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WITH™ I 4NRASTER COUNTY 22 Pages-No. 47
Warwick Township Supervisors Start
Search For Water In Rothsville
The Warwick Township
Supervisors voted 4-1 on
Wednesday to authorize
Glace Associates, Inc. to
drill a test well that could
eventually provide water for
Rothsville residents.
The action, initiated by
Supervisor Robert Smith, is
the first major step toward a
public water system for
Rothsville.
“If water is found, we
must then decide how and if
we want to pursue water for
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The Rev. Duane Brown and his wife, Amy, were instrumental in forming the
Warwick Peace Fellowship.
Warwick Peace Fellowship:
Seeking a Dialogue
By Kathleen King
To many people, it seems
that the world is hurling
ever faster towards a
nuclear cataclysm. The very
thought of that possibility is
so overwhelming, so horrid,
that many people simply
shut the whole issue of
nuclear war out of their
minds.
But on the third Monday
evening of every month, a
group of Lititz area residents
meet at a local church not
only to discuss that very
possibility, but to determine
what they as individuals can
do to prevent it from hap­pening.
The Warwick Peace
Fellowship grew out of a
prayer and dialogue session
held during the 1982 Advent
season at St. Luke’s United
Church of Christ.
The Rev. Duane Brown
and his wife, Amy, “feeling
the tension in the world,”
thought there was a need for
a “faith response” to the
nuclear situation, especially
“in that season that heralds
the coming of the Prince of
Peace,” Brown said.
According to Brown,
during the course of con­versation
with the dozen
people who participated in
the session “there was a
feeling that we needed to do
it again.”
Over the next several
months the group publicized
its meetings through the use
of church bulletins and
letters to area pastors,
opening the meetings to all
local residents.
The group now has a
mailing list of 65 for their
quarterly newsletter, Brown
said.
The newsletter describes
the group as an “ecumenical
gathering of people in the
Lititz area seeking to sup­port
one another in study,
prayer and action in our
common concern for peace.”
According to Brown, the
loosely structured group
feels that peace is a
“theological and a political
issue,” and is attempting to
explore the issues of war and
peace from a Christian
perspective.
The core of the group
consists of members of five
or six different churches,
Brown said, though “not
necessarily the traditional
peace churches.”
The primary purpose of
the organization, Brown
said, is to offer support to an
individual so that he can
“raise peace issues” within
his own church, a task that
Brown said is often difficult.
“Peace and peacemaking
are religious issues,” Brown
said, “Many churches have
not wrestled with the
issues.”
But first the members
have to individually come to
grips with the issues and the
idea of nuclear war, Brown
said.
“We try to provide a
setting where persons of
varying backgrounds can
wrestle with and express
concerns about nuclear
arms, nuclear weapons,
etc.,” Brown said.
“When you first think of
the whole issue, there’s
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Post Office
Be Closed
The Lititz Post Office
will be closed on
Monday, Feb. 20 in
observance of the
Washington’s Birthday
holiday, Postmaster
Gene Rohrer announced
this week.
On that day there will
be no window service.
Post Office box service
will be provided on a
holiday schedule.
Delivery services will
be limited to express
mail and special
delivery.
One collection will be
made on Monday, Feb.
20, from boxes at main
o ffic e s , s ta tio n s ,
branches and self-service
postal centers in
business areas and on
main thoroughfares.
Area banks will also
be closed in observance
of the holiday Monday.
However, most stores
and restaurants in the
area will be open for
business as usual
Monday.
Rothsville,” Smith said.
While the decision to drill a
well does not necessarily
mean a public water system
will follow, Supervisor Steve
Wallace said the township
would be foolish not to
continue if water is found.
Wallace was the only
supervisor to oppose the
resolution, which stipulates
that the cost of the drilling
may not exceed $23,700.
He suggested that the
board table action on the
water issue until the
Municipal Authority in­dicates
whether or not it will
increase sewer rates in the
near future.
Noting that the public has
never voted for water,
Wallace suggested that the
board reassess the people’s
views after they know what
the sewer rates will be for
the next year.
Smith responded that
sewer rates are not going to
change the need for water
and added that a shortage of
water may be partly
responsible for high sewer
rates.
When the sewer system
was installed, anticipated
growth in the township was
expected to offset the sewer
rates, Smith said.
‘ ‘The sew e r n eed s
growth,” he said.
Water would mean growth
estimated at 100 units, which
would in turn help to
stabilize the sewer rates,
Smith said.
