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(C o n s o lid a te d w ith T h e I iit it z R e co rd , 1937) Lititz, Lancaster County, Penna., Thursday, August 20, 1970 10 c e n ts a Copy; $4*00 p e r y e a r b y m a il
w ith in L a n c a s t e r Cou n ty 14 Pages — No. 20
Borough Council Asked to Create
New Committee on Environment
L i t i t z O f f i c i a l s B e g i n D i s c u s s i n g
N e w B o r o - P o l i c e - F i r e B u i l d i n g A group o£ men will attend
borough council Tuesday evening'
to urge the creation of ad advis­ory
committee on environmental
quality.
A letter on. the proposal was
previously sent to couneilmen.
The text of the letter is as
follows:
Over the past few years there
has been a growing concern over
the quality of our environment,
not only on the national level,
but also on the state and local
level. When an ever increasing
number of Americans begin to
view the state of the environ­ment
as a crises, it is time to act.
We feel considerable progress
can be made by incorporating
Coffee House
Plans Opening
Selects Name
The "Bridge"
For many months the youth of
Lititz have been working to
establish a coffee house. Finally,
the “Bridge” is in the stage of
completion.
Many decorations have covered
the walls of the Recreation Cen­ter’s
art room. The Wednesday
evening preparation meetings
have proven most successful, but
there is still more work to be
completed.
The “Bridge” which is the
name of the group wishing to
bridge gaps between people,
hopefully will' open early in
September.
The group will be selling ice
cream, popsicles, etc. along the
streets of Lititz sometime during
•the first week of September to
raise funds for the opening. Sup­port
from the townspeople will
be greatly appreciated.
The youth extend their grati­tude
to the Wilbur Chocolate
Company for the donation of
burlap bags being used for deco­rations.
Quite a few new items have
been presented to the Johannes
Mueller House and Museum re­cently,
according to a report
from the Lititz Historical Foun­dation.
Two ebony drumsticks were
presented by Maui'ice Kreider,
These belonged to a drum pre­sented
earlier to the museum,
which was played at the inaugu­ration
of President .James A.
Garfield by a member of a Lititz
band.
Boro Issues
$59,522 In
Bldg. Permits
The borough has issued build­ing
permits in the amount of
$59,522 during the month of
July. New construction amount­ed
to $44,500 and remodeling
permits totaled $15,022.
Permits for new construction
was issued to: Darrell E. An­derson,
210 Oxford Drive, new
bi-level house, $29,000; Durex
Coverings, Inc., 16 W. Lemon
St., cement block furnace build­ing,
$500; Lester Shreiner, 109
S. Cedar St., garage, $1,800; Eli
and Dorothy Garber, 337 N.
Broad St., new single family
home, $12,000 and Douglas Min-nich,
115 W. Third Ave., new
garage, $1,200.
Remodeling permits were is­sued
to: Samuel Ziegler, 328
S. Broad St., vinyl siding, $3,-
000; Lester Bingeman, 35-37 N.
Broad St., new roof and recon­struction
of building front,
$250; Robert S. Sturgis, 318
Front St., new roof, $250; R. G,
Redman, 62 E. Main St., re­model
into four apartments, $3,-
600; Gordon Burkey, 304 South
Spruce St., aluminum siding,
$1,672.
R. D. Ownes, 220 Kleine Lane,
replace warehouse roof, $2,000;
A. Lloyd Leeking, 337 Front St-new
roof, $350; Mrs. Herman
Stark, 110 E. Second Ave., new
roof, $750; Wilbur Miller, 18 W.
Orange St., aluminum siding,
$1,500; Elmer Miller, 136 S.
Broad St., new roof, $150;
Claude Brossman, 110 E. Main
St,, new roof, $500; John L.
Hershey, 315 Laurel St,, new
roof, $500; Ember Witmer, 116-
118 E. Main St., replace three
roofs, $500.
environmental quality into plan­ning
on the local level of govern­ment.
The purpose of this leti’er is to
urge Lititz Borough Council to
take the appropriate action to
effective deal with this problem
in the Borough.
