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MOUNT JOY STAR AND NEW
HE SUBSCRIPTION LIST OF THIS PAPER NOW INCLUDES THAT OF THE LANDISVILLE VIGIL AND THE FLORIN
VOLUME XLV. NO. 17
DEATH RECORD
FOR THE WEEK
LIST OF THOSE WHO HAVE RE-
CEIVED THEIR FINAL SUM-
MONS TO THE GREAT
BEYOND.

Christian H. Greiner
Christian Hershey Greiner, one of
Muscatine county’s he 10W1
dents who died at his ho i 1
north of the city Monday, was a na-
tive of Pennsyl havin been
born in. Cumberland county, August
25, 1848. He was a son of Jeremiah
ivania, na

and Elizabeth ine I'o mourn
his den » he leave ¢ brothers
and a sister, Benjamin F. Greiner,
William P. Greiner of Bloomington
township, A J. 3 )
tonio, Tex., and Elizabeth G ner a
home.
Coming to Iowa at ¢ v of six

years with his parents, they settled on
a farm on which he lived practically
his entire life. He possessed a rare
personality and was or " the coun
ty’s most succes riculturists.
The deceased was wel nowr here.
Mrs. Edna
Mrs. Edna May, wif
Wendler, died Mond Ly
General Hospital of a
of diseases after h
since Christmas. She n her
twenty-fourth year and born
March 9, 1891, Marietta. Her
parents are Balzer Appley and the
late Helena Kuhnolt Apply. Mrs
Wendler resided. at Marietta until
1912 and then at Columbia until
three years ago. She is survived by
her husband, who has been a con-
ductor on the Columbia line of the
Conestoga Traction for a
number of years; heir residing
with Mr. Wendler and ‘ollowing
brother and sisters: Anna, ife of
Samuel W. Lehman, Harrisburg;
Harry, Columbia; John, George.
David, William and Eimer, at Mari
etta and Charles at Mount Joy.
Peter A. Apple.
Peter A. Apple, former well known
proprietor of the Keystone Hotel, at
Manheim, who has lived retired for
a number of years, died.very sudden-
ly in that borough on Tuesday while
standing in the alley in the rear of
a tobacco shed near his home. Death
was caused by a stroke. Mr. Apple
was 72 years of age H
A. Wendler
f William J.
ening at the
omplication
been sicl

survived
by his wife, a son, Homer Apple, pro-
prietor of the hotel at Union Square,
a daughter, Mrs. Jacob Phalm of Man
heim; an adopted daughter, Mrs. Eliz-
abeth Hughes, of Lancaster Junction.
Funeral services will be held on Sun-
day afternoon at 1 o'clock at his late

home. Interment will be » in the
Fairview cemetery.
Harley Herring
Herring, twenty-three
years of age, a private Nation-
al Army at Camp Meade and a for-
mer resident of Elizabethtown, died
in camp on Sunday of pneumonia.
He was the first male resident of
that borough to die while in the ser
: , teen vears he
esident of Elizabethtown.
d in the fi ft while
oved by the Kreider Shoe
Company. His mother, who resides
at Chambersburg, sury The body
was sent to Chambersburg r inter
ment.
Harley

vice. For t
had
He was ¢
he was enj

\ Mrs. Ephraim Achey
Mrs. Ephraim Achey, of M
died Monday in the NL
age from a com)
The deceased who
the Church of the
inheim,
her
neo eases
ber of

sur-
vived by the followi Al
bert, Ephrata; Elmer, Manhei Miss
e, of Readin M Jerome
p, Philadelphia; Mr E. G. Fet-
J ! M John

r., Of

near Moun

Mrs. Kath
ry Buch, of
at her home
She Surry
one daugt
Weaver. \
of Ma 1 1
fro r 1 1 o
at 9 o’clock. Servic iff mar
Mennonite chu el
the metery adjol
Hollis C. Fenstermact
telegran
Tuesday
Hollis C. ern
Cal., die hot
monia. nstel
lived in n a
J. Fred rmacl

survived

M Ary
Dorothy ffm:
Dorothy D., the twin daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. B Kauff Jr., on
West Done str 1esday
morning les | Y she is
survi 1 ther,
dichard. Fi 1 el held
Thursday TNOO0Y 2 lock. In-
termer the Eber
Albert Lutz,
Albert. Lutz, Sr., of
in that borough from
Sr.
Var
rietta, died
mplication

of diseases, aged 64 yea He was
born at Ironville.

