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(Consolidated with The Lititz Record, 1937) Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa., Thursday, January 27, 1955 5 cents a Copy; $2 per yr. by mail,
within Lancaster County; $2.50 elsewhere No. 43
Lititz Red Tag Bargain Days This Friday and Saturday i Bargains
Galore
Offered
More Than 30 Merchants
Participating; Mainy
Prizes Offered
Lititz merchants and re ta ile rs
are observing Mid-Winteir Red I
Tag Days this Friday and Satur­day!
W
ith more than th ir ty local
storekeepers participating;, huu- |
dreds of price-slashing bairgains ]
are being offered to the shopping
public, according to a survey of
local stores made this week.
As in former local community-wide
sales events, stores p a rtic i­pating
will be identified by the
familiar red and white pennants
while articles reduced fo r the
sale will bear the small red tags.
Some hint of the hundreds and
hundreds of real, down-to-earth
bargains being offered is found
in several dozen advertisements
contained in this issue of The
Record-Express.
In addition to the money­saving
bargains, several local
stores also are offering door
prizes and gifts to lucky shop­pers
in the form of valuable mer­chandise,
according to advertise­ments
listed in this paper.
And to help make the affair
an event long to be remembered
in local reta il history, The Rec­ord-
Express is circulating sever­al
hundred additional copies
among the ru ra l residents of this
section.
The sale will s ta rt promptly at
9 o’clock Friday morning and
will end a t 9 o’clock Saturday
night.
Boro Would
Widen Kissel
Hill Road
. A plan to widen Kissel Hill
road to a 60-foot right-of-way
with 36-feet between curbs was
approved by the Lititz Borough
Council Tuesday evening and will
be submitted to Warwick Town­ship
Supervisors this week.
Inasmuch as a large portion
of the road constitutes th e boun­dary
line between Warwick
Township and the borough, both
groups must agree before the
street can be widened. The mat­te
r of paving the stre e t also
must be acted upon by the two
groups jointly but this has not
been taken under consideration
as yet.
Placing of Kissel Hill Road on
the borough plan was urged by
Thomas Shields, of Lancaster,
who is developing the former
Cnppy Farm tra c t into a resi­dential
section in the southe ast­ern
end of the borough.
Shields' request for sttone to
be placed on the road, now de­scribed
as a sea of mud, was
turned down by the borough.
Councilmen expressed the opin­ion
th a t nothing will correct the
sitnation until th e stre e t can
be bnilt with a complete base.
Budget Approved
The annual budget was ap­proved
and a ten mill ta x rate
fixed. Council also decided to
continue the $4 poll tax as be­fore.
Resolution
Lauds Over
OUR FUTURE C ITIZEN S
Here’s as inte resting and pleasing a group of local youngsters
as ever captured by th e lens of The Record-Express photographer.
They really constitute a study in varying expressions and reactions.
They are, le ft to rig h t, as follows:
Top Row: Carol and Richard, children of Mr. an d Mrs. Elme r
Murry; David and Allen, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Klese;
Danise, d au g h ter of Mr. an d -Mrs. Harold Witwer.
Bottom Row: Sharon, d au g h ter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward E.
Weiler; William, son of Mr. an d Mrs. William Danner; and Sally
and Susan, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. William Good.
Another inte resting group of local youngsters Will be pub­lished
in next week’s Record-Express.
Boro Oak St. Bridge
Declared Dangerous
A small bridge on Oak Street
over the Lititz creek nea r the
Muth Lumber Company was de­clared
to be in a dangerous con­dition,
in an engineer’s report
submitted to council th is week.
As a result, council, which
previously had decided to re­strict
traffic to four tons, quickly
reduced the maximum weight al­lowed
on th e bridge to two tons
—and even considered closing
the stree t for the time being.
The two supporting walls of
the bridge lean a t precarious
angles, one toward the center
and the other In the opposite di­rection,
the borough report
shows. The bridge is not safe for
any trucks, it was asserted.
“If the borough is risking
lives by permitting this bridge
to be used. I think the road
should be closed until it is
changed,” Menno Rohrer, presi­dent
of council, asserted.
The borough, however, is anx­ious
to delay repairing the
bridge inasmuch as present plans
call for re-locating Oak Street in
order to eliminate curves, to
widen the stree t to the regula r
borough width and to build an
entirely new and la rge r bridge.
“What wil th a t cost?” Mr.
