Lititz Record Express

              The Lititz Record - Express
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<C o n s o lid a te d w i th T h e X iititz R e c o rd , 1937) Lititz, Lancaster County, Penna., Thursday, May 20,1971 10 o e n ta a C o p y ; 04.00 p e r y e a r b y m a l l i c p o . « «
w i t h i n L a n c a s t e r C o u n ty B 3 No. 7
Community
Calendar
Thursday, May 20
6 p.m.—FHA Mother-Daughter
Banquet, Warwick High
School Cafeteria.
6:30 p.m.—Lititz Lions Club,
General Sutter Inn.
7 to 8 p.m.—Open House, War­wick
Religious Education
School, respective churches.
7:30 p.m.—Environmental Qual­ity
Control Advisory Com­mittee
meeting, Boro Hall.
8 p.m.—Senior Citizens Meeting,
Rec. Center.
8 p.m.—Card Party, sponsored
by American Legion Auxili­ary,
Post Home.
Friday, May 21
8 a.m. to 5 p.m.—Rummage Sale,
Lancaster Court 70, Order
Amaranth, Odd Fellows Hall.
Kids Fish Day
Set On Sunday
Sunday afternoon begin­ning
at 1:00 p.m., all junior
anglers 12 years and under
will get a chance to hook a
big one when the Lititz
Sportsmen present their an­nual
fish day in the Lititz
Springs Park.
The Sportsmen will stock
the stream with some 300
prize fish for the youngsters
to try and secure with line
and rod. The club officials
promise the fish will be lean
and hungry.
Junior anglers who man­age
to catch one of the tagged
fish in the stream will re­ceive
prizes if the tags are
turned in to the officers
present.
Yeager, Groff, Owens and York Nominated
• Robert E. Gregory, Warwick
School Board secretary, was de­feated
Tuesday in the four man
race for three Republican nomi­nations
to the Warwick School
Board.
In the only other contest, party
endorsed candidate William C.
York beat out the challenger
Donald L. Krushinski for the Re­publican
nomination for the seat
on borough council from the
Third Ward.
There were no contests for
other posts, including borough
council and township super­visors,
in the local area. All local
candidates were Republican.
Nominees Tuesday will run in
the general election in Novem­ber.
Official results confirmed
Wednesday by the Lancaster
County election board showed
Gregory, Lititz RD1, lost by only
11 votes to William Q. Owens,
218 Swarthmore Drive, Lititz, a
newcomer to the board.
Winning school board posts
along with Owens were: Ray­mond
C Groff, Rothsville, who
has previously served on the
board for 18 years, and Dr. Roy
K. Yeager, 304 S. Broad St.,
Lititz, also a1 newcomer to the
board.
Final figures showed Dr. Yea­ger
won easily with 748 votes
followed by Groff’s 639 and
Owens had 580. Gregory’s total
was 569.
Dr. Yeager carried the three
Wards in Lititz Borough by rela-
Welcome Wagon Holds Election Meeting
Saturday, May 22
8 a.m.—Horse Show, Linden
Hall Campus.
10 a.m. to 8 p.m.—Jaycees Street
Fair, West Main Street.
8 to 11 p.m.—Dance at Recrea­tion
Center.
Monday, May 24
7 p.m.—TOPS meeting, Rec Cen­ter.
7 p.m.—Sertoma Club, Warwick
Haus.
7:30 p.m.—IOOF meeting, Lodge
Hall.
Tuesday, May 25
6 p.m.—Rotary Club, General
Sutter Inn.
6:30 p.m.—Warwick Lions Club,
Chimney Corner Restaurant.
7:30 p.m—Borough Council
meeting, Borough Hall.
Wednesday, May 26
6.30 p.m.—Music Honors Ban­quet,
High School cafeteria.
8 p.m.—Lititz Fire company
meeting, Fire Hall
Thursday, May 27
7:30 p.m.—Warwick Township
Planning Commission Muni-sipal
Building.
8:30 p.m. — Jaycees meeting,
American Legion Home.
Officers for the 1971-72 club
year were elected at Tuesday
evening’s meeting of the Lititz
Welcome Wagon Club at the
Recreation Center.
They are Mrs. R. Zane Wilson,
president; Mrs. Russell Mellihg-er,
first vice preisdent; Mrs.
