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Friendly Susan Simpson (center) of Manhattan, New York, is flanked by her
summer “brothers” , Matthew (left) and Jonathon (right) Campbell, who she has
been visiting for six summers through the Fresh Air Kids program.
Fresh Air Kids Are Here By Laurie Knowles
Several youngsters from
New York City are enjoying
a few weeks of country living
in the Lititz area, and all
seem to be having a great
time.
Tonia Malloy, 12, is an old-timer
to the Lititz area, and
is spending her sixth sum­mer
vacation with the
Gerard Schouten family at
120 N. Broad St.
She is from the Bronx in
New York City, and this
summer she is spending a
full month with her host
family, an extra treat for
the shy, pretty youngster.
Tonia plays the part of a
once-year-sister to the four
Schouten boys, Anthony,
Ian, Eric, and Alex, who all
enjoy having a girl around
the house. Although she
helps out with household
chores, Tonia most loves
sleeping in late.
“She really likes to stay in
bed in the mornings,”
smiled Tillie Schouten, her
mom for the month.
Other than sleeping, doing
some chores, and being a
sister, Tonia spends her days
“ sitting around” (as she
puts it,) playing, swimming,
and going to the Lititz Rec
Center.
The Schoutens plan to visit
Hersheypark sometime
during her stay, and during
the past weekend of super-hot
weather, Tonia could be
found sitting in Woodridge
Pool, cooling off.
“I like getting out of the
hot, stuffy city, and coming
here,” Tonia said simply,
summing up the fun of being
a Fresh Air Kid.
Third Visit
Charlie Davis, 8, has the
role of big brother to the
three younger’ Heisey
children in Lititz.
Charlie is spending two
weeks with the Jim Heisey
family of 325 S. Broad St., his
third visit, and his summer
“family” includes Joel, 7,
Jannah, 5, and Jolynn, 2.
As the oldest of the
children, Charlie, does an
extra share of chores around
the house. He helps Jim
Heisey clean up his bar­bershop
sometimes, and
Mrs. Heisey marvels at his
politeness and manners.
“After every meal he says
thank you, and he carefully
carries his dishes over to the
sink,” she said. “It’s a joy to
have him.”
Charlie is from Manhat­tan,
and he likes spendinj
his summer riding his biki
with Joel, playing with kid:
in the' neighborhood, am
cooling off at the Litit:
Springs Pool.
Asked what he thinks o:
the Fresh Air Kids Program
Charlie was brief and to th(
point, “I like it a lot,” h(
answered.
A Future Singer
Lively 11-year-old Susai
Simpson, has future hopes o:
becoming a singer, but in the
meantime she is spending
her sixth summer visiting
the Donald Campbell familj
of 207 E. New St.
Susan is also the oldest ir
her summer “ family”
which includes Matthew, 7,
and Jonathon, 4. This
summer she gets to spend ar
entire month with tht
Campbells, something shi
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Heritage Choir Committee
Holds Last Meeting
The executive committee
of the Lititz Heritage Choir
held its final meeting on
Tuesday, July 18, at the
home of George and Julia
Keehn.
In attendance, besides the
Keehns, were Virginia and
Gordon Burkey, Paul Mc­Cloud,
William Stauffer, and
Marian L. Shatto.
Assets of the choir were
listed as records, choral
music, and cash on hand. It
Alger Mishler Dies
Alger Mishler, 81, a
familiar little man to most
persons in Lititz, died on
Saturday, July 22, at Lan­caster
General Hospital,
following complications
which developed after
surgery.
Mishler lived at 148 Front
St. and he was born in West
Cocalico Township, and
grew up in Mt. Airy, and
Brickerville, the son of the
late Lemon and Annie
Mishler. He was formerly
employed by Wilbur
Chocolate Company, and
retired in 1963 after 22 years
of service to the company.
Mishler was well-known
for his generousity to
various organizations. One
of his special gifts to the
Lititz Community was a
lawn mower he presented to
the Park Committee in May
of 1972.
He was a member of the
Lititz Fire Company for
many years, and one of his
interests was the history of
the railroad. He was a
Alger Mishler
member of the Rough and
Tumble Club, which has an
annual fire engine display in
Lancaster.
Mishler was the last of his
immediate family.
The funeral was held on
Tuesday, July 25, from the
Richard H. Heisey Funeral
Home, Lititz. Interment in
Mt. Airy Cemetery.
was decided to donate single
albums for use to the Lan­caster
County Historical
Society, the Lancaster
County Library, and to
various area nursing homes.
