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WITHIN LANCASTER COUNTY 24 Pages-No. 44
Warwick Marching Band Wins National Honor
One of Top High School
Bands in the Country
Congratulations to these top musicians and performers. Here the Warwick Marching Band demonstrates the finale of its entrance routine at a Fall 1979
, football game.
Warwick Township Police
Five Accidents in Township
Warwick Township Police
investigated five accidents
occurring on area roads.
On Jan. 21 at 2:30 a.m.,
Jacob O. Sentz, 106 Brusen
Drive, Lititz, was driving on
Owl Hill Road, west of Kissel
Hill Road, when he lost
control of his vehicle and
struck a'culvert, then con­tinued
across the roadway
and struck two mailboxes
(at 146 and 148 Owl Hill
Road) and- a utility pole*
Sentz received Slight injuries
to his face and was tran­sported
to Lan c aster
General Hospital by the
Warwick ambulance. His
vehicle was severely
damaged and had to be
towed away. Officer Ray
Lausch investigated and
charged Sentz with failure to
drive oh the right side of the
roadway.
On Jan. 21 at 5:45 p.m., an
accidènte occurred at
Wooderest Avenue and
Becker Drive, when a
vehicle travelling south on
Wooderest Avenue, operated
by John C. Robinson of 653 N.
Mary St., Lancaster, had to
“take evasive action to avoid
a bicyclist and attempted to
turn into Becker Drive.”
Robinson lost control of his
vehicle, skidded and came to
rest in the front lawn on
Wooderest Avenue. The
bicyclist, Donald Cargas Jr.
of 2837 Pebblebrook Drive,
Lancaster, was changed with
making an illegal left turn by
in v e stig a tin g officer,
Richard Groff. Damage was
slight to the property or the
car which received two flat
tires.
On Jan. 24 between 10 a.m.
and noon, a parked vehicle
owned by Donald L.
Shellhamer, 129 Forney
Drive, was struck on the left
rear by an unknown vehicle.
Shellhamer’s car was
parked on Race Street west
of Elbow Road. The hit and
run accident is being in­vestigated
by Chief Kenneth
Martin.
On Feb. 1 at 2:12 p.m., a
vehicle travelling east on
Rothsville Road at Shirley
Lane, operated by James
Allen Stober, 316 Diller
Drive, Akron, struck the left
side of another vehicle
travelling east on Rothsville
Road operated by Paul
Schload of 605 S. Spruce St.
Stober apparently fell asleep
at the wheel, struck the left
side of Sehload’s vehicle,
continued ac ross the
roadway, hit a guardrail and
went over the embankment
landing on its roof.
Stober was taken to the
E p h r a ta Community
Hospital by the Ephrata
ambulance. He refused
medical treatment. Damage
to the Schload vehicle was
moderate. Stober’s car was
severely damaged. Chief
Martin is investigating.
Burglaries
Jewelry, coins and cash,
valued at ¿500, were taken in
a burglary on Jan. 23
sometime between the hours
of 7:15 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. on
Jan. 23 at the residence of
Mark A. Deatrich, 9 Church
St., Rothsville. The burglary
is under investigation by the
Warwick Township Police
Department.
On Jan. 26 at 8:50 p.m.
police investigated a theft at
Bob’s Save Rite Market,
Furnace Hillk Pike, in-sffsp'&
cts
removing cash and checks
from an unattended cash
register. It was reported that
the suspects were two black
males who left the premises
in a vehicle registered in
Washington, D.C. Cash and
checks valued at $965 were
taken. The theft is under
investigation.
Traffic Arrests
Arrested on Feb. 1 were:
Barry L. Miller, Manheim
R5, driving too fast for
conditions; John C. Cooper,
511 Wooderest Ave,, expired
inspection; Melvin W.
Forney, Mt. Gretna, expired
inspection; William Shope,
225 E. Lincoln Ave., expired
inspection; Gerald L.
H e rtzo g , R e in h o ld s,
operating vehicle without
corrective lenses.
Cited Feb. 2 for expired
inspections were: Wayne
Williams, 510 Front St.;
Mary L. Mast, Rothsville;
Debra Rineer, 9 W. Orange
St.; Young S. Lee, Manheim
R5. On Feb. 3, Susan F. Peters
was cited for passing on the
crest of a hill.
Darrin C. Klase, 71 N.
Main St., Manheim, was
cited Feb. 4 for an expired
inspection.
Criminal Offense
On Jan. 28, William E.
Martin, 2 Plateau Road,
Lititz, was cited for
harrassment by telephone to
another residence in the
township. The hearing
pending.
