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Announcing
Starting May 1
New Service Hours
Monday & Friday—7 a.m.-9 p.m.
Tues., Wed. & Thurs.—7 a.m.-5:30 p.m
Saturday—8 a.m.-1 p.m. :
Closed Sunday
MILLER’S
Mobil SERVICE
271 WEST MARKET STREET, MARIETTA
DONEGAL
DEMOCRATIC CLUB
will sponsor a
GARAGE & BAKE SALE
on Saturday, April 30th
from 9:00 a.m.—4:00 p.m. at
566 North Angle Street, Mount Joy
Donations will be accepted anytime.
Call 653-5387 between 4:00—6:00 p.m.
653-4832 between 10 a.m.—3 p.m.
AUCTION S make the difference in
marketing livestock!
NEW HOLLAND makes the
difference in auctions!
MUNDAY - 8a.m. - Fat Hogs
10 a.m. - Horse Sale
11 a.m. - Hay & Straw
h 1:30 p.m. - Fat Steers, Bulls, Cow & Veal
« WEDNESDAY - 12 Noon - Hay & Straw
12:30 p.m. - Dairy Sale
THURSDAY - 11 a.m. - Fat Steers, Bulls, Cow & Veal
NewHolland Sales Stables, Inc.
New Holland, Penna.
Abram W. Diffenbach; Manager Phone (717) 354-4341
EMERGENCY
MEDICAL CALLS
Saturday Afternoon
and Sunday
Norlanco Health Center
(Mount Joy Area Only)
EMERGENCY
MEDICAL SERVICES
Available Day & Night
COLUMBIA HOSPITAL
7th & Poplar
(Emergency Entrance)
SUSQUEHANNA TIMES
Susquehanna Times & The Mount Joy Bulletin
Box 75-A, R.D. #1, Marietta, PA 17547
Published weekly on Wednesday
(50 issues per year)
426-2212 or 653-8383
Publisher— Nancy H. Bromer
Editor— Rick Bromer
Advertising Manager— Kathie Guyton
Business Manager— Jody Bass
Society Editor— Hazel Baker
Staff — Pat Flowers
Vol. 77 No. 16 April 27, 1977
Advertising Rates Upon Request
Entered at the post office in Marietta, PA as
second class mail under the Act of March 3, 1879
Subscrinfiru Rate: $6.00 per year
April 27, 1977
...Jocal women force sale of WGAL
(cont’d)
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Joyce said, ‘‘Before the
cable, WGAL was the only
station we could pick up on
our set. I didn’t like their
programming, so I couldn’t
watch as much TV as I'd
have liked.”’
Three years ago, Elisa-
beth, Joyce, and other
members of the Lancaster
Womens’ Center were up-
set about the ‘‘public
service’” programming on
WGAL. There wasn’t
enough coverage of wo-
men, union activities or
minority groups, the wo-
men felt. They also sus-
pected that the station had
a policy of not hiring
women for presitigious jobs
like newscasting.
Joyce organized a ‘‘task
force’’ to try to change the
station’s policies. The
group examined the sta-
tion’s public records, ga-
thered evidence to support
their charges, and began
meeting with WGAL man-
agement.
The top people at WGAL
thought they were already
doing a good job of
reporting community news
and activities. They refused
to change their policies.
At that point, the women
stopped asking. On July 1,
1975, they filed a petition
to block the station’s li-
cense renewal. The Stein-
man family’s cross-owner-
ship of local media, they
charged, ‘‘deprived the
community of a diverse
expression of opinions.’’ In
addition, they charged that
the station had discrimina-
tory hiring practices and
inadequate news program-
ming.
By this time, the Femin-
ists For Media Rights had
grown into a coalition
Tammy
wins again
- 80 do her
grandparents
Tammy Flowers, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Jay
Flowers, W. Market Street,
Marietta, passed her first
and second bronze figure
bar test and her first
bronze dance test in roller
skating at Park City Roller-
dome on Saturday, April
24. She has entered the
Spring Invitational at
Skate-A-Way, Wilkes-Barre
where she came in fourth
in the finals for primary
girls figures.
Tammy’s grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Shannon, passed their first
and second bronze figure
test and first bronze dance
test at Park City Roller-
dome.
