Lititz Record Express

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(C o n s o lid a te d w ith T h e E lt lt z R e co rd , 1937) Lititz, Lancaster County, Pa. 17543, September 14, 1972 10 c e n t s a C opy; 84.00 p e r y e a r b y m a ll
w ith in L a n c a s t e r Cou n ty 20 PAGES — No. 25
Lititz Asks Subsidy
On Flood Insurance
The borough this week filed an
application with the Bureau of
Community Planning in
Harrisburg to make local owners
of private residences and small
businesses and industries eligible
for federally subsidized flood
insurance.
If the borough is approved for
the program, known as the
National Flood Insurance
Program (established under the
Housing and Urban Development
Act of 1968), local property
owners and small businesses will
be able to purchase, by means of
a Federal subsidy, limited
amounts of flood insurance,
previously unavailable from
private insurers.
In return for this subsidy, the
borough must adopt and enforce
land, use and control measures
that will guide future develop­ment
of land in flood-prone areas.
Officials from the Bureau of
Community Planning told the
Record-Express early this week
that Lititz’ application is now
under study and that there is
little doubt that it will be ap­proved.
The Bureau said that Lititz’
application is the only one they
have received so far from small
communities in Lancaster
County, but that the city of
Lancaster, and 112 other com­munities
in the state, have
already been approved for the
program.
The only types of properties for
which the flood insurance under
the program is available so far
are one-to-four family dwellings
and small businesses, along with
their contents.
Officials of two of the borough’s
major industries hardest hit
during the June 22 flood disaster,
Morgan Mills and Wilbur
Chocolate Company, said their
companies will not be eligible for
the subsidizes insurance because
their assets exceed the limits set
by the government for small
businesses to qualify.
Officials of a third major in­dustry
hard hit in the flood,
Woodstream Corporation, said
they were not yet sure whether
they would be eligible, and were
currently checking on this
through their insurance com­pany.
The program defines a small
business as one which, together
with its affiliates, does not have
assets in excess of $5 million,
does not have a net worth in
excess of %2Vz million, and does
not have an average net income
per year after Federal income
tax for the preceding two fical
years in excess of $250,000.
Maximum Limits
The maximum limits of
coverage under the program are:
1. Dwellings containing only
one unit: $17,500 on structure,
$5,000 on contents.
2. Dwellings with two to four
units: $30,000 on structures,
$5,000 on contents.
3. Small businesses: $30,000 on
structure, $5,000 on contents.
After a study is made of the
borough by the U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers, expected sometime
in the next year, maximum limits
could be doubled, officials state.
In the borough’s application for
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(Editor’s Note: This is the 34th
in a series of articles to acquaint
our readers with our local
retailers. The 35th article will
appear next week.)
Looking for a cute puppy? Or a
guinea pig? Or maybe a small
domestic-type mouse?
These, and other interesting
household pets, along with feed
and full gear to house them, are
available at the Lititz Pet Shop,
105 N. Broad St.
There Mrs. Althea Koch and
her daughter, Sylvia, oversee a
shop full of small animals that
would delight any pet lover.
The “stock” changes
regularly, but currently the
Warwick Supervisors Hear
Request for No-Passing Zone
Warwick Township supervisors
held a board meeting last Friday
night at the municipal building.
During the meeting, the super­visors
accepted a petition with 48
signatures from residents along
Route 501 north of Lititz.
The petition requested the
establishment of a no-passing
zone on Route 501 from the
borough line north to Newport
Road. Township secretary
Richard Hoffer said this was the
third such request from the area
residents. Like the two previous
requests, this one will be for­warded
to the Pennsylvania
Department of Transportation.
The road is under the state’s
control.
Rothsville’s Short Road was
named the first one way street in
the township. The act declaring it
a one-way street was read for the
second time at the meeting, was
passed, and will become official
as soon as signs can be erected.
The sanitation officer reported
that he had performed 9 per­colation
tests, issued 10 permits
and completed 15 inspections.
