SUSQ

Vol. 76 Ne. 2 January 14, 1976

Gloria Longenecker |

Gloria Longenecker discovers

being Miss Lancaster County

is difficult but rewarding job

Gloria Longenecker ofMount Joy, the reigningMiss Lancaster County, willenter the Miss Pennsylvaniapageant this spring.

If she wins, she will startpreparing for the MissAmerica contest.

If she loses, Gloria says,“I'll crown the new MissLancaster and that will be>

Being a pageant winnerisn’t always fun. “‘I thoughtit would be glamorous,”Gloria says, ‘‘but in a way it

isn’t. A few people dislikethe whole pageant, and sothey sort of look down on meas its representative.”‘A lot of other people will

support you,’’ she adds.The pecple who dislike

the pageant are mainlywomen. ‘‘Mostly women

libbers, probably.” Gloriasays.Being Miss Lancaster

County involves a lot ofwork, but the reward of thatwork is self-improvement.

Gloria once greeted linesof people for 4 hours in arow.

That kind of experiencecan be tiring, but it doesincrease self confidence.

“I've really learned a lotabout the fashion world,”Gloria says, ‘‘I've expandedmytalent. I'm deing %2 hourshows, now.”’ :Making appearances

takes a lot of time, butGloria’s agent arrangeseach appearance to fitGloria's schedule.

“If I've got somethingplanned, they'll change thetime of the appearance.”Gloria says.

Gloria’s friends haven'tnoticed any change in herpersenality since she wonthe Miss Lancaster contest.“When I won, I had to go

back to college the next

day,” Gloria says.

“I'm still human. 1 stillgoof off. I still have thesame body functions andeverything. EverybodysaysI haven't changed.”

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Susquehanna Times & The Mount Joy Bulletin

MJ Townshipweighs hiringpolice officer

by Zelda Heisey

Mount Joy Township su-pervisers are consideringhiring Richard E. Beas,Willow Street, as a parttimepeliceman. Beas had origin-ally applied for a pesitien ayear and a half ago.

Before making a decisionthe supervisers must checkwith soliciter William C.Crosswell te determinewhether they must advertisethe opening before filling it.

New chairman of thesupervisers, Charles Crowe,strongly invited all residentsto bring their questions andcomplaints to the townshipoffice.The supervisers neted a

letter from Mr. and Mrs.William C. Stum, com-mending tewnship pelice fortheir speedy action when

Stum’s market was recently

rebbed.

Harry Cocper was ap-peinted roadmaster at $4.65per hour, plus $25 permenth for use of his pick uptruck.A water fountain for the

township building was ap-proved.The possibility of having

an answering service at$21.50 per menth will beinvestigated.

Supervisor secretary Ja-cob Forry was alse namedtreasurer.

A public hearing on theprepesed sewer preject willbe held at 7 p.m. Wednes-day in the ElizabethtownHigh Scheel auditorium.

Rheems Fire

The Rheems Fire Co. haselected its officers for 1976.They are: President-RobertB. Kready; Vice President-William H. Kready; Secret-ary-Frank Hoover; Ass’tSecretary-Stan Risser.Treasurer-Rebert A.

Kready; Ass’t Treasurer-Ralph Redcay; Chief-DennisDupler; Chief Engineer-LeoStauffer; Chaplain-GeorgeWeaver; Trustees-RebertRicedorf and Robert Hip-pensteel.Delegates-Dennis Rice-

dorf and Robert Ricedorf;Alternates-Albert Pickel andDexter Minnick.

Entertainment Committee

MARIETTA & MOUNT JOY, PA.

UEHANNA TIMES

FIFTEEN CENTS

Mayor James Gingrich (far left) gives the oath of office to, from left to right, newcouncilman Geo. Fitzkee, re-elected councilman Omar Groff, new president Charles

Ricedorf, and new councilman Harold Keller. Seated in foreground are BoroughManager Joe Bateman and Mindy Liggins. photo by Corky Flick

Ricedorf voted Mount Joy Council president;Building moratorium in runeff area passed

Mount Joy BoroughCouncil elected CharlesRicedorf council president atthe reorganization meetingMonday evening.James Heisey was elected

vice-president.

Two new councilmen,Harold Keller and GeorgeFitzkee, took the oath ofoffice for the first time.

Phyllis Landis and EvaHendrix, homeowners in theCrossroads Church area ofDonegal Springs Road,voiced opposition to pro-posed construction in thearea by David G. Heisey,builder.The ladies cited density

and drainage problems astheir main concerns.

Boro Authority keeps officers

Mount Joy Borough Au-thority retained its 1975officers during a re-organ-ization meeting Tuesdaynight.

Re-clected were C. Ber-nerd Grissinger, chairman;Frank R. Eichler, vice chair-

elects KreadyJohn Fuller; Albert Pickel;

Troy Schwanger; Ellis Ste-ward and James Kondras.

Ass’t Chiefs-Elmer Mur-

phy and Claude Schwanger.Ass’t Engineers-Gene Way;Dexter Minnick, and Bob

Hinkle. Chief EquipmentMan-John Mammen. Ass’t

Equipment Man-John FullerChief Hose Director-Bob

Hippensteel.The company answered

56 calls in 1975. The men

worked 89,445 hours, and

the trucks traveled S00

miles.The ambulance answered

198 calls and drove 5,442

miles.

Paris H. Sweigart,secretary; Frank B Zink,treasurer, and Lloyd G.Cooke, assistant secretary-treasurer.

The authority re-appoint-ed engineers Gannett,Fleming, Corddry & Car-penter, Inc.; solicitor BarleySnyder, Cooper, and Bar-ber; auditors Trout, Eber-sole & Groff, and trusteeUnion National Bank,Mount Joy.The Carmany Read soft-

ening ‘plant and pumpingstation ‘‘is well on the waywith its construction,’”’ ac-cording te consulting en-gineer, Robert Stark.He told the authority that

“90 per cent of the water-ling is completed.”

mar;

The authority alse in-structed the soliciter tobegin title searches forproperty involved in theberough’s water and sewerprojects.The search is expected to

cost about $2,000.

Council later approved thesubdivision plans for DavidHeisey, but made the planssubject to approval of aconditional use. The condi-tional use approval wastabled 60 days to givecouncil time to study theplans.

Following a long discus-sion by council on whetherto approve the buildingplans, Ammon Smith madea motion to declare amoratorium on building bydevelopers in the drainagebasin of the CrossroadsChurch area, until a plan islaid for the correction ofwater runoff problemsthere. The motion passed.

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Mayer urgescleaner walks

Mayor James Gingrichwants Mount Joy citizens toobey the ordinance aboutcleaning sidewalks.

Schoolchildren, the elder-ly, and other pedestrianscan be badly injured byslippery sidewalks, themayor points out.

According to the ord-inance, sidewalks must becleaned within a day after

any snowfall or freezingrain. If the person respon-sible for the sidewalkdoesn’t clean it, the boroughcan prosecute.

If the borough cleans acitizen's sidewalk, the bor-ough can collect moneyfromthe citizen to pay for the job.