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Saturday’s Shining Celebration Makes Up For Soggy Fourth
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Highlighting the celebration in the park was the crowning of the Queen of
Candles. The 1979 court included (left to right) Karen Hoffer, Michelle
Clair, Beth Rohrer, Patricia Rollin, Tracee Kulp, crown bearer Wilfredo
Roldan Jr., 1979 Queen Jo Ann Washchysion, 1978 Queen Cheryl Martin,
flower girl Danielle Derr, Tamara Martin, Tracey Savage, Kathy Jo Gibbel,
Sharon Myers, Amber Lange and Terri Hoffman.
Lititz Police News
No Injuries
Suffered In Crash
In This Issue
Editorial 4
Sports Section 6,7,8,9
Social 10,11
Church 14
Business Directory 16
Classified 17,18,19
The annual Fourth of July
Celebration at Lititz Springs
Park, which began on a
dreary, rain-soaked Wed­nesday,
was resumed and
completed Saturday on what
turned out to be a nearly
perfect summer day.
The activities Wednesday
were called off at about 1:30
p.m. following the per­formance
of the first
scheduled group and began
again Saturday at 2 p.m.
with the appearance of the
secondhand.
According to Park Board
President Jerry Kiralfy, this
year’s celebration drew a
greater response than last
year’s despite its post­ponement
(which he said
was only the fourth in the
137-year history of the
event).
“It was gratifying,” he
said, “despite what hap­pened
Wednesday.”
Park Board Treasurer
Glenn Nelson estimated that
between 7,500 and 8,000
people turned out for
Saturday’s festivities.
Candles Pageant
H ig h lig h tin g the
festivities, was the crowning
of the 1979 Queen of Candles
Jo Ann Washchysion,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Basil Washchysion, 508
Kissel Hill Road.
She was crowned by
Cheryl Martin, the 1978
Queen. Her court included
Michelle Clair, Kathy Jo
Gibbel, Karen Hoffer, Terri
Hoffman, Tracee Kulp,
Amber Lange, Tracey
Savage, Patricia Rollin,
Beth Rohrer, Sharon Myers
and Tamara Martin.
The flower girl, Danielle
Derr, is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Derr Jr.,
220 N. Walnut St., and the
crownbearer, Wilfredo
Roldan Jr., is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Wilfredo Roldan
Sr., Lititz R2. Both have
recently completed kin­dergarten.
Jo Ann Washchysion has
been a cheerleader for four
years. She also served on
Student Council her junior
and senior years. She is a
member of Trinity E. C.
Church and plans a career in
marketing/merchandising.
Following the pageant of
the Queen of Candles was the
traditional lighting of the
candles over the stream to
create the enchanting
Fairyland of Candles.
Approximately 5,000
candles were used to create
this year’s Fairyland. They
were lit by scouts and other
children of the community.
Girl Scouts from Cadet
Troop #133 served as can-dlebearers
for the Queen of
Candles Pageant. The
following girls participated:
Sue and Maureen Mc-
Caffery, daughters of Mr.
Robert McCaffery; Carol
and Linda Teresa Bronczyk,
daughters of Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Bronczyk; Holly
Shaffer, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Donnavon Shaffer;
Angie Weidman, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Weid­man;
Diane Steinhauer,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Steinhauer; Rene
Runk, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Barry Runk; Tammy
Bachman, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. James Bachman;
Jan Willman, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Willman; Jennifer Foulk,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Howard Foulk; Sherry
Ditzler, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Richard Ditzler; and
Tracy Randall, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Ran­dall.
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Fred Waring, the developer of the original Waring Blender appliance, stands
in with his singing Waring Blenders. In the all new Waring Show “ MORE About
LOVE” , to be held at Lititz Springs Park on Saturday, they will blend the best of
today’s and yesterday’s favorites from the Flappers to the Fifties.
Some Reserved Seats S till Available
F r e d W a r i n g S h o w
C o m i n g T o L i t i t z
Saturday at 7:30 p.m.
master showman and in­terpreter
of song, Fred
Waring will bring his multi­talented
Young Penn­sylvania's
to Lititz Springs
Park for a very special
evening of “live” musical
e n te r ta inm e n t . Area
residents will be able to
enjoy this one-of-a-kind
“irresistible, musical ex­perience”
entitled “MORE
About LOVE” . Thirty
talented sin g e r s ana
musicans, live and on stage,
will be led by maestro
Waring through a montage
of musical moods and love
A major feature of
Saturday’s FRED WARING
SHOW will be a variety of
choral and solo selections
about MORE kinds of
love...MORE Love of
Beauty, Love of Family,
Friends, God, Country,
Seasons, Holidays, Animals
and on and on. Last season’s
smash hit Waring Show was
entitled, “It’s All About
LOVE”, and his all new
show “MORE About LOVE”
takes up from the ending
point of last year and brings
to the stage MORE of the
Love songs of the decades.
The “Today’s Penn­sylvanians
Group”, in their
own unique style, will per­form
the contemporary, love
song hits of today...wldle the
“Waring Blendors Group
(named for Fred’s in­vention)
will bring soothing
excitement to the audience
with a mini-nostalgic look at
music from the Flappers to
the Fifties. Six old timers
(the “VFW’S” or Veterans
of Fred Waring Shows)
continue to stop the show
night after night.
