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94th Year J ls tahl isheä April, 1877, as The Sunbeam
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•within L a n c a s te r County ^ No, 27
lew. Peter Marshall Will Speak
at Local Week of Prayer Events
Rev. Pete.]' Marshall, East
Dennis, Mass., will be the fea­tured
speaker at several events
during 1he Week of Prayer ob­servance
here in November.
Rev. Marshall, who is appear­ing
here, under the auspicies of
Amidoii Heeled
COG President
D. Curtis Amiclon has been
elected president of the new
Lititz-Manheim area Council of
Governments.
Amiclon is president of Lititz
Borough Council.
Jay E. Haideman. May
Manheim Borough, was eJ
COG vice president.
George Steedle, Lititz
manager, was elected CO(
retary-treasurer, and Rich
Hotter, Warwick .Townsh:
pervisor secretary - treasurer,
was elected COG treasurer.
All four of the COG officers
had previously been serving in
the officers in a temporary
capacity before the official re­organization
meeting Monday.
An open house to welcome
non momb ’ i the annual
busmms medio i > no major
Fall mooti piamwd W Hie Lit-itz
Historical Foundation.
The Open House, which is
planned ifn nev nr 'iibus and
Iheir families, is scheduled for
Sunday. (October 11). It will be
held at the Johannes Mueller
House and Museum irom 2 to 4
p m Persons who have been
members of the foundation
will be on hand to greet new
members.
The annual meeting will be
held at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 27 in
Bobs! Community Center. The
business session will include
committee reports and election
of directors and officers. A
film, “Window on Our Past,'’
will be shown. The event is
open to alF members.
Recent presentations to the
museum include a parasol pre­sented
to Mrs. Hattie Bomberg-er
of Indianapolis, Ind. It be-longer
lo Mrs. Bomberger’s
great-great-grandmother (Mrs.
Stauffer), and has a hand-carved
handle. A clock of un­known
vintage with wooden
works was presented by Irwin
Miller.
Mrs. Ada Leecl presented a
1910 class pin from Lititz High
School. Mi's. Bixler of Millers-burg
presented a white silk lace
dress possibly worn at gradua­tion
of the ciass of 1910.
Pictures of the lion’s head
and one of the inscriptions at
the head of the Lititz Springs
the Lititz Ministerium, is the
son of Catherine Marshall, au­thor
and the late Rev. Peter
Marshall.
He graduated from Yale Uni­versity
in 1961 and Princeton
Theological Seminary in 1964.
He has served as an assistant
pastor in a Presbyterian Church
Rev. Peter Marshall
were taken and presented to
the Foundation by Chandler
Heagy,
The Foundation has also ac­quired
a letter written by John
Beck to an unknown friend
named John, dated March 25,
1867. It contains much informa­tion
about Lititz and its resi­dents
of more than 100 years
ago. The letter was discovered
in the library of the University
of Texas.
The antiques show held last
July have netted a total of $2,-
900. Mrs. Glen McElroy was
chairman of the event.
The architect for the Klein
Barn restoration will report to
the Foundation directors at
their next meeting on recom­mendations
for restoration and
the various stages by which
complete restoration can he
achieved.
The Foundation has contract­ed
for the painting of the first
floor window frames of the
barn and for covering the win­dows
with protective wire cloth.
Vandals have broken many of
the window panes in recent
months.
Mueller House and Museum
were closed for the season on
September 5. Mrs. Bruce Ear-hart,
hostess, reported that
more than 400 persons toured
the house and museum. School
groups or other organizations
may arrange for private tours
by contacting Mrs. Earhart.
in West Hartford, Conn, for two
and a half years. Presently, he
is pastor of the East Dennis
Community Church.
Rev. Marshall will speak on
the subject “Inner Life” at a
family-dinner meeting to be
held at the Church of the Bre­thren
Fellowship Hall on No­vember
10 at 6:30 p.m. Dr.
Byron K. Horne will serve as
the toastmaster. Entertainment
is being arranged by Mrs. Gor­don
Burkey. Preparations for
the dinner are in charge of
Mrs. John Hershey and Mrs.
John Losensky. A program for
children under junior high age
is planned by Mrs. Paul Diehm
and will include a full length
Walt Disney movie.
Five hundred tickets for the
family-dinner will be given to
the local churches to be distri­buted
on a first come first
serve basis. A free will offer­ing
will be received. Dr. Arthur
S. Griswold is general chair­man.
On November 11, Rev. Mar­shall
will speak to the students
at Warwick High School during
an assembly program.
