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Susquehanna Times & The Mount Joy Bulletin
MARIETTA & MOUNT JOY, PA.
Vol. 76 No. 48 December 1, 1976
Beautiful homes on Marietta candlelight tour
FIFTEEN CENTS
Santa comes to town
Santa Claus visited Mount Joy last week to find out
what local kids want for Christmas. For an exclusive
interview with Santa see back page.
Tom and Barbara Smithgall, 13 S. Pine St., Marietta, space.The Smithgall home will be featured on this year’s
have removed “interior walls from their 19th century Candlelight Tour. :
home, to create a spacious, comtemporary living
““Christmas by Candle- ter. At the site, high on a
The cat who lives with Wayne and Jackie Madsen has a
good view of Market Street, Marietta, from the chair
in the Madsens’ living room.
light”, a tour of houses in
the Marietta area, will take
place on Sunday, December
S; from 2 10 7 p.m.
Sponsored by the Marietta
Restoration Associates, the
benefit will include twelve
locations on its itenerary.
Persons taking the tour
may start at any point
along the route but no
partial rates are available.
A brochure including a
map is included in the ad-
dmission price ot $2 and
can be purchased at most
locations. Light refresh-
ments will be served at the
Community House by
members of the Marietta
Lions Club and their wives.
Proceeds from the event
will be used to further
Lions Club projects. Addi-
tional information may be
obtained by contacting Mrs
J. R. Baker, Marietta.
These Marietta struc-
tures will be open on the
tour:
“Sylvan View’’, the re-
sidence of Mr. and Mrs.
Roger Jackson, Mount
Pleasant Road, was built in
1850, by the late Henry
Musselman, an Iron Mas-
terrace with formal gardens
sloping toward the river,
the visitor is at once
attracted to the ornate iron
railings found on the front
of the white brick struc-
ture. The charm and bal-
ance of the rooms are
emphasized by the high
ceilings, fireplaces and
hand made doors through-
out the first floor. Many
family heirlooms make this
home a point of interest.
Just beyond the eastern
edge of Marietta, in the
area now named Donegal
Place, are rows of two-story
brick buildings that once
housed foundrymen and
their families. The great
Marietta iron foundries,
seven in all, loomed nearby
and stretched from here to
the base of Chiques Rock.
Nestled among these hous-
es is the gunshop of
Charles Heistand whe is an
American rifle maker or
gunsmith.
In one room of his shop
Heistand, hand forges the
long barrels and firing
locks. The second room is
lined with benches covered
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at the annual
football Booster Club awards banquet last week.
Quarterback Kevin Bradley (standing) won the Most
Valuable Player award and the Outstanding Back trophy.
Mike Leas won the Outstanding Lineman trophy, and Al
Newlin won the Jesse Mooney award. Story and
statistics on page 2.