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Bill Nagle
Bill Nagle to
explore universe
Bill Nagle, 26 North
Chestnut Street, Marietta,
is seen above, polishing his
eight-inch, f-7, mirror for
his astronomical telescope.
It is not hard to find Bill
at work bringing his tele-
scopic mirror to a perfect
parabola; he’s been work-
ing on it since last March.
First, in order to accu-
rately reflect the faint rays
of a distant star, Bill's
mirror must have a shape
of a perfect sphere; then,
ever so carefully, he must
bring it to the shape of a
perfect paraboloid.
This is Bill's third tele-
scopic mirror. The first, a
six-inch reflector was start-
ed when he was only 14.
Work on that was inter-
rupted by a stint in the
Navy, work, and other
hobbies.
After finally completing
the six-inch mirror, Bill
started work on an eight-
Auntie Mame to be presented at Donegal
James Landis
inch mirror, which was
almost finished when it
rolled off a table, fell onto
the concrete basement floor
and split in half, ‘just like
a pie.”” That was after 100
hours of work. Bill then
started work on his new
eight-incher, shown in the
photo.
When it's done Bill will
be able to bring the view of
distant nebulae and galax-
ies into his backyard in
Marietta. Bill is fascinated
by the study of distant
universes.
Astronomy has not been
Bill's only hobby. Before
telescope making he had a
deep interest in cacti and
was a member of the
Exotic Collection of Eng-
land.
Before cacti his interest
was art and cartooning. His
oils and pastels have been
exhibited at the Chateau
d'Art in Marietta.
Gregory Bowman
$42,952 went begging
and councilman Harold
Keller resigned at the
meeting of the Mount Joy
Borough Council last Mon-
day night.
Keller did not attend. A
letter from him was read,
which said he was leaving
the council because he was
too busy with his busi-
nesses.
The resignation was ac-
cepted with regret.
The $42,952 of federal
revenue sharing funds that
are available were the
subject of a proposed use
hearing. Council president
Ricedorf announced the
hearing, looked at the two
reporters and two citizens
who were attending the
meeting, and asked for
ideas on how to spend the
money. No one spoke.
Ricedorf asked again, and
again no one spoke. He
then declared the: proposed
use hearing closed and
eferred the matter of
spending the money to
:ommittee.
During the public hour,
me of the citizens asked
about progress on the
Birchland Avenue water
problem. Councilman
Smith replied that the
engineer who is drawing up
the plans for a ditch and
swale to carry away the
water hasn't done anything
yet.
The Birchland Avenue
spokesman asked if the
township had contacted the
council. Mr. Bateman said
in reply that he had tried to
arrange a meeting with the
supervisors of Mount Joy
Township, unsuccessfully.
Some land involved in the
drainage problem is in the
township.
“I don’t think anything
will be done. It'll be
forgotten,” the citizen said
at one point. ‘I wish I had
an answer for you,’’ replied
councilman Smith.
President Ricedorf told
the man that money for the
Birchland Avenue problem
would be included in the
budget, to be drawn up
before the end of the year.
This would assure that
something would be done,
he said.
The borough has six
Jaclyn Zeller
Keller resigns from
Mount Joy Council
alternative plans for solving
the problem. The engineer
is now working on one of
the plans, but slowly.
Councilman Smith said that
he had been dropping in at
the engineer’s office every
day, in an effort to prod
the engineer into faster
action, until he had found
out that he was being
charged for the time he
took up.
The man from Birchland
Avenue also complained
that the citizens hadn’t
heard anything from the
borough. He was told that
nothing had happened.
Several councilmen told
the man that the borough
is doing the best it’ can
under the circumstances.
Mayor Gingrich asked
that borough residents
drive with their lights on
between 6:00 and 9:00 PM
on October 31st, Halloween
night, as a safety measure
in view of the number of
children who will be roam-
ing the streets.
Dale Good,
officer, resigned.
Donegal Springs Road is
being resurfaced, noted
Mr. Bateman, except for
one section in front of Mr.
Rainbolt’'s house. The
problem was discussed by
council. It came out that
the curb in the area is too
low, keeping the street
level down, and causing
runoff problems which pre-
vent resurfacing.
Mr. Bateman commented
on a new law, just passed
by the State, which re-
quires full financial dis-
closure for all municipal
workers who make policy,
such as borough council-
men. The law also requires
disclosure for the im-
mediate family of such
people, and outlaws the
government doing business
with a firm that employs a
policy-making person.
The council reacted to
Mr. Bateman’s remarks
with amazement and deri-
sion. Many shook their
heads, and made comments
to the effect that council
would be decimated soon.
Te new traffic ordinance
was passed.
The park improvements
were outlined and discuss-
ed.
a police
Dean Bricker
October 11, 1975
New community rising
in Mt. Joy
George Nauman and
Dave Stonesifer can be
seen in above photo’ instal-
ling insulated aluminum
skirting around George's
new mobile home located
in Penn Mobile Home
Court on the Southeast end
of Mount Joy just north of
Route 230.
George’s and Dave's
homes are two of six that
have gone up in the new
community within the past
four weeks.
A total of 53 homes are
planned for the area.
The houses average 14
by 70 feet and are all of
very fine quality. The new
residents are enthusiastic
about their new homes and
neighborhood.
Send Jessie a card!
Jessie Nissley, the famed
groundhog lady of Ephrata,
is soon celebrate her 63rd
birthday, on October 26.
Jessie is well known to
local school kids for her
entertaining programs.
The Susquehanna Times
has been asked to help
publicize a birthday card
shower for Jessie. We
suggest that any of our
High DHS School
The Senior class of
Donegal High School will
present the two-act com-
edy,“ Auntie Mame,” on
Friday and Saturday
nights, October 27 and 28,
at 8:00 p.m. in the high
school auditorium. The
play, written by Jerome
Lawrence and Robert E.
Lee, is based on the
best-selling novel by Pat-
rick Dennis.
Who is Auntie Mame?
There’s surely one in every
readers who know Jessie
and her groundhog friends
send a birthday greeting
to: Jessie Nissley, 532
Pointview Avenue, Ephrata
PA 17522.
Birthday cards will help
to cheer Jessie, who is
disconsolate because her
pet groundhogs face exter-
mination or deportation.
(See last week’s Times.)
community, often in every
family. Some of the wild,
exploratory spirit of Auntie
Mame bubbles in each
human being who really
believes that ‘life is a
banquet!”’ Auntie Mame
is a sparkling, scatter-
brained, and warm-hearted
lady who is well-to-do, lives
in New York at the peak of
the Twenties, and bright-
ens the American land-
scape from the era of the
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