By R.A. R. For several years, one of the saddest sights on all the Donegal School District properties has been a small open-sided tool and equip- ment shed on the east side of the parking lot at Donegal high school, as@E @ ® But, this past week, ground was broken to build a new concrete block build- ing to take the place of the shed which once must have been a bus shelter. ® © o The new block structure will stand at the south end of the new tennis courts. ® © o No, the Russian spacemen did not come to Lancaster county to see the sights. Nor did they come as scheduled to Mount Joy to enjoy the good eating at Betty and Abe Groff’s, where a lot of important people from about everywhere eat sooner or later. ® © © Without going into details, you can guess at the prob- lems caused when the cele- brated visitors cancelled their arrangement at the eleventh hour. ® © o A great amount of work had been put into the spec- ia] arrangements by a lot of people—the Groffs and many more. . ® © © We'd be remiss not to call attention to the bright re- modeling job done on west Main street on the building which “has been occupied by the Weidler grocery. : ® oO ©o Owned by H. R. Landvat- er, the building is in keeping with the way Mount Joy is improving its general appear- ance. @ © © Very soon, maybe yet this week, work is to begin on the -project to cover the res- ervoir on north Plum street. ® © ©° Interesting figures from the recent “Harrisburg News- letter” ‘of Senator Richard A Snyder indicate that Route 230 —the new bypass—is ap- proximately 95 percent com- pleted from the new inter- change at Chiques creek to a spot between the Cole- brook road and Elizabeth- town. ® © © But, from that point to the ‘BPauphin county line, the construction project is only 65 percent completed. : ® oo © We simply mention the fact to keep in mind that the new million dollar a mile expressway around Mt. Joy -is going to stretch its double ribbons of conerete through our neighborhood unused for another year. e © © To some, probably, that is good news. But to a grow- ing number of people, the delay of getting through traffic off the present con- gested roadway is irksome. ® © °° We do not guarantee the correctness, but someone not too long ago gave us the following names and in- dicated that they are the - former mayors (and burges- ses) of Mount Joy: John A. Bachman, Henry Engle, W. D. Chandler, John G. Keener, William Hendrix, Thomas J. Brown, Elmer Zer- phey, Charles L. Fish, B. Ti- tus Rutt, Aldus Hannan and the incumbant, Frank Wal- ter. : ® © © It would seem that this is a “Partial” list. VOL. 69. NO. 23. VO-TECH SCHOOL T0 OPEN DOORS NEXT FALL The new Mount Joy Center of the county vocational-tech- nical school system will open in the fall of 1970, offering 17 different courses, Rotar- ians were told Tuesday noon by Harry Kraft, director of planning. He spoke at the club's luncheon meeting, held at Hostetters. Kraft, ‘who recently was named to be principal of the Mount Joy school, talked a- bout the school and showed slides taken during the time the building has been under construction — more than a year. Students who attend—Dboth boys and girls—will give a- bout half time to the vo-tech class rooms and shop, Kraft said. The other half of their time will be in their home high schools, from which they will be graduated when they have completed their work. Keeping the pupils closely connected with their home school, he said, will give them an identification and an opportunity to participate in the usual extra curricular activities. : There will be 690 enrollees at the Mount Joy school, the speaker revealed from the 10th, 11th and 12 grades. (Turn to page 5) = BULLETIN Mount Joy's ONLY Newspaper — Devoted to the Best Interest and Welfare of Mount Joy MOUNT JOY, PA.,, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1969 Henry Zerphey New Henry R. Zerphey, Mokint Joy’s new mayor! By a vote of 2 to 1, north High street, will be the Republican candidate swept over Democrat John Matoney, winning one of the most hotly contested mayor’s races in Mount Joy's history. The final count was: Zerphey 965 Matoney 484 Despite the enthusiasm generated by the race, voting in Mount Joy Tuesday was not exceptionally heavy. In 1964, 1,773 people cast ballots in the three local wards. In 1968, there were 1,857. Tuesday there were 1,449 votes cast for the chief contenders for office. Nevertheless, observers felt that it was a satisfactory turnout for an election which featured only local offices. Whole Zerphey, age 39, was winning, Steve E. Leath- erman, Republican candidate for tax collector, was taking a big majority in his race against Harry Farmer Jr. A third candidate, Helen Mateer, incumbant, made a minor showing with a write in vote. The counting was as follows: Leatherman 933 Farmer 374 Mateer 82 Best showing for the Con- DONEGAL SENIORS PICK CAST FOR PLAY More than 30 members of the 1970 Donegal high school class have been named to take parts in the senior class play, to be given at Donegal high school Dec. 5 and 6. The play, “The Mouse that Roared’”’, is to be coached by Glen Redcay and Mrs. Nan- cy Greer. Players named include: Becky Shoemaker, Becky Lenox, Donna Robinson, Pam Kraus, Jane Heilig, Debora Hostetter, Pat Longenecker, Jessica Shank, Joan Kendig, Sue Hurst, Evonne Neidigh, Sandy Heisey, Peggy Coyle, Carol Greider, Chris Zuch, Kendace Borry, Deborah L. Hostttter, Nadine Grove, Vic- ky Westhafer. Lynn Hoffman, Steve Irvin Charles Waser, Mike Conner, Dean Shope, Neal Brubaker, Tom Spangler, Jeff Mummau Barry Foreman, John Pappas Craig Gainer and Michael Sweigart. Sheryl Mahan has been named "student