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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.
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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.