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(C o n s o lid a te d w ith T h e X.itit2 R e cord, 1937) Lititz, Lancaster County, Penna., Thursday, July 2,1970 10 c e n ts a Copy; $4.00 pe r y e a r b y m a il 19 __ N i l I -»
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23 Train Cars
Derail Hear
Rothsvilie
Clean-up operations were un­derway
Wednesday morning,
loliowmg the derailment of 23
cars of a 47-car Reading Rail­road
freight tram Tuesday
evening.
The derailment occurred on
Rothsvilie Road, about a mile
north of town. The tram travel­ing
from Lancaster to Reading
was carrying empty cars, except
for one which was filled with
scrap meta .
Tracks were ripped up lor
about 600 yards. A tank car,
torn from its wheel base, rolled
down a steep embankment. The
engineer pulled six derailed
cars across the intersection m
order to keep the traffic mov­ing
along the road.
Witnesses who saw the acci­dent
said they could hear the
engines straining hard and then
heard the crash of the cars de­railing.
The accident is believ­ed
to be the first of its kind in
the community.
Railroad officials gave no
cause for the accident.
No Mail Del ivories
This Saturday
There will be no window ser­vice
at the Lititz Post Office or
deliveries to the rural routes —
only special deliveries in town
Saturday. The Post Office lobby
will be open from 7 a.m. to 5
p.m. Normal service will be
conducted Friday.
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Church-Archive Museum
Open For Public July 4
The Lititz Moravian Church
and Archive Museum will be-open
to visitors on Saturday,
July 4th from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Tne historic Moravian Church,
built in 1787 and the Brethren's
House, built in 1759, contain
many artifacts of the early
Moravians. The museum has a
fine collection of early Moravian
instruments and also antique
furniture.
01 special interest is the quaint
coffee kitchen which is in the
basement of the parsonage or
Geimhaus as it was called in the
early days. There the ministers’
families prepared their food. The
open, fire place with the original
crane and ' copper kettle was
used to prepare coffee for the
love feasts of the church.
The Leichenkapelchen (the
Little Corpse Chapel)' contains
two early fire engines of the
Moravians, the Assistance of 1793
and the Friendship of 1838.
Guides wearing costumes of
the early Moravian sisters will
be in attendance as follows: Miss
Winifred Huber, Mrs. Robert
Posey, guides. Miss Sonja Auman
and Miss Jewel Rosenberg who
are junior guides.
Public Utility
Tax Costs
Boro $1,550
Borough Council at a meet­ing
Tuesday night agreed to
pay the recently enacted Pub­lic
Utility Realty Tax, amount­ing
to $1,550,40. At last month’s
meeting council decided to
withhold paying the tax in
hopes that the State Legisla­ture
would repeal it. However,
the State Senate did not, as of
June 30, and the borough is
liable for the tax. Council de­cided
not to pay a five per cent
late penalty amounting to $77,
although it may be liable for
it.
A proposed motel at the east
end of the borough to be called
East Gate Motor Lodge was dis­cussed
by council. The property
is in Warwick Twp. although
the restaurant there presently
has borough water. The owners
requested council for a larger
water main and borough sewer.
Council, after a lengthy discus­sion,
decided to provide the ser­vices
if the borough solicitor
approves the legality of the
move.
A group of citizens complain­ed
about excessive noise caus­ed
by a steam valve at the
Morgan Paper Mill.
The borough manager was
directed by council to notify
the mill, asking that necessary
noise prevention measures be
taken.
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Rotary Club
Plans New
Travel Series
The Lititz Rotary Club an­nounces
that its Travel and Ad­venture
Series will begin a
month earlier in the fall. Six
speakers have already been
secured for the coming season.
The lecturers and their topics
are: Robert Brouwer, “Spring
Captures Holland,” October 3f
Romain Wilhelmsen, “Enchant­ing
New Mexico,” November 28,
Bob O’Reilly, “Welcome New
Zealand,” January 23; Bill
Kenedy, “Highway To Panama,”
February 27; Robert Q. Ostlund,
“Italy’s Beautiful Tuscany,”
March 20 and Walter S. Dodson,
“Welsh Wonderland,” April 17.
Three of the speakers, Wil­helmsen,
Dodson and Brouwer,
appeared here before and de­lighted
audiences with their des­criptive
narratives and exotic
iechnicolored films.
Warwick Supervisors Continue Till July 30
Burkholder Trailer Court Expansion Hearing
A rezoning petition by Wesley
Burkholder of Lititz RD3 to ex­pand
his trailer court was tabled
until July 30 after a public
meeting by the Warwick Town­ship
Board of Supervisors last
Thursday.
Burkholder has requested that
a tract of land east of Rothsvilie
along Newport' Road near the
Cocalico Creek be rezoned from
rural to commercial.
Thursday’s meeting had been
scheduled by the Supervisors so
that Burkholder and other inter­ested
citizens might be heard
before a decision on the petition
was reached.
