Lititz Record Express

              The Lititz Record - Express
Serving The Warwick Union Area For Nearly A Century FEBRUARY
89th Year E stab lished April, 1877, as The Sunbeam
(Consolidated w ith Tbe l i t i t z Record, 1337) Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa. 17543, Thursday, February 3, 1966 7 cents a Copy; $3.00 per year by mall
within lancaster County; $4.00 elsewhere 14 Pages — No. 43
Snow Causes
Two Mishaps
In Traffic
Two accidents blamed on
1he snow occurred in the bor­ough
over the weekend.
A c a r driven by William
C. Wilkinson, 1990 Sta te St.,
E a s t Pe ter sburg, trave lling
south on Broad Street, S a t ­u
rday afternoon, strutak a car
owned by Carrie W. Fry, L i t ­itz
R4, which was pa rked
five feet out from the curb
"because of the snow, police
said. Wilkinson told police
he s t ruck it when he was
forced to the r ig h t of the
highway to avoid an oncom­ing
vehicle. The to ta l d am­age
to both cars was $423,
police es timated. There were
no injurie s and no prosecu­tions.
The Lititz fire d ep a r tme n t
was called out to wash away
gasoline which h ad spilled
out of the damag e d cars.
Skid and Hit
A car driven by Les ter P.
Nagle., 145 N. Cedar St.,
s t ru ck a pa rked car Monday
afte rn o o n owned by Richard
P. Fals tick, 107 N. Cedar St.
Police said th e re was one-lane
traffic due to the snow
and Nagle’s car slid and hit
the pa rked vehicle. They es­t
ima ted $20 damage to Na ­g
le ’s car and $50 damage to
F a l s t ic k ’s.
Abandons Car
Roger L. Undorkoffler, 219
N. Liberty St., Lititz, left his
vehicle in the lane of traffic
on Kissel Hill Road a t 11:20
p.m. Monday, according to
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Animal T rap
Is Renamed
Woodstream
The Board of Directors of
Animal Trap Company of
America of Lititz, has proposed
the 118-year-old company
change its name to Woodstream
Corporation. The company will
seek stockholder approval of
the name at the annual me e t­ing
to be held F eb ru a ry 18,
1966.
Richard G. Woolworth, presi­dent,
said the new name was
suggested by a shareholder,
Rev. Henry B. Luffberry, D. D.
of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church,
in Washington, D. C. The com­pany
recently sponsored a new
corporate-name contest among
stockholders, offering a com­plete
fishing outfit to the winn­er.
Woolworth explained the pre­sent
name “seems too long and
not sufficiently descriptive for
a company which has diversi­fied
from its original mouse
and animal trap line into
everything from fishing tackle
boxes to ski equipment.” He
added, “We believe the new
name projects the future as
well as the past of the com­pany
and we agree with Dr.
Luffberry that the name is as­sociated
with the largest possi-
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AS BIG AS A HOUSE, literally speaking, is this huge pile of snow at the
corner of Manheim and Broad Streets, formed by a combination of drifts and ac­tion
of the snow plows. While not typical of every corner, it is symptomatic of the
job that borough employes are faced with.
were on full schedule Th u r s -
T T V * / ’X R . A * day, J a n u a ry 2 7, the day the
I 1 T 1 T ^ I J lO T C I l l l T / A O T A l f l second big storm began.
^ Closed ag a in Friday, J a n u a r y
— ^ # <m ^ * 2 8, they have now been clos- and Again and Again (Continued on Page 8)
Man Critical
After Pinned
By Own Car
Oren Spangenbcrg, th irty-tiwo,
Lititz R2, is still in
critical condition in the In ­tensive
Care Unit a t the L a n ­cas
ter General Hospital, ft
was repor ted a t the hospital.
He was admi tted Monday
night a f te r having been
crushed ag a in s t his garage
wall by his own car which a
neighbor was a ttemp t in g to
drive into the garage, and
which went out of control.
Hospital a t t e n d a n t s ' s a id he
suffered a possible crushed
pelvis, possible h e ad and
r ig h t a rm injuries. He was
tak en to the hospital in the
Warwick ambulance.
a t
S.
