Lititz Record Express

              The Lititz Record - Express
Serving The Warwick Area For Nearly A Century
95th. Year B lta b llllu d April, 1877, M Th« l in l iu m
(Consolidated with T ie l i u t i Record, 1937) Lititz, Lancaster County, Penna., Thursday, October 14, 1971 10 oenta s Copy; |U 0 par year by mail
within Lancaster County 18 Pages — No. 29
Warwick Supervisors to Discuss Solid Waste Plan
Warwick Township Super­visors
announced receipt of the
Solid Waste Management Plan
for Lancaster County from the
Lancaster County Planning
Commission at the regular
meeting last week.
The plan requires that all
municipalities with populations
of 300 or more per square mile
submit a plan for solid waste
management by January l, 1972.
Warwick Township is included in
that category.
Other municipalities in the
County which will be affected
a re : Lancaster Township,
Lancaster City, Manheim
Township, Upper Leacock
Township, East and West
Lampeter Townships, East and
West Hempfield Townships, and
all the boroughs of the county.
The superivsors plan to meet
with the Municipal Authority,
Planning Commission and the
Zoning Hearing Board to discuss
a plan of action.
In other business, the Super­visors
have requested the
Department of Transportation
for a no passing zone on Route 501
from the borough line to Newport
Road due to the difficulty of
entering the highway from
businesses along the road and
because the road is hazardous
when it is wet.
The Supervisors heard again
the request of Ronald Whitcraft
for the rezoning of a 2.5 acre
tract, formerly the Southern
Pipeline property, from
agricultural to commercial.
Whitcraft had previously asked
for the land to be zoned light
industry. That request had been
denied.
Three useable buildings exist
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See our October 7 or September 23 issues on page 1 for
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on the property and Whitcraft
indicated he would be renting
one, possible for a warehouse,
and using one of the others for his
own plumbing and heating
business and the other for a
garage.
The supervisors raised the
question of access to the
buildings since the road is not
paved. Whitcraft said he would
consider stoning the lane but not
paving it.
The request will now be sub­mitted
to the planning com­mission
and a hearing will be
held. Whitcraft will submit, at
that time, a five-year planned
projection for the property, after
a survey is completed.
Permission has been given to
the Rothsville Fire Company to
close the street through
Rothsville for the Halloween
Street Festival, from 5 p.m. to 1
a.m. Saturday, October 23.
The newly erected Carpenter
Road Bridge is now being oiled
and stoned and will be opened
October 15, according to Dale
Kofroth, road foreman. The
supervisors approved erecting a
stop sign at the Carpenter and
Clay Roads end of the bridge and
will apply to the state for two stop
signs at the Lincoln and Car­penter
Roads side. Total cost of
the bridge was $7,500.
The Linden Hall Echo, Also Started
In 1877, Getting New Masthead, Too
In the masthead of the Litiz
Record-Express at the top of
page 1, it is recorded each week
that the newspaper was founded
in April, 1877 as The Sunbeam.
But most Lititz citizens
probably don’t know that another
Lititz newspaper was started a
few months earlier.
It was the Linden Hall Echo,
started in January 1877 to serve
the Linden Hall School for Girls.
The Echo is still being
published at Linden Hall, as this
letter received from the school
recently in regard to the Record-
Express’ masthead contest
shows:
Editor, Record-Express:
Your decision to draw up a new
masthead came on the same day
as it was decided to design a new
masthead for the student
newspaper. Your readers might
be encouraged to help you
knowing a little about a famous
masthead in our own student
paper.
THE LITITZ RECORD-EXPRESS
traces its history to
April, 1877. By coincidence
Linden Hall’s paper was printed
for the first time on January 1877.
After eleven issues, in the
February, 1878 issue the paper
appeared with a new masthead.
TTie Editor commented on the
new design.
The designer was A.R. Waud
whose two daughters had
graduated from Linden Hall, the
one, Mary, being the valedic-ln
This Issue
Business Directory
Church News
Classified Ads
Editorial Page
School Menu
Society Section
Sports Section
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torian of the Class of 1876. At­tention
was drawn to the details
of the masthead, the school
buildings and emblems of
“school life and endeavor.”
“It is a picture in itself, and not
merely, as is so often the case, a
piece of spread-eagleism or
meaningless prettiness in the
way of flourishes and fancy
lettering.”
