Not that it makes the dis- tance any shorter — it just seems shorter, perhaps. ®e oo o But, amidst the confusion and headlines of the flood, a nice improvement has been made in the area. ® © o Workmen have completed laying a new macadam resur- facing job on Route 141 be- tween New Haven street in Mount Joy and the highway’s intersection with Route 441 at Marietta. ® oo o Now, if the state, or some- one, would do something a- bout the cemetery curve to make it less dangerous, that siretch of highway would be in excellent condition. ®e © oo Here's something we'd like to see done. ® © © When the borough building was purchased and remodel- ed, there was talk about in- stalling a plaque to mark the date. ® ® © That little finishing is long overdue, ®e © © It would not need to be a big deal. A plaque just large enough to indicate the date " and maybe the names of the councilmen and mayor at that time is sufficient. Whether or not it would be mounted in- side somewhere or on the ex- terior is beside the point. But, it should be done, touch ® © o Here are some interesting figures released this past month by the Lancaster Plan- ning Commission concerning porulation projections: 1980 1990 2000 Mount Joy 6,000 6,770 7,300 East Donegal Township 3,320 4.370 6,000 Lancaster County 376,350 441,820 519,945 ®e © ©o But, if that's something, look at the 2010 projections: Mount Joy, 7,710; East Done- gal Twp., 8,130, and Lancast- er county, 615,710. ; ® © © The eclipse—in Mount Joy —Ilooked pretty much like any other day this summer! ® ® © Partly cloudy. ® © 9 In fact, that’s just what it was—partly cloudy. ® © o Unless you were paying particular attention, you mis- sed the whole thing. ® o& o During the early stages of the phenenomon, there was a light cloud cover, making it possible to view the sun in crescent form, but very quic- kly the unusual event was just another 1972 summer day. ® ® oo It was not worth trying to show or talk about to a child VOL. 73. NO. 7. Open Headquarters Robert L. Madeira, of 1001 S. Locust St., Elizabethtown, has been named Campaign chairman of the fund raising program for the new Medical facility of the Northwest Lancaster County Medical As- sociation, according to an an- nouncement last week by Glenn E. Irwin, president of the Association. Maderia is Executive Direc- tor of the National Institute of Locker and Freezer Provis- ioners with offices at 224 E. High St., in Elizabethtown The new facility is to be located on a 13-acre tract of land on Colebrook Road just north of Route 230, between Mount Joy and Elizabethtown. It will serve the residents of Elizabethtown, Mount Joy, Marietta, Bainbridge, Fal- mouth, Maytown, Rheems, Milton Grove, Mastersonville and the rural area south and west of Manheim. A campaign office has been opened in Mount Joy at 745 West Main Street. Mrs. Ken- neth H. Newcomer of Mount Joy and Mrs. Fred D. Light of Elizabethtown have been employed as clerical help in the office. Estimated costs of the total project, including land costs, will be approximately $300, 000. Ralph M.Snyder R- Ds ant THE MOUNT Joy Mount Joy's ONLY Newspaper a SICO PARK CLOSED Flood Waters Inflict Heavy Damage The birds sing a quiet, sum- mer song. The air is calm and quiet. Bright little flowers flash their colors timidly on the banks of the stream. A dog barks in the distance — a child's voice sounds somewhere far off. Little Chiques creek, mud- dy, but calm, flows gently — very gently around the horse- shoe bend of SICO park. But SICO parke is a shambles! A few short days ago it was a beauty spot. It was one of the nicest parks in the en- tire area and people by the hundreds—yes thousands — flocked there for family re- unions, family picnics, a calm- Ing outing, a break in the day’s activities for a mother and child. SICO park, over the years, has become something very Devoted to the Best Interest and Welfare of Mount Joy MOUNT JOY, PENNA. WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 1972 TEN CENTS special. But, it appears unlikely that there will be a quick resump- tion of the normal activities of that area. SICO park — more correct- ly called Little Chiques park —was perhaps the hardest hit spot in the Mount Joy area when “Agnes” went up the Atlantic seaboard late last month. (Turn to page 5) Approve New Factory Plans Another step toward loca- tion of a new manufacturing plant at the east edge of Mt. Joy borough was taken Mon- day night, July 10, as the Borough Council approved construction plans. Following recommendations by the county and borough planning and zoning boards, Council accepted and approv- ed plans submitted in behalf of Parkwood Homes, Elkhart, Indiana, to erect a plant on the west half of a 39-acre tract now owned by J. Roy Breneman. Located between Route 230 NOTICE T0 ACTIVE FIREMEN OF FRIENDSHIP FIRE CO. NO. 1 Effective August 1, pickups on Main Street will will be discontinued, due to heavy traffic and for the safety of men. Bridges Suffer Heavily Despite optimistic and hope ful statement by the state, from a striclly realistic point of view, it is going to be a long long time until roadways and bridges in this flood-rav- aged area are replaced and repaired. A hard, cold look at the situation locally, coupled with the knowledge that this is only one very small part of the total devastation picture, indicates a long, hard pull un- til things are as they were on June 2-, 1972. For instance, within the Donegal school district there are four bridges which have been either washed away or very very severely damaged. Along the Marietta-Lancas- ter road, the crossing at the Drager home is gone with only rubble and a gaping hole to mark the spot. The west approach, for a distance of who has never seen an ec- maybe 40 years is torn away, lipse. the black top gone and the | ic ES CE “Music | In The Park” The Rajah String Band will present a program