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WITHIN LANCASTER COUNTY 24 Pages-No. 49
For Warwick Township
Supervisors Adopt
Plumbing Code Ordinance
Shown at rehearsal for “Sugar” are, from left, Jim Nagle (Yes, Jim!), Carla
Ritter, Carol Stout, Dennis Ritter and Charles Edson.
| Lititz Ambuc Musical
Community 'Sugar’ Bowl
Continues To Be Filled
By June Smith
We meet once again for a
series of articles leading up
to our 22nd annual Lititz
Ambuc musical, “Sugar” .
Our show will play April 3
and 4 at the Warwick High
School.
The annual shows were
begun 22 years ago as a way
to aid community projects.
We hardly expected out first
minstrel show to snowball
through ten home-written
and twelve Broadway shows.
But snowball it did, and in
these past 21 sweet years,
(61,000 has been turned over
to local projects. Are we
proud of proi that, “Sugar?” You
bet!
The Ambucs are founders
and sponsors of the Warwick
Ambulance and Ambuc
Field. So it is apparent that
we are interested in
developing youth and
preserving their health.
Most of last year’s $3,500
profit went to the Ambulance
Building Fund, which, by the
way, continues to need
donations. Helping them,
helps you!
In the past, the Lititz
Public Library, Lititz
Recreation Center, Lititz
Fire Company, Warwick
Community Chest, Lititz
Springs Park, and various
other organizations have
received funds. Chances are
that you or your family have
indeed benefited in some
Way frorti our donations.
Our club members are
from a wide variety of
professionals giving bf their
busy schedules to work
together to bring about the
sweetest show possible. We
are your doctors, teachers,
architects, businessmen,
friends and neighbors.
Our “Sugar” is guaran­teed
not to add inches to your
hips, create cavities, or
cause pimples — just
guaranteed to give you an
evening of fun.
Tickets are available at
Glassmyer’s, McElroy’s
Pharmacy, Hess’ Men’s
We ar, ' B tn g em a n ’s
Restaurant and from any
Ambuc member. Tickets are
$3 for general admission and
$4 for reserved. '
Horse Walks Amok In Lititz Streets
A horse pulling an empty
buggy, didn’t exactly run
amok last week. The horse
walked amok and mean­dered
itself into trouble and
Injury, wrecking a car, tying
up traffic and causing
numerous doubletakes
among bystanders.
It was finally taken in
hand by its owner and led
home, shaken and bleeding.
According to borough
police, the incident started
at 7:10 p.m. when Henry F.
Stolzfus, 41, of Lititz R6
came into town with his wife
in his horse and buggy to
make a stop at the Miller and
Miller accounting firm.
Stolzfus tied up the horse
and buggy securely, he
thought, in a dead end alley
on the east side of South
Broad Street while he went
on his errand.
The horse got loose,
however, and began wan­dering
through a cornfield at
the rear of the block, coming
out on Fourth Street and
continuing his meandering
until he returned to South
Broad, with the buggy in
tow.
On South Broad Street, the
horse and buggy got in the
way of a northbound auto
driven by Paul Allen Snader,
19, of 233 E. Main St., Lititz.
According to Snader, and a
motorist behind Snader,
Sharon Horst of Lititz, the
horse wandered into the line
of traffic and the buggy hit
the right front fender of the
Snader car. The buggy then
swung around and hit the
rear right fender of the car.
Dazed, the horse collapsed
in the center left turn lane
and left the damaged buggy
sprawled ac ro ss the
southbound lane.
Officer Kerry Nye arrived
on the scene to find the horse
unable to rise and bleeding
from the nose.
Snader’s auto had to be
towed from the scene.
Meanwhile, Stolzfus and
his wife had left the ac­counting
office to find the
horse and buggy missing,
but spotted the commotion a
block away and walked to
the accident scene.
Stolzfus was able to get the
horse back on its feet and
was able to walk the animal
the three miles to his home.
Stolzfus said both horse
and buggy were insured.
The Warwick Township
Board of Supervisors, at its
meeting Thursday night,
unanimously approved an
ordinance adopting a
plumbing code regulating
the installation, removal,
a lte ra tio n , re p a ir or
replacement of building
sewers in Warwick Town­ship.
