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Real Estate Tax To Be 21 Mills
Borough Council To
Lower Taxes Three Mills
The people still arrive for the remand hearing on
the proposed Linden Hall stables and indoor
arena, even though the room is already filled to
capacity. Most of those in attendance were
residents opposing the special exception.
Oppose Special Exemption For Linden Hall
Protesting Residents Turn
For Remand Hearing
Out
At least 40 of the ap­proximately
50 persons who
attended the Lititz Zoning
Hearing Board’s (ZHB)
remand hearing Monday
night were residents who are
opposed to the granting of a
special exception for Linden
Hall School to erect a stable
and indoor riding arena on
the campus.
Petitions containing the
signatures of 93 residences,
or families,, had been
presented to the board. The
petitioh beads, “WE, the
undersigned, do hereby
oppose the special exception
which has been requested by
Linden Hall (Application No.
547). We believe the
proposed stable, indoor
riding arena and exercise
yard are incompatible with
the surrounding neigh­borhood,
will alter the
character of the area, will
create odor and flies, will
decrease property values,
I n t h i s I s s u e
Editorial 4
Sports Section 6,7,8,9
Social 10,11
Church 28
Business Directory 16
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are not permitted by the
provisions of the Zoning
Ordinance and will be
detrimental to the health,
safety and welfare of our
community.”
The hearing for the special
exception was remanded to
the ZHB by the Lancaster
County Court of Common
Pleas after the ZHB had
approved it and the residents
retained. Attorney William
CroSspyell to represent them
as protestors.
Thé attorney for the ap­plicant,
Linden Hall, is
Christopher S. Underhill.
The solicitor for the borough
of Lititz is Je ffrey
Sidebottom. Members of the
ZHB include Devoe Bear,
chairman; Mrs. Charles
Eshleman; and Joseph
McSparran.
Witnesses called by Un­derhill
were: John Esperian,
headmaster of Linden Hall;
Mrs. Stephanie Siegrist,
riding instructor for the past
five years at Linden Hall;
and Robert Derek, land­scape
architect and land
p la n n in g c o n s u lta n t,
working for Linden Hall.
Esperian testified, under
oath, that Linden Hall offers
a riding program and that
the stables located across
the street from the campus
are not adequate. He claims
the program is not a good
one because it is unsafe and
youngsters have to cross
East Main Street with their
horses. He also cited the
need to be competitive with
other schools of Linden
Hall’s type and that would
require a better riding
program. He noted that they
now have no indoor arena
and the school needs otte. He
also stated that the school is
not able to expand where the
stable is now located. In
order to compete with other
in d e p e n d e n t sch o o ls,
Esperian said, Linden Hall
must have a good riding
program. If it can’t have the
best riding program, he
noted, it shouldn’t have any
at all.
It was also recorded that
horseback riding is a part of
the physical education
course and part of the
regular program. It is an
elective course, not extra­curriculum.
Students
receive credit for the course.
He said he feels horse riding
is important to the type of
youngster attending Linden
Hall and he feels the town
has an interest in the school
being here.
Upon cross examination,
Esperian said the school
presently owns seven horses.
The new stable on campus
could house 20 to 22 horses.
Some of the horses belong to
instructors, according to
Esperian, and the school
could acquire more horses
over the years.
Crosswell brought out that
there are private homes in
fair proximity of the
proposed new stables. He
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Lititz Borough Council
announced last Tuesday
night that real estate taxes
will be lowered by three
mills. This would lower the
real estate taxes from 24
mills to 21 mills, a move that
will cost the borough $30,000
in tax revenues. Council also
said that it will take one half
of its share of the 25 percent
of the one percent earned
income tax now received by
the Warwick School District,
a move that will give the
borough $60,000 in added tax
revenues. Monies from the
wage tax will not be realized
by the borough until much
later in 1981 because the
fiscal years for the schools
and the municipality are
different.
In other , tax matters,
Council said its will give the
Warwick School District one
half of the one percent realty
transfer tax, a move
estimated to cost the
borough $10,000 in tax
revenues.
In all the tax changes, the
borough will net $20,000 in
additional tax revenues in
1981.
The $10 per capita, oc­cupation
and occupational
privilege taxes will remain
the same in 1981.
Lititz Borough Council
unveiled a proposed 1981
budget calling for ex­penditures
of $664,581, a
seven percent increase over
the 1980 budget of $620,121.
