R. A. R. The Florin post office is no more! ® ® o This week the room occu- pied by the Florin station of the Mount Joy office stands clean and bare with a sign on the front window—‘For Rent.” ®e oO o And, employees who had been manning the station were being integrated into the mail system at the cen- tral office. Jack Liggins, who has been serving as chief since the Florin post office became a ‘‘station” is serv- ing as a clerk at the main office. Others who had been part- time also are continuing their routine duties. ®e © © Movement toward closing of the post office began sev- eral years ago when door-to- door letter service through- out the Florin area was be- gun and the carriers based at the central office at Main & Market streets. ®e © o Reaction this week to the announcement last week that the borough is seeking an op- tion on the {former Acme store room, appears to have been met with acceptance by the community. ® © o The proposal to make the building into a garage and offices appears to be much more palatable at some- thing around $25,000 than the high-flying estimates of a combination fire hall and borough building on the site of the Florin Hall. ® © © One of the borough fathers discussing the new building site, noted that the north end of the store room will allow for a 12-foot overhead door. The garbage truck, he noted, is 11 feet high. 9 © © As plans for the Main St. building unfold, it must not be forgotten that within the near future, the borough's next project is to ‘‘do some- thing” about the Florin fire hall. Firemen of the company have asked that two more (From Page 2) The Mount Joy BULLETIN Mount Joy's ONLY Newspaper VOL. 67. NO. 32 Named Chairman Of Heart Drive Special Gifts G. Millard Sherk, Mount Joy R2, personnel manager for the mill products divis- ions and building products division of the Howmet Cor- poration, Lancaster plants, has been named special gifts chairman of the 1968 Heart Fund Drive, it has been an- nounced by William D. Martz, General Chairman. ~— Sherk is vice president of the Lancaster Industrial Per- sonnel Club, a member of the American Management Assoc. president of the Lancaster Industrial Safety Council and a member of the Board of Directors of the National Council on Alcoholism. Arrange Two Adult Classes Two adult education cour- ses are set to begin this month at Donegal high school, it was announced this week by R. F. Hallgren, school dis- trict supervising principal. Classes are being arranged in sewing and in typing. The former class will begin on Monday, Jan. 22, and the lat- ter on Tuesday, Jan. 30. Instruction will be given one evening each week for two hours for ten weeks. The fee for the course will be determined by the number of people enrolled. For ex- ample, a minimum .enroll- ment of 12 will set the course fee at $8.50. Increased en- rollment over 12 will propor- tionately reduce the course fee and any refund will be made at the end of the course. The $8.50 fee is payable prior to the first night's instrue- tion in the high school office. Mrs. James Boulton will teach sewing, and Mrs. Mild- red Day will instruct typing. Persons interested in the class work may contact the Donegal high school office. ‘Of This and We said last week that see- ing Ginger Rogers in ‘Hello, Dolly,” was ‘“‘a bright spot in a cold, snowy Janyary!” What we forgot to mention, as another ‘bright spot’, were the branches of bloom- ing yellow forsythia which the Paul Diffenderfers have on a table in front of the pic- ture window in their homs2 on Bruce Avenue. There the blossoms sit, blithely reminding passersby that things are not quite as bad as they might seem — that in spite of the looks of things at the moment, spring will be here before too long! The forsythia branches are ones which Paul noticed as budded one mild day before Christmas. Somewhat as an experiment, he took them in- to the basement, just to see what would happen. Then he promptly forgot them! A couple of weeks later, he saw them again, and they were filled with ‘beautiful yel- low blossoms! We think that forsythia the first of January must be something of a rec- THIS ISSUE -- Two Sections 20 PAGES That’ by the editor's wife ord! * * * One time we wrote about the things one could do to ov- ercome the “winter dold- rums’’ that often come about this time of the year. We mentioned such things as buying a new hat—or ap- ron—scanning the seed cata- logs, trying a new recipe, or reading a new book. We have an addition or two to make this year. It gives a lift to the spirit to clean out the linen closet or cedar wardrobe, or visit the Farm Show and eat a delect- able baked potato. Not everyone can brighten January with the thrilling ex- perience of bringing home a new, first born son from the hospital, as the Norman Lin- ton Jrs. did this week. But we are sure there are no “winter doldrums” in that household ! Another young family this week welcomed into their home a little three-year-old “adopted” daughter, to join the two ‘little boys already there. Again, no “winter dold- rums”’ in that house! We heard recently of a woman in Mount Joy who (Turn to page 2) MOUNT JOY, PENNA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1968 — Devoted to the Best Interest and Welfare of Mount Joy SEVEN CENTS Baby Contest Now Expect Tax Hearing Decision at March Meeting Entries are arriving for the Joycee-ettes Sweetheart Baby Photo Contest, to be held Feb. 9 - 16. Photos will be displayed in local stores and voting will take place by the public for a penny-a- vote. bi The present King and Queen are Jimmy Byers and Kelly Jo Piefer .Their reign will end on Saturday, Febru- ary 17, when the new King and Queen will be crowned. The contest is held for the benefit of the Donegal Dental Clinic. Last year $300 was presented to the clinic. Photos of Children between ages 0-3, whose parents have a Mount Joy mailing address, may be sent‘to Mrs. Andrew Reymer, 11B Marietta Ave. and Mrs. Marie Herneigen, 206 Ziegler Street. Deadline - for January 29. entries is . * * * * WILL NCR BE JOINED TO DONEGAL? * * Consideration of a petition to annex a portion of Rapho township into the Donegal school district is scheduled to come before the state Board of Education for decision at its March meeting, it has been learned by the Bulletin. A spokesman