting
in the fire house. -
Mr. Hunt, whose subject will be
"Why Community Unity at This
Time," will deliver a message
which will be helpful and give
businessmen an incentive for car-rying
on with renewed vigor and
determination in the advancement
of community, county and state.
Mr. Hunt is a well-known speak-er
and has spoken to Chamber
groups all over the state.
Much interesting and important
business will also be transacted at
the meeting and all members, and
others interested, are urged to at-tnd
the meting, which will begin
at 8.
Buy used furniture, ré-condition
ed at Beck Bros, factory.
Pennypacker
Heads Chorus
\ s President
Lititz Gains
First Place
In League
By Richard Longeneeker
The Lititz High School basket
ball team is now leading the Sec
tion 2 league because of its victory
over Ephrata on Tuesday night,
The Pretzels swamped their tradi-tional
rivals 50-31. The Lititz Re-serve
squad won the preliminary
game.
Lititz drew first blood when
Stark sank the first basket of the
game. The Red and Black con
tinued as a house afire throughout
the first quarter and the score was
12-2 when this period ended-
Not satisfied with this comfort-able
lead the Lititz dribblers came
back for the second quarter with
a smooth, snappy passing attack
that completely baffled and out-classed
the Mountaineers. The lo
cals outscored the visitors 18
this period.
Each team rang up 14 points in
the period following the rest. The
Purple and Gold outscored Lititz
by 2 points in the final stansa but
this was not enough to even
threaten the 'Lititz margin.
Reidenbaugh and Herr of Litiz
and Von Neida of Ephrata were
the leading tally makers of the
game. Reidenbaugh's 19 points
made him the games high scorer.
(Continued on Page 8)
A Canadian Subscriber
Writes To Editor Emeritus
11 Homes Wanted
In Lititz
Last Thursday the "Record"
carried the following classified
adv.—
FOR RENT—6-Room House, Bath
Laandry, Electric, Hot Air Heat,
at 427% E. Main St. Apply at ga-rage
in rear of lot.
By Friday evening there were
12 applicants. One rented it—
leaving 11 families still "home
hunting."
, Record classified ads bring
results—quickly.
Call 117-R
and have your ad inserted
n
Chester A. Hoffman at Kyle,
Saskatchewan, under date of Feb-ruary
2, writes a most interesting
letter, full of spiritual enthusiasm,
political and" philosophical re-marks,
and some of his references
to Lititz, we take the liberty to
quote.
"Your card of the church brought
back poignant memories, as if it
was just yesterday. I can see you
yet coming down the aisle, and
hear Hagen preach, and hear and
see Paul Beck playing the organ,
and smell the pine trees and hear
the birds sing on Easter morn.
Those were the things that brought
us close to God. And how I re-member
the trombone choir on
Easter, and grandly, holy it sound-ed
from out in the country when
one was just far enough away to
hear it- No wonder the painter
produced "The Angelus." I wish I
were a painter. I woulcT paint a
picture of "Hearing- the Trom-bones."
I would paint the scene
out in "Gruberland", and have one
horse in a hand cultivator, culti-vating
corn, and a boy stopping to
work listening to the trombones
faintly swelling over the country-side.
It seems you should have a
painter in Lititz that could do
that. Perhaps one of your girls.
You must all ibe happy to be to-gether
in the old place. Yes, it was
with sorrow I read of Herbert's
tragic death and later of Harry'«
passing away.
I recently had two nice long let-ters
from Dr. Hertz. My, how ¡Lititz
must be changed. The many autos
and strange names. In the paper
I always enjoy the 'Editor Emeri-tus
and the personals. The other
news is mostly about strangers.
Many years ago I had a ¡big letter
from Paul Seaber, and since we
exchanged cards he always prom-ises
to write a big letter, 'but
doesn't any more. I would be so
glad to hear from him. Tom Kel-ler,
now of Bethlehem, and I ex-change
letters every couple years-
Also hear from Doc. Moyer, John
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See ol r half price counter.
P. T. T- imble & Son
George Pennypacker, o f this
borough, has been elected head of
the Acappella Chorus, it was an-nounced
here this week. Mr. Pen-nypacker
succeeds J. Lloyd Hol-linger,
of East Petersburg, who
resigned as president due to an
unfortunate accident to his son-
At a meeting this week Mr.
Pennypacker announced the ap-pointment
of committees to carry
on the work of the chorus during
the coming season. Those named
were as follows:
Publicity: Stanley Baker, Man-heim,
chairman; and Hershey Zug,
Manheim.
Membership: H. B. Baughey,
Neffsville, chairman; and Mark
Graybill, Lititz, R. D.
Program: H. Ray Blanck, Man-heim,
chairman, and H. B. Baugh-ey,
Harold M. Hollinger, Lititz.
Remembrance: H- H. Johnson,
East Petersburg, chairman; Carl
Stubbs, Lititz, and Oscar Ruhl,
Manheim.
