October 31, 1979
Obituaries
WILLIAM F. BARTO
William F. Barto, 65, of
RD1 Mount Joy, died last
week while on a bus trip:
He was the husband of
Helen Bailor Barto, who
survives him. He was born
in Mount Joy, a son of the
late Edwin and Katie Fach
Barto.
He lived for 30 years in
Rome, New York, where he
worked in civil service at
Griffith Air Force Base. He
first settled there after his
discharge from the Air
Force at the end of World
War Two. He retired in 1969
and moved back to Mount
Joy.
He was a member of St.
Mark's United Methodist
Church, the Mount Joy
Lions Club, the American
Legion, the Friendship Fire
Co. #1, the Leisure Club,
the Mount Joy Area Histori-
cal Society, and the Donegal
Basketball Parents Club, of
which he served as treasur-
er.
He is survived by, in
addition to his wife: three
children: Richard, of Syra-
cuse, NY; Betsy, wife of
Joseph Schofield, Hyatts-
ville, MD; and Robert, at
home; and also by three
sisters: Lillian, wife of
Clinton Eby, Mount Joy;
Anna Barto, Mount Joy; and
Marie Bigler, Manheim.
MAJOR EDWARD J. DALE
Major Edward J. Dale
(Retired), age 71, Wied
Saturday at 4AM at hig
home at 1113 Pondorosa
Park Dr., Forest Park,
Georgia.
He retired from US Army
with the rank of Major, after
serving 20 years. He
served in W.W.II in Italy,
France, and Germany and
was stationed in Japan
during the occupation.
Prior to retiring, he
worked for Civil Defense in
Atlanta‘ and for the state of
Georgia.
He is survived by his wife,
Anna Detlinger Dale, for-
merly of Marietta, and one
brother, Thomas of Media.
He was buried in Forest Hill
Cemetery, Forest Park,
Georgia, with full military
honors.
WINFIELD EATER
Winfield Eater, 72, of 566
W. Market St., Marietta,
died last week at home. He
had been under the care of a
physician.
He was born in Marietta
and lived here all his life. He
was the son of the late
George and Carrie Hester
Eater.
He served in World War
Two as an Air Force
corporal. He was retired as a
service station operator in
Marietta. He was a member
of Zion Lutheran Church.
He is survived by these
brothers and sisters: Mrs.
Benjamin Maloney, Mari-
etta, Miriam Campbell,
Marietta; George Brandt
Eater, Marietta; John F.
Eater, Marietta; Anna Nell,
Lancaster; Susanna, the
wife of Joseph Herchelroath
of Wrightsville; and Jean
Richardson of York.
CHARLES HAVERSTICK
Charles A. Haverstick,
91, of Winninpeg, Manito-
ba, Canada, died of natural
causes. He was born in
Mount Joy, the son of John
and Elvina Haverstick, and
moved to Canada in 1910.
Before retiring, he was a
farmer and kept both a
general store and a farm
machinery dealership.
He is survived by his
widow, Edith, a native of St.
Louis, and four children:
Charles, Jr., Malcolm and
Gladys Manness, all of
Manitoba, and Audrey
Marsh, of Vancouver, B.C.
He is also survived by 14
grandchildren and nine
great-grandchildren.
JOHN D. WAGNER
John D. Wagner, 44, of
950 Wood Street, Mount
Joy, died last week at
Lancaster General Hospital
after an illness of two
months.
He was the husband of
Carole Druck Wagner.
Wagner, who lived in
Mount Joy for most of his
life, was president of the
Donegal High School Wrest-
ling Booster Club, and
assisted the DHS coaching
staff in football. He coached
the Donegal Midget Foot-
ball team for 11 years.
He was a member of
Grace Brethren Church of
Elizabethtown.
He was born in Lewis-
town, a son of the late Issac
C. and Cora Knepp Wagner.
Surviving him, besides
his wife, are four children:
Harry A., Columbia; Lisa
C., Marietta; Casey J. and
Jill M., both at home; and
two brothers, Banks Wag-
ner of Marietta and Jack W.
Wagner of Garland, Texas.
Folk music at M.S.C.
“*A Day of Rock and Folk
Music’’ will be held at
Millersville State College on
Nov. 11, 1:00-11:00pm, with
proceeds to go to the
Susquehanna Valley Alli-
Local
Architecture
Recently the Historic
Preservation Trust of Lan-
caster County published a
handbook, Lancaster Arch-
itecture 1719-1927: A Guide
to Publicly Accessible Build-
ings in Lancaster County.
This book illustrates and
describes six major styles of
American architecture as
they developed in Lancaster
County Buildings.
The book was researched
and written by John J.
Snyder, Jr., architectural
historian, Historic Preserva-
tion Trust of Lancaster
County, with photographs
by John P. Herr. The book is
edited by Roberta Strickler.
The book includes several
photographs of local interst.
They are included below.
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The Donegal Presbyterian Church is also a fine example of
traditional English architecture. Built about 1740, the gambrel roof
ance. Tickets cost $3.50 in
advance, $4.50 at the door.
Appearing will be West
Philly Speed Boys, Hunter,
and Cooking Cozy.
The
Old Town Hall
Marietta was built in 1847. It
illustrates the continuity of
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Mr. Bruce Cirrinone, former member of the U.S. Army Presidential Honor
Guard, instructs Donegal High School president Mark Wagner in procedures
required for ceremonies at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Also in connection
with the upcoming Veterans Day will be the presentation of the play ‘‘On the
Skirt of Freedom”’, by John Gibble. The play will be open to the public free of
charge, Friday, November 9, in the high school auditorium. It is presented by
members of the band, chorus and drama club.
The Wright’s Ferry Mansion at Second and Cherry Streets, Columbia,
is one of the best examples of a traditional English rural type house. The
structure is long and narrow, with an interior depth of only one room, a
traditional English plan which dates to medieval times. The Wright’s
Ferry Mansion also has features which indicate Germanic influence.
in Included are the long, wooden shingles attached with only one nail, the
squirrel tail oven at the gable end, and the encircling pent eave, [a
roof-like projection between the first and second stories. |
late Federal taste into the
early Victorian period.
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and the basic form of the building show Irish influences.
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The Mansion at Donegal Mills Plantation has the largest surviving
Greek Revival portico in the County. The columns were added during an
1830 renovation of the eighteenth century house.