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WITHIN LANCASTER COUNTY 24 Pages-No. 26
C u b S c o u t s B e g i n
W a t e r S a f e t y P r o j e c t
Last Friday a den of Lititz
Cub Scouts, in co-operation
with the American Red
Cross, installed safety posts
at Speedwell Forge Lake.
The Cub Scouts, Pack 44,
Den 5, of St. Paul’s Lutheran
Church in Lititz, attached
rescue procedures to wooden
posts by Speedwell Forge
Lake. The Water Safety
Project also involved at­taching
to each post a plastic
jug fastened to a 40-foot line
which can be thrown to a
drowning victim in an
emergency, as well as
securing a 10-foot bamboo
pole to the post, which can be
used by a rescuer to extend
his re a ch during an
emergency.
The Red Cross supplied
the Cub Scouts with most of
the equipment. The bamboo
poles and the posts were
supplied by the Penn­sylvania
Fish Commission.
Helping the Cub Scouts in
this project were Den
Mothers Sue Whitmyer and
Karen Geller of Lititz, Red
Cross Safety Program
Director Elliot Robinson,
and the Pennsylvania Fish
Commission Regional
Supervisors with the
Regional Office at Speedwell
Forge Lake.
The project originated in
part because of an accident
that occurred at the lake two
years ago, in which a car
went off the bridge and the
driver drowned.
The Scouts’ Speedwell
Water Safety Project is only
the start of a much bigger
Red Cross project.
The Red Cross hopes to
install safety posts at all
small farm ponds with the
assistance of groups like the
cub Scouts. Any farmer
interested in having a safety
post installed by his farm
pond, should contact the
American Red Cross at 299-
5561.
In This Issue
Editorial 4
Sports Section 6,7,8,9
Social 12
Church News 18
Business Directory 20
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Den Mother Sue Whitmyer assists a Cub Scout as he waterproofs the rescue
instructions.
The boys of Cub Scout Pack 44, Den 5, pose with a completed safety post at
Speedwell Forge Lake. They were assisted in their Water Safety Project by Red
Cross Safety Director Elliot Robinson (left, rear) and Regional Supervisor for the
Pennsylvania Fish Commission Norm Sickles (right).
Lititz To Install New Street Lights
Lititz Borough will install
new lights at the southern
entrance to the borough, at
South Broad Street at the
Wishy Washy Car Wash.
New lights were also
approved last week by Boro
Council for St. Matthew
Drive on Kissel Hill, East
Second Avenue between
Locust and Kissel Hill, West
Second Avenue between
Woodcrest and West Marion
Street (two lights), and West
Lincoln Avenue at Chestnut
Street.
Lights to be updated in
1978 from 600 lumen in­candescent
to 6650 lumen
mercury vapor lights are
those at Kissel Hill-Sutter
Place, South Broad at Weis
Market, South Broad at
Fourth, North Broad at the
borough line, South Locust at
Gochenaur, South Locust at
Marion, South Locust at
Plum, North Locust at New,
East Second at Laurel, East
Second at Linden, East Main
at Lititz Run, West Main at
Pine Lane, North Water at
North Lane.
Also, North Water at New,
North Cedar at Leaman,
North Cedar at North Lane,
South Cedar at Center, East
Orange at Raspberry, West
Orange at Pine, Spruce at
Maple, Maple at Park Drive,
Lincoln at Middle Lane,
Lincoln at Warwick, Lincoln
at Walnut, Lincoln at
Warner-Lambert, Travis
Mills entrance, Lincoln at
Warner-Lambert truck
entrance, Elm at Forney.
Lights to be updated ip the
spring of 1979 are Third at
linden, Third at Cedar,
Third at Laurel, Third at
Cherry, East Marion at
Linden, East Marion at
Laurel, East Marion at
Cherry, Bluebird at Robin,
Water at Leman, Front at
North, New at North, Market
at Liberty, West Orange at
Walnut, Spruce at West End,
Spruce at Fourth, Spruce at
Sixth, Maple at Walnut,
Walnut at West End, Walnut
at Third, and Walnut at
Middle Lane.
Crossing Guard Approved
For Owl Hill Rd.
A new crossing guard for
Owl Hill Road and Kissel Hill
School Drive has been ap­proved
by both Lititz Boro
Council and Warwick School
Board. The two bodies will
divide the cost of the guard’s
wages, each paying $615, and
the borough will pay for a
uniform.
Some Closings Columbus Day
NOTICE
The monthly meeting
of the Lititz Retailers
Association has been
scheduled for the second
Wednesday of this
month. The October
meeting will be held
next Wednesday, Oct. 11
at 7:30 P.M. at the
General Sutter Inn.
All area businessmen
are welcome and invited
to attend.
Monday, Oct. 9, is
Columbus Day on the official
calendar.
The Lititz Post Office will
not deliver city or rural mail
that day, and no postal
service windows will be
open, but the lobby will be
open from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
for the convenience of post
office box customers, who
may pick up first class mail
and newspapers after 9 a.m.
