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Serving The Warwick Area For Nearly A Century i
91st Year e s t a b l i s h e d A p r il, 1877, a s T h e S u n b e am
(O o u p o lld a te fl w ith T h e L l t l t s R e c o rd , 1937) l.ititz, Lancaster Co., I*a. 17541t, Thursday, June 22. MMiV io c e n t s a C o p y ; $4.00 p e r y e a r b y m a ll
w i th in L a n c a s t e r C om ity 12 Pages — No. 11
Prehistoric Theme
For Playground Tots
The Lititz Recreation Cen­ter
has chosen “Prehistoric
Playtime" as the title tor llieir
annual Summer Playground
Program. The exciting events
in the life oi "Fred Flintstone’’
and his friends will highlight
six weeks of J'un and frolic for
all Hie children of Warwick
Union School District.
The Playground program
will be centered around six
weekly themes. They are as
follows:
July 10 1o 14. "Freddie and
Friends" Register for Play­ground:
July 17 to 21. “Fea­ture
Your Creature" Week;
July 24 to 28. "Pino Rides
Again" Week: July 31 to Aug.
4. Olympia Week; August 7 to
11, Bivouac at Bed Rock; Au­gust
14 to 18. Flintstone Round­up.
Special events will include
a Fred and Wilma Flintstone
contest and picnic (lirstweek).
Pet Show and Penny Hike (2nd
week), Bike Hike and Crazy
Dress Day i3rd week), Junior
Olympics and Mr. ana Miss
Nick’s Auction
To Be Replaced
By Laundromat
The Lititz Board of Zoning
Adjustment, at its meeting
Tuesday night, granted a re­quest
of Roy Steffy to install
a laundromat al 58 Rodney
Lane in place of Nick’s Auc­tion
Barn. At present lie op­erates
a laundromat in Akron.
The auction barn has been
operated for a number of years
by Nick Rosonbergcr. who said
he was going out of business
because of his health. lie is
suffering from arthritis. How­ever.
he said he will continue
with his job at ;i gas station
on the turnpike. He had been
in the auctioneering business
on a part-time basis for about
20 years.
The zoning board also grant­ed
a request of Henry Snavc-ly.
Lititz. to erect a ten-unit
apartment building a! 29 E.
Marion St. and a request of
Samuel Hess to erect a small
accessory building lo the rear
of and in line with his dwell­ing
at l(i E. Market St,
Pharos Eeenrode withdrew
his appeal for rezoning of his
newly acquired property at 353
East Main Street, where he is
relocating his sub-shop from
69 East Main. He said he would
not need the rezoning since
the borough plans to rezone
that area as ‘‘historical."
Lititz Police
Cited For Aid
Lititz police have been com­mended
for their courtesy
even by people they have ar­rested
— according to letters
addressed lo borough repre­sentatives
and released by May­or
Russell L. Templeton.
One was written by Miss
Dorothy Lownsberry, 128 Rid­er
Ave., Lancaster, to Justice
of the Peace Paul F. Diehm,
along with payment of a fine
and costs for a motor Viola­tion.
She says:
“Will you please give the
policeman a me s s age for
me? Although he arrested me,
which i was guilty of the vio­lation,
you tell him for me
that I think he is a very nice
person, some officers have a
smart altitude because they
wear a uniform, but he cer-
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! Caveman Contest (4th week),
Overnight Campout and Hobo
Day (5th week), and picnic
and crowning of the King and
Queen of Bed Rock (6th week).
Arts and crafts, swimming in­struction
and tennis instruc­tion
round out the special ac­tivities.
This year for the first time
there will be full day Play­ground
(9 a.m. to 12 noon,
and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.) at Rolhs-ville
and Brunnerville as well
as the Lititz Springs Park. The
Lions’ Tot Lot will be from
9 a.m. to 12 noon.
Monday, June 26 (9 a.m. to
12 noon) and Tuesday, June
27 (1 p.m. lo 4 p.m.) have been
set up as pre-registration dates
for the swimming classes di­rected
by the Recreation Cen­ter.
All children who plan lo
participate in the swimming
instruction must register at the
Recreation Center at the above
times. The swimming instruc­tion
will be held Tuesday, Wed­nesday,
and Thursday mornings
from 9 to 11. There will be
classes for beginners, ad­vanced
beginners, intermedi­ates
and swimmers at the Lit­itz
Springs Pool,
Arts and Crafts
The following items are
needed for the summer crafts
program. The craft directors
will need, in any quantity, and
at any time the following:
Wax milk cartons (qt.), card­board
tubes, baby food jars
with lids, shoe boxes, small
cardboard jewelry boxes, spools,
plastic detergent bottles with
caps, especially large dorox
bottles or bottles of similar
shape.
