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By R.A.R,
Reminder — Saturday nite,
sometime between the dusk
and the dawn, everyone will
turn his clock back one hour
as Daylight Saving Time for
1968 comes to an end.
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All phases of community
life will be an hour later,
beginning Sunday morning.
A household which did
not turn its clocks back could
find itself at church an hour
early Sunday morning. Or,
the kids could be an hour
too early for School Monday.
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And, speaking of schools—
A traffic problem at Wash-
ington school, ‘where Kkinder-
garteners come and go on
two shifts a day, is due for
improvement.
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The confusion around the
front door is just too much.
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The plan is to cut a drive-
way through the school yard,
following the present walk-
way. When (finished, driv-
ers who are coming and go-
ing with kiddies will enter
the driveway ' from Angle
street and exit onto South
Market avenue.
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The new 10-foot-wide drive-
way of crushed stone, will
allow the most convenient
side of the car to present its
door toward the school and
also to allow the driver to be
going down a slight grade on-
to Market as he leaves.
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One of the ‘finds’ discov-
ered embedded in Wood St.
when excavating was being
done recently was a number
of old cross ties.
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They were the remains of
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=“ BULLETIN
Mount Joy's ONLY Newspaper
VOL. 68. NO. 21.
FIVE DAY
Weather Forecast
From The Harrisburg
Weather Bureau
Thursday through Monday
October 24 . 28
Temperatures for the 5-
day period from Thursday
through Monday are expec-
ted to average near nor-
mal. Daytime highs will
be in the 60's wtih night
time lows in the 40’s. Little
day to day change is expec-
ted. Precipitation may total
4 to 1% inch, occuring as
a few showers late Friday
and over the mountains on
Sunday.
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Gainer Named
Jr. Pin Champ
Mark Gainer won the Mt.
Joy Junior Jaycee bowling
tournament, held the past
weekend at Lincoln Lanes.
Shooting a 575 series with
games of 234, 155 and 186,
he won himself the locai
championship and the right
to participate in the state
Jaycees kegling tourney in
Pittsburgh Nov. 2.
Last year he finished with
a 161 average. His high ser-
ies was 555 and his high
game 357.
Mark is an all-around
sports participant. He also
plays football, baseball, bas-
ketball and golf. Also, he is
an honor student at Donegal.
Chairman of the Jaycee
bowling tourney committee is
Robert E. Koser.
‘Of This and That’
Right now is the season
when people come into the
Bulletin office that we never
see at any other time of the
year.
They come to buy “No
Hunting,” “No Trespassing”
and “Safety Zone’ signs in
preparation for the opening
of hunting season on Satur-
day.
Their comments as they
ask for the signs are interest-
ing:
One man wanted to know
if we had any ‘‘No Hunting
in Standing Corn” signs.
When we said that we didn’
he replied, “We don’t mind
them hunting in the woods
on our farm, but we don’t
like them traipsing through
the corn fields that haven't
been picked yet.” (He took
the “No Trespassing”’ signs,
in hopes the hunters would
get his message.)
Another man told us, “We
don’t ‘post’ our farm, because
we don’t care if they hunt
there. But we object to them
coming too close to the barn
and house, so I always put
Trick or Treat
Mount Joy again will ob-
serve one night just before
Halloween as “Trick or
Treat” night, Mayor Frank
Walter announced this
week.
That one night will be
on Wednesday, October 30.
In the past two or three
years, the single night of
trick or treat has been ra-
ther faithfully observed.
the mayor said and urged
that the custom be observ-
ed again this Halloween.
by the editor's wife
up several ‘‘Safety Zone’
signs. I'm sorry to say that
they don’t respect them very
well, though, so we're pretty
uneasy at times during hunt-
ing season!”
So many of the signs
out of the Bulletin office
right now that we begin to
wonder where the hunters
are going to hunt! It seems
almost every acre would be
posted!
But we've never heard the
hunters complain — so evi-
dently, come Saturday, they
all find a place!
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go
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The heavy rain on Satur-
day dampened our enthusi-
asm for taking the Lancaster
County Day Tour of Homes,
which we enjoyed so much
last year. We had looked for-
ward all year to visiting some
more beautiful old and new
homes, with their fascinating
variety of furnishings.
But when the rain came,
we couldn’t bear to think of
tracking water into them
with our wet shoes — so we
didn’t go!
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However, on Sunday even-
ing, we were invited to the
home of friends in Akron for
supper and we got a
“mini”’-tour of a lovely Lan-
caster County home after all!
The friends are a young
couple with whom we be-
came acquainted in the Gar-
den Spot travel trailer club,
and we have been in their
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THIS ISSUE --
Two Sections
24 PAGES .: oi
Devoted to the Best Interest and Welfare of Mount Joy
MOUNT JOY, PENNA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1968
SEVEN CENTS
HALLOWEEN PARADE SATURDAY
Prizes totaling more than
$575 will be awarded during
the annual Mount Joy Hallo-
ween Parade, to be held Sat-
urday night, Oct. 26, at 7 p.
m. under the auspices of the
Mount Joy Lions Club.
This year's parade will
form at 6:30 p.m. on South
Market St.
