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HERE SATURDAY
Honor This Pin
f o l . LXVIII Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa„ May 15, 1947 5 cents a copy ; $2 per yr. b y mail No. 22
Name Honor
Students In
Senior Class
Trinity Evangelical Church
Observing 75th Anniversary
Dr. Francis Harvey Green
Will Address Commence­ment
Exercises June 5
Former Pastors Will Speak
At Meetings Start­ing
Sunday
TO CONDUCT SERVICES
A total of twenty-two members
of the Senior Class won coveted
places on the list of honor grad­uates,
according to the list an­nounce^
this week by supervising
principal, M. C. Demmy.
Dr. Francis Harvey Green,
headmaster of ’the Pennington
School, who is well-known among
local audiences, will address the
graduates at the annual com­mencement
exercises to be held in
the high school auditorium on
Thursday, June 5.
Those selected to deliver the
class orations are Robejct Keath
and Richard Leed. The commence­ment
program also will feature a
flute solo by Lanette SheafTer; a
clarinet solo by Donald Mohler
and a vocal solo by Nancy Lutz.
Honor students a re :. Harry
Badorf, Norma Balmer, Rufina
Balmer, Lois Dustoger, Harry
David Eshleman, Reba Hammond,
Lorraine Hess.
Betty Gamnan, James Johnson,
Ramona Keath, Robert Keath,
Annetta Keller, Rosanna Kreider,
Richard Leed, Donald Mohler.
Ruth Neideigh, Robert Leeking,
Robert Peiffer, Sylvia Roth, Lan­ette
Sheaffer, Doris Shelley, Ruth
Steeley.
Class officers: president, Robert
Heagy; vice president, Richard
Leed; secretary, Ramona Keath;
treasurer, Betty German.
Rev. J. T. Dick
To Speak On
Memorial Day
The 75th anniversary of the
founding of the Trinity Evangeli­cal
Congregational Church will be
observed with a week of services
beginning this Sunday.
jXev. N. N. Lower, presiding
elder of this district will preach
at the morning and evening ser­vices
this Sunday. He will also
address the Sunday School.
¡Rev. S. A. Kelsey pastor from
1924-28, wall Iprctach on Monday
evening. His son, Rev. George
Heisey, pastor of the ¡Second E. C.
Church, Sunihury, will speak at the
services on Tuesday evening.
Rev. J. Kart Harper, another son
of a former pastor, will bring the
message on Wednesday evening. He
is pastor of the Grace E. G. Church
¡in Reading.
Rev. J, A. Smith, native of Ak­ron,
and ¡presiding elder of the
astern district oif this conference,
wall bring the message on Thursday
evening.
On Friday evening, Rev. J. S.
Harper, pastor of this church from
1918-21, and now the pastor of the
St. Paul’s E. ¡C. ¡Church in Reatas-town,
¡will apeak. Special music
will feature these services. The
.public is invited to attend these
meetings.
May 25th twill be Anniversary
¡Sunday. Bishop A. W. Cooper, of
Mt. Penn, Reading, 'will preach in
morning and evening worship.
Miss Jacqueline Bixler, noted Lan­caster
soprano, will be the guest
soloist for the day. The choirs
will render special music.
Rev. George B. Carvell, the pres­ent
pastor, dis beginning the third
year of his ministry in Trinity
Church.
Four Arrests
In Drive On
Speeders Here
OUR CITIZENS OF TOMORROW
Dri^Sr In One of Two
Local Accidents Also
Faces Charges
REV. GEO. B. CARVELL
Auxi l iary'
Votes $1,000
For Fire Co.
Ladies Complete Outstand­ing
Year; To Meet With
Firemen On May 28
Program Completed At
Meeting Of Local Legion
Post
108 Species
Observed On
Warbler Walk
■Rev. Jacob T. Dick, pastor of
the Church of the Brethren, will
deliver the annual Memorial Day
address at exercises to be held in
the Moravian OemeteTjy under
the auspices of the American Leg­ion.
Plans for the program were
complete,} at a meeting of the
Garden Spot Post of the Amer­ican
Legion held here Tuesday
evening. Scholarship awards also
will be presented the outstanding
boy and girl graduates at both the
Lititz High School and Rothsville.
