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(C o n so lid a te d w ith T h e I iltltz R e co rd , 1937) Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pa. 17543; Thursday, May 12, 1966 7 c e n ts a Copy; $3.00 p e r y e a r h y m a ll
w ith in L a n c a s te r C o u n ty ; $4.00 e ls ew h e re 16 Pages — No. 5
April Budget
Balanced By
Tax Receipts
The borough ended the
month of April with a balance
of $5,585.31, according to the
monthly report of Borough
Manager George D. Steedle,
Receipts were $29,204, wip­ing
out a deficit of $13,425.15,
thus making $15,779.82 avail- |
able. Expenditures were $10,-
’“V51.
Tax monies accounted for
the major share of the receipts,
the sum of $18,474.75 having
been realized from real estate
taxes at 12% mills, and $7,-
330.40 from per capita taxes
at $10 per capita. Prior years’
taxes brought in $207.90; li­censes
and permits, $604.70;
fines, $206; administration and
services, $1,076.38; miscellan­eous,
$1,304.84.
Expenditures were as fol­lows:
general government, $3,-
201.95; protection to persons
and property, $2,534.88; health
and sanitation, $815; highways,
$3,614.58; miscellaneous, $28.-
10; total, $10,194.
The storm drainage fund
showed a balance of $21,831.-
56; no receipts; expenditures
of $410; ending balance of $21,-
421.56. The equipment reserve
fund showed a beginning
balance of $16,981.55; no re­ceipts;
expenditures of $1,348.-
85; ending balance of $15,632.-
70.
The highway aid fund show­ed
a beginning balance of $24,-
'•'7.17; receipts of $9,702.31;
v-.penditures of $188.54; end­ing
balance, $33,835.84.
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TAKING SHAPE: Framework begins to silhouette itself against the sky at
the ‘new Kissel Hill School located in a commanding position on Owl Hill Road.
The new elementary school will have 20 classrooms plus the usual additional faci­lities,
such as cafeteria, auditorium, offices, etc. About two months ahead of sche­dule,
it is expected to be completed in December, 1966.
Bldg.Permits
At $152,825
For April
Building permits with a
total value of $163,577 were
issued by the borough d u r in g
April, . according to the I
monthly rep o r t of Borough
I Manager George D. Steedle. I
j Of the total, $152,825 is!
for new construction, com- I
prising one factory and sev- j
en houses.
The new f a c to ry ' will be
I built by Rufus K. B u rk h o l­der,
a t 40 N. Wa te r Street,
for the man u f a c tu r e of pota-
Announce Speakers For
Warwick 10th Annual
Graduation Program
Fire Co. Gives
Phone Stickers
To Contributors
Bach industry, business or
citizen who contributes to the
Lititz Fire Company Fund
drive this year, will receive
a retd sticker to >be placed on
»neir telephone.
It lists a private Are line
which can only be used for
fire calls. The- stiicker is one
and a half by two inches in
dimensions.
This year's goal is $11,000,
most of which will be used
to help purchase a new fire
truck.
Here are some of the facts
about the Lititz Fire Com­pany’s
service during 1955.
Fire calls, 48, of which 30
were in the borough and 18
outside; 4700 feet of 2%
6h hose laid; 1950 feet of
1% inch hose laid; 1850 ffeet
of booster hose laid'; ladders
raised, 140 feet; firemen an­swering
calls, 779; miles
travelled, 348; property value
involved in fires and saved,
$146,500.
Fire Chief Ammon Shelly
reminded every citizen that
by supporting the annual
drive they not only help
themselves, ,but are perform­ing
a service to their neigh­bors
and their community.
New Pastor
Accepts Call
Of Brethren
The Rev. W. Clemens Ros-enberger
of Johns town, Fa.,
has accepted the call to serve
as pas tor of the Lititz Church
Of the Bre th r en to begin serv­ice
h e re on September 1,
1966.
The Rev. Mr. Rosenberger
is concluding an eight-year
p a s to ra te a t the We s tmo n t
Johns town. He and his wife,
Church of the Bre thren,
with th e i r four- children,
th re e girls and a boy, plan
to a r r iv e in Lititz in la te
August.