Three key men for the emergen-cy
contact system are J. Lloyd
Hollinger, in charge of the East
Petersburg-Lancaster • area; Irvin
R. Peters, Manheim area; and
Mark Graybill, Lititz area.
In the near future a plans com-mittee
will map out the calendar
for the coming year, including the
date for the annual song fest.
After Inventory Sale Ends this
week-end. .
P. T. Trimble & Son
LITITZ GOLF CLUB
STAG PARTY
Can't Dislodge
Family From
Home Here
Wright Continues To Resist
Attempt of High School
Contractors
Sealed B a l l o t Box
W i l l Be Opened
THREE TO ACT AS JUDGES ¡
IX AWARDING CONTEST PRIZES
One lone family, beseiged on all
sides, continued to hold out this
week against the efforts of work-men
engaged in constructing the
new Lititz High School addition.
And although losing possession
of one chicken coop, appeared al-most
certain to be able to hold out
for another five or six months de-spite
all ecorts to force them to
move.
Although fighting a losing bat-tle,
the owner of the home on Or-ange
street, Fred Wright, appeaqH"^
ed determined this week to resist
local school authoritis and every-body
else for some time to come.
W- P. A. officials themselves ad-mitted
rather sheepishly that the
prospects of getting possession of
the Wright home appeared slim for
five or six monCWs at least.
Workmen this week took posses-sion
of and razed a chicken coop
which stood in the way of present
construction work. The house,
however, is beyond the aetual
building line and this section of
the property will not be needed
until time to do the landsc»i>e
work. ' ,
At the instance of the local
school 'board, the county court* this
week appointed viewers to Inspect
the Wright property and the one
adjoining with the view of reach-ing
a settlement for property
damage with the owners. Owners
(Continue* on page four)
The awarding of prizes in the
Record-Express circulation cam-paign
will be supervised by three
judges appointed this week.
They are:
Victor Wayner, burgess of iLititz.
Elser Gerhart, president of the
Lititz Chamber of Commerce.
Paul Bomberger, cashier of the
Farmers' National Bank.
Strict Rules Are Guarantee
ol Fairness
Observe
Willard
Centenary
Expect 200 At
Father-Son Banquet
Close to 200 men and 'boys are
expected to attend tonight the an
nual Father-Son Banquet of the
Ushers Association of St. Paul's
Lutheran Church, to be held in the
church basement at 6.
The dinner will be served 'by the
Dorcas Bible Class and following
the meal there will be several
short talks, an address by the Rev.
George Greiss, of Allentown, and
an entertainment feature.
5 A very delightful Frances Wil-lard
Centenary Tea was held in the
Moravian Church parlor on Tues-day
afternoon. Mrs., E- P. Tuchses
was guest speaker, and she spoke
on the "Life of Frances Willard."
Mrs. Byron K. Home had charge
of devotions. A number of perti-nent
sayings toy Miss Williard
were read. Mrs. J. M. Leed enter-tained
with vocal solos, A mono-logue,
entitled "The Uncrdwned
Queen" was given .by Mre. John
Mohler followed by a vocal solo
"Preag On" by Mrs. Raymond
DuhbSi Mrs. Horace Grosh gave
personal recollections of Miss Wil-lard,
and Mrs. M. C. 'Demmy gave
a brief review of the Million Dol-lar
Centenary Fund, its purpose
and how it is being spent. Mem-bers
of the local Farm Women's
society were guests of the W. C.
T. U. Mrs. M. C. Demmy and Mrs.
J. C. Light presided at the tea
table, Which was decorated in Val-entine
colors.
Present at the tea were: Mrs.
Charles Zartman, Mrs. Mary Guiles
Ms. Wayne Longenecker, Mrs.
Raymond Dubbs, Mrs. John Adams,
Mrs. Andrew Shissler, Mrs. Henry
Stoner, Miss A. Vlginia Grosh
Mrs. J. B. Herr, Mrs. Elwood Fur-low,
Mrs. Byron Home, Mrs. J. M
Leed, Mrs. M. C. Demmy, Mrs. A.
L- Leidich, Miss Anna Leidich,
Miss Erica Nethercott, Mrs. P. T.
Trimble, Mrs. D. G. Witmyer, Mrs.
N. B. Leaman, Miss Ella Stauffer,
Mrs. Horace Grosh, Mrs. Clarence
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The Lititz Golf Club held a stag
party at the new Overlook Club
House last Thursday, which most
of the members attended and
enjoyed.
Many members had a chance to
inspect the club house for the
first time and we all feel grateful
to Abe Dombach for providing
such a modern building.
The 1938 Lititz Golf champion,
Dr. Landis, proved to be a good
ping pong player until John Lea-man
came along. Of course Dr.
Johnny has a chance to get more
practice than you do.
