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Four persons were injured and a pet dog killed in this car/van crash. (Photo by
Stan Hall)
Car-Van Crash Injures Four
A collision between a car
and a van on Rothsville Road
at Fulton Street on Saturday
at 10:50 p.m. resulted in
injuries to four persons,
according to Akron police.
Listed in fair condition
Monday night with a broken
collar bone, broken pelvis
and multiple cuts and
bruises at the Ephrata
Community Hospital was
Judith King Buchter, 42, of
901 Rabbit Hill Road, ac­cording
to a hospital
spokesman.
Also injured were Sandra
Bowman 35, of 104 Broad St.,
Akron, who was treated for
scrapes and a hand cut and
released. Her children,
Dawn, 4, and Darrell, 9,
were treated for bruises and
released, police said.
According to Officer John
R. Evans, Mrs. Bowman was
headed west on Rothsville
Road when for an unknown
reason her car crossed the
highway and struck the side
of an eastbound van driver
by Mrs. Buchter.
Mrs. Buchter was throwr
from the van. Her dog was
thrown out of the opposite
door and was killed.
Lititz Borough Planning
Commission Chairman
Arlene- Shannon called
together a joint meeting of
the Warwick Township
Planning Commission and
the boro commission
Monday evening by saying
“This is a chance for an
informal meeting, a meeting
of the minds to discuss ways
in which we need to and can
work closely together.
Charles Edson, chairman
of the township commission,
said, “This has been done in
the past. Perhaps not in the
last two years, but we do try
to act together on joint
concerns such as storm
water management and
street alignment.
"An Informal Meeting of the Minds”
Planning Commissions
Hold Joint Meeting
With only six items on the
agenda, Mrs. Shannon
opened discussion with
storm water management.
Both commissions men­tioned
that new guidelines
from the state were “heard
to be in the works” and they
expected to have some
definite state regulations
shortly.
Acting Borough com­mission
consultant, Sidney
Kime, explained that the
county guidelines will be the
ones the smaller com­m
u n itie s an d the
municipalities will have to
“learn to live with” since the
state will most likely name
the watershed areas and the
county will put them in an
Local Service Clubs To Hold Annual Dinner
I n t h i s i s s u e
Editorial 4
Sports Section 6,7,8,9
Classified 13,14,15
Social 18,19
Church 24
Business Directory 26
Thomas C. Highland Jr.,
Director of Operations,
Diversified Products for the
Parke Davis Division of
Warner-Lambert Company
in Lititz, will be the speaker
at the Lititz Area Service
Clubs’ Annual Dinner to be
held Thursday, May 7 at 6:30
p.m. at the General Sutter
Inn.
Originally from Evan­sville,
Ind., Highland is a
g rad u a te of Indiana
University, Bloomington,
Ind., and has done graduate
work at Michigan State
University.
Before coming to Lititz, he
held the position of Director
Distribution, Warner
Lambert Pharmaceutical
lived in Lancaster with his
wife Gail and two sons. He is
active in the National
Council of P h y s ic a l
Distribution Management,
and the Lancaster YMCA as
a member of the Youth
Committee as well as
coaching youth soccer.
Local service clubs par­ticipating
in the annual
dinner are: ABC, Freeman
Blough, president; ABWA,
Donna Schoenberger,
president; Jaycees, Robert
Lowe, president; Jaycettes,
Donna Olah, president;
Lions Club, James Snavely,
president; Rotary Club,
William Bell, president;
Sertoma Club, Robert Meek,
president; Welcome Wagon;
and Woman’s Club, Suzanne
Frey, president.
'Camelot' Tickets Go On Sale
Thomas C. Highland Jr.
Division in White Plains,
N.J.
Since 1979, Highland has
Tickets for the Warwick
High School musical
“Camelot” will go on sale
Monday, April 27, at 6:30
p.m. in the high school
auditorium and will be sold
every rehearsal night
(except Friday, May 1)
Lititz Police Establish Front Street Speed Zone
through May 7 from 6:30 to 9
p.m.
Tickets may also be
purchased the night of the
performance, May 8 and 9.
Cost of tickets is 83.50 for
reserved seats; $2.50 for
adult general admission;
and $1.50 for student general
admission.
Lititz police chief George
Hicks announced that a new
speed zone has been
established on Front Street,
from Oak to Water Streets
and signs are posted for 25
miles per hour. “The speed
zone will be enforced,” he
said.
