Lititz Record Express

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SER VING THE WAR WICK A R E A FOR N E A R L Y A CENTUR Y
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w ith in Xiancaster C ou n ty 16 PAGES — No. 45
Mayor Says He Won’t Seek
3rd Terni; Amidon Calls
For 'Contest’ in Primaries
Mayor Russell Templeton
announced officially Tuesday
night he will not be running for
re-election in the spring
primaries this year.
The mayor’s announcement to
Boro Council was not unexpected,
as he has been indicating the past
few weeks that when his term
expires Dec. 31, 1973, he will
retire from public office.
Templeton has served two four-year
terms as mayor. The 69-
year old mayor gave his age as
one reason for his decision not to
run again.
No one has stated any definite
plans for running in Templeton’s
place.
Boro to Seek
Interest Free
Federal Loan
BoroCouncil voted Tuesday
night to write to President Nixon
asking the Federal government
for a $2 million plus loan, interest
free over a 40-year period, to pay
for expansion of the borough
sewer treatment plant.
Council President Curt Amidon
said they would request the in­terest
free loan in lieu of a
Federal grant of up to 75 percent
to cover cost of the expansion.
Amidon said to his knowledge
no borough has ever requested
such a loan from the government,
but tht Council’s request would
point out to the President that
this was “in line with the new
philosophy of help yourself.”
Three councilmen’s terms also
expire in December - those of
Council President Curt Amidon,
Second Ward, Floyd Hagy, First
Ward, and Jim Yerger, Third
Ward.
Amidon said he will be running
for re-election again this year,
but that he is going to urge the
Republican party to nominate
two candidates for the primaries
“and give the public a choice.”
Although it had been rumored
that Amidon would not run again
this year, he said that “lots of
things are happening now, like
the new sewer plant, and since
there are four terms running out
at the same time, I’ll give it one
more whirl.”
Amidon has been on Council 14
years, having served 12 of them
as president. Before that he was
on the borough Planning Com-missin
three and a half years,
being chairman when it was first
organized in 1956.
Floyd Hagy, councilman from
the First Ward, stated Tuesday
that he definitely will not be
running for relection this year.
Hagy will be completing three
terms on council on Dec. 31.
Jim Yerger, the third coun­cilman
whose term expires this
year, said Tuesday he has “no
comment” about whether he will
be on the ticket this spring.
Yerger was appointed in
February 1971 to fill the unex­pired
term of George B.
Biemesderfer.
May 15 is the date of the
primaries, with Feb. 13 as the
date set for candidates to file
petitions at the county court
house.
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Three generations of the Walter Z.
Bradley family, Lititz RD2, have a special
interest in grading operations going on, on
a piece of land near Speedwell Forge in
Elizabeth Township. The land, owned by
Mrs. W. Z. Bradley (above left), has been
donated to the Lancaster County Historical
Society as a recreation area and wild life
sanctuary in memory of the Bradleys' son-
Elizabeth
Land to
Memorial to Son-in-Law
Twp. Couple
Co. Historical An Elizabeth Township couple
has donated a tract of land near
Speedwell Forge to the Lancaster
County Historical Society, to be
used as a recreation area and
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Raymond C. Groff, Lititz RD4, stands on
the Engleside stretch of Penn Central’s old
Quarryville line, south of Lancaster, which
Groff and a group of businessmen are
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trying to buy from the bankrupt Penn
Central. Groff hopes to use the railroad as
a tourist attraction if he acquirers it.
Local Man Trying to Buy
Old Quarryville Railroad
Anybody want to buy a
railroad?
Raymond C. Groff, Rothsville,
does, and is currently negotiating
with the Penn Central Railroad to
buy their Quarryville line, bet­ween
Engleside, south of Lan­caster,
and the village of
Quarryville.
Groff said he and about 10 other
businessmen want to buy the
railroad, unused since the June
flood, put it back in shape, and
use it both as a tourist operation,
similar to Strasburg Railroad,
and for passenger and freight
runs.
Groff, a Warwick District
school director, declined to name
the other men involved in the
project with him at this time, but
said most of them were from
northern Lancaster County.
Groff said Penn Central is
asking over a quarter million
dollars for the line, and that, in
addition, it would cost between
$¿25,000 and $250,000 to repair it.
Having been corresponding
with Penn Central officials about
buying the railroad for the past
two years, Groff said he recently
made them an offer of $50,000. It
was in a reply to this offer that he
learned from the assistant vice
president of the company, J. R.
Sullivan, that the Penn Central
was asking over a quarter million
dollars for the property, up to,
but not including Lancaster and
Quarryville.
Undeterred, Groff said he and
his associates are still interested
in acquiring the railroad, adding
that Penn Central has until June
1973 to decide if it is going to
abandon the line.
Groff said he and his group
plan to sell stock in the business,
if they acquire the line, and want
about six more men to operate.
During the past week, Groff
has walked the entire 11 and a
half mile stretch, checking the
condition of rails and ties, the last
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wild life preserve in memory of
their son-in-law, killed last
March in a truck accident.
