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THE £ e RESS 107th Year SERUM; THE WARWICK AREA EOR MORE 7 7 /1 . V A T EM I R V ESTABLISHED APRIL 1877 AS THE SUNBEAM CONSOLIDATED WITH THE LITITZ RECORD 193 7 Lititz, Lancaster County, PA. 17543, Thursday, March 1,1984 25 CENTS AC WiTHI >PY: $7.00 PER YEAR BY MAIL LANCASTER COUNTY _ 24 Pages-No. 49 Borough Council Approves Warner Lambert Agreement lili I lg l l lS I l l .4* ■ H i %% c / ; • : & ' Î^SêêÊ Mike Bowman, 118 E. Front St., (standing) ask questions concerning the security of Gemmell’s proposed facility. A majority of the residents * J fc 1 1 1 present in the room voiced opposition to the location of the business in Kleine Lane, which they said was too close to residential areas. Residents Oppose Location Of Waste Recycling Center By Kathleen King In a special meeting to hear public comment on a proposed hazardous waste recycling center, Lititz Borough Council voted unanimously to tell the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources that there was “strong community opposition to this particular facility being located within the Borough.” Two of the six councilmen were absent from the Feb. 22 meeting. The Gem Chem Chemical Management Company is seeking a permit under the state’s hazardous and residual waste regulations to operate a facility at 140 Kleine Lane to recycle industrial wastes such as sludges, oil and inks into a fuel product. Some of the wastes listed in the permit application are classified hazardous because of their ‘ ‘c h a r a c te r i s t ic s of ignitability.” Council told the approximately 75 residents present that although the borough has the right to comment on Gem Chem’s permit application, DER will make the final decision on the matter. A motion by Councilman Donald Stauffer to suggest a one-year trial period with specific guildelines on hours and inspections died for a lack of a secon to the motion. Larry Gemmell, president of the company, said after the meeting that he was “extremely upset with the way council acted.” Gemmell said the borough mailed out approximately 400 letters to residents in the area of Klein Lane, where he proposes to locate his facility, and about 75 people came to the meeting. “If 50 people oppose it, that’s not a majority,” Gemmell said. “You have to make the assumption that the people who didn’t attend weren’t opposed.” Gemmell said he had approached borough council m November about his proposed facility and that they had received his application on December 29. “They held it 30 days prior to discussing it,” he said. “They should have realized this would ultimately need public comment and publicized it earlier. ’ ’ Gemmell said he whs especially upset because he had been told that council found no problems with his facility. “After doing independent research and realizing the facility is ‘A number one,’ it is a disservice that they didn’t report this to the public,” he said. Stauffer said at the meeting that he had checked on the integrity of Gemmell and found that “those who have done business with Larry had high regards of him.” Stauffer told the residents at the hearing he had the p e rm it a p p lic a tio n “analyzed by four chemists with a combine total of 128 yea rs background in chemistry.” He said that the Armstrong World Industries floor plant safety department had “scrutinized this proposal and found no fault with the concept or the processing plan as presented.” Gemmell said that the borough’s comments to DER are “without substance,” because it merely states that the people don’t want his facility in Lititz. "DER gets comments like that all the time,” Gemmel said, and usually disregards them because they are not specific enough, and do not list specific objections. Council opened the meeting by allowing Gemmell 15 minutes to talk, then opened the floor to questions and comments from the public. Residents questioned Gemmell on a variety of topics, including ms plans for safety, the amount: of tra ffic th a t win be generated, the amounts oi hazardous waste he himself would generate, how much of his fuel product he would have on the site and his employees. Cecilia Bachman, 158 (Turn to Page 19) Lititz Borough Council Tuesday night joined the Warwick School District in thanking Warner Lambert for their “ efforts” in working cooperatively with the borough and school district in their real estate tax reassessment appeal. Lititz Borough, Warwick School District, the County Board of Assessment Appeals and Warner Lambert Company are currently in the process of negotiating out of court an agreement whereby the