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è* r n j n j SERVING THE WARWICK AREA FOR NEARLY A CENTURY m :’>**'• 100th Year ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1177, AS THE SUNBEAM I CONSOLIDATED WITH THE LITITZ RECORD 1937] Lititz, Lancaster County, PA 17543, Thursday, April 8,1976 10 CENI S A COPY; S4.00 PER YEAR BY MAH WITHIN LANCASTER COUNTY 26 PAGES — No. 3 St. James Buys for New Church Site : The much discussed Doster Tract, a 17-acre tract of land on Woodcrest Avenue, owned by the Warwick School District, has been sold to St. James Catholic Church for $90,010 for the site for a new church. The church was top bidder for sale of the property. The bid award was announced Monday night at a special meeting of the School Board. The sale was approved by seven directors - John Evans, Roy Yeager, Wilson Smith, Ruth Husser, Wallace Hofferth, Raymond Groff, and David Buckwalter. Director William Owens abstained from voting and Director Richard Mearig was not present. Rev. Francis Nelson, pastor of St. James, said that a parish committee currently is working on a floor plan, building requirements, and a 20-year plan for the new church, and that he is not sure yet when actual construction will start. Hopefully, the building will begin within a year, he said. He said there are no plans for a rectory at this time, and that he will continue to reside with the Redemptorist Community iq Ephrata, while serving as full time pastor of St. James. No cost estimates on construction have been released yet. St. James began a building fund drive, about two years ago, with an $80,000 goal, and the congregation is now “92 percent on target,” with pledges, Father Nelson said this week. He said the parish will also be realizing money from the eventual sale of the present church on Front Street, and probably will also be selling the Becker tract, another piece of land the parish owns west of the borough. While the Doster Tract was always St. James' “first parish bought the Becker land when the school district took the Doster tract off the market last time. Father Nelson said the new church will be geared to accommodate about four times the number of people the present church building can accommodate, with a minimum seating capacity for 400. The present building seats 132. “We have really outgrown the present building,” he explained, adding that the new projected housing developments in this area will mean a significant increase in membership at St. James in the coming years. At present there are 345 active families in the parish and 1100 individual members. Of these, 220 children are enrolled in CCD classes (re lig io u s ed u c a tio n ), conducted in a house adjacent to the church, 42 attend elementary parochial school, and 18 attend secondary school. Father Nelson said there are no plans to build a parochial school on the new site, and that the elementary children will continue to go to school at Our Mother of Perpetual Help in Ephrata, and the secondary students will continue at Lancaster Catholic High School. The present building used to be St. James Lutheran Church. It was bought at .auction in 1919 by the Catholic community in tire Lititz area, which had been in existence since 1916 qnd had been meeting in a second floor apartment. Warwick School Board, in awarding the land to St. James, stipulated that settlement should be made between July 1 and 15. Money from the sale, according to state school law, may be used only for capital expenditures or debt service retirement. The School Board indicated it would be applied to the debt service. Lititz A ’Star' in New County Bicen Film Several years ago, Dr. Byron Home, head of the Lititz Historical Foundation, noticed a newspaper item that $65,000 had been appropriated to make a non - commercial Bicentennial film that would touch on different communities in Lancaster County. The producers were looking for suggestions on subjects for the film. Dr. Home wrote to the p ro d u c e rs, re commending that Lititz be given consideration in the film, and suggesting as possible subjects: the Park on the Fourth of July, the Trombone Choir, which is believed to be the oldest musical organization in the country, the Pretzel House, and the community’s Easter Dawn Service. Dr. Horne heard nothing further about the film for a long while and then one day he was called a t home and informed that “some movie people” were at Linden Hall. Upon investigating, Dr. Home found that the “movie people” were the producers and crew of the upcoming Bicentennial film, “ The Lancaster Experience,” and were in town to check out some of Dr. Home’s suggestions. It also turned out that the producer’s wife, Mrs. Irvin S. Yeaworth, Jr., was the sister of Mrs. John Keller of Lititz. The group of