I a Bv R.A.R. An interesting population projection gleaned from the recently issued “Long Range Development Plan” study made by Donegal School Dis- trict indicates that there may be twice the number of peo- ple living in the area in the year 2010 that reside here now. ® Oo o Statistical tables show that about 13,500 people live in the district now. The pre- diction is for 26,600 in 2010. This figure is based upon material prepared by an un- named consultant who pre- dicts a double of population in the county by that date. ® oo o The local schoolmen who prepared the Long Range study have the feeling that ii the consultant erred, he did so because his estimate is low rather than high. ® @ @® In 1960, Mount Joy's pop- ulation was 3,277. What do you suppose it will be when the federal census is taken in 1970? It will be consider- ably more if only for the reason that during the past 10 years Florin has become part of the borough. eo oo eo What Landisville needs, apparently, to slow down drivers on its Main street is more railroad crossings. @ ® © Or, perhaps, what we mean is more and rougher railroad crossings. ®@ eo o SICO park has about the most effective control ar- rangement we've seen. Those humps across the roadway control traffic speed. ® oO © Mount Joy Borough Coun- cil now has a new gavel ® © eo Keeping a gavel when the (Turn to page 2) SAMPLE COPY Mount Joy's ONLY Newspaper VOL. 69. NO. 9. Rev. Wagner Assumes Pulpit At Glossbrenner The Rev. Clair L. Wagner, Jr. will assume his duties as pastor of Glossbrenner Unit- ed Methodist church, Mount Joy, on August 1. A native of Mount Joy, he was graduated from Mount Joy high school in 1953, Franklin and Marshall Col- lege in 1957, and United Theological Seminary, Day- ton Ohio, in 1961. He also has done graduate work at Lancaster Theological Semi: nary. Pastor Wagner served as the denominational Youth i"ellowship Associate of the former Evangelical United Brethren church, 1957-58, as student pastor of Riverside ¥. U. B. church, Dayton, O., 1560-61, and as pastor of Trinity United Methodist church, Denver, Pa., 1961-69. lie was ordained in Gloss- brenner church in 1961. Active in youth work since his teenage days at St. Mark’s United Methodist church, Mount Joy, ' he has served the church in various capacities in the youth field. He has served as the Eastern Conference Coordinator of Youth Ministries since 1963. Pastor Wagner is currently z member of the Board of Education of the United Methodist church and of the new Eastern Pennsylvania Conference. Rev. Wagner is married to the former E. Lorraine Kin- dig of Conestoga R2. They have two sons, Bruce, age 8, and Mark, age 7. ‘Of This and That’ In connection with the astronauts’ bold venture to the moon last week, no one has mentioned how nice it was of the Jaycees to put the flags up on Mount Joy's Main Street the day Apollo 11 was launched. It was a patriotic gesture that was much appreciated by everyone who saw the flags and realized their sig- nificance. A common reac- tion was: “Now why are the flags flying on Main Street today? “Oh yes, this is the day the astronauts started to the moon!” * *® Ww remark we started us In contast, a heard last week by the editor's wife thinking. Someone said, “Why doesn’t someone do something about the two shabby, tattered, faded Am- erican flags that fly day and night, summer and winter, in front of a business at Mt. Joy's western edge?” Yes, we wondered, why? * * * “Skies in Summer” is the subject of the current show at the plantetarium in Wil- liam Penn Museum in Har- risburg. It is well done, and quite interesting. We saw it on Sunday afternoon, and found it very worthwhile. The story of the planets, constel- lations and galaxies to be (Turn to page 3) TENTATIVE AGENDA FOR MOUNT JOY BOROUGH COUNCIL MEETING Borough Office Bldg. Mon., Aug. 4, 1969 at 7:30 P.M. 1- Invocation—Rev. C. Whittaker of Chiques United Methodist Church Unfinished Business Reports of any Citizen Report of Treasurer New Business: RAD Dp w Minutes of last and special meetings. | Petitions and Communiactions Reports of Mayor, Committees and dep’ts. Report of Planning Comm. on Melhorn Develop- ment Discussion of new Landfill Contract Street Committee report on N. E. storm drainage problem Any other that may come up 9. Authorization for payment of bills. 10. Adjournment. . BOXHOLDER (One to a Family] “ BULLETIN TUESDAY, JULY 29, 1969 Devoted to the Best Interest and Welfare of Mount Joy MOUNT JOY, PENNA. TEN CENTS Mount Joy Manufactured Products Make Trip to the Moon and Return Mount moon’! Atl least tiny pieces of vi- tal parts manufactured in Mount Joy are on the moon — Right now. And, other parts have made the round trip to the moon and are now part of the historic cap- sule which made the Appollo 11 voyage. Someone — actually, prob- ably several someones working in the AMP plants in Mount Joy, either or both the Jacob street and Pluin street plants, put {ogether the pieces which were hurt- led into space with the shot which changed the course of human history. Harold F. Schafer, manager of the Jacob street plant in Mount Joy, told the Bulletin this week that two products which are made exclusively in Mount Joy very definitely were aboard the thundering space machines. Because AMP products are component parts, frequently even local people who work on the pieces and handle them routinely, overlook the fact that they are essential parts of the larger units Joy is “on the which are easily : seen and jaentified. One of the local “moon pieces, for instance, is