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WITHIN LANCASTER COUNTY 20 Pages-No. 24
Includes Wagaman Brothers Printers
Five Companies Renamed
By American Bag & Paper Corp.
Long and Bomberger Home Center, Inc. moved
into its new building at 45 N. Broad St. in 1966 and
is still expanding.
Eighty-year-old American
Bag and Paper Corp. an­nounced
today that it has
changed its name and the
names of its four subsidiary
companies to American
Packaging Corporation. The
new name will be used by the
company’s wholly owned
subsidiaries, Northern
Packaging Corp., Ameri-
Pak of Wisconsin, Interstate
Folding Box Company, and
Wagaman Brothers, Prin­ters,
Inc.
Consolidated under the
A m e ric an P a c k a g in g
Corporation name, the
company is the most
diversified converter in the
packing industry, offering a
broad product line to meet
the flexible packaging,
carton and printing needs of
the food, chemical and
consumer products in­dustries.
In announcing the new
company name, American
Packaging Corporation’s
president, Stanley A.
Schottland commented that
"through internal growth
and acquisition we have
combined a group of com­panies
which compliment
each other in the many
packaging products and
printing services we offer.
We consolidated our name to
better describe our con­s
id e r a b ly e n la rg e d
operations. In an industry
where business has been flat
Long and Bomberger Home Center Inc.
• A Growing Building Business
Editor’s note: This is the
first in a series of articles to
acquaint our readers with
our local retailers. The
second article will appear
next week.
Long and Bomberger
Home Center, Inc. has been
a stalwart member of the
Lititz business community
since the mid 1800’s, but way
back in 1857 it was a coal and
lumber company on land
deeded by the ' Moravian
Church to Clem Geitner.
Today, the bright spacious
store does a mixed trade
featuring products for the
do-it-yourself home im­p
ro v e r or fo r the
professional contractor.
Robert Bomberger (Bob),
in discussing the growth of
the store, said, “We are
proud of the depth of
materials for daily use by
the homeowner, which we
have in the store. We don’t
sell bicycles and pots and
pans and things that can be
bought in any department
store, but we do carry a wide
variety of items for repair
and fix-up.
“We get people in from
Lancaster who shop here
because they can’t get what
they want anywhere else.
“We are a service store.
We can provide information
on products and help people
get acquainted with a new
product and how to use it.”
And people shop in the
store happily asking
questions that range from
“Is there such a thing?” to
"How many gallons of paint
will I need?” All of the Long
and Bomberger employees
seem to have that intuitive
knack for putting people at
their ease and treatingevery
question as the most im­portant
one they’ve been
asked all day.
The Long and Bomberger
business changed hands
several times during its
more than 100 years of
history until it was bought by
A.B. Long, grandfather of
present owners Sid Long and
Bob Bomberger. Bob and Sid
are cousins who each bought
into the family business
after their fathers, C.E.
Long and Guy D. Bomberger
retired in 1960.
C.E. Long bought into the
company in 1914 and the
name was then changed to
Long and Company. Seven
years later, in 1922, Guy D.
Bomberger bought A.B.
Long’s shares and entered
the business as a partner.
In 1966 the business moved
into the new store at 45 N.
Broad Street and two years
later, On Oct. 1,1968, it was
incorporated in-the name of
Long and Bomberger Home
Center, Inc., with Robert
Bomberger as president and
H.S. Long as
secretary/treasurer.
Twelve years ago, Long
Area Youth Killed, 5 Injured
Holiday Weekend Marred By Fatality
BiiMMiiitlii With the death toll on the
nation’s highway reaching
434 over the Labor Day
weekend, much lower than
the National Safety Council’s
estimate of between 460 to
550 persons that would be
killed in the country, Penn­sylvania
ranked high among
the states, claiming more
than five percent of that
number - 23 in all - to die on
this state’s highways. And
the death of one area youth
was in that number.
A Manheim Township
High School student was
killed and five other youths
injured when a car chase
ended in a violent crash,
which was heard for miles
around, on Kissel Hill Road
Sunday evening.
According to Manheim
Township police, the two-car
chase which ended in the
crash, resulted from an
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This is what remains of the car driven by William Riggle, 19, of 46 Sunrise
Ave., Lancaster, who was one of the drivers involved in Sunday night's fatal
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and Bomberger sold their
coal interests, concentrating
on fuel oil, but four years ago
they also dispensed with that
division of the business,
giving their whole time "to
apply more of bur efforts
toward the home and
building supply business,”
Bob said.
Lumber is still a major
portion of their business and
the variety of stock ranges
from locks and hingejs to
pipes, electrical supplies,
and paint. There seems
nothing the home improver
or remodeller can’t find on
hand.
On the Broad Street
property, the building that
was once the old office has
been gone only about one
month and the new shop
housing mill equipment to
plane, rip and edge lumber
stands near that site.
The business employs
In This Issue
Editorial 4
Sports Section 6,7,8
Social 9
Classified 10,11
Church 18
Business Directory 19
about 20 people some of
whom are part time
workers, "and the number is
seasonal,” Bomberger
explained. His son, Robert
G. Bomberger is now in­volved
in the business and
represents the fourth
generation of Longs and
Bombergers so employed.
Both Bob and Sid grew up
in Lititz and graduated from
Lititz High School and
Franklin and Marshall
College. "We worked in the
store and yard as young
people,” they recalled and
smiled remembering days
spent sweeping the floors
and shovelling coal as they
spent their summer em­ployment
or after school job
hours.
