Hotline to Santa
Desperate for presents?
Help is just a dial away
with the Santa Hotline.
Yes, the Marietta Jay-
cees have persuaded Santa
to man a hotline for kids
who develop last-minute
requests. Santa will be on
line from 6:00 to 8:00 PM
on December 19, 20, and
21 to answer calls.
Santa’s emergency
number is 426-2632.
RALPH M SNYDER
R.D.
MOUNT JOY, PA.
2 pOX 3040
17552
SUSQUEHANNA TIMES
SUSQUEHANNA TIMES & THE MOUNT JOY BULLETIN
MARIETTA AND MOUNT JOY, PA FIFTEEN CENTS
Vol. 78, No. 51, December 20, 1978
Marietta holds Lloyd Fuhrman honored
taxes down
No millage increase this year
Marietta Council, as the
Mount Joy Council did last
week, held the line on
taxes at their last meeting.
They adopted a budget of
219,214 ($23,061 over last
vear’s) while keeping the
millage at 19.
The increase in expendi-
tures (11.8%) stems from
inflation and rising insur-
ance premiums. The bigger
workmen’s compensation
payments, up $2000 this
year, also had something to
do with it.
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East Donegal
taxes to drop
Good news for the township
The East Donegal Super-
visors adopted a budget at
a special session last
Friday, and reduced the
millage tax rate from eight
to seven mills.
The 1979 budget totals
$221,384, down from
$382,816 this last year. The
much higher budget
last year paid for the new
municipal building.
Here is a rundown of
next year’s expenditures:
general $37,860
police $23,240
fire $9,250
planning and zoning $7,400
health & sanitation $10,000
roads & bridges $94,433
insurance, etc. $24,000
principal on debt $28,900
Estimated receipts for
the year are:
cash & securities $6,012
receipts $6,545
other funds $28,899
liquid fuels $35,000
revenue sharing $32,000
tax revenue $164,370
Attention Mount Joy
residents
On October 9, 1978,
Borough Council enacted a
new traffic ordinance. One
of the more significant
changes in the ordinance
establishes Route 230
(Main Street) as a snow
emergency route.
Starting January 1, 1979,
when the Borough feels
that a serious winter
weather condition exists, a
special set of traffic regula-
tions will take effect on
Route 230. The regulations
you should take special
note of are:
a. Snow tires or chains
must be used on all
vehicles;
b. No parking will be
permitted on Main Street
until the emergency has
been lifted;
¢. Vehicles that are per-
mitted to become stalled or
are parked in such a
manner that hinders snow
removal efforts or that
obstruct the flow of traffic,
will be towed away at the
owner’s expense or the
owner will be prosecuted.
The public will be noti-
fied at the beginning and
the end of the winter
weather emergency
through the use of radio,
television or posted notices
on Route 230.
The scoreboard tells the story, and so does Keith
Perun’s expansive victory sign. Donegal beat Garden
Spot, their toughest rivals for the section 3 basketball
crown, 46-44 in the first league game last Friday. The
girls’ team and the wrestlers also look like champions
this winter [see stories on back page].
for 21 years’ service
Long-time East Donegal
Supervisor Lloyd Fuhrman
was honored last week for
his 21 years of service to
the community.
The dinner in his honor,
held at Hostetter’s, was a
surprise for Mr. Fuhrman:
it was slated to be a dinner
simply for the purpose of
the Supervisors getting
together with the members
of the various authorities,
but Lloyd Fuhrman was
handed a plaque during the
night.
Dr. Brown spoke for the
Planning Commission,
Keith Vogt for the Zoning
Hearing Board. Represent-
ative Ken Brandt also gave
a talk for the occasion.
On behalf of the sewer
authority, Lewis Sperla said
this:
“l want to say it is
indeed an honor and
privilege to take part in
honoring Lloyd Fuhrman.
Too often his kind of
dedication, honesty and
work goes unrecognized
and unrewarded. Mr.
Fuhrman has on many
occasions put the welfare of
Supervisors Harold Drager, Lloyd Fuhrman, and John Henry Brubaker [l-r] pose with
the township ahead of his
own family, his own health
and his own personal work.
It is this kind of dedication
we have witnessed these
past twenty years. Through
his untiring efforts, we as
citizens of East Donegal
have reaped the benefits.
“During his terms as
Supervisor, we have seen
many changes for the
betterment of our town-
ship. To name them all
would take entirely too
much time. As citizens of
East Donegal all you have
to do is just look around
and more likely than not
you will see those improve-
ments. Sewers, first class
road equipment, a new
municipal building which
we can all be proud of.
Yes, Lloyd has helped
accomplish all these things
without increasing our
taxes. That in itself is quite
an accomplishment.
“Yes citizens of East
Donegal, we can thank the
All-Mighty that we have
such a man as Lloyd
Fuhrman to be so dedicat-
ed towards the improve-
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