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j CONSOLIDATED WITH THE LITITZ RECORD, 1937 ] Lititz, Lancaster County, PA 17543, Thursday, February 17,1977 15 CENTS A COPY; $5.00 PER YEAR BY MAIL
WITHIN LANCASTER COUNTY 20 PAGES—No. 27
Mayoral Race
Begins In May
This is a mayorial election year. In May,
registered voters will be casting their ballots in
primaries in preparation for the big run-off in
November.
Whether Lititz will have a new mayor or not is
still up in the air, but Mayor Raymond S. Reedy,
whose term expires at the end of this year, told
the Record yesterday, “ I expect to be filing my
petition for re-election.”
Meanwhile, the Warwick Area Republican
Committee has reported they are searching for
interested and qualified persons to run for the
many offices open for the May primaries.
In Lititz Borough, anyone interested in run­ning
on the Republican ticket for mayor,
member of council, or for tax collector, is asked
to contact Mary Carl, 626-2565.
In Warwick Township, those persons in­terested
in running for township supervisor,
auditor, or tax collector may call Dean Baublitz
626-8740.
In Elizabeth Township, anyone interested in
running for supervisor, auditor, or tax collector
may call Barbara Darlington, 626-4778, or Leroy
Ulrich, 626-7722.
There is also a need for persons interested in
running for school director from the Warwick
School District. Voters will also be electing a
judge of elections and quoting inspector from
each voting district.
Last, but not least, there is an opening in the
Rothsville area for a Republican com-mitteewoman.
Anyone interested in filling the
slot in the interim before elections may contact
Paul McCloud, chairman of the Warwick Area
Republican Committee, or Nancy Brenner, vice-chairman.
O.K. Contract Offer
The work stoppage that
stalled operations at Lititz
Sportswear, Inc., 40 N.
Water St., is over following
last Wednesday’s (Feb. 9)
agreement between the
company employees and
members of the In­ternational
Ladies Garment
Workers Union Local 197 and
owners, Guy Connelly of
Ephrata, John Shell of Bird-in-
Hand, and Frank Romano
of the Allentown area.
Workers had walked off
the job two weeks ago
because, according to
Ronald Alman, district
manager of the ILGWU, the
owners weren’t fulfilling the
contract due employees
under the Atlantic Apparel
Contractors Union that had
represented the previous
owner, John Catino,
Allentown.
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Directors Deny
Winger Sabbatical
In 7-0 Vote
Mr. and Mrs. Vance Forepaugh pose as George
and Martha Washington, after more than a year of
portraying the couple for more than 60 schools,
clubs, churches, and other organizations.
G e o r g e A n d M a r t h a L i v e O n
Arbitration ruled that
because the new owners took
over a working operation
using the same employees
and company equipment,
they were obligated to
continue with the original
contract even if the shop had
been closed down for a
period of time during
management transition.
Under the original
agreement, workers are
entitled to nine-and-a-half
days of paid holidays, three
weeks of vacation (plant
closes in July and Decem­ber),
Blue Cross coverage,
union health and welfare
sick benefits, a retirement
program, and a drug
program that substantially
reduces the cost of
prescription medicine.
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By Laurie Knowles
After more than a year of
being Mr. and Mrs. George
Washington, Mr. and Mrs.
Vance Forepaugh, 16
Woodland Ave., often find
themselves living the role.
Forepaugh, who greatly
r e s e m b l e s G e o r g e
Washington, finds that
people tend to call him
George, and that he has
practically become an ex­pert
on Washington after
reading many books on the
first President of the United
States.
The Forepaughs have
made more than 63 ap­pearances
as the famous
couple, and before February
is over they expect to have
played the roles of George
and Martha at least 75 times.
How did all of this come
about?
It actually began quite
innocently enough. The
Forepaughs planned to at­tend
the “Colonial Cotillian”
dance held by the Lititz
Woman’s Club in Feb. 1976.
Those attending were asked
to wear colonial costumes in
honor of the Bicentennial,
and Mrs Forepaugh hap­pened
to go to a little bit of
extra efforrt.
