_ diab By R.A.R. One hears, these days, that there are thousands and thou- sands of boys and girls across the country who do not have enough food to eat. oe © o In this area we wonder where they are. ® © eo We do not see them, and we would be humiliated if we learned that there are such in our midst. ® © o Thus, it is interesting this week, to take a quick look at that situation in Mount Joy. It is especially interesting in view of the “community bet- terment” meeting which was held Monday night at the borough building. Relatively few people in the communi- ty know exactly how the So- cial-Welfare association, for example, operates in Mount Joy. ® © eo First of all, it is not, real- ly, a Social Welfare associa- tion. More realistically named it would be the Welfare asso- ciation. ® ©& eo In this community there is a relatively small group of people who keep themselves tuned to the needs of people. ® © o When a case of need for food or fuel comes to those who form the association, an investigator immediately has a look into the situation and makes a report. If there is need, an order is issued and there is quick assistance. ® © o In emergency cases, the in- vestigation even may be by- passed. ® © o Money for this work comes from the United Funds drive directly into the treasury of the association. A budget is drawn up yearly and U. F. pays over to Mount Joy in cash that amount. It varies from $1,500 to $1,800. In re- cent years that has been suf- ficient to meet the local need, as it has been revealed to the association. ® © o An official of the associa- tion said this week that there is no reason for any person in this borough to go hungry and that as far as he knows, no one really does. ® © eo It is the functon and the objective of the association to see that no one does. e © o Here are some additional bits of information about how the community operates in (Turn to page 7) T) Ee THE Sv MOUNT r ca =z Joy St < 9 <2, Mount Joy's ONLY Newspaper — Devoted to the Best Interest and Welfare of Mount Joy H [Dt VOL. 70. NO. 32 MOUNT JOY, PENNA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1971 TEN CENTS Propose In-Depth Survey of Boro With courtesy and con- cern — but with something less than enthusiasm — 25 people Monday night, Jan. 11 heard a strong plea that Mt. Joy be surveyed to learn “what Mount Joy needs.” Meeting at the borough building, representatives of various community organiza- tions gathered at the invita- tion of a Chamber of Com- mittee to explore the possi- bility of looking into some community betterment pro- jects. Al Newlin, member of the C. of C. board of directors, proposed that a poll be taken and asked for seven volun- teers to help organize the project. However, he had no enthusiastic support. There were no whole-hearted volun- teers. Besides himself, he re- ceived three qualified offers to help. In a “vote of confidence” asking for the proposed sur- vey, Newlin received eleven affirmative indicatons on a show of hands. Attending the meeting were 24 local ctizens and one Lan- caster newspaper reporter. There were 18 men and six women, including five of the nine members of the Mount Joy Borough Council. On the ‘vote of confidence’ which was phrased several different ways, the question centered on whether or not the frame of mind of the meeting was in accord with the proposal to proceed with the survey. There were no votes against the study. Those whe did not vote “for” simp- ly abstained from voting. The meeting originated from the board of directors of the Chamber of Commerce which had named a four-man committee — Newlin, Mervin Nolt, James Heilig and Jos- eph Sheaffer — to investi- gate into the area generally described as ‘“What’s the mat- ter with Mount Joy?” Selected to join the four were Mrs. Donald Straub, who acted as secretary of the Monday night meeting, and George Nauman, president of the Mount Joy Community Council. It was the committee’s thought that a eginning place for any such investiga- tion would be to make a sur- vey of the community — a face-to-face type poll of sev- eral hundred people, asking what they think Mount Joy needs. From the results of that survey, the committee hopes would come some kind of concerted effort to take posi- tive, forward steps to better the community. The request for seven vol- unteers was for the purpose of forming a survey group to make the study. It was pro- posed that the interviewers would make some kind of in- depth study with each per- son contacted, sitting down with each one for a talk a- bout the community. It was the element of time involved for those who would make the survey which ap- peared to cool the meeting toward the proposal. Rotary President Charles O. Groff proposed that the members of the Chamber of Commerce committee prepare some kind of comprehensive list of questions and then sit dewn with the boards of dir- ectors of the various organiz- ations of the community and thereby gain a community cross-section opinion. An attempt was made to tie the study into the pro- gram and aims of the Mount (Turn to page 4) Memorial Day Parade Will Be Held in 1971 There will be a Memorial Day parade in Mount Joy this year! At least, that was the decis- ion Wednesday night, Jan. 6, as the Community Council held its first meeting of the new year in the borough buil- ding. President George Nauman was in charge. Tentatively, the = parade date was set as Saturday, May 29. Although no parade chair- man has been named, Presi- dent Nauman is hopeful that leadership can be announced soon and that plans can be launched for the big event. Already, he said, there have been inquiries from out- of-town people who are inter- ested in Mount Joy's annual event. Decision to stage the par- ade was in itself adequate -in- dication that the Community Council as a functioning body is to continue its organization in Mount Joy. In recent months there has been an open examination of the group’s place in the com- munity and the agenda for