, VOL. 71. NO. 30 By R.A.R. Then there was the fellow who was telling how his mo- 1- ther-in-law made what is an y- easy mistake this year, e ® oo o She put postage stamps on Tr the front of the Christmas ry cards she was mailing and f attached the fancy 1971 US. H post office Christmas Stamps 1, on the back, thinking that e they were one of the other Sy kind. h ® © o Another man joined in to - say that this year “it happen- ed.” The postage on the cards or cost him more than the cards “CEES themselves, ® oO oo e We mentioned last week a- u bout toll gates and the fact tat there were one between e Mount Joy and Florin. k ®e © eo 1, One of the people who re- e J members. such things has told I j us that such gates between t, two nearby communities 1. : were called “catch gates.” 3; There was one between Lan- ); disville and Salunga. A ® © eo } He also recalls that many a R person would bypass the Mar- e ’ ietta pike gate (located at the Fr i Eberle cemetery) by leaving d i Mt. Joy via Donegal Springs iS road, Cross Roads church, and Union School road (Angle St. ,, rs : extended) as they traveled to their season’s greetings. : This year, however, i- Marietta, yea w § ®e © eo One additional “toll -gate.. item. Toll was not charged if ~ the traveler was on his way to or from a funeral. ® © o 1, . Where does borough money k " come from? Taxes, mostly! gs That's the answer, y Specifically, the 1972 pro- d posed budget show that 42.3% o will come from real estate - taxes; 39.2 from enabling tax- o es (head tax, occupation tax d and earned income tax 39.2; Fe licenses and permits, 1.4; gifts and grants, 1.9; interests and rents, .7; fines and forfeits, 1- .4; miscellaneous, 7.9. ® © eo Included with miscellane- a Breas not be published and New Years. However, Holiday Mail not hit the huge, peak it does some years. Although the lation day fell for the 20,021 of last year. falls immediately ahead Dec. 25 brings the 12,000 plus pieces Wednesday, the 15th, were 10,000 plus. was a bulge hooping up to 13,767. that was the tops. 24,143 pieces counted. Lancaster, postal = AO = BULLETI Mount Joy's ONLY Newspaper Paper Next Week As has been the cus- tom for many years, the Mount Joy Bulletin will the week between Christmas the paper will be issued on regul- ar schedule the follow- ing week—January 5. Because the holiday falls at weekend, Christmas mail at the Mount Joy post office has crushing number of pieces of mail has been far a- bove normal, the peak cancel- short of Usually, the Monday which of heaviest crush of outgoing mail as pa- trons spend the weekend wri- ting, addressing and stamping Mon- day, Dec. 13, accounted for 13,000 plus on the mail coun- ter. Tuesday, the 14th, noted and on there Monday of this week, there in the count, But, The biggest count ever re- corded in Mount Joy was on Monday, Dec. 16, 1968, when of mail were Although outgoing mail Mt. Joy mail actually is sorted in employes here have been doing the can- celling this Christmas season before forwarding all mail to Lancaster, where it is sorted e ie and routed by a sophisticated ; A Rings 350 machine which has taken ov- e y Se ~. er the former hand-sorting rubbish » sollection, $3.00; job done at each individual d cable TV franchise $1, i post office. > Mount Joy receives no 3S state or federal funds for gen- a eral purpose use. The borough Post Office Hours does, however, anticipate - state aid of $24,243.77 from Mount Joy postmaster Jos- the state. That amount is a €Ph Shaeffer has announced nice increase from 1971 and that on Dec. 24 and Dec. 31, previous years. window hours will be from ®e © o 8 am. to 12 noon with the We're tempted —already— lobby remaining open until ? to ask, “Have you noticed 5:50 pam, Seliveis bi" all >: tting long- orma e ° fhe days ate SEUINGIONE: will oo given on both of these : oo o oo days. 1 For those who struggle off Dec. 25 and Jan. 1 Rese to work in the dark these Will be no receipt of mail, no a days and who often return dispatch and no deliveries. home after dusk has fallen, The post office will be closed e every day which turns dark. for the entire day including % ness back into light is a plus the lobby, to better living. a eo © o 2 Wednesday was the short- >- est day of this winter. So, we THE BULLETIN'S are slipping back toward - 8 longer days and shorter ee ne Cheer Club CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE Listed below is the name of, e A Christmas eve service a shut-in, an elderly person, | h i will be conducted at the First or thor JHeMber ot our n 1 Presbyterian church at 7:30 p, a message of any kind would m, 4 mean much. Your thoughtful- “ Special music will be pro {75% will be deeply apprecist vided by violinist, Glen Irwin §]ies. ’ and the church choir, The ser- % 3 mon will be of interest to Harry K. Hinkle Bh : both the children and the ad- 2331 Market Street a i ults, and is entitled “The Gol- Camp Hill, Pa. 17011 3 den Madonna.” The service : : will include the traditional Mr. Hinkle, a native of Mt. lighting of the candles: and Joy, is a member of Trinity carol singing. Those attending Lutheran church.’ ‘He is now may dress informally. living at the Camp Hill Luth- Everyone is welcome to all eran home. He will be 84 of the services at this church. years old on January 10. ek eR RR = > 3 C7 er * Ca BD Devoted to the Best Interest and Welfare of Mount Joy MOUNT JOY, PA. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22. 1971 ~ Graduated Gregory Brian, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Brian, 207 Frederick street, was among the 900 persons receiving de- grees Sunday, Dec. 18, at commencement exercises held at Penn State university. A graduate of Donegal high school, he received the Bach- elor of Science degree. ) < np TEN CENTS Newcomer to Take Oath Jan. 4 As of noon, Tuesday, Jan. 4 —according to present plans —Clarence C. Newcomer will become a U, S. Judge. Swearing in ceremonies which officially will seat him as a judge of the U, S. Dis- trict Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania will be held that day at 11 a.m. in Philadelphia, The ceremony will be held in Court room 6 of the U. S. Courthouse, where Newcomer expects to be assigned for duty. Chief Judge Lord will officiate, Newcomer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence S. Newcomer, south Market street, was ap- pointed by President Nixon in November and confirmed by the U. S. Senate. : As the new judge enters his new duties, he leaves in Lancaster the office of Dis trict Attorney, which will be assumed on January 3 by Henry J. Rutherford of Mari- Joseph Christmas Party Donegal Industries, Inc., on Wednesday evening, Dec. 15, held a Christmas party at Hoztetters for its more than 300 employees. Special recognition was giv- en to mothers employed by the company who have had the most sons and daughters Honored were: Mrs. Esther Shirk (4 daughters and 1 son); Mrs. Clara Myers (4 daugh- ters); Mrs. Elizabeth Raber (5 daughters; and Mrs, Martha Roberts (7 daughters and 1 son), After giving a short ad- dress, Mervin Nolt, plant manager, presented seven em- pleyees who had been em- ployed for more than 20 yrs. each with $500 Certificate of deposits in the local bank. The seven employees are: Mrs. Ruth Ginder, Elizabeth- town; Rhoda Heisey, Mt. Joy; Mrs. Ruth Henderson, May- town; Mrs. Anna Lehman, of Maytown; Mrs, Elizabeth Ra- ber, Marietta and Mrs. Esther Shirk, Maytown. When the original company business was started 25 yers ago at Maytown, Mrs. Eliza- beth Raber, from Marietta, was one of the first five em- ployees. The highlight of the program came when she was presented with a monogram- med silver tray in recognition of her retirement, The program was conclud- ed with the showing of the Holiday Bank Hours Because two holidays with- in the next few days fall on weekends, a changed sched- ule of banking hours has been announced by all three financial institutions in Mount Joy. National Central bank and Dauphin Deposit Trust com- pany will follow the same schedules, both for Christmas and New Years. Both will close at 3 p.m, on Friday afternoons and will not reopen for business until Tuesday mornings following the holidays. Union National Mount Joy bank will have its lobby open both Fridays until 2 p.m. ‘Christmas eve the drive-in window will remain open un- til 5 p. m. but New Year's eve will close when the lobby closes. There will be no bank- ing hours on Saturdays or Mondays. List Contest Winners A contest sponsored jointly by the Home Economies de- - partment and the Industrial Arts department has been held at Donegal high school. Judging took place Monday afternoon, Dec, 20 in the lob- Indians Win Donegal’s Indians came close Friday night, Dec. 17th, but they coulda’t quite make the grade and fell to Lampet- er-Strasburg, 66 to 63, as the young basketball season drew nearer and nearer the start of league competition. The Tribe was able to take narrow margins of advantage in both the second and fourth Donegal took its first bask- etball win of