Being something of a
perfectionist, she had to
order authentic colonial
patterns for the costumes,
direct from Williamsburg,
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Va. She had to have the
finest possible material, and
her husband needed a white
wig and a sword to be a
proper colonial gentleman.
She couldn’t settle for a
store-bought costume. She
wanted hers and her
husband’s outfits to be as
close in reproduction as
possible.
To fulfill her desire for
perfection, Mrs. Forepaugh
visited many stores and
shops searching for “just the
right thing”.
“In order to make this one
single epaulet,” said
Forepaugh, showing the
golden epaulet on the
shoulder of his coat, “Molly
had to go to five stores. She
needed just the right stars,
fringe, and buttons for this
little thing.”
Mrs. Forepaugh laughed
when she describes how she
had to carefully powder and
curl his wig, purchased from
J.C. Penney department
store at Park City.
“Sometimes I wondered at
myself, spending all this
time for one dance,” she
smiled. “I just wanted us to
look authentic.
When the Forepaughs
finally showed up for the
dance, after months of
planning, they did indeed
look authentic. She wore a
beautiful mint green gown,
and he was an impressive
colonial soldier, but no one
failed to notice that his
stature and features were
also excellent reproductions
of George Washington’s.
Mrs. Forepaugh never
planned to be so precise as to
recreate an nearly perfect
replica of the Father of Our
Nation, but the resemblance
was there, and since she
herself could pass as a pretty
fair Martha, the two of them
began, at the request of
others, a career of visiting
schools, churches, clubs, and
other groups, portraying
George and Martha
Washington.
“The highlight of all our
visits, was when we visited
our granddaughter’s school
in West Point, N. Y.”, said
Forepaugh. “And in all, it’s
been a very rewarding ex­perience.”
“The best thing is meeting
all these great people,” he
added. “We’ve really en­joyed
this past year as
George and Martha.”
The Forepaughs have a
collection of drawings from
grammar school classes,
thanking them for their
visits. And the Forepaugh
library has several new
George Washington books.
The Forepaughs have
definitely got George
Washington-itis in their
blood, and over the past year
they have researched every
phase of his life.
“We owe a great deal to
the Lititz Library,” added
Forepaugh. “They were able
to find so many books for us,
even one from Pittsburgh.”
The Forepaughs will be
hanging up their silk
stockings, swords, ruffles,
lace, and white breeches
after February and the
George Washington “rage”
has worn off. They will, of
course, celebrate his bir­thday,
and reminisce about
their year as George and
Martha.
They can remember
stopping at red lights,
dressed in their colonial
gear, enjoying amazed
stares from motorists, or
being called “George” or
“Martha” while out shop­ping
in Lititz stores. And it’s
not too likely that their
costumes will remain in the
closet forever, because one
never knows when someone
will need an appearance by
the famous couple again.
In This Issue
Business Directory 16
Church News 14
Classified Ads 18,19
Editorial Page 4
Sports Section 7,8,9
Women’s 10,11
By Laurie Knowles
At the meeting of the
Warwick School Board on
Tuesday, Dr. H. Dale
Winger’s request for a
sabbatical leave for the 1977-
78 school term was denied by
the Board by a vote of 7-0,
with David E. Buckwalter
abstaining and Wallace
Hofferth absent.
Dr. Winger, Superin­tendent
of Warwick Schools,
declined to comment on the
matter, saying that it was
personal.
He had requested the
sabbatical at the Board
meeting held on Jan. 18, at
which the Board later voted
against renewing his con­tract
as superintendent by a
vote of 6-3.
Winger’s request for
sabbatical was then referred
to an attorney for legal
advice, but at Tuesday’s
meeting the board denied
this request.
Winger, whose contract
expires June 30, 1977, had
said at the January meeting
that he would sue the Board
if he had to to get the leave.
Under state law, a
superintendent is eligible for
sabbatical leave after 10
years in the state and five
years in the district. The
superintendent has to agree,
under law, to return to the
district for one year after the
sabbatical leave, unless the
School Board waives the
requirement.
Another section of the
school code says that the
Board may waive the
requirement “upon com­pletion
of the sabbatical.”
