A a i Mi By R.A.R. Donegal district's Science Fair last weekend was a wonderful affair. Table after table of projects done by young people — nearly 350 of them — left cold the gen- eral idea these days that all youngsters are irresponsible, uncooth, lazy and just plain no good. © oo o A lot of boys and girls re- ceived awards — honor and recognition. Many more wid- ened their horizons, learned some new and fascinating things "about the world in which they live and some may have opened the door to future paths of inquiry. ® © ® To some, of course; the presenting of a project was just a plain bore. ® o & Probably the project in- vestigated by more people was one which featured a gasoline engine. It was the noisiest. ® é @ High school personnel was telling this week about how one underclassman respond- ed to the huge problem of ac- comodating all the projects under compatible conditions. @ & $ First anyone knew of a particular situation, a young- ster was asking, “Mr. Brown, (high school biology teacher supervising the setup of ex- hibits) “may I move my pro- ject? I'm interfering with my neighbor's project”. ® oo o So, voluntarily, voluntari- ly, Robert Bradfield, a 10th grader, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bradfield, 39 Spring- ville Road, patiently took down his display and moved it to another part of the gym- nasium. ® o @ It later was revealed that his display was giving off el- ectrical static which truly was interfering with his neighbor's delicate piece of equipment. Robert Sentz had rigged up a sensitive ma- chine to show how sound can travel on a light beam. It wouldn't operate properly next to young Bradford. ® & @ A pair of entirely differ- ent projects have the fathers in the community of certain (Turn to page 4) “ BULLETIN Mount Joy's ONLY Newspaper VOL. 69. NO. 41 ANDY REYMER PRESIDENT OF JAYCEES Andrew F. Reymer, 228 east Main street, has been elected president of the Mt. Joy Jaycees. He was named to head the local orgonization of young ANDREW F. REYMER men at the March meeting, held Tuesday night, Feb. 10, at the Mount Joy American Legion. Reymer will succeed James Gingrich, who was elected state director. Other officers elected clude: Dennis Fackler, in- 1st vice- (Turn to page 8) Joycee-ettes Elect Officers Election of officers was beld at the March 17 meet- ing of the Mount Joy Joy- cee-ettes. New officers are: president, Mrs. Wm. Grove; vice president, Mrs. John Harnish; secretary, Mrs. Leo Moore; treasurer, Mrs. James Gingrich; editor, Mrs. Ronald Hawthorne; director, Mrs. Richard Hallgren; historian, Mrs. Thomas Moran; orphans chairman, Mrs. Jeff Meckley. Children of Messiah home will be entertained by the Joycee-ettes this Saturday when they will visit the Na- tional Wax Museum at Lan- caster and enjoy lunch at Huntley’s. Mrs. Jeff Meckley (Turn to page 8) ‘Of This and That’ March is a month of con- tradictions! One morning last week, when we looked out the win- dow, we saw a winter fairy- land! Every twig, every branch, every blade of grass, and every wire was sparkiing with a coating of transparent ice. it was bril- liant and dazzling! And it looked cold and uninviting. . But then, a few days later, the ice had melted, a robin walked across the grass, wild geese by, the hundreds honk- ed in the late afternoon sky, the pussywillow branches showed signs of gray velvet, and we could have sworn it was spring! But just as we began to make spring plans, the wea- therman reported two-foot snows in the Midwest and prophesied a bit of the same for our own area. March is fickle, and cannot be trusted, from one day to the next! * * * In spite of a cold east wind on Sunday afternoon, how- ever, we took a walk in the by the editor's wife woods in the Donegal area and were repaid with a few shiny green leaves of water cress! Growing as it was, in ice-cold water, it was excep- tionally crisp, tender and tasty! The only other non- dormant vegetation we saw on our stroll was a patch or two of wild onion which looked as if it might be mak- ing some new growth. We cruched some of the tops be- tween our fingers and savor- ed the fragrant, mild odor. % * * A Bulletin reader last week wrote a letter to the. editor saying how unsightly the roadsides are this spring, with their winter accumula- tion of beer cans, bottles and other trash tossed out of moving cars. He suggested that a good spring project would be to combine a walk in the sunshine with picking up and disposing of some of the litter. A young family Sunday af- ternoon took his suggestion. They report that in a half- (Turn to page 8) Devoted to the Best Interest and Welfare of Mount Joy MOUNT JOY, PENNA. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1970 TEN CENTS Sixth Grader Wins Spelling A sixth grader from Grand- view elementary school is district spelling champion. Melody Mumma, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Adin H. Mumma, 744 West Main St. spelled down a field of 27 boys and girls from five schools, including the W. I. Beahm junior high school. She is now eligible to par- ticipate in the county spel- ling championship to be held this spring. : Runnerup was Sonya Smith, .Beahm building seventh gra- der, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney B. Smith, of 745 Main street. She is a foremr Grandview student, giving the building a sweep of the honors on Friday afternoon, March 13, at the junior high school building. Miss Catharine Zeller, head of the English department of Donegal high school served as pronouncer. Judges were: Mrs. Dorothy Hershey, Miss Mary Jane Hoffer and Wil- liam Earhart. Samuel S. Har- NAME SCIENCE FAIR WINNERS A Donegal high school sophomore -— Scott Albert-— claimed top honors in the 1970 D.H.S. Science Fair, held Friday and Saturday in the school gymnasium. Nearly 350 projects were