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Emergency Medical
Calls
Sunday
Dr. Thomas O'Connor
will be available on
Emergency calls only. if
family physician can not
be contacted.
New Arrivals
George T. and Shirley (Fac-
kler) Halbleib, 103% West
Main street, a daughter, on
Thursday, August 4, at the
St. Joseph's hospital.
Barry L. and Linda (Max-
well) Brubaker, 720 W| Main
St.. a son, at St. Joseph's hos-
pital.
Urge Caution
Near High Wires
Pennsylvania Power and
Light company has renewed
its annual plea to Central
Eastern Pennsylvania contrac-
tors, scrapyard, operators,
railroads, TV cable compan-
jes, and fire companies to
promote the safest working
conditions possible when op-
erating cranes and other high-
reaching equipment near el-
ectric lines.
“Safety and informational
literature involved with the
company’s annual Crane Con-
tact Program have been mali-
ed to these equipment opera-
tors and to union ocicials and
service area municipal offic-
ials in an all-out effort to re-
duce the substantial, and in-
creasing, number of crane
and boom contacts each
year,” PP&L president Jack
K. Busby said. ‘In additoni,
we are asking all company
employees, through individu-
al letters and bulletin board
posters, to take an active part
in the safety campaign by re-
porting incidents of equip-
ment operating close to our
lines.
“Despite the fact it is illeg-
al to operate equipment with-
in six feet of a power line,
despite our annual efforts to
eliminate equipment con-
tacts with our lines and des-
pite the willingness of opera-
tors to cooperate with us. an-
nual contacts have increased
‘THE BULLETIN, MOUNT JOY,
PA.
NEW SPEED LIMIT PROVIDED
FOR PENNSYLVANIA HIGHWAYS
UNDER POINT SYSTEM LEGISLATION
This is the third in a series of three articles designed to inform all
Pennsylvanians regarding the new Point System legislation effec-
tive July 24, 1966. This article points out the changes that are
being made in the speed limits on many Pennsylvania highways,
one of the least publicized aspects of the new law.
four lane highways in Pennsylvania
which were previously 60 m.p.h. for
passenger cars and 50 for trucks
and commercial vehicles will
eventually be raised to 55 for com-
mercial carriers.
While the Pennsylvania Point Sys-
tem is revamping the driver's atti-
tudes through education, “roadside
Pennsylvania’ is undergoing a bit
of revamping also. The “new look”
is the result of speed limit changes
being made in keeping with the new | Two examples of areas where this
Point System, will be in effect are the Schuylkill
And back in the garages of truck- | Expressway linking Philadelphia
ers and other commercial vehicle | with its western and southwestern
owners, there have been some addi- | suburban areas, and the Penn
tional new privileges that willchange | Lincoln Parkway in Pittsburgh,
the responsibilities of the commer- | There will be certain specific areas
cial carriers. of each, however, that will be posted
“Speaking for the people, the at a lower speed.
Pennsylvania legislature has incor-| Divided four lane interstate high-
porated certain basic changes in the | ways—Route 80 traversing the State
speed limits on Pennsylvania high- | from east to west and 81 south to
ways,” said Edmund R. Ricker, | Carlisle—will have a 65 m.p.h. limit
Director of the Bureau of Traffic | for passenger cars and 55 for trucks.
for the Pennsylvania Highway | Four lane highways without di-
Department. . viders will for the most part be
While these changes in speed limits | marked at 55 for both passenger
have been anticipated by the legis- cars and trucks. It will never be
lation, none will be in effect before above and, depending upon the
the highways are marked! driving conditions, in some in-
stances lower.
THE BASIC RULE While speed limits prior to the
“Perhaps the best rule for motorists | how Poms Yom logs goon jg
to remember is simply that the |senger cars on two and three lane
basic speed limit on all Pennsylvania | highways, new markings will up the
highways will be 55 m.p.h. unless [speed limit in some instances to
posted otherwise. Remember 10 | 45 and 55.
drive within these limits,” Mr. | Conversely the legislation makes
Ricker said. a lit legal for the Secretary of High-
_ He added; “Because the speed | yqys after engineering studies to re-
limit is increased in some instances, | dyce the speed limit if safety dictates.
it does not mean that drivers should |
increase their speed if conditions |
are not favorable.”
EXTENSIVE JOBS
change the signs bordering its
43,000 miles of State highway is no
small task.
“There are about 20,000 signs
that will ultimately be changed,”
Mr. Ricker pointed out. “But all of
them will not be changed ime
mediately.”
Most changes will entail raising
a 50 m.p.h. zone to 55. Rather than
start from scratch the Highway
Department has used ingenuity in
providing 10 by 12 inch pressure
sensitive patches with a large “five”
silk-screened (or printed) on the
patch. The patch, a perfect match
with the old sign, is placed over the
zero . . . and it’s permanent.
The result: a perfect sign for the
traveler to see—reflectorized and all
—at a cost of 75 cents a patch.
