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Donegal School district has
an interesting personnel situ-
ation,
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A member of the School
board also is a teacher.
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Donald Kugle of Marietta
sits on the Donegal board. He
also is a class room teacher
in an Eastern Lebanon county
school district.
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Whether this is a unique
situation or not is an un-
answered question. But, it is
interesting, in the light of the
recent requests made by
Pennsylvania teachers of
their school boards, seeking
a ‘‘professional holiday” on
March 4.
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While the board member-
teacher combination may or
may not be a conflict of inter-
ests, it was interesting to note
that Kugle spoke earnestly
during Donegal Board’s dis-
cussion about ‘professional
holiday”.
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His remarks reflected
strongly the militance recent-
ly ascribed to Pennsylvania
teachers who are seeking
salary raises. He was the first
man on the Donegal board
to express an intent to vote
to grant the ‘professional
holiday” to local teachers. In
fact, he made the motion to
change the Donegal school
calendar and thereby allow
the holiday.
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In fact, Kugle spoke more
strongly in favor of making
the change than did the com-
mittee of - Donegal teachers
which appeared before the
board to request the holiday.
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Later it was suggested,
wrongly, that it will be a
strange development if a
member of the Donegal
school board should appear in
some kind of “march” or
“demonstration” as a school
teacher.
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Of course, that might de-
pend upon what arrange
ments the Elko school district
made in relation to the grant-
ing of a “professional holi-
day’ on Monday.
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G.I’s across the country
and around the world who
are from Mount Joy: You
will be interested to know
that Ephrata won the county
basketball champiinship this
year, clipping Warwick 54-45
at Harrisburg.
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It was the Mountaineer’s
first county title in 16 years.
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And, for those at home.
You would be interested to
know how the G.I.’s enjoy
getting the hometown paper.
The boys, and their parents,
tell us that they read every
word in the paper and then
hand it to some fellow who
never even heard of Mount
Joy and he reads it.
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At any rate, there will be
no school in the Donegal
District Monday, March 4.
Teachers will, theoretically,
be taking part in “Education
Advancement Day.”
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To new residents of the
community: To change auto-
mobile license plates and
drivers licenses from New
York (or any other state) to
Pennsylvania, you should go
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Mount Joy's ONLY Newspaper — Devoted to the Best Interest and Welfare of Mount Joy
VOL. 67. NO. 38.
Robert Pennell
Dies of Auto
Crash Injuries
Robert John Pennell, 20-
year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
James N. Pennell, 116 W.
Main street, suffered fatal in-
juries early Sunday morning
in an auto crash near
Wrightsville, in York county.
He was riding in an auto
driven by Raymond E. Sump-
man, 21, of Marietta, son of
Mrs. Regina Sumpman, 334
E. Market street.
Both young men, Pennell,
a Marine, and Sumpman, a
sailor, were home on leave,
Police said that the car,
headed south on Road 624,
overturned and that both
young men were thrown
from the vehicle.
Pennell was pronounced
dead on arrival at the Colum-
bia hospital about 4 a.m.
Sumpman suffered critical
head injuries and later was
transferred to St. Joseph's
hospital for intensive care.
The Mount Joy serviceman
had returned to the states
after serving with Marine in-
fantry in Vietnam. He was
stationed at Norfolk, Va. The
sailor was home on leave
while his ship, the battleship
New Jersey, was at the Phila-
delphia Navy Shipyard.
Pennell, a 1965 graduate of
Donegal high school, is sur-
vived, besides his parents,
by his three brothers, James
R., Warrenburg, Mo.; Ronald
John, Mesa, Ariz., and Wm.
B., at home; also his paternal
home; also his paternal
grandmother, Mrs. Florence
Pennell, Mount Joy.
He was a member of St;
Mary’s Catholic Church and
a member of the Mount Joy
Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday morning from the
Sheetz funeral home and the
St. Mary’s Catholic Church.
Burial was made in the Mt.
Joy Cemetery.
Miss Mount Joy
Search Begins
The search for the most
beautiful and talented girl
in Mount Joy is on!
