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WITHIN LANCASTERCOUNTY 22 Pages-No. 4
Borough Council approves
speed limit, no parking signs
Saturday’s Fun Day
to include community
Area residents are called to join friends and
neighbors for a day of fun and fund raising. The first
fund raiser sponsored by the Lititz Rec Center and the
steering committee for the new Community Center is
scheduled for Saturday, May 2.
Participants are needed for activities. Helpers are
needed to coordinate youth activities. Baked goods are
needed for sale, and sponsors are needed to provide
encouragement to those participating in contests.
The day will start early. At 8 a.m. the bake sale
tables will be set-up and ready to provide a tempting
array of sweet treats. Residents are encouraged to
bring their donations to the bake table throughout the
morning. It will be set up outside the Rec Center (in­side
in case of rain).
At 9 a.m. the activities get underway.
• Boat Races begin in Lititz Springs Park (pre-school
-1st grade)
• Foul shooting contests in Lititz Elementary Gym
(Boys & girls grade 3-8)
• Foul shooting contests at the Lititz Rec Center
(Boys and girls grades 1 & 2)
• Volleyball Marathon in the Middle School Gym
(High school students & adults)
At 10 a.m. more energetic activities kick-off
• A “Hot Shot” contest begins in the Warwick High
Gym (Boys & Girls grades 9 to 12)
• A “Jump-a-thon” in the Lititz Rec Center (Grades
2-5)
• And the public is invited to a Karate Demonstration
to be held at the Middle School courtesy of the Dale
Bailey Group.
At 11 a.m. residents are invited to bring their shovels
and assemble at the new Community Center building
site for a “Ground Breaking Celebration.” Here Vance
Forepaugh and the Art Association will provide a
golden opportunity to contribute to the success of the
project.
Beginning at 11:30 a.m. Bob Hershey and his crew
will be serving Char Pit Beef in the Lititz Springs Park.
And senior citizens will be coordinating the Cake
Decorating Contest at the Lititz Rec Center. The event
is sure to provide as much enjoyment for those watch­ing
as those who are participating. This event is open to
all ages.
At 1 p.m. the “Bike-a-thon” participants begin their
5.4 mile course which will be starting from the VFW
Parking Lot. Two more relaxing activities will begin in
the Rec Center. Pinochole in the game room, and Bingo
in the main room. Anyone over 18 is encouraged to stop
in and play. If you have any items to donate as prizes,
bring them too.
Persons interested in participating in any of the
events 'should call the Lititz Rec Center. The com­munity
is invited to participate in any or all of the
events including the groundbreaking ceremony at the
site of the new Community Center.
Streets will be closed for filming
PBS movie to include Lititz sites
by Linda A. Harris
Lititz residents will soon
be seeing several new traffic
signs in Lititz as well as
having another neigh­borhood
added to the
borough’s Crime Watch
program as a result of action
taken by Lititz Borough
Council April 28.
Residents on Partridge
Drive presented pleas for
stop signs to help slow traffic
in their neighborhood. After
a discussion involving
residents, Mayor Roy Clair,
Chief Jim Fritz and council
members, it was agreed that
the borough will purchase a
minimum of six speed limit
signs to be installed in the
Cardinal Road area.
Wayne Dooley, 311 Par­tridge
Drive, told council
that traffic is increasing in
the area because of new
developments and that
motorists are speeding
which jeopardizes the lives
of the large number of
youngsters living in the
area.
Councilman Russ Pet­tyjohn,
who serves on the
traffic committee, noted that
a letter has been sent to
Warwick Township officials
asking their cooperation in
installing speed limit signs
and recommended that
council approve signs for the
borough. Dooley said that
residents prefer three-way
stop signs rather than speed
limit signs and felt stop signs
were more effective.
Chief Fritz said he did not
agree since motorists “run”
stop signs and studies by his
department show that
vehicles have been clocked
at 40 mph within a half-block
of existing stop signs. He
added that stop signs are
just not effective in cutting
down speed and recom-
The Depression-era facade
of the former Cellu Products
building on Cedar Street and
the soda fountain at Ben­ner’s
Pharmacy will lend
authenticity to PBS-TV’s
American Playhouse series
movie ‘ ‘Silence at Bethany. ”
To be shot on location in
Lititz, several scenes of the
film will include the interior
of Benner’s Pharmacy with
its brass “Casablanca-type”
fan and curved soda foun­tain
complete with old-fashioned
pedestal stools.
“ I t’s something dif­fe
ren t,” says Benner’s
owner, Walter Popejoy.
“We’ll have to rearrange the
store for the shoot, but it’ll
mended the placement of
speed limit signs.
