Bv R.A.R. "Round the town— —First course of macadam has been installed at the new vo-tech school for drives and parking areas. —The big, high hedge which has been obstructing motorists’ vision at Market and Henry has been cut to ground level. —Not one replacement set, but TWO sets of bright, new flags have appeared at the Florin watering trough mem- orial. Small flags adorn the machine guns and larger ones are in the standards where others were removed last week. —Workmen are taking down the vacant house locat- ed immediately east of the G. C. Murphy store. —Footers and foundations have been poured for the construction of a new addi- tion to St. Luke’s Episcopal church. ee oo o Not around the town but not far from the town—The state is doing a two-coat ma- cadam job on the old road to Lancaster. The new top extends from Salunga west- ward to the intersection with the present Road 230. eo oo eo Mount Joy Rotarians have been building something spe- chial in the way of an attend- ance record. ® © o For 25 consecutive weeks, now, the club has had per- fect attendance. ® © o Weekly attendance is con- sidered a very important fa- cet of Rotary’s operation. Members who are not able to be present Tuesday noon at ; the regular meeting of the Mount Joy club are permit- ted ‘to “make up” their at- tendance by attending a ses- sion of one of the many oth- THE Moun T VOL. 69. NO. 17 Devoted to the Best Interest and Welfare of Mount Joy MOUNT JOJ, PA., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1969 BULLETIN: Mount Joy's ONLY Newspaper TEN CENTS Sewer No. 1 Problem at New School How and when sewers will be available for the new Riverview elementary school is a problem with which the Donegal School District con- tinues to wrestle. The building, originally to have been ready for use this fall, continues under con- struction. But, despite delays of many kinds, the matter of sewage now appears to be one which might possibly de- lay use of the building even when it is ready. Sewer construction through out Marietta is moving along but when lines will be ready to attach to the school is not known. At its September meeting, held Thursday, Sept. 18, in the D.H.S. library, the School Board recommended that the Donegal School Au- thority notify the sewer au- thority in Marietta requesting connection to that borough's sewer system by Dec. 1, of this year, and asking them to submit a cost estimate as soon as possible. Use of a 10,000-gal. septic tank had been suggested, but the observation was made that the tank would prob- ably require emptying al- most once a day and there- fore would be very expen- sive. As things stand at present, it appears that the building may be finished late in Nov- ember or early December. If that is the case, it is expect- ed that the move of class rooms from the old element- ary building in Marietta will be made during Christ- mas holidays. In other board: —approved a salary in- crease for substitute teachers (Turn to page 4) business, the St. Luke's Begins Addition The Elmer Ginder Con- struction company has start- ed the new Parish House to be erected at St. Luke's Epis- copal church on S. Market Street and Columbia Ave. The new building will house 10 classrooms and a study for the Rector, the Rev. Donald M. Whitesel. Although no date of comple- tion has been announced, it is hoped that it will be rea- dy for occupancy in March of 1970. In addition new building, the same company is in the process of making renovations to the interior of the church. When the church building was erected in 1908, the rear portion was closed off for two Sunday School class- rooms. This was done by building a partition and us- ing rolling doors which dis- appeared into the partition when more space was need- ed. This partition has been re- moved, which now gives the church a larger appearance and will improve the accous- tics. It was discovered that a beautiful stained glass win- dow had been placed near the- top of the enclosed area. The interior of the church will be painted and the church bell will be rung by using a magnetic hammer. It will be possible to ring the bell from the rear of the church, from the sacristy and. also from the altar. NOW,ABOUT THAT BLACKHAND Post office personnel and a few others who happened to be in the post office or nearby on the street did a “double take” Monday morn- ing and could hardly believe their eyes when they finally realized what they were see- ing. From _the viewpoint of a He was waiting on a well- dressed man at the window when he noticed a little black hand slip up and over the edge of the window coun- ter The man turned toward the hand and said in a gentle voice, “Get down, Joe.” Joe’s hand disappeared. post office clerk (Jay Muel- In a litlle while, as busi- (Turn to page 5) ler) it went like this: ness continued, two little FIVE DAY ‘Of This and That’ It’s strange what having a means attending college daughter in the fam- ily can mean. Of course it means tuition, books, clothes. And, . since the college is nearby, it COIN CLUB MEETING Members of the Mount Joy - Florin Coin club will hold their September meeting on Thursday, Sept. 25, at the Mount Joy Restaurant, West Main street, beginning at 8 p.m. by the editors wife receptions and dinners for parents, and getting to see how the fresh- man class of 1969 looks. (As nearly as we can tell, /they look very, much like the freshmen of a few decades ago!) : { It also means taking a nos- talgic look