Lititz Record Express

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S E R V I N G T H E W A R W I C K A R E A F O R N E A R L Y A C E N T U R Y
97th Year E s ta b lish e d A pril, 1877, as T h e Su nb eam
(Con so lidated with T h e Xiltltz R e co rd , 1937) Lititz, Lancaster County, Penna. 17543, Thursday, March 14,1974 10 c en ts a Copy; $4.00 p e r y e a r b y m a ll
w ith in L a n c a s te r County 20 PAGES — No. 51
Xiititz R e co rd E x p r e s s Photo
The picture above shows the intersection of West discussion would cut through the approach to the
Second Avenue and West Orange Street, looking Middle School, which can be seen directly opposite
north, strategic part of a proposed “ inner beltway” the Second Avenue corner. It would also cut
around the western section of the borough that the through Warner-Lambert property that lies behind
Planning Commission is now discussing. Car in the the Middle School, and onto West Lincoln Avenue,
picture is stopped in the northbound lane of West The new beltway is being considered because there
Second, where it intersects Orange Street. The is not presently any north-south route in that
Middle School is shown in center background, and section of Lititz.
Warwick High School is at the right. The plan under
School Bd. Meets Tubs.
Reserved Football Seats Requested A request for reserved
seats at Warwick’s football
stadium, a request for in­creased
school bus rates,
and a proposal to tack
another week onto the 1974
school year will be coming
before Warwick District
School Board Tuesday night.
The regular monthly
session is scheduled for 7:30
p.m. in the board room in the
high school.
A plan to develop a
reserved seat section will be
presented to the board by the
Warwick Football Parents
Association. Under the plan,
the seats would be available
to persons who buy specially
priced tickets.
A similar plan was
proposed last summer but
turned down by the board.
Superintendent, Dr. H. Dale
Winger, said there are some
new provisions in the present
proposed plan, and that
material on it had been
submitted to school directors
on March 4 for advance
study.
The board will also be
hearing a request for a
summer football program
for young people in the
community.
Dr. Winger said the board
will be getting its first
request for an increase of
rates from bus Contractor
Raymond E. Groff. The
request is for an added $3 per
day per bus, mainly due to
increased cost of gasoline.
Groff is asking that the in­crease
be retroactive to Jan.
2.
Groff now has six buses
under contract to the school
district. The district also
contracts for 10 buses owned
by Fred Kauffman.
While this is the first such
request for Warwick, a
number of other school
districts have made these
changes, according to Dr.
Winger. He said the changes
are permitted by the state,
but that the state does not
reimburse the school
districts for these rate in­creases.
Dr. Winger said he does
not expect the board to act on
the request Tuesday night,
that it will be
committee for
but expects
assigned to
study.
A proposal to extend the
current school year from
June 7 to June 12 for
students, and June 13 for
teachers will be made by
Winger Tuesday night.
The superintendent said
the school calendar must be
revised to make up for snow
days, in-service days in each
school, and parent-teacher
conference days in each
elementary school during
the past year.
School laws require 180
pupil days and the collective
Ree Center May Begin
New Sr. Citizen Program
The Lititz Rec Center is
one of four cites in the
county approved for a
federally-funded nutrition
program for senior citizens,
scheduled to get underway
this spring.
The Rec Center’s Board of
Directors gave tentative
approval to a contract
Monday night that will open
the Rec Center doors to a
maximum of 35 senior
citizens from the area every
day for a lunch and
recreational and fellowship
program.
The program, although
funded by the Community
Action Program (CAP)
through the county, will be
run by Rec Center officials.
Mrs. Jerry Kiralfy has been
authorized as director of the
program.
Under the proposed plan,
senior citizens from the
Lititz-Ephrata-Akron area
will be transported by mini­bus
to the Rec Center for the
daily noontime programs,
expected to run from about
11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The program is aimed at
providing nourishing meals
and an “outing” for elderly
persons who might otherwise
not have such an op­portunity.
Eligibility is not
based on financial need.
Capped Sewer Ordinance
Approved for Penn Twp.
Penn Township Super­visors
held their regular
monthly session on Monday
night and adopted a capped
sewer ordinance during the
meeting. The ordinance
requires that any new
d e v e lo pm e n t w ith in
reasonable distance of future
sewer lines will be required
to have capped sewers in­stalled
at the time of
development. These lines
would not be used, however,
until they were connected to
sewer mains feeding into a
treatment plant.
The ordinance will not
require capped sewers in all
new developments, only
those where the supervisors
feel that sewers will be
available in the near future.
