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103 years on the ivories: U.C.C.
honors two musicians
Mrs. Martin Byers, 63,
and Mrs. Ruth Fahringer,
83, were honored at last
Sunday’s services at the
United Church of Christ,
Marietta, for their combin-
ed total of 103 years of
unselfish service as church
musicians.
Elsie Byers began play-
ing church organ at the
tender age of 13. She has
played at both morning and
evening, as well as special
services at the UCC for the
last 49 years.
Born in Marietta in 1914,
she is the daughter of Mrs.
Elizabeth McKain and the
late Robert McKain. She
was an outstanding basket-
ball player in the Marietta
schools and won a service
award for being the ‘‘Best
All-around Student.”” Her
1932 yearbook says, ‘‘She
was known to put her
shoulder to the wheel and
to do a task well.”
Elsie was married in
1937 to Martin ‘‘Whitey’’
Byers. They have two sons:
Charles, a physical thera-
pist in Lancaster; and
David, a doctor, now living
in Camp Lejune, NC. They
have four grandchildren.
Ruth Fahringer was born
in York County in 1894, but
moved via rowboat to
Marietta in 1917. In 1923
she was confirmed and
joined the church choir.
Formerly the featured solo-
ist for the Furnace Chapel,
she began playing piano for
Sunday school in the
1940’s. She still does. Mrs.
Fahringer was instrumental
in starting the Women’s
Guild and served as it’s
president for many years.
Photo shows, on the left, Mrs. Elsie Byers, and, on the right, Mrs. Ruth Fahringer.
In addition to singing in
the choir, working for the
Guild, and playing piano,
she is always willing to
donate baked goods, and
often accompanies the
children on trips.
Mrs. Fahringer has three
children and four grand-
children.
Mrs. Ray Kunkle, co-
person of the surprise
summed it all up with:
““We are proud as a church
family to honor these
women and to show our
appreciation for all their
faithful years of serving our
Lord and His church.”
Mrs. John Goodling, Jr.,
co-chairperson of the re-
cognition service presented
each honored guest with a
money tree and a bouquet
of red roses.
Mrs. Landis in front of her home, built in 1732, along Rt. 23 near Marietta.
Landis home has colorful history;
builder fought against Maryland
Margy Landis of Mariet-
ta recently received a
plaque which designates
her home an Historic Pre-
servation Trust Site. Mrs.
Landis, who began the
application procedure 14
years ago, estimates that
she has put in hundreds of
hours researching and doc-
umenting the history of her
house. She also filled out
enough forms to fill a thick
folder
The Landis’s home was
built in 1732 by John Ross,
an early settler. Margy, an
avid local history buff, told
us some interesting stories
about those times.
Ross was involved in
“Cressap’s War,”’ a border
dispute between Pennsyl-
vania and Maryland, which
lasted from 1730 to 1736
(when it was ended by an
edict from the King of
England).
*“‘Just-Us-5°’ get 1,115 points in one game
Next time you're in Weis
Market, you can congratu-
late Dick Kleckner -and
Denny Reick.
Their five-man bowling
team scored 1,115 points in
a single game on Monday,
January 31, at Leisure
Lanes.
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From left to right, Danny Reick, Dick Kleckner, and Frank Geib pose with a
bowling ball in the Weis Market dairy department. Danny and Dick both work at
Weis. Frank works for the Union National Bank in Mount Joy.
That was the highest
team score ever recorded in
the AMF Industrial Lea-
gue, and one of Leisure
Lanes’ all-time highs.
The ‘“‘Just-Us-S’ team
was down 83 points going
into that final game. Their
opponents scored 1,011,
but ‘“‘Just-Us-5’’ won any-
way.
The team members and
their scores are listed
below:
Bob Helm—247; Denny
Reick—209; Frank Geib—
182; Dick Kleckner—267;
Bill Weller—210. Total—
1,118.
Dick Kleckner is grocery
manager at Weis Market,
Mount Joy. Denny Reick is
produce manager at the
same store. Frank Geib
works at the Union Nation-
al Bank, Mount Joy. Bob
Helm works for the Weis
Market in Park City. Bill
Weller, the only member of
the team from outside this
area, lives in Willow
Street.
Cressap, a Marylander,
was taken prisoner during
the war and brought to
Philadelphia by John Ross
and some other Pennsyl-
vanians. When asked how
he liked the town, he
replied, ‘“‘It’s the grandest
city in Maryland, I'm
sure.”
At one point Cressap
tried to have Ross murder-
ed. Ross’s horse was shot
out from under him, but he
escaped unscathed.
The Donegal Rangers, at
that time known as the
King’s Rangers, were ac-
tive in the war on the
Pennsylvania side.
After hostilities ceased,
the Mason-Dixon Line was
laid out to settle the
boundary once and for all.
The Line seems to have
done it’s job: Maryland and
Pennsylvania have been at
peace longer than Canada
and the U.S. have —a very
good record.
Mrs. Landis has done
much research in local ar-
chives on Cressap’s War.
She hopes eventually to get
over to Maryland to get
their side of the story.
Henry Rutherford day
Henry B. Rutherford
Dr. John H. Brown,
former Manager-Director of
Wyeth Laboratories, Mari-
etta, will serve as the
Master of Ceremonies for
the ‘‘Henry Rutherford”
Day ceremonies to be held
Tuesday, February 15, at 2
p.m. in Marietta War
Memorial Park.
Sponsored by the Mari-
etta Restoration Associates,
the memorial service will
include the dedication of a
hemlock tree planted in
Rutherford’s memory.
Henry Rutherford was
District Attorney of Lancas-
ter County when he died at
his Longenecker Avenue
home in Marietta.
The speaker will be
Judge Wilson Bucher. Rev-
erend Arthur Schirmer,
pastor of the First United
Methodist Church, Mariet-
ta, will deliver the Invoca-
tion and the Benediction.
Invited to attend the
dedication are members of
the Lancaster County Bar
Association; members of
Ashara Lodge of Free and
Accepted Masons, Mariet-
ta, the Pioneer Fire Com-
pany, members of the
Marietta Lion’s Club,
Methodist Church and his
family, in addition to the
public.
Hang
gliders
to meet
The Lancaster County
Hang Gliders’ Association
will meet on Weds., Feb.
23 at 7:30 p.m., at the
Coca Cola Bottling Plant,
1248 Manheim Pike, Lan-
caster.
Anyone who hang glides,
or iS interested in the
sport, is invited.
February 9, 1977
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