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WITHIN LANCASTER COUNTY 28 Pages-No. 8
By Two-tfrOne Margin Reedy Wins GOP Nomination For Mayor
Wallace Wins In Warwick Township,
Garrett Nominated For District Justice
Raymond Reedy L. Wallace James L. Garrett
Zoning Hearing Board Denies Special Exception
HDC Expected To Appeal
Rothsville School Decision
Housing Development
Corporation (HDC) of
Lancaster is expected to
appeal the Warwick
Township Zoning Hearing
Board’s decision Wednesday
to deny a request to convert
the Rothsville School
building into 15 housing units
for low to moderate income
families.
“We, of course, have
reviewed the decision very
thoroughly,” HDC attorney
Donald H. Nikolaus said
Monday. “I feel very con­fident
that there will be an
appeal.”
HDC has 30 days in which
to appeal the Zoning Board’s
decision to the Lancaster
County Court of Common
Pleas, where the decision
could be upheld, overturned
or remanded back to the
board for further testimony.
“We intend to pursue the
matter of the (Rothsville)
apartments,” Nikolaus
commented. “We feel it’s a
fine project and don’t un­derstand
the opposition to
it.”
Appeals could be pursued
as far as the State Supreme
Court.
Nikolaus also said that he
and HDC “disagree with the
finding of fact” and feel
there is a “legal right” for
the conversion of the school
into housing units.
The Decision
Only a few residents were
on hand last Wednesday
evening to hear the Zoning
Hearing Board’s decision to
deny HDC’s request for a
special exception to convert
the Rothsville School into
subsidized housing units,
bringing an anti-climatic
end to the long and bitter
controversy.
The hearings, which began
Jan. 29 in the municipal
building and were later
moved to the Rothsville Fire
Hall to accommodate the
crowds, often drew more
than 100 concerned residents
and lasted beyond midnight.
A fte r h e a r in g ap ­proximately
28 hours of
testimony from 25 witnesses
on five different dates, the
Zoning Hearing Board
concluded, in an 18-page
decision drafted by board
attorney Charles B. Grove
and secretary Thomas B.
Smith, that:
“There does not exist a
sufficient supply of water
from (the) Applicant’s
(HDC’s) well to properly
serve the inhabitants of
(the) applicant’s apartment
complex.”
The board’s decision also
stated that HDC’s “special
exception use will constitute
a substantial contributing
cause to the injury to or
detraction from neighboring
properties and that (HDC)
h a s not su bm itted
assurances that will have the
effect of safeguarding
neighboring properties from
the threat of loss of an
adequate supply of water.”
The adverse effect of the
project on the water supply
in the Rothsville area was
the primary reason of
residents opposing the
project.
Other major concerns of
residents, in addition to
opposition to federally
subsidized housing, in­cluded:
the lack of need for
housing in the Rothsville
area, the number of housing
units involved in the project,
and the failure of the ap­plicant
to request a variance
for side yard setbacks.
HDC’s request for a
special exception was op­posed
by the Warwick
Township Supervisors,
represented by attorney
William C. Crosswell, and
Paul and Sharon Dietz, 131
Church Road, and other
residents of the Rothsville
area, represented by at­torney
0 . Howard Mummau.
Despite a light turnout in
Tuesday’s Primary Elec­tion,
due to what some
people called “public
apathy” , Lititz Borough’s
Mayor Raymond Reedy
overturned the opposition
and won the Republican
nomination over R. Michael
Barnhart and Floyd S. Hagy.
The local Republican
officials had endorsed
Barnhart for the post. The
unofficial final count was
Reedy, 638; Barnhart, 350;
and Hagy, 90. This virtually
assures him of a third-term
victory in November.
Reedy said, “I tried in a
very humble way to do what
1 could in serving the people
over the past eight years and
I presume the citizens ap­proved
of what I did. For the
future I am planning some
improvements in the
operation of the police
department.”
In Manheim Borough,
James R. Brosey, a pur­chasing
manager at
Raybestos Manhattan, won
the GOP nomination for
mayor with a landslide
victory over Thomas P.
McElwee, who operates a
natural food store. The vote
was Brosey, 321; McElwee,
64.
Democrat John Enterline
Jr . ran unopposed for the
mayoralty nomination and
garnered 112 votes. He will
face Brosey in the November
election.L
ititz Borough
Russell Pettyjohn and
George Swan were write-in
candidates in the Third
Ward for borough coun­cilman.
Pettyjohn defeated
Swan with 109 votes to
Swan’s 69. Pettyjohn, along
with incumbents Clyde
Tshudy for the First Ward
and C. Wendell Hower for
New Number Listed
For Sewer Information
Residents of Warwick
Township should direct
any questions con­cerning
the sewer to the
Warwick Township
Municipal Authority at
627-2379. Please note the
new telephone number.
