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Vol. XLI Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa., Thürs., June 8, 1939 No. 39
Burkhart's
TOWN
TALK
This is the place. It hasn't
changed much, really. The street«
are the same, bumpy, patched
ways of the twenties. The alleys
still seem drab and winding, dusty
and dark at twilight. This Is the
place, without the trimmings of
metropolitan smugness and state-ness
They haven't cut down all
the trees. Front street still re-minds
us of a medieval bower, its
trees having their green branches
meet above the middle of the
street. We like this street most
of all in summer, even though the
pavements are very bumpy.
This is the place In which we
have spent most of our lives.
They have taken away the trolley
tracks from the Broad street.
They have taken away some of
the old buildings, landmarks *f
an antique, Victorian prosperity.
They have "built a fine theatre and
they have purchased a new fire
truck. But this is the same town
of our unforgotten youths. And
now we are fond of what we used
to hate—its inactivity. And its
people.
They still rice at four A. M. In
order to wash their porches be-1
fore their neighbors hear the cock]
crowing. They still love their er- j
Beck Memorial
Service To Be
Held June 22
»
Demmy Planning Interest-ing
Program of Musical
Selections
ratic dialect, which they like to
call Pennsylvania-German And
their children are beginning to
become modernized. They listen
to swing and symphony. The girls
try to assume an air of 'glamour',
which they associate with New
York playboys and Hollywood
goddesses. They do not know that
their own small-town simplicity is
much more pleasing. Yet, per-haps,
this pseudo-glamour is ap-proved
by their parents, because
their youths were lacking in such
fancy. And the square.
It has not changed. Quiet on
weekday evenings, all bustle on
Saturdays- On that night Lititz
overflows with visitors: shoppers,
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The Paul E. Beck Memorial Ser-vice
will be held in the Lititz
Springs Park Thursday, June 22,
according to an announcement
made here today.
As last year, the program will
be presented by school children
of the borough and county with a
number of the state forensic con-test
winners participating. The
program is being arranged by M.
C. Demmy, supervising principal
of the Lititz borough schools
The Lititz High School band
and orchestra will furnish music
including a number of solos. Both
instrumental and vocal music, in
which Paul E. Beck was so in-tensely
interested, will be includ-ed
In the memoriarl service pro-gram.
The service will be held at the
band shell, which has been dedi-cated
to the memory of Paul Beck.
This year's service will be the
second.
The program will feature solos
by Jeanne Eberly who won the
state championship in High'School
music contests for her alto solo,
and Robert Hackman, student" at
Lebanon Valley, who won a
championship playing his baritone
horn two years ago.
An instrumental quartet from
Manheim, a girls' ensemble from
West Lampeter and the Girls'
Trio^-from the^Jocal high school
also will be included on the pro-gram.
.
Paul E. Beck was the first mu-sic
supervisor in the state. He
taught here and in the county for
a number of years.
CAN NOW REGISTER
AT 'SQUIRE SHISSLER'S
Justice of the Peace Shissler
announced today that changes of
address in county registrations
can now be made at his office.
Persons who have moved from
one address to another in either
the borough or in townships,
must have their registration cards
changed in order to be able to
vote at the coming elections this
fall he explained.
HOPE TO SEE THE KING
Lititz High School graduates
were living in hope of getting a
glimpse of the King and Queen of
England as they left for Washing-ton
today. The students will re-main
in the capital today, Friday
ajid Saturday.
40 Books
Are Added
To Library
Linden Hall
Graduation
Next Tuesday
Dr. Robert Scoon, Prince-ton,
To Address Gradu-ates;
Alumni Lunch-eon
Saturday
Prof. Robert Scoon, Stuart Pro-fessor
of Philosophy, Princeton
University, will give the address
at the Commencement of Linden
Hall Academy to be held Tuesday,
June 13, at ten o'clock in the
Moravian church.
