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Approximately 1,000 colorful
“School's Open-Drive
ly” posters are displayed
streets and highways of Lancas-
ter County as schools reopen for
the 1954-55 term. The
have been made available by
the Lancaster Automobile Club
traffic
schools and
State Police,
and borough
posters
as a part of its safety
program in the
were erected by
Lancaster police
and township authorities.
In addition to the posters
bumper strips carrying the
“School's Open-Drive Careful-
ly” message have been made
available by the Auto Club in
this area. State Secretary of
Highways E. L. Schmidt has
authorized use of these bumper
strips on all Pennsylvania high
way department vehicles.
More than
ty Patrol boys and girls, spon-
sored and equipped by the Auto |
Club with white belts and offi-
cial AAA badges, went on duty
at 200 Lancaster city and coun-
ty schools when the term open-
ed.
The school safety program is
in charge of Dean Gable of the
Auto Club, Sgt. H. A. Ries of
the State Police and Sgt. John
E. Ehleiter of the Lancaster
Police.
Bricks Of School
Are Lowered By
Crane Crew
Demolition of the local ele-
mentary school hit a peak this
week as the Martin Crane Com-
pany of Lancaster lowered the
brick walls. Working before a
large crowd of spectators, the
work was begun Wednesday
morning. - It is expected to be
completed by the end of the
week.
The operator started at the
rear of the building and is work-
ing toward the front. Since the
located in the
front northeast corner, this will
be one of the last places that
the bricks will be removed. The
operator expects to be that far
by Friday.
cornerstone is
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VACATIONING AT TIME OF
FIRE IN ATLANTIC CITY
At the time of the fire in At-
lantic City there were four citi-
zens from Mount Joy as guests
in the Haddon-Hall. The flames
from the fire roared within a
half-block of the 14-story Had-
don Hall and at the height of
the fire the hotel let loose its
water curtain cascading over
the entire uptown side of the
establishment. The four were
Mr. and Mrs. Henry G. Carpen-
ter and Mr. and Mrs. Grant D.
Gerberich.
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LOCAL MAN ROBBED
AT SHORE
Chester Engle, 112 W. Done-
gal St., Mount Joy, was robbed
of $50.00 in the Mayflower Ho-
tel on the Boardwalk in Atlant-
ic City last Thursday. Mr. Engle
was just walking into the lobby
of the hotel as two bearded men
were robbing the registration
desk. The gunmen found $132.
in a desk drawer. They demand-
ed his money and he gave it at
gun point. He and the hotel em-
ployees were bound and placed
in the phone room as the rob-
bers fled in an automobile. The
captives freed themselves
called the police.
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LANCASTER GEN. HOSPITAL
LISTS 74 NEW STUDENTS
Local students included in
the group of 74 at the Lancaster
General Hospital School of Nur-
sing to be added to the enroll- |
ment figures are Mary Carolyn |
Boyd, East Donegal High grad-
uate from Bainbridge; Mary El-
izabeth Brubaker, Manheim R4;
Ruth Rohrer Frank, Salunga;
Judith Kopp, Mt. Joy High grad-
vate from Manheim R3; Sarah
Singer, Maytown; and Marian
Louise Wolgemuth, Florin. The
present enrollment now stands
at 210 students.
Careful- |
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2,500 School Safe- |
and
YOUR
HOME
NEWSPAPER
FIFTY-FOURTH YEAR. NO. 14
Prive Carefully)
Donegal High Enrolls 852 Students
Shawnee
Band To Play
For Festival |
The Shawnee Band of Colum-
bia will provide the entertain-
ment for the annual School and
Home Association Festival Fri-
day evening, Sept. 10. This band
which is sponsored by the
| Shawnee Fire Company of Col-
umbia is under the direction of
H. Morrell Shields, Columbia
Avenue, Mount Joy. Mr. Shields
has been directing it for the past
two years. Its members are lar-
| gely from Columbia and Lan-
caster.
The affair will be held at the
local fire house. Special events
for the children will be a fish
| pond and pony rides. Refresh- |
| ments will be on sale and will
include chicken corn soup, chic-
ken salad sandwiches, hot dogs,
hamburgers, potato salad, bak-
ed beans, pies, cakes, hoagies,
soft drinks, ice cream and cof-
fee.
