A a EC RE TR I NS By R.A.R. Sooner or later you are likely to see almost every- thing on Main Street. ® ©® o Friday, DEC. 4, the Rever- end Ralph C. Warner, pastor of the Church of God, was mowing the yard of his front lawn. “It needed it”, he ex- plained. oe © o A project to be undertaken soon by the borough which prebably would not at first consideration be one of im- portance but which actually is a “money maker” is to measure the number of miles of streets. ®e oo © State assistance for build- ing, repairing and maintain- ing streets is issued on the basis of number of miles. It is felt that a little more mon- ey can be had by an up-to- date measuring. ®e © eo At its Monday night meet- ing, Borough Council spent considerable time in discuss- ing whether or not Mount Joy people want round the clock police protection. ® oo © One way to hold down the number ‘of hours policemen must be paid is to leave “open time” when there are no officers on duty in the borough. #* e © Although in the month of November there were 82 ex- tra hours (overtime hours, as they were identified), council- men feel that the borough wants full police protection and is so ordering its affairs. One basis for the decision was the result of a survey made about two years in the comprehensive study of the community. ® Oo o Citizenrs listed ‘‘pelice pro- tection” as their number one “want” for the borough of Mount Joy. ® © © As there is discussion in the community about sewage addition of certain out-of- borough sections, it is well to point out that as things stand early in December, "70, the present sewer plant is op- erating almost perfectly. ® © o Authority Supervisor Bax- ter Wells said this week that the plant, at the southeast edge of the borough, is opera- ting just right, removing sew- age and turning water back into Little Chiques Creek clear and sparkling. ® oo o The question is “How much more will the plant accept be- fore there needs to be an ad- dition?” ee © o Is it 100 homes? Is it 200 homes. Is it 300 homes? @» e © Wells feels that before we hit the 300 more the will not be discharging clear, clean sparkling water. GET DEER Frederick Heagy, of Bruce avenue, hunting in Perry county, got his deer for for the fourth straight year, Mon- day morning. of last week. Donald Ancspach, Manheim R4, hunting with him, also got a deer. The first physician whose name is recorded in history was an Egyptian, Sekhet’e- enacnh (3,000 B.C.), he “heal- ed the King’s nostrils” and was rewarded with a statue bearing - the record of the case. The supper dishes often are done on the installment plan — between TV commer- cials. plant THE MOUNT JOY p— VOL. 70. NO. 28 BULLETIN Mount Joy's ONLY Newspaper Devoted to the Best Interest and Welfare of Mount Joy MOUNT JOY, PENNA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1970 TEN CENTS Boro Tax Rate to Remain at 15 Mills For ’71 A Christmas Mount Joy? At its Monday night meet- ing, Dec. 7, the Mount Joy Borough Council adopted on preliminary hearing a 1971 budget which requires no in- crease of taxes!. A balanced budget of $204, 010 was submitted and ~ap- present for proved which increases neith- er real estate taxes, poll tax- es or occupation privilege tax! Official and final passage of the budget is anticipated at a special meeting of council on Monday night, Dec. 28, when the rates will be set—at 15 mills. Councilmen Monday night said that it took a ‘lot of work with a sharp pencil” to keep the rate at its 1970 lev- el but was accomplished. Real estate tax is expected to return $78,297 occupation- al tax, $23,500, and other sundry miscellaneous reven- ues sufficient to reach the $204,010 mark. Real estate tax is based on a total assessment in the bor- ough of $5,218,360. - The budget calls for an ex- peaditure of $41,135 for ad- ministrative purposes; $39. 470 for police protection pur- poses; $9,440 for fire protec- (Turn to page 3) Votech Schoel Pupils Organize After many hours of care- ful screening of candidates, officers have been selected for the newly formed Voca- tional Industrial Clubs of America (VICA) chapter at the Mt. Joy Vo-tech School. John Riddell, assistant prin- cipal of the school, and - for several years very active in VICA while serving as a fac- ulty advisor of VICA at Ches- ter high school in Delaware county, explained how the election of officers was or- ganized. Since the motto of the or- ganization is ‘‘preparing for leadership in the world of work,” the emphasis on can- didates was on their leader- ship ability rather than popularity. In an effort to have each ‘shop or lab- oratory represented, the in- structor was asked to rec- ommend the student in his class who has demonstrated leadership. Mt. Joy Vo-tech has 16 different shops so these 16 students were then named as the executive coun- cil of VICA. They in turn el- ected the slate of officers to represent the student body in the formation of this club. Since the Mount Joy Vo- tech operates on a half-day basis, it was necessary to have two separate clubs. The officers elected with their shop areas are as fol- lows: For the morning session: president, George Kendall; (From page 8) 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- tes. LILLIE M. BACKENSTOE Courtland Manor Nursing Home Saulsbury Road Dover, Delaware, 19901 Mrs. Backenstoe was a resi- dent of Mount Joy from 1902 until 1948, when she went to make her home with her daughter, Lillian Backenstoe Moore and her family, in Do- ver, Del. She is the wife of J. Miles Backenstoe (deceased 1938) who once owned the Exchange Hotel, where now the H. S. Newcomer Hard- ware store is located). After a fall recently, Mrs. Backen- stoe, 89, had surgery to pin a fractured hip and is now un- dergoing therapy to learn to walk again. To Hood Parking Meters for Shoppers Mount Joy shoppers will be given a vacation from parking meter payments be- tween Dec. 11 and Dec. 28, it was decided Tuesday night Dec. 7, at the monthly meet- ing of Borough Council. Council acted favorably on a request from the Mount Joy Chamber of Commerce to hood the meters during the Christmas shopping season. Members of the C. of C. will take the responsibility for installing