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Two charged in
shooting incident
Two area men are being
charged after a domestic
shooting incident which
occurred shortly after 11:30
p.m. Monday, Aug. 29, at
1523 E. Newport Road, Lot
11.
According to a report
filed by Warwick Township
Officers William Fasnacht
and Gary Hutchinson, Mil-ton
Z. Eberly, 46, 1523 E.
Newport Road has been
charged with aggravated
assault and recklessly
endangering as a result of an
altercation with Richard S.
Thomas, 31, at his residence.
When the officers arrived
on the scene, assisted by
officers from Lititz Borough
and Akron Borough Police
Departments, they found
Thomas lying in the grass
aside his vehicle outside the
Eberly residence with a
severe wound to his upper
right thigh.
Thompson was taken by
Warwick Ambulance to
Lancaster General Hospital
where he was hospitalized.
Eberly was taken into cus­tody
and transported to War­wick
Township Police
Department for questioning.
Eberly told officers that
Thompson had attempted to
enter his home without
authorization.
Eberly was arraigned
before District Justice Mur­ray
R. Horton and bail was
set at $20,000. Eberly was
able to make a ten percent
bond and was released on his
own recognizance.
Charges of criminal tres­pass
and criminal mischief
are pending against Thomp­son.
He was released from
the hospital Friday, Sept. 2.
Theft from a Vehicle
Warwick Township offic­ers
are still investigating
leads stemming from a mini­crime
spree over a three-day
period (Aug. 24 to Aug. 27)
during which four vehicles
were entered and various
items were removed.
Brunnerville Road: Jay
Firestone, 62, 614 Brunner­ville
Road reported that
sometime between the hours
of 5 p.m. Aug. 23 and 11:30
a.m. Aug. 24, unknown indi­viduals
had entered his 1976
Dodge van and removed two
power saws.
Officer Ed Tobin, who
investigated the report,
noted that Firestone’s van
was parked beside his resi­dence.
Firestone described
the missing tools as a Sears
brand one-half horsepower
sabre saw and a Skil-brand
two horsepower circular. He
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John Beck teacher Dana Roy makes last minute preparations in her class­room
before the first day of school.
What a difference a day makes
Three youngsters soaked in the rays of the afternoon sun on Labor Day at
Lititz Springs Pool. The sunbathers are: Trevor and Doug Eby, 222 Edgewood
Drive, New Holland and Justin Oberholtzer, 115 Rothsville Station Road.
by Kathleen King
On the hot, muggy after­noons
in late August and ear­ly
September you can hear
the steady beat of the drum.
Da-da-da-da-da-dum. Da-da-
da-da-da-dum.
The band.
Under the blaring late
summer sun, 126 kids march
around a field, pacing off
their steps, counting under
their breath.
The band.
And where the band is,
you can be sure to find a
group of parents ladeling out
cold drinks, wrapping tired
ankles, and carrying instru­ments,
coats or other
paraphernalia.
Band parents.
Or as they are formally
known, the Warwick Instru­mental
Music Parents
Organization.
WIMPO.
Established in 1969
Since 1969 when the
group was established by the
then Warwick High School
WIMPO has provided moral
and financial support to the
members of the Warwick
High School band.
Although WIMPO is only
one of many, many parent
organizations in the district,
it has a high profile, partially
because of all the fundrais­ing
it does.
“Everybody seems to
think that WIMPO does
more fundraising than any
other organization in the
school,” Dee Eolin, WIM-PO’s
new secretary said
recently.
“They’re probably right,”
WIMPO president, Bruce
Lefever chimed in.
Mrs. Eolin said a lot of
people feel the school dis­trict
pays for everything the
band does.
“They don’t,” she pointed
out. “They pay for the bus
transportation to the games,
and they paid for the bulk of
the new uniforms for the
band, but they pay nothing
for the visual ensemble.
added.
Budget
In the 1987-88 school
year alone, WIMPO spent
$23,205.57. For that amount
they purchased a golf cart
($621), a trailer to haul
equipment ($6,785), band
uniforms for the band front
($2,064), raincoats and a
new banner for the London
trip ($1,272).
In addition the band
parents spent $6,302 for the
1987 marching show (fabric,
streamers, balloons, plastic
balls, reflectors).
They purchased headsets
and jackets for the band
staff, paid for tuba lessons
and nurse’s kit supplies, sent
the band majors to camp and
bought cold drinks and
snacks for the band’s sum­mer
camp.
They gave a $300 scholar­ship,
maintained instru­ments
to the tune of $660
and spent $307.20 to print
and mail the newsletter.
band dhector. Dale Weller. except transportation,” she
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WIMPO parents serve refreshments at a recent band practice. From left,
they are, Pat Lefever, Marg Price, Robyn Meckley, Marilyn DeLong and Ron
Price.
took a lot of energy and a lot
of spaghetti.
