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OCTOBER 21, 2020
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXI • NO 40
UCEA Breaks Ground At CPOW BY ANN MEAD ASH
Deb Jones, executive director of ECHOS (Elizabethtown Community Housing & Outreach Services), knows that many Elizabethtown and Mount Joy area residents have been waiting for the groundbreaking that
occurred at 61 E. Washington St., Elizabethtown, on Sept. 11 at 4 p.m. “It was a longtime dream of community members to have a social services agency here in Elizabethtown,� said Jones. “It was decades.� That dream began to come to fruition in 2018 when United See UCEA pg 3
The Rev. Robert Lescallette, a well-known local historian and curator of the Maytown Historical Society Museum, displays part of the “Old Home Week - 1910� exhibit.
he Maytown Historical Society Museum, located at 4 W. Main St., Maytown, is open for visitors’ perusal. The museum’s newest exhibit, “Old Home Week - 1910,� features pictures, documents, and many artifacts from Maytown’s first historical celebration. In 1910, Maytown was 150 years old and the town decided it was time for a celebration, which was dubbed Old Home Week. A town committee was formed to plan the event. Many of the celebration’s activities were
“After the Almighty made the Earth and declared it good, He must have looked in the direction of Maytown!� detailed list of the participants in the celebration. The museum will be open
on Saturday, Oct. 24, and Saturday, Nov. 7, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Rev. Robert Lescallette, museum curator and well-known local historian, will be on hand both days to answer questions. Masks and social distancing practices will be required. As one of the speakers for Old Home Week, the Rev. Dr. Henry H. Apple, president of Franklin & Marshall College, commented in his speech, “After the Almighty made the Earth and declared it good, He must have looked in the direction of Maytown!�
Taking Simple Steps To Help Small Businesses Thrive BY DAYNA M. REIDENOUER
The young couple at a dinner party that Valley Farm Supply owners J.C. and Caren Remsberg attended was frustrated with the challenges facing their small trucking company: hiring people, growing the business, and even the possibility of returning to work for someone else. The Remsbergs were empathetic, and they passed along the same advice J.C. had received from a college friend who owns a logging business.
INSIDE THIS ISSUE EXPLORE ACROSS TOWN, ACROSS PA . . . . . . . . . . .2 MOUNT JOY CHAMBER AWARDS SCHOLARSHIPS . . . . . . .2 SPORTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 BUSINESS DIRECTORY . . . . . . . . . . .9 HOUSE OF WORSHIP . . . . . . . . .10 CLASSIFIEDS . . . . . . . .13
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Museum Launches “Old Home Week� Exhibit
Members of the United Churches Elizabethtown Area board of directors who helped break ground for an expansion at Community Place on Washington on Sept. 11 are (from left) Kay Ardner, Nanette Lamb, Derrick McDonald, Beth Dreyer-DeGoede, Susan Fritz, and Doug Lamb.