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Vol. 77 No. 24 June 29, 1977
Sharp dressers
a line soldie
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of the 2nd Company.
These gentlemen stood in lines and fired muskets at
close range, often to a drum-roll accompaniment.
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Susquehanna Times & The Mount Joy Bulletin
MARIETTA & MOUNT JOY, PA.
Donegal Rangers i
practice ‘living history’
at Donegal Mills Plantation
“We couldn’t load fast
enough to make good line
soldiers,” Dean Bechtold
was saying. ‘‘Our style was
WHOMP! —ahd then
vanish into the trees.”’
Dean was dressed for the
occasion: breechclouts and
leggings, Kentucky rifle,
goat-skin knapsack, and a
twenty inch Bowie knife
whose horn handle was
inscribed with the motto,
‘Death to Tyrants.” He was
part of a demonstration of
““living history’’ at Donegal
Mills Plantation last week-
end by the Donegal
Rangers, a re-commission-
ed Revolutionary War
group who whomped and
vanished. The Rangers
were ‘‘riflemen,’’ back-
woods soldiers armed with
accurate rifles instead of
muskets, who lived in the
woods and fought Indian
style.
In addition to being
experts on the history and
tactics of their predeces-
sors, today’s Rangers do
their best to imitate the
lifestyle of those times.
Almost all of their gear and
clothing is home-made
from the same materials
that were available to
frontier Rangers of yester-
year. In this modern world,
made mostly of plastic, that
can take some real digging.
“You could spend an
entire day in Park City and
not find anything suit-
able,”” says Ranger Mike
Cohan. Mike's shirt is
made from pure linen
fabric obtained at an art
supply house -that’s the
only place he could find it.
The Rangers’ weapons are
mostly hand-made, as are
their shoes, pants, tents,
and many of their utensils.
[ continued on back page]
Get a bang!
—in Marietta on the 4th
The Marietta Jaycees are
sponsoring a big three-day
weekend of fun and games
for the 4th of July this
year.
Marietta’s War Memorial
Park will be the site of the
festivities. On Friday, July
Ist, the doings will start at
6:00 p.m. with bingo,
games, rides, and refresh-
ments. Music will be pro-
vided by ‘‘High Tide.” The
fun will last far into the
night.
At 1:00 p.m. on Satur-
day, when you've recover-
ed from Friday night, there
will be more of the same.
At 8:00 p.m. the ‘‘Susque-
hanna River Revue’ will
play. Midget baseball All-
Stars will play starting at
2:00 p.m.
The big day is Sunday.
Besides the rides, games,
bingo, and refreshments,
there will be more music
by ‘‘High Tide’ at 7:00
p.m., kiddies’ games at
2:00, and two hours of
old-fashioned prices from
1:00 to 3:00. Once it gets
dark, the largest fireworks
display in Lancaster County
will take place over the
park.
Why drive hundreds of
miles and risk your neck?
Stay in Marietta and have
fun.
No Soap?
Curtis Palmer of Marietta poses with his creation. What
is it? Well, it weighs 220 pounds and goes 40 m.p.h.
Story on page 11.
EE pod F
Rangers exemplifies the
A dead-eye drinks red-eye:
FIFTEEN CENTS
Sharp shooters
Ed i
Dean Bechtold of the
““rifleman,”’ or backwoods
sharpshooter. They did their fighting from behind trees.
§ Odd, even
football will be played
— parity game will feature
Does Donegal produce
better football teams in odd
years or in even years?
The world will get a
chance to learn the answer
to that question when Odd
Alumni meet the Even
Alumni under the lights at
Donegal High on August 26
(that’s a Friday) at 8:15
p.m.
Anyone who once played
football for Donegal is
eligible to join one of the
two teams. The contest will
pit old against young,
players of all ages
brother against brother,
and odd against even. To
join a team, former athletes
must submit an application
form before July 20. To get
an application form, contact
Gayne Deshler at the high
school, Booster Club pres-
ident Edgar Jones, or Rick
Breault. One of those three
men must receive your
completed application by
July 20, if you want to
play.
The game will be spon-
sored by the Booster Club.