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T H E R E S S SERVING THE WARWICK AREA FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY 101st Year ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1877, AS THE SUNBEAM ¡CONSOLIDATED WITH THE LITITZ RECORD, 1937j Lititz, Lancaster County, PA, 17543, Thursday, August 4,1977 15 CENTS A COPY; $5.00 PER YEAR BY MAIL WITHIN LANCASTER COUNTY ISPages-No. 19 W. Twp. Chief Leaves Force ' . ' .*• -< m X Ê J i M l • ' ; Warwick Twp. Police Chief Paul Haines Walker Mobile Unit To Be Here Aug. 12 C o n g r e s sm a n Bob Walker’s mobile office will be in the area Friday, Aug. 12 for people to discuss any problems with the federal government or to state their views and opinons. The mobile unit will be in Brickerville from 10 a.m. to noon, in the center of town, and at the Lititz Post Office from 1:15 to 5:30 p.m. Chief Paul Haines of the Warwick Township police department has resigned, effective yesterday (Wednesday, Aug. 3). Acting as temporary chief of police is Sgt. Kenneth Martin, a veteran of five years on the force. Chief Haines, a Lititz R1 resident, has held the post of chief since 1968 and was acting chief for a period of time before that. During his tenure, Chief Haines was three times elected president of the Northern Lancaster County Chiefs of Police Association. Chief Haines’ letter of resignation was accepted by the Warwick Township board of supervisors at their regular meeting July 28. At that time, the supervisors appointed Sgt. Martin acting chief until they make a decision on a new chief. Sgt. Martin, a resident of Ephrata, brings to the temporary post an extensive background in police technique training. He has earned certificates from various state police sponsored training schools, and during the past year completed a two-week drug course at the Harrisburg Area Community College. He also has been certified under a state police breatholyzer course. Martin was promoted from patrolman to sergeant in January, 1975. m It looks like a near collision at Lititz Square as car in foreground pulls across pedestrian crosswalk on East Main Street to make a “ right turn on red” onto Broad Street, almost in the path of an oncoming car. Police Chief George Hicks says this particular crossing is the most dangerous one at the Square to allow right turns on red traffic lights because vision is impaired by the fountain, and cars must block the pedestrian cross-walk to see oncoming traffic. The state has ordered the borough to hang signs forbidding right turns on red at this crossing, as well as at other crossings at the Square. ‘Right Turn on Red’ To Be Banned at Lititz Square After a short-lived spree of right turns on red lights at Lititz Square , the state has ordered the borough to hang “No Turns on Red” signs at the crossings there. Boro Council was informed that by law, turns on red lights are not permitted where there is a steady pedestrian walk sign. The Square has special pedestrian walk signals. Council balked at the ruling, in spite of Lititz: Police Chief George Hick’s warnings that turns on red lights would be a hazard at the Square. However, Council has now authorized Zoning Board Okays Grocery-Meat Market The Lititz Zoning Hearing Board has granted Fred R. Behm, owner of property at 400 E. Lincoln Ave., a “use” variance, which will open the way for a proposed retail butcher and grocery store and a beauty shop there. The variance was granted, changing the present industrial- general business zone to the “more ap- Local Man Asks Help For Johnstown Victims The victims of the Johnstown flood need food, cleaning supplies, cash donations, and manpower right now, and will need them for months to come, says Brethren Volunteer Service worker Bill Gearhart of Lititz who spent two days last week shoveling mud out of wrecked homes in the flood area last week. “Anyone who thinks they can realize how bad things are there by looking at newspaper pictures of the disaster have another thought coming,” Gearhart said. “You have to experience it yourself to realize.” Gearhart, and several others from this area, did realize how bad the situation was when they traveled to Johnstown with a bus load of volunteer workers organized by the Hempfield Church of the Brethren. Gearhart was so affected by what he saw there that he himself has volunteered to see to the loading up of any canned goods and supplies that residents want delivered to Johnstown. Even though many people can’t go to Johnstown as volunteer workers, they can be as much help at home by g iv in g d o n a tio n s , Gearhart said. The residents of the flood-torn area need mainly canned foods that don’t have to be cooked or can be cooked on small charcoal grills (ovens and