Chief Hicks also reminds
motorists in general to obey.
the guards at intersections
and to obey the guards’
signals. “The guards are
posted on the intersections
for pupil and pedestrian
protection as well as other
motorists on the highway
and,” Chief Hicks says,
“disobedience to the guards
could result in accident and
serious injury to the
children.”
Minor and Alcohol
William D. . Slater, 20, of
814 Erbs Bridge Rd. and
another 17 year old Lititz boy
who was also a curfew
violator, were charged with
minor and alcohol April 26 at
about 3:50 p.m. according to
Chief Hicks.
On April 25, Joseph D.
Ebersole, 18, of 304 Woods
Dr., a 14 year old Lititz girl
and a 17 y e a r old
Elizabethtown boy were all
charged with minor and
alcohol.
A 16 year old Lititz girl
was charged with minor and
alcohol and curfew violation
April 28.
Second Ave. Speeding
Stopped for speeding on
Second Avenue on April 22
were Dan L. Miller, 604 Main
St., Akron; Bonnie M.
Oberholtzer, 32S. LocustSt.;
Richard Martin Donmach,
32 Owl Hill Rd.; Gerald M.
Schouten, 120 N. Broad St.;
Max Johnson, 311 S. Locust
St.; and Lisa Lee Bonfield,
408 E. Second Ave.
Speeding on Kissel Hill
Brian Gargano, 114
Pleasant View Dr.; Lynwood
A. Hyle, 208 S. Spruce St.;
Ja c k S. Smith, 2810
Brookfield Rd., Lancaster;
and Barbara Jean Sen-senich,
308 E. New St. were
all stopped for speeding on
Kissel Hill Road, April 21.
Burglary and Theft
Someone entered the
garage at the residence of
J.L. Huber, 311S. Linden St.,
and stole a change purse
from a car. According to
Chief Hicks, $63.50 was
taken.;
A Burglary and theft was
reported at the B&G Shoe
Factory, E. Marion Street,
on April 25. A window of the
factory was broken and
someone crawled in to steal
about $35 in cash.
An incident of criminal
mischief occurred between
April 20 and April 21. Charles
E. Kipphorn, 531 Spring
Ave., found the win-dowshield
in his car, parked
outside his home, damaged,
Chief Hicks said.
Motor Violations
April 22 - Elizabeth S.
Martin, 213 N. Elm St.,
limitations on overtaking
vehicles on right.
April 24 - Jere A. Shultz,
611 Enfield Dr., Lancaster,
limitations on driving on left
side of roadway.
Pre-School Vision
Screening Reminder
The Lititz Lions Club,
in cooperation with the
Association for the
Blind, is sponsoring a
p re -s c h o o l v isio n
screening Monday, May
4 a t th e L ititz
Recreation Center from
6 p.m. until 8 p.m.
The screening is free
of charge and is open to
any pre-school children
in the Warwick School
District.
It is very beneficial in
detecting Ambliopia
(Lazy Eye), especially
in the pre-school child
(ages3-5).
order of priority. “It will
work much like the flood
plain ordinance,” he said.
Chairman Shannon ex­pressed
the usual concern
over the water runoff from
Crosswinds development,
and named it as an example
of “off the record meetings
and agreements” which led
to having no written records
of agreements or formal
d is c u s s io n s fo r th e
development.
Edson said, “In some
areas, we (the township) are
putting it (storm water) into
the borough and getting it
right back out again.”
Mrs. Shannon suggested
that in some areas where
projects are closely allied,
the borough commission
might delay action a month
or so to give the township
commission an opportunity
to consider. The borough
commission meets every
first Tuesday of each month
and the Warwick Township
commission meets every
fourth Thursday.
Sixth Street
Both municipalities are
interested in plans to extend
Sixth Street and the
Township Commission
agreed that they would
definitely “keep an eye” on
the “jug handle” effect
where the street loops out
into the township with both
ends still in the borough, on
the west side.
The eventual plan calls for
Sixth Street to tie-in in Sutter
Village and ultimately hook
up on Lincoln, according to
Edson. The two commissions
agreed to keep watch over
developments that might
impede that plan and cited
both the high school and
Warner-Lambert as having
been placed in positions
which nullify the use of
Second Street as a loop road
to by-pass Lititz. It is hoped
that Sixth Street will meet
that use and eventually even
be extended to by-pass on the
east side as well.
