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WITHIN LANCASTER COUNTY 28 PAGES—No. 10
Major Expansion Now Underway at
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Jack Hartz (second from right) and
Woodrow Neidermyer (right), from
the Commonwealth National Bank,
present lAayor Raymond Reedy
((left) and Borough Manager Dave
Anderson (second from left) with a
“Betsy Ross” flag to replace the
Bicentennial Commission Flag that
was stolen from the Borough Square
several weeks ago.
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Mayor Raymond Reedy and
Borough Manager Dave Anderson
(left to right) accept the Bicentennial
Commission Flag presented to Lititz
Borough by Kent Herzer, a Lititz
native, representing J.C. Penney of
Park City.
Lititz Receives Two
New Bicentennial
First Lititz had one brand-new
Bicentennial Com­mission
Flag, until thieves
stole the flag from Borough
Square several weeks ago,
and Lititz had no flag.
But things suddenly
changed for the Borough this
week when Lititz ended up
with not only one new flag,
but two.
The Lititz office of Com­monwealth
National Bank
decided to present the
borough with a new flag, but
were unable to purchase a
Bicentennial Commission
flag, so the bank presented
Lititz with a “Betsy Ross”
flag. At the same time, Kent
Herzer, a former Lititz
resident, suggested to his
employer at J. C. Penney of
Park City that the company
donate a Bicentennial
Commission flag to the
borough.
On Tuesday, Oct. 11, which
just happened to be the
Columbus Day Holiday,
Lititz became the proud
owner of two new Bicen­tennial
flags, one a Com­mission
Flag and the other
the thirteen-star “Betsy
Ross” flag, the first flag of
the United States following a
resolution of the Continental
Congress on June 14, 1777.
The resolution read that it
be “Resolved that the new
flag of the United States be
13 stripes alternate red and
Flags
white, that the Union be 13
stars white in a blue field
representing a new con­stellation.”
The Bicentennial Com­mission
Flag, which was
designed within the last few
years to represent
America’s 200th Birthday, is
white with a red, white, and
blue design and the dates
1776-1976 printed on it.
of being enlarged—an ad­ditional
clear well and
chlorine detention area has
been built, a new loading
platform has been added at
the side of the plant, and a
new storage room for
purifying materials has been
partitioned off from the
pump room.
The plant clear wells wore
completely drained Tuesday
so that workmen could drill
holes through the concrete
walls separating the new
addition from the older clear
well section. It will be
drained again Thursday so
that concrete dividers can be
poured. And it will be
drained again one day next
week so that new pipes can
be installed between the
wells.
The plant can only be shut
down one day at a time, Boro
Manager David Anderson
explained. While it is closed,
Lititz draws its water from
the standpipe on Kissel Hill.
When the expansion is
completed, the plant will be
able to treat the water from
the Locust Street wells, as
well as the water from the
four wells located around the
treatment plant on Maple
Street. Before the new clear
well was added, only the
Maple Street wells could be
treated at one time.
Meanwhile, during the
shutdowns, Anderson said,
the only effects local water
users may notice will be
possible cloudy water and
more chlorine.
“The water will be safe to
drink at all times,” Anderson
assured.
For local residents, and
Major expansion is in progress at Urn »vater
treatment plant, where a new clear well and
chlorine detention area has been adchti onto the
present clear well (at left in photo). The water
plant was shut down Tuesday while workmen
those in Warwick Township
who draw on borough water
the expansion will mean an
even greater water supply
than is presently available.
In addition to the enlarged
building and the new loading
dock, there is a new look to
the road that runs in front of
the plant. The borough in­cluded
widening of the road
in its resurfacing schedule
this year - the “Land” that
used to be wide enough for
only one vehicle is now newly
resurfaced and wide enough
for two cars to pass.
drilled through concrete, and will be shut down
again today (Thursday) while more concrete
dividers are poured between the wells. The town
will be drawing its water supply from the standpipe
on Kissel Hill on the days the plant is shut down.
See other photos on Page 2
Hearing Held on Golden Years
Home, Most Residents Relocated
The plight of the Golden
Years Home on Brubaker
Valley Road, in Elizabeth
Township, was turned over
Three Students Commended
Tweed Named Semifinalist
For Merit Scholarship
David Tweed, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Ronald Tweed, 413
Laurel Ave., has been named
a semifinalist in the 1977
National Merit Scholarship
Program, and three seniors
at Warwick have been
designated as Commended
Students in the 1977
program.
Tweed is taking his senior
year at the University of
Delaware in that school’s
Freshman Honors Program.
While he is enrolled in a full
freshman year at the
university, he expects to
receive his high school
diploma from Warwick next
spring before returning to
the university for his
sophomore year.
At Warwick, Tweed was a
trombonist in the Concert
and Marching Bands, the
Wind Ensemble, the or­chestra,
and in all of the
school musicals. He also was
a member of the Trombone
Choir and the John Hus Choir
at Lititz Moravian Church,
and was active in the Youth
Fellowship there. He also
was active in the Math Club
while at Warwick.
