By R.A.R. You might like to mark this down for the ques- tion comes up regularly a- bout this time of year ® ® o Daylight Savings ends on Saturday night, October 30, ® ® © Just before retiring that might is the proper time to turn the clocks back to East- ern Standard Time. ee © o A couple of other dates— Marietta’s Halloween parade is set for Friday night, Oct. 29 Mount Joy will see iis spooks, goblins, etc marching the next night. ee © eo And, while you are mark ing your calendar, note that Tuesday, Nov. 2, is election day. e ® oO What had promised to be a tremendously thrilling trip to Baltimore on Saturday to see the first game of the World Series turned sour for Mike Pricio, Donegal Heights and a friend from Hershey. ® ® Oo After the game, they re- turned to the stadium park- ing lot to Pricio’s auto to find that the car had been strip- ped—battery, tape deck, golf clubs, etc etc. ® Oo Oo Police said that an out-of- state car is a prime target for such thefts. ® ® ® Last week we mentioned some dates. ® # ® Here is another which you need to assimilate into the new schedule. Veterans’ Day, beginning this fall, is not on Armistice Day, but is on Oc- oe © o The change from the ftra- ditional and actual day that hostilities of the First World War were ended is part of the “Monday Holidays” which now are part of the scene, oe © o The Veterans Day observ- ance will cause a mail dis- ruption similar to the one this week when Columbus Day occurred on October 11 instead of October 12. Mount Joy's ONLY Newspaper VOL. 71. NO. 20 Devoted to the Best Interest and Welfare of Mount Joy MOUNT JOY, PENNA.,, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13. 1971 TEN CENTS Borough Council Accepts Pair of Bids Two bids were accepted and a borough police officer was granted retirement Mon- day night, Oct. 11, -as Bor- ough Council held its month- ly meeting in the borough building. At a price of $9,167.88, Garber Motor company of Elizabethtown was successful bidder from among five to furnish a dump truck (Ford) to the borough. An old truck is to be traded in. Only one bid, submitted by Elmer Z. Ginder, was made to remodel the borough offic- es. His figure was $2,853. Work is to be begin as soon as materials necessary are de- livered. 3 Police Patrolman Michael Good "became the first bor- ough police officer to be granted retirement. He re- cently has been off duty for health reasons. Retirement becomes effective as of Octo- ber 1. He will be allowed re- tirement at two percent be- low normal because of his particular =~ situation, which has been reviewed by the Commonwealth attorney gen- eral and the supervisors of police pensions. Good served the communi- ty as police officer . for 19 years, including an interval as chief, The Mount Joy Athletic As- sociation presented a Five- Year Program to council, covering its proposed im- provements in the borough parks, covering baseball fields, rest rooms, concession stands, bleachers, fences, ete, The program is estimated to reach a cost of $9,200. Representatives of the or- Trick or Treat Night Friday night, Oct, 29, will be “Trick or Treat” night in Mount Joy! Announcement of the annual date was made Monday night at the October meeting of the Bor- ough Council by Mayor Henry Zerphey, The next night Saturday night, October 30 — the annual Halloween Parade, sponsored by the Lions club and the community, will be staged for masked and costumed participants. -... 1ua3t year council == $1,200. The year before ganizations, including Presi- lent George McCue, asked council to give its indication of continued financial assist- ance. Council declined to make a long-term commit- ment but did not discourage yearly requests for funds. provided the figure was approximately $2.- 400, that all con- cessions at the October 30 Halloween parade in Mount Joy are to be locally spon- sored. They are to be requir- ed to have vendors permits but at no fee. Council said An alleged “unhealthy con dition” was reported by a cif- izen concerning a situation on Hopewell street. The mat- ter was placed in the hands of the Borough Health Offic- ep, Firemen House New Truck Friendship Fire Co. No. 1, Mount Joy, officially housed its 1971 Hahn Pumper, Satur- day afternoon, Oct. 9. The dedication, under the direction of James B. Heilig, master of ceremonies, featur- New Flood Lights at Park Soon—and hopefully before Veterans Day on October 25 a new lighting system at Mt. Joy’s Memorial Park is to be installed by the Walter S. Ebersole Post American Le- gion. Under consideration for several months, the project was announced officially this week by James Buehler, Le- gion chairman of the project. Plans call for flood lights on both the memorial plaque and on the flag pole. Since the memorial was erected several years ago, only the plaque has been il- luminated by two lights, ‘Of This and That’ With the World Series in full swing, and with an ar- ticle on “bubble gum cards’ in the Oct, 11 issue of ‘Time’ magazine, the display this week in the Mount Joy Bui- letin’s window is quite time- ly and appropriate! The display features some 400 old - time “tobacco cards,” encased in cellophane to preserve them, and depict- ing baseball players, cars and other objects of a by-gone day. They are in full color, about two inches by three inches in size, and make an interesting “conversation piece” for the passersby on Main street. “There’s Ty Cobb!” one elderly man said, as he care- fully scanned the scores of little pictures. “And there's Joe Tinkers and there's John- ny Evers! I'd not thought a- bout those people for a long, long time!” The cards are of a 1910 vintage, so are about 60 years old. They are from the collection of O. K. Snyder, local insurance man. The article in “Time” was about bubble gum cards of the 1930’s until now, which are much more recent but definitely collectors’ items! Frank Nagy, who has some 500,000 of the little by the editor's wife says that his most valuable one is a “1910 Honus Wag- ner.” (We looked in Mr. Snyder's collection in the Bulletin window but failed to find one of these very scarce and