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WITHIN LANCASTER COUNTY 26 Pages-No. 8
243rd graduation
set at Linden Hall
Erika Dillon, daughter of
Henry and Linda Dillon,
Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, will
give the Valedictory address
at the 243rd commencement
exercises of Linden Hall
beginning at 11 a.m. Friday,
May 27, in the Moravian
Church sanctuary.
Miss Dillon, whose father
works for Aramco, the
Arabian-American Oil Co.,
was bom in Saudi Arabia
and her elementary educa­tion
was completed there. A
student at Linden Hall for
the last two years, Erika
amassed a grade point aver­age
of 4.212.
Her activities at Linden
Hall have included member­ship
on several varsity athle­tic
teams including the field
hockey, volleyball and soft-ball
teams; membership in
the National Honor Society
and the school’s Quiz Bowl
Team. She is also a member
of the Junior Statesmen of
America.
Erika plans to study
chemical engineering at the
University of California at
Davis.
Martha S o rre n tin o ,
daughter of James and Linda
Sorrentino of Lancaster, will
give the Salutatory address.
Graduating second in the
class of 35 graduates, Marth-a
earned a grade point aver­age
of 4.145.
Miss Sorrentino “made
quite a mark for herself sing­ing
and acting in school
plays,” according to Linden
Hall’s director of guidance
services, Bobbi Wachter.
Besides her flair for the dra­matic,
Martha’s talent also
lies in the written word. As
editor of the Linden Ledger,
Martha was the school’s cor­respondent
to Lancaster
Newspapers.
Martha is a member of the
National Honor Society, the
Quill and Scroll and on the
school’s Quiz Bowl team.
She is also a member of
J u n io r S ta te sm en of
America.
Her plans for the future
include the study of cinema
(Turn to Page 2) Martha Sorrentino, left, and Erika Dillon
Korean veteran to speak at
local Memorial Day services
Stanley W. Reinhard, Jr.,
former commander of the
American Legion, Depart­ment
of Pennsylvania, will
be the speaker at the Memor­ial
Day services in Lititz and
Rothsville, on Monday, May
30.
Stanley is a resident of
Camp Hill, and a veteran of
the Korean Conflict. He
served in the 101st Airborne
Division and later with the
28th Division in Ulm, Ger­many.
After serving as
department commander he
was named activities direc­tor
of the American Legion,
Department of Pennsyl­vania.
The traditional services
and parades are being spon­sored
by the American Leg­ion
Post 56 and The Veter­ans
of Foreign Wars Post
1463.
The Lititz parade will
Stanley W. Reinhard Jr.
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
prompdy at 10:30 a.m.
The veterans groups
appeal to the Scouting orga­nizations
and all children to
bring flowers to decorate the
graves and to participate in
the parade and service.
Services in the cemetery
will begin at 11 a.m. Rev.
Tracy E. Barnes, pastor of
Hosanna Christian Fellow­ship
Church, will give the
invocation. William Stauffer
will lead the audience in
singing “America” and the
National Anthem, accom­panied
by the Warwick High
School Bank and The Lititz
Community Band.
Renee Willard, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. William
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Water is plentiful, but plan for
future, borough council advised
by Kathleen King
Although Lititz borough
still has a large quantities of
untapped water, borough
council should consider
what must be reserved for
future borough needs before
allocating the rest of it, an
engineer and hydrogeologist
told council Tuesday night.
Council had hired Huth
Engineers to review the pro­duction
capacities of the
borough wells, water treat­ment
plant, and pumping
facilities, then compare
those quantities with present
demands and contracted
allocations to Warwick
Township.
Wilson Smith of Huth
told council Tuesday night
that the borough wells have a
capacity of 3.4 million gal-
Early deadlines
Because of the May 30
Memorial Day holiday,
deadlines for Record
advertising and news
copy have been moved
forward.
For the June 2 issue,
retail display ads and edi­torial
copy for church,
social and Manheim
pages must be in the
Record Express office by
5 p.m. Friday, May 27.
Other news items will be
accepted until noon on
Tuesday, May 31.
Deadlines for classi­fied
ads remain the same
and will be accepted until
3 p.m. Tuesday, May 31.
Ions per day (MDG). James
Humpreville, the hydro­geologist,
said wells should
not be pumped more than 18
hours per day.
That makes the “safe
yield” of borough wells 2.9
MGD, Smith said. However,
by Linda A. Harris
A merchant’s suspicions
helped Lititz Borough police
solve a number of burglaries
and criminal mischief inci­dents
which occurred in the
borough in March and April.
As a result of the mer­chant
calling police to alert
them to several youths try­ing
to exchange change for
paper currency, Det. Charles
Shenenberger petitioned
the pumps now in operation
can pump only 1.9 MDG,
Smith said. With a major and
expensive overhaul (new
pumps, etc.) the wells could
be pumped to their full
capacity, he said.
Current demands on the
four area youths to juvenile
authorities and filed charges
against an 18-year-old man.
Shenenberger said that
Officer Doug Shertzer
began interviewing the
youths while he (Shenenber­ger)
was on vacation. One
interview led to another until
enough information was
gained to file charges.