cooking ranges have been destroyed). They need cleaning supplies like soap, detergents, and d isin fe c tan ts, and brooms and shovels for workers. Although many loads of clothing have already been sent into Johnstown there is a need for socks and men’s new underwear, Gearhart said. G e a r h a r t h a s o r g a n iz e d som e members of the Lititz Youth Ministry to go door to door in the area tonight (Thursday) asking residents for canned goods and cleaning supplies to send to Johnstown. Others may take such donations to the Lititz Ree Center, or to Gearhart’s residence at 23 W. Main St., and Gearhart will take care of getting it sent to Johnstown, he said. Persons who want to make donations may write checks payable to the Hempfield Church of the Brethren Disaster Relief Fund, and mail them or give them directly to Gearhart at the Ree Center, he said. The people there need these things now, he emphasized, but added that the need will exist for several months yet, and people should not hesitate to send contributions later, either. Anyone who wants more information about these contributions may contact Gearhart at 626- 1767 or at the Ree Center. propriate” neighborhood commercial zone, with the following conditions: That parking restrictions, including lined spaces for cars, be met; That any signs erected must meet all conditions under the ordinance and if lighted, must no disturb any neighboring properties; That business hours must conform to the times from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., Monday through Saturday, and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., on Sundays; That there will be no outside storage. Reportedly, Leslie J. .Zimmerman, a butcher who lives at 31E. Market St., will be opening a grocery-meat market in half of the building located on the property. On the other half of the building, tentative plans have been made for a beauty shop. IN THIS ISSUE Business Directory 14 Church News 12 Classified Ads 16,17 Editorial Page 4 Sports Section 6,7,8 Social 10 Sign Okayed In other business, Larry Altemos was granted special authorization to erect a 3- foot by 3-foot wooden sign, with stained brown-black lettering, to indicate his gift shop at 69 E. Main St. rear. Also, action was continued by the board on a request from R. G. Redman for special authorization to enclose a side porch at 62 E. Main St. until more information can be presented. the ordering and hanging of the “No Turn” signs for North and South Broad Street and East Main Street. (West Main Street is oneway westbound street, so traffic does not enter the Square from there.) According to Chief Hicks, the most dangerous spot is on Main Street in front of the Commonwealth Bank, when cars westbound on East Main Street attempt to turn north onto Broad Street. Vision there is impaired by the fountain, and cars also must pull into the pedestrian cross-walk to see oncoming traffic. Right turns on red from North Broad Street onto West Main Street are not permitted under any circumstances, Chief Hicks said, because cars southbound on Broad Street must travel some distance before they reach that turn. However, “No Turn” signs will be hung at the North Broad Street light to insure that drivers don’t attempt to go through, he said. The safest crossing at the Square for right turns on red is for cars northbound on Broad Street turning east onto East Main Street, he said. There, drivers have relatively good vision of the pedestrian crosswalk and do not have oncoming traffic to worry about. National Hydron Plant To Move from Rothsville Heritage Choir Rehearsal for the Lititz Heritage Choir will be held on Tuesday, August 9, at 7:30 a.m. at t h e Mo r a v i a n Fellowship Hall. Practice is for a repeat performance of the July 2, program at Lititz Springs Park, and all choir members and interested persons are requested to attend the rehearsal. A tape recording of the July 2 performance will be played. National Hydron, Inc., 1633 Rothsville Rd., Rothsville, has been approved by the Lancaster Industrial Development Authority for a $300,000 loan to build a new larger plant on Rohrerstown Road in East Hempfield Township. The new plant will be 31,000 square feet. The firm expects to move in November or December, according to Sam Harmon, vice-president. The plant makes hydron (plastic) coatings for motorcycle face shields, ski glasses, goggles, etc. Approximately 80 persons are employed there now, and an additional 25 are expected to be hired after the firm moves, Harmon said. The Rothsville building is now up for sale, with Hetrick, Puffer, and Wilson, Lancaster realtors, handling the sale. Bill Puffer, from that firm, said that a great deal of interest has been shown in the building, although no