By R.A.R. Did you read . last week about the soldier from Haz- elton who was reported kil- led in Vietnam? ® eo eo He called home and said, “Hi Mom, happy birthday— did you sell my car yet?” - ® oo o The boy was known in Mount Joy. He had visited in a home here, interested in a local girl. ® o @® After the boy was report- ed dead, his mother called here and the Mount Joy girl and her mother went to Hazelton about 10 days ago to attend a memorial service. | ® © eo The young man was shot down in a helicopter, suffer- ed severe burns 19 days before he was found by Vietnamese soldiers and finally taken medical attention. @® @ ® | The soldier's mother had {jj been informed that he was missing in acfion and on ~ March 23 was listed as “kil- led in action.” Ai @ ® The making of an Eagle Scout in the community Monday night sent us to our files to learn, if we could, just how many Eagles there have been in years past. ® oe @ Admittedly, the file could well: be greatly in error, but here's a rather interesting list, for whatever it is worth: Clar nce C. Newcomer, Bill Workman, Ronald Scho- field, Robert Buchenauer, John Gates, James Hill, Rob- ert Weaver, Bill Sprecher, Harold Smith, Mitchell Al- bert, Mark Lawrence, Tom- my OConnor, Tom Knorr, Donald Snyder, Scott and Barry Gemberling and Craig A. Gainer. ® ® © A very interesting list, say the very least. $ ® © The old town sure is look- ing good these days. The street cleaning job is doing wonders. It's a grand spring tonic just to see those winter - littered gutters clean and clear. to ® & @ A borough-owned machine would go a long way in keep- ing the place looking better the year around. $ @ @® One borough councilman, recently in discussing the possibility of buying a street sweeper, suggested that may- be one way to finance the deal would be to rent out the machine to some other communities in the area who also would like to improve their appearance. ® © © It’s taking considerable time to do the sweeping job this spring, but if the boro owned its own machine and would regularly drive up and down the streets, there wouldn't be the big, heavy accumulation of dirt, trash, etc. which slows the task when it is on a once-a-year basis. ® © eo A discussion the other day about the ‘‘capitalistic” as- pects of farming these days lead to an exploration about how many tires a farmer owns. : ® © o Like a lot of other things the total probably is larger than one. might realize — in- cluding autos, trucks, trac- tors. farm machinery. And don't forget, the wheelbar- row probably had a rubber (Turn to page 8) and was | lost in the jungle for some | out to receive | = BULLETIN Mount Joy's ONLY Newspaper — Devoted to the Best Interest and Welfare of Mount Joy VOL. 69. NO. 45 New Pastor Assumes Pulpit The Rev. Stephen W..Get- ty began his pastoral duties Sunday, April 12, as minister of the First Presbyterian church of Mount Joy. A native of Chester, Pa., and a graduate of Grove City college and of the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, he has served the Linden Presbyter- ian church, Linden, Pa., for the past four years. While in Linden, he took an active part in the area li : ! hy | Hi i p p ly i | a REV. STEPHEN W. GETTY Presbytery and in the com- munity. He was the spiritual advisor to the United Presby- terian men, a member of the Ecumenical Mission and Re- lation Committee, and a member of the Camp and Conference Committee of the Presbytery. In the community he was the president and the vice- president of the Jersey Shore Area Ministerium. Through the Williamsport Council of Churches he served as chair- (Turn to page 5) MOUNT JOY, PENNA. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1970 TEN CENTS Asks Parade Participation A plea for participation in the 1970 Memorial Day par- ade, to be staged on Satur- day, May 30, is being issued to Mount Joy organizations by the Community Council. George Nauman, who is working with co-chairmen to arrange the big event, said this week that arrangements are coming along and that 13 bands already are expect- ed to participate. The Community Council, ill which is composed of repre- | sentatives of the various oth- er organizations of the com- munity, is now seeking active local participation in the an- nual spectacle. The letter will ask for participation and make a few suggestions. For floats, two prize lists have been announced — one for adults and one for jun- iors. Cash for adults will be $100, for 1st; $75 for 2nd; $50 for third and $25 for fourth. The junior prize list is: $75 for 1st; $50 for 2nd; $25 for third, and $15 for fourth. One feature expected be presented this year antique cars. Several interested people have indicated that they will be willing to show their old autos. In the past, there have been few such parade pieces. Nauman said that organiz- ations which will be placing their presidents, vice-presi- to is EDWARD H. SMITH MADE EAGLE SCOUT Edward H. Smith, 16, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ammon Smith, 807 West Main Street, received his Eagle Scout a- ward Monday night, April 13, during a Court of Honor held by Boy Scout Troop 63, in Fellowship Hall, at Gloss- brenner United Methodist church. William Dillard, of the Lancaster Scouting Office, in presenting the award prais- ed Smith’s achievement by reviewing the points of consideration by the Board of Review for his eight years in scouting. Smith, a sophomore at Donegal high school, is chair- man of the ceremonies com- mittee in the Order of the Arrow. He is a member of Christ Lutheran church, Eli- zabethtown, where he is ac- tive in the Luther League. ‘Of This and That’ We mentioned last week that Horace Wagner, R.D. 1 Mount Joy, had been getting the Bulletin for 58 years. This week we have a longer record. David Eby, Donegal Springs Road, tells us he subscribed for the Bulletin for the first time in 1905, and