Donegal OCTOBER 10, 2018
IN THIS ISSUE: CORVETTES AND HUMMERS AND OLDS, OH MY! page 2
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LIX • NO 40
GUEST SPEAKER
The Mount Joy Area Historical Society, 120 Fairview St., will host historian Michael Showalter as guest speaker at the monthly meeting at 7 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 15. The topic will be “Mysterious, Melancholy, and Macabre Stories From Lancaster County Newspapers.” Showalter will share true and unusual stories found in newspapers prior to 1785. Due to construction, attendees are asked to use the new rear entrance. Parking is available behind the museum in the east end of the former Lions Club Pool parking lot. The meetings are free and open to the public. Visit www.mountjoyhistory.com. CHICKEN DINNER
St. Mark’s United Methodist Church, 27 E. Main St., Mount Joy, will serve a stuffed chicken breast dinner on Sunday, Oct. 14, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The dinner will include stuffed chicken breasts with supreme sauce, oven-roasted red potatoes, a vegetable, applesauce, rolls and butter, dessert, and beverages. There is a fee, but reservations are not necessary. Oct. 14 is Pastor Appreciation Sunday, and all pastors will receive a free meal. Parking is available behind the church. Call 717-653-5493. PET PARADE
located adjacent to Rapho Township Community Park, 960 Strickler Road, Mount Joy, will host The Mutt Strutt pet costume parade on Saturday, Oct. 13, at 10 a.m. Registration will begin at 10 a.m., and the parade will follow at 11 a.m. Prizes will be awarded at noon. There is a nominal contest entry fee. The event will feature food, music, photo opportunities, giveaway drawings, and more. Spectators may attend free of charge. To preregister, visit www.dogparkmountjoy.com.
DHS Names Homecoming Court pg 14 4-H Club Will Commemorate 50 Years pg 8
Fundraiser Will Support Marietta Center For The Arts By Chelsea Peifer
Big things are on the horizon for the Susquehanna Stage Company (SSC) as it anticipates moving into a new space in 2019. SSC board member Julia Howey said that the theater group acquired a building at 133 W. Market St., Marietta, that was formerly a church and will now be designated as the Marietta Center for the Arts. The goal is to have part of the space renovated and ready for an SSC production in February 2019. To help launch the new
space, SSC will host “The Susquehanna Seasonal: Light the Stage” for the community on Saturday, Oct. 20, from 6 to 9 p.m. at its new building. The fundraising event will feature a dinner catered by a local barbecue business and desserts created by local chef Tarik Boughelam. Attendees will have the opportunity to bid on items in silent and live auctions, such as a charter flight, beverage tastings, fine jewelry, a bicycle, a one-hour professional photography session with an awardwinning photographer, tickets to sporting events, and more.
Donegal To Host Veterans Day Program By Chelsea Peifer
On Monday, Nov. 12, area veterans are invited to attend the annual Veterans Day program at Donegal High School (DHS), 1025 Koser Road, Mount Joy. A reception for veterans will begin at 9 a.m. in the cafeteria, followed by a program for veterans and the entire DHS student body, faculty, and staff in the auditorium at 10 a.m. Veterans who plan to attend are asked to sign up by Friday, Nov. 9, by contacting Tina Maag at 717-492-1202 or tina.maag@donegalsd.org. The program will include elements such as a presentation by several local veterans. As is tradition, members of the DHS chorus will perform “In Flanders Fields” and “America the Beautiful.”
See Susquehanna Seasonal pg 9
On Oct. 20, the community is invited to “The Susquehanna Seasonal: Light the Stage,” a fundraiser benefiting the Marietta Center for the Arts, which will serve as the new home of the Susquehanna Stage Company.
See Veterans Day pg 8
Maytown Reformed UCC Plans Fall Yard Sale Celebrating God’s Goodness Around The World By Chelsea Peifer
When Friends in Action (FIA) International was first approached about the need for well drilling in West Africa in
1998, executive director Tim Johnston traveled to the area with a survey team. He still vividly remembers watching as women knelt in a pond to scoop water into eight-gallon containers to carry on See Friends In Action pg 2
SENIORS’ LUNCHEON
First Presbyterian Church,
Maytown Reformed UCC, represented by (seated, from left) Zephen Johns, Linda Good, (standing) Audrey Embly, Jeff Butler, Patsy Shope, Jim Embly, Minnie Sperla, and pastor Ronnette Comfort-Butler, will host a fall yard sale and vendor sale for the community on Oct. 20. By Chelsea Peifer
Maytown Reformed United Church of Christ (UCC), 11 E. Elizabeth St.,
Maytown, will host its annual fall yard and vendor sale on Saturday, Oct. 20, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. An assortment of items in good condition will be available See Maytown Reformed UCC pg 10
Friends in Action International executive director Tim Johnston (far left), shown with a survey team in Vanuatu, invites the community to the organization’s Missions Banquet on Nov. 2 at the Red Lion Hotel in Harrisburg.
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7 Marietta Ave., Mount Joy, will hold its Neighbors Connect free lunch for seniors on Wednesday, Oct. 17. Doors will open at 11:30 a.m., and lunch will be at noon. At 12:30 p.m., speakers Dick and Barb Thompson will present “Walking With the Grizzly.” The Thompsons spent four days living with the grizzlies at Katmai National Park. Attendees should turn off Marietta Avenue onto Sassafras Alley and park behind the church. Walk-ins will be accepted, but preregistration is preferred. For details, call 717-653-5888 or email fpcmj1@gmail.com.
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Dog Park Mount Joy,
Heart Walk Raises $248,000 pg 4