THE
MOUNT
JOY
R.
Ralph M.Snyder
D. 2
Mount Joy, Pa.
LLETIN
MOUNT JOY'S ONLY NEWSPAPER
VOL. 73 NO. 3
By R.A. R.
One of the fire hall gang
wondered out loud recently, “I
wonder if beef ever was higher
than it is now!’’ Sure, came back
one of the nimble witted,
“Remember when the cow
jumped over the moon?”
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. Using its new pressure spray
painting machine, the Borough
has been doing its best - between
the rains - to re-paint parking
spaces, cross walks, curbs etc.
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It had beer: hoped that the job
could be con'pieted by the
Memorial Weekend. But, the
weather did not cooperate.
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Then, it was expected that the
job could be finished by the
Firemen’s Convention. But, alas,
there still was too much rain.
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Soon, however, the job will be
completed.
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Then there were the out-of-
town people who got caught in the
traffic arrangements on
Saturday of the Memorial Day
parade and missed a wedding at
the Florin Church of the
Brethren.
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Too bad they didn’t say the
right thing to the right person.
That situation could have been
avoided by almost any
“native” who knows the roads in
the area.
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BACK FROM FLORIDA
Mrs. Don Gorrecht and
daughter, Doris, and Miss Mae
Zeller, Zephyrhills, Florida, have
arrived at Landisville Camp
Grounds to spend the summer.
MOUNT JOY, PA. 17552 - JUNE 6, 1973
Name Personnel
For Summer
Personnel for manning the
playgrounds for the summer play
program have been announced
by the Donegal School District,
which provides the needed
supervision.
Warren Hayman, who has
headed the program in recent
years, again will direct the
program.
Workers at the
playgrounds include:
Mount Joy Boro park - James
various
Playgrounds
Sarbaugh .and Teresa Wagner.
Florin Park - Edwin Miller and
Sue Stark.
Maytown - Jack Frank and
Linda Hoffman.
Marietta - William Rutter,
Barbara Reuter, Doris Shaud and
Theo. Greider.
Music program - Morrell
Shields.
The 1973 playground program
will begin June 25 and close
August 3.
© GRADUATES 279
Janine R. Eshleman of Mount
Joy received a bachelor of arts
degree from Juniata college at
commencement exercises held
Sunday, June 3. Dr. John N.
Stauffer, president of the coilege,
conferred the degrees.
Miss Eshleman, a sociology
major, is the daughter of Dr. and
Mrs. Robert F. Eshleman, Mount
Joy, R2.
She is a 1969 graduate of
Donegal high school.
Judith A. Sheetz, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald A. Sheetz,
was graduated on Sunday, June
2, from the State University of
New York Agricultural and
Technical college at Delhi, N.Y.
She received an associate and
applied science degree in the
field of veterinary technology.
Attending the graduation
ceremony were her parents and
her brothers and sisters, Jessica,
Mary, Jon and Chris.
Judy has accepted a position,
beginning June 4, as a veterinary
technologist at Yorkshire Animal
hospital, York, Pa.
James Christopher Young, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Young
of 303 S. Market St., received the
Associate in Arts degree from
Wesley College, Dover, Del. in
graduation ceremonies May 20.
Young, a 1971 graduate of
Donegal high school, majored in
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WILLIAM THOME, (left), Sixth grade teacher at Grandview
elementary school, who will be retiring at the end of this school year,
is presented a Hamilton Electric watch by Douglas Enck, safety
director of the Lancaster office of the American Automobile
Association. The award was made Friday afternoon, June 1, at the
final assembly program of the school, at which 20 boys and girls were
given certificates and service pins for their work as crossing guards.
Thome has served as head of the AAA safety patrol activities for 45
years.
WALTER A. ROLFS
Cadet Walter A. Rolfs, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Walter A. Rolfs Sr.,
639 Wood St., Mount Joy, was
graduated from the U.S.
Military Academy, at West Point,
N.Y. on June 6.
Cadet Rolfs received a
bachelor of science degree and
his commission as a field ar-
tillery second Lieutenant. A 1969
Graduate of Donegal high school,
he was appointed to the academy
by representative Edwin D.
Eshleman of Pennsylvania.
While at West Point, Cadet
Rolfs was a member of a Cadet
Chapel Choir, the Fine Arts
Forum, the Student Conference
on U.S. Affairs and the Karate
Club.