C h a irm an Shannon
reminded the meeting that
Second Avenue h ad
originally been built as a
major traffic artery but the
extension of Sixth Street
would relieve much of the
Second Avenue traffic-
Alfred Smith, secretary of
the township commission
said, “we should try to avoid
a similar traffic problem,
like the one on Second
Avenue, and perhaps we can
do that by making the street
wider.”
Dave Anderson, Director
of Public Services for Lititz
Borough, suggested that
with building plans still in
the works and no develop­ment
scheduled for the
extended sections of the
street, “we could discourage
traffic entrances onto Sixth
Street and use cul-de-sacs
in stead of driveways
opening directly onto the
street.”
Sixth Street is presently
the only major road through
the Crosswinds development
and its width within the
development is through to be
sufficient with a 60 foot right
of way there. Chairman
Shannon expressed concern
over the access to the
swimming pool by using
Sixth Street and both bodies
again agreed to be watchful
and work together.
Size of Signs
When asked by Mrs.
Shannon about the com­patibility
of the size of signs
within the township, as
compared to the borough,
Ed so n rem a rk e d ,
“Regulating the size of signs
never crossed our minds!”
Smith remarked that such
regulations border on over
regulation and Mrs. Shannon
made a plea for a uniform
tasteful look to both com­munities.
The borough has already
reduced the size of signs
permitted in the professional
district and the borough
commission hopes for a
contiguous look. Mrs.
Shannon said, “Many people
are going for the elite small
sign look these days.”
Size limits in the township
are 80 square feet and in the
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Too Close To Borough Wells
Borough Council Denies Rec
Center Request To Test Site
Permission to te st
borough-owned property
located directly west of the
Lititz Borough Swimming
Pool was denied the Lititz
Recreation Center Tuesday
night at a meeting of the
Lititz Borough Council.
The Rec Center had
requested permission to
conduct a site geology and
hydrology study to acquire
ro c k p ro f ilin g and
assessment of existing wells
and sinkholes at the
property.
In its denial of the request,
Council cited the danger in
b la s tin g fo r fu tu re
devleopment because of the
site’s close proximity to the
borough water wells. Council
also expressed concern over
water run-off if the land
were to be macadamed, and
suggested the Rec Center
consider alternate sites for
expansion.
In other business, council:
• Approved a request
from the Lancaster YMCA
for use of the Lititz Springs
Swimming Pool pavilion for
an aerobics course that
would meet twice a week
from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.
• Heard a request from
Paul McCloud, president of
Moravian Manor Inc., for
permission to proceed with
the Manor’s Apartment
Complex plan, postponing a
storm drain problem until
stage two of the plan.
Council will consult with the
Borough Planning Com­mission
and “give some kind
of answer” after the next
meeting.
• Rejected all bids for fire
hydrant adapters and will
re-advertise for new bids in
the hope of receiving lower
bid prices.
• Authorized David
Anderson to look into a street
light agreement with PP&L
for behind the bowling alley
(When Beford left, they took
the street lights with them.)
• Agreed to remove “No
Parking” signs on Kleine
Street.
• Approved sending
Officer Leroy Emmerich to
a one-day seminar on arson
for a cost of $16.
• Approved sending
Assistant Police Chief Fritz
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Board Eyes 150 Mills
Occupation Millage Tax Needed to Balance School Budget
With the prospect of ad­ditional
taxes looming, Dr.
John Bonfield, superin­tendent
of Warwick School
District, explained that to
balance the 81-82 school
budget, the school board is
discussing the possibility of
using a combination of taxes
to raise revenue.
They p ro p o se , for
discussion, a five mill in­crease
through property tax,
a 150 mill increase through
occupational millage tax,
and they estimate that a
construction tax could bring
in as much as $50,000. These
combined with the existing
taxes should balance the
budget, including the ap­proximately
five percent
increase which has been
projected.
The School board and Dr.
Bonfield will meet with
anyone interested in airing
their views on the budget,
program in the schools or on
the proposed taxes, Wed­nesday,
May 13 at 7:30 p.m.
in the Middle School
auditorium. A copy of the
occupation millage tax
assessment schedule will be
available at this meeting.
