The Mount Joy
"BULLETIN
Although Mount Joy did
not suffer from the power
“blackout” Monday morning
which swept across a wide
area, there were local connec-
tions.
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For instance, many, many
people in the immediate
area noticed that their elect:
ric lights began to flicker.
Although electric motors ap-
parently continued to func-
tion, the lights, both bulbs
and tubes, showed the results
of trouble in nearby trouble
spots.
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Mount Joy Borough Coun-
cil, for instance, felt the ab-
sence of one of its members
Monday night. Harry Farmer
Jr., Florin ward representa-
tive, who is a PP&L employ-
ee ,was placed on special al-
ert duty at one of the local
critical points— ‘Just in case!’
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Rev. Harry A. Freebairn,
accompanied by Mrs. Free-
bairn, was “caught” in the
excitement. They were en-
route to Princeton to attend
the fifth reunion of nis grad-
uating class. They stopped to
refill the gas tank—no power.
Later in Philadelphia, there
were many problems—stores
closed, elevators, etc. At
Princeton, reunion plans
were in an upheaval—with
the blackout more the talk
than the planned program.
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were asked, “How
many memorial trees are
there in Memorial Park?”
The question, of course, fol-
lowed the three uses of the
park last week.
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There are six stones at the
foot of six young oak trees.
They are memorials as fol-
lows:
Florence Harley Bachman;
Miss Laura A. Harley; Dr.
H. C. Kendig; Ray H. Keller,
Charles W. Heaps and Lieut.
Robert E. Germer.
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In all, the park has twenty-
one young trees — seventeen
of them oaks.
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If all of Pennsylvania re-
sponds like “the man on the
street” in Mount Joy reacted,
the subject of a state income
tax is going to get pretty hot.
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It will take an even bigger
job of “educating” than the
present state administration
did on the constitutional con-
vention question.
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In fact, the job which was
done on the convention ques-
tion has served to muddy the
issue about income taxes. It’s
going to be mighty hard to
convince the average taxpay-
ing men that there is any real
difference between income
taxes. He sees income tas as
tax and any technicalities the
administration has in mind
won’t change his mind.
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In conversation with one
of the highest officials in gov-
ernment, the Bulletin was
told, “I don’t know too much
about this thing yet. But, if
the tax is levied, the next
governor of Pennsylvania will
_be a Democrat.”
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And, this statement is from
a man who has been highly
successful in politics and has
stayed close to the grass roots
of public feeling.
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There were people in Mount
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VOL. 67. NO. 2
MOUNT JOY, PENNA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 1967
SEVEN CENTS

Leisure Club to Meet
Monday, June 12
The Mount Joy Leisure
Club will hold its next meet-
ing in the first pavilion of
Sico park, Monday, June 12,
at 12:00 noon, with a cover-
ed dish luncheon.
Members not present at
the May meeting should con-
tact Mrs. Elmer Brown for
ideas as to what is needed in
the food line
Games will be furnished
for the amusement of all.
For transportation, those
attending may call 653-4208
or 653-1325.
Donegal Society
To Hold 54th
Annual Reunion
The 54th annual reunion
of the Donegal Society will
be held on Thursday, June
15, at Donegal church with
morning and afternoon ses-
sions, plus a luncheon at
noon.
Principal addresses of the
day will be made oy Major
Gen. A. H. Stackpole of Har-
risburg, who will talk dur-
ing the afternoon on devel-
opment of the Susquehanna
river basis, and by the Rev.
Samuel A. Hufford, pastor of
Bellevue Presbyterian church
in Gap. He will speak dur-
ing the morning session on
“The Proper Use of History.”
Robert F. Vanderslice,
president of the Society, will
preside during the afternoon
and Thomas Shand, vice-
president will be in charge
during the morning.
Area pastors participating
will be the Rev. Harry A.
Freebairn, Mount Joy, and
the Rev. William A. McAdoo,
Marietta.