Also, first class mail will
be dispatched from the post
office in the afternoon. All
mail for that dispatch must
be in the post office by 4:30
p.m.
No parcel post packages
will be accepted at the post
office, but a 5 p.m. pick-up
will be made at all five
collection boxes in Lititz.
Borough Offices
The borough offices will be
open to conduct borough
business as usual on Mon­day.
Banks
Three area banks will be
closed on Monday: National
Central; Commonwealth
National; and Farmers
First. First Federal Savings
and Loan also will be closed.
American Bank and the
Rothsville b ran ch of
Brownstown National Bank
will remain open on Monday.
Hogan Apartment Rezoning
Finally Okayed By Planners By Peggy Frailey
After a lengthy debate and
voting on three different
motions Tuesday night,
Lititz Planning Commission
approved a recommendation
for rezoning the Hogan tract
near Kissel Hill School to
Residential R-A for apart­ments
and town houses.
The rezoning from
Residential R-l (single
family dwellings on large
lots) to R-A was recom­mended
with the stipulation
that development be limited
to 96 apartment units and 30
town houses, and that a
through street be built from
Landis Valley Road to Owl
Hill Road.
The recommendation was
approved by a 4-1 vote, with
Planning Commission
member Douglas McDowell
casting the only opposing
vote. McDowell had stated
earlier that he would ap­prove
a mixture of 90
apartments and 30 town
houses, but later changed his
m in d , s a y in g th a t
s ta tem e n ts by th e
developers and their at­torney
had convinced him
that the land should not be
rezoned at all.
Developer Barry Hogan
and his uncle, Jim Hogan,
along with their attorney
tried to convince the plan­ning
board they needed to
build at least 100 apartment
units to make the project
economically worthwhile,
and that if 100 apartments
was the absolute maximum
allowed them, they would
not be able to build any
townhouses for economic
reasons. They said they
needed at least 100 units to
make on-site maintenance
economically feasible.
B o a rd c h a irm a n ,
Lawrence J. Ruggiano,
asked for cost figures, telling
the developers that if they
were going to present an
“economic argument” for
rezoning, then he wanted to
know what actual costs they
were talking about.
Trick-Or-Treat
Trick-or-treat night
will be held in Lititz
Borough on Tuesday,
Oct. 31 from 6 to 9 p.m.,
Police Chief George
Hicks announced this
week. There is no age
limit on trick or
treaters, but anyone
involved in criminal
mischief will be cited,
Chief Hicks said.
Cost Figures
Attorney Louis T. Farina,
representing the Hogans,
pointed out that the borough
had instructed the Hogans
NOT to spend any money
getting elaborate plans
together for that night’s
presentation, and that
getting cost figures would
have cost several thousand
dollars. He stated several
times that Ruggiano would
not pay any attention to cost
figures anyway, even if they
were given to him.
At one point, developer
Jim Hogan gave some rapid-fire
cost figures, but became
emotional and left, telling
his nephew to “work it out”
with Ruggiano because he
himself could not work with
him, (Ruggiano).
At several times, the
session was more like a
court room trial battle
b e tw e en C h a irm a n
Ruggiano, who is an at­torney,
and Farina, the
developer’s attorney, than a
Planning Commission
meeting.
Controversial Tract
The Hogan property has
been a controversial one
with the borough for nearly
10 years. It is the same land
that Lancaster County Court
ordered the borough to
approve for federally funded
low-cost apartments in the
early 1970’s, when developer
Soble, now deceased,
planned to use HUD money
to build there.
A few years ago, U.S.
Homes finally got approval
to build “garden apart­ments”
on the site, but these
were never started either.
Hogan has been trying to
get approval for rezoning for
his own development for a
number of months. The
Planning Commission had
recommended previously
that the rezoning be turned
down by Boro Council, after
a 2-2 vote on rezoning.
However, Boro Council
and the Planning Board
agreed after a private work
session last month that the
planners would look at
Hogan’s revised plans again
and make specific recom­mendations
on what type,
and how many rental units
would be appropriate for
Lititz, and what the borough
“could live with.”
Revised Plans
Boro Council had asked for
a mixture of apartments and
townhouses. Hogan’s revised
plans called for 121 apart­ment
units on the south side
of the property and 31 row
houses on the north side,
with open space between.
McDowell made a motion
to deny rezoning altogether,
but this died for lack of a
second.
Rev. Harold Young next
made a motion to recom­mend
rezoning to R-A with a
stipulation that there be no
more than 100 apartment
units and a maximum of 32
townhouses. This motion
development to guarantee
good on-site maintenance.
Young agreed, com­menting
that he would
rather see elderly people
living in the kind of apart­ments
Hogan is proposing
than in converted houses.
Weit voiced no strong
opinion for or against
apartments, per se, but did
note that he was not sure
Lititz needs “all these
Amendment Proposed To
Apartment Zoning Laws
Lititz’ present zoning ordinance on apartments permits
a maximum of eight units to an apartment building.
