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A re a Fire Co.'s
Will Convert to
County System
> f ' S ' t
May 30 is the target date set for
the start of the Lancaster County
Fire Alerting System, at which
time the seven area fire com­panies
in Zone 2 will change over
from the present Northern
Lancaster County alerting
system to a county-wide hookup.
This means that the seven
volunteer companies in Zone 2
will no longer be receiving their
fire calls over the Plectron
system that has been manned by
Lititz Fire Company Chief
Ammon Shelley and his wife,
Pauline, since 1968.
Instead, all fire calls for Zone 2
will go through a central system
housed in the basement of the old
Conestoga View county home at
900 E. King St., which is also the
home of the county police
dispatching operation.
The seven volunteer companies
in Zone 2 who will make the
changeover are Lititz, Rothsville,
Brunnerv ille, B r ick e r v ille ,
Manheim, Penryn, and
Mastersonville.
Rothsville Fire Chief Claude
Young, who is president of the
Lancaster County Firemen’s
Association, is currently working
with an advisory committee for
thé new alerting system, made up
of fire chiefs from seven zones in
the county.
- Lititz Fire Chief Ammon
Shelley is committee member for
Zone 2.
Paul Leese, county Civil
Defense Director, in charge of
the new alerting system, said this
week that four of the seven fire
zones in the county, including
Zone 2, have agreed to come into
the county system a§ soon as it is
available, the other companies
having indicated they will do so
eventually.
Leese said the county hopes to
maintain telephone lines to each
of the seven telephone areas in
Warwick Choral
Group to Entertain
Friday Evening
Shoppers in Lititz this Friday
evening will be in for a special
event as a group from the
Warwick Glee Club will be
caroling throughout the shopping
district. The event is sponsored
by: the Lititz Retailers
Association and you will be able
to hear all the familiar songs and
carols of the Christmas season as
you shop.
Shop Lititz this Christmas
season and especially Friday
evening and take a few minutes
from the hustle and bustle of this
busy time to enjoy the music that
will be presented.
the county, to allow direct toll-free
calls from fire companies to
900 E. King St., similar to the set
up now in operation there for the
county police dispatch service.
The county will maintain a 24-
hour dispatching service, with
one trained dispatcher on duty at
all times, and a second trained
relief dispatcher to rotate bet­ween
fire and police calls, to be
used where needed.
Leese said the new set up will
involve no charge or fees from
any of the volunteer fire com­panies.
Money for the alerting
system has been budgeted by
the county under Civil Defense.
Sixty percent of it comes from the
Governor’s Justice Committee,
the rest will come from county
taxes.
This will differ from the
county-wide police dispatching
service under which police
departments are charged at a
rate of 10 cents per capita. The
reason police departments are
charged a fee for the service is
because they are not volunteer
organizations, Leese said. He
added that this charge may not
continue.
Lititz Police Department, and
departments in the surrounding
townships, are not affiliated with
the county-wide setup, but use the
Ephrata dispatching service.
Equipment in the new fire
control room at 900 E. King St.
will include a 350 watt base
station with two channels,
already installed, a professional
consul with two call directors,
and all regular types of alarm
circuits for individual plants,
schools, etc. which request this
monitoring service.
The type of telephone system to
be installed is still under
discussion, Leese said.
“We want a ‘peaceful tran-sission’
with safety first,” he
said.
The Advisory Committee made
up of the fire chiefs from the
seven zones in the county will act
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In This Issue
Business Directory 17
Church News 16
Classified Ads 18,19
Editorial Page 4
School Menu 14
Sports Section 6,7
Women’s 14
Elmer Holmes Bobst (second from right)
pauses in Washington Square Park with
President James M. Hester of New York
University (right) and architects Richard
Foster (left) and Philip Johnson before the
library and study center for NYU that will
G a re *J 1 /Million
bear his name. The building will be
dedicated on Bobst's 88th birthday
Saturday, at a ceremony to be held in the
hundred-by-hundred foot atrium that rises
from the ground floor level to the full
height of the 12-story structure.
ffmer Bobst Library
To Be
The 88th birthday of Elmer
Holmes Bobst, Lititz’ most
famous citizen, will be celebrated
Saturday in New York at the
dedication of New York
University’s new library, Con­struction
of which Bobst made
possible with an $11 million gift.