backward as the fun and frolic of “Freshman Orientation Week” is re- enacted before our eyes! But an interesting by-pro- duct of having a college (Turn to page 8) Fifty Years Ago It was 50 years ago this weekend! : Mount Joy was wearing a festive garb, happy and jubi- lant that World War 1 was over and its young heroes who were spared had come home. The community was hold- ing its “Welcome Home” cel- ebration for more than 100 young men of the community who participated in the war, and at the same time paying tribute to the memory of six who did not return. The celebration was a big, big event in the life of the community, and it embraced two days of activities, includ- ing a parade, memorial serv- ices, a ‘‘welcome home” meeting, a banquet and a street carnival. On Friday, September 26, 1919, a memorial service was held in ‘the Mount Joy Hall (presently occupied by the Newlin Summy store) at 8 o'clock for ‘‘our boys, .who gave their lives for the cause of humanity.” Rev. Robert Bagnell delivered the address on ‘Supreme Things’. The six, in whose honor the service was held, includ- ed: Lieut. James Oliver New- THIS ISSUE -- Two Sections 20 PAGES Weather Forecast From The Harrisburg Weather Bureau Thursday through Monday Sept. 25 - 29 Temperatures for the 5- day period from Thursday through Monday are expec- ted to average near nor- mal. Daytime highs will be in the mid 70's; night- time lows in the upper 50’s. There will be no sig- nificant day to day change Precipitation may total more than 2’, with show- ers Saturday and Saturday night and again on Mon- day. black hands appeared. Then the top of a little black head and then a pair of eyes and a grinning black face, It was the cutest little chimpanzee Jay had ever seen. By that time, the clerk be- gan to comprehend and the man “introduced” his chimp friend. Fully dressed—shoes, white sox, bright colored trousers and jacket — he for all the world looked_ like a small child. From the viewpoint of a pedestrian on the south side of Main street it went like this: A well dressed man and a well dressed chid opened the doors of the postoffice and came down the teps. Suddenly, he realized that the child was on a leash with a collar around his neck. It took a second look to fully realize that it actually was a chimp. The pair crossed Market street, walked along the gut- ter and to the street-side door of a pickup truck which (Turn to page 8) Veterans Given pher, ler Ebersole, Private Robert Heinley Hoke, Private Franc- is Marion Krall, Private Ray- mond Brown Harnish and Private Guy Kulp. Each man was later honor- ed with a Bronze plaque, mounted on a metal post and erected at one of the inter- sections along Main street. Saturday, Sept. 27, a par- ade was staged through town ending at the “Court of Hon- or at East Main and Bar- bara streets, where a re- view stand and speaker’s platform had been erected in front of Newcomers hard- ware store (which is now oc- cupied by the Hess food store.) Ga i Corporal Walter Spick Three pictures — two tak- en only minutes before the parade and the other during the parade — are on display this week in the Bulletin's iront window. One is of the “boys” who were being welcomed home, taken on the vacant lot now occupied by the post office. Not all of the men who mar- ched in the parade that day were present at the moment the picture was taken, how- ever. Of the 92 pictured, sev- eral survive and continue to live in the community. With the boys is a banner of the newly formed Ameri- can- Legion post. Many of the veterans had joined only hours before.: The flag had HALLOWEEN PARADE DATE SET BY LIONS Thursday night Oct. 30th, has been set as the time for the 1969 Mount Joy Hallow- een Parade. Gerald Sheetz, president of the Lions Club, which spon- sors the event, said this week that there was difficulty es- tablishing the exact date be- cause of conflicting commit- ments of some of the march- ing organizations which are wanted for the evening. The parade committee in- cludes Frank Shreve and Henry Zerphey and the fund committee to provide finances for the event include Frank Eichler, Meyer Levy and Charles Hershey. Mount Joy Hi Class 0f "49 Holds Reunion The class of 49 of Mount Joy High School held their class reunion on Saturday. Sept. 20 at the Willow Val- ley restaurant, Willow Street A family style meal was serv- ed to 18 class members and guests. Class members were: Mrs. Richard Bard (Helen Detwiler), Mrs. Bernard Gris- singer (Peggy Garber); Mrs. Kenneth Miller (Joyce Will), Mrs. Samuel Keens (Anna Ruth Sherer), Mrs. David Newcomer (Jane Anderson), Mrs. John Landis (Phyllis Hoffman), John Melhorn. William Garber, Glenn Bail- ey, Victor Morris, Jack Tyn- dall, Clark Derr, Donald Starr, Glenn Shupp, Lee Ranck, Elton Bomberger, Le- Roy Hess, and Kenneth Dro- han. attending (Turn to page 8) elcome been made by some women of the community as a ban- ner for the local organiza- tion... This was before the National Legion, apparently, had a flag designed. Howev- er, the name of the post and its number are shown. The other group picture is of the Red Cross Nurses, tak- en at the corner of Main & High streets. Because, gener- ally speaking, the organiza- tion was made up of mothers (some sisters and sweet- hearts) most of those pictur- ed are gone. The third is a shot of the color guard and a uniformed marching unit, followed by two automobiles. (Turn to page 4) i
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