Information Obtained
Dooley explained that he
has taken registration
numbers of speeding
vehicles in the area and
asked if the citizens could do
something to help police in
that way. Mayor Clair noted
that citizens could join
Crime Watch and report
their findings to the police
for action. Fritz cautioned
that if residents wanted to
take registration numbers,
they must be sure that they
were able to identify the
driver as well as the car.
Dooley and several other
residents persisted in their
desire for stop signs.
Councilman Dave Bucher
said he sympathized with
their concerns, but asked
what would happen if
everyone living near in­tersections
wanted stop
signs, adding that such
things would increase traffic
flow problems.
Mayor Clair added that he
has seen studies which show
the existence of stop signs
can actually imperil a child
since they are taught
vehicles must stop. “Stop
signs give the child a false
sense of security because
they have been taught that
vehicles must stop. Children
may not look both ways
before crossing a street with
a stop sign because they
assume the vehicles will
stop,” he explained.
Signs To Be Ordered
Council president Clyde
Tshudy said that the speed
limit signs would be ordered
the following day and in­stalled
as soon as they arrive
and asked residents to give
the speed limit signs and
police enforcement of those
limits a chance.
be fun,” he added.
A rlen e B a r n h a r t,
marketing officer for
Farmers First, owners of the
old paper mill on Cedar
Street, noted that the film’s
producers have been given
permission to use the ex­terior
of the factory. The
front door and several
broken windows will be
repaired to give viewers the
impression of a working
factory.
The factory was home to
Morgan Paper Mill during
the Thirties, the era depicted
in Dauphin County author
Joyce Keener’s film.
The movie will star Mark
Moses as a prodigal young
Charles R. Conoscenti, 410
Hensley St., asked council to
assist residents in the Sutter
Village area by installing a
dusk to dawn street light at
the end of Hensley Street to
deter vandalism, theft and
disorderly conduct.
Conoscenti said that not all
of the residents use the lights
in front of their homes
because of the energy costs,
but at least seven do. That
has not stopped the
problems, he explained.
Pettyjohn said that the
original intent in the
development was not to have
borough s tre e t lights
because the developer
wanted the individual home
lights, adding that the
borough currently pays over
$75,000 annually for street
lights. He said, however,
that he has requested figures
from PP&L and hopes to
have those figures for the
next meeting.
Watch Area
Conoscenti said that
n e ig h b o rs had also
requested information and
stickers for the Crime Watch
program and that they have
not received the requested
items. Clair said that he
asked three residents of the
area to help start a Crime
Watch program for the area
and none had responded
positively to his request. He
asked Conoscenti if he would
be willing to help get the
program s ta rte d and
promised if he would, a
police officer and he (Clair)
would work with residents to
set up the program.
Conoscenti agreed to help
get the program started.
Parking on sidewalks was
the third resident-generated
request for help of the
evening. Jean Miller, East
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Mennonite who returns to his
roots. He ascends to the
ministry only to find himself
in conflict with the con­servative
bishop who was
once his mentor.
Susan Wilder co-stars as a
woman caught in the
crossfire between her faith
and love.
The tale unfolds in 1939, a
time when the Mennonites
were under a great deal of
pressure both from the
outside world and from
inside in relation to issues
ranging from supplying milk
to cremeries on a daily basis
- including the Sabbath, to
their conscientious objection
to World Warll.
The hypothetical Central
Pennsylvania congregation
Mennonites in Keener’s film
are not Old Order. They
drive cars and have elec­tricity
but are trying hard to
live by their Christian code,
Kenner explained.
Directed by Joel Oliansky,
“Silence At Bethany” is
already being shot on
location in different areas of
Lancaster County.
Lititz Borough Council
Tuesday approved the
closing of Main Street from
Rt. 501 to Cedar St. from 7-11
a.m. and the closing of Cedar
St. just south of the railroad
tracks from 7 a.m. until noon
on May 7 for filming at the
local sites.
Lititz man injured
in car accident
One driver sustained
minor injuries in a two-vehicle
collision at Routes
501 and 322 in Brickerville at
6:55 a.m. Friday, April 24.
According to Trooper
Charles Wilt from the state
police barracks at Ephrata,
James Shreiner, 50, of 223
Swarthmore Drive, Lititz,
was traveling north on
Route 501 and Daniel J.
Rode, 21, Halifax R2, was
traveling east on Route 322
in a hay truck when the two
vehicles collided in the in­tersection.
Schreiner complained of
head and shoulder injuries,
but refused immediate
treatment and Rode escaped
injury, Wilt said.
