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VOL. 73 NO. 30
about
Lancaster buying the Mount Joy
water system is just that -- talk.
Any kind of talk
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But it does prompt us to note
that :
1. - The borough’s first public
water works project was begun in
1874 - just 100 years ago, and
2. - Cost $50,000.
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At present, it appears that
borough residents will not feel the
$1 per household per month
garbage collection charge until
near the middle of 1974.
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The collection fee, which is due to be
passed Dec. 28 by borough council,
will be billed on an annual basis,
according to present plans. First
billing may come sometime in the
second quarter of the year.
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Bills will be issued similar to
water and sewer statements;
handled through the borough in a
very similar manner, and tied in
with a computer which already
handles the water and sewer
accounts.
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It was estimated that
administrative and handling of
the accounts will be maybe $2,000
the first year. But they will drop
considerably after the initial
work of programming and
organizing the system is
completed.
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And, speaking of garbage
collection, it is worth noting that
only one other (possibly two)
borough in the county is
providing municipal refuse
service on the same basis Mount
Joy has done for many years. The
tremendous new costs involved
have caused other methods to be
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Currently Mount Joy is hauling
nearly 50 tons of refuse per week to
Lancaster.
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A group of school patrons
interested in having School Lane
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BULLETIN
MOUNT JOY'S ONLY NEWSPAPER
AMERICAN LEGION
Auxilliary.
Circus.
participation.
under.
Annual Christmas Party
For Community Children
The Annual American Legion Childrens’
Christmas Party will be held Monday, Dec. 24, at 10
a.m. at the W.I. Beahm Junior High School.
The party is sponsored by W.S. Ebersole Post 185
American Legion and the American Legion
Chairman Lee Ellis has honored the many
requests to bring back The Wizard of the North
Pole, Jimmy Johnston, with his Christmas Magic;
Prince the Wonder Dog, and the Trained Bird
The show also will feature ‘‘Louie the Clown”
with his comedy juggling, balloons and audience
There is no admission charge, and Santa will be
present to give goodies to all children age 12 and
It is a program the entire family will enjoy and
all are invited to start the Holiday season together.
MOUNT JOY, PENNA.
DECEMBER 19, 1973
TEN CENTS
WEEK FOR SNOWMOBILING
First Snow Storm In Two Years
It’s been a great week for the
snowmobilers!
And, for a lot of other people,
too.
Beginning with a flake or two in
the air shortly after noon Sunday,
Dec. 16, the weatherman built
this area its first snow storm in
two years.
OLD BASKETBALL SAYING
“Lose ‘Em By One - Win ‘Em By One”
There’s an old saying in
basketball circles -
“Lose 'em by one point and
you'll win 'em by one point.”
But, up until now, the Donegal
Indians have been losing 'em by a
point or two but have not yet had
their turn to win.
Friday night, Dec. 14, it was
Elco that took a one-pointed 57-56
from the Donegal Green.
In fact, four of the Indians’ six
games have gone for an average
point difference of only two
points. Except for the Red Lion
lacing (93-26), the Tribe has been
in the ball games all the way and
have half scared some of the
winners half to death before the
final horn.
Elco, leading 26-24, at the half,
was forced to come from behind a
40-38 score at the three-quarter
mark. Donegal had rallied
sharply and was pushing hard.
Down to the wire, it took a 19-16
final period for the visiting
Raiders to save the victory.
Donegal had three men in
double figures as Kevin Miller
had his best night of the season
with 15 big points. Big Nat
Bridgette, from Marietta, who
‘0b This and That’
by the editor's wife
‘‘Stille nacht, heilige nacht’...
‘““O Tannenbaum, O Tan-
nenbaum’’...
Singing these two lovely carols
in the German in which they were
written, their voices blending in
rich harmony, the 200 people in
the rustic ‘‘Saal’ gave an im-
pressive finale to the lovely
Christmas program at the
Ephrata Cloisters Tuesday night.
Bundled to their ears with
warm boots, mittens and scar-
ves, the hardy audience sat in
hushed silence in the unheated
Cloister meetinghouse, to hear
the reading of scripture con-
cerning Jesus’ birth and the
beautiful a capella singing of the
Cloister Chorus, under the
direction of Dr. Russell Getz.
There was also carel singing in
English by the audience and
several numbers by a string trio.
But to us, the singing of the
familiar and beloved carols,
‘Silent Night,” and ‘“‘O Christ-
mas Tree!” in German was the
high point.
There were many excellent
voices in the audience, singing
heartily, in harmony, and these,
blending with the trained voices
of the chorus, made un-
forgettable music. The German
words were printed on an insert
in the program, but the people
around us didn’t seem tc need
them. With their German
background, they had probably
known them since childhood!
The Cloister, always a quaint,
other-wordly place, was aglow
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has averaged 10.66 points in six
games, was good for 14, and Phil
Waters was above his own
average with 12.
The Donegal J.V’s rolled
merrily along on a victory string,
winning 51-43.
PEQUEA VALLEY 82,
DONEGAL 76
Although they had their biggest
scoring evening of the season on
Tuesday night, Dec. 11, the
Donegal Indians took an 82-76
defeat from Pequea Valley.
The Indians’ won the first half,
44-40, but the hosts came back
after the intermission and trailed
only one point at the third period,
64-63.
