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“General News for
VOL. XXVII, No. 42
1he Mount Jo
MOUNT JOY, PENNA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 1928
vy Bulletin
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$1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
Show Us a Man Carrying Home a Bill Board and We’ll Admit That
Bulletin Advertising Has Competition
Local Missionary
Home On Furlough
MRS. NAOMI LADY, OF SOUTH
RHODESIA, A BRETHREN IN
CHRIST WORKER IN THE
FAR EAST
Mrs, Naomi Lady and son, David,
of Bulawayo, South Rhodesia,
South Africa, were guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Amos Weolgemuth on Sat-
urday. Mrs. Lady also spoke at
the cottage prayer meeting on Sat-
urday evening at the home of
Graybill Wolgemuth, near Mt. Plea-
sant ‘church.
Mrs. Lady ‘has been a Brethren
in Christ Missionary for the. past
mine years and is now on a year
and a half’s furlough in this coun-
the missionaries
are allowed more, on account of
their Wa~Ith or other conditions.
Mrs® _ady and her son made the
trip from Bulawayo to Capetown
by raidroad; from Capetown *o
Bngland they had passage on the
steamship “Beltana,” requiring 24
days; they traveled on the steam-
ship “Celtic,” requiring ten days.
They were overdue when traveling
on both boats, due to the very
stormy seas. The journey was
made by herself and son, her hus-
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DONEGAL FARMER GETS
$1,200 FOR LAND TAKEN
Henry Beshler, of Maytown, has
been awarded $1,200 by viewers
for land ‘taken in condemnation
proceedings by the school board of
Maytown. The viewers were Willis
G. Kendig, H. H. Koser and George
W. Hensel.
\ A hearing was held in the Court
Yotonse Thursday, when a number of
were heard. Beshler valu-
his ground at $1,000 per acre,
d there were other witnesses who
ve similar testimony. The land
ken includes about 2 1-4 acres
som a five acre tract. It was al-
ed that the best part of the farm
taken for the school site,
for the school board, a number
of witnesses testified the land was
worth $150 to $200 pe are for
farm land. The school board also
will provide a playground.
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A LOCAL HARPIST WILL
PLAY AT PHILADELPHIA
Miss Doris Mae Gorrecht, 14
year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Mon W. Gorrecht, the West Main
/ street jewler, a pupil of Miss Schaf-
under Carlos Salzedo. Miss Gor-
recht will play in an ensemble of
[0 harp, under the direction of
algo, today, at the Academy of
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Quick Reading
INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
“FROM ALL OVER THE COUN-
TRY FOR THE BENEFIT
OF BUSY PEOPLE
Harold Hauer is ill at his home.
Anthracite coal prices will be re-
duced next Monday.
Mrs, Elmer Heisey is able to be
about again after 3 weeks illness,
Quarryville Fire Company just
received a 500-gallon La France
pumper.
Mr. and Mrs, Henry Evans, on N.
Barbara street, entertained quite a
- mumber of folks on Sunday.
The proprietor of the Wayside
Inn, west of Lancaster, was held
up and robbed Friday night,
Governor John S. Fisher named
George S. Zuch to be a justice-of-
the peace in Marietta Borough.
My and Mrs. Harry Williams, Jr.,
of near Colebrook, formerly of this
place announce the birth of a son.
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Work Progressing Nicely
Construction work at the Crip-
pled Children’s hospital, being
erected at Elizabethtown, is pro-
gressing satisfactorily, according to
the report of Dr. Theodore B.
Appel, State secretary of health.
The roof on the first unit has been
erected and work on the second
unit begun.
“Swiped” A Battery
Last week Chief of Police Elmer
Zerphey arrested Calvin Eisenber-
ger for the larceny of an auto
battery from the machine of Har-
vey Zink, of Rapho township. Mr.
Zink did not press the charge after
returned the battery.
He was heard before Squire Zeller.
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Underwent An Operation
Misses Elizabeth and Gertrude
Brubaker, of 26 West Donegal
street received a telegram stating
their sister, Esther, of Berkeley,
Calif., has undergone an operation
for gall stones. Her condition at this
writing is satisfactory.
