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(C o n s o lid a te d w ith T h e E itit z R e co rd , 1937) Lititz, Lancaster County, Penna., Thursday, March 13, 1969 10 c e n t s a Copy; $4.00 per y e a r b y m a il
w ith in L a n c a s t e r C ou n ty 14 Pages — No. 49
Steel girders were put in place on the
Oak Street bridge by a huge crane last
Thursday. The bridge, being construct­ed
by the Mesa Construction Company at a
project cost of $32,877.00, is running on
schedule it was reported. Surfacing the
bridge and the installation of railings will
complete the project.
Rotary Travelogue Series Presents
"South American Adventure" Mar. 22
Retailers’ Name
Treasure Chest
Participants
The Lititz Retailers’ Associa­tion
announced yesterday the
names of the local merchants
that are participating in the
“Easter Treasure Chest” sale.
They are: Martin Chevrolet
Inc.; Keller Bros. Auto. Co.;
Bob’s Save Rite Market, Binge-man’s
Restaurant, General Sut
ter Inn, Michael’s TV & Appli­ances,
The Lititz Sewing Cen­ter,
Armold Jewelers, Dick’s
TV & Appliances.
The Lititz Sports Center,
Harris Variety Center, Gear­hart’s
Self-Service, Glassmyer’s,
Lititz Book Store, Kenyon’s
Pastry Shop, Charlotte’s Ap­parel
Shop, J. B. Hess Men’s
Wear, K & M Campers, Kathryn
Sipe, McElroy P h a rm ac y ,
Spacht’s Furniture Store, Long
& Bomberger Home Center Inc.,
Western Auto., Benner’s Phar-masy,
Lititz Record-Express.
The sale begins next Thurs­day,
March 20 and continues t<
April 5.
In each participating mer­chant’s
store will be a “Treasure
Chest” loaded with all types of
gifts and prizes. Shoppers will
receive keys to the chest and I
those keys that open the Treas­ure
Chest will receive the gift
selected. Adults only will be
eligible to receive keys. I
More details and a list of i
prizes to be won will be an-1
nounced next week.
Six Republicans Seek Three
School Director Nominations
Democrats File Petitions For Primary
Local Democrats have filed
nominating petitions for the
May Primary for mayor, one
councilman in the borough, the
three school director-at-large
posts and other borough and
township offices.
Carson Mellott, a Democratic
committeeman, 442 W. Marion
Street, filed a petition for
mayor. James L. Snavely, 631
Kissel Hill Road, filed for
borough council from the 1st
Ward.
Other petitions filed includ­ed:
Lititz Borough
Tax Collector — Jean L.
Watts, 101 E. Main St.; Judge
of Elections — 1st Ward, Lu­cille
I. Snavely, 631 Kissel Hill
Roard; Inspector of Elections —
1st Ward, Anna W. Wagner, 43
S. Broad St.; Inspector — 3rd
Ward, Dorothy O. Lehman, 432
S. Cherry St.
School-Director-At-Large
(3 to be nominated)
Dennis Bortz, 108 S. Spruce
St.; James W. Axmacher, Lititz
R#3; J. Vincent Becker, Lititz
R#3.
Warwick Township
Supervisor — Ronald D. Nuss,
Lititz R#3; Tax Collector —
Audrey Caldwell, 123 Mayfield
Dr.; Auditor — Elsie Young,
Lititz R#3; Inspector — War­wick
East — Louella Adams,
19 Church St., Rothsville.
Elizabeth Township
Supervisor — (one to be
nominated) Gareth Diem, Lititz
R#2, and Cyrus Long, Lititz
R#2; Auditor — George White,
Lititz R#2; Judge — Kathryn
White, Lititz R#2; Inspector —
June L. Mace, Lititz R#2.
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The Lititz Rotary Club will
present the fifth program of its
“Travel and Adventure” series
yii Saturday, March 22 at 3 p.m.
and 8 p.m. in the Warwick High
School auditorium.
Due to the anticipated large
audiences at the evening pro­gram,
it is suggested that at­tendance
at the afternoon per­formance
may be more con­venient
for the patrons.
