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* * * * * (Consolidated w ith The L ititz Record, 1937) Lititz, Lancaster County, Penna., Thursday, June 18,1970 10 cen ts a Copy; $4.00 per yea r by m a ll
w ith in Lanca ste r County 16 Pages No. 11
Agreement Changes Stop School Board
Okay of Teacher Wage Hike; Meeting Set
The Warwick School Board
Tuesday night in a 5-4 vote re­jected
the proposed 1970:71
teacher wage package.
While the vote on the wage
package was five in favor and
four opposed, it was reported
that passage requires a two-thirds
majority or six favorable
votes.
In a similar 5-4 vote, the board
approved the non-wage portion
of the agreement, however. A
simple majority vote was re­ported
enough to adopt this
portion of the agreement.
Voting in favor were: Paul
Wissler, John Evans, Robert
Gregory, Carl Reedy, and David
Buckwalter.
Opposed were: Raymond Groff,
Eugene Martin, Kenneth Weaver
and Doctor William Miksch..
There was no explanation -of
the opposition vote's. The vote
was taken in the midst - of a
stormy four hour meeting and it
was uncertain if the votes, rep­resented
opposition to the wage
agreement or concern about"
Thè Board of Trustees of the
Lititz Springs Park announces a
fund raising drive for the pur­pose
of returning the Roebuck
Fountain to Lititz.
Elmer Murry, chairman of the
drive, said all interested people
are encouraged to donate so that
this important part of Lititz’s his­tory
can he purchased and placed
iii the park. Murry said the foun­tain
is presently owned by a
Lancaster antique, dealer-rand'-tie: >
has offered to sell it to the
Trustees for $3,500. Murry said
Nancy Reardon - - - -
some changes that had been
made in the negotiations agree­ment
since it was approved about
two weeks ago by the Warwick
Education Association.
The meeting began with WEA
representatives vigorously pro­testing
the changes.
Evans, who was the board’s
negotiation representative, re­ported
that the changes were
made by the board’s solicitor
Roger Reist in order to make
the document conform with state
law.
But the WEA, led, by William
Haziett, WEA president, pro­tested
that' the changes were not
necessary and were contrary to
the agreement reached by Evans
and the WEA negotiator, Wil­liam
Felger. Haziett complained
that the board was showing “bad
faith”. Paul Wissler replied that
he would not sign any agreement
that their solicitor did not
approve. ,
While • the issues raised were
not’ resolved, the meeting con­cluded
with an agreement by
this price is considerably below
what the dealer had been offered
by an international antique col­lector,
but the dealer believes the
fountain should be returned to
Lititz. It is estimated to cost
about an additional $1300. to set
the fountain in the park which
means a total of about $4800.
must be raised by voluntary do­nations.
Donations may he sent to
Elmer Murry, Lititz- RD2, or Wifi
liam B. Oehme, (treasurer of the
Park Board) 423 Laurel Aye.,
' Eleven girls-have been selected
to-.participate in the Queen of
Candles pageant, sponsored by '
the Lititz SDrings Park Trustees,
on the Fourth of July.
The identity of. the queen,
chosen from thè II girls, will not
he announced, until prior to the
pageant. ' ,
- Elizabeth- P.- .Yeager,, daughter
of. Dr. and Mrs. Roy K. Yeager,
304 S. Broad St., Lititz will be
-the flower girl and Cory Mlnnich,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Min-nieh,
115 W. Third Ave., Lititz
will be the crown .hearer.
Girls selcted to, participate in
the pageant are:
Bridget Balmer, Lititz RD2,
daughter of Ray Balmer, and
Mrs. Barry Saylor, was a senior
in the business course at War­wick.
She was an active member
. of the Color Guard and the Year­book
Staff. In the past she had
been a member of the chorus
and the Pep Club. Bridget was
elected to the National Honor
Society this past year. She at­tends
the St. Paul’s Lutheran
Church in Penryn. Her future
plans include employment at the
Farmer’s -National Bank of Lititz.
Wanda Derr, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Derr, Lititz
RD2, was a senior in the business
course at Warwick. She was a
member of the F.B.L.A. Club and
attends the Church of God in
Mount Joy. Her future plans in­clude
employment at the Arm­strong
Cork Company..
> D onna-W éiksner
both the board and WEA to meet
again Mpnday night, along with
the board attorney, to discuss the
issues.
Previous reports had indicated
that agreement had been reached
on the issues. Evans said the
negotiations broke up in agree­ment
with the understanding,
however, that the board’s solici­tor
would have to check to make
sure the agreement met legal
requirements.
Haziett said he was denied a
five minute meeting prior to the
regular meeting.
He was allowed five minutes
after the board voted on Evans’
motion to adopt the negotiations
agreement. Haziett used three
minutes and Douglas Minnich re­quested,
30 seconds of the re­maining
two, but it was denied, at
the time. Minnich spoke at the
end of the meeting.
