Ei Cr a GRR TE By R.A. R. The word ‘Mountjoy’! ® oo o A few days ago a friend brought us a newspaper clip- ping of the death in Florida of a person named Thomas E. Mountjoy. ® @® @® A man from Lititz who is living in the Miami Beach area happened to notice the obituary notice, was surpris- ed to see the name, and sent it to his daughter, who lives in Mount Joy. ®e © o It was interesting to notice that the family name is spel- led as was the name of the ship from which our town took its name. Not Mount Joy as we use it now, but all in one word. ® ¢ eo Wouldn't it be interesting to know something of the background of that man’s fa- mily? ®e eo © And—speaking of spelling! ® & o At the edge of the borough, the Chamber of Commerce has had its “Welcome to Mount Joy” sign repainted this spring. % % ® It says, and we quote it letter for letter, “A pleasent town to live, work and play.” ® o oo In case there are any doubts, the word is ‘‘p-l-e-a‘s-a-n-t.” ® © ° An interesting bit of infor- mation which cropped up as school came to an end is the fact that one senior in the class of 1970 missed no days of school since the seventh grade and only one day that year. That person is Beth Watto. Stanley Heisey mis- sed no school since the 9th grade. eo eo o In other days, such attend- ance records at school were highly prized and much made over. These days, however, we don't hear much about such things. ® oe o Nevertheless, here are a couple of good records wor- thy of mention. e o © Now that the 18-year-olds have been given the right to vote, let's get on with the normal progression of things. ® ® © If they can vote, then they should pay poll tax—just like the adults. Graduated Kenneth E. Weber, son of Ida Weber, 45 East Main St., and the late George Weber, has been graduated as a first lieutenant from Officers train- ing school. Exercises were held Friday. June 26, by the Artillery Of- ficers Candidate Brigade, U.S. Army Field Artillery School of Fort Sill, Okla. He is married to the form- er Connie L. Farmer, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Farmer Jr., 648 West Main street. THE MOUNT JOY VOL. 70. NO. 5. i mn I? | oe o Hi fii i i j ~~ SIV INV ee, Tea = has been named pastor of the Chiques United Methodist church, to replace the Rev. Charles Whittaker, who has been assigned to the United Methodist church at Broom- all, Pa.. it was announced last week at the Eastern Pa. Conference of the church, held at Reading. He formerly was pastor of the Ridley Park United Methodist church. The Rev. Mr. Kern is a graduate of Slatington high school, Dickinson college with an A.B. degree, a bachelor of divinity degree from Lancast- er Theological Seminary, and an S.T.M. degree from Tem- ple University School of The- ology. He has done graduate work at Drew University and Crozer Seminary. Rev. Kern formerly served on the board of education and the board of Christian Social i il Concerns and was a member of the board of evangelism and the board of missions. He is now president of the Methodist Social Union. He represented the general board of Christian social concerns at various conferences in Washington, D. C., Boston, Mass., Tulsa,.Okla., and Lake Junaluska, N. C. He visited the mission field of the church in Puerto Rico, and was a delegate to the World Methodist Conference in Lon- don in August, 1966 and the Family Life Conference in Chicago. He is married to the form- er Ruth I. Bachman and they have three daughters: Nancy Ruth, married to Thomas Loane and a counselor in the public schools of Reading; Beverly Jean, married to Dan- iel Barshay; and Marjorie Ann, in high school. School Levy Up 2 Mills ! A ILonegal School District budget for next year of just under two and a quarter mil- Jion dollars is expected to be adopted, officially, Thursday, June 25, at a special meeting of the Board of Education. The total will be $2,714,496 and will carry an increased real estate levy of two mills. Thus, the 1970-'71 rate will be 67 mills. A year ago the budget cal- led for $2,438,338, with a real estate tax of 65 mills. A one per cent realty trans- fer tax and the interim wage income tax of three quarters of one per cent will remain the same for 1970-71. A revised salary - schedule for teachers includes a $300 increment in beginning sal- ary, bringing last year’s start- ing salary of $6,200 to $6,500 for teachers with a bachelor’s degree. Variable salary inerements for teachers and longevity in- BIKES ON THE STREETS Now that school vacation has begun, there are many bicycles on the streets of Mount Joy! In order to stress the need for bicycle safety at this time of the year, the Mount Joy Bulletin this week has a double spread in the middle of the newspaper, listing fifteen rules for the safe use of bicycles by children and adults. These pages are sponsored by a number of Mount Joy business firms in the interest of bicycle safety. It is suggested that they be read carefully and the rules practiced by all riders. crements are included. The variable increases call for a raise of $100 at the fifth and tenth year levels of teaching, and longevity increments will increase a teacher’s salary by (Turn to page 8) On Dean's List The Spring 1970 Dean's List at Millersville State college numbers 571 persons, the lar- gest Dean’s List in the history of the institition. Those named to the Dean’s List from Mount Joy include four students. They are: Kar- en Bricker, Route 2. Gerald Keener, Route 1; Mrs. Mary Peifer, R. D. 2; and Diane Rice, 45 Columbia Avenue. To be included on the Dean’s List a student must earn a 3.4 average on a scale where 4.0 is perfect. He also is required to have earned 12 credits of letter grades. Cour- ses taken on a pass-fail basis are not included in the 12 credits. Cancer Fund Report According to Jim Nissley, chairman of the 1970 Cancer Crusade in East Donegal Twp. a total of $878.34 was collect- ed. This includes door-to-door collection as well as contribu- tions mailed into the Unit of- fice. In previous years, the most collected was $583.43. The people of East Donegal excee- ded the goal eof $800 this year. BULLETIN Mount Joy's ONLY Newspaper Devoted to the Best Interest and Welfare of Mount Joy MOUNT JOY, PENNA. