SE HER eR By R.A.R. This is a switch. In years gone by, teachers and school- men were concerned about what the youngsters would do on class trips. Would they dream up some kind of troub- le to cause embarrassment, if not actual damagz? ee oo © Recently a Donegal high school class went to Washing- ton, D. C., on a bus trip. The concern was not for what the boys and girls might do. The worry was about what might possibly happen. ® 6 o And, it did! The incident was relatively minor but stones were thrown and a window of the bus hit. ® ee oo Although the election has not caused much excitement in Mount Joy, there were po- litical visitors Tuesday morn- ing. ® © eo Congressman Edwin D. Esh- leman and State Representa- tive Jack Horner, accompan- ied by the latter’s campaign manager, Wilson Bucher, and guided by George Albert, made a ‘‘walking tour” along the borough’s Main street. ® © o They stopped in at several business places and Schock Presbyterian home and made brief visits here and there. e © o Politicians feel that may be apathy at the very time when the widest pos- sible voter participation in Democracy is so urgently needed. there ® © o Republican County Chair- man K. L. Shirk Jr. told the Bulletin this week, “Our citi- zens must be encouraged to take part—in a constructive way—in shaping the destiny of our republic.” - ® © eo A school bus driver told us the other day, ‘I don’t mind driving the bus. I don’t mind the noise and the rowdy ways of the youngsters as we go to and from school. Those things I can take care of O. K What bugs me the worst are the parents” ® oO © He explained that if and when it becomes necessary to discipline or call down a youngster, he ends up with a ‘confrentation with the child’s parents. And—-that 1Sn’'t very ‘pleasant. = BULLETIN Mount Joy's ONLY VOL. 70. NO. 22 FRESHMAN Laverne S. Gehman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lester M. Geh- man, 267 Park Avenue has been accepted as a freshman student at Palmer College of Chiropractic in Davenport, Iowa. He will take a four and one-third academic . year course of study leading to the degree of Doctor of Chir- opractic (D.C.) AUXILIARY NEWS The Ladies Auxiliary of the Mount Joy Fire Company will held a hat social at the November meeting; aiso nom- ination of officers will be held. A rummage sale will be held at the fire hall Nov. 238 The Christmas party will be held Dec. 17 at the Key- stone Diner at 6:30 - $2. gifts to be exchanged. Members attending should make reser- vations with Edith . Etsell. Newspaper — Devoted to the Best Interest and Welfare of Mount Joy MOUNT JOY, PENNA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1970 : - S— w—— TEN CENTS Big Parade Saturday Night This js the week—Hallow- eenl!! Friday is ‘trick or treat” night in Mount Joy and Sats urday night the annua: Hali- loween parade will be staged over the streets of the bor- Parade Route The Halloween Parade route on Saturday night will be as follows: North on Market, west on Marietta, North on New Haven, east on Main, south on Barbara, west on East Donegal and Columbia and south on Poplar to the W. ‘I. Beahm Jr. High School. ough and prizes will be dis- tributed at the W. I. Beahm junior high school. Mayor Henry Zerphey has designated ‘trick or treat” night and the Lions, with the financial help of the commun- ity is sponsoring the parade. The colorful parade is scheduled to step off from the corner of Market street & Marietta avenue at 7 p.m. Marchers are to form up to 6:30 p.m. The parade will include 4 divisions with bands & mask- ed participants of all kinds. There will be prizes in two divisions for substantial priz- es. For the best appearing float in the “Organization” di- vision, which just might be a group of people who want to get together and build a float there will be three prizes — $75 for first; $50 for second and $25 for third. In a junior division (Scouts General Without strictly local races to whet the appetite for poli- tics, surface interest in Tues- day’s general election appears this week to be lagging in Mount Joy. How that apathetic feeling will be translated at the polls on Tuesday is anyone’s guess. Balloting this year centers on state and congressional offices with the big battle for the governor topping the list. The Ray Broderick - Mil- ton Shapp struggle for the governor’s chair appears to run deep as some of the bit- terness of campaigning oozes to the surface. On a more nearly local lev- Congressman Edwin D. is seeking return to Washington while State Representative Jack Horner of Elizabethtown is running to retain his seat at Harris- burg. One facet of the election this fall is the fact that the man who is elected as gover- nor of Pennsylvania next week will be eligible to suc- el, Eshleman ‘Of This and That’ - People in Mount Joy are always working on their homes! We have often wondered how many gallons of paint are spread each year in Mt. Joy, how much roofing and siding is put on, how much blacktop is poured on drive- ways, how many thousands of flowers, shrubs and ever- greens are planted! Just in the last week, two properties on Main St. have taken on a new look. War- ren Rutt has had white plas- tic stone and beige siding put on “the front of his appliance store, giving it a fresh, new look, and the home of Mrs. Amanda Darrenkamp, just a- cross the street, also is hav- ing its “face lifted”. Work- men are enclosing the side porch fo make an entrance hall for the house, and are “putting a shingle “pent” roof all ‘across the front. As we walk to the office each morning, along Donegal Springs road, we no- tice much effort being