Earlier this yeai the
In This Issue
Editorial 4
Sports Section 6,7,8,9
Social 10,11
Church 18
Business Directory 19
Classified 20,21
supervisors held a public
hearing at which Rothsville
residents were given the
opportunity to ask questions
about a public water system
and to express their
opinions. At that time many
residents said that they need
water, but some were
concerned about the ad­ditional
expense.
The estimated cost of a
public water system is $233 a
year or slightly less than 64
cents a day to the individual
homeowner. The initial
hookup fee is estimated to be
$400 plus individual plumber
costs.
In other business the board
appointed Irel Buckwalter to
fill William Hazlett’s
unexpired term on the
board. Buckwalter will serve
until Dec. 31,1985 and will be
the subcommittee chairman
onplanning/zomng.
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At Mennonite Church
New Supervisor Brings
Financial Skill To The Job
Pocketbooks Stolen While Singers Perform
Seven members of the
“Campus Chorale” singing
group from Lancaster
Mennonite High School had
their pocketbooks stolen
while they were presenting
the Sunday evening program
at the Lititz Mennonite
Church, 165 E. Front St.
According to Lititz Police
Chief George Hicks,
someone entered the church
and stole the pocketbooks
shortly after 8 p.m. Sunday.
Hicks said the pocketbooks
belonged to Rosey Kraybill,
1519 Sheaffer Road,
Elizabethtown, whose purse
contained about $20; Dawn
Eberly, East Earl Rl, $6;
Barbara Martin, 134 S.
Butter Road, Lebanon, $12;
Mary Ann Weber, Mohnton
Rl, $7; Jacalyn Shirk,
Thornton, Pa.; Donna Groff,
35 S. Kinzer Road, Kinzers,
$10; and Chris Landis, 2629
Creek Hill Road, Leola, $2.
All the girls are students at
Lancaster Mennonite High
School.
Two of the purses were
found by citizens of the
community on Monday,
Hicks said. Later, Lititz
Police Officer William Seace
located the remainder of the
stolen pocketbooks in the
Lititz Creek.
Accidents
Mary Groff Zimmerman,
37 Main St., Womelsdorf,
was cited for following too
closely following an accident
last Friday afternoon at
North Broad and Kleine
streets.
According to Hicks,
Zimmerman was following a
car driven by Ruth S. An­spach,
1720 Lititz Pike,
Lancaster, which was
travelling south on North
Broad Street.
The Anspach vehicle
stopped due to traffic, Hicks
said, and was struck in the
rear by the Zimmerman car.
Damage was moderate ot
Zimmerman’s car and light
to the Anspach car, Hicks
said. There were no injuries.
Lititz police investigated
an accident which occurred
at 6:24 a.m. Sunday in which
the driver, Jack W. Evans,
120 Dauphin St., Lancaster,
was slightly injured.
According to Hicks, Evans
was driving north on Broad
Street, when his vehicle
veered to the right and
struck a utility pole.
He was cited for operating
a vehicle without a license
and reckless driving, Hicks
said.
The Evans car was
severely damaged.
Motor Violations
Matthew R. Parr, 71 E.
Main St., was cited for
operating a vehicle during
suspension and a traffic
signal violation on Feb. 7.
On Feb. 10 Douglas Alan
Kirk, 536 Golden St., was
cited for reckless driving >
Hicks said.
By Suzanne Keene
Managing a 300-acre
farm and a real estate
development company
has helped Irel Buck-waiter
develop financial
skills he believes will be
an attribute to. him as
Warwick Township’s
newest supervisor.
“I think that’s pretty
much an a ll-encompassing
ability,”
he says, noting the
importance of finances
in n e a rly ev e ry
decision.
He says he hopes to
use his financial
knowledge to im­p
lem e n t more
businesslike procedures
in regard to money,
something he thinks the
supervisors are already
striving to do. His goal,
he said, is “making the
township run as ef­ficiently
as possible.”
A member of the
Township Planning
Commission for the past
y e a r , B u c kw a lte r
believes he has kept
abreast of most issues
that have confronted the
township. However, he
said he expects to face
some new ones in the
coming months as well.
He would like to
"bring some freshness”
to the board and said he
hopes “to implement
some new things.”
One of those things
would be encouraging
light industry in the
township.
“I would love to see
some light industry
come into the town­ship,”
he said.
Light industry such as
offices, he said, would
increase the township’s
tax base without adding
more students to the
school district. During
his time on the board he
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attract light indu....
and to let people knovv
that Warwick is a
pleasant area.
Buckwalter believes
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Irel Buckwalter assumed his duties on the
Warwick Township Board of Supervisors this
month.
most township residents
try to keep abreast of
local issues and thinks
that their input is im­portant.
“You have to weigh
their input and values in
making a decision,” he
said.
One of the issues
Buckwalter expects to
be prevalent in the
future is township
growth.
