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Scattered in great pro-
fusion throughout this area
are gems of architectural
detail —little extras that give
old houses individuality.
In an effort to foster
awareness of this craftsman-
ship, the Marietta Restora-
tion Associates are sponsor-
ing a contest. Five dollars
will be awarded to the
sender of the first postcard
correctly identifying the
Registration
reminder
Donegal Day Camp will
be held on August 6-10 at
Sico Park in Mount Joy. All
girls in the Donegal Neigh-
borhood (which includes
Marietta, Maytown, and
Mount Joy) who are regis-
tered Girl Scouts are eligible
to attend.
There are a limited
number of openings for
camp. Please send your
registration form to: Miss
Ella Gainer, 59 Marietta
Street, Mount Joy, Pa.
17552.
Remember the deadline
date of May 31. Anyone
needing a registration form
may call 653-2233 or
653-2355.
Class of 1969
to hold reunion
The Donegal High class of
1969 will hold its 10th year
reunion on Saturday, June
30th at the Holiday Inn East.
The cost will be $25 per
couple and $12.50 stag.
Cocktails will be served
from 7:00 to 8:00, followed
by dinner. There will be a
cash bar, disco music, and
prizes.
Dress will be suit, sport
coat, dress, pants suit.
If you know any members
of the class of '69 who have
not been contacted yet, have
them call Vickie Fry at
653-1679; Sherry Sload at
426-2142; or Janet Breault
at 426-1687.
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location of the pictured
detail.
In case of a tie, the winner
will be drawn. [Associates
are ineligible.]
SEND POSTCARDS TO:
Marietta Restoration Asso-
ciates, P.O. Box 3, Marietta,
Pa. 17547. Entrees must be
received by the Monday of
the week following the week
a picture was published.
Beware of Dog
May 16, 1979
This ‘‘dog’’ guards the front steps of the house of Frank Null on Kames Hill Road near Columbia
Roy Matheny poses with his ‘‘mailboxes.”’
Roy Matheny’s “mailboxes”
If you've ever driven up
North River Street in
Maytown you may have
noticed it: the air-mail box,
sitting right above the
ordinary mail box.
Actually, neither mail box
contains mail. They both
contain wrens.
The owner and builder of
the ‘‘mail boxes,” Roy
Matheny, actually picks up
his mail down the street at
the Maytown Post Office.
He built the boxes out of
scrap aluminum sheet
metal, put little holes in the
backs of them for birds to
get in and out, and set them
up because, as he says, “I
thought it would be
something a little bit
different.”
Mr. Matheny retired two
years ago. He spends much
of his time fixing up his
house (which he largely
built himself 21 years ago).
“I love to keep busy,”
Mr. Matheny explains.
“Some people retire and
just sit around—that’s the
worst thing you can do.”
Mr. Matheny has built
several birdhouses, a trellis,
and two greenhouses. He is
an avid gardener.
Many of his additions to
his patio and yard reflect the .
same imagination that the
mail box birdhouses show:
for example, when he cut
down some large old dead.
trees, he left the stumps in
place and turned them into
planters.
Roy and his wife, Thelma,
used to drive past what is
now his house in years gone
by, and every time they did,
they would talk about
buying the land and
building a house on it. One
day Roy heard that the
property was on the market,
and bought it for $800. Then
he went home and told
Thelma about it.
“How are we going to
build a house?’’ his wife
asked him.
“The same way other
people do,” replied Roy.
21 years later, the house
is sitting there, finished off
and paid off. It gets nicer
every year as Mr. Matheny
works on the yard.
“It’s a pleasant place
here,’’ muses Mr. Matheny
as he looks around his
property. A visitor has to
agree.
Mr. and Mrs. Matheny,
who have been married for
more than 40 years (their
40th anniversary was last
October 21st), both collect
owls—not live ones, but owl
statuettes, paintings, clocks
and just about any other
thing that has an owl's
image on or in it.
Wide travelers, the Ma-
thenys have collected owls
in 18 countries and most of
the United States. They
have 500-600 pieces.
They plan to visit their
son in Australia soon and
collect more owls.