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ULLETIN
MOUNT JOY'S ONLY NEWSPAPER
MOUNT JOY, PENNA.
NOVEMBER 20, 1974
TEN CENTS
By R. A. R.
Mount Joy’s new parking
meter fees — which legally
do not become effective until.
Jan. 1, '75 — have a queer
quirk.
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Before the new rates were
voted, motorists could park
12 minutes for 1 cent, 60
minutes for 5 cents or 120
minutes for 10 cents. In
other words, the rate was at
the rate of 12 minutes for a
penny, irregardless of how
much was wanted, needed.
or bought.
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New rates are not as easily
understood. Here’s the
“quirk”. As things work out,
it will be cheaper to buy
parking time by the “dime”
than by the ‘“‘nickel.”
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One will be able to insert a
dime in the proper slot of the
meter and have 60 minutes of
time. But, if you prefer to '‘feed’’
the meter nickel at a time, an
hour of accumulated time will
cost a total of 25 cents.
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And, with two dimes (20
cents) one may have two
hours of uninterrupted
parking time. But, by the
“nickels” worth, two hours
will cost 10 times a nickel or
50 cents.
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Thus, parking in Mount
Joy can be bought more
economically at the 10 cents
rate — or, should we say,
“by the giant economy
coin”?
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Mount Joy's water
reserves, as of the first of
this week, have not im-
proved despite a certain
amount of rain a week ago.
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Water flow at the Charles
Spring, west of the borough,
(Continued on Page 8)
Honor Rolls Announced
Under New Regulations
Donegal H.S.
Using new and more rigid
regulations for qualification,
Donegal high school has
issued its Honor Rolls for the
first grading period of the
1974-75 year.
In order to qualify for the
‘A’ Honor roll, pupils must
achieve all ‘A’ grades in
every full credit course. One
‘B’ will be permitted in a
course equated as being less
than a full credit.
To quality for the ‘B’
Honor Roll, pupils must
achieve all ‘B’ grades or
better in all subjects.
Those named to the Honor
Rolls include:
‘A’ HONOR ROLL
Seniors —_— Dean
Buchenauer, Mary Alice
Heilman and Newton
Kendig.
Juniors Melody
Mumma.
Sophomores — Jeanne
Freed, Barbara Landis and
Vicki Zeller.
Freshman —
Albright.
‘B’ HONOR ROLL
Seniors — Marcia Aungst,
Patricia Brown, Helene
Dalkiewicz, Paul Kevin
Earhart, Tim Eshelman,
Leann Ellis, Frances, Eno,
Karen
John Haynes, Eileen
Grimm, Phil Houseal,
"William Landis, Maureen
Jones, Judy Morton, Odessa
Mull, Joseph Snyder, Janet
Sauder, Ramona Sell, Sonya
Smith, Selisa Stauffer,
Arthur Williams, Don
Witman and Marcia
Weidman.
Juniors — Barbara Balt,
Jean Bixler, Kathy Beach,
Jeff Boulton, Scott Bright-
bill, Stephanie Deatrick,
Donna Ebersole, Kathleen
Jones, Julie Kanoff, Michael
Kokler, Mitchell Nissley,
; (Continued on Page 8)
CHRISTMAS IN PARK
Sponsored by the Mount
Joy Community Council, the
1974 Christmas in the Park
program will be held
Saturday night, Dee. 21.
Beahm Jr. Hi
‘A’ HONOR ROLL
Eight grade — Dean
Bricker, Karen deVitry,
Keith Pomroy, Lisa Mum-
maw and Rebecca Zim-
merman.
Seventh grade — Lisa
Aungst, Theresa Berg, Julie
Endslow, Janice Eyer,
Connie Frey, Tracee Got-
walt, Phillip Landis, Sherri
Kinsey, Tracey Maxwell,
Melinda Miller, Jennifer
Pietsch, Karla Rex, Susan
Rogers, Doris Saylor, Mark
Wagner and Deborah
Torres.
‘B” HONOR ROLL
Eighth grade — Stephen
Banks, Ricky Collier, Cindy
Bailey, Belle Balmer, Karen
Barnhart, Bonnie
Wolgemuth, John Day,
Randy Derr, Terry Frey,
(Continued on Page 8)
POLICE ABANDON ENFORCEMENT
Parking Meter Payment Requirement
Under New Boro Ordinance Uncertain
Depositing coins in the parking meters
in downtown Mount Joy between now and
January 1, 1975, is unnecessary, ap-
parently!
And, for two reasons:
1. — There is, apparently, a distinct
conflict of legal interpretation of the
present status of the borough’s ‘parking
meter” ordinance, ahd
2. — The police department is not en-
forcing or checking the meters.
Uncertainty about the meter ordinance
follows the passage on Oct. 14, of a new law
by Borough Council, upping the rates for
parking.
However, the ordinance said nothing
about when the. law would become ef-
fective. Minutes of the meeting indicate
that the intention was for the new rates to
be effective January 1, 1975.
