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Zoning Board says 'no’ to
conversion of home to office
Clair elected mayor
No surprises
in local
elections
An advertising agency
based in Mount Gretna that
wishes to relocate to Lititz
was denied a special ex­ception
Monday night by the
Lititz Zoning Hearing Board
to convert a home on South
Broad Street into an office
building.
White, Good and Company
was seeking permission to
convei t the house at 330 S.
Broad St., located at the
corner of South Broad and
Second Avenue, into an
office building.
Robert Good and Ann
White, represented at the
meeting by attorney Jeffrey
Crosby of Gibbei, Kraybill
and Hess, told the zoning
board that they wanted to
use the first, second and
third floors of the large
house for the business.
The business currently
employs seven persons, they
said, and could possibly
expand as their clientele
increases.
The firm had planned to
install a parking lot on what
is now the rear lawn, with
exit onto Pine Lane and a
screening of shrubs and
trees on three sides.
However, there was strong
opposition by residents of the
area who expressed concern
over the encroachment of
commercial enterprizes into
their residential neigh­borhood.
Chet and Karen Crouse,
whose home is immediately
north of the property, said
they’d prefer to see it remain
residential.
“Having a business next
door won’t, do much for our
property values,” Mrs.
Crouse told the zoning board.
A neighbor across the
street, Richard Heisey,
asked Good and White why
they wanted to move to
Lititz.
“ The Lancaster area
seems to be the center of
advertising in the central
Pennsylvania area,” Good
replied. “There are now 16 to
20 agencies in Lancaster, so
it would not be in our best
interest to be a small fish in
a large pond.”
He said Lititz appealed to
them for a number of
reasons.
“The kind of thing we do is
in keeping with what Lititz is
trying to create,” he said.
White agreed. “Lititz. is
very sim ila r to Mt.
Gretna...it has a particular
environment and charac­ter.”
Heisey asked them why
they didn’t locate in an in­dustrial
park rather than
into a residential district.
“ lititz hasn't been clut­tered
up with businesses
along the main thorough­fare,”
he told them.
White responded that an
advertising agency would
not be appropriately located
in an industrial park.
Another neighbor said
she’d be “delighted to see
them come to Lititz” but
“hated to see that (property)
become a commerical
area.”
Zoning board member,
John Reidenbaugh, said he
had been concerned for a
number of years about the
deterioration of the property
and had been happy to see
the “face lift.”
“I have mixed emotions
about this,” he said. “I can
see the applicants may be
good neighbors.”
In response to a question,
the zoning officer, John
Strayer, told the board that
the property could be con­verted
to three apartment
units without coming before
the zoning board.
At which point zoning
board member, Robert
Fitts, asked the 15 or so
neighbors at the meeting
“would you prefer to see that
building become a three-unit
apartment building?”
To which Crouse
responded yes, because he
didn’t care to see a parking
lot next to him.
One zoning board member
pointed out that if an
apartment building were
located there instead of a
business, there would still be
a parking lot.
Crouse then replied thai he
didn’t think the- e was am
reason the house could uoi De
sold as a single-family
residence.
“There had been a couple
families after that home,”
he said, adding that he
thought the current owners
may have invested more
money in the house than they
may be able to get out of it.
Crosby, the firm’s at­torney,
reminded the board
of other area businesses,
such as the doctor’s office
across the street, the former
Wagaman building to the
rear, a dentist and barber
shop down the block, and the
library and the gas station at
the end of the block.
“ This use does not
seriously undermine the
In This Issue
Editorial 4
Sports Section 6,7,8,9
Social 10,11
Church 20
Business Directory 22
Business Update 23
residential character of the
neighborhood,” he insisted,
adding that the front of the
property would remain as it
now is, with the addition of
only a small sign.
He said the entrance to the
building would be in the
rear, and the nature of the
business would not increase
traffic substantially because
most clients are visited at
their office, rather than
coming to the ad agency
office.
Crosby also reminded the
board and audience that the
special exception would just
be for this owner and would
end once the owners moved
out or ceased operation of
their business.
However, Bruce Singer, a
neighbor across the street
objected.
“The pressure would be
thebe, down the road a little
bit,” he said. “I seriously
doubt the next user would
change it back to residen­tial.”
Singer added that the next
commerical usage “may not
be as attractive to the
neighborhood.”
He said he was very
concerned about the
precedent this would be
setting.
In voting, member Russell
Schreiber, ac ting as
c h a irm a n in P o lly
Eshelman’s place, said, “We
do this reluctantly. We want
to protect the people in the
neighborhood... but we’d love
to have you in Lititz.’’
The hoard voted 3-1 to
deny the request, with
member Dovall Axe
dissenting.
