Saturday's open house by Donegal Industries was so successful and so completely satisfactory that we can not help but wonder what a har- vest of good will some other manufacturing plants in our area could have if they plan ned a similar Saturday after- noon. ® oO o It doesn’t take a new fac- tory as an excuse. An anni- versary, a new paint job or the opportunity offered by some ‘national’ week. There are ‘national’ weeks for a- bout every product you can think of from pickles to can- dy and from shoes to hats. ® © © In considering the benefits of such an open house, we must think back to the open- ing of the Union National Bank's new building. That too was a big success. ®e ee eo Which reminds us that the Lancaster County Farmers National will have a some- what similar event very soon. ee oe eo It is evident that people are not only interested—they are eager to see the what and how in the manufacturing of products. ® oe eo People want to see the in- side workings of things. ® © eo Saturday, the women were fascinated to see the sewing together of the beautiful lit- tle slips for girls—ages 1 to 14. The men were equally fascinated to see how the machines are rigged to han- dle a tremendous volume of work. ® © oo And, the girls who operat- ed the machines, the super- visors and the men, all were so very courteous and kind (and all of them dressed up (Turn to page 3) BULLETIN DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS AND WELFARE OF MOUNT JOY AND ITS AREA VOL. 64. NO. 27 Presbyterian Churches Extend Call to Pastor The Rev. Harry A. Free- bairn, associate minister of Calvary United Presbyterian church of Highland Park, in Upper Darby, Pa., has been issued a call to fill the pulpit of the Mount Joy and Done- gal Presbyterian churches. At congregational meetings of the two churches, held on Sunday morning following a trial sermon by Rev. Free- bairn, he was unanimously selected. He is expected to come to Mount Joy not later than February 1. The call was given on the 125*h anniversary of the or- ganization of the Mount Joy church. Student Teacher Day at Annex The Donegal Annex is planning to hold a Student Day on Wednesday, Dec. 16, in all classes. Each class will elect a student to be their teacher. So that the students will have time to prepare for this assignment, the election will be one week before the Teacher Day. A student may be a teacher in only one per- (Turn to page 8) CHRISTMAS PROGRAM The Hempfield Singers will present their Christmas pro- gram at Chiques Methodist church, Route 230 east of Mt. Joy, on Sunday, Dec. 13, at 7:30 pm. The Singers are the Choral group of Hempfield high school. The director is Rich- ard Kline. ‘Of This and That’ by the editor's wife The month of December is a pleasant, interesting time in the Mount Joy area. It is the season of the priceless Christmas programs given by the elementary children, ca- pably coached by Mrs. Geo. Broske and Mrs. Walter Sloan, with the help of the many teachers . . . it is the time of church bazaars, of beautiful concerts by the church choirs and the older “children” at Donegal high . it sees the appearance of the community Christmas tree and the reappearance of the colorful lights on and in homes all over town. Downtown Mount Joy be- comes festive with the lighted wreaths on lamp posts and the gay interesting windows of the Mount Joy merchants, bekoning the Christmas shop- per. Singly, and in groups, Wo- men carry out the annual tradition of making Christ- mas candies, cookies and fruit cake . . . children pray for snow . . . the little or- phans of the Messiah Home are taken on their annual shopping tour by the Jaycees, and fed and helped with the wrapping of their gifts by the Joycees . . .There are parties . . . there is carolling . baskets are packed for the needy . . . trees are trim- med, stockings hung . . . For one whole month, cares and problems take a back seat, and Mount Joy, with the rest of the world, opens its heart to the inflow of the wonderful ‘Christmas Spirit’. (How fine it would be if we could retain enough of that “Spirit” to carry us more joyfully through the other 11 months of the year!) *® * * We have mentioned our recently-acquired interest in antiques, and the fun it is to “hunt them out” ' in shops throughout the county and at auction sales. One of our most recent ac- quisitions is one of which we are particularly proud. It (Turn to page 4) THIS ISSUE -- “Two Sections 24 PAGES 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 MOUNT JOY, PENNA., WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 9, 1964 Citizen Objects B Question of the legality of a ‘‘secret” vote by the Bor- ough Council erupted Mon- day night at the local body's December meeting, held at the fire hall. A citizen, armed with law book, first asked that the minutes of the November meeting be read. The unusual action required 22 minutes of reading by the secretary. The citizen than referred to the “secret” ballot taken to elect a borough policeman and displayed his The secretary read the sec- tion of the book which was alleged to apply. There was no resolution of the legality of the matter but later in the meeting, Council recognized the point and vot- ed that the previous action be nullified and that the vote be taken again By voice vote, Sylvester Swords was named a police patrolman, unanimously. A letter from the state SEVEN CENTS To Secret’ Voting y Mount Joy Borough Conucil law book.highway department approve ed speed limits on Donegal Springs road, making a 35- mile-per-hour top on the see- tion east of Cross Roads church and 40-miles-per-hour westward to Spookey Hill, the borough limits. It was noted that lights have been