THE
MOUNT
JOY
VOL. 74 NO. 19
BULLETIN
Kaiph M.onyder
unt JOY, 25.
MOUNT JOY'S ONLY NEWSPAPER
Pennsylvania’s new
“sunshine” law, which is an
attempt to allow more light
to be focused upon meetings
of public officials, is much in
the news these days.
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Several official bodies in
the local area are subject to
the act. But, as far as we
know, all are living within
the ‘letter of the law”.
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As we see it, the ‘‘Sun-
shine’ law has changed
nothing. Actually, it has
better defined ways to hold
closed meetings which are
not open to the public. The
law now sets out how a board
or commission may close its
doors and hold executive
sessions.
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So, having held their
shuttered sessions and made
their private decisions, on most
matters, the membership may
appear in public and vote “on the
record’’ and remain completely
within the “letter of the law.”
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Locally, the official
decisions of boards are not
kept secret. They are on the
record and available.
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But, what the Sunshine law
does not do is to shine light
upon what, perhaps, is an
even more important feature
of board veting. It would
seem inherent to the system’
of openness in government
that the public should know
WHO votes for WHAT and
WHY. All too often boards
reach a ‘meeting of the
minds’’ in private session
and then vote officially in
public as if there is a
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MISS ANNE MILANOF, 22 Donegal Springs Road, (left)
staff assistant at the Mount Joy Library, on Monday night
ended five years and one month of service and is retiring.
During that time, she was absent from the library only two
nights, both because of a death in her family. Also pictured is
Mrs. Jane Emery, Columbia, R1, who will be taking over the
duties of Miss Milanof, who is explaining the library's
charging machine.
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‘Ob This aud That’
by the editor’s wife
Lasagna braciole
.sweet and sour pork ... egg
foo young ... beef stroganoff
... strawberries Romanoff ...
What do these interesting
foods have in common? They
are from the menus of a
gourmet cooking class in
which we are enrolled, and
which meets one night each
week for ten weeks at
McCaskey high school in
Lancaster.
There are 14 people in the
class, and each evening we
prepare a complete menu,
with two or three people
responsible for each part of
the dinner — the appetizer,
main course, the
‘vegetable, the salad, and the
dessert.
At the close of the evening
we sit down and eat the
gourmet meal together!
HOMES TOUR
Set Nov. 3 As Date
The Mount Joy Business and Professional Women’s Club
will sponsor its annual Candlelight Tour on Sunday, Nov. 3,
from 2 to 7 p.m.
Thirteen locations will be open to the public and tours may
start at any point.
Arranged by the finance committee, with Mrs. William
Barto and Mrs. June Whalen as co-chairmen, proceeds from
the event will be used to underwrite these various projects
for the BPW:
Cancer Drive, Chinese
Nursing Fund, Christmas
Decorations, Dental Clinic, Foreign Exchange Student, Girl
of the Month, Library, Maxwell Scholarship, Medical College
of Pennsylvania, Memorial Day Parade Float, and Projects,
Mount Joy Community Council, Senior Citizens Christmas
Gifts and Scholarship for Donegal High School Students.
‘kitchen
What a fascinating thing it
is, and how many interesting
things we are learning!
The first menu was Italian,
and the braciole was so
delicious that we prepared
and served it to guests at
home, with excellent results.
The second menu was
Chinese, and we learned how
to make sweet and sour pork,
egg foo young, fried rice, etc.
The sesame seed Chinese
cookies we made, whose
shortening was peanut oil,
were interesting — but we
think good old American
brownies are better! Next
week it will be a French
menu. The high point for us
will be the week we fix pate
de defoie gras, breast of
chicken in curried
mushrooms, potato bake
chantilly, brussel sprouts
with chestnuts and chocolate
rum mousse!
Enrolled in the class are
two men. The editor is one,
and the other is the in-
strumental music teacher at
Washington elementary
school in Lancaster. Both
are proving to be apt pupils,
and take the mild teasing of
their female classmates with
good humor.
It’s a sociable group,
working enthusiastically,-
sometimes noisily, in the big,
well-equipped home ec
at McCaskey.
There’s much chatter and
- visiting among the various
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NAMED SECOND RUNNERUP
MOUNT JOY, PENNA.
OCTOBER 2, 1974
TEN CENTS
Mount Joy Entry In Lancaster County Pageant
Thrills Ephrata Contest With Grand Opera
Gloria Longenecker, Mount Joy’s entry in the 1974 Miss
Lancaster County Pageant, held Saturday night, Sept. 28, at
Ephrata, is back in college this week!
