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w ith in L a n c a s t e r County 18 Pages No. 7
Board Seeks 6-Mill Tax
Tentative ’70-71 Budget
Susan Gray
The Annual Spring Concert
by the Linden Hall Glee Club,
May 22 at 8 p.m. in the Fellow­ship
Hall of the Lititz Moravian
Church will open the May Day
festivities at the private girls’
school, followed by the Horse
Show and May Day pageant,
May 22 on the school’s campus.
Three senior students will vie
for the title of “May Queen”
on May 23. They .are: Susan
The American Legion Post
No. 56 and the Veterans of
Foreign Wars Post 1463 will
conduct Memorial Day Services
in Lititz and Rothsville, Satur­day,
May 30th. Lititz
John E. Gilbert, Fredericks­burg,
Pa., Past State Command­er
of the American Legion, will
deliver the annual Memorial
Day address in the Lititz Mora­vian
Cemetery at 11:00 A.M.
Children will decorate graves
of veterans with flowers. Rev.
•James E. Stougb, Pastor St.
Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran
Church, Lititz, will give the in­vocation.
Albert S. Ebbert will
lead the audience in .singing
America and the National An­them,
accompanied by the War­wick
High School Band.and the
Lititz Community Band. Jeff
Young, son of Mr. & Mrs. Les­ter
H. Young, Lititz RD3,
will give the Gettysburg Ad­dress.
Father Francis -J. Sands,
Pastor St. James Catholic
Church, Lititz, will pronounce
the Benediction.
Prior to the Memorial Day
Service a parade will form at
10:30 A.M. on Warwick Street,
proceed at 10:45 A.M. east on
West Lincoln Ave. to Broad St.,
south on Broad Street to Main
Street, east on Main Street to
the Moravian Cemetery. Organi­zations
participating in the pa­rade
should report at the start­ing
point promptly at the time
mentioned.
Rothsville
In Rothsville, the parade will
form at Skyview Lane at 9:00
A.M. and move west through
Rothsville and ending at the
Lutheran Cemetery where Me­morial
Day Services will begin
at 9:30 A.M., the speaker being
Sherman L. Hill, Millersville,
member of the State House of
Representatives of Pennsylvan­ia,
JOOth District. Rev. James C.
Mohn, Pastor of St. Paul’s EC
Church, Rothsville, will give
the Invocation and Benediction.
•Jeff Young, will give the Lin­coln’s
Gettysburg address. The
Warwick High School Band will
Mrs. Francis Roberts was elect­ed
president of the Lititz Wel­come
Wagon Club at a meeting
Tuesday evening at Bobst Com­munity
Center.
Other officers elected were Mrs.
William Rishell, first vice-presi­dent;
Mrs. Terry Hendricks, sec­ond
vice-president; Mrs. Zane
Wilson, recording secretary; Mrs.
Jack Lamoreux, corresponding
secretary; Mrs. Lawrence Green,
treasurer; and Mrs. Carl Frank,
historian.
They will be installed at a ban­quet
June 9 at Meadow Hills
Dining House, Lancaster.
In other business discussed
during the session conducted by
Mrs.’. Jay Eichelberger, president,
it was announced that the club
will present a one-act comic-mystery
play, “Poor Dear Ron­nie”,
at a meeting of the Lititz
Senior Citizens Club Thursday
evening at the Community Cen­ter.
Mrs. George Glattacker, service
chairman, is in charge of the
project. Members taking part
will be Mrs. Gerald Downing,
.June Livingston
Gray of Chadds Ford, Pa.; June
Livingston of Dover, Delaware;
and Esther Moor of Clayton,
Del.O
ther members of the May
Court are underclassmen: Jo­anne
Fissel, of Harrisburg, Pa.;
Elsa Weamer, Chester Springs,
Pa.; Becky Dreas, Mohnton,
Pa.; Mary Louise Herr, Colum­bia,
Pa.; Bonnie Downham,
Milford, Delaware; and Bar-play
America and the National
Anthem. John Kline will play
TAPS. Details of the parade
and service at Rothsville are be­ing
handled in cooperation with
the Rothsville Fire Company.
