Lititz Record Express

              T he Lititz Record - Express
Serving The Warwick Union Area For Nearly A Century
89th Year E s ta b lish e d April, 1877, a s The Sunbeam
(Con so lid a ted with The Xiititz Record, 1937) Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa. 17543, Thursday, May 20, 1965 7 cents a Copy; $3.00 per y e a r by m a ll
within L a n c a s te r Coun ty; $4.00 elsewhere 14 Pages No. 6
Curfew Is Not Dead;
Council To Discuss It
Daniel Marks
Warwick Lions
Nominate At
Family Night
Family NlgM was observed
by the Warwick Toiwtosbip
Lions Club at their meeting
recently in thie Memorial
building at RotohsvaUe. A lbu|f-feit
supper was served to 52
»nieimibers and thieiiir ifamilMes.
Officers for the coming
year were nominated as fol­lows:
'Daniel Marks Jr., pres­ident;
David Buckwalter, 1st
vice president; John M-isMar,
2nd vice president; Donald
Weaver, 3rd vice president;
Marvin Feller, secretary; Ben
Forney, treasurer.
William Sharp less and Mar­lin
Imvin, directors for one
year; Chester Eekman and
Harold Sb-aak, directors for
two years; Paul Bushong,
Lion Tamer; Marliin Inwin,
Tail .Twister.
The program featured “The
Buchanans” of Warwick Un­ion
High School, including
Carl Ziegler, Eugene Elser,
Mike Hamlmond and Paul Bru­baker.
School Menu
Monday
Ravioli, cheese wedge, cel-iry/
p. butter, assorted fruit.
Tuesday
Barbecue, baked potatoes,
relish, creamy pudding.
Wednesday
Italian steak sandwich, wiax
beans, potato chips, pears.
Thursday
Chicken conn pie, cheese
wedge, carrot cut, popsiidle.
Friday
Fish sticks or grilled ham-burg,
baked beans, celery/p.
butter, May blossom cookies.
Monday
NO SICHOOL, MEMORIAL
DAY HOLIDAY.
The proposal for a curfew
in Lithtz is expected to be
discussed at length by bor­ough
council at its next meet­ing,
Tuesday evening, May
25, Borough Manager George
D. Steedte said yesterday.
The members also will dis­cuss
a proposed junkyard or­dinance
for the borough.
IS-teed-le will present a let­ter
to Council from the De­partment
of Health which has
to do with a borough en­vironmental
survey. Be also
will present a report on the
progress of North and South
Broad Street, and on a Huth
Engineering bill of $206 for
a survey of Mleine Alley.
He will submit a list of
alleys, which are proposed to
be designated as “Lanes,” in­stead
of “Alleys.” The basic
names will not be changed.
These are thoroughfares with
a 16<foot right of way.
Council will submit an ap­plication
for county and state
aid which, will permit the
borough to utilize highway
aid funds for street resurfac­ing
this sumimer.
A report will be received
from the borough engineer
concerning the proposed wa­ter
line from: Wilbur Choco­late
Company to the head of
the Lititz Creek.
Council hopes to have a re­port
from the solicitor as to
the tax status of philanthro­pic
institutions, in order to
learn how and why they be­came
tax exempt.
lit is expected to have a
report from the Lancaster
Planning Commission con-cerhing
the borough’s Proj­ect
70 request, which is in
three phases. Council also
will receive a report on pro­posed
Cable TV.
The Lititz Re c r e a t i o n
Board’s budget will come up
for discussion.
The John Beck waiter
study will be presented, show­ing
it would be feasible to
run a water line from the
borough to the school. The
Woodridge water line which
goes through the Keller
property will be discussed,
and storm drainage also will
be on the agenda. ' '
CUBS TO MEET
Cub Sieout Pack #42 will
meet tonight at 7:30 p.im. in
Fellowship iHall; Moravian
Sunday School building. The
theme for the evening will
he “Our Home Town.” The
planning eomimittee includes
Charles Regennas, Dale Shel­ley,
Pete Bachman and New-pher
Shirker. William York,
Oobmaster, will be in change.
The committee attended the
Round Table ait Ephrata
where the thieime was dis­cussed.
Woman’s Club Observes
25th Anniversary Party
The Lititz Woman’s Club
observed its Silver Anniver­sary
at the annual spring
banquet held Monday evening
at the Foodergong Restau­rant,
Akron.
Recognition was given to
the past presidents, the new
officers were installed, new
committees appointed and re­ports
given.
