THURSDAY, MAY 25, 2000 m ^ a r d - W i j , ^ HAPPY MEMORIAL Lititz Record Express DAY Publication 124TH YEAR LITITZ, PENNSYLVANIA 30 Cents in b r ie f Memorial Day Memorial Day Due to the May 29 Memorial Day holiday, deadlines for edi­ torial copy and advertising will programs set change as follows: Retail and classified display ads and all editorial copy for the The annual Memorial Day will play “America,” and Kristin June 1 issue must be in the parades and services will again be Longenecker will read the Gettys­ held in Lititz and Rothsville next burg Address. Record office by 5 p.m. on The speaker for the service is Friday, May 26. Monday, May 29. Rothsville William R. Neitz, past Com­ Classified reader ads will be mander of the American Legion accepted until Tuesday, May 30 The parade forms at Salem from Sunbury, Pa. Neitz served in at noon. United Methodist Church on old the U.S. Navy during the Korean The offices of the Lititz Rothsville Road at 8:45 a.m. and conflict with the USS Randolph Record Express will be closed proceeds to Jerusalem Lutheran for four years. After his time in the on Monday, May 29. Church cemetery. The Memorial service, he worked in the Depart­ Day service, conducted by Quar­ ment of Defense at Olmstead Air termaster Jack Keath of the Lititz Force Base in Middletown. INSIDE VFW Post 1463 at Jerusalem Lu­ When the base closed, he ob­ theran Church cemetery, begins at tained employment with the U.S. 9:15 a.m. Postal Service. He retired in 1989 F..010 Oy Stephen Seebee At the start of service, children with 35 years service with the fed­ Members ofthe 2000 Queen ofCandles courtinclude (seated, left to right) Lauren Ketterman, Shannon will proceed to veterans graves eral government. He also was affil­ White, (standing, l-r) Kathleen Nuffort, Katie Jo Gerfen, Megan Griffith, Elisa Eshelman, Amanda Adams, marked by American flags and iated with many youth programs Nikki Booth, Brooke Gelatka, Nicole Geltz,Abby Sullivan and Heidi Hibshman. place flowers on graves when the in the Sunbury area. Past Com­ Commander makes the following mander Neitz and his wife Martha request: “Children will you de­ reside in Sunbury and parents of posit flowers on the graves of our three children. departed comrades as a token of The wreaths are provided by their enduring memory.” VFW Post 1463, American Legion Who will be queen? Post 56, Rothsville Fire Company, A buglar will then recall the LITITZ — This year marks the formed with the Warwick Acting a member of the court in 1996 and children to join the Hollow Square, Warwick Lions Club, and Sons of 158th time that the custom of illu­ Union Volunteers of the Civil Company in her junior year. she is privileged to follow in her after which the Commander will minating the Lititz Springs Park While involved in the many musi­ footsteps. In the fall, Amanda will say, “These flowers may wither War. with candles for the Fourth of July The National Anthem will be cals she still achieved first honor be attending Utah Valley State and die, bu the spirit of which they celebration and the fifty- eighth College as a theater and music are a symbol will endure until the played by the Warwick High time that the Queen of the Candles roll honors. She is a member of the major. end of time.” School band. The Commander will takes place since the inauguration, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- then salute the dead, leading to day Saints - and presently is em­ Nikki Booth □ School Pastor Steve Rogers of Salem in 1942, of the Pageant which Nikki Booth is the daughter of United Methodist Church in taps followed by echo. Finally, commemorated the 100th anniver­ ployed at the Lititz CVA store. She loved every minute of being on Alicia and Herman Schorkhuber. Rothsville will give the invocation, sary of the candle illumination. A Pa. first stage with her friends, growing She has been a member of the the Warwick High School band See MEMORIAL DAY, page 16 Twelve young ladies, all mem­ Andrew Milligan, a sixth and learning with others and shar­ Warwick Varsity Cheerleading grader at Kissel Hill 'Elementary bers of the Warwick High School ing that common bond, the love of Squad for two years, participated School, has just become the graduating class of 2000, are se­ music. Amanda’s sister Emily was first Pennsylvanian to receive a Oldest resident dies at 107 lected, through a secret ballot, by See QUEEN, page 16 their classmates to participate in $1,000 Carson Scholarship Marion C. Bowman, 107, of Page 6. the Pageant. The individual who United Zion Retirement Commu­ receives the most votes