The Mount Joy BULLETIN 11 EAST MAIN STREET MOUNT JOY, PA. 17552 Published Weekly on Wednesdays Except Fourth of July Week and Christmas Week (50 Issues Per Year) Richard A. Rainbolt \ Editor oot and lah Publisher - Advertising rates upon request. Entered at the post office at Mount Joy, Penna., as second class mail under the Act of Emblem Design Among Finalists The field of entries in the Lancaster County Bicentennial Corporation's contest to find an official emblem has been narrowed to 14 finalists, and one of the artists is a Mount Joy Donegal high school stu- ent, She is Patsy Ann Keller, Marietta avenue. The winning design will be unveiled at a special program on Monday, Dec. 4, A judging panel has trim- med the entries of 71 semi-fin- alists from 10 county schools and adult artists, All compete without identification of age or categories. Pasty’s design features a circular emblem bearing the Donegal Presbyterian church and Witness Tree with the legend ‘The Hands of Liberty’. Among the semi-finalists from Donegal high school were Cindy Waltz, Robert Eno, Ramona Bridgett, Mary Alice Heilman. It Pays To Advertise WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1972 Tells Rotarians About Railroad “The Strasburg Railroad Story”, as told by Walter Knapp Jr., was unfolded for Mount Joy Rotarians Tuesday noon, Nov. 28, at their week- ly luncheon meeting, held at Hostetters. Associated with the Bearing Corporation of America, Knapp used slides to help tell the story of how a railroad in 1972 makes a profit. He was introduced by Carl Hallgren, The senior citizen guest of the club this week and last was David Stauffer, S, Mark- et street. On Oct. 10, 1911, Chinese revolutionaries under Dr. Sun Yat-sen overthrew the Man- chu dynasty. According to legend, Norse explorer Leif Ericson discov- ered North America on Oct, 9, 1000. March 3. 1879. 4 ars 5s. a isd Wasting! TI WHEN YOUR HOME IS UNINSULATED. Escaping heat is expensive so be sure that every escape route is insulated: put six inches in the attic and three in side walls . . . and don’t forget crawl spaces. For an uninsulated home, putting six inches of insulation in the ceiling of a typical one-story house with : 1,500 sq. ft. of ceiling could reduce heating costs as much as 30 per cent. WHEN YOU HAVE NO STORM DOORS OR WINDOWS. Installation of storm windows and doors in an average home can reduce heating costs as much as 15 per cent. ————— ——— ri. Here are some other money-wasters: level, leave the thermostat(s) alone for most effective operation. If you wish to turn thermostats down at night purely for comforts sake, fine, but this will not necessarily provide great savings, de- pendent on the thermal characteristics of your system. Ask your heating contractor for recommendation. : When you install weather stripping improperly. It's expensive to spend money on insulation, then let cold air in through cracks around windows. Weather stripping and caulking will do the trick. When you leave fireplace dampers open, even slightly. Heat can find its way quickly to an open chimney. Keep it in with a tightly closed damper when fireplace is not in use. Savings can be in the 5 to 10 per cent range of annual heating costs. When you close your drapes to solar heat. Make the sun your ally—open drapes and blinds on the sunny side of the house to let solar heat take some of te heating load off your system. At night, of course, closed drapes, blinds and shades will When you block heating units. help keep heat in. Blocking radiators, registers or electric baseboard heating units with furniture or drapes prevents the even circulation of heat. Keep them clean and free of all obstructions. When your furnace filters are dirty. Check the filters at least once a month because dirty filters make your system work harder, Clean filters mean cleaner air flowing When you heat unused rooms. through your home, too. With systems having room-by-room controls, you can make sub- stantial savings by turning down the heat and closing the doors to rooms or areas not used regularly. The dwindling supply of all types of heating fuels has become a matter of growing concern as well as a major reason for an upswing in heating costs. Proper handiing of your heating system—ceal, oil, gas or elec- tric—can help offset such increased costs and siow down the depletion When you fiddle with the thermostat. of our fuel resources. For all rooms in regular use, once you have found your ideal comfort Pennsylvania Power & Light Company
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