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SUSQUEHANNA.
Vel. 79, No. 40, October 10, 1979
Susquehanna Times & The Mount Joy Bulletin
MARIETTA & MOUNT JOY, PA.
Mariettans concerned
about teen violence
Many concerned Mariet-
" tans were concerned about
increased juvenile violence
on the streets of their town
and were planning to attend
the meeting of the borough
council this Tuesday night,
to voice their concern,
approaching on outrage.
The disturbed citizens tell
tales of a woman shopkeep-
er being hit in the face after
she complained to youths
about their destruction of
her goods, eggs being
thrown at customers in a
restaurant, breaking a store
window, and then beating
up the owner of the store
when he chased them.
The juveniles apparently
run in two gangs, one under
sixteen, the other over
sixteen.
What has residents of
Marietta most disturbed is
that the borough police are
not responding to calls for
help from beleaguered
townspeople. The borough
has four full-time policemen
and three part-time, suffici-
ent, say the incensed
residents to control the
juvenile gangs. ‘‘But where
are the police?’’ asked a
worried merchant.
As the Times goes to
press, it looks like the
borough council will have
this troublesome problem to
face Tuesday night.
Trick or Treat night
Oct. 31 in Mount Joy
At Monday night's meet-
ing of the Mount Joy
Borough Council Mayor
James Gingrich announced
that Trick or Treat for
Halloween will take place on
Wednesday, October 31
from 6 to 9 p.m.
Gingrich asked that resi-
dents of Mount Joy keep
their front porch lights for
the youngsters during the
time allotted for Trick or
Treat.
Mt. Joy Council asks
that area be rezoned
At their meeting Monday
night, Mount Joy Borough
Council voted to initiate
action on changing the
. zoning for the area just
north of Parkside from high
density to medium density
housing.
The site is where
Creekside, the proposed
apartment complex for
subsidized rental apart-
ments for low income
Emergency:
911 is the new number to
dial in case of an emergency
of any kind. That includes
ambulance or police
fire,
help.
This will avoid the need to
memorize several different
,',numbers; so that one will be
families was to have been
located. The Creekside
project, after encountering
bitter opposition from
Mount Joy residents, was
abandoned after one of the
owners of the ground
refused to sell.
Council agreed that they
should notify the owners of
the proposed change in
zoning.
dial 911
able to act quickly in an
emergency.
This new system will
eventually be county wide in
use. It is being operated by
County Control, which has
hired additional people to
successfully complete the
transfers.
_ Left to right: Ruth Westerman, Dan Swearinger
[on-site foreman for Wohlsen Construction], Bob
Biship [architect], Mayor Gingrich, Fire Chief Frank
Friendship Fire Company breaks ground
for new fire hall on New Haven Street
Last Saturday morning
Friendship Fire Company of
Mount Joy officially broke
ground for their new station
on New Haven Street.
President Scott Madara
said it was ‘‘a big day’’ for
the company, and invited
those assembled for the
ceremony to the old station
for refreshments after the
ceremony.
Good, Jr., Dennis Fackler [chairman of finance
committee], President Scott Madara and Jim Drohan
[chairman of the Fund Raising Committe].
Dennis Fackler, Chairman
of the Building Commitee,
reviewed the history of the
company. He said that fire
service had started in Mount
Joy in 1869, when engines
were kept in residential
garages. The first home of
the volunteer fire company
was the stone one-story
town halll located on the
present site of the post
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