The post announce,} the pur­chase
of air-condtioning equip­ment
which will be installed dur­ing
the next few weeks. A gift
of $10 was donated to the Amer­ican
Cancer Fund drive.
Dr. E. M. McMulllin announced
the opening of the Junior Baseball
season on Tuesday, June 3 at 6:15
p. m.
The League this year wffich will
be one of the largest and best
since before the war will be com­posed
of teams from Elizabetht-toiwn,
Mt. Joy, Manheim, Ephrata,
Quarryville, Christiana, Millers-ville,
Marietta, New Holland and
Lititz.
All boys seventeen years of age
and under are eligible to try out
for the team. A meeting will be
held at the Recreation Center on
Tuesday, May 20th at 8:00 p. m.
to discuss plans for the coming
season. All boys eligible are re­quested
to be present.
With the weatherman providing
¡pcrfert weather, a total of 108
species of warblers were observed
by ¡members of the Lititz Bird Club
during the annual warbler walk
Sunday.
A total of 24 members of the
club started from the ¡upper bridge
at Manbeim and followed the Lit­tle
¡Chioques Creek to the sanct­uary
at White Oak. One of the
thrills during the walk was the
Observance of a bank swallow.
Members who participated were:
Charles Begennas, Jr., in ¡charge;
B. L. Sharp, William Light, Geo.
Pennyipacker, (Donald Reidenbaugh,
Donald Weir, Tony Longenecker,
¡Dale Herr, Kirk and Donald Gar­ber,
¡Paul (Seaiber, Lamar and Ger­ry
¡Siipe, Donald Sohnee, Donald
Ruhl, Eric Buckley, Joseph
Grosh, Jr., ¡Dawn and Glenn ¡Show­ers,
¡Nevtin Bowman, Ford Gochen-auer,
Mahlon ¡Michael, Amos Niss-ley
and 'David Young. ^
On Monday ¡evening members of
the (club were presented ¡with an
illustrated lecture on waiblens by
Mr. ¡Sharp and Mr. ¡Light. The
next meeting will be held in
September.
A contribution of $1,000 to the
Lititz Fire Company was voted at
a meeting of the Ladies Auxiliary
held last Thursday evening.
Members of the auxiliary an­nounced
that the past year wa=
one of the most successful in the
history of the auxiliary, making
he unusually large donation pos­sible.
:
Mrs. Levi Yerger was appointed
chairman of the ways and means
committtee, and Mrs. C. G. Hoff­man,
chairman of the program
committee. Plans were completed
for holding a joint-mmeting with
the fire company on Wednesday,
May 28.
Mrs. Hoffmian was named to he
in charge of the dining room for
the annual fireman’s festival.
Following the business session,
the ladies were entertained with
a concert by the Little Dutch
Ban,} made up of Boy Scouts of
Troops 42 and 44, under the lead­ership
of Harry Regennas.
The next meeting will be in the
form of a corn roast and will be
held in September, i
Two newly-weds had their
brand-new automobile badly dam­aged
in one oif two 'accidents which
occurred within the broough
limits during five past week in
which the bridegroom faced
charges preferred by local police.
At the same time, ¡Borough Po­lice
officer® launched another of
their drives against speeders
with a number of arrests mode
along Broad ¡Street. In the same
safetydriwe, Officer Lloyd Hoffman
was stationed during rush ¡periods
a t Broad and Orange Streets,
scene of a number of bad accidents
during ¡recent months.
The bridegroom who faces a
©barge of failing to yield the right
of way is Wilbur Faus, ¡East (Main
Street, former service ¡man who re­turned
recently from the Pacific
and who only a few days ago was
married. With his bride he was
driving along Broad Street Friday
night when their car figured In a
collision with a machine driven by
Robert (Nauman, 125 N. Main St.,
Manheim.
According to (police, Faus had
started to make a ¡left-hand turn
and failed to yield thé right-of-way.
His automobile ended uip
against a tree. He will be given a
hearing before Justice of the Peace
Paul F. Diehm.
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Top row: Eileen, 7 month old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. El wood Zug;
Ruth Marie, 6 month old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Hann; Kay,
3 month old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. |Robert Eby.
