Lititz Record Express

              23, 1996
Lititz Record Express
120TH YEAR 28 Pages- No. 6 LITITZ, PENNSYLVANIA 30 cents
INS,DE WWII vet to address
Rothsville, Lititz at
Memorial Day service Record sets deadlines
for Memorial Day
Due to the May 27 Memor­ial
Day holiday, deadlines for
editorial copy and advertising
have changed.
Retail and classified display
ads and all editorial copy for
the May 30 issue must be in
the Record office by 5 p.m. on
•Friday, May 24.
Classified reader ads will
be accepted until Tuesday,
May 28 at 10 a.m. Retail dis­play
or classified ads for
"Neighbors North" must be
received by noon Wednesday,
May 22.
The offices of the Lititz
Record Express will be closed
on Monday, May 27.
Please note these changes.
No exceptions will be made.
MC School Board
approves tax hike
Residents in the Manheim
Central School District face a
2.8 mill property increase for
thé next school year, and
prices are on the way up at
MC sporting events. Page 22.
Minister is leaving
The second area pastor is
leaving his local congregation
to take a district position. To
find out who, see Page 18.
Dad inspires
Dave Wentzel’s said his
father was the inspiration
behind the Lititz mechanics
new borough garage. See
Page 18.
Couple marks 7Ut".
Moravian Manor residents
Ai-er- n-'-j Naor.: S c k t i:
schneicior ce eboatea “ ? yen
of marriage on Wednesday.
See Pag- 'A
Toys arrive at
Lititz Museum
The Lititz Museum opens
for its summer hours on
Friday, and one of its new dis­plays
features fun and
antique toys. See Page 20.
WHS Honor Roil
Did you make the Warwick
High School Honor Roll? Did
your friends? Check it out on
Page 6.
Girls take L-L
The girls softball team
claimed the Lancaster- Leb­anon
League title last week,
and are now continuing their
winning ways in Districts, as is
the boys baseball team. See
Page 8.
Business..... ............. ......18-19
Church...................... ......16-17
Classified.... ............. ......25-27
Editorial / Letters.... ..............4
Entertainment.......... ........... 20
Manheim News........ ........... 22
Obituaries................ ......... 2, 3
Out of the Past........ .....21,24
Police Log................. ........... 12
School News.... ...... ...........6-7
Social.... .................... .... 14-15
Sports.................... . ........8-11
LITITZ AND ROTHSVILLE
— James H. Benjamin, a World
War II veteran and member of Lititz
American Legion Post 56, will be the
featured speaker at Memorial Day
Services in both towns on Monday.
The Rothsville parade and service
begins at 8:45 a.m., while the Lititz
events begin at 10:30 a.m.
Benjamin served in the U.S. Army
and the U.S. Coast Guard Special
Security Force during World War II.
After the war he served in the U.S.
Marine Corps Reserve and following
the Korean War he served in the Pen­nsylvania
National Guard, 28 th
Division.
He was employed as vice presi­dent
of ADN, an insurance company
in Philadelphia, eventually resigning
to found Private Detective Company,
for which he served as its president.
In 1993 Benjamin sold the com­pany,
retired, and moved to Lancas­ter
County. He is a member and ser­vice
officer for Lititz American Leg­ion
Garden Spot Post 56.
Benjamin resides with his wife
Barbara in MountviUe. They have a
daughter, three sons and three
grandsons.
Lititz Ceremony
The Lititz parade will form at
10:30 a.m. on Warwick Street, and at
10:45 a.m. will proceed along West
Lincoln Avenue to Broad Street,
continuing south on North Broad
Street to Main Street, east on Main
Street to Church Square, and then
south to the Moravian Cemetery.
Memorial Day Events
Monday, May 27
Rothsville — Parade begins at 8:45
a.m., at Salem United Methodist
Church. Memorial service begins at
9.15 a.m. at Jerusalem Cemetery.
Lititz— Parade begins at 10:45
a.m. on Warwick Street.
Memorial service begins at 11
a.m. at the Moravian Cemetery.
Organizations participating in the
parade and service should report to
the starting point at 10:30 a.m.
At 11 a.m. the memorial service
will begin in the cemetery with child­ren
placing flowers on the graves of
departed comrades.
Dr. David L. Devey, headmaster
of Linden Hall School for girls, will
offer the invocation, and William
Stauffer will lead the audience with
the singing of “America” and the
“Star Spangled Banner,” accompan­ied
by the Warwick High School
Band and the Lititz Community
Band.