Lit itz a re a res idents looked
skyward and groaned y e s te r ­day
afte rn o o n when they saw
those lovely (? ) white lacy
things come floating down,
and h e a rd the ominous fore­c
a s t of “ still more snow.”
Pro b ab ly the most unpop­u
la r ch a ra c te r in the world
ye s terday was the groundhog,
who was repor ted to have
seen his shadow for about
five seconds, then to have
scur r ied back into his hole,
sh udde r ing a t his own fore­c
a s t of six more weeks of
winter. However, it '"mu s t he
remembered th a t this obser­vation
was made by the Slum­bering
Groundhog Lodge of
Quarryville, and those who
do not care to believe their
pronounc ements 'may prefer
to listen to the L’unxalawney
Lodge, which invariably p re ­dicts
the opposite from the
Quarryville g ro u p ’s manifesto.
Lititz had barely dug it ­self
out of two snowstorms
las t week, when “ the big
blizzard of ’G(i” hit Saturday,
and continued thro u g h Sun­day,
accompanied by igale
force winds which often
reached the 50-mile-an hour
m'ark, according to we a th e r ­men.
Crews from the borough
and both townships worked
day and nig h t to cle a r the
roads, and by Tuesday night
mos t were open. But snow
began to fall again Tuesday
night, and a f te r a brief le t ­up
Wednesday morning, came
relentlessly down again. How­ever,
this was a soft, wet
snow, which precluded' much
drifting, and the re was little
wind to au gmen t it. The Lit­itz
Pike had one-way traffic
in spots as la te as Wedne s ­day,
because of plowed-in
cars, and n o r th of Lititz it
Was closed pa s t the United
Zion Home until Wednesday.
However, some side roads
were not cleared, and liey
conditions caused roads which
had been open to be impa s ­sable
again.
The main shor tage in food­stuffs
was bread and milk,
and stores were cleaned out
of these within minutes a f­ter
they were able to ge t in
supplies.
But th e re were v olunte e r
“ angels .”
Art Serapiglia, of North
Broad St., a teacher a t ' Rey­nolds
J u n io r High School in
Lancaster, played the Good
Sama r itan for his neigh'fibrs
by tru d g in g on foot pulling
a sled behind him to the
Spru'ce Villa Dairy. The re he
obtained 18 half-gallons of
milk and b rought it home on
file sled. One time the iPad
capsized, but only one bottle
was broken. He reloaded and
dis tributed the oth e r 17 bot­tles
to his neighbors.
A’t leas t one gas station
was out of gas d u r in g th e
emergency.
Most indus trie s and many
businesses were closed Mon­day
and Tuesday, or o p e ra t ­ed
with gre a tly cu r ta iled
staffs. However, mos t h ad re ­opened
by Wednesday.
'School pupils of the dis­t
r ic t a re having an unexpect­ed
holiday, having operated
only one full day since F r i ­day,
J a n u a r y 21. At press-time,
it was doubtful th a t
they would be open T h u r s ­day
( today) either. They
were closed Monday, J a n u a ry
24, on account of snow. Then
there were examinations
Tuesday and Wednesday,
when they closed early. They
Mrs, Mary Lutz
Dies Suddenly
Mrs. Mary L. Lutz, sixty-one,
wife of Jo h n H. Lutz,
128 E. F ro n t St., died su d ­denly
of a h e a r t a t t a c k ' a t
2:10 a.m. Wednesday mo rn ­ing
a t her home. She had
been u nde r the c a re of a
physician.
‘She was born in Stevens,
Pa., the d a u g h te r of the late
Wayne and Sallie Bru b ak e r
Frey. She was a memb e r of
the Moravian Church and
served as t r e a s u r e r of the
Moravian Church Board. She
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Gas Explodes
Causes Fire In Car
A gasoline explosion
Keller Bros. Auto Co.,
Broad 'St., caused several
h u n d red d o lla r s d amage Tues ­day,
a c cording to firemen
here.
Authoritie s said a mechanic
was dra in in g a gas ta n k in
an automobile and had Just
walked away When the ex­plosion
occurred.