However, Burkholder was not
present nor was there anyone
officially representing him. Wil­son
Smith of Hulh Engineers,
Inc., of Lancaster, employed by
Burkholder, was present to an­swer
questions on drainage and
related engineering problems.
About 20 residents. in the
vicinity of the park attended. Of
the several who spoke, all were
opposed to the park expansion,
largely because of concern about
the condition of the 17 trailers
already on the site, they in­dicated.
A petition signed by most of
the property owners adjacent to
and adjoining the Burkholder
property was read by James
Witmyer of Lititz RD4. Wit-myer’s
driveway is directly op­posite
that of the trailer park,
across Newport Road.
The petition, which seeks the
supervisors’ denial of Burk­holder’s
request, listed five objec­tions:
that the trailer park
doesn’t enhance the value of sur­rounding
properties: that the
court needs improvements which
Burkholder has failed to make;
that the water supply might
prove inadequate; that sewerage
is inadequate; and that the court
is not conducive to favorable
development of the area.'
Witmyer cited the following
sections of the trailer ordinance
v'hich he feels Burkholder is
presently violating: 14, 16, 17, 18
19d and e.
Other complaints by area resi­dents
include one or two cases
of hepatitis; raw sewage flowing
in the area; fear of drinking the
water supply because of possible
contamination; pollution of the
nearby creek.
One resident complained that
“junk” floated down the Creek
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School Board Adopts Budget
With Four Mail Increase
Tlie Warwick School Board
at a meeting last Thursday
adopted a 1970-71 budget with
a four mill tax increase bring­ing
the district’s millage to 60.
The new tax rate is two mills
less than what was expected
from the tentative budget an­nounced
in May. The final fig­ure
of $3,438,896 represents an
increase of $205,954 over last
year.
Items removed from the
tentative budget amounted to
about $30,000 allowing for the
two mill reduction. They in­clude
the elimination of: three
drinking fountains, ca’rpet in
the kindergarten classrooms at
Lititz Elementary, replacement
of the art room floor at Litiiz
Elementary, painting of the ex­terior
of the John Beck Ele­mentary
School, and a new
truck.
Also a reduction of $10,000
in the amount budgeted for
teacher salaries, a $5,000 reduc­tion
for Special Education and
$4,500 reduction in the amount
for an assistant superintendent.
Raymond Groff, board mem­ber
from Rothsvilie, told THE
RECORD he was generally
pleased at the reductions, but
felt the board could have eli­minated
other items for an ad­ditional
two mill tax saving.
Groff, at a previous meeting,
had suggested eliminating $43,-
500 from the budget but his mo­tion
was defeated 6-2.
He said the post of assistant
superintendent was eliminated
and replaced with an adminis­trative
assistant for a $4,500 re­duction.
He said the new school
superintendent, Dr. Dale Wing­er,
said an assistant superinten-denLwas
not necessary.
Groff also said the following
could have been eliminated
without “hurting the school
system”: $1,245 for dental sup­plies
for three schools “because
we don’t need it until two den­tists
work at the same time.”
He said a $7,000 item for a
home visitor is not necessary
because “Warwick Township
will do the work required free
of charge.”
Groff said further that “a $9,-
900 salary for an elemental’}'
guidance counselor is not need­ed,
or if it is, take one from
the High School. Also $2,600
for a universal gym (exercise
machine) is not needed.” AJ!
these items were included in
Groffs original budget cuts.
Groff said the $10,000 item
for teachers’ salaries represents
the savings between what new
teachers are being paid that are
replacing some teachers higher
on the pay scale.
A new teachers’ agreement
was also signed at the meeting
which included the salary scale
published previously by THE
RECORD.
Also, Robert Gregory was
named new secretary of the
board, whose term will expire
in 1973. He succeeds Herbert E.
Fry, who is leaving the district.
Queen of Candles Pageant Will
Highlight July 4th Celebration
The 128th Fourth of July cele­bration
will' be held in the Lititz
Springs Park this Saturday.
Highlighting the event will be
the 29th annual presentation of
the Queen of Candles Pageant.
A capacity crowd is expected to
attend the celebration. Admis­sion
to the park is $1 for adults.
Children under 12 are admitted
free.
Independence Day has been
celebrated in the park since 1822,
but the illumination of candles
was not begun until 1834. At that
time 500 candles were placed
around the headend of the
»Springs,. on fences and on _spe-».
dally built pyramids. The day’s
program included music and
speeches.
Today’s celebration utilizes
several thousand candles which
are centered on a framework
over the stream and around the
“head-end” where the illumina­tion
is most effective. The pro­gram
for the day includes many
special features.
The Fourth of July observance
will begin with the sound of
church bells ringing at 6 a.m.,
heralding the dawn of the cele­bration.
