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Vol. 79, No. 32, August 15th, 1979
Jay R. Hess
Jay Hess heads Lions
Last month Jay R. Hess
received his gavel as
president of the Mount Joy
Lions Club, succeeding Jim
Roberts.
Jay has a number of
things he wants to accom-
plish during his administrat-
ion, but is not ready to
discuss his plans publicly
yet.
One recommendation he
is going to make is that the
Mount Joy Lions, which are
known for their aid to blind
people, make a larger
donation to the Lancaster
Blind Center. The Lancaster
Blind Center is of the most
help to local ‘people who are
visually handicapped, and
with services like its special
radio station for the blind, is
making a tremendous con-
tribution, Jay beleives. Late
this month the local Lions
will vsisit the Lancaster
Blind Center.
Jay has been active in the
Lions almost since he first
moved to Mount Joy with
his family in 1972. Jay hails
originally from Strasburg
and his wife Vickie from
Quarryville. They have two
daughters: Debbie, 4, and
Kristen, 3. They all attend
Grace Brethren Church in
Elizabethtown.
Jay is employed by Bell
Telephone in Lancaster as a
splicing technician.
It was Vickie who selected
Mount Joy as the place for
the Hesses to raise their
family. Vickie had gotten to
know the area as a student
at Elizabethtown College
and then as a case worker
who visited local nursing
homes. She liked the house
on Donegal Springs Road
which they moved into. She
also liked the schools and
the neighborhood.
Jay was encouraged to
join the Lions by his
neighbor, Mrs. Clyde Mum-
per, widow of one of the
founding fathers of the local
Lions. Jay was sponsored
for membership by John N.
Weidman.
It wasn’t long before Jay
became a very active
member and started to work
his way up in the organizat-
ion, becoming Tail Twister,
Lion Tamer, etc.
Meanwhile, in addition to
his growing responsibilities
at work and in the Lions, Jay
has constantly been working
on his house and improving
it. He completely did over
the kitchen and has added
bathrooms. Right now, with
the help of his brother, he is
converting his furnace from
oil to gas, to connect up with
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the new gasline that runs
down Donegal Springs
Road. He feels that this is a
wise move to make for the
future.
The Mount Joy Lions
raise money for both the
blind and the deaf, by
means of pancake break-
fasts, broom and bulb sales,
and fruit cake sale at
Christmas.
The membership fo the
local Lions has been increas-
ing , and Jay would like to
see it grow even more.
Anyone, he says, interest-
ed ‘‘in helping people less
fortunate than themselves,
and interested in helping
the community and improv-
ing it,”’ should think about
joining the Lions. ‘‘We can
do th ings together that we
can’t do alone,’ Jay says.
People interested in join-
ing the Lions should call Jay
(653-5248) or just attend a
meeting,first and third
Tuesday of every month,
from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at
Hostetter’s Dining Hall.
Petition for wheelchair
ramps presented
Phyllis Charles and Lor-
raine Meashey, both in
electric wheelchairs, ap-
peared before Mount Joy
Borough Council Monday
night with petitions asking
the borough to put ramps at
corners and crossing, for the
benefit of handicapped
people and mothers pushing
baby carriages. They ex-
plained that federal funds
were available to subsidize
the construction of such
ramps.
FIFTEEN CENTS
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Battle shapes up for tonight:
Laing to preset present case for Creekside
Tonight at 7:30 p.m.
Laing Properties of Harris-
burg, the developers who
are proposing the new
apartment complex, Creek-
side for low and moderate
income families, are coming
to Mount Joy to present
their case for the project.
They will make their
presentation, and try to
answer objections from
residents of Mount Joy,
starting at 7:30 p.m. in the
auditorium-gymnasium of
Beahm Junior High School.
An overflow crowd of
Mount Joy citizens, most of
them strongly opposed to
the proposed apartment
complex, is expected to
attend.
If the mass-attended
meeting of the Mount Joy
Borough Council on Monday
night is any indicator,
Development; Parkside residents in militant mood
tonight's meeting has all the
signs of being one of the
most emotional meetings
ever held in Mount Joy, with
the representatives of Laing
Properties, away from their
home turf and hopelessly
outnumbered, in for a rough
evening.
[continued on back page]
New truck terminal proposed
Borough Manager Bruce
Hamer revealed at Monda
night's meeting of borough
council that PKB Associates
of Bethlehem, Pa., will be
applying at the next meeting
of the borough planning
commission to build a large
truck terminal along Route
230, between NCR and
National Standard.
The terminal, to occupy
21 acres, will be leased to
Mushroom Transportation.
None-ef-the trucks will go
through Mount Joy, but will
head out for Route 283.
Two hundred and fifty
people will be employed at
the terminal.
As sirens go off, new fire truck
arives in Marietta
Robert Derr {left] and Ken Geesey with the new truck
Last Saturday afternoon
members of the Pioneer Fire
Comapny of Marietta waited
impatiently at the fire hall
for their new fire truck to
arrive from Wisconsin.
“It was being driven from
Aplleton, Wisconsin, by
Robert Derr, Chief Eng
Robert Derr, Chief Engineer
and Ken Gessey, Fire Chief,
who had left by plane on
Thursday to get it.
When it arrived around 3
p.m., the firemen blew their
siren, both at the firehall
and on the new truck, also
blew the loud bullhorn on
the truck, and had all the
warning lights flashing and
turning on the flashy new
truck.
According to Dave Glick,
salesman for the dealer from
whom the Marietta firemen
puchased their new truck it
cost $68,300. Made by
Pierce of Appleton, Wis..
its tank holds 1000 gallons of
its pump can deliver 1000
gallons of water per minute.
It has a top mount pump
control panel. which gives
the operator a better view of
where the water is going
and needed. The pump
control panel is located on
the side of the truck on old
models.