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Two Holidays And Seven Weeks To Catch Up On
Heist And Rummel Return To Families I l i » l
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Words fail, but an enthusiastic kiss never does. Diana Heist welcomed home
husband Duane, Saturday morning at Lancaster Airport.
John R. Helter, Record Columnist,
Dies After Illness
John R. Helter, for 25
years the author of the
column, Of Plug and Shell, in
the Lititz Record, and for­m
e r s a le sm a n , died
December 31 at Lancaster
General Hospital after an
illness of six weeks. He lived
at 53 Front Street.
At one time, Helter also
wrote an outdoor column,
“Sportsman By Nature,” for
the Lancaster Sunday News.
Helter also was an outdoors
sportswriter for the Lititz
Record Express.
Living most of his life in
Lititz, he was a salesman for
the past 23 years for Fleet
Air Corp., Ephrata.
He was a member of the
Outdoor Writers Association
of America and the Penn­sylvania
Outdoor Writers
Association. He had long
been active in the Lancaster
County Federation of
Sportsmen’s Clubs and at
one time was vice president
of the organization. He also
served as president of the
L ititz S p o rtsm e n ’s
Association for seven years.
Helter served in World
War II in the Seabees of the
U.S. Navy.
He was a member of the
National Shoe Travelers
Association and the Lan­caster
County Conservancy.
He was a past member of
the Lititz Borough Council
and was a past Explorer
Scout leader.
He was a member of St.
Paul Lutheran Church,
Lititz, was a former member
of the church council, and
also was a Sunday School
teacher.
The husband of M. Evelyn
John R. Helter
Enck Helter, he was born in
Lancaster, a son of the late
John D. and Gertrude Clark
Helter.
Surviving, in addition to
his wife, are four children:
Marsha H., wife of Donald G.
Campbell, Lititz; John E.
Helter, Denver; S. Aileen,
wife of George W. Nickel III,
Lititz; David R. Helter,
Lancaster; five grand­children;
a brother and two
sisters, Clifford L. Helter,
Ephrata; Violet, wife of
Russell Longenecker, Lititz;
and Maybelle, wife of
Elizabeth Township
Supervisors Re-Organize
In their Monday night re-organizational
meeting, the
E liz a b e th Township
supervisors re-appointed
Rodney D. May chairman,
Larry Wiker, vice chairman,
NOTICE
The monthly meeting
of the Lititz Retailer’s
Association has been
scheduled for the second
Wednesday of this
month. The January
meeting will be held
next Wednesday, Jan. 14
at 7:30 P.M. at The
General Sutter Inn.
All area businessmen
are welcome and invited
to attend.
Election of officers for
•1981 will be held.
and Jay R. Ober, secretary-treasurer,
of the board for
1981.
In other action Monday
night, the supervisors:
• Retained Dorothy
Tompkins as township
zoning officer for 1981 with a
wage increase of 35-cents an
hour.
• Retained Amos F.
Miller II as township sewage
officer for 1981.
• Retained Jay R. Ober
as roadmaster.
• Retained Leroy Ulrich
as bookkeeper for the
township with a wage in­crease
for 1981 of 35-cents an
hour.
• Retained Janet Steffy
as township tax collector.
• Retained Morgan,
Hallgren and Crosswell as
township solicitors.
• Appointed Dale Diehm
Saturday, January 3 was
the real new year’s day for
pilot Duane Heist of
Manheim R5 and co-pilot
Robert Rummel, of Lititz,
who returned to their homes
and families to catch up on
both Thanksgiving and
Christmas after a seven
week absence.
For six of those absent
weeks they were the cap­tives
of the Filipino
government and in answer to
the obvious question Heist
responded, “Yes, I think
that’s (hostage) a fairly
accurate word. I think in the
final analysis we have a
better appreciation for the
Iranian situation. It was a
v e ry m e n ta lly and
physically exhausting ex­perience.”
He went on to explain that
both he and Rummel were
initially restricted quite
severely and shadowed
constantly. “They thought
we were trying to supply the
rebels.”
Families, friends and
interested bystanders turned
out in force at the frigid
windswept Lancaster Air­port
as the two pilots landed,
on time, after the aborted
mine delivery mission to
Malaysia for their employer
International Signal and
Control Electronics, the
Lancaster division of
Electronic Systems In­ternational,
Inc.
