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Hazel Baker [Marietta]
426-3643
Cherie Dillow [Mount Joy]
653-1609
The Susquehanna Times
426-2212 or 653-8383
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Vol. 80, No. 21, May 28, 1980
William Roberts, the new Marietta police chief, enjoys a quiet evening with his
wife Jackie, son Alex, and Baroness the dog
William Roberts; new chief
of Marietta Police Department
William B. Roberts an-
ticipates very long work
days for the next couple of
months. Roberts will be-
come Chief of Police in
Marietta beginning Mon-
day, June 2.
Roberts, a graduate of
Donegal High School, lives
in Mount Joy with his wife
Jackie and their five-year-
old son Alex. Roberts looks
at his family as he discusses
his new position. ‘“My home
life should return to an even
keel after the first several
months.”
Roberts, a tall, soft-
spoken man, really enjoys
his police work. ‘‘It is a way
for me to serve the
community,”’ he says. Ro-
berts is currently an officer
with the Mount Joy Police
Department. ‘‘I usually put
in 45 to S0 hours a week on
the job. I feel that is being
pretty involved.”
Roberts, after graduating
from Donegal, served in the
U.S. Navy four years,
traveling in the Middle East
and Cuba. After his dis-
charge in the fall of 1971 he
entered Millersville State
College to study pre-law in
the history department.
“The courses I took at
Millersville were for myself,
but I find that they are also
very complementary to my
job in the police field.”
Roberts was still going to
school when he got a
part-time job with the
Mount Joy Police Depart-
ment. He took a full-time
position with the Columbia
Police in March of 1973, and
one month later he returned
to Mount Joy to a full-time
job opening.
Roberts graduated from
the PA Minimum Standards
Training Acts, Southeast
Training Academy, College-
ville, in 1973. He has also
attend the PA Crimes Code
Training School, PA Motor
Vehicle Code Training
School and the PA Juvenile
Act Training School.
Roberts has also been
active in the sport of scuba
diving since 1966. “I
learned to dive from a fellow
named William Roberts at
Smokey’s Divers Den in
Lancaster. We got to know
each other pretty well
because of our having the
same name.’’
Roberts dives in quarries
in York and Myerstown. He
also dives off the New
Jersey coast, but he is quick
to admit that Florida is his
favorite place. Jackie has
gone with him to a quarry
but is quick to admit that
she would ‘‘rather dive
where I can see what I am
doing. It is so dark at the
bottom of a quarry!”’
Roberts has taught diving
to some of the youngsters at
the Mount Joy Lion’s Club
pool for the last couple of
years.
Roberts, who played bas-
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ketball and soccer in high
school and tennis in college,
is currently a member of a
police softball team. He also
takes time to sail, some-
thing the whole family
enjoys. The family also likes
to ride bike together and
little Alex adds that he loves
wrestling. ‘I wrestle with
Daddy and I can always pin
him,”’ he brags.
Jackie, who works part-
time at Susquehanna Devel-
opers in Columbia, likes to
sew and, according to Alex,
she mixes up a pretty good
glass of Kool-Aid!
The time our reporter
spends with the Roberts
family is also time spent
with their friendly dog
Baroness. ‘‘She was a stray
we picked up at the Police
Department in 1973,” Bill
says. ‘‘She was well be-
haved and very well trained.
No one ever put in a claim
for her.”
‘““Oh no,” says Jackie.
‘“Someone may read this
and say ‘we lost a dog in
1973."
When Roberts begins his
job as Marietta Police Chief
next week he will be
working with Sgt. Stephen
Englert. Englert has been
serving as acting chief in
Marietta since the resigna-
tion of Chief Millar several
months ago. The borough
has also hired Bill Garman
to serve in a permanent
part-time position.
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| Donegal High School graduation
announced for Thursday, June 5
‘“‘Reminiscing — Reflec-
tions of Our High School
Years’’ will be the featured
presentation at Donegal
High School’s 26th Annual
Commencement exercises to
be held at 6:30 pm,
Thursday, June 5S, on the
school’s athletic field. The
program was written by
members of the senior class.
The writing-acting commit-
tee includes Theresa L. Berg
(chairperson), Tracee SS.
Gotwalt, Cindy L. Heagy,
Jaylee R. Kennedy, Lisa M.
Lucabaugh, Jennifer L.
Pietsch, Lori A Sagerer,
Deborah A. Torres and
Donna J. Zeller.
Miss Torres will sing the
National Anthem and Kim-
berly Boyer, accompanying
herself on the guitar, will
sing a theme song of her
own composition. Rodney V.
Arndt, class president, will
give the welcoming address.
The Rev. C. Calvin Rex,
Zion UCC Church, Marietta,
and Rev. George E. Bundy,
Mt. Pleasant Brethren in
Christ Church, Mount Joy,
both fathers of graduating
seniors, will participate with
the invocation and the
benediction.
Ragnar Hallgren, super-
Correction
The Susquehanna Times
made an error last week in
an article on page 6 (May
21, 1980) about the quest-
ions asked of Marietta
Borough Council bv mem-
bers of Mrs. Bowers’ third
grade social studies class at
Riverview Elementary
School.
According to the article, a
third grader asked, ‘‘Why
do we need a council?”’
According to the article,
Council President Jay Rob-
erts replied, ‘““You know,
I’ve asked myself that many
intendent, will present the
class, and Jere Duke,
president of the Donegal
Board of Education, will
award the diplomas.
Names of the senior class
members follow:
Janice Diane Adrian,
[continued on page 2]
times.”’
Actually the question
asked by the third grader
was, ‘‘Why did you want to
be on council?’
It was to this question that
Roberts replied, ‘You know
I’ve asked myself that many
times.”’
The error was not made in
reporting, but in setting
type for the article.
The Susquehanna Times
apologizes to Council Presi-
dent Roberts, and to its
readers, for this mistake and
the misunderstanding it
may have caused.
The two young boys here wave their flags while awaiting the beginning of the
Mount Joy Memorial Day parade held last Saturday. For more photographs of the
parade, as well as the parades in Marietta and Maytown, see pages 8 and 9
This week’s calendar
Thursday, May 29, a
gymnastics show at River-
view as part of the PACT
meeting at 7:30. The public
is invited.
Saturday, May 31, a
benefit auction at the
Kraybill Mennonite School,
RD#1, Mount Joy. Hand-
made items and antiques
will be sold.
Monday, June 2, the
annual picnic of the Mariet-
ta Senior League at SICO
Park in Mount Joy.