The serving of food will be-
gin at 4:00 p. m. The rain date
| for the affair is Saturday, Sept.
| 11th.
| If there are any parents of
school children who have not
| been contacted for their help at
| the festival or for donations,
they are asked to contact Mrs.
Myrtle Nornhold if they wish
to assist in any way.
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‘Scout Drive
Is Monday
Next Monday, Sept. 13, is
| the date for the completion of
| the house-to-house canvass in
| Mount Joy by the Boy Scout
troop committee for the $2,000
goal. The drive had originally
been started Aug. 24 but was
temporarily halted because of
the talk of a community build-
ing by the town citizens.
At the present time the com-
mittee has received 63% of the
total goal of $2,000 or $1,264.45,
according to Lester Hostetter,
treasurer of the drive. Two
streets had been solicited the
first night and these two will
not be contacted again. They
were North Barbara Street and
East Main Street.
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Open House Dates
Are Announced
Open House at the new Don-
| egal High School will be held
next week, Monday, Sept. 13, to
| Wednesday, Sept. 15 between
the hours of 6 and 9 p. m.
Sunday tours have officially
been discontinued and the pub-
lic is invited to tour the school
on the three days of open house.
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LOCAL RESIDENTS CALLED
FOR JURY DUTY
Of the names of those drawn
to serve as petit jurors at the
December 13 term of Quarter
Sessions Court are the follow-
ing local persons: Christian S.
Charles, Mt. Joy; Joseph Bix-
ler, Florin;' Elias R. Landvater,
Rheems and William H. Wag-
ner, Maytown.
Ninety-five persons will serve
| as jurors at the November 15th
session of Common Pleas Court.
| Local persons included are Ir-
| vin Smith, Mount Joy; William
| R. Smith, Maytown; Grace B.
| Stehman, Landisville and Mar-
| shall Dussinger, Mount Joy.
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| CLASS PRESENTS CHECK
TO ASSOCIATION
The class of 1954 of the Mt.
| Joy High School presented the
| School and Home Association
with a check for $250.00. This
surplus will be used to purchase
playground equipment to be
placed to the rear of the present
elementary school.
| Banquet Hall
High School was
The Mount Joy
BULLETIN
$2.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE |
MOUNT JOY, PA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1954
Lions Club Holds
Regular Meeting
The regular meeting of the
Mount Joy Lion's Club was held
Tuesday evening at Hostetter’s
with Paul Ging-
rich, president, in charge. John
Weidman was in charge of the
program. Four visitors were al-
sO present.
Arthur Wolgemuth, Mt. Joy
R1, Zone A, Region 1 chairman,
was present and announced the
plans for the annual fall rally
which will be held Monday ev-
ening, Oct. 18.
Robert McGinley was named
chairman of a committee to sel-
ect a girl from Mount Joy to
represent the borough in the
Miss Ephrata contest at the an-
nual Ephrata Farm Fair.
Paul Gingrich, president of
the Mount Joy Lions Club, an-
nounces his committees for the
1954-55 Lion yeaar. Committees
in charge of Edward Richter,
first vice president, are publicity
and bulletin, Maurice Bailey,
chairman, George W. Copen-
| heiver and Henry Zerphey,
Lions Information, Morrell
Shields, chairman, Arthur Zer-
phey and Howard Sutter; greet-
ers, William Batzel, chairman,
Charles Eshelman, Mr. Bailey,
and Charles Chunko; Health
and Welfare, Samuel Harnish,
chairman, Robert Shank and
Raymond Hilt; Lions Education,
Lloyd Derr, chairman, Charles
Wolgemuth and Bigler Mumma;
Civic Improvements, Curvin
Martin, chairman, Clyde Mum-
per and David Myers.
Committees in charge of
Charles Hershey, second vice
president, are Citizenship and
Patriotism, Freeman Naugle,
chairman, Clayton Aument and
Lloyd Myers; Safety, Clyde
Nissley, chairman, Lewis Bix-
ler and John Landis; Sight Con-
servation and Blind, George
Broske, chairman, Bigler Mum-
ma and Robert Schroll; Boys &
Girls, Mr. Chunko, chairman,
Mr. Richter and Mr. Derr; Agri
culture, Sylvester Shuman,
chairman, Lewis Bixler and Vic-
tor Koser; Community Better-
ment, Ralph Alleman, chairman
George Brown and Joseph Tay-
lor.
