THE
VOL. 74 NO. 16
Lewis Brothers circus has
come and gone.
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It’s interesting to know
that this troope of traveling
performers is a satelite
business of the Hoxie circus,
which has played in Mount
Joy a number of times in
years past.
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Hoxie Tucker has ex-
panded, enlarged and
prospered and the circus
which carries his name now
performs only in metro-
politan areas — Baltimore,
Philadelphia, etc etc.
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But, there always, ap-
parently, is a place for smaller
circuses and Tucker and his
wife, Betty, now own Lewis
Brothers and keep it on the road,
playing Mount Joy-size com-
munities.
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And, incidentally, the box
office of Lewis claims that
‘1974 has been a good year.”
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A few things we can do
without David
Eisenhower’s opinions, More
about Richard Nixon, Evel
Knievel’s stunts, Girls who
want to play football with the
boys. Public ownership of
the bus system.
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A few left-overs from the
Mount Joy ‘‘Wimbledon’’
tournament, held at the
borough park over the Labor
Day Weekend, sponsored by
the Mount Joy Tennis Club:
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in the men’s finale, a pair”
of veteran local players who
individually and singly
probably have won more tennis
trophies than anyone else in the
community were bested by a
pair of young ‘‘comers”’.
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The losers — Frank Zink
and Dr. Harold Fellenbaum
— played well but youth had
its day. The ages of the two
men total exactly 100. The
winners — Dave Schlosser
and Bill Houseal — add up
their years to only 34.
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While Zink was going down
in the title match of the
doubles tournament, his
daughter, Corinda, (with
Bonnie Ritravato) was
winning the Women’s
Division.
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Someone said afterwards,
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Ralph Snyder
RnR. D. -
Mount Joy,
wr BULLETIN
MOUNT JOY'S ONLY NEWSPAPER
CHANGES OWNERSHIP
Hostetter Dining Service
Public announcement was
made this week that the
Hostetter Dining Service,
Inc., is changing ownership
but is remaining within the
family and will continue to
operate without change in
policies.
New owners include
Rodney Stoner of
Williamsburg, Va., and his
father and mother, Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Stoner, North
Barbara street.
Rodney Stoner, grandson
of the founder of the business
will be president and prin-
cipal stock holder; his
father, vice-president, and
treasurer and his mother,
the former Mary Hostetter,
will be secretary.
Transfer of stock and of
ownership is to become
effective October 1.
Officers of the family
business have been James
Hostetter, president and
principal stockholder; Paul
Hostetter, vice-president,
and Lester Hostetter,
secretary-treasurer.
Rodney told the Bulletin
this week that it is his in-
tention to retain the stan-
dards of operation and the
principles and policies as his
grandfather. Now manager
of the Williamsburg Lodge,
Stoner began learning the
Historical Society
Plans Sept. Meet
The monthly meeting of
the Mount Joy Area
Historical Society will -be
held Monday, Sept. 16,
beginning at 7:30 p.m.
The session will be held in
the office of the former
Nissly tobacco warehouse at
the corner of south Market
avenue and Wood street.
The meeting is the first
since June and is open to the
public as well as to mem-
bers.
Higher Water
restaurant business from his
grandfather and feels keenly
the responsibility to continue
the business as it was
founded. While he will offer
management help, active
operation will be in daily
charge of his parents, who
are both experienced in the
business.
His father, for 28 years an
employee of SICO company
has tetired to give active
interest to the Hostetter
enterprise.
Stoner also said that he
expects that there will be
more active and aggressive
solicitation of catering
business for picnics, parties,
weddings etc. over a wider
area and perhaps the ad-
dition of service to tour
buses.
The late Eli Hostetter
began catering about 1929
from his home, enlarging as
the business grew. In the
1950's he built the pavilion
on Pine street and from time
to time made additions to
the building.
He died May 14, 1963.
MOUNT JOY, PENNA.
SEPTEMBER 11, 1974
TEN CENTS
New Pumper Truck Expected
Soon By Friendship Company
Mount Joy’s Friendship
Fire Co. No. 1, will have a
brand new fire truck within
the next few days — perhaps
by Monday of next week!
Tuesday evening, Aug. 27,
a group of officers and
members of the fire com-
pany went to Hamburg, to
the Hahn Motor company to
see the progress on the
construction of the depart-
Dodge Goes to County Association
With delivery to Friend-
ship Fire Company of a new,
1974 Hahn pumper only days
away, plans are being made
for a dedication-housing
ceremony for the new ap-.
paratus, and an unusual
presentation involving the
1949 Dodge pumper that is
being replaced.
At the August meeting of
the fire company, it was
voted by the membership to
donate the 1949 Dodge to the
Lancaster County Firemen’s
Association.
The truck will be used as a
training vehicle on the
association’s fire school
grounds, located on the
LCFA farm site located near
Lampeter.
