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S e r v in g T h e W a r w i c k U n i o n A r e a F o r N e a r l y A C e n t u r y
84th Year E stab lish ed April, 1877, a s The Sunbeam
(Consolidated w ith T h e l i t i t z Record, 1937) Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa., Thursday March 2, 1961 7 cen ts a Copy; $3.00 per yea r by m all
w ith in L an ca ste r County; $3.50 elsewh ere.
12 Pages — No. 46
Boro Requests State To Re-Build N. Broad St.
Three Newcomers Appear Northern Entrance Is On Political Scene
Worst In The County,
Councilmèn Declare
Despite th a t Lititz still is
recovering from the re-build-ing
of Ea s t Main Street,
members of borough council
this week launched a cam­paign
to have the State Hig h ­l
y Department widen and
•_ j-build the North B r o a d
Street entrance to the bor­ough.
Describing the condition of
th e highway a t the n o r th e rn
borough line as ‘‘probably
the worst highway approach
to any county town” , mem­bers
of council emphasized
the need for re-building North
Broad Street as means of e lim­inating
a traffic hazard.
Members of council also' pre­dicted
tha t, even if th e re ­quest
is accorded, a fr iendly
reception in Ha rrisburg, th a t
it wilt require several y ears
a t least to get the pro je c t on
and off the drawing board arid
into actual construction.
“Council feels th a t if the
ma t te r is placed on the h ig h ­way
schedule a t this time that
it will, be a t least five years
before work would be s ta r te d ,"
Borough Manager Dave Bauer
asserted. “A much longer per­iod
of time was consumed up
in handling all the prelimin­ary
details leading to th e re ­building
of Eas t Main Street
from the fountain to the bor­ough
line.”
The most objectionable fea­tu
r e of the present no r th e rn
entrance to the borough, mem­bers
of council emphasized, is
th e grade, the terrific hump
) the center of the street at
it’s narrowes t point a n d the
roughnes s of the highway bed.
Fo r th e past several years,
several local trucke r s who reg­ular
ly use North Broad Stre e t
have repor ted d amage in the
form of broken articles being
carried as well as bro k en
tru ck springs.
Council was of th e opinion
th a t North Broad S t r e e t
should be re-built a t le a s t as
fa r as Lincoln Avenue a n d
possibly to the Square. They
expres sed-interes t in tak in g up
the ma t te r a t a conference
with State riighway engineers.
Study “Walk” Light
Council also decided this
week to delay a req u e s t for
IS HONORED
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ins tallation of a “wa lk ” light
a t Broad and Orange Street
as a means of giving pedestri­ans
additional Safety in cross­ing
this wide street. The state
has as sured the borough a per­mit-
will be issued but pointed
out th a t this permit would ex­pire
in six months.
But, presently, the borough
has no funds available, for
purchase of a light which Bor­ough
Manager Bauer estimates
will cost approximately $2,100.
As a result, council Tuesday
night voted to table the ma t ­te
r u n t i l next fall and to pro­vide
funds for the .light in, the
budget to be drawn up for
1962.
I
ary Grube
ins Award
: Mansfield
ss Mary Grube, d a u g h te r
r. and Mrs. John Grube,
'■ R. D. 3, and a junior
'ansfield State College
she is ma joring in
Economics, was th e re-of
the Extension
i m ak e r s Scholarship
■which has a monetary
f $150.00.
Grube s ta r te d h e r ca-
Homemaking with the
i Club work u n d e r
mjamin Shaeffer and
Raymond Newcomer,
■ pres ident of th e lo-b
in 195 7 a n d com-ojects
in foods, cloth-jun
io r leadership,
lis year she was
ite winner in the
w d s demons tra tion
in the co u n ty dress
e, Miss Gru b e is
* Kappa Omicron
Gamma IPi, the
and the College
la s been on the
”or scholarship
ters.
^as notminated
by imembers
Coun ty Ex­on,
" b ut re-awarcds
are
Colleges in
nts a r e en-
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Prosecute
3 Drivers
In Crashes I ■ .
Three drivers faced prose­cution
as a re sult of a series
of thre e dif ferent accidents
which, occurred here d u r in g
the past week.
Three automobiles w e r e
damaged shortly before noon
yesterday when a car driven
by Mrs. Jewel Virgunas, 126
E. Market Street, w e n t
th ro u g h a stop sign a t Broad
and Market Streets, accord­ing
to borough police.
The car operated by Mrs.
Virgunas s t ru ck a sedan op­e
rated by Leonard M. Ger-lach,
7 S. Duke St., Lanc a s ­ter,
which s t ru ck a station
wagon operated by Carl M.
