~- 1g e d of or The Susquehanna Times loves its readers Happy Valentine’s Day! SUSQ Vol. 78 No. 7 February 15, 1978 RS Bruce Sutter Was guest of honor at joint banquet of the Chamber of Commerce & the Merchants’ Assoc. Big sale in Mount Joy This weekend, February 16, 17, 18 and 20, is the weekend to shop Mount Joy. The Mount Joy Merchants’ Association is sponsoring a sales promo- tion in honor of George Washington’s Birthday. Most of the stores in downtown Mount Joy will be holding clearance sales with reductions up to S0% off on some items. Watch ads in this issue so you won’t miss the bargains offered in Mount Joy this weekend. Mount Joy ads start on page 7. New feature: Mount Joy This week the Susque- hanna Times starts off a new regular item, the weekly calendar of Mount Joy events. It is a copy of the calendar hanging in the Borough Offices Building. We thank Nancy Nestle- ‘roth for suggesting this item. -ed. Feb. 13: Leisure Club at Hostetter’s; Borough Coun- cil, 7:30 PM. Feb. 14th: Chamber of Commerce, Borough Hall; Jaycee meeting 8:00 PM. Feb. 15: Mount Joy Welcome Wagon—Joycee- ettes joint meeting, Legion at 6:30 PM. Feb. 20: Historical Society, Borough Hall, 7:30 PM. ‘Feb. 21: Lions, 6:30 PM. Feb. 22: Recreation Asso- ciation meets at 7:30 at Seiler Elementary School. Susquehanna Times & The Mount Joy Bulletin MARIETTA & MOUNT JOY, PA. Barry Etsell [left] and Bruce Sutter joke at the banquet. Bruce Mutter was the guest of honor at the joint Mount Joy Chamber of Commerce/Merchants’ As- sociation annual banquet last Thursday. As the star relief pitcher for the Chicago Cubs baseball team, Bruce Sutter probably has been to numerous banquets in his honor. This time, though, he was back home in Mount Joy. On hand to speak about Bruce’s early days on the DHS baseball team were former coaches Al Brooks and Ken Keener, and former teammate John Shrum. Along with Cham- ber of Commerce president Charlie Engle and M.C. Barry Etsell, they sat in the ° front of Hostetter’s Dining Hall before a full house. The speakers told several jokes and anecdotes about Bruce. Ken Keener, former coach, recalled his son telling him, after seeing a picture of Bruce as a professional player; ‘‘Look at his hair, Dad. He never would have played on your team!”’ M.C. Barry Etsell told a somewhat off-color, but very funny joke about Bruce: A friend of Bruce's followed him into the men’s room to find out why his pants were always wet after Bruce went there. The friend hid in a stall and watched. Bruce came in while two other men were occupying the first and third of three urinals. When Bruce step- ped up, the two men simultaneously turned a- round and asked, ‘‘Aren’t you Bruce Sutter?”’ Ken Keener described Bruce as motivated, saying of him that ‘‘he wanted to be a winner.” Keener also noted the encouragement Bruce had received from his parents and other people. A friend and former teammate, John Shrum, spoke next, and recalled, ‘““There was a time when Bruce looked up to me’’ [as a baseball player]. Mr. Shrum’s talk was in a humorous vein. [continued on page 10] Ken Brandt will run again Ken Brandt, 98th District representative, has an- nounced that he will seek a fourth term in the State Assembly. He has been a representative since 1972. Brandt recently introduced bills to give ‘homeowners more leeway in tax payments. The aim is to prevent abuses of the tax sale of properties, as in the case reported recently by the Lancaster papers. One bill adds a years’ grace period before sale, and the second bill would mandate notice of the impending tax sale. More than you really wanted to know about Valentine’s Day St. Valentine’s Day (yes- terday) is associated with love and lovers. Many people send cards with ‘hearts on them, or bring heart-shaped boxes of sweets, to their lovers on that day. No one knows why this is customary. There were actually three St. Valentines, two of whom might have been the same person historically. According to some sources, one was beheaded in A.D. 269, the other beheaded in A.D. 273. If they were actually the same man, then of course they were beheaded at the same time. There are numero”s theories as to why St. Valentine’s feast day is lovers’ day. The most likely is that our St. Valentine's Day is a survival of a February 15th Roman holi- day. The converted heath- ens simply moved their candy and cards back a day. © R.P MOU LL 3 f IL) 1 yn RTE v 750% ViNe UEHANNA TIMES FIFTEEN CENTS Showdown Can Donegal beat Hempfield tonight? ® If Tanya agrees that that’s her, the photographer wins a dollar. The Donegal and Hemp- field girls’ basketball teams will do battle for the section 3 championship tonight at Lancaster Catholic at 7:30. The teams have met twice this season. Donegal won the first game by 3 points, and lost the second contest 43-61. That loss (the Indians’ first this season) happened last week in front of a gym packed with. hometown fans. Does the lopsided score mean that the balance of power between Donegal and Hempfield has shifted? Will Donegal be able to come back tonight? A glance at the final score might lead one to think that the Indians’ chances of winning the big one are less than bright. A closer look at the statistics, “however, gives plenty of cause for hope. Hempfield won the game in the first quarter, when they overwhelmed the Indians 21-1. If the first quarter hadn’t counted, Donegal would have won the game. Once the Indians settled down, they were as formidable as ever. During the last three quarters of the game—the part in which Donegal outscored Hempfield—the Indian girls were not shooting with their usual accuracy. ‘‘They were shooting as if they were wearing boxing gloves,’ Indian coach Bill Earhart admitted. ' Nevertheless, they outscored Hempfield for most -of the game. The Knights realized that their advantage had dis- appeared, and they began playing a very cautious game starting early in the second half. To prevent an Indian explosion, they froze the ball on every other play. [cor dnued on page 2]
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