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WITHIN LANCASTER COUNTY 24 Pages-No. 9
236 Seniors To Graduate June 6
Commencement Speakers
Named At Warwick
By morning most of the Guyon building was
rubble and ashes. The Lititz fire company was on
the scene nearly 14 hours, then was called back
Record Express Photo/Stan Hall
Sunday morning at 11:30 to put out a slow burning
fire in a sawdust bin.
Fire Destroys Guyon l iant
A fire which completely
destroyed the Guyon In­dustries,
Inc. building at 65
S. Oak St. early Saturday
morning is “ still listed as
undertermined’’ in origin,
Lititz Fire Chief H. Richard
Neidermyer said Monday.
Over 100 firemen from five
fire companies fought the
blaze, which was called in at
'2:44 a.m. by a neighbor,
Neidermyer said. The fire
was declared under control
by 4:45 a.m., although the
Lititz Fire Company was on
the scene 14 hours, until 3
< us Sain'd-";
Fstnoat«»? of damage uei°
placed at $300,000 although
Neidemijer sam that ma;
be a lithe high "lo.-nri'cee
coverage is piobabR rh'ser
to $250,000,'' he said.
Firemen were called back
to the scene Sunday morning
to put out a very slow bur­ning
fire in a sawdust bin
that the fire company could
not get to earlier because of
debris.
Neidermyer said the state
fire marshall was at the
scene Monday but “because
of the rubble and the amount
of debris, it was extremely
hard to determine the
cause.”
“He didn’t come to any
definite con c lu s io n ,”
Neidermyer said. The fire
marshall will be back later
in the week to continue Ms
investigation, Neidermyer
said, to coordinate the
removal of rubble with the
insurance com p an y
representatives.
“You have to do it piece by
piece, to get to the further
depth of things,” he said.
Some heavy equipment will
be needed to remove beams
and pieces of the caved-in
roof in order for the fire
marshall to determine the
place of origin and cause of
the fire, Neidermyer said.
“We’re not ruling out
arson...we’re not ruling out
anything,” Neidermyer
said. “We have not, come to a
conclusion.”
Neidermyer said when he
arrived at the scene the
building “was pretty well
gone.”
Lititz police had made a
normal patrol through the
area a half-hour prior to the
initial call, Neidermyer said,
and had seen nothing
unusual.
On his way to the fire
Neidermyer said he received
a radio call from his second
assistant chief, Joe Texter,
who told him he could see the
fire from his house and that
it was a “ large working
fire.”
“ 1 ¡equestc-i a J
alarm before I even got
theie ” Npif.pp"\ei s'.!,a
One» he arrived at. tne
, icue he called r e tin ’
•dai :r: *o fount; Dispatcher
Firefiglnrrs from Lit'“ /.
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Manheim and Neffsville, the
Rothsville and Warwick
ambulance, and the Rooks
air unit were on the scene
most of the night.
“We set up three five-inch
lines to separate hydrants.”
Neidermyer said. “We were
flowing 3,000-3,400 gallons
per minute.”
In Central America
He said the companies
were “pumping pretty hard
for four h ou rs” and
estimated they used about
720,000 gallons of water.
“We had to notify the
water department to boost
the pumps,” he said, but
there was never any
problem with the water
supply at any time.
“That’s a good side of town
for water supply,” he said.
Neidermyer called the fire
“one of those tires that
happen only every so often,”
and compared it to the Ebv’s
Mill fire 5FM ic of
fireman were
treated foi smoke inhalation
and one fireman, Mike
Werely, 144 Weidler Lane,
Rothsville, was taken to
E p h r a t a C om m u n ity
Hospital to have a nail
removed from his knee.
The Manheim ladder truck
was very useful in fighting
the fire, Neidermyer said.
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Two hundred and thirty-six
students are candidates
for diplomas at Warwick
High School’s 28th annual
commencement Wednesday,
June 6, at 7 p.m. on the high
school athletic field, weather
permitting.
The following students
were chosen to speak on
“What We Value” at this
y e a r ’ s comm encem ent
ceremony:
Randall Meek, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Meek, 554
W. Third Ave.; Andrew
Maeferran, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Gary Maeferran, 632 S.
Spruce St.; Lori Geiger,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
William Geiger, 619 W. Third
Ave.; and Kathy. Keith,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Clifford Keith, 1219 Brun-nerville
Road.
Meek is vice president of
the National Honor Society
and treasurer of the War­wick
High School Student
Government this year.
