THE
MOUNT
JOY
VOL.. 74 NO. 28
By R.A. R.
The wind howled in Mount
Joy Sunday and a lot of
people wondered what was
going to happen. But,
generally speaking, the only
thing that happened was that
the wind howled.
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Limbs were blown off
trees, a few trees came
down, signs were sent flying,
garbage cans were rolled out
of sight and there was one
report of a roof badly
damaged.
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But, in the main, the fall
leaves were sent skittering
and that was the worst in
Mount Joy.
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Late Sunday Friendship
Fire company was called to a
chimney fire blaze in Donegal
Heights and everyone who heard
the sirens chilled, for it was an
ugly time for that kind of an
emergency.
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Monday about Christmas
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Plenty of Meat for
the Table,
No Doubt, at the Ebersole Home
There will be plenty of
deer meat, no doubt, on the
Wilbur Ebersoles’ table!
Son , Brian, age 13, shot his
first deer at 7:05 Monday
morning, a good-sized spike
deer, in Mifflin County near
Lewistown. Son, Jeff, 15,
called a little later in the day
to say that he, too, bagged a
nice deer.
The Ebersoles live on
Mount Joy R2.
Rod Stoner Credited With Saving
Life of Barber at Williamsburg
Rod Stoner, manager of
‘the Williamsburg Lodge, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Stoner, north Barbara, and
owner of Hostetter’s
Banquet hall in Mount Joy, is
something of a here!
Rising to an emergency
situation at the William-
sburg Lodge, he saved a
man’s life one day early in
November by giving mouth-
to-mouth artificial
resuscitation in the nick of
time.
As reported in the Daily
Press of Newport New, Va.,
Stoner was in his office when
it was reported
‘‘someone has fainted in the
barbershop.” -
He dashed out, calling two
bellhops to follow him. When
he arrived in the basement
shop, it was the barber
himself who was on the floor.
A customer, with lather still
on his face, said, ‘I think
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‘Ob This aud That’
by the editor’s wife
It’s that time of year Philadelphia.
again!
Turkey time is followed on
its heels by pick-out-your-
Christmas-tree-time, add-
ress-your-Christmas-cards-
time, and begin-your
Christmas-shopping-now-
time! ; ;
What a blessed time it is!
The Thanksgiving week
end was a little violent in its
departure. The wind noisily
rattled the bare branches of
the trees, ill-fitting windows,
dry leaves, and anything else
loose on Sunday. The
weatherman seemed to be
trying to make up for the
mildness of Thanksgiving
Day.
Even so, Mount Joy and
Lancaster County escaped
the brunt of a snowstorm
that dumped eight inches in
Virginia, a neighbor to the
south.
At our house, the turkey
was “the best ever’’ — the
family gathering complete
except for a tall grandson
who was marching with the
Donegal High School Band in
As we sat around the big
table and looked at the happy
faces, it was heart-warming
to think that the family
‘picture’ in our dining room
was multiplied thousands
and thousands of times
across this big country of
ours.
How many family
gatherings there were!
How much turkey, stuf-
fing, cranberries, mince and
pumpkin pie were con-
sumed!
What a happy oasis
Thanksgiving is!
For the hunters,
Thanksgiving heralded the
approach of deer season. As
we did eur grocery shopping
on Friday, we saw groups of
men, with carts, in the
supermarket, and we knew
‘they were buying provender
to take to hunting camps in
the mountains.
We ‘peeked’ a bit, and
saw lots of hamburger,
steaks, dry milk, cookies,
fruit, etc.
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But Stoner, who has been
obliged to cope with many
tough situations as head of
the famous Virginia
hostelery, did the only thing
he knew to do — ‘‘give him
air.”
~ Drawing on Boy Scout
training of several years
earlier, discussions with his
wife ( a registered nurse)
and his reading but with no
real knowledge of ‘‘mouth-
to-mouth’’* resuscitation
methods, went to work,
breathing air into the bar-
ber’s lungs. All the while, the
customer kept applying
pressure on the man’s heart.
After about five minutes,
the man’s eyelids fluttered
and he gasped. About the
same time, two doctors who
were attending a medical
conference at the Lodge
arrived. They confirmed
that the procedures being
used were proper.
“That was a big relief,”
Stoner related later. For,
despite his unhesitating
efforts he was not certain he
was doing the best thing.
Shortly the doctors
reported that they could feel
a slight pulse. The am-
bulance arrived soon with
oxygen, took the patient to
the hospital and he is
recovering.
The barber had suffered a
heart attack and slumped to
the floor.
Has Part in Play
“The Boyfriend”
Gabriele. Amersbach
participated in the Actors
Company of Pennsylvania-
Millersville State College
Citamard Players joint
production of “The
Boyfriend,” staged Nov. 29-
30 and Dec. 2-7 at the Fulton
Opera House.
Miss Amersbach appeared
as Lady Brockhurst. A 1974
graduate of Donegal high
school, she appeared in high
school productions of
“Curtain Going Up,” “1984”,
and ‘‘Brigadoon.”
The daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Hiram Greiner, R.D. 1
Mount Joy, she is a freshman
majoring in English at
Millersville.
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NLY NEWSPAPER
CHRIST S. GREIDER,
Mount Joy R2, a service
technician with the
distribution department of
Pennsylvania Power & Light
company, retired as of the
first of this month with 39
years of service. He began as
a substation operator in 1935.