The local church in a con­gregational
council meeting
on Wednesday, May 4, met
with the Rosenherger s and
issued a unanimous call to
serve as pa s to r here. They
will succeed P a s to r Olden D.
Mitchell who in Augus t will
conclude his work in Lititz
to serve as pa s to r of the Lin­colnshire
Church of the
Bre th ren of F o r t Wayne, In ­d
ian a .
PTA Festival
Saturday in Park
The Lititz PTA festival,
scheduled for 'Saturday, May
1 4 , - in Lititz Springs Pa rk ,
will f e a tu r e food, games, mu­sic
and ponies.
The p ro g r am s t a r t s a t noon
a n d continues to 7 p.m. A
v a s t 'amount of food has been
donated by members. The
festival is open to the public.
Warwick Lions
Hold Family Night
Peggy Bollinger, E p h r a ta
R l , ventr iloquis t, entWtained
a t the Wa rwick Lions Club
family nig h t which was held
a t the Memorial Hall'.
Pau l K u r tz and Lowell
Forney, in charge of e n te r ­ta
inment, provided games and
prizes for adults and children.
Daniel (Marks, Jr ., pres i­dent,
conducted the meeting.
3-Car Crash Results
In Damages Of $975
' Total damage of $975 was
incurred in a three-car ac­cident
Saturday, May 7, at
the intersect!on of North Wa­ter
and East New Sts., ac­t
i n g to Chief of Police
George C. Hicks.
Mrs. Robert Posey, 609 S.
¡Spruce St., traveling east on
New Street, stopped at the
stop sign then entered the
intersection and collided with
a car driven by Mrs. Howard
C. Hess, Lititz Rl, wiho was
travelling south on Water
Street, according to police.
Mrs. Posey told police she
didn’t see the car coming
when she pulled out. The
Hess ear continued to the
left side of the street, and
struck a car owned oy C. M.
Balmer, 20 0 E. Water St.,
parked in front 0f his home.
Damage was estimated at
$500 to the Posey car; $2 75
to the Hess car, and $2-25 to
the Balmer car. Chief Hicks
and Officer Robert Keller
made the investigation and
barged Mrs. Posey with
failure to yield the right of
way, before Justice of the
Peace Paul F. Diebm.
Mrs. Hess, and a passenger
in her car, Mrs, Lucy Mar­tin,
Lititz Rl, were treated
on the scene for minor in­ju
r ie s by Dr. A r th u r Holder.
■ Two Oar C ra sh
Tw 0 oars collided a t Rome
Road and Elm S tr e e t on May
4, causing total d amage o-f
$ 4'5 0, according to 'Chief
Hicks.
J a n e t E. Bedger, 514 Rome
Rd., was traveling west on
Rome Road and pu'lled into
the intersec tion, s t r ik in g a
c ar dr iven by Donald J.
Shaw, 53'6 Westfield Drive,
New Holland, police said.
There were no injuries. Mrs.
Bedger will be charged be­fore
Squire Diebm hy Of­ficer
Howard Dissinger for
fa ilure to yield the r ig h t of
way.
C ars Collide
A two-car accident occurred
M’ay 9 a t the inte rse c tion of
Orange and Spruce St., caus­ing
total d amage of $8 0, ac­cording
to Chief Hicks.
A car driven by Vera G.
Detw-iler, 4 36 W. Main- St.
headed n o r th on South Spruce
Street, tu rn e d left into Wes t
Orange and collided with a
car driven by Michael L.
Shank, Lititz R2, which was
trave ling west on Orange St.
Mrs. Detwiier told police she
d id n ’t see the oncoming t r a f ­fic
before she pulled out. She
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Primary Election Is
Next Tuesday; No
Lititz Area Contests
Lititz a re a voter s will go
to the Tuesday primaries
With little of local interest,
and possibly with a sense of
f ru s t r a t io n , maybe even re ­sentment,
caused by the fact
th a t the a re a covered geo­graphically
by the Warwick
Union School Dis trict is now
more a p a r t of Lebanon Coun­ty
th a n it is of Lanc a s te r
county, politically speaking.
