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Doster Tract Bid Rejected
C a rs emerging from Millpo rt Road w e s t must be
e xtra careful to pull o u t fast so th e y can avoid being
hit by cars coming o ve r the R o u te 5 0 1 knob in the
c ente r of th e picture. C a rs tu rn in g left into M illp o rt
Road must beware the same h a za rd and get off 5 0 1
onto M illp o rt as fast and furiously as th e y can.
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C a rs in p ic tu re ' on left could n e ve r have been
seen in time by d riv e r pulling onto R o u te 5 0 1 from
M illp o rt Road w e s t because of th e wall op the
B u c kw a lte r p ro p e rty . N e ve rth e le s s , evert if Ir iv e r
moves up almost o n to th e highway before pulling
o u t, th e view n o rth is not m u c’> b e tte r because of
th e knob on 5 0 1 . C a rs flying o ve r th e hill from L ititz
Warwick Supervisors
Millport Dilemma Sparks
must still be recokoned with by cars emerging from
M illp o rt R oa d. Warwick tow nsh ip officials are
d e b ating o ve r solutions to the p ro b lem , b u t can
only rem edy the situation in p a rt because th e ir
rig ht-o f-wa y e xten d s only to M illp o rt. It’s up to the
state to do something a b o u t th e da n ge rou s knob on
R ou te 5 0 1 blocking d rive rs ' views n o rth .
L i t i t z R e c o r d E x p r e s s P h o t o s
“Just to widen the road
two feet on either side is not
the answer; I think
something more drastic
should be done.”
Speaking during last
week’s Warwick Township
Supervisors’ meeting, John
Huber continued, “You are
all intelligent men; you know
the situation at 501 and
Millport Road.”
The situation to which he
alluded was the dangerous
intersection at Route 501 and
Millport Road where
frequent accidents occur as
the result of poor visibility
for cars entering or exiting
Millport Road on the west
side of Route 501.
Many accidents have
occurred at that intersection
as northbound cars
attempting left turns onto
Millport Road have been hit
by southbound cars as they
fly over the knob on Route
501.
Also, accidents have oc­curred
with frustrating
frequency as eastbound
cars, attempting to pull out
of Millport Road onto Route
501 have been hit by hard-to-see
cars coming over the hill
from Lititz.
To alleviate the situation,
township officials had
planned to widen both sides
of Millport west by two feet
on each side, in hopes that
visibility would increase.
But, according to Huber,
“...it’s silly to spend all this
money to widen the road and
then not do much more than
that.”
He and others at the
meeting, including the
supervisors, agreed that to
enhance the saftey of the
corner to a high degree
would require much more
than adding two feet to either
side.
A Precarious Intersection
First, there is a stone wall
and hedge on the property of
Mrs. Marion Buckwalter
which blocks the north view
of cars emerging from
Millport.
Second, vehicles at­tempting
a left turn onto
Millport are put in the
precarious position of trying
to beat that unseen car as it
whizzes over the hill from
Lititz and get into Millport
without being hit.
Third, cars traveling south
past Millport Road are in
constant danger of running
into those emerging cars
because they are so well
hidden behind the stone wall
in the Buckwalter property.
Observation tells one that
two extra feet on either side
is not the answer, but what is
the answer?
Removal of Wall
Huber pushed for removal
of the Buckwalter wall at
Thursday night’s meeting.
He felt this would be a
definite step in helping
augment visibility north for
emerging cars onto Route
501.B
ut, said Chairman
William Dussinger, “How is
taking the shrubs and wall
down going to help cars
turning in (to Millport from
Route 501 north)?”
A good question. One that
could be answered by the
state highway officials,
according to Dale Kofroth,
township road foreman, and
remedied by them as well if
they’d agree to remove the
dangerous knob that cuts off
visibility to an extremely
hazardous level for left­turning
cars.
Said Mervin Deiter, who
resides on Millport Road and
has been making that
dangerous turn for years,
“I’m not afraid for myself;
it’s strangers who don’t
know the road.”
He pointed out that the
township must solve the
problem of cars coming out
of Millport because it’s a
township road, but that the
state should handle the
problem of the hill on Route
501 since they have the right-of-
way there.
“I’m in favor of getting rid
of the wall,” continued
Deiter. “It’s a hazard; you
have to get your vehicle way
over onto the highway to see
(cars coming over the hill
from Lititz). Mrs. Buck-waiter
is not so narrow­minded
that she would want
to keep something there that
would endanger peoples’
lives.”
“Then,” he continued, “if
the corner could be built high
enough so you could see over
the knob, then dropped back
down to 501...but it might
take a bit of John’s (Huber)
land.”
At this point, Huber an­nounced
that he never even
knew the township was going
to cut into his land to widen
the road until just recently.
Kofroth took exception to the
announcement by telling
Huber he had informed him
of that fact over a year ago
so Huber wouldn’t put up a
fence before the township
widened the road.
And Shed
Dussinger asked Huber if
he would agree on letting the
township tear down the shed
that is now situated on his
property near the corner
where widening could
necessitate demolition of the
shed.
