Lititz Record Express

              THURSDAY, August 24, 1995
Lititz Record Express
119TH YÉAR 28 Pages- No. 19 LITITZ, PENNSYLVANIA 30 cents
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Express advertising and editori­al
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Tuesday, Sept. 5.
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Record Express will be closed
Monday, Sept. 4.
For more information, contact
the Record office at 626-2191.
Bus schedule
coming next week
The Warwick School District
bus schedule for the 1995-96
school year will be published in
the Aug. 31 issue of the Lititz
Record Express.
Police plan
pool party
Lititz Borough police is spon­soring
a free end-of-the-summer
pool party for students in the
Warwick School District this
weekend.
To find out more see Page 7.
Lititz Christian
adding 12th grade
Over the past four years, Lititz
Christian School has added a
new academic grade to its stu­dent
body. This year, the addi­tional
classes are complete with
the first senior class arriving
soon.
For more details, see School
News on Page 6.
GemChem
continues evolution
GemChem has moved to a
new location in Lititz, and it
continues to expand its ecologi­cal
methods of waste manage­ment
15 years after starting.
For this and more business
news, see page 18.
Warwick fall
sports previewed
This week, the Lititz Record
Express previews girls, volley­ball,
girls tennis and boys and
girls cross country, examining
the teams’ outlook for the fall
season.
For these and more sports sto­ries,
see the Sports section,
pages 8-11.
Business...............................18-19
Church................................. 16-17
Classified............................ 25-27
Editorial/Letters.........................4
Manheim News........................20
Obituaries.............................2, 15
Out of the Past..........................22
Police Log..................................7
School News...............................6
Social...................................14-15
Sports.....................................8-11
Monday, Aug. 28, 7 p.m. —
Penn Township Supervisors,
municipal building, 97 N.
Penryn Road.
Tuesday, Aug. 29,7:30 p.m.
— Lititz Borough Council,
municipal building, 7 S. Broad
St.
Tuesday, Aug. 29,7:30 p.m.
— Manheim Borough Council,
municipal building, 15 E. High
Twin Brook woes
aired at meeting
RICHARD REITZ
Record Express Editor
An ownership representative of
the Twin Brook mobile home park
in Rothsville got an earful Tuesday
from residents who have a few
complaints about the way things
have been lately.
About 75 members of the Twin
Brook Association packed a pavil­ion
at Warwick Township Lions
Park along Twin Brook Road to
express misgivings about their situ­ation
to Nancy Hubert, a represen­tative
for the Los Angeles-based
Carlisle Group, owner of the 142-
unit park.
Chief among their concerns is a
proposed $32 monthly rent increase
that comes on the heels of a court
decision requiring Twin Brook resi­dents
to begin paying minimum
quarterly fees for township water.
Hubert said the five-year battle
against the township was fought
.because the mobile home park
already has its own well and pump
house, and it felt provided sufficient
water service to residents.
However, residents and Hubert
both stated that significant repairs
are needed on the pipes connecting
the homes with the pump house.
Several said they arc experiencing
severe pressure problems, and there
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Photo by Richard Reitz
Brian and Rhonda Layton with their third son Daniel and his
grandma, Delma Layton, who helped with his early arrival.
Surprise!
I t ’s grandma to the rescue
for newborn’s early arrival
RICHARD REITZ
Record Express Editor
Brian and Rhonda Layton hope
their newborn son Daniel isn’t
always in this much of a hurry.
But they are glad his grandmoth­er,
Delma Layton of Lititz, often is.
Early morning on Tuesday, Aug.
15, Rhonda went into labor in their'
Clay Township home, and the cou­ple
began to prepare for the arrival
of their third child.
They contacted their doctor at
Ephrata Community Hospital at
about 2 a.m., and all seemed fine
and on schedule. But five minutes
later, they realized their child was
going to arrive on his own terms, in
Creative
writers
wanted
RICHARD REITZ
Record Express Editor
Explore and stimulate your pow­ers
of creativity.
That is what Duncan Alderson
hopes to develop among local aspir­ing
fiction writers through the
Conestoga Writers’ Group.
Alderson, semi-retired after 12
years of teaching creative writing at
the Humber School for Writers in
Toronto, moved to the Lititz area
two years ago to devote time to
exploring his own creativity. He is
currently working on his first novel,
which is under contract with a liter­ary
agent.
He is an active member of the
Rittenhouse Writer’s Group in
(See Writer’s Group, Page 24)
spite of their schedule.
“It was the fastest I ever had a
baby,” Rhonda said. “I tried to get
her to the car, but she couldn’t get
up,” Brian added. Plans were quick­ly
changing.
Brian called an ambulance when
he realized they were not going to
make it to the hospital before their
new child arrived. But he also con­tacted
his mother, an 18-year emer­gency
medical assistant, currently
working with Warwick Community
Ambulance — and only 10 minutes
away.