A report from the zoning officer
stated that $120,200 worth of
building permits had been issued
the previous month. Included
were five residences with a total
value of $112,000 and building
alterations with a value of $8,200.
Starting in January of next
year, the supervisors voted to
hold their regular meetings on
the second Thursday of every
month, rather than the first
Thursday.
Rodney Hilton’s resignation
from the police force was ac­cepted.
Kenneth Martin and Ray
Lausch were both hired as full­time
policemen. Robert Nagle
was hired as a part-time
policeman.
Dutch Theme Set For
Woman’s Club Meeting
The Lititz Woman’s Club will
hold their first meeting of the
1972-73 season on Monday, Sept.
18 at 6:30 p.m. at the Lutheran
Education Building.
A Dutch meeting is planned
starting with a Holland Dutch
family style dinner. Ladies are
requested to bring their own
place setting.
GerarcFM.c!§.chouter*'
Following the dinner, Gerard
Schouten will speak about
Holland-“Land Out of the Sea”-a
talk with pictures.
Schouten is manager of the
Retail Design Services, Ad­vertising
and Marketing Services
Department, Armstrong Cork Co.
He has B.A. degrees from the
Royal Academy of Arts in the
Hague, Holland and Pratt In­stitute,
New York.
He has resided in Lancaster Co.
since 1953 except for a 2 year
period (1967-1969) when he was in
Europe with Armstrong Cork Co.
His wife is the former Tilly Broos
of Einhoven, Holland. They have
four children—Anthony Henry, 8;
Ian Louise, 7; Erick Martin, 5;
and Alexander Victor, 2.
Mrs. Schouten has planned the
menu and supplied the recipes for
the dinner. The preparations will
be carried through by the
members of the Hospitality and
Program committees.
Introducing the program will
be Mrs. Albert Vigunas.
Hostesses for the evening will be
Mrs. Paul Balmer and Mrs.
Rufus Burkholder. Reservations
must’be in by Sept. 14.
The board also announced that
they will conduct a public hearing
on Friday September 22, at 8:00
p.m. in the municipal building to
consider a zoning change
requested by Ronald D. Whit-craft.
Whitcraft owns a tract,
now zoned rural, along Rothsville
and Cocalico Roads. Whitcraft is
requesting a zoning change to R-2
so he can develop a subdivision
with 45 building lots.
New Correspondent
For Brickerville
Mrs. Myrtle Miller Weaver,
Ephrata RD1, has assumed the
duties this week as correspondent
for the Brickerville area for the
Record-Express.
Mrs. Weaver has been a
resident of Clay Township most
of her life. She is the wife of
Robert L. Weaver and the couple
are the parents of a son and
daughter.
Mrs. Weaver replaces Mrs.
Robert Etter, formerly the
correspondent in the Brickerville
area.
Persons wishing to contact
Mrs. Weaver with new items may
do so by calling 733-3375.
Boro Leaf Collection
To Begin Sept. 18
Leaf collections have been
scheduled in the borough to start
Sept. 18 and continue ap­proximately
through Nov. 24 on
the following days:
Each Monday: (Southwest
section of borough) south from
railroad tracks to borough line,
west from South Broad Street to
borough line.
Each Tuesday: (Southeast
section) south from railroad
tracks to borough line, east from
South Broad to borough line.
Each Wednesday: (northeast
section) north of railroad tracks
to borough line, east of North
Broad to borough line.
Each Thursday: (northwest
section) north from railroad
tracks to borough line, west of
north Broad to borough line.
Each Friday and Saturday
collections will be scheduled by
the borough as needed.
Kochs are housing some cute
kittens, that sell for $3, fluffy,
beautifully-colored guinea pigs,
also for $3, bunnies that cost
$2.50, a cage full of hampsters
priced at $1.25, gerbils for $1.50,
and a selection of mice, white,
black, and gray, for 50 cents
each.
For bird lovers, the store
carries a group of brightly-colored
parakeets, that sell for
$6.50. And for those who enjoy the
relaxation of an aquarium, there
is a tank full of gold fish varieties.
