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MOUNT JOY'S ONLY NEWSPAPER
BOROUGH COUNCIL MEETING
Donegal Springs Road Problem
Load limits imposed upon the
railroad bridges have effects
which one might not immediately
expect. For instance, because
heavily-loaded trucks are not
permitted to use the normal
crossings, drivers must find their
way to the Florin bridge.
Thus, a new and heavy use of
Donegal Springs Road is
developing. Already a busy
thoroughfare, thére are now
trucks of all sizes and even buses
to add to the autos and bicycles.
Another facet of the Donegal
Springs Road traffic problem is
the recent and rather speedy
development of the West Gate
area (south of Donegal Springs
Road, entered at Florin avenue).
Another factor is building projects
all along this roadway in considerable
numbers, as far west as Oak Tree
development.
At the same time, a develop-
ment already has begun on south
Market avenue which will add to
the traffic and a much much
larger residential construction
project is ‘‘just around the cor-
ner” in a tract roughly bounded
by Donegal Springs Road,
Chocolate avenue and Angle
streets.
Thus, on Monday night, Aug.
13, Mayor Clark Berrier, who
lives on Donegal Springs Road
and knows intimately and ob-
serves personally the growing
problem, talked with Borough
Council about the matter and
then asked Police Chief J. Bruce
Kline to make a study.
In other ‘‘concerns about the
borough” discussions the same
night, Councilmen asked that an
environmental resources office
investigation be made of a
property in the 100 block of west
Main street.
Council also was concerned about
the “overflowing’’ of the Goodwill
Industries collection station on West
Main street, which recently has
become a depository by citizens for
more goodwill” than the box can
accomodate.
A sign on the big, metal con-
tainer plainly says that all items
shall be placed INSIDE the box.
It appears that shortly - after
many years - Mount Joy's new
Main street is to be broken open
for the first time for major
construction.
The state has approved plans
for an ‘“‘open ditch” crossing at
Comfort alley to allow .in-
stallation of underground
telephone cables.
Borough Council has begun fo
consider the roll of Mount Joy in the
1976 Bicentennial observance. A
representative of the community's
chief governmental body is to talk
with the Community Council about the
possibilities of providing leadership
for local observance.
Mayor Berrier revealed that
during the month of July, the
Mount Joy police department
answered 124 calls. That’s an
average of exactly four per day.
Council approved purchase of a
first aid kit for the police cruiser -
cost to be $75 to $100.
Although there was no action, a
trial balloon policy proposal was
made Aug. 13. Recognizing that
within the not-too-distant future
the borough may be obliged -
whether it wants to or not - to
provide sewer service outside the
borough, it was proposed that ‘‘if
.and when we do, we will negotiate
only with municipalities and
authorities rather than with
individuals.”
Two Area Men
Fighting Fires
In Montana
The Mount Joy area is
represented in the manpower
that is battling major forest fires
in the far west. :
Two members of the
Elizabethtown-Mount Joy Forest
Fire Crew, Richard Dickason of
Mount Joy and Lawton Smeal of
Bainbridge R1, left last Wed-
nesday for Montana and have
- been battling the huge fires on 14-
16-hour shifts.
In a telephone conversation at
3:30 a.m. on Monday with Mrs.
H.E. Altland, N. Makret St.,
Richard Dickason said that it has
been a busy, strenuous time, and
that the workers are pretty well
‘“‘bushed’’ but continuing to fight.
The high altitude has proved
slightly bothersome to the
Pennsylvania men, but has not
kept them from doing their job.
They report that the food is
good, that they are sleeping in
sleeping bags, fighting the fire in
8-man groups. Dickason suf-
fered a sprained ankle, and had
to leave the fire line for a short
time, but expects to be back in a
day or two. He has been named
by the U.S. Forestry Division as a
crew boss and chose Smeal as his
assistant.
The Pruitt Creek fire, which
they went out to fight, was
brought under control on Sunday,
and the Hot Shot Crew has been
moved to Missoula, Montana,
where they are stationed at an
Army base for further action.
There is a possibility that more
men from this area will be sent to
the Far West, either to relieve the
local men after a two-weeks stint,
or to reinforce them, if they are
needed.
Mrs. Altland said that other
members of the local Fire Crew
and its auxiliary already are
planning a ‘“Welcome Home" for
the men when they return to this
area.
