Four- Point Program The Mount Joy ~ Approve School Building Plan Of Local Board A four-point school build-jcost of preliminary and fin- Additional guidance service! ing program has been ap-lal plans. This money will will be rendered as needed proved and reported to thebe repaid when construction by other members of the fac- D pesal Area Joint School/of these projects begin. ulty. Byford. Since the two buildings at] The board decided to em- “The building committee|Milton Grove will require alploy Mrs. George Broske to reported last week that the/great deal of repairs in ord-lteach music in the element- Housing and Home Fiiance|er to continuc their use, andlary schools full time next Agency has approved the|Since a new elementary buil-lschool term. This will give MOUNT JOY, PA.,, THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1958 SEVEN CENTS PER COPY Playground Easter In The Rain? Speaker Is plan, which includes: dine is nthe planing ao e area, i as ide lo 3 Pi Clementary)giccontinue the use of these 4 ’ (buildings. After the present 2. — a new elementary torm, pupils and teachers school in Mt. Joy Borough. (from these buildings will be 3. — Renovation of an ad-|assigned to other buildings dition to the existing Mount|in the area until the new el- the Donegal area schools two full-time music teachers who will teach music in all the elementary schools. Mrs. Broske formerly taught some sixth grade. subjects and] Mount Joy borough may music in the Mount Joy El-/haye an eight-week play- Discussed By Groups Joy Elementary school for use as a junior high build- ing and 4. — The renovation and improvement of the May- town elementary school. Funds in the amount of $56,035 have been approved an as an advance to pay the Community Meet Wednesday Night Mount Joy's Community Council will meet Wednes- day night, April 9, in the lobby of the First National Bank and Trust Company. Although the group meets in| January, April and Octoper| of each year according to the constitution, Wednesday night's meeting is the annual Thirteen | ementary school is complet- led. | Ragnar Hallgren, boys’ |guidance counselor in the high school, was named as- sistant principal of Donega! high school. He will devote about half-time to this office and half time to guidance. Council To re-organizational meeting. the Public Instruction. The board| ementary School. The resig- ground program as original- nation of Mrs. Naomi Ruth- ly scheduled it was announc- erford, third grade teacher(cq Wednesday night. After at the Marietta Elementary|several interpretations were building, was accepted, ef-|raceived in regards to the fective at the end of the/matter, the announcement school year. was made that the local So- A ruling was made that|cia]l Welfare Association may seniors wha fail subjects|plan for the summer pro- necessary for graduation gram to begin in June. may “make up” the credits| The discussion started af- for these subjects by taking|i.. the Donegal Area School examingtions given byl ord announced last week the Credits Evaluation Bur-| hat the joint board will take eau of the Department of| charge of playgrounds be-/| ginning July 1. Since July 1 |is the beginning date for the| |school fiscal year, the merg-| since| oq poard will take charge of also decided to place driver training beginning in tenth and eleventh grades the program was originally an eleventh grade subject. Playgrounds in the are will be operated this sum- mer beginning the first en] day in July and continuing| for six weeks. At the pres- ent time there All members and parent organizations have received advance notices of the meet- ing but the group will also appreciate members-at-large to join the group. These members are urged to attend 4 playground tire was appro playgrounds in the area be-| ginning July 1. But, since| ed last year by the local board, the Mount J Welfare Association may set up the program for June v- and Monday. Daytime tem- |peratures over the weekend oy Social Will be in the 65-75 degree Ir of | mostly in the 40's. | the group will be established the Wednesday night meet- ing since the membership of] for the coming year at that| time. ground in operation in Mari- etta and two in Mount Joy. Other playgrounds operated is a play-|tpis year. Although a meeting was| [called for Wednesday night | {by the executive directors of the local association to dis- may be as needed. The ‘Meets Cookie By Kenneth L. Drohan Temps. Day Wed Thu Fri Sat. Sun Mon 40 49 56" 56 30 13 .00 .00 47 .00 44 42 Tue 54 Trace Mar. Range: 19-56. Mar. Precip. —4.78 in. High for year to date: 56 Low for year to date 1. OUTLOOK A rather wet and very mild weekend is in store for this area. Following a fair day Friday, skies will be- come partly cloudy to cloudy Saturday and Sunday, with scattered showers and pos- sible "thunderstorms expect- ed both days, along with the highest temperatures thus far this year. The further outlook is for clearing and cooler weather Sunday nite 28 ange, nightime readings One Troop Named For PTA Meet Jeff Coats, president of the Professional Sales Train- ing Company, will be the guest speaker for the final meeting of the Donegal high school P. T. A. group next Thursday, April 10, 8 p. m. The theme of the meeting will be “Your Child and His Future, and What is Success in Life”? The feature of the theme will be a discussion on the emotionally mature attitude aspects of what suc- cess in life really is. Mr. Coats will present this pro- gram from his experiences in the training and develop- ing of sales organizations for many companies. The senior chorus of the school will present a selec- tion of numbers prior to dis- cussion. During the business meeting summaries of the annual reports of the organ- {zation will be presented and the election of officers for ithe next year will be held following th e nominating committee report. All members of the PTA as well as any other interes- The Brubaker oil field! | That - in miniature - is the appearance at the J. Herbert Brubaker home on the Man- heim road. Last week's discovery of gasoline in the Brubaker basement touched off an op- eration which brought in men, trucks, equipment and just plain sightseers. And — as recently as Wed- nesday mid-morning, week, workmen were contin- | Mss. Keller this| Brubaker Farm Changed Into Miniature 'Oil Field’ uing pumping operations be- leaking of the gasoline and hind a roped off area in alto recover many, many gal- field south of the Brubaker|lons of lost gasoline. Anoth- home. er phase of the battle was to Thursday, when the big|irehabilitate the Brubaker strike was discovered, South-lhome, which ~has proven to ern Pipeline company rush-lbe a long and uncertain ed men and equipment to/piece of business. the scene and with the help The entire area smelled of some good neighbors whollike an oil field and skims in this area who are interest-|of oil appeared on the top ed in serving in emergencies|of puddles of water. There the battle was on. : ; ig The battle was to stop the er e_17o Hold Conference A conference between of- ecle h ficials of the Southern Pipe- line company and the Pub- lic Utility Commission is scheduled for Monday at Harrisburg. elected president of the Mt. Clyde Eshleman, gifts; Mrs. Joy branch of the Lancaster General Auxiliaries at the local meet- Hospital Unit President Mrs. Robert Keller Mrs. Such matters as the Bru- baker leak, the Stauffertown pollution problem and the Southern operation in this was en Schroll, . candy; {Harry Walters, jewelry; and (Mrs. Frank Walter, receipts area are slated to be discuss- land samples. The rain date|eq. {for the bazaar is the follow-| Hespital United ing last Thursday Mrs. Franklin Zink was el-| ected vice president; Mrs.| Jack Cupper, recording sec-| retary; Mrs. Frank Young, evening. | ing Day, May 28. The next meeting of the local auxiliary will be held| May 22 at the home of Mrs. | sen by were tank trucks, trucks, cars, welders, pipes, pumps, back hoes and more than a Ld s oles in the ground in board will underwrite the : cost of supervision under the state program for recre- ation extension education. Local organizations will con- tinue to supply all other nec- essary expenses. W. I. Beahm, supervising principal, reported an enroll- ment of 1485 elementary students and 816 high school students for a total of 2301. As of March 1, 1958, the 'per- centage of attendance was 96%. Bills in the amount of $11,942.20 were presented for payment and approved. Edward Charles, president, was in charge of the meet- ing. . Sr., corresponding secretary; Eric Olson. At the present|, ‘= and . Mrs. Bruce Greiner [time the group is carrying All on a “market basket” pro- treasurer. genuine atmosphere : ../iect among the members. 