“It’s going to be
growing,” he said,
adding that he thinks
the growth will make
being a supervisor in­teresting.
While he believes
growth “can be positive
if it’s controlled and
done p r o p e r ly ,”
Buckwalter said it can
also be negative.
He says the board is
and will continue
working on changing the
zoning map and or­dinance
to plan for the
expected growth and to
make use of the existing
sewer lines that were
not available when the
zoning plans were last
revised about ten years
ago.
Buckwalter said he
expects the water
question in Rothsville
""ill be a n o th e r
v* — jng issue. While
recud his vote m ta; .or
he si.______________ _
of drilling a well was a
vote for water in
Rothsville, he said the
board will be con­sidering
financial
possibilities and public
opinion before going any
further with the plan.
A lifetime resident of
the Lititz area, Buck-waiter
lives at 1011
Lititz Pike with his wife,
Bunnie, and their four
children.
He graduated from
Manheim Township
High School and
majored in political
science at Westland
University, Conn., and
Millersville State.
He co-manages a 300-
acre farm with his
s is te r, Mary Ann
Hartzell, and is vice-president
of the War­wick
Field Hockey
Association.
Buckwalter enjoys
athletics, especially
skiing and boating with
his family.
He will be completing
William H a z le tt’s
unexpired term on the
board of supervisors
until Dec. 31, 1985. He
said he is confident
about his new position.
“I never had any
question as to whether I
could handle the
position,” he said. “I
have the time to devote
to 't.”
Linden Hall: S te ep ed In History, Y et Looking Td The Future
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By Kathleen King
Nearly every resident of
Lititz is familiar with Linden
Hall. They know it’s a girls
boarding school, and that it
is somehow tied to the
Moravian Church. They also
know that it is located on the
Main Street and its campus
looks attractive and has
room enough for an
equestrian trail.
But few local residents
have been behind the stone
walls or the chain link fence
that surrounds the campus
and even fewer know
anything about the students
who live there or the
teachers who teach there.
In the midst of a busy
town, located on its main
street, the school remains a
mystery, set apart.
This week the Record
begins a three-part series
about the school, its history
its students and its faculty
and what brought them there
in the first pl*a c*e .*
A very brief, succinct
history of Linden Hall is
contained on the historical
marker located at the edge
of the campus, at the corner
of ‘resident school in the United
States. Founded by the
Moravian Church in 1746.
Originally a day school, it
has since 1794 drawn
boarding students from a
wide area. The school was
chartered under its present
name in 1863.”
A better conception of the
age of the school can be
garnered from an address
given by Major General
Edward Martin, then
governor of Pennsylvania,
who was a speaker at the
1946 bicentennial of the
school.
“ ...Two centuries is a
short period in world history.
Yet, when we compare the
date of the founding of this,
the second oldest girls’
school in American (the
oldest girls’ resident school)
with memorable dates in the
annuals of this Continent, we
realize that this is a most
venerable institution.
“When this school was
founded in 1746, George
Washington was a boy of
fourteen. Paul Revere was a
child. Thomas Jefferson was
three years old. Robert
Fulton was born 19 years
later, and his steamboat
would not be launched for
more than 60 years.
“The great central west
was unexplored. Steam
locomotives, hauling trains
on rails, were 83 years in the
future. Conestoga wagons
and packhorses carried the
freight. People still walked.
It would be nearly a century
before Samuel Morse in­vented
the telegraph. Mail
was slow. The telephone was
not even a dream. Wheat
was cut with a sickle and
bound by hand. Com was
planted by hand and covered
with a hoe.
“Linden Hall is thirty
years older than the
D e c la ra tio n of In ­d
ep e n d en c e . It was
organized 41 years before
the adoption of the Con­stitution...”
But no institution can
survive merely on its
history, and Linden Hall is
no exception. It has be meet
the needs of young women
today or it will close like
many other resident schools
have in recent years.
There are currently 109
students enrolled at Linden
Hall - 98 boarding students
and 11 day students. Of those
98 boarding students, 88 are
seven-day boarders and 10
are five-day boarders.
According to headmaster
John Esperian, most of the
students at Linden Hall
come from Pennsylvania.
The next largest group
comes from the “middle
states” which he describes
as “New York to Florida.”
After that they come form
‘ ‘C a lifo rn ia , T ex a s,
Lousiana, and around the
world,” he said.
Currently 15 students are
enrolled whose American
parents live and work in
Saudi Arabia for ARAMCO -
the Arabian American Oil
Company. Esperian said
American schools in Saudia
Arabia only go to the ninth
grade, and parents must
send their children back to
the United States to attend
high school.
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