Four Mount Joy women on
Saturday had a pleasant and
unexpected thrill in New
York!
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Mrs. Frank Walter Jr., her
two daughters, and Mrs.
Charles Graham, all South
Market street, were in the
city shopping in one of the
large department stores.
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Mrs. Walter noticed anoth-
er shopper and recognized
her to be Mrs. Richard Nix-
on. The Mount Joy woman
said, “Aren’t you Mrs. Nix-
on?” “Yes.” Mrs. Waller ex-
plained that she had seen
Mrs. Nixon when she was
campaigning a few years
ago with her husband in
Lancaster.
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“Pat”, as she- is
across the country, introduc-
ed her youngest daughter,
who was shopping with her
known
mother, and the little group
had an informal and unhur-
ried chat.
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The informality, the grac-
iousness and the spontaneity
of the situation recall that
several months ago Mr. and
Mrs. Glenn Y. Forney were
spending a weekend in New
York City. They had gone
to Sunday morning services
at Marble Collegiate church
where the Rev. Norman Vin-
cent Peale is-pastor. After ser.
vices the Forneys were leav-
ing the church when they
spotted Richard Nixon at
the curb, also leaving servic-
es.
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Forney stepped up to the
former vice-president, ex-
tended his hand in greeting
and exchanged a few pleas-
antries—all in the same man-
ner of cordiality and friend-
lieness as the Mount Joy
women experienced Saturday.
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This past summer, Brenda
Phillips, a charming young
miss from London, spent
several weeks in Mount Joy
with Rotarians and their fa-
milies.
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She returned home in the
fall and recently a box ar-
rived here with “hostess”
gilts for the various homes
in which she had been a
guest.
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The gifts were pieces of
antique china — plates, cups
and saucers, etc. Some even
had been in her family for
many, many years.
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It was a wonderful gift—
to be distributed to the dif-
ferent families, some of
whom she had observed
treasure such things and
cherish them highly.
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The tragedy is that des-
pite the fact they were well
packed, most of them arriv-
ed in Mount Joy broken.
Fortunately, there were en-
ough gifts that each family
did receive at least one un-
damaged piece of china.
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The attempted safe crack-
ing at Garber Oil company
sometime Tuesday night of
last week wasn’t over until
about noon on Thursday.
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And, even then there were
problems!
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Whoever entered the build-
ing broke off the combination
of the office safe and thereby
triggered a tear gas charge
which apparently routed them
from the building. An expert
safe man worked all day
Wegne=dav attempting to op-
nage 3)
The Mount Joy
BULLETIN
Mount Joy's ONLY Newspaper — Devoted to the Best Interest and Welfare of Mount Joy
VOL. 67. NO. 28.
Parking Meters
Are Hooded
Mount Joy's parking me-
ters are hooded!
As as courtesy to mer-
chants and Christmas shap-
pers, Borough Council vot-
ed at its December meeting
to take the meters out of
use beginning Monday of
this week.
They will be returned to
use on Tuesday, January 2.
MOUNT JOY, PA.,, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1967
Fi
ire
Both president and chief
of the Friendship Fire Com-
pany were returned to office
for another year as Mount!
Joy firemen held their annual
election on Thursday night,
Dec. 7, in the fire house.
James N. Schneider was
reelected president and John
Myers was made chief for
the ninth straight year.
Officers elected Thursday
night will be the “centennial”
leaders of the company.
Friendship was formed in
1868.
In other business, the com-
pany last week added a new
office to its list of officials.
By amending its by-laws,
Friendship now has a second
assistant chief, to be appoint-
ed by the president and to be
a medical doctor.

Three Scouts Advanced to Eagle Rank
finest honors
which may come to a boy
was presented to three 15-
year-olds Saturday night at
the Friendship Fire hall dur-
ing a Boy Scout Court of
Honor, held by Troop 39.
One of the
Eagle rank was conferred
upon Craig A. Gainer, Barry
Gemberling and Scott Gem-
berling.
Craig is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Kenneth Gainer, of
Park avenue, and the Gem-
berling twins are sons of
Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Gem-
berling, recently of Mt. Joy
and now living at State
College, Pa.
Eagle is the sixth step of
advancement from Tenderfoot
as boys climb the ladder -of
achievement and the award
is not lightly given. The re-
cipients must earn 21 merit
badges beyond their First
Class Scout rank.
The Eagle badge was pre-
sented to the mothers of the
boys by William Dilliard, as-
sistant Scout executive of
the Lancaster County Coun-
cil.
The mothers, in turn pin-
ned the award on their sons.
The Scouts then presented

