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WITHIN LANCASTER COUNTY 20 PAGES—No. 28
Boro Employees
To Take Union Vote Eight borough employees
are tentatively scheduled to
vote on March 3 on whether
or not to join the Teamsters
Local Union No. 771. Voting
is to take place between 9
and 10 a.m. at the Lititz
Recreation Center.
Following a hearing held
at the Recreation Center on
February 4, it was agreed
that the Teamsters Local
Union No. 771 had gained
adequate interest (30 per­cent
of the borough em­ployees
or approximately 2.5
workers) within the
proposed unit membership.
Only the non-supervisory
and non-professional em­ployees
in the works, water,
and sewer departments were
ruled eligible to vote,
thereby excluding Nevin
Koch and Robert Long who
are supervisors and not
eligible to belong to a
bargaining unit, according to
the February 4 hearing
agreement.
Five votes are necessary
to certify the proposed
bargaining unit and install
the eight borough employees
as members of Teamsters
Local Union No. 771 for
purposes of bargaining with
the borough for wages and
benefits.
Park Lighting
Council discussed plans for
an additional street light for
the walking entrance of
Lititz Springs Park along
North Broad Street.
A pole-mounted street
light fixture using a pole
already on the corner has
been suggested in the hope
that the additional lighting
would help eliminate
loitering and potential
vandalism in the area.
Council approved the
installation of the light upon
reaching a mutual
agreement between the
borough and park trustees on
the matter.
Cost has been estimated at
an annual rate of $86.90
(January 1977 rate) for the
pole light which would be
mounted over the sidewalk
area. The borough has been
paying the operating cost for
other lighting in the park.
Wilbur Map
Council approved a motion
by Councilman Donald
Stauffer that the Bicen­tennial
year map erected on
the wall of Herb’s Steak Shop
at the Wilbur parking area
on the east side of North
Broad Street be removed as
it is not an asset to the area,
it does not conform to zoning
regulations, and it is not an
essential informational
service, Council agreed.
Council made the
recommendation at the
request of the Zoning
Hearing Board which will
rule on whether or not the
map must come down.
Woodstream Rezoning
Request
Larry Bullock, plant
manager of Woodstream
Corp., was present Tuesday
evening to submit to Council
a request to rezone a triangle
of land owned by the com­pany
for the construction of a
new warehouse.
The request specified the
land located north of New
Street between North Locust
and North Elm and noted
that a rezoning from
residential to industrial was
needed before the warehouse
could be built on the land.
Bullock mentioned that the
warehouse would be
screened by a high row of
evergreens almost thirty
feet high. The trees had been
planted 25 years ago, said
Bullock.
Bullock explained that
plans to build the 55,000
square foot warehouse in­cluded
consideration of
potential flood problems. He
said plans were to build the
floor on a level 30 inches
above the 1972 flood level.
New Street Sweeper
Council voted to advertise
for a street sweeper to
replace their 17-year old
sweeper. The 1977 borough
budget had originally listed
$18,000 for the sweeper.
Manager Dave Anderson
told Council it would now
cost $10,000 more because of
price hikes.
Councilman Bill York went
on record as being opposed
to the manner in which the
purchase of the sweeper was
presented to the Council,
saying he wondered why
enough money hadn’t been
budgeted from the start.
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Michael Koch Chosen to Represent
Easter Seal Society Again in ’77
For the second consecutive •p
year, five-year-old Michael
Koch, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Nevin Koch, 113 W. Third
Ave., has been chosen to
represent the Lancaster
County Easter Seal Society
as poster child for its annual
fund raising campaign.
Last year, the little red­head
had single vbilling; this
year, he shares center stage
with another Easter Seal
star, three-year-old April
Seachrist, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert A.
Seachrist, 747 Nancy Lane,
Lancaster.
J a c k S i p p e l ,
executive director of the
Easter Seal Rehabilitation
Center, Lancaster, ex­plained
that this is the first
time the county organization
has been represented
simultaneously by a boy and
girl. It’s a different ap­proach,
he said.
April and Michael are both
in the same class at the
rehabilitation center, 630
Janet Ave., Lancaster.
Taught by Mrs. Irene Buch,
Lancaster, the Easter Seal
Pre-School Developmental
Program has an average
annual enrollment of 30
disaabled children.
Recently, Michael was
nominated by the Lancaster
County Easter Seal Society
to compete in the 1978
National Easter Seal Poster
Child contest. The
nomination was make on the
basis of the little boy’s ap­pealing
personality and
“openess” with people, said
Sippel, and was endorsed by
the Pennsyvania office of the
Easter Seal Society. The
final selection is made
around May or June, Sippel
said.
Michael, a natural ex­trovert,
loved his year as
1976 ambassador of good will
for the Easter Seal Society,
according to his mother. As
one-half of this year’s poster
campaign, he undoubtedly
will have to look for a second
scrapbook to hold his 1977
publicity pictures. He
This picture of Michael was taken last year when
he was named 1976 Easter Seal Poster Child.
Michael was four years old at the time.
already has one with articles thusiasm, rivaling even the
from last year’s campaign,
Mrs. Koch said.
Michael and April are
both disabled by birth
defects of the spine. Born
with an “ open spine,”
Michael underwent neur­osurgery
when he was only
a few months old and was not
expected to live.
But with a courage and
determination that was to
mark his next five years, he
did live. He lived to become a
bundle of energy and en-most
physically able child.
The treatment that April
and Michael receive at the
rehabilitation center is one
of the most important, but
not the only service of the
Society.
