Page 8 - Mount Joy Bulletin July 17,1974 “Thanks for talking to me while | have lunch—I| hate 14 » to eat alone IN THE FREEZING RAIN OF NOVEMBER 1777,A SMALL GARRISON OF 450 TROOPS AT OLD FORT MIFFLIN HELD OFF THE BRITISH ALEET FOR MORE THAN A MONTH ALLOWING GEORGE WASHINGTON'’S ARMY TO GET THROUGH TO VALLEY COUNCIL (Continued from Page 1) will ““put us in line.” In other business Monday night: —Council accepted three bids for the installing of a new heating system at the Florin Fire company building. Low bid was by the Roy Ressler company of Mountville at $8,627. The matter was placed in the hands of th borough engineer for review and for report at the next council meetings. -—Council expressed a concern about “The Meadows’ development at the east edge of town along Road 230. Handling of sur- face water is one principal concern. A proposal is to use holding ponds to release water slowly toward Little Chiques creek was questioned and it was decided to ask for a meeting with Rapho township supervisors to discuss what may be a mutual problem. State agencies already are involved, it was said. MAIN STREET (Continued from Page 1) pletion of the project. and already is returning to normal — which is definitely “good housekeeping’’. +++ For some readers who are interested in the fortunes of TRAVELERS (Continued from Page 1) Philadelphia, join a tour group and fly to San Juan, where they would have boarded the ‘‘Adventurer’” for a six-day cruise to Venezuela. The Cunard line hopes to re-schedule the cruise in September. RUBBER STAMPS Fast Service — Low Price Call 653-2639 4-Trc people in the area but who are not sports fans we toss in this bit of information. + ++ Gene Garber, who has been a bull pen pitcher for the Kansas City Royals, has been sent to Omaha, a farm club. beh Garber, 27, whose family lives near Bossler’s church, pitched in 17 games this season for Kansas City, all in relief, and had a 1-2 record with an earned run average of 4.82. +++ He is a 1965 graduates of Elizabethtown H.S. and a 1970 graduate of Elizabethtown college. He began his professional baseball career with the Pittsburgh Pirates in their farm- system. +++ With the approach of the nation’s Bicentennial, it appears Emergency Medical Calls SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY { DR. EPHRAIMAWAD that this is a good time for Mount Joy to do something for itself. beh Whether or not it needs it or wants it, we can’t say, but it would be mighty fine if Mount Joy had a flag of its own. And, the borough should have a seal of its own. +++ This is not our idea, but came from George Ulrich, until a few weeks ago, the town’s first borough manager. A pe We don't know what a borough flag or a borough seal should look like, but we can imagine both would show a ship as part of the design. +++ Come to think of it, if Mount Joy and Marietta both had flags, wouldn’t they look good as part of the band front of the Donegal high school marching band? +++ Maybe someone — the borough or some patriotic organization — would be interested in sponsoring an effort to design flag and seal. wp =f prem More about the albino squirrel — Last week we mentioned an all-white squirrel which “lived in the neighborhood of St. Luke's Episcopal church”. ++ It turns out that the little fellow actually lives in an elm tree on the property of Mr. and Mrs. Warren Heisey. +++ The Heiseys have watched the very unusually colorless animal for several weeks and report that the albino and some of his littermates are ‘‘very tame” and frisk, frolic and caper with abandon in their yard. AUCTIONS make the difference in marketing livestock! NEW HOLLAND makes the difference in auctions! MONDAY 10:00 A.M. — FAT HOGS 2:30 P.M. —FAT STEERS, BULLS, COWS & VEAL HORSE SALE — MONDAY at 10:00 A.M. DAIRY SALE — WEDNESDAY at 12:30 P.M. FAT STEERS, BULLS, COW & VEAL THURSDAY at 12:30 P.M. New Holland Sales Stables, Inc. New Holland, Penna. Abram W. Diffenbach; Manager Phone (717) 354-4341 LTS i. S more ways to Save on your phone bill @.- 16.1 time at the calling point determines the applicable rate period for long distance calls. Save money on these calls, including Overseas calls, by referring to your call guide in the front of your telephone directory for the most economical rate period. 17. Want to avoid excessive long distance charges in general? Try tim- 7 ing your calls, so you can “say it all” without overtime charges. To help you, just jot down the things you would like to discuss. 19. The information pages at the front of your local telephone book are a good source for tips on how to place your calls and how to save time and money in using your telephone. Look in the book, and save. 20.1 a coin phone takes your money but doesn’t give you your call, you're, of course, entitled to a refund. Just find a phone that works, dial “Operator” and tell her what happened. We'll send you a refund in the mail. (We’d also appreciate it if you'd tell the operator the telephone number and location of the phone that’s out of order so we can get it fixed as soon as possible.) 18. Before you place a long distance call to a business, check to see if they have a toll-free number. You can recognize it because it has an 800 prefix instead of a regular area code. If they have one, it’s usually displayed in their advertising, or you may find it listed in your own local telephone directory. If so, the call’s on them, and you save. This advertisement is another in a series of helpful and cost saving tips from your United Telephone Company to help you save money. (And everyone knows saving money is not easy these days). THE UNITED TELEPHONE COMPANY OF PENNSYLVANIA A Company of United Telecommunications, Inc. 3 Sifu: - lal Ed me we el peg = As As uw a -— oy w— ™ mm mM
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