Bill Fasnacht, Abe Beck, Harry
Landis, Dr. Minnich and others
proved to be very well acquainted
with the game of ping pong but
the star performance of the even-ing
was between Abe Dombach
and Jim Stopani. Ask Jim about
that one.
We want to take this occasion to
thank Bob Weaver for the splendid
lunch he prepared fo rthe occasion.
Have Music in Your Home. Buy
A Piano. Used Pianos $5.00 up.
Save Money—buy at Home,
i Young's Music House
—Home-made Sausage, 25c lb.;
Pudding, 18c lb; Beefstead, 30c lb;
Hamburg, 19c lb; Frankfurts, 25c
lb.; Whole Chucks, 19c and 20c
lb. LUTZ—Phone 9181-W. We
Deliver. adv
Only three working days remain in the Lititz Record's big clreu-lation
campaign. These three days are all important days for those
who wish to participate in the prizes. The candidate who lets down
now or who thinks they cant win any one of those prises 1st just fool-ing
themselves and no-one else. There isn't a candidate listed below
who, with an added spurt on their part, cannot make these last few
days very profitable for themselves. REMEMBER, those people who
have already given yon their subscription, did so (because they had
confidence in you, in your ability to go ahead, yotor tenaciousness,
don't disappoint them, show them that they have not given you .their
subscription in vain and make this last week your biggest week. Next
week will be too late, the campaign will be over and the prizes paid
to the winners, YOU can be a winner if you make up yonr mind. Dont
hesitate, make up yonr mind that yon are just as good as anyone else
and WIN.
Don't wait until it is over and then see that just a little extra work
would have put you over the top, but remember, a contest is never
won untfl the final counting of the judges. The standings are close
and it is still TOUR OPPORTUNITY.
C. R. DIEHM - - . .
CHESTER DOUPLE
ROBERT EBY
GRACE GARBER -
ANNA MAY GRAYBILL
ERLA LONG -
MRS. AVERY MYERS
WINIFRED SHEAFFER
JOHN G. ZOOK
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Monday night at nine o'clock
brings to a close the. Record
big prize subscription campaign.
Three judges of unquestionable
integrity and standing in the com-munity
will count the votes çast
by the contestants in he sealed
ballot box. Only the official count
can determine who will 'be the win-ners
of the big cash prizes.
It is now only a matter of time,
with the candidates coming down
the home stretch in a neck-and-race,
no one can foretell who will
finish in the prizes. There is still
plenty of time to get some last
minute effective work that will in-sure
victory.
Print Instructions
Instructions for candidates and
details of the -final count are again
printed today. Each participant
must acquaint themselves with tha
rules and govern themselves ac-cordingly.
In order to maintain absolut«
secrecy as to the number of sub-scriptions
turned in and votes
earned by each contestant, the race
is being brought to a close under a
sealed ballot box.
No subscriptions whatever' are
now being accepted through' the
campaign department but, instead
the participants themselves wiU
deposit their flpal collections in
the sealed ballot box. -
, Ballot Box Sealed
By using the sealed "'*
system, no one, not even thé man
agement, can possibly know th
voting strength of the respect!"
participants. This precludes any
possibility of favoritism and in-sures
fairness to all.
When the final hour arrives (9
o'clock Mnday night, Feb. 20, the
campaign will officially be declared
closed. Participants and others not
associated with the Lititz Record
or not acting as counting judges
or auditors will depart. The doors
will be locked.
The judges will break open the
sealed ¡ballot box, and when th
votes and credits can be issued
the subscriptions contained th>
in, the last count will 'begin. T. .
winners will be determined by
adding the certified totals for the
first two periods to those contained
in the ballot box.
It is believed some time will be
required to canvass the findings in
the box, check and verify totals
and determine the winners.
Participants in the room at that
time will be permitted to complete
their vbting and depart. All con-testants
must have a commission
voucher in their envelope if they
draw their commissions. All votes
issued to and including the second
period must be verified not late'
than Reb. 18th. This is absolutely
essential in governing the -final
count by the judges.
MISS GROSH SPEAKS
Mis« Virginia Grosh was guest
speaker at a Frances Willard Tea
"held by the Elizabethtown W. > C.
T. U. on Monday afternoon.
Calendar of Coming Events
Feb. 16—Father and Son banquet,
St. Paul's Lutheran Church, 6 p.m.
Feb. 20—Musical Comedy, H. S.
Auditorium.
Feb. 20—Linden Hall Glee Club
entertainment, Moravian Church.
Feb. 21—Odd Fellow ladies night
banquet. St. Paul's Luthemn
church, 7 P. M.
Mar. 16-17—Jr. Class play at'
High School.
Play Bingo at the Firehouse Fri-day
Evening. Win The Big Mara-thon.
Your old furniture re-made to
look like new at Beck Bros. Fur-niture
Factory 249 E. Main St..
Lititz.