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Inside today’s Record
Quilts and crafts of a wide variety will he on sale
Saturday at the 17th annual Rothsville Fire Co. Ladies
Auxiliary Quilt Auction. Details are on page 26.
Is there life after teaching? One ex-teacher insists
there is - and he's working to prove it. Ralph Lehman,
who once taught in the Warwick School District is now
the composer-inrresidence at the Lancaster County
Music Camp. His story is on page 20.
We all know that Penn Dairies’ fourth annual ice
cream festival will be held Sunday in Lancaster Square,
but did you know that the company got its start here in
Lititz? We remember Penn Dairies’ humble beginnings
on page 16.
Boro considers
new ordinance
by Bonnie Szymanski
Borough council has vot­ed
to advertise for an ordi­nance
mandating smoke
detectors in all borough resi­dences
and businesses.
The vote was supported
by the Lititz Fire Co., with
several members in atten­dance
at the July 14 meeting
council to lobby for the
ordinance.
According to Joe Texter,
Lititz fire chief, several
recent fires in the borough
could have resulted in deaths
if the buildings hadn’t been
equipped with smoke
detectors.
In approving the move
toward compulsory smoke
detectors, council urged fire
company members to begin
a public awareness cam­paign
and asked for their aid
in informing the public
about smoke detectors.
Council also asked if
members would be willing
to check homes for com­pliance,
should the ordi­nance
pass, and if they
would be able to provide
installation help for some
residents.
Texter, along with fire
company president Ron Oet-tel
and several other mem­bers,
agreed to cooperate
fully to promote and main­tain
a borough smoke detec­tor
program.
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Residents say abandoned cars and trash make the Alsam Shoe Co. -- no
longer in operation -- an eyesore and health hazard. Owners contend much of
the trash comes from residents who use the property as a dump.
Shoe factory draws complaints
Boro police seize
drugs, cash
Seven Lititz Borough P.D. officers armed with a
search warrant entered a residence at 654 E. Main St.,
July 14 at 5:30 p.m. and seized quantities of suspected
marijuana and cocaine as well as drug-related para­phernalia,
cutting agents, cash and “quarter sticks.”
The raid netted the following: 17 individually
wrapped packs of suspected marijuana, a large bag of
loose suspected marijuana, $2,020 in cash ($20s, $50s
and $ 100s), two “quarter sticks” (explosives), candles,
six wrapped packs of suspected cocaine, several items
used “to do” drugs, as well as cutting agents and other
materials.
A police spokesman said charges are pending
against two male occupants of the residence, but names
were unavailable at press time.
by Bonnie Szymanski
Residents of Spruce
Street have been complain­ing
for the last two summers
about overgrown weeds, rat
infestation and junked vehi­cles
at Alsam Shoe Manu­facturing
Inc., located in an
alleyway just south of the
intersection at Orange and
Walnut streets.
The shoe company, own­ed
by brothers Jerry J. Savo-ca
of Lititz and S. Edward
Savoca of Leola, is no longer
in operation as a manufac­turing
plant. But, according
to both brothers, the'proper-
Portrait of an outdoorsman: Jack Hubley of
Lititz and his red-tailed hawk, Briar. Hubley is the
new host of “Call of the Outdoors,” locally-produced
television program.
Lititz outdoor writer
will host T.V. show
Students to participate
in Youth Conference
by Bonnie Szymanski
Another local boy has
gone and put Lititz on the
map.
A 1969 graduate of War­wick
High School, Jack
Hubley is well-known in the
area as an outdoor/sports
writer and photographer.
Soon, he’ll also be recog­nized
as the new host of the
long-running and popular
television show “Call of the
Outdoors.”
Broadcast every Sunday
at noon on WGAL-TV
Channel 8, the half-hour
show has held the attention
of local outdoor enthusiasts
for almost four decades.
Hubley recently was
named to replace Tom Fege-ly,
host of program for
almost six years. Fegely had
replaced the late Harry Alle-man
upon Alleman’s retire­ment
from the show he
created.
Hubley’s interest in the
outdoors goes back to “ever
since I was old enough to
hold a butterfly net,” says
the new T.V. personality. He
has been freelancing articles
on outdoor topics since the
early ’70s, is editor of “Pen­nsylvania
Wildlife Maga­zine,”
and has written an
outdoor column for the Sun­day
News since 1982.
Hubley also began writ­ing
articles as a stringer for
the Lititz-based newspaper
Lancaster Farming in 1983,
taking on the full-time posi­tion
of writer for the farming
weekly in 1984.
The new host, who con­fronted
television cameras
for the first time in May of
this year when he guest-hosted
two “Call of the Out­doors”
segments, said this
week that he is in the process
of taking the “sink or swim”
film-making and editing
course from Fegely in prepa­ration
for producing the
show.