The pilots left Lancaster
on Nov. 12 to deliver ex­plosives
for testing to
Malaysian police for their
employer ISC, 3050 Hem-pland
Road, Lancaster. The
cargo included 10 claymore
anti-personal mines and 15
pounds of explosives.
The pilots stopped for
refueling in Manila on Nov.
18, where they were detained
for questioning by the
Filipino government, which
alleged the plan had no
diplomatic clearance.
Although technic ally
under arrest, the two pilots
were permitted to live in a
hotel and, reportedly, move
freely about Manila.
Six weeks later, after
formal hearings and in­vestigations,
the Philippine
government announced their
release on Christmas Day.
Press Conference
In a prolonged press
conference, their first since
their return from Manila,
Heist and Rummel began
filling in some of the gaps
left by Filipino press
releases concerning their
detention.
It was filled with un­pleasant
experiences, ac­cording
to both pilots, and
was not by any means all
tennis games and gracious
living at the posh Hyatt
Regency Manila.
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Ten month old son Andrew was a sight for sore eyes as he and his mother,
Sue, greeted Robert Rummel, co-pilot of the aborted mine delivery mission to
Malasia. Rummel and pilot Heist returned Saturday after six weeks of captivity
in Manila. (Record Express Photos)
Two New Members Seated
Zoning Hearing Board OKs
Linden Hall Stables
The Lititz Zoning Hearing
Board (ZHB), at its meeting
Monday night, unanimously
approved a special exception
under Section 122-16A(1) for
Linden Hall to erect a stable
and indoor arena on its
property where an existing
riding ring is located.
Before announcing its
decision to the residents in
attendance, ZHB member
Joseph McSparren read a
report which was drawn up
with the assistance of the
Borough solicitor. This
report included “Findings of
Fact” and "Discussion”
which led to the following
conclusion:
Property Taxes Lowered 3 Mills
Borough Adopts Budget
Howard Steinman, New
Holland.
Funeral services were
held Saturday from St. Paul
Lutheran Church with the
Rev. James G. Shannon
officiating. Interment was in
Machpelah Cemetery.
Those desiring may send
contributions to St. Paul
Lutheran Church, 200 W.
Orange Street, Lititz, PA
17543.
Spacht Funeral Home,
corner Broad and Center
Streets, was in charge of
arrangements.
to the Vacancy Board.
• R e ta in e d Com­monwealth
National Bank of
Lititz as depository for all
township funds.
• Appointed Jerome
Peters to a three-year term
on the Zoning Hearing Board
(he had filled Larry Wiker’s
unexpired term on the
board).
• Reappointed Dorothy
Tompkins to serve as-assistant
bookkeeper.
Resolutions
The supervisors adopted a
resolution increasing the
sewage officer’s fees for
permits in 1981. There will be
a 9.6 percent increase in
residential fees and a 7.6
percent increase in com­mercial
fees for sewage
permits and perc tests.
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Lititz Borough Council
adopted its 1981 budget
Tuesday and the new
projections lower property
taxes by three mills.
The budget does, however,
call for taking the council’s
portion of one quarter of the
one percent earned income
or wage tax, effective July 1,
1981.
The taking of the portion of
the wage tax is what enabled
the Borough to lower real
estate taxes from 24 to 21
mills for 1981.
Warwick School District,
which previously took all of
the one percent earned in­come
tax, will face a shor­tage
in tax revenue in next
year’s budget in the amount
taken by the borough.
Due to the difference in
fiscal year’s, the Borough
will realize about $60,000 in
1981, from this wage tax
portion.
The new wage tax or­dinance,
however, must
await passage in January to
allow for public ad­vertisement.
The general fund totals
$646,252 in expenditures with
total income of $640,695 and
an ending balance of the 1980
budget is $21,428.
The borough will continue
the $10 per capita tax, the $10
occupational privilege tax
and the $10 occupation tax.
The borough will also
collect one percent of the,
real estate transfer tax from
January through June and
will collect one-half of a
percent of the tax from July
through December. The
school district will be en­titled
to the remaining half a
percent of this tax in the last
six months of next year.
In other matters, the
borough adopted an or­dinance
to approve the
erection of “no turn on red”
In this Issue
Editorial 4
Sports Section 6,7,8,9
Social 10,11
Church 16
Business Directory 18
Classified 19,20,21
signs at the intersection of N.
