The weather this week re- minds us that the 1968 Farm Show is set for January 15 - 19. ® © © We've heard many ‘‘non- political” speeches by politi- cians but none which pleased the crowd more than when U. S. Representative Ed Esh- leman spoke to Mt. Joy Ro- tary club a week or 10 days ago. ® © eo Although he expressed h's own views and explained his own beliefs, he completely ignored politics and gave a rooinfull of the people he is representing in Washington a close-up look at some of the big topics which are facing ithe nation — taxes, crime-in- the-streets, etc. He talked and answered questions for fifty minutes (something of a rec- ord at Rotary meetings) and etill the crowd was sorry to have the session ended. ® © eo The holiday on Mount Joy parking meters has passed. Bul before we forget, we no- ticed interesting things about those controversial meters while they were “hooded.” & ® ® Several people covered the nondescript brown paper bags with some kind of plastic to “water proof’ them against the December elements. @ @ ® But the best ones were the few we noticed which had been decorated with a couple of sprigs each of evergreen. eo ® @ If Borough Council sees fit to give a meter vacation next Christmas, why don't we dec- orate all the meters? @ ©o 9 And — incidentally—Coun- cil voted the meter holiday without anyone even asking for the favor. It was done out of the spirit of the season and because it has become somewhat of a custom, ® © o One Mount Joy business- man and his wife were agree- ably surprised one night re- cently. @ @® ® Because they wanted the Christmas lighting in their store a certain way during the early hours of the even- ing and then left in a differ- ent way the remainder of the night, they had gone back to (Turn to page 7) BULLETIN Mount Joy's ONLY Newspaper — Devoted to the Best Interest and Welfare of Mount Joy VOL. 67. NO. 30 Win Two Top 4-H Awards Top honors at the annual Lancaster County 4-H corn and tobacco exhibit last week were taken by three area youths, including a brother- and-sister combination. Philip Bixler, and Frances Bixler, 18, son and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Bixler won the filler and wrapper championships, respectively, in compet tion held at the Bayuk Cigar Inc. warehouse. Stephen Ney, 13, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold W. Ney, Marietta R1, won the corn reserve championship. The Bixlers each had a half-acre tobacco project on Hill Island. Philip was in his third year of competition. Ney won h's first champion. ship in four tries. Joycee-ettes Hold Dinner The December meeting of the Joycee-ettes was a dinner held at the Watering Trough. An exchange of gifts was held. The Joycee-ettes next pro- jects will be the baby King & Queen for Valentine's Day. These are babies and smail children from only Mount Joy. Donations will go to the Dental Clinic. Also canisters are in d.fferent stores in Mt. Joy and the Florin Ward for donation to send pretzels to the local servicemen and wo- men over seas. The next meeting will be held at the VFW in January. BAND PARENTS CLUB The Donegal Band Parents will meet Monday evening, Jan. 8, in the band room at Donegal high school at 7:30 p.m. Any change in time will be advised by Glenn Leib tc band members at the school. All parents of junior and senior high school bands are urged to attend. Enos Weidman, who was stricken while down town this past weekend, is a patient in the Osteopathic hospital, Lancaster. ‘Of This and Christmas, 1967, has come and gone. We will always re- member it as the year when our beautiful “Christmas” snow came one week late— on New Year's Eve, instead! But even without snow, there were many memorable moments during the holiday season . . . beautiful music, impressive church services, gay times with the family, precious gifts from loved ones, visits with those far away via long distance tele- phone, much good food, cookies, candy, etc. * * We And then came New Year's Day, with its parades and football games! The Rose Bowl game this year was of particular inter- est in our home, since the alma mater of three of us, Indiana University, was play- ing there for the first time, THIS ISSUE -- Two Sections 20 PAGES That’ by the editor's wife against the University of Southern California. A gala time it was! We had a family dinner party, ate pork and sauerkraut, and rooted noisily for “The Fighting Hoosiers!” . I1.U. and “Rose Bowl’ ban- ners decorated the dining room. Oversize pictures of the I. U. coach and Gonso, the star halfback (sent to our teacher daughter by Susie Solt, pupil of hers when she was practice teaching in Bloomington three years ago) hung on the wall. I. U's col- ors, red and white, were much in evidence, and for a few short hours, we ‘shone in the reflected glory of 1.U.’s great football team. They didn’t win the game, but then, neither did they lose. As one member of the family put it, “There are no losers in the Rose Bowl game!” Only winners. * * * Another area family who were personally involved in the Roe Tol game were . 4) 2 MOUNT JOY, PENNA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1968 SEVEN CENTS Awarded Flag Grey Iron Foundry Sold Girls of Cadette Troop 30, Mount Joy, on Tuesday, Dec. 5, received an American flag. It was presented by Char- les Chunko, commander of the Mount Joy Post, Ameri- can Legion, who made a short talk, saying that the Legion always is happy to give a flag to any organiza- tion which requests one. Cadette Troop 30 expressed its appreciation for the gift. Donegal Wins Consolation Tilt At Tournament Holiday basketball for Don- egal high saw the Indians edged from the top shelf at Warwick, only to come back in the second round of play in the four-way tourney and grab consolation game hon- ors. Played at Lititz, the tour- ney title went to Warwick after stopping Octorara, 76 - 45, and then whipping East- ern of Wrightsville, 63-59, in the battle for the champion- ship. Donegal, on the other hand, was nosed out, 