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Marietta Jaycees discuss
plans for old high school
The year 1980 marks ten
years since the Marietta
Jaycees purchased the old
Marietta High School. Their
goal in 1970 was to renovate
the building into a recrea-
tion center serving the
community of Marietta and
its surrounding areas.
From 1970 to 1977
progress was slow and
consisted entirely of volun-
teer manpower and fund
raising. During this time
windows were replaced,
painting was done and many
hours were spent in general
clean-up and maintenance.
In 1977 the Jaycees
secured the services of the
DeVitry, Gilbert, and
Bradley architectual firm, in
an attempt to secure federal
funding. The firm did a
feasability study of the
community needs and how
adaptable the building
would be in fulfilling these
needs. Their report, along
with the proposal, was
submitted. In 1978 the
Jaycees of Marietta received
their first federal grant
approval for the building. It
was decided that this
money, which would be
made available in 1979,
would be used to put a new
roof over the gym and to
secure the services of the
architectual firm in an
attempt to obtain future
federal funding.
In 1979 the Marietta
Jaycees received the ap-
proval for their second
federal grant to be used on
the recreation center. This
money would be available
for use in 1980.
During this time the
Jaycees have done some
demolition on the first floor.
The old gym floor was taken
up, the stage and gym areas
were cleaned of several
truckloads of debris and a
few walls were removed.
The Jaycees are now
involved in putting a roof on
the remainder of the
building.
It has been decided to use
the 1980 federal funds to
complete the gym and locker
rooms. The stage is also set
for completion in addition to
finished classrooms for
praject Head Start to use.
During this time the Jaycees
hope to renovate two
general meeting rooms
upstairs. September 1980
has been projected as the
completion of these goals.
A governing body, called
the Marietta Trust Fund,
has been established to
handle future policies and
decisions on the Recreation
Center.
Donegal Menu
Following is the lunch
menu {for the Donegal
Schools for the week of
January 21 through 25. Milk
is included with each meal.
Monday
Juice
Pizza
Cheese Stix
Green Beans/butter sauce
Fruit
Tuesday
Pork Choplet
Mashed Potatoes
Sauerkraut
Bread & butter
Applesauce
Wednesday
Turkey Shifter Sandwich
Butt. Swiss Mix
Fruited Jello/topping
Thursday
Wiener Wink
Baked Beans
Lettuce/creamy dressing
Banana in Orange Juice
Friday
Lasagne
Tossed Salad
Butt. Carrots
Italian Bread/butter
Raspberry Crumble
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Ammon L. Smith"
Ammon L. Smith talks of
plans for Mount Joy Council
Ammon L. Smith, newly
elected president of the
Mount Joy Borough Coun-
cil, told the Susquehanna
Times last week, “I feel we
have a good council and a
good borough manager to
work with for the next two
years. | hope we can keep on
the way we have in
providing services—and if
we can provide some new
services, without spending
too many dollars—goed.
*There are a few pet
things I’ve been interested
in over the years: up-grad-
ing the storm sewers and
better street lighting. Im-
provements in sewers and
lighting are expensive,
however, and have to be
slow.”
Donegal High School, class
of ’51, in Maytown. He then
went to work for Musser
Longhorn Farms, where he
had been working summers
and Saturdays ever since he
was nine years old.
From 1955S to 1957 he was
January 16, 1980
serving in the Army, mainly
with the occupation forces in
Germany.
After his Army service,
Smith went to work for
Hollinger Oil in Mount Joy.
When Newcomer Oil in
Elizabethtown bought Hol-
linger in 1976, Smith went
with Newcomer. He is
presently Service and In-
stallation Manager of the
Newcomer Qil Corporation.
Smith is married to the
former Patricia Hollinger.
The Smiths have three
children: Edward, living in
New Castle, Delaware;
Elaine (Mrs. Charles)
Karus, Maytown; and Cyn-
thia (Mrs. Russell) McKin-
ney, Mount Joy.
The Smiths have five
grandchildren.
Mr. Smith’s brother
Lehman lives in Elizabeth-
town, a sister, Mrs. Phares
Wenger, Mount Joy, and a
brother, Norman, McAllis-
terville, Pa.
The Smiths attend Christ
Lutheran Church, Elizabeth-
town.
Mr. Smith’s hobbies are
camping, square dancing,
and fishing.
His general goal as
president of the borough
council will be to maintain
an ongoing program of
improving services to the
citizens.
Smith’s guiding philoso-
phy as a public official has
always been to do what he
thought was best for the
majority of the people.
Smith has a strong
impression that the people
of Mount Joy like Mount Joy
because of its small-town
atmosphere. Smith says, ‘I
have tried to keep this
impression in mind, and do
whatever I can to preserve
the small-town atmosphere
of Mount Joy.”’
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Smith was first
elected to council in 1970
from Florin, the district he
still represents on council.
“1 feel it’s your duty to
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He is the son of Samuel
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