The School board will meet
again May 19 and it is ex­pected
that at that meeting
they will adopt the
preliminary budget as well
as the resolutions supporting
the budget The resolutions
concerning the new taxes
must be adopted at the May
meeting to meet the thirty
day waiting requirement, to
go into effect by July 1.
The Committee of the
Whole, another chance to
meet with board members to
present opinions and/or
views of the budget and
taxes, will meet Monday,
May 4 at 7:30 p.m. in the
Board Room at WHS. Op­portunities
to get grumbling
and misunderstanding off
the street corners, away
from back fences, and into
the board room where they
can be heard and considered
are running out.
Occupation Millage Tax
Among the proposed new
taxes to be levied by the
school board, the occupation
millage tax is being most
discussed.
To determine what the
occupation millage tax will
mean to you, you must find
out what your occupation
assessment is. Copies of the
assessment schedule may be
picked up at the central
office at the high school. At
the May 13 community
meeting at the Middle
School, they will be
discussed.
Persons working less than
20 hours per week or with an
occupation assessment of $5
would NOT pay any oc­cupation
millage tax. People
falling into the $5 category
in c lu d e h o u sew iv e s,
students, retired persons,
infirm dependents, invalid
dependents, dependents in
public charge and US Armed
services non-commissioned
officers.
A c co rd in g to th e
Assessment office, any
person engaged in two or
more occupations shall be
assessed under the oc­cupation
to which he devotes
most of his gainful time and
effort.
For the purpose of the
o c c u p a tio n ta x , th e
assessment of the oc­cupation
is made in and
taxable by the municipality
where the person resides,
and not in the municipalities
where he works if that is
other than his place of
residence. In other words, if
you live in the municipalities
which support the Warwick
school district, but work
o u ts id e of th e s e
municipalities, you will pay
the tax. If you work within
those municipalities but live
outside of them, Lititz
Borough, Warwick Township
and Elizabeth Township, you
will not pay the tax.
Some Assessments
Among the occupations
assessed at 100 are farm
worker, maid, housemother,
nurse’s aide and teacher’s
aide. Some of the oc­cupations
assessed at 200
include bank tellers and
clerks, dairymen, factory
w o rk e rs , j a n ito r s ,
m is s io n a r ie s , s to re
salespersons, and waiters
and waitresses.
Assessment at 300 includes
bakers, bookkeepers, car
in sp ecto rs, computer
operators, school bus
drivers, hairdressers, mail
carriers, metal workers,
musicians, and personal
secretaries among others.
Included among the oc­cupations
assessed for 400
are insurance agents, artists
and sculptors, barbers-proprietors
or boss, deputy,
detective, electricians,
m a ch in ists, p a in te rs,
printers, steam fitters, stone
masons, and welders.
Accountants, auto repair
shop owners, borough
managers, college officials,
ed ito rs, construction
e n g in e e r s , fo rem e n ,
jewelers, master mechanics,
purchasing agents, and
school supervisors are
among those assessed at 500.
Assessment at 600 includes
pilots, court house officials,
druggists-proprietors, op­ticians,
school principals,
superintendents, trailer
park owners, and veterinary
surgeons. At 700, occupation
assessment includes den­t
i s t s , s u p e rm a rk e t
proprietors, and district
school superintendents.
Among those assessed at 800
a re a tto rn ey s, bank
presidents, congressmen,
corporation executives and
officials.
The formula for finding
the amount of taxes to be
paid is to take the number of
mills to be raised, in the case
of Warwick School district,
probably 150. Knock off the
zero, leaving 15 and take that
percent (15 percent) of the
occupation assessment to
find the amount you will pay.
If 200 mills are to be raised
take 20 percent of 10 percent
in the case of 100 mills.
Dr. Bonfield reiterated
that he and the school board
need to hear from the
community concerning
taxes and budget, to know
what is acceptable.
OCCUPATION MILLAGE TAX
Occupation
Assessment 100 Mills 150 Mills 200 Mills
100 $10 $15 $20
200 $20 $30 $40
300 $30 $45 $60
400 $40 $60 $80
500 $50 $75 $100
600 $60
/
$90 $120
700 $70 $105 $140
800 $80 $120 $160
To determine what the occupation millage tax
will mean to you find your occupation assessment
along the left column. To find your projected oc­cupation
tax follow across to each column in­dicating
the tax to be paid based on the millage set.
For example a person with an occupation assessed
at $300 with a 150 mill tax on the $300
assessment would pay a $45 occupation tax.