R. A. R. Many months ago there was a furror about a sizable land purchase flury in the neighborhood of Bainbridge. It was all a big secret and there was much speculation about what was afoot. ® © 0 There were wild guesses of every nature and Frank Zink, who was handling the real estate transactions, was del- uged with questions on every hand. ® © °° Wild speculations included everything from horse racing plant to Armstrong Cork and everything in between. But strangely, none of the most obvious answers is the cor- rect answer. ee © © The land has been pur- chased by the Pennsylvania Power and Light company for future development. And — when the word future is used, it means just that. It may be five or 10 years before any- thing happens on the loca- tion. But, because the land will be needed sooner or later it appeared better policy to buy now than later. ® © © The area is part of four or five farms immediately north of Bainbridge between the state (441) and the river. Fewer than a dozen owners are involved. ® ® © Identity of the buyers be- came known when PP&L of- ficials visited some of the land owners recently and had conversations with them about the transactions. ee oe © The Lancaster County Farmers National Bank has used a unique method to an- nounce its new ‘“No-Service- Charge - Minimum - Balance Plan” for personal checking accounts, which went into ef- fect April 1. The bank has mailed to all customers a let- ter written by its computer— processed at the amazing speed of fifty per minute— almost one every second. To quote one or two paragraphs of this computer-printed an- nouncement, it starts out like this: ®e 6 © “Hello This is the Computer at your bank speaking. I can do anything my boss tells me to do, but anything he tells me to do I can do better . . . and faster . . and cheaper than he. Spring Daffodil Show At Longenecker Farm Spring’s annual daffodil show at the Longenecker farm, east of Mount Joy, is in full array! The hundreds of yellow blooms along the slopes of big Chiques creek began bursting last week with the warm weather and are now a magnificant show. The Longenecker farm from Mount Joy is easily reached by turning north off Road 230 at Big Chiques creek. There are signs. lH i SE New Arrivals — William and Gynieth (Mey- er) Haupt, R2, Mount Joy, a son, Tuesday, March 26, at General hospital. Harry and Blanche (Coble) Weaver, a son, Friday, March 29, at General hospital. John and Shirley (Miller) Brubaker, Mount Joy R2, a daughter, Tuesday, April 2, at General hospital. BULLETIN Mount Joy's ONLY Newspaper VOL. 67, NO. 42 Cancer Drive In Mount Joy Headed by BPW The annual Cancer Drive in Mount Joy, sponsored by the Mount Joy Business and Professional Women’s club, will be from April 1 to April 19. Mrs. Simon P. Nissly and Mrs. IL.ester E. Roberts are co-chairmen, Mrs. Eugene Eicherly, Mrs. John G. Wea- land and Mrs. Kenneth Smith regional chairmen. Solicitors will be: Mrs. A. P. M tzkavitch, Mrs. Herbert Sarver, Mrs. Lester Eshel- man, Miss Ruth Eby, Miss Anng Mae Eby, Mrs. Mi- chael Pricio, Mrs. Robert Brown, Miss Helen Schule, Mrs. Alvin Yingst, Mrs. R. Reynolds, Mrs. Jay Loraw, Mrs. Benj. Horst, Mrs. James Heilig, Mrs. Carl Brubaker, Miss Donna Eberly, Mrs. Jay Meckley, Mrs. Paul Shre‘ner, Mrs. Ray Bair, Mrs. Paul Little, Miss Jean Eberly, Mrs. Russel Kuhn, Mrs. Bax- ter Wells, Miss Elsie Le- Fever, Miss Carol Fellen- baum, Miss Sharon Stoner, Mrs. Raymond Gilbert, Mrs. Andrew Reymer, Mrs. Ab- ram Widman, Mrs. Edwin Terry, Mrs. Jerry Miller, Mrs. Charles Shoemaker, Mrs. John Booth, Mrs. Ed- ward Grimsey, Mrs. Norman Linton, Mrs. James Ging- rich, Mrs. Harold Krall, Mrs. Warren Bates, Miss Esther Walters, Mrs. A. Elvin, Miss Lois Miller, Mrs. Roscoe Thome, Mrs. Samuel Bals- baugh, Mrs. Arthur Sprech- er, Mrs. Harry Brown, Mrs. Marlin Sinegar, Mrs. Nelson Newcomer, Mrs. Charles Drace, Mrs. John C. Wea- land, Mrs. Stanley Ginder, Mrs. Clyde Gerberich, Mrs. Kenneth Good, Mrs. Clyde Brill, Mrs. Richard Stark, Mrs. Daniel Heisey, Mrs. John Rogers, Simon P. Nis- sly, Kenneth Smith and James W. Roberts. Robert E. Sherk Is Promoted Robert