Miss Barbara Wise, presi­dent,
presided. Eighteen past
presidents were p r e s e n t
which was 100 per cent at­tendance,
some having served
more than one term. Miss
Wise reviewed briefly the out­standing
events in each peri­od
of office and Mrs. Richard
Heistand, the first to serve,
and Mrs. John G. Hersh-ey,
the second, spoke briefly.
Each past president, includ­ing
Miss Wise, was presented
with a silver pin.
Mrs, Robert Eshe-lman, pres­ident
of the County Federa­tion,
installed the following
officers: Miss Wise, president;
Mrs. Garth Becker, 1st vice
pres.; Mrs. Herbert Fry, 2nd
vice pres.; Mrs. William
liksch, recording secretary;
Mrs. Frederick Augustine, cor­responding
secretary, ¡andMrs.
Jules Klenin, treasurer.
Mrs. Robert Derek, chair­man
of the Ways and Mean®
committee, reported- the rum-,
mlage sale had ¡netted ¡the
Club $00. ¡Mrs. -William Scat-chard,
-membership chairman,
reported two ¡new members
had- joined the ¡Club: iMrs. Ray
Kauffman, Lititz, and ¡Mrs. J.
H. Davis, Lititz R.3.
Miss Wise appointed -the
following committees: Mrs.
William Ringer, finance; Mrs.
Arthur Holder, hospitality;
Mrs. 'Sc-ait-chard, membership;
Mrs. Winfield Rosenberg, ways
and means; IMrs. John- Skin­ner,
welfare; ¡Mrs. Howard
Minni-ch, conservation; Mrs.
G. Dale ICarfcwriight, fine- 'arts
and education; Mrs. Lloyd
Sheaffer, h-orne life; Mrs.
Charles -Esh-elim-an, public and
international affairs; Mrs..
Garth Becker, program; Miss
Mildred Young, ¡publicity.
Miss Anna ¡Mary ¡Franck
read- the Collect and Mrs. R.
D. Buck waiter -and ¡Mrs. Rich­ard
Yerger served -as hostess­es.
Mrs. William Whitten Jr.
entertained the- past presi­dents
foll-ow-inig the bamque-t
a-t her home- o-n- Woodcre-st
Avenue. T-h-e eighteen attend­ed
as well as two special
guests, Mrs. John- Yahrees,
South-eastern District vice
president, and Mrs. Robert S.
Eshe-lman, president o-f the
Federated Clubs o-f Lancas­ter
County.
NEW LOOK FOR OLD HOUSE: F u rth e r restoration of the Johannes Mueller
House, 137-39 East Main Street, gives it a new “old’" look. The parking meter has
been removed and a hitching rail has been installed. An old-time bench has been
placed under a window, and at far right can be seen th e old-time picket fence
recently installed by the Lititz Historical Foundation.
Circulation “Mueller House” Open
On The Rise To Public On June 10
At Library
The Lititz Library is mak­ing
every effort to open early
in June at it's ne-w headquar­ters,
it was announced- by M.
C. Demimy, president of the
board of directors, at the an­nual
meeting Tuesday- night.
They will occupy a large
room at 3 East Orange Street,
where they h-o-pe to exip-and.
At the organization meet­ing,
Alfred Douple and Mrs.
Eugene S'teffy were elected
directors for five years. Dem-my
was reelected president;
Thom-as iHartens-tme, vice
president; Mrs. Edwin Rosen-q-
uis-t, secretary, and Douple,
treasurer. Other board: mem­bers
are John G. Hershey and
Miss Myrtle Eckert.
A report was given of the
large increase in circulation
over the past few years. In
19-60, when the library was
still -located -in the High
School building, the circula­tion
amounted to 1,694 chil­dren-,
and 1,144 adults, a to­tal
of 2,-838. That year it
¡moved to the Hotel, and cir­culation
increased every year
since, so that by 19-64 the
circulation was 8,315 children
and 2,6i2’5 adults, or a total
of 10,940.
The library now has over
7,000 volumes and it is h-oped
to increase the number
-through the purchase and
donations of more books,
especially child) l’s. An ap­peal
is made to the public
for the donation o-f books for
youngsters.
Total receipts last year
we're $920.42 and expendi­tures
were $572.2-6. Ho-wever,
Demimy said, expenses w-ill
be higher this year as they
are in a m'uch larger place
and will have workers on a
paid basis instead of all vol-
The historic stone and frame
house at 137-139 East Main
Street henceforth will be
known as the “Johannes Muell­er
House,” commemorating the
man who built the house in
1792, it was agreed by the
board of directors of the Lititz
Historical Foundation this
week.
The house was purchased by
the Foundation moire than a
year ago and has undergone
extensive restoration.