The plumbing code
defines certain terms;
provides for the protection of
public health and safety;
requires a permit and in­spection
for the installation,
removal, alteration, repair
or replacement of building
sewers.
It also creates an ad­ministrative
authority and
prescribes its duties;
establishes requirements for
p lumbers; estab lish e s
minimum regulations for the
installation, alteration or
repair of building sewers
and the inspection thereof;
provides penalties for the
violation of the ordinance;
and repeals conflicting
ordinances.
William C ro ssw e ll,
solicitor for the township,
explained to those in at­tendance
at the continued
public hearing for the
plumbing code the basic
changes that were made
from the original. He stated
that article I contains more
definitions; he stated that
the item containing inside
searches had been clarified
and that there was no longer
a $10 permit fee. However, if
you fail to get a permit or let
the one you have run out,
there will be a fee. There will
also be a fee if more than one
inspection is required.
Crosswell also noted that
anyone doing his own work
must have a permit and the
work shall have to be in­spected.
Following a discussion and
answer period with the
residents present, the or­dinance
was adopted as
advertised in the February
19 issue of the Lititz Record
Express with the following
changes:
• Article II, Plumber
Requirements, Section 2.1
General Requirements was
changed to read “Every
plumber and sewer con­tractor
performing work
covered by this Ordinance
for a fee or any other form of
compensation must provide
evidence of adequate in­surance
coverage for
himself and/or his sub­contractors
and register
with the Administrative
Authority providing the data
req u ired by the Ad-minstrative
Authority on the
plumber’s application as
hereinafter provided.”
. Section 2.2 Insurance
Requirements was changed
to read “Every plumber and
sewer contractor per­forming
work covered by
this Ordinance for a fee or
any other form of com­pensation
must execute and
deliver to the Administrative
Authority an effective street
bond in the sum of Ten
Thousand ($10,000.00)
Dollars, with corporate
surety to be approved by the
Administrative Authority.
Such Plumber or Sewer
Contractor shall also keep
and maintain a General
Liability Insurance Policy
with limits not less than
Three Hundred Thousand
($300,000.00) Dollars for
b odily in ju ry , F if ty
Thousand ($50,000.00)
Dollars for property damage
and F if ty T h o u san d
($50,000.00) Dollars Com­pleted
Operations Liability
Insurance. In addition to the
above, such Plumber or
Sewer Contractor shall
c a r r y P e n n s y lv a n ia
Worker’s Compensation
Insurance as required by
law. Certificates of such
insurance shall be supplied
to the Administrative
Authority.”
• Section 2.3 Plumber’s
Application was changed to
read “Prior to beginning
work in the Township, every
Plumber and Sewer Con­tractor
working for a fee or
any other form of com­pensation
must register with
th e A dm in is tr a tiv e
Authority providing data
relative to experience,
equipment av a ilab le ,
business location and
similiar matters on the
Plumber’s Application as
provided by the Ad­ministrative
Authority. The
Plumber or Sewer Con­tractor
will also be required
to acknowledge awareness
of the Township’s and
Authority’s Rules and
Regulations governing
construction of building
sewers. Any changes in the
data supplied on the original
plumber’s application must
be applied, in writing, to the
Administrative Authority.”
• Section 3.3 Installation
Methods - (a) was changed
to read “All pipe used for
building sewer hook-up shall
be required to be laid in a
trench that has a base of
stone dust, 2B or 2 R.C. with
a minimum thickness of two
inches (2” ) under the pipe. It
shall then be backfilled with
a minimum of eight inches
(8” ) over the pipe with the
same material used for the
base.”
• Article VI was com­pletely
changed. It now
reads: “Construction of
Ordinance - This Ordinance
shall not repeal, abrogate,
annul or in any way impair
or interfere with existing
provisions of other laws,
regulations, resolutions or
ordinances; provided,
however, where this Or­dinance
imposes a greater
restriction upon persons,
premises or personal
property than is imposed or
required by such existing
provisions of other laws,
regulations, resolutions or
ordinances, the provisions of
this Ordinance shall con­trol.”
