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WITHIN LANCASTER COUNTY 22 Pages- No. 42
Members of United Textile Workers of America Local 2059 walk the picket line at Raymark Friction,
Manheim. (Photo by Jed Kensinger)
Locals attend Bush inauguration
40 travel by bus and car
to see president sworn in
By Becky Collins
and Jed Kensinger
Record-Express Staff
Friday, Jan. 20 was a day
that George Bush will never
forget. The whole nation
paused to watch him accept
the mantle of leadership as
the 41st president of the
United States.
More than 40 area resi­dents
did more than pause to
watch, they drove to
Washington to be part of the
festivities. Some took bus
trips sponsored by the
Republcican Committee of
Lancaster County, while
others took their own cars.
In each case, the inaugu­ration
was one experience
which will not soon be for­gotten
by any of those in
attendance.
, Lititz attorney Steve
Gibble discovered when sit­ting
in the audience at
Bush’s inauguration that he
was in some of the best com­pany
in the land.
To one side sat Joe Theis-man
and his wife, Cathy Lee
Crosby, to another side was
U.N.' Ambassador Vernon
Walters. And down in front
was Coretta Scott King and
her son Martin Luther King
III.
Gibble was one of a group
of Lititz people, including
his parents, Robert and Jo
Gibble, Henry and Joan Gib-bel,
Steve’s brother Thomas,
Coal eyed as fuel of the future
By Dave Knauss
Record-Express Editor
Keeping many area
homes warm this winter is a
fuel that has a reputation for
being dirty, inconvenient
and a thing of the past.
Coal is back. Only for a
minority of homes, but this
black compressed carbon —
anthracite, not bituminous
coal — is quietly churning
out BTUs and cutting fuel
bills for homeowners.
Coalbuming has enjoyed
a resurgence since the “oil
shocks” of 1973 and 1979
and is still the choice of fuel
for many despite fallen oil
prices in the last fews years.
Daryl Myer, who markets
Belgium-made Surdiac coal
stoves from his Myers Fur­niture
Store in Manheim,
says sales began climbing
since the 1982-83 heating
season and continued
upward until 1985-86. After
that, sales dropped about 10
percent but held steady to the
present.
A spokesman for Bom-berger’s
in Elm says their
French-made Franco Beige
coal stoves have been popu­lar
for the past 10 years.
And Lester Bowman,
owner of Bowman’s Stove
Shop in Ephrata, says his
Surdiac, Vermont Castings
and Gibraltar stoves have
been moving well for the
past three years. In fact, sales
of his coal stoves outnumber
sales of his wood stoves
about 65 to 35 percent.
He says his business is
growing in part due to the
popularity of coal burning.
No firm numbers are
readily available on how
many homes in Lancaster
County are burning coal.
Marcus Sheffer, director of
the state South-central Pen­nsylvania
Energy Center,
says the number of people
doing so in the region is lim­ited.
He says much more
coal burning is taking place
in the Scranton area, where
coal is more available.
Why do people want to
bother with the ashes and
dust of a fuel that supposedly
is causing lakes to die and
the atmosphere to turn into a
greenhouse?
Proponents are quick with
answers: economics, safety,
even heat, long bum-time,
convenience...and, yes,
cleanliness.
Some of these factors are
(Turn to Page 22) Jaycees honor five young leaders
By Becky Collins
Record-Express News Editor
Six young men exemp­lifying
the Jaycee ideals of
service and leadership were
honored at the Lititz Area
Jaycees 1989 Distinguished
Service Awards Banquet
last Friday at the General
Sutter Inn.
This year’s honorees
include: Outstanding Young
Educator, Hal Lefever; Out­standing
Young Firefighter,
Lynn Mearig; Outstanding
Young Farmer, Todd Miller;
Outstanding Young Fitness
Leader, Steve Neuroh; and
this year’s Outstanding
Young Citizen, Kirby Erb.
The 1988 Distinguished
Service Award was pre­sented
to William A. Rhoads
Jr., captain of the Lititz Spe­cial
Fire Police.
