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WITHIN LANCASTER COUNTY 14 PAGES — No. 16
Gwen Stauffer, Cynthia Stauffer respectively, in the 35th annual
(middle), and Skip Gerlach served as Queen of Candles pageant,
flower girls and crown bearer,
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" . .. The bombs bursting in air.” officials called the best fireworks
The sky over Lititz Springs Park display ever,
exploded into color with what park
10,000 Attend Lititz Celebration in Park By Barb Parmer
Somehow, it just didn’t
seem the same. In­dependence
Day came and
went for the 200th time in this
vast land of ours, and still,
the Lititz Springs Park gala
celebration did not get off the
ground.
Instead, the July 3
scheduled event succumbed
— at least temporarily — to
late afternoon showers. The
many disappointed pageant-goers
and fireworks en­thusiasts
had to postpone
their spirit of ’76 until
Monday.
But, in spite of the rain
delay, the park hosted 10,000-
plus spectators as it brought
in the second 200 years in
true red, white and blue
style.
Late afternoon balloon
rides by Jack Hagar and
music in the early evening
by the Washington Band of
Annville kicked off the 134th
annual park spectacle. The
Jordan Brothers, slated for
the early afternoon hours,
managed to get their part of
the show in on Saturday
before the rains came.
Then came the start of a
very special Bicentennial
show. John and Ann Fissel.
dressed in the garb of our
forefathers and mothers, led
the audience on a tour of the
highlights of Lititz history.
The Fissels stood in for
Vance and Mollie
Forepaugh, who could not
make the rain date as
George and Martha
Washington.
Following the glimpse into
the past, more memories
were unearthed as the
special Queen of the Candles
pageant presented the
previous 34 queens. Of the 34
women chosen to reign in the
over the Fourth of July
ceremonies, 26 were able to
attend this year’s show. The
postponement prevented a
few of the former queens
from participating, in­cluding
the 1942 winner, Mrs.
Robert E, Keenan (Polly
Moyer), who had to return to
her home in Wisconsin.
From the twelve can­didates
for this year’s 35th
pageant title, Elizabeth J.
Hanna was crowned by the
1975 queen, Cynthia L.
Gingrich. Miss Hanna,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Hanna, 303 E. Third
Ave., Lititz, took the
traditional stroll out the
walkway amid the delighted
cheers of family and friends
in the amphitheater
audience.
Miss Hanna was out­standing
in many activities
in high school, including
cheerleading and swimming,
when ' se' iuur state
records. She is also a
gradu <=• t f>r chool
of Modeling. She plans to
major in fine arts at Get­tysburg
College.
Her court included Vickie
L. Bechtold, Julie A. Becker,
Beverly J. Groff, Judy A.
Hess, Kim Kauffman,
Justina M. Kreider, Cheryl
L. Martin, Sheila M. Martin,
Martha A. Mentzer, Caroline
Miksch and Susan E. Myers.
Skip Gerlach, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Israel M . Gerlach,
409 Arrowhead Dr., bore the
Area GOP Re-elects McCloud
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Elizabeth Township residents are residents maintain this is prime
protesting a housing development farmland, never intended to be used
slated to go up on the Lea man Farm for residential development, and plan
(above) in the Brubaker Valley. The to appeal to local officials.
Elizabeth Township Residents
Fight to Save Prime Farmland
Paul McCloud, 428 S.
Spruce St., was re-elected
chairman of the Warwick
Area Republican Committee
at the group’s reorgani­zations!
meeting at the
E l i z a b e t h T ow n sh ip
Municipal Building in
Brickerville.
Mrs. Nancy Brenner,
Lititz R3, was elected vice-chairman.
Also elected were Mrs.
Nancy Workman, 208 E .
Lincoln Ave., re-elected
secretary; PaulF. Diehm, 24
S. Broad St., treasurer; and
Richard Walter, 33
Woodland Ave., and Leroy
U lr ic h , B r ic k e r v ille ,
representatives to the
L a n c a s t e r C o u n ty
R ep u b lic a n A d v iso r y
Committee. McCloud is
automatically a memeber of
the committee.
Discussion at Monday’s
meeting centered on plans to
get a maximum number of
voters registered before the
fall elections, and on possible
candidates for the next
School Board election.
Paul McCloud
McCloud said the com­mittee
plans to become in­volved
with issues and
problems of the school
district.
All committee posts in the
Warwick area are now filled,
with 12 in the borough, six in
Warwick Township and two
in Elizabeth Township.
crown for the new queen.
Gwen Stauffer and Cynthia
Stauffer, cousins, served as
flower girls in the ceremony.
Gwen is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. James Stauffer, 237
Landis Valley Road, and
Cynthia is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Stauffer,
Brunnerville Road.
Helen Becker chaired the
pageant event sponsored by
the Lititz Women’s Club.
Anne Hoover served as co-chairman.
Flowers were,-,
donated by Hendrick's
Flower Shop.
An estimated 8,000 candles
blazed the waterway and
surrounding grounds in the
park as the ceremony drew
to a close. Local Boy Scouts
lit this year’s immense
display to create a
“Fairyland of Candles.”