It will be open to the public
starting June 10, on the fol­lowing
schedule:
Weekdays and Sundays, 1
p.m. to 4 p.m.; Saturdays and
holidays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m,
Guides will be on hand to
assist visitors.
A preview will be held for
-the members of the Founda­tion
on Saturday, June 5, from
1 p.m. to 4 p.m., when they
may see what has been done
in the way of restoring and
furnishing the house and sett­ing
up a museum.
The Foundation directors al­so
will be hoist^ to the direc­tors
of the Buchanan Founda­tion
for the Preservation of
Wheatland on Sunday, June 6,
between 2 and 4 p.m. The
Buchanan Foundation made
1 available to the Lititz museum
on a loan basis a number of
articles identified with early
Lititz and once the property
of the late Dr. Cameron E.
Lane.
After the house is open to
the public on June 10, there
will be a charge of fifty cents
for each visitor to the house
and adjoining museum. This
will enable the visitor to see
a house which was built in
1792 and which in architecture
and furnishings is typical of
the homes of Lititz of the 18th
Century, and which reflects
the conditions under which the
early settlers of this and other
communities lived. They may
also see a museum of arti­facts
which reflect the life and
culture of Lititz through the
years.
Special Rates
Special rates will be offer­ed
group of people. Chil­dren
under twelve years of
age will be admitted with­out
charge. There is no
charge to Foundation mem­bers.
The directors are cooperat­ing
with the nearby Sturgis
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List Senior
Class At HS
The list of members of -the
Senior Class of Warwick: High
Stahool Was released yester­day
at the school.
Officials emphasized, how­ever,
that -thiis is not the final
list of graduates for the
Cammencem-en-t exercises on
Thursday evening, June- 10,
because examinations prior to
that date will determine
those who pa-s-s.
Exaiminations wil-1 he held
June 7, 8 and 9, when the
high school will dismiss at
1 p.-m., arid the- elementary
schools at 1:20 p.-m., Super-,
vising Principal G. Marlin
Sip aid said.
-Pupils' do not report on
June 10, th-e day of Com­mencement.
However, high
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Local Marine In Thick
Of Fight In San Domingo
unt-eers.
Trout Bonanza
Planned Sunday
The Lititz Sportsmen’s As­sociation
will hold its annual
“trout bonanza” at the Lebanon
Pumping Station on Sunday
from 1 to 4 p.m.
Children under 14 years of
-age may fish without charge,
whlie adults must pay a $1
registration fee.
Over 500 trout up to 19
inches long will be stocked.
There will be prize trout, one
of which will have a special
prize for the lucky youngster
who lands it. Refreshments
will be on sale.
All local sportsmen are urg­ed
to bring their youngsters.
HORSE SHOW
The annual Horse ¡Sho-w
and May Day festivities will
be he-l'd at Lin-dem Hal-l on
Saturday, May 22. Th-e Horse
Show wiil-1 start at 8 a.m. un­der
the direction o-f1 Miss Ol-lie
Firuski, riding mistress,
and t-h-e May Day pageant a-t
2 p.m. with Mrs. Kathryn-. Fa-fano,
head o-f t-h-e physical
education -department, in
charge.
LC.pl, Glenn B. Knight, U,
S. Marine ¡Corps, was one of
the first ashore ait -Sanito Do­mingo,
Dominican Republic,
a-t the start o-f hostilities, and
gives the Record-Express a
first-hand account of the
troubled situation there.
He is -the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Glenn, -F. Knight, 308 N.
Elm ¡Street, Warwick Acres-,
and the grandson of Mr. and
Mrs. C. R. Koehler, 11-3 iS.
Cedar \St.
He enlisted in the Marines
in October, 1962, and started
a tour of sea duty aboard the
U-SiS Independence (OVA 02.)
Since February, 1064, he h-as
been a journalist -for the Sec­ond
Marine Division at Catnip
Lejeune, N.iC. -His stores have
been released -for publication
as official USM-C releases.
Two months ago Qpl.
Knight was deployed -to the
Carriibean with Battalion-Land­ing
Team 3/6 and was right
off shore when civil strife
broke out in Sanito Domingo.
He wias one of ¡the first ashore
and h-as -been' keeping abreast
of t'he situation- ever since.
His first -story follows:
By LCpl Glenn B. Knight
With the 4th MEB in
Santo Domingo, D.R. (delayed)
In this uneasy city, as in
any other part of -the ¡world,
Glenn Knight
a -man’s home i-s his castle
and -the 5,000 memiber-s of the
4th Marine Expeditionary Bri­gade
(4th M-EIB), deiploy-ed in
the Dominican Republic have
managed ¡to make their GI
“homes” a-s i-mipres-sive as pos­sible.
