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For 428-Bed Nursing Home on 22-Acre Lititz Site
Preliminary plans to build a
428-bed nursing home for the
elderly in Lititz was revealed
this week.
The new facility will be con­structed
on a 22-acre site at the
western edge of Lititz. Located
between West Orange Street and
West Second Avenue, the site is
bounded by St. Paul’s Lutheran
Church and the Lititz Church of
the Brethren.
The property is owned by the
local Moravian congregation and
use of the land as a home for the
elderly was approved last week
at a Church council meeting.
Construction of the facility
and its operation after construc­tion,
however, will be the respon­sibility
of Moravian Manor, Inc.,
the regional Moravian governing
body at Bethlehem, Pa.
The Lititz zoning board of ap­peals
reviewed preliminary plans
for the new facility at its meeting
Monday evening, but took no
action because one member was
absent. A vote is slated Feb­ruary
8.
Moravian Manors is seeking to
rezone the area from an R-l
residential district to an institu­tional
district.
At Monday night’s meeting,
several ^rea residents appeared
Mrs. Donald Kaag, Sr., 401 W. Marion
Street, Lititz, was the winner of a color
television set awarded by the Lititz Retail­ers’
Association during Red Tag Sales
Days. The set was presented by Lester
Bingeman (right) President of the Retail­ers’
and Ronald Cook, Chairman of the Re­tailers’
Promotion Committee. Mrs. Kaag
said she was especially grateful to win the
set because they did not have color TV.
Planners Deny Rezoning
For Office Construction
The Borough Planning Com­mission
Tuesday night denied a
request for rezoning by Don
Kepner, 601 South Broad Street,
builder and realtor.
on the remaining land of the
Forney Development off East
Main Street.
Historical Foundation Holds Meeting
Officers of the Lititz Histori­cal
Foundation were elected at
a recent meeting of the directors
They are Wilbur B. Miller,
treasurer; Mrs. Valentine Brobst,
recording secretary; Mrs. Alfred
Melzer, corresponding secretary;
Hiram M. Eberly, curator; and
Mrs. Bruce M. Earhart, hostess.
President Byron K. Horne and
vice president William M. Light
were elected at the organiza­tion’s
recent annual meeting.
The membership committee
reported an increase of 38 per
cent over last year, bringing
current membership to 350
adults and three juniors.
A public meeting wilJbe'hoM
Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at St. Paul’s
Lutheran Church Educational
Building. Lemar Sipe, formerly
of Lititz, will speak on “The His­tory
of Distilleries in Pennsyl­vania.”
Recent acquisitions by the
Foundation include a violin and
ease presented by William M.
Diehm of Lancaster. The violin
was. made in Lititz by the late
Abraham Carpenter and is an ex­cellent
example of local crafts­manship.
Two hand-decorated Easter
eggs were presented by John
Fass. On dates from 1822, the
Other from 1855. Fass also pre­sented
a miniature but operable
printing press with display case.
Maurice Kreider presented a
locally made clothing washer, an
antique hand-carved meershaum
pipe and an official seal of the
Lititz Springs Hotel when it was
owned by Samuel Lichtenthae-ler.
The directors have announced
committee chairmen and mem­bers
for the coming year. Mem­bers
who wish to serve on a
committee are asked to contact
the chairmen of the committee
in which they are interested
The Klein Barn restoration
committee is being chaired by
the Rev. John Morman. Assist­ing
him are William Oehme, Dr.
Glenn McElroy, Mrs. Grant Heil­man,
Sidney Long, Lester Wen-
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Kepner asked that the land at
510 East Main Street be rezoned
from Residential R1 to Business
and Professional in order that he
could construct offices and/ or
apartments. Kepner Monday
night had asked and was granted
a variance by the Zoning Hear­ing
Board to construct a four unit
apartment on the site. The vari­ance
was necessary because the
site is 17,800 square feet and
20,000 square feet are required
for four apartment units.
The site is adjacent to another
plot that Borough Council just
last week denied rezoning for
construction of a gas station.
