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WITHIN LANCASTER COUNTY 26 Pages-No. 6
Hazlett Gets Bid For Warwick Twp. Supervisor
Memorial Day Parades, Ceremonies Four Contestants Still
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and services will be held in
Lititz and Rothsville on
Monday, May 28, with the
Rev. David E. Ebersole,
pastor of St. Paul’s Lutheran
Church, Lititz, as speaker
for the Lititz celebration,
and Raymond G. Herr,
Lancaster County Com­missioner,
as speaker at
Rothsville.
Both of the traditional
services are being sponsored
by American Legion Post 56
and Veterans of Foreign
Wars Post 1463, with rites
beginning at 10:45 a.m.
Lititz Parade
In Lititz, the parade will
form at 10:30 a.m. on
Warwick Street and at 10:45
a.m. will proceed east on
West Lincoln Avenue to
Broad Street. It will move
south on Broad to Main
Street, east on Main to
Church Square, then south to
the Moravian Cemetery.
O r g a n iz a tio n s p a r ­ticipating
in the parade
should report to the starting
point promptly at 10:30 a.m.
Rev. David Ebersole
Traditional rites will be
held at the cemetery
beginning at 10:45 a.m.
Children will deqorate the
graves of veterans with
flowers, and the Rev. Robert
Life, pastor of the Lititz
Church of the Brethren, will
give the invocation.
Thelma Keath will lead the
a u d ie n c e in s in g in g
. “America” and the National
Anthem, accompanied by
the Warwick High School
Band and the Lititz Com­munity
Band.
Joel Longenecker, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Marlin
Longenecker, 113 Mayfield
Dr., will give Lincoln’s
Gettysburg Address. The
Rev. Robert Life will give
the benediction.
Rothsville Parade
In Rothsville, the parade
will form at the Rothsville
Fire Hall at 9:15 a.m. and
mo v e w e st through
Rothsville, ending at the
Lutheran Cemetery. The
service will begin at 9:30
a.m. at the cemetery.
The Rev. C. J. Casolare,
pastor of St. P a u l’s
Evangelical Congregational
Church, Rothsville, will give
the invocation. Joel
Longenecker will also give
the Gettysburg Address at
this service.
The Warwick High School
Band will play “America”
and the National Anthem.
Raymond G. Herr, County
Commissioner, will be the
speaker and the Rev.
Casolare will give the
benediction.
Details of the parade and
service at Rothsville are
being handled in cooperation
with the Rothsville Fire
Company.
Girl Scout and Brownie
Troops are urged to par­ticipate
in both services and
bring flowers to decorate the
graves.
Ray Kowalick, Com­mander
of Garden Spot Post
56 of the American Legion,
and Willis Christ, Com­mander
of. Veterans Of
Foreign Wars, Post 1463,
urge the widest possible
participation by residents of
the communities in the
Memorial Day services.
They also ask residents to
display the United States
flag in solemn tribute to the
meaning of the day.
Warwick School Board Approves
1979-80 General Fund Budget The proposed General
Fund Budget for 1979-80 for
the Warwick School District
was presented by the
superintendent, Dr. John
Bonfield, at the school board
meeting Tuesday evening.
Total expenditures are
estimated at $6,589,523.00,
while total revenues are
estimated at $6,286,254. This
budget reflects an average
increase of about 8 percent
over the 1978-79 budget.
In its present form, the
budget would require con­tinuation
of the existing Act
511 and property taxes with
no increase in millage.
Dr. Bonfield pointed out
that the budget is an attempt
to m a in ta in q u a lity
education while keeping
costs under control.
William Owens, board
president, announced that
the budget will be available
in the business office for
public inspection and
comment for 30 bays.
The budget will be
presented to the public on
May 22 at 7:30 p.m. at the
Middle S ch o o l. Ad­ministration
and school
board members will be there
to answer any questions the
public may have.
In other business, the
board accepted with regret
the resignations of Catharine
I. Dietrich, Lititz Elemen­tary
School, who wishes to
devote more time to her
family, and Deann Showers,
Geman teacher in Warwick
High School, for personal
reasons.
Also, the resignations of
Raymond Martin, night
custodian, to accept another
job, and Richard Hershey,
groundsman, to be self-employed.
Nelson A.
