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Gloria Longenecker is Miss Lanco
Last Saturday evening,
amidst the cheers and ap-
plause from both audience
and fellow contestants, Miss
Gloria Louise Longenecker
of Mount Joy was crowned
‘‘Miss Lancaster County
1976’. Gloria, a 19 year old
sophomore at Lebanon Val-
ley College, presented as
her talent the vocal solo
“Visi d’Arti Verdi’’ from

Gloria Longenecker

Ngoc Dinh La and his family.
“Tosca’’. Having partici-
pated in last year’s pageant
and placing as second
runner up, Gloria said she
felt it provided much valu-
able knowledge and experi-
ence.
Gloria, along with Kim
Lauver of Mount Joy and
Ramona Sell of Marietta,
performed to a capacity
audience at the Ephrata
Senior - High School. Be-
cause this was the twenty-
fifth anniversary of the
pageant, eighteen former
title holders were present to
see Gloria receive her
crown. Gloria will partici-
pate in the ‘‘Miss Pennsyl-
vania Pageant’’, which is
held in Altoona each spring.
Kim Lauver and Ra-
mona Sell also received
honors pageant night. Kim
was awarded the ‘‘Most
Talented Non-finalist’’ tro-
phey, and Ramona placed as
a finalist in the position of
third runner up.
Congratulations Gloria,
Kim and Ramona, and best
of luck, Gloria, in your reign
as ‘‘Miss Lancaster County
1976.

Laos family settles in Mount Joy
by Hazel Baker
A family of six have
moved to 35 Donegal Street,
Mount Joy, from Communist
dominated Laos. Members
of the group include three
brothers, a cousin, wife of
one brother and their eight
year old son.
Ngoc Dinh La was em-
ployed by the United States
government in his native
Laos and when the Com-
munists overpowered the
regime he thought it time to
move out. An accountant, La
brought five additional
members of his family of
which he is the oldest. He
speaks and writes English
and French, which he
learned in school.
The group is learning the
American way with instruc-
tions daily from Mrs. Glen
Weaver. They attend Eng-
lish classes each Tuesday
night at the Chiques United
Methodist Church with in-
structors Mrs. Anderson
and Mrs. Dave Brubaker.
The Florin Church of the
Brethren wanted to sponsor
a family (refugee) of no
more than six and applied to
the World Church Service
through the Church of the
Brethren. These brothers
expressed a desire to come
to Pennsylvania and were
flown to Harrisburg airport
from Arkansas, where they
were met by members of the
congregation. Originally,
the group flew to Thailand,
to the Philipine Islands, to
Guam and then to Arkansas.
The air trip to the U. S. took
about one month.
There are 13 brothers and
sisters in the Dinh La
family. The father, who is a
plumber, provides for his
children in ‘Laos. Hoang
Dinh La is a plumber like his
father and can lay brick,
while his brother Ngoc is an
accountant. They are unem-
ployed and if anyone can
hire them, he can contact
the Florin Church of the
Brethren.
Ngoc feels his former
homeland is similar to
America, with electricity
and plumbing available. The
main crops of Thailand are
corn, rice and tobacco.
Other members of the
family, in addition to the
older brothers, Ngoc and
Hoang, are Khuog Thi
Phung, wife of Hoang, their
son Manh Dinh La, a
brother Sang Dinh La, a
seventh grade student, and
Van Dinh La, a sixth grade
student. All the brothers
and their wives have had
correspondence with their
families in Laos.
October 1, 1975

Marietta’s trash cans get bi-centennial look
Marietta Boro employees painted all the trash cans in town red, white, and blue last week.
All materials were supplied by the Marietta Lion’s Club. Shown above, from left to right, are
Glen Shank, Steve Tucker, William Breckline (supervisor) and Harold Mauss.
Flowers bloom in Vo-tech greenhouse
Fall has arrived, but
flowers are just starting to
bloom in the greenhouses at
Mount Joy Vo-Tech.
The juniors in Dan Hel-
wig’s floriculture class just
finished potting bulbs for
Easter. They are also
starting poinsettias and
chrysanthemums for Christ-
mas. a
Seniors are working on
corsages and centerpiece
designs.
Student Vicki Bair, from
Bainbridge, won first place
in the Pa. FFA floral design
contest this September.
She will go to Kansas City
for a national FFA contest
and convention.
Lu Ann Eichler works on centerpiece.

Renee Husband (left) and Bonnie Baker (right) disbudding mums in the greenhouse.