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Christmas Shopping Season Gets
In Full Swing Tonight In Lititz
The Christmas shopping season officially gets underway today with th e
lighting of the Christmas decorations on the downtown streets and the arrival
of Santa Claus in his castle tonight next to the General Sutter Hotel on East
Main Street.
Stores will be open every evening until 9 p.m. starting tonight and con­tinuing
to Christmas Eve. There are only sixteen shopping days left ’til Christ­mas.
A window shopping tour of
th e stores in town reveals
them to be filled with a fas­cin
a tin g variety ¡otf 'gifts —
anything you would want to
' uy can ibe found right here,
ranging from toys lo r tiny
to ts right up to gifts for Dear
Old Dad.
We always think of the chil­d
ren first when We think of
Christmas, and the re a re myri­ad
s of toys in th e local stores,
costing anywhere from a dime
up to — well, you know the
price of a shiny new bike with
all the elaborate equipment
they c a rry nowadays — a tru e
delight fo r boys and girls!
There a re marvelous dolls
for little girls. A nerw one this
year cries, h u t stops when you
pick her up, or give her a bot­tle.
Another one walks when
you ta k e h e r hand, and others
talk. There is an adorable baby
in a cradle which play» a lull­aby
when rocked. Some dolls
have soft bodies, ¡like they did
long ago. The “ teen-age dolls,
“Bartoie” and her friends, are
very popular, and their war­drobes
a re elaborate. Dolls can
h e obtained in many of t h e
local stores. There a re still the
fyeloved stuffed toys, including
A huge Teddy h e a r which plays
a tune. Or if you like, you can
m ake your own stuffed toys,
including the en tire Flintstone
family.
Also fo r little g irls are elec­tric
appliances th a t really
work, such as stoves, mixers,
flatirons, sewing machines.
(Mom h a s been known to
m ak e use of these in a pinch.)
F o r boys, experiments with
electricity a re new this year
and come in a variety of sets.
Also popula r a re Army itema,
such as helmets, camouflage
l a p i l l i !
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COUNTING THE DAYS: Clyde and Alan Rose, sons pf Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas VV. Rose, Lititz R2, a re shown opening the
little windows on an Advent calendar. Starting December 1, a
window is opened every day u n til Christmas, revealing a Christ­mas
symbol each day. F o r Christmas Eve it is the Nativity
scene, and on Christmas Day i t is Santa Claus. The boys have
reached December 5 th on th e calendar.
Dr. Minnich
Elected Pres.
Of Board
Or. H. B. 'Minnich was re­elected
president of the Wa r­wick
Union School board at
th e annual reorganization
jmeeting last Monday night. He
is sta rtin g hie 10th year on
the hoard.
Wilbur Graylbill, who has
served on th e hoard fo r 10
years, was elected vice presi­dent.
He served as board pres­ident
fo r eig h t years p rio r to
Or. 'Minnlch’s first term of
office.
The hoard voted not to ask
th e county board fo r a con­ference
about th e new school
reorganization plan th a t is to
be suhmittted to the sta te next
year. This is .because they are
in complete accord with the
county p lan and feel a con­ference
is not necessary, they
explained.
Sworn into office were two
new members, Dr. Rodney C.
Welch and Horace A. Kauff­man.
The retirin g members are:
Richa rd S. Allebach, a mem­ber
for six y ea rs; and Clyde
Hendricks, 18 years, 11 of
which were spent as a mem­b
e r of the Warwick Union
Board and seven on th e for­mer
L ititz hoard.
James Klopp, Rothsville,
was named to the school au th ­ority
fo r a five year term. He
'replaces John Reitz whose
term expires on Jan. 8, 1964.
In other business the board
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outfits, gunis, tanks, and so
•forth. Racing c a r sets are high
on little boys’ lis ts fo r Santa
to ¡bring.
There, is a wide variety of
books and games fo r children.
For example, we spotted a
b e autifully illu stra ted new
version of an old favorite,
•Grimm’s Fairy Tales. Illu stra ­ted
dictionaries are nice for
smal children, as a r e “how-to-d
o -it” books, including t h e
Or. Suess books which children
love. A rt ¡materials are always
desired, and very new is a
Colortint se t by which children
le arn to p a in t by steps, n o t
numbers. This comes in both
crayon and water color. Fold-out
games a re attractiv e for
the young ones, and come in
different styles, such as
“ABC” , Happy Puppy, trains,
and the like.