Brubaker, 36 Lincoln Aven­ue.
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Damage included $500 to
Mrs. Virguna s ’ c a r ; $300 to
Gerlaeh’s car and $100 to
Bru b ak e r ’s station wagon.
Chief of Police Llciyd Hoff-
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Ed Reese
Named To
Council
F ro n t Street will be continu­ed
as a one-way s tre e t on a
tr ial basis, members of council
voted Tuesday night.
The s tre e t from Liberty to
Broad was made a one-way
street, with traffic moving east
only, following the last snow
s torm when snow-banks made
two-way traffic an impossibili­ty.
Since then, many residents
of the street have expressed
favor of continuing it as a one­way
street, cquncilmen said.
At the same time, council
voted to make Ea s t Orange
Street a one-way street, traffic
moving west, on a permanent
basis. A trial period was s t a r t ­ed
one month ago and has
done much to eliminate con­gestions
in the vicinity of the
elementary school, council
said.
Edwa rd G. Reese was ap­pointed
to fill a vacancy on
council resulting from the
creation of the th i rd ward.
Reese’s appointment was dated
to J a n u a ry 1964. This appoint­ment
now mus t be approved
by the Lancas ter County court.
Council also inau g u ra ted a
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BELIEVES IN PITCHING IN!
RETAILERS MEETING
MONDAY EVENING
A meeting of th e retailers
association will be held at
We ave r ’s Re s tau r an t Monday
evening a t 7:30 p.m., Ed Need­les,
secretary, announced this
week. Plans for fu tu re sales
promotions will be discussed.
Letters to all retailers were
mailed this week seeking co­operation
in the program be­ing
planned.
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— Record-Express Photo.
Tom Stuffy, who for many years served in the capacity
of borough street committee, chairman in council and who
often pitched in with the actual work, hasn’t changed much,
judging from the above photo. Former Councilman Stuffy
joined a group of North Broad Street residents who vo l­unteered
to help clean up streets now dust-covered from this
winter’s heavy snowfalls.
Let’s Help Boro Keep
Our Streets Clean,
Broad Streeters Urge
Streets of th e borough are
dir tier th a n they, have been for
years, due to th e heavy snow­falls
of the past winter — and
so one group of res idents this
week decided to do something
about it!
Ra th e r th a n wait until the
regularly-scheduled s t r e e t
sweeping in April, a group of
North Broad Street res idents
e q u i p p e d themselves with
heavy-duty brushes and pro­ceeded
to sweep the litter of
sand, stones and d i r t into the
gutters.
Each morning the group, in­cluding
Tommy Adams, Bob
Zartman, Ba r t Sharp, Tom
Steffy and others, s ta r t off the
work-day by giving the s treet
a thorough sweeping. The prac-
Lions Mark
20th Birthday
This Evening
Cha r te r members of the Lit­itz
Lions Club will be honored
at a twentieth anniversary
cha r te r night program to bo
presented this evening at the
Dutch Town & Country Inn,
Ea s t of Lancaster.
Charter -members are Les­te
r Balmer, Thomas Dussinger,
John Keehn, F r a n k Longeneck-er,
Charles Reidenbach, E d ­win
Stroble, Dr. Chester Wert-sch
and John Witmyer. Wives
and widows ofeha r te r members
also will be honored.
F u h rma n Bailer, in te rn a ­tional
Lions councellor, will
be the speaker of the evening.
Rev. J. -Richard Bishop, of
Millersville, will serve as to a s t­master.
Guests will include District
Governor Wa lte r Welsh, Birds-boro;
and Lions dignitaries
from Dauphin, Berks, Lebanon
and Lancas ter counties. Pe te r
A. DeLeo, - president, will be
in charge of the program.
Membership Drive Starts
For Warwick Ambulance
T h e annual membership of more th a n 1,100 calls
drive of the Warwick Ambu­lance
. Service s ta r ts t h i s
week, according to an an ­nouncement
made by John
Beck, secretary of the group.
Membership forms w e r e
mailed to each of the 1,900
members now subscribing to
the service, on Wednesday.
Should any person be missed
who desire to send in a mem:
bership, merely mail $2.00
to the Warwick Ambulance
Service, Box 42, Lititz. Pa.,
Beck advised.
The merchants drive is the
principal source of income
the service which now is
g its fifth year. During
riod of time a total
tice seems to be contagious and
yesterday, women in several
othe r pa rts of town started
following suit.
