It wonders a guy! ® © oo A Mount Joy Main street business this past week re- ceived an unexpected check for $3,079.93 from the United States Treasury. The firm knows cf no earthly reazon why it should have a refund of any kind or any size from Uncle. All names and identification num- bers pertaining to the. busi- ness were correct but there was no indication as to why the check. oo © o What would you do? We're all hard up ¢nough to need $3,100. Would you cash it, burn it, call | the police or what? © 6 9 What the businessman did was to call the Lancaster of- fice of Internal Revenue — though the check came from Austin, Texas,—and reported what has happened. A wom- an’s voice said, “Bring the check in to us and we'll give you a receipt.” ® eo o It kinda makes a guy wonder, doesn’t it? With these computers and all! ® © eo One of the objectives -of the schools’ athletic program is’ to stimulate participation and to give all who are inter- ested an opportunity to take part in some sport. ®e © o Thus, it is interesting to note that 207 boys and girls are participating in the Done- gal Springs sports program. The count includes — 42 in baseball, 26 in girls’ tennis, 90 in girls track, 19 in boys’ track. @ ® © There’s a movement on foot to stretch the boys’ ten- nis arrangements, requiring six singles matches and three doubles in each interscholast- ic meet. Presently there are three and two. ® oO o Anyone want to buy a school building? Finally, after many many months of legal work needed to definitely es- tablish clear title to the land, the old Marietta elementary school is for sale. ® oO © Windows are broken out and boarded up, plumbing has been stripped out and fixtures removed. Yes, vandals have been at work. ® © o A legal advertisement of- fering the 13-classroom build- ing appears in this issue of the Bulletin. ® o o One thing we can’t under- stand is why Charlie Chaplin suddenly has become a cele- brity. In the minds of most people he lacks a great deal of meriting all the hubbub. Bore Removing Abandoned Car: A systematic approach to removing disabled, junk and abandoned cars from borough owned and borough-controlled property is underway, Bor- ough Manager George Ulrich said this week. Already, vehicles have been removed from the borough leased parking lot immediate- ly west of the old Penn Cen- tral railroad station on Hen- ry street. Police and other borough agencies are cooperating and will continue their efforts to remove unauthorized and a- bandoned vehicles, Ulrich warned. THE MOUNT JOY BULLETIN =u ’ Sw Mount Joy's ONLY Newspaper — Devoted to the Best Interest and Welfare of Mount Joy rs "ey VOL. 71. NO. 47 MOUNT JOY, PENNA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 1972 TEN CENTS oo] Seiler School Pupils to Give Mount Joy Democrats Like Humphrey = - Program May 2 The primary grades of Seil- er Eelmentary school will be featured in a Fine Arts pro- gram Tuesday, May 2, at 7:30 p.m. in the school cafeteria. Art work on display, under the supervision of Mrs. Beryl Hahn, will be correlated with the songs presented in the music program. The first grades taught by Mrs. Edna Hostetter and Mrs, Friendship Fire Company has a new ambulance for Mt. Joy. A new Cadillas arrived last weekend and this week has been undergoing its final furbishing. New radio communications and new oxygen equipment New Ambulance Arrives Mount Joy voters showed relatively little interest in the primary eleclion Tuesday! There were no hot races in are being installed and with- the local level : to warm up in a few days the new vehic- enthusiasm and the only le will be ready to be placed sparkle in the balloting was in service. tre Democrat scramble for It is being traded for a '63 the presidency. ambulance which when re leased by Friendship fire com- In the borough's three pany will go to Rheems, Wards, the Democrats did where it will become part of turn out reasonably well that company’s equipment. at least better than in the spring of 1970. Dorothy Young will present “Spring Comes to the Wood- land” by the songs, ‘How Do We Know It’s Spring”? “Gar- den Visitor”, “Gray Squirrel”, “Mr. Raccoon”, “Don Juan Periquito’’, “All the Birds”, “In the Apple Tree” and “All Things Bright and Beautiful”. The second grades, taught by Mrs. Anne Bell and Mrs. Mayme Hackman, will portray the story of “Bambi” with Mrs. Bell as narrator. Musical selections include “Spring Song’, “T'li Call Him Bambi” with Joyce Heisey as soloist, “If you can’t Say Something Nice’, “Little April Shower” and “It’s So Nice on the Ice’. The third grades, taught by Mrs. Margaret Hart and Miss Dorothy Kaylor, will present ‘Folk Songs Around the World” accompanied by rhy- A strong warning was is- sued this week by the bor- ough to those people in the community who makz> home improvements without per- mits. Although the borough has a strong ordinance concern- ing home improvements, en- forcement has not been strict in the past. However, the administration making a new drive to enforce regula- tions. A timely beginning, the ordinance provides that any “improvement” to the proper- ty neads to be authorized by the purchase of a permit at a nominal fee. 13 thm instruments— “Eskimo S : uch items as roofing nl? ‘ ’ © 3 Tony ls ooaen Shoe Daneg kitchen improvement, base- y : ’ ment improvement (recrea- of the Border”, “My Hat” and ‘“‘Shalon, Chaverin!” The Mus- ic program is under the direc- tion of Mrs. Ethel M. Broske. tion rooms, siding, additions, new plumbing, garages and Permit Warning Given They liked Hubert Humph- rey best in Mount Joy, giving him a total of 96 votes 17 in the East, 52 in the West and 27 in Florin. McGovern and Wallace tied for second rFlace with 33 each and Mus kie finiched a weak fourth “with 206 votes. Jackson ha d only 7. In the West ward, where the Demorats are the stro 1g- est in Mount Joy with 220 registered, 87 voters went to the polls. They gave Humph- rey 52 votes, McGovern 16. Wallace 10, Muskie 5 and Jackson 3. other outbuildings, structural included. Such things furnaces, water not included. The burden the permit upon the However, in practice, con- tractors frequently actually