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within Lancaster County 16 Pages No. 5
20-Mill School Tax Hike?
(A Record-Express
news analysis.)
Mr. Warwick School District
taxpayer, are you ready for an­other
20 mills on your next
school tax bill?
If not, you should be.
Twenty mills or $2 per $100
of assessed valuation is a con­servative
estimate of t h e
amount of the tax increase fac­ing
you as a result of the pro­posed
new state budget and pos­sible
school district wage and
cost increases, according to
figures from local officials.
The present district tax rate
is 56 mills. Another 20 mills
would bring it to 76 mills, a 35.6
per cent increase. The school
district includes Lititz Borough
and Warwick and Elizabeth
Townships.
The 20 mills is far from
finalized. The 20 mills, how­ever,
is the best current esti­mate
of the increase that will
result if present state and local
school proposals are adopted.
Asked about the impact of
the proposed new state budget
on the local school district, Dr.
Curvin Smith, district superin­tendent
of schools, released a
statement which said that the
1970-71 state subsidy under the
new budget would be reduced
by about $188,940 from levels
called for under the current
schooll reimbursement formu­la.
Since one mill of real estate
taxes in the school district pro-
Wo u r t d e d Gl In
V a l l e y F o r g e Ho s p .
Sp/4 D. Bruce Singer, son of
'Mrs. Mary Singer, 134fz N. Ce­dar
St., Lititz. who was wounded
in Vietnam, is now a patient at
the Valley Forge General Hos­pital,
Phoenixville, Pa. 19460.
Singer was injured in the head
by a fragment from a booby trap
while on combat operations in
the northern part of South Viet­nam
on March 26,
duces about $16,200, the reduc­tion
would equal about 11 mills,
he said.
In an interview with the
Record-Express this week, how­ever,
Senator Clarence F. Man-beck,
who represents the 48th
state senatorial district, includ­ing
the Warwick School Dis­trict
area, staled that he was
“disappointed that he (Govern­or
Raymond Shafer, in his pro­posed
new budget) decided to
cut appropriations to the local
school district. I think the legis­lature
will restore some of
that.”
“We in Harrisburg mandated
some of the school costs and it
is up to us to restore them (the
funds).”
Manbeck is a member of both
the Senate appropriations and
education committees.
Statements by other state
legislators and officials since
release of the governor’s budget
April 28 have also indicated
possible changes will be made
in the education portion of the
budget.
But meanwhile, Dr. Smith
stated, “School officials are in
a dilemma.
“If they disregard the (state)
budget proposals they may need
to adopt taxes later in order to
meet expenses. If they gear
their revenue requirements on
the proposed budgt they may
levy excess taxes if the general
assembly provides additional
revenue.
“Undoubtedly, the answer
will not be available by the
time school budgets should be
approved.”
The local school budget nor­mally
is introduced in May and
enacted in June.
Meanwhile, negotiations, un­derway
since January, are con­tinuing
on school district teach­er
wage-benefit increases for
1970-71. In a joint statement re­cently,
the teacher and school
board negotiations pegged the
increases for next year at be­tween
7.8 and 11.6 per cent. The
district salaries this year will
cost an estimated $1,472,000.
The proposed increases would
add from $114,816 to about
$170,752 more. That’s the equi­valent
of 7 to 10 mills.
Added to the 11 mills in­crease
Smith says will be neces­sary
as a result of the proposed
state budget, the total jumps to
18 to 21 mills.
This, however, does not in­clude
possible increases in the
non-salary portion of the 1970-
71 school budget. This year, the
non-salary school budget total­ed
about $1,865,000.
While there has been no in­dication
so far of what Warwick
taxpayers can expect from the
non-salary portion of the school
district budget, there has been
a heavy inflationary trend in
the country for the past year. If
the non-salary portion of the
budget follows this inflationary
trend, the total increase for the
non-salary part of the budget
could be substantial.
