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The Mount Joy
BULLETIN
MOUNT JOY, PA, THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1962 SEVEN CENTS PER COPY
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We once heard the mayor
f a town say, “We know
hat things are going OK
vhen no one comes to coun-
br when a person or a group First National Bank & Trus
leing given a fair deal by|Florin with
puncil meetings (or school voted agreement to the pro
is assumed that things are matter rests with the U. S
is expected within
OK.” [Comptroller of the Currency
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But, it also shows a consi
rable lack of interest in lo-|—
hl government when public|
eetings are seldom attended .
ly the very people who are Brandt Retires
[ie the bills and who are|
signing their rights and From Schools
rivileges to a small group :
F governing individuals. Mervin W. Brandt, former
SS 0 O Mount Joy schoolman, is re-
Tt would nol be out of line tiring as assistant county su-
think that, at every meet. Perintendent of schools after
g of borough council fhere! 49, Years a3 an si
ould be at least a half doz| D°rn in East Donega P.
“watch dogs” who would/Seventy years ago, Brandt
ST tc “see what is going Was educated at the one-room
|» |Fairview school and graduat-
: oe © 2d from Maytown Central
There is some representa- F180 School in 1911
bn of the public—of course.| That same year he started
he press, for one, and now teaching at the old Union
ld then an interested indi. School south of Florin right
dual. But by and large, ev-2cross the. road from the
v person in the room Tor q Present Donegal high school
rough council meeting is) He served in schools in the
ere because ‘He has some Maytown-Mount Joy area un-
nd of official cormectiont! 1996 when he moved into
hd an obligation to attend. |h€ county superintendent's
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Even the member of the| He received his B.A. de-
inisterial association, who|8€€ at Elizabethtown College
in 1930, a master’s degree in
lly attends to open the
ay p history from Columbia Uni-
versity in 1932, and a mas-
oe oo [ter’s in education from Tem-
Who are the “watch dogs?” |Ple in 1943.
ell, for instance, there are| He lives at 640 McGrann
veral civic and patriotic Blvd., Lancaster.
oups which need to be a-| 35>
mself and leaves.
Stockholders of Banks
Vote Yes For Merger
il meeting.” |Fourth next Wednesday, it pang this week were that
® oo ® . : [seemed that the self-imposediiho. work would start on
: 5 | Only one step remainedthan two weeks. |deadline can not be met. |Birchland avenue.
Yes, in a way that is true,|this week for merging the, If his decision will allow Principal reason and hold | B
f people feels that it is notcompany of Mount Joy and
the Lancaster
overnment it appears to/County National Bank.
hake a complaint. At separate stockholders
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Thus, when no one attends week, owners of the banks
oard or authority meetings) posal to merge and now the
His decision — whether to
4. allow or disallow the merger
[—i less
Mount Joy Mennonite Church
8:45 to 9:45 a. m.
Mount Joy Union National Bank
10:00 to 11:00 a. m.
One of our pet peeves con- Florin Fire Hall
rerns the attendance (or to 12:30 to 1:00 p, m. SIXTY SECOND YEAR, NO. 5
he more exact — the lack of] Rh r Hall : ” ;
attendance) of the public at eems ire Ha E P | | W |
public meetings. 1:15 to 1:45 p. m. xpect 00 | STREET ORK
9 9 . Mount Joy’s annual sum-|
For years as cub reporter Florin Cross Roads Church Open About mer street repair program is
o publisher, we have noted| 2:00 to 2:30 p. m. scheduled to get under way
hat the general public is not next week.
nterested in seeing and hear- Mount Joy Memorial Park July Oth Probably sometime late in
ng how its money is spent 2:45 to 4:00 p. m. : {the week, machinery is sch-
r how those elected to office) As things look now, the|.quled to be brought in and
onduct the business. Fourth of July target date, qe ready for surfacing
|for opening the new Mount, haply about 15 blocks of
Joy Community Swimming borough streets.
pool will be missed by a few| The work is to be done by
days. the B. R. Kreider & Son com-
At the pany of Manheim.
midweek, with
tthe action, a date then will up is the absolute necessity]
be set for the actual merging of having a fence around the!
and necessary bookkeeping pool area.
| .
records will be made. With all the work now Rain Dela
The Mount Joy stockhold-|necessary, it is impractical to Y
ers met Tuesday morning in start the fence for a few days
special session at the bank.|until most of the building ac:
Golf Event
-Of the total 6250 shares, 5391|tivity is completed. f
were voted. Of that number,| Thus, the picture looks as| Rain washed out the sec-
115286 voted as favoring the/follows: ond annual golf tourney]
‘move. That represented 84.) The general contractor ex-scheduled to have been held|
4 percent. [pects to be finished with the/Saturday, June 23, at the|
Twenty-two stockholders pool construction this week. [Cool Creek Country Club
attended the meeting in per-| The bath house is almostunder the sponsorship of the]
son. (finished, lacking only a few|First National Bank.
