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(Consolidated with The Iiltltz Record, 1937) Lititz, Lancaster County, Penna., Thursday, April 29,1971 10 o sn ts a Copy; #4.00 per y ea r by mall
w ith in Lanca ste r Connty 16 Pages No, 4
Lititz Boro Council Takes Action
On Many Issues at April Meeting
Firemen spray water on the burning bales of paper
that burned at Woodstream Corporation Saturday af­ternoon.
Three fire companies, Lititz, Rothsville and
Brunnerville helped extinguish the fire that caused ar
estimated loss of between $50,00 to $60,000. The fire was
located to the rear of the Woodstream building.
Woodstream Fire Loss Set at More Than *50,000
A major fire at Woodstream
Corporation Saturday afternoon
caused an estimated $50,000 to
$60.000 damage, according to
Lititz Fire Chief Ammon Shelly.
Original reports had placed
Community
Calendar
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.
Friday, April 30
7 a.m. to 6 p.m. — Rummage
Sale, sponsored by Adult
Class, St. Luke’s UCC, Odd
Fellows Hall.
7 to 8 p.m.—Open House at
Nursery School, St. Paul’s
Lutheran Church.
7:30 p.m.—The “Bridge”, at Rec
Center.
Saturday, May 1
9 a.m.—Bake Sale, sponsored by
Auxiliary to Lititz Fire Com­pany,
Fire Hall.
11 a.m. to 5 p.m.—Chicken Bar­becue—
Bake Sale, sponsor­ed
by Ladies Auxiliary to
United Zion Home, Newport
Road and Route 501.
730 p.m. — Welcome Wagon
Club Dinner Dance, Food-ergong
Restaurant, Akron.
7:30 p.m.—Movie at Rec Center,
“Wackiest Ship In The
Army.”
Sunday, May 2
11 a.m.—-Warwick Lions Club
Horse Show, Rothsville Polo
Field.
Monday, May 3
7 p.m.—TOPS Meeting, Rec Cen­ter.
7 p.m.—Sertoma Club, Warwick
Haus.
7:30 p.m.—IOOF Meeting, Lodge
Hall.
7:30 p.m.—Lititz Zoning Hearing
Board, Borough Hall.
8 p.m.—Ladies Auxiliary to
American Legion Post 56
Meeting, Post Home.
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damage at only $10,000 to $15,-
000, but the figure was raised.
Shelly said the fire burned about
one million pounds of paper
which was stored in stacks in a
250 by 40 foot area in the yard
near a quonset hut at the rear of
the Woodstream building. The
hut and material stored inside
were also reported damaged.
Chief Shelly and County Fire
Marshall Paul Z. Knier reported
Wednesday they are still inves­tigating
the cause of the fire.
Preliminary indications are that
the fire may have started from
sparks from a company burning
pit located about 30 feet from the
bales.
Woodstream workmen appar­ently
did not see the fire until it
was well under way at about 3
p.m.
At the time of the fire, Lititz
firemen were already respond­ing
to two grass fire calls.
Chief Shelly reported the first
grass fire call came at about
3:15 p.m. to an area behind
Manbeck’s bakery. At about the
same time a call came from Lin­den
Hall School for Girls. Shel­ly
dispatched the first truck to
Linden Hall where there was a
large grass fire and proceeded :
with the other two trucks in the
chief’s car to Manbeck’s.
As the third fire truck, op­erated
by Howard E. Mowrer,
assistant, fire chief, was passing
through the 500 block of East
Main Street, Mowrer noticed a
lot of dense smoke in the vicin­ity
of Yerger Bros. Mowrer noti­fied
Shelly by radio that he
would investigate the Yerger
Bros. area.
Shelly continued to Manbeck’s
and found that the grass fire
there had been put out by a fish­erman
in the area. Following the
sound of a whistle signifying a
fire at Woodstream, Shelly sent
a fire truck there.
Shelly said the fire company
never received an official call
from Woodstream.
Shelly summoned assistance
from ‘ the Rothsville Fire Com­pany
and the Brunnerville Fire
Company. Manheim firemen
stood call at the Lititz Fire Hall.
