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Bromer Editor—Diane Krantz Advertising Manager—Diane Krantz Marietta Editor—Hazel Baker Mount Joy Editor—Cherie Dillow Vol. 79, No. 46, November 21, 1979 Advertising Rates Upon Request Entered at the Post Office in Marietta, PA, as second class mail under the Act of March 3, 1879 Subscription Rate—$6.00/year [Outside Lancaster County—$6.50/year] VOPR 2 22 22222 RRR Rd dd ddd ddd ddd Ae EL LRA AAAS a a a a dL I Ed Id dd di VAAN TNTNTNTNTNTNTTNTNNNNTNTNTNTTNNN I think my Dad should be picked for Dad of the week because everyday when he comes home from work even if he’s tired he plays outside with me. My dads favorite sport is golf. He likes children too. My dad takes my mom and I out for dinner sometimes. Sometimes he takes my family up to the mountains. My dad takes me to carnivals. My dad takes my family to Hershey- park every year. Sometimes my dad and I go shopping together. Sometimes when my family isn’t home and it is just me and my Dad we eat and watch TV. My dad fixes our bikes when they don’t work right. My dad taught me how to throw, bat, and catch a ball. He taught me how to play miniature golf. Thats why I think my dad should be picked father of the week and something else because he’s special to me and I love him. Sincerely Vicki Derr The above letter was written about Harold Derr of Maytown. When we went to visit Mr. Derr and his family we found plenty of action. ‘““There’s always some- thing going on,”” says mother Pat Derr, "’and lots of running around. With four kids involved in all sorts of activities there just isn’t a lot of time to sit down.’’ Everyone in the family keeps busy. Mr. Derr and his oldest child Randy both work at the Marietta Ceiling Plant. They work a swing shift, so the hours are always changing. “It is important to take time out with your children no matter how tired you are when you come home from work,” Mr. Derr says. ‘‘It’s hard The Derr family, beginning in back, clockwise; Randy, JoAnne Pittenturf [a friend], Pat, Sherry, Kim, Vicki and Harold going Parent of the Week Harold Derr with my job, but it’s something you must work at.” Mrs. Derr not only works the 11 to 7 shift at AMP, she also drives school bus. Why two jobs? ‘‘I love driving bus and being with the kids, but that job will not pay for the kid's college educa- tion,”’ she says. How do the Derr’s manage to live an orderly life with both Mom and Dad working? ‘‘Everyone has a job to do around the house,’ says Mrs. Derr. The children all receive an allowance in exchange for cleaning their rooms, help- ing with the laundry, washing and drying dishes and taking out the garbage. “They all work for the money ‘that they get,’’ says Mr. Derr. All of the Derr’s are active in the sports field. Randy, a 1979 graduate of Donegal High School, played basket- ball, baseball and was all-star football. “lI never missed seeing Randy play a game last year,”” Mr. Derr says. That ‘even meant taking a vacation day or two to see the game. ‘‘Either Pat or I are at any game that our kids are in. 1 feel it is important as a parent to show your child that you care about what he or she is doing.” Sherry, a junior at Donegal, is just starting to practice for the up-coming basketball season. She also plays hockey and softball. She would like to eventually become a teacher and a coach. Sherry also helps out at Houseal’s general merchan- dise Store in Maytown. Mr. and Mrs. Houseal are Pat Derr’s parents. Kim, a sophomore at DHS, twirls baton in the band front and plays on the vouth league softball team. In addition to these activities, she is employed at the Mount Joy Restaur- ant. Vicki, 9 years old and a fourth grader at Maytown, twirls the baton with the Pennsy Strutters and plays softball. How good is she at twirling the baton? ‘‘Pretty good,’’ she says. She is also pretty good at softball, having made the all-star team in her league. In addition to being involved with athletics and work, the Derr’s are also a very musical family. Mrs. Derr plays the piano, as do all the girls. Kim and Vicki play the flute, Sherry plays the clarinet and Randy the trumpet. Every- one teases Vicki about her struggles with the flute (she just started this year) but she looks them all in the eye and says “I'll be famous some day and that’ll show you!" There is a lot of teasing in the family, and lots of giggling. ‘‘The whole family giggles alot,” Vicki in- forms us. “We do have fun together,”’ says Mr. Derr. “Even now that some of the kids have grown up, we find _ November 21, 1979 time to do things as a family and to have fun doing it. My wife and I never go one way sending the kids another. What we do, they do also.” When asked about disci- pline, Mrs. Derr remarks that the family has no real problem. ‘‘Because Harold and I both work, we have always had a pretty well-structured schedule. We always eat at S o'clock for example. The kids know that they are to be home at that time. It is just expected of them. If they are ever late at suppertime, or at night, we expect them to call, because we do worry about them. They are pretty good about rules like that. “I really don’t think we have a discipline problem. Everyone knows his or her place and job and does it.” Mr. Derr agrees. ‘‘We have pretty good kids.’’ Mrs. Derr concluded by saying that she is very thankful for her large family. ‘‘Some people feel there are too many disadvantages to a large family, but I feel the more the merrier.” “l like being with my kids,’’ says Mr. Derr. As we left the Derr family, Dad was helping Sherry play basketball. Vicki was there cheering them on. Aument, Sr. in East, Aument, Jr., in West In last week's Susque- hanna Times an error appeared in the front-page story about election results. At the top of the third column, we said that Frank Aument had been elected constable in both the East and West Wards. What we failed to say is that Frank Aument, Senior, won in the East Ward and that Frank Aument, Junior, won in the West Ward. We apologize mistake. for the
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