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WITHIN LANCASTER COUNTY 28 Pages-No. 6
Concerned area citizens overflowed the School
Board room and met in the WHS library to discuss
tax inequities, offer suggestions for school savings,
and generally clear the air at the monthly meeting
of the Warwick School Board Committee of the
Whole, Monday.
Lititz Police News
P e d e s t r i a n H i t a t N o r t h L a n e
Lititz Police Chief George
Hicks has issued a police
reminder. There is a new
speed zone on Front Street,
between Oak and Water. The
speed limit is now 25 miles
per hour and will be en­forced.
Alverta Spade, 115 Juniper
Lane, was struck by a
vehicle driven by Robert R.
Warfel, Jr., 822 Conestoga
Ave., Manheim, May 1 at
about 8:11 p.m. She was
taken to the hospital.
The accident occurred at
N. Broad St., near North
Lane as the pedestrian was
crossing Broad Street, not in
a crosswalk.
Elizabeth Township
With The Supervisors
The Elizabeth Township
Supervisors adopted a Stop
Sign Ordinance and an
Earned Income Ordinance
at their regular monthly
meeting Monday night.
Before adoption of the stop
sign ordinance Monday,
there was some discussion
from the floor as to the
advisability of adopting an
ordinance the township
couldn’t enforce, since
Elizabeth Township has no
police force.
According to the super­visors,
state law requires the
township to have a stop sign
ordinance for state police to
make any arrests for stop
sign violations.
Safety Statistics
The township’s safety
statistics for 1980 were
received from the Penn­sylvania
Department of
Transportation and showed
a 50 percent increase in
pedestrian accidents and a
100 percent increase in
motorcycle accidents. The
township had one traffic
fatality and 32 injuries in a
total of 40 accidents.
Correspondence
The supervisors received a
letter from Dr. John Bon-field,
superintendent of the
Warwick School District,
concerning the condition and
safety of the wooden bridge
on Hackman Road.
The bridge is shared with
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Other Accidents
An accident occurred
April 28 at 6:33 p.m., police
said, at the comer of W.
Orange at Campus Drive
when the vehicle driven by
Bradley E. Homsher, 191
Ronks Rd., Ronks, stopped
for the stop sign on Campus
Drive then entered onto
Orange St., into the path of
the vehicle driven west on
West Orange by Ruth F.
Keller, Lititz R6.
The collision resulted and
according to police, damage
was light to both vehicles.
Homsher was cited for
failure to yield right-of-way.
A three vehicle collision
occurred on South Broad
Street May 1 at 4:16 p.m.
when the northbound vehicle
driven by John Brown
Gibson, 541 Furnace Hills
Pike, struck the rear of the
vehicle driven by Carol
Virginia Snyder, Ford City
R3, pushing that vehicle into
the rear of the vehicle driven
by Ann E. Parmer, 27 Penn
Ave., Manheim.
Gibson was cited for
following too closely, Chief
Hicks said.
South Cedar and East
Marion Streets were the
scene of a 5:33 p.m. accident
May 1 when the vehicle
driven by Jeanne M.
Humphrey, 902 Pine Hill
Rd., stopped for a stop sign
then proceeded and, ac­cording
to police, drove into
the right side of the vehicle
driven south on South Cedar
by Glenn Martin, 512 S.
Spruce St., pushing the
Martin vehicle into a tree.
Humphrey was cited for
stop sign and yield.
An accident occurred on
South Broad Street at
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In this issue
Editorial 4
Sports Section 6,7,8,9
Classified 13,14,15
Social 18,19
Church 24
Business Directory 26
Lititz Man Arrested For Murder
Lancaster city police
Saturday charged Larry
James Derr, Jr., 21, of
Speedwell Forge, Lititz R2,
with the beating and
strangulation slaying of
Shirley M. Albright, 42, of
238 W. Liberty St., Lan­caster.
Derr, an unemployed
father of two infants, was
arraigned before District
Justice Louise B. Williams
on charges of criminal
homicide, criminal attempt
at rape and criminal attempt
at deviate sexual in­tercourse.
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He was committed to
Lancaster County Prison
without bail permitted.
Following an intensive
investigation by Lancaster
police, throughout the day
Saturday, police believed
they had probably cause to
question Derr and as they
drove to Derr’s home, they
spotted him coming into the
city on Route 501, with a
companion whom they will
not identify.
Police followed the pair
into town and arrested Derr
at 7:10 p.m. when he and his
companion stopped at the
site where Mrs. Albright’s
body was found.
Police found that Derr had
scratches on his hands and
arms and blood on his shoes,
police said. The suspect was
also carrying a considerable
amount of sp e ed
(methamphetamine), ac­cording
to police. His
companion was released.
Police could not determine
if Mrs. Albright was robbed.
The contents of her purse
were scattered more than 20
feet from where her body
was found. At this time,
Henry said, it was assumed
that sexual assault and not
robbery was Derr’s motive.
Questions, Suggestions, Arguments
Residents Take Tax
Views To School Board Dr. John Bonfield, has on
an earlier occasion said,
“nothing draws a crowd of
parents like their children
performing or taxes,” and it
appeared to be the taxes that
drew about three dozen
concerned area residents to
the monthly meeting of the
Warwick School Board
Committee of the Whole
Monday.
The meeting overflowed
the board room and was held
in the WHS Library where
board president William
Owens asked the crowd “let
us stick to the agenda then
the board is to open to
whatever you want to tell
us.” Following completion of
the planned agenda, Dr.