A.R. Waud has been declared
the most outstanding field artist
of the Civil War. His work ap­peared
in the HARPER’S
WEEKLY and he continued after
the war in assignments
throughout the south and south­west.
Forty of his drawings were
recently purchased from his
grandson. A special showing for
the public is being planned for
December.
Enclosed are two copies of the
student newspaper, liie one is
with Waud’s design and the other,
by way of contrast, is as it had
been the 11 issues preceding.
Tastes have changed over the
years, but still one is able to
appreciate the import of Waud’s
work.
Linden Hall
Rick Taft, seated, left, president of the
Warwick High School Marching Band, is
shown with the trophy the band won as
first prize for “ balance and in­strumentation
of all the participating
musical groups at the Quarryville Farm
Show parade. Mary Ann Reidenbaugh,
seated, right, secretary of the band
displays the participation awards the band
-iris
o n i H Mrs. Esther Bare,10 South
Market Street, Lititz, was the
winner last week of $140 in gift
certificates in the “LUCKY YOU
— IT’S FRIDAY” drawing. She
received 28 certificates of $5
each, one from each of the par­ticipating
merchants, and three
certificates for a free haircut, one
from each of the participating
barber shops.
A drawing will be held each
Friday for the next four weeks
with the final one October 29
worth $270. The person whose
name is drawn as the Friday
night winner must be present to
win.
received last week at the first annual
marching band festival at Elizabethtown
and at the Ephrata Band competition.
^Admiring the awards are: back row, Sylvia
Weber, flag squad captain, Tom Hartranft,
drum major and Lori Ammon, color guard
captain. The band also marched in the
Farm Show parades at New Holland and
Ephrata.
To' be eligible to win, the
shopper must fill out a coupon in
one of the participating store*
and place it in the specified
container. Coupons from all the
stores wui be placed in a larger
box for the drawing at 8:30 p.m.
Friday evening on the patio of the
General Sutter Inn.
Ten semi-finalists were also
drawn last Friday. They were:
Mrs. Frank Casert, General
Sutter Inn; Capt. E. K. Van
Swearingen, General Sutter Inn;
Judy Kreider, 24 East Main
Street; Jerry Pelger, 60 East
Lincoln Avenue; Tim McCoy,
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Linden Hall Echo Recalls Thinking and Fashions of
Miss Pat Sullivan leftsand Mrs. Emily (Pat) Hoffman will co-star
in a one-act play entitled ‘‘Save me a Place at Forest
Lawn," at the Lititz Woman's Club meeting at the Lutheran
Education Building at 8 p.m.
Woman’s Club Will See Play
Thè October meeting of the
Lititz Woman’s Club will take
place at the Lutheran Education
Building at 8 p.m. on Monday,
October 18. Lorees Yerby’s play
“Save Me a Place at Forest
Lawn” , Directed by Dorothy
Kilheffer, will follow the business
meeting.
Mrs. Kilheffer has acted in
many plays, both for the Lan­caster
Little Theater and for the
Green Room at Franklin and
Marshall. She now confines her
talents to directing, notably The
Matchmaker, How to Succeed in
Business Without Really Trying,
and The Little Foxes. She is also
the original director for the Musi-comedy
Guild.
Cast as the two octogenarians
in this one-act play are Patricia
Sullivan and Emily (Pat) Hoff­man.
Miss Sullivan, Director of
Drama at Linden Hall, has to her
credit a total of 13 shows in
summer stock in New Hamp­shire,
Ephrata and Mt. Gretna.
She has also done 18 local per­formances
for the LLT, the
Lancaster Theater Arts
Association, The Mary Guild, and
the Actors’ Company, most
notably Angel Street and Harvey
for the LLT, the Dolly Levi roll in
The Matchmaker for LTAA, and
Look Homeward, Angel for
Actors’ Company.
Mrs. Hoffman has acted and
directed locally since she and her
husband Richard moved to
Lancaster over 20 years ago. She
is co-founder of the Actors’
Company, teaches the summer
apprentice theater at the Lan­caster
Country Day School, and
has her own Studio of Dramatic
Arts. Most notable of her acting
successes are the roll of Blanche
in A Streetcar Named Desire for
the Green Room, Amanda
Wingfield in The Glass
Menagerie, and Regina Giddens
in The Little Foxes, both for
Actors’ Company. Mrs. Hoffman
also has the distinction of being
an honorary member of the all­male
Green Room.