This gerryman d e r in g was
bro u g h t about by the s t a t e ’s
re ap p o r tio nmen t made a few
months ago.
The a re a is now p a r t of
the 10i2nd assembly dis trict
and the 48th Senator ial dis­trict,
in both of which all the
ma jo r candida tes a re from
Lebanon Co. Lititz won’t even
be able to vote for its native
son, State Senator “Dick”
Snyder, who lives only five
miles from Lititz, b u t is now
in the 13th d is tr ic t. Or they
c a n ’t vote for Marv Miller,
native Lititzite, who also
lives only five miles from
here, as he is a c andida te for
Six Speeders
Nabbed In Boro
During April
Six speeders were nabbed in
the borough during April, ac­cording
to the monthly report
of Police , Chief George C.
Hicks.
Four motorists were charged
for failure to yield the right
of way, four for not stopping
at stop signs, and there were'
three traffic light violations.
Three cases of larceny under
$50 and one larceny over $50
were investigated.
Two people were charged
with violating the compulsory
school attendance law; two for
illegal passing, and two for
having faulty lighting equip­ment
on their vehicles.
There was one case each of
auto theft, bucking traffic, driv­ing
when intoxicated, making
excessive noise, expired regis­tration,
failure to stop at acci­dent,
minor consuming alcohol,
no operator’s lisense, owner
permitting violation, obstruct­ed
windshield, reckless driv­ing
and driving too fast for
conditions.
, There also were 77 meter
violations and 22 parking viola­tions.
The cruiser traveled 3,968
miles on investigation and pa­trol,
and seven accidents were'
investigated. Police attended
two hearings and spent a day
in court.
School Menu
MONDAY
Grilled cheese hamburge r,
baked beans, assorted fru it,
roll, b u t te r , milk.
TUESDAY
Sub or grilled cheese,
chips, cup tomato soup, ap­plesauce,
roll or bread, b u t ­ter,
milk.W
ED N ESD A Y
Jo e ’s dinner , relish cup, a s ­sor
ted f ru it, May Blossom
cookie, bre ad, butte r, milk.
THURSDAY
Chicken corn soup, p. b u t ­te
r and 'marshmallow s an d ­wich,
fru ited jello with top­ping.
FRIDAY
Pizza or fish sticks, cheese
sticks, peas and carrots,
peaches, b re ad , b u t t e r , milk.
s ta te assembly from the 9 7th
dis trict.
But the are a fares a little
be tte r as fa r as the federal
g ove rnment is concerned, as
it is p a r t of the 16t'h ¡con­gres
sional dis trict, Which cov­ers
much more te r r i to ry th an
the s ta te dis tricts . So at
leas t local people can vote
for Lan c a s te r countians if
they choose — and they have
a wide va rie ty to choose from
as fa r as Congressman is con­cerned.
The only local item of
note is the candidacy of John
R. Gibbel, 6 East Third
Avenue, for Republican com­mitteeman
from the Third
Ward, Lititz Borough. This
will be a write-in campaign
to fill the place of Glenn
McElroy. This will be Gib­bet's
first venture into the
political picture, fie is now
practicing law with a Lan-,
caster firm. All other Re­publican
committee mem­bers
filed for reelection.
Voters will be asked to
vote on an imp o r tan t amen d ­ment
to the s ta te cons titution
which would p e rmit govern­ing
bodies to borrow five per­cent
of the assessed value of
th e i r munic ipa lity without
the consent of the voters, in­s
te ad of the p re s ent two p e r ­cent,
and would increase the
borrowing capacity from sev­en
to 15 p e rc ent with the
prior consent of the electors.
Lis t Candidaities
A list of local candida tes
who will be on the ballots
follows:
DEMOCRATIC
Congressman, 16 th District
—R ic h a rd F. Charles, Lan ­c
a s ter and Verne M. Chap­man,
Lancas ter.
¡State Senator, 4 8th District
— Jo h n H. Anspach, Ea s t
Hanover Twp., Lebanon Coun-ty.
