Na Co FS Ee TIRE TE RR TIRE LS Vol. 75 No. 14 - April 9, 1975 Mr. Hallgren in his office Patrick Kenney, Ir. Susquehanna Times & The Mount Joy Bulletin MARIETTA & MOUNT JOY, PA. School superintendants have a way of migrating from one part of the coun- try to another, always in search of a bigger and high- er paying job. Often, they don’t have a very intimate knowledge of the commun- ity they are serving. Donegal School District is very unusual in having as its Superintendant, Ragnar F. Hallgren, Jr., born and raised in Mount Joy. As a boy he used to deliver milk and ice in Maytown and Marietta for his father. Com- ing daily into homes with, his ice tongs through the kitchen door, he got to know everyone pretty well. He has no desire to move on to a bigger and better position. Grandfather came from Sweden His grandfather had come from Sweden, stayed for a while in Delaware, then settled down in Mount Joy. Ragnar Hallgren’s parents The life story of Patrick Kenney, Jr., of Marietta has an old-fashioned moral: a successful life does not de- pend on being born with money and high social status: a successful life is built on personal qualities like de- pendability, honesty, will- ingness to work, and being more interested in other people than -in oneself. Life centered in Marietta Although Kenney’s acti- vities as Executive Director of the Lancaster City-Coun- ty Human Relations Com- mittee take him far and wide, his life was shaped and remains centered in Marietta, Pa. Pat’s father, the first Patrick Kenney, had lived for a while in Columbia, Pa., then returned to his old home in Virginia, where he married Pat’s mother, moved with his family to Bethlehem, Pa., and finally settled down in Marietta. Pat was nine when his family came to Marietta. Pat re- members his first teacher in the Marietta schools, Joan Harris, daughter of the minister at English Pres- Ragnar F. Hallgren, Jr., indigenous educator were classmates in the local high school and graduated valedictorian and salutator- ian. In high school Ragnar Hallgren was an athlete as well as scholar. He was president of his class every year he was in Mount Joy High School. During the war he served as a pilot in the Navy Air Corps. (Continued on page 2) NOTICE The Borough Council of Mount Joy will be holding a public hearing at their regu- lar monthly council meeting on April 14, 1975. The purpose of the hearing will be to discuss the changes made to the proposed zon- ing ordinance since the pub- lic hearing held on February 19th. The public is invited to attend. Patrick Kenney, Jr., made it the hard way byterian Church in Marietta. From his mother Pat learned qualities of depend- ability, hard work, and self- lessness that have stayed with him. When his mother would go out to work all day in other people’s homes she would give Pat a list of jobs to be done at their home while she was away. Pat still has expert skills in housekeeping, cooking, and sewing - although he doesn’t use them much these days. Mother dies Two years after coming to Marietta, when he was eleven years old, Pat’s moth- er died. Louise Drain, a good friend of his mother took Pat into her home. Louise continued the lessons in re- sponsibility begun by Pat’s mother. She charged Pat $2 a week for board, room, and laundry - money Pat had to earn. It was the late 1930s, and the Depression was con- tinuing, but little Pat man- aged to go to school and earn some money too. (Continued on page 2) SUSQUEHANNA BULLETIN Ten Cents photo by Jim Gerberich Kim Lauver as Guenevere Have you seen Camelot? Have you seen Camelot yet? You haven't? You have only two more chances - this Friday and Saturday evening at 8 p.m. at Donegal High School. Camelot is certainly the most spectacular show ever put on in Donegal coun- try. It has a lot of every- thing. Beautiful, heart-warming dancing. At other times, with the aid of a black light, eerie and almost su- pernatural dancing. Magnificent sets. Extremely well planned and organized staging. Beautiful stirring music provided by an excellent full orchestra accompany- ing the fine voices of the stars and chorus of Donegal High School. Medieval humor with mo- dern overtones that has the audience tittering and guf- fawing. Romantic, tragic drama, with hope at the end. (Continued on page 6) The big wind blew ie Damaged barn east of Maytown
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