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Voi. LX VII Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa., December 13,1945 No. 3
Boro. School Closes
At Noon Today
Due To Eqidemic
DEER SHOT BY THE HERSHEY CLUB
To Remain Closed Until
Monday; Other Steps
May Be Taken
Superintendent of Schools M.
C. Demmy announced this morn­ing
that the Lititz Borough
School will close at noon today
and remain closed until Monday j
in an effort to combat the local
epidemic of flu, colds and grippe.
This action was taken when a
census made this morning showed
348 students and three teachers
absent, a material increase over
that of Wednesday.
At Rothsville, Superintendent
F. F. Bailey declared that schools
in Warwick Township will contin­ue
in operation today when it
will be decided whether to remain
open or to close tomorrow. Three
teachers in addition to 180 out of
720 students were absent Wednes­day
and today’s attendance show-edonly
a slight increase.
Unless the situation grows con­siderably
worse no action will be
taken at this time by the local
board o fhealth, it was indicated.
Sfuperitjtend-emt M. C. iDemimy
revealed that on Monday a total
of 242 students were absent. On
Tuesday this number had increas­ed
to 286 and was further boosted
to 301 on Wednesday. Despite
this large number the rate of in­crease
from day to day seemed to
be decreasing, it was pointed out.
The epidemic among students
was confined to a few grades. In
the first and second grades only
a few pupils were missing while
in the fourth, fifth and sixth
grades, the epidemic seemed to be
i growing worse.
In contrast to this, the number
of obsentees among high school
students was decreasing.
Parents with children showing
evidence of severe colds (should
keep their children home, it was
advised. Children appearing in
classes with bad colds were being
excused immediately.
In addition to students, several
hundred more, including many
adults, were stricken this iweek
with wha twas being termed by
local medicos as 48-hour flu. The
attacks were severe for approxi­mately
two days and were ac­companied
with painful head­aches.
Annual Xmas
Party Held By
Woman’s Club
Mrs.' Austin Fellenbaum
Speaks On “ Women Of
The Bible”
The annual Christmas party of
the Lititz Woman’s Club was held
on Monday evening in the General
Sutter hotel. The room was fest­ive
with greens and candles and a
table laden with Christmas pack­ages
to be distributed by the Wel­fare
chairman, Mrs. Henry J
Snavely. A contribution was made
to the General Hospital.
Plans were made to hold a card
party in the Recreation Center
on January 30th for the benefit of
the Center. The announcement
was made by Mrs. E. McMullin,
chairman of the Ways and Means
committee.
The guest speaker, Mrs. Austin
Fellenbaum of Lancaster used for
here theme, “The Women of the
Bible.” She drew most of her
characters from the Old Testa­ment,
portraying their characters
of hate, jealousy, fear, love and
devotion and compared their pat­tern
of human behavior to pre­sent
day actions, concluding there
are no new characteristics in the
world today.
Complete Plans For
Christmas Party
Plans for the mamoth Welcome
Home Christmas Party for local
service men, tube held in the High
Echool ^ympasium ! Saturday,
December 22, were completed at
a meeting of the Lititz Service
Association Monday evening.
Music and entertainment by
Reg Kehoe and his orchrestra will
highlight the program which com­mences
at 8 p. m. Carol singing
and the presentation of gifts to
the service men also will feature
the program.
The foods committee reported
that an abundance of foodstuff has
been obtained' and that there will
be plent of refreshments for all.
Lester Balmer is in charge of the
ticket sale which was reported
progressing Satisfactorily.
A meeting of the association
will bie held Tuesday, December
18 in the high school gymnasium
at 7:30 p. m. All members are
urged to be present.
Lions Honor
Football Players
Stengel Case
Goes To Jury
The case in whcih Lowell O.
Stengel, this borough, is charg­ed
with the hit-run death of an
aged Neffsville resident last Sept­ember,
went to the jury in crimi­nal
court at Lancaster this morn­ing
following the charge made by
Oliver S. Schaeffer. A verdict
was expected to be returned early
this afternoon.
Witnesses Wednesday charged
Stengel with having driven off a
few minutes after his automobile
had skidded and struck Robert F.
Fisher, eighty-six, of Neffsville.
In his defense, Stengel said he was
dazed and did not remember how
long he had remained at the scene
of the accident.
He said he left with the inten­tion
of f calling an ambulance but
was,too-dazed1 to think coherently.
He then drove over to the Fruit -
ville Pike, then to his home where
he secured the keys for his sum­mer
cottage.
Stenigel admitted’ the statement
he made to the police, which was
Local football players and
coacheis were honored by the local
Lions Club a t a football banquet
held in the General Sutter Hotel
last Thursday evening and at
tend by 102 members and guests.