The Ministerium Association
will be in charge of the com­munity
worship service to be
conducted in St. Paul’s Luther­an
Church on November 11 at
7:30 p.m. Rev, Marshall will
present a message at this ser­vice.
Planners Again
Hear Request
For Gas Station
The Lititz Planning Commis­sion
Tuesday night heard for
the second time a request by
Benjamin G. Forney, Roths-ville,
to rezone a section of
land on East Main Street from
Residential (R-l) to General
Business.
The request was made to al­low
construction of a new ser­vice
station near the entrance
of Luther Acres.
At a meeting last month the
Planning Commission had voted
4 to 0 against rezoning the land.
Commission member Elmer
Bombcrger being absent from
the meeting.
In his second petition Forney
said the station would be mov­ed
about 150 feet to the west,
but still requested the General
Business designation.
Commission member Wallace
Hofferth moved to “deny the
new petition”. Roy Enck voted
for this motion.
Kenneth McCloskey voted
against. McCloskey at the Sep­tember
meeting had voted for
denying the rezoning.
Elmer Bomberger also voted
against the motion making the
final tally 2 to 2, Dennis Craig,
commission chairman was ab­sent.
Consequently the petition
will be again reconsidered at
the November meeting.
Roth Receives
Postai Position
Postmaster Richard C. Rader
announced today the promotion
of Herbert L. Roth, Jr. to the
position of Superintendent of
Mails at the Lititz Post Office.
Roth entered the postal ser­vice
at Lititz as a Career Sub--
stitute Clerk five years ago.
During the past three years hé
was assigned to Career City
Carrier. Prior to his postal ser­vice,
Roth served six years in
the U.S. Air Force attaining the
rank of Staff Sergeant.
In addition to the supervisory
experience gained in the military
service, he qualified for his new
postal position by rating highest
on an Inservice Initial Level
Supervisory Examination, the
first such written examination
ever given at the Lititz office.
Roth resides at 231 South
Spruce Street, Lititz with his
wife Carol Ann and three chil­dren.
Zoning Decision
Not Necessary
The Lititz Zoning Hearing
Board told an applicant Monday
night that special permission
was not required to convert a
former flower shop into an
apartment in an R-l (low-den­sity
residential) district.
The reason: the former flower
shop and the applicant’s resi­dence
are considered a semi-de­tached
building.
Duane Heikkila of 208 Noble
St. bad applied to the board for
permission to convert the shop,
which adjoins his home.
The board felt that since the
residence and the shop arc
joined by a roof and concrete
floor neither a hearing nor spe­cial
permit were required.
Misted ¿al Foundation Plans
Open House, Annual Meeting
Local Teachers Want to Use Talents to Help School System, Hazlett Says
„ft®
- h if a , fleers Discuss WEA, State
Manv loca1 residents have the
wrong imoression or the WEA
(Warwick Education Associa­tion)
and its members, feels
WE V pm-Anti William Haz-lc
tt.
“The WEA is simply an or­ganization
of the teachers here
al Warwick ancl it is affiliated
with the slate and national or­ganization-,
(Pmnsshama State
EducdLicn Association and Na­tional
Education Association).
Its goal is to provide better edu­cation
for ihe students and to
si rive to improve tne teaching
profession. Hazlett explained.
L o c a l a im l Na t io n a l
“Basua11 ihn ne ms that
educators on ihe local, state and
national levels are loimng hands
to provide tie ice education and
improve i tic pi oie.sSion. Hazlett
went on Teachers. Ime medical
doctors or any Oihei profes­sionals
reel thev should be the
ones to n p o u tii „ profes­sion.
’
In oi-fior to monitor their pro-lession
.urn cm anv Hung ac-comphsncu,
teachei s must
operate on the local, state and
national levem, Hazlett explain­ed.
The iocai as-o-uitior has been
working hard to improve the
teaching ■ oimsmn and educa­tion
m the Warwick District
just as the male ail cl national
associations have, he said.
One qf the chief aecomplish-
William Hazlett
V> A, V i ' i e -, i ae a. I
ments of the WEA. Hazlett
feels, is to make the school
board and administration more
aware of educational problems
existing within the district.
“I think 'in making them
aware of these problems, we
have also offered them the ser­vices
of professionals on the
staff in various capacities to
help them solve these prob­lems,”
Hazlett said.