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Honored for service and leadership in their professions and in the Lititz
community were (left to right front row) Hal Lefever, Steve Neuroh, Lynn Mear­ig,
Kirby Erb and Todd Miller. Also pictured are Frank Kenavan, 1989 chairman
ofthe distinguished service awards banquet, Bill Rhoads, recipient of the Dis­tinguished
Service Award, Jesse Roberts, Lititz Special Fire Police, and Tom
Hayes, Jaycees president.
392 workers continue
strike at Raymark plant
a Washington D.C. political
consultant, Garth and Helen
Becker and Jim and Barbara
Maddox, who made a day of
the celebration.
At 8 a.m. they met with
Senator Robert Walker in
the Rayburn Building before
setting off to claim their
seats at the inauguration.’
Following the inauguration,
the group whisked off to
view the inaugural parade
before retiring to dress for a
black-tie dinner party (for 40
guests) on Capitol Hill
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By Jed Kensinger
Record-Express Staff Writer
A strike continues at Raymark Friction in Manheim
where 392 members of the United Textile Workers of
America Local 2590 are protesting a new contract that
went into effect Jan. 1. The union’s major complaint is that
the company has broken a labor contract that runs through
March 3L
The workers went on strike Sunday night in objection to
the firm’s laying off 100 workers — 60 union and 40 non­union
— and cutting the wages of the remaining workers
by 10 percent.
They are walking the picket line outside the company’s
plant at 123 E. Stiegel St. until a new, negotiated contract
replaces the present one.
The wage cuts and work rule changes are intended to
improve plant productivity and improve the company’s
cash flow, according to company officials.
The reduction in manpower is expected to save the
company an estimated $1.2 million in hourly wages and
salaries.
Management claims it no longer needs to extend a two-year
agreement between the workers and Raymark indus­tries
because the company, Raymark Friction, is a new
corporate entity.
Raymarks’s former parent company, Raytech Corp.,
based in Trumbull, Conn., sold the company to Asbestos
Lititgation Management Inc., a subsidiary of Litigation
Control Inc., Barrington, 111. last May.
That sale obligated the company to honor the contract.
However, the subsequent sale to Raymark Friction
cancels the agreement, president and owner, Bradley
Smith told the Lancaster New Era. Smith’s father, Craig,
is president and CEO of Raytech, Raymark Industries’
former holding company. Bradley Smith did not return a
call from the Record Tuesday.
William Stahler, vice president of the United Textile
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Striking employees note
financial hardships
By Dave Knauss
Record-Express Editor
One Raymark employee who has worked at the plant
for 39 years hopes that “the people stick together on
this,” but he personally isn’t worried about the finan­cial
impact of the strike.
“I am not really hurting; I am going to eat. I never put
all my eggs in one basket,” said the Manheim resident,
who requested anonymity. He has a working wife and a
sideline business and is hoping to get unemployment
benefits.
“But some people, are going to be hurt,” he warned.
“Four years ago I believed this man (company presi­dent
Bradley C. Smith). He cut wages but told us then
that he would never ask us for more money. I said this
was a good thing.
“But now this man is taking 10 percent out of my
paycheck without asking me. We were under the
impression he would honor the contract but Jan. 1 he
made a new one.”
When asked if he thought it would be a long strike,
the worker said he doesn’t know. “Smith wants to run
this plant with a couple hundred new people but who is
going to teach them?
“We are not people to him anymore. My philosophy
is, never whip your mules. How can you expect your
people to work for you if you badger them all the
time?”
He said he and his fellow strikers “got their irons in
the fire. We can’t pull out now.”
Lititz firefighter faces
additional counts of arson
Two additional charges of arson were brought Friday
against James R. Adams Jr., 21, a Lititz volunteer firefigh­ter,
for setting fires in the Lititz area during December
1988.
Adams was originally arrested Jan. 11 in connection
with a Dec. 23 arson attempt in a large frame bam on the
property of Kenneth K. Witmer in Penn Township.
He was scheduled to have a preliminary hearing Friday
on the first charge, but that hearing was postponed to Feb.
14 at 1:30 p.m.
