Historians come up with some informa- tion! interesting Last week John W. W. Loose, Donegal high school P.O.D. teacher, and one of the county's leading histor- ians, passed along to us something which he recently dug out of an 1837 issue of the “Lancaster Examiner and Anti-Masonic Herald.” ® ®e eo The story, copied from the “Colonization Herald”, con- cerned Donegal church and its gift of $500 to bulid a church in Bassa Cove, Africa. ® ® © The writer says, in part, “In view of their generous conduct in aiding the colored man, the Board of Managers of the Pennsylvania Coloniza- tion Society, at their last meeting passed unanimously (on September 5, 1873) the following preamble and reso- lution: . . . That the Goven- or of the Colony of Bassa Cove be authorized and di- rected to erect or cause to be erected a suitable building for a Presbyterian church in said colony, on a good lot to be appropriated to that pur- pose . . That the said church shall be denominated and forever called the “Donegal Church, and a suitable in- scription to this amount shall be placed on some conspicu- ous part of said church when erected.” ® ® © Loose wondered out loud “if that Donegal church at Bassa Cove is still in exist- ance.” ® © © Auto owners now must be alert to have their vehicle inspected according to a new system. After 40 years, the plan has been changed and now there will be four quar- terly inspection periods. How- ever, cars will be required to be examined only twice each year. ® ® © When these semi-annual in- spections must be made will depend upon whether the manufacturer’s serial num- ber on the vehicle is odd or even. @ ® © The key {o conforming to the law is to be alert and to keep an eye on the expira- tion date on the windshield (Turn to page 7) Mount Joy's ONLY Newspaper VOL. 68. NO. 35 FIVE DAY Weather Forecast From The Harrisburg Weather Bureau Thursday through Monday Feb. 6 - 10 Temperatures for the 5- day period from Thursday through Monday are expec- ted to average below nor- mal. Daytime highs will be in the middle 30's, night time lows in lower 20's. There will be temporary moderation about Satur- day. Otherwise cold thru- out the period. Precipita- tion may total less than 14 in., occuring as snow flur- ries Saturday or Saturday night : Joycee-ettes Plan Annual Sweetheart Baby Contest Entries are needed for the annual Joycee-ettes Sweet- heart Baby Photo contest. Photos will be displayed in merchants’ stores from Fri- day, Feb. 14 through Feb. 21 during which time the public may vote for the candidates of their choice on a Penny-A- Vote basis. The boy and the girl with the most votes will become King and Queen and each will receive a $25 Savings Bond from the Joycee-ettes. The present king and queen are Gregory Grove and = Trudy Rafferty. Their reign. will end on Saturday, Feb. 22, when the new King and queen will be crowned at the V. F. W. Clubroom, Longenecker Road, at 1:30 p.m. The contest is held for the benefit of the Donegal Den- tal Clinic. Deadline for photos or pic- tures is Thursday, Feb. 13. Parents who have children between the ages 0 to 3 yrs. and have a Mount Joy mail- ing address should send pic- tures to Mrs. Donald Yingst, R. D. 1, (Donegal Heights), Mount Joy, Pa. 17552, or phone 653-1749. The Mount Joy Leisure Club will hold its next meet- ing at the Mount Joy Sports Farm on Monday, Feb. 10th at 1 pm. ‘Of This and That’ In spite of the cold weath- er—indeed perhaps because of it, in certain cases-—there has been considerable trav- eling around this winter by Mount Joy people. Most of it has been southward, but there were two who crossed the Atlantic! For us who have stayed pretty close to home, it is in- teresting to enjoy their trav- els vicariously. * * * Mr. and Mrs. John Landis, Donegal Springs road, had a week's winter vacation in Nassau, in ~ the Bahamas. and They drove to Florida crossed to Nassau by boat. (They didn’t care to jeopard. ize their time schedule by risking a plane being hi. jacked to Cuba.) * * Dr. and Mrs. David Schlos. ser have just had a vacation THIS ISSUE -- Two Sections 20 PAGES. by the editor's wife in Bermuda. According to Dr. Schlosser, just ‘“‘an hour and a half from the Baltimore airport” is a place