CALL IN NEWS.....to Hazel Baker [Marietta] 426-3643 Cherie Dillow [Mount Joy] 653-1609 The Susquehanna Times 426-2212 or 653-8383 SUSQUEHANN. -— Vai. 80, No. 23, Jaly i6, 1980 SusGuehanna Times & The Mount Joy Bulletin MARIETTA & MOUNT JOY, PA. New council member is Ralph D. Ralph D. Albert, 471 Donegal Springs Road, has been appointed to take the seat on Mount Joy Borough Council that was vacated by Virginia Horst, whose new job made further service on the council impossible. Albert is retired as a supervisor at Datcon Instru- Albert ment Corp. East Peters- burg. He is married to the former Geraldine Glouner. The Alberts have one daughter, Gwenda Wittel, who lives in Maytown. The Alberts are members of St. Mark’s United Methodist Church, Mount Joy. Mount Joy Council hold monthly meeting At their July meeting Monday night Mount Joy Borough Council voted to sell at public auction the house located on the Mount Joy-Manheim Pike in the Borough Park. Council also voted to sell by sealed bids the old Friendship Fire Company building. Twenty-five per cent of the proceeds will go to the Friendship Fire Company, because of the Company’s large invest- ments in the building over the course of their years of occupancy. Council decided to adver- tise a change in the zoning amendments that would require a minimum of 800 square feet per dwelling unit for all new apartment dwellings in the borough. At present 800 square feet are required only in high density residential areas. A request to subdivide the property of Clinton and Lillian Eby at the rear of North Barbara Street was granted. A request from residents for the acquisition of the alley between Donegal Springs Road and West Donegal Street will be considered. Half of the width of the alley, or seven feet, may be added onto the adjoining properties along Donegal Springs Road. The residents of Donegal Springs Road had hoped to acquire the entire alley and some property on the other side of the alley, but Council followed precedent and will consider permitting acquisi- tion of only half of the alley. [continued on page 2] Frances and Adam Greer relax on their patio at their home in Maytown. Adam and Frances Greer retire Adam and Frances Greer decided that they wanted some time to travel and just relax, so they decided to retire from the jewelry and clock business they had operated for the last 32 years. “We had mixed feelings about it,”’ Frances told us, “but we have lots of plans for enjoying our retire- ment.”’ Adam started in the business as an employee of Hamilton Watch - in Lan- caster. After he left the military service he decided he wanted to do more than work for someone else. A Air Products and Chemicals Inc. may build plant in Mount Joy Mount Joy may be acquiring another large production plant in the form of Air Products and Chem- icals Inc., a producer of industrial gases based in Allentown. The company is looking at E. Donegal supervisors hear ambulance chief East Donegal Township Supervisors heard from Maytown-East Donegal am- bulance crew chief Jack Doutrich at their last meeting, Thursday, July 10. Doutrich told the supervis- ors that officials of the ambulance organization support the proposals of the Northwest Advanced Life Support Unit. The unit will provide the northwest end of Lancaster County with vol- unteer paramedics and a paramedic vehicle. See the May 28, 1980, issue of the Susquehanna Times for a story on the Unit. Doutrich noted that while the group is in favor of the unit, no financial backing is avail- able at the present time. In other business, Park Commission president John [continued on page 2] a tract of land on Route 230 between the National Stan- dard Company and NCR Corp. plants. The plant, which will market oxygen, nitrogen and argon extracted from the air, would be in operation in about two years. The plant would employee 50 to 80 workers, many of them local employ- ees. The only problem at present seems to be the water supply. The firm needs a great amount of water to operate and the borough cannot supply them with the amount first requested; 400,000 gallons daily. The Mount Joy Borough Authority water system currently has a capacity of two million gallons a day. The biggest industrial user is Nation Standard which uses 200,000 gallons of water daily. The Borough Authority proposed to Air Products a 280,000 gallons a day allotment with the provision that the authoriy has the right to cut back or eliminate water to the plant during high water demand periods or times of unusual water quality problems. It is believed that Air Products will be able to work with this water supply proposal. Air Products views Mount Joy as fitting its needs because of the electrical service by P.P.& L., the major highways to service a market area consisting of Philadelphia, Wilmington, Del., Baltimore, Md. and Washington D.C., and a railroad line running through the tract of land. The planned plant is described by a company spokesman as being very clean and the company has a good environmental record. friend told the Greer’s about a jewelry store in Mount Joy, owned by Simon Fickinger, which was for sale. Because of Adam’s know- ledge of clocks and watches and Frances’ interest in jewelry they were quick to jump at the chance. Dominic Spadea and Co. now operates the store at 87 East Main Street. Adam told us that he has “never regretted the years spent at the store in Mount Joy. 1 have many, many fond memories.” The Greers plan to stay at home during the warm weather, and work in and enjoy their large yard. They do quite a bit of entertaining on their patio and also plan to travel during the cooler weather. ‘““And no more early mornings,’ laughs Frances. “Now we get up when we want to.”’ R Lp, 1 Hig» 2% Sy Loy, > Y, Po BO y YX FIFTEEN CENTS -_ iVlarietta Council The Marietta Borough Council, at their July 8 meeting, went on record in support of the extension of federal revenue sharing programs. Council noted that the borough purchased a police cruiser and fire engine using a portion of federal funds. Council’s resolution will be sent to area senators and representatives, urging support of renewal of the program which returns tax money to local government- al bodies. Borough maintenance su- pervisor William Breckline was voted a one-year salary of $11,300, effective July 8. Officials hope to reach an agreement by September on a new police contract. Bargaining will begin be- tween police department personnel and a committee to be appointed by Mayor J. Robert Flanagan. An investigation into a drainage problem in the area of New Jersey Shell Casting Corp., in the west part of the borough, will be taken. Council agreed that pri- vate improvements on bor- ough right-of-ways will not be replaced in the event it is necessary for the borough to make repairs or dig up the easement areas. Hazel Avenue will be closed from Bridge to Jones Street at the request of U.S. Aluminum Inc. The borough will adver- tise for bids from contract- ors for work such as snow removal. The bid of $30 from Larry Waltz for a 1975 Plymouth, used as a police cruiser, was also accepted. [continued on page 3] This week’s calendar Thursday, July 17, at 8:00 pm, a meeting of the Donegal School Board in the district office. Tuesday, July 22, a swim party for the Mount Joy chapter of the American Business Women’s Associa- tion. Your group or club having a special event? Send the information to the SUSQUE- HANNA TIMES and have it printed on the front page calendar.
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