■ The citizens of a mid-western
town are exposed to the success­ful
techniques of a fast-talking
salesman, Professor Harold Hill,
in the up-coming Warwick- High
School production of Meredith
Wilson’s “The Music Man”.
Seventy-four students from
grades seven through twelve are
involved in the execution of the
drama, music, and dances for
the production.
These students are assisted by
Mrs. Rishell, Mrs. David Hopp-nian,
Mrs. Robert Tallman, Mrs.
Eichelberger, Mrs. Louis Dutka,
Mrs. Charles Ditmer, Mrs. Wil­son,
Mrs. James Harnisli, Mrs.
Michael Kolenda and Mrs. Glat­tacker.
It was also announced that the
club will donate funds to the
Community Center and the Lit­itz
Public Library, representing
proceeds from the rummage sale
in November. A $10 donation
was also sent to the Warwick
High School post-prom commit­tee.
'Interest group plans were an­nounced
by Mrs. Dutka, chair­man.
The arts and crafts and
music groups have disbanded for
the summer.
The bridge group will meet
June 10 at 8 p.m. at the home of
Mrs. Leighton Stover. The group
will meet throughout the sum­mer.
Mrs. Dutka is chairman.
Also planning to meet during
the summer, the pinochle group
will hold its June 4 meeting at
8 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Allen
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Esther Moor
hara Hofmeister of Caropolis,
Pa.
The Spring Concert, under
the direction of Miss Joan
Fyock, will include many popu­lar
renditions o f: new and old
tunes. Among the selections
will be tunes from the musical
comedy “Oliver”, original
songs by Linden Hall students
and selections by the Myrtle M.
Eckert Memorial Bell Choir.
The Horse Show, beginning
at 8 a.m. the morning of May
23, will include classes of
Horsemanship f r o m the
school’s riding departments.
The show is under the direction
of Mrs. Shirley Nolt. That af­ternoon’s
pageant will follow
the fads and songs of the last
decade, under the supervison of
Laura Jones, instructor of Phy­sical
Education.
All alumnae and friends of
Linden Hall are invited to at­tend
the weekend’s events.
a wide variety of back-stage per­sonnel
who man lights, sets,
sound, costumes, and make-up.
All this is under the capable di­rection
of Robert E. Kauffman
who directed Warwick’s first
musical “Camelot” last year.
Finding his previous experien­ce
to be beneficial to both the
students and community, Kauff­man
is again incorporating the
ideas of utilizing community re­sources
in enlarging student ben­efits
in this year’s production.
Songs, such as “Seventy-Six
Trombones”, “Goodnight My
Someone”, and “Till There Was
You”, are only a few of the
familiar musical' numbers in the
show. In addition to vocal solos
and large chorus numbers, a
male quartet harmonizes barber­shop
style intermittently
throughout the play.
The musical portion of the
production is being directed by
Ralph Lehman, a faculty mem­ber
in the Warwick School Dis­trict
who is an experienced mus­ician
in area musical organiza­tions.
The vocal management of
the show is being handled by
Mrs. June Lantz, another faculty
member of the Warwick Schools
who is also the organist for the
Lititz Church of the Brethren.
The role of Professor Harold
Hill, “The Music Man”, is ably
portrayed by John Fahnestock,
a senior at Warwick. Sharon
Weiler, a junior, will play the
Pool Not Damaged
Rumors have been circulating
throughout town that the Lititz
Springs Pool was damaged due
to the blasting being done at the
new Middle School.
According to Borough Manager
George Steedle, these rumors are
unfounded. The pool will open as
scheduled on Memorial Day.
School
Hike in
Warwick School Board'Tues­day
night adopted a tentative
1970-71 budget of $3,464,916
calling for a six-mill real estate
tax increase.
The budget must be set on
public display at least 30 days
before final adoption and can
be changed.
