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(Consolidated with The Lititz Record, 1937) Lititz. Lancaster Co,, Pa., Thursday, August 20, 1953 within Lancaster County; $2.50 elsewhere No. 20
329 Successfully Identify Last W eek’s F arm Photo
Dispute T o
Be Aired
By Council
Record-Express Feature
Proves Popular Pastime;
2nd Photo This Week
Behmer Seeks To Have
Curb Moved Back On
Marion Street
A dispute over the width of
Marion Street which has been
smouldering for months will be
aired at a meeting oi borough
council on Tuesday evening, it
became known today.
At that time, Ivan Behmer,
builder of two new residences
on the short stretch oi Marion
Street east of Cedar Street, will
appear before council with de­mands
that the street be taken
several additional feet away
from his dwellings.
Council, on the other hand,
was taking the stand that Behm­er
located his new homes with­out
any regard for the location
of the borough street.
Local councilmen also reiter­ated
claims made many months
ago that if the street were to be
extended to its legal width, the
curb would be located within a
couple of feet of Behmer’s front
door sill.
Considerable opposition also
was voiced in the past to any in­fringement
upon land on the op­posite
side of the street, a section
of the Moravian Cemetery. Years
ago the late Dr. W. H. Stengel
had the hedge erected there as
a means of definitely marking
the boundary line.
In an effort to .correct the situ­ation,
the borough has laid out
the street on a 28 foot width as
compared with the usual 40-
foot width of other streets here.
This brings the curb within five-feet
of one of the two new resi-
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Hold Corn Roast For
The Staff Of The Crippled
Children's Society
Mr. and Mrs. John Heisey, of
West Third Avenue, entertained
at their home on Sunday after­noon
at a corn roast for their
friends and the staff of the Lan­caster
County Society for Crip­pled
Children and Adults.
Those present were: Miss
Edna Schreiber, Miss Christine
Schreiber, Mrs. Anna Thomp­son,
Miss Anne Groff, Miss Kath­ryn
Wisner, Mrs. Charlotte
Fleming, Mr. and Mrs. James
Rowan, John Peifer, Mr. and
Mrs. Landis Herr, Mrs. Ann Esh-elbrener
and Miss Josephine
Snyder.
Identifying the aerial photo of
the local farm published in last
week’s Record-Express quickly
became a popular pastime in this
section.
Within a matter of a few hours
after the Record-Express went to
the postoffice, the telephone in
the Record office began ringing
as readers endeavored to be the
first to correctly identify the
photo published in the first is­sue
of the Rural Photo Quiz be­ing
sponsored by this paper.
And the phone kept on ringing
until Monday morning — when
a careful count showed that ex­actly
329 readers had correctly
identified the photo as that of
the farm located just southwest
2 Local Girls
Win State
4-H Award
Nancy Newcomer, Thelma
Sangrey Given Cooking
Honors At Penn State
Two members of the Lititz-
Manheim 4H Club won distinc­tion
at the annual Club Week
held at State College recently.
They are Nancy Newcomer
and Thelma Sangery of the
“What’s Cookin’ ” Club direct­ed
by Mrs. Benjafnin Shaeffer.
The girls teamed up to prepare
chicken for the Poultry Con­sumption
demonstration and won
first place. They were in compe­tition
with the Home Economics
Clubs from all the counties in
the state.
The whole Club is attending
the Round-Up being held at Mill-ersville
State Teachers College
today. They have chosen Caro­lyn
Graybill as their posture
Queen. She will compete with
all other 4H Queens for the coun­ty
title. All the members are re­quired
to bake six rolls and pre­pare
a day’s menu for judging.
The Club met recently at the
home of Mrs. Shaeffer with Miss
Ruth Ann Bowman, the county
assistant in Home Economics,
and eleven members attending.
This was the last meeting of the
season, the Round-Up will close
the year’s work.
of Kissel Hill, occupied by Mr.
and Mrs. Richard Landis and I
family and owned by R. D. Buck-waiter.
Mrs. Landis quickly recog­nized
their farm when she pick­ed
the Record-Express from their
mail-box — and at exactly 10:14
A.M. she was standing in the
Record office collecting the
framed photo and the 22 gift
certificates presented her by the
sponsoring advertisers.
Approximately 100 other read­ers
handed in names of other
farms. Of these, the former Tom
Steffy farm northwest of the
borough seemed to be the favor­ite.
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Cake Baking
Contest For
Farm Show
Prize Of $10.00 Will Be
Given For The Best
Cake
The Lititz Community Show
Association is anxious to find
out who is the best home cake
baker in this area.
