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Vol. LXVII Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa., March 28, 1946 No. 18
Lenten
Sermonette
By REV. PAUL A. MILLER
Pastor of the
United Brethren Church
In the 19th Chap, of Matthew
we read of the many and diversi­fied
tasks which Jesus performed
while on this earth. First of all
we see Him confuting the many
arguments with which the Phari­sees
attempted to ensnare Him.
Then we read of Him answering
the earnest questions of the dis­ciples.
Next He receives and
blesses little children, after re­buking
the disciples because they
thought little children were of no
importance to Him. Finally in
the 16th verse one comes to Him
and asks, “Good Master, what
good thing shall J do that I may
have eternal life.”
This question is asked by many
people every day of life, and as
we look forward to the celebration
of the Resurrection of our Lord-
Easter-I believe that the question
of eternal life is in the minds of
more people than a t any other
season during the year. What is
the answer?
The Gospel of John, Chapter
three, veTse sixteen gives us the
answer, “For God so loved the
world that He gave His only be­gotten
Son that whosoever be-lieveth
in Hm, should not perish
but have everlasting life.” Hence,
we see, it is a gift of God; it is
free; it can be had1 for the asking
in believing. Believing in what?
Believing in the death of Christ
on the Cross for sin, and His Re­surrection
three days later for
righteousness. Shall we not ac­cept
this gift today?
Elaborate Ceremony Will
Mark 200th Anniversary
Of Linden Hall Here
MISS EASTER BUNNY 1946'
Observance To Feature
Historical Pageant,
June 15 to 18
Store Decorated
For Son’s Return
Students Here
To Be Given
Examinations
Elaborate plans are being made
at Linden Hal'l to celebrate the
200th anniversary of the founding
of the school, according to Dr. F.
W. Stengel, headmaster. They
will include a four day observance
June 16—June 18.
An historical pageant, depicting
the phases through which the
school has passed, will be parti­cipated
in toy the entire student
body, faculty aud some towns­people
on the opening day, and the
annual Commencement ceremonies
will conclude the observance.
Everett Moll, of Bethlehem, Pa.,
authority on Moravian history, is
writing and will direct the page­ant
in which more than 150 per­sons
will participate. It is to be
held in the natural amphitheatre
on the Linden Hall campus, and
¡choral singing will toe a feature.
Alumnae Day will be observed on
the first of the four days, Satur­day,
June 15. The school’s Alum­nae
Association, of which Mrs.
Jesse Honeycutt, of Bethlehem,
is president, is cooperating with
the school in preparations for car­ing
for the expected influx of for­mer
students, many of whom are
expected to remain in the com­munity
for several days.|
Linden Halil opened its day
school 200 years ago, according to
records, and has traditionally de­scribed
itself as “the second oldest
girls’ school in America.” It be­came
a boarding school in 1794
after Mrs. Marvel, of Baltimore,
obtained permission to place her
daughter Peggy at Lititz. Other
parents in the vicinity and in
Maryland sought to bring their
Flags and Welcome Home ban­ners
decorated the entire front of
Ford’s Bast End Market today
marking the honorable discharge
from the service of T-5 Frank
Ford , Jr.,'after three and a half
¡years in the service.
Arriving in this country from
Europe this week, Ford called
his wife and parents on Tuesday
evening from Fort Dix. He de­clared
that he is scheduled to ar­rive
home today.
Others expected home are Cpl.
Clayton H. Elser, who arrived in
New York Thursday and Cpl. Wil­bur
M. \ Weidman who arrived in
New York on Monday.
Miles Horst
To Speak
On Wed.
Medal And Dental Check­u
p s To Be Started
This Week
A thorough examination will toe
given the children of t)he rublic
schools toy a doctor and a dentist
according to a state law recently
passed. The work will probably
start in the local schools this
week.
According to the law a physician
may examine only four pupils in
one hour and the dentist not more
than eight, enabling tooth to do
thorough work. This will not In­clude
sight and hearing which will
toe done toy the teachers, the hear­ing
with the aid of an audiometer
purchased toy the schools.
The work will toe done on the
odd numfbehedi grades tihis year
including atoout 450 pupils includ­ing
the faculty. Next year the
same numbered grades will toe ex­amined,
thus reaching all the chil­dren.