Mrs. Virginia Campbell, also a
veteran of LTAA, Actors’
Company, and the Green Room,
is the production assistant. Her
most notable performance was
that of the Pennsylvania Dutch
woman in the 1970 G.O.P. show.
Mrs. Kilheffer, Mrs. Hoffman,
and Miss Sullivan have all had
life-long interest in the theater,
but this is the first time they have
worked together.
Miss Barbara Wise will in­troduce
Mrs. Kilheffer who, in
turn, will introduce the play.
Hostesses for the evening are
Mrs. Sam Savoca and Mrs.
Raymond Sipe.
The earliest copies of the
Linden Hall Echo are carefully
preserved at Linden Hall in a
bound booklet form with issues
beginning in January 1877 and
running through June 1882.
Printed on 9 by 12 inch pages,
the typical early issue of the Echo
was four pages in size, filled with
general items of national, in­ternational
and school news.
By today’s standards, most ot
the items would be described as
commentary rather than news of
the who, what, when, where, why
and how type.
Viewed in the light of modern
trends, including women’s lib,
our readers may enjoy the
comments of Linden Hall girls
about life in the 1870’s.
Women’s lib was a long way off
then, but in some items the
beginnings of it are evident. In
many other items, the fashions
and attitudes of women of the day
are revealed.
Knocks Sewing Machines
In the November 1877 issue of
the Echo, “Felice’’writes “A
Word for Plain Sewing” in which
she laments that the “womanly
art of sewing by hand is fast
becoming obsolete. Much fancy-work
and many sewing machines
are doing the deed. And shall we
let our right hands lose their skill,
and thus miss one of our chief
sources of helpfulness in this
mundane sphere of treacherous
buttons, transitory stocking
heels, and aggressive knees and
elbows? All true women forbid
it!”
Felice admits that sewing
machines “save time and do
more elaborate work,” but she
concludes:
“I say the woman who does not
know how to wield the needle with
her own fingers to good effect on
occasion, is destitute of one of the
cardinal accomplishments, and
is, by so much, unfitted for a life
of womanly usefulness.”
On Dressing Well
In the same issue, an author
who describes herself as “A
Sensitive Plant” writes on “The
Aim and End of Woman’s
Dress.” She takes a mild swipe at
men when she states that “the
desire to be well dressed is not
restricted to womankind, any
more than bad taste is to
mankind, nor perhaps quite so
much-I speak with charity
toward all and malice toward
none—only opinions of tastes
vary, regardless of sex, as to
when a person is well dressed.
She concludes, “Now bad taste
is certainly a thing to be
corrected, whether displayed by
man or woman, but upon proper
grounds and from a correct
standpoint, -simply because it is
offensive not to men only, but to
men and women of good taste,
and bespeaks a defect in th e1
character which the possessor
should lose no time in correc­ting.”
Crimps Her Style
In the February 1878 issue,
“Alta” gets into a more weighty
social matter in her “A Plea for
Crimps.”
She begins, “A curve is the line
of beauty: a waveline is more
pleasing than a straight one;
hence, crimped hair is prettier
than straight locks.
“Take away crimps, and you
take away not only one of
woman’s pet adornments, but one
of her innocent pastimes. You
might just as well rob men of the
much prized moustache. The loss
of either would, beyond doubt,
reduce the good looks of the
nation deplorably; but to be
suddenly deprived of the sight of
both would indeed be a blow to
beauty, which would probably
cause more anguish than has
been occasioned by the prolonged
Travelogue Series, Will Present “Desert to Dixie99
The Rotary Club of Lititz will
present the first in the series of
“Travel and Adventure” series
on Saturday, October 23. There
will be a matinee at 3 p.m. and an
evening program at 8 p.m. in the
auditorium of Warwick High
School.
The featured artist will be
Robert Brouwer who will narrate
an adventuresome travelogue
entitled “Desert to Dixie” using
three movie screens and four
projectors with stereophonic
sound.
Do you wish to savor the flavor
of the Old West? - Visit cities
known for romantic atmosphere?