Employes at Woodstream used
three hose lines from an inter­nal
hydrant system from the
plant. The Rothsville company
pumped water from a hydrant at
Yergers. The Lititz Company
pumped water from North Elm
and Front Streets and the Brun­nerville
Company got water
from the Santo Domingo Creek.
Sparks from the burning bales
6f paper endangered Yerger
Bros, and private garages in the
area for a time.
Chief Shelly said the local fire
company has . never before en­countered
three fires at the same
time.
The Linden Hall fire, which
started from an incident at the
school was extinguished with
only minor damage reported.
Police Chief George Hicks
has recommended that police
quarters be expanded into the
rec room of the Fire Company.
At borough council meeting
Tuesday night Chief Hicks list­ed
several reasons why police
need about three times the pre­sent
available space.
Local firemen are expected to
discuss the proposal at their
meeting this week.
Meanwhile, the Lititz Fire
Company has requested the
Lititz Zoning Board to grant a
special exception at its May 3
meeting to allow construction
of a new fire hall at 149 South
Broad Street.
Council accepted with gener­al
agreement a five point pro­posal
of the environmental
quality control advisory com­mittee.
It was noted, however,
that one of the proposals, to
have monthly collection of
newspapers, already is being
conducted every second Tues­day
by the Boy Scouts.
A proposal by eight local den­tists
urging Council to fluori­date
the Borough water supply
was take under consideration
pending a study of the costs of
fluoridation. Speaking on be­half
of the dentists was Dr. Roy
K. Yeager.
Council approved an agree­ment
to pay $141 as the
borough’s share of the cost of
cooperating with Ephrata Police
in securing joint Breathalyzer
equipment to check for drinking
violations.
Borough council approved the
annexation of 35.37 acres from
Warwick Township at the
Southeast end of the borough.
The vacant land at the South­east
end of the borough was re­quested
for annexation by Mes-sick
Realty Inc.
In other action at a busy
council meeting, Council ap­proved
the Lititz Recreation
Board budget for the 1971-72
fiscal year. The borough portion
of the budget is $5,927.20 and
the Warwick School District
will contribute $11,752.80.
Council referred a request to
increase the membership of the
Board of • Historical Review
from three to five members to
the present board for recom­mendation.
Council added a new section
of street to the 1971 street re­surfacing
program after it was
found that there would be
money left over from the ori­ginal
work that was planned.
Laurel Avenue from East Mari­on.
Street, to East Second Ave­nue
was added at an estimated
cost of $1,043.
Streets previously listed
were: West Marion from Second
Avenue to General Sutter and
from General Sutter to Sixth
Avenue; Swarthmore Drive
Warwick Citizens Ask About Proposed Water System
The regular monthly meeting
of the Warwick Township
Municipal Water Authority last
week was attended by about 20
interested township residents.
Chairman J. Arne Forney re­vealed
the contents of a reply
from Congressman Edwin Eshle-man
to the Authority’s appeal
for aid in obtaining federal funds
to. assist in construction of .a pro­posed
township water system.
Noting that the Department of
Housing and Urban Develop­ment
will not give aid after con­struction
of a system begins,
Forney said Eshleman is not
giving much encouragement for
state or federal funds. ,
“The whole purpose of federal
assistance is for communities'
that cannot finance the projects
themselves,” Eshleman’s letter
stated.
Tracy Greenland of Tracy
Engineers, Inc., pointed out that
the problem with federal aid is
that the emphasis now is on
water pollution control, which
means sewage.
“Almost all the money is going
for sewage systems,” Greenlund
said.
“Lancaster County is not one
of the areas in the state given
preference for federal aid due to
the self sufficiency here,” Green­lund
added.
Although the~final agreement -
for rental of water from Lititz
Borough has not. been con­cluded,
Greenlund said a de­cision
has been made to tap the
storage reservoir on Kissel Hill
and add a pump to serve the
Warwick Township area.
This will eliminate the need
for one of the proposed elevated
storage tanks.
After considerable discussion
on costs, the township super­visors
gave approval for the re­lease
of the engineer’s early esti­mates.
