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WltHTN LANCASTER COUNTY 20 Pages-No. 41
Borough Council, Township Boards Reorganize
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Mayor Raymond Reedy swears in councilmen
Donald Stauffer, David Bucher and Lester Stark.
Stauffer and Stark were re-elected in November to
their posts on council. Bucher is a first-time
Councilman.
Icy Roads Blamed
For Accidents In Borough
Local municipal boards
met Tuesday to reorganize.
C. Wendell Hower was re­elected
president and Clyde
Tshudy e le c ted v ic e
president of Lititz Borough
Council Tuesday night at the
annual reo rg an iz a tio n
meeting.
“I assume it was a vote of
confidence and not simply
because no one else wants to
do it,” Hower told the other
council members after his
election. No one else was
nominated for president.
“Council doesn’t run by
dictate of the president,”
Hower said adding that “ in
the past we have had
disagreements and we’ll
have disagreements again”
but that he expected the
council members to “pull
together” for the good of the
community.
Tshudy and Lester Stark
were both nominated for
vice president but Stark
requested his name be
withdrawn.
Also at the meeting, newly
elected councilman Dave
Bucher was sworn in by
Mayor Raymond Reedy,
along with re-elected
councilmen Lester Stark and
Donald Stauffer.
At a short regular session
of the council that followed,
Hower asked the councilmen
to consider what committees
on which they would like to
serve. No committee ap­pointments
were made at the
meeting.
Also at the regular session
council:
• Authorized Stark to
proceed with renovations up
to $2,000 on the snack bar at
the Lititz Springs Swimming
Pool;
• Restricted the length of
time a water permit is valid,
to coincide with related
subdivision plan;
• Asked borough business
manager Ken Wiest to
clarify to the Recreation
Center that the director will
still be covered under the
borough’s hospitalization
plan, but that the Rec Center
board must reimburse the
borough for the premium.
Warwick Township
At a special reorganization
meeting of the Warwick
Township Sup e rvisors
Tuesday night, Supervisor
Pat Herr assumed her seat
on the board, replacing
Lloyd Rohrer.
The board elected Steve
Icy roads contributed to a
string of accidents in the
borough recently, including
one involving a Lititz police
cruiser.
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near the intersection of East
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According to Lititz Police
Chief George Hicks,
Ephraim G. Haac, Camp-belitown,
Pa., was driving a
tractor trailer truck owned
by New Penn Motor Express
Inc., Lebanon, east on East
Main Street, stopped to
make a left turn on to Oak
Street, he was struck in the
rear by a car drive by
Jonathan D. Mearig, 437 W.
High St., Manheim, who was
unable to stop.
The highway was com­pletely
glazed with ice,
Hicks said.
While he was investigating
that accident, Hicks said, the
police cruiser which was
parked with its four-way
flashers on to indicate an
accident, was struck by a
vehicle driven by William R.
Odoms, 76 Front St. Both
vehicles were slightly
damaged, Hicks said.
In another ice-related
accident which occurred
Friday morning at East
Marion Street near Cherry
Street, an east bound vehicle
operated by Lynwood Hyle,
208 S. Spruce St., skidded on
the ice and struck a west­bound
vehicle operated ly
Mary H. Conrad, 210
Swarthmore Drive, Hicks
said. The Conrad vehicle
received moderate damage.
There was light damage to
the Hyle car.
Hit-and-Run
Three incidents of hit-and-run
are currently under
investigation by the Lititz
Police Department.
According to Hicks,
Darlene B. Grube, 266 Cold
Spring Road, Gettysburg,
had parked her car on South
L o c u s t S t r e e t n e a r
Mulberry, where it was
struck sometime between
Dec. 30 and 31. The Grube
vehicle was moderately
damaged.
Another hit-and-run ac­cident
was reported to have
occurred sometime between
Dec. 27 and 27. According to
police, Jeffrey L. Wagaman,
377 E . Main St., had parked
his car at his home overnight
and someone struck it,
causing moderate damage to
the left side.
Also victim of a hit-and-run
driver was Richard M.