Due to the excessive d ir t and
stones placed on the s treets
following the snowfalls, each
car sends veritable clouds of
d u s t into the homes, stores
and places of business.
Action of private res idents
in pitching in to give the boro
an assist was lauded yesterday
by Borough Manager Dave
Bauer who pointed out th a t
the borough is hoping to he
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Sportsmen
Report
Progress
See Added Hope For
Hammer Creek
Dam
Local sportsmen reported
“ considerable progres s ” in
the ir efforts to reach com­promise
agreements with sev­eral
land-owners whose pro­perties
a re needed for the
proposed Hamme r Creek dam.
Tha t there still is an in­creasing
hope th a t the propos­ed
project can be “ irone-d o u t”
in time for approval a t the
next fish commission meeting
in Ha r r i sb u rg March 20, was
asserted by Wallace Lausch,
representing both the Lititz
Chamber of Commerce and the
spor tsmen’s association in the
negotiations.
Several of four land-owners
have indicated the ir willing­ness
to a d ju s t appraisals, it
was indicated. Charles Myer,
one of the four, has indicated
he will accept $45,000 for 47
acres needed, provided he can
take water from the lake for
farm purposes a t any time. He
originally asked $52,500.
One of the four, S. Gerald
Darlington, owner of Speed­well
Farms , however, indicat­ed
all was not quite so rosey
as appears oil the surtace. In
a le t te r addres sed to the fish
commission and also sent to
Governor David Lawrence, Dar­lington
accuses fish commis­sion
emissaries of double-talk.
His le t te r reads, in part, as
follows:
“Last summer one of your
commission members stared in
Lititz Springs P a rk th a t $429,-
000 was approved- for the Ham­mer
Creek and it was Project
No. 1. Now you s ta te $363,000
has been approved but there
a re othe r projects ahead of it.
I t looks to me th a t the re are
too many politicians as mem­bers
of the fish commission
who do not know wha t they
are doing from one day to the
next, even if it is taxpaye rs ’
money.
“ Eith e r get rid of the double
talk coming out of your com­mission
office or send some­one
down here . . . and remove
the iron pins placed on mv1'
property so our farm machinery
will not be broken aga in.”
HEY, MR. BANJO!
LITITZ FIREMEN UP IN THE AIR!
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— Kccord-E.Ypress Piloto.
I ’p in the air approximately 05 feet for that, matter —
and in the midst of a heavy downpour.
Firemen Install Antenna
Atop 50-Ft. Fire Siren
Local firemen went really
high up in the a ir here S a tu r ­day
— in the midst of a heavy
downpour of rain — when they
installed the new anten n a for
the base radio station o p e ra t­ed
by the company and the
borough. ,,,
Despite the heavy rain, fire­men
donned heavy raincoats
and placed the an ten n a 15
feet above the borough fire
siren located near parking
lot a t the re a r of the Record-
Express building.
The 8 5-foot ladder truck of
the Manheim Fire Company
was dona ted for the purpose.
Due to a pa rts failure, the lad­der
tru ck was b rought back
Sunday afternoon to a d ju s t the
new equipment. This week fire­men
repor ted the new station
operating satisfactorily.
The local radio station is
p a r t of a s tatewide network
and is one of seven base s ta ­tions
in Lancas ter County. The
equipment is on a t all times
with the speaker located in the
borough office in the firehouse.,
During the daytime, calls are
handled by borough office help
who summon regula r opera­tors.
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Whenever the fire s iren is
sounded, the set is operated
by regularly appointed opera­tors,
businessmen located ne a i-by.
The equipment also can
be used in connection with
Civilian Defense tes ts and
work and 'in any emergency.
The station originally was
located a t the borough water
works where it was operated
on a 24-hour a day basis.
Since the water plant has been
put on automatic, operation, it
was necessary to move the
station to the firehouse where
it is in operation throughout
most of the day.
Cops And Teachers To
Fight It Out Friday
— I’lioto by Harry Landis.
A1 Elbert, left, directs chorus as Don Kopner picks out
a tune for “Hey, Mr. Banjo,” one of (he numbers in the
ABC’s Main Street Minstrels which will he presented here
April 7 and 8 in tile Warwick High School auditorium.
Ticket Sale Starts For
Main Street Minstrels
were made by the volunteer
drivers.
The ' group las t year p u r ­chased
a new ambulance
which is considered the most
modern and mos t completely
equipped ambulance in the
county. Despite th a t the ve­hicle
proved a costly item,
the service voted agains t a
funds drive and asserted
they would endeavor to pay
thè balànce still due thro u g h
the memberships and efficient
operation.