Herman Beck of
ormerly
of Columbia, died at Car 2
— —-_——

A Bridge Sinks.
The large bridge of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad at Pequea, sunk Tues-
day. About 400 men were at work
there on Wednesday making tempo-
rary repairs.

MORE MEN ACCEPTED TO
GO “SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE"

Following is the result of County
Board No. I's wo f Wednesda
ind Thursday:
Accepted

Charles A. Res Mariett
Gordon W. Ge Bainbrid
Irvin H. Nein » Mayt
Adam E. Sweig Rowen
Robert H. Zerpl Elizabethtowt
William A. I immond, Manhein
Referred to Medical Board .
Ralph F. Eshl n, Mount Joy
Felix D. Billet I'l
Abraham Linco Dalton, Manhein
Charles R. Fritch, E abethtown
Kervin Bruch Bud wn, Marietta
John A. Shillow, Jr., Mariett
Did Not Appear .
Ernest James ( ( La ill¢
Geors Mesgaros, Colu R.D
John ww, M
Mike Si Blar B Ve
John Wilso B
Donigal 1 B
Charles Lew
1 €
Karl ( Mil
Daniel el
Irwin H R
Toseph Ve
Albert ethtown

Chester R. Dorsey, Marietta
Warren W. Miller, E ‘bethtown.
Walter Hinkle, Mount Jovy
Cha s G. Hoffman, Mt. Joy R. 3
John I. Moyer, Manheim, 5
Rejected
William G. Houseal, Bainbridge
Referred to Medical Board
William Price, Billmyer, R. 1
)..'¥. ¥ake, Manheim, R. 1]
Did Not Appear
Bil ver
Mount Joy, R. 1.
yer

(
Jean Robinson,
Joseph B. Derr,
John Marshall, B
Mike Dorie, |
John Spas
Paul K. Ste

WANT REPRESENTATIVES FOR
THE LANC. CO. AVIATION UNIT

This enn rehied
upon by State \1 Re
cruiting Office for representation
in the Lancaster County Aviation
Unit now being organized
It is expected that ery com
munity in the county will be repre
sented in the unit and Mount Joy will

not be found wanting [he appeal
is being issued for en between the
ages of 18 and 21 and 31 and
The Unit now being forn
will serve as a complet izatio
thruout the war, Only those n
bers of the unit who desire to fly
will be commissioned wiator
the other members « the unit my
ing from 10 to 25 milc back of the
lines Men of 47 e trades will
be employed n the t1¢ Of 0
: : of the lines.
This is cons he rv finest
branch of the The pay
men in the non-flyin ectic qr
from $30 to $106 a month. It 1
be remembered that th 5s clear
all living expenses, medi ind de
tal car A committee on recounting
for the unit will t
1 Mount Joy | ¢
co-operate with the ilar Army R
cruiting Officer
Corporal E. J. Mel
publicity Department, 1 S \ nd
Corporal Willia Bi I ¢
ter re here Wednesday in the
terest of the unit.
who ese ¢ t answer th
the X st 1 ul m J
1 \ 2 on
Q
The 1
time should be | pecia
young men of 18 to 2 ul h
next conscription b expected to
ncelude men betwe
~~ §
Moved to Marietta
Mr. George Eppley : \
hil
\ 1
V
s Mary
Dorothy Be ?
3! f Marie
vel {f this plac
ee CER
I Eh 1 2 8 (
Lt of n pl
nl
th etic
n |
I pital
I , a be-
Churcl
¥ H
i ur
ee eet AG Ie
Will Continue in Business
On Thursday Mr. Albert Strickler,
who has been in the coal business
here the past two years, re-rented
the S. R. Snyder yards, which he at
present occupies, and will continue
the business as heretofore. This will
be good news to his many patrons.