erected a- round Memorial park, that another will be erected soon behind the Acme store and that on Monday a compact- (Turn to page 8) four Indians Clobber Pequea Valley - By Wide Count With a big 65 - 38 count, the Donegal Indians wham- med Pequea Valley in the home * floor opener of the season on Friday night, Dec. 4th. From the first, it was the Tribe all the way. After jumping to a 20 - 5 lead in the first quarter, the Indians maintained a brisk pace and led 31 to 13 at the half. At the three-quarter pole it was 46 to 27 and that was the story. It was their second win in two starts. The truth of the matter is that there was just too much Rice & Brown and company for the visitors. The former poured through 21 points on 10 fielders and a single free toss while Brown was treading on his heels with nine fielders and a pair of charity ringers. Frank pushed through an even dozen points. The best the Valley boys could do was an 1l-point try by Reynolds who did it on four baskets and three free ones. The J.V.'s, had a good ev- ening, breaking out of the loss column with a 48-17 victory. Friday, the tribe goes to Penn Manor. Next Tuesday (the 15th) to Lampeter-Stras- burg. On Sunday, Dec. 6, a Sur- prise Drop-In was held in honor of the = 25th Wedding Anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Amos M. Nolt, South Jacob street, Mount Joy by their children. Approximately 40 relatives and friends were there. School Board J. Edward Charles, for many years a school director, has been elected president of the Donegal Union District schools. He was named Monday night at the annual organiza- tion meeting of the school board, held in the Donegal high school library. He suc- ceeds Dr. Thomas Mariner, who has been head of the board for two years. Charles has held the presi- dency previously. Prior to serving the Union district he was a member of the East Picks Charles Donegal township school di- rectors’ board and of the Donegal Jointure. The only other officer chosen on Monday night was Dr. David Schlosser, who will be vice-president next next year. The secretary and the treas- urer will be named in May of 1965. Dr. Mariner ‘was elected representative to the Lancas- ter County Tax Collection Bureau and Martin Musser was named alternate. The board renamed K. D. Shirk as its solicitor. Digging On Sewer construction in the Florin area continues to pro- gress. Tuesday first digging on the south side of the Penn- sylvania railroad began at the corner of Market avenue and Wood street. The big digging machine moved - east- ward from that point. Although all laying of mains on the north side of the railroad is not completed and two crews are still at work, the end is in sight and only a few ‘runs’ remain to be done. One stretch is Pink alley, which. involves settlement of right of way arrangements. That stretch is one which in- volves use of a considerable section of the sewer system on the north side of Route 230. In the meantime, the Mt. Joy Borough Authority has filed eminent domain pro- ceedings to take lands be- South Side longing to Irvin R. Musser, Mount Joy R1, deemed neces- sary for use in building a pumping station and other facilities connected with the sewer system. FREE PARKING Mount Joy’s business dis- trict will have a ‘parking meter holiday”! By vote of the Borough Council Monday night, Dec. 7, parking meters will not be enforced from Friday, De- cember 11 (Friday of this week) through January 2, 1965. By unanimous vote, the Council acted favorably upon a request made by letter from the Mount Joy Chamber of Commerce and its retail merchants’ division. A similar “vacation” was granted last year during the Christmas shopping season. National- Standard Has Good Year “The 1964 year was very successful.” That is the statement of Thomas H. Pearce, president of National-Standard, in the company's annual report, sued this week following the close of the fiscal year on Sept. 30, 1964. Although Mount Joy is on- ly part of the big N-S opera- tion, Mount Joy was one the facets of the business is- which helped to make the vear successful. Two paragraphs from the report to stockholders con- cern the opening of the Mt. Joy facility. They state: “Our new wire manufaci- uring plant in Mount Joy, Pennsylvania, was completed in 1964 in record time and well below cost estimates. of - Now in operation, this facili- ty is probably the most effi- cient wire plant in the coun- try. The total cost of this plant, financed over two fis- cal years, is approximately $3 million, 70 percent of which is machinery and equipment. “The Mount Joy plant op- erates as part of the National Standard Division in Niles, and was established to serve eastern wire customers. Phys- ically, the plant is a one- story building covering 120.- 000 square feet. It will em- ploy approximately 100 peo- ple.” The report showed a total net income of $3.968 million, highest in the company’s his- tory, and earnings equivalent to $3.25 a share. The com- pany has paid cash dividends for 49 consecutive years. This year the annual rate was $1.50 per share, which is a company record of con- tinually increasing profit re- turn to stockholders. National - Standard has op- erated at a profit for 58 con- secutive years. Mr. Pearce ing these sales is particularly — gratifying in view of major price reduc- tions which we made in sev- said, “‘Achiev- and earninge eral types of carbon steel wire. These prices adjust- ments have helped us com- petitively in obtaining new orders, and were possible on- ly because of the production efficiencies which have re- sulted from our continuing capital investment program.”
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