F o r th e teen-ager, a p o rta ­ble
typewriter makes a won­d
e rfu l gift, one which will last
many years. There is a splen­did
electric portable which is
no more expensive than t h e
regulation size manual mach­ine,
and the la test thing in
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SANTA'S HOURS
Santa Claus will be in his
castle every Thursday, F r i­day
and Saturday from 6 to
0 pun., and Saturday morn­ings
from 10 aan. to 1 pan.,
sta rtin g .tonight.
Stores will be open every
n ight u n til 9 pan. u n til
December 24, when they
will close a t 5 p.m.
1
School Menu
Monday
Open-face hot beef sand­wich,
gravy, mashed potatoes,
corn, peaches.
Tuesday
/Chuck ‘wagon steak in roil,
baked beans, ca rrot sticks,
applesauce.W
ednesday
Grilled bamburg, peas &
■ ca rrots, tossed salad, assorted
fru it.
Thursday
Oven fried chicken, whipped
potatoes, corn, jello f ru it cup.
Friday
Fish sticks, buttered nood­les,
tomato sauce, relish tray,
ipopsiele.
Local Community
Chest To Meet
The Lititz-Warwick Com­munity
Chest will hold its fi­nal
meeting oif 1963 oh Tues­day,
Dec, 10, a t 8 ,p.m.
in the I. Walton Bobst Rec­reation
Center.
New : officers, and board
members will be elected. Al­b
e rt T aft is c u rre n t president.
Oak Street
Bridge Being
Overhauled
Work on th e repair of the
Oak Stre et bridge has ¡begun,
it was announced yesterday by
Borough Manager R. Keith
Armstrong.
■Council has authorized $500
for temporary repa ir of t h e
existing bridge, and this con­stitu
te s te aring out much of
what was th e re because t h e
timbers were rotted and the
north pier of the bridge had
collapsed, Armstrong said.
After te aring away old as­p
h a lt and timbers workmen
are removing the collapsed
portion of the p ie r and will
reconstruct it and reinforce it
with concrete.
Sheet metal . is being used
a s bearing plates and some
railroad ties, which were al­ready
¡there, as s tru c tu ra l
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Neil Sheneberger Wins
Democracy Script Gantest
1 Neil Sheneberger, sixteen, a
junior a t Warwick Union
High School, is winner of th e
annual area Voice of Democ­racy
Scriptwritlng contest, it
was announced by the Lititz
Springs Veterans of Foreign
Wars, Post 1463, sponsors of
th e contest.
Sheneberger a l s o w o n
th ird place in th e county
judging, which took place
Tuesday n ig h t a t E phra ta .
¡He is the son of Mr. and
¡Mrs. Irvin Sheneberger, 1 4 9
E a st New S tre e t, and is a
“B” student a t school. He will
receive a prize of $25 from
the local VFW Post.
Second prize of $10 went
to Ann Gearhart, d au g h te r of
Mr. and Mr»., Joseph Gear­h
a rt; third prize of $5 to Wil­liam
Pezick, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Pezick, and
fo u rth prize of $5 to T rina
Leed, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Russell Leed.
The scripts were prepared
under the direction of Scott
Garman, Warwick High Sch­ool
speech teacher.
The local contest was spon­sored
in conjunction with the
17th annual Voice of Democ­racy
Broadcast Scriptwriting
Contest sponsored by the Vet­erans
of Foreign Wars of the
United States and endorsed by
the United States Office of Ed­ucation.
The text of the prize-win­ning
broadcast script by Neil
Sheneberger, follows:
THE CHALLENGE
OF CITIZENSHIP
l shall begin with the
r
Neil Sheneberger
rig h ts of citizenship, for
without certain rights the chal­lenge
to be a good citizen
would not exist. Rather, the
challenge would be to a tta in a
society in which these rights
do exist. So, to each indivi­dual
must go his inalienable
rights — then, and only then,
wild the individual feel obli­gated
to meet the challenge
of serving his society.