She Was Disorderly
Sunday night Chief Zerphey ar-
rested Carrie Wilson, colored of
this place, for drunk and disorderly
OBJECT IN THROAT
Edward Thomas Murphy,
afternoon after he fell
porch at the
during a coughing spell.
is said to have started
became lodged in his throat.
Dr. I. S. Simons,
ed just a few minutes before the
child died and was unable to re-
move the object before death occur-
red. Neither the physician nor the
parents were able to learn what the
child swallowed. No autopsy was
held.
Besides the parents, these sisters
survive: Mangaret, Mary, Catherine,
and Anna, at home. Services were
held Tuesday morning at the home,
with burial in Mt. Tunnel cemetery.
The School Board
Of Rapho Township
ALL MEMBERS RESIGNED EX-
CEPT TWO—TWO WERE RE-
ELECTED BUT WHO THE
FIFTH WILL BE 1S A
QUESTION
There is quite a
school directorate
ship at present. Our readers will
remember the election of Cyrus
Good and then the ousting proceed-
ings which have been in progress.
The situation as it now stands is
best explained in the following art-
icle taken from the last issue of
the Manheim Sentinel:
“In our last issue of March ninth
we called attention to the contro-
versary then in progress concerning
the legality of the election of Cyrus
H. Good as a member of the school
board of Rapho township. It was
stated at that time that the matter
had been taken to the Court of
Quarter Sessions and that decision
was awaited following argument
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A FAREWELL SURPRISE
FOR MISS ETHEL WI
The Junior Endeavor Society of
the Church of God gave a farewell
surprise party for Miss Ethel Buch-
er Saturday afternoon. The follow-
ing were present: Ethel Bucher,
Barbara Ann Walters, Caroline,
Mary Louise, Christine and Beulah
Smith, Delores Pennel, Dorothy and
Bernita MacDannald, Carsena Eng-
le, Marie Mumma, Thelma Hilt,
June Peifer, Mary Barnhart, Irene
Baymond, Dorothy Baker, Anna and
Emma Geib, Mildred Geib, Edna
Rahm, Kathryn and Mildred Linde-
muth, June Pennel and sister, Mae
Hawthorne, Mrs. H. F. Hawthorne,
Mrs. Lindemuth, Richard Beamen-
derfer, Charles Peifer, Richard Par-
sons, Charles Bailey, Richard, Rob-
ert and Wilbur Hawthorne, Robert
and Elias Lindemuth, Jack Bennett,
Raymond Pennel, John Baymond.
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AN LRONVILLE MAN IS
EXPERT WITH THE NEEDLE
mixup in the
of Rapho town-
James Rounsely, who resides at
Ironville, and is employed in an
iron mill, is an expert needle work-
er. He adopted this somewhat cur-
ious hobby in 1904 and since that
time he has made over 4,000 cush-
ion tops, ornamented with em-
broidery and drawn work.
He has also made 187 quilts,
some of which contain over 300
pieces. The designs are unique
and attractive, and have won envy
and admiration of the many ladie
who have seen them.
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Another Property Sold
On Friday evening auctioneer C.
S. Frank sold at public sale at the
Bulletin Office for Mrs. Mazzie May
Nissley, a two and a half story
frame house, No. 60 West Main
Street to Daniel H. S. Derr for
$2525.00. This property was oc-
cupied by the late Alice Brandt
Ebersole.
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Home and Much Better
Mr. John W. Newcomer, who was
a patient at St. Joseph’s hospital,
was brought to his home here on
Friday and we are more than pleas-
ed to say that he is getting along
fine.
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Lupold—Wanner
Hayden E. Lupold, Postmaster of
East Petersburg, and Miss Florence
M. Wanner, of Lancaster. were
married at the home of the bride's
parents, Mr, and Mrs, Daniel S.
Wanner, in Terre Hill, Tuesday at
noon.
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Installing a Feeder
An automatic feeder is being in-
stalled on.one of the job presses
at the Bulletin office this week by a
Philadelphia machinist.
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Flower Sale
All kinds of Easter Flowers will
be on sale on Friday and Saturday,
April 6-7, at the Ricksecker build-
ing.