In This Issue
Editorial 4
SportsSection 6,7,8,9
Social 12,13
Church 18
Business Directory 20
Classified 21,22,23
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'Ali Baba1
At Rec Center
On Saturday
The children’s theater
classic, “Ali Baba and
the Forty Thieves,” will
be presented Sunday at
10 a.m. at the Lititz
Recreation Center.
The show, which
features Greg Ahlum in
the title role of the lazy
beggar who discovers, a
cave filled with precious
gems, was re-scheduled
from a previous date
due to snow.
“Ali Baba and the
Forty Thieves” is being
presented as a com­munity
service by the
Lititz Recreation Center
and Maranatha. Tickets
are $1. Children under
five will be admitted
free of charge.
Elizabeth Township
With The Supervisors
The Elizabeth Township
Supervisors approved the
purchase of a used, 6,000-
gallon oil storage tank
Monday night at their
regular monthly meeting at
the municipal building.
The cost of the tank, which
will be used to store RC800
road oil, is $660, delivered. In
addition to the cost of the
tank, the township will be
required to spend ap-proximo
tely $800 for its
installation. According tothe
board, concrete pillars will
have to be built to hold the
tank.
The decision to purchase
the tank came after lengthy
discussion during which
continually rising oil prices
and the possiblity of not
being able to obtain RC800
oil during the summer
months were cited as
reasons in favor of installing
the tank.
Stone and Oil Bids
In other action, the
supervisors agreed to ad­vertise
for stone and road oil
bids for 1980 in ap­proximately
the same
Brickerville Fire Co.’s New Truck Arrives
The new 1980 International
Fire Truck, purchased by
the Fire Company to replace
the 1964 International tank
truck, arrived recently at
the Brickerville Fire Hall.
The new truck, costing
$60,000, is a pumper-tanker
combination with a 750
gallon per minute front-mounted
pump and 1,200-
gallon tank.
The truck is equipped with
1,500 feet of three-inch hose,
400 feet of two and a half inch
hose, 500 feet of one and a
half inch hose, two booster
reels, foam, air masks, a
g e n e r a to r with fo u r
telescoping quartz lights,
axes, nozzles and more.
The chassis was pur­chased
by the fire company
from Heritage International
of Ephrata, then sent to
American Fire Apparatus
Company in Michigan where
the pump and body were
added.
The Ladies Auxiliary to
the Brickerville Fire Cop-many
recently presented a
$5,000 check toward the
purchase of the new truck,
leaving a debt of $30,000. The
Ladies Auxiliary will also
sponsor a Ham Supper
Saturday, Feb. 16 to raise
additional funds.
The Fire Company now
owns lour trucks, including
the new pumper-tanker, a
1967 front-mounted pumper
Diamond Reo, the original
1947 International (used now
mainly for parades and
practice) and the 1964 In­ternational
tank truck. Bids
will be accepted for the ‘64
International until Feb. 27.
The fire company also owns
a 1977 Dodge Ambulance
which provides 24-hour
service, seven days a week.
president - Nevin May; first
vice president - Wilbert
May; second vice president-
Mike Corcoran; third vice
president - Paul Fetter;
treasurer - Leroy Ulrich;
secretary - Russ Strauss;
and financial secretary -
Russ Ober.
amounts as last year (during
1979, approximately 4,700
tons of stone and 25,000
gallons of oil were pur­chased;
however, this year
state law requires that the
township bid for the oil in
tons instead of galions.)
Plans Approved
The board approved final
plans for Donald Steffy’s
Elm Crest Development,
whijeh, in c lu d e s a p ­proximately
98 lots near
Elm, - ' " '
Land development plans
were also approved for the
Snavely Brothers’ four lots
located on the east end of
Snavely Mill Road (on the
north side of the road near
the old mill).
Sewage Officer
In response to a letter
received by the board from
the township sewage officer
Amos Miller, the supervisors
granted him persmission to
seek a second engineer’s
opinion on a tract of land on
Sleepy Hollow Road owned
by Mary Catherine Brian.
The tract is located on a
site formerly used by a
paper mill to dump waste.
Ms. Brian’s engineer okayed
the site for sewage modules,
however, the township
supervisors will request that
the Department of En­vironmental
Resources
(DER) to check it. If DER is
unable to probe test the tract
again, the supervisors have
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Dale G. Weller, director,
has been notified that the
Warwick High School
Marching Band was selected
as one of the top ten high
school bands in the nation.
This is the highest honor the
Warwick musicians have
ever received.
The selection was made by
th e N a tio n a l Band
Association, the most
p r e s tig io u s m u s ic a l
association in the United
States. It consists of high
sch o o l, co lleg e and
university musical directors
from all over the nation.
The NBA during the past
year has sent members to
major competitions in each
state to select outstanding
high school groups. Dr.
