Page 2 - Mount Joy Bulletin
November 27, 1974
The Mount Joy BULLETIN
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LETTERS
TO THE EDITOR
Letters expressing views on
timely topics are welcomed for
use in the ‘Letters to the Editor”
column of the Bulletin. However,
all must be signed by the writer. If
the writer does not want his name
printed, he should say so and it
will be held and an alias sub-
stituted.
Letter to the Editor -
On behalf of the students
who are riding school buses
in our district, we would
appeal to all motorists to
obey the laws of Penn-
sylvania.
These laws clearly require
motorists, on our district
roads, to stop for a school
bus with its blinker lights
activated for the loading and
unloading of students.
We have had a rash of
violations reported by our
district bus drivers recently,
particularly along Route 441.
Our drivers are concerned
for the safety of their
children when they see these
violations occurring, and
they frequently get wrong
license numbers or none at
all.
This should certainly not
be regarded as ‘‘a contest or
a game’ in order to save a
few minutes of your time. No
amount of money can ever
fully compensate a parent or
a child for an injury or death
resulting from this type of
offense.
Sincerely,
SCHOOL
DISTRICT
R.F. Hallgren
hi Superintendent
DONEGAL
Bulletin
and
The People of Mount Joy
As a citizen of Mount Joy
for 37 years, I truly don’t
understand our borough
council.
Our water situation was
brought on by our council
giving the National Standard
co. free water for a number
of years (How about 5 years)
just to bring an industry to
our community. Next you
ask the people to conserve
our water supply when that
industry is using as much as
the whole town and is
working 7 days a week while
our elderly people really try
to conserve their water.
Plus, you even raise the base
rate of water on these people
that have fixed income.
Wake up Mount Joy!
Now we come to the
burning in trash barrels.
First of all, those in favor of
Library Renews Service
Contract With
The Mount Joy Library
board held its bi-monthly
meeting Monday, Nov. 18,
and renewed its contract
with the Lancaster Free
Public Library to continue
services as in the past.
The Mount Joy library is
now considered to be an
independent center of the
Lancaster library.
Lancaster
The board made
arrangements for issuing
honorary book gift cer-
tificates. Certificates may be
purchased and given as gifts
to friends or relatives and a
book placed in the library in
their honor.
The library is looking for
local talent and an op-
portunity to display their
pictures, posters and crafts.
FF BIRTHS
Thomas and Sandra
(Wolgemuth) Meckley,
Mount Joy R1, a daughter,
Tuesday, Nov. 19, at General
hospital.
Nominates for '75
The Mount Joy Area
Historical Society met
Monday, Oct. 21, in the office
of the former Nissly tobacco
warehouse.
Nominations were made’
for officers for 1975. Action
will be taken at the next
meeting, scheduled for
November 18, at 7:30 o’clock
at the same location.
Discussion was held
concerning the bicentennial.
banning trash fires for
pollution reasons are
probably sitting at the
meetings with a cigarette, a
cigar or pipe in their mouths.
Maybe we should have put a
ban on burning trash before
the citizens donated about
$150,000 for fire equipment.
Just a few thoughts for the
citizens of Mount Joy.
A Concerned Citizen
Effective November
27, 1974, your deposits at
National Central
will be insured up to
$40,000 by the FDIC
We do everything but close.
NATIONAL
CENTRAL
- BANK
Member Federal Reserve System
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Fire Auxiliary
To Hold Bazaar
The monthly meeting of
the Ladies Auxiliary to the
Friendship Fire Company
Number 1 of Mount Joy was
held on Thursday evening,
Nov. 21 in the fire hall.
It was reported that the
Auxiliary’s Third Annual
Craft Bazaar and Bake Sale
will be held on Friday, Nov.
29, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. and
Saturday, Nov. 30, from 9
a.m. to 2 p.m. Everyone is
invited to attend. Members
of the Auxiliary are asked to
contribute some craft items
or baked goods.