The top of the automobile
was burned but, no injuries
were repor ted, firemen said.
Detailed Survey Made
Of Boro Water Supply
A s tudy of the s ta tu s of
the water s i tua t ion in Lititz
has been p rep a red by Bor ­ough
Manager George D.
Steedle, a t the req u e s t of
Council P re s id en t D. Curtis
Amidon, and is released to
the press today.
The s tudy reveals th a t
th re e of the four borough
wells a re func tioning s a t i s ­factorily,
b u t th a t an addi­tional
wa te r source is being
sought elsewhere because of
the increase in the size of
the borough and the conse­q
uent need for more water.
The complete survey is as
follows:
The Lititz Borough obtains
its munic ipa l wa te r from
four wells which tap an u n ­d
e rground Conococheague
limes tone reservoir. This u n ­de
rg ro u n d re s e rvoir encom­passes
an a re a of approxi­ma
te ly 14 squa re miles and
it is e s t ima ted th a t it Will
yield 10,000,000 gallons of
water per day, which is su b ­s
tan tia lly more th a n b u r
present day requirements .
The Borough usually pumps
wa te r between th e h our s 7
p.m. and 7 a.mA each day in
order to gain the advantage
of lower electric power rates.
This wa te r is s tored in ap­proximately
fo u r te en miles of
wa te r main, th e Kissel Hlill
Reservoir with a capacity of
2,000,000 gallons, a n d the
Spruce 'Street 'Stand-Pipe
with a capacity of 315,000
gallons.
The Borough operates four
wells which a re located n o r th
of Maple Stre e t between the
Lititz Springs P a rk and the
Warwick Union High School.
Following a re our well an d
pumip cha ra c te ris tic s :
The Lititz Borough Coun­cil
has been concerned about
our un d e rg ro u n d water su p ­ply
for many years, as they
should be. We do not consid­er
th a t th e Borough is faced
with a crisis a t present or in
the forseeable future . We do,
'however, become 'concerned
when the n a tu r a l forces a re
not adequa te to replenish our
unde rground reservoirs a n ­nually
to ma in ta in a s teady
Water level in spite of an in ­creased
pumping rate.
The Council is inv e s tig a t­ing
th e be s t plaice for lo c a t­ing
an additional w a te r well
elsewhere within the Borough,
“BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE” is presented by Alfred Douple, (left,) to Al­bert
Ebbert, president of the Lititz Historical Foundation. The book, which was
lettered by Mr. Doupde, lists the items presented to the Foundation and their
donors. ■ ...........
Historical Group Hits
“Book Of Remembrance”
A “ Book of Rememb ran c e ”
in which ail gifts to the Li t ­itz
Historical Foun d a tio n will
be noted, has been provided
for the Jo h an n e s M u e l l e r
House and Museum, 37-39
Bast Main St. This “h onor
rol l” not only names the gift
but also the donors.
Alfred Douple, whose f re e ­style
penmanship is well
known in Lititz, has. c o n tr ib ­uted
his services in order to
make the listings a ttra c tive .
The Book of Remembrance
is bound in le a th e r . The
pages a re protected agains t
excessive wear and soiling by
glassine covers.
The first, entr ies a re the
names of the life members
of the Foundation. These are
followed on succeeding pages
ÂFS Fund Reaches $500
To Finance Foreign Pupil
CAN SPRING BE FAR BEHIND? Icicles dripping
from the cornice of Trinity Evangelical Congregational
Church form an artistic pattern, and some to reassure
os that SOME DAY the snow will melt.
'Sales of American Field
'Service “ s tocks” to raise
fu n d s to bring a foreign s tu ­dent
here, went over the $500
ma rk la s t week, it Was an ­nounced
by Mrs. 'Charles Esh-elrnan,
pres ident of th e local
AIFiS chapter.
Sales of $100 have been
■made at Glassmyer’s store;
the Woman’s Club bought $50
and the Lititz PTA, $35
worth. In addition, s tudents
a t Warwick High School
have sold about $420 worth,
and have more sales pledged.
