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Carolyn Gehman, left, does a turn with Tracy McCurdy during Junior Troop 32’s
dance for Thinking Day. Troop 32 is from Mount Joy.
Scout leaders visit Georgia
Twnety-nine adults from
Penn Laurel Girl Scout
Council visited the birth
place of Juliette Low,
founder of Girl Scouts, in
Savannah, Georgia, Feb-
ruary 11-14.
Mrs. Low’s niece, Mary
Stuart, came as special
guest to tour the home with
the local adults while they
were on tour. She lived in
the Gorgon home as a child
and was one of Juliette's
favorite niece’s.
An investiture ceremony
followed the tour for three
new scouts in the group.
All those taking the tour
Bae
received a ‘‘birthplace pin’
during the ceremony.
The group also toured
the home where ‘‘Daisy”
lived after she married
William Low. There it was
that she established the
first girl scout headquar-
ters, in the carriage house.
Two local women from
Donegal Neighborhood
were members of the tour:
Ella Gainer, co-leader of
Junior Troop #32 Mount
Joy, and Nancy Kopf,
co-leader of Junior Troop
#32 and the Donegal
Neighborhood Coordinator.
‘Thinking Day’
“Thinking Day’’, was the
theme for the program of
Donegal Neighborhood of
Girl Scouts, Penn Laurel
Council Inc. on Sunday,
February 20, at Glossbren-
er United Methodist
£
Church, Mount Joy. Troops
from Mount Joy, Maytown
and Marietta participated
in the annual event.
Junior Troop 18 from Marietta sang for Thinking Day. Photo shows from the left:
Tracy Wolf, Sandy Geesey, Andrea Waters, leader Lynn Stout on guitar, Michele
Roberts, Theresa Meszaros, Tammy Flowers, and Paula Rice.
Brownie Troop 1123 from Mount Joy do their thing. Photo shows, from the left,
Jody Brown, Stacy Germer, Donna Yingst, Kristine Brown, Jenny Briner, Linda
Eby, and, looking on, Georgianne Westerman.
Fire
On Thursday, Feb. 17, at
2:48 p.m., the Friendship
Fire Co. responded to a car
fire on the Manheim-
Mount Joy Road at Rt. 283.
The fire occured in a
junked 1976 Audi-Fox
which was being towed to
the Central Penn Salvage
Pool in Yorkhaven for
scrap. The car was in
flames when Friendship
arrived.
Chief Good discovered
that the fire was caused by
faulty wiring in the motor
compartment. Estimated
damage to the 1976 junked
car was $300.
Cub pack 136 presents awards at blue & gold banquet
Cub’ Scout Pack 136,
Mount Joy held a Blue and
Gold Banquet at Hostetter
Dining Hall, Mount Joy.
Awards were presented by
cubmaster Robert W. Mark
as follows:
Bear— Thomas Waltz,
Todd Newcomer, Wayne
Buchter, Raymond Becker,
and Kevin Herr.
Bobcat— Lester Dimeler.
Outdoorsman and Sport-
man— Scott Kling.
Citizen and Showman—
David Nissley.
Showman, Scholar, Ge-
ologist, Naturalist, Artist
and Traveler—Gilbert Lit-
tlefield.
Citizen and Craftman—
Mark Wagner.
Wolf—Matthew Blasick,
Daniel Rusnock, James Es-
posita and Keith Helsher.
The following went to
Webblos Den: Scott Baker,
Joseph Smith, Michael
Lehman and Raymond
Becker.
Advanced to Boy Scouts
were Mark Wagner, Alan
Bubacz, Barry Helsher,
Denners Daniel Rosmock,
David Ferrick and James
Esposita.
Gold and Silver Arrows
were awarded to Raymond
Becker, Keith Helsher and
James Esposita.
Adult Awards went to
Charlier Heaps (28 years),
Myron Weber (12), Robert
W. Mark (11), Ann Mark,
Carolyn Waltz, Dana Mark
Local realtors take
week-long course
Jack Johnson, Sandy
Shoemaker, John Groff and
James Funk, all from Jack
Johnson Real Estate, Co-
lumbia, attended a week-
long, three-phase educa-
tional meeting of the Real-
tors Institute of the Penn-
sylvania Association of
Realtors, at the Hershey
Motor Lodge recently.
Realtors and Realtors-
Associates who successfully
complete all three courses
of 30 hours each, will
receive the designation
““GRI"’ (Graduate, Realtors
Institute).
and Jay Heller (5), Edna
Wolf (4), John. Auker,
Vaughn Mark, Shirley
Good, Billie Ann Oxford,
Kenneth Good and J. L.
Oxford (2), Helen Keller,
Doris Good, Fred Good,
Victor Wolf, Walter Weid-
ner and Tina Biesecker (1).
The invocation was by
Rev. Stephen Getty. Guests
included Gerald Alleman,
and Lloyd Bowers, Seiler’s
PTA President.
Antique show & sale
The Sheraton-Conestoga
Village, located on Route
#272, S miles North of
Lancaster, proudly an-
nounces a show and sale
this weekend, February 26
& 27th, of the finest quality
Antiques.
Each dealer has been
carefully chosen for quality,
selection, and variety. En-
joy the charming atmos-
phere of the Sheraton-
Conestoga Village, Lancas-
ter’'s only country resort
Inn, and see these superb
examples of folk art, primi-
tives, victoriana, glassware,
clocks, jewelry, and MUCH
MORE.
This is an event no
antique buff will dare to
miss. Remember, the An-
tiqgue Show and Sale this
weekend, February 26 &
27th, Saturday 10-9, Sun-
day 11-6, at the Sheraton-
Conestoga Village located
on U.S. #272 North, Ore-
gon Pike, just five miles
North of Lancaster.