Those having any items not
listed above they feel the Cen­ter
might be able to use. are
asked lo bring them lo the
Recreation Center.
Power Failure
Affects Stores
On E. Main St.
Thirteen residential units
and six businesses in down­town
Lititz were without elec­tric
power from 7:50 a.m. to
11:15 a.in. on Tuesday.
Although those affected, re­ported
the power failure sev­eral
times, it was 11 a.m. be­fore
the Pennsylvania Power
and Light Company sent re­pairmen
to the scene. They
fixed it in 15 minutes. An of­ficial
for the company said the
company could only apologize
for the delay. The failure was
caused by a transformer on E.
Main St. blowing a fuse, and
was just a local mishap. It had
no connection with the massive
power failures that have been
occurring in the east, officials
said.
However, several stores had
lo close, because having no
windows, they had no lights,
nor could they operate any
electrical equipment, such as
air conditioners.
Last week, several places on
Broad Street were without
power for an hour or two:
however, they were notified by
PP&L that the power would be
off while a line was being
changed.
SCHOOL TO CLOSE
A Parents’ Night program
will be held Thursday (tonight)
at 7:30 p.m. to mark the clos­ing
of the Vacation Bible
School at St. Luke’s United
Church of Christ. The work
done during the sessions will
be on display.
C o u n c i l T o A l lo c a t e
$4 0 0 9 T o C o m m u n it y
Steps Taken Toward
New Middle School
DISPLAYS RARE ITEM: Mrs. Robert D. Sensen%, chief guide at the Johannes
Mueller house, 137-139 E. Main St., shows a ra re pitcher and basin which are am'ong
the recent acquisitions of the Lititz Historical Foundation. The Dutch cupboard and
its contents of Gaudy Dutch and early Staffordshire china are ju st a few of the
many items th a t can be viewed by those interested in th e antiques peculiar to the
life and culture of early Lititz. Much of the support of the Foundation comes from
the annual Antiques Show scheduled this year on July 3 and 4.
(Record-Express Photo)
Antiques Show Benefits
Historical Foundation
Plans for the proposed mid­dle.
school to be constructed by
the Warwick School district
were discussed by the School
Board at its meeting Tuesday
night.
The architectural firm of
Shenk and Seibert. Wyomi.ssitig.
was authorized to have Waller
Spoils Associates make a topo­graphical
survey of the site,
which is located east of the
present High School building.
The area is now used for a
baseball diamond, football prac­tice
field and tennis court.
The school will accommodate
grades six, seven and eight,
with a pupil capacity of 1,100
students.
'[’lie board approved the re­quest
of the county board to
use facilities of the Kissel Hill
School lo conduct a program
for brain-damaged children.
This would be two rooms to
house three olasses of 24 chil­dren.
The county office has al­located
$1.200 per room.
The resignation of board
member, Richard Frankhouser,
14 W. Lincoln Ave.. was ac­cepted
because he is moving
to New York Stale. His term
expires in 1969.
It was reported that uncol­lected
real estate taxes of I960
have been submitted to the
Lancaster County Tax Claim
Bureau ;is follows: Lititz bor­ough.
$1,257.16: Warwick Twp.,
$7,299.43: Elizabeth Twp.. 33,-
121.10.
Requests to attend confer­ences
were granted as follows:
G. Marlin Spaid. School ad­ministrators
conference, Penn
State, July 10-13; Herbert E.
Fry and Raymond C. Groff,
PSBA conference, July 10-16.
Indiana University. Indiana.
Pa.; Fry, Hie Association of
School business officials of the
United States and Canada. Oc­tober
14-19, in Florida.
Summer Program
The board gave the Lititz
Community Center permission
to use school facilities in their
summer recreation program
which opens July 11 and con-
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The Lititz Historical Foun­dation
will sponsor their Sixth
annual Antiques Show and
sales on July 3 and 4, in the
Bobst Recreation Center, Lit­itz
Springs Park.
Thirty-one exhibitors from
three slates will show a wide
variety of antiques. Stales rep­resented
will be Pennsylvania.
Maryland and New York.
'file show is held jointly with
the annual Fourth of July Can­dle
Pegeant in Lititz Springs
Park.
