By R.A. R. In some ways we take a very dim view of the hubbub being raised at Strasburg a- bout the proposed construc- tion of a $2 million tourist attraction, If the citizens of that com- munity are truly as concern- ed about how their town is to be affected by tourism, it should have passed zoning laws years ago. Te ® © At this point, it is hard to generate much sympathy for those who want to retain the yesteryear character of the community as laudable as it may be, » ee © When the Strasburg Rail- road opened, Strasburg, as a town, changed. And, as it be- came apparent that the rail- road would be one of the backbones of tourism in the county, it should have be- come abundantly apparent to Strasburg that other changes would follow. ® ® © If that was not suffiicient to motivate Strasburg, an- nouncement that the Rail- road Museum is to be built on the community doorstep should have been the final warning. &® ® © . It was inevitable that with one attraction already in full bloom and continuing to ex- pand and with another just around the corner, someone would open another. $ ®e © And, it’s a. good bet that unless there is some unfor- seen influence, there will be other developments, ® ® © Strasburg is reaping in '71, about what any businessman with imagination could have predicted the day it became apparent that the Strasburg Railroad is a big tourist suc- cess. e ©e eo Moral—‘If you don’t want the weeds to grow, you'd bet- ter keep the grass cut.” @ ® © One of the ‘‘silent” busines- ses which operates in this area is the Texas Eastern Transmission corporation. ee © o The firm has a pipe line complex which passes ru the Donegal area cutting ac- ross the southern section. It is part of a huge business but it makes little impact up- on the local community. ® ® © However, it is interesting to read that Texas Eastern is linked with two other trans- mission and distribution sys- tems to study the engineer- ing, ecological and econoimic aspects of building a 3,300- mile line from northern Alas- ka to somewhere near the eastern seaboard, possibly in the Massachussets area or a- long the St. Lawrence river. ee © o The proposed large-capacity line would handle natural gas. ® ® oO A wag recently observed that ‘Doing something about pollution, as far as some big corporations are concerned, seems to be to hire more pub- lic relations men to help mis- handle the situation.” ®e © ¢ One day last week we heard a very well informed schoolman discuss some things he sees as ‘coming ev- ents” in America during the next few years Here are the eleven he mentioned: 1. An acceleration of change, 2. Decline in the impor- tance of family, neighborhood and church, (Turn to page 4) THE MOUNT JOY VOL. 70. NO. 35 Sen. Snyder to Speak At Annual Banquet Of Chamber of Commerce The Mount Joy Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual banquet at Hostetter’s on Tuesday evening, Mar. 9 beginning at 6:30 o’clock. The speaker will be Sena- tor Richard A. Snyder. Tickets will go on sale in the near future and will be available from members of the Chamber of Commerce and from Joe Shaeffer, sec’y. The meeting is open to any person in the community. MOUNT JOY, PENNA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1971 BULLETIN Mount Joy's ONLY Newspaper Devoted to the Best Interest and Welfare of Mount Joy TEN CENTS Council Takes Bold Traffic Stand A bold step toward improv- ing traffic conditions on one of Mount Joy’s main streets was taken Monday night, Feb. 1, as Borough Council held its February meeting in the borough building. Authorization was given (on an 8-1 vote) to the bor- ough solicitor to prepare a new parking ordinance for Marietta avenue, requiring one-side parking. On recommendation of May- or Henry Zerghey, the ordin- ance is to call for no parking on the north side of Marietta between Main and the Penn Central overpass bridge and on the south side from the bridge to the borough limits. The area—for modern traf- fic—is too narrow to be safe when there is parking on both sides, the mayor pointed out. He mentioned the in- crease in truck traffic, the use of the street by school buses, the added forced nar- rowness of the highway dur- ing times of snow and other factors which weighed his de- cision to make the recommen- dation, Deliver New Garbage Truck This Week Mount Joy’s brand new garbage truck, ordered last year, is to be delivered Fri day of this week! The new outfit, including both compacter body and Ford truck, replaces a piece of similar equipment in use several years. George Groff, chairman of the borough council property committee, - said this week that representatives of the Wolf Motor company will de- liver the outfit and will dem- onstrate it to the borough crew, Although the truck will be delivered from Lancaster, it was built up and assembled in Virginia, The representatives of the makers will teach the Mount Joy crew how to use the truck most effectively, give the men instructions of all kinds necessary to the prop- er functioning and will stay with them all day Friday. And, if needed, they will re- turn later, Groff said. Four Council As the groundhog bestirs himself in February, so — traditionally — the political tranquility begins to move toward the primary elections. The 1971 political activity in Mount Joy centers around Seats Up For Election the election of four members of Borough Council, Men now holding office whose seats are up for voter choice include: East Ward— James Spang- ler and Omar Groff; West Axes Returned to Fire Hall Under a cloak of mystery they disappeared! And, under the same garb, they reappeared! Several months ago at Friendship Fire company’s meeting hall, several pieces of property disappeared. On Monday of this week, some of it was returned. The “returned” items are two old-fashioned fire axes, which were used by Friend- ship company many years