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CONSOLIDATED WITH THE LITITZ RECORD 1937 Lititz, Lancaster County, PA. 17543, Thursday, July 16,1981 20 CENTS A COPY S6 00 PF R YE AR BY MAIL
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Kathy Haddad is crowned Queen of Candle by last year’s queen, Lisa Zercher.
Kathy Haddad Crowned Queen
Pageant Lights Up
Weekend in the Park It was worth the wait!!
Even though the Fourth of
July festivities had to be
postponed for a week
because of rain, Saturday
sported beautiful weather as
approximately 8,000 people
turned out to celebrate their
independence.
According to Police Chief
Hicks, all went very well
during the day. He said there
was excellent crowd control
The 15th Annual Lititz
Outdoor Art Show is
scheduled for Saturday,
July 25 from 9 a.m. to 5
p.m. along Main and
Broad Streets with a
children’s show in Lititz
Springs Park. Raindate
will be August 1.
Sponsored by the
Lititz Village Art
Association, and sup­ported
in part by
several area retailers,
businesses and clubs,
the show is open to all
and the police encountered
no m a jo r p ro b lem s.
Although traffic was heavy,
he said the cars moved out
after the fireworks display
without any accidents.
Queen of Candles
Kathy Haddad burst into
tears of surprise and delight
after a half hour’s suspen­seful
wait to hear herself
named Queen of Candles at
the festivities during the
artists living within a
100 mile radius of Lititz.
Categories include oils,
watercolors, graphic
arts, and sculpture. No
crafts of any kind will be
a c c e p te d . The
children’s show is
divided by age group.
More information and
entry forms, both for
adults and children can
be obtained by writing
the Lititz Village Art
Association, P.O. Box
66, Lititz, PA 17543.
Queen of Candles Pageant.
Wearing a periwinkle blue
gown, Kathy was escorted
by her father, William
Haddad, 306 S. Spruce
Street. She carried a bouquet
of fresh flowers with a
candle centered in it, as did
all the contestants, and was
crowned by outgoing Queen
of Candles, Lisa Zercher,
with a wreath of baby’s
breath that complemented
her bouquet.
About ten of Kathy’s
re la tiv e s and family
members were on hand in
the crowd of thousands to see
her crowned at the Can­dlelight
Pageant.
Working part-time as a
waitress at the Chimney
Corner Restaurant, Kathy is
taking two courses at
Millersville State College
this summer. She will be a
full term student there in the
fail. This summer she says
she is taking English
composition and may make
a second choice of subjects
later. She enjoys her job at
the Chimney Corner, she
said.
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Warwick Township Supervisors
5 M em ber Board Question
To Appear On Nov. Ballot
The Warwick Township
Board of Supervisors were
told by Robert Sharkey at its
meeting Thursday night that
he had been informed that
the question as to whether or
not Warwick Township
should have five supervisors
instead of three will appear
on the ballot in the
November election.
The question appeared on
the May primary election
ballot and was defeated.
This came as a surprise to
many because the township
had been told originally that
the question would be on the
November ballot.
According to Richard
Good, chief clerk of the
Lancaster County Board of
Elections, he checked with
the Pennsylvania Election
Board. He was told that the
placement of the question on
the primary ballot was in
what the board considered a
"gray” area. But Good said
he was told to place it on the
ballot and, if anyone filed a
complaint, the results could
be declared null and void
and then the question could
reappear on the November
ballot.
Good said that complaints
were lodged and the Lan­caster
County Board of
Elections declared the
primary election results null
and void. The same thing
happened in East Cocalico
Township, he added, and the
question for them will also
be placed on the November
ballot.
In other business, the
supervisors:
• Accepted a petition from
Scott Cummings asking that
the speed limit on Owl Hill
Road be lowered to 25 or 30
mph. A discussion was also
held concerning the trim­ming
of trees at the in­tersection
of Route 501 and
Owl Hill Road.
• Cited the need for a
Warwick Township resident
to serve on the Lititz
Recreation Center board.
