EEKRY Brits
VOL V. NO.2.
MOUNT JOY, PENNA {
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DNESDAY, JUNE 7, 1905
50 CENTS A YEAR
COUNCIL CONVENES
Quite a Lengthy Session Held on Mon-
day Evening.
Mount Joy Borough Council met
in regular session Monday
with all the members present.
evening
The
minutes were read and approved.
The report of H.C
Schock for the past councilmanic
month showed that he had collected
$292.22 and handed same over to
the borough treasurer.
Chairman Hoffer of the
committee reported as
Several new crossing laid
paired, all ashes and rubbish re-
moved, and several bad places on
Main and High streets filled
crushed stone. Mr. Hoffer
commended that North
street be repaired and a crossing re
laid on said street at Mount Joy;
also relay crossing on East Main
street at the post office; the gutt:r
at the Red Lion be given the proper
grade and South D:lta, South Mar-
ket and North Jacob streets are in
very bad shape should b.
macadamized.
Burgess
Street
follows:
, inlet re-
with
also re-
B.irbara
and
Here there was a lengthy discuss
ion. Mr. Detwiler is of the opinion
that all present macadamized streets
should be repaired and kept in good
condition before those small side
streets are repaired. Messrs. Hoffer
and Brown ditfer and thought they
should be macadamized, Mr.
Browu said they should be
better shape and if there is not
enough money here to do
the tax rate.”
put in
it, “raise
Hoffer's re-
ordered
Upon motion all Mr,
commendations were and
the three streets
will be macadamized.
Mr. Detwiler reported that the
property owners from Frank’s malt
house to the Farmer's Inn, on old
Market street, should be compelled
to lay the pavement.
The
short mentioned
No action,
railroad bridges aud
proaches on Marietta Jacob
streets are in bad shape and the
Clerk was instructed to notify the
P. R. R. to repair same.
ap-
and
Mr. Longenecker reported the
wood foot bridge at the Methodist
church in bad shape, It will
be replaced by an iron oe.
now
Mr. Hamaker of the Water com-
mittee reported having purchased a
carload of and Mr. Brown
mentioned that the subsiding reser-
coal
voir was repaired.
Mr. Detwiler reported that at a
recent meeting of the committee,
Wm. Manning’s house was assessed
at $600. instead of $700. as here-
tofore,
The lights were all reported as
being in excellent condition,
Mr. Brown said the old pumps at
the water works have been torn out
and the foundation for the
gasoline engine and pumps is in
position. The pumps and engine
are on thie way and are expected to
arrive here this week and if there is
no detention, they wil! be running
ere the close of the month,
new
Complaint was mades about the
waste water in the gutter along the
Baker properties on Hast Main street
and the Clerk was ordered to notify
the residents in that vicinity not to
run wash or waste water into the
gutter hereafter and the Street com-
mittes will investigate why the
water after each rain does not drain
off.
Mr. Hoffer of the board of Health,
reported having investigated the
sewer outlet from Mumma & Det-
wiler's slaughter house and even on
a warm day there was no stench
whatever, Also that in
month this firm’s
about a
new slaughter
house would be completed and the
cld one will be deserted.
There was “i lengthy dis-
passion on this subject. Upon
ation the inlet at the above
aghter house was ordered closed
5 soon agdlumma & Detwiler va-
cate, hn Mr, Longenecker
ounds, that if one
running
TOO IPD,
py Ye deptivk. © waste
into the boragh®™} sewer pipes,
others should #0 fbe deprived of
the same privilege.
Alois Bube’s connection to the
sewer, Philip Frank Malting Com-
pany and the Rollman Manufactur-
g Company were then discussed.
on motion of Mr. Detwiler the
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president appointed the followiog
committee to look up all the con-
nections made to the borough’s
sewerage and report at the next
regular meeting : Messrs, Detwiler,
Longenecker and Hoffer.
Mr, Hoffer also reported that he
gave Mumma & Detwiler a permit
to build a slaughter in the
borough.
Constable Eli Williams wants
Council to assist him to do away
with corner loafing by printing the
ordinance relative thereto and he
house
will enforce them.
