WELCOME TO MOUNT JOY, NCR: | With the cutting of a king size computer tape which barred the door, plant of National Cash Register was opened of- ficially Monday afternoon at the corporation’s Ycautiful new facility at the east edge of the borough. With used a ‘‘golden” bon. Flanking him was the plant’s general mana ger, Mack Rupard, Mayor Walter of Mount Joy and Mayor Thomas Monaghan of Lancaster. representatives of the Mount Joy, Lancaster and the state of Pennsyl- vania watching, NCR President R. Stanley Laing pair of scissors to clip the rib- the Mount Joy corporation, many many aspects of the computer age and actually is second largest manufacturer in the country of business machines, code-punched tape was a fitting symbolic ribbon to use at the Mount Joy opening. At a luncheon held at Town Motel, the ceremonies noon at the Host President Laing talked about the company, its products, the marvels of the com- puter age and looked into the future with mar- velous anticipation. Serving as master of luncheon was Mr. Rupard, local plant manager, who introduced local and NCR dignitaries pres- ent for the opening. Some of the corporation men arrived Monday morning by plane from familiar Commerce of the Smith spoke for the state Mayor Monaghan spoke briefly, welcoming the company to the area. Assistant Secretary of Commonwealth Edward E. and presented the corporation with a flag of Pennsylvania to fly at the new plant dent Laing. NCR Vice-President R. M. Sweeney, manager of the business forms division, introduced Pregi- The head of the corporation said that al- at the pany has ever had though company records show that one of the very first cash registers ever shipped from Day- ton came to Pennsylvania, the Mount Joy plant is the first manufacturing facility that the coms- in the Commonwealth. Because NCR is deeply involved in the the home office in Dayton, Ohio. (Turn to page 3) THE | MOUNT B JOY Mount Joy's ONLY Newspaper — Devoted to the Best Interest and Welfare of Mount Joy VOL. 68. NO. 15 MOUNT JOY, PA. By R.A.R. At Monday's NCR cere- monies were a number of corporation executives who were having their very first look at Mount Joy and the new printing plant — Presi- dent R. Stanley Laing, in- cluded. ® © ® The executives were on a tight schedule, some arriving by plane Monday morning, but, we could not help but notice that with these men’s luggage, which they were obliged to carry with them part of the time so that they could keep their schedules were some broad-brimmed, black felt hats. ® Oo ® These souvenirs of the Pennsylvania Dutch country were on their way back to Dayton, Ohio, indicating that already some of these men are beginning to catch the flavor of Lancaster county. ® oo © On the other hand, there were a number of the corpor- ation executives who have been in and out of Mount Joy a number of times and it was warming to notice that already these keen men of industry have developed a rather wide acquaintance among the local community. ® Oo ® As President Laing pointed out, NCR roots are now in Mount Joy and the hope and anticipation is that they will grow deep. Bill Sprecher Shows Promise Among the leading conten- ders among sophomores for places on the 1968 varsity football team at Lafayette college, Easton, Pa., is Bill Sprecher, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Sprecher, Done- gal street. A former Donegal star, Sprecher is listed by Coach Harry Gamble as one of the two outstanding comers. Sprecher, a guard, moved up a bit toward game experi- ence last week as one of the team’s lettermen linemen was sidelined with a leg In- jury. Lafayette opens Saturday, Sept. 21, against Rutgers. Reuben Shellenberger vis- ited Saturday in Lancaster with Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Killian and son, Ralph. THIS ISSUE Two Sections : 20 PAGES WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1968 SEVEN CENTS Mount Joy Proud to Have NCR in Boro Monday afternoon Mount Joy's newest industrial de- velopment officially opened! With dozens of dignitaries watching, the ceremonial rib- bon was cut to open the Na- tional Cash Register’s fine, big plant at the east edge of the borough. Topping the list of visiting VIP’S was the president of NCR himself, R. Stanley Laing, who was much in the spotlights. Although the plant actual- ly has been operating for several weeks, Monday was the official beginning and is the start of what all con- cerned hope is a long, profit- able and pleasant associa- tion between a big business and a small community. Although originally named National Cash Register, the corporation actually is now NCR. The name, nevertheless does not reflect the scope of the corporation, which has moved from primitive cash registers to include ultra sophisticated computers and electronics. In fact, NCR is second largest in the business equip- ment field. Its worldwide sales last year totaled $955 million. The Mount Joy plant will produce printed busi- ' ness forms of a wide variety of all kinds, NCR was founded in Day- ton, Ohio, in 1884 to manu- facture a crude cash register invented by a man named James Ritty to record sales in his cafe. Largely through the pioneering sales techni- ques of the company’s found- er, John W. Patterson, NCR eventually grew into a world wide enterprise. From its humble beginnings in a one- room workshop, the Dayton factory alone has grown to occupy 33 buildings. In addi- tion, there are plants across country and around the world. NCR employment, world- wide, totals 85,000 men and women. The company is pub- licly owned and has approxi- mately 25,000 stockholders. Arrival in Mount Joy of the company marks another step in the development of the community along indus- trial lines. The community is proud to have NCR, its people and its activity and the most earnest hope of the entire area is that the company finds Mount Joy a good place to have a property, to manu- facture its products and to have its people