1966 RT TEE a Te —— om a... by R. A. R. We told you recently that the New York Stock Ex- change has been invited to relocate in Mount Joy. ® oO o It is then fair to continue the story and report that the executive secretary of the NYSE has made reply to that invitation. In a very, very nice letter, he said that more than 500 communities have made similar proposals. ® o # The matter of location is being placed, he said, in the hands of the stock exchange’s real estate consultants but he assured that Mount Joy would be carefully consider- ed. First, choice, for a new location, he pointed out would probably be either New Jersey or Connecticut but he added that other states at a greater distance from Manhattan are not excluded. % ® ® And, the writer added, speaking for Mr. Funston, NYSE president, Mount Joy “may” be visited. ® o J Interest in petunias is growing — We heard this week of a loal flower hobby- ist who has caught the idea of “plant petunias” and on Monday took pains to plant three ‘“flats” of very special varieties. ® ee oO In terms of numbers, that would probably represent 250 or more plants. Actually, the seeds are so small that it may be hard for him to accurate- ly estimate how many little green shoots may be coming up within a few days. ® ® © Two suggestions — one for Mount Joy and the other for the U. S. government. ®e © © 1. — On Saturday, May 28, Mount Joy will stage its an- nual Memorial Day parade— one of the big, big events of the year. Wouldn't it be nice that day if children all along the parade route had flags— American flags, the Stars and Stripes—to wave as the wvar- (Turn to page 8) BULLETIN Mount Joy's ONLY Newspaper -— Devoted to the Best Interest and Welfare of Mount Joy VOL. 65. NO. 45 MOUNT JOY, PENNA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 1966 SEVEN CENTS 44 Acres Annexed To Mount Joy Borough OPTIONED BY NCR TAKE IN SITE A well-considered step to clear the way to make pos- sible the construction of a new industry in Mount Joy was taken Monday night, April 18, by the Mount Joy Borough Council. At a special meeting, held in the fire hall, the council annexed 44.675 acres of land at the east edge of the pres- ent borough line. The area is owned by Clar- ence and Arthur Hostetter, who already have optioned approximately half the acre- age to National Cash Register company of Dayton, Ohio, as the possible site of a new plant. The land, described official- ly and in detail in a legal notice appearing elsewhere in this issue of The Bulletin, generally lies between Route 230 and the Pennsylvania Railroad and extends from the present National-Stand- ard property eastwardly to the Wilbur Ebersole and COUNCIL GIVES FULL APPROVAL J. Roy Breneman properties on the east. Annexation request was presented to the council by the Hostetter brothers and ac- ton on the part of the coun- cilmen was unanimous. The action places the land in the east ward of the bor- ough. The Mount Joy Zoning commission previously had given approval of the action and designated the area suit- able for commercial and in- dustrial development. As the Council took 1his annexation step, officials of National Cash Register week were being given an opportunity to study to pro- position and possibilities oi- fered to them a week ago by this Borough Council and oy Borough Authority. The latter has indicated that water and sewer lines can be placed on the NCR site and outlined financial ar- rangements. Building & Loan Holds Meeting Officers and directors of the Mount Joy Building and Loan association were re-el- ected Wednesday evening, April 13, as the sctockhold- ers held their 1966 meeting and at the annual reorganiza- tion meeting which followed Both meetings were held at the Mount Joy office of the Lancaster County Farm- ers National Bank. John M. Booth was retain- ed as president; J. Willis Freed as vice-president; Glenn Y. Forney as secretary; Robt. Kline, assistant secre- tary and bookkeeper; and Christ Walters, treasurer. Directors reelected include Elmer Ginder, Robert Kline and Richard A. Rainbolt. Other directors are Freed, Booth, Simon Nissley Forney Walters, and George Keener. The secretary’s report at the annual meeting of the Mount Joy Building & Loan Association showed a result of operations for the year ending March 31, 1966, total assets are $779,954.11, an in- crease over last year of $36,- (Turn to page §) ‘Of This and That’ Miscellaneous jottings: We lost a good neighbor this past week. Mrs. George Douglas, Florin Avenue, who has been with her daughter, Fern, in Boston during this past winter, returned to Mount Joy just long enough to sell her household furnish- ings and put her home up for sale. : Mrs. Douglas, long a resi- dent of Mount Joy, will now be living close to the campus of Wellesley College in Well- esley Hills, Mass., where her daughter, a registered nurse is on the medical staff of the college. # % i Mr. and Mrs. Norman Shenk and three sons, Mount Joy R2, had a memorable experi- ence as they were returning not long ago by jet from a 3- months tour of duty at a a Mennonite mission station in British Honduras. As they were flying north toward Florida, their pilot announced to the jet’s passen- gers that he had been given permission to fly a few miles “off course” so that they might possibly see the blast- off of Gemini VI from Cape Kennedy. A little later, he tipped the sharply to one side, and by the editor's wife looking out the windows, the Shenks DID see the capsule blast off and begin its historic trek through space! * * * “This is the stuff of which memories are made,” ran a famous advertising line of several years ago. We were reminded of that line when we heard that one of Mount Joy’s busy doctors had taken his own son and five other boys on a fishing and