THE
MOUNT
JOY
Ralph M.Snyder
R. D. &@
Mount Joy,
BULLETIN
MOUNT JOY'S ONLY NEWSPAPER
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VOL. 73 NO. 8
MOUNT JOY, PA. 17552 - JULY 18, 1973
FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS USE OLD MACHINES
TO THRASH, BALE FIVE ACRES OF WHEAT
“Old” and ‘new’ leanded together
Saturday, July 14, and while the sun boiled
down in typical old-time thrashing weather,
friends and neighbors of the Becker service
Ruhl’s mill neighborhood turned
station -
work into fun!
The work was five acres of wheat to be
thrashed and bagged.
separator, driven by an aging John Deer
tractor with an old attached Ann Arbor bailer
handling the straw.
While some of the members of the pickup
crew remember when the equipment was a
standard way of harvest most of the help was
too young to have been part of the thrashing
rings of other years.
The fun was thrashing with a 50-year-old
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Lancaster Leaf Hopes To Begin Work
Again Next Week Following Big Fire
MUSIC IN THE PARK SATURDAY
Music in the Park, a summer
program of community en-
tertainment, will present the
third of the 1973 series on
Saturday night, July 21.
The Lamplighters will be
featured in a gospel music
program, beginning at 7:30 p.m.
sponsored .by the Mount Joy
Community Council.
In case of rain, the program
will be presented at Donegal high
school. a
ELMER MINNICH
Give Cash and Blood
More than $3,102 in cash was
raised and 45 points of blood-were
pledged on Saturday, July 14, as a
result of an ‘Elmer Minnich
Day,” staged by the community
to help one of its citizens who is in
serious need of assistance.
Sponsored by the St. Mark’s
United Methodist church, the
‘“‘day’’ was held Saturday on the
parking lot of the church with a
variety of money raising ac-
tivities -- chicken barbeque,
garage sale and food sale.
All proceeds are for Minnich, a
hemophiliac, who is a member of
St. Luke’s congregation.
Burdened by ever-bulging
obligations in his fight against the
“bleeders’’ disease, Minnich has
incurred a heavy debt, both in
cash and in blood.
Age 47, he lives in Mount Joy
R1. He is the oldest living
hemophiliac living in Lancaster
County.
The day’s activities were an
outward expression by his
friends, neighbors, and fellow
townspeople of genuine concern.
Contributions and proceeds
Saturday included: Advance
cash - $507; Cannister gifts - $167;
Cash donations Saturday - $968;
Food Sale - $414; Chicken Bar-
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By next week, hopefully,
Lancaster Leaf Tobacco com-
pany’s big Mount Joy property,
will be back in limited production
following its disastrous fire on
Thursday, June 14.
George Thornton, vice-
president, told the Bulletin this
week that the immediate ob-
jective of the company is to get
the west portion of the big
building (the section least
damaged by fire) ready for use.
It was in this section that the bulk
of the processing machinery has
been located.
A new roof is being installed
and electricians are getting
wiring and motors returned to
useable condition.
In the meantime, the high,
white brick walls of the main
portion of the building are being
taken down.
At first it had been hoped that
some of the walls could be
salvaged, but engineers and
builders find that they are too
weak.
Thus, debris, including con-
siderable structural steel, is
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FUN AND PRIZES IN BICYCLE RODEO
Lots of fun is in store for
everyone participating in the
Bicycle Rodeo Saturday, June 21,
at Seiler Elementary School.
Sponsored by the Mount Joy
Jaycees and Boy Scout Troop no.
39, the rodeo will give bicyclists
of all ages an opportunity to show
their skill and abilities in han-
dling their bicycles.
A safety check will be done on
each bicycle and reflective tape
applied to help motorists see the
bicycle, especially at night.
The rodeo consists of six skill
stunts. They will allow the
bicyclist to test his balance, to
show his ability to ride around
obstacles, his steering ability,
and his ability to turn and make
emergency stops. Points will be
awarded for each event, and the
persons accumulating the highest
number of points in their age
group will win a gift certificate to
the Mount Joy Tastee Freez.
Someone will be at the rodeo to
sell bicycle licenses to those who
have not had an opportunity to
buy for the current year. Rain
date will be July 28.
‘Ob This and
That’
by the editor's wife
A winter noonday picnic in Sico
Park is one thing. An early
springtime picnic there is
something else. And a mid-
summer picnic is still different
from the other two!
One day last week we ate
sandwiches on a shady table
beside Little Chiques creek, and
enjoyed the summertime ac-
tivities going on around us.
Boys were swinging out over
the ‘“‘old swimming hole’’, One of
them accidentally (?) fell into the
water, and caused much laughter
among the others:
A father and his tiny daughter
were walking around over the
closely-clipped green grass.
Another group, including
several young women and three
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Three cheers for the Church of
God!
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Monday night, July 9, with
appropriate weapons, the church-
men trimmed the big, high
hedge at Henry and Market
streets--cut it down to within only
a few inches of the ground.
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The property, for several years
had been under the control of the
borough and the hedge had been
allowed to grow to several feet in
height, obstructing the view of
motorists at the intersection and
creating a safety hazard.
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The Church of God assumed
management of the property
under a new lease this summer.
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A quick look over a shoulder
into a minor problem of someone
else---
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Recently - early this year - the
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TEN CENTS
Wheat Harvest The Old Way!
JAY STAUFFER, MOUNT JOY R2, looks over the thrashing
machine and bailer which harvested grain at his farm, west of
Becker’s service station, Saturday as friends and neighbors helped
recreate thrashing days of years ago.
JACK NOLT, Donegal Heights, (left) and Henry Greiner, R2 Mount
Joy, feed sheaves of wheat into the big 50-year-old thrashing machine
which handed five acres of grain Saturday afternoon which belonged
to Leon Zimmerman, also R2.
ANDREW GREINER, AGE 9, temporarily handles the bagging of
wheat as it pours from the chute. The son of Henry Greiner, R2 Mount
Joy, he was one of the interested youngsters helping with the fun and
work Saturday at the Stauffer farm.