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Susquehanna Times & The Mount Joy Bulletin
MARIETTA & MOUNT JOY, PA.
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JOY, L755
Vol. 77 No. 10 March 9, 1977
Most people have a bed-
room for sleeping, a living
room for living, and a
bathroom for bathing.
Some people have more
specialized rooms—TYV
rooms or workshops, for
example. But not many
people have a chess room.
H. Morrell Shields of
Mount Joy does. He made
an addition to his house for
the sole purpose of chess
playing. It’s about S feet by
8 feet and it sits on the
roof of his home.
Working in this tiny
space, Mr. Shields recently
placed third in an inter-
national chess tournament,
the ‘‘International Corres-
pondence Chess Federation
World Cup Tournament’
The twelve contestants,
each from a different na-
tion, played by mail.
Doris Wenger sewed the gown that won the Miss Pennsylvania costume competition
last week. She used S yards of cloth just for the trim! Photo above shows Doris, her
son Jeffrey, and husband Gene holding daughter Tammy. Story on page 2.
In addition to neat stacks
of postcards from every
corner of the earth, the
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FIFTEEN CENTS
Mastermind on the roof
Morrell Shields places 3d in international chess tourney
H. Morrell Shields in his chess room
Last Wednesday Mari-
etta policeman Steve Eng
lert handcuffed a 7-year-old
girl. She got away.
So did a number of othe:
youngsters at the Zion
Evangelical Nursery School
—their wrists were too
small for the handcuffs and
they wriggled free.
Steve wasn’t bothered
about it, though, because
he wasn’t trying to arrest
the kids: he was explaining
his equipment. Responding
® to a call for instruction
" from Mrs. Cheryl Ronan, a
teacher at Zion School,
Steve showed up fully
equipped.
All the children came
outside to see the patrol
car. Steve showed them the
flares, fire extinguisher,
first aid kit, blankets,
locking shotgun holder
(which is released by a
hidden button), and giant
flashlight, which impressed
them greatly. Then he de-
photo was snapped. Sitting on the right are Mrs. Cheryl
Ronan, teacher, and on the far right, Mrs. Jody Linard,
teacher’s aide. Photo taken at Zion Nursery School.
Sargeant Steve Englert advised the kids of their right to
remain silent, but they asked lots of questions just the
same. The girl in handcuffs escaped moments after this
Sargeant Englert
gets 3rd degree
monstrated the flashing
roof lights, PA system, and
siren. The siren almost
gave the Susquehanna
Times reporter a heart
attack when it went off—he
was crouching right in front
of it, trying for an arty
camera angle.
Sargeant Englert also
demonstrated the use of
the riot stick on a small
boy. (The riot stick, a piece
of hickory wood about 4
feet long and 1'%2 inches
thick, is not generally used
for striking, but rather is
employed to push, or to
hold an assailant’s arms
pinned from behind—the
use Steve demonstrated on
the pint-sized urchin).
Then everyone went in-
side. Steve showed the
class his handcuffs, chemi-
cal mace spray, blackjack,
and walkie-talkie. ‘‘How
much do you think this
costs?’’ he asked the kids.
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