5° : onan 7 $200 WasinMrs. Frank Walter, president] ©i! field. es would appreciate knowing| The “official” explanation the hospital. where each of the ponvipg The to be that a “small’* Mrs. Frank Young Sr. are at the present time since|leak in the pipeline caused in was named chairman of the they are traveling among thea big pool of underground eyia, . [local group for the United members. |gasoline to form and to fin- Mr. Coats was born in Auxiliaries. bazaar to bel lally break through into the xX na Satu from held Tuesday, May 27, on |Brubaker basement. | Sily ol Arkansas.ithe premises and street of There have bee . ict- Following service in Worldithe Mary Sachs store in Lan- 13 Are Named ing AE ge conia War II he entered the busi-|caster with Mrs. Robert Kel- ot gasoline which has. been ness world. Hi ; ~oNairme oi e was director{ler as co chairman. Chair- To May Court [pumped from the many huge of sales rsonnel d mz ittee: p i persot epart-lman of the committees for Six senior girls have been{holes in the field and from I O B e : le d ments prior to his formation the b. re S - Vv Ss wi Ss c e bazaar are Mrs. Eric Ol C fi é Id water well, & lB oi hborhood cooki > hai of the F rofessional Sa esison, cakes: Mrs R y 1 ~hosen for May ourt for thejan ola water well, as ell as M ineig ie chair I » ’ ATS. aymon second annual May Day/|from the basement and from Saturday, 3 P. ‘man, announced that all the Training Company, a newiGilbert, pies; Mrs. Robert| bi . ighla deep excavation in the All children in Mount Joy| troops took part in the sale. service for area industry. Keller, plants: Mrs. James| cremony at Donegal high Sep Wii v he and area; Salunga, Landis-|Appreciation is extended to Nominees for the election Phillips, produce; Mrs. Paul school. Chosen by the senior| rubaker yard. ville, and area up to the agelall the persons who helped|of officers include the Rev. Stehman, aprons; Miss Hel- class, one of the six will be| Responding to a call of twelve years old are in-imake the sale a success. John Hiestand and Arthur selected by the entire stu-help, A SICO truck vited to an Easter Egg Hunt Schneider, president; George dent body to reign as May|Mount Joy responded Saturday afternoon, April 5,| Bowers and Albert Kleiner, Queen. The candidates are| at the grounds of the local vice president; Mrs. Lester Lois Fuhrman, Mari'yn| American Legion home. Wolgemuth and Mrs. Charles Leakway, Jean Mumma, | The hunt, which is the Bennett, Jr. secretary; Nancy Rainbolt, Paula Wei-| third annual affair sponsored Lester Zuch and Adin Mum- mm And Sandy Schroll. by the Walter S. Ebersole ma, treasurer, Four juniors _were named [Mrs. Fannie Ebersole, Mt. post 185 American Legion, 10 the court; Sandra Witte |Joy R1, was taken to thelwijll begin at 3 p. m. The Patricia Elliott, Carolyr ted parents are encouraged to attend. The senior class and junior class members will be given the opportunity to participate in this meet- ing. A refreshment and fel- lowship period will follow the meeting in the school cuss the matter, discussion] was tabled until next Mon-| day night. Warren Hayman, | association president, h a s! made an appointment for the|® > : directors to meet with Eq.|S0d a total of 4.746 boxes . [of cookies during the recen ward Charles, board Presi-i l1-county AE sale. wont dent, to discuss the future of] $ the playground for next| troop reached quota. This year [troop is No. 8 Intermediate ” : |Girl Scouts. The quota of r— the troop was 630 and the girls so'd 636 boxes. Mrs. Walter Brandt is the leader and Miss Helen Schroll was cookie chairman for troop 8. Mrs. David Schlosser, One of the first large pro- jects of the non-profit organ- ization is the renovation of the former grade school plot known as War Memorial Park. A sign will be placed on the plot over the week- end which will announce to the public what is being done to the land. This sign being painted by Joseph Sheaffer, West Donegal Street, will include th e information “Site of the War Memorial Park” and will have a space for the listing of the planned projects for the area. These projects include grading, seeding, walks, flower beds, a War Memorial and a future building. A space is allowed for a date of the completion of these projects. John Landis, president of the group, will have charge of this meeting. New officers will be named for the c6ém- ing year and a report will be issued by the long-range planning committee headed by Warren Foley. The pro- gram for the evening also Inducted Into Honor Society Thirteen juniors and sen- iors of Donegal high school were inducted into the Na- tional Honor Society Tues- day morning. They were Pa- tricia Shetter, Patricia Char- les, Sandra XKoser, Tony Martin, Ruth Krall, Jane Sweitzer, Ronald