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Inside today9s Record
Whatever happened to the guy who headed
the Lititz Rec Center programs back in the
‘6 0 s? Well, he back in Lititz and back in busi­ness
— the business of selling sports equip­ment.
Billed as MAC’S Sports Center, the
recently-opened sporting goods store fea­tures
“The Bull Pen, ” a special section wherer
local “sports" can go to compare tall tales,
hunting and fishing yarns and other local fic­tions.
See page 18.
“Lititz Boy on Torpedoed Transport” was
the lead story in the Feb. 14,1918, issue of the
Lititz Record. Seventy years ago, family and
friends waited to hear if Milton Jurell was one
of the survivors; they waited four long days
before learning that young Jurell had been
rescued by British allies accompanying the
American transport ship when it was hit. Read
Jurell’s story on page 24.
Rothsville water
project back
on track
by Linda A. Harris
Rothsville’s long-awaited
public water system is one
step closer to reality this
week with the advertisement
for construction bids.
Ron Nuss, Warwick
Township water and sewer
operations manager, said
that bids will be opened at
the township building
March 11 at 4 p.m. and will
be discussed during the
The historic Johannes Mueller House,
located at 137 E. Main St., has been the official
home of the Lititz Historical Foundation since
1962. Photo by Don Rannels.
Problems plague Historical Foundation
as new president looks to future
by Bonnie Szymanski
When you hear the name
“Lititz Historical Founda­tion,”
what comes to mind?
According to the organi­zation’s
new president,
Charles Steffy, the historical
foundation is suffering “an
identity crisis.” Too many
people are confusing the his­torical
foundation with the
Historic Area Advisory
Committee, he says.
H AAC acts in an advisory
capacity to the Lititz Zoning
Hearing Board to help main­tain
the aura of authenticity
in Lititz’ historic district by
approving or disapproving
exterior renovations, sign
requests from downtown
shops and similar requests
from area residents.
Seeking to disassociate
his older organization from
the sometimes unpopular
HAAC, Steffy asserts:
“There’s no connection
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I H i
Charles Steffy
whatsoever” between the
two groups.
Foundation’s history
The Lititz Historical
Foundation, which had its
inception in 1956, Lititz’
bicentiennial year, pur-
Man charged
in morals case
chased the Johannes Mueller
House, 137 E. Main St., to
use as its headquarters. The
house was restored to its
original condition and
“opened for business in
1962,” reports Steffy.
The foundation - a non­profit
entity which receives
no government funding (a
board decision) — has
weathered both good years
and bad with regard to mem­bership
involvement and
community support.
“In 1976, it was riding
high,” says Steffy, who
assumed the presidency of
the foundation in October
1987.
The reason is obvious; for
in that year of the nation’s
bicentennial celebration,
everyone was history
conscious.
But two years later, the
foundation’s board voted to
sell the Klein Bam, realizing
that the cost of restoring the
historic structure for a
museum would be too high
for the organization’s mod­est
coffers.
Steffy described the his-
A t i n t e r s e c t i o n w i th O w l H ill R o a d
Another commercial
proposed for Rt.
s t r i p
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municipal authority’s meet­ing
March 15 at 7:30 p.m.
Nuss said that opening the
bids on the 11th will allow
the township engineer, Larry
Zimmerman, time to review
the bids for compliance with
specifications and to tabu­late
them before the March
15 meeting.
Construction Start?
Should the bid be
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by Linda A. Harris
Route 501, known as the
Lititz Pike south of Lititz
Borough and the Fumance
Hills Pike north of the bor­ough
has attracted a lot of
attention in the last year due
to proposed commercial
development.
The latest in the series of
proposals involves a 45 acre
tract along the west side of
Lititz Pike across from the
Owl Hill Road intersection.
Warwick Township supervi­sors
heard a preliminary dis­cussion
of a plan to create a
six lot subdivision of the
land owned by Buckhill
Farms, a partnership of Irei
Buckwalter, 1011 Lititz
Pike, and his sister, Mary
Ann Hartzell, 1001 Lititz
Pike, during their Feb. 3
meeting. Five of the lots,
comprising approximately
11 acres, will be developed
commercially, while the
remaining tract will be resi-d
e n tia l d ev e lo pm e n t,
according to Buckwalter
said during a telephone
interview Feb. 5.
