Page 2—SUSQUEHANNA TIMES EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES Available Day & Night COLUMBIA HOSPITAL 7th & Poplar (Emergency Entrance) Susquekawio Tintes Susqu~’ ana Times & The Mount Joy Bulletin Box 75-A, R.D.#1, Marietta, PA 17547 Published weekly on Wednesday [52 issues per year] Telephone: [717] 426-2212 or 653-8383 Publisher—Nancy H. Bromer Editor—Nicholas S. Bromer Advertising Manager—Kathie Guyton Society Editor—Hazel Baker Vol. 78, No.38, September 20, 1978 Advertising Rates Upon Request Entered at the Post Office in Marietta, PA, as second class mail under the Act of March 3, 1879 Subscription Rate—$6.00/year [Outside Lancaster County, $6.50/year] EMERGENCY MEDICAL CALLS Saturday Afternoon and Sunday - Norlance Health Center (Mount Joy Area Only) SHARP’S DISTRIBUTORS Beer & Ale Porter & Soft Drinks 10 Decatur St., Marietta—426-3918 MARIETTA CITGO CITGO GAS—GROCERIES OPEN 5:30 A.M. — 8:30 P.M. DAILY SUNDAY 8:00 A.M.—6:00 P.M. Ed Reeves, Prop. Phone 426-3863 East End —Route 441 — Marietta Day care directory for county available A new directory of Day Care and Preschool Pro- grams in’ Lancaster County is now available at the Lancaster Information Cen- ter (LINC), 630 Janet Avenue. This publication was pre- Garage sale A garage sale to benefit Boy Scout Troop #53 of Maytown will be held Friday and Saturday, Sep- tember 29 and 30 in the pared in cooperation with the Lancaster Area As- sociation of the Education of Young Children and is available at no charge. Interested persons may call 299-2821 to arrange for a copy. in Maytown Old East Donegal Township Shed in Maytown. Sale hours are 9 to 6 Friday and 9 to S Saturday. PRICES! 1 — OPEN DAILY —- 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. SATURDAY'S 9a.m.to4 p.m. Shelly’s have Loads of Good Used Furniture and Inexpensive New Furniture at SUPER GOOD MASTER CHARGE VISA SHELLY’S BARGAIN BASEMENT 237 Locust Street, Columbia PHONE 684-3780 ....police threaten to quit (cont.) [continued from front page] As the matter was being discussed by the super- visors and the citizens (the police sat mutely during the talking) someone refer- ed to the problem as a matter ‘‘between employer and employee,”’ or words to that effect, whereupon Mr. Fuhrman said, while holding the letter from the police, ‘‘That’s what they [the police] are telling us here; that we’re the boss.” This drew another muffled gasp from the crowd, who seemed to be solidly behind the police. After the supervisors went on to other business, a man got up to leave, saying, ‘‘That’s what I came to see!”’ In other business, the supervisors received the police report. There were 4 accidents and a plane crash reported by Chief Shirk. No fire report was submitted. John Leas, parks com- missioner, reported that several unauthorized trees had been planted in the borough park. No one present knew what group Marines promote Ruby Marine Lance Corporal Henry J. Ruby, son of Harold T. and Mary A. Ruby of North Pine Street and 253 West Market Street, respectively, Mari- etta, Pa., has been merito- riously promoted to his present rank while serving at the Marine Corps Air Station, Kaneohe Bay, Ha- waii. He received the accele- rated promotion in recog- nition of outstanding per- formance, duty proficiency and demostrated profes- sional abilities. He joined the Marine Corps in May 1977. Free reader ads - see page 14 or persons had done so. The only clue was a plaque at the end of the illegal row stating that the trees were planted in honor of the bicentennial. One man suggested that if the trees were ripped out, the township would probably learn the identity of the planters when they complained. Supervisor Brubaker ask- ed Leas’ opinion about whether to rip up the trees, now that they were an accomplished fact. Mr. Leas advised leaving them in place. Leas also mentioned that there is still no cable along the road next to the baseball diamond. ‘‘That’s been on the agenda for two years now,’’ he said. Lloyd Fuhrman answered that the steel posts to which the cable will be attached are in place, and if the money became available, the cable would be purchased. The cable is intended to keep children from running onto the road. Supervisors and Drager have obtained nets for the tennis courts. However, the tennis lights which are to be coin operated are still not working. The lighting contractor is having trouble with the outer glass bulbs, which keep breaking, according to Leas. The contractor told him that he would have to keep on trying bulbs until he hit on ones that wouldn’t break right away. He will keep trying. The people who lost money trying to get the lights to work should contact the supervisors. Some wiring in the fire house has deteriorated, it was reported. A man complained that there are not enough recreation facilities in the east end of the township near