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WITHIN LANCASTER COUNTY 22 Pages-No. 8
Warwick High School
to graduate 232
The 31st annual Warwick
High School commencement
will be held Wednesday,
June 10, at 7 p.m., on the
high school athletic field,
weather permitting. Student
speakers for the occasion
will be Steve Esbenshade,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Lamar
Esbenshade, 619 E. 28th
Division Highway; Valerie
Kerstetter, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Kerstetter,
15 Starlite Drive; John
Kurtz, son of Mr. and Mrs.
John Kurtz, 120 Briar Hill
Road, and Bradley Zech-man,
son of Dr. and Mrs.
Harry Zechman, 25
Pinewood Avenue. The
theme for the 1987 class
c om m en c em en t is
“ Y e s te r d a y , Today,
Tomorrow, and Forever.”
The Rev. Douglas Winne,
Lancaster Evangelical Free
Church, Lititz, will give the,
in v o c a tio n and the
benediction.
The baccalaureate service
will be held in the high school
auditorium on Monday, June
8, at 7 p.m. The Rev. Jeffrey
Martin, Trinity Evangelical
Congregational Church,
Lititz, will be in charge of the
'service, with the Rev. John
Williams, Calvary In­dependent
Church, Lan­caster,
delivering the
message.
Speakers
Valerie Kerstetter has
been a member of the
National Honor Society for
‘..v •;« ■'
two years. She has par­ticipated
in intramural
volleyball for three years, is
a member of her church
choir, and helps with
children’s church. Valerie
will attend Messiah College
in the fall to major in
elementary education.
John Kurtz has been a
member of the National
Honor Society for two years.
He is active in the FORCE
group and is treasurer for
the 1986-87 school year. John
has been on the track team
for four years and is in­volved
with the intramural
basketball and volleyball
teams. He is president of his
church youth group and
participated this year in the
IU-13 Challenge Day. John
w ill a tten d L ib e r ty
University in September to
major in communications.
Bradley Zechman has
been a member of the
National Honor Society for
two years. He has been on
the tennis team for four
years and was district tennis
champion for two years. He
also played on the basketball
team for two years and was
in the varsity club for four
years. Brad serves on the
Lititz Rec Center Board. He
w ill a tten d R u tg e r s
University and plans to
major in ceramic and
electrical engineering.
Steve Esbenshade has
been on the varsity wrestling
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Valerie Kerstetter
John Kurtz Brad Zechman
Inside today’s Record
Baron Henry Stiegel deeded land to build a church
in Manheim. The annual rent was to be “ one red
rose" forever each June. Read about this unique
ceremony on page 18.
Do you like to dance? Do you have a desire to
learn the national dance? Read how you can join in
the fun on page 14.
Several students representing the Lititz Woman’s
Club earned statewide honors in an arts festival.
Read about their accomplishments on page 3.
Mueller house and gardens
open free to public May 31
The public will get a free
glimpse of the Johannes
Mueller House and Gardens,
137 E. Main St., on Sunday,
May 31,2 to 5 p.m., when the
Lititz Historical Foundation
sponsors “A Sunday in the
Garden at the Mueller
House.”
Featured will be renowned
wildflower expert Donald
Hackenberry, collector of
wildflowers from throughout
the world and owner of the
Appalachian Wildflower
N u r s e r y , R e e d s v ille .
Hackenberry will bring
exotic and traditional
wildflowers for sale and give
planting advice. Kathy
Stauffer Yoder of Terre Hill
will give general in­formation
on planting and
using herbs.
A perennial plant ex-change
is planned. The
public is invited to divide
and pot plants from their
own gardens to trade with
other gardeners.
Background music will be
provided by Edie Overly on
the flute and Mary Lee
Yerger on the violin. A
performance on the antique
parlour organ from the
Mueller House will be
featured.
Refreshments for visitors
w ill in c lu d e fr e sh
strawberries, cake and
meadow mint tea. The
Mueller House Museum and
the new gift shop — stocked
with items by local craft­smen
— will be open for
browsing and buying.
The Sunday afternoon
event takes place rain or
shine. Admission is free.
Former county resident
Community Center
gets new director
by Bonnie Szymanski
A former county resident
and graduate of Manheim
Township High School has
been appointed director of
the new Lititz Community
Center.