Lester Flatt Show
„Ajrew,.pxogramL.jDfjruisic wilL
Robert L. Derr, electrician for Edward Pelger & Son,
Lititz, is shown installing a new colonial lamp over the
entrance of Charlotte’s Shop late last week near the square
on East Main Street.
Three of the lamps were installed in the continuing
effort to spruce up downtown Lititz. Painting was also
underway this week on the properties.
McCloud, Scatchard, Derek & Edson, Lititz landscape
architects, is providing the technical guidance .for the
sprucing up the downtown in a colonial motif.
he presented during the after­noon
in the Lititz Springs Park,
The “Lester Flatt Show” will be
featured. Performances will be
given at 2, 4 and 6 p.m.
Appearing on the show will be:
Paul Warren, fiddle; Cousin Jake
(E. P. Tullock Jr.,) bass player;
Uncle Josh (Buck Grover) gobro
guitar; Vic Jordan, banjo ami
Ronald White, mandolin.
Rami Concert
The Rohrerstown Band, under
the direction, of Donald F.
Peters, will present a concert
from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., which will
be followed -by the Queen of
Candles Pageant and illumina­tion'
of” the 'Candles. The fire­works
display will get underway
at 10:00 p.m.
Queen Pageant
The Queen’s Pageant will de­pict
a “Community Spirit,” pas!
and present, theme.
The park has been an integral
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Planners Invite
Local Groups
To Meeting Tues,
The Lititz Planning Commis­sion
will discuss in a general
way the development of the
central business district at a
meeting Tuesday, July 7, at 7:30
p.m. in the borough office.
The Planning Commission
has invited representatives of
12 organizations to the meeting.
The organizations invited are:
American Business Club, Board
of Historical Review, Borough
Council, Lititz Chamber of
Commerce, Lititz Historical
Foundation, Lititz Improve­ment,
Inc., Lititz Junior Cham­ber
of Commerce, Lititz Retail­ers
Association, Lititz Rotary
Club, Lititz Woman’s Club, Lit­itz
Lions Club, and the Lititz
Sertoma Club.
Landscape architect Robert
Derek will present sketches and
plans of the proposed district
during the session. To be in­cluded
are recommendations on
buildings to be preserved, traf­fic
flow suggestions and sim­ilar
details.
Borough Council has approv­ed
spending up to $800 for de­veloping
a guide on the central
business district.
Wally By am Group to Enter July 4 Parade
Californians Visit Sutter's Grave
George Emanuels of California, with the Rev. John
Mormon, Lititz, places a wreath on Sutter’s grave at'the
Lititz Moravian Cemetery,
By Pat Wilson
Record-Express Feature Writer
General John Sutler, who
achieved a place in hislpry while
living in California but found a
home in the Litiiz Moravian com­munity,
will be honored by a
California group this week.
The group is the Northern
California Unit of the Wally
Byam Caravan Club Internation­al,
v'hich will take part in a July
4 rally at Hershey.
. Theme of , the California
group’s entry in the- rally is
“Northern. California Commemo­rates
General John Sutter’s 1871
Pennsylvania Dutch Welcome to
Lititz on this 13th International
Reunion.”
The rally is being held all this
week in the area adjaeem to the
Hershey Stadium and will close
with a parade of floats and a
ball this weekend.
The parade of floats will high­light
Saturday’s activities. Rep­resentatives
of the 112 branches
of the WBCCI in the United
States, Canada and Mexico will
compete in the judging.
Using a typical- Pennsylvania
farm wagon, if they can get one,
the Northern California group'
plans to dress two of its mem­bers
in the costumes of Pennsyl­vania
Plain folk. The backdrop
will contrast the panning of gold
in California with a view of the
Lititz Moravian Church.
George Emanuels, president of
the group explained that he had
hoped to obtain a team of horses
to draw the wagon, but found the
cost to be more than his group
v'ished to pay. If they can’t get
horses, they’ll use a tractor, he
added. .
The group from California
Lopes to win because, thev feel,
their theme is a perfect tie-in
between California and the Penn­sylvania
Dutch area which gives
Tie contest its over-all -theme.
However, there will be at least
3,500 travel trailers at Hershey
during the week, so the competi­tion
will be keen.
The parade will begin at 10
a m. and is open to the public.
In a brief talk after a lunch
Friday at the General Sutter Inn,
Emanuel's extended the group’s
thanks “to the citizens of Lititz
for giving refuge to the pioneer
from California.”
He does not agree with some
Californians who claim tl
Sutter’s body should he return
to that state, but believes
should be permitted -to rest he
in Lititz, whepe he found a hor
Following the talk, the gro
placed a wreath upon Sutte
grave, then visited the Moravi
and Mueller House museums.
Representing Lititz and -t
Moravian community at t
lunch were the Rev. Jo
Morman of the Moravian Chur
and chairman of the Klein Ba
lestorati on committee of -t
Lititz-Historical Society; Richa
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