Shedding the Image ————— The Mount Joy BULLETIN MOUNT J OY, PENNA. 17552 Published Weekly on Wednesdays Except Fourth of July Week and Christmas Week (50 Issues Per Year) 11 EAST MAIN STREET, MOUNT JOY, PENNA, 17352 In the heart of fab Richard A. Rainbolt Editor and Publisher wlous Lancaster County Subscription Rate—$3.00 per year by mail $3.50 Outside Lancaster County ton 1 Advertising Rates upon request, Entered at the post office at Mount Joy, Penna., as second class mail under the Act of March 3, 1879. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 1971 EDITORIALS --- At the March meeting of the Done- gal School Board and of the Donegal School Authority, it was decided to install air conditioning in the new Riverview elementary L ilding. At the time the $38,000 expendi- ture was ‘being debated, it was brought out that the school does not, at the present time, have definite plans for using the building during the summer months of vacation. Although no one was able to say when there would be such a program, it was made clear that without air conditioning, it is not completely realistic. to even develop such a pro- ject. ‘However, since the boards have voted to install the class room air con- ditioners, there has been considerable talk in the county and from state lev- els concerning yearround use of school ‘buildings. Governor Shapp has called upon educators to consider a lengthened school year. Speaking at the University of Pitts burgh, he said, “The year-round school is not likely to save money in the sense of reducing the total school bud- get, because what you save by not KH You Would Write - - Would you like to write to your state or federal representatives in Har- risburg or Washington? Here are their addresses: FEDEKAL Sen. Hugh D. Scott, Room 260, Sen- ate Office Building, Washington, D. C. 20515. Sen. Richard S. Schweiker, Room 4317, Senate Office Building, Washington D.C. 20515. Rep. Edwin D House Oflice Bldg., 20515. Eshleman, 416 Cannon Washington, D. C STATE Senator Richard A. Snyder, Box 21, State Senate, Harrisburg, Pa. 17120. Rep. Jack B. Horner , 23-A .S. Market St., Elizabethtown 17022. Or, Call the Mayor - MAYOR Henry R. Zerphey Call 653-2289 having to add to classroom capacity, vou lose by having to be open and to pay a staff for 12 months instead of nine or ten. “But, there is a net gain, education- ally and socially if not financially which makes it distinctly worth- while.” At any rate, Donegal is now pre- pared to make a step into year-round use of at least one of its buildings. Perhaps a good beginning would be an exciting summer program. Such a project was tried by the district several years ago. Although it was not phenomenally successful, as meas- ured by numbers of participants, there was great personal benefit for those who did take part. It is a good bet that there will be 12-months school within the not too distant future. Now, with a school equipped, it seems desirable that a summer program be studied carefully wn by Donegal. KINDS OF KINGS Throughout the ages, kings have been the rulers of the vast majority of people. Today, kings are as strong or as weak as the people allow, The most powerful king is worKING The most dangerous king is tricKING The most intelligent king is thinKING The laziest king is shirKING . The funniest king is joKING The thirstiest king is drinKING The slyest king is winKING The smallest king is shrinKING The noisiest king is talKING Thought of the Week -- KINDNESS After Benjamin Franklin had re- ceived a letter thanking him for hav- ing done a kindness, he replied: “As to the kindness you mention, I wish I could have been of more ser- vice to you than I have been, but if I had, the cnly thanks that I sheuld de- sire are that you would always be ready to serve any other person that may need your assistance, and so let good offices go around, fer mankind are all of a family. As for my own part, when I am employed in serving others I do not look upon myself as conferring favors but paying debts.” Others are saying --- ADVERTISING MAKES IT GO Mrs, Virginia H. Knauer, President Nixon’s consumer adviser, is quoted in a news dispatch at telling the adver- tising industry it will either have to reform itself or be re- formed by the government. She says, ‘“‘As I travel around the country, one question keeps recurring from the housewives I meet. They want to know why so many ads treat women like child- ren, like 3rd graders. Should the American housswife be treated like a moron? Is the best selling appeal one which insults a person’s intelligence? . . ..” Unfortunately, in ad- vertising as in any other hu- man undertaking, there are those that Mrs. Knauer terms “ . . not so decent, not so honorable. There are those who believe integrity is some- thing one can sell or buy for a few dollars.” While paying due heed to the words of the President's consumer adviser, one should not lose sight of the fact that advertising is an indispens- able feature of the free mark- et. Millions of reputable firms present through advertising for consumer consideration the goods and services which make life not only pleasant but liveable. Informative ad- vertising saves consumers’ money and promotes high- volume distribution of luxur- ies, as well as nece:sities. It tells the consumer what is av- ailable in the marketplace and where. Mrs. Knauer might have added that those guilty of shoddy, misleading advertis- ing are fooling no one in the long run for the simple rea- son consumers are far from morons and through the exer- cise of free chpice can reject products that are .accompan.- ied by objectionable promo- tion. SHOULD WE RE-VAMP THE P.T.A.? We long have felt that the so-called ‘generation gap” is more talk than reality. Gene- ration after generation since time began has had its differences which the one preceding has been un- able to fully comprehend. And in a few years the pres- ent younger generation will be expressing the inability to understand those a few years younger. It's nothing new — and recently merely has be- come a sort of whipping-past for airing all sorts of ideas. But the idea which has been proposed informally here as well as in several areas of the county that the age-old Parent Teachers As- sociation be expanded to in- clude Parents, Teachers—and now, Students, is actually a good idea worth examining. Our conversations with many area parents, as well as teachers, has definitely given us the idea that P.T.A. pro- (Turn to page 3) 5 It is unlawful for any per- son to erect any scaffolding upon or over any sidewalk in the borough or to store upon any sidewalk any material or equipment used in construc- tion or repairs to the side- walk or in the construction of any vault thereunder, un- less there shall be left a pas- sageway for pedestrians at least four feet in width along- side such scaffolding or other obstruction. COMEDY SPUTTER-EIGHT AGENCY|=1 1 ow CORNER Jo “I'm trying to force them to give me a decent trade-in to get it off the street!” ——— als Arnal I al
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