Page 16 — SUSQUEHANNA BULLETIN by Hazel Baker Eighty-four members of the Donegal School District All Elementary Band, inclu- ding the director and chap- erons, traveled to Branford, Conn., last week. The excursion for band members included a tour through two of three Sleepy Hollow Restorations by John D. Rockefeller, Jr., at Tarry- town, New York. The group arrived at Branford at approximately 5:30 p.m. Lunches brought from home lasted most of the day but were supple- mented somewhat by pur- chases made at comfort stop. After having toted their gear into the Short Beach School, where the guests were to spend the night, an area was set up for a one-hour practice session. An order of food from McDonald's was available, and after slides of the area were shown to the students from Pennsylvania, the pro- ject of bedding down 60 musicians for the night was attempted. These pupils had brought along sleeping bags and slept on the carpets of the host school. Since most of them had been awake since 6 a.m. they were soon wrapped in the arms of sleep. Breakfast was supplied at the school as was a lunch to be eaten enroute on the bus. A concert was presented by the All Elementary Band from Donegal for the host pupils as well as a neighbor- ing school. Under the directorship of H. Morrell Shields, the program included works by Kinyon, Lauder, Mancini, Khachaturian, Wayne, and Beethoven. After the variety musical and packing equipment, the Pennsylvanians were given a guided tour of a middle school at Branford. The cost of construction of this institution where the pupils were still in session, exceed- ed $15 million. It has all open classrooms and accord- Band at Sunnyside ing to our information, the money saved by the school authority by not including walls enabled that commit- tee to purchase equipment for its own TV station, computer telephones and programmer printing. The concert was taped and will be shown to all the schools in the area. The local musicians; although they were shown a partial pre- view, will have the oppor- tunity to view the tape at a later date. From here the tourists boarded their buses for the return trip and arrived at Donegal High School before 7 p.m. The Short Beach School, although small by compari- son to Donegal Elementary Schools, is compact and efficient. Principal of the institution is a Marietta native, Bayard Grosh. He is also a former teacher in the District having instructed pupils in Rheems and at Washineton Building. He served in World War II and conducted his own business for 14 years afterwards. Somehow, he found himself back to teaching and has been in Connecticut since that time. Picnicking at Philipse Manor The Sleepy Hollow Res- torations represent history in the Hudson Valley over a span of three centuries. They demonstrate the vital- ity of Dutch and English enterprise from the 1600’s to the American Revolution and through the years of the new nation up to the Civil War. Each restoration symbolizes its period and reflects differing life pat- terns along the Hudson. Phillipsburg Manor, the headquarters of the Phillip’s family, prior to the Revolu- tion, where 90,000 acres along the Pocantico River were managed by that Dutch family who backed the British during the war. Their lands were seized by the government and were sold at public aucuon. Holdings were passed on to tenants. Sunnyside, the second place visited by the local students, was a ‘‘little old-fashioned stone man- sion, all made up of gable ends and was full of angles and corners as an old cocked hat.” The home of the author of “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow’ and ‘Rip Van Winkle’, Sunnyside today stands as one of the most All Elementary Band travels to N.Y., Conn. picturesque homes in Amer- ica. Humerous incidents hap- pened along the way; good comments were made about the trip. Discipline was at a minimum. The group included teachers, two nurses, parents, friends, and relatives: Donna Hay, Lynn Hart, Sherry Derr, Tracey Geib, Susan Russell, Joan Garber, Mrs. Paul Hay, Debby Hay, Casey Wagner, Sandra Ol- weiler, Kim McKain. Kevin McKain, Mr. Rich- ard McKain, Phillip Mel- linger, Robert Zeiters, John Scheuing, Mrs. Sadie Brooks, Jan Hess, Sonia Young, David Winters, Mrs. David Garber. Sherry Frey, Scotty Ma- guire, Mr. Donald Winters, Donna Watto, John Kerschn er, Mrs. Joe Torres, Debby Torres, Tom Hatt, Mrs. John Wagner, Mrs. Lewis Hart. Joe Palmer Robert Flan- agan, Mrs. James Baker, Amy Showalter, Sharon Long, Sandra Dickason, Mrs. Bowers, Evelyn Bow- ers, Mrs. Ruth McElroy, H. Morrell Shields. Allen Brian, Mrs. Drew Mummau, Nancy Kreider, Diane Martin, Craig Roper, Mrs. John Martin, Dean Brian, Phil Landis, Tom Pekarek, Scott Thome, Jay Garber. Phil Peters, Mrs. Richard Peifer; Lester Reiner, Mrs. Richard Peters, Phil Spick- ler, Brian Newcomer, Mrs. Gene Eicherly, Mrs. Ells- worth Reiner, Curtis Heller, Billy Cox, Ricky Longeneck- er. Scott Brandt, Lonnie Ear- hart, Mary Ruhl, Cindy Robinson, Scott Hoover, Mike Frey, John Frey, Deb Nissley, Brenda Longeneck- er. Mr. Evans, Cindy Peifer, Susan Malik, Maxine Max- well, Erika Nissley, Kaye Wolgemuth, Mrs. Jere Thome, Rodney Fellen- baum, Nancy Peterman, Karen Mummau, Ann Eich- erly. letter to editor To whom it may concern; I have lived on Front Street for 45 years. My mother and father lived in Marietta all their lives. This is not a slum. A few weeks ago, you had an article in the Times saying that Front Street was a slum years ago. If the man who said this had lived in Marietta all his life, then he might be able to say this thing. But he lived somewhere else most of his life and now he thinks he knows every- thing about Marietta. A hometown Mariettan, Edward S. Billet, Sr. - Harvey Reem, one of many Marietta Jaycees at work last Saturday helping to repair the old Marietta School as a recreation center for the young people of Marietta. June 18, 1975 Vote for Supervisor in doubt in township In the May Primaries Charles E. Crowe, Sr., received 203 votes for supervisor in Mount Joy Township compared to 201 votes for incumbent Harry E. Cooper, Jr. The vote was so close that Robert Hostetter, E. Musser Heisey, and William Thome have petitioned the County to make a recount. They allege that ‘‘fraud or error’” may have been committed. Myra Hess retires at Kraybill School Myra Hess Miss Myra Hess has retired from teaching at Kraybill Mennonite School. She taught English and Social Studies for 24 years at Kraybill and 9th grade English and personal use typing part time for the last 2 years. Miss Hess, who was born and raised in the Mount Joy area, has a long and impressive history of teach- ing here. For the first eighteen years of her career she taught in local one room schoolhouses including Grandview, Joint, Rissers, and Mount Pleasant. Since then Miss Hess has taught in other Lancaster schools including Lancaster Mennonite High School and Kraybill Mennonite School. She enjoyed the freedom allowed to emphasize ethics and religion in church schools, such as Kraybill Mennonite School and many of her former pupils have become successful minis- ters, missionaries, nurses, teachers, doctors and insur- ance agents. A painting of one of the first schools she taught at. the Grandview one room school, hangs on Miss Hess’s living room wall-a reminder of the long-contin- ued contribution Miss Hess has made to local education. Ss oO =a Ju un. Sp far
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