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Vol. 76 No. 13 March 31, 1976
Susquehanna Times & The Mount Joy Builetin
MARIETTA & MOUNT JOY, PA.
FIFTEEN CENTS
There were lots of kites flying over Jim Johnstin’s field
in Maytown last weekend. Photo shows Sandy Hall (left)
and Heather Hall (right) flying the smallest kite
around. John Kerschner (center) watches.
Maytown kites soar
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Dale Boyer struggles to defend his kite from an aerial
attack by a kite flown by his sister Kim.
Marietta fireman Steve Bailey risks his life
to save woman in smoke-filled apartment
Steve Bailey, 2nd Assis-
tant Fire Chief of the
Pioneer Fire Company, risk-
ed his life to save 67
year-old, Elizabeth Moyer
from a burning apartment
house in Marietta last Sun-
day.
Steve managed to drag
the unconcious woman to
safety before he was knock-
ed out himself by the smoke.
Mrs. Moyer is being treated
for smoke inhallation and
burned lungs.
The fire broke out at
about 5:30 a.m. in a Market
Street apartment house.
An extremely swift re-
sponse by the Pioneer Fire
Company enabled firemen
to contain the blaze to the
first floor. Maytown and
Florin trucks were also at
the scene in minutes.
Heat from the fire was so
<4ntense that a car on the
street was destroyed.
When firemen arrived, a
bystander told them that
one woman was still in the
house.
Fire Chief Ken Geesey
Sr., directed Steve Bailey to
search the building.
Steve Bailey, Ed Billett
Jr., and George Walters put
on air packs and went up the
stairs.
Walk is
planned
to meet
neighbors
The folks in the Stacks-
town, Sagerville, Chicken-
town area are planning a 4'%
mile ‘‘meet your neighbors’
hike around their ‘‘block’’
on Sunday, April 4, starting
at 2:00 in Stackstown.
They hope families will
join them, on foot or on bike,
as the group passes each
home along Sagerville Road,
Bossler Road, Oak Drive,
Donegal Springs Road, and
Bainbridge Road—making a
big circle around their
neighborhood.
Non-residents are invited
to walk, too. Meet at
Hiestands ball-field, just
west of junction of May-
town-Bainbridge Road and
Donegal Springs Road, at
1:30.
The smoke was so thick,
the men. couldn’t tell
whether the floor was
burning beneath their feet.
The floor was very hot. The
three held hands to avoid
being separated. They open-
ed the front windows of the
upstairs apartment in an
attempt to clear the air.
Then a bell on Steve
Bailey's air pack rang,
signalling that his air was
almost gone.
Steve ordered the men
with him to get out of the
building.
A moment later, Steve
glimpsed a human hand
through the smoke. He got
down on his knees to see the
victim's face. Steve recalls,
““I could tell she was
breathing, but it was really
labored.”
George Walters had
obeyed Steve's order to
leave the building, but Ed
Billett Jr., noticed what was
happening and stayed at the
scene.
While Ed held the light,
Steve struggled to move the
unconcious woman. At first,
he couldn’t move her.
Steve recalls, ‘‘I grabbed
her by the wrists and started
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gy
ca
Mike McConnell (right) and Frank Splain (left) examine the new WWII m~
town Square. The marker, erected by American Legion Post 809, has bgen
Assistant Fire Chief Stephen Bailey
dragging.’’ Steve took off
the empty air mask and kept
dragging until he reached
the top of the stairs.
Marietta police officers
Steve Englert and Mel
Aldinger, who were stand-
ing at the bottom of the
stairs, could tell Steve was
in trouble.
‘“‘Steve was white as a
sheet,” one bystander re-
calls.
The officers rushed up the
stairs and carried Mrs.
Moyer to the Marietta
Ambulance.
Steve managed to walk
down the stairs unassisted.
On the porch, Steve noticed
that he was getting dizzy
and then he passed out.
The Florin ambulance
rushed Steve to a hospital.
Steve felt sick for a couple
days, but didn’t suffer any
permanent harm.
The fire caused an esti-
mated $45,000 damage.
Fire Chief Kenneth
Geesey Sr., blamed the fire
on a smoldering cigarette.
Marker in Maytown Square finished
,. in May-
ated with a
special sealant so the surface won’t crack. Names of men who served in V«VII are printed
on a large bronze plaque.