director. She will appeint committees and chairmen for production. Fire At Grey Iron Fire discovered shortly after 7:30 o'clock Tuesday night, Nov. 4, did consider- able damage at the Grey Iron Casting company. The flames were centered in the paint room but spread before firemen of Friendship Fire company: brought the blaze under control. Firemen were on duty until about 11 p.m. The company’s newest piece of equipment, a 40-foot aluminum extension ladder, was credited with “paying for itself” Tuesday night. The ladder, to replace an old and potentially danger- ous wooden one, was receiv-’ ed Tuesday, uncrated late Tuesday afternoon and moun- ted on one of the company’s three trucks. The fire siren sounded the Grey. Iron alarm about an hour later. Three firemen raised the ladder along the south side of the burning building and it successfully supported firemen and hose. Company members recal- led that as many as six men were needed to raise the old wooden ladder and it was limited to the weight of only two firemen. The fire was kept from spreading out of control by quick action of company em- ployes. According to fire chief Frank Good, Jr. the fire was started by spontaneous com- bustion in the plant finishing room on the second floor. He said employes who spot- ted the blaze used an indus- trial fire hose on the scene to keep the fire from spread- ing. The chief said without the prompt response, the entire building could have enflamed. Paul Z. Knier, county fire marshall, said damage occur- red in the elevator shaft area and that controls and the mo- tor of the elevator were dam- aged. Minor damage to the roof and contents of the DEATH TAKES FORMER LOCAL MERCHANT ISAAC MORRIS Isaac Morris, 76, of 1341 Atkins Ave., Lancaster, and formerly of Mount Joy, died Tuesday; Nov. 4 at 8 am. at St. Joseph’s hospital. A native of Lithuania, he owned the now defunct Mt. Joy Department Store for 30 years prior to retirement a- bout nine years ago. THIS ISSUE -- (Two Sections) 20 PAGES He had been a member of the Mt. Joy Rotary Club for many years and had one of the longest perfect attend- ance records in the club's history. He is survived by two sons, Victor L., Harrisburg; and David M., of Bennington, Vt. and four grandchildren. His wife, Sarah, died in 1967. Funeral services were held at the Sylvan S. Lewis and Son Memorial Chapel, Balti- moere Md., Wednesday, Nov. 9 C ti g paint room also occurred, he said. No cost estimate of damage was made. Elect Three GOP To School Board Two Marietta incumbants and one Mount Joy resident were named to the Donegal District school board Tues- day in the general elections. All Republicans, they are: J. Edward Charles, Mariet- ta, dean of the board and a former president; Donald Ku gle of Marietta, and John N. Weidman, south Market St., Mount Joy. They defeated two Demo- cratic opponents — Wilma Jane Dommel and Mary E. Pittenturf. Vote totals were as fol- follows: Kugle 2,002 Weidman 1.994 Charles 1,917 Dommel 807 Pittenturf 800 Veterans Attend Church Services The W. S. Ebersole Post 185 American Legion and its Auxiliary, Post 5752, and the Veterans of Foreign Wars and its Auxiliary, will attend St. Luke’s Episcopal church at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 9th. The Rev. Donald M. White- sel will deliver the Veterans Day message. Then there’s the out-of- work monarch who's pray- ing for reign, TEN CENTS Mayor stitutional party in the com- munity was a total of 20 votes for the strongest candi- dates. None were local, how- ever, Voting for Borough Coun- cil saw George Groff, Albert Kleiner and Simeon Horton reelected and Ammon Smith and Elmer Zerphey added to the highly important and sensitive governing body. They defeated Donald Waser, Sam Dock and Norman Lin- ton. The balloting was as fol-- lows: East Ward Groff (R) 336 Dock (D) _ 195 West Ward Zerphey (R) 389 Horton (R) 365 Waser (D) 173 Florin Ward Kleiner (R) 274 Smith (R) 284 Linton (D) 98 Thus, Borough Council will be composed of Zerphey, Horton, Groff, Kleiner, and Smith, and Richard Beach, Warren Foley, James Spang- ler and James Madara. Tuesday’s election drew 354 more voters to the polls than four years ago when Frank Walter and Sam Dock were the candidates. In that counting, Walter polled 664 and Dock 431. An interesting comparison of the two elections follows '65 69 Zerphey 965 Matoney 484 Walter 664 Dock 431 Four years ago, Henry Becker Jr., the Democrat party candidate for tax col- lector attracted 323 votes. The late William Mateer, Repub- lican, had 771. Comparing with the Leatherman-Farmer race this year, observers no- tice similarities with the mayorality voting noted a- bove. Mount Joy voted about 2 to 1 in favor of retaining Harry M. Montgomery as a judge . of the superior court for an added 10 years. The vote was 258 to 121, emphas- izing the fact that not many people saw or bothered to strike the question levers. Field Representative To Visit Mount Joy R. Ronald Reedy, field representative for Congress- man Edwin D. Eshleman, will sit in the post office of Mount Joy this coming Sat- urday, Nov. 8, from 11 a.m. to noon. Anyone having a problem at all involving federal gov- ernment is invited to visit him and to discuss it with him. FIVE DAY - Weather Forecast From The Harrisburg Weather Bureau Thursday through Monday Nov. 6 - 10 . Temperatures for the 35- day period from Thursday through Monday are expec- ted to average above nor- mal. Daytime highs will be in the mid 60's; night- time lows in the lower 40's Near seasonable tempera- tures are expected. No precipitation is ex- pected throughout the per- iod. § } 3
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