Manning, custodian at Kissel
Hill School, is retiring as of
June 15. He has served in the
district for seven years.
Mara Pakalnins of Lan­caster
was hired as an ac­counting
clerk at a rate of
$3.30 an hour, and Glenn
Kamen hired as a driver
training instructor for a
maximum of 20 days at a
rate of $4.80 per hour, to
complete the 11th graders’
driving instruction.
Mrs. Aria Huber,
Conestoga R2, was hired as a
physics teacher in the senior
high school.
The board approved the
1979-80 Vo-Tech general fund
budget in the amount of
$4,394,560.00 and the
diversified occupations
budget of $280,600.00.
Bids were awarded as
follows: Physical education
equipment and supplies,
$3,531.89; athletic supplies
and equipment, $13,877.41;
band uniforms, $21,446.24;
paving of tennis courts and
patching Lititz Elementary
playground, $5,144; in­s
t r u c t io n a l s u p p lie s ,
$19,903.04; custodial sup­plies,
$2,652.56; and athletic
equipment, $2,752.50.
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William R. Hazlett, 1162
Clay Rd., captured the
Republican nomination for
Warwick Township super­visor
in Tuesday’s Primary
Elections, with former
township police chief, Paul
H. Haines, running a close
second with 197 votes for the
GOP nomination.
Haines also received 14
w r ite -in v o te s from
Democrats, with Hazlett
getting five Democratic
votes.
J. Lowell Forney was next
highest vote getter for the
township seat, drawing 93
votes on • the Republican
ballot, and eight Democratic
write-in votes.
James Reeder received 57
Republican votes, and two
Democratic votes. The fifth
contender, Paul C. Herr,
drew 37 Republican votes
and two Democratic votes.
With Hazlett the apparent
unofficial winner in the
primaries, his name will
appear as the Republican
candidate in the fall General
Election. Any of the others
could possibly choose to go
on the Democratic ballot as
that party’s candidate, but
would have to change their
party affiliation to do so.
School Board
In the second hottest race
locally, that for three school
directors; poultry farmer C.
David Landis, 843 Furnace
Kills Pk., cross-filed on both
Republican and Democratic
ballots, was top vote getter
on both tickets, with 1178
votes from Republicans and
153 from Democrats.
incumbent school director
Wallace Hofferth placed
second in the Republican
race, with 1005 votes. Hof­ferth
did not cross-file, but
received one write-in
Democratic vote.
W. Bruce Holland received
937 votes on the Republican
ballot and former school
C. David Laiiiiis William R. Haziett
Wallace B. Hofferth
director Raymond C. Groff
received 705 Republican
votes. Holland and Groff,
each cross-rued on both
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bo ra seat- are \ nab
Tne Rs pub ican ar C date-in
the Fall Election will be
Landis, Hofferth and
Holland. The Democratic
candidates will be Landis,
Holland and Groff, which is
expected to keep all four
contenders in the race until
the end.
Elizabeth Township
Elizabeth Township voters
elected two candidates for
two supervisors’ seats, a
regular six-year term and a
four-year term to fill an
unexpired vacancy.
W. Bruce Holland
Only two candidates,
Republican Larry Wiker and
■>i- j at D- niel Groff, ran
r the nr inane s for the six-vear
term. 'Aiker got 162
Repub ''an o;es with six
1 t ra vr te-in votes,,
- uu v^rofi got 39 votes on the
Democrat c ballot, with 12
Republican write-ins. Both
will appear on their
respective ballots in the fall.
Rodney May, a candidate
for the four-year term,
received 10 Democrat and
one Republican write-in
votes for the six year term.
Carl Stohler received one
Democrat write-in for this
term.
Rodney May won the
battle for the Republican
nomination for the four year
term, with 140 GOP votes
Lititz Man Succumbs To Injuries
Suffered In Auto Accident
Harry “ Super Chicken” Turner solicits buyers from Broad Street Saturday for
the Jaycees’ Chicken Bar-B-Q. The Lititz Area Jaycees sponsored the Spring
Fair in Lititz Springs Park Saturday. More Pictures Page 12
Homer M. Kauffman, 75,
of 427 Linden St., died last
Wednesday (May 9) at 11:45
p.m. in the Lancaster
General Hospital.
