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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.
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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
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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
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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.