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SECOND TUESDAY OF EACH MONTH
Tuesday, March 12, 1963
Mennon‘te Church
8:45 to 9:45 a. m.
Union National Bank
10:00 to 11:00 a. m.
Mount Joy
BULLETIN
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Mount Joy
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MOUNT JOY, PA.,, THURSDAY, MARCH 1963 SEVEN CENTS PER COPY
Hope To Begin Florin Collection
Of Garbage About First of May
If you've had trouble real-|
izing that Mount Joy and
Florin really are now one!
community-—and most of us
are—here's an interesting
bit.
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A few days ago a piece of
property in Florin changed
ownership. On the deed the,
legal description of the land
including the phrase, *“. .. lo-
cated in the borough of
Mount Joy, formerly the vil-
lage of Florin.”
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accurate count has
been made and'it has been
determined that there are
631 homes in the Florin area
12:30 to 1:00 p, m. | SIXTY-SECOND YEAR, NO. 39
Boro Petitions Court To Form Florin Ward:
Three-Man Commission To Study Problem |
days. The time elapse could
Rheems Fire Hall
1:15 to 1:45 p. m.
Cross Roads Church
2:00 to 2:30 p. m.
Memorial Park
2:45 to 4:00 p. m.
Florin
If the court approves, Flor-court will act.
lin is to become known offi Presumably the court be less, however, depending
cially as the “Florin Ward” would confirm the study andupon the speed with which] 1 all oes well. there The was that for
of Mount Joy. report and then appoint elec-all concerned were acting. uy g 1 i” ionl“go slow” attitude on major/the time being, the borough
. ¢: | Tackling one of many prob-tion officers and set up an] A candid look at the situ.|should be garbage co ection go Sow’ atutude © aj can begin its obligation more
Bob Sprout Joins Training connected with the re-election schedule for naming tion indicates that the pro-|for residents of the Florinmatters in the Florin area, ©. "0, quickly by con-
cent annexation, the Mount|councilmen for the new|cedqure would not run itsjward of Mount Joy aboutpending the expiration of atracting the work done rather
roy Borough Coun Mov, ward. lect ¢ course in time for the prim-May 1! [45-day period during which{than having the regular bor-
|day nig passed a resolu 1e election of represen-,py elections this spring, but| . . MRS sl sere. ysl ssislv Ibe & sh crew do the job as it is
tion asking the Court oftatives from the Florin Ward y sted in ti | Moving to , Ssume the there might possibly be anjough ww ° . jo g
Q rter Sessions to officially would not disturb the terme Cod be completed in me any new obligations which appeal to the state supreme|/in the East and West wards.
Srp the Florin Ward Yot councilmen already elect [for rues fe be Ald, DY lFlorin annexation” have court of the court order for, Thus, the plan is to invite
p . ‘party appointments efore| .... : nls rxali Soap . .
hich has been annexed. | . The resolution now goesed and seated from the East the November election. [placed upon it, the Borough nnexSHIN. hs : thi . Plas within the go few
® © © al baseball players—has re-play this summer. to the court. three commis-and West Wards. (Council Monday night looked| Although that waiting per-\wee ks—as specifie y law—-
: (turned to the “play for pay” There was no decision sioners will be named, they] The entire procedure could Thus, by January 1, the the situation squarely in thejiod does not end until Marchjand to let a contract some-
This count, taken by re. : hi hird SO! h h h hela. : . : 3 ’ . | Florin Ward would have of-/face and is ready to begin at-17, the Council has begun toltime in April.
huest of the Borough Coun. [ranks for his thir season when he left home, but he will study the situation, makelby law, require a time span|. . dida | al | a
: p rat : . since starring with Donegal believed that it would be| recommendations and the'of something more than 90 ficially elected candi alesitack upon the garbage prob- formulate plans. Thus regular collections
ny vegies: Serge Sivan, W high school. leither in the Pacific or Nash- : sitting at the council table. |lem. Monday night plan'could begin about May 1.
