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The Mount Joy
THE BULLETIN, MOUNT JOY, PA.
BULLETIN
MOUNT JOY, PENNA.
Published Weekly on Wednesdays
Except Fourth of July Week and Christmas Week
(50 Issues Per Year)
11 EAST MAIN STREET, MOUNT JOY, PENNA, 17552
In the heart of fabulous Lancaster County.
Richard A. Rainbolt
Editor
and
Publisher
Subscription Rate - $2.50 per year by mail.
Advertising Rates upon request.
Entered as the post office at Mount Joy, Penna., as sec
ond class mail under the Act of March 3, 1879.
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e Deaths
HELEN E. GROSSER
Mrs. Helen E. Grosser, 76,
of 2212 N. 45th St., Fort
Pierce, Florida, died at the
General hospital at 3:01 p.|
m. Wednesday, May 10, af-|
ter a long illness.
She was the widow of
Richard P. Grosser.
Mrs. Grosser was born in
Leipzig, Germany. She re:
sided in Fort Pierce for the
past 11 years, and before that
lived in Ozone Park, Long
Island, N. Y.
She was a member of the
Lutheran church.
Mrs. Grosser had come to
Mount Joy to visit with her
son-in-law and daughier, Mr.
and Mrs. Gerald R. Zielke.
She is survived by two
daughters, Eleanor A. wife
of Gerald R. Zielke, Mount
Joy, and Norman E., wife of
Richard J. Sellman, Lancast-
er; two grandchildren, one
great grandchild and a bro-
ther, Emil Freiberg, Muegein,
Germany.
Funeral rites were held on
Saturday, May 13, from the
Heilig funeral home.
Returns to Local
Dutch Pantry
. Mrs. Edna K. Mumma has
returned to the Duteh Pantry
restaurant on Route 230, be-
tween Elizabethtown and
Mount Joy, it is announced
by Edwin S. Weber, Jr., exe-
cutive vice-president of the
Dutch Pantry chain.
Mrs. Mumma and her fam-
ily operated the restaurant
from 1948 until 1965. During
the past two years. Dane Lei-
ster of Elizabethtown, has
been the manager. Leister
has been promoted to manage
the company’s new restaur-
anf at Carlisle. The new op-
eration is to be called ‘“Ket-
tle Kafe” and is scheduled to
open the week of May 8.
Murphy Stores
Show Sales Gain
G. C. Murphy company’s
earnings for the first quarter
increased 47% on a sales
gain of 7.8%, as reported by
J. S. Mack, chairman of the
board and president.
On March 31 the company
had 508 stores compared with
513 the preceding March.
New locations under contract
totaled 38 compared with 21
a year ago. In the first quar-
ter 2 stores were opened, 2
were closed and 1 was mov-
ed to a larger location.
® Main Street
(From page 1)
state Board of Education to
determine whether Donegal
School District or Manheim
Central distret is to receive
the taxes which will be paid
by National Cash Register
company on the property and
development at the east edge
of the borough.
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The date for the hearing
was set for the 18th, bul a
few days ago Donegal was
notified that the arrange-
ments have been postponed.
No new date has been set.
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The NCR area has been an-
nexed into the borough oi
{ Mount Joy for taxing purpos-
ies but the annexation into
[ Donegal district is not set-
| tied. At a county board hear-
‘ing a few weeks ago, that
| body ruled that the property
should stay in Manheim Cen-
'tral district.
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Local people should be a-
ware that the money involv-
ed is not “peanuts.” It rep-
resents thousands of dollars
and the matter is extremely
important to Donegal district
and local taxpayers.
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When you are talking oi
beautiful flowers this spring,
you should know that on
Route 72, maybe a mile or or
a mile and a half south of the
turnpike interchange is one
of the most interesting.
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As one views the property
from the north, two colors of
pinks spell out “HELLO,” in
big block letters that could
be read for several hundred
yards.
e® Band Concert
(From page 1)
Presto, Beth Watto, Arthur
Baughman and Delbert Flow-
ers; and the well-publicized
“Super Sour Six Minus One,”
which played several of its
Little German band num-
bers during intermission.
Preceding the band con:
cert, the ninth grade chorus
of D.H.S. directed by Mrs.
