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WITHIN LANCASTER COUNTY 30 Pages-No. 30
Veterans Day
Plans Announced Plans for observance of
Veterans Day in Lititz on
Saturday, Nov. 11, have been
announced by Commander
Ray Kowalick of Garden
Spot Post 56 of The
American Legion.
This year’s observance
will mark the 60th an­niversary
of the signing of
the armistice which ended
World War I, Commander
Kowalick explained as he
urged a community-wide
expression of patriotism as
part of the holiday’s
celebration.
This year’s observance
also marks the return to
Nov, 11 for the designation of
the national holiday after
seven years of having it
occur on the fourth Monday
in October. Negative public
reaction to the new date for
the holiday prompted
Congress to restore Veterans
Day to the traditional date of
Nov. 11.
Commander Kowalick
urges that every effort be
made to turn this year’s
observance here is Lititz into
“a magnificent expression of
patriotism.”
“Our observance should
begin with the flag of the
United States on display at
each home and business,”
Commander Kowalick
declared, “ not just in
recognition of the veterans
of the community but as a
reaffirmation of pride in
America and as our com­munity’s
contribution to a
coast-to-coast expression of
national unity.”
By its participation in this
patriotic holiday, Post 56 will
be joining with nearly 16,000
American Legion posts
throughout the United States
and in several overseas
territories and nations of the
free world in this significant
observance.
Veterans Day is also a
special target date in the
Legion’s 1979 membership
campaign, Commander
Kowalick said. He invited
the war veterans of Lititz to
join Post 56 its varied ac­tivities
and programs which
support this year’s theme of
the Legion - “We Dare To
Care.”
Boro Alarmed
Over Sewer
Plant Expense
They didn’t fool us ... we knew it was the “WHO”
all the time ... What? Kiss? Not right now, I’m
writing this caption ... Oh! “ KISS” Of course ...
knew it all the time ... just kidding...
Members of the group that won for the “ Most
Original Group” are Brian Landis, 29 E. Lincoln
Ave., Mike Landis, 316 E. New St., Ryan Kauff­man,
14 E. Middle Lane, and Barry Long, 12 E.
Middle Lane. (Record Express photo)
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Warwick Band fans
Plan Early A.M. Fest
At 2 a.m. Sunday - win or lose - the Warwick Mar­ching
Band will be returning from the Calvalcade of
Bands state competitions in Philadelphia to be met by
a cheering crowd of parents, friends, and relatives,
who plan to stay awake long enough to show the band
how much the Lititz-Warwick area appreciates a
champion.
And since “the more the merrier” is even truer when
it comes to cheering, everyone in the school district,
and even admirers from outside the district, are in­vited
to lend a cheer to the celebration, which will be
held on the Middle School parking lot.
Said one of the celebration’s organizers, “We want to
show them we appreciate what they’ve done for the
community this year.”
What “they” have done is bring home first place
trophies from every competition entered this year with
the exception of the National Championship of Mar­ching
Bands on October 25, when the band placed
second.
But that’s second in the NATION, which is a high
honor for a school competing against schools with a
much larger student population.
This year, the Warwick Band also marched off with
three traveling trophies for being the best overall band
and held the place of honor band at both the Ephrata
and New Holland farm show parades.
If Warwick beats the stiff competition and comes out
on top in states competitions Saturday, band members
will be coming back to near hysteria on the Middle
School lot.
But even if they don’t make the top spot, there’s
always next year, and they’ll still be Number One here.
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ring The 1978 Winners
Lititz Halloween Parade For nearly 5 - i '•cits
Monday eve m r Ma i n
Street *a r drc-s«. , he
Halloween err; t .r, of
children and Edit"';- os r\ev
put their '.magic aiio.iv on
display and m. Gvd w b-snt
of the judges s i • D y o , to-be
chosen ' “'ir niest’ or
“most artistic” or ‘most
original” in the 1978 Lititz
Halloween Paraoe, spon­sored
by the Lititz Lions
Club.
