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By Buying Christmas Seals Today Yost Help Fight TB Tomorrow ZKtre -patrtxrt SERVINC KUTZTOWN, FLEETWOOD, TOPTON AND SURROUNDINC AREAS This Is A merican Education Week—Have You lisited The Area Schools)* VOL. LXXXIV, NO. 29 KUTZTOWN, PA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1958 Telephone OVerbrook 3-7343 iOc a Copy iC ea. r»«A»M*>i It Proposed Annexation of 64 Acres Discussed by Town Council; Foreman Named Annexation, naming of a borough foreman, plans for a change in the Zoning Ordinance and awarding of a contract comprised the business at Tuesday night's meeting of Kutztown Town Council. Members of the Kutztown Area School Board met with Council to discuss the proposed annexation of 64 acres of Maxatawny Township to the borough. The tract is located at the southeast end of the borough and on the east side of the Kutztown- Lyons road. It would include the 32-acre site of the proposed $1,655,000 senior high school and also 18 private properties. A petition to be signed by the property owners requesting annexation has been drawn up and is ready for circulation among the owners. It must be signed by a majority of the property owners and then"given to the borough after which notice will be given to the Maxatawny Township supervisors that the signers desire annexation to the borough. Council officially named Walter Herber as acting borough foreman at a salary of $2.25 per hour. He will administer the duties formerly handled by Earl Abel who resigned last month. A successor to Abel has not been named. Council announced a public hearing to be held at 8 p.m. as part of the Dec. 9th meeting. It will be for the purpose of amending the Zoning Ordinance changing the classification of the area south of Chestnut St. The area, annexed to the borough last year, would be changed from a farm to an industrial district. A contract was awarded to Republic Steel Corporation, Harrisburg, for 450 feet of 30 inch corrugated storm sewer pipe at a cost of $1,930.50. It will be used to replace the existing storm sewer between Bieber Alley and Saucony Creek near the locker plant. Kutztown National Bank was granted permission to construct a 35-foot driveway along Constitution Blvd.' It will be used for drive-in banking. Council decided that any adults or adult groups desiring to use the second floor of the Town Hall for meeting purposes should make reservations with Carl Bortz, borough secretary. Occupancy of the second floor is limited for use by adults only and is available now to interested adult groups. The purchase of streamers of Christmas lights to be placed on two trees at the park was authorized. The community tree will again be placed on the triangle in front of Town Hall. Secretary Bortz was authorized to notify the Department of Highways that it would be responsible for plowing snow and placing anti-skid material on state routes within the borough limits. A motion was adopted to turn over the borough owned resusci- tator and inhalator to the lire company. It had been formerly loaned to and used by the Lions Club on its ambulance. An appropriation of $250 was granted to the Kutztown Visiting Nurse Association. Fines collected by Justice of the Peace Jarrett Nicks for October amounted rto $5. Topton Bank Interior Renovated; Open House Saturday Afternoon Arlene Smith Is Buried in Zion Church Cemetery Open House will be held Sat-*- urday from noon to 6 p.m. by National Bank of Topton to permit customers and friends to inspect the newly renovated Interior of the bank. Refreshments will be served ] and souvenirs and door prizes I will be awarded. Outstanding among the numer- 001 renovations is the lighting system which was completely replaced. The lights themselves are hidden from view by a transparent plastic ceiling held in place by an aluminum framework. The system is among the newest in the Eastern part of the United States and permits over 4,000 different combinations of light. New counters, cabinets and cash drawers and files for tellers' use have also been installed as were new glass entrance doors. The walls were repainted and new drapes installed on all of the windows. Paul O. DeRagon. architect, was consultant on the overall job while the lighting was designed by Frank Hines and James Reber of the Metropolitan Edison Company. The electrical work was installed by Clifford Pauley; the counters by Shaw Walker Co.; front doors by Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co.; painting by Edgar Schwoyer and drapes by C. A. Dorney Co. PATRIOT TO PUBLISH NOV. 26 DUE TO THANKSGIVING DAY Because of the Thanksgiving Day holiday, The Patriot will be published Wednesday, Nov. 26, so that the readers will receive