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Easter Sunrise Services
Follow Years of Custom
By Mildred Spear
“Welcome happy morning,
age to age shall say.
Hell today is vanquished;
Heaven is won today.
Low, the dead is living,
Sod forevermore
Him their true Creator,
all His works adore.
Welcome happy morning,
age to age shall say,"
The words to an old hymn,
sung victoriously, with
enthusiasm, carry much of
the deep feeling of festivity
and joy of Easter and the
Resurrection.
Churches throughout the
area will carry on the
tradition of welcoming that
happy morning, at sunrise
services, a tradition which
may well have its origins in
Biblical text.
The Gospels agree that
“on the first day of the week
at early dawn...” the women
visited the tomb and found it
empty. The names of the
women vary in the different
accounts, but the time of day
is dawn, or sunrise, con-sistantly.
Ancient beliefs were, in
some cases, borrowed and
incorporated into the
fledgling Christianity. In
antiquity, rites were per­formed
at the vernal
equinox, welcoming the sun
and its great power to bring
new life to all growing
things, according to Robert
Myers, in “Celebrations -
The Complete Book of
American Holidays.”
These was also mention
that the sunrise services,
celebrating light and dawn
of newness, are not
unrelated to Easter bonfires
held on the tops of hills in
continuation of New Year’s
fires.
The fires were a world
wide observance among the
ancients, to herald spring.
Another ancient super­stition
connected with the
rising sun is that it was
possible to see the sun dance
in the sky if you saw it just at
dawn, according to Myers.
That appears to have been a
crowd gatherer among the
pre-Christian peoples who
flocked to the hilltops to see
such a spectacle.
A similar Christian belief
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Sunrise on Easter Morning inspired the tradition of dawn services in the
Moravian Church when, according to the Rev. Larry T. Lindenmuth, "a group of
earnest young men gathered in God’s Acre in Herrnhut, Germany, April 13,
1732 to sing appropriate hymns and meditate on the great fact of Christ’s death
and resurrection.” The custom has spread to many denominations.
was that the image of the
Lamb of God appeared in the
sun at dawn.
In France, that first early
morning bright ray of light
that pierces the clouds as the
sun rises, on Easter morning
is thought to be angels
dancing in celebration of the
Resurrection.
The outdoor E a s te r
sunrise service was brought
to this country by Protestant
immigrants from Moravia
and the first such American
service is thought to have
been held in Bethlehem, PA,
in 1741.
According to Rev. Larry
T. Lindenmuth, pastor of
Over $800 In Prizes
To Be Given By Area Merchants
The annual Lititz
R e ta ile r’s “ April
Showers of Gift Cer­tificates”
promotion
continues this week in
Lititz area stores with
over $800 in gift cer­tificates
and prizes to be
awarded. The contest,
which ends Saturday,
April 21, is open to all
ages, although children
under 18 who register
should be accompanied
by an adult.
Each participating
merchant is giving a
prize or series of prizes
either in merchandise
or gift certificate form.
Winners will be selected
at random by each
merchant from those
who enter the event in
that store.
No purchase is
necessary to enter but
you must register your
name, address and
telephone number at a
participating store to be
eligible for that store’s
prizes.
Winners in this annual
contest will be notified
by the individual store
owners and a complete
list will appear in next
week’s issue of the Lititz
Record Express.
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Lititz Moravian Church the
first sunrise service was
held at Herrnhut, Germany,
April 13, 1732 when a group
of earnest young men met at
“God’s Acre” to sing ap­p
ro p ria te hymns and
meditate on the great fact of
C h r is t’s d e a th and
resurrection.
F rom th a t sim p le
beginning, and deeper ap­p
r e c ia tio n of the
Resurrection truth, he said,
the holding of a sunrise
service on Easter morning
became an annual feature of
the Moravian Church
wherever it was established.
The sunrise service has
come to us in extraordinary
beauty and has found its way
into many denominations.
The Lititz Moravian
Congregation will continue
the tradition this year
following a custom of 225
years.