Puppies are usually the big
attraction in a pet store, and the
Lititz shop is no exception.
Several cages of mixed breeds
stand just inside the front door,
the present occupants being a
couple of mixed collies, arid a
young family of cocker-poodle
blend. Prices on dogs at the shop
range anywhere from $5 to $100,
depending on the litter.
In addition to the pets them­selves,
the Kochs handle a full
line of supplies for their care.
Feeds for all kinds of domestic
animals are available in sacks up
to 100 pounds, as well as food for
both gold fish and tropical fish.
Also in stock are leads, har­nesses,
and collars for pets (one
little boy bought a small dog
harness to take his pet rabbit
walking), dog coats and sweaters
for winter, brushes, flea collars
and sprays, dog chew toys and
various sizes of dog beds and
carriers for traveling.
One interesting item in the
store is a clever plastic barrel
container for the yard, that
comes with appropriate
chemicals, and is good for
cleaning up after your own dog,
or maybe your neighbor’s!
For wild bird lovers, the store
carries a variety of bird houses
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BoroCounci I Appoints
Stark to 3-Year Term
These lovable pups, a cocker-poodle blend, are part of the
“merchandise" at The Lititz Pet Shop, 105 N. Broad St.,
owned and operated by Mrs. Althea Koch (left), assisted by
her daughter, Sylvia Koch (right).
Variety of Pets
At Local Store
Lester E. Stark, Republican
from the First Ward, was ap­pointed
to Boro Council Tuesday
night to fill the unexpired term of
Edward G. Reese. The term will
expire Dec. 31, 1975.
Reese resigned from Council in
July when he moved out of the
borough.
Stark was one of four men
from the First Ward whose
names were before Council for
the appointment. The others were
Lawrence von BrookHoven, Sr.,
Lawrence Ruggiano, and Steven
Palkovic.
Stark was appointed after six
weeks of deliberation by Council.
An alumnus of Lititz High School
and Millersville State College, he
was a teacher at Lititz
Elementary School before his
retirement in 1970. He is
currently a substitute teacher in
the Warwick School District.
He is a member of the Lititz
Bargaintown
Sold to
White Shield
Harry Miller’s Bargaintown, 43
E. Main St., which opened in
Lititz last December, has been
sold to White Shield, a 17-store
chain with headquarters in
Leriioyne, Pa. !
Robert Grass, vice president
and general manager of White
Shield stores, said that the local
store will continue to operate
with the same personnel and the
same types of merchandise as
before. He said the name will be
changed to “White Shield” in
about six weeks.
The store is basically a con­venience
store that carries brand
name merchandise at discount
prices, including health and
beauty aids, variety lines, and
some small electrical appliances.
Mrs. Roy Shelly, Lititz RD2,
who has managed Bargaintown
since it opened, will continue as
manager for White Shield.
The local store was the
eleventh in a chain of
“Bargaintowns” owned by Harry
Miller, who began in the auction
business and became well known
throughout Pennsylvania after he
started his chain in 1957.
White Shield, which bought all
of the Miller stores, has been in
business for eight years,
operating mainly in the
Susquehanna Valley area.
Fire Company, the National
Retired Teachers Association,
and Trinity EC Church. He and
his wife, Gladys, reside at 37
Plum St. They have two sons,
Douglas, Lititz RD4, and Ken­neth,
Neffsville.
Stark’s appointment was made
during a specially called session
of Council Tuesday night to finish
an agenda carried over from the
regular Aug. 29 meeting.
New Police Officer
In further business, Council
authorized the Civil Service
Commission to advertise for
applicants for a new full-time
police officer, which will bring
the Lititz force to six full-time
policemen. Council hopes to hire
the new policeman by Jan. 1.
Council is also looking into a
partial reimbursement of the new
policeman’s salary and costs of a
new police cruiser, already
authorized for bids, through the
Highway and Safety Act.
Council also let out a $300
contract to John Rissinger, Soil
Treatment Service, Carlisle, to
put a new type of binder and
sealer on North Locust Street as a
test, to be evaluated over the
winter.
