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Inside today’s Record
Halloween is In the air, and trick-or-treat night
approaches. For a preview of this year’s most interest­ing
Halloween costumes, see the Penryn Halloween
parade on page 25 and coverage of the 37th annual Lititz
Lions Halloween parade on page 16.
Area ambulance and fire crews have been brushing
up on their safety and rescue procedures, and even
sharing safety tips with school kids. Who are these vol­unteers
and how are they expanding their knowledge of
rescue procedures? The story is on page 30.
Nine years ago, Ellen Dooley suffered a nervous
breakdown. Part of her recovery was spent researching
the mental illness - depression - that very nearly drove
her to take her own life. She will be sharing that know­ledge
with others who might be suffering from acute
depression in a workshop on Nov. 7. Her story is on
page 12.
Residents ask boro
to block thruway
by Bonnie Szymanski
Residents of Cambridge
Village are requesting help
from Lititz Borough in their
continuing attempt to limit
traffic through the residen­tial
development, located in
the northwest sector of the
borough, where Lititz and
Warwick Township meet.
The village borders a
recently rezoned 22-acre
tract of land on Route 501
north of Lititz, owned and
under commercial develop­ment
as Wynfield Business
C e n te r by M a rk V
Associates.
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According to George
Warner, 442 Danbury Drive,
residents are concerned
about the threat of increas­ing
traffic through the vil­lage
as a result of the zoning
change.
On Tuesday evening,
Warner and residents Grace
and Joe Vemo approached
borough council with a
request to place a chain or
pole barrier at the borough
line along Danbury Drive, a
street which runs north-south
through the village,
ending at the Wynfield
center.
They explained that they
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Top photo shows (l-r) Jay Weaver, Bob Rapp, Jeff Siegrist and two unidenti­fied
men beginning process of bringing Clarence Kipp out of excavation at
medical offices of Drs. Weaver and Longenecker. Lower photo shows the men
completing securing Kipp to litter.
Volunteer ambulance, fire companies
combine to rescue injured worker
by Linda A. Harris
Members of the Warwick
Ambulance Association and
Lititz Fire Company com­bined
efforts to aid a work­man
injured in a construc­tion
site fall Oct. 26.
Jay Weaver, Warwick
Ambulance crew member,
said that Clarence Kipp, 61,
of 161 Hart St., Manheim,
was injured around 3 p.m.
when a comer of ground
loosened by use of a jack­hammer
to cut through a
stubborn rock vein gave way
carrying Kipp and a jack­hammer
into the excavation
at the offices of Drs. Gerald
L. Weaver and William E.
Longenecker, 4 Kissel Hill
Road. Kipp and his partner,
Jacob Heilman, had been
hired by the physicians to
excavate a portion of the
basement area in preparation
for expansion of the office
facilities.
Jay Weaver said that
Kipp’s leg was struck by the
jackhammer and wedged
against the wall of the exca­vation.
Weaver said that Dr.
Weaver decended into the
excavation to assist ambu­lance
crewmen. Jay stressed
that Kipp was never in any
real danger and had not been
covered by falling debris.
“He sort of rode it down,”
Jay explained.
Jay said that the ambu­lance
crew decided against
using the ladders the men
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Smoke de tec to r
ordinance
adopted
Lititz Borough is now
the proud owner of a
mandatory smoke detec­tor
ordinance. The ordi­nance
was passed by
members of borough
council Tuesday night by
a vote of 3 to 2, with
council members Ruth
Mckennon and Russell
Pettyjohn casting the two
“no” votes.
Coucilmen Jeff Sie­grist
and Sam Hess voted
to adopt the ordinance,
with Vice President
David Bucher casting the
tie-breaking “yes” vote.
Council President
Clyde Tshudy was not
present at the meeting.
Before voting, Bucher
noted, “It seems it’s
always, the elderly or
children who arc the vic­tims,
not the people who
should responsibly be
puttiqg them in.”
With passage of this
ordinance, all new and
existing residences in
which people are living
must have smoke detec­tors
within 150 days or
the owners will be subject
to a fine of up to $300.
Property owners are
responsible for installing
the smoke detectors;
owners, landlords and
tenants share the mainte­nance
responsibility.
Votes against the ordi­nance
reflected a long­time
argument by some
members of council and
borough residents that the
smoke detector law is not
only an invasion of priva­cy
but unenforceable as
well.
Jason Brown has lead role
in new Charles Strouse musical
by Bonnie Szymanski
They wanted a little boy
who could sing like the
young Judy Garland.
They found him in Jason
Brown, son of Linda and
Wilfred Brown, 852 Cindy
Lane.
The man who composed
the music for “Annie,” “Bye
Bye Birdie” and “Applause”
- Charles Strouse — has
“hand-picked” the 9-year-old
actor/dancer/singer for a
leading role in his newest
m u s ic a l fo r f am ily
audiences.
