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WITHIN LANCASTER COUNTY 24 Pages-No. 61
Pa.’s '4th busiest’ airport
welcomes no. 2 commuter
By Linda A. Harris
Fifty years ago, a group of
Lan c a s t e r County
businessmen decided that
aviation was indeed the key
to the future growth of
Lancaster County. That
belief led them to raise funds
to purchase land and build
an airport off of Route 501.
Those pioneers and others
felt that Lancaster was
destined to be a large
commercial airline base. As
late as the 1970s, proponents
of this theory clung to the
belief and planned for the
eventual enlargement of the
facility to handle larger
planes.
What they seemingly
overlooked was that Lan­caster
Airport was becoming
increasingly important as a
commuter, business and
private aviation facility. As
such, it was on the leading
edge of what has today
become an industry-wide
concept: smaller commuter
airlines flying from airports
such as Lancaster to “feed”
l a rg e r a i r l ine s at
metropolitan airports.
“We’ve had commuter
service here for quite some
time. Suburban is one of the
oldest commuter airlines in
the country...it’s kind of
grown up with us,” Norm
Lamar, Lancaster Airport’s
manager noted in a recent
interview.
Second Service
As of June 1, Ransome Pan
Am Express, a subsidiary of
Pan Am, began service from
the local facility.
Lamar said that the
Suburban Airlines Allegheny
Commuter offers seven
direct flights daily to
Philadelphia International
and four to Pittsburgh(three
are direct)and is “doing
rather well here.” Ransome
Pan Am initiated service
with three daily flights to
JFK in New York and one
flight daily to Baltimore-
Washington International.
Suburban personnel are
currently handling ticketing
and baggage for Ransome on
a temporary basis. “This
was a convenient
arrangement to allow
Ransome to keep down its
initial start-up costs,”
Lamar noted. Eventually,
he said, Ransome will install
its own counter and baggage
facilities which will be
operated by its own per­sonnel.
At present, Ransome is
using a 26 passemger
Mohawk 298 and a 50
passenger four engine
DeHaviland Dash 7 for
flights to and from Lan­caster
Airport. The
Suburban Allegheny
Commuter flies a Fokker
F27 and a Shorts 360.
Expected To Increase
Lamar said that while
passenger volume on its first
two days was “light,” the
Ransome flights are ex­pectedly
to pick up as word
gets out to the flying public.
Lamar explained that
passenger loads on both the
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Pan Am Ransome Express flight heads away from Lancaster Airport.
'New' restaurant
begins second year
Airport open house
toasts travel agents
By Linda A. Harris
Linda Elliott had worked
in the food industry for a
number of years following
graduation from Manheim
Township High School.
However, owning and
operat ing her own
restaurant really never
entered her mind until a
chance meeting with friend
and neighbor Joe McCoy one
afternoon.
“We happened to pass
each other in a parking lot
and stopped to chat. He
mentioned that he had just
put his business (McCoy
began Lancaster Airport’s
first sit-down restaurant) up
for sale. One thing led to
another and I asked about
the details and the next thing
I knew I was saying, I think
I’ll look into that,” Linda
noted during a recent in­terview
at Lancaster Air­port’s
restaurant.
Linda and her parents,
James and Judy Weison of
Lititz, applied to the airport
authority to take over the
business and will mark their
first anniversary in the
enterprise June 28, ac­cording
to Linda.
After acquiring the
restaurant, Linda set about
making some changes.
Originally, the lunchroom
and main dining room were
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By Linda A. Harris
Lancaster Airport recently
welcomed aboard Pan Am
Ransome Express, its
second commuter airline.
To celebrate the occasion
and to introduce travel
agents to its facilities an
open house Tuesday.
“You Can Get There From
Here!” That’s the message
Lancaster Airport officials
and officials of its two
commute r ai r l ine s ,
Allegheny Commuter/U.S.
Air and Pan Am Ransome
Express gave travel agents
gathered at the airport’s
newly-renovated restaurant
for its first ever travel agent
open house Tuesday night.
WIN TICKETS
TO THE
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Don’t miss your chance to win tickets to the
Phillies... sponsored by the Lititz Retailer's
Association.
NOTING TO BUY - JUST REGISTER AT BUSINESSES
LISTED BELOW BY SATURDAY, JUNE 14.
20 WINNERS IN ALL - 2 TICKETS EACH
SEE THE PHILLIES vs. CINCINNATI ON JULY 6th
EVERYONE ELIGIBLE (Children must be accompanied
by an adult to register).
REGISTER AT 31 LOCATIONS:
A & A Cleaners
Benner's Pharmacy
Bicycle World
Bingeman's Clothing Store
Bingeman's Restaurant
Bingeman’s Texaco
Bob’s Save Rite
Chimney Corner Restaurant
Commonwealth National Bank
The Country Framery
The Deli L
Farmers First Bank
Wm. B. Fry’s Pontiac, Inc.
