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The incandescent duo, Irene Cooney and her daughter, Lisa, 18, are two of
several female firefighters in Penryn.
P e n r y n F ir e C o m p a n y : W h e r e
T r a d i t io n a l R o le s A r e W a iv e d
By Karen Belber
The Penryn Fire Com­pany,
nestled in the midst of
this quiet Penn Township
village, is what you might
say, all mixed-up. At least
where tradition is con­cerned.
A burly fellow rules the
roost in the traditionally
female Ladies Auxiliary and
several women over the past
10 years have joined in the
firefighting.
In any case, members of
the Penryn Fire Company
have transcended traditional
boundaries to volunteer their
services to the community.
But the most fascinating
point is that in Penryn, no
one bats an eye or shakes a
head in disapproval. These
volunteers are there to do a
job; and, according to
several members of the
firefighting crew, it’s always
a job well done. It’s a
“people for the people”
situation.
Jimmy Hoffmaster is by
no means a typical member
of the Penryn Fire Com­pany.
Not only has he taken
on a very time-consuming
job as auxiliary president,
he attends firefighter
meetings “to see what’s
going on and touch base,”
he does custodial work at die
fire hall, works a traditional
nine-hour day as a machinist
for Sayco Limited in Lan­caster,
and is a part-timer on
weekends at a local gun
shop. And he still finds time
to go hunting and fishing.
“Since the janitor resigned
at the fire hall, I’ve oc­casionally
assumed those
re sp o n sib ilitie s, to o ,”
Hoffmaster said. But his real
pride and joy is the 100-
member auxiliary.
“One woman was a little
skeptical when I was
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District
The Warwick School
Board Tuesday night took
action to crack-down on
trespassers in response to
increased vandalism to
school district property.
The board authorized the
administration to post
trespass notices on the
district’s buildings and
grounds where necessary.
“During the past few
months, we’ve been having
some difficulty (with van­dalism),
mainly at Kissel
Hill,” district superin­tendent
John Bonfield told
the board Tuesday.
Bonfield said vandals
caused approximately $4,000
damage to school district
property in recent months by
“breaking windows and
causing other kinds of
destruction.”
“We’ve been in touch with
the police and our solicitor,”
Bonfield said Tuesday. “The
police feel this (posting the
trespass notices) will be
helpful in te rm s of
prosecution and we feel that
it will be helpful in terms of
serving notice (to potential
violators).”
The notice, approved by
the board Tuesday, states
that the following activities
will be prohibited on posted
properties:
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vehicles other than on
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and parking of motor
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• The use, possession or
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being under the influence of
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— alcoholic beverages and
drugs;
» Possession or discharge
of firearms, air rifles or
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Jimmy Hoffmaster enters his second year as
president of the Penryn Fire Co. Ladies Auxiliary.
bows and arrows;
• Breaking, cu ttin g ,
defacing or injuring any
tree, plant, shrub, building,
sign or other personal
property of the school
district;
• Littering and discarding
debris of any kind except
into containers;
• Being in or use of school
property between sunset and
sunrise except with per­mission
of the School Board.
In Response To Recent Vandalism
To Crack-Down On Trespassers Bonfield assured the board
Tuesday “we will prosecute
to the fullest” any violators
that are apprehended.
Last week Lititz Borough
Police reported that a beer
bottle was thrown through a
rear window at the Kissel
Hill Elementary School.
Neighbors “gave chase,”
police said, but a male youth
dressed in dark clothing
eluded them. Damage was
estimated at $100 in the Aug.
10 incident.
Similar incidents of
vandalism at the Kissel Hill
school have been reported by
the Lititz police in recent
months.
In other matters Tuesday,
the board accepted the
resignation of Dr. Joseph
Grosh as Warwick’s team
physician, a position he’s
held since 1946.
Dr. Bonfield extended a
“very sincere expression of
thanks and appreciation to
‘Dr. Joe,’ as he is af­fectionately
known, for his
many years of dedicated
service and care for War­wick
athletes.”
The board appointed Dr.
William Grosh, 2 S. Broad
St., to take over as team
p h y sician and school
physician. In his recom­mendation
for the younger
Grosh’s appointment,
Bonfield said, “We’re glad
Dr. Bill Grosh will come on
as team physician and
continue the tradition.”
In other business Tuesday
the board approved interim
transportation contracts for
the upcoming school year.
David Zerbe, district
business manager, told the
board Tuesday that the rates
will be in effect until mileage
and student loads can be
verified and final contracts
recommended for approval
in October.
