THE
MOUNT
JOY
VOL. 73 NO. 38
BULLETIN
MOUNT JOY'S ONLY NEWSPAPER
By R.A. R.
It might not indicate
anything at all, but it is of
more than passing interest
that the House of
Representatives has passed
by a vote of 410 to 4 an
authorization to its judiciary
committee to continue to
investigate fully into the
grounds of impeachment of
President Nixon.
The vote probably doesn’t
indicate a thing concerning
the “impeachment’’ temper
of the House, but it does
emphasize that there is
indeed a deep desire on the
part of a lot of people in high
places to learn more about
the truth.
And, we like that, too!
If you can believe the
ground hog, Spring is only
three weeks away from
Saturday.
Have you considered how,
if things get worse, how
you're going to operate your
power mower this summer?
Which brings us to the
truth that Mount Joy, as well
as Ephrata, has a local or
dinance against storing in
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Death Takes Grant Gerberich
Grant D. -Gerberich,
retired vice-president of the
Gerberich-Payne Shoe Co.,
Mount Joy, died wunex-
pectedly at 1 a.m. Thursday,
Feb. 14, at his home.
Gerberich, who was 75,
lived at the Wheatland Arms
Apartments, 1115 Marietta
GRANT D.GERBERICH
Ave., Lancaster. He suffered
a coronary attack about 10
years ago and had been
under the care of a physician
since that time.
Born in Palmyra, he was
the son of the late E.S. and
Mary Early Gerberich.
He and his wife, the former
Mary H. Gingrich,
celebrated their fiftieth
wedding anniversary in
April, 1973.
Gergerich retired as vice-
president after 43 years of
service to the firm which
was founded by his father.
He was a graduate of
Mercersburg Academy with
the class of 1918, and a
graduate of Gettysburg
college in 1922.
Active in organizations
allied with his position with
the shoe firm, he was well-
known in the industry and
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Authority Tests Water Well
Hopeful For Good Production
With a gleam of
hopefulness, the Mount Joy
Borough Authority this week
is expecting to test pump its
newest water well, located
west of town along Donegal
Springs Road. .
Located north and west of
Spookey Nook corner on the
Abner Wolgemuth
development, the well, now
at a depth of more than 150
feet, has been giving in-
dications that it may be able
to produce in good quantity.
To be satisfactory, it must
give at least 500 gallons per
minute.
Testing is done over a 24-
hour period, using a portable
motor and pump.
Last year the Authority
brought in a satisfactory
well on Wolgemuth’s farm
some 200 yards farther west.
However, that well has not
been harnessed.
The Autority has been
awaiting results of the
second well try before
making decisions as to how
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Union Bank Promotes Two Officers
Following "74 Stock Holder Meeting
Two officials of the Union
National Mount Joy Bank
have been given top
promotions following the
bank’s 1974 annual re-
organization meeting, held
Thursday, Feb. 14.
Martin S. Musser, for 42
years a member of the Board
of Directors and 34 years
president, was made
chairman of the Board.
John H. Hoffman Jr. was
named president and ap-
pointed a director.
A graduate of East
Donegal Township high
school and Messiah College,
‘0b This aud That’
by the editor’s wife
Tina Thomas, ‘‘Miss
Pennsylvania of 1973,”
became the ‘‘Sweetheart of
Mount Joy’ Tuesday night,
Feb. 12, as she sang her way
into the hearts of some 160
people at Hostetter’s!
The occasion was a Rotary
Ladies Night party, this year
called a ‘‘Sweetheart Din-
ner’’ because it occcurred so
close to Valentine's Day.
Rotarians, their wives, and a
large number of guests gave
‘“‘Miss Pennsylvania’ a
standing ovation at the cose
of her program.
With charm, poise and a
sparkling sincerity, Tina
sang the number she used as
her ‘talent’ in the Miss
Lancaster City, Miss Lan-
caster County, Miss Penn-
sylvania and Miss America
contests, ‘Take My Hand,
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he started banking with the
Maytown National Bank in
1946 as a teller, then
assistant cashier and
cashier. After the Maytown
bank was sold to the Union
National Mount Joy Bank, he
served as assistant cashier
and Branch manager.
Hoffman was transferred
to the main office in Mount
Joy in 1960, named cashier in
1963 and executive vice-
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March 1 « nd March 15.
