1976
Sy
May 12, 1976
kids spend a week learning how
The old song goes ‘‘Read-
in’ and writtin’ and ’rithme-
tic”’ - this past week at The
Grandview School in Mount
Joy it was ‘‘Quiltin’ and
Quillin’ and Candle Makin’
and lots more!
To celebrate our nation’s
birthday and give a real
understanding to the child-
ren, Mrs. Vera Cox and the
staff at the school produced
a Living History for all.
It began with Phillip
Bollenbacher, principal of
the school, demonstrating
his skills in making of
homemade root beer.
Children. brough in 6%:
ounce bottles and they were
filled and set aside for the
last day of the program.
Mr. and Mrs. William
Longenecker, Mount Joy,
RD2, brought a ram to the
school playground and dem-
onstrated the art of sheep
shearing for the students.
A demonstration of spin-
ning flax was given by Mary
Eberly, school secretary,
and muzzle loader shooting
was demonstrated by Petger
Stralo.
John Phillips, owner of
the Lancaster County Sweiss
Cheese Company, New
Holland, came to the school
and gave a talk on making
cheese to these children in:
the cheese making class.
The school playground
aides, Mrs. Ann Brubaker
and Mrs. Mary Ann Ro-
berts, volunteered to con-
duct a class in primary toys.
Also getting into the spirit
of the week’s colonial theme
were the ladies of the
cafeteria staff, Mrs. Nancy
Greenawalt, manager; Mrs.
June Smith; Mrs. Thelma;
and Mrs. Philomena Trout-
wine, who appeared in their
beautiful colonial costumes
each day. Teachers, stu-
dents, volunteers and the
principal were also in the
style of dress.
Classes in knitting, quil-
ting, cross-stitch, toys (pri-
mary and intermediate),
dried apple dolls, basketry,
bread and butter, colonial
foods, candle making,
herbs, Lucy Locket, quill
pens and ink, gardens,
Dame School, crocheting,
pottery, corncob dolls, quil-
ling, creative language arts,
making soap, grave rub-
bings, crewel, music, musi-
cal instruments and colonial
games, making cheese, and
paper cutting and pin prick
pictures, were all fit into the
week.
James Evans’ room was
the site of a Country Store
where visitors could pur-
chase penny candy, sweet
bags (made by the students
in the herbs class) and other
articles of interest.
A tavern across the way
serve no hard drinks but
gave visitors, as well as
students, the opportunity to
see how the people of
colonial days spent some of
their social time. The murals
on the ‘“‘walls’’ were painted
by Ruth Smith, whose
husband, Steve, is the Sth
grade teacher.
The activities were not
confined to the school.
There were visits to the
1700’s house along Musser
Road at the former Musser
Leghorn Farms, now owned
by James and Luke Brubak-
er. The house has a spring
in the basement and fire-
places on four floors. Here
the children were treated to
punch and cookies. Each
child was given an apple—a
new twist—in that the
apples were provided by
Zella Rehrer, 4th grade
teacher.
A very special highlight of
the week was a visit to the
one-room school at Donegal
Church that is a real school
and always was. There has
always been a Donegal
School, even before 1776.
Here, children attending
were given a book such as
was used in the early days of
that school. The children
seemed to take a special
delight in this side trip—in
today's modern world,
where children are alerted
to return to their classes by
an electronic buzzer they
heard instead of the clear,
fresh sound of the old school
bell.
Walking tours were con-
ducted in the borough as
well as Lancaster City, the
Donegal Plantation, Done-
gal Church grounds, study-
house, spring and cemetary.
A tour of the Marietta
Museum was included in the
week’s study.
Teachers at the school
are: Phillip Bollenbacher,
principal; Mrs. Vera Cox;
Nancy Ettaro; James Evans,
Jr.; Betty Girven; Mrs.
Mary Gish; Mrs. Sara Hess;
Mrs. Donna Hostetter; Mrs.
Ruth Kern; Thomas Konas;
Mrs. Mary Martin; Mrs.
Zella Rehrer; Mrs. Marian
Roland; Stephen Smith;
Teresa Wagner and Mrs.
Claudia Webb.
Volunteers were: Mrs.
David Darrenkamp, Mrs.
Brenda Musser, Mrs. Sandy
Frantz, Mrs. Ruth Thome,
Mrs. Carrie Ney, Mrs.
Ronald Smith, Mrs. Joyce
Heisey, Miss Peg Hess,
Mrs. Phyllis Garmen, Mrs.
Connie Kline, Mrs. Tina
Kent, Mrs. Brenda Tomp-
kins, Mrs. Dennis Eisen-
hower, Mrs. Cherrie Dillow,
MJ bike registration
Mount Joy Borough Ma-
yor, James A. Gingrich has
announced that the new
bicycle licenses are now
available at the Borough
Office, Monday through
Friday, from 8:00 a.m. to
5:00 p.m.
The cost of the licenses
are $1.00 and they will be
valid for a two year period.
The following information
will be needed in order to
apply for a bicycle license:
Make, Serial No., Size and
Color.
Mrs. Peggy Longenecker,
Mrs. Sally Witmer, Mrs.
Clinton Eby, Mrs. N.
Sritulanondha, Mrs. Mar-
lene Woody, Mrs. Marilyn
McKain, Mrs. Shirley Beck-
er, Mrs. Mabel Reineer,
Mrs. Fern Ney, Mrs. John
Kling, Mrs. Gail Gish, Mrs.
Pat Hoffman, Mrs. Judy
Funk, Mrs. Maggie Bollen-
bacher, Mrs. Beth Warren
and Mrs. Francis Jones.
A follow-up book on the
“‘Living History Week’ will
include history, research
and recipes used during the
week. A contest will be
conducted to find a suitable
title for the book.
SUSQUEHANNA TIMES — Page 11
people lived in Revolutionary days
Deanna Arndt (left) and Traci Smith (right) work on a quilt. Mrs. Rehrer taught the
course.
photo by Judy Stoltzfus
Mr. Evan's class built a general store in their room. The
shelves displayed everything from dried beans to flintlock
rifles.
Photo shows, from left to right; around checkerboard-
Randy Gallagher, Craig DePoe, Todd Kirkpatrick, Andy
Geltmacher, Erin Phalen and Todd Shelly;
in background- Robin Koser, Ann Marie Heckert, Tony
Blough, Mr. Evans, Robin Bricker, Mark Martin and
Lillian Carnes.
Red, white, and blue contest at Riverview
There was plenty of red,
white, and blue at Riverview
on May S. They were having
a contest to see whose class
would wear the most color.
All the classes participated
enthusiastically. The aides,
cafeteria workers, and office
personnel also participated.
Mrs. Brubaker and Mrs.
Bryant had the very difficult
task of determining the
winning class. They had to
check and recheck their
count carefully. It was
finally determined that Miss
Aurick’s fifth grade had the
most outstanding display of
red, white, and blue. Mrs.
Bowers’ and Mrs. Kline's
classes tied for second
place. The contest was in
celebration of the Bicenten-
nial.