EDITORIALS
MOUNT JOY, PENNA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 1971
Need Money for Memorial Day
A week from Saturday, Mount Joy will stage
its annual Memorial Day parade,
the Community Council.
sponsored by
Plans for the big event virtually are complet-
ed and indications are that a good parade will be
ready ‘by step-off time.
However, there is one very large
problem.
Those responsible for putting the parade to-
gether and for paying the bills have revealed that
finances are lagging and that money is n
eeded.
Estimates are that approximately $3,000 is the
price tag for the parade and for the other activi-
ties connected with the Mount Joy Memorial Day
weekend.
Last week, it was reported that something
just ever
committee,
$1.000 has been received by the finance
leaving a need for substantial funds.
Contributions are needed and may be made
‘to the committee. James Heilig is financial chair-
man.
Take a Hard Look at Danger
Following a recent fatal traffic accident at
the intersection of State Road 222 and 897, near
Adamstown, a team of state safety engineers made
an on-spot inspection with a view to making some
suggestions to help prevent future crashes at that
dangerous crossing.
This inspection—and changes which may be
made—was made AFTER the fatality.
Take a quick look at just three local traffic
hazards.
1—The curve on Road 141 at the Mount Joy
cemetery.
2. New Haven and Donegal streets.
3—Donegal Springs Road and Angle street.
The first is the scene of fatal and numerous
accidents.
Second is one of the most dangerous intersec-
tions in the borough. There have been MANY
crashes at that corner, including another just a
few days ago.
The third is a wide-open corner but one which.
is the scene of a death and of numerous crashes,
one as recently as last week. - Po
Each spot has its own particular reasons :
being dangerous. Each needs a different remedy,
probably.
Every one of the three is known to be a haz-
ard, yet months and years go by and iho one does
anything about the situations.
Have we become so calloused about auto ac-
cidents that we do nothing nothing nothing until
there is some kind of a super spectacular kind of
killing?
someone else dies?
Why can't we do something BEFORE wn
PS... At the cemetery curve—there is a fortuitous
cpportunity right NOW to take a big step toward
improving that situation!
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New Memorial Book Policy
Directors of the Mount Joy
Library met Monday evening
May 17 at the Library Center
Previously, the directors
had been informed by the
Lancaster County Library
that all donations for Memor-
ial ‘Books would be put in a
fund and the donor wouldn’t
be able to pick a specific book.
The selection of the books
would be taken care of by
the Lancaster Library Staff.
Not satisfied with this ar-
rangement, the Mount Joy di-
rectors decided to appoint a
committee to select and pur-
chase memorial books. The
committee will be responsible
for processing the books and
then they will be sent to the
Lancaster Library for catalog-
ing, which is a free service,
and returned to the Mt. Joy
Library.
Anyone interested in do-
nating a Memorial book send
their checks to the Mt. Joy
Library.
The Mount Joy Library
will sponse: a Book Fair on
May 29, between the hours
of 10 am. and 5 pm. The
committee urges that book
donations be made early so
that they may be priced and
catagorized before the day of
sale. Books may be taken to
Albert Newlin Interiors, W.
Main street or call for pick-
up.
The Mt. Joy Library will
be closed Saturday, May 29,
and Monday, May 31, for the
Memorial Day Holiday.
PAPER DRIVE
The Mount Joy Mennonite
Youth Fellowship is sponsor-
ing a paper drive on Satur-
day, May 22. Piease have the
papers wrapped and along
the road. All those interested
in halping call either 426-
1645 or 653-1091. Papers will
also be collected at the Mt,
Joy Mennonite church be-
tween 8 and 10 a.m. Satur-
day.
25,000th Phone
Mrs. Linda Kopp, 27 North
Sixth St., Columbia, is the
proud recipient of Columbia-
United Telephone Company's
25,000th telephone!
Considering the company’s
inauspicious beginning in
1895, the phone company,
which also serves Mount Joy,
views with pride the recent
instailation.
By 1900, there were 246
telephones—51 of which were
in Mount Joy—in the Colum-
bia system.
Today, the original com-
pany having been merged in
1965 with the Eastern Group
of the United Telephone com-
pany, has a plant investment
of more than $10 million and
almost 90 employees.
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GEORGE L. MUMPER .
George L. Mumper, 96, for-.
mer resident of Mount Joy,
died Wednesday, at
the United Church of Christ
Home, Annville, after an ill-
ness of several weeks, He has
91 survivors,
Born in Perry County, a
son of the late Arnold R. and
Mary C. Mumper, he was a
member of the Elizabethtown
United Church of Christ
since 1918. His wife, Minnie
M. Leiby Mumper, died in
1958.
