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T H E R E S S SER VING THE WAR WICK AREA FOR NEARL Y A CENTUR Y 97th Year E s t a b lis h e d A p r il, 1877, a s T h e S u n b e am (C o n s o lid a te d w ith T h e X*ititz R e co rd , 1937) Lititz, Lancaster County, Penna. 17543, Thursday, May 10,1973 10 c e n ts a Copy; $4.00 p e r y e a r b y m a ll w ith in ¡L ancaster Cou n ty 22 PAGES No. 7 Tastee-Freez, Zoners End Long Conflict Over Lights, Signs A year long conflict between the Lititz Zoning Hearing Board and Tastee-Freez, Inc. ended this week with the zoners achieving another set of Early American lights for the borough and Tastee-Freez getting a variance for a large sign. Tastee-Freez has been seeking a variance for their sign since April 1972, when it first announced it wanted to build one of its fast foods chain stores at 741S. Board St. Store officials wanted to erect a sign that exceeded size limits set by the borough Zoning Ordinance. The zoners’ position has been that if the board grants a variance for a larger sign' it wants something in return: specifically, they wanted to have a say about the kind of lights Tastee-Freez erected in its parking lot. The battle of wits between the board and Tastee-Freez personnel was resumed periodically throughout the year, with Tastee- Freez never quite managing to come up with the type of lights zoners felt they could smile upon. But Monday night, Tastee- Freez succeeded. They produced pictures of Early American Mercury vapor lanterns hanging from wooden posts, and in return, were granted a variance to erect a 60 square foot lighted sign, heralding the “Big Tee Burger,” and a 16 square foot sign announcing “Tastee Crisp Chicken Carry Out.” The store also received permission to erect two smaller lighted signs at the entrance and exit to the parking lot. The store, now under construction, aims at an early summer opening. Ray M. Funck, Palmyra, will own and operate the store. In further business, zoners granted special authorization to Lititz Improvement, Inc. to build five retail stores, with eight apartments above them on Sturgis Lane, another step toward the start of a down-town shopping mall which the organization of local businessmen announced last month. George Lewis, representing Lititz Improvement, told zoners that the store fronts will face Sturgis Lane, two of which will be set back from the others and have boxed bay windows. Three materials will be used on the fronts of the stores - brick, horizontal aluminum siding, and vertical siding. The roof will be peaked, made of Cyprus colored asphalt shingles. The building will be trimmed with black wrought iron railings, louvered shutters, and Early American light fixtures. Zoners granted the authorization with the provision that a color scheme would be presented next month. Special authorization was also granted to Walter C. Popejoy, 40 E. Main St., to erect two wooden signs, each seven square feet in size, at the two front corners of his pharmacy (the former Benner’s Drug Store). The signs will be colonial in design, and will carry a picture of a pestle and mortar, and the single word “Pharmacy.” However, zoners questioned two 150-watt Mercury lights Popejoy planned to install on his building to light the signs. The zoners objected that the proposed lights would throw “too much light in the wrong place,” namely the street and the road, and would light up “the whole area.” Popejoy stated it was his intention to light the sidewalk, but volunteered to return in June with an alternate lighting plan. Special authorization was granted to J. Richard McCloud to recover the rear of the dwelling at 117 E. Main St., in the historical district, with white aluihinum siding. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Becker, 17 N. Cedar St., were granted a 14- foot variance to rebuild their garage to within six feet of the rear lot line. The reconstructed garage, in the industrial district, will still be in line with neighboring garages, Becker said. Allen H. Eshleman, 201 N. Broad St., was granted special exception to hang a 5.8 square foot wooden lighted sign at his store, Cam Tech of Lititz, replacing a 20 square foot lighted sign that was there formerly. The sign will be lighted with two 75- watt spot lights. Diehm & Son was granted special authorization to erect a six square foot unlighted sign at the office on Juniper Lane, in the Historical District. Rodney Moseman, 101 E. Main St., was granted authorization to put new black asphalt shingles on his roof and to replace the present spouting and gutters with five-inch galvanized spouting and gutters. Two New Ordinances Adopted by Elizabeth Township Supervisors At their regular monthly meeting last Friday night, the Elizabeth Township supervisors adopted an ordinance which will allow light industrial uses in commercial districts as a special exception to the zoning code. They