Ve NN IN PW TTF EREERN TA 51 SUSQUEHANNA BULLETIN q VOL, 75 NO, 19 May 4, 1975 Straining against their teachers May Day celebrated at Riverview vincent Mauss and Jacob Marsh after pie eating contest Susquehanna Times & The Mount Joy Bulletin MARIETTA & MOUNT JOY, PA. Last Thursday was May Day at Riverview Elementary School. The rites of May were observed with tugs of war, wheelbarrow races, running in burlap bags, and pie-eating contests. In a tug of war between the pupils and teachers, the pupils won. A nice sunny day, perfect, for the pupils. Mount Joy sends out Mount Joy Borough has sent out a newsletter to all residents of the borough, the first time this was ever done. The newsletter includes a survey of opinions on every conceivable aspect of life in Mount Joy. Residents are encouraged to fill out the questionnaire and return it to the Borough Office, so that governing officials can be aware of the public's atti- tudes in making their deci- sions. The questionnaire covers both things liked and things not liked about life in the borough. It asks residents opinions on how tax moneys should be spent. In addition to the survey the newsletter contains a message from Council Presi- dent W.H. Foley and from Mayor James Gingrich. It also contains complete re- Ten Cents Composer lives in Mount Joy by Hazel Baker Chester Wittell, who re- sides in Mount Joy, is an ac- complished pianist, compos- er, poet and, author. He isa self-taught scholar and con- siders orienta] languages and interpreting the Koran as hobbies. This dignified gentleman, born in Ironville, and a re- sident of the Columbia area for the first 20 years of his life, moved to Reading where he was to spend the next 50 years at the Wyo- missing Institute of Fine Arts, which he founded. Here he taught piano, theo- ry, counterpoint and or- chestration. He once pre- sented eight recitals in less than seven months. His pro- grams included works of Bach, Handel, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schu- man, Chopin, and Liszt. Among graduates of Wyo- missing Institute are a num- ber of college professors and Irvin Redcay, who appeared on the Arthur Godfrey show. Wittell recalls sitting on his father’s knee and having his hand guided to write the notes of the scale before he knew the alphabet. Musi- cal talent came from the paternal side, poetic ability from his mother. Borough newsletter ports from each of the three major committees of the Council: public works, admi- nistration and finance, and public safety. Although cases of his compositions are in storage, Mr. Wittell is currently work- ing on new ones. He esti- mates an original composi- tion takes three months; copying symphonic arrange- ments however, takes a year. Wittell has sold 500 copies of a first edition of one of his compositions and is con- templating a second edition. Publication is expensive and is sometimes underwritten by a patron. Poems, according to Dr. Wittell, are a part of music since they employ meter and rhythm. His work en- titled, “Garnered From the Garden Spot,” covers a wide range of local subjects such as historical incidents, folk Lions’ Chester Wittell tales, legends, character sketches, philosophic obser- vations, lyrical and pastorial pieces, nostalgic dreams, whimsies, country capers, ( Continued on page 3) Horse Show $l waiting to go in the ring Story on page 18
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