MOUNT JOY, PA, SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 1918
OUR PARK IS TO
BE IMPROVED
WEST DONEGAL STREET TO BE
REPAIRED-—CHIEF MUMMA'’S
ELECTION CONFIRMED
OBJECTION TO
POSITION OF
LIGHTS

Mount Joy Borough Council et
regular monthly sessi the
Council Chamber M i ning
vith all the members pre nt namely
President H. M. Stauffer, H. S. New
comer, Chas. Ricksecker, D. F. Gable,
Dr. O G. Longenecker nd Harry
Green 11t The minutes of the last
regular and special meet vere

read and approved
Burgess H. C. Schock retur

thout his : : r
four night's duty at § i h
Constable Ja B: n
February meeting. Mr
that he did not authorize Mr. Bau
an to do police duty and sug
that hereafter the Financ Col
should not pa up« the hill
they have his approval
Burgess’ action was sustained
A communication from the Sta
Highway Department was read. In
quiry was made as to whether the
boro would go fifty-fifty on the ex
of repairing that portion of the
pense
State road on West Donegal treet
now in the borough limits The es
total expense would be about
Fellenbaum was in-
imated
$186.00. Clerl
tructed to answer the communica
tion in the affirmative
A letter from Friendship Fire
Company was read. The fire laddies
extended their thanks for Council's
recent contribution and asked that
(Continued on np: 8)

TIMELY DISCOVERY
PREVENTS BAD FIRE
SPONTANEOUS
CA .S A $500 ’E 1
S. SIEGRIST’S
MILL, IN WEST HEMP-
FIELD TOWNSHIP

The friction « Ning hine
the flour mill of Isaac S. Seigrist,
long the Chickies Creel \ t
Hempfield township, Tuesda n
caused a snontaneous co ustio
nd fire, entailing
500
The fire w wered | I eS
loi Vr.. 14 1d. . h
wn h bout 8 o’cloe
quick action on the boy part
robably saved the gl Lt
contents
One of the miller hich n
operation during the €(

fl: red
b pre I cor
1 thi vo Sey
ral flame
I the mill
»O Is o eat
fi The
pre

HELP WIN THE WAR;
BOY SCOUTS WILL EXPLAIN

I'he B Scou ff this
t r ord r Thrif
ta 3 Ie you
) € ry dent oft
t 1 Vy noped I
U1 \ ao h JE her pa
cribing thru the | Scou
( rrier Wii te
( } rd t1
( Sq ut O Y
1 be hru the tex
b patriot ai ( ou
eT
Assigned as Red Cross Nurse
Y n } h ( M ; ugchter
A Vi Man t h
\ ) on a ed Cros
1 oraduate n
( I nital i
) S¢ (
Yukan, I fqr
) Var \
DG
I 1 € County Lead
2 ( nt f ¥ (
Pe Q
3 a
I r nat 76 ito 0
1 the of
( imber 1 ster
i Y OY
ts Chief Nurse
M Elida Raffensbel Y Riis
1
Y Ie
A }
A
Vashingt (
1S te sent to I
~-—
Post Office Clerk Resigns
; or J r hi} F
I ) 1 red
his fe 1
! th g
I ibetht vn as the H
farn
a
The Right Idea
At a recent meeting of
zens’ Fire Company of Hummel
it was decided to make the fire house
a social centre for all residents of the
town who desire to spend their even-
ings there. Why not do the same
thing here?

JNO. B. KRADY'S
FINE FARM SOLD
PURCHASED BY MR.
FARMER OF THIS
LARGEST PRI-
EVER
IT WAS
FRED A
PLACI
VATE

SALE
MADE HERE
0 Mond morning, EF
Sehr . local real estate broker
Cle ( t largest private real estate
in this neighbor
me The sale in
the exceptionally fine fifty-
( nd former nursery

; Joh Kready, along the
Manheim road, 2% miles east of this

borough. Mr. Fred A. Farmer, local
represe:; ti of the John Deere
Cc ny, as the purchaser
©) take Possess on
ril 1 l He = tock the
1 é yen oood
Mr. John B. Kready, h: ed or
this particular farm the past fifty
veal At one time he was quite
wed in the nursery
18in¢ d thru his honest business
methods xde a reputation for
ceeds an ery stock that grows.”
He has t, on said farm, any

kind of T nd nut that can be
grown in this climate.
Althoug better plysically than

years
younger,
is responsible for
many met
nis davanced age
the sale of this beautiful farm at this

time.
Mr. Farmer will make
provements about the place and
when completed he will beyond a
doubt have about the finest farm in
this section
While the terms of the sale were
private, concede that this is
the big I estate transaction
: section at private
VERY GOOD
NEWS INDEED
THE FIRST PIKE TO BE WIPED
OUT IN THIS SECTION WILL
BE THE ONE THROUGH
HERE
marked im
many
real