The featured film will por­tray
an adventurous t r i p
through little known regions of
South America, filmed and per­sonally
narrated by Romain
Wilhelmsen, nationally known
through his adventure televi­sion
appearances as “The Le­gend
Hunter.” The trail begins
in the old Spanish fortress city
of Cartagena — the Pearl of the
Indies on the Caribbean Sea —
and leads south into Colombia.
This part includes 700 miles of
colorful jungles and villages
while aboard a genuine old Mis­sissippi-
like paddle boat, a float­ing
palace. Then by wood-burn­ing
train up the Andes to the
capital city of Bogota, which in
^eedmobile
Plant To Build
$60,000 Addition
turn is compared to the slowly
awakening jungle city of Neiva.
Then on to Lima, Peru, to
see old Colonial plazas and ul­tra
modern housing develop­ments.
In Peru, the pre-Incan
abode city of Chan-Chan is
shown and some of its priceless
buried treasures are filmed, in­cluding
a $250,000 golden horde
just this year uncovered. By
Plane to the Inca “City of the
Sun,” Cuzco, is visited, along
with its mysterious anciei
stone fortress, haunted by le
gends of treasure. In this area is
the famous lost city of the In­cas,
Machu Piechu, high in the
mountains, and defying ima­gination.
Completely excavated
by archeologists, it will be com­pared
to another forgotten city
which has yet to see a spade or
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4th Annual Spelling Bee
At High School, Friday
A $60,000 addition to the I
co Feedmobil-es Inc., plant at | Grade
Lititz R2, was announced recent-f
Jy by Samuel High Jr., president. ®s*ssi
The construction was started
about two months ago and is
expected to be completed May 1. j
Local plant size will be tripled.
An additional 40 employees
will be hired when the new
facilities are completed bringing
the total number of workers at
the plant from 20 to 60.
The plant is one of 21 feed-mobile
parts and service centers
throughout the United States.
It is located along Route 501
about one mile north of Lititz.
The Feedmobiles are built in
Hopkins, Minn., and Lanco
pi'ovides repairs and service for
the area encompassing Pennsyl­vania,
Virginia, New Jersey,
Maryland and New York. i
The original building erected
•vo years ago, has 4,000 square
met of lloor space. The addi­tion
will bring the total to 12,000
square feet. The structure is
one story high and when com­pleted
will provide an additonal
nine bays.
High said the addition is |
being erected because of the
large increase in business. A
feedmobile is a feed processing
plant on a truck.
The fourth annual Warwick
Spelling Bee will be held this
Friday at 7 p.m. in the Lititz
Elementary auditorium. The
public is invited to attend.
Participants, determined on
the basis of written and oral
eliminations are as follows:
eight — Melanie Ditzler,
Teresa Enck, Barbara Kendig,
Kenneth Hurst, Mark Jaede,
Marie Mease, Ruth Morman,
Linda Roether, Deborah Sonnen,
Chris Weber, Susan Wonder,
Arthur Young.
Grade seven — Debby Diffen-bach,
Sue Enck, Donna Garman,
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New Authority
Appointed By
Warwick Twp, I
Warwick Twp. Supervisors
created a Warwick Twp. Gen- |
eral Purpose Municipal Author­ity
and named five people to
serve staggered terms on the
authority at a mefeting on March
6. One of the first duties of the
authority will be to investigate
details on the proposed water
system for the township.
The five, in decreasing length
of time they will serve from five
to one year, are: Charles Kling,
five years; Russell Keith, four;
William E. Bailey, three; Frank
H. Bucher, two; and Raymond
L. Kingcaid, one year.
Other Action
In other action, the supervis­ors
received a letter from the
State Secretary of Highways
giving approval to speed zone
restriction signs in Brunnerville
Village setting the speed limit
at 40 miles per hour.
A resolution requiring that a
sketch plan be submitted to the
planning commission prior to
any application for property de­velopment
in Warwick Twp.
was adopted.
Supervisors also approved the
plans for development of two
building lots by Norman W.
Weaver and three lots by Lloyd
P. May.
The Lititz JayCees and JayneCees
held a joint installation banquet at the
General Sutter Inn on March 8. Aris
Pastes, administrative vice-president of
the Pennsylvania JayCees, was the guest
speaker. Pictured are James Perini, out­going
president, left and Adam Samelko,
in-coming JayCee president; Mrs. Vincent
Becker, in-coming JayneCees president
and Mrs. Dale Frantz, out-going president.