We propose that Council estab­lish
an Advisory Committee on
environmental quality. This com­mittee
would act as a steering
committee to guide Council, the
Planning Commission and Zon­ing
Board and its purpose would
be to help make this community
a more desirable place in which
to live.
The committee would seek no
police power. We feel it need
only the power to question and
the power -to suggest.
Since Lititz is a community
that has excellent planning and
zoning, we feel that these com­missions
can only benefit from
the information provided by this
Advisory Committee.
A spokesman for this proposal
will attend the Council Meeting
on 25 August 1970, and answer
any questions Council may have
on this matter.
Recommending and endorsing
the proposal were: Philip Mc­Cloud,
president of the Sports­men’s
Association, Robert Buch,
member of the borough Health
and Sanitation advisory commit­tee,
John R. Helter, conservation­ist
and outdoor writer, John P.
Lange, vice-president of Sports­men’s
Association, W illiam
Light, Borough Shade Tree Com­mission,
Paul McCloud, land­scape
architect, Douglas Min-nich,
educator, Donald Rannels,
businessman and conservationist,
and John R. White, educator.
In other business, Borough
Manager George Steedle will
give reports on the boro garage
extension, curb and sidewalk in­stallation
and the laying of water
and sewer laterals.
: Construction on the water
main project will be discussed.
Progress is being made on North
Cedar Street.
In new business, council will
act on the Shade Tree ordinance.
Dr. Elizabeth Bricker donated
several items, including a
shuckle board, two beaded hand
bags thought to have been made
at the Sister’s house, Nankeen
gloves, a pair of antique goggles,
a sun glass, a doctor’s first aid
kit dating from the early 1900’s
and a silk scarf.
Deeds to various old Warwick
area properties, books used in
thé John Beck School by a mem­ber
of Dr. Bricker’s family, pro­grams
and odes of services and
public meetings held in Lititz
late in the 19th century, old
mechanical pens and pencils and
class pins which belonged to a
member of the Bricker family
who was in the first class gradu­ated
from the Lititz High School
are among other items donated
by Dr. Bricker.
In other news, Mrs. Earhart
reported 33 paid admissions to
the Mueller House on July 3 and
35 on July 4 during the antiques
show held at Bobst Community
Center.
Membership in the Historical
Foundation has reached 317, ac­cording
to R. M. Shank, member­ship
chairman. The committee
hopes to hold a reception for
new members in the near future.
The Klein Barn committee.
Rev. John F. Morman, chairman,
has been working with Edwin
Brumbaugh, architect for the
barn’s restoration. Preliminary
plans were presented July 14 and
returned to the achiteet for
changes in keeping' with sugges­tions
made by the directors.
Meanwhile, the planning and
development committee with
Wilbur Miller, chairman, is con­sidering
ways and means of
financing the first phase of the
restoration program.
The Klein Barn is located at
Front and Water Streets and
dates from approximately 1739.
The original portions remaining
are believed to be the oldest con­struction
in Lititz.
Two structural features to be
restored are the fore-bay and
Germanic “kick” in the roof. A
section of the basement is to be
restored as it would have origin­ally
been built to house livestock.
Upper floors are planned to
provide a display of typical farm
equipment of the time. There
will also be lecture and meeting
rooms.
Community uses might include
craft shows and demonstrations
and exhibits of local collections.
Thom a,i I furl ranft, Drum
Major, models thu new War­wick
Dana umtorm. The uni­forms
are red, white and
black and are worn with
white gloves, shoes and head­dress.
Marching Band
Will Present
Concert Aug. 29
The Warwick High School
Marching' Band will present
“Band Spectacular 1970” on Sat­urday,
August 29 at 7 p.m. at
the Warwick High School Foot­ball
Field.
The W.H.S. Band will be at­tending
a Band Camp August 23
thru 29 where they will learn the
show to be presented. In case of
rain, the show will be postponed
until Friday, September 11.
The band this year includes 64
playing musicians, a new flag
squad of 10, a color guard of 10
and 10 majorettes. The band fea­tures
many new additions and
looks forward to a challenging
year,
Finnish
by Margaret Herzer
News Editor
An attractive and pert 19
year old University student
from Finland has been touring
our locale and other areas of
interest during the past eight
weeks.
