A true fact:
Lipa was adopted!
He was found under a power line on Long Island by a Skverer couple, and when the man stopped his car to check why he heard crying near a downed power line, he called Hatzolo and screamed “Er ken tzi schmeltzen do! Kim schnell!” (He can melt here, come fast!)
The Hatzoloh crew leader came and immediately called LIPA – the Long Island Power Authority. Since he was haimish, he said – Hello, is this Lipa? Please send an emergency crew etc… The Skverers thought he was calling a dispatcher named Lipa!
And the Skvere couple adopted him; not wanting to give him their own surname for reasons that are now 1000% understandable, they named him..Lipa Schmeltzer!
(Needless to say, this is 1000% shtus. Lipa’s brother Zishe Schmeltzer is a well-known character in New Square.)