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by R. A. R.
Elsewhere in this issue of
the Bulletin is a story about
a ‘‘creative workshop’ being
held twice each month during
the present school year for
children who have a capacity
for special enrichment.
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It should be pointed out to
the general public that here
is a forward step by the Don-
egal district in the total pic-
ture of education.
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Need for programs design-
ed to give assistance to those
youngsters who find school
work difficult are obvious.
But, in the rush to help the
unfortunate, too frequently,
the most fortunate are forgot-
ten.
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Donegal now is aifering
added stimulation for young
minds which have shown ca-
pacity and interest for know-
ledge above and beyond what
can be presented in class
rooms which must service ail
children.
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The nature of our twen-
tieth century American soci-
ety demands that every indi-
vidual reach his greatest po-
tential. The time has come
for every good mind to be
given an opportunity to work
to its top capacity and not be
held back by lack of stimula-
tion.
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We applaud a step in such
an enlightened direction.
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We have been asked this
week, “What do you think a-
bout the proposed new build-
ing for the borough and for
the Florin Fire company?”
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Publicly — “No comment”
at this time.
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Donegal high school foot-
ball fans are beginning to
wonder when and if they are
going to see a victory this
season.
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Someone suggested that the
football fans are seeing a vie-
iory at football games but
that the triumph is in the
performances of the D. H. S.
band.
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The young musicians, un-
der the guidance of Glen N.
Leib, are making better and
better showings and are mak-
ing Donegal followers proud
and happy.
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When the new suits finaliy
“do arrive everyone will burst
with beaming satisfaction.
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BULLETIN
Mount Joy's ONLY Newspaper
VOL. 66, NO. 19.
Weis Buys
Three Tracts
Three parcels of land on
Mount Joy's West Main St.
changed ownership this week,
clearing the way for the
building of a new, modern
Weis market.
Settlement was made Mon-
day morning at Lancaster
with Jacob Stauffer, Ben
Stekervetz and Asher Beam-
enderfer transferring proper-
ty to Weis.
include
re-
The latter two
buildings which will be
moved from the market site.
Both are presently unoccu-
pied.
A spokesman for Weis said
Tuesday that activity on the
plot can be expected very
shortly. The Beamenderfer
property, which included two
apartments, is to be razed.
The Stekervetz house is for
sale, to be moved.
Purchase of the land {fol
lowed clearing of a number
of knotty details, including
exact zoning requirements
and determination of the
right-of-way of Orchard road.
Both were handled at the
Mount Joy Borough council
meeting on Monday night,
October 3.
Trick or Treat’
Nite on Oct. 28
“Trick or Treat’ Night in
Mount Joy will be on Friday,
October 28th. ONLY!
That is the word handed
down this week by Police
Chief Bruce Kline as he sur-
veys the activities leading up
to Halloween.
Already, he pointed out,
there have been advance in-
dications of the annual prank
season despite the fact that
Halloween actually is more
than two weeks away.
The chief pointed out that
parents are responsible for
the actions of their children
and issued a warning that his
department intends to be vig-
ilant.
In the past, special officers
have been on duty and have
given the police department
good cooperation and help in
keeping Halloween under
control.
‘Of This and That’
“Oh sun, and clouds, and
skies of June—
And flowers of June together
You cannot rival for one hour
October’s bright blue
weather!”
How true! At least it is
true for those of us who are
very fond of autumn and con-
sider it our favorite season of
the year!
There's a golden glow to
October’s days that enhances
the blue of the sky, the green
of the grass, and beauty of
the late flowers.
Do we imagine it, or are
the colors of the summer
flowers (petunias, for in-
stance) muted somewhat these
days? The pinks don’t seem
quite as pink, the purples as
dark, or the blues as bright,
though there is a profusion of
blooms. Could it be that Mo-
ther Nature has toned them
down somewhat, to blend
with the soft hues of her au-
tumn flowers, the chrysanthe-
mums and asters?
The sound of falling acorns
beneath the oaks, the rustling
of brown leaves underfoot,
the smell of burning leaves,
the gorgeous array of color
in the maples, elms, oaks,
poplars ,dogwood and other
trees—these are some of the
joys of October which we
would miss very much if we
lived in a ‘climate where
there was no change of sea-
sons.
We are having an unusual-
ly nice autumn this year, it
seems. Or perhaps we just ap-
preciate it more because the
summer was so uncomfortab-
ly hot and dry.
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At last a mystery is solved!
Or at least partly so. About a
year ago we bought at a lo-
cal auction a beautiful, if ra-
ther ornate and cumbersome,
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TOUR SATURDAY
Saturday is the day for the
19th annual Lancaster Coun-
ty Day Open House tour,
sponsored by the Lancaster
County Art association for
the benefit of the Lancaster
Art center. It will include
nine private residences, Rock
Ford, St. Michael’s Lutheran
church in Strasburg, Rohrer’s
Mill, Ronks; and the Eagle
Americana Gun Museum.
Hours for the tour are 10 a.
m. 10 5 p.m., and the tour
may be made either by bus
or private car.
Begin Creative
Workshop Group
For Special Class
The Donegal School Dis
trict is operating a “‘Creativ-
ity Workshop” for children
with special characteristics
which permit them to profit
by such an enrichment prc-
gram.
Selected pupils in grades 4,
5, and 6 are participating.
They were tested and select-
ed by a team of psychologists.
