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Construction Expected To Begin Soon
Lititz Rec Center Unveils BMX Mote-Track Design
Lititz P o lice Investigate B urglaries, Thefts
Lititz Police are in- Hicks, and when she entered
vestigating a rash of thefts her kitchen she saw a male
and burglaries* through her living
borough. room.
Mrs. Michael Mull, 12 Chief Hicks said that when
Middle Lane was able to she saw the individual at-assist
police in piecing tempt to get out of the front
together a composite picture door, she started to scream,
of the suspect in a burglary The suspect then started to
at her home Sept. 15 at 1:35 scream, ran back through
am - the kitchen, pushing Mr.
Mrs. Mull returned to her Mull aside, and ran out of the
home at that time, according kitchen door,
to Lititz Police Chief George Miss Mull described the
The suspect of a theft Sept. 15, was described to
Lititz Police for a composite picture, by the victim,
as a white male teenager, about 5 feet 10 inches
tall, with dark eyes and dark, thick, shoulder
length hair. He was wearing a white T-shirt and
jeans.
suspect as a white male
teenager, about 5 feet 10
inches tall with dark eyes
and dark, thick, shoulder
length hair. He was wearing
a white T-shirt and blue
jeans, Chief Hicks said.
Mildred M. Davis* 210
Noble Street, was the victim
of a burglary sometime
between Sept. 14 and 22,
police said, when a glass
water bottle % full of pennies
was stolen.
According to police, the
bottle contained one Lincoln
penny with a cracked skull,,
one small red penny, and one
three cent piece. There were
a number of nickles, dimes
and pennies sealed in
separate holders, three rolls
of pennies in brown wrap­pers
and 12 rolls of pennies in
red wrappers taken.
Joseph Lee Butson, 225 N.
Broad Street, was the victim
of a burglary the night of
Sept. 19 or 20, police said,
when a thief entered his
garage and stole items in­cluding
a Comfort Glow
kerosene heater, model
GC19A; a grey metal Sears
tool box, a 100 foot orange
extension cord, a measuring
tape and a set of Black and
Decker drill bits.
The tool box contained an
assortment of tools inscribed
VA-85 and included a pair of
vice grips, a screwdriver, an
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8 inch crescent wrench, and
water pump pliers, among
other items, police said.
Charles E. Yingst, 334 E.
Second Ave., reported a
burglary at his home, Sept.
15 at 1:15 a.m. According to
police, Yingst and his wife
fell asleep watching TV at
about that time and woke
when they thought they
heard a noise outside their
kitchen door.
On investigation, they
found that their bedroom
door, which had been open
was closed. When they
looked inside, police said
they found the dresser
drawers open and the con­tents
strewn on the bed.
Approximately $35 to $45
was stolen.
The Lititz Prowl Service
Station, North New Street,
was broken into between
Sept. 11 and 13 according to
Chief Hicks. Someone broke
a window on the east side of
the building, reached in and
unlocked the window, he
reported.
Two coin operated game
machines were broken open
and approximately $150
worth of quarters were
stolen. The desk drawer was
also broken open, police
said.
Wallace Hofferth, 212 E.
Second Ave., was the victim
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Wilbur Chôcolate/Union
Near Settlement
F o llow in g le n g th ly
negotiations Tuesday,
Wilbur Chocolate Company
and the Bakery, Con­fectionary
and Tobacco
Workers In te rn a tio n a l
Union, AFL-CIO 464 com­mittee
signed a tentative
agreement for a new con­tract,
according to John
Buzzard, president of the
company. Details of the new
contract were not revealed
but Buzzard said “ we would
term it a very fair set­tlement.”
The current contract will
expire at midnight tonight
and negotiations have been
see-sawing all week.
Buzzard said the union
committee agreed to present
the new contract to the union
membership for ratification
at two meetings which were
to be held last evening
(Wednesday).
A c co rd in g to J a y
Hostetter, in-plant union
representative, the meetings
were scheduled to be held
last evening at 8 p.m. and 10
p.m. at the Lititz Recreation
Center.
Register To Vote
The local Republican
Committee will have a
registration table on the
Square/(bank-side) in Lititz
on Friday, Oct. 1, from 3 to
6:30p.m.
This will be the last time to
register to vote in the
Governor’s Election. The
registration books close Oct.
4,1982.
Henry H. Gibbel Closes Tenure As NAM 1C Chairman
H en ry H. Gib b e l,
Executive Vice President of
Lititz Mutual Insurance
Company, and outgoing
chairman of NAMIC, was
among some 1,600 delegates
representing property and
casualty insurance com­panies
throughout the United
States and Canada in at­tendance
at the 86th Annual
Convention of the National
Association of Mutual In­s
u r a n c e Companies
(NAMIC).
“New Beginnings” was
the theme of the Sept. 19-22
event held in Honolulu,
Hawaii.
Lititz Mutual Insurance
Company is one of 1,200
member companies of
NAMIC, which is
h e a d q u a rte red in In­dianapolis,
Indiana.
The Lititz based firm was
a recipient of a special new
award,/ inaugurated during
the Opening General Session
of the Convention. Eighteen
m em b e r com p an ie s
received the “NAMIC Silver
Key” award recognizing
significant achievement
through acquisition of a new
home office or the com­pletion
of a building ex-
1 pansion project to better
s e rv e th e n e ed s of
policyholders and staff.
