980 it + =n o = OR © © + Sn le SUS UEHANN. Vol. 80, No. 42, October 22, 1980 Susquehanna Times & The Mount Joy Bulletin MARIETTA & MOUNT JOY, PA. Marietta Borough Council rejects U.S. Alumnimum Corp. request Marietta Borough Council last Tuesday unanimously rejected a request from the U.S. Aluminum Corp. to close a portion of Hazel Avenue bordering the com- pany’s property. Residents, the sewer authority, the . planning commission and the fire company all objected to the requested road closing. A petition signed by 81 residents opposing the clos- ing was sent to council. Hazel Avenue is an alley which runs through the plant complex. The com- pany does not own the roadway. The aluminum company sought the closing because they felt it was hazardous for the public to drive through the plant property. The residents’ petition stated that the aluminum company had a poor en- Public council meeting Nov. 10 in Mount Joy The Mount Joy Borough Council will hold a public meeting on Monday, No- vember 10, 1980, 7:30 pm, Prevailing Jime, at the Borough Offices Building, 21 East Main Street, Mount Joy, PA, during which time will be discussed proposals for which 1981 Community Development Block Grant Funds will be sought to undertake these activities: The projects to be con- sidered by the Borough Council are as follows: —8$54,860.00 for the re- construction of South Mar- ket Avenue from the railroad crossing to > Poplar Alley. —$107,350.00 for the installation of storm sewers from West Main Street to Square Street along Peach Alley, from Clay Alley to Square Street along South Market Avenue and from South Market Avenue to ‘Plum Street along Square Street. The public is invited to attend and offer comments and suggestions on the aforementioned proposals. vironmental record, and that increased pollution levels were feared if the road closed. The borough sewer auth- ority objected to the closing because of sewer lines running under the roadway. Authority members were concerned that access to those lines might be -jeo- pardized with the closing. Pioneer Fire Company objected to the closing because Hazel Avenueris a potential emergency route to any fire that might break - out in the area. 1 other business, James Sargen was elected to the council seat vacated by Jay Roberts. Roberts, former council president, resigned last month. His term would have ended at the end of 1981. Roberts volunteered to serve as a consultant in preparing the budget. Sargen, 130 West Walnut St., is a state liquor store district supervisor. He pre- viously served on the borough zoning board. At Tuesday’s meeting he was appointed to the personnel committee. Paul Sload was appointed chairman of the finance [continued on page 2] Members of the Mount Joy Jaycees prepare for their Road Rally to be held Sunday, September 26, at 2:00 pm at the Mount Joy Vo-Tech School. Shown above are: Keith Smith, checking things under the hood; Rob Stoner, kneeling; and Todd Shank. Registration for the Rally will begin at 1:00 pm, and all are invited to take part in the 35-mile rally. Hot dogs and coke will be provided. For information phone 653-4744, 653-5963, or 653-4395. 32 + IMES a W\ S Ne, ? \ of: | oD oF, ab0 19 62 FIFTEEN CENTS Tad and Bobby Herr uncovered the logs on their Market Street house in Marietta. Log house uncovered in Marietta There are many log houses in the area covered by the Susquehanna Times, but until recently, none of them looked like log houses. Log construction was still being used here in the early nineteenth century, but the logs were always im- mediately covered with board siding. When Tad and Bobby Herr began renovating their log house on Marietta’s market street, they decided ‘to defy centuries-old con- vention by exposing the old logs. Although almost everybody in the tradition- minded town of Marietta seems delighted with the result, the Herrs themselves are not absolutely convinced that the logs should remain exposed forever. ‘‘Originally,”” says Tad, ‘‘we planned to keep the old board siding. But we discovered that it had been ruined. And some of the logs were rotten. So we had no choice but to expose the logs, just to repair them. But when we saw how they looked. . .”’ Bobby says, ‘“Tad always wanted to live in a log or stone house.” Tad says, ‘‘We both feel, that log houses are an important part of America’s architectural history, so it’s educational to expose them. And a purist can always restore the board siding, at some future time. Heck, we might put up siding, if that [continued on page 9] Halloween is coming, and many children will be out Trick or Treating. The local officials have set hours for this. They ask that motorists drive very carefully while our kids are out wandering around the streets. Here are the Trick or Treat hours: ‘Trick or Treat!’ Marietta: Thursday, October 30, from 7 to 9 pm. Mount Joy: Thursday, October 30th, 6:00 to 9:00 pm. Maytown-East Donegal Township: Friday, Octo- ber 31st, from 6:00 to 9:00 pm. This week’s calendar Thursday, October 3, 7:30 pm, a meeting of the Mount Joy Borough Planning Com- mission in the borough offices. Thursday, October 23, beginning at 6:30 pm, the Donegal High School home- coming parade, beginning at AMP, Inc., Mount Joy, and ending at the junior high. Friday, October 24, at 8 pm, the Donegal football game against Lorlebco. The homecoming queen will be crowned prior to the kick- off. Saturday, October 2S, at 10 am, the Injun Run at the Donegal High School. Friday and Saturday, October 24 and 25, and October 31 and November 1, the Marietta Jaycee’s fifth annual ‘‘Scream in the Dark’’ at the Jaycee Recrea- tion Center. Sunday, Otober 26, the Mount Joy Jaycee’s Road Rally beginning at the Mount Joy Vo-Tech at 2:00.
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