“the basement
By R.A. R.
“Bridge of the Roses”!
It rolls off the tongue nice-
ly, has a good sound and the
idea it conveys seems fitting
and proper.
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We vote for the name and
haope that the legislature sees
fit to name the new bridge be-
tween Lancaster and York
county accordingly.
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It’s not that there is any-
thing objectionable about us-
ing the name of Gen. Strick-
ler,—.t’s just that “Bridge of
the Roses” seems to be tre-
mendously appropriate.
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There probably are firemen
(social members, at least) of
Friendship Fire company and,
of a course, a host of other
pecple in the ccmmunity who
are not aware of the changes
which are being made in the
fire house.
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For instance, the new tele-
vision room and lounge rooms
are comgleted—paneled, new
lights, new floor and new
paint — and the furniture is
being refinished,
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The kitchen has been clean-
ed and is in much much bet-
ter condition.
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The trophy case is decorat-
ed and attractive, there is a
light above the World II Hon-
or Roll, rest rooms have been
redone and the entire area
looks 1000 percent, better.
Now, work is beginning in
social room,
which has fallen into a very
"bad state of maintenance.
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Elbow grease, paint, lights,
ete, ete, etc. are coming up
rap.dly.
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‘What's happening is that
the. firemen of Mount Joy —
Friendship and Florin com-
panies — are getting ready to
host the county fire associa-
tion in June.
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And, incidentally, if you
haven't marked June 2 on
your calendar you should, for
that is the day of perhaps the
biggest parade Mount Joy ev-
er has seen.
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VOL. 76. NO. 39.
Lititz Architect
Named Speaker
For C.ofC. Dinner
Robert Derck of Lititz, Pa.,
has been named as speaker
for the annual meeting of the
Mount Joy Chamber of Com-
merce, to ‘be held Tuesday,
Mar, 27, at Hostetters.
Derck, an architect, was
one of the designers and mov-
ing forces of the “new face”
on “Main street” Lititz.
His suggestions, drawings
and imagination are reflected
heavily in the building and
renovating whch is and has
been done in that community
in recent years.
Donegal To Take
School Census
The Donegal School district
conducts a census survey each
year of all residents living
within the school district.
Each home will be visited,
starting March 1.
The census has no direct
influence on property assess-
ments or rate of personal tax
es, but is needed to secure an
accurate count of residents
within the school district. The
information will be data pro-
cessed and files set up which
will be utilized by the schools
to best serve tire total populyg
tion. :
It is'requested by the schools
that all individuals cooperate
with the census takers so the
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project may be completed
with minimum cost prior to
May 1.
Census takers for the school
district are:
Marietta Borough - Marilyn
Baker and Lauralee Baker.
East Donegal Twp. - Benja-
min Gainer.
Mount Joy Borough -
ginia McKenna and Ruth
Newcomer.
Mount Joy Township - Ros-
alie Brandt.
It would be of considerable
assistance to the census taker,
the school points out, if people
Vir-
(Turn to page 12)
‘Of This and That’
by the editor's wife
Golden Wedding anniver-
saries are usually very happy
occasions. But one tha. took
place a. the Rheems Fire hall
on Feb. i8 was especially hap:
py!
It was the drop-in party giv-
en by the children of Mr. and
Mrs. Raymond E. Nissley, Mt.
Joy R2.
And the reason it was a
little unusual was the fact that
all of the living brothers and
sisters of Mr. and Mrs. Nissley
were able to be present for
the event.
For Mrs. Nissley, who comes
from a family that originally
had 14 children—7 boys and
7 girls—ten of her brother:
and sisters are living and all
of them were there.
Allen F. Brubaker, Lititz
R2; Elsie B. Rsser, Landis
Rest Home, Lititz; Florence
(Mrs, Elam) Longenecker, of
Manheim R2, Walter F. and
Warren E. Brubaker, Hershey
R1; J. Arthur Brubaker and
Harold F. Brubaker, Palmyra;
Charles E. Brubaker, Eliza-
bethtown R1, Arlene (Mrs.