Among the officers of the
society are Jay N. Gingrich,
also a vice-president, and
Maurice N. Bailey, secretary.
The morning session is
scheduled for 11:30 o’clock,
the luncheon at 12:30, the
business session at 2 p.m. and
the afternoon session at 2:30
o’clock.
75 Plus Banquet
“Show Boat” will be the
theme of the 1967 Seventy-
Five Plus banquet, to be held
Thursday night, June 15, at
Hostetters, sponsored by the
Mount Joy Junior Chamber
of Commerce and the Joycee-
ettes.
The program will be built
around that feature and var-
ious prizes will be awarded.
The 11th annual event will
begin at 5:30 p.m,
If there are those in the
community who have not
been contacted, who are in-
terested in attending, a call
may be made to Mrs. Gerald
Lutz or Mrs. Pat Lesher,
Transportation, to and from
the banquet- hall, will be
provided by the Jaycees if
needed.
SUMMER HEAT IS HARD
ON FARM EQUIPMENT
Although winter weather
may be most damaging, sum-
mer sun and heat also short-
ens the life of farm equip-
ment, say extension agricul-
tural engineers at Penn State
university. It pays to keep
that “sophisticated” and ex-
pensive equipment under
cover when not in use.
What’s to Do About The Garbage!
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ONE LONE BIDDER ASKS BORO FOR $105,600
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What to do about Mount
Joy. garbage and refuse!
That was tht major prob-
lem tackled Monday night
by the borough council as it
held its June meeting in the
Friendship Fire Hall.
Several weeks ago the
matter of garbage and trash
disposal began to loom as a
major problem. Price for
dumping at the landfill at
Elizabethtown became a prob-
lem.
Later the owners of the
landfill indicated that bor-
ough owned trucks dumping
at the fill are not welcome
and said that refuse collect-
ion is to be made by a ‘“‘con-
tract” organization.
Monday night Mount Joy
Borough council opened bids,
seeking a contractor to coi-
lect and to dispose of refuse.
Only one bid was received
and that by the owners-oper-
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ators of the landfill. And
the bid was $105,600 for 3
years.
The bid almost rocked the
councilmen out of their
chairs. For, by the most lib-
eral estimates, the collection
and disposal by the borough
crew (using the landfill) is
considerably less than $20,-
000 per year.
In a somewhat stunned at-
mosphere, council took the
bid under advisement.
However, representatives
of the bidders were in atten-
dance and stipulated that
only 10 days would be al-
lowed during which the mat-
ter could be delayed.
The bid of $105,600 in-
cludes collection of garbage,
trash, refuse ete, hauling and
final disposal at an approved
landfill.
The bid was submitted in
the name of the United Dis-

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THIRTEENTH ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT
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One hundred and forty-six
members of the 1967 Donegal
high school senior class will
be graduated Thursday night,
June 8, at the 13th annual
Commence ceremonies.
The exercises will be held
in the D.H.S. auditorium, be-
ginning at 8 o'clock. Admis-
sion is by ticket.
Baccalaureate services
were held Sunday night at
the high school with the Rev.
James Myers, pastor of St.
John’s Church in Columbia
delivering the address.
In addition to addresses
by members of the class —
William Sprecher, Marjorie,
Aurick, Kathlene Zimmerman
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and Paula Longeneskeir——the
program will inciude presen-
tation of awards by Principal
Marshall Gember:ing, a flute-
organ duet by Susan Carol
Flick and Juneen M. Trostle
and presentation of diplo-
mas by Angele Albano, pres-
ident of the Donegal School
Board.
The Rev. David R.. Wolfe,
pastor of the Evangelical
Congregational church, Mt.
Joy, will give the invocation
and the benediction will be
by the Rev. J. Earl Martin,
Jr., pastor of the Mt. Pieas-
ant Brethren in Christ church
Bonnie Engle will be or-
ganist.
