Fa a a By R.A. R. If you haven't seen them maybe you have heard some- one mention that several birdwatchers in the borough have seen grosbeaks in num- bers recently. @ ® © One North Barbara Street watcher and another on School Lane have mentioned them to us within the past week, ee © o Real beauties, those who're interested in ti:e birds would do anything within reason to attract the beauties perman- ently to their neighborhoods. ® © eo Recently we have been thinking how like a growing child is a growing communi- 1y. ® © © It isn’t easy to live the life of a growing child and of an exranding teenager. Neither is it easy for a community like Mount Joy, which grow ing and expanding, to ad- just to the many problems e 9 eo And if you think the com- munity is not growing. have vou noticed Donegal Heights area recently? New homes .and water lines—that’s the way growth is coupled. a ® © And, all the while, a study is being made to determine what expansion — and how and where—is needed in the community for water and se- wage. = BULLETIN Mount Joy's ONLY Newspaper — VOL. 71. NO, 33. MOUNT JOY, PENNA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1972 FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS Plaque to Mark Hershey Candy Plant Site A Mount Joy building which has a special place in the making of one of America’s most famous businesses is to be given a permanent ide j:i-- fication. The Mount Joy Chamber, of Commerce has taken steps which will provide for the placement of a bronze plaque marking the site of the late Milton S. Hershey's caramel factory in Mount Joy. - Located at Jacob and Done- gal streets, the building now is occupied by AMP, Inc. and owned by the Morris H. Levy Estate. The red brick structure, on the southwest corner, was the site, for a few years prior to the turn of the century, where Hershey operated a candy manufacturing business Thus, Mount Joy is one of the milestones along the fam- ous chocolate king's climb to becoming one of the giants in American industry. Although there are people in the community who- can recall the days when the fac- tory operated here, they were young at the time. Records show that Hershey owned the property from Nov. 17, 1891, ing generations until April 20, 1898. There are many other peo- ple who recall first-hand ac- counts of how friends, neigh- bors or members of their fa. milies were employed by Her- shey. However, to insure that ris- may know that Hershey, the man, was in Mount Joy before he was in Hershey, the town, the Chamber of Commerce felt that an appropriate marker is in order. President Al Newlin said this week that the fact. that the building was owned by Devoted to the Best Interest and Welfare of Mount Joy TEN CENTS Hershey and used as a cara- mel plant has been well doe- umented. Too, permission to erect the plaque has been given by all persons concerned with the ownership and management of the property. In fact, Newlin said, an or- der was placed this week for the plaque, whih, tentative- ly. is to be installed and giv- en first public display on Memorial Day, or one of the days most appropriate during the <community’s Memorial Day celebration. Four to Attend Choir Festival Four Donegal high school pupils will participate this weekend in the two-day Hon- ors Choir Festival, to be held at Elizabethtown coilege. They are: David Howell and Edward Smith, both sec- ond bass singers, and Nicila Markley and Cynthia Reiner, both second sopranos. Mrs. Bonita Ward, vocal music teacher, said that they Of This and That’ We continue to be amazed at the air fares we read about in magazine and newspaper advertisements. They are get- ting lower and lower in price, to the point where it is cheap- er to fly to Europe than to the west coast, and the price of a trip to the Holy Land or Africa isn’t the exorbitant a- mount it used to be. But we found an even less expensive way to travel this past week end. We went to Japan, and it didn’t cost us a penny! “Orient Express” may be reasonable in its fares, but our trip was completely free! “How?” you say. We were there via a stereo album, “Sounds of Japan,” brought home from Elizabeth- town College by our youngest daughter so that she could prepare a lesson plan for stu- dent teaching The title of the album in- trigued us, so we listened to it—and were transported to the Orient for 45 minutes, al- though we did not actually leave our warm fireside, It was an exciting experience. The album included thirty- four sound effects, recorded in their actual locale. There were music festivals, street activities, visits to temples and shrines, sessions in nurs- ery schools, fencing and judo studios, a visit to a cafeteria, a weaving center, etc. ete. Interludes which we par- ticularly enjoyed included a visit to a fruit shop in an open air market, where hawk- ers were yelling about the price and quality of their goods, bicycle bells were jing- ling, and auto horns were honking. It was also fascinating to “stand” in Tokyo station and hear the trains arriving and departing, listen to the foot- steps of passengers, announce- ments, and a bell signaling the departure of a train. Also we “stood” in Kobe Harber and listened to the steamship Africa-Maru departing. The . anchor was pulled up, a band played “Anchors Aweigh” by the editor's wife and “Auld Lang Syne’: there were cheers, a gong sounded, and tug boats chugged in the background. There was the sound of a snake charmer, the horn of a noodle vender as he sold hot soup on the streets after mid- night, a trashman calling “omahenkaa’” (any trash?) a basefall broadcast, a peace demonstration, singing by the geisha. to the accompaniment of an instrument like a man- dolin. It was all very weird, exo- tic and foreign. It didn’t have the flavor of a tourist trip to a strange land, but seemed rather as if one became a part of the country and actu- ally experienced the activities whose sounds he heard. As we listened, we fingered three