their copy of the paper at the usual time. Deadlines for news and advertising will be moved up one full day to Monday, Nov. 24, 5 p.m. This is a reminder that the regular deadline for copy for advertising has been moved up to 5 p.m. Tuesday of each week. Longer press runs and other production problems prompted the change. Classified advertising will be accepted up to 5 p.m. Tuesday, for the same week's publication. Applicants Sought for Rural Carrier TAKING A BREATHER between the acts during rehearsal of next week's KAHS play, "May I Come In". Discussing the situation are, left to right; Barbara Miller, Diana DeRagon, Walter Risley, David Mertz and Stanley Saul. |,<"''*°l Ph°'° K.A.H.S. Seniors To Give Comedy Farce Nov. 20-21 Democratic Club to Meet Friday The Kutztown Democratic Club will hold its monthly meeting Friday at 8 p.m. at the fire hall. This is the first session since the general election and all registered Democrats are invited to attend and help celebrate the Democratic victory throughout the county. Plans for next year's campaign, when local and county offices will be at stake, will be discussed. Officers for the Was Widely Known As A Vocalist And Pianist The death last week of Miss Arlene R. Smith, who resided in Philadelphia for the last 30 years or more, was received with regret and memories by many people in this area. Miss Smith was a daughter of the late Rev. George B. and Mary I Reynolds) Smith. Rev Smith was the pastor of the then St. Paul's Reformed Church for many years and Miss Smith was educated in the local public schools and the Teachers College and was one of the town's popu j lar young girls. Her talents as a vocalist and a pianist were early discovered ! by some of her local teachers i and her parents gave her the ■ opportunity to develop them and she made them her life's career. She had many students in Kutz- '; town while she lived here and was director of her church choir I and was the inspiration for many people in this area to de- | velop their talents and to enjoy and appreciate good music. Miss Smith went to Philadel- Applicants are being sought phia early in her life and con- by the U. S. Civil Service Com- tinued her training. She was mission at Washington, DC, for able, with her talent and per- rural carrier for the Post Office sonality, to encourage hundreds at Fleetwood. The deadline for of young people, and they can filing applications is Dec. 1st. ' all bear testimony to what she Persons eligible are those who meant to them in their lives. have resided within the delivery Her teaching ability, her in- ! area of the post office for one terest in her pupils, her enthusi- year immediately preceding the asm and her endless energy won • closing date for filing applica- for her a reputation as one of i tions. ln addition individuals Philadelphia's most popular vo- j must have reached their 18th calists and teachers. She trained birthday by the deadline. There literally hundreds of groups and is no maximum age limit, how- individuals over a period of 40 ever, persons past 70 may be years. She assisted some of considered only for a temporary Philadelphia's leading directors, position renewable every year. ' among them Dr. Henry Houtz, For complete information and later she took over the about written examination, re- Madrigal singers and was their quirements and instructions con- director for a number of years. tact the post office. ! It was during this time that these Madrigal singers made POULTRY ASSN. BANQUET j many tours all over the East AT FLEETWOOD NOV. 18 | and on one occasion they ap- THANKSGIVING ISSUE OF PATRIOT TO AGAIN INCLUDE GIFT GUIDE That hustle, bustle, hurry, worry season of Christmas shopping is fast approaching. In fact there are only 34 more ■ days of shopping before Christmas. To help Patriot readers, this year as in the past several, a Christmas Gift Guide will again be published with the Thanksgiving issue. It will be titled "Santa's Guide to Better Gifting." and in addition to advertisements by local merchants it will have pictures and news articles of all that's new in the gift line. Every member of the family will want to study the suggestions prior to making up their gift lists. Watch for your copy which will be included in the Nov. 27 issue of The Patriot. Rumors of 100 Foot Dam Near Virginville Has Area Residents Worried A crew of men with core drilling equipment which has been working along the Maiden Creek between Moselem and Virginville has created rumors of a Federal dam with a breast of 100 feet. Residents ot the* area were visualizing the abandonment of their homes and farms with the large lake which would hi* impounded by such a dam The talk is reminiscent of the furor created when the Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Water* had proposed a State Park in Albany Township to include tho Pinnacle. By a check with the Army En-1 lions of dollars of damage which j ginecrs Corps in Philadelphia llft> •'■'•''> caused by floods in the Delaware River basin over the The Patriot learned that the drilling was in f.u". for a ilain but that the proposed dam was to be a part of a flood control project Involving the entire Delaware Valley The Schuylkill River, of which the Maiden Creek is a tributary, Is considered a part of the Delaware Va] ley The dam near Virginville would Ik* one of 39 similar dams which would impound waters during- heavy ram seasons and release them gradually In such I high waters could ,i way as to eliminate the mil-j controlled past years Work at the present time at Virginville and other areas Is perl of an exploratory study of tile entire project for which a preliminary report of the first phase is expected to be filed sometime In 1959 According to the Army Engineers the elimination of damaging floods in the Delaware \ alley is a 106 year project II would take thai long In their estimation before lhe danger of be entirely They also reported that in all probability tho preliminary report would not Include any dam construction so far removed from the Delaware as Is the site al Virginville but that other dams would no doubt be located along the main tributaries of that river Last spring a group of the Army Engineers made an on-the- spot inspection of the Saucony in and around Kutitown because of damage from Roods. To date they have net received reports of enough damage from high water to justify any expenditure of funds for a flood control project along the local creek. Written and Directed by Richard Gougler; 35 Are in Cast An original three-act comedy farce "May I Come In'"' will be presented by the KAHS Senior Class Thursday and Friday, Nov. 20-21, at 8 p.m. in the high school auditorium. The play was written by Richard C. Gouglcr, of the mathematics department, who is also the director. The plot of the play involves around Annejeanette Holben. portrayed by Sara Ann Beekey. a wealthy girl of 23 who leaves home and takes an apartment with her Aunt Claris, played by Anna Mae Stauffer, because her parents want her to marry a man she has not met. She becomes acquainted with some show people who are trying to get a play ready for Broadway j flftfc 1 07^ Itf»m<sl and they try to help solve her °' problem. The parents, Mr. and Mrs. Holben. are played by William Fenstermacher and Sarah Ann Fox. Thomas Ludwig plays the part of Van Horndine III, the young man Annejeanette's parents want her to marry. Others in the cast are Martha The more than 250 members of Angstadt, Stanley Saul, Diana ( the Kutztown Branch of the DeRagon, Barbara Miller. David, Needlework Guild of America, Mertz, Sandra Moyer, Walter inc. collected 1,073 garments at Risley Jr., Franklin Dietrich, j its annual ingathering last Richard Folk, Judy Moyer, Carl-: Thursday at Trinity Parish ton Wolfinger, Allen Youse, Carl House. This Is an increase of 132 Mengel, Joyce Rollman, Daryl over last year's total of 941. Diehl, Karen Herring, Colin j These garments have been dis- Heffley, Ray Seidel, Daniel tributed to The Lutheran Home Smith. Margo Epting. Jean at Topton, Burd and Rogers Adams. Sandra Casselberry, Bar- Home at Myerstown, Good Shep- bara Hassler, Carol Kuhns, Ar-j herd Home at Allentown, Beth- lene Arndt. Roselyn Schwoyer, j any children's Home at Womels- Margaret Stein, Dennis DeTurk dorf, the Salvation Army and the Kutztown Visiting Nurse Associ- Needlework Guild at Ingathering Garments Are Divided Among Five Area Institutions Legion Auxiliary 31st Anniversary Banquet Tuesday Mrs. C. Austin Dille And Paul Walters (ruest Speakers The 31st anniversary dinner of the American Legion Auxiliary of Kutztown will bo hold Tuesday. Nov. 18, at 6..'t(> p.m. at the Legion Homo on W Walnut St. The event is one of tho most important affairs of the year for the Auxiliary The featured speaker will be! Mrs. C. Austin Dille, Waynes- burg, president of the Depart-! ment of Pennsylvania, American Legion Auxiliary. Paul Walters, Pine Grove, commander of the I CELEBRATE EDUCATION WEEK BY VISITING THE VALLEY SCHOOLS This week is American Education Week, the time when : parents should visit the schools where their children are enrolled. Teachers have reported a fairly good visitation from the parents but not better than average. So YOU still have a chance to celebrate this national observance by visiting your schools tomorrow. Fleetwood Town Council Awards Meter Contract Third Annual Fashion Frolic Saturday, Fire Hall; Benefit Of Kutztown Youth Groups The third Fall Fashion