Plans are being formulated
by the Mount Joy Jaycees
for their annual Miss Mount
Joy Beauty Pageant, to be
held during Memorial Day
Weekend.
The pageant is a prelimin-
ary to the Miss America
Pageant held each year in
Atlantic City, New Jersey.
The winner of the local con-
test become eligible to com-
pete for the title of Miss
Lancaster County. Winner of
that contest may compete for
the title of Miss Pennsylvania
and then on to the national
competition.
Interested girls should con-
tact
5 North High St.
Joy, or Robert Eshleman, 234
Marietta St., Mount Joy, for
a contest application.
BAND PARENTS TO MEET
The Donegal Band Parents
Club will meet on Monday
evening March 4, in the
Donegal High School Cafe-
teria starting at 7:30 p.m. All
parents of Junior and Senior
High Band members are urg-
ed to be present.
Aaron Rye of Lehman's
Convalescent home, Rheems,
formerly of Mount Joy, is a
patient at Lanc. Osteopathic
hospital, room 321.
either Dennis Fackler,.
Mount -
MOUNT JOY, PA.,, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1968
SEVEN CENTS
Bachman Chocolate Sold to Peter Paul
Another business of na-
tional reputation has been
added to Mount Joy's grow-
ing industrial complex, which
includes names known across
the country in financial
circles.
This past weekend offi-
cially it was announced that
Peter Paul, Inc., of Nauga-
tuck, Conn., has purchased
the Bachman Chocolate Man-
ufacturing company.
The Mount Joy firm, manu-
New Secretaryto Talk Here
John J. Tabor, Pennsylvania's newly-appointed Secre-
retary of Labdr, will be the speaker for the annual
Mount Joy Chamber of Commerce annual meeting and
banquet, to be held Tuesday night, March 12, at Hos-
tetters.
The new meniber of the governor's cabinet is expected
to attract a sizable attendance at the ladies night affair.
Members of the Chamber, businessmen, their wives and
friends are invited to attend the evening’s activities.
Already reservations are being made, President Glenn
Y. Forney said this week.
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List Courses for Vo-Tech
Seventeen different voca-
tional and technical courses
will be taught in the new
Mount Joy vo-tech school, to
be built north of the borough
on the former 106-acre Bren-
neman property.
A listing of the Mount Joy
courses, and those of two
other Lancaster co. schools—
Brownstown and Willow
Street—were released last
week as planners put finish-
ing touches on sehool designs.
To be built on the first
plateau north of the Man-
heim road, the new school
is expected to be ready for
use in the fall of 1969—about
a year and a half away.
Present plans call for a
concrete block building, faced
with brick.
In all, 33 different voca-
tional and technical courses
will be given in the three
schools. Some will be given
at all schools and others will
be offered at only one or two.
The present lineup of
courses for the Mount Joy
school includes the following
subjects.
Drafting and design, auto
mechanics, carpentry and
millwork, cosmetology, elec-
trical, floriculture, foods
trades, horticulture, machine
shop practice, masonry _trades
advanced office machine
practice, painting and decor-
ating, plumbing and pipe-
fitting, printing, TV and ap-
pliance repair, welding and
metallurgy.
Final study and approval
of building plans is expected
within the next few days.
The Mt. Joy and Browns-
town schools will be very
similar in design. Willow
Street will be similar but will
be the largest of the three,
Takes Library Job at York
Mrs. Alice Heilman, West
Main street, who has been
assistant director of the Lan-
caster Free Public Library,
has accepted a position as
an assistant director of the
Martin Memorial Library in
York, it has been announced
by Harold Jenkins, Lancaster
Librarian.
She assumes her new du-
ties Friday, March 1.
Mrs. Heilman was one of
the organizers of the Mount
Joy Library Center, serving
as a director and as the Lan-
caster library’s representa-
tive to the local unit.
A holder of a BS degree
in elementary education,
she began her career in ’48,
following the receipt of a
degree in library services
from Columbia University,
at Elizabethtown College
where she served for 10 yrs.
