SUSQUEHANNA BULLETIN
Vol 75 No, 21 May 28, 1975
Kugle

Hoffmaster
Weidman, Kugle, Meckley, Duke,
Hoffmaster, Heisey are nominated
Follwing are results of
last Tuesday’s primary vote
for directors of the Donegal
School Board, three offices
with 6 year terms each —
* Nominated
Republicans
Votes
John N. Weidman* 762
Donald Kugle* 547
Thomas E. Meckley* 456
Richard A. Umbenhauer 375
Barry Etsell £21
C. Donald Waser 192
Zelda Heisey 184
Josef L. Portner 127
Morris M. Mengel 97
Democrats
Thomas E. Meckley* 145
Zelda Heisey* 144
Donald Kugle* 132
Hohn N. Weidman 124
C. Donald Waser 120
Josef L. Portner 73
Morris M. Mengel 6S
Richard A. Umbenhauer 65

Koinh M.8nyder
BR: 5. |
Mount Joy, Ja.

Weidman
Duke
The vote for school
director to fill out a two-year
term was —
Republicans
Jere R. Duke* 521
Mary E Hoffmaster 467
Democrats
Mary E. Hoffmaster* 210
Jere R. Duke 98
The total votes, both
Democratic and Republican,
cast for the nominated
candidates indicate their
present overall standing and
perhaps have some predic-
tive value for the general
election in November.
6-Year Terms Total
votes
Weidman 886
Kugle 679
Meckley 601
Heisey 328
2-Year Term
Hoffmaster 677
Duke 619

Susquehanna Times & The Mount Joy Bulletin
MARIETTA & MOUNT JOY, PA.

Meckley
Heisey
As of now, it appears that
Weidman and Kugle have
the best chance of being
re-elected; both are incum-
bents. Meckley also has the
best chance of being elected
to a six-year term.
The election for a two-
year term could be very
close. At present, Hoffmas-
ter seems to have a slight
edge over Duke.
DID YOU HEAR....
Paul Raber, who has one
of the finest gardens in
Marietta, reports an unusu-
al visitor to his freshly tilled
earth. A Robin Redbreast—
with a white tail and white
wing feathers—has been
hanging around.
Paul is offering to give
away to a good home a
beautiful female collie. She
is about a year-and-a-half
old and loves children. Call
Paul at 426-1840 if you have
a home for a fine animal.
School Board balances
"but must increase real estate taxes
_. In order to raise teachers’
salaries (not as much as the
teachers wanted) and to
make up for income lost to
local municipalities from the
earned income tax — the
Donegal School Board has
had to increase local real
estate taxes from 75 to 92
mills.
The increase would have
been more if the school
board had not cut back on
every possible expense.
Teachers will no longer be
paid to attend conventions;
field trips will not be
underwritten by the school
district;the district will no
Donegal High School will
hold its twenty-first annual
Commencement Exercises
at six o'clock on Tuesday
evening, June 3, on the
athletic field. One hundred
seventy-seven seniors are in
the class.
Jeffrey Lee Sheetz, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sheetz, |
120 South Arnold Street, |
Maytown, will deliver the |
president’s address. Jeffrey
has been class president for
four years. Having partici- |
pated in football for four |
years, he was named all- §
county defensive end in his §
He also was a §
senior year.
member of the wrestling
squad for four years, win-
ning the trophy in his weight
class
wrestling tournament in his
senior year. In addition, he
played baseball for four
years in high school and has
been a member of the
American Legion baseball
team for the past three
years. He is a member of
the National Honor Society,
having achieved the honor
roll for four years. Jeffrey
was elected a Boy of the
Month this year, was a
Science Fair winner in his
junior year, and was a
member of the Booster Club
in his junior and senior
years.
in the Christmas 3
longer fund summer play-
grounds; tax collectors will
not be paid for bonds,
postage, or envelopes; addi-
tional summer custodial
care has been eliminated;
additional staff for the high
school has been cut from 2
to 1; the position of District
Supervisor of Maintenance
and Custodians was elimi-
nated; the contribution to
the extracurricular fund was
cut; requests for additioonal
aides and secretarial hours
were reduced; requests
the high school band and
music department were
severely cut; staff will be
A member of the Congre-
gational Bible Church,
Route 1, Marietta, he is
active in the church youth
group.
In the fall, Jeffrey will
attend Penn State to study
engineering.
Ten Cents
budget,
reduced.
No provision was made
for a budgetary reserve next
year. Cash reserves were
down but were allotted to
revenue for next year. The
financial squeeze will be
extremely close and tight
next year, with no leeway
for unforeseen expenses.
Board President Dr. Willi-
am B. Landis stated, ‘‘l am
sure everybody on the
school board would have
been willing to take a S0 per
cent cut in salary to help the
cause.’
(Members of the school
board serve without pay.)
DHS Commencement. Tue., June 3
A group of seventeen
students will present a
program ’of choral speaking,
‘The Graduates’, an ori-
ginal script composed and
arranged by the partici-
pants.
( Continued on page 3)

"The Graduates"