The tentative budget was in­troduced
in spite of two major
unanswered questions:
What will be the final teacher
wage settlement? The issue is
under non-binding mediation.
School officials, however, in­dicated
the school board and
teachers are relatively close tu
agreement and indicated the
the final agreement should be
within the proposed budget’s
figures.
What will happen to the
governor’s proposed state bud­get
recommendations on state
reimbursement to local dis­tricts?
The proposed budget as­sumes
that the governor’s re­commendations
will not hold up
and that the school district will
be reimbursed under the exist­ing
state formula. If the state
recommendations hold, how­ever,
the school district would
be faced with an additional 11-
mill real estate tax increase,
according' to previous reports
from school officials.
The proposed budget includes
increases for teacher pay* plus
some new administrative posi-and
Sat.
proper Miss Marian, River City's
librarian. Ruth Amidon and Jim
Halblieb are the town’s leading
citizens (the mayor and his
wife).
“The Music Man” will be pre­sented
at Warwick High School
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
nights, May 21, 22, and 23 at
8:00 p.m. Tickets are available
for all three performances from
cast members or the high school
office.
Prices for the Thursday night
performance are $1.00 for gen­eral
admission and $2.00 for re­served
section seats. Friday and
Saturday night prices are $1.50
for general admission and $2.50
for reserved section seats.
Robert C. Rowe of Lebanon
County, with the help of a wide­ly
split vote between four chal­lengers,
won the Republican
nomination to the 102nd state
representative seat.
While placing last overall in
the race, the only Lancaster
County candidate Irel Buck-waiter
of Warwick Township
placed first in Lancaster County
voting districts.
Rowe, who received the par­ty
committee endorsement,
racked up a large margin in
Lebanon, County to win. Only 32
of Rowe’s 1,570 votes were from
Lancaster County.
Buckwalter got 434 of his
597 total from Lancaster Coun­ty.
George W. Bryce was second
in the county with 384 votes,
giving the 24-year-old Buck-tions
and increased costs for
some existing services.
The board approved re-enact­ment
of two taxes for 1970-71 at
present rates: the one per cent
real estate transfer tax and the
$5 per capita tax.
The overall spending budget
is $378,353 higher than esti­mated
$3,086,563 the school ex­pects
to spend this year.
The estimated spending fig­ure,
however, is $151,258 lower
than the $3,237,821 the school
district had budgeted for this
year.
In addition, school officials
now estimate that revenues for
this year will actually be $3,-
305,317 instead of the $3,237,821
that was budgeted. That would
be $67,496 more revenue than
anticipated.
The combination of costs
lower than expected and income
higher than anticipated for
1969-70 will give the school dis­trict
an estimated surplus of
$218,754 this year to carry in­to
next year.
The proposed budget calls for
using up this entire surplus
next year — plus the additional
six mills of tax. Total revenue
from the real estate tax, which
is pegged to rise from 56 mills
to 62 mills, would increase by
$110,381 from the present $859,-
560'to $969,941.
Since each additional mill of
tax generates about $16,200, the
total tax increase would gen­erate
just under $100,000, leav­ing
a small increase from new
construction.
The budget calls for $14.000
for the position of assistant
superintendent of schools.
A new $7,500 items is in­cluded
for a new staff member
in the business office.
The business manager’s posi­tion
is budgeted at $14.000. The
present business manager Her­bert
Fry announced his resigna­tion
Tuesday night.
Overall, the administration
spending budget is up about
$19,000 to a total of $105.738
Cost of instruction is set at
Lititz Retailers
Sale Friday,
Sat. And Mon.
Lititz retailers are holding a
Red Hat Sale Friday, Sat­urday,
and Monday, May 22, 23,
and 25. Stores will be open until
9 p.m. Friday.
Preston Krebs, President of
the local retailers, stated a new
feature of this sale is its contin­uation
to include Monday in
addition to the weekend.
Most stores in the downtown
area are participating and shop­pers
will find hundreds of bar­gains.
Re sure to shop all three days
and check the advertisements in
this issue of THE RECORD for
sale items.
