ind- and 10 ate ar- ove ry- AWS lan By R.A. R. For whatever it is worth— We gleaned this bit of statish- ical informmation last week, One out of every two marri- ages in the state of California ends in divorce, In the united States, one marriage out of3- .5 marriages follows the same course. But—in the nation, according to one survey, am- ong couples which attend Sunday School and church: divorce enters the picture on- ly one time in 450 marriages, e © Friendships Fire company has something in the way of equipment which not many fire organizations * possess, And, on occasion, firemen are called ccnsiderable distance to use it. ®e oo o The equirment is a “hay prche” which can report the temperature from deep with- in stored hay. ® ® ® Made in four sections, the huge thermometer - can be lengthened, when needed, to 12 feet and its pointed tip rammed deep into loose or baled hay. ® 6 © Fire Chief Frank Good said this week that a reading of 250 degrees is considered dangerous and 280 is cause for fast action to begin tear- ing out the hay before there is spontaneous combustion, e © e The unusual equipment was made and presented to the fire company several years ago by Lloyd Myers, Donegal Springs Road. @ ® ® A French proverb says, Rien ne resussit comme le success.” @ & ® Which, translated into Eng- lish, says “Nothing succeeds like success.” ® 6 eo Translated into the context of Donegal high school foot- ball, it says, “Having won from Columbia, things look good for the '72 season.” ® ® o And, that’s good news for the entire community. ® oo 9 Recently someone ran into the old borough shed on Hen- ry street and did some dam- age. The driver was located. But the insurance company has now given the borough a check for nearly $100. @® ® © Considering that the shed has been labeled for removal anyhow, someone at borough (Turn to page 16) THE BULLETIN'S Cheer Club Listed below is the name of a shut-in, an elderly person, or some other member of our community to whom a card or a message of any kind would mean much. Your thoughtful- ness will be deeply appreciat- | PT ate ate aie. Alb. od ed by them and their famil- ies. DANIEL SCHROLL Room 415 St. Joseph's Hospital Lancaster, Pa. Mr. Schroll, long time Mt. Joy newspaperman, entered the hospital Sept, 5 and un- derwent surgery on Friday. He will be convalescing there pefore returning to his home, Columbia avenue. Mount Joy. Mr. Schroll retired as adver- tising salesman for the Mount Joy Bulletin and the Red Hose Valley Farm & Home News in April, 1971. He Is 84 years young. ‘Both, = BULLETIN Mount Joy's ONLY VOL. 72, NO. 16. Newspaper — MT. JOY, PA. 17552 DONEGAL 12, COLUMBIA 7 Indians Open Season With Big Victory Donegal’s new Indians proved two things Saturday, September 9, as they opened their 1972 season! They can win and they can stand the noise in the boiler factory! It was a tremendous beginning for the all-new Donegal gridiron combination as the Tribe stacked up a sparkling 12-7 victory at One of the tough tests of the season, Columbia immedi- ately put the pressure on the Indians with a fast touchdown at the beginning of the second Columbia. quarter. But, the Indians kept their cool and before the end of the first half had the situation WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1972 well in hand and the score nearly even at 7-6. In the third period the Green and White counted its second touchdown and then played heads up football to clam the victory, Coach Gayne Deshler was well pleased with his lads and the performance they turned in for their initial battle of the 10-game season. The short punt backfield Devoted to the Best Interests and Welfare of Mount Joy TEN CENTS which the Tribe uncorked for the first time as an innovation by the new coach was a joy for the Donegal fans. The backfield forms into an ever - different pattern and where the ball goes, nobody knows, until the play is mov- ing, H'gh schoolers opposing Donegal this fall are going to find the pattern something (Turn to page 16) Awarded Rotary Fellowship Mitchell Albert, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Albert, New Haven street, has been named as the rec'pient of a Rotary International fellowship for the next school year. He was elected to study for a year at Capetown Univer- sity, Capetown, South Africa. His field is mineral econom- ics. Announcement of the fell owship award was made Tues- day noon, Sept. 12, at the weekly luncheon meeting of the Mount Joy Rotary club, at Hostetters. A 1967 graduate of Done- gal high school, he also is a graduate of Penn State and is now working toward a mas- ter’s degree. Albert is the second Mount Joy man in as many years to receive this coveted fellowship grant. The past year Richard Heisey studied mathmetics at the University of Warwick in England. The fellowship is financed from a Rotary fund which provides funds throughout the world for boys and girls to study in various countries around the globe. Shapp Summons Local Schoolman Donegal school district was involved in the much-public- ized state check distribution affair recently in Harrisburg. Superintendent R. F. Hall- gren was called to the capitol to receive the district’s subsi- dy distribution in person. Pre- viously, the same check had arrived at Donegal by mail, The call to report to Har- risburg came in the midst of the Donegal districts negotia- tions between teachers and the administration. $1000 Bequests Are Announced Mount Joy Borough and the Friendship Fire company No. 1 each are to receive $1,- 000 bequests from the estate of the late Irving C, Swarr, Announcement of the two sums was made Monday night by Mount Joy Borough coun- cil at its September meeting. Swarr leaves the borough council $1,000 to be used as it seems fit. The fire company is to have a similar amount. according to informa- tion from legal sources, are to be audited by the Lancaster Courty Court of Common Pleas on Sept. 18. Swarr passed away Nov. 22. 