Lititz Record Express

              FIGHT CANCER!
Lights On Campaign
Monday, June 23rd.
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FIGHT CANCER!
Lights On Campaign
Monday, June 23rd.
76th Year Established April, 1877, as The Sunbeam
(Consolidated with The Lititz Record, 1937) Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa., Thursday, June 12, 1952 5 cents a copy; $2 per yr. by mail No. I f
Intensive Re-Paving Program ‘Cowboys’
Of Tom-up Streets Here
To Be Started Next Week
Savoca Promises Program
To Ease Inconvenience,
Cite Labor Shortage
A more intensive program of
re-paving local streets will be
instituted starting next Monday,
according to a report submitted
at a meeting of the Borough
Sewer Authority last evening.
Answering complaints reg a rd ­ing
the poor showing in the r e ­paving
schedule promised some
months back, Louis Savoca,
chief inspector for the supervis­ing
engineers, Albright & Friel,
recounted difficulties encounter­ed
recently regarding the short­age
of labor.
The situation has improved
slightly, however, and the work
of re-surfacing over the sewer
trenches will be pushed ahead
at top speed, he said.
Dig Up Cedar Street
Contractors made lightning-like
speed going south on Cedar
Street at the side of the post-office
this week when they en­countered
no stone—taut did hit
a water pipe hitherto unknown.
Continuing their good progress
yesterday, they started re-filling
the trench there with the expec­tation
that by next week traffic
will be able to move without
hindrance.
Go Thru Risser Field
Work of tearing up the field
of Carl Risser, north end of the
borough, also was started th is
week despite that a possible
land damage suit may re su lt
from« a difference of opinion b e ­tween
the authority and th e
owner of the farm. A ten-inch
main is being laid and progress
was reported as very good.
At the treatment plant, b ric k ­work
has been completed an d
sand was being placed in th e
sludge drying bed. With the e x ­ception
of mechanical piping
and small miscellaneous work,
this p art of the project seemed
practically completed.
Small Boy Cut
By Pane Of Glass
Struck in the face by a pane
of glass which fell from a win­dow
being repaired, Craig, two
and one-half year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Enck, 24 E.
Orange Street, was painfully in­ju
red Saturday.
The pane struck the small
boy in such a way th a t it cut
through more than half the
thickness of his nose. He was
rushed to the Lancaster General
Hospital where he still is a pa­tient,
although reported much
improved.
BANKS TO BE CLOSED
THIS SATURDAY
Local banks will remain
closed all day Saturday in ob­servance
of Flag Day. The post-office,
however, will not ob­serve
the holiday. Local indus­tries
and business also will ob­serve
regular work schedules.
Dr. Herbert Cooper
Will Address Rotary
Dr. Herbert K. Cooper will
address a meeting of the Lititz
Rotary Club at the General
Sutter Hotel next Tuesday eve­ning.
Dr. Cooper, well-known
orthodentist, is a charter mem­ber
of the local club.
Members of the club this
Tuesday enjoyed a clam bake
staged at the summer cottage
of Dr. Joseph W. Grosh, located
near Brownstown. The meal
was served by Levi Hostetter,
Mount Joy. Simon Fickinger
was program chairman.
Fines Levied
In Co. Court
Fine» were imposed upon
three defendants in criminal
cases involving Lititz persons,
in county court this week.
Pleading guilty to involun­ta
ry . manslaughter, Levi M.
Walton, 19, Lancaster RD4,
driver of the automobile in
which Janice Shelley, local high
school student met h er death
last March, was fined $500 and
costs. Walton changed his plea
from innocent to guilty in the
midst of a tria l being conduct­ed
before Judge Oliver S.
Schaeffer.
A fine of $200 and costs was
imposed upon Danold Singer,
Front Street, this borough, when
he pleaded guilty to failing to
stop and identify himself fol­lowing
an automobile accident.
Singer’s machine struck another
car being operated a t Front and
Cedar Streets by Elmer Eby,
also this borough.