You know „the rig h ts gu ar­anteed
us by our documents,
and by n a tu ra l precept. There
is no real need to ¡numerate.
You realize th a t with these
rig h ts goes the duty to under­stand
them, to be informed
about them, and to elect offi­cials
who uphold them.
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SHOOTS FIVE POINT BUCK: Donald Coble, L ititz R2, Is
shown with the deer he shot n ea r Hopeland on Monday, one of
the first animals to be bagged In th is are a a t th e s ta rt of the
deer-huintiing season.! /
Donald G>ble Shoots
5-Pt. Buck At Hopeland
Swim Pool
Tickets For
Xmas Gifts
The borough is sta rtin g the
sale of Swimming pool tickets
for the Lititz Springs pool,
suggesting them as Christmas
gifts for family and friends.
The tickets, which cost $30
for a family membership and
$15 for individual, are for the
1964 season sta rtin g Memor­ial
Day.
A donor can make up a
gift certificate, and the bor-sugh
offers an easy payment
plan based on a $5 increment.
Application blanks can be fill­ed
in and mailed with what­ever
amount the donor chooses
to pay now. He may pay from
time to time up until the open­ing
of the pool, and when paid
in full, the ticket will be sent
to him.
Application blanks will soon
be available at the usual stores
in Lititz, or a t the borough
office where information will
be taken for the application
blanks.
Retrirn True Bills
Against Four Men
The Grand Ju ry in Lancas­ter
County Court returned
tru e bills against four Lititz
men th is week.
If they plead guilty they
will be sentenced on December
13, and if they plead not guil­ty,
will • be tried in quarter
sessions court the week of
Jan u ary 13.
Charges aga inst them were
brought by Lititz Police. Offi­cer
Howard Dissinger brought
charges against Ronald Lee
Botzum, 118 New St., on two
counts of public indecency and
operating a car during suspen­sion.
Officer H. Lloyd Long
brought charges against Paul
M. Badorf, General S u tte r Ho­tel,
for drunken driving, Offi­cer
Fred Lucas charged Roger
Garman, N. Cedar St. with
drunken driving, and Charles
W. Loose, Lititz R l, for h it
and run.
Donald ¡Coble, L ititz R2,
was the first a re a h u n te r
known to this newspaper to
shoot a deer on the opening
of the season Monday, Dec. 2.
Coble sh o t tn e animal, a
five-point buck weighing about
125 pounds, a t 8:30 a.m. be­tween
Hopeland and Klinefel-tersville
on State game lands
No. 46.
F o r 19 years Coble has gone
to Sullivan county fo r deer
hunting, b u t this year the ow­ner
of th e lands th e re wanted
a fée of $1000, he told friends.
So he decided to hu n t nea/rer
home. He went o u t to the
Hopeland area on Sunday to
look it over, picked a place
and returned there- a t 7:30
a.m. Monday, hunting alone.
Cable said th e re w asn’t
mu'ch shooting before 8 a.m.
About 7:20 toe toeard seven
sh o ts ,, th en about six shots.
The a re a was semi-open te r­rain
covered with lau re l and
brush. Finally two doe went
by and about 15 minutes la ter
th e buck came along with his
head to the ground, ju st walk­ing.
U
sing a 30-30 Winchester
rifle, Coble fired tlhree shots
at his prey. He said he drop­ped
th e buck on the first shot,
'but the animal ¡got up and sta r­ted
¡running. The second shot
misfired, and the th ird brought
him down.
This is the 11th d ee r th a t
Coble has shot. The la rg e st
'was an eight-point ¡buck he
shot about 5 years ago, h e r e ­ports.
Another local hu n te r w h o
had a successful first d ay trip
was John L. Huber, 311 Lin­den
St., who shot a epi'ke
buck, (one with two horns,
no points,) ¡Monday a t 4 p.m.
in Lycoming ¡county. He
downed it in one shot. Huber
goes h u n tin g every year.
Local Hunters
Account For
Big Deer Kill
Schools To Present
Christmas Programs
Schools of the Warwick Union District will cele­brate
the Christmas season with musical programs,
beginning Sunday, December 8 at 3 p.m. with the
annual Warwick High School Candlelight Concert
directed by Miss Mary Jean Sakoski.