also adopted an ordinance which requires building permits on all new structures or alterations with a market value of $300 or more. The old law called for building permits when market value exceeded $1000. An announcement was made during the meeting that the tax collector had so far received $9,283 in per capita taxes and $17,853 in property taxes this year. Except for the state liquid fuels tax and federal revenue sharing funds, this represents the bulk of the township’s tax revenues for 1973. The new township municipal building is expected to be completed in a matter of weeks, the supervisors announced. They approved payment of some In T h is Issue Business Directory 19 Church News 18 Classified Ads 20,21 Editorial Page 4 Sports Section 6,7 Women’s 16,17 $23,000 in bills incurred during the construction of the building on Sleepy Hollow Road. A petition was presented to the board by J. W. Bradley, Elsie Bradley, Harvey Bissel, Richard W. Wanner, and John Hevner, Jr. The petitioners each own parts of a 20-acre tract along Brubaker Valley Road and Oak Lane. That tract is now zoned residential, and the property owners are asking to have it zoned industrial. J. W. Bradley operates a rifle repair business at his home, and has since 1947. He was the principal backer of the petition. A couple who own a mobile home in Poplar Grove were at the meeting in the hopes of gaining approval from the supervisors for an addition built onto their home without a building permit. The couple said that they weren’t sure they needed a permit, because they’ve witnessed many structures being erected in their area without permits. They also said that they tried to get a permit at the last minute but were unable to obtain one. They told the supervisors that if they were forced to remove the structure, they would lose everything. The supervisors said they would turn the case over to the zoning hearing board. It is that board which must ultimately decide whether or not the structure may stay. j Voter Interest in Primaries Sparked by GOP Contests L it it z R e co rd E x p r e s s P h o to s Mrs. Wayne (Delores) Parsil displays one of the crocheted handbags available in her new gift shop, The Straw Wheel, in Zum Anker Alley. The shop specializes in items made by local craftsmen. New Gift Shops Open In Zum Anker Alley (Editor’s Note: This is the 68th in a series of articles to acquaint our readers with our local retailers. The 69th article will appear next week.) Gifts, hand crafted and otherwise, are making a big appearance in the two newest shops to open in Zum Anker Alley, off East Main Street—The Straw Wheel and Alley Gifts. The Straw Wheel, which specializes in items made by local craftsmen,is being operated by Mrs. Wayne (Dolores) Parsil of Lititz. Dolores, a former German teacher at Millersyille State College, chose the name of her shop from the straw wreaths used throughout Austria as symbols of hospitality. One of the wreaths hangs in the front window of the shop, and a variety of them are expected to be available in the near future. Selling mostly by consignment (Continued On Page 15) wsMWWiWsmoesoe#» 05 Mrs. Barbara Ganino and her three year old daughter, Michelle, are shown with one of the unusual paintings from Alley Gifts, new gift shop opened in Zum Anker Alley. Barbara and her husband, Salvatore, are owners of the new shop. 'Meals on Wheels' To Start in June A Meals on Wheels program will get underway in Lititz before the end of June, as a result of a special meeting held May 3 to get the project rolling in the community. Six persons volunteered to serve on a temporary steering committee, and will work with the initial group of citizens who called the meeting. The new members of the committee are Miss Barbara Wise, Lester Wenger, Mrs. Donald Rannels, R. M. Shank, Mrs. Larry D. Zimmerman, and Mrs. Jack Watson. The committee will choose a chairman from among its members to serve as a temporary coordinator. The first meals, which are hoped to be delivered before the end of June, will be provided by Lancaster Meals on Wheels for a trial period. Meanwhile, the committee is searching for a place to use as a dispensing point for the meals and which can eventually be used as a kitchen where the local group can prepare its own meals. The program is designed to bring nutritious meals into the homes of elderly, infirmed, or handicapped persons who cannot provide meals for themselves. One of its chief goals is to help persons stay out of nursing homes as long as possible. The service can be used on a temporary basis, for as long as the need exists. Persons interested in obtaining meals, either for themselves or for a friend or relative, can contact Mrs. Mary Swan, 626- 2592. Persons interested in volunteering as drivers or visitors (those who carry the meals into homes) can contact Mr. or Mrs. Warren Newcomer, 626-2474. Further information can be obtained