ig 0 TICiA nu 1 Is RQ oye | He left here last week for ville for him this summer. In the meantime, a four-
lo R Very Neary aceuratelcalifornia, where he joins! The son of Mr. and Mrs. man advisory committee
ps of t i date, ng uding| ther members of the Los Samuel Sprout, west Main from Florin has been named
Des Sad, apgrizen B for springstreet, Bob started from to sit with the Mount Joy
ig in his own car for Council. This group was on
Mount Joy
Council has taken a/brought forth
An
Activities In California
Bob Sprout—one of Mount] And—there is a chance
(Joy's two current profession-that he will go to Hawaii to
the
Two New Candidates Authority Takes First Step Toward
[training and for reevaluation. home
|Angeles Angels
This information is partic-|
(Palm Springs, Calif. but the
hand Monday night and sat
larly needed as the borough|
tudies some of the matter
onnected with the
f the areas.
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Florin Couple
Take Lucky Loan
Angels
him that a car and Hawai
might pose certain problems
During the winter
spent most of his time
had pointed out to
Bob|
at
‘Toss Hats In
First candidate to
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an-|
nounce his intention of seek-jya government, at any rate
ing a place on the Mount Joy_js being tossed into the lo-
Local Ring
A" new hat—new in elect-
on the front row with
council.
As projected at this time
Council sees a
representation from the Flor
the
three-man the direction of a “manager”|sewer facilities.
Hiring Manager For Water and Sewer
and can be done with the other
body.
months] The intention of the Auth-
The first positive step inin Mount Joy of water
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many
been
“in Mount Joy was taken on] For many
in Ward exactly as is the Tuesday night as the Bor there has talk of aloritv at this time is to ex-
case from each of the already ough Authority authorized an/Boro Manager. who would yiore the possibilities of find-
existing Mount Joy Wards. |investigation into the pos-take charge of both Authori- ing a manager capable of giv-
Mechanics of tem Cig sibility of employing anjty and Council responsibili-ljng particular knowledge to
9 : tions, etc. are yet to be<«Anthority Manager.” ties.
jeneral manager and sales. candidacy for Mount Joy\yorked out and will become i Re AE to dete he mete is the water
Jg/Boroush Couneil, subject t0nart of the court's decision. thur R. Zerphey — was di-lod of breaking legal and oth-| At it Tuesd 20 ni session
the spring primary. In other business Monday rected to contact Fels Insti-ler barriers has been found. £ us on id oe yi
As a candidate on the Re-nioht the council asked El-tute in Philadelphia at once, This week, beset with ala TAZ > =n TE uy Fe
nublican ticket, he seeks one or Forwood to speak for in an effort to determine the/lengthy list of problems o ory = ftuation anil
of the two councilmanicithe Florin advisory commit- possibilities of obtaining a/which need immediate atten- os Sewer ap the
seats from the East wardice He reported that the manager. (tion, the Authority has taken Eee "i Veer advi som
+, which will be filled later inj itjzens of the new ward As proposed, the manager the position that it must take| a le citizens sory
B ; “ithe general election. area are well pleased with would assume the day-to-day|action on the matter now" mnt e. .
: | Presently, the two placesthe way the borough council operation of the authority’sand work out the manager. The steps outlined for the
wa .lare held bv James Spangler has handled the situation. nearly $3 million investmentship matter if and when it/installation of sewers were
Workmen Raze ~|and Paul Little. [He used the word “over-
Boro Landmark
these, in this order:
Zerphey, who is a member whelmed” as he reported the Wait until the end of the
of the Mount Joy Boroughway snow plowing was hand-
A landmark is disappear-
ing! X
. ‘appeal period’; receive a
| Authority, said this weeck/led and added that already Columbia Tele phone letter from Borough Council
[that he has received a peti-some “of the things we have
bveral instances where the(Wednesday. This practice] Workmen from Lancaster
me street changes its name|was started sometime ago|have begun taking down th
suggesting that the sewers
tion form, which he intendsjalways wanted” are being A dl A Li ’ Fl $
| s Lines In Florin
it crosses some particular|when another couple made big, three-story building onl
be installed; select and in-
t t engineering firm
Ito file shortly to have his|done. Sires om gi mg an
{name placed on the ballot for He summed up the general)
tersection, just as a street|the fifty thousandth loan and Henry street which formerly? |
ight near the Grandview|received a paid-off note. was a hotel operated by the
and order a complete engin-
the May election. feeling by saying that the] Mount Joy and Florinty terminals, or a combina- SOTIe vey OR made
Indications at this time/people are “tickled pink.” |areas are part of a $100,000 tion of both. Also, under ake os. ral arrangements
hool. The Buller’s note was not late Andy Brown. are that both Little and] In a report on streets, construction program being ground cables are being in-land let the bids to a contrac
oO © large but turned out to be a’ The huge frame building Spangler will seek reelect- Simeon Horton noted that completed this month by the 4... + 4 2 cost of $15.000 tor.