ARISE
The residents of Lititz will
be awakened in the hours
before dawn on Easter
morning by the harmonies of
brass instruments. The
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Up 10.3 Percent
Warwick’s Preliminary Budget
Shows No Tax Increase
Warwick School Board
gave preliminary approval
Tuesday night to a $9,595,241
budget for the 1984-85 school
year, representing a 10.3
percent increase over the
current budget but requiring
no tax increase.
A public budget meeting is
scheduled for Tuesday, May
1, at 7:30 p.m. at the War­wick
Middle School. Final
adoption of the 1984-85
general fund budget is ex­pected
at the board’s regular
meeting on May 15.
Warwick superintendent
Dr. John Bonfield described
it as “a needs budget,”
Tuesday, saying it was “not
extravagant in anyway.”
Bonfield said that district
goals determined through
the Long Range Plan, in­cluding
the areas of com­munication
skills, expanded
programming for the
academically able and
alternative education ap­proaches,
are addressed in
the 1984-85 budget.
Increase in salaries and
the fixed cost areas of social
security and retirement, the
replacement of the Middle
School roof and the repair of
school parking lots and
roadways account for some
of the increases in the 1984-85
budget, Bonfield said.
Additional microcom­puters
and upgrading school
duplicating equipment
constitute the major new
equipment expenditures
planned.
If the tentative budget
meets final approval next
month, this will be the third
year in a row that Warwick
has gone without a tax in­crease,
Bonfield said
Tuesday, adding “ that
always is our goal in our
budget preparation.”
According to the tentative
budget, costs are up in all
categories (except the
budgetary reserve which
will remain at $200,000) as
follows.
Administration, $351,990,
up 24.6 percent; instruction,
$4,591,195, up 7.7 percent;
pupil personnel services,
$220,551, up 11.5 percent;
health services, $80,032, up
10.9 percent; transportation,
$440,988, up 2.1 percent;
operation and management
of plant, $1,072,738, up 12.7
percent; student activities,
$189,998, up 31.3 percent;
capital outlay, $146,829, up
41.1 percent; debt service,
$750,773, up 28.7 percent;
community services, $29,450,
up 11.6 percent; fixed
charges, $1,045,094, up 7.3
percent; food services,
$11,395, up 15 percent; and
intersystems payments,
$464,249, up 1.7 percent.
Anticipated revenues for
the 1984-85 fiscal year in­clude
$5,140,250 from local
sources, including real
estate, per capita, earned
income, realty transfer and
occupation taxes, earnings
from investment;!, tuition
from patrons, rental of
facilities and otht r sources.
The state is expected to
provide the district with
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Lions Plan Annual Easter Egg Hunt
The annual Easter
Egg Hunt sponsored by
the Lititz Lions Club will
be held Saturday, April
21, at 10:30 a.m. at
Warwick High School.
There will be colored
hard boiled eggs, candy
and cash prizes.
There will be four age
groups and th e ir
locations will be as
follows:
Ages 1 and 2 in the
circle in front of War­wick
High School.
Ages 3 and 4 on the
outfield of the baseball
diamond.
Ages 5, 6 and 7 on the
practice football field.
Ages 8, 9 and 10 in the
field east of the Lititz
Springs Pool.
Rain date for the egg
hunt will be Sunday,
April 22 at 2 p.m.
Supervisors Deny Mariani Rezoning
By Kathleen King
A controversial zoning
issue may come before the
Warwick Township Board of
Supervisors again, even
though they denied the
petitioner’s original request
last week.
At their regular monthly
meeting April 11, the
supervisors unanimously
denied a petition by
developer Anthony Mariani
to rezone a 37-acre tract near
Rudy Dqm from low density
residential, R-l, to high
density residential, R-3.
The decision came after a
number of the 70 or more
residents present expressed
negative reactions to the
petition.
Although a public hearing
on the petition was held at
the supervisors’ March 14
meeting, no vote had been
taken at that meeting
because Supervisor Robert
Smith was absent. No public
opposition has been ex­pressed
at the March
meeting.
