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SUSQUEHANNA TIMES
Susquehanna Times & The Mount Joy Bulletin
MARIETTA & MOUNT JOY, PA.
Vol. 78, No. 29, July 19, 1978
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Steve Englert shows how the prosecutor stick is used
The Prosecutor
to fend off a knife attack. The object in the lower right
is a hand holding a knife; the stick is hitting the hand.
The prosecutor stick is not designed for striking;
however, it can be used for this purpose.
What looks like a piece
of broken ladder, is made
of unbreakable plastic, and
is carried by up-to-date
police officers? It’s called a
prosecutor stick.
Like the traditional night-
stick which it replaces, the
prosecutor is round and
heavy. It isn’t as long,
though, and it has a handle
coming off the side.
According to Sgt. Steve
Englert of the Marietta
Police, the prosecutor is far
superior to the nightstick,
especially as a ‘‘come
-along’’ which, hooked be-
hind a hoodlum’s arm, will
make him come along
—hence the name. Without
the out-sticking handle, a
nightstick is useless as a
come-along.
Drawing of a prosecutor stick
‘““You can use it for just
about anything,” says Sgt.
Englert of the prosecutor.
When held with the long
part along the forearm, the
stick can be used to block
blows and kicks, while
leaving the other hand
free. In a confrontation
situation, it is less obvious
than a nightstick, and less
threatening—indeed, it is
not intended for striking,
although it can be used for
this.
Sgt. Englert, who has
used his prosecutor stick
about a half-dozen times as
a come-along, told us that
students at the Police
Academy in Hershey get 8
hours of training in the use
of the nightstick and
prosecutor.
Helen Pennell is shown in her living room at 27
at Seiler School.
Mount Joy Street, Mount Joy, with some of the things
given her in honor of her retirement as a crossing guard
The giant card was made by Mrs. Wise, art teacher
at Seiler. The back is signed by hundreds of Seiler
students. Not one kid told Helen that she would be
getting the card, which amazes her.
The two papers in her hand are the certificates
presented her at the Mount Joy Council meeting; the
fraktur on the floor was given to her by Mrs. Wise at a
Seiler School and Home Association.
Helen Pennell honored
again, this time by Mount Joy
Council and Police
Helen Pennell was hon-
ored by the Mount Joy
Council and the Mount Joy
Police Department for the
21 years of service as a
crossing guard prior to her
retirement last January.
Certificates were pre-
sented to her by Mayor
Gingrich and Officer Frank
Aument. Officer Aument
was Helen’s first patrol boy
when she started as a
crossing guard in January
of 1957.
Helen knows hundreds of
local children and youths as
a result of 21 years at
Seiler School -and the old
Mount Joy Elementary
School. Most of them say
“high’’ to her, she says,
until they graduate from
high school. The ones who
go to college, Helen told
us, are friendlier than
those who don’t. ‘‘I guess
that’s because they don’t
see me as often,’’ she says.
What will she do now?
‘I have plenty to do,”’ she
says. ‘‘We [i.e., she and
her husband, Bruce] belong
to the Senior Citizens. I
babysit for my daughter.
And we have a big house
and three gardens.”
FIFTEEN CENTS
Forest Fire Crew
The E-town/Mount Joy
fund drive is now under
way, according to crew
chief H. Eugene Altland.
Members of the crew
will soon be knocking on
your door as they canvass
the township. Any donation
you give them will go to
insulate the new headquar-
ters at Greentree Station.
The boroughs will not be
canvassed; however, any
resident of Marietta or
"launches fund drive
Mount Joy may donate to
the office at 139 No.
Market St., Mount Joy.
The crew is hoping to
raise $1500. Any donation
you can make will be great-
ly appreciated.
Incidentally—any group
can arrange to tour the new
Greetree Station, built en-
tirely by crewmen, by call-
ing 653-2130 for an
appointment.
Psychology/swimming
Laurie Bryson
‘““There’s a lot of psych-
ology involved in swim-
ming,” says Laurie Bryson,
coach of the Mount Joy
Swim Team. She should
know—she’s both a swim-
mer and a psychologist.
Laurie was an All Ameri-
can swimmer at Hempfield
High School. Ske was the
YWCA national breast-
stroke champ in 1975. Now
at the University of Virgin-
ia (on the first athletic
scholarship that the U. of
V. has ever granted to a
woman), she is again All
American.
Laurie’s major is psych-
ology; she wants to work as
a high school guidance
counselor and swim coach
after she graduates.
“A lot of coaching is
counselling,’ she says.
“Attitude is important to a
team, as well as technical
skill, when it comes to
winning.”
The Mount Joy Swim
Team has a 2-1 record now.
They are undefeated in
three divisions: 8 & under
boys’, 14 & under boys’,
and 17 & under boys’.