- Recapture the South’s romantic
past? - Be awed by the beauty of
the changing season? If you
appreciate proud moments in
American history, enjoy the
dramatic, poetic, artistic, or if
vou just like to have fun-come
along and wander and wonder in
the places of beauty and history
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Robert Brouwer
that Robert Brouwer has cap­tured
on film and in music.
Join him in fascinating New
Orleans, the Paris of the New
World, with its enchanting
French Quarter. See San Antonio,
where the influence of Old Spain
lives in the time-mellowed
missions.
Stroll in the steps of General
Ulysses S. Grant, along the
battlefield at Vicksburg, and be
reminded of the high cost of
national unity. Or thrill to the
spirit of the well known, and the
unknown, who died in the flames
at the Alamo.
Recall Longfellow’s immortal
poem “Evangeline” in its true
setting, along a moonlit bayou.
Rest beneath the very moss-draped
trees where painter-naturalist
Audubon sketched his
famous bird studies. Dream, in
the story book settings, the
fabulous interiors of century-old
plantations along the lower
Mississippi, still magnificent
even in ruin.
Explore the fascinating variety
and vastness of the scenic
desert, climaxed by the views of
hauntingly lovely Monument
Valley after a desert rainstorm.
Be awed by the beauty of the
changing seasons—The Great
Smokies in a haze of autumn, or
in the burst of colorful spring
blossoms. Romp in the dazzling
dunes at White Sands National
Monument, camp and fish in
Louisana’s parks, tour
mysterious Carlsbad Caverns,
cross the world’s longest bridge,
and spend an exciting day at the
Texan Disneyland, Six Flags
Over Texas.
Music fanciers will find mood­setting,
stereo melodies—battle
tunes, nostalgic tunes, spirituals,
rousing tunes and relaxing tunes-
—all inspiring!
Yerger Bros, to Expand
Yerger Bros. Inc., Lititz wood
products firm, is in the
preliminary stages of expansion.
The firm, located at 520 Front
Street, will build a new
warehouse and three loading
docks on its land near Oak Street.
But the primary reason tor the
new facility is to release
warehouse floor space in the
present facility for up to a 50 per
cent increase in manufacturing
space, according to Roy Yerger,
company president.
The company now has about 40
employes. As the expansion
proceeds, the number will in­crease,
Yerger said.
A $100,000 building permit for
the new warehouse is included in
Lititz Borough’s September
building permits.
Total permits for the month
was $133,500, bringing the yearly
total to date to $1,448,458. This
compares with $965,083 at the
same point in 1970 and is ap­proximately
a 50 per cent in­crease.
Other permits issued in Sep­tember
were: Hevener Davidson,
44 E. 2nd Ave, build one-story,
two-car garage, $3,000; Henry H.
Gibble, 11E. 3rd Ave., addition to
home, $14,500; William R.
Hazlett, 146 S. Cedar St.,
renovate two apartments,
remodel rear into home, $7,000.
Wayne Dussinger, 315 E. 2nd
Ave, aluminum siding, $2,200;
William A. Radell, 340-342 E.
Main St., construct patio, $200;
Richard Nelson, 144 S. Spruce St.t
aluminum siding, $3,500; Robert
Balmer, 309 Balmer Road,
cement sidewalk, $250; Claude
Demmy, 422 Laurel Ave., cement
sidewalk,$250.
Lloyd S. Uhland, 379 E. Main
St., sidewalk, $350; Gordon
Trump, 405 E. Main St., cement
sidewalk, $350; Sarah B. Slosser,
44 E. Lemon St., aluminum
siding, $1,100; Bernard M. Dunn,
329 Gochenaur Ave., new cellar
entrance and connecting walk,
$800; Huntington Homes, 6 Yale
Ave., Lancaster, construct
sidewalk at 408410-412-414 W. 6th
Ave.
County GOP Candidates to Visit Lititz
Republican candidates for
county-wide offices will be
stopping in Lititz at 4:30 p.m.
Friday in front of the Farmer’s
National Bank as part of two,
two-day candidate tours of the
county.
The candidates will also be
holding a “meet the candidates”
supper at the General Sutter at 6
p.m. Friday.
The supper will be “Dutch
Treat” and open to all concerned
Lititz area residents who wish to
meet and talk with the can­didates.