Broad and Lincoln avenues.
Council approved covering
downtown parking meters
with bags for the Lititz
retailers’ red tag days, Jan.
22-24.
Council an n o u n c ed
receiving a $1,000 con­tribution
from the Linden
Hall School for Girls in
response to a council letter
requesting contributions
from tax-exempt properties.
“1. The majority of the
Board, after considering the
testimony of the Applicant
(Linden Hall) and the
educational nature of the
riding program as part of the
o v e r a ll e d u c a tio n a l
curriculum of the school, is
of the opinion that such use
qualifies as a special ex­ception
under 'schools of­fering
general educational
courses,’ and is also within
the intent of the ordinance
permitting barns and ken­nels
in an R-2 District
(Section 122-16A(1).
"2. The majority of the
Board does not find that the
proposed use would be more
d e tr im e n ta l to the
surrounding area than could
have been contemplated
under the zoning ordinance
provisions, especially in
view of the fact that an R-2
District allows animal and
poultry farm and barns and
kennels as of right as a
special exception.
"3. However, due to the
position of the nearby
residential properties and
the problem of accumulation
of manure especially in the
summer months, certain
conditions should be im­posed
on the Applicant’s
request to protect the
welfare of the surrounding
community.
“ 4. The Applicant’s
request to construct a stable
and indoor arena in ac­cordance
with the plans
submitted at the hearing at
the location indicated at the
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Rotary Club To Present
'Morocco - Cities, Sun, Sahara'
The Lititz Rotary Club will
present Steve Gonser’s
“ Morocco-Cities, Sun,
Sahara,” on Saturday, Jan.
10 at 3 and 8 p.m. in the
Warwick High School
Auditorium. This is the third
program of the Travel and
Adventure Series.
Gonser has traveled ex­tensively
throughout the
U.S. and several foreign
countries in a quest for
knowledge and adventure.
He has captured on film
pulsating vitality of people
at work and play as well as
the inspiring beauty of
nature.
As he comes to the lecture
stage, Gonser brings his
talent and a youthful en­thusiasm
which provides us
with an uplifting glimpse of
the world he has come to
know.
Gonser’s film journey
through Morocco brings to
his audience the closest of
fa r-o ff p la c e s . F o r
Americans there is no land
so near and yet so com­pletely
different. It is the
nearest Islamic country, the
closest African state and an
excellent introduction to
both. Morocco boasts 1,500
miles of Atlantic and
Mediterranean beaches, the
snow-capped Atlas Moun­tains,
camel caravans and
Saharan oasis, mosques,
medinas and modern cities.
Morocco is a colorful
assault of the senses, a place
where ageless traditions live
on in a twentieth century
world. For example, watch
brilliantly attired dancers
and musicians perform the
Aouach, the dance of the
Barbers said to be Morocco’s
first inhabitants.
Go into the home of a
Moroccan family and ob­serve
the ritualistic Mint
Tea Ceremony, an important
tradition. Visit the royal
palace in flower filled Rabat.
The unusual changing of the
guard at Tour Hassan is
always a spectacle.
V isit F e z , one of
Morocco’s imperial cities.
Old walls and gates surround
the medina, the ancient
walled city, where 1,000,000
people live, work and play in
a virtual labyrinth. See the
Kairouine Mosque which
houses the oldest University
in the world. The stalls of
craftsmen are supplied by
donkey caravans bringing
hides to be tanned and wool
to be woven.
See Tangier, Casablanca,
cities shrouded with mystery
and romance. Agadir is a
major resort of sunny out­door
cafes and luxury hotels.
Watch nearby as goats climb
high in argan trees to eat the
fruit, quite a sight!
Camel caravans still cross
the mountains to Marrakesh.
Storytellers, watersellers,
snake ch a rm e rs and
acrobats make Djemaa-el
Fna Square a perpetual
circus of the unusual.
All of this plus the ex­citement
of Marrakesh’s
Folklore Festival and a
Moroccan rodeo make this
film a celebration of the
exotic.
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“ Morocco” is a colorful assault on the senses, a place where ancient traditions
live on in a twentieth century world. See the royal palace, the imperial city of
Fez, Marakesh, Casablanca and more in Steve Gonser’s presentation of
“ Morocco” on Jan. 10.