J. Frederick Garman, 40,
a Township football player
and wrestler in the early
’60s, accepted the com­munity
center board’s offer
of the position on May 23,
according to Richard P.
Nuff ort, chairman of the new
center’s steering committee.
He will begin his duties
here on June 15, Nuffort said
Tuesday.
Garman is presently a
resident of Hudson, Ohio,
where he works as a con­sultant,
contracting with
companies to design and
establish in-house fitness
programs for employees. He
recently set up a health and
fitness program for Stan-dard
Oil Co. employees, said
Nuffort.,
Garman is a 1968 graduate
of Catawba College, Ohio,
with a bachelor’s degree in
biology. In 1972, he received
a master’s degree in
physical education from The
P e n n s y lv a n ia S ta te
University.
He has taught in Lancaster
County schools on a sub­stitute
basis in both
elementary and secondary
physical education and
science programs.
He was an assistant
professor of physical
education at Marywood
College in Scranton before
becoming director of the
Center for Fitness and
Sports Research at the
University of Michigan.
He has been an industrial
fitness consultant since 1982.
Garman continues his
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New western traffic corridor?
Officials research
old right-of-way
Connie King Jenny McCreary Barbara South Julie Turano
1987 candidates selected
Queen of Candles Court
to highlite July 4 in Park
A delightful dozen of the
Warwick School District’s
lovliest senior girls will vie
for the title of Queen of
Candles during the finale of
the 45th July 4th celebration
in Lititz Springs Park.
Highlighting the 1987
Independence Day events
will be the Queen of Candles
Pageant, as the day-long
celebration ends with the
traditional presentation of
the queen and her court.
Candidates who will be
competing for this year’s
crown are:
Heather Jane Aument is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Michael Musser and Mr. and
Mrs. Ronald Aument.
Heather participated in
field hockey for four years
and intramural volleyball in
her junior and senior years.
She was a member of the
varsity club during her
senior year.
During her sophomore
year, Heather was a
cheerleader and was sports
co-editor for the ‘‘Warrior
Wampum”. She was boys
track team manager in her
freshman year.
A Red Cross Volunteer,
Heather’s plans for the
future include enrollment at
Keystone Junior College to
prepare for employment as a
dental hygienist.
Deborah Jane Beans,
daughter of Larry and Amy
Beans, has played field
hockey for five years at
Warwick. She played
basketball during her
freshmen and sophomore
years and was a varsity club
member in her junior and
senior years.
Deborah became a
member of the National
Honor Society in her senior
year.
Her plans for the future
include majoring in ac­counting
at Northern Illinois
University, where she has
received a 50 percent
athletic scholarship for field
hockey.
Kimberlie S. Buckwalter
is the daughter of Irel and
Madelyn Buckwalter.
Kim has been a member of
the field hockey and track
teams for four years. She
was co-captain of the field
hockey team and captain of
the track team during her
senior year.
Kim has been involved
with student government for
three years, serving as
president in her senior year.
She has been a varsity club
member during her junior
and senior year. She also
Was a cheerleader in her
junior year.
Kim worked as a sports
editor on the school
newspaper during her
sophomore year. She was
also the boys basketball
statistician during her
sophomore, junior and
senior years.
Her plans for the future
include attending Ohio
Wesleyan University.
Alison G. Bradley is the
daughter of David and
Jillian Bradley.
A four-year member of the
glee club, she served as
president in her senior year,
was a member of show choir
for three years and par­ticipated
in the school fall
play in her senior year and
school musicals during her
sophomore and junior years.
She was a member of the
school newspaper during her
sophomore year.
Alison has been a student
sports trainer and was a
member of the field hockey
team during her freshman
and sophomore years. She
also participated in track as
a freshman. She was class
secretary for her freshman
and sophomore classes.
Alison was a member of 4-
H for five years, during
which time she entered the
state Fashion Review at
Penn State University. She
also participated on the
Lititz Springs Swim Team
for 10 years.
Among her community
activities, she has served as
president and secretary of
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by Becky Collins
A route linking the nor­thern
coal-producing regions
to Lancaster held the answer
to traffic problems in the
1920’s when Lititz was a
largely-rural community.
