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The silence was
that you could almost hear it
along the Pennsylvania rail-
road.
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One Mount Joy resident a-
long the rails said Monday
that he noticed the absence
of the trains more than he
notices them when the rail-
road is on schedule.
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We took a walk that same
afternoon and had a close-up
look at the tracks in the cut
below the passenger station,
looking for rust on the rails.
There was none. And, the
signal lights were operating.
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Mount Joy, once greatly de-
pendent upon the Pennsyl-
vania, has lost its connection
with the railroad in many
ways but the trains were mis-
sed this week, nevertheless.
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For one thing, because the
mail was tied up, the local
post office would accept
only first class and air mail
if it was addressed to a point
beyond 150 miles.
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That embargo was
Tuesday morning.
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About a year ago we noted
that at Sciler school, where
new driveways were being
installed some young trees
were being moved.
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It was during the summer
and not the time of year us-
ually recommended for such
a project. However, we noted
this week that all transplant-
ed trees are making it nicely.
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A young oak has had a
greater shock than a pair of
maples, but with luck it has
a good chance of surviving.
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We've harbored the idea
that a little tree nursery on
the Authority’s sewage dis-
posal plant property would
be a good thing. If the town
had a few trees handy and
available, there would be
times when they could be
placed here and there to help
keep Mount Joy green and
beautiful.
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We read an article a few
days ago which raised the
question, “What Ever Hap-
pened To Arbor Day?”
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Public planting of trees
was and is a good thing and
a proper observance of Arbor
Day is well taken.
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Has Arbor Day gone the
same road as public patriot-
ism?
lifted
‘Music in Park’
Sunday, July 30
Another of the popular
“Music in the Park’ summer
series is scheduled for Sun-
day night, July 30, sponsored
by the Mount Joy Communi-
ty Council.
The program, scheduled for
7 p.m. in Memorial park, will
bring to Mount Joy a “Sing
Out” Lancaster, presentation.
Yet another program : is
scheduled for Saturday night,
August 26 when the Rajah
String Band will give a con-
cert.
A fellow we know went to
Florida last winter. He sent
his psychiatrist a postcard
saying: “Having a wonderful
time. Why?
THIS ISSUE --
Two Sections
20 PAGES
BULLETIN
Mount Joy's ONLY Newspaper — Devoted to the Best Interest and Welfare of Mount Joy
VOL. 67. NO. 7.
MOUNT JOY, PENNA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 1967
SEVEN CENTS
Swimmers Hold
Three Meets
Mount Joy's 1967 swim
team has had mixed success
to date, winning one meet,
dropping another but taking
a big lead in a third inter-
rupted match.
The local swimmers bowed
to Hempfield, 215 to 144,
Scott Hershey, Chris Coleman
and Deb Meckley claiming
double wins.
Against Conestoga Valley,
Mount Joy took a 213 - 145
win.
A three-time winner was
Sue Stark, who in the girls
under 17 class won the free-
style, backstroke and free-
style relay.
Winners in two
were Terry Johnson, Gary
Coleman, Crystal Ginder,
Mike Coleman, Steve Cole-
man, Mike Wolfe, and Willy
Heisey.
A meet on Tuesday of last
week at Adamstown was stop-
ped because of rain but at
the point of interruption
Mt. Joy enjoyed a big lead.
The match is scheduled to
continue on Friday of this
week.
Coaches of the Mount Joy
team are Gary Holtzman and
Warren Hayman.
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May Name New
D.H.S. Principal
Indications this week that
he expected to have a name
to submit to the Board of Ed-
ucation at its July meeting
on Thursday night, July 20.
He indicated a certain a-
mount of urgency in filling
the position, noting that the
opening of the fall term is
less than two months away.
The new appointee will fill
the place held for one year
by Marshall Gemberling,
who resigned earlier this
summer to accept a position
with Pennsylvania State uni-
versity.
NCR Tax Hearing Held In Harrisburg
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STATE BOARD DECISION NOT EXPECTED UNTIL LATE AUGUST
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Will school tax money
from the new National Cash
Register property go to Don-
egal District or to Manheim
Central?
The decision, apparently,
now lies in the lap of the
state school board, which on
Tuesday morning, July 18.
heard testimony presented by
representatives of both dis-
tricts.
Evidence was presented,
briefs were filed and now a
20-day waiting period begins
during which additional
briefs may be entered.
At the end of the designat-
x x
ed: period, the five-man board
which sat Tuesday will begin
its consideration of the mat-
ter.
Actually, a decision is not
anticipated until at least the
latter part of August.
The question involves sev-
eral thousand dollars annual-
ly in school taxes, which will
be generated by the new NCR
plant, located at the east
edge of Mount Joy borough.
Already the land upon
which the plant is being built
has been finally and complete-
ly annexed into the borough
from Rapho township.
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However, the matter of
annexing the area to the
Donegal school district —
which in the past has follow-
ed established borough lines
—remains unsettled.
Donegal has petitioned that
the previously low tax pro-
ducing property be annexed
for school purposes along the
same lines as it was for the
borough. Manheim Central
district, on the other hand,
opposes the annexation.
When the question came
before the county board of
education several months ayo
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Sewer Problem In Donegal Heights
Who? how? and whether?
are three important questions
to a sizable group of people
who live in a satellite devel-
opment at the south edge of
Mount Joy Borough.