In announcing the dates for
this year’s show, Sept. 17, 18 and
19, Lloyd Smith said an extra
attraction will be a cake-baking
contest with a $10 prize going
to the woman adjudged the best.
He said the cake award will
be known as the President’s
Prize and that only old-fashioned
home baked cakes, no cake mix­es,
will be eligible for the prize.
An additional $10 prize to be
known as the Superintendent’s
Prize, will be given for the best
decorated cake.
Smith announced that Broad
St. will be closed to traffic on
Wednesday so that stands may
be set up for the show. Any per­son
wishing to have a conces­sion
should get in touch with
Carl Reedy.
The annual Baby Parade fea­ture
will be held Saturday, Sept.
119 with a $25 Defense Bond to
i be awarded to the Parade’s Best.
N O T I C E !
The office of Dr. Franklin K.
Cassel, 34 S. Broad St., Lititz,
Pa., will be closed from Sunday,
August 23, 1953, to Wednesday,
August 26, 1953, inclusive.
Feels Honored!
The following letter was
received this week:
Editor, Record-Express:
My husband and I want to
thank the Lititz Record-Ex­press
for choosing our farm
as one of the 30 farms to be
honored by your paper. We
also want to thank the adver­tisers
for the gift certificates.
Sincerely,
Ella Mae Landis.
15-Yr-Olds
Must Stay
In School
Union Board Adopts Policy
On Work Permits; Rock
Gets Bus Contract
Whether fifteen-year-olds shall
continue to be excused from
school to work on farms, proved
to be one of several discussions
marking a meeting of the War­wick
Union School Board last
evening when efforts were made
to complete preparations for
opening the fall term.
The fall term, the first under
the. new union school district,
will start in Lititz Borough,
Warwick and Elizabeth Town­ships
on Tuesday, September 8.
A pre-school registration for pu-
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Kids Fish Day
Winners
A total of sixty-five boys and
girls from Lititz and the adja­cent
townships took part in the
annual kiddies fishing day spon­sored
at Rudy’s Dam last Sun­day
by the Lititz Sportsmen’s
Association.
Carl Shenk, North Broad St.,
won a fishing kit offered for the
largest bass, while Neal Bushong,
Lititz RD, won a fishing kit for
landing the largest blue gill.
Philip Wagaman, West Third
Avenue, won a cash prize for the
largest cattie.
At a meeting of sportsmen, it
was decided to halt cleaning the
Lititz stream when it was report­ed
industrial waste has nullified
the work done to-date. The
sportsmen announced they will
seek to obtain a number of large
trout to be placed in the head of
the spring in the park.
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Grand Opening Next Wednesday; Orchid For Ladies
And Free Prizes During 4-Day Opening; To An­nounce
Winner Of Trip To New York
With the installation of their
new electric store sign the Jos.
S. Harris Co. have just about
finished the remodeling of their
store front. The sign is of corru­gated
plexiglas, with the mould­ed
letters laminated to a white
translucent background. It is a
beautiful addition to the Main
Street shopping center of Lititz.
The vast changes that have
been made in the interior are
just about completed also, with
only the arrival of self-service
ice cream and delicatessen cabi­nets
needed to complete the
transformation from their old
store to the new, modern, bright­ly
lighted, air conditioned Va-j
riety Center that any community
could justly be proud of.
i The store will be closed all
1 day Monday and Tuesday, Aug.
24th and 25th, in order to pre­pare
for its Grand Opening,
starting Wed., Aug. 26th, and
continuing Thursday, the 27th,
through and including Fri. and
Sat., the 28th and 29th. Shopping
hours will be from 8:30 A.M. to
5:30 P.M. on Wed. and Thurs.
(The store will be open Thurs­day
afternoon during the Grand
Opening, instead of to 12:30, as
on regular. Thursdays)-. Closing
time on Friday and Saturday
will be 9 P.M., as usual.
There will be a host of Free
Prizes given away these 4 days,
as long as they last. The ladies
will receive a Princess Aloha
Orchid, flown directly from Ha-1
waii. There will be free cigars
for the men, with balloons and
bags of candy for the kiddies
accompanied by a parent.
The other free prize connected
with the Grand Opening is the
first of the series of weekly priz­es:
the 3 Day all expense paid
trip for two to New York over
the Labor Day week-end. At 9
P.M., Sat., Aug. 29th, one ticket
will be drawn from a container.