Wolfe, 124 Front St., whose
car was struck sometime
between 2 and 2:30 a.m. on
Dec. 30 while it was parked
in a private lot, police said.
Collision
Willard Hertzog, *53 Front
St., was charged for making
an improper left turn,
following a two-car collision
on Dec. 27 at 6:24 p.m. at the
intersection of East Main
and Cedar streets.
According to Hicks,
Hertzog was travelling east
on East Main Street and
turned left onto North Cedar
in front of a westbound car
driven by Andrew S. Potts,
321 Second St., Shillington,
Pa.T
he Hertzog vehicle
received light damage and
the Potts vehicle, moderate
damage.
Burglaries
An incident of burglary
and criminal mischief was
discovered during the night
of Jan. 1-2 by Officer Kerry
Nye while on patrol at the
Lititz Springs Pool. Ac­cording
to police, someone
broke into a locked cabinet
in the snack bar at the pool.
Lititz police are also in­vestigating
a burglary and
th e ft which o c cu rred
sometime between 8:30 and
9:05 p.m. on Dec. 26 at the
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Dick, holds the Bible.
Wallace chairman and
R o b e r t Sm ith v i c e -
chairman.
In other business the
board:
• Assigned Steve Wallace
to chair the Administration .
Department.
• Assigned Robert Smith to
ch a ir the Municipal
Authority Department.
• Assigned Pat Herr to
chair the Police Depart­ment.
• Assigned Roy Irvin to
chair the Roads Depart­ment.
• Appointed Karen Koncle
secretary/treasurer.
• Appointed Donald
Petters to a five-year term
on the Municipal Authority
Board.
• Appointed Oehme to a
four-year term on the
planning commission.
• Appointed Richard
Kenna and Glenn Zartman to
three-year terms on the
Zoning Hearing Board.
• Reappointed the Morgan,
Hallgren, Crosswell and
Kane F irm Township
Solicitor.
• Reappointed Huth
Engineering Firm Township
Engineering Firm.
• Voted to continue
H am ilto n B ank as
depository for township
funds.
• Approved a resolution
authorizing payment of
payroll/bills incurring a
penalty prior to the meeting
approvals.
• Decided to hold their
regular meetings the second
Wednesday of each month
and workshops the first
Wednesday of each month.
Elizabeth Township
Larry R. Wiker was re­e
le c ted to ch a ir the
Elizabeth Township Board of
Supervisors at the board’s
annual reo rg an iz a tion
meeting Tuesday night.
Supervisor Rodney D.
May, recently re-elected to a
six-year term on the board,
was elected vice-chairman.
Jay R. Ober was named
secretary-treasurer of the
board and superintendent of
the township road system.
In other action Tuesday,
the supervisors:
• Reappointed Leroy S.
Ulrich as bookkeeper for the
township and set his com­pensation
at $5.65 per hour,
plus benefits, a 30-cent raise
over 1983. Ulrich’s hours
were set at four hours per
day, five days a week.
• Retained Amos F . Miller
II as township sewage of­ficer
for 1984.
• Retained Rita A. Snavely
as township zoning officer
and raised her salary from
$150 to $175 a month in 1984,
or $200 a month if she elects
to attend all the township
planning commission and
zoning hearing board
meetings.
• Reappointed Jerome
Peters to a three-year term
on the zoning hearing board.
His new term will expire on
Dec. 31,1986.
• Appointed Henry Kenn,
190 Reifsnyder Road, to fill
the unexpired term of
Herbert Flosdorf on the
township planning com­mission
until Dec. 3 1 ,1984.
• Appointed Barry Berger,
406 South View Drive, to a
four-year term on the
township planning com­mission.
• R e ta in ed Morgan,
Hallgren, Crosswell and
Kane as township solicitors
for 1984 at a new rate of $60
per hour.
• Retained Dale F . Diehm
as chairman of the Elizabeth
Township Vacancy Board
for 1984.
