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Family tells their tale
of the two Germanies
By Jennifer Kopf
Record Express News Editor
Twelve years ago, Tom Gibble.was an
AFS exchange student in Bayreuth, West
Germany, Wagnerian country in “the cor­ner
of the world.”
To the north: the East German Iron Cur­tain.
To the east: Czechoslovakia.
There were sirens positioned around
town, which would signal if the Bayreuth
residents had minutes to prepare for inva­sion
from the Soviet bloc countries sur­rounding
them.
On his most recent visit to Bayreuth,
Tom said, it was in some ways difficult to
recognize the place. It was over Christmas
and New Year’s, and the Gibble family
(father Bob, mother Joanne, and brother
Steve) was over for a visit of several
weeks.
They were, however, far from being the
only “foreigners” the Bayreuth residents
welcomed to their town. The Iron Curtain
had finally rusted through, and the visit
turned into a joyous celebration for the
Gibbles and thousands of East Germans,
who streamed daily into Bayreuth for a
look at something denied them for
decades.
While Tom and his family visited Evi
and Hans Rodl, his host parents, they also
had the chance to go into East Germany, an
experience they said relates to anyone
from this area whose family has been in
America for generations.
While dramatic social and political
change has taken place in East Germany, it
has been no less drastic in neighboring
Czechoslovakia. With Lititz’ Czechoslo­vakian
beginnings, Tom’s brother Steve
said, local residents can truly say .“There
but for the grace of God... There’s a local
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Postman reaches 100
Samuel L. Lane honored Monday
By Jennifer Kopf
Record Express News Editor
Not many people are
aware of it, but an era in
Lititz Borough began on
Oct. 1,1917, that would last
for some 20 years.
For two decades, Samuel
L. Lane was the one who,
through rain, sleet, snow,
and hail, brought the mail to
Lititz residents. It was a per­severance
that got him the
job to begin with, and which
brought him to Feb. 5,1990,
when he celebrated his
100th birthday with family
and friends at Audubon Vil­la
in Lititz.
There were seven mem­bers
of the Lititz German
band, playing songs like
“Lauterbach,” a clown, a
cake. There was a soloist,
Jodi Esbenshade, birthday
cards, a presentation from
Commander Jim Shultz of
the Lititz VFW, and a card
from President George and
Barbara Bush.
All in all, it was a great
party for someone who said
he had never had a birthday
party before.
Lane left Millway, his
hometown, when he was 18.
The son of Samuel E. and
Anna Mary Landis Lane, he
had completed an eighth
grade education, and had
worked at several area jobs.
With $36 in his pocket, and
working odd jobs as he went,
Lane ended up across the
United States, in San
Francisco.
After his return to the
area, Lane eventually took
the postal service exam July
17, 1917. An ardent Repu­blican,
he was the only one
of his party to take the test in
a politicized system that had
Democrats in office from the
president, Woodrow Wil­son,
on down. He scored
among the highest taking the
exam, and was set to work
on Oct. 1, a date which he
remembers with pride.
“Before I started, I had to
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Investing for the earth
is topic of local talk
By Daina Savage
Record Express Staff Writer
The phrase “money
talks” may conjure up
thoughts of slipping a
maitre d’ an extra ten dol­lars
for a good table in a
crowded resturant.
But most people may
not realize how much the
way they invest their
money says about them.
Does your money help
support a company that
dumps toxic chemicals
into the environment, or
does it support a com­pany
that is a recycler of
plastics?
Does your money
work for a company that
is slowly destroying the
ozone layer, or for a firm
that researches new ways
of using renewable
energy?
Money carries with it
the values of the person
who possesses it. Each
transaction is a reflection
of the principles and
priorities of the investor.
“Socially Responsible
Investing” was the topic
at an information session
at the General Sutter Inn
on Jan. 31, sponsored by
Prudential-Bache Securi­ties.
The session will be
repeated in the next two
months.
Bob Knaus, represent­ing
the Calvert Group, a
socially responsible fund,
said that now people have
“a choice to have their
investments consistant
with their values without
sacrificing investment
return.”
He said that Lititz,
“being a fairly religious
community, seems to
want to invest in areas
that will mesh with its
values.”
