THE
MOUNT
JOY
VOL. 74 NO. 13
FENCE US IN! |
Public Looks at ‘Plan’
With a few possible exceptions, East Donegal
Township likes its environment and prefers to live
within a nice, neat fenced-off 13,848-acre rural
“paradise”.
But, those who would prefer little, if any change, are
fearful that encroaching ‘progress’ will shatter their
peaceful and historic surroundings.
Further, there is a certain uneasiness that laws,
ordinances, regulations and good intentions may not
stand against a rolling tide of growth and development
which already is inundating the area.
But, because of their love of the land and of open
spaces, they are virtually willing to accept a planned
and controlled-type development with its possible
pitfalls rather than to risk being swamped by housing,
business and industry.
Those are the impressions to be drawn from an hour
and a half public hearing Tuesday night, Aug. 13, in the
Donegal high school cafeteria.
Dr. John H. Brown of Marietta R1, member of the
Planning Commission, probably shot nearest to the
bullseye of the target when he talked briefly, saying
that “I'd like to fence in the whole township. But, we
can’t.”
Donald Betty, resident on Mount Joy R1, then
summed up the situation by saying, ‘Lacking anything
better, this plan is excellent.”
Held, by law, by the East Donegal township Board of
Supervisors and the township Planning Commission,
the specific purpose of the meeting was to acquaint the
public with a ‘comprehensive plan” for community
planning — and to allow citizens to ask questions.
Many of the questions were answered, but two areas
of more than passing concern were not.
Relative voids were left in at least two areas because
the ‘plan’ background did not include investigations
into the areas.
They were ‘population growth” and school in-
volvment.
The proposed comprehensive plan, it was explained,
has no legal standing but is drawn to serve as a basis
for writing a new zoning ordinance to replace a 1961
version.
Order of approach to the total problem calls for the
‘““plan’’ to be accepted by the supervisors and then for a
new zoning ordinance which becomes the actual ‘‘law”
governing growth, land use, etc.
The intent is that the zoning regulations would be
based on the ‘‘spirit of intent’’ of the comprehensive
plan. Neither are expected to be inflexible documents
but subject to ‘meet changing conditions and
technological advances.”
BULLETIN
MOUNT JOY'S ONLY NEWSPAPER
OPENER AGAINST COLUMBIA
Football Practice
For 1974 Begins
Football, 1974 style, is under way at Donegal high school!
With the season’s opener against Columbia only two weeks,
plus, away, Coach Gayne Deshler began putting his charges
through their paces Monday and will keep the lads hard at
work on an increasing tough schedule.
Two-a-day drills are being
held morning and afternoon
with a meal and gridiron
meetings in between.
There will be plenty of
fundamentals but a “slow”
approach in an effort to
avoid injuries during the
first few days.
Friday evening, at 6 p.m.
has been designated as
“picture night.”” The team
will be in uniform. Later, at 8
p.m., a parents night will be
- held in the cafe with movies,
talks etc.
Saturday, the 24th, there
will be a ‘‘green and white”
squad game, beginning at 10
a.m.
Next week drills will
continue at increased in-
tensity. But, noon meals will
not be included. Work will be
in uniform “in pads”.
A Donegal football feature
which is expected to attract
some attention will be the
second annual Ladies Night
on Thursday evening Aug.
29, beginning at 8 p.m. To be
held in the cafe, the affair
will feature ‘how to watch,
understand and enjoy
football.”
First scrimmage with
another school is booked for
Saturday, Aug. 31,at 10 a.m.,
when Dover high school of
York will come to Donegal
for a two-hour meeting
which is not, and can not be,
called a game.
Deshler, assisted by Gene
Shulman and Dennis lezzi,
will be leading Donegal for
the third season. He is op-
timistic about the
possibilities for the season,
expecting to do better than in
1973. However, the relatively
small size of the squad this
fall may have an influence
upon how things turn out. He
expects about 34 boys for the
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Standards Tightened
For DHS Honor Rolls
Honor roll students were
tightened last week for
Donegal junior and senior
high school pupils by the
District Board of Education.