In explaining how he arrived
at the $188,940 figure — the
projected loss of expected re­venues
from the state — Smith
stated, “Under present law, the
Warwick School District could
expect to receive approximately
The Eight Candidates
As a public service to as­sist
area voters in the May 19
state primary, the Record-
Express presents the eight
announced candidates for
the State Senate and House
of Representatives.
Five candidates, all Re­publicans,
have announced
for the 102nd Legislative Dis­trict
House seat. There is no
announced Democrat Party
candidate.
Two Republicans are com­peting
for the 48th Senatori­al
District seat. A Democra­tic
candidate for Senate is
unopposed.
$308 per weighted pupil from
the State dftring 1970-71.
“If the governor’s budget pro­posals
are adopted, the reim­bursement
per weighted pupil
will be reduced to approximate­ly
$261 per weighted pupil.
“Since the district has appro­ximately
4020 pupils in weight­ed
average daily membership
(about 3,700 actual students)
during the current year, next
year’s subsidy from the State
would be reduced by approxi­mately
$188,940.”
In commenting on the prob­lems
posed by the present tax
“dilemma,” Smith also said,
“Unfortunately, the laws do not
provide for sensible taxing at
the local level. Schools cannot
levy a tax in excess of one per
cent of earned income. Occupa­tion
taxes are deemed as unfair
and unpopular. Real estate is
already heavily taxed.
“The' Warwick School Dis­trict
along with all other dis­tricts
is groping for answers.
In the meantime, taxpayers
must become cognizant of the
problems and seek legislation
to solve them.”
Elsewhere, in a news release
issued shortly after the govern­or’s
budget message, the Penn­sylvania
School Boards Associa-aion
(PSBA) warned Pennsyl­vania
school districts that they
are headed for “serious finan­cial
trouble and further tax­payers’
revolts if the cutbacks
presented this week in the
Governor’s budget message pre­vail.
The PSBA said the proposed
budget calls for reduction of
the local school district subsidy
base from the current level of
$550 to $467.
“Even though the Governor’s
budget figures would lead to
the belief that school districts
will be no worse off under Hie
new proposal than they are at
present, the effect of this
change in subsidy base could
shift an estimated $211 million
of current costs to local tax­payers,”
according to t h e
PSBA.
John H. Anspach John E. Gilbert Clarence F. Manbeck Three State Senatorial Candidates
John H. Anspach, East Hanov­er
Township, Lebanon County, is
the only Democrat seeking nom­ination
to the 48th District Sen­ate
seat.
Anspach, 42, is a life-long res­ident
of East Hanover Township.
A self-made businessman, he is
owner of Anspach Autos.
Elected as County Commission­er
in 1967, Anspach has also
served as East Hanover Town­ship
tax collector and is present­ly
chairman of the East Hanover
Township School Authority.
He is an active member and
Sunday School teacher at Em-manual
United Methodist Church
in Indiantown Gap, and was a
lay delegate to the East Pennsyl­vania
United Methodist Confer­ence
in 1969. He is also director
of the Jonestown Bank and Trust
Company.
Anspach is president of the
Jonestown Lions Club and a
member of Lebanon Lodge 228,
Free and Accepted Masons; Har­risburg
Consistory; Harrisburg
Zembo Temple Shrine and the
Tall Cedars of Lebanon.
Married to the former Laura
Wilmer, Anspach is the father
of three children. A Jonestown
High School graduate, he is at­tending
Lebanon Valley College
evening sessions and the Harris­burg
Area Center for Higher Ed­ucation.
Five GOP May 19 Primary Candidates for State House
Robert C, Rowe
Robert C. Rowe, Lebanon, be­gan
his political career in 1960
by serving as chairman of the
Lebanon County Youth for Nix-on-
Lodge. He is a director of the
Lebanon County Young Repub­licans
and served as publicity
chairman of the Lebanon County
Republican Committee.
He has been a member of the
Lebanon County Republican Ex­ecutive
Committee for five years,
and has served as Lebanon Coun­ty
Young Republican Chairman
and in 1966 was on the Lebanon
County Republican Finance Com­mittee.
