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Vol. 77 No. 32 August 24, 1977
QUEHANN
Susquehanna Times & The Mount Joy Bulletin
MARIETTA & MOUNT JOY, PA.
RALPIT M SNYDER
{a5 ) BOX 3040
ou JOY, PA 17552
FIFTEEN CENTS
Becoming a priest
Why Mike Carroll is giving up success in this world
“*“This is a surprise to
everyone, including my
parents,” says Mike’
Carroll, who recently an-
nounced his decision to
become a Catholic priest.
Mike, who was a top
athlete at DHS, a very
good student, and a popul-
ar man with the girls, had
been scheduled at Penn
State this fall. A spot on
the football team was
waiting there for him.
Everyone expected him to
go the standard route. But
he didn’t.
Without telling anyone,
Mike made up his mind to
definitely become a priest,
%
and got accepted at a
seminary in Kentucky.
Then, he told his family
and friends.
Mike’s first class at the
seminary starts today at
5:00 o’clock.
Why did Mike decide to
give up the clear promise
of worldly success? How
did he come to be the first
young man from his parish
to join the priesthood in the
last 108 years?
**The decision isn’t
mine,”’ Mike told us. ‘I've
known I was going to be a
priest ever since I was a
little boy.”’
Standing in front of the BVM Church in Marie
Mike showed us a quote
from the Bible (Hebrews
S:1-4), which says, ‘‘...one
does not take this honor
(priesthood) on his own §
initiative, but only when
called by God."’ How did §
Mike know that he had
been called?
‘““When it’s on your mind
24 hours a day, when the
only times you feel happy
are in church or with
people who have strong
faith, and when you dream
about being a priest, you
know. I felt I would never
be happy unless I became a
priest,”” he explains.
Michael, Mike Carroll, and Father Joseph G. Gottwalt, retired pastor emeritus.
Rich Kushner poses in the Bradley GT
0000M
It costs less than you might think to say,
“Wanna go for a ride in my Bradley GT?”
“Dollar for dollar, it’s a
good value, especially if
you like something per-
sonal,’’ says Rick Parr of
Strickler Imports.
Rick was discussing the
Bradley GT sports car in
the Strickler showroom (on
Rt. 230 near Mount Joy).
The Bradley features racy
lines, a rust-proof fiber-
glass body, full instrumen-
tation, a padded dash,
bucket seats, low weight,
and even lower headroom
(Your reporter’s rubbed the
roof at full slouch), all as a
sports car should. The
Bradley isn’t really a car,
though —it’s a kit.
Here's how it works:
take a VW bug and remove
the body. That's right, just
unbolt it and throw it away.
You can do this quite easily
on a VW. Then open your
previously - purchased
Bradley GT kit and bolt
that on. Install the new
wiring harness, steering
wheel, lights, etc., and you
have a flashy sports car.
Strickler Imports didn’t
do this. They bought theirs
already assembled at the
Manheim Auto Auction.
They are asking $3000 for
it, not a bad deal when the
kit alone costs $2995.
When the Times arrived,
we were greeted by Rich
Kushner, who showed us
the Bradley and gave us
some literature about it.
While we were making
notes in one of the offices,
Rick Parr (whom we had
not seen before) suddenly
stuck his head through the
window and explained that
he had just received a
phone call from a woman at
the Bradley company, who
had called to find out ‘‘how
they like the car’’ (she
knew they had one because
Rick had ordered a new
part for it). The woman
also asked if they had had
any problems getting it
inspected (they hadn't).
“Quite a coincidence,’
observed Rick.
The Bradley company, a
leader in car kits, uses the
telephone a great deal, so
much so that a photo of a
Bradley has been used in
ads for the Bell System, as
an example of a very
successful product sold
over the wires. In this case,
they were asking for feed-
back as well as subtly
selling.
Feedback from know-
ledgeable persons like Rick
and Rich can be used by
the company to upgrade
their product. Rick told us
that he is thinking of
buying a GT-2 (the one he
has now is a GT-1).
‘‘A lot of details have
been cleaned up’’ on the
GT-2, Rick judges by the
brochure photos. He noted
that the GT-1 lacks real
bumpers, having skinny
pipes instead, and suffers
from inadequate air circula-
tion. And as we found
when we tried sitting in it
for a showroom-to-lot ride,
the Bradley is very difficult
to get in and out of. Most
of these more obvious
problems will be eliminated
in the GT-2. Rick especially
likes the new door design
of the GT-2, although he
feels that ‘‘Fun cars are
always hard to get in and
out of.”
The basic Bradley kit
costs $2995. The ‘‘execu-
tive Option Group’ adds
another $540 (for such
things as Deluxe License
Plate Frame and special
body finishes), and the
assembled kit (which just
bolts on complete) with
options package is $3995.
After that you can get more
options such as air condi-
tioning ($595) or roll bar
($150). Strickler’'s Bradley
has the Executive Options.
Rick Parr told us that the
Bradley handles fairly well,
and has good acceleration
(it weighs 1500 Ibs., S00
less than original). It gets
35 or 40 m.p.g., better
than original, due to the
lower weight and better
aerodynamics.
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