from Mrs. Charles Eshleman, 27 N. Broad St., or Mrs. James Shannon, 215 S. Locust St. With more than 6,000 voters in Warwick School District eligible to vote in the primaries Tuesday, a good turnout at the polls is expected to be generated by the unusually large number of contests in this year’s local election. Figures from the Lancaster County Registration Commission show that 3,172 persons are eligible to vote in the borough, 2,385 in Warwick Township, and 526 in Elizabeth Township. In the borough, candidates will be selected for mayor, auditor, and tax collector, and in each of the three wards, a Councilman, constable, judge of elections, and inspector of elections. Borough voters will also be selecting three candidates for school director. In Warwick and Elizabeth Townships, candidates will be selected (one from each township) for supervisor, auditor, tax collector, constable, judge of elections and inspector of elections. Voters in the townships will also be selecting three candidates for school director. Most of the candidates will appear on the Republic ticket. Those appearing only on the Democratic ticket will be for Inspector of Elections in the Second and Third Wards of the borough, and in Warwick East District, and for constable in Elizabeth Township. The local Republican organization announced this week that it has endorsed incumbents vying for Council seats in the Second and Third Wards, and the constable post in the Third Ward of the borough. The party stated it was not endorsing any of the candidates for Council from the First Ward, because no incumbent is running, nor is it endorsing any of the candidates for School Board. Major contests on the Republican primary ticket will be for the three Council seats in the borough and for the three available seats on Warwick District School Board. In the borough, Republican voters may choose one Boro Council candidate from the Ward in which they live. Four candidates will be on the ballot in the First Ward, none of them an incumbent, and two each in the Second and Third Wards, an incumbent and a newcomer to the race in each ward. All are on the Republican ticket. In the school district, seven candidates are running “ at large” for School Board. Four of these candidates have cross-filed and will appear on both the Republican and Democratic tickets. Voters may select three of the candidates on their ticket. There will be no contests on the Democratic ticket. Other contests on the Republican ticket will be for Elizabeth Township constable, Warwick Township tax collector, and constable from the Third Ward of the borough. There will be no contests on the Republican ballot for the jobs of Mayor of Lititz, or supervisors in Warwick and Elizabeth Townships, only one name appearing for each spot. Candidates’ names follow, grouped in alphabetical order. Warwick District School Board David E. Buckwalter, Lititz RD3 (incumbent); Robert E. Gregory, Lititz RD1, Wallace B. Hofferth, 212 E. Second Ave., Louise G. Kauffman, Lititz RD2; (Continued On Page .7) Will M e e t Tuesday Park Trustees Concerned over Illegal Drug Traffic in Boro Trustees of Lititz Springs Park will look for ways to curb illicit drug traffic in the park at a meeting next Tuesday, board president George Biemesderfer told the Record-Express this week. Biemesderfer was contacted by the Record after state police investigators named the park as one of the “favored meeting places” for drug transactions, following a county-wide series of drug arrests early last Thursday morning. Undercover agents stated that they had made 12 illegal drug purchases in the park during a countywide investigation that started ■ last September. This constituted about one-third of the illegal purchases made in the county outside the city of Lancaster. Biemesderfer told the Record that trustees suspected the illegal drug traffic was going on in the park but “we never could prove it,” he said. “We have been discussing it' over and over again, and in view of what has occurred, we’ll have to discuss it more,” he said. He said the board would be meeting next Tuesday. Biemesderfer said one of the big problems lies in the fact that the park is not borough land, that it is private property designated for public use. Local police hâve authority to go in the park, he said, but added, “We can’t ask them to spend all their time there.” Police Chief George Hicks, who took part in last Thursday’s arrests, also stated that the private status of the park land was a handicap to law enforcement there, as well as the lack of curfew and other restrictions in the park. At one time, officials had considered chaining off the parking lot in the park, one of the alleged gathering places for drug traffic, but this was not done, Chief Hicks said. Chief Hicks said local police were also handicapped by the fact that all the officers are well known to persons using the park, and