movie makers, in the process of their study, ruled out the Pretzel House because of its commercial nature, and ruled out the Easter Dawn Service because o f p h o t o g r a p h y problems. However they were 1 interested in the Trombone Choir, but they wanted to photograph this in the belfry of the Moravian Church. The choir director okayed this but said it would have to be on a Sunday. A Sunday, * unfortunately, meant overtime for the film-crew, but the producers , wanted the shot, and a Sunday filming they did, overtime or no, live from the Moravian Church belfry. Unfortunately, after the film was developed, the producers found there was a flat in the choir — not an uncommon situation in any musical group — and this particular flat showed up conspicuously on the sound track. However, the producers weren’t about to let go of the scene, so a new recording of the choir was made and this .was dubbed into the : sound track. The scene appears in the film in a series of musical events in county churches — it shows the choir playing from the steeple and includes a panorama of Church Square. The film producers were also interested in Lititz’ July 4th celebration in Lititz Springs Park. They worked through George Biemesderfer to film the pageant, the crowning of the queen, the candles along the spring. This sequence was used impressively to close the film, with the National Anthem as background music. The entire film was “extremely well done,” said Dr. Horne. “ It shows things that people who live here probably might not see, and definitely shows things that visitors would not ordinarily have a chance to see.” The film, presented by the Pennsylvania Dutch Tourist Bureau, can be seen at the Tourist Information Center, located on Hempstead Road (off Route 283 in Lancaster). It is shown on the hour from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekdays and from noon to 4 p.m. on Sundays. Cost of admission is 50 cents. Agreement Reached On Maternity Leaves For Warwick Teachers Warwick school directors came to an apparent agreement Monday night on a new maternity leave policy for teachers that permits up to 12 months unpaid leave of absence to care for a newborn baby. The term “maternity” no longer even appears in the proposed policy. The pregnancy period of former maternity leaves has been removed from Board policy, put under sick leave, and taken out of the realm of Board decision entirely. A subsequent unpaid leave for child care would begin on the date on which the new mother’s physician certifies her as recovered from childbirth and physically able to return to work. Requests for this type of leave would have to come before the Board for approval. This type of leave could not exceed 12 calendar months, and a teacher would have to return at the start of the nearest semester so that her leave did not exceed 12 calendar months. Tentative agreement on the controversial policy came afte r lengthy discussion at the Board’s Committee of the Whole, meeting Monday night. About 25 persons, many of them teachers and others Zoning Board Approves House on Plum Street The Lititz Zoning Hearing Board granted variances Monday evening to Douglas Woolley, Lancaster builder, to proceed with the construction of a house at the corner of Plum Street and Forney Drive, despite several objections from home-owners on both sides of the now vacant lot. Woolley had appeared before the choice” as a building site, board last month Father Nelson explained, the THIS WEEKEND Thursday, Friday, Saturday April 8, 9, 10 REGISTER IN LITITZ STORES No Purchase Necessary. Children under 18 must be accompanied by an adult to register. FOR G IF CERTIFICATES AND PRIZES. - 30 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: Arctic Express Benner's Pharmacy Bingeman's Clothing Store Bingeman's Restaurant Bob's Save Rite Market Commonwealth National Bank Dori Mae's Dress Shop Farmer's First Bank First Federal Savings & Loan Glassmyers God’s Own Creation Christian Book Store The Gladell Shop Hess Men's Wear Kenyon’s Pastry Shop Klotz Kleners Lads & Lassies Children's Apparel The Leather Set Lippart’s of Lititz Lititz Book Store Lititz Central Market Lititz Sewing Center Long & Bomberger Home Center McElroy Pharmacy The Pewter Mug Rent-A-Space Garage Shoes N Things Thomas Farm Market Travis Mills Fabric Outlet Store Trudi K Shop Wilbur Chocolate Candy Outlet WINNERS WILL BE NOTIFIED AND ANNOUNCED IN NEXT WEEK’S LITITZ RECORD EXPRESS. with plans for a single story home. At Monday night’s meeting, Woolley presented plans for a two-story house whose front door will face Plum St. Because it is a two-story house, the redesigned building will cover less area, explained Woolley. He presented the new design with the intention of overcoming some of the objections