The spaghetti dinner net­ted
$1,209; the auction
$5,595; the pie sales, almost
$4,000.
The beef and cheese sale
earned $2,929, and the
Bands on the Warpath com­petition
netted $3,844.'
Being an organization
that is always looking for
new and better fundraisers,
WIMPO sometimes finds
unusual ways to raise
money.
Unusual Fundraisers
One such opportunity
occurred this spring. Due to
construction at the Kissel
Hill library, all the books
from the library had to be
moved to the gym the day
after school ended.
For $1,000, members of
the band and the band
parents organization moved
hundreds and hundreds of
books on June 16 and will be
moving them back right
before school starts.
WIMPO is one of those
organizations that you
belong to by default.
“If your kid participates in
the band program, you’re a
member,” Lefever said with
a smile.
“Naturally, not everyone
comes to the meetings, or
gets actively involved, but
we wish they would,” he
added.
And there is plenty to be
involved with.
The August newsletter
points out the monthly meet­ings
(second Monday of the
month) indicated, tongue-in­check,
as “Parents’ Fun
Nite.”
Volunteers Needed
The newsletter calls for
volunteers to help with the
Pot Pie Supper (replacing
the annual Spaghetti Dinner)
Warwick Band
in competition
Warwick High School
Marching Band will par­ticipate
in this year’s first
competition on Saturday,
Sept. 17 at Manheim
Central High School.
Tickets for the event may
be purchased in the high
school band room on
Tuesday. Sept. 13 from
5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
NOTICE A meeting of the
Lititz Retailer’s Associ­ation
has been sche­duled
for the second
Wednesday of this
month. The September
meeting will be held
next Wednesday, Sept.
14 at 7:30 P.M. at Bing-eman’s
Restaurant.
All area businessmen
are welcome and invited
to attend. _________
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Manheim
Out of the Past
Social
Sports
N e w p s y c h o l o g i s t
The old Moravian Gen­eral
Store is dispensing
more than bolts of cloth
these days. The historic
building on E. Main St.
houses the office of Lititz’
newest psychologist,
Roger K. Fretz. He will be
one of the professionals
on a panel at the upcom­ing
mental health semi­nar
focusing on depress­ion's
causes and cures.
His story is on page 14.
F o o t b a l l c o n t e s t
The Lititz Record
Express Football
Contest returns this
week on page 9.
There’s a $50 prize
and a winner every
week during the
football season. Try
your luck!
Police, fire per«
respond to holiday
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on Sept. 10. A volunteer is
solicited to run the beef and
cheese sale. A craft show on
Oct. 22 is being added to the
WIMPO calendar, the news­letter
says.
Those talented with nee­dle
and thread are asked in
the newsletter to give Sheila
Lyerly a hand with the sew­ing
committee.
With an organization that
has so many fundraisers,
there is a need for a large
number of officers.
The group has an execu­tive
committee consisting of
10 members; Bruce Lefever,
president; A1 Forscht, Barry
Kofroth, Sheila Lyerly, Ron
Price and Shirley Walker,
vice presidents; Dee Eolin,
secretary; Robyn Meckley,
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by Becky Collins
Police officials in Lititz
Borough and Warwick
Township investigated three
vehicle accidents during the
Labor Day weekend while
fire and emergency rescue
personnel responded to five
incidents.
The first vehicle accident,
which occurred at 2 a.m.
Sept. 4, resulted in 19-year-old
Philip C. Beiter, 2 Oslin
Circle, being charged with
reckless driving and posses­sion,
transportation or con­sumption
of alcoholic
beverages.
Beiter told investigating
officer Charles Shcnenber-gcr
that the accident
occurred when he fell asleep
behind the wheel of his
vehicle.
Bciter’s vehicle struck a
legally-parked vehicle and
then went up onto the lawn
of the residence at 118 Sw:
thmore Drive, according
Officer Shenenberp/'.’ "
report. While investigating
the accident, Shcnephei'im;
discovered an alccb )fic
beverage in Belter’s vehicle.
Bciter’s vehicle received
moderate damage in the
mishap.
Two vehicles were
involved in a mid-afternoon
accident at the intersection
of East Main and Willow
streets, blocking traffic on
the cast-west artery for over
30 minutes Labor Day.
Members of the Lititz Fire
Company, Lititz Fire Police
and Warwick Ambulance
responded to the scene.
Information on the operators
of the vehicles and the cir­cumstances
surrounding the
accident was not available
from Lititz Borough Police
Department as of press time.
Charges are pending
against a Warwick Town­ship
woman after a iwo-vchiclc
collision o'i i urmcc
Hills Pike at 7:30 a.m. Sept.
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22-moi'fh old liucHer,
Ccuriney, to Si J-ycpn’s
Hospital for treatment of
minor injuries.
Officer Rick Groff, who
investigated the accident,
rep o rted th at Warren
Swartz, 69, 38 Troy Drive,
had slopped and was
attempting to turn left into
Zartman’s Dodge when his
vehicle was struck from
behind by the Scheid
vehicle.