Mrs. E'shelman said th a t it,
will be necessary to submit
$7'5 0 to AFS in New York
a t the time Wa rwick is as ­signed
an AF'S s tudent, a/nd
it is hoped th a t the chapte r
cou'ld ¡maintain a contingency
fund of a t le a s t $100 to meet
any special needs .of th e s tu ­dent
after his arrival. There­fore,
sales will continue at
the Hugh School and a t Glass-nvyer's
until the goal is
reached.
Organizations, such as
service clubs, within the
school dis trict which plan to
contr ibute to the AFS fund
are urged to notify Mrs. Esh-elnian
of the ir in ten t to do
so, or to submit the funds di­rectly
to the tr e a su re r , Mrs.
Winifred Walls, 317 Linden
S't.
Any Warwick a re a family
th a t would be in te re s ted in
’.earning more about the pos­sibility
of hos ting an AFS
s tu d en t in th e i r home may
contact Mrs, Eshelman, 6|!G-
5 252, or Mrs. Richa rd Alle-bach,
6 2G-24G7 immediately
in order th a t applications
may be submitted by the des­igna
ted deadline.
by the names of the con­t
r ib u to r s to the Capital Funds.
'Memorial pages provide
spaces for the names of p e r ­sons
in whose memory gifts
have been or may be given.
The name of Mrs. F r a n k
Longenecker was first to be
entered.
Then follow the pages on
which a re found the names of
members and friends of the
F o u n d a tio n who have con­tr
ibuted articles of fu rn i tu r e
and furnishings used in the
re s to ra t io n of the Jo h an n e s
Mueller House.
This Book of Remembrance,
a p e rma n e n t “ honor ro l l”
for the Lititz Historical
Foundation, will be on d i s ­play
a t the Jo hanne s Mueller
House.
Boro Asks Aid
In Freeing Hydrants
The borough has appealed to
residents to clear away the
snow around fire hydrants
which are in front of or near
their property. They asked that
a stick or broom be placed
alongside the hydrants to mark
the place in case of fire.
Chief of Police George C.
Hicks also urged motorists not
to abandon their cars on the
streets or highways, as this
interferes with snow removal
and the flow of traffic. Motor­ists
who abandon their cars
will be prosecuted for illegal
stopping in the highways.
He also said that a borough
ordinance requires that pro­perty
owners must clear the
snow from their sidewalks
within 24 hours, and if they
don’t comply they are in viola­tion
of the law and face
possible prosecution.
Well Depth Diameter Pump Capacity
No. (Feet) (Inches) Gallons Per Minute
1 25 7 350
2 90 , 8 350
3 67 8 350
4 118 10 450
The average/ p ump in g r a t e
based on gallons per day h a s
increased in varying amounts
f rom 531,900 in 1956, to
772,113, a n d th e cu s tome r ac ­co
unts from 1,705 to 2,07'5,
the survey shows.
I t is noted th a t in 196'2 the
Borough pumped beyond the
600,000 gallons per day r a t e
and we began experiencing
difficulty ma in ta in in g a flow
of Water in the Lititz Springs
Creek. This probably occurs
when th e Borough was pump­ing
enough wa te r th a t a cone
off depression, was c re a ted
which lowers the wa te r level
in the immedia te area. -We
u n d e r s ta n d th a t this cone of
depres sion, or lowering of
the wa te r level in- the im­mediate
a re a of the wells
and the springs, is caused
dine to the volume of water
being with d rawn from the
source of supply.
Recharge g ene ra lly occhrs
according to the seasons. At
different times of the year,
because of ra infa ll or snow
melt combined with reduced
evaporation, th e re is enough
wa te r to 'saturate 'the soil
a n d reach th e w a te r table.
This ¡usually happens in the
sipring. I'n the summer, p lan t s
and t r e e s use up mo s t of th e
rainfall, by t r a n sp i r a t io n
th r o u g h .their leaves. Only
very heavy ra in s to rms a r e
likely to recharge; ¡under­gro
u n d w a te r reservoir s diir
ing th a t season. I f th e r e a re
heavy ra in s in " th e fall, the
Water table will ri se aga in,
a lthough n o t lusually as high
as in th e spring. The wa te r
table g rad u a l ly s inks d u r in g
th e winter , and reaches a low
p o in t in the spr ing ju s t be­fo
r e th e snow and ice thaw
and the spr ing ra in s begin.
