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WITHIN LANCASTER COUNTY 22 PAGES — No. 37
Trash
Bids
Opened
Lititz Boro Council opened
bids for a three-year gar­bage
and trash collection,
unanimously voted to cut the
police cruiser fleet from
three to two full-time
vehicles, and made a quick
run-down over the proposed
borough budget for 1976 at its
regular meeting Nov. 25.
A longer budget review is
scheduled for Monday night,
along with the awarding of
the garbage contract and bid
openings at 7 p.m. for water
main extensions on Sixth
Street from South Cedar to
South Spruce Streets.
Four firms bid on the
garbage and trash contract,
with Quality Lines, Inc.,
Maytown, apparent low
bidder at $120,528 for three
years, $3348 as the monthly
cost, and 16 cents a bag for
trash in excess of three
containers per week per
household.
This bid, Council noted,
was considerably less than
Council had anticipated new
rates would be.
Other bidders were United
D i s p o s a l , I n c . ,
Elizabethtown, (The present
contractor) at $149,421 for
three ye§rs, 19 cents per
tagged bag; Steven Barry,
Newmanstown, at $162,000
for three years, 30 cents per
tagged bag; and Greater
Lancaster Disposal Corp.,
Lancaster, at $181,798.92 for
three years, 23 cents per
tagged bag.
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Scott Myers arrived in custody of police before
his preliminary hearing Friday at the office of
District Justice Paul Diehm, 104 E. Main St
Lititz Planners Okay
Apts., Industrial Land
Donald Stoner, brother of slain John Stoner and
suspect in the Nov. 19 burglary of Heritage
Chevrolet on Kissel Hill arrived in police custody
i i t l t z R e c o r d E x p r e s s P h o to s
Friday for a preliminary hearing on the burglary.
Trooper Raymond Fry of the Lancaster State Police
(right) had conducted the burglary investigation.
Lititz planners questioned
Tuesday evening whether or
not a request for rezoning a
large home on East Lincoln
Avenue to allow the owner to
add two apartments would
constitute spot zoning.
The request, brought
before the planning com­mission
by Mrs. Charles
Gundrum, 201 E. Lincoln
Ave., asked planners to
consider rezoning the
property from R-l to R-2.
The question as to whether
it would be considered spot
zoning or not arose when
planners discovered the
house was separated from an
R-2 district by another
street. Could rezoning the
property then be considered
an expansion of an R-2
district rather than a
rezoning of a single
property, they wondered.
The answer was provided
by Secretary Dave Anderson
who told planners he had
received earlier information
from Planning Consultant
Garth Becker who explained
that zoning always goes to
the center of a street unless
otherwise specified.
Satisfied that the ex­pansion
of the R-2 district to
include the Gundrum
property would not be
construed as spot zoning, the
planners approved and
recommended the change to
borough council provided the
apartments meet all
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Zoners See Plans For Post Office Addition
Members of the Lititz
Zoning Hearing Board ex­pressed
approval of the
preliminary plans for the
proposed addition to the
Lititz Post Office during
their December meeting
Monday evening.
Mike Hoffman, project
manager for the Reading
firm of Muhlenberg-Greene,
architects retained by the
U.S. Postal Service for the
Lititz addition, told zoners
they were impressed with
the design of the present post
office: “It’s architecturally
handsome, well maintained,
symmetrical and has
character,” said Hoffman.
John Evans (second from left) was re-elected
president of Warwick School Board Monday night,
and Mrs. Elizabeth Thomas (left) was re-named
secretary. Newly elected officers are Wallace
Hofferth (third from left), vice-president, and
David Buckwalter (right), treasurer. The elections
took place during the Board's annual
reorganization meeting.
The 40 by 44-foot planned
addition has been proposed
to run along the south west
side of the present post office
building and will maintain
the same character, color
and detailed cornice work,
according to Hoffman.
The parking area on the
Cedar Street side will be
enlarged to include parking
for 27 vehicles for carriers
and other employees ana t©^
allow larger trucks in for the
bigger deliveries anticipated
in the future.
“We’re being pressured to
provide as much parking on
the site as we can get there,
“ Larry Greene told zoners,
and explained that postal
officials had originally ex­pressed
a desire for 30 or 40
parking spaces.