Strouse has written the
music, lyrics and book for
the production based on
“The House on East 88th
Street” and “Lyle, Lyle,
Crocodile” by Bernard
Waber.
Produced by the Empire
State Institute for the Per­forming
Arts, Albany, N.Y.,
the musical will go into
rehearsals Jan. 17, with the
preview performance sche­duled
for Feb. 19.
Jason’s seven-week con­tract
will keep him and his
mother, Linda, and twin sis­ters,
Julianne and Jessica,
resident in a two-bedroom
browns tone with a fireplace,
provided by the state-funded
performing arts institute.
Auditions
Jason, a veteran of local
stages as well as network
television commericals, was
called to audition for the
musical through his New
York agent, Kronick & Kel­ly
Agency Ltd., during the
week of Oct. 12. After his
Friday audition, he was
c a lle d b a ck , a not-uncommon
occurrence for
Jason Brown.
Given two songs to prac­tice
over the weekend — one
a ballad and one upbeat - he
returned to Albany on Tues­day,
Oct. 20 ready to per­form
like a trouper.
L in d a re c a lls th a t
weekend: “Jason told me, ‘I
know I’m gonna get this
part.’”
The Lititz boy practiced
the new songs almost con­stantly.
Near the end of the
weekend, he told his mother:
“I feel strange - 1 almost feel
like I did this before.”
“Well, no wonder; you’ve
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Photo shows one of the most heavily damaged
vehicles involved in one of two accidents which
occurred Oct. 27 within five minutes of one
another at the intersection of Brunnerville and
Newport roads.
Twp. police investigate accidents
at Newport/Brunnerville intersection
Warwick Town sh ip
police investigated 13 acci­dents
between Oct. 13 and
27, including the ninth and
tenth accidents at the
Brunnerville/Newport roads
intersection this year. Ten
motorists were cited for var-ious
violations as a result of
the investigations.
ACCIDENTS
B R U N N E R V IL L E /
NEWPORT RDS.: Officer
Darren Stoltzfus investi­gated
an accident at Brun­nerville
and Newport roads
Oct. 27 at 4:35 p.m. Stolt­zfus
reported that Diane K.
Wilson, 217 Main St.,
Rothsville, was driving east
on East Newport Road and
failed to yield the right-of-way
to a vehicle being dri­ven
north on Brunnerville
Road by Judith R. Mearig,
521 Lincoln Road. There
was light damage to Wil­son’s
vehicle and no damage
to Mearig’s vehicle. Wilson
was cited for a stop and yield
violation.
B R U N N E R V IL L E /
NEWPORT RDS.: Officer
Stoltzfus investigated a sec­ond
accident at Brunnerville
and Newport roads at 4:40
p.m. He reported that Neil
Ellis Jr., Clay School Acres,
Lot 20, Ephrata, failed to
negotiate a turn prior to the
intersection, lost control of
his vehicle which slid side-
N o v . 3 e le c tio n
ways and struck a parked car
owned by Russel Allen
King, 1429 W. Main St.,
Ephrata. Ellis’ vehicle con­tinued
further down Brun­nerville
Road and struck a
vehicle being driven north
on Brunnerville Road by
Kenneth Gene Gaskill, Box
311, Denver. There was
severe damage to Ellis’ veh­icle,
moderate damage to
King’s vehicle and moderate
damage to Gaskill’s vehicle.
All three vehicles were tow­ed
from the scene. Ellis was
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Farm preservation,
reassessment are hot issues
Jason Brown: the Lititz boy who belts out a
song like Judy Garland.
Irene Moody
Twp. supervisors
name auditor
Irene D. Moody, 1305
Front St., Brunnerville, was
named auditor for Warwick
Township during a recent
meeting of the township
supervisors.
Mrs. Moody said that she
was approached about the
position by supervisor Jim
Klopp. She said that she
thought that “it was a good
way to become more
involved in the township and
to expand my knowledge of
financial affairs since I am
involved in tax work.”
A native of Lebanon, Mrs.
Moody is a graduate of
Lebanon Catholic High
School. She has worked with
taxpayers as an employee of
H & R Block Inc. since
1978. She is currently mana­ger
of the Executive Tax
Service, Lancaster.
In addition to her work
with taxpayers, she has also
served as a tax instructor for
H & R Block each fall for the
last seven years. She is cur­rently
instructing the basic
income tax course which
also concentrates on the
1986 Tax Reform Act.
Mrs. Moody also works
for marketing research com­panies
oil a part-time basis
and has been an Avon rep­resentative
since November
1986. Prior to her affiliation
with H & R Block, she was a
secretary/bookkeeper.