Bishop Metzler Coming
Bishop Isaac Metzler will preach
in the Mennonite church on Donegal
conduct. She is the housekeeper
of William Gantz, on JQ Yeim
street. Loo \ a
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Springs road here Thursday evening
one-
year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. George
Murphy, of Rheems, died Saturday
from the
home of his parents
The child
coughing
when he swallowed an object which
of Elizabeth-
town, was summoned, but he arriv-
IS FATAL TO CHILD
ru ence
At noon Thursday, an automobile
being driven toward Columbia on
the Ironville pike, skidded and
crashed through the fence at the
George Yinger farm, this side of
ithe Cordelia station. Several posts
were broken off and the fence dam-
aged. The auto is said to have
i been wrecked, but the driver escap-
ed injury.
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WILL BE RETIRED AFTER
31 YEARS OF SERVICE
Mr. Christian S. Geib, on North
Barbara street, who has been em-
ployed by the Pennsylvania Rail-
road Company, in the Signal De-
partment for the past thirty-one
years, on the Philadelphia Division,
will be retired on Saturday.
Mr. Geib started in the Signal
Department, was never layed” off,
and was very seldom sick. He was
always faithful and }never’ needed
reprimands from Mr.
Amos Garber, on Fyank street, of
this place, was his bs “boss,” un-
der whom he worked twenty-seven
vears. The past several years he
has been employed at Harrisburg,
vet still being in the Signal Depart-
ment.
Mr. Geib will be placed on
pension list.
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Interesting Talks
Miss Laura Strickler gave a very
interesting talk on Missions on
the
Sunday morning in the U. B. Sun-
day School.
Mrs. Frank Germer, the U. B.
Institute at Lancaster on Saturday,
gave a fine report during Sunday
School.
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Florin Community Sale
The next Community Sale at the
Florin Hall, Florin, Pa., will be
held Friday evening, March 30th,
at 6.30 o'clock P. M. They will
sell anything and everything.
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Road We Must All
Travel Sometime
MANY WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
HAVE PASSED TO THE
GREAT BEYOND
Mrs. Martha Culley died at Col-
umbia,
Mrs. Catherine Wright, aged 70,
died at Columbia.
Mrs. B. Frank Hogentogler died
at Columbia aged 49 years.
Mrs. Margaret Mabel, widow of
Wm. Mabel, died at Columbia aged
83 years,
Catherine, widow of Simon W.
Mann, died Thursday night at Wash-
ingtonboro aged 84 years.
Wm. C. Sproul
William C. Sproul, former gov-
ernor of Pennsylvania, died at his
home at Chester last Wednesday,
aged 57 years,
Israel F. Root
Israel F. Root, 86 years old, died
Thursday night at the Oreville
Home, after lingering due to ad-
vanced age. He was a member of
the Salunga Mennonite church. He
was the last of his family and his
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EXECUTORS PREMITTED TO
SELL AT PRIVATE SALE
The Court has allowed Edgar
L. Eshleman and Walter L. Eshle-
man, executors of John W. Eshle-
man, of this place, to sell at pri-
vate sale to Ezra Ney the two and
a half story frame dwelling in Mt.
Joy for $7,500.
The same executors were allowed
to sell to Elmer L. Haak, at pri-
vate sale the lot at Mt, Gretna for
$2,000,
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Repapered His Home
H. H. Zerphey and Sons, local
paperhangers and painters, have
papered the fine brick home of
Mr. Harry Darrenkamp, on East
Main street, throughout. They have
also done quite a bit of varnishing
and painting in the interior,
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Application For Divorce
An application for divorce from
Paul J. Arndt of Florin, has been
filed in the Dauphin county court
delegate to the Children’s Divisional |
her birthday on Monday.
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DO YOU KNOW
THAT more than three-four-
ths of all the farms in Pennsyl-
vania have dairy cows and nine
out of every ten have chickens?
THAT farmers in Pennsylvan-
ia are producing over five bush-
els more wheat per acre than
fifty years ago?
THAT the longest crop grow-
ing season in Pennsylvania (207
days) is in Philadelphia county
and the shortest (80 days) is in
Potter county?
Several Fires
Over the Week-end
SUMMER HOUSE OF MRS. ALICE
HOFFMAN, ON NORTH BAR-
BARA STREET DAMAGED
ON SATURDAY
AFTERNOON
We had several slight fires in
this community during the past
week but none of them caused
much damage.