Huber told those at the
meeting, “Buckwalter told
me never to tear that shed
down,” to which Supervisor
Joe Brubaker replied, “If
you want to leave the shed
there, you can’t expect Mrs.
Buckwalter to let us take the
wall down.”
Discussion continued until
Chairman Dussinger made
the suggestion that they
could possibly visit Mrs.
Buckwalter as a group of
supervisors and look over
the situation on the corner.
“We have the right-a-way
(for both the Buckwalter and
the Huber property) said
Dussinger, “but we never
have and don’t want to just
come in and take it.”
“Well it should be
w id en ed ,” in te r je c ted
Deiter, “and it’s going to
have to come off your land,”
he said to Huber. Just taking
down the wall won’t widen it
Debate
enough.
“If she (Mrs. Buckwalter)
agrees to move the wall back
five feet,” offered Deiter,
“I’ll lay up block and put up
a new wall on my own time.”
A tentative decision was
made by members of the
Warwick School Board at
Tuesday night’s meeting to
keep the Doster property on
Woodcrest Avenue on the
market.
Citing the fact that many
economists predict an up­swing
in the economy in the
next six months to a year,
Director Raymond Groff
suggested waiting until a
more acceptable bid was
made on the property to sell
the tract.
Bids from Forney
Longenecker and Henry
Gibbel had been reviewed by
the Buildings and Property
Committee which made
recommendations at the
Tuesday meeting to reject
both bids.
After accepting the recom­mendation
to reject the
bids, board members were
informed by President John
Evans that he had received
communications from two
other parties interested in
bidding on the property. At
least one was $5,000 in excess
of the earlier bids.
Said Director Owens,
“ Even $5,000 above the
highest bid is still short.”
Though the property is still
open for bid, the board has
not ruled out the possibility
of a public auction or private
sale.
As in years past, the
property has been leased to
Forney Longenecker and is
being used as farm land.
In other business, school
board members voted to
reject the proposed Rec
Center budget.
Early discussion centered
on whether to vote on the Rec
Center budget or submit it to
study in meetings made up of
representatives from school
board, the Rec Center and
boro council.
At the request of Pat
Neroh, president of the Rec
Center board, the budget
was voted on and rejected.
Miss Neroh asked the board
to vote so that, in case of a
r e j e c t io n , im m e d ia te
revision could begin on the
proposed budget for sub­mission
next month. The Rec
Center’s fiscal year ends on
June 30 and the budget must
be approved by that time.
Directors also voted to
lower lunch prices for the
remainder of the school
year, effective May 1.
Elementary lunch prices will
go from 40 cents to 30 cents,
secondary lunches will be
reduced from 50 cents to 40
cents, and faculty lunches
will be 65 cents, down ten
cents.
The suggestion to reduce
school lunch prices for the
rest of the year was made
because the cafeteria fund is
now at $90,000, and the idea
expressed by those favoring
the move is that parents and
students deserve to benefit
from the excess.
The motion was passed 5 to
4, with those opposing
stating that cutting prices
may lead to another deficit
like the ones they have had to
deal with in the past.
Credit was given for this
year’s fine showing in
cafeteria budgeting to Mrs.
Doris Stauffer, food service
director for Warwick
Schools.
During discussion on the
proposed purchase of
cafeteria furniture for the
high school at an estimated
cost of $13,800, Fran Lyons,
President of the Warwick
Education Association,
spoke for many of the
teachers when she told the
board, “We feel that $13,000
could be put to better use at
this time when everyone is
being asked to tighten their
belt. It would buy an awful
lot of books, art supplies and
o t h e r e d u c a t i o n a l
materials.”
Superintendent Winger
replied that the present
cafeteria furniture had
served the school for 19
years and that five to ten
chairs had to be removed
from the cafeteria each week
for repair, a step which
amounts to a few hundred
dollars for each repair
session.
Permission was granted
by the board to advertise for
bids on cafeteria furniture as
well as to advertise for bids
on library furniture and
equipment for installation in
the Lititz Elementary
School.
Claude Young Campaign Head
Recently named by County
Commissioner Raymond G.
Herr to head his re-election
campaign is Rothsville’s
Claude G. Young, 2062 Main
St.
Long active in area
Republican party activities,
Young has served for many
years as a committeeperson
from the Warwick East
district.
Young surmised that
Commissioner Herr had
asked him to head his re-election
campaign because
he and the commissioner had
known each other for so long
and because the com­missioner
was aware of
Young’s familiarity with the
political field.
Young said his duties for
the campaign would center
around the usual news
releases and setting up
meeting places where the
commissioner would talk
with and listen to people.
Employed by New Holland
Machine, Young finds time
to be involved with an
overwhelming number of
In lis Issue
Business Directory 19
Church News 18
Classified Ads 20,21
Editorial Page 4
Sports Section 6,7
Women’s 16,17
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under 18 must be accompanied
by an adult to register.
THIS WEEKEND
Thursday, Friday, Saturday
April 17, 18, 19
REGISTER IN
LITITZ STORES
FOR
GIFT CERTIFICATES
AND PRIZES.
- 31 Participating Merchants.
