A few weeks ago the Bul-
letin carried a story about
how a lesson taught by the
late Mervin Brandt, former
Mount Joy schoolman, saved
the life of one of Mount Joy's
young businessmen. You re-
member?
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The incident was not only
a tribute to Brandt, who
taught the lesson, and to the
pupil who learned the lesson,
but also to the teaching pro-
fession itself.
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The story laid emphasis
upon the need for teachers
who stand straight and tall,
who insist that studies and
the lessons of life be learned
—even the hard way, if nec-
essary.
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It also emphasizes the need
for good teachers — teachers
who not only know their sub-
ject matter and can transmit
it to their young charges but
who by precept and example
teach some of the values of
integrity.
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A few days ago we were
discussing with one of Mount
Joy's young men the story
mentioned above about
Brandt’s lesson which saved
a life.
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This young man, now sev-
eral years out of Mount Joy
high school, a father of two,
said, “I'll tell you what
three men in my school days
played the most important
roles in shaping my life. They
were Brandt, Bill Nitrauer
and Wilbur Beahm.”
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The lad who was influenc-
ed must have had good ‘“‘sha-
ping” for now one of his
daughters is in college, he
holds a responsible job in a
highly creative and competi-
tive field, has become a good
churchman and has taken a
full burden of responsibility
in the civic affair of his home
commupnity
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Actually, what has happen
ed to this boy—now a man—
is exactly what schools are
all about.
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Schools are to teach child-
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DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS AND WELFARE OF MOUNT JOY AND ITS AREA

VOL. 65. NO. 38.
MOUNT JOY, PA.,, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 1966
SEVEN CENTS

Students on Deans’ Lists Mount Joy Library Center
Holds Annual Meeting
Four Mount Joy area stu-
dents are among 89 who
have been named to the
Déan’s List of Honor for the
first semester at Elizabeth-
town college, Dean Jacob E.
Hershman has announced.
They are:
Richard E. Heisey, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Elam W. Heis-
ey, 350 South Market Ave.
Mount Joy; Thomas Meckley,
son of Jay H. Meckley, 35
West Main St., Mount Joy;
Patricia A. Shetter, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Shetter
of 943 Church St., Florin;
and Susan M. Thome, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert S.
Thome, Mount Joy R2.
To achieve Dean’s List
honors a student must have
a 3.5 academic average or
better for the semester. A
“straight A” average is 4.0.
Heisey, a mathematics ma-
jor, earned 4.0 distinction.
Richard W. Sloan, 129 S.
Market, son of Mr. and Mrs.
G. Walter Sloan, a second-
year student majoring in
chemistry at the Philadelphia
College of Pharmacy and Sci-
ence, has been named on the
Dean’s List there in recogni-
tion of his scholastic excel-
lence during the first semest-
er of the current year.
Sylvia M. Longenecker,
daughter of Linn W. Longe-
necker, Manheim R4, was
named to the Dean’s List of
West Chester State College,
West Chester.
Miss Longenecker, a form-
er resident of Mount Joy, was
graduated from the Manheim
Central high school in 1965,
and is now a college fresh-
man, majoring in Music Edu-

BROWNIE TROOP 19
In January members of
Brownie Troop 19 of Florin
Ward cleaned the top floor of
the Florin hall. In February
the girls were given a tour
of the Fire Company quar-
ters. They are working on
donations of boxes of cookies
which they will mail to ser-
vicemen. Mrs. Peggy Brown
and Mrs. Patricia Smith are
leaders of the group.

‘Of This and That’
by the editor's wife
They say that the bypass a-
round Mount Joy will be un-
der construction within two
or three years.
“What will the bypass do
to Mount Joy?” has been a
favorite question among the
townspeople for at least ten
years.
We think it will be a ftre-
mendous improvement! Far
from taking business away
from Main Street, we believe
it might bring some business
back. And it will make the
homes along Main Street a
thousand times more pleasant
and desirable!
As things stand now, one
must almot take his life into
his hands to cross the busy
thoroughfare. It’s equally
hazardous to park a car or
get back into the stream of
traffic when one’s errand is
completed.
Day and night, huge trucks