He is a vice-chairman of the
Western District of Lan-
caster-Lebanon Boy Scout
Council. -
Marietta Chorus
To Give Cantata
“Kings of Kings’, a
Cantata by John W.
Peterson, will be presented
by the Marietta Community
chorus Sunday, Dec. 8, at 8
p.m. in the English United
Presbyterian Church,
Marietta.
Under the direction of Mrs.
Gerald Libhart, solos will be
sung by Mrs. Robert Barr,
Mrs. Hoffman Charles and
Mrs. Thomas Young,
sopranas; and Mrs. Carl
Smith alto. Accompanying
the chorus will be Mrs.
Margaret Millor, organ, and
Mrs. George Bryant, piano.
The organization has the
following officers: Don
Simmons, president;
Thomas Price, vice-
president and Mrs. George
Bryant, secretary-treasurer.
Organ-Flute Concert
Sunday Afternoon
Dr. David E. Schlosser,
the well-known parish
organist at St. Luke's
Episcopal church, and Mrs.
Carole Bubacz, who is the
outstanding accompanist for
the Mount Joy Community
chorus, will give an organ-
flute concert in St. Luke’s on
Sunday, Dec. 8, beginning at
4 p.m,
The program will consist
of traditional Advent-
Christmas music by such
composers as Purvis,
Schoulz, Telemann, Rohlig,
Bach and Debussy.
An invitation is extended
to the public to attend. There
will be no admission. An
offering will be received.
DECEMBER 4,
MOUNT JOY, PENNA.
1974
TEN CENTS
Brazilian Girl Will Be Guest Here
Of Wilbur Erb Family and Donegal
Maria Luiza deOliveira,
18, from Sao Paulo, Brazil,
South America, will be
coming to our community
next week for a visit in the
Donegal school area.
Sponsored by the Spanish
Club of D.H.S., she will live
in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Wilbur Erb, R1, Trout Run
road, and will be a ‘‘sister”
of their two high school
daughters, Christina, a
senior, and Cynthia, a
sophomore.
Maria will arive at Olm-
sted Friday evening, Dec. 13,
Where the Erb family will’
meet her. She will be at the
Erbs and a student at
Donegal high school for 10
weeks. :
Maria has had four years
of English in school and one
month of French. She most
enjoys chemistry, English
and drawing as studies.
Another ‘daughter’ in the
family is not a new ex-
perience for the Erb family,
which in summers past has
entertained several 4-H
exchange students. Last
year their visitor was from
the state of Maine.
Santa Plans Special Appearance
Friday Night, Dec. 6, In Borough
A special appearance of
Santa Claus in Mount Joy is
being arranged for Friday
night, Dec. 6.
Old Saint Nick is scheduled
to arrive at about 6 p.m. and’
ride up Main street in one of
Friendship Fire company’s
big pumpers.
He will go directly to St.
Mark’s United Methodist
church, where he will visit
the Joycee-ette’s ‘‘Christ-
mas Corners’ Bazaar, being
held Friday and Saturday.
Children of the community
have been invited to visit
Santa at the church following
his arrival there.
The Joycee-ettes’ bazaar
will be from 10 a.m. until 9
p.m. and will be offering a
wide variety of baby items,
knitted and crocheted gifts,
wall hangings and plaques,
candy wreaths, ornaments,
decorations, jewelery, baked
goods, plants, children’s
things and many more
items.
Proceeds will benefit the
community projects which
the club sponsors.
Rev. and Mrs. Forney Honored
With Golden Wedding Party
Rev. and Mrs. Roy S.
Forney, 569 West Main
street, were honored Sunday
afternoon, Dec. 1, with a
drop-in surprise party at
their home, given by their
children to celebrate their
50th wedding anniversary.
The Forneys were married
on Thanksgiving Day, Nov.
27, 1924, in Elizabethtown by
Dr. Henry K. Ober, president
of Elizabethtown college.
The couple has two
children, Roy Y. Forney Jr.,
Columbia R2, and Glenn Y.
Forney, Stroudsburg, Pa.,
and four grandchildren,
Craig and Linda, son and
daughter of Roy, and Todd
and Beth, son and daughter
of Glenn.
Both sons and their
families and Rev. Forney’s
sister and her husband, Mr.
and Mrs. Ira Longenecker,
Lititz R.D., were among the
55 or 60 friends and relatives
who attended the party.
Rev. Forney is a retired
minister of the Grace
Brethren church. He also
had worked at Bachman
Chocolate company.
Community Chorus to Present
Program Sunday, December 15
The Mount Joy Com-
munity Chorus, a group of 45
voices, will present ‘‘Songs
Of Christmas’’ on Sunday,
Dec. 15, at 3 p.m. in the
Trinity Lutheran Church and
the public is cordially invited
to attend.
The chorus is under the
direction of Miss Dorothy E.
Schock. Mrs. Daniel Bubacz
is the pianist. Miss Beulah
Smith, organist at Trinity
Lutheran Church, will play
several selections with Mrs.
Bubacz.
Two soloists will be
featured, including Mrs.
Myrtle Best, soprano, and
Warren Foley, tenor, in the
presentation of ‘‘Mary,
Mary’’ by Marsh. Miss
Sandra Heisey, guitarist,
will accompany the chorus in
its rendition of a ‘‘Christmas
Calypso’ by Jones.
A free-will offering will be
received.
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