THE
MOUNT
JOY
VOL. 73 NO. 43
BULLETIN
"MOUNT JOY'S ONLY NEWSPAPER
A couple of weeks ago the
Bulletin pointed out in some
detail the growing
probability that Mount Joy
will be increasing its
population greatly within the
next five years.
Planned and already
started housing develop-
ments appear certain to
have a heavy impact upon
the local community.
Just as an example - If
only 400 more homes are
established in the Mount Joy
post office area, some very
certain changes will be
needed to handle the in-
creased mail.
Normally, about 400 stops form
a single delivery route
depending upon various in-
fluencing factors.
(Postmaster Gerald
Hostetter, who was called
upon just last week to help
name streets and to view the
situation for a proposed
addition of nearly half that
many housing units, has
informed his superiors.
Another, for example -
Friendship Fire company
has on order a new pumper
truck. Delivery was ex-
pected this Spring or
Summer, but it now looks as
if it may be in the Fall.
In the meantime, the
company faces a question.
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Named Student Leader
To Help Fund Drive 74’
For $40,000 Gym Project
Marie Landis, daughter of
Paul Landis, 165 Cooper
Avenue, Landisville, is
actively involved in Fund
Drive ’'74, a gym-building
project organized
students at Lancaster
Mennonite high school.
Marie, a junior, is serving
as Work-A-Thon committee
chairman. She is busy
organizing and planning for
a busy week April 1 through
6.
The major area of student
involvement in Fund Drive
'74 will be the Work Drive
Days - April 5 and 6. On
Friday and Saturday, more
than 400 students will be
working in the community
and turning over all wages
earned to the Fund Drive '74’
Project. They will perform
any work, ranging from
window washing, house-
cleaning, yard work,
painting, to skilled work by
by.
MARIE LANDIS
vo-tech students.
If the Fund Drive ’74 goal
of $40,000 is reached with this
project and others which are
planned and if cost estimates
are correct, the gym con-
struction will be started
immediately.
Grandview and Riverview
Set Dates For Registration
Kindergarten registration
and testing for the Donegal
School District will be held
April 16, 17, 18 and 19 at the
Grandview and Riverview
Elementary schools.
To be eligible for Fall
kindergarten enrollment,
children must be five years
old on or before September 4,
1974. Parents with eligible
children will be notifired by
mail during the week of April
1 concerning appointment
times.
Parents receiving no
appointment time should
'0p This and That’
by the editor's wife
Forsythia is blooming!
That's always been one of
our surest indications that
spring is here. Its vivid
yellow, and the yellow of the
little crocuses, begin to
chase away the drab gray of
the winter months!
Another sign of spring for
us this year is the little patch
of garden we intend to have
in our back yard. It has
already been plowed, and
short rows of onions, lettuce,
radishes, spinach, carrots
and beets are planted.
Scheduled for later are
beans, corn, squash, pep-
pers, cabbage, melons, etc.
We are probably over-
ambitious in this, our first
garden since World War II,
but our intentions are good.
We will do our best to keep
the weeds and the bugs
under control!
But who knows? Only time
can tell.
Something new has
‘““happened’’ at Hershey
again!
Just about a year ago there
was much excitement and
much fanfare in our sister
town to the north, when
Hersheypark held open
house for its many new at-
tractions, and Chocolate
World began to welcome
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contact Mrs. Janet Ney,
mornings at 426-3416 and
afternoons at 426-1591.
Birth certificates and
immunization records
should be taken to the testing
center at the appointment
time.
Parents wishing to enroll a
child in first grade, who has
had no previous Kin-
dergarten experience,
should contact Gene
Newcomer, at Riverview
426-1561 or Seiler 653-5117.
Additional information
concerning Kindergarten will
be available during testing.
Three Showings
Of ‘Brigadoon’
‘Brigadoon’, a delight-
fully different musical which
has been at hit with theatre
goers for many years, will be
presented Thursday, Friday
and Saturday nights of this
week at Donegal high school.
Presented by the music
department, the Lerner and
Loewe fantasy will include a
cast of nearly 60 boys and
girls.
Curtain time is 8 p.m.
SHOWS IMPROVEMENT
Paul Diffenderfer, Bruce
Avenue, who has been
seriously ill in the Lancaster
General Hospital, is out of
intensive care now and is
showing improvement.
