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WITHIN LANCASTER COUNTY 18 PAGES — No. 20
John Esperian, new headmaster at changes he plans for the 230-year old
Linden Hall, discusses some of the girls school on East Main Street.
New Headmaster Plans
Changes at Linden Hall
By Peggy Frailey
An updated educational
program and riddance of
some old rules and
regulations are being
mapped out for Linden Hall
School for Girls this year by
its new headmaster, John
Esperian, educator, prize­winning
photographer, and,
science fiction writer.
The 38-year old head­master,
who took over his
duties this summer, will be
adding a fresh dimension to
the 230-year old girls school
on East Main Street, in an
attempt to increase the
declining enrollment that
has been plaguing private
schools all over the country
for the past several years.
The main emphasis will be
on individual concern and
attention to students,
Esperian said, stressing that
this is a major advantage
private schools have over
public institutions.
“Public schools can’t
touch us on this,” he ob­served.
“My conferences
with parents show they want
to know you know and care
about their child. They don’t
want language labs and
fancy equipment so much -
they want care and love for
their children. I ’m going to
ensure that’s being done
here and add programs that
are educationally sound and
fun - useful programs.”
Better courses of study
and better standards in these
courses are part of the plan.
More student participation -
in things like film labs,
photography and journalism
clubs, college courses for
credit - are also in the offing.
Latin will be cut from the
curriculum, he said, and a
new teacher, who will be the
second male on the staff, has
been hired to teach a
revitalized German class.
The school’s Bible course
will be changed from a four-year
study of the Bible to a
graduated course in religion
and philosophy, ending with
a study of comparative
religion in the senior year,
all to be taught by Bishop
Schattschneider.
There will be a let-up on
some of the restrictions on
students, too, said Esperian,
who has been a teacher and
administrator in private
independent schools since
1963.
“Structure is necessary;
kids need to know what,
when, where, and how,” the
n ew h e a d m a s t e r
acknowledged. “But that’s
all education. They only
learn by doing things
themselves. There will be no
more arbitrary decisions.”
“ For instance, there’s
been a rule on the books that
a girl can’t get up for drink of
water after light’s out,” he
smiled. “It’s a useless rule.”
“And bells,” he went on.
“ So many things are
regulated by bells. How
would you like your entire
day regulated by a bell!
We’re going to put in lots of
clocks and & people can’t tell
by a clock when it’s time to
start and stop something,
then it’s time they learned.”
Dating rules will be
relaxed, too. For years,
Linden Hall girls were not
allowed to date local boys.
But it’s an arbitrary,
d is c r im in a t in g ru le ,
Esperian believes. “ The
students must cultivate the
ability to judge character
themselves,” he said.
Uniforms for students? “I
don’t much like uniforms,”
he admitted, “but they just
got them last year and
they’re here, so we’ll let
them stay for now. I don’t
believe in arbitrarily
changing things; I want to
see how the students and
their parents feel about
them, and then we’ll see.”
With a background of
teaching and administration
in schools in the Caribbean
and Vienna, as well as the
states, Esperian looks at his
new post with a critical eye
and as a challenge.
“It was a combination of
Linden Hall’s potential (as a
pleasant place to go to
school) and the fix it was in
that attracted me to it,” he
said.
For the past several years,
the school’s enrollment has
dropped steadily, along with
its financial resources. Last
year, only 51 students were
enrolled. This year, so far, 32
have re-enrolled, and 17 new
students have signed up.
Esperian expects more by
fall.
“There has been a slow
process of economic change
and some didn’t realize this
in time. The programs were
not keeping up with the
times,” he said, analyzing
part of the school’s
problems.
Nor were they getting good
managers for the school, he
pointed out. Ministers have
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Pool Open for 20 Years
Woodridge Bums Mortgage
The Lititz Zoning Hearing
Board and Dr. Reyer 0 .
Swan reached a compromise
Monday night to keep the
Lititz Family Health Cen­ter’s
lights from shining in a
neighboring residence.
Harry J . Schuler, 550 W.
Second Ave., sent a letter of
complaint to the board,
stating that the health center
did not follow the zoning
restrictions set March 1
which includes the provision
of a buffer at least 42 inches
high between the clinic
parking lot and the neigh­boring
residence.
Dr. Swan said several
hemlock trees had been
planted about six feet apart
in the area in question.
Apparently they have not
e f f e c t iv e ly s c r e e n e d
headlights and overhead
lights from the Schuler
residence.
“We are trying really to
place a buffer screen bet­ween
you and the residence
next to you,” board member
Robert Derek explained.
Dr. Swan had no objections
to a suggested compromise
to plant about six or seven
more trees staggered in
between the ones already at
the side of the lot. The board
decreed that such a move
would be sufficient to
provide a complying buffer
between the two properties.