by neighbors that the new home would be too close to their houses. Opposition to the new design arose when Henry O. Reinard, 43 E. Plum St., and Mrs. Anna Showers, 132 Forney Drive, objected to the proposed height. They complained that it was higher than the other houses in the neighborhood. Vice-chairman Robert Derek measured the scale of Woolley’s plans and revealed that the height of the house was 19 feet to the peak of the gambrel (Dutch barn type) roof. “That’s basically the size of yours,” he told Reinard. Mrs. Showers was concerned that the proposed driveway would be built directly beneath her window but was reassured when zoners explained that there would be a 19-foot area including nine feet of lawn space on the Woolley land and 10 feet on her own land. Both Mrs. Showers and Reinard voiced their ap- GOP Rally Scheduled Tuesday at Fire Hall The 11 candidates for Congressman Eshleman’s Congressional seat have been invited to speak at a Republican rally at the new Lititz Fire Hall on West Main Street next Tuesday at 8 p.m. Each will be allowed five minutes to speak, followed by a period for questions. Byron Showers, vice Chairman in charge of campaigns, will act as moderator of the panel of candidates. The two speakers during the rally will be Sen. Clarence Manbeck of the 48th State Senatorial District and State Rep. Nick Moehimann from the 102nd Legislative District. Jacob Brown, Manheim Central Committee chairman, will introduce the speakers. Paul McCloud, Warwick Committee chairman, will introduce state and national committee people attending. Refreshments will be served. prehension that blasting for sewers, water lines and a sidewalk would crack their walls. “My house does not have any ruined walls,” stated Mrs. Showers. “ 1 went through this before (at a previous residence),” she continued. “1 want an inspector from the borough to come in to prove the walls were okay before the blasting.” The board approved construction of the single family dwelling according to variances granted in the R-l low density residential district. These included approval of construction on a 7500 square-foot lot instead of the required 8400 square-foot lot, for the reason stated that the undersized lot had been a lot-of-record since the mid-forties; also, approval of a 23-foot setback rather than the 28-foot setback provided for in R-l districts, for the reason that 50 percent of the other homes on the street are at a 23-foot setback. In this issue Business Directory 24 Church News 22 Classified Ads 14,15 Editorial Page 4 Sports Section 10 Women’s 18,19 Devoe Bear, board member, spoke for the residents of the Plum Street - Forney Drive area when he requested adding a condition stipulating that residents should be notified prior to blasting in order to assure time for inspection of their homes. Said Chairman Robert Bingeman, “I think (that would be) taking powers into our own hands that don’t belong to us.” Derek explained that the motion would include the statement that all safeguards would have to be taken under state law before blasting began. Plumbing Business Board members tabled an application from Larry N. Klopp, 46 E. Second Ave., requesting a special exception to operate a plumbing business from his home. After lengthy discussion, zoners concluded that the application, as it had been presented Monday night, could not be approved as a customary home occupation, which stipulates that the occupation be carried on solely within the principal building, in this case the Klopp home, and that no more than one outside person be employed. Klopp had told zoners that he planned to store various small plumbing materials in his garage. He also told them that he employed two men to help him in his plumbing business. He said he would be willing to store the materials in his basement and would consider alternatives as far as his two employees were concerned. The board suggested that, rather than make a hasty decision, Klopp should take another month to reconsider his presentation. They continued his application until the May 3 meeting, during which time he can present his application with alternatives that apply under the ordinance. interested in the pending maternity leave policy, were present. A new draft of the proposed policy will be prepared for action at the Board’s next regular meeting on April 20. Under the proposed policy, a teacher will have automatic 60 day insurance and hospitalization coverage after her unpaid leave begins. After that, she will have to convert from group insurance to an individual policy, and may return to group insurance after her leave of absence terminates. One teacher, Mrs. Marijane Ember, asked for reassurance that the Board would not turn down teachers’ requests for leave for child