Page 2 — SUSQUEHANNA BULLETIN
Survey finds citizens
reasonably satisfied
According to preliminary results of s survey conducted by
the borough council, the citizens of Mount Joy are fairly
content with life in their town.
The survey was conducted as part of a newsletter sent out
by the borough to all its residents.
So far, 255 questionnaires have been returned. Deadline
for receiving further questionnaires sent out with the
newsletter is June 20.
The table below shows relative satisfaction and
dissatisfaction with various aspects of life in Mount Joy.
(Answers do not always total 255, because some people did
not answer every question.)
SUBJECT SATISFIED DISSATISFIED
Fire protection 245 S
Garbage service 240 10
Leaf pick-up 222 13
Parks 218 30
Street plowing and salting 215 32
Borough office service 197 19
Police protection 188 SS
Street lights 184 64
Service received for taxes 175 60
Condition of streets 136 118
Most dissatisfaction was expressed about condition of
streets.
Here are the things liked most about mount Joy:
Small town character 200
Good place to raise children 131
Close to work 101
Major problems seen by the respondents were:
Properties should be cleaned up
or condemned 120
Community center needed
wn. ‘eens 91
Need more stoi... 73
Need movie theater 74
Storm drainage 67
Street maintenance 64
Poor management in schools 63
Better police force 58
Some specific questions asked were:
Should boro reduce taxes and cut back services?
Yes—126 No—196
Should boro establish historical district like Lititz?
Yes—126 No—106
Should boro issue more newsletters?
Yes—131 No—20
How often?
4 times a year—91
2 times a year—105
1 time a year—-24
What should be done with railroad bridges?
Ruth L. McConnell, May-
town, was elected president
of the Maytown American
Legion Auxilliary Unit 809 at
their monthly meeting,
Monday, June 9.
Ruth has been active in
the auxiliary for the past
four years. During that time
she has served on numerous
committees and has held
several offices.
Fire companies avert
hay fire at Erb farm
Friendship Fire Company
#1 and Florin Fire Company
of Mount Joy were sum-
Ruth "McConnell
Ruth McConnell heads
Maytown Legion Aux.
Other incoming officers
elected at the meeting are:
Mrs. Chester Yordy, first
vice-president; Mrs. Nor-
man Leas, second vice-pre-
sident; Mrs. Paul Hossler,
Secretary; Mrs. Henry
Haines, Treasurer; Mrs.
Ben Stark, Chaplain; Mrs.
George McConnell, Sgt. at
Arms; and Mrs. Robert
White, Historian.
had reached a high of 174
degrees and Good made the
decision to have the hot stuff
June 11, 1975
Les Reinhart’s work
at Mack’s Brewery
A retrospective exhibit of
work by local artist Les
Reinhart will open on June
23 for two weeks at the
Mack Brewery, Pat Abel’s
recently opened antique
shop, located at 139 E.
Market St. in Marietta.
Emphasis will be on oils and
watercolors depicting Lan-
caster County and the
Chesapeake Bay area,
Maine scenes and still lifes,
travel sketches and gra-
phics, in addition to work in
silk screen and pastels.
Born inLancaster, the son
Harry and Martha Rein-
hart, Les was a well-known
name in Lancaster art circles
in the mid-1900’s. He
studied art at the Wilming-
ton Academy of Fine Arts,
where he won the scholar-
ship for design.
He was one of the
originators and a president
of the Lancaster Sketch
Club, a forerunner of the
Lancaster Art Association.
His pictures have been
exhibited in New York,
Philadelphia, New Jersey,
Delaware, and in several
traveling art shows. He is
listed in the Young Artists
Group of Who's Who in
American Art. In addition,
he did a series of Lancaster
County scenes for the
Lancaster Newspapers,
known as the ‘Lancaster
Sketch Book’.
In the last years of his life
he was searching for a new
art form, represented by his
last painting, the self-por-
trait of an artist in agonizing
transition, a period abruptly
ended by his untimely death
in 1971.
The Mack Brewery seems
an appropriate place for a
showing of Reinhart’s work.
Pat Abel, the young propri-
etor, has been a friend and
admirer of Reinhart’s since
his childhood. Moreover,
the building has the local
color that always delighted
the artist. The brewery
operated from about 1830 to
1870. A part of the original
vault is still in existence,
and is gradually being
excavated by Pat and his
brother Mike, who owns it.