Jeremy S. Groff, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Harold A. Groff, 1608 Holly­wood
Ave., Lititz, will give Lin­coln’s
Gettysburg Address.
Wreaths will be placed by VFW
Post 1463, VFW Auxiliary Unit,
American Legion Post 56, and the
American Legion Auxiliary Unit 56.
A firing squad will salute the dead,
followed by Taps and Echo. Devey
will pronounce the benediction.
The Jesse Jones Composite
Squadron and the Lititz Fire Com­pany
Honor Guard will lead the Lititz
parade.
The traditional parade and service
are sponsored by the American Leg­ion
Post 56 and Veterans of Foreign
Wars Post 1463.
Rothsville Ceremony
The parade at Rothsville will form
at Salem United Methodist Church
on Old Rothsville Road at 8:45 a.m.
and proceed to Jerusalem Cemetery.
A memorial service will be held in
the cemetery at 9:15 a.m.
Rev. James E. Pond, pastor at St.
(See Memorial, Page 28) Warwick faces 1.9 mill tax hike
RICHARD REITZ
Record Express Editor
WARWICK HIGH SCHOOL
— Residents in the Warwick School
District face a 1.9 mill property tax
increase for the 1996-97 school year.
The Warwick School Board Tues­day
gave tentative approval to a
$30,077,962 budget that Superinten-
■: ~ - leld described as
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However, he said in order to keep
the tax increase modest,.< it may
require use of some of the budgetary
reserve fund.
If approved, the increase would
represent an increase of $28 for the
»average taxpayer, according to board
business manager David Zerbe. The
current real estate tax rate is 78 mills.
“We tried to hold everything, line-by-
line,” Zerbe said, adding that no
programs were cut from the budget
The only addition was the $150,000
for computer technology equipment
in the schools.
The budget is 4.8 percent greater
than the 1995-96 amount, and
includes a $688,629 increase in staff
salaries, $93,600 in fringe benefits,
$181,460 for new staff needed for
increased enrollments in special edu­cation,
and $47,014 to cover trans­portation
increases.
While the budget may dip into the
reserve, Zerbe is hopeful that won’t
happen, and will try to make sure it
doesn’t.
“We’re pretty close, but I’m com­fortable
with this budget,” he said.
“We will just have to manage things
tighter.”
Part of the reason for the tight
budget was the elimination of an
increase in the basic education sub­sidy
from the state, even though
enrollment figures are increasing.
Bonfield projected that enrollment
(See Tax hike, Page 28)
Photo b / r 'c :>urd Reitz
Donna Shaak proudly displays her degree, which she suc­cessfully
earned 22 years after she dropped out of Warwick High
School in 1974.
Diploma, see!
From dropout to grad,
mother of 2 sets example
RICHARD REITZ
Record Express Editor
BRICKERVILLE — When
Donna Shaak was a sophomore
in high school, she just couldn’t
wait until she reached the age of
16.
Not because it meant she could
drive. Because it meant she could
quit school.
That was Jn 1974. Now, 22
years later, she is making amends
to a decision she has long
regretted.
On Friday, May 31, the mother
of two will be one of several area
residents who will graduate with a
high school diploma equivalency.
The ceremony will be held at Lin­coln
Junior High School in
Lancaster.
“It took a lot of humbling,” she
admitted, “but now I’m tickled
pink.”
Her parents, Harry and Irene
Zimmerman, weren’t too happy
about her decision to drop out.
“They weren’t one bit happy to
find out I wanted to quit.”
But 16-year-old Donna Zim­merman
ended her academic
career and took a job at the Twin
Kiss in Lititz, and admits she
enjoyed being able to earn money
while her friends were “stuck” in
school. For awhile she enjoyed it,
anyway.
Today she knows it was a
mistake.
“That was the wrong decision,”
Shaak said. “It was the wrong
thing to do. I should have stayed
in and rode it out.”
Two of the motivations for the
38-year-old Brickerville woman
were her sons, Jason, 10, and
Jaide, 5, who both attend John
Beck Elementary School.
“How can I tell my boys that
school is important, and here I
didn’t even get my diploma,” she
said. “I needed to be an example,
to let them know you need this to
further yourself.” ;___
So after 22 years, she returned
to the classroom this past March
to begin “cramming” all over
again, studying social studies,
writing, reading and science.'
