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by R. A. R.
It’s that time of the year
again!
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Monday the first signs of
Mount Joy's Holiday light-
ing were seen as ornamental
picces to be erected along
Main street were taken out
of storage.
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Within a few days they
will be in place and one of
the most visible evidences of
the coming of Christmas will
be apparent.
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Another sign also appear-
ed on Main street Monday.
Heavy equipment made its
appearance at the Weis site
and began pushing dirt into
big piles. Trees also were
taken down and the sure
signs of things to come were
clearly evident.
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It took a lot of pushing
and doing but as of now, the
Mount Joy Chamber of Com-
merce has erected at the east
and west edges of the bor-
ough fine, new, colorful ‘wel-
come’ signs.
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It has been a long long
job to get these two signs
and if credit is due any one
person it is Harold K. Kel-
ler, president of the Chamb-
er of Commerce. -
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At the moment, the signs
are complete except for light-
ing, which will follow before
too long.
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It is pointed out that a
lighted sign is an “extra”
which sometimes is over-
looked. During the daylight
hours the motoring public is
bombarded with signs of ev-
ery kind and shape until
their messages are lost in a
confusion of over stimula-
tion.
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At night, however, few
signs are illuminated, leaving
the few that are visible a
choice opportuiity to make
an impression upon those
who are using the highways.
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At least that is the argu-
ment that was passed along
to us.
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Have you had your ear to
the ground — listening to
learn, if you can, what turn
is being taken about the pro-
posal to build a new Florin
fire company and borough
garage?
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More and more we hear
the ~ suggestion — “Build
three or four or five garages
—whatever is needed — at a
minimum figure.”
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That won’t make every-
body happy but it would
solve the garage problem and
would be a popular solution.”
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We keep wondering —
“When is CATV coming to
Mount Joy?”
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VOL. 66. NO. 25
Mother and Son
To Sing Together
They are mother and son
al home! And this weekend
they will be mother and son
on the stage!
The two are Romayne
Bridgett and her 12-year-old
son, Jonathan, who will carry
leading roles in the Lancast-
er Opera Workshop's produc-
tion of “Amahl and the Night
Visitors,” to be presented at
Lincoln Junior high school
in Lancaster.
For the mother it will be
one of many appearances in
many kinds of musical pre-
sentations. But, for Jonathan,
it will be his debut, singing
the starring part in the pop-
ular Christmas opera.
Mother and son will sing in
one of the three preformanc-
es. They will have the leads
in the Saturday afternoon (2
p.m.) show. Other perform-
ances will be given at eight
o'clock Friday and Saturday
nights.
Another Mount Joy artist
who will appear in the pro-
duction, which is directed by
Frederick Robinson, is Asher
Halbleib, who will sing the
part of Melchior, one of the
three kings who visits the
home of Amahl and his mo-
ther.
Mrs. Bridgett, whose rich
contralto voice is well known
in the area, and her boy so-
prano have had a rare and
unusual experience of re-
hearsal since Jonathan land-
ed the star role by audition.
He is a fifth grader at Seil-
er, plays the piano and alto
horn. Described "as ‘a real
ham at heart,” he admits
that he has a delight in rock
and roll music but he has
been a serious student in
readying himself for the
matinee performance of the
Christmas opera.
Mrs. Bridgett on Dec. 4th
will be singing in Saint
Saens Christmas oratorio at
St. John’s Lutheran church
in Columbia and on Sunday
afternoon, Dec. 11, she will
sing the contralto solo part
for Handel's Messiah at Sal-
em United Church of Christ,
Allentown. Sunday, Dec. 18,
she will be singing at Saint
Paul's United Church of
Christ,
BULLETI
Devoted to the Best Interest and Welfare of Mount Joy
MOUNT JOY, PA., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1966
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SEVEN CENTS
THANKSGIVING
Remembering the blessings of
good life, each family in our com-
munity joins in a single voice of
prayerful thanks on that day set
aside for special Thanksgiving.
Push School
Step by step, the many de-
tails preliminary to the build-
ing of a new school building
at Marietta are being placed
in order.
