Page 2 - Mount Joy Bulletin
January 23, 1974
—EDITORIAL-
Please don’t call after 11:30 o’clock Saturday night!
For a couple of hours after that time, we're going to be
watching television, participating in the rematch between
UCLA and Notre Dame!
For East Coast basketball fans, it is an awkward hour but
those who enjoy the hardwood sport after a long season of
professional football, are going to be glued to the tube.
In sports, there is nothing to equal a winner. And, if that
winner is something extra, with style and cunning, the
American public climbs aboard the wagon and enjoys the
trip along victory road.
But, like the New York Yankees of other years, there
comes a time when the very best are toppled from their
thrones to remind us once again that every man has feet of
clay.
(And, for those who saw UCLA clipped, 71-70, Saturday
afternoon at South Bend, Ind., we're not trying to make a pun
with the world clay. Yet, it was a Notre Dame lad named
Clay who broke the Californians’ long long victory string with
a last-second field goal.)
Saturday night the same two teams--rated No. 1 and No. 2
in the collegiate basketball world--again will clash. This time
the game will be on the West coast.
It’s tough to even have an idea this week which is the top
ball club. But, sometime early Sunday morning, maybe,
we'll know.
WHAT One Person ‘can no
THOMAS DAVENPORT
Blacksmith
Life in Brandon, Vermont,
was good for Thomas
Davenport. He had a loving
wife and two fine sons. He
made a comfortable living as
village blacksmith. Then he
heard rumors of a new
gadget, a ‘‘galvanic bat-
tery.” He had to see it.
In December, 1833,
Thomas and his brother
Oliver travelled 25 miles
over frozen roads in a one-
horse rig clanging with pots
and buckets to Crown Point,
New York. There they saw
one of the first elec-
tromagnets in the world —
powerful enough to hold a
150-pound anvil suspended
above the ground.
“If you cut the wire,”
asked Thomas, “will the
anvil fall?’ The demon-
strator assured him it would,
but refused to let him cut the
wire that was conducting the
current.
Thomas Davenport had to
have the magnet. So he sold
the contents of his cart,
swapped his horse for a nag,
raising $75 to buy it.
Immediately, he performed
his first experiment — he cut
the wire. The anvil dropped.
He held the ends of the wire
together. The magnet
regained its power.
Back in Brandon, folks
thought Thomas and Emily,
his wife, were crazy. But
they worked night after night
direct current motor in
history. Scientists at Mid-
dlebury College, Vermont,
told Thomas, ‘What you
have invented is nothing less
than a new form of mobile
power!...One of the greatest
inventions of the 19th cen-
tury!”’ They were right. But
others were to reap the fruits
of Thomas Davenport’s
vision, sacrifice and hard
work. He died at the age of 49
mentally and physically
broken by his efforts to
perfect his invention.
Ridicule and disbelief
didn’t keep Thomas
Davenport from doing what
he had to do. How do you
react to ‘‘nay sayers?”’
Schoolmen Study
Evaluation Visit
Donegal district
schoolmen are beginning an
in-depth review of a report
received this week from the
Middle State association
detailing results of its
November evaluation visit.
A 17-member committee
surveyed the school.
Report on the ac-
creditation of Donegal high
school for academic pur-
poses is not anticipated until
sometime in the Spring.
Preliminary readings of
the report indicate a heavy
emphasis has been placed on
on the device. In seven physical facilities of the
months, they built the first school.
NEW BOOKS AT LIBRARY
Distinguished company John Gielgud
Troblecross Jessica Mann
Court hustler Bobby Riggs
The Portuguese Fragment Owen Sela
Burr Gore Vidal
Margery Thomas Tietze
A handy death Robert Fish
Band of brothers Ernest Gann
Sagittarius in Warsaw Richard Lourie
The Paradise program Anthony Haden-Guest
The Appletons of Beacon Hill Louise Tharp
The toff and the terrified taxman John Creasey
Come Nineveh, come Tyre Allen Drury
Anthology of detective stories
From the London Times
Over The
Back Fence
by Max Smith
County Agricultural Agent
The recent period of snow
and ice cover was ap-
preciated by many local
snowmobile owners; I have
several letters from lan-
downers informing me of
this snowmobile activity and
that these machines were
operated on land without the
owner’s permission. Also,
the question of the use of
limited gasoline supplies for
this type of recreation. In the
first place, there is little
doubt that the operator of a
snowmobile should get
permission from the Ilan-
downer before running the
machine on that land; this is
only good community
relations and do not see the
need for trespassing on the
land of others. It’s doubtful if
any damage is done to winter
grains or sod crops by the
use of these machines, but if
the landowner does not want
the snowmobiles on his land,
that is his privilege.
Secondly, the enjoyment of
snowmobiles may not be the
best use of gasoline, in times
of shortages, but we are not
aware that the use of
gasoline for other types of
recreation has been
restricted. At this time, it is
still a voluntary program to
restrict gasoline use.
I've heard numerous
remarks recently about the
amount of snow this winter
as compared to recent
winters. This snow cover
may be unpleasant and a
hazard to street and highway
travel, but it is usually a
blessing to crops and plant
life. The vegetation that is
under the snow is protected
from freezing temperatures
and from drying winds. A
winter with considerable
snow cover is usually one
good for winter grains,
legume stands, and most of
our evergreen shrubs. Snow
cover is nature’s way of
protecting plant life from the
dangers of extremely cold
weather.