The Madrigal Singers will
open the program with Select­ed
recitatives and arias from
Handel’s Messiah; Jesus, Rest
Your Head, an Appalachian
Carol collected by John Jacob
Niles; Carol of the Drum, and
The Shepherd’s Chorus from
Amahl and the Night Visitors.
The Brass Choir, under the
direction of Henry C. Steiner,
will render th e ir own version
of familiar carols.
The highlight of the concert
will be the Glee Club’s pre­sentation
of “Legends of the
Madonna” , an expression of
Christmas through music and
art. Singing a t Christmas goes
back to the early centuries.
There are carols in all tongues
of this world, promising peace
to man and praising God in a
never ending Gloria.
In selecting this program
the school aims to bring to­gether
g rea t moments in music
and a rt, and has chosen not
only pictures and folk songs
which are universal favorites,
but also others which are not
so widely known. Represented
will be music and a r t of the
Italian, French, German, Flem­ish
and Spanish Schools.
The program will conclude
with an inspiring in te rp re ta ­tion
of the Hallelujah Chorus
from the Messiah. Accompan-ing
the chorus will be a select
musical ensemble directed by
Ray Kauffman. Among the
Glee Club soloists will be Rob­e
rt Donmoyer, Emily Klenin,
Diane Taft, Glenn Ludwig,
David Keehn, Kaite Schilling,
Michael Allebach and Marilyn
Stauffer . Accompanists are
Charles Hornberger, Janice
Myer, and Darlene Helman.
A reception for the concert
participants and th e ir parents
will be held immediately fol­lowing
the concert. The FHA
girls and the Home Economics
Department are cooperating in
arranging the reception.
L ititz E lem e n ta ry
The Lititz Elementary School
will present “Twas the Night
Before Christmas” on Friday,
December 13, at 8 p.m. in- the
Dititz Elementary gymnasium.
Featured in the musical pro­gram
will be th e first, second,
and third grades singing songs
and showing how worshipers,
carolers and children prepare
for the Christmas holiday.
Students in the primary special
education class will take p art
in showing how the night be­fore
Christmas is spent.
Piano accompanist will be
Miss Ruth Frantz, and direct­ing
the program will be Mrs.
Kay L. Kemper, assisted by
the classroom teachers.
Jo h n Beck School
The John Beck Elementary
School will present “The Bless­ed
Nativity” on Thursday and
Friday, December 12 and 13
a t 7:30 p.m. in the John Beck
auditorium.
The story is told through
pantomine and choral singing
and is presented by the fifth
and sixth grades.
Piano accompanist will be
Mrs. Barbara Garner. Miss
Esther Markey and Carl Sel-domridge
are in charge of
scepery. Mrs. 'Hazel Moore
will be directing the program,
with the assistance of the class­room
teachers.
Local h u n te rs accounted for
a total of 31 white tailed deer
to be dressed a t Ranck’s Meat
Market by Wednesday noon,
Vernon Ranck told the Record-
Express yesterday.
While only two of the deer
were shot in the county, the
total number is running ahead
of former years, Ranck said.
Henry Aument bagged a
beautiful eight-pointer in Ti­oga
County. According to
Ranck, this was probably the
outstanding early kill of the
season by hunte rs from this
area. ■ •
Other successful Nimrods
from the Lititz area include
Ken Mease, Donald Rowe, Mel­vin
Weaver, Charles Keller,
Gilbert Witmer, Ted Hevener,
Lester Underkoffler, Don Cob­le,
Carl R itte r, Dubs Halde-man,
Bill Gibson and Elmer
Longenecker.
It was reported the “Her-shey”
Camp bagged seven deer
by Tuesday afternoon a t 3:30.
The lucky hunte rs included
Owen Hershey, Ike Hershey of
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YOUNG MEN'S LEAGUE
The Young Men’s Business
League will hold its Christmas
party Wednesday, Dec. 11, at
6:30 p.m. in the American Le­gion
Home. The dinner will
fea ture tu rk ey and ham. Nor­man
Rowe, a representative of
the Bell Telephone Co., will
furnish the entertainment.