Tentative agreements have
been reached in opening con-
versations to give the pro-
posed school use of Marietta's
Memorial Park.
Cooperative use will de-
pend upon certain agree-
ments, some of which are.ex-
pected to be reached at a
meeting on Monday, Nov. 28
between representatives of
‘Of This end
William Cullen Bryant
used these words to describe
November:
“The melancholy days are
come, The saddest of the
year, Of wailing winds and
naked woods, And meadows
brown and sear.”
Actually, perhaps, this is
usually true. But November
this year in Mount Joy has
been a month of flowers. How
many flowers have we seen
blooming during the past
three weeks? We'll name
you a few; Chrysanthemums,
petunias, a sheltered rose,
violets, snap dragons, a few
blossoms on a forsythia bush,
and an aster or two!
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So far, we have escaped
snow. But we hear the “small
fry” wishing for some! As
Christmas approaches, some
of us older ones will echo
their wish, to add to the en-
joyment of the season.
When the freak snow fell
in‘ the state of Indiana and
That’
by the editor's wife
other parts of the Midwest
in late October—from eight
to sixteen inches in some
places — our mother, who
lives in Southern Indiana
wrote:
“We -have had a real pre-
view of winter—not so cold,
but eight inches of wet, hea-
vy snow. It fell - Wednesday,
and the county and state
highway crews worked all
night, but there was no
school in the county Thurs-
day. I wish you could have
seen the yellow carpet
(leaves) underneath the ma-
ple trees, laid down on the
white snow! I never saw it
before in all my life!”
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Yes, we would have liked
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Planning
the Donegal School district
and of the Marietta Borough,
Attorneys are to be present.
The proposed tract of
land to be used for school
purposes adjoins the park,
making for what is regarded
as an ideal situation.
In the meantime, certain
local regulatory bodies are
inspecting proposed plaps.
Among those groups are the
Lancaster Planning commis-
sion, the Department of
Health and the Department
of Highways.
How to handle the sewagc
requirements is one of the
knotty problems yet unsolv-
ed.
As now projected, the
school, an elementary build-
ing, is scheduled to open in
the fall of 1968.
At its meeting Thursday
night, Nov. 17, the school
board indicated that any de-
lays will jeopardize that tar:
get date.
In other business at its De-
cember meeting, the Donegal
board of education transfer-
red its rights of option on
106 acres of land owned by
Joseph and Helen Breneman
at the north edge of the bor-
ough to the Lancaster Coun-
ty Vocational - Technical
Authority.
The board established a
$3,200 base salary for custo-
dians with annual increases.
Schedules were arranged for
custodians, custodians in
charge of buildings and for
the head custodian.
The board’s next session
will be held on Monday nite,
Dec. 5, as required by law
to hold its annual reorganiza-
tion meeting. That meeting
also will be the board’s De-
“or business session.
Two Piano
Concert Saturclay
At Donegal
Two of Mount Joy’s favor-
ite musicians, Dr. David Sch-
losser and Mrs. Ethel Bro:ske,
will present a two-piano con-
cert Saturday evening at
8:15 p. m. in the Donegal
high school auditorium. The
concert will h2 sponsored by
the Mount Joy Rotary Club
and the Business and Proies-
sional Women’s club.
Tickets are available from
any member of the two or-
ganizations, or may be pur-
chased Saturday evening at
the door.
The program will be var-
ied, and will include favor-
ites of all music lovers, ar-
ranged to take advantage of
the brilliance and depth of
two pianos being played 1o-
gether.
The public is invited tc at-
tend.
Will Play With
Civic Symphony
Lucy Eshelman, daughter
of Rev. and Mrs. James M
Eshelman, Mount Joy R2, has
been named to membership
in the civic symphony at
Manchester college, North
Manchester, Ind., where she
is a freshman, majoring in
nursing.
She is a 1966 honor gradu-
ate of Donegal high school.
She also is a member of
the college Glee Club.
Experience is what makes
vou wonder how it got its
reputation for being the best
teacher. 133