RoAnn Lau and accompanied
by Jane Heilig and Elizabeth
Watto, presented a four-num-
ber concert.
Organ music by Dwight
Byers preceded the program.
Including the bevy of ma-
jorettes which performed
briefly, more than 100 boys
and girls participated with
the band.
Announcer for the evening
was David Brubaker.
AMP to Split
Two for One
Shareholders of Harrisburg-
based AMP Incorporated at
their annual meeting last
week approved a two-for-one
split of the issued shares.
The additional shares will be
distributed about June 5th,
1967, to shareholders of rec-
ord May 5.
Directors were reelected
for the ensuing year. U. A.
Whitaker, Chairman of the
Board and S. S. Auchincloss,
President, told shareholders
Try Camaro
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‘The Hugger”
that sales and net income of
AMP Incorporated, subsidiar-
ies and Pamcor, Inc. (an af-
filiate) for the three months
ended March 31, 1967 set
new first quarter highs. Com-
bined sales of $38,376,793 set
For Survey Aid
Asking Farmers
Farmers in the Mount Joy
area are being asked to sup-
a new high for any quarter ply pertinent information a-
and were 10% ahead of thebout livestock in a survey
$32,171,219 sales in the same Starting May 20. Postmaster
period in 1966. Kher Zerphey has announc-
ed.
Combined net income for . j
the March quarter this year Cards will be delivered to
reached $3,566,699, equal to farm mail boxes, selected at
the | random on rural routes serv.
6.087.483 Endorsed Shares ed by the Mount Joy Post
outstanding at the end of Office.
March. Thise was an increase| These semi-annual surveys
of 10% -over the $3,233,559 are conducted cooperatively
or 53 cents per share earned | each year by the Post Office
on 6,076,430 Endorsed 'and Agriculture Departments
Shares in the March quarter and serve as a basis for esti-
last year. mating numbers of livestock
They said that the lower on farms; livestock produc.
rate of increase in net income | tion; the size of the pig, calf,
was due principally to main- lamb and wool Crops; and the
taining a level of general ex- number of chickens raised.
penditures that was necessari- This information is of consid-
ly geared to the unusual quar- erable importance to farm-
ter-to-quarter growth experi-|®"S the livestock industry,
enced by the company since | industries serving agriculture,
late 1964. “While our sales |Public agencies and the gen-
{increased sharply over the eral public. Ee
level of a year ago, the im- Farmers receiving survey
provement over the last quar- cards have been urged to fill
ter of 1966 was not as great |them out ond return them
as we had expected.” promptly to mail carriers,
The backlog of unfilled Postmaster Zerphey said.
orders remained steady dur- By
ing the quarter, closing at
$30,000,000 at March 37, '67,
59 cents per share on
HONORED FOR SERVICE
compared to $30,400,000 at Mr. and Mrs. David C. Wit-
year-end 1966 and $27,500, | mer, Mount Joy Rl, were
000 at year-end 1965 and honored by the State Hospital
for Crippled Children at Eli-
zabethtown at its semi-annual
volunteer recognition pro-
gram Tuesday night.
$27,400 one year ago.
Capital expenditures for
‘the first quarter were $4.7
| million and are expected to :
continue at a high level for Mr. and Mrs. Witmer are
the entire year. 1966 capital the first eouple to achieve
expenditures set a new high Over 200 hours of volunteer
of $17.1 million compared to | Service. They are among some
the previous high of $11.8 200 volunteers who have
million in 1965. [served the hospital during
the winter season, including
students from Messiah Col-
Whoever one is, and wher- | lege, Lancaster School of the
ever one is one is always in Bible and Elizabethtown col-
the wrong if one is rude. lege.
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widest stance sportster at its price. It’s lower, heavier, t00...big-car solid and steady,
You get a better ride, more precise handling for your money.
Ask any Camaro owner, he'll tell you,
Now, during the Camaro Pacesetter Sale,
you also get special savings on specially equipped sport coupes and convertibles.
Save on all this: the 250-cu.-in. Six,
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deluxe steering wheel, extra brightwork inside.
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West Main Street. Mount Joy
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OHEVROLET
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GM
37-5770
NEWCOMER MOTORS, Inc.
Phone OL 3-4821
WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 1967