Show hours on July 3 arc
10 a.m. to 10 p.m. and the
hours on July 4 arc 10 a.in.
to 8 p.m.
Refreshments will be avail­able
in the Recreation Center.
Proceeds from the show are
used in the restoration of the
Find Shell
In Attic
Is “Dud99
“Shop In Lititz Jackpot”
Hits $150; Interest Soars
Another $30 went into the
jackpot sponsored by the Lititz
Retailers Association as the con­test
entered its fifth week. The
so far unclaimed jackpot will
be at $150 for this Saturday’s
drawing al 11 a.m. at the Con­estoga
National Bank parking
lot. Two Lititz youngsters — Jane
Ober. 12. of 123 N. Liberty St.,
and nine-year-old Ricky Pohn-er
of 320 New Street — drew
names of seven winners of $10
merchandise certificates. Three
winners were on hand to receive
their certificates, the rest were
mailed.
The name of Linda Fisher,
101 S. Locust Street, was drawn
to receive the cash packpot but
she was not present. (Under the
contest rules, the cash drawing
can only be won by being pre­sent
).
Merchandise certificate winn­ers
and the stores at which their
certificates can be redeemed,
are: Mrs. Warren Snavely, Lit­itz
R4: (Henry K. Neff): George
F. Evans, 125 S. Broad St. (Po­sey’s
Garden Center); Lemon S.
Birkenbine, 36 Front St. (Flana­gan’s);
Mrs. W. D. Wilkerson,
63 E. Main St. (The Carpet
Shop); Mrs. James E. Herr, 34
Locust St. (Gearhart’s); Roy
Long, 135 S. Cedar St. (Kaufl-man’s
Market); and J. L. Koser,
Lititz R4 (Lititz Record-
Express).
Shoppers are reminded to
register each week during the
12-week “Shop in Lititz Jack­pot”
contest to be eligible for
each week’s drawing. All regis­tration
slips will be held for the
grand prize drawing at the end
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A 60-millimeter mortar pro­jectile
of World War II vintage
caused a short-lived scare when
it was found in the attic of the
property at 353 Ea s t Main
Street by Phares Eeenrode this
week while he was preparing
the place for occupancy by his
Sub Shop.
He wasn’t sure if it was
“live” or not, so he called bor­ough
police, who in turn called
the bomb disposal unit al In-dianlown
Gap. They .sent down
two experts who examined the
shell and found it to be a dud.
Police Chief George C. Hicks
said that it had not been shot
from a weapon, but had been
dropped or placed there.
One-car Crash
Robert L. Carroll, 54 East
Main St., was involved in a
one-ear accident at 11:17 p.m.
June 18, according Lo Chief
Hicks.
Police said Carroll was trav­eling
south on North Broad
Street, and hit the curb in
front of 354 N. Broad, going
over it, knocking down a bor­ough
sign and hitting a utility
pole. Carroll told police he was
blinded by the lights of an on­coming
car. Damage to his car
was estimated at $600, and at
$15 lo the sign. There was no
damage to the pole.
Hits Parked Car
Two automobiles, one of
which was parked, were dam­aged
in an accident June 16
at 6:35 a.m.
Police said that Mrs. Doro­thy
L. Cassei, thirty-three, 39
Springs Ave., struck a car own­ed
by Margaret J. Bajkowski,
120 New Street, which' was
parked at a curb on Now Street
near Seaber Lane. Mi's. Cassei
was charged with reckless driv­ing
by Officer Leroy Emmerich
before Justice of the Peace
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Johannes Mueller House which
was purchased as a home for
the Foundation. A large por­tion
of the restoration of the
house has been accomplished
from the proceeds of previous
antique shows sponsored by
the Lititz Historical Founda­tion.
This house, located at.
137-139 East Main Street, was
built in 1792 and is an excel­lent
example of the architec­ture
so typical of Lititz in the
eighteenth century, as well as
(he nineteenth century. The
house is furnished in an au­thentic
manner, typical of
many artisan's homes in the
Lititz Of 1792. Also of interest
are the museum room's, dis­playing
an outstanding collec­tion
of Lehnware and other
rare artifacts. The Mueller
House is open Wednesday,
Thursday. Friday. Saturday
and holidays from 1 p.m. to
4 p.m.
