ow By R.A. R. There's nothing new, ap- parently, to this story but it has made the rounds this week following a recent auc- tion sale which attracted many local people. @ ® & A valuable piece of china came up for sale and bidding went along at a good pace on on a patiern which was rec- ognized as being well worth a good price. ® oOo eo Finally the bid went to nearly $300 and everyone felt that the buyer had paid a rather big price. He gave his name and later in the sale purchased another $100 or so worth of merchandise. ® © o But when the sale settled up, that buyer had not paid his bill. He had simply disappeared with not only the valuable piece of china which was the “talk of the sale” but with some oth- er things. ® oO oe i Thus, it appeared, it made very little difference to that particular buyer what he bid ——just so he was the top man and had the valuable article was in his hand. ® © ©o We've been wondering lately just how traffic on Road 230 actually is going to behave when the new bypass is completed. ®e © o The $1 million a mile pro- ject is expected to be com- pleted around Mount Joy by late this year, according to the schedule, and it appears that work is progressing sat- isfactorily. ® © o Concrete is poured from the Big Chiques creek bridge westward to within approxi- mately 100 yards of the Eli- zabethtown East High street overpass. 9 ® oO From that point westward, it’s going to be a while until (Turn to page 5) TH MO = BULLETIN Mount Joy's ONLY Newspaper — Devoted to the Best Interest and Welfare of Mount Joy VOL. 69. NO. 16. It Might Be, But Probably Isn’t A Spring If, within the next two or three months, there suddenly appears what seems to be a new water spring, it probab- ly is not. Particularly, it is not if it is located along the two na- tural gas lines of the Texas Eastern Transmission Corp., which pass through a portion of the Mount Joy area. TET has announced that it soon will begin an extensive testing operation of a 20-inch and a 24-inch line between Marietta and Phoenixville, Pa. — a 40-mile pipe line route. Natural gas, which norm- ally moves through the lines, will bt removed and water will be pumped in. Gas nor- mally moves at about 700 (Turn to page 8) Three Graduated From PSU The Pennsylvania State University today conferred degrees on 1385 graduates, including two from Mount Joy and one from Landis- ville. Among the graduates were 105 who qualified for the doctorate, 86 of them for the doctor of philosophy degree and 19 for the doctor of ed- ucation degree. There were 429 graduates who qualified for a master’s degree and 851 awarded the baccalaure- ate degree. Local graduates were: Har- old J. Brubaker, Rl, B.S, in Agricultural economics and B. S. in business administra- tion. From Landisville is John O. Yocum, MM." 'S. in agronomy. ‘Of This and That’ A blue-eyed, blonde am- bassador from the Nether- lands was the speaker Tues- day noon at the luncheon meeting of the Mount Joy Rotary Club at Hostetters’. She was Maria Van Meche- len (the Dutch spelling of Maria is ‘‘Maryka’”) and she charmed Rotarians and their wives with her informal ac- count of her visit this sum- mer in this country, espec- ially in the Mount Joy area, under Rotary’s “Experiment in Intemational Living” pro- gram. “Perhaps you might like to know a little about my country before I begin to talk about yours,” she told her listeners, and then proceeded to describe the beautiful Dutch countryside with its green fields, meadows, canals, dykes and bridges. “Tourists stay mostly in the Big cities,” she said, “so they miss seeing what Hol- land is really like. They want to see the tulips, ' the canals and the dykes, and then they think they've seen it ali” Maria and the other ‘“am- bassadors” in the EIL pro- gram spent a week in New York and Washington, D. C., before coming to their own Rotary clubs. “New York was dark and dirty. 4 was a little disap- by the editor's wife pointed in it — but I loved Washington, with its white buildings and pretty green parks. It is a beautiful city!” As for her visit with Mt. Joy Rotarians and their fam- ilies, “I just can’t say what a wonderful experience it has been! Everyone has been fabulously kind to me, and I've seen and done things I never knew about before!” She listed some of the activ- ities — a ‘real American wedding, a ball game, family picnics, a trip to Philadel- phia, a visit to a horseracing track.” As for her impressions: “People over here work aw- fully hard. They even work at night! They seem to be very ambitious. They are al- ways saying, ‘Now let's just relax’—but they never do! “It seems to me they are always eating! They have popcorn at movies and ball games; they snack in front of TV; any time two people get together, they eat! But they don’t seem to get fat— maybe because they work so har 9 (Turn to page 3) THIS ISSUE -- Two Sections 24 PAGES MOUNT JOY, PA., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1969 TEN CENTS Mayor Lifts Police Patrolman’s Badge Mount Joy police force is down to three men! The four-man depart- ment lost a man last week when Mayor Frank Walter “lifted” Patrolman William Booth’s badge. Action came Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 10, when the mayor discovered that Booth had become chief of police of West Earl township, in- cluding Brownstown and the area in that vicinity. Mount Joy Borough recent- ly adopted rules prohibiting its officers from holding oth- er police jobs as second fources of income. About the same time, Police Chief J. Bruce Kline, who has been chief of Mount Joy township, for several years was instruc- ted to make arrangements to divest himself of the connec- tion by Jan. 1, 1970. The ruling against police work was in double force when Booth was made a full fledged patrolman. Booth was employed on probation early this year and only recently was given full patrolman’s rating. He originally had lived near Brickerville and part of the terms of employment were that he would move to Mount Joy. Mayor Walter said that Booth did move re- cently from the Prickerville area but instead of to Mount Joy, it was to Brownstown. D.H.S. Student Is Merit Semi-finalist Principal Donald W. Dren- ner of Donegal high school has announced