Rock Towne has purchased the
development except for a portion
along East Main Street and sub­mitted
a sketch plan to the Com­mission
on approval. However,
there is a question as to proper
cartway widths and this will be
discussed with,council
Forney Development
The Commission set a meeting
with Borough Council for last
night (Wednesday) to discuss a
proposal by Rock-Towne Corp.,
Lancaster, to construct 76 semi­detached
and two single homes
Moravian Manors, Inc.
Paul McCloud, presented for
Moravian Manors, Inc., a pro­posal
to construct a full care
facility for the elderly on West
Orange Street.
McCloud requests that sever­al
unopened streets be removed
from the borough to allow con­struction
of the facility. The
slreets are: Moravian Avenue be­tween
Lemon and West Marion;
Walnut between Lemon and 2nd,
and West Marion between Maple
Lane and 2nd.
The Planners decided to
recommend to Borough Council
that Moravian Manors, Inc., re­quest
be approved.
Jenny Kissinger Describes Year in Brazil
By Pat Wilson
Special Feature Writer
A thrilling year in Brazil is
over for Jenny Kissinger, 115
E. Marion St., but the memories
will live for a long, long time.
Jenny, who is now complet­ing
her senior year at Warwick
High School, spent the equiva­lent
of a junior year in Brazil.
Since the school term in that
South-of-the-Equator country is
different from that in the Unit­ed
States — from March to mid-
November — Jenny had to ar­range
her schedule to spend a
full term there.
She went to Brazil under the
American Field Service Pro­gram,
after applying in Fall.
She left for.Brazil in January,
1970, and returned this Janu­ary.
Jenny spent her first week
in Brazil learning the Portu­guese
language, which is spoken
in Brazil, and Brazilian cus­toms
and taboos.
Following the orientation pro­gram,
the 36 students in Jen­ny’s
group dispersed to various
parts of the country to spend
the next year living with Bra­zilian
families and taking part
in their every-day life.
Jenny went with a group of
16 students to Sao Paulo, one
of Brazil’s largest cities, where
she was met by her “family.”
She spent some time just get­ting
acquainted with her family
and the area of Santo Andreo, a
suburb of Sao Paulo. Then she
began her junior year of school.
School Different
“Their school system is com­pletely
different from ours,”
she explained. “They have vari­ous
programs: academic to pre­pare
you for college; prepara­tion
to become an elementary
school teacher; language train­ing;
and domestic education.
“Academic training is the
newest. That’s the one I took,”
she added. “Classes were con­ducted
in Portuguese.”
Jenny completed a very suc­cessful
year in her Brazilian
high school. Students who re­ceive
an eight-out-of-ten average
do not need to take final exa­minations.
Jenny finished with
a nine-out-of-ten average, but
she took the Portuguese exa­mination
anyway.
At the close of the school
year, she had an opportunity to
do some traveling and see some
other parts of Brazil.
She made several trips to
Rio, about six hours by bus
from Sao Paulo, and “just loved
Santos, another large city..
During the year, Jenny also
made special appearances,
speaking about her native coun­try
and meeting many interest­ing
Brazilians. .
She Met Pele
Among her most thrilling
meetings was an encounter
with Pele, Brazil’s famous soc­cer
player.
This came about when she
attended the grand opening of
a bank in which Pele has an in­terest.
He was attending the
event.
Jenny’s Brazilian mother,
who works for General Electric,
got her an invitation to the
opening, as she hoped to see
Pele, and perhaps get a picture
of him.
Her Brazilian uncle, who
works in the mayor’s office,
knew some bank officials and
they arranged a meeting. So
Jenny got her picture of Pele,
a much better one than she had
hoped for.
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Holiday Celebrations
Another excitement in Brazil
was the celebration of Christ­mas
and New Year’s Eve.
A huge feast at Midnight is
the chief celebration at Christ­mas
Jenny explained, with a
house full of relatives and
friends.
During the feast, Santa Claus,
called Papai Noel in Brazil, ar­rives
with gifts for everyone.
