CALL IN NEWS.....to Hazel Baker [Marietta] 426-3643 Cherie Dillow [Mount Joy] 653-1609 The Susquehanna Times 426-2212 or 653-8383 SUSQUEHANNA 1 22 Mey oa 4 ’ S; J Nig oR Oy “V% I Ny i sg, Vol. 79, No. 32, August 15th, 1979 Jay R. Hess Jay Hess heads Lions Last month Jay R. Hess received his gavel as president of the Mount Joy Lions Club, succeeding Jim Roberts. Jay has a number of things he wants to accom- plish during his administrat- ion, but is not ready to discuss his plans publicly yet. One recommendation he is going to make is that the Mount Joy Lions, which are known for their aid to blind people, make a larger donation to the Lancaster Blind Center. The Lancaster Blind Center is of the most help to local ‘people who are visually handicapped, and with services like its special radio station for the blind, is making a tremendous con- tribution, Jay beleives. Late this month the local Lions will vsisit the Lancaster Blind Center. Jay has been active in the Lions almost since he first moved to Mount Joy with his family in 1972. Jay hails originally from Strasburg and his wife Vickie from Quarryville. They have two daughters: Debbie, 4, and Kristen, 3. They all attend Grace Brethren Church in Elizabethtown. Jay is employed by Bell Telephone in Lancaster as a splicing technician. It was Vickie who selected Mount Joy as the place for the Hesses to raise their family. Vickie had gotten to know the area as a student at Elizabethtown College and then as a case worker who visited local nursing homes. She liked the house on Donegal Springs Road which they moved into. She also liked the schools and the neighborhood. Jay was encouraged to join the Lions by his neighbor, Mrs. Clyde Mum- per, widow of one of the founding fathers of the local Lions. Jay was sponsored for membership by John N. Weidman. It wasn’t long before Jay became a very active member and started to work his way up in the organizat- ion, becoming Tail Twister, Lion Tamer, etc. Meanwhile, in addition to his growing responsibilities at work and in the Lions, Jay has constantly been working on his house and improving it. He completely did over the kitchen and has added bathrooms. Right now, with the help of his brother, he is converting his furnace from oil to gas, to connect up with Susquehanna Times & The Mount Joy Bulletin MARIETTA & MOUNT JOY, PA. the new gasline that runs down Donegal Springs Road. He feels that this is a wise move to make for the future. The Mount Joy Lions raise money for both the blind and the deaf, by means of pancake break- fasts, broom and bulb sales, and fruit cake sale at Christmas. The membership fo the local Lions has been increas- ing , and Jay would like to see it grow even more. Anyone, he says, interest- ed ‘‘in helping people less fortunate than themselves, and interested in helping the community and improv- ing it,”’ should think about joining the Lions. ‘‘We can do th ings together that we can’t do alone,’ Jay says. People interested in join- ing the Lions should call Jay (653-5248) or just attend a meeting,first and third Tuesday of every month, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Hostetter’s Dining Hall. Petition for wheelchair ramps presented Phyllis Charles and Lor- raine Meashey, both in electric wheelchairs, ap- peared before Mount Joy Borough Council Monday night with petitions asking the borough to put ramps at corners and crossing, for the benefit of handicapped people and mothers pushing baby carriages. They ex- plained that federal funds were available to subsidize the construction of such ramps. FIFTEEN CENTS Jn Battle shapes up for tonight: Laing to preset present case for Creekside Tonight at 7:30 p.m. Laing Properties of Harris- burg, the developers who are proposing the new apartment complex, Creek- side for low and moderate income families, are coming to Mount Joy to present their case for the project. They will make their presentation, and try to answer objections from residents of Mount Joy, starting at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium-gymnasium of Beahm Junior High School. An overflow crowd of Mount Joy citizens, most of them strongly opposed to the proposed apartment complex, is expected to attend. If the mass-attended meeting of the Mount Joy Borough Council on Monday night is any indicator, Development; Parkside residents in militant mood tonight's meeting has all the signs of being one of the most emotional meetings ever held in Mount Joy, with the representatives of Laing Properties, away from their home turf and hopelessly outnumbered, in for a rough evening. [continued on back page] New truck terminal proposed Borough Manager Bruce Hamer revealed at Monda night's meeting of borough council that PKB Associates of Bethlehem, Pa., will be applying at the next meeting of the borough planning commission to build a large truck terminal along Route 230, between NCR and National Standard. The terminal, to occupy 21 acres, will be leased to Mushroom Transportation. None-ef-the trucks will go through Mount Joy, but will head out for Route 283. Two hundred and fifty people will be employed at the terminal. As sirens go off, new fire truck arives in Marietta Robert Derr {left] and Ken Geesey with the new truck Last Saturday afternoon members of the Pioneer Fire Comapny of Marietta waited impatiently at the fire hall for their new fire truck to arrive from Wisconsin. “It was being driven from Aplleton, Wisconsin, by Robert Derr, Chief Eng Robert Derr, Chief Engineer and Ken Gessey, Fire Chief, who had left by plane on Thursday to get it. When it arrived around 3 p.m., the firemen blew their siren, both at the firehall and on the new truck, also blew the loud bullhorn on the truck, and had all the warning lights flashing and turning on the flashy new truck. According to Dave Glick, salesman for the dealer from whom the Marietta firemen puchased their new truck it cost $68,300. Made by Pierce of Appleton, Wis.. its tank holds 1000 gallons of its pump can deliver 1000 gallons of water per minute. It has a top mount pump control panel. which gives the operator a better view of where the water is going and needed. The pump control panel is located on the side of the truck on old models.
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