The local possibility would|very nice gift. has been in a state of bad re- jon. there are many many repairs Columbia Telephone COM- o\. handling heavy concen: | It was indicated that with
if and when Birchland| In September 1951, thepair for some time, Mrs, JOHN E. WOLGEMUTH Both men have received/!0 be made on the borough pany, it was revealed this, .,.¢ of cable pairs near(“good luck” the preliminar-
enue in Mount Joy and|Tancaster County National Brown explained this week.
urch street in Florin are Bank established the consum-| The owners have been|
manager of the Lancaster/2bplication blanks from Siponts but ha ne Dein rs Henry Y. Smith, 4 into the central office. lies can be accomplished dur-
i weather is > S . ~ 5 Tock : a
tend og ud i fearful that it might ibl County Farm Bureau Coop-|Ward Chairman Geo. Brown, mich con Be done. |" Later this year, additional Still another $2,040 im ing the year 1963. Construe
ten ed west and east tolar credit department — the fearfu at it might possi Y erative association with offic-Who has signed his endorse- [ tral] 3 lanned for Provement under way is in-tion then, the Authority indi-
in, making one continuous/first of its kind in the Lan-collapse and damage other) '_ tn Lancaster lment of Spangler and has in- A move was made to have construction is p e C
oroughfare. [caster area. John E. Barry, buildings in the immediate s Socks to onc dh
9 9 vice-president, is the manag-vicinity.
a \dicated he will also indorsePorough ordinances codified the Florin area. to render Stalling of trafficorder and cated, would come during
rom|dic
i i o| Li
One day last week a prom-|er of this department. | Built in the 1920’s by the|the West Ward which will be,
and steps were taken to/improved service terminating equipment forthe vear of 1964.
ttle. 3
ent Mt. Joy resident whose B [late Jake Brown, the build-|Subject to the 1963 elections.
home and when he left had| :
out on a little added weight | Borough Council
He was not certain whether
or not it would stick during
spring training.
As he enters his third year
the Florin lad is 21 years of
age and has some good ex-
verience behind him. Last
season he was in Texas and
had a satisfactory year.
The second pro ball player
from Mount Joy is Bill Vog-
el.
Here’s some more about] A Florin couple just hap-
he naming of streets in Mt.|nened to borrow money at
oy and Florin. We don’tlexactly the right time!
ant to “harp” on the mat-| Because they did, the a-
er, but we do know that ev-jmount of their loan has been
ryone in the area is very|-ancelled and becomes a|
terested in the many ‘ree gift.
ings which are beginning] What happened is that
p draw the two sections to-|‘he consumer credit depart-
ether into one borough. ment of the Lancaster Coun-
® © 0 ty National Bank has just
Concerning the name of|/made its seventy-five thous-
arket street on thorough-|andth loan. In recognition
pres in both communities:|VIr, and Mrs. Harold W. Bul-
Pne man pointed out that in|'er, of Florin, have received
ancaster there is the exact|{their note stamped PAID.
hme situation. There are in-| Warren H. Bentzel, assist-
ances where the same name|ant cashier and manager of
used to designate a “street”|the bank’s Florin office,
d also an “avenue”. where the loan application
i was made, presented the can-
Iso, in Lancaster there are|-eled note to’ the Bullers on
from theca) political ring, it was an-
West Ward is John E. Wolge- nounced this week.
muth, 406 Birchland avenue. Arthur R. Zerphey Jr., N.
