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Over 6,000 See July 4th Celebration In Lititz
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Fireworks in Lititz Springs Park
(Record Express photo)
By Laurie Knowles
Fourth of July activités at
Lititz Springs Park went on
as scheduled on Tuesday
despite on-and-off-again
showers and the constant
threat of a downpour.
Jerry Kiralfy, park board
president, estimated the
crowd at somewhere bet­ween
6000 and 6500. He added
that he was quite pleased
with the turnout, and
although the number of
persons attending was lower
than in past years, he didn’t
think that it would be
necessary to seek funds to
pay for the loss of profit.
“It was much better than
I ever dreamed it would be,
with the rain and all”, he
said. “We won’t know until
after we count up the
receipts, but we’re hoping
that we won’t need to ask for
any extra money.”
The Festivities
By evening, however,
skies were cleared, and
during the highlight of the
festivities, Cheryl Martin,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Jere Martin, 548 Spring
Ave., was crowned as the
1978 Queen of the Candles.
She was crowned by Lynn
Eckman, Queen for 1977, and
, her court included Julie
Clair Bros. Buy Land On W. Lincoln
Clair Bros. Audio,
nationally known sound
reinforcement company
with headquarters in
Brickerville, has purchased
34 acres of land on West
Lincoln Avenue in Lititz on
which to build a new head--
quarters for the multi­faceted
organization.
The land, known as the
Warner-Lambert farm, was
purchased from the Warner-
Lambert Company for
$562,000. Roy Clair, one of
the owners of Clair Bros.,
said that his firm plans to
retain about 10 acres of the
tract and sell the balance.
Clair said an architect is
now working on designs for
the new building. It will
replace several scattered
warehouses and offices now
used by the firm with a
larger, centrally located
plant.
Clair said construction
would probably start next
summer.
The tract is located to the
west of and adjacent to the
Travis Mills plant on West
Lincoln Avenue. The 34acres
purchased by Clair Bros,
includes the bam and house
from the farm, and a
ballfield.
New St. James Catholic Church Opens
The new St. James Catholic
Church on Woodcrest Ave. was of­ficially
opened on Sunday, July 2, at
the 11:30 Mass. (More pictures and
story on church pages)
Elizabeth Township
Supervisors Approve Zoning Map
By Laurie Knowles
Tempers flared during
Monday night's meeting of
the Elizabeth Township
supervisors as several
persons objected to the new
zoning map and expressed
other more general com­plaints
against the township
authorities.
One objection was raised
by Daniel Groff, Furnace
Hills Pike, who felt that the
rezoning of the area within
which his property lies, from
rural to residential, was
unfair and “ridiculous” . He
suggested that the area
there should be rezoned as
commer cial because “that’s
the only way it would make
sense.”
As accusations flew, Ivan
Loose, a resident of Poplar
Grove, brought up his
dissatisfaction with the
original zoning back in 1971
when part of Rt. 322 was
zoned residential preventing
any expansion or change
in his already-existing used
car business.
While anger erupted
during the meeting,
chairman of the supervisors,
George White, quietly asked
for order several times and
once threatened to end the
meeting if order was not
restored.
Despite objections, the
superivsors, basing their
decision on reports from the
planning commissions of
both Lancaster County and
Elizabeth Township, ac­cepted
the new zoning map.
Among the changes noted
on the map are:
The land beginning at
Dead End Road and con­tinuing
in a southeasterly
direction along both sides of
Hammer Creek to the
Agricultural District at
Brunnerville Road, varying
in width from 100 feet to 400
feet, is changed from its
present classification as
Buckwalter, Sharon Drewen,
Crystal Engle, Melissa
Habecker, Christine Her-shey,
Joy Keener, Tracey
Lehman, Danelle Martin,
Denise McIntyre, Jodi
Michael, and Kathleen
Zellner.
Cheryl Martin has been a
cheerleader for four years.
She was s e le c ted as
Homecoming and Halloween
Queen in 1977, and is a
member of the Varisty Club.
She has been named to
Who’s Who Among High
School Students, and is
employed by Moravian
Manor. She plans to attend
Harrisburg Barber School.
Her young attendents were
Greta Wilson as flower girl,
and Michael Owens as crown
bearer. The show was
organized by the Lititz
Woman’s Club with
technical help from Clair
Brothers of Lititz.
No Fourth of July would be
complete without fireworks,
and Lititz had its share of
the bursts of color and
sound. “Ooh’s” and “aah’s”
could be heard throughout
the park and surrounding
area as the fireworks were
set off, finishing up with
many going off at one time
and the sky filled with light.
Just before the fireworks,
the traditional Fairyland of
Candles was held as
thousands of candles were lit
all along the park stream,
creating a magnificant
display of flickering lights.
The lighting of the candles
was started off by Queen of
Candles Cheryl Martin and
area youths continued with
the lighting until the entire
park was aglow.
During the all-day
celebration the Lititz Youth
Minstry helped with the
various activities. It was the
eighth year that the group
operated the refreshments
stand in the park.
Other organizations had
snack stands set-up, in­cluding
Lititz American
F ie ld Service se llin g
lemonade, Lititz Jaycees
selling funnel cake, and
Lititz Welcome Wagon
selling soft pretzels.
