hE EN 0, ana aaa an at * Ra RN i ~ with the district Santa Mail Box JUST FOR KIDS And, right in the post office, too! For the benefit of the small fry who feel in- clined to mail a letter to Santa Claus, Mount Joy postal employees have installed a special letter box in the lobby of the post office. Gaily decorated and prominently placed un- der a colorful decorated Christmas tree, the box is complete with letter slot at a conveniently low level. . Boys and girls — and their parents — may be interested in using the box! COUNT TRAFFIC Vehicular traffic through Mount Joy on Route 230, and at some of its intersections, is the subject of a routine sur- vey being made by the Penna. Department of Transportation. Paul Myers, superintendent of highways at Lancaster, re- vealed this week that the sur- vey is a matter of updating statistics needed by the de- partment for its log. This is the first such study made in this immediate vicini- ty since 1970. Myers said that the count- ers—which include a relative small box for the counting mechanism and a tube across the highway probably will be evidence in the borough for perhaps 90 days. Records show that the traf- ffic through Mount Joy — varying, of course, at different points — hangs around 13 to 15,000 per day. AUDITION Three Donegal high school students have won places band and one with the district orches- tra. Auditions were held last weekend at Palmyra. Winning places were: Band — Lolly Baker, bari- tone saxophone, first chair; Sharon Zimmerman, oboe, sixth chair, and Keith Smith, bass clarinet, seventh chair, Orchestra — Gloria Longe- necker, flute, second chair. Boys and girls auditioning were from the three-county Lower Southern District of Pennsylvania. Festivals and concerts will be held by both band and orchestra later this school year. GRADUATED Navy Seaman, Recruit Jos. M. Strickland Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. James M. Strickland of 47 Miller Drive, Mount Joy R1, has been graduated from recruit training at the Naval Training Center in Great Lakes. He is scheduled to report to Boiler Technician School, at Great Lakes. Ralph M.Snyder R. D. 2 Mount Joy, Pa. = BULLETIN Mount Joy's ONLY Newspaper — VOL, 72. NO. 29 Devoted to the Best Interests and Welfare of Mount Joy , MOUNT JOY, ra. 17552 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1972 TEN CENTS Arts & Crafts Show Planned for Memorial Day Week Something new for Mount Joy is to be offered as part of the orial Day Weekend”! At its December meeting, 6, at the borough building, ty Council voted to stage an ‘“‘arts & crafts” show. Full details of the event were not completed but the idea was approved and Mrs. Franklin Zink, president was authorized to proceed with ing. Mrs. Lee Ellis has been named chairman of the project and she will form a working 713 “Mem- work immediately, At the As tentatively sketched, the show : would include a number of “craft” held Dec. activities which would feature *‘peo- Communi- the plann- ical display. ple at work” making and doing things Other events “roughed in” for the Memorial Day weekend will include, a parade by the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars, services, art show, a “Music in the Park” concert; and possibly a histor- The Community Council will meet next month on. Wednesday committee to begin Jan. 10, memorial evening, instead of Jan, 3 January meeting, Mrs, Zink announced, a Council budget for 1973 will be submitted, In the meantime, the staging a Christmas in the Park pro- gram on Dec, 23. Mrs. Warren Foley, who man of the park programs, said that rehearsals for the program are being held each Sunday afternoon at Mount Joy Presbyterian church and that anyone participate. “beautiful”. Council is is chair- the interested is invited to The music, she said, is SATURDAY, DEC. 23 Christmas in the Park Plans for the second annual Christmas Carol Sing are pro- gressing for Saturday, Dec. 23. A 10-foot Christmas Tree, donated by William Miller, has been cut and placed in Memorial Park this week by the Boro workmen. Donald (Ducky) Germer volunteered to decorate the tree. The Community Chorus, directed by Miss Dorothy Schock, has been practicing each Sunday afternoon for the past several weeks. The chorus will sing several numbers arranged from the traditional carol to the con- temporary. Miss Romaine Bridgett will be guest soloist. The community will join in the singing the traditional car- ols. A new feature this year will be singing around a bon fire, to be taken care of by Girl Scout Troop 35. Hot chocolate will be serv- ed by the Women’s Auxiliary of Friendship Fire Co. #1. Tribe Wins League Tilt By a 56-55 score, Donegal squeeked past Garden Spot on Tuesday night, Dec. 12, and opened the Lancaster-Lebanon Section II league season ‘“‘out of the red.” After a pre-season game string, the Indians jumped in- to a 10-8 lead Tuesday at the Propose 1-Mill Tax Cut Mount Joy’s tax rate, unless there is a last-minute change in plans, will be cut 1 mill for the year 1973. Thus, the new rate would be 14 mills, This was determined Mon- day night, Dec. 11, at the De- cember meeting of the coun- cil, held in the borough build- ing. The 1973 proposed budget was presented, showing a to- Charles Heads Donegal School District’s Board of Education will be headed during the next year by J. Edw. Charles of Mariet- ta, relected Thursday night, Nov. 17. At its annual reorganization meeting, held in the Donegal high school library, Charles was named by the board to serve his seventh term. He served in 1959, in 1965 and 1966 and again in 1970 - ’71 - "72 and now reelected for ’73. Twelve different men have served in