Surviving are five children,
Mary, wife of Warren Eshel-
man, Wrightsville; Carrie
(Mrs. Martin) Ney, Mount
Joy; Ralph, Neffsville; Mild-
red, wife of Norman S. Ma-
teer, and George Jr., both of
Mount Joy; three stepchild-
ren, Myrtle, wife of John
Bender, Milton Grove; Clar-
ence Fry, Landisburg; and
Benjamin Fry, Aspers, Pa.
Also surviving are 24 grand
children; 53 great-grandchild-
ren and six great-great-
grandchildren.
Services were held from
the Nissley funeral home on
Saturday, May 15, and burial
was made in the Blain Union
cemetery, Blain, Pa., in Per-
ry county.
CARRIE M, ATKINS
Mrs, Carrie M. Atkins, 61,
wife of Albert S. Atkins, 23
N. Queen St., Maytown, died
Wednesday, May 12, at 12:45
a.m. in St. Joseph’s hospital.
She had been under the care
of a physician.
Born _in_ Lancaster Town-
ship, a daughter of the late
‘Milton and Carrie Kellenber-
ger Rudy, "she resided in
© Maytowa since 1945 and was
.a member of St. John’s Luth-
eran church, Maytown.
~Inv-addition to her husband,
she is survived by four child-
ren, Ruth E., wife of Jay W.
Kauffman, Lancaster; Davis
H., Phoenix, Ariz.; Thelma
M., wife of Christian J. Mil-
ler, with whom she resided;
and Robert S. Strasburg; 14
grandchildren; one great
granddaughter; and four sis-
ters, Mrs. E. Pearl Denlinger,
Lancaster; Mrs. Katheryn
Hall, Reading; Mrs. Miriam
C. Pickel, Lancaster; and
Ruth E. wife of Abram
Haines, Mount Joy.
Services were held from
caster, Friday afternoon,
the Groff funeral home, Lan-
caster, on Friday afternoon,
May 14, and burial was made
in Riverview Burial Park..
WILLIAM C. DOVE
William C. Dove, of Glen
Ridge, N. J., purchasing ag-
ent for RCA electronic com-
ponents, died Friday, May 3,
of a heart attack
He formerly lived on
Springville Read, in Mount
Joy and moved to Lancaster
before going to New Jersey.
He joined RCA in 1951 at
If You Would Write - -
Would vou like to write to
your state or federal repre-
sentatives in Harrisburg or
Washington? Here are their
addresses:
FEDERAL
Sen. Hugh D. Scott, Room
260, Senate Office Building,
Washington, D. C., 20515.
Sen. Richard S. Schweiker,
Room 4317, Senate Office
Building, Washington, D. C,,
20515.
Rep. Edwin D. Eshleman,
416 Cannon House Office
Bldg... Washington, D.C.
20515. J
STATE
Senator Richard A. Snyder,
Box 21, State Senate, Harris-
burg, Pa. 17120.
Rep. Jack B. Horner, 23-A
S .Market St., Elizabethtown
17022.
Or, Call the Mayor -
MAYOR
Henry R. Zerphey
Call 653-2289
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: purchasing in 1957,
1962 was appointed manager
of purchasing for the RCA
“television ‘picture tube divis-
May 12, at,
the Harrison, N. J., plant and
two years later was promot-
ed to buyer for the RCA elec-
= tron tube division plant at
Lancaster.
He was named administra-
tor of production material
and in
jon in Lancaster. :
. In 1966, Dove was appoint
ed. purchasing ‘agent for RCA
electronic. components and
devices and moved to “the
Harrison headquarters.
He was a graduate of Rut-
gers University and a Navy
veteran of World War II. He
was a member of the Nation-
al Association of Purchasing
‘Agents and an active official
‘in ‘the Parent-Teacher Associ-
ation.
He leaves his wife, Mrs,
Laura Riker Dove, one son
and two daughters.
J. HAROLD KAUFFMAN
J. Harold Kauffman, 74, of
595 Church St. Landisville,
died Thursday, May 13, at 5
a.m. in General hospital af-
ter an illness of four weeks.
Born in East Hempfield
Twp., a son of the late Mor-
ris K. and Emma Baker
Kauffman, he was a retired
farmer and a member of the
Landisville Mennonite church
He and his wife, Minnie
Holbein Kauffman, observed
their 50th wedding anniver-
sary on Feb. 17.
In addition to his widow,
he is survived by five child-
ren, J. Harold Jr., Lancaster;
Richard H., Columbia Rl;
Erma, wife of Titus B. Ston-
er, Landisville; Robert H., of
Elizabethtown R1; and Anna
Mae, at home; also 19 grand-
children; three brothers and
a sister, D. Baker Kauffman,
Landisville; Mrs. Monroe
Garber, Mount Joy R2; Rob-
ert L. Kauffman, Landisville;
.and Wilbur Kauffman, Silver
Spring.