The Lancaster bank held details. ; The event has been re-
its special stockholders’ [peet- Snack bar and bath house scheduled for next Saturday,
ing Friday of last week ~ andjequipment is almost. all on June 30. %
passed a resolution ratifying/its way to the pool site. | Forty-eight golfers had]
the merger agreement signed As quickly as possible, the/turned out for the Saturday|
May 15 by the boards of both/chain link fence, which willplayoff and had teed off for|
banks. jenclose nearly two acres ofjtheir rounds. However, the
Out of the 98,000 shares/ground, will be started. frainstorm came up and drove
voted, only 84 registered op] Thus—it seems that theeveryone except one four-|
position. {pool will be opened for swim-lsome to shelter and off
for each share First Nation- pletely painted (white) withbe between 2 and 3:30 p.m.
al Bank and Trust companylits final coat, equipment such The next time is a bit later
stock. |as ladders, diving boards, etc,/in the day because of a con-
Fl . Li is being installed, concrete flict. Earlier in the day a
r ns |aprons around the pool struc- previous tourney .by a size-
orin 10 jture are being laid and work-able industrial firm already
2 men are thick as bees around|is slated.
Induct Officers [the hive in the ,bath house The same prizes and condi-
The Florin Lions Club held|area. {tions of play will hold as
its regular meeting Monday, In the meantime, member-were scheduled for last week.
zone chairman and incoming probably will be a brief op-|
Deputy District Governor, in- ening ceremony when the
stalled the following officers: pool is actually set to open
Hey, You Kids!
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east of the doings of the ON DEAN'S LIST
ief governing bodies of the] Randolph Mateer, a sopho-|
mmunity. more this year at Penn State|
We observe that much of/University, made the Dean’s|
misunderstanding, the List at the college the past]
heck of cordination, the dup-|semester with a 3.67 out of a
ation and the gaps between possible 4 honor point aver-
as of activity are due in/28¢. A chemistry major, he/Clarence Hollinger and Reu-|
bny instances to a lack ofl|iS the son of Mr. and Mrs.lben Goodling.
owledge as to what is be-|Oliver Mateer, 301 Birchland|
done by the boroughavenue, Mount Joy.
ncil.
'going president.
Donegal Area Playground Program
To Open July 2nd For Six-Weeks Run
the/the Donegal school area—in-
will operate for six weeks|is about two-thirds completed] The
with a wide and varied pro-| the
gram of music, evening teen|is July 1st with the coopera- Union school district recrea-
age activities, arts and crafts.
Bike Inspection |.
State Signs Rebuilding Contract
For Main Street Through Mount Joy
Contract for rebuilding/said that as of now a detour
Mount Joy’s Main street has will be established when ac-
VACATION NEXT WEEK been let to J. D. Eckman, tual construction begins to
Inc. of Atglen for $375,881. |allow full speed ahead on
Next week—for the first time in many years The award was made this/the section of the job be-
week by the State Highways/tween the west end and the
Department. Bids were open- Main street and Marietta ave-
ed about a month ago. enue intersection.
—the Bulletin will take a vacation!
Taking a hint from many other businesses
and industries in this area, the Fourth of July | The Chester county con Work on the east end will
week will also be vacation week at the Bulletin. struction firm expects to be done on a “one-way-traf-
The entire staff will take its vacation at the same |bring machinery into town fic” basis, he said.
[July 5 and begin ‘“clearing”| His plan of operation, fol-
lat once, preparing for the 1.- lowing official inspections of
{19 miles of work from near|the job, including an on-the-
the old cotton mill on thesite conference with utility
least to near the railroad|representatives, is to begin
crossing on the west. operations on the east end of
In a telephone conversation Main street and to work-we-
this week with the Bulletin, ward.
Eckman—a road builder of Specifications call for com-
{some 20 years experience —/pletion within 120 working
|days after the project is be-
{gun. That, of course, is 120
|days of weather suitable for
work on a five-day a week
basis.