Anyone interested in serving
should contact the Warwick
Township supervisors at the
municipal building on Clay
Road or call 626-8900.
• Heard a report from
supervisor Lloyd Rohrer
which stated that the
abutments of the Hackman
Road Bridge are not strong
enough to support a concrete
deck. It was decided that a
treated wood deck would be
used. These repairs will be
done in cooperation with
Elizabeth Township because
the bridge is located in both
townships.
• Reviewed sam p le
resolutions for a Capital
Improvement Fund which
they will study. The
supervisors plan to draw up
a final resolution by the next
meeting.
• Held a discussion con­cerning
the many accidents
at the New Rothsville Road
and Route 772 intersection,
at the residence of Frank
Bucher, 216U Main Street,
Rothsville. Bucher currently
has a guard rail installed in
front of his house for
protection. The board passed
a motion to send a letter to
the state listing the ac­cidents
that occurred at the
intersection for the past five
years plus a notarized
statement from Bucher. The
supervisors want the state to
install ridges m the road
before the stop sign on New
Rothsville Road.
• Gave permission to the
In This Issue
Editorial 4
Sports Section 6,7,8
Social 10,11
Church 16
Business Directory 18
Classified 19,20,21
Rothsville Fire Company
and Ambulance Association
to purchase fuels from the
township in order to save
money that the fire company
normally has to pay out in
state taxes. The fire com­pany
would then be billed for
the fuels by the township. It
was indicated that the fuels
could only be for fire fighting
and ambulance equipment.
The supervisors said they
would make the same offer
available to the Brunnervilie
Fire Company.
• Discussed considering a
resolution to limit the
weights of vehicles that
could be parked on the
township thoroughfares. The
supervisors would use the
vehicle code in determining
the weight maximum. It was
A warm welcome is
waiting for Governor Dick
Thornburgh when he arrives
in Lititz early Sunday af­ternoon
for the town’s An­niversary
Celebration.
Arranged by the Lititz
Historical Foundation, the
ceremony is scheduled to
begin in Lititz Springs Park
at 1.30 p.m.
Senator Richard Snyder,
who represents i^incaster in
the state legislature but
grew up in Lititz, will escort
the Governor and his party
into town along a route set up
in cooperation with Mayor
Raymond Reedy.
Senator Clarence Man-beck,
who represents the
district that includes Lititz,
will be present to introduce
the Governor for his talk.
Area churches are
cooperating to make the
event a special thanksgiving
service for the religious
noted that other townships
have followed this policy.
The resolution would apply
only to vehicles parked on
public roads, not private
property. The supervisors
plan to contact their solicitor
for advice.
• Agreed to place direc­tional
signs on the outside of
the municipal building.
Public Works
Rohrer reported that the
road crews have been busy
skin patching roads and
cleaning culverts. He also
reported that "rice” had
been put on Clay Road to
absorb seepage from the
roadbed due to the heat.
Police Report
The police report for June
included 66 complaints, six
arrests for felony and
freedom and other unique
advantages of this com­munity
and this state. The
service will actually mark
two anniversaries — the
founding of Lititz in 1756 and
the granting of the Penn­sylvania
Charter to William
Penn just 300 years ago in
1681.
The musical part of the
program, vocal and in­strumental,
promises to be
outstanding. Jean Doherty
will conduct the Moravian
Church Choir and the
church’s famed Trombone
Choir. She has been holding
intensive rehearsals and has
made special arrangements
of much of the music.
These organizations are
especially appropriate to the
occasion, says Dr. Byron
Horne, eminent local
historian and a director of
the Historical Foundation,
because they have been in
misdemeanor, 26 motor
vehicle operator arrests,
five vehicle operator war­nings,
18 accident in­vestigations,
seven assists to
other police departments,
seven cases petitioned into
court, one assault and
battery, six thefts, one
burglary, one disorderly
conduct, two drunken
driving, and six minor and
alcohol. Nine hours were
spent in court. The police
worked 880 hours, logged
7,960 miles on the police
cruiser, received and sent
1,954 calls.