Snow Fence
Coming Down
Spring must be coming,
soon!
Workmen of the state
highway department
(PennDOT) are in the
midst of taking down
snow fence along roads in
this area.
Competes With
Pershing Rifles
Company At IU
Richard C. Parker, who is
now attending Indiana
University of Pennsylvania,
recently competed at the 6th
Annual University of
Dayton’s Drill Meet. Rick
competed as a member of
Pershing Rifles Company L-
8 Exhibition Drill Squad.
Pershing Rifles is a
National Military Honorary
Fraternity named after Gen.
John J. Pershing. Indiana
was awarded the ‘‘Honor
Company Trophy’ as being
the best Drill Unit in at-
tendance.
Rick is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Parker, Rl,
Mount Joy. He is a junior at
Indiana and is ‘majoring in
mathematics.
Library Fund
Reaches $3,000
The Mount Joy Library
Fund drive, to date, has
totaled $3,000 against a
$5,000 goal.
MOUNT JOY, PENNA.
MARCH 27, 1974
TEN CENTS
Playground Plans
For 1974
Donegal school district’s
summer playground
program will be conducted in
1974 in much the same way
as in the past.
Action to begin planning
for the coming season was
taken Thursday night,
March 21, by the Donegal
Board of Education, meeting
in public session in the
D.H.S. library.
Warren Hayman, district
elementary physical
education supervisor, was
named playground director.
As in previous years, the
operational plan is for
sponsoring organizations in
Mount Joy, Maytown and
Marietta, to participate
financially.
The school board Thur-
sday also authorized plans
for summer driver training
and typing classes. There
was discussion-—-eoncerning
the possibility of a second
driver training car for the
1974-75 school year and an
additional part-time teacher.
In other matters brought
to the board’s attention -
--It was reported that the
district’s estimated con-
tribution to vo-tech for 1974-
"75 will be $139,093 with a
reimbursement of $34,206 -
an average of approximately
$1,000 per pupil, for one-half
day attendance.
--First snow day makeup
will be Thursday, April 11.
--Easter vacation will be
observed from Friday, April
12, to Monday, April 15,
inclusive.
--Permission was granted
for use of school fields during
the summer. Seiler by Mount
Joy Athletic Association for
Pee Wee program; Grand-
view by Mount Joy AA; high
school by Mount Joy AA and
Mount Joy Legion.
--Learned that William
Loercher, Donegal science
teacher and tennis coach,
has been nominated for
Outstanding High School
Chemistry Teacher Award.
--Report cards will be sent
home Thursday, April 4.
--District bus operators,
who had requested a four or
five per cent rate increase on
their contracts because of
the recent gasoline price
increases, were denied their
plea. In essence, the board
said, ‘“‘A contract is a con-
tract.”
--A contract for general
and art supplies for 1974-'75
was awarded the L.B. Herr
company of Lancaster on a
bid of $19,628.
--The L.W.T. Company is
to begin resurfacing the
D.H.S. tennis courts in June,
1974.
--The Robert A. Kinsley
Co., is expected to begin
rough grading for the new
D.H.S. running track
sometime in April.
INDUCT NEW OFFICERS
Ronald Hawthorne Given Honor
Ronald E. Hawthrone is
the recipient of the J.C.I.
Senatorship Award, given at
the annual installation
banquet of the Jaycees and
the Joycee-ettes Saturday
night, March 23 at Mr.
Lacy’s, Marietta.
The coveted award was
presented on behalf of the
Mount Joy chapter by
Kenneth Brandt, State
Representative of the 98th
Legislative District, who
also is a J.C.I. Senator.
Inducted into office
Saturday night by the two
participating organizations
were Mrs. Dennis Fackler
and Jeff Brown. Brown
succeeds Thomas Meckley
as president of the Jaycees
and Mrs. Fackler follows
Mrs. John Harnish as head of
the Joycee-ettes.
The outgoing presidents
inducted the new officers.
The Jaycee International
Senatorship award is given a
current or past Jaycee
honoring him for outstanding
service and leadership to his
RONALD HAWTHORNE, left, is presented the coveted
chapter on a local, state,
national or international
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Jaycee J.C.l. Senatorship Award by State Representative
Kenneth Brandt. The honor was bestowed Saturday night,
March 23, as the Jaycee and the Joycee-ettes held their
annual Installation banquet.