R. A. R.
Resignation of Dr. Thomas
Mariner from the Donegal
School Board, has left a resi-
due of uncertainty and of po-
tential political electricity.
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Under normal conditions
the vacancy should be filled
at once by appointment of
the board itself.
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Immediately after Dr. Mar-
iner’s resignation the wheels
began to grind
official action among the
board members a replace-
ment was agreed upon.
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Unless the situation chang-
es, that name will be submit-
ted officially at the board’s
August meeting next Thurs-
day night, Aug. 17 for ac-
tion.
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However, within the past
few days the political wheels
have begun to grind and now
all is not peace!
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and by un- j
BULLETIN
Mount Joy's ONLY Newspaper —
VOL. 67. NO. 10.
Devoted to the Best Interest and Welfare of Mount Joy
MOUNT JOY, PENNA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1967
SEVEN CENTS
John Toppin Joycee-ettes Set Council To Push Hard
Is Promoted
John B. Toppin, 132 Mar-
ket St., has been named ex-
ecutive assistant to the state
secretary of banking ,G. Al-
The disquieting feature is |
that a political agreement
made many months ago is
that the nine-member school §*
board shall be constituted
with three
from Mount Joy borough,
three from Marietta borough
and three from East Donegal
township and Mount Joy
township.
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Dr. Mariner, of course, has
been a Mount Joy represen-
tative.
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Actually, all nine members
of the board may be elected
at large, permitting the pos-
sibility that all nine =~ people
on the beard could be Mount
Joy residents: And, similar-
ly, it is possible that all could
be Marietta residents.
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The agreement to keep the
representation split accord-
ing to a plan is unofficial.
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Thus, as things stand this
week—and there appears no
opportunity for any change—
there may be some interest-
ing developments at the
school board meeting on the
night of the 17th.
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And — incidentally, school
board meetings, as are all
public meeting, are open to
the general publicc Time,
7:30 p.m.; place, Donegal H.
S. library.
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Several elder residents
spotted recently what to
them was a. very interesting
news item. Lititz, it seems,
has been toying with the
idea of excluding persons
over 65 from paying a $10
per capita tax.
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Lititz, apparently, has been
exonerating people over 65
whose only income is social
security or public assistance.
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When. you are counting the
things in Mount Joy which
make this one of the finest
little communities anywhere
around, don't forget to in-
clude the ‘Music in the Park’
program.
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And — this summer the
Community Council has ar-
ranged five. This is one more
than in the past.
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The “Sing Out, Lancaster”
program on July 30 was a
grand show and those res-
ponsible for getting this
group of young people to
perform in Mount Joy can
take a grateful tip of the
hat.
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One thing about “Music in
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representatives &
OHN B. TOPPIN
len Patterson, it was an-
nounced last week in Harris-
- burg
Toppin received news of
his promotion from a bed in
the Lancaster General hos-
pital where he is recovering
from surgery
Before his appointment to
the current post, he was su-
pervising examiner in = the
department, a job he has
filled for the past three years.
The 50-year-old govern-
ment official joined the Dept.
of Banking in 1946 as a
state examiner, following
service in the U. S. Army.
Prior to military service,
he was empoyed as a teller
in the First National Bank of
Mount Joy.
Born in Mount Joy, Top-
pin attended Franklin and
Marshall College and was
graduated with a degree in
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Date For Fall
Fashion Show
The Mount Joy Joycee-ettes
will present their annual fall
fashion show on September
20 at the W. I. Beahm Junior
High School, beginning at 8
p.m.
General co-chairmen for
the show are: Betty Bitzer
and Joan Moore. Other chair-
men are: tickets, Shirley
Yingst; refreshments, Dorothy
Mackison; publicity, Becky
Peifer; door prizes, Lorraine
Lutz; hair stylist and flowers,
Diane Robinson; models assis-
tants, Bonnie Wise; ward-
robe chance tickets, Pat Gib-
ble; organist, Flo Moran.
One of the 35 models par-
ticipating in the show will be
Miss Mount Joy, Janet Nis-
: sley.
Talk not of wasted affec-
tion; affection never was was-
i ted. —H. W. Longfellow
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For Sewer Connections
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STREET PROGRAM APPROVED BY STATE
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Another round of pushing
residents of the borough to
connect with the sewer sys-
tem was begun Monday nite,
Aug. 7, as Borough Council
held its monthly meeting in
Friendship Fire company hall.
Nearly 7C names of people
who are not “hooked up”
were submitted to the coun-
cil by the Mount Joy Bor-
ough Authority.
It is council's obligation
to enforce connections.
In addition, a list of per-
haps a "dozen properties
which do not have sewer
lines available to their home
was submitted.
Council voted to notify all
property owners who have
lines available to connect
Stehman Safeon Forrestal
ADJ-2 Barry A. Stehman,
Mount Joy’s only fighting
man aboard the USS Forrest-
al, came through that super
carrier’s bitter ordeal last
week without injury.
In a brief telephone con-
versation last week, Barry
told his family that he is
well and was not harmeu
when fire broke out on the
flight deck of the ship, which
was operating off Vietnam.
