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.
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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.
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Mount Joy Rotarians have
been building something spe-
chial in the way of an attend-
ance record.
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For 25 consecutive weeks,
now, the club has had per-
fect attendance.
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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
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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
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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-
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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
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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
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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.
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