Winger told the Board at
the Jan. 18 meeting that he
would be willing to return to
the district for a year after
his leave, if the board
desired.
Reporters were unable to
reach William Owens,
president of the Board,
where he worked, in order
for him to comment on the
matter.
Remley’s
Sabbatical Granted
A request from teacher
David Remley for con­tinuation
of the sabbatical
that he is presently on, was
approved by the Board.
Transportation Request
Robert L. Groff, a resident
of the Warwick School
District, submitted a letter
to the Board requesting
transportation for his
daughter to the Grace
Christian School in Myer-stown.
According to Barry Smith,
administrative assistant,
any person of school age
living in the school district
must be provided with
transportation to private
schools by the district if they
do not attend public schools.
The private school must be
within 10 miles from the
district lines to the school.
Smith said that he had
measured the distance to the
school several times using
several different cars.
Readings varied from 10.1
miles to 10.6 in his
calculations. He added that
later Groff and his father,
Raymond Groff, of the
Board, measured the
distance and calculated it to
be 10 miles exactly.
Smith had denied the
request based on his
calculations, but when he
received legal advice it was
discovered that since none of
the cars used were
c a l i b r a t e d , t h e
measurements were not
legally acceptable. Smith
was told, he said, that
measurement would have to
be taken using a calibrated
car, and that the point to
which the measurement
should be taken is also
questionable.
Smith added that he would
look into the matter further
to determine where the
school property lines begin
and also to determine
exactly how far the school is
from the Warwick School
District lines.
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Keep Farm Buffer Zone
Say Lane. Co. Planners
In January, owners of 85
acres of prime agricultural
land located south of West
Woods Drive, north of
Millport Road, and east of
W o o d c r e s t A v e n u e ,
requested the tract be
rezoned by Warwick
Township to allow for
residential development.
Township supervisors
accepted a petition for
rezoning consideration in
January from owners,
James E. and Lucille Buck-waiter.
At that time, the
Buckwalters were informed
that the petition would be
submitted to the Warwick
Township Zoning Hearing
Board before a decision was
made.
This week, the Lancaster
County Planning Board
made a recommendation to
the township that the land
remain part of the
“greenbelt” separating
Lititz from the Lancaster
urbanized area. Citing that
Warwick Township’s own
c om p r e h e n s iv e plan
recommends most of the
land in question be left
agricultural, LCPC called
for a rejection of the request
to rezone the entire tract to
residential.
The planners did note that
the rezoning of a portion of
the land along West Woods
Drive for low to medium
residential housing is
recommended but stressed
that the remaining land
should remain an
agricultural buffer zone.
Rod Hilton, (center left) Sertoma
Club president, presented a plaque to
Dr. Joseph Grosh, Monday evening,
honoring him as the Lititz club’s
Service To Mankind award winner for
1977. Shown with Hilton and Dr.
Grosh are Mrs. Hilton (left) and Mrs.
Grosh.
Dr. Grosh Honored By Sertoma
Dr. Joseph Grosh of Lititz
was designated the Lititz
Sertoma Clubs Service to
Mankind Award winner
Monday evening at the
annual awards banquet held
at the Warwick House. Dr.
Grosh was chosen from
several entries made by
i n d i v i d u a l s a n d
organizations, based upon
his civic and humanitarian
service to this community.
In making the presentation
of the award to Dr. Grosh,
Rod Hilton, the club
president, spoke of his many
interests and acts of service
to the community.
Dr. Grosh, a native of
Lititz, is a graduate of Lititz
High School and Franklin &
Marshall College. He took
his medical degree from the
University of Maryland
Medical School. He is a
recognized authority on
athletic injuries. He enjoys
working with the youth of the
area and has served as
“team physician” for the
Warwick football team since
World War II.
Guests at the awards
banquet included Mrs.
Grosh; the three Grosh sons
and their families, Dr.
Grosh’ nurse, Mrs. Paul
Lauderman, and her
husband; Jess Brown the
Regional Governor of Ser­toma,
and several Sertoma
members visiting from other
clubs.
The name Sertoma is
derived from its slogan,
“Service to Mankind.”