Bv R.A. R. Things to come! — In the not far distant future, even in Mount Joy, it will be pos- sible to reach police firemen or ambulance service simply by dialing one number--911, That same number will be used throughout the country for emergency services. ® © o Onlz of the tricks is for telephone companies to clear necessary numbers already in use so that the emergency liras can be activated. ® © © Cost of sweeping Mount Joy streets last month—more than $500—has caused bor-- ough councilmen to wonder out loud about whither or not it would not be profi- table to own a sweeper of its own. : & ® © An alternate suggestion is to own one cooperatively with a neighboring borough. ®e o oo . The sweep-thie-streets-once- a-year program which has been followed in recent years leaves a great deal to be dizsired in a community which prides itself on being a neat, clean good appearing borough of the Pennsylvania Dutch tradition. @ ® J] And — even with the ex- penditure of mor2 than $500, there were those who were not too happy about how the streets looked. And—one of the objctors was a mem- ber of council itself, ® @® ® The truth of the matter is that a once-a-year - sweeping just can not get all the dirt and trash off the streets. = BULLETIN: Mount Joy's ONLY Newspaper — Devoted to the Best Interest and Welfare of Mount Joy : VOL. 68. NO. 44 WRESTLING TEAM ENTERTAINED The parents of the Done- gal high school wrestling team ent2rtained the boys, their coaches and wives and seven cheerleaders, Tuesday evening, Mar. 25 in the So- cial room of the Maytown Church of God. A delicious ham supper was prepared and served by the mothers. The Rev. Nevin Zuck of Elizabethtown was the speak- ar. Coaches Price, Depoe, Funk, and Halbleib spoke briefly and commended the boys for their cooperation and sportsmanship. Mr. Greider was Master of Cere- monies. FIVE DAY Weather Forecast From The Harrisburg Weather Bureau : Thursday through Monday April 10 - 14 Temperatures for the 5- day period from Thursday through Monday are expec- ted to average above nor- mal Daytime highs will be in the middle 60's; night- tin.> lows in middle 40's It will be mild over the weekend. Seasonable tem- peratures at other times. Precipitation may total geater than 2” with show- ers Thursday into Friday. Rain Sumiday night and on Monday. 'Of This and That’ There's a popular song that asks: “How'd you like to spend Christmas, on Christmas Island?” We would like to para- phrase that to say: “How'd you like to spend Easter, on Assateague Island?” And then we would answer the question: “We liked it very much!” It was a cold, windy 1969 Easter Day on Assateague, but it was a memorable one. Our “church” was a dederted . beach; the organ was the roar of the surf, pounding against the sand; the choir was a lone sea gull circling and diving for fish. The sermon? It was In the “sticks and stones,” the seashells, and the beauty of thie restless ocean and the low-hanging gray clouds. It was an Easter Day we will never forget. * * * In deference to the Easter Bunny, we even had a pri- va hunt for colored eggs and jelly beans on hard- packed white sand, with the noisy waves almost drown- ing owt the delighted squeals of the egg-hunters! * * Assateague Island is a long, narrow strip of land out im- the Atlantic, just south eof Ocean City, Md. In the past three or four years it has been developed as a state campground and as a national seashore park. In the state area, there are con- crete slabs for trailers, and bathhouses, but in the “Fed- eral’ area the camping is THIS ISSUE -- Two Sections 24 PAGES by the editor's wife more primitive. Tents are pitched, and trailers parked, right on the sand. This Easter weekend there were hundreds of hardy folk at Assateague. In spite of the cold wind and the rain, they were fishing, hiking, beachcombing, digging 1n the sand, and evidently en- joying themselves very much. The fishing was good, and we feasted on four large “stripers,” caught in the surf, and charcoal-broiled to a turn on an outdoor grill. W » A wind-swept beach in April is a fascinating place, not at all like a resort beach in July or August. There were thousands of shells of all kinds—clam, oyster, scal- lop, conch, and the interest- ing horseshoe crabs. There was driftwood; - there were the amazing egg-sacs of the whelk-conch, looking like the exposed vertebrae of a large fish, or like a strange kind of seaweed. There was a little sea horse. On a drive down a sandy road in the Federal area, we saw hoof prints which the Ranger told us COULD have been from the wild ponies that inhabit Assateague, just as they do Chincoteague, the next island south. We hoped to catch a glimpse of a herd of ponies, but were not that lucky. They were prob- ably farther south and far- ther inland, grazing in the pine and bayberry Woods that we could se in the dis- tance. We resolved to go back some time, to see the annual summer roundup and auction of the wild ponies on Chincoteague. 3 # ® It was amazing to come _ (Turn to page 3) MOUNT JOY, PA.,, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9. 