On Aug. 2, assuming he is
still swimming, Hubley will
premiere as the official host
of the show, sponsored by
the Glatfelter Pulp Wood
Co. of Spring Grove.
He will be introduced as
the new host on Fegely’s last
show, July 26.
For a man who has lived
with snakes as houseguests
and roams the woods at wee
hours of the morning with
his red-tailed hawk, Briar,
confronting T.V. cameras
once a week should be easy.
Of course, Hubley insists
the one-eyed beasts can be
“intimidating,” and readily
a d m i t s to s om e
apprehension.
But the part is his, and
he’s already planning a full
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Kristie Huxta, daughter of
Richard and Linda Huxta,
has been chosen as a youth
staff member for the fourth
annual Youth to Youth Con­ference
to be held at Denison
College in Ohio July 19
through 23.
Miss Huxta will be joined
by a group of four represen­tatives
from the Warwick
School District’s student
anti-drug organizations.
Also attending the week-long
conference will be Jodi
Musser, daughter of Martin
and Patricia Musser, Kathy
Bard, daughter of Peter and
Patricia Bard, Autumn
Delancey, daughter of Joe
and Barbara Delancey, and
Dawn Holdridge, daughter
o f D av id and J a n e t
Holdridge.
Kristie, Kathy and Julie
are all members of Warwick
High School’s anti-drug
organization, FORCE,
(Freedom to Overcome and
Reject a Chemical Environ­ment).
Warwick Middle
School is being represented
for the first time this year by
Autumn Delancey and
Dawn Holdridge. Both are
members of LIFE (Living In
a Free Environment).
The conference, Miss
Huxta explained, is designed
to provide positive peer rein­forcement
for young people
who have decided to live
their lives drug and alcohol-free.
It involves students from
all across the country shar­ing
ideas on beginning or
strengthening chemical
abuse programs in their
respective communities.
Warwick School Dis­trict’s
“Just Say No” prog­ram
is an offshoot of last
year’s conference according
to Kristie Huxta. Last year’s
Warwick representatives
were inspired, she noted, by
the other students in atten­dance
to get the message that
“it’s possible to have fun
without using drugs or alco­hol”
to elementary students
by forming the clubs in their
schools.
A combination of training
classes and recreation, the
conference includes work­shops,
presentations and
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ty, which is leased from the
Savoca Realty Co., has not
been abandoned; machinery
is still stored in the building.
As far as the borough is
concerned, though, the prop­erty
has fallen into obvious
disuse and has become a
public nuisance.
Councilman Jeff Seigrist
noted recently that neigh­bors
in the area of the prop­erty
are afraid that their
children might court injury
by attempting to enter the
building or the apparently
abandoned vehicle on the
property.
“Kids can easily get in;
it’s not secured,” com­plained
Seigrist.
“They may be in violation
of eight to 10 different ordi­nances,”
he noted.
Borough business mana­ger
Sue Barry said this week
that a notice of violation was
sent out addressed to the
Alsam Co. She explained
that the borough had
requested District Justice
James Garrett, Lititz, to send
Alsam a citation by certified
mail.
Garnett reported that the
c itatio n was re turned
“unreceived.”
According to Ms. Barry,
“The same thing went on last
"Year,” with borough requests
for clean-up of the property
virtually ignored.
Justice Garrett suggested
that the borough send out
citations addressed to the
individual owners. If these
citations are returned
unclaimed, said Garrett,
then warrants could be sent
to the property owners for
refusing to claim the certi­fied
notices of violation.
Garrett said it’s up to the
borough to withdraw the
original citation to Alsam
and reissue new citations
directed to the Savocas.
In litigation
Contacted Monday, both
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Boro may install
new traffic signals
by Bonnie Szymanski
Lititz Borough Council
was presented with an
ECON (Energy Conserva­tion
and Safety) study Tues­day,
outlining a plan to erect
six traffic signals in the bor­ough
at a cost of $309,000.
Douglas Plank of Huth
Engineers, Lancaster, told
council members that, if
approved by PennDOT, the
project couldn’t begin
before 1989.
Plank described the pro­ject
as very cost effective,
noting that its 25-to-l cost/
benefit ratio makes it almost
certain to be placed on Penn-
DOT’s priority list.
Lights in the borough
would be controlled by a
computer located in the bor­ough’s
police department,
explained Plank.
Lights would be syn­chronized
with the signal at
Orange and Broad streets to
maintain a continued flow of
north-south traffic.
Windsor Gardens
Cousins Investment Co.
partners William Hazlett
and Jim McKay were given
approval by council Tues­day
night for their final plan
for a portion of Windsor
Gardens, including five resi­dences
along Arrowhead
Drive.