The only othe r fund- ra is ­ing
activity is an annua l'
chicken barbecue sponsored
by the drivers.
Tickets went on sale yester­day
for “Main Street Min­s
tre ls ,” the American Business
Club’s 19 61 version of the Lit­itz
area come to life on a
minstrel stage. The two-act
show will be presented Friday
and Saturday, April 7th and
8 th ,in the Warwick H. S.
Auditorium.
The action in this ye a r ’s
show takes place on Lititz'
two main streets. The A.B.C.
— A.B.C.D. cast hopes to give
the audience a few new slants
on such issues as the rebuild­ing
of Main St., the tre e -plant­ing
program, and the “Uttle
k nown” history of Lititz.
The musical fare for “Main
Street Minstrels” includes
many of the old minstrel
favorites as well as special
numbers like “Ya Can’t Re­build
Main St. Today” and
“He ’s Got. the Whole Town in
his Hands .”
Tickets are $1 each and are
available a t ’ Glassmyer’s, Mc-
Elroy’s, and Penn Dairies'
Neft'sville Store as well as from
A.B.C. and A.B.C.D. members.
Proceeds from the show are
for local community service
projects of the A.B.C. Pau l I.
Ritz and Elwood Zug a re in
charge of tickets assisted by
Reid Stoner and Ray Kauff­man.
A.B.C.’s 1960 show, “Min­strel
Days” was termed a “ shot
in the a rm for Lititz” in a
Record editorial and several
requfests were made for a re ­peat
performance. According to
those who have seen this y e a r ’s
script, “Main St. Mins trels”
promises to be an even livlier
show th a t should keep the
audience in stitches from s t a n
to finish. i
The Lititz Recreation Cen­ter
is sponsoring a benefit
basketball game between the
Warwick Union School District
Teachers and the Pennsylvan­ia
State Police this Friday
evening a t 7:45 p.m. at the
Warwick High School gym.
In a preliminary game be­ginning
at 7:00 p.m. two All-
Star Teams from the Warwick
Fif th and Sixth Grade League
will play. All proceeds will
go for the New I. W. Bobst
Recreation Center now under
construction.
The Teachers s ta r tin g line­up
will consist of Bob Alspach,
Ray Adelizzi, Dan Ciervo, Dick
Pohner and LeRoy Trupe,
other Teachers who will see
action, , Phil Bomberger, Tom
Vaux, Stan Schoenberger, John
Miller, Lloyd Ruoss and' Don
Sheehan. Several of the old-time
s ta rs a re considering
dressing for the benefit game.
The State Police s ta rting
line-up will consist of Charles
Zagorski, John Fedin, F r a n k
Wetzher, Ha r lan Zimmerman,
and Tom Ziemba, othe r troop­ers
who will see action will be
and Pete Haycock. The troop­ers
have played 8 exhibition
games in the a rea and they
hold a fine record of seven
wins and one loss. They d e ­feated
the Lancas ter Police­man
5 8 to 5 2 in a game held
last' Sunday.
The Warwick Fif th and Six­th
Grade All-Stars teams will
consist of the following play­ers:
“A” team coached by
Richard Pohner; Tom Bu rk ­holder,
Billy Risser, Je f f Ross,
Larry Groff, Wayne Smythe,
Jon Bard and Ricky Sipe. “B”
team coached by Bob Alspach;
Bruce Bucher, John Male,
John Clark, Billy Mitchell,
Wa r ren Buch, Joe Maywell,
and Scott Ketterman. Tiie
elem. school cheerleaders will
perform.
The Ju n io r Board of Direc­tors
will sell re f reshments d u r ­ing
the game. They will also
hold a free dance a fte r the
game a t the Lititz Elementary
School gym. Price for the game
3 5c donation for students, 60c
donation for adults, le t’s have
a big crowd for this wonderful
Pete Zablotney, Gerald Depew- benefit game.
Term Parking Controversy
Merely A Grudge Fight
Griswold
Runs For
Burgess
Rev. Etter Likely
Candidate Eor
School Board
Several more newcomers
made appearance on the boro
and Warwick Union political
scene this week as more can­didates
were announced for
the coming primary elections.
Foremost among develop­ments
in the Warwick Union
School District was the indica­tion
th a t Rev. Robert W. E t ­ter,
prominent research engi­neer
at RCA and pastor of the
historic Coleman Presbyterian
Church at Briekerville, will be
a candidate for one of two
vacancies of the Warwick
Union School Board.