Stressing that these figures are
only estimates and may be
changed two or three times, the
cost estimates were given as:
$5.50 per front foot; $150 pre­liminary
connection fee (tapping
fee); average annual water rent­al,
$77.
Questions from the residents
attending Wednesday’s meeting
dealth mainly with the necessity
of the water system, areas to be
served, costs and usage, of the
water.
Thomas E. Nolan, Dridge Hill
Road, asked if the water system
is to serve the whole township
or selected areas.
Explaining that the system is
“looped” to feed from both ends,
primarily for fire protection,
Tracy Greenlund indicated that
the built-up areas will be the
primary ones to receive water.
“Anyone in the area of a fire
hydrant, which the system in­cludes,
will benefit by an ulti­mate
reduction in his fire insur­ance
rates,” Greenlund explain­ed.
L. Douglas Stark, Owl Hill
Road, asked, “If the water line
passes my property, I must con­nect
to it, but must I use the
water?”
it was explained that a well
cannot be cross-connected with
the water supply. However, the
well water could still be used
exteriorly for such functions as
washing or wwjriggj gam^. ,5
Stark asked how priorities
were established for the areas
tu be served and was told it was
on the basis of significant need
and for the built-up areas.
Stark further questioned how
front footage costs would be
equated if one property is 2,000
feet and the next is 100 feet.
George Morgan of Newcomer,
Roda and Morgan, solicitors,, an­swered,
“There are exclusions
given in the 1970 law (General
Assembly Act 97). Industry and
farm use for purposes other
than human consumption are ex-
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from Kissel Hill Road to Laurel
Avenue; Oxford Drive from
Kissel Hill Road to Laurel
Avenue; South Cedar Street
from Light Lane to Marion
Street, and Laurel Avenue from
Marion Street to Second Ave­nue.
Total estimated cost of the
summer street resurfacing pro­gram
will be $17,862.
In related action, the council
approved a list of local high­way
priority needs to the Coun­ty
Planning Commission which
will in turn incorporate these
into a county-wide proposal for
consideration by the State in
its six year plan.
The local requests, in order
of priority, are: proposed Fruit-ville
Pike construction from
Lancaster to Pennsylvania
Turnpike, Manheim inter­change
and associated secon­dary
highway from Lititz to
Fruitville Pike; North Water
Street from East Main Street to
North Borough line; West
Orange Street from South
Broad Street to Walnut Street,
and West Lincoln Avenue from
North Broad Street to Warwick
Street.
It was reported that the
state liquid fuel tax which
normally is received April 1
will not be received until after
July 1.
Council reported receiving
volume 1 of the Lancaster
County Sketch plan and Lancas­ter
County Community Facili­ties
plan from the Lancaster
County Planning Commission.
A letter of appreciation was
approved to William M. Light
for donating and planting a
Flaming Red Ash tree in the
grass island plot at the inter­section
of South Spruce Street
and West Second Avenue.
A letter was approved to the
Warwick School District to ex­press
appreciation for work the
students did in connection with
Earth Day.
Council awarded a $3,257 con­tract
for 1971 police, car to Bru-..
baker Motors, Inc., 1520-60 Lit­itz
Pike, Lancaster.
Council also approved $450
purchase from Don Kranch
Radio, 306 New Holland Pike,
Lancaster, of a federal roof
mounting bar with twin warn­ing
lights, electronic siren and
roof-top public address system.
Council approved a 25 cent
per 1,000 cubic foot increase in
water rates and a 25 cent de­crease
in sewer rates.
The Moravian Manors prposal
to remove three unopened
streets from the Borough plan
was approved.
Pledges Beirtg Taken for the $20,000 Tosk Through Monday
Citizens Plan to Restore Fine 1787 Tannenberg Organ
By Pat Wilson
Special Feature Writer
Some of the finest organs
ever produced in America were
made right here in Lititz in the
latter part of the 18th century
by David Tannenberg.
Two of these organs were
made for the Lititz Moravian
Congregation. One, a small one,
is in use in the Chapel of the
Single Brethren’s House.
