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CONSOLIDATED WITH THE LITITZ RECORD 1937 Lititz, Lancaster County, PA. 17543, Thursday, September 3,1981 2 0 CENTS A COPY; $6 OOPER YEAR BY MAIL
WITHIN LANCASTER COUNTY 24 Pages-No. 23
Lunches Up,
Subsidies Down
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by Mildred Spear
School lunch prices are up
- along with almost
everything else - and ac­cording
to Doris Stauffer,
Supervisor of Food Services
for Warwick School District,
the jump m price for all
lunches served is due to the
government subsidy cut­backs.
‘Considering that Reagan
wanted to cut out the com­modity
program altogether,
we are lucky to have as
much as we do this year,”
Mrs. Stauffer emphatically
stated. Last year the
reimbursement rate was 39.1
cents per student and this
year it is reduced to 26.5
cents per student, with the
f e d e r a l g o v e rnm en t
providing 10.5 cents per
student in actual money, 11
cents in donated food, and
the state coming up with the
remaining nickle. “The
state’s amount is un­changed,”
Mrs. Stauffer
said. Warwick students pay
the difference between the
subsidy and actual cost.
The lunches themselves
will cost $.60 at the
elementary schools, $.75 at
the middle school and high
schools, and $1.30 for adult
lunches. The jump in price is
$.15, $.20, and $.25 respec­tively,
over last year.
Mrs. Stauffer is still trying
to balance meals and
budgets on a decrease of 12.6
cents per student, in
government funding. “We
have been able to maintain
low lunch prices for several
years due to the ac*
cumulation in the cash
balance," but even that
amount is governmentally
controlled Mrs. Stauffer
hastened to point out. “And
the high percentage of
student partcipation also
helps keep costs down. ’ ’
According to the man­dates,
a food services cash
balance must be limited, “to
the operating balance of the
food service account to a
level consistent with the
program needs,'and upon
request by the Pennsylvania
Department of Education,”
the Food Services direc­tor!
s) must “explain the
need for a balance equal to
more than two months food
services expenditures.” in
other words, the state
monitors the cash balance so
no district can accumulate
more money than it takes to
operate the program for two
months.
The expenditures for the
Warwick Food Services
includes salaries, repair of
equipment, the purchase of
other foods, such as milk.
The cash balance for the
Warwick district is, ac­cording
to Mrs. Stauffer,
approximately $45,000.
Taking the month of March,
1981, as an example, and
using round figures, about
$14,000 was spent on wages,
about $1,000 on non-food
supplies and equipment
repairs, and about $22,000 on
the additional foods, in­cluding
milk.
The Milk Non-Program
Mrs. Stauffer pointed out
that the milk program
fluctuates dramatically
throughout the year with
price changes and other
requirements. And there is a
new government ruling that
will not permit a school
district to be on both the milk
program and the lunch
program. So with the "ups”
and downs” history of the
Early Deadline
The Record Express
Office will be closed
Monday for Labor Day.
Deadline for advertis­ing
has been extended
to 3 p.m. Tuesday.
Deadline for all news
is 11 a.m. Tuesday,
September 8, however
copy may be dropped
in the mail slot of the
Record Express office,
22 E. Main St., Lititz,
anytime over the holi­day
weekend.
milk program, Mrs. Stauffer
decided to offer the lunch
program in Warwick
District instead, “ even
though we lost money on our
flavored milk last year.”
Just like any budget-minded
meal planner, Mrs.
Stauffer shopped for the
lowest prices for milk and
recommended with Dr.
Bonfield, to the Student
Activities Committee, that
milk be purchased for the
school district directly from
a local dairy. The Warwick
School Board has the final
decision on price of milk,
according to the findings of
the committee.
With the cost of the milk
coming from the cash
balance in the cafeteria
budget, Mrs. Stauffer chose
a month that did not contain
any school vacation days as
m example and showed the
nilk bill for one month alone
was close to $8,000.
Donated Food
The government gives
food to school districts, and
although some schools reject
some of the donations, being
unable to use them, Warwick
is able to use most of the
government offerings.
One reason Mrs. Stauffer’s
program can absorb more
surplus is that Warwick has
a bakery, providing its own
bread, from dinner rolls to
hamburger buns, from the
government flour surplus.