shown. Albert, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Albert, New Fa- ven street, did his project on color blindness, making an extensive survey and testing 462 individuals. It was the second grand championship Albert has won in Science Fairs. A year ago, participating in the jun- ior high school section, he was a grand champ, exhib- iting a project on extractions from various seeds. Junior high-school winner this year was ninth grade Lynn Weaver, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Weaver, W. Walnut street, Marietta Her subject was concern- ed with the study of hamsters and the effect of lighting on their activities. Other top winners were: Biology — Kenneth Strom- inger, “Can Anxiety Cause Arthritis?” Chemistry— Regina Baker. “Which Freezes Faster, Hot or Cold Water?” Physics — Rick Buchanan. “Aerodynamics Structures.” Ninth grade, William Len- ox a study of the reaction of plant cells to audible stimu- Lh, Eighth grade, Jay Kopp, a study of the effects of tars and nicotine on chicks. Seventh grade, James Ger- berich a study of the effect of colored light on gerbils. Other winners were: Biology — Karen Hall. 2nd; Douglas Estock, 3rd: Joani Little, 4th, Craig Gain- er, 5th, and Brenda Bates, 6th. Chemistry — John Pappas, 2nd; Vickie Kendig, 3rd; Fred Koser, 4th: Nadine Grove, 5th, and Jeffry Bow- ers, 6th. Physics — William Way, 2nd; Lynn Hoffman, 3rd; Phillip Nissley, 4th: Merle Brubaker, 5th; and Deborah Roberts, 6th. General Science— 9th grade — John H. Frey, 2nd; Patti Morton, 3rd: Char- les Grimsey, 4th; Susan Sch- losser, 5th, and Todd Wolge- muth, 6th. 8th grade — Nancy Jo Greenawalt, 2nd; th grade — Raymond Sell, 2nd; Dean Buchenauer, 3rd, and Charles Groff, 4th. First place winners in each division received a science trophy. Judges were: . For junior high school en- tries—Lewis Brown, William Loercher, Emerson Stehman and James, all of Donegal (Turn to page 8) r— s Sings Principal Part in Opera James Henry Reisch, a ’60 graduate of Donegal H. S., sang one of the principal roles in the opera, ‘Don Gio- vanni,” be presented by the Grand Canyon College Opera Workshop this past weekend. Grand Canyon College is located at Phoenix, Ariz. Reisch, married and the father of one” child lives at 4339—A north 27th street in Phoenix, Ariz. 85017. In the workshop produc- tion he sang the role of Don Ottavia. nish, principal at Beahm building, was in charge of the program and explained the rules of the contest and introduced the contestants to the assembly. Some misspelled words were: hideous, bough, adoles- cence, inoculate, authentic, archaic, marimba, appendi- citis, villain, vegetarian. pro- ceed, and desirous. One of the features of the bee was the fact that an un- usually large number of spellers continued in the competition for a longer time than usual. Others participating in the contest were: Sixth Grade— Grandview: Karen Thomp- son, Kathleen Jones. Maytown. Peggy Shenk. Pam Herman, Lucille ‘Hess, Larry Gillespie. Seiler: Donna Michael Kohler. Kraybills Mennonite: Cyn- thia Hess. Seventh Grade— Patricia Jean Brown. Pa- tricia Kay Brown, Brenda Eberly, Mary Alice Heilman. Pamela Horst, Ann Houseal Judy Miller, Philip Shenk. (from Kraybills). Eighth Grade— Ebersole, (Turn to page 8y Junior Class To Give Comedy The junior class of Done- gal high school will present “Out of the Frying Pan,” a comedy in three acts, by Francis Swann, in the high school auditorium on Friday and Saturday, Mar. 20 and 21 at 8 p.m. The play is directed by Anthony Ritrovato and Jas. Metzler. In the play will be such charming folks as a “live corpse,” a bewildered and unsuspecting landlady, an ir- ate father, producer, two confused pol- icemen, and six would-be ac tors and actresses who are struggling valiantly to stage a show in the midst of incess- ant interruptions. Cast members include Dave Spickler, Bob Feeman. Jayme Shank, Doug Estock, Nadyne Heistand, Regina Baker, Betsy Hallgren, Nan- cy Kopp, Doug Witman, Ken Kraybill, Don Schwartz and Scott Madara. DISPLAY BANKS AT There was an era — about 1870 to 1900—when mech- &nical banks were very pop- ular in America and they were a fascination to young and old. Makers used every ingen- ious kind of a trick to devise something novel to attract the people. But, around the turn of the century, their love affair with America waned and mechanical banks began to disappear. The ingenious con- traptions were lost, broken or otherwise disposed of un- til now, an original is rare and expensive However, at the Mount Joy Library this week there is an unusual dis- play of these banks — all made at the Mount Joy plant of the Grey Iron Casting Co. However, they are not or- iginals. They all are faithful reproductions, recreated be- cause of their returning pop- ularity. The collection of reproduc- EASTER VACATION Donegal School district will begin its Easter vacation on Wednesday afternoon, Mar. 25, when classes are dismissed at the regular time. School will reconvene at the regular time on Monday morning, March 30. Originally, March 30 was to have been a vacation day, also. But, because school was dismissed one day during the winter because of snow, the time will be made up on the 30th. LIBRARY tions of Mount Joy industry, displayed under glass, pro- vides a good idea of what the fad produced years ago Mechanical banks featured novel ways for the placement of coins inside. For instance, as the dis- play shows, an elephant might toss a penny from his trunk over his head into the slot on his back. Or, an arch- er might shoot a penny (or other small coin) into a hol- low tree. Along with the mechanical banks are several other dif- ferent kinds of coin banks produced in years gone bv— Jike buildings, a soldier. a gun shell. etc. In all. there are some 15 of the interesting banks on display. a gumbo-loving,
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