The activities will begin on 'Sat-urday
June 10 w
luncheon will be
hen the Alumni
held in the din-
Dairy Farmers
Will Receive
More Profits
Died Tuesday
U. IS. Supreme Court De-
! cision Will Stabilize
. ? Milk Market
Auto Picnic
At Hershey
On July 27
•Committees have begun work on
plans for the annual picnic of the
Lancaster Automobile Club to be
held at Hershey Park on Thurs-day,
July 27. An all-day program
for young and old, beginning at 9
o'clock in the morning and con-tinuing
until midnight, is being
arranged. Approximately 20,000
people from Lancaster city and
all parts of the county attend this
outing each year.
S. Edward Gable, president of
the Club, is general chairman of
the Picnic Committee. Serving
with him are the following:
Speakers and entertainment—
Dr. W. Giles Hess and S.. Edward
Gable; Baseball or softball, J.
Wade Gayley and H. E. Trout;
Prizes—H. C. Kreisle, B. W. Fish-er;
and D. Lyman Hamaker
Children's tickets—Tom C. Shirk,
Samuel. L. Snyder and Victor D.
Kling; Music—H. E. Trout, El-wood
S. Grimm and H. M. Rea;
Publicity—Dean Gable ; Parking—
Prank L. Spence; Automobile
show—George M. May, Paul H.
Bomberger, Alger Shirk and Dean
Gable; First aid—B. Frank Eshle-man;
Park arrangements, H. E.
Trout, Tom C. Shirk, John E.
Schroll and Elwood S. Grim.,
The monthly meeting of the
Lancaster Automobile Club will be
held in the Fire Company Hall at
^ a m s t o w n on Friday evening,
-ne 16. This is one of a series
held monthly by the club in com-munities
throughout the county.
Musical entertainment, discus-sion
of road projects, legislative
affairs and other matters of in-terest
to motorists, and transac-tion
of routine business are on
the program. The meeting Is oapn
SCOUTS WILL STAGE
WATER SHOW HERE
Scouts of Manheim and Lititi
will stage a water show at the
Lititz pool this evening at 7 P.
M„ D. S. T after which the Man-heim
scouts will camp nearby
unill tomorrow morning .when
they will return to their homes.
Approximately 150 boys and
girls enjoyed a free swim at the
pool last Thursday afternoon as
the guests of Benjamin Lutz, own-er
of the pool.
May was a busy reading month
for the pople of Lititz, according
to the monthly report of the Lititz
Public Library made public today.
During the month, 392 bqoks
were circulated; bringing the to-tal
accessioned to date to 2,417
books. Eight new readers were
added bringing the total registra-tion
to 968.
A total of 40 new books were
added to the shelves. The addi-tions
include a wide assortment
of subject matter ranging from
the field of amateur photography
to several \ of the best current
sellers.
The new books added are as
follows: It Will Be Daybreak
Soon, Rutledge; My America, Ada-mic;
All In the Day's Work, Tar-bell;
Stories of the Great Operas
and Their Composers, Newman;
The Roads to Melody, My Story,
Bond; Hex Marks The Spot, Hark;
The Sermon on the Mount, Fox';
The Return to Religion, Link;
Five Minute Biographies, Carne-gie;
Practical Amateur Photogra-phy,
Davis; I'm a Stranger Here
Myself, Nash; With Malice To-ward
Some, Halsey; Madame Cu-rie,
Curie; Dry Guillotine, Bel-beniot.
! Fiction
I Sunrise, Hill; The Runaway,
Norris; The Yearling, Rawlings;
So Great a Main, Pilgrim; The
Patriot, Buck; Today is Yours,
Loring; Valedictory, Kantor;
Home for Christmas, Douglas;
Rebecca, Du Maurier; Faulkher
of the Inland Seas, Curwood
(Continued on Page 4)
ing room at one 6'clock. Informal
reunions will be ' held from ten
until twelve o'clock and the class
banners will be hung at nine. At
four in the afternoon there will
be exhibits of the art and Home
Economic Departments. The mu-sic
department will give a recital
in the school auditorium in the
evening at' eight, directed by Miss
Myrtle Eckert, head of the de-partment.
I
Dr. C. A. Meilicke, pastor of the
Central Moravian church, Bethle-hem,
will deliver the sermon to
the graduates of the Academy arid
the College on Sunday, June 11,
at ten thirty in the Moravian
church. The closing Vesper ser-vice
for the year will he held in
the evening at six o'clock in Marty
Dixon Chapel.