David Kammerer, second vice
president; Mrs. Jerry Michaels,
recording secretary; Mrs. Steven
Ylasak, corresponding secretary;
Mrs. Irel Buckwalter, civic chairman of the Lititz
Welcome Wagon Club, presents a check in the amount of
$353.50 to Jerry Kiralfy, director of the Lititz Recreation
Center. The funds were obtained from the club’s recent
dessert-card party.
Graduation Ceremonies
At Hi£
The fifteenth annual Com­mencement
at Warwick High
School will be held at 7 p.m. on
Tuesday, June 8 on the High
School athletic field, weather
permitting. Baccalaureate ser­vices
will be held on Sunday,
June 6th at 7:00 p.m. in the
Jenny Kissinger
School
High School auditorium. There
are 217 members in the senior
class. The following four stu­dents
are the speakers for Com­mencement:
Sandra Bollinger,
Jenny Kissinger, Michelle Le-fever,
and Gerald Martin.
Sandy is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Mark Bollinger, RD1,
Lititz. She is a member of the
National Honor Society and the
Typing Staff for the Yearbook.
She attends the Middle Creek
Church of the Brethren. Sandy
plans to work at the Armstrong
Cork Company in Lancaster fol­lowing
graduation.
Jenny is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Kissinger, 115
E. Marion Street, Lititz. During
her junior year, she was an
A.F.S. foreign exchange stu­dent
to Brazil. Jenny is a mem­ber
of the Student Council, or­chestra,
and the National Honor
Society. She was vice-president
of the class during her sopho­more
and junior years. She is a
former member of the Lancas­ter
County Jr. Symphony Or­chestra
and the Woodridge
Swim Team. Jenny attends St.
Paul’s Lutheran in Lititz. She
plans to attend the University
of Pennsylvania majoring in
foreign languages and interna­tional
relations.
Michelle is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Lefever, 323
Laurel Avenue, Lititz. She has
been a member of the tennis
team and the Teepee Topics
Feature Staff. Michelle is pre­sently
a member of the Typing
staff of the Yearbook and a
member of the National Honor
Society. She attends St. Paul’s
Lutheran Church in Lititz.
Michelle plans to work at the
Armstrong Cork Company in
Lancaster following graduation.
Gerald is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Amos Martin, 934 Pine Hill
Road, Lititz. Gerald is a mem­ber
of the National Honor So-
June 8
Gerald Martin
ciety, Warwick Chapter and
Lancaster Co. vice-president of
the F.F.A., and a past winner
of several county, regional and
state public speaking contests.
He attends the East Chestnut
Street Mennonite Church in
Lancaster. Gerald plans to at­tend
the Pennsylvania State
University majoring in agricul­ture.
Mrs. Allen Eshleman, treasurer,
and Mrs. Clarence Rulbell, his­torian.
They will be installed at a
banquet June 8 at Meadow Hills
Dining House, Lancaster.
A check for $353.50 was pre­sented
to Jerry Kiralfy, Rec
Center director, by Mrs. Irei
Buckwalter, civic chairman. The
funds, representing proceeds
from the club’s card party in
March, will be used for the teen
lounge at the Rec Center.
The club is also donating a
black light to the teen coffee
house, The Bridge, two tether-balls
to Lititz Springs Pool,
funds to the Lititz Public
Library, a flowering tree to the
new Warwick Middle School and
funds to the Andy Palkovic fund
to help purchase a kidney dialy­sis
machine. Mrs. Robert Tail-man
is service chairman in
charge of these projects.
Mrs. William Risheli, club
president, announced the club
received two awards at the
recent convention held in York.
The sponsors board, created by
Mrs. Richard Busch, won second
prize and the yearbook, prepared
by Mrs. Gary Willier, won third
prize.
Mrs. Risheli and Mrs. Tallman
will attend the Naturalization
Day luncheon Friday at the Host
Town Motel.
Interest group meetings were
announced by Mrs. Mellinger,
social chairman. The pinochle
group will meet June 3 at 7:45
p.m. at the home of Mrs. Ken­neth
Evans. Mrs. Charles Ditmer
is chairman.
“An Empty Spoon” by Sunny
Decker will be discussed by the
book review group May 27 at 8
p.m. at the home of Mrs.’ Step­hen
France. Mrs. William Matz is
chairman and Mrs. Paul Collins
is co-chairman.
’ Mrs. Paul Darlington will be
hostess to the bridge group May
26 at 8 p.m. Mrs. Louis Dutka
is chairman.
Creative embroidery and arts
and crafts groups will not meet
during the summer.
