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by R. A. R.
We bumped into a local
business man this week who
had been really “down in the
dumps.”
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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.”
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It wasn’t an imposing piece
of equipment so “up she
went” and into the big com-
pactor.
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Shortly afterwards the
loss was noted and the big
hunt was on.
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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?
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No.
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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
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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. : ; ]
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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?