A questionarire will be sent to
all the parents asking them to give
full information of the child's
medical history.
grew.
Dr. Ivor Griffith
To Address Woman’s
Club On April 8
Varied Program To Be Pre­sented
At Annual Farm
Show Banquet
Proposed Service Station
On Broad St. At 4th Ave.
Causes Storm Of Protest
Red Cross Total
Reaches $5,200
The Red Cross campaign which
officially closed Saturday already
has reached a total of $5,204) in this
borough, approximately $500 above
the quota. Active solicitation in
the drive ended over-the'week-end
tout funds are still rolling in,
Benjamin Forrest, local chairman
announced. Persons still anxious
to contribute are asked to send
their checks to Mr. Forrest, or any
member of the committee.
Avaried program of entertain­ment
will be presented at the an­nual
banquet of the Lititz Com- \
munity Show to be held In the
General Sutter Hotel next Wed-j
nesday evening. Approximately j
150 workers and their wives and (
husbands are expected to attend, j
The principal address will be
delivered by Miles Horst, secretary
of the Department of Agriculture
of the Commonwealth of Pennsyl­vania,
who will discuss the -pres-
JEAN BARTEL, the former “Miss America,” is shown above
preparing Penny Siris, 19, for the role of Miss _ Easter Bunny
in the famous Easter Parade on the Atlantic City Boardwalk.
ent agricultural situation as well
daughters there, and the---achooil4 g$ point out the role to be played
of
of
65 Persons Attend
Shower For Stauffers
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Stauffer
were the honor guests at a mis­cellaneous
shower and welcome
home party on Thursday evening
at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Monroe Shauib, 3-19 N. Broad St.
There were sixty-five persons
present.
¡Mr. Stauffer recently received
his discharge from the Navy (hav­ing
served two years, the last ten
months toeing in the South Pacific.
Mr. and Mrs. Stauffer are now
enjoying a trip to Washington, D.
C. and Norfolk, Va.
Dr. Ivor Griffith, president
the Philadelphia College
Pharmacy and Science will speak I
at the regular monthly meeting of j
the Woman’s Club to be held on j
Monday evening, April 8 at eight |
o’clock at the General Sutter
Hotel. He will speak on “Teni-cillin.”
Guests will be invited.
This meeting will be held a week
ea/rler because of Holy Week. 1
The rummage sale will be held
at 32% South Duke Street, Lan- j
caster on Thursday evening and
Friday all day. Men's, women's,
children’s clothing, costume jewel­ry,
dishes, toys will be on sale.
The ladies attending the dinner
meeting of the County Federation
at Hotel Brunswick on Tuesday
evening in addition to the Club
chorus included Mrs. Frank
Longenecker, Mrs. John Hershey,
Mrs. William Whitten, Mrs. Roy
Wagner, Mrs. Willy dePerrot,
Mrs. Guy Reidentoaugh, Mrs. A.
L. Douple, Mrs. Eugene Long,
Mrs. D. M. Graybill, Mrs. Warren
Diehm, Mrs. Frank Hunter, Mrs.
Henry Muth, Mrs. Ellsworth Mc­Mullen
and Mrs. Margaret Hop­kins.
FAT COLLECTION
Mrs. Willy dePerrot has an
nounced that there will be a Pat
Collection early in April, the
exact date to be announced next
week. A number of Inquiries
have been made concerning the
collection and all housewives are
urgd to save their used fat and
have it ready for the April col­lection.
by agricultural shows and exhib­its
in the future.
Nobody will be able to keep a
secret for the main feature of en­tertainment
will be Gus Bohn,
mind-reader and magician extra­ordinary,
who promises to read
the minds of those present and to
tell all - all that can be told.
For music, the committee has
obtained the services of Ernie
Stanziola and his orchestra to­gether
with several talented vocal­ists.
Gifts will be presented to
the ladies present.
A rich brand of humor is ex­pected
to permeate the whole af­fair
with the congenial Dr. Herb­ert
K. Cooper serving as toast­master.
To Donate Horns
A meeting of the show commit­tee
will be held at the Recreation
Center on Friday evening when
action will be taken upon the sug­gestion
to donate two horns need­ed
by members of the High School
Band. Officers of the association
already have voted in favor of
purchasing the horns.