Marley, Ronald Sager, Helen Felty, Darla” Kulp, Carolyn Show- alter, Jean Heisey and Edith Weaver. The program was conduct. ed by members named to the society last year. They] are Patricia Mumper, Jean| Mumma, Paula Weien, Rob- ert Buchenauer and Loretta Hornafius. Quota Girl Scouts of the Mount Joy - Florin Neighborhood the an helped to create of of | Easter Egg Hunt es eee. () emerge ny Seven Calls Are Answered Seven calls were answer- ed by the local community ambulance last week. Three calls were answered Monday. for from to a Sportsmen Plan Easter Shoot The Mount Joy Sportsmen’s Association will sponsor an Easter Ham Shooting Match Move Back In Home Mr. and Mrs. J. Herbert Bruabker and daughter, after a week's forced absence from their home on the Mt. Joy - Manheim road, have moved Bank Builds New Parking Lot Work has begun on the renovation of the land ad- April Proclamed Teachers Month George Leader April as The spec- Governor has designated “teachers month”. {Lancaster General Showalter and Patricia jacent to the First National Bank and Trust Company. Since a dwelling was remov- ed from the land west of the bank building, the parking lot of the bank will be ex- tended to the new area. Due to the growth of the institution more parking fa- cilities were needed. After the land is leveled, a tem- porary stone surface will be placed on the new plot. Fol- lowing a “settling period” for the land, it will be ma- cadamed. The existing con- crete wall west of the prop- erty will be extended toward, West Main Street. ® Edward, “Doc,” Sheehy, Mount Joy's “green grocer”, broke his ankle last week and is in the hospital at Co- lumbia. BIRTHS Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth L. Roth, Rheems, a daughter, Tuesday, at Lancaster Gen- eral Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Spoo of Mount Joy R1, a daughter, last Thursday, at Lancaster General Hospital. Mr. Oberholtzer, Mount Joy a son, last Friday, at Lancas-| ter General Hospital, Mr. and Mrs. Earl D. Hei-| sey, Mount Joy R2, a son,| Friday, at Lancaster General Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. John Stotz,| 431 West Main St. a daugh- ter, Wednesday, at Lancaster General hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Mil'er, Manheim R4, a girl, Wednesday, at St. Joseph's Hospital. If family doctor can not includes the appearance chitect, who met with long-range planning commit- tee in February. Local Woman Is Given Grant egal Springs Road, has been awarded a National Science Foundation Stipend for a 6- weeks course of study summer. Miss Taylor, who is the mathametics feacher at Donegal high school, will at tend the special session the Case Institute of nology June 23 to August 1. institute will mathematics in the secondary school. Miss Taylor was also awarded last year when she attended| a special and Mrs. Aaron K.|ages R1,|Snow Hospital (children will be divided in- {by drivers Robert Williams|io groups according to ages [and John Myers with Mrs. and prizes will be offered in Robert Hoffmaster as ac-leach of the groups. companying nurse. Samuel Lee Ellis, Jr., chairman of Shelly was taken from the|the affair, announced that Heller Rest Home, Florin, to|transportation will be provi- the Lancaster General hos-|ded for children. A bus will of ohn Greiner; Lancaster ar- the Miss Thelma Taylor, Don- this at Tech- in Cleveland from Her course of study at the be academic a similar stipend six-weeks in Colorado. course Phone Lines Being Repaired Although repairs to dam- caused by the recent storm have neared completion, the telephone system is stil’ in need of re- pair work, Many phones on the ‘Pinkerton Road, Mariet- ta Road, eastern section of East Main Street and Stauf- fertown have not been re- paired to date. Another “oddity” occurred last Thursday evening when one could see water pouring eastward on West Main St. near the Clarence Herr Gar- age. It was not raining at the time and no cellars were being pumped free of water. |The answer was that follow- pital by the same driversipick up the children at 2:30 and same nurse. Mrs. Harold pm. in Mt. Joy. Two. stops Zimmerman, Jr. was trans-|will be made to pick up the ferred from the St. Joseph’s|children; at both the Mount hospital to her South Bar-|Joy banks. bara Street home by the] iiss same drivers and same nurse. Tuesday Elmer Brown was . transferred from the Lancas- Old Station Is ter General Hospital to his East Main Street home by Removed SN ost Crates 3nd Mount Joy's first align Heiselman was transferred] Station has been removed.