State Police fire marshal David Fisher charged Adams
Friday with setting fire to a storage bam on the property of
Amos L. Esh, 381 Memorial Road, Dec. 4 causing an esti­mated
$40,000 damage. .
In addition, Fisher charged Adams with tossing a light­ed
highway flare into a pile of wooden pallets on the prop­erty
of Nelson Weaver Sons, Inc., 830 Lexington Road, on
Dec. 23. The flare burned out before any damage
occurred.
Adams is being represented by Lancaster attorney
Samuel M. Mecum. District Justice Marilyn Stoner of
Manheim reset the fireman’s bail at $25,000 Friday.
Local student leaves for Spain
Host family
lives along
Mediterranean
By Jed Kensinger
Record-Express Staff Writer
Many American high
school students could not
imagine sacrificing their
senior prom, graduation and
related hoopla — unless
there was a special reason.
Warwick’s Jennifer Anonia
is so committed to the idea of
international understanding
that she has chosen to leave
her friends behind in Lititz to
travel to Spain as a foreign
exchange student.
Jen, 17-year-old daughter
of Francis and Patricia Ano­nia,
920 Rabbit Hill Road,
will fly from Philadelphia
via New York to Madrid
Thursday afternoon. It will
be her first time abroad.
For the past couple weeks,
Jen said her friends have
reminded that Wednesday is
her last day at Warwick High
School. A little nervous and
excited, she said, “It’s hard
for me to fathom. I’m going
to miss my friends the most.
I’ll write lots of letters.”
I
Clutching a backpack in one hand, Jen Anonia
locates the area of Spain she will visit as a foreign
exchange student. (Photo by Jed Kensinger)
Later, this week Jen will
become a part of the family
of engineer Juan Arias
Alvarez of Cadiz, Spain.
Looking forward to the new
experience, Jen said, “I’ll
have two brothers, a sister all
about my age. We’ll be
going to school together
which makes it that much
easier.”
She said she will be shar­ing
a bedroom with 16-year-old
Ana. The family has a
dog and canary. Their hob­bies
include sports, cross
country, swimming and ten­nis.
Cross country happens
to be a hobby for Jen, who
participated in the sport at
Warwick.
With four years of Span­ish
studies at Warwick, Jen
is looking forward to
becoming immersed in
Spanish culture. Her host
family’s villa, which boasts
a garden, is located only 3Q
meters from the school she
will attend. There are 840
students in the school she
will attend, a little smaller
than Warwick.
C enter for the shipping
and fishing industires, Cadiz
is a small town located on an
inlet along the Mediterra­nean
coast. Nearby, the city
of Algeciras is die oldest
continually inhabited settle­ment
in western Europe.
She is bound to take in
some breath-taking scenery
when she goes jogging. Jen
said she is looking forward
to the warmer temperatures,
which will be about 55
degrees at this time of the
year.
Jen will have an oppor­tunity
to participate in dis­covery
tours sponsored by
her exchange program, Edu­cational
Foundation (EF),
throughout the semester. Jen
will return in July, following
the end of the school term in
Spain.
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M is s M a rge ry
Miss Margery, a
teacher for 45 years,
celebrates her 90th
birthday Feb. 9th.
Among her students
was one Robert Kauff­man,
fondly known to
our readers as Ike. He
remembers her iron
rule and kind heart in
this week’s column on
page 4.
Winter g e t-aw a y s W in n ers liste d
The Lititz Chapter of
ABWA has found sev­eral
cures for cabin fev­er.
It’s their Vacation/
Dinner sampler benefit
auction slated fo r
Saturday at the Mora­vian
Church. Checkout
the list of vacation and
dinner packages
page 22.
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The artwork of two
Warwick students has
been se le cte d to
advance to district
competition as a result
of the Lititz Woman’s
Club annual art com­petition.
A complete list
of the winners is on
page 22.
Matmen g ra p p le with v icto ry
The Warrior Matmen
c o n t in u e t h e i r
unbeaten streak with a
pair of victories last
week against vener­able
opponents Eli­za
b e th town and
Hempfield. Photos and
stats from the grap-plers
competition are
on page 9.
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