Other districts might have to
refuse to take that flour,
Mrs. Stauffer explained, and
it would then be passed along
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J. Roy Wise, right, and Reid Wissler, both members of the board of directors of
Ephrata Community Hospital, study the plans for the medical office building the
hospital is planning to build on New Rothsville Road, just east of Rothsville. Wise
is chairman of the Medical Office Development Committee and Wissler is a
member of the same committee. (Record Express Photo)______________________
Breakfast, Chicken Barbecue Available
Visit Park On Saturday
For Fine Antiques Galore
By Ephrata Community Hospital
M e d i c a l F a c i l i t y
T o B e B u i l t
N e a r R o t h s v i l le ByPatHerr
An idea was born many months ago following a
discussion between the Warwick Township Lions Club
(WTLC) and the Board of Directors of the Ephrata
Community Hospital (ECH) — an idea that will become
a reality upon the completion of the new medical facility
that ECH is planning to build on the New Rothsville
Road, just east of the town of Rothsville in Warwick
Township.
This Saturday antique
buffs and folks who enjoy the
lovely things of yesteryear
will find many treasures at
the 15th annual Lititz
Springs Park Outdoor An­tiques
and Collectibles Sale.
It will be held in the park
from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. with
60 dealers from four states
displaying for sale their
prized possessions.
Good food will be served,
in the park, from 6 a.m. to
5:30 p.m., amidst restful
surroundings in which to
enjoy it.
This popular Labor Day
weekend event is sponsored
by the Lititz Springs Park
Board of Trustees and the
proceeds will be used for the
improvements and upkeep of
the public park.
Volunteers from the Lititz
Youth Ministry will man the
park concession stand and
serve a pancake and sausage
breakfast from 6 a.m. to 9
a.m.
Members of the Lititz Slo-
Pitch League will serve
barbecued chicken from 12
noon to 5:30 p.m.
Admission and parking
will be free and convenient
rest-room facilities are
available.
Bring your family and
enjoy a memorable day m
park. Relax, browse, buy if
you wish. Chat with the
friendly knowledgeable
dealers. Renew old friend­ships
and make new ones, in
a common interest.
For the many who have
asked, the park board has
released the names of the
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Citing the need for
medical services for the
residents of Rothsville and
surrounding areas (There is
no doctor in Rothsville) the
WTLC offered its club
building on Twin Brook
Road in Rothsville to ECH
for a medical facility.
However, following intense
study and discussion bet­ween
the civic club and the
hospital board, it was decid­ed
that that particular idea
wasn’t really practical for
either party.
The hospital board, hav­ing
seen the need for a
medical facility in the area,
started looking at lots on
which to build and chose the
site on the east side of the
15-Year-Old Lititz Girl Charged
Lititz Police Call In FBI
The Lititz police charged a
15-year-old Lititz girl with
harrassment by com­munications
and with
making a terroristic threat,
according to Police Chief
George Hicks. After one
police officer received an
anonymous letter on August
27, in which the author
threatened to shoot and kill
the officer, the Federal
Bureau of Investigation
(FBI) entered into the case.
The FBI was called into the
case by the Lititz Police
Department, because this
letter constitued a federal
crime, Hicks said.
The harrassment by
communications charge was
levied against the girl as a
result of seven false
telephone calls made to the
Lititz Police Department, j
Hicks said. ■
After it was determined
that the girl had made all of
the telephone calls and had
written the threatening
letter, Hicks stated, she was
charged with the crimes. She
will be referred by the Lititz
Police Department to
Lancaster County juvenile
authorities for disposition of
her case.
According to Hicks, the
dates, times and nature of
the telephone calls are as
follows: August 24 at 1:20
p.m. - someone stated she
wanted to speak to an officer
about someone selling her
daughter drugs; August 24 at
6:30 p.m. - caller stated a
fight was in progress at
Cedar and Noble Streets;
August 24 at 8:40 p.m. -
caller complained of a loud
stereo playing in the 100
block of Noble Street;
August 25 at 11:15 a.m. -
caller stated she wanted to
speak to an officer about
someone selling her
daughter drugs; August 25 at
1:10 p.m. - caller stated
same request as in previous
call; August 25 at 4:48 p.m. -
caller stated she wanted to
speak to an officer about a
theft; August 25 at 8:49 p.m.
- caller reported an accident
in the 200 block of East
Lincoln Avenue.