Donegal Opens
Basketball Card
With Victory
Donegal’s basketball
ans were off to a fast
Tuesday night, Dec.
they opened the
hardwood season.
Victory was a 65-52 event
on the home court over
Pequea Valley.
The Tribe was off to a 30-
18 half-time lead and with-
stood a fourth-period Pequea
surge to hang up a highly
savory win.
A nicely spread scoring
attack turned the trick and
snowed a 32-point one-man
Valley show by-Pete Brown.
Harold Mec Carty and Bob
McCowin each whammed in
16 points for Donegal. Back-
ing them with the real-punch
to win were Gohn, Ginder
and Tucker, all with eight
points apiece.
Victory, too, was a good
way for Coach Ken Keener
to hit the 1967-'68 trail. Tt
was his first game as new
head mentor.
The J.V. game also was
taken by Donegal, 40 - 28.
On Friday of this week the
Tribe continues with Lam-
peter-Strasburg coming to
Donegal. The pre-holiday
season schedule also includes
a2 trip on Dec. 22 to Cones-
toga Valey.
Indi-
start
12, as
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their mothers with a pin and
necklace and their fathers
with tie tack and tie bar.
Between 75 and 80 people
attended the dinner and oth-
er activities of the Court of
Honor, which was the first
held under the direction of
Scoutmaster Paul Mulwane.
James Heilig, representa-
tive of the troop’s sponsor-
ing agent, received a special
award for long service to the
troop.
The dinner was served by
the Ladies Auxiliary of Mt.
Joy Friendship Fire Co. #1.
Craig, the only Mount Joy
recipient, although the Gem-
berling twins did their re-
quired work while still living
in Mount Joy’, is a sopho-
more at Donegal high school
and is an honor student in
the academic course.
He is a member. of the
band, chorus and tennis team
and plays clarinet with the
“little German Band.” He is
a member of St. Mark's EUB
church and active with the
Youth Fellowship group.
Among his other Scout
honors, he is a member of
the Order of the Arrow,
Minqua Lodge 519, Lancast-
er County, a select group of
Scouts and Scouters.
SEVEN CENTS
Company Creates New Office
Later in the evening Presi.
dent Schneider named Dr.
Newton Kendig to fill the
post.
Other officers
Thursday include:
Harvey Stoner, first vice
president; Lavern Sager, sce-
ond vice-president; Ronal Got-
wal, recording secretary,
Charles Buller, asst. record-
ing secretary; Gerald Lutz
and Gary Maxwell (tie) fin
ancial secretary treasurer:
Joseph Funbar, assistant fin-
ancial secretary treasurer;
Christ Charles, Jr.. trustee;
Rev. Ralph Warner, chaplain;
John Myers, Earl Geltmacher
and James Markely, delegate
to Zone 7; Frank Good, Jr.,
assistant chief; Jacob Brown,
chief engineer; James Mark-
ley, chief hose director; Her-
bert Coover, chief chemical-
man; Robert Williams, chief
ladderman; John L. Schroll,
Captain of fire police; Earl
Geltmacher and Christ Char-
les, delegate to county asso-
ciation; John Myers and Jas.
Schneider, aiternant delegates
to county association, and
James Markley, Carl Wagner,
Hubert Rice, John Sliver and
John Fitzkee, ENT.
elected on

Strange Series of Borough Breakins
It was a strange. series of
robberies . Tuesday night. of
last week which shook the
community and has kept any
number of residents jittery
ever since!
The series of about a half
dozen involved considerable
damage of one kind or an-
other but netted the thieves
probably only about $100 in
cash.
Police officers investigat-
ing noticed that such items as
small radios, which frequent-
ly are one of the first things
to be stolen at a breakin,
were not bothered. At one
place entered, several invit-
ing radios were not touched,
apparently
At one place, even small
amounts of money — small
change, was overlooked but
it was evident that there had
been a search for larger am-
ounts. A removable cash
drawer which contained
small change had been set
aside from one cash box as
if paper money, frequently
stashed underneath by many
merchants had been the tar-
get.
At one of the places pil-
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Tragedy Strikes Family
Tragedy struck the Zim-
merman family last week
when seven-year-old Tommy
Costaris of Hampton, N. J.,
drowned in a lake near his
home on Saturday afternoon,
December 2.
Blue-eyed Tommy, a sec-
ond grader, and a 4Y2-year-
old friend both were victims.
The boy, grandson of Mrs.
Harold Zimmerman, south
Barbara street, and his bro-
ther, John, age 6, had gone
with their mother, Mrs. Ar-
thur Costaris, to visit friends
near their home Saturday af-
ternoon.
Tommy, Johnny and their
friend were playing outside
and wandered onto a partial-
ly frozen lake near the house.
The ice was too thin and
new to support them and all
three went through.
Mrs. Costaris, who is the
former Genevieve Zimmer-
man, plunged into the lake to
rescue the children, but was
able to save only Johnny.
Little Tonimy’s body was
recovered the same afternoon
but it was necessary to drain
the lake over a period of two
or three days until the cther
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Christmastime Begins at Concert
When the spirit of Christmas comes to
any individual is a matter of attitude, a
condition of the mind, a response of the
heart:
Christmastime 1967 came
the second Sunday of Advent
wings of music at St.
church during an hour’s concert.
Presented by Dr. David
his niece, Deborah Horner of Elizabeth-
town, the program set the stage for the
mystical season which is the preparation
for the coming birthday of a tiny babe.
With Dr. Schlosser at the organ and
Miss Deborah on the cello, soul-stirring
music atuned a full sanctuary to the ma-
jesty of the season.
Miss Deborah, talented
ter of State Representative and Mrs. Jack
of Elizabethtown, is a pupil at
Horner
Elizabethtown Area high
music student of the New School of Mus-
ic, Philadelphia.
Dr. Schlosser’s gift,
always
generously with his friends and neighbors,
was at its best, as he played both solo
numbers and accompanied his niece.
Probably, two of the most moved in-
dividuals present Were Dr. Ralph Schlos-
ser, known to thousands in this area, ard
Mrs. Schlosser.
for many
on the Reverence
Luke's lovely blended with
Schlosser and
ence.
erable educator and his wife
and granddaughter present their concert
to such a warm and appreciative
for the Advent must have
justifiable pride the ven-
saw son
audi-
An air of worship prevaded the church
as the music of the masters and of the
ages swelled, flowed and whispered
message of glad tidings.
It has been said that sisters make the
sweetest music because they are in kind-
the
red atunement.
young daugh- Dr.
school and a
Schlosser and his
were similarily matched as the mellow-
ness of the cellist’s hand and the touch
of the organist’s skill were blended.
Their concert included numbers rang-
young niece
ing from a thirteenth Century Carol to
shared Tschaikovsky,
whimsy with
including just a touch of
an arrangement of “Good
King Wenceslas.”