THE MOUNT Joy = Js b Eb 3% Mount Joy's ONLY Newspaper — Devoted to the Best Interest and Welfare of Mount Joy - VOL. 71, NO, 46 MOUNT JOY, PENNA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 1972 TEN CENTS: oe By R.A.R. tudes Why do Donegal boys and girls consistently do well in the county Science Fairs? ® oO o For what it’s worth, we say that they do well ‘Secause someone cares whether or not they do well. ® oo o Because the parents care, bzcause the teachers care, be- cause the school administra- tion cares — then the pupils egin to care. ® o® o When that many people be- gin to care, compzatitive atti- take over. When the competitive attitudes come in- to focus, things begin to hap- pen, ® © @o Its no secret among those who know that one Donegal -high school student this year waz shooting — and shooting hard —to win the grand championship. He did not and he was disappointed. He had a fine experiment and he knew it. But, the judges slanted anether direction and he missed. = ® © o But, because a competitive attitude has grown up, he and those around him, gave a great deal of thought about the type experiment to be done, how to present it, how to stage the display, etc. ete. @ @ ® Donegal has been willing to spend a few dollars to indoc- trinate its voungsters into the arena of science fairs and the winnings this year and in the past have paid big dividends. ee © @ And — don’t forget! Suc- cess begets success, whether it be in the area of science projects, athletic, band or any other field of endeavor. ® ® ® For whatever it’s worth — a friend said one day last week “I would have said that Big League baseball is my favorite sport. But you know, I haven't missed it at all this spring.” ® © © Next Tuesday, April 25 — Pennsylvtnia will be center stage under the main spotlight of natipnal politics, sharing the stage only with Massachu setts. & ® ® We'll be going to the polls in whatever numbers) to set the stage for the fall elections (Turn to page 186) Chcrus te Give Spring Concert On Friday, April 21, at 8 p.m. in the D.H.S. auditorium the Donegal high school chor- us will present its annual Spring Concert. The chorus, under the direc tion of Mrs. Bonita Ward, will be presenting as its main numbers; selections from “Fiddler on the Roof”, George M. Cohan selections, theme from “Ben Hur” and the pop- ular song “Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In”. The girl’s chor- us will sing “The Water is Wide” and “Everything is Beautiful’. In addition, Sharon Zimmer- man will sing “Time”, Cindy Rineer will sing “More”, and a girls quartet composed of Sabina Frey, Sue Mateer, Sue Hess and Marcia Mellinger, will sing “My Cup Runneth Over.” As a special feature, there will be a salute to Donald Staley, former Donegal H. S. teacher. Because he was in the Marine Corps, “Freedom Isn't Free’ and the “Marine Hymn” will be sung. The public is invited. A sil- ver offering will be taken. N ion & McGovern ‘Win 3 Nixon and McGovern are the winners! At least, that is the way eighth graders at the W. I. Beahm junior high school voted Thursday, April 13, as they held a mock election. Nixon polled 77 percent of the “Republican” votes. George McGovern had 60 per cent of the “Democrat” vote, followed by Humphrey and Wal- lace. Taking part as representatives of the various candidates were: Joe Meszaros, Jeff Boulton, Willy Keener, Thomas Hamill, Mike Kohler, Steve Shope and Steven Hassinger. Many Honorsior DHS Donegal district boys and girls have done it again! And this time it was on home territory. In the 1972 Lancaster County Science Fair’ Donegal high school and Junior high school youngsters have carried off a huge, disproportionate share of the honors. The fair, held last week in the D.H.S. gymnasium, in- cluded approximately 150 exhibits, all previously rated tops in their own schools and brought to the county level with high hopes. Donegal captured 27 honors in the show. The chemistry division was a near Donegal sweep as a boy and a girl claimed first and second plac- es. In addition, two of the three honorable mentions in that field went to Donegal. In the field of physics, Don- egal entries had another near sweep taking first and third places and one of the honor- able mention spots. Second place in general sci- ence and three honorable mentions were Donegals. And, 12 of the 35 special awards (more than a third) were Donegals. And, to grace the top of the entire heap, the winner of re- serve championship honors was a 17-year-old Donegal senior — Linda Grissinger, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. Bernerd Grissinger, Park ave- nue. It was a tremendous effort of success and continues a Donegal tradition of victory in science fairs which dates back many years. Exhibits were placed Wed- nesday, judged Thursday and open to the public on Thurs- day and Friday. Linda and Marie Mease of Warwick high school will take their exhibits to New Orleans for the International Science Fair May 1 - 6. Marie, grand champion, lives in Lititz. He exhibit concerned a study of active transport in snails. The sparkling, dark-haired Donegal reserve champion won with a study of the ef- fects of Vitamin C on mice and its protective value again- st ionizing radiation. Donegal students made ma- jor placements in every divis- ion biology, chemistry, physics and engineering and in general science and landed award winners in every cate- gory of special awards except three of the 12 which were given. Dinegal winners were: Reserve champion - Linda Grissinger. Chemistry First, Sharon Steckbeck, “Is It Safe to Chew on a Pencil?” second, William Lenox, “Pollution So lution: A N2w Use for glass.” Honorable mention, Cynthia Myers ‘“‘An Evaluation of Wet- ting Agents’, and John Frey, “Thermal Energy Capacities of Liquids and Solutions.” Physics Caleb Hess, “Py roiobic © Transducer:” third, William J. Wagner, “The Effi (Turn to page 6) ‘Of This and That’ It was inevitable that, in listing the things that have happened in Mount Joy dur- ing the past few years, we forget something. Sure enough! It was the beautiful