Hazzlet particularly objected
on two issues:
—Insertion of a clause baning
strikes by teachers. He contended
this was not discussed in the ne-
Lititz. Checks should he made to
“Fountain Fund, Lititz Spring
Park.”
The Roebuck fountain stood in
the center of the square for
approximately half a century and
included ice-cooled drinking
fountains as well' as a watering
trough for horses. It was a fa­miliar
sight to see the ice wagons
of a former day stop each sum­mer
morning at the square and
-fill the two boxes which cooled
the. drinking, water.
The fountain is made of cast
Donna Eeaser, 127 W. Lemon
St., Lititz, daughter of Mr.
Charles Feaser and Mrs. Earl
, Foltz, was -a senior in the aca-dertlic
bourse at Warwick. She
was active in the Color Guard,
hockey team, chorus, Math Club,
Pep Club, and the Drama Club.
She was a member of the Nation­al
Honor Society, and a member
of the Teepee Topics Business
Staff; She- was also- a yearbook
' editor. She is a, member of the
Lititz Church of the Brethren.
Donna’s future plans include
work at the Lancaster General
Hospital. ,
Bridget Balmer
gotiation, it was not in the agree­ment
ratified by the WEA and,
the board has no right to bind
the teachers to items not dis­cussed
in the negotiations.
—A phrase making bonus pay:
oh . teacher credits applicable
only to those credits obtained
after the teacher receives. a
Master’s Degree. Previously
teachers have received pay for
credits obtained before obtaining .
the MA. . •
'It was reported that ¡nine
teachers would he affected - by
this change in procedure.-.It was,-,;
learned unofficially that this
issue was mot discussed during
the negotiations, but Haziett in­dicated-
teachers had assumed the ,
policy of pay for pre-MA credits
would remain.
But under the new school
board interpretation, some nine
teachers would lose those credits
toward this extra, money which
they had received prior to actu­ally
obtaining a Masters degree..
Other contested issues in­cluded-:
. _ .
iron and is of a design widely
popular at the turn of the cen­tury.
It -is similar to fountains
which adorned lawns of thé more
spacious homes and public build­ings
of the country at that time.
When he presented the bor­ough
with the fountain, Dr: Roe­buck
also gave the borough a
number of railroad bonds, the in­terest,
from which was deeméd
sufficient to defray all the costs
of maintaining the fountain. ‘
Times changed, however, and
(Continued on Page 6)
- Jennie Long, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Curtis Long, 103 E.
Lincoln Ave., Lititz, was a senior
in the academic course at War­wick.
She was an active member
of: the Student Council, hockey
team, and the cheerleading
squad. She attends St. Paul Lu­theran
Church in Lititz. Jennie
has been active in swimming for
the past 7 years and has been at
the Nationals 6 times. She placed
19th in the Nation in the. 200
meter, backstroke. Jennie plans to
attend Towson College majoring
in physical education.
Barbara Mitchell, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Mitchell,
1147 Main St., Akron, was a
senior in the Business course at
Warwick. Barbara was an active
member of. the hockey team, ten­nis
team, Varsity Club, Ski Club,
and chorus. Barbara’s future
plans include work in the sec­retarial
field.
Nancy Reardon, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Reardon,
124 ' N. Cedar St., Lititz, was a
senior in the academic course at
Warwick. She was active in the
math club, student council, and
the literary staff of the Year­book.
She was the secretary of
the class in her sophomore and
•senior years. She attends St.
James Roman Catholic Church.
Nancy plans to attend Millers-ville
State College majoring -in
elementary education.
Donna Steffv, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Donald K. Steffy, Lititz
Patri« hi Whiwr.ifi
—Insertion of a provision cal­ling
for , “written request” ; at
least one week in advance before
teachers could .get'-the two days
•of absence provided in the agree­ment.
' . '
-It;was,uncertain if this written
< request provision was added by
the attorney or by,school princi­pals
for, administrative reasons.
—The WEA also questioned
insertion' of the following: “In
the,, event that any provision or
portion of this Agreement-is de-
- tennined invalid for any reason
by authority of established; and
' competent, legal jurisdiction, the
balance and • remainder of this
Agreement,- not' dtherwise -deter-
■ mined to be invalid, shall remain
in’full force and effect.
Haziett indicated concern over
the meaning of the term “com­petent
legal jurisdiction.”
-Haziett .. also objected to
omission of provision *G under
Section H entitled, general' pro­visions.
This section pledged' the
administration -to cooperate'; with
, the association in . investigation^
of any grievance.' -
' Evans said he knows of no-rea­son
-why Section G! was- omitted
and thinks it was ’ probably a
typographical error.
