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WITHIN LANCASTER COUNTY 26 Pages-No. 11
Wilbur Chocolate,
Esbenshade’s Get
LIDA Approval
Wilbur Chocolate Co., 48
N. Broad St., Lititz, has
gotten the LIDA approval for
a $3 million bond issue to
finance their purchase of the
vacant Travis Mills building,
for use as warehousing and
production space.
Esbenshade’s Greenhou­ses
Inc., at Brickerville,
received approval of a
|350,000 loan to expand its
greenhouse operations by
nearly 50 percent.
Wilbur Chocolate an­nounced
the signing of a
purchase agreement with
F.A.B. Industries, in mid-
May, to buy the 190,000
square foot Travis Mills
plant on West Lincoln
Avenue, two blocks from the
Broad Street facility. The
purchase was dependent
upon approval of finances by
LIDA.
The $3 million bond issue
was given first step approval
Monday night by the Lan­c
a s te r In d u s tr ia l
Development Authority.
Wilbur presently employs
207 workers and expects to
hire 20 more when it takes
over the Travis Mills
building.
The $3 million will be
raised through the sale of
ta x - f r e e in d u s tr ia l
development revenue bonds.
Final approval of the project
will come when the bonds
are ready to be sold'. The
term and interest rate will
be set then.
Wilbur Chocolate is a
wholly-owned subsidiary of
MacAndrews and Forbes Co.
John A. Buzzard has been
president of Wilbur for the
past 11 years.
The c u r r e n t p la n t
produces in excess of 65
million pounds of chocolate
items per year for shipment
to major confectionary,
baking and dairy-ice cream
manufacturers.
The Travis Mills property
has been vacant since
September of 1981 when the
fabric manufacturer moved
its operation from Lititz,
idling approximately 168
workers. Travis Mills,
started in Philadelphia in
1946, was acquired by F.A.B.
Industries in 1979.
The LIDA approved
$350,000 loan for Esben­shade’s
Greenhouses Inc.,
534 E. 28th Division High­way,
will permit expansion
of greenhouse space by
about 50 percent.
Lamar Esbenshade,
owner of the company,
currently has close to 125,000
square feet of greenhouses
and will expand that by
about 70,000 square feet,
eventually interconnecting
the new greenhouse with the
existing ones.
The firm specializes in
bedding and potted plants
and presently has eight
employees. When the ex­pansion
project is com­pleted,
the firm expects to
hire an additional 14 em­ployees.
The total cost for the ex­pansion
project is $400,000
with a $350,000 loan coming
from the Ephrata National
Bank at an interest rate of 13
percent over the next five
years.
Construction is expected to
begin as soon as possible and
should be completed within
two months.
Elizabeth Township
Supervisors To Collect
From Zoning Violator
Old Lititz Pumper Featured
In Manheim Parade
The Lititz Fire Company's old 1930 Seagrave pumper, currently owned by
Goodwill Fire Company No. 2, of Spring Lake, N.J., made its appearance in the
rain-drenched Lancaster County Firemen’s Parade in Manheim last Saturday.
For more photos and story, seepage 21. (Photo by Stan Hall)
Warwick School District
David Zerbe Is New
Business Manager
Lititz Police
Issue Warning
Lititz Police Chief George
Hicks issued a warning this
week, on frau d u len t
solicitation.
He said that he had
received a complaint from a
Lancaster area business that
an individual calling himself
Bill Dailey, and representing
himself as being from the
Lititz Police Department
contacted the business and
stated he was soliciting for
the Lancaster County Chiefs
of Police Association.
Chief Hicks said that
although there are two such
associations in Lancaster
County, neither is soliciting
and the individual has
nothing to do with the Lititz
Police Department.
Chief Hicks has asked that
area business be alerted to
this incident and if they are
approached, please contact
the Lititz Police Depart­ment.
Thefts
A bicycle was stolen
between May 29 and June 1,
from Vicki Bletz, 515 Golden
St., according to Chief Hicks.
The bike is a yellow J.C.
Penney, ten speed and has
no license.
On June 4 the theft of a
bicycle was reported and
Chief Hicks said that it oc­curred
sometime during the
prceeding three weeks. The
victim of the theft was
Carolyn Lobron, 316 S.
Smedley St., Philadelphia, a
student at Linden Hall.
The bike, stolen from the
campus, is a black Fuji 26
inch boys ten speed with
silver trim paint and has no
license.
Randy Pfautz, 104 N.
Broad St., was the victim of
a bicycle theft on May 31
when his tan Western Auto
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David Zerbe, business
manager at Pequea Valley
School District will be the
new business manager for
Warwick School District. His
first day on the job will be
July 12.
The Warwick School
Board approved his hiring at
the April 20 meeting. Zerbe
will replace Walter Lightner
who resigned from the post
February 1.
Zerbe was one of 12 ap­plicants
for the position and
had th e u n an im o u s
recommendation of the
selection committee. Dr.
Bonfield said, "Zerbe comes
highly recommended by his
present superintendent and
we are pleased that he has
seen fit to accept the War­wick
School D istric t
Business manager position
and look forward to having
him join our staff.”
major in accounting and
business administration. He
was employed for a year and
nine months at Messiah
College where he served as
assistant to the comptroller
in charge of business office
functions. During that time
he had responsibilities for
payroll preparation and
disbursements, accourit
reconciliation, Federal and
State student loan program
collections and billings,
business office operations
and in-house computer
systems operations.