care. Directing her remarks to Director Owens, she wanted to know if the Board planned to Vote in the new policy, then consider such requests “frivolous” and turn them down. Owens replied that he does not consider this type of request “frivolous,” and Dr. Winger added that the granting of such leaves could practically be guaranteed. Asked by Director Husser if the proposed policy would include leaves for caring for a newborn adopted child, Dr. Winger said that the policy was written so that this also would be covered. During discussion, Board President John Evans balked at any lengthy child care leave, asking the Board: “Why are we putting in this long leave when industry doesn’t? You can’t get a year any place else.” Director Raymond Groff told Evans: “This is different than industry, we’re working with children.” Groff also said that he favored a year’s leave, but was against “this two year business,” which would have been permitted under a proposed policy introduced earlier in the meeting but reworked during the discussion. Football Parents In further discussion at the committee of the whole meeting, the Board indicated it would again permit the Warwick Football Parents’ Association to sell reserved seats for football games next season. This item will be put on a regular Board agenda. Director Hofferth went on record that “1 still believe everyone should have an equal chance at all the seats (in the stadium)” and indicated he would oppose the action. Football parents had also requested permission to prepare programs for the football games, including selling ads used in the programs. Presently, the programs are prepared by an individual not involved with the district, who sells advertising, takes care of having the programs printed, and then gives a donation to the school district. This year the FBLA and Varsity Club have been selling the programs and according to the high school principal, Harold Swisher, the clubs want to continue doing this. Superintendent, Dr. H. Dale Winger, recommended to the Board that the school retain the sale of the programs, and not turn this over to the football parents, and Swisher requested that the two clubs be permitted to take over selling the ads. Music Department The Board indicated it would approve the increase of the instrumental strings instructor’s time from a part-time to full-time position. Dr. Winger told the board that the strings program had been full-time until two years ago, when interest had “sagged,” but that now interest in the program has picked up. He said the instructor, Mrs. Mary Holmes, would also be conducting the Middle School orchestra, releasing instructor Ralph Leaman to work with the Middle School band. Roof Leaks + Plagued by serious leaks in the roof of the Middle School, the school district has now insisted that a new roof be put on a section of the building under a 20-year maintenance bond. Dr. Winger said the roof over the section of the building toward the railroad tracks (covering the science lab and general classrooms) has been patched numerous times, but the leaks are growing more serious and more damaging to the interior of the building. Hopefully, the new roof will go on over the summer, ho said. At Lititz Elementary, the C wing, the wing from the center of the building toward West Orange Street, is now renovated and occupied. This includes the new art room, the faculty lunchroom, kindergarten area, and classrooms. The next part of the project will be the B Wing, which runs from the center of the building to the alley, and includes the administrative and office area. NOTICE The ihonthly meeting of the Lititz Retailer’s Association has been scheduled for the second Wednesday of this month. The April meeting will be held next Wednesday, April 14, at 7:30 P.M. at the General Sutter Inn. All area businessmen are welcome and invited to attend. Public M e d to Help Clean Up Springs Park The Lititz Area Jaycees will again sponsor cleanup day in Lititz Springs Park on Saturday (rain date April 17) to prepare the park grounds for this season’s activities. All citizens are invited to participate anytime between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Several other community organizations, including area Boy Scouts, have been contacted to help in this year’s cleanup operation. Cleanup priorities include painting, setting up and repairing park benches and picnic tables, and general grounds cleanup. The Jaycees, in cooperation with the Park trustees, have urged all those who possibly can to spend an hour or more in the park to help prepare it for summer. No tax money is presently being used to maintain and preserve the park. If interested in helping, or for more information, contact Richard Stauffer, 626-2258.
