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June 4, 1975
Would you like to be introduced
to Pennsylvania’s warmwater fish?
Like people, fish belong
to families. There are 26
different fish families living
in Pennsylvania today, with
about 151 kinds of fish found
in these family groups.
Compared to the 19,000
species of fish which inhabit
the waters of the earth, that
may not seem like many
fish--but of the 700 kinds of
fish found in the fresh
waters of Canada and the
continental United States,
Pennsylvania has its fair
share. Most anglers have
met and caught most of the
warmwater species found in
this state. In case you
haven‘t become intimately
acquainted with the wonder-
ful variety of warmwater
fish families waiting for you
to cast them a line, here is a
thumbnail sketch of each:
BOWFIN FAMILY: Only
one member of this ancient
family is found in Pennsyl-
vania and the United States,
the bowfin. It is rare in our
state and although consider-
ed inferior in eating quality,
is one of the scrappiest of
fish when hooked. The
bowfin is a fierce and
voracious predator, feeding
mostly upon other fish
although it also eats crayfish
and frogs. Pennsylvania
anglers occasionally land a
bowfin, usually when fish-
ing with worms or even
artificial spinning lures.
WHITEFISH FAMILY: Two
species in this family are
found in Pennsylvania
waters, primarily in Lake
Erie--the Cisco and Lake
Whitefish. Both are very
scarce, especially the Cisco.
PIKE FAMILY: The kings
and queens of freshwater
fish are members of this
famous ‘family. Six species
are native to Pennsylvania
waters--redfin pickerel,
grass pickerel, chain pick-
erel, northern pike, Great
Lakes Muskellunge and
Ohio Muskellunge. With
the introduction of the Amur
pike into Glendale Lake,
Prince Gallitzin State Park
(Cambria County) by the
Pennsylvania Fish Com-
mission in 1968, Pennsyl-
vania now has .the dis-
tinction of being the only
state in the U. S. to have
every member of the pike
family. The Amur pike is
native to the Amur River
separating China from Si-
beria and this species is
found nowhere else in the
world, except in Pennsyl-
vania.
SUCKER FAMILY: Most
Pennsylvania anglers are
acquainted with the white
sucker, the most widespread
and commonly caught mem-
ber of this family. But in
addition, the black sucker,
golden sucker, shorthead
and greater redhorse are
found here.
EEL FAMILY:Only one-
member of the eel family is
found in Pennsylvania--the
American eel. With the
construction of dams on
rivers and streams tributary
to the Atlantic Ocean, the
eel has almost vanished
from inland waters--but they
still move up the Delaware,
Lehigh and other rivers in
their annuyal migration
from saltwater to fresh. ~
CATFISH FAMILY: Most
every kid knows about the
bullhead (those spines hurt
when he tries to grab this
catch from the old mill
stream or pond), but in
addition to this delicious
little member of the family,
eight other members of the
catfish family are found in
Pennsylvania. They range
in size from the tiny madtom
up to the huge channel
catfish and flathead catfish.
SEA BASS FAMILY: The
family name is misleading
because three members are
found in Pennsylvania fresh-
water lakes and streams--
the white bass, white perch
and striped bass.
SUNFISH FAMILY: To
many fishermen, a sunfish
is a bluegill. Actually
however, this family has 15
members living in Pennsyl-
vania. They include, sur-
prisingly enough, the small-
mouth bass, large mouth
bass and two kinds of crap-
pie--white and black.
Other members of this large
and very important family
include rock bass, pumpkin-
seed sunfish, -red-breasted
sunfish and longear sunfish.
PERCH AND DARTER
FAMILY: Except for the
minnow family, this is the
largest family of fishes
found in Pennsylvania. It is
best known for one of the
most prized of all fresh-
water fish--the walleye--but
also includes the saugher
and yellow perch. The other
19 species in the family are
all darters which most
people probably consider as
minnows. These include
many little fish with inter-
esting names, like Johnny
darter Log Perch, Tippe-
canoe Darter, Fantail darter
and Shield Darter.
DRUM FAMILY: Only one
member of this family is
found in Pennsylvania and
then, only in Lake Erie, the
freshwater drum.
That's almost all in the
family of Pennsylvania‘s
warmwater fish--at least all
that are of primary interest
to fishermen. The rest are
probably known to the
average person only as
“minnows’’ -but these
family groupings do include
some larger fish, like the
sturgeons, herrings and
shad, and smelts. The
minnow family, largest
membership in the state, is
popular because most of the
angler‘s ‘‘baitfish”’ belong
here, but other families
include the gars, chubs,
shiners, dace, sticklebacks,
killifishes, silversides and
sculpins. They all are
important in the aquatic
ecosystem, perhaps not so
much for sporting purposes
but simply because they
evolved in Pennsylvania
waters as part of the
Interesting and valuable
community of living things.
Makle feted
at banquet
On Saturday, May 24,
Local Union 5149 Steelwork-
ers of Colonial Metals
honored retiring President
Griffith Makle at a dinner
held at the Copper Lustre
Inn.
Mr. Makle has been
involved in i." union at the
local company since 19SS.
He was presented a plaque
from the local union officers
and members. Mrs. Makle,
attending with her husband,
was presented flowers.
Those also attending
were: Vice President and
Mrs. Charles Andrews, Fi-
nancial Secretary and Mrs.
