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THE MARIETTA &
MOUNT B i } : EK i 1 MOUNT JOY,
JOY ] PA.
Ten Cents
VOL. 75 No. 3 January 22, 1975
MARIETTA & MOUNT JOY, PA.
$120,000 more in school tax
Caused by loss to boros, twps. of earned income tax
EARNED INCOME TAX
boros
twps,
1974
School taxes in Donegal
School District may have to
go up eight and one-half mills
this year, to make up for
revenue lost to local munici-
palities from the earned in-
come tax.
School board officials
made this estimate of in-
1975
creased school taxes. last
Thursday at their January
meeting at Donegal High
School.
The loss of income from
the earned income tax re-
sults from the decision of
Mount Joy Borcugh Coun-
cil to take another quarter
of the one percent tax in
Marietta firemen plan
dedication
Pioneer Fire Company of
Marietta will conduct all-day
festivities on May 31, to
celebrate the dedication of
its new fire hall on Water-
ford Avenue.
Marietta Borough Coun-
cil awarded a parade permit
to the firemen for that date.
The Council also voted
to exempt the new fire hall
from property taxes, even
though sewage for one unit
must be changed.
The firemen are planning
a festival, August 1 and 2,
to raise money to help pay
for the new hall. Borough
Council granted permission
to the firemen to use War
Memorial Park for that carni-
val.
BICENTENNIAL
COMMITTEE TO MEET
Com-
The Bicentennial
mittee of Mount Joy will
meet in the Borough Hall
this Sunday, January 26, at
2 p.m. All interested people
are urged to z2*i=nd.
on May 31
The old tire hall on West
Market Street will be used
to house equipment of the
Marietta Ambulance Associa-
tion, after the firemen move
to their new quarters.
Donegal C
meeting borough expenses.
Previously, Mount Joy, Mari-
etta, East Donegal Town-
ship, and Mount Joy Town-
ship all received only a quar-
ter of one per: cent, the
other three-quarters going
to the school district. Le-
gally, the municipalities are
entitled to one-half, which
Mount Joy has now claimed.
As a result of Mount Joy’s
decision, all the other muni-
cipalities will also receive a
full one-half of the one per
cent. Anticipating this ad-
ditional revenue, Marietta
Borough was able to reduce
its property taxes by three
mills.
Before making their de-
cisiong Mount Joy officials
report they considered every
other possible alternative.
Moreover, Mount Joy offi-
cials state that they made
all possible cuts in their
expenditures for 1975, eli-
minating all but absolutely
vital expenses. Taking an
additional quarter of the one
per cent earned income tax
¥
+f
hurch last Saturday
was the method of paying
expenses that would be least
burdensome to residents of
Mount Joy, they say.
School board officials say
that the schools will lose
$120,000 in income if all
the municipalities take an
additional quarter of the one
per cent earned income tax.
This amounts to more than
8 mills in school taxes for
the entire district.
Members of the school
board reported that they
tried to dissuade the Mount
Joy Council from taking the
additional revenue from the
earned income tax, but with-
out success. One member of
the board described Mount
Joy’s action as ‘“‘unfortun-
ate” for the entire school
district and the municipali-
ties within it.
A number of other muni-
cipalities in Lancaster Coun-
ty have voted in the last
year to take their full share
of the earned income tax,
thereby reducing revenue for
school districts.
Maria Luiza B, de Oliveira
4
dh
Maria Luiza of Brazil
finds winter cold here
The temperature never
goes below S55 degrees in
Sao Paulo, Brazil, the home
of Maria Luiza B. deOliveira.
Miss de Oliveira. an 1R
year old Open Doors ex-
change student, is staying
with the Erb family at their
dairy farm on R. D. 1, Mount
Joy. Lu, as the Erbs call
her, had never seen snow
before she came to Penn-
sylvania this winter.
Erb’s 200-year-old
s warm enough,
with logs crackling in the
wide stone fireplace, but the
weather outside has not
really been to Lu’s liking.
“Right now, in Sao Paulo,
Fhe
farmhouse
it’s 100 degrees,” Lu said.
“l got off the plane jp
Washingtonand . . .” She
shuddered expressively.
The Erb girls introduced
Lu to the sport of snowball
fighting. According to Cindy
Erb, Lu found the experi-
ence exciting, “except she
gets cold when the snow
goes down her neck.”
Lu is attending Donegal
High School with the Erb
girls - Christine, Cindy and
Sandy. Unfortunately for
the boys at Donegal, Lu has
a fiance in Sao Paulo, who
sends a lot of letters to his
.far-away sweetheart.
High school in the U. S.
is easier than in Brazil, Lu
reports. At home she studies
Portuguese, English, math,
biology, physics, chemistry,
drawing, gym, history, and
geography. All these courses
are crammed into 3% hours
a day, five days a week.
To qualify for the Open
Doors program, Lu had to
pass a difficult test on the
English language and Ameri-
can culture. One question
was, “What did John Kenn-
edy say in his speech in
19627" Lu said, “I just
guessed.”
Lu has introduced the
Erbs to some delicious Bra-
zilian cooking. Wilbur Erb,
who paints and plays chess
when he isn’t running his
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