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Full Text | è* r n j n j SERVING THE WARWICK AREA FOR NEARLY A CENTURY m :’>**'• 100th Year ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1177, AS THE SUNBEAM I CONSOLIDATED WITH THE LITITZ RECORD 1937] Lititz, Lancaster County, PA 17543, Thursday, April 8,1976 10 CENI S A COPY; S4.00 PER YEAR BY MAH WITHIN LANCASTER COUNTY 26 PAGES — No. 3 St. James Buys for New Church Site : The much discussed Doster Tract, a 17-acre tract of land on Woodcrest Avenue, owned by the Warwick School District, has been sold to St. James Catholic Church for $90,010 for the site for a new church. The church was top bidder for sale of the property. The bid award was announced Monday night at a special meeting of the School Board. The sale was approved by seven directors - John Evans, Roy Yeager, Wilson Smith, Ruth Husser, Wallace Hofferth, Raymond Groff, and David Buckwalter. Director William Owens abstained from voting and Director Richard Mearig was not present. Rev. Francis Nelson, pastor of St. James, said that a parish committee currently is working on a floor plan, building requirements, and a 20-year plan for the new church, and that he is not sure yet when actual construction will start. Hopefully, the building will begin within a year, he said. He said there are no plans for a rectory at this time, and that he will continue to reside with the Redemptorist Community iq Ephrata, while serving as full time pastor of St. James. No cost estimates on construction have been released yet. St. James began a building fund drive, about two years ago, with an $80,000 goal, and the congregation is now “92 percent on target,” with pledges, Father Nelson said this week. He said the parish will also be realizing money from the eventual sale of the present church on Front Street, and probably will also be selling the Becker tract, another piece of land the parish owns west of the borough. While the Doster Tract was always St. James' “first parish bought the Becker land when the school district took the Doster tract off the market last time. Father Nelson said the new church will be geared to accommodate about four times the number of people the present church building can accommodate, with a minimum seating capacity for 400. The present building seats 132. “We have really outgrown the present building,” he explained, adding that the new projected housing developments in this area will mean a significant increase in membership at St. James in the coming years. At present there are 345 active families in the parish and 1100 individual members. Of these, 220 children are enrolled in CCD classes (re lig io u s ed u c a tio n ), conducted in a house adjacent to the church, 42 attend elementary parochial school, and 18 attend secondary school. Father Nelson said there are no plans to build a parochial school on the new site, and that the elementary children will continue to go to school at Our Mother of Perpetual Help in Ephrata, and the secondary students will continue at Lancaster Catholic High School. The present building used to be St. James Lutheran Church. It was bought at .auction in 1919 by the Catholic community in tire Lititz area, which had been in existence since 1916 qnd had been meeting in a second floor apartment. Warwick School Board, in awarding the land to St. James, stipulated that settlement should be made between July 1 and 15. Money from the sale, according to state school law, may be used only for capital expenditures or debt service retirement. The School Board indicated it would be applied to the debt service. Lititz A ’Star' in New County Bicen Film Several years ago, Dr. Byron Home, head of the Lititz Historical Foundation, noticed a newspaper item that $65,000 had been appropriated to make a non - commercial Bicentennial film that would touch on different communities in Lancaster County. The producers were looking for suggestions on subjects for the film. Dr. Home wrote to the p ro d u c e rs, re commending that Lititz be given consideration in the film, and suggesting as possible subjects: the Park on the Fourth of July, the Trombone Choir, which is believed to be the oldest musical organization in the country, the Pretzel House, and the community’s Easter Dawn Service. Dr. Horne heard nothing further about the film for a long while and then one day he was called a t home and informed that “some movie people” were at Linden Hall. Upon investigating, Dr. Home found that the “movie people” were the producers and crew of the upcoming Bicentennial film, “ The Lancaster Experience,” and were in town to check out some of Dr. Home’s suggestions. It also turned out that the producer’s wife, Mrs. Irvin S. Yeaworth, Jr., was the sister of Mrs. John Keller of Lititz. The group of movie makers, in the