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Win GOP Bids In Borough, Township, School District
I n c u m b e n t s F a r e W e l l I n P r i m a i y E l e c t i o n
Despite fair weather and a
large number of local con­tests,
voter turnout was
reported as “light,” “fair”
and “not so good,” by judges
of elections throughout Lititz
B o ro u g h , E liz a b e th
Township and Warwick
Township.
In what was probably the
hottest race locally, that for
six school directors, (five
four-year terms and one two-yea
r term) incumbent
William G. Owens was the
top Republican vote-getter
for the four-year term,
receiving an unofficial total
of 1,103. Two other in­cumbents,
Hofferth and
Holland, came in second and
fourth for the four-year term
with 1,008 and 970, respec­tively.
Garnering the third
highest number of GOP
votes for the four-year term
was William H. Flickinger, a
new candidate endorsed by
the Republican party, who
received 1,004 Republican
votes.
Louise G. Kauffman, also
endorsed by the Republican
party, apparently took the
fifth spot on the GOP ballot
After 46 Years With Wilbur Chocolate
Russell Murr Prepared For Retirement
By Kathleen King
Russell Murr’s first job
was at a shirt factory. He
worked there ten days
sewing buttons on shirts but
decided “this job’s not for
me.”
Some employers might
have been leery of hiring a
man who is tired of a job
after only ten days - but the
Wilbur Suchard Chocolate
Co. apparently wasn’t.
So in August of 1936
Russell Murr went to work
as an office boy for the
chocolate company.
And tomorrow, Friday,
May 20, Russell Murr will
put in his last day of work as
the personnel manager at
Wilbur Chocolate Co., after
46 years.
It seems that Wilbur
picked a reliable man.
Murr is a Lititz native who
has lived in town all his life
except for a brief time in
Lancaster and a stint in the
navy during World War II.
He’s lived at his present
home on Noble Street since
1946 with his wife Anna Mae
and has walked to work
every day of those 46 years.
Many people might be
concerned about how to fill
their hours after working at
one place most of their life.
But Murr is not only looking
forward to his retirement, he
has planned for it as well.
“I’ve prepared a long time
for this,” Murr said. “I read
everything that came along
on retirement.”
Murr said, “You have to
have the right attitude about
retirement.”
Preparing emotionally,
financially, and mentally is
very important, he said. And
it is also important to have
hobbies or interests, ac­cording
to Murr.
Murr is certainly well
equipped in the “hobbies”
category.
Since 1948 he has been
writing letters to pen pals all
over the world and currently
corresponds with about 60
people in various countries.
He said it all started when “a
fellow from Panama” wrote
him a letter.
“I wrote back and we’re
still corresponding. In fact, I
met him a couple years ago
in Baltimore.”
Murr said the letter
writing just blossomed and
he now writes an average of
400 letters a year.
"I’ve probably written
well over 1,200 letters and
I’m still going strong.
Murr has gotten letters in
Arabic and Russian, but
most of his correspondents
write in English. Many are
American missionaries
statio n ed places like
Ethiopia, Sierra Leone, Iran,
and the Philipine Islands,
but many dthers are hatives
of the countries.
In conjunction with his
letter writing hobby, Murr
also collects stamps. He has
a portfolio of stamp covers
and postcards from every
country in the world. The
stamp covers are . en­velopes
personally ad­dressed
to him with a stamp
and a postmark from each
c o u n try . The s tam p
collecting he started in 1929,
the stamp cover collection
he began in 1955.
An apparent lover of
John Buzzard offers congratulations to Russell
Murr, who is retiring after 46 years with Wilbur
Chocolate. Murr started as an office boy and
worked his way up to personnel manager. In spite
of all his time with Wilbur, Murr says he "still loves
the taste of Wilbur chocolate.”
very important to have
goals, and also to have a
budget which enables a
person to reach those goals.
“I’ve kept a budget all my
working life,” he said.
When he isn’t at home
collections, he also compiles
a yearly album of Christmas
cards which he receives
from his many, many
correspondents around the
world. That’s something he’s
done since 1959.
Murr collects his thoughts
as well in the form of diaries,
something he’s done every
day for the past 49 years. He
has a diary for every year
since 1934.
Not surprisingly, the first
thing he saved for when he
started working was a
typewriter. Murr feels it’s
Lititz Retailers
Present
Their
working on his many
collections, Murr said he
intends to do some traveling,
“spend time in reading and
working in the garden and
yard,” and to continue his
church activities at Lititz
United Methodist Church
“by developing the triangle
of tithing - talent, treasure
and time.”
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for a four-year term.
In the race for a two-year
term on the school board,
Gerald L. Downing took both
th e R e p u b lic a n and
Democratic nominations
over the Republican en­dorsed
candidate Richard J.
Kenna.
According to results
av a ilab le Wednesday,
Downing also received the
Democratic nomination for a
four-year term on school
board, as did Louise G.
Kauffman, C. Kenneth
Brown, Wallace B. Hofferth
and William G. Owens, all of
whom had cross-filed.