Wolgemuth is assistant, ,, street, has announced
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Sunsets, carillons,
vatories and such,
interesting items for
Boni
Talent Show
The 8th grade talent show
will be held in the Donegal
Annex assembly program on
Friday, March 8, at 2 p.m.
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president
company :
is being Last
Poultry Association board, The acts will be judged ac Barry Lee Geltmacher, of said that $55,000 Nr peck We pinion) other relatives. It takes only
chairman of the Donegal area|oording to talent, and an a-High street, Mount Joy and spent at the some of the “youngsters” ofiabout three hours to make
central office], : ; : : :
United Campsaisn and. vice Avis : he Fo : ant tojthe community who are do-/the trip by air, which is
paig ward made to the top act by Miriam Jean Way, Elizabeth: for switching equipmen ing interesting things. This|quite different
Cobley, Who it zedretary launch the job in 1964. | That phase will include keeping closer check on Although it is a matter for
is lof the :
me you'd recognize in- jing was used as a dance hall,|It is the one now held by| | x 1 Js
RE : y bearing and the proposal of Norman ving no Ine with more than ~
| Whether or not Albert wi asey yu YS 08 aE Heisey was accepted to pur-four subscribers, as in Mount ’ ’
mily check book, reviewing/and Mrs. Adam Greer, May- seek reelection has not been Of This and That
w his wife had been spend-{town, was initiated into Phi Order New Trees l £ t ti :
¥ : We a» ; 4-door straight shift Plym- phase o construction 1in- . .
In Few Days , Wolgeruth filed his petisio cong) Be SPIN outh. cludes $30,000 investment in by the editor's wife
He came to a check stub/college. As president of the tion Monday with the Lan-
The 1961 Distinguished|George Groff, president of MARRIAGE LICENSES future growth.
e single word “Mud.” |class, for the highest scholas-| next Week or 10 days and 3 Service Award winner in the council. Oscar 'G. Ream Sr., Mount! Residents of various areas a col- that has a branch there. The
e « o tic average among the pledg-|500n as they are receive
and fraternal organizations ter. done for several weeks. in- 1489 for 0p This ag That touenily the Malehorns fly to
out. “Mud? IMAVOR If HOSPITAL Waa as Be pert ide as well as in agricultural cir- Charles Wilford Ricedorf, cluding the erection of cables it iS people and the things Mount Joy with him for the
ednesday
e 09 Mayor Frank Walter, East
Coors Groff snd Levin Site o8 Loncser County street, Mount Joy. The rs Mrs. Ellis Fellenbaum and
« y015 eorge
eck for Jala . going surgery recently at|co-chairmen of the tree com-
9 the St. Joseph's hospital.
from the 17
: : eve switching and trunking further investigation, it is
; Bids from three local auto- aerial cable to eliminate mul- SW" ]
o Be Boag Jusonity, mobile dealers were opened tiparty service in Florin, lea- needs in the central office. (Turn te page 4)
hntly if T should mention|INITIATED bowling alley and hotel. George Albert, 5
was leafing through the| David Greer, son of Mr. —B Jpot
: . “« chase a new police car. His Joy.
definitely determined this water ol Sone ea bid was low on an 8-cylinder| Smith said that the present
g their money. [Sigma Kappa, national social] week. | us g
®e © o fraternity, at Gettysburg] $
: : aerial cable in and near Mt.|
: : : : | Approximately 40 trees ter County Commissioners./resenting the East ward is | 1 t and conser-employed by a Lancaster
ich had written clearly pledge class, David received, Ns caster Co y N \Joy to handle presen an Ser. ;
d carefully across the page/a trophy in behalf of the are to be ordered within the provide County potato chip company
: “4 Mount Joy, Wolgemuth has Joy, and Mary C. Bishop, of have been aware that there Vn, i I sia But we ome owner of the plant has two
This puzzled him greatly|es. wi be planted along Mailibeen active in church, civie 252 N. Mulberry St. Lancas- has been major work being light back to our originalor three airplanes, and fre.
ey stree
d he was not able to figure| B :
Sd : that they do which are the week end to visit with Mrs.