In other action, the zoning
board again heard the case
of Robert G. Redman, 62 E.
Main St., who wants to
convert a part of his
property to a day-home
center.
At the last meeting,
Redman sought permission
to convert his two-story
garage to a day care center.
However, he needed several
additional parking spaces to
comply with zoning
regulations.
Now, he is seeking per­mission
to change one of his
apartments to a day-home
center, which allows a
maximum of six children,
instead of 15 as in a day care
center. He will need five
parking spaces for this and
the remaining two apart­ments.
The board expressed
concern as to where mothers
could stop to drop off and
pick up their children and
requested Redman to bring
more complete plans to the
next meeting.
It was also established that
he must refile for an ap­plication
since he changed
his original plans for a day
care center to a day-home
center.
In this issue
Crowds gathered in Lititz, Saturday, July 31, to browse through the tenth annual Lititz Outdoor Art
Show, which was displayed throughout town.
More Than 260 Artists Display Work
Crowd Gathers at
Annual Lititz Art Show
Business Directory 14
Church News 12
Classified Ads 16,17
Editorial Page 4
Sports Section 6,7,8,9
Women’s 10
By Laurie Knowles
The usually tranquil
streets of Lititz were trans­formed
into a commotion of
activity when more than 260
artists displayed their work
at the tenth annual Lititz
Outdoor Art Show, Saturday,
July 31.
The show was held on the
sidewalks of Broad and Main
Streets, and the children’s
show, featuring more than 32
young artists, was in the
entrance area of Lititz
Springs Park.
The art show is sponsored
every year by the Village Art
Association and the
Retailers Association, and
each year since 1966 the
show has drawn more and
more art enthusiasts from
throughout the eastern part
of the state.
Judges for the show were
two prominent artists,
Albert Gold, Philadelphia,
and Albert J . Pastore,
Broomall, Pa. Judges for the
children’s division of the
show were Mr. and Mrs.
Ronald Hamsher, Lititz.
The Best of Show award of
$100 was presented to Rick
Huck, Mount Joy, for his
abstract painting. The
winning works were
displayed after judging in
the driveway of Farmers
First Bank.
Winners in the watercolor
division were Bruce John­son,
Mount Gretna, first
prize of $50; Cecilia Riegel,
Kennett Square, second
prize of $25; Brad Hen-dershot,
Pennsburg, third
prize of $15, and Mildred
Hossler, Hamburg, fourth
prize of $10. Honorable
mentions went to Ja ck
Kaiser, Glenmore, and
Joann Hensel, Millersville.
Timothy Landis, Lititz,
received first prize of $50 in
the oils category, and
Isadore LaDuca, Easton,
won the $25 second prize.
Third prize of $15 was
awarded to David Leese,
York, and fourth prize of $10
went to Brian Warfel
Gilbertsville. Honorable
mentions in the oils division
were given to David Moss,
Lancaster, and Alvin
Schnupp, Ephrata.
In the category of graphic
arts the first prize winner
was Judy Swinger,
Philadelphia. Prizes were
awarded also to Robert
Sh in e r, Elizabethtown,
second prize; David Leese,
York, third prize, and
Norma W. Line, Wallingford,
fourth prize. Honorable
mentions went to Kay
Rosenberg, Windsor, and
Peter Hoag, Lancaster.
In the sculpture division
prizes were awarded to
Frank Thomas, Lancaster,
first prize; Mike Imes,
Reading, second prize; Tim
Landis, Lititz, third prize,
and Mike Parameros,
Baltimore, Md., fourth prize.
An honorable mention was
given to Robert Tobias,
Cornwall.
In the children’s division
the Best of Show award of $10
was presented to Barry
Smith, Lancaster. Beth Ann
Shenk, Manheim, received
the Most Potential award of
$10.
First prize winners in­cluded
Michael Hammond,
Lititz, age 1-7; Amy Rock­well,
Lancaster, age 8-11,
and Michael Kauffman,
Lititz, age 12-14.
Runners-up were Denise
Heisey, Lititz, age 1-7;
Trilby Bishop, age 8-11; and
Ricky Frane, Lancaster, age
12-14.
Honorable mentions in the
children’s division were
given to Natalie Zug,
Jeanette Smith, Jodi Myers,
Mark Odum, Jed Kissinger,
and Kevin Bookman.
Prizes were sponsored by
several Lititz organizations,
including the Lititz Rotary
Club, The Lititz ABC Club,
Lititz Retailers, Lititz Lion’s
Club, and the Lititz Woman’s
Club.