“One of the things I ’m quite
proud of, and I know most of
the teachers are,” he went on.
“is the sponsorship of scholar­ships
to graduating seniors who
plan to go on to teach. We now
■have three scholarship recipients
teaching in the district.”
A Written Policy
Until this year, Hazlett ex­plained,
there was no written
board policy which spelled out
what the teachers, administra­tion
and board should and could
do in their respective positions.
Such detailing of tasks was
contained in the board minutes,
but there were no concise or up­dated
records. It is the result
of WEA pressure, its president
pointed out, that a handbook of
board policy exists this year.
“For the first time in the
seven years I have been teach­ing
in this district, I feel we are
heading in the right direction.”
Hazlett said. “The WEA’s pres­sure
has helped make the whole
system run better.”
WEA vice president, Richard
Pohner, stated the WEA is
“sort of like a watchdog.” By
this, he means, “We’re not here
just to find things that are
wrong but to help make educa­tional
decisions. We want to
help.”
Hazlett points out that the
WEA wants to help save money
but they must convince the pub­lic.
“The public controls the
purse strings,” he added.
Help Solve Problems
Among the problems the WEA
would like to see solved are
curriculum development, the
role of teachers, overcrowding
and better use of staff and
facilities.
“As an association, we feel
we have persons who are really
specialists in their fields,” 'Haz­lett
said, “whether it be history,
language, arts — and therefore
they should have some say in
curriculum.”
Currently,' some teachers are
involved in curriculum develop­ment,
but their WEA feels there
aren’t enough. Said Pohner, “We
‘Teachers Want to Re involved’
Warwick Supervisors Get
Groffs Rezoniug Petition
The Warwick Township Su­pervisors
have accepted a peti­tion
from Raymond C. Groff for
rezoning a tract of land along
Newport Road from Residential
to Commercial.
A rezoning hearing will he
held on Groff’s request at 7:30
p.m. October: 23 at the town­ship
building on Clay Road.
Asked Wednesday afternoon
about his plans, Groff said pre­sent
plans call for a single story
building of about 70 by 60 feet
to house about 10 pieces of
equipment, including some
milk trucks for himself and
space for his son, Raymond E.
Groff, for bus parking. Groff
also hopes to fix antique cars
in the building.
Plans to build living facili­ties
in the new building have
been cancelled, Groff said.
Groff noted a previous garage
he owned in the vicinity was
sold to Eastern Milling Com­pany.
The new building would
be located “down the hill” from
Groff’s present residence.
A second property owned by
another party is involved in the
rezoning, Groff noted.
Water Authority
The Warwick Municipal Wa­ter
Authority also has schedul­ed
a meeting for 7:30 p.m. Octo­ber
21, at the township building.
At their regular meeting
Thursday night, the supervisors
accepted the resignation of
William Bailey from the Water
Authority. Bailey moved out of
state, it was reported.
The supervisors reported
there are now two vacancies on
the authority and these will be
filled within two weeks.
The authority recently has
indicated its intentions to move
ahead with development of a
public water system for the
township. Other Business
The supervisors also passed a
resolution asking Lititz Boro
to accept a sewer connection
application for the new East
Gate motel underway on the
Truck Shuts Off
Power in Penryn
A power blackout occurred in
the Penryn area at about 9:03
p.m. Tuesday when a van type
truck driven by Calvin E. Hart­man,
16, of Lititz RD2, ran out
of control and knocked down a
pole and two spans of wire.
The wires blocked the road.
About 300 customers were with­out
power until PP&L repaired
the lines. Part of the customers
had service restored by 10:45
and the remainder by 1:10.
Elsewhere, a connector burned
out on a power line near Elston-ville
at about 7:11 p.m. Tues­day.
The failure left about 450
customers north of Manheim
without power until about 9:40
p.m.
eastern edge of Lititz on Rotiis-ville
Road.
The supervisors decided to
post signs on Log -Cabin Road
near Log Cabin Inn warning of
a hill and curve. A safety post
will be erected on the curve it­self.
Work is proceeding on the
expansion of the Burkholder
trailer park on Newport Road,
it was reported. The existing
trailer court has been cleaned
up and grading has been done
on the area planned for new
units, it was reported.
Supervisors said informal
budget discussions will begin
in early October. Later, the
budget will be advertised and
put on display.