Chief Hicks announced
this week that speed signs
are being installed on North
Cedar Street, from Main
Street to the Borough Line.
He also announced that
the Lititz Police Depart­ment
has in possession no
less than 30 bicycles and if
anyone is missing a bike
they should go to the sta­tion,
identify the bike and
take it home.
He issued a reminder to
drive carefully and be sure
to obey directions of school
crossing guards. Use extra
caution when driving,
especially now that school
buses are back on the
roads, and be sure to obey
signals on the school buses,
stop when indicated.
Accidents
A hit and run accident oc­curred
August 29 at 8 a.m.,
Chief Hicks said, on East
Main Street near Cedar.
Roger Harry Attick, Penn
Valley Village, parked on
East Main Street, opened
his car door, and his car
door was struck by another
vehicle. The other vehicle
did not stop to provide in­formation,
according to
police.
On August 26, an accident
occurred at 5:08 p.m. at Se­cond
Avenue and Cedar
Street, police said.
The vehicle driven by
Jerry C. Schupp, 2750 Old
Orchard Rd., Lancaster,
and the vehicle driven by
Shea Gingerich, 475 Snavely
Mill Rd., were both east-bound
on East Second
Avenue when the Gingerich
vehicle stopped to make a
left turn onto Cedar and
was struck by the Shupp
vehicle.
Damage to the Shupp
vehicle was light, police
said, and moderate, to the
Gingerich vehicle. The acci­dent
is still under investiga­tion,
according to Chief
Hicks.
Thefts
John D. Strayer, 442 N.
Water Street, reported a
theft, August 20, sometime
between midnight and 6:30
a.m. Taken from his front
lawn, where he had the
items for sale, were two
Kelly Springfield snow tires
on Vega rims, size A-78-13;
and one unknown B-78-13
regular tread, according to
Chief Hicks.
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S ch o o l O p e n in g s
The Warwick schools welcome all students back
to the classroom. Many sports activities and the
band have already begun with vigor.
The first day, Wednesday, Sept. 9, students will
report to school as follows:
High School - 8 a.m.
Grades 9-10- Report to gym.
Grades 11-12 - Report to auditorium.
Middle School - 7:45 a.m.
Grade 6 - Report to cafeteria.
Grade 7 - Report to auditorium.
Grade 8 - Report to gym.
John Beck Elementary School - 8:05-8:15 a.m.
All grades report to auditorium.
Kissel Hill Elementary School - 8:05-8:15 a.m.
Grade 1 - Follow instructions as indicated in letter
sent home.
Grades 2,3 - Report to gym.
Grades 4,5 - Report to cafeteria.
Lititz Elementary School - 8:05-6:15 a.m.
First grade students will receive a postcard from
their teachers telling them where to report. Parents
are asked to pin the card on the child’s dress or
shirt.
Grades 2,3 - Report to cafeteria.
Grades 4,5 - Report to gym.
New Rothsville Road, 215
feet from the intersection at
Route 772.
A spokesman for the
WTLC said that although
the civic club is no longer
actively involved with the
facility, “the WTLC fully
supports the idea of ECH
building the new medical
facility, without a doubt.”
Robert L. Bensing, chair­man
of the board of direc­tors
of ECH said that in
order to provide Rothsville
and the surrounding areas
with the type of medical
facility the community
needs, the board decided to
purchase the land and erect
the new facility, which
would be adaptable to doc­tors’
offices. He also men­tioned
the possibility of a
dentist.
The plans for the building
are being finalized, Bensing
said, and bids have been
submitted. The board ex­pects
to receive and open
the bids in a few weeks, at
which time a groundbreak­ing
date can be set.
Bensing further stated
that the board expects
hopefully that the facility
will be completed before
bad weather sets in. The
plans call for enough space
on the first floor to even­tually
have two professional
office complexes, i.e., doc­tor’s
offices, waiting and
examining rooms, and
storage areas. Bensing add­ed
that only one complex
will be furnished at the pre­sent
time. He also noted
that there will be a large
open room m the basement
for meetings. Bensing also
said that at the present time
no doctor has yet ap­proached
the board of
directors asking to be
considered for one of the
complexes.