Michael Lippold, Recording
Secretary and Mrs. Michael
Leschke, Treasurer and
Mrs. Filbert Culp III,
Grievance Chairman and
Mrs. Barry Gerfin, and
Union Representative and
Mrs. Albert Danz. Repre-
senting Colonial Metals Co.
were: Executive Vice Presi-
dent and Mrs. Robert
Mann.
Eigenhauser
graduates
Linda McElrea Eigenhau-
ser, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. William J. McElrea,
Route 1, Mount Joy, was a
member of the 121st class to
graduate from Shimer Col-
lege. Outdoor commence-
ment ceremonies were held
Sunday afternoon, May 25.
Linda received her bache-
lor’s degree in the Humani-
ties.
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Margaret Stauffer Fisher
Mrs. Fisher
talks on Love
Margaret Stauffer Fisher
will address the Mount Joy
Rotary Club on Tuesday,
June 10. Her Topic will be
‘‘Love American Style.”’
Mrs. Fisher, who is the
wife of the Rev. Dr. Wallace
E. Fisher, minister of
Trinity Lutheran Church,
Lancaster, is a graduate of
Gettysburg College and also
Carnegie—Mellon Institute.
She was employed before
her marriage in the person-
nel department of U.S.
Steel.
She is weekly lecturer at
Trinity Lutheran, was presi-
dent of the Lancaster
County Mental Health asso-
ciation, also of the Embre-
ville State Hospital BOard,
and of Church Women
United of Lancaster. Mrs.
Fisher has been a frequent
speaker for clubs and
groups -around Lancaster
County.
On June 24 the speaker at
Rotary will be William H.
Wilson, whose topic will be,
Is Your Financial House in
Order?”
Meetings are at 12:15,
Tuesdays, at Hostetter’s,
363 North Barbara Street,
Mount Joy.
SUSQUEHANNA BULLETIN — Page 5
Parents &
in Maytown
teachers
search
for ways to improve
their communications
by Judy Swab
A meeting of concerned
parents and teachers was
held Thursday, May 29th at
7p.m. in the Maytown
Elementary School cafeter-
ia. For some time, there has
been interest in establishing
better communications be-
tween parent-child-teacher
in the elementary school.
Ms. White and Ms.
Holtzman, both teachers at
the school, took an informal
survey among parents, to
determine initial interest.
Every student was given a
questionnaire to take home.
There were 102 interested
parents, 47 not interested,
and 7 who were uncertain.
Both teachers felt the survey
showed sufficient interest to
warrant an open meeting on
May 29.
The meeting was attend-
ed by a total of 32 parents
and teachers, who seemed
well motivated and sincerely
interested.
One topic everyoreseemed
agreed on was the need for a
relaxed type of interest and
involvement group, outside
of the PTO.
The meeting was divided
into five groups and each
group was asked to ‘brain-
storm’ on what exactly they
wanted from any type of
organization. Many ideas
were discussed that were
reduced to a few basic
conclusions.
The most basic conclusion
was that there is a definite
need for better communica-
tions between home and
school. There is a need for
more involvement on both
sides--teachers and parents.
More information is needed
about present and any new
programs.
Specific topics mentioned
were: The need for an
expanded safety patrol pro-
gram, the possibility of fund
raising affairs for needed
equipment at the school, the
sharing of duties for existing
programs, with parents tak-
ing a more active role, the
possibility of parents help-
ing in the classroom itself,
and the possibility of pa-
rents and teachers having a
summer program of activi-
ties for students. All ideas
were suggestions. A com-
mittee volunteered to try to
gather more information for
these ideas, particularly for
the summer.
An open meeting for
parents, teachers--all inter-
ested persons will be held
June 26 at 7p.m. in the
Maytown School cafeteria.
This is not a business
meeting, or a listening
meeting. People should
come prepared to express
their views, ideas, sugges-
tions, and complaints.
There will be no minutes, no
officers, no speakers, except
the participants.
New Welcome Wagon hostesses
are announced
Welcome Wagon Interna-
tional has announced that
Mrs. Barbara Banks, and
Mrs. Cherie Dillow will be
the new hostess and assis-
tant hostess for the Mount
Joy area.
They are among the
approximately 8,000 Wel-
come Wagon hostesses who
make more than a million
calls annually on families in
more than 4,000 cities
throughout the United
~ States, Canada, Puerto
Rico, and the United King-
dom.
On behalf of the more
than 100,000 business spon-
sors, Welcom Wagon calls
on families when they move
into a new home, when
there is a new baby, and
when an engagement is
announced. Welcome
Wagon also participates in
special events such as
golden wedding anniversa-
ries, and other occasions
especially important to the
family or the community.
Often referred to as the
service ‘in the business of
building friendships,” Wel-
come Wagon’s basic pur-
pose is ‘service--service to
the family, and service to
the community.” A most
important part of the Wel-
come Wagon call deals with
civic and religious informa-
tion especially designed to
be of help to the family.
Indicative of the value of
Welcome Wagon’s volun-
teer® services and civic
achievements are citations
from organizations such as
in Mount Joy
the American Red Cross,
the American Heart Associ-
ation, the United States
Postal Department and the
United States Treasury De-
partment.
Welcome Wagon
performs a public relations
function, but, more impor-
tant, the organization be-
lieves it meets a present day
need in the field of human
relations.
Anyone interested in hav-
ing a visit from either
hostess please call Mrs.
Banks at 653-4478 or Mrs.
Dillow at 653-1609. ‘Should
you be unable to reach
either of us the first time
vou call, please call back!’