Frolic*' will be hold Saturday evening Nov IS in the Kutitown Fire il,ill this affair Is sponsored by three Women's groups Those desiring reservations may call Mrs K c Tawney, OV3-7682. Dancing to Billy Levaa and his orchestra will begin at 9 o'clock i and the fashion show will go on | at 10 o'clock. The tashlons will be by Furst's ! Fashion Shoppe and Mark | Slump Clothier Mrs Bonnie Borelll, Reading will be commentator The models are Mrs Nicholas Stevens, Mrs. George Wirtz Jr., Mrs. Russell Oswald. Mrs. Randolph Leibensperger, Jaycees Enjoy Talk by Capital Airlines Pilot Plan Two Community Projects; Witness Football Film and Diana DeRagon Men's fashions will bo modeled by William Yoder, Carl Graham. Clark The annual dinner meeting offx-ared before a Rotary District incoming the Berks County Poultry Asso j conference in Atlantic City and year will be nominated. Refresh-. ciation will be held Tuesday at a number of the Kutztown peo- ments will be served. '6:45 p.m. at the Fleetwood pie were there and will remem- j Grange Hall Features will in- ber tho fine concert Her work NEW ARRIVAL elude the election of officers and on radio, in churches, and in A daughter was born yester-; directors and the presentation musical organizations is part of day afternoon at 4:30 o'clock in of certificates to outstanding 4-H Community General Hospital to and FFA poultrymen. The 1958 Paul and Marjorie iSweitzeri poultry queen and cooking Angstadt, Brooklyn, Kutztown champions will be introduced. R. 2. Mr. Angstadt is employed Clarence Althouse, Fleetwood R. by Kutztown Publishing Co. 3, is president of the association. Philadelphia's musical history. She boasted about some of her famous pupils such as Nelson F.ddy, but took particular pride in those boys and girls that she Conflnuad on prjg.) fwalva, column six and John Dries. Dances during the play will include the Charleston, a ballad and a modern dance routine. There will also be a comic song and a wrestling match. Music will be played by the KAHS Band at the direction of William S. Moyer The numbers will be "Vienna Dreams," "Charleston," "There's No Business Like Show Business," "Sky- Coniinuad on pacta sa«an, column rhrvao Teen Age Dance A Huge Success The first of a series of Teen Age Dances, instigated by the Kutztown Firo Company, was held Friday night at the fire hall and" was a huge success. Ap- ation. A box was kept by the guild to be used in the event of any emergency in this area. The officers and directors have been renamed for another year. The officers are: President, Mrs. Arthur Wirtz Sr.; vice president, Mrs. George Ely: secretary, Mrs. Floyd Cronrath: treasurer, Mrs. Q. A. W. Rohrbach; and purchasing agent, Mrs. Mabry Yoder. The directors, in addition to the officers, are: Mrs. | J. Gomer Saul, Mrs. Annie Moyer, Mrs. J U. Miller, Mrs. Herman Mock, Mrs. Harold Mantz, Mrs. Charles Lightcap, Mrs. Elton Stern. Miss Charlotte Kramlich, Mrs Elda Homan, Mrs. Nevin Hensinger, Mrs. Marcus Held, Mrs. Chester Groff, Mrs. Leon Delworth, Mrs. William Christ and Mrs. Charles proximately 150 teenagers were | *goc,er in attendance. Dennis Moyer' ._. The group will hold its final meeting of the year Dec. 1st at CET] A GOOD TIME was had by all—approximately 200—who attended the first Teenage Dance sponsored by the local Fire Company. Mrs. Mary Dolan was committee chairman. Po.rto, photo served as master of ceremonies Two spot dances were held and the winners were Pamela Bastian and Dennis Madeira and Nancy Seiger and Edwin Kutz. Each was given a 50-cent prize through the courtesy of the VFW Auxiliary. Novelty dances included the Paul Jones and multiplication and elimination dances. Musk- was played by Marty's Combo which comprised Martin Christ- man, drums; Kraig Wagaman, trumpet; Gene Stump, trombone;' Ronald Stump, saxophone; Stewart Stump, clarinet; and Sue Fisher, piano. Records were also played. The chaperones were Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Adam. Mrs. Mary Dolan, Mark Soltzor and Mrs. Clyde Lytle Jr Music and amplification was through the courtesy of George Erb and Warren Trexler. In charge of refreshments were Mrs. Harry Kline, Mrs. Mark Seltzer, Mrs. John Moyer, Walter Eck and Warren Grim. The next dance will be held Friday, Nov 28, from 7 to 10 p.m. at the fire hall. All young people in grades eight through 12 ln the Kutztown Area School District are invited to participate. 