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Box 75-A, R.D.#1, Marietta, PA 17547
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Publisher—Nancy H. Bromer
Editor—Nicholas S. Bromer
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Vol. 78, No.38, September 20, 1978
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This publication was pre-
Garage sale
A garage sale to benefit
Boy Scout Troop #53 of
Maytown will be held
Friday and Saturday, Sep-
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pared in cooperation with
the Lancaster Area As-
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of Young Children and is
available at no charge.
Interested persons may call
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copy.
in Maytown
Old East Donegal Township
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....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.
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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
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