company’s real estate tax assessment will be gradually lowered over a four-year period. Warner Lambert appealed the $1,707,620 assessment appointed by the Lancaster County Board of Assessment following the company’s expansion. When the County Board of Assessment Appeals rejected the appeal, the company filed suit in the Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas. Warwick School District and Lititz Borough, both of which levy real estate taxes on the property, were named parties to the suit, and attorneys for the four parties have been negotiating to resolve the suit out of court. A c co rd in g to an agreement, already approved by the school district, county and now borough council, Warner Lambert’s assessment will be reduced by $457,620 (or by approximately 27 percent) over the next four years, to %1 00b WarwicK superintendent J ii jsuntield said last week hat act ding to the terms of the agreement, Warner Lambert will receive 40 percent of the reduction this year, and an additional 20 percent of the reduction in each the following three years, until the entire reduction is reached in 1986. The reduced assessment will most greatly affect Warwick School District which levies a 123 mill real estate tax, compared to the borough’s 23 mills and the county’s 20 mills. According to Warwick business manager David Zerbe, the school district will lose approximately $55,000 in anticipated tax revenues from Warner Lambert over the four-year period, providing the district’s millage rate remains the same. The reassessment will mean a loss of approximately $15,000 to $20,000 in anticipated taxes to the borough over the next four years, Ken Wiest, I n T h i s I s s u e Editorial 4 Sports Section 6,7,8,9 Social 10,11 Church 18 Business Directory 20 Classified 22,23 borough business manager said. Lititz Borough council President C. Wendell Hower said it was his personal opinion that settling the matter out of court was advantageous to the borough because not only did it save extensive legal fees but also the borough might have lost more if a court decision had been made on the appeal. According to Bobba Venkatadri, plant manager of Warner Lambert, the company was willing to negotiate a settlement because a court battle would have been "a waste of all our time and money.” Venkata dri said Warner Lambert thought it was “in the best interest of the community” to meet the borough and school board, as well as the county half way on the reassessment issue. Warner Lambert is “quite satisfied with the settlement” according to Venkatadri. “We think it is fair.” Council Action At Tuesday’s meeting council took action on the following matters: Lititz Boroueh D o lic e have arres eJ tv nc<* er men they c~ ght n -round Lititz / i b g ar t ols on Satui da pc ce "aid Off e D" i* la Snertzer said police began following the i ire were observed driving on the left side of the road. When police pulled the car over,, they found the two men had burglar’s tools in the car. Shertzer said borough police had to call in a Lancaster officer to translate because the two men did not speak any English. Raul Cisneros, 405 S. Duke St., Lancaster, and Manuel Gonzalez, 131 S. Prince St., Lancaster, were charged with possessing instruments of crime. Bail was set at $500 but neither man could post bail, police said. They have been committeed to Lancaster County prison to await a preliminary hearing. Earlier in the week Matthew Williams, 16, of 1651 Ridgedale Drive, Lancaster, returned a wallet containing $130 he found, while riding bicycle, police said. Shertzer said Williams found the wallet belonging to Ruth Nessinger, 84, of 519 Front St., by the AM/PM Mini Market on the Lititz Pike. Williams was rewarded for his honesty, Shertzer said. • Renewed an equipment maintenance contract with F o x c ro ft E q u ipm en t Company for $1,800 ; • Directed the police department to put a crossing guard at the intersection of Lincoln and North Broad Street on a one-month trial basis; • Accepted the resignation of Pauline Shelley from the Zoning Hearing Board and noted there was now a vacancy on the board; « Granted borough employee Bill Suloff permission to withdraw his money from the borough’s pension fund. Hower noted that the borough employees receive only four percent return on their money and that the borough should investigate other pension funds or increasing the borough’s contribution to the fund. « Adopted an adult bookstore ordinance which restricts and regulates the location of such establishments in the borough; • Adopted a new fee schedule for building construction permits, peddler’s