7:30 p.m. at the home of Mrs Marcus Held, Noble St. Let to A.P. Merkel Co. on Its Low bid of $3,295.11 The awarding of a water motor contract and preliminary plans for the proposed swimming pool: Wcisner and Russell Oswald, comprised the business at the' A groat deal of work has gone recent November meeting of into the planning of tho fashion Fiootwood Borough Council. ; show which include accessories, Council awarded tho contract such as hats, shoes, gloves, for the installation of water jewelry etc. and to have the motors in tho borough to A P. women and mon models coordl- Merkol Co , Fleetwood, on its nate. It is al! being done for a low bid of 13,295.11. The hid was worthy cause, which is the youth considerably lower than council groups of Kutztown. Hoy Scouts,1 had anticipated when it sot aside Girl Scouts. BPW library and $6,000 for the project. I tho YMCA. Preliminary architectural: Tickets are still on sale and plans for a proposed community may •>,, ,ecure<a from any mem. [ A talk, a film and plans for projects claimed tho attention of the Kutztown Jaycees at the recent membership meeting at the Lincoln Tavern. Malcolm Mrs. Charles Angstadt, Mrs. Wll- Meckeg presit|ed at the business Ham Yoder, Mrs Stephen Smith session swimming pool wore presented by Walter E Spotts, borough engineer The estimated cost of the pool is about $70,000. Council' hopes to award the contract in the not too distant future. A donation of $271 88 was re-' eelved from the Berks-Lehigh Cooperative Fruit Growers, Inc., as a gesture of appreciation to tho borough for providing a satisfactory water supply to tho firm. As a.result of complaints from Baby Beef Club Roundup Nov. 19 The Berks County 4-H Baby Beef Club will hold its annual Roundup and Sale Wednesday, Nov. 19, at the Leesport Market and Auction. The Judging of en tries will begin at 9 a.m. and the sale of the animals will be held at 3 p.m. The club officers are Harold Snyder, Limekiln, president; Alton Rohrbach, Fleetwood R. 2, vice president, and Steve Fisher, Oley R. 1, secretary-treasurer. Samuel Horn, associate Berks farm agent, is the club adviser. LYONS FIREMEN TO NAME SLATE The nomination of officers will be featured at Friday's meeting of the Lyons Fire Company at 8 p.m. at the fire hall. All members are urged to attend. The company's annual carnival banquet will be held Saturday at 7 p.m. at the fire hall. Entertainment will be furnished. Paul E. Walters American Legion. Department of Pennsylvania, will also speak. This will be his first visit to Kutztown as commander. Guests will include Mrs. Eleanor Hlllyer, Harrisburg, department secretary - treasurer; Mrs. Vernon Wynne, Consho- hocken, department chaplain; Mrs. Eugene Sowers, Tamaqua,! eastern vice president; Mrs. residents, council authorized Alex Ruson, Minersvillo, district Secretary Ellis Buehman to con- director; Mrs. Leonard Englert, tact various contractors, whose Tamaqua, Schuylkill Council trucks are depositing clay and president; Mrs. Lawrence Roth- mud in the streets. »The, firms crmel, Fleetwood, department will be held responsible for the civil defense chairman; and Mrs. cleanup, or will subject them to Eva Frey, Kutztown, Eight & fines. Forty ohapcau of Berks Salon No. 198 Walt Mason. Haver- town, Eastern vice commander; Ernest Kehm, Allentown, district commander; and Samuel llolton, Hamburg, intorpost commander, will also be in attendance and represent the Legion. The committees on arrangements are: Reservations, Mrs. Anna Levan and Mrs. Harvey Fisher; program, Mrs. Levan and Mrs. George Brown; hostess, Ar Ian Dietrich and Mrs Breininger; and tables, Harvey Fisher and Mrs. Lawrence Moyer. The Auxiliary will hold Its monthly card party tonight at 8 o'clock at the Legion Home. Mrs. Harvey Fisher and Mrs. Catherine Moyer will be ln charge The public is invited. ber of the sponsoring groups, at Furst's Shoppe, or Mark Stump Clothier. They will also bo on sale at the door the night of the show. The following balances were reported: General, $6,941.36; water, $5,247.63; police pension, $1,544.62, and highways aid, $2,452.73. THANKSGIVING PROGRAM AT GRANGE NOVEMBER 20TH A Thanksgiving Program will be presented at the Nov. 20 j meeting of Kutztown Grange at 7:30 p.m. at the Grange Hall! Mrs. Charles Bennicoff, lecturer, will be in charge of the pro- gram. The juvenile officers of the Kutztown and Virginville Granges wore seated at a Joint installation ceremony last Thursday at tho Grange Hall r i Guest speaker was Wilhelm Roscher. of Bally, co-pilot for Capital Airlines He spoke on his flying experiences which in- eluded six years with the U.S. Air Force during which time he piloted jets and transport planes. He learned to fly at the Kutztown Airport He also showed a film of a recent trip to Europe. The second part of the program featured a film of the 1957 world's championship football game. In attendance at tho session was Kermit Schofer, president of tho Topton Chapter Ho "rolled the barrel" to Kutztown and the following night the host chapter "rolled" it to Reading. Jaycee