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Negotiations between the
Donegal School Board and
the teachers’ union took an
apparent turn for the worse
last week.
First, the union called in
an “impartial fact finder”
from the state government,
to review the positions of
both sides. Although a
union spokesman said that
both sides were ‘‘quite
close,” fact finders are
usually called only when
negotiations are stalled.
Also, the school board,
in an apparent attempt to
80 “‘over the heads’ of the
union negotiating team,
mailed details of their
‘“final offer’’ to each
teacher in the district.
Board members had pri-
vately discussed the possi-
bility of making such a
move during negotiations
two years ago, feeling that
the teachers, if they knew
what they were being
offered, would tell their
leadership to accept the
package. Those negotia-
tions were settled only
after a three-day strike.
Union leaders were not
happy with the board’s
move, but have not pro-
tested vigorously, or filed
an unfair labor practices
suit, as yet.
According to the board,
teachers are being offered:
—an average pay hike of
$982 this year and $957
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SUSQUEHANNA TIMES—Page 7
Trouble brewing in teacher contract talks
next year.
—diagnostic X-ray and
laboratory payments would
jump from $75 to $150 and
in-hospital medical care
from $6 to $8 per treatment
—Group term life insur-
ance would go from $8,500
to $12,000 over 2 years.
—Credit reimbursement
would go from $200 to $300
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this year, and to $400 next
year.
—The early retirement
bonus for employee aged
SS to 62 would double to
$1000.
—In the second year of
the contract, the income
protection plan would re-
imburse teachers $25 per
actual teaching day.
by Jay S. Barnhart
Members of the graduat-
ing class of Mount Joy
High School of 1928 held
their held their SO year
reunion Saturday evening,
August 26th, at 6:00 PM at
the Carpenter Inn, Eliza-
bethtown, with a delicious
dinner being served to 30
members and guests. Of
the 19 living graduates, 16
were present.
The honored guests were
"Mr. and Mrs. William
Flaherty of Lancaster. Mr.
Flaherty taught science and
biology in. the Freshman
and Sophomore years. ;
The members present
and their husbands or
wives were:
Mr. and Mrs. Jay Barnhart
Mr. and Mrs. George F.
Broske (Ethel Moore)
Mrs. John Kissinger (E.
Buller)
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Eby
(Nora Strickler)
Mrs. Alma Engle
Mr. and Mrs. Christ
Finkbiner (Myra Herr)
Mr. and Mrs. Miller M.
Hess
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Hollinger (Anna Garber)
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Hostetter (Edna Charles)
Mrs. Samuel F. Ierly
(Anna Hinkle)
Mr. and Mrs. Marlin F.
Kaylor (Rhoda Engle)
Mrs. Lester Myers
(Mary Diffenderfer)
Miss Suie Snyder
Mr. and Mrs. C. Donald
Haser (Hazel Kaylor)
Mr. and Mrs. John K.
Wittle (Dora Kraybill)
Committee members in
charge of the affair were
Mrs. Lester Myers, Mrs.
Marlin Kaylor, Mrs.
Charles Eby, Alma Engle,
Mrs. Clarence Hostetter,
and Jay S. Barnhart.
Walter Barto, who had to
leave the area after the
junior year, was present to
help celebrate the occasion
with old classmates.
The meeting was opened
with the Welcome by Jay
S. Barnhart, followed by
the singing of the Doxo-
logy. Silent observance of
the members of the class
who passed away since
graduation followed. They
were:
Mrs. Myrtle Hiestand
Danner
Mrs. Dorothy M.
Greisinger
Mrs. Ruth Hawthorne
_ Kefalianos
Mr. Samuel T. Becker
Mrs. Mary Jane Krall
Mrs. Kathryn Lindemuth
Newcomer
Mrs. Anna Weber Stokes
Mrs. Martha Engle
Detwiler
Mr. Robert F. Schroll
The invocation was given
by Miller Hess. During the
dinner, Mrs. Hazel Waser
read a poem especially for
the occasion by Mrs. Mary
Myers. Alma Engle read
the History of the class
from Freshman to Senior
years.
The secretary report was
given by Mrs. Edna Hos-
tetter, and the treasurers
report by Mrs. Ethel
Broske. The class song and
High School Alma Mater
was sung by the group
accompanied by Mrs. Ethel
Broske at the piano.
Newly elected officers
were jay S. Barnhart,
President; Mrs. Dorn Wit-
tle, Vice President; Mrs.
Edna Hostetter, Secretary
and Mrs. Ethel Broske,
Treasurer.
The committee appointed
to arrange the next reunion
were Mrs. Hazel Waser,
Mrs. Myra Finkbiner and
Mrs. Suie Snyder.
The meeting adjourned
with one verse of ‘‘Blest Be
the Tie That Binds’’.