- More than $850 In Certificates
and Prizes to be Given Away.
- Register in Every Store . . . You
can only win in the stores where
you register.
- Each merchant will pick winners
from those who register in his
store.
- More than 100 Winners.
PARTICIPATING MERCHANTS:
Benner's Pharmacy
Bingeman’s Clothing Store
Bingeman's Restaurant
Bob's Save Rite Market
Commonwealth National Bank
Oori Mae's Dress Shop
Farmer's First Bank
First Federal Savings & Loan
D. E. Furlow 5 & 10
Glassmyer's
God's Own Creation Christian
Book Store
Hess Men's Wear
The Jewelry Shoppe
Kathryn's Flowers & Gifts
Kenyon's Pastry Shop
Klotz Kleners
Lads & Lassies Children's
Apparel
Lippart's of Lititz
Lititz Book Store
Lititz Paint Shoppe
Home
Lititz Sewing Center
Long & Bomberger
Center
McElroy Pharmacy
The Pewter Mug
Shoes 'N Things
Spacht's Furniture Store
Stauffer's of Kissel Hill
Thomas Farm Market
Trudi K Shop
Ventures Chevrolet
Wilbur Chocolate Candy Outlet
W IN N E R S W I L L B E N O T I F I E D A N D A N N O U N C E D IN
N E X T W E E K ’S L I T I T Z R E C O R D E X P R E S S .
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Claude 6. Young
community activities, in
addition to his political
activities. He is chairman of
the Warwick Township
Zoning Hearing Board, chief
of the Rothsville Fire
Company, a member of the
R othsville Ambulance
Corps, chairman of the
Lancaster County Fireman’s
Association E x ecutiv e
Board, a Boy Scout merit
badge counselor and an
American Red Cross first aid
instructor.
Young and his wife, Ethel,
are the parents of four sons
and one daughter: Claude
Young, Jr., Rothsville; Gary
Lee, Lititz R4 Mts. Linda M.
Lutz, Rothsville; Craig A.,
Rothsville; and John G.,
Brunnerville.
‘Meet the Candidates’
Program Set for May 8
A “Meet the Candidates Night” will be sponsored by
Warwick Education Association on Thursday, May 8 at
7:30 p.m. at the Lititz Rec Center.
Candidates for the following offices have been invited to
participate: township supervisors, Lititz Boro Council,
district magistrate, and Warwick School Board.
The candidates will be presented in this order: first,
Boro Council; second, township supervisors; third,
district magistrate; fourth, School Board.
In each category candidates will draw a number to
determine who speaks first, second, etc.
Each candidate will be given three minutes to tell the
audience who he or she is and why he or she is running for
office. After each category, candidates will be asked to
answer questions from the audience.
Richard Pohner, chairman of the program, will serve as
moderator.
Dale Diehm
Endorsed The Republican Com­mittee
in Elizabeth Town­ship
had endorsed Dale F.
Diehm, Elm, for township
supervisor, according to an
announcement this week
from Leroy Ulrich, township
committeeman.
Diehm, 37, is affiliated
with Diehm & Sons, Sur­veyors,
in Lititz. He is a
certified sewage en­forcement
officer, and a
member of the Elizabeth
Township Zoning Board. He
is a former member of the
Warwick Area School
Authority and a former
auditor for Elizabeth
Township.
He is vying with Jay R.
Ober, Elizabeth Township
roadmaster, for the
Republican nomination.
Cycle Accident
Injures Man
David P. Minnich, 32,
Lititz R3, was treated at
General Hospital for back
sprain and leg bruises,
suffered Apr. 14 about 3:05
p.m. when his motorcycle
spilled on Oregon Pike at
East Roseville Road, Lan­caster.
Officer Michael W. Miller,
Manheim Township Police,
reported that Minnich,
southbound on Oregon Pike,
had passed two vehicles on
the right side when a third
vehicle, oncoming and
making a right turn in front
of the cycle, forced him to
spill the cycle to avoid im­pact.
Miller estimated damage,
to the cycle at $125.
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Stop For Those School Buses!
Lititz Police have reported charging four motorists
during the past month with passing stopped school buses
along South Broad Street.
Said Officer Sandhaus, “Most of the pffenders are older
people who don’t seem to know they should stop’.’
As a favor to police and to anyone who does not know
that YOU MUST STOP FOR A LOADING OR
UNLOADING SCHOOL BUS, we are running the following
Pennsylvania Motor vehicle code, Section 1018 which
deals with PASSING SCHOOL BUSES:
(a) On highways having roadways not divided by
safety islands or physical traffic separation in­stallations,
the driver of any vehicle approaching
or overtaking a school bus conforming to the
requirements of this act, which is being used for the
transportation of children and which has stopped
for the purpose of receiving or discharging one or
more school children, shall stop his vehicle not less
than ten (10) feet from the school bus and keep his
vehicle stationary until every school child shall
have entered the bus or every school child leaving
the school bus at that place shall have alighted and
reached the side of the highway.
If you have skimmed the preceeding article, perhaps
you would do well to reread it. . . as a favor to a child. .