Committees in charge of John
Weidman, third vice president
are Attendance, Mr. Richter,
chairman, Arthur Sprecher,
Raymond Knorr and Alvin Big-
ler: Finance and Budget, Mr.
Richter, chairman, Charles Her-
shey and John Weidman; Mem-
bership, Clayton Aument, chair-
man, Mr. Hershey and Mr.
Weidman; Convention, Robert
McGinley, chairman, Mr. Weid-
man and Joseph Taylor; Consti-
tution and By-Laws, James B.
Spangler, chairman, Mr. Bailey
and Mr. Sprecher; Flowers, Mr.
Koser, chairman, Ralph Alle-
man and Mr. Shank.
Special Events activities are
Family Picnic, Mr. Hershey,
chairman, Charles Wolgemuth,
Mr. Aument and Mr. McGinley;
Halloween Ladies Night, Clyde
Mumper, chairman, Mr. Derr,
Earl Shelley and Mr. Richter;
Halloween Parade, Charles Esh-
elman, chairman and Mr. Shank,
co-chairman; Farmers Night,
Mr. Koser, chairman, Mr. Bix-
ler, Mr. Shuman and Mr. Weid-
man: Charter Night, Maurice
Bailey, chairman, Mr. Spangler,
Mr. Myers and Arthur Zerphey;
Go to Church, Mr. Harnish,
chairman, Mr. Naugle and Mr.
Shelley.
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Group Tours School
Before Opening Day
new Donegal
the featured
entertainment of the local Ro-
tary Club Tuesday noon. Fol-
lowing the noon luncheon at
Hostetter’s, the group toured
the new school the day prior to
school opening. Daniel Wolge-
A tour of the
muth, member of the club, and
president of the school authori-
ty, conducted the tour.
Fashion Show
To Be Staged
In Mount Joy
Mount Joy's first fashion show
will be held Wednesday, Oct. 6
in the elementary school audi-
torium. The show will be spon-
sored by the local JoyCee or-
ganization and will feature all
fashions for women and chil-
dren.
Included with the fashion
show will be a musical recital.
Following the affair, refresh-
ments will be served by the
group. Tickets will go on sale
within the next two weeks.
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Girl Scouts
Reorganize
The re-organization meeting
of the Mount Joy-Florin Girl
Scout-Brownie Neighborhood
was held recently at the Pres-
byterian Church with Mrs. Ed-
ward Lane, chairman, in charge.
A fat collection was announc-
ed for Saturday, Oct. 23. Scouts
and Brownies in both Mt. Joy
and Florin are asking that the
housewives save their fats for
that time.
One new Brownie troop will
be organized and will be under
the leadership of Mrs. Eric Ol-
son. The new troop will be
sponsored by the Church of
God.
Announcement was made that
basic training classes will begin
Sept. 21 and will continue for
the next eight weeks. Tentative-
ly, the county classes will be
held in Mount Joy at the Pres-
byterian Church from 7:30 to
9:30 p. m. each evening. All
leaders, assistant leaders and
interested persons are invited
to take part in this course.
It was further announced that
the Sater Store in Columbia will
start handling Girl Scout Equip-
ment. The store will feature a
fashion show in the near future
in which representative
from each troop in the county
will take part.
A new plan of organization
for neighborhoods was discuss-
ed and set up. Mrs. Clinton Eby
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CONSTANCE LANE
ENTERING MT. HOLYOKE
Miss Constance Lane, Mount
Joy, Class of '54, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Edward E. Lane,
26 Donegal Springs road, will
register Sept. 20 as a freshman
at Mount Holyoke College, at
South Hadley, Mass.
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REGISTRATION IS HELD
IN MOUNT JOY
Sixty-one persons registered
in Mount Joy Tuesday with tie,
special registrar, Mrs. Ruth
Zeamer. Of these 61, forty-six
were registered Democrats, 15
Republicans and one other. She
also received 24 changes of ad-
dress.
