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HOT SCANDAL? Grounds for a libel case? We hate to
disappoint the many readers who hoped that there was an
interesting reason why the Susquehanna Times was delayed last
week. The real reason is quite boring. Due to a printing error, a
black blob appeared where Mr. Barnett’s head should have been
in a campaign advertisement. Since repeating the ad after the
election wouldn’t have really made up for our mistake, we
decided to re-print the paper, instead. :
SUSQ
Vol. 77 No. 43 November 9, 1977
Susquehanna Times & The Mount Joy Bulletin
MARIETTA & MOUNT JOY, PA.
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R.D. 2
MOU LE
JOY
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130 X 340 :
PA. 17552
UEHANNA TIMES
FIFTEEN CENTS
Monster invasion catches some Mariettans unprepared
Many people thought it was dead, killed by the storm, but the annual Marietta
Jaycees Halloween Parade rose from its coffin and screamed through the streets
last week. The fiends in the photo look like the sort of life-forms only the Jaycees
would dare to (or even want to) create. For an un-retouched ghost picture, see page
nine.
Chiques Methodist burns mortgage
The burning of the mortgage. Those participating were Jake Sherk, Bill
Fackler, Ralph Miller, Rev. William Sharp, Rev. Woodrow Kern, and others.
by Joe Shaeffer
For many years there
were two Methodist
Churches, one in Mount
Joy, the other in Salunga,
with one minister supplying
both congregations. The
little Salunga Church began
to burst its seams and the
Mount Joy Methodist
Church needed renovations
and additional Sunday
School space. After some
discussion it was voted to
unite and build a church
halfway between Mount
Joy and Salunga.
Rev. Menno Good was
appointed pastor of the two
churches in 1958 and led
the complete unification
process. A new charter was
awarded by the court
forming the Chiques Meth-
odist Church.
A successful financial
drive was held and enough
pledges were received to
plan for the building of a
new church on eight acres
of land acquired from the
Christ Breneman farm.
A hundred thousand
dollar mortgage was nego-
tiated with several banks
and contracts were let for
the building of the church
- [continued on page 2]
Marietta Council
There has been a quiet
feud within Marietta Bor-
ough Council ever since the
last election. At this
month’s meeting, it be-
came a noisy feud.
Councilman John Parker
denounced borough council
president Oliver Over-
lander, and offered a
motion asking him to
resign. When the motion
was defeated, Parker
walked out of the meeting.
The council has always
been split into two factions:
those who support former
president Parker and those
who support current pres-
ident Overlander.
PTP ladies
to learn
judo
The Maytown Parents
and Teachers in Partner-
ship will hold their monthly
meeting on Thursday, Nov.
10th at 7:30 PM in the
Maytown school gym. Alvin
Christian of Marietta will
demonstrate techniques of
self-defense for women. He
holds a black belt and was
the heavyweight Judo
champion of Europe three
times. The program pro-
mises to be interesting.
$5.00 will be given to the
class with the most
parents present. Babysit-
ting will be provided. Re-
freshments will be served.
—what’s going on:
The two groups are
based partly on policy
differences, and partly on
differences of personality
and style. Lately, the
personal differences have
generated so much venom
that council seems barely
able to govern.
Although councilmen in
both groups have been
privately maligning each
other for months, the anger
has stayed below the table
at council meetings until
recently.
The spark which ignited
the current explosion of
fury was the firing of
borough roads supervisor
Bill Breckline.
Breckline was fired for
allegedly stealing parking
meter receipts.
Criminal charges were
brought against him, but
they were thrown out of
court. After Breckline was
found innocent, Parker,
John Hinkle and John
Reuter all voted to rein-
state him in his old job.
Overlander, Ken Ross, and
James Howell voted
to keep Breckline out.
Mayor Flanaghan broke the
tie in Breckline’s favor.
All three of Breckline’s
supporters voted to ask
Overlander to resign at this
month’s council meeting.
Councilman John Parker
recited a long list of
accusations against council
president Oliver Overlander
last Tuesday, then offered
a motion asking for a
concensus vote on whether
Overlander should resign.
School Open House
at Beahm, Donegal High
W.1. Beahm Junior High
School is holding an open
house on November 10th at
7:30 PM. The evening will
be broken up into a mini-
schedule of the students’
school day so that all
parents will be able to
experience their child’s
schedule.
Refreshments will be
served.
Donegal High School will
hold an open house for
American Education Week
on Tuesday, November
15th, from 7:00 to 9:00 PM.
All parents of students are
invited.
Parents will have the
chance to talk with their
childrens’ teachers. If con-
ferences are desired for in
-depth discussion, these
can be arranged during the
open house.
Members of the National
Honor Society will serve
the refreshments.
J
When the motion was
defeated 4-3 (with Over-
lander casting the tie-
breaking vote), Parker said
that he could no longer sit
with the men in the room,
and walked out.
Voting in favor of the
motion were Parker, John
Hinkle and John Reuter.
Voting against the
motion were Overlander,
Ken Ross, James Howell
and David White.
(If the motion - had
passed, it seems unlikely
that Overlander would have
been legally required to
resign. The purpose of the
motion was only to make
councilmen'’s feelings
known.)
Parker’s basic accusation
was that Overlander had
overstepped the boundaries
of his office by making
personal decisions without
consulting council. Speci-
fically, he charged that
Overlander had;
— fired a CETA em-
ployee for stealing gas
from the borough pump
without consulting council
— roused borough police
sergeant Steve Englert at 3
AM to unlock the gas
pump for a friend whose
car was out of gas, then
reimursed the borough one
month later
— requested a dollar an
hour increase for one of the
boro’s CETA workers after
Breckline’s ouster. (The
man took over Breckline’s
duties.)
— interfered with the
police investigation of the
Breckline case. Overlander,
Parker alleged, had told
investigating officer Steve
Englert not to discuss the
case with police chief
James Millar or Mayor
Robt. Flanaghan.
For the record, neither
Overlander nor his sup-
porters will comment on
the charges except to say
that they are false.
The present councilmen
will have to sit down
together in December, then
the newly elected council-
men wil join (:e group.
Parker, Hinkle and Ross
are not running for
relection.
Will the new council be
less divided? No one on
council whom we question-
ed seems to think so.