1969 Daffodils Are In Bloom Daffodils are in bloom! At the Longenecker farm, east of Mount Joy, where thousands of bulbs have been planted over the years along the bank of the Chig- ues creek, blooms are begin- ning to burst and the dis- play is expected to be about at its peak this weekend. The Longeneckers say that viesitors are welcome and they believe that people will enjoy a half hour of beauty. To find the farm, {urn north off Route 230 onto the country road immediately west of the Big Chiques creek crossing. The Longe- neckers are about a mile on the right hand side of the road. Byrnes Elected To Assn. Board Michael Byrnes of the Mt. Joy Paper Box Co., Inc., has been elected to the advisory board of the Central Divis- ion, National Paper Box ‘As- sociation. His election was announc- 2d by Norman T. Baldwin, executive director, NFBA, 400-member group of rigid paper box manufacturers and suppliers. A number of other Penn- sylvania executives were el- ected to important posts in the Central Division. The NPBA will hold its 51st Annual Convention May 4 - 8 at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada. Theme of thlz meeting is a “A Gal- axy Of Winning Combina- tions,” designed to spotlight the importance of rigid pa- per boxes in the growing packaging market. Band to Give Tour Concerts Donegal higi school’s con- cert band, under the direc- tion of Glenn Licib, will make a two-concert spring tour April 24, 25 and 26. The young musicians will play at Dover high school in York county on the 25th and then go to Chambers- burg, where they will re- turn a visit made herz earli- er this year by the high school band of that city. To Perform In Carnegie Hall Barreit Borry, Mount Joy R2, a student at Lehigh uni- versity, will be playing in Carnegie Hall, New York City, on Thursday night, Ap- ril 10th. He will be playing with the Lehigh university 60-pc. band, which will be com- bined with the Yale univer- sity concert band for the performance. Borry is a 1966, honor gra- duate of Donegal high school. Leisure Club Plans Meeting The Mount Joy. area Leis- uriz Club will meet at 1 p.m: on Monday, April 14, at the Sports Farm. Members are urged to be present to plan , for future bus trips. SEVEN CENT Borough Council Adopts New Police Regulations * * * * ACCEPTS BIDS FOR WOOD STREET JOB Taking a step which they believe will upgrade Mount Joy's growing police depart- ment, Mount Joy Borough Councilmen Tuesday night, April 7, adopted by resolu- tion a set of rules and regul- ations governing actions and duties of police officers. Called a police manual, including code of ethics, job description, duties and dis- ciplinary actions, the new regulations were adopted by unanimous vote. The rules except for one paragraph, bzcome effective at once. Over a long period of time the borough council has been faced with the problems of increasing and bolstering the police department. Salaries and personnel have been dealt with and th2 new rules now adopted are re- garded as another step up- ward to serve the communi- ty with better police service. The regulations were pre- sentad to council by Warren Foley, chairman of ‘the ord- er and protection committee. The exception to the regu- lations involves Police Chief J. Bruce Kline, New regula- tions prohibit ths police chief from holding a part- time job without permission from borough council or the mayor. The chief was given ermission Monday night for an exception until Jan. 1, 1970. In other business Monday night, the council opened bids for the construction of i>st Wood street. Three proposals were submitted. The low bid of $10693.10 by B. R. Kreider and S ons of Manheim was accepted, pending approval of engin- eers. Property owners are to provide curbs, Under regula- tions and with approval own- ers may do the work them- selves. The street department is looking ak2ad to summer work. A schedule of work is being arranged and bids, where necessary are expect- ed to be asked shortly. Drainage problems on Mit. Joy street and in that area (Turn to page 8) ~~ Honor Henry Hackman Fifteen high school chemi- stry teachers from eastern Pennsylvania have been sel ected as the recipients of Honor Awards by the Chlem- ical Industry Council of East- ern Penna., according to R. P. Goodale, Chairman of the CIC. This is the fourth year that the CIC, representing 22 leading companies in the eastern Pennsylvania area has recognized the contribu- tion made by high school chemistry teachers edu- ca betterment. Included is Henry H. Hack- man, head of thie Donegal high school science depart- ment, resident Manheim, R2. The awards will be pre- sented at a banquet, to be held in Philadelphia on Apr. 23. Nominations for the a- wards are made by school administrators from the 400 high schools of Eastern Penn- sylvania. Criteria considered for the to teacher award arg classroom performance, teaching ex- perience, the teacher’s abili- ty to relate principles of chemistry to their applica- tion by chemical industry and society at large, special honors received, pupil ach- ieviements, and the teacher’s efforts to keep abreast of the frontiers of chemical science. New Standard Begins New Addition Work has bz2gun by the New Standard corporation on the erection of a new ad- dition to its plant on Pink- erton Road. The 60 feet by 200 feet structure, located to the south of the present building will be used as a warehouse, company representatives told the Mount Joy Zoning Board of Adjustments at a recdant hearing to provide an excep- tion to the zoning code. AN EDITORIAL Be Honest “We must be honest With Youth with our youth!” This is one of the pat statements which is heard these days as we attempt to find our way through what seems to be a sunless forest of deal- ing with youngsters. ! Parents, school, church, society — all are con- cekned with what to do “for” youth, what to do “with” youth, what to do “to” youth and, general- \Iw how to handle boys and girls in the days in which we live. “We must be honest.” That seems to be the quick, easy answer which appears to cover the situation. J Actually, honesty is the very beginning point not only with young: people, but in every contact. iy 1 1.0 (Turn to page 3)
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