process of their study, ruled out the Pretzel House because of its commercial nature, and ruled out the Easter Dawn Service because o f p h o t o g r a p h y problems. However they were 1 interested in the Trombone Choir, but they wanted to photograph this in the belfry of the Moravian Church. The choir director okayed this but said it would have to be on a Sunday. A Sunday, * unfortunately, meant overtime for the film-crew, but the producers , wanted the shot, and a Sunday filming they did, overtime or no, live from the Moravian Church belfry. Unfortunately, after the film was developed, the producers found there was a flat in the choir — not an uncommon situation in any musical group — and this particular flat showed up conspicuously on the sound track. However, the producers weren’t about to let go of the scene, so a new recording of the choir was made and this .was dubbed into the : sound track. The scene appears in the film in a series of musical events in county churches — it shows the choir playing from the steeple and includes a panorama of Church Square. The film producers were also interested in Lititz’ July 4th celebration in Lititz Springs Park. They worked through George Biemesderfer to film the pageant, the crowning of the queen, the candles along the spring. This sequence was used impressively to close the film, with the National Anthem as background music. The entire film was “extremely well done,” said Dr. Horne. “ It shows things that people who live here probably might not see, and definitely shows things that visitors would not ordinarily have a chance to see.” The film, presented by the Pennsylvania Dutch Tourist Bureau, can be seen at the Tourist Information Center, located on Hempstead Road (off Route 283 in Lancaster). It is shown on the hour from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekdays and from noon to 4 p.m. on Sundays. Cost of admission is 50 cents. Agreement Reached On Maternity Leaves For Warwick Teachers Warwick school directors came to an apparent agreement Monday night on a new maternity leave policy for teachers that permits up to 12 months unpaid leave of absence to care for a newborn baby. The term “maternity” no longer even appears in the proposed policy. The pregnancy period of former maternity leaves has been removed from Board policy, put under sick leave, and taken out of the realm of Board decision entirely. A subsequent unpaid leave for child care would begin on the date on which the new mother’s physician certifies her as recovered from childbirth and physically able to return to work. Requests for this type of leave would have to come before the Board for approval. This type of leave could not exceed 12 calendar months, and a teacher would have to return at the start of the nearest semester so that her leave did not exceed 12 calendar months. Tentative agreement on the controversial policy came afte r lengthy discussion at the Board’s Committee of the Whole, meeting Monday night. About 25 persons, many of them teachers and others Zoning Board Approves House on Plum Street The Lititz Zoning Hearing Board granted variances Monday evening to Douglas Woolley, Lancaster builder, to proceed with the construction of a house at the corner of Plum Street and Forney Drive, despite several objections from home-owners on both sides of the now vacant lot. Woolley had appeared before the choice” as a building site, board last month Father Nelson explained, the THIS WEEKEND Thursday, Friday, Saturday April 8, 9, 10 REGISTER IN LITITZ STORES No Purchase Necessary. Children under 18 must be accompanied by an adult to register. FOR G IF CERTIFICATES AND PRIZES. - 30 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: Arctic Express Benner's Pharmacy Bingeman's Clothing Store Bingeman's Restaurant Bob's Save Rite Market Commonwealth National Bank Dori Mae's Dress Shop Farmer's First Bank First Federal Savings & Loan Glassmyers God’s Own Creation Christian Book Store The Gladell Shop Hess Men's Wear Kenyon’s Pastry Shop Klotz Kleners Lads & Lassies Children's Apparel The Leather Set Lippart’s of Lititz Lititz Book Store Lititz Central Market Lititz Sewing Center Long & Bomberger Home Center McElroy Pharmacy The Pewter Mug Rent-A-Space Garage Shoes N Things Thomas Farm Market Travis Mills Fabric Outlet Store Trudi K Shop Wilbur Chocolate Candy Outlet WINNERS WILL BE NOTIFIED AND ANNOUNCED IN NEXT WEEK’S LITITZ RECORD EXPRESS. with plans for a single story home. At Monday night’s meeting, Woolley presented plans for a two-story house whose front door will face Plum St. Because it is a two-story house, the redesigned building will cover less area, explained Woolley. He presented the new design with the intention of overcoming some of the objections by neighbors that