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VOL. 74 NO. 24
This column, probably,
should be written in big, bold
capital letters. For, what it
is going to say is important
to every resident and every
taxpayer of Mount Joy.
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These days, officials of the
borough are spending much
time wrestling with - the
Mount J oy budget for 1975. A
meeting was held Monday,
Others were held earlier and
still more will follow before
the budget finally is adopted
sometime prior to Jan. 1.
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But, the important thing is
that, as of now, anticipated
expenses are about $26,000
higher than income which
can be raised by existing tax
levies.
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Because one mill of real
estate tax raises about $6,000
taxes, it would require ap-
proximately 4%, mills tax
increases to balance the
budget.
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As now shaping up, budget
amounts for all departments
of local government will
remain at about the same
percentage levels as a year
ago — 24 percent for police;
20 percent for general ex-
penditures; 24 percent for
streets and highways etc.
But, as all costs increase so
do the dollar amounts
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BULLETIN
MOUNT JOY'S ONLY NEWSPAPER
Donegal High School will
hold its annual Open House
on Monday evening, Nov. 11,
from 7 p.m. until 9 p.m.
During this time, parents
and other community
members are cordially
invited to visit the high
school. Project DIG also will
be open for visitors.
This year, the Youth
Education Association will
be presenting a different
program, a mini-schedule.
Parents are asked to take a
copy of their child's Wed-
At Donegal Planned
Monday Eve, Nov. 11
nesday schedule. Parents
will then have the op-
portunity to run through a
day’s schedule in the same
way as the pupils.
Other visitors are free to
visit anywhere at their
leisure. There will be a
regular bell schedule and a
program will be provided.
Opening remarks and an
explanation of the program
will be made at 7 p.m. in the
auditorium. YEA president,
Gary Graybill, will speak.
Boro Councilman
Madara To Resign
James Madara, 705 West
Main street, one of the Florin
Ward’s three councilmen,
has notified fellow members
of the Mount Joy borough
administration that he will
resign.
His official notice is ex-
pected to be received
Monday night, Nov. 11, as
Borough Council holds its
November meeting.
Resignation is to give him
more personal time for his
job and family.
Madara is one of the
original councilmen from the
Florin Ward, named when
the Florin area was annexed
to Mount Joy.
Donegal Soccer Team Posts Best
History as Season Ends
Record in
Donegal high school has
had its most successful
soccer season on record!
During the current season,
completed a few days ago,
the Indians won nine and lost
only five, posting Donegal’s
first four-game winning
streak in history.
The 1974 team finished in
fourth place. The standing,
however, fails to indicate
the team’s success. The
fourth place was only one
point behind third, two points
out of second and four points
back of first. Had Donegal
won from Pequea Valley,
instead of losing in an
overtime, there would have
been a four-way tie for first
— PV, Elizabethtown,
Hempfield, and Donegal.
The year started slowly for
Donegal, as they lost three
‘Ob This and
That’
by the editor's wife
‘““Some old Mount Joy
‘penny’ postcards new sell
for as much as $2 apiece,”
Mrs. Nancy Weber, 124 East
Main Street, told us Friday
afternoon as she talked
about her postcard collec-
tion. (A few of Mrs. Weber's
Mount Joy cards were on
display in The Bulletin front
window recently.)
Mrs. Weber, who has more
than 5,000 cards now, began
collecting them when she
was a teenager.
“Did you collect them on
your travels?’ We asked to
which she replied, ‘““No, I
have never traveled. 1 was
given quite a few by my
grandparents. Then I bought
some at sales, and traded
with pen pals.”
She lost interest when she
married, and gave what she
had to a niece, who, a few
years later told her, ‘I don’t
do anything with them any
more, so you might as well
have them back.”
Mrs. Weber's interest took
a fresh start. She joined a
nation-wide postcard
collectors’ club, and ac-
cumulated many more. She
put them in albums by
categories, including in-
dustries, + holidays, and
others. Currently, however,
she is breaking up these
categories and arranging
her cards by states.
Covered bridges also are a
current interest, and, with a
friend, she is collecting
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non-league games. After
beating Penn Manor, 2-0, in
the league opener, -Donegal
lost the next three games
Going into the game against
undefeated Hempfield,
Donegal played a great
game and ‘won, 2-0.
It was the first time
Donegal had beaten Hemp-
field since joining the league
and this started the Indians’
four-game winning streak.
They went on to beat
Lampeter-Strasburg, Solan-
co and Penn Manor. Donegal
lost the next game to E’town,
who was then in first place,
2-0. The Tribe always has
had trouble with E’town and
this year was no exception,
as they lost both games to
them.
Going into the game with
Lancaster the Indians were 5
and 4. But, the Indians
earlier loss and upset
Lancaster, 3-1. It was only
the second time Donegal
ever has beaten Lancaster.
After a heartbreaking loss
in an overtime to Pequea,
which Donegal almost won in
the fourth quarter, the
Indians went to Hempfield
and beat them again, 2-1.
