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(C o n s o lid a te d w ith T h e U ititz R e co rd , 1937) Lititz, Lancaster County, Penna., Thursday, July 15, 1971 10 c e n ts a Copy; $4.00 pe r y e a r b y m a ll 14 Poo-r»« __ N n tfi
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Discussing plans for the Breakfast-Card Party being
sponsored by the Lititz Woman's Club are: left to right,
Mrs. William Scatchard. seated, Mrs. Roy Wagner, stand­ing
and Mrs. Robert R. Lowther. Mrs. Scatchard and Mrs.
Lowther are co-chairmen of the Ways and Means Commit­tee.
The party will be held in the Linden Hall dining room at
9 a.m. July 23.
Lititz Woman's Club Schedules
Breakfast-Card Party For July 23
School Board, Teachers Request Mediation
The Ways and Means Commit­tee
of the Lititz Woman's Club
will sponsor the dub's annual
Breakfast Card Party in the din­ing
hall at Linden Hall beginning
at 9 a.m. on Friday, July 23.
The event is open to the public
and tickets will be available at
the door at $1.50 each However,
persons wishing to make advance
reservations may do so by calling
Mrs. Robert Lowther, 626-4904
or Mrs. William Scatchard, 628-
5791, co-chairwomen of the com­mittee.
Those who plan to play cards
are requested to organize their
own tables and bring their own
cards. Table prizes will be
awarded.
The breakfast will consist of
fresh fruit cup, Moravian sugar
cake, tea and coffee.
Community
Calendar
Thursday, July 15
5 p.m. — Senior Citizens Picnic-in
Lititz Springs Park.
6:30 p.m. — Lititz Lions Club,
General Sutter Inn.
Saturday, July 17
11 a.m. — Chicken Barbccue-
Bake Sale, Brickerville
Fire Hall.
3 to 10 p.m. — Ruhl’r, UM
Church Sunday School Pic­nic,
in picnic grove located
a half mile east of Flsion-ville.
6 p.m. — Community Chicken
Fry, Woodridge Swim Club.
Sunday, July 18
2:30 p.m. — Polo Game, Rodis-ville
Polo Field.
7 p.m. — Community Service.
Lititz Springs Park.
Monday, July 19
7 p.m. — Sertoma Club. War­wick
Haus.
7 p.m. — TOPS meeting, Rec
Center.
7:30 p.m. — IOOF meeting;.
Lodge Hall.
7:30 p.m. — Lititz Spoilsmen's
Club meeting. Fish War­den’s
Home Speedwell
Lake.
8 p.m. — VFW Poet 1463 Auxi­liary
meeting, Post Home.
Tuesday, July 20
6 p.m. — Rotary Club, General
Sutter Inn.
6:30 p.m. — Rebekah Lodge 4,35
covered dish supper, home
of Mrs. Kathryn Sipe. Li 1 -
itz RD4.
8 p.m. — School Board meet­ing,
Warwick High School.
8 p.m. Park Trustee meeting,
Wilbur Chocolate Co. of­fice.
Wednesday, July 21
6:30 pan. — Ambucs meeiing,
American Legion Home.
Thursday, July 22
7 p.m. — Baron Stiegel Lions
'Club, Polly’s Rest an rant
ed up for the Middle School
course that will be conducted
from July 19 through August 6.
The three credit course, being
offered by Millersvilie Siate
College will be conducted at
Warwick High School. Professor
Jospeh Rojahn and a group of
lecturers will present various
aspects of the Middle School ope­ration.
The title of the course
Parking will be available in the
Linden Hall parking lot across
from Hen and Dave’s Bike and
Glass .shop.
Other committee members as­sisting
with the event include
Mrs. Lester Balmer, Mrs. Paul
Balnier, Mrs. M. C. Demmy, Miss
Anna Mary Franck, Mrs. Lloyd
Haag, .Mrs. William Light, Mrs.
Abram Mease, and Mrs. Barton
Sharp. Also, Mrs. Eugene SLeff.y,
Mrs. Harold Swisher, Mrs. Roy
Wagner, Mrs. T. D. Walker, Mrs.