At Wednesday’s meeting
the su pervisors gave
Mariani permission to
submit a new petition in
accordance with the
township planning com­mission’s
recommendations
without having to pay a new
filing fee»
The planning commission
had recdmmended that the
six acres of the tract situated
to the east side of Rudy Dam
Road be rezoned medium
density : R-2, and the
remaining 31 acres west of
Rudy Dam Road be rezoned
R-3.
In addition, the planning
commission is now in the
process of revising the
township’s zoning map and
p r
h a tt
Developer Anthony Mariani explains his rezoning request at last Wednesday’s
Warwick Township Supervisor’s meeting. The petition requesting a change from
low density R-l to high density R-3 residential zoning was denied by the
supervisors.
Smith said earlier this week
he felt the rezoning of the
area to R-3 “will come up
under a broader package.”
Smith said he understands
that the planning com­mission
“has looked at this
piece of land Mr. Mariani
wishes to rezone and feels it
is a desirable area to
develop.”
Smith said his reason for
voting against the petition at
the April 11 meeting was not
because of public opposition
but because of the planning
commission’s recom­mendations.
“We’ve faced opposition
before,” he said.
Smith said the township’s
solicitor had advised the
board they had to vote on the
way the petition had been
advertised in the newspaper,
which was to rezone all of the
37 acres to R-3.
If the petition would come
before the board again
requesting the rezoning in
the manner the township
planning commission had
recommended, Smith said
he would vote in favor of it.
“It would have all the
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municipal services there -
water, sewer.”
Smith said he wants to
“save as much farmland as
possible in the township by
taking the land serviced by
sewer and developing those
areas.”
“Nobody wants growth in
their backyard,” Smith said.
Steve Wallace, Chairman
of the board of supervisors
said several days after the
meeting that he felt if the
supervisors had taken a vote
at the March meeting, the
rezoning petition would have
passed.
Smith agreed with
Wallace’s evaluation.
“I would have voted in
favor of it,” Smith said.
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To Questions On Sewer Rate Increase
Authority To Reply Next Month
Approximately 175 Warwick Township residents
filled the Rothsville Fire Hall Tuesday night to seek
answers from the Municipal Authority on the in­creased
sewer rate.
By Kathleen King
Warwick Township
M u n ic ip a l A u th o rity
Chairman J. Richard Coates
told about 175 people in a
crowded Rothsville Fire Hall
Tuesday night that the
municipal authority would
have some answers to the
residents’ questions about
the recent sewer rate in­crease
“by the day after the
May 17 meeting.”
Coates made the remark
after a two-hour “guest
recognition” session during
the re g u la r monthly
m u n ic ip a l a u th o r ity
meeting, which had been
moved to the fire hall in
anticipation of a large crowd
of residents.
C o ates s a id th e
suggestions made by the
residents on cutting costs,
equalizing the burden of the
sewer on residents, ex­panding
into the fringe areas
and forming a joint authority
with Lititz borough to
operate the wastewater
treatment plant would be
taken into consideration.
After the meeting Coates
said the questions raised at
the meeting were divided
into two main issues: equity
of the charging basis for
sewer usage and the
financial aspects of income
and expenses.
For many of the residents
it was the third meeting on
the sewer rate increase they
had attended. A meeting
called by a group calling
themselves the Concerned
Citizens was held on April 3
at the Brunnerville Fire
Hall. It was attended by
about 250 residents who were
advised to attend the
Warwick Township
Supervisors meeting last
Wednesday and the
municipal authority meeting
Tuesday night.
One resident, Bruce
Bucher, suggested that the
two municipalities consider
a joint authority to run the
wastewater treatment plant,
said after the meeting he
didn’t think he had been
wasting his time.
“I think they’re listening,”
Bucher said.
Bucher said he thinks the
authority “has a difficult
task,” but that there is “
crisis here and in town, too.’
“I think the elected ol
ficials have to get together,
Bucher said. He said a join
authority would save o
engineering fees, ad
ministration costs, audit
and other expenses that boti
authorities are paying t
have done.
“In the borough they havi
a computer on line to do thi
billing and we’re paying ti
have our billing done,” hi
said.
A v a rie ty of othei
suggestions, questions an<
comments were made at thi
meeting.
S e v e ra l re s id e n t!
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