Lititz Borough
Incumbent Borough
Councilman Lester E. Stark
won th e R ep u b lic a n
nomination for Borough
Council in the first ward,
bucking the party which had
backed Dennis J. Craig,
former member of the Lititz
and Lancaster Planning
Commissions. Stark had 177
votes to Craig’s 107.
The unofficial tally gave
Stark the nod over Craig in
both precincts of the first
ward. In the first precinct
Stark outdistanced Craig by
77 to 61, but it was in the
second precinct that Stark
had the strongest showing,
pulling in 100 out of the 146
votes cast.
When contacted Wed­nesday
morning, Stark said
he credited his win to many
friends and relatives who
helped him wage on ex­tensive
telephone and
personal campaign in the
first ward.
“I did a lot of telephoning,
and Mayor (Raymond)
Reedy also helped a lot.
Personal contact is what did
it more than anything else.”
Stark said he wasn’t too
surprised that he hadn’t
been endorsed by the party.
Stark said he hadn’t even
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Sports Section 6,7,8,9
Social 12,13
Classified 16,17
Church 24
Business Directory 25
intended to run until several
other councilman ap­proached
him one night after
a council meeting and urged
him to campaign. “We want
you on the council,” Stark
said they told him.
Stark said he spent the
entire day Tuesday at one of
the precincts and his son
greeted voters at the other
precinct of the first ward.
Now that the primary is
past, Stark said he will be
putting his mind back to his
work on council, which is the
grounds and proptery
committee. “The swimming
pool is our big thing in the
summertime,” the retired
school teacher said.
Stark, a ten-year veteran
of the borough council, lives
at 37 Plum St.
In November he will face
Leroy Emmerich, 25 W.
Marion St., the Democratic
nominee for Borough
Council in the first ward.
Emmerich received 33 votes
in Tuesday’s election.
In the other wards of the
borough, incumbent Coun­cilman
Donald C.
Stauffer won an unopposed
election in the second ward,
receiving 193 votes.
Newcomer David B. Bucher
received 313 votes in the
unofficial tally of the third
ward.
Stauffer, 528 Bluebird
Road, has served on borough
council 12 years and is a
production planner with
Armstrong World In­dustries.
Bucher is an
a s s i s t a n t m a rk e tin g
manager with National
Hydron, Inc., East Peter­sburg,
and lives at 634 S.
Spruce St.
Tax Collector
In the five-way Republican
race for tax collector, Peggy
Wilson was the runaway
winner over opponents
Richard Guthrie, Connie
L aw ren c e , Jo h n R.
Breneman, and Portia
Bowman. Mrs. Wilson
received 510 out of the 913
votes cast, or nearly 56
percent of the ballot in the
unofficial tally. The other
candidates split the vote
among them, with Mrs.
Lawrence a far distant
second at 180 votes. Mrs.
Bowman was third with 125
votes, followed by Guthrie,
51, and Breneman with 47.
Mrs. Wilson is the
widowed mother of two
children who has worked for
the past three seasons for the
PA Department of Revenue
preparing tax forms, rent
and property rebates for the
elderly. She is a substitute
elementary school teacher, a
volunteer in several com­munity
organizations and
lives at 425 Linden St.
The Republican party had
not endorsed any candidate,
declaring it an open
primary.
Warwick Township
In Warwick Township,
former newspaper editor
Pat Herr garnered a sub­stantial
402 Republican votes
to win the GOP bid for
supervisor over opponent
Donna Brown’s 143 votes.
Herr, 52, ran without the
party’s endorsement, as did
Brown. Currently employed
at Sutter House, a book
publishing firm in Lititz, she
is a former editor of the
Lititz Record Express and
has worked for newspapers
in Lancaster, St. Louis, MO.,
and Ephrata.
She resides at 7 Appaloosa
Drive.
In the unofficial results,
available at presstime, Mrs.
H e rr a lso took the
Democratic nomination,
having received 18 write-in
votes in the three voting
districts of the township.
Though no candidates had
their names placed on the
ballot for the position of
auditor in Warwick Town­ship,
Brett Tennis, 810
Furnace Hills Pike, waged a
successful write-in cam­paign,
receiving a total of 133
Republican votes and 10
Democratic votes.
Elizabeth Township
In Elizabeth Township,
incumbent supervisor
Rodney D. May ran unop­posed
on the Republican
ballot and received 130
votes.
In the race for Elizabeth
Township auditor, which
was complicated by the
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Memorial Day Parade
Routes Set
Plans and routes for
the May 30 Memorial
Day p a r a d e in
Rothsville and Lititz
were recently an­n
o u n c ed by the
American Legion.
In Lititz the parade
will form at 10:30 a.m.
on Warwick Street (off
W. Lincoln Ave.) and
proceed at 10:45 down
W. Lincoln Ave. to N.
Broad St., then down N.
Broad St. to the square
and go east on E. Main
St. to the Moravian
Church cemetery.
In the cemetery there
will be a service at 11
a.m.