To Hear Citizens Talk |
A first for Mount Joy will take place Friday evening,
Feb. 22, from 7 until 8:30 o’clock.
That night, Mount Joy’s newly-elected mayor,
James A. Gingrich, youngest mayor in all of Lancaster
county, will sit at the Borough Building for the express
purpose of hearing concerns of local citizens.
Anyone with a matter of local government on his
mind is invited to talk with Mayor Gingrich.
Similar sessions are scheduled for Friday nights,
Legislators
To Visit Area
On Thursday
Mount Joy’s two direct
links with the Pennsylvania
Legislature will be in the
Donegal area on Friday,
Feb. 22, visiting con-
stituents.
Special arrangements
have been made for them to
be at the office of the B. Titus
Rutt Insurance agency, 81
East Main street, from about
6:30 p.m. until 9 p.m.
The legislators are Ken-
neth E. Brandt, Bainbridge,
member of the House of
Representatives, and
Clarence Manbeck,
Fredericksburg, state
Senator.
The two are interested in
hearing the concerns of the
residents of this area as they
pertain to state government.
" Citizens’ thoughts on
government, their problems
with government and their
reactions to government are
solicited by the two men who
are in Harrisburg as
members of the legislature.
School Board
To Name
New Member
A new member of the
Donegal School District’s
Board of Education is ex-
pected to be elected Thur-
sday night, Feb. 21, when
that body holds its monthly
public meeting.
The new board member,
already selected, but not
announced, will fill a
vacancy left by the intended
resignation of Jay C.
Musser, who has accepted a
position as executive
director of the Lancaster
County School Advisory
committee.
Musser’s membership on
the Donegal school board
and his position with the
advisory body are con-
sidered to be not compatible.
He has served a term as
president of the school
board, some 15 years ago,
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MOUNT JOY, PENNA.
FEBRUARY 20, 1974
TEN CENTS
Service Friday, Mar. 1
The Mount Joy World Day of Prayer Services will be
held in the First Presbyterian Church Friday, March 1,
at 7:30 p.m.
The topic for the evening will be “Make Us Builders
of Peace.” Dr. Nancy Fischler of Elizabethtown will be
the speaker. Dr. Fischler is chairman of the English
and Humanities Department at the Pennsylvania State
University Capital Campas in Middletown.
She is a past National president of Conference on
Christianity and Literature and has written many -
articles about American and France. She is editor-at-
large for ‘‘Christianity Today’ and an elder in the
Mount Joy First Presbyterian church.
Special music will be presented by the Mount Joy
Community Chorus, directed by Miss Dorothy Schock.
Mount Joy Library Opens
Fund Drive Seeking $5,000
The Mount Joy Library
Center Board of Directors
announced that its 1974 Fund
Drive is now underway.
The Leisure Club has
stuffed more than 3,200
envelopes and nearly every
resident of the borough and
surrounding area will
receive by mail an appeal for
funds.
This year’s goal is $5,000.
Contributions may be mailed
to William Eby, treasurer, &
to one of the three local
banks in the Mount Joy area.
The letter being issued is
as follows:
Friends of the Mount Joy
Library Center:
‘““‘We, the members of the
Board of Directors of the
Mount Joy Library Center,
are sending you this letter
asking you as an individual,
industry, business or
organization to contribute to
the Mount Joy Library
Center’s Fifth Annual Fund
Drive.
“The Board feels that the
library has provided a
service which fulfills a vital
need in our community. Our
fiscal year ended December
31, 1973, showing a cir-
culation ‘increase of 850
giving the library a total
circulation of 22,600 for the
year, including all the other
services the Library
provides.
“Our budget for the year
1974 is $8,500.00 and, of this
amount, $5,000.00 must be
contributed by the public in
order to have a library
center in Mount Joy. An
envelope for your donation is
enclosed with this letter.
Please mail your con-
tribution in the envelope
provided; or it may be taken
to any one of the three banks
“We thank you for your
interest and support. It is
only through concerned
citizens such as you that we
will be able to continue the
present library facilities.”
Fathers And Sons In Business
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IN THE APPLIANCE business together on Mount Joy's
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Main street are Warren (left) and his son, Galen. Here they
check out a piece of new merchandise.
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