The program, introduced by
Mrs. Ronald Good, featured the
Senior Citizens Kitchen Aires
and Kitchen Band under the di­rection
of Mrs James Harnish.
Refreshments were served by
Mrs. Eshleman, chairman, Mrs.
Tallman, Mrs. James McGar-rigle,
Mrs. Daryl Garber, Mrs.
Rutbeil and Mrs. Preston Leavitt.
Welcome Wagon hostess is
Mrs. Arthur Myers, 361 N.
Broad St. Anyone knowing of a
newcomer to Lititz is asked to
contact the hostesses.
Swimming Pool
Opens May 29
The Lititz Swimming Pool
will open for the first time this
season at 1 p.m. Saturday, May
29, according to Larry Van
Brookhoven, pool manager.
There will be free admission on
opening day only.
The pool will also be open
two additional days during the
Memorial Day weekend,' begin­ning
at 1 p.m. May 30 and 12:30
p.m. May 31.
The pool will also be open the
following weekend, beginning
at 12:30 p.m. June 5 and 1 p.m.
June 6.
The facility opens for the sea­son
at 2 p.m. June 11. The regu­lar
schedule will be posted.
A single season membership
is $18.75 and family is $37.50.
Tickets can be obtained on any
week day at the borough of­fice,
7 S. Broad St., or at the
pool.
Membership i s ’open to any
family living in the Warwick
School District.
tively large margins, while Groff
had the largest vote in the two
Warwick Township districts.
In edging out Gregory, Owens
showed a 33 vote margin in the
Borough’s First Ward and added
28 votes in the Third Ward.
Gregory gained back most of the
.deficit, in the two Warwick Town­ship
Districts, but carried his
own Elizabeth Township by only
six votes. 40 to 34, in losing.
In the Lititz borough council
races, York, 117 W. Third Ave.,
had 134 votes to 102 for Krush­inski,
43 E. Second Ave.
Elsewhere, Edward G. Reese,
649 E. Main St., was reelected
Richard L. Mearig, 128 E. Lin­coln
Ave., was reeleceted as Re­publican
candidate for the Sec­ond
Ward with 104 votes.
I. Luther Ober, incumbent
Elizabeth Township Supervisor,
was renominated with 54 votes.
C. William Dussinger, West
Wood Drive, Lititz • RD3, was
nominated for the first time for
the post of Warwick Township
Supervisor with a total of 301
votes from two township dis­tricts.
Willis B. Huber, Manheim
RD3, incumbent Penn Township
Supervisor for more than 18
years, was renominaed with a
nominated on the Constitutional
Party ticket with 25 votes. He
will oppose Huber in the general
election in November. Election
rules require a minimum of 10
votes for write-in nominations.
The vote totals show that turn­out
averaged about 20 per cent
of eligible voters throughout the
Warwick School District.
This ranged from a low of just
over 15 per cent in Elizabeth
Township to a high of about 31
per cent in the Borough’s Third
Ward. Hhe vote was about 21
per cent in the First Ward, 18
per cent inthe Second Ward, and
about 19 per cent in Warwick
Township.
to the First Ward Council post
with a total cf 144 votes.
Fluoridation of the borough
water system, moire space for the
police department, rezoning of
the Forney Development from •
E.-l to a more restrictive R-S and
increases in water and sewer con­nection
fees are among topics
scheduled for consideration by
borough council at its Tuesday
bight meeting.
Possibility of Fluoridation
will be included in a discussion
by Wilson Smith, an engineer
of Huth Engineers, Inc., Lan­caster,
which involves other im­provements
to the borough water
system. Filters and electro­mechanical
valves will also be
discussed.
The proposal for more space
for police involves the area now
occupied by the Fire Company
as a recreation room. Firemen
currently are considering con­struction
of a new fire house.
Council will receive a request
to rezone the Forney Develop­ment
from R-l to a more re­strictive
R-S. A public hearing
is expected to be set June 29.
Borough Manager George
Steedle will ask council for
some increases in fees for water
and sewer lateral connections.
In other action, council is also
slated to consider the following
items:
Benjamin Forrest will submit
his resignation as Civil Defense
Director.
The operation of vending
machines throughout the
borough will be discussed.
Council will discuss some type
of regulation to control storage
of industrial materials.
Council will discuss request­ing
state highway safety funds
to purchase portable radio
equipment and office recording
equipment for the police depart­ment.
An application for Project 70
for acquisition of land along the
Lititz Springs Creek will be dis­cussed.