Everybody around here will be
. ‘ rn f the following
} h Ww talker rom ne of om
On “Harrisburg

Elizabeth

n wn turnpike 18
1¢ 1 ed, will becom free of
toll t decided a f
days age The stockholders will
$68,000 f t, half to be paid by the
State and |} yy Lancaster County
The n t turn e to be consid
the | ( nd Williamsto
The stockholder of that |
meet [
rie I't Highwa
yXiou » h ( h
t th ol
hil Iph 3 in
When tl road
lem yn pi edi
he 1 r' and pusquet 1a
tur Lancaster and Co
mun
li
INCREASED THE WEIGHTS
ON PARCEL POST MAIL

L n n tne
) Lr Ce ] bn 0 go Into
Marcel After t date the
ht of parcels will be 70
the first, econd 1d third
nd 50 1t n all other zones.
I tne in ol 115) in the
ones and 20 lbs.
leis
Quite an Accident
he ypular
1 poj ¢
the Farmers
Will Help
[.1e1 ) rot McLain ha
wecepted tl hairmanship
S on Agricultur
e to provide labor

NB Qe

Good Game urday Night
Ben Groff’s basket ball team goes
to Columbia Thursday night for a
game and Monday evening he plays
St. Luke’s at Lancaster.

Teacher Ill
Miss Emma Brenner, teacher of
the Third Grade here, was on the
| sick list for several days. .

NEWS
$1.00 PER ANNUM IN ADVANCE
TRACTORS WILL WORK
TOTO 5250 wor TRAVELERS FROM
rs to be wid by ‘the State of Penn FAR AND NEAR

sylvania to aid f I th their
Spring plowing will be operated day v ) ——
gid High Fach machine will have A COLUMN TO KEEP YOU IN
indies Will work on tate TOUCH WITH THOSE WHO
be arranged by the Stat Wy HAVE AND WERE VISIT-
of Agricultur Orders for the t ED LAST WEEK
twenty-five machine ere tele ——
graphed last nigh Some of then ti Ta : . v "
may bo delivared 3 Venda 5 Mise Moss Eshleman spent Sunday
with dos diag hf beer ssvamnec Miss Mildred Way visited relatives
Eres ha Sr lor services at Landisville on Sunda)
nontly read: be Ca ni } ih ; Miss Esther Weber visited friends
for cach machine is belre war. Ul€ at Landisville on Sunday.
i foal Se OSt OF Dr core itil Mr. Jacob Daveler of Elizabeth-
Pic] Aricove: Fe Cy ay town, visited relatives here Sunday.
Beh nol i Mrs. Philip Dattisman of Landis-
Hor Hole OF Hor tre "ther ville, visited her brother, E. M. Barto
a -— AIL g )
Mr. and Mrs, Ross Neidig and chil-
TAKE relatives at Elizabeths«
GAMI
HARD Ire isited
FROM MT. JOY tow 1 y
SPARTANS

M Mae and Rlanche Eshle-
Mount Joy I to the Sp i vf 1 ted their ster, Mrs. Chas.
Columbia, on the Emerald floor of Watt Sunday
the latter borough, ursda ht, M Fa Henderson of Harris-
by a score of 38 28. ell. burg Monday gue f Mr. and
played and interest ) I Mrs. I. G. Pennell.
river borough lads had 2 line-up « Mi ! Mrs. Fred Siretch and
siderably trength 1 by Good daughtx spent a few days with rela-
at centre, and the t NWo1 tive t Churchtown.
easily the feature of the game The Miss Grace Dietz of Dickinson Col-
former county ague r caged lege, Carlisle, spent the week-end
eight field goals, easily ng hh here with her parents.
scoring honors for the vening., Misses Miriam and Vivian Chand-
he played a great floor game in ad er visited friends and relatives at
dition. t rg for several days.
Bennett led the visitors. with Lester B. Sawyer of near Mil-

ton Grove, left Monday for Frederick,
N. D., to live in the future.
Mrs. Alex Kramer and daughter
visited Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Lancaster Sunday.
nd Mrs. Walter Kreiner of

a total of five field Is, while Lutz
caged a field goal and 6 out of 11
fouls. Lynch also performed well
from the foul line with 10 out of 14
foul goals. The score

