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by R. A. R.
We told you recently that
the New York Stock Ex-
change has been invited to
relocate in Mount Joy.
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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.
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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.
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And, the writer added,
speaking for Mr. Funston,
NYSE president, Mount Joy
“may” be visited.
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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.
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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.
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Two suggestions — one for
Mount Joy and the other for
the U. S. government.
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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-
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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,-
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‘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.
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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!
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“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 !!
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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-
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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