Lititz Record Express

              THE LITITZ RECORD ■ EXPRESS
Serving The Warwick Area For Nearly A Century
94th Year E s ta b lish e d Aprii, 1877, as T h e Su nbeam
(Consolidated with T he itz Kecord, 1937) Lititz, Lancaster County, Penna., Thursday, April 30, 1970 10 c en t* » Copy; 34,00 per y e a r by m au i g !>., ,r,.K
within L a n c a s te r County No. 4
'<• Lititz firemen are shown standing by
a': truck with overheated and smoking tar
at Trinity, Evangelical Congregational
Church, 40 ,E. Orange St., Lititz, Monday
afternoon.
■ f Periodically, the tar. would erupt into
flames which firemen extinguished.
Goodling, Simpson and Mackes, Inc.,
.Ephrata, were working on the church roof,
when the incident occurred.
Lititz Fire Chief Ammon Shelly ex­plained
that the tar is normally heated to
about 500 degrees, but for some reason the
temperature shot up to about 600. “Nor­mally
anything over 525 will ignite,” he
said.
Because of the high temperature, fire­men
had to put out the flames “five or six
times” as the vat kept re-igniting. Even­tually,
however, the tar cooled below the
ignition temperature.
- Except ■ for some burned material,
there'was no property loss, the chief said.
Students Elected For Youth
Day In Government Program
Boro Issues
*189,915 In
Bldg. Permits
Building permits issued by the
borough for the month of March
amount to $189,915. Of this
amount, $172,000 was issued for
new construction for a new ware­house
at Woodslream Corpora­tion.
Remodeling permits were is­sued
in the amount of $17,915 to
the following: Paul Ditzler, 24-
26 E. Lincoln Ave., replace roof,
$700; Amelia Meiley, 38 E. Lin­coln
Ave., replace roof, $600;
Warwick Haus, Inc,, 104 N.
Broad St., replace roof, $1,150;
John M. Neff, 357 E. Main St.,
aluminum siding, $1,800.
Melvin Eichelberger, 226 No­ble
St., enlarge present garage,
$1,000; Maria Mastromatteo, 103
E. Main St., paint front and side
white, $1,575; Maria Mastromat­teo,
107 E. Main St., paint front,
east, west sides tile red, $1,575;
Levi Weaver, 319 S. Broad St.,
new garage roof, $375; Bea Pat­ches,
47 E. Center St., move
present beauty salon from main
dwelling to addition in rear, $8,-
000; J. Arthur Bruckhart, 106 E.
Second Ave., new roof, $540;
Emanuel Ditzler, 19 W. Lemon
St., convert area to a small pow­der'room,
$600.
Meeting Held
On N ew COG
A preliminary meeting on the
proposed Council of Govern­ments
for the Lititz-Manheim
area was held at 8 p.m. Wed­nesday,
April 22 at the Lititz
Community Center.
The meeting primarily in­volved
explaining the history of
the growing numbers of such
organizations in other parts of
the country, including the Eph­rata
area, as a means for rela­tively
small local governmental
units to solve mutual problems.
Individual g o v e r n m e n t a l
units also were asked to appro­priate
two cents per capita to
finance paperwork including
letters and meeting notices, in­volved
in setting up the Coun­cil
of Governments. It was em­phasized
that Lititz, the largest
municipality, would pay only
about $120 and it would be
much less for the others.
Besides Lititz and Manheim,
the proposed body Includes four
townships, Warwick, Elizabeth,
Penn and Rapho,
Harold Weaver, president of
the Northern Lancaster Council
of Governments, which includes
Ephrata and surrounding muni­cipalities,
was present to ex­plain
the Ephrata area set-up
and answer questions.
Reasons outlined for urging
the Council included problems
stemming from overall urban
growth in the area and the need
to work together, and particu-laiiy
to exchange information
among officials. It was also re­ported
that the federal govern­ment
is strongly . urging joint
solution to problems by local
municipalities.
The officials, which consisted
of the township supervisors and
borough councilmen, empha­sized
that the scope of work by
the new group will be small
initially. The future depends
entirely on the wishes of the
members, it was reported.
Sixth Grade
Parents Night
The, .annual Sixth Grade Par­ents
Ni'ght'will be held on Thurs­day,
May 7, at 7:30 p.m. in the
high -school cafeteria. The pro­gram
will,provide the kind of
information that will enable par­ents
to; answer their child’s ques­tions’,
and; perhaps relieve his
fears as'he thinks about and pre-pares-
for the change to seventh
grade. JA ’ question and answer
period' will follow the presenta­tion.
Mr. .Thomas J. Williams, Guid-'
ance Counselor, and Mr. Carl B.
Kaufman, Principal, will be in
charge of the meeting.
Following the program, a cof­fee
hour will be held.
Fire Company To
Solicit Funds
The Lititz Fire Company will
begin a door-to-door campaign to
solicit funds for maintenance
and equipment on May 1. The
campaign will be conducted
throughout the local area until
June 13 when the annual Chick­en
Com Soup Festival will be
held.