Approval was granted on
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Lititz Outdoor Art Show
to line streets July 25
In this issue
Editorial 4
Sports Section 6,7,8,9
Classified 13,14,15
Social 18,19
Manheim 22
Church 23
Business
Directory 24,25..
by Bonnie Szymanski
Would you believe Wiss-ler’s
mother is going to be
exhibiting at the Lititz Out­door
Art Show on July 25?
We report only the facts,
and the fact is that John
David Wissler, noted local
artist, and his mother, E.J.
Wissler, both will be exhi­biting
their work at the 21st
annual outdoor art show, to
be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
along Main and Broad
Twp. secretary resigns post
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Attending the Youth to Youth conference from Warwick are (front) Dawn
Holdridge and Autumn Delancey, and (back) Kristie Huxta and Jodi Musser.
Lynn Williamson, War­wick
Township’s secretary/
treasurer, has submitted her
r e s i g n a t i o n to th e
supervisors.
Ms. Williamson said July
13 that she has submitted her
resignation effective Aug. 1,
adding that she hopes to con­tinue
her duties as the town­ship
zoning officer on a part-time
basis. She will begin
work as a paralegal special­izing
in estate and munici­pal
matters with the law firm
of Blakinger, Byler, Thomas
and Chillas, P.C., Lancaster,
Aug. 3.
She had been appointed
secretary/treasurer Mar. 12,
1986, and began full-time
duties April 1 of that year.
On April 9, she was
appointed the township zon­ing
officer.
Ms. Williamson said that
she “really enjoyed working
with all the people here,” but
that she missed paralegal
work. She had been a para­legal
with Blakinger, Grove
and Chillas at the time of her
appointment as secretary/
treasurer.
She noted that “Everyone
Lynn Williamson
has been more than coopera­tive
and friendly” and that
she’ll miss that aspect of her
job.S
ince joining the town­ship
staff, Ms. Williamson
had been responsible for
helping to prepare budgets,
answer questions from the
public on various matters,
and helping to re-evaluate
and upgrade various ordi­nances,
such as the home
occupation ordinance.
streets.
John David’s most well-known
local work - a life-sized
painting of Christ -
can be viewed in the sanctu­ary
of Jerusalem Evangeli­cal
Lutheran Church,
Rothsville.
Meanwhile, the popular
Lititz show, as usual, is
drawing some of the leading
artists in the area.
Beginning with Lititz’
own Mark Workman, the
signatures will read like an
art gallery, as visitors view
works by artists such as
Lynn Yancha, Bruce John­son,
Carolyn Wertz, Joann
Hensel, Carol Good, Eileen
F ran c e and P a u le tte
Flemmens.
Lititz area artists prepar­ing
to exhibit on the 25 th
include Walter Patschorke,
A1 Taft, Andy Smith, Frank
Raezer, David Frey, Irene
Miller, John Wenger, Fran
Spangle, Phoebe Fergusen
and Eileen Savage-Navikas
(formerly of Lititz).
Laura Mark-Finberg,
whose paintings of wildlife
have been reproduced in
magazines and on the covers
of publications, will be exhi­biting,
as will Don Bashore,
another wildlife artist.
Other exhibitors include
James Riley, Lancaster oil
portraitist; Patquinn Upde-graff,
pastel artist; and long­time
exhibitors at the Lititz
show, Myrtle Trembley and
Daniel Witmer of Lancaster.
In third decade
The first Lititz Outdoor
Art Show was held in 1967.
Sponsored by the Lititz Vil­lage
Art Association in
cooperation with area retail­ers
and businesses, the show
has grown in both size and
popularity.
Artists compete in catago-ries
of oils, watercolors,
graphic arts, pastels and
sculpture, vying for more
than $1,400 in prize money.
Judges for the adult divi­sion
will be Dr. Howard
Russell, professor of art, and
Dr. Anthony G. DeFurio,
chairman of the art depart­ment,
both of Indiana Uni­versity
of Pennsylvania.
The young artists division
will be held in Lititz Springs
Park, featuring the work of
artists up to age 18.
This year, according to
show ch a irm an Fran
Spangle, the number of exhi­bitors
signed up is low at
150, compared to last year,
when about 175 were on the
list by this time, she noted.
“It happened about four
years ago,” said Mrs.
Spangle, referring to the
slow sign-up. She added that
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Traffic delays
Warwick Township
road crews will be doing
maintenance and repair
work on the following
roads through July 17,
according to Jim Maser,
roadmaster: Warwick
Road; West Woods
Drive; West Millport
Road; Water’s Edge
Road; Hess Lane and
Buckwalter Road.
Motorists should
avoid using these roads,
if possible, and should
expect some delays if
they do use them.