Any developments begun
before the passage of the
ordinance are not affected
by it.
Capped sewer ordinances
are designed to protect
property owners against the
need to tear up streets and
lawns for sewer installation
a short time after pur­chasing
a home in a new
development. When sewer
service does become
available in Penn Township,
the capped sewers will be
connected with a minimum
of bother and expense.
Several township residents
were at the meeting to
comment on the ordinance.
Two brothers, builders, said
they are thinking about
buying a development which
has already been started,
and they wondered if they
would be compelled to install
capped sewers. William
Crosswell, the township’s
attorney, told the brothers
that he didn’t believe they
could be made to install
sewers in any development
which had already been
approved by the supervisors.
Other residents at the
meeting were there to
continue a discussion begun
at a February 14 meeting. At
the earlier meeting, there
was a great deal of talk
about. a request from
Ebersole Land Develop­ment,
Inc., for a rezoning
change. The change would
affect a 20.3-acre tract
southeast of Doe Run Road
and west of Penryn Road.
The land is presently zoned
commercial, and Ebersole
Land asked for a change to
industrial.
The developer’s plans for
the land were discussed, but
no one seemed sure of what
his final plans were.
The police report for the
month of February was
given during the meeting.
There was a total of 61 calls,
three accidents, seven motor
arrests, four thefts and one
arson in the township during
the month. The zoning of­ficer
report showed that
building permits had been
issued for a total of eight new
residences with a combined
value of $370,700, four
agricultural buildings worth
$23,000 and one extension
worth $3500.
Also during the meeting,
the supervisors approved a
one-lot subdivision owned by
Paul Garman on Mountain
Road, and they prepared a
report on township employee
numbers for the Penn­sylvania
Department of
Community Affairs.
bargaining agreement calls
for 185 teacher work days.
The board will also be
considering a proposed
financing plan for the Lititz
E l e m e n t a r y S ch o o l
renovations, submitted by
Farmers F irs t National
Bank.
Minimum and maximum
interest rates on the
estimated $1¥» million
project, for the intial three-year
period, are set at no less
than 4 percent, and no more
than 5¥ 2 percent, or about
4.45 percent, according to the
proposed plan.
Alternatives to this local
bank financing plan would be
bond issues, which could cost
as much as $80,000, Dr.
Winger said.
If the financing plan is
approved, the next steps will
be discussing reim­bursement
with the state
Department of Education,
and filing documents with
the Department of Municipal
Affairs, showing the
district’s debt service and
ability to repay the borrowed
money.
Director William Ownes,
the board’s chairman of the
negotiating committee, will
be updating the board on
negotiations. Owens said this
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Meeting Tonight
On Renovations
To Boro Hall
A special public meeting
will be held today (Thur­sday)
at 8 p.m. in the
Municipal Building to
discuss renovations to the
building on South Broad
Street, and alternatives.
Boro Council will be
conducting the meeting,
during which it will seek
local citizens’ viewpoints on
whether to go ahead with
plans to renovate the
building, or to look for
alternatives.
Council will be taking a
look at a feasibility report on
renovations, prepared by an
architect, and at an old
feasibility study on
developing the Eby Mills
property for a municipal
building, using these two
things as a basis for com­parison.
League Supper
The Young Men’s Business
League will hold a Ham and
Egg Supper at the League
Home at 6 p.m. Monday,
Mar. 18.
Iff This Issue
Business Directory 16
Church News 14
Classified Ads 18,19
Editorial Page 4
Sports Section 6,7
Women’s 12,13
Three from Lititz Contending
For 102nd Legislative Seat The May 21 primary
election for a state legislator
from the 102nd District is
shaping up into an open
contest. This year hopefuls
from the Lancaster County
segment of the district have
filed petitions for the seat,
long a stronghold of Lebanon
County Republicans.
Two Lititz Republicans
filed for the nomination this
week—Gerard Husser, 311
Balmer Rd., a standards
analyst, and Stephen
Palkovic, 627 Kissel Hill Rd,
a guidance counselor at
Warwick High School. Last
week a Democratic con­tender
from Lititz, Richard
Pohner, 320 E. New St., a
social studies teacher at
Warwick High School, filed
his petition in Harrisburg.
Husser and Palkovic will
be vying with two other GOP
contenders from Lebanon for
the nomination: Erwin B.
Gordon, 608 Charles St.,
South Lebanon, a public
accountant, and Nicholas B.
Moehlmann, 1832 S. Fifth St.,
Lebanon, an attorney.