The treasurer’s report showed a
balance in the Borough account on
June 5, of $109.27 and in the Water
account on same date, $3,656.25.
Main street was reported in bad
condition at some places and should
be repaired but Mr. Hoffer thought
that it would be useless to do so as
Council recently gave the Rohrers-
town, Lancaster and Mount Joy
Railway company right of way to
lay their tracks ou said street and
as the line is now being built, let
them repair the street,
The ordinance of the Philadelphia,
Lancaster and Harrisburg Railway
Company was then read
action was taken. The ordinance
contains a clause that $500 must be
deposited at the Union National
Bark as a guarantee of good faith
that the line will be built within
two years from the passage of the
ordinance.
A resolution was then passed by
Council as suggested by the post
office department, authorizing Bur-
gess H. C,
person to
Schock as the proper
receive all post office
money.
The
paid :
C. Schock, lumber, $3.09; Penna, R.
R. Co., freight on car load of coal, 31.57;
Frank Conrad, hauling, 42.60; ‘R. D
Wood & Co., supplies, 58.36; P. R. R.,
freight, 3.57; Central Machine Works.
supplies, 43.96; Hector Henery, labor
and cement, 12.15: Adams Express Co..
1 48; Wm, Elsworth, supplies, 3.45; HH.
S. Newcomer, supplies, 50.86; Herr &
Snavely, supplies, 10.45; Samuel Fas-
nacht, labor, 42,20; David Garber, labor,
40.95; Jacob Garber, labor, 5.00; Andrew
Weidman, labor, 2.50; Howard Nauman,
Louis Siller, John Kramer, and Andrew
Weidman, each 3.00 for cleaning reser-
voir; A. B. Welsh, labor, 50.93; J. J. Pen-
nell, salary, 5.00; Groff & Graybill,
screening, 8.77; Frank Good, salary, $30.
following bills were then
Tax collector David Boyce was
then heard and he was exhonerat.d
from collecting 1904 taxes - to the
amount of $47.48.
Upon motion Collector Boyce was
instructed to collect taxes from
several persons if arrests must be
made and Council will defray all
expenses in such cases.
Adjourned at 10.45 p. m
A Good Thing For Farmers.
Attention is called to the large
advertisement of Adam IH. Weaver.
It will pay every farmer to read the
advertisement carefully, and also to
follow Mr. Weaver's
gard to his invention.—His supports
have heen on the market for
than five years, and
adyice in re-
mote
are giving
universal satisfaction wherever used
Over 2,000 of them are in use in
Lancaster county alone, while
thousand’s of them are found in the
great Western wheat belts,
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Success, Mr. Swarr.
Last week this office printed a lot
of posters for K: H. Swarr, who re-
sides a short distance south of town.
He is the general representative of
of the Brown Fence Company, the
manufactures of one of the best,
strongest and cheapest wire fences
on the market today, He is doing
quite an extensive ‘business in this
community,
—en
Bought Hossler’'s Property.
Auctioneer George S. Vogle sold
the real estate and personal property
of the late John Hossler of Florin,
at public sale on: Saturday. The
property was purchased by Ephraim
Hertzler of near Schwanger’s black-
smith shop for $2,395,
Henry KE. Terry, a well known
resident of Maytown, died at his
home in that place at ten o'clock
last night. Deceased was aged
seventy-six years.
Other local notes on page 4.
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LOCAL HAPPENINGS.
Happenings of the Week Told in a Brief
Yet Iteresting Mannner.
The borough schools will close
tomorrow.
H. L. Mooney returned home
from the hospital yesterday.
A daughter was born to Oscar
Pomel and wife on Monday.
Home raised strawberries are be-
coming quite pleaty at ten cents a
box.
Mrs. H. W. Kraybill fell in the
garden on Monday and dislocated
her shoulder,
Martin Hiestand has
the Harry Shrite
Marietta street,
Wm. H, Gantz offers his desira—
ble brick dwelling in Marietta at
private sale, See ad.
va photograph gallery will be op-
ened in M. L, Greider’s new build-
ing in the very near future.
