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SUSO Vol. 76 No. 10 March 10, 1976 UEHANNA Susquehanna Times & The Mount Joy Builetin MARIETTA & MOUNT JOY, PA. Kady NM. Hy KR. 0b, 2 MG ui | Joy, | \ J 45527 - FIFTEEN CENTS New monument built in Maytown Square Donegal American Legion Post 809 is building a new monument to honor World War 2 veterans in Maytown Square. The old monument, which supports the flagpole, only has enough room to list the veterans of World War 1. Photo shows Donegal American Legion finance officer John Drace (left) and trustee Bob Hollenbaugh (right) standing beside the forms for the new marker. Bicen fire hydrants, Mount Joy Borough Council voted to decorate fire hydrants and buy a new police cruiser at their monthly meeting last Mon. The proposed street re- pair program for 1976 was also announced. Mrs. Vera Gingrich was named to head the fire hydrant decorating pro- gram. Councilman George Groff was appointed council representative to the Mount Joy Bicentennial Commit- tee. He will report to council on the fire hydrant decora- tion program and other bicentennial activities. The new cruiser, a $4547 1976 AMC Matador, will arrive in 60 days. It will replace an older vehicle. The proposed street pro- gram for 1976 was announc- ed. The rebuilding of Plum St. from Church to Water St. will entail the laying of a new water line for the Watering Trough. The wat- er will not be entering the trough for the time of construction but will be reinstated as soon as possi- ble. ~ Other streets scheduled for work will be ‘‘Bridge Blvd. from Angle to Wood; Clay Alley from Angle to Plum; S. Market St. from Marietta St. to the R.R. bridge; Apple Tree Alley from Patterson to Market St. Council rejected an offer of rented parking space from the Church of God. The church recently razed the old railroad station to make room for a parking lot. The church offered to rent the space to the council for $100 per month, but the council denied the request. Robert Aims, project dir- ector for the Homemakers Program of the Visiting Chamber of Commerce honors Vernon Kinsey A special award was pre- sented to Vernon Kinsey at the Mount Joy Chamber of Commerce Annual Banquet last Tuesday. The new award will be presented to business men : and women whose enter- prises have attracted nation- wide recognition. Chamber of Commerce president Gerald Alleman said, ‘‘Kinsey’s Archery has really helped put Mount Joy on the map.” Vernon Kinsey was born in Elizabethtown in 1917. He moved to Mount Joy in 1922, and has lived here ever since. He graduated from May- town High School in 1935. In 1950, an injury con- fined him to a wheelchair. In 1951, Mr. Kinsey opened his first archery shop on Chocolate Avenue. That shop was the begin- ning of Kinsey's Archery Products .Inc., a business that grew until it “‘put Mt. Joy on the map.”’ Vernon Kinsey, his wife Helen, and their son Jim all live in Mount Joy. The Mount Joy Chamber of Commerce meeting on March 9 included, in the evening’s events, the re- cognition of more than twenty Father and Son(s) Business Teams in Mount Joy. The list included: Vernon Kinsey Heisey’s Garage, Norm and James; Baker’s Phillip’s 66 Service Station, Vaughn and Vaughn; Eicherley’s Mens Clothing, Jay and Eugene; Rutt’s Appliances, Warren and Galen; Kinsey’s Arrow Shop, Vernon and James; Dan Wolgemuth, Jay and Donald; A.M. Wolgemuth, Abner and Dennis; Geh- man’s Furniture, Lester and Leverne; Wissler’s Motors, Ray, JC and Dwight; Wi- ley’s Insurance, Ray Sr. and Ray, Jr.; Lester Roberts and Son Appliances, Lester and James; Reist Seed Co., Alvin and Henry; Hostet- ter’s Hardware, Art, Kent and Jack; J.B. Keller Stock Yards, Raymond and Steve; Ken Smith Sporting Goods, Ken, Sr. and Ken, Jr; Rutt’s Insurance, Titus and James; Stehman’s IGA, Jake, Leuis and Robert Welcomer (son-in-law); street repairs planned & police cruiser bought by Mt. Joy Council Nurses Association, asked council for $141.30 to support the program. The Homemakers Pro- gram gets $175,000 from the federal government. Boros and townships are asked to pay S percent of the federal contribution. : Council was told ‘that a third of the program’s funds are used for administgation. Trained homemakers get $2.63 per hour and 13 cents per mile. One persén in Mount Joy is receiving the service at the present time. The request was referred to the finance committee for study. The Mount Joy Mer- chants’ Association asked council to consider allowing free parking in the borough from Nov. 2S to Dec. 25. The request will be studied by the finance committee. An extra refuse pickup program for April 19-22 was approved. Residents must make arrangements with the borough to get the extra refuse pick-up. A request to vacate Cherry Alley from Main St. to Church St. was proposed. Council announced the newsletter to the residents is scheduled for April S. A street sweeping program will get underway April S. The work will be done in the area where curbing exists. Charles Groff asked coun- cil for permission to reserve the boro tennis courts for tennis team matches. Coun- cil approved the request with the provision that the team provide advertisement for the times and days of reservation. The dates are April 3 and 17 and May 8 and 15 and possibly June 12. The next meeting of council will be April 12. James Tierney, James and James; John K. Wolgemuth Orchards, John and Jay. Entertainment was pre- sented by The Western District of the Lancaster- Lebanon Council Boy Scouts of America Order of the Arrow Dance Team. The 700 friends Indian Dancers gave some Indian lore along with their presentation. They were led by ‘*Woody’’ Myers and Chuck Cowart. Rev. Woodrow Kern from the Chiques United Metho- dist Church gave the invo- cation. mourn student Dean Chapin, killed in car accident At least 700 people attended funeral services this week for Dean Chapin, who was killed when the car he was driving crashed on Route 141 last Thursday. No one else was injured. Dean, the son of Mr. and Mrs. David Chapin, 205 Zeigler St., Mount Joy, was a popular student and athlete at Donegal High School. Six of Dean’s high school wrestling teammates served as pallbearers at the funeral at Calvary Bible Church. Wrestling coach Eugene Price summed up the way people felt about Dean: “Dean was a kid who worked hard, never com- plained, and was a true friend of everybody,”’ he said. Both the wrestling team and Boy Scout Troop 39 of Mount Joy attended the funeral. Dean was a Life Scout in Troop 39, and a member of the Order of the Arrow. He had planned to participate in the Philmont Expedition of the Lancaster-Lebanon Boy Scouts. He was a member of the Varsity Club, the track team, and the Junior Rifle Club of the Mount Joy Sportsmen’s Assciation. He attended Calvary Bi- ble Church. Born in Lancaster, he was the son of David Russell anc Hazel Gabhard Chapin. Surviving besides his parents are two brothers, David Russell Chapin, Jr. and Duane E. Chapin, both at home; paternal grand- parents, Mr. and Mrs. Russell E. Chapin, Mount Joy; a maternal grand- mother, Mrs. Esther C. Gebhard, Elizabethtown, and a paternal great-grand- mother, Mrs. Ruth W. Derr, Mount Jov. The viewing was held at Heilig’s Funeral Home and the funeral was held at Calvary Bible Church.