Bottom row: Arthur, 3 month old »on of Mr. and Mrs. Arthnr
Bushong; H. Richard, 6 month old son of Mr. and Mrs. Harlry H.
Neidermyer; Billy, 4 month old son of Mr. and Mrs. John Oehme.
Complete Plans For
Vote On Boro Sewers
To Be Held Sat. May 24
Recreation Center
Elects Directors
All Residents Of Boroug
21 Years Old And Over
Eligible For Vote
The Lititz Recreation Center en­joyed
its most prosperous and
most active year during the twelve
months just (passed, according to
reports submitted at the annual
¡meeting held in the Center last
evening.
Robert R. Reidenbaugh and Hen­ry
K. Neff were elected to the
board of directors for three year
terms to succeed !M. C. Demimy
and John Keehn, (whose terms ex­pire.
¡Retiring directors were giv­en
¡a Vote of thanks,
j A total of 23 persons^ represent- i
ing nine ¡local organizations, attend
the meeting.
ONE MAN’S FAMILY
Neighborhood
Girl Scouts
Plan Program
The Hoasters: Georgia, six;
Diane, two, and Jeffrey, four,
children of Mr. and Mrs.
E. Hoaster, 631 South Broad St,
Leed Locker
Service Here
Is Enlarged
TWO LOCAL STUDENTS
IN STATE ORCHESTRA
Lititz High
Defeated By
ManheimTwp.
MRS. STENGEL RECEIVES
ORCHID FROM HONOLULU
Mirs. Avis Stengel received an
orchid corsage on Monday morn­ing
from Honolulu, Hawaii Is­lands.
The ©orsage which was
made up of three small and one
large orchid was In perfect con­dition,
it was mailed from a
florist shop on the islands, the
post mark was obscured so it was
imposible to tell just when it was
mailed. It was sent by Mrs. Edith
Hoo, the mother of Miss Hoo, the
Chinese girl who spent the Easter
vacation'with the Stengels and i ■
a friend of Miss Mimi Stengel at
Interment College, Va.
Donald Mohler and Lanette
¡Sheaff-er will leave today for Al-'
toona where they wild ¡play to ¡the
state orchestra Friday and ¡Satur­day.
(Mohler was a member of the
state band and placed second in
the state clarinet contest at York
recently. Miss iSheaffer ¡is a dis­trict
winner. The local school was
honored inasmuch as ¡few schools
of this size are invited to send two
students for the state concert.
By The Sports Editor
Manheim Twp. defeated the
Lititz High School baseball team
last Tuesday on the Athletic
Field by a 9-1 count as Clarence
Watson held1 the locals bitless for
five innings but was touche,} for
five hits and ( one run in the last
two frames.
Dewey Haines, Watson’s hurl­ing
oponent, gave up nine hits in
the six innings be worked and
was charged with the loss. For
the visitors it was theiT 11th
straight win to County High Leag­ue
play, and enabled them to finish
the season undefeated..
The only extra base hit the lo­cals
could1 gather was a ringing
double in the seventh inning by
Earl Frederick which was instru­mental
in scoring Lititz’s lone
Twentey (members of the Neigh­borhood
Group of Girt ¡Scouts met
last Friday evening at the home
o ffiVtrs. John Hershey, their chair
lady.
The problems of finding and se
¡’r.ctirig new leaders, assistant
leaders, and working troop com­mittees
were discussed at the
meeting. ‘Have a goal—¡work to­ward
it’ was the aim emphasized
for all those working with the
Girt Scouts.
¡Neighborhood troop activities
¡were ¡reported upon by troop lead­ers.
Glass and fat collections were
favorably ¡reported, and it was de­cided
to continue these collections
as long as the need exsisted. Mrs.
Hershey informed ¡leaders that all
troops woh have completed their
pledge ($¡50.00) toward their new
Established Oamip may now keep
¡the entire proceeds from ¡these ©o-l
lections. -,
Two Neighborhood Group activ­ités
were planned ifor the summer.
