THE
MOUNT
JOY
VOL. 74 NO. 9
Within the next few days,
the matter of impeachment
will come more sharply into
focus than ever before. The
nation has heard much about
it during the past many
months. But the intensity of
the situation may become
even greater.
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The immediate question is
“to impeach or not to im-
peach’. The committee
which has been probing the
actions of President Nixon is
due to make a recom-
mendation to the House of
Representatives very soon.
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Almost everyone is sick
and tired of hearing about
Watergate and its connected
matters. Many people
simply wish the ‘whole thing
would dry up and blow
away’’. As quick and as easy
a solution to the messy
problem as that would be,
the country still faces days,
perhaps weeks and months
of continued Watergate.
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As distasteful as the
possiblity may be, at this point,
impeachment and whatever
follows appears to be the only
rational way out.
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Any other turn of events
will leave too many unan-.
swered questions. As of now,
everything has been a ‘‘trial
in the press’.
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Watergate and the mess
needs to be laid out on the
table in a clear, logical, legal
way so that all can see and so
that the lawful, legal
procedures can be followed.
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As sick as we are of the
whole rotten mess, it would
be folly at this point to leave
anyone with the notion that
anything improtant was
“swept under the rug’”’. The
bright light of legal sunlight
needs to shine straight onto
the case.
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After having suffered so
long, now is no time to back off
from doing the public's business
in public. What hag happened to
date can be justified best by
pushing the lawful process to the
bitter, bitter end, if necessary.
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Last week we sid that Gene
Garber, this area’s present
baseball pro, had been
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MOUNT JOY'S ONLY NEWSPAPER
Playgrounds Complete Fourth Week
With Assorted Interesting Activities
The Mount Joy
Playground has completed
the fourth week of its 1974
summer activities.
Pizza Sale was a great
success. Playground
members sold 535 pizzas.
A Nok Hockey tournament
was held Wednesday mor-
ning. The event was for
intermediate and senior
members. Winner was
Darrel Risberg. Craig Leh-
man and John Anspach won
second and third prizes.
The ‘‘Model Show’ was
scheduled for Thursday
afternoon. Winners of the
contest were: nicest
collection — Billy Hall;
smallest model — Terry
Husband, and most unusual
model — Sean Putt. Billy
Hall won first prize for his
‘Ob This and That’
by the editor’s wife
Destination unknown!
Most of the time, when we
start out on a trip, we know
exactly where we are going,
and possibly have overnight
reservations all along the
way. We may even have our
route all marked on the map
by a “Triple A” red pencil!
All of that gives us a sense of
comfort and security.
But occasionally it is fun
just to set out, with no
definite destination in mind,
and take ‘“‘pot luck’ of the
experiences, places, people
and things that come along!
Such was our week end trip
this past week end. We had
‘‘re-activated’’ our Air-
stream travel trailer after
three years dis-use, and our
primary objective was to
take a ‘‘shakedown cruise”
to see if our old friend was
still ‘sea worthy’!
She was!
She sailed along behind the
car at a steady clip, with no
swaying, weaving or
bumping. Her stove,
refrigerator, water system
and all other facilities
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collection of monster
models. Sean Putt and Terry
Husband won second and
third prizes.
The rest of the week was
filled with games, the
Tuesday swim and free play.
This week’s activities are
a ‘Bingo Party’ on Wed-
nesday afternoon, and a
“Stuffed Animal Show’’
Thursday afternoon.
FLORIN
PLAYGROUND
Florin playground had
three contests last week on
Wednesday, Thursday, and
Friday afternoons.
Pet show winners were:
nicest breed — Kim Funk,
first; Jimmy Deodato,
second; smallest pet —
Chuck Odenwalt, first; Kelly
Floyd, second; smallest cat
— Jean Odenwalt; biggest
dog — Andrew and Lee Ann
Kelly; biggest pet — Richard
Fellenbaum; largest cat —
Donna and Mike Zeller;
most colorful pet — Brenda
Keyton (a parakeet); cutest
dog — Larry and Lise
Coover; cutest puppy — Bill
Dishart; most unusual pet —
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Dr. Coleman To Retire Sept. 30
Dr. Ralph E. Coleman, for
33 years connected with the
local schools as teacher and
administrator, has sub-
mitted his -resignation and
will retire after a total of 41
years in education in Penn-
sylvania.
Since 1966 he has been
Director of Business of the
Donegal district and as such
has’ carried much of the
burden of the growing and
expanding system.
He submitted his
resignation Thursday
evening, July 18, at the
monthly meeting of the
Donegal School Board, held
in the D.H.S. library.
Dr. Coleman taught two
years in the Washington
Elementary school in
Dauphin county, five years
as science teacher at Lykins
high school and a year (’41-
'42) as math and science
teacher at Elizabethtown.
He taught six years in East
Donegal high school at
Maytown and from ’47 to '54
was supervising principal at
Marietta.
Besides serving as
Director of Business, Dr.
Coleman the past 20 years
also has been vice-principal
at Donegal and elementary
principal with offices at
Grandview school.
Dr. Coleman was
DR. RALPH E. COLEMAN, at his desk at the business
office of the Donegal School District, begins to look down the
last two months of some 41 years of education as teacher and
administrator. He submitted his resignation for retirement
to the School Board meeting last week. Since 1966 he has been
Director of Business of the district.
graduated in 1932 from
Lebanon Valley college with
a B.S. degree and a year
later from Shippensburg
State College with teaching
qualifications. He attended
the University of Penn-
sylvania and in 1947 was
graduated from Penn State
with a M.Ed degree. In
1961 he took a leave and
earned the Doctor of
Education degree from Penn
State , doing his dissertation
on public school tran-
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JOSEPH BATEMAN, Mount Joy’s new borough manager,
MOUNT JOY, PENNA.
JULY 24, 1974
TEN CENTS
this week took up duties after a week’s wedding trip. He had
been in Mount Joy for one week prior to his marriage, on July
13, but is now permanently on the job as the successor to
George Ulrich, who recently accepted a position in north-
western Pennsylvania.
Surface Tennis Courts;
May Form Organization
Mount Joy’s enthusiastic
but long-suffering tennis
players are beginning to see
light at the end of a long,
dark tunnel of frustration.
The problem has been that
courts in the community
have been in poor repair,
among other more minor
things.
But, earlier this month all
courts at Donegal high
school were resurfaced and
now are undergoing a
“curing” stage which will
continue for at least another
week or two.
The new surface is green
and is the first re-coating the
courts have had since they
were constructed just east of
Donegal high school.
In the borough, where
there are more problems
than resurfacing, things are
looking upward.
Borough Council, working
through a state agency is
expecting to have financial
help in resurfacing all four
courts, maybe yet this
summer.
And, a program is afoot to
have the backstops put in
good condition. Considerable
mending and patching of the
wire has been done already
this summer.
In the meantime, a
movement is under way to
organize a tennis group in
the borough.
Court buffs appeared at a
recent meeting of the
Borough Council and
discussed the possibilities.
The council was asked for
nothing except a sym-
pathetic. understanding of
the group's long-range plans,
which include tennis clinics,
tournaments and other
connected activities.
The first public meeting of
the group was set for
Wednesday night of this
week.
advance.
IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBER
Effective August 1, the telephone number for ob-
taining ambulance service from the Friendship Fire
Company will be 653-2001.
The announcement, made last week by the fire
company’s Ambulance Committee, is of special im-
portance to doctors, industries and schools.
Whenever possible, the Ambulance Committee has
asked that routine transports be scheduled 24 hours in