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F R O N T H E R B S T H A U S
F B O N T
Cost at $1.3 Million
B E C H L E R H A U S
by Mildred Spear
The seed of an idea
inherent in the original plan
for Moravian Manor has
germinated this spring with
the presentation of plans for
Moravian Manor Apartment Plans Unveiled . . . . . . . . . . . . . ■ . . . .... . , hath anH nnrtant the construction of two of
eight proposed apartment
buildings on the remainder
of the 22 acres of Moravian
Manor Property.
Cost for the two initial
buildings is set at $1.3
million according to Paul
McCloud.
A c c o rd in g to M c ­Cloud,
president of the
Board of Trustees of
Moravian Manor the idea of
including apartments in the
living arrangements at the
Manor were part of the
original idea, but the nursing
facility and the cottages
Broad Street Bros. Deny Easement
Borough Council Accuses Corporation
Of Nixing Wilbur Crosswalk Plans
Lititz Borough Council
Tuesday night said that
because of the Broad Street
Brothers, a corporation of
landowners, it is not able to
proceed with plans to
relocate the crosswalk in
order to make it safer for
people to cross North Broad
Street.
Wilbur Chocolate Com­pany,
Long and Bomberber
and Lititz Borough Council
were in agreement with
what would have to be done
on Broad Street in order to
relocate the crosswalk.
However, the relocation of
the c ro s sw a lk woiild
necessitate the placement of
a PP&L pole at the east end
Cancelled
The meeting of the
Community Drug/Alc-ohol
T a sk F o r c e
scheduled for Thursday,
May 6 has been can­celled.
According to Glenn
Nelson, it will be
rescheduled for a later
date.
of the Wilbur Chocolate
Company parking lot, and
Broad Street Brothers have
refused to grant PP&L an
easement to detour electric
lines, i.e. the corporation
will not allow the lines to
hang over its property at the
Western Auto Store. At­tempts
to relocate the
crosswalk have been un­derway
for at least six
months. David Anderson
reported he held an on-site
inspection with represen­tatives
of the Broad Street
Brothers and PP&L but the
corporation still refused the
easement..
Council authorized An­derson,
Director of Public
Services, to send a letter to
John Buzzard, president of
Wilbur Chocolate Company,
explaining the situation to
him.
Council has agreed to
“dress up” the existing
crosswalk by possibly
widening it and painting it.
Discussion was held as to the
p o s s ib i l i ty of “ p e r ­sonalizing”
the crosswalk by
painting a chocolate bar but
no decision was made.
Well No. 1
Anderson recommended,
following a consultation with
Kohl Brothers and James
Humphreyville, geologist,
about the problems that
exist with well #1, that thé
well be deepened about five
feet at a cost of ap­proximately
$2,500.
Council approved the
request.
Council also approved
Anderson’s request to
purchase a variable rate
pump to maintain a steady
level of fluoride in the water
supply. At the present time
wide variations of fluoride
are being experienced:
in other business, council:
• Named Kenneth Wiëst
Business Manager and
Se cre ta ry-Tre a sure r for
Lititz Borough, effective
April 12. :
• Decided to conform with
the borough code and issue
all paychecks to municipal
employees on Friday instead
of on Thursday as is now
being done.
• A p p o in ted R o b e r t
Palmer of Cardinal Road to
the Lititz Planning Com­mission,
and Russ Shreiber
to the Zoning Hearing Board.
Their terms will expire Dec.
31,1984.
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PARTICIPATING MERCHANTS:
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Bingeman’s Clothing Store
Bingeman’s Restaurant
Bob’s Save-Rite Market
Commonwealth Rational Bank
Dori Mae’s Dress Shop
Farmer’s First Bank
Glad Rags
Hamilton Bank
Hess Men’s Wear
Klotz Kleeners
Lititz Book Store
Lititz Sewing Center
Lititz Sports Center
Long & Bomberger Home Center
McElroy Pharmacy
Miller Hess Shoe Outlet
Tim Pewter Mug
Stauffers of Kissel Hill
Trudi K Shop (Lititz only)
Wilbur Choc. Candy Outlet
Wuischpard’s Jewelers
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• Heard a report from
Mayor Reedy who explained
three things are holding up
the selection of a new police
officer. They are the FBI,
Pennsylvania State driving
reports and state police
criminal records. Wendell
Hower, council president,
commented, “We can elect a
president for this country
faster than we can get a
police officer for Lititz. ’ ’
• Approved an auction of
unclaimed bicycles and set
the date for May 29 at 2 p.m.
at the Lititz Springs Pool.