A Barn Destroyed
Sparks from a brush fire on the
farm of Harry Rambler several
miles north of Manheim, Monday
afternoon, caused a fire which com-
pletely destroyed a barn and chick-
en coop, and for a time seriously
threatened the farm house.
Summer House Damaged
Out firemen were called out Sat-
urday afternoon to extinguish
flames at the home of Mrs. Alice
Hoffman, on North Barbara street,
where the summer house in the
rear of the dwelling caught fire.
small portion of the roof
was burned due to the quick re-
sponse of our firemen. The origin
of the fire is not known.
Mount Joy Girl
County Champions
LOZAL TEAM DECISIVELY DE-
FEATED ST. ANTHONY TEAM
OF LANCASTER LAST
THURSDAY NIGHT
Among other things, Mount Joy
has the champion Girls basket ball
team of Lancaster county. That
question was settled at Lancaster
last Thursday evening when the
local sextette, for the second time
this season, met and easily defeated
its nearest rival, the St. Anthony
team, by a score of 38 to 21.
Mount Joy played a wonderful
defensive and offensive game. The
guarding of our girls can be ascer-
tained by the fact that Miss Long,
who is the county's leading
scorer, could only get two field
goals while Miss Toland had one
and Miss Reiner five.
Due to the assistance of Al Boy-
er, of Lititz, the Lancaster ladies
were given quite a boost at fouls
as he called’ anything and every-
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We Congratulate You
Mrs. Bortzfield also had a birth-
day.
Helen Bates also celebrated her
birthday.
Ashur Schroll is celebrating his
birthday.
Geta Dietz celebrated her birth-
day last week.
Mrs. David Zerphey celebrated
Mr. F. H. Baker
birthday on Tuesday.
Elmer Heisey celebrated his birth-
day anniversary on Monday,
Mr, Walter Eshleman also cele-
brated his birthday "anniversary.
Little Jimmie Piersol, son of Mr.
and Mrs. James Piersol had a birth-
day last week,
Mary Louise Smith, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Smith, had a
birthday on Saturday.
Billy McLaughlin celebrated his
4th birthday on Friday. He is the
son of Mrs. Ruth McLaughlin.
Barbara S. Brosey, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs, Frank Brosey of
Salunga had a birthday Saturday.
She is 11 years old,
celebrated his
Good Attendance At Clinjc
The Well Baby Clinic held
its regular meeting at the Legion
home with this attendance: thirty-
nine babies, twenty mothers. The
new registration is Edgar Kessler,
Jr., 7 weeks. The hostesses were,
Mrs. O. G. Longenecker, Mrs. E.
W. Garber, Mrs. John Newcomer
R. N., and Gertrude Brubaker R. N.
The Clinic is in charge of Miss
Martha Hauck R. N. State Nurse.
Dr. A. F. Snyder and Dr, Workman
were in professional charge.
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Estates Adjudicated
The following amounts’ remain in
local estates and are for distribu-
tion among heirs:
Jacob Sauder, late of this boro,
$22,159.60.
Martin Nissley,
township, $8,367.97.
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West Hempfield
Entertained Sewing Circle
Esther Helen Walters celebrated
her birthday Saturday by entertain-
ing the members of the Sunshine
B. and L. Association
J Elects Officers
WILL SOON BE READY TO IS-
SUE STOCK—BURGESS H. H.
ENGLE HEADS THE NEW
ORGANIZATION
The directors of the Mount Joy
Building and Loan Association met
at the First National bank last Wed-
nesday afternoon for the purpose of
meeting Mr. Joseph H. McGarth,
bank examiner of Harrisburg, prior
to the granting of the charter. He
found the application favorable
and stated that the charter will be
granted in the very near future.
The directors then effected the
following organization: President,
H. H. Engle; Vice President, John
E. Schroll. The other officers, R.
Fellembaum, treasurer, and Elam
Bomberger, secretary, were elected
at a recent meeting of the stock-
holders.
Chairman Engle then
the following committees.
By-Laws—Messrs. Jno. E. Schroll,
W. D. Chandler and J. Willis Freed.
Property or Investigating —
Messrs, Jno. E, Schroll, Henry G.
