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w ith in L a n c a s te r C o u n ty 16 Pages No. 3
Borough Council to Consider Five
Environment Committee Proposals
The environmental quality
control advisory committee of
Lititz has asked borough council
to act on five recommendations.
Phil McCloud, committee
chairman, is expected to speak
on the five requests at council’s
meeting at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday,
April 27, according to George
Steedle, borough manager.
Gordon Johnson, a junior at Warwick, takes out a
shovelful of debris from the Lititz Springs Creek in the
area of Locust and Front Streets. Ron Steffy, a junior
and Sally Good, a senior, look for other articles pollut­ing
the stream. Students also cleaned up the entire
length of railroad track through Lititz. The Earth Day
clean up program was directed by Stanley Schoenberg-er
who was assisted by science instructors. Science class
students in grades nine through 12 participated in the
project.
Community
Calendar
The committee’s recommen­dations
are:
1. Coordinate other service
club to the proposal made by
the Lititz Jaycees to provide
trash receptacles for the down­town
area and provide regular
maintenance.
2. Require all industries that
utilize paper or other materials
that can be scattered by wind
or weather to provide enclo­sures
of fine wire mesh or in­door
storage of such materials.
3. Provide for the removal of
all outdoor vending machines
that vend bottles or cans.
4. Encourage monthly col­lection
of newspapers by a ser­vice
club or organization such
as the Boy Scouts.
5. Support the effort to re­move
utility poles and over­head
lines from the downtown
historical restoration project
area.
Thursday, April 22
6:30 p.m. — Father-Son Dinner,
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church,
Penryn, Penryn Fire Hall.
7 p.m.—Parents Club of Lititz
Swim Team meeting, Rec
Center.
7 p.m.—Baron Stiegel Lions
Club, Polly’s Restaurant.
l7:30 p.m.—Warwick Band Con-concert,
High School Audi­torium.
8:30 p.m. — Jaycee Meeting,
American -Legion -Home
Friday, April 23
' 7:30 p.m.—The “Bridge”.
Saturday, April 24
10 a.m.—Chicken Corn Soup—
Bake Sale, Penryn Picnic
Grove.
7:30 p.m.—"Thirteen Frightened
Girls” film, Ree Center.
Monday, April 26
6:30 p.m.—Covered Dish Supper,
Brownie Troop 252, Brunner-ville
Fire Hall.
7 p.m.—TOPS Meeting, Rec Cen­ter.
7 p.m.—Sertoma Club, Warwick
Haus.
7:30 p.m.—IOOF Meeting, Lodge
Hall.
Tuesday, April 27
6:30 p.m.—Warwick Lions Club,
Chimney Corner Restaurant.
7:30 p.m.—Borough Council
Meeting, Borough Hall
Wednesday, April 28
12 Noon to 8 p.m.--Rummage
Sale, sponsored by Barbara
Snyder Class, Moravian Fel­lowship
Hall.
8 p.m.—Lititz Fire Company
Meeting, Fire Hal).
C p.m. — Benefit Basketball
Game, Warwick High Gym.
Thursday, April 29
6:15 p.m. — Mother-Daughter
Banquet, United Methodist
church.
6:30 p.m.—WCTU annual Legis­lative
Dinner, Lititz Church
of the Brethren.
School Board Employs
Eight New Teachers
The Warwick School Board
Tuesday night hired eight new
teachers. The following were
all hired- at a salary of $6,300:
Thomas R. Clausen, Lititz, in­termediate
teacher; Mrs. Sharon
L. Keesey, Rothsville, primary
teacher; Jeffrey B. Kent, Lititz,
intermediate teacher; Mrs, Bar­bara
W. Stump, Lititz, inter­mediate
teacher; Rodney C.
Wdlch^tltrar R'4, bttflogy; Judith '
K. Wood, Morrisville, primary
teacher, and Donald B. Petty,
Media, industrial arts.
Also hired was Marijane T.
Schneeweis, Canton, Mass., as '
the instructional materials cen­ter
director at the Warwick Mid­dle
School at a salary of $6,800
for a 10-month contract.
The board raised the price of
adult admission to athletic events
from $1 to $1.25. Student admis­sion
remains at 50 cents .
The board approved the re­tirement
of Lester E. Stark, a
teacher at Lititz Elementary
School, after 26 years of service.
The board granted profession­al
employee status to Kay L.
Shanaman, a teacher at Kissel
Hill Elementary School, because
of satisfactory completion of the
state mandatory probationary
period.
The board awarded three con­tracts,
involving several com­panies,
for the following: Office
supplies, $12,781; general sup­plies,
$11,971; and art supplies,
$8,953.
Jennie Kissinger acted as
spokesman for a group of stu-
• r""*h>nts that had been elected as
Youth Day in Government
School Board Members. She
stated the thing the students de­sired
most was a student lounge.
The board took the matter under
auvisement.
A change order of $70,807 for
bulk and trench rock excavation
was aproved in construction of
the Warwick Middle School.
. It must be approved by the
Lititz Area School Authority and
the state Department of Educa­tion.