Henry H. Gibbel served as
Chairman of NAMIC over
the past year. Member
companies are located in 44 Henry H. Gibbel
states of the United States,
Canada, and Europe. Harold
W. Walter, CAE, is
P re sid en t and Chief
Executive Officer of the
Association.
Closes Tenure
In an address titled
“ P ro b lem s a r e Op­portunities
in a Year of New
Beginnings,” Gibbel closed
his tenure as chairman of
NAMIC and pointed out the
challenges he sees for the
industry.
Challenges
“As an industry, we are
fa c e d with s e v e r a l
challenges which will un­doubtedly
affect the method
by which we do business in
the future. These challenges
are dealing with high in­terest
rates, the large
amounts of overseas capital
being invested in our in­dustry,
automation and, the
attitude of the insurance
buying public. Management
techniques are also con­stantly
undergoing change,”
he said.
Quoting economists’
forecasts for a rise in the
loss/expense ratio, he
continued, “In other words,
we must write more
premium in order to have
more funds to invest or,
interest rates must remain
high. Either way, it is a
continuation on the road to
self-destruction.”
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By Pat Herr
Enthusiasm and support
have been generated in the
community over the past few
weeks as the proposed Lititz
Rec Center’s Bicycle Moto-
Cross Track (BMX) comes
closer to reality. One of the
fastest growing sports
among young boys and girls,
the BMX will be the first
non-profit track in Lancaster
County. The sport involves
racing specially constructed
motorless bicycles over a
serpentine obstacle course
with other riders for points
or prizes.
According to J e rry
Kiralfy, director of the Rec
Center, the first big hurdle
was overcome in July when
Borough Council gave the
center permission to con­struct
a BMX track on
borough land for a
probationary period of one
year. The land for the track
is located behind the Lititz
Springs Swimming Pool - the
sloped area between the pool
and the railroad tracks.
The Rec Center has a BMX
Club which at present
consists of 35 youths who
range in age from eight to 17.
The club has started
receiving the basics of
training and instruction
about motorless bike riding
on a designed course.
Kiralfy said the board of
trustees of the Lititz Rec
Center have reviewed the
plans and have given per­mission
to start construction
as soon as the club raises the
needed $3,400. “ The
response has been fan­tastic!
” he added.
He noted that several
individuals have donated
their time. David Trimble,
engineer for Trimble Sur­veyors,
Lititz R3, who did the
surveying and will stake the
area, and Grant Smith,
architect with McCloud,
Scatchard, Derek and Ed-son,
33 S. Broad St., Lititz,
who designed and drew the
plans for the site, have both
done the work for the track
at no charge.
Roger Gerhart, of Gerhart
Equipment Co. Inc., 910
Brunnerville Road, Lititz,
has offered to construct the
track for 50 percent of the
cost. Gerhart said, “We’re
willing to do the work for
half price because we feel it
(BMX) would be a good
thing for the community. If
the weather is nice, it will
take about two-and-one-half
weeks to construct. We have
the machinery with which to
do the job and we feel it
(BMX) will be beneficial to
the young people of the
area.”
In addition to donated
time, which translates into
dollars, Kiralfy said he has
received cash donations
from businesses, industry
and individuals. “The in­terest
in this project from
the people in the community
has been - to put it mildly -
very gratifying and heart­warming.”
According to Kiralfy, the
following cash donations
have already been made:
$1,000 from Rodney
Moseman, of Bicycle World,
747 S. Broad St., Lititz;
$1,000 from Harvey Williams
Co., 626 W. Orange St.,
Lancaster; $300 from
Warner-Lambert, West
Lincoln Avenue, Lititz; $100
from Michael Tait, North
Water Street; and $50 from
Bomberger’s Store, Elm;
and $250 from MXL
Products, East Petersburg.
This means the club is close
to its goal, with only several
hundreds of dollars to raise.
He is hoping they raise more
than the required amount
because “we’ll need money
to maintain the track and for
a starting gate, tower, plus
other small necessary
items.”
The Rec Center is working
through the American
Bicycle Association (ABA),
a national organization that
works with clubs and
recreational centers and
teaches them how to operate
the track. After the track is
constructed it will have to be
sanctioned by ABA and the
participants will have to join
the organization to enable
them to race at any other
ABA-sanctioned'track, such
as the one in Reading where
some area youths now race
occasionally.
A BMX track is designed
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Dr. Bonfield Wins
Pulled
A Lot Of '
Third
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As the Friday night of the
Ephrata Fair approached, Dr.
John Bonfield announced not only
his impending participation in the
Milking Contest, but also the fact
that he thought he’d better get in
a little practice (“ I’ve never milked
a cow!” he said) and perhaps he’d
borrow a pair of bib overalls to
lend authenticity to his new role.
In admitting that he was un­familiar
with the “ business end”
of a milk cow, he said, “ I’ve pulled
a lo t of th ing s . . .some
shenanigans...but i’ve never
milked a cow!”
He got plenty of advice. “ I don’t
know quite who to trust. Some of
the helpful hints I’ve gotten so far
sound more like they’ll result in a
good swift kick rather than a pail
full of milk.”
Dr. Bonfield did find a few
minutes to practice his milking
technique. And he did find a pair
of bib overalls to complete his
wardrobe. And he placed third in
Friday’s milking contest.
Dr. Bonfield certainly doesn't
“ cow-er” from any new ex­perience.
(Photoby Stan Hall)