• Appointed Jay R. Ober
as the board’s voting
delegate to the 1984 Penn­sylvania
State Association of
Township Supervisors’
convention which will be
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in This Issue
Editorial 4
Sports Section 6,7,8,9
Social 10
Church 16
Business Directory 17
Classified 18,19
home of Randy Weit, 304
Linden St.
According to Hicks,
someone broke into the home
through a side cellar window
and stole a man’s Timex
watch with a silver and gold
face and black band, $50 in
cash and a Texas In­struments
computer, model
number 199-4A.
Lititz police a re in­vestigating
a Dec. 16
burglary and theft at the
home of Mrs. Miriam
Landis, 56 E. Main St. Ac­cording
to Chief Hicks,
someone broke a window,
entered the home and took a
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Cars, Windows Damaged
In Shooting At Linden Hall
By Kathleen King
For one group of Lititz
residents, 1983 went out with
a bang.
Literally.
Luba Belcak, 532 Spring
Ave., and her husband
Michael, were at a New
Year’s Eve party sponsored
by the Lititz Area Jaycees
being held at the Linden Hall
dining hall when she heard a
sound that she said could
have easily been mistaken
for a “champagne cork gone
haywire.”
“But I knew right away it
was a shot,” Mrs. Belcak
said.
Two bullets pierced the
window next to their table,
one at floor level and one at
about seven feet from the
floor.
The Belcak’s and their
companions were showered
with “ little bits of glass.”
Mrs. Belcak said in the
dark, it “looked like glitter.”
Few of the 150 people at
the party even knew that
anything had happened until
the police showed up, ac­cording
to Linda Lowe a
member of the Jaycee
Women.
The DJ was playing
records, she said, and
because the room in which
the dance was held was
“kind of divided into two
sections,” the people on one
side of the room didn’t even
realize there was a problem.
Then when they did, Mrs.
Lowe said “at first everyone
thought it was a rock.”
But Mrs. Belcak said the
investigating officer picked
up a bullet from the floor.
Donna Olah, the Jaycee
Women member who was
chairman of the dance said
spirits of the Belcaks and
their friends.
Mrs. Belcak said because
she and her husband were
“getting ready to move to
North Carolina” the night
was a “ last night out with
our friends,” that even a
shower of glass powder
couldn’t end it prematurely.
“We were having a fun
time,” Bingham said.
Mrs. Belcak said the
people at one table next to
them did “ literally pick up
their table and move it from
the window six or seven feet,
so we moved our table to
their spot.”
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any concern among the ËiËliliiiiiiiiiilÉllIlIllI
guests was alleviated when
the police said they felt it
was “ a random incident.” mb'-
Mrs. Olah, said from the ■ ■ ■ ¡ ■ ¡ « 1 1 1
outside of the building, “you
couldn’t see people inside —
the windows were frosted
over.”
N ew Y e a r Tw ins Turn Two
Lititz’s 1982 New Year twins Juliane (left) and
Jessica Brown turned two years old on Sunday.
They celebrated their second birthday with newly
“ adopted” Cabbage Patch dolls, Care Bears, big
brother, Jason, mom Linda and (missing from
picture) dad Bill. The Browns live at 852 Cindy
Lane.
NOTICE
The monthly meeting
of the Lititz Retailer’s
Association has been
scheduled for the second
Wednesday of this
month. The January
meeting yvill be held
next Wednesday, Jan. 11
at 7:30 P.M. at Wells
Warwick House.
All area businessmen
are welcome and invited
to attend.
Election of officers for
1984 will be held.
She said it would have
been obvious that people
were inside with all the cars
outside and with the lights
on.M
rs. Belcak said although
she realized right away what
it was, “you just kind of sit
there and think - ‘No, not
here in this town. Yes, here
in this town.’”
Another guest at the
Belcak table was Charles
Bingham, who said the in­cident
was apparently “just
a prank, although a very
dangerous prank. ’ ’
The nerve-rattling in­cident
apparently didn’t
damper the New Year’s
A car owned by Kevin and Betty Miller, 4 Cindy
Circle, was damaged New Year's eve in a shooting
at Linden Hall.