The candidates include Ray
Herr and Abram Dombach,
candidates for county com­missioner,
and Wilson Bucher,
candidate for judge. They will be
making the visit to Lititz as part
of a Republican plan to bring the
election to the people, according
to paTty county chairman Pdul F.
Paes.
Paes indicated that the visit to
Lititz and other towns and
boroughs throughout the county
is designed to give as many
voters as possible the opportunity
to meet and talk with their
candidates.
“We feel it is important that
every candidate for public office
take the time and trouble to meet
the men and women they are
asking for votes,” said Paes.
the 1870’s financial depression that we are
still experiencing.”
And Alta concludes, “Hen­ceforward,
condemnation of
crimps will be to me an indication
positive either of jealousy or of
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Miss Miriam Troup
Greeting Our
New Teachers
Editor’s note: This is the
second in a series of articles
describing the new teachers in
the Warwick Schools. The third
will appear next week.
Miss Miriam Troup is a new
second grade teacher at the Lititz
Elementary School this year.
A graduate of Central Dauphin
East High School, Harrisburg,
and Shippensburg State College,
Miss Troup lists sewing, reading
and sports as her hobbies.
Miss Troup resides at 29 South
Broad Street.
Other candidates who will
participate in all or part of the
county-wide tour will be Henry
Rutherford, district attorney,
Newton Kendig, coronor, and
others.
Community
Calendar Thursday, October 14
8 a.m. to 4 p.m. —Rummage Sale,
Lititz Fire Company auxiliary,
fire hall.
7 p.m. —Baron Steigel Lions
Club, Brickerville fire hall.
7 p.m. —LCW Guild meeting,
Lutheran Education building.
7:30 p.m. —Rothsville PTA
meeting, Rothsville School.
8:30 p.m. —Jaycees meeting.
American Legion Post Home.
Friday, October 15
4:30 p.m. —County Republican
candidates to stop in front of
the Farmers National Bank,
Lititz.
6 p.m. —Dutch Treat supper for
County Republican candidates,
General Sutter Inn.
7:30 to 11:30 p.m. —The Bridge,
Rec Center.
Saturday, October 16
8 a.m. to 12 noon —Hunter Safety
course, Rec Center.
8 a.m. —Rummage Sale, spon­sored
by Pilot Club, Lancaster,
Odd Fellows Hall.
9 a.m. —Clam Mix-Bake Sale,
sponsored by St. James Altar
Society, in front of Furlow’s
Variety Center.
11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. —Chicken
Barbecue, sponsored by Lititz
Lions Club, Lions Club
Playground.
p.m. —Apple Dumpling
Festival, Mastersonville fire
hall.
Sunday, October 17
2:30 p.m. Polo Game, Rothsville
Polo Field.
Monday, October 18
7 p.m. —Sertoma Club, Warwick
Haus;
7 p.m. —TOPS, Rec Center.
7:30p.m. —IOOF meeting, Lodge
Hall.
8 p.m. —Lititz Sportsmen,
American Legion Home.
8 p.m. —Lititz Woman’s Club,
Lutheran Education Building.
8 p.m. —VFW Auxiliary meeting,
Post Home.
Tuesday, October 19
6 p.m. —Rotary Club, General
Sutter Inn.
7:30 p.m. —Lititz Stamp Club,
Wilbur office.
7:45 p.m. —Welcome Wagon
Club, Rec Center.
8 p.m. —Warwick School Board
meeting, High School.
8 p.m. —Park Trustees, Wilbur
office.
8p.m. —Rebekah Lodge meeting,
Lodge Hall.
Wednesday, October 20
9 a.m. to 1 p.m. —Rummage Sale,
sponsored by St. James Altar
Society, Church hall.
8 p.m. —Jaycettes, Rec Center
Thursday, October 21
9 a.m. to 1 p.m. —Rummage Sale,
sponsored by St. James Altar
Society, church hall.
12 noon to 8 p.m. —Rummage
Sale, sponsored by the Barbara
Snyder Class, basement of
Fellowship Hall, Moravian
Church.
6:30 p.m. —Lititz Lions Club
meeting, General Sutter Inn.
7:30 p.m. —Senior Citizens
meeting, Rec Center.