Page 8 - Mount Joy Bulletin “This and That” (Continued from Page 1) the circle, it opened up like a pouch! We didn’t fill them with anything, but we found them a real treat, warmed briefly in the oven and spread with butter. They are made by the Middle East Bakery in a little town near Scranton. If we ever get back into that area, we intend to have another package! We always enjoy seeing beautiful things. So it was a real treat to visit one af- ternoon last week with Mrs. Clyde Gerberich, Sr., West Main Street, and to get to see some of the many lovely things she has created with her own hands. She and Mr. is full of beautiful furniture, rugs, pictures, etc. But the loveliest are things Mrs. Gerberich has made — needle point chair covers, hand-crocheted bedspreads and hand-made quilts. Hanging on the wall in the living room are matching pictures, done in needle point, of Gainsboroughs “Blue Boy’’ and “Pink Girl.” An almost-finished quilt was in the frame in the living room. Several of its ‘“sisters’’ were put away carefully in a ‘‘treasure chest’ in an upstairs bedroom, together with two magnificent crocheted bedspreads. So much beauty ... so much love ... in priceless pieces that will become family heir- looms and continue to bring pride and joy to their owners! In looking at pictures, family and otherwise, Mrs. Gerberich showed us a newspaper clipping of bridges that have spanned the Susquehanna at Columbia. A post card showed a big covered bridge that had fallen into the river. “That was in September of 1896,” Mrs. Gerberich told us. “I was 5%» years old and my grandmother and 1 walked across that bridge in the afternoon just before a hurricane blew it into the river!” Wenger Families Reunion Slated The 53rd annual reunion of all the Wenger families will be held Saturday, Aug. 17, at 2 p.m. at Carpenter’s Mennonite Church near Brownstown, Pa. This reunion has met annually since 1922, when the gathering was held at the Ephrata park. The only omission of a meeting being during World War II. The speaker will be Dr. George R. Brunk of Harrisonburg, Va., Dean of Eastern Mennonite Seminary. He is widely known as an evangelist and Mennonite churchman. Special music for the gathering will be given by the family of Reverend Paul Wenger Witmer, Manheim, Pennsylvania. Gerberich . built their home in 1936 and it ' Aug. 14, 1974 Emergency | Medical Calls | SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY Norlanco Health Center ] MAIN STREET (Continued from Page 1) ' box section. +++ Recently the Associated Press carried a story about how some 200 municipalities in seven Eastern states were involved with an automobile leasing company which ‘supplied: police cruisers. +++ Now in bankruptcy court, Municipal Leasing Company is at the bottom of a big big pile of To trouble with many of these municipalities. +++ This is the same company with which Mount Joy had dealings. Two cars were leased locally but trouble developed when the owners failed to pay service and repair charges which had been guaranteed by con- tract. +++ Mount Joy borough of- ficials sensed the problem of the leasing company’s financial instability several months ago and went through a long ° traumatic “collection” period. +4+ Finally all obligations were settled between Mount Joy and Municipal Leasing — but just a whisker ahead of the collapse of MLS, Inc., and the bankruptcy. ee . A ++ One might say that by careful control of its business affairs and a critical eye, plus some plain old good luck, Mount Joy escaped a sticky and costly mess in which many now find themselves. BORO., SCHOOLS (Continued from Page 1). to swimming and $50 for equipment. In other matters — — All bids for furnishing a heating system at the Florin . Fire hall were rejected. — A complaint was made from a citizen who requested a 35-mile-per hour speed limit sign on Fairview street. He termed the area, “Drag City.” — Interest was expressed in the possible installation of Scout Troop Open To Handicapped Boy Scout Troop 144, sponsored by LARC (Lancaster Association for Retarded Citizens) is open three plexi-glass bus stop waiting shelters in the local area. — Phyllis Leatherman was named deputy tax collector for the borough, to serve for her husband, Steve, who told council by letter he is not physically able to do the work required by the office to which he was elected. — Merit raises were voted for two members of the Mount Joy garbage collection crew, raising their hour rates from $2.77 to $2.97. The crew, council was told, is doing in 3'% days the work formerly requiring five days. for membership to boys ages 11 and up in Bainbridge, Elizabethtown, Maytown, Mount Joy, Columbia, Marietta and Lancaster. Retarded persons in this area are invited to par- ticipate by attending sessions at English Presbyterian Church, West End Avenue, Lancaster. The meetings are held every Tuesday at 7 p.m. Robert Young is scoutmaster and Clarence Hanlen is troop leader. The following persons will supply additional in- formation or will transport members: Mrs. Betty Taylor, Mount Joy; Mrs. Mabel Hanlen, Marietta, or the Larc Office, Lancaster. “dmore ways to Save on your phone bill .... 6. Are you going to be away from your home for an extended period of time? Based on how long you will be away, our business office representative can determine if you can save money by temporarily suspending your phone service. 7. Did you just get a wrong number when you dialed a long distance number? Don’t hang up and grumble about it. Ask the answering party the area code and the number you reached in error. Then call the operator and tell her what happened. The operator will remove the charges. 8. Did you get cut off from your party in the middle of your conversation? Did you have a noisy connection? Don’t just hang up and call back. The calling party should call the operator and report the problem. The operator will credit you for the time your call was interrupted. 9. pid you get charged for a long distance call you never made? Call your United Telephone business office and our representative will have the charge removed. 10. pia your own long distance numbers direct. That’s the cheapest way. Of course, you may not reach the person you wanted on the first call, but you could probably make two or three station- to-station calls for the price of one person-to- person call. 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). EEE (MisE3 THE UNITED TELEPHONE COMPANY OF PENNSYLVANIA A Company of United Telecommunications, Inc Favorable customer response has prompted us to repeat this series of advertisements for those who may have missed our money-saving suggestions. -n |
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