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w ithin Lancaster County 18 Pages No. 5
Community
Calendar
Thursday, May 6
12 noon to 9 p.m. — Rummage
Sale, sponsored by the Lit­itz
Woman’s Club, Odd Fel­lows
Hall.
6:30 p.m. — Lititz Lions Club
Meeting, General Sutter
Inn.
6:30 p.m. — Mother-Daughter
Banquet, Church of the
Brethren.
6:30 p.m. — Joint Lititz Service
Club Banquet, U.S. Senator
Richard Schweiker, speak­er,
Warwick High School.
7:30 p.m. — Mother’s Day Pro­gram,
Ladies Auxiliary to
the Lititz Fire Company,
Fire Hall.
Friday, May 7
9 a.m. to 1 p.m. — Rummage
Sale, sponsored by Lititz
Woman’s Club, Odd Fel­lows
Hall.
6:15 p.m. — Mother-Daughter
Banquet, Society of Farm
Women 1, Brunnerville
Fire Hall.
7 p.m. — Elizabeth Township
Supervisors Meeting, Brick-erville
Fire Hall.
7:30 p.m. — Warwick Township
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Mrs. Marg McKnight, Wyorhissing, Pa., happily accepts
a greeting peck from a long-time local admirer during her
birthday celebration last week at the Pretzel House.
It was her 105th birthday.
Greeting her is the well-known Lewis Sturgis, a spry 88-
year-old local tourist attraction. Sturgis, who has frequent­ly
been featured in leading national publications, teaches
tourists how to put the twist in the pretzel.
He first taught Mrs. McKnight the art seven years ago.
And she’s been coming back each year to celebrate' her
birthday.
Lititz Planning Commission Decides
To Leave Zoning Ordinance Unchanged
The Lititz Planning Commis­sion
has recommended, after
lengthy study, that the borough
zoning ordinance remain un­changed.
The planning Commission
had been considering major
changes in the zoning districts,
including possibly upgrading
some districts such as Forney
Development from R-l residen­tial
to R-S residential and low­ering
others such as Sutter Vil­lage
from R-l to a less re­strictive
R-2.
But the Planning Commis-"
sion reported at its meeting
Tuesday night that it will rec­ommend
to Borough CouncT!
that the zones remain unchang­ed.
G
eorge Steedle, borough man­ager,
explained Wednesday that
Planning Commission members
met on a recent Saturday in a
lengthy review of the present
ordinance and the proposed
changes, and decided that the
present ordinance is a good one
and is working.
Since the review was initiated
in part by a petition from a
group of Forney Development
area citizens to rezone the area
from R-l to R-S, the Planning
Commission decision not to act
in effect represents a denial of
the petition.
The citizen petition stemmed
largely from opposition to a
proposed development project
involving semi-detached pro­perties
in the area. The R-S dis­trict
recommended by the peti­tion
prohibits semi-detached
dwellings and apartments,
while the present R-l district
allows them.
The planning decision ap­parently
clears the way for
Reck-Towne Development Corp:
to submit * a development plan
to the borough for the area. It
was learned unofficially that
the firm will meet all borough
zoning requirements in its pro­posal,
including the 40-foot
minimum lot frontage required
in R-l districts.
Forney Development area
indicated, however, that their
deeds specify that any future
building in the area will be on
minimum 60-foot lots. This
“deed restriction” issue is not
an issue with borough officials,
however, since they can enforce
only the zoning ordinance, it
was reported.
The Planning Commission al­so
reported it will meet with the
three member Board of His­torical
Review on June 1 to re­view
the historical section of
the zoning ordinance. The re­view
will be made with a view
toward possible recommenda
tion to council of expending the
historic district to include the
first block of East Main Street
and to increase the board mem­bership.
In other action, the Lititz
Planning Commission followed
the recommendation of the
Lancaster County Planning
Commission in denying a re-
; quest byi Eaek-K* Foltz to su b­divide
his one-lot property at
127 W. Lemon St. into two lots.
Factors cited in the denial in­cluded:
one lot would be below
minimum size standards, both
lots are along the unopened
South Walnut Street and one
lot would have frontage only
on Maple Street.
The Commission told develop­er
Robert Balmer that the
borough does not need a 1.5
acre parcel of land across from
the new Locust Street park.
Balmer was advised to find
other uses for the land.
Besides proximity of the new
park, the borough indicated it
has a general policy of not ac­cepting
small lots.
