Page 16 - SUSQUEHANNA TIMES Letters to editor Yea wrestlers, boo newspaper Dear Editor: I thought I'd drop you a few lines to let you know what 1 thought of the article in your paper this week on the wrestling team and its victory over Lan- caster Catholic. Your article and pictures make it look as though there’s only 8 boys on the team. My Dear Editor, We would like to say a few things to do with last weeks article on the wrest- ling match against Lancas- ter Catholic. First, the match was won because of teamwork. The whole sea- son had great teamwork. If it took teamwork, then why were there just 8 wrestlers opinion is it took that whole team together to get to be number 1 this year. Why, if your're going to write anything, can’t anyone give the. credit to all the boys instead of only the ones that win? Through the years all those boys did their share of winning to be #1. We should be very names mentioned and only pictures of the winning wrestlers. How do you think it makes the 4 wrest- lers whose names were not mentioned or even pic- tured feel? After all the 4 wrestlers who lost had real tough matches. If any of them The editor replies Don’t blame me; it’s the photographers’ fault The editor replies: This is a bit embaras- sing, but I guess we might as well tell the truth. We intended to put photos of all the men who wrestled against Lancaster Catholic in last week’s paper, but our feckless photographers blew the assignment. We had two Yes, two!] photographers at the meet, and neither of them managed to get a printable picture of Brent Hershey. Rick Bromer made his usual lame excuses. ‘‘l was so excited aiter Mike Car- roll put us over the top, I must have forgotten to turn on the flash,”’ he whimper- ed. “And besides, 1 still haven’t figured out what all those little numbers on the, er... what do you call it? The lens! Yeah, what do those numbers on the lens mean, anyway?’’ Our other ace photo- grapher, Corky Flick, had an even worse excuse. “Those cheerleaders were jumping around so much, I forgot to look at the wrestling match,” he said. ‘“‘Besides, | am an artist with a camera. 1 can capture beauty on my film only when I am inspired. And Rick kept asking me what the funny little num- bers on his camera meant. He destroyed my ability to concentrate. By the way, what do those numbers mean, anyway?’ The layout editor, a calm, dignified gentleman, listened to the photo- graphers’ explanations. Then, with a thoughtful smile, he picked up his scissors, rose from his chair, and took a couple of steps in the photographers’ direction. ‘‘You’re fine young fellows,”” he said, “but you could both use a haircut.’ Rick, who is not very athletic, locked him- self in the darkroom. Corky, a former wrestler, is in good condition and fears no man. He easily sprinted to his car and escaped. The layout editor re- turned to his desk and stared glumly at his scis- sors. He had a problem. Spread on his desk were photos of every wrestler except Brent Hershey. The layout editor knew that Brent deserved as much credit as anybody on the team. Brent wrestled in the unlimited weight class this season- and he only weighs 180 Ibs.. Unlike the other Rick (right) and Co I rky (left) check out their photographic equipment proud of all our boys. Lets get with it and do our share. How about a new article. I'm proud of them, aren’t you? A very proud Donega: wrestling fan P.S. I bet you tear this letter up instead of doing something about it. would have won it would have been the biggest upset of the night. They should get credit for even having the guts to go out and face these guys in front of 1,200 fans. So give credit to the whole team and not just part of it. Concerned wrestling fans wrestlers, he takes on opponents who often have a weight advantage of 50 Ibs. or more. Brent’s opponent in the Lancaster Catholic meet was big enough to break the springs in an ordinary bathroom scale. Brent was in better condition than the young Goliath who opposed him, and he seemed to have the advantage in skill. Sheer weight won in the end, however, and Brent was finally pinned after 4/2 Dear Editor: I am an avid wrestling fan of D.H.S. and 1 read your article in the paper and saw the pictures. I liked both of them except for one large detail. You did not include any pictures or even mention anything at all about those wrestlers who lost! You made them feel as though they were not even a part of the team. Each wrestler, whether he wins, loses, or ties, serves a large and very important part of the team. The error you made upsets me and I sincerely hope that you will not make this same mistake again. A D.H.S. Indianette minutes. Brent was the only In- dian who was pinned, and he was the only wrestler whose photo we didn’t have. If