at Mem- orial Park, Saturday night, July 15, from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m. Playing together for the last 14 years, the band is made up of 25 men and is under the leadership of Robert Hen- ninger from Reading. Ben Staley of Mount Joy is a member of the band. The band has appeared, traveling on its $15,000 float in the Mt. Joy Memorial Day parade for many years. In case of rain, the concert will be played in the W. L Beahm Jr. High School. The band will appear in the park under the sponsorship of the Mount Joy Community Council. guard fence has disappeared. Farther east, near the con- fluence of Big and Little Chi- ques creek, the bridge stands and appears to be undamaged, but the west approach road- way is washed away with great gaping holes. The em- bankment is washed through to a depth of several feet. Against the north side of the bridge abutments, lies in jumbled en‘anglement — the remains of the covered bridge which stood 50 yards or so up stream across the Little Chiques. Only the concrete abut- ments remain, fenced off by heavy guard timbers. Along Route 441, between Marietta and Columbia, at the fork of Chiques rock, near the waterworks pumping sta- tion, the bridge apparently is little damaged but the west approach has suffered severe washing and cutting away part of the fill material. Along the south side of the same embankment, there has been heavy damage and the guard fence lost. But the bridge is being used. To date, highway officials have had only time to view the damage, take preliminary inventory of the situation and to start a few beginning sal- vage steps. Under the best of circum- stance, the building of a bridge is a lengthy operation. From final determination to build until completion is a multiple=step process. Actual construction, even if all design, engineering, and many other problems were solved, would take many, months. and the Penn Central railroad and between National Cash Register and the Eby-Chiques road, the tract was scheduled to be sold on Wednesday of this week. In other business Monday night, Council acted on rec- ommendation by Mayor Clark Berrier to approve the six- months probationary period of Police Officer Charles Roye and to place him on full time, permanent status as po- lice patrolman, Roye began as a rookie of- ficer January 17, 1972. Ronald Lutz was named a part-time police officer, re- placing John Germer, who has resigned. Mayor Berrier praised the efforts of local officers during the recent flood disaster who spent their own off-time help- ing police officers in neighbor- ing communities. Mount Joy Borough Coun- cil bought one half of a ship- ment of paper products con- signed to a local restaurant. The irate owner said that a deliveryman placed two car- tons of napkins and cups near the area in which garbage and trash is stored until pick- up. The restauranteer further related that while he was otherwise busy, borough trash collection men arrived, took garbage etc, including the two newly-delivered packages. He waved a bill for slightly more than $16. Council ag- reed to pay half. Miss Mindi Liggins, 1972 Donegal graduate, was intro- duced as new secretary for the borough and Borough Authority, Council approved “hood- ing” of parking meters July 20, 21 and 22, at the request of Mount Joy merchants. Borough Manager George Ulrich reported that the Au- thority lost about 800 fee! of fencing around the sewage disposal plant, which with £ome electrical equipment. he believes will be replaced {-om federal fund allocations. Water, Sewer Assured Assurance that Mount Joy water and sewer connections will be provided at their ~ro posed new factory site has been given Parkwood Homes of Elkhart, Indiana. At its July meeting DMon- day night of this week, the Mt. Joy Authority gave its assurance that the facilities will be provided at the east edge of the borough on Route 230. Details of how the connec- tions will be made were not indicated but will be worked out through for both the borough and the mobile home manufacturers, who have chosen a site on the J. Roy Breneman *~—--- While the Authority is ma- king available the facilities, installation is to be handled by the manufacturing firm ac cording to specifications which have been ordered written. Lines will be extended from their location along the south side of the highway in front of NC plant. (Turn to page 5) engine ove PROUD OF THIS COMMUNITY On behalf of the Mount Joy Jaycees, I would like to thank all those who were in any way responsible for ccntri- buting to the flood relief emergency. We certainly were proud to represent a community which showed beyond a shadow of a doubt that people do care, and that they will go to great lengths to lend a helcing hand when disaster- strikes. The number of volunteers who were on hand to help wherever needed was simply tremendous. Young and old working side by side, sorting and boxing, néver quite being able to get ahead, was the scene throughout the weekend. George Ulrich, Mount Joy's Borough Manager, can not go unmentioned for he proved to be a great asset in ihe success of the project. He graciously let the borough office building be used as the collection center for food and clothing, and also was there helping the entire weekend. We would also like to extend our sincere thanks and appreciation to the following: Boy Scouts & Girl Scouts of Mt. Joy; the pastors and churches of Mount Joy and Elizabeth- town; Nick. Agouridis of the Tastee Freeze: Elwood Martin of Pensupreme Dairy; Lutz's Citgo and Ryder Truck Re lal; the volunteer workers who boxed the food and clothing; and last but not least, all the residents of Mount Joy and sur- rounding areas who generously contributed food, clothing, furniture, and cash donations. President Mount Joy Jaycees Larry K. Gainer
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