Dr. L. C. Hunt, pastor of the
Trinity Evangelical Congrega-tional
church of Lititz, will deliv-er
the address at the Junior Col-lege
commencement to be held on
Monday, June 12 in Mary Dixon
Chapel at ten o'clock. Class day
exercises and the garden party
will be held on the campus at two
thirty in the afternoon, the pre-sentation
of the class memorials
will follow at four o'clock and in
the evening at seven thirty the
senior class of the Academy will
present their play, "Dulcy". The
cast includes, Helen Cabano, Lois
Cavanagh, Barbara Lengane, Mar-ion
Sites, Betty. Sourber, Dorothy
Stevens, Louise Petraiilias, Bar-bara
Friedrich, and Dorothy How-ard.
Miss Mary Miller Kress is
the coach, assisted iby the follow-ing
committees, make-up, Jeanette
Bampton and Eloise Dwortosky;
properties, Betty Myers and
Nan iLapimer and Joyce Green,
prompter.
Class Of 1919 Revives
Memories Of School Days
Old friendships were renewed,
and memories of school days re-vived
among the class mates of
the class of 1919 of L. H. S. at
a banquet held in the General
Sutter Hotel on Saturday evening.
The occasion was the first reun-ion
in observance of the 20th an-niversary
of the graduation of the
class. All living members of the
class with the exception of two
members namely, Mrs. Elizabeth
Trimmer Raifensberger „of Eliza-bethtown
and Charles Kreider of
Chicago, IU., were present. Miss
Daisy Withers and William Derr
died since their graduation. Miss
Anna K. Miller, Principal of the
school at that time, and Mrs.
Anna Kready Haines of Maytown
were special guests of honor.
One feature which delighted all
members of the class was the year
book entitled "More Braazes"—
1939 Edition. The first edition
was entitled "Breezes"gl919. The
cover page of this 1939 edition
was a reproduction of the original
iditlon. Within its pages were
found recent pictures of each
member of the class and short
histories of their lives from 1919
to the present time, pictures of
members of the class taken at
outings, hay rides etc. also inter-following
program was given with
Paul E. Carp«r of Philadelphia
serving as toastmaster. Address
of Welcome by John P. Mohler,
President of the Class; Toast,
"Twenty Most Interesting Days In
My Life", Alice Grosh Gardner;
Toast "Do You Remember', Louis
Hepp; Piano Solo, Miss Dorothy
Habecker; Toast,
cing", Mrs. Marion Biemesderfer
Mentzer; Pictures of members of
the L H. S. Alumnus were shown
by Frank J. Longenecker; Toast,
"Tolerance" by Ben C. Brook-myer;
Piano Solo Iby Miss Ha-becker;
Toast, "Memories", by
Miss Anna K. Miller. Miss Miller
paid tribute to the principal
whose place she filled, Prof. Long-enecker.
Mr. Longenecker was
the father of Mr. Frank H. Longe-necker,
a member of the class.
siany farmers in the vicinity of
Lititz will benefit in the receipt
of -more money from milk as a
result of the court decision this
week, it ¡became known here to-day.
Stabilization of the market made
possible under the decision of the
U, B Supreme court Monday will
add $800 daily bo the checks of
about 990 farmers in this area
whose milk is shipped to New
York, according to estimates by
local dairy officials.
For the state as a whole, the
Pennsylvania Milk Control com-mission
predicted the decision
will add $4,000,000 a year to the
iincpme of 10,000 farmers located
in 22 counties within 200 miles
jfrom the New York marketing
area.
Seven Receiving Stations
Approximately 200,000 pounds of
milk are being shipped daily from
seven receiving stations located at
Lancaster,. New Holland, Christ-iana,
Oxford and Mount Joy, this
county; Honey Brook, Chester,
and Cleona, Lebanon.
It is expected that the iarmers
Isupplying these plants with 2,000
¡cans of milk a day will receive a
[weighted average price increase
lof around 40 cents per ioo
[pounds as a result of the decision
Iwhich upholds the authority of
Ithe U. S. Department of Agricul-t
u r e to fix minimum milk prices
and equalize the amount paid pro-ducers.
