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SUSOUEHANNA I'TMES
Vol. 79, Ne. 7, February 14, 1979
SUSQUEHANNA TIMES & THE MOUNT JOY BULLETIN
MARIETTA AND MOUNT JOY, PA
Chief Frank Good Discusses
Saturday’s Fire
Chief Frank Good of the
Friendship Fire Company in
Mount Joy, made some
observations Monday eve-
ning about last Saturday's
$2 million fire at Grey Iron
Castings Co. in Mount Joy.
A problem was that water
flow in that area of the boro
is too low to cope with a
large industrial fire. Only
100 gallons per minute can
be obtained from the
hydrant near the Grey plant.
Consequently, hoses up to
3000 feet had to be run to
hydrants providing 300 to
400 gallons per minute.
The combined manpower
and equipment of Friend-
ship, Florin, Manheim,
Salunga, and Elizabethtown
fire companies were brought
to bear in extinguishing the
flames, which were first
reported at 4:29 a.m. and
which were not completely
put out until 6 p.m.
Temperatures hovered a-
round S degrees F., freezing
the torrents of water. Two
fireplugs were frozen and
had to be thawed by pouring
gasoline on them and
igniting them.
Since the fire began near
the electric lines entering
the Grey plant, transformers
were shooting out sparks.
Firemen had to contend not
only with the flames but the
electrical sparks.
Friendship Fire Company
was first to arrive on the
scene and made its initial
attack on the fire's heart
with its 2%2 inch pre-con-
nect. Within 15 seconds 250
gallons of water were being
poured into the hot spot
every minute.
Despite the nearly $2
million of damage, $450,000
was saved. Office records,
valuable patterns and a
new addition to the plant
built in 1973 at a cost of
$300,000 was saved. Chief
Good was pleased that the
fire was prevented from
spreading further.
He was also pleased with
the work of the fire
policemen, including that of
James Schneider, who was
hospitalized after his ordeal
on Saturday.
Chief Good was pleased
that no one was seriously
injured, either by the
extreme heat or the extreme
cold.
Donegal Beats Columbia
Kent Sweigart stayed unbeaten with a tough 10-9 decision over Columbia’s Greg
Smith.
The Donegal wrestling
team overwhelmed top
challenger Columbia 35-12
last week, as the Indians
lost only 3 of 12 scheduled
bouts.
Duane Musser won the
98 Ib. class by a forfeit,
then Kent Sweigart and
Mike Greiner got things off
to a good start by winning
hard-fought decisions. In-
dians Scott Emenheiser and
Jeff Bell dropped decisions
to Brad Kreider and Brian
Kreider, keeping Colum-
bia’s hopes alive, for a
while. But after that, it was
Donegal almost all the way.
Cliff Sweigart, Scott
Jones, Arlen Mummau,
Rudy Woigemuth, Pete
Splain and Brent Hershey
all triumphed, although
Splain had a few bad
moments—he was almost
pinned but was saved by
the timekeeper, and went
on to win a decision. By
the time the Tide's Mike
Hank pinned Bill Lambert
to make the final score a
little less drastic, the
contest was all over.
FIFTEEN CENTS
Mayor Gingrich Resigns
Mayor James Gingrich
announced his intention to
resign at last Monday's
Mount Joy Borough Coun-
cil meeting.
The mayor cited lack of
time as his reason, saying
that he felt he would be
cheating the citizens of
Mount Joy if he could not
give 100 per cent of his
time to the office.
He asked the council to
search for a successor.
Police accident
Police chief Bruce Kline
reported on a recent
accident involving a police
car on Cloverleaf Road,
outside of Mount Joy.
‘“People ask me, ‘What
was our car doing out
there?’,”’ the chief noted,
and then explained the
circumstances.
The Mount Joy Police car
was going to assist the
police of another area when
the accident occurred,
Kline said. A woman
driving in front of the
cruiser pulled over to the
right when approached
from behind by the police
car, which had its lights
and siren going. Then, he
said, she inexplicably turn-
ed left as the cruiser was
passing. He said he would
find it hard to fault the
police driver, and stated
that the accident was not
caused by speeding.
It was the third accident
in six years for Mount Joy
Police cars during an
assist.
Kline said that it would
not be a good idea to stop
assisting other local depart-
ments or the State Police,
becuase then the other
police would stop coming to
the aid of the Mount Joy
Police when they needed it.
He said this in answer to a
question from Council.
Mount Joy police do not
patrol more than one mile
outside of the borough
limits except on assists.
Approval for an assist can
come only from chief Kline
or the mayor.
Mayor James Gingrich
New part-time officer
Randy Lokey of Bain-
bridge was hired as a part-
time police officer to
replace John Germer, who
resigned. He has been a
student policeman, riding
in Mount Joy cruisers, and
is studying police science
at York College. Presiden:
Ricedorf asked Kline i
Lokey’'s living in Bain
bridge would be a problen
when emergencies arose
Kline said it would not.
Jim Stettler was re:
appointed as a police
officer after he changed hi:
mind about resigning.
Lights
The proposed lights fo
the parking lot behinc
Sloan's would cost toc
much money—about $100C
—and so was rejected.
Councilman Smith propos-
ed that the merchants in
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Old Legion Home
sold by East
Donegal Township
The East Donegal Town-
ship Supervisors gave the
fire company $1000 and
sold the old Legion Home
in Maytown back to the
Legion.
East Donegal Post #809,
American Legion, had bid
$4000 for the structure,
which previously was sold
to the township. The
Legion plans to brick the
outside of the building and
renovate the interior. It will
be used only as a Post
home in the future, no
longer to serve as a
community center.
The ground around the
building was not sold.
Fire chief Charles Shaff-
ner told the supervisors
that the recently submitted
proposal to have ar
established run for the fire
and ambulance vehicles
will be redrafted. Calls
would be at the discretion
of the dispatcher. One
piece of fire apparatus
would be sent along with
the ambulance to auto
accidents.
PP&L representatives
were present to inform the
supervisors of a proposed
upgrading of high voltage
lines in the mid-1980's.
The voltage will be doubled
from 250,000 volts to
500,000 volts.
These lines cross the
township, coming from
Brunner Island and going
to the Mountville substa-
tion. They carry most of
the current for the Lancas-
ter area.
The PP&L spokesmen
said that the existing lines
would be removed and
heavier wires stretched.
The new lines will need SO
feet of additional height
to avoid noise and for
safety.
The plan will be the
subject of a public hearing.