E. Sherk, Mount Joy R2, has been named as- sistant trust officer of the Elizabethtown office of the Harrisburg National Bank and Trust company, it has been announced by John H. Wenger, director, and Phares S. Risser, vice-president and manager. Sherk had been with the bank for approximately a year before its recent mer- ger. He is a graduate of Mount Joy high school and of Elizabethtown college. He also was graduated from the Bucknell University Trust Training School of Banking and has completed numerous American Institute of Bank- ing and I.B.M. courses. Leisure Club Holds Meeting The Mount Joy Leisure Club will hold its regular meeting at the Sportsman's Club, Monday, April 8, at 1:30 p.m. The ’ president would like all members to be present. A bus trip to Gettys- burg is planned for Monday, May 13. The club will pay 2 of the fare. Some of the group met at the Fire Hall Thursday afternoon for danc- mg. 3 2 # ¥ v2 ) “J + © ar oy Xr pi ry OJ Cy igs sophus W Devoted to the Best Interest and Welfare of Mount Joy MOUNT JOY, PA.,, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1968 SEVEN CENTS Council Rejects Police Candidates Mount Joy borough will continue to limp along with only two full-time police of- ficers and part-time help! Monday night's meeting of the Borough council saw names submitted by the Civ- il Service commission to fill a vacancy on the police force. However, that group had recommended against one name and at the Monday night meeting, Police Chief J. Bruce Kline recommend- ed against the other two. Thus, instead of filling the place left open by the recent resignation of John Cole, council finds itself without an officer and without a candidate. In the meantime, extra part-time officers are be- coming harder and harder to keep available for duty, Major Frank Walter said. Council sent its request for candidates back to the commission. The borough offers $4,400 as a starting salary. Chief Kline said that other bor- oughs, the city of Lancaster and state police also are offering at least $1,000 more money. In other business Monday night, the council studied its insurance problems and named B. Titus Rutt and Franklin Zink as brokers of record to handle the prob- lem. Councilmen studied their newly formulated ordinance of subdivisions and took ten- tative steps to pass the reg- ulations, which spell out in considerab’e detail the rules to be followed for opening a new sect on. The anticipation is that the ordinance will be passed officially and finally at the May meeting. A new police car was pur= chased from Newcomer Mo- tors at a price of $830, cash difference. Planning for Wood street, council was told, is prog- ressing. Bids are expected to be received at the May meeting. At that time a de- cision is expected as to how much of Wood street will be built th's summer. Decision was made to give north Barbara street, be- tween Main and the borough limit north, a coat of slurry seal, at an estimated cost of $1,700. Council was told that 25 parking meters are not working. Eleven riot hel- mets, at $11.50 each, were purchased for the police de- partment. — Donegal Takes Honors In Science Fair Again, Donegal has grab- bed the lion's share of the honors at the annual Lanc- aster county Science Fair! The tradition of achieve- ment continues as 10 local young scientists claimed 12 of the 42 honors given fol- lowing judging Wednesday, March 27, at Manheim Cent- ral high school. Alice Kleiner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Al Kleiner, west Main street, won Re- serve Grand Championship with her entry in the chem- istry division. Her study was on ‘“Pharmacognostic Isola- tion of Aloes Resin.” Her work won her the Donegal district championship a few days earlier. In chemistry, Donegal swept both first and second places as Robert Graybill and David C. Hostetter were one and two. Top honors also went to Donegal students in biology and general science as Kath- leen Ney won the former and Scott Albert, an eighth grader, took the latter. In general science, Patricia Greiner took a third place- ment. Her reserve championship also won