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WITHIN LANCASTER COUNTY 24 Pages-No. 47
Ethics Code Will Not Deter Most Area Officials
Although many elected
officials in various parts of
the county and state
reportedly plan to quit office
oefore complying with the
. date’s new Ethics Law,
almost all the elected of­ficials
in Lititz and the
surrounding townships told
he Record Express they
save no “personal problem”
vith the controversial bill.
Only a few officials said
- hey would leave office
other than comply with the
ill, which require s
nsclosure of all financial
sources over $500, as well as
disclosure of other financial
interests and involvements.
Most other officials said
that while they think the law
is unclear and not necessary
for local government of­ficials,
they nevertheless
would comply with it and it
would not keep them from
seeking re-election.
Purpose of Law
Designed to prevent
conflicts of interest on the
part of all public officials
ind employees - paid and
mpaid - the bill was
cheduled to go into effect
an. 1, but has been
exempted from disclosure
requirements through a
temporary injunction
granted by Commonwealth
Court.
The bill has not been
clearly interpreted to
a n y o n e ’ s a p p a r en t
satisfaction yet, and the
mechanics of enforcing it
have not been completed. A
Commission was appointed
to oversee the new law, but
the Commission had no
operating budget, equip­ment,
etc, hence the post­ponement
to the new ef­fective
date of law.
1979 Candidate
The new date, Aug. 1, will
affect candidates in the 1979
elections. New candidates
will have to disclose the
sources of their income
before they run in the
November general elections
— some a re filing
disclosures now along with
their nomination petitions
for the spring primaries.
Incumbents a re not
required to make disclosures
until 1981, as the bill now
reads.
Primarily the new bill
(Act 170) requires that all
elected officials and public
employees in supervisory
capacities file a list of all
sources of income over $500
to themselves and members
of their immediate families.
Roger Reist, solicitor for
Warwick School Board, said
that as he interprets the law
so far, it also requires
candidates to disclose
creditors to whom they owe
$5,000 or more and the in­terest
rate (except for
mortgages on homes or
family loans); $200 or more
in gifts and the cir­cumstances
of these, in­cluding
name and address of
giver (family gifts not in­cluded);
the source of any
honorarium over $100; any
office, directorship, or in­terest
in any business entity;
any real estate interest for
the Commonwealth (such as
a lease, condemnation,
etc.); and any financial
interest in any corporation,
partnership, etc.
Candidates and officials do
not have to list the amounts
of money they receive, only
the sources, according to the
bill.
Area lawyers and officials
are not sure whether or not
the bill includes non-elected
public o ffic ia ls like
superintendents of schools,
borough managers, and
heads of public works
departments, although the
consensus of opinion in this
area is that these positions
are included in the law.
Proposed Amendment
A number of amendments
reportedly a re being
proposed for the bill when it
is re-introduced before a
House committee. Among
them is one by Rep. Lester
Fryer of Reading, who wants
the bill to exempt all local
government officials who
receive less than $15,000 a
year in compensation for
their public jobs.
Rep. Fryer told the Record
he thinks it is a mistake to
insert local government into
a bill that includes state
government. Should his
amendment pass, it would
exclude all elected officials
in this area, although it
would not exclude positions
such as school superin­te
n d e n ts , a s s i s t a n t
superintendents, some
school principals, and
borough managers.
Bonfield’s Comments
Warwick’s superintendent
of schools, Dr. John Bon-field,
told the Record that he
has no personal problem
with the disclosure law, but
he thinks it will serve as a
deterrent to some people
who might otherwise seek
public office. He added that
Rep. F ry e r’s proposed
amendment for a $15,000
limit would help prevent loss
of good school directors,
since school board seats are
not paid jobs.
Boro Manager
Boro Manager David
Anderson, another non-elected
public official who
probably would be subject to
the Ethics Law, said
boroughs are asking for an
interpretation of just what
jobs are included under the
law.
“I don’t think anybody is
fighting the intent (of the
law),” Anderson said, noting
that the state’s Boro Code
already contains a strong
clause about conflicts of
interest. “But we have
enough trouble trying to find
qualified people for mayor
and council positions,” he
said.
As far as he himself is
concerned with the law, he
said, “I don’t like it , but I
don’t have any trouble with
it. What an individual does
with his own money to some
extent is his own business.
But,” he added, “I don’t
have anything to hide.”
Mayor Reedy
‘ ‘E v e ry th in g is so
amendable, I don’t even
know what the law is,”
Mayor Raymond Reedy said
of the Ethics Law. He said
that from what he has read
about it so far, it would not
keep him from running for
office.
“Perhaps the idea is
good,” he said, “but I think
they went too far with the
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Warwick Grad
R e com m en d s Army
For 'Today’s Woman’
By Pat Herr
The look of “Today’s Army”
is changing as more and
more young women are
enlisting in the U.S. Army.
Irving Berlin’s “This Is The
Army, Mr. Jones” might
well be changed in many
instances to “This Is The
Army, Ms. Jones.”