During his senior year he held
the rank of Cadet Sergeant.
Admiral Thomas H. Moorer,
chairman of the joint Chiefs of
Staff, gave the graduation ad-
dress to the newly-commissioned
officers.
EXTRA BULLETINS
AVAILABLE
Last week's Bulletin, ap-
parently, already is becoming
something of a ‘‘collector’s”
item!
The paper featured the
Firemen’'s Convention and
splashed a lot of “‘firemen’s
red’ ink.
By prior arrangement,
copies of Bulletin were placed
in special packets - one for
every delegate to the con
vention.
Since the weekend, a
number of people have come
to the Bulletin office for extra
copies to ‘‘put away’’ for some
future time.
There still are a number of
the extra copies available on a
“first come, first served”
basis.
TEN CENTS
FIREMEN'S PARADE
THRILLS CROWDS
So you thought that fire engines are red!
Not necessarily, as thousands of spectators Saturday afternoon,
June 2, learned during the 3 hour and 15-minute Lancaster County
Firemen’s convention parade.
Fire trucks come in almost every color - except, perhaps black:
yellows, oranges, white and even blue and green. And, Saturday they
were beautiful, resplendent with flowers, immaculate to the tiniest
detail.
Firemen, too, come in uniforms of all colors. (We did not see a single
pair of red suspenders.) Traditional parade uniforms were most in
evidence, but coveralls of bright hues, company parade dress of
sharpest cut and matching and contrasting outfits of a dozen varieties
flashed in the June sunshine.
With the nearly 150 pieces of fire equipment were bands, bands,
bands, youngsters, youngsters youngsters, marching marching
marching!
For those who had waited for the parade to begin and finally were
marching, it was hot hot hot. Mothers walked along, passing out ice
cubes and pressing an ice pack to the back of a sweltering neck, here
and there.
Someone said that the biggest crowd ever saw the parade and a
“ballpark figure’ of 10,000 watchers was tossed out. Police Chief J.
Bruce Kline, who has piloted the police crusier at the head of every
parade in Mount Joy for nearly 15 years said, ‘‘No, it was not the
biggest from the spectator standpoint. The biggest was the time Gov.
Raymond P. Shafer came.”
But, from the time the Chief passed the reviewing stand at Main
and Market to the time two young ladies riding buckskin horses and
John (Bootie) Schroll brought up the rear was 3 hours and 15 minutes.
That stands as a record for Mount Joy.
Many units paused at the reviewing stand to give some kind of
demonstration. Most spectacular, we thought, given was by the
Hershey snorkle truck. Quickly, the firemen went into action, loaded
five people into the personnel basket and then raised them 85 feet in
the air for a full 360 degree turn before bringing the equipment back to
parade attitude.
The vehicle is estimated to be worth about $100,000.
A man highly knowledgeable in such matters added that
replacement value of the working equipment displayed in the parade’
would run very near $9 million dollars.
The convention was sponsored by Friendship Fire Company No. 1
and Florin company Inc., Ray Myers, for many years chief of the
former organization was parade marshall.
Where there are thousands of people for even a brief time, there is
litter. But, by 6:30 p.m., a great deal of the mess had been cleaned up
by volunteers who tackled sidewalks and gutters with brooms and
water hose. Later in the night, firemen from the host companies using
borough trucks went the length of the town to finish the job. By Sunday
morning, except in front of one tavern, Main street looked even
cleaner than at many times of the year under normal conditions.
It made one’s heart beat with pride.
In fact, the borough had been dressed in its best for the day. Borough
people, working with Manager George Ulrich, had gone all out to have
things in ship shape order.
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Mount Joy Historical Society
Formed and Officers Elected
After several months of
preliminary meetings, the Mount
Joy Historical Society was for-
med last week and Benjamin D.
Rohrer was named president.
A membership drive is to begin
at once.
Regular memberships of $5,
and student memberships of $2
are being sought from all in-
terested residents of the area.
The money is needed to fund
society projects leading up to the
Bicentennial celebration.
Besides Rohrer, officers in-
clude:
Vera Albert, vice-president;
Vera Gingrich, secretary;
Joanne Zink, treasurer; Joseph
Shaeffer, membership secretary,
and Charles Maurer Jr.
historian.
Elected to the Board of
Trustees Cyrus Gainer, Charles
Maurer, George Groff, Ethel
Foley, Gloria Straub and Oliver
K. Snyder.