Girl Scout and Boy
Scout troops and in­dividual
scouts are
invited to march in the
p arad e and bring
flowers to distribute to
the graves.
In Rothsville the
parade will form at the
fire hall at 9:15 a.m. and
march at 9:30 from the
fire hall down Route 772
to Church Street, then
up Church Street to the
Lutheran Cemetery
near the Old Rothsville
School. The service in
the cemetery will be
indentical to that of the
one in Lititz,
The parades are being
sponsored by Lititz
American Legion Post
56 and V.F.W. Post 1463.
In Rothsville it is being
arranged in conjunction
with the Rothsville Fire
Company.
Drug/Alcohol Committee
Organization Grows Slowly, Steadily
This Weekend
Thurs., Fri., Sat - May 19, 20, 21
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The Clothing Closet
Commonwealth National Bank
Dori Mae’s Dress Shop
Farmers First Bank
Glad Rags Thrift Shop
Glassmyer’s
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Henry's Western Auto
Hess Men’s Wear
Jeanne’s Turquoise
Kreider Hardware Co.
Lady Diana
Lititz Office Products/Lititz Book
Store
Lititz Record Express
Lititz Sewing Center
Long & Bomberger Home Center
McCormick Travel Agency, Inc.
McElroy Pharmacy
Miller-Hess Shoe Outlet
The Pewter Mug
Stauffer’s of Kissel Hill
Trudi K Shop (Lititz only)
White Shield Discount Center
Wilbur Choc. Factory Candy Outlet
Wuischpard Jewelers
Merv Zimmerman, Inc. Plumbing &
Heating Showroom
By Mildred Spear
A small group...only 15
people...met about one year
ago because they were
deeply concerned about the
problem of drug and alcohol
abuse in our area.
They met because they
wanted to take action
against the problem. That
original group is about to
start its second year of
existence and the 15 have
multiplied to more than 200.
They are still deeply con­cerned.
This is a “low profile”
group, according to Dr. John
Bonfield, Warwick School
superintendent and one of
the leaders in the formation
of the steering committee to
head the fight. Dr. Bonfield
believes that because the
steering committee keeps a
“low profile” has built solid
grass roots support.
One year after its for­mation,
Dr. Bonfield looks
back at the work ac­complished
and explained
that the group was designed
with the idea of making
people aware of the problem
and its side issues; to involve
community re sid en ts,
business groups and
organizations to eradicate
the problem; and to protect
people who are being vic­timized
by abusers.
Sub-committees grew
from the steering committee
and gradually there evolved
a structure to what had been
a loosely knit but dedicated
crowd.
SPIN
One of the most active of
the sub-committee is the
parents support group which
has recently named itself
SPIN for Support Parents In
Need.
It offers parents whose
children have a drug or
alcohol problem as well as
parents who think their
children MIGHT have a
problem contact with other
people “in the same boat” -
and gives some insight into
how to handle such a
situation.
The group meets weekly at
St. Paul Lutheran Church
and its success is measured
in the number of people who
are turning to the group for
sharing, relief and guidance.
Youth Program
This committee reaches
out to the coaches of Little
League or cheerleaders or at
the Rec Center with the idea
that those coaches and
leaders can sta rt an
education program with the
younger children. Or as Dr.
Bonfield said, “The younger
you sta rt (to educate
children about the problem
and its effects) the better
chance you have.”
This Youth Program is
headed by Richard Nuffort
and Gary Spangenburg.
Education Committee
Chaired by Jim Landis of
the Lancaster County Drug
and Alcohol Council, this
committee deals with
r e v is in g th e school
curriculum which educates
students, administrators and
te a c h e r s a b o u t th e
drug/alcohol problem.
The Education Team uses
outside resources, brings
videotapes and films up to
date and makes more and
more use of young people
themselves who meet with
other people and talk about
their drug/alcohol related
experiences.
Crime Watch
One of the newer offshoots
of the original group, this is a
unit of concerned citizens
working with Officer Ronald
Sandhaus, in Lititz Borough,
and Officer Ray Lausch in
Warwick Township to find
key people in the various
geographic areas to speak
up and define any crimes
which may be related to the
drug and alcohol problem.
Dr. Bonfield commented
on drug/alcohol related
crime: “This is a problem
that permeates all parts of
the community and people
are keeping quiet. It isn’t
like an automobile accident
where people jump forward
with a license number.
“People are keeping quiet
(on drug/alcohol related
crimes) perhaps from
fear...or maybe it is ‘the
u nw ritte n code of
youth’,..that you don’t tell.
Or it could involve self
implication on even a bor­derline
basis. We need
support from the community
to root it out.”
Committees To Come
“We would like to see
more committees, involving
more and more people,” Dr.
Bonfield said.
“We envision a Youth
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On behalf of Warwick High School employees, teacher Barb Sandhaus (right)
presents a mantelclock to retiring high school principal Harold W. Swisher, who
was honored last week during a “ good-natured roast" at the General Sutter Inn.
Joining him during the festivities were his wife Connie and son Shane. See page 3.