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Linda Ackerman
It takes 2 for a baby
Although it takes two to
produce a baby, having a
baby is sometimes a lonely
and anxious experience.
Mrs. Linda Ackerman of
202 Watercress Lane, Eliza-
bethtown, is doing all she
can to make childbearing a
cooperative and satisfying
experience.
The wife of Dr. Larry L.
Ackerman, assistant protess-
or of psychiatry at Hershey
Medical Center, Mrs. Acker-
man conducts classes in Pre-
pared Childbirth for expect-
ing couples in her home.
She believes that educa-
tion and preparation for
childbirth can remove much
of the worry and pain from
bearing children. Prepara-
tion of the father, who was
pushed out of the experi-
ence of childbearing in the
past, as well as the mother,
can make having a baby a
shared experience.
Fathers prepared for
childbirth can be of great
aid to a mother-to-be
throughout the pregnancy
and especially during labor
and delivery. A father
trained in methods of re-
laxation taught in Mrs. Ac-
kerman’s course, can offer
valuable words of advice and
a gentle and reassuring press-
ure of the hand to a mother
in labor. The father can be
of practical help by timing
the periods between con-
tractions.
Not only can preparation
of both father and mother
for childbirth remove a lot
of the fear and pain of child-
birth, but it can establish a
relationship between parents
and child even before the
baby fully arrives.
Often, Mrs. Ackerman
says, there is a ‘‘maternal
lag,” that is, a period before
the baby is fully loved and
accepted as a person. Being
pregnant is a ‘‘condition”
not without its discomforts
ana annoyances, which can
distract parents from the
basic fact that they are hav-
ing a child together.
“Paternal lag,” the time
passing before a father really
begins to relate to his child
can be even longer. Some
fathers don’t really get to
know and relate intimately
to their children for years.
For example, a father might
virtually ignore his son dur-
ing the first five years of his
life and then just begin to
get acquainted with him
when he takes him out to
the park to teach him how
to play ball.
When a father. and moth-
er prepare for the birth of
their child, the maternal and
paternal lags are much re-
duced. Father-mother-baby
are a threesome even before
baby is first glimpsed.
Mrs. Ackerman started
teaching classes in Prepared
Childbirth in Maine where
Dr. Ackerman was stationed
in the Air Force before they
moved to Elizabethtown last
May.
Dr. Larry Ackerman’s
major interest is in children
and adolescents. The Sus-
quehanna Bulletin believes
that Linda and Larry Acker-
man must have been very
well prepared for the births
of their own three children:
Aura, 7; David, 6, and Nova,
3,
February 12, 1975
Brandt wants bridge named after ferry
Rep. Kenneth Brandt, R-
Lancaster, has introduced
legislation (H.B. 290) to
name the bridge over the
Susquehanna River on U. S.
Route 30 the Wright’s Ferry
Bridge.
Brandt explained that
this span links Columbia,
Lancaster County and
Wrightsville, York County
on Route 30, and he has re-
ceived a tremendous respon-
se from the residents of the
Columbia area, supporting
his proposal to name the
bridge the Wright’s Ferry
Bridge.
“I have received the sup-
port of the Bicentennial
Commission, the Columbia
Jaycees and the Columbia
Chamber of Commerce to
give the bridge this very his-
toric name,” he added.
He said he has also had
many letters from local con-
stituents in Lancaster and
York Counties in favor of
this suggestion. “Other,
names have been suggested,
but 1 believe that since
Wright is such an historic
family name in the area
it is only right that the
bridge be so named.”
Brandt also pointed out
that where this bridge has
been built, originally the
Wright's Ferry plied the river
transporting people from
one side to the other.
“] believe the naming
of this bridge in honor of
the Wright family, the ori-
ginal land granters in the
area, will be a note-worthy
event in commemorating the
bicentennial in both coun-
ties,” Brandt said.
He added that he has ob-
tained the support of other
legislators including the Re-
publican Chairman of the
Transportation Committee
to which the bill will be re-
ferred, and he hopes that
the bill will receive swift
and positive action in the-
House so that it can take ef-
fect in the near future.
New citizen in Mount Joy
After having lived in this
country ever since he was
10 months old, and after
having ,served in the U. S. -
Navy for four years, Emmer-
ick T. Buziak of 611 Square
Street, Mount Joy, 24 years
old now, became a citizen
of the United States.