the capacity as president of Donegal School Board. Also elected Thursday night was Jay C. Musser, Marietta avenue, who was re-named vice-president. In 1958 he served as president and has been vice-president for the past six years. New Church Involvement A community involvement which is something new to officials of Mount Joy borough was an- nounced Monday night as it was revealed that the Mount Joy Presbyterian church plans, during 1973, to give the borough $100. The amouni was voted at a recent congrega- tional meeting. The gift is in recognition of the fact that church properties are not taxed by the borough yet receive all normal benefits of bor- ough government, In other years, the congregation has made gifts to the library and to the fire company, the Pastor, Rev. Stephen Getty, said this week. School Beard Also renamed at the reor- ganization meeting were: Mus- ser, representative to the county wage tax board, and Dr. Harold Fellenbaum, alter- nate; Dr. Robert Eshleman PSBA legislative representa- tive, and John Weidman, al- ternate. Donald Kugle was named to membership of the Vo-Tech Joint Committee and Dale Arnold, alternate, Dr. Fellen- baum and Dr. William B. Lan- dis, representatives to the high school athletic council. In other business last Thurs- day night, the board appoint- ed Al Brooks as head base- ball coach for the ’'73 season and named four fall sports head coaches for next year— Gayne Deshler, football; Ber- nard Thome soccer and Joyce Zangari, field hockey. (Turn to page 6) Children’s Party Set By Legion The Mount Joy Legion again will hold its annual Children’s Christmas party at the W. L Beahm Jr. high school build- ing on Saturday, Dec. 23, at 10 a.m; Chairman Lee Ellis has promised some of the finest children’s arts that show busi- ness can offer. And, it is also rumored that Santa will be making a per- sonal appearance to hand out gifts to the children. No children allowed the age of 100 ! ! over tal anticipated expenditure of $216,148. That figure is 12.4 percent above the 1972 budg- et - - - or, $23,854. Reduction in the millage and the increased budget are balanced by the fact that the borough is receiving federal revenue sharing funds, which during the calendar year is anticipated to be approximate- ly $35,000. The budget provides $46,- 125 for general government; $51,831 for police; $14,350 for fire; $1,342 for zoning and planning; $28,825 for refuse collection; $45500 for the highway fund; $2,000 for the library; $10,975 for parks and playgrounds, and $3,500 for capital reserves. Revenues principally are from real estate taxes—$82,- 578 — and enabling taxes (head taxes, occupational tax- es,) — $81,500. The remaind- er come from such items as licenses, fines, rents, interests, grants and gifts, etc. The budget will get another inspection by councilmen and come up for final adoption at a special council meeting on Thursday, Dec. 28. Mayor Clark Berrier had recommended that council em- ploy and give necessaray training to a fifth full-time po- lice officer but the item was not included in the budget. He raised the matter for discussion again Monday nite. Some members of council agreed with the mayor that there is a need and the mat- ter was given back to commit- tee for further study. Council Monday night gave considerable discussion to a proposal by the Mount Joy Athletic Association to erect lights on Kunkle field at the Boro park. The association proposes to spend $5,500 on the project and is asking the council for $2,000 assistance. The amount was not includ- ed in the proposed budget for "73, however. After exploring possibilities, a motion was made and seconded to include the amount. The motion lost by a 5 to 2 show of hands. The matter was then refer- red to the property committee for further study. Monday night council pas- (Turn to page 6) quarter; nosed farther ahead, 30 to 23, at the half and mov- ed to an even wider gap at the three quarters 44 to 35. However, the Spartans did not give up easily and rallied smartly in the finale with a big 20-point period. Steve Tucker bounded to the top of the Donegal scor- ing column with 16 points, followed closely by Dick Yun- inger with 15. Phil Waters had 10. In the preliminary, Donegal took the J.V. victory, 38-27. As the Tribe ended its non- league warm-up games for the main events of the season. a total of 123 points have been scored against 184 for the op- position — Octorara, Dallas- town and Red Lion. Brayman has been the chief point getter with 29, followed by Yunninger with 23, Wal- ters has 15, Yohe 14 and Zel- ler 13. Although he is the only In- dian with any sizable number of free tosses, Yunninger has hit only seven.. Yohe has stuf- fed six of eight tries and Wal- ters five of six. As a team, the Indians have converted 29 of 51 tries for a .568 percen- tage. This Friday, the Indians go against Norlebco in their first league road game. On Tuesday, Dec. 19, they will be back on the home floor, against Pequea Valley, CHRISTMAS VACATION Donegal District schools will observe the Christmas holi- days with vacation from Fri- day, Dec. 22, until Tuesday, January 2, 1973. Elementary schools will be dismissed at 12:30 p. m. on the 22nd and the secondary schools at 1:05. AH classes will convene at the regular time on Tuesday, Jan. 2. NEW ARRIVALS Joseph and Doris (Greiner) Russell, Mount Joy R2 . a daughter, Tuesday, Dec. 5, at the General hospital. Robert and Sharon (Roten) Atkins, 207 E. Main St., a son, Monday, Dec. 11, at St. Joseph’s hospital. Emergency Medical Calls SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY Dr. Newton Kendig
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