A name has not yet been
selected for the medical
facility. Bensing said he
would like the public to be
involved in the selection of
the name. He urged the
residents of the area who
have suggestions for a
name to submit those
names to the board of
directors of ECH, Martin
Avenue, Ephrata, Pa. 17522.
According to J . Roy Wise,
chairman of the ECH board
of directors Medical Office
Development Committee,
the 2,080 sq. ft., one-story
building will be constructed
of brick, and will be built in
a Colonial style. Its dimen­sions
are 42 feet by 50 feet
and the plans include a
parking area and land­scaped
lot.
Wise also indicated that
the medical facility will
hook up to the Warwick
Township sewer system.
The board of directors
would give no projected
cost of the facility, stating
that to release a figure now
would be “ premature”
since the bids have not as
yet been opened.
According to Marvin
Feiler, zoning officer for
Warwick Township, the
board of directors of ECH
bought the 1.25 acre plot of
land along the New
Rothsville Road from Elias
Landis, 2167 Main St.,
Rothsville. Feiler said that
Landis appeared before the
Warwick Township Zoning
Hearing Board on May 20,
1981, and asked for and
received a special exception
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Sports Section
Social
Church
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Business Directory 20
Classified 21,22,23
Back To School Display To Open in Lititz
N a t h a n E . ' D a d ’ R e i s t ’ s P h o t o s
a n d C o l l e c t i o n s T o G o o n E x h i b i t
by Mildred Spear
“Dad” Reist, his passion for collecting all sorts of
things from butterflies to old newspapers from around
the country, and his pioneering into the field of
photography, will provide the subject for a five part
series of displays at Commonwealth National Banks in
Lititz and in Lancaster, through the courtesy of Tony
Rossi.
NOTICE
The monthly meeting
of the Lititz Retailer’s
Association has been
scheduled for the second
Wednesday of this
month. The September
meeting will be held
next Wednesday, Sept. 9
at 7:30 P.M. at The
General Sutter Inn:
All area businessmen
are welcome and invited
to attend.
Rossi has spent the past
eight months or so, together
with his girl friend, Camilla
Heilman, sorting the
memorabelia and “baling
books” - so far, 7,000 books!
The opening exhibit is to
be of “Lititz-abelia” and will
open next week at the Lititz
Commonwealth National
Bank at Broad and Main
Streets. It will feature
nostalgia from “Dad’s” many
years as a teach»’ in area
schools and will include pic­tures
reproduced from his
own glass photo plates, and
some of the original pictures
themselves. In addition there
will be student essays, report
cards, and drawings, an old
desk, ink bottles of the
period and general “back to
school” paraphernalia.
Some of the pictures on
display will be large enough
to permit people to
recognize grandparents,
parents or even themselves,
Rossi said.
The Reist Collections
Nathan Edwin Reist,
known to his ever growing
family of students and
friends as “Dad” was born
in 1856 and died in 1940.
When his father died in
1909, Reist moved from
Lime Rock to Lititz and
built his home on what was
then an extension of Front
Street, but was, years ago,
reapportioned as North
Cedar Street. The Reist
home was a haven for
students!
Once he was settled in
Lititz, and retired from
teaching, Reist became
more and more involved
with young people, leading
field trips and archeological
digs along the Susquehanna,
and founding groups similar
to boys clubs or scouts.
A teacher at four area
Lime
Kissel
Nathan Edwin Reist, known to his family of
students and friends as "Dad” , has left a wealth
of memorabelia, much of which will be on display
in a series of five exhibits at Commonwealth Na­tional
Banks in Lititz and Lancaster.
schools, including
Rock, Brunnerville,
Hill and the now closed, old
Warwick School, Reist col­lected
a following of young
people, friends and ad­mirers
as well as Insects,
Indian relics, baseball
c a rd s , books and
periodicals.
Rossi explained that the
history he has been able to
track down so far, includes
tales of youngsters going to
the Reist house for that ex­pert’s
help in cataloguing
bugs and butterflies or iden­tifying
leaves. Old letters
show a network of "swaps”
with other collectors around
the country. Reist was in­deed
proficient in both those
subjects as well as a host of
others. He also provided a
sort of early library service
for his interested young col­leagues,
and many of the
books are stamped with
school names, or his own,
in lieu of bookplates, so
the borrower would return
them to the source. He loan­ed
his books out at one pen­ny
a week with a late fine of
an additional penny.
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