As the observer lands at
the (San -Isidro airport and
proceeds through- -the line of
communication toward .Check­point
Charlie he will- notice
Marines living on the front
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Groff and Gibble Win
Large Victory In Twp.
Reedy Wins
Contest For
Tax Office
il-n- the only intra^a-rty pri­mary
fight in Lititz Borough,
Raymond S. Reedy, Tuesday,
won an overwhelming victory
over Roy M. Frey for th-e
nomination for the office of
tax collector.
He piled up 492 votes
a-gains'-t Frey’s 52, and led the
Republican ticket despite the
fact there were no other con­tests.
Russell L. Templeton re­ceived-
471 Republican votes
for Mayor, plu-si one inde­pendent
vote. Judge William
G. Johnstone Jr., running for
renomination for both par­ties,
received 471 Republican
votes and 70 Democratic
votes.
John A. Wenger, who is
seeking his first full term as
the borough representative-on
the school board, was unop­posed
for nomination on the
GOiP ballot and received a
total o-f 453 votes. He Was
appointed- to the board1 about
a year ago to fill! a vacancy.
William E. Ringer, GOP nom­inee
for borough auditor, un­opposed,
received 179 votes.
Councilimen running on the
GOiP ticket for renomination
unopposed include (Floyd
H-agy, First Ward, 1-70 votes;
D. Curtis- Ami don, Second
Ward, 104; M. C. Demimy,
Third Ward, 178.
Wilbur Miller, Lititz, was
one of four sucoelsstful nom­inees
for the county-wide of­fices
of- prison inspectors, re­ceiving
455 votes in the] bor­ough;
449 in Warwick Town­ship
and 44 in Elizabeth
Township.
Democrats in the botouigh
nominated Albert S. Elblbert
for school director, with 09
votes, and Fay S. Carr for
tax collector with 59 votes.
They also named- Robert Carr
for ¡Second Ward council­man
with 23 votes.
The Democrats Wad one
contest in the borough, that
of inspector of elections in
the Third Ward. Lloyd B.
Miller, incumbent, won with
17 votes over Edna M. Car­vel,
who received 12 votes.
They, had no candidates for
Mayor, school board-, auditor,
or- two of t-h-e three council-men.
Woodridge Lists
Summer Events
Woodridge Swim Club will
open its summer season on
Saturday, May 29, with a break­fast
at 8 a.m.
Thè calendar of events for
the summer is as follows:
June 9 - Wednesday - Fash­ion
Show and Card Party; June
10 - Thursday - Rain date; June
Iff - Friday - Cartoon Night;
June 23 - Wednesday - Teen­age
Dance - Disc Jockey (13-
19 yrs.); June 25 - Friday -
Mother and Daughter Camp
Out; June 30 - Wednesday -
Teenage Swim (13-19 yrs.).
July 5 - Saturday - Breakfast
- 8:00 a.m. - Field Day; July
9 - Friday, Father and Son
Camp Out; July 17 - Saturday
- Chicken Barbecue; July 25
- Sunday - Family Sports Day.
August 6 - Friday - Mother
and Daughter Camp Out; Aug­ust
11 - Wednesday - Teenage
Dance; August 13 - Friday -
Cartoon Night; August 20
Friday - Father and Son Camp
Out; September 6 - Monday
Breakfast - 8 a.m., Field Day.
Dates will be arranged for
the following events: swim
meets, diving exhibitions, foot­ball
trip and swimming instruc­tions.
Adult Dance
Saturday Night
An Adulili dance wll-l be
held at ¡the Warwick High
cafeteria Saturday evening,
May 22, utilizing the decora­tions-
from ¡the Pos-LProm
party which- begins- at mid­night
that m-or-niiinig.
The proceeds go to help
defray the costs of the Post
Prom party, which is spon­sored
by the Adult group of
the Reorenit-ion Center.
Robert H. Gibble
(Nominated Supervisor)
Raymond C. Groff
(Nominated School Director)
Voters Get
Thank-You
From Groff
Raymond C. Groff, success­ful
nominee for reelect-ion as
school director representing
Warwick Township on- the
Union School! board, issued
the following statement today
to the voters of Warwick
Township:
“I would like to thank ev­erybody
that voted for me
and who put their confidence
in me for another six years.
I promise all of you that I
will continue to dio my best
as a school director.
“I fee! very sorry for our
township people because we
do not have comlmitftee people
that can work together. They
say one thing and do anoth­er.
Whlat we really need is
people on the co-mlmitiee' that
know ¡the people and the
people know them.