and canvasser’s license fees, plumbing license fees and Accidents A vehicle driven by John I. King; West Newport Road, Ronks, struck Kathryn Sturgis last Saturday after King allegedly ran a red light at the corner of Main and Cedar Streets, police reported. Sturgis, 318 Front St., was transported to the General Hospital where she was admitted with a broken clavicle and a broken knee cap. Police have charged King with failure to stop at a red light. Police reported that a Graybill’s Dairy truck operated by Harlan Steffy had to be towed from a sinkhole after the macadam at the corner of Orange and Cedar Streets gave way under its weight. Damage to the truck was light. Police recovered a stolen car owned by Carol Ann Brown, 529 Front St., after an unidentified driver crashed the car into a street light on Broad Street. The car was apparently traveling north on Broad Street when the driver may have attempted to turn onto North Lane, police said. The car mounted the curb and knocked down the pole, Shertzer said. Damage to the car was severe and it had to be towed from the scene. John R. Prescott, 1725 Third Ave., York, struck a car drive by Victor Thomas, 442 S. Duke St., Lancaster, fees to shut-off and restore water service. The ordinance now requires a permit to alter the interior of a building, as well as the exterior, and for any remodeling, removal or demolition of any building or structure. Under the schedule a permit for projects with an estimated cost of $500 or less will be granted at no charge; up to $1,000 of cost, the permit will cost $10; and for each additional $1,000 or fraction thereof of cost, an additional $5 will be added to the permit fee. The ordinance also increases the fee to restore water service to a customer whose service has been cut off because of a delinquent bill from $15 to $50. Discussions At Tuesday’s meeting council also discussed a number of items on which no action was taken. Council noted that Pennsylvania Public Interest Coalition, a non-profit political action group, will be soliciting opinion in the borough from 3 p.m. to 9 (Turn to Page 19) when Thomas stopped his car on Route 501 to discharge some passengers, police said. Prescott swerved to miss Thomas, but failed, Shertzer said. No charges were filed, police said. Thefts Albert J. Lloyd, 16 N. Locust St., reported that a set of speakers were stolen from his 1981 Mercury Capri while it was parked outside his home on Feb. 28. Police said the burglar also tore out the dash in an ap p a ren t a ttem p t to dismantle the stereo, causing an estimated $500 damage. Police recovered a stolen bicycle during a recent drug raid in Lancaster. The bicycle, which belongs to the daughter of David Hevener, 45 E. Lemon St., was registered and valued at $165. Police said a middle-school- age boy wearing a blue jacket, a blue knit cap and carrying a red gym bag, stole a pile of newspapers from the steps in front of Benner’s Pharmacy on East Main Street. Lititz police reported that someone forged a check at the Farmer’s First Bank in Lititz. The check for $100 was drawn on the account of Phyllis A. Morales, 331 S. Prince St., police said. Shertzer said the address on the check was crossed out (Turn to Page 19) ■ H I • i r a I ' Larry Gemmell, Gem Chem Chemical Management Company, answers questions from residents concerned with his proposed hazardous waste recycling center. Police Catch Two In Borough With Burglary Tools Linden Hall Teachers Find On-Campus Life 'Unique' By Kathleen King (Editor’s note: This is the third in a three-part series on Linden Hall, its history, its students, and its faculty.) You could say that Beth Kennedy and Rex Butt are at home in their jobs. That’s because < both of them, teachers at Linden Hall, live on campus surrounded by the students and many of the other faculty members they’ve just spent the day with. Eleven of the 23 full time teachers live on campus. Miss Kennedy is a dorm mother and a French teacher. Butt is an English teacher and director of the drama department. Both are as far away from their families and hometowns as many of the girls they teach and sometimes they suffer the same homesicknesses for a familiar face. This is Miss Kennedy’s first year at Linden Hall. Originally from the Chicago area, she graduated from Carleton College in Nor-thfield, Minnesota, with a degree in English and French. After graduation she spent a year managing a restaurant. It gave her a feel of what working with kids would be like. She then decided she would like to try teaching and through a teacher’s agency, applied at Linden Hall. “I never heard of