The first of these will ¡be a (day
long camp-out to be held at ¡the
Girl ¡Scout ¡Established Camp, (lo­cated
in the foothills of the South
Mountains near ¡Mount Aiiry. The
John Hershey
Is Re-elected
Library Head
Librarian Reports Total
Circulation of 1 2 , 5 4 8
Books During Past Year
John Hershey Was re-elected
president of the Lititz Library at
the annual public meeting held in
the library Tuesday evening.
Other officers re-elected were
Mrs. Frank Longenecker, vice
president; Mjrs. W. M. Whitten,
secretary, and Alfred L. Douple,
treasurer.
A total of 12,548 books were
Fresh Air
Committee
Is Announced
circulated by the library during
the pero,} from January 1946 to Gibble, of White Oak; Mrs. Elmer
¡Mrs. Bruce Keith has been nam­ed
Lititz ¡chairman of the 1947
Tribune Fresh Air Children’s ¡Com­mittee.
(Sbe (Will succeed Louis
Huebener who ¡served as ¡chairman
here for the past 16 years and who
declined to ¡accept the position an­other
year.
¡Children ¡will be ¡sent here for
their annual two-week vacations
on July 10. Persons anxious to
¡entertain children ¡are asked to
contact the committee now.
Members of Mrs. Keith’s com­mittee
are: Mrs. Morris Rosen
berg, vice ¡chairman; Mrs. John
: ¡rlvo large new locker rooms
completely equipped with the
newest freezing units have just
been completed at the J. M. Leed
Locker Plant here, anj were open­ed
to the public this week.
According to J. M. Leed1, owner
of the business, the ' new locker
and ¡bulk storage rooms ¡more than
double the facilities of the locker
business here. Each of the two
rooms measures 45 feet by 65 feet.
In contrast with the previously-built
locker rooms, the freezing
units which keep the rooms at ex­tremely
low temperatures are
compactly placed to one part of
the room and do not include the
bulky coils and pipes which com­pletely
circle the rooms kept cold
by the old1 method.
jMuch of the new space will be
used for bulk storage although
the opening of the two new rooms
will make a large number of lock­ers
available to the public here
for the first time since pre-war
days, Mr. Leed announced.
The local locker service was
buflt in 1939. Proving an immed­iate
success, the plant was pre­viously
enlarged in 1941. The
rooms added' now constitute the
space formerly used for apple
storage by Mt; Leed.
run.
January 1947, according to the
annual report submitted by the
librarian, Miss Bessie Searles. A
total of 136 new books were added.
The library today contains
9,151 books, of which 4,171 are in
the school library and 2,777 in the
public library and' 2,203 in the
grade libraries.
Miss Searles was assisted dur­ing
the year by 12 Junior and
Senior girls. Celia Miller and
¡Hershey, Miss Irene Whitcraft,
Herbert Fry, of Penryn; Williatm
Young and John Keehn.
All persons 21 years of age
over who are residents of Lit!
are eligible to vote in the speei
referendum on sewers to be he
at the firehouse Saturday, May 2
President of Council Harry
Way announced today.
Plans for the special electk
were completed at a meeting
borough officials, election boa:
members and newspapernu
Tuesd'ay evening. Members x
the two precinct election boari
announced at that time th<
would serve without pay, donati:
their services to the borough.
It also was decided not to u
the county registration lists b
to compile names of all persoi
who vote in order that only res
dents of the borough 21 years o
or over cast ballots at the ele
tion. Voting booths will be erec
ed in the firehouse and voting w;
take place from 8 a. m. to 8 p. i
The ballot to be submitted tl
voters will be small in size at
will contain only the question
bevoted npon and two blocks oi
for Yes and the other for N>
Voters will be aske<} to mark a
X in the block for which they ai
voting, i
Borough Council is bolding tl
referendum for the puropse of ol
taming an expression of opinio
on whether they should form
borough sewer authority and stai
planning for sewers here. Shoul
the vote favor the authority, sew
er • constnuiction would not star
until “practical” council explain
ed. Instead preliminary plans an
surveys woul(} be completed'.
The referendum is not a* of
ficial vote and is not binding o:
borough ¡officials in any way.