Mrs. Florence M. Cra-
mer is instructor for both
Tammy and her grandpar-
ents.
involving the Lancaster
Women’s Center, and the
Lebanon Valley and Har-
risburg chapters of the
National Organization for
Women. They also had a
skillful lawyer from the
Citizen’s Communication
" Center, a non-profit organ-
ization supported by the
Ford Foundation.
The court case went
badly for WGAL. Last
December, WGAL’s two
radio staions were sold. On
April 19, the station's
owners and the feminists
signed an out-of-court
agreement: The station will
be sold by Dec. 31, 1981.
In the meantime, the sta-
tion will provide $150,000
to establish a women’s
news service, and
$100,000 to set up a
scholarship program for
local women who want to
enter the broadcasting pro-
fessions.
“It happened so sudden-,
ly,” said Joyce. “‘It’s
wonderful, isn’t it?”’
“It’s time to turn on the
TV again,” said Elisabeth.
The reporter had trouble
finding his way to the door.
He didn’t remember the
way out, but he hated to
ask one of the women to
guide him. Not while they
were watching Upstairs,
Downstairs.
Rev. Kohler wins Effective
Ministry Award
by Rev. Ezra H. Ranck
Rev. W. Richard Kohler,
pastor of St. Mark’s United
Methodist Church, Mount
Joy, received the Award for
Effective Ministry given by
the Alumni Association of
United Theological Semin-
ary, Dayton, OH last week.
The award is an annual
recognition of one alumnus
of the school for an out-
standing achievement of
ministry. Beside the honor
of the recognition the
award consists of a suitably
inscribed plaque and a cash
gift.
Rev. Kohler was nomin-
ated for the award by his
Pastor-Parish Committee
because they felt he was
doing an outstanding job of
effective ministry. His wor-
ship services are creative,
meaningful, inspiring, and
very worthwhile. They view
his pastoral care as quite
superb, visiting sick and
shut-ins regularly and be-
ing especially helpful to
people in time of sorrow;
he welcomes anyone who
needs advice and counsel-
ing. ‘“His phone would be
answered or door opened
any time of the day or
night for anyone in need.
When it comes to helping
people, Rev. Kohler always
seems to go out of his
way.”’
The church was urged by
Rev. Kohler to sponsor a
Vietnamese family. He has
emphasized the need to
help Methodist Hospital,
Simpson House, and a
store front church in Phila-
delphia, for which the con-
gregation gathered canned
foods, potatoes, and fruit
and took them to these
places of human need.
The committee felt their
pastor’s personal character-
istics are a real attribute in
that he is easy to talk with
and feel comfortable with.
He seems to become per-
sonally involved in every-
thing. He has a fine sense
of humor and uses it in the
pulpit very wisely. He has
a special way of bringing
out the true meaning of
any religious event.
Rev. W. Richard Kohler
Rev. Kohler is active in
the Mount Joy Inter-
Church Council]. He is
a member of the Rotary
Club and active in prcmot-
ing Jaycee programs. His
conference involvements
include Archives and His-
tory, District Council of
Ministries, Commission of
Evangelism, Commission of
Worship, Board of Pen-
sions, and Board of Mis-
sions.
... 16 year-old
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had completed a vehicle
rescue course when the bus
crash occured. Right now,
he’s learning Cardio-Pul-
monary Resucitation.
After his 17th birthday,
he’ll be old enough to take
the Emergency Medical
Technician course.
The Friendship Company
has only two junior mem-
bers; the other one is Bob
Williams.
“I think it’s a shame
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United Theological Sem-
inary, the donor of the
award, is one of thirteen
theological schools of the
United Methodist Church,
and the one existing former
seminary of the Evangelical
United Brethren Church.
Attending the Alumni
Banquet were Mrs. Kohler,
Michael Kohler, Mr. and
Mrs. John D. Hershey, and
Dr. and Mrs. Ezra H.
Ranck.
fireman
there aren’t more teen-
agers enrolled down
there,” says John’s
mother, Shirley. “It's a
great program. I can tell
the difference in John since
he joined. He's more ma-
ture. He keeps his head in
crucial situations.’’
Any of our readers who
are tired of sitting at home
and watching ‘Emergency’
on T.V. are welcome to join
their fire company. And
you don’t have to be 18.
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