| from Lancaster : General tojBuilt east of North Market his home on West Main St. Street in the ninteenth cen- by drivers Earl Zink, John['WY to accommodate pas- Myers and Charles Frey. engers boarding trains on The same day Dr. Hugh the old line, the bui ding |Coleman, Mount Joy R2, was was not used as a station af- taken to Lancaster General|ter 1898. : : by Earl Zink and Earl Gelt.| Until the past few years imacher. Also the same day|the building was a private Aaron Musser, Mount Joy dwelling. It was then used R2, was taken to Lancaster|3S the V.F.W. headquarters {Generel by drivers Earl until the present time. When |Zink and Marlin Myers. an addition to the industrial spo ff ese site located on the lot with | the building was begun, the NAMED ALTERNATE building was left intact IN CONTEST since equipment was stored {there. The equipment was Harold Eugene Ginder, of nioued to the new building Wood Street, Florin, Wasiangq the former station has named an alternate fol'oW-heen removed from sight. ing the results of a test giv- 0 pn en at Millersville State Teachers College for one, off J he SICO Foundation scho'- G. d Fi d. on Four county high| 00 rt ay school seniors were sygarded our-year scholarships y S. , po ya adsvion. Alternate erouices named and will get the : aon in case the win-| Joint Good Friday services ners step aside. will be held at the Church East scholarship, amount- of God on Friday, April 4th, ing to $300 a year for four| from 1 until 3 p.m. years, was granted on the basis of scholarship, person- The services are Sponsor- |~d by the Mount Joy Minis- at the Sports Farm Saturday, April 5. The shoot will be- gin, rain or shine at 1 pm. For the benefit of anyone who has not attended any of the sportsmen’s shoots, it should be explained that it is not necessary to be an ex- Club To Treat Day Care Center Children of the Mount Joy Day Care Center will be given an Easter treat by the Mount Joy Business and Pro- pert shot to win. The hams and turkeys are won by luck. | It is not even necessary to shoot to win as there is al-| ways someone on hand to |shoot as a substitute. Shells are furnished by the Association as well as a gun if you do not bring your own. The Sportsmen have been plagued by rain and| snow © nj their shooting match days, however, many have braved the weather to attend. At the last, shoot, Bob Thome of Stauffertown won five prizes four turkeys and a ham. ® Old Timers Plan Ninth Banquet The Mount Joy Old Tim-| ers Athletic Association’s| 9th annual banquet will be held Friday, May 9th at the Mount Joy American Legion home. For the past eight years the banquet has been held the last Friday in April, but because of heavy scheduling at the Legion the date was changed this year. ' Invitations will be mailed about April 9. However, if there are others who wish to attend and whose names are not on the organization’s list they may attend. Reservations should b e made with steward at the Legion or by calling Mount Joy OL 3-9804. We — UNDERWENT SURGERY fessional Women's Club. The fifteen children who attend the school located in the lo- cal Evang. Cong. Church will be given Easter baskets and gifts by the club. A special committee plan- ning the event for the club includes Mrs. Joseph Germ- er, chairman, Mrs. Hans Helms, Mrs. John Stauffer, Mrs. Robert Hoffmaster and Miss Mildred Way. Although the center open- ed last September, this pro- ject marks the fourth for the children by the club. Other projects for the chil- dren were held last Hallo- ween, Christmas and Valen- tine’s Day. The Valentine's Day gift was a cash donation for records. o— FOUR ATTEND CONFERENCE Four persons from the Lancaster County Senior Ex- tension Club attended the Eighth Annual Tri-State Ex- ‘tension conference for young men and women at Pocono Manor Inn, Pocono Manor, Pa. on Mar. 28, 29 and 30. The local people attending the conference included Jim Endslow, Marietta R. D., Warren Miller, Gene Gish and Roger Thome of Mount Joy R. D. The motto for the confer- ence was “Leaders in a Changing World” and this year's theme was ‘Brothers All Are We”. The main ob- jective of the conference is ‘al month is the 124-year an- niversary of free public ed- ucation Free comes a vouth only after i n Pennsylvania. public education be- birthright of the long and bitter legislative struggles ~ulminating in the Free School Act of 1834 the gov- ernor announced in a pro- clamation. Donegal high school or-| ganized, for