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Warwick Township supervisors chairman Robert Smith, far left, congratulates
Pat Herr after presenting her with a plaque of appreciation, while supervisors
Roy Irvin and Irel Buckwalter look on, top photo. In the bottom photo, super­visors
Robert Smith, Robert Wohlsen, Roy Irvin and Irel Buckwalter listen as
Mrs. Herr speaks.
Condemns local press in acceptance
Warwick Twp. presents
Pat Herr with service award
by Linda A. Harris
Warwick Township
supervisors opened the July
9 meeting with a reaf­firmation
of the acceptance
with r e g r e t of the
resignation of Pat Herr as
supervisor. Mrs. Herr’s
resignation was accepted at
the June meeting.
Chairman Robert Smith
asked that township
resolution 07-09-86-01 be read
into the record. The
resolution, an expression of
appreciation, enumerated
the duties performed by
Mrs. Herr from Jan. 1, 1983
until her resignation May 30,
1986. These duties included
serving as liaison between
the board and the police
department, 1984-86; liaison
between the board and the
planning commission, 1985;
and her appointment by the
Lancaster County Super-visors
Association to serve
as hostess of the Penn­sylvania
State Association of
Township Supervisors
convention, April 1986.
The unanimous vote bn the
resolution was following by a
presentation of a plaque
recognizing Mrs. Herr’s
service to the township.
Accepting the plaque, Mrs.
Herr told the gathering :
“Now that I am no longer a
supervisor, I can say exactly
what I think. Recently, I
think our local paper, I’m
sorry, has been very unfair
to the supervisors of War­wick
Township with their
editorials regarding Quail
Ridge. I think the current
editor should learn the duties
of a supervisor before
writing editorials such as the
ones I have been reading.
“I was part of the decision­making.
We spent several
years in a new com­prehensive
plan, a new
rezoning of Warwick
Township. We held public
meetings open to everyone.
Not many came, not many
complained.
The supervisors cannot
refuse the sub-division on the
grounds that the people don’t
want it. And
now that I ’m no longer a
supervisor I can stand here
and say that!
“And I commend these
gentlemen (gesture toward
the four other supervisors). I
know what a job it is.
“••■my working hours and
these hours just conflict and
I will not do half a job. If I
cannot do a job well, I will
not do it at all. So, please
learn the duties of your
supervisors, support them.
If you do have a complaint,
come ahead of time. ’ ’
Klopp
selected
supervisor
By Linda A. Harris
Warwick Township Board
of Supervisors unanimously
accepted the nomination of
James N. Klopp, 502 Deer
Run Road, to serve the
unexpired term of Mrs. Pat
Herr who resigned efffective
May 30. Klopp will serve
until the first Monday of
January 1988.
Klopp, a graduate of
Manheim Township High
School, worked at the
plumbing and heating trade
until entering the Army Air
Corps, Eighth Air Force,
during World War II. During
Air Corps Cadet training, he
a tten d ed c o lle g e in
Shreveport, La. He was
stationed in England, flew 32
bombing missions over
France and Germany and
received both the Air Medal
and the Distinguished Flying
Cross. Upon returning to the
states, he was in charge of
the plumbing shop in Post
Engineers, Greensboro, N.C.
Following his discharge,
he had a heating and
plumbing business in
Rothsville for 15 years.
During that time, he was a
member of the Warwick
Lions Club, was a trustee of
the Rothsville Fire Com­pany,
managed a Little
League baseball team, was a
boy scout scoutmaster, a
member of the Warwick
School Board Authority and
a member of the board of
directors of the Lititz Rec
Center.
After selling his business,
he entered management
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School board says "no”
to shorts in school
The Warwick School
Board has voted to maintain
the current dress code at the
high school, which disallows
the wearing of shorts in
school.
“Wearing shorts are more
appropriate to an informal
environment and would not
contribute to a positive
school environment,” said
district superintendent Dr.
JohnBonfield.
The vote came as a result
of a request by students in
May to wear shorts during
Lumber Company. He
managed yards in New
York, New Jersey and
Connecticut. While a
resident of Cheshire, Conn.,
he served on the municipal
authority. He then managed
a Wickes yard in the
Harrisburg area before
being named northeast
product manager for the
New England area, New
York, New Jersey, Penn­sylvania,
Maryland, and
Delaware. He retired in
March 1985.