The zoning officer
reported that 18 permits
were issued, including seven
new homes and seven
driveway permits, for a total
of $544,490.
existence continuously
almost from the beginning of
Lititz. The Church Choir was
established in 1787 and the
Trombone Choir even earlier
in 1766.
"The people of the com­munity
gave marvelous
support to the Foundation’s
Antiques Show on the Fourth
of July weekend," Dr. Horne
says. "It was our most
successful show ever. Over
2,200 came to ¡see it. 1 hope at
least the same number will
turn out for the Anniversary
Service. I’m siure they will —
particularly a s a courtesy to
Governor Thornburgh, who
is paying our small town a
distinct honor by coming to
speak to us on this oc­casion.”
The anniversary service
will be held nam or shine. In
case of rain the ceremonies
will be moved into the
Warwick High School
Auditorium.
Service To Mark Two Anniversaries
Lititz Ready For Thornburgh
Condition Listed as Critical
Worker Trapped in Ditch Cave-in David Shafer, employee of
Thorpe Enterprises, of Jim
Thorpe, Carbon County, was
listed in critical condition at
E p h r a ta Community
Hospital, for the third day
after being buried alive for
almost two hours in a
massive cave-in when the
walls of a ten toot deep sewer
ditch on the property of
Richard Peters, 627 Pine Hill
Road, collapsed on him.
The walls of the 10 foot by
18 inch ditch dumped tons of
tightly packed shale type soil
on Shafer and a fellow
worker who managed to
escape and aid in the
preliminary rescue attempt.
Shafer’s head was un­covered
within 2 minutes of
the cave in and according to
Warwick Ambulance crew
members, he (Shafer) was
conscious throughout most
of the rescue attempt but is
in "terrible pain” .
Shafer reportedly suffered
a deep gash or gashes on his
back between his shoulders,
possible internal injuries,
and painful spine and chest
injuries. Rescue worker, Jay
Weaver, a Warwick Am­bulance
attendant, said he
did not know how the vic­tim’s
back was gashed but
other sources on the scene
said they thought it was
caused by a backhoe used to
remove the tightly com­pacted
dirt.
Witnesses at the scene
reported seeing from one to
three gashes in the victim’s
back and Weaver said
Shafer had low blood
pressure which could have
been attributed to shock or
internal injuries. There was
also concern about possible
spine injuries and broken
ribs, and according to
Weaver, Shafer complained
of difficulty breathing,
during the rescue.
Peters, owner of the
property where the accident
oeeured, witnessed the cave-in,
and according to his
mother, who was on the
porch of the home when the
walls of the ditch collapsed,
shouted the first warning.
According to Peters,
Shafer’s head was covered in
what he described as loose
shale type soil, Peters and
three other men, two other
Thorpe employees and a
neighbor, Dave Enterline,
dug with shovels, their hands
and even coffee cans to
unearth the victim from the
neck up.
According to Ron Nuss,
operations manager for the
Warwick Township
Municipal Authority, the
ditch was being dug next to
where the ground had
previously been dug up in
order to install a lateral.
"This,” he said, "is the most
dangerous place to dig
because the soil is loose from
the previous digging.” He
also said that federal law
requires shoring for any
ditch over 4’2 or 5 feet, but
because it is a federal law, it
is hard to enforce.
Laws concerning shoring,
bracing and storing ex­cavations
and materials are
under the jurisdiction of
OSHA (Occupational Safety
and Health Administration).
There are also Pennsylvania
laws governing the same
standards, enforced by the
Pennsylvania Department
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Rescue workers from Warwick Ambulance, Brunnervilie Fire Company, and
the Ephrata Rescue Unit, worked frantically to dig out 21 year old DJavid Shafer,
who was trapped under tons of packed earth when the walls of a sewer ditch
collapsed on him Monday. Photo by Stan Hall.