Price Fixed at $184
Deputy Attorney General Harry
Polikoff, assigned to the State
Milk commission, said the price
paid Pennsylvania producers in
the New York area Was 1.30 be-fore
the Federal order went into
effect, fixing the price at $1.84.
'Continued on page four)
H. H. Bomberger
Improvements
Being Rushed
At Park
Volunteers Seek To Com-plete
Work Before
July 4
300 Chickens Donated
To The Firemen
Approximately 300 chickens will
meet their doom here late today
when Lititz Firemen stage their
annual slaughtering in prepara-tion
for the chicken corn soup
supper and festival to be held
Saturday.
Canvassers who have not yet
completed their task of visiting
homes in the borough and sur-rounding
townships, reported an
increase in the support from the
puiblic as compared with former
"Reminiscen-; years
Music for the affair will be
furnished by the Lititz High
School band. Proceeds will be
used to pay for supplies and to
reduce the debt of the fire com-pany.
EXTERTAINS AT SHOWER
Miss Esther McCreary of East
Main Street, entertained at a per-sonal
shower at her home, Wed-nesday
evening, in honor of Miss
Auxiliary
Gives $500
To Firemen
The Ladies' Auxiliary of the
Fire company voted to give five
hundred dollars to the Fire com-pany
at the business meeting held
on Tuesday evening at the garden
party held at the home of Miss
Mary Heiserman on East Main
street. Mrs. M. C. Demmy, the
president, was in charge.
The ladies accepted an invita-tion
to visit the New Holland
Auxiliary on Wednesday evening,
June 14th and eighty-two report-ed
to Mrs. Gertie Helter, the
chairlady, their intention to go.
Mrs. Sylvan Gochaneur received
the blanket given by the blanket
club.
The ladies arranged to assist
the Fire Company at the festival
Arrangements were made to
Saturday.
hold a corn roast the first Thurs-day
in September.
"Friday, the Thirteenth", a
short play written by Miss Mary
Huebener, was presented by Mrs
Gertie Helter, Mrs. Laura Smith,
Mrs. Libbie Keith and Mrs. Sallie
Templeton. Mrs. Smith gave a
Pennsylvania German reading and
Mrs. Helter recited a poem.
The hostesses for the party
were: Mrs. Floyd Stark, Mrs. El-
Bomberger
Services
Today
Henry H. Bomberger, former
member of the Lititz Borough
Council and prominent in civic
and religious work, died at his
home on North Broad street Tues-day
morning at 1.45 o'clock
Mr Bomberger, who was seven-ty-
five years of age, was ill for a
period of six weeks. He had been
in declining health for the past
several months.
Private funeral services will be
held from the home this afternoon
at 1.30 P. M. Standard Time, fol-lowed
at 2 P. M. with further ser-vices
in the Lititz Mennonlte
Meeting House. Interment will be
made in the Moravian Cemetery.
Ralph M. Spacht, Lititz, is the
funeral director in charge.
Mr. Bomberger served for a
period of 18 years as a member
of the board of school directors
of Warwick township, filling at
various times every post on the
board He lived on the Bomber-ger
homestead in Warwick town-ship
from the time of his birth
until 1914 when he gave up farm-ing
and entered the tobacco pack-ing,
business here. In addition to
being school director, he served
four years as township super-visor.
After coming to Lititz he served
on borough council for a period
of eight years, four of which he
held the position of president of
council. He always took an ac-tive
interest in public affairs.
In 1890 he organized the Sun-day
School of the Erb Mennonite
church at a period when the
Mennonites were particularly op-posed
to Sunday Schools. He
served as superintendent for ma-ny
years.
He was a member of the Lan-caster
County Historical Society
(Continued on Page 4)
DER
DEITSCH
MER NEMT'S
WE'S COOMT
Volunteer workmen were rush-ing
against time this week to
complete a rather ambitious im-provement
program at the Lititz
Springs Park in time for the
Fourth of July celebration that
annually attracts thousands to
Lititz.
