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QUEHANNA
Vol. 79, No. 48, December 5, 1979
Santa Arrive
The Christmas season will
officially begin in Mount Joy
this Saturday when Santa
arrives—via horse and car-
riage. Santa Claus will leave
the Keystone Diner at
9:30am and will arrive at the
community Christmas tree
at 10. The tree is located at
the triangle at Main St. and
Marietta Ave.
Santa will be escorted by
Evelyn and Joe Russell, who
are providing the horse and
carriage. At the Christmas
tree Santa will be met by
carolers and escorted to his
hut in front of Hcstetter’s
Hardware.
The Mount Joy Mer-
chants Association is spon-
soring an ‘‘Old Fashioned
Christmas’’. They invite you
to come out and share in
their old fashioned fun.
There will be caroling
every weekday evening from
7 to 8 pm, beginning
December 10th and running
through the 21st.
The Merchants are also
sponsoring a Turkey draw-
ing, giving away thirty
turkeys to lucky shoppers.
All you need do is register at
any participating merchant.
The drawing for the turkeys
will be December 22nd.
The Mount Joy Mer-
chants invite one and all to
share in their ‘‘old fashion-
ed Christmas’’.
Marietta Candlelight
Tour a success: Ross
Last Sunday’s Christmas
by Candlelight Tour was
termed a success by Mari-
etta Restoration Associates
president Ken Ross. “We
do not have an exact count
as of right now,”’ Ross told
us, ‘‘but we know that more
than 1200 people went on
the tour.”’ This number.was
greater than last year’s.
Included in the 1200 who
went on the tour, were 92
visitors from Washington
DC. ‘“Each year for the past
several years, we get a
group sponsored by Smith-
sonian Associates. This is
the first time, however, that
they needed two buses to
make the trip.”’
Ross overheard one wo-
men remark that while she
had been on quite a few
tours ‘‘Marietta is definitely
the best.” ‘‘We agree,”
said Ross.
Ken’s wife Linda added
that she was ‘‘glad the Tour
was not extremely commer-
cial; but more creative.’
The Christmas Tour is the
major money-making event
for the Associates, but this
is not the only reason for the
tour. ‘‘We want to make
‘people aware of the build-
ings and the possibilities in
this town. We are also glad
to see the people of the
community take such pride
in their town. Many people
who did not have buildings
in the tour decorated for the
occasion. It was an effort put
forth by the entire commun-
ity.”
Breakfast with Santa
on Dec. 15 at 9:30 a.m.
The Times printed the
wrong time and date for the
Mount Joy Joycee-ettes’
Breakfast with Santa last
week. The article appeared
on the front page, lower
right.
The correct date is Dec.
15th. Correct time is
9:30am. to 11:30am.
Breakfast with Santa will
be held at Hostetter’s
Banquet Hall.
Breakfast will consist of
juice, bacon and eggs,
doughnuts, and coffee or
chocolate. Santa will distri-
bute gifts.
Ticket information can be
had from Mrs. Robert
Stoner at 653-4395, or any
other Joycee-ette.
We apologize for the
error.
1) —
Susquehanna Times & The Mount Joy Bulletin
MARIETTA & MOUNT JOY, PA.
John Loose
RALPE
R.D-
MOUNT Joy
Teacher of the Week
John W. W. Loose
It is to be expected that a
historian would trace his
roots back as far as he can.
John Ward Willson Loose,
head of social studies at
Donegal High School, traces
his ancestry back on his
father’s side to 1751, and on
his mother’s side to 1636 in
this country.
The Looses, a Pennsyl-
vania German family with
more than its share of
Reformed preachers, origi-
nally settled in Loosthal
(German for ‘‘Loose’s Val-
ley’’) in Berks County. Mr.
Loose’s father was born and
raised in Schaefferstown.
Mr. Loose’s mother’s first
ancestor to come to this
country was Henry Willson,
who left Dallowgill in
Yorkshire after a difference
with the established church
and settled in Dedham,
Mass. Henry Willson’s
grandson, Guild Willson
married Ruth Ann Ward a
daughter of John Ward,
whose family was prominent
politically in Sudbury,
Mass. The son of Guild
Willson and Ruth Ann Ward
fought in the Massachusetts
militia in the Revolution,
giving Mr. Loose of Donegal
High School one his various
qualifications for belonging
to the Sons of the
Revolution.
A Willson founded the
towns of Hebron, Belcher,
and Glen’s Falls on Lake
George. A Willson who was
an iron founder came to
Harrisburg and started D.T.
Willson Brothers and Com-
pany, which made flour
milling machinery from 1843
to 1888, when it closed
down. When the Wi'ison
Company closed down in
Harrisburg, Mr. Loose’s
grandfather, John ward
Willson, III, w.at to
Chester, Pa., where he
became superintendant of a
plant making steam eng-
ines. Willson had one
child, Mr. Loose’s mother,
who was born in Chester.
Mr. Loose’s father had
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FIFTEEN CENTS
A.
left Schaefferstown to at-
tend West Chester State
Teachers’ College and then
the University of Pennsyl-
vania. He taught mathe-
matics for a while at the
University. He was visiting
his friend John Fetter of
Fetter Hotels in Atlantic
City when Miss Willson and
some of her friends also
happened to be in Atlantic
City. Mr. Loose’s parents
were introduced to each
other by hotelman Fetter.
John Ward Willson Loose
was born in Manheim, Pa.,
in 1927. His father was
production manager at the
Asbestos Company in Man-
heim.
John W.W. Loose was
sickly as a child. He had a
number of mastoid operat-
ions. For the sake of his
health the family moved
from damp Manheim on the
banks of the Chiques to
the more healthy climate of
Mountville. In Mountville,
John started taking care of
his own health (by not
bundling up so much); his
health took a marked: turn
for the better. He has not
missed five days of school or
work since then.
Since there was no high
school in Mountville, John
either had to go to Columbia
or to McCaskey in Lancast-
er, where his family would
have to pay some tuition.
The Looses decided that
John would go to McCaskey.
About the time that John
started high school, his
father died. His mother
moved to Lancaster and took
in college students as
roomers to help support the
family.
Except for Latin class
John’s time at McCaskey
was happy. But John
_ refused to use a ‘“‘pony’’ to
Caesar’s Com-
mentaric., as the other
students did, .-aking his
oral translations more plod-
“ing.
At Millersville State
College John began to teach
art in the training school
when he was still a
freshman. He continued to
teach art throughout his
student years at Millers-
ville, because he had
studied art for three years in
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