The ordinance became
effective five days after the
enactment.
In other business, the
supervisors:
• Read a letter from
several township residents
to R o b e rt S h a rk e y
requesting their names be
removed from the WTC-CESS
petition. The letter
said in part, “...whoever
heard of bringing suit
against yourself?” A copy of
the letter was sent to the
Warwick Township super­visors.
• Heard from Leon
Spangler of Brunnerville
concerning his hand-dug
well. Spangler wanted to
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In this issue
Editorial 4
Sports Section 6,7,8,9
Social io,n
Church 18
Business Directory 20
Classified 21,22,23
School Committee Meetings Slated
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j NOTICE |
jj The monthly meeting jj
I of the Lititz Retailer’s I
iY Association has been 5
scheduled for the second A
Wednesday of this f
x month. The March i
I meeting will be h e ld ! f next Wednesday, March *
( 11 at 7:30 P.M. at The X
General Sutter Inn. I
All area businessmen *
You remember when the
school board president, Bill
Owens said, “We’d like to
see the committees overflow
the board room and meet in
the auditorium because so
many community citizens
are interested in what we are
doing!”
This is your chance, if you
are interested in the up­coming
plans for the school
budget, or any other phase of
the committee system. If
you wait until the budget is
on agendas for approval, it is
too late.
The Education Committee
meets Tuesday, March 10, at
Warwick High School, to
review the 1981-82 budget.
Portions of the budget of
particular interest within
this committee include text
b o o k s, in s tr u c tio n a l
m a te ria ls, in-service
training, library materials,
other expenses of in­struction,
contracted ser-
Shifting
jj are welcome and invited i
I to attend. I
Warwick Loses Board Seat
Dollar Flow May Alter
vices, replacement of in­structional
equipment and
new instructional equip­ment.
The second item on the
committee agetida will be a
review of program ex­pansion
including discussion
of art at the elementary
schools and the middle
school; industrial arts at
WMS; and foreign languages
atWMS.
The Education Committee
is chaired by Ruth Husser.
The Legal and Finance
Committee, chaired by
William Dussinger, will
meet Wednesday, March 11
at the high school.
The only item on the
agenda is the review of the
1981-82 budget, including
discussion of fixed charges
such as retirement fund
c o n tr ib u tio n s , so c ia l
s e c u r ity , w o rkm a n ’s
compensation insurance,
unemployment insurance,
employment insurance,
IU
A hole opened at the residence of Mrs. Florence
Sload, 135 N. Cedar St., revealing a brick lined
well which could be as old as 100 years.
Cave-in Reveals
Brick Lined Well
An old well opened up and
was first noticed by Florence
Sload in the back yard of her
135 N. Cedar Street home
early this week.
A resident of the property
for 45 years, the 87 year old
Mrs. Sload said that she
thought the well might have
been over 100 years old,
serving the original farm
house that stood where her
house does now.
She noticed a depression
forming in her back yard,
about three weeks ago, but
thought it was just shifting
ground and filled it with dirt.
Once the covering ground
collapsed completely the old
well could be seen to be brick
lined.
Mrs. Sload doesn’t know
the depth of the well but is
concerned that other ground
in the nearby area could
cave in as well. Thè well is
presently covered with
planks to prevent further
mishap, until permanent
repairs can be made.
by Mildred Spear
“They are taking away the
money but leaving the
mandates,” according to
Ruth Husser, and as a
yielding member of the IU13'
Board, she is greatly con­cerned
for the future of the
Intermediate Unit that pools
the resources of 22 school
districts, including War­wick.
The creation of the In­termediate
Unit system was
enacted in 1970 by state
legislation, and is defined in
the school code. “Each
school district of the Com­monwealth
shall be assigned
to an intermediate unit and
shall be entitled to the
services...,” the code states.
The units were designated a
part of the public school
system by the act and
became operative July 1,
1971.
Services provided by the
units include educational
support se rv ic e s, ex­ceptional
children services
and instructional services in
addition to administrative
services. The services are
available to private as well
as public schools. Mrs.
Husser’s particular area of
work in her IU13 committee
affiliation is with the ex­ceptional
children services.