Glad Rags Thrift Shop
Hamilton Bank
Home Video Center
Lippart's of Lititz
Lititz Office Products/Lititz Book
Store
Lititz Record Express
Lititz Springs Garage
Long & Bomberger Home Center
McElroy Pharmacy
Meridian Bank (Lititz)
Penn Savings Bank
The Pewter Mug
A.H. Shelley, Inc.
Stauffers of Kissel Hill (Lititz
only)
Turf Power Equipment
Village Pedaler Bicycle Shop
Weis Market (Lititz only)
Wells Warwick House
White Shield Discount Center
Wilbur Choc. Factory Candy Outlet
Merv. Zimmerman Plumbing &
Heating Showroom
Welcomed by Norm
Lamar, airport manager
who served as emcee, the
agents sampled a buffet of
fresh fruits and vegetables,
shrimp cocktail, cheeses,
breaded vegetables, chicken
fingers and a variety of
wines while hearing about
and experiencing firsthand
Lan c a s t e r Ai rp o r t ’s
facilities.
Warren Swartz, airport
au th o r i ty cha i rman,
reminded the group that this
isn’t the first time the air­port
has had two airlines, but
that the recent ad-dition(
June 1) of Pan Am
Ransome is “a step forward
in enhancing service from
Lancaster to other areas.”
He added that “we want to
make Lancaster Airport the
best commuter airport
anywhere and with all of us
working together we can
continue toward that goal.”
Lancast er Airport is
currently the fourth busiest
in the state in terms of
volume.
Relaxing amid aviation
prints, model planes and
both potted and hanging
plant s , the t rav e l
profe s s iona l s hea rd
p r e s en t a t io n s by
representatives of both
airlines and well as having
the opportunity to inspect a
charter commuter plane
operated by Lancaster
Aviation, an FBO(fixed base
operator), based at the
airport and a number of
limosines operated by
Landis Car Rental and
Limosine Service, also based
at the airport.
“Just Friends, ” a jazz
combo of Fred Hughes Jr.
and Keith Mohler, two
Hempfield High School
graduates now professional
musicians, provided music
throughout the evening.
Hughes is a pianist, while
Mohler plays bass. Mohler, a
graduate of Berklee College
School of Music, Boston,
plays at a number of local
establishments as does
Hughes. Hughes recently
recorded an album entitled
“From The Start.”
Following presentations
by the airline represen­tatives,
a number of door
prizes including trips, free
meals, and travel bags were
given to those in attendance
during a random drawing.
In this issue
Editorial 4
Sports Section 6,7,8
Social 10
Church 14
Manheim 16
Business Directory 19
Classified 22,23
Nine rooms on Main Street
Zoning board approves
another bed and breakfast
by Kathleen King
A lengthy discussion on
parking arrangements for a
proposed bed and breakfast
on East Main Street
preceeded the Lititz Zoning
Hearing Board’s conditional
approval of the business
Monday night.
Barry A. Herr, 1514
Esbenshade Road, Lan­caster,
was granted per­mission
to operate a nine-room
bed and breakfast at 62
E. Main St.
However, the approval
was conditional that Herr
provide sufficient parking -
one space per room.
That was the issue that
halted discussion on the
project at last month’s
zoning board hearing. The
case had been continued
from last month to Monday
night to give Herr time to
formulate a parking plan.
When Herr began his
presentation Monday he told
the zoning board that he
“had the parking problem
solved,” and wanted per­mission
for a sign and ex­terior
rennovations to the
property.
Herr told the board that he
planned to put six cars to the
rear of the property, two in
the garage and four on a
gravel area.
But a question on parking
by a local retailer, Evelyn
Slack, owner of Dori Mae’s
Dress Shop on Sturgis Lane,
stirred the board to ask
additional questions of Herr.
Piggyback
Chairman Robert Fitz
asked Herr how he intended
to get four cars in an area
that appeared ra ther
small. Herr replied that he
intended to “piggyback” the
cars.
Zoning member A1 Olah
then expressed concern
about “ piggybacking.”
Other members also ex­pressed
reservations, saying
that tourists would probably
not want to have to move
their cars to let other drivers
out of a parking space.
“I think the back yard can
accomodate four cars - two
in the garage and two on the
parking area,” Olah stated.
Fitz agreed but Herr
replied that he wouldn’t have
100 percent occupancy all of
the time and in the summer
busy season there would be
the school parking lot
directly across the alley to
the rear for parking.
However, the zoning board
was unwilling to permit
more than four cars on the
property and wanted Herr to
lease the additional five
spaces elsewhere.
Flexibility
Zoning board member
John Reidenbaugh
suggested requiring the four
on-lot spaces with additional
spaces as needed.
The board debated the
practicality of the idea and
finally voted 4-1 on the
motion to approve the bed
and breakfast provided Herr
obtain leases for the ad­ditional
parking spaces as he
needed them.
Herr will have to have a
lease on hand available for
inspection by the zoning
officer to prove he has
parking spaces available if
more than four rooms are
occupied.
The zoning board said such
an arrangement will offer
Herr the flexibility to rent
fewer spaces during the
slower winter months.