Rare Item
Among the recent acquisi­tions
of the Foundation is a
pitcher ami basin set of rare
“scroddle ware,” made dur­ing
the late 18th and early
19th centuries. This unusual
item is unique in color and
pattern, achieved by mixing
clays in layers and cutting
crosswise before working on
a hand-turned pottery wheel,
resulting in a random “zig­zag"
pattern. This particular
set is in shades of brown and
tan.
William M. Light is general
show chairman; Mrs. Glenn II.
McElroy, corresponding secre-relary;
Mrs. Jamie J. Kline,
recording secretary, and Rich­ard
C. Rader, treasurer.
Paul Rilz is in charge of
equipment, and the ticket com­mittee
includes Mrs. B. J. Los-ensky
and Mrs. Walter Zook, i
The refreshment committee is I
comprised of Mrs. J. M. Leed,
Mrs. Frank Wolf. Mrs. Wilbur
Miller. Mrs. Alfred Mclzer. and
Mrs. John Bingham. Mrs. Rob­ert
-Means is in charge of flor­al
arrangements, and Charles
A. Miller is in charge of pub­licity.
NEW OFFICERS of Welcome Wagon Club are installed. Seated, left to right,
Mrs. Joseph O’Neill, recording secretary; Mrs. Frederick S. Engle, Jr., president;
Standing, left to right, Mrs. Randall Bauer, vice president; Mrs. John Bevan, tre a ­surer;
Mrs. Donald McIntyre, corresponding secretary. Installation took place fol­lowing
a dinner at the Warwick House Tuesday night. (Record-Express Photo)
GET $400 GIFT
The Li t i t z Springs Park
trustees, at their meeting Tues­day
night, received a check for
$400 from the Lititz American
Business Club.
This represents a part of the
ABC’s distribution of the prof­its
from their production.
“Arabian Sugar Cake." They
earmarked the gift as follows:
painting of the refreshment
stands and rest rooms in the
park; purchase of four metal
benches lor the park.
Welcome Wagon Club
Installs New Officers
140 Girl Scouts Enrolled
For Cornwall Day Camp
One hundred forty Brownie
and Junior Girl Scouts of Roll­ing
Hills Neighborhood are reg­istered
to attend the annua]
Day Camp at Camp Cornwall
in Lebanon County beginning
Monday, June 26.
Mrs. Gordon Burkey, camp
director, said that ail girls arc
to report lo the Lititz Elemen­tary
School at 9 o'clock each
morning, Monday through Fri­day.
rain or shine, for bus
transportation lo the campsite.
They are to wear proper camp
clothes, including socks and
sturdy shoes, and to bring with
them a lunch, (milk will bo
provided;) a “situpon”, an un­breakable
cup. (preferably one
with a handle,) and sweater
and/or raingear. Junior Scouts
will also br ing their Hand­books
and penknives. The bus­es
will return to the school at
about 3:30 each afternoon, ex­cept
Friday, June 30. when
they will return at 1:30.
Brownie Unit Leaders arc
Mrs. Clyde Gchman. Mrs. Roy
Rodger, Mrs. David DcWald.
and Mrs. Robert Gregory. They
will be assisted by Mrs. Dan­iel
Gingrich, Mrs. John Cooper.
Mrs. Donald Ross, Mrs. Wil­liam
Miksch, Mrs. Lester Long,
Mrs. Arthur Holder, Susan
Workman, Laurie ltosenquist.
and Romaine McAlpin.
The Junior Scouts will be
under the leadership of Mrs.
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Installation of new officers
for 1967-68 of the Lititz Wel­come
Wagon was conducted by
Mrs. Harry Bomberger. Wel­come
Wagon Hostess, follow­ing
a dinner at the Warwick
House Tuesday night.
Officers for the coming year
are Mrs. Frederick S. Engle
Jr., president: Mrs. Randall
Bauer, vice president; Mrs. Jo­seph
O'Neill, recording secre­tary:
Mis. Ronald McIntyre,
corresponding secretary: Mrs.
John Bevan, treasurer.
Mrs. Engle announced the
executive hoard for 1967-68 as
follows: civic. Mrs. Gordon
Music Festival
In Springs Park
A Music Festival will be
held in Lititz Springs Park on
Tuesday July 4 from 1 p.m. to
4 p.m. in Hie Bandshelf.
The festival is open to folk
s i n g e r s and instrumental
groups. A total . of $250 in
prize money will be awarded
in both categories.'Jim Peters,
disc jockey at WLAN/ will
serve as Master of Ceremonies.
Applications may be obtain­ed
from both swimming pools,
local merchants, or by contact­ing
George Biemesdei'fer, 626-
6207.