Schcid told the officer
that she had not seen the
Swartz vehicle.
Lititz Fire Company vol­unteers
responded to an
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Callahan endorsed h» ■M? !
WIMPO - Parent group with a high profile
Timothy L. Callahan, 524
Hummingbird Drive, Demo­cratic
nominee for state rep­resentative
in the 97th legi­slative
district, recently
received the endorsement of
the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO
Committee on Political Edu­cation
(COPE).
Callahan, a strong suppor­ter
of increasing the mini­mum
wage for the “working
poor,” has made labor-related
issues a key part of
his campaign.
“It strikes me as nothing
short of amazing that our
Republican legislators
thwart efforts to raise the
state-wide minimum wage
from its eight-year level of
$3.35 per hout.
“Even ‘Voodoo Econom­ists’
must realize that work­ing
people cannot make ends
meet at such low salary
levels,” Callahan stated in
Canali.'1»-!
accepting the endorsement.
Because of his stand on
this issue as well as his
strong pro-consumer plat­form,
Callahan was unanim­ously
endorsed by the AFL-CIO’s
executive committee.
“My opponent, a Bell of
Pennsylvania lobbyist, is
supported by the Common­wealth's
utility companies,
insurance interests, develop­ers
and big businessmen. I
proudly stand up to the spe­cial
interest .groups who
dominate politics in Lancas­ter
County as a candidate of
working men and women,”
Callahan stated.
Julius Uehlicn, chairman
of the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO
COPE, remarked that
Callahan’s endorsement was
made to “support those who
have demonstrated and
pledged to support the
1 lopes, needs and agnatic-s
of worku.g people in on-
Commonwealth.”
The 970 district encom­passes
L lite and Earn
Pctcisburg boroughs. War­wick
East Kcmpricld ard
Manheim Townships.
Woodstream
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Andrew B. Wcolworth,
group vice president and
director, will represent
Woodstream Corporation in
a Presidential Trade Mission
to Japan September 7t14.
Lead by C. William Ver­ity,
U.S. Secretary of Com­merce,
the mission is an out­growth
of the “Market Japan
Initiative” agreed to by Ver­ity
and Hajime Tamura,
Japanese Minister of Inter­national
Trade, during his
visit to Washington, June
25. Woolworth will be one
of 25 executives from com­panies
which produce
American consumer good
who are making the trip.
In announcing the Initia­tive,
Secretary Verity
observed that the Japanese
consumer is finally coming
into his own, spending more
than ever before, and wants
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Andrew Woolworth
to choose from the be it
products.
Participants are expected
to meet with Japanese retail­ers,
wholesalers, trading
companies, associations,
financial institutions and
government agencies. Many
of these contacts are difficult
if r.ot impossible M arrange
outside the context of the
trade missmi environment,
Verity pointed out.
Woclvvo Ih - i e '. ooas-tream
a ■ >-• ms ¡a >. npctc
for ;> D,a _ i f ¡1 . larfee
Jacanece nmrtet urce the
Japanese are tannin, with
U.S. produced .porting
goods, especially high qual­ity
golf and other outdoor
recreational equipment.
While sariffs and non-t ¡ifl
barriers are still obstacles,
participating companies will
be assisted in overcoming
these operational problems,
he said.
Woodstream products of
interest to the Japanese
include the firm’s pure car­bon
fiber golf club shafts as
well as its line of accessories
for the hunter and fisherman.
Hughes jailed for assay
by Becky Collins
A Lancaster County judge
sentenced 19-year-old Tony
Leroy Hughes to 2.5 to five
years in prison and 15 years
probation Sept. 6 in county
court.
Hughes, 489 Obie 8t.,
Newmanstown, had pleaded
guilty in July to breaking
into the home of Phares and
Elizabeth Weaver, 841
Rothsville Road, at approxi­mately
1:30 a.m. Oct. 9,
1987, and brutally attacking
the elderly couple with a
wooden chair as they slept.
Hughes, formerly from
the Manheim area, was
arraigned on charges of
aggravated assault and reck­lessly
endangering the life of
another, burglary, robbery
and criminal conspiracy in
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Tony Leroy Hughes
Lititz on Feb. 25.
According to police
reports, Hughes and his
younger brother, a juvenile,
entered the Weaver home
through a basement window
after cutting what they
believed were the telephone
wires.
After seeing the couple
asleep in their bed, the
brothers went to the kitchen
and returned to the bedroom
with two wooden kitchen
chairs. They then stood on
either side of the bed, woke
the elderly couple and hit
them with the chairs while
demanding money.
Phares, 87, and his wife,
Elizabeth, 77, both suffered
arm fractures during the
incident. Phares was also
treated for a wrist fracture
and a head laceration. His
wife was treated for contu­sions
of the head.
After taking $80, the
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