for Alice Kleiner a U. S. Air Force Award and a trip to Detroit to show her exhibit at the international Science Fair, May 13-17. Another Air Force award went to Thomas B. Spangler for his work in mathematics. Three U. S. Army awards were claimed by Donegal as Patricia Greiner claimed honors in botany, April Borry in zoology and Carol Zim- merman in medicine. An American Society for Metals award went to Donald Snyder for his “Tetrahedron Tower.” ‘Carnival’ To Be Given at D.H.S. Elaine Brown and Dale Weibley have been selected to play and sing the principal roles in the Donegal high school music department’s spring production, “Carnival” to be given April 19 and 20. Presentation of the well- known Broadway musical, continues a tradition of D.H.S. to give an outstand- ing production each year. Other principal roles will be played by Rick Haw- thorne, Sharon Green, David Hostetter, Walter Rolfs and John Presto. Members of the high school chorus will com- plete the cast. Heading the direction staff will be Mrs. Nancy Cherry, vocal music teacher. STUDENT SENATOR Sue Musser has been elect- ed to be a Student Govern- ment Senator representing the Alpha Xi Delta sorority at Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio. Miss Musser, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jay C. Mus- ser, 214 Marietta Ave., Mount Joy, was initiated into the Alpha Xi Delta sorority on January 19 after being pledg- ed in October. Jody Shupp, 1967 graduate of Donegal high school, has returned to Penn State to begin her sophomore year after a two-week’s vacation at home between quarters. Majoring in elementary ed- ucation, she began her fresh- man work in June of last year and this past month completed her first full year of academic credit. Killed In Auto Crash A Mount Joy area man was killed instantly and his stepson and a close friend badly ‘injured when their compact bus collided with a car at the intersection of two rural roads near East Petersburg Saturday morn- ing ,March 30. The victim was Frank Kramer, 28, of Lefever Road. A passenger in the car, Kenneth W. Watts, 29, of 823 W. Main St., Florin, was listed in critical condition in the General Hospital's In- tensive Care Unit Saturday night, while Kramer’s step- son, John E. Haynes, 10, was in serious condition at the same hospital. The driver of the other car involved, Bernard L. Ginder, 23, of 986 W. Main St., Mount Joy, was listed in satisfactory condition at the General Hosp: tal. The collision occurred in the intersection of the Cole- brook and State Roads, two miles west of East Peters- burg, at 10:30 a.m. Kramer died from multi- ple head and back injuries. Kramer was born in Bain- bridge and was the son of Mrs. Florence Kramer and the late David Kramer. He was employed as a setup man at the Radio Cor- poration of America. Survivors include his wife the former Ann Ratcliff; two step-sons, Frank and John Haynes, and a daughter, Kelly Ann, all at home. Al- so surviving are these "bro- thers: and sisters: Wallace, Elizabethtown; John, Mari- etta; Pearl, wife of Clarence Barton, Marietta; and Eliza- beth, wife of Jack Jamil, Lititz. There are several nieces and nephews. Jaycees to Hear Con Con Report Jaycees from throughout Pennsylvania, including rep- resentatives of the Mount Joy chapter, will meet in Harris- burg, Saturday ,April 6. to discuss and act on the pro- posals of the state’s recently- completed Constitutional Con- vention. Dwight Summers, New Freedom, president of the over 10,000-member state- wide organization, has called a special meeting of the Jay- cees’ State Board of Directors for that purpose. Summers, in a letter to the chapters, said, “The purpose of this meeting is to debate and review the recommenda- tions of the Constitutional Convention. After making a decision as to our approval, or disapproval, of the pro- posals, we can return to our communities and take posi- tive action on our decisions.” The Jaycees were among the supporters of a movement encouraging the convening of the Convention. THIS ISSUE -- Two Sections 24 PAGES
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