TR HR TA om By R.A.R. Water users in Mount Joy face the very real posibility that a surcharge will be added to their bill unless a certain piece of legilation already pa- ed by the tate can be rescind- ed. The General Assembly pas- sed a bill which places a tax upon public utilities. And, that includes the public own- ed utilities, such as Mt. Joy water and sewer systems. Whether is was right or wrong is beside the point. The act has been passed and unless it can be recalled by another act the tax stands. Such a bill is “in the works” in Harrisburg but its fate is up to the legislators. Those in the know hope that a few nudges to the legislat- ors by the public may help pass the rescinding act. ® @ $ If the tax stands and must be paid, municipalities have only two alternatives as to how to pay. Either they use the surcharge method or raise the rates. ® ® @® It is beginning to look more and more as if the new Riverview school will not be occupied during this school year. ® © © Unless there is some sud- den change in the Marietta sewer progress, the move probably will not be made this spring. Schoolmen have a feeling that every day after May 1, the possibilities de- cline very very fast. ® oO o The following, direct from Hershey, Pa., ties Milton Her- shey to Mount Joy. “Nov. 17, 1891, M. S. Hershey purchas- ed three lots with all build- ings, from the Mount Joy Woolen Mfg. company, Mt. Joy, Pa. April 20, 1898, M. S. Hershey sold the property— to George Brown, Mount Joy, Pa. “This property was locat- ed at corner of Donegal and Jacob streets, Mount Joy.” ® oe o The above comes direct from the librarian at Her- shey, who checked the his- torical records of Mr. Her- shey’s life.” ® © © It seems to us that if a man of the stature of M. S. Hershey — one of the coun- try’s foremost industrialists— owned and operated a bus- iness in this community for more than six years the fact should be so noted with a plaque, attached to the side of the building. ® © o It is not hard to establish that Hershey did conduct a business here, making candy —carmel candy. ® oe eo It seems that such a fact is worthy of being written in a permanent fashion and point- ed to with a certain amount of pride by the people of Mt. Joy. ® © ee Some civic organization could generate a certain am- ount of publicity for itself if it would grab the opportuni- ty. SPRING CONCERT The Donegal high school band, directed by Glenn Leib, will give its annual spring - concert on Saturday night, May 9, at the Donegal high school auditorium. Otis Kitchen of Elizabeth- town cotlege, will be guest conductor. 27% THE 5 o%, MOUNT ere Joy ca ca - 4) c by] w a Mount Joy's ONLY Newspaper — Devoted to the Best Interest and Welfare of Mount Joy VOL. 69. NO. 47 Joycee-ettes Change Officers At April Meeting The monthly meeting of the Mount Joy’ Joycee-ettes was held April 21 at the V.F.W. Mrs. Donald Yingst, former president, handed the gavel to the newly-elected presi- dent, Mrs. William Grove at mid-meeting and also wel- comed the new officers; vice- president, Mrs. John Harnish; secretary, Mrs. Leo Moore, treasurer; Mrs. James Ging- rich, director; Mrs. Carl Hall- gren, editor; Mrs. Ronald, his- torian, Mrs. Thomas Moran, orphans ’chairman, Mrs. Jef- frey Meckley. The Hoagie sale chaired by Mrs. Robert Eshleman and Mrs. Carl Hallgren was held Wednesday, April 29 at the VFW home. The Memorial Day Festival to be held May 30 at the Mt. Joy Fire house is a co-opera- tive effort with the Jaycees. Chairmen Mr. and Mrs. Clay Aument and Mr. and Ms. Robert Eshleman report fif- teen game stands, food stands and a dance band to play 7 - 11 p.m. as part of the fes- tivities this year. Chairmen Mrs. Donald Yingst and Mr James Gin- grich are planning the 75 Plus Banquet to be held at Hostet- ters banquet hall June 11 at 5:00 Anyone who is eligible and would like to attend should contact the chairmen or club members Being a fav- orite project of the clubs, the. Joycees and Jaycees hope that everyone eligible will at- tend. 2 Funds for the Mount Joy & (Turn to page 8) MOUNT JOY, PENNA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 1970 TEN