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EARTH
DAY
The Calvert Fund
seeks to invest in enter­prises
which “deliver safe
products and services in
ways that sustain the
natural environment.”
The Fund invests in
companies like Sonoco
Products, which recycles
more than 800,00 tons of
waste paper annually,
and Wellman, Inc., the
nations largest recycler of
soft drink bottles, using
approximately three
quarters of the available
supply.
T ad R e n n e r o f
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Photo by Julie Hamilton
One local couple, Jean Calhoun and Frank Denllnger, decided to celebrate
Valentines Day early by being married by Pastor Tracey Barnes.
wedding leads
to nuptials of their own
By Julie Hamilton
Record Express Correspondent
When his wife of 56 years died of
cancel four years ago, Frank Denlinger
though! he’d be alone forever.
But that was before he met Jean
Calhoun.
That happened back in July, at the
wedding of John and Georgianna
Richardson. Everyone was teasing
Frank, trying to get him to ask Jean to
dance. Even though Frank knew right
away there was “something special”
about Jean, he wasn’t in a dancing
mood and let the opportunity slip by.
Two months later, he called his
friend John and asked for Jean’s phone
number.
Jean was pleased to hear from Frank
and they quickly developed a friend-
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Funding for
gypsy moths
not approved
County fund
not marked
for township
By Jennifer Kopf
Record Express News Editor
Elizabeth Township may
have gypsy moths, but
they’re not going to get
much help from the county
in fighting the problem.
Citing a lack of available
funds, County Gypsy Moth
Spray Program Coordinator
Mary L. Frey notified town­ship
officials that no county
funds for spraying against
the moths will be forthcom­ing
this year for the local
municipality, a development
that does not make township
officials very happy.
Of the 9,494 acres county­wide
submitted for consider­ation
in the spray program,
only 2,300 were approved.
The criterion for selection
was the number of acres per
dwelling.
Thirty-five percent of the
dwellings submitted will be
sprayed, but only 18 percent
of the proposed acreage.
According to township
officials, they had several
requests for spraying from
residents.
In other business dis­cussed
at Monday evening’s
supervisors meeting, offi­cials
decided to discuss a
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Drug charges levied
against Lititz man
East Cocalico Police
recently reported the arrest
of a Lititz man in connection
with drug activity in Ephrata
Borough.
According to police, Bar­ry
Layton, 19, 57 Christy
Lane, Lititz, was charged
with possession of marijua­na
with intent to deliver,
possession of marijuana, and
p o s s e s s io n o f d ru g
paraprenalia.
Police stopped Layton,
who was driving on North
Main Street, Reamstown, at
6:55 p.m. Jan. 22. Layton
was wanted in connection
with a narcotics trafficking
violation in Ephrata Bor­ough,
according to a police
spokeswoman.
East Cocalico Police
searched the car and found
one quarter of a pound of
marijuana, in individually
wrapped packages. The mar­ijuana
had a street value of
approximately $400, police
said.
Layton was committed to
Lancaster County Prison in
lieu of $10,000 bail.
Scouts celebrate
80th birthday
Organization plans bash
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By Bruce Morgan
Record Express Staff Writer
Coming this June, the Boy
Scouts of America will have
a birthday party that should
rank second to none.
More than 20,000 people,
including kids from all
levels of the organization,
are expected to turn out at
Long’s Park for a National
Jamboree type of activity.
Gov. Robert Casey’s wife
will be there with an anti­drug
message and Ben Love,
National Scout Executive,
will also attend.
Each one of these people
will be on hand because of
one common reason — the
80th birthday of the Boy
Scouts of America.
As hard as it may seem to
believe, the scouting ways
really haven’t changed
much since things first got
started on Feb. 8, 1910.
The basic idea of showing
kids value of becoming self-producing,
responsible citi­zens
still remains in each
scout. And yes, each troop,
pack and den still gets
involved with outdoor
events and with conserva­tion
and environmental
topics.
“The outdoor program is
the cornerstone of scouting,”
said Kevin Miller, a unit
commissioner. “Through
these devices, (kids) learn
about themselves and they
learn they have a right to do
things, that they are in con­trol
of themselves.”
One change that has
occurred in recent years is an
expansion of the program to
provide more opportunities
for kids who are serious
about scouting.