Lititz Garden Club
Is Organized At
Enthusiastic Meeting
William Miller Named President; Second Meeting To
Be Held Tonight; AH Applications For Plots
Must Be Submitted die fore April 6
TO CONFER DEGREE
The initiatory degree will be
conferred upon a class of candi­dates
Monday evening by the
Lititz Lodge, 1050, I. O. 0. F.
All members and especially those
who take an active part on the
degree staff aire urged to attend.
Receive Many Complaints
Of Birds Being Shot Here
¡Pointing out that many com­plaints
have been received of
young boys shooting birds with
air rifles, officers of the Lititz
Bird Club today issued a state­ments
urging parents to help halt
the slaughter of birds here and
explaining the law as it pertains
to air rifles.
The statement follows:
¡Boys going afield with their
rifles are not allowed to shoot at
any living bird or animal. The
Game Protectors are going to see
that they don’t.
(Boys 12 and 14 years of age
must be accompanied by a mem­ber
o ftheir own family over 21
yeaTs of age. All boys 14 to 16
years old must be accompanied
by a person over 21 years old.
¡Many complaints have been re­ported
to the Lititz Bird Club, the
club urges all parents not to let
their boys go afield without the
proper escort. Most of the boys
when contacted say they were
only shooting sparrows but we
have 12 species of sparrows, so
any brown bird to the boy is a
sparrow, all sparrows except the
English sparrow is protected, even
the English sparrow may not be
shot without a hunting license
displayed on the midle of your
back.
The air rifle is also an Illegal
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The Lititz Garden Club was or­ganized
at an enthusiastic meeting
of local garden fans held in the
firehouse Monday evening, when
plans were made for conducting
public gardens here during the
coming season.
Announcement also was made
that a second meeting will be
held this evening at 8 o’clock in
the firehouse and it was urged
that all person who desire to ob­tain
garden plots this year attend
this meeting if possible.
'Active work of the newly-or­ganized
club will be started at
that time and an official name
will be chosen. The group also
will discuss the fee to be levied
for the use of the lots.
At the meeting Monday evening
It was indicated that the fee of
50 cents will be continued as in
former y e a T s , providing that all
who want gardens respond im­mediately.
Otherwise the fee may
be advanced to $1 .00.
William A. Miller, of 43 South
Broad Street, well-known local
gardener whose Victory Gardens
in past years haev attracted much
favorable comment, was elected'
president of the club.
Other officers named are: Mlrs.
John E. Cochran, 28 West Marion
Street, secretary; and James H.
Kready, 33 West Main Street,
treasurer.
While several tracts of land al­ready
have been obtained, any
person in town willing to loan
land for the gardening projects is
asked to contact Mr. Miller.
The support of the Chamber of
Commerce was assured by Christ
Nissley, who was in charge of the
Victory Gardens sponsored by the
Zoning Need
Is Stressed
For Lititz
Paul McCloud, Sam Nuss
Explain Modern Plann­ing
To Council
Borough Council Delays
Action On Bldg. Permit
Seek Solicitor’s Advice
To Establish
Memorial Park
At Rothsville
Lions Club Announces
Purchase Of Stief
Farm
Chamber of Commerce during
the war yeaTs. Mr. Nissley also
emphasized the added need to
continue the gardens in view of
the present world-wide food short­age.
A
coupon is being printed at
the bottom of this page for the
convenience of anyone interested
in obtaining a garden plot. After
filling out the coupon, mail it to
Mirs. Cochran.
April 6 has been fixed as the
deadline for all applications.
MOTOR TO SOUTH CAROLINA
The need of ‘‘intelligent zon­ing”
in a community growing as
ast as Lititz, was recommended to
borough council Tuesday evening
by Paul McCloud, local landscape
architect.
¡McCloud appeared before coun­cil
with Samuel Nuss to explain
details of the development being
promoted in the southern end of
the borough which will include
the entire Gochenauer tract own­ed
by Mr. Nuss.
(Maps exhibited showed’ the man­ner
in which streets have been
arranged throughout the section
to conform with the contour of
the land and to create a high type
of residential section devoid of
drainage or traffic problems.
