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Vol. 79, No. 24, June 20, 1979
Township Supervisors
East Donegal Supervi-
sors (township) accepted the
upgrading of their Planning,
Residential Development
Ordinance at Thursday's
Ordinance
prepared by Huth Engineers
was simplified in explaining
the building & development
regulations for East Donegal
Township.
Results . of a public
hearing prior to the meeting
determined that 72.5 acres,
owned by Harold Frey was
rezoned from residential I to
Agricultural. The land bor-
ders Coffee Goss Road.
A similar hearing will be
held August 9, on request of
Clyde Horst. The request is
for a parcel of land on the
The Lancaster County
Planning Commission gave
its approval for the rezoning
of 72%» acres of East
Donegal Township from low
density residential to agri-
cultural. Harold B. Frey,
owner of the land, wishes to
build poultry houses on the
property.
The land is east of
Maytown along the south
side of Coffee Goss Road at
North East Corner of
Oremine Rd. & Route #441
to be rezoned for a branch
bank to be constructed by
Farmers First.
13 Building permits were
issued for the month; the
fire company had a total of
1S calls & the ambulance
members reported 80 runs
from January thru May.
John Brubaker, chairman,
commended the above crew
members for their dedica-
tion.
Charles Shaffner, fire
chief explained the adoption
of the ‘911’ call to be used
county wide for police, fire
& ambulance. The number
will go into use in
September. The new num-
that road’s intersection with
Fuhrman Road.
The commissioners felt
the change would be appro-
priate because the land is
surrounded by agricultural
areas is not developed for
homes; no sewers or public
water supplies are in the
area.
At the same time the
Commission voted in favor
of a proposal to rezone part
Census results
According to the recent
census taken by the Donegal
School District the total
population in the district has
increased from 13,170 ir
1978 to 13,419 in 1979, a net
increase of 249 people.
By municipalites, the
largest net increase occer-
red in East Donegal Town-
ship, which went from 3927
people in 1978 to 4074
peoplein 1979, and increase
of 147.
Second largest net in-
crease occurred in that
section of Mount Joy Town-
ship which is in the Donegal
School District, which went
up by 79 people, from 1031
in 1978 to 1110 in 1979.
The third largest popula-
tion jump was in the East
Ward of Mount Joy: 2531 to
2592, an increase of 61.
The West Ward went
down from 2920 to 2911.
The largest drop, though,
was in Marietta Borough,
which lost 29 people last
year—2761 in 1978 versus
2732 in 1979.
These figures show net
changes: many more indi-
viduals move in and out than
are indicated by the net
changes.
The largest per cent gain
was in Mount Joy Township:
plus 8 per cent.
Second largest per cent
net gain was in East
Donegal Township, plus 4
per cent.
The third largest gain was
in the East Ward of Mount
Joy—2 per cent.
The West Ward register-
ed net loss of less than 1 per
cent. Marietta’s loss was a
bit more than 1 per cent.
The overall net change for
the entire school district was
plus 2 per cent.
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ber replaces the local base
number.
Plans are underway for
painting both the interior &
exterior of the fire house
this summer. Firemen re-
ported the reduction of debt
on the fire truck from $5800
to $3000.
It was proposed that
Maytown’s voting place be
moved to the municipal
building where the voting
machines would also be
stored. Proper channels will
be notified of this change
and if no objections are forth
coming the action will be
completed.
Robert Richards was re-
appointed to the Water
Authority for a S year term.
County Planning Commission
of Mount Joy (N. Angle
Street between Terrace
Avenue and Hill Street)
from low-density to high-
density residential.
However, they felt that
the proposal to rezone 4.7
acres north of Wood Street"
and west of Plum Street was
questionable. The proposal
is to change it from medium
density residential to cam-
pus industrial.
The census takers were
John H. Drace, Ben Gainer,
Jay Kaylor, Patricia and
James McAfee, and Mar-
garet Nissley.
Overlander
wins
Oliver Overlander, not
Marlin McMillen, will get to
run for Marietta Borough
Council in the next election.
Overlander and McMillen
tied in the primary. The
winner was decided by lots;
by agreement, the man who
drew the lowest number
would win. Overlander drew
6, and McMillen’s number
came up 12.