Marietta Depot |
Parade Saturday
Marietta, Penna. — Major J. |
G. J. Remy, parade marshall]
for the Army Emergency Relief
Parade, Saturday, Sept. 11, to-|
day announced that plans are!
being finalized for a parade that
promises to be the largest in
the history of Marietta. The pa-
rade, which will form on Wal-
nut street at the school building,
will start at 1 P. M. down Wat- |
erford St. to Market St. and
proceed west on Market St. thru
the Square to the west end of
Marietta and into the Marietta
Transportation Depot. Its arriv-
al at the Depot will herald the
opening of the Third Annual
AER Carnival.
Chief Leonard N. Tillman,
Borough of Marietta Police
Chief, will head the parade fol-
lowed by Colonel George E.
Woods, Jr., Commanding Offic-
er, Transportation Material
Commander and Honorary
Chairman of the AER Festival,
Lt. Colonel G. A. Monti, Com-
manding Officer, Marietta TC
Depot and chairman of the AER
Committee and Mr. H. B. Len-
hart Jr., Burgess of Marietta.
Following the officials will be
a State Police contingent, the
Second Army Scotch Highland
Kiltie Bag-pipe Band, the Color
Guard from the U. S. Marine
Corps Reserve Unit, Columbia,
an Air Force Float from the
Olmsted AF Base, the 899th
Anti Air-Craft National Guard
Unit with 2 half-tracks, a 140
mm gun, a new type Army Jeep
complete with radio equipment,
and a contingent of 35 Soldiers.
These will be followed by the
Transportation Corps Float, the
103rd Medical Battalin National
Guard Unit from Lancaster, the
Marietta Community Ambul-
ance, the Second Army March-
ing Band from Ft. George G.
Meade, Md., the Marietta VFW
Color Guard, the miniature
trains from the Marietta Trans-
portation Depot, and the Done-
gal School Band.
According to George Houck,
Director of the newly organized
Donegal High School Band,
members of the former Mariet
ta, Mt. Joy and Maytown High
Schools will be included in the
new band. Since the parade is
only a few days after the open-
ing of school, Mr. Houck stated
that the organization might not
be complete. He noted that uni-
forms, particularly, will be a
problem since new uniforms
have not yet been obtained for
the consolidated Donegal High
School and that many of the
boys and girls have out grown
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SHIRLEY SMITH
LEAVING FOR COLLEGE
Miss Shirley Ann Smith, Mt.
Joy Class of '54, is leaving Sat-
urday for Mount Vernon, Iowa,
will register as a
Cornell College.
the Larmon D.
are making the
where she
freshman at
Her parents,
Smiths, R. D. 1,
trip to Iowa with her.
“Citizens Of
YOUNG LOVELIES-—Left, Connie, 5,
Vickie Lee, 16 months, and Fr
ome Kendigs, Mount Joy.
Tomorrow”
SEs
3a,
and Sharon,
daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Farmer, Mount Joy; Right,
an, 4'%, daughters of the Jer-
DEDICATED
TO
COMMUNITY
SERVICE
381 Pupils
Register In
Grade School
The new Donegal High School
officially opened Tuesday, Sept.
7 with a faculty meeting. The
staff consists of 42 teachers, two
each half time, 2 office
vice principals
nurses,
secretaries, 2
and a principal.
The cafeteria was put into use
for the first time when the high
school well as
some of the personnel of the el-
personnel as
ementary schools of the area
were served lunch.
Students reported Wednes-
! day, Sept. 8. During an assemb-
ly in the auditorium pupils
were assigned to class sections.
Thursday, Sept. 9, fulltime
classes begin.
The enrollment totaled 852.
There are 194 in the seventh
grade; 152 in the eighth; 124,
ninth; 129, tenth; 129, eleventh;
and 124, twelfth. When the
school was planned, it was to
hold up to 800 students. Al-
ready, the 800 mark has been
passed.
The Mount Joy elementary
school has a total of 381 enroll-
ed which is an increase of ap-
proximately 30 over last year.