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1970 TEN CENTS PLAYGROUNDS OPEN TUESDAY, JUNE 30 ¥ x * * Warren Hayman Heads Summer Project Summer playground for boys and girls in the Done- gal School district will open on Tuesday, June 30, and con- tinue for six weeks, closing Friday, August 7, it was an- nounced this week by Direct- or Warren Hayman. The program will operate five days per week from 9 to 3 daily. Hayman, who is in charge of the program is taking the place of Walter Price, who had asked to be relieved of the directorship this summer. The new director, a physi- cal education instructor at Donegal H. S. is enthusiastic about the coming program and has a few innovations which he hopes will be an im- provement. One of the changes in the program this year will be the moving of the center of acti- vities in the Florin area from the Washington school to the Grandview school. Removal of the playground from the area of the school’s Former Resident Gets Doctorate A former Mount Joy resi- dent, John F. Bleyer, now of Greensburg, Pa., has been granted his doctor of educa- tion degree from the Univer- sity of Pittsburgh. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence C. Bleyer, 28 East Gramby street, Manheim, Bleyer attended elementary school and one year of high school in Mount Joy and was graduated from Lancaster Catholic high school in 1955. After serving three years in Iceland with the U. S. Ar- my, he was graduated from Pontifical college Josephinum, Worthington, O., with a bach- elor of arts degree in philoso- phy. He later received his master of education degree from Pitt. v He holds an assistant pro- fessorship of education at Seton Hill College, Greens- burg and a graduate lecture- ship in education at the Penn State university, McKeesport campus. He and Mrs. Bleyer have 2 children and live at 126 West Point Dr., Greensburg, Pa. administrative office and to a site which offers more facili- ties is expected to strengthen the program. For one thing, the Grand- view playground has a brand new piece equipment — a multi-purpose gym — which was installed only this summer by the school district. Other playground tions will be at the Mount Joy borough park, at the Maytown Legion park, and at the Memorial park in Mariet- ta. Financial arrangements, which have been somewhat uncertain, have shaped up, Hayman said and all needed money, except in one instgnce is ready. Mount Joy has had enough money pledged, ap- parently, but all has not been paid into the playground fund One new feature this sum- mer will be a small craft Clinic, presented by the Red Cross to give better understanding about boats. There will be demon- strations for the youngsters so that they will know how to enter and leave small boats and understand some of the dangers and pleasures of the small craft. A full crew of supervisors and assistants is ready for the program, Hayman said, and listed the following per- sonnel: Marietta —William Reuter, supervisor, Mary Meszaros. opera- (Turn to page 8) Intern John Musser Wolgemuth, Jr. of 4211 Garrett Road, Drexel Hill, Pa., better known locally as Jack Wolge- muth, received the Degree of Doctor of Medicine at recent commencement exercises of Temple university, Philadel- phia. He attended Messiah col- lege, was graduated from Eli- zabethtown college and spent 215 years as a teacher and medical assistant at a hospit- al in Kimpese, the €ongo. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Musser Wolgemuth, Donegal Springs Road. He will intern at the Lancaster General hospital. Works 50 Years at Bulletin June, 1970 marks a special milestone in the life of Paul H. Diffenderfer, Bruce Ave. It sees the completion of fifty vears of service in the print shop of the Mount Joy Bulletint Mr. Diffenderfer, a compos- itor, began working at the Bulletin when just a boy. He recalls that. his very first assigned duty for John E. Schroll, publisher of the paper at that time, was to get on the street car in Mt. Joy and deliver copies of “The Etownian,” Elizabethtown col- lege newspaper which The Bulletin had printed, to Eliza- bethtown. Soon after that, he began replacing leads and slugs in their cabinets after use, and progressed from that task through the years to his present responsible position. “I have never missed but one day of work in fifty years,” Mr. Diffenderfer re calls with pardonable pride. “And I have NEVER been late!” The day away from his (Turn to page 8) Bike License Deadline Near Unless there is a big big sale of license plates next weekend, there are going to be some bicvcle riders in Mit. Joy who will be in grave dan- ger of arrest and prosecution. Mount Joy Police Chief J. Bruce Kline said this week that sale of plates is not mo- ving along as anticipated, de spite the fact that the dead- line for displaying the new, yellow 1970 plates is July 1. He emphasized that there will be no extension of the deadline. (Turn to page 8y of playground" youngsters a
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