a "THE R. D. 3 fpaipin ¥.Snyder Mount Joy, Pa. wr BULLETIN MOUNT JOY'S ONLY NEWSPAPER MOUNT JOY BULLETIN OCTOBER 3, 1973 VOL. 73 NO. 19 TEN CENTS Two Churches Plan Joint Meeting Series Two Mount Joy Churches will be joining together for eight nights of meetings, from October 7 through the 14th, as a participation of Phase Five of Key 73, ‘Calling Our Continent to the Proclamation.” The Mount Joy Church of God and St. Mark's United Methodist Church will have as their evangelist the Rev. David Barr of Annville, a Billy Graham Associate. The overall of the evangelistic effort is, “To Know Him.”’ Services will be held in the sanctuary of St. Mark’s Church. They will begin each evening at 7:30 o'clock with a song service under the direction of St. Mark’s Pastor, the Rev. W. Richard Kohler. A combined choir will sing each evening. Direction of Mrs. George Broske and Gerald Miller, organists of the respective churches, who will share the responsibilities. An informal prayer time with the evangelist will precede each evening service at 7 p.m. Both congregations have been preparing for these meetings by holding joint prayer and share groups. A women’s prayer group has been meeting on Tuesday mornings, and Wednesday evening meetings for the entire church have been held in the Church of God. A 24-hour prayer vigil will be held in the Church of God sanctuary from 8 a.m. on Oct. 5th to 8 a.m. on Oct. 6th. Members of both congregations are signing up : for fifteen minute or half hour segments of time. meeting. community. Visiting laymen have been exchanging greetings among the chuches to invite full participation. There will be a ‘‘hoagie hassle” for the youth of ‘both churches on Saturday evening followed by attendance at the evening The evangelistic services, though sponsored by the two churches, are open to the entire COUNCIL BOOSTS POLICE DEPT. Buy Equipment To Join County Net Mount Joy’s police department, its operation and equipment were principal subjects Monday night, Sept. 24, as Borough Council held a special meeting in the borough building. As of January 1, 1974, the borough will discontinue its local police telephone answering service. In place of the services of Mr. and Mrs. Steve E. Leatherman, the local police system will be tied into the county dispatching service, based in Lancaster. When the switch is made, local telephone numbers will be connected directly with the Lancaster office, which will be in radio contact with the police in Mount Joy. To accomplish the change over, Council last week ordered the purchase of a new mobile radio set for the police cruiser, a new walkie-talkie set and other miscellaneous equipment, all of which is designed and built to Indians Take Second League Defeat As Elco Grabs Victory Donegal managed two touch- downs -- in the first and fourth periods -- but Elco pushed across three Saturday afternoon and the Raiders took the victory, 19-12. It was defeat number two for the Indians in the Lancaster - Lebanon league and dropped the season’s mark to 50-50 with two early non-loop victories. Played on the Elco field, the game pushed the Indians into a tie for the bottom place in the league standings, tied with Garden Sport. Grove carried over the Indians’ first TD late in the first on a one- yard lunge. A kick for extra point failed. The Raiders countered as the first half faded, and Sweigert plunged one yeard into the end zone. But, the kick was good, and the hosts lead, 7-6. Again in the third, it was Sweigert who carried the ball into pay country, clipping off a 19 yard run. A kick was un- successful. ” Grandview Parents Teachers To Meet Parents «and teachers of Grandview Elementary school will hold their first meeting of the” new school year on Thursday, Oct. 4. The organization -- PTG -- will open the evening with class room visitations, beginning at 7 p.m. and will be followed by a program in the all-purpose room. Glenn Eshelman will show his slide presentation, ‘‘Almost Paradise’. Light refreshements will be served. The Raiders assured their victory, with margin, in the fourth with another touchdown but without conversion. As the game was closing, Grove ripped off a 57-yard touch- down run. A pass PAT try failed. This week the Indians are on home ground Homecoming game against Cocalico. The Eagles have stopped Ephrata (20-6) and Solanco (34-32) and were taken by Manheim Central (21-13) and on Saturday by Penn Manor, 19-7. Mowrey, Pannebecker and Strunk are the names to watch. Officer John Grebill Resigns From Police Patrolmen John Grebill of the Mount Joy police department, has submitted his resignation from the force, effective Tuesday, Sept. 18. In a letter of resignation, ad- dressed to Chief J. Bruce Kline and accepted Monday night, Sept. 24, Grebill gave ‘personal reasons’’ for leaving the department. Mount Joy has a normal force of four men. However, the borough currently is seeking to employ, as of January 1, a fifth officer. Grebill, who had been with the local police force for ap- proximately 40 months, told the Bulletin that he plans to take a non-uniform investigative job. ON E ‘TOWN’ VARSITY Betsy Hallgren, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H.F. Hallgren, north Market street, is a member of the Elizabethtown college varsity field "hockey team. connect into the county radio net. Other communities in this area which are involved include Manheim township, Manheim borough, Millersville, East Hempfield township, West Hempfield township and East Petersburg. Elizabethtown and Mount Joy township are reported to be considering seriously joining the electronic grid. Fire companies in the local area already have discontinued use of the telephone center operated by the Leathermans. Fire Zone 7’s base