camping expedition this past weekend. What lucky boys! A Columbia man may have caught a trout worth $10,000, but those six boys, trout or no trout, had an out- ing that was priceless !! * * * Spring, though late, has come. Have you seen the gor- geous red, burnt-orange and yellow tulips at the Dr. Ros- coe Thome home on Delta St. . or the solid red ones at the Showalter home on Flor- in Avenue . . . or the. happy yellow of the abundant for- (Turn to page 5) THIS ISSUE -- Two Sections 24 PAGES Weis Seeks Zone Change Action to clear the way for construction of a proposed Weis market in Mount Joy or denial of a rezoning petition is expected next week. The Borough Zoning com- mission is scheduled to meet at'8 pm. Thursday, April 28, at the fire hall, to study a proposal to rezone a area of land on West Main street. The plot of ground includ- Farm Women 8 Hold Meeting Society of Farm Women 8 met Saturday afternoon at Musser Spring House with 28 members and seven guests attending. Devotions were in charge of Mrs. Wm. Heisey. Roll Call was answered by naming a sign of Spring be- ginning with your last initial. Kathy Brubaker played a piano solo. Henry Libhart was the speaker. He showed pictures, and talked about Art. The Society voted to buy a coffee maker for the use of the Society. They also planned to give $50 to the county project, (Farm & Home building) and $25 to the Citizenship Schol- arship Fund. The Society will bake cookies for the N.S.O. party to be held May 14 at Lancas- ter. Refreshments were served by the hostesses, Mrs. Henry Musser, Mrs. Martin Musser, Mrs. Clarence Greider, Mrs. Roy Greider. The May meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Clyde Wivell. Parking Meter ‘Voting Open Have you expressed your- self on the subject of park- ing meters? In last week's issue of the Bulletin there appeared a “ballot”, published by the Mount Joy Chamber of Com- merce and inviting the pub- lic to “vote” on how it feels about having parking meters in the borough. ’ Many people have felt in- clined to participate in the voicing of an opinion. Many others, perhaps, have not marked a ballot. Harold Keller, Chamber of Commerce president, this week said that the votes will not be counted for a few days more to allow everyone who wishes to have ample time to express an opinion. “Ballots” were printed on page 3 of last week’s Bulletin small’ es properties held by two owners — Jacob Y. Stauffer and Asher Beamenderfer — and located immediately west of the Kinsey Arrow shop. Weis Markets propose to erect a modern super market on the land, which extends some 425 feet northward from Main street to the back of lots which face onto Birch- land avenue. Already 300 feet of the 425 is zoned for commercial use. The remainder of the depth of the tract under considera- tion is zoned ‘Residence B’. A third property owner in the area is reported to have been contacted with propos- als to sell. Plots owned by Beamen- derfer (an apartment house) and by Stauffer (unimproved land) were placed on 90-day option to Weis on March 29. Weis already has had survey- ors on the ground. Omar Groff, Chairman of the Mount Joy Zoning com- mission, said this week that the Thursday night meeting next week is open to the pub- lic and that all interested persons are invited. He expects that at the same meeting representatives of the Weis real estate section will be able to answer ques- tions concerning the proposed new business venture. Tetanus Clinic Called ‘Success’ Six hundred and eleven people of the Mount Joy area were given tetanus vac- cinations Sunday in the first of a series of three “T”’ Day programs! The response to the pro- ject, backed and promoted by the Mount Joy Communi- ty Council, prompted the sponsors to call the day’s ef- fort a ‘‘success.” The Council, noting ihat there probably are several people of the community who either forgot about the pro- gram on Sunday or were out of town, said this week that doctors in Mount Joy have a supply of the tetanus toxid and that those people interes- ted may get their first shot. Some people, the Council found, did not understand that Sunday was the first of a series of three shots which people who want complete immunization should plan to take. The second in the series will be given on Sunday, May 15, as indicated in pre- vious publicity. The third should be taken about a year later. The “IT” Day program was staged at Friendship Fire Hall with volunteers aiding and assisting. First Grade Registration Parents who plan to enter their children in first grade in the schools of the Donegal District for the 1966-67 school year, and who have not had their children enrolled in kindergarten classes during the present term, are asked to register them during the week of May 2 to May 6th. Registration should be made at the elementary school office in the building where the pupils will attend. These offices are open Mon- day through Friday from 9 to 3 o'clock. Children must be six years of age on or before January 31, 1967, to be eligible to en- S0TH ANNIVERSARY Mr. and Mrs. John Eichler, 956 West Main street, will observe their 50th wedding anniversary on Friday. They were married April 22, 1916 in Harrisburg. Mrs. Eichler was the form- er Edith Inners. Mr. Eichler was in the egg business in this area for 41 years. They have one son, Thomas, in Manheim, 9 grandchildren and three great-grandchild- ren. ter the first grade in Septem- ber. Parents are asked to take the child’s birth certificates and vaccination certificates to the registration. Appointments will be made at the time of registration for administering the Pre- School Testing Program. Give vocational training to the manually minded, and the children’s courts of the future will have less to cio. —Lawes To Plant Petunias