The remainder of the
records will be available for
sale at the Lititz Public
Library and the Lititz
Historical Society, Mueller
House, with any proceeds
benefiting those two
organizations.
The choir’s library of
choral music and folders will
be given to the Lititz Public
Library, where items can be
checked out for use by any
interested choir or choral
group, according to the usual
l ib r a r y ru le s and
regulations. In most cases 75
to 100 copies of each anthem
are available.
The remaining treasury of
the choir Will be donated to
th e L ititz M o ra v ia n
Congregation in ap ­preciation
for the use of their
facilities for choir rehear­sals.
Copies of the detailed
final treasurer’s report will
be available for inspection
by choir members at the
Mueller House and the Lititz
Library.
A motion was made,
seconded, and ananimously
approved to extend to
Virginia Burkey and Julia
Keehn the choir’s ap­preciation
for three years of
long and faithful service as
directors.
As its final act, the
executive committee voted
to approve the disbursement
of assets as described above,
and officially to disband the
organization.
Citizens’ Group Appeals for Protection
From ‘Harassment’ on Downtown Streets
A group of citizens ap­pealed
to the mayor, Boro
Council and the Lititz police
Tuesday for action in the
continuing problem of
harassment and property
destruction in the downtown
area of lititz.
Their complaints included
reports of obscenities
directed at “older people
and women” by groups of
youths allegedly stationed at
various spots along Main
and Broad streets.
“It’s a problem, and we
know it,” answered Mayor
Raymond Reedy, but he
contended that the police
were aware of the situation
and were keeping it under
surveillance.
Many in the group
remarked that apparently
enough wasn’t being done
because the situation seems
to be getting worse, not
better.
“Women and older folks
are scared to walk down­town,”
charged one man.
Challenged another, “If a
group of 14 and 15-year-old
kids (can cause so much
trouble) and nothing can be
done...”
“This isn’t South Philly or
Bedford-Styvesant,” quipp­ed
one, “it’s Main Street,
Lititz.”
Council President C.
Wendell Hower commented
that the biggest problem was
the fact that people who have
been threatened won’t call
the police.
“Old people see a lot, but
they won’t call the police
because they’re afraid,”
explained one of the group.
Another agreed, adding,
“They won’t call because
they’re afraid of what will
happen next.”
“In one week’s time there
was $400 damage in Sturgis
Alley,” reported one man,
who noted that most of the
damage was in the form of
obscenities carved on
benches and bark ripped off
trees.
But the biggest complaint
s t i l l c e n te r e d on
harassment of the public.
Hower reminded the
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Sports Section 6,7,8,9
Social 12
Church News 18
Business Directory 20
group, “Words are the
toughest thing to stop,”
indicating that a loitering
law is difficult, if not im­possible
to enforce.
One person asked about a
county law he thought might
be enforced. Council
directed Boro Manager
David Anderson to find out
what it is and report back to
Council.
Concluded Hower, “We’ve
been given an idea of the
problem; it’s ours to solve.”
Parking Ban
Upon recommendation by
Mayor Reedy, speaking for
the police department.
The usually serene town of
Lititz will once again come
to life on Saturday, July 29,
when hundreds of artists and
art-lovers gather for the 12th
Annual Lititz Outdoor Art
Show.
The streets will pulse with
excitement as artists display
and sell their work along the
sidewalks during the show
which is sponsored by the
L ititz V illag e Art
Council voted to a trial
period to ban parking on the
west side of North Broad
Street, from West Main
Street north to the railroad
tracks.
This will mean that six
spaces on the west side of the
street will not be in use for
about a month until Council
meets on August 29 and
evaluates the trial period.
Meters will be bagged
during the trial period in an
attempt to ease the traffic
and turning situation along
that part of North Broad
Street.
Association and Lititz
Retailers.
There is no charge for
visitors to the art show,
which will be held from 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. In case of rain,
the show will be held August
5 or August 12.
Artists from a 100-mile
radius of Lititz will be
featured. Many well-known
artists will sell their
beautiful one-of-a-kind
Wants Alley Closed
Louise Maxwell, 7 N. New
St., complained to Council
about tru ck s driving
through the alley located
between North Liberty and
North New streets.
She told Council that small
children play in that area
and said she recently saw
one boy “almost get killed”
there.
She asked Council if they
couldn’t do something to
prevent the trucks from
using the alley for deliveries.
Council members told Ms.
Maxwell that the alley was
not Boro property but a
paintings and sculpture.
Many fine sketches and
paintings will also be
available at very reasonable
prices.
