Bv R.A.R. Flags which have been been flying at half staff in respect for the late Dwight Eisenhower have been re- turned this week to normal position. ® oO o High school students who are gerious about their sci- ence courses have received what local schoolmen regard as a bog boost. ® © oo Several weeks ago H. H. Hackman, head of the Dons egal school science depart- ment, resigned. However, as circumstances developed he found that he would kL: av- ailable for continuing his teaching and last week he was re-employed by the Donegal district. ®e oO o Hackman is considered one of the reasons Don'2gal has had outstanding success with its entries in the Sci- ence Fairs. Ww ® © Next week Kathy Ney, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Ney, Marictta Rl, a senior at D.H.S., will rep- resent all of Lancaster coun- ty at the national Science Fair in Fort Worth, Texas. ® ® e The big show will be held May 5 to 9. @® ® oO There is an opportunity for some public-spirited -citi- zen to sponsor one of Done. gal high school’s top honors. In the past there has been an Albano’s Pharmacy award “to a graduating senior with thie highest average in col- lege preparatory work.” ® © © Albano is not now in the area and the sponsorship is wide open. ® & ® Mount Joy Borough Coun- cilmen are giving considera- tion of the possibility of a more extendzd audit of their (Turn to page 3) = BULLETIN Mount Joy's ONLY Newspaper VOL. 68. NO. 47. SPELLING BEE — Devoted to the Best Interest and Welfare of Mount Joy MOUNT JOY, PENNA. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 1969 “¥ Tex n aut UN \ RO SEVEN CENT wn gk Jane Hess Wins Donegal To Crown Queen of the May Jane Hess, 14-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Homer Hess, Marietta Rl, is Lancaster county spelling champion. By spelling down 33 other entries Friday night, April 25, at Lincoln junior high in Lancaster, Jane not only became county winner but won eligibility into the na- tional Spelling Bee at Wash- ington, D. C. She is an eighth grader at Kraybill school, the spelling pupil of Miss Ruth Westen- berger. An apt pupil, she was not given any particular coaching at school but was given much encouragement. Jane’ fathiar, operator of a 183-acre dairy farm was much interested test and did help her con- siderably to get ready for the big evient. The word which won the match for her was ‘‘nonchal- ance’. — FIVE DAY Weather Forecast From The Harrisburg Weather Bureau Thursday through Monday May 1 - § Temperatures for the 35- day period from Thursday through Monday are expec- ted to average near nor- mal, Daytime highs will be in the 60's, nighttime lows in the 40’s. It will be cool at thie beginning of the period, with temperatures moderating in the latter half. Precipitation may to- tal from %” - 14” occur-- ing as showers about Sat- urday. ‘Of This and It's alwoys fun to share Lancaster County with some of our Hoosier family. This past weekend the editor's sister and her husband were here from Kokomo, Ind. The weather was absolute- ly perfect! It was a good week end for anything and everything, and we crowded quite a bit into two short days. There was horseback rid- ing on John Wenger's beau- ful farm nizar Donegal Springs there was poking in an antique shop . . ming- ling with the crowd at an auction sale . . . driving ov- er- to Hershey through a panorama of gr'zen grass, pink and white dogwood, cherry and apple {trees a- bloom . . . tulips and daffo- dils ‘everywhere! * *® * Two of the loveliest vistas wiz have seen anywhere, though, are right here in Mount Joy. As we walked past past the home of Mrs. Lloyd Garman on Donegal Springs Road Tuesday morn- ing, wt stopped and caught our breath Her side yard was a study in springtime beauty! The velvetry green lawn . formed a background against which is st one lovely pink THIS ISSUE -- Two Sections 24 PAGES That’ by the editor's wife dogwood, whose background is two levels of evergreen trees. Tall arbor vitaes bor- der tk lawn also on the west. Behind the symmetric- al pink tree, adding a touch of white is a wooden gate with two arbor vitaes arch- ed over it. A white dogwood stands nearby! Mr. Garman, who lovingly tended the ev- ergreen hedge, the perfect lawn and the flowering trees until his death about two years ago, would have been proud of the “picture” they are making this spring! *® - » Another beautiful sight right now is at the home of Dr. and Mrs. David Schlos- ser, east Main street, where a flowering cherry tree, load- ed with thousands of luxur- iant blossoms, stands beside a pink dogwood, also in full bloom. Both are complemen- ted in a striking way by their background, the gray fieldstone wall of the Schlos- ser home. x * *® We understand that the 1969 “Daffodil Show’ at the Elam Longenecker home on Mount Joy R2, along Chig- ues creek, was well-attend- 12d, as usual. More than 2400 people signed {heir namés in the guest book and no doubt many others were there but failed to register. *® * * Mount Joy played host ov- ernight last week to more (Turn to page 3) in the con- Six Donegal high school senior girls are candidates to be crowned Thursday ev- ening, May 1, as May Queen of Donegal high school. Crowning will be on of the highlights of the pro- gram, to be presented on the school lawn, beginning at 6:30 p.m. The six are: Jacquie Shupp, Denisl2 Eshelman, Vicki Brown, Shirley Gibby, Donna Min- nich and Kathy Ney. One girl already has been elected by the student body but the results of the ballot- ing has been kept a dark secret until announcement May.Day Follies of 1969.” Hosted by senior John Prissto, “The Follies” will present collage of musical numbers, comedies and gym- nastics. The gym acts, in- clude a 14-man mini-tramp routine, hand-balancing fea. turing Janine Eshelman and Phil Hossler and an all-girl chorus line choreographed by Stan Tucker,. Musical acts are varied to fit the “Follies” theme. Ap- pearing in the show will be thi> second-prize winner of Student Council Talent Saf- ari, Dale Weibley. Folk-sing- ers Jim Shearer and Dawn Heisey, will tzam together to present the recent Johnny Stark and Buddy Rolfs. The two will do two old favor- ites: “Diamonds Are a Girls Best Friend” and “Every- day is Ladies’ Day With Me.’ John, Buddy, Dale and Jim will unite to do a medley of songs dedicated to each sen- ior girl in the court. The finale will find Deb Roberts, Dawn Eshelman, Sue Stark and Deb Hostetter doing a modern dance routine with the entii'z cast getting into the act. The other making up the are: juniors young ladies May Court Terry Ginder, Becky Lenox and Sue O'- Connor. Representing the sophomores are Gail Kendig time Thursday. Cash hit: ‘Daddy Sang Bass’. and Sue Gerberich. Fi'ssh- Theme of the annual May Also included in the show is man Linda Hurst is repre. Day extravaganza is “The the “singing debut” of Sue senting her class. Held on Charge Of Assault John McCowin, who gives his address as Hopewell street, has been committed to the Lancaster prison in default of $2,000 bail follow- ing investigation of an alleg- ed assault on Mount Joy streets Monday afternoon, April 28. Cynthia Hostetter, 18, of '27 New Haven St., is alleg- ed to have been hit about the face and body as she and a girlfriend left their car a- bout 12:15 p.m. near the in- fersection of New Haven and Donegal streets. She later was treated by a local physician. McCowin was charged with assault and battery by Police Chief Bruce Kline af- ter he was apprehlended at his home. A hearing was held before justice of the peace Raymond Knorr. Fined For Hunting Two Mount Joy men have been fined $375 each for KkKil- ling 34 wild ducks in the borough last week, accord- ing to Earl Gesaman, assist- ant law enforcement chief of the Pennsylvania Commission, Harrisburg. They are Robert F. Schroll, 329 N. Barbara St., and Clayton D. Aument, 22 West Donegal Street. The two men had been providing feed for the ducks and were not aware they were not allowed to kill the ducks, according to Gesa- man. Siattlement was a ‘field acknowledgment of guilt” which means the men admit their guilt and court action is not necessary. The two men were prose- cuted befoii2 Game Protect- or Duane Wey Wetzel. Thirteen ducks were given to an orphanage and the oth- er 21 distributed to various E'2rsons. Linda Nolt Honored One hundred students at Goshen Collegiz were recog- nized early this month for achievement in athletics, public speaking, economics, speech, and leadership in campus life. Included was Linda Susan Nolt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mervin “H. Nolt, RI, secretary of the senior class, who was recognized for her leadership on campus. Game. Talent Safari at Donegal “Soul Trio”, a sparkling combo of three Donegal high school seniors who already have made a name for them- selves in an ‘entirely differ- ent field, will present a Tai- ent Safari at Denegal high school on Tuesday, May 6, beginning at 7:30 o'clock. The three are: Stanley Tucker, Bob McCowin and Al Dparte, all of Marietta, and all three are "m:m- bers of the starting five of the 1968-69 Donegal high school basketball team which won the District III cham- pionship. They then combined to form their trio and procel2d- ed to win the recent D.H.S. Talent Show. Although the converted basketball players may hav the biggest advance buildup they are entire Safari. All acts which on the school talent show recently will be presented during the evening. Adults will be given bal- lots and will bk given an opportunity to indicate their choices for placement of the young entertainers who will perform. In addition to the high =chool talent, there will bu three junior high school acts presented. However, they will not be included in the balloting by the adults who attend. The Talent Safari is to be sponsored as a benefit by the Booster Club which will haviz student and adult tick- ets available at the door. by no means the show for the Talent appear'2d List Pinewood Derby Winners The annual Pinewood Der- by was held by Cub Scout Pack #136 of Mount Joy, on Wednesday, April 23, in the Beahm Junior high school. Judges of the racers wer Richard Rainbolt and Paul McKain. Den champions were: Den 2 — Bradley Newcomer; Den 3 — Mitch Drace; D2n 4—Kelly Lesher; Den 5 — Kris McCue; and Webelos — Michael Drace. Mitch Drave was Grand Champion, with his brother Michael Drace, in second place. Kelly Lesher was third.. The following boys receiv- ed awards. Jerry Funk, wolf gold ar- row, Denner. Robert Williams, arrows . Leonard Murphy, Outdoor- man and Geologist. Scott Baker, 3 silver ar- rows. Aubry Bowles, 3 silver arrows. Mark Divet, Denner. Frank Zink wolf, gold arrow. ’ Tom Weber, wolf. George McCurg, Denner. Kris McCue, gold arrow, 2 silver arrows. 2 silver Propese to Vote Proposal has been made and a hearing is to be held concerning th'z change of vo- ting place in Mount Joy's East ward. Previously the polling at New Building place has been in the SICO building on Concord street. It is proposed that the vot- ers of the ward now use th new Borough building on Main street, formerly the Acme Markets room. NOTICE ALL PEOPLE OF MOUNT JOY The Memorial Day Fund for Mount Joy has no relation nor obligation to the Mount Joy Borough Council nor to any department of the Borough gov- ernment. The Memorial Day Fund is a 100% Voluntary and non-political endeavor for everyone's participa- tion and support. JAMES B. HEILIG Financial Chairman Memorial Day Fund a d C gephus WH ® w
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