Rohrer asked.
Engineers present estimated
th a t a new and la rge r bridge
probably will cost from $25,000
to $35,000.
“What yea r’s budget do we
plan to put th a t in ? ” Mr. Rohrer
then asked.
“The year after we build the
storm sewers,” Councilman
Charles Kling replied.
ATTEND FUNERAL
Mrs. Carl B. Risser, Jane
Risser, Mrs. William Hornberger
and Mr. and Mrs. George Stoy-anovitch
attended the funeral of
the ir aunt, Mrs. Harvey Cook, at
Hyndman, Pa., on Monday.
Chief Kreider Warns
Local Dog Owners
Chief of Police Clarence Krei­der
th is week re ite ra ted his
warning th a t dog-owners must
keep th e ir pets a t home. During
th e past few weeks, pets which
have followed children to school
proved to be a nuisance in the vi­cinity
of the borough school
building, he explained.
If repeated warning are not
heeded, prosecutions will be in­stituted,
Chief Kreider declared.
Boro Studies
Light Plan
At Square
Placing traffic lights a t the
Square is not as simple as it
sounds!
In fact th e borough has not
yet decided whether the flow of
motor and pedestrian traffic can
be handled with three cycles and
indicated th a t a four-cycle set­up
may be necessary.
A preliminary survey which
already has been sta rted despite
th a t an official approval has not
been received from the State
Highway Department, indicates
th a t the borough will have to
erect six poles in th e Square,
Borough Manager Orville Over
explained.
Due to the locations of East
and West Main Street, which
come into the Square on differ­ent
angles, a simple set-up of
traffic moving north and south
a t one time and then changing to
east and west cannot be employ­ed.
State officials already have in­dicated
th is would not be ap­proved.
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REVIEWING SPORTS ------ -------------------
Sports Writers’ Banquet
An Enjoyable Affair
A half dozen applications for
the position of Lititz Borough
Manager have been received and
will be considered a t a special
•meeting of council on Friday
evening, February 4.
At its meeting this week, Coun­cilman
Byron K. Horne present­ed
the fololwing resolution which
was unanimously approved by
council:
WHEREAS: Mr. Orville F.
Over, in the capacity of Borough
Manager, has rendered signifi­cant
and praiseworthy service to
the Borough of Lititz and its
citizens, and
WHEREAS: Mr. Over has ten­dered
his resignation as Borough
Manager, effective F ebruary 15,
1955.
BE IT RESOLVED: th a t this
Council expresses to Mr. Over
the gratitude of Council and the
people of Lititz for his services
to this community and its citi­zens,
and
BE IT RESOLVED FUR­THER;
th a t this Council extends
to Mr. Over the very best of
wishes as he begins the duties
and assumes the responsibilities
of Borough Manager in Newark,
By Tom Dussinger
On Mdnday night the Lancas­te
r Sportswriters and Broadcast­ers
held th e ir n inth annual ban­quet
a t the Hotel Brunswick.
Mention is made here of the
event, not only because it was an
enjoyable evening shared by
quite a few local sports enthus­iasts,
but also for the excellent
guidance of the evening’s pro­gram
by the toastmaster, Mary
Miller, a Lititz boy now Sports
Editor of the Lancaster In telli­gencer.
Marv rocked the room with his
telling of the time he pitched for
Lititz against Terre Hill.
The umpire had announced the
batteries for Terre Hill and then
blared forth with, “For Lititz ,
Miller will pitch and the outfield j
will catch.”
Marv admitted th a t’s the way
it went, too. But only for three
innings. Then he was through.
You did a big league job,
Marv—as toastmaster.
Basketball Bits
Late Saturday afternoon we
called Dean Miller, High School
basketball coach, to get some
comment on Friday n ight’s h e a rt­breaking
defeat. Manor 58-Lit-itz
56. (We’ll never get accus­tomed
to Warwick Union.)
Coach Miller said he and the
team took th a t defeat pretty
hard. Certainly- any defeat is
hard to take, b u t th a t one was
really rough.
Foul shooting was th e differ­ence
between a Lititz High vic-
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Still Wait
For Word
From W-H
Technicalities Reported
Delaying Decision Ex­pected
Momentarily
Lititz was literally keeping its
fingers crossed yesterday and
last night as definite word was
expected momentarily as to
whether Warner-Hudnut would
re-locate Its cosmetic and drug
manufacturing plant here.
