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IN THIS ISSUE: CEF WILL MARK 75 YEARS page 5
JANUARY 16, 2019
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LX • NO 2
SPAGHETTI DINNER
St. Mark’s United Methodist Church, 27 E. Main St., Mount Joy, will serve a free spaghetti dinner on Sunday, Jan. 20, from 4 to 5 p.m. In addition to spaghetti, the meal will include a salad, bread, dessert, and beverages. Guests are encouraged to call the church office at 717-653-5493 by 4 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 17, to make reservations. MOVIE AND MEAL
Calvary Bible Church, 629 Union School Road, Mount Joy, will offer a free spaghetti dinner and a movie on Friday, Jan. 18, at 6:30 p.m. The movie “I Can Only Imagine” will be shown. Attendees should use the Jane Avenue entrance. To make reservations, call the church office at 717-653-5857. PLANNING MEETING
The Maytown Memorial Day Parade Committee will meet on Thursday, Jan. 24, at 7 p.m. in the East Donegal Township Building, 190 Rock Point Road, Marietta. All interested members of the community are invited to attend the organizational meeting for the 2019 parade. The committee is in need of adequate participation for planning and especially on parade day. The committee notes that the future of the parade is dependent on additional help. PURSE BINGO
Indians Host Elco pg 8
OPEN HOUSE
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Mount Joy Resident Traces Lineage Back To 1600s By Chelsea Peifer
Mount Joy resident Dr. James McCollum had always taken an interest in the McCollum side of his family’s lineage. But in 2018, an invitation to be part of a ceremony for the installation of a historical marker at the Kyle-McCollum House in Youngstown, Ohio, sparked a newfound interest in the Kyle line. The Kyle-McCollum homestead was completed in 1813 and became home to Joshua Kyle and his wife, who are McCollum’s great-great-great-grandparents. The couple’s daughter, Hannah Kyle, married Ira McCollum, and the pair inherited the home after
See McCollum pg 2
Fundraiser Will Feature Local Cuisine
Last summer, Mount Joy resident James McCollum (far right) and his sisters Jenny Mills (third from right) and Joan Slipski (second from right) were asked to speak at a ceremony dedicating a historical marker at the Kyle-McCollum House in Youngstown, Ohio, which was built and inhabited by their ancestors. The homestead is currently owned by Phil (left) and Sylvia Imler.
Donegal Junior High Names Geography Bee Winner By Chelsea Peifer
A Taste of Western Lancaster County, which is jointly organized by and benefits the Elizabethtown Public Library and the Elizabethtown Rotary Club, will take place in the library on Feb. 1. Attendees may sample food and beverages from area businesses, vote on their favorites, and enjoy live music performed by local bands. By Chelsea Peifer
Plans are underway for the 11th annual A Taste of Western Lancaster County celebration, to be held on Friday, Feb. 1, at the Elizabethtown Public Library, 10 S. Market St., Elizabethtown. The event will run
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Hannah’s parents passed away - establishing it as the McCollum house. Ira and Hannah had a son named Alexander, who later had a son named James, who is the grandfather of Dr. James McCollum of Mount Joy. “My father was also named James, and he lived (in the Kyle-McCollum House) too, during the Great Depression,” explained McCollum. For that reason, McCollum and his siblings were invited to speak at the building dedication in July 2018 as the descendants of some of the earliest pioneers to settle in Youngstown. “It is the oldest continuously occupied home in Youngstown,” noted McCollum. His ancestors sold the main home to an automobile dealer during the Great Depression, while maintaining ownership of a smaller house beside it.
from 4:30 to 9 p.m. Proceeds from the 21-and-older event will benefit the library and the service projects of the Elizabethtown Rotary Club. Throughout all three levels of the library, attendees may sample appetizers, entrees, soups, salads, side dishes, snacks, desserts, and beverages from See Fundraiser pg 4
The Euphrates River joins the Tigris River to form the Shatt al-Arab on which continent? Which country does not border Mozambique: Tanzania, Malawi, or Libya? If the presidents’ faces on Mount Rushmore had bodies, they would stand 46 stories tall; Mount Rushmore is located in which state? If you answered Asia, Libya, and South Dakota, respectively, then you just may have been able to keep up with the Donegal Junior High School (DJHS) students who recently competed in the school’s annual See Geography Bee pg 3
Donegal Junior High School eighth-grader Delton Brixius (center) was named the champion of the school’s National Geographic GeoBee on Jan. 4. Seventh-grader Marie Gehman (left) took third place, and seventh-grader Pierce Gohn (right) earned second place.
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will host open house events at four of its campuses, including Lancaster, Locust Grove, New Danville, and Hershey. The events will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 24. Refreshments will be available at 5:30 p.m. A welcome meeting will begin at 6 p.m., followed by tours and activities. Visit www.lancastermennon ite.org/openhouse. In the case of snow, the open house events will take place on Tuesday, Jan. 29, instead.
School Plans Open House, Book Fair pg 11
Discovering Roots Around The County
The Walk for D.E.S. will hold a designer bag bingo fundraiser on Sunday, Jan. 20, at the Farm and Home Center, 1383 Arcadia Road, Lancaster. The doors will open at 11 a.m., and the event will take place from 1 to 5 p.m. Tickets may be purchased in advance by contacting Nicole Dombroski at 717-808-5252 or ashbrihai@gmail.com or Mark Schantzer at 717-917-1796 or mschantz@ptd.net. Tickets will also be available at the door for a higher fee. All proceeds will benefit the DES Foundation of Lancaster County, which focuses on suicide awareness and prevention.
Church To Hold Community Breakfast pg 6