that seems like another world! * 3 »® Mr. and Mrs. Donald, Straub, south Market street, had a three-weeks trip to Germany just after Christ. mas. Mr. Siraub was on business for Armstrong-Cork but they found time for sightseeing and some travel * * * Mr. and Mrs. Paul Martin Sr., Donegal Springs road, and Rev. and Mrs. Paul Mar- tin of .Hanover are in Flori- da for church meetings. * * * Another family who hada nice trip south during the Christmas holidays was the LeRoy Bates, Cedar Lane, —mother, father, and four daughters — who drove to Florida. Highlight of the trip was the fact that they got to see the launching of the Apollo VII and later had a tour of . {Turn to page 7) ‘i ¥ FEE EATY DN wz v0 A 15) 0 « J) YU Ww — Devoted to the Best Interest and Welfare of Mount Joy MOUNT JOY, PENNA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5. 1969 SEVEN CENTS Mayor Asks Limit on Chief's Extra Jobs Mayor Frank B. Waller is asking, and insisting, that J. Bruce Kline, Mount Joy borough police chief, resign a part-time job he holds as chief of police of Mount Joy township. In a unexpected move in a lengthy series of police problems within the borough, Mayor Walter Monday night, at the February meeting of Borough Council, made his request and said that he wants the undivided atten- tion of Kline given to the duties of borough chief. It is not fair or just to the citizens of the borough, the mayor said, for the chief of police to spread himself ov- er too wide an area. The bor- ough, he added, is spending a lot of money for police protection and he feels that it is the prime duty of the chief to give full attention to his job with the borough. Mayor Walter, who is re- sponsible for the police de- partment, asked that the bor- ough make it mandatory that Kline dissolve his connection with the township. Walter called the situation a “conflict of interest”. That general attitude was shared by at least three other imnem- bers of the council. None of the other five members pres- ent voiced definite, clear feel. ings about the matter. : Although the matter was discussed at some length, council took no direct action. It was voted (6 - 2) that the people involved namely, the mayor, police chief and the protection and order commit- tee of the council, draw up job descriptions for the po. lice department. Chief Kline said that he has been a part-time chief in the township for 12 years and that during the time he has been a borough officer he has never left the job to take care of township affairs. The borough job has come first, he said, and added that if there should be a time when he was needed by the township and he is on duty Donegal to Host Festival Donegal high school and Donegal School District will be hosts Saturday, Feb. 15, to the annual all-county band festival sponsored by the Lancaster County Music Teachers’ Association. The event will attract 156 musicians from 14 schools in the county, including 17 from the Donegal H.S. band, Director Glenn N. Leib said this week. The highlight of the day's activities will be a concert on Saturday night, Feb. 15, at 8 o'clock in the high school auditorium. Leib will be host conductor and guest conductor will be Otis Kitch- en, asssistant professor of music at Elizabethtown col- lege. A graduate of Bridgewater college, in Virginia, of the Navy School of Music and Northwestern university, Kit- chen teaches conducting, woodwinds and methods at Elizabethtown. The public is invited to the Saturday night concert. Tickets will be available at the door. Donegal musicians will participate include: Cynthia Roland, 2nd clari- net; Nancy Heisey, 3rd clari- who net; Dwight Byers, tenor sax; David Meyers, 3rd cor- net; Randy Weiser, 2nd trumpet; David Gallo, bari- tone horn; Donald Schwartz, bass; Robert Brinser, bass; Dawn Heisey, contra-bass; Kathy Ney, contra-bass; John Presto, 3rd trombone; Craig Gainer, 3rd cornet; Stanley Tucker, percussion; David Howell, bass clarinet; Alan Swope, baritone sax; Char- les Waser, 3rd cornet; and Pat Buchanan, bass clarinet. . 