cannot successfully engage in any undercover investigations. He said the park has been under close surveillance by his men, as well as “several other spots” in the borough, and that this surveillance will continue. Lawrence J. Ruggiano, local attorney and vice-president of the Rec Center Board of Directors, who has been working on some method of regulating park hours, told the Record this week that trespassers in the park cannot be prosecuted so long as there are no signs posted that specifically list park hours and trespassing violations. Signs imposing a dusk to dawn curfew in the park had been posted last summer, but these were subsequently torn down and sprayed with paint, local officials said. Ruggiano said that while the big problem apparently is in the parking lot of the park, trustees hesitated to close the parking lot because it was used at various hours for legitimate purposes, such as parking by shift workers, and by school students traveling back and forth to school events. Mayor Russell Templeton, in a statement to the Record this week, said that a stricter curfew “doesn’t seem to be the answer.” “They just change their gathering place, even using private homes,” the Mayor said. “We had talked about a 10 o’clock curfew in the park, but it never materialized,” he said. “It’s hard to differentiate between legal parkers (in the our the parking area) and others.” “Limitations are put on police by the law itself,’ Mayor commented, adding that he has been asking the court “who they are trying to protect.” “Stopping the source is the big problem,” he said, noting the heavier penalties being imposed on the drug pushers. “A lot will depend on the outcome of the Bearings.” “The police did a splendid job (in the mass arrests) but we haven’t stamped out whoever is bringing it in (to the borough) in bulk,” the Mayor said. Four police officers from the borough, and two from Warwick Township took part in the surprise series of arrests throughout the county last week, resulting in the arrests of 42 suspected narcotics pushers. Arrests involved three persons from the borough, one of them a juvenile, and two in the township. Local officers working with state police in making the arrests in the borough were Chief Hicks, Assistant Chief Joseph Fritz, and Officers Ronald Sandhaus and Charles Shenenberger. Chief Paul Haines and Officer Ray Lausch worked with state troopers in making the two arrests in Warwick Township. Adults arrested included: Walter David Hartman, 18; 318 Laurel Ave., Lititz, charged one sale of prescription drugs. Michael James Yoder, 23, 220 E. Market St., Lititz, charged with one sale of marijuana and one count of conspiracy. Glenn Eugene Miller, 21, Lititz RD2, charged with conspiracy, two sales of marijuana, one sale of hashish and one sale of prescription drugs. Frederick Daniel Miller, 18, Lititz RD1, charged with one sale of marijuna. Warwick Student Drivers Learn You Can't 'Stop on a Dime,' Pistols cracked and tires screeched in front of Warwick High School Friday as Warwick students put their driving abilities to a test -- and at the same time learned some facts of life about the highways. The students were taking part in a traffic safety education program to disprove the old bromide that a car can be “stopped on a dime.” Testing their reactions and braking speed at 20 miles an hour, students used a demonstration car specially equipped with three revolvers attached to the front bumper—one fired when a red stop signal flashed in front of the car, the second fired when the student slammed on the brakes, and the third fired when the car was brought to a dead stop. Each firing marked the road with yellow paint, showing the distance it took the students to bring the car to a halt after the red light flashed. As fellow students lined the curbs along the road, Dirk Schoenberger, Lititz RD3, a senior at Warwick, slid behind the wheel of the specially outfitted sedan. Beside him sat Millard N. Neff, safety engineer for Nationwide Insurance, sponsors of the program. “Dirk has been driving for two years,” Neff said over a loud speaker attached to the car. Warwick High students measure the distance it tqok this car, driven at 20 mph by senior, Dirk Schoenberger, to stop after brakes were applied. Boys kneeling in background are marking at the spot where Dirk hit the brakes, 26 feet, 10 inches from the sign labeled “ Car Stopped." Skid marks can be seen on the road. “Now let’s see how quick he can stop at the ’terrific speed’ of 20 miles an hour.” “Get the car going 20 miles an hour,” Neff told Dirk. “As soon as you do, I’ll fire the first gun Immediately the red light will flash on, and a yellow paint bullet will blast a mark on the pavement.” “That’s your signal to put on the brakes. When your foot hits the pedal, the second pistol will fire. The third gun fires when the (ContinuedOn Page 15)
