Lititz Record Express

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Write To The Boys
In The Service
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Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa., April 12, 1945
Memorial For
Henry Haines,
Edwin Walters
Services For Men Who
Died Recently In War,
Will Be Sunday
A memorial service for Henry
W. Haines and Edwin M. Wal­ters
will be held this Sunday even­ing
at 7 in St. Paul’s Lutheran
church.
Rev. Charles P. Trunk, the pas­tor,
will preach ant a special
number will be sung by the Senior
Choir.
Friends and the public are invit­ed
to attend.
Workers Conference
There will be a Sunday School
workers conference on Monday
evening.
The Ushers Association will
meet on Tuesday evening.
Next Wednesday, the 18th, the
Young Womens Missionary So­ciety
will hold a Koffee Klatch at
the parsonage from 7:30 to 10:30.
Reed Spoke
Rev. Henry L. Reed, pastor of the
Brickerville change, preached in
St. Paul’s Sunday evening in the
absence of Rev. Trunk who at­tended
a memorial service in
Phoenixville.M
others Class
The Mothers Class met Monday
evening at the home of Mrs. Elvin
Kreider, 220 S. Broad St. Mrs.
Alvin Frey was co-hostess.
MILDRED YOUNG TO SING
Miss Mildred Young will pre­sent
a concert for the girls of
Linden Hall Academy and Junior
College on .. Thursday evening,
April 12th .in the -music room.
Mrs. Demmy
Re-elected
By Auxiliary
Named President By Fire
Co. Ladies For 17th
Term
Mrs. M. C. Demmy was elected
president of the Ladies’ Auxiliary
of the Fire Company for the 17th
year at the meeting held on
Thursday evening at the Fire
House.
Other, officers elected were as
follows: Mrs. Harry McCreary,
first vice president; Mrs. C. G.
Hoffman, second vice president;
Mrs. Arville Burkholder, secre­tary.
Mrs. Henry Hackman was
reelected financial secretary for
the 14th year and Miss Ada
Schnerer was elected treasurer.
The business meeting was held
following a turkey dinner served
by the firemen who also entertain­ed
with games and each lady was
presented with a carnation.
The ladies will collect the yearly
dues this month and the following
captains were appointed by Mrs.
Demmy to take charge of the col­lections
in their district: Mrs.
Arthur Keath, Mrs. Burkholder,
Mrs. McCreary, Mrs. Samuel
Krane, Mrs. Irene Kofroth, Mrs.
Levi Yerger, Mrs. Paul Shelly
Mrs. Marie Walters, Mrs. Robert
Hower, Mrs. Charles Zartman,
Mrs. Floyd Stark, Mrs. Willis
Seitzinger, Mrs. Fred Spinner,
Mrs. Frank Runk, Mrs. Emory
Wagner, Mrs. Harry Smith, Miss
Emma Enck, Mrs. Emma Heiser-man,
Mrs. Robert Pfautz, Mrs.
George Evans, Mrs. Fred Gorton,
Mrs. Katie Stormfeltz, Mrs. How­ard
Keener, Mrs. Leroy Bare,
Mrs. C. S. Krick, Mrs. Morris
McCloud, Mrs. Samuel Hoffman,
Mrs. Samuel Getz, Mrs. Howard
Hollinger, Mrs. Andrew Althouse
Mrs. Lester Stark and Mrs. Hoff­man.
The next meeting will be held
Thursday, May 3 when the ladies
will have a hat social and secret
sisters will he revealed. Mrs.
McCreary will serve as chairman,
assisted by all the ladies who
have birthdays in May. •
McElroy Elected
Rotary President
! Gleen McElroy, local druggist,
I was elected president of the Lititz
, Rotary Club at a meeting of the
hoard of directors held Tuesday
evening. Mr. McElroy will suc­ceed
Frank Macferran, whose
term expires on July 1. Other
officers elected were: Henry T.
M'uth, vice president; Clyde Hen­dricks,
secretary, and Graybill
Bitzer, treasurer.
Casualties
Continue
To Mount
Two-Wounded; Ecenrode
Prisoner Of War; Hall,
Kready Discharged
ILocal casualties continued to
mont as the fighting in Germany
appeared to be nearing the vic­tory
point.
Developments this week were: ,
Wounded In Action
Pfc. James P. Stehman, formerly
of Lititz, wounded in Germany on
March 8.
