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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.
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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.
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To some, of course; the
presenting of a project was
just a plain bore.
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Probably the project in-
vestigated by more people
was one which featured a
gasoline engine. It was the
noisiest.
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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.
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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”.
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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.
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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.
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A pair of entirely differ-
ent projects have the fathers
in the community of certain
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“ 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-
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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
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‘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!
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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.
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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-
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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
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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,
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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,