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Full Text | T H E R E S S SER VING THE WAR WICK AREA FOR NEARL Y A CENTUR Y 97th Year E s t a b lis h e d A p r il, 1877, a s T h e S u n b e am (C o n s o lid a te d w ith T h e X*ititz R e co rd , 1937) Lititz, Lancaster County, Penna. 17543, Thursday, May 10,1973 10 c e n ts a Copy; $4.00 p e r y e a r b y m a ll w ith in ¡L ancaster Cou n ty 22 PAGES No. 7 Tastee-Freez, Zoners End Long Conflict Over Lights, Signs A year long conflict between the Lititz Zoning Hearing Board and Tastee-Freez, Inc. ended this week with the zoners achieving another set of Early American lights for the borough and Tastee-Freez getting a variance for a large sign. Tastee-Freez has been seeking a variance for their sign since April 1972, when it first announced it wanted to build one of its fast foods chain stores at 741S. Board St. Store officials wanted to erect a sign that exceeded size limits set by the borough Zoning Ordinance. The zoners’ position has been that if the board grants a variance for a larger sign' it wants something in return: specifically, they wanted to have a say about the kind of lights Tastee-Freez erected in its parking lot. The battle of wits between the board and Tastee-Freez personnel was resumed periodically throughout the year, with Tastee- Freez never quite managing to come up with the type of lights zoners felt they could smile upon. But Monday night, Tastee- Freez succeeded. They produced pictures of Early American Mercury vapor lanterns hanging from wooden posts, and in return, were granted a variance to erect a 60 square foot lighted sign, heralding the “Big Tee Burger,” and a 16 square foot sign announcing “Tastee Crisp Chicken Carry Out.” The store also received permission to erect two smaller lighted signs at the entrance and exit to the parking lot. The store, now under construction, aims at an early summer opening. Ray M. Funck, Palmyra, will own and operate the store. In further business, zoners granted special authorization to Lititz Improvement, Inc. to build five retail stores, with eight apartments above them on Sturgis Lane, another step toward the start of a down-town shopping mall which the organization of local businessmen announced last month. George Lewis, representing Lititz Improvement, told zoners that the store fronts will face Sturgis Lane, two of which will be set back from the others and have boxed bay windows. Three materials will be used on the fronts of the stores - brick, horizontal aluminum siding, and vertical siding. The roof will be peaked, made of Cyprus colored asphalt shingles. The building will be trimmed with black wrought iron railings, louvered shutters, and Early American light fixtures. Zoners granted the authorization with the provision that a color scheme would be presented next month. Special authorization was also granted to Walter C. Popejoy, 40 E. Main St., to erect two wooden signs, each seven square feet in size, at the two front corners of his pharmacy (the former Benner’s Drug Store). The signs will be colonial in design, and will carry a picture of a pestle and mortar, and the single word “Pharmacy.” However, zoners questioned two 150-watt Mercury lights Popejoy planned to install on his building to light the signs. The zoners objected that the proposed lights would throw “too much light in the wrong place,” namely the street and the road, and would light up “the whole area.” Popejoy stated it was his intention to light the sidewalk, but volunteered to return in June with an alternate lighting plan. Special authorization was granted to J. Richard McCloud to recover the rear of the dwelling at 117 E. Main St., in the historical district, with white aluihinum siding. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Becker, 17 N. Cedar St., were granted a 14- foot variance to rebuild their garage to within six feet of the rear lot line. The reconstructed garage, in the industrial district, will still be in line with neighboring garages, Becker said. Allen H. Eshleman, 201 N. Broad St., was granted special exception to hang a 5.8 square foot wooden lighted sign at his store, Cam Tech of Lititz, replacing a 20 square foot lighted sign that was there formerly. The sign will be lighted with two 75- watt spot lights. Diehm & Son was granted special authorization to erect a six square foot unlighted sign at the office on Juniper Lane, in the Historical District. Rodney Moseman, 101 E. Main St., was granted authorization to put new black asphalt shingles on his roof and to replace the present spouting and gutters with five-inch galvanized spouting and gutters. Two New Ordinances Adopted by Elizabeth Township Supervisors At their regular monthly meeting last Friday night, the Elizabeth Township supervisors adopted an ordinance which will allow light industrial uses in commercial districts as a special exception to the zoning code. They also adopted an