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In Lititz Springs Park
Enjoyable Day
For Antique Buffs
Antique buffs and folks
who enjoy the lovely things
of yesteryear will find many
treasures this Saturday,
Sept. 3, at the 17th Annual
Lititz Springs Park Outdoor
Antiques and Collectibles
Sale. The sale will be held in
the park from 9 a.m. to 5
p.m. with 60 quality dealers
from four states displaying
for sale their prized
possessions.
This popular Labor Day
weekend event is sponsored
by the Lititz Springs Park
Board of Trustees and all
proceeds will be used for the
upkeep and improvement of
the public park.
Leave the heat behind and
come with your family to
enjoy a memorable day in
the park with old friends and
make new ones in a common
interest.
The Jaycees will man the
park’s concession stand
throughout the day and will
serve a pancake and sausage
breakfast from 6 to 10 a.m.
Members of the Lititz Slo-
Pitch League will serve
barbecued chicken from 12
noon to 5:30 p.m.
Admission and parking
will be free. Convenient
restroom facilities are
available.
The Park Board has
provided the names of the
dealers who will have stands
at Saturday’s show and sale.
An Aug. 19 wreck in which
one of the involved drivers
stopped to ask the other
driver whether she needed
help, then fled the scene
when she said she did, is one
of three accidents on War­wick
Township’s recent
police blotter.
According to Police Chief
Harry Aichele, Henrietta J.
Hynicka of 1131 East
Newport Rd. was traveling
south on Route 501 when her
vehicle was struck from
behind. Both Mrs. Hynicka
and the other driver pulled
off the road.
They are:
Harry E. Landis, Lititz; L.
Lamar Sharp, Lititz; S.
Laban Harnish, Lititz;
Margaret I. Hanna, Lititz;
Cucumber Pump Antiques,
Lititz; Jerry McDonald,
Lititz, Charlotte’s Web,
Lititz; the Buterbaugh’s,
Lititz; and Esther M.
Bowman, Rothsville.
Also, Alice C. Weaver,
Ephrata; Marlyn and
Robert Fahs, Ephrata;
H am ilto n A n tiq u e s,
Ephrata; Harold Williams,
Reading; June Whistler,
New Cumberland, Pa.;
Mary Smag’s Antiques, West
Lawn, Pa.; Smith’s An­tiques,
York; Virginia
Smyser, York; Lss-Anna
Antiques, Myefstown; and
Nevin Martin, Willow Street.
And, Ruth Hollinger,
Manheim; Ida’s Antiques,
Manheim; Vivian Karanitz,
Manhe im ; L o rr a in e
W en rich , L a n c a s te r ;
Charlotte Ulrich, Lancaster;
T.J.’s Furniture, Lancaster;
R.S. Antiques, Lancaster;
Carolanna’s Antiques,
Lancaster; Lloyd H. Conrad,
Lancaster; Irene Bibri
Antiques, Lancaster; and
B a r r d a n ’s A n tiq u e s,
Milford.
Also, Mary Williams
Antiques, Washington;
Whalen’s Antiques, Muncy,
Pa.; Bruce Walters, Lan-disville;
Clyde Youtz,
N ewm an stown ; The
The other driver, de­scribed
as slender white man
with a punk-style haircut, in
his early twenties and
driving a white Chrysler
Cordoba with a large reddish-brown
dog inside, asked
Mrs. Hynicka if she needed
help. When she asked that
the police and an ambulance
be called, the driver fled the
scene.
Mrs. Hynicka’s husband
came for her and no am­bulance
was called, police
said. The driver is still at
large.
In an Aug. 15 accident
Shultzes, Newmanstown;
Robert Shultz, Newman­stown;
Pete’s Pickins,
U p p e r F a lls , Md.;
Limestone Antiques, Ann-ville;
Quaker Oddities,
Em m au s, P a .; P e te
Lengel’s Antiques, Wer-nersville;
H. Robert Leese,
Hanover; The Heinaman’s,
Clark, N. J .; Hill’s Antiques,
Harrington, Dela.; Harmic’s
Antiques, Dover, Dela.;
Harlin Fasnacht, Reinholds;
and Aunt Re’s Curiosity
Shop, Dover, Pa.
And E. and R. Antiques,
Camp Hill; Christina
On Report
Samuel Simon, 219 S. Spruce
St., was heading east on
Lititz Run Road when a cat
ran in front of him. He
swerved to miss the animal
and struck a fence. No
citation was issued.