1971 CONTINUOUS PARKING Council Studies Time Limit Proposal An ordinance, directed against continuous parking of vehicles on borough streets, was authorized Monday night, Sept. 11, by Mount Joy Bor- ough Council at its September meeting, held in the borough building. After considerable discus- sion, council authorized the drafting of an amendment to its parking ordinance, limiting continuous parking to 48 hrs. Councilmen feel there is a need to control use of the pub- Bicycle Riders Called Problem Bicycles were the subject of considerable discussion on Monday night, Sept. 11, as Mount Joy Borough Council held its September meeting in the borough building. The discussion was trigger- ed by the appearance of Sam Dock, 217 Mount Joy street, who gave council a report of serious concern for the man- ner in which bicycles are be- ing operated in his neighbor- hood and throughout the com- munity. He believes that the situa- tion is very serious — as a matter of safety not only for the bicycle riders but for oth- er residents of the town. He pointed out that there is a bicycle ordinance which sets out the mechanical features which a bicycle shall have to operate in the community and which sets out the man- ner in which they shall be rid- den. Dock was commended by the council for his appearance. “Everyone talks about the problem but you are the first one to come here to talk to us about it.” Councilman Al Kleiner said. Although the matter was diccussed considerably, no specific orders or plans were made to handle the problem. Borough Manager George Ulrich read some sections of the borough’s 10-year-old bi- cycle ordinance. Legion to Begin Bingo Games Joining a growing wave of bingo playing arrangements, the Mount Joy American Le- gion post has now joined the movement and next ‘week, Tuesday, Sept. 19, will begin weekly activities. Beginning at 7:30 p.m., the bingo parties will use the pro- ceeds to subsidize the many Legion programs which have been hard-pressed from con- tinually rising costs. lic streets for long-time park- ing of all vehicles — motor propelled or “otherwise”. Such vehicles as trucks: trailers, autos and buses, as well as others, are involved. Numerous examples of use of the streets for continuous parking were given with ‘rec- reation’”’ vehicles coming in for considerable mention. Council felt that owners of all vehicles which need long- term parking should find off- street arrangements, There was discussion as to whether or not the limit would be 48 hours or possibly 96. Continuously parking was one of a wide range of sub jects tackled by council Mon- day in a 32-hour session. —- A proposal to make East Main street between Lefever road and the east borough limits a “no passing’ zone was tabled for further study. —A look was taken at three (Turn to page 5) FLOOD INSURANCE First Necessary Steps Virtually impossible to buy in the past, flood insurance now is available to residents of Mount Joy. By action taken Monday night, Sept. 11, by borough council, residents are to be able to buy federally subsidiz- ed insurance at established rates. The key to the availability of the insurance is necessary action of the municipality by School Count Shows Decline Donegal district’s school en- rollment as the 1972-73 year begins is 2,905, it was an- nounced this week from the office of Superintendent R. F. Hallgren. This compares with a figure of 2,931 a year ago. Enrollment in the district this fall is distributed in the school buildings as follows: Junior high school .. 496 Senior high school .. 869 Grandview ........ 379 Mayiown ......... 328 Riverview ©........ 433 Seller ............, 336 Washington ......... 64 This is the third straight year that the enrollment in the district has declined as the fall head count is taken. In 1969 the school population peaked at 3,022. This fall’s total is below the 2,955 count when school was closed for summer vacation. Declining school population has been a difficult factor for the school to explain as it dis- cusses building expansion. One factor is the fact that every year recently, the dis- trict has pushed back the age limit for first graders by one month. Thus, each year dur- ing this period only 11/12th of the normal beginning stu- dents are accepted. passing resolutions and later laws. The borough does not contribute anything financial- ly. It only triggers the availa- bility of federal assistance. Appropriate steps were {ak- en following a lengthy discus- sion of the national insurance program by Jerry L. Spang- ler of the Pennsylvania Dept. of Community Affairs. Passed in 1968, the Cong- ressional act aims to provide insurance and to help control use of land which is subject to flooding. The borough now will take Six other necessary steps (mostly paper work) and thn local residents may buy insur- ance from their own brokers. For the first year, rates are fixed at 25¢ per $100 for resi- dences and 40c for businesses with top limits of insurability. During that year, the Army Corps of Engineers will make a $25,000 flood study of the community. Based on the re- sults of that study, rates will be adjusted. One of the aspecis of the total program is to help dis courage location of structures within the area which are possibly subject to flooding. Such discouragement weould be done not only by the rates of insurance but by zoning regulations which would f{ol- low the engineering study, Library Hours Are Changed A new schedule has been announced for the Mount Joy Library for the fall and win- ter season. Weekday hours remain the same: 3 pm. until 9 pm. however, there has bren a change in the Saturday sched- ule. The library will be open on Saturday from 10 a.m. until 1 pm.
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