All three questions refer
to sewage in the area known
as Donegal Heights—a sectjon
roughly including the area
south of the borough between
Marietta pike, Union school
road and Donegal high school.
How many people live in
the area—all in East Donegal
township—is a moot question
but there are approximately
75 homes ejther occupied or
under construction.
Using three plus as the av-
erage number of people in a
home, it appears probable
that as many as 250 people
may reside in the area.
All homes, including Don-
egal high school and even
Donegal Industries, immedia-
tely south of the area describ-
ed above, use on-lot sewage
disposal systems.
But, despite the fact that
most of the dwellings in the
Clean Around DHS Tennis Courts
Donegal high school’s $27,-
000 tennis courts remained
locked this week with not a
tennis player in sight.
But, the ‘“‘eyesore’ surroun-
ding the six green-topped
courts has been cleaned up
and appears to be satisfactor-
ily presentable.
About a year ago the Don-
egal School Board awarded a
bid to a contractor who is re-
garded as a specialist in in-
stalling tennjs courts. But,
work moved slowly and was
not completed until spring of
this year.
Even so, the final, green,
rubberized topping was de-
clared by school officials to
be unsatihfactory and the
courts were used very very
little——some not at all. Al-
so, the area surrounding the
courts was left in a littered,
trashy manner, not as speci-
fied by the school board.
As late as July 10th, the
contractor despite repeated
efforts by the Donegal ris-
trict,, had done nothing to
rectify the situation.
Last week the Bulletin
complained about the $27,000
tennis courts which have
done no one any good despite
the elapse of a year since the
project was started.
... Friday, July 14th, .a . sub
contractor who was in charge
of cleanjng-up around the
courts appeared on the scene
with machinery and work-
men.
In a few hours the area
was cleaned up and now
looks much different.
The exact contract price
was $27,300. The school is
witholding $8,000 pending
settlement of the differences
of opinion as to whether or -
not the courts are properly
constructed
The school’s complajnt —
shared by the D. H. S. tennis
coach—is that the top surface
of the courts is too soft and
that a player who exerts pres-
sure when he pivots digs up
the green layer.
PLAN PICNIC
The Ladies Auxiliary of the
Mount Joy Fire Company
will hold their picnic Thurs-
day, July 20, the regular
meeting night, at Sico Park,
at 6 p.m.
OUR CROWDED CAMPUSES
How can you expect your
youngsters to get an educa-
tion in college if they can’t
find a place to park their
cars? . a 7a
area are relatively new, some
owners already have experi-
enced the usual problems aris-
ing where public facilities are
not available.
The situation is not un-
known to the proper authori-
ties.
In fact, East Donegal Twp.,
which is knee-deep in plans
for constructing a sanitary
sewer project in the Maytown
area, has made numerous in-
quiries as to the availability
of Mount Joy ‘installations.
The proposal made is to
have township-sponsored sew-
er lines installed in the Done-
gal Heights area and con-
nected with the Mount Joy
disposal system and plant.
However, despite consider-
able pressure, the Borough
Authority of Mount Joy,
which is responsible for the
sewers, has remained ada-
mant, restating several times
the policy of the borough
that ‘“‘sewage service is furn-
ished only in areas which are
part of the boro.” That policy
of long standing, has been re-
iterated by Borough Council.
There the matter rests.
Mount Joy has sewer lines
within a relatively short dis-
tance of some of the area and
without a doubt all homes are
near enough to be served —
other things being equal.
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Mount Joy borough officials
In the past, the borough
council and borough author-
ity have stood firm and
shoulder to shoulder in their
insistence that sewage service
be furnished only to areas in
the borough limits. The only
deviation from that policy
was made with the full un-
derstanding and by agree.
ments that the areas would
become annexed. And, all
areas have later become vart
of the borough.
The authority however has
extended water lines —. for
which it also js responsible—
to several properties outside
the borough but never sewer.
As things stand at present,
no plans for immediate actien
of any kind are known to
exist by anyone — Donegal
Heights residents. East
Donegal township, Mount
Joy Borough Authority or
the Borough Council.
However, and in the mean-
time, the lengthening shadow
of coming sewer problems by
people living in Donegal
Heights continues to cast an
invisible pall over the situa-
tion. .
Nevertheless Donegal
Heights is one of Mount Joy’s
fastest developing satellite
areas, with two new homes
recently begun and another
ready to start.
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on
have completed
one of their best pieces of service to the commu
nity !
And, they have done it virtually at swords
point.
In Mount Joy, like in many other communi-
ties, disposal of garbage and refuse has become an
increasingly difficult problem.
During the past few
years the situation local
ly has been handled in various ways. But, most re
cently refuse has been hauled in a big, borough
owned compactor truck
bethtown.
to a landfill near Eliza-
One matter led to another between the bor
ough and the landfill ownership until not many
weeks ago relations were broken and Mount Joy's
trash, garbage, etc. began going to Lancaster's
landfill.
Although the situation has been satisfactory,
a round trip to the site is something more than 33
miles and takes considerable time. To make collec
tions throughout the borough and to make the
necessary trips crowds the borough crew to finish
the weekly job in five days.
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