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Rollin Steinmetz tours Lancaster County in his sports car.
Rollin Steinmetz, local writer, tells
about Lancaster Co. in
Rollin C. Steinmetz, R.D.
2, Manheim, edited the new
Guide to Lancaster County,
which has just been pub-
lished.
The updated Guide con-
tains ‘‘information about
what to see, where to stay,
shop, eat, have fun and
worship.”
Among other information
the book tells the reader
how to distinguish between
a Beachy Amishman and a
Horning Mennonite and the
locations of all of the 32
covered bridges still span-
ning streams in Lancaster
County.
Steinmetz, who lives with
his wife Grace near the
Mount Joy Legion, is also
author of History Trails of
Lancaster, just published.
He is presently at work on
a book for the Bicentennial
Commission about Tories,
pacifists and prisoners in
Lancaster County during the
Revolution. Another work
scheduled to appear is a
history of Casiphia Lodge,
Mount Joy, which. will
celebrate its centennial next
year.
Previous books written
by Steinmetz are: The Amish
Year, Vanishing Crafts and
Their Craftsmen, Aventures
in Dining, and History of
American Kitchens, 1776-
1976.
Mr. Steinmetz was previ-
ously managing editor of the
Sunday News and taught at
Millersville State College.
He is presently editor of the
Lancaster County Republi-
can.
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Steinmetz left his position
at the Sunday News to enlist
in the Army and serve in
Europe as a corporal. His
wife Grace enlisted in the
Marines at the same time.
Steinmetz comments with-
out rancor, ‘‘She outranked
me; she was a sergeant.”
Interview:
March 24, 1976
Dennis Shumaker sees need for
tough zoning to preserve Marietta
Dennis Shumaker, vice
president of the Marietta
Restoration Associates, sees
historic districting as a way
for Marietta to keep control
of its own destiny. (See story
on front page.)
“It’s a way for the people
of the town to speak their
minds,”’ he says. “We can
say; This is what's right for
us”
Dennis is proud to live in
Marietta. He thinks that the
people of Marietta, as well
as the architecture of the
town, have a special char-
acter that has disappeared
from most places.
“Donegal represents a
spirit of individualism,’’
Dennis says. ‘‘People who
live in Marietta still feel that
they are important; that this
is their town and they
belong here.”
“If the Donegal Rangers
were alive today, they'd be
proud of Marietta,”’ Dennis
continues. ‘‘That fierce
spirit of independence
hasn’t died in 200 years. 1
don’t think the Rangers
would be so proud of
Locally made quilts
says Evelyn Gleason-
A famous TV actor from
New York visited Marietta
recently. Nobody recognised
him as he walked up and
down the streets.
The actor loved Marietta.
He plans to come back again
this summer.
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Evelyn Gleason sits on one of her locally-made quilts.
The actor had travelled to
Marietta to buy quilts from
Evelyn Gleason. Evelyn and
her husband, Hovey, run an
antiques business in their
Market St. home.
Hovey handles the furni-
ture. Evelyn sells quilts, and
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Another quilt adorns the wall behind her.
Lancaster.’
An Historic District
Commission would give the
people of Marietta a tool to
help maintain that special
character, Dennis feels.
There are two threats to
Marietta’s uniqueness,
Dennis thinks. One threat is
the possibility of unchecked
growth. The other threat is
that Marietta will become a
museum for tourists to stare
at. Either possibility, ac-
cording to Dennis, would
mean that local residents
will lose control of their
town to outside business
interests.
““The word progress can
only mean beneficial
growth,’”” Dennis says;
‘Growth that is beneficial to
the whole community is
progress. Growth without
any direction is chaos.”’
Dennis thinks Marietta
should pressure the Lancas-
ter County Planning Com-
mission into rezoning Route
441. Current zoning plans
call for a high density,
commercial strip along the
section of Route 441 outside
Marietta.
“1 don’t want people in
are best in
other articles made by
women.
She sells only locally
made quilts. ‘‘Local quilts
are the best,” she says.
“You can’t get better quilts
than you find around here."
Her customers agree.
Buyers from California
make regular trips to Mari-
etta to buy from the
Gleasons.
“I've never advertised,”
says Evelyn, ’’so it must be
the quilts. And everyone
who comes here loves
Marietta. Some of them live
in really nice places, but I've
never had a customer who
didn’t like it here.”’
Quilts and other antiques
are on display at 13S N.
Shippen St. in Lancaster,
where the Women’s Auxil-
ary to St. Joseph’s Hospital
Newsletter
Borough Manager Joseph
Bateman has announced
that a spring newsletter
from the borough govern-
ment to the citizens of
DID YOU HEAR...
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Spittler,
Mount Joy, R.D. #1, will
celebrate their 41st wedding
anniversary on March 28 -
which happens also to be
Lancaster to decide what's
right for us,” Dennis says.
“We don’t need a lot of
drive-in hamburger stands
in Marietta. If somebody
wants a hamburger, he can
drive to Columbia.”’
Dennis thinks the people
of Marietta want to preserve
their town. ‘‘The danger,”
he says, ‘‘is the quick buck
idea. Sell your land and get
out. That’s where respons-
ible local government comes
™"
mn.
He hopes the people will
give some serious thought to
what kind of future they
want for Marietta, and will
tell their elected officials
what they want.
Dennis is president of
Marietta-Maytown-East
Donegal Bicentennial Com-
mittee, vice-president of the
Restoration Associates, an
appointed member of the
Marietta Planning Commis-
sion, an officer of the
Marietta Lion’s Club, and a
member of the re-created
Donegal Rangers. He and
his wife, Lucy, live in a
mansion on Market Street,
which they are restoring.
the world
Her customers agree
is presenting ‘‘Living With
Antiques.’ Ten local an-
tique dealers, including the
Gleasons, have set up
displays in a Shippen St.
townhouse.
For a $2 advance dona-
tion, or $2.50 at the door,
antique lovers can hear
lectures, admire the dis-
plays, and buy anything
they see. Ten percent of the
sales proceeds will go to the
hospital.
The display will open
Thursday, March 2S, from
10 to S p.m.; Friday, March
26 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Saturday, Mar. 27 from 10
a.m. to S p.m.; and Sunday,
March 28, from noon to S
p.m.
Evelyn Gleason will lec-
ture on quilts Thursday at 2
p.m.
in Mt. Joy
Mount Joy will be sent out
early in April.
‘The first such newsletter
from the government to the
people, was issued last fall.
Mrs. Spittler’s birthday.
Their anniversary notice
has appeared every year in
the Bulletin. Congratula-
tions! and Happy Birthday!
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