Bonfield gave an overview of
the projected budget, and
c itiz en s began their
questions, arguments and
suggestions; covering the
inequities of taxes, alter­natives
for saving money,
and generally clearing the
air.
The Overview
Dr. Bonfield stated that
the projected budget shows
an in c r e a s e of ap ­proximately
5.48 percent and
that as a general summary,
$600,000 of new money is
required to balance the 81-82
school budget.
The proposed figures show
$7,700,000 budgeted with no
additional program and with
attempts to shave and
reduce wherever possible.
Dr. Bonfield reminded the
crowd that the school district
is absorbing the loss of a
portion of the wage tax as
well as losses on state and
federal levels this year.
“There are two ways to
balance the budget,” Dr.
Bonfield explained. “We can
either raise the revenue or
reduce expenditures.”
He further explained that
last year one principal was
assigned to cover two
elementary schools, but that
the position which was
eliminated remained in the
budget for one year. Since
the system of having one
principal serve two schools
seems to be working, Bon­field
said that this year the
salary for the eliminated
position would be removed
from the budget and placed
in the end of the year
balance to be used toward
expenditures for next year.
The end of year balance,
he said, “is between $700,000
and $800,000.
Walter Lightner, business
manager for the school
district, explained that
projected increases in the
costs of such things as
heating oil, gas, and utilities
which did not rise to the
projected levels provided
some of the funds in the end
of year balance. “The only
thing which showed more
than the expected increase,”
! NOTICE 1
The monthly meeting
of the Lititz Retailer’s
Association has been
scheduled for the second
Wednesday of this
month. The May
meeting will be held
next Wednesday, May
13 at 7:30 P.M. at The
General Sutter Inn.
A special program on
small business taxes
will be presented by
representa tiv es of
Miller & Miller Ac­counting
of Lititz.
All area businessmen
are welcome and invited
j| to attend.
he said, “was the cost of
electricity in our all electric
buildings.”
In response to a request
from the floor to see the
figures, Dr. Bonfield ex­plained
that the detailed
budget would be on display
for 30 days after the
preliminary adoption, and
that figures as presented to
the board, up to this point
are available now. The
board is expected to adopt
the preliminary budget at
the May 19 meeting.
Open Discussion
Most of the questions and
suggestions from the crowd
showed their deep concern
as well as their con­sideration
of the issues and
the feeling of the meeting
was of general dismay at the
thought of more taxes, and
anxiety over the inequities of
the proposed forms of
taxation being considered by
the board.
The board was asked to
present an overview of the
options they exercised in
selecting the taxes they did
and Owens reminded the
group of the loss of the one
quarter of the wage tax and
the loss it means to the
school district.
“Due to the different
timings of the school and the
borough fiscal years, the
school is losing ap­p
r o x im a te ly $320,000
through the borough having
taken their portion of the
wage tax,” he said.
Dr. Bonfield added that
the aid ratio from state and
federal sources is dropping
to an average of around 41
percent and the Warwick
District is below that
average with about 37 per
cent. “Federal money,” he
said, “is an in and out af­fair,”
in explaining the
The Warwick Board of
School Directors will
hold a public meeting on
the tentative school
budget for 1981-82 in the
Warwick Middle School
auditorium at 7:30 p.m.,
Wednesday, May 13,
1981.
Residents of the
Warwick School District
are encouraged to at­tend
and participate in
the discussions. The
Warwick School Board
anticipates adoption of
the preliminary budget
at their May 19 meeting.
Copies of the
Assessor’s Occupation
schedule, on which the
occupation millage tax
will be based, will be
available for discussion
at this meeting or may
be picked up at the
Central Office at WHS.
unreliability on counting on
specific amounts from
government.
Owens explained that the
board considered the three
types of taxes, occupational
millage, property tax and
construction tax, because
the school district must be
funded. “We could raise all
the revenue on a property
tax if that’s the way the
people want to pay it,” he
said, and asked “how much
cutting can we do without
injuring the program and
how do we fund what is
left?” «
He further said that
although the board may
adopt a resolution of intent to
levy the occupational tax
and the construction tax,
that does NOT mean that the
two taxes are to be levied. It
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Play Opens Friday Evening
Special Effects Make
Camelot Spectacular
A brilliant cast, crew, and
orchestra will combine their
talents Friday and Saturday
evening, May 8-9, at 8 p.m. to
s ta g e an e x c it in g
“Camelot.”
But several electronic and
make-up special effects will
compliment the work of the
s tu d en ts and make
“Camelot” a spectacular not
to be missed.
Warwick alumnus Kelly
Mann, well-known
throughout the county for his
special effects, has bent his
talents toward making an
astoundingly r ea listic
production of “Camelot.”
Under the direction of Dan
Neidermyer, Mann has
created several facial masks
and plastic appliances that
will be attached to actor’s
facial features turning a
high school sophomore or
junior into an ancient,
wizened old man.
Add to this special elec­tronic
and lazer effects for
the wizardy of Merlyn and
Nimue, including a staff that
lights and transfers power to
the coiffure of the en-
“ Special Effects" created by Kelly Mann for the
Warwick production of “ Camelot include turning a
high school student into a wizened old man for the
role of Merlin. Photos by Kay Duncan.
chantress Nimue, and effects for many productions
“Camelot” takes on an even and companies throughout
more fantastic appearance. Lancaster County. Most
Mann has created special (Turn to Page 3)