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Why is it that the Mt. Joy
Borough Solicitor does not
attend the meetings of the
Mount Joy Borough Council?
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The editor of this newspa-
per has been attending the
meetings of Council with as
much faithfulness as any
member of the council. Over
a period of seven years, we
feel sure that the solicitor
has not attended more than a
half dozen times.
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The obvious reason,
course, is that he is not
ed to attend. In all prot .-
ity, Harris Arnold, who has
been legal advisor to the
Council for years, would
come any time he is asked.
He is that kind of a person.
The point is that the Coun-
cil is doing the business of
the borough with a limited
amount of legal advice.
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Mount Joy Borough opera-
tion is a sizable business. It
collects a lot of money from
a lot of people; it spends a
lot of money which belongs
to the people; it passes and
enforces a lot of rules and
regulations which touch the
lives of the people; it hires
a lot of people, pays a size-
able payroll, withholds a lot
of taxes, keeps a lot of rec-
ords, brushes with the state,
county and federal govern-
ment regularly and in every
way is a big business.
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Yet, the council, despite
the fact it has members who
have been sitting at the table
for several years, are all
amateurs in the matter of
law which regulates most
every move they make.
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When a point of law does
come up—and it dees regul-
arly—it is necessary to delay
action, sidestep or make some
special arrangement.
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Frequently one member of
the council talks with the
solicitor to learn some point
of law involved. That is well
and good but the Council, as
a body, gets no benefit of dis-
cussion or legal advice. At
best, it is second-hand infor-
mation.
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Frequently, too, the attor-
ney is asked by letter to
give an opinion. As far as
we know, Arnold is prompt,
fair and efficient. However,
there again, the council mem-
bers have no opportunity to
discuss the law, probe option-
al avenues of approach to a
problem or to profit by the
solicitor’s long and valuable
experience in the field of
government.
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Of course, the solicitor gets
paid by the amount of work
he does and the number of
times he is called upon to
function. His retainer takes
care of a minimum of coun-
seling. A load above the an-
ticipated normal earns him
more money.
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So it takes a little more
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As a public service, The
Bulletin lists the following
physician, who may be
reached for emergency ser
vice or by those who are
unable to contact their
family physician:
Sunday
Dr. John Gates

VOL. 63. NO. 15
BACK TO COLLEGE
Among those going back
to Millersville this fall are
Marie Ebersole, senior; John
Dick, Jean Coller and Ken
Shearer, juniors.

2803 Pupils As
Schools Open
First day enrollment fig-
ures for the Donegal Union
School District showed that a
total of 2,803 students made
the annual fall trip back to
classes in the district, accord-
ing to Wilbur I. Beahm, Su-
pervising principal.
Of the five elementary
schools in the district, Mari-
etta, Maytown, Washington,
Grandview and Seiler, May-
town showed the highest en-
rollment with 518. The oth-
ers were: Seiler 439; Mariet-
ta, 369; Grandview, 242; and
Washington 122.
Donegal High School and
Annex figures totaled 1,113.
Of that number 393 go to the
Annex while 720 attend
their classes the High
School.
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Lawrence Wins
LCNB Golf Meet
Forty-two golfers journied
to the Fairview Golf course,
Quentin, Pa., saturday, Sept.
7, to participate in the LCNB
Open Golf Tournament.
Bill Lawrence was the re-
peat champion and won the
first place trophy with a
score of 78. Frank Aument
won the runner-up trophy
with a score of 80.
The handicap trophies
were won by Paul Shreiner,
with a net 7, and Leonard
Safko, with a 72.
Fifteen of the entrants
played the course with scores
of 90 or under. They were:
Bill Lawrence 78; Frank
Aument, 80; Bill Baughman,
82 Joe Hostetter, 83; Dick
Stark, 85; Roy Packer, 85;
Gerald Hostetter, 86; Jack
Hardish, 86.. Baxter Wells,
88; Elias Lindemuth, 88;
Phil Wanner, 89; Irvin Hos-
tetter, 89; Robert Hurst, 90;
John Hart, 90 and Jim Span-
gler, 90.
Gerald Hostetter managed
the tournament, which was
sponsored by the Mount Joy
Branch of the Lancaster Co.
National Bank.
Annual Dinner
The Mount Joy Joycees
will have their annual din-
ner meeting this year at the
home of Mrs. Abram Groff,
Pinkerton Road on Septem-
ber 17th.
Social tea will be served
promptly at 6:30 p.m. follow-
ed by the meal.
All Joycees will meet at
the railroad station at 6:15
pm. and will proceed to
Mrs. Groffs’ as a group.
The business meeting will
be held immediately after
the dinner.

NEW ARRIVALS

Charles Ronald and Joan-
ne (Carotto) Garlin, 137 New
Haven street, a daughter, at
St. Joseph's hospital, early
Thursday morning, Sept. 5.
Mr. and Mrs. Frans Mast,
Lancaster, announce the
birth of a daughter at the
General hospital. Mrs. Mast
is the former Dorothy Brown
of Maytown.
MOUNT JOY, PA.,, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1963
SEVEN CENTS
Council Names New Chief of Police;
Study Possibility of Curfew Ordinance
J. Bruce Kline, Mount Joy
R2, has been named chief of
the Mount Joy police depart-
ment,
He was appointed Monday
night as the Mount Joy Bor-
ough Council held its Sep-
tember meeting in Friend-
ship Fire company hall.
Kline, who also is constab-
le in Mount Joy township,
was named to the top post on
the local force immediately
following the resignation of
Michael Good, who served
the borough for about five
years.
In a written resignation
handed to council, Good ask-
ed to be relieved of the
chief’s duties and applied for
a job as patrolman.
The council accepted the
resignation and re-elected
him to be a patrolman.
him to be a.patrolman. The
resignation, its acceptance,
selection of a new chief and
re-election of Good as a pa-
trolman was all done with-
out incident and with a mini-
mum of discussion.
No reason for Good's resig-
nation was given in his let-
ter to the council.
In other Tuesday night
business, it was announced
that the 1963 summer street
improvement program is
progressing satisfactorily

