THE
MOUNT
JOY
VOL. 73 NO. 29
DONEGAL SCHOOL BOARD
Re-Elect Charles President
At its annual re-organization meeting, held Thursday Dec. 6, in the
high school library, J. Edw. Charles was re-named president of the
Donegal School Board. The year 1974 will be the eighth that he has
served in that capacity -- 1959, ’65, ’66, 70, '71, '72, 73, '74.
Dale Arnold was elected vice-president, succeeding Jay Musser.
Three school directors - Dale Arnold, Dr. Harold Fellenbaum, Dr.
Robert Eshleman, all elected in November of '73, were sworn into
office.
Rudolf Milovanovic, previously assistant, has been named Donegal track
coach for boys. A teacher of German, he succeeds Charles H. Portser. Miss Kay
F. Charles will coach girls tennis. Gayne Deshler was re-named football coach
for the ‘74 season. Bernard Thome will coach soccer and Joyce Zangari, hockey.
Permission was given the D.H.S. Class of '74 to schedule an outdoor
commencement program with an indoor program as a standby in case
cf inclement weather.
The board approved a request of the Band Parents club, asking permission for
a D.H.S. band trip to Disneyworld, Florida, May 9-12 - pending certain releases
and legal clarifications.
Approval was given to tentatively plan a one-day wrestling
tournament on Saturday, Dec. 29, at Donegal high school, to replace
the Richland tournament. Besides Donegal, participating schools
would be Eastern high school, Conrad Weiser and Penn Manor.
The school is promoting a ‘Support the ‘At Home’ Games’’ program to
discourage out-of-town travel to sports events. Currently, operation of spectator
buses to “away’’ games is being discouraged.
The school has registered to participate during the spring of '74 in a
free immunization program, using Sabin oral vaccine for children not
having previously received this treatment.
Price of school lunches, beginning after Christmas holidays, will be
increased five cents. Students in elementary schools will pay .45
instead of .40 and high school and junior high will pay .50 instead of .45.
School lunch prices have been served in recent weeks under cost, the
hoard was informed. An accounting indicated an average lunch cost
67. To help offset the deficit, a federal fund subsidy of .10 is provided.
Last year, the board was informed, average meal cost was .55.
The high school student council has contracted to purchase - and to
be erected in the spring - a double-faced sign to post outside the
building, showing activities. Vo-Tech students will be involved in the
erection. Cost is estimated at $1,830.
Fifty-two junior Donegal students took National Merit Scholarship tests in
October. Two - William Landis and Mary A. Heilman - scored in the 99th
percentile in both verbal and mathematics sections. Mean score of the 52
Donegal students was in the 81st percentile - 81st in verbal and 77th in math.
At a recent meeting of the Seiler School and Home association, the
district school administration was asked about the possibility of
opening School Lane between Delta street and south Barbara. The
association was instructed to contact the Mount Joy borough and the
property owners. The association also asked for additional exterior
lighting at the building at times of night activities.
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“Good night, Mama.”
“Good night, John-boy.”
“Good night, Ben.”
‘Good night, Mary Ellen.”
And so on.
The lights go out in the big old
house on ‘Walton's Mountain’’ as
another day comes to a close.
This ‘homey’ little exchange
of “‘good nights’ signals the end
of an episode of “The Waltons”,
the “chronicle of a Blue Ridge
mountain family of the
‘It’s an ill wind,” they say, ‘‘that blows
ULLETIN
MOUNT JOY'S ONLY NEWSPAPER
MOUNT JOY, PENNA.
DECEMBER 12, 1973
TEN CENTS
BORO TO CHARGE $1 PER MONTH
PER HOME TO COLLECT GARBAGE
Although they are not being asked to pay any increased taxes in 1974, Mount Joy residents are to be
charged $1 per month per household for garbage and trash collection.
At its December meeting, held Monday night, Borough Council accepted a new tentative budget
and ordered it posted for public inspection.
Passage, in whatever altered or adjusted form, is expected at a special meeting of the council on
Friday, Dec. 28, at 6:30 p.m.
The new charge for garbage
collection is expected to raise
$20,000 per year toward what has
become a heavy municipal ex-
pense.
How the garbage collection is
to be administered although
estimated at a cost of nearly
$2,000 per year has not been fully
determined. Details are in the
hands of the borough solicitor.
The expectation is that billings
will be made somewhat in the
same manner as for water and
sewer services.
Owners of apartments will be
held responsible for payments at
the $1 per month per household
rate, it was pointed out.
The council has indicated that
there will be no other tax in-
creases. Millage will remain at 14
Michael Schatz Named
Most Valuable Player
Michael Schatz, senior quarterback, has been named ‘‘Most
Valuable Player” on the 1973 Donegal high school football team!
His selection was announced Saturday night, Dec. 8, at the annual
football banquet, staged at the D.H.S. cafeteria by the football
parents.
Schatz, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Schatz, west Main
street, played important roles,
both offensive and defensive, for
the Indians. He caught 10 passes
for 95 yards gain to set the best
total of any member of the team.
From rushing, he carried 34
times and gained 125 yards for an
average of 3.7, which is fourth
best of any Indian ball toter.
He also scored a two- -point
touchdown conversion, - in-
tercepted one forward pass and
recovered one fumble by an
opponent.