Historic District
The other three cases that
came before ih hoard
Monday night dealt with
properties in the Historic
District.
In a continuation of a case,
the board granted Harrison
I. Brown of Palmyra per­mission
to do extensive work
to the exterior or his building
at 301 E. Main St. which
houses the Village Pedaler
and the Village Mirror and
Glass Service.
The board granted him
permission to install vertical
wooden siding stained a
natural color and to hang
several exterior lights on the
building.
A neighbor across the
street, Richard von Hess,
interjected a number of
opinions into the discussion.
“I think that building
could be charming...with a
little thought. Von Hess said
Brawn had the option of
doing something “in good
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There were no surprises in
Tuesday’s election, mainly
because these were no
contests. In Warwick and
Elizabeth Township and in
the borough of Lititz there
was not one candidate for
any office, whether it was
constable or supervisor, who
faced opposition.
Roy B. Clair, 40 E. Third
Ave., was elected mayor of
Lititz. Russell L. Pettyjohn,
337 S. Cedar St., and Clyde
R. Tshudy, 215 E. Main St.,
were relected to borough
council in the third and first
wards, respectively.
Jeff C. Siegrist was elected
borough council member
from the second ward. A
resident of 131 Liberty St.,
Siegrist will replace C.
Wendell Hower who choose
not to seek re-election.
In Warwick Township Roy
A. Irvin, 537 Hackman Road,
and Irel Buck waiter, 1011
Lititz Pike, were shoe-ins for
supervisors. For both, it is
their second term.
In Elizabeth Township
incumbent supervisor Larry
R. Wiker, 206-A Blantz Road,
was relected.
Four school directors were
re-elected, to Use Warwick
School Board. Gerald ^L.
Roy Clair
Downing, 339 E. Second
Ave., and Gaylord E. Poling,
Jr., 119 N. Cedar St., were
re-elected to their second
term, with Wilson B. Smith,
506 Robin Road and Ruth
Husser, 311 Balmer Road
receiving the nod for their
third terms. All had been
cross-filed on both the
Democratic and Republican
tickets.
Voter turnout was termed
“very poor” and “very
slow” by local election
workers.
“Unless it’s a presidential
or gubernatorial election,
people don’t turn out,” Mae
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David Hoang, a student at the St. Paul Com­munity
Nursery School, got an early lesson in
citizenship when he and his classmates voted
Tuesday. Rather than voting for mayor or council
members or school directors, the students elected
their favorite color.
L i t i t z m a n l o o k i n g
by Kathleen King
Discrimination. It’s a
nasty word and one that is
definitely getting its share of
attention from the press, the
courts and society.
One of the biggest drives in
recent years has been to
eliminate discrimination
toward the handicapped.
For years subtle barriers
have stood in the way of
persons in wheelchairs,
those with visual or hearing
impairments or those in­tellectually
delayed.
But not all the harriers
have copie tumbling down,
as Lititz resident Kirby Erb
is well aware.
A 1973 graduate of War­wick
High School, Kirby was
born with cerebral palsy.
And ever since that time,
he has faced the outright and
subtle ways that people have
treated him as being “dif­ferent.”
Being born with cerebral
palsy is “just one of those
th in g s ,” Kirby
acknowledges.
“I came to the knowledge
that I’m just like other
people...everybody on this
earth has the same rights
whether they are han­dicapped
or not,” Kirby said
in a recent interview.
“Everybody is a human
being.”
According to Joan Martin,
who is on the staff of United
Cerebral Palsy of Lancaster
County, cerebral palsy is not
a disease or a condition.
“Normally a birth defect,
it is caused by a lack of
oxygen to the brain...which
affects the motor functions.”
she explained.
M a rtin s a id th a t
automobile accidents with
head injury are the second
leading cause of cerebral
palsy.
Another is child abuse.
“When you shake a child
or give it a blow to the head,
you can damage the part of
the brain that controls motor
function,’ ’ she sail.
Although usually of
average or above average
intelligence, persons with
cerebral palsy often have a
slowness of speech or a
speech impeditment which
causes the general public to
lump them into a category
with those who are mentally
retarded, Martin pointed
out.
“That’s one of the major
frustrations of those with
cerebral palsy,” Martin
added. “They are often
treated as though they are
intellectually impaired. ’ ’
She explained that there is
no way to reverse cerebral
palsy at this point in time.
'a t t i t u d e b a r r i e r s '
Kirby Erb, a Lititz resident born with cerebral
palsy, was recently elected vice president of the
Red Rose Courage Club. This is the third time he
has held office in the organization, which is a social
organization for all Lancaster County residents
with physical handicaps.
“You don’t get worse, you
don’t die from it...whatever
you have at birth you have.”