“It has been on the back
burner for a lot of years. The
time comes when you must
move forward,” he said,
adding that he has no firm
idea on what types of com­mercial
ventures will be
located on the tract. “We
haven’t really begun to
market it,” he asserted.
Township supervisors are
expected to act on the subdi­vision
request during the
Feb. 10 meeting. Buckwal­ter,
chairman of the supervi­sors
board, must refrain
from voting on the proposal
because of his position.
Other Commercial
Ventures
On Feb. 5, 1988, Dia-mond
Chiropractic Center
opened at 15 Toll Gate
Road.
On Dec. 23,1987, McDo­nald’s
opened a restaurant
on the west side of the Lititz
Pike adjacent to the Lititz
Home Improvement Center
commercial strip. The
restaurant had been the sub­ject
of some controversy
regarding the site selection
prompting a civil action by
the fast food giant which
withdrew the action follow­ing
several months of dis­cussions
by attorneys for
Warwick Township and
McDonald’s Corporation.
On Dec. 8,1987, the Lan­caster
Airport Authority
took action to prevent a 25.9
acre tract at the intersection
of Millport Road and Rt. 5 01
across from Stauffer’s of
Kissel Hill from being deve­loped
as a shopping center.
The tract, owned by John R.
Huber, was condemned by
the authority and is now
being assessed for condem­nation
payment.
The supervisors approved
rezoning requests for Wyn-field
Business Center, a
58-acre site, along the west
side of Rt. 501, north of the
borough, and Warwick Cen­ter,
a 10-plus acre site on the
east side of Rt. 501 at the
Newport Road intersection,
Oct. 14, 1987, paving the
way for those developments.
Warwick Center, a tract of
: kno
¡and ov.f.e ,
ger, is slated
vided into six
details arc
center.
Wynfield
osed by Mark V
will utihze >
zoned eoinnk, i
a tract zoned ms
l u f \ r
released re ;,
development.
In June I jP
ing Saicm
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Road m the area !
7oh CL .’
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salon is located n
which also 1 at
of Dr. Wayne l
which opener [
ent
Warwick Twp. to
more water from .Ei
torical significance of the
bam.
“It predates the founding
of Lititz by decades,” he
began, explaining that it was
owned by John George
Klein, a Lutheran, whose
farm was located on the site
destined to become the Mor­avian
community of Lititz.
According to Steffy, after
hearing the Moravian leader
Count Nicholas von Zinzen-dorf
preach, Klein made the
decision to offer his farm­land
for a Moravian settle­ment,
with the stipulation
that he be allowed to remain
living in the farmhouse and
that he not be required to
become a Moravian convert.
Immediate problems
Meanwhile, back in 1988,
the Lititz Historical Founda­tion
is having its own
problems.
The Mueller House hasn’t
been painted since 1962; the
roof needs repair; trees in the
back yard need to be cut
down and replaced; and,
behind the house, the old
stone patio, which once
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in t h i s i s s u e
Editorial 4
Sports Section 6,7,8
Social 12
Church 14,15
Manheim 16
Business 18
Classified 21,22,23
by Linda A. Harris
Warwick Township offi­c
ia ls h av e fo rm a lly
requested that Lititz Bor­ough
agree to supply
160.000 gallons of water per
day over the 150,000 gallons
per day agreed to last
December.
The Warwick Township
Municipal Authority had
been purchasing 100,000
gallons of water per day and
signed an agreement Dec. 15
for the purchase of an addi­tional
50,000 gallons per
day.
The agreement, termed “a
temporary solution from our
stan d p o in t” by Bruce
Bucher, authority vice-chairman,
came after some
16 months of meetings
between the borough and
township.
Two New Developments
On Jan. 26, the municipal
authority authorized a letter
to the borough requesting an
additional 40,000 gallons
per day. The letter cited a
37.000 gallon per day
requirement for the prop­osed
Wynfield Business
Center. The 58 acre tract is
being developed by Mark V
Associates along the west
side of Rt. 501, north of the
borough.
On Feb. 5, the authority
authorized a second letter,
this time requesting 160,000
gallons per day instead of the
40,000 requested in the
January letter.