The call to Mount Joy came
from the Philippines but St=h
man added no details. He did
say that he was asleep when
the disaster occurred.
The death toll continues to
mount, now standing at above
130 as the U. S. Navy contin-
ues its release of casualties.
‘Of This and That’
Mount Joy is fortunate to
have such fine parks!
There’s War Memorial
Park, a little gem set down
in the middle of town, with
its beautiful green grass,
healthy young trees, and
gorgeous bed of dark red
roses. In the past few years
it has become the scene of
“Music in the Park” pro-
grams, and serves as a focal
point for Memorial Day ob-
servances.
Then there is the Borough
Park — center for summer
playground activities, and
countless unscheduled hours
of ball playing and miscel-
laneous recreation for child-
ren of the community. In
addition, there’s the Florin
Park, several little neighbor-
hood play areas, and the at-
tractive stream-side park at
the Cove.
All these we have, in addi-
tion to Little Chiques Park,
more commonly known as
Sico Park, a very unusual
park for a town the size of
Mount Joy-
THIS ISSUE --
Two Sections
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by the editor's wife
Surrounded on three sides
by meandering Little Chiques
Creek, it has much to offer
in the way of recreational
facilities, and gets a good
workout from early spring
to late fall by people of our
community and other com-
munities nearby.
On Tuesday evening it
was the scene of the annual
family picnic of the Mount
Joy Rotary Club. Approxi-
mately 100 people ate fried
chicken, potato salad and
fresh corn on the cob until
it was “coming out their
ears!”
Afterward, the oldsters
strolled along the creek, the
very young hurried to the
swings and slides, and the
“in-betweens’” enjoyed an
enthusiastic game of volley
ball. There was much good
visiting, and a welcome was
given to Brenda Phillips, a
British college student, who
arrived on Sunday for a 2-
months visit in homes of
Rotary members.
The Rotary picnic was
typical of hundreds of oth-
ers, held in Little Chiques
park during the summer
months. There are family re-
unions, high school class re-
unions, Sunday School and
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Stehman .is the 26-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Warren
H. Stehman, 619 Square St.
He is a mechanic assigned to
helicopters.
Fire swept through the For-
restal Saturday, July 29th,
when fuel ignited and did
tremendous damage before
the flames could be brought
under control. The ship left
its position immediately for
the Philippines for repairs.
Charles Frey
Returned Home
Charles Frey, west Main
street, who was injured seri-
ously in an auto accident,
has returned home and is
making satisfactory progress.
He came home in a car
Saturday morning and is now
able to be “up and down”
but will require complete
rest for some time. He is al-
lowed only few visitors until
he has had time to further
recover.
Frey, a employee at New
Cumberland, was returning
home Tuesday, July 18, on
Route 230 in Lower Swatara
township when his car was
struck by a car which was
being towed broke loose and
crossed the highway into his
traffic lane.
He suffered a compound
skull fracture and eye injury.
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within 60 days.
Authority said that there
are 50 such cases in the
Florin area, a dozen along
Road 230 east of Little Chi-
ques creek and a few with-
in the East and West Wards
of Mount Joy.
Included, it was pointed
out, are several for which
the property owner has paid
the connection fee of $200
and has installed lines from
the main sewer into the
homes. These people are
paying sewer charges on a
regular basis, it was said,
but have not connected the
house plumbing to the lines,
continuing to use on-lot sew-
age disposal arrangements.
Council, in discussion of
Authority Chairman B. Titus
Rutt, moved to bring togeth-
er attorneys for both bodies
in an attempt to iron. out a
lack of understanding con-
cerning certain responsibili-
ties for regulating the water
and sewer systems.
The problem is an out-
growth of a request to in-
stall three trailers on a let
on Manheim street. The ex-
act point of contention con-
cerns Whether or not three
trailers may connect to the
sewer lines through one lat-
eral or whether each shall
have its own. The Authority
claims the former, the coun-
cil the latter.
It was reported that the
state has approved the bor-
ough’s street improvement
program contracts for sum-
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Fitzkee Remains
In Hospital
Albert Fitzkee, 73, Rheems,
who was injured in an un-
usual accident Saturday -mor-
ning, July 29, remains in the
General hospital for treat-
ment.
He and his wife were driv-
ing west on Road 230 “when
he had a sudden seizure. The
car went out of control,
crossed the highway, plowed
across a portion of a field,
through a yard, onto the
porch of the Lester Grove
home at the west edge of the
borough and crashed -into
the brick house:
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torion
Problems of suburbia and problems of rural
townships are likened to those of siamese twins.
They both have their own personalities, their
strength and their weaknesses,
but they are so
knitted together that separation is very very dii-
ficult to accomplish.
And, that is the current situation in East Deon-
egal township.
The worst part of the problem for the town-
ship is that it is vitally connected with suburbia
in several spots
East Donegal township actually has a two-
front situation and if the municipality is resistive
to certain proposals now in the wind, the scope of
the matter needs to be understood.
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