Tiina Liisa Vuori, from Jout-seno
in the eastern province of
Karelia, is in the States as an
ambassador in the Experiment
in International Living (EIL)
program. She is being sponsor­ed
by the Lititz Rotary Club.
Traveling away from home
is not a new experience for her.
At the age of 16, she studied in
England during the summer at
Tunbridge Wells, in Kent pro­vince.
Prior to coming to Lititz,
Tiina, along with the other EIL
students, went on a sight seeing
tour of New York City and
Washington, D. C.
She stated that she found
New York to be very busy, in­teresting,
noisy and expensive.
As for Washington, that was
quite different. There were
parks, trees and space. “You
could really breathe there as
compared to New York,” she
remarked.
Tiina lives in a farming and
industrial area near the Russian
border. The town of .Joutseno
has a population of 13,000
people.
Climate
Summers there are hot and
dry, not humid though, she
said. At mid-summer, they ex­perience
19 hour days. The
dark, long, cold winters, con­sisting
of short days, last for a
period of five months. Autumn,
as described by Tiina, is beau­tiful
and colorful. “Everything
is ripe,” she commented.
“I haven’t found any great
difference in the foods we eat,”
except with bread,” she observ­ed.
“White bread has no real
taste to it, but brown bread
has more flavor.”
“My mother would enjoy buy-
Lititz Borough officials are in
the preliminary discussion stage
on plans to modernize govern­mental
service facilities.
Involved in the discussions
with the borough are the police
and fire departments.
Curtis Amidon, borough coun­cil
president, said Wednesday
that the most popular concept ;u
present is a new municipal build­ing
to house the borough, police
and fire. This would mean the
borough would vacate the pres­ent
borough-police-fire buiTling
at 7 S. Broad St.
An alternative proposal being
discussed, he said, is a new Hie
station with the borough and
police expanding into space now
occupied by the fire company.
Either one cr the other oi
these proposals — a joint new
building or a new fire station
with the borough and police re­maining
at 7 S. Broad—has “a
good chance of happening” wth-in
the next four years, Amidon
said. Other possibilities are also
under discussion, however, he
noted.
He said the matter will be dis­cussed
at council’s regular meet­ing
Tuesday night.
Although the course of action
is highly uncertain, according to
Amidon, “I’m sure (here will be
something. There’s going to be
some action.”
Behind the discussions is the
reported need by all three gov­ernmental
bodies for additional*
space.
Amidon estimated the police
department needs at least twice
as much space as it now has, pos­sibly
three times as much. He
projected that the borough prob­ably
needs at least a 50 per cent
increase in space.
The fire department also needs
additional space, although an
important need of the fire depart­ment
jls for a structure with
modern design, he indicated. The
present facilty allows for only
one vehicle to leave at a time;
the company probably needs a
three-bay station, he explained.
Paul Diehm, chairman of the
fire department committee which
has been studying expansion for
the past year, also pointed out
that with continued expansion in
Warwick Township, which the
company also serves, the depart­ment
will soon be requi 'ed to
have a second pumper. He esti­mated
the company needs a j 00
per cent increase in equipment
storage space.
ing frozen food items.” “Yes,”
she continued, “we have such
products, but they are so ex­pensive,”
Her parents have a
garden which keeps them busy
during the summer. Both her
parents are elementary school
teachers.
Tiina did mention one item of
food that appealed to her and
Amidon also noted that poor
design and layout is an impor­tant
factor in consideration of
new facilities for the borough
and police.
For instance, the cells are now
in the basement, while the police
department is on the second
floor, an unsatisfactory arrange­ment;
the borough council meet­ing
room is much too small, re­quiring
people to stand if more
than 30 persons attend a meet­ing,
Amidon said.
Borough space in general is
re ported cramped. Basically the
same facility has been used for
more than 50 years, while gov­ernment
services and personnel
have expanded. The borough
didn’t hire a manager until the
early 1950’s; the planning com­mission
was started in 1956; now
there’s discussion of an environ­mental
control committee. Mean­while,
population has climbed.
