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Hazel Baker [Marietta]
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Cherie Dillow [Mount Joy]
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Rev. Shelley Shellenberger—page 2
Dr. Predicto—back page
Teacher of the Week—back page
Vol. 79, No. 41, October 17, 1979
Mariettans, outraged by loiterers’
violence, demand police protection
Last Tuesday night about
60 residents of downtown
Marietta attended the Mari-
etta Borough Council meet-
ing to complain about
groups of young people
habitually loitering in the
first block of West Market
Street. The residents com-
plained that the loitering
youths engaged in street
brawls late at night, that
they congregate on private
property, that property has
been damaged, and that
residents are intimidated by
the loiterers.
Angry residents com-
plained that the problem has
been a growing one for more
than a year, and that
Marietta police responded
‘tardily—or not at all—to
telephone requests for
police intervention during
incidents.
Council member David L.
White, who is a property
owner and resident in the
downtown area, verified the
complaints and asked that
Council provide more police
protection for the affected
area. s
Council listened to a
barrage of complaints: a
shopkeeper, who said the
loiterers discourage his
customers; a mother, who
said midnight street fights
waken her baby; a man who
said he cannot get out of his
front door without stepping
over teen-agers sitting on
his stoop; a teen-ager
demanding police protection
against other youths. Other
complaints involved the use
of foul language, drugs and
alcohol.
In response,
approved 24-hour
Council
police
Susquehanna Times & The Mount Joy Bulletin
MARIETTA & MOUNT JOY, PA.
patrols, and foot patrols of
the downtown business
district. Marietta Mayor J.
Robert Flanagan announced
that he will ask for higher
fines when offenders are
taken before the District
Justice. Flanagan also
announced that he would
hold a ‘‘meet the mayor”
session in council chambers
on Tuesdays from 7:30 to 9
p.m. He appointed also a
five-member committee, to
meet on Sunday, to study
the problem of the disorder-
ly youth groups and to
consider possible changes in
borough ordinances cover-
ing curfew and loitering.
The committee includes:
Patrick Kenney Jr., who
suggested its formation;
Ken Ross; Jacqueline Mad-
sen; Rosemary Patterson,
and Deb Zeisloft.
Citizens voice ideas on how to cope
with street gangs, make town safe
Downtown Marietta resi-
dents report that police
patrols have been more in
evidence in the week since”
the council meeting. Despite
this, there have been
several street brawls and
reports of slow police
response to calls for help
from harrassed residents.
5 new building permits
issued in East Donegal
The East Donegal Super-
visors amended plans for
the new Farmers First Bank
branch at their last meeting.
The new office wili be
located along Rte. 441
outside Marietta. A decel-
leration lane will be added
to the western approach.
Five building permits
were issued last month.
The old township storage
shed was sold to Mr. and
Mrs. William Gilbert for
$10,180.
The supervisors designat-
ed Oct. 30 as Trick or Treat
night. Official hours will be
6:00 to 9:00.
Several roads were ac-
cepted in East Park Devel-
opment, Country Village,
and Vista Heights. They will
be placed on the township
map.
The voting place for
Maytown has been changed.
It will henceforth be in the
municipal building. This
November's elections will
be held at the new site.
It was announced that
:al firemen and ambu-
ice personnel will tour
Wyeth Labs on Oct. 29th, to
prepare for emergencies
there. Both Marietta and
East Donegal/Maytown
units will tour the plant.
Stickers bearing the new
emergency phone number,
911, will be distributed by
the fire company and
ambulance crew, it was
announced.
The East Donegal J aycees
will plant four maple trees in
the park on Saturday.
The recently-completed
kitchen at Rock Point Park
needs an electric stove, a
freezer, and a sink. Contri-
butions will be welcomed.
The PennDOT snow
removal schedules were
accepted by the supervisors.
Robert Spangler, a down-
town merchant, thinks an
early curfew, 9 p.m., might
help to solve the problems
created by the loitering
youths. Spangler would
propose the curfew on a
temporary basis, ‘‘just until
Halloween; then cold weath-
er will tend to break up the
street gangs.’ Spangler
feels that television causes
some of the problems.
“Even though I sell TV
sets,”’ he said, ‘I think
people—both kids and their
parents—spend too much
time watching TV. The
parents are too glued to the
TV to keep an eye on what
their children are doing.
And the kids watch a lot of
terrible TV programs and
never use their minds or
spend any time doing
anything creative or useful.
There is no home life
anymore, in lots of families.
And TV has helped to create
that situation.’’
Patrick Kenney, Jr.
appointed to the committee
to study the problems with
youthful loiterers, said that
he believes the problem
cannot be solved by the
police alone. ‘“This is not
only Marietta’s problem,”
said Kenney, “it is a
nationwide problem.’’ Ken-
ney said that he believes the
mayor's committee should
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The Hartzler family: back row, Alex and Kim; front row, Matt, Dr. Hartzler,
Mrs. Hartzler and Claudia
Parents of Week
Jeff and Gwen Hartzler
When Jeff and Gwen
Hartzler bought their farm
on Union School Road near
Mount Joy in 1972, they
were thinking mainly about
their children. They believe
that a farm is an ideal place
to rear children. ‘‘It’s a good
place to grow up,”’ says Dr.
Hartzler, who is professor of
mathematics at Penn State,
Capitol Campus, and who is
also a member of the’
Donegal School Board. “‘A
farm provides lots of
space—and it provides re-
sponsibilities.”’
At this point Dr. Hartzler
had the children state their
various responsibilities.
Alex, who is 11, is in
charge of mowing the grass
and weeding 150 stalks of
strawberries. Every Thurs-
day he cleans his room.
Kim, 8, cleans not only
her own room but brother
Matt's (age 6) also. Like
Alex she raises strawberries
for 4-H. She sells them to
the Mount Joy Rotarians
and other customers who
come to the Hartzler farm.
The children may keep their
income from strawberries.
Matt, 6, helps his father
take out the trash, rake the
lawn, or empty wastebas-
kets. He also helps his
father take care of 800 pigs.
Claudia, age 2, doesn’t
have too many responsibili-
ties as yet.
Since the older children
earn a good bit of their
spending money they do not
have to be given many gifts.
The Hartzlers believe that
gifts should be appropriate
for the child's age. They
also feel that the children
should not be over-indulg-
ed. ‘“We believe it is more
important to give them time
than things,”” says Dr.
Hartzler.
Family vacations are cen-
tered about the children.
The Hartzlers have made
two winter trips to Florida
where they visisted Disney-
world and where they collect
seashells. Each child has a
large collection of seashells
in his or her room.
The family half-acre of
asparagus is a project for
all. They all help to plant,
weed, and harvest it. The
children decide where to
spend the money they make
from their. produce. They
usually decide to spend it on
their vacations. They also
decide where to go on
vacations.
Friday night is family
night at the Hartzlers. The
parents don’t schedule any
meetings for that night,
They might go out to eat or
to a fair.
Sunday is the favorite day
of the Hartzlers. After
church, they play.
Kim has a horse, ‘‘Little
Bits.”’ She has been taking
riding lessons and takes her
horse out to eat grass.
Matt has two cats, and
Claudia has two kittens. In
addition to her horse, Kim
has a cat, Fluffy. Alex has a
dog.
Favorite games at the
Hartzlers are football and
softball. Indoors they like
Monopoly, Dutch Blitz, and
air hockey.
Alex is learning to play
tennis.
When it comes to helping
with schoolwork, Gwen
a former schoolteacher,
assumes most of | tla
responsibility.
Mrs. Hartzler believes
that each child is different
and has to be treated as an
individual.
The church is also an
important part of the
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