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Sarah Teats taught herself to play the organ
People whe dine at the
Copper Lustre Restaurant
near Columbia on the old
pike to Lancaster enjoy their
food along with soft organ
music coming from behind
the bar.
The organ music is
provided by Sarah Teats
who lives in Sagerville near
Costa Rican gets good
Juan Jimenez
by Hazel Baker
Juan Carles Jimenez, San
Jose, Costa Rica, is the
guest of the F. D. Hassinger
family, Birchland Avenue,
Mount Joy for nine weeks.
Sarah Teats
the back road from Maytown
to Bainbridge. Fridays and
Saturdays she is joined by a
drummer and a singer.
Patrons often marvel that
Sarah, who often plays
Chopin’s Polonaise upon
customers’ requests, can
play hard rock right along
with her somewhat younger
He will attend Donegal High
School as a senior with the
Hassinger’s son Steve.
Juan’s visit to the United
States was arranged thru
the ‘Open Door Exchange
Program’’. The youth is 17
years of age and has
graduated from eleven years
of school in his native land.
He plans te enter the
University of Costa Rica in
March where he will study
Business Administration.
Upon completing his college
course he will enter his
family business which man-
ufactures plastic and alum-
inum tubes for toothpaste
and other containers.
Snow was quite an exper-
ience for Juan since he has
colleagues.
Sarah likes and can play
all types of music. It all
depends on her mood what
kind she, herself, perfers at
any one time. But at the
Copper Lustre she plays to
suit the moods of the
patrons. Without having to
ask and without receiving
requests she has a sixth
sense which tells her what
kind of music the audience
wants on a particular night.
To hear her play you
would think she must have
studied at Juilliard or
Curtis. But the truth is
Sarah never had a lesson on
how to play the organ, and
she had only a year of
training in piano when she
was eight years old.
She always liked popular
music and was glad when
the lessons stopped and she
could play more than just
the exercises and classical
music her teacher had
required. She didn’t have to
buy sheet music because
she had such a good ear she
could hear music on the
radio and then play it on her
piano.
When she was eleven her
uncle took her to a skating
rink he managed near
Middletown, where he let
her play the organ. Every
weekend she would practice
on the organ when no one
was skating. When she was
thirteen she was so good,
the skating rink hired her as
its regular organist.
Sarah’s musical career
was temporily interrupted
when she married Jim Teats
and then had two children:
Jim and Sissy.
For a while she had a non-
musical job in Harrisburg,
but she kept talent sharp by
playing a rented organ
during her lunch hour for SO
cents a half-hour.
About eight years ago she
came back to music pro-
fessionally by playing first
with one bank and then
another, carting her Ham-
mond organ in a station
wagon. Sometimes she play-
ed as far away as fifty miles.
It was a relief to start
playing at Copper Lustre,
close to home, with an organ
permanently set up that she
did not have to tote in and
out.
Musical talent runs in
Sarah’s family. Most of her
six brothers and sisters are
musical too. Her next to
youngest sister, Ruth Sealer
of Hershey, sings and plays
the guitar at churches and
old folks’ homes. The
brothers and sisters fre-
quently get together at the
home of their parents,
Christ and Eva Good in
Elizabethtown and make
music together. The Goods
have an organ in their home
for Sarah to play.
look at Donegal High
never seen the white stuff
before. He enjoyed sledding
while it was available.
Traffic circles were also a
first for the Latin American
visitor and proved to be a
mystery to him.
Juan’s goal in life is to
learn to fly an airplane.
Christmas in Juan's
homeland is similar to that
in America with Santa and
gifts. But the tall sky-
scrapers were a curiosity to
the traveler since the tallest
structures in San Jose are 25
stories. Nothing is higher
since small earthquakes
send tremors over the area
regularly.
Juan is one of five child-
ren. Juan’s eldest brother is
studying Oceanography at
San Jose University while
his older sister is studying
“rench in Switzerland. She
plans to teach when she
returns to her homeland.
The remaining children are
still of school age.
Juan applied four months
prior to his leaving for his
vacation and was one of
perhaps a hundred students
who came via Washington
D.C. and then to Lancaster
County. He speaks English,
which he studied for six
years.
His favorite food is meat,
either T-bone steaks or
lamb. He thinks food served
at Donegal cafeteria is some
good, some bad.
Sweetheart Baby Contest deadline: Jan. 28
by LaVon Harnish
The deadline for entering
your child in the annual
Sweetheart Baby King and
Queen Contest is very near.
All photos must be received
by January 28 and can be
mailed or delivered to Mrs.
Jeff Brown, 245 Marietta
Ave., Mount Joy or to Mrs.
John Harnish, 526 Terrace
Ave., Mount Joy.
Children between the
ages of 9 months and 3 vears
inclusive, whose parents
have a Mount Joy mailing
address, are eligible.
The contest starts Janu-
ary 30 when local residents
begin to vote for their
favorite child by placing
money in canisters next to
the pictures. Photographs
will be placed in several
local businesses. These lo-
cations will be announced
next week.
The contest will close at 7
p.m. on February 13 when
the meney will be collected
and taken to the bank where
it will be counted by a bank
teller.
The names of the winners
will not be revealed until the
crowning ceremonies on
February 14. The ceremony
will take place at 10:30 a.m.
at the Borough Hall. Regis-
tration of contestants will
begin at 10:1S that morning.
The winners will be
crowned, given flowers and
a $25.00 U.S. Savings Bend,
compliments of the Mount
Joy Joycee-ettes. Each par-
ticipant will receive a token
of appreciation.
The proceeds from the
contest will be denated to
the Donegal Dental Clinic.
January 21, 1976
Photo shows pack ice piling up along the shores of
Marietta during this week’s cold snap. At Columbia, the
ice was thick enough for ice-boating.
Girls are grateful for warmth
Heidi with the bouquet
Mrs. Loletia Gehman,
Mrs. Fredine Bednarzick
and her daughter, Heidi,
had a pleasant surprise
when six young ladies of
Donegal High School deli-
vered a beautiful bouquet to
the home at 129 N. Market
Ave., Mount Joy.
It seems the girls received
an invitation to stand inside
the warm house on these
last several weeks of cold
weather and they wanted to
say thank-you.
It all started when they
were seen trying to keep
warm at the chiminey at the
side of the house.
The card was signed by:
Sandy Fegley, Kim McKin-
ney, Jackie Shearer, Sue,
Donna, and Hazel Rogers.
The note read very aptly,
‘“Thank-you for your
warmth and hospitality.”
Jay Houseal heads Authority
by Hazel Baker
Members of the Donegal
School District Autherity
re-elected members at the
January session in the
school library.
Serving one term will be
Jay Houseal, president;
James Baker, vice-president
Robert Greider, secretary;
William Eby, assistant sec-
retary; and Robert Kline,
treasurer.
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