In 1967-68, Rowe was co-chair­man
of the Pennsylvania Young
Republican Appreciation Night
committee. He was chairman
(editor) of the Pennsylvania
.Keystoner committee 'of the
Pennsylvania Young Republicans
in 1968.
In addition to his political ac­tivities,
Rowe is a member of
the Lebanon County and Penn­sylvania
Bar Associations and
the American Judicature Society.
He served as attorney for the
Pennsylvania Labor Relations
Board and was assistant public
defender for Lebanon County
from 1965-1968.
Rowe was a member of the
project constitution committee of
the Pennsylvania Bar Associa­tion
in 1968 and is a Lay Deacon
of Zion Lutheran Church of Leb­anon,
A graduate of Lebanon High
School and Lebanon Valley Col­lege,
Rowe received his law de­gree
from Dickinson College
School of Law. He is a member
of the law firm of Spitler and
Rowe.
Rowe is married to the former
Linda Weber of Lancaster Coun­ty
and they have two daughters.
Luther M. Swanger
Luther M. Swanger refers to
himself as a “Conservative Re­publican.”
Swanger, an advocate of the
open primary, points out that
he did not seek endorsement of
the GOP organization, because
he believes such endorsements
are “rigged.”
Jury Commissioner Swanger
defeated the party-endorsed
candidate for the office of Jury
Commissioner on two occasions.
And elder in the United
Church of Christ and a former
Sunday School Superintendent,
Swanger is also a charter mem­ber
and past president of the
South Lebanon Lions Club and
past deputy district governor of
Lions District 14.
Swanger has served as presi­dent
of the Lebanon County
Sight Conservation Committee
and of the South Lebanon Wa­ter
Authority. He is a life mem­ber
of the Avon Fire Company
of Lebanon County.
A veteran of World War II,
duifing which he was a member
of the Strategic Command of
the Army Air Force, he is a
member of the American Le­gion.
Politically, Swanger has serv­ed
as an elected committeeman
for 14 years, the only candidate
seeking this office who has had
such experience.
Swanger is a contractor, but
has stated that if elected, “I
will retire to devote full time
to’ legislative duties.”
With his wife, Swanger re­sides
at 1432 King St., Avon.
Irel D. Buckwalter
Irel D. Buckwalter, a life­long
resident of the Lititz area,
- feels he is familiar and sym­pathetic
with the views of local
citizens.
He graduated from Manheim
Township High School in 1964
and attended Wesleyan Univer­sity
in Connecticut and Millers-ville
State College. While in
college, he majored in political
science and helped found Delta
Sigma Chi Fraternity.
For the past several years,
Buckwalter has been involved
in farming, real estate and serv­ing
as an assistant coach in high
school track.
Presently, he is a member of
the Board of Directors of the
Manheim Township Develop­ment
Company and of Raven
International Company.
Buckwalter feels that his
background involving b o th
farming and business will be an
asset to him as a representative
of the people of the 102nd dis­trict.
He also feels that his youth
is an asset as there is a need
and a desire for constructive
change, he states. If elected, he
adds, “my only commitment
will be to the people of Lan­caster
and Lebanon Counties.”
He states that representation
for him will be a full-time job.
Buckwalter, 24 years old, is
married to the former Made-lyn
White of Lancaster and
they have.one daughter.
George W. Bryce
George W. Bryce, Lebanon
RD4 businessman, is a native of
Philadelphia who came to Leba­non
to attend Lebanon Valley
College and chose to remain in
the ai'ea.
Bryce is chairman of the board
and president of the Diversified
Manufacturing Company of Leb­anon.
The firm, in its first year of
business, is rapidly growing to
prominence in its field — produc­tion
of plastic sheeting and va-cumm-
molded plastic products
for some of the nation’s large
industrial firms.
Although Bryce’s firm now
employs 16 persons, plans call
for an increase to at least 100
employes within the next year.