: cles. Rheems, and Joyce Elaine and of the splicing in of the sat oats cs ; 1
When Mrs. X returned : *{March meeting of the Mount| presently he is treasurer Berrier, 311 North Barbara lines. most interesting! |Malehorn’s parents, Mr. and
Ee NCAIMoin street, was expected Joy Community Council by
me, he asked, “What's this ome this week after under-
“Well, you ought to be| mitice,
le to figure that one out,”
e came back quickly. “It’s|
e water bill.”
NEW ARRIVALS
Dana E. and Grace (Pyle)
ostle, Mount Joy Rl, a
ughter, Thursday, Feb. 28,
St. Joseph's hospital.
Owen and Iva
mmau, Mount Joy R2, a
ughter, Thursday, Feb. 28,
the General hospital.
(Speckler)
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Charles E. and Jean (Buck-
hlter) Reist, Mount Joy R2,
son, at the General hospit-
Lloyd and Estie
(Musser)
arr, Mount Joy R1, a son,
turday, March 2.
It is by presence of mind,
an emergency that the na-|
e metal of a man is test-
’
" —Abraham Lincoln, 1864 has been promoted to thelcounty which were missed
rank of Sergeantat Ft. Bliss|are hereby invited to parade.|
As a public service, The
Bulletin lists the following
bhysician, who may be
eached for emergency ser-
ice or by those who are
nable to contact their
amily physician:
Sunday
Dr. John Gates
Jack R. Beaston, son of
Mr. and Mrs. William R.|
|Beaston, 40 Detwiler Ave,
Texas, where he is assigned]
to the 22nd Finance Disburs-
ing Section.
Sgt. Beaston was graduated]
from Donegal High School in|
1956, and worked in the ac-|
counting department of Penn
to entering the
October 12, 1961.
It was also announced that
any person in the borough
who would like to buy a
tree or trees for planting a-
long other streets may add
their order to the one which
will be made soon. The price
will be the same as for the
ones planned for Main street,
the chairmen said.
B
Parade Group
Forms Route
A meeting of the Memorial
Day Parade Committee was
held at the Fire House on
Sunday and a definite parade
route was decided upon.
Forty invitations were
mailed to organizations in
Lancaster county, inviting
them to participate in the
parade, to be held May 30.
The parade will move
promptly at 2 p.m.
Any organizations in the
The parade route will be
reported at the next meeting
of the General Committee.
Bee.
vresident of the Lancaster
County Council of Churches.
He is a member of the St.
Luke’s Episcopal church of
Mount Joy, the Mount Joy
Junior Chamber of Com-
merce, the Casiphia Lodge
#551, F. and AM.
He is married and he and
Mrs. Wolgemuth have three
children, two girls and a
boy.
Security Class
After an interrupted be-
ginning, the Mount Joy Civ-
ilian Defense classes for se-
curity police are scheduled
for resumption.
Mike Pricio, local C. D.
director, and George Albert,
security officer, said this
week that the next meeting
of the class is set for 7 p.m.
Friday, Mar. 8, at Friend-
ship Fire Hall.
A new instructor hasbeen
assigned to handle the in-
struction. He is Harold E.
| Pierce of Harrisburg, who is
connected with the Public
Service Institute.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Greider
represented the Lancaster
County Farmers’ Association
memes
|CELEBRATED BIRTHDAY
Helen Rutt, daughter of
Dairtes Inc. Lancaster priorat the Congressional meeting Mr. and Mrs. Titus Rutt cele- people to
service onlof the PFA in Washington on brated her birthday on Mon- clubs.
February 25 and 26.
I day.
Student Council.