Holiday Dance tickets are now available. Interested persons may make reservations by contacting Richard Kelchner, Arthur Wirtz Jr. or Mark Stump. The Jaycees completed plans for their annual Christmas project, which will be for the benefit of the aged Kutztown residents. The Jaycees would like to have the names and addresses of all residents aged 75 or older and including both men and women. All names and addresses are to be given to Kenneth Snyder or J. Ernest Miller by Dec. 1st. The other project is a new one and is the^_U.S Jaycees Continuad on puya Savon, column so.an Lions Club Will Hold Broom Sale TOPTON LIONS CLUB WILL SOLICIT FUNDS FOR BAND UNIFORMS A project being sponsored by the Lions Club of Topton will benefit the Brandywine Heights Joint High School Band. Tho club members will canvass Top- ton borough two days this month for tho purpose of soliciting funds to bo used for purchasing uniforms for tho band The first solicitation will be held Wednesday, Nov. 19, when the north side of the borough will be canvassed. The second date is Nov. 26 when the south side will be canvassed. The canvass on both dates will begin at 7 p.m. The Kutztown Lions Club will conduct a Broom Sale Thursday Carl evening, Nov. 20th, when they Mrs. will make a door-to-door and once-and-done canvass of all homes in and adjoining Kutztown. On-the-spot deliveries of brooms, brushes and doormats will bo made The articles to be sold by the Lions are made by blind folks. Homes along Route 222 between the borough and Maxatawny will likewise be visited. Interested persons who will bo away from home between fi 30 and 8 o'clock that night are requested to have their neigh bors handle their purchases for them. Persons residing outside i the area, as well as industrial j firms may place orders in ad vance by contacting any of the club members. Harlan Wiltrout heads the committee on arrangements NAMED CHAIRMAN Mrs. Evan M. Fisher was appointed chairman of the Berks Co. established Camp committee of Berks Co. The present camp site is Woodhaven but a new site is being developed at Pine Grove. MISS ANNA HERBER, 37 N. Whiteoak St., won $50 in Merchandise Certificates last week. The drawing was conducted by the Kutztown Merchants Association and was supervised by Lester Bieber, also on the picture. Patriot photo
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Title | Kutztown Patriot 1958-11-13 |
Date | 1958-11-13 |
Month (Number) | 11 |
Month (Text) |
November |
Month (Abbreviated) |
Nov. |
Day | 13 |
Year | 1958 |
Volume | 84 |
Issue | 29 |
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By Buying Christmas Seals
Today Yost Help Fight
TB Tomorrow
ZKtre -patrtxrt
SERVINC KUTZTOWN, FLEETWOOD, TOPTON AND SURROUNDINC AREAS
This Is A merican Education
Week—Have You lisited
The Area Schools)*
VOL. LXXXIV, NO. 29
KUTZTOWN, PA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1958
Telephone OVerbrook 3-7343
iOc a Copy
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Proposed Annexation of 64
Acres Discussed by Town
Council; Foreman Named
Annexation, naming of a
borough foreman, plans for a
change in the Zoning Ordinance
and awarding of a contract comprised the business at Tuesday
night's meeting of Kutztown
Town Council.
Members of the Kutztown
Area School Board met with
Council to discuss the proposed
annexation of 64 acres of Maxatawny Township to the borough.
The tract is located at the southeast end of the borough and on
the east side of the Kutztown-
Lyons road. It would include
the 32-acre site of the proposed
$1,655,000 senior high school and
also 18 private properties. A
petition to be signed by the
property owners requesting annexation has been drawn up and
is ready for circulation among
the owners. It must be signed by
a majority of the property owners and then"given to the
borough after which notice will
be given to the Maxatawny
Township supervisors that the
signers desire annexation to the
borough.
Council officially named
Walter Herber as acting borough
foreman at a salary of $2.25 per
hour. He will administer the
duties formerly handled by Earl
Abel who resigned last month.
A successor to Abel has not been
named.
Council announced a public
hearing to be held at 8 p.m. as
part of the Dec. 9th meeting. It
will be for the purpose of
amending the Zoning Ordinance
changing the classification of the
area south of Chestnut St. The
area, annexed to the borough
last year, would be changed
from a farm to an industrial
district.
A contract was awarded to
Republic Steel Corporation,
Harrisburg, for 450 feet of 30
inch corrugated storm sewer
pipe at a cost of $1,930.50. It
will be used to replace the existing storm sewer between Bieber
Alley and Saucony Creek near
the locker plant.