The East Donegal Township
held kindergarten classes for
the first time in Maytown. There
are 192 boys and 188 girls. All
classes from kindergarten to the
sixth grade will be on a fulltime
schedule except the first and
second grades. Desks for the
two were shipped Aug. 6 and
have not as yet arrived. Until
they arrive, the two classes will
only be in session until 10 in
the morning and 2 in the after-
noon.
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Fire Company
Appointments
One new member was accep-
ted in the Friendship Fire Com-
pany No. 1, Mount Joy, at their
regular meeting last Thursday
evening in the fire hall, William
Bryan. Asher Neiss was ap-
pointed chief chemicalman.
The parade committee report-
ed that the local group took
second place in the best appear-
ing groups of fire companies at
the Oxford parade Aug. 18.
Their prize was $50. They had
with them for music the Ken-
hurst Band.
Charles Eshleman, Jr., was
appointed to the fire police. Ray
Myers, fire chief, reported two
calls during August. Devotions
were in charge of the Rev. L.. W.
Koder. Miller Wolgemuth, pres-
ident, was in charge of the meet-
ing.
TO HOLD CHARTER
NIGHT PROGRAM
Boy Scout Troop No. 63,
Florin, will hold a charter night
program September 13, at 6:30
p. m. The outside meeting will
be held on the Florin Hall
Grounds.
The Florin Lions Club is the
sponsor of the troop. Prizes will
be awarded to outstanding Boy
Scouts.
ATTEND PHOTOGRAPHERS
CONVENTION IN CHICAGO
Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Dus
singer of Mount Joy, attended
the 63rd Annual Convention
and Trade Show of the Photo-
graphers’ Association of Ameri
ca at the Conrad Hilton Hotel
in Chicago last week.
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GROFF IS PROMOTED
TO FIRE CHIEF
Benjamin Groff, New Haven
Street, was promoted to the po-
sition of fire chief of the Mari-
etta Transportation Corp Depot,
Marietta. He was promoted to
| the position which was left va-
cant through the recent death of
| John Schroll.
MOUNT JOY AIRMAN CELEBRATES-—Smiles of
delight
and atnicipation adorn the faces of this group of airmen as
Major General Dudly D. Hale
presents M, Sgt. Paul C. West
with a huge chunk of cake. The occassion is the birthday giv-
en each month for American personnel stationed here at AIR-
CENT
General Hale of Paris, Kentunky, is Senior U. S. Na-
tional Representative here at NATO Headquarters for Allied
Air Forces Central Europe. With him are, left to right, S,/Sgt.
Ollie J
S/Sgt. Charles T. Dew,
John F
Mount Joy
Georgia
Penna.,
Seale, Meadville, Mississippi, A/1C Robert A. Fisher,
83 S. Long Beach Ave., Freeport,
Tabor City, North Carolina, A/1C
Huffman, Ashland, Kentucky, A/1C Dick L. Boyd,
General Hale and M/Sgt. West of Atlanta
Long Island, New York,
C. of C. Invites Public
To See Booth Friday
individual in-
dustries and will be
represented in a 528 sq. ft. booth
of the Mount Joy Chamber of
Commerce at the first Pennsyl-
vania Industrial and Construc-
tion Exposition Monday through
Saturday, Sept. 20 to 25.
The booth is
the gymnasium
mentary
Twenty-nine
businesses
being built in
of the local ele-
The committee
announced that it will on
display for the public Friday
evening, September 10 from
7:30 to 10:00 p. m. It will be
finished by that time.
school.
be
The local exhibitors will be
the Gerberich-Payne Shoe Co.,
the New Standard Corporation,
Bachman Chocolate Company,
Paul A Martin, contractor,
Grey Iron Casting Co., Florin
Foundary Mfg. Co., Mount Joy
Paper Box Company, B. Titus
Rutt Insurance Agency, Seiler
Merchants
To Organize
Preliminary plans were made
Tuesday night for organization
of the retail merchants of Mount
Joy.
The meeting, which was held
at the fire house, was initiated
John F. Way, Jr. Present
were Clyde Eshelman, William
C. Schmidt, Earl Koser, George
H. Keener, Jay Eicherly, Leon-
ard Safko, Sam-
by
Lester
uel Balsbaugh, Adam Greer,
Mr. Way and Larmon D. Smith.