MOUNT JOY, PA. 17552
AUGUST 22,1973
VOL.73 NO. 13
TEN CENTS
FIRST STOP on the 1973 Donegal high school football express, which began practice Monday af-
fernoon, was the basement equipment room, where Indian gridiron hopefulls were issued the tools of
their trade on Friday and Saturday, Aug. 17 and 18. Above (right), Ken Depoe, supervisor of Donegal
athletic equipment, checks out equipment to Michael Schatz, senior quarterback. Watching from the
rear is Assistant Football Coach Dennis lezzi, and (left) is Keith Beach, sophomore, who weighs in at
130 pounds.
Indians Working Three Sessions
Each Day With Opener, Sept. 8
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‘Better than last year
That’s how Coach Gayne
Deshler sees the 1973 Donegal
high school football season.
And, if you want to follow up
that statement, ‘‘better’’ could be
a real good campaign. In ’72 the
Indians, during Deshler’s first
season, won six games and lost
only four - three by a total of six
points. (7-6; 10-7, and 14-12).
So, as the new fall season got
under way Monday with the first
week of practice, things in
Indiantown are bright.
Newlin Withdraws
Albert Newlin,
Republican candidate
for mayor in the fall
election, announced
this week that he has
withdrawn from the
race.
‘Of This aud That’
by the editor’s wife
The poet said, “What is so
rare as a day in June?”
We would like to remind him
that the month of August has
some pretty ‘rare’ joys, too!
In the Garden Spot, August
brings an abundance of good
things to eat, the annual Dutch
Days at Hershey, the sweet smell
of tall, growing corn at dusk, the
first goldenrod, and the first hint
of cool nights after the long, hot
summer!
Lawn and garden flowers reach
their peak, tobacco fields grow
ready for harvesting, and days at
the shore or in the mountains
become doubly precious because
the vacation season will so soon
be at an end!
Good things to eat include the
luscious home-grown ‘‘corn-on-
the-cob’’, fat, juicy tomatoes,
peaches, succulent, sweet can-
- taloupes and watermelons, and
dozens of other garden treasures.
Yes, August, too, can be a
delightful month!
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The Donegal squad began
Monday wiht a three-a-day
practice schedule - 8:30 to 10:30
a.m.; 1:15 to 3 p.m. and 5:30 to
7:20 p.m.
Next week the work schedule
calls for two-a-day--8:30 to 10:45
and 5:30 until 7:40.
Deshler, heavy - on fun-
damentals and conditioning, is
happy about the way most of his
boys have turned out for regular
conditioning workouts this
summer, at the high school gym,
lifting weights and other exer-
cises.
It’s a little early to give an
overall prediction on the team,
but it is beginning to look as if
about 36 men will form the team
and there will be a good mix of
experience and developing
talent.
Deshler pointed out this week
that at least one facet of the
situation is improved. A year ago
he was the only member of the
coaching staff who had had
previous experience directing
high school boys in football. With
an added year of background and
experience, plus football clinics
and a deepening knowledge of the
“Deshler System’’, the’ Indians
look toward the fall schedule with
enthusiasm.
A team with better speed is
anticipated, concentrating on a
“bursting” type field running to
prevent ball carriers from being
pulled down from behind as they
were numerous times a year ago.
Mike Schatz, a senior; Randy
Richards, junior, and Allan
Brooks, sophomore, are expected
to do the quarterbacking. A
fourth candidate - Charles
Heinneman - also is on the string.
The football calendar, leading
up to the season’s first game on
the 8th with Columbia, is as
follows:
Thursday, Aug. 23 - 6 p.m.
Indians first big intra-squad
scrimmage. Public invited.
Friday, Aug. 24 - 8 a.m. Junior
high players to get equipment
and physicals.
Evening - Picture night. Also,
parents and fans. 8 p.m. at high
school cafe.
Saturday, Aug. 25 - 9 a.m. -
Scrimmage with Hempfield at
Hempfield.
Monday, Aug. 27 - 9 a.m. - First
day of junior high school prac-
tice.
Saturday, Sept. 1 - 9:30 a.m.
Scrimmage with Cedar Crest at
Donegal Public invited.
Members of the D.H.S. football
team are selling pens which are
imprinted with the Indians’ 1973
schedule. Funds will be used to
pay for meals for the players
during summer camp.
New Traffic Pattern
At Main & Market
A new traffic pattern for local
motorists has been put into effect
at Main and Market streets.
All parking meters on Market
along the east side of the National
Central bank have been removed
and a white line on the street
indicates that motorists ap-
proching the intersection from
the north are to move to the right
and to stay near the curb.
The “limit line” for stopping
when the red light is against such
southbound traffic is set well
back from the corner and a
special sign so indicates.
The change has been made by
the borough to accommodate the
numerous large trucks.
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