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Giant beans grown in Marietta
Bertha and Harry Riley,
of 427 E. Market Street,
Marietta, have grown some
unusual stringbeans this
year—‘‘yard-long’’ beans.
The beans are long all
right, but not really quite a
yard, admits Mrs. Riley:
““They’re really only 18 to
24 inches long.”’
The beans are not new to
the Rileys’ back yard. ‘We
raised them for 1 don’t
know how many years,”
Mrs. Riley explains. ‘Then
we didn’t raise them for a
while, and then this year
we grew them again.”
They got the seeds from
Gurney. The beans are
very ~ tasty, as well as
lengthy.
The Rileys also have
grown a 13-foot sunflower.
Clarence Riley, one-time
president of the Marietta
Jaycees, is Mr. and Mrs.
Riley’s son.
Also related to Mrs.
Riley is Jessie Nissley (her
sister), the famous ground-
hog lady of Ephrata.
Mrs. Nissley’s ground-
hogs are not pests to her:
they are her pets. Jessie
operates the Gourmet
Groundhog gift shop, sell-
ing groundhog motif shirts,
coloring books, and other
ing books, and many other
items. She is known to
many Donegal school chil-
dren through her volunteer
lectures in schools all over
the area.
Firemen douse garbage
Jessie’s groundhogs
were recently threatened
with extermination, be-
cause they have been
burrowing under oil tanks
in a nearby field.
The latest news (from
Jessie) is that a lady has
volunteered to give them a
home on her country estate
—close enough to Jessie's
house so that Jessie can
visit them. Plans are to get
them into live traps this
week and take them to a
new home. Any that are
already hibernating will be
gassed.
Another animal lover,
Catherine Schroll of Bain-
bridge, has also volunteer-
ed to give the groundhogs
a home.
on,
You should have seen it in color—a huge pile of burning garbage behind the Florin
Fire station. ‘‘Somebody must have thrown something hot into his garbage—maybe
hot coals,” said a borough employee. ‘It happens, sometimes.”” The Mount Joy
garbage truck hurried to the fire house after some particularly foul-smelling smoke
began pouring from the business end of the vehicle. The truck dumped its load,
and the firemen sprayed hosed down the smouldering garbage. Then, everybody
had to shovel the stuff back aboard the truck. ‘‘Smells good, huh?’ commented
one shovel-wielder.
ALL THINGS NEW ALL THINGS NEW ALL THINGS
The Christian folk group
“All Things New’ will
present a special concert at
the Congregational Bible
Church in Marietta on
‘Sunday, October 8 at 7:00
PM. An offering will be
taken. ‘:All Things New'’ is
a phrase from the Bible (II
Cor. 5:17) describing
changed lives for all who
believe in the Lord Jesus
Christ. That's why Bill and
Trapper Dan sing and play
music about Jesus.
In their words: ‘‘He
changed our lives. He
makes us more like Him
everyday. We use a man-
dolin, a banjo, guitars, and
our voices to praise Jesus
Christ because He gave us
a reason to sing. Because
we asked Him in, He made
‘all things new.
-submitted by Gary Newton
Donegal whomps Solanco
Donegal demolished So-
lanco 36-0 last Friday in
Quarryville.
It was the unbeated
Indians’ Sth victory this
year, and their 8th in a row
over a two-year period,
tying the school record for
cosecutive wins, set in 1962
and ’63.
Defensively, Donegal
played with its usual
combination of mechanical
precision and brute force,
in spite of the loss of
defensive lineman Bill
Lambert, who was side-
lined by an injury. Floyd
Runkle, who usually plays
offense, filled Bill’s slot
brilliantly, while Steve
Banks skillfully took over
Floyd’s offensive duties.
The offense got off to a
slow start, mainly due to
mistakes. ‘‘Sometimes the
linemen would block the
wrong guys, and the backs
would run for the wrong
place,” says Indian coach
Gayne Deshler. “It seems
to happen at the start of
every game.’
Things started rolling in
the second period, when
Steve Meszaros recovered a
fumble on the Donegal 44.
The Indians marched
slowly but surely to the 11,
the Arlen Mummau ran the
ball in for the first TD of
the evening.
The Indians blocked a
Mule punt attempt later in
the period, then moved the
ball to the 25, where Pete
Splain kicked a field goal.
October 4, 1978
In the second half, the
Indians completely overran
Solanco. Splain scored from
the 2. Brian Ney picked off
a pass and ran it in for a
TD. Arlen Mummau scored
at the end of another drive.
The Indian second string
refused to let the momen-
tum drop. Keith Persun
tossed an 8 yard TD pass
to Darin Kolp.
Most of the Indian
yardage was picked up on
the ground. Pete Splain ran
10S yards in 17 carries;
Arlen Mummau ran 82
yards on 14 carries; Scott
Jones grunted 8 yards on 6
plunges; Meszaros went
27 yards on § tries.
Quarterback Brian Ney
snuck 6 yards on 2 runs.
...what about Garden Spot??
Next Friday, when the
Indians meet Garden Spot
at the Donegal home-
coming game, they will
have an excellent opportun-
ity to break the all-time
DHS record for cosecutive
wins.
Garden Spot is a young,
erratic team, with only one
win (a 27-12 rout of
Solanco) to their credit this
year.
Although Garden Spot
has demonstrated little
talent for defense, they
have an explosive offense
sparked by junior quarter-
back Doug Fulmer, who
can throw the ball almost
as far as Pete Splain can
kick it. Sixty and sixty-five
yard bombs are common-
place when Garden Spot
plays football. Fulmer will
definitely keep the Indian
backfield on its toes.
The Donegal line, mean-
Donegal Soccer
o_o
Although both teams
played two games last
week—the Donegal Indians
soccer team continued to
be tied with McCaskey for
the lead in Section 2 of the
L-L League.
~ On Wednesday, while
Donegal booted Penn Man-
or to a scoreless tie, even
with two overtime periods,
while, will have to contend
with running back Mike
Hartman, who rushed 209
yards and gained 2 TD’s
against Solanco.
Fortunately for their op-
ponents, Garden Spot’s
spectacular attack is often
matched by a spectacular
ability to make mistakes.
The game should be fun
to watch and, if Garden
Spot manages to avoid any
serious errors, it may even
be close.
McCaskey tied Solanco.
Then, on Friday, while
Donegal beat Solanco 2-1
(Donegal goals by Phil
Landis and John Meyers)
McCaskey beat E-town.
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