Schreiner’s car was
severely damaged and the
front end of Rode’s truck
was damaged, Wilt reported.
accident
Albert Young Jr., 341 Fur­nace
Hills Dr., when Young
braked his vehicle for
traffic. Mitchell’s vehicle
struck the Young vehicle
from the rear. There was no
damage reported.
SOUTH BROAD
STREET: Officer Ron
Sandhaus investigated an
accident involving two
vehicles April 23 at 4:45 p.m.
on South Broad Street. He
reported that Lois A.
Glessner, 405 Woodcrest
Ave., had legally parked her
vehicle on South Broad
Street. Kurt S. Hoover, 56 E.
Lincoln Ave., was backing
up to pull out from a parked
position and backed into the
Glessner vehicle. There was
no damage to the Hoover
vehicle and moderate
damage to the Glessner
vehicle.
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In this issue
Editorial 4
Sports Section 6,7,8
Social 12,13
Church 16
Manheim 14,15
Business Directory 17,18
Classified 19,20,21
Boro police cite driver after two-vehicle
ACCIDENTS
LINCOLN AVE./LIBER­TY
ST.: Lititz Borough P.D.
Officer Charles Shenen-berger
cited Sarah B.
Slosser, 44 E. Lemon St., for
a stop and yield violation as
a result of a two-vehicle
accident at East Lincoln
Avenue and North Liberty
Street April 24 at 3:12 p.m.
Shenenberger reported
that Slosser failed to stop at
a stop sign causing her
vehicle to collide with a
vehicle operated by Vera M.
Caskey, 38 Logan Circle,
Manheim. Caskey was
transported to Lancaster
General Hospital by War­wick
Ambulance for
treatment of chest and
stomach pains. There was
moderate damage to the
Caskey vehicle and severe
damage to the Slosser
vehicle.
BROAD ST./ARROWH-EAD
DR.: Blaine Shahan,
103A Kloss Drive, Lancaster,
was cited by Officer Kerry
Nye for following too closely
as a result of an accident
April 25 at 2:40 p.m. at North
Broad Street and Arrowhead
Drive. Nye reported that
Shahan and Charles D.
Schwartz, 130 Amsterdam
Drive, Lancaster, were both
driving north on Broad
Street. Schwartz stopped to
allow another vehicle to
make a left turn. Shahan
didn’t see Schwartz braking
his vehicle and a collision
re su lted . There was
moderate damage to the
Schwartz vehicle and severe
damage to the Shahan
vehicle.
SOUTH CEDAR
STREET: Officer Harry
Yochum cited April Amand,
115 Melony Lane, for a
violation involving a stopped
vehicle as a result of an
accident April 17 at 1:45 p.m.
on South Cedar Street.
Yochum reported that
Amand had parked her
vehicle adjacent to 129 S.
Cedar St. Jeffrey D. Moncill,
537 W. Marion St., was
traveling north on South
Cedar Street when Amand
began to merge into traffic
and struck the Moncill
vehicle.
NORTH BROAD
STREET: O ffic e r
Shenenberger cited Philip
Mitchell, 121 Front St., for
following too closely as a
result of an accident April 25
at 2:35 p.m. on North Broad
Street. Mitchell’s vehicle
One driver was injured in this accident at Lincoln Avenue and Liberty Street. was following a vehicle
Anderson resigns
public services post
by Linda A. Harris
David R. Anderson, 802 S.
Cedar St., Lititz’s director of
p u b lic s e rv ic e s and
emergency management
coordinator, resigned for
“personal reasons” April 23.
Anderson, who served as
borough manager from
November 1974 until
assuming the public services
position, said April 24 that he
resigned all positions with
the borough, including
planning commission
secretary. He plans to retain
his appointment to the
Lancaster County Sewer and
Water Advisory Committee,
a position unrelated to the
borough.
Future Plans
Asked about his future
plans, Anderson said that he
will seek a position in the
environmental field and
hopes to be able to continue
to live in Lititz. “I chose
Lititz as my home before I
began working for the
borough. I built my home
here and just love this
community so much. I have
no intention of moving if I
can help it,” he asserted,
Anderson noted that when
he was offered the borough
manager position, he told
council members that he
would give Lititz his best and
that he hoped to remain with
the borough until his
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David R. Anderson
retirement. He added that he
told them when he was hired
in 1974 that he would resign
anytime they said his best
was not enough. “In my
mind, I’ve given Lititz
everything I could over the
y ea rs...I’ve made the
borough part of my life,” he
asserted.