School Board, W EA Sign Ground Rules Agreement
The Warwick School Board
and Warwick Education Asso­ciation
have approved an agree­ment
setting ground rules for
collective bargaining to deter­mine
1971-72 teacher wages and
benefits.
It was reported, however,
that actual negotiations still
cannot get underway until there
is a decision by the Pennsyl­vania
Labor Relations Board on
the status of department heads
in the negotiations. The WEA
contends it should represent de­partment
heads, while the
Board has held that department
heads are administrators and
should not be part of the bar­gaining
unit.
It was indicated that a deci­sion
from the Pennsylvania
Labor Relations Board still may
be several weeks away. Since
the school budget normally is
adopted in June and since the
negotiation procedure called
for under the public employee
relations act of 1970 could in­volve
several months, some
sources indicated an agreement
may not be reached by June.
The ground rules agreement
specifically states that “unless
otherwise agreed to between
the parties” the time sequence
of the 1970 Act will be used in
the negotiation.
The agreement also provides
that the WEA will submit all
proposals in writing “in sub­stantial
detail” at the first ne­gotiations
meeting. The Board
“in the same manner” will sub­mit
in writing all additional pro­posals
upon which it wishes to
negotiate no later than the
second negotiations meeting.
In commenting on the ne­gotiations
proceedings, the
agreement states, “The negotia­ting
teams shall meet at such
mutually agreed upon places
and times as may be necessary
for the purpose of effecting a
free interchange of positions,
opinions, proposals, and coun­ter-
proposals in an effort to
reach an agreement on the
terms of the collective bargain­ing
agreement. Both parties
agree to conduct such negotia­tions
in good faith and deal
openly and fairly with each
other in consideration of all
proposals. Meetings between
the parties’ negotiating teams
shall not exceed three hours,
except as may be mutually ex­tended,
and shall be held at a
time other than during the
regular school day.”
The party making a proposal
will give the other party 15
copies of the proposal.
The agreement calls for a
modification of the news black­out
which has been a part of the
negotiations for the past several
Correspondent Named
J^irs. Erla Sheaffer, Reinholds,
has assumed the position of cor­respondent
for the Record for
the Brickerville, Clay, Hopeland
and Mt. Airy areas.
Mrs. Sheaffer, the former Erla
Hornberger, previously resided
in the Rothsvilie-Millport vicin­ity.
She also lived in Lititz for
a time.
A homemaker, she had been
employed as a telephone op­erator
for 12 years. She worked
in Lancaster, Ephrata and spent
a year and a half in Hawaii.
She is the mother of four chil­dren,
Clair, Jeanne, Maebelle
and Billy.
Mrs. Sheaffer and her husband
are remodeling an old 50 by 40
foot two-story building in which
they are living. The building is
part of the Kingport Cigar Fac­tory.
In addition to the remod­eling
project, Mrs. Sheaffer col­lects
antiques and enjoys sew­ing.
years. The agreement states that
“a summary of negotiations for
the week shall be available for
release to the news media fol­lowing
the conclusion of nego­tiations
for that week. Such re­lease
shall be prepared as a
joint release by the chief nego­tiator
for each party.”
Juveniles Cited
For Major Fire
Two juvenile boys building a
small fire in their “fort” in a
stack of baled paper at Wood-stream
Corp. caused a $50,000
to $60,000 fire loss April 24, ac­cording
to local officials.
Police Chief George Hicks
said the Lititz youths are 14 and
16 years old and have been re­ferred
to Lancaster County Ju ­venile
authorities.
Police said the youths admit­ted
responsibility for the blaze
following a five day investiga­tion
involving both local au­thorities
and Woodstream offi­cials.
Chief Hicks said the boys had
their “fort” in the large bales of
paper and started a small fire,
which quickly got out of con­trol
when it was whipped by the
wind. The boys “took off” when
the fire got out of control.
Initial reports indicated that
the fire probably started from
sparks from a nearby company
burning pit.
Local firemen previously re­ported
that the fire had damag­ed
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
buildings. The hut and the ma­terial
stored inside were also
reported damaged.
The negotiation proceedings,
however, “shall not” be releas­ed
during the period of the
negotiations and prior to reach-,
ing full agreement tor submis­sion
to the Association and the
Board for approval.
The expense of consultants
to assist in preparing for nego­tiations
and advise on them
shall be borne by the party re-,
questing the assistance. ‘
When “full tentative agree­ment
is reached on the terms
of a collective bargaining agree­ment,
the same shall be reduc­ed
to writing as a Master Agree­ment
and submitted to the As­sociation
and then to the Board
for approval.”