One of Lititz’ “Ms. Jones”
is Karen Montgomery,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Norman Lannigan, 32 Troy
Dr., and the late Hugh
Montgomery. Pvt. Mon­tgomery
was home on leave
last weekend before leaving
on Monday to join the 21st
Replacement Unit stationed
in Frankfurt, Germany.
Karen is trained as a 94F,
which is a hospital food
service expert. She will not
know what hospital she’s
assigned to until she reaches
Germany.
A 1977 graduate of War­wick
High School, Karen was
an exceptional science
student. Upon graduation,
she won the Armstrong
Laboratory Award. She also
won an honorable mention in
the 1977 Science Fair for her
study on the effects of light
on plants.
After graduation, she
enrolled at the University of
Delaware and completed one
year’s work towards a major
in dietetics. “ I wasn’t
satisfied with college,”
Karen said. “I felt that I was
not retaining enough,” she
added, “and that many of
my courses I would never
use, those that did not
p e rtain to foods or
dietetics.”
Joins the Army
That’s why Karen joined
the U.S. Army. “I felt that
three years’ experience in
the army would be more
beneficial to me. I receive
good benefits and can get my
degree through the army
and be paid while doing it!
Although she will miss her
family, she is anxious to go
to Germany. During the two
and one-half years she will
w m * -
Pvt. Karen Montgomery, a 1977 graduate of
Warwick High School, received the Distinguished
Honor Graduate Award for graduating first in her
class at Ft. Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas. She
left last Monday for a two and one-half year tour
duty in Germany.
be stationed in Germany,
she hopes to be able to travel
around Europe. Since she
was born in Bellshill,
Scotland, she would also like
to visit there.
Basic Training
Pvt. Montgomery took her
basic training at Ft. Mc­Clellan
in Alabama. She was
a member of the first coed
integrated training cycle.
What was Karen’s reac­tion
to basic training? “At
the time it was a challenge.”
she said. “At the beginning,”
she added, “I was homesick
and hated it. I got tired of the
Car Jumps Curb Near Lititz School
School children just get­ting
out of Lititz Elementary
School Tuesday afternoon
luckily escaped potential
danger when an out-of-con-trol
station wagon ran up
over the sidewalk on South
Cedar Street, near Trinity
EC Church across from the
school, Tuesday at 2:35 p.m.,
just after dismissal time at
the school.
Fortunately no one was
injured, according to Lititz
Police Officer Ronald
Sandhaus. Charges are still
pending against the driver,
Sandhaus said.
He said the driver,
Richard M. Franklin, 24, of
230 Ridge Ave., Ephrata,
was headed north on South
Cedar Street when he passed
out and lost control of his
station wagon. The wagon
ran into the rear of a parked
car owned by Walter E.
Hackman, 104 Brubaker Rd.,
and then continued up onto
the west sidewalk on South
Cedar Street, coming to rest
near the church building.
drill sergeant’s yelling. But,
as I adjusted, I began to like
it and I really liked it by the
end.”
Karen always liked to
sleep late. She considered
sleeping until noon to be
normal. She found, however,
the army had other ideas as
to what time is best to get out
of bed. During basic
training, Karen had to get up
between 4 and 5 a.m.! “But
then I went to bed at 9 p.m.”
she said, “and believe me, I
was ready to. Basic training
sure got me in better
physical condition.”
Basic training for women
is no different than for men.
She learned marching and
manuevers and also had1
combat training. I asked
Karen what all of this in­volved.
She said she learned
to fire the M16 rifle, to use
live grenades, how to fire the
light anti-tank weapon
(LAW) and to fire the M60
machine gun.
She also went on bivouac
live-fire manuevers in the
daytime and also went on
night live-fire maneuvers. “I
was scared at first,” Karen
added, “but then I got used
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GOP Endorses 3 For School Board;
Interest Shown In Township Jobs By Peggy Frailey
One incumbent and two
new candidates for Warwick
School Board were endorsed
by the Warwick Area
Republican Committee
Monday night for the spring
primaries.
Two candidates for
E liz a b e th Township
supervisor have also been
endorsed by the committee,
and three persons an­nounced
their candidacy for
Warwick Township super­visor
Monday.
Endorsed for School Board
Monday at an area GOP
Committee meeting in the
E liz a b e th Township
Municipal Building were:
In cum b e n t W a lla c e
Hofferth, 212 E. Second Ave.,
Lititz, current vice-president
of Warwick School Board.
W. Bruce Holland, 954 Log
Cabin Rd., Leola (in War­wick
School District).
C. David Landis, 843
Furnace Hills Pk.
Running without party
endorsement will be
Raymond C. G ro ff,
Rothsville, a former long-president
and four as
treasurer.
Mearig will be completing
one six-year term, with the
last three years as Meet and
Discuss Chairman, and one
year as Buildings and
P ro p e r ty C om m itte e
chairman.
The incumbent candidate,
Wallace Hofferth, is an in­surance
specialist with
Armstrong Cork Company.