The rain date is set for May
31. All unclaimed bicycles
being held at the Lititz Plice
Station will be auctioned at
this time.
• Rejected a request from
Manheim Borough to use
Lititz Borough’s stre e t
sweeper.
• Moved to take part in the
Lanca s te r County Law
Enforcement Computer
Network. It will cost the
borough $196 per month, or
$2362.50 a year.
NOTICE
Effective with next week’s
issue, May 6th, the news­stand
price of the Lititz
Record Express will be
increased from 20* to 25‘.
This change is necessary
because of continued
increases in costs.
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Sports Section
Social
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B u s in e s s
C ro s sw o rd
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came first. Now the apart­ments
are just growing out
of the planning stages and at
a tea held Saturday for
persons who have expressed
an interst previously in the
apartment idea, the first
drawings, floorplans and
plot plans were unveiled.
Plans call for the con­struction
of a total of eight
buildings which will contain
a total of fifty-six one or two
bedroom apartments to be
located around The Manor
Green which will be an open
park-like area south of the
main building. The first 14
units of the total number of
apartments are scheduled
for construction in 1982 with
the completion date targeted
for early 1983, according to
McCloud.
Two buildings, one con­taining
eight apartment
units and the other six
apartment units will be the
first built. They are to be
named to honor the memory
of two early American
Moravian composers who
produced anthems while
living in Lititz between 1780
and 1810. The two apartment
buildings will be Bechler
Haus, conta ining six
apartments and Herbst
Haus, containing eight
apartments. Both buildings
will be two story with an
elevator and spacious foyer
as features.
The Presentation Tea
According to Moravian
Manor administrator, Nancy
H. O’Hara, people have been
inquiring about apartments
at Morvaian Manor for some
time and the guest list for the
tea Saturday was made up of
names from this list of in­terested
parties.
“And there are already
a p p l i c a t io n s b e in g
received,” she said.
Held in the Manor library
the more than 40 guests
attending could view the
colored, detailed drawings of
the proposed apartment
buildings. An overall plot
plan of the property shows
the placement of the eight
proposed buildings, circling
the Manor Green, as well as
the recently completed
wings.
McCloud emphasized that
the apartment residents
would become part of the
same flexible program that
residents of the cottages,
nursing facility and single
residential rooms within the
Manor now enjoy, should a
future move within the
Manor be desirable or ■
necessary.
The Manor Green
Presented to the Planning
Commission at the April
meeting, the basic changes
to the original master plan
dating from 1971, show a
move toward less dense
population allowing for more
grass and open area.
McCloud described the
open area within the circle of
apartment buildings as a
quiet sheltered area, with
even the service road to the
main building well-screened
by planting.
It will be in keeping with
Moravian Manor’s tradition
for beauty of surroundings
and complement the series
of patios and sheltered
outdoor areas that are
already in use by Manor
residents.
The Apartments
The apartment floor plans
show each apartment to
offer either one or two
bedrooms, a dining/liVing
area, kitchen, bath and
laundry/storage area. All
the rooms appear to be
spacious and well-lighted
with patios of their own
opening from the living
areas for thè first floor
residents.
An entryway, opens onto a
spacious lobby or central
corridor and the Herbst
Haus indicates plans for
carport spaces.
History in the Building
The Bechler Haus, con­taining
six apartments is to
be named for Johann
Christian Bechler (1784-
1855).
B e ch le r a r r iv e d in
Nazareth from Europe on
September 18, 1806, and
began to compose anthems
shortly after that.
He was a former head
master at Linden Hall and
among the best known of his
compositions is “ Sing
Hallelujah, P ra ise The
Lord.”
The Herbst Haus is to be
named for Johnannes
Herbst, an ordained minister
in the Moravian Church as
well as one of its most im-portant
musicians.
He came
to the United States in 1786 at
the age of 51 and was a
pastor of Moravian churches
in Lebanon and Lititz.