The Annual Youth Day in
Government was conducted at
Warwick High school during
the past two weeks with the
elections being held on April
21. -
This year as in the past, two
political parties were formed
for the purpose of electing stu­dent
representatives to the
various borough and local of­fices.
''-The main purpose of this pro­gram
is to acquaint the stu­dents
with the fundamentals of
political actions and give them
some knowledge of the duties of
the different offices.
Platforms were drawn up by
both parties. In these platforms,
the parties expressed their
views on the school, borough
and state level.
A meeting on the follow up
of these plans was held after
the election and more meetings
are planned in the future.
The two political parties
were: U. S. (United Students)
and the SLY (Students Like
You).
Bridget Balmer, Karen Mast,
Charles Bowman, Chris Diehl
and Thomas Keller.
WEA Will Hold
ChickenBarbecue
The Warwick Education Asso­ciation
will hold a Chicken Bar­becue
on Friday, May 1 at the
Lions Playground, located at the
corner of S. Spruce St, and Sec­ond
Ave. The barbecue will be
held from 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Tickets can be obtained from
any teacher or'on the day of the
barbecue at the playground. The
cost per ticket for one-half chick­en
is $1.25. Only take-outs will
be available. The barbecuer is
Graybill Miller.
Proceeds irom the barbecue
will go towards the scholarship
fund.
Spring Art
Show May 1
Library Gets Donation
Mrs. James Herr presents a check for $300 from the
Lititz Woman’s Club to Mrs. Eugene L. Steffy, head librari­an
at the Lititz Public Library. Mrs. Herr, chairman of the
Fine Arts and Education committee; served as the chair­man
of the Book Sale held recently.
The successful candidates
were: Randy Zartman, Mayor;
James Bushong, Justice of the
Peace; Steve Mearig, Tax Col­lector;
James Shannon, Denise
Kline, State Representatives:
Barry Ober, State Senator.
Elected for the Board of Edu­cation
were: Fred Regennas,
Judi Turner, Sandra Evans,
Joyce Lupinetti, Eileen Good,
Carol Miller, Tim Reese, John
Badorf and Nan Reardon. Bo1 o
Council members elected were:
The second annual Spring Art
Show will be held at the War­wick
High School Cafeteria, Fri­day
evening, May 1, from 7:30 to
9:30.
This art exhibit will contain
siudent work from the entire
school district representing kin­dergarten
through twelfth grade.
The art teachers responsible
for the show are: Mrs. Nancy
Kraybill, Mrs. Faith Long, Mrs.
Helen Miksch, Mir Charles Sload
and Miss Georgenc Lucas.
Merchants Donate Generously
For P T Â Festival Auction
The Lititz Elementary P.T.A.
will hold its annual Spring Fes­tival
at the Lititz Springs Park
on May 16. This festival is high­lighted
by an auction that will
be held at 2 p.m.
Among the items to be auc­tioned
will be: a xh ” drill, Long
and Bomberger; - an area rug,
Carpet Shop; dinners from Gen­eral
Sutter Inn, Pretzel House,
Chimney Corner, Herb’s Sand­wich
Shop; Argus Lady Care-
ITee Camera, Cam Tech of Lit­itz;
Presto portable electric mix­er,
Bob’s Save Rile; two picnic
coolers, Warner-Lambert; one
cake, Kenyon’s Bakery; Cokes,
Flory Distributing Co.; three
pocketbooks, Charlott’s Apparel
Shop; I-Iocking breakfast set,
Í-Íarris Variety Store; a pair of
•wrought-iron sconces made by
Harold Ruth; two decorator can­dles,
Arnold Jewlers; and a
camping saw, Trimble’s Hard-
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Arbitration Association Appoints
Third Member to Mediation Board
The American Arbitration
Association has appointed a
third member to the non-bind­ing
mediation board on teacher
wages and benefits in the War­wick
School District for 1970.
He is Clair V. Duff, a Pitts­burgh
attorney.
‘ The other two members on
the mediation board are: John
M. Evans, Warwick School
Board member and representa­tive,
and William G. Felger,
science teacher and Warwick
Education Association reprsen-tative.
In a release late Tuesday with
the agreement of Felger, Evans
said, “Mr. Duff has been ap­pointed
by the American Arbi­tration
Association as the mu­tual
choice of the concerned
parties. He will also serve as
chairman of the board.”
Under the agreement early
this year between the school
board and WEA, the third
member of the mediation board
was to be selected by March 30
tion board was to be reached
and the decision of the media-within
20 days.
Except for the brief release
this, week and a joint statement
in mid-April outlining seven
areas -in which agreement had
not been reached, news of pro­gress
of the negotiations has
not been available since Janu­ary.
A news blackout policy was
House Cuts Municipal
Utilities From New Tax
A bill to exempt municipally
owned utilities from paying the
state’s new 30-Mill tax on real
estate of utilities passed the
House in Harrisburg by a 188-3
vote Tuesday.
. It was learned unofficially
that the measure is expected to
pass the State Senate without
difficulty and become law.
Meanwhile, Lititz Borough
officials reported that the utili­ty
tax law, if not repealed on
municipal utilities, would cost
Lititz $1,550.40 by June 1.