He has also participated in
intramural volleyball and
basketball at Warwick.
Following graduation, he
plans to major in business at
the University of Pittsburgh.
MacFerran is president of
the National Honor Society
t>iis ye^r and is also a
member of the Student
Government. He played golf
as a sophomore and has been
r'rrifc-er of the Warwick
tfSia.s foam for the past four
years.
Ho plans hi attend Virginia
i f-ch. where he will major in
o.ectncal engineering.
Miss Geiger has been
active in Glee Club, Band
and Orchestra throughout
her high school career. She
is a member of the National
Honor Society and Student
Government and served this
year as student represen­tative
to the Warwick School
Board. She is also active on
the yearbook staff.
Miss Geiger plans to at-
Nicaraguan Bishop Urges Change In U.S. Policy
By Jennifer Shenk
(Editor’s Note: During Peace
With Justice Week, May 4-13,
speakers from key crisis areas
of the world toured the U.S. to
address the problems of
militarism in their regions.
John Wilson, bishop of the
Moravian Church in Nicaragua.
Honduras and Costa Idea, a
Miskito Indian and a liaison
between the Sandanista
government and ttie people of
Nicaragua's East Coast, was
part of the tour. Having
completed his formal speaking
engagements, Bishop Wilson is
in Lititz this week as a guest of
th e local Moravian
Congregation. During his stay
here, he has spoken to War
wick and Linden Hall students
and members of the Lituz
Rotary Club. He will preach a1
the 8 and 10:30 a.m. services
at the Moravian Church this
Sunday, May 27. Earlier this
week, Bishop Wilson spoke to
the Record Express about his
country, Reagan policies and
the problems facing Central
America today.)
‘ ‘Our problems a re
Mstorical...tracing back to
Nicaragua’s discovery, the
power struggle between
England and Spain, and
later the struggle to in­dependence,”
a wearied
John Wilson said this week
during a quiet moment at the
Lititz Moravian Church. The
49-year-old Nicaraguan
bishop has told the story
many times before.
In the past two weeks,
“The U.S. m u st stop
arming the contras...
send tractors and
equipment, food and
medicine, educational
m a teria ls... not arms."
-iishsp John Wilson
fI
y
In this Issue
Editorial 4
Sports Section 6,7,8,9
Social 10,11
Church 18
Business Directory 20
Classified 21,22,23
Wilson has spoken to large
congregations, small groups
of students, boards of
editors, congressmen, radio
stations...basically to any
North American who will
listen to the story of his war-torn
region and the problems
it’s facing today.
“My purpose is to make
Americans aware of the
situation in Nicaragua, El
Salvador, Honduras and
Costa Rica...and to ask them
to do something to change
the policies of President
Reagan,” Wilson said.
Nicaragua, the largest
Central American republic,
is bordered on the north by
Honduras and on the south
by Costa Rica. Its population
of over two million people,
includes about 100,900 In­dians
—- Miskitos, Sumas
and Ramas.
Wilson grew up in the
Miskito village of Kum-watla,
Nicaragua, his
mother a Miskito Indian, Ms
father Creole.
Fluent in English, Spanish
and Miskito, Wilson has
earned the Latin American
equivalent of a master’s
degree in theology and has
served the Nicaraguan
church as director of the
Moravian Bible Institute for
the education of national
pastors.
He has also served as
pastor of the Bilwaskanna
and Bluefield congregations
and has been a central figure
in the process of dialogue
between the Moravian
Church and the Nicaraguan
Revolutionary Government,
working to attain a peaceful
reconcilitation between the
people of the East Coast and
the government.
In order to understand the
current situa tion in
Nicaragua, it is necessary to
understand its turbulent
history, Wilson said.
North Am e rican in­volvement
in the area is not
new, he explained. In 1855
William Walker, a North
Am e rican ad v en tu re r,
declared himself president
of Nicaragua after joining
the Liberal Party’s civil war
against the Conservatives
Walker was ’ tentudD
removed from power, but
N o rth A m e r i c a n in ­volvement
continued. The
IJ.S. Marines invaded the
small Central American
republic three times - in
1909,1912 and 1926.
During the six years
following the tMrd Marine
invasion, a band of rebels led
by Augusto Sandino waged a
“jungle war” against the
Marines who eventually
turned their power over to a
Nicaraguan National Guard
wMch they had trained.
Heading the Guard was
Anastasio Sornoza Garcia.