Woman’s Club To
Hold Dinner Meeting
Mrs. Bernard L. Herman of Ard­more
will ¡be the ¡guest speaker at
the dinner meeting of the Lititz
Woman’s Club to be held at the
Nancy Hickman have been ap- j General ¡Sutter hotel on Monday
pointed to assist during the sum-! evening, ¡May ¡19 at 6: 30. ¡She -will
mer vacation. Summer hours will j give a dramatic review of ‘Pyigma-
Dick Leed
Is Awarded
Scholarship
be Tuesdays and Thursdays from iw>n.
2 to 5 p. m. and 6:30 to 8:30 p. m. 'Mrs. Herman -was born in Lon-with
no Saturday hours. I don, England and Is ¡a graduate of
The library ^cfcnowledged a London University, she ¡also at-contribution
of $25 from the Wil­bur
Suchard Chocolate Company
for the purchase of new books.
tendied ¡the iRoyiai Academy of
Dramatic Art and was active in
the studio theater of Buffalo, N. Y.,
AT CHURCH OF BRETHREN
following ¡committee was appointed
by Mrs. Hershey: Mrs. William] FIGHT BABIES DEDICATED
Whitten, chairtiady; Mrs. Willy De-
Perrot, Lititz; Miss Kathryn
Adams, Brlctoerville; Mrs. Paul
Ibach, Rothsville; Mrs. Winthrop
Trefetheran, ,Brick ervilile; Mrs.
Harold Fry, Hapaland; ¡Mrs. Fred
Kauffman, Rothsville; and Miss
Helen Bender, Lititz.
After the ¡close of the other catnip
sessions, the second activity for
¡the ¡Sioouts of this Neighborhood
This is the only money now avail- ] and ¡with Swarthmore players,
able for the purchase of books, , Mrs. William Ringer and Mrs.
Mr. Hershey explained. - Howard R-edcay ¡will serve as ho-st-
Membership dues now are pay­able
and efforts will be made to
obtain new members. Miss Cath­erine
Gantz, M. C. Demmy and
H. K. Cooper are directors.
essies. I
Poppy Sale
Will Be Held
This Weekend
The Church ’ of the Brethren
held a Baby dedication at the
morning service on Sunday, eight
babies were dedicated, they were
Elizabeth Ann, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Lawrence Young, Wil­liam
Smith Brubaker, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Omer Brubaker, Elwood
¡Members of the American Legion
Auxiliary will offer Popples far
sale here Friday and Saturday. The
Sports Club
Loses 2 Over
Week-end
By The Sports Editor
The Lititz Sports C-ub lost a
pair of games over the week-end
to Chestnut Hill to, slide down In­to
a tie for last place in the Great­er
Lancaster County League.
(Shoddy fieldtog and .poor hit-
(M. C. Demmy, supervising prir
cilpal announce^ this week tha
Richard Leed is the winner of th
Bausch and Lomb Hononar
Science Award medal for achiev
ing the highest scholastic recor
in science subjects during hi
high shcool course. *
Founded in 1932* -the Honor
ary Science award program ha
the approval of -the National Ai
sociation of Secondary Scho<
Principals and of leading educs
tors in every state. Competitio
for the bronze Award Medal i
keen as the winner is eligible 1
compete for one of the five Bausc
and Lomb Science Stofholarshiip
at the University of Rochester.
These schjb-larships1, valued a
$15,000 each, were established i
1944 by the Bausch and Lon:
Optical Co., as a further incentii
to science students.
Leed, a senior, is enrolled s
Oberiin College, Ohio, for the- is
term.
Daniel Hershey, son of Mr. and
will be held—a (Splash Party, at Mrs_ Elwood Hershey, Alfred Lee
V. F. w. AUXILIARY TO
HOLD MEMORIAL SERVICE
The Ladies Auxiliary of' the Vet­erans
of Foreign. Wars, Post 1463,
will hold Memorial services at the
post home on ¡Monday, May 19 at 8
P. M. Members of the ¡post are
Invited to attend. The auxiliary
also ¡remembered local Gold Star
fPhe loss was the Lititz club's
seventh against four wins in Sec­tion
B as the locals finished the
year just a notch above the cellar.
Last Saturday the high school
battled Lebanon High to a 5-5
stalemate on the Athletic Field.