Admitting the larceny of a
quantity of gasoline stolen from
local sewer contractors, Ray­mond
Lefever, 21, of 325 S.
Broad Street, was fined $50 and
costs by Judge Joseph Wissler.
The gasoline was removed from
a drum near the Reading Rail­road
station by Lefever and
two juveniles, still awaiting
trial.
Well now, Mrs. Veiss. Come
on in and set down like usual.
It feels like Summer has come
with a wenchance, as Chorch
would say.
Yes—and it won’t be long ’til
we will be wishing for some
cooler weather again and the
farmers will be praying for
more rain. We are never quite
satisfied with the weather no
matter what it is like.
Well—it does give people
something to talk about without
starting such an argument. It
ain’t like religion or politics
or the steel business. If you
say it’s a nice day today, every­body
will agree with you and
the same way if it rains. The
only thing th a t wonders me
sometimes is why when it is a
real hot day the papers always
say it was the hottest Chune the
eighth since 1886—or 1928 or
some day that nobody remem­bers
any more. I wonder why
they do that.
!j
Don’t ask me. I guess it’s
chust to keep people from a r­guing
about when it was hotter
or then again maybe the weath­e
r people a in ’t got much to do
anyway to pass the time so
they look up the old records
and make more of a story out
lo f it. Well, what have yau been
‘ doing with yourself?
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To Be Given
Heavy Fines
’Squire Joe Herr Promises
Drive To End Outbreak
Of Reckless Driving
Maximum fines will be im­posed
upon local drivers who
persist in “cowboying” through
borough streets, risking the
lives of pedestrians, Justice of
the Peace Joseph B. Herr an­nounced
this week.
The promise to eliminate a re ­cent
wave of reckless driving
by a group of young drivers
here, ’Squire Herr socked a $25
fine upon Stanley Mellinger,
Jr., of Lititz RD4, at the con­clusion
of a hearing upon a
charge of reckless driving p re­ferred
by Police Officer Lloyd
Hoffman.
Hoffman alleged th a t Mell­inger
drove rapidly along Main
Street and then swerved sharp­ly
into the alley a t Doster’s
Market. Two other local motor­ists
charge with almost the iden­tical
offense, who will face
hearings later this week are:
James Cox, of Ephrata, and El­mer
Sheaffer, Jr., of 155 East
New Street, this borough.
Charged with failing to wait
until the traffic light at Broad
and Orange turned green, John
Robert Hess, of 130 South Broad
Street, this borough, also will
be arraigned for a hearing this
week-end. The complaint was
lodged by a State Highway
patrolman >
Youth Council
Will Meet
The Youth Council of the
newly organized United Chris­tian
Youth Fellowship of Lititz
and vicinity, has formed a con­stitution
which will be present­ed
to the group at a special
rally next Thursday, Ju n e 19,
in the Evangelical United Breth­ren
Church at 7:30 p.m.
The Rally held last F eb ru ­ary
in the Church of the Breth­ren
gave evidence of the in te r­est
and eagerness of our com­munity’s
young people to unite
in Christian service and fellow­ship.
As a result of this success­ful
meeting, Sandra Weit, chair­man
of Youth Council, appoint­ed
a committee of three to
write a constitution fo r the
group. This committee was com­posed
of Anna Stoner, chair­man;
John Hershey and Donald
Shelly.
Miss Weit, along with Miss
Shirley Frymire and Rev. Ray
L. Harwick, met with the com­mittee
to aid in forming the
constitution. The Youth Council
having approved of the latter,
is now ready to present it to the
U.C.Y.F. for adoption.
Included in the program is a
film strip on “Youth Caravan­ing”,
which shows the work
th a t will be done here in our
own borough during the last
week in July, when four “Cara-vaners”
will work with the
U.C.Y.F.
Following the program there
will be a period of fellowship.
Refreshments are to be served
at this time.
