One taxpayer in the com- munity is disturbed about the possibility of the passage of a state income tax. This is what he proposes: ® ® 0 “Now is the time for each taxpayer in the Common- wealth of Pennsylvania to pledge solemnly to himself and to commit himself to work both privately and publicly against a state in- come tax. “Now is the time for ev- ery taxpayers who values his dollars to desolve that: 1. He will vote against ev- ery officeholder local, county and state — who is in office when the Common- wealth passes a state income tax, and “2. He will inform himself about who is in office now, and he will keep in mind those names so that he will never vote for those people again for any public office.” ® © o That's pretty strong, maybe he has a point. ® © o After all, an income tax is pretty strong, too. ® © © And, we wonder if politi- cians all up and down the line couldn't suddenly get a new slant on the tax situa- tion if enough people across the state would suddenly sign such a pledge and then pass the word. ®e © © Last week the Bulletin carried a paragraph which ‘wondered’ out loud about a pair of flags which fly night and day along West Main street. but ea oo a These flags have been the subject of much comment off and on for some time. ® © © It develops that the flags and the watering trough stand upon state-owned ground and that the site is a World War I Memorial — watering trough, machine guns, flags and fish. ® © © Aubrey Bowles, owner of the Watering Trough hotel disclaims any ownership or responsibility for the flags or for any part of the mem- orial area. They just happen to be in front of his business he says. ®e © ©o He told the Bulletin that knows of a businessman who has lost much money because of the poor appear- ance of the flags. Some cus- tomers who felt strongly a- bout the appearance of the flags got teed off and finally took their business some- where else. : ® © © All of which tends to em- phasize our original point. People do not like to see the flag of this country treated chabbily. Most people would rather that the flag not ap- pear in public unless it is bright and clean and pres- ented in a manner which be- speaks pride and dignity. : ® © © : Aid, now, it develops, still another reason for present- ing the flag with dignity and honor is to not offend cus- tomers who happen to be coming into the area. he e © © = Remember, these flags fly at the western ‘gateway of the “Mouna Joy community and. = “they just don’t look (Turn to page 8) “THIS ISSUE -- Two Sections 20 PAGES zon Aus |W THE » MOUNT 2 JOY 4 YU » Mount Joy's ONLY Newspaper — Devoted to the Best Interest and Welfare of Mount Joy VOL. 69. NO. 10 MOUNT JOY, PENNA. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1969 TEN CENTS Community Council Sets Election Boro Council Considers Water Drainage Problems Harry Farmer, west Main street, has been nominated president of the Mount Joy Communify Council. He will succeed Arthur Zerphey, who has been ob- liged because of illness to resign the leadership of the organization. Vict-Pres, nominated is Mc- Mullen, Wood street. Secre- tary is Mrs. Gerald Lutz and treasurer, Jerry Lutz. The new officers will as- sume their duties in Septem- ber when the organization holds its next meeting. Authority To Put Plastic Cover Over * * Only one bid — for $2,895 was received Tuesday night, Aug. 5 as the Mount Joy Borough Authority received bids for a cover for -the Florin water reservoir. The bid was accepted and referred to the Authorily’s Rajah Band ‘Music in Park’ Sat., Aug. 16 “Music in the Park” The third public program of the summer season will be held in Memorial park on Saturday night, August 16, it was announced this week by the Mount Joy Communi- ty Council, which sponsors the program! Booked for an evening of entertainment is the Rajah String Band from Reading, which has been in Mount Joy before, both for concerts and as a colorful parade band. The Rajahs appear on their own unusual float-type bandstand, under lights, play- ing foot-tapping music that has a universal appeal. The Aug. 16th program is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Reservoir * x engineers for study and for bid letting if all details are found to be in order. The cover, which will be of a special, tough nylon re. inforced plastic, will be tailored-made for the local job and will be installed by company men in such a way that it will be able fo withstand an 80 mile per hour wind. The plastic will be spread over the reservoir and then suspended by an air pres- sure differential system. The cover will be air tight — or nearly so — and will be a low profile dome shape. Its color will be green. An air pressure system will inject about 3 pounds of pressure per square foot, sufficient to maintain the dome shape even should there be a small hole caused by ‘some minor accident. The cover, once the ma- terials are assembled on the site, will be installed in less than two days. Bidder on the Hydroneering, Inc., anon, N. J. Installation of the cover is to meet a demand of resi- dents of the area to keep the, open reservoir from be- ing contaminated from out- side sources. cover was of Leb- ‘Of This and That’ Have you visited a train station recently? There has been much in the news in the past few months about how run-down the Penn-Cen- tral stations are, not only in Lancaster but in even larger cities all along the line. If you are familiar with the big Penn Central (Penn- sylvania) station in Lancas- ter, you will know that the stories probably are true. It is ghost-like, almost empty of people, dingy, unkempt, and falling into serious dis- repair. . It is