ART I dent. In the very popular and beautiful Broadway musical, SAMPLE COPY = BULLETIN Mount Joy's ONLY Newspaper — VOL. 70. NO. 39. MOUNT JOY PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 1971 Devoted to the Best Interest and Welfare of Mount Joy TEN CENTS wre oe wna Make Parking One Side of Marietta Ave. the mythical country of King Arthur. ®e © o But, the point is that in an absolute guarantee, the song says, that winter departs on March 2. ee © ® That date was this week. — in 1971. ee © ® Has winter, truly disap- peared? ® @® ® Hanging on the north wall of the meeting room of the Mount Joy borough building is a picture of one of Mount Joy’s mest famous men—and one of the community’s bene- factors. ® oOo © A handsome picture of the late K. T. Keller has been hung this week, keeping a promise made to the Keller family many months ago. ®e © o Shortly following his death (in 1966),) his family offered the borough an oil painting under glass, which was com- missioned by Chrysler corpor- ation, of which he was presi- ®e © o The picture had hung in the Mount Joy Library but recently was given to the borough for re-location, ®e © Keller began work at 13 as a drill press operator and rose to the pinacle of Ameri- can industrial power. At one time he gave the borough a fire pumper which still is used by Friendship Fire com- pany No. 1, ® © © It will be a while until it is needed, but last week workmen began installing a . new central air conditioning system in the Mount Joy post office. ee © © Recently, actions taken by (Turn to page 8) Working through a long evening of business, Mount Joy Borough Council Monday, March 1, tackled four “no parking” situations, moved to repair curbs and sidewalks, discussed the possibility of buying a street sweeper and approached the legalities of changing the structure of council itself, Shifting its position slightly on a desire to widen the traf- fic lanes on Marietta avenue, Council voted to make the north side of that thorough- fare “no parking” from Main to New Haven streets. Previously, council had voted to restrict parking on the north side from Main to the railroad bridge and on the south side from the bridge to the borough limits. The changed pattern was recommended by Mayor Hen- ry Zerphey. Council voted favorably, 8-1, on first read- ing. ; Reversing an action taken back in 1968, council agreed to the removal of ‘no parking’ signs at the Roy Lehman bus- iness on Wood street, Vote was 5 to 4. The signs were erected when Wood street was rebuilt and it was found. that the Lehman building was located on the very edge of the street The curb was allowed to be set inside the street line, Council Monday also voted 9 - 4 that the curb now be re-situated at its proper place on the property line — at the property owner’s expense. To allow convenient park- ing for “police cars only”, a parking space (by a vote of 8 to 1) was reserved in front of the office of Justice of the Peace Ray Knorr, One park- ing meter is to be taken away A fourth “parking” regula- tion went onto the books when council, voted a 72-hour parking limit on cars parked on borough streets. The regul- ation is aimed at cases of semi - permanent parking cars “on blocks ” being repaired and others which are licensed and inspected. The borough solicitor is fo draw the ordinance, including fines. Councilmen deadlocked in a discussion about purchasing a street sweeper. Point of di- vision was whether to buy new or used equipment. Several members of the council made a trip to Denver recently to see several mach: (Turn to page 4) Tells How Lititz Talk tS, America -- “Clear and Plain’? Is Developing An inside look into why the business district of Lititz is changing its appearance was given Mount Joy Rotarians on Tuesday noon at their weekly luncheon meeting, held at Hostetters. The profile of improvement was given by Robert Derck of Lititz, a registered landscape architect who has helped lead the business community into a new look. By a fortunate set of cir- cumstances, the principal business street is slowly, if not, in fact, rather rapidly moving toward a coordinate appearance which is designed to have an inviting charm and appeal which is best expres- sed in Derch’s slogan, “Lititz, a unique place to live and a unique place to shop.” Store fronts are appearing in new dress and new design, All are atuned to a “Williams- burg” look. Street lights, trees, signs, paint, shutters, etc. are being involved to cre- ate a shopping center effect (Turn to page 7) ‘Of This and That’ March ‘came in like a lamb’ on Monday, so we have a feeling that this col- umn is going to have the flav- or of spring. Of course, before this week’s paper is on the press, and before this column is printed, there may be snow on the ground and icicles hanging from the eaves— That’s the way March is— changeable and unpredictable! But at least Sunday and Monday gave us a preview of spring. The air was mild, the sun had a nostalgic warmth, and humanity was outdoors, making the most of it. Tipped off by Mrs. Mary Fitzkee, we drove over to Washington Boro Sunday af- ternoon, to see the thousands of waterfowl on the Susque- hanna: river, including a large flock of spectacularly beauti- ful swans. We were by no means alone. Dozens of cars were parked along the road that follows the river, and people were out on the bank, with field glasses, watching the ducks, geese and swans. It was quite a sight! There were thousands of them. Most were in the water, but there was a constant parade of the more active ones, rising from the river to circle around for awhile and then land again with their friends. We understand that last Friday morning thousands of; by the editor's wife the MOST adventuresome pas- sed over Mount Joy, headed north, What we saw on the river Sunday must have been their more timorous cousins, waiting for a warmer breeze tor tempt them north, It must have come, for our ‘‘star re- porter” told us most of them seemed to be heading north on Monday. Does their early ‘passage’ this year foretell an early spring? We can hope so! % Ww * The pussywillow “catkins” have been swelling, and a handful of twigs broken from the tree in our back yard last