Eckman, however, told the
{Bulletin this week that un-
|less there are unforseen com-
plications, the job will be
|“wrapped up” in the early
time this year.
Thus, there will be no publication of the Bul-
letin next week — on Thursday, July 5.
Correspondents, reporters, advertisers and
others should take notice.
The next week, however, the Bulletin will be
on its usual schedule.
Playgrounds : Swimming [sf ghieng of %e 120 work-
Playground activities in Lions Progress | The summer playground “pn "oo o no reason for the
{swimming program will be
On Number Job | Aa iromendons boost | 1°? going over into 1963.
and
Imi i i i 7 i give h time, gas
The agreements set outming sometime during thelcourse. cluding Mount Joy, Florin, ha - jeipated DY) In t e mean ; :
that Mount Joy stockholdersiearly part of the week of| Thus, the entire field will|Maytown and Marietta — is The Flofin Lions are mak bis ee a SacI Go water utilities are pushing
shall receive 2% shares of July 9. [begin again this Saturday. [scheduled to begin Monday, fogréss in numbering COT GAIL their underground installa-
Lancaster County bank stock] The pool has been con: Tee off time this time willlJuly 2. ing b Ye tion work to the limit to
Marshall Gemberling saig/the homes in the Florin com- Because the program will have as much of that type
this week that a full staff has/Munity, a job the postal au-he centered at the new Com-construction out of the way
been chosen and that plans
are being completed for the
1962 season.
thorities asked the club tomunity pool, now under con-gs possible.
tackle. |[struction, it will be more
Due to the efforts of cer-convenient and will have a
The playground program|tain members, the numbering new appeal. | »
win ve Donegal Airport
activities
the Donegal
Open House Set
Saturday, June 30, will be
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Their goal for completionsponsored by
tion of residents and thetion program and the Learn-
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nite, June 25 at the Kountry ships are coming in nicely. swimming, physical games, [Lions they hope to completeito-Swim campaign of the 4
Kicohen. A Lions Re spokesman| B tournaments, shows, and so-/the project as scheduled. |American Red Cross. i gpen louse en Flying tan
Henry Zerphey, presentlsaid this week that there cial activities. Any resident who wishes] To be eligible to partici-€rS day
to to receive his door num-pate locally, boys and girls/POrt.
bers may do so by contactingmust be at least six years of One of the attractions of
Jay Snyder, chairman of theage and must be registered Iriterest Will De. the crowns
at and attend one of the Don- ing of the Pennsylvania Fly-
The final day of the pro-
ram will be Friday, August
Dr. Hugh J. Coleman, presi-but that there will be no ded- The plan calls for activi-|project. : Ai
dent; First vice president,jication this summer. | Hey, Kids! ties in three sessions — 9 to] After the contacts are gal Union School District ne RR Ee
Paul Barto; Second vice] That important occasion] On Friday and Saturday,12: 1 to 3 and from 6 tolnade by the Florin Lions, ailPlaygrounds — at Mt. Joy, ne Sed missiles
president, E. Stanley Booth;has been set for Memorial June 29 and 30, . there will|8:30. records of the numbers will Florin, Maytown or Marietta, P 0° gi Tom iin pis
and Third vice president,Day, May 30, 1963. [be bicycle inspection in Mt.| At the Mount Joy boroughlpe given to the Florin postal Lessons in swimming wijig ast rides, jet fiy-by = chic:
Harvey Johnson; Secretary, B \Joy. park, the Social Welfare As-ythorities. be conducted at the pool with/D Z/ he displays of
Jay R. Snyder; Treasurer, The police department has/sociation is the sponsoring Anyone who was not con- classes for beginners (tenta- Few planes prizes, oy
Benjamin Staley; Tail twist} P WwW MH Id made arrangements for the/group. At Florin the P.T.Atacted or refused the assign-tively set) to begin Monday, BE
er, Robert Johnson; Lion oi. . Oo S linspection from 9 until 12 backs the program at Wash-oq3 number may inquire at July 9, with two sessions be-
tamer, Chet Williamson; | »
Directors for 2 years, ar’ June Meeting
thur Wolgemuth and Josiah
Bargar; Directors for 1 year,
days.
| The Mount Joy Business & At those times, the officers]
{Professional Women’s Club/will check the bikes for the
(met at Hostetter’s on Monday necessary safety features —
evening, June 25. lights, reflectors, brakes, fen-
The meeting was called to|ders, serial number etc.
