I ERR " wo THE 5 P, MOUNT e oe JOY yD wd w= zg Mount Joy's ONLY Newspaper — Devoted to the Best Interest and Welfare of Mount Joy ug he EE By R.A.R. VOL. 69. NO. 22. MAUNT JOY. PENNA. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1969 TEN CENTS 0 Mount Joy has been con- cerned in the past about its appearance along east Main street. ® oO o The east gate, except for a couple of spots, has been something of which to be proud and {ravelers could not help but notice with ad- miration. ‘ ® © o This past week steps have been taken to upgrade one of the properties which has been an object of regret. Earth moving machines have been at work and there are promising signs of betterment in the near future. @ ® @ Other undesirable spots in the berough also’ have been cleaned up. For instance, an unsightly set of outbuildings has recently been removed from a property at the back FIVE DAY weirs THiS iS the Week for Spooks HALLOWEEN PARADE ROUTE North on Market Strect to Marietta avenue. Weather Bureau Thursday through Monday Oct. 30 - Nov. 3 Temperatures for the 5- day period from Thursday through Monday are expec- ted to average near nor- mal. Daytime highs will be in the low 60's; night- time lows in the lower 40’s There will be no significant day to day change. Precipitation may total less than 12”, with show- ers late Friday or Satur- day and possibly again on Monday. West on Marietta to New Haven street, North on New Haven to Main street. East on Main to Barbara street South on Barbara to East Donegal street West on East Donegal and Columbia avenue to Poplar street. South on Poplar to Beahm Junior high school. This is the week of myst- ery in Mount Joy! Wednesday nite was “trick or treat” night with all the little ghosts and goblins prowling the streets! Thursday night is the big Lions - sponsored Halloween parade through the down- town streets. And, Friday is Halloween itself, the official calendar night for the really honest- to-goodness mysterious ghosts to roam the countryside. The Thursday night par- ade, an annual affair in M{t. Joy, financed jointly by the Lions and by community gifts, is scheduled to step off of the post office. at 7 o'clock after marchers ® © eo have formed at 6:30 into four The borough administra- " ® . " 5 5 0a um er divisions in the area of South Market street and Co- tion, working where and as it can with a delicate prob- lem has made some progress this summer to make Mount Joy look better. CLUB URGES PUBLIC TO HELP ber of the Mount Joy B.P.W. club, was also a guest of the club. lumbia avenue. Starting from that corner the parade will wend its way through the streets and final- PE The business meeting was 1¥ Will end at the W. L Local schoolmen are hap- The Mount Joy Business & between an organization and conducted by Miss Anna Mae P€ahm junior high school, py about the recent an- Professional Women’s Club the public and is the respon- Eby, president. where judges who have nouncement that Harry Kraft held its monthly meeting on sibility of every club mem- Mrs. Wilmer Shoop, chair- Watched the line of march has been named principal of Monday evening, Oct. 27, at ber that works with or for man for the Christmas gifts from their stand at Main & the new Mount Joy vo-tech Hiosieuers war the Public an organization,” for shut-ins project, present- Market, will announce the ions committee in charge. ; winners. el. 0 ow The B.P.W. theme for the The entertainment was pro od 5% Pou ob the planed Wolo win pe awarded Kraft, now has been serv- year 1969-70, “Pride - Prom- Hae by Robert Brinser and “",..- Benjamin Horst, a for singles, doubies and for ing for many months as co- ise : Build Plan Work,” was Ler boi Juniors at "representative to the &roubs and floats. ordinator during the organiz- emphasized by the center- Donegal high school They = . Joy Community Coun- In order for the children ational period of the building of the Mount Joy and two other schools, was one of three men named last week. & 2.8. . RR AH He has had a wealth of ex- perience with vo-tech schools and the fact he has been is- timately connected with the Lancaster county setup is regarded as a special recom- mendation for the principal- ship of the local unit. ® © o The vo-tech school system will begin operating in the (Turn to page 4) “Information in pieces on each table. The speaker of the even- ing was Roger T. Groce, as- sistant manager of Corporate the Public Relations and Public Affairs Department of Armstrong Cork Co. in Lancaster. He spoke concerning good public relations within and about any orgaiization or business. He said, ‘An organization is only good when following through in action what it has publicized. Good public relations is the art or tech- nique of promoting good will MAYOR RACE FEATURES LOCAL ELECTION played several selections on the organ, the piano and the marimba. Miss Jane Heilig, daughter of Mr. .and.. Mrs. James B. Heilig, 23 W. Main St., was introduced as the Girl of the Month by Miss Elsie Lefever Mrs. Heilig, a charter mem- cil, presented a report from the findings of the last com- munity council meeting. She reported the council discus- sed the fact that Mount Joy will lose its Route 230 iden- tity because of the building (Turn to page 3) in the 8th grade and under to receive their automatic prize, each must turn in the number card issued him at the beginning of the parade. There