At the university, he is a
member of the Trombone
Ensemble, and also plays in
a concert band at Wesley
College at Dover, Del. He is a
member of the Radio Club, a
college transmitting service.
W a rw ic k s e n i o r s
designated as Commended
Students in the Merit
Scholarship Program are
Gary Derek, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Derek, 242 S.
Broad St., Chester Singer,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Singer, 108 W. Third Ave.,
and Kay Snyder, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Snyder,
119 W. Newport Rd.
Over one million students
from more than 17,000
secondary schools took the
PSAT-NMSQT tests in 1975 ,
and of these, approximately
15,000 were named
semifinalists and over 35,000
were named Commended
Students in recognition of
their outstanding test per­formance.
Although Commended
Students do not continue in
the Merit Scholarship
competition, their test scores
place them among the top
two percent of U.S. secon­dary
school seniors. Each
to the Commonwealth Court
in Harrisburg Tuesday,
when the Department of
Labor and Industry
delivered a proposed order
to Judge Genevieve Blatt
that occupancy of the home
be reduced to less than four
occupants or else vacated
within 30 days.
Owners of the home, Mr.
and Mrs. Elvin Burkholder,
did not appear at the
hearing.
Herbert Cohen, assistant
attorney general for the
Labor and Industry
Department, said that if
occupancy of the home is
reduced to less than four
occupants, the boarding
home is then removed from
his department’s jurisdic­tion.
He said that only seven of
the former 28 residents of the
home are still living there,
and that he has been in­formed
that by Oct. 30, this
number will be reduced to
four persons.
A spokesperson for the
Lancaster County Office of
Mental Health - Mental
Retardation said that the
residents had been relocated
at the Burkholders’ request,
and that the owners had
decided not to appeal the
case.
Nineteen of the residents
have been relocated in other
boarding homes in the
county by MHMR, the
spokesperson said.
Mrs. Burkholder con­firmed
that she and her
husband had not appeared at
the hearing Tuesday. She
said she did not know what
the future plans for the home
were, and declined to
comment further on the
matter.
The Department of Labor
and Industry had ordered the
home vacated last month
because it reportedly did not
meet state fire and safety
regulations. Although there
are no regulatory standards
for boarding homes, as there
are for nursing homes, the
structure of these buildings
comes under the Labor and
Industry’s jurisdiction when
four of more persons reside
there.
Halloween Parade Set For Oct. 26
The Lititz Lions Club will
be holding its annual
Halloween Parade in
Downtown Lititz on Tuesday,
Oc,. 26, beginning at 7 p.m.
The rain date for the event is
Wed., Oct. 27.
M' re than $250 in prizes
.will le awarded, including a
new category this year
which will present prizes to
those'four years and under
as part of the children’s
division.
Special prize categories
have been added to honor the
“Baby” members of the
parade. The “Baby
Division” will have prizes
presented to the following:
“Most Original Individual” ;
“Most Original Couple” :
Most Original Group (3 or
more); or “Most Comic”
and “Most Artistic”. ^ $6.00
cash award will be made in
each of the above categories.
Organizations entering
floats in the parade are
requested to register in
advance by calling Russell
Schreiber at 626-7575. This
request is being made in
order to anticipate the
number of floats to be en-tered
in the annual event. All
others will register for the
line of march on parade
night.
A complete list of prize
categories and divisions of
the parade, along with the
“Queen” candidates and
parade route will be an­nounced
in next week’s Lititz
Record Express.
David Twèed
receives a letter of com­mendation.
Tweed, as a semifinalist,
will have an opportunity to
continue in the competition
for about 3,850 Merit
Scholarships to be awarded
next spring.
To advance to finalist
standing, the semifinalists
must meet requirements
that include being fully
endorsed and recommended
for scholarships con­sideration
by their school
principals, presenting school
records that substantiate
high academic standing, and
confirming their high
qualifying scores eith
equivalent scores on a
second examination.
Over 90 percent of the
semifinalists are expected to
qualify as finalists and
receive certificates of merit
next February.
Those who attain finalist
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Boro Gets Four
New Streets
Resolutions to accept
. dedication of the streets
were passed by Boro Council
last month, and ordinances
to add the streets to the
borough map are currently
being advertised.
In addition to South Oak
Street, the borough will be
accepting a portion of South
Cedar Street, from Swar-thmore
to Oxford Drives, in
the Libramont section being
developed by Messick
Realty; a portion of Plum
Street, from Forney Drive to
South Oak Street, in Hurst
Brothrs’ Forney Develop­ment;
and a portion of
Forney Drive from South
Elm Street to East Main
Street, also in the Forney
Development.
South Oak Street also lies
in Hurst Brothers’ Forney
Development, and runs from
Kissel Hill Road (opposite
East Second Avenue) to East
Main Street. This street
includes two clusters of
postal service boxes for
residents of the street.
Lititz will be accepting
dedication of four new
streets this month, one of
them South Oak Street, the
site of a major new housing
development.
In This Issue
Business Directory 16
Church News 14
Classified Ads 18,19
Editorial Page 4
Sports Section 6,7,8,9
Women’s 10,11