More than 1200 persons are
expected to attend the dedication
of the $25 million building, which
has been named the Elmer
Holmes Bobst Library and Study
Center.
At the same time, Bobst’s
autobiography, entitled “The life
of Elmer Holmes Bobst,” will be
released, with many references
to his boyhood in Lititz.
The new 12-story library,
Santa’s Castle Hours
Friday 5 p.m.-8 p.m. $
Saturday 11 a.m.-4 p.m. |
located on the southeast corner of
Washington Square Park, is to
become the central point of New
York University, whose buildings
are scattered throughout the
park.
Built primarily for research, it
is one of the largest open stack
libraries in the country, and has a
seating capacity for 4,000 per­sons.
Expected to be fully
operational by next September,
the library now contains 1.2
million books, and has a capacity
for two and a half million
volumnes.
It contains five reading rooms,
each two stories high, individual
research offices, small private
study sections, one of the most
modern micro systems in
existence, music listening rooms,
audio-visual sections, a computer
center, and two underground
levels containing for research
stacks.
The new library, which takes
up a full city block, was designed
by architects Phillip Johnson and
Richard Foster. Constructed
primarily of red sandstone with
Santa Claus Urges Residents
Tn Decorate For Lions Contest
Jolly Old Saint Nick has let it be
known he hopes all the residents
of Lititz register for the Lions
Club Decoration Contest. In an
exclusive interview with the
Lions Club Committee members,
Santa said he will check the entry
blanks before delivering his
presents this year.
“Any residents of the borough
with pretty decorations will have
a long wait for presents if they
don’t enter that contest. I even
decorated my house down on
Main St."
the contest by completing the
registration blank in this week’s
Record Express and mailing to
Mr. Howard Lebo, 103 E. Second
Ave.
Any home in the borough is
eligible for the prizes which will
be awarded. More than $75
dollars will go to those homes
judged as the best decorated and!
the homes with the best
decorated doorways.
Judging the homes will take
place on December 19 beginning
at 7:00 p.m.
ITie jolly' old fellow further Deadline for registrations for
stated that residents may enter the contest is December 18.
LITITZ LIONS CLUB
CHRISTMAS DECORATION CONTEST
Name
Address__________________________________________j
Judge House □ Doorway
SEND TO: Howard Lebo ï
103 E. Second Ave., Lititz )
Santa checks the decorations on his small dwelling in
downtown Lititz. He plans to enter the Lions Club
Decoration contest. Borough residents may join Santa and
register for the contest by completing the registration blank
Garbage, Trash Contract
Okayed by Boro; Property
Taxes Raised Two Mills
The following chart shows what the two mill increase real
estate tax In the borough for 1973 will mean:
1973 rl. est.
1972 Assessment
Present ri. est.
tax at 20 mills tax at 22 mills
$ 2 1 0 0
$2500
$3000
$3500
$4000
$4500
$5000
42.00
50.00
60.00
70.00
80.00
90.00
46.20
55.00
66.00
77.00
88.00
99.00
$100.00 $ 1 1 0 .0 0
Reinhart Fund Tops $23,000
The Eric Reinhart 'Kidney
Fund had reached' $23,238 at
press time Wednesday morning,
the Ephrata National Bank
reported.
A recent Ken Lightner show at
Warwick High School added $623
to the fund. The show has been
taped and will be taken to
Reinhart in the near future.
Meanwhile Reinhart’s wife
said Wednesday that Reinhart is
over his first transplant rejection
period, and is “back on the right
track.”
