4 I Be R. A. R The following dispatch from Belfast, Ireland, ap- peared in Sunday's New York Times and was sent to The Bulletin by N. C. Wit- mer of Santa Fe, N. M. The reason for publication is ap- parent: Belfast, Northern Ireland, Sept. 27 — A Scottish-Irish trust has been established by Terence M. O’Neill, North- ern Ireland’s Prime Minister, to coordinate restoration work on buildings of historic Ulster-American interest, it was announced here Wednes- day. The formation of the trust was marked today by a do- nation of $250,000 from the Mellon family of Pittsburgh, for the restoration of the boyhood home of Judge Thomas Mellon at Mount Joy near Omagh, County Tyrone. The Mellon family emigrated from Tyrone to Pennsylvania in 1818 and developed the Mellon National Bank and Trust Company. Judge Mel- lon, who died in 1908, had a copy of his childhood home built on the grounds of his Pittsburgh estate. The chairman of the new trust is Sir Francis Evans, the former Ulster agent in London and former British Consul General in New York. ® ® © An interesting matter of government and taxation is developing in connection with the return of the Mari- etta base to private use. ® @® ® Both local government and the school district have their eyes on the property and its developments as a source of revenue, However, the when and how remain knotty problems. Although no one knows, ap- parently, it begins to look as if the property will yield no tax revenue for at least a year. ®e © o A sign of the season! This week we observed state high- way workers erecting snow fence. eo © © A new and interesting phe- nomenon. In growing num- bers, people who are concern- ed with the handling of var- ious kinds of paper work are using the new, felt marking pens as pocket pens. ® ® ® How many fire engines has Mount Joy had? 9 ® ® In a conversation the other day one of the old hands re- called that there have been at least nine—the three that are now in service, an earlier Dodge, a Cosmopolitan, an Oldsmobile, a chain-driven American-Lafrance, the old gasoline engine pumper pulled by men (or an auto), and the first pumper, a hand- pulled, hand-powered outfit. ea oO ® IN HOSPITAL David C. Witmer was re- moved to the Lancaster Gen- eral hospital last Saturday af iernoon in the Maytown am- bulance. He was stricken while acting as a host to the visitors at the Donegal church, on the Lancaster County Day Tour, sponsored by the Art Association. When in neec¢ o: printing remember The Bulletin. THIS ISSUE -- Two Sections 24 PAGES Mount Joy's ONLY Newspaper Devoted to the Best Interest and Welfare of Mount Joy VOL. 67. NO. 21. MOUNT JOY, PENNA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25. 1967 SEVEN CENTS Set Date, Place Florin Fire Co. Adds Big Pumper To Growing Fleet of Equipment For Horse Race The horse race which for several years has been called the Donegal Derby, will be held this fall on Sunday, No- vember 5, at the Mumma Stock farm, located on Roule 230 near Landisville, Announcement of the time and place was made this week by the Mount Joy Jun- ior Chamber of Commerce, which is sponsoring the ev- ent. In the past the afternoon of informal “fun with the horses’’” has been held at the Donegal Airport, owned by Harold Endslow, Rudy Ney Hurt As Vietnam M.P. Reuben (Rudy) Ney, one of Donegal high school’s out- standing athletic stars, has been a casualty of the war in Vietnam. Although relatively few details are known, his moth- er, Mrs. William Poe, of 108 Front street, Marietta, said that on Aug. 29, as a military police with the U.S. Marines, he was guarding an import- ant bridge at DaNang. There was an explosion, Mrs. Poe learned from her son, and he was injured by the concussion. He was knock- ed unconscious and when he regained consciousness he was aboard a hospital ship He was not wounded. He now is in the Philadel- phia Naval hospital, where Mrs. Poe viesitd him Tues- day, Oct. 11. Although he has been bed- fast for much of the time since the explosion, he now is ambulatory but he does not remember much about the incident connected with his (Turn tu page 4) New Uniform For Drum Major Donegal high school’s high- stepping drum major—Stan- ley Tucker—is to have a fine new, flashy flashy suit — suitable in color and detail to the splendid appearance he has been making this fall with the D.H.S. band. The new suit, by the school meeting last week, already has been ordered and it is hoped it will be delivered ready for appearance before the end of the football sea- son. Tucker, who has been play- ing in the percussion section of the band, is now a junior. The suit is to cost approx- imately $150. authorized board at its IN VIETNAM Airman Third Class Robert L. Bender, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Bender of Mount Joy R2 is on duty at Da Nang AB, Vietnam. Airman Bender, an aircraft mechanic, is a member of the Pacific Air Forces which provides offensive - defensive airpower for the U. S. and its allies in the Pacific, Far East and Southeast Asia. Before his arrival in South- east Asia, he was assigned to Sheppard Air Force Base, In Texas. The airman is a graduate of Donegal high school. Florin Fire company has added a fine, big fire truck to its fleet of equipment and hopes to place the vehicle in service within the next few days. A 1750-gallon pumper, it is fitted with all necessary ex- tras, including a 5C0-gallon booster tank. Fire Chief John Henry Lutz said this week that the truck will add greatly to the company’s capacity, for it is fitted with