The other, a large 16-foot or-
Warwick Lions Horse Show Sunday
Lion John Kurtz, right, parking chairman, gives in­structions
to Mel Ravegum, Scoutmaster of Troop 27, Roths­ville.
Troop 27 will assist in parking cars and exhibitors vans
at the Horse Show.
The 14th annual Warwick
Twp. Lions Club Horse Show
starts off the local show circuit
for horse show devotees. Paul
Kurtz, club president, has an­nounced
the show will be held
at 11 a.m. Sunday, May 2 at
Forney’s Polo Field, Rothsville.
The proceeds from this year’s
show will be split evenly to
Leader Dog for the Blind’
school, and for a local long-range
planning of improving
the Lions grounds on Twin
Brook Road, in Rothsville, to be
more useful to the community.
Show chairman, Robert Dod­son,
Jr.,' of Lititz RD4, an­nounces
a total of 20 classes
with championships awarded in
green working hunter, junior
working hunter, working hunt­er,
and open jumper.
A total of $392 will be offer­ed
as prize money in the days
events. Mrs. H. C. Baldwin, III,
of Coatesville, will be our judge
for the day. Lee Karsnitz will be
announcing the events and win­ners
throughout the day. A
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gan, has been stored in the at­tic
since 1910.
Some local citizens have been
planning for the past 12 or 13
years to have this organ restor­ed
and put into use. Wayne Le-fever,
church organist, started
the campaign. Now, it is being
spearheaded by H. Sidney Long.
The group has learned that
restoration of the organ will
cost about $20,000. A drive is
underway to raise pledges to
this amount by Monday.
The Friends of the Organ, as
the group is called, held a din­ner
at Linden Hall April 12 to
get the drive underway. At that
event, attended by 40 persons,
17 pledges, totalling $5,000,
were made.
The Rev. John Morman, head­master
of Linden Hall, pointed
out that the committee is not
interested in receiving the
money at this point. They want
pledges for specific amounts to
be donated when restoration be­gins.
At the close of the drive Mon­day,
the Church Council will
meet to decide to whom to
award the restoration contract.
The Rev. Mr. Morman indi­cated
that two bona fide bids
have been submitted. A third
restorer wrote to express inter­est
but did not submit a bid.
It will take approximately
one year to restore the organ.
One of the problems, Rev. Mor­man
' pointed out, is that the
Church already has the smaller
Tannenberg organ.
However, the interested
Friends of the Organ feel that
the larger organ, which was
built in 1787, rightfully- be
longs here and should be avail­able
to the entire community.
It could be used for some­thing
like public concerts, Rev.
Morman explained, so that non-
Moravian residents of Lititz
would have the opportunity to
hear it.
The spearheading group has
been working hard on their
project for the past three
months and would like to en­list
100 Friends of the Organ
by next week.
Any amount is welcome. It
could be in the form of a me
morial, Rev. Morman added
He said there will be a com
memorative book near the or
gan which will list the donors
The pledges will be for res
toration of the organ this year
only. The committee would like
to get the job done as quickly as
possible so that the organ
doesn’t deteriorate further,
making restoration more diffi­cult.
Cost of restoring such a
large, delicate instrument has
skyrocketed in the past lev/
years, Rev. Morman said, be­cause
there are so few skilled
restorers available and their
number is rapidly diminishing.
Any person who is interested
in pledging any amount of
money to the restoration of the
Tannenberg organ' is asked to
contact Rev. Morman at Linden
Hall.
Besides Rev. Morman, Le-fever
and Long, other commit­tee
workers are Mrs. Richard S.
Allebach, Mrs. Willy de Perrott,
Byron K. Horne, Mrs. B. John
Losensky, Mrs. Robert S. Posey,
Mrs. Henry Walter Jr. and John
Yerger.
Others are Alfred L. Douple,
Mr. and Mrs. James Yerger,
Ben Forrest, Dr. Howard Min-nich,
Dr. Ross E. Long, Mrs.
George Searles, Mrs. H. William
Mitchell, Mr. and Mrs. Grant
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Rev. John Morman displays a few of about 850 metal
and wood pipes which will be fitted into the wind chest, in
foreground, when the 1787 Tannenberg organ is restored.