On the Democratic ticket,
Pohner will be contending
against Charles H. Brown,
Womelsdorf RD1, Berks
County, a truck driver;
William A. Moore, Myer-stown
RD1, Lebanon County,
a farmer; and Luther
Swanger, Lebanon, a
plumber.
Penelope M. Yingst,
Lebanon RD2, a
homemaker, is unopposed
for the Constitutional Par­ty’s
nomination for the seat.
The Lancaster County
“division” of the Republican
Committee has voted not to
endorse any candidate for
the 102nd seat, according to
Raymond Reedy, chairman
of this division. The group
met recently and voted
against endorsing either the
potential nominees from
Lancaster County, Lebanon
County or Berks County.
L e b a n o n C o u n t y
Republicans reportedly will
be meeting Thursday to
decide on an endorsement,
but have indicated their
stamp of approval will go to
one of the candidates from
their own area. Berks
County’s endorsement is
expected to go with Lebanon
County, according to reliable
sources.
L a n c a s t e r C ou n ty
Democrats have already
endorsed Pohner for the
seat.
The entrance into the race
this year by Lancaster
County hopefuls is par­ticularly
significant because
it is one of the few times in
many years that this
southern section of the 102nd
district has had a contender
for the Assembly.
The 102nd district includes
Lititz borough, and War­wick,
Elizabeth and Penn
Townships in Lancaster
County. This area includes
roughly 5,000 registered
Republican voters, a number
that has climbed in recent
years to challenge the ap­proximate
8000 registered
Republicans in the Lebanon
County segment.
The nothern part of the
district includes West
Cornwall, Heidelberg,
Millcreek, Jackson, Bethel,
South Lebanon and North
Lebanon Townships, and
Cornwall, Myerstown and
Richland boroughs in
Lebanon County; and
Marion, Tulpehocken and
Bethel Townships in Berks
County.
A number of persons from
this area have also filed
petitions with the Lancaster
County Board of Elections.
Republicans
Lititz, First Ward -
Raymond S. Reedy, 151 S.
Spruce St., mayor, for
committeeman; Gladys M.
Stark, 37 Plum St.,
housewife, for com-mitteewoman.
Lititz, Second Ward —
Lawrence vanBrookhoven
Jr., 217 Front St., school
teacher, for committeeman.
Lititz, Third Ward - - Paul
W. McCloud, 428 S. Spruce
St., landscape architect, for
committeeman; Mary B.
Carl, 106 West End Ave.,
housewife, for com-mitteewoman.
Elizabeth Township --
Barbara Lederer, Lititz
RD2, burglar fire sales and
installations, for com-mitteewoman.
Penn Township, Unionville
District - Harold K.
Galebach, Manheim RD3,
contractor, for com­mitteeman;
Edna E. Loose,
Manheim RD3, housewife,
for committee woman.
Democrats
Elizabeth Township —
George A. White, Lititz RD2,
PennDOT, for com­mitteeman;
Kathryn White,
Lititz RD2, housewife, for
committeewoman.
Penn Township, Junction
District - Elizabeth T.
Gantz, 852 Conestoga Ave.,
Manheim, housewife, for
committeewoman.
Husser and
Gerard K. ( “ J e r ry ” )
Husse Balmer Rd.,
f d ~ » nor this week at
Harn^buig a~ a candidate
for the State House of
Representatives. Husser,
,*hy i.j 1 i , .. 1 1 1 be seeking the
nomination for the 102nd
Legislative District on the
Republican ticket.
He will be seeking the seat
now held by Rep. Robert
Rowe (R-Lebanon) who is
not seeking re-election.
Husser told the Record-
Express this week that he
decided to run for office
because of “ spreading
dismay concerning govern­ment
and politics.”
“Now is the time to get
involved, fight and work for
the principles for which you,
in your own heart, feel are
proper,” Husser said. “Now,
more than ever, when crisis
after crisis have been
staring us in the face, it is
imperative that citizens with
fortitude come forward.”
Pointing to the mainly
agricultural and light in­dustrial
makeup of the 102nd
District, Husser said he
believes his experience in
both these areas reflects this
background.
Raised on a poultry and
dairy farm, Husser later
entered the industrial field,
and is now a standards
analyst for RCA Cor­poration.
“My life has been centered
around the necessity for
work,” he said. “It is this
work ethic that I plan to take
with me to the State
Assembly. With my
background in agriculture
and industry, I feel I will
have more insight into the
problems confronting the
people of this district,” he
said.
A resident of the Lititz
area for the past 12 years,
Husser in his youth was
active in 4-H Club activities,
winning honors in cattle
exhibitions and cattle
judging events. The State
Agricultural Department
selected him to attend
Forestry and Conservation
School. He worked closely
with the State Extension
Service in establishing
conservation and wildlife
areas.