Briefly before his death in
1812 he was the pastor of the
Salem, N.C., Moravian
Church.
He arrived in Lititz-
November 21, 1791, and was
in charge of congregation
music from 1793 to 1811 when
he left Lititz in May of that
year.
In addition to composing
and performing, Herbst
amassed a huge library of
choral and vocal music,
which is now in the care of
the Moravian Music
Foundation, Winston Salem,
N.C., and represents the
single most important
source for the study of
Moravian music.
The e ight proposed
apartment buildings will all
be named for Moravian
composers who lived and
worked in Lititz, although
not all of the names have
been selected yet.
McCloud emphasized that
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HDC Hearing Continued To May 19
The Warwick Township
Zoning Hearing Board has
again voted to continue its
hearing of the request by the
Housing Development
Corporation (HDC) of
Lancaster for a special
exception to the zoning or­dinance
for the conversion of
the Rothsville School
building into 12 apartment
units.
The decision last week to
continue the hearing was the
second in two months made
by the Zoning Hearing
Board. HDC requested and
was granted a continuance
at the March 17 hearing by
the board.
HDC’s initial request to
convert the Rothsville
School building 15 housing
units was denied by the
Zoning Hearing Board last
May followed nearly 28
hours of testimony on five
d iffe ren t d a te s . That
decision has been appealed
by HDC to the Lancaster
County Court of Common
Pleas, legal arguments have
been filed and an opinion is
pending.
After hearing arguments
for and against holding tire
hearing last Wednesday, the
Zoning Board voted to
continue the hearing to May
19.
Charles Grove, attorney
for the Zoning Board, said
the board’s decision Wed­nesday
to delay the hearing
was made because the
decision on appeal in the
Lancaster County Courts is
pending, a member of the
Zoning Hearing Board was
absent and one of the ap­plicant’s
witnesses was not
present due to illness.
“Don’t conclude that on
May 19 we will necessarily
proceed with the fact-finding
process,” Grove added,
stating that the board would
consider the matter again at
that time and “hopefully a
decision (by the Lancaster
County Courts) will have
been reached by that time.”
In arguments made prior
to the board’s- decision to
continue the hearing,
«William Crosswell, attorney
for the township, stated that
he felt it was improper to
hold a second hearing in
view of the fact that a
decision on the first is still
pending-“ a rule of judicial
economy.”
Paul Dietz, representing
the Concerned Area Tax­payers
(CAT), agreed with
Crosswell’s arguments.
“We do agree, as a group,
that it’s a waste of
everybody’s time,” Dietz
told the board. He added that
the board’s vice chairman
Ralph Weidman’s absence
Wednesday was another
reason to consider post­poning
the hearing.
George Eager, an HDC
attorney, stated that the
s e co n d a p p l i c a t io n ,
proposing 12 apartment
units instead of 15, “ is a new
and different application.”
He said that the new plan for
12 units would reduce the
number of bedrooms by 14,
which would in turn reduce
the water consumption,
addressing a major reason
for denial of the first ap­plication.
The hearing will continue
May 19 at 7 p.m. at the
municipal building.
To Be Presented Saturday, May 1
'Tahiti' To Highlight Final Program
Of Rotary Club’s 19th Travel Series
The Islands of the South
Seas will be featured this
Saturday when the Lititz
Rotary Club presents its
sixth final program of its
19th annual travel and ad­venture
series.
Phil Walker’s “Tahiti and
the Islands of the South
Seas,” will be presented
Saturday, May 1, at 3 and 8
p.m. in the Warwick High
School auditorium.
Phil Walker grew up in
northern California and in
Carmel-by-the-Sea. Walker
recalls his boyhood on the
Monterey Peninsula as “an
intimate friendship” with
the out of doors and an in­troduction
to adventure.”
In an early experience he
sailed a 75 foot boat from
Sndney, Australia to Cebu
City in the Philippines. The
voyage lasted several
months and encountered a
variety of thrilling cir-cumsatnces
along the Great
Barrier Reef and the nor-
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Tahitian dancers will highlight Phil Walker’s "Tahiti and Islands of the South
Seas," the sixth and final of the Lititz Rotary Club’s 19th Annual travel and
Adventure Series, to be presented this Saturday, May 1 at 3 and 8 p.m. in the
Warwick High School auditorium.