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By R.A. R.
Pete Foley didn't go deer
hunting, but he did get a
deer Monday morning.
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While hunters were comb-
he was on a
business trip — driving thru
the York hills. Suddenly he
came upon several deer — in
and on the road.
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He believes that actually,
one deer probably jumped
over his car. But, another, a
doe, was not so lucky. The
car hit her and she went
down.
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Foley stopped and was out
of the car in a flash. But the
deer died and he faced the
problem of notifying a game
protector, which in itself
proved to be quite a job on
the first day of deer hunting.
He finally got the kill report-
ed at 10:30 Monday night.
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These are the days when
the city council is wrestling
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VOL. 70. NO. 27
Donegal Seniors to Give Play
The Senior Class of Done-
gal high school will present
“Murder Takes the Veil,” a
three-act mystery play, Fri-
day and Saturday, Dec. 4 and
5, at eight o’clock in the high
school auditorium.
Miss Catharine G. Zeller,
chairman of the English De-
partment, will + direct the
production.
Deborah Hollenbaugh, Pa-
tricia Greiner and Robert
Feeman will portray leading
roles. Other members of the
cast include the following:
Jane Stohler, Elizabeth Hall-
gren, Kenneth Kraybill, Da-
vid Spickler, Steven Trostle,
Susan Gerberich, Jillian Hay-
man, Gail Geib, Gail Kendig,
Vicki Kendig, Douglas Wit-
man, Jamye Shank, Patrick
Leaman, Brenda Gainer, Lin-
.da Hower, Barry Gallo, Nan-
cy Kopp, Carol Zimmerman,
Mary Jane Eshleman, Blair
Smith.
Denise Wagner is student
director. Connie McNaughton
and Joni Hoffmaster are the
prompters. The set was de-
signed by Robert Brinser.
Kenneth™ Depoe, chairman of
the industrial arts department
was in charge of set construc-
tion and printing.
Committee chairmen are
as follows: lighting & sound
effects, Dwight Wolgemuth;
publicity, Larry Toth and Lu
Ann Singer; properties, Doug-
las Estock; tickets, Nadyne
Hiestand and Linda Hoffman;
make-up, Susan Nissley; ush-
ers, Larry Foth and Cora
Hockenberry.
Music between acts will be
provided by Robert Brinser,
organist.
with the borough budget for -
next year.
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There has been work done
on that important aspect of
government and -a special
meeting of council is to be
held Saturday.
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Although no figures have
been set or announced, it is
beginning to appear that
Mount Joy, like some other
boroughs, faces a tax rate in-
crease.
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There was no borough hike
last year.
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Donegal high school is at
an “in between” stage of its
interscholastic athletic pro-
gram. Football and soccer are
over and basketball, wrest-
ling, etc have not begun.
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However, ~ athletes and
coaches are hard at work
and wery shortly things will
begin to happen
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Basketball is slated to kick
the lid ‘off Tuesday, Dec. 8,
with- Red Lion. Non-league
games follow with Octorara
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Takes Look
Looking the 1970's square
in the face and recognizing
the booming interest in the
ecology problem, the Mount
Joy Authority Tuesday night
took the first step to acquaint
itself with the inevitable.
Authority authorized its
engineers to begin investiga-
tion of the local situation as
it is related to the discharge
of sewage into Little Chiques
creek.
There have been no prob-
lems which have caused the
Authority to take the step,
but because of the growing
seriousness of the ecology
picture, Authority members
do not want to be caught uni-
formed if, and when, the
state makes a move toward
requiring municipalities to
upgrade their sewer plants.
By present standards, Mt.
Joy's sewer plant, apparent-
}¥, is meeting requirements.
However; at least 2 chem-
ical entities — phosphates &
nitrates — are not being re-
moved. These, with ammoni-
um compounds, are a big
Of This and That’
Take a. 25V2-pound turkey.
Stuff it with chestnut filling.
Roast it slowly for seven
hours. Add cranberry sauce,
mashed sweet potatoes, wal-
dorf salad, scalloped oysters,
home made hot rolls, pump-
kin and mince pies and
mounds of whipped cream.
What do you have? Thanks-
giving dinner at the editor’s
house.
Take millions of stuffed
turkeys, tons of cranberry
sauce and an assortment of
other mouth-watering goodies
which we couldn’t even begin
to list, and what do you
have? Thanksgiving dinner—
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It's fascnating to think. of
all the families that were
tables on.
Thursday, eating too much,
but loving every minute of it!
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In the middle of the after-
noon on Thursday, while the.
turkey roasted, we took a lit-
tle drive.. It was amazing how
few people were on the high-
ways. There were hardly any
eating places open. When we
finally saw one, we stopped
for a cup of coffee. - Only a
handful of people were there.
They seemed to be either eld-
erly couples whose children
lived at too great a distance
to come “home for Thanks-
giving,” ‘or travelers.
by the editor's wife
One young family was hav-
ing a good meal, and we ov-
erheard a’ conversation like
this:
“How many hours till we'll
be there?”
“Three or four.”
“Will they wait for us, to
eat?” :
“Of course.”
“How many miles?”
“One hundred and fifty.”
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‘Everyone doesn’t eat tur-
key on Thanksgiving Day.
Some families prefer duck—
or lobster—or ham.
A friend told wus Friday
morning that the ‘piece de
resistance” for his Thanks-
giving dinner had been a 20-
pound roast of beef!