Serving more than 6,000
persons, annually, the
Society helps individuals
who suffer from such
disorders as cerebral palsy,
stroke, arthritis, multiple
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All that was left of the one-and-a-half story barn behind the
Harry B. Graybill home, 2056 Main St, Rothsville, was this
charred pile of rubble following a fire Tuesday morning which,
according to Fire Chief Claude Young, was started by a short in
the structure's old wiring. Young said the barn was built about
1890. He had estimated the unofficial loss from the fire at
$12,000.
Fire Demolishes Bam Tues. Four fire companies,
called to the scene of a fire in
Rothsville Tuesday morning,
were unable to save a one-and-
a-half story bam on the
property of Harry B.
Graybill, 2056 Main St., from
going up in flames.
Firemen from the Lititz,
Brunnerville, and West Earl
fire companies stood by to
pump water via a “shuttle
system” into the Rothsville
“attack truck,” according
to Rothsville Fire Chief
Claude G. Young, Sr., These
tactics were responsible for
saving the home of Leon
Carvell, 2054 Main St., from
catching fire in the intense
heat generated by the bam
fire, explained Young. As it
was, he added, the Carvell
house escaped with only
some “blistering.”
The fire chief said the fire
had been caused by a short in
the old wiring. He said that
he and Graybill had made an
unofficial estimate of loss at
the scene of $12,000.
Everything in the turn-of-the-
century structure was
lost in the fire except a car
and a pick-up truck which
had been removed before the
flames took their toll.
Destroyed was a garden
tractor and all the tools
Graybill had stored in the
bam, as well as some an­tique
horse tack.
Chief Young said the first
fire call had been called in by
Lloyd Spang, manager of the
Pensupreme Grocerette in
Rothsville.
The Akron Fire Company
was called in to stand by.
Junior Firemen
At the scene of the fire, a
Recon} Express reporter
talked with a group of boys
who had seen the smoke
from a nearby field but
thinking it was a trash fire,
didn’t respond until they saw
flames shooting into the air.
They said two of them
immediately went to call the
fire company while two
others got on a motorcycle
and drove down to the fire
house. In any case, unknown
to the boys, the alarm had
already been called in by
Spang.
Most of the boys in the
group - which included Doug
Groff, Bruce Adams, Randy
Groff, Dean Carson, Randy
Heacock, Neil Adams, and
Nevin Steffy - are Junior
Firemen according to Chief
Young.
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The homes engulfed by smoke belong to Leon
Carvell, 2054 Main St., (left), and Harry B. Graybill,
2056 Main St, Rothsville. Both houses were hosed
down by firemen Tuesday as they fought a losing
battle with a barn fire at the rear of the properties.
Nevertheless, firemen prevented the intense heat
front igniting the houses even though the barn and
all its contents was completely destroyed.
Lititz Sportswear
Is Closed Again
Lititz Accidents
Driver Charged In Accident
Lititz Sportswear, Inc.,
which was closed early in
February by pickets, has
closed once again, this time
due to a “reassessment of
the company” by the owner,
Guie Connelly.
The factory, which was
formerly Gilda Blouse
Company, is located at 40 N.
Water St. The shop was
reopened Feb. 10, but on
Feb. 18 it was closed again
by the owner.
Connelly said that the
temporary closing was due
to the factory “running out of
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
work” for the employees,
and that he was in the
process of deciding “where
to go from here.”
Connelly refused to
comment on reports that he
may be planning to sell the
company, but he said that
there would be an an­nouncement
of his plans on
Friday.
At present only Connelly
and several office workers
are at the factory, while
more than 30 employees
have been sent home during
the closing.
Ronald Alman, district
manager of the International
Ladies Garment Workers
Union, said that he was
aware of the plans of the
owner, and that he believed
that the factory would be
reopened on Monday, Feb.
28, following Connelly’s
announcement.
“This is a Union shop and
it will continue to be one one
way or another,” he said.
A driver was charged with
driving too fast for con­ditions
on Tuesday at 11:55
a.m. after she skidded on the
icy roadway along West
Marion Street and hit a
parked car, near Hensley
Street, owned by David
Lamoreux, 502 Hensley
O f f i c e r C h a r l e s
S h e n e b e rg e r c h a rg e d
Barbara J. Myers, 40 Front
St., following the accident,
which caused $650 damage to
the Lamoreux car.
Misses Turn
Charged with reckless
Merchant Alert
Lititz police have alerted
merchants to watching for
counterfeit quarters in area
stores. Police report that one
was discovered among the
cash of Furlow’s Variety
Store, E. Main St. It was
described as being a “good
reproduction” but felt
“greasy” to the touch. Also,
the counterfeit quarters do
not have the copper “sand­wich”
edging as do the valid
ones.
driving on Feb. 15, at 10:20
a.m. after he missed a left
turn from Front Street onto
Liberty Street then backed
up into another car, was
Charles E. Fessler, Jr., 2310
Lehman St., Lebanon.
As Fessler was backing up
to make the turn, said police,
he ran into the front of a car
that had been following him,
operated by Sally Auker, 401
Arrowhead Drive.
The Fessler vehicle, a
truck, was not damaged,
police reported, but the
Auker car was damaged to
an estimated extent of $300.
Three Injured
A driver and two
passengers were injured in a
one-car accident on West
Lincoln Avenue on Feb. 9, at
9:14 p.m., after a car,
operated by Randy E.
Hertzog, 922 Pleasant View
Drive, Ephrata, ran up on
the curb near Pine Lane and
hit a utility pole.
The injured passengers
were Jackie Ray Johnson,
1332 W. Main St., Ephrata,
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