The revelry starts about 10 p.m.
and lasts till dawn.
“Christmas day is quiet but
very social,” Jenny pointed out.
“There is a great deal of visit­ing.
They are sociable people.
“New Year’s Eve is celebrat­ed
in much the same manner,”
she added. “There are a lot of
religious rituals to guarantee a
better New Year. They call a
priest to bless the house and
family. They drink champagne
and toss the glass over their
shoulders.
“In general,” Jenny went on,
“everything starts late and lasts
till dawn.”
The Brazilian Food
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What about Brazilian food?
“I liked it after 1 got used to
it,” Jenny replied. “It’s richer
and heavier than ours. Every
family has a maid or cook and
she spends most of the day pre­paring
meals. Everything is
bought fresh.”
Jenny smiled as she recalled
her attempt to prepare her
favorite dish for her Brazilian
family. Making fried chicken
with noodles cooked in chicken
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Jenny holds the cashmere dress she
obtained during a visit to Argentina and a
set of pure silver demi-tasse spoons pre­sented
by Jenny’s Brazilian parents to her
American parents for their upcoming 25th
wedding anniversary. The spoons are in­dividually
made by hand and each one de­picts
a different symbol of Brazilian cus­toms
and landmarks.
to express approval of thé pro­posed
new nursing home.
The residents noted that dif­ficulties
now stem from vandal­ism
and disturbances stemming
from youths playing in the corn­field
which is the present use of
the land.
Plans call for construction of
two ambulatory and two nursing
units, with 48 beds each, by June
1973. Bids for this initial phase
have tentatively been set for
¿November.
Overall, four types of units
will he built including the fol­lowing:
144 nursing, 72 ambula­tory,
168 apartments, and 44 cot-tages.
The facility will be designed to
accommodate both elderly per­sons
who are bedridden and
those: who are capable of living
independently in an apartment.
The buildings will be both one
and: two story. Most of the units
will include cooking facilities,
but a main dining area will also
be available.
Comitiunity
Calendar
Editor’s Note: As a public
service, the Record-Express is
beginning a weekly Community
Calendar for subscribers.
The calendar will include
meeting dates of various govern­mental,
social and civic organiza­tions.
The goal is to include all meet­ing
of local interest. However,
the help and cooperation of all
the organizations will be neces­sary
to reach this goal.
Make sure the meeting dates
important to you and your or­ganization
reach the Community
Calendar my calling 626-2191
during the weekday or 626-7382
(Mrs. Herzer, Record-Express
editor) at other times. Or write
to the Record-Express at Box
266, Lititz, Pa. 17543.
Thursday, February 4
6:30 p.m.—Lititz Lions Club
ineetin, General Sutter Inn.
7:30 p.m.—-Ladies Auxiliary of
Lititz Fire Co. Chinese Auc­tion,
Fire Hall.
7:30 p.ra.r-JD ol p h i a n Society,
home of Miss Bessie Searie.
Mrs, N. J. Fuhrman will pre­sent
commentary on “Com­munity
Concern.”
7:30 p.m.—-Warwick Twp. Super­visors
meeting, Twp. Muni­cipal
building.
7:4* p.m.—W e lc o me Wagon
Pinochle group, home, of
Mrs. Gerald Anderson.
8 p.m.—ABCD’s “Heart to
Heart” Bazaar, home of Mrs,
Jack Marks.
Friday, February 5 -
7 p.m.—Elizabeth Twp. Super­visors
meeting at Brickerville
Fire Hall. . J . . .
8 p.m.—“The Bridge” at Recrea­tion
Center.
Saturday, February 8
6:15 p.m.—Society of Farm
Women will entertain hus­bands,
Meadow Hills Dining
Hail
7:30 p.m.—Square Dance Group
at Rec Center.
Monday, February 8
1 p.m.—Linden Hall Alumni
meeting, home of Mrs. John
Kohler, 17 Plymouth Ave.,
Lancatser.
7 p.m.—TOPS Meeting at
Recreation Center.
