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THE
MOUNT
JOY
VOL. 74 NO. 21
BULLETIN
MOUNT JOY'S ONLY NEWSPAPER
A, Borough Moves to Discontinue
Use of 1-Cent Coins for Meters
The late John
Hendrix is given credit,
‘Chicken’
locally, for making the
suggestion to the late K.T.
Keller that he give Mount
Joy the Dodge fire truck
which last Saturday was
turned over to the county
firemen’s association as a
“training’’ truck.
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As the story goes — and
there are those who recall
the incident — Keller was
being honored with a “K. T.
Keller Day” celebration in
Mount Joy. As one or two or
three of the community’s
most successful in-
dustrialists, he arrived
aboard a PRR train on the
appointed day and one of the
very first persons to meet
the former local boy was
Hendrix.
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The two men, who had
been friends for years, ex-
changed greetings and
Keller asked, ‘‘Is there
anything I can do for you?”
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Hendrix came back im-
mediately, ‘We could use a new
fire truck.”
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Those may not be direct
quotations, but they
represent the gist of the
conversation. And, in due
time, representatives of the
Chrysler Motor company
arrived in town with the fire
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Looking forward to an
anticipated $24,000 budget
deficit, Mount Joy Borough
council Monday night, Oct.
14, at its regular meeting,
took four steps to increase its
income in 1975.
All involve increasing
payments to the borough but
none includes real estate
taxes. -
They are:
1. - Parking meter
violations were increased
from $1 to $2.
2. - The 1 cent meter
payment was eliminated and
only 5 cents and 10 cents
coins will apply to parking
time;
3. - Fees for zoning
hearings were raised
from$15 to $65, and
4. - Costs of sub-division
planning was set at $75, plus
$5 per additional lot or 5,000
square feet.
However, such increases
are expected to raise only
about half the anticipated
additional need.
In other matters, council
— Heard complaints about
Donsco Plant to Hold
Open House Oct. 23
A Mount Joy industry,
proud of its new facilities,
will hold an Open House on
Wednesday, Oct. 23, to give
the general public an op-
portunity to see the plant.
Donsco, formerly the Grey
Iron Casting company on
south Jacob street, will be
open and under full
production from noon until 7
p.m.
The company, of which
Donald M. Smith of
Wrightsville is president,
will have its new $300,000
addition in full swing, in-
cluding its ultra modern
electric furnace. That day,
working schedules will be
readjusted to give the public
a look at modern foundry
operation.
The public will see skilled
workmen in action
manufacturing mechanical
bank reproductions and
‘0b This and That’
“It’s nice to visit Valley
Forge in the springtime,
when the dogwood is in
bloom,” someone advised us
years ago.
So we went down there one
May day, and found it as
lovely as they had said.
Now we would like to offer
some additional advice:
“It’s nice to visit Valley
Forge in October, when the
dogwood trees are a rosy
red.”
We were there this past
week end, and the autumn
color was spectacular.
Against the green of the
rolling hills, the thousands of
dogwood trees were,
beautiful red silhouettes.
Thrown in for good measure
were the yellow elms, the
by the editor’s wife
bronze oaks, and the crimson
maples.
The trip to Valley Forge
was just part of a day-long
pilgrimage to give our sister
and her husband, from
Bedford, Indiana, their first
visit to the Philadelphia
area.
We were privileged to see,
through their eyes, the
historic beauty of Valley
Forge, the impressive
dignity of Independence
Hall, and the magnetic
charm of the two-ton Liberty
Bell!
It was awesome to con-
template these ‘“‘cradles’” of
our freedom on the eve of the
200th anniversary of the
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other interesting items of
Americana.
The plant is one of the
oldest foundries in the area
and formerly was under the
ownership of William
Coventry.
There will be light refresh-
ments.
A similar open house for
Donsco will be held in
Wrightsville on Thursday,
Oct. 24, when the plant there
on North Front street, for-
merly the John Wright
Riverside Foundry and the
York Metalcrafters will be
open. There the latest high-
speed molding operations
will be demonstrated in
production, making grey
iron and aluminum items.
Included will be the
assembling of gift items
marketed throughout the
U.S.A. and the finishing of
the fine line of gift ware and
“simulated pewter’ items
initiated only a short time
ago.
Cub Scouts Hold
“School Night”
On Thursday, Oct. 3, the
Mount Joy Cub Scout Pack
136 held School Night for
scouting at the Seiler and
Elm Tree schools, under the
direction of Seiler Cub-
master Robert W. Mark;
Dana E. Mark and Gerald
Alleman and Elm Tree
Cubmaster John Shireman,
Carolyn Waltz and Vickie
Shoenberger.
The following boys signed
up: Barry D. Hilsher, Gerald
C. Freed, Michael Lehman,
Glenn M. Maxwell, Todd F.