Thomas Williams, Mrs. David
Wright, and Mrs. William York.
The Lititz Zoning Hearing-
Board has reversed its former
decision and has approved a re­quest
of a Lancaster man to
operate an auto repair, sales
and warehousing establishment
on the former J. Rollman & Sons
property at 217 S. Broad St.
(Rear).
The approval to Nevin F.
Amand, 1602 Lambeth Road,
Lancaster, was given in a two to
one vote Monday night. The pro­posal
had been rejected two to
one at the board’s hearing in
May.
In granting approval, Robert
Derek, who previously voted
against, joined Leon deFernel-mont,
who voted in favor at both
meetings. Devoe Bear, board
chairman, was opposed both
The Lititz Zoning Hearing
Beard unanimously rejected
the request of the Lititz Fire
Company to allow construction
of a new fire station at 149 S.
Broad St.
Storm drainage problems and
interference with adjacent resi­dential
property owners were
Traffic Arrests Listed
The Lititz Police Department
has listed the following motor
violations: July 9. Philip B.
Musser. Lititz RD4, speeding:
Thomas J. Kaag. 401 W. Marion
St., Lititz, too fast for condi­tions.
July 10, Larry L. Shirk,
Elizabethtown RD1, traffic
light.
Parking Meters
Chief of Police George Hicks
reminds everyone that the park­ing
meters no longer take pen­nies.
Nickels and dimes are the
correct coins to use in the
meters.
is "The Middle School Its Role
and Function in Warwick.
The course was developed by
Millersvilie to give the Warwick
faculty the opportunity for an
: 0-depth exposure to the philo-osphy
of the Middle School as it
will function at Warwick.
Particular emphasis will be
given to the team-teaching con­cept,
non-grading, individualized
instruction and methods of re­porting
the pupils, progress to
the parents,
The Warwick School Board
and Warwick Education Asso
ciation (WEA) have been un­able
to reach final agreement
in the allowed 21-day period in
the 1971-72 teacher wage-bene­fit
negotiations and a state
mediator has been asked to as­sist.
The mediator is Edward Sav-ko,
Camp Hill. Savko was ap­pointed
by the Pennsylvania
Mediation Bureau, a division of
the Pennsylvania Department
of Labor and Industries, under
provisions of Act 195, the Pub­lic
Employe Negotiation Act.
Under Section 802 of ’he Act,
the parties have 20 days after
mediation begins to reach
agreement. If agreement is not
reached, the mediation period
can be extended by mutual
agreement, or the issues can be
submitted to a non-binding fact­finding
panel.
By joint news release of the
board and WEA, it was noted
that negotiations have been un­derway
since May 20 and that
10 negotiating sessions have
been held. While accord was
reached on some items, about
20 issues are still unresolved,
according to the release.
Unofficially, it was learned
that the major differences cen­ter
around wages, with the
WEA asking for higher wages
than the board is offering. The
WEA is also reportedly asking
for benefits and concessions
which the board representatives
apparently feel should not be
part of the negotiations or
should not be met.
The joint statement lists
“salaries and payment for non­contractual
duties” as the
“main areas of disagreement.”
The non contractual items refer
to extra curricular or extra
pay functions such as coach­ing.
it was indicated.
The board is contending
these after-school duties are not
had appealed to the County-
Court.
In approving Amand’s request,
however, the board specified
several restrictions on use of the
property and Amand agreed to
abide by them. The restrictions
include: junk vehicles must be
stored inside: discarded tires and
other debris removed weekly;
wrecked cars stored and repair­ed
inside; lighting directed away
from neighboring properties; not
more than five saleable autos on
the lot at one time and located at
least 60 feet from the Cedar
Street curb; repairs on tractor-trailors
and heavy construction
equipment inside; no sale of gas­oline
to the public; outside stor­age
of boats, trailers, etc., pro­hibited
outside; noise-creating
work to be done inside, and
among key points cited Monday
night in the refusal.