Sherry Ann .Weakel, 1603
Butter Rd., was cited for
driving on the wrong side of
the road after an Aug. 19
accident on Clay Rd. in
which her vehicle crossed to
the other side of the road and
struck a tractor driven by
Allen Weaver of 1150 Car­penter
Rd.
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Frutiger, Red Lion; W.
Keller’s Antique, Broomall;
Apple Butter Antiques,
W e rn e r s v ille ; Rosa
Newcomer, Smoketown;
Rollin D. Morse, Columbia;
Mildred Leinthall, Lebanon;
Kramer’s Antiques, Oley;
A n tiq u e s L im ite d ,
Wrightsville; Gibson’s
Antiques, Parksburg; Helen
Storey, Palmyra; Fackler’s
Antiques, Palmyra; Eagle
Hotel Antiques, Lampeter;
Henry Zerphen, Mount Joy;
Birchland Antiques, Mount
Joy; and Barb Shaffer,
Harrisburg.
Holiday
Deadlines
The Record Express
Office will be closed
Monday for Labor Day.
Deadline for ad­vertising
has been
extended to 3 p.m.
Tuesday.
Deadline for all news
is 11 a.m. Tuesday,
Sept. 6, however, copy
may be dropped in the
mail slot of the Record
Express office, 22 E.
Main St., Lititz, anytime
over the holiday
weekend.
Warwick Police List Hit-And-Run,
Other Fender Benders
'Mayor Must Decide'
Parade Decision Pending
Lititz Borough Council at
its regular meeting Tuesday
night told several local
residents that it was the
Mayor’s place not council’s
to grant or deny a parade
permit request from a
coalition of animal rights
groups who wish to march
through Lititz and hold a
rally at Woodstream Cor­poration
on Oct. 22.
Council President C.
Wendell Hower said he
“knew of no way to refuse
the permit.”
“They have a right to a
permit,” Hower said,
“unless we can prove what
they are doing is detrimental
to the community. We can
only control them where
they go.” He cited the case of
the neo-Nazi group which
when refused a permit to
march in Skokie, 111., was
granted one through an
appeal to a higher court.
Trans Species Unlimited,
located in State College had
requested a parade permit in
a letter to the borough dated
Aug. 11., expressing the
desvre to rally in Lititz
Springs Park and march
down Main Street on Locust
where it would hold a
d em o n s tra tio n with
speeches by such nationally
known figures as Cleveland
Amory, head of the
California-based Fund For
Animals. Woodstream had
been targeted nationally by
the coalition because it
produces leghold traps. The
coalition of animal groups
the Woodstream Protest
Committee is made up of
The Fund for Animals,
Trans Species Unlimited and
The Animal Defense League.
One resident, Phil Mc­Cloud,
103 W. End Ave., a
member of the Lititz
Sportsmen’s Association
called the group “a lunatic
fringe of the animal
protection world.” He said
he felt it was “not above
them to do damage to
property to get what they
want.”
McCloud said that “these
people a r e n ’t re ally
rational,” and objected to
them being at Woodstream
on a day the company is
closed (Saturday).
Mayor Raymond Reedy
said he had not made a
decision on the permit and
that there was no deadline to
do so. He said he had
received no further contact
from them.
Another area resident,
Paul Schload, president of
the Lititz Sportsmen’s
Association said, “these
organizations thrive on
publicity.”
Several council members
agreed “ If everybody
ignores them, maybe they’ll
go away," Councilman
William York said.
C o u n cilm an Donald
Stauffer said, “We are
aware they’re coming to
town. We’re going to do what
we can to help the situation.”
In another matter council
voted 5-1 to spend ap­proximately
$11,000 to have
Pennsylvania Power and
Light put individual outlets
in each of the Washington
Street standards on Broad
and Main Streets that are
used to hang the Christmas
stars. The “convenience
outlets” will enable the stars
to be hung without wires
between the poles. Council
would be able to pay the bill
to PP&L over three years.
Currently the Chamber of
Commerce solicits donations
from the local retailers to
pay the annual cost of
stringing the lights, which is
approximately $1,000.
Council President Hower
voted against the measure
saying that, “there are just
some other things that Lititz
needs at the present time.”
Hower said he did not expect
to see the contributions from
the retailers continue once
the convenience outlets were
installed.
Approximately 50 stan­dards
would be involved in
the project.