Lititz before then,” she said. As a dorm mother and a teacher she faces a bit of an identity crisis, trying to keep the roles separate. "As a teacher I am an authority figure," she said. “ In public school the teacher's up there and you never see her in crummy blue jeans or a bathrobe at 2 a.m.” As a dorm mother she must be an authority figure, making room checks and inspections and making, sure the girls are studying when they are supposed to, she said, but she must also provide the sympathetic shoulder for a teenager with all a young girl’s heartaches and homesickness. "I can sympathize with them,” Miss Kennedy said about the homesickness. “I didn’t know anyone when I moved here.” She teaches three different French courses, all of which have a small enrollment. Her French IV class has only one student. Teaching the same students she "mothers” has advantages and disadvantages, she said. “Sometimes it’s hard because the girls get to know me better in the dorm,” she said. She said that some students may come in explaining that they didn’t get th eir homework done because of this reason or that. “In some cases I have more sympathy because I know what’s behind it. Maybe they were up late crying after a terrible phone call.” But in other cases she has less sympathy because she knows they have no excuse. " I ’m probably more relaxed because of it,” she said. “I see them on different levels." She said that being a dorm mother is a lot like being a mother except “you have 100 kids instead of one." Being a dorm mother sometimes involves acting as a chaperone on trips, which she recently did on a week-long ski trip to the poconos during winter break. Living and working at the same place, especially as a dorm mother can be trying at times, she said. “Sometimes you feel tied down here. It takes a lot of common sense and a sense of humor, especially some nights.” There are four dorm parents plus two supervising (Turn to Page 14)
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Title | Lititz Record Express |
Masthead | Lititz Record Express 1984-03-01 |
Subject | Lititz (Pa.) -- Newspapers;Lancaster County (Pa.)—Newspapers |
Description | Lititz newspapers 1877-2001 |
Publisher | Record Print. Co. |
Date | 1984-03-01 |
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Subject | Lititz (Pa.) -- Newspapers;Lancaster County (Pa.)—Newspapers |
Location Covered | United States;Pennsylvania;Lancaster County (Pa.);Lititz (Pa.);Warwick (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) |
Type | Text |
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Language | English |
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Full Text | THE £ e RESS 107th Year SERUM; THE WARWICK AREA EOR MORE 7 7 /1 . V A T EM I R V ESTABLISHED APRIL 1877 AS THE SUNBEAM CONSOLIDATED WITH THE LITITZ RECORD 193 7 Lititz, Lancaster County, PA. 17543, Thursday, March 1,1984 25 CENTS AC WiTHI >PY: $7.00 PER YEAR BY MAIL LANCASTER COUNTY _ 24 Pages-No. 49 Borough Council Approves Warner Lambert Agreement lili I lg l l lS I l l .4* ■ H i %% c / ; • : & ' Î^SêêÊ Mike Bowman, 118 E. Front St., (standing) ask questions concerning the security of Gemmell’s proposed facility. A majority of the residents * J fc 1 1 1 present in the room voiced opposition to the location of the business in Kleine Lane, which they said was too close to residential areas. Residents Oppose Location Of Waste Recycling Center By Kathleen King In a special meeting to hear public comment on a proposed hazardous waste recycling center, Lititz Borough Council voted unanimously to tell the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources that there was “strong community opposition to this particular facility being located within the Borough.” Two of the six councilmen were absent from the Feb. 22 meeting. The Gem Chem Chemical Management Company is seeking a permit under the state’s hazardous and residual waste regulations to operate a facility at 140 Kleine Lane to recycle industrial wastes such as sludges, oil and inks into a fuel product. Some of the wastes listed in the permit application are classified hazardous because of their ‘ ‘c h a r a c te r i s t ic s of ignitability.” Council told the approximately 75 residents present that although the borough has the right to comment on Gem Chem’s permit application, DER will make the final decision on the matter. A motion by Councilman Donald Stauffer to suggest a one-year trial period with specific guildelines on hours and inspections died for a lack of a secon to the motion. Larry Gemmell, president of the company, said after the meeting that he