has been getting it for 65 years! “I started farming in 1905, and I began getting the Bul- letin that same year,” Mr. Eby said. He will celebrate his 90th birthday this year! The Mount Joy Bulletin was founded in 1901, so there were only four years when Mr. Eby was not a subscriber! * *» * One never knows what one might see in the Bulletin window! This week, in addition to the flag kits being displayed by the Jaycees, there is a man’s dacron winter jacket, and an 84-year-old ‘‘cold packer,” made of tin and copper. DAFFODILS IN BLOOM Daffodils are in bloom this week on the Elam Longe- necker farm, Mount Joy R2. The public is invited to enjoy the array of spring color along Little Chiques creek. : by the editor's wife It sold at an auction not long ago, and was brought to the Bulletin by an auction- eer. It consists of a round base about 18 inches in dia- meter, on which sit three “lids” large enough to cover half-gallon jars. As we see it, the fruits or vegetables were put in the jars, which were then plac- ed under the containers; wa- ter was put in the base. As the water boiled, the steam and heat went up around the jars, “canning” the fruit! * #* * But what a long, tedious process — to ‘“‘coldpack’ only three jars every three or four hours! W * a: Another interesting item that stayed in the window for a week or so recently was, of all things, a bowling ball! It was brought to the of- fice by a woman who saw a man set it out of the trunk of his car onto the sidewalk while he was repairing the car’s motor, and then drive away and leave it when he had finished. Luckily, the word spread that there was a bowling ball in the Bulletin window, and when the man who had lost it inquired at a local al- ley if it had been turned in, he was told to come to the Bulletin. And so the “lost” was ‘found’! His hobbies include fishing fly-tying. and rock collecting. Jay Snyder, Scoutmaster, received his 16-year service star and Donald Snyder, his son and assistant Scoutmas- ter, received his 10-year vet- eran pin. Wins County Essay Contest Kendace Borry, Donegal high school student, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Borry, Mount Joy R2, has been named winner of first place in essay contest spon- sored by the Lancaster Coun- ty Council of the American Legion Auxiliary. Writing on the theme, “This Is My Country,” her essay won the Donegal high school contest and was ad- vanced to the county level. Announcement of her win was made Monday night, April 13, at the Maytown Legion. Her essay now to the Eastern Pennsylvania. advances District of Riverview May Open May 1 If present arrangements hold, it now appears that the new Riverview elementary school of the Doneial Dis- trict will be occupied about May 1. The building was accept- ed on March 19 but at that time outdoor lighting and sewer lines serving the build- ing were not ready for use. Sewer lines are now prac- tically ready and sufficient outdoor lighting around the building is completed to satis- fy security proceedings. Final decision as to when and how the move from the old Marietta elementary building uill be made April 16, at the April meeting of the Donegal School Board, to be held in the D.H.S. lib- rary, beginning at 7:30 p.m. Three Donega’! high school students attended sessions on Tuesday, April 14, at the Lancaster County Farm and Home Center of the Farm Cooperative Youth Educa- tion Program. They were: Thomas Wivell, Columbia R1, and Philip Bixler and Michael Sipling, both of Marietta RI1. dents or others in the parade should begin making plans now for having convertibles ready. Because several are need- ed that day, there will be a big demand at the last min- ute. Those responsible for their organizations needs are warned that now is the time to begin making prep- rations and contacting peo- ple who may be willing to use their own autos. Nauman said that replies to the letter which is being issued should be made to Andy Reymer, 228 East Main street, who is one of the co- chairmen of the parade ar- rangements committee. An important joint meet- ing of the parade committee and of the Community Coun- cil will be held on Wedfies- day, May 6, at the Friendship Fire Hall to finalize some of the arrangements both for the parade and for the Mem- orial Day weekend celebr- tion. BOROUGH BEGINS SWEEP PROGRAM Mount Joy’s annual street sweeping program began on Monday morning! With police and the bor- ough crew lending a hand with the handling of details, the sweeping rig — tractor and sweeper — started work on Main street. Police helped keep motorists from parking in the areas being swept and borough men helped with the picking up of accumul- ated debris. The sweeper operator found the winter-long accu- mulation hard-packed and difficult to clean up in many sections and was obliged to make more than one ‘‘pass” over the areas. Borough crewmen stood by to haul away the dirt, stones and other accumula- tions swept out of the gut- ters. The wintes of 1969 - 1970 proved to be a tough one in many ways, not excepting the necessity to spread sand, salt and small aggregate on the snowy and icy streets. The accumulation bid fair to surpass other years. Plan was to sweep all the streets in the borough which have curbs. Leisure Club Given Invitation The Mount Joy Leisure club held its regular meeting on Monday afternoon, April 13, at the Mount Joy Sports farm with 63 members pres- ent. Prayer was offered by Ar- thur Braun preceding a cov- ered dish luncheon. The Columbia Senior Citi- zens invited the Mount Joy Leisure club to be their guests at the Community Civ- ic Center on Thursday, Apr. 16. A bus will leave the Lancaster County Farmers National bank at 7 p.m. The club donated $25 to the Mount Joy Community Council. Bingo and pinochle were played. 2 tg zw Eos ct cu QO 2 Oo » 2 wa - pes -< w $= < p=
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