order by the president, Mrs. Although the intention had
Woodrow Fitzkee is out-
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One of the biggest busines-
5k in the community is the
ools. Consider the amount
'FLORIN NEWS NOTES
Robert Keller. been that licenses would
Mrs. Freeman Naugle, issued at the same time in|
chairman of the membership/compliance with a newly-pas-|
committee was in charge oflsed borough ordinance,
money spent and the num-|
r of people involved and]
area of responsibility it] + Js
necessary to say the Rhi€€MS visited Mrs. Sara
ools are not only the big-|Schiegelmilch on Tuesday.
kt but most important]
siness in the community, [Mer and 2 sons, of E-town,|i
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People have the feelingMr. and Mrs.
ht they “do not belong” at/hart on Sunday.
ool board meetings. The] Mr. and Mrs. Lester Brad-
posite is the truth. Thelley visited Mr. and Mrs. Roy
ool board itself has said Floyd at Union Square on
blicly that visitors are wel- Sunday.
e. And, our observation] Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Buck-
that visitors are made to walter and Mr. and Mrs.
bl welcome when they do|George Weaver visited the
end. [former's daughter and son-
®e ee o in law, Mr. and Mrs. James
hough, we repeat, the vis-|evening.
rs are 99 out of 100 those, Carl Kissinger, Lancaster,
ho are there because ofjis spending the week with
“official” or ‘semi-offi-his cousin, Mrs. Darlene
1” reason. |Mummau.
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And, in closing this discus-ley visited the former's mo-
n, it should be pointed outither, Brs. Mary Bradley at
ht the public too often cri-{Columbia RD on Saturday
izes actions of its govern-|afternoon.
nt when such criticism is| Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Gind-
justified if the facts wereler and daughter Mr. and Mrs.
own comppletely the cir-Douglas Maxwell and Mrs.
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mstances surrounding deci-|Gerlitzki spent Sunday at
s were known. French Creek.
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Something to watch for —|three daughters, Mrs. Stanley]
Harvey Shank, Elizabeth-Lancaster, visited Mr.
town and Mrs. Hoffman of Mrs. Paul Shetter Saturday.
of
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bal-their niece, Miss Mary Ham-
Harry Geb Hess and son Kenneth, visit-
ed Mr. and
Smith
Sunday.
and Mr.
Raugh of Lancaster, and Miss
[Mary Hamilton, visited Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur McCurdy at
Palmyra on Sunday.
Write to Washington
and addresses of U. S. Sen-
{Miss Doris Snellinger, Asst./sible to do so by July 1.-
District Director. Miss Snel-| At least it seemed so
linger then installed the of
and
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Geyer
Elizabethtown, visited ficers of the club for the com |
ing year as follows:
Kathleen Keller, prgsident:| ¢acturer.
Ruth Sinegar 1st vice presi-
dent; Evelyn Naugle, second
vice president; Yvonne Kos-
er, recording secretary; Jane
Freyberger, corresponding
secretary and Lois Miller,
treasurer. She also inducted
the following new members:
Mrs. Robert Melhorn, Mrs.
Arthur Sprecher, Mrs. Wood-
row Fitzkee and Mrs. Ken-
neth Wise.
All committee
submitted their
ports.
Miss Janet Ginder, the girl
of the month and her mother,
Mrs. Ralph Ginder, were Five hundred people took
et Y tie Cub lam|3dVantage on Friday night,
b D0. Party Cami 5 ne 22, of an opportunity to
ake will be held July 23rd, 3.2 : 4 i
: receive oral polio vaccine,
at Chiques Park. : !
B given by a Community Coun-
cil sponsored clinic.
ATTEND CONVENTION | ha 500 were “make up”
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Albert, persons who did not take the
New Haven street, have re-lvaccine on Saturday, June
turned home from a week's 16, when nearly 3000 others
the Friendship Fire
of company headquarters.
Iton Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Licensing of bikes includes]
Benjamin
Mrs. William
at Elizabethtown, on
Mr. and Mrs. Ross Ammon
and Mrs. William The fee
is 25 cents, esti-|
cost of the metal license
plates alone.
B—
500 More Take
Oral Polio Pills’
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chairmen
annual re-
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Frequently the Bulletin
office is called upon to an-
swer questions about names
ators and Representatives. 21
Because many many peo-
ple wish to write to their
officials in Washington con-
cerning various subjects,
we thus are here publish-
ing this information.