Spartans Mount Joy
Lyneh .. for “d Bennet caster, spent Sunday as guests of
McManus forward Grissinger M nd Harmon Walters.
Goodwin centre Garber Mrs. ard Zahm of Philadel-
Eckert guard Bi phi pent several days in town with
M d Mrs. Geo. H. Brown, Jr.
Musser s
Field goals, I
Goodwin 8, Eck
5, Grissinger,
Mrs. Paul Risser and two daugh-
Dorothy and Anna Mae visited
the former’s parents on Saturday.
Michael Sauder and Jacob

goals, Lynch 10 out of 14; Lut: ;
out “of 11 Tir of halve went to Conewago Monday
minutes. the Assignee sale of Zei-
EE
~o be Miss Marion Deiter and frie
Fire Company Met D. Liss M 3 19 yall rang ‘ end, Mr.
The recular THERIY. Taativ + Parl Keenan of Lancaster, were
Priondshis. Five. Gore guests of her sister, Mrs. Arthur Her-
: Jy Sr shey on inday
evenin with a
Henry G. C

Thursd:
tendance.
Morton, Charles
Myers visited the
Messr H H
Morton and Earl

clected secretary to fill Trine 4 Fnhrai 161
i ed ny the resignation o i rother, Ephraim at’ Colum-
zetz. Nr. Get 1s el ed hii 1
or of the EB and ao M Irs. Addison Habecker
were elected mbership. in the 2nd ite orot] pent the
company and 1V wdditional were os rey
proposed. Other rout matter
were transacted
ntl EV
Will Open Next Week
The Americ Sto1 Con
rente«

who have
E. F. Bak
Main stre

1a) Don’t ft to Mr. and s. Paul rphy from

ness ne
ch these ( Harrisburg nd M [ary Kirchner
ing announcement and | )e to from Lancaster, were guests of Mrs.
your advantage to fol { Elizabeth Murphy Sunda
tising in these col Vrs. H 5 wk and Miss
HE Fy. FP Cat nD ro
itherine Br ma ) hi place,
Clark Monteuth 1 > rd 0 ‘ormer’s
Cl on | | daughte n ( fornia. They will be
rl x £01 nit O 1
e M. Mc 1t1 1 a
and an : A LITTLE OF ERYTHING
une: ey ed
1 } 1 : 1
Y 3 News in General Condensed for Very
Quick Reading

ices. 2 iv. J. A.B y moved his: family
—- yi 1 I | hi uly
* ( this st week.
Martin Vioyer 1 Evhrai Ebe I f Eliz
M EG = 3 Vi .phrain OTS of Ll1za-
Miss E. Grace Mo t yf 1 "
T ‘ \ oT 1LO ! £4 ret nel 1 nurs-
Pr. and Mrs. S. ( loyer Lar 1ay
x Wilhelm Walters of Camp Meade,
1 0 Vir i : Vir ind Mrs.
: ; If i Vilhelm Walters, Sr., on Thursday.
at the home of her bro V 1 A lhe otu i}
F Moyer, at Gl \ ( Y t )
non y Vhic
Ober, of E I : h
Yi cate the
. - \ nD ) 3 Mair
Solomon Rosentha hl !
mn Roser
att 1 : Re —
lumt 1 Horse Sa
rs, died sudd 0
umb f
v nicht y
i Sat
)-20) ) )
) I 18
the al
no«
er
A
ter, W e t OA
1 be Draft
vromeneenetlD- Al } El ole
A v ¥
: Many Th v
A PB Y
rl 1
Tr
Revlevi ]
] Pi:iy I i
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Mr ( VR slumbia Plays Here
= - } t n
Deeds R j n
Deed M $

nM
J Q 00
eet Eee
Rev. Th S ag
sted a une i Al SPM
Howse \ Ce S ( tr

| Wednesd: fter n.
Fhe bla IRR ;
Ca
| Mrs. Hattie Walk, who was born| A case
at Columbia, died Thursday at Lan )
J

se of Measles
measles de veloped i
Weidman on West

Jack
caster