Page 10 SUSQUEHANNA TIMES _ Left to right: Johnny Appleseed [David deVitry], Crist Weimer, David Derr, Theresa Marbury. Happy birthday Johnny! Grade 2 at Riverview planned a special celebra- tion for Johnny Appleseed’s birthday, September 26. Mrs. Harnish’s class learn- ed many interesting facts about Johnny Appleseed’s life through record, song, story and filmstrip. Dressed in a pioneer costume and Leisure Club meets Clarence Groff and his The Mount Joy Area Leisure Club met recently with 115 members and guests present. Following the invocation by Arthur Braun, cake and coffee was served. President Joe Shaeffer then called the meeting to order with the pledge of allegiance to the flag. Teresa Heisey present- ed the secretary’s report and Almeda Hostetter the treasurer's report. Ella Germer of the Sunshine Committee reported eight cards sent to shut-ins. The birthday and anni- versary songs were sung. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Brandt and Mr. and Mrs. Dan Henry were introduced as new members and Mrs. Elizabeth Ruhl as a guest. President Shaeffer announc- ed the Christmas party was scheduled for Wednesday evening, December 5, and will be held at Hostetter’s. Those planning to attend the Christmas party will be asked to sign a paper at the October meeting, if they plan to attend. The August meeting was a hobby and craft show, and it met with Have your such approval that President Shaeffer announced the November 12th meeting would be another hobby and craft show, and any members wishing to exhibit and talk about their hobby or craft were to contact the president. Hostesses for the October 8th meeting were Mary Rinehart, Martha Groff, Mary Shaeffer, Dottie Nei- dig, Ruth Brandt, Minnie Tucker, Dottie Sherk, Mrs. Arthur Braun, Edna Martin and Mrs. Henry Breneman. The greeters will be Bob and Marie Evans. The program for the October meeting will be Mrs. Lillian Kauffman, and the entertainment ‘‘Pot Pourri.” After the business meet- ing, President Shaeffer introduced Mr. Clarence Groff from Palmyra. Al- though Mr. Groff’s activities were numerous, his hobby was trolley cars, building scale models, by hand and from scratch. Mr. Groff had a very large display of many types of trolley cars, all working, running on tracks, lighted, people riding, even blood pressure checked You can have your blood pressure checked on Oct. 1th at Hinkle’s Pharmacy, Third and Locust Streets, Columbia. The tests will be conduct- ed between 2:00 and 4:00 PM. ; In. Mount Joy, blood pressure tests will be done at Sloan’s Pharmacy, 61 E. Main St., Tuesdays from 2:00 to 4:00 PM, during October. In Marietta, testing will take place at the Susque- hanna Family Health Center on Route 441, Thursdays from noon to 8:00 PM. portraying Johnny, David deVitry delivered apple- sauce that his class made to all the teachers at River- view. trolley cars possible to change the seats in some of the cars. His display and his talk on trolley cars was most interesting and enjoyed by everyone. —Jos. Shaeffer | October 3, 1979 Bob Heiserman (cont.) [continued from back page] Joy Vo-Tech, are being installed in the playground at Vo-Tech. Additional equipment for the playground is being considered, as is some audio-visual equipment. PACT would like to sponsor more trips for the children. Of all the worthwhile programs being made pos- sible by PACT, Bob Heiser- man is most enthusiastic about Room Parents, which is still in the planning stages. It is being developed slowly and carefully, be- cause PACT wants to be sure that it will work smoothly and efficiently. With the Riverview princi- pal, Mr. Zimmerman, PACT is developing a list of volunteer parents to under- take a variety of tasks at Riverview which will assist the teachers by lightening their burdens, so that the teachers can devote them- selves moge exclusively to purely teaching functions. Room Parents will listen to children read, duplicate materials, correct objective tests, like math exams, and make displays for the bulletin boards. In addition to lightening teachers’ loads, the Room Parents will get themselves and other parents more actively involved in the school, the basic purpose of PACT. The Room Parents will act as liasons between the school and the commun- ity. They might, for ex- ample, recruit chaperones for trips. “Patch the Pony” helps teach safety to youngsters The Columbia Area Junior Women’s Club has been involved in starting a child safety program in the Columbia area. To initiate this program a filmstrip entitled, ‘‘The Legend of Patch the Pony” was shown to all elementary students, kindergarten through 4th grade, in the Columbia schools. This film- strip teaches children in a gentle way the danger of dealing with strangers. A block parent program was then implemented in Interesting programs are planned for PACT this year. In addition to the graduation ceremony, talent night, and gymnastics show, the organ- ization is planning a hobbies show, a Christmas choral program, ‘‘A Night of Music”’ (including all varie- ties of music, sacred and secular), and a spring carnival. One program will be devoted to drug and alcohol abuse, with an expert speaker. There will be a school board forum, in which parents may question members of the Donegal School Board. A profession- al will speak on child development. The more educational meetings are made more palatable by delicious re- freshments. Attendance last year and at Open House this year has been excellent, frequently reaching 200. With the lively series of programs planned for this year, attendance should be even better. PACT raises money for its many activities in various ways: selling Riverview ‘“Redskins’’ T-shirts and shorts, also worn by the ‘‘Redskin’’ gymnasts. Both the shirts and the shorts are emblazoned with the green logo and Indian head. Being a ‘‘Riverview Red- skin’’ is good preparation for becoming a ‘‘Donegal Indian.” Also, the two capital ‘‘rs’’ go well to- gether. ‘‘Dingles are being cur- the community. More than 100 adults are participating. The purpose of this program is to provide a haven of safety for children walking to and from school. The ‘‘Patch the Pony” film has been used by the rently sold, reflectors in many artistic designs which kids can wear on their persons, providing them with both ornamentation and protection at night, by reflecting headlights, as when tricking or treating on Hallowe’en night. There will be a Santa’s Workshop store at the school during December, really a gift shop. The spring fair will also provide an opportunity for fund raising. Bob Heiserman says that the Riverview teachers and administrators have been very cooperative with the new organization. ‘‘A really good atmosphere prevails,” he says. What Heiserman values most about PACT is the way it gets parents involved in the activities of their children at school. Bob and his wife Joyce are both former teachers at Columbia High School, he in social studies, she in math. They have two children, Stacy, 8, and Kurt, 6, both at Riverview. As former teachers and now parents they are well qualified members of a parent- teacher organization. Bob has broadened his experience by becoming a realtor. He is a REALTOR ASSOCIATE with Holder, Decker, Brisson, Inc., in Lancaster. He is continuing his own education by studying appraising through Penn State with the Ameri- can Institute of Real Estate Appraisers in Philadelphia. Zion Evangelical Lutheran Nursery School, Marietta, and will be used by the Mountville Elementary School. Information about the use of this filmstrip may be obtained from Bobbie Clark, 684-7319 or Carole Keim, 684-6466. ; Children at Zion Lutheran Nursery School watch the film on safety, .
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