Recipients of this year’s Outstanding Jay-neCee
and JayCee awards were: Mrs.
Warren Mellinger and Samelko. Forty-eight
people attended the affair. Enter­tainment
was provided by the Keymen.
Class Rooms
Ransacked At
Lititz School
Intruders ransacked several
class rooms at the Lititz Elemen­tary
School over the weekend.
Entrance to the building was
gained through a basement
window on Saturday and twice
on Sunday.
Supplies missing from the
class rooms included: crayons,
magic markers,- pens and pencils
and a small amount of cash.
Early this week, four elemen­tary
school age boys were ap­prehended
and reprimanded.
Robert Heron, principal of the
school, reported that the sup­plies
and money had been re­turned
to the school.
Warwick Zoners
Deny Appeal
At a special meeting of the
Warwick Township Zoning
Board of Adjustment, an appeal
to expand a trailer court known
as the Plateau Mobile Village
by Abram P. Groff was denied.
The Board, after deliberation,
found that any expansion of the
trailer court would cause an in­creased
detrimental effect on
the surrounding properties.
Spring Art Show
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Christine Diehl, left and Candance
Seiverling display contemporary oil paint­ings
of street scenes which they entered in
the Art Contest sponsored by the Lititz
Woman’s Club. Both girls tied for third
prize.
A six sided Republican con­test
for three school director
nominations in the May 20 pri­mary
developed this week.
Filing petitions this week for
school director-at-large were:
Henry E. Martin Jr., Lititz R. D.
#4, John M. Evans, Lititz R#4,
and Carl V. Reedy, 438 S.
Spruce St., Lititz.
The three incumbent school
directors filing previously in­clude:
Rodney C. Welch, 415 S.
Cedar St., Horace A. Kauffman,
25 E. Lemon St., and Wallace
B. Hofferth, 212 E. Second Ave.
Local political observers
stated it had been many years
since so many Republicans had
filed for the same office.
Other petitions filed includ­ed:
Lititz Borough
Mayor — Russel L. Temple­ton,
152 Front St,
1st Ward
Council — Floyd Hagy, 46 E.
Main St.; Auditor — William E.
Ringer, 415 Laurel Avenue;
Judge of Elections — Christ B.
Koehler, 113 S. Cedar St.; In­spector
of Elections — Gladys
M. Stark, 37 Plum St.
2nd Ward
Council — D. Curtis Amidon,
532 Front St.; Judge — Edward
S. Grosh, 154 N. Locust St.; In­spector
— Chester D. Martin,
118 E. New St.
3rd Ward
Council — George K. Biemes-derfer,
6 E. Third Avenue;
Judge — John S. Witmyer, 317
S. Cedar St.; Inspector —
Kathryn K. Shuman, 409 Wood-crest
Avenue.
Warwick Township
Supervisor — Joseph M. Bru­baker,
Lititz R#3; Auditor —.
Robert D. Garner, Lititz R#3;
Tax Collector — (one to be
nominated) Mary M. Groff, Lit­itz
R#4, Annetta T. Keith, Lit­itz
R # l; Judge — Russel H.
Keith, Lititz R # l; Inspector —
C. David Landis, Lititz R#2.
Warwick East
Judge — Frank H. Bucher,
2160 Main St., Rothsville; In­spector
— Reba E. Conrad, 2161
Main St., Rothsville.
Elizabeth Township
Supervisor — (one to be
nominated) William E. Hick­man,
Lititz R#2, and Charles
E. Strohm, Lititz R. D. #2; Tax
Collector — Kathryn Adams,
Lititz R # l; Auditor — Dale F.
Diehm, Elm; Judge — Edith
S. May, Lititz R#2; Inspector —
Anna K. Zartman, Lititz R#2.
American Legion
Celebrates Its
50th Anniversary
The American Legion, cele­brating
its 50th Anniversary in
1969, is fundamentally a patrio­tic
organization, dedicated and
devoted to advancing the ideals
of America—justice, freedom,
democracy, and loyalty—and to
exalting, under the motto “For
God and Country,” the sacred­ness
of human personality and
the inestimable gift of American
citizenship.