The club presented Coach Russel
Gilbert with a miniature gold
football. The presentation was
made toy Samuel Nuss.
The principal addr^s^ of the
evening was delivered by Harold
Williams, backfield coach of
Temple University. Jack Burns,
star quarterback of the Temple
team and All-State quarterback,
also spoke prior to the showing
of motion pictures of the Temple-
Pitt game.
Coach Gilbert and his assist­ants,
Dr. E. McMullin, Earl Reist
and James Buzzelli spoke a few
words. A football carved from
one of the Ephrata goal posts was
auctionied off to Leon Risser for
$15 by the club.
Xmas Mails
15 Per Cent
Higher Here
Local Stores Also Report
Increased Volume Of
Sales
Members of the Hershey Hunting Club succeeded in bagging the limit i of six bucks at Cedar Run,
Lycoming County, in time to return and pose for their pictures heiyh Friday afternoon. ■ Those who
shot deer are showing standing in the top row beside the deer and are left to right: Dr. Howard B.
Minnich, |Roy Hess> Isaac Hershey, Dervin Runk, Harvey Rank and Raymond Runk. Carl Huber also
is shown in the top row. Those in the bottom row are John Hershey, Dr. Cheister Wertsch, Paul Dos-ter,
Frank Ditzler, John Wagaman, Roy Long, Owen Hershey and Floyd Rader. Member^ of the club
who were not present when the picture was taken w ere Clyde Holier, Stanley Welt, Lloyd Hoffman,
Eugene Stauffer and Lloyd Romberger.
Special Xmas Music
At Moravian Church
On Sunday Evening
Leadship
Courses Will
Start Jan. 21
Members Of Congregation
Over 75 Yrs. Of Age To
Be Special Guests |
A srevice of Christmas music:
will be presented at the Moravian ■,
rch on Sunday evening, cchu.De i
church on Sunday evening, at 7:00 C om ’ n ity T r aining School
o’clock. The Senior Choir, under ’
the direction of Victor Wagner,'
will sing “Nazareth,’’ Gounod; |
and “I Waited For The Lord,” j
Mendelssohn. The Girls’ Choir, j
under the direction of Mrs. Edwin j
Kortz will have as their numbers, j Training School will conduct a
‘Old French Carol,” “A Joyous | series of courses for the fourth
Christmas Song,” and “Cherubim 1 consecutive year beginning Jan.
Song,” Borthniansky. The com- 21st. Plans for the 1946 school
bined choirs will be heard in “The have just been announced by the
Christmas Story,” Goldsworthy. Dean, Rev. -Edwin W. Kortz. Three
Several familiar Christmas hymns courses for Sunday School and
will be sung in various arrange- Church workers will be offered in
■ments among them “Jesus Came, the Lutheran church on Monday
The Heavens Adoring,” “Once He nights from 7:30 to 9:30 o’clock,
Came In Blessing,” “Once In January 21st to February 25th.
Royal David's City.” Mrs. Ken-
Xmas Recital
At St. Paul’s
On Sunday
Cantata ‘Bethlehem’, Will
Be Presented Sunday
Dec. 23
Harry Hacker Retires
After 40 Yrs. Service
Announces Plans For
Fourth Season
The Community Leadership
Auxiliary Entertains
Gold Star Mothers
The Ladies Auxiliary of the
American Legion entertained the
gold star mothers at a short prog­ram
held on Tuesday evening in
the Recreation Center. The guests
included Mrs. Edwin Walters,
Mrs. Clara Roth, Mrs. Esther
Haines, Mrs. Jamie Kline, Mrs.
Theodore Stauffer, Mrs. Arlie
Hackman, Mrs. Monroe Ecen-rode,
Mrs. Ardell DeWald, Mrs.
Charles Seigel, Mrs. Neidermyer,
Mrs Ravegum and Mrs. U. S.
Reichstein.
Plans were made for a rum­mage
sale to be held in January
at the business meeting. Checks
werem ailed to various hospitals
neth Witmyer will be at the organ
assisted by Mrs. Gordon Trump,
Jr. The public is ocrdially in­vited.
Special guests at the service
will be the members of the con­gregation
who are seventy-five
years or over. A group of mem-brs
numbering forty-nine who
have passed the three-quarters-of-a-
century mark will be entertain­ed
at supper on that same even­ing
by the Young Adults Class of
the Sunday School. Mrs. Fred
Miller is the class president, Mrs.