Kutztown National Bank was
granted permission to construct
a 35-foot driveway along Constitution Blvd.' It will be used
for drive-in banking.
Council decided that any
adults or adult groups desiring
to use the second floor of the
Town Hall for meeting purposes
should make reservations with
Carl Bortz, borough secretary.
Occupancy of the second floor is
limited for use by adults only
and is available now to interested adult groups.
The purchase of streamers of
Christmas lights to be placed on
two trees at the park was authorized. The community tree will
again be placed on the triangle
in front of Town Hall.
Secretary Bortz was authorized to notify the Department of
Highways that it would be responsible for plowing snow and
placing anti-skid material on
state routes within the borough
limits.
A motion was adopted to turn
over the borough owned resusci-
tator and inhalator to the lire
company. It had been formerly
loaned to and used by the Lions
Club on its ambulance.
An appropriation of $250 was
granted to the Kutztown Visiting Nurse Association.
Fines collected by Justice of
the Peace Jarrett Nicks for October amounted rto $5.
Topton Bank Interior
Renovated; Open House
Saturday Afternoon
Arlene Smith Is
Buried in Zion
Church Cemetery
Open House will be held Sat-*-
urday from noon to 6 p.m. by
National Bank of Topton to permit customers and friends to inspect the newly renovated Interior of the bank.
Refreshments will be served ]
and souvenirs and door prizes I
will be awarded.
Outstanding among the numer-
001 renovations is the lighting
system which was completely
replaced. The lights themselves
are hidden from view by a transparent plastic ceiling held in
place by an aluminum framework. The system is among the
newest in the Eastern part of the
United States and permits over
4,000 different combinations of
light.
New counters, cabinets and
cash drawers and files for tellers'
use have also been installed as
were new glass entrance doors.
The walls were repainted and
new drapes installed on all of
the windows.
Paul O. DeRagon. architect,
was consultant on the overall
job while the lighting was designed by Frank Hines and
James Reber of the Metropolitan Edison Company.
The electrical work was installed by Clifford Pauley; the
counters by Shaw Walker Co.;
front doors by Pittsburgh Plate
Glass Co.; painting by Edgar
Schwoyer and drapes by C. A.
Dorney Co.
PATRIOT TO PUBLISH
NOV. 26 DUE TO
THANKSGIVING DAY
Because of the Thanksgiving Day holiday, The Patriot
will be published Wednesday,
Nov. 26, so that the readers
will receive their copy of the
paper at the usual time. Deadlines for news and advertising
will be moved up one full day
to Monday, Nov. 24, 5 p.m.
This is a reminder that the
regular deadline for copy for
advertising has been moved
up to 5 p.m. Tuesday of each
week. Longer press runs and
other production problems
prompted the change.
Classified advertising will
be accepted up to 5 p.m. Tuesday, for the same week's publication.
Applicants Sought
for Rural Carrier
TAKING A BREATHER between the acts during rehearsal of
next week's KAHS play, "May I Come In". Discussing the
situation are, left to right; Barbara Miller, Diana DeRagon,
Walter Risley, David Mertz and Stanley Saul. |,<"''*°l Ph°'°
K.A.H.S. Seniors
To Give Comedy
Farce Nov. 20-21
Democratic Club
to Meet Friday
The Kutztown Democratic
Club will hold its monthly meeting Friday at 8 p.m. at the fire
hall. This is the first session
since the general election and
all registered Democrats are invited to attend and help celebrate the Democratic victory
throughout the county.
Plans for next year's campaign,
when local and county offices
will be at stake, will be discussed. Officers for the
Was Widely Known
As A Vocalist
And Pianist
The death last week of Miss
Arlene R. Smith, who resided in
Philadelphia for the last 30
years or more, was received with
regret and memories by many
people in this area.
Miss Smith was a daughter of
the late Rev. George B. and
Mary I Reynolds) Smith. Rev
Smith was the pastor of the then
St. Paul's Reformed Church for
many years and Miss Smith was
educated in the local public
schools and the Teachers College
and was one of the town's popu
j lar young girls.
Her talents as a vocalist and
a pianist were early discovered
! by some of her local teachers
i and her parents gave her the
■ opportunity to develop them and
she made them her life's career.
She had many students in Kutz-
'; town while she lived here and
was director of her church choir
I and was the inspiration for
many people in this area to de-
| velop their talents and to enjoy
and appreciate good music.
