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MOUNT JOY'S ONLY NEWSPAPER
Two Races Furnish Principal
Interest In Local Election
MAYOR CLARKBERRIER AND TOM MECKLEY, president of the
Mount Joy Jaycees, inspect a signed proclamation declaring ‘Pride in
Pennsylvania’’ week. Commonwealth Jaycees, along with Mount Joy
Jaycees, are kicking off a three-year program to run until the 200th
Birthday of the United States of America -- 1,000 days, culminating
July 4, 1976. One of the goals of the program is to change attitudes.
Chiques Church Marks Birthday;
Former Pastor To Be Speaker
Sunday, Nov. 4, is the 14th birthday of the Chiques United Methodist
church. And, at the 10:30 a.m. worship service that day the occasion
will be observed.
The Rev. Robert C. Pike of Glenside, Pa., will be the guest speaker,
preaching on ‘‘Church of Opportunity and Promise.”
Rev. Pike was graduated in 1942 from Milton Hershey high school;
in 1943 from Sumbarine School, New London, Conn.
From 1943-45 he was a crew member of submarine “DEVILFISH,”
serving in the Pacific Theatre of War; in 1950 from Albright College,
Reading; and in 1953, Lancaster Theological Seminary. In 1968 he did
summer graduate work on the history of preaching at Yale Divinity
School.
He was admitted to the Eastern Pa. Conference of the United
Methodist Church in 1952. and served the Mount Joy and Salunga
Charge from 1950-1953.
He has had several articles published in religious journals, one on
“The Ministry of Dial-A-Prayer,” which is a telephone ministry to the
local community in which he has been involved for twelve years.
Immediately following the morning worship service, a dinner will be
held at the Mount Joy American Legion. Reservations maybe made
with Harold L. Myers.
‘0b This aud That’
by the editor’s wife
Savoring the delights of
autumn in three different states
has been a rare privilege for us
this fall.
Picking up ripe pawpaws and
eating them beneath 250-year-old
trees in a maple sugar orchard in
Southern Indiana...gathering
persimmons for a pudding from
an isolated tree behind a dense
beech woods...picking a big
armful of dahlias, zinnias,
marigolds and cockscomb from
an old-fashioned flower graden...
Gathering eggs from a
henhouse just a few feet from one
where we gathered eggs as a
child...walking through barns
sweet with the smell of new-
mown hay...watching a barb wire
fence being built, post by post and
wire by wire...rubbing the green
hulls of walnuts to bring out their
pungent fragrance...
These are just a few of the
many pleasures we enjoyed
recently on a visit to the farm in
Southern Indiana which has been
in our mother’s family for almost
150 years.
Driving 105 miles along the full
length of the Skyline Drive in
Shenandoah National Park in
Virginia...thrilling to the con-
stant panorama of gorgeous
autumn color and magnificent
views of range upon range of
mountains...catching our breath
al the beauty of sunlight glinting
through the colored leaves on
trees along the road-
side...stopping to take a picture
of deer coming out of the tim-
ber...hiking two miles of
woodland path on the
Appalachain Trail near Big
Meadows Lodge in the Park...
Visiting Thomas Jefferson's
home, ‘‘Monticello,”” near
Charlottesville, Va., the grounds
resplendent in autumn dress and
the house itself one of the most
beautiful and interesting we have
ever seen...taking a tour through
the birthplace of Woodrow Wilson
at Staunton, Va...marveling at
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Mount Joy — With the rest of
the county and the Com-
monwealth - will participate
Tuesday, Nov. 6 - in the general
election to pick officials of
government.
Locally, the campaign has been
relatively low key with only two
races claiming more than a
minimum of interest.
One of the features of the
Mount Joy balloting will be the
appearance, for the first time, of
a woman's name for the office of
mayor.
Mrs. Josephine Ellis, wife of
Donegal Indians Rap Solanco;
Meet Manheim Central Friday
With a pair of mid-game touch-
downs and an aggressive rushing
game, Donegal high school’s
Indians Saturday, Oct. 27, won
their first Lancaster-Lebanon
league game of the season,
blanking Solanco, 12-0.
Win was number three for the
season and came as a sweet ‘near
dessert’ as the Tribe moves
downhill toward the end of the
1973 season.
This week the Indians tackle
big, bad Manheim Central on the
Barons’ own field, Friday, Nov. 2
under the lights.
With five victories and a tie in
the L-L league and a single loss
(to Warwick) this season, the
hosts are tied with Elco at top of
the loop standing.
Donegal, with only Manheim
Central and Penn Manor
remaining on the schedule,
stands with one win and five
losses, tied with ‘Solanco.
Jeff Sheetz, playing fullback as
a ‘converted’ tackle, was the
touchdown boy of the afternoon,
carrying both Indian counters
into the end zone. In the second
period, it was a 2-yard run and in
Former D.H.S. Star
Plays Scottish Team
Debbie Meckley, Lebanon
college freshman, was selected to
play for the Lancashire
Association Section One hockey
team against a touring team
from Scotland on Sunday, Oct. 28,
at Lancaster Country Day
School.
She has been playing weekends
“in the Lancashire Round Robin
tournament and was named to
the team as right fullback.
