SUSQUEHANNA BULLETIN
Vol, 75 No, 33 August 27, 1975
Judy Stolzfus
Here’s Judy again:
She’s Poultry Queen!
Judy Stolzfus, Mount Joy,
was crowned Poultry Queen
of Lancaster County last
week.
Judy, a senior at Donegal
High School, was a member
A big vote vs.
State Secretary of Educa-
tion, John Pittenger, has
asked Lancaster County
Courts to rule against the
petition of southern Rapho
Township residents, to
transfer their children from
Manheim Central to Done-
gal Schools.
The reason Pittenger gave
for his decision was that
Donegal schools lacked faci-
lities to house more stu-
dents.
Pittenger’s letter to Judge
William G. Johnstone, Jr.,
was read at last week's
meeting of the Donegal
School Board.
The petition to send their
children to Donegal rather
than Manheim school had
been signed by 266 resi-
dents of lower Rapho
Township. Reason for the
request was that their
of a team that won the state
4-H poultry judging contest
two weeks ago.
Judy raises capons, for
fun and profit.
Rapho petition
homes were much closer to
Donegal than Manheim
schools, and that their
children had to spend too
much time travelling back
and forth to Manheim and
were unable to participate in
many school activities.
Pittenger wrote that 207
more students would have to
be introduced into the
Donegal schools, if the
petition would be granted.
Donegal High School would
be overflowing its capacity.
Moreover, the Manheim
District would lose $58,976
in tax revenue if the
petitioned move would be
approved.
The Donegal Board took
no action on Pittenger’s
recommendation. The
courts will make the final
decision.
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MARIETTA & MOUNT JOY, PA.
Meetings on zoning ordinance
A Zoning Ordinance, to
implement the Comprehen-
sive Plan adopted last
summer, has been drawn up
by the Planning Commission
of East Donegal Township.
Last night members of the
Planning Comission were at
the Maytown School to
answer questions residents
had about the new zoning
ordinance.
A public hearing on the
ordinance is being planned
for Tuesday, September 9 at
8 p.m. at Donegal High
School.
Residents can legally pe-
tition concerning the ordi-
nance prior to the public
hearing.
Pregnant seniors can graduate
If a senior girl at Donegal
High School has to drop out
of school because of preg-
nancy during either the first
or second semester, she can
earn her diploma with her
graduating class by com-
pleting a program of study-
ing at home.
The home study must give
the student enough credits
to meet minimum gradua-
tion requirements.
The new policy for preg-
nant seniors was adopted at
last Thursday’s meeting of
the Donegal School Board.
State requires sewage tests
for E. Donegal developments
The future of two large
planned housing develop-
ments in East Donegal
Township depends on the
results of tests to be carried
out at the sewage treatment
plant.
The State Department of
Environmental Resources is
requiring the tests to insure
that the plant could handle
the sewage from the two
large developments.
The two developments in
question are those planned
for the Sipling Farm along
Route 441 and for the site
near Maytown School.
Members of the East
Donegal Sewer Authority
are confident that the tests
will prove that the plant can
handle the additional load
from the two proposed
developments.
It was announced at the
last meeting of the East
Donegal Sewer Authority
that Maytown Shoe
Company could be liable for
a $25 per day fine, because
it has not yet tied into the
sewer system.
The board has taken no
action as yet, but asked their
engineers, John Saylor, to
contact the contractor for
Maytown Shoe about the
company’s request for a
change in their pumping
facilities.
Four Donegal teachers resign
Elementary school libra-
rian Janice L. Spickler,
Maytown first grade teacher
Donna Murray, elementary
teacher John P. Gerstenlau-
er, and interim teacher
Barbara C. Brannen have
resigned their positions in
the Donegal School District.
Donegal School Board
approved suspending May-
town teacher LeRoy Strine,
pending the outcome of
hearings on unsatisfactory
ratings he received during
teacher evaluations.
Susquehanna forever
Over a month ago the
Susquehanna Bulletin an-
nounced that it was consi-
dering changing its name to
‘‘Donegal Bulletin.”
Since then the paper has
received numerous letters
about the proposed name
change — almost all of them
opposed to the change.
Because of this public
opinion, and because the
publishers also like the
name ‘‘Susquehanna’’ —
the newspaper will retain its
present name, Susquehanna
Bulletin.
Ten Cents
Gloria Alice Fisher
‘“Gloria’’
became of
Gloria Alice Fisher?
Florin, Pa.
Whatever
Commercial
The above photograph was taken from the 1949
Donegalian, yearbook of E. Donegal High School, Maytown.
The girl shown in the photo, Gloria Alice Fisher, was
graduated that year from the Maytown high school. To find
out what happened to her, turn to page two.
Five Donegal
The following new teach-
ers have been hired in the
Donegal district:
Charles R. Koerner, high
school English and social
studies;
Mary Y. Royer, Maytown
irst grade;
teachers hired
Teresa Walton, junior
high home economics;
Elizabeth A. Maile, high
school home economics;
Rudelle Ann Durci, high
school business education (a
federally funded position).
The French crisis at D.H.S.
Recently, the Donegal
School Board decided to
eliminate introductory
French from the high school
curriculum.
This decision was criticiz-
ed at the board meeting last
Thursday by Ted Greider,
president of the Donegal
Education Association.
Greider questioned the
legality of the decision to
eliminate French. He quot-
ed a section of the Pennsyl-
vania School Code which
requires a school to retain
any course that 1S or more
students want to take.
According to Greider, 30
students have asked to take
introductory French this
fall.
Greider also pointed out
the high percentage of
students who go on from the
first course to the second
and third courses in French.
He said that * ‘if the school
board and the administra-
tion continue this course of
action, the association will
be forced to find recourse in
the courts.’’
Carol Ann White, French
teacher, who had been told
she would teach only part-
time as a result of eliminat-
ing beginning French, re-
signed Thursday night as a
Donegal teacher. She said it
was ‘‘financially unfeasible
to accept a part-time posi-
tion.”