To qualify for the ‘‘A”
honor list, pupils, beginning
this fall, must achieve all A
'0f This aud That’
by the editor’s wife
perennial wanderers?
Have we become a nation
of migrants? Of nomads? of
Every time we are out on a
This newspaper has said
before, but it is well worth
repeating, that the residents
of East Donegal township
like where they live and
would prefer that the
community remain pretty
much as it is, unchanged
with ‘progress’ and
development.
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And, their pride and love of
the area is well placed. It is
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highway, especially a major
one, we are amazed and
impressed with number of
“living arrangements’ we
see rolling along! It seems as
if a very large percentage of
this country’s population
must be ‘‘on the move!”
The kinds of vehicles are
almost without number.
There's the luxurious motor
home, lumbering gracefully
down the highway. (Its
numbers must have in-
creased by 100 percent in the
past year or two!) There are
thousands upon thousands of
regular travel trailers, of
every size, color, shape and
disposition. There are ‘‘tent
top’’ trailers, and an infinite
variety of little and big buses
outfitted with curtains and
no doubt all sorts of con-
veniences inside. Nor must
we forget the pick-up
campers, also of every size,
color and shape!
We sat in a roadside park
not long ago, eating lunch, on
I-81 north of Lebanon, and
watched the procession
going by on the highway. We
estimated that about ten
percent of them were
“recreation vehicles.” One
in ten!
Who are the people who
are circulating so widely and
so continuously around the
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grades in every full-credit
course but one B will be
allowed in a course equated
as being less than a full
credit.
The ‘“B’’ honor roll people
must achieve all B’s or
better in all subjects.
It was suggested that the
“A” honor roll be called
“‘Superior Honor Roll” and
the “B’’ list called ‘‘Honor
Roll”.
Given Commendation
Specialist Four William G.
Breinich, 23, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Wilbur R. Breinich,
Donegal Heights, has been
presented the Army Com-
mendation Medal at Ft.
Richardson, Alaska.
The medal was awarded
for meritorious service. Such
service can be over an ex-
tended period of time or for
outstanding achievement in
a single situation. In either
case, the recipient must
have demonstrated skills
and dedication far above the
average.
Spec. Breinich earned the
award while assigned as a
communications security
system repairman
MOUNT JOY, PENNA.
AUGUST 21, 1974
TEN CENTS
MISS ANNA MAE EBY, Donegal Springs Road, is shown
above with a large tomato that grew in her garden this
summer, tended by neighbor Kenneth Depoe. The ‘‘giant’’
tomato tipped the scales at 2 Ibs. 4 ozs. and measured 18V2
ins. in circumference. A companion tomato she brought
along had the same circumference but weighed only two
pounds.
All New Pupils Urged
“To Register By Aug. 27
The Donegal School
District is urging all new
pupils to register in their
assigned building office on or
before Tuesday, Aug. 27.
The building offices are
open from 8:30 a.m. to 12
noon and 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
.each weekday. Any previous
school records, including
birth certificates, will be
useful in this registration.
The withdrawal of any pupils
not planning to return to the
Donegal Schools in 1974-75
also would be helpful and
appreciated.
The Donegal schools will
open for all students on
Wednesday, Sept. 4, on the
same time schedules as last
year. (Secondary students at
8:10 a.m. and Elementary
students at 8:30 a.m.)
An in-service day for the
entire professional staff has
been scheduled for Tuesday,
Sept. 3.
There will be some minor
changes in the district
transportation schedules for
1974-75, but pupils should
arrange to be at regular bus
stops from prior years at
least 10 minutes earlier than
usual times.
AND GREEN IT IS!
$5,550 Track Coating
And, green it is to be!
Donegal high school’s new
running track is to be colored
green — not coal black as it
stands now.
At its September meeting
last Thursday night the
District Board of Education
voted to have an additional
surface coating installed and
to have it green.
The new topping over the
expected final coating is to
cost $5550.
It was the original intent
that the finish should be
green — for Donegal’s color
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A reminder —
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A REMINDER
Donegal District schools will begin Wednesday
morning, Sept. 4. Secondary schools commence at 8:10
‘am. and elementary at 8:30 a.m.
District teachers will hold meetings Tuesday, Sept.
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