Each evening this week from 20
to 30 men, armed with picks and
shovels, have been digging
trenches, excavating and getting
everything ready for the Installa-tion
of septic tanks at the com-fort
station and rest rooms.
Plumbers of the borough have
turned out 100 per-cent and have
donated their time. Supplies need-ed
also are being purchased
through the plumbers at actual
cost The pipe supplying water
to the rest rooms extends from
the fountain, a distance of more
than 200 feet. The excavation for
the septic tank which is nearly
completed extends feet long
and is five feet wide and five feet
deep.
As soon as material ordered ar-rives
the work will be rushed to
completion with the hope that all
will be in readiness for the fourth
of July crowds.
"The co-operation of the public
has been wonderful," Elmer Bom-berger
declared today. "Many who
had not worked in the park be-fore
came out and expressed their
willingness to join. The new im-provements
will certainly bé ap-preciated
by the public."
The cleaning of the park was
completed recently with the result
that the park is in a finer condi-tion
than it has been for many
years.
Chief Dismantles
Hobo Village
Hobo Village, a collection of
«mall shacks and hovels con-structed
at the dump at the rear
of the chocolate company, had a
short existence as the result of
the activities of Chief of Police
Clarence Kreider.
Wun's immer summer bi una ware,
Mit blurama drous im gorda,
Und hundt's-dawga es gons yore
rum,
Wun daed mer shlidda fawra?
Wun's immer hel ware, immer
klear,
Ken shodda fer drin loafa,
Wun's sunnashein ware dawg und
nocht, *
Wos daed mer du fer shlofa?
Wun nemond gore ken alend hed,
Sei g'sundheidt tsu-ferdarawa,
Un's laeva ginkt so aevich fardt,
Wos daed mer du fer shtarava?
Wun leidt so warara dos kens
wet,
Nix dos se net ferdeena,
Und yaders gude und aerlich
ware,
Ware daed der deifel deena?
Supposln's het ken awrma leidt,
Und yaders kend afforda,
Fer immer laeva unni g'shoft,—
Ware daed de weldt supporta?
Supposin's wun mer fisha gaed,
Kendt mer en mess rous tseega,
Fun nix dos grossa kotza-flsh,
Wos daed mer du fer leega?
Supposin' maed waara oil so shei,
Os we se doona appera, „
Wun buvva um der waeg rum sin,
Wun daed mer kaaraseera?
Wun gore ken? shtreidt ware
da weldt,
Un's hed ken umgarechta,
Wun olles immer freeda ware,
Wos daed mer du fer fechta?
i
Wun oll so gude bei'm laeva. sin,
Os we se g'haesa warra
Uf erra grawb-shtae nuch em
dote,
Wos ware de use fun porra?
Ich denk mer lust's se we mer's
finddfc
Und gaena so faart mit-nonner,
Der karl wu's beseht dut dos shr
kun
Bringt aerd un himmel tsum-mer.
"DER DEITSCH"
The village came into existence
less than two weeks ago. This
week, however, its population of
ragged itinerants had reached the
total of 14 men when Chief Krei-der
warned the group to start
moving on. . I Police Officer „B urnel„l TI mh. of_f , a
Although apparently comfort- f o r m e r resident of Lititz, who
able in their huts; the group mov- w a e injured when his motorcycle
Imhoff Succumbs
From Crash Injuries
ed without giving any resistance.
Kreider then dismantled the huts
and burned them.
Acappella Chorus Will Assist
Two Charitable Organizations
The new school building was de-j Gladys V.
by Frank H. Longenecker.] Mr. and
"What I Learned from my; of Lancaster who will wed Lloyd v i u e Nj es
public, and all are cordt-' esting comments and conversa-to
attend. | Rev. Alvin Stoner, after which the
scrbed
Toast,
pupils", was given by Mrs
Kready Haines. "Send Off" was
the subject of the toast given by
Anna Mae Pfautz. The program
closed with the singing of the Al-ma
Mater. Prior to the program
Mrs- Helen Eshleman Dussinger
presented a surprise toast to the
familiar "face of Tite -. clock" in
the old high school building.
