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Bobby Dehoffi Aaron Huges win
Pinewood Derby
Two cars sped out of the
curve and leveled off on
the straightaway, and then
suddenly both flipped, flew
through the air, and crash-
ed. The crowd went mad
with excitement.
The Grand Prix? No, it's
the Pinewood Derby!
The autos which compet-
ed in the Derby had no
engines, plastic wheels, a
maximum weight of S oz.,
and were made of pine
wood —hence the name.
Members of Cub Scout
Pack 263 were supplied
with a block of wood, axles,
and wheels. They carved
the wood into wildly stream
-lined shapes, put on the
wheels, painted them and
stuck on a few decals in
preparation for the big
event, held last week.
The cars raced on a
special track. After picking
up speed on the downhill
stretch, they zoomed to the
finish line (the point at
which they all crashed).
The boy with the fastest
car was Bobby Dehoff. 1st,
2nd, and 3rd place runners
up were (in order) Scott
Kling, Chris Thompkins,
and Greg Miller. John Fry
won the award for the most
original car, and Mike
McKain’s was judged the
Neatest.
Cub Master Phil Kling,
who launched the futuristic
vehicles, told the Susque-
hanna Times that the
Scott Kling’s exotic ‘“Thunderbolt’’ was 1st place runner up in the Mount Joy derby.
Derby gets fathers and
sons together to work on
their cars. The Cub Scouts
and fathers also enjoyed
the race, although the
fathers didn’t jump and
yell when a heat was close.
Maytown Cub Scout Pack
S3 held their annual Pine-
Wood Derby at the May-
town Lutheran Church on
Thursday, Jan. 27th at
their monthly pack meet-
ing.
Den 2 conducted the
opening flag ceremony.
The Dens completed in a
series of elimination races.
The winners were:
Ist place-Aaron Huges,
Den 1; 2nd place - Andrew
Zuch, Den 2; and 3rd place
- John Biesacker, Den 1.
Refreshments were serv-
ed after the races and a
good time was had by all.
DID YOU HEAR?
Art and Kathy Guyton,
while on their honeymoon
last summer, visited Nova
Scotia’s Lower Economy
Mountain, where gravity is
reversed.
A stream near Lower
Economy appears to flow
uphill, and objects roll
seemingly in contradistinc-
tion to the known laws of
gravity, as propounded by
the late Sir Issac Newton.
Mr. Guyton, who has a
degree in Physics and
reads books about black
holes and space/time oc-
clusions, was unable to
account for the mystery.
February 2, 1977
Cars stopped
crashing when
blizzard hit
The blizzard which hit
our area last Friday even-
ing, like the great power
blackout of 1965, lowered
the accident rate. There
were no auto collisions
during the storm.
Although a number of
people died of exposure in
other parts of the country,
local ambulances reported
no cases of frostbite or
rescues of stranded motor-
ists.
‘‘Really, things were so
doggone bad out in the
country, there was nothing
moving,”’ said East Done-
gal’s Police Chief, George
Shirk.
Chief Shirk’s main prob-
lem that night was aban-
doned cars. ‘‘There were 6
or 7 on Oremine Road, 4 on
Colebrook, some on Route
141, and a few others,’”’ he
told us.
Borough police in Mount
Joy reported a burst water
pipe and several stranded
vehicles.
While no accidents oc-
cured during the storm,
many happened before and
afterward. Motorists, lulied
into false feelings of safety
by the clear weather, lost
control upon hitting isolat-
ed patches of ice. The day
before the storm, three
telephone poles were struck
by autos along Rt. 141 and
two cars went over a bank
on S. River St. in May-
town. Marietta had numer-
ous minor accidents.
Many nearby areas had a
worse time than East
Donegal. There were bad
fires in Gap and Lancaster.
Stranded motorists had to
be rescued in Ephrata.
Anyone driving should
exercise caution while ice
patches remain on the
roads, according to local
police.
Jeffrey Meckley wins
cub day at races
Cub day at races was
held at Park City, Lancast-
er, Jeffrey Meckley, Pack
136, Mount Joy, won First
place, Jeffrey won against
16 other Packs in Western
District Lancaster-Lebanon
Council. Tony Oxford and
Scott Baker were also
racing for Pack 136.
Attending were Robert
W. Mark, Fredrick Good,
Shirley Good, Bryan Good
and Kenneth Good, Jr.
MYO wants help
Reprinted below is a
message from the Maytown
Youth Organization. -ed.
Please help your com-
munity organization. We
must have your co-opera-
tion if you want your child
to be able to participate in
baseball this summer.
Our next meeting is
February 28, 1977, at 7:30.
It- will be held at the Old
Legion Hall in Maytown.
We expect to see you
there! We know your child
enjoys the teams, so you
know what your responsi-
bility is to him or her. It
take time, your time, to
make this program possi-
ble.
We especially need
coaches, assistant coaches
and chairpeople for money-
raising projects.
They're your
It’s up to you!
children
Marietta chorus
starts practicing
The first practice of the
Marietta Community chor-
us will be held Sunday,
February 6, in the United
Methodist Church at 7:30
p-m. The Palm Sunday
Cantata is entitled ‘‘The
Miracle.” Paul Mickelson
composed the work.
Recently elected officers
are: Hoffman Charles,
Pres.; Mrs. Richard Smed-
ley, Vice-Pres.; Mrs. Ge-
orge Bryant, Secretary-
treasurer; Mrs. Gerald Lib-
hart is directress; Mrs.
Margaret Miller is organist
and Mrs. Bryant is pianist.
Marietta police report
Marietta Police compari-
son report for 1976-75
shows the following list of
incidents for both years.
Total police calls—1976-
1364, 1975-1164, increase
of 200 calls; Total offens-
es— 1976-419, 1975-339,
increase of 80 offenses;
Criminal arrests—1976-157,
1975-187; Juvenile ar-
rests—1976-252, 1975-154;
Traffic arrests—1976-220,
1975-224; and Ordinance
arrests—1976-72, 1975-172.
Vehicle accidents—1976-
56, 1975-57; House
checks—1976-81, 1975-52;
Ordinance notices—1976-
126, 1975-148; % Offenses
cleared—1976-54.4, and
1975-60.7.
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