All Students
“They’re all students,
water are about 1.2 MGD
from Lititz residents, Smith
said. At present, the borough
is under contract to sell
200,000 gallons per day to
Warwick Township. That
leaves about 500,000 gal-
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none have any prior record
with our department,”
Shenenberger noted.
He said that they were
cooperative and readily
admitted their roles and
where the items were taken.
In fact, they brought back a
number of items they said
were stolen, but police had
no record of the items having
been reported stolen either
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Boro police are still seeking the owners of these items.
Lititz police charge five
in burglary, theft cases
Queen of Candles court named for annual July 4 pageant
Twelve girls from the
Warwick High School Class
of 1988 have been named to
the Queen of Candles court
for this year’s July 4 celebra­tion
in Lititz Springs Park.
One of the 12 will be
crowned queen at the con­clusion
of the pageant,
which follows a day-long
celebration of the nation’s
birthday.
Over 5000 candles will be
lit in the Fairyland of Can­dles
immediately after the
Queen of Candles pageant.
In addition to the high
school seniors, two first
grade students in the War­wick
School District will be
crown bearer and flower girl
in the pageant.
The Queen of Candles
court is selected by ballot of
all members of the Warwick
senior class.
Each student votes for
five girls and the 12 with the
highest number of votes are
named to the court, accord­ing
to Shirley Flickinger,
th is y e a r ’s p a g e a n t
chairman.
The girl who receives the
most votes will be crowned
queen, but that name is kept
secret until the night of July
4th.T
he crown bearer and
flower girl are chosen
through a combination of
re c om m e n d a tio n and
chance.
Each first grade teacher in
the district turns in the name
of one boy and one girl
whom the teacher feels has
the necessary maturity.
Those names are then
“put in a hat” and the flower
girl and crown bearer are
drawn at random, Mrs.
Flickinger said.
Members of the 1988
Queen of Candles court are:
Gretchen Joy Byler
Gretchen was a Warwick
varsity cheerleader for three
years and senior co-captain
for the fall and winter sea­sons.
She participated on the
class activities committee
for four years, Varsity Club
two years, National Honor
Society two years and was a
prom chairman her junior
year.
Gretchen’s community
activities involved helping
with the senior citizen’s tea,
a Christmas party for child­ren
with cystic fibrosis, and
assistance in nursery care at
St. Paul Lutheran Church.
Gretchen was a student
tutor at Warwick Middle
School, a homecoming court
attendant her senior year, the
May senior of the month and
the Junior Academic Award
of Excellence winner for
Spanish.
Gretchen works as a wait­ress
at Chimney Corner
Restaurant and plans to
attend Indiana University of
PA to major in foreign lan­guage,
secondary education.
Gretchen is the daughter
of Chris and Gay Byler.
Angela Jo Forry
Angela’s activities at
school included junior high
Gretchen Byte'
Angela Forry
and varsity cheering, track
four years, and field hockey
two years. She participated
in freshman and junior club
activities, was a sophomore
sports co-editor, a member
of Varsity Club her junior
Jo miter Graeber
Debra Haddad
and senior years and in the
National Honor Society her
junior and senior years. She
also played intramural vol­leyball
for three years.
Angela was a senior
homecoming candidate, the
Amy Nuss
junior scholar in French, a
math and science tutor, and a
participant in the 1986 Key­stone
State track and field
games.
She is the recipient of a
University of Pittsburgh
Tiffany Reed
Maura Rowlands
Merit Scholarship, Universi­ty
of Pittsburgh Engineering
Scholarship and a United
S ta te s A c h ie v em e n t
Academy award. In addi­tion,
she participated in a
summer program for women
Gwendolyn Stauffer
in engineering and manage­ment
at Stevens State School
of Technology.
Angela had helped at the
Cystic Fibrosis Christmas
party and the Senior Citizen
Tea.
Chad Texter
Carey Williams
Her plans for the future
include attending the Uni­versity
of Pittsburgh to
major in engineering. She
plans to work at Forry and
Forry this summer.
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Lenora Corle
I n s i d e
T o d a y ’s
R e c o r d
Editorial 4
Sports section 6,7,8
Business 9
Social 10,11
Church 22
Manheim 24,25
Classified 13,14,15
Out of the Past 23
Borough anniversary
A s i g n i f i c a n t
anniversary in Lititz his­tory
has slipped by
without notice. On April
24, 1888, Lititz was
incorporated as a bor­ough.
Not everyone
forgot, however. Curt
Amidon, a former bor­ough
council president,
had a particular reason
for remembering. Read
about this overlooked
piece of Lititz history on
page 26.
Scout reunion
Elsie Spinner Rath-key,
second row cen­ter,
kept a diary from
her days in Lititz’ first
Girl Scout troop.
Recently 16 of the
members got together
for a reunion - a
50-year reunion. Read
excerpts of young
Elsie’s diary and the
story of the reunion on
page 21. 1'< t; I
In the news
•Controversial zon­ing
decision postponed
in Warwick Township,
page 16.
•C o n s t r u c t i o n
begins on Community
Center, page 26.
•Borough mai ls
pamphlets on lead in
tap water, page 4.
•Barbara Tshudy
elected Lancaster
County Republican
Party vice president,
page 26.