TH S The Mount Joy BULLETIN DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS AND WELFARE OF MOUNT JOY AND ITS AREA Friendship Fire company has been keeping its fingers crossed since last Saturday morning. ®e © @ Street work in the first block north of Main has had the entrance to the fire house more or less blocked - since that time. However, as this column is being written Tues- day night, “luck” has held out and there have been no serious emergencies. ® © © Fire and ambulance equip- ment has been parked—part of the time—on the post of- fice parking lot, ready to use the east exit. ® ® oe It recalls something of the problem during the time Main street was being rebuilt. There were several calls dur- ing that long interval, but firemen were able to meet the situation. ® oOo © Do you sometimes wonder how much it costs to run the schools? This is the week you have the auditors’ report. It appears as a required legal notice in this issue of the Bulletin. @® ® © Although Mount Joy is one of the few boroughs in the county which has not made some kind of statement about wanting to share in the Com- monwealth’'s Project 70, it was tossed out as a prediction that within 20 years Mount Joy will be on the doorstep of a water development. ® © o What was meant is that in the Mount Joy vicinity are some of the best natural pos- sibilities for water reservoirs in this entire part of Lancast- er county. ® o o It was suggested that some other boroughs may begin to look with longing eyes at the water storage possibilities here as their water sources become inadequate. ® & Which takes us back to the “overpopulation” topic we explored a couple of weeks ago. @ ® &® That column drew consid- erable comment from Bullet- in readers. One man sent us a book on the subject. Some felt we overplayed the situa- tion. ® ® @ The need for an abundance of clean water in this section of Lancaster county to meet that growing population and to meet growing water use, is deserving of top priority on the list of community needs for the future. IN THE HOSPITAL Mrs. Frank B. Walter, east Main street, is a patient in the General hospital (room 551) for treatment following a coronary attack last week. She is reported to be satisfac- torily improving. AUXILIARY TO MEET The Mount Joy auxiliary to the Lancaster General hos- pital will meet Thursday, Sept. 17 at the home of Mrs. Bruce Greiner at 7:30 p.m. An, unspoken “I told you so” is the most difficult rep- rimand to bear. THIS ISSUE -- Two Sections 20 PAGES VOL. 64. NO. 15 MOUNT JOY, PENNA. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1964 SEVEN CENTS THIS IS LIBRARY WEEK IN MOUNT JOY Tribe Bows In Opener To Ephrata Football 1964 got off to a good start Saturday after- noon at Donegal field des- pite the fact the Indians took a 26 - 6 beating from the visiting Ephrata Mountain- eers. For three quarters it was a good ball game, Ephrata lead- ing, 7-6, at the half and 14-6 at the third quarter. However, from there on, what had been suspected was the case was proved when the Indian depth of strength failed to stand up in the final period. Donegal’'s losses from the high-flying 1963 team were evident but the general pre- diction was that ‘Donegal will win some games.” The single Indian touch- down came on a five-yard dash around end by Gary Gohn after a 91-yard drive down field. Donegal’s Dennis Goodhart working from the fullback position, carried the ball . 18 times and gained 72 yards to lead the ground gainers Sat- urday afternoon. Gohn went 63 yards in 18 trips. Saturday afternoon, Sept. 19, the Indians continue their 1964 season by going to Lititz to meet Warwick. On the 26th they will invade the Manheim Township strong- hold. Plan Special Meet At Seiler Something new for the School and Home association is planned for Tuesday, Sept. 22 at Seiler school. A ‘“‘Parent-Teachers’ Home- room Night” will be hela from 8 until 9 p.m. The eve- ning is designed to answer such questions as, “What will my child be studying this year?” “Will he have home- work?” “How much time time should he spend on it?” and “Will he be making class trips?” There will be no business. Parents will go directly to their child's room and sit in his seat. The teacher will briefly explain plans for. the vear and will give ample time for questions. If parents have more than one child in the school, they may divide their time be- tween the rooms. Jaycees To Hike Along the Creek Mount Joy Jaycees are go- ing to have a close look at the borough's water source! On Sunday, as part of their “Cean Water” project, the J.C.’s will take a hike along Little Chiques creek. Later there will be a picnic. David Chapin is chairman of the project. * * Begin Boro-Wide Fund Drive; Library Officers Are Selected This is Library Week in Mount Joy ! This is the week a volunteer corps of people 1s attempting to contact business, professional and all other public spirited citizens nearly 75 industrial, te reach a financial goal of $18,000. Workers are taking both cash and pledges. As the drive seeks to set a financial floor under the library project for a three-year guarantee, other organ- izational matters have been completed. Golfers to Hold Tourney Final golf tourney of the season to be conducted for Mount Joy linksmen under the sponsorship of the new Mount Joy Golf association will be played Sunday, Sept. 20. Gerald Hostetter, tourney manager, said this week that the event will be played over the Cool Creek course at Wrightsville. Players may tee