. The contracts, approved
In This Issue
Editorial 4
Sports Section 6,7,8,9
Social 12
Church 15
Business Directory 16
Classified 18,19
Tuesday, were as follows:
Public schools, Raymond
E. Groff, $538.68 per day plus
gasoline; and Kauffman Bus
Service, $739.92 per day plus
gasoline;
Non-public schools,
Kauffman Bus Service (to
Lancaster and Ephrata)
$250.08 per day plus
gasoline; Lititz Area
Mennonite School, $130.77;
A 51-year-old Elizabeth
Township man is scheduled
to appear before the district
justice for a preliminary
hearing tomorrow morning
after being charged by state
police last week with arson
and recklessly endangering
others
Daniel M. Groff, 1651
Furnace Hills Pike, who has
long opposed township of­ficials
on zoning matters,
was arrested Wednesday,
Aug. 15, after he allegedly
set two junk vehicles on fire
when a township solicitor
an d a p ro f e s s io n a l
photographer arrived at his
property.
State police fire marshal
David B. Fisher said he and
Trooper B a rry White
arrived at the property with
a search warrant about 4
p.m. Wednesday and
arrested Groff.
Groff posted $25,000 bail
pending the preliminary
hearing before District
Justice James Garrett, 690
F u rn a c e Hills Pike,
scheduled from 10 a.m.
tomorrow, Aug. 24, police
said.
David L. Williams, an
attorney whose law firm,
Morgan, Hallgren, Crosswell
and Kane, represents
Elizabeth Township, said
that he and a professional
Raymond C. Groff (to Leola
and Manheim), $45.44 and
$60.70; and Robert D.
Kauffman, (Ephrata) $41.74.
In other matters Tuesday,
the board:
• Approved a request for
$15,293 in Chapter II funds to
be sent to the Pennsylvania
Department of Education, to
be used to purchase micro­computers
for basic in-
Charged With Arson
Daniel M. Groff
structional programs.
• Hired Guy Boyer, 1002
Elbow Road, as a social
studies teacher; Pamela
Smith, 506 Robin Road, as a
h e a lth an d p h y s ic a l
education teacher; and
Kerrie Snavely, 445 N.
President Ave., Lancaster,
as a biology teacher for the
1984/85 school year. (Mrs.
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property on Aug. 15 at 9
a.m., Williams said.
Williams said that when he
and Nixdorf arrived at the
Groff property they found
that the three driveways
were blocked, one by a fence
and the other two by junk
vehicles.
Anticipating that there
might be a problem,
Williams said that he had
worn “blue jeans, sneakers
and an Izod tee-shirt,”
hoping that Groff would not
recognize him as the
township attorney.
“We parked on the berm,
got out and started looking
photographer, Larry Nix­dorf,
went to the Groff
property about 9 a.m. last
Wednesday to take pictures
of unregistered cars and a
sign to be used in the
township’s lawsuit against
Gi@ff.
Last September township
officials filed an equity
complaint against Groff,
asking the court to issue an
injunction to remove junk
vehicles and the large sign
from his property, Williams
said.
Judge Michael J. Perezous
earlier this summer issued a
court order permitting
representatives of the
township to go on Groff’s
around, Williams said. He
said he walked past the junk
vehicle blocking the
southern-most driveway and
was pointing out to Nixdorf
the sign he wanted
photographed when he heard
an explosion.
“We turned around and
the vehicle closest to us was
engulfed in flam e s ,”
Williams said. “It sounded
like shells were exploding
inside the car.”
Williams said that prior to
arriving a t the Groff
property he and Nixdorf had
agreed to leave immediately
if any problems arose.
“We hopped in the car and
as we took off we saw the
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Groff Preliminary Hearing
Slated For Aug. 24
PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF NEW MARKET
Estimated Cost Of 0 m t3.5 MHIion
Construction Work Underway On Stauffer’s By Jennifer Shenk
Construction has begun on
Stauffers of Kissel Hill’s new
70,000 square foot building at
the northeast comer of the
intersection of Route 501 and
Millport Road. Spokesmen
for Stobro, owner of the
property, estimate the
project will cost “In excess
of $3.5 million” before its
completion next spring.
John Martin of Althouse,
Martin and Associates, Inc.,
Lancaster/Ephrata, is the
architect. Site engineer is
J.C. En g in e e rin g /S u r-veying,
Inc., Lancaster.
Horst Construction Com­pany,
Lancaster, is the
general construction con­tractor.
The large colonial-style
b r ic k - f a c e d b u ild in g
currently being erected on
the 19-acre plot at 1050 Lititz
Pike will be used as the
“home store” of Stauffers of
Kissel Hill, according to the
owners.
The existing Lititz store, at
813 Lititz Pike, will continue
to be used as the central
office and for the wholesale
distribution of foods.
Jay R. Oberholtzer, Earl
W. Stauffer, James W.
Stauffer and Paul W.