In Lititz and Rothsville
Parades, Services Scheduled
For Memorial Day
Raymond C. Mullin, of
Millersville, a member of
the faculty of Millersville
State College, and a veteran
of the Marine Corps will be
the speaker at the Memorial
Day Service in Lititz on
Monday, May 25 at 11 a.m. in
the Moravian Cemetery.
Mullin is a candidate for
Junior Vice Commander,
Department of Pennsylvania
Veterans of Foreign Wars.
He is currently serving his
sixth year on the Board of
Trustees of Scotland School
for Veterans Children. Four
of these years he spent as
president of the board. He is
also a life member of the
VFW National Home.
While a member of the
Marine Corps, he served in
the south and central Pacific
Raymond C. Mullin
theatres. He was awarded
the Purple Heart for wounds
Transit Authority Honors 10 Millionth Rider
Ernest Johnson of Lititz
has been selected the
representative 10,000,000th
rider on the Red Rose
Transit Authority (RRTA)
bus system during a special
ceremony Monday morning.
RRTA, the city and county
agency that has operated the
fixed-route bus service in
Lancaster since April 1,1976,
was able to ascertain,
Monday’s date for the
selection by using daily
ridership counts that were
closely monitored by the
RRTA staff.
The 10,000,000th rider Was
greeted by Earl Popp, a
member of the RRTA Board
of Directors, as he stepped
off the Lititz bus at 8:10 a.m.
in front of the Bell Telephone
office on N. Duke Street.
Also on hand was Reed
Rodman, RRTA Executive
Director, and James Huber,
Chairman of the Lancaster
County Commissioners.
To commemorate the
occasion, the lucky rider was
presented with a free one-year
bus pass and a cer­tificate
for a dinner for two
at Sarah Bernhardt’s
Restaurant in the Brunswick
Motor Inn.
Johnson has been riding
the Lititz bus to and from
work since 1978. He is em­ployed
by Gardners Office
Supply, Lancaster.
Ernest Johnson, center, of Lititz, was selected the representative 10 millionth
rider on the Red Rose Transit Authority (RRTA) bus system during a special
ceremony Monday morning. Earl Popp, left, a member of the board of directors,
is shown presenting Johnson with a certificate identifying him as the 10 millionth
rider representative. Looking on is Mary Heckel, Lititz, who is an RRTA market­ing
assistant.
In This Issue
Editorial 4
Sports Section 6,7,8,9
Classified 13,14,15
Social 18,19
Church 24
Business Directory 26
the Second Ward (both ran
uncontested), will appear on
the ballot in November.
District Justice
One of th e r a c e s
generating the most interest
was that of District Justice.
Four candidates were in the
running for the nomination.
They were James L.
Garrett, Bill Darlington, Pat
Maharg and Dean Baublitz.
Unofficial results show
Garrett won the Republican
nomination with 789 votes. It
appears, with 96 unofficial
write-in Democratic votes,
that Baublitz may face
Garrett in the November
election.
Warwick Township
One of the hottest contests
in Warwick Township was
for the seat on the Warwick
Township Board of Super­v
isors, D.L. “ S tev e ”
Wallace opposed Carl
M y e rs . B oth a r e
Republicans. Wallace, with
432 votes, received the
nomination with a two to one
victory over Myers who
gathered 243 votes.
Myers, however, received
28 write-in votes on the
D emocratic ballot to
Wallace’s 21 votes, so it
appears, unofficially, that
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Property Tax Jumps 8 Mills, Job Tax Levied
School Budget Up
By 4.55 Percent
received in action against
the enemy on Guadelcanal in
1942.
The traditional service
and parade are being
sponsored by the American
Legion Post 56 and Veterans
of Foreign Wars Post 1463,
with rites beginning at 10:45
a.m.
The Lititz parade will form
at 10:30 a.m. on Warwick
Street and proceed at 10:45
a.m. east on West Lincoln
Avenue to Broad Street,
move south on Broad Street
to Main Street, east on Main
Street to Church Square,
then south to the Moravian
Cemetery. Organizations
participating in the parade
should report at the starting
point promptly at 10:30 a.m.
Children will decorate the
graves of veterans with
flowers. The Rev. James G.
Shannon, pastor of St. Paul’s
E v a n g e lic a l Lutheran
Church will give the in­vocation.
Thelma Keath will
lead the audience in singing
America and the National
Anthem, accompanied by
the Warwick High School
Band and the Lititz Com­m
u n ity B a n d . J o e l
Longenecker, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Marlin Longenecker,
will present Lincoln’s
Gettysburg Address. The
Rev. Shannon will pronounce
the benediction.
Girl Scout, Brownie, Cub
and Boy Scout troops are
urged to participate and
bring flowers to decorate the
veterans graves.
Rothsville Parade,
Service
Noah W. Wenger, State
Representative of the 99th
District, will speak at the
Rothsville Memorial Day
Service.