was “extremely upset with the way council acted.” Gemmell said the borough mailed out approximately 400 letters to residents in the area of Klein Lane, where he proposes to locate his facility, and about 75 people came to the meeting. “If 50 people oppose it, that’s not a majority,” Gemmell said. “You have to make the assumption that the people who didn’t attend weren’t opposed.” Gemmell said he had approached borough council m November about his proposed facility and that they had received his application on December 29. “They held it 30 days prior to discussing it,” he said. “They should have realized this would ultimately need public comment and publicized it earlier. ’ ’ Gemmell said he whs especially upset because he had been told that council found no problems with his facility. “After doing independent research and realizing the facility is ‘A number one,’ it is a disservice that they didn’t report this to the public,” he said. Stauffer said at the meeting that he had checked on the integrity of Gemmell and found that “those who have done business with Larry had high regards of him.” Stauffer told the residents at the hearing he had the p e rm it a p p lic a tio n “analyzed by four chemists with a combine total of 128 yea rs background in chemistry.” He said that the Armstrong World Industries floor plant safety department had “scrutinized this proposal and found no fault with the concept or the processing plan as presented.” Gemmell said that the borough’s comments to DER are “without substance,” because it merely states that the people don’t want his facility in Lititz. "DER gets comments like that all the time,” Gemmel said, and usually disregards them because they are not specific enough, and do not list specific objections. Council opened the meeting by allowing Gemmell 15 minutes to talk, then opened the floor to questions and comments from the public. Residents questioned Gemmell on a variety of topics, including ms plans for safety, the amount: of tra ffic th a t win be generated, the amounts oi hazardous waste he himself would generate, how much of his fuel product he would have on the site and his employees. Cecilia Bachman, 158 (Turn to Page 19) Lititz Borough Council Tuesday night joined the Warwick School District in thanking Warner Lambert for their “ efforts” in working cooperatively with the borough and school district in their real estate tax reassessment appeal. Lititz Borough, Warwick School District, the County Board of Assessment Appeals and Warner Lambert Company are currently in the process of negotiating out of court an agreement whereby the company’s real estate tax assessment will be gradually lowered over a four-year period. Warner Lambert appealed the $1,707,620 assessment appointed by the Lancaster County Board of Assessment following the company’s expansion. When the County Board of Assessment Appeals rejected the appeal, the company filed suit in the Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas. Warwick School District and Lititz Borough, both of which levy real estate taxes on the property, were named parties to the suit, and attorneys for the four parties have been negotiating to resolve the suit out of court. A c co rd in g to an agreement, already approved by the school district, county and now borough council, Warner Lambert’s assessment will be reduced by $457,620 (or by approximately 27 percent) over the next four years, to %1 00b WarwicK superintendent J ii jsuntield said last week hat act ding to the terms of the agreement, Warner Lambert will receive 40 percent of the reduction this year, and an additional 20 percent of the reduction in each the following three years, until the entire reduction is reached in 1986. The reduced assessment will most greatly affect Warwick School District which levies a 123 mill real estate tax, compared to the borough’s 23 mills and the county’s 20 mills. According to Warwick business manager David Zerbe, the school district will lose approximately $55,000 in anticipated tax revenues from Warner Lambert over the four-year period, providing the district’s millage rate remains the same. The reassessment will mean a loss of approximately $15,000 to $20,000 in anticipated taxes to the borough over the next four years, Ken Wiest, I n T h i s I s s u e Editorial 4 Sports Section 6,7,8,9 Social 10,11 Church 18 Business Directory 20 Classified 22,23 borough business manager said. Lititz Borough council President C. Wendell Hower said it was his personal opinion that settling the matter out of court was advantageous to the borough because not only did it save