Mr. Nuss explaned that the sec-ton
of the development already on
the borough plan will not be
changed. The addtional part of
the development is being made
public at this time, he explained,
so ¡that members of council can
acquaint themselves with the
plan. He did not ask that the ad­ditional
section be placed on the
borough plan at this time.
“If communities were planned
according to the contour of the
land and other natural aspects
th borough today would not be
faced with drainage and other
problems such as we have on
Cedar Street, New Street and
some either sections,” Mr. Mc­Cloud
informed council.
Mr. and Mrs. Galen Minnch and
Mi. and Mrs. Charles Hertzler,
this borough, motored to Font
Jackson, South Carolina, Satur­day,
where they spent the week­end
with Mrs. Minnich’s brother,
Private Paul George, in training
there. They made the return
trip Monday.
SCHOOL BOARD CONTINUES
22 MILL TAX LEVY
Members of the school board
voted to retain the same tax rate
of 22 mills and a per capita levy of
$2 at a meeting held Wednesday
night when Dr. Herbert K. Cooper,
appointed ¡three weeks ago to fill
the vacancy caused toy the re­signation
of Dr. IM. H. Yoder, was
administered the oath of office.
The board approved the pur-students’
hearing.. It also was
chase of an audiometer to test
announced that the industrial arts
department of the school is mak­ing
30 tables for the Lititz Springs
Park.
The proposed construction of an
automobile service station on S.
Broad Street at the northeast
corner of Fourth Street, has al­ready
caused a storm of protest
among property owners of the
section, it was revealed this week.
News of the opposition being or­ganized
in an attempt to block
building of the service station
broke out during a lengthy meet­ing
of borough council at which
local councilmen postponed action
upon the application for a build­ing
permit.
In refusing to grant the permit
immediately after they already
had granted a total of eight other
permits, councilmen disclosed that
they already have been contacted
by persons living in the neighbor­hood
who are seeking to prevent
the service station from being
built.
In refusing, however, council
members admitted they would
seek an opinion from the borough
solicitor, Paul A. Mueller, as to
whether th« permit must be is- j
sued. President of Council Harry
Way asserted that the present
building permit ordinance, as he
interprets it, does not give mem­bers
of council authority to refuse
to issue any permit. He pointed
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Will Collect Paper
On Saturday, April 6
A collection of waste paper will
he made throughout the borough
by local Boy Scouts on Saturday,
April 6, at 1 P. M., according to
an announcement made today by
Frank Macferran.
¡Local residents are asked to
have the paper bundled and placed
on the curbs. The needs for paper
is still urgent, Mr. Macferran
explained. By donating paper,
residents will he aiding the na­tion’s
re-conversion program as
well as assisting the local scout
program, he added.
The Warwick Township Lions
Club Wednesday announced the
purchase of the Albert Stief farm,
located in Rothsville, to be deve­loped
as a Service Men’s Memor­ial
Park.
The farm which includes a
house and five acres of land is
located along the road leading
from Dr. Walter’s home and Mill-port
and was purchased for
$2,400. The farm was purchased
by Amos Shrom and Ben Forney
and then transferred to the club.
Cash on hand will cover more than
half the purchase price with the
remainder expected to be raised
during the annual carnival, it was
explained.
According to members of the
club, a landscape architect will be
engaged immediately to plan the
Memorial Park. At a later date
it is hoped to remodel the dwell­ing
into a community house where
various organizations of Roths­ville
and Warwick Township can
be held.
The club Tuesday evening en­tertained
members of the Roths­ville
High School basketball
squad, cheer leaders and Coach
Lee Klopp. Prof. C. W. Frey, of
Franklin and Marshall College,
was the speaker.
Plans were announced for hold­ing
the annual Easter Egg Hunt
on Saturday, April 20 at 2 p. -m.
The hunt is open to all children of
the township under 12 years of
age and annually attracts sever­al
hundred children who vie for
cash prizes.
WITNESS CHAMPIONSHIP
TILT
Fears Fate Of
Atomic Bomb
APPLICATION FOR GARDEN
MRS. JOHN E. COCHRAN, Garden Club Secretary
28 W. Marlon St.
Lititz, Pa.
Please reserve for me......... garden (s) for 1946.
