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DEA to play volleyball
all day and all night
The Donegal Education
Association will hold its
annual Volleyball Marathon
(24 hours) from 3:00 pm
Friday, March 28, until 3:00
pm Saturday, March 29, at
the W.1. Beahm Junior High
School. Benefits from the
event will be applied toward
the DEA’s Higher Educa-
tion Scholarship Fund which
provides financial assistance
for graduating seniors at-
tending any form of higher
education. Last year the
recipients of the $500
scholarships were: Dean
Bricker, Arlen Mummau,
Deb Graham and John Day.
Since 1976 the DEA has
awarded $5,500 in scholar-
ships to deserving Donegal
graduates. Money was
raised in the first few years
through the ‘‘Bike Hike for
Donegal’’ and more recently
through the marathons. It
has been through tremen-
dous community support
that every year has been a
success.
Walt Price, Marathon
chairperson and DEA pres-
ident, attributes this success
to the community’s belief in
the student ‘‘doing some-
thing’’ to earn money; the
W.1. Beahm students who
do the work are certainly
doing something by staying
awake and playing volley-
ball for 24 hours. Once they
fall asleep, they are fin-
ished.
Much credit has to be
given to those 7th and 8th
grade students who get
sponsors to pledge a certain
amount of money per hour
of their performance. It is an
unselfish gesture as no
member of their class can
benefit from the fund until
four or five years later. The
students have a good time
for a very worthy cause.
The public is invited to
visit and share in the fun.
Many local merchants have
donated merchandise which
will serve as prizes for
special contests during the
marathon. Their names will
be posted in the gym-
nasium. The DEA is hoping
for another great year.
Mount Joy historians
identify 62 artifacts
by Helen Barto
“What Is It?”’ was the
theme of this month’s
meeting of the Mount Joy
Historical Society, which
convened at the Borough
Hall, March 17th. Members
brought articles of a by-gone
era, which baffled fellow-
members who tried to
identify the items.
Dick Peiffer, program
chairman, arranged the
assorted items and each
member tried to identify
them—much to the delight
of everyone present. Sixty-
two different items were on
display.
Mr. Peiffer gave a resume
of the bus trip scheduled for
Saturday, April 26. There
are still seats available for
this trip to Washington,
D.C. Non-members are
cordially invited to join the
group and can make ar-
rangements by calling O.K.
Snyder (653-4441). The tour
will include the U.S. Capitol
Building, the Octagon
House, the Lincoln Memor-
ial and free time at the
Smithsonian Institute. The
bus will leave from the
Union National Bank
parking lot at 7:30, April 26.
The society will be
manning the food stand at
the auction of Mr. Wilt, East
Donegal Street, on Satur-
day, March 29. Mrs. Ginder
is in charge of the
arrangements.
Mr. Heisey appointed the
following committee to work
on the calendar project for
1981: Ralph Snyder (chair-
man), Vera Cox, O.K.
Snyder and Joseph
Shaeffer.
Restorationists get
audio-visual equipment
The Marietta Restoration
Associates have purchased a
new audio visual system for
showing, ‘‘Marietta, An
Architectural Gallery,’”’ and
future programs. Associates
member Bob Spangler as-
sembled the new equip-
ment, which includes two
new Kodak Ektagraphic
slide projectors with tele-
photo lenses, a dissolve
unit, and new ° sound
equipment.
This sophisticated new
equipment improves the
professional and technical
quality of the original show
and will enable the group to
create more effective shows
in the future.
The origing program,
which runs 17 minutes, is
available free of charge to
groups and organizations
which- are interested. Con-
tact Bob Spangler (426-
3377) or Ken Ross (426-
2258) for further inform-
ation.
The Marietta Community Chorus
Marietta Community Chorus to present
‘No Greater Love’ Sunday, March 30
Back in 1961, a chorus
was formed in Marietta,
composed mostly of people
who sang in local church
choirs, glee clubs, etc. The
chorus was formulated pri-
marily to sing Christmas
and Easter Cantatas and for
special events. The re-
sponse for membership was
so great that the initial
chorus was composed of
about S0 members, which
was commendable for the
small town of Marietta.
The chorus became
known as the ‘‘Marietta
Community Chorus’’ and
sang its first cantata in the
First English Presbyterian
Church, Marietta, in Dec-
ember of 1961.
During the celebration of
the Marietta Sesqui-Centen-
nial in August, 1962, the
chorus was called upon to
sing patriotic and sacred
numbers including ‘‘Penn-
sylvania’’, written by Mar-
ion Weaver of Columbia.
This was performed at the
Marietta Elementary School
and among some of the
dignitaries present at this
occasion was The Honorable
Ralph W. Yarborough, U.S.
Senator from Austin, Texas,
who was the principle
speaker. The chorus, under
the direction of Mrs. Gerald
Libhart, also sang at the
special Sesqui-Centennial
Service at the same Pres-
byterian Church. Mrs. Lib-
hart continued to direct the
chorus until 1979.
At the Bi-Centennial in
1976, the chorus again
joined voices; this time at
the Marietta War Memorial
Park to celebrate the
memorable occasion.
The chorus is composed of
dedicated people who like to
sing and present in song the
word of God and country to
the local community. They
have also sung at local
homes for the aged and at
convalescent homes.
At present, members of
the chorus come from not
only Marietta, but several
surrounding communities,
including Elizabethtown,
Maytown, Mount Joy, Col-
umbia, and from York
County.
In order to enhance the
love of singing, this organ-
ization recently established
a Marietta Community Cho-
rus Award whereby a $50.00
cash award, when available,
is granted to a deserving
Donegal High School senior
who plans to further his/her
education in the field of
vocal music. This award is
made available by the
chorus in appreciation to
those students who value
the needs of music in the
world and who wish to
contribute their talents to
today’s society.
The chorus is solely
dependent on offerings
received at cantata presen-
tations in order to purchase
their music and to present
their annual music award to
Donegal.
The 36th presentation by
the 48-member chorus will
be the ever-beautiful Easter
Cantata ‘‘No Greater Love’’,
by John W. Peterson. The
cantata will be presented on
Sunday evening, March 30,
1980, in the English United
Presbyterian Church, Mari-
etta, at 8:00 pm. Mr. Robert
E. Hiestand wili be the
director. Mrs. Mildred
Shenk and Mrs. Clara
Bryant will be organist and
pianist.
Soloists are: Mrs. Beth
Fry and Mrs. Rose Barr,
sopranos; Miss Lolly Baker,
alto, Mr. John Hoffman,
tenor; and Mr. Donald
Baker, Mr. James Fry, Mr.
Harold Hartman and Mr.
Robert Erdman, baritones.
Mr. Donald Kugle will be
the narrator.
Officers of the chorus are:
Mr. Robert Erdman, pres-
ident; Miss Naomi Myers,
vice - president; and Mrs.
Clara Bryant, secretary-
treasurer.
Indoor soccer tourney
for elementary pupils
The Elementary Indoor
Soccer Tournament will be
held this weekend at the
Donegal High School. The
fourth grade booters will
kick off the event Thursday,
March 27. The fifth graders
~ The Donegal Schoo
will play Friday, March 28,
and the sixth graders will
wind things up Saturday,
March 29.
Action on all three nights
begins at 7:30 pm. The
public is invited.
strict Area spelling bee was
held last week. Sixth, seventh and eighth graders
were eligible. The winner was Gwen Martin, right, and
the runner-up was Jerry Lapp. Both winners are
students at Kraybill Mennonite School. The will
advance to the Lancaster County spelling bee to be
held later this Spring.