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ULLETIN
15, 1901.
NUMBER 3
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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,
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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