ordinance which requires building permits on all new structures or alterations with a market value of $300 or more. The old law called for building permits when market value exceeded $1000. An announcement was made during the meeting that the tax collector had so far received $9,283 in per capita taxes and $17,853 in property taxes this year. Except for the state liquid fuels tax and federal revenue sharing funds, this represents the bulk of the township’s tax revenues for 1973. The new township municipal building is expected to be completed in a matter of weeks, the supervisors announced. They approved payment of some In T h is Issue Business Directory 19 Church News 18 Classified Ads 20,21 Editorial Page 4 Sports Section 6,7 Women’s 16,17 $23,000 in bills incurred during the construction of the building on Sleepy Hollow Road. A petition was presented to the board by J. W. Bradley, Elsie Bradley, Harvey Bissel, Richard W. Wanner, and John Hevner, Jr. The petitioners each own parts of a 20-acre tract along Brubaker Valley Road and Oak Lane. That tract is now zoned residential, and the property owners are asking to have it zoned industrial. J. W. Bradley operates a rifle repair business at his home, and has since 1947. He was the principal backer of the petition. A couple who own a mobile home in Poplar Grove were at the meeting in the hopes of gaining approval from the supervisors for an addition built onto their home without a building permit. The couple said that they weren’t sure they needed a permit, because they’ve witnessed many structures being erected in their area without permits. They also said that they tried to get a permit at the last minute but were unable to obtain one. They told the supervisors that if they were forced to remove the structure, they would lose everything. The supervisors said they would turn the case over to the zoning hearing board. It is that board which must ultimately decide whether or not the structure may stay. j Voter Interest in Primaries Sparked by GOP Contests L it it z R e co rd E x p r e s s P h o to s Mrs. Wayne (Delores) Parsil displays one of the crocheted handbags available in her new gift shop, The Straw Wheel, in Zum Anker Alley. The shop specializes in items made by local craftsmen. New Gift Shops Open In Zum Anker Alley (Editor’s Note: This is the 68th in a series of articles to acquaint our readers with our local retailers. The 69th article will appear next week.) Gifts, hand crafted and otherwise, are making a big appearance in the two newest shops to open in Zum Anker Alley, off East Main Street—The Straw Wheel and Alley Gifts. The Straw Wheel, which specializes in items made by local craftsmen,is being operated by Mrs. Wayne (Dolores) Parsil of Lititz. Dolores, a former German teacher at Millersyille State College, chose the name of her shop from the straw wreaths used throughout Austria as symbols of hospitality. One of the wreaths hangs in the front window of the shop, and a variety of them are expected to be available in the near future. Selling mostly by consignment (Continued On Page 15) wsMWWiWsmoesoe#» 05 Mrs. Barbara Ganino and her three year old daughter, Michelle, are shown with one of the unusual paintings from Alley Gifts, new gift shop opened in Zum Anker Alley. Barbara and her husband, Salvatore, are owners of the new shop. 'Meals on Wheels' To Start in June A Meals on Wheels program will get underway in Lititz before the end of June, as a result of a special meeting held May 3 to get the project rolling in the community. Six persons volunteered to serve on a temporary steering committee, and will work with the initial group of citizens who called the meeting. The new members of the committee are Miss Barbara Wise, Lester Wenger, Mrs. Donald Rannels, R. M. Shank, Mrs. Larry D. Zimmerman, and Mrs. Jack Watson. The committee will choose a chairman from among its members to serve as a temporary coordinator. The first meals, which are hoped to be delivered before the end of June, will be provided by Lancaster Meals on Wheels for a trial period. Meanwhile, the committee is searching for a place to use as a dispensing point for the meals and which can eventually be used as a kitchen where the local group can prepare its own meals. The program is designed to bring nutritious meals into the homes of elderly, infirmed, or handicapped persons who cannot provide meals for themselves. One of its chief goals is to help persons stay out of nursing homes as long as possible. The service can be used on a temporary basis, for as long as the need exists. Persons interested in obtaining meals, either for themselves or for a friend or relative, can contact Mrs. Mary Swan, 626- 2592. Persons interested in volunteering as drivers or visitors (those who carry the meals into homes) can contact Mr. or Mrs. Warren Newcomer, 626-2474. Further information can be obtained from Mrs. Charles Eshleman, 