Thursday and brought into the warm house rewarded us with a “bouquet’’ of furry lit- tle buds by Saturday! Incidentally, the pussywil- low is a “tree” which was on- ly a twig itself in a vase in the Bulletin window a few years ago, brought to us by Daniel Brubaker, Poplar St. It is now some 20 feet tall! * ® x And Henry G. Carpenter, whose walled garden at Main and Delta streets is always full of interesting things — whether it be flowers, birds, small animals or what-have- you tells us that the snow- drops are in bloom now and that the crocuses soon will bel » #® » We heard two stories this , (Turn to page 3) : . \ “And it was as clear and plain as if we had been talk- ing from one Mount Joy tele- phone to another!” That is how Clyde Wivell described a 5,000-mile con- versation he and his family had Sunday with their daugh- ter, who is living in Receife, Brazil, South America. So what’s so unusual about a telephone convesation over a long long distance in t he South America, serving in the year 1971? First of all, it was not an ordinary telephone conversa- tion and, secondly, it’s next to impossible to make a tele- phone connection between Mt. Joy and Receife, Brazil. But, to begin at the begin- ning— The former Virginia Wivell and her husband, Donald Ranck, are now living. in Peace Corps at a place maybe 20-25 miles from Receife, It is a very poor area, in the back country, far from modern communications, in a territory which needs and help two young Americans can give it in the way of know-how and encourage- ment. A voice from home is just what the Rancks needed, So, (Turn to page 4) To Teach in Liberia During Sabbatical An Eastern Mennonite Col- lege professor, a native of Mount Joy, has been granted a Fulbright-Hays Lectureship to teach in Liberia during his upcoming sabbatical leave. He is Dr. James R. Bomber- ger, professor of English and director of freshman English at EMC, will teach English composition and literature at Cuttington College in Suak- oko, Liberia. Administered by Methodists and Episcopalians, Cuttington. college is about 235 years old and at present has an enrollment of about 300. The lectureship grant which includes transportation and housing for the Bomberger fa- mily—plus a ‘‘sizable stipend” was made under the Mutual Educational and Cultural Ex- change Act of 1961. The stat- ed purpose of the Act is to enable the U. S. Government “to increase mutual under- standing between the people of the United States and peo- ple of other countries by means of educational and cul- tural exchange.” By authority of the Act grants are made annually to U. S. citizens to go aboard and to foreign nationals to come here under the academ- ic and non-academic programs Recipients of grants this year have succeeded in an es- pecially close competition be- cause reducing funding for these activities has meant a sharp deduction in the num- ber of grants available. Cast in Musical At Harrisburg Asher S. Halbleib of Mid- dletown, formerly of Mount Joy, has been cast in the Har- risburg Community Theatre’s production of “On a Clear Day You Can See Forever.” The musical will open Mar. 6 and play Thursdays, Fri- days and Saturdays through March 27. Halbleib, a veteran amateur with credits in many produc- tions in the area, will play a psychiatric assistant to the show's male lead. “Naturally we are quite ex- D. M. Wolgemuth and the cited about the grant,” Dr. Bomberger said. ‘We plan to leave the end of May, visiting Hawaii, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Bangkok, and Nepal before arriving in Liberia in July.” A graduate of Teachers Col- lege, Columbia University, Dr. Bomberger received an Ed.D in the college teaching of English for a dissertation entitled: “A Survey of Eng. lish Scholarship™ to Discover and State Concepts That Should be Introduced into a Freshman English Program at Eastern Mennonite College.” He has an M.S. in Education from Temple University and a BAA. from EMC. Before joining the EMC faculty in 1961, he taught at Lancaster Mennonite high school for 4 years. He also edited two periodicals published by the Mennonite -~ Mission Boards, “Agape,” and ‘Missionary Messenger” as well as EMC’s self-study for the Southern Association of Colleges ‘and Schools. A native of Mount Joy, Dr. Bomberger is the son of Mrs. 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. LIZZIE KRAYBILL 315 Old Hershey Road Elizabethtown, Pa, 17022 Mrs. Kraybill, who will be 90 years old in October, was a resident of Mount Joy for many years. She now lives with a daughter, Mrs. Ken Stuckey. : ; late E. M. Bomberger, He is married to the former Doris Good, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Noah G. Good of Lan- caster. Residents of 880 Park- wood Drive, Harrisonburg, Va., the Bombergers are the parents of two children, Henor Society Inducts 22 Twenty-two Donegal high school students — 13 seniors and nine juniors — were in- ducted Tuesday, March 2, in- to the National Honor Socie- ty. Ceremonies were conducted by present members of the local chapter with the Rev. William Robert May, pastor of the Zion Lutheran chufch, Marietta, and member of the Donegal school. Those inducted included: Seniors — Jacqueline Bish, Merle Brubaker, Mary Jane Eshleman, Brenda Gainer, Joyce Gift, Deborah Swing- ler, Kenneth Kraybill, Gerald Musser, Linda Nissley, Rox- anne Russell, LuAnn Singer and Suzette Smith. Juniors — Patricia Buchan- an, Richard Buchanan, Leslie Engle, Georgeanne Fitzkee, Joan Little, Molly Fry, Mark: Gainer, Jean Heilig and Drew Hostetter. Induction program was held in the D.H.S. auditorium for a general school assembly. Following the services, members, their guests and the faculty were invited to a re- ception in the cafeteria. The ceremony participants included: Presiding Officer, Carol Zimmerman; Explanation of Scciety, Elizabeth Hallgren; Character, Carol Houseal; Leadership, Connie McNaugh- ton; Service Stephanie Shank; Scholarship, Patricia Greiner; Secretary, Nancy Kopp; Wel- come to New Members, Jane Stohler and Response for New Members, Mark Gainer. Others were: Principal Donald W. Drenner and Mary Jane Eshleman, organist. a a
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