Stauffer, owners of the
com p an y , th is week
discussed their plans for the
new store, which include a
spring 1985 completion date.
“We will be providing
work for a number of extra
people,” Oberholtzer said
Monday. The owners
estimate that the new store
will employ an additional 35
to 40 persons.
The new building will
feature a complete line of
groceries, fresh fruits and
vegetables, a fresh fish
market, bake shop, meats,
delicatessen, and expanded
garden and nursery supplies
divisions, Oberholtzer said.
According to James
Stauffer, the new store will
offer a complete selection of
grocery items as well as
generic and ethnic foods.
The store will continue to
sell “locally grown, farm
fresh produce,” Earl
Stauffer added.
A new feature planned for
this store is the addition of a
comlete fresh fish market,
which “will probably have
the biggest selection of fresh
fish in the county,” Stauffer
said. The fish will be brought
in daily, he added.
According to Stauffer, the
butcher, W.E. Kreider, will
offer self-service and
counter service meats as
well as frozen meats at the
new store. The store will also
f e a tu r e a com p le te
delicatessen pnd kitchen,
Stauffer said.
The garden division will
include an expanded display
of gardening products, craft
supplies and a classroom
where traditional crafts and
oil painting will be taught,
the Stobro spokesmen said.
Another new feature will
be the opening of a
“ European-style flower
marke t,” which Paul
Stauffer said will offer
ready-made bouquets and
floral designs. Silk flowers
and complimentary supplies
will also be available at the
new store, Stauffer said.
Tools, plants and fer­tilizers
will be sold in the
gardening department.
Housewares will also be
available.
A 24,000 square foot
greenhouse adjacent to the
store will include a large
selection of indoor and
outdoor plants and supplies,
Stauffer said.
The nursery division “will
be larger, more complete,”
Stauffer said, “similar to the
Rohrerstown nursery retail
center.”
A new feature included in
the plans is a child care
room for the convenience of
customers with small
children. The child care
room will be supervised at
specified hours, Oberholtzer
said.
The new store will be
“ entirely air-conditioned,”
Stauffer said this week,
adding with a laugh, “and
the floors will be level.” The
floors in the existing Lititz
store are sloped.
Parking, a major factor in
SKH’s decision to build the
new store, will be greatly
increased. The existing store
has 6945 spaces; the new
store will have over 300
spaces with the potential for
more, Stauffer said.
All entrances and exits to
the new store will be off of
Millport Road.
The roadways at the in­tersection
are being widened
according to Pennsylvania
D ep a rtm en t of T ran ­sportation
specifications,
Stauffer said.
A traffic light, to be in­stalled
at the intersection
will be paid for by Stobro,
which will also be respon­sible
for its maintenance for
three years, Stauffer said.
The light will be triggered
by traffic activity during the
day, Oberholtzer said, and
on a blinking system at
night.
A farmhouse, which
Stobro had originally in­tended
to use as a craft shop,
was removed, increasing
visibility at the intersection,
Stauffer said.
The existing bam on the
property will also be
removed “because it has
outlived its usefulness,”
James Stauffer said Mon­day.
The bam is not very old,
he added.
Original plans for opening
the new store sometime this
year were delayed by
“weather and design” hold­ups,
according to Paul
Stauffer.
A $3,275,000 loan from
Fulton Bank to fund the
construction of the new store
New Store was approved by the Lan­c
a s te r I n d u s t r i a l
Development Authority on
May 7.
The loan is for 9.5 percent
interest for five years and 75
percent of the bank’s prime
rate after that.
The owners credit their
customers and employees
with making the expansion
possible.
“We feel our success is
because of our customers
who have been faithful over
the years and because of our
employees who have given
us the encouragement and
help needed to expand,”
James Stauffer said Mon­day.
“We’re very thankful.”
He added that they were
pleased to remain in War­wick
Township. Before
deciding on the current site,
the company had considered
a property in Manheim
Township where it had run
into citizen opposition.
“We’re delighted with the
cooperation with all the
b ran ch e s of Warwick
Township’s government,”
Stauffer said. “They really
put forth an effort to help us
achieve our goal.”
Oberholtzer said that the
company has received
requests to build in other
areas.
“People from other areas
keep asking us to come
there, but we feel strongly
about taking care of this
area first,” he said. “We’re
convinced this is a growing
area and needs this facility
we’re building.”
The Stobro company
currently owns retail
properties at Lititz, Oregon
Pike, Lancaster, Rohrer­stown
and Leola, as well as a
warehouse on Graystone
Road in East Petersburg.
The new store will be
located across the Lititz Pike
from the location of the
original fruit stand built by
Roy and Florence Stauffer in
1932.