Luke Mosemann) of Lititz and
Fannie (Mrs. Ivan) Martin of
Ephrata Rl.
(Turn to page 12)
ON DEAN'S LIST
Charles Waser, son of Rev.
and Mrs. Donald Waser, W.
Donegal street, has been nam-
ed to the Dean’s List at Eliz-
abethtown college for the past
semester with a perfect 4.0
average,
Charles is a senior at the
college majoring in mathema-
tics. He is president of Stu-
dent Senate, and active in oth-
er campus organizations.
85TH ANNIVERSARY
Pastor and Mrs. W. Lester
Koder were honored at a re-
ception at Trinity Lutheran
church, Mount Joy, after the
morning service, Feb. 25. The
reception marked the 35th an-
niversary of pastoral service
at Trinity Lutheran church,
Mount Joy. Pastor Koder as-
sumed the pastorate at Trinity
in February, 1938. He served
the Spies-Oley charges, Berks
county for 3% years before
coming to Mount Joy.
MOUNT JOY, PA.
Devoted to the Best Interests and Welfare of Mount Joy
17552, WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 28. 1973
TEN CENTS
Boro to Hear Suggestion for PO Parking
A proposed plan for impro-
ving parking in the area of
the Mount Joy post office is to
be submitted to the Borough
Council at its March meeting.
The plan, devised and sug-
gested by the Chamber of
Commerce, hopefully, will
provide more “quickie” park-
ing and at the same tme re-
lieve a rather serious traffic
hazard at the intersection of
Main and Market.
Chamber of Commerce dir-
ectors, meeting recently with
the postmaster, representa-
tives of the Borough Council
and the borough manager, dis-
cussed the problem at length
and have come up with a sug-
gestion they believe should be
tried.
The plan was outlined in a
recent letter to th= council
and the proposal then passed
along to councilmen so that
they will be informed when
the matter comes up for dis-
cussion at the March meeting
cf council on the 12th.
As outlined in a letter from
Chamber of Commerce Secre-
tary Joseph Shaeffer to Bor-
ough Manager George Ulrich,
the plan calls for:
1. — Elimination of all park-
ing along the west side of
Market street, in the half
block north of Main, . beside
the National Central bank:
~~ 2.—FEstablishment of two
“quick stop” parking spaces
on the east side of the same.
half block, immediately west
of the post office, and
3. — Establishing another
Newlin Given
GOP Blessing
Party blessing on the candi-
cacy of Albert C. Newlin as
the Republican nominee for
the office of mayor of Mount
Joy has been given.
At a meeting of all six G.O.
P. precinct committee people
he has been endorsed for the
primary election on May 8.
There are, at this time,
other candidates.
Newlin, 36, lives at 220 E.
Main street. He seeks to fill
the office which is now held
by Clark Berrier. The incum-
bant mayor has indicated he
does not wish to run.
The candidate is president of
Newlin Interiors, a business
he began in 1968,
A 1955 graduate of Lancas-
ter’s MecCaskey high school,
Newlin enlisted in the Army
where he became an NCO and
served as an instructor at the
Aberdeen Proving Grounds.
Active in church and civic
affairs, Newlin is currently
president of the Mount Joy
Chamber of Commerce, and a
vice-president of the Mt. Joy
Rotary Club. He has served
as president of the Mount Joy
Library Center, Mount Joy
Merchants Association, and
Lancaster Breakfast Optimist
Club.
Newlin is married to the
former Nancy Jo Detwiler
and has three children: Albert
Jr., 14, Gregory Joe, 12, and
Melinda Lou, 8.
Republican committeemen
participating in the endorse-
ment include James Gingrich,
Jane Walker, Richard Divet,
Helen Hardish, Donald Zerph-
ey and Ruth Madara.