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The Elizabeth Township
S u p e rv is o rs v o ted
unanimously to “proceed to
collect” $1,200 in zoning
violation fines from Daniel
M. Groff, 1651 Furnace Hills
Pike, during their regular
monthly meeting Monday
night.
The action came in
response to a letter they had
received from the township
a tto rn ey William C.
Crosswell, stating that
“ ...Mr. Groff has exhausted
all his appeals relating to the
prosecutions the township
has proceeded against
him...” and asking whether
the supervisors would like to
formally proceed to collect
the fines levied against him.
According to the super­visors,
their attorney
received a letter from the
clerk of the U.S. Supreme
Court, dated May 17, 1982,
stating that Groff’s petition
to the court had been denied.
The Commonwealth Court of
Pennsylvania refused to
hear Groff’s case earlier this
year.
Groff’s fines are the
results of convictions in 1979,
1980 and 1981 in Lancaster
County Court for violations
of the township’s zoning
ordinance, operation à junk
yard in a leased field behind
his properfy and storing
vehicles in the open without
current licenses or in­spection
stickers in a
residential R-2 zone.
Groff was fined $100 by
Judge Richard Eekman on
Nov. 1,1979, $200 and $300 by
Judge Paul A. Mueller Jr. on
May 21, 1980, and $600 by
Judge Wilson Bucher on
Feb. 1,1981.
Following the supervisors’
decision Monday to proceed
to collect the fines, Groff
warned that they would be
wasting township money.
“You can waste your time
and energy,” Groff told the
board,“ but you won’t collect
the fine money.”
Groff maintains that his
non-conforming use of the
property began before the
township drew up its or­dinance.
At last month’s meeting
Groff told the supervisors,
“I’ve been living there since
‘64...I was established there
already before you came
around with the junk yard
ordinance in ‘65...It’s no
violation...you can make it
sound like one if you want
to.”
Road Projects
In other action Monday,
the supervisors agreed to
advertise for bids for road
materials to overlay por­tions
of Oak Lane, Loop
Road and Snavely Mill Road,
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Rec Center Plans
Open House
The Lititz Rec Center
will sta rt an ex­perimental
program to
provide an open house, a
“hang out”, a place
“just to socialize” for
youngsters in grades 7,8
and 9, starting Satur­day,
June 12 and con­tinuing
on Fridays June
18 and 25, from 6 to 9
p.m.
According to Tony
Kudela, a s s is ta n t
director, the plans call
for ping pong, computer
games, board games
and dancing to be
available and the thing
that distinguishes this
from o th e r te en
gatherings at the Rec
Center is that the kids
can come and go as they
wish.
Those with a Rec
Center card will be
admitted free and
others will be charged
50 cents admission, but
once they are stamped
as having entered, they
may come or leave as it
suits them. Rec Center
staff and Booster Club
members will be on
hand to help and to
chaperone.
Kudela said that he
has heard comments
about town that the Rec
Center has been taken
aw ay from the
youngsters. This open
house p rogram is
planned to reach the
Middle School age
bracket and try to give
the center back to the
kids. It is trying the
“Hangout” idea on a
limited basis, according
to Kudela, and if it is
successful the open Rec
Center will continue
with other plans being
made for the high school
age group.
For more information
contact Kudela at the
Rec Center.
David Zerbe
Zerbe holds a Bachelor of
Science degree from Geneva
College, Beaver Falls, Pa.,
where he carried a dual
In This Issue
Editorial 4
Sports Section 6,7,8
Classified 15,16,17
Social 10,11
Church 23,24
Business Directory 25
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Twenty-six girls from the 1982 graduating class
at Linden Hall. They received their diplomas
during commences ¡ent exercises at the Moravian
Church last Friday.
Twenty-six Girls Receive Diplomas
Linden Hall Holds 236th Graduation r J R * -t it
Linden Hall held its 236th
graduation service on
Friday, June 4 at the Lititz
Moravian Church.
Twenty-six girls received
their diplomas, and two post­graduates
their certificates
of attendance at the oldest
boarding school for girls in
the United States.
The families, friends and
student body were addressed
by Dr. William Harvey Hale,
Jr.
Dr. Hale is currently the
Associate Director of the
Georgia Center for Con­tinuing
Education. His
duties include that of Station
Manager of WBTV - Channel
8 , the University of
G eo rg ia’s educational
television station; he has
held that post since 1964.
M em b e rs of th e
graduating class of 1982 are:
Denise Barracca, Bonnie
Lee Brown, Brenda Bush,
Laura Clair Byrne, Michelle
Blazier Caplan, Tsoi Sui Lan
Mazie, Choi Cosiu Peng
Wendy, ‘ Beth Ann Collins,
Kathy Cudmore, Elizabeth
F. deDianous, G. Jennifer
Fotos, Julie Christine
Fraser, Monique T. Gales,
Patti J. Haun, Beth Hun-saker,
Alison L. Irwin, At-suko
Ishikawa, Sharon Sima
Lowenbrau, Amy Michele
Price, Maria Violetta
Gonzalez Revilla F .,
Roberta Ann Ripps, Victoria
Ann Servidone, Wendy
Michele Smith, Beatrick
Ann Servidone, Wendy
Michele Smith, Beatrice
Salutatorian is Miss Brenda
Bush, the Valedictorian,
Miss Julie Fraser.
The Lititz Moravian Church forms the backdrop
for the newest graduates of the country's oldest
boarding school for girls following Linden Hall’s
commencement ceremonies last Friday.