In 1972, as a Donegal high
school senior, Debbie played a
vital role in the winning of the
PIAA District III championship.
St. Mark's Names
New Choir Director
Miss Marilyn Strominger of
Maytown will begin her new
duties as choir director at St.
Mark’s United Methodist Church,
on Sunday, Nov. 4.
A graduate of Messiah college,
she has taught public school
music, directed choirs of various
ages in Harrisburg, Columbia
and Maytown, and instructs
private pupils in vocal and in-
strumental music.
She will have charge of the
church’s Celestial Choir (grades
3 to 6) .and the Chancel Choir
which numbers approximately 30
members. Choir rehearsals are
‘held on Thursday evenings at 7
and 8 p.m. respectively.
Gerald L. Miller is St. Mark’s
organist.
the third a one-yarder. Con-
versions after both were not
good.
In the meantime, the Tribe
moved 150 yards by rushing,
claiming 14 first downs and
keeping their penalties to a mere
10 yards.
Red Lion Speaker
Talks To B.P.W.
“Women of the Bible’’ was the
subject of a presentation by Mrs.
Madlyn Ellis, Red Lion, for the
Mount Joy Business and
Professional Women’s Club.
Mrs. Ellis, an employee of
Penn Laurel Girl Scout Council
and a Sunday School teacher,
compared women of the present
with the females of Biblical
times. They had the same
problems, same emotions, faced
the same situations as today,
Mrs. Ellis said.
The program was in charge of
the public relations committee
with Mrs.
Lester Eshleman, Miss Helen
Evert, Miss Linda Zerphy, Mrs.
John Stauffer and Mrs. James
Baker as members.
Mrs. Gerald Sheetz presided at
the business session. Mrs. Lee
Ellis reported on the Community
Council meeting.
One new member, Miss Linda
Zerphy, was accepted into the
membership. The legislation
committee will arrange the
November meeting.
Musical selections were
presented by a saxophone trio
from Donegal high school:
Lauralee Baker, Ken McCoy and
State Hassinger.
Completes Course
Army Private Edward H.
Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Ammon Smith, 807 W. Main St.,
has completed eight weeks of
basic training at the U.S. Army
Training Center, Infantry, Ft.
Dix, N.J.
He received instruction in drill
and ceremonies, weapons, map
reading, combat tactics, military
courtesy, military justice, first
aid, and army history and
traditions.
WITH NAVAL EXERCISE
Navy Storekeeper Third Class
Michael J. Eshleman, husband of
the former Miss Patricia A.
Breneman of 223 N. Barbara St.,
participated with NATO’s
Atlantic fleet in an annual naval
exercise in the North Atlantic
named ‘‘Swift Move.’ More than
30 ships from seven countries
took part in the maneuvers. He is
serving on board the guided
missile destroyer USS
Conyngham.
Lellie Blake, Mrs. -
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OCTOBER 31, 1973
TEN CENTS
Lee E. Ellis, West Donegal
street, a Democrat, faces James
A. Gingrich, New street, the
Republican candidate.
The winner Tuesday will fill the
seat now held by Clark Berrier
who declined interest in con-
tinuing the post.
It is Mrs. Ellis’ first venture
into politics but she has been
active in community affairs and
has had a wide knowledge and
experience in the business field.
Gingrich, also has been active
in civic affairs and is Republican
committeeman in the East Ward.
He is a salesman.
Mount Joy wards will be voting
in their usual polling places -
East Ward at the borough
building; West Ward at Beahm
junior high school, and Florin
Ward at the Florin firehouse.
On the county ticket, Mount Joy
will have its own hometown
candidate seeking election on the
Democrat ticket.
He is Charles Omar Groff, a
Certified Public Accountant,
graduate of Mount Joy high
school and Elizabethtown
college, who seeks the important
office of county comptroller.
Origin Of Fire
Still ‘Suspicious’
Although origin of an early
morning fire on Wednesday of
last week continues
‘suspicious’, no evidence has
been found by officials that there
was arson.
A house on East Main street,
opposite the Twin Kiss, was
destroyed about 4:30 a.m. Under
construction, the building was
destroyed to the foundation.
Fire Chief Frank Good said
that County Fire Marshal Paul Z.
Knier and the owners of the
building, Hanover Homes, in-
vestigated the fire scene and
were unable to establish any
arsonous source.
Warns Against Using
Poles For Posters
With the approach of the
November elections, Penn-
sylvania Power & Light Company
appeals to those campaigning for
political office to co-operate by
refraining from attaching
campaign materials to utility
poles with nails, tacks, staples or
any other metal or hard sub-
stance.
PP&L is concerned with the
safety of its men, and use of these
materials poses a serious hazard
for the lineman in climbing the
pole. It takes only a small piece of
metal hidden in a wooden pole to
deflect a lineman’s climbing hook
and cause a serious fall.
State legislators, showing their
concern for this situation, have
changed the Pennsylvania
Criminal Law effective June
1973, to make it a summary of-
fense to drive a nail or a tack or to
attach any metal or hard sub-
stance to or into any pole of a
public utility pole line. Such an
offense is punishable under the
law by a fine of not more than
$300 or imprisonment up to 90
days.