Tuesday, Mar. 6, at 5 p.m.
is the deadline for candidate
filing for the primary,
no
“quickie” spot in front of the
“Reed Property” on Main
street, immediately east of the
post office driveway—if post-
al vehicle traffic can be made
one-way “in” at that po.nt.
Letter drop boxes, located
immediately in front of the
post office steps, would re-
main located as they are.
A common complaint is that
there is not enough parking in
the area for patrons who want
to make a ston for a “run-in”
riece of business at the post
office,
Too, there is, borough offic-
ials recognize, a traff c prob-
lem, particularly for trucks
which are traveling west on
Main and wish to make a
right turn onto north Market.
IMPORTANT NEW DEADLINES
Beginning this week, for
the Mount Joy Bulletin that
will be delivered March 7, the following deadlines will be in
cffec!:
For classified advertising,
4 p.m. on Mondays.
For church page announcements, 12 noon on Mondays.
For club items and all ot
her news, 4 p.m. on Mondays.
Library Fund Zooming
wid On asan DE 9h hy
Fund drive was within less
than $1,000 of its goal!
Treasurer Ronald Haw-
thorne said that he has re-
ceived $3,616.85 toward a
goal of $4,600.
Success of the drive, launc-
hed recently, is vital to the
continuance of the library in
Mt. Joy. When the machinery
was set into motion for the
current campaign, the organi-
zation’s treaseury literally was
nudging the vanishing point.
Hawthorne said Tuesday
night that the response by the
community has been “astound-
ing.”
Twenty to thirty checks are
being received every day, he
said, and pointed out that just
a week ago the fund had been
at only about $2,300.
The public, businesses and
even people from outside the
community are making contri-
butions, he said.
of Directors of the library ex
press their sincere apprecia
tion for the response to their
pleas for assistance. With their
thanks comes an appeal to
those who have not yet made
contributions, The need for
funds is still great. With the
continued gifts and coopera
tion of interested persons and
patrons the goal can be reach-
ed and surpassed the board,
feels,
(Turn to page 12)
Berrier Retires
Clark Berrier, 464 Doncgal
Springs Road, mayor of Mt.
Joy, on Fr.day. Feb. 16, re-
tired as an employee of the
Columbia - United Telephone
company, Berrier had been
serving as wire chief,
He plans to give his time
to some of his Loabbies, includ
ing spending time at his camp
in Perry caunty.
World Prayer Day Murch 2
World Day of Prayer is to
be held at St. Luke's Episco-
pal church, on Friday, March
2, at 7:30 p.m. with churches
of Mount Joy and surround-
ing areas participating.
The theme is “Alert in Our
Time”. Guest speaker will be
Mrs. W. Richard Kohler with
musical selections by the Mt,
Joy Community Chorus.
The World Day of Prayer
is cbserved in 16 countries
under the auspices of the In-
ternational Committee for the
World Day of Prayer. In the
United States, Church Women
United is the official sponsor
and its national committee on
the World Day of Prayer has
adapted the service prepared
by the women of New Zeal-
and.
The offering received in
approx mately 8000 communi-
ties across the nation is ad-
ministered through Church
Women United. Gifts this year
we will enable church women
to fulfill goals in many places
through persons who have
languages and skills which we
do not have and in ways in
which no one unit of Church
Women United could achieve
alone. In the long list of pro-
jects the following are illus-
trative of the witness and the
service which we render:
—new projects to strength-
en the voice of American In
dians and to offer training in
sign ficant skills.
—the completion of a five-
year project of 100 titles of
children’s books published in
five languages, to celebrate ‘he
60th anniversary of the Com-
mittee on Christian Literature
for Women and Children.
—opening a new program in
the islands of the Caribb-an
to assist women to discover
and develop their potentialities
—providing fellowship and
service for international =tu-
dents and guests in the U. S.
and a pastoral ministry am-
ong Americans working a-
broad.