Bryce is also affiliated with the
United Services Life Insurance
Company as a salesman, but he
is tapering off his work in this
field.
During World War II, Bryce
spent two years in the South
Pacific as a navy pilot, flying tor­pedo
planes and bombers. He
also flew in the Korean conflict
and flew 151 missions during the
Berlin Airlift.
Besides his 16 years of active
duly, Bryce spent ten years in
the reserves. He received 18
decorations for his military ex­ploits,
and was discharged from
the service with the rank of
lieutenant commander.
Bryce presently holds rating
as a commercial pilot.
While in the service, he attend­ed
numerous military schools
and served in executive capaci­ties
as well as piloting planes. He
also attended the University of
Pennsylvania and San Jose State
College in California.
Bryce’s wife is the former
Mary Grace Light. They have
five children.
Kenneth Fahnestock
Kenneth Fahnestock, Jones­town
Rl, is experienced in legis­lative
problems as a member of
various farm and conservation
organizations. He is well-known
in Lebanon County for his inter­est
in programs dealing with
garbage disposal, the Swatara
Creek Project and the Middle
Creek Project, among others.
Fahnestock, 44, lists himself as
a conservative who is actively in­terested
in conservation. He is
affiliated with the Izaak Walton
League.
A native of Lititz, Fahnestock
has lived in Lebanon County for
28 years. He is a graduate of
Fredericksburg High School. A
farmer by occupation, he has
worked at the Hershey chocolate
plant and the Manheim asbestos
plant.
He is chairman of legislation
for the state farmers’ organiza­tion
and of the local highway
committee. He is serving his sec­ond
term as president of the Leb­anon
County Branch of the Izaak
Walton League, and as vice pres­ident
of the state unit. He is also
chairman of the national legisla­tive
committee of the state unit.
A member and director of the
county property owners’ and tax- '
payers’ association, Fahnestock
was for two years a member of
the former Technical Action Pan­el.
Fahnestock is a member of the
Little Swatara Church of the
Brethren, and has served for six
years as a counselor at Camp
Swatara, a church affiliated
camp. He is also a member of
the Fredericksburg Fire Co.
The candidate is married to
the former Vera L. Gibhle of
Greble. They have five children
and- two grandchildren.
John E. Gilbert of Frede­ricksburg
is seeking the Re­publican
nomination to the
state .senate seat from the 48th
district.
Tvgice a member of the
Northern Lebanon, School
Board,. Gilbert was appointed
by. Gov. Raymond Shafer to the
Pennsylvania Veterans Com­mission,
a position he held until
February. A businessman for
16 years, he had an appliance
store and electrical contracting
business.
He is past president of the
Pennsylvania Joint War Vet­erans
Council and past state
commander of the American
Legion. In 1961, he was chosen
Lebanon County’s “Outstanding
Legionnaire,” and in 1964, was
awarded an honorary life mem­bership
in the Fredericksburg
Legion.
A disabled veteran of World
War II, Gilbert served with the
Fourth Division, U. S. Marine
Corps, and received the Purple
Heart after landing in the first
assault on Iwo Jima.
Gilbert, 44 years old, is a
graduate of Fredericksburg
High School and took extended
correspondence school studies.
He owned an appliance store
and electrical contracting busi­ness
for 16 years.
Presently, he is employed by
ths- United Engineers and Con­structors
at the Nuclear Power
Plant near Middletown. He is a
former superintendent of the
Lebanon Branch, Keystone En­gineering
Corporation. - ,
Married to the former Ada R.
Stoever, he has three children.
Gilbert is a member of In­ternational
Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers Union 361;
Lebanon Lodge 631, Benevolent
and Protective Order of Elks;
Mt. Lebanon Lodge 226, Free
and Accepted Masons; Forest
25, Tall Cedars of Lebanon;
Scottish Rite Consistory; Rajah
Shrine; Lebanon County Shrine
Club; Veterans of Foreign Wars
and the American Legion.