The product is a penetrating
binder, sealer and preservative
for existing asphalt pavements,
and is expected to preserve
borough streets for an additional
five-year period of time over the
ID-2 macadam or CP-2 oil and
chip surface currently used.
Boro Manager George Steedle
said a considerable number of
streets will need resurfacing next
year, and the new product being
considered could be done for one-third
the cost of present resur­facing.
Objects to Litter
Reading a letter from Ruth
Carper, 17 Maple St., objecting to
litter along the area facing Maple
Street, and students loitering
along the street before school
hours, Council expressed concern
over this and similar situations
elsewhere in the borough, and
urged an increased effort on the
part of the police department and
local parents to control this.
Council also:
Hired Kerry E. Maharg, 312
Laurel Ave., to work in the Water
and Sewer Department as an
Operator II, at a salary of $5,775
per year.
Approved a request from
Police Chief George Hicks for
three police officers to attend a
three-day firearms course in
Ephrata Oct. 10-12, at a total cost
of $126.
Approved a revised budget for
1972-73.
Approved a weekly winter
garbage collection to begin
Saturday, Oct. 27, and decided to
consider enacting a “no burning”
ordinance for the borough.
Approved renaming the ex­tension
of Bluebird Road north of
Elm Street (in Warwick Acres)
Cardinel Road, so that house
numbers there can run logically
in relation to other streets.
Lester E. Stark
Appointed to
Boro Council
Approved stop signs recom­mended
by Assistant Police Chief
Jim Fritz at Spring Avenue and
West Marion Street, Hensley and
West Marion Streets, and Hen­sley
and Ft. Ross Ave., and voted
to consult PennDOT with respect
to putting a stop sign on Wood-crest
Avenue at West Second
Avenue, a state highway. The
latter stop sign was recom­mended
by Police Chief Hicks as
an attempt to cut down speeding
on Woodcrest.
Agreed to get a cost estimate
on painting the tops of fire
hydrants in the borough with a
luminous paint.
Wagaman’s To Rent Old Klein Barn
The fate of the historic old
Klein Barn has been decided, at
least for awhile.
Last used as a tobacco
warehouse, it will now be taken
over by Wagaman Printing
Company for a warehouse on the
second floor,’with the borough to
store some of its equipment on
• the ground floor.
The Lititz Zoning Hearing
Board Tuesday night re­established
a non-conforming use
for the property, located at 166
Front St., giving Wagaman’s the
final go-ahead to use the barn,
with loading and unloading
limited to Mondays through
Saturdays from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The Board also recommended
that fire protection be installed in
the building.
Harry K. Wagaman told the
zoners he wants to lease the barn
from its owners, the Lititz
Historical Foundation, and store
paper and some obsolete
equipment on the second floor.
He plans to turn the ground floor
over to the borough, for storage
of valves, pipes, and fireplugs,
and in return for this use, the
borough plans to take care of the
grounds and snow removal
around the building.
In further business, the
Hearing Board denied a request
from R. Gary Hanna, 303 E.
Third St., for a special exception
to establish an aluminum awning
fabrication shop in a garage at
the rear of 307 East Main St. The
property is located in a
residential district in the
Historical Area of the borough.
The board said it could not
grant the exception because eight
property owners within 200 feet of
the location opposed the change.
The location was formerly the
site of a broom manufacturing
plant, also a non-conforming use.
In The Issue
Brickerville 16
Brunnerville 2
Business Directory 17
Church News 14,15
Classified Ads 18,19
Editorial Page 4
Penryn& Elm 3
Rothsville - 20
Sports Section 6,7
Women’s 12,13
English Film Slated For
Rotary Club Travelogue
Yon Could Win ’ 100 Lititz Shopping Dollars
Check YELLOW BINGO CARDS
With Numbers In Today's Ads
This is the first week to play
NEWSO BINGO, a new, exciting
game for readers of The Lititz
Record Express.