In other action taken at the
meeting, the revised Con-
stitution and By-Laws was:
read for the third and final
time. With some minor
adjustments, they were
passed. The Auxiliary will
check into the possibility of
having the new laws printed
in booklet form.
Nominations for office
were taken, and elections
will be held at the meeting on
Thursday, Dec. 19.
Nineteen members were
present at the meeting.
Birthdays were: Kathryn
Geltmacher. The ‘‘Kitty”
was won by Alice Troutman.
New member taken in is
Mrs. Minnie Tucker, 10 E.
+ Main St.
~ Catholic Women
To Hold Bazaar
A Christmas Bazaar will
be sponsored by the National
Council of Catholic Women,
St. Mary’s Church, in the
Florin Fire hall on Saturday,
Nov. 30, from 9 a.m. until
3:30 p.m.
The group has been
holding weekly workshops
and has created many hand
crafted gift suggestions and
Christmas delicacies.
Products include basket
arrangements, hand dressed
dolls, dried flower
arrangements, bird nests,
home made candles, and
food items such as home
made mints, Christmas
breads, pies, candies,
cookies and home made
bread.
A white elephant table will
be featured. Free cookies
and coffee will be served to
customers.
Thought That Counts
That son of mine is something
else. He gave me a really won-
derful card for Christmas. It
took him months to make it —
cause it reads HAPPY FATH-
ER’S DAY.
DEBORAHANN KELLY, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rex E.
Kelly, 350 Donegal Springs, Road, is engaged to wed, in a
Spring ceremony, William G. Reuter, son of Mr. and Mrs.
John P. Reuter, 30 Fairview Ave., Marietta. Both are
graduates of Donegal high school.
DONEGAL NEWS NOTES
From School Board
Thursday, November 21
Next meeting of the Donegal School Board will be held
Thursday, Dec. 12. Officers for the year 1975 will be elected.
Donegal high school’s new auxiliary gymnasium, erected
as an effort to DIG, was accepted by the beard. Brick work is
being done by vo-tech school students. Funds for the project
still are needed.
District enrollment dropped 14 pupils during October to
2,861.
Resignation of Ralph Leeds, as head custodian of the
district, effective March 31, was accepted.
Christmas vacations begin Friday, Dec. 20. Elementary
schools will be dismissed at 12:30 p.m. and secondary at 1:08
p.m.
Emerson Stehman, chairman of the DHS science depart-
ment, talked to the board. In response to a question, he said
that Donegal’s science equipment, generally, is adequate but
added that space is needed. ‘“We wouldn’t know where to put
more equipment if we had it.”
Donegal high school’s sewage system is ‘“overflowing’’ at a new
location.
Report was given that Donegal’s fall sports program
showed 37 wins, 52 losses and eight ties. :
The Junior Class will hold its prom May 16 at Holiday Inn,
Lititz Pike.
Donegal district had only one first grader enrolled this fall
i had not had kindergarten. But that one had had interim
ass.
: Beahm Honor Rolls were announced a week ago for the
first grading period. In the entire building, 23.68 percent placed on
either the ““A’ or "/B* list. Among the 7th graders, 25.76 percent were
included and 21.72 percent of the eighth. Figures represent an in-
crease both in number and percentage despite a more restrictive
honor roll requirements.
On the other hand, 10.7 percent of the 9th, 10th, 11th and
12th grade ‘made’ the Honor rolls. Seniors, 14 percent;
sophomores, 12.2 juniors, 9.3, and freshmen, 8.4.
Donegal high school Christmas musical is set for Dec. 21 —
the same night as Mount Joy’s Christmas in the Park
program.
Price of heating fuel to the schools has moved up from a bid
price in the Spring of .3440 per gallon to .3640 in October to
.3790 as of Thursday night.
Gideons recently distributed 432 testaments to children and
Shes classroom Bibles to teachers in the fifth and sixth
grades.