The agreement calls for ef­fectiveness
through December
31, 1971, with automatic renew­al
unless either party gives writ,
ten notice on or before Novem­ber
1 of any succeeding year of
a desire to modify.
Fire Company
Makes Appeal
The Lititz Fire Company is
making its annual appeal for
financial suppqrt thro,ughout
the community and country
routes. The fund raising drive
began May 1 and will continue
through June 5.
During the past year, the Fire
Company has answered 53 calls,
31 in the borough and 22 out of
town. Total damage was $191,-
885, while endangered property
had a value of $3,401,140.
The Lititz Fire Company is a
volunteer organization and
therefore is dependent, for the
most part, on contributions ob­tained
in this manner. Last
year’s contributions totaled $6,*
830.23.
Lititz Zoning Board Grants 5 Appeals, Rejects One
^The Lititz' Zoning" anil bearing ’
Board granted five appeals and
denied a sixth at its monthly
hearing in Council chambers
Slonday night.
A hearing involving the pro­posed
erection of a fire station
at 149 S. Broad St. was removed
from the agenda prior to the
hearing at the request of the
Lititz Fire Company. That hear­ing
has been rescheduled for the
June 7 meeting.
Several residents were present
to speak on the fire company
proposal. It was indicated that
the proposal has both support
and opposition from area citi­zens.
’’’ Zoning tToârtf offÎBals empha­sized
that the board has final say
in whether or not a special ex­ception
should be granted to the
fire company to build on the site.
It was previously reported that
borough council would have the
final say. The only appeal from
a zoning board decision is to the
County Court, it was noted.
Six Appeals Heard
Most of the discussion at the
Monday night meeting, which
lasted more than three hours,
involved two appeals.
One was the appeal of Nevin
F. Amand, 1602 Lambeth Road,
Lancaster, who asked to estab­lish
a motor vehicle repair and
1 sales facility tyj3c;’v(are-‘'
housing business on the J. Roll-man
& Son, Inc. trucking and re­pair
property at 217 S. Broad St.
rear in an R-2 residential dis­trict.
This request was denied
by a two to one vote, with Zon­ing
Board member Leon de-
Fernelmone in favor and Robert
Derek leading the opposition
with Devoe Bear, board chair­man,
backing Derek.
The other proposal receiving
lengthy discussion was a request
by Fred S. Augustine to rent,
with an option to purchase, to
Rehm Roofing & Spouting the
property at 400 N. Cedar St. for
the operation of a roofing and
spouting warehouse, steeplejack
warehouse, waterproofing ma­terial
warehouse, and a sheet
metal fabrication workshop in an
He a ftu1S8hcs*'and it can be all
right.” he said.
Zoning Board member Derek
emphasized that it was his feel­ing
that residents op South Cedar
Street would be most affected by
the auto facility and that most of
these opposed it., Derek at first
proposed placing several re­strictions
on use of the property
such as: hours between 7:30 a.m.
and 5:30 p.m. only, no storage of
waste oil, tires, and wrecked
cars outside the buildings, and
no Sales facility.
But then Derek moved to deny
the proposal and it was seconded
by Devoe,
Elmer Bomberger, 217 S.
Broad St., objected that Amand
had agreed to so along with a
l.
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The History of a Well Known Local Institution
Moravian Home Sets Open House to Mark 63rd Anniversary
An open house will be held
in honor of the 63rd anniversary
of the Moravian Home of Lit­itz
for Aged Women Monday, at
the home, beginning at 6:30
p.m.
The Board of Managers of the
Moravian Home will sponsor
this event, open to all members
of the Moravian Home Associa­tion
and to other interested per­sons.
Sugar cake and coffee will
be served at the Home in
Church Square.
Members of the Board of
Managers and other local citi­zens
have expressed interest in
the home since the new Mora­vian
Manor is being built, and
have requested some historical
information of the home.
Based on Early Custom
It was the custom of the
early Moravian churches to pro­vide
a hoifte for widows and
aged maiden ladies of their con­gregations.
In Lititz, this was provided by
the Sisters’ House, which was
located in what is now known as
“The Castle” at Linden Hall
Seminary.
Eventually the custom of pro­viding
homes for aged ladies
was discontinued by most Mora­vian
Churches, Bethlehem be­ing
the only one which has con­tinuously
maintained such a
home.
