By R.A.R.
Did you consider that the
semi truck which caused the
evacuation of Paradise last
week probably rolled right
through Mount Joy not too
long before it was found to
be leaking a dangerous chem-
ical?
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Did you consider that no
one knows how many truck-
loads of dangerous materials
move down Main street ev-
ery 24 hours?
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Maybe it’s just as well that
we don't know!
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Maybe -— just maybe —
within the next few months
we can get rid of some of
that kind of traffic.
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If: Mount Joy people look
back, they can not remember
two more exasperating ex-
periences .in the life of Mt.
Joy than the construction of
the sewers and the rebuild-
ing of Main street.
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Both weré long, drawn
out projects which created
great inconvenience, dirt,
mud and even short tempers.
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Be mindful, then, that a
pair of neighboring commun-
ities now have the same sew-
er mess.
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Maytown ‘and Marietta are
putting up with the same
problems. A drive around
both areas takes one back
some 12 or 13 years to recall
the exact same situation in
Mount Joy.
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In some areas the worst is
passed but the scars remain
fresh and obvious. Streets
which were once good are
now crossed with lateral
which were dug across them
and are bumpy and dust and
dirt still remain all too ob-
vious despite the fact prop-
erty ewners wash and scrub.
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The street scars,
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VOL. 69. NO. 19
FIVE DAY
Weather Forecast
From The Harrisburg
Weather Bureau
Thursday through Monday
October 9 - 13
Temperatures for the 5-
day period from Thursday
through Monday are expec-
ted to average above nor-
mal. Daytime highs will be
in the mid 70’s; night-
time lows in the 40’s and
50’s. Mostly mild through
the period.
Precipitation may total
more than 12”, with show-
ers likely Saturday or Sat-
urday night.
Leisure Club
The Mount Joy Leisure
club will meet on Monday,
Oct. 13 at the Sports Farm.
A White -Elephant sale is
scheduled for 1 o’clock.
A bus trip is planned to
Musselman’s Pet Milk plant
at Biglerville and Chambers-
burg on Oct. 15. Anyone de-
siring to make the (trip
(members, $2; non-members,
$3) may call Mrs. Eva Groff,
president, 653-5982. The bus
will leave from St. Mark's
United Methodist church in
Mount’ Joy.
MOUNT JOY, PENNA. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8,
1969
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No Meters Saturday Night
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COUNCIL ACCEPTS BID FOR NEW POLE ”
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Parking meters will not be
enforced in Mount Joy on
Saturday nights!
Decision to discontinue
the use of meters came Mon-
day night, Oct. 6, as Borough
Council held its October
meeting in the borough buil-
ding.
Meter enforcement will ex-
pire at 6 p.m. on Saturdays.
Previously the time had
continued until 9 p.m.
A month ago council heard
a request to eliminate the 6
to 9 hours and ordered a
check made of meter use
during that period. A report
Monday indicated that per-
haps $5 was collected be-
tween 6 and 9 Saturday eve-
ning. A borough employee
“robbed” the meters Satur-
ray afternoon and again on
Monday to give council some
idea of how much the meters
actually were used Saturday
evening when few businesses
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One Night!
TRICK OR TREAT
Mount Joy again will ob-
serve one night, just be-
fore Halloween, as ‘Trick
or Treat” night, Mayor
Frank Walter announced
this week.
That one night will be
on Wednesday, Oct. 29ih.
In the pasi three or four
years, the single night of
trick or treat has been ob-
served rather faithfully,
the Mayor said and urged
that the costum be observ-
ed again this Halloween.
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are actually
Main street.
The police department was
ordered to change the park-
ing instructions which now
show Saturday evening hours
A report to council indicat-
open along
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ed that adequate care of sur-
face water problem on Zieg-
ler street probably will cost
in the neighborhood of $12.-
000.
Council opened a single °
bid which was submitted to
furnish a new police cruiser
for the borough. The bid, for
$1,270, was submitted by
Newcomer Motors and was
accepted. The car, which is
to be green, in color, is to
be delivered in about 60
days.
On request of the Cham-
ber of Commerce, council-
men agreed to suspend use
of parking meters during
the Christmas season — from
Dec. 8 to Jan. 5.
Council, on first
passed an ordinance to va-
cate and to eliminate from
the borough plan a 200-foof
length of Plum street south
of Square. The 50 foot wide
reading
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Honored
Staff Sergeant Ronald L.
Cooke, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Lloyd G. Cooke, 227 North
Market avenue, has been
awarded the Bronze Star
Medal with “V” device (for
valor) for action against en-
emy . forces in Vietnam.
He won the award for
heroism while assigned to
the 20th Tactical Air Sup-
‘Of This and That’
It was perfect weather for
the autumn Craft Days Sat-
urday and Sunday at the
Landis Valley Farm Museum.
And thousands of people
took advantage of this oppor-
tunity to enjoy the rare priv-
jlege of going backyard in
time 100 to 150 years!
As they wandered around
in the warm October sun-
shine, youngsters and old-
sters, and many of an in-be-
tween age, watched fascinat-
ed while ‘“puddin’’” bubbled
over an open fire, tomato
preserves in a big iron ket-
tle ‘gave out a delicious aro-
ma, and roasted corn was
ground for cornmeal with a
“nut brown” flavor.
