Bv R.A.R, ' November has come and gone and one thing is miss- ing! ® © o For the first time in sever- al years, there was no Done- gal Derby. ® © oo But, things have a way of changing. The ‘all for fun” Saturday afternoon of horse racing and horse talking was held several years at Harold Endslow’'s Donegal Airport. ® © o During those years a group of interested men without any particular organization staged the Derby with Cur- vin. Martin, Endslow and Dick Nissley taking the lead, ascisted .by any number of other horse lovers. ® © @o Last year the airport was sold, a new macadam sur- face was laid and the event was moved, under the spon- sorship of the Mount Joy Jay- cees, to the Mumma farm a- long Route 230, north of Lan- digville. . ® ® ® It was good clean fun, rem- iniscent of the days before the automobiles. ® ® @® There were runaways, har- ness would break, someonc would get tossed off and a foot, here and there, got stepped on with varying de- gree of injury. ® © oO But the oldtimers and the newtimers all enjoyed the Donegal Derby. ® © @ Well — maybe, some other year! ee Oo @ Thanksgiving day was hardly gone until Christmas lights began to twinkle in Mount Joy. ®e © © Not only do the Main street wreaths look wonder- ful this year but decorations have appeared on any num- ber of homes—Ilights and all. A © ® The Main street lights this year are without the live laurel all of them — and some people have mis- sed that green touch. How- ever, the plastic fringe does not need to be reworked each season and that becomes im- portant, too. ‘Of This and Are there ever times when you feel that you want to “get away from it all?” When the pressures are great, your head is throbbing, nerves are on edge—and the white sands of Tahiti or-the beach at Wai- kiki seem about the only places that have any appeal at all? The farther the bet- ter? Well, there's another rem- e yd we can suggest, much edy we can suggest, much much, much closer to home! It isn't exactly oiginal with us, for it was suggeste to us by Larmon Smith, pre- vious owner of the Mount Joy Bulletin. He told us: “When things get too rough, I just hop in the car and take a drive around this beautiful country — and the first thing I know, my head- ache's gone, my nerves are calm, and I'm ready to ‘fight the battle’ again!” And it works! It doesn’t really matter THIS ISSUE -- Two Sections 24 PAGES = BULLETIN Mount Joy's ONLY Newspaper VOL. 68. NO. 27. December Borough Council Meeting MONDAY NIGHT, DEC. 9, FIRE HALL Invocation mune Unfinished business: Minutes of the last and ‘special meeting. Consideration of request of rezoning Howard Bernhard homestead area. Report of Treasurer. New Business: 08 =I Ch Li Petitions and Communications Reports of Mayor, Committees and Depts. Report of any citizen. a. Report of Civil Service Commission on patrolman. b. Budget for 1969 consideration and adoption. c. Tax ordinance to support budget. d. Any other that may come up. 9. Authorization for payment of bills 10. Adjournment Note: Proposed 1969 budget may be examined at the office of the Borough Secretary, 220 South Market street, Mount Joy, by contacting him until Dec. 9, 1969. Devoted to the Best Interest and Welfare of Mount Joy MOUNT JOY, PENNA. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1968 Fr SEVEN CENTS St. Lukes Church to Build Parish House During ‘69 By fall of 1969, the St. Luke's Episcopal church, ex- pects to have a fine new Par. ish House added to its pres- ent properties at Market and Columbia Avenue. Plans for the new build- ing were unveiled Sunday morning by the building committee chairman, Dr. David Schlosser, and Frank Zink, senior warden. The present schedule calls for a financial drive to be kicked off shortly with ground breaking early in the spring. The hope is that the new building can be oc- cupied by fall. Primarily a Christian edu- cation building, the addition will be located south of the present sanctuary and east of the rectory, the Rev. Don- ald Whitesel said this week. Plans show the new con- Plan to Restore Old Central Hotel Mount Joy's old Central Hotel, located on north Mar. ket street, is being purchased by a group of local people and plans now are being for- mulated to restore the prop- erty to its once more glamor- ous days. The hope is that it can be put into condition to attract those who would be interest- ed in visiting an authentic old-time hotel and to see what remains of an old brewery. One of the principal attrac- tions and one of the most unusual aspects of the prop- erty are the huge beer stor- age vats located in the cellars of the building. In many ways, they are virtually complete, as they were left when the business was suspended many years ago. The local group is buying the assets of Catacombs Inc. which now owns the proper- ty, and will continue to hold the company in that name. In the purchase agreements, signed Nov. 9, John Kohl- That’ by the editor's wife which direction you go. You may toss a coin, if you wish! If it’s north that you head, out past the Sports Farm, up through the valley toward the hills around Milton Grove, you'll begin to feel better! Each turn of the road brings into sight another big Pennsylvania homestead, big broad fields, or a view of blue hills and woodlands. Or you can go out the road toward Manheim, driv- ing slowly enougn {io admire each immaculately-kept home and barn. You can watch the smooth roll of the fields, and notice the lush crops in the summer time, the abundant harvest in the fall! Even in the wintertime it's lovely! There's something a- bout the “lay of the land” that gives