November 17, 1976
Three Mill tax increase in Marietta weighed
Borough Council propos-
ed a three-mill increase in
property taxes for 1977
Tuesday night, which
would bring taxes back to
their 1975 level of 19 mills.
Final adoption of the
proposal and of the 1977
budget is scheduled for the
December meeting.
Property taxes were re-
duced to 16 mills in the
1976 budget, a reduction of
three mills from 1975.
Councilmen said more
money is needed to meet
the borough's increasing
expenses, and that there is
an $8,000 deficit in this
year’s budget.
Council, for the second
time, voted down a pro-
posal which would grant
them $25 for each meeting
they attend.
Two amendments were
adopted to ordinances re-
lated to housing and ser-
vice charges for trash col-
lection and sewers.
The housing amendment
gives authority to the
housing officer to issue
citations for violations and
to prosecute violators.
However, the housing
officer does not have the
authority of a policeman.
Previously, policemen serv-
ed as witnesses in such
Band paper drive
The Donegal Band Par-
ents Club will supervise a
paper drive on Saturday,
November 20, from 8 a.m.,
until 10 a.m. :
Persons having contribu-
tions of scrap paper may
take it to the following
locations:
Maytown Elementary
School; Riverview Element-
ary School; or Donegal
High School.
For large amounts of
paper call: Maytown— Ken
Barnhart; Marietta— Banks
Wagner; and Mount Joy—
Earl Brightbill.
Marietta Citgo plans
benefit barbeque
On Saturday, November
20 the Marietta Citgo
Service Station will hold a
chicken barbeque to benefit
Men’s Day at the St. Paul’s
Baptist Church of Colum-
bia.
The barbeque will start
at 1la.m. and continue
until all the chicken is
gone. Baked goods will also
be on sale.
cases.
The amendments to the
trash and sewer ordinance
allows council to set service
charge fees and to bill each
property owner. This
doesn’t appear to be a
substantial change in the
present procedure.
Counci opened three
sealed bids for trash and
garbage collection and
awarded a contract to
United Disposal Inc., Eliz-
abethtown.
The contract calls for
United Disposal to receive
$66,150 over a three-year
period. Pick-ups will be
made twice weekly under
the contract from June 1 to
September 30. Collections
will be reduced to once a
week from October 1 to
June 1.
Two street projects for
1977 were approved in
order to file an application
for fuel tax money from the
state. Resurfacing of Long-
enecker Avenue and the
first phase of the resur-
facing of Front Street were
listed.
Dan Gohn, engineer for
Creative Communities, pre-
sented the proposed plans
for the development of a
plot of land owned by his
company. The land is
bounded by Clay Street on
the west, Hazel Avenue on
the south, and Route 441
on the north.
The sub-division plan
will contain four plots, each
covering 27,000 square
feet.
‘Slave auction’’ at Vo-Tech
The Mount Joy Vo-Tech
School DECA Chapter (Dis-
tributive Education Clubs
of America) conducted an
extremely successful Char-
ity Fund Raising project on
November 10, 1976. The
students successfully had
raised $400.00 in an after-
noon activity which was
donated to the Four Dia-
monds Fund of the Milton
S. Hershey Medical Center.
The fund was established
to provide relief for medical
expenses of families with
children stricken by cancer.
The $400.00 contribution
was obtained from a “‘Slave
Day Auction’’ organized
and conducted by the
DECA students. Thirty
members of the club were
sold in an auction type
affair to the 18 instrucional
shop areas of the Vo-Tech
School. The auction took
approximately one-half
hour, after which the
DECA Slaves rendered
their services for the re-
mainder of the afternoon in
the various shops. The
student slaves performed a
multitude of tasks such as:
washing dishes, various
odd. cleaning jobs, running
errands, filing paperwork,
and actually being instruct-
ed in the particular subject
matter of the shop. All
instructional areas partici-
pated with the instructors
and students strictly fol-
lowing state safety proce-
dures and school policy.
Individual shops had bid up
to $80.00 for members of
the DECA group, the
money being contributed
by the individual students,
instructors, and adminis-
trators. The school eviden-
ced a tremendous feeling of
unity and satisfaction in
providing aid to the worthy
cause.
The student planning
committee included: Loise
Becker, president of the
club, daughter of Mr. and
‘Mrs. John Becker, R.D. 2,
Columbia; Pam Bautista,
vice-president of the club,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph A. Bautista, R.D. 1,
Mount Joy; Tracey Shaub,
club parliamentarian. dau-
George E.
ghter of Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Shaub, 1300 Locust
Street, Columbia-Tracey
was the auctioneer; Larene
Lancaster, DECA District S
Secretary, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Lancaster,
R.D. 3, Elizabethtown;
Melissa Meinhart, DECA
District S Parliamentarian,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Meinhart, 1942 N.
Market Street, Elizabeth-
town. Larene and Melissa
were the activities cashiers.
Over 300 students from
Columbia, Elizabethtown,
Manheim Central, Donegal
Hempfield and Lancaster
Catholic High Schools were
present and active bidders
at the auction.
Stephen Kachniasz, the
Distributive Education in-
structor is the Advisor to
the Mount Joy DECA
Chapter.
Miller
promoted to Coporal
Marine Lance Corporal”
George E. Miller, son of
Mr. and Mrs. George F.
Miller of Route 4, Man-
heim, has been promoted
to his present rank while
serving at ‘the ‘Marine
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Corps Air Station, Cherry
Point, NC.
A 1975 graduate of Man-
heim High School, he join-
ed the Marine Corps in
February 1976.
The proposal was accep-
ted by council:
—Mrs. Judy Bass, re-
appointed to Borough
Authority for three year
term.
—Ben Thompson, reap-
pointed to Borough Author-
ity and Marietta-Donegal
Authority for three year
term.
—Mrs. Barbara Kirvinskee,
re-appointed as temporary
deputy housing officer.
—Henry Rich, appointed to
zoning board.
—James Baker, reappoint-
ed to a five-year term on
Donegal School Board
Authority.
In other business, the
council:
—Voted to purchase a
spreader at $85, and in-
vestigate the price of snow
plows.
—Accepted the resignation
of Vincent Ruby as housing
officer.
—Heard a request from
Dennis Shumaker, presi-
dent of the Marietta Re-
storation Associates, for
police assistance during the
annual Christmas by Can-
dlelight tour on December
S from 2 to 7 p.m.
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