Check the Ads and any Ad­vertising
Supplements that ap­pear
in the paper today and look
for Bingo Numbers printed in
some of them. Then try to cover
all 24 numbers on this week’s
YELLOW card which is available
at any participating merchant.
Be sure to use the YELLOW
card when checking the numbers
in the participating merchants
ads in this issue.
The rules and regulations are
clearly stated in the Bingo Ad
appearing on page 10 of this
issue, but here are a few im­portant
points to remember: The
game is open to ADULTS only;
you must bring a winning card to
THE RECORD OFFICE, 22 E.
Main St., Lititz, tomorrow,
Friday, Sept. 15 between 4:45 and
5:00 p.m. Winning cards will be
verified only at this time.
A new card of a DIFFERENT
COLOR (this is important) will
be available on THURSDAY of
each week, exclusively at the
stores of participating mer­chants.
The new color for next
week is RED. The numbers to
check with the RED cards will
appear in the RECORD EX­PRESS
next week, September 21.
Participating Merchants:
Armold Jewelers
Benner’s Pharmacy
Bingeman’s Restaurant
Bob’s SaveRite
Bomberger’s Store
Cam Tech of Lititz .
The Carpet Shop
Chimney Corner Restaurant
Draeger’s German Foods
Furlow Variety Center
The Gladell Shop
General Sutter Inn
Goods Auto Service
Glassmyer’s
Hagy’s Western Auto
J. B. Hess Men’s Wear
Hollinger’s Farm & Home Supply
Leon Hershey Used Cars
Kathryn’s Flowers & Gifts
Kenyon’s Bakery
Keller Bros. Auto Co.
Klotz Kleners
Kreider Hardware Store
Kreider Bros. TV
Lads & Lassies Children’s Ap­parel
Lippart’s of Lititz
Lititz Pet Shop
Lititz Sewing Center
Lititz Sports Center
Long & Bomberger’s
Lehman’s Garage
McElroy Pharmacy
Michael’s of Lititz
H. K. Neff
Pretzel House Restaurant
Spacht’s Furniture Store
Stauffer's of Kissel Hill
Thomas Farm Market
Trudi K Shop
A Complete list of Rules and
Regulations appears in this
newspaper on page. io ■>
The Rotary Club of Lititz will
present the first program of its
“Travel and Adventure Series”
on Saturday, Sept. 30 at 3 and 8
p.m. in the Warwick High Schoot
auditorium.
The travelogue film entitled
“There’ll Always Be An
England,” will be narrated by
Dr. Charles Forbes Taylor,
lecturer, humorist and author.
He was born in England and is
now an American citizen.
His first appearance before a
large audience was at the age of
four. His interest in photography
began at 16, when he
photographed the burning
steamship “Congress” on which
he and his father were
passengers, after climbing down
rope ladders into lifeboats. His
pictures were published by
newspapers all over the world.
He changed to film making in
1935 and since then has
photographed Europe, America,
the South Pacific, the Near East,
South America, Alaska and
Hawaii. He holds several
university degrees, and has
written more than nine books.
From the Druid ceremonies at
Stonehenge to ultra-modern
London buildings, Dr. Taylor
established his claim that there
will always be an England. The
Druids, Stonehenge, William the
Conqueror, Knights of the Round
Table and the Magna Carta
precede England’s coming of
age; the Elizabethan Age, a time
of greatness.
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Dr. Charles Forbes Taylor
Great Britain tells the story of
England from Elizabeth I to the
present. It investigates
Shakespearean country heritage,
the Devonshire hills, the famous
cliffs of Dover, folk festivals,
colorful pageantry of Royalty,
sailing of the pilgrims and their
struggle for liberty and many of
the facets of Britannia, the
“Sceptered Isle”.
The English people, forerun­ners
of our own democracy, are
building a whole new civilization.
Though written off by some,
England, as shown by Dr. Taylor
is far from dead. The viewers will
see that it is still a cornerstone of
Although not overlooking its freedom in the world today, and
beginnings, his color film about forges constantly onward.