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Thomas named to Mount Joy Council
John F. Thomas, Jr. of
233 No. Barbara Street, was
named by Mount Joy
Borough Council to fill the
term of Charles Ricedorf,
who resigned last month.
The term will expire in
January of 1980.
Thomas, 4S, has been a
Mount Joy resident for 12
years. He is a member of the
Friendship Fire Company
and St. Mark’s U.M.
Church.
Omar Groff became presi-
dent of Council following
Ricedorf’s resignation.
Ammon Smith was elected
to be the new vice president.
In other business,” the
Council decided to use
$270,000 of state and federal
monies to upgrade the rail-
road bridges at New Haven
Street and Marietta Avenue.
A committee consisting of
councilmen Fitzkee, Zeller,
and Wolgemuth, and mayor
Gingrich, was appointed to
discuss contract negotia-
tions with the police.
Bids will be advertised for
new traffic signs that are
needed to conform to a new
ordinance.
The alleys at S82 Wood
Street and 35 Donegal
Springs Road will be
vacated.
At the request of the tax
collector, the deadline for
per capita taxes was moved
up from January 31st to
January 15th. Per capita tax
collection now cooincides
with the collection of school
taxes.
An ordinance will be
drafted to approve the com-
prehensive storm water
management study.
Maytown/East Donegal alumni meet
Saturday, June 16, 1979,
marked the 80th annual
Maytown - East Donegal
High School Alumni Asso-
ciation meeting.
Held at Hostetters’ Din-
ing Hall, the well-attended
event attracted 150 alumni.
Barbara Habecker Fellen-
baum, class of 1911,
represented the oldest class
present.
Daniel Wolgemuth, class
of 1912, was the oldest man
present. He is 84 years old.
The class of 1914 was
represented by three of the
four surviving members.
Present were Helen Risser
Moyer, Harry B. Blessing,
and Mary Hoffman Baus-
man. The other surviving
member, Myrtle Groove,
was not in attendance.
Two 1919 graduates were
present, Alberta Boll Waller
and Miriam Keller Jewel.
The class of 1919 only had
twelve graduates, and of
those, eight are still living.
Mr. Howard Frysinger,
Marietta Council
Marietta Borough Council
sold the old fire truck for
$502 at its last meeting. The
buyer was Gary Walters of
Paradise.
$350 was allocated to
transport kids to and from
the Mount Joy swimming
pool. The request was made
by Francis Allum on behalf
of the Marietta Recreation
Association, which super-
vises playground activities
at Memorial Park.
Ron Perry, chairman of
the Zoning Hearing Board,
.advised property owners
that a building permit is
required for any home
projects costing more than
$360, and that zoning
approval is needed for any
significant alterations or
additions to a dwelling.
Once again, it was
promised that the weed and
litter ordinances will be
enforced.
Council will send letters
to president Carter, senator
Sweiker and senator Heinz
asking for reenactment of
Attention class of 74
We are hoping that you
will come to our Sth yea
reunion which will be hel
on August 4, 1979 at the
landis Valley Motor Inn in
Lancaster, PA.
A social hour will start the
evening activities at 6:00
PM, and the buffet style
dinner will begin at 7:00
PM. After dinner there will
be a brief class meeting, and
then dancing to the music of
a live band until 2:00 AM.
All class members are
reminded that the deadline
for reservations is June 30.
If there are any questions
or if you have not been
contacted with a letter
99, Lansdown, the oldest
member of the Alumni
Association was ill and
unable to attend what would
have been his 80th annual
reunion. A commemorative
card was signed by all
alumni present for Howard
Frysinger.
Nostalgia abounded as
long-ago friends discussed
their children, grandchild-
ren, great grandchildren;
reminisced of past meetings
and discussed the events of
many years.
the Revenue Sharing Act.
Six of twelve zoning
applications submitted this
month were approved.
Wayne Madsen was ap-
pointed temporary zoning
officer in the absence of
Tom Lavin.
Marietta Police officers
Millar and Englert will
attend crime prevention
classes at Millersville.
Ken Geesey will pick up
the new fire truck in
Wisconsin later this
summer.
explaining the details,
please get in touch with
Deborah Kelly Reuter, 317
W. Donegal Street, Mount
Joy, PA 17552. We are
looking for a great turnout,
so we’ll expect to see you
there!
reunion committee