Bazaar Table To Feature
Woman’s Club Meeting
One of the highlights of the
Christmas meeting of the L it­itz
Woman’s Club to be held
Monday, December 9, a t the
General S u tte r Hotel will be
a b az aa r table.
The Garden Group of the
Home Life and Conservation
d ep a rtm en t will have a large
selection of Christmas greens
and decorations for sale and
•members are expected to con­trib
u te hand-made gift items,
•cookies, candies etc. The Ways
and Means Department is
helping in the arrangement of
the table and the sale will
begin a t 7:45 p.'m. The busi­ness
meeting and program
will begin a t 8:15 p.m.
The program for the eve­ning
will be an original mono­logue,
“The Prince Of Peace” ,
a symphony of the ages,
which will be given by Mrs.
Harold Lehman oif Lancaster.
Mrs. Lehman is a native a£
Lancaster County. She a tten ­ded
¡Messiah College and is on
the teaching staff a t the F irs t
Presbyterian Church oif Lanc­aster.
She will be introduced
by Mrs. William Jaede.
This will also be a Recip­rocity
meeting and invitations
have been sent to all County
■Club Presidents. The Club
Chorus, under the direction of
Mrs. Gordon Burkey, will pre­sent
several Christmas selec­tions.
Gifts of tooth-paste, dusting
powder and tissues will be col­lected
a t this meeting to be
given to the patients in the
Lancaster County Hospital and
•member's are also to ¡bring
gifts for the Harrisburg State
Hospital.
Hostesses ¡for th e evening
will be Mrs. Joseph Grosh and
Mrs. Avis Stengel and t h e
Collect will be read by Mrs.
Howard Lebo,
Stockholders Vote
On Proposed Sale
Of Gen. Sutter Hotel
The stockholders of the ven­erable
General S u tter Hotel, a t
a special meeting Monday, vot­ed
to be given the privilege of
selling the building, it was
confirmed by Dr. M. H. Yoder,
chairman of the stockholders.
The hotel will continue to
operate until a fu rth e r an­nouncement
is made, it is un-
Beth B unk
Odd Fellows
To Honor
Beth Runk ■ i
Miss Beth Runk, Warwick
High School Senior Who was
the 19 63 delegate to th e ' Uni­ted
Nations s e n t by the local
Independent Order oif Odd F e l­lows
Lodge No. ¡1050, will be
honored a t a din n e r ¡meeting
a t thé Odd Fellows Hall on
Monday, • December 9, a t 6:30
p.m.
All Odd Fellows and Rebe-kahs
are invited to attend. '
Also present a,t this .meet­ing
will be Mr. and Mrs. Wil­liam
Carlon. of Folcrotft, Pa.,
who a re the general officers of
the UJN. Pilgrimage for Youth
for the jurisdiction of Penn­sylvania.
Others attending will
b e delegates from Berks coun­ty
who ¡participated in . t h i s
yea r’s pilgrimage. They will
give a resume of th e ir U.N,
experience.
Ambucs Receive
National Award
Thé L ititz Chapter of the
American Business Clubs has
been honored with a “ Superior
Club Award” by the National
Association of American Busi­ness
Clubs, it was announced
today.
The achievements of th e lo­cal
Ambucs were made during
last year when .Robert Derek
was president of the organiza­tion.
Richard Bauman, lieu ten ­a
n t governor of District B,
made the presentation.
The General consul o f
Mexico to the United States,
Alberto Genis Avila, was sche­duled
to be th e speaker a t the
meeting la st n ight on the sub­ject
of th e relationship be­tween
the United States and
Mexico.
Five new members were
scheduled to be pledged to
membership and one to be
reinstated. Harold McCreary
and Carl Haldeman were s la t­ed
to be installed as new direc­tors
for the coming year.
The Ambucs will entertain
the ir wives a t the annual dinn­er
dance to be held a t Over­look
Country Club Dec. 14.
Music will be provided by Bob
DiMaio orchestra.
Plan Toy Tea
For Hospital
The United Auxiliaries of
the Lancaster General Hospi­tal
a re sponsoring a ' Toy Tea
Saturday, December 7 from 1
to 3 p.m. a t the Host Motel.