options or sales agreements have taken place. The Rothsville building, once a knitting mill, is 11,000 square feet in size and is adaptable to many types of light industry, or several small interests, such as a machine shop, several offices, etc., Puffer said. Residents Ask Twp. S u p rt In Stopping Landfill By Laurie Knowles Area residents seeking Elizabeth Township support in appealing the recent landfill reversal decision were left discouraged and frustrated after the August 1 meeting of the supervisiors. The residents, which included some from both Elizabeth and Penn Townships, .made no progress in obtaining a commitment from the supervisors. They were told that they could attend the Zoning Hearing meeting on Thursday night (August 4) in order to ask the members of the board for support. The mood was obviously changed from the November 1976 meeting at which it was announced that both Penn and Elizabeth Township Zoing Hearing Boards had denied R. E. Wright Associates’ request to establish a landfill site located in both Penn and Elizabeth Townships. That decision was met with sighs of relief and with applause, but more recently the first decision was reversed in Lancaster County Court of Common Appeals after R.E. Wright appealed the townships’ decision. Judge Paul A. Mueller Jr. ruled in July that the township boards had made several “unsupported conclusions” and that R.E. Wright could establish the landfill under “reasonable” restrictions of the zoning hearing boards. At Monday’s meeting of E l i z a b e t h T ow n sh ip supervisors, residents opposing the landfill attempted to gain township support in their appeal. They also asked to have William Crosswell, the solicitor for both townships, work with their lawyer, J. Marlin Shreiner, who had represented the residents in the November case. Residents were told that they would have to appeal the decision on their own, or else ask the Zoning Hearing Board and later the super-viors. “We don’t have time for that,” said one protesting resident. “The appeal must be made before the middle of the month (August).” They were also told to go through their lawyer, Shreiner, in order to appeal the decision, and that the supervisors would not consider offering the support of their solicitor at the present time. “All I can say is that you should go to your lawyer, and discuss it with im. We have no decision to make tonight,” said George White of the supervisors, leaving a group of disappointed residents. Later Mrs. James Bachman, whose name is listed as one of the parties in opposition to the landfill in the recent decision, said that her husband and she, as well as other concerned residents are “looking into the matter of appealing the decision.” “My husband and myself are from Penn Township, and we will go to them at the August 8 meeting, and hopefully, get a better response,” she said, “we would have respected the supervisors of Elizabeth Township if they had given us some kind of answer, but instead they did nothing but leave us all very discouraged.” Several different opinions have been stated involving exactly who should appeal the decision if it is appealed at all. Residents had asked the superviors to back them up, but according to J. Marlin Shreiner, since the Zoning Hearing Boards are listed as the opposition to the landfill in the most recent hearing they should be the ones to support the appeal along with the residents. Many residents said that since the superviors “ control the purse strings” and the appoint the hearing board the decision to appeal should be theirs. Another opinion was presented by William Crosswell, solicitor for both townships. He stated that the Zoning Hearing Board is a decision-making body and that as impartial judges in the issue they have no obligation to appeal the decision reversal made by Judge Mueller. “It would be like a county judge appealing a decision in a higher court,” said Crosswell. “The Zoning Hearing Boards made their decision before and the Lancaster judge reversed it. He wouldn’t appeal it if the state changes his decision, so there is no reason the townships should appeal their own decision.” If the decision is appealed it would go to the Commonwealth Court. At present nothing has been decided by either the protesting residents or the townships, and as different opinions were voiced at the August 1 meeting, it was clear that little was being accomplished and that no [Continued on 2] The Skipper Is A Gal By Peggy Frailey Twenty-three year old Donna Musser leads two lives. She’s a hairdresser in a fashionable Lititz beauty shop during the week, but on weekends she captains charter fishing boats on the Delaware Bay. Donna, a Warwick High graduate, is one of the increasing number of women who