In other matters council :
• Noted that a request for
$50,000 of state funds to be
used toward the Broad
Street reconstruction project
was turned down. The
borough had applied for
a ssistan c e under the
Community F a c ilitie s
Program which according to
the letter received evaluated
applications on five factors:
“improvement of health and
safety, the degree of
economic distress of the
locality, the economic
development impact of the
p ro jec t, the projec t
readiness and the cost ef­fe
c tiv en e ss.” Council
members said they felt Lititz
probably didn’t receive any
money because, “we don’t
have enough slums. ’ ’
• Adopted ordinance C-276
which makes it “legal” to
run a speed trap. The action
was taken in response to a
letter sent by District At­torney’s
office to police
departments. The letter
indicated there was some
question about the legality of
running speed traps unless
there existed and ordinance
permitting such measures.
• Requested at Coun­cilman
Russell Pettyjohn’s
suggestion that the Mayor
prepare and present a
proclamation expressing the
community’s appreciation to
Dale Weller, director of the
Warwick High School
Marching Band, for “all that
he has done for Lititz and
community spirit. ’ ’
• Granted a 14 working-day
extension to G.L. Marks
to complete the water line
installation work on Broad
Street. According to David
Anderson, director of public
services for the borough, the
company needed the ex-
In This Issue
Editorial 4
Sports Section 6,7,8,9
Classified 12,13
Social 16,17
Church 20
Business Directory 21
tension because of interfence
to its work by UGI gas
company.
• Heard a report by An­derson
that UGI will be
lowering its gas main in the
first block of South Broad
Street. This comes after two
requests to the Public Utility
Commission that UGI be
directed to lower its main,
which would have only been
inches below the new road
surface. Anderson had been
concerned that such close
proximity of the gas line to
the road surface would cause
damage to the gas line,
necessitating tearing up the
newly constructed street to
repair the line.
• Approved a subdivision
request by Wilbur Chocolate
Company to subdivide its
two-acre property on North
Water Street into two one-acre
lots. The property is
located in the industrial zone
and the subdivision request
had been recommended for
approval by the Planning
Commission. Councilman
Clyde Tshudy abstained
from voting. He has an
option to purchase one of the
lots. The Lititz Recreation
Center has an option to
purchase the other lot.
• Purchased $3 million
of errors and omissions
insurance from Penn­sylvania
National Insurance
Company at a base cost of
$1,171 plus $300 for the
umbrella insurance to $3
m illio n . E r r o r s and
(Turrito Page 11)
Students, Parents Advised Of
Alternative Routes To School
With the opening of school
just a few days away and
South Broad Street under
re co n stru ctio n , Lititz
Elem en tary principa l
George Remetz has offered
the following suggestions to
parents who transport their
children to and from school.
Since cars will be
prohibited from stopping by
the school on Cedar Street,
parents can proceed to
Orange Street, discharge the
child by the school, then turn
left down the alley.
Also, children living on
North Broad Street should
consider walking to the
traffic light at North Broad
Street and East Lincoln
Avenue, across Broad and
East Lincoln, and proceed
east on East Lincoln to
Cedar, then south to the
school.
Upon arriving at the
school, the children should
go to the proper door to enter
the building.
Parents are asked not to
drive or park in the circle in
front of the school.
Public Airs Views On Lititz Fire Co. Truck Purchase
“I don’t think we need i t
Most people don’t see a
reason for it, but people
won’t speak up because
they don’t want the
firemen mad at them. ”
-Lester Lahr
By Kathleen King
It has been nearly two
months since Lester
Bingeman resigned as
president of the Lititz Fire
Company over the com­pany’s
first steps toward
purchasing a ladder-equipped
truck.
Bingeman resigned on
July 8, reaching his decision
after the company’s 29-1
decision of June 29 to obtain
price estimates on a ladder-equipped
truck.
B in g em an s a id he
resigned because he felt a
ladder truck was unneeded,
expecially at a price of
$265,000, the initially
discussed ground-floor
figure for a basic “attack
pumper with aerial device,”
as Fire Company Chief
Richard Neidermyer called
it.
In the meantime, the fire
company has appointed a
seven-member committee to
draw up the specifications
for and design the “ap­paratus”
the fire company
wants to “pursue,” and
make recommendations on
which truck to buy according
to Joe Texter, chairman of
the committee.