call home, Break Ground For New Donegal School With the roar of giant earth moving machines as a fitting background, official ground breaking ceremonies were held Wednesday after- noon, Sept. 4, for the new Donegal District elementary school, to be located north of Marietta along Route 441. Although the diesel-pow- ered shovels already had scooped off a few cuts, it remained for the proper offi- cials to use the district's “silver” shovel to turn the ceremonial mound of earth to launch the $1,490,000. All members of the Board of Education who were pres- ent participated in the turn- ing of the first spadeful of earth. They included: Jay Musser, vice-president of the board; J. Edw. Charles, Dr. Harold Fellenbaum, Lewis Bixler, Donald Kugle and Dale Armold. Supervising Principal R. F. Hallgren was master of cere- monies, introducing various board members, Donegal Dis- trict authority members, for- mer members of both bodies, Marietta borough officials and East Donegal Township supervisors. One of the honored guests was Dr. Harry Gerlach, county superintendent of schools, who spoke briefly. Jay Musser, vice-president of the board of education and Legion to Host Baseball Team The newly installed offic- ers, Commander Abram 8S. Koser, 1st Vice Commander Edwin C. Metzger, 2nd Vice Commander Laverne Hauck, Sr., and Finance Officer Ir- vin Smith, Jr. will be Host at their American Legion Post #185 of Mount Joy on Sept. 12 when the Post will hold its annual Legion and Auxiliary dinner meeting. At this annual dinner meeting, the Post will enter- tain their baseball players and their sponsored attend- ants at the Keystone Boys State. It was announced that the pavilion dedication ceremon- ies have been finalized and the date has been set for Fri- day, Sept. 13, from 6 to 10 p.m. The pavilion will be de- dicated in the memory of Charles W. Heaps, the first Viet Nam casualty from Mt. Joy, with Past Commander James Boehler, Jr. officiating. Following the ceremonies the Post will have an ox roast accompanied with music by the Frank De Nunzio band. Charles J. Chunko, Chairman of the Pavilion Dedication, requests all reservation re- quests be submitted to the Post Home at an early date. Register on Monday A special voter registration board will sit in Mount Joy on Monday, Sept. 16, at the Hostetter Hardware annex, on west Main street, to assist local citizens with putting their registrations in order. The board will be avail- able from noon until 9 p.m. to receive personal applica- tions, to file removal notices etc for , the general election FIVE DAY Weather Forecast From The Harrisburg Weather Bureau Thursday through Monday September 12 - 16 Temperatures Thursday through Monday are ex- pected to average below normal. It will be gener- ally cool through the per- iod, with little day to day change. Daliy maximum temper- atures will average in the upper 60’s north, and low to middle 70’s elsewhere. Overnight lows will aver- age in the upper 40's north and the low to mid- dle 50's elsewhere. * which will have a former president, in the absence of Dr. Robert Eshle- man, president, who was in Europe, spoke for the board, as did J. Edw. Charles and Dale Arnold. Among other things, Mus- ser pointed out that the school as yet is unnamed and that no decision has been made as to what will become of the old Marietta school. It also was pointed out that the building has been designed for expansion when such step is needed. The growth and activity in the area was pointed to as an in- dication that such a project may be needed sooner than originally anticipated. The 18-class-room building, a certain “colonial” look about it, is designed to blend well into the idea of the area’s historie¢ background and with the beauty of the two adjacent buildings — Donegal Mutual company and the Marietta Congregational Mennonite church. Invocation at the Wednesday ceremony was given by the Rev. John Hies- tand, pastor of that church. The school is designed to ae- commodate 714 pupils. Another speaker, briefly, was John G. Hart, assistant supervising principal in charge of educational affairs. Architect Charles Rohrbaugh presented representatives of the various contracting firms involved. Home From Parley Abroad How America chooses its presidential candidates is a matter of major interest to students from around the world, Richard Sloan, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Walter Sloan, found on his recent trip to the Netherlands to at- tend the International Phar- maceutical Student Federa- tion Congress. Meeting at the same time the Democratic convention was staged in Chicago, pharmaceutical students plied him with questions a- bout the system and were somewhat critical of the methods they heard discussed through the news media. How America stands on race, on rioting, Vietnam and many other matters were of great interest to the young people. And, they were criti- cal. Yet, in their music, their dancing, and in other ways they tended to imitate the American way, the local young man said. : Following the 10-day con- ference, Dick traveled by auto in Germany and Switz- erland, stopping to visit in the home of one of the stu- dents he had met at the Con- gress. It was the organization's 14th meeting. Next year it will be held in Istanbul and in 1970 in the United States. Four representatives from the U. S. attended the ses- sions last month three from the Philadelphia Col- lege of Pharmacy and Sci- ence, where Dick will be a senior this year. The fourth was a representative of a Western state school. One of the Mount Joy boy’s duties on his return ' to school this week will be to report some of the things the Congress discussed. One of the chief movements the students discussed was an effort to promote a better in- ternational understanding of the pharmaceutical methods, to better circulate informa- tion and to tighten controls of certain drugs. § 127 Ku
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