hold captain’s licenses, and one of the few in the Philadelphia-Baltimore area with an ocean operator’s license, which means she’s licensed to take charter fishing parties out on the ocean. She may take any vessel under 20 tons up to 100 miles out on the ocean, carrying as many people as the boat can legally hold. She’s qualified to operate gasoline, diesel, or steam powered boats, and has a working knowledge of the operation of any of them. Each year, she can reapply to get her license increased to cover 50 per cent more tonnage, until it reaches 100 tons. Then she must take another Coast Guard exam (which she intends to do eventually) to qualify her to pilot larger craft. The fact that she possesses a license that lets her go 100 miles out on the ocean is unusual, because it’s hard to get anything over 60 miles, she explains. But almost as unique is the reason she was able to get it - Donna was especially adept at navigation because she already had her airplane pilot’s license before she was even out of high school. Youngest Captain Donna is not only the sole female captain at her marina (South Shore Marina at Indian River Inlet - Bethany Beach), but she’s the youngest person, male or female, with a license there. After several summers of mating on charter boats for other captains, Donna took her first fishing party out on the water this spring. “People really look when they see their captain is a female,” she laughs. She gets “lots of flak” and kidding over her radio, but obviously she’s proved herself a capable captain. “I’m really happy with the response from the people down there,” she said. “They’ve shown me they have confidence in me - and we’ve had good catches,” which is really the important thing to a fisherman. What’s a cute young girl like Donna doing at the helm of a fishing boat, you ask? Actually, it all goes back to 1972 when she went off to Alaska on a hunting expedition with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Sch-meck of Newport Road. Donna was a senior in high [Continued on Page 15] Donna Schmeck Musser, one of the youngest females to get her charter captain’s ocean license, sits at the helm of a sports fisherman craft at Indian River marina where she works weekends as a charter fishing boat captain. During the week, Donna is a hairdresser at the Shear Shoppe in Lititz.
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Full Text | T H E R E S S SERVING THE WARWICK AREA FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY 101st Year ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1877, AS THE SUNBEAM ¡CONSOLIDATED WITH THE LITITZ RECORD, 1937j Lititz, Lancaster County, PA, 17543, Thursday, August 4,1977 15 CENTS A COPY; $5.00 PER YEAR BY MAIL WITHIN LANCASTER COUNTY ISPages-No. 19 W. Twp. Chief Leaves Force ' . ' .*• -< m X Ê J i M l • ' ; Warwick Twp. Police Chief Paul Haines Walker Mobile Unit To Be Here Aug. 12 C o n g r e s sm a n Bob Walker’s mobile office will be in the area Friday, Aug. 12 for people to discuss any problems with the federal government or to state their views and opinons. The mobile unit will be in Brickerville from 10 a.m. to noon, in the center of town, and at the Lititz Post Office from 1:15 to 5:30 p.m. Chief Paul Haines of the Warwick Township police department has resigned, effective yesterday (Wednesday, Aug. 3). Acting as temporary chief of police is Sgt. Kenneth Martin, a veteran of five years on the force. Chief Haines, a Lititz R1 resident, has held the post of chief since 1968 and was acting chief for a period of time before that. During his tenure, Chief Haines was three times elected president of the Northern Lancaster County Chiefs of Police Association. Chief Haines’ letter of resignation was accepted by the Warwick Township board of supervisors at their regular meeting July 28. At that time, the supervisors appointed Sgt. Martin acting chief until they make a decision on a new chief. Sgt. Martin, a resident of Ephrata, brings to the temporary post an extensive background in police technique training. He has earned certificates from various state police sponsored training schools, and during the past year completed a two-week drug course at the Harrisburg Area Community College. He also has been certified under a state police breatholyzer course. Martin was promoted from patrolman to sergeant in January, 1975. m It looks like a near collision at Lititz Square as car in foreground pulls across pedestrian crosswalk on East Main Street to make a “ right turn on red” onto Broad Street, almost in the path of an oncoming car. Police Chief George Hicks says this particular crossing is the most dangerous one at the Square to allow right turns on red traffic lights because vision is impaired by the