The fire company was seek­ing
a special exception to allow
construction of 40 by 125 foot
station on a 58 by 200 foot lot
in an R-2 residential area.
Several citizens spoke in op­position
to use of the site for a
fire station. Petitions also were
presented in opposition.
Robert Derek, zoning board
member, emphasized there
would be a several foot drop in
elevation from the fire station
to adjacent properties, indica­ting
a retaining wall on each
side. Derek indicated this would
be undesirable for neighboring
property owners.
Derek also emphasized that
no matter what solution to the
storm run-off was attempted it
would be inadequate because of
storm problems in the imme­diate
vicinity and beyond.
Faculty members taking the
course are: Mrs. Gloria Ander­son,
Mrs. Susan Anderson, Mrs.
Leslie Anton, Mrs. Anna Bissell,
David Cochran, Diane DeRemer,
Roy DeRimer, Vesta Glessner,
David Hilbert. Miss Ruth Hol-linger,
Mrs. Patricia Imes.
Edward Kurek, Mrs. Faye
Meier, Mrs. Gayle Miller, Mrs.
Lena Mitchell, Albert Roehm,
Mrs. Miriam Salmon, Henry
Steiner, Mrs. Margaret Steiner,
James Madgey and Hazel Moore.
within the scope of the nego­tiations,
while the WEA is con­tending
they are negotiable, it
was reported.
The joint statement also
notes, “In addition to the above,
the other major disagreements
exist concerning the definition
of a grievance and the main­tenance
of existing practices.”
The Pennsylvania Labor Re­lations
Board has upheld the
Warwick School Board conten­tion
that eight department
heads are not part of the War­wick
Education Association bar­gaining
unit.
The department head issue
held up bargaining on the 1971-
72 teacher-board contract for
many months.
The issue was originally ap­pealed
to the Labor Relations
Board in December and a hear­ing
was held March 8.
In early May, the board and
WEA mutually agreed to begin
negotiations — already several
months behind schedule — on
May 20, with or without the
Labor Relations Board deci­sion.
Negotiations did begin on
May 20 without the department
heads being included in the bar­gaining
unit. School officials
said Labor Relations Board de-cisons
in similar issues across
the state indicated a probable
ruling against the WEA.
On June 17, the Labor Rela­tions
Board did rule that the
eight department heads were
not eligible for the bargain­ing
unit.
Officials explained this week
working hours for repair limited
to 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
In agreeing to the restrictions,
Amand emphasized that “if you
do repair work inside in a rea­sonable
manner, you don’t «dis­turb
anybody.” 1
In presenting Amand’s ejase,
Attorney William Musser iem-phasized
that if Amand’s pro­posed
usage of the non-confirm­ing
use property was found to
be less detrimental to the resi­dential
neighborhood than jthe
former use, the board woulij be
obligated to approve the usb.
Musser proceeded to have Roll-man
describe the use of the
property in recent years. Roll-man
said he operated a full
trucking business from the site,
including building trucks from
the bottom up, loading and un-tion
expressed to having the
company located away from the
borough's north end industrial
area, but Fire Chief Ammon
Shelly repeated comments of
last month that the proposed
location is central to the fire
company’s coverage area and
is nearer the borough’s area of
growth than most alternative
sites. He also said there arc
more residential than industrial
fires.
In moving to reject the re­quest
following a brief board
recess, Derek said that “in spite
of the advantage of a central
location.” the site should be re­jected
because the station
would “create storm water
drainage problem”: impose a
building of “generally question­able
architectural character too
large for the area”: create a
traffic safety hazard; bring
noise to a residential neighbor­hood,
and allow for inadequate
on-site parking.
Devoe Bear, board chairman,
and Leon deFernelmont joined
in the unanimous decision.
Paul F. Diehm. fire company
building committee chairman,
said the decision makes uncer­tain
possible future action by
the company. The issue probab­ly
will be discussed at the com­pany’s
meeting at 8 p.m. July
28 in borough council chambers,
he said. He also noted that any
future action will hinge on what
the borough itself does, since
the borough would have to
finance the new facility.