Hershey Roses Are Late
John P. Meszaros, director
of the Hershey Rose Gardens
& Arboretum, has announced
that the iniiial peak bloom of
the 42,000 roses will be late
this year because of very un-
seasonable weather condi-
tions Early flowering genecr-
ally seen about Memorial
Day won’t be showing until
June 11. Peak bloom will
start June 19, continuing un-
til July 4. It is estimated that
there are approximately 3
million rose blooms at this
peak period of flowering.
During the summer months,
the 1,200 rose varieties con-
tinue flowering with second-
ary peak bloom periods dur-
ing mid-August and early Oc-
tober.
The All-American Roses for
1967, Bewitched, Gay Prin-
cess, Lucky Lady and Roman
Holiday, join their ranks of
the All American Roses since
1941.
Each Sunday, now thru
June, the Hershey Rose Gar-
dens & Arboretum Queen
will be on hand to greet the
thousan-' isitors. The
Hershey Rose Gardens & Ar-
broetum are open daily 8:00
A. M. to 7:60 P. M. There is
no admission or parking
charge.
It's A Fact - A Clean
House Seldom Burns
Any fireman can tell you
it’s actually a fact that a
clean house seldom burns.
It’s Just as true that a
clean stove or furnace sel-
dom burns up the house.
Dirty, defective heating
and cooking equipment is
high on the list of fire caus-
es. It was responsible for
close to 200,000 fires in the
United States last year, ac-
cording to National Fire Pro-
tection Association estimates.
Now is an excellent time
to have heating equipment
serviced and repaired before
you let it go and get caught
by the first cold snap of
next fall.
: Getting up in the morning
is largely a matter of mind
over mattress.
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posal company. The repre-
sentative explained that the
10-day limit is necessary to
give the company time to
make its arrangements in
time to meet the July date
stipulated as the time the
contract is {to go into force.
In other action, the coun-
accepted a petition irom
property owners along Orch-
ard Road seeking to open
that thoroughfare to a width
of 50 feet. The borough ex-
pects to reconstruct that
street from the intersection
with Main to a point about
800 feet north.
Harry M. Kraft, ctor
of the new vocational-techni-
cal schools of the county,
appeared before the council
to discuss the tentative pro-
posals for building on a 1086-
acre plot at the north edge
of the borough. About 10%
of the total area now under
option is within the borough
limits. The rest is in Mount
Joy township.
At present, plans to
establish the “front” entrance
to the school along Fairview
street, immediately opposite
the east end of Birchland
avenue The buildings, as now
envisioned, would be on the
plateau about midway north
and south of the tract be-
tween Fairview and Keller
road.
The borough police depart-
ment revealed that about a
dozen “junk” autos have
been cleared away from vai-
ious spots in the area.
Council, after hearing a
letter from its altorney, dis-
cussed what steps {0 iake
concerning ‘‘eyesores’”’ the
borough.
Three specific. places have
been tagged as probable be-
ginning places. Next step,
apparently, is to ask the soli-
citor to view the various
places under consideration
and to ask him to advise.
The Lancaster County Far-
mers National bank present-
ed a detailed drawing of the
improvements it proposes on
the lots adjacent to the Mt.
Joy branch. Council approv-
ed the plans which will nec-
estate moving of a few
parking meters and changing
entrances off Main and Mar-
ket streets and Apple alley.
Gene Newcomer, south
Market street, was named to
the Borough's Zoning Board
of Adjustments to fill the
place left by the resignation
of Franklin Eichler, who has
been appointed to the Bor-
ough Authority.
A special meeting of the
council is slated for Monday
night, June 19, at which time
bids will be opened for
street work to be dene this
summer.
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That whirling Kknife-edged
blade on your rotary mower
is dangerous, cautions farm
and home safety committee
of Penn State university.
Check your lawn carefully
for debris before you start
mowing. Use a mower that is
shielded down well toward
the ground and treat it as
you would a buzz saw. You
may save your toes, or reduce
the chance of having bad leg
wounds.