In the meantime, altering the
mechanical workings of the meter to
accommodate to the new rates has begun
and, actually, is nearing completion.
Also, since the new fee rates and or-
dinance was passed, the Mount Joy police
patrolmen, at a department meeting in
October, were told to disregard the meters
until January 1.
Old regulations call for parking fees of 1
cent for 12 minutes of time, 5 cents for 60
minutes, and 10 cents for 120 minutes.
New rates are: 5 cents for 12 minutes
and 10 cents for 60 minutes. The meters
will accept pennies but will not register
any parking time. Only nickels and dimes
will register.
Also, Borough Council has granted the
usual ‘holiday shopping’ meter vacation
between Thanksgiving and New Year's.
Most years, shoppers are granted a free
parking season during December but
usually that courtesy has been extended
for a period of about three weeks before
Christmas, only.
Although the meters are not hooded, the
total effect of the situation is that as of
now, there will be no enforcement of the
parking meters until the end of the year.
Donegal's New Running Track Completed;
Total Project Cost Set Just Under $130,000
(This fact contributes to the fact
As fall settles in and early winter
pokes its cold visage into view,
Donegal schoolman report that the
high school’s new running track is
completed.
Work was begun about a year ago
with rough grading but now includes
all construction, landscaping fen-
cing, seeding etc.
Total cost, the Bulletin was told, is
just under $130,000.
Use of the building already has
begun. Some gym classes are held
there and some athletic teams are
making use of the new space.
Although located on school land,
the building has been erected
completely without ~ public funds
being involved.
Friends of Donegal have provided
the cash necessary and other friends
have provided needed labor and
technical know-how.
Schoolmen who are prone to
figures, conservatively place the
value of the building — when it is
completed — at $70,000.
Then they add that amount to the
cost of the track and come up with
additions this year to the athletic
(and related) facilities totaling
$200,000.
Originally, schoolmen phoo
phooed a guess that the price would
“hit $100,000.
However, all things must be in-
cluded — land, engineering fees,
‘architects fees, legal fees, grass
seed, fencing, equipment, land-
scaping, etc. etc. etc. etc.
Of that amount, however, more
than $50,000 will be paid from a
special fund which came from the
Joy company, a land development
firm which promoted Park avenue
real estate in Mount Joy and was one
of the late Clarence Schock’s many
projects.
Originally, the money amounted
to something over $30,000 but good
investment over a period of years
has run the figure to more than
$50,000.
Thus, approximately 40 percent of
the total price comes from this
special source.
that there is a desire on the part of
the district school board to give
some kind of recognition to Schock.
A plaque, a memorial or some other
visable way to honor his name is
being sought.)
Some members of the Donegal
- School board point out that the fifty
some thousand dollars is not from
tax money. Others however, point
out that it is taxpayers’ money.
While some kinds of school con-
struction (classrooms, for instance)
is partially reimbursed by the state,
there is no Commonwealth money
included in the Donegal running
track project.
The track is only one of two
athletic facilities being fashioned at
Donegal this season.
The other is a new auxiliary
gymnasium being built on the east
side of the present gymnasium to
provide more room for floor-type
activities — gymnastics, wrestling,
etc. — and for coaches’ offices.
Ban Lifted on Burning
The ban has been lifted!
As of Tuesday morning, Nov. 19, Mount Joy citizens
may legally return to normal outdoor burning
methods.
Monday night, Nov. 11, acting Mayor Warren Foley,
who is president of Borough Council, by edict, banned
all outdoor burning because of the dry weather and
Mount Joy’s low water reserves.
It was believed that any kind of burning increased
the danger of fire. And, the community already is
fighting a low water problem which as of the first of
Toma
this week has not materially increased.
Donegal Commencement
Outside Again in 1975
Although official action
has not been taken, in-
dications this week were that
Donegal high school again in
the Spring of 1975 would hold
an outdoor commencement.
At a meeting of officers of
the Senior class, held this
week, it was the feeling that
the 1974 outdoor graduation
was successful and offered
-advantages.
The fact that far more
people can attend seemed to
be one of the major factors
involved.
Until the Spring of '74, all
Donegal graduations had
been held in the school
auditorium. But because of
limited seating, admission
was by ticket only.
Sportsmen's Assn. Elects
Officers of the Mount Joy
Sportsmen’s association
were elected at the
November meeting of the
organization.
The following were elected
for the coming year:
Donald Zeller, president;
James Hoffmaster, 1st vice-
president; Bill Miller, 2nd
vice-president; J. Robert
Nissley, executive officer;
Arthur Schneider,
treasurer; George Hain,
ass’t treasurer; Dale Watts,
financial secretary; James
Heilig, ass’t financial
secretary; Lloyd G. Cooke,
recording secretary; Alvin
Koser, ass’'t recording
secretary; Vaughn Nissley,
chief rifle instructor; Donald
Fraelich, chief pistol in-
structor; and Earl Koser and
Gerald Grove, board of
directors.