beautiful Japanese kim- onos which were also a part of the teaching project, in- vsetigated boxes of wooden sandals, soft scarves and sash- es, rice bowls, and wooden chopsticks inlaid with mother- of-pearl. On second thought, maybe the ‘‘visit” to Japan wasn’t quite as inexpensive as we thought. Maybe “Orient Ex- press Airways” will one day have a couple of paying pas- sengers! It would be nice to “= SEE all those things we HEARD over the week end! PAPER DRIVE Boy Scouts of Florin Troop 63 and their adult leaders will conduct a paper drive in the Florin Ward of Mount Joy on Saturday, Jan. 22, between the hours of 9 am. and 2 p. m. Bundled paper should be placed either on the curb or in sight on the front porch. Eugene Funk, health and physical education teacher at W. I. Beahm junior high school, has been selected to serve as a member of the Ev- aluation committee of the Warriors Run high school, March 1 - 3. Simmers, will be among nearly 170 high school boys and girls who will give a public; free, concert Saturday night, be- ginning at o'clock in the lizabethtown Church of the Brethren. Pupils from 30 high schools will participate. Guest conductor for the festival will be Dr. Joseph R. Flummerfelt, director of cho- ral activities at Westminister Choir College and conductor of the Westminster Choir. According to the coordinat- oor of the festival, Harry L. associate professor of music, the Department of Music invited choral directors in - the schools within the southern district of the Penn- sylvania Music Educators As- sociation to send their ‘finest singers.” Simmers said the purpose of the festival, which is being presented for the first time, is “to offer student a mus- ical experience of a very high calibre” and to acquaint high school students with the Col- lege’s music curriculum. The students participating will commute from home. 1971 FIRE REPORT Few Alarms The year 1971 for the Mit. Joy Friendship Fire company was unusual! At the same time, it was a big year, Frank Good Jr., fire chief reveals in his an- nual report, issued this week. First, it was a small year in that damage to property by fire in Mt. Joy borough was only $720 and 33 alarms were sounded. Yet, during the past twelve months, the company has housed a fine, new fire engine which is the first piece of such equipment the Friend- ship firemen had in 20 years. The improvement of its ve- hicle came as a joint result of hard work of the men of the company and the support of the community and the surrounding area, Chief Good said. And, he added that he and the firemen greatly appreciate the loyalty and support from individuals, businesses, indus- try and others. The fire loss in the borough Proclaims Jaycee Week Mayor Clark Berrier has signed a proclamation announcing Jaycee involvement in the community, es- pecially during this week. The week began with a prayer breakfast, church visitation, and Library night. On Wednesday the local men visited the Vo-Tech School and the flags will be displayed on Thursday. To complete the week, the Distinguished Service Award Banquet will be held at the Mt. Joy Legion be- ginning at 6:30 p.m. Saturday. To Hold Wrestling Clinic Saturday, Jan. 22, at 1 p. m. members of the “American Athletes In Action” will con- duct a wrestling clinic at the Donegal high school. The group will be led by John F. Hart, a former Done- gal wrestling stand-out. Ac- companying John will be Art Holden, John Lightner and Nic Carollo. The Clinic will be conduct- ed so that the wrestlers will be able to go onto the mats and be instructed by the Ath- letes in Action. Anyone wishing to partici- pate should take his equip- ment. . The Athletes in Action wrestling team, now on its tour of the eastern and mid- western wrestling powers, will be coming thru Mount Joy after a match with West Chester State college on Jan. 21. The full AIA wrestling team is composed of 17 former col- legiate wrestling stars who joined this unique team after graduating from college. Now in the fourth year since its inception, Athletes in Action is the relatively young (Turn to page 16) During Year 1 is the lowest in five years, the chief revealed as he at the same time said that loss in the four townships — East Donegal, Rapho, West Hemp- field and Mount Joy — was $34,000. Twenty-three calls were answered in those areas. An estimated total of $137,- 000 property value was threa- tened by all the fires which were answered by the com- pany. Included in the 57 fires in the borough, Friendship ans- wered 33 calls in the borough one in Marietta borough, four in East Donegal Twp. four in Mount Joy Twp., 13 in Rapho Twp. and two in West Hempfield Twp. Nine calls were to reside- nces, nine for cars, eight for grass fires, five were false, taree were accidental. An average of 21 men re- sponded for each call, and the company was in service for a total of 49 hours and 19 minutes. Accept Photos SWEETHEART CONTEST Pictures are being accepted for the Sweetheat King and ueen contest to be sponsored by the Mount Joy Joycee- ettes. Photos will be display- ed in local merchant’s stores from January 27 to February 11. The public is invited to vote for their favorites by a Penny-a-vote. The boy or girl with the most votes will be crowned King and Queen on Feb. 12 at the First Presby- terian church, Marietta Ave. The contest is held for the benefit of the Donegal Dental Clinic. Deadline for the pictures is 6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 26th. Parents who have children betwee n the ages of nine months and three years and have a Mount Joy mailing address may mail or take the pictures to Mrs. Stephen Get- ty, 9 Marietta Ave. Pictures of any size will be accepted and will be returned to the owner. The following information should be written on the back of the picture: Name of child, age, parents’ name and com- plete address. For further in- formation phone 653-5245 or 653-4884.
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