He and his wife, the for­mer
Dorothy Adams of
Millway, returned to the
township in October 1983.
Since his return, Klopp has
become a member of the
Brun-Lex Lions Club and
serves as chairman of the
property committee of the
J e r u s a lem L u th e ra n
Church, Rothsville, where he
is also vice president of the
church council. In addition,
he also serves as treasurer
of the Rothsville Lutheran
Cemetery Board.
The Klopps have three
children, five grandchildren
and th r e e g r e a t ­grandchildren:
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District Justice James Garrett administers oath
of office to James N. Klopp following Klopp’s
appointment to fill the remainder of Pat Herr's
term as supervisor.
Rev. Shannon ends 29 years as minister
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Pastor and Mrs. James Shannon look forward to
an active retired life. The grandfather clock in the
background is just one of the many fine pieces of
furniture built by Rev. Shannon over the years.
By Linda A. Harris
The Rev James G.
Shannon, D.D., was used to
phone calls at all hours
every day of the week as well
as not making plans for
weekends and even having to
change plans. It came with
the territory. After all,
Pastor Shannon was the fifth
Lutheran minister in his
immediate family in the last
four generations.
For his wife, Arline,
sharing her husband with a
large extended church
family was a simple fact of
life since her marriage to
him in 1947, a little less than
two years following his
ordination in February 1945.
On July 15, the Shannons
began the first day of a new
life as Pastor Shannon’s
retirement from St. Paul and
from the ministry, at least
for awhile, became official.
Seated in his home with his
wife and surrounded by
mementos of a recent party
in their honor, Rev. Shannon
explained that he felt it was
time to retire and had in­formed
his congregation of
his plans to leave following
the parish’s 100th an­niversary
celebration.
At the same time, he
admits, breaking a tie such
as the one with St. Paul is a
very emotional one because
the people are more like
family members. “It’s not
like retiring from a com­pany,”
he asserted. He
explained that he can
remember confirming
people, later officiating at
their marriages, baptizing
their children and officiating
at funerals of loved ones.
“That,” he said, “is what
makes it so emotional. ’ ’
In 29 years as pastor of St.
Paul Lutheran, Pastor
Shannon baptized 664
children and adults, of­ficiated
at 340 weddings and
conducted or shared in 568
funerals, in some cases
spanning two or more
generations of the same
family.
Although he has already
informed church officials
that he will not be available
for supply ministry, he does
not rule such service out in
the future.
“Right now, I just want to
see how it goes. Besides, I
have plenty to do around
here,” he said, citing plans
to build a fence, find space
for personal records which
must be moved from his
church office, spend more
time in his woodworking
hobby and travel.
Both Pastor and Mrs.
Shannon noted that until
now, they rarely made plans
to go away for a weekend or
to take a holiday without
advance preparation and an
eye to the calendar because
of his ministerial duties and
their commitments to
various organizations. Now,
however, they are looking
forward to visiting their
sons, daughters and grand­children;
taking trips to the
theater, traveling and
planning fun times with
friends.
The Shannons four
children, now grown and
living in New York, New
Jersey and Washington,
D.C., learned to cope with
their parents’ involvement
in the church and com­munity.
Mrs. Shannon,
explained with a laugh, that
one daughter used to call to
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In this issue
Editorial 4
Sports Section 6,7,8,10
Church 22
Social 18,19
Manheim 23
Business Directory 24,25
Classified 13,14,15
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the last hot days before
summer vacation. At the
time, they were informed
that they should take their
request through “proper
channels,” that is to the
student government.
The group of students were
told that a petition presented
to student government would
be brought to the attention of
the administration and from
there could be taken to the
board.
Board member Wallace
Hofferth questioned the
reason for a board vote,
noting he thought the matter
was s tr ic tly an ad­ministrative
one.
Answered board president
William Owens, “They did
come to the board (with the
original request) and I think
they deserve a response.
These people were told to go
this route and they did. ”
The single dissenting vote
for keeping the present dress
code was cast by director
Gerald Downing.