val- uable cards!) * 2 2 One hundred pages mouth-watering goodness! These words might be used to describe the Donegal Cook- book, which found its way into our hands this week. (Turn to page 3) of 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. John Nentwig Market Avenue Mount Joy, Pa. Mr. Nentwig, who for ‘many years was employed by ‘the Bachman Chocolate Mfg. Co., underwent major surg- ery on Tuesday at the Poly- cards, clinic hospital in Harrisburg. ” which, in effect, are only temporary fixfures. They are the type which are simply stuck into the ground. The new system, Buehler explained, will be a perman- ent type, one focused onto the plaque and the other—a special fixture which throws a “pencil beam” high into the air—will cast a beacon upon the flag which flies over the park and is part of the com- munity’s continuing respect to its war dead. The flag light will make it possible to fly a flag both day and night, adding a special kind of tribute which is a growing way to salute the nation’s heroes. All wiring will be under ground and will be attached at the present service pole a- long the alley south of the park. A small gravel circle will be installed around each of the two new fixtures to fa- cilitate mowing & trimming. The project will cost about $100, Buehler said, with the installation work done by members of the Mount Joy Post of the Legion. The project is being done under the overall direction of the Community Council, which is in charge of the park’s development. ‘41 Pumper Sold Friendship Fire company’s 1941 LaFrance pumper has been sold and has left Mount Joy. The truck was sold for $400 cash to a used equip- ment dealer in Philadelphia. He accepted delivery last week and drove the truck away from its ‘retirement” housing in the SICQ., garage, where it has been stored since the company accepted delivery of its new Hahn last summer. Radio, bell and other signi- ficant equipment was remov- ed before the sale. Local firemen believe that the new owner will refurbish the truck and sell it to some small community in need of used equipment. ed Paul Knier, county fire marshall, as main speaker. A brief presentation of his- torical highlights of the fire company was given by Geo. Hedrick, local fireman. The actual housing was un- per the direction of Thomas Markley, chief engineer of the company. A luncheon was served fol- lowing the dedication, prepar- ed by the ladies auxiliary, Firemen were disappointed by the small attendance of citizens, and especially by the lack of attendance of bor- ough councilmen, mayor, bor- ough manager and safety committee, The only repre- sentative of local government was Elmer Zerphey, president of borough council, and an active fireman for many years and past president of the com- pany. Among the guests were recresentatives of a number of fire companies of Zone 7, including a group from Man- heim. The firemen again want to thank publicly everyone in the community for their gen- erous support over the past years, and now during the fund drive now in progress. Council passed a motion asking the new borough manager to move his resi dence into the borough by the end of the year. Council altered its policy concerning attendance-pay of its own members. A $15 per month fee previously has been paid if a member at- tends the body’s stat §} mon- thly meeting. Now the pay- ment is to be made whether there is attendance or not at that meeting or not, Borough tax collector, Steve E. Leatherman, was granted permission to mail notices concerning overdue tax pay- ments. Notices are to be sent by November 1. Policy concerning accept ance of sewage at the Mount Joy disposal plant from the Donegal Heights area was briefly discussed and it was noted that in the near future a joint meeting between the council and the Borough Au- thority is to be held to furth- er prcbe the matter. A “stop sign” was authoriz- ed to be placed on Hill Sf. at its intersection with Orch- ard Road. Another traffic control mat- ter was settled as council ap- proved a proposal by Mayor Zerphey to lengthen from 235 to 50 feet the parking prohib- itations along Marietta Ave. at Poplar street and Pinker- ton Road. Sewer Plant fo be Studied How and what to do about sewers in the Donegal Heights area, south of Mount Joy is one of the questions facing officials of the borough. One of the fastest growing areas in the community, it is outside the borough and therefore does not have ac- cess to sewer connections. Each property has its own “on lot” disposal system. However, some homes in the development have been built 10, 15 and more years and problems are beginning. East Donegal township, in which the development is lo- cated, has made strong ap- proaches through legal chan- nels, seeking to arrange for connecting a sewer collecting system to the Mount Joy sew- age disposal system. However, at this time there appears the possibility that the sewage plant may not have sufficient capacity to handle the Donegal Heights territory as an additional load. Because there is a question; particularly because capacity is involved, Borough Author- ity last week ordered its con- sulting engineers in Harris- General burg to make a study of the plant, looking to the possbil- ity of updating and modern- izing the plant, which was originally built about four- teen years ago. However, in the pastt Mt. Joy Borough has maintained a policy of offering sewer 2nd Charlotte Eberly, Mrs. property within the borough. Within rather close bound- aries, that plan has been maintained since sewers first were installed in the bor- ough, If——and when—sewer ser- vice is made available to Donegal Heights, the policy must be relaxed, setting a new standard of borough ser- vices. And, a new approach to payments for connections and service, Both Borough Counci: and Borough Authority have been involved in Donegal Heights discussions over a period of (Turn to page 6) HEART OPERATION John Bowman, 35 Colum- bia avenue, underwent heart surgery Monday, Oct. 11, at hospital. eft *H ydtey «37 ‘fof JUOLH Be » ap LuS J
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