extensive legal fees but also the borough might have lost more if a court decision had been made on the appeal. According to Bobba Venkatadri, plant manager of Warner Lambert, the company was willing to negotiate a settlement because a court battle would have been "a waste of all our time and money.” Venkata dri said Warner Lambert thought it was “in the best interest of the community” to meet the borough and school board, as well as the county half way on the reassessment issue. Warner Lambert is “quite satisfied with the settlement” according to Venkatadri. “We think it is fair.” Council Action At Tuesday’s meeting council took action on the following matters: Lititz Boroueh D o lic e have arres eJ tv nc<* er men they c~ ght n -round Lititz / i b g ar t ols on Satui da pc ce "aid Off e D" i* la Snertzer said police began following the i ire were observed driving on the left side of the road. When police pulled the car over,, they found the two men had burglar’s tools in the car. Shertzer said borough police had to call in a Lancaster officer to translate because the two men did not speak any English. Raul Cisneros, 405 S. Duke St., Lancaster, and Manuel Gonzalez, 131 S. Prince St., Lancaster, were charged with possessing instruments of crime. Bail was set at $500 but neither man could post bail, police said. They have been committeed to Lancaster County prison to await a preliminary hearing. Earlier in the week Matthew Williams, 16, of 1651 Ridgedale Drive, Lancaster, returned a wallet containing $130 he found, while riding bicycle, police said. Shertzer said Williams found the wallet belonging to Ruth Nessinger, 84, of 519 Front St., by the AM/PM Mini Market on the Lititz Pike. Williams was rewarded for his honesty, Shertzer said. • Renewed an equipment maintenance contract with F o x c ro ft E q u ipm en t Company for $1,800 ; • Directed the police department to put a crossing guard at the intersection of Lincoln and North Broad Street on a one-month trial basis; • Accepted the resignation of Pauline Shelley from the Zoning Hearing Board and noted there was now a vacancy on the board; « Granted borough employee Bill Suloff permission to withdraw his money from the borough’s pension fund. Hower noted that the borough employees receive only four percent return on their money and that the borough should investigate other pension funds or increasing the borough’s contribution to the fund. « Adopted an adult bookstore ordinance which restricts and regulates the location of such establishments in the borough; • Adopted a new fee schedule for building construction permits, peddler’s and canvasser’s license fees, plumbing license fees and Accidents A vehicle driven by John I. King; West Newport Road, Ronks, struck Kathryn Sturgis last Saturday after King allegedly ran a red light at the corner of Main and Cedar Streets, police reported. Sturgis, 318 Front St., was transported to the General Hospital where she was admitted with a broken clavicle and a broken knee cap. Police have charged King with failure to stop at a red light. Police reported that a Graybill’s Dairy truck operated by Harlan Steffy had to be towed from a sinkhole after the macadam at the corner of Orange and Cedar Streets gave way under its weight. Damage to the truck was light. Police recovered a stolen car owned by Carol Ann Brown, 529 Front St., after an unidentified driver crashed the car into a street light on Broad Street. The car was apparently traveling north on Broad Street when the driver may have attempted to turn onto North Lane, police said. The car mounted the curb and knocked down the pole, Shertzer said. Damage to the car was severe and it had to be towed from the scene. John R. Prescott, 1725 Third Ave., York, struck a car drive by Victor Thomas, 442 S. Duke St., Lancaster, fees to shut-off and restore water service. The ordinance now requires a permit to alter the interior of a building, as well as the exterior, and for any remodeling, removal or demolition of any building or structure. Under the schedule a permit for projects with an estimated cost of $500 or less will be granted at no charge; up to $1,000 of cost, the permit will cost $10; and for each additional $1,000 or fraction thereof of cost, an additional $5 will be added to the permit fee. The ordinance also increases the fee to restore water service to a customer whose service has been cut off because of a delinquent bill from $15 to $50. Discussions At Tuesday’s meeting council also discussed a number of items on which no action was taken. Council noted that Pennsylvania Public Interest Coalition, a