© - 3 e 5 = OE, THE ere MOUNT o py J i oY ed © : 4 ¥ © Mount Joy's ONLY Newspaper — Devoted to the Best Interest and Welfare of Mount Joy . a By R.A. R. VOL. 70, NO. 16, MOUNT JOY, PA.,, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1970 TEN CENTS One of the topics of con- versation this week in Mount oy concerns the sale of an 18th century wardrobe at the Gantz sale Saturday after- noon. (Details elsewhere in this issue of the Bulletin). ® 0 ® Which leads us to mention that a Mount Joy building is now situated at Landis Val- ley Farm Museum, a place of prominence. ® oo oo The frame structure, about. Purchased for $7,200, 12’ x 18—was located on East Main street and most recently used by the Jaycees as their headquarters. Actual- ly, it belonged to Al Newlin. ® © o Riding on a “low boy” truck, the building was mov- ed a couple of months ago and -is now located along the west side of the main road into the museum property— near the new parking lot. ® oo o The Bulletin was told this week that the museum peo- ple still are undecided as to the exact use which will be made o the interesting little structure. ® ® oO However, it will become a craft building of some kind. ® oo oo There has been some work done on the outside but noth- ing has been done inside. Experts still are investigating it in all its detail. They ten- tatively have set its age at late mid 1900th century and the cureator calls it ‘“‘architec- turally interesting.” However, they believe that the front door and some of the fancy work may have been added. ®e oe o It’s German siding (a clab- board type) would lead them at this time to set the date in the 1870 to 1880 period. There are three doors. Two match. . ® ee eo The Saturday night Miss America show was watched with special interest in the household of the Lester Hos- tetter family. ® oo eo Miss Pennsylvania, who was one of the top finishers in the pageant, last year was a freshman student at Leban- on Valley college 9 ® © Dave Hostetter, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hostetter, also is a student at LLVC. Last year, many times, Dave helped Miss Pennsylvania set up her uneven parallel bars in the college gymnasium for the practice run throughs of the talent she displayed on Satur- day night. Of Thisand That bythe editor's wife Most recent in a long pro- cession of family pets came to live at our house this week. It is a little gray-striped kitten, a ball of fluff, and it wandered into the Bulletin one day, spent the afternoon curled up on an open window ledge, and looked so adorable that it was promptly adopted! It is cute and affectionate. It does the things a kitten usually does — chase balls, climb screen doors, sleep in a favorite chair. But it also does some things kittens do not usually do—such things as curl up on the back ledgc of the car for every trip, and go horseback riding! = sie 3 We are reminded of our childhood pats: dogs, cats pigeons, baby birds. We re- member a big turtle, whose (Turn to page 4) » ‘National Valuable Antique Goes to Farm Museum A blue, 18th century ward- robe, in excellent condition which sold Saturday after- noon, Sept. 12, at the Blaine Gantz public sale, is now on display at the Landis Val- ley Farm Museum. the piece has been set up in the new orinetation building. Im- mediately following the sale the dozen or more pieces in- to which it can be dissembled were loaded into three sta- tion wagons and went imme- diately to the museum. Of a very plain design, the wardrobe is valuable for its simplicity and its fidelity to a style of the times. Although the piece of fur- niture, used in big old homes because there were no ward- robes built into them, is known as a kas, its true name, Mrs. Blanche Reigle, museum director, said this week is a schrank—a clothes closet. One of the reasons the mu- seum wanted the piece is be- cause it is in original condi- tion. The fact that it is paint- ed a blue-green color tends to lend value to the purchase. The kas was part of the hundreds of items sold Satur- day by Blaine Gantz, who lives about two miles east of Elizabethtown on the Clover- leaf road. Auctioneer Harold (Abe) Shaffner, who was selling the piece, described it as having “onion” feet, rat tail hinges, old hardware, two doors, two drawers underneath and in ‘very nice” condition. Among the other items sel- ling at the Gantz sale were: Sleigh bells, $95; Philadel- phia Stoner jar, $92.50; wall telephone, $95; Cradle, $150; rope bed, $180; dry sink, $200 small copperkettle, $75. The sale was conducted by Harold (Abe) Shaffner and Clyde H. Wolgemuth. To Dedicate New The newly-constructed Par- ish House of St. Luke’s Epis- copal church, South Market street and Columbia avenue, will be dedicated at a special service to be held on Sunday, Sept. 20, at 4 p.m, The Rt. Rev. Dean Theo- dore Stevenson, Bishop of the Diocese of Harrisburg, will preach the sermon and dedi- cate the building. He will be assisted by the rector, the Rev. Donald M. Whitesel, Robert Bishop, who was the architect, Elmer Ginder, the contractor, the building com- mittee, and the Vestry. The service will begin in the church when the Parish organist, Dr. David Schlosser will present a fifteen-minute organ prelude including “Pre- lude”” by Franck, “Jesus, Priceless Treasure” by Bach, and “Now Thank We All Our God” by Karg-Elert. The Parish Choir, under the dir- ection of Mrs. Franklin Zink, will sing the anthem, “Holy