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SEPTEMBER 12, 2018
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LIX • NO 36
SENIORS’ LUNCH
First Presbyterian Church, 7 Marietta Ave., Mount Joy, will again offer its Neighbors Connect free lunch for seniors. The first lunch will take place on Wednesday, Sept. 19. The doors will open at 11:30 a.m., and lunch will begin at noon. Afterward, Dave Schell, the new executive director for Main Street Mount Joy, will share new ideas for the future of Mount Joy. Parking is available behind the church on Sassafras Alley. Reservations are preferred, but walk-ins will be accepted. To make reservations, call 717-653-5888 or email fpcmj1@gmail.com.
Indians Handle Host Streaks, 8-1 pg 14
Auction To Support Disaster Relief pg 12
Harvest Festival, Pig Roast Planned pg 6
Exhibit Dedication Scheduled
Remembering A Thriving Iron Furnace Industry
COMMUNITY BREAKFAST
Florin Church of the Brethren, 815 Bruce Avenue, Mount Joy, will offer a free community breakfast on Saturday, Sept. 15, from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. A variety of breakfast foods will be offered. Free parking will be available at the lower end of the parking lot. Attendees may enter through the double glass doors under the drive-through. Reservations are not needed. For more information, call 717-653-1202, ext. 2. MONTHLY MEETING
120 Fairview St., Mount Joy, will hold its monthly meeting at 7 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 17. Guest speaker Dr. Robert Frick will discuss two of the early merchants in Lancaster, Christopher Hager and Milton Garvin, including how these men operated their respective mercantile businesses and the many benefits that each provided for the Lancaster community as civic leaders. The society meetings, which are free and open to the public, include a brief business meeting, followed by the program and refreshments. For more details, visit www.mountjoyhistory.com. BUS TRIP
The Pleasant View Retirement Community Auxiliary will sponsor a “Fall Foliage” bus trip on Tuesday, Oct. 23. The trip will include a visit to a gourd farm, lunch and a tour of a tavern and plantation, and visits to a luxury car museum and a creamery, where attendees may enjoy ice cream. The registration deadline is Friday, Sept. 21. For more details, readers may contact Julie at 717-665-6396 or Donna at 717-665-6124.
By Chelsea Peifer
Iron foundries played a vital role in establishing the riverfront region in and around Columbia and Marietta, and the 14th annual Pig Iron Fest and Car Show on Sunday, Sept. 30, will serve as a celebration of the region’s
industrial heyday. “It really captures the spirit of Marietta and the area,” said organizer Marcus Snow. “There is a historic focus on the iron foundries and the role they played in building the region, but we also have fun with great show cars, family-oriented events, food, and live music. It is a great day for
By Chelsea Peifer
Lancaster County Joining Forces (LCJF), in partnership with Compass Mark and Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health, will present a free, threepart series addressing the opioid epidemic in Lancaster County. All sessions are free to attend and will take place on select Tuesdays from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Alliance Church of Elizabethtown, 425 Cloverleaf Road, Elizabethtown. The lecture series will kick off on Sept. 25 with Jack Sodak of Retreat at Lancaster County sharing on “Addiction - A Disease of the Mind and Body.” On Oct. 9, Joel Jakubowski will speak on “How to Help a Loved One Struggling With Drug Use.” The series will conclude on Oct. 23 as Deb McCoy of Compass Mark presents “How to See Series pg 16
community, and everyone helps out.” The free community event will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Furnace Road Day Use Area and the Musselman/Vesta Furnace Site in Chickies Rock County Park, Furnace Road and Route 441, just south of Marietta. Approximately 120 antique, classic, See Pig Iron Fest pg 18
All The Bells And Whistles
Series To Address Opioid Epidemic
Susquehanna Old-Fashioned Field Days Set By Chelsea Peifer
Jack Sodak of Retreat at Lancaster County will speak on “Addiction - A Disease of the Mind and Body” on Sept. 25 at the Alliance Church of Elizabethtown. His talk is the first in a three-part series hosted by Lancaster County Joining Forces on the opioid epidemic in Lancaster County.
Each year the dedicated residents who organize Susquehanna OldFashioned Field Days decide on a different agricultural process or antiquity to feature at the two-day event, and this year’s theme was chosen at the suggestion of numerous individuals. Bells, whistles, and poultry items - new and old, of all shapes and sizes - will be on display for folks to view and learn a bit of history. Organizer Darl Williams has amassed quite a collection of bells and whistles, including several worn by horses See Old-Fashioned Field Days pg 18
The organizers of Susquehanna OldFashioned Field Days, including (from left) Darl Williams, Earl Fuhrman, Mitch Bernhard, Ron Bernhard, Tonya Bernhard, and Kevin Baker, invite the community to enjoy the free two-day festival celebrating agricultural history on Sept. 15 and 16 at Conoy Park in Bainbridge.
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The annual Pig Iron Fest and Car Show on Sept. 30 at the Furnace Road Day Use Area and the Musselman/Vesta Furnace Site in Chickies Rock County Park will feature a variety of vehicles, live music, children’s activities, food, and history tours.
During the summers of 1988 to 1992, Millersville University (MU) students, led by Dr. June Evans, trudged down the old railroad bed to the Henry Clay Iron Furnace. The railroad bed has now been transformed into the Lancaster County Northwest River Trail. The students carried shovels, trowels, screens, and notebooks to the site, which was the second of eight anthracite coal fired hot blast iron furnaces in the area. The furnaces had lined the shores of the Susquehanna River between Marietta and Columbia from 1843 to 1931. Hundreds of hikers and bikers now pass by the remains of one of those furnaces every week. During the class excavations at the furnace site, the teams uncovered, classified, marked, and preserved more than 50,000 artifacts. The artifacts are See Exhibit Dedication pg 3