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WITHIN LANCASTER COUNTY 22 Pages-No. 33
W. Twp. Chief Resigns,
Martin New Dept. Head
Wayne Shinton, former
Warwick Township police
officer who took over as
Warwick Township chief of
police Monday, Oct. 31, has
resigned from the job, ef­fective,
Friday, Nov. 5, at 4
p.m. Sgt. Kenneth Martin
has been appointed by
supervisors to fill the slot left
vacant by the resignation.
C o n ta c te d Monday,
Shinton declined to comment
on his decision to leave,
saying his resignation was a
matter of “my pride.”
Shinton also refused to
verify information that he
was seeking to be reinstated
with the Lititz Police
Department. “Right now,
I’m out of a job,” he said.
Richard Hoffer, secretary
of the Warwick Township
Board of Supervisors told the
Record that Shinton had
informed him on Friday,
Nov, 5, that it was his last
day on the job. The super­visor
said he was surprised
at the announcement though
he admitted hearing rumors
about the resignation the day
before. Hoffer said Shinton
told him that after a week on
the job he had decided the
job just wasn’t for him.
Martin New Chief
Following Shinton’s
resignation, the three-man
Board appointed former
Sergeant Kenneth Martin, a
five-year veteran of the
force and one-time acting
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Warwick Township's new chief of police, Ken­neth
L. Martin, a five-year veteran of the force, has
been appointed to replace Wayne Shinton, who
resigned Friday.
chief, as Shinton’s suc­cessor.
Martin, who was promoted
to the rank of sergeant in
January, 1975, was ap­pointed
acting chief of police
in August of this year,
following the resignation of
Paul Haines, chief of police
for nine years.
The new chief of police, an
Ephrata resident, has had
extensive police training
since joining the force in
September 1972.
He has earned certificates
from various state police
sponsored training schools
and this year completed a
two-week drug course at the
Harrisburg Area Com­munity
College. He has also
been certified under a state
police breatholyzer course.
Martin is a 1966 graduate
of Ephrata High School.
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C. William Dussinger
School Board
Endorsed Republican
candidate, Dale F. Diehm
from Elizabeth Township,
defeated independent
candidate Bruce Holland
from Warwick Township, a
Republican running on the
Democratic ballot for the
only contested seat on
Warwick School Board, a
four-year term in the
general election Tuesday.
Diehm is a surveyer with
Diehm & Sons, Lititz, and
Holland is an employee of
Armstrong Cork Company.
Diehm won the election by
151 votes, with a total of 1152
votes against Holland’s 1001
votes.
Diehm won in his home
township by more than a 2-1
vote. In the borough he won
in the First Ward, First
Precinct, Second Ward,
First Precinct, and both
precincts of the Third Ward.
He took only one district in
Warwick Township, the
Brunnerville District.
Holland took the Kissel
Hill District by four votes
and the Rothsville District
by 51 votes. He also took the
borough’s First Ward,
Second Precinct by 48 votes,
votes, and the Second Ward,
Second Precinct by 48 votes.
Three Republicans, all
c ro s s - f ile d on both
Republican and Democratic
tickets, won uncontested
Boro Hall Renovation Being Studied
Another step toward
possible renovation of Lititz
Boro Hall will be taken next
week.
A committee appointed by
Boro Council will meet with
architect Jim Reese on Nov.
16 to try to come up with a
sketch of a renovated
borough building to present
to Council at its Nov. 29
meeting.
Councilman Lester Stark
is chairman of the com­mittee.
It includes Mayor
Raymond S. Reedy, Boro
Manager David Anderson,
and Homer Hackman.
Stark said this week that
Council has taken no official
vote on going ahead with
renovation. However,
councilmen directed Stark
several months ago to renew
efforts to come up with plans
that council could agree on.
No cost estimates have
been made, Stark said. Nor
has Council bound itself to
renovating the present
municipal building.
“It could go either way,”
Stark said.
First Proposal
In July of 1973, when the
Lititz Fire Company was
preparing to move from the
borough building to its new
quarters on West Main
Street, Reese presented
Council with plans for a
proposed renovation of the
building, estimated to cost
$148,457.
These plans included a
receptionist’s office on the
first floor, along with public
rest rooms, a district
magistrate’s office, and a
large meeting room for the
borough.
The second floor of the
building was re-designed to
house the boro manager’s
office and the police
department.
In 1974, Stark was ap­pointed
chairman of an ad
hoc committee (advisory
committee) to conduct a
survey of local residents
about whether to renovate,
purchase and remodel
another building, buy land
and construct a new
building, or leave things as
they were.
The ad hoc committee,
which was appointed by
Stark, included Russell
Templeton, John Eberly,
Jr., Jack Hartz, and Don
Rannels.
Survey
At that time the committee
distributed roughly 800
survey papers to service
c lu b s an d o th e r
organizations in Lititz,
asking members for their
opinions on the various
alternatives.
Of these, one-third were
returned, Stark said.
Of those returned, 168
favored renovating the
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In This Issue
Business Directory 18
Church News 16
Classified Ads 20,21
Editorial Page 4
Sports Section 6,7,8
Social 12
William G. Owens
School Board
Jack S. Watson
School Board
W e l c o m e T o S i n k h o l e C o u n t r y
Zoning Board
Cases scheduled to be
heard by Lititz Zoning
Hearing Board Monday
were postponed until
tonight (Thursday) due
to a lack of a quorum of
Zoning Board members
Monday night.
Here is sinkhole country,
the limestone beneath us is
dissolving even as we sing
the praises of its benefits to
agriculture.