M. L; Greider & Co..of this place
will install an acetylene gas plant
in Abram Cassel’s new residence at
Manheim,
On Monday morning a large
number of foreigners arrived here
and were put to work on the Man-
heim road, :
purchased
property on
John W. McGinnis is nursing a
badly bruised arm the result of be-
ing hit by a ball at one of last Tues
day’s games.
; Frank Drabensta lt won the 214
dollar gold piece given away by Dr,
E. W. Garber last week, Frank
hid 31 sodas,
Dr. B. Rubin will leave this even-
ing for Washington. D. C..
he will spend several days,
ing next Monday.
where
return—
A horse that was recently injured
in a runaway, was killed and fed to
fifty five hounds owned by Bie
Zeamers at Kinderhook.
Miss C. Smith, who has been the
head trimer in ihe millinery depart-
meet at Yoffe’s store, left Monday
for Baltimore where she will visit
her sister. She will not return,
There was much rumor afloat that
the J. L. Tempest Dramatic Co.
would show here in the near future
This engagemer.t is off but the com-
pany will be here in September.
A young man from town was re-
cently caught “swiping’’ at an east
The guilty person
krows who we mean and he is here-
by warned to keep his distance in
the future.
end residence,
An amusing incident occurred on
Manheim street at the borough lim-
its on Sunday. A certain gentle
man in his endeaver to scare a dog.
was 80 badly frightened by two la-
dies that he is trembling yet.
A valuable horse belonging to
John Myers, south of town, met
death in a peculiar manner yesterday.
Mr. Myers threw the harness on th:
animal when it reared and fell back
ward striking its head and killing
it instantly.
When Mrs, P, J. Dieter returned
home from [larrisburg on Sunday,
she left her suit-case on the train
and through our obliging station
agent and the P, R. R’s. honest em.
ployes, it was returned tLe follow-
ing day.
A special meeting of Friendship
Fire company was held Monday
evening. The company intends to
participate in a parade at Lititz on
the Fourth, but will only go pro-
vided Otsego Tribe does not go to
Middletown as a number of firemen
are Red Men,
Quit His Job.
Samuel Hershey, the able young
clerk who was employed at Wolf
Yoffe's store for the past three
months, quit his job on Monday and
has gone to his home at Landisville,
After a three weeks’ vacation he
will start working for the Monitor
Steam Heating company where he
will learn stcam fitting,
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Saturday Was the Last Day.
Saturday, June 8, was the last
day to pay the 1905 state and county
taxes and get 5 per cent. rebate,
After June 8 theamount wiil remain
not until October 5, and after that
date 5 per cent. will be added,
it; rrr ir era ———
= THE WEEKLY BULLETIN ACTUALLY HAS A LARGER 8 Loc AL CIRCULATION THAN ANY MOUNT JOY
PERSONALS.
Owen Brandt is home on a short
vacation. \
Henry Rinehart fof Steeiton, vis—
ited friends here last week,
Miss Geta Bendey spent a few
days at Harrisburg last week,
Miss Katie Shrite{ of New York,
is the guest of her plarents here.
Christ Stoner of Allegheny City,
spent a few days hele with his sis-
ter last week. {
Miss Estella Long Jecker attend-
ed the commencem, Jt exercises at
State College.
James Yellets | and
Wrightsville, were visitors to our
town on Monday. |
Rev. and Mrs. I. EK.
few days at Reading]
Springs last week,
wife of
Runk spent a
and Sinking
Harry Barnhart aod family of
York enjoyed an automobile ride to
our town on Sunday.
Mrs. Hattie Wagner of Marietta,
was the guest of her daughter Mrs.
Wm. Wagner on Sufday.
Miss May Manni of Metzgar
College, Carlisle, wagwahe guest of
her parents the past week.
B. M. Root and wife of York,
spent Sunday with the family of E.
M. Trexler on Marietta street,
Ira Brandt of New Yo. < City,
spent a few days in town with his
parents, J. M. Braudt and wife.
Miss Katie Witmer left on Friday
for Swampscott, Mass! where she
will spend some timegffva relatives,
Miss Fanny Henny spect ' Friday
at Neffsville where, she was called
op account of the illness of her sister.
Jacob Grissinger, wo is
busy sawing out lumb
ests of Virginia, spent
town.