Participating' merchants are:
Bingeman’s Restaurant, By-ler’s
Self-Service, Cam Tech of
Lititz, Charlotte’s Shop, Flana­gan’s,
Glassmyer’s, Hagy’s West­ern
Auto, Harris Variety Center,
Henry K. Neff, J. B. Hess, Kath­ryn’s
Flowers & Gifts, Kenyon’s
Pastry Shop, Kreider Hardware,
Lititz Sewing Center, Lititz
Sports Center, Long and Bom-berger,
McElroy Pharmacy,
Michael’s TV Stereo and Posey’s
Garden Center.
waiter a 50-vote margin in the
county.
Overall, Bryce was second
with 1,059 votes. J. Kenneth
Fahnestock got 609, including
131 from Lancaster County, and
Luther M. Swanger 690 votes,
only 22 from Lancaster County.
Incumbent state Republican
senator Clarence Manbeck was
an easy victor over John Gil­bert.
Unofficial tally was 8,891
to 4,146, better than a two to
one margin.
Manbeck carried the Lancas­ter
County portion of his 48th
senatorial district by an even
greater margain, ,2,368 to 422.
The district includes portions of
Lancaster, Lebanon and Berks
Counties.
In a statewide contest, Phila­delphia
industrialist Milton
Shapp edged out the party
$1,774,237 for the coming year,
including a four per cent in­crease
for salaries. In addition,
the budget includes a $126,000
“budgetary reserve” item some
of which will cover additional
salary increases now under
negotiation.
The instruction spending for
1968-69 was $1,496,089. The bud­get
figure for ’69-70 was $1,705,-
111, but the board estimates
that only $1,684,295 will actual­ly
be spent for instruction this
year.
Overall, the budget in com­parison
with the estimate for
this year shows an increase for
instruction of about $216,000 or
about 12.8 per cent. This figure,
however, includes some non­salary
item increases.
An additional $18,000 is in­cluded
for four new employees
under clerical and secretarial
salaries, bringing the total to
$38,286. Pay for principals is
increased about $16,000 to a to­tal
of $81,300.
Other "items increased signi­ficantly
under instruction in
comparison to expected expen­ditures
this year include: text­books,
up about $6,000; teaching
supplies, up about $12,000; li­brary
books and supplies, $5,-
000; audiovisual materials, $1,-
000; in-service training ex­penses,
up $6,000, although the
same as the original budget,
and other instruction expenses,
up $5,000.
Herbert E. Fry
Herbert Fry
Resigns School
Business Post
Herbert E. Fry, Pfautz
Avenue, business manager and
secretary of the Warwick
School Board resigned Tuesday
night.
The resignation is effective
June 30. Fry had been secre­tary
of the board since 1961.
Fry’s letter of resignation
stated he was resigning because
he had accepted a position with
another school district.
Questioned after the meet­ing,
Fry said he could not re­veal
the name of the district
because that district wanted to
announce his employment. He
did state, however, that the dis­trict
was not in Lancaster Coun­ty
and was larger than War­wick.
Fry’s leaving' means two top
school posts will, be filled with
new men for the September
school term. A new superinten­dent,
Dr. H. Dale Winger, was
hired just last month.
nominee Robert Casey to be­come
the Democratic Party’s
candidate for governor.
While Shapp lost Lancaster
County overall, he carried Lit­itz
Borough and Warwick and
Elizabeth Townships by narrow
margins in very light voting.
Four other candidates received
relatively low vote totals.
State Senator Ernest Kline,
however, won the Democratic
nomination for lieutenant
governor.
William G. Sesler of Erie
County won the Democratic
nomination for U.S.- Senate easi­ly
over two contenders. Frank
Mesaros and Nerval D. Reece,
In other resultsriiBvolviiTg un­opposed
candidaes; John ! I.
Anspach of Lebanon ; Countv
was nominated by Democrats to
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The item for teacher salaries
is increased to $1,434,271 from
the $1,417,066 anticipated this
year. This figure, however, does
not include most of the $126,000
reserve item. Including the re­serve,
salary costs are up about
10 per cent.