Donegal closed out the
season, beating. Lampeter
and Solanco.
At a recent assembly, the
soccer team defeated the
faculty, 6-0. The team
received the Donegal cup, a
pewter cup which is
presented to the winning
team.
The team was led by senior
tri-captains, Tex Landis,
John Weidman and Dave
Schlosser. Top scorer was
Sophomore Kris McCue. Ray
Husband, a senior, had a fine
season in the goal with five
shutouts.
The offense scored twenty
goals and it was the first
season the Indians counted
more goals than they
allowed.
Injuries took toll but
valuable replacement filled
in. Don Heinaman, junior,
Bill Zimmerman, senior,
and John Weidman, senior,
all had to sit out a greater
part of the season.
The varsity squad was
composed of eight seniors
and eight underclassmen.
Some other senior players
were Mic Reidy, Don Wit-
man, Wayne Betty and Gary
Divet. Underclassmen were
outstanding on both varsity
and JV levels. Some un-
derclassmen starters were
Buzz Haake, Jay Long, Kris
McCue, Bob Barto, Greg
Lindemuth, and Dave
Weber.
The JV’s had a record of 8
and 6.
Indications this fall are
that next season the Indians
will be fighting again for the
top spot. And, there is talk
that “this could be the start
of a Donegal soccer
dynasty’’ for Donegal in the
Lancaster-Lebanon league.
Parents Night Set
At Junior High
The W.I. Beahm Junior
High School will hold a
Parents Night on Thursday,
Nov. 14, from 7 to 9 p.m.
The program will be in the
form of a mini-schedule.
Parents will follow their
students’ daily schedules
and in this way meet their
children’s teachers and
learn something about the
program and curriculum at
the junior high school.
NOVEMBER 3,
MOUNT JOY, PENNA.
1974
TEN CENTS
Halloween Vandalism
At Almost Zero Level
In Mount Joy Boro
Halloween has come and gone!
But, there is a message to Mount Joy even a week later
which needs to be given to youngsters, parents, school
people, police and every member of the community.
The season of the year when vandalism, traditionally, has
been rampant, was very, very quietin Mount Joy.
Oh, there were incidents of window soaping, pumpkin
throwing, corn tossing and some other mild kinds of
halloweening. But, the police department wrapped up the
season Sunday night and said Monday that ‘it was very
quiet’ last week.
The most serious case investigated was a ‘“‘car spraying’
incident which after some probing turned out to be something
unattached to the season — more of a ‘““one-to-one’’ personal
problem.
Police Chief J. Bruce Kline said that despite the fact there
were scores and scores of people on the streets Wednesday
night for “trick or treat” there was only one incident — an
egging — reported to his department.
Thursday, Halloween night, was equally calm.
The
chief and his officers believe that parental ad-
monitions and supervision, informational talks at school and
a general and gradual decline in vandalism during the
halloween season in recent years may have been responsible.
Kline also said that early in October there was some police
activity which tended to disperse some ‘‘gangs’’ and that
may have played a part in the lessened seasonal pranks.
Mount Joy police department, between Oct. 16 and 31, had
one extra man on duty each night. On Wednesday, Oct. 30,
(“Trick or Treat’ Night) there were two extra men patroling.
Officers noted that there seemed to be more adults on the
streets with their youngsters on Wednesday than in former
years, perhaps tending to decrease the opportunity for
vandalism.
Sun Going Down
On "74 Grid Year
This week, the sun goes
down on the 1974 Donegal
high school football season
and the Indians are doing
what they must to finish in a
blaze of glory!
However, to play the
bright and splendid role,
they face a ‘‘jack the giant
killer’’ situation.
The Tribe, with a pair of
victories this season, must
meet the Lancaster-Lebanon
football league leaders —
Penn Manor — undefeated in
six loop starts and tied only
once.
Slated for Saturday af-
ternoon at 2 o’clock on the
Donegal field, the game also
will be a test of the Indians
pre-season intentions and
goal for 1974.
As the campaign moved to
the starting line in Sep-
tember, the Indians had
visions of equalling or bet-
tering the 1973 record of 3-7.
To date, the "74 eleven has
had only two wins against
seven losses.
Latest defeat came
Saturday afternoon when
Manheim Central suc-
cessfully invaded the Tribe's
field and took home a 35-6
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SCHOOL CHILDREN
COLLECT $312
IN UNICEF DRIVE
The UNICEF drive,
conducted recently by the
children of the Grandview
and Seiler elementary
schools of Mount Joy,
resulted in more than $312
being collected.
It is estimated that there
are at least 10 million
children in the world today
who are starving. This figure
could rise to 500 million
children in the next few
years. UNICEF has called
this situation ‘‘the quiet
emergency.”
The money collected by
the children of Mount Joy
will be used by UNICEF to
provide food and medicine
for children in many parts of
the world. UNICEF is
children showing their
concern for other children.