ex- “pended! » +eing 4aid in front of a prop- - erty- on the north side of the A new sidewalk is by the editor's wife street between Lumber street and the Mennonite church, to replace a brick one of an- cient vintage. A new green roof has just been put on one home, at least two others are freshly painted, and yet an- other has gotten new siding! Such activity is multiplied. many times on other streets throughout the town. The big frame home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Anderson on west Main street has received sev- eral coats of yellow paint, and looks quite handsome with its shutters painted brown! In the same neighborhood, the firm of Ray Wiley and Gerald Sheetz will be moving within a few days into a re- cently constructed new, neat and attractive office building. It’s always something! o » > Our Bruce Avenue sleuth this week reported an inter- esting contradiction! As he worked in his yard on Saturday, he noticed sev- eral bright blossoms on his azaleas, and at almost the same moment heard wild (Turn To page 3) Election ceed himseif. Not since John White Gea- ry, a Republican who served two terms from 1867 - 1873, has a governor been eligible to follow himself into office. Another aspect of the bal- loting is the fact that there are seven parties represented Tuesday —Republican, Democrat, Con- stitutional, American Inde- pendent, Social Labor, Con- sumer and Social Workers. Another item—for the first time, the governor and lieu- tenant governor will be elec- ted as one, or as a team, with a single vote electing both candidates. ESHLEMAN VISITS LOCAL FARMS Three Mt. Joy area farms might have. were visited Monday of this week by Congressman Edwin D. Eshleman as he made a swing thru Lancaster County to talk and visit with farm- ers concerning rural prob- lems. They were the homes of the James Garber family, north of the borough; Wayne Miller, near Newtown, and Lewis Bixler, near Maytown. At each stop he was greet- ed by the family and a few neighbors who had been in- vited to meet the congress- man and to visit with him. Eshleman talked about his views on various matters in an informal manner and ev- eryone was invited to ask any and all questions they . THE BULLETIN'S Cheer Club Listed below is the name of a shut-in, an elderly person, or some other member of our community to whom a card or a message of any kind would mean much. Your thoughtful. ness will be deeply appreciat- ed by them and their famil- ies. MRS. CLARA SCHOCK Lehman Nursing Home Rheems, Pa. 17570 Mrs. Schock is the mother of Miss Dorothy Schock, 33 Frank Street, one of Mount Joy's outstanding musicians, who was music supervisor at McCaskey high school for many years. Mrs. Schock al- so has two other daughters. At the Garber home, where nearly a dozen visitors were assembled, Eshleman rcpeat- (Turn to page 8) Brownies and the like) there will be two cash a- wards — $50 and $25. For masqueraders, prizes will be given to individuals. grades 1 - 8; single adults. couples and groups (all ages TRICK OR TREAT Mayor Henry Zerphey has set Friday night, Oct. 30, as Trick or Treat night in Mount Joy. - 3 or more persons). Judges will be located at the corner of Main and Mar- ket streets. In order for children in the 8th grade and under to receive their automatic prize, each must turn in the num- ber card issued him at- the beginning of the parade. In Featured Role Of College Play Miss Alice Kleiner, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert J. Kleiner, West Main Street, will appear in a featured role in the drama production tion of “Picnic” at Hood College in Frederck, Md. where she is currently enroi- led as a senior. The three-act play, written by Willian Inge, is the first major drama production of the Hood college theatre for the 1970-71 season. It will be presented Thursday and Fri- day, Oct. 29 and 30, on cam- pus. BAND PARENTS The Donegal Parent Band Club will meet Monday, Nov. 2 in the High School Cafeter- ia at 7:30 p.m. Halloween From History Halloween had its origin among the Druids centur- ies before the Christian era and from the Roman fes- tival of Pomona. Later the church adcpted the day as a special one, and the name is of Christian origin, referring to the eve of All Hallows Day. Druid customs were so firmly entrenched that al- though the Romans outlawed their observances in both Britain and Ireland during their occupation many of the observances survive to this day, Halloween is one. To the Druids, October 31st was the end of the year and thus the festival. The Druids also believed this was the time good souls of the dead went into animals, especially the cat. They believed punishment of the wicked could lightened by gifts and prayers. (The 31st is also Protestant Reformation Day, dating from Martin Luther’s rejection in 1517 of the church’s teaching that one could buy indulgences for both the living and dead.) In the United States the day has come to be asso- ciated with young people, who gather in goodies in trick or treat calls — a vast improvement over the mis- chief and destruction of former years. Mount Joy Borough Council Council Chamber, November 2, 1970. 7:30 P. M. 1. Invocation—Rev. W. L. Koder 2. Minutes of last and Special meetings, 3. Unfinished Business if any. 2nd reading of Borough Manager Ordinance. 2nd reading of Pension Plan Ordinance. Open bids for new garbage truck. Report of Treasurer. New Business. 1 Adjournment, Conon Petitions and Communications. Reports of Mayor, Committees and Departments. Reports of any Citizen. Authorization for payment of bills.
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