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SUSQUEHANNA TIMES
Susquehanna Times & The Mount Joy Bulletin
MARIETTA & MOUNT JOY, PA.
The Gentle Art
Black Belt Alvin Christian assualted
Vol. 77 No. 44 November 16, 1977
FIFTEEN CENTS
Veterans’ Day Parade in Mount Joy
Betsy Ross looks cold but happy. Robert E. Lee would definitely rather be in Old
Virginny. The Veteran's Day Parade in Mount Joy attracted 1500 onlookers in spite
of freezing winds. Betsy and General Bob were riding on the PUFA float. More
photos on back page.
Candlelight Tour
Betty Groff in her kitchen. Notice the bag over the chair in the rear vestibule.
It says, ‘‘Abraham Groff, 1887.”
On Sunday the 20th the
Mount Joy Business and
Professional Women’s Club
will hold its Candlelight
Tour. There will be a total
of fourteen homes on dis-
play between 2:00 and 7:00
PM. Tickets are only $2.50,
and the price covers a
brochure as
access to the houses.
The proceeds from ticket
well as
sales will go to the Donegal
Dental Clinic, Community
Council, Girl of the Month
fund, the Mount Joy
Library, the Scholarship
Awards Fund, Medical
College of Pennsylvania,
Maxwell Scholarships, and
Foreign Exchange Student
programs.
Here are the houses on
the tour:
Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Gingrich, 130 E. Donegal
Street. Built about 1853, it
occupies a lot laid out by
Jacob Rohrer, founder of
Mount Joy. Although the
house was damaged by
blasting for the nearby rail
lines in 1896, the Gingrichs
shored up the leaning
corner and are steadily
working their way through
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‘“‘Walk away, or run,
with confidence’’ is the
motto of Judo, also called
the ‘Gentle Art.”
Last Thursday night the
former Heavyweight Judo
champion of Europe, Alvin
Christian of Marietta, de-
monstrated the Gentle Art
for the Maytown PTP.
Every throw and move he
demonstrated could have
resulted in broken bones,
but none did. The idea of
Judo, as its motto implies,
is to cause just enough
pain to get away safely.
Since the demonstration
was for the benefit of
women, Alvin brought two
lovely assistants: Sandi
Swartz and Mary Allison,
both of Marietta. They
proceeded to throw him
head over heels, twist his
thumbs, and fake kicks to
his head and ribs.
““It’ not too interesting to
see a guy like me throw
around someone half my
size,”’ Alvin told the group,
‘“‘but it's fascinating to see
a little woman overpower
someone my size.”
Alvin Christian, a former
Air Force man, is big but
has a gentle voice and
manner. His PTP program
presented a series of moves
he has put together over
the last 17 years, all of
which are aimed at self
-defense or apprehension
(capture, used mostly by
police).
Alvin explained that if
a person has knowledge of
Judo, he or she can over-
come an unskilled person
who weighs up to three
times more (assuming both
are equally strong for their
weight). Beyond that ratio,
Judo loses effectiveness.
Alvin and the two women
showed how a woman can
cope with larger men who
are molesting or attacking
her. While the moves were
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by lovely assistants
Mary Allison shows how to deal with a molester
Election Results
Jeff Hartzler became the
first Democrat in recent
memory to win a seat on
the Donegal School Board
in last week’s elections.
Hartzler won more votes
than any candidate except
Edgar T. Jones, who was
listed on both Republican
and Democratic tickets.
(Jones got 640 Democratic
votes and 1253 Republican
votes. Hartzler got 1530
votes on the Democratic
ticket alone.)
Incumbent Dr. William
B. Landis, a Republican,
who served as school board
president during a
teachers’ strike two years
ago, was unseated. A local
‘““Republicans for Hartzler”
campaign contributed
heavily to Hartzler’s suc-
cess at the polls. His ‘‘back
to basics’’ campaign theme
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