(Continued on Page 5)
mer Harding, Mrs. Clayton Keith,
Carpenter, daughter of M r g J o h n G e t Z ; M r s o t i s s t u r_
Mrs. Roy B. Carpenter g i s M r s L e v i Weav<>r, Mrs Ca-
Mrs. John Steffy, Miss
Anna ' E. Mishler of Ephrata, June 17th
at the Lancaster Avenue M. E.
Church, Lancaster. The following
attended: Misses Esther Koller,
Pauline Heintzelman, Jeanne Rill,
Catherine Bennawit, Arlehe Her-shey,
Elma Osborne all of Lan-
Heiserman, Mrs. S. A. Krane.
Others attending were, Mrs. R.
Chandler Heagey, Mrs. Cullen
Carpenter, Mrs. Henry Hackman,
Mrs. Sailie Templeton, Mrs. Arch-ie
Rosenberg, Mrs. Chester A
Perry, Miss Emma Enck, Mrs.
caster, Ruth Brown of New Provi- ( Qu i nton Enck, Mrs. S. A. Krane,
dence, Lois Bortzfleld of Jequea,
Elsie Sherer of Manheim and
Catherine Fleischman of Lititz.
Mrs. W. B. Gochenaur, Mrs. W. B.
Smith, Mrs. Samuel Hoffman, Mrs.
(Continued on Page 5)
Proceeds of the annual songfest
of the Acappella Chorus of East
Petersburg will be divided evenly
between the Water Street Rescue
Mission in Lancasteer and the
Christ's Home for children at
Paradise, George Pennypacker,
president of the group, announced
today.
The Christ's Home at Paradise
is for destitute children from
birth to school age, Mr. Penny-packer
explained. 'The home is
not endowed but operates suc-cessfully
from year to year on
faith. The home receives no aid
from state or federal governments
but is enabled to operate and do
the work it is performing through
the assistance which comes in
from persons who learn of the
work.
When the children reach school
age they are taken to the Christ's
Home School at Warminster,
Penna. The Warminster home was
founded in 1903 and the home ai
Paradise was established three
years ago.
The home is the former home
\
of the late Judge Jay Hay Brown,
of Lancaster. His heirs sold the
home to.Frank Leader, of Shamo-kin,
well-known philanthropist
While! he and his wife lived there,
his wife once expressed the hope
that small childrn might some day
be permitted to enjoy the beauti-ful
grounds there:
At his wife's death three years
ago, Leader deeded the home and
property to , the Christ's Home
group. The home is non-sectar-ian
and accepts children of any
Saith creed or color. The (only
prerequisite is that the child is!
entirely destitute. There are more
than 20 children there at present, j
Th Water Street Mission in
Lancaster and its work are well
known throughout the city and
county, v
"We have endeavored to give
the proceeds of our annual song-fest
to the most deserving organi-sations
we could find and we feel
that our selection justifies our
expecting a generous support
from the public," Mr Pennypack-ÍT
skidded while doing patrol duty
in New Holland, died Wednesday
afternoon in. St. Joseph's hospital,
Lancaster.
Imhoff swerved his motorcycle
into a store front along Main
street, New Holland, in order to
avoid a collision with an automo-bile
coming out a side street Mon-day
afternoon. He was a member
of the New Holland borough po-lice
for several years.
Imhoff who lived here prior to
going overseas during the World
War is survived by his wife and
three daughters in addition to his
father and step-mother, Daniel
and Mary Imhoff, of Lititz, and
the following brothers and sis-ters:
Aledia, wife of John White;
Helen, wife of Allen Hartranft;
Mary, wife of Charles Herr; am
Walter, all of Lititz
CALIFORNIA VISITORS
Mr. Thomas Wright of Holly-wood,
California, former publicity
man for M. G. M. Studios at pres-ent
producer for Young and Rubi-cán
Agency spent Wednesday and
Thursday with Mr. and Mrs. J. F
Longenecker. J. Paul Longe-necker
returned with him to
spend his vacation, later return-ing
with C. Robert Longenecker
who also will spend his vacation
here in July, both being with C.
B. Studios.