However, James Maurer,
who opposed the motion,
said if Herr was going to be
granted permission for a
nine-room bed and break­fast,
“he should have nine
spaces, period.”
Maurer said enforcing a
se a sona l parking
arrangement might be
difficult.
Employee parking
Mrs. Slack then wanted to
know about the employee
parking. She said many of
the employees from other
businesses in town already
park along Surgis Lane,
depriving her customers of a
place to park.
The zoning board
acknowledged the parking
problem downtown but
replied that there was no
requirement in the zoning
law that businesses provide
parking for their employees.
Once the parking situation
was resolved, the board went
on to approve a sign and
exterior changes for the
property.
Herr said he will be
waterblasting the brick to
return it to its natural color,
returning the enclosed porch
to an open state, and paint-
Following restoration, the property at 62 E. Main
St. will be a bed and breakfast. The Lititz Zoning
Hearing Board gave Barry Herr of Lancaster
permission to proceed with the project at Monday
night's meeting.
ing the trim and shutters.
Some haggling over the
colors of the trim and colors
and shape of the proposed
sign took place between
Herr, the zoning board and
the Historic Area Advisory
Board. The matter was
resolved when Herr agreed
to several of the choices and
suggestions offered by the
Historic Area Advisory
Board.
Cemetery Arch
In another case, the zoning
board faced a unique
situation when voting upon a
proposal for an archway
entrance to the Moravian
Cemetery.
As Fitz explained, “if all
the members of the zoning
board disqualified them­selves
because they were
members of the Moravian
Church, we wouldn’t have a
quorum.”
With that in mind the
entire board voted on the
proposal to construct a
wooden arch over the en­trance
to God’s Acre. The
approval was unanimous.
According to Dexter
Erline, a member of the
Moravian Congregation and
chairman of the arch
committee, an arch stood at
the entrance to the area at
one time. “In the 1850’s to
1870‘s, it fell into rack and
ruin.”
Erline explained that
God’s Acre is the portion of
the cemetery where all the
gravestones are flat
“signifying that in death
everyone is equal.”
He said the custom of an
arch is traditional in the
Moravian Church,
‘ ‘ signifying transgression
from the life of the living to a
resting place awaiting the
resurrection.”
The arch will be placed on
two large stone pillars,
enabling traffic to pass
underneath. To the outside of
each of the large pillars will
be two smaller stone pillars.
A fence, simulating a gate,
will connect the small pillar
to the larger pillar.
Lettering on the archway
will be in German on one
side and in English on the
other, Erline explained.
“It has the approval of the
Moravian elders and
trustees, we have raised the
funds and we are ready to
go.”
Gazebo
In the third case before the
board, William Graser,
owner of Glassmyers,
received permission to erect
a gazebo in the rear court­yard
area of his establish­ment.
It will be eight feet in
diameter and octagonal in
shape, he said. Constructed
of natural wood in a drift­wood
stain, the gazebo will
blend in with the nearby
fence, Graser said.
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The Lititz Moravian Congregation received
permission from the Lititz Zoning Hearing Board to
erect a gateway arch at the entrance to “ God’s
Acre,” the oldest part of the Moravian Cemetery.
The arch will replace one that had once been at the
cemetery entrance, but was removed in the last
century.
Safety Tip
With the end of school
and summer fast ap­proaching,
Lititz
Borough Police Chief
James S. Fritz warns
that playing in the
streets is both a safety
hazard and a violation
of the borough or­dinance.
The ordinance
spec i f ic al ly bans
playing football or any
other type of ball in the
borough’s streets or
alleys. Fritz added the
ban applies to all
residents, not just the
youth of the community.
Police ask public's help,
seek man for 'exposure'
Lititz police are seeking a
white male in his late 20s to
early 30s described as 5 feet
11 inches tall, with a slender
build, “dirty blond” hair and
a moustache. The man is
wanted for questioning in a
case involving indecent
exposure at the rear of the
Weis Markets supermarket
May 29 at 4:35 p.m.
Officer Harry Yochum
reports that the man
allegedly yelled to a 14-year-old
girl to get her attention
as she walked through the
lot. He then pulled down his
shorts. When last seen, the
suspect was wearing royal
blue shorts and sunglasses.
Anyone having information
on the man or the incident is
asked to contact the Lititz
police.
Glenn Marvin Enck, 21, of
519 N. Water St., was
committed to Lancaster
County Prison on a 48-hour
detainer for violation of
parole as a result of an in­cident
June 2 at 5:40 p.m.
Officer Douglas Shertzer
charged Enck with criminal
trespass and disorderly
conduct after Enck entered a
residence at the rear of 25
Willow Street and refused to
leave. He then committed
an indecent act (he
defecated in the yard). A
detainer was issued by the
Lancaster County Probation
and Parole Department for
violation of parole.
John M. Gibson, 305
Cardinal Road, was charged
with violation of a protection
from abuse order May 31 at
5:10 p.m. The charges were
filed by Officers Charles
Shenenberger and Ronald
Sandhaus following a
complaint by Amy Gibson,
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