For the past four weeks
Republican organization com­mitteemen
and women from
the borough, Warwick and
Elizabeth Townships have been
meeting in an effort to mik e
representative selections. An­nouncement
of the complete
slate will be forthcoming next
week.
Rev. Ette r has been with
RCA since 1953 and has pre­sided
over the Briekerville
Church for the past five years,
as a chemical engineer he re ­portedly
had contributed much
toward a photographic eye as
pa r t of the missil project.
To-date he is the second
candidate to appear on the
scene for the school board
posts to be filled. Dr. Edward
Kowalewski, of Rothsville, an ­nounced
his candidacy last
week.
Griswold To Run
Developments in the boro
were highlighted by announce­ment
of the candidacy o f . Dr-
Ar th u r S. Griswold for tue posi-
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Angered res idents termed
the West Second Avenue one-side
pa rking controversary
as “ a grudge f ig h t” when
they made a shor t but impas­sioned
appearance before bor­ough
council Tuesday night.
Loudly asserting they were
dissatified w i t h council’s
handling of the ma t te r last
month — and for the past
th re e months prior — Rob­e
r t Bachman and William
Bingeman, both res idents of
West Second Avenue, heaped
blame for the ban on t h e
shoulders of Councilman Roy
Reidenbaugh, who was not
present.
“The people living on Sec­ond
Avenue are getting a
raw deal —• alii because wo
had the nerve to o p p o s e
Re idenbaugh’s p l a n s f o r
building a warehouse or g a r ­age
on Second Avenue sev­eral
years ago,” Bachman a s ­serted.
“ I t would be a lot be tte r
if you made these charges
when Mr. Reidenbaugh was
p re s ent,” Pres ident of Coun­cil
Roy Enck informed the
Visitors, adding “ r ig h t now
Mr. Reidenbaugh is h o m e
sick.”
Both Bachman and Binge-man
then asserted they a l­ready
had expressed the same
sentiment to Mr. Reiden­baugh.
A t tem p t in g ' a poll of coun­cil
to determine what causod
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Community
Calendar
Mar. 3— 6:30 P.M. — Ladies
Auxiliary to the Lititz
Fire Company will hold
a covered dish supper a t
the Fire Hall.
6:30 P.M. — Lititz Lions
Club Charter and Ladies
Night . Dinner a t Dutch
Town and Country Inn.
7:00 P.M. — White Oak
P.T.A. meeting.
7:30 P.M. — Lititz P la n ­ning
Commission meet­ing
at Borough Hall.
8:00 P.M. — Ju n io r
Chamber of Commerce
Board of Directors meet­ing.
8:00 P.M. — A.B.C.D.
meeting.
Mar. ;i— 7:00 P.M. — Recrea-ation
Center benefit Bas­ketball
game between the
Warwick Faculty and the
Pennsylvania State Police
at the Warwick High
School gym.
7:30 P.M.— Rolling Hills
Neighborhood Girl Scout
leaders meeting a t St.
L u k e ’s United Church of
Christ.
Mar. 4— 1:30 P.M. — Society
of Fa rm Women # 1 will
meet at the home of Mrs.
Amos Shenk, Lititz R.D.
£ 2
Mar. 5— 2:00 P.M. — A.B.C.
Minstrel Show practice a t
t h e Lititz Elementary
School Auditorium.
Mar. «— 6:30 P.M. — Martin
Lu th e r Choir rehear sal a t
St. P a u l ’s Church.
7:00 P.M.— Junior Choir
& Confirmation C l a s s
meeting a t St. P a u l ’s
Church.
7:30 P.M. — I.O.O.F.
meeting a t I.O.O.F. Hall.
7:30 P.M. — American
i Legion Auxiliary a t the
American Legion.
8:00 P.M. — Young Peo­ple's
choir rehe a r sa l a t
St. P a u l ’s Church.
Mar. 7— 1:00 P.M. — Wom­e
n ’s Bowling League.
6:00 P.M. — Lititz Ro­ta
ry Club Meeting a t the
General Sutter Hotel.
7:30 P.M. — Board of
Zoning Adjus tment meet­ing
at Borough Hall.
Mar. 8— 7:30 P.M. — Sewer
Authority meeting at Bor­ough
Hall.
8:00 P.M.— Senior Choir
rehear sal a t St. P a u l ’s
Crurch.
All clubs ami organizations
are asked to co-operate in this
project by culling the Recrea­tion
Center any day from 3 :3 0
■p.m. to 5 p.m., Thursday and
Fridays from 10 to 13 a.m.
and 1 to 3 p.m. Those wish­ing
to write in may do so by
inaiUng to l ‘,0 . Rox 325.