By R.A.R. We've always felt that serving on an election board, working for community bet- terment, being a good citizen and serving on a jury are part of one’s duties. It is a kind of service duty one owes to his community as rent for the space he is oc- cupying in the community. ® © o But, it was something of a shock to receive through the mail recently a very official looking command to serve on the jury of the Lancaster Court of Common Pleas. o o® @® Now, we'll admit freely, that first impulse was to do anything possible to ‘get ‘out of this.” But on second thought the ‘‘getting out” was a violation of principle. And, besides, we didn't know how t6 go about “getting out.” ® o ® But, it is a good experi- ence to do jury duty despite the fact it is anything but convenient. ® ® ® Actually, one is not called to be on a jury. He is called to sit on a panel with the possibility of serving in the jury box. Actually, we dis- covered that there were per- haps nearly 100 men and wo- men assembled Monday mor- ning to form juries for the different court rooms in the Lancaster court house. ® ® ® By a lengthy process of choice selection and later by special] elimination, a group of 12 ‘people is seated. Then it is that the jury service be- , gins. But, it’s not like on television, where a compli- cated chapter of events un- folds and is settled in Perry Mason fashion all within an hour's time. @® ® © Oh, mo! After sitting for a couple of hours with 11 oth- ers we thought of the quo- tation, “The mills of the Gods grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly fine.” We automatically felt that the mills of justice do grind slowly but we hope that “they are grinding ex- ceeding well. ® © eo To one not adjusted to the tempo of the court room, the deliberateness and the lack of dispatch with which any action is taken is the most outstanding feature of the entire. process. But, on the other hand, if justice is to be done, perhaps it is better to move slowly, carefully and with ample opportunity for deliberation. ® ® © On Monday mornings, court is opened with a certain flair of showmanship. On the ab- solute stroke of 10 o'clock the robed judges appear, those in the courtroom are told to rise and the crier states the purpose of the court and ends his speech with “God save the Com- monwealth.” ®e © o° At least God is still in Court Room No. 1 at Lancas- ter on Monday morning. ® © o We suspect that not too many people have had very much experience in court rooms. Court Room No. 1 is a very pleasant looking au- ditorium-type room — recent- painted in cheerful off-white, THIS ISSUE -- (Two Sections) 20 PAGES = BULLETIN Mount Joy's ONLY Newspaper VOL. 69. NO. 20 FIVE DAY . Weather Forecast From The Harrisburg Weather Bureau Thursday through Monday October 16 - 20 Temperatures for the §5- day period from Thursday through Monday are expec- ted to average below nor- mal. Daytime highs will be in the mid 60’s; night- time lows in the 40’s. It will be cool at the beginning of the period, with modera- tion on Sunday. Cool again at the end of the period. Precipitation may total more than 1%”, with show- ers likely Friday or Satur- day. : SEWER PLANT ASST. KILLED IN CRASH John Elwood Gumbert, 23,- ahsistant operator of the Elizabethtown Borough sew- age treatment plant, was Kkil- led early Tuesday morning, Oct. 14, on Route 230 about a mile east of Elizabethtown. The 1965 pickup truck he was driving apparently was traveling west at a high rate of speed, state troopers said, when the driver lost control. Crossing the highway, the vehicle rammed into an em- bankment, spun and hit the same bank again. The body was found more than a half hour after the crash in underbrush on the north side of the highway. There was no other person in the truck, police said. A part-time employee of Wolgemuth Brothers, Gum- bert had been working Mon- day night and had left that job about 11:20 p.m. The ac- cident occurred about 12:45 a.m. A resident at 142 N. Plum St., Mount Joy, he was pro- nounced dead of chest injur- ies at the General hospital. 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 That one night will be on Wednesday; Oct. 29th. In the past three or four years, the single night of trick or treat has been ob- served rather faithfully. MOUNT JOY, PENNA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1969 Devoted to the Best Interest and Welfare of Mount Joy TEN CENTS ToHold State Road Hearing What to call the present section of Road 230 through Mount Joy and Elizabeth- town after the new bypass is completed will be the sub- ject of a public hearing to be held sometime in Decem- er or January. Senator Richard A. Snay- der told the Bulletin last week that he has been in- formed by the State high- way district engineer that before a decision is made all interested parties will be in- vited to a meeting to be held in Lancaster county. The question of how to designate the present road when the new expressway be- comes the main line of traf- fic between Lancaster and Harrisburg arose when some local people discovered that Main street in Mount Joy and Market street in Eliza- zethtown would simply be- come Legislative Route 129, which is the official number already given to the stretch of highway but is somewhat hidden by the more import- ant traffic designation of Route 230. Representatives of all in- terested or affected munici- palities, Chamber of Com- merce, AAA clubs, represen- tatives of the press and oth- er interested parties. will be welcomed at the hearing, time and place for which will be announced. At the meeting, the high- way department will present strip maps and plans for the reassignment of traffic routes. In the meantime, the high- way department has an- nounced that although the new construction in the Mt. Joy area will be completed shortly, it will not be open- ed officially for traffic until some time next summer. The delay is caused by the fact that if put into use, traf- fic would need to use about Floats W Floats are welcomed, floats are wanted and floats are needed! That is the word issued this week by Jerry Sheetz, president of the Mount Joy Lions club which will spon- sor the big 1969 Halloween