the first time this year, Future Teachers of America Club. The FTA members may be helpers and teachers aids for the dis-| trict but cannot serve as| substitute teachers. Advisors] for the Donegal Club are| Miss Catherine G. Zeller and Miss Lily Martin. In a folder issued by the National Education Associ- ation in Washington, D. C.,| the statement was made that 200,000 more teachers are needed if the country is to do away with double sions, “swing-shifts” crowded classrooms. folder also'listed an al 90,000 teachers now em- ployed in schools who are teaching on emergency or temporary credentials, ® ATTEND EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETING Two students from Done- gal high school attended meeting of the executive council of Student Library Assistants of Southeastern Pennsylvania Saturday at Warwick High School, Lititz. Helen Felty and Jackie Mar- liner attended the session to jhelp plan for the annual au- tumn convention. @ ses- and The addition- a were selected; back into their property. They fled Thursday morn- ing, Mar. 27, when the base- ment was found flooded with gasoline and returned Wed- nesday Hamby. Two sophomores| Ardis Wolge- muth and Mary Salerno: and one freshman, Donna Baker The May Day ceremony will be held T2ursday, May] 8, 6:30 pm., on the lawn of the school. (A raindate of Friday, May 9 was also an- tunced. Following the cor- emony, a May Hop will be held in the gymnasium - a — Lions Club Schedules Pancake Meal Proceeds irtm the annual Lions Club Pancake Break fast will be used to defray Few, however, seem con- the expenses of erecting 2|vinced that the ancient pipe- new building at the boroughiline which passes through park. The pancake breakfastithe area, following the Man- will be held next Saturdaylheim road, is not connected morning, Apri! 12, in the|with the polluted wells, a- local firehouse. Lions’ mem-|bout a mile southwest. bers will serve breakfast tof To date. customers from 6 am. untillheen making 12 noon. suitable Pancakes will have mended the hole “all you can eat style” plusithrough which the huge sausages, fruit juice, coffee/quantity of gasoline is sup- and milk. Tickets are being posed to have escaped; have sold by members of the packfilled most of the trench club and may be purchased which was dug to find the a t the breakfast. Robert/jeak and have worked dili- Brandt is chairman of the gently to recover the lost committee in charge. Mem- gasoline and to separate it bers of the ciub will begin from the ground water with operations for the event at which it was mixed. 4 am. bins, ie {fine Door prizes will be award- (ed. Although the awarding will not be completed until {12 noon, persons need not be present to be named win- |ners; ‘all last Thursday morning ind men began pumping op- rations. i The Sico company, like | sveryone in the area, [nas nothing to do with the | 3rubaker situation but an- swerved the call for help in | in emergency. else Pipeline spokesmen, to no me’s surprise, deny that the Jrubaker situation has any 'onnection with the “Stauf- ‘ertown prob'em.’ workmen the Brubaker for rehabilita- have home be served|{ijon Good Friday Closing A suggestion that Mt. Joy {merchants close their places =r of business Friday from 12 COURT GRANTS CHANGE [until 3 p.m., was made this T h e Lancaster County week Court gave * Wayne Eugene, John Way, newly re-ap- |Ricedorf, 305 East Main St. pointed chairman of the Re- {permission to ‘change his|tail Merchants committee of ~~ |name to Wayne Eugene Hoff- the Chamber of Commerce, ort Ne man. Mr. Ricedorf said that said that the suggestion is To Repor w |he had been known by the made for the observance of : as 3 “apt iati i ide leadership train- ty, participation in extra-|‘erial association and the| Jerry Kendig, Mt. Joy Rl, to provi ] ns and rel- Revs. William L. Tillett, C.lunderwent surgery Tuesday|ing for those attending, that ative financial need. All the B. Ulrich, -Lester Koder, at St. Joseph's Hospital in|more effective. group pro- be contacted for emergency, ing a heavy rain, the water physician on call overflowed a pond near the| Bernhard farm, and followed Sunday the street near the farm onto scholarships Dr. David Schlosser West Main Street. education. Wolfe will take part. are elementary Menno Good and David R.|Lancaster, and is progressing satisfactorily, grams may be developed on a local basis. Families Call OL 3-6624 name of Hoffman his entire Good Friday and to co-oper- life. |ate with churches’ programs.