Assemblyman, 10 2nd Dis­tr
ic t— Ge rtrude M. Troutman,
719 State Drive, Lebanon.
'State Committee, 4'8th Dis­trict,
one man or woman
from each of Berks, Lanc a s ­te
r and Lebanon Counties—
Augus tus Hatzas, Whitfield,
Berks County; Joseph J a n -
drositz, Fred e r ick sb u rg R l ,
Lebanon County; I r a E. Fas -
nacht, Denver R l , Lan c a s te r
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to chips. The p e rmit is for
$37,400, for a building 73
by 7 3 feet which will be
s ta r te d Monday with a ta rg e t
d a te of Ju ly 1 for comple­tion..
Bu rk h o ld e r th en will
close his p re s ent factory at
234 F ro n t Street, which he
has operated for the last
thre e of the 21 vears it h'as
been in operation.
Pe rmit s were issued as
follows f o r - new dwellings:
Messiick Realty, Inc., 205
Swa rthmore Drive, $18,000;
206 Swa r thmore Drive, $18,-
700; 2 07 Swa rthmore Drive,
$16,7125; Susquehanna Build­ers,
Inc., 44'3 and 44'5 Ft. 1
Ross Ave., $16,000 each; 527
and 52'9 Spring A:ve., $15,-
00 0 each.
, Remodeling • permits were
issued as follows: Luke B ru ­b
ake r , addition to car wash,
¡$¡5,00 0; Byron K. Horne, 317
L au re l Ave., fireplace, $800;
Sv. M. Enck, 23'6 S. Broad
St., siding $380; W. Roy
•Enck, 2 4 E. Orange St., r e n ­ovations,
$600; M. Freder ick,
;4i2 6 N. Cedar, roof change,
$315 0; . D. Biechler, 417 L a u ­r
e l St., siding, $1,772; Ben­jamin
F o r r e s t, 108 W. End
Avei, conversion, $1,500; Dr.
Joseph Grosh, 2 S. Broad St.,
roblf replacement, $35 0.
To ta l p e rmits for the year
to April 3 0 a re $6 78,8 7 7,
compa red with $552,8 6 0 for
the same period la s t year.
NoW Receiving
Memberships For
Springs Pool
The Borough1 is now receiv­ing
applications for member­ship
to the Lititz Springs
swimming pool, it was an ­nounced
by Borough Manager
George D. Steedle.
The only req u i remen t is
th a t the applicant mu s t re ­side
in Warwick Union School
dis trict, iSteedle said. The
cost is $30 for a family mem­bership
and $15 for an in­dividual
for th e season. Tic­kets
for single swims will be
sold a t the pool.
Application b la n k s have
been ma i led out to all previ­ous
members. However, if
any members have lost them,
or require a new one, they
may call a t the borough of­fice.
New members also may
apply there. ,
The “ g ran d opening” of
the pool will be held on S a t­urday,
May 28, and it also
will he open May 29 and 30.
It will be open again the
weekend of Ju n e 4 and 5,
and will be. open . da ily from
Ju n e 11 th ro u g h Labor Day,
September 5.
¡Steve Falbovic is pool ma n ­ager.
Dr. McCaulev John Schreiber
Car Catches Fire After
Police Chase; Youth Was
Driving Under Suspension
Mrs. Becker To Become
Woman’s Club President
Mrs. Garth Becker will be
installed as president of the
Lititz Woman’s Club at the
annual dinner meeting Mon­day,
May 16, at 6 p.m. in the
General Sutter Hotel.
The program for the even­ing
will feature music by the
Lindepaires, a vocal group
from Linden Hall. Students
participating are: Janet Baird,
Diane Elder, Mary Ingham,
Nancy Moore, Betsy Wentz and
Marcia Willman. They will be
accompanied by their director,
Mrs. Richard Beam, head of
the music department at the
school.
Among the guests for the
dinner will be the newly elect­ed
County Federation Presi­dent,
Mrs. Robert H. Ruthart,
who will install the new club
President, Mrs. Becker and
other elected officers.
The Collect will he read by
Mrs. Robert Davis and host­esses
for the evening will be
A Manheim youth driving
unde r suspension led Lititz
an d E p h r a ta police a wild
chase Tuesday night, ending
o n ly when his car c au g h t fire
and he was forced to stop.
