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SUSQUEHANNA BULLETIN
Susquehanna Times & The Mount Joy Bulletin
MARIETTA & MOUNT JOY, PA.
Volume 75, No. 22, June 4, 1975
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Joseph Bateman at Olmstead Airport as the refugees
prepare to leave their plane.
Ten Cents
Mount Joy Boro Manager Joseph Bateman
attends briefing on refugees at Indiantown
Last Tuesday evening,
Mount Joy Borough Mana-
ger Joseph Bateman went to
Indiantown Gap at the
invitation of Governor
Shapp to get a briefing on
the arrival of 15,000 refu-
gees from Vietnam at the
military installation. The
following morning he went
to Olmstead Airport to
witness the arrival of the
first refugees, who had been
flown in with only one stop
for fuel, direct from Guam.
Bateman said he was
Pioneer Fire Company in Marietta
dedicates new fire hall Saturday,
with ceremonies, parade, carnival;
Hiestand urges support of firemen
In ceremonies and cele-
brations more splendid than
Marietta has seen in many a
$35,000 from the Resch
Fund for the new bulding.
Rev. Hiestand pointed out
year, the Pioneer Firemen of . that ‘‘there is still a sizeable
Marietta dedicated their
new fire hall last Saturday.
As. the Rev. John 8S.
Hiestand said at the dedica-
tion: ‘“This is a day for
which the volunteer firemen
of Marietta planned and
worked diligently. We
heartily congratulate you on
this, the relalization of a
‘Dream Come True.’ ”’
Hiestand, as executor of
the Resch Fund, etsbalished
in memory of the late Kate
Heilman Resch, had made
construction of the new hall
possible last August when
he approved a grant of
debt to liquidate,”” and
appealed to the business
community and the citizens
of Marietta to help in paying
off the debt.
Hestand also called on the
Maytown and Boro Coun-
cil to ‘‘make available
necessary funds, to the
extent allowed by law, for
the operating and mainte-
nance of an efficient fire
company in Marietta. We
are paying taxes in our
community today for things
of much lesser importance.”
Also speaking at the
dedication ceremonies were
Paul Z. Knier, Robert Haycock, Kenneth Geesey, Sr., Rev.
Dr. Aristede Red, Mayor B. R. McDevitt, Rev. John S.
Hiestand, and William Bailey.
‘were
Pioneer Fire Company Pre-
sident Kenneth Geesey, Sr.,
who was master of ceremo-
nies; Fire Chief Barry
Eppley; the Rev. Dr. Aris-
tede Red, who gave the
invocation and benediction;
Marietta Mayor Bernard R.
McDevitt: Paul Z. Kbnier,
Lancaster County Fire Mar-
shal; and Robert Haycock,
Pennsylvania State Police
Fire Marshal.
The dedication was fol-
lowed by the longest parade
Marietta has seen since its
Sesqui—Centennial and
then a carnival in War
Memorial Park.
Fire companies from
neighboring communities
in attendance with
their rolling stock. After the
deication ceremonies, they
rolled their trucks up to the
new building and turned on
their sirens in a salute of
unison that was ear-shatter-
ing to bystanders.
(See page 2 for more on
dedication ceremonies and
festivities.)
asked to convey the follow-
ing information to the
officials and people of
Mount Joy.
The refugees will not be
settled permanently in
Pennsylvania. The schedule
of their stay at Indiantown
Gap is indefinite.
They will be screened
there for health reasons and
be inoculated.
The refugees will be given
imtensive courses in English
and in American culture.
Unofficial visitors to the
Gap are discouraged, due to
the fact that the Vietnamese
are undergoing severe cul-
tural shock. Sightseers will
interfere with planned oper-
ations. Security at the Gap
will be tight. No vistors
will be allowed.
People wishing to volun-
teer their services in helping
the refugees should contact
Mr. William Proctor, in
charge of Procurement of
Goods and Services, Indian-
town Gap Military P.O.,
Indiantown Gap, Pa.
Anyone wanting to spon-
sor a Vietnamese family
should contact the American
Red Cross. Sponsors will
be carefully screened. Bate-
man stated that it will not be
easy to get a Vietnamese
family to sponsor. Sponsors
will be morally responsible
for the Vietnamese family
until they become economi-
cally self-sustaining.
Bateman said that only
5000 of the 15,000 Vietna-
mese arriving at the Gap
will be heads of families and
eventually looking for em-
ployment.
If at first you don’t succeed - try, Try again
When the new fire hall of Marietta’s Pioneer Fire Company was finally dedicated last
Saturday afternoon, and the engines had been cozily installed in their new home, Carol
Nickey, President of the Auxiliary to the fire company appeared with a bottle of champagne
and announced that she wanted to do some dedicating of her own.
She took up a position near the north corner of the new fire hall, grasped the neck of the
champagne bottle tightly, raised it, and aimed.
An interested group of onlookers had gathered around to witness the christening.
Carol swung. The bottle hit against the flat brick wall with a dull thud and without
shattering.
The onlookers called out all sorts of expert advice. She aimed for the corner, swung, and
again the bottle remained indestructible.
At this point some of the onlookers suggested more enjoyable uses for the champagne.
But Carol was determined. On her fifth swing the bottle broke beautifully, spraying the
new building with fragments of glass and bubbling fluid.
The new fire hall had been christened.