that Charles Waser has been named a semifinalist in the 1969-1970 National Merit Scholarship Program. He is the son of Mr. Mrs. C. Donald Waser, West Donegal street. The 15,000 semifinalists ap- pointed are among the na- tion’s most intellectually tal- ented high school seniors. They will compete for about and 126 Poplar Street Holds Party The annual block party of the Poplar Street residents was held Saturday evening, Sept. 13 on the spacious iawn of Mr. and Mrs. Char- les Ruhl with Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Keller co-hosting. Three to Enter At E'town Three Mount Joy residents are among 375 students en- rolled in the freshman class at Elizabethtown college this Fall. Freshmen will report Sat., Sept. 20, and register the same day. Classes will begin on Tuesday, Sept. 23. The new Elizabethtown College students are: Linda L. Greider, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jay Robert Greider, RD 1, Box 307. Janis M. Hepler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Hepler, RD 2. Elizabeth A. Rainbolt daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Rainbolt; 501 Donegal Springs Road. Sprecher is Threat A threat to take over a first-string spot on the offen- sive line for the Lafayette college football team is Bill Sprecher, former Donegal high, school star, son of Mr. and Mrs. Art Sprecher, of Columbia avenue. Although the offensive unit of. the Leopard's team is back for the 1969 season all most intact from last year, Coach Harry Gamble has been working the former In- dian lineman hard and he may find a place at tackle where a slot has opened up when a veteran was moved into the backfield. The Leopards open their season Saturday, playing Rut- gers. Enter Gimbel Parade Donegal high school’s mar- ching band, which already this season has made two football appearances, has ac- cepted an invitation for a re- turn performance in the Gim- bel’s Parade. Held on Thanksgiving Day, the parade annually is one of the big features in Phila- delphia. In attendance were Mr. and Mrs. Elam Brubaker, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Divet, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Eshle- man, Mrs. Bernard Gaul, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Miller, Cindy and Kevin Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Keller, Andy and Joe Keller, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Keller, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ruhl, Becky, John, Mary Kathleen, and Lisa Ruhl, Mr. and Mrs. Warren Heisey, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Brenner, Timmy and Eric Brenner, Mr, and Mrs. Wm. Lennox, Becky and Billy Lennox, Mr. and Mrs. Rus- sel Chapin, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Brubaker, Mr. and Mrs. Sydney Bridgett, Ramo- na, Jonathan and Sydney Bridgett. Guests were Mrs. Ruhl’s parent’s Mr. and Mrs. Clem- ence Griffith, Also guests who are charter members of the Poplar street group, Miss Eunice Herr and Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Hawthorne. FIVE DAY Weather Forecast From The Harrisburg Weather Bureau Thursday through Monday Sept. 18 - 22 Temperatures for the 5- day period from Thursday through Monday are expec- ted to average near nor- mal. Daytime highs will be in the upper 70's; night- time lower in the lower 60’s. It will be cool Thurs- day, warmer the remaind- er of the period. Precipitation may total less than 1/10th inch, oc- curring as showers in the northern portion over the week end. 3,000 Merit Scholarships be awarded in 1970. to The semifinalists were the highest scorers in their states on the National Merit Schol- adship Qualifying Test (NM SQT), which was given last February to some 750,000 students in 17,250 schools nationwide. They constitute less than 1 percent of the graduating secondary school seniors in the United States, These students bring honor not only to themselves, but also to their families, their teachers, their schools, and their communities. The fu- ture success of these young people will, however, depend upon their ability to become productive at the high intel- lectual levels that they are capable of attaining. Semifinalists must advance to finalist standing to be con- sidered for the Merit Schol- arships to be awarded next spring. About 97 percent of the semifinalists are expect- ed to become finalists, and each will be considered for one of the 1,000 National Merit $1,000 Scholarships which are allocated by state. Many also will be considered for the renewable four-yetr Merit Scholarships provided by some 400 corporations. foundations, colleges, unions. trusts, professional associt- tions, other organizations and individuals. Each final- ist will receive a Certificate of Merit in recognition of his outstanding performance in the program. Winners of four-year Mer- it Scholarships may receive up to $1,500 a year for four college years, depending on their individual need. Win- ners of the National Merit $1000 Scholarships will re- ceive their nonrenewable one-time awards upon enroll- ment as full-time students in accredited U. S. colleges or universities. Names of the 1969-70 Mer- it Scholarship winners will be announced April 30, 1970. Some 21,600 students have received Merit Scholarships in the fourteen annual pro- grams to date. About $67 million in financial assistance through the Merit Program. Show Sunday at Airport Formal dedication of the Elizabethtown - Marietta Air- port, located near Donegal, will be combined with a two- hour National Air Show Sun- day, Sept. 21. Airport owner Hershey, who Kenneth also heads Lanco Flying Service, Inc., has arranged to have per- formances by the Flying Dutchmen Parachute Club and the Lancaster County Soaring Society on the bill that day also. The Dutchmen are home- based at the local airport; their performance will be part of the 2-hour air show to be held from 2 to 4 p.m. Airport dedication cere- monies will get under way at 1:30 pm. The mayors of Elizabethtown, Mount Joy & Marietta are scheduled to be present, and Miss Elizabeth- town has been invited to be on hand for the event, accor- ding to a spokesman for the flying service. :
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