Borough officials previously in­dicated
this loss of revenue
would require cutting back on
some planned borough woi'k.
The tax on local utilities
■would be levied on $20,700 of
land value and 50 per cent of
the building value or $30,980.
The total on which the 30 mills
would be levied is $51,680.
adopted by both parties in
which it was agreed that any
releases would have to be made
jointly.
Dull, .55, a senior partner in
Duff, Grogan and Doyle law
firm in Pittsburgh, was born in
York November 8, 1914.
He did his undergraduate
and graduate work at the Uni­versity
of Pittsburgh and was
Truck Owners
Borough Council Tuesday
night decided to revise the
borough commercial vehicle
parking ordinance because of
complaints from citizens.
An ordinance had been adopt­ed
several months ago which
prohibited the parking of com­mercial
vehicles on borough
streets for the storing of the
vehicle itself.
Owners of pickup trucks used
mainly for business purposes
were quite vocal in protesting
the ordinance at the meeting.
Council agreed to revise the
ordinance to exempt those ve­hicles
of % ton or less. But, for
all other commercial vehicles
the no parking would remain.
The only exception will be a
case where special authoriza­tion
is given to park a commer­cial
vehicle for use in connec­tion
with a building permit.
In other business council:
—Stated a Department of
Health expert from Harrisburg
would attend the Planning
Commission meeting, May 5.
—Awarded bids of $4651. to
Harold Kepply, Lititz for curb
and sidewalk construction and
$7328. to B. R. Kreider, Man­heim
for street resuriacting.
—Approved a change in the
zoning ordinance from R1 to R2
for a plot of ground along the
south side of Leaman Street.
—Received a report from Dr.
Joseph W. Grosh concerning
“Clean-Up Week” inspection of
the borough. Dr. Grosh showed
pictures of areas of the borough
that are in “deplorable condi­tion.”
He said many areas are
in the same condition as they
admitted to the bar in 1941.
He was a lecturer at. Du­quesne
University School of
Law from 1948 to 1051; art ajfr
sistant deputy attorney general
for Pennsylvania in 1951-52; as­sistant
district attorney of Al­legheny
County from 1952 to
1956, and solicitor lor the
Borough of Dormont from 1954
to 1958.
Complain—Boro
were two years ago and “no­thing
has been done.”
—Announced that Police
Chief, George Hicks, underwent
surgery on April 20th and may
not be able to return to duty un­til
July 1.
—Agreed to draft an ordin­ance
making East Center Street
one way east between Rasp­berry
Lane and South Cedar St,
—Approved paying on a pro
rata share basis with Warwick
Township for widening Landis
Valley Road,
—Passed a resolution com­mending
Warwick students for
their activities in cleaning up
Lititz Springs Creek on “Earth
Day.”
Warner Sales Up
Warner-Lamnert Pharmaceu­tical
Co. has announced record-high
sales and earnings during
the first quarter of 1970.
The firm, which has a plant
at Lititz, logged a 14-per cent
boost in profits for the period
and an 11 per cent gain in sales.
According to Stuart K. Hens­ley,
board chairman and chief
executive officer, this marks
the 11th consecutive quarter
that the firm has advanced in
sales and earnings.
Net profits totaled $21 mil­lion
compared with $18.5 mil­lion
for the same period last
year. Sales totals for the quar­ter
were $225 million, com­pared
with last year’s $202.7
million.
Earnings per share were list­ed
at 70 cents, eight cents high­er
than last year’s earnings for
the period.
To Revise Parking Ordinance
ADMIRING THE PLAQUE they were
awarded as winners of the Klondike Derby
are members of the Giddy Up Go Go pa­trol
of Scout Troop 42. The scouts are;
front row — left to right — Dan Aument,
John Ford, Kurt Herzer. Back row — Doug
Buchter, John Keller, Dan Bender, captain
and Cary Colon, Steve Spence was absent.
Giddy Up Go Go Patrol Gets Award
Philip York, member of the Webelos Den of Cub Pack
42, beams proudly after presenting the Commissioner of the
Year award to his father, William York, 117 E. Third Ave.,
Lititz, at the Eastern District Scout Recognition event held
at the f arm and Home Center.
The Klondike Derby award
was presented at the fourth an­nual
Eastern District Recogni­tion
Dinner held April 23 at the
Farm and Home Center, Lan­caster.
Recipient of the award was the
Giddy Up Go Go patrol of Scout
Troop 42. The plaque, featuring
a bronze “huskie” on top, has
the following inscription: 1-970
Klondike Derby, First Place Pa­trol,
Giddy Up Go Go, Troop 42,
Lititz, Pa. Patrol member nam­es
are listed, too. They are Dan
Bender, captain, Doug Buchter,
John Keller, Cary Colon, John
Ford, Kurt Herzer, Dan Au­ment
and Steve Spence.
The Derby had been held at
the Camp J. Edward Mack .Scout
Reservation this past January
with 38 patrols competing. The
scouts, pulling sleds they had
constructed, were required to
travel over a five mile coui'se
in the snow, stopping at various
stations along' the way to per­form
numerous scouting skills.
The patrol gathering the most
points and completing the cour-
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