Miss Sallie Fer sher left on
Saturday noon for sburg where
she will spend her sumwmer’s vaca-
tion.
very
r in the for-
"Sunday in
Herb, Hartman and wife of Lan-
caster, were Sunday ° visitors with
the latter’s parents, T. M. Brene-
man and wife.
Hon. and Mrs. J. D. Cameron
arriyed here on Sunday and went to
their mansion at Donegal, where
they will remain for some time,
Mrs. Barbara Hemperly left on
Monday for Washington, D. C.,
where she will visit her son Charles
and son-in-law, Dr, KE, C. Rice and
family.
Miss Annie M. Walker of New-
ville, a former teacher here will ar-
rive here on Friday where she will
spend some time with the family of
John F, Pyle.
Samuel Sheaffer and daughter
Ethel spent Sunday and [Monday at
Cross Roads, York county. Miss
Ida Bell accompanied them to this
place and will make her future home
here.
A
CHURCH DOINGS
Services at Cross Roads on Sun-
day were well attended.
The German Baptists
in the M. E. church at
Sunday.
worshiped
Ilorin on
The Brethren in Christ held pray-
er-meeting at the home of J. G.
Hershey in Florin last Saturday
evening,
Children’s Day services were held
in the U, B. church Sunday evening
when an excellent program was
rendered.
Z. W. Keller led the Epworth
League in the Methodist charch
Sunday evening on the | subject,
‘I'he Sins of Our Town.”
Rev, Henry 8S, Bower of Mont-
gomery county, preached an able
sermon at Kraybill’s meeting house
on Saturday afternoon and at Boss-
ler’s on Sunday afternoon. |
Rev, C. C. Burkholder pf Cali-
fornia, who conducted a series of
meetings at the Cross Roads five
years ago, will be present on next
Wednesday and Thursday when the
love feast will be held, \
The Brethren in Christ vill hold
preaching in the hall tdwporrow
evening when Rev. Harvey |
Kansas and others, mission
South Africa will preach
C. C. Burkholder of Califor
Solomon Engle of Philadel
also expected to be present,
BOARD ORGANIZED
Elected a New Jauitor on Monday Eyen-
ing—Other Business.
The regular monthly meeting of
the Borough School Board was held
on Monday evening when the
Board organized as follows : #
Pres.—T. J. Brown,
Sec.—J. W. Eshleman,
Treas—M. M. Brubaker,
Janitor—]J. H. Shellenberger,
The salaries of the teachers were
slightly changed at this meeting.
Hereafter the principal will receive
$80 per month instead of $75.
The assistant principal will receive
#5 more making it $55 per month
while the remaining teachers will
receive $45 per month.
The tax rate is same as last year
8 mills ; 634 mills school tax and
14 mills building tax.
There was an exceptionally large
number of applicants for the jani-
torship this year there being eight
as follows, Jacob Morton, Jacob
Garber jr., John W. Greenawalt,
Frank W. Conrad, Wm. Greenleaf,
R. H. Herr, Cyrus Foreman and
J. H. Shellenberger. The latter
was elected but only on the fifth
ballot.
The present janitor Jacob KE.
Kover was not an applicant.
A special meeting will be held
next Monday evening when teach-
ers will be elected We are in-
formed that with the exception of
Miss Lulu Greiner, all the present
teachers will be applicants for re-
election.
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Aer Ferkauft de Beshta.
Vel nochber ve sin die awga
olavile. Denksht net du setsht a
pore brilla hova. Von se net
darich der dawk broucht, ferlicht
setsht en pore hova fer laesa. Now
lus mich der sawga, von du goota
brilla vit un aw brilla des die awga
fitta, don vit du fer sure tzum Duck
ter Rubin. Aer is necksht wuch
ny McGinnis sie vats-house
tzana konsht oly dawk.
Now ferges es net un tend datzu
graut aveck.
Wreck at Florin.
A slight wreck oceurred on the
P. R. R. at Florin and the prompt
action of the road’s employes pre-
vented a second wreck, A west—
bound freight train passed through
here at about five o'clock Friday
evening when one of the trucks nin
der a lime car broke and the ear
was derailed and ran on the ties for
some distance. The switch at F.