The event is open to the
public and the admission is ‘ a
toy for the Children’s Ward
a t the hospital. This should be
a toy suitable for a sick child
and one th a t is safe.
Mrs. Warren Diehm, presi­dent
of the Lititz Auxiliary,
and Mrs. Arthur Griswold will
assist as hostesses, and other
members of the local group
will assist with the Tea. Mrs.
Cleo Deip is chairman of the
affair.
derstood. The present manag­ers,
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Wagner,
who have operated the hotel
since 1931, will re tire a t the
end of the year, and will live
in their home in Lititz.
It is understood th a t
Church denomination is con­sidering
buying the hotel, al­though
this could not be de­finitely
confirmed. It was in ­dicated
th a t full approval has
not yet been given by the
denominations council. Mean­while
it is possible the re are
other prospective buyers. This
is understood not to be th e
Moravian congregation, which
a few months ago considered
it, then tabled it.
Has Long History
The hotel, which is used by
many organizations throughout
the county for their meetings,
is an outgrowth of an early
tavern and built in 1764 and
owned by the Moravian Con­gregation.
A two-story brick
addition, which is p a rt of the
present hotel building, was
added in 1804. I t bore the
name of “Znm Anker,” (An­chor
Inn,) which was display­ed
with the picture of an an­chor
as its sign before the
door. The hotel was adminis­tered
for the congregation by
a succession of landlords until
1854, about the time the “ set­tlement”
arrangement was dis­continued.
(This was the lease-system,
under which all land
was owned by the Moravian
Church, and leased to house­holders.
I t was discontinued in
1855. ) Then it was purchased
by Samuel Lichenthaeier
who operated it until his
death in 1867.
Remodel Building
The old brick hotel building
was la te r enlarged to several
times its original size, and in
1929 was purchased by the
Community Hote; Corporation,
an organization of citizens of
Lititz sponsored by the Young
Men’s Business league, who
formed a stock company to
take over the property and
make it into a modern hotel.
It was very much changed and
beautified, both inside and out;
a large dining room room, sun
parlor, and other additions
being buiit, but it still in ­corporates
the original brick
building of 1804. In 1930 the
remodeled hotel was opened to
the public — again as in the
beginning, a community pro­ject.
I t was given the name of
General Sutter Hotel, being
named for General John Au­gustus
Sutter, on whose land
gold was discovered in Califor­nia.
Sutter spent his la st years
in Lititz, and with his wife is
buried in the Moravian gravé-yard.
The hotel is an excellent
example of Colonial architec­tu
re and contributes greatly
to the town “ square,” together
with the other handsome build­ings
located there.
Community
Calendar
Dec. 5— 6:30 P.M. — Radio
Club meeting a t the Recrea­tion
Center.
7:30 P.M. — Fire Co. Auxi­liary
meeting a t the Fire
Hall.
8:00 P.M. — Sr. Class play
a t the Warwick High School
Auditorium.
Dec. 7— 9:00 A.M. — J r. and
Sr. High Boys Bowling a t
Lititz Lanes.
8:00 P.M. — ABC’s present
“Larry F e rra ri Show” a t
the Warwick High School
auditorium.
Dec. 8— 7:00 P.M. — Lititz
Church of the Brethren \.n -
dlelight Service.
Dec, 9— 6:20 P.M. — Tap and
Ballet Classes a t the Recrea­tion
Center.
7:30 P.M. — Odd Fellows
meeting a t Odd Fellow Hall.
Dec. 10— 1:00 P.M. — Wo­men’s
Bowling a t the Lititz
Lanes.
3:30 P.M. — 5th and 6th
grade boys and girls bowling
at Lititz Lanes.
6:00 P.M. — Rotary Club
meeting a t Hotel Sutter.
7:30 P.M. — Lititz Church
of the Brethren 'Assembly
of Warwick Asso. of
Churches.
7:30 P.M. — The Assembly
of the Warwick Association
of Churches will meet in
the Church of the Brethren.
7:30 P.M. — Lititz Osteo­pathic
Hospital Guild meet-
( Continued oh rage 3)