in the state department of education said last week that aetion is an- ticipated at the board's March meeting, which tenta- tively is set for March 12, 13 and 14. The matter of annexation, basically, concerns a deter- mination of where school Jaycees Book Activities Mount Joy Jaycees will be observing national Jaycee week next week along with thousands of young men ac- ross the nation. A full schedule of activi- ties to mark the occasion is planned, beginning on Sun- day, Jan. 21, when Jaycees and their families will at- tend St .Mark’s EUB church in a group. Tuesday night will be the “Boss’s Night” and Wednes- day, the 24th, will be Library Gift Night. On Tuesday, January 23, Mount Joy Jaycees will, for the third consecutive year, be treating their bosses to a dinner at the Watering Trough. Following dinner at 6 p m., Robert “Buck” O’Neal will speak. His topic will tie in with National Jaycee Week which is being observ- ed from Jan. 21 to Jan. 27. O’Neal is a past state vice- Jaycees, Also attending the banquet will be this year's 1st vice-president of the Jaycees, Jim Thorbahn. - Also, for the first time, the Jaycees will award to one of the bosses, a “Boss of the Year’ award and plaque. Jaycee chairman for the dinner is Andrew Reymer. On Saturday, Jan. 27, the week’s local observance will be climaxed with the annual Distinguished Service Award banquet, to be held at the American Legion. At that time a young man of the community will be honored for service to his community during 1967. The man to be named was picked earlier this week by a- secret committee of judges. But the eleventh man to be so hon- ored by Mount Joy Jaycees will not be announced until the night of the banquet. Dr. J. Calvin Wenger, chir- opractor, will be the main speaker. His topic will be “From where I Stand’. It will be a presentation that balances humor with inspira- tion. Wenger brings into fo- P— Attractive landscaping to- day requires garden and out- door living which is desig- nated to cater to the needs of the entire family, says Craig S. Oliver, extension ornamen- tal horticulturist at the Penn State university. If you wish to landscape your home this spring, now is the time to start planning. cus time-tested rules to make life more meaningful .From where the Jaycees stand, they expect this talk to be a de- lightful experience. Tickets are available from any Jaycee. Quite a Man! Henry H. Koser markable man! The same week he observ- ed his 94th birthday, he was reelected president of the Lititz Mutual Insurance com- pany and named again as di- rector of the Union National Mount Joy bank. One of Landisville’s out- standing citizens, Koser will be serving his 39th year as president of the insurance company. Not only is he a director of the Union Bank, reelected on Tuesday, Jan. 9, at the an- nual stockholders meeting, but on Thursday, the 11th, at the directors meeting he was renamed first vice-president. is a re- ¥ x taxes generated by the new National Cash Register prop- erty will be paid. The question is whether Donegal school district or Manheim Central school dis- trict will be receiving these funds. A hearing on the matter was held in July of 1967 but no decisions were made. Since that time, there has been a lengthy delay in the transcribing of stenographie notes taken during the hear- ing. There had been hope that the board would render a decision at its January meet- ing, which was held Wednes- day and Thursday of . last week. However, the local matter nor any other annexation petitions were considered. Many months ago Mount Joy Borough annexed the tract of land, located at the east edge of the borough a- long Route 230. The action was sustained by the courts and the borough is now re- ceiving taxes from the NCR property. However, when Donegal School district petitioned to annex the same area, which has been part of Manheim Central school district, the county board of education ruled that there be no change. The fact that previously borough and school lines have been kept the same was disregarded and unless the state reverses the county de- cision, Manheim Central schools will receive NCR school tax. Following the Thursday session of the state Board of Education, a spokesman told the Bulletin that there would be no February meeting of that group. Donegal Clips Central Donegal’s fighting basket- ball Indians have had a good week! j Tuesday night they clipped Manheim Central after scar- ing Elizabethtown within an inch of a victory. Against Manheim, it was a 64-58 win, established in the first half. The count was 16- 14 at the quarter but in the second period the Tribe wid- ened out a lead which never was matched and led 39-28 at the intermission. Central gained back five points in the last half but were never on the victory trail. Derr was big man on the hoops with 23 sparkling points on nine baskets and 5 for 5 from the free throw line. McCowin had 16. In the preliminary, the In- dian JV’s took a 33 - 29 win. Donegal high’s 1967-68 basketball team is not going fo win ’em all! But, it's going to give the fans a lot of excitement and some other ball clubs a run for their money. After a cliff hanger last week against Columbia, Eliz- abethtown was given a good shaking Friday in the Bear's home den. The Tribe came home on the short end of a 58-56 count but not before E-town was forced to the wall to win in the final period. At the quarter it was 12 - 12 and at the half, 30 - 26 for Donegal. E-town pulled back hard in the third and the count was 44 - 42 for the In- dians at the three-quarter stop. By scoring a 16-12 ad- vantage in the final period, the Bears managed the win. It took a 28-point bombard- ment by Gary Eysart to turn the trick. Donegal, on the other hand, spread good scor- ing strength. Stanley Tucker had 18 points, while Dennis Gohn and Howard McCarty each had 13. Actually, the ultimate mar- gin of victory came from the free toss line. Donegal rung up 26 fielders against 24 by the Bears. But E-town hit a 50-50 percentage from the free toss line, sinking 10 of 20 tries while Donegal man- aged only 4 of 13. In the preliminary, Done- gal JV’s romped to a 50-38 victory. Friday night one of the Tribe's big rivalry games comes off as Hempfield in- vades Donegal high. 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