How will the issue proceed?
Amidon said the first step will
be to get committed to doing
something.
A study of the alternative pro­posals
would have to be made at
some point to determine which
way to go, particularly whether
there would be a joint facility or
some modification of this con­cept.
If nesv construction is involved,
a site would have to be selected.
This would have to be one of the
early considerations, Amidon
said.
An appraisal on the present
borough building should be
made, Amidon said. If sold, the
present structure would probably
be used as a store on the first
floor and offices or apartments
on the second, he said.
The present municipal building
was deeded to the borough in
1917 with the provision it
couldn’t be sold for 50 years. The
50 years expired in 1967.
If a joint structure is accepted,
the new site should include ade­quate
space for future expansion,
he said. • ' ■ - 1 -
At the same time, the general
feeling is that the new structure
would have to be close to the
downtown, he said.
Officials indicated that much of
the push for the discussions on
new facilities has stemmed from
the fire department. The fire de­partment
formed its committee
to look into new facilities a year
ago and fire officials met with
some borough officials early this
■week for preliminary discussions.
that was corn on the cob. “We
do not grow this vegetable at
home and only get it already
mixed with other vegetables
which are used in soups,” she
commented.
Tiina has a 17 year old broth­er,
Jussi, who is interested in
“pop” music. He keeps her in­formed
as to who the most
Amidon indicated the need of
the fire department is an im­portant
consideration w ith
borough officials. “We have a
real strong feeling about the fire
company,” he said, pointing out
that it has an excellent reputa­tion
for being a top-notch volun­teer
company.
Diehm said one need of the fire
company is for an intersection
location or one that will provide
access from two directions.
He also said responsibility for
any new construction should rest
with the borough and likely will
have to be financed by a bond
issue.
Diehm indicated he favors a
joint structure for the borough,
police and fire.
The Warwick School Board
Tuesday night employed five
additional teachers for the new
school year. They are: Sharon
L. Ziegler, 538 North 6th
Street, Allentown, high school
Spanish at a salary of $6300.;
Ronald J. Wanner, 236 Prospect
Street, Lancaster, eighth grade
general science, $6300; Mrs.
Margaret S. Rosenberger, Beck
er Drive, Lititz RD3, music one
day a week at Rothsviile Ele­mentary,
$40 per day; Clifford
N. Grube, Jr., Doylestown RD1,
vocational agriculture, $8900;
Mrs. Frances R. Lyon, 643 E.
Orange Street, Lancaster, high
school English, $6300.
Their employment completed
the teaching staff with only the
position of Junior High School
Guidance counselor unfilled.
Farmer Request
The board heard a request
from four area farmers to re­lease
their children .from school
at age 15. The present district
policy is age 16, although state
law allows students to be re­leased
from school on a farm
work permit only at age 14.
The board decided to allow a
student to be released if he or
she is fifteen at the time of the
request and will be 16 during
the school year.
A letter was read from the
state stating their sudsidy pay­ment
would be three to four
popular singing groups are by
reading American magazines.
Folk Music
Tiina, who enjoys folk music,
named Simon and Garfunkle as
her favorite performers. She
also likes “mood” and classical
music.
Wearing apparel is compara­tively
the same, she noted. The
Midi and Maxi styles are quite
popular in the winter, since
they are so warm.
Tiina, wearing her national
costume, spoke to the local Ro­tary
Club, at a recent meeting.
Her commentary included:
facts about modern Finland,
foreign policy, the constitu­tion,
cultural life, climate,
sports, people, history and back­ground.
She also sang' some
folk songs.
Native Costume
Her costume consists of hand­made
white linen blouse and
apron embroidered in red,
white and blue stitching and
a navy blue sleeveless jacket
and ankle length skirt. The
jacket features brass buttons,
yellow braid and red felt appli­ques.
A large silver pin with
an intricate design compli­ments
the attire.
With the costume she wears
brown leather pointed-toe shoes
featuring a tooled design.
She wears a red and black
ribbon on her head which is,
according to their custom, for
self defense. Fastened on the
ribbon are small sharp silver
points used to scare away the
ghosts. R,ed and black are the
colors of her province.