Public reaction to the fire
company’s purchase of a
ladder-equipped truck Oan Shenk
seems to be favorable, as
evidenced not only by letters
to the editor supporting the
fire company, but also from
comments and opinions
gathered in an on-the-street-in
te rv iew co n d u c te d
Tuesday.
When asked how they felt
about the fire company’s
plans for a new fire truck, of
the fourteen people stopped cm
the street, ten were in favor of
it, and four were
opposed. But of those op­posed,
only one was willing
to give his name, the other
three saying they didn’t
want their names attached
to their negative oppinions. The general consensus of
those in favor of the fire
truck seems to be “if the fire
company believes they need
it, they should have it.” That
was the opinion of Kent
Keller who lives at 30 E.
Lemon St., and a number of
other Lititz residents.
Harold McKinney
Dan Shenk, 30 S. Locust
St., said “I think we should
have it. Other towns around
it (Lititz) with the same
population have it. I think
the town should have better
equipment than what it
has.”
Another Lititz man,
Harold McKinney, 403 W.
Marion St., said “it’s one of
those things. If you don’t
have it, and need it some
day, you’ll be sorry you
don’t.”
McKinney said he wasn’t
sure if “the need is that
great here,” but since the
fire company raises its own
money, it should determine
how the money is spent.
“I think they would know
best if they need it,” Glen
Bergman, Jr., 824 W. Orange
St., said. “I think they need
it,” he added “I heard the
old one’s a clinker.”
Bergman said he would
depend upon the fire com­pany
members to use their
knowledge in deciding on the
Sara Smith’
necessity for a new truck. “I
don’t know much about fire
trucks,” he explained.
May Hoffman, who lives
on Front Street, said she
thinks before the fire
company buys a new truck it
should have a fund raising
drive specifically for that
new truck, sepárate from the
annual fund drive.
“They should wait until
they have more money,” she
said, before they decide to
buy the truck.
Sara and Elwood Smith,
who were doing some
downtown Lititz shopping,
both a g re e d th a t
there is a need for a new fire
truck. Mrs. Smith said she
felt that “if they have to run
to other towns for things
every time, then if could be
well used,”
Smith said that he felt “if
they think they need it, they
need it. They know more
about fires than I do. ”
Each of the Lititz residents
who supported the idea of a
new truck said they would,
and do now, contribute to the
fire company.
But some contributors
disagree that a new truck is
needed.
Four men watching the
Broad Street construction
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Fire Company Forms New Truck Committee
The Lititz Volunteer
Fire Company has
formed a committee of
five voting and two non­voting
members to
gather details and make
recommendations on
the company’s planned
purchase of a new fire
truck, President Carl
Brubaker said this
week.
Voting committee
members include Joe
Texter, who will act as
committee chairman,
Richard Neidermyer,
fire company chief,
Warren Sechrist, Sonny
Auker, and Carlton B.
(Skip) Walls III.
Non-voting members
are Ronald Oettel and
Brubaker, who became
president after Lester
Bingeman, a 20-year
veteran of the fire
company, resigned the
position July 8 in protest
over the company’s
steps toward buying a
new fire truck equipped
with an aerial ladder.
According to Texter,
the purpose of the
committee “ is to
research the various
m a n u f a c tu r e r s of
equipment along the
lines of the type of
apparatus we’re con­sidering.
We are to draw
up the specifications
and design the ap­paratus
that the fire
company wants to
pursue for purchase.”
The committee has
already contacted five
manufacturers of fire-fighting
equipment and
asked for literature and
s p e c if ic a tio n s on
equipment.
Texter said the
manufacturers con­tacted
were Ladder
Tower, S eagrave,
American LaFrance,
S u tp h e n , and
Em e rg e n c y One.
Ladder Tower is the
only in - s ta te
m an u fa c tu re r con­tacted,
according to
Texter.
Texter also said that
in addition to receiving
information about the
type of truck being
considered, the truck
committee “is open for
recommendations of
manufacturers as to the
best type of equipment
to satisfy the com­munity’s
needs.” Texter
said two manufac­turers,
Sutphen and
American LaFrance,
have expressed the
possibility of making
other suggestions.
A fte r a ll
specifications, recom­mendations,
and prices
have been received, the
truck committee will
make a purchasing
recommendation to the
fire company.
Texter refused to
speculate on when the
c om m itte e would
present its findings to
the fire company, but
Brubaker expressed the
hope that action could
be taken within six
months.
“If the fire company
believes they need it, then
they should have It.’’
-Kent Keller
Record Express Photos/Julia Marshall