The lucky couple will have their
meals, their sight-seeing, their
transportation all paid for by the
Harris Co. They will be in New
York Sat., Sept. 5th to Monday,
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Playground Winners Happily Pose For Photo
This happy group of youngsters consists of
the winners in the stuffed animal contest, one
of the many unusual features presented during
this summer’s playground activities in the
Springs Park. They are only a portion of the
more than a hundred boys and ¿iris of various
ages who participated in a program of super­vised
recreation and crafts instruction. The
playground is sponsored jointly by the borough
and the school board.
Crowning King - Queen
Features Final Week
At Playground Here
A Royal Pair
A busy week including half
a dozen unusual features and
climaxed with the crowning of
the King and Queen brought to
a close one of the most success­ful
seasons of the local play­ground
here last week-end.
Surrounded by pages and a
! host of. cheering companions,
Bob Keller, of 66 North Water
Street, was crowned King and
Sally Sue Templeton, Queen.
The ceremony was conducted by
last year’s king and queen, Bob
Miller and Susan Myers. Pages
were Don Keller, Bill Reddig,
Dick Keller and Dick Minnich.
The king and queen were pre­sented
with trophies and camer­as
and reigned over the Friday
night doggie roast and party
which concluded the season’s
activities.
Bob Keller presided as master
of ceremonies of the floor show
which featured a modern tap by
Lynn Mathers, tap dancing by
Alice Gundrum, Susie Beck; and
a quintet composed of Dick Wal­ters,
Don and Bob Keller, Bob
Miller and Richard Kreider.
An exercise dance was pre­sented
by Emma Witwer, Susie
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The Lititz Playground King
and Queen, Bob Keller and Sally
j Sue Templeton, are seen holding
the trophies presented them for
achievements recorded during
the past summer at the local
playground.
Services For
Sentiment
Divided On
Center Sale
Miller Says Board Should
First Analyze Statement
Of Costs
Sentiment was definitely di­vided,
pro and con, this week
following announcement that
the Community Center board of
directors are considering sale of
the Recreation Center building,
as published in last week’s Rec­ord-
Express.
“I definitely do not think any­thing
should be done until state­ments
of cost for the past sever­al
years have been compiled and
analyzed,” Wilbur Miller, treas­urer
for the Center, declared
this week.
“We discussed both selling the
building and, on the other hand,
closing the upper two floors but
these discussions would mean so
much more if we know exactly
what it cost us to heat the build­ing.”
The opinion also appeared gen­eral,
and was heard repeatedly
here during the past week, that
if the present building is sold,
“Lititz never again will have a
Recreation Center Building.”
In discussing possible sale of
the building, the board last week
recalled that, when turned over
by Ralph M. Spacht, the build­ing
was accepted with the under­standing
that it could be sold and
funds thus obtained could be
used toward purchasing a more
suitable building/
Several members of the board
this week repeated their opinion
that Center activities could be
carried on, temporarily at least,
in the borough school building
— or to the time when, from one
source or another, sufficient
funds can be found to properly
operate the Center.
Local Teacher
High School Gridders Start Harry Grubb
Pre-Season Drills This Week On Monday
Lititz High School’s football
candidates waded in their pre­season
conditioning work on the
Athletic Field this week, with
only four weeks to be ready for
the opening game of their Con­ference
of Roses schedule.
Candidates underwent a phys­ical
examination by Dr. J. W.
Grosh, team physician, Tuesday.
The doctor was enthusiastic
about the fitness of the local
athletes.
He told Coach Dave MacNicoll
it was one of the healthiest
squads he has seen in some years.
There are a lot of big boys whose
weight is packed solidly, the
doctor observed, and expressed
the belief the club will be able
to field a formidable line.
Coach MacNicoll said he be­lieved
that most of the boys had
followed a conditioning outline
he sent them in July, accounting
for their passing the physical ex­amination
with flying colors.
Except for three or four boys
who have been told to take the
early work easy and round into
condition slowly, Dr. Grosh said
he was well pleased with the
physical well-being of the candi­dates.
A blackboard drill was held
Tuesday afternoon after equip­ment
was dispensed and the
outdoor work began.
Thirty boys reported for the
physical examinations but a
number of other boys are ex­pected
to take theirs at a later
date.
HUNTING LICENSES HERE!
Justice of the Peace Paul F.
Diehm announced yesterday that
the first batch of 1953 hunting
licenses have arrived and now
are on sale. While waterfowl
may be shot in October, the
small game season opens .No- :
vember 2. .
BRUNNERVILLE SERVICES
The Evangelical United Breth­ren
Church of Brunnerville will
hold five more services at their
summer bible conference. Every-
I body welcome.
Midget Grid
Team Formed
In Borough
Will Compete In Lanco
Midget Football
League
A midget football team has
been organized in Lititz and en­tered
in the Lanco Midget Foot­ball
League.
