Lititz Record Express

              THURSDAY, May 18, 1995
Lititz Record Express
119TH YEAR 30 Pages- No. 5 LITITZ, PENNSYLVANIA Two sections 30 cents
Photo by Stephen Seeber
From left, WARC-endorsed candidates William Flickinger, Wallace Hofferth, Cathryn Ketterman, Warren
Newberry and Cynthia Scibal found success in Tuesday’s primary election, as they were elected as nomi­nees
for the five available Warwick School Board seats.
Lititz Record sets
early deadlines
for holiday
Due to the May 29 Memorial
Day holiday, deadlines for edito­rial
copy and advertising in the
Lititz Record Express have been
Changed.
Retail and classified display
ads and all editorial copy for the
June 1 issue must be in the
Record Express office by 5 p.m.
on Friday, May 26.
Classified reader ads will be
accepted until Tuesday, May 30.
Retail display or classified ads
for “Neighbors North” must be
received by noon on Wednesday,
May 24.
The offices of the Lititz
Record Express will be closed on
Monday, May 29.
Millway man is the apple
of many eyes
Ivan Lutz has found a unique
way to bring happiness to
hundreds of people in cities
throughout southeastern Penn­sylvania.
To find out more about his
fruitful efforts, turn to Page 20.
Buckling up
at Audubon Villa
El wood Kuhns, May’s resident'
of the month at Audubon Villa,
has an unusual collection, and
after several years of collecting
has a number of them under his
belt.
To learn about his hobby and
more, see Page 21.
Track team scores
highest at L-L since 1986
The Warwick Warriors boys
track team won the 3200 and
1600 meter relays and swept the
800 run at the Lancaster-Leb-anon
League meet. The team fin­ished
third overall, marking its
highest placing since 1986.
For the full story, see page 8.
index
Business..............................18-19
Church.................................16-17
Classified........................... 26-29
Editorial/Letters........................ 4
Manheim News..................22-23
Obituaries...................................2
Out of the Past....................... 24
Police Log................................12
School News.......................... 6-7
Social..................................14-15
Sports....................................8-11
Thursday, May 18, 7:30 p.m.
— Warwick Township Planning
Commission, municipal building,
315 Clay Road.
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Wal-Mart survey:
Residents want it
RICHARD REITZ
Record Express Editor
A slight majority of Lancaster
County residents, including the
Lititz-Warwick area, consider them­selves
supporters of Wal-Mart,
according to a survey prepared for
the retail chain.
The telephone survey of 1,870
countians, conducted by Brabender
Cox from Pittsburgh, states that 52
percent of residents “support Wal-
Mart coming to the area,” claiming
that 31.5 percent oppose the store.
The poll asked residents a series of
23 questions, primarily concerning
Wal-Mart and its potential impact,
both positive and negative.
The poll divided the county into
clusters, surveying residents in_ spe­cific
impact areas, such as Lititz.
According to the poll’s findings,
66.3 percent of local residents are
likely to shop at Wal-Mart, while
45.4 percent called themselves sup­porters
and 39.7 percent opponents.
Residents expressed their biggest
concern as traffic, with 41.4 percent
(See Wal-Mart, Page 19) Hometown Saturday
retu rn s to Borough
The fifth annual “Hometown
Saturday” is scheduled Saturday,
May 20, rain or shine, in downtown
Lititz.
In addition to merchant sidewalk
sales and in-store promotions, spe­cial
events are scheduled throughout
the day beginning at 9 a.m. There
will be costumed characters with
free balloons, lots of food, sidewalk
games, bouncing castles, and partici­pation
by various Lititz area service
organizations.
Fire engine rides, conducted by
the Lititz Fire Company, will take
place from 1-3 p.m. and the War­wick
Ambulance Association will
also be on hand with free blood pres­sure
screenings.
Planned by the Lititz Retailers’
Association as a family fun day in
Lititz, here is a list of the day’s
activities:
•Costumed characters with free
balloons all day.
•LiT Orbits Mini Donuts on East
Main Street at the Turquoise Shoppe
beginning at 9 a.m.
•Warwick Ambulance—Free
blood pressure screening, 911 infor­mation
and membership informa­tion,
located on South Broad Street.
•Lititz Lions Club hot dogs and
sausage sandwiches, located on East
Main Street at Lititz Office Pro-
(See Hometown, Page 6) Memorial Day services,
parade return to area
A “BONUS”
FOR OUR READERS!
The Lititz Retailers’ 1995
map and community direc­tory
is hot off the presses
and a copy is included with
this week’s Lititz Record
Express as a bonus for our
readers. It contains more
than 60 business listings,
along with community
events and other informa­tion
you’ll find helpful. The
Lititz Retailers’ Association
urges you to keep it for fu­ture
reference.
Memorial Day services in both
Lititz and Rothsville will feature
guest speaker Joseph F. Chase, Past
Pennsylvania Department Comman­der
of the American Legion, on Mon­day,
May 29.
