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““I just stumbled onto
Marietta a month ago,’’
Herrington said. He had
seen an advertisement for
Riverview Towers, and
came to look at it, being in
the market for a ‘‘nice
house in the country.”’ But
Marietta charmed him with
its historic aura, and he is
now quite interested in the
town.
“It’s a very important
area, historically,” he said,
‘and many famous people
have come from this area.
The ‘survival value’ is
unique.’
He told us that he had
spent some time previously
wandering about Marietta,
dropping into antique
shops and restaurants. He
mentioned the Marietta
theater and the Railroad
House as being ‘‘marvel-
ous’’ places.
Jack Johnson spent most
of the day taking the group
around Marietta. He noted
that they all seemed to be
very successful, intelligent,
and well-educated people,
many of them having Doc-
toral degrees in various
fields. He also told the
Times that he was espe-
cially impressed by the re-
spect they evidenced
toward Mr. Herrington.
Mr. Herrington reiter-
ated the statements made
to the Times several
months ago by Bill Watson
of the Harrisburg Historic
Preservation office, regard-
ing the rights of homeown-
ers in the Historic District.
““This doesn’t prohibit
the [local property] owner
from anything, as long as
he’s not using Federal
money to do it,”’ he said.
At far left is realtor Jack Johnson. Standing behind him (with beard) is host
John Hinkle, owner of the first house the Washingtonians visited. Up the
stairs is Joseph Towner. Charles Herrington, with mustache, points to the
carved railing in Mr. Hinkle’s foyer. Bradley ‘Frandsen stands at right.
Messrs. Frandsen and Towner work under Charles Herrington at the Office of
Historic Preservation in Washington, D.C.
‘““There are many, many
benefits.”
He mentioned tax bene-
fits for income-producing
property as one example.
Any Federal project
affecting the District, he
explained, must be approv-
ed by the Advisory Council
on Historic Preservation,
which consists of all the
presidential Cabinet mem-
bers plus a group of private
citizens.
Mr. Herrington, talking
off the cuff about his job,
said that he has about
20,000 contacts all over the
country, who keep the
Preservation Office up to
date on places of historic
value. ‘‘It’s a bit like the
Mafia,” he said.
The National office was
created by Congress in
193S. To date they have set
aside about 14,500 listings,
comprising close to a
million buildings and thou-
sands of acres of land.
Their eventual goal is
around 75,000 sites and
districts: In effect, all the
historic property in the
nation.
Dr. Hartzler proposes School Board forum
Dr. Jeff Hartzler, School
Board candidate, proposed
that the board hold an
annual public hearing, in
addition to the budget
hearing, while he spoke to
a group of interested
citizens recently at the
home of Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Gilmartin in Mari-
etta. The purpose of the
proposed hearing would be
the airing of parents’ and
other citizens’ views before
the school board.
‘“One of the important
variables contributing to
quality public education,”
said Dr. Hartzler, ‘‘is the
interest of parents in the
educational program of the
schools. Strong parental
BPW meets, hears
Jeffrey Waverly, Director
of planning for Community
Action Program, was guest
speaker for the monthly
dinner meeting of the
Mount Joy Business and
Professional Women’s Club
at Betty Groff’s Farm.
Relating case histories of
lower income families in
Lancaster County, the
speaker stated one in every
7 in the Garden Spot of the
World are below adequate
income. This puts 47,000
persons in Lancaster Coun-
ty in that category, while
only 12,000 receive any sort
of assistance. One half of
the above persons work but
receive salaries below go-
vernment levels of poverty.
CAP provides services
such as health care,
recreation, head start,
information and referral,
interest motivates students,
teachers, and administra-
tors to do a good job. The
board should encourage
parental interest by send-
ing representatives to meet
with each parent-teacher
group at least once a year
to hear their concerns on
problems facing their par-
ticular school. I believe the
speaker
summer camperships, rural
adequate housing, and
transportation to these
people.
Mrs. Pat Eicherly, chair-
lady of Personal Develop-
ment, introduced the girl of
the month, Becky Ruhl,
and her mother, Eleanor,
who was also a guest of the
club.
Future activities of BPW
will be National BPW
board is responsible to
make decisions consistent
with the views of the com-
munity.”
Dr. Hartzler also expres-
sed concern that no addi-
tional cutbacks be made in
the number of reading spe-
cialists in the elementary
schools.
Week, October 16-22; 21st
annual Luncheon and Sem-
inar honoring Women in
government at the Host,
Harrisburg, October 22;
November 20, Mount Joy
BPW Candlelight Tour;
Spring District Meeting,
New Holland Hostess club,
State Convention, Phila-
delphia, June 14-18; and
National Convention San
Juan, Puerto Rico, July
21-27.
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