The program is supervised
by staff members from the
office of the Lancaster Coun-
ty Superintendent of Schools,
under the direction of Dr. S.
June Smith.
The county coordinator for
the Donegal Creativity Work-
shop is Mrs. John H. Gill,
who is working cooperatively
with John G. Hart, Asst. Su-
pervising Principal.
The Workshop is being
held the second and fourth
Tuesdays of each month and
will feature talented persons
from the area who will lead
the children in experiences
that can not be offered to all
pupils in the regular class-
rooms. 4
The program for these pu-
pils meets in the Grandview
Elementary Library is as fol-
lows:
October - November - De-
cember — Mrs. Henry Lib-
hart, Arts & Crafts.
January - February - March
— Carl Heilman, Astronomy,
Modern Math and Mathemat-
ics games.
April - May — Eugene Say-
lor, Photography and Nature
Study.
These pupils will be active-
ly participating in the pro-
gram. It will be a laboratory
type experience.
The following pupils will
be participating:
Pamela Brock, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Brock,
528 E. Front St., Marietta:
Jack Dettinger, son of Mr.
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Fire Co. Names
New Secretary
One of two vacancies in
the Friendship Fire company
list of officers was filled on
Thursday night, Oct. 6, as
firemen held their October
meeting.
Wesley Wittle was named
recording secretary to fill a
vacancy left the month before
when Elwood Young resign-
ed.
Another vacancy, chief en-
gineer, was not filled.
THIS ISSUE --
Two Sections
24 PAGES
MOUNT JOY, PENNA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1966
Devoted to the Best Interest and Welfare of Mount Joy
SEVEN CENTS
Add New Free Phone Calls
The Pennsylvania Public
Utility Commission has grant-
ed Columbia - United Tele-
phone company permission
to institute its plan for elimi-
nation of toll charges on tele-
phone calls between Mount
Joy and Landisville, Mount
Joy and Manheim.
Toll charges will be discon-
tinued Sunday, October 16th,
according to Henry Y. Smith,
Columbia - United president,
who reporfed that increased
local service rates designed to
partially offset the loss in toll
revenue will go into effect at
the same time.
Mount Joy telephone sub-
scribers voted in favor of the
plan in a poll taken in mid-
1964.
Elimination ‘of the toll
charge will quadruple the
number of telephones Mount
Joy telephone customers may
call without a toll charge.
Dialing the three new local
service points will be simpli-
fied when the service is in-
augurated Sunday. Merely
dialing the seven digits of
the number desired, the same
as on a local call, is all that
is required. It will no longer
be necessary to prefix the ac-
cess code digit, 1, on calls to
Lancaster, Landisville and
Manheim.
Additional facilities neces-
sary to make the toll-free
calling possible were install-
ed by Columbia-United at a
cost of approximately $75,000
President Smith estimated the
loss in toll revenue will a-
mount to $53,000 annually.
Nine other Lancaster coun-
ty communies served by four
separate telephone companies
will also benefit from expan-
sion of local service routes
October 16.
Gas Line Activity Quickens
Pipe line activity demand-
ed considerable attention in
the area this week as men
and machines took advantage
of ideal weather to push .in-
stallation of the big 20-inch
natural gas facility.
At many of the road cross-
ings along the right-of-way,
crews responsible for various
phases of the job were work-
ing 10 hours per day.
A six-day week is in effect
at present but as weather
puts the squeeze on the sched-
ule, the crews may go on a
seven-day-per-week basis.
The chief trench digger —
a fast-moving machine which
scoops out dirt and small
stones with a wheel-like mo-
tion—has long ago passed
through the Mount Joy area
and moved eastward.
Now come huge earth-mov-
ing shovels to handle bigger
rocks and highway approach-
es. Back hoes clear tight spots
where the larger machines do
not have room to work.
One of the most important
“crossings” to be made in this
area is the Pennsylvania rail-
road at a point immediately
east and south of Haines ser-
vice station,
That job was scheduled for
Tuesday. However, the area
was rock bound and all
trenching and preparation
work was slow.
Those in charge feared that
the boring machine which
forces a heavy steel casing
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Derby Date Set
The Donegal Derby is plan-
ned for Nov. 5, with a rain
date of Nov. 12." It wiil - be
held this year, as in the past,
on Harold Endslow’s Donegal
Airstrip.
All parties wishing to par-
ticipate in Saturday atter-
noon’s activities should con-
tact Dave Martin, 23 Mariet-
ta Ave., Mount Joy, phone
653-5512.
One areca where participant
is needed is in the sulky
competition.
Co-sponsorship this year
will. be Endslow and the MH.
Joy Jaycees, with Curvin
Martin as adviser.
BULLETIN'S
NEW
TELEPHONE NUMBER
653-4400 |
An Editorion
Last week Mount Joy Borough Council receiv-
ed a complete report on the activities of its build-
ing committee.
A long and more exhaustive study than might
have been anticipated, the report, in essence, said
that the committee feels the borough should build
a combination garage for its several vehicles and
fire house for the Florin
Fire company.
The committee went deep into the project to
have preliminary drawings made of the building
it has in mind and had estimates made by reput-
able suppliers and contractors.
The cost,
apparently would be considerably
in excess of $60,000 — perhaps 10 or 15 percent or
even more.
Almost immediately
after the report was
made opposition to the plan appeared under the
surface and within a few days the ideas put forth
on Monday (the 3rd) were under fire.
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