ago and in more recent times had been given a beautiful chrome finish and mounted on the wall of the meeting room as decorations, A member of the company who happened to be at the fire house Monday afternoon saw a man carrying the axes into the fire house but did'nt recognize him, Later they were found on a table in the second floor assembly hall — about where they last were seen, mabe a couple of years ago. At the time of the disap- pearance, the axes, a clock, and several pieces of other memorabilia of the company were discovered missing at the same time, ‘Of This and That’ The house is quiet. There is only the crackling and siz- zling of the logs in the fire- place and the ticking of the old-fashioned mantel clock as its brass pendulum swings back and forth. The tv is silent. So is that boisterous wind which raced madly around the house last week, whistled through the keyholes and blew blasts of cold air inside whenever a door was opened! It is a cold, still, winter night, with the thermometer hovering near zero — a good night for reading, knitting, crocheting, nibbling popcorn or apples, sewing on buttons, or just staring into the fire and thinking ‘long, long thoughts’. #* * * Two books of more than passing interest have come into our hands during the past week. ” One is a huge and perfectly beautiful coilection of the il- lustrations and paintings of Norman Rockwell, famous contemporary artist who is by the editor's wife probably best-known for his cover illustrations for the Saturday Evening Post over a period of almost five de- cades! The book itself is over-size probably measuring about 18 by 24 inches, and is full of nostalgic scenes and happen- ings which Norman Rockwell captured in faithful and al- most photographic detail, with rare imagination and sympathy. Each picture is a bit of Americana, much of it gone forever, but immortaiiz- ed on paper and canvas by Rockwell's genius with a brush. Included in the book is a lengthy biographical sketch of the artist, and reproductions of some of his most famdus paintings, suitable for fram- ing. (Turn to page 4) LEISURE CLBU The Mount Joy Leisure Club will hold its monthly meeting at the Sportsman’s Club on Monday, Feb. 8 at 1 p.m. Ward — Warren Foley, and Florin Ward—James Madara. Official notice that they are in their last year of their present terms of office was read Monday night at Febru- ary meeting of Council, held at the borough building, None of the four, apparent- ly, has made a firm committ- ment to run for reelection, al- though Madara and Groff in- dicated that they are willing to talk politics with party of- ficials. Foley and Spangler said that they have not given the matter much thought. All four men are licans. Repub- Boro Authority Opens Bids Mt. Joy Borough Authority opened bids for supplies and discussed two development site problems Tuesday night, Feb. 2, at its February meet- ing, held in the borough buil- ding. Five bids were opened for the furnishing of sodium chlo- ride. Low quotation was by (Turn to page 4) 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. LILLIAN MAXWELL 202 Mount Joy Street Mount Joy, Penna. Mrs. Maxwell, for a num- ber of years one of Mount Joy’s crossing guards for school children, is at home convalescing from major sur- gery. The matter is expected to come up for additional dis- cussion at the council’s next meeting on Monday night, March 1. About a half dozen parking meters are involved along the north side of Marietta be- tween Main and the bridge. Another parking situation on south Market avenue be- tween the railroad and Wood street. Council placed its OK on a plan to establish angle park- ing in front of the Ben Stal- ey home. The decision based on the mayor’s recommenda- tion. Council also passed on voice vote (8-1) to accept from the Mount Joy Library and to hang in the church chamber a picture of the late K. T. Keller, one of the borough’s most successful men in indus- try and one of the town’s ma- jor benefactors. A proposed plan to estab- lish a trailer court was pre- sented by Robert Kling. He proposes to provide plac- es for ten trailers on a lot 200x200 feet between Square street and Clay alley immedi- ately west of the White Owl tobacco warehouse, His ques- tions concerned curb require- (Turn to page 5) LIBRARY ELECTS Albert C. Newlin, 220 East Main street, has been re-elec- ted president of the Mount Joy Library Board. He was named Monday night, Jan. 25, at the library organization’s annual meet- ing, held at the library cen- ter. Other clude: Mrs. Thomas W. O’Connor, first vice-president; Mrs. Jas. Heilig, second vice-president; Mrs. Richard Schwartz, sec- retary; Charles O. Groff, treasurer; Mrs. Heilig, Henry officers elected in- G. Carpenter, M. George Fitzkee and Ronald Haw- thorne, directors for three years, and Donald Zielke, di- rector for one year. Fitzkee, Hawthorne and Zielke were newly elected to the board, the latter assum- ing the directorship released by the resignation of Warren Foley. ROTARY SPEAKER Leland Bull, former Secre- tary of Agriculture of the Commonwealth of Pennsyl- vania, will be the speaker on Tuesday noon, Feb. 9, at the luncheon meeting of the Mt. Joy Rotary club. The occasion will be the annual Farmer-Rotary Day. held at Hostetters. Bull, who served the Com- monwealth for many years, is now connected with Pennsyl- vania State university. Arrangements for the pro- gram are being made by Har- old Endslow. GOLF ASSOCIATION The Mount Joy Golf Asso- ciation will hold a reorganiza- tional meeting at the Mount Joy American Legion Wed- nesday evening, Feb. 10, at 8:15 p.m. All members or prospective members interested in the future of the Association are urged to attend the meeting. The gold organization has been in existence for seven years and h bershi years as a membership
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