27 N. Broad St., or Mrs. James Shannon, 215 S. Locust St. With more than 6,000 voters in Warwick School District eligible to vote in the primaries Tuesday, a good turnout at the polls is expected to be generated by the unusually large number of contests in this year’s local election. Figures from the Lancaster County Registration Commission show that 3,172 persons are eligible to vote in the borough, 2,385 in Warwick Township, and 526 in Elizabeth Township. In the borough, candidates will be selected for mayor, auditor, and tax collector, and in each of the three wards, a Councilman, constable, judge of elections, and inspector of elections. Borough voters will also be selecting three candidates for school director. In Warwick and Elizabeth Townships, candidates will be selected (one from each township) for supervisor, auditor, tax collector, constable, judge of elections and inspector of elections. Voters in the townships will also be selecting three candidates for school director. Most of the candidates will appear on the Republic ticket. Those appearing only on the Democratic ticket will be for Inspector of Elections in the Second and Third Wards of the borough, and in Warwick East District, and for constable in Elizabeth Township. The local Republican organization announced this week that it has endorsed incumbents vying for Council seats in the Second and Third Wards, and the constable post in the Third Ward of the borough. The party stated it was not endorsing any of the candidates for Council from the First Ward, because no incumbent is running, nor is it endorsing any of the candidates for School Board. Major contests on the Republican primary ticket will be for the three Council seats in the borough and for the three available seats on Warwick District School Board. In the borough, Republican voters may choose one Boro Council candidate from the Ward in which they live. Four candidates will be on the ballot in the First Ward, none of them an incumbent, and two each in the Second and Third Wards, an incumbent and a newcomer to the race in each ward. All are on the Republican ticket. In the school district, seven candidates are running “ at large” for School Board. Four of these candidates have cross-filed and will appear on both the Republican and Democratic tickets. Voters may select three of the candidates on their ticket. There will be no contests on the Democratic ticket. Other contests on the Republican ticket will be for Elizabeth Township constable, Warwick Township tax collector, and constable from the Third Ward of the borough. There will be no contests on the Republican ballot for the jobs of Mayor of Lititz, or supervisors in Warwick and Elizabeth Townships, only one name appearing for each spot. Candidates’ names follow, grouped in alphabetical order. Warwick District School Board David E. Buckwalter, Lititz RD3 (incumbent); Robert E. Gregory, Lititz RD1, Wallace B. Hofferth, 212 E. Second Ave., Louise G. Kauffman, Lititz RD2; (Continued On Page .7) Will M e e t Tuesday Park Trustees Concerned over Illegal Drug Traffic in Boro Trustees of Lititz Springs Park will look for ways to curb illicit drug traffic in the park at a meeting next Tuesday, board president George Biemesderfer told the Record-Express this week. Biemesderfer was contacted by the Record after state police investigators named the park as one of the “favored meeting places” for drug transactions, following a county-wide series of drug arrests early last Thursday morning. Undercover agents stated that they had made 12 illegal drug purchases in the park during a countywide investigation that started ■ last September. This constituted about one-third of the illegal purchases made in the county outside the city of Lancaster. Biemesderfer told the Record that trustees suspected the illegal drug traffic was going on in the park but “we never could prove it,” he said. “We have been discussing it' over and over again, and in view of what has occurred, we’ll have to discuss it more,” he said. He said the board would be meeting next Tuesday. Biemesderfer said one of the big problems lies in the fact that the park is not borough land, that it is private property designated for public use. Local police hâve authority to go in the park, he said, but added, “We can’t ask them to spend all their time there.” Police Chief George Hicks, who took part in last Thursday’s arrests, also stated that the private status of the park land was a handicap to law enforcement there, as well as the lack of curfew and other restrictions in the park. At one time, officials had considered chaining off the parking lot in the park, one of the alleged gathering places for drug traffic, but this was not done, Chief Hicks said. Chief Hicks said local police were also handicapped by the fact that all the officers are well known to persons using the park, and cannot successfully engage