Pe ——— A ————————————— by R. A. R. We bumped into a local business man this week who had been really “down in the dumps.” ° ® 0 It seems that an employee had set a valuable container outside the door for some reason or other and just at that time the trash collectors came by, picking up every- thing which appeared to be “headed for the dump.” ® ¥ J It wasn’t an imposing piece of equipment so “up she went” and into the big com- pactor. ® © eo Shortly afterwards the loss was noted and the big hunt was on. ® © @ When we saw the boss his hands were cut and his clothes were a mess, for he literally had been “down in the dumps” hunting and root- ing around trying to find the missing property. Did he find it? ® © © No. ® © o Periodically someone turns up, interested in the caves which have their openings at the Cove. BULLETIN DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS AND WELFARE OF MOUNT JOY AND ITS AREA VOL. 65. NO. 40 MOUNT JOY, PA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 1966 +p a 5 ct * - = The Mount Joy 5% . S fo SEVEN CENTS NATIONAL CASH REGISTER CO. OPTIONS LOCAL FACTORY SITE An option to buy approximately 23 acres of land immediately east of the Borough of Mount Joy has been taken this week by one of America’s biggest industries. If exercised within the next 90 days, the site, owned by Arthur and Clarence Hostetter, could become the location of a plant owned by National Cash Register of Dayton, Ohio. The option was signed Monday afternoon and immediately machinery moved into high gear to Boro Buys Florin Water In what was almost a sim- ultaneous transaction, the Mt. Joy Borough Authority borrowed half a million dol- lars and paid $307,000 for tht Florin Water Works. The money changed hands quickly Wednesday at the Union National Mount Joy bank as members of the Au- thority, bank officials who are trustees for the Authori- ors, arrived in Mount Joy earlier this week and Mon- day were signed by B. Titus Rutt, chairman of the Auth- ority; Daniel Wolgemuth, secretary, and by Lester Hos- tetter, the bank’s officer and trustee. Purchase of the water plant now moves into anoth- er phase. Very shortly the Author- make test drilling on the site, to make surveys and to investigate the ways and means of instal ling water and sewer facilitjes. The Hostetter brothers signed the option with representatives of a Chicago firm which specializ es in making industrial site surveys for big com- panies and assists with the technicalities of plant locating. The firm does not do engineering or con- struction work. Principals is the transaction Monday indicat- ed that the plot under consideration is located be- tween Road 230 and the Pennsylvania railroad. The west boundary roughly follows an old fence row which stretches southward across the roac from in front of the home formerly occupied by Mrs. Ralph Eshleman. The east boundary is imme- diately west of the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Ebersole. National Cash Register is regarded as one of the nation’s top industrial corporations, rated as a blue chip” organization by any measure of com- parison. If plans develop as now anticipated, the new plant here would be an installation which would do printing for NCR. It is anticipated that a wide variety of print- ®e ee ©o ty, fiscal agents, attorneys, ity will ask for bids for con- . : Recently there was a representatives of the Florin structing a new 12-inch wa- Ing and processing will be done. including a huge young man in the Bulletin Water company and others ter line from the Florin volume of supplies for electronic equipment. office who expressed curious- looked on. spring, stretching across op- In the past the company has been known as ity about “caves of historic interest.” He was in the process of ‘doing a paper’ on the subject and was doing some original Heart of the formal busi- ness was the handing to the authority by C. C. Collings and company of Philadelphia a check for $500,000 in ex- change for 500 $1,000 bonds en fields to the existing 12- inch main under the Mariet- ta Pike. It is anticipated that the connection-will be made near Melvin M. Graybill home. makers of cash registers but in recent year expan- sion and diversification has led into electronics, where great strides are now being made. If the site is developed, within eight months to a year, employment is expected to be about 250) exploration. : ; ] ®e © eo aad hen oe Living by fe WSifer be ) be done - people, a big percent of which would be minke He had been in one of the authority ’ or e cludes consicerable r 1p- a, Wi : : Cove caves but had not water company’s assets, in- ing of the pumping equip- ir nla Wiles would be begun this sum- found anything of particular cluding its big-producing ment and pumping station, bo ab ay eted as quickly as possible, would significance. The stories a- spring, pumping plant, distri- improving of the water col- € about 125,000 square feet in size. bout the hermit and the In- dians already were familiar to him. bution system and equipment. The bonds, which will be offered by Collings to invest- lecting system and installa- tion of a water softening (Turn to page 4) National Cash Register has been interested in the local area for many many months and repre- sentatives have been in and out of Mount Joy checking, investigating, studying and conferring with local people. An Editori How long, how long? How long must the people wait? How much blood must be washed into the gutters before the state highway department takes a giant step to help prevent deaths on Road 230 between Mount Joy and Elizabethtown? Since June of 1965, ten people have died along a rela- tively short strip of highway which has all the appearances of being a fine, high-speed modern highway. But, it is a fooler! As a three-lane road, it straddles’ the fence of death and has become “The Killer Strip” of Lancaster county. In the past, the state has been urged to “do something” to put motorists on the alert that this stretch of roadway is dangerous. But, except for a very few lines, nothing has been done to curb the march of carnage. We have said a number of times, and we say it again-— please, please paint some lines on that highway, making it illegal to pass in a three lane situation. Nine people are included in the cast of the play, “Never Too Late,” which will be given March 21 through 26 at the Donegal high school "Annex. by the Mount Joy Lions club. A sophisticated comedy in three acts, the production will include these pictured above: front row (seated) left to right: Jake Aument, Betty Klinedinst, Lavon Harnish,- Virginia Horst; back row (standing) Jerry Shetz, Morrell Shields, Asher Halbleib, Sam Harnish and Lloyd Derr. —Photo by Marshall Dussinger We speak of the type markings which exist between Wrightsville and York on Road 30. Tell the motorists, by the yellow linés, that they are NOT to use the third lane for passing in both directions. Others speak of widening this stretch of highway. Oth- ers point out that the dangers will be lessened when the new 230 bypass is built. : Lloyd Derr and Sam Harnish 1, has qualified in Germany, The production is being di- as an expert in firing the M- rected by Tom Wolfgang. 14 rifle. Late,” next week, March 21 ‘Never Too Late” has been The expert rating is the to 26, beginning at 8:00 p.m. produced professionally for highest mark a soldier can each night at the Donegal about three years but has on- achieve in his rifle qualifica- annex. This year’s play is a ly reecntly been released for tion test. sophisticated three-act come- amateur presentation. . dy. The play stars Morrell Shields, Betty Klinedinst, The Mount Joy Lions Club will present its 4th annual stage production, “Never Too We want something NOW. Death is hovering over that stretch NOW. - Painting lines may not be the solution to the problem, but painting is something that can be done NOW and it is just possible that painting lines would save a life — or maybe two or three. To date, no one has done much of anything. THIS ISSUE -- “Two Sections 24 PAGES QUALIFIES AS EXPERT "Specialist Five Donald L. Snavely, 22, son of Mr. and Gerald Sheetz, Mrs. Henry P. Snavely, Rte. Is it too much to ask that those responsible for the safety of the people do something NOW? Asher Halbleib, and LaVon Harnish. Other cast members include Virginia Horst, Clay- ton Aument, How long, how long?
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