Our records indic a te th a t
d u r in g the phst two and one-hàlf
years the wa te r level in
the vicinity Of our wells has
lowered as follows:
as recommended 'by rep r e s en ­tatives
of the United States
Geological Survey and th e
Pennsylvania Dep a r tmen t of
Health. The Borough could
deepen our p re s en t wells, or
locate an additional well on
our pro p e r ty to provide a d ­ditional
wa te r should an
emergency so dictate. We
would, however, be p ump in g
wa te r f rom the same u n d e r ­ground
source and enla rging
the 'cone of depres s ion a ro u n d
our present wells. In ad d i­tion,
th e deepening ¡cone of
depression would mo s t likely
increase the p ro b lem of th e
lack of w a te r in the Lititz
Springs Creek. The a l t e rn a ­tive
is to locate a complete­ly
new source of wa te r else­where
within the Borough in
order th a t we a r e n o t r e ­quired
to pump from the
same geographical location
and, hence, decrease th e cone
of depression and allow the
water level to rise by n a t ­ural
forces.
The Council investigation,
therefore, is to locate a site
far removed from our p re s ­ent,
w a te r pumping s ta tion
and make some te s t borings.
If these te s t borings locate
an ad equa te source of wa te r
which passes the Pennsylvan­ia
Depa rtment of H e a l th ’s
tests, the Borough will p ro ­ceed
to ¡investigate the cost
to purichase the p ro p e r ty aiid
brin g the well into our w a te r
system. I t is p lan n ed th a t
these te s t borings will be
s ta r ted in the very n e a r fu ­ture.
Wa te r for the citizens of
Lititz is and has been a n
item of concern for the Lititz
Borough Council. The Coun­cil
will continue to s tudy tffd
problem, and ta k e such ac­tion
as they deèm necessary
to protect an d improve o u r
present wa te r supply and
system.
Well No. Heights Of Water In Well
7/63 10/63 11/64 12/65
1 3 ft. 0 ft. 0 ft. 0 ft.
2 26 ft. 24 ft. 25 ft. 22 ft.
3 27 ft. 24 ft. 23 ft. 20 ft.
4 44 ft. 42 ft. 41 ft. 38 ft.
one-half y e a r s the w a te r ta- SUPERVISORS TO MEET
ble in th e vicinity of the
wells has dropped an average The Elizabeth Township
of 5.7 fe e t and in the p a s t supervisors will hold th e i r
ye a r 'the table deiclined 3.0 regular meeting Friday, Feb-fe
e t of th a t total. 'During ru a ry 4, a t 8 p.-ni in the
this overall period, our p ump ­ing
ra te 'has increased
112,000 gallons p e r day.
by
y 7 7
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SNOW DRIFTS higher than cars blocked Route 501 (Furance Hill Road);
north of Lititz, until Tuesday night. This shows 501 at the upper end of War­wick
Township. .
Brickcrvillc Fire Hall. The
meeting is open to the pu b ­lic.
The planning commission
members also will be present,
and final names for roads
will be discussed.
CANCELLATIONS
A meeting of the Lititz
Planning Commission with the
Warwick Union School Board
scheduled for Monday night,
was cancelled until further
notice.
The American Legion Auxi­liary
card party scheduled for
Saturday, Feb. 5, has been can­celled
until February 10.
The Lititz Fire Company
Auxiliary meeting scheduled
for Thursday, (tonight), has
been cancelled until further
notice.
The Women’s Fellowship of
the Moravian Church has can­celled
its meeting scheduled
for Thursday, (tonight.)
The Eighth Grade P a r e n t s ’
Night at the Ju n io r High
School, scheduled for this
week, has been cancelled for
the second time. No d a te has
been set yet.
The project for tak in g pic­tures
of the school pupils
scheduled for F e b ru a ry 2 has
been postponed until fu r th e r
notice.
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