the January meetin called for a decision as to whether or not the group should continue. Fourteen people attended last week’s meeting and there was a definite feeling that the Council, its efforts for guiding the Memorial Day ac- tivity and for holding other community groups into some form of organization are worthwhile President Nauman summed it up by saying that in ans- wer to questions raised re- cently, “The Community Council has a dfinite future and can serve the communi- iy A number of individuals and organization representa- tives, the president said, have talked with him recently and some have made some very (Turn to page 4) To Present Donegal District Study Plan Probably the best intro- spective look Mount Joy ever has had of itself will be put on display on Wednesday night, Jan. 20, when a Done- gal Area Comprehensive Plan is unveiled for the first time. The plan is the result of a two-year study of Mount Joy, Marietta and East Done- gal township, made by the three municipalities, cooper- ating with the Community Planning section of the Lan- caster, County Planning Com- mission, The study, now available in book form, will be presen- ted at the Jan. 20 meeting, to be held at the Donegal "Of This and That’ Spring may not be “just around the corner,” for after all, it’s not quite the middle of January yet. But our sleuth on Bruce avenue tells us he has a big vase of yel- low forsythia in bloom! Cut from a bush in the back yard just before Christ- mas, it was showing signs of swelling during the mild weather we had at that time. In the wamth of the house, it has continued to open up, and now gives a ‘sneak pre- view” of spring! * * We had a nice letter last week from J. Harold Backen- stoe of Riverside, Pa., whose mother, Mrs. Lillie Backen- stoe, was the Bulletin’s Cheer Club member one week in December. We share it with you: “Many thanks for includ- by the editor's wife ing Mother in the Cheer Club column. She received a tre- mendous shower of cards, many from people I'm sure never knew her as a resident of Mount Joy. She remarked to me at Christmastime about receiving one from a former Wilmington, Del. resident, now living in Mount Joy, who thanked her for having a part in making Mount Joy such a nice place in which to live. Thanks again.” A part of our family took an eight-day trip to Miami during the holidays, and came back loaded down with tree-ripened fruit and Geor- gia pecans! Highlight of the trip, which included Marine- land, Busch Gardens, Silver rrings, St. Augustine, the Everglades, Daytona Beach (Turn to page 4) H.S. Jan. 20, 7:30 p.m. And, there will be discussion on “where do we go from here?” All interested persons in the community — and there should be many of them — are invited to attend and to hear details of the study and of the long-range plan projec- ted. Results of the study & pro- jected actions may very well have a profound influence upon how Mount Joy and its area develops during the next 10, 20, 30, 40 years and 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. NN : MRS. ESTELLA BRANDT Duke Convalescent Residence Lancaster, Pa. Mrs. Brandt, whose home is at 202 South Market St., Mount Joy, broke her hip in a fall in September. She was in the hospital for a time, and is now convalescing at the Duke Convalescent Resi- dence. She is 86 years old. A daughter, Mrs. S. G. Phil- lips, lives on Pinkerton road. She also has another daugh- ter and two sons. longer. Advance copies of the book, compiled by the study, indi- cate a wealth of basic mater- ial needed to see the area as it is, to assess its potential and to serve as a guide in charting the future. So minute is the look at the area that in its 150 pages is information bearing on scores of aspects of communi- ty life. In addition, there are charts, maps, graphs, dia- grams and other aids to help understand the nature of the community. : So literally in depth is the study that there is a section dealing with the geological structure of the soil’ and rock formation upon which the boroughs and township are sitting. Resources of every kind are held up for observation— living conditions, a critical look at housing in all its de- tails, how the people make their living and how well they live, how their govern- ments function and by whom, (Turn to page 8) Annual Library Meeting Slated The annual meeting of the Mount Joy Library Center is scheduled for Monday even- ing, Jan. 25, at the library center, beginning at 8 p.m. PLAN CONTEST Plans are now being made by the Mount Joy Joycee- ettes for their annual Valen- tine King and Queen contest. The contest is held for the benefit of the Donegal Dental Clinic. Name Hostetter Asst. Postmaster Announcement was made this week of the official ap- pointment of Gerald Hostet- ter, 68 West Donegal street, as assistant postmaster of the Mount Joy post office. He succeeds Joseph Shacf- fer, who has been made post- master. Hostetter, who entered the postal service April 1, 1950 as a substitu'2 clerk, has been regular carrier in the borough’s west ward since Dec. 1, 1955. Although Hostetter has been serving in the capacity of as- sistant postmaster for several weeks, the official appoint- ment was not made until as (Turn to page 8) Jaycees Set to Mark National ‘Week’ The Mount Joy Jaycees will be celebrating Jaycee week next week with events planned from Sunday thru Saturday. Co-chairmen Dennis Fack- ler and John Harnish have all plans prepared. However the success depends on the involvement of Jaycees and the citizens of the town. All citizens are invited to the DSA banquet which is to be held at Hostetter’s at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday evening, Jan. 23. Tickets may be pur- chased from Andy Reymer, Dennis Fackler, or John Har- nish. Guests attending. the Janu- ary Jaycee meeting were Rav Bair, Johnson Ebersole, and several men from an area blood bank. Twenty-five local Jaycees were present.
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