Factions opposed to the
development of farmlands
cite our limestone base as a
p rim e re a s o n fo r
discouraging housing
projects. Because the land is
A-l, agriculturally speaking,
and because of limestone’s
tendency to dissolve and
develop sudden sinkholes,
area fields should remain in
the agricultural domain,
they insist.
In Lititz, it is not unusual
to drive down a familiar
street and see that part of it
has disappeared overnight.
One recent instance oc­curred
along West Lincoln
Avenue at the intersection of
Warwick Street.
Borough Manager Dave
Anderson reported that
Nevin Koch, public works
chief, noticed the potential
sinkhole last week, but it
wasn’t until Wednesday^
Nov. 2, at 5:30 a.m. that
crews were rushed out for
emergency repairs after a
six-inch main broke.
Twenty-four hours later,
crews were back on the job
repairing a four-inch main
that had cracked open. Both
lines were closed down by
means of shut-off valves
installed on the scene. At the
same time, the crew
removed a sewer lateral
from the deepening pit.
“At various time Thur-
Rothsville
School Meeting
The question of what
to do about Rothsville
Elementary School will
be discussed by the
Building and Properties
Committee of Warwick
School Board at a
m e e tin g to n ig h t
(Thursday) at 7:30 p.m.
at the high school with a
final recommendation
scheduled to be given to
the Board at its regular
meeting Nov. 15.
Committee meetings
are open to the public.
seats for six-year terms on
the School Board.
They are C. William
Dussinger, 401 Woods Dr.,
with a total of 2,000 votes;
Jack S. Watson, 301N. Broad
St., with a total of 1,784
votes, and William G.
Owens, 218 Swarthmore Dr.,
with a total of 1,724 votes.
There was a 67 percent
combined turnout of voters
in the borough, and War­wick,
Elizabeth, and Penn
townships.
Lititz Borough
In the borough, incumbent
Republican candidate, C.
Wendell Hower, won the only
contested Boro Council seat,
the Second Ward seat, by
defeating his Democratic
opponent, Douglas G.
Stauffer, 189 to 129.
Clyde R. Tshudy, a
Republican, was un­contested
for the First Ward
Council seat, and Harold H.
Kauffman, a Republican,
was uncontested for the
Third Ward Council seat.
Republican inucmbent
Raymond S. Reedy was
uncontested for mayor of
Lititz.
Inspector of elections in
the First Ward, First
Precinct will be Republican
Margie S. Kline, who
d e f e a te d D em o c ra t
Margaret M. Davidson, 117
to 34.
In the First Ward, Second
Precinct, Republican Alfred
J . Me lz e r d e f e a te d
Democrat Betty E. Erb for
inspector of elections by a
vote of 78 to 40
In the Second Ward,
Second Precinct, in the race
for inspector of elections,
Republican Patricia A.
Startzell defeated Democrat
Winifred F. Weidman, 99 to
87.
In the Third Ward, First
Precinct, in the race for
inspector of elections,
Republican Kathryn K.
Shuman defeated Democrat
Norma M. Eichholtz, 156 to
61.
Republicans running
unchallenged were Luella I.
Thompson for tax collector,
Christ B. Koehler, judge of
elections, Floyd S. Hagy,
judge of elections, Kay I.
Rihn, inspector of elections,
William S. Ditt, judge of
elections, Helen F. Shank,
judge of elections, Rodney C.
Welch, j 'dge of elections,
and Mary G. Wagarr.an.
inspector of elections.
Elizabeth Township
In Elizabeth Township.
Republican Jay R. Gher
defeated Cemucr.?'.' Robert
C. Shirk (incumbent) for a
four-year term as super­visor,
by a vote of if? to 99.
In the race for tax collector,
incumbent Republican Janet
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Jay R. Foreman
Supervisor
Eliz. Twp.
Jay R. Ober
Supervisor
Eliz. Twp.
C. Wendell Hower
Boro Council
Harold H. Kauffman
Boro Council
Clyde R. Tshudy
Boro Council
Road crews were called in to begin
repairs on the sinkhole that
developed early last week on West
Lincoln Avenue at Warwick Street.
sday, everyone was out of
water (in the area of West
Lincoln Avenue and War­wick
Street),” said An­derson.
But as soon as the
water mains across the
sinkhole were shut off,
residents started receiving
water from other directions.
Because West Lincoln
Avenue is a state road, state
crews were brought in
Friday to look over the
situation. Accompanied by a
grader and three dump
trucks, they began ex­cavating
to find the original
rock base.
Once the original rock is
pin-pointed, explained
Anderson, crews will begin
filling in with concrete. Then
they will probably top the
concrete fill with a com-paceted
clay before covering
it up with stone, he said.
Hindered by bad weather,
crews were not working
Monday, and since Tuesday,
Election Day, was a holiday
for state employees, it
wasn’t until Wednesday that
backfilling could begin.
The borough manager said
he expected the hole to be
filled in by the end of the
week so borough crews could
begin repairing the water
mains to restore original
service lines to the area.
In the meantime, an in­spector
from UGI is
monitoring an exposed gas
main uncovered when the
road caved in completely
o v er th e w e ek en d .
Spokesmen for the gas
company said the danger of
leakage is minimal as the
mains are constructed to
withstand fifty feet of free
suspension.
Last weekend, the sinkhole pic­tured
above sunk even more, leaving
a small canyon along West Lincoln
Avenue. Water mains were shut off
and an exposed gas main has been
monitored daily since the hole began
to sink.