\ % ULLETIN 15, 1901. NUMBER 3 2 ? prough in ar load Middle . Jo is Mrs. M. Rev. D. thtown, of the ge dur- Schock Luther- e Breth ummels llquite bale, to n John ill the this bees, at before . Bpera was in of his hiladel- e days I Villiam tended i meet Vednes laet of t Ross bf this house, erican . Stras t last with Denth of Levi Ricksecker, In the death of Levi Ricksecker, the borough of Mount Joy lost one of its oldest and most influential citizens. He had the respect of young and old, rich and poor. His advice was sought by the downhearted and sorrowing and invariably the advice was con= soling and remedial. He was a quiet and unostentatious citizen: His loss will be ceeply felt in the home, community and church. He was a member of the Moravian church from his youth; not haying access to a church of his own in this borough, he affiliated himself with Trinity Evangelical Lutheran church, de was a regular attendant and com- municant, and liberal in giving to the cause of Christ. The deceased was a resident of Mount Joy 53 years; member of Casiphia Lodge, No. 557, F. & A. M. also a charter member of Lodgs, No. 27 I. O. 0. PF, of which he was treasurer fcr more than 25 consecutive years, For his faithful service in this renowned order, he was presented with a gold headed cane bearing the inscription of his seryice. Being un- able to be present at the meeting of the lodge, the order repaired to his residence, in a body, made the pre- sentation, Although, on account of his meekness,he never used the cane,it was nevertheless very mach ‘ap- preciated. Ie was a director of the Union National Bank 49 years. The present directors attended his funeral in a body and acted as pall-bearers. Ho was treasurer of the Borough 39 years. He was a native of Lititz, and son a of John F. and Louisa F. Rick" secker, He was married to Elizabeth Gormley, Sept. 24, 1850, with whom he spent 50 very h®py years, He was the last of his family but one, a sister Mrs. Augustus A. Rauck, of Wes Orapge street, Lancaster, who is a present critically ill, - Granted by the Register. Among the letters granted by register of wills, the past week, the following of local interest: Clayton L. Nissley, of East Don township, administrator of Ma Risser, late of East Donegal tow, B Frank Eby, of Mt. Joy tow administrator of Barbara flershg Elizabethtown Notes. Mr. John Myers, the well known sexton cf Mount Tunnei cemetery for the past fifteen years, has undertaken a most arduous task and ome that required considerable time. There are few people, if any, know the exact number of persons buried in the cemetery and no doubt many often commented on the subject and to settle all controversy, Mr. Myers has counted all the graves and finds there are 1091 persons buried there. During his perio¢ as sexton he buried 574, The first person to be interred was Mrs. Christian Ebersole in 1863 The oldest person buried is John Burkholder aged 94 years and 2 days, There are 41 G. A. R. men also buried there. Mr. Myers has through his untiring efforts made God’s acre a most beautiful place, everything being kept in good repair and firste class order and a more beautiful cenetery than Mount Tunnel would be hard to find. Many persons visit it constantly and love to linger within its borders. At this season of the year when it is in all its loveliness, it is seldom that there s not some one there. An engine of an east bound freight left the track at Conewago vn Tues= day morning causing but little delay to travel. The Middletown wreckers soon had everything in shape. Some time during Monday night thieves entered the meat shop 0f Chapman & Ulweiler and stole a smal. quantity of meat. They effected an entrance through a back window, The German Baptists held .a con ference meeting on Tuesday mero There was a large attendance. While Miss Brinser was working in the shoe factory on Mon NOT D she had the misfortune hop a oles
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