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Happy birthday Armstrong plant!
Susquehanna Times & The Mount Joy Bulletin
MARIETTA & MOUNT JOY, PA.
‘Vol. 78, No. 20, May 17, 1978
$150,000 worth
of storm sewers
for Mount Joy
Mount. Joy Borough
Council has approved plans
for $150,000 in storm sewer
construction.
The construction, financ-
ed mainly through a grant
from the U.S. Department
of Housing and Urban
Development, is designed
to alleviate drainage pro-
blems along Route 230 and
on Delta Street.
Council president Char-
les W. Ricedorf said
Tuesday night that award-
ing of bids should come in
July with construction
completed by fall.
The Route 230 East pro-
ject will begin at Chiques
Creek and extend to
Lefever Road. About
$65,000 has been budgeted
for this project.
The Route 230 West
project involves the install-
ation of a sewer basin and
culvert in the Fairview
Street area. About $70,000
has been budgeted for this,
Ricedorf said.
He noted that council
considers the two Route
230 projects as phase one
in a larger scheme that
may eventually extend the
storm sewers further at
both ends of town. The
HUD grant will cover the
phase one work on both
projects, he said.
Financed from the gen-
eral fund will be the
placement of double drain-
age pipes in the Delta
Street area. Council has
budgeted $13,000 for this
work.
Council also authorized
borough engineer Dan
Gohn to prepare prelimin-
ary plans for the recon-
struction of Lefever Road,
work that would include
curbing, sidewalks, street
widening, and sewer and
engineering fees. Prepara-
tion of the plans will cost
approximately $7,000 and
will permit council to apply
for a government grant,
officials said.
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B. Titus Rutt of Mount Joy found this strange mutant dandelion growing behind
his insurance office on Main Street last Thursday. The strange flower seems to be
about 50 ordinary dandelions fused into one huge one. In the photo above, Mr. Rutt
points to the single huge stem. On its top are dozens of crowns crowded tightly
together. “I’ve never seen anything like it!”’ noted Mr. Rutt.
Memorial Day donations needed
by Sharon Funk
The Mount Joy Memorial
Day parade will be held
May 27 at 2 PM. However,
it seems community coun-
cil, parade organizer, will
be left with a large debt.
The parade is completely
funded through residents’
contributions. At this point,
very little money has been
collected from the cannis-
ters placed in local bus-
inesses by council. Council
must pay prize money for
floats and all bands are
paid for marching.
The red-white-blue canis-
ters will remain in busines-
ses until May 24. Support-
ers are asked to give gen-
erously to insure a success-
ful fund drive.
Mount Joy Memorial Day
parade is for you!—the
Mount Joy residents—but
over the years has been
enjoyed by viewers of all
ages from all parts of the
county. Let’s be proud of
our town’s parade. Give
community council your
financial support.
A special thanks to all
the stores and businesses
for allowing parade fund
canisters to be displayed.
Deadline for float entries is
May 20th.
Prizes of $75, $50, and
$25 will be given. Church
and civic groups will be
judged separately. If your
group or organization
wishes to enter a float
contact Vera Gingrich at
653-5160.
FIFTEEN CENTS
No prosecutions for curb
ordinance violations
in Marietta
Marietta Borough Coun-
cil told the Police Depart-
ment not to prosecute pro-
perty owners whose curbs
are in violation of ordi-
nances at last week’s
meeting. About ten people
showed up at the meeting
and criticized the sidewalk
ordinance.
About 150 notices of curb
ordinance violations had
been sent out.
The citizens who pro-
tested were concerned that
the borough would ask
them to rebuild their curbs,
at high cost, after they had
Maytown tennis courts
will glow in the dark
The East Donegal Super-
visors met and discussed
the following items:
The contract for resur-
facing the tennis courts at
Legion Park, Maytown, was
awarded to Larry Basham,
Maytown. The electrical
contract to illuminate the
courts was allotted to
Hawthorne Electric, Mount
Joy R.D.#2. Work will
begin soon on completing
this project.
Four new tables will be
purchased for the pavilion
at Legion Park while the
pavilion at Rock Point Park
has been completed and
tables have been placed
there for public use also.
The Fire Company re-
ponded to nine calls for the
month with damage esti-
mated at $5,000 while
property saved, according
to Charles Johns, Fire
Chief, was $8,000,000. The
high dollar value places the
Armstrong plants as pro-
perty preserved since a fire
of substantial size was in
progress there. Firemen
had four training sessions
in the month of April with
45 men responding and 83
hours total time volunteer-
ed
Chief George Shirk re-
ported four accidents with
eight persons involved in
April.
Fifteen building permits
were issued for the month.
John Detz oimarietta
the Lancaster Association for the Blind
‘Designed with the blind
in mind, ’’ quipped John
Detz, referring to the vastly
increased facilities for -the
blind and partially sighted
incorporated into the new
headquarters of the Lancas-
ter Association for the
Blind which will be located
at 244 North Queen Street,
Lancaster.
Mr. Detz, who lives with
his wife Cora in a trim,
modern brick home on
Marietta’s Fairview Ave-
nue, has been totally blind
for seven years. ‘‘It’s not
as hard for me as for
some,’’ he remarked. ‘‘l
saw a lot of the country in
my lifetime. More than
half the states and a lot of
Canada. And during the
war, | was in six countries
in Europe. I don’t miss
much. I can remember so
much that I can picture
tion them.’’
The onset of his blindess
was sudden. He didn’t
have the gradual loss
common to many who lose
all or part of their sight
after a lifetime of excellent
vision. That he had
excellent sight is proved by
his medals as expert
marksman in the Army.
His Army career is a
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