The budget this year must be
reported to Harrisburg by the
end of the year. In past years,
budget discussions did not be­gin
until after the first of the
year when the previous year’s
budget had been finalized, but
necessary this year because of
the much earlier budget is
new state legislation, it was re­ported.
The new budget will be
based on estimates for the lat­ter
part of 1970.
The sanitation officer issued
six permits and made three per­colation
tests and 12 inspections
in September.
The police report showed 37
complaints, five accidents, sev­en
arrests, nine warnings, seven
faulty vehicle warnings and
seven stray dog complaints.
Open House At Rofhsville School
Vickie Adams and Nancy Gingrich, School, helped make colorful posters to an-pupils
at the Rothsville Elementary nounce Open House at the School.
The Rothsville Elementary
School PTA will meet this
evening (Thursday) at 7:30 p.m.
Following a business meeting
Goals
are seeking better use of the
staff. For example, you’ve heard
of the psychologist in the mili­tary
who was cleaning up floors:
well, it’s not as bad in the
school system, but the best use
ol teacher skills are still not
being made.”
Presently, the state mandates
what should be taught. There
is some leeway; curriculum is
not as strict as in the past, but
the local situation still depends
on broad leeway in developing
curriculum.
Teacher’s Role
What should be the teacher’s
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Jeffrey Weaver, 17, Manheim
RD4, is still in serious condition
in the Constant Care Unit at
General Hospital, a hospital
spokesman said Wednesday
morning.
Weaver has been in the con­stant
care unit since Sunday
night when he was injured in a
one-car accident near Manheim.
Weaver, a passenger, sustained
head injuries.
Driver of the car, Jay R.
Mumma, 18. 404 W. High St,,
an Open House will be held.
PTA memberships will be ac­cepted
at the meeting.
The PTA executive commit­tee
consist of: J. Arne Forney,
president: Jesse Balmer, 1st
vice president: Emory Phillips,
2nd vice president; Mrs. Mary
Martin, recording secretary:
Mrs. Rochelle Clair, treasurer
and Mrs. Mary Clark, school
representative.
The following committees
have been appointed: publicity
— Mrs. Janice Weidman, Mrs.
Sandra Witmyer, Mrs. Sylvia
Slater; Safety — Claude Young;
Hospitality — Mrs. Patsy Hess,
Mrs. Loretta Hess; Membership
— Mrs. Dorothy Forney. Mrs.
Nancy Balmer, Mrs. Patricia
Witmer, Marvin Witmer: Sciiooi
Board Representatives — Jesse
Police Phone Numbers
Lititz Borough Police
626-2209
Warwick Township Police
733-1818
Manheim, was listed in good con­dition
at General Wednesday.
Another passenger, Ronald
Krause, 18, of Manheim, was
also reported hurt in the acci­dent,
but not seriously.
Penn Township Police Chief
Herbert Weidman said the Mum­ma
car was traveling at a high
rate of speed, failed to make a
curve at the intersection of
Asbestos and Penryn Roads and
struck a pole.
Balmer, Jerry Baum and Frank-lin
Myers.
The executive committee has
scheduled . these . programs:
Christmas Musical on Decem­ber
10; Dr. Dale Winger, Febru­ary
11 ancl a Drug Program,
March 11.
"The Bridge"
Sets Open
House Friday
“The Bridge”, the teenage
coffee house group, has sche­duled
an open house this Fri­day
evening from 7:30 p.m. to
11:30 p.m. Warwick students,
parents and faculty members
'are invited to attend the open­ing.
The group is meeting in the
L shaped room on the second
floor of the Recreation Center.
The room has been artistically
decorated with collages, colored
lights, hand prints and burlap
overhangings.
Entertainment will he pro­vided
by Donna Ross and
George Chandler who will play
guitars. Refreshments will be
served. Dress for the affair will
be casual attire.
Members of the decorating
committee included: Dennis
Fink, Mike Keller, .Jeff Young,
Sue Spacht, Beth Tucker, Rich­ard
Gerlach, Claudia McCreary,
Sue Seaman and George Chand­ler.
Officers of the group arc:
Donna Ross, chairman; Fred
Regennas, vice president, Julie
Burkholder, secretary and Dan
Cooper, treasurer.
The organizations motto is
“Man Builds Too Many Walls
and Not Enough Bridges.” The
name was chosen to “ bridge”
the generation gap.
Jeffrey Weaver Still
Under Constant Care