a full load of 21% inch hose, and all small tools. A 1962 model, the truck comes from Branchville, Md., a small community about 10 miles outside of Washington, D.C., and was used by a big volunteer company which has traded for a piece of brand new equipment. Present plans are to house (Turn te gage 4) Arrangements Set For Spook Parade Two juniors at Donegal high school have been select- ed as the Halloween King and Queen for this year’s Hallow- een parade in Mount Joy. They are: Sherry Drager and Thomas O'Conner. The two will be honored Satur- day night, October 28, by the Mount Joy Lions at the An- nual Halloween parade. This year’s parade wiil form at 6:30 p.m. and move at 7 p.m. All persons interest- in entering the march are aksed to be on South Market street near Memorial Park at 6:30 or soon afterwards. Any member of the local Lions will be able to direct participants to their respec- tive places in the parade line- up. Persons living along the parade route are asked by the Lions to light up the (Turn to page 5) Trick or Treat Night on Oct. 31 Trick or treat night in Mount Joy this year will be Tuesday, October 31. PROMOTED Jacob L. Flowers, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin C. Flowers, 56 West Donegal St., was promoted to Army Spec- ialist four on Oct. 6 in Viet- nam, where he is serving with the 68th Medical Group. Spec. Flowers, a radio op- erator in the group’s Head- quarters Detachment near Long Binh, entered the Army in December, 1966 Shetters Hurt in Crash Park S. Shetter, 367 south Market avenue, is a patient in the Silver Spring, Md, Holy Cross hospital, suffering with injuries received in a serious auto accident Satur- day evening, Oct. 21, at nearby Colesville. Mr. and Mrs. been visiting with Shetter had relatives ‘Of This and That’ For eleven years, each time we would pass the entrance to the trail that leads up to the top of “Governor Dick” mountain, someone in the car was likely to say, ‘“Let’s stop and hike to the top of Gov. Dick!” But the time never seemed quite right. Last Sunday, however, after a mid-day lunch, we decided the time had come. The weather was perfect—cool enough for a hike but warm enough to be . comfortable. And there was added incentive that the fall color would be beautiful on iE the mountain. Imagine our surprise! As we neared Mount Gretna and Governor Dick, the traffic became very heavy — not exactly bumper to bumper, but almost. When we round- ed a curve near the entrance to the footpath, we saw cars Teaching on Guam Teaching on the Island of Gaum this year is John W. Heisey formerly of Mount Joy. Guam is “Where America’s Day Begins’, being the fur- ther most outpost of the Trust Territories of the U. S. The island, 32 miles long and four to eight miles wide, has a population of about 80,000 inhabitants. The native language for lo- cal people is Chamorro, and most are bilingually skilled in English as well. Guam has 29 schools and a liberal arts college. John W. Heisey is teaching at George Washing- ton Senior High school in the village of Mongilao, Guam. by the editor's wife parked on both sides of the road for a half mile or so. People were walking along the roadside, and a local po- liceman was directing traffic and parking! We had happened onto a phenomenon we didn’t know existed! On a pretty after- noon in October, EVERY- BODY hikes to the top of (Turn to page 4) rm smn Siiiimiiia Friday. October 27 Columbia at S-town Saturday, October 28 Ephrata at Conestoga Valley Solanco at Donegal Hempfield at Warwick Manheim Central at Manheim Township in Virginia, enjoying the fall weather and foliage and were enroute on Road 29 in- to Baltimore, where they planned to spend the night. However, another driver, who later was charged by police with driving under the influence of intoxicants, turned left into the right side of the Shetter car. The Mount Joy couple and their car were knocked some 180 feet before coming to rest in a grass field down a slight incline. An ambulance was called by passersby and police came. The Shetters were taken to the hospital. She was giv- en x-ray examinations but not detained. However, she was badly shaken and suf- fered multiple bruises. The next day she was brought to Mount Joy by relatives. Her husabnd, however, suf- fered a fractured right eitow, fractured pelvis and some internal injuries. He is in Room 504, Holy Cross hos- pital, 1500 Forest Glen Rd. Silver Spring, Md., 20910. Doctors told members of the family that he will be there for from 3 to 6 weeks. The car was badly dJdam- : aged. COIN CLUB TO MEET The Mount Joy-Florin Coin club will hold its Octobir meeting on Thursday, Oet. 26, at 524 Bruce Avenue, be- ginning at 7:30 p.m. L] * ® An Editorial Have you been talking with vour friends, relatives and neighbors about how you will vote on November 7 about the borough manager question? If not, you should be thinking about the question which will appear on the ballot and which you as a responsible citizen of Mount Joy, should be consider- ing. As a responsible citizen you should not mzke a quick, snap judgment on the matter. You should con- sider the problem in some depth. After all, this is the first time in many many years that the citizens of Mount Joy have been offered an opportunity to express themselves on such an import- ant matter. It is a rare opportunity being extended to the community. It is an opportunity to ask borough council to take a step forward in local government. (From page 1)
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