Today, a forgotten buggy
path may well be the answer
for a future traffic corridor
to the west of Lititz Borough.
In their joint municipality
meeting on Wednesday, May
20, members of the Warwick
School Board, Warwick
Township Board of Super­visors,
Elizabeth Township
Board of Supervisors, and
Lititz Borough discussed the
possibility of routing a
traffic corridor along a
forgotten right-of-way which
runs north of Limerock
Road.
The issue of a north/south
traffic corridor or “bypass”
has been the subject of
heated debate in the com­munity
during the past year.
In this issue
Editorial 4
Sports Section 6,7,8
Social 12,13
Manheim 14,15
Business Directory 16,17
Church 18
Classified 19,20,21
The business community,
developers for the new Lititz
Community Center, and
officials of the Warwick
School District were vocally
opposed to the original
placement of the route,
which sliced through the
Lititz Springs Park and the
school district campus.
Because of the vehement
opposition, planners began
to look for an alternate route
to relieve the traffic
congestion on Broad Street.
Their search included
maps of the area drawn up
when Warwick Township
was still a rural entity. One
such search by Mayor Roy
Clair and Warwick School
District Superintendent Dr.
John Bonfield led to the
discovery of a long-unused
right-of-way extending to the
north of Limerock Road.
“It’s been used for years by
the farmers to move
machinery from one field to
the other,” explained Mayor
Clair.
Clair remarked that a
large piece of industrial land
up for sale, borders the right-of-
way and that it runs north
across the railroad tracks
before intersecting with an
extension of Arrowhead
Drive. From there, the
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'P o s t P r o m F r o lic '
Warwick High
School’s annual junior-senior
prom will be held
Friday, May 29 at the
Treadway Resort Inn,
Lancaster.
Dinner will be served
at 6:15 p.m. Dancing
will be from 8 to 11 p.m.
The “ Post Prom
Frolic” will be held in
the cafeteria of the high
school between mid­night
and 5 a.m.
Students are required to
stay until the end of the
post prom party. Those
who would like to leave
before 5 a.m. must
submit a parental note
to Jerry Kiralfy at the
Lititz Community
Center, 626-5096, by 5
p.m. on Thursday, May
28. These notes must be
turned in before the post
prom and will not be
accepted the night of the
prom.
Students with a junior
driver’s license must
remain until 5 a.m.
The prom is operated
by the high school; the
Post Prom Frolic is a
project of the Lititz
Community Center,
with f in a n c ia l
assistance from various
service clubs. The
recreation board invites
parents and other in­terested
people to stop
in at the high school
cafeteria during the
hours of 8:30 p.m. and
9:30 p.m. to see the
prom decorations.
Lititz Woman’s Club Arts Awards recipients
front row, left to right, Marty Thomas, Katrina
Kyle, Jill Althouse, Sue Miller and Lorie Kline; back
row, Missy Frederick, Lorie Franck, Liz Heckles,
Mike Groff, Denise Heisey and Kirsten Snyder.
See more photos page 2.
W a rw ic k s t u d e n t s h o n o r e d
a t a n n u a l a w a r d s a s s e m b ly
The Warwick High School
Awards Assembly for the
1986-87 school year was held
Thursday, May 21 in the high
school auditorium. Stephen
T. George, assistant high
school principal, served as
the master of ceremonies for
the program. The following
students were presented
with community- and school-sponsored
awards:
• The American Business
Women’s Association
Award, Lititz Chapter: a
$500 scholarship to Kristine
Hearn, presented by Bonnie
Griffith.
• U.S. Army National
Scholar-Athlete Award
presented by Sgt. James
VanLeuven to John Kurtz
and Jill Althouse; Most
Valuable Soccer Player
award went to Mark Reedy.
• Lititz Woman’s Club
Awards went to Marty
Thomas, Katrina Kyle, Jill
Althouse, Sue Miller, Lorie
Kline, Missy Frederick,
Lorie Franck, Liz Heckles,
Mike Groff, Denise Heisey
and Kirsten Snyder. Anna
Rush made the presen­tations.
. S h ir le y Walker
p r e s en ted WIMPO
scholarship money of $100 to
T .isa Weidman and Heather
Auman.
• Selena Cox Eshleman
Poetry Award was presented
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