The letter noted a new
com m e rc ia l/re sid en tia l
development being planned
for the west side of Rt. 501
across from Owl Hill Road,
with anticipated require­ments
of 120,000 gallons per
day, according to Ron Nuss,
township water and sewer
operations manager.
The 45-acre tract is being
developed by Buckhill
Farms, a partnership of Irei
Buckwalter, 1011 Lititz
Pike, and his sister, Mary
Ann Hartzell, 1001 Lititz
Pike.
On The Agenda
L ititz Borough has
requested time i ic
wick Townstn ; i n
Authority akin< J ;i
discuss a nun o e >
according to C 1 ;> F~.
president o. Li it _
Council.
He enplaned
ough is going u. iei,i '
the township Pels o ,
problem by p o m i t
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wastewaie' t >. 0
lished townsmp -
borough treatin' i i >
order to avoid > r! >
pump station.
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Tshudy sc.c 'u '
ough will also b d „
the water requr > t ¡.
township, bai in i i t
pates no pro.' <■ <
supplying the a _ i
160,000 trabons pe'
added that the l i
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S e c o n d a t B r u n n e r v i l l e / N e w p o r t i n t e r s e c t i o n
Twp. police investigate eight accid
Warwick Town sh ip
police investigated eight
accidents between Jan. 27
and Feb. 7 and charged one
man with multiple offenses
including receiving stolen
property and possession of
weapons and marijuana.
ACCIDENTS
RT. 772/WARWICK
RD.: Officers Rick Groff,
Bill Fasnacht and Gary
Hutchinson investigated a
one vehicle accident Feb. 7
at 8:04 p.m. on Rt. 772 at
Warwick Road. The investi­gation
disclosed that Eric
Todd Frederick, 20, of Man-
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A 34-year-old Manheim
R4 resident was arrested on
morals charges Feb. 8 by
Lititz Borough P.D. Officer
Harry Yochum.
Charles A. Gilmore Jr.,
34, whose current address is
Mount Vernon Motel, Man­heim
R4, was charged with
one count of involuntary
deviate sexual intercourse,
two counts of corrupting the
morals of minors, and two
counts of indecent assault.
The offenses involved a
16-year-old Lititz girl and
are alleged to have occurred
Jan. 31 at 735 S. Broad St.
Gilmore, who turned him­self
in to police, was
arraigned before District
Justice James Garrett Feb. 8.
Bail was set at $10,000 and
Gilmore was released on his
own recognizance, accord­ing
to Garrett. Gilmore’s
preliminary hearing before
Garrett has been set for Feb.
17 at 9 a.m.
Charges against Brauner
dropped, refiled
in the above photo, taken by Stan Hall, Officer Bill Fasrtic.-. .
heavily damaged driver’s side door of a 1983 Pontiac 2000 i; oiv':>c
dent Feb. 7 at Rt. 772 and Warwick Road. Officers Rick Gref ? ard Ga. s
son on the left are shown recording information for the aeeiris;
Charges against the driver are pending.
Charles
Charges ag a in st D.
Michael Brauner, 37, of 336
E. Marion St., were dropped
during a preliminary hearing
Feb. 9 before District Justice
Nancy G. Hamill.
Hamill agreed with
Brauner’s attorney, R. Rus­sell
Pughf that failure of a
law school intern, Michael
Garland, with the district
attorney’s office, to have the
16-year-old teen properly
identify Brauner as the man
who performed oral sex on
him three times in 1987 were
grounds for dropping the
charges. D. Michael Brauner
Garland had asked the
teen if he knew the defen­dant
and the teen indicated
that he did. Garland appa­rently
failed to ask a follow­up
question to have the teen
identify Brauner as the man
who had performed oral sex
on him on three separate
occasions.
Charges Refiled
Lititz Borough P.D. Det.
Charles Shenenberger, who
had filed charges of three
counts of involuntary devi­ate
sexual intercourse and
three counts of corrupting
the morals of minors against
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photo above, provided by the Warwick Township .
shows the the 1987 Chevrolet Spectrum involved ir, a o; 1
drive? 2 e peendinngnerV,lle/NeWPOri r° adS interseciion-