She then went to the Eliza:
bethtown Public Library, tak-
ing on double duty in 1962
as a part-time extension li-
brarian for the county before
being appointed to her
present job in 1963.
In her new position in
Reuben Shellenberger of
Mount Joy spent Monday
with Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
Roberts and son Kenneth in
Lancaster.
Thought-of-the-week: A cold
shoulder doesn’t attract warm
+ friends.
York,” said Jenkins, ‘Mrs.
Heilman will continue to
serve in a district library
situation very similar to the
one she so capably served in
Lancaster.
“Her resignation was
prompted solely by an op-
portunity for professional
improvement. I look forward
to the opportunity of work-
ing with her again.”
Mrs. Heilman has served
as president of the county
and south central chapters
of the Pennsylvania Library
Association, and at Present is
a member of the PLA nomi-
nating committee.
facturers of chocolate prod-
ucts of various kinds, has
been a supplier to Peter Paul
of chocolate coatings for the
production of such famous
brands as ‘“‘Mounds,” Almond
Clusters” and “Caravelle”
bars.
Bachman, as it has been
known locally, will operate
as a wholly owned subsidiary
of Peter Paul with the same
personnel as has been in
charge of the plant.
Richard M. Stark will re-
main as president of the com-
pany with Lloyd Elston,.
president of Peter Paul, as
vice-president.
Mount Joy operations will
continue uninterrupted and
with little external evidence
of change. However, future
plans call for additional faci-
lities and an addition to the
present work force of 75 per-
sons,
Indication that Peter Paul
was interested in the Mount
Joy manufacturing company
came last year when ar-
rangements were being made
for a merger and exchange
stock. However, the death in
October of John A. Bachman,
majority stockholder, altered
plans and settlement has
been made in cash by Peter
Paul.
The county firm was found-
ed in 1911 by the late John
A. Bachman, who was also
one of the pioneers of the
Pennsylvania - Manufacturing
Confectioners Assn. Its plant
was built in 1915. In 1957
Harry Stark became its presi-
dent, succeeding Bachman
who became chairman of the
board. In 1964 Harry Stark
retired after 30 years in the
Lusiness and was succeaded
by his sen, Richard A Stork,
present head of the im.
MEN'S COMMUNION
BREAKFAST
The annual community
Men’s Communion Breakfast
will be held at 7 a.m. Sun-
day morning, March 3, at
Glossbrenner E U.B. church.
Rev. Donald Whitesel, rector
if St. Luke's Episcopal
church, will be the speaker.
BOROUGH COUNCIL
The Mount Joy Borough
Council will hold its March
meeting on Monday night,
March 4, in the council room
of the Friendship Fire com-
pany, beginning at 7:30 p.m.
HOME FROM HOSPITAL
Christ Walters, east Main
street, who has been a pa-
tient in Lancaster General
hospital, has returned to his
home.
Firemen Operate Radio
Frank Boggs is back on the
job!
After a serious bout of ill-
ness, Mount Joy’s guardian
of the emergency radio sys-
tem is back in his trailer on
Apple alley, taking emer-
gency fire and police calls.
His absence put a serious
crimp in the normal func-
tioning of the community
services, but during Boggs’
hospitalization, 19 members
of Friendship Fire company
took turns staying with the
radio and telephone.
Thus, for 503! hours few
people in the borough actu-
ally realized that Boggs was
not on duty, as usual. Prob-
ably, families and close
friends of the ‘substitutes’
were the ones who felt the
emergency arrangement the
most.
Firemen and the hours
they spent during the time
Boggs was away include:
Frank Good, 89; R. Hoover
19; John Schroll, 5; Vernie
Sagerer, 23%; Leo Shank, 25;
Ken Newcomer, 22; Robert
Williams, 10; Jay Markley,
10; Christ Charles, 431%; Jake
Brown, 461%; Earl Geltmach-
er, 106%; Spook Kaylor, 103;
Ray Myers, 24; John Myers,
2; Herb Coover, 39; Harvey
Stoner, 1615; Sam Dock, 8%;
G. Grove, 4, and Gary Max-
well, 615,