is no rain date for the parade. Plans are to hold the parade Thursday night— fair or foul weather. DONEGAL SCHOOL BOARD FACES TOUGH SEWAGE PROBLEM Donegal School District school board faces a difficult problem!! The dilemma balances up- on use of the new Riverview elementary school and how to handle sewage from the building until the communi- can be approached. One would be to wait un- til the sewer system is com- pleted and then move school. But, no one, apparently, knows when the sewer sys- tem will be completed. Thus, if the building would those people, including some on the school board, who doubt that statement. If this choice were accept- ed, the tank could be instal- led and school could be op- ened in the new building, probably, as soon after com- pletion as feasible. No one A contest for the office of during the summer and has ty’'s new sewer system is be ready by January 1, the gj... ations mayor which has excited caused more comment in lo- completed. new building would sit un- lay made 2h fry) Question; more interest than in many cal circles this fall than It's a very real problem occupied until sometime in of approach to the situation years is drawing to a close. since the office has been cal- which has given great con- the summer or early fall Thoveh the Bure. of $10.000 On Tuesday, Mount Joy led “Mayor.” cern to members of the ‘when, presumably, the sew- lins been tossed around , voters will cast their ballots In some days gone by, school board and continues age lines and plant will be ¥ : in the general election, which locally features the political race betyeen Republican Hen- ry Zerphey and Democrat John Matoney. Although their candidacies stirred. much fire in the pri- mary election in the spring, the contest has been building when the office was for bur- gess, there were perhaps hot- ter campaigns, as described by some of the old timers. But, in recent years the race has not been too stirring. Although the form of gov- ernment under which the (Turn to page 7) — = hope was expressed that the said at the time the proposal that extra costs to the school é o ’ school could be moved from was made that “it would be would be $1.000 for neces Of This an al the present Marietta build- necessary to pump every sary connections ete. This’ : : ; . ing to Riverview during the day.” However, there are (Turn to page 2) by the editor's wife Christmas holidays. However those knowledge- We have read this season about corn that grew twice as tall as it should, of castor bean plants that turned into emall trees, of a pumpkin with a circumference of 72 from the same package. They grew side by side in the same plot of ground! The 18-inch ‘‘bottle” was about average; the five-foot one was a monstrosity in the to be one which defies imme- diate solution. In the first place, no one, apparently, knows when the building will be completed and ready for use. At the October meeting of the board, it was reported that the building is 70 to 80 percent completed and the able with construction work point out that some of the finishing details, although a relatively small percentage of the total job, often take a great deal of time. And, the ready for use. The second would be to school property of ‘on site” disposal. As proposed earlier, that meth- od, probably, simply would be the use of a big big tank which would be pumped as frequently as needed. It was alternative install on the some kind The third approach and choice would be to empty sewage from the school di- rectly into the river, bypass- ing the sewage plant, which is under construction. Permissio has been given by the state to use this meth- od as a temporary solution. And, it has been estimated Council to Meet Invocation inches and weighing 138 Ibs. vegetable kingdom! It was board already has found that Tentative agenda for Mount Joy Borough Council “It’s all because of the jong heavy, and curled everything about construc- : fe ; reat amount of moisture oe In such a Way that it tion of Riverview has been meeting. borough office bldg. Mon., Nov. 3 at 7:30 p.m. during the growing season,” jpoked like a snake. slow. Originally, the build- says one who ought” to know. Now we havve another curiosity to add to the above. Mrs. Benjamin Nissley, 127 Coral Street, Lancaster, aunt of Gerald Sheetz, east Main street, brought to the Bullet- in office this week two green “bottle” gourds. : One was a scant 18 inches —the other measured almost five feet! Both had come from seeds How did it happen? “Lots of moisture during the grow- ing season.” the man said! * * * And while we're talking a- (Turn to page 4) ——— THIS ISSUE -- (Two Sections) 24 PAGES ing was to have been ready for occupancy in the fall of this year. In the meantime, how to handle the sewage is one of the trickiest and most con- troversial problems. If it should happen that the school building is finally ready for occupancy before the sewer system is ready for use, there are three dif- ferent © ways the problem Unfinished Business. Report of any Citizen. Report of Treasurer ROAR N- Reverend G. P. Cooley, Minutes of last and special meetings. Petitions and Communications. Reports of Mayor, Committees and dep’ts. New Business—Final action on Plumb St. Vacating per Penn Central. Any other that may come up. 9. Authorization for payment of bills. Adjournment.
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