Pvt. Paul Earhart, wounded on
Iwo Jilma.P
risonor Of War
Pfc. Robert Ecenrode, previous­ly
rpeorted missing, now reported
a prison of the Germans since last
December.
In addition to the casualties re­ported
from overseas, it became
known this week that Private Wil­liam
Hall, son of Mrs. Gerald
Darlington, Speedwell Farms,
former high school student here
was wounded1 in the leg during
riffle practise and maneuvers some
months ago.
Hall was hit fty a stray bullet
during maneuvers at Shepard
Field, Texas. After being con­fined
to government hospitals for
approximately four months he was
given his medical discharge and
returned home last Friday. Hall
enlisted December 1, 1943.
Another local service man to
receive a medical discharge and
to return home was Wilbur
Kready, West End Avenue, former
high school teacher, who (spent
approximately a year and a half
in the Pacific. Kready arrived
home Saturday night.
Pfc. James P. Stehman
Stehman was wounded in Ger­many
on March 8, according to
word received by his parents, Mr.
and M»s. Paul Stehman, Mount
Joy. Stehman is a graduate of the
local high school and his father
is the former manager of the local
P. P. and L. office. His injury
consisted of a bullet wound in the
arm and his condition is not con­sidered
serious, the government
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LITITZ MAN PROMOTED
AT DAVIS-MONTHAN FIELD
DAVID - MOiNTHAN FIELD,
Tucson, Arizona — Chester B.
Douple, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob
Douple, Route 3, Lititz, has been
promoted recently to the rank of
private first class at this heavy
bombardment combat crew train­ing
base.
Pfc. Douple entered the service
in December, 1943 and presently
is assigned to duties as an air­craft
engine mechanic.
PLAN STAND ON MARKET
The Intermediate Department
of the Moravian Sunday School is
planning a stand at the Lutz
Market on Saturday for the bene­fit
of the building fund.
• BAKE SALE
The Dorcas Circle of King’s
Daughters will have a sale of
baked goods on Saturday, April
21 at Lutz’s Market.
MINISTERS MEET
The Ministerial Association met
at the home of Rev. James Moore
on Monday afternoon. Rev. Edwin
W. Kortz presided and the follow­ing
attended: Rev. Charles F.
Trunk, sec., Rev. J, C. H. Light,
Rev. Reed and Rev. Willard
Weida of Rothsville.
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The Acappella Male Chorus of East Petersburg will present a concert of sacred music on Sunday, 7:09
P. M., at the Moravian Sunday School Fellowship Hall, Lititz, Pa. This concert is sponsored by the
Young Peoples’ Bible Class. An offering will be taken for the building'fund of the Moravian S. S.
PFAUTZ IN GERMANY
Pvt. Victor Pfautz, son of Post­master
and Mrs. Robert Pfautz, is
now serving overseas with a ma­chine
gun outfit in General Hod­ges
First Army ,now sweeping
through Germany, according to a
letter received by his parents Mon­day.
Epidemic Of
Vandalism
Reported Here
IA recent epidemic of window­breaking
by boys throwing stones
and marbles has been reported1 to
police and stringent action wi]/l
be taken unless it is broken up
immediately, Burgess Victor Wag­ner
announced last night.
According to Burgess Wagner,
a total of 11 panes were broken
last week at the Delp warehouse,
Front and Water Streets. This
is the third such incident reported
from various parts of the bor­ough,
he declared.
“There is no excuse for the de­liberate
destruction of property,
especially now when supplies and
manpower are so scarce due to
the war effort,” Burgess Wagner
added. “We will not tolerate this
type o fthing and intend to take
stringent action to break it up.”
Illustrated Lecture
At Church Of Brethren
Clothing Drive Here
Passes 16,000 lb. Mark;
Appeal To Rural Sections
BICYCLE STOLEN ;
FROM WOMAN HERE
Ella Mae Sharp, 237 Front St.,
reported to police this week the
theft of a bicycle from in front
of the office of Dr. C. L. Wertsch.
The bicycle carried the local li­cense
plate 259 and was a pre­war
model, red and white in color.
The theft occurred Monday even­ing.
The Young People's department
of the Church of the Brethren will
sponsor a special program on
Wednesday evening, April 18th at
7:30 in the church.
Rev. Galen Kilhefner of Eliza­bethtown
College will present an
illustrated lecture on Bethel, the
location of the Little Swatara
Youth Camp. Mr. Kilhefner is the
regional camp director and will
show seventy colored slides.