The President of the
Village Art Association is
Floyd F. Hackman, and
members include Norma
E i c h h o l t z , V a n c e
Forepaugh, Mary Carolyn
Hershey, Florence Him-melberger,
Bob Him-melberger,
Max Hoffman,
Ida Kline, Helen Koth, Mary
Lefever, Dan Lefever, Nellie
Ruth, R.M. Shank, John
Skinner, Jr ., Albert Taft,
Earla Templeton, and Rita
Washburn.
The; art show was held
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The
awards for adult winners
were presented at about 4:30
p.m., and the paintings were
displayed in the Farmers
First driveway. By 5 p.m.
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The $100 Best of Show Award went to Rick Huck,
Mount Joy, for this painting at the Lititz Art Show.
Just eight days shy of 20
full years of official service,
the Woodridge swimming
pool sent its mortgage up in
smoke.
In a grand Saturday night
celebration which included
the attendance of the first
corporate officers and the
first board of governors,
Woodridge supporters
watched the mortgage
burning ceremony.
The burning marked the
payment of a $25,000 loan
from the Farmers F irs t
Bank of Lititz, 21 years after
the idea for the private club
was conceived.
Three couples, Mr. and
Mrs. Lloyd Shaeffer, Mr. and
Mrs. James Yerger, and Mr.
and Mrs. Paul McCloud,
visited a swim club in
Reading back in the summer
of 1955. They were impressed
with what they saw, and
shortly after the new year
came in, land was optioned
by Paul S. Nolt and tem­porary
officers were
established for the forming
of Woodridge.
The land was purchased,
and on Feb. 29,1956, the non­profit
corporation was
organized. Fifteen corporate
members made up the first
board of governors and first
officers:
Dr. Edward Kowalewski,
president; Richard S.
Allebach, administrative
vice president; Paul W.
McCloud, vice president -
pool and grounds; James H.
Yerger, secretary; the late
P. Victor Kingswell,
treasurer; Dr. Charles W.
Eshleman; Dr. Arthur S.
Griswold; Dr. RossE. Long;
Marvin E. Miller; the late
George B. Searles, J r .; J .
Lloyd Sheaffer; Russell L.
Templeton, Harry K.
Wagaman, the late Dr.
Henry M. Walter, J r .; and
Dr. Chester L. Wertsch.
The contracts for con­struction
were awarded that
spring, and by July 4, 1956,
the pool was ready for use.
The pool opened officially
on Aug. 4, as Mr. and Mrs.
Ira Yeaglfcy, the first
members to sign up, cut the
ribbon at the opening
ceremony.
Since its opening back in
the era of sock hops and
Elvis and goldfish
swallowing contests, the pool
has maintained an average
membership of 375 families.
The members enjoy not
only the pool, but the
surrounding recreational
area, an important con­sideration
of those who
brought the concept of
private swim clubs to the
northern Lancaster County
area.
One of the biggest boasts of
the pool is its swimming
team, which has received
many awards through the
years.
Now that the mortgage is
just a few ashes, those who
initiated the building of the
pool and five-acre
recreational area can relax
and enjoy the satisfaction of
a job well done.
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Members of the first Board of
Governors watch as Woodridge
president Jack Marks burns the
mortgage. Members are (left to right)
Mrs. Henry M. Walter, Jr., Paul W.
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McCloud, Dr. Edward J. Kowalewski,
James H. Yerger, Marvin E. Miller,
Russell L. Templeton, Dr. Arthur S.
Griswold and Mrs. P. Victor Kingswell.
Sound & Light Pageant
Adds 29th Showing
An additional performance
on the evening of Labor Day,
Sept. 6, has been scheduled
for Lititz’ Sound and Light
Pageant, which has been
drawing crowds of 600 to 900
persons throughout this
summer.
The Labor Day per­formance
will be the final
one for the pageant, “If
These Walls Could Speak,”
which has been held every
Wednesday and Sunday
evening this summer on the
lawn at Church Square.
The additional per­formance
is planned to give
a group of 40 visiting
Moravians from West
Germany, Holland, and
Switzerland the opportunity
to see the pageant the night
they arrive in Lititz.
The pageant has been
shown to over 9,000 persons
the past two months, with
crowds averaging 600 people
on Wednesdays and 900 on
Sundays. Originally 28
p e r f o rm a n c e s we r e
scheduled, and so far only
two have been cancelled
because of rain.
It will continue Wed-nessday
and Sunday
evenings, weather per­mitting,
during August, and
also on Sept. 1 and 5, as well
as Sept. 6.
All performances are open
to the entire community,
free of charge. Persons
wishing to make donations
toward operating costs may
send them to the Lititz Area
Bicentennial Corp., Box 1776,
Lititz, Pa. 17543.