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Vol. 76 No. 7 February 18, 1976
Sweetheart Queen Melissa Long and Sweetheart King
Alexander Roberts.
Melissa & Alexander
reigning sweethearts
by LaVon Harnish
The 1976 Mount Joy
Sweetheart King and Queen
were crowned on Saturday,
February 14, at the Mount
Joy Borough Hall. The
King, Alexander Roberts is
the son of Mr. and Mrs.
William Roberts, 285 Mari-
etta Avenue, Mount Joy,
and the Queen, Melissa
Long is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. James Long of 970
West Main Street, Mount
Joy.
The other winners of the
contest were: Shane Steh-
man, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Louis Stehman, 734 West
Main Street, Mount Joy,
first runner-up to the King;
Troy Wagner, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Stephen Wagner,
R.D. #1 Mount Joy, second
runner-up to the King; Abby
Gohn, daughter of Mr. John
Gohn and the late Mrs.
Gohn, 12 West Donegal
Street, Mount Joy, first
runner-up to the Queen;
Elizabeth Hower, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Hower, 389 North Barbara
Street, Mount Joy, second
runner-up to the Queen.
The King and Queen each
received a $25 U.S. Savings
Bond and flowers, compli-
ments of the Mount Joy
Joycee-ettes, sponsors of
the contest.
A record of $780 was
raised by this year’s contest.
Mrs. Sadie Brooks, Don-
egal High School nurse, was
present at the crowning to
accept the $780 check for the
Donegal Dental Clinic.
The money was raised
when pictures of 38 babies
were placed in Mount Joy
businesses. Residents
selected the winners by
donating a penny per vote.
This year’s chairman was
Mrs. John Harnish. Assist-
ing her was Mrs. James
Gingrich, Mrs. Jeff Brown,
Mrs. Rudy Ney, and Mrs.
Carole Hager.
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School board consults residents
on 21 mill estimated deficit
In an unprecedented ac-
tion last Thursday night,
Donegal School Board very
frankly presented to taxpay-
ers its budget problems for
next year.
Unless taxes are raised or
the state appropriates more
money (which doesn’t seem
likely) or essential services
are cut—Donegal School
District faces a 21 mill tax
deficit for 1976-77.
Each person attending the
meeting was given charts
explaining in detail where
school monies come from
and where they go. Dr.
William B. Landis, presi-
dent of the board explained
the charts projected on a
screen.
Money received from the
state will be 6.9 mills less
than last year because of a
local change in ‘‘aid ratio
status.”’ At the same time,
the state mandates a $300
raise for all teachers.
The biggest items in the
budget cannot legally be
cut: teachers salaries (total-
ling nearly $2 million or 132
mills of taxes) and fuel and
utilities ($176,000 or 12
mills).
‘‘Discretionary items,’
which the board would be
permitted to reduce, do not
account for much of the
budget: books, maintenance
equipment, teacher train-
ing, extra-curricular activi-
’
ties, community service,
etc. Eliminating all these
necessary services would
balance the budget, but
would cripple the educa-
tional process.
Copies of the budget are
available for public inspec-
tion at the school business
office in the Washington
Building.
The proposed 1976-1977
budget will also be available
for inspection for 30 days
between the time of propo-
sal and the time of adoption.
The next school board
meeting will be held Feb.
19, at 8 pm. in the
Washington Building.
Marietta Council passes ban
on new trailers in most areas
New mobile homes will be
banned in most of Marietta,
under a new zoning law
nassed at last week’s
borough council meeting.
Existing mobile homes
are permited wherever they
are, but future contruction is
limited to two areas.
One plot where new
trailers are permitted lies
east of town and south of
route 441.
The other is on West Front
Street.
Council also voted to go
ahead with plans to expand
police headquarters into the
empty fire hall. ’
$2100 was voted for the
expansion. This is the
amount council saved when
they rejected pay for them-
selves at last month’s
meeting.
Mayor Barney McDevitt
will lead a volunteer -con-
struction crew in the project.
Council also passed an
ordinance specifying $5 to
$100 fines for failure to clear
sidewalks after snowstorms.
Any accumulation of snow
must be cleared from a 3
foot path by dusk of the day
the snow stops.
Albert Huck resigned
from the Marietta and
The second runner-up to the Sweetheart King, Troy Wagner, is held by his mother, Mrs.
Stephen Wagner (left). Beth Hower, second runner-up for Sweetheart Queen, is held by her
mother Mrs. Charles Hower (center). First runner-up for Queen, Abby Gohn, is held by her
father, Mr. John Gohn (right). Shane Stehman, first runner-up to the Sweetheart King is not
pictured. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Stehman.
Marietta-Donegal = Author-
ities. He was replaced by
Ben Thompson.
Henry Rich resigned from
the housing committee
Jerry Martin was appointed
to a 3 year term, Kenneth
Ross to a 2 year term, and
David White to a one year
term.
White will serve as
committee chairman.
Council deadlocked on a
request from a resident to
close Cherry Alley. The tie
vote could not be resolved in
the mayor’s absence, and
the request was declared
‘‘status quo.”
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E Donegal
plans new
ballfield
The East Donegal Town-
ship Supervisors have voted
to start building another
ballfield near the new
Municipal Building.
A grant from the federal
government will cover S50
percent of the cost.
The township applied for
the funds S years ago, but
the U.S. did not approve the
grant until recently. _
The first step toward
building the ballfield will be
the opening of bids for the
removal of ground beside
the firehouse.
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FIFTEEN CENTS
Elmer Zzrphey
Daniel Wolgemuth
Rotary honors
Zerphey and
Wolgemuth
Daniel Wolgemuth and
Elmer Zerphey received
certificates of appreciation
for their services to Mount
Joy at the meeting of the
Rotary Club on February 10.
The introductory remarks
read when the awards were
presented are reproduced
below:
ELMER L. ZERPHEY
“Elmer L. Zerphey was
bernin a log cabin in Mount
Joy Township near Mt.
Pleasant Church. Mr. Zer-
phey’s service to Mount Joy
began on February 1, 1927,
when he was sworn in as a
constable. His role as a
policeman in this Borough
just grew out of this assign-
ment. During his first year
on duty he went everywhere
on foot. At that time the
political boss in Mount Joy
was JMay Carmony. One
day when Elmer was down-
town, a speeder. went
whizzing through town.
He looked up an said, ‘Boy,
if I had a motorcycle, I'd get
him’. Carmeny heard Elmer
and said, ‘Do you really
want a motorcycle?’ Mr.
Zerphey replied in the
affirmative and he almost
got one on the spot. He
continued to serve Mount
Joy as a constable and Chief
of police for twenty years
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