(See Diploma, Page 28)
Photo by Jill Ivey
(From left) A Bulck pre-1940, a 1939 Chevy, and a 1941 Studebaker
were all part of last Sunday’s Pre-1942 Antique Car Show held on Main
Street.C
ars bring back
sense of nostalgia
History treaty reel m Lititz
STEPHEN SEEBER
JILL IVEY
Record Express S ta ff
If you drove through town on the
first two blocks of Main Street Sun­day,
it may have looked as if you
went back in time.
That is because Sunday was the
Pre-1942 Antique Car Show.
According to coordinator Paul
Hirschorn about 20 cars showed up
for the event. He said that turnout
was wonderful, and the crowds were
excellent.
“It’s great a lot of people have
come out,” said Hirschorn.
He said that there were a number
of surprises by people who were just
going through town.
“A guy from Brazil just happened
to be cruising through,” said Hirs-chom.
“He went nuts.”
Hirschorn planned the event
because a friend of his used to put on
a similar show. Unfortunately, the
show was discontinued. Hirschorn
said that he always wanted to “resur­rect”
it. Lititz was the perfect place
for the show because of the town’s
historic value.
“Combined with the historic value
of Lititz, it looks like it did when my
grandparents were living,” said
Hirschorn.
Clair Rollman, who was showing
off his 1941 Studebaker, said that he
bought the car in Lititz in 1945,
although he could not remember who
had sold him the, at that time, nearly
new car.
“I’ve used it in a couple wed­dings,”
said Rollman. “People call
from far away.”
Rollman said he attends about 20
shows a year. He also has a 1958 Siv-er
Hawk Studebaker, which he had
down at Linden Hall last Saturday.
Fellow car enthusiast Ray Bam­berger,
who owns a 1939 Chevy,
bought his classic car from a friend
10 years ago because he likes older
cars.
“I enjoy showing them and driving
them,” said Bomberger.
Bomberger said he likes to go on
“runs,” where about 50 cars get
together and go for a drive. Bomber­ger
also has a 1969 Firebird Conver­tible,
which he says is more of a road
car.R
ollman said both he and Bomber­ger
were top winners in the Hershey
Car Show. He admitted that showing
(See Nostalgia, Page 28)
Record Express Staff
LITITZ — At 6 p.m. Sunday, 50
teams of novice historians hit the
streets of Lititz in search of treasure.
Fifty-five minutes later, two
groups returned to the judging table
with all the right answers.
The Sheaffers and the “Super
Smart Family of Six” accounted for
the first tie ever in the annual hunt
And although, both families actually
tied as the fourth team across the fin­ish
line, they were the first one’s with
all the correct answers.
The warm weather fun was all part
of the Lititz Historical Foundation’s
third annual treasure hunt, and
included music, ice cream and lots of
prizes.
An estimated 200 people turned
out for the event, according to hunt
chairman Cindy Brubaker, about
50 moré than last year.
The hunt was set up by the founda­tion,
not only as a fun family affair,
but also to promote interest in Lititz
history.
Teams of six or less could partici­pate
for a small donation to the
foundation. Hunters had l'A hours to
decipher six clues which led them to
the Sturgis Pretzel House, Lititz
Elementary, the Mary Closson Pier­son
Memorial Playground, the Gen­eral
Sutter and other milestone
memories for the borough.
This year’s winners were:
•The Super Smarts — Mark and
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Photo by Stephen Seeber
Sunday’s hunt was not and humid, illustrated here as Zach and Nick
compare sweat rings on the cub scout hats.
Betsy Linn with children Jennifer,
Krysti, Jeff and Jonathan.
•The Sheaffers — Randy and Deb
Sheaffer with children Erik and
Drew.
Both teams received Tour de Lititz
hats, a pie and a coupon for free
french fries. In all, over 100 door
prizes were given away.
Scenes from 44th place
When I teamed up with Wolf Pack
154 for some competitive treasure
hunting, I figured we’d be a front
runner.
The team consisted of Nick Park­inson,
the 11-year-old “answer man”
who had for some reason saved his
fourth grade Lititz history notes and
recently reviewed some potential
locations.
Then there was team captain Tim
Pennington, 9, a fearless leader.
Nick Manley, 8, started out strong,
but eventually gave in to the heat of
that Sunday afternoon and went awol
for an ice cold orange drink. Zach
(See Treasure, Page 28)