Roy Hollinger, the president,
will preside and Rev. Richard
Wenger will have charge of the
devotions. Hazel Greiner will
sing a solo and1 Mrs. Wilbur Gar-man
will present several readings.
There will also be music by the
Chapel Male quartet. An offering
will be taken for the camp.
New Teacher
Joins Faculty
At Hi School
James Buzzelli Was Re­cently
Discharged From
Army
The newest acquisition to the
Lititz High School faculty was
made when Mr. James Buzzelli as­sumed
teaching duties vacated by
Miss Evelyn Evans last Monday.
Mr. Buzzelli, an Army dischar­gee
formerly taught at the Old
Forge High School in Pennsyl­vania.
He is a graduate of East
Stroudsburg State Teachers Col­lege
where he completed his edu­cation
after attending Lock Haven
State Teachers College for three
and onehailf years. Although he
took a straight Physical Educa­tion
course he is teaching English
and History at the local school be­cause
o fthe shortage of teachers
in this line.
In the extra-curricular line his
favorite sport is boxing, a game
in which he excelled while in col­lege
and later in the professional
ranks. While boxing profession­ally,
he met such topnotchers as
Jimmy Tighe, Billy Davis, Rocky
Luciano and Johnny Sayres, all oi
whom were leading contenders at
one time or another. He also car­ried
his interest over into foot­ball,
basketball and baseball des­pite
his size. At present he is
coaching the Junior Varsity base­ball
squad which plays the Man-heim
Twp. J. V.’s tonight.
RICHARD W. HAINES
AWARDED COMBAT BADGE
WITH THE 38th DIVISION ON
BATAAN — Pfc. Richard W.
Haines, member of the 151st In­fantry,
has been awarded the
Combat Infantry Badge for parti­cipating
in the battle for Zigzag
Pass, Purple Heart Hill, and the
liberation of Bataan.
(Haines has been overseas for
the past fifteen months, serving in
Hawaii, New Guinea, and the
Philippines. He also holds the
Asiatic-Pacific Medal with two
stars, and the Philippine Libera­tion
Medal.
His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mil-ton
Haines, live a tR. F. D. 3,
Lititz. He attended Ephrata High
School.
Collection To Be Made In
Rothsville On
April 20
The local clothing collection
passed the 16,900 pound mark this
week as plans were being com­pleted
for continuing the campaign
until the end of the month when it
is hoped the quota of 25,000
pounds will be passed'.
Clothes and shoes to be sent to
the aid of suffering millions in the
war-tom countries of Europe in­clude
practically any serviceable
garment for either summer or win­ter
wear.
Approximately 15,000 pounds
of clothes were gathered in the
door-to-door collection in the bor­ough
Saturday. Since then the
huge receptacle in the new Post
Office lobby has been filled and
emptied a total of four times, ad­ding
an additional thousand or
more pounds to the towering stack
of clothes and shoes in the cam­paign
headquarters in the old
post office building on the Square.
The committee this week ap­pealed'
to persons living in the
country districts to bring clothes
to the box in the new Post Office
lobby inasmuch as a house-to-house
collection is impossible in
the rural districts.
A collection will he made in
Rothsville Friday, April 20, under
the auspices of the Warwick Twp.
Lions Club.
'No sooner had the collection
been completed here Saturday than
Mrs. M. C. Demmy and her com­mittee,
which includes the mem­bership
of the Fire Company
Auxiliary, started the task of as­sorting
and packing the clothing
for shipment.
The committee has been work­ing
throughout the days and even­ings
in order that a carload can
be shipped as soon as possible.
Large groups of volunteers have
reported each evening, ranging as
high as 75 women at a time. The
wooden boxes being used to pack
the boxes were donated by the
Loudon Packing Company.
Wlhen filled the boxes are being
stored at the freight station.
MISS JEANETTE LAMBERT
ENLISTS AS NURSE
iMiss Jeanette Lambert, RtN,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. F.
Lalmbert, of 148 E. Front Street,
has been accepted in the, Army
Nurse Corps and will leave for ac­tive
duty April 16.
A graduate of Lititz High school
and the Lancaster General Hospi­tal,
class of 1944, Mis3 Lambert
has been serving as a general
duty and private duty nurse at the
hospital since that time. Her
brother, Robert Lambert, S2-c,
is a radioman on an LSM with
the amphibious forces in the Pac­ific.