While still working on a
farm, Husser commuted to
Catawba College, which he
Gerard K. Husser
left at the end of his junior
year to attend the U. S.
Military Academy. Deciding
against a military career, he
returned to Catawba,
graduating with an AB
degree in physics. During his
college years, he was a
member of the Army
Reserves and later joined
the Virginia National Guard.
After his graduation from
college, he was employed as
a trainee by Dan River Mills,
Inc., Danville, Va., a leading
textile manufacturer, ad­vancing
to foreman,
department o v e rse e r,
superintendent of yarn
control, and division
manager of production
control.
While at Dan River, he
also studied accounting at
the University of Virginia
Night School.
Husser later spent a year
with Connecticut General
Life Insurance Company,
specializing in company
pension plans and estate
planning.
In 1962, he was employed
by RCA Corporation in
Lancaster as a cost analyst,
and is presently a standards
analyst in the Industrial
Engineering and Standards
Department there.
Husser was formerly a
member of the Lititz
Jaycees, from which group
he received the “Spoke”
Award, and was a member
of the Board of Directors of
the Lititz Recreation Center.
He is presently a member
the Consistory of St.
Lu. e’s United Church of
Christ, Lititz, serving as
church treasurer.
He has been active as a
block worker for the
Republican Party.
Husser is married to the
former Ruth A. Wade of
Quarryville. The couple has
four children, Ken, 14, Dave,
12, Beth, 11, and Jim, 3.
le for State
Stephen J . Palkovic,
Kissel Hill Rd., announced
his decision this week to rim
for the State Legislature.
Palkovic, 41, will be
seeking the nomination as
Republican candidate for the
10 2nd L e g i s l a t i v e
District. He filed his petition
Tuesday morning with the
Secretary of State at
Harrisburg.
A guidance counselor at
Warwick High School,
Palkovic said this week that
he feels he is qualified for the
job as representative
because of long-time in­volvement
with numerous
civic organizations and
because he has tried to keep
informed on affairs in
Harrisburg.
“I feel if you want to be
critical of what happens in
Harrisburg, you should be
willing to do something
about it,” Palkovic told the
Record-Express this week.
“I choose to run and let the
voice of the people be
heard.”
He said some of the
questions he intends to raise
concern why the Department
of Education is proposing to
abolish the Pennsylvania
Interscholastic Athletic
Association, why the state
legislature doesn’t pressure
Washington “to provide us
with the truth concerning the
energy situation,” and why
special commissioners are
needed to run the turnpike
when PennDOT manages the
entire state network of
roads.
“I think we need the an­swers
to these and more
questions I hope to propose,”
he said.
“At this point in time
people need to meet with
their representative and get
to know him,” Palkovic said.
“They need to build up their
confidence in public ser­vants.
A representative must
spend more time with the
every day citizen, he must
make himself available to
the people. It is not enough
to open an office and say
come to see me. It makes
more sense to go to the
people, visit with them on
their own grounds, visit their
gatherings whether they
may be civic, service, social,
or church groups.”
A native of Lebanon,
Palkovic attended Lebanon
Legislature
Stephen J. Palkovic
High School, served two
years in the Sea Beas, and
then returned to high school,
taking one year of post­graduate
work before
enrolling in Millersville
State College. He graduated
from there in three years
with a B.S. in math and
science.
He taught and coached
various sports at Lebanon
Catholic High School and
Manheim Township High
School.
In 1964, he received his
masters degree from MSC.
Palkovic has been con­nected
with the Boy Scouts
since 1941 and earned the
rank of Eagle Scout with
three gold palms.
He was vice-president of
the Lititz Jaycees, director
of the Lititz Springs Park,
treasurer of Lititz Cub Pack
44, school representative to
the American Field Service,
a past president of the Lititz
Lions Club, past president of
the Lititz Recreation Board,
and a member of the
American Legion.
He is on the church council
of St. James Catholic
Church.
He is secretary-treasurer
of the Lancaster County
Wrestling Officials Assoc.,
and an active member of the
Eastern Intercollegiate
Wrestling Officials and the
Lancaster County Football
Officials Assn.
For services to the com­munity,
he was awarded the
Outstanding Citizen Award
by the Lititz Jaycees in 1961.
He also headed the fund
raising committee to build
the community swimming
pool.
Palkovic is married to the
former Arabel Keim of
Lebanon. They have two
children, Steve, 14, and Beth
Ann, 7.