To replace a sign with two speed
limits would cost $23.10 for one of
average size and, of course, more
for the extremely large one. In
addition, considerable time is saved
in effecting the change using the
“patch” system.
The patch method will save many
thousands of dollars over that of
erecting all new signs.
Under the Point System, busses,
taxis, and trucks under 5,000 pounds
will be classed the same as passenger
cars and will be permitted to travel
[at the speed limits established for
| passenger vehicles.
With an eye to improving the new
| system, the legislature, when passing
| the Act, had written into it the re-
| quirement for a statistical study of
[ both highway conditions and acci-
{dent violations in an effort to
| pinpoint accident causes. This in-
| formation will be provided to the
| legislature for future adjustments in
‘the Point System and for highway
from 29 to 40 during the past
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Under the Point System certain | Pennsylvania is a big State. To improvements.
three years,” Busby stated.
“There have been injuries,
but, fortunately, no one has
been killed during this three-
year period. We're all hold-
ing our collective breath —
hoping that when the equip-
ment does make contact with
the line, the operator and
those near his machinery will
NOT provide the connection
between the ‘hot’ equipment
and the ground.”
Busby explained that it is
impossible to tell if an energ-
ized line is dangerous just by
looking at it. “However,
PP&L will gladly advise on
safety operating procedures
and, where necessary, will
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Lions Essay Contest Open
Youth of Mount Joy have}pointed to evaluate the en-
been given a challenge to de-'tries submitted to the Mount
| Joy club, Barnhart said.
velop a plan for world peace
by the Mount Joy Lions club
— a challenge which could
earn one of them a $25,000
educational or assistance car-
eer grant.
The Lions club, together
with Lions Clubs throughout
the world, is sponsoring a
world-wide essay contest for
the world’s youth on the sub-
ject of peace.
“We are hopeful one of
our young people will win
this prestige award,” Jay
Barnhart, president of the
Mount Joy club, said as he
announced the contest local-
ly.
Open to young people who
will be 14 but less than 22 as
of January 15, 1967, the con-
test offers $50,000 in total a-
wards, including eight semi-
final world regional awards
of $1,000 each.
The contest is to develop a
formula for world peace ‘‘be-
cause we feel peace is attain-
able,” Barnhart said. “We
want to alert our youth to
the need for world peace and
focus attention on this impor-
tant goal.”
Contestants should submit
their entries in essay form,
not to exceed 5,000 words.
Closing date is Dec. 10, 1966.
Students wishing to enter
should contact Barnhart.
Judging will fall into four
categories: 75 per cent of the
essay’s points will be devot-
ed to content, 10 percent to
organization, 10 percent to
style and 5 percent to mech-
anics.
Three judges will be ap-
make suitable arrangements
so that work may be carried
on safely. Advice and assist-
ance is available at all PP&L
offices. We can’t do a thing
to help though, unless we're
called BEFORE the accident
happens,” he said.
HAD BIRTHDAP
Maurice D. Marsales, of 34
West Main street, Mount Joy,
observed his 56th birthday
on Monday, August 8.
Disability income benelts
by insurance companies ex-
ceeded the billion-dollar mark
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1966
Band Director
At Workshop
Glen Leib, Donegal band
director was a recent partici-
pant in a special course of
training in marching band
techniques and methods held
at Northwestern university,
Evanston, Ill, on July 25
through July 29.
A select group of 92 music
teachers assembled on the
university campus for a one-
week concentrated program
of study with Charles Spohn,
Director of the Marching
Band, Ohio State university,
Columbus, Ohio; and Thomas
Davis, Assistant Band Direc-
tor, University of Iowa, Iowa
City, Iowa.
Leib recently received
Northwestern's “Citation of
Participation” for his work
in the 1966 Workshop.
Manheim Moves
Farm Exposition
The Manheim Farm Show
Committee has begun plans
to relocate the site of the '66
fair from the square to Lin-
den Street, about two blocks
to the east of the old location.
This annual event had for
years been held on the square
but since the State Highways
Dept. resurfaced the street it
was reluctant to permit the
placing of tent poles which
would puncture the surface.
The committee was inform-
ed it could use the north side
of the square but felt this
would spread out the activi-
ties and Linden Street was
decided as more favorable for
the main tent, refreshment
stands and various display
booths. Other buildings, such
as Spahr’s garage and the
Scout Hall, will continue to
be used for exhibits as in the
past.
This year’s show will be
held Oct. 5, 6, and 7 with the
opening parade on Wednes-
day, Oct. 5, at 7 p. m. The
rain date will be Oct. 6. Also
planned is a Baby Parade for
Oct. 6, at 6 p.m., with Satur-
day, Oct. 8, as the rain date.
Nearly 51 million wage
earners had disability income
insurance in 1965.
The climb to the top may
be hard . . . but the bottom
is only one mistep away.
two years in a row,
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