fountain, and cars must block the pedestrian cross-walk to see oncoming traffic. The state has ordered the borough to hang signs forbidding right turns on red at this crossing, as well as at other crossings at the Square. ‘Right Turn on Red’ To Be Banned at Lititz Square After a short-lived spree of right turns on red lights at Lititz Square , the state has ordered the borough to hang “No Turns on Red” signs at the crossings there. Boro Council was informed that by law, turns on red lights are not permitted where there is a steady pedestrian walk sign. The Square has special pedestrian walk signals. Council balked at the ruling, in spite of Lititz: Police Chief George Hick’s warnings that turns on red lights would be a hazard at the Square. However, Council has now authorized Zoning Board Okays Grocery-Meat Market The Lititz Zoning Hearing Board has granted Fred R. Behm, owner of property at 400 E. Lincoln Ave., a “use” variance, which will open the way for a proposed retail butcher and grocery store and a beauty shop there. The variance was granted, changing the present industrial- general business zone to the “more ap- Local Man Asks Help For Johnstown Victims The victims of the Johnstown flood need food, cleaning supplies, cash donations, and manpower right now, and will need them for months to come, says Brethren Volunteer Service worker Bill Gearhart of Lititz who spent two days last week shoveling mud out of wrecked homes in the flood area last week. “Anyone who thinks they can realize how bad things are there by looking at newspaper pictures of the disaster have another thought coming,” Gearhart said. “You have to experience it yourself to realize.” Gearhart, and several others from this area, did realize how bad the situation was when they traveled to Johnstown with a bus load of volunteer workers organized by the Hempfield Church of the Brethren. Gearhart was so affected by what he saw there that he himself has volunteered to see to the loading up of any canned goods and supplies that residents want delivered to Johnstown. Even though many people can’t go to Johnstown as volunteer workers, they can be as much help at home by g iv in g d o n a tio n s , Gearhart said. The residents of the flood-torn area need mainly canned foods that don’t have to be cooked or can be cooked on small charcoal grills (ovens and cooking ranges have been destroyed). They need cleaning supplies like soap, detergents, and d isin fe c tan ts, and brooms and shovels for workers. Although many loads of clothing have already been sent into Johnstown there is a need for socks and men’s new underwear, Gearhart said. G e a r h a r t h a s o r g a n iz e d som e members of the Lititz Youth Ministry to go door to door in the area tonight (Thursday) asking residents for canned goods and cleaning supplies to send to Johnstown. Others may take such donations to the Lititz Ree Center, or to Gearhart’s residence at 23 W. Main St., and Gearhart will take care of getting it sent to Johnstown, he said. Persons who want to make donations may write checks payable to the Hempfield Church of the Brethren Disaster Relief Fund, and mail them or give them directly to Gearhart at the Ree Center, he said. The people there need these things now, he emphasized, but added that the need will exist for several months yet, and people should not hesitate to send contributions later, either. Anyone who wants more information about these contributions may contact Gearhart at 626- 1767 or at the Ree Center. propriate” neighborhood commercial zone, with the following conditions: That parking restrictions, including lined spaces for cars, be met; That any signs erected must meet all conditions under the ordinance and if lighted, must no disturb any neighboring properties; That business hours must conform to the times from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., Monday through Saturday, and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., on Sundays; That there will be no outside storage. Reportedly, Leslie J. .Zimmerman, a butcher who lives at 31E. Market St., will be opening a grocery-meat market in half of the building located on the property. On the other half of the building, tentative plans have been made for a beauty shop. IN THIS ISSUE Business Directory 14 Church News 12 Classified Ads 16,17 Editorial Page 4 Sports Section 6,7,8 Social 10 Sign Okayed In other business, Larry Altemos was granted special authorization to erect a 3- foot by 3-foot wooden sign, with stained brown-black lettering, to indicate his gift shop at 69 E. Main St. rear. Also, action was continued by the board on a request from R. G. Redman for special authorization to enclose a side porch at 62 E. Main St. until more information