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Groundhog
A poem by Chester Wittell
[From ‘‘Garnered From the Garden Spot’’]
The groundhog played the part assigned to him.
““A silly thing,”’ he said, ‘‘but just for fun
I think I'll humor man and his poor whim
And try to hide my shadow from the sun.”
So on the second day of February
He woke betimes and crawling from his hole,
Looked right and left and then with footsteps wary,
Tried to evade the watchful eye of Sol.
If he succeeded let the die-hards tell,
Who pick their cheeries come the ides of March;
Or see the green buds of the maple swell
Among the frozen stands of pine and larch;
While Groundie-most misunderstood of hogs —
Consigns another theory to the dogs.
Letters
Letter to the Editor:
An open letter to the
former Girl Scouts in
Central Pennsylvania:
The Penn Laurel Girl
Scout Council is seeking
recipients of the highest
awards in Girl Scouting.
Since its beginning in
1912, Girl Scouting has
recognised girls who have
made outstanding achieve-
ments in all areas of Girl
Scout program.
Until 1932, the award
was known as the Golden
Eaglet. It was later called
the Curved Bar Award and
in 1962, the highest recog-
nition became the First
Class Award. Girl Scouting
has changed in 66 years to
keep up with the needs of
girls, but the awards are
similar in that they all
recognise the development
of skills in the areas of the
arts, citizenship, health and
safety, home, international
friendship, and the out-of
-doors, and the ability to
meet the challenges of
everyday living.
We know that many
women in the Central
Pennsylvania area received
these honors as Girl
Scouts, but we do not know
who they are. If you were a
recipient of the Golden
Eaglet, the Curved Bar, or
the First Class, please send
your name, the award you
received, and the date you
received it to: PUBLIC
RELATIONS DIRECTOR,
Penn Laurel Girl Scout
Council, Inc., 1600 Mt.
Zion Road, York, PA
17402.
Sincerely,
Robin Atwood Fidler
Public Relations Director
Dear Editor:
1 sincerely want to thank
the people who took time to
supply’ us with coffee,
sandwiches and candy bars
during the snow storm.
Your thoughtfulness was
sincerely appreciated.
Also thank you to those
who were patient with us
during our recent exhaust-
ing efforts with mother
nature.
Sincerely,
Mount Joy Borough Supr.
Amos D. Hershey
A tribute to my husband;
During the recent snow
and rain storms, I seldom
saw you. With two trucks
and a small crew, and
endless hours, you man-
aged to at least keep
Mount Joy Borough streets
passable. I especially ad-
mire you for trying to treat
everyone fairly. I realize
that well here at our house.
It would have been easy,
when you dropped in for a
thermos of coffee, to plow
open our driveway. Not so!
I spent Friday morning
from 4:45 a.m. to 11:00
a.m. cleaning drifted snow
from our garage door and
drive-way to get to my job.
Everytime the plow went
through I shoveled ours
open as did others. I didn’t
mind. When you served the
public, you endeaver to
treat all the same, excep-
tion, emergency.
We are fortunate to have
nice neighbors, Robert
Bradfield, . who opened
parking area in front of our
house and others, or I
would still be shoveling
snow. Thank you, Bob.
Thank you honey, I think
you did a ‘‘good job’.
A taxpayer but especially
a proud wife,
Betty J. Hershey
Correction
‘and apology
The Susquehanna Times
made another error last
week, on the front page.
Under the photo of the
burning of the Pioneer Fire
Company mortgage, the
caption incorrectly stated
that the man on the left of
the photo was Harold
McKain. In reality, it was
Bill Bailey.
The Susquehanna Times
apologises to Mr. Bailey,
Mr. McKain, and our
readers.
Pillow Talk
Is cast
The Junior Class play,
Pillow Talk was cast
recently. The main roles of
Brad Allen and Jan
Morrow are being por-
trayed by Don Kelly and
Bonnie Wolgemuth. The
play has a cast of
#hproximately thirty (30)
students. Pillow Talk is
being directed by Mr.
Glenn Hess. The dates for
this comic production are
March third (3rd) and
fourth (4th) at 8:00 p.m.
We invite all to come and
enjoy. Keep watching for
more details of Pillow Talk
at a later date.
Card Party
The regular monthly card
party will take place at the
East Donegal Municipal
Building on Friday, Feb-
ruary 3rd, at 8:00 PM. The
card party is conducted
under the auspices of the
Maytown Civic Association.
River meeting
The Susquehanna River
Basin Commission will hold
a public hearing to receive
comments from citizens,
government agencies, and
others about proposed
amendments to its Com-
prehensive Plan for Man-
agement and Development
of the Water Resources of
the Susquehanna River
Basin. The hearing has
been scheduled for March
9, 1978, at the Penn Harris
Motor Inn, Camp Hill, PA,
beginning at 1:00 p.m.
Jaycees
re-schedule
meeting
If you went to the East
Donegal Jaycees meeting
last Wednesday, you al-
ready know — the meeting
didn’t take place that day
on account of the bad
weather conditions.
The meeting has been
re-scheduled for February
15th, again at 8:00 PM at
the Maytown Legion.
The Jaycees are still
hoping for people with
ideas or people who might
want to join.
Want to be a disc jockey?
February 1st, 1978
A school for disc jockeys and TV announcers in Mount Joy? That’s right. Story, p. 9
(Photo shows student Jenny Resin at Ra-O-Vision.)
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This unretouched drawing of a Pufa was sent to us by Linda Ross.
PUFA banquet
will honor DHS teachers
PUFA (People United for
the Arts) has planned a
banquet in honor of seven
DHS teachers who have
encouraged the arts at the
high school.
The teachers are: Ken
Depoe, RoAnn ‘Lau, Mary
Margaret Peraro, Linda
Ross, Glen Hess, Glen
Leib, and Catherine Zeller.
The banquet will be held
on Sunday, Feb. 12th, at
the Mount Joy Legion,
starting at 6:30 PM (hot
buffet at 7:15).
You can get a reservation
by writing to Mrs. Mar-
garet Landis, PUFA ban-
quet, RD1 Columbia, PA
17512 before Feb. 4th.
The banquet will be an
opportunity to meet new
friends, greet old friends,
and honor those teachers
who have contributed their
time to the success of the
many artistic productions at
Donegal High School.