OUR FUTURE CITIZENS
A real bevy of beautiful smiles were captured by The
Record-Express photographer in this, week’s selection of a ttra c ­tive
young boys and girls. They are, left to right: Top Row:
Jean, daughter of Mrs. Betty Zimmerman; Shireen, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. George Bealler; Jeffrey and Betsy, children of Mr;.
and Mrs. Harold Hornberger, all of this borough. Bottom Row:
Rodney and Mahlon, children of Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Grube,
Rothsville; Rickie, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Sipe; and Marcie,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Phares B. Zook, Lititz.
40 Wash-Boilers Of Soup
Ready For Firemen’s Festival
Approximately 40 huge wash-boilers
full of home-made chick­en
corn soup will be prepared
at the firehouse this Saturday
to satisfy the appetites of pa­trons
a t the annual firemen’s
festival, it was announced last
night.
Working long hours this
week, a large crew of auxiliary
members planned to come with­in
shooting distance of last
y e a r’s chicken corn soup re c ­ord
of 42 vats if the demand
proves as great as it has in the
past several years. And th a t
will not be counting several
thousand deviled clams, a q u a r­te
r of a ton of french fries and
gads of ice cream, cake and
other delicacies.
In an effort to head-off the
long line-ups for soup, firemen
announced they will be ready to
sta rt filling orders as early as
10 a.m. Saturday.
The Lititz High School Band
will present a concert at the
firehouse from 7 to 9:30 p.m.
PARK SERVICES
DURING JULY
Miss Erb Resigns
As Community Nurse
Miss Emma Erb has submitted
h er resignation as visiting nurse,
John H. Steffy, president of the
Lititz Community Chest, an­nounced
yesterday. The work
is being carried on by Mrs. Wil­liam
Spacht and Mrs. Edwin
Stroble. Miss Erb gave ill
health, cause for a leave of ab­sence
some months ago, as re a ­son
for the resignation.
CANCER DRIVE
I
Mrs. Ruth Spacht has been
named chairman of a “Lights
On” campaign for the Cancer
Fund to be conducted here on
Monday, Ju n e 23, seeking a
$25,000 budget in Lancaster
County.
Richard Minnich
Recovering From Injuries
Sustained In Fall
Richard Minnich, 9-year-old
son of Dr. and Mrs. Howard
Minnich, Woodcrest Ave., suffer­ed
a fractured skull when he
fell from a tree near his home
Friday afternoon.
He was treated by Dr. Paul
G. Hess and then admitted to
the General Hospital. However,
due to his serious condition, he
was then sent to th e Graduate
Hospital in Philadelphia for an
operation on his skull. His con­dition
is reported improving
this week. Mrs. Minnich is stay­ing
in Philadelphia w ith h e r
son.
It was reported yesterday a t
the hospital th a t his condition
has improved to the extent that
he will be able to re tu rn home
this week-end.
Bill Scatchard Huit
When Thrown From Bike
Thrown from his bicycle
when the wheel shattered after
striking a sewer trench ru t, Wil­liam
Scatchard, III, son of Mr.
and Mrs. William Scatchard,
Jr., Broad and Orange Streets,
sustained a concussion, a deep
gash over the left eye and the
fracture of a shoulder blade
Monday.
The accident occurred on
South Cedar Street in front of
th e residence of Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Steeley. He was removed
to his home here this week. His
condition was reported consid­erably
improved today.
HOME ON LEAVE
Lt. James Buch, who is sta­tioned
with the Army Air
Corps in Texas, is spending a
month’s leave of absence a t his
home here.
The Sunday evening meetings
in the Springs P a rk will begin
Ju ly 6 when Rev. Paul A.
Miller, pastor of the E.U.B.
Church, will preach. Special
music will be presented by the
choirs of the same church.
Rev. George B. Carvell will
speak Ju ly 13; Rev. Ray Har­wick,
Ju ly 20; and a Youth
Fellowship meeting will be held
Sunday, Ju ly 27.