In other business, the
board approved retaining
architects Reese, Lower,
Patrick and Scott of Lan­caster
at a rate of 6 percent
(of the total cost) for new
work and 8 percent for
renovation on the John Beck
Elementary School building.
The board also approved
the filing of the appropriate
refurbishment plans for
John Beck with the state
Department of Education.
Board approval was
granted to for the sub­mission
of applications for
both Chapter I and Chapter
II federal funding.
The district will apply for
a federal allocation of $83,226
in federal funds to be used
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Dr. Daniel Doremus is the new assistant
superintendent in the Warwick School District. Not
only does he lift weights for relaxation, but the
smile he displays here is enhanced by the braces
he’s worn for the past three years.
Dr. Daniel Doremus
joins school district
Dr. Daniel Doremus,
director of curriculum and
supervisor in the Ship-pensburg
Area School
District has been chosen as
new assistant superin­tendent
of the Warwick
School District, replacing
Dr. Gary McCartney, who
has resigned to become
superintendent of the
Fleetwood School District.
Doremus is a 1965
graduate of Ephrata High
School, where he was the
recipient of the first Harry
Hibishman scholarship from
an endowment provided by
the Ephrata banker and
businessman.
He received his bachelor’s
degree in elementary
education from Millersville,
his master’s degree and
doctorate in educational
administration from Penn­sylvania
State University.
While a graduate student
at Pennsylvania State
University, he worked as a
graduate assistant in the
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Anniversary and baby on way,
Carol Boose Lawrence waits
by Bonnie Szymanski
Nine years ago, a young
girl named Carol Boose said
goodby to family, friends
and her hometown of Lititz
and left to teach the children
of missionaries in an Iranian
town near the Turkish
border.
A graduate of West
Chester with a degree in
education, she had accepted
a call to work for In­ternational
Missions, a non-denominational
organization
based in New Jersey.
At 23 years of age, Carol
told the Record reporter sent
to interview her, “I feel that
God will lead me where I
should go, and this seems to
be what he has planned for
me.”
Now, at 32 years of age,
Carol, expecting a child in
January, awaits word of her
husband, Brian Lawrence,
abducted from a university
dormitory, where he and
Carol were residing while
they completed language
training for continued work
on the island of Mindanao in
the Philippines.
Following the abduction a
month ago of a French
Catholic priest and the
kidnapping of 10 cloistered
Carmelite nuns several days
ag o , the P r o t e s ta n t
missionary community had
been put on the alert.
Moslem s ep a ra tis ts ,
possibly spurred by the
relaxed policies of President
Corazon Aquino’s govern­ment,
reportedly had begun
carrying out the abductions
to publicize their position.
So, when Brian heard the
commotion outside their
residence last Saturday
night, he quickly hid Carol in
a cabinet, where she escaped
notice by the abductors.
Contacted Tuesday,
Carol’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Richard Boose, former
borough residents who now
live at a Lititz R4 address,
reported that their daughter
had finally received a
message from her husband.
In the note, Brian told his
wife that “he’s fine and
being treated well.”
Mrs. Boose said it was not
certain whether or not a
reported request for $100,000
ransom was for the nuns or
for all the abductees.
“We’re not sure it’s even
the same incident,” offered
C a rol’s mother, who
speculated that Brian’s
abduction may have been
the work of a totally dif­ferent
group.
In a telephone interview
Tuesday, Dick Corley,
overseas director for In­te
rn a tio n a l Missions,
verified the Booses’ report,
noting that “no one knows
who did it or the reason. ’ ’
Corley, 55, has lived more
than half his life in the
middle east.
East versus West
In Iran 25 years with In­ternational
Missions, Corley
has learned to view the
world through Eastern eyes.
“It was heartening that
they allowed him to send the
note to his wife,” he said.
He explained that, in his
opinion, this gesture of good
faith means that the ab-
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Carol Boose Lawrence, circa 1977, just before
leaving for Iran, where she would spend 16
months teaching missionary children. The 1972
Warwick graduate is now a missionary in the
Philippines, where she has taken refuge with other
missionaries following the recent abduction of her
husband, Brian.
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