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NO. 37 MOUNT JOY, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1972 TEN CENTS ¢ r : An ambitious Mount Joy : : . . . ¥ " the door” ponicaty wis vest Fire Companies and Council Study Florin Firemen week as Republicans of the 98th district moved to en- dorse a candidate for filling the opening left when State Representative Jack Horner of Elizabethtown declared he will not seek re-election, ® ® oo Jim Gingrich, 14 New St., was one of the candidates nominated in what became a marathon party power &trug- gle lasting 31 ballots. ® © oo The Mount Joy man actual- ly was dropged out of the vo- ting early in the race but, f or a relative newcomer to politics, his appearance did offer some interest locally. ee © o Although it is possible that he could have bucked the party selection and run inde- pendently, he has chosen not to take that route and Mon- day filed a petition to run for G.O0.P. committeeman in the borough’s East Ward. He has been serving in that capacity recently by appointment fol- lowing the resignation of Ken- neth Gainer. ® © © Jim is a Mount Joy D.S.A. (Distinguished Service Award, winner of 1969. Ways to Improve Borough Protection » x x x * * ‘DENY REQUEST TO CHANGE ZONING DESIGNATION A new facet of community cooperation between organiza- tions within the borough has made an appearance and gives promise of offering bet- ter service to the citizens. At Mount Joy Borough council’s February meeting, held Monday night, Feb. 14, at the borough building, it was reported that leaders of the town’s two fire compan- ies and of the borough have begun a series of meetings Wins In Chess Tourney One -of the three top winners in the 1972 Lancaster County Individual Scholas- tic Chess tournament, played Sunday, Feb. 13, is Gregg Bubel, Maytown elementary school pupil. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Bubel, Mount Joy R1, he claimed first place in the elementary school competition. Championships also were played in high school and junior high classes. ‘Of This and That’ We were fortunate enough this past Saturday night to be present for the debut of a new musical organization in this area. It was the Elizabethtown College - Community Symph- ony Orchestra, presenting its first concert in Alumni Audi- torium of the Baugher Stud- ent Center on the campus. Playing to a near capacity crowd of responsive and en- thusiastic music lovers, the Orchestra was directed by Otis D. Kitchen, associate pro- fessor of music at lizabeth- town College, who has taught woodwinds and conducting for the past seven years. The group is composed of college students and instructors, housewives, semi-professional musicians and a few high school students. Idea for the Symphony Or- chestra was conceived by Rob- ert Kettering, ga music major from Hershey, who presented Prof. Kitchen with a list of college-related personnel who had expressed an interest in participating in an orchestra, This group, augmented by other of the area’s best music- ians, met to form the orches- tra and begin practices on Sep- tember 21, 1971. Kettering became the orchestra’s mana- ger, and for the initial con- cert, doubled as one of the percussionists. High point of Saturday night's concert, for us, was the second number on the program, the First Movement of Mozart's “Symphony #40.7) It is interesting to note that at least three members of the new orchestra have a Mount Joy connection. Playing flute were Donna Flick and Melody Mumaw, the former a gradu- ate of Donegal high school and the latter a freshman there. Also, Elizabeth Caruth- ers, who played viola, was a former instrumental music teacher at D.H.S. Next public appearance of the orchestra will be on Apr. 16. when it will be heard in a concert with the Elizabeh- town College oncert Choir. sk 3 3 Donegal Paul Stoner, by the editor's wife Springs Rd. retired Grey Iron manager, reported last week that he and his wife had made a very pleasant visit not long ago to Memorial Lake, a small state park in Lebanon County near Indian- town Gap military reserva- tion, The Stoners drove around the lake, found it very beau- tiful, and made a mental note to go back there some time for a bit of fishing, Then they drove some of the little roads that wind back through the Gap. We are always pleased when someone finds some- thing we have written about in this column interesting en- ough to investigate. * * * We had occasion this week to drive the highways and byways of Lancaster County, and were reminded anew that we live in one of the most beautiful sections of the en- dire United States. Even in winter, the country- side is scenic, picturesque and charming. The broad, fertile fields, some of them planted in winter wheat, others in meadow, and still others rea- dy for springtime plowing, roll away to the horizon in every direction. From the top of a little rise it is possible to look out across the fields and count a dozen or more sets of beguti- (Turn to page 16) P.O. To Close Next Monday Postmaster Joseph Shaeffer has announced that Monday, Feb. 21, will be a national holiday and the following will apply to the Mount Joy Post Office: There will be no city or rural deliveries on that day; The lobby will remain open until 12 noon but there will be no window service on that day; Mail may be dropped in the box in front of the post office for an afternoon pick up. Arrange Second Lenten Service The second of a series of six cooperative Lenten Ser- vices, sponsored by the Florin Church of the Brethren, Saint Mark’s United Methodict, and Glossbrenner United Method- ist, Feb. 23 at 7 p.m. at Saint Mark’s church, The