While Parade Queen Jo
Ann Washehysion, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Basil
Washehysion, 508 Kissel Hill
Road, and her court,
Michelle (Missy) Clair,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Clair, 40 E. Third Ave.,
and Kathy Jo Gibble,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Gibble, II E. Third
Ave., watched prizes were
awarded in M- individuals or
groups.
In addition to the hundreds
of enthusiastic bystanders
cheering on the ms -fliers,
the parade was sparked by
the easy banter of doe area’s
number one master of
ceremonies, Bill Dussinger.
F oliowing a stirring
performance before the
judges stand by the Warwick
Marching Band, winners
were announced.
Grand Prize
Grand Prize went to the
..'lagim.tme and cleverly
constructed float, “Country
L v r g ” presented by Girl
Scout Troop 251.
Children’s Division
Best Artisitc Individual:
First prize went to Mike
Yoder, 27 E. Lincoln Ave.,
for his portrayal of Raggedy
Andy; second place was won
by Steve Brubaker, 916 May
Road, as Kerrait the Frog.
Best Artistic Individual:
The winners were Chad and
Danielle Howard, 621
Woodcrest Ave., who
b ro u g h t the D isn ey
characters of Mickey and
Minnie Mouse to life; second
place went to Jonathan
Campbell, 207 E. New St.,
and Katie Helter, 26 Front
St., portraying the Purple
People Eaters.
Most Comical Individual:
Julie Risser, 217 N. Liberty
St., as a Phillies Phanatic
took first place; Schultz, the
only canine winner in the
parade, accompanied by
John B. Sensenig, 206 S.
Broad St., placed second.
Most Comical Couple:
' o.-o de Brown finally found
J k -Teat PumpKin ami took
'h !t prize a j oeh ¡.> toe
I e:-sons of Craig and Chris
Garrett, 815 Diston View
Drive; Jimmie and Scott
Bauer, 500 N. Water St., took
second place as the
Philadelphia Flyers.
Most Original Individual:
Laura Brubaker, 916 May
Road, almost missed getting
her first prize award - she
was ready for bed after
walking down Main Street
twice; second place winner,
Natalie Fritz, 530 Golden St.,
was a scary witch.
Most Original Couple:
They never found out
whether the egg or the
chicken came first, but
Karen Bauer, 718 Owl Hill
Road, and Anna Kirk, 512
Golden St., found out they
had won first place in this
category; Greg and Aaron
Whitcraft, 340 Crest Road,
came in second as an organ
grinder and his monkey. Warwick Band Heads For State Competition
Group Division
Best Artistic Group:
Brownie Troop 444 took a
first prize as delicious Lititz
pretzels; Karen Miller as
Goldilocks s d her tree
bears, portray a by Heatr er
Marie and John vl ile aU of
526 Pine Hii t u<ad rook
second in in - c °0 ~ry
third place was won oy
Brownie Troop 288, who
flitted past the judges as
fireflies; and a consolation
prize was given to Brownie
Troop 252, a cute bunch of
pumpkins.
Most Comical Group:
First prize went to Michael,
Rebecca and Joseph Klopp,
46 E. Second Ave., three of
the most huggable clowns
around; Girl Scout 261 took
second as an exciting band of
gypsies; third place went to
Girl Scout Troop 248, who
charmed the judges with a
song; and consolation prize
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In This Issue
Editorial 4
Sports Section 6,7,8,9
Social 13
Church News 24
Business Directory 28
Classified 18,19
By Peggy Frailey
The anticipated costs of
operating and maintaining
the new sewer treatment
plant that Lititz plans to
build were released this
week, and Lititz Boro
Council acknowledges
Tuesday night that it is upset
and worried about the long­term
expense that it’s going
to mean for the borough.
Not only is the cost of
running the plant much
higher than Council ex­pected
it to be, but the
withdrawal of any major
users of the plant would
throw an added burden on
Lititz, they said.
The plant is to be financed
through a bond issue, and
documents for this are to be
signed at a special meeting
Nov. 10 at 6:30 p.m. Once
these are signed, the
borough is virtually com­mitted
to go ahead with
construction, Council said.