Defensively, he made 38
tackles and had 14 assists.
The honor was bestowed during
the evening as other awards also
were given.
James Mohr was given the
Jesse Moody award for ‘‘at-
titude’’; Gary Gallagher was
selected outstanding lineman on
the season and Ken Grove was
picked outstanding back-
fieldman. :
‘“‘Headhunter’’ plaques, given
for outstanding play in games
which Donegal won, went to
Gallagher, Mohr, Newton Kendig
and Steve Keener.
Roy Armold was master of
tremendous opportunity to instruct in
ceremonies and a movie about
the Penn State football team was
featured as the entertainment.
Football players, their parents,
cheer leaders, water girls,
statisticians and guests were
present.
Four members of the team
were named to places on the all-
Section II team. Steve Keener
was named first team right of-
fensive guard; Gary Gallagher,
honorable mention defensive
tackle; Jeff Sheetz, honorable
mention defensive end, and Ken
Grove, honorable mention of-
fensive halfback.
In Home Port After
Seven-Month Cruise
Navy Data Systems Technician
Third Class Donald L. Colbert,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Virgil J.
Colbert of 108 N. Market Ave.,
has returned to his homeport at
Norfolk, Va., on board the attack
aircraft carrier USS John F.
Kennedy after a seven month
deployment.
A 1971 graduate of Donegal
high school, he joined the Navy in
July 1971.
mills, a figure set last year as a
reduction because of Federal
Revenue sharing money (which
totaled $51,000).
Other features of the new,
proposed budget provide for a
doubling of Borough Coun-
cilmen’s wages from $15 per
month to $30 per month; in-
creases of the mayor's salary
from $15 to $40 per month, and the
setting of council president’s
wage at $40 per month.
Total budget will be $252,160, up
16.6 percent from $216,148 a year
ago.
Councilman Al Kleiner, who is
returning from the council this
month with Elmer Zerphey and
Mayor Clark Berrier, pointed out
that during his tenure, the budget
has increased 124 percent from
$112,000 and added that the police
department budget has jumped
600 percent in that period.
In other business -
-- A committee of seven persons
asked council to open School
Lane from south Delta to the
Seiler school, pointing out safety
reasons for the request. Council
placed the matter in the hands of
its property and public safety
committees.
--A request from Lancaster
Leaf Tobacco that Ice alley be
vacated was denied in the form in
which it was presented. However,
there were indications that if
presented in a slightly different
form to include a larger section of
the thorough fare there would be
further consideration.
--A $100 check was received
from the First Presbyterian
church. It was called a ‘‘land-
mark’ donation by council.
--Beginning Jan. 1, Betts
Johnson of Elizabethtown will
take Mount Joy calls for am-
bulance service (Phone 367-1000).
--A fourth walkie-talkie radio
was authorized for the police
department at a price of $1,073.
--A complaint about unpaid
bills by the company from which
borough police cars are leased
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Car Reclaimed From Flood Becomes
Instruction Tool At Mount Joy Vo-Tech
Fritsch and his boys have finally been able
Depression Era that has become
more familiar to millions of
people in this country than the
neighbors next door.
And, watching it every
Thursday night, these millions of
people have made it one of the
highest-rated television shows of
the winter season.
We realize that the show has its
critics. - those who say it plays
unfairly on the emotions, that it
induces undesirable nostalgia for
days that are better forgotten,
that if confuses reality with
illusion.
But we disagree!
What's wrong with stirring a
bit the emotion of family love and
no good!”
To paraphrase, it might be said at the
Mount Joy Vo-Tech school that “it’s an ill
flood that floats no good!”
For, recently, the school received a 1973
Buick 2-door sedan absolutely free. It went
through the flood in New Jersey early last
August and had been declared unuseable
by General Motors.
However, since being taken to the vo-
tech school, the auto mechanics instructor
and students have given the auto a great
amount of “tender, loving care’ and now
have a wonderful piece of instructional
equipment. :
Principal Martin Gyomber told the
Bulletin this week that ‘‘this car is no
cheapie. It is loaded with the latest
equipment. and offers the school a
some phases of auto mechanics which
might otherwise be unavailable.”
Gyomber some time ago learned that a
few (thirteen, to be exact) such cars were
available on a ‘‘first come, first served”
basis. He grabbed a telephone, called
General Motors and got Mount Joy’s name
on the list.
It took considerable effort and the help
of the Ulrich Buick people in
Elizabethtown, but the car did arrive on a
flat bed truck from Elizabethtown, N.J.
The serial number had been burned
away and the car can never be titled for
road use. But, fortunately, although the
auto had been flooded, apparently the
water had been relatively clean. There
was mud in some of the parts, but “TLC”
has paid dividends and Instructor William
to bring the machine around until it is
operable.
In the burning of the serial number, the
windshield had been shattered, leaving a
jagged and dangerous hole. But, again,
with an assist from Glass Specialists in
Elizabethtown, a different but completely
satisfactory windshield had been installed.
The car, equipped with emission con-
trols, radios, air conditioning, automatic
transmission and numerous other features
is expected to be a windfall of tremendous
value to teaching. For instance, the in-
structor, now, secretly, can “bug” the car
and give his students ‘‘on the job’’ ex-
perience of locating trouble in a fine auto;
like or similar, to what they will encounter
immediately upon entering the trade
outside school.
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