It was grandma who ended up
delivering Daniel, on the floor near
the Layton’s bedroom at 4:01 a.m.
(See Newborn, Page 24)
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The Lititz Moravian Church along Main Street is one of the most significant landmarks in the Lititz
community. It houses many of the archives and artifacts that are the key link to the history of this
onetime exclusively Moravian town.
The history of Lititz is housed
in Lititz Moravian Church
JILL IVEY
Record Express Staff
With its rich history, Lititz has long been a popu­lar
stop for many tourists, whether its to visit the
chocolate factory, pretzel house, the oldest girls
boarding school in the country, or its many craft and
antique shops.
But to get a good look at the history and heritage
of Lititz, one needs to journey to the archives of the
Lititz Moravian Church.
The Lititz Moravian Archives and Museum on the
church.square features artifacts from early life in the
town. The museum houses maps showing the com­munity
from the first farm settlements, to the origi­nal
downtown area, to the town in the late 1800’s.
One of the town’s two original fire pumpers is
also housed in the museum.
Also in the museum are early musical instru­ments,
dishes and clothing. One, item of particular
interest is the vest of Count Nicolaus Ludwig von
Zinzendorf, the founder of the Lititz Moravian
Community.
With its deep-rooted Moravian heritage, many
people believe Lititz began as a Moravian settle­ment.
But according to Glen Hertzler, a member of
the church’s historical committee, there were exist­ing
farms and properties in the area before the
Moravians arrived.
“People who were here were Lutheran, but they
didn’t have any churches or a pastor,” Hertzler said.
“Any preacher who came along, they wanted to
hear.”
According to Hertzler, the first Moravian move­ment
in the community was the speaking of
Zinzendorf at the home of Jacob Huber in 1742.
Then in 1754, George Klein turned over nearly 500
acres to the Moravians.
“Klein was opposed to Zinzendorf at first, but
went to hear him speak and ended up giving him his
land,” Hertzler said.
In 1756,' the community officially became known
as Lititz (spelled “Litiz” until the late 1800s), after a
town in Bohemia. Then on Aug. 7, 1759, it became
a closed community, and only Moravians could
reside here.
“They had their own fire company, hardware
store, and home supply store,” Hertzler said.
The community remained closed until 1855, when
the Church Council voted to cease being a church
settlement.
Over the years, the Moravian Church has been the
vital link to Lititz history.
According to Hertzler, the mission of the
Moravians was to convert the American Indians. He
said that Lititz was the first stopping point for
Moravians heading West.
Between the years 1778-79, during the American
Revolution, the Brother’s House n^xt to the church
(See Moravian, Page 24) ‘
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Duncan Alderson of Lititz, standing outside his Clay Road studio, is hoping local creative writers will
join the newly formed Conestoga Writer’s Group.
Does subdivision follow the ‘spirit’ of ag zone?
RICHARD REITZ
Record Express Editor
It will meet the legal require­ments
of the zoning ordinance, even
though it doesn’t meet the spirit of
the law.
That was the sentiment conveyed
by the Warwick Township supervi-sors
about a four-lot subdivision
plan on a 91-acre farm along
Brunnerville Road.
Supervisors held a public condi­tional
use hearing on Aug. 16 to
review a plan by Melvin J. Horst,
who wishes to carve four two-acre
lots out of the farm for single fami­ly
homes.
His plan meets the township zon­ing
ordinance for the agricultural
zone, which permits one lot per 20
acres.
Hurst plans to build one house
one one of the lots and continue
farming the remainder of the farm.
Hurst has no current plans for the
other three subdivisions.
One neighbor, Kenneth Case,
asked if sewer lines were planned
for the new subdivision. Township
Manager Daniel Zimmerman said
no, that it would use on-lot systems
that meet state requirements, which
satisfied Case’s concerns.
No public opposition to the plan
(See Zoning, Page 24)
Survey:
Regulate
growth
RICHARD REITZ_____________
Record Express Editor
Development in Warwick Town­ship
should be accommodated, pro­vided
it follows township standards,
according to a majority of residents
in surveyed in the township.
The results of a township-wide
survey were compiled and present­ed
to supervisors at their Aug. 16
meeting, with 938 responses
received, or about 24 percent of all
residents in the township.
A summary of the community­wide
survey of Warwick Township
was presented by Warwick intern
Sherie Stoudt, a student at Penn
State University, who compiled the
information.
Stoudt said 84 percent responded
that development should be accom­modated,
but only if it follows
township requirements, and is
developed with a minimum impact
to the community.
Eight percent said that develop­ment
should be actively encour­aged,
and another eight percent had
no opinion.
Over 57 percent, or 288 respon­dents,
said growth and development
in Warwick Township has not been
(See Survey, Page 24)