can be presented. the ordering and hanging of the “No Turn” signs for North and South Broad Street and East Main Street. (West Main Street is oneway westbound street, so traffic does not enter the Square from there.) According to Chief Hicks, the most dangerous spot is on Main Street in front of the Commonwealth Bank, when cars westbound on East Main Street attempt to turn north onto Broad Street. Vision there is impaired by the fountain, and cars also must pull into the pedestrian cross-walk to see oncoming traffic. Right turns on red from North Broad Street onto West Main Street are not permitted under any circumstances, Chief Hicks said, because cars southbound on Broad Street must travel some distance before they reach that turn. However, “No Turn” signs will be hung at the North Broad Street light to insure that drivers don’t attempt to go through, he said. The safest crossing at the Square for right turns on red is for cars northbound on Broad Street turning east onto East Main Street, he said. There, drivers have relatively good vision of the pedestrian crosswalk and do not have oncoming traffic to worry about. National Hydron Plant To Move from Rothsville Heritage Choir Rehearsal for the Lititz Heritage Choir will be held on Tuesday, August 9, at 7:30 a.m. at t h e Mo r a v i a n Fellowship Hall. Practice is for a repeat performance of the July 2, program at Lititz Springs Park, and all choir members and interested persons are requested to attend the rehearsal. A tape recording of the July 2 performance will be played. National Hydron, Inc., 1633 Rothsville Rd., Rothsville, has been approved by the Lancaster Industrial Development Authority for a $300,000 loan to build a new larger plant on Rohrerstown Road in East Hempfield Township. The new plant will be 31,000 square feet. The firm expects to move in November or December, according to Sam Harmon, vice-president. The plant makes hydron (plastic) coatings for motorcycle face shields, ski glasses, goggles, etc. Approximately 80 persons are employed there now, and an additional 25 are expected to be hired after the firm moves, Harmon said. The Rothsville building is now up for sale, with Hetrick, Puffer, and Wilson, Lancaster realtors, handling the sale. Bill Puffer, from that firm, said that a great deal of interest has been shown in the building, although no options or sales agreements have taken place. The Rothsville building, once a knitting mill, is 11,000 square feet in size and is adaptable to many types of light industry, or several small interests, such as a machine shop, several offices, etc., Puffer said. Residents Ask Twp. S u p rt In Stopping Landfill By Laurie Knowles Area residents seeking Elizabeth Township support in appealing the recent landfill reversal decision were left discouraged and frustrated after the August 1 meeting of the supervisiors. The residents, which included some from both Elizabeth and Penn Townships, .made no progress in obtaining a commitment from the supervisors. They were told that they could attend the Zoning Hearing meeting on Thursday night (August 4) in order to ask the members of the board for support. The mood was obviously changed from the November 1976 meeting at which it was announced that both Penn and Elizabeth Township Zoing Hearing Boards had denied R. E. Wright Associates’ request to establish a landfill site located in both Penn and Elizabeth Townships. That decision was met with sighs of relief and with applause, but more recently the first decision was reversed in Lancaster County Court of Common Appeals after R.E. Wright appealed the townships’ decision. Judge Paul A. Mueller Jr. ruled in July that the township boards had made several “unsupported conclusions” and that R.E. Wright could establish the landfill under “reasonable” restrictions of the zoning hearing boards. At Monday’s meeting of E l i z a b e t h T ow n sh ip supervisors, residents opposing the landfill attempted to gain township support in their appeal. They also asked to have William Crosswell, the solicitor for both townships, work with their lawyer, J. Marlin Shreiner, who had represented the residents in the November case. Residents were told that they would have to appeal the decision on their own, or else ask the Zoning Hearing Board and later the super-viors. “We don’t have time for that,” said one protesting resident. “The appeal must be made before the middle of the month (August).” They were also told to go through their lawyer, Shreiner, in order to appeal the decision, and that the supervisors would not consider offering the support of their solicitor at the present time. “All I can say is that you should go to your lawyer, and discuss it with im. We have no decision to make tonight,” said