Wouldn't that have been
good eating? .
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And now December is here.
It brings many joys. In our
family there are two birth-
days. There’s the Marietta
Candlelight tour; Elizabeth
town College’s concert choir
has a concert; there are many
other lovely musical pro-
grams arranged for the
month, including the Grand-
view and Seiler ones. There
are holiday parties, and then
there is the climax of all —
the celebration of the’ most
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at Future
part of the ecology problem.
This material is spoken of
as nutrients. They feed the
growth of water plants and
begin ‘a chain of actions
which stretch far and wide.
In the past—and, in fact,
to the present — no sewage
disposal plants handle these
materials. Removal is a skil-
led process ‘and as the per-
centage of removal increases,
the cost and technical skills
increase.
The state has given no or-
ders for any kind of move,
but there is a growing feeling
that such action may not be
too far in the future.
The Authority’s Tuesday
night action focused on a tar:
get date of three years for
accumulating ifs needed in-
formation.
Authority recognized that
the field of ecology (a branch
of biology which deals with
the relations between living
organizisms and their en-
vironment) is very: very new,
In fact, one authority mem-
ber suggested that a year ago
practically no one knew what
the word meant and if asked
probably would have guessed
that it is a skin disease.
Recognition of the growing
impact of ecology prompted
Authority to take its forward-
looking action.
The Authority also asked
its engineers to draw a pro-
posal for including the Don-
egal Heights area, south of
the borough, in the Mount
Joy sewage system.
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-
jes.
MISS LYDIA WITMER
Myers Rest Home
Mount Joy R.D. 1
Miss Witmer until not too
long ago lived at the corner
of Main and Marietta streets
with the late Dr. Mary Bow-
man.
. council, Nauman said,
* particularly for the
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MOUNT JOY, PENNA.,, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1970
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Community Council Faces
Threat of Disbanding
Speaking with earnest candor, it was suggested by the
president that there is a distinct possibility that the Mount
Joy Community Council may be dissolved.
George Nauman, who has headed the organization this
year, was speaking to the Mount Joy Rotary Club as he
pointed out that the council has been caught in the pinehes
of apathy. and a lack of communication which threatens its
existence.
The talk was made at the club’s weekly luncheon meet-
ing, held at Hostetters.
Nauman said that only a
few representatives of the
council attend the meetings,
that finances are a problem
and that there is a doubt in
his mind that one of the chief
projects which the group has
sponsored in recent years
merits the amount of money
it costs.
He was referring to the
annual Memorial Day parade
and the attendant activities
which spread over a three or
four day period.
Last year, he said, the par
ade cost $3,200 and he esti
mated that it will run $3,700 |
He tossed out the
that am- |
ount of money could be spent
better in the community for
in 1971.
idea that perhaps
more vital projects.
He reported that each of
the more than 20 organiza
tions which theoretically be- |
long to the council are sup- |
posed to have representatives !
at the meetings — normally
held the first Wednesday nite
of each month.
However attendance in re
cent months has been very
low. That fact he attributes
to apathy.
In the past,
organization
dues to the council have been |
$10 per year. Because of the
urgent need for money to
keep the organization going,
he is hoping that the amount
can be raised to $15.
The president of the 13-
year-old council reviewed the
aims and objectives of the
Community Council, which in
general functions to coordin-
ate the activities of the vari-
ous other organizations in the
community and to serve the
community in various coop~
erative ways.
In the past, the council has
sponsored many many pro-
jects — Memorial day, the
building of Memorial park
from a rubble pile, vaccina-
tions, “Music in the Park”
programs, etc etc etc.
In 1964 the council was in-
corporated. At about the
same time, the council gave
heavy support to the forma-
tion of the Mt. Joy Library
Center.
Funds for operating the
come
from the community by do-
nations which are solicited,
annual
Memorial Day activities.
The council, the president
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Joseph Shaeffer
Is Mount Joy
Postmaster
Joseph G. Sheaffer, for 41
years a member of the Mount
Joy post office staff, has been
made postmaster, marking a
rise from the lowliest job in
Gi
JOSEPH G. SHAEFFER
the organization to the high-
est.
He was sworn in Wednes-
day, Dec. 2, at Philadelphia
by Regional Director Jack
Pentz and given his -certifi-
cate of office. He was accom-
panied by Mrs. Shaeffer.
Shaeffer and seven others
are the first in this entire sec-
tion of the country to be
sworn into office under the
new merit system program
recently inaugurated.
Since Elmer Zerphey re-
tired from the postmaster’s
office in December of 1968.
Shaeffer has been designated
as assistant postmaster in
charge of the office.”
The new postmaster enter-
ed the postal service in Janu-
ary of 1929 when the late
William Tyndall was post-
master and served under
Charles Bennett Sr., Charles
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GETS DEER
Charles Eby, Walnut street,
shot a buck in Perry County
at 8 o’clock Monday morning.
Mount Joy Borough Council
Council Chambers, December 7, 1970, 7:30 P. M.
Report of Treasurer,
New Business.
SNELL
Invocation—Rev. R. Kohler
Minutes of last and Special meetings,
Unfinished Business if any.
Petitions and Communications.
Reports of Mayor, Committees and Departments.
Reports of any Citizen.
2nd Reading of Borough Manager Ordinance
Finalize budget for 1971
Or2n bids for fuel oil
Open bids for police car
9. Authorization for payment of bills.
10. Adjournment,
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