She is a v e ry
knowledgeable lady. She
reads the material given her
concerning the IU13, in­satiably
and feels that it is
the responsibility of . any
board member to do their
homework thoroughly. Mrs.
Husser gives the feeling of
looking for more to learn, not
just settling for the handouts
and in her six years on the
IU13 Board, she has an
amazing vocabulary of
acronyms and a total un­derstanding
for her subject.
The loss of her six years of
experience will be greatly
felt by the district, but the
structure of the IU13 board is
such that sharing is part of
the process of board
membership.
The proposed alteration in
state funding will also be
greatly felt.
Funding
The Intermediate Units
draw their funds from
subsidies from the Com­monwealth
State Depart­ment,
Federal Funds or
district monies. The Units
are not permitted to tax
directly. Once there is a
dollar cut-off, programs
must be dropped or changed.
The IU13 is a model unit to
a large degree, according to
Mrs. Husser. She is irritated
that not all intermediate
units are run “as effectively
as ours” and she feels that
the state uses IU13 for many
new programs because
“they like the way it is run.”
She would rather see other
units “brought up to snuff.”
The unit of which Warwick
is a member, is frequently
used for pilot programs with
financial grants to back
them. The grants, however,
frequently expire before the
program is completed and it
is up to another source to
pick up the workable
programs or financial
Ruth Husser, treasurer of the IU 13 Board
Directors, has yielded her board seat to a
representative from Conestoga Valley. Warwick
District shares a seat with Manheim Central
District and is now represented by John DePatto.
support.
And why, you ask, is this
system deserving of sup­port?
The key is back in the
State School Code.
Every person has the right
to an education through the
age of 21, and if it were up to
the school district alone to
support the costs it would be
overwhelming. The In­termediate
Units are a pool
of resources to make that
education slightly less ex­pensive.
Not only do the
various districts share
personnel but library
materials as well. They can
even bulk-buy products to
save money. Without the
pool, each district would
have to employ people to
provide the services and
they can do it far cheaper
through the IU system.
Mrs. Husser was firm in
her explanation. “If the
district were funding this
alone, it would really be
hurting,” she chuckled.
The IU13 Board
Since Warwick is one of 22
districts assigned to IU13,
and since there are only 13
seats on the board, sharing is
the order of biisiness. Dr.
Bonfield has referred to the
process of turnover as
“musical chairs.”
Three of the districts in
IU13 have permanent seats,
those being Lancaster,
Lebanon, and Lebanon-
Cornwall. The remaining 19
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hospitalization, and all other
insurances.
Bruce Holland will chair
the ’ffitifSdhy,' March 19,
meeting of the Student
Activities Committee at
WHS.
The agenda lists the
review of the 1981-82 budget
as the first item with
discussion of pupil/per-sonnel
services; health
se rv ic e s; pupil tra n ­sportation;
athletic and
extra curricular activities;
community services such as
the Rec Center; and food
services.
The second agenda item is
the updating of the 81-82 bus
schedule.
The Building and Property
committee will meet
Monday, March 23, at the
high school with only the
review of the 1981-82 budget
on its agenda.
Portions of the budget of
special interest to this
committee include operation
and maintenance of the
buildings, building supplies,
fuel, contracted services for
operation and maintenance;
major improvements,
u t i li t i e s , in - s e rv ic e ;
rep la c em en t of non-instructional
equipment;
and new, non-instructional
equipment.
Wilson Smith is chairman
of the Buildings and
Property Committee.
This promises to be a
rough year for budgeting
and this is the time to make
your voice heard at com­mittee
meetings.
Warwick School
Annual Census
The Warwick School
District is presently
conducting their annual
census. The census
takers will be visiting
each home in Lititz
Borough, Warwick
Township, and
Elizabeth Township
between March 2, 1981
and April 15,1981.
L e tters of iden­tif
ic a tio n and
authorization are being
c a r r ie d by the
enumerators. They are
the only persons
authorized to request
census information.
The annual census is
required by the Penn­sylvania
School Code
and all residents of the
district are asked to
cooperate in the sup­plying
of the in­formation
requested.
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