Shortly after Sornoza came
to power in 1934, the rebel
l e a d e r Sandino was
assassinated.
“Nicaragua remained a
Sornoza. stronghold from 1934
to 1979,” Wilson said, during
which time three successive
Sornozas ruled.
“Sornoza drilled into the
heads of the people to be
anti-communist,” Wilson
sa id. ‘ ‘However, his
government was very
corrupt. The wealth was
falling into the hands of the
few and the masses were in
poverty...this is what led to
his overthrow — the gap
between Ms people and the
poor.”
On July 19, 1979, after
nearly two decades of
struggle, a revolutionary
group calling themselves
’‘Sandanistas” after the
earlier rebel leader, over­threw
the Sornoza govern­ment.
The years following the
Sandanistas’ takeover have
been tension-filled, Wilson
said.
“It’s hard to get adjusted
to a new system,” Wilson
explained.
A civil protest in 1980
“against the presence of too
many Cubans led to a
military presence, (by the
new government)” Wilson
said, adding that “ 1981 was a
year of crisis in our coun­try.”
During that year the
relationsMp between the
Indian movement and the
Sandanistas developed into a
conflict wMch led to the
arrest and detainment of
many of the Indian leaders.
“The two sides did not
have enough dialogue,”
Wilson said. “They were too
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Will Be Dosed Monday
The Record Express
Office will be closed
.Monday in observance
of the Memorial Day
holiday.
Press releases for
next week’s paper
should be received by
the R e co rd News
D e p a r tm e n t by
Tuesday, May 29, at 10
a.m. Press information
may be dropped in the
mail slot at the Record
Express building, 22 E.
Main St., anytime over
the weekend.
The deadline for
display advertising is
Tuesday, May 29, at 3
p.m. Classified ads will
be received until 5 p.m.
Tuesday.
tend Alderson-Broaddus
College to major in medical
science in the physician’s
assistant program.
Miss Keith is a member of
the Warwick Band, Glee
Club, Orchestra and Show
Choir. She has also been
named to County Chorus and
Band, District Chorus and,
tMs year, to State Chorus.
She has participated in the
fall plays and had leading
roles in the spring musicals
at Warwick. She is also a
member of the National
Honor Society.
Miss Keith plans to attend
Ithaca College where she
will major in music per­fo
rm an ce and music
education.
The Rev. Lawrence Tropp,
St. John’s and Emmanuel
E v a n g e l i c a l L u th e rn
Church, will give the in­vocation
and the benedic­tion.
The baccalaureate service
will be held in the high school
auditorium on Tuesday,
June 5 at 7 p.m. The Rev.
Irvin Straw J r ., Salem
Luthern Church, Kissel Hill,
will be in charge of the
service, with the Rev. Jerry
Young, L ititz G ra c e
Brethren Church, delivering
the message.
The 236 candidates for
graduation are:
Michael T. Adams, Rick
Gene Adams, Robert John
Adams, Scott Michael
Ahlum, Todd Arnold, Ernie
F. Aschenbach, Tracy Lynne
Auker, Jennifer F . Aliment,
Molly Ann Axe, Terry L.
Bair, Scott Michael Barr,
Paul J . Barrett, Laurie
Michele Bedger, Clarence E.
Belile and Thomas Ben­jamin.
Charles Henry Blough,
Diana M. Boblick, Marianne
Bonfield, Michael Thomas
Border, Michael Todd
Boyer, Leonard F . Brenner,
Carol A. Bronczyk, Christine
M. Brown, Ranelle G.
B ru b a k e r , S t a c i L.
Brubaker, Barry Bucher,
Keith Bucher, David Ran­dall
Buckwalter, Elaine M.
Burgess and Barry C.
Byram.
Shawn Torrens Canady,
Ray R. Chrobot II, Tracy
Lynn Conrad, Kimberly Ann
Coyle, Robin Elizabeth
Cressman, Lisa Dawn
D a rlington, C a rey L.
Daveler, Tammie Michelle
Deater, Robert L. Dernier,
Robert Richardson Derek,
Dean William Dirian, Darrin
Kathy Keith Lori Geiger
■
HH
I A
Andrew Maeferran
Lee Donmoyer, Joseph Jan
Doskoeil III and Marylou
Allison Dutka.
