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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
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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, .