sad, for it was once a beautiful building, and a hub of activity for this en- tire area. We forget how many trains are said to have come and gone there in a 24- hour period, but it was a large number. Now there is only a skeleton schedule of passenger trains, and these carry only a fraction of the people they once did! However, bad as the Penn Central facilities may be, we are inclined to think there are other railroads with ev- en less to recommend them! We were in Baltimore on Sunday, to check on the pos- sibilities of traveling west- ward on the “B and O” rail- road. We had trouble finding the station! One man whom we asked had never heard of it; another directed us to by the editor's wife the B & O OFFICE building, and still another said it was closed and all trains arrived and departed at the “Penn- sylvania Station!” But it was not so! We fin- ally found the station, not far from the center of town, in a rundown- neighborhood. It needed paint and many other things! The passenger schedule was at a minimum, and there were few trains in evi- dence. The ones we saw were only commuter trains or shuttle trains for Wash- ington, D. C. It was heartbreaking, in a way, for we can remember when the “B & O” was a proud line, with much pres- tige and many beautiful trains. Why is this so? What has happened? Any school boy or girl can tell you—‘‘every- one” travels by airplane to- day! Trains will soon be a relic of the past. We could see and hear dozens of planes arriving and departing from Friend- ship Airport, just outside Baltimore, and the story is ‘the same in Lancaster, Wash- ington, Pittsburgh,—or Tim- buctoo! % EJ Mw What do three red rose- buds, a sketch of a beautiful (Turn to page 2) «1 - * * * * Meeting Runs 4 Hrs, 20 Min. * * * * You might blame it on the weather! With water drainage os one of the time-consur- ing considerations, Monday night’s August meeting of the Mount Joy Borough Council, -held at borough hall, had a record run of 4 hours and 20 minutes, ad- journing at 11.50 p.m. The meeting also indicated a mounting concern of citizens about government, the future of Mount Joy. about operation and about Although water drainage has been a subject for council’s ears, two problems in that area were given extra consideration Monday — probably because the local problem has been pointed up in recent days by unusually heavy and frequent rainstorms. Citizens of Ziegler street appeared before council and asked that something be done to help them with a recurring problem of flood- ing .Council pointed out that the houses are built over a natural waterway and blam- ed the developer for his ap- proach to the matter at the time the houses were built. The property owners, on the other hand, blamed council for allowing the developer to build without proper drainage. Although no one had any firm figures, $20,000 was mentioned as the possible cost of installing drainage sufficient to correct the dif- ficulties. Some lower figures ($8,000) were mentioned as possible partial aids. Council is to have its en- gineer make a study of the problem and report at once. An attempt to take action to guarantee that the project would be placed in the 1970 budget was lost with only the maker and second of the FIVE DAY Weather Forecast From The Harrisburg Weather Bureau Thursday through Monday August 7 - 11 Temperatures for the 3- day period from Thursday through Monday are expec- ted to average above nor- mal. Daytime highs will be near 90, nighttime lows in low 70’s. Quite warm at the beginning of the period, seasonable temper- atures thereafter. Precipitation may total up to 2” occuring as scat- tered showers Saturday & Monday. motion voting ‘“‘yes.” Council said that it does not now have the money. to do much of anything about the problem. Property own- er, on the other hand, charg- ed that council has said be- fore, “Next year!” The other drainage matter which faced the council was connected with a proposal development by John Mel- horn on the northwest side of Marietta avenue in the area where two apartment buildings have been erected recently. The question, which must be solved before zoning ap- proval can be granted, con- cerns whether to run surface water to the west into the Grandview development (at the south end of Florin ave.) or eastward, across Marietia pike. Again, the borough engin- eers and Melhorn’s engineer is one and the same firm. Two local citizens and a Marietta man appeared be- fore council to express views, ask questions and to make statements. Richard Pcnwell of Mari- etta, acting, he said on ad- vise of the district attorney, appeared to give critisisma of the Mount Joy Borough Po- lice department. He was concerned with a “Saturday night’ encounter with local police when he is alleged to have been stopped and charged with speeding. He later appeared in the court of Justice of the Peace James Hockenberry. He was adjudged guilty. He took no appeal despite the fact he charged that his witnesses were not given a hearing. Roy Lehman, Wood street, (Turn to page 2) AN EDITORIAL More School Program It isn't going to be popular with a lot of people. but it is beginning to look as if public Ye operated year ’round! schools may For instance, it is not going to be popular with the school children, who already have learned the joys of summer vacation. It will not be popular with the teachers who have learned summer vacation. It will not be popular with the would it be popular with to enjoy the benefits of janitors. Nor the administrators during the time they are obliged to implement the prograni. (Turn to page 3) =
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