Founded in Paris on March
15, 1919 by 1,000 representatives
cf the American Expeditionary
Force, The American Legion
j currently has more than 2.6 mil­lion
members (veterans of four
wars: World Wars I and II,
Korean and Vietnam Conflicts)
in some 16,000 Posts in the Uni­ted
States and abroad.
Bound together in comrade­ship
and service, Legionnaires
(“Veterans as Citizens”) active­ly
devote their efforts to four
major programs: Americanism,
Child Welfare, Rehabilitation,
and National Security. In addi­tion
to working for handicapped
veterans, their widows and orp­hans,
an emphasis is placed on
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Eileen Good and Karl Grove, second
and first place winners respectively, of
the Art Contest sponsored by the Lititz
Woman’s Club, exhibit their prize winning
works of art. Miss Good entered a scratch
board portrait. Grove’s entry was a land­scape
oil painting. School Menu
1969 Art Contest Announced By Woman's Club Slated At Warwick
March has been designated as
Youth Art Month by the Penn­sylvania
Department of Public
Instruction. Therefore, the Art
Department of the Warwick
High School will hold a Spring
Art Show on Friday evening,
March 21, 1969 in the high
school cafeteria from 7 p.m. to
9 p.m.
Student projects in grades
K-12 will be on display for the
public viewing.
Art teachers participating in
ne program are: Miss Geor-vene
Lucas, chairman; Miss
ancy Bredthauer, Mrs. Nancy
'raybill, Mrs. Charlotte Nuss
nd Mr. Charles Sload.
Winners Of
Karl Grove, a junior at War­wick
High, won first prize in the
Art Contest sponsored by the
Lititz Woman’s Club at the
school.
Second place was won by
Eileen Good, a senior. Tying for
the third place prize were: Miss
Candance Seiverling and Miss
Christine Diehl.
Karl, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ken­neth
Grove, R.D. #3 Lititz, is
enrolled in the industrial arts
curriculum at Warwick High’
School. He has participated in
wrestling and attends St. Paul’s
Lutheran Church in Lititz. His
prize winning oil painting de­picted
a landscape scene along
a stream.
Eileen, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. John H. Good, R.D. #3
Lititz, is enrolled in the business
curriculum at Warwick High
School. She has participated in
the band, glee club, and student
council. She is also active in
the Crack-Brain Club and the
Dramatics Club. Eileen attends
the Trinity Evangelical Congre­gational
Church of Lititz. Her
second place entry was a scratch
board portrait of a woman.
Candace, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Seiverling, R.D. #1,
Lititz, is enrolled in the academ­ic
curriculum at Warwick High
School. She has participated in
the FTA Club and the Junior
Class Play. Candy is also active
in the Pep Club and the Art
and Lay-out Staff of the year­book.
She attends the Lititz
United Methodist Church.
Candy’s entry was a contem­porary
oil painting of a city
street scene. It won third prize.
Christine, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Lawrence Diehl, 203 S.
Spruce Street, Lititz, is enrolled
in the academic curriculum at
Warwick High School. She has
helped in the library and has
participated in the glee club.
Christine is also active in the
Crack-Brain Club and the Dra­matics
Club. She attends the
Trinity Evangelical Congrega­tional
Church in Lititz. Her en­try,
a street scene done in oil
won third prize.
Judges for the contest were:
Elizabeth Hurwitz, Kutztown
State College art dept., retired,
Mrs. William Miksch, Lititz
Woman’s Club. Miss Josephine
Krum, Linden Hall, head of art
dept., Rev. John Morman, Head­master
Elect, Linden Hall.
Monday, March 17
Beef barbecue, french fries,
relish tray, St. Patrick Dessert
w/fruit.
Tuesday, March 18
Pork and Sauer Kraut, mashed
potatoes, rosy apple sauce.
Wednesday, March 19
Homemade vegetable soup,
bologna sandwich, fruit cocktail.
Thursday, March 20
Baker chicken corn pie, fiesta
salad, jello crystals w/topping.
Friday, March 21
Fish poodle w/roll, baked
beans, celery sticks, homemade
I cake w/orange topping.