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ally braking suddenly with a
frightening sound of - load-
shifting.
At certain times of the day
there is a continuous stream
of commuter traffic that
makes it almost impossible to
get onto Main Street from a
side street except at a traffic
light.
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But as with all things, there
ARE compensations. It is an
interesting stream of traffic!
If one wants to be entertain-
ed all he needs to do it to
sit quietly and watch it go by
This we did, one day last
week, and in a brief 10-min-
ute period, as we kept our
eyes glued to the constant
stream, this is what we saw:
Innumerable station wag-
ons, a dozen VW’s and other
foreign cars, two c¢ hicken
trucks, several refrigerator
trucks, a pickup truck, a ce-
ment mixer, a police car, a
telephone service truck, and
scores of passenger cars of
every color, from white to
roar through town, occasion-
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cation.
John Hart, sophomore stu-
dent at West Chester State
college has been placed on
the Dean’s List for outstand-
ing academic achievement!
A graduate of Donegal high
school, he is now majoring
in health and physical edu-
cation and participating in
wrestling. He is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. John G. Hart,
Marietta road.
Nancy J. Schlosser, daugh-
ter of Dr. and Mrs. David E.
Schlosser, 304 E. Main street,
Mount Joy, has been named
to the Dean’s List at Ursinus
College, Collegeville, Penna.,
for the first semester of the
current academic year.
Achievement of this honor
requires that a student have
had at least one A and no
grades lower than B during
the semester for which he is
named.
Miss Schlosser is a junior
majoring in English in pre-
paration for post-graduate
study. She sings in the 225-
voice ‘Messiah’ Chorus which
presents the Handel oratorio
annually at Ursinus. This is
the second time she has been
named to the Dean’s List.
Rotarians Elect
New President
Jay Risser, sales manager
of J. C. Snavely and com-
pany, has been elected presi-
dent of the Mount Joy Rotary
club.
Elected Tuesday noon, he
will take office July 1 and
succeeds Lester Hostetter,
who has served the club as
president the past year.
Other officers selected at
the Tuesday noon meeting of
the club, held at Hostetters
are:
Clair Gibble, first vice-
president; Dr. Robert F. Esh-
leman, second vice-president;
Dr. Ralph Coleman, secretary
and Joe Shaeffer, treasurer.
Officers were selected by
the board of directors which
had been elected by the club
earlier. They include: besides
those mentioned above, Floyd
E. Bowden and Glenn Y: For-
ney.
Rotary’s Tuesday program
was in the form of a club
assembly at which chairmen
of various committees gave
oral reports of activities.
President Hostetter was in
charge.
Form New Firm
To Produce Eggs
The newly-formed firm
known at Donegal Producers
this week announced that it
has completed arrangements
for purchase of one of the
Florin Farms, Inc., farms,
owned by Musser and Abner
Wolgemuth.
Owned by Daniel, Jay and
Don Wolgemuth, the firm
will shortly begin a high-
volume egg production op-
eration.
The 63-acre farm they are
buying is on the Spookey Hill
road and includes two exist-
ing chicken houses.
Plans call for installation
of fully automated equip-
ment and a greatly increased
hen capacity to accomodate
more than 40,000 birds.
It is expected that
tion can be begun early
the summer.
opera-
in
Mrs. Donald Straub, South
Market Street, has been el-
ected president of the
Mount Joy Library Center.
She was named Monday
night, Feb. 28, as the library
board held its annual reorg-
anization meeting.
The new president suc-
ceeds Mrs. James Roberts,
who had asked to be relieved
after serving through the or-
ganization period and thru
the initial year of operation
of the library.
A resolution of apprecia-
tion for her vision of a libra-
ry, her courageous approach
to organization and for her
time and energy in planning
and operating the project
was prepared by the board.
The election Monday night
followed the annual meeting
of the library society's mem-
bership meeting. Three direc-
tors were reelected. Mrs. Al-
ice Heilman, also a retiring
director, declined to be a
candidate for relelection
pointing out that her position
as extension librarian with
the Lancaster Free Public Li-
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Police Patrolman Resigns
Sylvester Swords, for 14
months a member of the
Mount Joy Borough police
force, has resigned and has
become a guard at the Lan-
caster county prison.
His resignation became ef-
fective last Friday, Feb. 25,
and he began his new job on
Tuesday, March 1.
Swords, who was the first
“third” full-time officer the
borough has had, changed
employment for a combina-
tion of more money and bet-
ter working conditions.
The county pays more
money than the borough of
Mount Joy and guards work
40-hour weeks.
Mayor Frank Walter, who
is directly in charge of the
police force, said that he is
very sorry to see Swords
leave and added that he has
been ‘‘developing into a good
police officer.” Swords had
been taking police training
courses and his boss says
that his resignation is a loss
to Mount Joy.
Replacement, for the time
being, will be made by em-
ploying the present men —
Chief Bruce Kline and Pa-
trolmen Mike Good — addi-
tional hours, Mayor Walter
said.
Permanent replacement of
Swords is a matter for con-
sideration by the local ‘“‘civil
service ” board, which was
created a little more than a
vear ago when the borough
upped its police force from
two to three.
The board will hold exam-
inations, recommend candi-
dates and the Borough Coun-
cil will do the employing
from the list furnished by
the board.
WINS ESSAY CONTEST
A third Donegal high school
student within five years has
won an annual contest spon-
sored county-wide by the bar
association.
Each year seniors visit the
Lancaster County court
house and following their re-
turn write essays based on
impressions they had on the
trip.
The 1965 winner, it was
announced this week, was
Jack Rice. His was among a
group of about 10 picked as
the best from Donegal. They
were then entered in the
county contest.
In 1961 Dorothy Engle was
winner of the county compe-
tition and in 1963 Nancy
Mull was the champion.

An Editorion
Mount Joy Borough faces the problem
police patrolman!
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of hiring a
Last week Officer Sylvester Swords resigned to take
another job and the reason given was “wages and working
conditions.”
RB &
The official interpretation given is that
been offered more money at
Swords has
the Lancaster County Prison
as a guard than the borough can pay him as a beginning
patrolmen. Too, the explanation is that “he will work 40
hours and then have time for some extra income as a con-
stable.”
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These things are, apparently, true and there is no reas-
on to disbelieve or to challenge them.
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However, it is worthy of note, although it may be pure-
ly coincidental, that there is unhappy dissatisfaction
in
certain circles about police salaries.
* *
Unhappiness began many months ago but recently
situation grew more tense as
its 1966 budget.
* *
Pay raises were worked
*
the
the borough council drew up
he
out for several borough em-
ployees, as well as for the police. When the raises finally
were voted by the council members,
the question of when
the raises were to become effective was not included in the
official motion.
The question ‘“when do the raises become effective?”
was posed by a non-member
of the council. Without even
asking any other member of the council, without giving the
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