the new home would be too close to their houses. Opposition to the new design arose when Henry O. Reinard, 43 E. Plum St., and Mrs. Anna Showers, 132 Forney Drive, objected to the proposed height. They complained that it was higher than the other houses in the neighborhood. Vice-chairman Robert Derek measured the scale of Woolley’s plans and revealed that the height of the house was 19 feet to the peak of the gambrel (Dutch barn type) roof. “That’s basically the size of yours,” he told Reinard. Mrs. Showers was concerned that the proposed driveway would be built directly beneath her window but was reassured when zoners explained that there would be a 19-foot area including nine feet of lawn space on the Woolley land and 10 feet on her own land. Both Mrs. Showers and Reinard voiced their ap- GOP Rally Scheduled Tuesday at Fire Hall The 11 candidates for Congressman Eshleman’s Congressional seat have been invited to speak at a Republican rally at the new Lititz Fire Hall on West Main Street next Tuesday at 8 p.m. Each will be allowed five minutes to speak, followed by a period for questions. Byron Showers, vice Chairman in charge of campaigns, will act as moderator of the panel of candidates. The two speakers during the rally will be Sen. Clarence Manbeck of the 48th State Senatorial District and State Rep. Nick Moehimann from the 102nd Legislative District. Jacob Brown, Manheim Central Committee chairman, will introduce the speakers. Paul McCloud, Warwick Committee chairman, will introduce state and national committee people attending. Refreshments will be served. prehension that blasting for sewers, water lines and a sidewalk would crack their walls. “My house does not have any ruined walls,” stated Mrs. Showers. “ 1 went through this before (at a previous residence),” she continued. “1 want an inspector from the borough to come in to prove the walls were okay before the blasting.” The board approved construction of the single family dwelling according to variances granted in the R-l low density residential district. These included approval of construction on a 7500 square-foot lot instead of the required 8400 square-foot lot, for the reason stated that the undersized lot had been a lot-of-record since the mid-forties; also, approval of a 23-foot setback rather than the 28-foot setback provided for in R-l districts, for the reason that 50 percent of the other homes on the street are at a 23-foot setback. In this issue Business Directory 24 Church News 22 Classified Ads 14,15 Editorial Page 4 Sports Section 10 Women’s 18,19 Devoe Bear, board member, spoke for the residents of the Plum Street - Forney Drive area when he requested adding a condition stipulating that residents should be notified prior to blasting in order to assure time for inspection of their homes. Said Chairman Robert Bingeman, “I think (that would be) taking powers into our own hands that don’t belong to us.” Derek explained that the motion would include the statement that all safeguards would have to be taken under state law before blasting began. Plumbing Business Board members tabled an application from Larry N. Klopp, 46 E. Second Ave., requesting a special exception to operate a plumbing business from his home. After lengthy discussion, zoners concluded that the application, as it had been presented Monday night, could not be approved as a customary home occupation, which stipulates that the occupation be carried on solely within the principal building, in this case the Klopp home, and that no more than one outside person be employed. Klopp had told zoners that he planned to store various small plumbing materials in his garage. He also told them that he employed two men to help him in his plumbing business. He said he would be willing to store the materials in his basement and would consider alternatives as far as his two employees were concerned. The board suggested that, rather than make a hasty decision, Klopp should take another month to reconsider his presentation. They continued his application until the May 3 meeting, during which time he can present his application with alternatives that apply under the ordinance. interested in the pending maternity leave policy, were present. A new draft of the proposed policy will be prepared for action at the Board’s next regular meeting on April 20. Under the proposed policy, a teacher will have automatic 60 day insurance and hospitalization coverage after her unpaid leave begins. After that, she will have to convert from group insurance to an individual policy, and may return to group insurance after her leave of absence terminates. One teacher, Mrs. Marijane Ember, asked for reassurance that the Board would not turn down teachers’ requests for leave for child care. Directing her remarks