the season Tues- day night, Dec. 21, as the Indians rapped visiting Solan- co, 62 to 48. Lou Sargen scor- ed 26 points. periods, but first and third L- S was able to establish suflic- lent leads to hang onto the victory, At the half it was 31-30 for the winners. . Rick Baker emerged as the scoring leader for Donegal, showing another potential sharpshooter available for the coming league wars. He pour- ed through 22 points on seven field goals and 8 of 11 free throw attempts. Drew Hostetter continued to look like a scoring threat as he banged the hoops for 12 latest series of Glenn Eshel- PY of the high school. Win- points. Kraus, Sargen and man’s slides entitled “Almost ers in the Christmas Decora- Myers al] hag seven points Paradise” tion category are: each. — 1. Les Engle; 2. Cindy It was the fourth straight Reiner; 3. Deb Fitzkee. defeat in as many games Winners in the Christmas thus far this season. The Indian JV’s took their first defeat of the season, bowing 35 to 34. Following the Elizabethtown tournament on Dec, 28 & 29, Donegal rests until the county schedule op>ns on Tuesday night, Jan. 4. That evening, Columbia comes to Donegal for the first of 14 loop battles before the curtain comes down in mid-February. Pairings for the tournament pit Donegal against Cedar Gift category are: 1. Les Engle; 2. Carmen Morales; 3. Tim Forrey. The judges for the contest were Mrs, Betsy Ellis, Mrs. Fran Greiner and Miss Linda Mylin, This is the second year for the contest that started as an outgrowth of a talk on Christ- mas decorations given to the Home economic students by the Home Ecenomics teachers in 1970. This has now been Shopping Spree The Mount Joy Jaycees have been deeply involved in the true meaning of Christ mas! It all began when 16 local young men helped sponsor the “Sounds from Home” pro- gram at WSBA radio station. The Jaycees helped send 50 tapes to local servicemen ov- erseas. A young man from the York area has already re- sponded with a thank you expanded to be open to all Crest : ; ! st at 7 p.m. and El - letter of deep feelings of ap high school students and is town eatin Central alah preciation. sponsored cooperatively by East at 8:30 p.m. on the op- Next, the Jaycees, repre- poip departments. : «11, e op ening night, Dec. 28. The following night will feature the consolation game at 7 p. m. and the championship game at 8:30 p.m. sented by nearly 20 different men and Joycee-ette helpers, contributed time and effort to have “Santa” arive in town and remain until the day be- fore Christmas. Saturday, Dec. 18, the Jay- cees and Joycee-ettes joined together to take the 11 child- ren at the Messiah Childrens home on a Christmas shop- ping excursion, After the men helped the youngsters in their shopping experience, the Joycee-ettes helped to wrap the gifts at the Jaycee headquaters. Later that evening aboard the Reymer limousine express the 11 children and several Jaycees and Joycee-ettes sang Christmas carols to the resi- dents of the Schock Presby- terian Home. The group then traveled up the windy streets of town echoing the Christmas spirit to ‘the local shoppers and when everyone was nearly frostbitten, the group return- ed home. Teachers in the Home Ec- anomics department are Miss Kathi Wiler and Mrs. Elinore Ruhl and teachers in the In- dustrial Arts Department are Theodore Rasmussen, Barry McFarland, and Kenneth De- poe, The articles are on exhibit in the main show case of the high school lobby. All "entries in both categor- ies are judged on the basis of originality and creativity, ‘and none are made from any kits. Wrestlers Win Donegal’s 1971-72 wrest- ling team opened successful- ly Friday night, Dec. 17, with a victory over visiting Lamp- eter-Strasburg, including six individual wins by pins. In addition to the falls, Donegal scored a decision, split on a decision and took one match by default. Pins were won by Steve Ney (104 pounds); Jim Moore (120); Jerry Hess (145); Rod Goodling (154); Rick Emen- heiser (165, and Jim Ruhl (heavyweight). The team is entered in the Richland Holiday tournament on Dec. 28 and 29. The Donegal matmen con- tinue their season on Jan. 4, hosting Columbia, District Band Three Donegal high school band members have been ac- cepted to particivate with the District Band Festival. They are: Keith Smith, and Lolly Baker. Eleven Donegal musicians auditioned for the district band on Saturday, Dec. 11, at Palmyra.. Molly Fry u iTeH etta.. - ’ -~ phug HW nD 3 I
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