Revenues in 1981 are ex­pected
to amount to $675,980.
The breakdown of the
proposed 1981 budget is as
follows:
• General government,
$117,331 ($122,292 in 1980.)
• Protection of public and
property, $141,484 ($142,672
in 1980.)
• Health and sanitation,
$68,950 ($68,900 in 1980.)
• Highways, $187,303
($147,825 in 1980.)
Lititz Police News
Cellu Products
Burglarized
Lititz Police are in­vestigating
a burglary at
Cellu Products, North Cedar
Street, which occurred
between November 27 and
28. It is being investigated as
an incidence of criminal
mischief and burglary.
According to Police Chief
George Hicks, someone
broke a window and entered
the building.
Stolen items included an
electric calculator, a Kodak
120 camera, a J.C. Penney
AM/FM radio, a stop watch
engraved “Monty”, a digital
tachometer, three pairs of
white work gloves, three
paper knives, a four inch and
a six inch screwdriver, a six
volt lantern flashlight, two 2-
cell flashlights, one dozen
each red and black pencils,
two dozen Magic Markers
and two dozen Bic pens.
Accidents
An accident occurred
November 22 at 11:05 a.m. at
East Main Street and Oak
when a vehicle driven by
Philip M. Alden, 32 St. Johns,
stopped at the stop sign then
turned left into the in­tersection
into the path of the
vehicle driven by Dudley J.
Gorton, 125 Market Street.
Alden was charged with
stop signs and yield sign
violations. There were no
injuries in the accident, and
damage to both vehicles was
moderate.
On November 25, an ac­cident
occurred at 9:35 a.m.
at the same intersection of
East Main Street and Oak,
when the vehicle driven by
W. Martin Muth entered the
intersection from Oak Street
into the path of the vehicle
driven by Larry Dale
Zimmerman, 303 Linden
Street, who was travelling
east on East Main Street.
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• Recreation, $25,575
($24,662 in 1980.)
• Employee benefits and
insurance, $99,756 ($88,050 in
1980.)
• T ran sfe rs, $24,202
($25,720 in 1980.)
In other business, Council:
• Responded to a petition
submitted by 25 residents
seeking stop signs on East
Second Avenue. Council said
borough police would be
instructed to use the new
speedcheck device on the
street to cite drivers
violating the 25 miles per
hour speed limit. In two
months council will review
the situation to see if ad­ditional
stop signs are
needed.
• Enacted a resolution
appointing Miller and Miller
to be the independent auditor
for the borough.
• Appointed Edythe
Hicks to a three year term
with the Lititz Educational
Service Agency.
Local Pilots Still Held in Philippines
More than two weeks have
passed since local pilots
Duane Heist and Robert
Rummel were arrested and
charged with illegal poss­ession
of explosives after
landing their light plane
for refueling at Manila
International Airport. Con­cern
for their speedy release
in what their employer,
Electronics Systems Inter­national
(ESI) terms a
“paperwork problem,” is
deepening.
State Department officials
said Monday they believe the
two L an c aster pilots
detained two weeks ago in
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released this week and not
held for hearings currently
slated for next week.
A départaient official said
he was “fairly confident”
that Filipino authorities will
drop explosive-possession
charges against Heist, and
Rummel “by the end] of the
week.”
In a related matter, a
F ed e ra l Aviation Ad­ministration
spokesman in
Honolulu confirmed that
Heist and Rummel were
forced to remove one-third of
their cargo before leaving
Hawaii on their flight to the
Philippines and Malaysia.
Despite widespread press
accounts in the Philippines
reg a rd in g the p ilo ts’
detention and the in­volvement
of senior
Philippine and American
officials, the State Depart­ment
official denied that the
matter has become a real
“ international incident.”
Since Heist and Rummel
were arrested and their
plane seized, the Philippine
government, which is under
martial law, has been
investigating whether the
cargo of explosives may
have been intended for use
by the guerillas trying to
overthrow the regime of
president Ferdinand E.
Marcos.
Newspapers in Manila and
throughout the Philippines,
have sensationalized the
incident, printing infor­mation
made available from
officials who have inter­rogated
the pilots at their
hotel room. Printed state­ments
summing up bio­graphical
information on the
Lititz and Manheim men,
have been dismissed by
attorney Alvin B. Lewis, Jr.,
representing the Hempland
Road ESI firm as “mostly
garbage” and he charged
that the “inflammatory”
aspects of the stories are not
true.