Fight Looms
Over Borough
Council Posts
Dave Wright Files Petition
Opposing Bomberger
And Way
Interest in the coming primary
elections mounted here this week
when a contest over the eletion of
two borough councilmn developed
with the ling of nominating pet­itions
at the court house Monday
afternoon.
In addition to the two incum­bents,
Elmer Bomberger, presi­dent
of council, and Harry R. Way,
both of whom are seeking re-election,
David L. Wright, 510 S.
Broad Street, a Wilbur-Suchard
Chocolate Company executive,
announced1 his candidacy for one
of the two Republican nomina­tions.
Local Democrats also handed
out several surprises in their slate
which, according to petitions filed,
is headed by E. C. Feairheller,
head of the Wilbur-Suchard Choco­late
Company plant here, candi­date
for the office of Burgess.
With the exception of the coun-cilmanic
contest, local Republi­cans
face no contests for nomina­tions.
Petitions filed were an­nounced
in this paper last week.
The Democratic petitions for
borough nominations in addition
to Mr. Feairheller, were as fol­lows:
Lester G. Eisenhart, tax
collector; John E. Davidson and
Charles R. Hoff, school directors;
Emma C. Furlow, auditor; Harry
P. Regennas, judge of elections,
1st ward; Frank A. Masser, judge
of elections, 2nd ward; 'Samuel
Rubrecht, inspector of elections,
1st ward; Lloyd B. Miller, inspec­tor*
of elections, second ward. The
Democrats named no candidates
for borough council.
The following Republicans filed
from Warwick Twp.: Benjamin
B. Erb, Rothsville, for school di­rector;
Charles L. Zook, Roths­ville,
for auditor; Paul R. Ibach,
Lititz R. 4, for supervisor; and
Wilson B. Enck, Rothsville, for
assessor.
Prof. Sloyer
To Address
Woman’s Club
Professor Mlonroe Sloyer, teach­er
of history at MoCaskey High
School, will speak at the monthly
meeting of the Woman’s Club at
the General Sutter Hotel next
Monday evening. “Current-Inter­national
Affairs” wil Ibe his sub­ject.
Mr. Sloyer has been analyzing
world affairs for twelve years and
has taken an active part in front­ing
groups to study post-war
planning.
Mr. Sloyer, who saw action in
World War I, received his Bach­elor
of Arts and Master of Arts
degree at the University of Penn­sylvania.
'Mrs. Howard Toulson will in­troduce
the speaker. Yearly re­ports
will be given by the commit­tee
chairmen.
TO GIVE RECITAL
ON MAY 3rdi
Ida Kathryn Posey, soprano,
will give a recital in the Moravian
Fellowship Hall, on Thursday,
May 3, a t $00 o’clock, assisted by
Mrs. KthrtSth Witmyer at the
piano, and Mrs. Edwin Kortz,
violin.
The recital is sponsored by the
Young People’s Department of
the Moravian church. The public
is cordially invited and a silver
offering for the benefit of the
Building Fund will be received.
C. OF C. TO MEET
The April meeting of the Cham­ber
of Commerce will be held at
8:30 Tuesday evening, April 17,
in the Young Men’s Business
League. A good attendance of
members is urged.
NANCY HABECKER
Word was received here today
of the promotion of Nancy S.
Habecker from the rank of se­cond
lieutenant to that of first
lieutenant. Miss Habecker has
served overseas for several years
with the Army Nurse Corps and
is now stationed a t Cairo, Egypt.
She is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Elam E. Habecker.
Bird Club
Will Present
Ed. Hill
Nature Photographer To
Show ' Unusual
Pictures
The Lititz Bird Club has com­pleted
arrangements which will
once more bring to our town the
well-known nature photographer,
writer and lecturer, Edward A.
Hill, of Fleetwood, Pa.
Mr. Hill will present his latest
lecture, “Invisible Motion”, on
Wednesday evening, April 25,
at 8 o’clock in Fellowship Hall,
Moravian Church Square.
This is a program that makes
time stand still — literally.
Moment by moment through both
day and night, the camera has
caught every slightest movement
of familiar things. The quiet un­rolling
of fern fronds in tbe for­est,
the silent seeking of roots
through the soil, the muted twang
of the stems of wild azalea re­bounding
gracefully in their sud­den
freedom.