2 = BAND PARENTS The Donegal Band Parents Club met on Monday eve- ning, Feb. 3 in the high school cafeteria, Membership - of the club is now 234, but the club would like to reach 300 before the end of the school term. Any adult is in- vited to join. Dues $1.00 per vear. The Chambersburg Band will spend the weekend of Feb. 28 Mar. 1 and Mar. 2 in the high school auditori- wm. Donegal. Band. will, go to Chambersburg on April 23, 26, and 27, and will give a concert at Dover H. S. on the afternoon of April 25, while on their way to Cham- bersburg. The Spring Concert will be given May 10 in the high school auditorium with Jas. Zwally of Millersville serv- ing as the guest conductor. Mr. Waser again stressed a future fund raising plan of the band club as being birthday calendars,” Commit- tees to work on this project will be chosen at the next meeting, which will be held Monday, Mar. 3 at 7:30 p.m. in the high school cafeteria. with the borough, state po- lice are available to take ov- er. It was pointed out that during the past few months, the police department has oeen upset. One councilman called it “psychological fac- tors.” He said that emotions have been high, causing de- partmental “problems.” Council President added that the public has not been much help in solving the problems, but, rather, has helped the situation to deter- iorate. However, within the past two weeks, the borough has employed two new officers and has begun their training, bringing the police force to a full strength of four {full- time men. Earlier in the evening, be- fore the request of the May- or was introduced, Council took action on a request made a month ago by Chief Kline asking that he be re- duced from chief to patrol- man. Acting on the protection and order committee’s rec- ommendation, council denied the demotion on the grounds that such action is not in keeping with good organiza- tional prodecure. Immediately on the heels of this action, council was read a letter from the Chief asking that his letter of a month ago be withdrawn and that he be allowed to contin- ue to be chief. This action of Kline was referred to by the mayor as he later discussed the situa- tion, pointing out that on three occasions the chief has threatened to quit. “This,” he said, “is not a good quality in a chief.” He labeled the quality as ‘‘instability’. Chief Kline is paid $6,500 per year by the borough and $1,800 by the township. Says Trailers A complaint about storage parking of house trailers in a residentially zoned area of Mount Joy was heard Mon- day night, Feb. 3, as the Bor- ough Council held its regular meeting in the fire hall. A resident of West Gate development along Donegal Springs Road said that sev- eral house trailers have been parked near the corner of Florin Avenue and Martin Drive, which is a section of the borough zoned R2. Discussion indicated that the trailers are owned by an area trailer sales busi- ness. Borough zoning prohibits all but a few specified busi- nesses in sections of Mount Joy designated as residen- tial. in Violation Later investigations indi- cated that the zoning com- mission has had several com- plaints about the situation. In other business Monday night, Council was told that the street committee hopes to have plans and specitica- tions ready by mid March for asking bids to recon- struct west Wood street. The area to be given at- tention is between Plum St. and the old Agway building. One of the situations be- ing restudied is drainage in the area. Council received a request from Mount Joy Township's solicitor asking that the po- lice radio system of that area be tied into the base station operated by Mount (Turn to page 8) About Organized Crime Concerned and reflective Rotarians filed out of Hostetter’s dining hall Tuesday afternoon about 1:37 o'clock, depressed with the knowledge of wide-spread and near-local activities of the Cosa ‘Nostra. They had just heard a half-hour’s serious discus- sion of the inroads organized crime has made upon the nation and the nearness with which the problem lies to the local doorstep. Organized crime was discussed with grave con- cern by Lieut. Roy Titler Police, a plain-clothes man of the Pennsylvania State who has been deeply in- volved in searching out the ways of the Cosa Nostra in the Commonwealth. TR FESR FIA (Burnitopage 3) rc c resu EE 0; *¥
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