CENTS Donegal Baseball Team In Thick * * of Race for Title * * WEATHERMAN BEGINS TO CO-OPERATE * * Behind the two-hit hurling of Bruce Sutter. the Donegal Indians Tuesday afternoon blanked Elizabethtown and kept their season unblemish- ed at six straight wins. With unearned runs in the third and fifth innings, the In- dians were able to collect two scattered hits, Shrum and Frank getting only singles. Feature of the ball game was the 14 strikeouts Sutter claimed as he chalked up cre- dit for four of the six wins this spring. He walked only 1. Victory over the Bears * * gave Donegal a tighter grip on top spot in the Section I race, dropping E-town to 4-3. That left Penn Manor as the nearest competition, standing at 5-1, Wednesday morning, including an 8-9 win Tuesday over Ephrata. With a backlog of postpon- ed games, the Indians faced the possibility of four games this week—Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. High school’s weather-rid- dled schedule was struggling back into action Monday nite and Donegal’s undefeated To Crown Queen Friday Six Donegal high school senior girls are candidates to become Queen of the May at D.H.S. Friday evening at 6:30 o’clock.. Annual May Day festivities will be held on the lawn of the school. Carol Greider. Susan Mil- ler, Rebecca Reinhold, Sharon Arnold, Roxie Wolgemuth and Patricia Longenecker are the contestants elected from senior home rooms. “Love”, will be the theme for the current years activity and in addition to the mem- bers of the gymnastic club ‘Of This and That’ Spring was late in getting to Mount Joy this year! W got tired of waiting for "it, and started south this past weekend, to see if we could find it. We did. but not until we had traveled about 100 miles in a southerly direction! It was at Annapolis, Md., that we decided spring had really arrived. Small, bright green leaves were on the trees, the shrubs were all in bloom, the fruit trees were full of blossoms. and the air was balmy and warm! We have heard that spring moves northward at the rate of about 100 miles a week. If that is true. then spring will come to Mount Joy in full force this week end. We shall wait and see! * * * The Naval Academy at An- napolis was beautiful. It seemed to be observing a gala week end, as families and friends were much in evi- dence, and the handsome mid- shipmen and junior officers in dress uniforms were escorting them hither and yon. It was an impressive sight! The love- ly old buildings, the beauti- fully-kept parade grounds, the palatial officers’ homes, the white - capped waterfront—all were looking their best in the spring sunshine, it seemed. A regatta had just ended when we arrived, and scores of sailboats were out on the blue water. their white sails catching the brisk afternoon breeze. An unexpected dividend of our impromptu visit to the Academy was a “tour” of a the gray patrol boat that had been on duty during the regatta. by the editor's wife One of the sailors who was disembarked asked if we would like to go aboard! It was a neat little boat, about 50 feet long, with a small galley, sleeping quar- ters for its crew, and a ‘“navi- gational room” where the charts and equipment were located. All was ‘‘shipshape,” and the sailor who took us aboard was proud of the little craft. * »* » Not far from Annapolis we visited another interesting place—Columbia, Md., a ‘city’ that is world-renowned. Its claim to fame lies in the fact that it is a “made” city — it didn’t just grow. Planners took a huge tract of land in the Baltimore - Washington area, and laid out as nearly perfect a town as they could imagine. The town is laid out in 7 “villages,” each to.be com- plete with schools, stores. rec- reational facilities and diver- sified homes, from private dwellings to ‘town houses’ to apartment buildings. (Only 1 village is complete at the present time.) There are permanent park areas; there is a dinner thea- tre, where the actors and ac- tresses serve as waiters and waitresses in the early eyen- ing, and then present enter- tainment in a ‘theatre in the round” in the middle of the dining room later on. There is a year ’round swimming pool, 2 large man- made lakes for fishing, boat- ing, ice skating. There is a li- brary, a nine-story office buil- ding. A fleet of mini-busses (Turn to page 7) participating various groups will perform routines relative to the theme. The Donegal stage band under the direc- tion of Glen Leib will supply music for the event. Seiler Arranges Spring Program The Annual gram of Seiler Elementary school will be presented by the Primary grades on Tues- doy, May 5 at 7:30 p.m. in the Seiler All-Purpose room. The first graders, taught by Miss Edna Charles and Mrs Dorothy Young, will portray Animals. The second grades, taught by Mrs. Anne Bell and Mrs. Mayme Hackman, will present American Folk Tunes in song and rhythms. The third grades taught *by Mrs. Margaret Hart and Miss Dorothy Kaylor, will present Folk Songs from other Coun- tries and will also play fluto- phones. The vocal program will be directed by Mrs. Eth- el Broske and the Flutophone Band by Morrell Shields. The program will also feature an Art Exhibit of art works by pupils from grades 1 to 6 un- der the supervision of Mrs. Beryl Hahn. You are invited to attend this program. Grandview’s Spring pro- gram will be presented May 12 at 7:30 p.m. Spring pro- Peter Paul Buys Cookie Company Peter Paul. Inc, has an- nounced that it has acquired tre Delicious Cookie Co. of Chicago, Ill., for an undis- closed amount of cash and common stock. the Delicious Cookie Co, had annual sales of $1,500.000 and manufactures premium cook- ies, with special emphasis on soft varieties. packed in box- es and vacuum tins for both food and nonfood stores alike. The board also declared the regular quarterly dividend of $.0 per share, payable June 1, to stockholders of record at the close of business May 14, 1970. Consolidated net sales for the three months ended Mar. 1, 1970, were $19,143,000 as compared to $18,967.000 for the three months ended Mar. 31, 1969. Consolidated earn- (Turn to page 8) * * tribe tripped Ephrata, 3 to 1, racking win number five for the season. : The Indians put together 3 runs in the first inning and then held on, giving to the Mountaineers one run in the sixth. Tom Houseal was the win- ner, giving only two hits and striking out eight. He gave up three walks. All the while, the Indians worked on two Ephrata hurl- ers. They had only three — Musser, Hay and McCurdy, the latter a two base blow. Set Fashion Show At Donegal Hi “Fashion Close Ups” is the theme of a spring fashion show to be presented at Don- egal high schol auditorium on Tuesday, May 5, at 2:30 p.m. Simplicity Pattern company and the D. H. S. home econe- mics department are coopera- ting to present the show for students and interested per- sons in the community. Linda Long. stylist with the company, will zoom in on styles that will put-teenagers in the fashion picture. The fashions will be worn by Don- egal high school home econo- mics students. Focus of the show will be on knits, skirts and shirts, perky patches and - action sportswear. The public is invited. Replace Beam At Fire House A repair need at the Friend- ship Fire house which had been of concern for some time was made this week. For several months the can- opy roof overhanging the main engine room door had been sagging in the middle of its length and has caused some firemen to wonder a- bout its safety. This week the ailing struc- ture was torn away, a new, steel “I” beam was installed and the decorative woodwork replaced. The work was done by El- mer Z. Ginder. During the time work was in progress, fire trucks were parked on Market street rea- dy for immediate use, LE Arrange Details For Art Show! Mount Joy’s annual two- day art show, featuring work of both adults and children. will be presented on Satur- day and Sunday, May 30 and 31, as part of the Memorial Day celebration. The art committee, headed by Mrs. Susan Phillips with Mrs. Ethel Foley as co-chair- man, is working under the auspices of the Community Council, which annually spon- sors the Memorial Day cele- bration in Mount Joy. The art show, to be held at (Turn to page 8) :
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