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Susquehanna Times & The Mount Joy |
MARIETTA & MOUNT JOY, PA.
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Vol. 76 No. 17 April 28, 1976 |
Lilikette Eckenrode (above) and her escort, Bill Peightel,
won prizes for best colonial students at the Marietta-
Maytown- E. Donegal Bicentennial Ball.
Bicentennial Ball held
Riverview School
Mrs. H. Leslie Blake, Jr. (center) poses with daughter Beth
and son Bob at the Bicentennial Ball.
The photographer told them to ‘‘look old-fashioned.”
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FIFTEEN CENTS
Dr. Gratch to retire; vacant office to
become Maytown clinic
A medical clinic, under
the auspices of St. Joseph’s
Hospital, will be opened in
Maytown on May 1, in the
former offices of Dr.
Michael Gratch, who is re-
tiring. The clinic will in
time branch out into pedia-
trics and the other areas of
special medicine.
Dr. Gratch came to Lan-
caster County thirty years
ago after completing a tour
of duty on a hospital ship in
the South Pacific.
He settled in Maytown
and began his practice as a
family doctor. About 4,000
babies spanning two gener-
ations, have been delivered
by Dr. Gratch. One family
was a particularly good
customer for Dr. Gratch’s
services: he delivered eight
children for them.
Doctor Gratch says,
““Doctoring is my life.”” His
father before him was a
doctor; his only son,
Michael, will be a doctor
after him. Michael will
graduate from Temple Uni-
versity School of Medicine
on May 27. The Gratch’s
daughter, Mrs. Carol Haack,
is a maverick; she will
graduate next year from the
University of New Mexico
with a degree in law.
Retirement plans for the
Gratch’s are indefinite.
Immediate plans include a
summer of sailing and
playing with their grand-
children in Avalon, New
Mount Joy
to hold
The Ladies Auxiliary of
the Mount Joy Fire Co. will
have their Mother and
Daughter banquet on Mon-
Jersey.
Dr. Gratch has been the
Maytown and Marietta
school doctor for 29 years,
as well as athletic physician
for Donegal High School.
He is a graduate of the
University of Bologna, Italy,
a certified member of the
American Board of Family
Practice, a fellow of the
American Academy, a
member of the American
Health School of Sports, and
a member of the PA and
Lancaster Medical Societies.
Aux.
banquet
day, May 17, at the Mount
Joy American Legion. Din-
ner will be at 6:00 P.M. The
price is $4.50 per person.
V-ball marathon to
benefit
The 7th and 8th graders at
W. I. Beahm Junior High
will participate in a Volley-
ball Marathon sponsored by
the Student Council. The
event will start Friday, April
30th at 3:00 p.m. and last
until all participants wear
out or at 5:00 p.m. Sunday,
May 2.
The action will be covered
by Cable channel 6 TV.
Proceeds will go to the
Senior Citizens and the
Youth Athletic Association
elderly
around the community.
Visitors are welcome to
come and watch the fun.
DID YOU HEAR...
The Mount Joy Lions
Club members (and some-
times their wives) drive
Polly Pennell to special
pottery classes for the blind
in Lancaster every week.
Kitty Brown of Marietta is
a volunteer teacher in this
inovative program.
Dr. Michael Gratch
Dr. Gratch is a staff
member of St. Joseph's
Hospital and Columbia
Hospital. He is a courtesy
staff member of Lancaster
General Hospital.
mander of Post #809 May-
town American Legion; vice-
chairman of the Donegal
Authority, treasurer of the
Marietta-Donegal Author-
ity, a member of the Mari-
He is a past president of etta Lion's Club and St.
the Maytown-Bainbridge Mary's Catholic Church,
Rotary Club, Past Com- Marietta.
Stan the
Man
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photo by Corky Flick
Donegal’s Stan Curry can run a quarter of a mile faster than
almost anybody in Pennsylvania. He placed 2d in a S0
school track meet at Shippensburg recently, with a time of
50.6. He’s training hard, and getting faster all the time.