The annual Art Show slated
for July 31 will be discussed. A
rain date has been set for August
7.
Council will review a subdivi­sion
plan from Earl K. Foltz to
total of 197 votes. A write-in can­didate,
John R. Easterbrook, was
subdivide a lot at 127 N. Lemon
Street into two lots.
Council will discuss an aband­oned
auto ordinance that would
prohibit storing an unlicensed
auto on private property.
Council will he asked to
finance the replacement of the
fountain lights at the square.
The original lights installed 20
years ago are still being used.
Spare parts are no longer avail­able
to service them, Steedle
said.
The Warwick School Board
Tuesday night hired seven new
teachers including:
Marcia Ann Bell, Suitland,
Md., a 1968 graduate of Indiana
University of Pennsylvania, to
teach English at the Middle
School, salary $7,500.
Mrs. Beth R. Ludwig, Lancas­ter,
a 1969 graduate of Susque­hanna
University, Selinsgrove,
to teach English at the Senior
High School, $6,600.
Patricia A. Thumma, Millers-ville,
a 1971 graduate of Millers-ville
State College, to , teach
special education at the Middle
School, $6,500.
Deann L. Cochran, Butler,
Pa., a 1971 graduate of Indiana
University of Pennsylvania, to
teach German and English in
thè Senior High School, $6,300.
Wanda R. Gehret, Ephrata
RD3, a 1971 graduate of Whea­ton
College, Wheaton, Illinois,
to teach English in the Senior
High School, $6,300.
Mrs. Anita W. Lipkowski, Lit­itz,
a 1968 graduate of Clarion
State College, Clarion, Pa., to
teach at the Lititz Elementary
School, $7,200.
Mrs. Mary C. Swisher, Colum­bia,
a graduate of Episcopal
Hospital, Philadelphia, and Mili-ersville
State College, school
nurse at the Elementary School,
$6,300.
William C. York
Resignations were accepted
from the following teachers ef­fective
June 30, 1971:
Judith M. Miller and Mary
Ann Shirk, Lititz Elementary;
Edward H. Rand, Junior High
School; Rodger Bearde and
Dan Little, Senior High School;
Robert Sensenig, previously
granted unpaid leave of absence
for one year.
Request for maternity leave
of absence was granted to Mrs.
Alice K. Oskam, Lititz Elemen­tary,
and Mrs. Ann W. Hoover,
Senior High School.
David Fisher, Lititz RD3, was
elected as a custodian at a
salary of $4,400 for 12 months
employment.
Elected secretary of the Lit­itz
Elementary school is Mrs.
Linda K. Kissinger, Lititz RD2,
$4,400. Miss Kathleen Petti-coffer
will be reassigned from
the Lititz Elementary School to
the Middle School.
In other business the board:
—Approved the budget of the
Vocational - Technical School
Joint Board.
1 —Reelected John Evans treas­urer
for one year.
—Designated as depository
for the 1971-72 year the Farm­ers
National Bank.
—Selected as auditor for the
1970-71 audit the firm of Wil­bur
B. Miller.
Council Agenda Announced
School Board Employs
Seven New Teachers
Two Seniors Awarded Scholarships
Two Warwick High School
seniors were among eight Lan­caster
County high school stu­dents
to receive $400 agriculture
and home economics scholar­ships
Tuesday night.
The Farm and Home Founda­tion
of Lancaster County award­ed
the scholarships to Gerald
Lee Martin, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Amos Z. Martin, 934 Pine Hill
Road, Lititz, and Leon J. Ress-ler,
son of- Mr. and Mrs. John
E. Ressier, Lititz RD1.
Both Martin and Ressier plan
to attend Pennsylvania State
University. The scholarships
may be used to help pay the cost
of tuition, fees, and room and
board during the students’ first
year of college.
The scholarships stem from
the eanrings of an irrevocable
trust fund established by the
late Elmer L. Esbenshade, one
of the founders of the Farm and
Home Center, Lancaster.
—Approved a retainer of
$900 annually to the solicitor,
Roger S. Reist.
—Reached agreement with
SPEEDIER Project staff cover­ing
research, consulting and
professional services for educa­tional
program and staff de­velopment
during the 1971-72
school year at a cost of $5,600.
The board accepted an Ameri­can
flag for the new Middle
School from the Garden Spot
Post Number 56, American Le­gion,
Lititz. .
Also, accepted 'was a shade
tree and plaque from the Lititz
Welcome Wagon for the Middle
School.