Kauffman was critically
injured in an automobile
accident about 7:30 a.m. on
Tuesday, May 8. He suffered
a crushed right leg and
underwent emergency
surgery at which time the
leg was amputated.
According to Lititz
Borough Police, Kauffman
was standing behind his car
at W. Fourth and S. Broad
Sts., where he had stopped to
mail a letter.
Officer Charles Shenen-berger
said that a car driven
by Craig Thomas Rearich,
18, of 143 N. Cedar St.,
crashed into the rear of the
Kauffman car, pinning
Kauffman between the two
vehicles.
The Warwick Ambulance
was called to the scene but,
due to the seriousness of the
injuries, the Lancaster
General Hospital Intensive
Care Mobile Unit was called
in and transferred Kauffman
to the hospital.
According to Chief Hicks,
no charges will be filed
before police confer with the
county district attorney.
A resident of Lititz for the
past 28 years, Kauffman was
a part-time employee of
Stauffer’s of Kissel Hill on
the Oregon Pike. He also
served as a tourist guide for
the Mennonite Information
Center.
Before moving to Lititz, he
was a pressman for the
Mennonite Publication
House in Scottdale for 27
years. He was a member of
the New Haven Mennonite
Church, Lexington.
He was bom in Versailles,
MO., a son of the late Daniel
and Mary C. Shank Kauff­man.
He was the husband of
Anna Landis Kauffman.
In addition to his widow,
he is survived by a daughter,
Erma J., wife of Melvin S.
Glick, Smoketown; three
grandchildren; and two
sisters, Alice K., wife of Rev.
Fred Gingerich, Harper,
Dr. Home To
Speak At AARP
Dr. Byron K. Horne of
Lititz will speak at the 12th
Annual Banquet of the
Lancaster Chapter #530
AARP.
The banquet will be held
May 18, 12 noon, at the
Hellenic Orthodox Church,
64 Hershey Ave., Lancaster.
Tammy Smith will be the
soloist. The election and
installation of officers will
also be done at the meeting.
In This Issue
Editorial 4
Sports Section 6,7,8,9
Social 10.11
Classified 13,14,15
Church News 22
Business Directory 24
Kansas; and Fannie K., wife
of Michael J. Sarco,
Harrisonburg, VA.
Funeral Services were
held Saturday afternoon
from The Hess Mennonite
Church, Lititz, with the Rev.
Robert Miller, the Rev.
Homer Bomberger, the Rev.
Lloyd Eby and the Rev.
Raymond Bucher of­ficiating.
Interment followed
in the Hess Mennonite
Cemetery.
The Spacht Funeral Home
was in charge.
and 17 Democratic write-ins.
Contesting him was Darlene
Mumma, who received 62
GOP v o te s with 21
Democratic write-ins.
Mumma could run on the
Democratic ticket in the fall,
but would have to change her
party affiliation to do so.
Lititz Boro Council
Lititz Boro Council can­didates,
all incumbents,
were unchallenged on the
GOP ballot. Appearing on
the Republican ballot in the
fall election will be Donald
Stauffer, Lester Stark and
William York.
Mayor Raymond Reedy
was also unopposed on the
Republican ticket in his bid
for re-election.
Constable
In the contest for con­stable
in Warwick Township,
Robert L. Nagle took the
Republican nomination with
570 votes, 226 from Kissel
Hill District, 174 from
Rothsville District, 170 from
Brunnerville District.
The present constable,
Paul H. Haines (a candidate
for township supervisor) got
three write-in Democratic
votes. Others getting write-in
votes were George
Downey, one Democratic;
Claude Young Sr., one
Republican; Maurice Blose,
one Democratic; and Robert
Nagle, one Democratic.
In Elizabeth Township,
Wilbert May was top vote for
c o n s t a b le , with 33
Republican votes and 13
write-in Democratic votes.
Three others each received
one Republican write-in
vote: William Darlington,
Luther Ober and Paul Groff.
The two top vote getters
for Warwick Township
auditors were Norma Wike,
running for a six-year term,.
and Eugene Gamer, running
for a two year term. Wike
received 577 votes and
Garner, 570.
Write-ins for these terms
included Bruce Wike, John
Hartz, Maurice Blose,
Robert Wonder, Morris
Eckert, Glenn Zartman,
William Sharpless, and Ron
Wandell.
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