PTA Nets
$500 From
Festival
A net profit of between $500
and $600 was realized at the
first annual festival of the Lititz
P a ren t Teachers Association
held on the school grounds last
Saturday evening, according to
a report submitted by Joseph
M. Carl, tre a su re r and presi­dent-
elect.
The proceeds bring the fund
for the purchase of a communi­cations
system for the borough
school building to more than
$900. The equipment is expect­ed
to cost the P.T.A. approxi­mately
$3,500.
More than 1,500 persons a t­tended
the festival and obvi­ously
enjoyed themselves from
the standpoint of eating as well
as participating in the various
games. The demand was so
great th a t the supply of barbe­cues,
hot dogs, sandwiches, etc.,
did not hold out for the entire
evening.
The remaining few items from
the white elephant table were
auctioned off at the end of the
evening by Henry J . Snavely,
turning every available item in ­to
cash. Gifts also were p re­sented
in hourly- drawing, a t­tracting
much interest. These
gifts were donated by Simon T.
Fickinger, Charles D. Reiden-bach,
Trimble’s, Pennypacker’s
and Beck Bros.
Those winning gifts were Miss
Margaret Hanna, Mrs. Carl
Risser, Mrs. Eugene Stauffer,
Jr., Max Hoaster, Howard Good
and James Yerger.
The High School Band under
th e direction of Henry Steiner,
presented an interesting con­cert.
The festival brought to a
successful close the first y ear of
the P.T.A. here.
UNDERGO TONSILECTOMY
Philip and David, twin sons
of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Trimble,
this borough, underwent tonsil-ectomies
a t the Osteopathic
Hospital yesterday.
Sportsmen To
Improve Pond
On Hess Farm
Will Establish Recreational
Area On 18-Acre
Tract Near Here
Lititz Sportsmen announced
this week plans for establishing
a recreational area for its mem­bers
and the public, east of the
borough.
A lease has been signed with
W. Martin Hess for the 18-acre
tra c t of land which surrounds
the pond on the Hess Farm, lo­cated
a mile and a half east of
the borough on the Rothsville
Road.
Plans call for cleaning up the
dam and stocking it with trout
and other fish. Picnic tables,
fireplaces, etc., will be placed
at various parts of the tra c t
beneath the shade trees.
Plans will be completed at a
meeting of the Sportsmen’s As­sociation
to be held this Monday
evening at the Community Cen­te
r at 8:00 o’clock. The program
also will feature big game mov­ing
pictures as well as a reel on
fishing. Refreshments will be
served.
Gen. Hospital
Auxiliaries
Plan Bazaar
The United Auxiliaries of the
Lancaster General Hospital will
hold th eir annual bazaar in the
form of a “Country F a ir” next
Tuesday in the Moose Hall, East
King Street, Lancaster, with
members of the Lititz Auxiliary
participating.
The bazaar will be held from
I I a.m. to 6 p.m. A card party
will be held from 2 to 4 p.m.
Local members helping are
Mrs. Valentine Brobst, Mrs.
Hiram Eberly, Mrs. Harry Lan­dis,
Mrs. William Ringer, Mrs.
M. C. Demmy, Mrs. Forbes
Emsweller, Mrs. Benjamin For­rest,
Mrs. Robert Watts, Mrs.
Paul Hess, Mrs. John Hershey,
Mrs. Eugene Long, Mrs. Martin
Kutz, Mrs. Norman Badorf, Mrs.
Elser Gerhart, Mrs. Franklin
Cassel, Mrs. Joseph Carl, Mrs.
E. C. Bertolet, Mrs. F ran k
Longenecker, Mrs. J. W. Grosh,
Mrs. Howard Redcay, Mrs.
Charles Landis, Mrs. John Bat-dorf,
Mrs. William Scatchard,
Mrs. James Shaeffer, Mrs.
George Searles, Mrs. Rupert
Herr, Mrs. Griswold.