She said his moral is good,
considering all he has been
through.
Reinhart underwent a kidney
transplant the end of November
at the University of Pennsylvania
Hospital in Philadelphia. Mrs.
Reinhart said doctors at the
hospital do not know at this time
when he will be released, but she
said she definitely does not ex­pect
him to be home for Christ­mas.
deeply carved concave columns
and clustered windows, its focal
point is a 100 square foot atrium,
which rises the entire 12 stories of
the building to an illuminated
ceiling.
Among notable persons who
will speak during the dedication
ceremony Saturday are Mayor
John Lindsay, John Schiff,
chairman of the university’s
board of trustees, and New York
State Education Commissioner
Ewald B. Nyquist.
Architect Philip Johnson will
unveil a bust of Bobst, to be
placed in the library.
The new library is one of many
accomplishments made possible
by donations from the famed
industrialist, who spent his
boyhood in Lititz and still thinks
of this community as his
hometown.
Born in Clear Springs, Md.,
Bobst moved to Lititz at the age
of six, when his father, the late
Rev. Isaac Walton Bobst, was
made pastor of St, Paul’s
Lutheran Church. Following his
graduation from Lititz High
School in 1901, he was awarded a
football scholarship to Franklin &
Marshall College.
However, one of five children,
his financial help was needed by
his family, and he left F&M after
one year, going to work as a drug
clerk in Philadelphia for $3 a
week.
His one year at F&M was the
end of his formal education.
Thereafter he was fully self
taught.
By the age of 21 he had become
a qualified pharmacist, having
prepared himself for and passed
two Pennsylvania State Board
exams in pharmacy while
working about 80 hours a week as
a drug clerk to pay his way.
However, he then changed his
mind about medicine and decided
to try for a law career, again
undertaking a massive self study
program and, in less than a year,
passing the Pennsylvania State
Preliminary law exams.
“Whatever I have gained in the
way of education was gained
primarily by virtue of books -
from public libraries and my
own,” Bobst stated several years
ago. “I acquired a book-and-study
discipline early in life and I
know it can serve you well.”
Bobst got his big start in the
business world in 1911 as a
representative of the U.S. branch
of Hoffmann-Laroche, which was
to become one of the world’s
largest manufacturers of
vitamins and pharmaceutical
specialties under Bobst’s
leadership.
Calling on thousands of
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Lititz R e c o rd E x p r e s s P h o to
Mrs. Betsy Lucas, sales clerk and buyer for Hershey’s Shoe
Store, 35 E. Main St., fits a young customer with new shoes
for Christmas.
Heels Are High at
Hershey's Shoe Store
(Editor’s Note: This is the 47th
in a series of articles to acquaint
our readers with our local
retailers. The 48th article will
appear next week.)
Heels are high and getting
higher on both men’s and
women’s shoes, says John
“Henny” Hersbey, owner of
Hershey’s Shoe Store at 35 E.
Main St.
Forecast for spring-—more high
heels and lots of color.
The spring line for women, due
in a few months, will feature
clogs, platform soles, and plenty
of sandals, Hershey says. For
men, the spring line will continue
with a wide variety of colors.
Right now fashion boots are the
big item at Hershey’s, with a
large selection for men, women,
and children. Slippers, a popular
Christmas gift, are also in
demand now.
Hershey’s Shoe Store has been
in business since 1945, when
Henny’s father, Abe Hershey,
bought the W. H. Grube Shoe
Store at the present location.
Henny went into business with his
father in 1954, and took over
management of the store in 1965.
His father retired last February.
The store carries a full line of
shoes for men, women, and
children, with most of the stock
buying being done this year by
Hershey’s wife, Alice, and Mrs.
Betsy Lucas, a full time em­ployee
at the store.
Women’s lines include styles by
Polly Preston, Viners, Williams,
and Charm Steps.