Senator Clarence F. Manbeck
will be bn the May 19th KepuD-lican
primary ballot -for re-election
from the state’s 48th
Senatorial district.
■ An experienced legislator,
Senator Manbeck has served
three terms in the House of
Representatives from Lebanon
County. He has represented the
48th district since 1966 as state
senator.
A native of Bethel Town­ship,
Berks County, Manbeck
founded a chicken processing
firm in Fredericksburg which
employs more than 150 people.
He is also president of Farm­ers
Pride, Inc., a company that
operates retail stores in Penn­sylvania
and Ohio.
A director of the First Na­tional
Bank of Fredericksburg
and the Lebanon Mutual In­surance
Company, Manbeck is
also on the Board of Managers
of Good Samaritan Hospital,
Lebanon.
Senator Manbeck is a form­er
school director and chair­man
of the school building
committee. He was a district
governor of Lions Internation­al,
a director of the Chamber of
Commerce of Lebanon City and
County and a director of the
Community Chest and the Leb-anon
County Tuberculosis and”
Child Health Society.
As a senior senator, Man­beck
is chairman of Labor
and Industry Committee, vice-chairman
of the Agriculture
Committee and a member of
the Appropriations, Education,
Elections and Reapportion­ment,
Forests and Waters,
Game and Fish, Judiciary, Mili­tary
Affairs and Aeronautics
and State Government commit­tees.
A resident of Fredericksburg
and a member of St. John’s
Lutheran Church in that com­munity,
Senator Manbeck is
married to the former Eve Pyse
and has two daughters.
The Music Man" Production
Boasts Cast of 74 Students
Warwick High School’s upcom­ing
production of “The Music
Man” boasts a cast of 74 actors
and actresses, the largest ever
assembled for a stage production
at the school.
Among the cast members are
many faces which will be fami­liar
to Lititz theater-goers, but
there are many others who will
be appearing for their first time.
“I always pick a cast from what
I see at tryouts, not from the
experience that the students
bring with them,” said Robert
Kauffman, the shows director.
“Contrary to what some people
think, 1 never precast a show.
That’s half of the fun (and fru-stration)
of tryouts-seeing what
potential each person has for a
particular role.”
John Fahnestock and Sharon
Weiler, who play the shows lead-characters,
show the contrast be­tween
the experienced and the
inexperienced members of the
cast. John, who plays the fasl-talking
salesman named Harold
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Chamber of Commerce Phone
The Lititz Chamber of Com­merce
now has a phone at their
offices, 7 E, Main St. Phone 626-
4451
6th Graders To Present
"The Wizard of 0z"
Ronald ILamsher’s sixth grade
class will present “The Wizard
ot Oz” on Thursday evening May
14 and Friday May 15 at 8 p.m.
in the Lititz Elementary auditor­ium.
There will be no admission
charge.
The play is an outgrowth of a
unit in English on public speak­ing.
To begin the unit coral read­ing
is done with individual work
on enunciation, pronunciation,
and tonal quality.
Next, the children listen to
themselves on tape. Following
this, 5-minute taped speeches are
done on topics of their choice.
Again, they listen to themselves
to see if thei'e is a change in the
speaking quality.
Before the culminating' activ­ity,
the class presents original
commercials. to sell a product
they have chosen. Now the w'ork
on the culminating activity be­gins.
The play was entirely writ­ten
by Mr. Hamsher and the
class.
The class was broken into var­ious
teams and the six act play
was written. The music was ada- ’
pted from the original musical
score. All the set building and
painting was done by various
committees from the cast.
The main cast includes Bonnie
Martin as Dorothy, Tammy Stet-ter
as the Wicked Witch, Donald
Rettew as the Scarecrow, David
Shelley as the Tinman! Ronald
Cassel as the Lion, Tammy Bal-mer
as the Good Witch and Ron­ald
Hershey as the Wizard. Stu­dent
Directors, -Ronald Cassel,
Ronald Hershey, and Jim Singer
assist Mr. Hamsher.