Elizabethtown JANUARY 16, 2019
IN THIS ISSUE: ESL, CITIZENSHIP CLASSES SLATED page 3
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. Although there is no cost for the dinner, guests are encouraged to call the church office at 717-653-5493 by 4 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 17, to make reservations. GIFT CARD BINGO
The Masonic Village Hospice Relay For Life team will hold a gift card bingo fundraiser on Sunday, Feb. 17, at St. Philip the Apostle Catholic Church, 2111 Millersville Pike, Lancaster. Doors will open at 12:30 p.m., and bingo will start at 2 p.m. Tickets will be discounted when purchased in advance and full price at the door. Tickets will include 20 regular games. Proceeds will benefit Lancaster Relay For Life. For tickets and information, call Kristin at 717-433-4331. 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. The public is invited. Attendees should use the Jane Avenue entrance. To make reservations, readers may call the church office at 717-653-5857.
Chargers Sweep LMS-Hershey pg 10
Church Sets Community Breakfast pg 5
School Plans Open House, Book Fair pg 7
A Taste Of Western Lancaster County Set For Feb. 1 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 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 local restaurants, vendors, and purveyors serving the greater Elizabethtown area. Organizers Meghan Phillips and Aimee Nelson noted that several participating restaurateurs use the event to test out new recipes and food and beverage combinations that they may be considering adding to their menus or See Annual Fundraiser pg 4
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.
PLANNING MEETING
Aaron’s Acres Gears Up For Summer Camp Discovering Local Roots
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.
Mount Joy Resident Traces Lineage Back To 1600s By Chelsea Peifer
Lancaster Mennonite 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. For details, visit www.lancaster mennonite.org/openhouse. In the case of snow, the open house events will take place on Tuesday, Jan. 29, instead.
Aaron’s Acres, a nonprofit organization serving children and adults ages 5 to 21 with special needs, will host three sessions of weekday summer camp at the Manheim Community Pool and Memorial Park in June through August. Registration is now open for campers and staff. By Chelsea Peifer
Aaron’s Acres is recruiting campers and staff for its 2019 weekday summer camp at the Manheim Community Pool and Memorial Park. The camp has programs
for children, adolescents, and adults with developmental disabilities ages 5 to 21. The first session will run from Monday, June 17, to Friday, June 28, and session two will be held on Monday, July 8, to Friday, July 19, both with options of See Aaron’s Acres pg 2
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 Hannah’s parents passed away - establishing it as the McCollum house. Ira and Hannah See McCollum pg 3
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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.
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