Additio Art Thou” by Handel. The members of the Vestry will serve as ushers. Acolytes as- sisting in the service will be Steve Binkley, David Schlos- ser, Robert Arndt, Bill Hay- man, Bill Lenox, Lane Ellis and Robert Eno. At the close of the brief service in the church, the congregation will move out- side to the front of the Par- ish House, where the dedica- tion will take place. Dr. Schlosser, chairman of Sunday the Building Committee will accept the building from the architect and contractor. The other members of the com- mittee will accept the build- ing from the architect and contractor. The other mem- bers of the committee are Lt. Col. Robert Eno, Charles Hei- sey, Franklin Zink, Ralph Horne, Mrs. Samuel Maxwell and Mrs, John B. Breiner. The Parish House consists of nine classrooms and a stu- (Turn to page 3) Two at D.H.S. Named Merit Semi-Finalists Principal Donald W. Dren- ner ‘has announced that two students at Donegal high school have been named semi-finalists in the 1970-71 Merit Scholarship Program. The students are Patricia A. Greiner and Merle M. Brubaker. The 14,750 semifinalists ap- pointed today are among the nation’s most intellectually talented high school seniors. They will compete for some 3,000 Merit Scholarships be awarded in 1971, The semi-finalists were the highest scorers in their states on the National Merit Schoi- arship Qualifying Test (NMS- QT), which was given last February to some 710,000 stu- dents in 17,000 schools na- tionwide. They constitute less than one per cent of the graduating secondary school seniors in the United States. The semifinalists show high promise for leadership in to their adult careers, accord- ing to Edward C. Smith, president of the National Merit Scholarship Corpora- tion (NMSC). “They have al- ready demonstrated both high intellictual capacity and a readiness tc develop their abilities,” he said. “These students deserve credit and honor. They bring honor to their families, who deserve much credit, as do their teachers, and their communities. The future suc- cess of these young people will, however, depend upon their ability to become pro- ductive at the high intellect- ual levels that they are cap- able of attaining.” Semifinalsts must advance to finalist standing to be con- sidered for the Merit Scholar- ships to be awarded next spring. Semifinalists become finalists by receiving the en- dorsement of their schoois, substantiating their high NM- (Turn to page 8) Graduated from State Police School Graduation exercises Fri- Sept. 11 climaxed an 8-weeks course of instruction at the State Police Academy in Her- shey for 107 municipal police officers representing 77 municipalities from 31 coun- ties. Included was Fred L. Nes- tlerode of Mount Joy, who resides at 371A, North Bar- bara street. Nestlerode has been a mem- ber of the Mount Joy police force as a patrolman for two years. Colonel Frank McKetta, Commissioner of the Pennsyl- vania State Police, who pre- sented the officers with their diplomas said, ‘The commun- ities from which these police- men come should be congra- tulated for their interest in upgrading their police de- partments. Only through training can come the com- petency which is demanded of today’s policeman.” Joseph J. Cimino, an attor- ney from Scranton, Lacka- wanna County, delivered the graduation address at the ceremony beginning at 10:30 a.m. When these men were gra- duated they had 384 hours of classroom instruction in all phases of police work. Nestlerode said that classes began early each morning and continued through the evenings — Monday through Fridays. The courses, many of them, were identical with the ones given state police officers as they prepare for duty with the Commonwealth force. Only such things as horse- back riding, motorcycle rid- ing and handling of state po- lice forms were different, he said. Fire Company Drive at $3,600 Mount Joy's Friendship Fire Co. No. 1 has collected $3,600 on the new truck fund drive. The company mailed out more than 3,000 solici- tation letters. but has receiv- (Turn to page 8) Leisure Club Wants More Social Security Members of the Mount Joy Leisure Club want more So- cial Security benefits, it ap- pears as a result of a poll made at the organization's September meeting, held on Monday at the Sports Farm. As part of a self-help for- um, the club, which had held a corn roast earlier, was giv en an opportunity to list what features of Social Se- curity they believe should be changed. Generally, their ideas cen- tered around five areas: 1—A feeling that an in- crease of 25 to 35 percent in benefits would be necessary to meet their needs with the cost of living increases and shrinkage of the dollar. 2—Neceszary prescription medicine has exploded in cost so much that it cannot be purchased by the aged. 3—As soon as Social Secur- ity benefits were raised, in- surance costs were raised so that the total benefits are not what they scem to be. 4—They feel that people on welfare are better off than Social Security people who paid in to the fund during their working days. 9—More and better nurs- ing homes subsidized by the government are needed Each member submitted his thoughts and they are to be sent to an upcoming White House Conference on Aging. The forum was conducted by Lewis G. P. Hart, who was president of the club three years and is now a dir- ector. He is 82 years of age.
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