a printed circuit board connec- tor, that is a component pat of the aboard computers. The entire space explora- tion and even the possibility of the flights depend abso- lutely upon the computers. No man or team of men could possibly calculate, and compute and harness their figures with the necessary speed and assured accuracy necessary. The computer part is only about three inches wide but iL carries many circuits. Another part which has played its role on the moon mission is a pin and socket connector assembly which carries fewer circuits than the printed board arrange- ment but is built for heavier duty. It is only about an inch and a half wide and is built with a solid, tight connect- ing arrangement. Its block, as is part of the printed circuit board con- nector, is made of plastic. That material is used both Swim Team The Mount Joy swim team placed sixth in the YMCA Suburban League Tourna- ment held on Saturday, July 26, at the Adamstown pool. Mount Joy swimmers brought home nine trophies and 26 ribbons. They included: Freestyle — Steve Cole- man, 1st, 27.6, tied county record; Bobby Alexander, 1st; Cindy Bates, 3rd; Scott Hershey, 3rd; Gary Coleman, 4th; Jill Shupp, 6th. Butterfly — Andy McCue, 2nd; Debby Meckley, 3rd; Cindy Bates, 5th. Back Stroke — Steve Cole- Attends Special Art Course Beth Gibble, 119 North Market Street, a Donegal high school senior, is one of 30 Pennsylvania students sel- ected to participate in a special summer art course for high school art students July 21 - August 8 at Millers- ville State College. The high school students join with 27 secondary art teachers who are attending an eight-week institute on ithe campus. The students and teachers will participate on an equal footing in two courses daily. All must take drawing and select painting or printmaking. The institute, entitled “Guiding the Talented Art Student,” is funded by a $32,600 federal grant. Iis purpose is to give teachers educational insights into creativity and acquire under- standing of the thinking and behavior of artistically tai- ented high school students. THIS ISSUE -- Two Sections 24, PAGES Places Sixth man, 2nd; Bobby Alexander 3rd; Dave Berryhill 5th; Gary Coleman, 5th; Mike Coleman, 6th. Relays — 10 and Under, Boys, 2nd; 12 and Under Boys, 3rd; 14 and Under, Girls, 3rd; 12 and Under, Girls, 6th. Breast stroke — Kris Mec- Cue, 3rd; Scott Hershey, 5th; Ted Hershey, 5th; Jill Shupp 6th; and Mike Coleman, 6th. Field Representative To Visit Mount Joy R. Ronald Reedy, field rep- resentativce for Congress- man Edwin D. Eshleman, will sit in the post office of Denver and Mount Joy this coming Saturday, August 2, Denver will be from 9 to 10 a.m. and Mount Joy will e from 11 a.m. to noon. Anyone having any pron- lem at all involving the Fed- eral Government is invited to come in and discuss it with Reedy. as a way to reduce weight and because it is not con ductive. In a full-page advertise- nent in the July issue of ‘Business Week,” AMP shows pictures of two parts and captions the ad “We're go- ing to the moon .. . And Back.” Schafer said that a simi- lar companion ad is to ap- pear very shortly now which will be headed, “We've been tc the moon . . . and back.” The parts and pieces made in Mount Joy were used in all three of the space vehic- les. They were aboard the command module, the LM which left the mother ship for the moon descent and they were part of the mach- ine which was left standing on the bleak moon when Armstrong and Aldrin blasted off for home. Schafer said that AMP al- so has made other hardware which has been essential to the space program in some oi its other plants. But, these two items were strictly Mt. Joy. Incidentally, these are not the first Mount Joy made parts which have been tak- ing tremendous space rides. The connectors whieh have gone on previous space probes also have been made by hands and machines in our own midst. One of the reasons the AMP products have become part of the space age is be- cause one of the goals of the company is to improve the “intensity’’ of its connectors By intensity, the engineers are referring to the number of connectors they can in- stall within any given space. The need for keeping space and weight at a minimum has challenged the designers to find ways to increase the number of connectors within smaller and smaller space. As these two factors work upon each other, assembly, in some cases, become an operation with tweezers un- der a magnifying glass. So—if the flags fly on Mt. Joy’s Main street and the people of the community have a feeling of pride of national accomplishment, they can add a bit of intim- -ate community pride to the fact that ‘“one of our own’ has gone to the moon and returned. AN EDITORIAL Complete Donegal School District has Big Task completed, within the past few days, a tremendous job of compiling a huge volume entitled, “Long Range Planning.” An over-all study of the past and a hard look into the fuure, the task has involved many people and many hours of introspective effort. Class room teachers, administration board all have been involved. and school The actual printing of the book even was done in the print shop of Donegal high school. The fact that the school people actually did the job has saved the school lars. In some districts, professional been called in to make the studies, to do hundreds of dol- outsiders have the work district and publish the book. Costs of up to $30,000 have been reported. (Turn to page 3) } surface .
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