The public is invited to a t­tend.
New Water Meters Installed
Produced $3,947 More In
Past Year, Borough Reveals
Don Rannels
Wins Gold Cup
Don Rannels, who conducts
Rannels Beauty Salon at 63 E.
Main Street, was the winner of
a gold cup for his ability in the
a rt of Hair-Styling Sunday.
Rannels competed with h a ir­dressers
from all parts of East-'
ern Pennsylvania Sunday at the
Penna. Hairdressers’ Assoc., an­nual
competition held at Sha-mokin,
Pa. Judges awarded him
the first prize in Hair Styling
and presented him with a gold
cup which he is displaying here
this week.
He now is eligible to com­pete
in the state competition
with the winners in the three
other districts of Pennsylvania.
This competition will be held in
Harrisburg next Spring.
Rannels is becoming a consis­tent
winner, having been award­ed
a similar cup in New York
two years ago.
Bobst Awards
Announced At
Alumni Dinner
Announcement of the Bobst
Awards totaling $2,000 marked
the annual dinner meeting of
the Alumni Association held last
Thursday night at the Ephrata
Legion Home.
Miss Paula Good was award­ed
two cash awards totaling
$700 of the prizes given annual­ly
by Dr. Elmer Bobst, in mem­ory
of his parents, the late Rev.
and Mrs.. L. Walton Bobst. Miss
Good received $500, the first
prize of outstanding academic
work; and $200, the th ird prize
in the essay contest, for h er es­say:
“Key to Better Human Re­lations—
Unlocking the B arrier
to World Peace.”
Miss Nancy Stroble was
awarded second prize of $300
for outstanding academic work
and the second prize of $300
fo r h er essay. First prize for es­says
went to John Hershey, who j
received $500. Miss Shirley Neff
was awarded $200 as the third-ranking
student from an aca­demic
standpoint.
Mrs. David P. Bricker, sister
of Dr. Bobst, made the presen­tations.
A rth u r Hackman, form­erly
of this borough, supervis­ing
principal of E. Hempfiejd
Twp. schools, delivered the ad­dress
of the evening.
Wenrich New
Commander Of
Legion Post
Charles Wenrich was elected
Commander of Post 56, Ameri­can
Legion, at a meeting held
Tuesday evening.
Other officers elected were
Daniel W. Miller, 1st Vice Com­mander;
Albert Lutz, 2nd Vice
Commander; Robert Herr, F i­nance
Officer; Jonas Risser, His­torian;
Rev. Paul A. Miller,
Chaplain; Norman Almoney,
Sergeant-At-Arms; Charles Lud­wig,
Howard ■ Lebo, A. Eugene
Roth, Directors; J. Earl Walters,
Harry Ruley, John Linton, W.
Roy Enck and Robert A. Eich-oltz,
County Council; Paul
Spickler, Norman L. Habecker,
Ja ck Pontz, Harry Wagaman,
and Henry Bowers, Alternates
to County Council.
It was also announced that
the post will send the Lititz
High School Band to the Leba­non
Veterans Hospital on July
27th. The band will entertain
the hospitalized veterans at
6:00 p.m.
The Ju n io r Legion Baseball
team will play Mt. Joy on the
local athletic field this evening.
Delegates to the State Con­vention,
American Legion, to be
held August 6th to 9th at Ph il­adelphia,
were elected as fol­lows:
Robert Herr, Charles
Wenrich, Paul Spickler, Harry
Wagaman and Daniel W. Miller.
LOCAL ARTISTS
HOLD DOGGIE ROAST
Warn That Drop-off la
Consumption Offsets Part
Of Increase
New water meters installed
by the borough since Ju n e of
last year have resulted in in­creased
revenue totaling $3,-
947.71, according to statistics
announced following a special
meeting of borough council
Tuesday evening.