Music All Day
Music was featured in the
park all day as most of the
audience sat beneath um­brellas
to enjoy per­formances.
The first musical event
was a concert by the New
Jerusalem Carpenter
Company, a group of Young
men from Lititz. They
played their easy-to-listen-to
Gospel rock music before a
small crowd from 12:30 until
1:30. The group includes Ed
Ruth, Tony Mathias, Jay
Bowman, Ron Nies, Steve
Graybill, and Irv Enck.
The next featured music
was also Gospel-type music,
and was presented by Scott
Wesley Brown of Potomac,
Md., who held his concert
from 2 to 4:30 p.m. About
three-quarters of the seats
near the band shell were
filled by youthful Gospel
music fans.
The Rohrerstown Band
made their annual ap­pearance
during the rainiest
part of the day from 5 to 7
p.m., and played several
marches and old favorites
from “South Pacific,” “The
King and I”, and other
shows. A handful of persons
sat in the seats, wearmg
raincoats and holding um­brellas.
During that time it seemed
like rain would continue all
night and as members of the
Fourth of July committee
discussed possible post­ponement
of the firewords
and pageant, the sky quickly
cleared and remained so.
The Sweet Adelines, Red
Rose Chapter, performed
from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m., all
dressed in bright lime green,
and singing in their popular
four-part harmony style,
before a background of real
trees.
Next came the pageant,
the crowning of the queen,
the Fairyland of Candles,
and the fireworks, followed
by a brief return concert by
the Rohrerstown Band, all
following in the long-time
Lititz Fourth of July
tradition, despite cloudy
skies.
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Cheryl Martin, the 1978 Queen of
the Candles, who was crowned on
Tuesday night, stands with her two
young attendants, Michael
crownbearer, and Greta
Owens,
Wilson,
flower girl. (Record Express photo)
Dr. Bonfield Outlines lo re Changes What Is Planned For Warwick Schools?
Rural District to Con­servation
District.
The land extending 1,600
feet south from the existing
R-l D istr ic t abutting
Brubaker Valley Road and
extending 2,800 feet east
from the existing R-l-
District abutting Oak Lane
and extending to Evans
Road is changed from its
present classification as
Rural District to Residential
District R-2.
The existing Commercial
District is extended from 500
feet to 750 feet north from
U.S. 322 along the east side of
Pa. 501 changing that land
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In This Issue
Business Directory 16
Church News 14
Classified Ads 18,19
Editorial Page 4
Sports Section 6,7,8,9
Social 12
By Peggy Frailey
(This is the second of two
articles about Dr. John
Bonfield, superintendent of
schools for the Warwick
district, now beginning his
second year in that position.)
Dr. John Bonfield,
superintendent of Warwick
School District, is moving
into his second year as top
administrator in the district
after a year of solid ac­complishment.
What’s ahead for the
school district as educators
and residents of the com­munity
join forces with
growing enthusiasm?
Number One - a complete
evaluation of the system at
Warwick, to determine
whether students are
learning what the district
expects them to learn; and a
system to evaluate the
programs.
Number Two - more
comprehensive planning for
the future of the district;
that is, longer range plans
that are more coordinated.
Also on the list, said Dr.
Bonfield in an interview with
the Record Express -
—Continual review of
cu r r icu lum and e x ­tracurricular
programs.
Report Cards
Now Ready
Warwick School District
students may pick up report
cards at the High School
office between 8 a.m. and
noon, and 1 to 3:30 p.m.,
starting Friday, High School
Principal Harold Swisher
announced this week.
—Continued emphasis on
utilizing resources in the
community, and emphasis
on the community using
school facilities.
—More in-service training
for teachers, and an on­going
staff development
program for ALL school
district employees.
—More attention given to
non-academic students and
more emphasis on practical
skills for all students.
Family School Concept
His hope, says Dr. Bon­field,
is to make Warwick a
“family school concept,”
with the schools becoming a
center of family activity,
and teachers, students,
administrators, and families
getting together in informal
situations.
“ It sounds somewhat
dated, but that concept will
probably take the place of
the neighborhood school,”
Dr. Bonfield said.
Noting a renewed interest
on the part of educators for
more parental involvement,
he stated: “We’re saying we
can’t do it alone.”
At the least, parents have
a responsibility of knowing
what is going on with their
youngster and working with
the school, he said.
“At Warwick, there is a
fine sense of parental in­volvement
and support of
education and programs,”
he said. He senses a
relationship between
Warwick schools and the
community here “ that
leaves one with the feeling of
identity between the school
district and the whole
community - Lititz borough
and the townships collec­tively,”
he said.
“This is a strength that
leads to involvement and
mutual identification.”
Community Resources
Dr. Bonfield will continue
to em p h a s iz e u sin g
resources in the community,
and also having the com­munity
use school facilities
more. “I envision school
buildings used to their fullest
capacity for workshops,
adult education, etc.,” he
said.
“A school is a very sterile
place for a learning
process,” he elaborated.
“It’s hard to learn ‘living’ in
the schools. We have to
bridge the gap between
getting students into the
world and the world into
schools.”
“The challenge is: how are
we going to make this
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Superintendent of Schools for Warwick, Dr.
John Bonfield (left), confers with his two
assistants, Assistant Superintendent Robert
Harris (cenfeO and Business Manager Walter
Lightner. (Record Express photo)