N. tower in Florin threw it off the
track and delayed traftic for an hour.
The Columbia wreckers put the car
which was loaded with line,
tracks again. No one was injured.
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In Good Shape.
Section Foreman Frank Stoll,
who is certainly a hustler, has th
sidings at Schock’s, Baker’s, De-
Long’s and Brand § Stehman’s in
better shape than’, s becn for
years, Netw ties werd putin and
the plank crossing for teams and
foot passengers on North Mark:
street, was replace l with a stone
crossing covered oyer with screen-
ings. Mr, Stoll deserves praise for
the condition in which he keeps his
entire section,
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How He Got It. \
J. H. Shellenberger is em-
ployed at Middletown, on Friday
read a copy of the Daily Journal of
that town when he saw the item
that this paper contiined last week
and which was copied by the Jour-
nal iu reference to a janitor. Mr.
Shellenberger at once: made appli-
cation and on Monday evening was
elected to the office, therefore it is
through this paper that he got the
job, Ads. in this paper bring the
result,
who
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Now Will You be Good.
At 12,30 on Sunday morning
Constable Eli Williams was awak-
ened from his quiet slumbers by
three gentlemen from town who
took a fancy to singing. Mr, Will.
1ams placed the teio in the lockup,
went home and finished his “nap”
nd let the men go. They will be
ga sshven a hearing this week.
‘else is men with
Ball Notes.
Maytown on Saturday afternoon
won its seventh consecutive game
when they defeated the Lafayettes
of York, by- the score of 3 to 2.
“Owie” Brandt held down secon:
base for Lititz on Saturday
played a star game. He had 2 rans,
8 hits, and 4 assists. Lititz won.
The All Stars met defeat at the
hands of the Keystones at Elizabeth
town on Saturday by a 11 to 10
score in twelve innings.
certainly playing the game.
Mr. Billet, the crack left fielder
of the York Tri-State league team,
was the guest of Eli Shreiner in
town on Saturday forenoon. Mrs.
Billet spent the past week here.
Mount Joy will have Rohrerstown
as their opponents on Eby’s field on
Saturday afternoon when the boys
will try and lift another scalp.
Game at 3.30. Turn out and en-
courage the boys as they are play-
ing good ball at present.
and
That’s
As suggested by this paper one
month ago, the G. I. C. team will
hereafter be called Mount Joy and
will not only consist of Grey Iron
men but of the best to be had in
the town. On Saturday they had
no trouble in taking the Lancaster
Amateurs into camp by a score of
12 to 8. The visitors were com-=
posed of three ex-Akronites, two
of which were given a chance.n the
Tri-State League, but with all that
we had a cinch, The first few inn--
ings were the finest seen here this
season but after that it was a slug-
ging match.
Not Observed as Haretofoe
Lured away from the
of their youth by the recent heayy
rains the majority of the farmers in
this vicinity spent the greater part
of Ascension Thursday plan_.ag to
bacco. They felt that they onzht
to spend the day in their usual man-
ner of picnicking along the river,
but the splendid opportunity afford
ed them to plant the weel provel
too great a temptation. Quite =a
few of them, however, took a half
or quarter holiday.
traditions
es
Work on the Trolley Line.
The work of making the road bel
for the trolley line between Lancas-
ter and Mount Joy is being pushed
as rapidly as possible. The work
is being done under the supervisio
of the Conestoga Traction company.
One hundred more Italians were put
on the work, which makes about
400 men on the job. What the con
tractors want more than anything
horses and carts
and they seem to be very scarce,
rn pr,
. Eight Per Cent Dividends.
Among the new advertisers in
this. week’s issue is that of the In-
ternal Lumber and Development
Co., of which H, J. Miller, Lancas-
ter, is the resident manager, This
company has a plantation of 238,000
acres of land in Mexico which it is
endeavoring to cultivate, It isa
rich country for many products and
should have your consideration.
Read the ad carefully on page 4,
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Piking the Manheim Road.