63-62 in a fast overtime in the opening round on Thursday, the 28th, by Eastern. With veteran Xen Derr showing the scoring way with 23 points and a pair of Macs — Bob McCowin and Howard McCarty — adding 27 more between them, -Don- egal was in the thick of things, tied up at 56 all at the end of regulation time. The added period went to Eastern 7 to 6. Friday night,” the 29th, Donegal opened and closed with a scoring punch to grab the win. It was Octorara at the half, 26-21. By the end of the third period, the Tribe had whittled away three points and then broke away with a big 18-point finale while the opposition could count only seven. Derr and the Mocs again led the par- ade, McCarty hitting for 17 to show best. At Ephrata Tuesday night, Jan. 2, the Tribe was snow- ed under an 80-49 count, making good stabs in the first and second quarters but crumbling in the fourth peri- od. : Derr looped in 20 points while McCowin had 11. Ephrata took the J.V. game 44 to 24. Friday night of this week, Donegal will entertain Man- heim township and next Tuesday (the 9th) will go to Columbia. INDUCTED Among the 38 young men inducted into service on Tuesday. Jan. 2, as Lancast- er county's January quota for military manpower, was Douglas K. Epler, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Epler, of Wood street. NEW CUSTODIAN John Walters, 20 David street, has been named -cus- todian of the Mount Joy Post office, it was announced this week by Postmaster Elmer Zerphey. Walters, formerly working as a substitute mail carrier, replaces the late Henry Tay- lor. The Grey Iron Casting Co. south Jacob street, Mount Joy, has been purchased by Donald M. Smith of Wrights- ville, Pa., who is affiliated with Riverside Foundry Co., Inc., John Wright, Inc., and Keyco, Incorporated all of Wrightsville. The Grey Iron Casting will now operate under the name o’ Greycraft company General plant manager wil be Paul L. Stoner, Jr.; Superintendent, Ray Wittle; Production foreman, Larry Gilbert, and Foundry fore- man, William Kauffman. em Two New Councilmen Two new members will be seated Monday night, Janu- ary 8, when the Mount Joy Borough Council holds its first meeting of the new year and conducts its semi-annual reorganization session. They are James Spangler and Warren Foley, both nam- ed to serve in the November elections. Spangler, who succeeds John Day III, will represent the East ward. He previously has served on borough coun- ¢’l and has been its president. Foley, who will fill the place held by Joseph Dolan, will represent the West ward He has served the borough, in the past, as a member of the Mount Joy Borough Auth- ority. Two Wrestling Champs Two Donegal wrestlers — both on the lightweight side and both juniors won championships Saturday nite, Dec. 30, at the big Lancaster Catholic mat tournament. They are: Mike Bonham, a 103-pound hustler who took h's crown with a 7-2 decision over Mc- Caskey’s Wayne Rudolph. The triumph represented something special, for Mike wrestles with a handicap which few prep school boys are willing to assume. Tom O'Connor, who a 2-0 decision in his title bout against Dan Joyce, of Lancaster Catholic. Again, Tom has been something of a hard-luck wrestler but he found his way in the tourney and claimed a championship. Also winning their way to {ook the finals were Jeff Mummau, (85 pounds) who lost a 3 to 1 dec sion; Ken Piersol (127), who was decisioned; and Steve Mohr (1890), decisioned. Donegal’s Butch McCurdy (133), won a consolation match by a fall and Bob Leese (heavyweight) claimed a forfeit. In the consolations but los- ing out were Dennis Frymoy- er (138), who lost by a decis- ion; Ken Thome (145) who forfeited; Sam Reinhold [154) who lost by a fall; and Walter Rolfs (165), who was pinned. Tuesday night, January 2, Donegal smeared Ephrata 43 to 12, giving the visiting Mountaineers only three wins all evening. Five of the Tribe's wins were by falls—Jeff Mummau (Turn to page 8) About Mount Joy -- Ireland Several weeks ago the Bulletin reprinted an article from the New York Times which mentioned a grant of money to a project in Mount Joy, Ireland. This pricked our curiosity considerably, co we dashed off a letter to the Postmaster of the town mentioned in the story, asking him some questions and earnestly re- questing that either he reply or that he pass the letter along to someone who might be interested in corres- ponding. Last week the following letter was received and we think that local area readers will enjoy the message: Dear Mr. Rainbolt, Head Post Office, 7, High Street, OMAGH, Co. Tyrone, N. L In reply to your letter dated 30th Nov. enclosing cuttings of the subject of Mount Joy. Mountjoy (all one word) is a townland near town of OMAGH (population the approx. 10,000). A townland is an “Irishism’” and could be compared with a Parish in size. tory in a county—in this case County Tyrone. It is not a town but merely forms a division of terri- I shall send you a map under seperate cover which will indicate the position of Mountjoy in reation to the rest of the country. However probably the most interesting part of your quest lies in the origin of the im- migrants who founded MOUNTJOY Pa. From the symbol on the Rotary banner it is quite certainly derived from the ship of that name which broke the boom placed across the river Foyle which leads to the port of Derry (or Londonderry). The boom was laid by the beseiging armies of King James in 1689. The ‘heroes of the defence of Lon- donderry were the Apprentice Boys who closed the gates when the opposing force was practically into the city. I have forwarded your letter to the present Governor of the Apprentice Boys Clubs in Londonderry who is a Dr. W. R. Abernethy, Bella Vista, Drumnahoe, Londonderry and I have asked him to either write or forward you some literature on the seige which will almost certainly tell the story of the exploits of the Mountjoy. The County of Donegal is (Turn to page 9)
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