off be- tween 10:30 and 12:30 o’- clock for play in both a han dicap and a gross score divi- sion. Prizes of golf balls will be given. Winners of the association's tourney earlier in the season were Bill Baughman, handi- cap and Bill Lawrence, low gross. The association has 68 mem- bers. Flour Mill Is A building and program which eventually will triple its storage capa- city has been started by the Spangler Flour Mills, Inc. north Market street. David Myers, local manag- er, said this week that a foundation already has been installed for a new, 60,000 bushel wheat storage bid and that within the near future, according to plans, two even larger structures will be er- ected. The bin under construction now is located near the southeast corner of the prop- enlarging Expanding erty. Of metal construction, the building is scheduled to begin within a few days. When the first storage is completed, a portion of the present plant will be taken away and two even larger structures built. All are for wheat storage. Both local harvest and grain from other locations will find storage in the new bins. Presently the milling oper- ation can store about 100, 000 bushels but when the three new elevators are fin- ished they will hold about 300,000. Council Holds Session Streets and street lighting provided much of the action in Borough Council meeting Monday night, Sept. 14, the session postponed from Sept. 7, Labor Day. The range covered prog- ress of the summer street pro- gram, possible extension of the program to include two or three alleys, increasing light power around Memor- ial park, moving east Main street lights, a complete in- clarification of the lighting budget, and in- stallation of the new traffic light at Main and Angle streets. Street Committee Chair- man Simeon Horton reported that progress on the 1964 resurfacing and rebuilding program. Considerable work has been completed. Other is ex- pected finished by weekend, (Turn to page 8) vestigation, Complete Telephone Toll-Free Voting gainst the proposal. However, Telephone announced The Columbia Company has that it has completed a poll of its customers to determine whether they desired to have the toll charges eliminated on calls to Lancaster and vi- cinity. In July the company mail- ed letters to all its custom- ers on the Marietta, Colum- bia and Mount Joy exchang- es, offering toll-free service at increased monthly local service rates. The deadline for returning the ballots was August 31. returned, Mount the 2-1, Of the ballots the customers in the Joy exchange voted for proposal by a ration of Columbia split evenly; and Marietta voted against the proposal, 4 to 3. Unreturned ballots. however, had to be counted against the proposal and changed the results in Mount Joy 1.6 to 1 in favor; in Marietta, 5 to 2, against, and in Columbia, 1.8 to 1 a- gainst. A sample telephone survey of non-voting customers indi- cated that the majority didn’t vote because they were a- did not return their ballots because they had mis- placed them, “Just didn’t get around to sending it in”, Did not think my vote would make any difference’.’ or were indifferent to the change. Henry Y. Smith, president, said that ‘Initial plans are being laid to extend the free calling area of our Mount Joy customers. It is anticipat- ed that about the middle of 1966 they will be able to call Lancaster, Landisville and Manheim without paying any toll charge.” mnny is being made:- At a meeting of the citiz- ens library committee last week, Mrs. James Roberts was named president of the new Mount Joy Library Cen- fer. She has been one of the prime movers in the drive to establish a library in Mount Joy, beginning with helping to establish a Bookmobile visit in the area. That effort was so success- ful that further effort finally brought promises from the Lancaster Free Public Libra- ry to help set up a Mount Joy Center. Other officers elected in- clude: Henry G. Carpenter, honorary chairman of the board; Kenneth Gainer, first vice-president; Mrs. Robert Rosser, second vice-president, Richard A. Rainbolt, third vice-president; Mrs. John M. Heisey, secretary, and Glenn Y. Forney, treasurer. The incorporating directors of the organization, assigned to one, two and three year terms alphabetically, include Rev. Howard Bernhard, Car- penter, Forney and Gainer, one year; Mrs. Heisey, Mrs. Carl Heilman, Oliver W. Holmes, and Mrs. Thomas O'Connor, two years; Rain- bolt, Mrs. Rosser, Mrs. Rob- erts and Mrs. Donald Straub, three years. At the same meeting, with Clarence Newcomer acting as legal counsel, the group ad- opted by-laws setting out that the incorporators are "organ- ized for the purpose of estab- lishing, operating and main- taining a free public library for the citizens of the Bor- ough of Mount Joy and of surrounding area.” The cor- poration is a one which does not contemplate pecuniary gain or profit, incidental or otherwise. On Friday of last week, all other legal requirements hav- ing been met both locally and required .by the Common- wealth, the Lancaster County Court granted a charter. The Library Center is be- ing established at 20 E. Main street, which is the middie building of Carpenter's Cor- ner. Already furniture and equipment is on order and books are beginning to arrive December is set as the grand opening date, but doors will open as quickly arrangements can be made. (Turn to page 3) the as 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
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