Donegal Springs Road. ‘‘The kids are playing in the streets. The township should do some- thing,” he said. Complete text of police statement to supervisors ‘Do the township super- visors want the traffic laws, criminal laws and township ordinances enforced by the township police or not? Statements have been made in the past to the effect that other police departments make arrests for traffic violations and we don’t need that. We should give violators warnings instead. Warnings to habitual violators and some occa- sional violators who commit serious and dangerous traf- fic violations have ab- solutely no affect. Mem- bers of East Donegal Township Police Depart- ment do not issue a citation to anyone unless the violation is serious and dangerous. This is a firm policy of the department and each officer agrees that it is a proper policy. Motorists traveling at high speeds have caused the high majority of acci- dents in the Township and they always will. These accidents result in major property damage, serious injuries to people and sometimes death. We feel that it is an important part of our job to pursue and prosecute the motorists who travel at high speeds on roads in the Township. We have been criticized for pursuing speeding motor- ists at high speeds. How can we stop a speeding motorist if we do not pursue at a speed greater than he is traveling. On many occasions we have discontinued a pursuit when the risk becomes too great and there is possible danger of an accident. Otherwise, we feel that the violator should be stopped. Do the Township Super- visors want us to ignore speeding motorists and allow our roads to become free race tracks? Importance of police e- quipment such as. radios, emergency equipment (lights, sirens, etc.] normal crusier equipment [fuses, jumper cables, first aid kits, raincoats, armored vests, etc.] - and above all - quality tires on the cruisers. Requests for a much needed new cruiser radio have been denied. The request was made in order to replace the portable Federal radio in the old cruiser which has not worked properly and been totally undependable for months. Repeated service on the Federal unit has not improved the performance one bit. An additional portable walkie-talkie unit is also very much needed. We have only one pair of jumper cables for two cruisers. Jumper cables are often needed to assist disabled motorists as well as for starting the cruisers when the batteries become low - especially in winter months. Our raincoats are old, worn out and much too large for Chief Shirk and Robinson. The poor quality tires (Hercules) we have been required to use on the Brubaker - September 20, 1978 Llyod Fuhrman said that Maytown is the center of the township. Brubaker, the chairman, told him, ‘“We haven’t dismissed the idea of a park in the eastern end.”” Properties that the township could buy were discussed. The board accepted a recommendation from the planning commission to allow the old medical center in Maytown to be converted into apartments. The building preceded the Donegal-Conoy health center on Rte. 441 as this area’s health center. A contract with the state for snow removal was signed. The state will reimburse the township for moving the stuff to the tune of $275 a lane-mile. The total will be $2195 for all state roads. The blacktop contract .was awarded to McMinn Asphalt Co. They will sell it for $18.12 a ton. The blacktop will be used to resurface Rock Point Road, Endslow Road, and part of Chestnut Street after it leaves Marietta. cruisers have repeatedly worn out between 6,000 and 7,000 miles. They wear unevenly in 3,000 to 4,000 miles even though they are balanced and the front suspension properly align- ed. This causes severe shimmy and develop front end problems. The tires are not fit for police service. Quality tires would be far less costly in the long run. The tires on the new cruiser are quality tires. They have over 10,000 miles on them and show almost no wear at all. We need good tires for safety as well. We have no regular access to the copy machine which is frequently needed. Although numerous re- quests for a copy machine were made over a long period of time, when a copy machine was finally purchased, the police had no access to it as it was locked up in an office in the building and generally of no use to the police department when the ne- cessity for copies were re- quired. We are going to discontinue the practice of imposing on other people for the use of copy machines regardless of how urgent the need may be for copies. We have no ammunition for occasional target prac- tice - if nothing else, to check out the weapons to be sure they fire properly. The last target practice wads six years ago and Ron Johns furnished reloads for [continued on page 4] NZNO S = en 0 [>] $2 32 T wn < CED NE
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