A Warwick Township
resident since 1974, she is an
active member of the Baro­ness
Stiegel Lioness Club
and is a past president of the
group. She is an active mem­ber
of St. James Catholic
Church and has served as a
Sunday school teacher for
the last eleven years. In her
leisure time, she enjoys anti-quing,
crafts and cake
decorating.
She and her husband,
Joseph F., have three child­ren:
Sheila, 20; Steven, 17,
and Andrew, 4.
by Becky Collins
Preservation of Pennsyl­vania’s
rural farm land and
county-wide reassessment
are the hottest isses facing
local voters in the upcoming
Nov. 3 election.
A non-binding referen­dum
calling for a county­wide
reassessment has
received mixed reviews
among government officials
and taxpayers alike.
A review and appeals pro­cess
is presently in effect
throughout Lancaster Coun­ty,
where real estate records
reflect 1960 assessment val­ues.
If the referendum is
passed, voters will then have
the choice of paying $5 mil­lion
for a county-wide
reassessment.
In this issue
Editorial 4
Sports Section 6,7,8
Social 10,11
Classified 13,14,15
Business 21
Manheim 24,25
Church 22,23
A referendum to set aside
$ 100 million in funding for a
state-wide farmland preser­vation
program will be on
the Nov. 3 ballot. The
referendum will ask voters
to approve a program to
finance the purchase of
development rights on farm­land
threatened by real
estate development.
Voluntary participants in
the program would sell their
development rights for a
minimum of 25 years, thus
retaining that land in agri­culture
production.
Local Elections
Locally, there are 13 posi­tions
up for election, includ­ing
five seats on the War­wick
School District Board
of Directors, three places on
Lititz Borough Council and
two seats on the Warwick
T ow n sh ip B o a rd o f
Supervisors.
One seat on the three-man
supervisors board in Eli­zabeth
Township is up for
election, as is the position of
auditor for Elizabeth Town­ship
and the office of district
justice from magisterial dis-trict
02-2-08.
The May 19 primary elec­tion
eliminated the one
bonafide political race in the
area as Jerome L. Peters lost
his bid to unseat incumbent
Jay R. Ober as the Republi­can
candidate for Elizabeth
Township Supervisor on the
November ballot.
In the Tuesday Nov. 3
e le c tio n here, all 13
Republican-endorsed candi­dates
will run unopposed.
Running for school board
will be Madelyn J. Buckwal-ter,
who was appointed to
the board in 1986 to fill the
unexpired termn of Louise
Kauffman; David M. Kam-merer,
an automobile sales­man;
and J. Arthur Sell, a
sales manager.
Kammerer and Sell will
be taking the seats vacated
by two long-term members,
board president and 16-year
veteran William Owens and
8-year veteran Bruce Hol­land.
Also on the ballot will
be incumbents Wallace Hof-f
e r t h a n d W i l l iam
Flickinger.
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Wilbur to be sold
by Becky Collins
Although the future might
hold a new owner for Wilbur
Chocolate Co., today it’s
business as usual at the
103-year old Lititz-based
confectionary.
The news that Clabir
Corp. is considering the sale
of its entire 83 percent stock
interest in AmBrit Inc., Wil-bur’s
parent company,
means that the wholesale
chocolate company will
change hands for the second
time in two years.
But, Wilbur’s board
chairman, John A. Buzzard,
explained, that doesn’t
necessarily mean there will
be changes in the company’s
operations.
For example, Buzzard
noted, when the company
was purchased by MacAn-drew
and Forbes in 1968,
nothing changed as far as the
company’s operations were
concerned. Twenty-two
years later, AmBrit paid $42
million for the chocolate
company with no alterations
in company operations.
Buzzard stated Tuesday
morning that management at
Wilbur has no knowledge, or
at this time even any specu­lation,
as to who the new
owners will be. Clabir is
seeking competing offers for
its AmBrit stake, and has
retained Shearson/Lehman
Brothers to seek and evalu­ate
the offers.
AmBrit’s primary opera­tions
are food-related. Those
operations include Wilbur
Chocolate, Isaly Klondike
and Popsicle® of Canada.
Isaly Klondike is the manu­facturer,
marketer and distri­butor
of the Klondike® Bar,
the nation’s best-selling
novelty ice cream bar. Their
operations also include a
controlling interest in
AmBrit International, PLC,
a U.K. corporation engaged
in oil and gas and real estate
development.
In making the sales
announcement, Henry D.
Clarke Jr., Clabir’s chair­man
and CEO said, “We pre-viously
announced our
intention to sell only a por­tion
of our stake in AmBrit
but have subsequently
received indications of inter­est
from potential buyers of
the entire company.” To
increase AmBrit’s saleabili­ty,
Clabir will offer to purch­ase
the AmBrit International
stock from AmBrit, thus per­mitting
any buyer to purch­ase
only its food operation.
Wilbur employs 300
workers in its Lititz and
Mount Joy plants.