The 10 per cent figure, howev­er,
does not include a compari­son
of teacher numbers. School
officials indicated that teacher
numbers will hold steady and a
drop of one teacher in elemen­tary
grades was projected. An
official recently indicated that
school enrollment apparently is
leveling off and increases of en­rollment
encountered in recent
years may not continue into 1970-
71.
In pupil personnel services,
the budget calls for an increase
of about $17,000 to a total of
$53,225. This includes a new ele­mentary
guidance counselor and
a new home and school visitor
at $7,000. The visitor would re­place
a $990 item now handled
by a local policeman.
Health service costs are up 6.6
per cent to $32,943, including a
new $1,130 dental item and a
$1,200 increase in medical ma­terials
and supplies.
Pupil transportation costs are
up about $2,000 to a total of
$102,293.
Plant operation and mainten­ance
shows about a $17,000 in­crease
to a total of $275,692. The
increase includes about $17,000
for salaries. A $4,000 increase
for operation and maintenance
supplies is off-set a similar de­crease
in contracted services.
Fixed charges are up about
$20,000 to a total of $174,675,
These increases primarily in­volve
$11,000 in the district
share of retirement contributions
more than $4,000 of . increased
social security contributions and
more than a $2,000 increase in
employe insurance.
Contribution ■ to the cafeteria
fund, however, is shown down to
$5,400 from an estimated $12,045
this year.
Contribution to the student
activities fund is up nearly $10,-
000 to a total of $25,093.
Capital outlay for instructional
equipment is up about $20,000 to
$30,850.
Debt service is up $49,000 from
the budget spending estimate of
$614,814. The original ‘69-70 bud­get,
however, had called for debt
service of $722,810. Officials said
the substantial reduction in pay­ments
is the result of a change
in financing procedures.
The reduced debt service pay­ments
this year account for. a
significant portion of the surplus
this year which will be used in
next year’s budget.
Payments to the area vo-tech
schools are increased by more
than $9,000 and .payments to
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Boro Council
Meeting Tuesday
Borough Council will make ap­plication
to the Department of
Highways and the Lancaster Co.
Commissioners for authorization
to spend appropriated funds for
street resurfacing at its regular
monthly meeting next Tuesday.
In other business Council will
award a contract for the constru­ction
of a water main on N. Wa­ter
Street and N. Cedar Street.
— The proposed council of
government organization consist­ing
of Manheim and Lititz Bor­oughs
and Warwick, Elizabeth,
Penn and Rapho Townships will
be a discussed.
— An agreement between
council and the Sertoma Club, in
regards to the proposed park on
N. Locust St., will be reviewed.
— Council will discuss the
Community Center’s proposed
constitution and by-laws.
— An ordinance will be enact­ed
making E. Center Street, from
Raspberry Lane to S. Cedar St.,
a one way street going east.
— Latest developments on the
public utilities tax will be re­viewed.
A proposed advisory
committee to the Planning Com­mission
in relation to the central
business district will be discuss­ed.—
Council will consider the
banning of all out-of-doors vend­ing
machines.
— The status of Police Chief
George Hick’s illness will' be re­viewed
and additional manpow­er
to cover might shifts in the
police department will be re­quested.
— Two subdivisions.plans sub­mitted
by Allen R. Ober for
property along Leaman St., re­cently
rezoned, and land owned
by Messick Realty in the Libra-mont
Development will be re­viewed.
May Day Activities at Linden Hall
Memorial Day Parades
At Lititz aad Rothsville
Mrs. Roberts Elected
Welcome Club Leader
John Fahnestock, center, discusses a
musical selection with members of the
.male quartet that will sing during “The
Music Man” show. Quartet members are;
left to right — Joe Bender, Dave Deibler,
Jim Thorn and Gil Welliver.
“The Music Man** Will Be
Presented Thurs., Fri.
Rowe Wins House Nomination;
luckwalter Carries His Home Area