Fiften boys and three alter­nates
are included on the squad
which began practice last week
and will continue to work out in
preparation for the opening
game on Sept. 6.
Equipment for the boys was
furnished by the high school and
high school coach Dave Mac­Nicoll
has agreed to work with
the midgets every Monday on
fundamentals and football safe­ty
rules.
However before the club can
swing into league action an ef­fort
is being made to raise funds
for paying officials for the games.
Anyone wishing to donate to
the project may do so by contact­ing
Roy Clair or Bob Sheffy, who
are handling the team.
It is believed the early foot­ball
experience gained by the
boys will prove valuable in im­proving
high school football here
in the future.
The team will play its home
games Saturday and the away
games on Sunday.
Candidates for the team must
be under age 12 and weigh less
than 120 pounds. The Lanco
Midget Football League is in its
fourth year of operation and in­cludes
teams from the city as
well as the county.
AT ATLANTIC CITY
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wolf will
leave today for Atlantic City
where they plan to spend a two-week’s
vacation.
Harry W. Grubb, well-known
local manufacturer and civic
leader, died at his home at 201
East Third Avenue, yesterday
morning at 9 A.M., following an
illness of several months’ dura­tion.
Mr. Grubb first was stricken
ill approximately three months
ago when he was admitted to the
Lancaster General Hospital to
undergo an operation.
When complications develop­ed,
two additional operations
were performed in the attempt to
save his life. He was returned
to his home here several weeks
ago but his condition failed to
respond to treatment.
He was a member of the Trin­ity
Evangelical Congregational
Church, and a resident of this
borough for the past eleven
years, and held the position of
vice president of the Linden
Corporation, local underwear
manufacturing firm.
He was an active member of
the Lititz Rotary Club and serv­ed
as president four years ago.
He also was treasurer of the Lit­itz
Chamber of Commerce and a
member of the Lititz Fire Com­pany.
He was a member of the
Royersford Lodge, 585, F. &
A.M., for the past 38 years.
He was a son of the late Na­than
and Lydia Rahn Grubb and
is survived by his wife, Neva
Alderfer Grubb; one daughter,
Anna Elizabeth, wife of Elbert
Nixdorf, of Hamburg, N. J., one
grandson; a brother, Daniel, of
Philadelphia; and a sister, Mrs.
John Hunsicker, of Royersford.
Funeral services will be held
Monday at 11 A.M. from the late
residence, with interment in the
Oak Grove Cemetery, Parker-ford,
Pa.
Friends may call Sunday from
7 to 9 P.M.
RETURNED TO TEXAS
Mrs. Irene Keener Sturgis and
son, John, left Tuesday to return
to their home in Austin, Texas,
after spending the past month
with Mrs. Sturgis’ parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Jacob Keener, Front
Street.
Granted Degree
At Bucknell
Lewisburg, Pa. — Leon de
Fernelmont, 109 East Third St.,
Lititz, was awarded the degree
of master of science in educa­tion
at the annual Summer Com­mencement
exercises at Bucknell
University Saturday.
Dr. Walter C. Langsam, presi­dent
of Gettysburg College, was
the speaker at the exercises held
in the University’s Davis Gym­nasium.
de Fernelmont holds the de­gree
of bachelor of science from
Franklin & Marshall, where he
was graduated in 1935.
Miss Posey Will
Sing At Moravian
Church Sunday
The sermon subject for the
morning worship in the Morav­ian
Church is “Restored Har­mony.”
The guest soloist, Miss
Ida Kathryn Posey will sing,
“Lamb of God” (Bizet).
At 7:30 P.M. the Park Service
will be in charge of the pastor,
who will speak on the subject:
“The Man Who Was Always
There.” The Trombone Choir, di­rected
by John Keehn, will play
Moravian Chorales, and the Sen­ior
Choir, led by Mrs. George
Keehn will sing “He Is Watching
Over Israel” (Mendelssohn) and
“As Torrents in Summer” (El­gar).
TO TOUR EUROPE
Dr. and Mrs. Paul G. Hess,
of this borough, and Dr. and
Mrs. Eugene Miller, of Ephrata,
will sail from New York Septem­ber
2 for Europe. They plan to
spend approximately six weeks
touring England and the conti­nent
and will fly back.
ROSSI IN COLLISION
Following a collision on
Orange Street near Duke in Lan-caste
rlast Friday, Leo Rossi,
Lititz borough tax collector, was
prosecuted on a charge of reck­less
driving before Alderman
Forrest. Damage to the two cars
amounted to approximately $350.