The youngsters will also
show off their art talents in a
special children’s division in
the Lititz Springs Park.
In addition to the art,
music will be included in
organ recitals held at 11 a.m.
and 2 p.m. in the historical
private lane belonging to
adjoining property owners.
Council advised her to
meet with her neighbors and
attempt an agreement
among them to close the
alley to traffic.
Pool Problems
For the past two years, the
Lititz swimming pool has
shown serious signs of
deterioration, made worse
by two consecutive harsh
winters, Boro Manager
Anderson told Council.
In his report Tuesday,
Anderson stressed that the
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and lovely Lititz Moravian
Church.
The many interesting
Lititz shops will be open to
shoppers, and restaurants
traditionally feature extra­special
menus on the day of
the show.
All in all, the charm of
Lititz and the excitement of
the Lititz Art Show will make
the day a memorable ex­perience
for everyone.
The Annual Lititz Outdoor Art Show will once again draw crowds from throughout the area on
Saturday, July 29.
O u td o o r A r t Sh ow S a tu rd a y
Coach Ketterman Into Overtime For Dance
By Bonnie Szymanski
If the Lehigh Valley ever
becomes one of the state’s
cultural centers for dance,
the person responsible won’t
be a choreographer from
New York City or a company
director from Philadelphia.
Oddly enough, most of the
laurels will go to an
energetic young woman
from Lititz.
Now in her eighth year as
assistant professor of
physical education at
M o ra v ia n C o lleg e ,
Bethlehem, Dawn Ket­terman,
a 1966 Warwick
High School graduate,
secured her present position
in 1971 with only a year of
teaching behind her (at
Northampton Junior High)
and no master’s degree.
(That came four years later
when she was graduated
with honors from Temple
University.)
But the administration’s
confidence in the young
woman’s capabilities was
not misplaced, for she has
been the initiator of
n um e ro u s p h y s ic a l
education programs during
her tenure and the founder of
a school organization that in
three short years has
become one of the most
popular activities on cam­pus.
Beginning their fourth
season, the Moravian
College Dancers provide one
of the concert highlights of
the year for students.
Playing to Standing Room
Only since its first program
in the spring of 1976*. the
group represents Dawn’s
most recent enthusiasm.
Always athletically in­clined
- in junior high and
high school, she was in­volved
in most of women’s
sports as well as being a
cheerleader - she has spent
most of her life competing on
the courts and playing fields.
But in 1972, influenced by a
dancer friend, Dawn started
dance lessons at the
Jenkintown School of Music
and Dance. Though she had
taken tap dancing lessons
and some ballet as a child
and had become involved
with - choregography for
some high school produc­tions,
Dawn’s closest con­n
e c tio n to c r e a tiv e
movement in college had
been as a gymnast.
It didn’t take long before
she was hooked.
“I fell in love with it,”
recalls Dawn, and admits
that for the last two years
she has been dancing and
studying dance “non-stop” .
Well-known Teachers
Anyone familiar with the
world of modem dance can’t
help but be impressed at the
list of teachers with whom
Dawn has studied since her
recent conversion to the Wendy Bye, Carol, Conway,
aesthetic form of movement. Rodney Griffin, and
She has sought out Raymond Johnson,
teachers in Philadelphia and But her ultimate dance
New York City including desire was to study with
such names as Les Ditson, those two vessels of the
Kathy Pira, Joan Kerr, Martha Graham technique:
Dawn Ketterman is a girl on the move; in fact,
she rarely has time to sit down. A physical
education professor at Moravian College, Dawn
coaches numerous sports, is actively involved in
community projects and is the guiding light for the
college's three-year-old modern dance group.
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Bertram Ross and Mary
Hinkson.
Aided by a grant from the
Pennsylvania Council on the
Arts, Dawn was able to
realize that desire this
summer. She studied with
the venerable pair in June at
the School of Toronto Dance
Theatre, Toronto, Canada.
Considering herself for-tcrnate
to ftave been accepted
.into., the course, Dawn
revealed that she was the
only non-professional
enrolled in the classes.
There were about fifty
students in each class, ex­plained
Dawn, most of whom
were members of dance
companies from the various
provinces.
The students were divided
into two categories, she
continued; one class was for
those with two years or less
professional training in
Graham technique and the
other was for dancers with
four or more years of
Graham.
Dawn was qualified for
neither. And to add insult to
injury, she was the oldest in
the class, she laughed.
Even her high energy level
and native enthusiasm didn’t
spare her the initial agony of
being singled out by Ross for
a large share of criticism.
Though he was aware of
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