OT ii HAN TEs. EIR ga a # 5 i i By R.A.R. VOL. 70. NO. 2 Apathy, changing times or what? ® o o For whatever the reason, it should be noted somewhere this week that at least two of the events planned for the Memorial Day weekend were very very poorly attended. ® Oo eo Friday night's band con- ‘cert—the “Music in the Park” program—was bucking an ap- pealing out-of-town attraction which may have drained off part of the crowd (county baseball championship). ee © ® Maybe it was because it was a bit cold. Maybe it was because it was Friday night. At any rate, there were only a few more than 60 people at the park to hear one of the best bands in this entire area. ® o o The next morning, at the same park, although it is hardly possible to think of a more appropriate spot to hold a Memorial Service, there were hardly more than 100 people, in addition to those directly involved. 5 @ o The park was beautiful, the roses were blooming and the weather was perfect. ®e Oo eo It would have seemed that in 1970—of all times—there would have been a big crowd. ee oo o Times do change but one wonders and wonders as he sits in the warm sunshine contemplates. ® oe eo The three-volley salute to | aeeeethe. dead drifted . across..the.throughout. the county. community on the warm spring air. Was it a warm spring day May 30 in Viet- nam?—where other rifles and other weapons blazed for an- other reason—in another war? ® Oo o The Don Juan roses in the park were brilliant red under the spurt of smoke from rifles of other wars. Red—*for val- or, for courage and for hon- or” it is written on the near- by plaque. ® ® & Red, too, the blood of yet another war. ® ® @® Red, also, the faces of a community which did not muster enough people to form a first class search and des- troy outfit. ® oe eo How many boys did die on the other side of the world on Memorial Day 1970? Was it warm and pleasant in the rice field, or in some strange hostile foreign jungle? ® @ @ The poppies blow in Flan- ders, we know. The roses bloom red in Memorial Ser- Services. What red flower stands for life and death half way around the world? ® 0 eo But, have heart, the three sky divers who “dropped in” on Mount Joy about 1:30 p.m. Saturday were right on tar- get. @® ® e When they dropped from their plane, they hoped to land in the Borough Park — on the ball field — on second base. P ® ® And, that's just what they did — second base. ® oe oo Well — almost. One did! And—he. was a she! » ® $ Among the many commu- nity projects which made the Memorial Day deadline was the repainting of the Cham- ber of Commerce ‘welcome’ sign at the east edge of town along Route 230. @® ® © The sign, you'll recall, was Indians W It wasn’t easy — but Done- gal won the 1970 Lancaster champion- County Baseball ship Friday evening, May 29! It took two extra innings for the Indians to wipe out a stubborn Garden Spot outfit which had battled its way through a tough season and a tough playoff. But, when dust had cleared away, the Donegal lads held a 2-1 vic- tory and reached the pinnacle of local baseball achievement. Name New Field For Bob Kunkle Beginning Saturday, May 30, the new baseball layout in Mount Joy Borough Park is to be known at “Kunkle Field.”! The new diamond is named for Robert Kunkle, who for many years has promoted, managed, underwritten and masterminded the junior base- ball program in this commun- nity. At times almost singlehand- ed, he has been the mainstay of baseball for the kids of the community. From his work with the youngsters come some of the grass roots inter- est which has made school by baseball in this community a factor to be reckoned with It was altogether fitting and proper that the dedication should come on Saturday, less (Turn to page 5) Hold Memorial Service at Park Under blue skies and a gen- tly fluttering flag at half staff, Mount Joy paid tribute to its fallen war heroes! In beautiful Memorial park Saturday morning, May 30, solemn and reverant services were conducted by Members of the American Legion, the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Boy Scouts. The three-volley official sa- lute by the firing squad was a tribute to the servicemen of all wars. Rev. Donald Whitesell, pas- tor of the St. Luke’s Episco- pal church, was the principal speaker, pointing out a few ways to develop patriotism: grow in our appreciation of our heritage, work to build a strong America, achieve a proper balance between na- tionalism and international- ism and live and teach aH- around good citizenship. “Patriotism,” he said, seems to have a bad reputation, is out of date, corny and at best played down. What we need is a renascene of the Ameri- can dream.” He closed with Sir Walter Scott’s “Breathes there the man with soul so dead, who never, to himself has said, This is my own, my native land.” Music was provided by the Young Americans, including Sandy Heisey, Pam Kraus, Robert Brinser, Blair Smith, Casey Kraus, Steve Irwin and Eileen Buchanan. vandalized several months ‘ago—defaced and marred so badly that the entire sign was “painted out” for a time a- waiting time to redo the en- tire project. MOUNT JOY, PENNA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 1970 Victory was sweet for the fans, for the school and for the team. But as far as the players were concerned, their efforts were principally dedi- cated to their coach, Deon Staley, who is confined to the General hospital. The team was in charge of Coaches Al Brooks and Jim Sourbaugh Friday. It was a tough ball game, characterized as a pitchers duel, Biggest Featuring a scene depicting the peace treaty signing at the end of the Civil War, the Mount Joy Leisure club’s float won top honors in the Saturday Memorial Day float competition. The scene showed two gen- erals— one Confederate and one Union — and their aides sitting around the table sign- ing papers. The parade, staged