parade Thursday night, Oct. 31. There will be competition in two divisions for sub- elcomed, stantial prizes. For the best appearing float in the ‘‘organization’ division, which just might be a group of people who want to get together and build a float, there will be three prizes—$75 for first; $50 for second and $25 for third. In a junior division (Scouts Brownies and the like) — there will be 2 cash awards a mile of “not so good” road- way between the Colebrook interchange and the Rheems crossing. The highway department says that that stretch would be cut to pieces by the nor- mal Road 230 traffic. However, one Harrisburg highway engineer guessed that local traffic probably would be finding ways to use the new four-lane concrete strips much sooner than the official opening. Actually, a number of people have driven the full length between Big Chigues and the Colebrook inter- change already. The “million mile’ new dollars a expressway is part of a 22-mile project which will link Lancaster and Harrisburg via the new multi-million dollar inter- change along the Harrisburg- Hershey road. Wanted —$50 and $25. The parade, sponsored by the Lions, will have four divisions, Sheetz said and there will be at least one band for each division. Frank Shreve will be the grand marshall. He and Hen- ry Zerphey are parade chair- men for the Lions club. The parade is scheduled for 7 p.m. Business and Professional Women to Observe National Week “Pride - Promise” will be the theme of National Busi- ness Women’s Week, to be observed October 19 to 25. An annual event since 1928, National Business Women’s Week is sponsored by the National Federation of Busi- ness and Professional Wom- en’s Clubs, Inc. During the week approximately 180,300 members in over 3850 clubs join together in a national tribute to all working wom- en.’ The Mount Joy B.P.W. club members will be recognized easily by the golden yellow ‘Of This and October has already been an eventful month — and it’s only half gone! There has been the arrival of a third grandson, a thousand- mile train trip on the Spirit of St. Louis to see him, a Homecoming and Parents Weekend at Elizabethtown College, a session of jury duty for the editor . . . We have always said that Octob- er was one of our favorite months! * * * This train ride was unus- ually eventful. Ordinarily, it’s just a matter of board- ing the train, catching a few little naps, and waking up 12 hours later at one’s desti- nation! But this time it was different. In the suburbs of Colum- bus, Ohio, on the eastward journey, as the train slowed | ad That by the editor's wife down during the night to en- ter the city, suddenly there was a loud noise in our coach, It sounded like glass shattering . . . then a heavy thud. Everyone was at atten- tion instantly. What had happened? A big stone had been thrown thru one of the windows, sending glass flying in every direction before it landed on the floor in the aisle! Fortunately the seats by the window were empty, so no one was hurt. But a wom- an across the aisle was graz- ed by the flying glass and seemed quite upset. A conductor and a train- man arrived on the scene al- most instantly, checked the damage, and began taking notes from conversations with the passengers. The consen- sus of opinion seemed to be (Turn to page 8) mum corsages they will be wearing during this designat- ed week to spotlight their contribution as career wom- en to the community and of all career women to our country and to the world. The objectives of the feler- ation are to elevate the stan- dards for women in business and the professions—to pro- mote the interests of busi- ness and professional women —to bring about a spirit of cooperation among the busi- ness and professional women of the United States and to extend opportunities to busi- ness and professional women through education along the lines of industrial, scientific and vocational activities. In communities throughout the country the achievements and contributions of these wemen to local, national and world events are spotlighted. The local B.P.W. club has 79 members and constitutes a very active group of wom- en—not only as club women but in their various and res- pective occupations in the business world. Included in the membership are: co-own- ers, teachers, dental assist- ants, cafeteria managers, secretaries, bookkeepers, reg- istered nurses, bank tellers, funeral directress, florist, co- partners, physical therapists, cabinet maker and museum curator, store managers, op- tometric assistant, librari- ans and credit managers. The Mount Joy club was sponsored by the Elizabeth- town Business and Profes- sional Women’s Club and was chartered March 8, ’55. The club meets on the fourth Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at Hostetter’s ban- quet hall. The officers in- clude: Miss Anna Mae Eby, President: Mrs. Benjamin Horst, 1st Vice-President: Mrs. Gerald Sheetz, 2nd Vice- President; Mrs. James Baker, Recording Secretary; Mrs. W. L. Koder, Corres. Sec’y.; Mrs. A. P. Miizkavich, Treas- urer; Mrs. George Broske, Parliamentarian; Mrs. Glenn Forney, Historian; and Mrs. Paul Shreiner, Bulletin Edi- tor. The programs for the 1969 -70 club year are in charge of the various working com- mittees that include: Septem- ber - Executive Board; Octo- ber - Public Relations; Nov- ember - World Affairs; De- cember - Hospitality; Janu- ary - Membership; February - Personal Development: March - Music & Social; April - Legislation & By- Laws; May - Civic Particia- pation; June - Membership & Executive Board. Several of the club's pro- jects and special funds in- clude: Chinese Nursing Fund. Foreign Exchange Student, Maxwell Scholarship, Wom- en’s Medical College, Mount Joy Community Council, Girl Scout Troop, Senior Citizens. Christmas Decorations, Girl of the Month, Scholarship Awards Fund. Tea honoring girl graduates, School Dental Clinic and the Mount Joy Li- brary. A proclamation observance locally of Nation- al Business Women’s Week was signed by Mayor Frank Walter on Friday, October 10 and will be on display in the Bulletin window the (Turn to page 5) declaring . I.
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