Pat selected the name the
‘Mack Brewery’ because
one of the numerous (at
least six) owners were the
three Mack brothers, an
accountant, a brewer and a
cooper.
The shop is a charming
collection of the artifacts of
the period during which the
brewery operated and con-
tains many memorabilia of
Lancaster’s history.
Please note--The brewery
itself is not open to the
public. Hours for the exhibit
are from 1 to S p.m.
RACHEL HEISTAND
RETIRES
An employee with over 22
years of service at the
Elizabethtown Hospital for
Children and Youth has put
away her microscope and
other hematology effects
this week.
Mrs. Rachel F. Heistand,
Medical Technologist, will
retire from the Hospital
laboratory in which she has
worked since May 1, 1953.
In June, 1961, Mrs. Hei-
stand was appointed Chief
of the laboratory operation,
and she has retained that
position to retirement.
She and her husband
Claude, reside at R.D.#4,
Manheim.
SHELLY’S
FURNITURE
24 New & Used
dm :
11.4
ri
OPEN
Mon., Tues., Thurs., Fri
10to 8
Saturday - 10 to 5
Close off unessential bridges 113 moned by Friendship Fire removed, thus preventing
Borrow money and repair 126 Chief Frank Good to the what could have been a
Let deteriorate 11 Gerald Erb farm, Mount major fire.
Joy, R.D. No. 1. Approximately 30 men EMERGENCY EMERGENCY
Chief Good was alerted from each company respon- MEDICAL CALLS :
when Erb became con- ded and along with neigh- SIG MEDICAL SERVICES ;
cerned about the heat in bors summoned by Erb ATURDAY : :
hay bales stored in his barn. removed about one third of AFTERNOON Available Day & Night
Good arrived at the Erb the S00 bales of hot hay SUNDAY COLUMBIA HOSPITAL® :
. en, oe, Dy ay “The us “remained Norlanco Health Senter 7in8 Poplar
ount Joy Area Only :
Letters to the editor temperature of the hay. at the scene until Chief (Emergency Entrance) } Ra
After 1 hour and 38 Good announced that it was i i
minutes the temperature then secure. f
; Ct
I really enjoyed Poems on the second floor on the SUSQUEHANNA BULLETIN I Sc
and Sonncts from ‘Saga of station. 1 arrived on the Susquehanna Times & The Mount Joy Bulletin It Vv.
the Susquehanna’ by scene on January 28, 1943. 0 0000000000000 00000000000000000000000000000000000000S0 2 i} the
Chester Wittell which Since being born in a Box 75A, R. D. 1, Marietta, Pa. 17547 sh
Railroad Station seems quite
out of the ordinary, I feel
correct in assuming that I
appeared in your June 4
edition. My grandmother is
a long time subscriber to
* i
+ 5
: Published weekly on Wednesday except 4th of July and : D
» ) . i T
ROBER IS SPOR | NG 600D g: Christmas week (50 issues per year) i
3 Publisher - Nancy H. Bromer, 426-2212 or 426-1707 ;
yous paper and I joy aun the only on ver v Ǥ Advertising Mgr. Nancy Bromer, 426-2212 J cei
reading it when she is e born in ‘The ailroa : ; a shi
finished. 1 was especially Station’ at Mount Joy. “GUNS REPAIRED . News Ear Hazel Baker; 4263043 St:
interested in ‘The Old Thanks to you and to Mr. USED GUNS BOUGHT Rn: Circulation Mgr. Judy Swab, 426-3159 shi
Railroad Station’ since the Wittell for providing a . &S0LD : Advertising Rates Upon Request Ja
poem is about my birth- memento of my past. : 578 EAST FRONT SCOPES MOUNTED : Entered at the post office in Marietta, Pa., as second class : Sel
place. You see, while my “MARIETTA, PA. DRILLING & TAPPING . mail under the Act of March 3, 1879. oF
Subscription Rate: $4 per year
June 11, 1975
father was in the service, my
mother and grandmother
{ were living in an apartment
Sherwood W. Gingrich, Jr.
902 High Street
Lancaster. PA
‘PHONE 426.1332 SLINGS & SWIVELS MOUNTED :
: EE ————— *
Vol, 75 No, 23