Physical therapy can
improve motor functions,
however, she added.
Kirby admits that he felt
the brunt of his classmates’
cruelty as a child, and had to
learn to deal with it.
“When I was small, I had a
big temper, especially if
people were picking on me.”
“But when I got older, I
got wiser,” he added. “I
learned to walk away from
people...instead of getting
angry.”
Although he has come to
terms with the fact that he
has cerebral palsy and
always will, that doesn’t stop
him from d is lik in g
discrimination.
“Some things still get me
out of whack,” he said.
One of those things is
people who don’t give the
handicapped a chance.
“Handicapped people
want to work,” Kirby insists.
‘ ‘ I have no doubt in my mind
that if given a chance, a
handicapped person can do
as good a job, maybe even
better, than someone else.”
Kirby is employed by
Moravian Manors, Inc., has
had previously worked for
the Warwick School District.
He has been employed ever
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Lititz Park
seeks security A-by
Bonnie Szymanski
“We determined in May of
this year that we were really
going to do something about
the drugs and vandalism in
the park.”
Jim Wynkoop, assistant
manager at Farmers First
Bank and treasurer of the
Lititz Springs Park Board of
Trustees, spoke as he opened
the black notebook where he
keeps the records of park
debits and credits.
Following their May
decision, the board hired a
private security agency to
provide guards to patrol the
park.
“The security is really
w o rk in g ,” a s s e r te d
Wynkoop, who recalled how
he would often hear
residents complain of being
afraid to take their children
to the park.
It seemed to have become
a mecca for loiterers,
“druggies” and general
public nuisances.
“There’s been a dramatic
turn-around this year,”
continued Wynkoop. He told
about the crowds of pic­nickers
that filled the
pavilions this summer,
about families that, once
again, came to the park for
an hour or a day.
“ There’s been good
cooperation between the
security guards and the
police,” he added, noting
that only recently Lititz
police charged three or four
persons with violations
within the park following
observation and a report by
a security guard.
In addition to park guards,
the board stepped up
security measures rJut. y-rvr
by installing mercury v.ivor
lights in the paviliQ’i,.
deter loitering jc fa /-s
buildings.
He described how, > T'o
past, groups of young feu- A
would climb the picnic
tables, which vero sfecked
in the pavilions for v/inrir
storage, m i sit aW-; ! ?
rafters in the shadow of ; e
roof.
With the shadows g o /', -o
are the rafter-sitters.
Finally, a chain-link nv." /,
donated by the borough, is
installed across the f 3
behind the bandshod to
prevent people from c i-tering
the park at thg • rod
and staying under ccr-Tr cr
the bandshell.
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Warwick police charge
man with assault
A Lititz man is being
charged by Warwick
Township police with
aggravated assault, simple
assault, recklessly en­dangering
another in­dividual,
criminal trespass,
and disorderly conduct as a
result of an incident Oct. 31
at 7:48 p.m.
O ffic e r Ed Tobin
responded, to a cal) at the
home of David Yutz, 8 Earl
Lane, Rotteviile, where he
learned that Vincent JE.
Braungard, 131 Weidler
Lane, had entered the Yutz
residence. Tobin reported
that Braungard physically
assaulted Yutz’s two sons,
ages 14 and 15. threw them
from the front porch and
struck them causing injury.
Tobin said that the incident
was the r e s u lt of
Braungard’s belief that the
two teens had committed
criminal mischief against
his property.
Police in v estig ated
criminal mischief com­plaints
on Nov. 1 and Nov. 2.
The first was reported to
Officer Ray Lausch by
P h illip Woodley, 26
Pinewood Avenue, who told
Lausch that sometime
during the night of Oct. 31
someone spread toilet paper
on his trees and shrubs, bent
a metal mailbox pole and
wrote on the windows of his
residence. The incident is
under investigation.
On Nov. 2 at 8 a.m. Perry
L. Gress, 121 E. Woods
Drive, told Officer Lausch
that sometime during the
night of Nov. 1 someone
threw a rock through his
storm and regular window.
The incident is under in­vestigation.
Police also investigated
reports of four accidents. On
Oct. 31 at 6:45 a.m., Officer
Tim Davis responded to
Brunnerville and East
Newport roads to investigate
an accident. J. Raymond
Alleman, Richland Rl, was
reported to have been
traveling west on East
Newport Road, stopped at
the intersection, but failed to
see the vehicle driven by
-Lori-' Ann Lavigne, 521 W.
Orange St., before pulling
into the intersection where
he struck her car. Both
vehicles had to be towed
from the scene. Alleman is
being cited for failure to
yield the right of way at a
stop sign.