Host Families
The EIL student, who has
been staying with four host
families, lor a two week period,
has really been “around” so to
speak.
Her first two weeks were
spent with the Robert Hershey
family, 14 E. Third Ave., Lititz
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Noting “the way the town is
growing,” Diehm said “we must
face” the need for additional
space.
While officials have been doing
a lot of thinking about what can
and should be done, Amidon em­phasized
that no decisions have
been made and its all talk at
pi esent.
One possibility that has been
talked about i n v o l v e s the
borough leasing the PP&L build­ing
at the rear of the Record-
Express for use by the police de­partment;
under this plan, the
borough would expand into the
space the police now occupy.
One hitch with this plan is
that it doesn’t do anything for
the fire department.
weeks late because of a short­age
of funds.
Two requested change orders
for the middle school were not
granted on the recommendation
of Dr. Dale Winger, Warwick
superintendent. Dr. Winger il­lustrated
to the board how the
necessary changes could be
made at substantial savings af­ter
school construction was
completed.
Fuel Oil
Way Oil Company, Lancaster,
was the apparent low bidder to
supply No. 5 fuel oil for the
district. Way’s bid was .0956.
Carlos Leffler was the only
other bidder.
Contracts Awarded
The following contracts were
awarded: stage curtains, to
Cam’s Decoration and Service,
$4,985: classroom furniture to
Roberts and Meek Inc., $1,750;
medical supplies, to School
Health Supply Co., $593; Lan­caster
Surgical Supply Co,,
$761, and Climax Dental Sup­ply
Co. $654; audio visual equip­ment,
to DeLuca’s Camera Cen­ter,
$1,168, G. E. Richards, $289,
Hollywood Photo Co., $164, and
J. P. Lilley and Sons, $1,181; a
gym machine, to Universal Re
silite Products, $2,665; and
acoustical ceiling installation,
to Standard Acoustical Pro­ducts,
$1,416.
Three Resign
Resignations were accepted
from Robin C. Kegerise, high
school Spanish, effective imme­diately;
Priscilla A. Loomis,
high school English, effective
immediately; and Thomas T.
Williams Jr., high school gui­dance,
effective Aug. 31.
Teacher Aides
The board also approved the
hiring of extra clerical help
under an agreement made with
district teachers (Warwick Edu­cation
Assn.) New clerical em­ployes
will receive $1.80 per
hour the first year, with a 10
cent raise the next two years if
the same position is retained.
Hired under the agreement
were: Barbara Bauer, half-time
at Kissel Hill School; Ellin M,
McCarthy, full-time at Warwick
High School; Janice Weidman,
half-time at Rothsviile School;
Donna Ross, half-time at John
Beck School; and Ellen R. Chan­dler,
full-time at Lititz Elemen
tary School. An additional full­time
clerical position is open at
Warwick High School.
Other non-instructional per­sonnel
hired were Mrs. Karen
Perc, 118 Owl Hill Rd„ Lititz,
payroll and insurance clerk in
the business office, and Mrs.
Doris J. Sauder, Woodcrest
Ave., Lititz, clerk-secretary at
Kissel Hill School.
Four substitute teachers were
appointed. They arc: Miss Mari-
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Voter Registration
Schedule Announced
The Registrars for Perman­ent
Registration of Electors in
the City, Boroughs and Town­ships,
will sit at the following
places to receive new registra­tions
for the November 3 elec­tion:
Lititz Borough Fire Hall,
August 21, 12 noon to 9 p.m.;
August 28, 12 noon to 9 p.m.;
September 11, 12 noon to 9 p.m.
Warwick Township — War­wick,
East Dist., September 4,
12 noon to 9 p.m.
Warwick Township — War­wick
Dist., September 14, 12
noon to 9 p.m.
Finnish visitor. Tiina Liisa Vuori, explains some of her
country’s customs to Melanie, 8 and her sister Carol, 5 at
the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Miller, 503 W. Marion
St., Lititz where she was a guest for two weeks.
New Items Given
To Boro Museum
Student Ambassador Visiting Lititz
Five New Teachers Employed;
All Postions But One Filled