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THE
MOUNT
JOY
VOL. 74 NO. 29
BULLETIN
MOUNT JOY'S ONLY NEWSPAPER
MOUNT JOY, PENNA.
DECEMBER 11, 1974
TEN CENTS
If the problem of school
bus passings is as serious as
it is represented — and there
is no reason to believe that it
is not — some very tough
action needs to be taken.
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It is illegal to pass a
standing school bus, as every
driver in Pennsylvania
knows.
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Perhaps it is time to
organize a parent’s ‘shot
gun’ club. What is a shot gun
club? It might be something
of a volunteer group which
would place one or two
adults on the buses which are
being passed illegally, arm
them with notebooks and
pencils and simply take
license numbers, descrip-
tions etc, ;
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Maybe it would be
desirable for the buses to have
‘escorts’ of one or two adults in
cars to give pursuit tc violators
and take license numbers.
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If the situation truly is
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Ob This aud
TOO EARLY TO SAY!
Indians Are Scorers
But Take Two Losses
It’s a little early to make a
prediction as to how the 1874-
'75 Donegal basketball team
will win and lose.
But — one thing is
emerging as the Indians
work their way through their
pre-league schedule.
That is that there is a lot of
scoring potential.
Friday night, Dec. 6, at
Columbia, the Tribe ran 80
big points. Tuesday of last
week, against Red Lion, they
hit for 70.
Both are respectable
totals. But, in both games the
opposition did even better.
Against the Columbia
Tide, the score was 93-80,
making a total of 173 points
for the evening — quite a
scoring banquet. Six players
— three on each team —
went into double figures,
Keiper of Columbia hitting
31. Miller, Mueller and
Gallagher were best for
Donegal.
Red Lion took an 87-70
victory.
To date, Kevin Miller, a
junior, has been the biggest
scoring gun, ringing for 68
points or an average of 17 per
game. He had 25 against
Columbia.
Junior John Fellenbaum
has racked up 58 in four
That’
by the editor’s wife
It’s going to be an in-
teresting and blessed
Christmas this year at the
home of Mrs. Marie Staley,
Park Avenue.
Mrs. Staley’s twin
daughters, Jean and Joan,
who are married and have
families of their own, are
coming home from
Alexandria, Va., and
California for the holidays.
There will be six little
grandchildren, all six years
old or less. One is six, two of
them are four years old,
there is a two-year-old and a
set of five months-old twins!
“Of course I'm used to
twins,’ Mrs. Staley said with
a smile. “I'm well prepared
with cribs and such.”
What a Christmas it will
be, with wide-eyed wonder
on the faces of six little folk
around the tree on Christmas
morning!
The Advent season was
properly observed at St.
Luke’s Episcopal Church
Sunday afternoon, when Dr.
David Schlosser and Mrs.
Carole Bubacz presented an
organ-flute recital.
The Christmas music was
lovely, and was well-
received by an appreciative
audience. The program was
embellished by the quaint,
Gothic beauty of the church,
with its gleaming, dark,
carved woodwork, its arched
stained glass windows, its
candles and an Advent
wreath.
Many other notable
Christmas programs are
being arranged for the
holiday season in Mount Joy.
Among them are the
“Christmas in the Park”
program Friday, Dec. 13, at
8 p.m. and the ‘Songs of
Christmas’ program Sun-
day afternoon, Dec. 15, at 3
p.m., at Trinity Lutheran
church, given by the Com-
munity Chorus.
Miss Phoebe Sentz,
Donegal Springs Road, was
guest of honor Dec. 4 at a
Christmas party at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Leroy
Deibert, Park Street,
Elizabethtown. The occasion
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games with a best night of 25,
against Red Lion. Robert
Barto has tallied 39 times
with games of 17, 10, 8 and 4,
followed by David Schlosser,
who has hit for 37, with a 17-
point big night against Red
Lion.
The four have totaled 202
of the Indians’ 288 points thus
far.
Friday of this week,
Donegal goes to Solanco and
on Tuesday night, Dec. 17,
Warwick comes to the
Indians’ court.
First Lancaster-Lebanon
league games are set for
Thursday night, Dec. 19 at
Annville against the A-C
Little Dutchmen.
Maytown Man's
Unit is Honored
Staff Sergeant Barry
Watts, brother of Mrs.
Audrey J. Embly of 17 W.
Elizabeth St., Maytown, is a
member of a unit that
recently received the U.S.
Air Force Outstanding Unit
Award.
Sergeant Watts is a flight
engineer at Wright-
Patterson AFB, Ohio, with
the 2750th Air Base Wing that
was cited for meritorious
service from Feb. 1, 1972
through Jan. 31, 1974.
Four squadrons
representing more than 5,000
military and civilian
members were involved in
earning the award.
Sergeant Watts is a 1966
graduate of Donegal high
school. :
Merchants Ask Longer
Parking Time for 5°
Mount Joy merchants, 15
strong, made a strong appeal
Monday night to Borough
Council to reconsider the
new parking meter fee
schedule which allows only
12 minutes of time for five
cents.