Meanwhile, Council is
wracking its brains to find
some alternative to the
ultra-sophisticated ultra-expensive
sewer plant that
will be the first of its design
to be built.
One possible solution now
being looked into is
becoming a customer of
Lancaster Area Sewer
Authority (LASA). LASA
has capacity for 12 million
gallons of flow a day, and is
only using about a quarter of
that capacity.
“LASA would love to have
us,” Council President
Donald Stauffer told the
Record earlier Tuesday. The
problem, however, is that
Lititz doesn’t know whether
or not its 75 per cent
guaranteed federal grant for
the new plant could be used
to hook onto LASA.
Another factor to consider,
Stauffer pointed out, is tnat
if Lititz should abandon its
plans for the new sewer
plant, it would still have to
pay about $1 million in
engineering fees to Betz
Environmental Engineers.
The plant has been
redesigned three times in the
last five years, mostly
b e c a u s e th e f e d e r a l
government has changed its
r e g u la t io n s and
requirements. The first two
designs done for the borough
will not be reimbursed by the
federal government.
Another “shaky” factor,
Boro Council said Tuesday,
is Warwick Township’s
commitment to the new
sewer plant. The township is
committed to pay a quarter
of the construction costs,
because it will be hooking up
to the system. The township
has managed to raise the
first installment of its share
of that cost, but according to
Boro Council, has no
guarantee for the rest.
The staggering cost of
operating the plant, ac­cording
to a report prepared
by the borough’s engineers,
will jump from $165,000 in
1980 (the last year the
existing plant is in use) to
$642,000 in 1981 (when the
new plant is put into
operation).
The biggest single cost of
operation, according to the
report, will be for power,
$258,500 worth in 1981. This is
expected to increase yearly
until it hits a projected
$308,000 in 1984.
The next single biggest
cost is for labor, $220,000 in
1981, because the borough
will have to hire 14 persons
to run the plant.
The increased costs will, of
course, mean a substantial
in c re a s e in ra te s to
customers.
A family now paying $11.20
a quarter for sewer and
water would be paying $27.60
byMarch 1,1980.
A family paying $22.40 now
will be paying $45.20 in two
years.
The average residential
bill per year, according to
Boro Manager David An­derson,
runs $60.40 now. By
1980, this would increase to
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NOTICE
The monthly meeting of
: the Lititz Retailers :
Association has been
scheduled for the second
Wednesday of this :
month. The November :
meeting will be held ;
next Wednesday, Nov. 8 ;
at 7:30 P.M. at the :
General Sutter Inn.
All area businessmen
are welcome and invited ;
to attend.
The meeting will :
include nomination of
; officers for 1978.
One of the Warwick
Marching Band’s biggest
challenges awaits them
Saturday in Hershey when
they compete in the
C a v a lc a d e of B an d s
Championshi y s. setter
known ss stare competitions.
This year, with two nrsi
place trophies ir. n&licual
competition under its
collective belt - one or best
band front and one for best
drum major ■ t x Warwick
Marching Band goto nto
state competition with the
rest chance ever to come
bo'ne »rith the coveted title
of "Number One.”
In national competition on
■.October 2d. the band placed
second at veterans Stadium
.n Philadelphia.
Losirg out to their
cerennial rival, Plymcuth-
Wliitenarsh, of Plymouth,
PA, the band took second in
ne "Class A” division.
Band Director Dale Weller
explained later that the band
had lost the "marching
execution” category, con­sequently
going down to
Plymouth-Whitemarsh by
1.4 points.
Though no plans have been
made for any big changes in
the band show for the state
competitions, it’s a good
guess the band has been
doing a lot of “ executing”
this past week in an­ticipation
of Saturday’s
competition.
Drum major Beth Rohrer, daughter of Mr. are
Mrs. J. Lloyd Rohrer, 210 Owl Hill Rd., stands Z'
attention with form that helped win her top honors
in national competition this year.
ri intricate routine that brought them
y . •••, the national roster in competition this year, being named best band
front in national competition: at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia. (Photos by Art
Myers)
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