in any undercover investigations. He said the park has been under close surveillance by his men, as well as “several other spots” in the borough, and that this surveillance will continue. Lawrence J. Ruggiano, local attorney and vice-president of the Rec Center Board of Directors, who has been working on some method of regulating park hours, told the Record this week that trespassers in the park cannot be prosecuted so long as there are no signs posted that specifically list park hours and trespassing violations. Signs imposing a dusk to dawn curfew in the park had been posted last summer, but these were subsequently torn down and sprayed with paint, local officials said. Ruggiano said that while the big problem apparently is in the parking lot of the park, trustees hesitated to close the parking lot because it was used at various hours for legitimate purposes, such as parking by shift workers, and by school students traveling back and forth to school events. Mayor Russell Templeton, in a statement to the Record this week, said that a stricter curfew “doesn’t seem to be the answer.” “They just change their gathering place, even using private homes,” the Mayor said. “We had talked about a 10 o’clock curfew in the park, but it never materialized,” he said. “It’s hard to differentiate between legal parkers (in the our the parking area) and others.” “Limitations are put on police by the law itself,’ Mayor commented, adding that he has been asking the court “who they are trying to protect.” “Stopping the source is the big problem,” he said, noting the heavier penalties being imposed on the drug pushers. “A lot will depend on the outcome of the Bearings.” “The police did a splendid job (in the mass arrests) but we haven’t stamped out whoever is bringing it in (to the borough) in bulk,” the Mayor said. Four police officers from the borough, and two from Warwick Township took part in the surprise series of arrests throughout the county last week, resulting in the arrests of 42 suspected narcotics pushers. Arrests involved three persons from the borough, one of them a juvenile, and two in the township. Local officers working with state police in making the arrests in the borough were Chief Hicks, Assistant Chief Joseph Fritz, and Officers Ronald Sandhaus and Charles Shenenberger. Chief Paul Haines and Officer Ray Lausch worked with state troopers in making the two arrests in Warwick Township. Adults arrested included: Walter David Hartman, 18; 318 Laurel Ave., Lititz, charged one sale of prescription drugs. Michael James Yoder, 23, 220 E. Market St., Lititz, charged with one sale of marijuana and one count of conspiracy. Glenn Eugene Miller, 21, Lititz RD2, charged with conspiracy, two sales of marijuana, one sale of hashish and one sale of prescription drugs. Frederick Daniel Miller, 18, Lititz RD1, charged with one sale of marijuna. Warwick Student Drivers Learn You Can't 'Stop on a Dime,' Pistols cracked and tires screeched in front of Warwick High School Friday as Warwick students put their driving abilities to a test -- and at the same time learned some facts of life about the highways. The students were taking part in a traffic safety education program to disprove the old bromide that a car can be “stopped on a dime.” Testing their reactions and braking speed at 20 miles an hour, students used a demonstration car specially equipped with three revolvers attached to the front bumper—one fired when a red stop signal flashed in front of the car, the second fired when the student slammed on the brakes, and the third fired when the car was brought to a dead stop. Each firing marked the road with yellow paint, showing the distance it took the students to bring the car to a halt after the red light flashed. As fellow students lined the curbs along the road, Dirk Schoenberger, Lititz RD3, a senior at Warwick, slid behind the wheel of the specially outfitted sedan. Beside him sat Millard N. Neff, safety engineer for Nationwide Insurance, sponsors of the program. “Dirk has been driving for two years,” Neff said over a loud speaker attached to the car. Warwick High students measure the distance it tqok this car, driven at 20 mph by senior, Dirk Schoenberger, to stop after brakes were applied. Boys kneeling in background are marking at the spot where Dirk hit the brakes, 26 feet, 10 inches from the sign labeled “ Car Stopped." Skid marks can be seen on the road. “Now let’s see how quick he can stop at the ’terrific speed’ of 20 miles an hour.” “Get the car going 20 miles an hour,” Neff told Dirk. “As soon as you do, I’ll fire the first gun Immediately the red light will flash on, and a yellow paint bullet will blast a mark on the pavement.” “That’s your signal to put on the brakes. When your foot hits the pedal, the second pistol will fire. The third gun fires when the (ContinuedOn Page 15) |
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