On Nov. 1 at 10:20 a.m.,
Officer Lausch observed a
minor accident at Brun­nerville
and East Newport
roads. He reported that
Albert C. Leaver, Gardner
R2, NJ, was traveling west
on East Newport Road
where he failed to see the
stop sign and collided with a
car driven by Park H.
Myers, 1961 Harrisburg
Pike, Lancaster. There was
minor damage to both
vehicles and Leaver is being
cited for failure to stop at a
stop sign.
On Nov. 1 at 7:10 p.m.,
Officer Davis was dispat­ched
to Stauffers of Kissel
Hill to investigate a minor
accident report. He said that
William Joseph Busha, 750 S.
Cedar St., was operating a
taxi owned by Yellow Cab of
Lancaster when he struck
the bumper of a parked
vehicle owned by Victoria J.
Snellbecker, Dallastown R2.
There was no damage to
either vehicle.
Officer Laur.ch rejx.idu-to
an accident at Rob’s &,v;
Rite, Fufiko. Fibs
Nov. 2 at V-Hioon. Pe
reported thai Edith Maria
Turns, 4 Snyder iPI ; < *
was attempting to r i' ■: ~
parking space wb~"
vehicle struck tb - r-r
comer of a parked vroirp
owned by Curtis Leri-' T
Cassady, 519 L oV'n Si A
passenger in the -'Vc.-ror
vehicle received r la, o
injury. Both vehiuer w:":-
driven from the reare.
The following, p s 's fv .
were cited (or spe* Jbg
violations: Todd P-Jeiss, IV
Chestnut St., Nov. J; Jo5’i> l
Martin, Narvon R3, Nov 2,
Ted Lamar Shettel, 35 i Dure
St, Ephrata, Nov. 2: ;r J
Marc R. Hertz) er, 2344 Civ, r
Hill Road, Lancasri?, rim.
The following personj
were cited for motor vebic V
violations: Dale L. Mártir.
271 Meadow Valt°y E n : ,
expired inspect» , Gee ,rL
Robert E. Guts ball Jr., ¿3 u.
11th St, Akron irt i
inspection or m w i' !
registration, Nov. 1; Clio:
Louise Webb, 130 E. T a- a
St., expired operario ,
license, Nor. 7, a d L v r ■
E. Cook Jr., .07 s le a / t
View Drive, failure -
re a p p ly fo r a so
registrationnlart. No, :
Police invesrigartd too
alarms on Nov. 3 at 8.09 p m
and Nov. 4 at 12:52 a.m.
Police investip/ted s
report of a black Libredc”
dog struck and killed m the
area of 633 W. Of auge S t, o.s
Oct. 30 at 9.46 pm. Tir
department also mx,>nd‘.6
to a dog complaint on 1
at 1:34 p.m.
Revised zoning map, ordinance
on twp. supervisors' agenda
by Kathleen King
After numerous meetings,
revisions, and months and
months of work, the revised
zoning map and ordinance
for Warwick Township has
at last reached its final
destination - the Warwick
Township Supervisors.
The supervisors will be
considering the new map
and ordinance at its Nov. 13
meeting.
Since the township
planning commission held
its public hearing on Aug. 22
several changes have been
made to the map and or­dinance,
according to Sandy
Kime, planning consultant
with Huth Engineers,
Lancaster. Kime has been
working with the township
on the map and ordinance
revisions.
The most significant
revision is the deletion of the
satellite dish regulations in
the zoning ordinance.
That particular provision
of the ordinance had raised
an outcry among local
amateur radio enthusiasts
who claimed the township
was attempting to regulate
an area that is already under
the jurisdiction of the
Federal Communications
Commission.
According to Rick Huxta,
chairman of the township
planning commission, the
planners decided to drop the
satellite dish regulations
NOTICE
The monthly meeting
of the Lititz Retailers
Association has been
scheduled for the second
Wednesday of this
month. The November
meeting will be held
next Wednesday, Nov.
13 at 8 A.M. at The
General Sutter Inn.
All area businessmen
are welcome and invited
to attend.
from the zoning ordinance to
speed up passage of the
zoning ordinance.
“We wanted to get the
zoning ordinance out,”
Huxta said Monday. He said
waiting to revise the satellite
dish ordinance would tave
caused too much of a deby.
“We haven’t forgotten a ,”
he added. “We will be re­dressing
it as a separate
issue.”
Another change to lire
zoning ordinance pertains tc
permitted uses in the in
dustrial district. The
revisions unveiled to the
public in August elriftiuntcc-agriculture
or horticubu’e
as permitted uses in Ihi.
industrial district.
That made any existing
agriculture uses in dm in­d
u stria l d is tric t non­conforming,
accocdii-g to
Kime.
A local farme; ft:,"tests-1
that since he war K>-?ted r
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