The board reminded residents
that real estate taxes for school
year 1970-71 must be paid to re­spective
tax collectors by April
27, 1971. After that they will be
turned over to the Delinquent
Tax Claim Bureau.
Farmers National Declares
Dividend, New Share Sales
Karen Wertsch, a senior at Warwick High School,
waded right into the Lititz Springs Creek to clean out some
of the debris during the Earth Day program conducted by
students in Lititz.
Lititz Fire Co. Will Seek Zoning
To Build on South Broad Street
The Lititz Fire Company will
apply for a special exception to
erect a fire house in an R-2
residential zone on South Broad
Street.
The Lititz Zoning Board of Ap­peals
has scheduled the appeal
foi the special exception at its
meeting May 3. according to
Paul F Diehm of the Lititz Fire
Company.
But Diehm noted that no de­cision
is expected on May 3 and
that Borough Council has the
final say in the appeal.
The Lititz Fire Company acted
in December to buy the prop­erty,
the Richard McCreary
property between Center and
Lemon Streets on the east side
of South Broad Street. The
property has a 58 foot frontage
on South Broad and runs 200
feet to Raspberry Lane and in­cludes
a two and one-half story
double brick dwelling on Rasp­berry
Lane.
If zoning approval is received,
tentative fire company plans are
to demolish the brick building
and erect a fire station of good
design with landscaping to make
it attractive in the neighborhood.
Previous discussion had indi­cated
that the lot would not be
wide enough to accommodate a
lire house of adequate size with­out
building closer to adjoining
properly lines than the eight
feet called for under the zoning
ordinance. But Diehm empha­sized
that a design _has been
worked out which would make
the building longer to fit the lot
and meet all sideyard and set­back
requirements.
The special exception to lo­cate
a municipal building in a
residential area is the only zon­ing
action which will be neces­sary,
Diehm said.
The Fire Company’s purchase
agreement hinges on zoning ap­proval.
While the site is the Fire Com­pany’s
number one site, some
borough officials have indicated
in recent months a desire to
build a joint borough, fire and
police building ■ in downtown
Lititz.
The board of directors of the
Farmers National Bank of Lititz
has announced the approval of a
100 per cent stock dividend and
the authorization of an increase'
in capital by the sale of 26,400
additional shares.
The stock dividend, to be de­clared
in June, will provide
shareholders of record April 15,
1971, with one additional share
for each one presently held. A
similar dividend was declared in
1965, and a 10 per cent stock
dividend was paid in 1968.
The new shares, to be sold at
$40 per share, will increase the
bank’s capital and surplus by
' $1,056,000. The strong demand
for credit, plus the bank’s rapid
growth, require the extra capi­tal,
according to the board’s an­nouncement.
Preemptive rights will' be is­sued
to shareholders of record
April 15.
The bank is offering to exe­cute
sales and purchases of
rights at 25 cents per right. Ten
rights are required to purchase
one share. Warrants for the
rights expire May 21.
Upon completion of the offer­ing,
the total capital funds of the
bank will increase from Vh, mil­lion
dollars to over 415 million
dollars.
The announcement was made
at a special shareholders meet­ing.
Woman's Club Meets
The Lititz Woman’s Club held
its April meeting at the General
Sutter Inn, Monday evening.
Mrs. Roy Yeager, president,
was in charge of the meeting.
Mrs. Harold Stryker read the
’minutes of the preceding meet-
Church to Lay Cornerstone
The Lititz United Methodist
Church will conduct a Corner­stone
. Laying Service at 10:30
a.m. Sunday, April 25, at its new
church building.
Rev. George Hippel, Executive.
Secretary of the Board of Mis­sions
of the Eastern Pennsyl­vania
Conference of the United
Methodist Church, will' deliver
the morning sermon and lead in
the Litany for the cornerstone
laying.
The first part of this service
will be held indoors at the pres­ent
location, 110 North Cedar
Street and then moved to the
new location corner of East
Market and New Street, Lititz.
The Lititz congregation pur­chased
seven acres of land for
their new location. The new edi­fice
and educational facilities
will cost $335,000.00. Equipment
and architectural fees will add
another $45,000.00.
The church will seat 304 in the
nave and 45 in the choir loft. The
educational facilities will accom­modate
a Church School of 300.
There will be ample off-street
parking.
David Lynch is the architect
and Elmer Gander the Builder.
The decision to relocate was
reached in 1964 under the lead­erships
of Pastor Frank Nickle.
Rev. Harold M. Young is the
present pastor.
mg. Mrs. Garth Becker gave (he
treasurer’s report. They were
approved as read.
Mrs. Becker gave the finan­cial
report of the Benefit Ball
for the Lititz Restoration. The
total profit earned from the
dance was $986.44. The club
voted to donate $500 of this
money to purchase brick to
pave Zum Anker Alley. The re­maining
funds will be kept un­til
needed.
In other action, council will
consider an amendment to the
water and sewer ordinance to
increase the water rale by 25
cents per 1,000 cubic feet and
to reduce the sewer rate by 25
cents per 1,000 cubic feet.