The architects plan to
screen off the more ex­tensive
parking area by
means of a large hedge. A
new driveway entrance will
be constructed south of the
old entrance along Cedar
Street.
The addition to the Lititz
building will be consturcted
as part of the expansion and
modernization project ap­proved
by the U.S. Postal
Service. Requested because
of a need to service a
growing community with
more carriers, the floor plan
includes more work space
for postal employees.
Impressed by the plan and
its semblance to the design
of the original building,
zoners were nevertheless
concerned that trees on the
proposed parking area might
be cut down unnecessarily.
Said Chairman Robert
Derek, “Wherever we can,
we’d like to save (trees); it’s
that much green we’d be
losing in the downtown area.
If it (a tree) comes between
two parking stalls, we can
still save it,” he added noting
that his main concern was
the bigger trees which might
be affected by the con­struction.
The board reminded
Greene and Hoffman that
approval of the Historical
Area Advisory Committee
was necessary for building in
the historical downtown
portion of Lititz, but they
agreed it was likely the
committee would approve
the addition because it is
similar to the original
building design.
Greene asked zoners their
opinion on whether they felt
windows would be desirable
at the rear of the new ad­dition.
He pointed out that
their plans included windows
but said postal officials did
not want windows at the rear
of the building for security
reasons.
“Yes,” said Derek, “we’d
like to see windows on the
south side. We don’t want
that massive vault look;
windows would add to the
look (of the building).”
Zoners mentioned more
than once during the course
of the discussion that "Lititz
was lucky to have a post
office building that blends in
so well with the “flavor” of
the historical district, unlike
many older post office
buildings that detract from
rather than add to the beauty
of a community.
“We’re happy you decided
to build the addition in the
rear and keep the flavor of
the downtown area,” they
added.
In conclusion, zoners in­vited
representatives of the
firm to come before the
zoining hearing board
whenever the final plans
were ready and present
them to the gathering of
zoners and HAAC committee
members for final approval.
Two Signs Approved
Zoners granted Harold
McKinney, proprietor of
Harold’s House of
Photography, 73 E. Main St.,
a special authorization to
erect a wooden, unlighted
sign, cream color with dark
brown lettering.
McKinney had installed
the sign before going before
the board but told zoners the
sign could quickly be
removed until the official
permit was obtained if there
was any question about the
zoning authorization.
A second application for
sign approval after the sign
had been erected were
received from Luther Acres,
600 E. Main St.
Spokesman for Luther
Acres, Donald Smith, ex­plained
that the sign went up
prematurely because they
had replaced another sign
with the new one and he was
unaware a permit had to be
obtained for a sign in the
same place. He added that
the permit should have been
obtained by Wickersham
Construction, the firm
retained by Luther Acres,
because such requirements
were covered in their con­tract.
Zoners approved the sign
subject to the following
stipulations: that the three
lights installed on the ground
at the base of the sign would
be located in such a way so
as to not affect passing
motorists and adjacent
residents; that possible
landscaping be considered if
needed to subdue the light
source; and that the bulbs
used in the three lights
shining on the sign be
restricted to a maximum of
75 watts.
School Board Re-elects Evans LITITZ RETAILER’S PRESENT
John M. Evans, 206 Owl
Hill Rd., was re-elected to
his third term as Warwick
School Board president
during the Board’s
reorganizational meeting
Monday night.
Evans was re-elected to a
new six-year term on the
Board in the general election
last month.
N O T I C E
Due to Lititz stores
being open Mon. to
Fri. til 9 P.M. for the
c o n v e n ie n c e of
Christmas shoppers,
th e D e c em b e r
meeting of the Lititz
R e ta ile r ’s Asso­ciation
has been
cancelled. Regular
monthly meetings,
held the second
Wednesday of each
month, will resume in
January.
Wallace B. Hofferth was
elected vice-president of the
Board, succeeding Raymond
C. Groff, and David E. Buck-waiter
was elected
treasurer, to fill the unex­pired
term of Henry Martin,
Jr., who did not seek re-election
to the Board in
November.
Mrs. Elizabeth Thomas
will continue as secretary to
the Board.