Roy Yerger and Mrs. T. Robert
Bassett are the teachers and Miss
Anna K. Miller is the class ad­visor
Will Trim Candles
On Friday evening at 7:00
o’clock in Fellowship Hall the
ladies of the Moravian -congrega­tion
will meet to trim the candles
used at the Christmas Eve ser­vices
in the church. The candles
are made of beeswax in Nazarth,
and are brought to Lititz for
trimming.
for the Christmas season. Mrs
•offered , as evidence, was correct, j Clair Rice, the president, was in
with , the - exception of two minor j charge. Refreshments were ser-d^
tails. I ved to the group.
Rev. Jacob T. Dick will teach a
course entitled “Guiding Youth
In Christian Beliefs.” A course of
interest to teachers of children
and to parents will be taught by
Misis Elizabeth Gibble and called,
“The Use of the Bible With Chil­dren.”
Rev. George B. Carvell will
teach “Personal Religious Living,"
a course concerned with the in­dividual
and his way of living
The school is under the direc­tion
of a board of administration
consisting of Rev. Charles Trunk,
Rev. J. C. H. Light, Willis Gibble
and Guy Snyder. Warrne Diehm
is registrar and treasurer.
10 Girls Receive
Scout Honors
Former Congressman
Addresses Rotary
The prediction that the United
States will never collect a penny
of the four billion dollar loan to
Britain was made by former Con­gressman
Cal Johnson, of Illinois,
in an address before the local
Rotary Club Tuesday evening.
Judging from past exper-
Ten girls received their Brown­ie
wings and Girl Scout pins at
the Fly-up ceremony held re­cently
in Fellowship Hall. The
wings were pinned on by Miss
Jayne Hopkins and Mrs. Charles
Lehman, Brownie troop leaders
and the Girl Sdout pines were
presented by Mrs. WillydePerrot
as each girl repeated the G. S.
promise.
Those receiving pins were
Nancy Fry, Merita Wagaman,
Wilma Seaber, Polly Ann Risser,
Lee Anne Sch off stall, Debra
Diehm, Patsy Lutz, Rachelle
Kopp, Frieda Eberly and Mary
Jane Gerlach.
Entertainment and refreshments
iences, this looks like another way . were in charge of Girl Scouts ànd
of extending lend-lease to Britain ' committee members.
for several additional years,” he
declared. Mr. Johnson was intro­duced'
by Irl Daffin.
The annual Ladies Christmas
Party will be held by the Rotary
Club Tuesday evening.
Mrs. deiPerrot reported 635
pounds of used fat received in the
last collection. This was the
largest collection for the past
several months. A quantity of
soap was also collected.
The two younger choirs of St.
Paulis Lutheran church will pre­sent
'a recital of Christmas music
at *7 this Sunday evening, the
time of the congregation’s White
Gift Service.
The choirs, the Young People’s,
directed by William S. Dengler,
and the Junior, directed by Mrs.
Charles Wagaman, will open the
program by singing the carol, “O
Little Town of Bethlehem.” Dur­ing
the service the Young People’s
will sing “Birthday of a King,”
First Noel,” and “Angels O’er the
Felds,” by Riegger. The Juniors
will sing “Virgin’s Lullaby,”
Peery; “Shepherds in the Hush
of Night,” O'Hare; and the carol,
“Away in a Manger.” The two
ehohjs will join in the anthem,
“Gesu Bambino,” Yon, to close the
musical part of the program.
Rev. Charles F. Trunk, the
pastor, will speak during the ser­vice
and in conclusion will receive
and dedicate the White Gifts
brought by the congregation.
These will then be sent to orphan­ages.
Mrs. E. D. Fulweiler, the organ­ist,
will play “In Joyful Adora-,
tion,” Mueller; “A Christmas
Pastorale,” ¡Matthews, and “Ad­oration,”
Hamer.
To Present Cantata
Sunda evening a week, the 23rd,
the Senior Choir will present the
cantata, “Bethlehem,” by Maun­der.
This will be directed by Al­bert
S. Ebbert, the choir director.
At the morning service last
Sunday, Mrs. George Bond', Jr.
sang “These Are They,” by Gaul.
The Mother’s Class held its
Christmas meeting Monday night
at the church, with Mrs. Betty
Howell and Mrs. Jane Witmyer
as hostesses.
The first regular meeting of the
Evelyn Parker Missionary Soc­iety,
recently organized for girls
16 to 25 ears old of St. Paul s,
was held Monday night at. the
home of Necia Hackman, South
Cedar St.
A Christmas program was
presented in charge of Rufina
Balmer and Ramona Keath and
15 of the 18 charter members were
present.
The following appointments
were made during the business
session: hostess chairman, Lun­ette
Shaeffer; membership chair­man,
Ramona Keath and histor­ian,
Josephine Levan.