The games was called at the end
of six innings to allow the Sports
Club to use the field for their
game. Earl Frderick pitched for
Lititz and FatHamaker, corpulent
catcher contributed a homer to
the Lititz cause. .<
the (Ephrata ‘Pool. Mrs. Irvin
(Messner o.f Brickerville was ap­pointed
chairlady for this event.
GIRL SCOUTS ENJOY PARTY
Russell Marker!; t president ¡of
the Lititz Bird Club, and Carl
Fassnacht,Lancaster, took part in
a -bird study expedition to Cape
Mothers on (Mother’s Day, Sunday. ¡ May, N. J. over the week-end.
Troop 146, Girt Scouts, attended
a party this week given them for
doing good work during the past
winter. The committee ¡who gave
the party were as follows: ¡Miss
Jean Moyer, Mrs. Woodrow Mei-skey,
Mrs. Jaméis' Yerger, Mrs.
Stanley Brumbaugh and Mr?. Earl
Reist. They played games from
three to six and then were ser­ved
with chili con carne, deviled
eggs, carrots, pickles and apples.
Douple, son of Mr. and Mrs,
Chester Douple, Arthur William
Bushong 3rd, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur Bushong 2nd, Jacqueline
Lee Arndt, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Christian Arndt Jr., Richard
Toes, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob
Toes
LDCAL HOME SOLD
ladies selling the poppies will he j ting was .the .downfall of the local
ationed throughout the central I club in ' both o o n t^ ts which .the
¡part of the borough. 11 poiplpdes I league-' leading Hlllians took y
sold were made by disabled war \ 8-2 aTui 10-3 scores.
teranis ' 1 In Saturday s encounter start­e
r s . Howard HOllinger, chairman ing pitcher Marty Kutz lasted
of the ¡Poppy committee, wishes to | only two mnmgs before Deacon
inform all ¡sellers ¡that additional | Bachman was called mto the fray^
poppies wiil be at the post home and The Deacon hurled until the ninth
may ¡be received there.
PLAN OVERNIGHT HIKE
STATIONED IN GERMANY
A two-story frame dwelling on
Willow Street, ¡this ¡borough, was
purchased this week by J. W.
Hess, of Akron, from John Roh-rer.
Posession will be given June
1 anj the home will be occupied
by Jamies Hess, associated with his
Members of ¡Scout Troop 4'2 will
hold an ¡overnight hike to the farm
of Dr. (H. K. lOooper near -Bri-cker-ville,
Saturday and Sunday. They
will erect tents in the meadow and
will ¡cook their meals outdoors.
BUCHER TO SPEAK
brother, J. B. Hess, in the men’s
Ruth DeWaM, Reporter J clothing business: here.
Caleb Bucher will give the last
of his series of talks to the Young
People in the Church of the Breth­ren
on Sunday evening at eight
o’clock on “Patterns for Christian
Living.”
when Charley Ludwig came in to
finish out the contest.
Dick Fawber, visitor’s first
baseman hammered out tow home
runs in Saturday’s game and ad­ded
another on Sunday. For Lititz CHAMBER 0F COMMERCE
Dick Stark pounded out two
bingles on Saturday and Whitcy TO MEET WEDNESDAY
•¡Pvt. Carl M. Reddig, son of M
and Mrs. Carl T. Reddig, 69 W
ter Street, has arrived and
stationed at Marburgh, Germar
according to word received hei
In service since October 9, Re
dig sailed for -overseas on Ap
8. In his letter he declared th
while Germany is poverty-stric
en, residents, especially the w
men, appear working hard to b
ter their plights.
Marks came through with a ring­ing
triple. .
Sunday’s contest was highlight­ed
by an unassisted triple play on
the part of Marks, Sports Club
second sacker. The fielding gem
was turned in in the fourth in­ning
with Chestnut Hill runners
on first and second bases and non®^
out.
(Continued on Page 6)
An industrial program will
presented at a meeting of 1
Lititz Chamber of Commerce
be held Wednesday evening in
Recreation Center. Harry Ru
is chairman of the program cc
mittee. The meeting will start
8:15 p. m. and also will inch
a last-minute report on the 1
re-routing plans.