The vehicle originally was
a gift to the volunteer fire
service in Mount Joy by the
late K.T. Keller. Members
of Friendship Fire Co. No. 1
felt it fitting to ‘‘continue the
gift” and have the vehicle
continue to serve the
volunteer fire service of
Lancaster county.
The fire company will host
the combination open-house
dedication on Saturday, Oct.
12, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The
housing of the new pumper
and the presentation of the
19499 Dodge to the county
association is scheduled for 2
p.m.
Men of Friendship Fire
company extend an in-
vitation to everyone to at-
tend the dedication.
Mount Joy's Newest Industry
Moves Into Old Cotton Mill
Mount Joy’s newest industry is beginning to get underway
this week in the old cotton mill on East Main street.
Willis H. Byers said Monday that his Floral Creations, Inc.,
firm is now moved into the new location and by later this
week could begin production.
Sixty truck loads of ar-
tificial flowers — all im-
ported — already are in the
big brick building and 30
more aré on the way.
Byers, who has been
operating his growing
business out of three
locations in Lancaster, said
that he is very happy to have
his firm in Mount Joy and
feels that having the entire
Bills
Coming This Month
On June 6, the Mount Joy
Borough Authority, at its
monthly meeting, approved
a water rate increase which
will affect all water con-
sumers in the community.
Bills, based on the in-
crease, will be issued at the
end of this month, covering
water used during the
months of July, August and
September.
The Authority has in-
dicated that a ‘‘typical”
residential customer had a
bill for about $8.50. Under the
new schedule, the amount
will be about $12.50.
Mount Joy water users, the
Authority says, have enjoyed
some of the lowest rates in
the area for many years but
inflation and increased costs
have put pressures upon the
water system’s financing
plans.
Rates for residential users
have not changed in Mount
Joy since 1959, the Authority
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operation in one location will
add greatly to the business
potential.
One of the features
available here will be a new
show room to which
customers can be taken for
sales purposes. That part of
the business will be ready
within about 10 days, he said.
However, the business
here in Mount Joy is strictly
78 YEARS AGO
Seventy-eight years ago
today (Wednesday), the first
passenger train used the
Pennsylvania Railroad’s
new cut through Mount Joy.
The train went through at
10:05 a.m.
Previously, PRR trains
had operated at normal
grade, crossing West Main
street at Kinsey Archery and
again on East Main just east
of Barbara.
Now, there is serious talk
that the railroad may be
closed down or in some other
way changed to ac-
commodate to changing
times.
a wholesale operation. There
will be no retailing of any
kind, the owner emphasized.
The new company office,
which was readied early this
week, is located at 324 E.
Main in the building im-
mediately west of the plant.
While no hiring of new
people is expected at
present, applications will be
taken at the office for future
consideration.
The business buys ar-
tificial flowers from foreign
countries and then assem-
bles and arranges them for
sale to wholesalers,
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ment’s new pumper, which
has been on order for many
months.
The truck is completely
assembled and was
scheduled for painting this
week. Then there is the in-
stallation of chrome trim,
lights and other finishing
touches. The vehicle then
will be subjected to testing
by the insurance un-
derwriters for performance
and rating. :
Total, ready-for-service,
cost of the apparatus and
related equipment will be
approximately $51,093. The
fire ocmpany has, as of this
date, $38,500 to apply to the
purchase price. The ‘com-
pany has negotiated a loan to
pay for the balance.
The new apparatus is a
1974 Hahn; a 1,250 gallon-
per-minute triple com-
bination pumper. The
vehicle is diesel powered and
designed to compliment the
larger 1971 Hahn already in
service. The 1974 apparatus
will carry 2,000 feet of 3”
hose, carry 500 gallons of
water, and will be the second
response engine. The vehicle
will weigh approximately
28,000 pounds, and be closer
to the Mount Joy bridge
weight limits.
Chief Frank Good, Jr., has
announced that the com-
pany’s annual fund drive will
be under way in a few weeks.
Individual solicitation letters
will be mailed to all families,
businesses and industries in
the Friendship response
area.
Proceeds of the fund drive
will be applied to the balance
needed to complete payment
of the 1974 Hahn pumper.
The volunteer fire fighters of
Friendship Fire Co. No. 1 are
counting on all the citizens of
the community to ‘“‘answer
the alarm” with continued
financial support.
ELEPHANTS ARE BIG!
Disrupt Power Supply
Elephants ars big,
elephants are strong and
elephants are entertaining.
But elephants can be
destructive.
Although, when they do
mess things up, it may be
that it’s all simply an ac-
cident.
Friday, Lewis Brothers
brought to town three big
elephants which performed
to the great delight of the
many who saw the circus at
borough park, despite the
rain which made things
about as wet inside the tent
as outside.
At any rate, the elephants
were chained in an area to
the north of the big tent.
One of the big creatures
pushed too hard on a tree and
over it went, onto a power
line.
The circuit was broken and
several homes on Main
street had a minor power
disruption.