THE
MOUNT
JOY
MOUNT JOY, PENNA.
AUGUST 14, 1974
BULLETIN
MOUNT JOY'S ONLY NEWSPAPER TEN CENTS
VOL. 74 NO. 12
THREE LONG-STANDING EYESORES along Road 283,
east of Mount Joy have been removed!
For years three abandoned buildings have stood behind a
woven wire fence along the north side of the highway, since
that stretch of road was made limited access.
Above, left photo shows all three buildings standing as they
were early this year when announcement was made by the
state that they would be removed. At right, last week, work
was in full swing. By weekend, only a few shovelsfull of
debris remained.
used as a trailer sales by the Pontz family. Over the years
they had become deteriorating hulls of buildings, vandalized
and scavengerized.
Last week workmen moved in with bulldozers and trucks
and removed everything, hauling the debris to a suitable
nearby site.
They were Bricker’s Diner, a service station and a building
Tf Christ Walters Posts
42 Years Of Perfect
Attendance At Rotary
By R. A. R.
When you think of it, what
besides your own birth, is the
most most momentous single
event during your lifetime?
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Most people rather quickly
would answer, ‘‘The moon
walk.”
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Now, think, what is the
“second most momentous
event.”
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You may have a different
answer, but several people we've
tested come out loud and clear —
“The resignation of a president
of the United States.”
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Add to that the fact that a
vice-president — whose
name was picked by the
“resigning president’ —
also resigned just a few
months ago in disgrace.
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These, truly, are days to
remember.
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And, it’s interesting that
one of the two important
events was the achievement
of an almost unattainable
feat for all of mankind. The
other is a black, black
chapter in the history of this
nation which no one wants to
see again.
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Guess what disappeared from
the lobby of the Mount Joy post
office Friday morning?
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That's right, the picture of
Richard M. Nixon.
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This week, only an empty
frame hung on the east wall
of the lobby above the lock
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Mount Joy’s Rotary club
places emphasis upon at-
tendance at its weekly, noon
luncheon meetings.
Last week a current list of
members: who have had at
least one year of perfeet
attendance was posted and
forty-eight men were
listed.
Their total attendance
stretched 495 years.
Member with the longest
record is Christ Walters,
Main Street, who had 42
years of perfect attendance.
He is seven years the
leader of G. Walter Sloan,
who has not missed or
“made up’ meetings for 35
years.
Others with more than 20-
year records are:
Arthur Mayer (34); Ray
Wiley Sr. (26); and Adam
Greer and Dr. Thomas W.
O’Connor both with 21.
Twelve other members
had 10 to 20 year perfect
attendance.
‘0b This aud That’
by the editor’s wife
“Did you ever see a
weeping peach tree?’’ Bruce
Brown asked us one evening
not long ago when we were
visiting on Richland Lane.
When we said an emphatic
““No!”’ he said, “Come over
here and I'll show you one!’
We stepped across into his
beautiful back yard and he
pointed to a young peach tree
just loaded down with fruit.
So full was it of tempting,
pink-cheeked peaches that
its branches were literally
touching the ground.
Bruce, in an attempt to
help Nature bear her heavy
burden, had put props under
the heaviest limbs to keep
them from breaking off. But
even so, the general effect
still was that of a ‘“weeping’’.
peach tree.
It’s not only peaches that
grow for Bruce, though. He
had been out in his handsome
backyard garden and had
pulled some beets — the
largest beets we had ever
seen! Each one must have
been 12 or 14 inches in cir-
cumference and have
weighed a pound or more!
They were beautiful!
When we admired them so
much, Bruce put a few of
them in a bag for us to take
home. Each one made a
“meal!”
While on the subject of
food: Last week end in
Scranton, Pa., we were
shopping in a big super
market for a few groceries.
A transparent plastic bag
marked ‘‘Syrian Bread’
caught our eye.
Inside the bag were a
dozen large, circular, flat
“buns.’’ Having never seen
such before, we asked the
clerk what they were.
“They're awfully good!”
she told us. “They are hollow
inside and you can fill them
with whatever you like, for a
good sandwich. My
children love them.”
We thought, “This we must
try.” So we bought a
package.
Sure enough! The outer
layer of the bun was thin, and
when we snipped off a bit of
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Boro, Schools, Township
Join To Eliminate Hazard
11.
celebration.
phasized.
BI-CENTENNIAL
MEETING
The extent of Mount Joy's participation in the 1976
Bi-Centennial celebration may well depend upon the
response to a town meeting set for Wednesday, Sept.
To be held at the Florin Fire Hall, the meeting has
been called by Mr. and Mrs.
chairmen of the local commission for bi-centennial
Invitations to have representatives present have
been sent to all organizations in the community.
All organizations are invited, the Gingrichs em-
Paul Gingrich, co-
Betty and Abe Groff
To Host Food Fest
For Hans Herr House
Betty and Abe Groff,
Pinkerton road, who operate
the nationally-known Groff
Farm restaurant, both are
10th generation descendants
of Hans Herr, Mennonite
pioneer in this county.
Thus, it is fitting, proper
and appropriate and they
» should plan a Food Fest for
the benefit of the restoration
of the 1719 Hans Herr House,
the oldest in Lancaster
county.
Acting with other
descendants of Herr, the
Food Fest will be held at the
Groff Farm on Saturday,
Aug. 31.
Home-cooked Pennsyl-
vania Dutch and other local
foods will be served in
sumptuous array on the lawn
throughout the afternoon.
The restaurant will be closed
for the day.
Dinner will be served
every hour, 1 though 4 p.m.
In case of rain, there will
be a large tent. There also
will be live music.
Donation for the benefit
meal will be $10 a person, for
as much as the diner can
consume. Food donations
also are being sought, so that
the supply will be ample in
both quality and quantity.
Reservations are being
taken now by H. Elvin Herr,
340 Crestline Drive, Willow
Street, PA 17584. Or call
Clarence Herr — 717-687-
7807.
With Army Band
Army Specialist Four
Gregory A. McKain, 18, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Paris H.
McKain, 404 Birchland Ave.,
arrived at Ft. Belvoir, Va.,
for duty with the 75th Army
Band under the army’s unit
of choice enlistment
program.
In a fine, three-part
cooperative effort by a
trio of local
municipalities, one of
Mount Joy’s poten-
tially most hazardous
street situations is
being corrected.
Along Orchard road
at the Grandview
school, this week,
workmen are in-
stalling a drain pipe in
a huge open ditch
along the west side of
the thoroughfare.
The ditch will be covered
and the roadway will be
widened.
The project involves
Mount Joy Borough, Donegal
School District and Mount
Joy township. All are con-
tributing to the effort, which
will continue into next year
before finally completed.
Progress of the project
was discussed Monday night,
Aug. 12, at the monthly
public meeting of the
Borough Council, held at the
borough building.
Council added another
part-time police patrolman
to the eligibility list. He is
Gary Gallagher, age 18, a
1974 Donegal graduate.
Police Chief J. Bruce Kline
reported a growing number
of arrests, pointing out a
sizable number of criminal
actions during the month of
July.
He explained it by saying,
“More people problems.”
Council voted $250 to
support of the local
playground system. It was
earmarked $200 for tran-
sportation of boys and girls
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