we left him out, it would look like a deliberate insult to a dedicated athlete. The layout editor decided to avoid that problem by leaving out all the wrestlers who lost. ‘‘That way,” he thought to himself, ‘‘no- body will get mad at me.” March 9, 1977 Science fair Art and craftsmanship too, at DHS WANTED: PARENTS AND FRIENDS OF DONE- GAL STUDENTS TO VIEW STUDENTS’ WORK. On March 10, 1977, the Donegal High School will feature on Open House starting at 6:30 p.m. Par- ents and friends of Donegal students are encouraged to attend. In addition to the annual featured Science Fair, all teachers, counselors, and administrators will be available for consultation. Along with the Science Fair projects displayed in the gymnasium, Donegal citi- zens will be able to view the work students are doing in other areas. Art displays will be exhibited throughout the lobby area. Prize winning work will be identified by competent judges in a number of categories. The home econ- omics department will ex- hibit the project efforts of both male and female students (Students crea- tions in crafts will also be displayed in the home economics suite). In the business department rooms, students exhibits of compositions at the type- writer, basic letter styles, special letter styles, and displays of reprographic work will be featured. In room 209 student projects on the traditional and medical, as they relate to Latin, will be on display. Also in room 209 American Culture students from grade nine will have histor- ical posters for reveiwers. English displays will fea- ture students” designed book jackets and bulletin board displays. In English room 207 there will be a video-tape of students in- volved in job interview, student papers dealing with minorities and prejudice, projects on stage design, projects dealing with in- come tax, and student’s projects on their heritage. Math teachers will fea- ture string art, student papers, bulletin board dis- plays, and computer dem- onstrations. The string art will appear in the lobby and unified arts showcases. The computer demonstra- tions will be in room 210. The industrial arts area will have student demon- strations and projects in graphis arts, wood making projects, and demonstra- tions in metal shop. A special display of student made colonial lanterns will be displayed. Marietta Jaycees selling apple butter Donald L. Simmons, President and publicity chairman, has announced that on Saturday, March 12, the Marietta Jaycees will canvas door-to-door to collect donations for the aid of mentally retarded Mrs. Barnhart hospital aux. Mrs. Jay Barnhart of Mount Joy will demon- strate the bread dough art at the March meeting of the Marietta Auxiliary to the Columbia Hospital on through the state-wide pro- ject of Apple Butter Week. The jar of apple butter in a reusable mason 18%0z. jar or apple sauce in a reuse- able 16%2 oz. jar is your receipt. The project is chaired by Don Pickle, Jr. to address Monday, March 14 at 1:30 p.m., at the home of Mrs. George Houseal, 243 West Market Street, Marietta. The public is invited. 'E. Donegal Boat Club plans 1st spring meeting The East Donegal Boat Club, Inc., will meet March 31, at 2 pm. inthe Maytown Fire House. Cur- rent officers are: John Gohn, President; John Leas, Vice-President; Jim Shank, Secretary; Mel- vin Welcomer, Treasurer; and Sylvester Shuman, Bud The photographers reply to the editor To whom it may concern; The layout editor has been making snooty re- marks about us phote- graphers all week. Remarks like; “‘It just goes to show, you should never hire a hippie.”” Also, ‘1 know why Corky quit wrestling. He couldn’t remember which way was up, so he kept pinning himself.”’ We even overheard him telling Jody Bass, “‘l wish Bromer would wash his beard after he eats soup.”’ In response to these clumsy attempts at char- acter assasination, we say- If the layout editor is so brilliant, what happened to the caption that was sup- posed to be under the picture of the Marietta Ambulance Crew last week? Rick took a perfectly good photo of Steve Bailey, David A. Charles, Louise Brown and Rose Derr. The layout editor forgot to put their names under the picture. signed R. Bromer & C. Flick Stoppard, and Paul Sperla, Trustees. Dues are payable until April 30. Work detail is planned for the weekends of April 30 and May 7. DID YOU HEAR.... Mrs. John Miller, Lumb- er Street, Mount Joy, phoned in our “‘first robin’ report this week. Four of them were cavorting in her birdbath. Mrs. Miller’s robins have expensive tastes. She pro- vided several kinds of cheese for them, but they ate only the high-priced Swiss cheese. The robins turned up their beaks at cheaper cheeses, such as cottage cheese.
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