take out the permit because they know and understand some of the matters of costs, etc. necessary on the applica- tion. If the cost of construction, internal Improvements are Siri panting, heaters are as of falls, property acquiring officially, owner. ~ Of 192 Democrats registertd In the East ward, 53 cast bal- alteration or erection cost fos at the polling place. $100 or more, a permit is re. Humphrey had 17, Wallace 15 quired. McGovern 10, Muskie 8 and One of the principal reas- Jackson 4. ons for requiring permits is adherence to zoning reg- ulations in all of their remi- fications, Florin lists only 161 Demo- crats registered and 50 voted. giving 27 to Humphrey, Wal- lace 8 and Muskie and Me Charles Heaps is the building principal. The public is invited. by Doris W. Thomas IN PHILADELPHIA HOSPTAL Ray R. Bell, 121 Columbia avenue, who has been on a kidney machine at the Gen- eral hospital in Lancaster, has been moved to the Temple University hospital in Phila- delphia. His address is Room 637 B. Temple University Hospital, North Broad Street, Philadel- phia, Pa. 19100. ‘Of This and That’ by the editor's wife Permanent Care Labeling have less difficulty in the near The Federal Trade Commis- sion has issued a ruling which requires that articles of wear- ing apparel bear permanent labels clearly stating instruc- A nice note this week came from the T. B. Bennets, Port- land, Oregon. They said, “We continue to enjoy the Bulletin and think you are doing a good job. Thanks.” “= Friday, April 28, is Arbor Day in Pennsylvania. We looked Arbor Day up in an encyclopedia and discovered that it is observed on a vari- ety of days across the coun try. We think in this connection that it is somewhat interest The fame of a Mount Joy family seems to have spread far and wide. Mrs. Glenn Wolgemuth of Torrance, Calif., sent her mother, Mrs. Frank Tyndall of Mount Joy, a clipping from the “Daily Breeze” in Torrance recently describing in some detail life on the farm of Wayne and Yvonne Miller, Mount Joy RI. The clipping was an “Along the: Food Trail” column of April 12. It told of how Mr. and Mrs. Miller entertain city * guests for farm vacations, ing that in 16 years we have and of some of the good planted and nurtured eight- things she gives them to eat. een trees on our 100x150’ lot, and have cut down two. One that had to be sacrificed was a mountain ash that be came diseased and we could not cure it. The ones we have planted and nurtured include hard and soft maples, oaks, catal- pa, linden, sycamore, dog- woods, mulberry, pussywil- Included were recipes for ham loaf, white potato pud- ding and Mennonite cole slaw, and they sounded mouthwat- ering. Mrs. Wolgemuth was the former Miriam Tyndall and Mr. Wolgemuth is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Miller Wolge- muth, Old Market street. Interestingly enough, Mr. lows and birch. and Mrs. Miller and their Three of the oaks we grew four children were also fea- ourselves from acorns gath- tured on Sunday, April 23, ered one autumn at a trailer rally at the Mount Airy camp- ground. They are now size- able trees! in an article in Family Week- ly Magazine, which circulates widely in this area. Timely Tips for Women FTC Makes Ruling On Clothing Homemakers who find the family laundry a real puzzle about which water temperature, what drying cycle to use and even whether to launder or dryclean a garment, should Govern 7 each. Jackson had none. The single local race was on the Republican ticket for €ounty committeewoman from the East ward. There Jane Walker polled 113 votes and Shirley Gates 97. A total of 636 people went to the polls in Mount Joy — 190 Democrats and 446 Re- publicans. The Constitutional party claimed no voters locally. Dr. Mays Talks To Rotarians A look at young Americans was given Mount Joy Rotar ians Tuesday noon, April 25. at heir w-=ekly luncheon meeting, held at Hostetters by Dr. Morley Mays, presi dent of Elizabethtown college, To see what the youngsters will be, one needs to look at their family and personal backgrounds, Mays indica‘ed: He divided the student group into those who have been ex- cluded from the main stream of social life in this country; those who have had a tenuous inclusion and have hoped for an education to pull themselves into better accep- tance (these are the silent majority), and the socially ‘in’ group. The latter, he said form the basis for the activism. the militancy and are those who future. tions for their care and main- tenance. This ruling, which goes into effect July 3, 1972, applies to all clothes manufac- tured after that date—but not to clothes that are still in stock. This ruling affects finished textile garments and hosiery requiring care and mainten- ance for ordinary use, domes- tic and imported clothing, and hand crafted clothing made for sale. The rule also requires that textile piece goods sold to consumers for the purpose of making wear- ing apparel must be accom- panied by care labels which home sewers can permanently attach to the finished product by sewing or ironing. Items of apparel not cover- ed by the ruling include head- wear, footwear except hos- iery) and handwear such as gloves and mittens; apparel which requires no care such as disposable products: com- pletely washable items such as scarves whose use or ap- are discontend about Viet pearance would be impared Nam. race matters, the estab- by a permanently attached la- lishment. - bel. Items exempted from the He was introduced by Dr ruling, however, must be ac- Robert Brackbill program companied by the care in- chairman. : & formation in hangtag or sep- — — arate instruction form. IN HOSPITAL * ® * Lezter Breneman. west A New Look For Maraschino Cherries When you think of mara- schino cherries, you probably visualize the bright red color that sometimes you use to put a finishing touch to desserts and saltds. (Turn to page 16) Main street, is a surgical pa tient in the General hospital. COIN CLUB MEETING The Mount Joy-Florin Coin Club will hold its April mee? Ing on Thursday, April 27. at the Mount Joy Restaurant, beginning at 7:30 p.m.
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