Ushers Hold Meeting
The Ushers Association held its
December meeting Tuesday night
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The Christmas rush is on.
While the mails to service men
is much less than it was last
Chgistmas, the local mailing of
Christmas packages is boosting
local mails to a record-breaking
point, Postmaster Robert Pfautz
revealed this week.
Up to today, the volume of
mail being handled by the local
post office in the pre-Christmas
rush is approximately 15 per­cent
higher than that of last
year, he declared.
Local merchants also reported
that the volume of sals also is
considerably above last year’s
total, partially due to increased
stocks now available through local
stores. Stores will remain open
evenings from now until Christ- j
mas with the exception of grocery
storesj which will1, (observe their
usual hours. Practically all stores
will close at 6 p. m. Christmas
Eve. ,
Starting Monday, three deliver­ies
of mail will be made daily in
the borough. Office hours at the
post office starting Monday and
icanti}rujng until Christmas will
be from 7 a. m. to 7:30 p. ui. ex­cepting
Saturday when the win­dows
will close at 4:30 p. m. in-stea
dof at noon.
A total of five carriers and two
clerks will be added to the regu­lar
post office staff to handle the
rush.
While service glen’s packages
are not as great as last year,
gift packages being mailed by re­turned
service men to friends and
acquaintances they have made in
foreign countries is to some ex-tnt
making up1 this difference.
After traveling the equivalent
of 162 times around the world,
Harry D. Hacker, rural mail car­rier
here, has decided he has had
enough. Hacker retired' from
service at the local post office last
week after serving mail along
rural route No. 4.
And while during this time he
traveled a total of approximately
409,500 miles, the furthest points
reached by Hacker were to a
point near Lincoln and including
the sections of Rome, Millway and
Millport. He traveled approxi­mately
35 miles each day.
Members of the local post of­fice
staff, headed by Postmaster
Robert Pfautz, entertained Hacker
at a turkey dinner in his honor
last Friday. Charles Showers, a
member of the load post office
staff, now in the Navy, has re­quested
transfer from the borough
to the rural route upon his dis­charge
from service.
COVERED DISH SUPPER
HERE THIS EVENING
The Mothers Class of Trinity
E. C. church will hold their an­nual
covered dish supper and
Christmas party fin the church
basement this evening at 6 p. m.
Members are asked to bring
their own dishes and silver.
Mrs. Benjamin G. Forrest and
two daughters, Dorothy and Jane,
will leave next Wednesday for
Augusta, George, where they will
attend the wedding of Mrs. For­rest’s
brother, H. Vernon Ware,
who returned recently after spend­ing
two and' one-half years in the
Pacific. They will return to
Lititz December 24.
25 Service
Men Join
Legion Post
Plans Progressing For
Erection Of Legion Home
Here,
A total of 25 returned service
men have been admitted as new
members by the Garden Spot
Post of the American Legion, it
was revealed at a meeting of the
local post Tuesday evening.
Plans also are progressing for
the erection of a Legion Home
here, according to a report of the
building committee. The propos­ed
building will be erected as a
memorial to veterans of World
War II.
Members of the building com­mittee
include Frank M. Hnuter,
chairman; Chester M. Woolworth,
Dr. H. K. Cooper, Dr. Joseph
Grosh, Roy S. Reidenbaugh, Nor­man
Habecker, Valentine Brobst,
Ralph M. Spacht, Hiram Eberly
and Domer Brenner.
The proposed building will be
so designed that it can be used
for various civic purposes, ban­quets
and parties, it was ex­plained.
The Legon made its annual
contribution to the Scotland Orp­hans’
Home. Plans also were
completed for holding a card party
and turkey raffle at the Fire
house Friday evening.
Welfare Gets
$ 10*470.00
in Drive Here
Amount Is Largest Ever
Reached By Local
Community Chest
A total of $10,474 was raised in
Lititz during the recent Com­munity
Chest drive, according to
a final compilation of donations
made available this week by John
Eberly. treasurer of the chest.
The amount is the largest ever
raised in this borough for welfare
purposes.
Of the amount raised, a total of
$9.998 was in cash with the bal-lances
in pledges to be paid dur­ing
the year. The industrial div­ision
raised a total of $6,580.05
while the mercantile divsiion
turned in $1,062.50. Clubs and
organizations donated $490 while
individual contributions received
in the house-to-house canvass
were $2,341.45.
In the 1944 drive a total of
$10,420 was raised. While this
year’s total is only a few dollars
above that of 1944, the increase
is more pronounced in view of
the fact that the campaign did not
incude contributions to the Lan­caster
General Hospital, which is
now starting its ¡>wn campaign
for funds.