Steedle said the change is
primarily needed to provide a
better balance in the water and
sewer budgets. In the past,
money has had to be shifted
from sewer to water, he ex­plained,
because of inadequate
water revenues.
For most water and sewer
users, the change will make no
difference in the total borough
charge, because the increase in
water charge will be offset by
an equal decrease in sewer
charge. The sewer fee is based
on water use.
But there are a few customers
who use only water or only sew­er
services. These customers
would get some increase or de­crease
under the change, but
these account for only a small
proportion of the total, Steedle
indicated.
Asked about the impact of the
Schweiker To Appear
At Dinner Meeting
"U. S. Senator Richard Schwei-ker
will appear here in Lititz on
May 6 sponsored by the local
service clubs. He will be the
guest at a joint dinner meeting
ol the service clubs to be held in
the High School Cafeteria. Tick­ets
are on sale now and may be
purchased from the President of
each of the local clubs. The
cost is $2.50.
The intent of the dinner is to
foster closer relationships among
the service clubs of the Lititz-
Warwick area and to consider
the feasibility of joint projects
to benefit the entire community.
change on the proposed War­wick
Township water system,
Steedle said plans call for a
separate bulk rate to the town­ship.
This bulk rate still hasn’t
been decided, he said.
Council is scheduled to re­view
bids for u new police car
received at the March 30 meet­ing
and award a contract for a
1971 police car.
An ordinance will be consid­ered
to remove three streets
from the borough plan in ac­cordance
witii a request from
Moravian Manors Inc. and fol­lows
a public hearing held Tty
council on March 30.
Appointed auditor Wilbur
Miller will review with council
the audit of all borough funds
for the fiscal year 1970.
Council will receive a re­quest
Horn many of the local
dentists recommending that
borough water be fluoridated.
A subdivision plan for the
Thomas Steffy estate will be
presented to council for approv­al.
’ The local police department
will request permission from
council to purchase a breathaly­zer
together with Ephratd and
other departments associated
with the Ephrata communica­tions
center.
Messick Realty Inc. is ex­pected
to present a petition to
council for annexation of the
rest of his farm in Libramont
Development into the borough.
Council will receive the Rec­reation
Center budget for the
fiscal year 1971-72 from Ronald
Reedy, president of the Rec­reation
Center Commission.
Council will make recom­mendations
to the Lancaster
County Planning Commission
for the Pennsylvania Depart­ment
of Transportation con­struction
and repair projects for
the coming year.
Bobst Award Csmmittse Mamed
The Warwick School Board
Tuesday night anounced the
make-up of the committee to se­lect
the Bobst scholarship award
winners.
The six member committee
will select three Warwick High
School students to receive scho­larships
totaling $5,000. The
awards, to be used for college
education, are $2,500, $1,500 and
$1,000.
In selecting the scholarship
committee, the school board em­phasized
the need for continuity
of the committee and for broad-based
community representa­tion,
as well as for members con­nected
with local schools. Com­mittee
members were designated
as follows:
Vice president of the school
board; another school board
member to be chosen by the vice
preisdent; two high school facul­ty
members selected by the
superintendent of schools; the
president of the Warwick Minis­terial
Association and the presi-'
dent of the Rec Board.
The committee is expected to
begin action soon to select the
scholarship winners.
In recently announcing the in­increase'
in the scholarship fund
in memory of his father from
$1,000 to $5,000 annually, Elmer
Holmes Bobst, nationally known
industrialist and formerly of
Lititz, emphasized the scholar­ships
should go to those who are
“strong” specifically excluding
anyone who has used drugs.
While scholastic record . is im­portant,
Bobst particularly
stressed character and willing­ness
to work.
John (Jack) D. Edgerton, new elementary principal at
the Lititz Elementary School checks over a schedule of
events. Edgerton assumed his duties on Monday.
New Principal Assumes Position
Mrs. William Scatchard, Ways
and Means committee co-chair­man,
announced the Spring
Rummage Sale will be held at
the Odd Fellows Hall, 113 N.
Broad St., Lititz from 12 noon
to 9 p.m. on May 6 and from 9
a.m. to 1 p.m. on May 7.
Mrs. ,M. C. Demmy and Mrs.
Mary Wright are co-chairmen
of the sale. Rummage may be
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John (Jack) D. Edgerton, as­sumed
his duties as elemen­tary
principal at the Lititz Ele­mentary
School Monday. Edger­ton
replaces Robert Heron who
has bècome the principal of the
new Middle School.
Edgerton is a native of
Mansfield, Pa. He graduated
from Mansfield State College
and received a BS in Elemen­tary
Education. He also holds
a Master’s Degree from Tem­ple
University. He has taken
graduate courses at Lehieh Uni-
Edgerton began his teaching
career in Pottstown in 1958.
He was an elementary teacher
for eight years. He was a prin­cipal
in that area for four years.
He was in the Coast Guard
for two and a half years. He
likes sports and enjoys playing
golf.
Edgerton and his wife, Cor-rine,
are the parents of two
children, Craig, 12 and Jill, 9.
The Edgerton’s have purchased
a home on Oxford Drive and
plan to move into it early in
June.