Cecilia G. Eberly, Charles
D. Eckman, Michael A.
Eder, Beth Ann Eidemiller,
William Scott Eitner,
Barbara Lee Emmerich,
Ronald Lynn EsMeman,
Alida Elizabeth Farrington,
Caryln Ann Fasnacht,
KatMene Suzanne Fichtner,
Greg o ry S co tt F lo ry ,
Randall Lee Forney and
Katherine E . Frangeskos.
Richard Fuller, Lorrie
Anne Gaffney, Lisa K.
Garman, Jeffrey L. Gamer,
Jodi Noel Garner, Marjorie
Anne Garofalo, Michael W.
Gaskins, Lori Jane Geiger,
Warren R. Gerber, John P.
Gilbert and Audrey Elaine
Gingrich.
Kenneth Lee Givler, Holly
Lynn Godfrey, Michael
Goodman, Troy Graffius,
David A. Greenly, Tracy L.
Greiner, Dawn Elaine Groff,
Christine L. Grosjean, David
G. Habecker, John Franklin
Hacker and Robert W.
Hackman, Jr.
Timothy P. Hauck, Steven
Bruce Heffner, Scott Allan
Heisey, Victoria Lynn
Henderson, Todd Michael
Henry, Eric Martin Herr,
Bruce Hershey, Jr ., Mat­thew
Kyle Hershey, Charles
Michael Hess, Paul A. Hess,
Deborah L. Hilbert and
Paige Renee Hilton.
John L. Hoeltzel III, Keith
Gregory Hoover, Michael
Brian Horvath, Thomas R.
Howe, Brian Scott Huber,
Catherine Hurd, Stacey L.
Hyle, Scott Leroy James,
Carla A. Kamm, Ryan Lynn
Kauffman, Terri Lynette
Keasey, Gregory C. Keim
and Kathy L. Keith.
Harold Kelley, Kenneth
Lee Kershner, Robert E.
Kiralfy, Karen Ann Klein-felter,
Dana L. Kline, Sherry
L. Kline, Kimberly Ann
K o le n d a , Somphop
Kongsynonh, Joel S. Kreiter,
Kristine M. Kuhns, Timothy
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James Huber To Speak
At Memorial Day Services
James E. Huber, Lan­caster
County Commissioner
and former native of Lititz,
will be the speaker at the
memorial Day Service in
Lititz, on Monday, May 28, at
11 a.m. in the Moravian
Cemetery.
The traditional service
and parade are being
sponsored by The American
Legion Post 56 and The
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Post 1463, with rites
beginning at 10:45 a.m.
The Lititz parade will form
at 10:30 a.m. on Warwick
Street (off W. Lincoln Ave.)
and proceed at 10:45 a.m.
east on West Lincoln Avenue
to Broad Street, move south
to Main Street, east on Main
Street to Church Square,
then south to the Moravian
Cemetery. Organizations
participating in the parade
should report at the starting
point promptly at 10 :30 A.M.
The VFW and the
American Legion appeal to
the scouring organizations
and all children to bring
flowers and participate in
the parade and service.
Children will decorate the
graves of veterans with
flowers.
The Rev. Gene R. Stuckey,
James E. Huber
Sr., pastor of St. Paul’s
E v a n g e lic a l Lutheran
Church, will give the in­vocation.
William Stauffer
will lead the audience in
singing “America” and the
n a tion a l anthem a c ­companied
by the Warwick
High School Band and The
Lititz Community Band.
Kathy Keith, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Keith,
1219 Brunnerville Road, will
give the Lincoln’s Get­tysburg
Address. Rev.
Stuckey will give the
benediction.
Rothsville
In Rothsville, the parade
will form at the Rothsville
Fire Hall at 9:15 a.m. and
move west on Main Street
and proceed to the Lutheran
Cemetery, where the service
will begin at 9 :30 a.m.
The Rev. J .E . Pond,
p a s to r of St. P a u l’ s
Evangelical Congregational
Church, Rothsville, will give
the invocation. The Warwick
High School Band will play
“America” and the national
anthem.
Kathy Keith will give the
Lincoln’s Gettysburg Ad­dress.
Rev. J .E . Pond will
give the Benediction.
Details of the parade and
service at Rothsville are
being handled in cooperation
with the Rothsville Fire
Company.
Earl Adams, commander
of Garden Spot Post 56 of the
American Legion and
Kenneth Miller, commander
of the Veterans of Foreigh
Wars, Post 1463, urge the
widest possible participation
by residents of the com­munities
in the Memorial
Day services and that
citizens display the United
States flag in recognition of
the day.