Weyenberger is the number
one seller in men’s shoes at the
store, with Calumets also big for
men and boys.
The children’s line includes
Williams, Fleetaires and Child
Stride.
The store also carries hunting
boots by Red Wing, Herman, and
Weinbrenner, and gym shoes by
.Bata and Converse.
A full line of orthopedic shoes
will be added alter the first of the
year.
In addition to the shoe business,
Hershey’s is also an outlet store
for bow hunting equipment from
Kinsey’s Archery Shop in Mount
Joy. On the advisory staff for
Kinsey’s, Hershey is well known
in the area as a bow hunter, some
of his trophies on display in the
store, others in his home. This
year’s additions to his collection
of trophies include a “1972” deer,
a second black bear from
Canada, two turkies, and a Rocky
Mountain goat.
Hershey is also active in the
Lititz Sportsmen’s Association, of
which he is ~ a former board
member.
Hershey and his wife live at 25
Hilltop Rd., and are parents of
two daughters, Becky, 14, and
Chris, 12.
Store hours are Monday
through Saturday from 8:30 a.m.
to 5 p.m. and Fridays from 8:30
a.m. to 9 p.m.
A three year contract for
garbage and trash collection in
the borough of Lititz, awarded by
Boro Council last week, will raise
property taxes in the borough two
mills in 1973.
This means real estate taxes
will jump from the current 20
mills to 22 mills.
At a special meeting last
Wednesday night, Council
awarded a $107,112 garbage-trash
collection contract to United
Disposal, Inc., Elizabethtown, for
1973-75.
The three year contract will
begin Jan. 1, 1973, with payment
on the contract to be made
monthly at $2,975.35. Residents
will be entitled to collection of up
to 90 pounds, or three bushels of
garbage and trash weekly per
household. Collection schedules
have not yet been announced by
United Disposal.
In line with a contract that now
includes trash collection, a
proposed ordinance banning the
burning of trash in the borough
will be presented to Council at its
Dec. 26 meeting. Council is also
slated to adopt the 1973 budget at
that meeting.
The question of a garbage
contract remained an unknown
factor when Council placed the
1973 budget on display earlier this
month. A projected $1200,
comparable to the current
garbage-only contract, had been
allotted in the new budget, which
would have meant taxes would
remain the samé for 1973,. ac­cording
to Council,
The contract was awarded
after several months of debate by
Council on whether to continue
with garbage collections, to
expand to garbage-trash
collection, or to drop all collec­tions
entirely.
Council had previously
discussed dropping the garbage
contract altogether, with the
possibility of also dropping taxes
about one mill. This discussion
came on the heels of a report by
the borough’s Solid Waste
Management Committee that
only about 50 percent of the
households in the borough were
using the garbage collection
service paid for by the borough.
Other households were hiring
private collectors, and paying
from $36 to $40 a year for trash
and garbage collections, the
committee said.
However, Council’s an­nouncement
that it was con­sidering
dropping garbage
collections brought so many
objections from borough
residents that Council went
ahead on bids for contracts.
The decision to go with a
combined garbage-trash contract
followed submittal of the unex­pected
bid from United Disposal.
The next lowest bid on the
combined package was nearly
$50,000 higher than that made by
United Disposal. Other bids on
the combination were more than
double the one accepted.
Market Street
Parkins Ban
Postponed
A trial ban on parking on the
south side of Market Street,
originally set to begin Dec. 15,
has been postponed to begin Jan.
15.
Boro Council postponed the 90-
day. trial ban upon request by
Market Street residents.
Beginning Jan. 15, signs will be
posted limiting parking to the
north side of the street from
North Broad to the bridge.
The decision to place the trial
ban followed a one week traffic
flow check at two points on
Market Street. The test showed
that 51.9 cars an hour passed a
checkpoint at Market and Broad,
and 28.2 cars and hour passed a
check point near the Santo
Domingo Creek.