Mr. and Mrs. W. Z. Bradley,
Lititz RD2, turned over the deed
to approximately eight acres of
woodland along Rt. 322 to the
county society on Wednesday, as
a memorial to Richard E. Con­nelly,
who died March 24 in a
truck accident near Beartown.
As a part of the memorial,
Connelly’s widow, Mrs. Jane
Connelly, and daughter, Jill, are
paying for construction of a
roadside rest and park area on
the western portion of the tract,
along Pumping Station Road.
Mrs. Connelly and Jill are the
daughter and granddaughter of
the Bradleys.
Grading operations have been
completed for the roadside rest
area, which is estimated to cost
between $2,000 and $3,000. It will
include picnic tables, rest rooms,
and a well for water, and will be
for the use of anyone traveling
through Elizabeth Township,
Bradley told the Record-Express
this week.
The rest of the land will stay in
its natural wild state, Bradley
said, adding that the tract is a
favorite and one of the best north
of Lititz for bird watching.
Bradley said the Historical
Society will erect a sign on the
land, reading: “Richard (Dick)
Eugene Connelly Memorial
Recreation Area and Wild Life
Sanctuary on the Historical Tract
of the First Trip Forge on
Hammer Creek erected by Peter
Grubb 1742.”
Bradley said several persons
have already expressed an in­terest
in donating picnic tables
for the park area, and that he and
the Historical Society are open to
contributions from civic clubs,
church groups, businesses, or
individuals for this.
Rich in history, the land was
the site of the first water-powered
tilt hammer forge in the county,
known as Upper Hopewell Forge,
built about 1742, according to
records of the county Historical
Society.
The evidences of the forge are
general, with much sinter and
hearth slag on the ground, the
society records, adding
that the dam is partially intact at
the western end of the land and
water-power race is still evident.
The land, which encompasses
8.156 acres, is bounded on the east
for about 1500 feet by Rt. 322, on
the south by Speedwell Forge
Road, and on the west by Pum-
Walnut Street Construction,
East Market Parking Ban
Opposed by Boro Residents
L it it z R e co rd E x p r e s s P h o to
in-law, Richard Connelly, who was killed
last March in a truck accident Connelly’s
widow, Jane, (center) and daughter, Jill
(right), who are the daughter and grand­daughter
of the Bradleys, are having a
portion of the land paved for constructiort
of a roadside rest and park area for
travelers through Elizabeth Township.
Donates
Society ping Station Road. Hammer
Creek flows through the center of
the tract.
The land was part of a parcel
which the Bradleys purchased in
1953 from the Buckingham
estate. That same year, the
Bradleys sold the eight acres
donated this week to the county to
Dr. Mahlon Yoder of Lititz, now
deceased, for $700. Mrs. Bradley
bought the tract back for $6600 at
a public sale in 1970.
Last summer Hurricane Agnes
wrought much havoc to the tract,
with much of it being flooded and
covered with debris and fallen
trees, a great deal of which still
remains. Speedwell Forge Road
to the south of the land was
washed out and the bridge there
is still in need of extensive
repairs, according to the
Historical Society.
It was in this area of Hammer
Creek that two persons were
washed out of their automobile
and drowned during the June 1972
flood.
In a letter to Bradley regarding
the tract, Jack Loose, secretary
of the Historical Society, stated
that acquisition of the land would
“ improve the image of the
Historical Society,” which he
said was “poor” in outlying parts
of the county.
Loose stated that the area
could be used by amateur
historians and archeologists,
particularly around the foun­dations
of the old forge, and that
the area would be of special
benefit to the Junior Historians in
fhp nrvnnfy
He said he would recommend
that me Junior Historians do
m of the clearing of debris
and fallen trees on the land.
Tree Trimming Starts Mon.
Along East Main Street
Tree trimming on East Main
Street will get underway Mon­day,
at which time No Parking
signs will be posted along the
street, Bobo Manager George
Steedle said this week.
Boro Council recently awarded
a contract to Heading &
Schroeder, Inc., Manheim RDl,
to trim 133 maple trees along
East Main at a price of $4 a tree.
The borough’s Public Works
Department will work along with
Headings, posting the necessary
signs and collecting and
disposing of the trimmings.
About 35 local citizens attended
Boro Council meeting Tuesday
night to voice concern about two
items on Council’s agenda, both
involving streets in the borough.
One contingent of citizens
represented residents of East
Market Street, protesting the
restriction of parking to one side,
the north side, of Market Street
as of Jan. 15.
Another group of citizens,
including representatives from
the local Moravian congregation
and St. Paul’s Lutheran Church,
were there to find out if the
borough is going to open South
Walnut Street.
The East Market Street
parking restriction was put into
effect for a 90-day trial basis on
Jan. 15, primarily to improve the
flow of traffic on the street.