Accomplishments
Asked to talk about his 13
years with the borough and
his accomplishments, he
said that he is pleased that
he saw the sewer treatment
plant through construction
and operation until his
resignation. He is also proud
of the expansion of the water
plant, the improvement of
the storm drainage system
and the codification of the
borough ordinances. He
noted that while he can’t
take full credit for im­p
ro v em e n ts in com ­munication
between the
borough and Warwick
Township governing bodies,
he has been part of that
improvement.
He added that he is
pleased to see the ECON
study being started in the
borough and that his
suggestions th a t im­provements
undertaken in
the traffic lighting system be
done so that improvements
will not be obsolete within a
few years. The ECON study
was made possible through
an allocation of federal funds
to state government for
traffic control improvement.
It does not apply to totally
new construction or in­stallation,
but will help Lititz
study and improve the six
existing lights in Lititz. One
of the goals is to coordinate
signals through Lititz, he
explained.
Anderson was bom on­board
a ship in New York
harbor as his Swedish-
American parents were
returning to the U.S. from an
extended stay in Sweden. His
family lived for awhile in
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Owens, Holland will not seek
re-election to school board
There will be at least two
new faces on the Warwick
School District board of
directors following the
November general election.
But along with the new,
comes the end of an era.
William G. Owens,
president of the school board
and the member with the
longest tenure, has an­nounced
that he will not seek
re-election to his school
board seat. W. Bruce
Holland, an eight-year
veteran of school board
administration will also be
leaving the board at the end
of 1987.
After serving 16 years as a
member of the Warwick
school board, (11 of those as
chairman), William “Bill”
Owens has confirmed his
decision not to run for re-election
to the board.
Contacted by telephone,
Owens stated that his
decision not to seek re-election
was based on his
belief that “sixteen years is
enough.”
Owens has served on the
school board since Dec. 1971.
He is a senior research
scientist with the building
products division of Arm­strong
World Industries who
W. Bruce Holland
has claimed that his main
avocation during the past 11
years was “being president
of the Warwick school
board.”
During his tenure, Owens
was instrumental in the
establishment and coor­dination
of the committee
system. The committee
system addresses each issue
brought before the board,
working out any details
before it is brought to the
board for a vote.
As president, Owens has
served as the ex-officio
member of all committees.
He has also served as chief
negotiator for the district; as
vice president of the board;
and has chaired personnel,
building and property and
meet and discuss com­mittees.
Owens will continue as
p r e s id e n t u n til the
D e c em b e r 1987
reorganization meeting of
the Warwick School Board.
W. Bruce Holland, 954 Log
Cabin Rd., an eight-year
veteran of the Warwick
School Board has also
decided not to seek re-election.
Holland, who was elected
to the board in 1979, is an
engineer with Armstrong
World Industries. He has
been most active during his
tenure in the student ac­tivities
and meet and discuss
committees.
Holland noted that he was
a member of a committee
before being elected to the
board of directors, and
considers the rapid growth
of the Warwick area the
biggest challenge facing
school board members in the
future.
“We need to continue the
modernization of our schools
to keep up with the growth,”
he said. “We have laid the
groundwork with the ex­pansion
of John Beck and
Kissel Hill elementary
schools, we need to keep
moving in that direction. ”
Holland stated that he is
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Ballot set
for May 19 primary
Republican endorsed
candidates running for
the three open council
seats in Lititz Borough
are Ruth McKennon, 507
E. Main Street, first
ward, second precinct;
Samuel L. Hess. 16 E.
Market Street, second
ward, second precinct;
and Robert B. Hershey,
14 E. Third Ave., third
ward, first precinct.
D is tr ic t J u s tic e
James L. Garrett, 6
Ridge Drive, will run to
succeed himself in the
May primary.
Three seats will open
on the Warwick School
B o a rd . Madelyn
Buckwalter, 1011 Lititz
Pike, originally ap­pointed
to the board to
replace Louise Kauff­man,
will run as will
David M. Kammerer,
411 W. Marion Street;
and J. Arthur Sell, 111
Pleasant View Drive.
Board president
William Owens and
Student a c tiv itie s
committee head Bruce
Holland are vacating
their seats.
Warwick Township
candidates include Ian
B. Shields, 13 Ridge
Road; and V. Riggs
Kohler, 5 LeHoy Forest
Drive, for supervisor.
C a n d id a te s for
Elizabeth Township
supervisor are Jerome
L. Peters, 203 Evans
Road, and J.R. Ober,
517 E. 28th Division
Highway. John N.
Charles, 535 W. 28th
Division Highway.
According to Barbara
Tshudy, Warwick Area
Republican Committee
chairman, there is no
democratic opposition
to the candidates.
Candidates in the May
19 primary are en­couraged
to submit
platform information,
for publication, to the
Lititz Record by
Monday, May 11.