He is completing one six-year
term on the Board.
Holland is a staff engineer
in the Central Engineering
Department at Armstrong
Cork Company. He was
defeated in his bid for school
director in 1977, and since
then has been serving on the
Middle School Advisory
Committee and on the
In This Issue
Editorial 4
Sports Section 6,7,8,9
Social 14,15
Church News 18
Business Directory 20
Classified 21,22,23
Warwick Long Range
Planning Council.
Landis is self-employed as
a farmer in the poultry
business. He is a member of
the Warwick Township
Planning Commission and is
on the school district’s
Vocational-Agriculture Ad­visory
Committee.
Groff, who served nearly
25 years on theSchool Board,
owns a milk hauling
business. He recently retired
from truck driving, but
continues to manage the
business. He was defeated in
his last bid for school
director.
Elizabeth Township
One of the two endorsed
candidates for Elizabeth
Township supervisor will be
appointed to fill the unex­pired
term of supervisor Jay
Foreman, who resigned last
month because he is moving
out of the area. According to
township committeeman,
Leroy Ulrich, whoever is
selected will still have to
stand for election later.
Two supervisors must be
elected in the township-one
to replace Foreman, and one
to replace George White,
who is not seeking re-election.
Both candidates have
some experience in local
government. Rodney May, a
factory worker, is a member
of the township Planning
Commission. His term ex­pires
in July. Larry Wiker, a
contractor, is on the town­ship
Zoning Hearing Board.:
Warwick Township
Committee persons said
they were surprised and.
pleased at the number of
candidates who showed up
Monday night for the job of
Warwick Township super­visor.
Two are involved in
real estate and one is the
former township police
chief.
Paul Herr is affiliated with
Herr Abstract Company and
is also manager of Dutch
Country Real Estate.
William Hazlett is with
Town and Country Real
Estate.
Paul Haines, the former
Warwick Township police
chief, is now a truck driver
fo r W a rn e r -L am b e r t
Company. He is an elected
constable for the township,
but is not seeking re-election
to this post.
Constables
Committee Vice-Chairm­an
Dean Baublitz said only
one potential candidate has
expressed an interest in
running for constable, even
though Warwick School
District is allowed 10 con­tables.
The district now has
three constables in Lititz-
Paul Haines, Tom Rearich,
and John Wagaman-all up
for re-election, and Haines in
the township, who will have
to be replaced.
Boro Council
Only incumbents have
announced their candidacies
for the three Lititz Boro
Council seats available this
election: Lester Stark from
the First Ward, Donald
Stauffer from the Second
Ward, and Bill York from
the Third Ward.
time school director.
Elizabeth Township
Endorsed for Elizabeth
Township supervisor were:
Rodney D. May, 200
Hershey Rd.
Larry R. Wiker, 130 Blantz
Rd.
Warwick Township
Those who announced
th e ir cand id a cie s for
Warwick Township super­visor,
to replace Richard
Hoffer, who is not running
again, were:
Paul Herr, 1157 E.
Newport Rd.
William Hazlett, 1162 Clay
Rd.
Paul Haines, Orchard
Road.
Committee Vice-Chairm­an
Dean Baublitz said two or
three persons more may be
running for supervisor in
Warwick Township. He said
the committee did not decide
on an endorsement Monday
night, and because of the
qualifications of the three
men above, encouraged all
of them to file nomination
petitions.
Baublitz said the com­mittee
would be meeting
again March 13 to decide
whether or not to endorse
candidates for Warwick
Township supervisor.
School Board
The four candidates for
Warwick School Board will
be vying for three vacancies
created by expiring terms of
Hofferth, David Buckwalter,
and Richard Mearig.
Mearig and Buckwalter
both announced they will not
seek re-election.
B uckw a lte r will be
completing two six-year
terms on the Board at the
end of 1979, two of them as
the wrestling Sectional Tournament for the fourth Rosenberger, Rus Lepard, Scott McIntyre. Back
consecutive year. Coaches Jerry McDonald and row (left to right) are Brent Eidemiller, Glenn
Tom Stutzman kneel in front while in the first row Walter, Tim Diem, Jim Mellinger and Gene Miller.
Warwick Wrestlers Win Sectionals
Following their trium­phant
march through the
league schedule, the War­wick
wrestlers capped their
league title with the team
championship from the Sec­tional
Tournament at
Manheim Township over the
weekend.
This was the fourth con­secutive
year Warwick took
the top prize, a record­setting
performance. This
year marked one of the
tightest races in recent
years as the Warriors nosed
out Elizabethtown 129V2 to
123.
In addition the local team
crowned three individual
champs. Steve Bass took the
126 pound division while Jeff
Rosenberger came out on
top at 132. Rus Lepard upset
the entire field by winning at
185 pounds.
Warwick had 10 of their 12
wrestlers reach the semi­finals
with seven placing in
the top three positions and
earning a trip to Ship-pensburg
State for Round
Two this Saturday.