The d r iv e r was B a r ry Lee
,Shue, seventeen,. 735 P a rk
Hill Drive, Manheim, who
told the a r r e s t in g officer, Bor­ough
Policeman J ame s S.
Fritz , th a t he never would
have stopped if his car
h a d n ’t c au g h t fire. Shue h ad
thre e oth e r young people
'with him, i n c l u d i n g his
b ro th e r , J e r ry Lee Shue, fif­teen;
Diane. Knipple, nin e ­teen,
Rothisville, and, Thelma
Bradley, th i r te en , of the L i t ­itz
area.
Officer Fr i tz repor ted th a t
>at 10 p.m. Tuesday he ob­served
the Shue car traveling
n o r th on No r th Broad be­twe
e n Orange and E a s t Main,
racing its engine and making
excessive noise. After the car
passed th ro u g h a traffic light
a t E a s t Main and Broad,
rFritz tu rn ed on the police
c a r ’s red light and signaled
¡Shue to stop. But ins tead he
took off and tu rn e d eas t on
No r th Lane to South Cedar,
ran th ro u g h a stop sign and
continued n o r th on Cedar to
.Water, where he ran a stop
sign again and continued to­ward
Br.unnerviUc, Fr i tz re ­ported.
\
¡Shue then tu rn e d on a back
road th a t leads to Lincoln,
and Fritz then radioed to the
E p h r a ta Borough Police cruis­er
for assistance. As the flee­ing
car approached th e in te r -
G. M. Spaid Receives
Safety Merit Award
The Child Safety Council
I kas presented to G. Marlin
Spaid, supervising principal
I of the Warwick Union
j Schools, a me r it award in
“ appreciation for his out-
! s tan d in g and devoted service
to the safety education of
children in the Warwick Un­ion
School District, also for
his unselfish efforts in sup­port
of local child safety pro­grams
fo r the past seven
years.
Mrs. Becker
Mrs. Arthur Holder, Chairman
of the. Hospitality committee
and Mrg. John Wenger.
The awa rd was presented
to Principal Spaid a t a re-,
cent assembly program held
in the Lititz Elemen ta ry
Auditorium..,
section of Ro u te 3>2'2 a t Lin-’
coin, the E p h r a ta car came
on thè scene and tr ied to
'Stop it. The ope ra tor almost
h i t the c ruise r and ran
th r o u g h the stop sign, t r av e l­ing
e’asit on Route 3i22 t'o
'Route 222. When he entered
'Route 222, he - ra n thro u g h
a stop sign again, Fr i tz said
—th e fo u r th stop sign viola­tion.
¡Shue th en continued south
to the Cloister Dairy, where
he tu rn e d r ig h t on th e Roths -
ville road. He continued oh
to MilliWay, where th e c ar
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LIBRARY STILL CLOSED
The Lititz Public Library
will be closed a n o th e r week
because th e shelving, still
h a s n ’t arr ived,| it was an ­nounced
by 'C. Demmy,
pres ident. This me an s th e
re s t of this week a n d all next
week. The lib ra ry is now lo­cated
in its now p e rman en t
home a t 302 S. Bróad St.
Borough Moves Into
Extra Office Space
The Borough works crew
p u t in a tota l of 901 man-hours
d u r in g April, accord­ing
to the month ly r e p o r t of
Borough Man'ager George D.
Steedle.
The la rg e s t item was 233
hour s for building ma in te n ­ance.
Of this, 8 3 h our s were
spent in sprucing up a new
room in the borough office,
which formerly had been used
by the firemen. This has been
repainted, new lights in ­stalled,
and borough book­keeping
machines and equip­ment
moved in, th u s allevi­a
ting the crowded conditions
in the f ro n t offices.
The workmen also spent
93 hours sanding and p a in t­ing
the garage, which fell
within the 233-hour stint.
Another work source was
the swimming pool, on which
15 3 h o u r s were spent. How.
ever, it has been too cold to
get a s -mu ch done as planned,
Steedle said. ;
, Inspections of ne?w develop­ments
took 111 hours, When
the items inspected included
curbs and sidewalks, neiw wa­ter
mains and fire plugs, and
new sewer line construction.
