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Vol. 79, No. 8, February 28, 1979
Section
Tournament
Indian grapplers
do well
Even after their perfect
season, nobody had ex-
pected the Indian wrestlers
to dominate the double A
section tournament so
completely. Wrestling in
their own gym, the
Donegal grapplers racked
up 149.5 team points, and
four individual champion-
ships. No other school
came close.
Nine Indians will ad-
vance to the next round of
district matches.
Five Indians made it to
the finals, and four of them
won. Mike Greiner, the
only Indian with a perfect
overall record, stretched
his string of victories a bit
further with a 7—0 decision
over Cocalico’s Larry
Lesher in the 112 1b. final.
For a while, the contest
looked like a game of ‘“‘let’s
play horsie’” as Lesher
tried to shake the per-
sistent Greiner from his
back by elevating him,
instead of removing him.
Greiner, like an 112 Ib.
John Wayne, not only
stayed in the saddle but
threw the bronco all over
the corral.
In the 126 1b. class,
Indian Jeff Bell lost a 7—2
decision to Columbia’s
Kreider, but in the process
of losing, Bell displayed
the fighting spirit of a
gamecock and the per-
sistence of a bulldog.
Scott Jones (138 Ibs.)
was the next Indian to stalk
onto the mat. In the
opening seconds of the
match, Jones slammed
Pequea Valley's Herb Ben-
ner to the mat, then
grabbed his ankle. Ben-
ner’s face contorted in
pain, and Jones quickly
released him, but Benner
was suffering from possible
torn ligaments and was
unable to continue. The
miserable expression on
Jones’ face was enough to
convince anyone that he
would have preferred to
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QUEHANN
SUSQUEHANNA TIMES & THE MOUNT JOY BULLETIN
MARIETTA AND MOUNT JOY, PA
Bob Spangler in his store
“Pappy’’ Spangler’s business
still going strong
One of the oldest
businesses in Marietta,
founded in 1834, is
Spangler’s Appliance and
Sound. It was started in the
same building it now
occupies by Barr ‘‘Pappy’’
Spangler, the great-grand-
father of current owner Bob
Spangler.
Naturally, Barr Spangler
didn’t sell appliances and
sound equipment—neither
existed in 1834. He sold
dry goods and groceries.
Bob Spangler has a bill
left over from those days.
Written in a beautiful hand
script, it sums a year’s
business between John
Miller, Esq., and Wm.
A.&B. Spangler.
Among the items Miller
purchased were a hat,
muslin, ‘‘1 barrel of fish
#2,’ 4 lbs. sugar (for 25
cents), 2 Ibs. rice, and
powder. What kind of
powder is not specified.
On the credit side, Miller
gave Spangler bacon, tal-
low, butter, and lard.
Bob Spangler says that
in those days (the bill is
dated 1849) people would
buy a year’s supply of
many things at one time.
All bills came due April 1st
of each year, and there was
much more barter than
there is now. Miller bought
$6.48%% worth of goods,
brought in $15.63 worth,
and ended the year with a
credit of about $10.
Bob can also show a
visitor more recent bills for
vehicles—a Y2-ton truck
bought in 1925 for $682
brand new, a receipt for
White Flash gasoline at 19
cents a gallon from 1945.
Old Barr Spangler, be-
sides starting Spangler’s
store, co-founded (with
Benjamin Hiestand) the
First National Bank of
Marietta, which is now
Farmers First. Marietta
held a huge party for Barr
on the occasion of his
100th birthday.
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MOUNT JOY, PA.
Albert Kleiner
17552
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FIFTEEN CENTS
He has his hands full as acting
borough secretary
Albert Kleiner
Albert Kleiner, of 612
West Main Street, Mount
Joy, says he’s busier now
that he’s retired than he
was when he was working.
For the past few months
Mr. Kleiner has been
Mount Joy’s acting bor-
ough secretary. He was
appointed to that position
by Borough Council after
Joe Bateman quit as
borough manager. The
titles are different, but the
work is basically the same.
“It’s a real interesting
job,”” says the acting
secretary, who also chairs
the Zoning Hearing Board,
repairs parking meters, and
reads water meters in
Florin, and operates a clock
and watch repair business
in his home at 612 West
Main Street.
Kleiner will be glad
when a new borough
manager is hired. He
scarcely had time to be
interviewed by this paper
last week.
Much of his job as
secretary involves calming
irate citizens and straight-
ening out snafus.
“l get called out any
hour of the day or night,”
he says. ‘‘Most of the
people 1 deal with are very
reasonable. Some folks,
though, think of the
borough as something
foreign, like the federal
government. They see it as
THE BOROUGH, in capital
letters, not as their
community.’’
One recent problem
involved garbage pickup.
The borough trash collect-
ors refused to pick up a
pile of loose rubbish, and
the owner of the trash
called Albert Kleiner. He
sent the man a letter and a
copy of the ordinance
specifying that trash be
bundled, and the matter
was taken care of. (The
man was one of the reason-
able majority.) But it took
time and energy to get
things cleared up.
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