serves as nity, 722 Furnace Hills Pike, Lititz, The three-day Fourth the Queen and thè others serve as RICHARD REITZ □ Church died of natural causes Wednesday, members of her Court. The honor May 17,2000, at home. of being chosen the Queen remains RecordExpress Editor Decoration Day Miss Bowman worked at the a secret until the last moment of V Dr. Sheaffer shares memories Lititz Shirt Factory and did dorries- LITITZ - This year’s celebration the Pageant when the floral crown of our nation’s independence will of Decoration Day, when walk­ ' tic work and laundry. is placed upon her head. She was the oldest, and a lifelong, be so big, that three days of events in P ing among the tombstones was The Queen lights her candle Lititz Springs Park have been jflllr’ a time for storytelling, in this member of Lititz Moravian Con­ and, in turn, lights the candles of Æm gregation, where she served as scheduled to contain it. mmasmmmfmMmΫB i S B if f JBaf■ week’s Woodcrest Journal. her Court. The Boy Scouts from The theme of the 183rd Fourth of diener. Lititz Troop No. 142 light their Page 14. She was the first resident of July celebration in Lititz is “Cele­ torches from the candles of mem­ brate 2000,” and event organizer United Zion Retirement Home to bers of the Court as the colossal □ Sports be chosen Resident of the Month. Ronald Reedy said that “as we en­ . 1 ‘ . <___iL _iing display of 7,000 candles brings a tered into the millennium,” they Miss Bowman will be remem­ glow to the park. This year’s Pag­ him back, ’ ’ Reedy said. A nother crown bered for being prayerful, working wanted to mark the closing of the eant participants are as follows: 20th century with the biggest cele­ The fireworks show at the end of The Warwick Girls Softball hard and showing kindness for Amanda Kathleen Adams the day has become the pride of Team just won their second L-L other people. bration that the borough has ever i Amanda Kathleen Adams is the seen. Lititz, and as spectacular as past crown in the past five years, Born in Lititz, she was the daugh­ Marion Bowman daughter of John and Susan shows have been, Reedy assures ter of the late Jacob B. and Arabella This year’s celebration marks the thanks in part to a four-hit gem Adams. Amanda’s school activi­ return of musician/entertainer that you haven’t seen anything pitched by Kate Schreiter. Page C. Bowman. Friends called on Tuesday morn­ ties centered around music. She quite like this year’s “Thunder ing from 10 to 11 a.m. at the United John Bressler. The keyboardist will 8. She was the last of her immediate was the Chorus Historian, a Over Lititz.” family. Zion Chapel. perform his flashy family-oriented member of the Chamber Singers, show twice on Tuesday, July 4, and “We have been building up to A funeral service was held at the Contributions may be made in this show,” he said. “It will be the Marion’s memory to the Book of Show Choir and participated in will also serve as master of ceremo­ Chapel of the United Zion Retire­ the spring musicals during her biggest that Lititz has ever seen.” Remembrance, c Lititz Moravian nies throughout the day’s events. ment Community, 722 Furnace junior and senior years. She per- Hills Pike, Lititz, on Tuesday, May Church, 8 Church Square, Lititz, “We’ve had a lot of requests from See FOURTH, page 16 23 at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Dorothy Pa. 17543. O. Burcaw officiating. Interment Richard H. Heisey Funeral was in God’s Acre, Lititz Moravian Home, Lititz, was in charge of the Lititz Museum opens with quilt display Cemetery, Lititz. funeral arrangements. LITITZ — The Lititz Museum and Mueller House will open this Friday, May 26 for the season. m Reitz wins state’s top honor This year their special exhibit is * * called “Quilts Through the Ages” and consists of 62 quilts from the in newspaper column writing early 1800’s to modern times. They include patchwork designs, em­ ored with buildings and streets STATE COLLEGE — Richard broidery and appliques. A quilting Reitz, editor of the Lititz Record named after him; a July 22 tribute to Warwick School Board member frame with a partially finished quilt Express, received a first place Key­ is also on display plus antique card­ □ Business stone Press Award for Column Donald Cromer; and an amusing July 29 column about his opportu­ board quilt patterns. Legend returns Writing in Division VII, for weekly Quilt making is an art form per­ newspapers with a circulation be­ nity to “perform” on the John Laurie Kear has reopened the Lennon Songwriting Contest bus fected and passed down through tween 5,000-9,999.