Two newly-elected school
directors, Ruth M. Husser
and Wilson B. Smith, were
sworn into office along with
Evans. Mrs. Husser was
named as Warwick’s
representative to the In­termediate
Unit 13 Board of
Directors. Smith was named
to the Vo-Tech Join Com­mittee,
with Dr. Roy Yeager
as alternate. Buckwalter
was named to the Lancaster
County Tax Bureau, with
Business Manager Robert
Boltz as alternate.
Roger Reist was renamed
solicitor for the Board.
The Board re-established
the third Tuesday of each
month, at 7:30 p.m., as its
regular meeting date, along
with the annual
reorganizational meeting the
first Monday in December.
Meetings will be rotated
among various schools in the
district throughout the year.
Committee of the Whole
meetings will again be held
the first Monday of each
month at 7:30 p.m. at the
high school.
In This Issue
Business Directory 18
Church News 16
Classified Ads 20,21
Editorial Page 4
Sports Section 6,7
Women’s 10,11
S O U N D S
O F T H E
S EA S O N
THIS FRIDAY NIGHT IN DOWNTOWN LITITZ
8 P.M. TO 7 PJM. AND 7:45 TO 8:30 P.M.
★ WARWICK HIGH BRASS ENSEMBLE ★
Shoppers in Lititz this Friday evening are in for a special treat sponsored by the Lititz Retailers
Association. A Brass Ensemble from Warwick High School will be playing your favorite Christmas
songs and carols throughout the downtown shopping district.
Ther merchants of Lititz are ready to fill every need on your Christmas list - the stores are
beautifully decorated, the shelves are full, Santa is in his Castle,
i # So pause a few moments as you shop this Friday evening and enjoy the “Sounds of the Season,”
y played by the Warwick High School Brass Ensemble.
Stoner
Inquest
Tues.
Will Be at
League Bldg.
On Broad St.
Dr. Joseph W. Grosh,
Warwick Township deputy
coroner, will preside over
the inquest into the Nov. 19
shooting death of John
Michael Stoner by a
M a n h e im T ow n sh ip
policeman when the hearing
convenes next Tuesday
(Dec. 9) at 9:30 a.m. at the
Young Men’s Business
League, 4 N. Broad St.
The decision to hold the
inquest was made by County
Coroner Dr. Newton Kendig
after receiving a request for
the hearing from District
Attorney D. Richard Eck-man
and on the strength of
information collected during
a state police investigation.
Stoner, 26, a suspect in the
Nov. 19 burglary of Heritage
Chevrolet on Kissel Hill, was
shot by Sgt. Jack
Nunemacher of the
Manheim Township police as
he allegedly fled the scene.
Reports state that as
Stoner fled the scene,
Manheim Township Officer
Dale McCurdy tackled him,
brought him down and a
scuffle ensued.
During the scuffle, ac­cording
to reports, McCurdy
lost his gun, and when Stoner
got up and started running
again, the officer apparently
thought the suspect had
taken his gun.
McCurdy shouted to
Nunemacher that the fleeing
man had his gun, but a few
moments later he discovered
the gun, picked it up and
fired a warning shot.
Apparently, Nunemacher,
thinking the shot had been
fired by Stoner, fired his
shotgun toward what he said
was the left of the fleeing
suspect.
Stoner died a short time
later In St. Joseph’s hospital.
In addition to the two
M a n h e im T ow n sh ip
policemen involved in the
shooting, the two burglary
suspects who reportedly
accompanied Stoner - Scott
Myers, 19, and Stoner’s
brother, Donald, 25, - will be
present as witnesses during
the inquest.
Preliminary
Hearing Held
Stoner and Myers were
brought before District
Justice Paul Diehm on
Friday, Nov. 28, for
preliminary hearings to
weigh the evidence against
them in the Heritage
Chevrolet burglary.
Said Effie Keller, Justice
Diehm’s secretary at the
J.P. office, 104 E. Main St.,
“This is the largest crowd
we’ve had here since the
Clair case,” referring to an
area man accused of killing
his wife four or five years
ago.
Approximately 25 people,
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State Rep. To
Visit Here Today
State Representative
Nick Moehlmann will be
at the Lititz Rec Center
today (Thursday) at 7
p.m., and at the Penryn
Fire Hall Friday at 7
p.m. to meet with
constituents from this
area. Any citizen who
wants to m e e t the
representative, voice a
complaint, or just talk is
invited to attend.