station, operated at the home of John Henry Lutz on Donegal Springs road, handles communications traffic for the firemen. The new police radio equip- ment wil cost $2,325, to be taken from the borough’s federal revenue sharing funds. Council last week, also from federal revenue sharing, pur- chased ‘‘Breathalizer’’ equip- ment to measure the degree of drunkenness suspected inebriants may be suffering. Police officers are to be trained in the use of the equipment. Formerly, state police of Columbia police have beeen called into give assistance which such equipment was needed. Police also are to have an emergency recusicitation unit for use at accident scenes, disposable heat and cold blankets, a new fire extinguisher and a mini powered rescue jack and pry-axe for use at accident scenes when there is personnel trapped inside vehicles. The serveral police items totaled about $1,500, all pur- chased by federally supplied money. Fire Prevention Week Observed ; In observance of National Fire Prevention Week, Oct. 6-13, the ° Mount Joy Bulletin this week is carrying a full page ad- vertisement citing the need for concern in this area and listing a few rules for the prevention of home, farm, industrial and forest fires. Sponsors of this page include - 0.K. Snyder, the Donegal Mutual Insurance Co., the Ray N. Wiley Agency, Inc., the B. Titus Rutt Agency, Inc., Florin Fire Company, Inc., and Friendship Fire Company no. 1. Private Enterprise Assumes Old Paper Collection Job BUNDLES MAY BE TAKEN TO SAME LOCATION A thorny situation in Mount Joy has been averted! The household problem of “what to do with old newspapers and magazines’’ has been solved. Harrison Koser of Rheems has taken over the collection system which has been operated for the past nine years by the Ambulance committee of the Friendship Fire company. Koser, who is an employee of Litho Craft, has purchased the committee’s three pieces of equipment — step-van truck, semi-trailer tractor and semi- trailer — and will continue to accept recyclable paper for the Eden paper company. Collection will continue as in the past with the trucks parked on the north side of the St. Mark’s church parking lot. People with buntlled papers and magazines may drop them off there. » Because of dwindling personnel available to help with the project, the ambulance committee had considered closing the trucks, selling them and abandoning the program. The committee ended its participation on Friday of last week, taking a final load of paper to Eden. Christ Charles, chairman of the ambulance committee’s paper project, said this week that the cooperation and help of the general public is greatly ap- preciated and that the income over the years has helped make possible a service to the com- munity. Harvey Stoner is the only other person who has headed the committee during the nine years the ambulance committee conducted the paper collection project. Homecoming Saturday At DHS Donegal high school will ob- serve homecoming Saturday, Oct. 6. Festivities will center around the football game with Cocalico at 2 p.m. Selected by the football and soccer players from six nominees, the homecoming queen will be crowned at half- time by Miss Bonnie Arnold, 1972 queen. The queen and her at- tendants, wearing long gingham gowns, will ride in horsedrawn buggies. Senior boys will serve as escorts for the queen and her court. For the annual event, - the Donegal high school band has prepared special formations. Also between halves, a group of parachuters will present a sky- diving exhibition. Members of the Class of 1955 will be guests of the Varsity Club at the game. A special section in the stands will be reserved for them. In their honor, cheerleaders will wear 1955 uniforms. To kick off the day, the varsity soccer team will play an alumni team at 10 a.m. Firemen Join In Observance Of Nat'l Fire Prevention Week Fire Prevention Week, October 7 - 13, has as its theme this year ‘“‘Help Stop Fire!’ Emphasis in the community campaign is that fighting fires is the job of each and every citizen, during Fire Prevention Week and at all other times throughqut the year. Nearly a thousand persons lose their lives from fire in the United States each month. Fire costs the nation’s economy close to $3 billion annually. The tragedy of these statistics, Chief Frank Good Jr. of Friendship Fire Co. No. 1, points out, is that much of this waste of lives and property can be avoided. It would make a vast difference if the basic rules of fire safety were observed at home and on the job, all year round, he notes. The observance of Fire ~ Prevention Week will be spon- sored by Friendship Fire Co. No. 1, Mount Joy, on Saturday, Oct. 13, with an open house held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The open house will feature fire company momentos on display, an equipment display, gifts for adults and children, free refresh- ments and four fire prevention films. Chief Good and all local fire fighters invite all citizens to take this opportunity to stop in for a . visit. Firemen will be on hand to answer questions and to show the public the equipment in service for the community. FIRST MISS IN YEARS For the first time in many years, there will be no Halloween parade in Mount Joy this fall! Traditionally, the Lions club has sponsored the event with many ig the community helping with financial con- tributions. The evening's program included a parade, No Halloween Parade Planned cash prizes, judging and entertainment. However, a spokesman for the club said this week that planning was begun too late and finally it was decided to skip the parade this year. However, a- free movie “for the kids’’ is being-eonsidered. SAA IRR
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