It was learned that the board
wants to continue a narrow
definition of grievance, limit­ing
the issues which are subject
to grievance procedures to ap­proximately
those issues accept­ed
by the National Labor Rela­tions
Board. But the WEA re
portedly wants to extend the
list of items which are subject
that the ruling means the eight
are considered in the same class
as administrators, principals
and assistant principals. These
employes cannot collectively
bargain, as teachers can, under
Act. 195. The Labor Relations
Board ruling puts the eight de­partment
heads in the manage­ment
status with administrators
and principals.
School officials explained,
however, that the board did not
challenge the right of head
coaches, guidance counselors
and librarians to be in the
teacher bargaining unit. These
positions were also challenged
by boards in many other school
districts, it was reported.
The eight positions ruled in­eligible
for the bargaing unit
are: two kindergarten through
twelfth grade positions, fine
arts; health and physical educa­tion;
six senior high school
positions, heads of industrial
arts, science, English, social
studies, mathematics and busi­ness
education.
Teachers in all these eight
positions have reduced teaching
loads because of their adminis­trative
responsibilities, officials
said.
loading trucks, storage of mate­rials
inside and outside, storage
o( gasoline, dispatching, washing
and steaming vehicles.
The business has been oper­ated
from the site since 1924, he
said.
Several adjacent property own­ers
commented on the present
and proposed use of the proper­ty.
Some indicated strong oppo­sition
to the present use and
urged against allowing Amand
to take over the property. Others,
however, said they have no com­plaint
against the present Roll-man
operation and encouraged
the Amand operation.
In moving to grant the subsli-tion
of non-conforming use, de­Fernelmont
said that if Amand
abides by the restrictions, there
will be less noise and less de­traction
from the neighborhood
resulting from stored vehicles
The Lititz Rotary Club, at
their weekly Tuesday evening
dinner meeting recently at the
General Sutter Hotel, installed
their newly elected officers and
board of directors.
Charles A. Miller succeeds
Rev. John F. Morman, as Presi­dent
of the Club for the next
Rotary year.
Miller is a native of Elysburg,
Pa., and has lived in the Lititz
Area since 1964. He is presently
the Manager of the Personal
Credit Department of the Lititz
Farmers National Bank. He
sei’ved in the U.S. Air Force. He
to grievance procedures.
The joint statement con­tinues,
“Dues deducation from
wages is also an item of dis
agreement as is also the dura­tion
of the contract.” The WEA
is asking that membership dues
Ik deducted by the school dis­trict,
while the board is main­taining
this is not a legitimate
function of the district.
The board is asking for a
two-year contract with a wage
re.opener clause, while the
WEA is seeking a one-year con­tract.
In negotiations to date, the
board has been represented by
the following: John Evans,
board member and chief ne­gotiator;
Carl Kaufman, ad­ministrative
assistant to the
superintendent, and Roger
Reist, school district solicitor.
The WEA has been repre­sented
by: Tom McKinne, earth
sciences teacher and chief nego-
Speedwell Boat
Reported Stolen
A suspected drowning early
Wednesday at Speedwell Forge
Lake turned out to be a case of
a stolen and abandoned boat,
according to Ephrata State
Police.
Police said a 14-year-old Lititz
RD youth apparently told five
other youths the boat, owned by
a citizen and housed at the lake,
was his brother’s and that it was
alright to use the boat. The boys
overturned the boat in the lake
and abandoned it When the boat
was found at about 7:30 a.m. by-fishermen,
drowning was sus­pected
and rescue efforts begun.
The incident is still under in­vestigation
and charges are be­ing
considered against the 14-
year-old, police said.
than before.
In other action, the board
tabled for additional information
a request by William A. Randcll
to install a patio at 340-342 E.
Main St. The board said the in­formation
was not adequate to
determine if the construction
would be acceptable.
The board granted a request
by Alsam Shoe Manufacturing
Company to use a property at
113 Liberty St. as a warehouse.
The board prohibited manufac­turing
and outside storage and
limited deliveries from 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Monday through Fri­day.