She was not the big winner, but she was second runnerup
and the many Mount Joy people who saw the pageant were
extremely pleased with her performance.
But, this week she is back
at Lebanon Valley college,
where she is a freshman, and
in the thick of activities
"which are part of the
choosing of a Homecoming
Queen.
Gloria, virtually stunned
the crowd with her
presentation of ‘‘Vissi d’Art”’
from Puccini's opera,
“Tosca.”
A particularly brilliant
number, she handled the
music with beautiful soprano
clarity. Her appearance was
John E. Zeller Named
“Contractor Of Year”
John E. Zeller, Pinkertson
road, has been named
“Contractor of the Year’’ by
the National Insulation
Contractors association at
its 19th annual convention,
held Sept. 22-26, at the
Marriott hotel, Newton,
Mass.
Zeller was honored for his
contributions to the
association and to the in-
sulation industry. As
chairman of the NICA labor
committee, he was in-
strumental in the develop-
ment of the association’s
labor manual and the
standard labor agreement.
More than 450 members
and guests from throughout
the United States and
Canada attended the con-
vention, its theme being,
“The Spirit of "76".
Zeller participated in the
program as a panelist on the
topic, “The Three Legged
Stool’, dealing with labor,
construction users and
management.
He is employed by AC & S,
a national insulation con-
tractor, as manager of
construction and labor
relations.
Sees Public Apathy
On ‘Bus’ Questions
What appears to apathy on
the part of local citizens
toward a ‘“‘bus’’ question-
naire was noted this week by
Borough Manager Joseph
Bateman.
Although ‘‘ballots and
ballot boxes’’ are located in
various business places
throughout the community,
only a few people are
replying, he said.
Although, no replies have
been read, Bateman said
Landisville Man
Commissioned
James D. Poff, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Sylvester B. Poff,
205 Elizabeth St., Lan-
disville, has been com-
missioned a second
lieutenant in the U.S. Air
Force upon graduation from
Officer Training School at
Lackland AFB, Tex.
A 1960 graduate of Hemp-
field high school the
lieutenant received his
bachelor’s degree from
Southwest Texas State
University. He is a member
of Alpha Chi.
that by ‘‘peeping’’ into the
boxes he is disappointed by
the small number which
have been made.
The questionnaires are
part of a survey the borough
is making, he explained, to
gather information which is
important to making
decisions concerning at-
titudes about buses in, to and
through Mount Joy.
Simple to fill out, the
questionnaire, asks such
questions as: ‘‘How often do
you ride the bus?; If you do
not ride the bus, why not?; If
you are not satisfied with the
bus service, why not?; What
would induce you to use the
bus service more often?”
TENNIS QUICKIE
followed by tremendous
applause and one Mount Joy
person in the crowd
overheard from a voice one
row behind, ‘‘She’s got it
made.”
But, that was not the way
the judges decided. Marlene
Louise Frank of Lancaster
was the winner and becomes
Miss Lancaster
County in the Miss Penn-
sylvania contest.
Gloria, only 18, had never
had a voice lesson until she
entered Lebanon Valley
earlier this month. Yet, she
handled the high D in her
Saturday night music with
ease and clarity.
Besides the talent
presentation, contestants
appeared in swim suit and
evening gown competition
Saturday, preceded by a
personality judging earlier
and in private.
As first runner up, Gloria
received a trophy and a $300
prize, plus several mer-
chandise awards.
Gloria’s family, including
her grandmother, Mrs.
Estella Billow, Fairview
street; her sister and
brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
Glenn Weaver, and her
father Lineaus Longenecker,
all attended the Saturday
night pageant and a private
party at the Sheraton
Conestoga afterwards.
Gloria, plus a limited
number of other contestants,
was urged by the pageant
producer to make plans to
enter the contest again at a
future date.
Street Program
Finished For ‘74
Mount Joy’s 1974 street
improvement program is
finished and the contractor
has moved his work force
and machines to their next
job.
The summer program,
which included about 20
blocks of streets, was con-
centrated in the Florin area
and was completed within a
span of about 10 days,
Borough Manager Joseph
Bateman said this week.
Mixed Tennis Tourney
The Mount Joy Tennis Club will sponsor a Round Robin
tournament on Saturday, October 5, 1974 at the Mount Joy
Boro Park Courts.
Play of this special mixed doubles event will begin at 1
o'clock and conclude by 5 o’clock. Teams wishing to enter
this free event should call 653-1212 or 653-4074 by Friday.