Expressing opinions to
the people who write the [trip to Los Vegas to attend visited
laws of the land is a privi- {the national convention
ig.
land from 1 until 5 on both|ington school;
{the activities are at the Le-
|gion field with the Legion as
sponsors, and at Marietta the
Marietta Recreation Associa-most anything without
[tion backs the project at Warjmanent injury—except sleep.
Memorial Field.
"man and Elizabeth Sarbaugh|
g i : tat Florin; Walter Price
the program. She introduced seems that it will be Impos- Nancy Fellenbaum at
town;
at|Janet Kunzelman at Mount)
midweek, for the order of|Joy borough park and John
metal license plates had not McHenry,
been received from the man-Joan Shaeffer and Theodore!
Greider at Marietta.
issuance of a numbered met-[arts and crafts at Mount Joy|
al plate, which will be at-and Florin while Benjamin,
tached to the bicycle, and an/Weaver will have the
“operator’s” permit, which is|duties at Maytown and Mari-|
good for a year to the rider. |etta.
mated at 4 cent above actual/charge of the music program
John Harnish will head
teen-age
while
Janet Gemberling will be in|
charge of swimming and ten-|
is.
FIRE AUXILIARY
The
Friendship Fire
their monthly meeting June|
. The following members!
were taken in: Mary Sheetz,|
Mary Shatto, Margaret May, |
Evelyn
Hoover, and Mrs. W. R. Heil-
The annual picnic will be
held August 16 at the Chig-|
ues Park at 6:30 p.m.
ing conducted each morning] This is a good week to do
(9 to 10:15 and 10:45 to 12/the things you promised you
noon). |would do last week.
al There will be advanced B -
per- beginners and intermediate] “Birdcage Walk” is a well-
(Turn to Page 6) known street in London.
at Maytown|
the Florin post office.
B
We can cut down on
Gemberling has announced|
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and
May-|
James Sarbaugh and
Shirley Myers
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Darla Kulp will handle|
same
<e
Thomas [err
i WROTE THE
DECLARATION of INDEPENDENCE
AT THE AGE OF
THIRTY THREE
ERSON
Morrell Shields will be in|
the
evening program]
Kenneth Jones and]
Be
Ladies Auxiliary
Co.
of
held]
53% THIRD PRESIDENT oF THE
2 = UNITED STATES,
= a “TTCHEWAS ALSO A
GIFTED MUSICIAN,
LAWYER, INVENTOR,
“ARCHITECT, FARMER,
DIPLOMAT, SURVEYOR,
ASTRONOMER, BOTANIST,
| Out of the minds and hearts
Sweigart, Shirley
of men such as Jefferson came
the ideas and concepts of free-
dom which have made America
the coming months, Wash- Barnhart and son, Stuart, Mr.lege and near obligation of the Junior Chamber of Com-| Thus, 3,450 persons now BARD AND
bton will begin softeningjand Mrs. H. R. Barnhart of) freedom which voters may |merce. |have the protection offered] As a public service, The PHILOSOPHE great and strong.
the American people, (and Heller at Akron on Saturday| and should exercise. {by Type I oral vaccine. Bulletin lists the following
ngress) for a deficit bud-|Elizabethtown, and Mr. and Senator Hugh Scott NEW ARR | On Saturday, July 28, a| physician, who may be |
which may run as high Mrs. Warren Barnhart, of Senate Offffice Bldg. | A IVALS [second clinic will be held| reached for emergency ser- a eye) i z
$10 billion dollars. The| Washington, D. C. here for giving Type III vac- vice of by those who are | [2g 2 The heritage we have in
ed” budget will be handed Senator Joseph S. Clark cine. unable to contact their | Bay . si
wn in the name of “aid to about the “national income Senate Offffice Bldg. | Warren R and Jane (Was-| All are administered on| family physician: DESIGNED MONTICELLO 1962 is the spirit of INDEPEN-
siness.” |budget” and we will be “ed. Washington, D. C. ler); Gehman, Mount Joy R1,sugar cubes and taken simply MASTERPIECE OF ’ DE
® oo o |ucated” with a steady drum- Representative Paul B. Daguea daughter, Sunday, June 24, by eating the sugar lump. NCE DAY.
Within the very near fu-fire of talk for the "planned
re we will begin to hear deficit.”
lat the
Lancaster
hospital.
General
House Office Bldg.
This is the first such polio
Washington, D. C.
lclinic held in this area.
18TH CENTURY ART. IT STILL
STANDS IN VIRGINIA
Sunday |
Dr. John Gates |
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