program will be an in- spirational worship service, featuring a great deal of con- gregational singing and par- ticipation. There will be spec- ial music as well. The theme of the evening is “Where Je- sus Walked”. People from the community are invited to join with mem- bers and friends of the parti- cipating congregations in this Lenten opportunity for wor- «ship. directed toward fire protection. Councilman Warren Foley, chairman of the Public Safe- ty committee of council, said that at a recent meeting of the people involved there was improving a high level of cooperation = eXpressed and he announced « another meeting to be held Saturday, Feb. 19. To begin the talks council had asked the firemen of the Friendship and Florin com- panies to bring suggSstions for improving protection. ‘They did their homework,’ Foley said, “and brought a list of 15 ideas.” Roughly broken down, they dealt with water lines, avail- ability of fire hydrants, con- ditions of some lines, etc. Thus, at the next meeting, members of the Borough Au- thority are to be included for further study. “This,” Foley said, “is the first time such a move has been made within the bor- ough.” Monday night, borough council also heard a report from the Planning and Zon- ing commission, recommend- ing that a request for rezon- ing be denied. Earlier, Jay Greider, south Angle street, had asked that property at the Red Rose Dairy Bar be rezoned from residence to business. Council agreed with the zoning group that the ‘“‘char- acter of the area’ is develop- ing residential and not busi- ness. It was reported that $924 in delinquent per capita tax- es are being turned over to the collector for action. Because borough employees did not have any reportable accidents between Jan. 1, 70 and Jan. 1, 1971, they have earned the borough a $314.59 dividend from insurance com- pany, it was reported. (Turn to page 16) A new system New Reservation 7: Plan for making shelter house reservations at SICO park has been installed! Monday night, at Borough Council’s February meeting Borough Manager Ulrich announced that all future reservations will be made through the borough office. The old method of posting ‘pie plates’ in the shelter houses has become unsatis- factory and particularly susceptible to van- dalism and to misunderstandings and dis- appointments, Ambulance Harvey Stoner has been el- ected chairman of the Mount Joy Ambulance committee. Others named for the year include: - Samuel Dock, vice-presi- dent; Lillian Maxwell, secre- tary and Kathryn Geltmacher treasurer. Mrs. Eve Charles has been appointed to the committee. During the year 1971, the committee reports, the ambul- Committee Elects ance had 319 hours in service and traveled 6 896 miles. As the hard-working commit- tee which expects to put a new vehicle into service later this year looks forward to the new ambulance, it is very appreciative of the help which has been given by the public through donations, through the paper collection project and for help which has been given by the Athletic Associ- ation. Take Delivery Of New Truck Delivered but not yet in service, Florin Fire com- pany’s new pumper-tanker truck is now being given fin- al tests preliminary to its first use. . The brand new Diamond Reo truck, manufactured in Marshallton, Iowa, arrived several days ago but is not expected to be ready for use for about another week, Designed to give as much water carrying capacity as pos sible, the truck will feature a front mounted 750-gallon- per - minute pump. The pumping equipment is mounted in front of the ve- hicle’s engine, helping to bal- ance. the weight of the 1,500 gallon water tank in the rear. Maker is the American Fire Apparatus company. One of the features of the truck is a 2,500-watt built-in generator, which has automa- tic starting and provides 110- volt electricity for flood lights for lighting around the truck, power tools or any other de- vice which is needed. There is a three-man cab and the truck will be com- pletely radio equipped. The new truck will replace two older vehicles, giving the company three pieces of roll- ing stock. KING & QUEEN Sweetheart Winners Donald Steven Wagner and Deborah Jean Getty were crowned Queen and King on Saturday morning, Feb. 12, as the Joycee-ettes concluded their Sweetheart Contest. Donald is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wagner, 528 Donegal Springs Road, and Deborah is the daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Stephen Getty, 9 Marietta avenue. They were crowned in ceremonies held in the social room of the First Presbyteri- an church, The King and Queen each received Savings Bonds and flowers, compli- ments of the Joycee-ettes. The event was held as a benefit for the school dental clinic. Mrs. Dorcas Knorr, school nurse, accepted a check for $250 and gave a short talk on the workings of the clinic, First runners up in the contest were Amy Lynn Breault and Andy Lee Brea ult. Second runners up were Michael Anderson and Denise Rene Steffen. Each candidate received a small token from the Joycee ettes, Pictures of children nine months to three years having a Mount Joy mailing address, were placed in local business es and the public voted by a Penny-A-Vote. The boy and girl with the most votes be- came King and Queen. Mrs. Stephen Getty and Mrs. Dennis Fackler were general co-chairmen. Their ~ommittee consisted of Mrs. Wm, Bitzer, Mrs. Larry Gain er, Mrs. Shirley Rafferty and Mrs. Carl Herneisen. IN THE HOSPITAL Warren Rutt, of Donegal Heights. is a patient in the General hospital, recovering from a cataract operation on Feb. 9.
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