The surveyors have complete l
their task and the work of piking a
mile of the road leading from here
to Manheim has begun. The State
will defray half the expenses of this
work while the county will pay the
other half. The section to be
macadamized is from Kready’s
nursery to the residence of Peter
Brubaker, which is very necessary.
Aten.
Gradually Advanuiig.
The Mount Joy Athletic. Associa-
tion, which is becoming very popu-
lar here, made another marked im-
provement to their grounds when it
placed wire netting around the ten-
nis courts on the north, east and
south, The grounds are also being
leveled. :
tee
Deserves Much Patronage.
We call the attention of our read
ers to the advertisement of Mrs.
Fred Koch in another column, She
cleans, presses, and repairs clothing
in a very satisfactory manner and
surely deserves a share of your
patronage
i
tery,
NE WSPAPER
FLORIN NOTES.
Many Brief items of Interest Throughout
This Section.
Miss Annie Shank spent Sunday
at Maytown,
Don’t miss the festival in town
Saturday evening.
Elmer Walters of Columbia, vis-
ited in town Sunday. «
Henry Young and family
Sunday at Elizabethtown.
Irvin Walters and wife of Mount
Joy, spent Sunday in town.
Operator Ed. Booth was off on a
two days’ vacation this week.
Harry Dietrich of Palmyra, paid
his brother here a visit, Sunday. *
Rev. H. M. Miller of Elizabeth-
town, visited friends here Saturday
Andrew Hostetter of Millersville
was a welcome guest in town Sun-
day.
Miss Barbara Becker of Man-
heim, spent Sunday at John Mas-
terson’s.
spent
A. B. Winters and wife spent
Sunday at Manheim as guests of
their son.
Mrs. Sheaffer of Elizabethtown,
called on her acquaintances here
last week,
H. S. Musselman recently ex-
changed his organ for a specially
fine piano.
Aaron Hossler and wife of ILe-
high county, are spending some
time in town,
Children’s Day services will he
observed in the M, E.
Sunday, June 18.
church on
Milton Shank, wife and daugh-
ter of near Hossler’s church, spent
Sunday at Shank’s.
Mrs. Annie Clark and Mrs. Hen-
ry Witmer of Donegal, were guests
in the family of John Shank
Friday.
last
Miss Carrie Reitzel and gentle-
man friend of Middletown were the
guests of Mrs. John Morton one
day last week.
William Watson and wife will
go to Steelton on Saturday where
they will visit the families of their
son and their daughter.
Beginning on Sunday, June 18,
a series of Evangelistic meetings
will be held in the Florin Park, to
to continue for an indefinite time.
The polling place in town, on
East Donegal! township side, was
changed by the Court on Saturday
from Amos Sheaffer's residence to
John Raymond’s new building.
T. M. Yost and wife, Miss Ber-
tha Yost, Dr. Rhoads and Harry
Palmer, of Middletown; Miss Gert
rude Brehm of Gettysburg, Chas.
and Wm. Dierolf of Elizabethtown
spent Sunday at J. S. Carmany’s.
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NEWTOWN.
Mrs. Minnie Hahn and Susan
Gruber paid their parents a visit
on Sunday.
Clayton Spahr and family of
Landisville, were.the guests of Ab-
ram Mumma on Sunday.
Albert Rhoads and family of Co-
lumbia, John Roads of Gravel Hill
were the guests of their mother on
Sunday.
Elizabeth, wife of John KXem-
merly sr., fell on the brick pave-
ment in her yard and broke her
arm above the wrist,
The Quarterly Conference for
this appointment will be held on
Saturday the 18th at Silver Spring
Communion services Sunday after-
noon with Rev. Lowry officiating.
Richard Frank, a well known
citizen of this place, died at the
home of his daughter in York from
dropsy. Deceased was born in
Germany Dec. 8, 1834. Heis sur-
vived by 10 children, 36 grand-
children and 7 great grandchildren
Interment took place at York.
OBITUARY NOTES
Henry Davis, one of the best
known citizens of this borough,
died on Saturday at his home here
aged 60 years. He was very well
known throughout this section. He
leaves a daughter, Mrs. Harvey
Shelly of Lancaster. The funeral
was held from'Brunver’s undertak-
ing establishment Monday aftern a
with interment in the Eberle
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