the hoods. Council opened bids for a new police cruiser and awarded a bid to Newcomer Motors for a red car at a price of $1,480. There were two other bidders. A contract for furnishing fuel oil to the furnaces at the two borough fire com- pany buildings and at the borough building was given SICO company on a bid of .1375. Four bids were receiv- ed. Council gave approval for the raising of sidewalks, curb and street levels along the west side of Barbara street immediately south of Main street to conform with remod- eling plans. Also, approval was given to remove two parking meters and to relo- cate another. A $25 donation was given to the community Christmas (Turn to page 3) Navy Officer Gives Program Morgan L. West, Jr., Lan- caster insuranceman, and a member, of the United States Naval Reserves, was the speaker Tuesday noon at the weekly luncheon meeting of the Mount Joy Rotary club, at Hostetters. A 27-year veteran of the Naval service, he is a chief petty officer. He spoke on “Oceans of Commerce.” Declaring that he is fearful about what is “happening to us”, he talked about the wan- ing merchant marine strength of the United States. Using a film presentation, he told how in recent years this country’s shipping has dwindled from a World War II high until un- less there is a turnaround, the Russians will soon match our capacity to carry cargo. This country, he said, has grown from its strength of shipping and he fears that . unless the U. S. maintains its ability to serve itself, it could be strangled by foreign flag merchant vessels. West is a member of the Chief of Naval Operation’s Seapower Presentation Team. He was introduced by James Heilig. Hempfield Yecuth Te Give Program A unique musical experi- day evening, Dec. 13 at 7 p. m. in St. Mark’s United Meth- odist church when a sacred concert, consisting mostly of Advent and Christmas music, will be given by the Hemp- field high school singers, un- der the direction of Richard L. Kline. The Singers will present three segments of song. There will be special instrumental selections, including a flute solo and a string quartet. A brass ensemble also will play. Three organists from Hemp- field High will share the Con- sole during the evening, and there will be opportunity for the congregation to join in singing several carols. The event will be the high- light of St. Mark’s Fall and Winter Sunday evening ser- ies. The community is welcome. There is no admission. An of- fering will be received. School Board Re-elects J. Edw. Charles of Mariet- ta has been re-elected presi- dent of the Donegal School Board. He was named Thursday night, Dec. 3, at the annual reorganization . meeting, held in the D.H.S. library. Jay Musser, Marietta Ave., Mount Joy, was re-elected vice-president. Election of both men fol- lowed the precedent which the board has followed re- cently of retaining its officers for two-year periods. Charles, who represents E.. Donegal township on the board, has served other terms as head of the school board, having held the office in 1966 and 1966 and one year nearly 10 years earlier Musser, likewise, vice-pres- ident was president of the board in the late 1950’s and since 1968 has been vice-pres- ident. School board meetings nor- mally are held the third Thursdays of each month but the reorganization meeting date is set by school law. In other business, the school board approved action to have the “stumps” remov- ed from the area of the new Riverview school, left after the construction grading. Last month a representa- tive of the Marietta Borough Council appeared and made a strong appeal to have the re- mains of bulldozing removed, indicating that the debris is not part of the borough's re- REGULAR MEETINGS Regular meetings of the Mt. Joy Borough Authority will be held the first Tuesday of every month during 1971 at 8 pm. in the Borough building. sponsibility. The matter was turned ov- er to the property committee for action. A review of the board minutes indicated that the school board had indicat- ed that it would ‘take care of the situation.” Miss Mary Ann Reighard, Woodbury, Pa., was employ- ed to replace Robert Kaylor in the D. H. S. math depart- ment. The latter has been called to active service with the U. S. military forces. By resolution, the board indicated its willingness to join the Donegal Education Association in a request for an election to determine the bargaining agency for dis- trict certificated professional personnel, excluding adminis- trators, department heads, co- ordinators and head coaches who have assistants. As part of the reorganiza- tion, representatives to wvari- ous bodies were named — Musser and Dr. Harold Fel- lenbaum to the Wage Tax Bureau: Dr. Robert Eshleman and John Weidman to the PSBA Legislative council; Donald Kugle and Dale Arn- ‘old to the Votech Advisory Policy Council, and Dr. Fel- lenbaum to the D.H.S. Ath- letic Council. The Board’s secretary and treasurer are not designated at this time of the year. Robert Kline was named to a five-year term on the Done- gal School Authority, begin- ning Jan. 1, 1971. He present- ly is serving an unexpired term on that body. Board members were alert- ed that a financial dilemma is envisioned in March. State quarterly subsidy checks are anticipated after Dec. 13, but problems are forseen for Mar. and June paymeits. Indians Grab Opener With a fourth-quarter scor- ing surge, Donegal high school’s basketball Indians Tuesday night, Dec. 8, open- ed its scheduled season with a 69 - 62 win over visiting Red Lion. A non-league game, the cur- tain-raiser was Donegal’s most of the way, except that in the third the Lions went ahead .to lead, 49 - 47, at the pause. Martin Heisey and Charles Sanders led the Tribe with 14 points each, the latter hitting six fielders. Baker had 13 and Fellenbaum, 10. Donegal took a 16-12 lead in the first period, stood in front 36 to 34 at the half. Friday night, the Indians continue their warm-up sea- son with a home game against Octorara. Next Tues- day the 15th, Lampeter-Stras- burg comes to Donegal. 3 5 cr © “a "A Q A $ os ht off 1 Zz 4 © pe HT the A SG gg a AN
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