Miller; membership. Mrs. Bau­er;
social and interest groups,
Mrs. Robert Heron; coffees,
Mrs. Walter Frisbie; publicity
and historian, Mrs. Edward
Jedrzejek; telephone, Mrs. Sev­erin
Yerger: hospitality, Mrs.
Alan Price; program, Mrs.
Ralph Williams;, newsletter,
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Contributions totaling $4,009
lo community projects are ex­pected
t.o be approved by Bor­ough
Council at its meeting
Tuesday, June 27. according to
Borough Manager George D,
Steedle.
They include $1,509 to the
Recreation Center, which is
less this year than last because
of the large contributions lo
the center by the JuniorBoard;
$800 to the Fire Company,
$750 lo the Library. $900 to
the Lititz Springs Park, and
$50 to the Warwick Ambulance
Services. Ail these sums are
(tie same as last year.
Copncil will approve the Rev
Center's request to use the Lit­itz
Springs pool for swimming
lessons, and also will give per­mission
to Ilcrshey amt Gtbbel
to use it for a picnic.
Reports will be given on the
water improvement project, It
is expected that the contractor
will begin work next week.
Council will review the 1967
budget to make a few changes,
made necessary because of per­sonnel
changes and illness this
year.
Steedle will r e p o r t on a
study which he made of private*»
alleys in the borough, in
which he found 28 private type
thoroughfares. This wilt be dis-cussed
by council with lhe?$itn
of the borough possibly taking
over some of them. He also
will report on the storm drain­age
basin and the status of
North Oak Street. He is wait­ing
for a deed description so
he can proceed in finding out
where Oak Street will go
through and how it affects tire
properly owners.
Council is expected to pass
an ordinance removing an Un­opened
alley from the borough
plan, in the vicinity of, the
VFW parking lot and the Park,
They also will discuss Hie load
and unload zone on N. Cedar
Street al the FUB Church.
Council is expected to adopt
a resolution concerning the wa­ter
main passing under the
Reading Railroad crossing at
Locust St.
Representatives will meet'
with Southern Pipe Line Co.
representatives in order that
the solicitor may determine the
legal status of the pipeline's
rigid of way at West Second
Street.
Tiie plan for the Messick
Realty development will come
up for approval.
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Churches Plan
Park Services
Lititz Springs Park will be
the setting for summer church
services to be held each Sun­day
at 7 p.m.. under the spon­sorship
of the Ministerial Fel­lowship
of the Warwick Asso­ciation
of Churches.
In case of inclement weath­er,
church bells will ring at
6:30 p.m. indicating that the
vespers will be held in the Lit­itz
church of the denomination
in charge of that particular
service.
The schedule is planned, as
follows: July 2. St. Luke’s
United Church of Christ; July
9, Lititz Church of the Breth­ren:
July 16, Trinity Evangeli­cal
Congregation: July 23. Lit­itz
Evangelical United Breth­ren:
July 30, Brunnerville
Evangelical United Brethren.
Aitg. 6, First Church of God;
Aug. 13, Moravian Congrega­tion;
Aug. 20, St. Paul’s Evan­gelical
Lutheran Church; Aug.
27. Kothsville Evangelical Con­gregational
Church,
Miller, Rathkey, Chosen
To Attend Boys State
Two high school junior boys
will represent Lititz at the
1967 session of Pennsylvania
American Legion Boys State.
Commander W. Roy Enck, of
Garden Spot Post No. 56 an­nounced
today.
Selected to participate in
this annual civics workshop,
sponsored by the Pennsylvania
American Legion, are David
Miller, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Dean G. Miller, 416 Chérry
St. and David Rathkey, son of
Mr. and Mrs. James- W.‘ Rath-key.
208 E. 3rd Avenue. Alter­nate
selected is John Bard,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Waller M.
Bard, 115 S. Cedar SI.
The .1967 Pennsylvania Amer­ican
Legion Roys Stale will be
in session from June 26 to
July 3 at the Pennsylvania
State University. Commander
Enck said.
Departments (state and ter­ritorial
organizations) of The
American Legion this summer
will sponsor 49 of these Boys
Stales where boys who have
just completed their junior
year in high school will study
the organization, operation, and
political processes of state gov­ernment.
The youths from Lititz will
participate in the organization
oi political parties, campaigns,
elections, and enactment and
enforcement of their own taws
within a mythical 51sl slate.
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