to Director Owens, she wanted to know if the Board planned to Vote in the new policy, then consider such requests “frivolous” and turn them down. Owens replied that he does not consider this type of request “frivolous,” and Dr. Winger added that the granting of such leaves could practically be guaranteed. Asked by Director Husser if the proposed policy would include leaves for caring for a newborn adopted child, Dr. Winger said that the policy was written so that this also would be covered. During discussion, Board President John Evans balked at any lengthy child care leave, asking the Board: “Why are we putting in this long leave when industry doesn’t? You can’t get a year any place else.” Director Raymond Groff told Evans: “This is different than industry, we’re working with children.” Groff also said that he favored a year’s leave, but was against “this two year business,” which would have been permitted under a proposed policy introduced earlier in the meeting but reworked during the discussion. Football Parents In further discussion at the committee of the whole meeting, the Board indicated it would again permit the Warwick Football Parents’ Association to sell reserved seats for football games next season. This item will be put on a regular Board agenda. Director Hofferth went on record that “1 still believe everyone should have an equal chance at all the seats (in the stadium)” and indicated he would oppose the action. Football parents had also requested permission to prepare programs for the football games, including selling ads used in the programs. Presently, the programs are prepared by an individual not involved with the district, who sells advertising, takes care of having the programs printed, and then gives a donation to the school district. This year the FBLA and Varsity Club have been selling the programs and according to the high school principal, Harold Swisher, the clubs want to continue doing this. Superintendent, Dr. H. Dale Winger, recommended to the Board that the school retain the sale of the programs, and not turn this over to the football parents, and Swisher requested that the two clubs be permitted to take over selling the ads. Music Department The Board indicated it would approve the increase of the instrumental strings instructor’s time from a part-time to full-time position. Dr. Winger told the board that the strings program had been full-time until two years ago, when interest had “sagged,” but that now interest in the program has picked up. He said the instructor, Mrs. Mary Holmes, would also be conducting the Middle School orchestra, releasing instructor Ralph Leaman to work with the Middle School band. Roof Leaks + Plagued by serious leaks in the roof of the Middle School, the school district has now insisted that a new roof be put on a section of the building under a 20-year maintenance bond. Dr. Winger said the roof over the section of the building toward the railroad tracks (covering the science lab and general classrooms) has been patched numerous times, but the leaks are growing more serious and more damaging to the interior of the building. Hopefully, the new roof will go on over the summer, ho said. At Lititz Elementary, the C wing, the wing from the center of the building toward West Orange Street, is now renovated and occupied. This includes the new art room, the faculty lunchroom, kindergarten area, and classrooms. The next part of the project will be the B Wing, which runs from the center of the building to the alley, and includes the administrative and office area. NOTICE The ihonthly meeting of the Lititz Retailer’s Association has been scheduled for the second Wednesday of this month. The April meeting will be held next Wednesday, April 14, at 7:30 P.M. at the General Sutter Inn. All area businessmen are welcome and invited to attend. Public M e d to Help Clean Up Springs Park The Lititz Area Jaycees will again sponsor cleanup day in Lititz Springs Park on Saturday (rain date April 17) to prepare the park grounds for this season’s activities. All citizens are invited to participate anytime between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Several other community organizations, including area Boy Scouts, have been contacted to help in this year’s cleanup operation. Cleanup priorities include painting, setting up and repairing park benches and picnic tables, and general grounds cleanup. The Jaycees, in cooperation with the Park trustees, have urged all those who possibly can to spend an hour or more in the park to help prepare it for summer. No tax money is presently being used to maintain and preserve the park. If interested in helping, or for more information, contact Richard Stauffer, 626-2258. |
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