In Rothsville, the parade
will form at the Rothsville
Fire Hall at 9:15 a.m. and
move west on Main Street
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The Warwick School
Board unanimously ap­proved
a tentative 1981-82
bu dg et T u e sd ay fo r
$7,637,409, an increase of 4.55
percent over last year’s
budget and a decrease of .93
percent in the earlier
estimated rise. Board
president William Owens
remarked, “That is even
better than we thought we’d
do. Congratulations to Dr.
Bonfield...”
In presenting the general
fund budget, Dr. Bonfield
said, “This is the most
responsible budget we can
offer without a reduction in
program and it includes the
reduction of five teaching
positions, two Title I aide
positions, and on elementary
principal position.”
To fund the 4.55 increase,
the board will raise property
taxes by eight mills,
bringing the present 115
mills to 123 mills with the
average taxpayer paying
approximately $29 more in
property taxes as of July 1 of
this year.
The occupational millage
tax will be levied by the
board at a rate of 100 mills or
10 percent of the assessed
value of job classification. If
a job is assessed at 300, for
example, the actual tax paid
will be $30 at the 10 percent
rate. The tax will range,
then, from $10 to $80, and
persons working twenty
hours or less, or assessed at
less than 100, will not pay the
tax.
Other taxes will remain
fairly steady according to
Owens. The board voted to
keep its per capita tax of $5,
its earned income tax of 1
percent and its realty
transfer tax of .5 percent.
Although the school
district will actually only get
3/4 of the one percent of the
earned income tax, due to
the remaining quarter being
taken by the borough and
the townships, the school
district was advised by their
solicitor to state that they
were lev y in g
the earned income tax at one
percent as in the past. “They
might have a change of
h e a r t!” several board
members laughed.
The board also voted to
discount taxes paid before
September 30, 1981, by two
percent. People paying
between September 30 and
December 1 will pay the full
value, and those paying after
December 2, 1981, will have
to pay an additional penalty
of 10 percent of their taxes.
Final passage of the
budget is scheduled for the
board’s regular meeting on
June 16. The public will have
30 days to review the budget
at the district office.
In other action, the school
board gave a $59,400 bid
award to Clarence H.
Barnett & Son, Inc. for
converting two boilers at
Warwick High School and
one b o ile r a t L ittz
Elementary School from
using only oil heat to the
buildings. The conversion
will allow use of both natural
gas and oil to produce heat.
Approximately one-half of
the cost of conversion will be
reimbursed by the state’s
Department of Education.
It is estimated that the
money saved by converting
the boilers to allow natural
gas use will pay the cost of
the conversion in one year at
the high school and 15
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Public Invited
To Woodstream Ceremony
Citizens of Lititz and the
surrounding area are invited
to attend ceremonies at noon
tomorrow, Friday, May 22,
at which the President’s “E ”
Award will be presented to
Woodstream Corporation for
its contribution to the
nation’s export expansion
program. The presentation
is part of the U.S. Depart­ment
of Commerce’s
celebration of World Trade
Week.
Congressman Robert S.
Walker will be the featured
speaker at the ceremonies to
be held on the lawn at the
corner of Front and Locust
Streets across from the
company’s offices. Officials
of the U.S. and State
Departments of Commerce
as well as the Lancaster
Chamber of Commerce and
Industry are also expected to
attend.
The President’s “ E ”
Award, consisting of a large
white pennant emblazoned
with a large blue “E ”, was
created by Executive Order
of the President in 1961 to
recognize firms that con­tribute
significantly in the
efforts to increase United
States exports. The “E ”
Award was introduced as a
revival and adaptation of the
World War II “E ” pennants
awarded to industrial plants
for superior production.
Woodstream, then called
Animal Trap Company of
America, was also a
recipient of that award.
The origin of both awards
goes back to 1906, when the
U.S. Navy stimulated
competition among the ships
of the Navy by conferring
“E ” pennants to ships ex­c
e llin g in g u n n e ry ,
engineering and com­munications.
In announcing Wood-stream’s
selection by the
Secretary of Commerce to
receive the “E ” for Exports
Award, Congressman
Walker said the award is
bein g p r e s e n ted in
recognition of the firm’s
outstanding contributions to
the increase of U.S. trade
abroad.
W o o d s tre am , a
manufacturer of a variety of
hunting and fishing equip­ment
as well as wildlife and
rodent control equipment,
was selected for a number of
reasons Walker explained.
Among them were their
efforts to design and market
fishing gear specifically
designed for use in European
countries and for exceeding
the overall average of their
industry for overseas sales.
“The fact that Wood-stream
tripled their over­seas
sales in just four years
is reason enough to deserve
th is aw a rd ,” Walker
declared.
“I am extremely proud
that Woodstream was
chosen for this award. At a
time when there is so much
talk about the impact of
foreign imports on the
American marketplace, it is
good to know that companies
such as Woodstream are
expanding American trade
abroad. It is also an ex­cellent
example of that extra
effort people in our area
have always been willing to
make. The results of those
efforts eventually benefit not
only themselves, but their
neighbors and country too,”
he concluded.
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