Three Local Churches Part The Mount J oy Of Merger £ oo, % rv As of this week, Mount r ny ‘2 Joy has three United Metho- io ® dist church congregations! & By action of their top " “ church officials, the Metho- © dist church and the E. U. B. A HH chnrch this week merged in- to one denomination, to be known as the United Metho- dist. Locally, three congrega- tions are involved—Gloss brenner church, St. Mark's church and Chiques Metho- dist church. The merger makes the church, both nationally and locally, one of the largest, in membership. However, local churchmen point out that to most people there will be very little change of outward appearanc- es of any of the Mount Joy churches. Each of the three will function as a strong, active congregation. Direction will be given ail from the conference which will coordinate the congre- gations of this area. The new denomination names takes one word from the name of each of the join- ing denominations. From the E.U.B. comes the word United and from the Methodist group the single word Methodist to form the new identifications. Jonegal Enters Gym Show The Lancaster City-County Association for Health, Phy- sical Education and Recrea- tion will sponsor a Gym- nastic Exhibition at Franklin and Marshall’s Mayser Gyn on Saturday, April 27, at 8 p.m. Donegal will participate with four routines, including: Pyramids by junior high school boys; flash light rou- tine by junior high school girls; hand balancing by sen- ior high school girls, and tiger leaping by senior high school boys. They are coached by War- ren Hayman and the physical education staff of Donegal school. The exhibition is being produced to give the public an idea of what is being taught in the schools today in the area of gymnastics and related activities. The show will include the top winners from the City-County Gyn- nastic Meet, and also routines in dancing, vaulting, calis- thentics, and tumbling along with many others. Twenty city and county schools will be participating. Suffers Injuries In Auto Crash Mrs. Lester Wolgemuth, RD 1. Mount Joy, is a pa- tient in Lancaster General hospital, suffering from in- juries received in an auto- mobile accident about 2:15 Sunday afternoon on Route 441 near its intersection with Route 743. She was a passenger in a car driven by her husband, when a car approaching from the opposite direction veered into their lane of traffic. To avoid hitting it broadside, Mr. Wolgemuth was forced onto the shoul- der of the road and his car, sideswiped by the other wve- hicle, came to rest against a steel roadside post. The Wolgemuths were re- turning their son, Dallas, and Paul Heisey to their studies at Messiah College in Grantham, Pa., when the ac- cident occurred. Mr. Wolge- muth and the boys were shaken up but uninjured. Mrs. Wolgemuth suffered a broken right leg between the knee and hip, a crushed heel. a fractured nose and a lacerated left eyebrow. Mount Joy's ONLY Newspaper — Devoted to the Best Interest and Welfare of Mount Joy VOL. 67, NO. 6 SELECT THEME MOUNT JOY, PA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1968 SEVEN CENTS FOR JUNIOR PROM Mount Joy Votes With State Majority “Camelot” has been chosen as the theme for the 1968 Junior Prom at Donegal high school. The medieval idea is ex- pected ‘by the host junior class to give them a colorful theme around which to dress the hall for the May 17th event, which is the social highlight event of the school year. Tiny Wright will furnish the music. MAY DAY PLANS AT DONEGAL HIGH Plans are under way for the annual Donegal school May Day program, which will be held on Thurs- day, May 2, on the DH.S. front lawn. Highlight of the festivities, as in other years, will be the crowning of the May Queen, who will be chosen from among the senior girls in the May court. Voting for the May court was held on April 10. Girls chosen are: Susan Gerberich, Terry Ginder, Pat- ricia Longenecker, Sharon Farmer, Donna Minnich, Kathie Ney, Susan Stark, Elaine Brown, Patricia Gind- er, JoAnn Herr, Vicki Littie, Lynn Madara, Virginia Olson and Cheryl Stchler. JAMES H. HESS GIVEN DIPLOMA James H. Hess, 906 W,. Main Street, has been award- ed a diploma after success- fully completing a course in complete accounting from La- Salle Extension University of Chicago. Hess and his wife, Shirley May, have one son, Daniel, age 3. He is employed as a shorter — Inspector for the Grinnell Corporation of Co- lumbia, Pa. LaSalle Extension Univer- sity is one of the largest cor- respondence schools in the world. Since 1908 LaSalle has enrolled nearly two mil- lion students. Don’t Forget Sometime Saturday night or early Sunday morning, be sure to turn the clock forward one hour. This is the weekend that this area of the country moves from Eastern Stand- ard to Eastern Daylight time. Should you forget {fo make this transition, you’ll find yourself walking into church an hour late Sun- day morning. Or, it’s just possible you could send the kids off to school an hour late Mon- day morning. For, Donegal district will switch to Day- light time with the rest of the community. THIS ISSUE -- Two Sections 20 PAGES high ’ Mount Joy voters who cast ballots Tuesday in the pri- mary election showed them- selves to be atuned politically similarily to the rest of the Commonwealth, As across Pennsylvania, there were few voters but they did express a heavy preference for all five consti- tutional proposals offered. Mount Joy voted approxima- tely 5 to 1 “yes.” Proposal No. 3, concerning taxation, trailed all others. Locally, the election meant little. Probably the race most watched was in the East ward where Kenneth Gainer and Charles Chunko were oppon- ents for Republican com- mitteeman. Gainer polled 215 votes and Chunko trailed badly with only 69. The winner takes the post held for many years by the late George Brown. Mount Joy was not a wild- ly rabid “write-in” area but several whose names were not on the ballot for presi- dent