Only a few meager technicali­ties
remained to be put aside
before the announcement would
be forthcoming th a t the concern
headed by Elmer Bobst would
come here — or would not.
And while these technicalities
appeared unimportant on the
surface, they are important
enough to completely change the
decision, those in touch with the
situation disclosed.
Surveyors and engineers spent
two days this week completing
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Dr. Salk Finds Polio Color Test
Water Dept.
Shows Profit
Of $15,700
The business of supplying
water to local consumers netted
the borough a profit of $15,700
during the past year, according
to the results of an audit sub­mitted
to borough officials this
week by Wilbur Miller, local ac­countant.
But — profit or nd profit —
the whole thing amounts to a
bookkeeping deficit, Mr. Miller
added, much to the confusion of
a t least several members of coun­cil.
The bookkeeping deficit is due
to the fact th a t, whether the
borough actually turned cash In­to
the general fund, the borough
had to tu rn over a total of $17,-
500 to the Sewer Authority dur-
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Mearig Auto
Is Recovered
An automobile stolen here
several weeks ago was recovered
this week near Tamaqua, Penna.
Russel Mearig, of this borough,
owner of the car, reported th a t
the machine had been driven ap­proximately
a thousand miles
since it disappeared from a local
parking space.
Mearig and his fathe r, Nelson
Mearig, drove to Tamaqua and
claimed the car this week. At
the time it was stolen, Mearig
had parked on Broad Street and
had stepped inside a service sta­tion
for a moment.
Since it was stolen, the car
was reported to have been seen
here on several occasions. But
since it was recovered so fa r
from Lititz, police believe th a t
another machine must have been
mistaken for the stolen one.
Dr. ’Jonas E. 8alk of University of Plttsburoh reads results of new
polio color test developed In hie laboratory under a March of Dimes
grant. Color system determines presence of polio virus and level of
polio-fighting antibodies in human blood. New teat la faster than
older method, using roller drum, shown at right. Both systems arc
being used In the evaluation of the Salk polio vaccine, which also
was developed under research grants from March of Dimes tunas.
Mothers March On Polio
Tonight From 7 To 8 O’CIock
Turn your porch light on to­night
from v to 8 p.m. — and
participate in the local Mothers’
March on Polio!
The march in which every res­idence
in the borough will be
visited during the hour set aside
for the polio campaign, will be
completed shortly a fte r eight
o’clock, according to Mrs. M. C.
Demmy, chairman of the drive
here.
At least one worker has been
named for each block in the bor­ough,
Mrs. Demmy explained.
Residents are asked to co-operate
with the solicitors by turning
on th e ir porch lights and by hav­ing
th e ir donations ready.
Collections for the polio fund
will be taken up a t the Lititz
Theatre both Friday and Satur­day
evenings. Mrs. Donald Lohr-man
and 24 local Girl Scouts
will make the collection, assisted
by Herbert Roth, th e a tre man­ager.
Mrs. Demmy emphasized the
need for contributions by point­ing
out th a t a to ta l of $125,000
was spent to combat polio in
Lancaster County alone la st year.
Workers taking p a rt in the
drive tonight a re as fololws:
Mrs. George Forry, Mrs. Rob­ert
Snyder, Mrs. Ralph Hassler,
Susie Risser, H a rrie t Landis,
Stephanie Young, Lucinda Weil­er,
P a tty Kauffman, Billy Bru­baker,
Janice Knight, Bruce
Knight, Abbie Siegel, Ronald
Groff.
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P.T.A. Speaker Emphasizes
Parent-Teacher Duties
The Center Drive
Is On!
William Young,
Lititz Record-Express,
Lititz, Penna.
Dear Sir,
What seemed to be, not many months ago, a low
point as to the future existence of recreation in Lititz,
has boomed to proportions of support which our town
could only show in one united effort.
It did not take fatalities of teenagers to make our
community recognize the need for a program of planned
recreation in Lititz.
It did not take Mr. Spacht, past Center Boards, and
many other individuals long to recognize the need for
a youth movement in our community many years ago.
It did not take you, Bill, and your staff long to put
our needs before your readers — which is one purpose
of this letter — to THANK YOU!
