(continued from Page 1)) under her new roof. “We! sell a lot of them, and I know they're good, but Ij didn’t know the history of them,’ she said. At Baker's cafe, we were told that Harry Druck of Marietta knew a lot about shifter history, and might, in fact, be the chef who Store hours - ichh o's Store for Men Semi-Annual Sale Suits - Top Coats - Rain Coats Sport Coats - Leisure Suits Dress Slacks - Shirts - Sweaters Winter Jackets - Sportswear Reductions up to 50% and more Thurs. & Fri. 9-9 Sat. 9-5 Page 14 - SUSQUEHANNA TIMES) ...more on the origins built the first one. Harry, it turned out, was not the creator, but he did take credit for introducing the sandwich to Marietta back in 1949. ‘In Marietta, I was the first to make it,” Harry/| said. ‘“Where 1 learned’ about it was at the height of the depression in Colum- bia.” “l first got mine at] ‘“‘Babs’’ Leitheiser’s’’ he | added. ‘‘That was in around the time of the crash. The first one I got | was 20c or 25¢”’ Raymond ‘‘Babs”’ heiser, restauranteur, might be the creator of the sandwich, Harry thought. He put us '29 |® : Leit- }§ a Locust Street | in touch with Babs’ widow, i hf Mary Leitheiser. No, Mrs. Leitheiser said. |B 5x, Her husband did not invent § Babs bought ji his restaurant in '36 or "37. {i Lee j&& Crouse, was already mak- ing the sandwiches at that }# the shifter. The previous owner, Did Crouse for inventing claim the time. credit sandwich, or did he learn |§ to make them from Tuffie Olena? “I heard people talking about it, but I guess I didn’t listen very hard,” Mary Leitheiser says. “I must have sold thousands of them. Of course, they, a only cost a dime back then.”’ George Brenner invented his own shifter at the Sugar Bowl in Millersville. *“‘I thought I had made it up,” George says. One day a professor told George that his ‘‘original’’ sandwich was just an ordinary shif- ter. The evidence we have . gathered to date seems tc indicate that Tuffield Olen: was probably the man whc created and named the shifter. If any of our readers know some facts which have escaped our “After the. 1 sold it attention, we would under the ne of the appreciate hearing from shifter.”’ Gec.; * says. you. “Whenyou ask National Central about IRA's, they have the answers.” “Look, they don’t have a retirement program where | work. And when it comes to my retirement plans, I don’t need simple answers. I need the right answers. Those are exactly what I got from the Customer Service Specialists at National Central . . . and so will you. “In addition to giving you a booklet about Indivi dual Retirement Accounts, they can explain how you can make contributions to your IRA whenever you like (up to $1,500 for an individual IRA, or beginning in 1977, up to $1,750 if both you and your non- working spouse have IRA’s). They'll also show you how to have the taxes © deferred on the amount you save and the interest you earn. “Go to the nearest office of National Central and ask about their &page booklet on ‘How to Build a Tax-Sheltered Retirement Fund.’ Then talk to one of their Customer Service Specialists. You're always their i stoner” NATIONAL ig CENTRAL = BANK Q - The Complete Bank. Ee. This 0-6-0 wood-burning PRR switcher was photo- graphed at the foot of Locust and Front Streets in Columbia in the 1870’s. Engines like these were called “‘shifters.”” The sandwich is named after the engines. (See story.) photo courtesy of Dick Geesey of Columbia. Our thanks to Joe Balt and Tom King for helping in locating the photo. HOLLINGER OIL SERVICE ARCO HEATING OIL HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING SALES & SERVICE FREE ESTIMATES—CALL 653-4484 : 807 West Main Street, Mount Joy, Pa. iB wn If you have not received one of our free calenders, please call & let us know. We’ll be pleased to send you one. | 20 Years of sincere, court- eous service to this area. Richard D. Smedley FUNERAL HOME 29 NORTH GAY STREET, MARIETTA 4263614 $F Ee 3H ve. ew January 12, 1977
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