In a related development,
lawyers for Heist and Rum­mel
were expected to go
before government pro­secutor
Ernesto Bemabe
Monday afternoon (Manila
time and file a formal
request for consolidation
and dismissal of the several
criminal and civil charges
facing the two.
Bernabe functions some­thing
like a magistrate hold­ing
a preliminary hearing
and is not expected to take
any action on the matter for
another week.
With the incident app­arently
worsening, it has
been announced by Lewis
that new initiatives have
been launched to gain
freedom for 38 year old
Manheim R5 Heist and 30
year old Star Lite Drive res­ident,
Rummel. He said,
“We are now bending every
effort on every front we
know of-diplomatic, political
and legal-to free these men
as quickly as possible.
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Pen and Inks
Available
This issue contains a
unique 3-page section of
pen and ink drawings of
downtown L ititz
b u s in e s s e s . I t ’s
designed to give you a
visual identification of
the business district,
a lo n g w ith g ift
suggestions for the
holidays. We hope you’ll
take time to look it over,
and we know you’ll
enjoy it. The drawings
are a combination of
1979 series and new 1980
works. While not 100%
complete, it gives a
present day picture of
merchants and selected
businesses in the
downtown area.
Now available in
same size p rin ts
suitable for framing, the
new series for 1980 are
also limited edition
prints of 100, as was
done in 1979. Drawings
are the work of Ken
H a lle tt, c lo th in g
salesman for Lippart’s
of Lititz and local free­lance
artist. Prints are
available in time for
Christmas at Lippart’s
or by calling Ken at
home-569-5021.
Each print, as before,
sells for $15. There are
still 20 of the 1979 series
available in addition to
the new series.
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Manheim Central High School
To Present ’ Meet Me In St. Louis’
V Manheim Central High
School’s Drama Department
will present “Meet Me In St.
Louis” Dec. 5 and 6, at 8
p.m., in the senior high
auditorium.
The comedy is about the
members of the Smith
family, who are awaiting the
opening of the 1904 World’s
Fair fireworks - lots of snap,
crackle and boom.
Cast in leading roles are
Jed Kensinger and Lisa
Smith as Mr. and Mrs.
Smith. Jed is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Kensinger,
Manheim R5. Lisa is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Kenneth Smith, Manheim
R6.
Michelle Gibson, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Gibson Jr., 469 Elwyn
Terrace, Manheim, is cast
as the Smith’s daughter,
Rose. Playing her sister,
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American Bank & Trust Co.
R.M, Barnhart Inc.
Benner’s Pharmacy
Bicycle World
Bingeman's Clothing Store
Bingeman’s Restaurant
Bingeman's Texaco
Bob's Save Rite Market
Commonwealth National
Bank
The Crafty Bee
Deana’s Gifts & Jewelry
Oori Mae Dress Shop
Farmer's First Bank
First Federal Savings & Loan
General Sutter Inn
The Gladell Shop
Glassmyer's
God’s Own Creation Christian
Bookstore
Guildcraft Furniture
Hamilton Bank
Harris' in Lititz
Hen & Dave's Bike Shop
Hess Men's Wear
Jeanne’s Turquoise
Kelly's Deli
Koitz Kleners
KreiderHardware Co.
Lippart s of Lititz
Lititz Book Store
Lititz Central Market
Lititz Record-Express
Lititz Sewing Center
Long & Bomberger Home Center
McElroy Pharmacy
Miller Hess Shoe Outlet
The Pewter Mug •
Spacht’s Furniture Store
Stauffer's of Kissel Hill
Sun Fabric Outlet
Travis Mills Fabric Outlet
Trudi K Shop
Wells Warwick House
Western Auto Store
White Shield Discount Center
Wilbur Chocolate Factory Candy
Outlet
Wuischpard’s Fine Jewelry
Your Day Bridal Boutique
Zimmerman's News Stand & Gifts
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Rose (Midienc Gibscn) is egged on. tiy L*: sisl**r
Esther (Michelle Gibble) as she tries to dissuade
her father’s boss from sending them to New York.
V.'unger sisters Agnes and Tooiie (Sherrie Gibble
and Gwyn Martin) enjoy the scene.