This week, and next, every family in Lititz will be
contacted on a donation and membership basis in a final
effort for funds to support our recreation programs for anteed would eliminate teen-age
this year. We, of Lititz, are giving ourselves a good thing, problems and are th e fundamen-the
results of which may never be known. The Recrea-, tais in training children: 1st,
tion Board invites constructive criticism (or otherwise) establish a family a lta r; 2nd, say
with the hope that it may in some way contribute its grace a t meals, and 3rd, Bible
best in planning for a growing community. study. Sincerelv The Square Dance to be held
t q!rr„ ______ in the school gymnasium on Chas. J. Wagaman, February 12, from 8 to 11 p.m.,
R E PR EA T T riN r ■ROAPT1 sponsored by the Association,
KJliUltCiAilUIN U U A itJ J was announced.
P.S.: To date we have collected approximately $1,600.00 Mrs. Gerard Evenwel announc-
. . . Our Goal, $5,500.00. ed the next program. The Ju n io r
GREINERS TO MARK
40TH ANNIVERSARY
Mr. and Mrs. David L. Greiner,
of 17 East Lincoln Avenue, will
celebrate the fortieth anniver­sary
of th e ir wedding this Sun­day.
They have two children,
Clara and David B. Greiner.
Name Interim
Pastor At
Local Church
Rev. Wayne Glick has been
engaged as interim pastor for
the local Church of the Breth­ren
from now until April 1. Rev.
Glick also will join th e faculty
of F ranklin and Marshall as a
teacher of religious education on
February 1.
He is a graduate of Bridge-water
College and the Bethany
Biblical Seminary. He will fill
the vacancy caused by the resig­nation
of Dr. E. M. Bowman, who
preached his final sermon here
last Sunday. Dr. Bowman has ac­cepted
the pastorate of the Mack
Memorial Church a t Dayton,
Ohio.
Rev. E. F. McDowell, of P a l­myra,
will take over the pastor­ate
of the local church on April 1.
Automatic Pumping
Still Far Away
Automatic pumping a t the bor­ough
water plant, which origin­ally
was placed on the budget
more than a year ago, still is s- '-
eral years away, members of bor­ough
council reported th is week.
At the same time, the plan to
place the police radio system at
the water works was approved
although council refused to pur­chase
a remote control unit for
the borough manager’s office at
this time.
Pumping Tests Here
Of Vital Importance
Re: Water Shortage
Zimmerman To
Be Re-Arrested
Harold B. Zimmerman, Lititz
RD4, farmer, faced his fifth a r­rest
for failure to comply with
the compulsory school attend­ance
law, yesterday, when Super­vising
Principal Marlin Spaid
preferred his fifth complaint
against the plain-sect member,
before Justice of the Peace J. B.
Herr.
The present prosecution came-afte
r Zimmerman had failed to
appear and obtain a work permit
for his son, Amos, who passed his
sixteenth birthday several weeks
ago.
“We have tried to explain to
the fa th e r th a t his son can ob­tain
a work permit if the fathe r
■will appear and apply for it,” Mr.
Spaid informed ’Squire Herr.
“However, he prefers to abso­lutely
ignore the law and we
have no other course than to
have him prosecuted again.”
A hearing wil be held Monday
evening.
Steel Delay
Stops Work
On School
Operations a t the new two-million
dollar Warwick Union
High School Building were a t a
standstill this week due to a de­lay
in obtaining a shipment of
steel, contractors reported.
The shipment being awaited
includes both reinforced steel for
the foundations and a quantity
of steel beams or girders to be
used in the construction of the
boiler house, the first unit to be
built.
The boiler house is expected to
be completed during th e coming
summer to provide h ea t for next
winter’s building operations, it
was explained. Work completed
to-date consists of removal of top
soil and the placing of stakes for
the foundation.
Rotarians Plan
Safety Drive
For Bicyclists
A project to increase safety
for local bicyclists was announc­ed
th is week by members of the
Lititz Rotary Club.
According to Robert Hanna,
chairman of the committee in
charge, Scotch Lite Tape, which
glows in the dark, will be distrib­uted
free to local boys and girls
owning bicycles. The tape will
be installed on the bicycles by
local Rotarians a t th e Lititz fire­house
Saturday, February 12,
from 9 a.m. until noon, he ex­plained.
The tape attached to the rear
mud-plates of th e bicycles, will
be equivalent to tail-lights. Ro­ta
rian s also are planning to place
the same tape on th e sleeves of
the coats worn by members of
the local school safety patrol.
MISS RUSSEliLi MOVES
On Monday afternoon Miss
Polly Russell moved from her
home on East Main Street to an
apa rtment in the 300 block of
South Broad Street.