“The committee woman
from Lexington, Mrs. Henry
Tennis, and all the rest of
her faithful workers from
Warwick Township de-s-erve
many thanks for all their co­operation
in .winning this
The First Moravian Festival
of Music will be repeated on
May 23 at 7:30 p.m. in the
Lititz Moravian Church, Church
Square, for the benefit of the
many people who were unable
to get into the building and
for the many others who have
I expressed a desire for a re­peat
performance.
The first concert was pre­sented
on March 28 when
more than a thousand persons
crowded into the Lititz Church.
Adjacent rooms were filled, as
were the vestibule and pulpit
platforms, and people stood
two deep around the walls of
the sanctuary.
The choir of the congrega­tion,
consisting of 42 voices,
will be directed by Julia Zerch-er
Keehn, with Wayne B. Le-
Fevre at the organ. An or­chestra
of fifteen musicians
will again accompany the choir.
Orchestra members come from
symphony orchestras in Lan­caster,
. Reading, York and
Lebanon Valley College. Solo­ists
are Marilyn Stauffer, Ro­chelle
Erb Dietz and Harold
T. Stryker.
Raymond C. Groff, Roths-ville,
won a decisive victory
in his fight for nomination
for reelection as school di­rector
from Warwick Town­ship
in Tuesday’s primary
election, totalling 416 votes
to 147 for his opponent, John
M. Evans, Lititz R4.
Groff is completing his sec­ond
six-year term as school
director, and since there is
no Democratic candidate from
the Warwick districts, his re-election
for a third term in
the fall is assured. He also
received 40 write-in Demo­cratic
votes and Evans re­ceived
two. Evans was backed
by the majority of the War­wick
township Republican
committee.
Likewise, Groff’s running
mate, Robert H. Gibble, Lit-it-
z R4, was swept into nom­ination
for candidate tor su­pervisor
with a total of 270
votes over incumbent Aaron
N. Martin, who received 149
votes, and’ Charles G. Edson,
101 New Haven Drive, who
polled 123 votes. Edson also
was backed by tjui majority
o-f the Republican committee.
In a two-way contest for
Justice of the Peace j-n War­wick
Township, J. Lo-well
Forney, backed by the Re­publican
committee, roiled up
459 votes against Vincent J.
Fauci’s 61.
The Republicans also nom­inated
Ruth Wetzel tor tax
collector without opposition
with 517 votes, and Robert
H. Wonder, township auditor
with 48-5 votes.
Democrats in Warwick
Township nominated Kenneth
Rhinier as tax collector with
45 votes, with a light sprink­ling
of write -in votes tor Mrs,
Wetzel.
Th-e Democrats also chp-
-P-Med write-in votes or a
number of o-ther Republicans,
Giiblble receiving 18, Martin
6, and Forney, five, among
others.
In Warwick Township, 61
/votes plus one write-in were
cast for a deceased candidate,
Morris K. Sturgis, who died
several weeks ago.
Elizabeth Twp. - ,
In Elizabeth Township,
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Community
Calendar
May 20 — 6:30 P.M. Radio
Club at Ree Center.
' 7:30 PJM. Stamp Club at
Rec Center,
7:30 P.<M. Senior Citizens
at Rec Center.
May 22 — 9:00 PJM. Adult
Dance at Warwick High
Cafeteria.
May 25 — 6:00 PJM. Rotary
Club at Sutter Hotel.
8:00 P.M. Jayne Cee meet­ing
a-t Rec Center.
May 27 — 6:30 PJM. Radio
Club at Rec Center.
8:00 PjM. JayCee meet­ing
at American Legion.
8:00 P.M. Neighborhood
-Scout ¡meeting at Rec
Center.
The first part of the pro­gram
consists of Moravian an­thems
from Colonial America,
most of them as yet unpublish­ed
manuscripts from the pen
of Johann Friedrich Peter,
Christian Gregor, Johann Lud­wig
Freydt, George Gottfried
Muller, Johannes Herbst and
Peter Wolle. The concert again
will close with the thrilling
presentation of Vittorio Gianni­ni,
“Canticle of the Martyrs,”
which was written tor the
Moravian denomination for
their 500th Anniversary in
1957.
The Trombone choir, direct­ed
by John W. Keehn, will
play chorales on Church
Square both before and after
the concert.
Following the concert every­one
is invited to tour the
Moravian buildings, guided by
members of the Archives
Committee, who will be In
Colonial Moravian dress. The
200 year old Tannenberg or­gan
will be displayed and
demonstrated by Mr. LeFevre
in the Eschbach Parlor, and
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election,”
Yours, truly,
- Raymond C. Groff
Moravian Music Festival
To Be Repeated Sunday