Good, Thomas Stoe, David
Nissley, Rich Hallgren,
Thomas McNiff, Scott
Baker, Gilbert Cornwell,
Kenneth W. Good, Alan
Bubacz, Mark Shearer,
a proposed no parking zone
on west Main street and
accepted a 19-signature
petition.
— Began moving toward
drawing specifications for a
new garbage truck within
the next 1% years.
— Heard a ‘“‘bus survey’’
report which showed that 100
people answered a
questionnaire about local
CTC services and that 33
replied they do not use the
service at all. Seventeen said
they use it once or twice a
year; 17, several times a
month; 9, more than once a
week and 1 daily. The report
was ordered sent to the new
Transportation Authority.
— Heard a request from
the Mount Joy Athletic
association for $1,500 for
repairs, improvements and
maintenance of grounds
where it sponsors summer
programs.
— Accepted the
resignation as of the end of
the year of Carl Richard
Hallgren from the zoning
Hearing board. The term
expires Jan. 2, 1978.
— Decided that Christmas
lighting, especially outdoor
decorations, be held to a
minimum in Mount Joy as an
evergy-saving move. It was
suggested that lights be
used not more than one week
before Christmas and until
only New Years after dusk.
— Florin Fire company
was granted a budgeted
$4,000 amount to use in
conjunction with ‘‘self-help”’
labor to install a heating
system at its headquarters.
Guest Minister
Dr. Charles Yrigoyen, Sr.,
director of church relations
of the Methodist hospital,
Philadelphia, ‘will be the
guest preacher at the
Chiques United Methodist
church, on Sunday, Oct. 20 at
the 10:30 a.m. Service.
The Anthem by the
Chancel Choir will be
“Praise Ye the Name of the
Lord.” -Lvov-Tellep.
Dr. Yrigoyen received the
B.S. AND S.T.B. from
Temple university and an
honorary D.D. degree from
Lycoming college.
Kelly Geib, Thomas Waltz,
Robert Resch, Brian
Houseal, Tony Oxford, Den
Mother Bernardine
Husband, Scott Kling and
Jeffrey Meckley.
On Jan. 22, 1975 Trooper
Edward J. Rowland of the
Pennsylvania State Police
will give a program for Pack
136 at Seiler school at 7 p.m.
MOUNT JOY, PENNA.
OCTOBER 16, 1974
TEN CENTS
DR. RALPH COLEMAN (left) is honored by fellow ad-
ministrators of the Donegal School District. He was feted at a
dinner one evening last week and the next day trees were
planted in his honor on the lawn of the Washington School
administration building, just outside the windows of the
office where he was in charge of business affairs until his
retirement the first of this month. James Lawrence (center)
assistant elementary principal at Riverview, and Woodrow
Sites, principal at Seiler elementary school, are planting the
first of three Scotch Pines.
Indians Bow, 40-21
To Little Dutchmen
Although the Donegal
Indians were clipped, 40-21,
Saturday afternoon in their
Homecoming game, Ann-
ville-Cleona was given a
good shaking in the final
period.
After swinging away to a
26-7 lead at half-time, the
Little Dutchman found
Donegal still slogging away
in the fourth and scoring two
‘seven-point touchdowns. .
On the ground, Donegal
counted 15 first downs
against 11 but claimed only
79 yards as compared to A-
C’s 240.
But, in the air, Donegal
connected 11 tries out of 21
for a better than .500 average
and moved 140 yards against
the visitors’ 131. Kevin
Bradley tossed 17 times and
connected 9. Randy
Richards tossed 4, com-
pleted two and caught six.
However, for his seven
tackles and three assists he
won the weekly defensive
headhunter award.
Jeff Sheetz was awarded
the offensive headhunter
honor for his blocking.
Newt Kendig led the
averages for ball carrying
with 6.33 yards on six tries
and 38 yards. Al Brooks
carried 12 for a 2.33 average.
Brooks carried in two
touchdowns and Sheetz one.
The former kicked all three
extra points.
This week, Donegal goes to
New Holland and the
Garden Spot for a 2 p.m.
kickoff game.
The Spartans have not won
a single L-L league game
this season falling last
weekend to Penn Manor, 49-
7. Donegal is 1-5 for the
season and 1-3 in the league,
standing seventh in loop
competition.
Florin Firemen
Give Demonstration
On Thursday, Oct. 10, at 1
p.m. the Florin Fire com-
pany gave a demonstration
talk to the boys and girls of
the Grandview School.
The men who gave their
time for this demonstration
were: John Lutz, John
Farmer, Barry Leber,
Randy Myers and Russ
McKinney.
Barry Leber was the
spokesman for the group. He -
led the demonstration and
fielded questions from the
370 children at Grandview.