November 12, 1975
Daybreak rabbit hunt
brings back memories
by J. L. Biesecker
Each fall we eagerly look
forward to that morning
when inhaling jolts the
lungs and exhaling sends
forth clouds of steam. The
grass squeaks under foot
and the world is covered
with lacy white crystals.
Heavy frost has come at
last. Our first frost ends the
growing season, forewarn-
ing of winter. More impor-
tantly it signals a morning of
rabbit hunting.
Over the years 1 have
developed the habit of
hunting rabbits on the
morning of the first heavy
frost. A successful hunt is
assured, whether I get any
rabbits or not. Frosty
morning hunts have pro-
duced many rabbits for my
table, and even more
memories for my pleasure.
The Game Commission has
set a limit on rabbits and I
have often filled that limit,
but no one can set a limit on
the enjoyment of the mor-
ning hunt.
The pleasure is enhanced
by bagging several rabbits.
However, they are only a
part of the total package.
Sunrise scarlet, blues and
purples on these still fall
mornings cannot be match-
ed by the opulent gold
sunrise of summer or the
anemic pink and grey of
winter. Crashing about in
the honeysuckle, old Pipe
bounces like a pup rather
than the eight year old,
experienced hunting partner
that he is. Frosty mornings
stimulate him also, raising
his level of excitement and
interest. As the hunt begins,
memories flood into the
consciousness...an earlier
dog who shared the first 12
years of hunting, the mor-
ning I bagged four rabbits in
less than an hour, the time I
missed the same wood cock
six times, the eight point
sneaking away from the dog
and walking within four feet
of where I stood, the hunt
with a friend who is gone
from this earth, and on and
on.
All the while new memo-
ries are being built, experi-
ences shared with friends,
new knowledge gained and
perhaps a rabbit or two
collected for the pot. Too
soon the brilliant scarlet
changes into wispy white
clouds, the white frost
crystals melt into water and
work-a-day responsibilities
call for a return to the
everyday world. But I am
refreshed, and looking for-
ward to the next frosty
morning.
DHS Band hoagie sale
this Saturday, Nov. 15
Donegal Band Parents
Club will sponsor a hoagie
sale on Saturday, November
15th. Orders may be placed
with any band member.
3,000 is the goal set by the
group. The group met
Monday night in the band
room of Donegal High
School.
A policy was adopted to
split profits from sales pro-
motions with the students
and club on a 50-50 basis.
These profits for the stu-
dents will be credited to
them for band camp ex-
penses or other band activi-
ties.
Eighth grade band mem-
bers may also participate in
selling. However, if they do
not make the high school
band no refunds will be
made. Seventh graders may
sell but no credit will be
given them as individuals
and club will receive pro-
ceeds.
The Colgate label cam-
paign is now in progress and
boxes have been placed at
the Junior and Senior High
Schools, IGA Food Store,
Mount Joy, Herrs Fruit
Market, and Youndt’s Meat
Market, Marietta.
A Donegal Indian will be
presented to that student
whose name is drawn from
labels he has signed on
Friday.
The Band Director, Glen
Leib, was authorized to
investigate the cost of
accomdations for the march-
ing band in the Winchester,
Va., area where the band
may participate in the Apple
Blossom Festival, April 30,
May-1 and 2.
A uniform committee was
appointed by the president,
Mr. Earl Brightbill, to in-
vestigate the cost and type
of dress for reoutfitting the
concert and marching
bands. Mrs. Mary Eberly
will serve as chairperson of
this group.
In other business it was
announced the band receiv-
ed a trophy for its participa-
tion in the recent band
exhibition at McCaskey
High School, and $125 from
the Marietta Jaycees for the
Halloween parade.
A party was held Friday
night on the farm of Bill
Longenecker, Mount Joy.
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Tony Cicero
on destroyer
October 20 -- Navy Data
Systems Technician Second
Class Tony J. Cicero, whose
wife LuAnn is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. William C.
Hummer of Route 7, Man-
heim, Pa., is participating in
‘Unitas XVI’ as a crew-
member aboard the guided
missile destroyer USS Wil-
liam V. Pratt, homeported at
Charleston, S.C.
pn hy J. L. Biesecker
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