! i THE MOUNT JOY VOL. 73 NO. 24 ULLETIN MOUNT JOY'S ONLY NEWSPAPER DONEGAL SCHOOL BOARD Class Of '74 May Top 200 The Donegal high school class of 1973 will, it is estimated include about 200 boys and girls, making it the largest group ever graduated. Schoolmen are fearful that the number of seniors may be too large for commencement exer- cises in the auditorium. Problems and uncertainties of an outdoor com- mencement do not appeal to some people. Possibility of renting another and larger facility has been mentioned. Donegal scheol district has received a bill for $800 for the installation of the new scoreboard on the D.H.S. football field. Basketball practice at Donegal high began November 1. Wrestling practice will open Nov. 10. Donegal band will participate in the annual Harrisburg Parade of Bands on Saturday, Nov. 17. To connect two portable class rooms located east of the high school building, a walkway shelter is to be built by maintenance staff people. Material costs are estimated at $500. Living within Donegal School district are 89 non-public school children. There are: 39 at Krayhill; 18 at Holy Trinity; 11 at Lancaster Mennonite high; 11 at St. Peters; 5 at Lancaster Day; 5 at Lancaster Christian Day. First report cards will be issued in all district building on November 8. Veterans Day at school is November 11. By law, the day must be observed with a special exercise of some kind. Because Nov. 11 -- formerly Armistice day -- is on Sunday, Donegal schools will observe the day (and the law) on Friday, Nov. 9. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11 Fifteen Stops On Tour Fifteen stops are included on the fourth annual ‘‘Candlelight Tour”, sponsored by the Mount Joy Business and Professional Women’s club. To be held Sunday, Nov. 11, the tour will include 11 homes, two churches, art studio and the Northwest Lancaster County Medical center. They will be open from 3 until 8 p.m. Refreshments will be served by the BPW at the Cameron mansion. Stops on the tour include homes of: Mr. and Mrs. Lee Gehman, 223 E. Main; Schock Presbyterian Home, 37 E. Main; Henry G. Carpenter, Delta, and Main; Mr. and Mrs. James McNiff, 130 Delta; Mr. and Mrs. Harold Keller, 268 Marietta; Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Banks, Donegal Springs Road; Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Smith, 71 Harold Avenue; Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Dillow, Donegal Springs Road; Cameron Mansion, Donegal Springs Road; Mrs. Mary Sarver and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Witman, Donegal Springs Road; Mr. and Mrs. Albert N. Griffith III, 163 New Haven; And, the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church; New Haven street; Donegal Presbyterian church, Donegal Springs Road; Phillips Art studio, Concord alley, and the medical center, Colebrook road, north of Route 230. Mrs. John Wittle and Mrs. Arthur Sprecher are co-chairmen of the B.P.W. finance committee and are in charge of the Candlelight Tour. Tickets may be purchased at any of the 15 tour locations. 'Ob This aud That’ by the editor’s wife As we have said many times, the “comings and goings’’ at the Bulletin office are anything but dull! Friends stop in to chat, and often in the course of the con- versation, we learn something very interesting. For instance: Not long ago, just after Gerald Ford was named by President Nixon as his nominee for the vacancy left by Vice President Spiro Agnew’s resignation, John K. Wittle, Wood Street, came into the office. He happened to have a letter in his pocket from Mr. Ford himself! It happened this way: Gerald Ford had spoken, quite a while ago, at a meeting someplace, and he had said things of which Mr. Wittle heartily approved. He wrote to tell Mr. Ford so, and in reply received a nice ‘‘thank you’’ letter. Who knows? Conceivably, that autograph COULD some day be the signature of the President of the United States! Another visitor, Paul Fitzkee, East Donegal street, dropped off a yellowed receipt he recently found among his old papers. It was dated ‘Oct. 3, 1932” and was for a yezr’s subscription to the Mount Joy Bulletin! Forty- one years ago! It was signed by “Jno. E. Schroll,” and initialed by “P. S.” (probably Pearl Schroll, who is now Mrs. Charles Roth, Birchland Avenue!) The amount for a year’s sub- scription in those long-ago days was only $1.50. But that was during the heart of the Great Depression, when even if one had a -job, he might have been working for $15 a week! (And feeling lucky, even so!) A rather frequent visitor during the summer months is Charles Heaps, Delta Street, who comes in to bring a few of his beautiful roses. This week he brought one long- stemmed, dark red rose-bud. “This may be the last of the season!’ he told us, knowing that a long-delayed frost could come at any time. So it has a place of honor on the front counter, and, as always, all who drop in at The Bulletin may share and enjoy it. : We happen to know that The Bulletin office isn’t the only place where he shares his rose- treasures. The women at the Schock Presbyterian Home are (Continued on Page 8) MOUNT JOY, PENNA. NOVEMBER 7, 1973 TEN CENTS Evaluation Team Visits Donegal A 17-member team of educators, including a chairman, vice-chairman and experts in 14 areas of curriculum, this week is evaluating Donegal high school. Findings and official evaluation reports of the com- mittee are for use by the Middle States Association for deter- mining accreditation of D.H.S. for academic purposes. The committee is headed by Dr. Donald E. director of secondary education, division of curriculum and in- struction of the New Jersey Department of Education. His assistant chairman is Daniel A. Casciano, secondary principal of Daniel Boone high school. The team of educators was honored Tuesday evening with a buffet dinner in the high school cafeteria, attended by faculty members, school administrators and guests. Superintendent R.F. Hallgren and School Board J. Edw. Charles welcomed the evaluating team. Dr. Beineman responded, pointing out that while the official report is im- (Continued on Page 2) Beineman, - MAYOR-ELECT JAMES A. GINGRICH, (left) and Mrs. Gingrich smile happily as they consider the results of Tuesday’s municipal election. The youngest head of local government the borough ever has had, Gingrich is an electrical salesman. Mrs. Gingrich, the former Sandy Kretzing, has been active in community affairs. Two little girls complete the family. YOUNGEST MAYOR IN HISTORY OF BOROUGH ELECTED TUESDAY James A. Gingrich Defeats Josephine Ellis The youngest candidate for mayor in Mount Joy’s history has won over the community’s first woman candidate for that office. Tuesday, Nov. 6, in the municipal election, Republican James A. Gingrich defeated Democrat Josephine Ellis, 606 to 349. Mount Joy Candidate Loses County Race Although he ran well in Mount Joy and in his home precinct of Springville, Charles O. Groff, local certified public accountant, Democratic candidate for county comptroller, was snowed under by the bulging Republican vote. Herbert G. Mearig of Lancaster was the winner by nearly 2 to 1. He led the Democrat ticket in Mount Joy, out drawing even the Democratic candidate for mayor, by 72 votes. In his home precinct, he was a winner, 64-50. Two New Men Named To Borough Council Two new borough councilmen were elected Tuesday by Mount Joy voters. One was unopposed and the other was one of two high man in a three-candidate race in the Florin Ward. Winning unopposed was Ronald E. Hawthorne (a new coun- cilman) and Simeon A. Horton in the West Ward and George D. Groff in the East Ward. In Florin Ward, Ammon L. Smith, an incumbant, was given 204 votes; James R. Heisey, a newcomer to politics, 193, and Wilbur B. Charles, the only Democrat candidate for council, 71. Three Donegal School Directors Re-elected Donegal school district's three incumbant directors - all Republicans -- all were returned to office, Tuesday. A fourth nominee, a Democrat, was low man in the four-candidate race for the three seats. Voting totaled: Dr. Robert F. Eshleman, 1,819; Dale M. Arnold, 1770; Dr. Harold Fellenbaum, 1,279, and C. Donald Waser, 774. Arnold and Eshleman had cross filed on both tickets for the six-year offices. Report United Way Area Contributions John M. Groff of Marietta, Andrew F. Reymer of Mount Joy, Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin V. Gainer of Mount Joy No. 1 and Mrs. Hazel S. Crankshaw of Maytown are all 1973 United Way chairmen for the Forget-Me-Not campaign. This solicitation is within the residential division, which in- cludes contributions from the - resident who gives from their home and business owners and employees. The total contributed to date in each area as reported by Groff in Marietta, $614; by Reymer in Mount Joy, $1,603; by Mr. and Mrs. Gainer, In East Donegal Twp. North; $472; and by Mrs. Crankshaw in Maytown area, $165. However, the G.0.P. victory this year was not by the same margin as four years ago when Republican Henry Zerphey won, 965 to 484, over Jack Matoney. In 1969, the margin was almost exactly 2 to 1. Tuesday, however, the Democratic candidate claimed 36 per cent of the total votes cast for in the mayor’s race. Gingrich, age 29, is, as far as anyone knows, the youngest candidate to make the race for mayor and thus becomes the community’s youngest elected head of government. A salesman for Raub Supply company of Lancaster, he has been very active in Mount Joy community affairs and in 1969 was named winner of the Jaycees annually presented Distinguished Service Award. The mayor-elect, who will assume office January 1, 1974, is East Ward Republican chair- man. He took up the Republican mayoralty race against Mrs. Ellis in August following the resignation from nomination of Albert Newlin. Gingrich served as 1968 Mount Joy Memorial Day parade chairman, has been involved with midget football, Friendship Fire company, was president of the Jaycees in 1969 and has served as secretary of the borough’s health department. Voting in Mount Joy was light, as expected because there was little pre-election activity. In the fall of ’69, 1449 people voted. Fall of '71 there were 1256 and Tuesday there were only 955.
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