on Main street from Angle to Park, probably was one of the big- = BULLETIN Mount Joy's ONLY Newspaper — Devoted fo the Best Interest and Welfare of Mount Joy However that doesn’t tell the full story as far as winning pitcher Bruce Sutter was con- cerned. Climaxing and ending a brilliant high school athletic career, he dominated the Don- egal effort. Starting slowly and almost falteringly, he grew stronger and stronger each inning un- til it was a poetic privilege for him to make an easy as- sist to first base for the final putout. Crowd A gest the community ever staged—from an point of view. Police Chief J. Bruce Kline, who has driven the police cru- iser at the head of many par- ades in Mount Joy, said em- phatically this week that Saturday’s crowd was the lar- gest which ever has lined the curbs and sidewalks. There were people all along the line of march. Usu- ally there are areas (in the hollow west of the railroad has attendance vo ND TEN CENTS in County Baseball Crown When the ball club was in trouble—and it was a couple of times—it was Sutter who put it there as he would mo- mentarily falter. But, it was Sutter who would pull -em out of the hole. On one oc- casion he picked off a Spartan runner who was taking a too- long lead off third. If the New Holland team is named the Spartans, it was Sutter who worked like a (Turn to page 7) Parade crossing, for instance) where there were few, if any people. But, this year there were peco- ple from beginning to end. Kline, who not only rode at the head of the parade but circled back and brought up the tail end, said that from the time he lead off at 2 p.m. until he finished his full route and re-opened the street to through traffic was within just a few minutes of two hours. (Turn to page 7) DHS Gra Donegal high school’s 16th annual commencement was held Tuesday night, June 2, and 154 seniors were gradu- ated! The program, held in the D.H.S. auditorium, was cli- maked by the presentation of diplomas by J. Edw. Charles, president of Donegal School board. Three student speakers pre- sented the program on the theme, “This Is My Country,” with Susan Hurst, Charles D. Waser, II, and Patricia Aileen Longenecker discussing the assets, liabilities and hope of uates 16th Class America. The Rev. Richard W. Koh- ler, pastor of St. Mark’s Uni- ted Methodist church, gave the invocation and the bene- diction and Robert Brinser was the organist. The address of welcome was given by class president Craig Gainer, Harietta Marie Wein, accompanied by Mary Elizabeth Watto, sang “Born Free.” 2 Supervising Principal Rag- nar F. Hallgren presented the class and Principal Donald Drenner announced the fol- lowing awards: New Tax Monday, June 15 is the deadline for the filing returns for Mount Joy’s new occupa- tion privilege tax. The tax, which became ef- fective as of January 1, is to be reported by both self em- ployed people and by em- ployers to the borough treas- urer. The period of report is from January 1 to May 13. Treasurer Robert Kline, who also is designated by bor- ough council as collector of the new tax, said last week that there have been a few returns made to him bu that he anticipates the bulk this week. As passed by the borough council, the tax applies to al- most everyone who works in the borough of Mount Joy, whether he is paid by wages, salary, commissions, fees or by whatever other means, in- cluding income as a self em- ployed person. Payment is owed by any- one who has a total of $1,000 in compensations. ; Responsibility for collection the borough has ruled, is placed squarely upon the em- ployer, who is instructed to deduct the tax from the Now Due workers’ pay. The tax is $10 per worker per year. Original estimates were that the tax would raise about 15 thousand dollars for the bor- ough general fund. However, there are indica- tions that the total may run higher. Mechanics of filing the tax returns and payment of taxes collected require that employ- ers file two forms with the treasurer. One is a copy of a (Turn to page 5) business given by Stanley Heisey, education award, Ronald Hart; Mary Elizabeth Watto, col- lege preparatory award given by Mrs. Catherine Bennett; and the Reader’s Digest Vali- dictorian award, ennis Frank, the industrial arts a- ward, given by the Mt. Joy V.I'W.; Charles D. Waser II. the English award given by the Mount Joy office of the Lancaster County Farmers National Bank; the G. Walter Sloan Science award, given by G. Walter Sloan, and the Armstrong Laboratory associ- ation Merit award for techni- cal and scientific excellence; Brenda Stoner, Mount Joy Joycee-ettes scholarship; Peg- gy Coyle, the Mt. Joy Busi- ness and Professional Wom- en’s club scholarship; and Dennis Hay, the engineering award, presented by the fam- ily of and in memory of Rob- ert B. Hoffman. The 1970 class of D. H. S. held its baccalaureate service Sunday night, May 31, at the high school auditorium. The speaker was the Rev- Wayne Zunkel of the Church of the Brethren, Elizabeth- town. Also participating in the service were: the Rev. Jay Earl Martin Jr. of the Mount Pleasant Brethren in Christ (Turn to page 4) Beginning Saturday, and continuing each Saturday during the month of June, bi- cycle licenses will be issued in the Mount Joy Borough of- fice, it was announced this week by Police Chief J. Bruce Kline. The office will be open and staffed with special assistants between 9 am. and 3 p.m. All youngsters in the com- munity who do not have e Tags their yellow 1970 bicycle tags should make arrangements to procure them one of the four Saturdays this month. Boys and girls should have the following information with them when they make applications: name and ad- dress, telephone number, date of birth, serial number of their bike, color of bike, name of bike and wheel size ofg the bike.
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