Phil Waters and Jack Det-
tinger, a pair of the ‘little’ fellows
on Donegal’s king size squad,
each had 14 points, the latter
looping in seven fielders. Randy
Bowers, standing 6-6, dropped
through 13 points.
Indian J.V.'s counted another
win, grabbing a 59-56 advantage.
Welcome Wagon Club
Holds Dinner Meet
The Mount Joy Welcome
Wagon Club held its November
dinner meeting on Wednesday,
the 28, at the Mount Joy Legion.
Judith Nonnenmocher,
representing the American Red
Cross, showed slides on ‘‘First-
Aid and Safety for the Home and
at Work.” Eleven guests at-
tending the meeting.
Because there is not a dinner
meeting scheduled for Decem-
ber, the next meeting will be on
January 16 at 6:30 p.m. The
speaker will be William Musser,
who will discuss the virtues of
jogging.
The yearly Christmas dinner-
dance was enjoyed by 22 couples
on Dec. 8th at the Host Corral.
The Childrens Christmas party
was held on Saturday, Dec. 15 at
St. Mark’s church. Each child
took a gift to the party to be
presented to ‘‘Toys for Tots.”
The next Board Meeting will be
held at Carole Shannon’s home on
Wednesday, Jan. 9 at 8 p.m.
Anyone who moved recently to
the area and is interested in
receiving a Welcome Wagon call
from a hostess, may contact
Shirley Brown, 653-2218.
Emergency
Medical Calls
SATURDAY
AFTERNOON
AND
SUNDAY
AND CHRISTMAS DAY
DR. EPHRAIM AWAD
Grandview School To Present
Christmas Program Thursday
“Cheer Up, Mister Santa’ will
be presented by the Grandview
Elementary school on Thursday
evening, Dec. 20. The program
will be held in the Donegal high
school auditorium, beginning at
7:30 p.m.
The starring role of Santa will
be played by Mitch Johnson.
Other students include Tanya
Meichant as Mrs. Santa, Mitch
Mummaw as Narrator, and
Jaylee Kennedy, Theresa Berg,
and Kathleen Keener as the
Three Little Maids.
Fourth grade will try to cheer
up Mr. Santa with the following
selections: ‘Deck the Hall,’
“There is a Baby”, “Joy to the
World’, ‘African Noel” (with
David Eichler playing the congo
drums), ‘Ding Dong, Merrily on
High’, and a solo by Lonnette
Earhart entitled ‘‘Dear Santa,
Have You Had the Measles?”
Fifth grade will present “We
Need a Little Christmas’, ‘‘Sing
Gloria”, “Merry Christmas the
World Around”, ‘‘The Bells of
Christmas’’, ‘‘Calypso Noel”
with Duane Gray playing claves
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SPONSORED BY JOYCEE-ETTES
Annual Sweetheart Baby Contest
The Mount Joy Joycee-ettes will sponsor the annual Sweetheart
Baby King and Queen contest again this year.
The contest is open to children ages 9 monthes through 3 years with a
Mount Joy mailing address. Proceeds will benefit the Donegal Dental
clinic.
Debra Newcomer is general chairman for the contest. Further
details will be announced.
And, a fine storm it was, too.
Plenty of snow but not too much
that there was plenty of out-door
activities.
The kids loved it and some of
the not-so-young kids seemed to
be getting their share of pleasure.
But-it was the snowmobilers
who began early and had the
most fun, romping in the white
stuff.
And, if there was anyone who
had waited a longer time for his
favorite sport than the
snowmobilers, it must have been
the Eskimo who was sold a
bathing suit by some city slicker.
Because schools were closed
and great numbers of people
didn’t get to work, the fields were
tracked early by those who were
denied their fun all last winter.
Mount Joy suffered no par-
ticular ill effects of what was
about a six-inch snowall which
drifted considerably but was wet
underneath.
Borough snow crews were
plowing by nightfall Sunday, as
were state crews. While streets
were open, traffic was light until
late Monday.
Three plows were working for
the borough and there was never
any problem of staying ahead of
the weather.
It was interesting to look back
and to note that last winter (1971-
72) there was only one snowfall-
on Oct. 18 - and it did not amount
to much. This winter, the year of
the crisis in the oil tanks, first use
of the snow shovels - at least
locally - did not come until Dec.
16.
Mount Joy post office found
the going rough. The Christmas
crunch of mail was due to fall
heaviest on Monday, and the
snow slowed deliveries. And,
probably stretched the peak rush
into Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday.
Borough carriers went out on
the rounds about on time and did
the best they could with their red,
blue and white jeeps and on foot.
Rural carriers, however, were
held back.
But, there was plenty of mail to
sort and to case for delivery
later.
Even with the delays, the bulk
of the mail appeared to have been
handled before the weekend and
the annual problem appeared to
be well in hand.
Post Office Holiday
Closings Announced
Mount Joy post office will be
closed on Christmas Day and
New Year's Day, Postmaster
Gerald Hostetter announced this
week.
Also, the post office building
itself will close at noon on
Christmas Eve (Monday, Dec.
23) and at noon again on New
Year’s Eve (Monday, Dec. 31.
Community
Christmas Carol
Mount Joy's
Community Chorus will
hold its annual
Christmas Carol in
Memorial Park on
Saturday night, Dec. 22,
beginning at 7 p.m.
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