From all these the element of
time has been dispelled and you
see them as you never have be­fore;
growing, swaying, reaching
for the sun, pouring out leaf and
bud with a fluid grace you never
once suspected because to your
eyes it was always invisible mo­tion.
So too has the flight of the dra­gon
fly been toned within your
range and transformation from
ugliness to beauty in the strange
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WILL ENTERTAIN
BARBAIRA SNYDER CLASS
Mrs. Harold R. Ullrich will en­tertain
the Barbara Snyder class
of the Moravian Sunday School at
her home on East Second Avenue
on Friday evening. Mrs. Arthur
Kling and Mrs. Guy Reidenbaugh
will be co-hostesses.
SPORTSMEN TO ELECT
The annual election of officers
will feature a meeting of the
Lititz Sportsmen’s Association to
be held Monday evening at the
firehouse.
FORD IN FRANCE
Pfc. Frank Ford, Jr., has ar­rived
in France and was traveling
toward Germany in a box car used
to transport American troops in
the last war, according to a letter
received by his parents this week.
“These boxcads are just like the
veterans of the other war said
they are”, he commented. He al­so
explained that the French are
poverty-stricken and are in dire
need of both food and clothing.
IHis wife, Pvt. Florence Ford, of
the WAG’S, is psending a short
furlough here before retumihg tc
Camp Hood, Texas.
KEEP ON
with WAR BONDS
li ' No. 20
| Packed House*
| Hears Address
Upon Russia
Davidian Points Out Need
For Worldwide Religi­ous
Revival
An audience which completely
filled the High School Auditorium
to overflowing, listened to an in­teresting
address upon the role
Russia will take in post-war prog­rams,
as the series of institute
meetings sponsored by the local
Rotary Club, came to an end.
Painting a bright picture of
Russia’s future, Simon Michael
Davidian, world traveler and lee-cal
audience that failure of Rus­sia
and the United States to ag­ree
on post-war treaties will mean
nothing less than world-wide chaos
and catastrophe and will sow the
seeds of World War III.
“The future of the world and a
lasting peace can be built upon
the mutual understanding of Rus­sia
and the United States,” David­ian
asserted: “Physically, Russia
and the United States almost en­circle
the globe and this encircle­ment
must not be one of domina­tion
but of the spirit of big broth­ers
to the rest of the world.”
Touching upon religion, David­ian
declared that “the need of the
world today is for a revival of
religion.” “This revival of reli­gious
thought already has started
in almost every country of the
world excepting Britain and the
United States,” added. “In Rus­sia,
protestants amd catholics alike
are gaining millions of new mem­bers.
“It is no longer necessary for
people in the United States ¡to
worry about Russia’s lack of relh
gion for Russia has turned to­ward
religion and the home. To­day,
in contrast with that of years
ago, you never hear of divorce in
Russia even in the big cities.”
IVAN BUCHER PROMOTED
At A Twelfth Air Force C-47
Base In Italy — Ivan H. Bucher,
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Bucher,
R. 2, Lititz, has been promoted to
the grade of private first class,
according to an announcement of
promotions from the Headquarters
of Maor General John K. Can­non’s
12th Air Force.
Private Bucher is an adminis­trative
specialist. The work of
the group includes the flying of
ammunition, arms, and supplies up
to the front lines, the air evacua­tion
of the wounded, and during
invasions, the dropping of para­troopers
and -airborne infantry in
gliders behind enemy defenses.
Before joining the Army Air
Forces, Private Bucher was em­ployed
by Armstrong Cork Co.
He attended Lititz High School,
prior to entering the service.
Mid The Turmoil
Did you ever hear of a fruit
roll, A fruit roll, it seems, is
when pupils bring fruit to class
and then roll or give it to the
teacher. There have -been two
fruitrolls in local classes during
the past two weeks, marking the
birthday of Miss Hazel Hunt and
Miss Helen Shelley, iocal teachers.
• • •
“George’ the war’s over,” Marge
Pennypacker shouted to her hus­band
Monday night when the at­tendant
of a Front Street service
station started to clean off their
windshield after selling them
gasoline.
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Ike Mioyer walked home from the
firehouse last Thursday night,
sat down read the paper, went up­stairs
and got undressed — and
then remembered that he had left
his car parked downtown. So he
got dressed again and came down
town for it.
—For Home Dressed Meat fol­low
the crowd and land in LUTZ’S
Meat Market. Prices and quality
do the trick. Phone 398-R. We
deliver