To-date a total of 690 new
meters have been installed. It
is estimated th a t 261 more
meters must be replaced as soon
as possible, Borough Manager
Orville Over disclosed. This will
bring the total of new meters
to 951 or approximately 63 per­cent
of all meters in operation
here.
On the other hand, Mr. Over
produced statistics to show th a t
in periods following the first
billing after new meters are in ­stalled,
there is a considerable
drop off in water consumption
which offsets the initial increase
in many instances.
“While there are 329 more
new meters installed the reve­nue
from all new meters in­creased
$1,017 over the Decem­ber
billing for all new meters,"
he declared.
“Any revenue figures shown
for new meters must be ana­lyzed
with caution and the
meters should be in at least 12
months to two years before the
average trend of revenue can be
determined.
“In quite a few instances the
full first six month reading
shows a decided increase in con­sumption.
However, then the
next bill is less and there should
be three or four readings before
a normal trend can be estab­lished.
There is only an increase
of $92.45 over the revenue re ­ceived
in December 1951 prob­ably
due to water saving by
consumers with new meters and
the seasonal trends of using less
water in the winter than in the
summer.
“The total pumpage is down
20,952,800 gallons over the p re­ceding
period in 1951,” Mr.
Over concluded.
The Village A rt Association
held a doggie roast in the Lititz
Springs P a rk on Tuesday eve­ning
in connection with its
sketching class.
The Mt. Joy Art Association
is displaying a showing of their
Art Work a t Weaver’s Restau­ra
n t during the month of June.
OBSERVE BIRTHDAYS
“Happy Birthdays” resound­ed
throughout the Wilbur-Su-chard
office on Main Street yes­terday
when co-workers helped
Chester Norton, credit manager,
and Russell E. Murr, of the
order department, to observe
anniversaries.
Committees
Announced By
Woman’s Club
Committees for the Lititz Wo­man’s
Club for the 1952-53 sea­son
were announced by Mrs.
Barton Sharp, new president, at
a recent meeting of the execu­tive
board, at her home.
They are as follows: Program,
Mrs. Warren Diehm, chairman,
Mrs. John Badorf, Mrs. Abram
Beck, Mrs. Clyde Benner, Mrs.
Chas. Landis, Mrs. Dean Miller,
Mrs. Clair Rice, Miss Myrtle
Eckert, Mrs. Robert Eicholtz,
and Mrs. Wilbur Wolf; Ways
and Means, Mrs. M. C. Demmy,
chairman, Mrs. Lester Stark,
Mrs. Ralph Spacht, Mrs. Bruce
Corbett, Mrs. John Steffy, Mrs.
Robert Watts, Mrs. Harry Lan­dis,
Mrs. Adam Batdorf, Mrs.
A. L. Douple, Mrs. Eugene Long,
Mrs. Sue Greene, Mrs. J. B.
Hess, Mrs. Henry Snavely and
Mrs. M. H. Yoder.
Hospitality, Mrs. B. J. Losen-sky,
chairman, Mrs. Roy Wag­ner,
Mrs. Carl Huber, Mis. Wil­liam
Light, Mrs. Paul Miller,
Mrs. Marguerite Amtz, Mrs.
Mahlon Young, Mrs. Edward
Stroble, Miss Sara Weidman,
Mrs. Earl Reist, Mrs. Bernard
Rider, Mrs. Homer Adams, Mrs.
Forbes Emsweller and Mrs. Wil­liam
Oehme; Welfare, Mrs. Wil--
bur Miller, chairman, Mrs. Wil­liam
Ringer, Mrs. Robert Posey,
Mrs. William Spacht, Mrs. How­ard
Minnich, Miss Emma Erb,
Mrs. Edward C. Pelger, Mrs.
Willis Fasnacht, Mrs. Charles
Kling and Mrs. Guy Bomberger.
Publicity, Mrs. Landis Herr,
chairman, Mrs. Paul G. Hess,
Mrs. Charles Meylan and Mrs.
William Scatchard; Member­ship,
Mrs. J . Lloyd Sheaffer,
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