I understand the fee for each garden will toe a t least 50c, but not
more than $1 .00.
Signed ................................. ................................................................
Address .........................................................................................
The next war, If it occurs, may
last less than 48 hours and may
cost 'half a million lives, Rev. Wil­liam
Swain declared in a talk on
the atomic bomb before members
of the Lititz Rotary Club Tuesday
evening. “The atomic toomto has
outmoded long wars, ¡lagre armies
and thousand plane raids,” he
asserted. “The atomic bomb can­not
toe kept a secret and if ever
used, it may win a war for the
nation which acts first, may toe
more destructive than any previ­ous
war even though it may only
last a day.”
Nations must have character
and individuals must turn their
minds to religion if the atomic
bomb is not to destroy civilization
he concluded.
A group of local men consisting
of Gene Weiidler, Clarence Shaub,
Russel Gilbert and Winfield Ro­senberg
¡motored to Philadelphia
Monday evening where they wit­nessed1
the basketball finals at
Convention Hall in which Allen­town
defeated ¡Radnor.
ADDRESSES STUDENTS
The Rev. Paul H. Miller, ¡pastor
of the United Brethren church ad­dressed
the students of Linden
Hall Academy and Junior College
at the Vesper Service on Sunday
evening.
ILLUSTRATED LECTURE
AT TRINITY CHURCH
TONIGHT
An illustrated lecture on the
History of ¡the Evangelical Con­gregational
Church will be pres­ented
in Trinity E. C. Church this
evening at 7:30 P. M. by Rev.
George Harting, pastor of the
Columbia E. C. Church. All mem­bers
of the church and friends
are invited to attend.
Forney Buys Frederick Farm;
To Develop As Home Sites
Spring Music
Festival
Next Week
High School Band And
Glee Club To Present
Program
The third annual Spring Music
Festival will be held in the High
School Auditorium next Thursday
and Friday evenings by members
of the High School Band and
Glee Club.
The band of approximately 79
members s directed by Henry C.
Steiner while the Glee Club of 50
voices is directed by Joseph W.
Sheckard.
A Trumpet Trio of Lebanon
Valley College also will present
several numbers. Local soloists
will include Donald Kreider, cor­net;
Donald Mohler, clarinet; and
a flute trio: Lanette Sheaffer,
Gloria Fry and Betty Lou Her­shey.
Miss Nancy Lutz, soprana, will
sing several numbers, accompan­ied
by Miss Sheaffer.
(Selections by the Glee Club will
include Stout Hearted Men, the
Battle Hymn of the Republic, and
In A (Persian Market.
Selections by the Band will in­clude
the Donkey ¡Serenade, Fin­ale
from the New World Sym­phony
and the Bells of St. Mary’s.
Drum Majorettes also will give
a demonstration of the art of
twirling the (batons and will be
accompanied by Gladys Stehman,
Allen Adair, Roseanna Kreider
and Nancy Lutz.
The development of a large
tract of land in the east end of the
borough as home sites was started
this week with the purchase of
the Morris Frederick farm, by
Benjamin G. Forney, of Roths­ville.
(Mr. Forney purchased the 30-
acre tract for a price reported at
approximately $18,000. The tract
is located south ¡of East Main St.
stasjtng at a ponjt opposite the
(Fry garage and extending east­ward’
beyond Oak Street.
The entire tract will be survey­ed
immediately and laid out in
streets and building lots by
Haines Shertzer, -well-known en­gineer
of Lancaster;. Proposed
streets include one running south
from a point opposite the Fry
garage and the other being a con­tinuation
of Oak Street.
¡Much of the land’ is sloping and
would provide ideal drainage for
home sites, Mr. Forney declared.
He reported the sale of the first
lot of land this week and announc­ed
that additional lots will be sold,
subject to the survey to be made.
HE AGE Y SHOWS PICTURES
AT FIRE CO. MEETING
Motion pictures toy Chandler
Heagey featured the monthly
meeting of the Lititz Fire Company
held last evening. Members voted
to purchase a dozen new coats and
helmets.
Three members elected were
Clair W. Slaymaker, Eric Buckley
and Norman L. Keener. 'Plans
were completed for entertaining
the (ladies auxiliary at the next
meeting April 4.
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