James Weaver, 26 E, Market
St., who said he was spokesman
for a group of Market Street
residents, said the main ob­jections
to the parking ban were
increased speed on the street,
and a lack of available parking to
residents on the south side of the
street.
Police Chief George Hicks said
the parking ban had come about
after a request from some
residents of the street, and after a
survey of traffic volumne had
been made.
Chief Hicks said that traffic
movement is “much better” on
the street since the restriction
wen t into effect.
Councilman Donald Stauffer
urged Weaver and other
residents to give the trial parking
ban another 30 days. Council then
agreed that on Feb. 15, the
parking restrictions would be
placed on the north side of East
Market for another trial period.
A group of residents who own
land on South Walnut Street,
several of them represented by
their lawyers, spoke out in op­position
to Council’s recent
proposal to start construction of
South Walnut Street and assess
property owners their prorated
share of the cost.
Boro Manager George Steedle
had met earlier this month with
these property owners and had
prepared a list of thier com­plaints
for Council’s con­sideration.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert D. Herr,
who own property at 127 W.
Lemon St., stated they were
opposed to opening the street
because they were financially
unable to pay for their section of
it.
Mr. and Mrs. Angelo C.
Morales, also present, who own
property at the rear of 127 W.
Lemon, said they also oppose
opening the street because they
are not able to pay for their
portion.
Edward E. Savoca of Savoca
Realty Corp., who owns a shoe
factory on South Walnut, said he
opposed opening the street
because it would not benefit him
in any way.
Pastor James G. Shannon from
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L it it z R e co rd E x p r e s s P h o to
Lester Bingeman, right, president of the Lititz Retailers
Association is shown presenting Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Sweitzer with a brochure describing the trip to Nassau
which they won during Red Tag Days.
Retailers Announce
Nassau Trip Winner
A trip to Nassau was the grand
prize in a drawing held during the
recent Lititz Red Tag Days. Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Sweitzer, 38
Center St., Lititz, were the lucky
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Bicycles, accessories, and bike repairs are all specialties at
Hen & Dave’s Glass & Bicycle Shop, 301 E. Main St. Above,
owners Hen Huber (left) and Dave Buchter stand by some of
the many bikes sold in their shop.
Hen & Dave’s Specializes
In Bicvcles. Accessories 7
(Editor’s Note: This is the 54th
in a series of articles to acquaint
our readers with our local
retailers. The 55th article will
appear next week.)
The bike craze continues on its
way up, with even more bikes for
adults being added to the new
spring line, according to Hen
Huber and Dave Buchter, owners
of Hen and Dave’s Glass &
Bicycle Shop at 301 E. Main St.
The local bike shop carries four
main lines, Schwinn, their
biggest seller, the Rixe, made in
Germany, Astra from France,
and Palm, a Japanese bike. The
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winners. The Sweitzers’ card was
picked from several thousand
entries.
In addition to the trip, the pair
will also receive travel money -
$35 from the Lititz Retailers and
$25 from the Lititz Record Ex­press.
A $10 gift certificate was
presented to Mr. Sweitzer by
Bingeman’s Clothing Store. No
word yet as to whether or not he’ll
buy a swim suit with it.
The Red Tag prize for junior
citizens, $25 in Lititz Shopping
Dollars, went to Roxanne Gaul,
Rothsville.
In This Issue
Business Directory 13
Church News 12
Classified Ads 14,15
Editorial Page 4
Sports Section 6,7,8
Women’s io
Sewing Factory
Opens in Lititz
Gilda Blouse Company, which
makes children’s sportswear, has
started operations Monday in the
former Burkholder Potato Chip
Company factory, 40 N. Water St.
John Catino, Bethlehem, owner
said the Lititz plant will be
making medium priced slacks
and skirts for sale in Sears
Roebuck and Co. and Mon­tgomery
Wards. Catino said the
plant will eventually be making
the Winnie the Pooh line for
Sears.
This is Catino’s second plant,
the original one located in
Bethlehem. About 20 persons are
now employed at the local plant,
with employment expected to
reach over 100 eventually, Catino
said.
Catino said he also plans to
open an outlet store in the future.
Catino is currently overseeing
operations at the local plant,
along with Sam Coscia,
Bethlehem, who is general
manager.
LITITZ STORES NOW OPEN
THURSDAY NIGHTS TIL 9 P.M.
Shop these Stores on Thursday Nites
ARMOLD JEWELERS, INC.
B & V OUTLET
BENNER’S PHARMACY
BINGEMAN’S CLOTHING
STORE
GLADELL SHOP
HAGY’S WESTERN AUTO
J.B. HESS MEN’S WEAR
KLOTZ KLENERS
LADS & LASSIES
CHILDREN’S APPAREL
LIPPART’S OF LITITZ
LITITZ BOOK STORE
LITITZ SEWING CENTER
McELROY PHARMACY
TRUDI K SHOP
WHITE SHIELD DISCOUNT
CENTER
THIS IS IN
ADDITION TO
THE REGULAR
FRIDAY NIGHT
HOURS.