Kalph M.Snyder R. D. 3 Mount Joy, Pa. Orit RL RIC Sein FOTN FSET THE MOUNT JOY BULLETIN Mount Joy's Only NEWSPAPER SE A v VOL. 72 NO. 46 Killed Running Along Roadway Funeral services for Ramon Sell, 15-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Sell, 770 E. Market street, Marietta, were held Friday afternoon, April 13. Three days before, the Donegal high school honor student was struck by a car and killed while doing ‘‘road work” as a member of the D.H.S. track team. He and two team buddies were running along the edge of the Iron Bridge road near the intersection with Habecker road, working out for the current track season, which opened only days earlier. Driver of the car which struck Sell was Marlin C. Emswiler of Maytown, who swerved to avoid the crash as the runner passed his companions but apparently failed to see the oncomming auto. An Eagle Scout with the God and Country Award, he recently won Science Fair honors and was an ardent chess player. He also belonged to the D.H.S. band. He was taken following the accident to the St. Joseph's hospital but he died of a fractured skull and other injuries. Besides his parents, Raymond and Angeline Vanderwal Sell, he is survived by a twin sister, Raymona, and his paternal grandmother, Mrs. George Sell of Marietta. Burial was made in the -Maytown Union cemetery, following services at the English: Presbyterian church. New Board Members Feted by Joycee-ette. Retiring Board members of the Mount Joy Jaycee-ettes hosted a dinner for new .oard members prior to the annual joint board meeting on Monday, April 9. Following the dinner, prepared by the outgoing board members, the business meeting was hcld. Retiring president, Mrs. Carl Hallgren, conducted the first half of the meeting, then turned the session to the new president, Mrs. John Harnish. Entertainment was provided by the retiring board members, and by Mrs. Harnish. Good Friday Service MOUNT JOY, PA. 17552 - APRIL 18, 1973 TEN CENTS Tn Good Friday service in Mount Joy will be held on Friday, April 20 at the Glossbrenner United Methodist Church. Beginning at 1 p.m., the theme of the service will be ‘“The Cross in the Psalms.” Three messages will be presented by the Rev. Harry Bert, pastor of the Mt. Pleasant Brethren in Christ church and President of the Mount Joy Interchurch Council, by the Rev. W. Richard Kohler, pastor of St. Mark’s United Methodist church, and by the Rev. W. Lester Koder, pastor of Trinity Lutheran church. Special music will be provided by Miss Sandy Heisey. Also Methodist church. participating in the service will be the Rev. Stephen Getty, pastor ofthe First Presbyterian church; the Rev. Clair Wagner, pastor of Glossbrenner United Methodist church, and Lester Hostetter, a member of St. Mark’s United Everyone is invited to attend this service, which will conclude at 3:00. The service is designed so that worshipers may enter and leave as their schedules demand. The service is sponsored by the Mount Joy Interchurch Council. MYSTERIOUS ORIGIN Fire Destroys Gibble Barn Only the masonry walls and charred timbers remained this week of the barn belonging to Enos Gibble, south west of the borough, following a fire of Parking Law Change On Marietta Avenue Parking on Marietta avenue has been changed! In the area between south Market and New Haven, motorists now may park only on the north side of the street. Previously, parking was restricted to only the south side of the thoroughfare. The parking pattern was altered recently by borough council in answer to a number of suggestions that certain safety problems were involved as motorists approached in- tersections of Marietta with Market, Poplar, Pinkerton and the alleys in the area. Borough employees moved the parking signs about 10 days ago. Easter Egg Hunt The Mount Joy V.F.W. will held an Easter Egg Hunt for children 12 years and under at the Post Home, Longenecker Road, Sunday, April 22, at 2 p.m. Rain date is April 29th. ‘Ob This and That’ Several years ago, when Spring was late in arriving in Mount Joy, we decided one week end to drive southward to see if we could find where she had been detained! "That year, we “met” her coming northward in Anne -lis, Md. The leaves were on the trees, the flowers and shrubs were in bloom, the grass was green, and the air balmy. (One week later, she arrived in Mount Joy!) This year, again, we had begun to feel that Spring should be here. Eager to experience her pleasures, we again headed southward. In a green field near York, we decided we were going in the right direction, when we saw tiny twin black lambs frolicking around their mother. At Alexandria, Va., the hillsides began to have a green » by the editor’s wife tint in the tree tops, but it was not until we got almost to William- sburg that we decided we had really ‘“‘found” Spring! The trees were almost in full leaf. Everywhere there was pink and white dogwood in amongst the green. The azaleas and wisteria were in full bloom. There were dandelions in profusion; fields were golden with wild mustard, and the roadsides were yellow with buttercups. It was a veritable fairyland! So lovely was it that we went no further. We settled down to enjoy our first visit to Colonial Williamsburg, and to enjoy that historic place in its beautiful spring dress. (Continued on Page 7) mysterious origin early Friday morning, April 13. Loss estimated at $10,000 was suffered as the blaze destroyed the small barn and practically a its contents. Gibble, 89, was carried from his second story bedroom by a volunteer fireman, who happened to be in the area and was the first to discover the blaze. The fireman, a member of the E-town Mount Joy Forest Fire Crew, was on the scene shortly after the fire . started about midnight and sparks were blowing onto the nearby residence. He saw a light in the upstairs window and after un- successful loud attempts to arouse anyone, broke the door down and ran to the second floor. Shortly after 1 a.m., another fire was reported east of Elizabethtown on High street. Florin and Rheems fire companies, which had been at the Gibble property with Mount Joy, Maytown and Silver Spring, were called away to help with what was later estimated as a $100,000 conflagration. No one was injuried in either fire but officials are probing both to determine whether or not there may have been arson involved. A possible link between the weekend blazes with three small fires one only two miles from Gibbles early Sunday morning, March 25, is being pondered. Fire Marshall Robert Haycock said that the Gibble barn fire apparently started in the second floor, where considerable hay and straw was stored. Mail Carriers May Wear Walking Shorts It’s official! Mail carriers will be permitted, when the weather is hot, to wear bermuda shorts! However, a quick survey of the ‘ive of six men at the Mount Joy office who carry routes locally, shows that only one or two ap- peared to be ready to step out to deliver the mail in the short pants. There did not seem to be any objections to the idea. But--well, most were just not interested for themselves.
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