Several local businesses
and organizations added to
make this year’s display the
largest ever. The following
groups participated: Church
of God Youth Group, Far­mers
First Bank, First
Federal Savings and Loan
Association of Lancaster,
Lititz Community Center,
R e ta ile r s Association,
Women’s Club of Lititz,
McCloud, Scatchard, Derek
and Edison, Stauffer’s of
Kissel Hill, St. Paul’s
Lutheran Church Youth
Group, and Wilbur Chocolate
Co., Inc.
Then came a fitting climax
to a special birthday theme
of “Cherish the past, create
the future” — the long-awaited
fireworks display.
The sky and ground show,
described by park officials
as the best ever, ushered in
the start of the year 201 with
an appropriate bang.
Residents of the Brubaker
Valley in Elizabeth Town­ship
are trying to save an
area of prime farmland,
known as the Leaman farm,
from being used for a
residential developments of
29 houses.
The issue was brought
before the Lancaster County
Planning Commission June
28 for review, but Ray Boltz,
chairman of the county
Commission, told citizens
that the county’s hands are
tied because of the town­ship’s
present zoing laws.
According to current zoning
laws in the township the
development would be in a
rural zone that allows
residential development.
The county Planning
Commission agreed June 28
to an ammendment to the
Elizabeth Township zoning
ordinance that would
preserve farmland in the
future. The new zoning
would prohibit development
of about 1500 acres of land in
the township.
“The main problem is that
it takes longer for a zoning
law to be passed than for
approval on a housing
project,” said Roger Spotts,
who lives near the Leaman
farm. Many residents feel
that they were “beat out’* by
the Zimmerman plan, while
they tried to fight the
proposal through several
citizens’ meetings, which
according to Henry Keener,
another Brubaker Valley
resident, “haven’t ac­complished
a whole lot.”
“The Leaman farm has
long been considered prime
farmland in Elizabeth
Township, and it was never
intended to be used for a
residential development on a
massive sca le ,” Keener
said, “This land is land that
should be used for
agricultural purposes. It is
possibly the best farmland in
the area and we think it’s
worth saving.”
Other residents in the
township have expressed
similar sentiments regar­ding
the large area of
farmland located between
Brubaker Valley Road and
Hammerereek Church Road.
The farmland was owned by
Isaac Leaman until
February 1976. It was then
sold to Walter Horst, Leola,
and residents expected the
land to be continued to be
used for farming.
Paul Zimmerman, Clay
Township, bought the land
from Horst last April, and a
month later Zimmerman
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Welcome Wagon civic co-chairman
Darlene Diem (le ft) presented
checks in the amount of $1,131.67
each to Mark Hershey, president of
the Lititz Springs Park Board of
Trustees, and Mrs. Nancy Wolfe of the
Litltz-Warwick Community Chest.
The proceeds are from "An Old
Fashioned Day in the Park” , spon­sored
by the Welcome Wagon.
Hail to the Queen! Elizabeth Hanna was chosen
by the graduating class of Warwick High School to
reign as this year’s Queen of the Candles.
1778 Pharmacopeia
Druggists to Dedicate
Plaque Here Saturday
Pharmacists from all over
the United States will be in
Lititz on Saturday for the
dedication of a bronze
marker commemorating the
publication in 1778 of the
Lititz Pharmacopeia.
It will be placed on the
Brothers House in Church
Square, which was used as
the office of Dr. William
Brown, physician general of
the Lititz Revolutionary
Hospital, as well as an army
hospital.
The pharmacopeia was the
first American drug for­mulary
and represented a
pioneer effort to standardize
drug formulas. It was
compiled by Dr. Brown and
presented formulas for only
84 internal medicines and 16
external medicines, a
reflection of the poverty that
existed for the Revolu­tionary
army.
The marker will be placed
by the American Institute of
the History of Pharmacy in
conjunction with the Penn-sylvania
Pharmaceutical
Association, and is the third
and final one to be placed
during the Bicentennial
year. Other markers are at
the Carlisle Barracks and
Pennsylvania Hospital in
Philadelphia.
Glenn McElroy is coor­dinator
for the local event,
which will begin at 5 p.m. at
Church Square with
dedication of the plaque.
Mayor Raymond Reedy will
accept the plaque, which will
be installed on the Brothers
House later. Lecturer and
world traveler, David L.
Cowen, coucnil chairman
and historian for the A. I. H.
P., will be guest speaker.
After the ceremony, a
private Lantern Tour of the
Moravian Church will be
conducted for the group,
followed by a dinner at the
General Sutter Inn. Dr.
Byron Home, president of
the Lititz Historical Foun­dation,
will speak at the
dinner.
Boro Planners Approve
8-Unit Apartment Bldg.
John A. Hogan’s plans to
use his land on Landis Valley
Road to construct an eight
unit apartment was ap­proved
by the Lititz Planning
Commission Tuesday night.
Previously, the Zoning
Hearing Board approved
non-conforming use of the
land for the apartments,
provided Hogan met certain
restrictions.
In other action, the board
moved to recommend to
Lititz Boro Council that
William R. Hazlett be per­mitted
to divide his two-and-one-
half story dwelling and
lot from his one-story home
and lot on the southwest
comer of North Cedar and
New Streets.
The location of the
proposed extension of North
Oak Street remained un­decided.
The Planning
Commission is in the process
of drawing up alternative
sketches for the location of
the new street.
The Lititz planners will
hold a joint meeting with the
Warwick Township Planning
Commission, as requested
by Hurst Brothers, Wed­nesday,
July 28 at 7:30.
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