DOING JURY DUTY
Mrs Robert E. Pfautz, Samuel
Nuss and Wayne G. Fahnestock,
all Ipf this borougji, halve been
selected for jury duty this week
before the U. ¡S. District Court in
Philadelphia.
See Tough Winter Ahead
As Bird Club Defends Owls
With six Snowy Owls, inhabit- your home look around the place
ants of the Arctic Circle, being
fond and shot in Lancaster Coun­ty
during the past two weeks, old-timers
here were freely predict­ing
a mighty cold winter and were
hauling out the extra blankets for
use in the near future.
But the shooting of the Snowy
Owls caused more than that for It
qluiqkjy brdughit local bird club
members to the defense of the
local bam owl. The statement is­sued
by George Pennypacker,
president of the club, is as fol­lows:
John Haverstick, State Game
Protector, recently announced
that six Snowy Owls were report­ed
shot in Lancaster County in
the past two weeks. True - this
and one other species, the Great
Horned Owl, are not protected
by law but it is unlawful to kill
eveify other owl.
In order to save farmers and
sportsmen from making mistakes,
the Lititz Bind Club has requested
the newspapers to explain the
value of owls on the farm. Their
diet consists of nearly 100%
field mice and rats. This is very
easily verified.
If there is an owl in a tree or
where it perches and you will find
pellets which it has regurgitated.
The owls swallow their food
whole and later “cough up” the
undigestable parts of their meal.
Upon examining the pellets you
can discover what has been eaten
and invariably there will be
skulls, teeth, bones and skin of
mice and rats. Hundreds of such
skeletons may be found where a
family of owls have been raised.
In his life-time an owl will des­troy
more rodents than most men
will kill in their life-time.
We ask farmers and sportsmen
alike to consider the damage done
annually by rats and mice and
then try to imagine what would
happen around a farm were it not
for owls and hawks who live on
these pests almost exclusively.
There are nine species of owl to
be found in this section and all
but two are protected by law be­cause
of their usefulness so dont
shoot an owl until you are sure it
is not a friend helping to keep
down the mouse and rat popu­lation.
Bob Snyder kept tabs on a
family of owls in the Moravian
cemetery and found 1500 skele-
MissHabecker
Returns Home-
On Leave
Service Men Returning In
Time For
Christmas
Lieutenant Nancy S. Habecker
who spent more than three years
overseas with the famous Jeffer­son
Medical Unit, returned home
on sick leave last Thursday night.
Miss Habecker, who is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elam E.
Habecker, is on a 3(X-iday sick
leave. After her arrival in this
country, she was hospitalized
briefly at Fort Dix, N. J. Sbe ex­pects
to receive her honorable
discharge upon her return to Fort
Dix in January.
Lieut Habecker was a member
of the 38th General Hospital
Unit which was stationed at
Cairo, Egypt for 37 months and
which received the highest award
granted by the army.
Among local service men who
received their honorable dis­charges
this wek was Seaman
1/c Carl Bachman, who saw con­siderable
active service and fig­ured
in several major engagements
aboard an aircraft carrier in the
Pacific. Seaman Bachman re­ceived
his honorable discharge at
Bainbridgje and .returned to ¡his
homehere Wednesday.
Charles Wiliam Hevener, MM
2/c, this borough, and Richard A.
Hertz Sc 2/c, R. D 1, also receiv­ed
their discharges at Bainbridge
this week.
Corporal Victor Pfautz and
Pfc. Warren K. Strauss, both of
this borough, arrived at New York
this week from Europe.
T-5 Carl W. Brubaker was hon­orably
discharged at Indiantown
Gap Wednesday.
SHOWER HELD FOR
ARLENE GALEBACH
barn or other building around l tons of mice In one winter.
Miss Beatrice ,£• Marks and
Mrs. James Clark held a miscell­aneous
shower for Miss Arlene
Galebach on Friday evening at 22
Church Street, Lancaster, in honor
of her marriage to Raymond M.
Lefever which will take place on
December 15th.
The guests included Miss Flor­ence
Bently, Miss Nancy Heller
and Miss Sue Dupree, Lancaster;
Mrs. Amos Good, New Holland;
Miss Mary Grebinger, Millersville,
Miss Mary Ellen Galebach, this
borough; Mrs. Raymond Galebach,
Manheim R. 1, and Raymond M.
Lefever, Lancaster.
PAGEANT AT PENRYN
On Sunday a pageant titled “I
Bheld His Glory,” will be render­ed
in Jerusalem Evangelical and
Reformed church, Ponryn at 7:30