Services were
the
church Sunday at 2 p.m. and
burial was made in the Silver
Spring cemetery.
held from
CHRISTIAN H. STONER
Christian H. Stoner, 74, of
430 Donegal Springs Road
died at St. Joseph's hospital
at 11:56 a. m. Monday, May
17.
The husband of Marie Hes-
slet W. Stoner and son of the
late Rohrer and Katie Hostet-
ter Stoner, he was a retired
farmer,
He was a member of the
Mount Joy Mennonite church
of Men’s Bible Class, and the
Kraybill Cemetery Board.
Surviving, in addition to
his wife, are a son, J. Lloyd
Stoner, Mount Joy; 4 grand-
children and four sisters,
Mrs. Frank Weidman, Mount
Joy; Ada, wife of the Rev,
Ames L. Hess, Mount Joy R1
and Esther Stoner and Cath-
erine Stoner, both of Mount
Joy.
Services were held Thurs
day, at 10 a.m. from the Mt.
Joy Mennonite church and
burial was made in the Kray-
bill cemetery.
REV. ABRAM ESHELMAN
The Rev. Abram. N. Eshel-
man, 71, husband of Alice
Heisey Eshelman, Mount Joy
R2, died at 1 p. m. Friday,
May 14, at the General hos-
pital after a brief illness.
Born in Mount Joy R2, he
was a son of the late Rev.
Hiram and Emma Nornhold
Eshe’'man and was a member
of the West Greentree Church
of the Brethren.
A retired farmer, he was a
minister of the church since
1935, served as church meoed-
erator from 1942 to 1963 and
was district moderator for 2
years, He was also on the
district ministerial board for
6 years,
In addition to his widow,
he is survived by two child-
ren, E. Jean, wife of E. Eu-
gene Deemer, Lancaster and
the Rev. James M., Mount
Joy R2; three grandchildren;
a brother, Jacob N., Mt. Joy
R2, and" a sister, Mary M.,
wife of John A. Kline, Mt.
Joy.
Services were held Monday
afternoon from the Green
Tree Church of the Brethren
Landisville Mennonite .
the firemen
and burial was made in the
adjoining cemetery.
J. WESLEY BURRIS
J. Wesley Burris, 84, of 144
West High street, Maytown,
died Saturday, May 15 at
home,
He was the husband of
Florence Byers Burris and
was retired from the Savoy
Shoe Co. of Elizabethtown.
Besides his wife, he is sur-
vived by three sons, Walter,
‘Elizabethtown R1, Ray, Mar-
jetta R1, and Clarence, Bain-
bridge R.D., and two grand-
children.
Services were held Tues-
day afternoon from the My-
ers funeral home, Newport,
and ‘burial was made in the
Newport cemetery.
GRADUATED
Miss Alice Kleiner, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Albzert
J. Kleiner, west Main street,
received a bachelor of arts
degree magna cum laude in
early childhood education
from Hood College in Freder-
ick, Md., Saturday, May 15.
Dr. James E. Allen, Jr,
former U. S. Education Com-
missioner under the Nixon
administration and currently
heading a two-year Explora-
tory Program in Education &
Public Affairs at Princeton
university, delivered the com-
mencement address at the lib-
eral arts coilege.
Miss Kleiner was a mem-
ber of the Dance Club and
the Dramatics Club, and was
the director of the _Sopho-
more Revue. She plans to
teach after graduation.
© New Fire Truck
(From page 2)
before, yet offering more and
better controls.
The machine was manufac-
tured in Hamburg, Pa., by
the Hahn company. Q
Hose include 2,000 feet of
3-inch, 400 feet 214’ .and 500
feet of 114’ —totaling 3,150
feet, Sha row
Probably the only-‘“éxtra”
built into. the truck:are sev-
eral panels of aluminum, lo-
cated in areas which -normal-
ly are painted aluminum but
because they are floor pieces
and are easily and quickly
skuffed and marred, need re-
touching frequently.
The approximately $34,500
which has been paid for the
truck and equipment has
been raised by’ the efforts of
through many
kinds of projects, plus contri-
butions of industries, busines-
ses and individuals.
These are tremendously
appreciated by the company,
Chief Good emphasized and
he added that it has been a
matter of pride that the com-
pany has been able to pur-
chase the truck at no taxa-
tion burden to the communi-
ty.
Balance of the total funds
needed are to be paid on the
note .as rapidly as possible,
he explained, thereby elimin-
ating interest charges.
The 1931 pumper truck
which is being replaced has
been housed in a SICO gar-
age until it is sold. It is of-
fered without ‘equipment.
No official housing cere-
monies have been arranged
as yet, but appropriate exer-
cises will be pianned and an-
nounced, the chief said.
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