Some other minor wording*
changes- were discussed-.:
Hire 11 Teachers
The board took action to hire
11 new teachers. They are: Miss'
Pamela G. Sniith, - junior high
math; John Mattern; junior high .
science; David .Cochran, junior
high social studies; Mrs.-Joanne
-Baker, third grade -at the Kissel
Hill school; Larry L. Burkholder,
junior high , social studies; Miss
Marion Mowrer, high school
English;. Mrs. Margaret Weidner,
instrumental -music; Miss Do-rinda
Sprenkle, Lititz elemen­tary;
Jaclf-Seal'- Jr.,-- junipiy-high'-,-;
Spanish; Mrs. Nancy Register,
(•Continued on Page .6)
RD2, is a senior in the academic
course at Warwick. She was a
member of the National , Honor
Society, hand, student council,
Teepee Topics, and the Warrian
staff. She is a member of the
Lititz -Church of the Brethren.
She was crowned-Queen of the
Prom this past May. Donna plans
.to attend the - Lancaster General
Hospital, School of Nursing.
Judith Turner, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Paul F. Turner, 528
^ Spring Ave., Lititz, was a senior
in the academic course at War­wick.
She was co-captain of the
B a r b a r a .M ilc lic ll
Park Board Announces $ 3 ,5 0 0 Fund Drive
To Bring Roebuck Fountain Back To Lititz
Editorial
Let’s Cool It! In regard to Tuesday night’s schoolboard session, we
can only say: COOL IT! . - "
The meeting was at times highly emotional, not .the
type of atmosphere for intelligent discussion or rational
decision. .
In short, it was a meaningless, hot-tempered debate'
that can do nothing but destroy meaningful negotiation /n
the future. Fortunately, there was an indication that cooler
heads were beginning to prevail near the end of the meeting
and another meeting was scheduled for Monday night.
• The importance of Monday night’s meeting cannot' be
overestimated. It is vitally important that both the -board'
and WEA come to the meeting in a spirit of cooperation:
Both groups must forget old wounds and not try to inflict
new ones. The emphasis must be on reaching a sound and
fair agreement, not on impressing the public or the teach-ers.
.If the petty bickering which dominated'Tuesday night’s’
« -meeting is allowed to continue, it is obvious that everyone
is going to suffer, including students and parents and tax-payers
of Warwick School District.
. ' " Aré the WEA and school board going to allow chaos t o -
reign in the school district over disagreement on mostly ;*
petty, issues. . ,
We hope.not; we hope that both groups will forget about
arguments of “principle” and consider how to reach á, fair
and mutuálly satisfactory agreement. .
Various. WÉA officials already have stated that the'
- '.wage package arrived at in the negotiations is. a fair one, ;.
- with the .possible -exception that the starting wage should
be increased somewhat and the issue of bonus money for-college
credits. ' .
„„In .discussing,the issues raised Tuesday night with both,
officials of' thé WEA and the school board, we concluded
that the parties appear able to compromise or reach agree­ment
on all but two issues.
One issue is insertion by the school board of a'no-'-.,
strike or work stoppage provision binding on teachers'.
While this item apparently merely, repeats the provision of
a 1947. state law, teachers apparently do not want to be
bound by a local provision. While we certainly,do not favor,
the right of-teachers to strike, we dp-agree with teachers--
that provisions not discussed in negotiations should not be
inserted at the last minute. WEA officers called-last minuté
insertions “bad faith” and they’re right..
The other, more complicated, major issue, involves pay-’
. meht of bonus money for teachers who earn college credits.
In the past, these payments have been made retroactive.
for credits earned before the Masters degree was received;
but under, the new agreement; these-extra payments would
apply only , to those credits received after the MA and
would not be retroactive to credits received before theiVTA,
While this issue affects the pay in 1970-71 of nine teach- ,
, ers^. we .are infornjed, we do not believe that it.is an issue ,
worth risking the destruction of the entire wage agreement:
(Continued, on 6) . f
Girls’ Basketball Team, Teepee
Topics News Editor, and Student
Director for the Music Man. Judi
was also a member of the Varsity
Club and Pep Club. She was the
1969 -Homecoming Queen and
Halloween Queen. She attends
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church. Judi
plans ;to attend Wesley College
in Delaware,
Donna Weiksner, daughter of
Mr. and Mis. Donald L.
Weiksner, 204 N. Elm St., Lititz
was a-, senior in the academic
course at Warwick. Donna was a
member of the color guard, Stu­dent
Council, and Business Staff
of the, Warrian.- She is a member
of St. Paul’s Lutheran; Church.
Donna plans to work at the Com­monwealth
National Bank in
Lancaster.
Patricia Whitcraft, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Whitcraft.
Lititz DR1, was a .senior in the
Vocational Home Economics
course at Warwick. She was a
member of the F.H.A. and Busi­ness
Staff fox the Teepee Topics.
Patti is a member of the Salem
Lutheran Church.. During the
summer, Patti plans to work at
Donecker’s Apparel Shoj) in
Ephrata. ;.
Diane York, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. William York, 1117 W.
Third St,, Lititz, was a senior in
the academic course at Warwick.
She was a member of the color
guard, National Honor Society,
and the Yearbook Business Staff.
Diane plans to attend the Lan­caster
General Hospital School of
lindiologt.
P o l i n a I ’l-.isi-r
Diane York
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