Miss Smith went to Philadel-
Applicants are being sought phia early in her life and con-
by the U. S. Civil Service Com- tinued her training. She was
mission at Washington, DC, for able, with her talent and per-
rural carrier for the Post Office sonality, to encourage hundreds
at Fleetwood. The deadline for of young people, and they can
filing applications is Dec. 1st. ' all bear testimony to what she
Persons eligible are those who meant to them in their lives.
have resided within the delivery Her teaching ability, her in-
! area of the post office for one terest in her pupils, her enthusi-
year immediately preceding the asm and her endless energy won
• closing date for filing applica- for her a reputation as one of
i tions. ln addition individuals Philadelphia's most popular vo-
j must have reached their 18th calists and teachers. She trained
birthday by the deadline. There literally hundreds of groups and
is no maximum age limit, how- individuals over a period of 40
ever, persons past 70 may be years. She assisted some of
considered only for a temporary Philadelphia's leading directors,
position renewable every year. ' among them Dr. Henry Houtz,
For complete information and later she took over the
about written examination, re- Madrigal singers and was their
quirements and instructions con- director for a number of years.
tact the post office. ! It was during this time that
these Madrigal singers made
POULTRY ASSN. BANQUET j many tours all over the East
AT FLEETWOOD NOV. 18 | and on one occasion they ap-
THANKSGIVING ISSUE
OF PATRIOT TO AGAIN
INCLUDE GIFT GUIDE
That hustle, bustle, hurry,
worry season of Christmas
shopping is fast approaching.
In fact there are only 34 more
■ days of shopping before
Christmas.
To help Patriot readers, this
year as in the past several, a
Christmas Gift Guide will
again be published with the
Thanksgiving issue.
It will be titled "Santa's
Guide to Better Gifting." and
in addition to advertisements
by local merchants it will have
pictures and news articles of
all that's new in the gift line.
Every member of the family
will want to study the suggestions prior to making up
their gift lists.
Watch for your copy which
will be included in the Nov.
27 issue of The Patriot.
Rumors of 100 Foot Dam
Near Virginville Has
Area Residents Worried
A crew of men with core drilling equipment which has been
working along the Maiden Creek
between Moselem and Virginville has created rumors of a
Federal dam with a breast of
100 feet.
Residents ot the* area were visualizing the abandonment of
their homes and farms with the
large lake which would hi* impounded by such a dam The talk
is reminiscent of the furor created when the Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Water*
had proposed a State Park in
Albany Township to include tho
Pinnacle.
By a check with the Army En-1 lions of dollars of damage which j
ginecrs Corps in Philadelphia llft> •'■'•''> caused by floods in the
Delaware River basin over the
The Patriot learned that the
drilling was in f.u". for a ilain
but that the proposed dam was
to be a part of a flood control
project Involving the entire
Delaware Valley The Schuylkill
River, of which the Maiden
Creek is a tributary, Is considered a part of the Delaware Va]
ley
The dam near Virginville
would Ik* one of 39 similar dams
which would impound waters
during- heavy ram seasons and
release them gradually In such I high waters could
,i way as to eliminate the mil-j controlled
past years
Work at the present time at
Virginville and other areas Is
perl of an exploratory study of
tile entire project for which a
preliminary report of the first
phase is expected to be filed
sometime In 1959
According to the Army Engineers the elimination of damaging floods in the Delaware
\ alley is a 106 year project II
would take thai long In their
estimation before lhe danger of
be entirely
They also reported that in all
probability tho preliminary report would not Include any dam
construction so far removed
from the Delaware as Is the site
al Virginville but that other
dams would no doubt be located
along the main tributaries of
that river
Last spring a group of the
Army Engineers made an on-the-
spot inspection of the Saucony
in and around Kutitown because
of damage from Roods. To date
they have net received reports
of enough damage from high
water to justify any expenditure
of funds for a flood control project along the local creek.
Written and Directed
by Richard Gougler;
35 Are in Cast
An original three-act comedy
farce "May I Come In'"' will be
presented by the KAHS Senior
Class Thursday and Friday, Nov.
20-21, at 8 p.m. in the high school
auditorium. The play was written by Richard C. Gouglcr, of
the mathematics department,
who is also the director.
The plot of the play involves
around Annejeanette Holben.
portrayed by Sara Ann Beekey.
a wealthy girl of 23 who leaves
home and takes an apartment
with her Aunt Claris, played by
Anna Mae Stauffer, because her
parents want her to marry a
man she has not met. She becomes acquainted with some
show people who are trying to
get a play ready for Broadway j flftfc 1 07^ Itf»m |