Chase, who lives in Hatboro with
his wife Louise, served three years in
the U.S. Army Air Force during the
Korean War. After his years in the
service, he attended Villanova Uni­versity
and earned a bachelor of sci­ence
degree in accounting.
He served as a public relations
officer in Philadelphia for 25 years,
and is a professional sports statisti­cian,
currently in his 27th year with
the Philadelphia 76ers basketball
team. He also spent 10 years with the
Baltimore Colts of the NFL, and has
been associated with other sports
teams.
The traditional parade and service
are being sponsored by the American
Legion Post 56 and the Veterans of
Foreign Wars Post 1463, with rites
beginning at 10:45 a.m. in Lititz.
Lititz Ceremony
The Lititz Parade will form at
10:30 a.m. on Warwick Street and
proceed at 10:45 a.m. on West Lin­coln
Avenue to Broad Street, south
on North Broad S treet to Main S treet,
east on Main Street to Church
Square, then south to the Moravian
Cemetery.
Organizations participating in the
parade and service should report to
the starting point promptly at 10:30
a.m. .
Organizers are requesting Scout­ing
organizations and all children
bring flowers to place on the veter­ans
’ graves and participate in the
parade and service.
The memorial service in the Mora-
(See Memorial, Page 19) '
Endorsed candidates
make the primary cut
STEPHEN SEEBER_________
Record Express Staff
With just one precinct left to tally,
imcumbent Warwick School Board
President Wallace Hofferth found
himself seven votes behind the unen­dorsed
Republican incumbent David
M. Kammerer in Tuesday’s prim­ary
race for five school board seats.
The race for the fifth seat carried
the excitement of a photo finish as
the final count put Hofferth back on
board with a 14-vote margin between
him and Kammerer.
“It turned out closer than I thought
it might be,” said Hofferth. “I would
have liked to finish first, but I’m hap­py
with the results.”
Hofferth, a 26-year board mem­ber,
is no stranger to fighting for the
fifth seat, as he claimed the same spot
just four years earlier by edging chal­lenger
Dave Cochran by 66 votes.
Cochran was not endorsed by the
Republican committee this year.
Once again, voter turnout demon­strated
a floundering participation
percentage during Tuesday’s
polling.
But with six Republican candi­dates
vying for five available seats on
the Warwick School District School
Board, 33 percent of the voting com­munity
became responsible for pav­ing
the Republican road to the gener­al
election on Nov. 7.
“It was a similiar turnout to four
years ago,” said Warwick Area
Republican Committee (WARC)
Chairman Dean Hoffer.
In addition to Hofferth’s success,
the final tally, around 9:15 p.m., wel­comed
school board rookies Cynthia
Scibal, Cathryn Ketterman and
Warren Newberry to the Republi­can
ticket. Incumbent William
Flickinger also finished strong, as he
took the second of five seats.
With votes being cast at 17 diffe­rent
precincts throughout the War­wick
voting area, Scibal supporters
arrived in force to put up the day’s
high of 1,707 votes. Flickinger ended
with 1,670 to finish second, Ketter­man
rallied for the third most votes
with 1,542, Newberry came in fourth
at 1,483, and Hofferth slipped by
Kammerer 1,304 to 1,290.
“I put my faith and confidence in
these five people who were elected
tonight,” Hoffer said. “We’re ready
to move our education forward.”
Hoffer viewed the results from the
low voter turnout as representation of
(See Election, Page 20)
Photo by Richard Reitz 12 candidates selected
for Queen of Candles
The 12 Warwick High School seniors who will compete for the title of Queen of Candles at the July 4 celeb­ration
at Lititz Springs Park have been selected. The candidates are (front, left to right): Jaime Fiess, Rachel
Millard, Karen Miller, Kelly Coen, Fleather Hoffman, Michelle Aurand, (back, l-r) Brooke.Clayton, Emily
Robb, Adrianne Shenk, Melissa Hlmmelberger, Cara Hosier and Sarah Thorn. The flower girl will be Tonya
Burton, and the crown bearer will be Taylor Rice. »,
Photo by Richard Reitz
Victor S. Martin of Warwick Township was injured on Tuesday morning when the crane he was operating
flipped into a foundation adjacent to his Rothsville Road home. Although hurt, Martin narrowly averted seri­ous
injuries by jumping from the crane before it flipped.
Local man
A RQthsville area man was injured
Tuesday morning when the crane he
was operating tipped and fell into a.
15-foot foundation he was digging.
Warwick Township Police said
Victor S, Martin, 1503 Rothsville
Road, was operating a 20,000-pound
Dynalift high-lift loader at about 10
a,m. on a site adjacent to his house.
hurt when
He was next to the edge of the
15-foot drop when a tire on the crane
sunk into a soft spot in the soil and
began to tip. _
Police said Martin noticed the
loader was rolling, and he jumped to
the base of the crane as it fell.
The boom of the loader on the
crane fell on his foot and leg, accord-crane
flips
ing to police, but he managed to
escape more serious injury.
Martin was taken to Lancaster
General Hospital by Rothsville
Ambulance for treatment.
Rothsville Fixe Company and
Ephrata Medic 4 also responded to
the scene.