When you add the
beautiful girls, costumes,
choreography, staging and
lighting, plus a love song list
of everyone’s favorites, you
find that the FRED
WARING SHOW is an ex­perience
that can’t be
missed. Share in this
memorable evening of
musical LOVE...see the
internationally famous,
Fred Waring Show Saturday
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No injuries were reported
in a crash between a car and
a motorcycle on West Lin­coln
Avenue on July 7 at 9:55
p.m.
The car, operated by
Michael Victor Toff, 320 E.
New St., was attempting to
make a left turn into a
private driveway when,
according to Lititz Borough
Police, it was struck by a
motorcycle operated by
Kennie Shelton Jr., 320 S.
Broad St.
Shelton was attempting to
overtake the Toff vehicle
when the collision occurred.
The motorcycle was not
damaged and the Toff car
suffered light damage.
After police investigation,
Shelton was charged with
overtaking a vehicle on the
left.
Another accident occurred
at the intersection of East
Lincoln Avenue and New
Street on July 8 at 9:35 a.m.
A vehicle operated by
Nelson E. Myers, Manheim
R4, was traveling east on
East Lincoln Avenue when,
according to police, a car
operated by Kenneth L.
Wall, 1416 Lincoln Heights
Ave., Ephrata, traveling
south on New Street, entered
the intersection into the path
of the Myers vehicle.
Following an investigation
by Officer Emmerich, Wall
was charged with a stop sign
violation.
On July 1 at 2:14 a.m., no
injuries were reported in an
accident on South Broad
Street near West 7th Street.
According to police,
Beverly Ann Keener of 139
Forney Drive, was operating
her car south on South Broad
Street, south of West 7th
Street, when a vehicle
operated by Robert P.
Madenspacher, 113-B Miller
Rd., Akron, approached her
from the rear with the high
beam lights on and at­tempted
to pass her vehicle.
Madenspacher’s vehicle
struck the left rear of the
Keener car, causing it to
spin sidewards and up on to
the curb.
Madenspacher failed to
stop at the scene and identify
himself. The lititz Police
Department later got a call
from Madenspacher’s
father, who said his son was
involved in the accident.
Assistant Police Chief
Fritz charged Maden­spacher
was reckless
driving and failure to stop
and identify at the scene of
an accident.
Damage to the Maden­spacher
v eh ic le was
moderate and the Keener
vehicle suffered severe
damage.
Curfew Violations
Officer Shenenberger,
while on patrol June 21 at
12:45 a.m., observed a car
containing two young girls at
Lincoln Avenue and Broad
Street. When he stopped the
car, he found the two young
girls were in curfew
violation.
The girls and the driver of
the car, Alan Dean Ressler,
56 N. Broad St., were
charged with curfew
violations and, in addition,
Ressler was cited for
operator license restriction,
operating during suspension.
Theft
Police received a report
that sometime on June 22 or
23 a vending machine at the
Pretzel House, 219 E. Main
St., was broken into.
Approximately $50 to $70
in change was removed and
damage to the vending
machine is estimated at
$200.
Disorderly Conduct
On June 23 at 2:25 p.m.,
police received a complaint
of a vehicle being operated
with excessive noise on East
Main Street at Church
Square.
As the result of the in­vestigation,
Officer Shinton
cited Anthony L. Ruth of 209
Skylark Rd. with disorderly
conduct.
On June 23 at 8:15 p.m., a
16-year-old Evans Rd. youth
was charged with disorderly
conduct for making ex­cessive
noise with his vehicle
at Lincoln Ave. and Broad
Street.
Timothy D. Rohrer, 19, of
801 Pine Hill Road, was
charged with disorderly
conduct on July 3 at 10:10
p.m.
According to Officer
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By Unknown Assailant In Park
Lititz Police Officer
Severely Beaten
While Making Arrest
Lititz Police Chief George
Hicks has issued a new and
more complete description
of the man who attacked
Officer William R. Seace
Saturday night during the
fireworks display in Lititz
Springs Park.
Hicks describes the man
as being between 18 and 21
years of age, with near
shoulder-length blonde hair,
n ea tly groomed, ap­proximately
six feet tall, 170
pounds, wearing a blue T-shirt
and blue dungarees.
Chief Hicks strongly urges
any one of the several
hundred people in the im­mediate
vicinity who may
have witnessed the attack, to
please contact the Lititz
police to provide any in­formation
or observations
they may have witnessed.
All disclosures will be kept
strictly confidential.
The circumstances of the
attack involved the arrest by
Officer Seace of a 17 year old
Lititz area youth for being
under the influence of in­toxicating
beverages, at
about 11 p.m. near the end of
the fireworks display. Seace
had handcuffed the youth
near the south side of the
creek in the area of the VFW
parking lot.
The assailant approached
the officer from the rear and
pulled the officer’s night­stick
from its holder and hit
Seace over the head twice
with it causing severe
lacerations. The juvenile
under arrest was not injured
in the attack on the officer
but was spattered with blood
from the officer’s wound
w h ich w a s b le e d in g
profusely.
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Officer William Seace
Officer Seace was given
first aid attention by a
woman bystander who was
an emergency medical
technician. Seace and the
youth were then taken to the
Lancaster General Hospital
by Warwick ambulance.
According to Hicks,
another bystander, a man,
tackled the assailant who
kicked himself loose and got
away.
The police have been
devoting considerable time
to die investigation of the
case under the direction of!
Assistant Chief James Fritz,
assisted by Trooper Ulrich,
criminal investigator for the
State Police.