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Cold drafts in farm
buildings should be of some
concern to the health of
young animals such as pigs,
calves, and lambs. In most
cases a drafty pen or stall
means scours and pneu-
monia and a sick animal.
Producers should make
every effort to have a dry,
draft-free place for these
young animals. It does not
have to be extremely warm,
but should be dry and draft-
free. In too many cases the
farmer, wearing winter
clothing and heavy boots,
may not realize the amount
of draft when he makes his
daily visit with his chores.
However, a little time spent
in the young animal area
with less clothing and only
shoes might reveal more air
flow. Drafts are usually
found underneath windows,
near or between doors and
cracks in buildings. Also, the
milking herd of cows should
be kept in stalls without a
cold draft; this condition
often brings on severe cases
of mastitis. More mature
animals housed in open
barns or open feedlots will
not be bothered with drafts
because they are not as
much a problem under this
system of housing.
Producers are urged to
check on the draft conditions
at this time of year.
The handling of livestock
waste at this time of the year
gets some non-farm at-
tention when it is spread on
the snow. The contrast in
color attracts some concern
about the run-off of the water
and possible stream
pollution. The use of bar-
nyard manure for fertilizer
is still a good farm practice:
it is a part of farming and the
maintaining of soil fertility.
However, producers are
urged to use care in
spreading the material on
frozen ground above streams
and other water supplies. To
spread manure on snow over
unfrozen ground is not as
dangerous as on frozen
ground. Adequate storage
facilities to permit waiting
for open ground should be
considered by most livestock
and dairy producers.
On
Dean's List
Miss C. Joan Little,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Paul D. Little, 215 Park
Avenue, Mount Joy, has been
named to the Dean’s List of
Thompson College with a 4.0
average for the 1973 Winter
term.
She is majoring in the
executive secretarial
program and will be
graduated in June.
Ss JERITEL
Y, 3 Deaths
rg ote
MAUD E. STAUFFER
Miss Maud E. Stauffer, 85,
of Schock Presbyterian
Home, died Monday night,
Jan. 14, at Lancaster
General Hospital after an
illness of one day. She for-
merly lived in Lancaster.
She taught school in
Lancaster city and county
for 45 years. She was a
member of First
Presbyterian Church,
Lancaster.
Born in Strasburg Twp.,
she was a daughter of the
late Phares W. and Elizabeth
Huber Stauffer.
She is survived by one
brother, Clyde Stauffer,
Lancaster; one sister, Mary,
wife of Harry Snavely,
Tucson, Ariz., and two nieces
and one nephew.
Services were held
Thursday afternoon, Jan. 17,
from the Herr funeral home,
Lampeter, and burial was
made in the Strasburg
Mennonite cemetery.
School Authority
Re-elects Officers
All officers of the Donegal
School District Authority
have been re-elected for the
year 1974.
At an organization
meeting held Thursday
night, Jan. 17, Jay Houseal,
Maytown, was named
president and James Baker,
Marietta, vice-president.
J. Robert Greider was
made secretary; William E.
Eby, assistant secretary,
and Robert Kline, treasurer.
The authority is the body
which holds legal ownership
of the school buildings.
SPUTNIK I
On Oct. 4, 1957, the
Russians announced they
had launched Sputnik I, the
first space satellite.
PROMOTED
John M. Hawthorne Jr.
son of Mr. and Mrs. John M.
Hawthorne Sr. of R.D.1
Mount Joy, has been
promoted to sergeant in the
U.S. Air Force.
Sergeant Hawthorne, a
security police specialist at
Woodbridge RAF Station,
England, is assigned to a
unit of the U.S. Air Forces in
Europe.
The sergeant is a 1971
graduate of Donegal high
school.
* ENGAGEMENTS
SHENK — ZURIN
Mr. and Mrs. Londa Zurin
Jr. of Mount Joy R2, an-
nounce the engagement of
their daughter, Miss Cheryl
Ann Zurin, to Barry E.
Shenk.
The bride-elect was
graduated from Manheim
Central high school. She is
employed at the National
Central Bank
Administrative Center.
Mr. Shenk is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Earl R. Shenk of
Manheim R2.
He was graduated from
Elizabethtown high school.
He is employed by R&H
Development.
SNAVELY — GAGER
Mr. and Mrs. Billy N.
- Gager, 907 Imperial Drive,
announce the engagement of
their daughter, Miss Kathy
Lee Gager, to Nelson Eugene
Snavely.
The bride-elect was
graduated from Hempfield
high school. She is employed
by the Metro, Park City.
Mr. Snavely is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Roy W.
Snavely of Mount Joy RI.
He was graduated from
Hempfield high school. He is
employed by Huber’s.
EGYPT INVADED
On Nov. 5, 1956, Britain
and France began landing
forces in Egypt.
The Warren H. Greenawalt Shop
209 West Main St., Mount Joy
On Sat. Jan. 19 and Sat. Jan. 26
From 9 A.M. to 6 P.M.
All Merchandise Half Price
33-2C
To All Members of
FRIENDSHIP FIRE CO. NO. 1
Mount Joy, Pa.
1974 Dues must be paid on or
before January 31, 1974.
Active Dues: 3.50
Social Dues: 1.00
All active members over age 65
are eligible for honory membership,
but the company MUST BE NOTIFIED
by January 31, 1974.
33-2C