Long and Bomberger
Home Center, Inc. has a long
range goal in addition to the
modernization and ex­pansion
of product lines and
the building of new shops
and storage sheds.
“Our long range program
is to increase what and
where we can to provide
more services and products
to our customers,” Bob said.
in recent years, we believe
our company has prospered
because of our emphasis on'
the best equipment and
dedicated people.”
With headquarters in
Philadelphia, American
Packaging Corporation is
now a company with more
than $100 million in annual
sales, and operates more
than one million square feet
of production and warehouse
facilities in Pennsylvania,
Ohio, New York and
Wisconsin.
The newly named com­pany
holds more packaging
patents than any other
company in the industry. Its
six divisions are leaders in
the development of new
laminating, coating and
printing techniques for
paper, paper board, cartons,
pouches, bags, overwraps
and liners. The company has
also developed a number of
proprietary sealing and
closure systems for bags and
cartons.
Schottland points out that
unlike many larger com­petitors
who are tied to
vertically integrated raw
materials plants, American
Packaging Corp. is able to
help customers select the
best packaging materials for
the job, whether its paper,
foil, PVDC film, box board
or any other material
combination.
American Packaging is
now structured into six
separate divisions, including
the Consumer and Industrial
Bag D iv isio n in
Philadelphia, the Folding
Carton Division in Mid­dletown,
Ohio, the Extrusion
Laminating & Coating
Division in Rochester, N.Y.,
the Coated & Laminated
Products D '“ on in
P h ila d e lp h ia , th e
Rotogravure Printing &
Laminating Division in
Columbus, WI and the
Speciality Printing & Con­verting
Division in Lititz.
$25 Reward For
Missing Parrot
“Come back, Little
S h e b a ! ” R ic h a rd
Vetter, of the General
Sutter Inn, is offering a
$25 reward for the
re tu rn of “ Little
S h eb a ,” a green
Amazon parrot which is
desribed as being very
tame.
The parrot has been
missing since last
Tuesday night when she
escaped out the front
door of the hotel.
Anyone with in ­formation
as to "Little
Sheba’s” whereabouts
should call Richard
Vetter at 626-2115.
Brunnerville Fire Company
Suspends 1982 Fund Drive
The members of the
Brunnerville Fire Company
voted recently to suspend its
fund drive for 1982. The fire
company has conducted
annual fund drives for many
years. Since the company
did not experience any
major outlays during the
past year, other than the
purchase of 2,000 feet of five-inch
hose for $16,000, it was
the decision of the members
not to solicit funds for this
year due to the state of the
economy and because
residents are already being
solicited for many other
numerous charities.
The Brunnerville Fire
Company has enjoyed very
generous support in prior
years. The company wishes
to emphasize however, that
this decision does not mean
that fund drives will not be
conducted in the future.
Fire company president
Richard Hoffer expressed
the opinion that should a
serious emergency arise, the
residents would rally their
support. Should anyone wish
to make a contribution,
however, they may do so by
mailing the same to Brun­nerville
Fire Company, P.O.
Box 26, Brunnerville, Pa.
17543. v
Sunday At Moravian Church
Lititz Craftsman To Speak
On Home Restoration
A Manheim Township youth was killed and three
Lititz youths injured Sunday night while riding in
this blue Chevrolet convertible which smashed
into a concrete culvert on Kissel Hill Road, spun
around and was struck by another car which was
allegedly pursuing it. Killed in the crash was Gregg
F. Griffin, 17, of 443 Haymarket Road, Lititz.
(Photos by Stan Hall)
Restoring an old house Is
not just labor - it’s an ad­venture,
according to Gene
Shaw who will give an
illustrated lecture on the
subject this coming Sunday,
Sept. 12, at 2 p.m. in
Fellowship Hall at the
Moravian Church.
The talk will be the third in
a series presented by the
Lititz Historical Foundation
on Early American Arts in
Today’s Homes.
Gene Shaw has been a
resident of Lititz and a
practicing builder and ar­tisan
here since 1974, when
he opened his business called
The Wooden Plane on South
Spruce Street. This was two
years after he graduated
from the Pennsylvania
Academy of Fine Arts in
Philadelphia, where he
majored in graphics and did
a lot of work on woodcut
prints. After graduation he
traveled extensively through
Europe studying the
reconstruction of historic
villages in Holland, Ger­many
and other countries.
In discussing restorations
Gene will concentrate upon
one particular project on
which he worked, entitling
his presentation “ The
Rebirth of a Georgian Style
Farmhouse.” The far­mhouse
is one of many older
homes he has rehabilitated,
either completely or in part,
in this area. In some cases
he is called upon to repair
d e ta ils like windows,
shutters or porches.
He has restored three log
houses, three old stone
houses and a couple of brick
ones. He has also built some
period-style new houses.
One notable project Gene
Shaw recently completely
was the complete refur­bishing
of the Wineglass
Pulpit in the old Zion Church
in Brickerville. It’s a
beautiful example of his
superior craftsmanship.
Gene will use slides to
illustrate his talk - some
taken before, some after and
some during the renewal
process.'He will show the
steps that have to be taken to
finish particular rooms.
In summary, he will note
that the excitement and
romance in a restoration
cannot be appreciated
simply by viewing the
completed work but in
following in detail the
challenges that must be met
along the way.
His lecture will be open
free of charge of members of
the Lititz Historical Foun­dation
and their friends and
to the general public.
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Local craftsman Gene Shaw will give an illustrated lecture on restoring old
houses on Sunday, Sept. 12, at 2 p.m., in the Fellowship Hall of the Moravian
Church.