James Wells, director of
bands at West Chester State
College, submitted War­wick’s
name.
Other maching units from
this area whose names were
submitted were Plymouth-
Whitmarsh, Wilson, Cedar
Cliff and Hanover.
This is the first time the
NBA, or any group, has
attempted to select the top
high school bands on a
national basis.
Movies and tapes of the
band’s show were sent to a
panel of NBA judges. Weller
noted that judging the high
school bands had to be ex­tremely
objective and was
done by members from
different areas of the United
■ States since each section, of
the country has a style
preferred by local judging
associations.
Of the 43 finalists, War­wick
was chosen as one of
the top ten. Other bands
honored include: McGavock
High School, Nashville,
Tenn.; Lafayette High
School, Lexington, Ky.;
Harlington High School,
H a rlin g to n , T ex a s;
Chesterton High School,
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The monthly meeting
of the Lititz Retailer’s
Association has been
scheduled for the second
Wednesday of this
month. The February
meeting will be held
next Wednesday, Feb.
13 at 7:30 P.M. at Wells
Warwick House.
All area businessmen
welcome and invited
to attend.
C h e s te rto n , In d .;
Fredericksburg High School,
Fredericksburg, Texas;
Enterprise High School,
Enterprise, Ala.; Travelers
Rest High School, Travelers
Rest, S.C.; Oswego High
School, Oswego, N.Y.;
George Rogers Clark High
School, W in c h e s te r,
Ky.;Kahuka High School,
Honolulu, Hawaii, was given
an honorary rating.
The Warwick Band is the
only one from Pennsylvania
to be selected.
G. William Gardner,
WIMPO president, em­phasized
that this is the only
true national competition.
Warwick has competed at
Veteran’s Stadium in
Philadelphia and won third
place. In 1978 atHershey, the
local band was judged State
Champion.
These competitions were
actually regional cham­pionships
with state and
national recognition.
The NBA Award is based
on a true picture of the
performance of high school
bands all over the country.
In musical circles, the
NBA is considered the most
elite group. The association
is hoping to get the top ten
bands to put on an exhibition
at Knoxville, Tenn., on June
7. This event will be the
conclusion of the NBA
convention.
According to Weller, the
honor is based on the band’s
total performance. “There
are many other fine
musicians and bands in the
nation’s high schools. We
feel very fortunate that our
overall performance meets
these high national stan­dards,”
he said.
Blood Pressure Test
Sites for Feb.
The American Heart
Association announces the
following locations, con­venient
for area residents, to
have blood pressure tested
during the month of
February:
McElroy’s Pharmacy,
Lititz, Wednesdays from 1 to
4 p.m. and Fridays from 7 to
8:30 p.m.
Rea and Derick Drugs,
Manheim R5, Friday, Feb.
15, from 7 to 9 p.m.
All testing is performed by
trained Heart Association
volunteers and supported by
your local Heart Fund
dollar.
F ire Company
are John Adams,
Adams, and Ed
Brickerville
pany officers
elude:
Fire Chief -
Fire Com-for
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Sid Adams;
The
trustees
Lester
Strohm.
Peg Mohler is president of
the Ladies Auxiliary; Clara
Chernieh, vice president;
Denise Ober, secretary; and
Carol Denlinger, treasurer.
Serving Manheim Area
Meals On Wheels ’Rolling’
Pride and joy of the Brickerville Fire Co. is this
new $60,000 pumper-tanker. Shown with the new
piece of equipment are, from left, Nevin May, Fire
Company president; Peg Mohler, president of the
women’s auxiliary; and Fire Chief Sid Adams.
The “wheels” of Manheim
Meals On Wheels, Inc., have
been “rolling” steadily since
the non-profit corporation
was established last Sep­tember
to offer sound nut-tritional
assistance to
persons in the Manheim
area, according to director
Mrs. Sally Bright.
Formerly served by Lititz
Meals on Wheels, Manheim
now h as its own
organization, based at the
Salem United Methodist
Church, 140 N. Penn St.,
Manheim. Manheini Meals
on Wheels, staffed only by
volunteers, serves persons
residing in the Manheim
Borough and within a seven-mile
radius of Salem UM
Church in Penn and Rapho
Townships.
Anyone in the service area
who is physically or men­tally
handicapped or is
c o n v a le s c in g a f te r
hospitalization or illness,
and does not have family or
professional services
available to meet standard
nutritional needs is eligible
for Meals On Wheels.
Patrons must be able to pay
the cost, $2.40 daily or $12
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Sandwiches line the counter at Salem U.M.
Church, Manheim, where volunteer cook Lillian
Newcomer prepares cold evening meals for
patrons of Meals On Wheels.
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