When the local home was dis­continued,
many concerned wo­men
felt that this system should
never have been abolished. At
intervals, they tried to arouse
interest in providing such a
home, but without much suc-eess.
Association Formed
Finally, in 1896, a group of
Miss Anna Herneisy, 94, is
the oldest guest at the Mora­vian
Home.
13 Moravian women met in the
Sunday School chapel to discuss
the possibility of forming an
association for the purpose of
procuring such a home.
A constitution was drawn up
and a charter applied for. The
charter was received and re­corded
at the Lancaster Coun­ty
courthouse in 1905.
Letters explaining the projec'
were sent to the ministers of all
the Moravian Churches in the
Second District, asking for sup­port
for the home.
In ordr to raise funds for the
building, dues were received
from all Association members.
Bequests were also solicited
from interested friends in the - -
area.
The very first bequest, in the
amount of $100, was made by
Miss Julianna Schoenlein, Who
was the last resident in the old
Sisters’ House. Other gifts,
large and small, were sent to
the Association until the sum
of $4,500 was obtained.
Former Lyceum Donated
With the assurance of enough
funds to start building, in those
pre-inflation days, the Board of
Managers approached the trus­tees
of the Moravian Church
and asked them to sell or don­ate
to the Association the near­by
old building known as “The
Lyceum,” which stood on the
site of the present home.
The Lyceum had been used
for a number of purposes, one
of which was as the home of
the John Beck School for Boys,
a very weil-known and highly
respected school.- For several
years, however, the building
had been little used and was in
a poor state of repair.
After months of deliberation,
the church trustees finally
agreed to donate the building
and land to the Association. The
donation took place on July 2,
1907.
It was decided the old build­ing
should be razed and plans
for a fiew one formulated. W.
H. Erisman, Lancaster archi­tect,
was engaged to draw ujS
the plans.
Home Built, Financed
The work of removal was be­gun
on Nov. 11, 1907. The corn­erstone
of the new building was
lajd on Palm Sunday, April 12,
1908, in an impressive service.
The home was ready for oc-cupany
on Sept. 1, 1908. Mrs.
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Mrs. Helen Long, Moravian Home cook, serves coffee
to Mrs. Blanche Mills, a new guest who just arrived at the
Home Friday.
R-l residential district. This
proposal was adopted by a two
to one vote with Bear and Derek
supporting it and deFernelmont
opposed.
Four other requests were
adopted unanimously after some
discussion. They were:
—Mrs. John D. Dawber, a spe­cial
exception to operate a Dog
Grooming Salon in her home at
112 Leaman St. in an R-2 residen­tial
district.
—James H. Fink, a special ex­ception
to establish an offset
printing business in his home at
23 W. Orange St.
—Charles B. Landes, a vari­ance
to erect a one story garage
to within 18 inches of the north
property line at the alley at his
home at 138 S. Broad St.
—Harold G. McKinney, a spe­cial
exception to cstabish a
photographic studio in his dwel­ling
at 403 W. Marion St. in an
R-l district.
Auto Shop Rejected
In outlining his proposal for
an auto repair and sales facility
at 217 S, Broad St., Amend said
the facility would be primarily
for auto repair, with a few cars
on display for sale. He repeated­ly
emphasized that he and his
two brothers would keep the
property in good condition and
encourage a responsible clien­tele.
Amand, who has operated a
service station near the Holiday
Inn on Route 501 in Lancaster,
said he would paint the building
and improve the property
Citizens who objected particu­larly
singled out what they said
is present poor conditions of the
property and indicated that the
some situation might exist if the
auto shop were allowed.
Walter Steely, 258 S. Cedar
St., noted that the lot is a long
one and could hold about 150
cars. But at the same time
Steely said if the property is
handled properly the auto faci­lity
could be acceptable. “It can
John A. Buzzard
Chocolate Firm
Names President
The board of directors of Wil­bur
Chocolate Co., Inc., Lititz,
has announced the ^election of
John A. Buzzard as president.
Buzzard succeeds Warren L.
Newcomer who has retired af­ter
more than 37 years with
Wilbur.
Buzzard, who is 49 years old,
has been active in the food and
confection industries in various
management capacities since
1953, most recently as presi­dent
of Inmont Confections.
Wilbur Chocolate has specia­lized
since 1884 in the manu­facture
of chocolate coatings,
baking chocolate, ice cream
flavors, cocoa powder and “Wil­bur
Buds” for the food and
confection industry. Wilbur is
a subsidiary of MacAndrews &
Forbes Company, Philadelphia.