Lititz Planning Commission voted Tuesday night to
recommend an amendment to the zoning ordinance to
permit up to 12 units per apartment building if the land
(under single ownership) is at least 10 acres in size.
The proposed amendment also stipulates that the land
can not be subdivided so that the land on which the 12-unit
apartment buildings are located ends up less than 10 acres
in size, except in the event the borough should take some
of the land for a public street.
It also stipulates that the front and back of town houses
must be offset at least four feet horizontally at least every
four dwelling units. This is to avoid a straight flat facade.
Planners recommended that Boro Council hold a public
hearing on this proposed amendment at the same time it
holds a public hearing on the proposed Hogan rezoning, so
that if adopted, the new 12-unit minimum can be used by
Hogan.
was seconded by Mrs. Arline
Shannon, but was defeated
by a 3-2 vote.
The third motion, to rezone
to R-A with a 96-unit limit on
apartments and 30-unit limit
on tow n h o u se s, and
requiring a through street,
was made by Randy Weit
and seconded fay Young. This
motion passed 4-1.
Differing Attitudes
A major factor throughout
this and past discussions has
been the differing attitudes
of planning board members
toward apartments.
Ruggiano has maintained
that he does not want
apartments in Lititz, but
prefers private ownership
instead. McDowell has
repeatedly agreed with him.
On the other hand, Mrs.
Shannon and Young have
maintained that Lititz needs
more rental properties,
particularly apartments.
Mrs. Shannon commented
that many people prefer not
to maintain a house of their
own for various reasons. She
said also that she wants to be
sure there are enough
apartment units in Hogan’s
apartments we’re talking
about.” He said he is con­cerned
about the density
factor.
Rentals In Lititz
Ruggiano had pointed out
at the start of the meeting
that according to the Lan­c
a s te r County Com­prehensive
Plan, one-third of
Lititz is now in rental units,
with a vacancy rate of under
3.4 percent.
Planners stated that under
th e p r e s e n t zoning
(Residential R-l), Hogan’s
tract, if perfect, could be
used for 88 single family
houses. Actually the land is
an irregular tract because
the best part of it, in the
center, was taken by War­wick
School District for
Kissel Hill Elementary
School.
If the land is rezoned R-A,
265 units would be allowed if
private streets are used
(according to the borough’s
zoning ordinance), or 228
units if the streets are turned
over to the borough. Soble’s
plans had called for 210 units
with the streets to be
dedicated to the borough.
Spaghetti Dinner Will Benefit Warwick Band
A group of parents from
Libramont hired Attorney
Richard Posey to make the
request to Council last week.
They said a guard is needed
for the approximate 45
elementary school students
who cross there because of
the fast speed of traffic in
that area.
Representatives from the
borough and the school
district visited the site and
agreed that visibility was
poor and traffic speed fast at
that location.
Superintendent of Schools
John Bonfield said that
between 40 and 50 vehicles
went through the crossing
within a half hour when the
group visited the site.
The crossing guard will be
hired for the morning
opening and afternoon
closing of the school day. A
student patrol guard will
escort the two or three
kindergarten who must
cross at that location, Dr.
Bonfield said.
The annual Spaghetti
Dinner for the benefit of the
Warwick Band will be held in
the Warwick High School
cafeteria Saturday, Oct. 14.
Tickets for the dinner,
which is sponsored by the
Warwick In strum en ta l
Music Parents Organization,
can be obtained from any
band member or at the door
for $2.50 ($2.75 for take­outs).
Last year 2,195 tickets
were sold, with a profit of
over $4,000.
According to Mrs. Wilson
Smith, Over-all Chairman
for the dinner, WIMPO
organizes and sponsors the
dinner, (but community
backing is essential for its
success.)
The menu for the dinner
will include spaghetti, salad,
snow flake rolls, applesauce
an d c u p c a k e s . The
spaghetti, salad and rolls
will be prepared by parents
and cafeteria staff at the
school. Band parents will be
donating the cupcakes and
applesauce.
Over 70 parents and 10
members of the cafeteria
staff will he donsthw their
time to help serve, cook, and
clean-up.
According to Mrs. Smith,
270 pounds of hamburger,
320 pounds of spaghetti, 20
pounds of Cheddar cheese,
three cases of tomato sauce,
three cases of ketchup, and
three cases of spaghetti
sauce will go into the dinner.
There will be a choice of
drinks, including milk,
chocolate milk, orange
drink, iced tea and coffee.
Table decorations are in
the charge of Mrs. John
Bonfield, and will include
candles in wine bottles.
The dinner will be held
from 11 a.m. until 7 p.m. on
Saturday, Oct. 14.
Mrs. John Bonfield, Decorations Chairman, and Mrs. Wilson Smith, Over-all
Chairman, discuss preparations for the upcoming Spaghetti Dinner to be held
for the benefit of the Warwick Band.