Joyce Elaine Nauman, John
Wayne' Schreiber and Dawn.
Marie Ke lte rman have been
selected as s tu d en t ora to r s
for the ten th annua l com­mencement
exercises a t the
Warwick Union High School
a t 8 p.m. Tuesday, Ju n e 7,
in the school auditorium, it
was announced by G. Marlin
Spaid, supervising principal.
The guest spe ake r will be
Dr. Roy Edwin -McCauley,
pres ident of Elizabethtown
College.
The Rev. D. Howard Keip-er,
of the Lititz Church of
the Brethren, will offer th e
invocation, ,an d the benedic­tion
will be given by the Rev.
James F. Gross of the Moravi.
an Church.
Harold W. Swisher, high
school principal, will present
the g ra d u a t in g class of 1966.
Children of three board
members and one school ad­ministrator
are in this year’s
graduating class. They are
Stephanie Zink, Paul Groff,
and David Wenger, children
of board members Robert
Zink, Raymond Groff and
John Wenger, and Barbara
Spaid, daughter of Super­vising
Prinncipal Spaid.
Ba ccalaureate services will
be held Sunday, Ju n e 5, at
7:30 p.m. in the High School
auditorium. The sermon will
be preached by the Rev. Don­ald
M. Oohick, minis ter a t
th e F i r s t Church of God. The
Rev. Jame s K. Rapp, pas tor
of Trinity Evangelical Congre­gational
Church, will preside,
ass isted by the Rev. Olden ’
D. Mitchell of the Lititz
Church of the Bre th ren .
Speakers’ Tfl(plcs
The Commencement theme
is “How America Lives.”
Miss Nauman will speak on
the subject: “America Lives
Well.” She is the d a u g h te r
of Mr. and Mrs. Elam Nau-mian,
Lititz R l , is t r e a su re r
of the National Honor So­ciety
to which she belonged
in the 11th and 12th grades ;
a member of th e Pep Club,
t r e a su re r of F u tu r e Home-makers
of America, a member
of the school paper and year
book staffs, all as a 12 th
grade student.
Schreiber will sp e ak on
“America Lives With Varie­ty
.” He is the son of Mr. and
R3 ; a member of the band in
RI3; a member of he band in
grades 9 th ro u g h 12, a mem­ber
of the orche s tra and Na­tional
Honor Society in
grades 11 and 12, amd plays
gOlf.. --5.,.
’-¡Miss KeUe rman will »peak
on “America Lives Construc­tively.”
She is the d a u g h te r
of Mr. and. Mrs. George Ket-terman-,
33 N,. Oak, St., Lit­itz,
and was a member of the
class play in 11th grade, Na­tional
Honor Society, grades
11 and 12; tennis and hole-key,
grades 9 th ro u g h 12;
glee club, 10th grade; school
paper grades 10 th ro u g h 12,
being spor ts editor in g ra d e
11 and news editor in grade
12; year hook li te r a ry co-
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Community
Calendar
May 12—'6:30 p.m. Radio
Club a t the Center.
May 13-—<6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Post-Prom Open House a t
Wa rwick High School.
May 14— 8:30 p.m. J u n io r
Board S a tu rd ay Night
Dance a t the Center fea­tu
r in g the “Respectables.”
Mia y 16— 8:00 p.m. Sports­men
Association meeting
a t the Center.
— 8:30 p.m. Midget B'ase-
: ball meeting a t the Cen­ter.
May 17— 6: 00 p.m. Rota ry
Club a t the Sutter.
’— 8:15 p.m. Welcome
Wagon meeting a t the
Ce inter.
Miay 19— 9: 30 a.m. and 1 p.hi.
Flower Ar ran g emen t Class
a t the Center.
— 6:30 p.m. Radio Club
a t the Center.
- — 6:30 p.m. Lion’s Club
a t the Sutter.
— 7:30 p.m. Stamp Club
a t the Center.
— 7:30 p.m. Senior Citi­zens
at the Center.