were given votes. Even “Lady Bird Johnson” re- ceived one vote in the Florin ward. McCarthy was presidential name the only on the ballot. He had 78 votes in the borough, surprisingly evenly distributed through the three wards. He also had three more, written in by Republicans—2 in the Florin ward and 1 in the East ward. Wallace had two write-ins. Lyndon Johnson had 1; Ken- nedy, 8; Rockerfeller, 12; Nixon, 14; Reagon, 4. Official tally showed 595 Republicans voting in the borough and 194 Democrats. Ed Eshleman ,U. S. Repre- sentative, and Jack Horner, State Representative, both in- cumbents, were given big votes of confidence by Re- publicans. Colorful as a circus, tune- ful as Broadway, noisy as a midway and as delightful and tender as a prize-winning novel, “Carnival” came to Donegal high school Friday and Saturday nights, April 19 and 20! And, the presentation of the music department again upheld a growing tradition at D.H.S. that when good shows are written, Donegal will present them in a highly professional manner to de- light the local crowds. Under the direction of Mrs. Nancy Cherry, the production incorporated many, many de- partments of the school, using the talents and imagination of everyone. It's a far step from the physical education depart- ment to the music area, but when the acrobats of “Carni- val” did their flip flops, the show was a convincing suc- cess. A full orchestra and a pro- fessional sound system added the final touches as the ama- teur musical comedy cast of well over 100 boys and girls played out the story of a “country girl” who joined — Carnival’ Catches Thrilling Emotions the carnival and finally found love. The cast included Elaine Brown and Dale Weibley in the leading roles; David Hos- tetter; John Presto; Dean Shope; Janine Eshleman; Richard Hawthorne; Sharon Green; Bonnie Engle; Mary Engle; Jean Kendig; Walter Rolfs; Jeff Mummau; Jesse Mooney; Steven Hess; Phillip Wade, and Lynn Hoffman, to- gether with members of the chorus. Assisting Mrs: Cherry were Ponder Emergency Phone Problem An old problem—wearing a slightly different suit---is back on the borough's door step! The problem is “how to handle the telephone calls for the fire and police services?” Presently the problem is to find a replacement for Frank Boggs, who has handled the job capably for many months but who has been in the hos- pital and now, because of his health, probably will not be back on the job. Since he was taken ill. various members of the Friendship * Fire company have been serving as volun- teers to answer the telephone and to relay messages and sound alarms, when neces- sary. However, as time moves along, volunteers become more scarce and the borough faces the need to find a per- manent replacement. Boggs is expected to be re- leased from the hospital sometime this week but the expectation is that he will not be back to the trailer, which is his home. It is his home both in the sense that he has lived there but he also owns the trailer in which the emergency tele- Glen Leib and Mrs. Mary Margaret Peraro. phones and radios are in- stalled. It is, however, situ- ated on rented land. Part of the current prob- lem is how to retain the con- venience of the location to the borough hall and to work out the ownership of the trail- er. For several years the em- ergency center was located in the Young home on Marietta ave. Later it was in the fire hall itself, manned by a handicapped person. Later, Boggs and his late wife took charge in their trailer, which was moved to its present lo- cation from Elizabethtown. Joycee-ettes The monthly meeting of the Mount Joy Joycee-ettes was held Tuesday, April 16, at the VFW home with Mrs. Richard Lesher offic’ating as president for the first time, succeeding. Mrs. Jerry Lutz. A film entitled, “Cast of Thousands” was shown by Mr. Jerry Lutz concerning activities of the state Jaycee convent'on. A report of the Beef Festival, held in con- junction with the Jaycees, was given by co-chairmen Mrs. Ron McClellan and Mrs. Ron Hawthorne. A day of fun and games is being planned for Memorial Day, May 30 at the Florin Fire Company grounds featuring charcoaled beef burgers. Four hundred and twenty hoagies were sold April 16 with Mrs. William Bitzer as chairman. Those assisting were: Mrs. Lee Rogers: Mrs. Ron Ober, Mrs. Ron Raf- ferty, Mrs. Donald Yingst, Mrs. Richard Lesher, Mrs. Howard Lake, Mrs. Ron Mec- Clellan, Mrs. Ray Bair, Mrs. Gene Newcomer, Mrs. Ron Hawthorne, - Mrs. James Hold Meeting at VEW. Gingrich, Mrs. Nancy Brown, Mrs. James Thorbahn, Mrs. Jerry Lutz and Mrs. Bob Eshleman. Mrs. Richard Lesher was chairman for a family social in the form of a roller skat- ing party. It was held Satur- day evening April 13 at the Mount Gretna Roller Rink with 84 Joycee-ette families and friends attending. Mrs. Jeffrey Meckley vis- ited the April meeting as a prospective new member. Home made ice cream, cupcakes and punch were served by hostesses Mrs. Ron Hawthorne and Miss Linda Mumma. Tribe Trips Manheim Two: Donegal’s baseball Indians moved back into the win column Tuesday afternoon after dropping a decision to Ephrata Thursday, April 18. Manheim Township was the victim Tuesday by a 4 - 2 count. Myers was the winning hurler, giving only four hits and fanning seven. His mates, on the other hand, clipped Hoover for eight. McCurdy ‘had a triple and a double to give himself two for three for the after- noon at Neffsville. Against Ephrata, Sutter was the loser for the Tribe, allowing seven blows. The Mountaineers bunched a pair of runs in the fifth to turn the trick after Donegal had taken a 1 - 0 lead in the second. Thursday of this week, the Tribe hosts Penn Manor and next Tuesday, the 30th. Man- heim Central. On May 2, the Indians go to Columbia. Coin Club to Meet The Mount Joy - Florin Coin Club will meet Thurs- day, April 25, at the Mount Joy Restaurant, beginning at 6:30 o'clock.
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