it infinite variety and appeal. It's picturesque at any season! One of our favorite drives (as we are sure it is for many others in this area) is to go out Longenecker Road, past The Springs and other beautiful places, wind along Little Chiques Creek, and come back into town on (Turn te page 4) beck, Mount Joy R2, assigned as agent for the buyers and Edward Benson for the sel. lers. One of the first steps to- ward restoring the property, a member of the new owner- ship said this week, will be to repair the roof and secure the property from the ele. ments. All assets of the corpora- tion, which include even some old blueprints, are in- cluded in the sale. The latter are expected to be used in restoring the building. Some old, original furni- ture on the second floor will become a nucleus for refurn- ishing and serve as a guide for procuring additional piec es of the same period. Even some old ledgers kept by previous owners are in- cluded and are expected to become valuable display piec- es. Restoration is expected, at this point, to be a long-time project and the full approach to the work is not detailed at this point. What use of the dining rooms and kitchen will be made still is in doubt, al- though some of the old equip- ment is stil! in place and of- fers a graphic example of how the food business was carried on in the years gone past. Mount Joy Boy Decorated Sp./4c Jere A. Haines, son of Mr. and Mrs. Abram Haines, 426 Columbia Ave. Mount Joy, has just been awarded the Army Commen- dation Medal with “V”’ De. vice for ‘exceptionally val- orous actions” on Aug. 29, 1968 while serving as a medic with Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 505th Infantry, in the Re- No Story Hour There will be no Story Hour at the Mount Joy Lib. rary on Tuesday, Dec. 24 and Tuesday, Dec. 31. Story Hours will resume on Tues- day, Jan. 7, 1969. FIVE DAY Weather Forecast From The Harrisburg Weather Bureau Thursday through Monday Dec. 5-9 Temperatures for the 5- day period from Thursday through Monday are expec- ted to average below nor- mal. Daytime highs will be in the 40’s, night time lows in the upper 20's. It will be colder at the begin- ning of the period with lit- tle change thereafter. Pre- cipitation may total great- er than 14” water equival- ent, falling at the begin- ning of the period. \ public of Vietnam. In a letter to his parents, his commanding officer, Maj. John M. Grieg, notified them in part: “Throughout the entire assault, Specialist Haines continually exposed himself to enemy fire while giving needed medical atten- tion to the wounded. “He completely and con sistently disregarded his per- sonal safety by going to the aid of his wounded com- rades, regardless of where they were. His rapid reac- tions to varying situations and his professional compe- tence udnoubtedly saved the lives of several men.” struction connected to the present church by a foyer and to the rectory with a breeze way. Measuring about 40 ft. by 80 ft., most of the new con- struction will be one-story, of white stucco exterior, fea- (Turn to page 5) Pigs in Play Two wiggly, squirming, live white piglets may not have top billing in the Done- gal high school seniors’ class play, “January Thaw to be given Thursday and .Saturday nights, Dec. 5 - 7, in the high school auditorium. But it is likely they will cause much merriment in their “secondary” roles! They will make their ap- pearance in a basket, carried by Jonathan, played by Don- ald Drenner, and their noisy protests will no doubt enliv- en several minutes of the play’s suspenseful Act IIL The seniors’ play is a three-act comedy, directed by Miss Catharine G. Zeller, head of the English depart- ment, with Kathy Hean, Don- (Turn to page 2) Yule Project A Christmas project — for anyone who is interested! Announcement was made this week that unless some- cne steps forward and volun- teers, there will be no “Com- munity” Christmas tree in Mount Joy this year. In recent years trees in Memorial park have been used. Prior to that time the tree was one year on the lawn of Trinity Lutheran church and for several years on the point at Main and Marietta. Some other years the Jay- cees have done the job and other times individuals and their families have been re- sponsible. The question is “Who is going to do it this year?” THANKSGIVING GUESTS CPO Stewart A. Jones in the United States submarins service, flew in from Pearl Harbor to be with his par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Worrell M. Jones, 419 Birchland Ave., for Thanksgiving. Their oth- er son, Robert L. Jones, of Chicago, also was present for the family get-together. it was the first time both sons had been home at the same time in 17 years. ® An Editorial Last week the Bulletin, with deep regret and with: a certain hesitancy, officially announced that Elmer L. Zerphey is seeking retirement as Postmaster of the Mount Joy Post Office. There are few people who have served the commu- nity with his special kind of devotion over such a long span of years in so many different capacities. But, after more than 15 years in the post office. ill health has obliged him to ask to be relieved as of De- cember 27. Although as maximum age in the postal service, he would not have been retired for that reason for a time longer than Dec 27. Although he has been feeling under par for some time, he said last week that he is feellng better and sparkled with the idea that as he grows stronger he may find a suitable spot in which he can continue tec serve the public. (Turn to page 3)
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