4-H Boys and Girls O
“4-H Young Citizens In|
Action’’ is the theme of Na-|
town R3. 200 private lines or 400 par-
tional Week
7. Honor 4-H friends local-
and ex-
bserve Na
ff
{ly and nationally,
week we want to talk about
a couple of ‘‘oldsters’’ with
local connections who very
definitely deserve mention! |
A woman whom many lo-|
cal people have learned to]
know in the past few years|
is Dr. Mary Riggs Noble,|
to 20 hours it would take
‘on the ground”, if they
were lucky and didn’t en-
counter snow, ice or other
winter hazards.
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feat
much
tremendous
very
Another
which we take
tional 4-H club week for "63.
About 2,285,600 youth in|
town and country, will share,
the observance coast to coast)
the week of March 2-9. The
head, heart and health boys
and girls - 10 to 19 years old,
local clubs in all
and Puerto Rico.
The 4-H program has now,
spread far beyond the rural
areas. Latest figures show 5
nercent of members comin
from farm homes, 29 percen
from rural non-farm homes
homes.
Aims of National 4-H club
week in 1963 are to—
1. Focus on this year’s citi-
zenship-in-action goals for
club members.
2. Emphasize career ex-
ploration and the value of
wise decision-making regard-|
ling vocational choices.
3. Influence more young|
join or form 4-H
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4. Acquaint more parents
belong to more than 94,700;
50 states);
and 20 perctnt from urban)
[press appreciation to them who has been a resident at|for granted now, but which
(for the important part they the Presbyterian Home. Re-lis actually miraculous, has
play. Widespread changes ir cently Dr. Noble was fittedbeen accomplished in the
lagricultural technology in re- with her first dentures — atinast week by Mr. and Mrs.
cent years are being faced the age of ninety! At the Winnie Heisey of Rheems.
[squarely on 4-H. Leaders re- present time she is at a Her They flew by jet to Europe
|alize it is neither possible nor shey nursing home, but hopes|in a matter of only a few
desirable for all farm youth to be back in Mount Joy be- hours! They plan to spend a
to stay on farms, so rural fore too long. [month in Europe and will
members and others receive > be home early in April. A
(help in becoming well-round- The mother of Mrs. Jamus friend told us of their leav-
ed individuals who can earn Phillips, Marietta avenue, isling, and said, “You can't
land serve in many fields. 82 and lives in Virginia. have a ‘bon voyage’ party on
This informed out-of-school This week end she will bean airplane, as you could on
learning supplements the arriving by jet from Honolu-a boat, so we had a little
training given in the home, lu, where she has spent the/narty for them before they
school, church and elsewhere. Past two weeks with her son|left home. We gave Dot an
Lancaster County has 1250 and daughter-in-law ~~ who|orchid and wished them God-
4-H club members under the were attending a convention speed!”
supervision of 190 local lead-in the islands! The son who
ers and 41 junior leaders. lives in the Mid-West, called
with 4-H and seek their co- Leaders in this particular his mother and said, “We|first spring robin. Mary Fitz-
operation, area are— Home Economics, are going to Hawaii for {wo kee stopped in the office to
5. Encourage capable, youth Mrs. Paul Erb, Mount Joy Wecks —Why don : you meetisay she had spied one sitting
minded men and women to|R1+ Mrs. Lewis Bixler, Mari. us there! And so she did!lon the second-story porch of
become volunteer local lead-€tta R1 and Mrs. Galen Ben- Isn't it a fabulous age Inthe Bulletin building. We
ers. ner, Mount Joy R1. Agricul- Which we live; . can’t help but wonder if the
: ture, Mrs. John Herr, Mount reason Mary saw it was be-
i lnerasss Jae Moder Joy R1, Lewis Bixler, Mari- Purther proof: Mr. and cause she so eager for
g alms and .tt, R1, Paul Hess. Flizabeth- Mrs. Kenneth Malehorn and spring and summer. In June
methods, and expand Support yo wn and Willis Hackman, Small son live in Calhoun, she is planning a wonderful
for year round activities. | (Tura to Page 4) Kentucky, where Kenneth is| (Turn to page 5)
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We heard yesterday of the
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is