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THE
MOUNT
JOY
VOL. 73 NO. 36
BU
LLETIN
MOUNT JOY'S ONLY NEWSPAPER
call the
Newsmen
following story ‘‘sidebar’’, a
highly interesting bit of
information related but not
necessarily an intimate part
of the main story.
Last week the Mount Joy
Farmers Co-operative held
its annual meeting. Out of
that event came this story
about a coincidence.
When the co-op was
building its plant along Ice
alley many years ago, the
late Norman Kolp was on the
job and when the first milk
arrived, he was the one who
emptied the very first can.
Time went on. He worked for
the co-op for many years -- ex-
cept two spent with Hershey
Estates - until he became ill
several months ago.
In the meantime, methods
of operation at the Ice
avenue plant had changed
and much of the milk was
handled by bulk tank trucks.
However, some milk con-
tinued to arrive in cans.
Then - on the very day he
died, Jan. 4 - the very last
can of milk at the plant was
emptied and that phase of
the business "completely
discontinued.
Watch this, or you may get
fooled! Monday, Feb. 18, is
Washington's birthday.
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Miss Tina Thomas, 1974
Miss Pennsylvania and
fourth runner up in the Miss
America Pageant at Atlantic
City, will be the feature
attraction at the Rotary
club’s Sweetheart Banquet
on Tuesday night, Feb. 12.
To be held at Hostetters,
the party will feature both
singing and a talk by the
Lancaster young lady who
brought honor and
recognition to her home
community.
Clubmen will entertain
their wives on the eve of
Valentines Day.
Miss Thomas, whose talent
is a beautiful voice which she
uses principally for gospel
and sacred music, will sing
and she will tell about some
of her experiences with the
various contests in which she
has participated, including
some of the red tape.
TINA THOMAS
Young to be a celebrity
with an Atlantic City ex-
perience behind her, Miss
Thomas has a deep and
abiding faith and her talent
is based upon love and music
and how she can serve
through that channel.
The banquet will begin at
6:30 p.m.
Former Phone Wire Chief
And ex-Mayor Is Honored
Clark G. Berrier, Donegal
Springs Rd., United
Telephone’s Columbia area
wire chief, recently was
honored by more than 75
fellow employees and friends
CLARK G. BERRIER
‘Op This and That’
by the editor's wife
Is the world SO
materialistic; after all? We
heard an interesting thing
last week that convinced us
that maybe it’s not.
A Mount Joy man, who has
a beautiful home, a thriving
business and many of the
valuable tangibles in life told
us:
“My most precious
possession, the one I
treasure more than anything
I own, is a 22-gauge Win-
chester rifle..
“It’s intrinsic value is
small, but it means to me
protection if necessary, the
pleasure of a good hunt, and
possibly, if it were necessary
— food on the table!”
Certainly all those things
are intangibles! Protection,
pleasure and the satisfying
of hunger!
Another intangible about
which we heard lately is the
love of playing chess.
Morrell Shields, Columbia
Avenue, instrumental music
teacher in the Donegal
school district, is an avid
chess player. It is a major
hobby with him, and he
plays, by mail, with chess
buffs all over the world.
At anyone time, he may
have several games in
progress with far-away
correspondents. It can take
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at his retirement dinner.
He joined United’s Honor
Roll after 42 years of service.
Berrier, a lifelong resident
of Mount Joy, began his
telephone career with the
Columbia Telephone com-
pany in 1931 as a lineman. He
worked in several different
plant department positions
before being promoted to
wire chief in 1962, the
position he held until he
retired.
Berrier recently com-
pleted a tenure as mayor of
Mount Joy, an office to which
he was appointed in 1971. He
teaches Sunday School
classes and has served on the
official Board in Church
Council. He also is a
longtime member of
Masonic Lodge No. 51.
He and his wife, the former
Mildred Bushong, marked
their 41st wedding an-
niversary in October. The
couple have two sons and
three grandchildren.
Berrier plans to enjoy his
hobbies of hunting, fishing
and carpentry work.
Change Meeting
Place For Council
Because of a conflict in
scheduling, the February
meeting of the Mount Joy
Community Council will be
held in the Florin Fire hall.
Usually, the council’s
sessions are held at the
Borough Building.
Tina Thomas To Talk, Sing NIOUNT JOY TOWNSHIP Z00
MOUNT JOY, PENNA.
FEBRUARY 6, 1974
TEN CENTS
New Jersey People Fail To Take Jan. 31 Option On Thome Farm
Possibility that a tourist attraction ‘‘zoo’’ north of Milton Grove wiil actually materialize
took a step off a controversial stage last week.
Unless there are some legal complications which develop, sale of the land to a New Jersey
promoter appears to have been stalled.
Jerry Thome, one of the
owners of the tract of land
near the north edge of the
county, said this week that a
sales agreement and option
to buy expired on Jauary 31,
1974, and that the zoo people
have made no move to either
pick up their privileges or to
renew their agreements.
Thome - told the Bulletin
last week that he earlier had
informed the New Jersey
that he would not be
disappointed if they did not
continue their plans for
Mount Joy's Curfew Law
Works As Others Seek Help
Changing times, changing
problems and changing
administrations make
changing attitudes!
Curfew laws are no ex-
ception.
In Mount Joy, curfew for
young people is 10 p.m. on
Sunday through Thursday
nights and 11 p.m Fridays
and Saturdays.
And, in general, according
to normal measurements,
the curfew is workin~
satisfactorily “Touul Joy
netic C Cinorce the ordinance,
warnings are given and
citations made.
However, in some neigh-
boring areas, the curfew is
surfacing as a needed police
tool for controlling certain
situations.
Recently the mayor of
Columbia. began promoting
the idea that juvenile
problems — in Columbia,
vandalism — could be better
controlled if all communities
in the area were using the
same curfew hours.
A survey indicated a
widely varying pattern of
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developing the proposed
drive-through animal
compound.
Two factors are suggested
as possible reasons that no
further action has been
taken in the development
proposal - 1. The uncertainty
of tourism because of the
energy situation, and 2.
Constantly esculating
construction costs.
The area which has been
under consideration is a
tract in Mount Joy township
which is owned by Thome
Farms, Incorporated,
situated along Trail Road
and Harvest Road. The
rectangular tract lies in a
northwest - southeast at-
titude, touching Trail road at
a point where the improved
portion of the highway ends.
Announcement several
months ago that the land was
being considered as the site
of a tourist attraction
brought strong reactions
from residents of the area.
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THREE MEN gather around for an
informal business conference at the
Wolgemuth Feed Mill, on south Market
avenue, in one of the local father-son
teams of
successful
management. Jay Wolgemuth (left), Dan
Wolgemuth (seated) and youngest son,
Donald (right) have a look at reports on
business
what has long been a family business. The
elder Wolgemuth has been in the feed
business for 54 years.
(This photo is the first in a series which
the Mount Joy Bulletin will be publishing
to take note of Mount Joy father-son
business management.)