By R.A. R. The holidays are over! © © o Families have different times for disposing of the Christmas lights, tree and other decora- tions. & ® 9 But some signs that the sea- son is ended came first thing Tuesday morning when we spotted Christmas trees on the curb, waiting for the bor- ough trash crew, ®e © © Art Sprecher, who for years has managed the Christmas lighting program, called early Tuesday to ask “will you please pull the plug on the wreaths and push the drop cord out the window?” © © +o As time permits, workmen will remove the huge wreaths from poles along Main street and the lights, which have been in place since before Thanksgiving will be stored. @ ® 9 And—w'ile there is no sea- son in the year to which we look with more anticpation, it is good to swing back into a more comfortable routine, less hectic in some aspects. ® © o The next BIG holiday of the year is not until Memorial Day. In the meantime, a coup- le of those new Monday holi- days which tend to jolt some of us because they are not when we have grown up ex- pecting them to be, ® © © The new, young voters of the Borough of Mount Joy got a break! @ ® ® As the borough councilmen passed 1973 tax legislation, they did not include in the head tax assessment anyone under 21 years of age. ® © 9 The Donegal School District already has announced that it will tax 18-year-olds the next time it structures taxing as- sessments. Halph M. Roo h Snyder Mount Joy, Pa. * BULLETIN Mount Joy's ONLY Newspaper VOL. 72. NO. 31. Neighbors complain Boro Well Drilling Operations Suspended Because of complaints from residents of the area, deep water well drilling operations near Donegal high school have been suspended. In the most recent steps in a long series of explorations for additional water, a well drill- ing rig recently wos moved onto the site and the neces- sary derrick erected. However, before more than a minimum of work had been done, a petition bearing the names of nearby property Authority Re-elects All members of the Mt. Joy Borough Authority were re- elected to office Tuesday nite, as the body held its annual re-organization meeting. Bernerd Grissinger was named chairman; Franklin Eichler, vice-president; Joseph Dolan, secretary; Franklin Zink, treasurer and Pat Swei- gert, assistant secretary-treas- urer. Zink, at its December meet- ing, was re-named to the Au- thority for a 5-year term. owners was presented the East Donegal township super- visors. The supervisors’ attorney has contacted the Borough Authority’s attorney and now work has been su:pended pen- ding further investigations. The drilling site is along Union School Rd. (south Ang- le street extended) just north of Waynesboro road and Bru- baker’s woods. Aithough an Authority spokesman claims that verbal ‘go ahead’ arrangements were made with East Donegal Twp. officials, residents now point to the fact that there are no permits for such activity by the water authority. Many months ago, in its search for water, the Author- ity had a geolog'st make a study of the entire local area, looking for what would be a “highly probable” site for a high-producing well. (Hgh producing pecpie means to water something far To ask state [federal aid Seek Fifth Patrolman As one of its final pieces of business in 1972, at a special meeting on Thursday, Dec. 28 Mount Joy Borough Council took steps to investigate the possibility of hiring a fifth police officer. Such a move has been rec- ommended by Mayor Clark Berrier. Council, which for several Trapped Three Hours Nearly three hours after he was trapped by a trench cave- in Tuesday, Jan. 2 Arthur Redcay of Salunga was freed and rushed to St. Joseph’s hospital, where he is under- going treatment for injuries to his lower extremities. Employed as a workman in the construction of a new sewer line along a newly op- ened section of Terrace Ave. ‘Of This and That’ It was an unusual Christ- mas! There wasn’t one feathery flake of snow, there was lots of rain . . rain} There wasn't any sledding, skating, skiing or snowmobil- ing, but there was lots of ten- nis playing, horseback riding, bicycling! In our family, we had an outdoor picnic in the woods in Perry County on Christmas single but . rain Eve day, and hiked in the sunshine around Memorial Lake at Indiantown Gap on New Year's Day! Yes, it was a very unusual Christmas, weatherwise! * %* » There were many enjoyable moments and days during our short week of vacation-happy family gatnerings, fruitcake, ham, cranberry punch, glow- ing fireplaces, twinkling Christ- mas tree lights, a pointsettia with 14 scarlet flowers . . . There was a trip, a few days before Christmas, to the Longwood Gardens to see the poinsettia display in the Con- servatory. It was our first time to be there at Christmas and we found it almost incred- ibly beautiful. Some 3,000 poinsettia plants were massed alongside the walks in the main entrance hall, and sprinkled generously throughout the other rooms. Most of them were flaming red, with a few pink and a by the editor's wife few white for variety and ac- cent. It was breathtaking! There were poinsettia plants more than five feet tall in huge, showy urns, their bios- soms towering over our heads There were several decorat- ed Christmas trees, but the one that intrigued us most was a lovely fir tree trimmed only with natural materials— pine cones, popcorn, cranber- ries, gilded or silvered seed pods of many kinds, some of them like delicate little birds. It was very attractive! Hollies and hemlocks were used among the poinsettias, and there was even an occa- sional bed of narcissus, daffo- dils, or hyacinths, with blue iris and red cyclamen adding their bit and reminding us that “It’s a magical thing and sweet to remember We're nearer to spring than we were in September!” ~ » * Although our visit to Long- wood Gardens was in the day- t me, we drove along Christ- mas Tree Lane, where fifty- five trees decoraied with col- ored lights a spectacular show at night! It was interesting to us to see that bus loads of school child- ren were being taken on tours of the Conservatory by gra- cious and knowledgable wom- en guides. We had never been (Turn to page 12) between north Angle & North Plum, he was trapped about 11:15 a.m. and finally remov- ed from the trench shortly af- ter 2 p.m. The shale-type earth along the north side of the 9-ft. deep trench collapsed and caught Redcay. apparently, as he was facing south. He was encircled by the earth to his waist and his legs were tucked back un- der him and covered with dirt. Excavation is in a section being developed by Boyd and Plank on land formerly part of the Howard Bernhard farm. State investigators were on the scene late Tuesday ,it was reported by borough officials. Immediately after the cave- in, the Friendship Fire com- pany’s ambulance responded and a local physician was on the scene to give Redcay as- sistance. GRADUATED Four Mount Joy area resi- dents were among 256 per- sons receiving bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Winter Commencement ceremonies at Millersville State College on Friday, Dec. 22. Karen Eileen Vanderschaaf, Mount Joy graduated cum laude. Mrs. Vanderschaaf (nee Bricker), R. D. 2, received a bachelor of science degree in elementary educaton. Miss Jean L. Musser, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Musser, 353 S. Market Ave. and Bonita M. Shumate, Mt. Joy R1. Both received a mast- er of science degree in ele- mentary education. Mrs. Barbara J. Musser, of Mount Joy R2, was graduated cum laude with a bachelor of science degree in elementary education. Miss Jean Louise Thome, of Mount Joy R2, also receiv- ed a bachelor of science de- gree in elementary education with an area of concentration in special education for the mentally retarded, months has been preparing a request for a state federal grant has now authorized that funds for the patrolman be requested. The grant possibility is from federal money which is ad- ministered by the state. A fund which places strong emphasis upon highway safety, the money allows a wide range of affiliated services — equipment, ete. The borough estimates that the new patrolman proposed would be used 80 percent for traffic control and connected duties. (Borough statistics reveal that despite the fact there is less traffic along Mount Joy’s Main street since Route 283 was opened, there are more accidents in the borough now than previously.) Set Prayer Breakfast Jan. 6 On Saturday, Jan. 6, at 7 a.m.,, the Mount Joy Inter- church Council is sponsoring a prayer breakfast. It is hop- ed that 300 men, women and youths will gather at Hostet- ter’s Dining Hall for this co- operative effort in the Key 73 program. Key 73 is a cooperative ev- angelistic effort by most de- nominations and Christian groups in North America to see that each person on this continent hears about Jesus Christ in 1973. Those participating in the program at the prayer break- fast will be Rev. Harry Bert, Clair Gibble and Charles Heaps. An inspiration time will be led by Mrs. Richard Kohler, Ragnar Hallgren and Charles Hershey. There will be group singing with Dr. Da- vid Schlosser playing the or- gan. Tickets for the breakfast are on sale at each church in the community. Everyone is welcome to attend, but tick- ets will not be sold at the door. GRADUATED Navy Seaman Recruit Stev- en L. Pennell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leroy F. Pennell of Mt. Joy R1, has been graduated from recruit training at the Navol Training Center, Great Lakes. LEISURE CLUB TO MEET The Mount Joy Leisure Club will meet Monday, Jan. 8 at the Sports Farm. Devoted to the Best Interests and Welfare of Mount Joy MOUNT JOY, PA. 17552, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3. 1973 TEN CENTS above 100-gallons per minute and hopefully several times that amount. Anything less than 100 g.p.m. is considered a non-producing well and is economically not feasible for development.) The geologists told the Au- thority that there is a 50-50 chance of drilling a satisfac- tory well at the site chosen, One heavily inffuencing fae- tor in the selection of the spot is its accessab.lity to already (Turn to page 12) —— EE aa) Set Boro Tax As anticipated, Mount Joy Borough's 1973 real estate tax has been cut one mill below last year. At a special year-end meet- ing, held Friday, Dec, 28. Bor- ough Council set a 14-mill tax levy and a $5 per capita tax. Income, plus that from its other continuing sources, is designed to balance a $216,148 budget aprroved at the Ds Cc. 11 meeting of Council. Although the 1973 budget is increased $23,854 over '72, the amount is overmatched by the borough's share of federal revenue sharing, which is an- ticipated to be about $35.000 during 1973. Key '73 Program As the climax of the launch- ing of Key '73, an inspiring Servce for Christian Unity will be held on Wednesday evening, Jan. 10, begnning at 7:30 p.m., in Florin Church of the Brethren, 815 Bruce avenue. The Service for Christan Unity, normally observed in the middle of January, has been moved up so as to be a part of the Key 73 “kick-ofi”’ in the Mount Joy area. Prior 10 ths community service, there will have been held a Prayer Breakfast on Satuhray Jan, 6, at 7 a.n. for all men women, and youth; and a Launch Night Service Sunday evening, Jan. 7, in the Cross Roads Brethren in Christ church. ~ The Rev. Alexander Veron- 1s, pastor of the Hellenc Orth- odox Church of the Annunica- tion in Lancaster, Pa., will be the guest for the Wednesday evening Service for Chrstian Unity. Rev. Veronis is well known and beloved in the Lancaster County area, hav- Ing served as president of the Lancaster County Ministers’ Association, given himself un stintingly to many community and welfare needs and having served as the spiritual leader of his parish for a number of years. The Mount Joy Community Chorus, under the direction of Miss Dorothy Schock, will provide special music. The meaningful litany will be tak- en from “Prayers for Christian Unity”. a suggested resource for observing the Week of Christian Unity, Several mini- sters of the local area will pe participating. The service is open to all, and the general public is in- vited to this specal communi- Ly servee on Wednesday even- ing, Jan. 10, at 7:30 p.m. in the Florin Church of the Brethren, n Mount Joy.
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