He had been scheduled
to be sworn in with many
other new citizens last No-
vember, at a celebration with
lots of speeches and a free
banquet which Emmerich
had been looking forward
to.
Instead, the ceremony
was a sparse affair that took
only 10 minutes with Judge
Wilson Bucher officiating.
Afterwards, Buziak and
his wife Brenda celebrated
by having dinner in a local
restaurant.
Official made mistake
The reason why he didn’t
get to take the oath of
allegiance at the big cere-
mony in November was due
to an official’s mistake in
reading Buziak’s naval re-
cord. When he had been
in the Navy only four
months he had gone home
New Year’s Eve to be at the
hospital bedside of his broth-
er, who Buziak thought was
dying of a heart condition.
Buziak had calied the Red
Cross to have his leave ex-
tended, but the word never
got back to his base.
When he returned to the
base he was fined for over-
staying his leave.
Four years later an offi-
cial had interpreted this
minor infraction as a serious
court martial and had pre-
vented Buziak’s scheduled
naturalization.
He had to miss several
days’ work at Auto Litho
in Mount Joy, and make
several trips to Philadelphia
to correct the mistake.
Getting hunting license
Now that the worries and
delays are over, he’s glad to
be a citizen at last. One
Emmerich and Brenda Buziak
small privilege of a citizen
he is looking forward to is a
hunting and fishing license
at a low fee.
He was born in a displac-
ed persons’ camp in Austria.
When his family got the op-
portunity to come to Ameri-
ca they took it, moving first
to New York City and then
to Meriden, Connecticut,
where Buziak grew up.
Into sports and music
In Meridan Buziak was
an active sports supervisor
in the YMCA, serving as a
volunteer instructor in
gymnastics and aquatics.
He had also become an
accomplished accordian
player, performing at wedd-
ings and parties with his
own group in the Meriden
area.
In 1970 he enlisted in
the Navy and was sent event-
ually to the air base near
Virginia Beach.
Met Brenda in Virginia
Beach
It was there in the sum-
mer of 1971 that he met
his wife to be, Brenda A-
ment, who had grown up
near Mount Joy and at-
tended Manheim Central
High School, but was then
working as a medical assist-
ant in Washington, D. C.
Brenda had come to
Washington to study to be a
medical assistant. She lived
as a member of the family
with Assistant Secretary of
Defense William Clark and
his family. Clark is the son
of General Mark Clark, who
often came to visit. She
got a job assisting Dr. Jon
Henry King, the first person
to carry out a corneal trans-
plant.
Brenda and some friends
had come to Virginia Beach
for a weekend. There they
met a singing, guitar playing
group of Navy airmen, in-
cluding Emmerich Buziak.
Didn't like each other
at first
They hadn’t been especi-
ally attracted to each other
that weekend. In fact, they
had gotten into an argument
about extra-sensory percep-
tion.
But somehow they start-
ed writing occasional letters
to each other. The letters
were interesting. Emmerich
went ‘up to see Brenda one
weekend in Washington.
They went to a party in
Washington where everyone
else at the party had too
much to drink and they
were the only ones sober
enough to have an intelligi-
ble conversation. The con-
versation was interesting.
Personality testing
Emmerich had brought
his Luescher color personal-
ity test along to Washing-
ton and analyzed Brenda's
personality so deeply that
she was impressed. No one
had ever understood her so
well before.
She was also impressed
by Emmerich’s wide know-
ledge and skills.
Emmerich was impressed
too, by Brenda’s sensitive
understanding, and also her
excellent cooking.
“Give me your heart”
In two weeks’ time, he
knew that Brenda was the
girl for him.
He wrote a poem and
sent it to her. It contained
a line, “Give me your heart
and trust.”
In November, 1972 they
were married at the Eliza-
bethtown Church of the
Brethren.
Mount Joy Boro Council
At their meeting Monday night Mount Joy Borough Coun-
cil discussed plans to:
Distribute a newsletter to allcitizens, providing essential
information about the borough government;
Have the state conduct a study of the police department;
Carry out a study of traffic and signs;
Re-surface some streets at a cost of close to $40, 000;
Start work on park development with money just appro-
priated by the state: and
Ask for bids on a new garbage truck.
Major concern was expressed by Council members about
the condition of bridges in town. Council is awaiting an
important decision from the PUC on local bridges.
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