non-profit political action group, will be soliciting opinion in the borough from 3 p.m. to 9 (Turn to Page 19) when Thomas stopped his car on Route 501 to discharge some passengers, police said. Prescott swerved to miss Thomas, but failed, Shertzer said. No charges were filed, police said. Thefts Albert J. Lloyd, 16 N. Locust St., reported that a set of speakers were stolen from his 1981 Mercury Capri while it was parked outside his home on Feb. 28. Police said the burglar also tore out the dash in an ap p a ren t a ttem p t to dismantle the stereo, causing an estimated $500 damage. Police recovered a stolen bicycle during a recent drug raid in Lancaster. The bicycle, which belongs to the daughter of David Hevener, 45 E. Lemon St., was registered and valued at $165. Police said a middle-school- age boy wearing a blue jacket, a blue knit cap and carrying a red gym bag, stole a pile of newspapers from the steps in front of Benner’s Pharmacy on East Main Street. Lititz police reported that someone forged a check at the Farmer’s First Bank in Lititz. The check for $100 was drawn on the account of Phyllis A. Morales, 331 S. Prince St., police said. Shertzer said the address on the check was crossed out (Turn to Page 19) ■ H I • i r a I ' Larry Gemmell, Gem Chem Chemical Management Company, answers questions from residents concerned with his proposed hazardous waste recycling center. Police Catch Two In Borough With Burglary Tools Linden Hall Teachers Find On-Campus Life 'Unique' By Kathleen King (Editor’s note: This is the third in a three-part series on Linden Hall, its history, its students, and its faculty.) You could say that Beth Kennedy and Rex Butt are at home in their jobs. That’s because < both of them, teachers at Linden Hall, live on campus surrounded by the students and many of the other faculty members they’ve just spent the day with. Eleven of the 23 full time teachers live on campus. Miss Kennedy is a dorm mother and a French teacher. Butt is an English teacher and director of the drama department. Both are as far away from their families and hometowns as many of the girls they teach and sometimes they suffer the same homesicknesses for a familiar face. This is Miss Kennedy’s first year at Linden Hall. Originally from the Chicago area, she graduated from Carleton College in Nor-thfield, Minnesota, with a degree in English and French. After graduation she spent a year managing a restaurant. It gave her a feel of what working with kids would be like. She then decided she would like to try teaching and through a teacher’s agency, applied at Linden Hall. “I never heard of Lititz before then,” she said. As a dorm mother and a teacher she faces a bit of an identity crisis, trying to keep the roles separate. "As a teacher I am an authority figure," she said. “ In public school the teacher's up there and you never see her in crummy blue jeans or a bathrobe at 2 a.m.” As a dorm mother she must be an authority figure, making room checks and inspections and making, sure the girls are studying when they are supposed to, she said, but she must also provide the sympathetic shoulder for a teenager with all a young girl’s heartaches and homesickness. "I can sympathize with them,” Miss Kennedy said about the homesickness. “I didn’t know anyone when I moved here.” She teaches three different French courses, all of which have a small enrollment. Her French IV class has only one student. Teaching the same students she "mothers” has advantages and disadvantages, she said. “Sometimes it’s hard because the girls get to know me better in the dorm,” she said. She said that some students may come in explaining that they didn’t get th eir homework done because of this reason or that. “In some cases I have more sympathy because I know what’s behind it. Maybe they were up late crying after a terrible phone call.” But in other cases she has less sympathy because she knows they have no excuse. " I ’m probably more relaxed because of it,” she said. “I see them on different levels." She said that being a dorm mother is a lot like being a mother except “you have 100 kids instead of one." Being a dorm mother sometimes involves acting as a chaperone on trips, which she recently did on a week-long ski trip to the poconos during winter break. Living and working at the same place, especially as a dorm mother can be trying at times, she said. “Sometimes you feel tied down here. It takes a lot of common sense and a sense of humor, especially some nights.” There are four dorm parents plus two supervising (Turn to Page 14) |
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