There were several arts
being demonstrated this year
whith we had not seen at
Craft Days before. These in-
cluded the ones mentioned
above, and also the rolling
MEMORIAL SERVICES
Memorial services will be
held on Sunday, Oct. 12, at
9:30 a.m. in Glossbrenner
United Methodist church by
the Florin Fire Company.
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by the editor's wife
of cigars and the dyeing of
hanks of homespun in brass
pots over an open fire.
This last procedure was
particularly interesting, in
view of the fact that the
“dyes” used were such com-
mon things as goldenrod
blossoms for a soft, yellow
color, and walnut hulls for a
rich, dark brown. Berries &
roots were _other materials
used for shades of red, blue
and orange.
Most of the Craft Day vis-
itors were natives of the
Lancaster area, of - course,
but many others seemed to
be from the metropolitan
areas of New York or Phila-
delphia. They seemed to be
soaking up the rural atoms-
phere, and were walking a-
round with their arms full
of red and yellow ears of
corn with the shucks still
on, eating thick slices of
home made bread with but-
ter and apple butter on it,
cider, home made dill pick-
les, cheese, pretzels, shoo- fly
pie and other Pennsylvania
Dutch delicacies.
Children were enjoying
especially the ride around
the grounds in a big wagon
pulled by a steam engine
such as used to furnish pow-
. er for “threshing machines.”
Always popular with Craft
Day viistors is the building
that houses the spinning
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-exposed himself
With Bronze Star
port Squadron, DaNang Air
Base, Republic of Vietnam.
An air force communica-
tions service ground radio
operator, he is now stationed
at the command’s headquar-
ters at Scott AFB, Ill.
The award citation read
that from Jan. 31, 1968, to
Feb. 5, 1968, Sergeant Cooke
to hostile
fire to assist in bringing a
jeep to a more secure posi-
tion near a house. Rigging
the jeep so that its radios
could be operated from in-
side the safety of the house,
he passed vital intelligence
reports concerning North
Vietntmese troop positions
and numbers as well as their
activities, to friendly forces.
Sergeant Cooke was credit-
ed with directing friendly
artillery and mortar fire on
several strategic enemy posi-
tions.
In addition to the Bronze
Star with “V”’ device, Serg-
eant Cooke was presented
the Air Force Commendation
Medal for duties performed
while assigned to the 20th
Tactical Air Support Squad-
ron.
Both presentation were
made by Mayor General Paul
R. Stoney who commands
AFCS, a globally operating
air command which provides
communications, air traffic
control and air navigational
aid services and facilities for
the Air Force and other gov-
ernment and civilian agen-
cies. Its 53,000 people oper-
ate at more than 600 loca-
tions in 47 states and nearly
40 foreign countries.
Sergeant Cooke is married
to the former Carolyn Boltz,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.
Benjamin Boltz of 101 Hamp-
den Ave.,, Camp Hill, Pa,
formerly of Mount Joy.
FARM SHOW THIS WEEK IN MANHEIM
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Baby Parade Thursday Night
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The 17th annual Manheim
Community Farm Show is
scheduled for Wednesday,
Thursday, and Friday, Octob-
er 8, 9, and 10.
The event gets underway
Wednesday at 7 pm. with
the annual Community Farm
Show Parade which draws
thousands of people every
year. A special event of the
parade will be the announce-
ment of the selection of the
Farm Show Queen. The even-
ing is to be completed with
a variety show featuring the
Hawaiian Playboys, set for 8
p.m.
Thursday's evening event
will be the annual Baby Par-
ade scheduled for 6 p. m.
with the Manheim Central
Junior high school band pro-
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viding the music. The Rother-
mels Accordian Band will be
the free entertainment spec-
ial, beginning at 8 p.m.
Friday's events include a
tractor driving contest at 1
p.m.; the appearance of the
Schwabs Dutch Band, and
Chipso and His Balloons at
6:30 p.m. The final event of
the fair, awarding of troph-
ies, is set for 8:45 p.m.
Practice Trapshooting
The Manheim Sportsmens’
Association will hold prac:
tice trap shooting this Satur-
day afternoon, October 11th,
at the club’s Recreation area.
The regular monthly meet-
ing will be held Thursday,
day, October 16 at the rifie
range.
HOMECOMING QUEEN
CANDIDATE
Miss Sue Stoner, daughter
of Mrs. Florence Stoner, of
Pinkerton Road, has been el-
ected by her sorority to be a
candidate for Homecoming
Queen which will be held
this month.
Sue is a sophomore at Post
Junior College, Waterbury.
Connecticut, where she is
presently enrolled in the Exe-
cutive Secretarial Course.
Display Tells
An Old Story
“Where have
chants gone?”
That might well be the
theme of an interesting ex-
hibit presented this week in
the Mount Joy library.
all the mer-
A feature of the library's
current finance drive, the
display exhibits advertising
souvenir pieces which were
distributed years ago by Mt.
Joy merchants.
Very few of the names on
the various items still appear
on store fronts of Mount Joy.
Most are household items
—ice picks, clothes brushes,
cooking spoons, a bread
toaster, an apple corer, and
others.
But, included are miscel-
laneous items—button hook,
screw driver, two wooden
whistles, a Christian Endeav-
or pin and a CE ribbon dated
1896, to mention a few.
One of the
items, in view of the fact
that the borough at present
is having published a book
of local ordinances, is a thin
volume which did the same
thing many years ago.—1892.
interesting
Next week the display case
will feature several works of
David McNeily Stauffer.
They will be on loan from
the Franklin and Marshall
college library,