The board granted a requst by
Donald West to use his home at
114 Front St. as a sales office.
Customer pick-up of merchan­dise
from the location was pro­hibited.
is a member of the Lititz Mora­vian
Church.
He served as the 1970 Small
Business Gifts Chairman for tne
Lititz Area, for the Lancaster
County United Campaign. He
is married and the father of two
daughters.
During his remarks, he pre­sented
his father, .John H. Mill­er,
who is from Elysburg, a
Rotary Letter Opener which is
given to Rotary Guests Speak­ers
during the year. The letter
opener was presented to iris
father in appreciation for what
he did for Miller as a parent.
tiator; Tom Stutzman, driver
education teacher and WEA
president; Dave Hilbert, indus­trial
arts teacher; Don Hunt-singer,
social studies teacher;
Dennis Fulmer, mathematics
teacher (all are teachers at
Warwick High School), and
Floyd Montgomery, Lancaster,
the Lancaster County repre­sentative
of the Pennsylvania
State Education Association
(PSEA).
Release Context
The complete context of the
joint school board-WEA news
release Wednesday is as fol­lows:
The Warwick School Board
and Warwick Education Asso­ciation
have been negotiating
under Public Law 195 since May
20. During this period, 10 nego­tiating
sessions have been held.
While a number of items have
been agreed upon, there still
remains approximately 20 that
are unresolved. In keeping with
the requirements of Law 195,
the parties will now request
mediation service from the
Pennsylvania Labor Board.
The main areas of disagree­ment
are salaries and payment
for non-contractual duties. In
the non-contractual area, such
as coaches, etc., the controversy
centers around whether these
after-school duties are within
the scope of the contract.
In addition to the above, the
other major disagreements ex­ist
concerning the definition of
a grievance and the mainten­ance
of existing practices. Dues
deduction from wages is also an
item of disagreement as is also
duration of the contract.
The Board is represented by
John Evans, Board member, as
Chief Negotiator, assisted by
Carl Kaufman, Administrative
Assistant to the Superinten­dent,
and Roger Reist, School
District Solicitor. The WEA is
represented by Tom McKinne,
Chief Negotiator, assisted by
Tom Stutzman, Dave Hilbert.
Don Huntsinger, and Dennis
Fulmer, of the WEA, and Floyd
Montgomery, the Lancaster
County representative of the
Pennsylvania State Education
Association.
No Occupational Tax
Editor’s Note:
In our page one school board
story last week, we referred to a
one per cent occupational privi­lege
tax as being among those
adopted by the Warwick School
beard. It should have read one
per cent wage tax, which is a
continuation of an existing tax.
School officials confirmed that
many of our alert readers no­ticed
the reference to the oc­cupational
privilege tax. But,
as our headline indicated, the
only tax increase was the 13-mill
real estate tax hike.
His brother, Dean, was also
present.
Miller’s theme for the com­ing
Rotary Year is “Participa­tion
and Create Good Will”,
which is a combined theme of
the 1970 and 1971 President’s of
Rotary International.
The other officers installed
were John R. Gibbel Esq., Vice
President, Elmer M. Murry, 2nd
Vice President. Robert B. Her-shey,
Secretary, Vernon W.
Ranck, Treasurer. The Direc­tors
are Rev. John F. Morman,
J. Frank Carlisle and Rev. Ar-lin
G. Claassen.
There was also some opposi-
Middle School Course Set For Teachers
Twentyone teachers have sign-
Amand Gets Green Light on Rollman Site;
ames.
Since the May decision, Amand
Zoning Board Denies Fire Co. Request
Labor Board Rules 8
Are Not in WEA Unit
Board Reverses Opinion
Rev. John F. Morman, retiring Rotary
Club president and club director, right,
hands over the gavel to Charles A. Miller,
new president, at an installation meeting
held recently. Looking on are: front row,
left to right, J. Frank Carlisle, director,
Robert Hershey, secretary, and Vernon
Ranck, treasurer. Back row, Elmer
Murry, second vice president, Rev. Arlin
Claassen, director and John R. Gibbel,
Esq., vice president.
Rotary Club Installs New Officers