In the two and a half hour
discussion a number of ideas
for promotions were expressed.
Final decision on a planned pro-
motional program will be made
at a second meeting, called for
Tuesday, Sept. 21,
siderably larger
when a con-
representation
of business men is expected
Mr. Greer and Mr. Balsbaugh,
co-chairmen of the Chamber of
retail merchants di
Mr. Way as pro-
chairman with the as-
that they will
Commerce
vision, named
motional
surance assist
him. Mr. Balsbaugh will act as
treasurer and Mr. Smith as sec-
retary
Plans are being formulated
for a canvass of all retail mer-
chants to solicit their support
and to urge their attendance at
the next meeting
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LOCAL MILITARY MEN
APPLY FOR BALLOTS
The Elect
Lancaster County
ion Board received 24 appli-
cations from local men in the
armed forces for military bal
November 2
in the
The local men
group are Rich
Mount Joy R2;
Smith, Maytown;
Ellis, Mount Joy.
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MOUNT JOY MAN TO SERVE
ON CENTEN'IAL COMMITTEE
Ellis Fellenbaum, Poplar
and Columbia Ave, Mount Joy,
will serve on the committee of
the Chi Phi fraternity centen
nial to be held at the Franklin
and Marshall College in Octob
er
1B psn
lots to vote
general election
included in the
ard G. Kline
Chester R
and Gary L
Fhysician on Call Sunday
For emergency If you Cannot
Reach Your Own Physician
Dr. William Workman
| Inc.,
Printing Company, H. G. Car-
penter, Inc., insurance, Union
National Mount Joy Bank, First
National Bank and Trust Com-
pany, J. C. Snavely and Sons,
lumber, Wolgemuth Brothers
feed, Ned Garment Co.,
Martin's 5 and 10 Store, Keen-
Store, Wolge-
muth, Inc., electricians, J. B.
Hostetter and Sons, hardware
store, H. S. Newcomer and Son,
hardware store, Garber Oil Co.,
Adam H. Greer, jeweler; Mount
Joy Department Store, Lester
E. Roberts & Son, electrical
store; Reist Seed Co., Tyndall's
Store, Way’s Appliances; Eli B.
Hostetter, caterer; and the Mt.
Joy Bulletin.
Mount Joy was the first town
to apply for a booth at the new
show. Pennsylvania will make
its bid for world leadership in
the field of industrial exposi-
tions at this state-wide affair.
The three-sided booth will be
in the first main row on Lancas-
ter Lane when one is entering
the east entrance. The booth is
at a particularly good place al-
so because The Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad will exhibit the
world’s largest narrow guage
model railroad on four booths
directly across from the local
booth.
The booth will have panels in
the center on which three indus-
tries will have a complete pan-
er's Furniture
el; four will have half a panel
and 18 businessmen will have
6x18 in. display cards. The New
Standard Corporation will be
showing a new tool for the first
time at the show, a small hole
gauge.
Around the panels will be
glass-enclosed displays by seven
industries. An eight-foot map
of the town will be featured on
the one wall and enlarged pic-
tures of the town will be exhib-
ited. The map will show the
nearness of Mount Joy to the
main line of the railroad plus
its closeness to the large cities.
The pictures will show various
views of the borough, examples
of architecture, several church-
schools, water works, and
parks. These pictures will be lo-
cated on the one section of the
panels at which place the Cham-
ber of Commerce will hold its
office. A representative of the
local Chamber will be on duty
at the affair all the time.
The purpose of the display
will be told on two sides of the
panels and a large marquee
which says “Grow With Mount
Joy" will be located around the
top of the booth. This banner
will have a red day glow back-
ground and will have indirect
lighting throughout. The panels
will also have novelty lighting
located on each.
The Pennsylvania Power and
Light Company will furnish
cites for sindustries in and a-
round Mount Joy. The P.P.&L.
made a study of the area.
Volunteer helpers worked for
es,
three weeks to assemble the
booth for the exhibition. After
it is put on display to the local
public Friday evening, it will
be dissembled to be transported
to Harrisburg.
According to Charles Fish,
chairman and president of the
local Chamber, representatives
of the local industries are ex-
| pected to also be on duty at all
| times besides their exhibits.