7 p.m.—Sertoma Club at the
Warwick Haus.
8 p.m.—Lititz area Recreation
Commission meeting at Rec
Center
Tuesday, February 9
, 1:30 p,m.—WCTU m e e t i n g ,
home of Mrs. John Mohler.
6 p.m.—Rotary Club at General
Sutter Inn.
6:30 p.m.—Warwick Twp. Lions
Club at Chimney Corner
Restaurant.
7:30 p.m.—Lititz Guild of the
Lancaster Osteo. Hospital,
home of Mrs. Robert Welk.
7:30 p.m.—St. Luke’s ' UCC
Women’s Guild Valentine
Party.
7:30 p.m.—Lititz H i s t o r i c a l
Foundation meeting, Luth­eran
Educational Building.
Public invited.
Wednesday, February 10
8:30 p.m.—Jaycee Leadership
Training Course, home of
Adam Samelko
Thursday, February 11
7:30 p.m.—Warwick Township
Planning Commission at
Municipal Building.
8 p.m.—Welcome Wagon Bridge
Group Meeting, home of Mrs.
; Terry Hendricks.
The home will be non-de-nominational.
McCloud, Scatchard, Derek
and Edson, Lititz landscape
architects, are drawing up the
design for the nursing complex.
The facility will be designed to
conform with architecture in the
neighborhood and will be based
on early Moravian design, it was
reported.
Possibility of acquiring addi­tional
land adjoining the present
22 acre site for further construc­tion
in the future was mentioned
at the zoning meeting.
Preliminary plans call for ex­tension
of West Lemon Street
into Second Avenue to service
the new nursing complex. In a
separate meeting of the Lititz
Planning Commission Tuesday
night, a proposal to eliminate
some existing rights-of-way from
■the borough map was also dis­cussed.
In other action Monday, the
zoners approved a special ex­ception
for Mrs. Elwood Hann,
314 Linden St., to operate a
specialty shop in an R-l district.
Granted a special exception to
tionald L. Kepner, 601 S. Broad
SI., for a four-unit apartment at
510 E, Main St. He will provide
uff-street parking.
Jerome Kiralfy
Kiralfy Named
Rec Director
Jerome A. Kiralfy, Lititz RD2,
has been appointed Director of
Recreation by the Lititz Area
Recreation Commission. His ap­pointment
was also approved by
Borough Council and the War­wick
School Board. Kiralfy of­ficially
assumed his duties as
director on Wednesday.
Jerry has been working in
programs involving young peo­ple
for a number of years. He
has been in scouting for 20
years serving as Cubmaster,
committeeman and presently as
the Scoutmaster of Troop 154.
/ He is the advisor to the youth
group at Trinity Evangelical
Congregational Church where
he is also in charge of the
Junior Church for fith and sixth
graders.
He is a member of the Rotary
Club, Park Trustees and the
Trinity EC Church.
Kiralfy and his wife Nancy,
moved to Lititz in 1964 from
Beaver Falls. He was previously
employed as a salesman.
They are the parents of eight
children: Jay, US Navy; Donna,
a student at Millersville State
College, Wray, a senior at War­wick,
Kathy, a freshman, Floyd,
6th grader, Bernard, 4th grader,
Virginia in 2nd grade and Bob­by,
five years old.
Police Chief
Cites Solicitors
Lititz Police Chief George
Kicks has alerted residents to a
group of solicitors using high
pressure tactics in the borough.
Chief Hicks noted that ped­dlers
and solicitors must be
registered at the police depart­ment
where they can obtain a
permit. Residents should chal­lenge
peddlers for verification of
permit.
There is an ordinance in the
borough pertaining to the re­moval
of snow from side walks.
Snow must be removed 24 hours
after the snow ceases to fall.
Chief Hicks stated several warn­ings
have been issued. Persons
violating the ordinance after the
next snowfall will be prosecuted.
Chief Hicks also noted that
snowmobiles are prohibited by
law from traveling on the high­ways.