George White of the supervisors, leaving a group of disappointed residents. Later Mrs. James Bachman, whose name is listed as one of the parties in opposition to the landfill in the recent decision, said that her husband and she, as well as other concerned residents are “looking into the matter of appealing the decision.” “My husband and myself are from Penn Township, and we will go to them at the August 8 meeting, and hopefully, get a better response,” she said, “we would have respected the supervisors of Elizabeth Township if they had given us some kind of answer, but instead they did nothing but leave us all very discouraged.” Several different opinions have been stated involving exactly who should appeal the decision if it is appealed at all. Residents had asked the superviors to back them up, but according to J. Marlin Shreiner, since the Zoning Hearing Boards are listed as the opposition to the landfill in the most recent hearing they should be the ones to support the appeal along with the residents. Many residents said that since the superviors “ control the purse strings” and the appoint the hearing board the decision to appeal should be theirs. Another opinion was presented by William Crosswell, solicitor for both townships. He stated that the Zoning Hearing Board is a decision-making body and that as impartial judges in the issue they have no obligation to appeal the decision reversal made by Judge Mueller. “It would be like a county judge appealing a decision in a higher court,” said Crosswell. “The Zoning Hearing Boards made their decision before and the Lancaster judge reversed it. He wouldn’t appeal it if the state changes his decision, so there is no reason the townships should appeal their own decision.” If the decision is appealed it would go to the Commonwealth Court. At present nothing has been decided by either the protesting residents or the townships, and as different opinions were voiced at the August 1 meeting, it was clear that little was being accomplished and that no [Continued on 2] The Skipper Is A Gal By Peggy Frailey Twenty-three year old Donna Musser leads two lives. She’s a hairdresser in a fashionable Lititz beauty shop during the week, but on weekends she captains charter fishing boats on the Delaware Bay. Donna, a Warwick High graduate, is one of the increasing number of women who hold captain’s licenses, and one of the few in the Philadelphia-Baltimore area with an ocean operator’s license, which means she’s licensed to take charter fishing parties out on the ocean. She may take any vessel under 20 tons up to 100 miles out on the ocean, carrying as many people as the boat can legally hold. She’s qualified to operate gasoline, diesel, or steam powered boats, and has a working knowledge of the operation of any of them. Each year, she can reapply to get her license increased to cover 50 per cent more tonnage, until it reaches 100 tons. Then she must take another Coast Guard exam (which she intends to do eventually) to qualify her to pilot larger craft. The fact that she possesses a license that lets her go 100 miles out on the ocean is unusual, because it’s hard to get anything over 60 miles, she explains. But almost as unique is the reason she was able to get it - Donna was especially adept at navigation because she already had her airplane pilot’s license before she was even out of high school. Youngest Captain Donna is not only the sole female captain at her marina (South Shore Marina at Indian River Inlet - Bethany Beach), but she’s the youngest person, male or female, with a license there. After several summers of mating on charter boats for other captains, Donna took her first fishing party out on the water this spring. “People really look when they see their captain is a female,” she laughs. She gets “lots of flak” and kidding over her radio, but obviously she’s proved herself a capable captain. “I’m really happy with the response from the people down there,” she said. “They’ve shown me they have confidence in me - and we’ve had good catches,” which is really the important thing to a fisherman. What’s a cute young girl like Donna doing at the helm of a fishing boat, you ask? Actually, it all goes back to 1972 when she went off to Alaska on a hunting expedition with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Sch-meck of Newport Road. Donna was a senior in high [Continued on Page 15] Donna Schmeck Musser, one of the youngest females to get her charter captain’s ocean license, sits at the helm of a sports fisherman craft at Indian River marina where she works weekends as a charter fishing boat captain. During the week, Donna is a hairdresser at the Shear Shoppe in Lititz. |
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