At the beginning of the
chain, preceding the Cub
Scout Level, kids can now
become Tiger Cub Scouts
when they are in first or sec­ond
grade. The Webelos’
level has been expanded
from one year to two years
and on the other end of the
scale, Varsity Scouting or
Venture Scouting has now
been set up so older kids can
continue testing themselves
a g a in s t c h a lle n g in g
activities.
Another improvement
that is taking hold on the loc­al
scouting level is having
kids get involved with what
is known as “unaccept-ables.”
They are joining
anti-drug programs, taking
stands on illiteracy, and
dealing with unemployment
and homelessness. These
issues have also become a
major part of a program
designed to train leaders in
Boy Scouts.
“We are not only working
with boys and having a good
time in the woods,” Miller
Scott Gassy, right, a member of former Boy Scout Troop 1, Western District, lights the torch held by Roy
Deamer, Troop 42, Eastern District, in a torch relay on July 4, 1968 from Camp Chiquetan to then new scout
reservation, Camp Edward J. Mack. The relay was held in conjunction with the dedication cermemony con­ducted
at the new camp and the climax of the Golden Anniversary, year of the Lancaster County Council Boy
Scouts of America.
said. “Boy Scouts is the
largest organization of its
kind in the world and it has
tremendous power to con­front
these problems.”
Approximately 320 kids
are involved in scouting in
the Lititz area. The Lititz
Moravian Church sponsors
Cub Pack 42, the Men’s
Bible Class of the Moravian
Church sponsors Boy Scout
Troop 42, St. Paul’s Luthe­ran
Church sponsors Cub
Pack and Scout Troop 44,
Saint Jams Roman Catholic
Church sponsors Cub Pack
142, Scout Troop 142, and
Explorer Post 142, Little
Church of the Brethren
sponsors Scout Troop 154,
Salem Lutheran Church of
Kissel Hill sponsors Cub
Pack 154, United Methoist
Church sponsors Scout
Troop 156, Brickerville Fire
Co. sponsors Cub Pack 322,
Warwick Ambulance Driv­ers
Association sponsors
Explorer Post 154, and Lan­caster
Aviation sponsors
Explorer Post 540.
Leading these troops is a
Boy Scout Council that
operates within Lancaster
and Lebanon Counties and is
considered to be one of the
top 10 in the nation.
Popular camping experi­ences
for kids in scouts
today might include stays at
J. Edward Mack Scout
Reservation or trips out west
on the Philmont trail.
It would be safe to say
though that these camps
were not household names
when the first Boy Scout
Troop was formed in Lititz
back in 1911. That troop,
started by Reverend E.S.
Hagen in the basement of
Fellowship Hall, stayed in
existence until 1916, but did
a lot of camping at Cole-brook
before that time.
Troop 2 was formed just
before the first one folded
and its members got
involved with service work
during World War I, doing
such things as selling bonds
and garden programs.
Howard and Homer
Brackman then brought the
first Eagle Scout Awards to
L ititz and som etime
between 1918 and 1922, a
group of Lone Scouts
became the next troop on the
local scene. In 1927, the
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Warriors nip Cedar Crest in OT
Barry Greena-walt
s c o r e d a
basket with only
fou r s e c o n d s
remaining in over-time
to lift Warwick
to a come from
behind 61-59 vic­tory
over Cedar
Crest last Friday
evening. R e a d
more on page 6.
Recycling
schedule
T h e W a t e r
Street Rescue Mis­sion
will pick up
recyclable mater­ials
at curbside in
Lititz in the area
north of M a in
Street and east of
Route 501 on Wed­nesday,
Feb: 14.
Residents should
have their recycl-ables
on the curb
by 7:30 a.m.
Chimes rededicated at St Paul’s Candy man set for busy season
Chimes at St.
Paul’s Episcopal
Church in Man-heim
were out of
commission for
years, but they
were re c e n t ly
refurbished by
Gundling Organ
Co., Inc., and rede­dicated
on Sunday.
R e a d more on
page 14. 1
Charles Regen-nas
and his wife,
Betty, will soon be
getting ready for
another busy E a s ­ter
season at their
candy shop on 120
Lemon St. They
took over the busi­n
e s s from his
uncle, Harry P.
Regennas, nearly
2 7 years ago. Read
more on page 26.
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