Set New Fire Alert Code
Mount Joy's Friendship
Fire company has a new sir-
en code arrangement.
At the company’s Septem-
ber meeting, held Thursday
night of last week, it was
voted that the following code
will indicate in which ward
the firemen are needed:
1 blast—Florin Ward
2 blasts—West Ward
3 blasts—East Ward
4 blasts—Outside the boro.
The code blasts, of course,
follow the initial alarm sig-
nal, which alerts the firemen
and sends them into action.
And, as has been the cus-
tom, a short blast will be
sounded when the men and
equipment have returned to
their headquarters.
It also was decided that
when the Florin signal is
sounded, two pieces of
Friendship. company’s equip-
ment will answer the alarm.

Indians Open With Win
With a 13-6 victory, Done-
gal high school began the
1963 season Saturday night,
setting the stage for a vi-
brant home-opener Friday

50th Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Abram M.
Hess, Mount Joy R1, observ-
ed their 50th wedding anni-
versary Saturday.
They were married Sept.
7, 1913, at the home of the
Rev. Hiram Taylor, near Mt.
Joy.
Mrs. Hess was Esther Ear-
hart, Mount Joy Township,
before marriage. Her husband
was employed at Gerberich-
Payne Shoe Co., Mount Joy,
for 30 years. They are mem-
bers of the Brethren in
Christ Church.
Mr. and Mrs. Hess are the
parents of three sons, Lester,
Elizabethtown; Kenneth, of
Landisville; and Clair, of
Grand Rapids, Mich. They
have 13 grandchildren.
VISITED ELECTRIC PLANT
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Blantz
and daughter Carolyn and
son, Billy, visited the Cono-
wingo Hydro-Electric Plant,
Maryland, on Sunday, Sept.
8 and Port Deposit, Md.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Robert E. Wagner, Quarry-
ville R2, and Joyce D. Dunk-
leberger, 724 Hill St., Mount
Joy.
SCOUT MOTHERS
The Mothers’ Auxiliary of
Boy Scout troop 39 will meet
at the home of Mrs. Robert
Holden, 413 Birchland Ave.
Tuesday evening, September
17 at 7:30 o’clock. .
All Scout mothers are in-
vited.

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night.
Playing at Lancaster Cath-
olic field, the Indians rapped
Hempfield while some 4,000
fans looked on,
Roger Grose carried over
both markers on end runs.
The first came when he dash-
ed 28 yards around his left
wing to the goal. The second
was , the wrapup when he
went around right end from
11 on a pitchout from Quar-
terback Dennis Goodhart.
The Hempfield touchdown
came in the third when
Steve Hohenstein went from
the 12.
The Knights took to the
air early and finally com-
pleted 7 of 11 tries but alert
Donegal defenses picked up
three Hempfield fumbles.
Donegal’s home opener is
set for Saturday afternoon,
beginning at 2 p.m.
Cocalico is the opposition.
The following Saturday af-
ternoon the Indians go to
Solanco.
and that it will be finished
within the next couple of
weeks.
The state highway depart-
ment asked that the section
of Route 230 within the bor-
ough and east of Little Chi-
ques creek be posted for 40
miles per hour speed.
Addition of Florin to the
borough increases the street
mileage about 51% miles, it
was stated, increasing the
state and county fund reim-
bursement to Mount Joy by
about 50 per cent.
New street markers for
Market avenue have been or-
dered but are not expected
for about two months be-
cause they are specially made
The council voted favorab-
ly to pass a curfew ordin-
ance. Ordinances of oth-
er communities are being
studied and the matter is to
be placed in the hands of the
solicitor. Such matters as
time, age, fines, etc. are to
be decided later.
By unanimous vote, the
deadline for displaying bicy-
cle tags was extended to
June 30, 1964. Confusion be-
cause tags were not available
and because of the annexa-
tion of Florin caused the bi-
cycle plan. Those who have
already paid renewal fees—
60 or 70 — are to have re-
funds.
A payment of $4,200 was
ordered paid to the state on
the curbs and sidewalks bill
incurred last summer when
Main street was rebuilt.
The council authorized
Fire Chief John Myers to
buy 80C feet of fire hose to
replace old lines about 13
years old and now too weak
to pass pressure tests. Cost
was estimated at about $1,
500.
A new lighting arrange-
ment on Fairview street be-
tween Hopewell and Birch-
land was approved for instal-
lation after Jan. 1. Light
power would be increased at
a cost of approximately $134
per year.
Council voted to remove—
when and as time is available
the debris of the old ice
plant, destroyed many
months ago by fire and to
bill the charges against the
property owner.
A petition to make Ziegler
street a ‘dead end” with a
turnaround at the east, was
denied. The developer orig-
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HELP - HELP - HELP -
An urgent message is being issued this week
to residents of Florin who are now part of the
new door-to-door mail delivery system.
It is important — VERY IMPORTANT—that
mail be addressed
name of the person who
not sufficient.
correctly. Use of only
And—the fact
the
is to receive the mail is
that “everyone
knows where I live” does not solve the problems
of door-to-door carrier service.
Mail
should be addressed
completely and
properly. And—residents of Florin should notify
those persons and businesses who habitually send
them mail that the full address should be includ-
ed.
A proper address for Florin ward mail would
look something like this:
Mr. John Doe
123 Pleasant Street
Florin Station
Mount Joy, Penna. 17552
It is a requirement of the U. S. Postal Service
Department that house numbers and street ad-
dresses be used.