Park. :
All persons interested in
entering the march should be
at that location at 6:30 o'-
clock or soon thereafter. Any
member of the local Lions
club will be able to direct
the participants to their res-
near Memorial
Face Playground Crisis
Mount Joy, and the entire
Donegal school district, faces
some kind of a playground
crisis for next summer!
The crisis, understandably,
1s one of money.
How to prepare for some
kind of playground program
next summer concerns many
people in the community and
Thursday night of last week
the Mount Joy Rotary Club
took a positive step toward
finding a beginning point fo
solution. =
For several years, play-
grounds have been operated
in Marietta, Maytown, Florin
and Mount Joy and a recrea-
tion program promoted thru-
out the Donegal school dis
trict.
The program has been
headed by a director and
staffed by workers on each
of the four playgrounds. The
financial arrangement has
been ‘a divided responsibili-
ty. Donegal school district
has footed the bill for hiring
the employees with the use
of state-provided money and
has taken the responsibility
of organizing, forming and
motivating the program.
However, in the various
communities, local organiza-
tions have been active and
have provided funds for pur-
chase of equipment and sup-
plies.
Now, however, the state
has withdrawn its financial
support of the recreation pro-
gram and the Donegal dis-
trict does not feel that it can
assume the full burden from
locally raised taxes at a time
when every dollar is needed
for many other projects.
Thus, the school virtually
is out of the Playground pic-
ture, as of now.
Whether or not the state
will change its position and
offer money is not now known
but there are appearances
that such a move is possible
—if not for the summer of
1969 for some later date.
In the meantime, recrea-
tion plans are at a low ebb.
In fact, the school, which
has been the framework up-
on which the program has
been built presently is a
doubtful organization around
which to plan.
Thursday night of last
week, at its October meeting,
the School Board had a let-
ter from the Mount Joy Ro-
tary club asking special ques-
tions about the board’s in-
tent, in an effort to begin
making long-range plans.
There was no reply made
immediately.
The hope of the - Rotary
club, as well as of the many
other interested organizations
in the area, is that as a mini-
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WestWardShifts
Voting Place
Voters in Mount Joy's West
Ward will be casting their
ballots on November 5 in a
new polling place.
In recent years they have
gone to the J. B. Hostetter &
Sons annex on Main street.
This year, voting machines
for that ward will be located
in the W. I. Beahm junior
high school.
School Named ‘Riverview’
Riverview elementary
school!
That is the name of the
new school now under con-
struction at the north edge
of Marietta on Route 441.
The name was selected on
Thursday night, Oct. 17, at
the regular meeting of the
Donegal District school
board. :
But as the name of the
school was picked, the con-
struction problems at the
site kept cropping out and
two decisions concerning the
project were forced by the
Marietta Borough Council.
One was a notice from the
borough that a proposed
stretch of sidewalk which
would connect with the
school is not in accordance
with local ordinance. The
specifications call for a ma-
cadam walk. Borough regu-
lations do not approve that
type.
The school board immedi-
SENIORS TO MAKE TRIP
TO WASHINGTON D. C.
Donegal high school seniors,
traveling by bus and accom-
panied by their sponsors and
chaperones, will go to Wash-
. ington; D.C., Friday, Nov. 1:
ately compiled by ordering
the contractor to switch {to
concrete.
The other problem con-
cerns the building of a new
access street from Marietta’s
East Market street northward
to the site of the new school.
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pective places in the parade
lineup.
Various high school bands,
as well as older musical
groups, will be in the march
line-up. A number of floats
are expected to be entered in
the competition.
Two Donegal high
students will be honored as
the Halloween King and
Queen. They are Steven Hess,
son of Mrs. Ben Hess, Mariet-
ta R1, and Miss Terry Gind-
school
er, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Jay Ginder, Donegal Springs
Road, Mount Joy. They were
chosen by their DHS class-
mates.
The Lions urge residents
of all ages to enter the festi-
vities and make the parade a
success. The list of prizes is
as follows:
First Division — Marshall,
Charles Hershey. — 5 prizes
in each category - Most orig-
inal, most comical, and fanci-
est. This division is for grades
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Florin to Vote
At Fire House
Although the Florin Fire
house is in somewhat of a
turmoil with construction of
various kinds under way in
different parts of the build-
ing, voters of the Florin
Ward will cast their ballots
There on Tuesday, November
5, it was announced this
week.
In exactly what area of the
building the voting machines
will be set up is not known
presently, but the fire com-
pany officials and election of-
ficials have talked over the
situation and it is definite
that an appropriate space will
be available on the impor-
tant day of balloting.
For several years voters
went to the old Florin hall.
At the last election, the
hall had been taken down
and the machines were set
up in the garage of the fire
company after the trucks had
been moved out.
Voters this fall will be di-
rected to the proper area by
signs on election day.
@® An Editorial
These days we are being told that “A vote for
Wallace is a vote wasted’,
With that we disagree — and violently!
No vote, expressed in sincerity and in good
conscience, is wasted. No vote cast by a perso:
who has examined himself and expresses an opin-
ion from an informed and considered background,
is wasting his vote.
Not in America
Voting from such a point of reference is what
democracy is all about and those who attempt by
trick and catch statements to sell the voters any-
thing else are attempting to accomplish a selfish
end.
Oh yes, a man may
cast his vote for a loser
and thereby, in a sense, waste his vote. But that’s
not the idea!
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