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PennDOT said that Mount
Joy and Rapho Township
Disabled women press ¥
for wheelchair ramps
on Mount
Phyllis Charles and Lor-
raine Meashey attended the
meeting of Mount Joy
Borough Council Monday
night in their wheel chairs,
carrying on their campaign
to have ramps built into
curbs at corners in Mount
Joy. The ramps are neces-
sary for disabled people
getting about in wheel
chairs.
The two women had
presented petitions for
ramps, which they had
circulated, to Council last
Mount
PennDOT
Joy
could work out between
them how to divide up the 10
per cent between them.
Joy curbs
month.
They said, ‘“We don’t
want this tossed aside.”
They asked specifically’
that all mew curbs being :
constructed have ramps.
They pointed out that
Lancaster and Elizabeth-
town are installing ramps.
They said they
are »"
investigating Federal fund- .
ing for ramps in Mount Jdy.
““We challenge borough
council,”’ said Phyllis, ‘‘to
spend one afternoon in
wheelchairs, to see how
inconvenient this can be.”
socks
with weed
ordinance violation
Mount Joy Borough coun-
cil Monday night voted to
contact PennDOT regarding
weed ordinance violation on
Angle Street.
They also voted to write
Rep. Brandt and Senator
Manbeck, to urge their
support of Senate Bill 10,
which would share 20% of
the gasoline tax revenues
with local municipalities.
Contracts were awarded
to Bob Smith to build a
pavillion, basketball court,
volleyball court, and a
walkway in the Borough
Park.
The contract for number 2
fuel oil was awarded to
Newcomer Oil of Elizabeth-
town.
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The block party just before it rained.
September 12, 1979
The Garfield Road Block Party has got to be
the longest block party in the world, 2; miles
by Lorna Simmons Nolt
It’s got to be the longest
block party in the world.
It’s authentic, all right,
with all two-and-one-half
miles present and accounted
for... To be fair, the
boundaries are stretched....
well, just a little....to
include a house or farm just
outside the confines of a
Garfield Road address.
The Garfield Road Block
Party it is. And it happens
every Labor Day Weekend
at one farm or house or
another along the way,
depending on which way the
wind blows.
Cheryl (Mrs. Vincent)
Newcomer, of Garfield
Road, Mount Joy, explains
how it all got started five
years ago:
““We had just moved in,”’
Cheryl says, ‘‘and I didn’t
know too many people, so I
decided to cali a few of my
closest neighbors and see if
we could get some people
together.”’
Get some people together
she did, and on the Sunday
before Labor Day 60 people
or so gathered at the James
Newcomer farm on Garfield
Road (where else?) for the
Fifth Annual Garfield Road
Block Party in the New-
comer pasture. Even a few
raindrops didn’t spoil the
fun for long—some ran for
shelter, but the younger
ones just scurried under a
big farm wagon and waited
it out.
“This is the only date we
keep open all year,” says
effervescent and energetic
Mrs. Henry Engle. “We
have all kinds of people who
come. The oldest must be 86
and the youngest just a
toddler!”’
The Joe Wolgemuths
were there. And the
Clarence Hostetters and
Clayton Martins and Mike
Herrs and John Groffs and
the Clifford and Ralph
Waltzes.
And so many Newcomers
that even they got mixed up
trying to explain. Let's
see—there’s Vincent and
Stanley and Anna and Paul
and Jay and Preston and
James and Robert and Jim
and Walter. Not to mention
assorted wives and kids.....
Most are farmers, some
raise chickens, some are in
business for themselves or
others. All like each other
and the fun of the last
Sunday picnic of summer.
There were some distin-
guished guests too. Mrs.
Helen B. Krebs, mother of
famous local artist SS.
Warren Krebs, who is now
living on Nantucket Island of
the coast of Massachusetts.
Warren painted the old
Garfield schoolhouse on the
Engle farm (his mother’s
cousin) while he was a
student at Franklin and
Marshall College. He went
on to become the director of
fine arts at the well-known
Westtown School outside of
Philadelphia.
And Karl Haines, Mount
Joy historian, who had just
-gotten back from the Nissley
homestead in Switzerland,
where he traced the Nissley
roots back to the 1500’s.
And a newcomer to the
group who has more than
earned his right to be
present and accounted
for—20 year-old John Mar-
garetta. This young Ruman-
ian escaped in September of
1978 from his native country
by jumping from a cliff and
swimming for four hours
across the river dividing his
country from Yugoslavia.
Five young men started the
swim and only four
completed it. John’s friend
was shot and killed by a
patrolling boat. John Mar-
garetta is living with the Joe
Wolgemuths and is spon-
sored by the Florin Church
of the Brethren. He works
for contractor Jake Habec-
ker and studies English at
Elizabethtown College. His
parents, a brother (who is a
doctor), and an 18 year-old
sister are still in Rumania.
He writes and hears from
them often.
Although his English is
halting, John Margaretta’s
face breaks into a huge
smile when asked if he likes
America. ‘‘Yes,”” he says
firmly. “I do.”
A good way to meet your
friends and spend a Sunday
afternoon eating all that
yummy Lancaster County
food? Whip up one hot and
one cold dish and call
together the neighbors for a
block party.
Betcha can’t put together
a longer one than Garfield
‘Road does.....
Mount Joy American Business Women’s
Association meets, hears Grover C. Gouker, Jr.
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The Mount Joy Charter
Chapter of the American
Business Women’s Associ-
ation held its monthly
dinner meeting Tuesday,
August 28th, at the Lincoln
Restaurant in Mount Joy.
The guest speaker for the
evening was Mr. Grover C.
Gouker, Jr., a nationally
known public speaker. Mr.
Gouker’s topic was based on
the Dale Carnegie Course,
at which he presently is an
instructor and area mana-
ger. He is a former Vice
President of the United
States Jaycees and has
achieved many honors and
awards. The Sertoma Free-
dom and Service to Mankind
Award are just two awards
for which Mr. Gouker has
received.
Mrs. Jean A. Fullerton
who is employed by
Armstrong Cork Co. was the
vocational speaker. Jean is a
mechanical engineer pre-
sently working at Central
Engineering. Jean is also
the Chapter’s Program
Chairman.
On September 25th, the ;
Mount Joy Charter Chapter
will hold its meeting at the
Mount Joy Boro Office, 21
East Main St. A ‘Fall
Enrollment Event’ will be
presented during this meet-
ing, which will start
approximately at 6:30.
Snacks, hot and cold hors d’
oeuvre’s along with punch
and coffee will be provided.
Anyone wishing to attend
should contact Darlene
Halterman at 653-4951.