new parish house of St. Luke’s Episcopal church! Commodious and lovely, it adds space and facilities much needed by the congregation, and is another in the long list of accomplishments in Mount Joy in the past 16 years. * * * Driving around in the Spring rain Saturday afternoon we had an interesting experience. We “happened onto” the big, new Bomberger’s store at Elm. The last time we were in that area, “Bomberger’s’”’ was a crowded little country gen- eral store, stocked with every- by the editor's wife thing from groceries to hard ware to drug items! It was a quaint anachronism in his modern day. But no more! It is large and airy now, with wide aisles, still exceedingly well stocked with everything from grocer- ies to carpet, to hardware, to baked goods, to gift items. It is amazing to find such a large store in such a relatively un- populated area. We talked to a sweet-faced woman in an open office at the front of the store. We complimented her on the sur- prising set-up, and admired a large family portrait hanging on the wall of the office. As it turned out, she was the wife of one of the two brothers who now run the (Turn to page 6) Another new industry is to be added to Mount Joy’s growing list of manufacturing plants. Announcement was made this week that Parkwood Homes, Inc., of Bristol, Indiana, will erect a sizable fa- cility on a 39-acre tract of land at the east edge of Mount Joy, now owned by J. Roy Bréneman. Clayton Merrill, vice-president of the Indiana com- pany and its treasurer said option to purchase the ground within 30 days. Located along Route 230, the tract lies b2tween the highway and the Penn Central railroad, immediately east of National Cash Register com- pany’s plant and stretches to Eby Chiques Road. Parkwood homes, a firm which 1s about 10 years old, is taking its first expansion step and has chosen Mt. Joy from a number of possible lo- cations in the East. The choice was made last week on the basis of desira bility of the site, location to markets and other important company needs. One of the final pieces of in- formation upon which the de- cision was made came as re- sult of soundings made about Name Editors For '73 Emerald Pripcipal positions of res- sonsibility for editing the 1973 Donegal high school “Emer- ald’ have been announced by John W. W. Loose, yearbook advisor, Other appointments complete staff will be at a later date. The appointments include: William Lenox, editor-in- chief; Gregory McKain, assist- ant editor-in-chief; Heather Mumma, copy and layout edi- to the made tor; William Wagner, photo- graphic production manager, and Betsy Barto, business manager. Leisure Club Holds Meeting The Leisure Club of Mount Joy met Monday, April 10th with 65 members present. Three new members were present: William Fackler, Marthene Dupler, Mrs. Anna Yerger and one visitor Ray- mand Laurer. Thank you cards were re- ceived from the hospitalized and shut-in members. There will be a white ele- phant sale at our next meet- ing May 8. A bus trip is plaa- ned for the 10th of May to Flemington. Envelopes were stuffed for Mount Joy Com munity Council and $25 was donated toward the Memorial Day parade. ELECTED TREASURER The Theta Chi Chapter of Delta Zeta Sorority at Lock Haven State College recently neld officer elections for the coming year. Miss Teresa Wegner, daugh terf of Mrs. Dorothy Wagner, Mount Joy Rl, was elected to the office of chapter treasurer. Miss Wagner was initiated in to the Chapter in the spring of 1971, and is a junior maj- oring in elementary education. HAS OPERATION George Groff, Mount Joy borough councilman is a pa- tient in St. Joseph's hospital. He underwent a cataract op- eration on Tuesday. land that his firm has signed an and expects to break two weeks ago. Drillings Made Drillers were on the propos- ed site, taking samples of the rock underlying the area up- on which the buildings are planned. Company officials have been in the Mount Joy and Lancas ter area several times during the course of the site selection operations and have been well pleased with the information they have received concern ing all facets of the proposed plant construction. In fact, so well pleased have they been that already plans have been drawn for the buildings and contractors have been asked for bids. Behind Schedule Information here this week is that an Indiana contractor has been selected to do the work. Merrill said that the com- pany’s original plan for build i3 maybe 60 to 90 days ‘be- hind schedule and the organi- zation is pushing as rapidly as possible to get into production here. Although it was not an- nounced officially, indications are that the plant will be ap proximately 70,000 square feet in size and that its plan ned employment will be 150 people. Growing Needs Parkwood makes a mobile home which has had good re- ception in its field and the young firm feels an urgency to expand its facilities in this part of the country to meet its growing manufacturing needs. President of the company is Raymond Bassett. Bristol small northern Indiana town, located east of South Bend. is a Building & Loan Annual Meeting Officers and directors of the Mount Joy Building & Loan were elected Wednesday nite April 12, at the organization's annual meetings, held in the National Central bank. Directors, all reelected three-year terms at the stock holders meeting, included: EI for mer Z. Ginder, Robert E Kline and Richard A. Rain bolt. Other directors inciude: John M. Booth, Glean Y. For ney, John N. Weidman. Geo. H. Keener, Gerald Sheetz Christ Walters. At their reorganization meeting, directors re-elected the following officers: M. Booth, president: H. Keener, vice Glenn Y. Forney, secretary: Robert E. Kline, asst. secre tary, and Christ Walters. treasurer. C. Richard Hallgren is solicitor. and John George president IN HOSPITAL _ Elmer Forwood, south Mar Ket avenue, is a patient in General hospital. He was hos- pitalized Saturday, April 8, with a heart condition. He is in Room 418. NEW PLANT PICKS MOUNT JOY: c G } ) “
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