Page 20 - SUSQUEHANNA BULLETIN Cosmopolitan Catharine Zeller about to visit twentieth country Catharine Zeller Before 1966, Miss Catharine Zeller, head of the kngnsn department at Donegal High. School, had not left her native land except once—a crilise by ship to Bermuda in 1964. Makes up mind quickly But in the spring of 1966, Miss Zeller was reading a brochure describing an archaeological expedition to Greece the following sum- mer and decided right then and there (she says it took her 30 minutes to decide) to make the journey. She sent in her application with a money deposit ‘and in several months was on her way. Since then Miss Zeller has traveled to 20 countries. Going to Russia During the Christmas holidays this year she will be traveling to a new and different country-—the U.S.S.R. She'll be leaving December 23 and returning January 3. On the way, there will be a 71/2 hour lay over in Helsinki, Finland, and Miss Zeller is going to make use of that time to see the city. Christmas she will spend in Leningrad, New Year's in Moscow. While in Russia, she hopes to see sights and scenes that were part of Russia's great literature produced by Tolstoi, Dos- toevsky, Turgenev, Chek- hov, and Puskkin. She wants to go to Russia because it is different. Miss Zeller likes a challenge. Up mountain, down in parachute She has the tough physi- que to face challenges. Recently, her doctor was amazed at her physical condition after she had been running on his treadmill. While in Greece, she climbed Mt. Parnassus (6,000 feet high) at night, so she could watch the sunrisc from its peak. Last summer, while chap- eroning Donegal students to Mexico, she leaped from the cliffs of Acapulco in a para- chute. (Steve Hassinger has a picture of Miss Zeller’s leap which the BULLETIN would like to borrow.) She's going to have to dress warmly for a winter trip to Russia, but the only new apparel she bought was boots. Those boots will help to keep her warm when she takes her first Troika sleigh ride in Moscow. The climate will be very different for her this year from last Christmas, which she spent in the Holy Land. On some of Miss Zeller's trips, she works hard as on her first archaeological ex- cursion to Greece. She has also studied archaeology in Italy. Before receiving her master’s degree in English from Middleburg, she ma- jored in Latin and Greek at Penn State; she has the major tools needed for Italian and Greek archaeo- logy. But other trips are less arduous. Always, though, she is learning, and learning much that she can later teach her students at Done- gal. Meets people Sometimes she travels with a group, other times alone as in Germany which she traveled across in trains, always going second class. She travelled second class not to save money but to meet more native people. Travelling first class she met mainly American tour- ists. Not that Miss Zeller has anything against Amer- ican tourists (after all she’s one herself) but she knows their culture already and travels to learn more about unfamiliar cultures. Meeting people, natives of the country she is visiting or members of the group with which she is travelling, is one of her chief satisfac- tions in touring. Good roommate When travelling in a group she usually has a roommate and the opportun- ity to get to know someone very well. Miss Zeller is very tolerant of people's foibles and peculiarities, which she finds interesting rather than annoying. She seems to be an excellant roommate--for almost any- one. : There are many sides to Miss Zeller. In the Donegal schools, she has directed 42 plays, including this year’s Senior play, Arsenic and Old Lace. She has coached tennis, been advisor for the student newspaper and yearbook, in. charge of commencement exercises, taught summer school and an adult speech class~in addition to her regular English teaching. She is an avid bridge player and, although she doesn’t practice as much as she used to, enjoys playing the piano. “I do it” Before she took up travel- ling she used to work 70 hours a week during the summer for Cargill’s Grain near Marietta, enjoying her work thoroughly because it was different. Catharine Zeller likes challenges, somethinkg new and preferably something different. And she accepts challenges. : “When I want to do something - I do it.”’ . School Xmas activities Maytown Elementary Christmas Musical, Thurs- day, December 11, 7 p.m. Riverview Elementary Christmas Musical, Mon- day, December 15, 7 p.m. Seiler Elementary Christ- mas Musical, Monday, De- cember 15, 7 p.m. (at the Junior High Building) Grandview Elementary Christmas Musical, Wed- nesday, December 17, 7 p.-m., (at the High School auditorium) Junior High School Christmas Musical, Friday, December 19, 7:30 p.m. Donegal High School Christmas Musical, Sat., December 20, 8 p.m. Cheerleaders and escorts model ‘Fashion Owley’ styles on the DHS planter. In front- December 10, 1975 Jackie Frey. On left- Kathy Beach and Daryl Houseal. On right- LuAnn Eichler and Dale Boyer. DHS cheerleaders’ fashion show to exhbit latest styles tomorrow The DHS cheerleaders spent last week preparing for the big fashion show tomorrow, December 11. in the high school auditorium. The show, entitled, ‘‘Fas- hion Owley’’, will feature fashions from the Orange Owl in Mount Joy, modeled by the cheerleaders and some of their mothers. Styles for all age groups will be shown. The cheerleaders are building their own props, which will harmonize with the show’s Christmas theme. Male escorts and ushers will be on hand. Refreshments will be ser- ved at the show. Tickets can be purchased at the door. All the cheerleaders are participating in the program under the direction of coach Betty Maile. The cheerlead- ers are: Basketball: Kathy Beach (captain), Deb Sarbaugh, Chris Heinaman, Deb Tho- mas, Gwenda Albert, Kerry Coover, Lori Lacabaugh, Heinaman, Deb Thomas and Kerry Coover. Jackie Frey, and Loris Raber. J.V. Basketball: Kim Wil-. kenson (captain), Dawn Greider, Stacy Miller, Mimi Ginder, Mary Ann Derr, and Diane Yingst. Wrestling: Lu Ann Eich- ler (captain), Barbara Lan- dis, Marta Emenheiser, Wendy Newcomer, and Lisa Johnson. Cheerleading Coach - Miss Betty Maile. Cheerleading aide - Mrs. Cindy Engle. The cheerleaders are building their own props. Photo shows, from left to right; Chris Santa Claus to come to Mount Joy by Rev. Stephen Getty Santa Claus will be avail- able to talk with children this Friday and Saturday at his headquarters located in Hostetter’s Hardware Store, 93 East Main Street, Mount Joy. Sponsored by the Mount Joy Jaycees, Santa can be visited from 6:30 until 8:30 on Friday even- ing, and from 9:00 until 11:30 on Saturday morning. Jaycees will take the picture of any child with Santa for a $1.00 donation. These photos make nice gifts and excellent remem- brances of an important event in every child’s life. Each child will receive a prize from talking with Santa. The Mount Joy Jaycee- ettes will be assisting Santa and helping the children. It is hoped that many children will visit Santa during his annual visit to Mount Joy.
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