The appeal was voiced by
Donald Yingst but the
merchants, in effect, were
told figuratively, that the
request is something like
asking to lock the barn now
that the horse has been
stolen.
The parking meter rates
have been upped by or-
dinance and become ef-
fective January 1, 1975.
But, council promised the
merchants that the situation
would be studied and some
action taken at a special
meeting on Dec. 16.
It was explained, however,
that preparing ordinances
and legal requirements take
time and that it is doubtful
that relief can come im-
mediately.
It also was explained that
writing, legal work and
advertising requirements all
cost money.
The merchants, armed
with a document carrying
the names of 23 separate
merchants and one with the
names of 32 citizens, took no
offense at the elimination of
the use of a penny as a meter
coin, but felt that not enough
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Expect Borough Budget
To Take $26,000 Hike
A $277,150 budget for
Mount Joy Borough has been
recommended for 1975 and
final study and passage is
expected Monday night, Dec.
16.
The budget, $25,000 above
1974 and $61,000 above 1973,
anticipates no new real
estate tax. Increased ex-
penditures will be met with
an increased share of an
already existing earned
income tax.
The tax already is being
paid locally but a portion has
been taken by the Donegal
School District. The only
difference ‘is that the
borough will now take more,
as allowed by law, and the
District will take less.
Largest areas of budgeted
expenses are general
government(18.9 percent)
police (23.9), highways
(24.9), refuse disposal (13.4),
fire (6.7).
In other business Monday
night:
—Richard Peifer was
sworn in as a new member of
council by Mayor James A.
Gingrich to replace James
Madera.
—Frank Eichler was re-
named to the Borough
Authority to serve from Jan.
1, 1975 to Jan. 1, 1980.
—William Eby was elected
to serve a two-year term on
the Donegal District
Authority until Jan. 1, 1977.
—A request from police for
a stop sign at Detweiler and
Concord was received.
DR. LANDIS NAMED PRESIDENT
J. Edw. Charles Indicates
Intention to Retire at End
Of "75 From School Board
J. Edw. Charles, who for nearly a quarter of a century has
served the Donegal School Board as member and numerous
terms as president, on Thursday night, Dec. 5, stepped down
from the presidency of that body.
That step, he added, is the first toward retirement from the
Board.
As the Board met to hold
its annual organization
meeting, Charles, an-
nounced that he would not be
a candidate for re-election to
the presidency and added
that ‘‘next year, I will have
been on this board 24 years.
It is time that I step to the
sidelines.”
He told the Bulletin
Thursday night that he does
not intend to seek re-election
to the school board.
And, as the evening
developed, he was replaced
as head of the board by Dr.
William B. Landis, Columbia
R1, who will be president for
the year 1975.
He was named by a vote of
6-2 (1 member absent and 1
member abstaining over Dr.
Robert F. Eshleman, who
served as president in 1968
and 1969.
Charles took a place with
other members of the board
as Dr. Landis assumed the
seat of the chairman and
began his tenure.
Charles, thus has com-
pleted five full years of
successive presidency of the
Board. Has been elected,
over the years, to the head
J.EDW. CHARLES
position ten times and has
been vice-president four
different times.
He is the senior member of
the board in point of service
and has been elected more
times than any other man
now sitting with that body.
Charles’ present term of
office ends Dec. 31, 1975.
A resident of East Donegal
township, he lives at 676 W.
Market street in Marietta
and is president, treasurer
and chief executive officer of
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DONEGAL NEWS NOTES
From School Board
DECEMBER 5, 1974
— A citizen appeared at the meeting to ask ‘‘Why does the
school buy track, soccer and football shoes for participants
but not for basketball?”’ The policy, it was explained, is
based on the fact that this footware is special and not useable
except in the specific sport. Tennis shoes, sneakers,
basketball shoes are worn not only for the sport but by their
owners on the streets, at school, etc etc.
— District enrollment dropped five during the month of
November.
— James Metzler was hired for daily duty supervising bus
students waiting at the junior high school from 7:40 a.m. until
8 p.m.
— The Norlanco Medical Center has appealed in court an
increase in tax assessment from $30,600 to $55,450. No decision is
expected for several months.
— There will be no school cafeteria services on Thursday,
Dec. 20. Elementary schools will be dismissed that day at
1:05 p.m. and secondary schools at 12:30 p.m for Christmas
vacation. Classes begin again at the regular time on Thur-
sday, Jan. 2.
— High school plans to present the musical “Camelot”
April 4 and 5 and 11 and 12. Expenses will be $730 for
royalities and musical score and $140 for orchestration.
Admission will be $2.50 for adults and $1 for students on
Friday nights only.
— In October 65 DHS juniors took a national test. One
placed at the 99th percentile, measured on a national scale.
Eight were above the 95th percentile.