“Parents should tra in th e ir
children and th e teachers teach
them,” was the admonition given
by Arch J. McQuilkin a t the
P a ren t Teachers meeting held
last Thursday evening in the
High School auditorium. Mr. Mc­Quilkin
who is advisor and lec­tu
re r to Young People’s in te r­denominational
groups fu rth e r
stated three rules which he guar-
U S. And State Groups
Will Start Pumping
On Monday
Pumping tests which will sta rt
Monday morning a t the borough
water plant are of vital concern
to Lititz and its fu tu re develop­ment,
it was disclosed this week.
“Results of these tests will de­cide
definitely whether or not
3 should develop the present
supply of water for Lititz — or
whether we will be forced to
look for another supply for our
wate r,” Henry Huth, of Lan­caster,
borough water engineer,
informed members of borough
council.
In a fu rth e r discussion, how­ever,
Mr. Huth appeared more or
less optimistic th a t the present
source of water supply will come
up to expectations.
“We have had two unusually
bad years as fa r as precipita­tion
Is concerned,” he explained.
“If we have another similar year
facing us, it really will prove
bad as far as the supply of water
is concerned.”
Questioned as to whether the
water table is not generally drop­ping,
Mr. Huth declared it was
not, despite th a t water is becom­ing
more scarce in other parts
of the state, largely due to heavy
demands.
The borough Is saving thous­ands
of dolalrs in the tests, Or­ville
Over explained. I t ju s t hap-
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Fire Losses
Hit New Low
During 1954
Fire losses for 1954 h it a new
low for recent years, according
to the annual report submitted
last night by Fire Chief Raymond
Runk.
Losses within the borough lim­its
amounted to only $3,575,
while losses in the district out­side
the borough reached the to­tal
of $213,130, largely the re ­su
lt of three disastrous barn
fires during the year.
The p er capita loss in the
borough, based on a 6,600 popu­lation,
was $0,596, Chief Runk
explained.
Firemen responded to 26
alarms inside the borough and
23 outside. A breakdown showed
20 of these to be dwellings,
barns, etc.; 3 manufacturing
plants; 16 grass f i r e s 4 autos
and trac tors; 2 transformers,
and 4 miscellaneous.
Local firemen laid a to ta l of
15,050 feet of hose in respond­ing
to these alarms and traveled
a total of 121% miles during a
period of 44% hours of service.
The report was one of the
features of the annual firemen’s
smoker in which several hun­dred
firemen dined and enjoyed
an interesting program. Rev.
Grant H. Seidle, of Harrisburg,
formerly of Manheim, was the
speaker.
NORTON NAMED DIRECTOR
Chester Norton, of this bor­ough,
has been appointed
director of the choir at the
Vally Forge Washington Mem­orial
Chapel. Mr. Norton has
served as organist at the chap-e
oflr the past twenty-six
years.
Calender
Of The Week
High Glee Club will sing, and
excerpts from th e Junior play
will be presented. The speaker
will be announced later.
An instrumental ensemble di­rected
by Henry Steiner, present­ed
several numbers.
The following teachers had the
g rea test number of parents pres­ent
a t the meeting: Mrs. Janet
Zook, grades one to three;
George Renetz, grades four to
six; Harold Swisher, seven to
nine; and Eugene Dechert, ten
to twelve.
Max Hoaster the president,
was In charge; Rev. Earl M.
Bowman gave th e Invocation;
Albert E bbert led the group
singing, and the following com­mittee
was in charge of refresh­ments,
Mrs. Homer Hackman,
Mrs. James Yerger, Mrs. Charles I
Forry and Mrs. Eugene Stauffer.
Today — Jan . 27
Golden Hour Group, St. P au l’s
Lutheran Church, 2:00 p.m.
Women’s Missionary Society,
of the Moravian Church, in Fel­lowship
Hall, a t 7:30 p.m.
Friday — Jan . 28
F irst telephone exchange open­ed
77 years ago today.
Saturday — Ja n . 29
Birthday anniversary of our
25th president — William Mc­Kinley.
Sunday — Jan . SO
Beginning of Youth Week.
Luther League of St. P a u l’s
Lutheran Church meets a t the
church a t 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday — Feb. 1
F irs t U. S. Supreme Court met
165 years ago today.
Wednesday — Feb. 2
Ground Hog Day!