Carpenter and H. H. Engle.
Finance—Messrs. R. Fellenbaum,
Elam Bomberger and J. Willis
Freed.
Mr. S. S. Kraybil, whf was,
elected a director, tendered his re-
signation which was accepted. Mr.
J. Willis Freed was elected to the
vacancy.
The Association will be prepared
to receive the payments on stock
in the very near future.
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BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR
MISS GETA DIETZ
appointed
A surprise party was given Geta
CHICKEN AND TOBACCO
THIEVES WERE ARRESTED
A quartette of chicken thieves,
some of whom have made confes-
sions were arrested by County De-
tective C. A. Forrest and Constable
P. J. Bauer and have been committ-
ed to jail for a hearing before Al-
derman Trapnell.
They are Alfred Frecht, aged 38,
of Manheim; Albert Machmer, aged
25, of Lititz; Norman Bryan, aged
15, of Manheim township and Ro-
bert Shaeffer, aged 15, of Manheim.
The officers say that they have
confessions that the quartette stole
approximately three hundred chick-
ens at various times from five
places. The victims are Amos
Weidman, who lives on the Man-
heim-Mount Joy road; H. Fahnes-
tock and Peter Eckert, who lives
on the Lititz-Manheim road, and
men named Wenger and Bomber-
ger who live in Manheim. It is
also admitted that they stole sever-
al bales of tobacco from a truck on
the highway and sold it.
Local Doings
Around Florin
ALL THE UP-TO-DATE HAPPEN.
INGS FROM THAT THRIVING
AND BUSY VILLAGE
THE PAST WEEK
Lot of Worthless
Stock Disposed Of
4181; SHARES OF NISSLY-SWISS
CHOCOLATE COMPANY STOCK.
SOLD AT PUBLIC SALE
FOR THIRTY CENTS
There were surprises galore at &
sale of securities at the auction
rooms of J. B. Long and Co., at
Lancaster Monday when the follow-
ing stocks and bonds were sold:
For Thirty
138% shares Nissly-Swiss Choco-
late Company common to B. J. My-
ers at 10 cents per lot.
30 shares Nissley-Swiss Chocolate:
Company preferred to B. J. Myers,
attorney, at 10 cents per lot.
250 shares Nigsly-Swiss Chocolate
Company common to B. J. Myers
at 10 cents per lot,
8 shares Nissly-Swiss Chocolate
Company preferred to B. J. Myers,
attorney, at 10 cents per lot.
Hoffman Bankrupt Est.
For the bankrupt estate of Mich-
ael R. Hoffman, Michael R. Hoff-
man, Jr, Guy S. Hoffman, Mary
Hoffman Bausman and Esther Hoff-
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PRIZE WINNERS AT THE
LEGION’S CARD PARTY
Mr. and Mrs. A.
Peris spent |
Sunday at Washington. D. C.
Miss Stella Waschstetter spent
Saturday at Elizabethtown, |
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Landvator,
spent Saturday at Lancaster.
Mrs. Harvey Musselman of Har-
risburg spent Sunday at Florin.
Myr, Harvey Leedom of Camp Hill
spent Friday here with his parents.
Mr, A. Peris is sporting a new
Dietz on Friday evening, March 23, |
1928, at her home on East Main |
street. The following folks helped
her celebrate: Helen Dillinger,
Fannie Dillinger, Dorothy Baker, |
Ruth Bishop, Almeda Kaylor, Mar-
tha Hawthorne, Pauline Heilig,
Mary Ellen Stoner, Margaret
Strickler, Doris Grove, Beatrice
Derr, Evelyn Smeltzer, Louise Gar-
lin, Elizabeth Heilig, Beatrice Wag-
ner, Ruth Hendrix, Geta Dietz,
Henry Frank, Lester Mumma, Don-
ald Smith, Harold Hauer, James
Shaeffer, Joseph Schroll, Paul Hos-
tetter, John Fellenbaum. Harold
Backenstoe, Bruce Greiner, John
Schroll, Frank Schneider, Richard
Bates, Joseph Greiner, Jacob Linde-
muth, Lena Dillinger, Mrs. William
Dillinger, Mrs. Clyde Eshleman,
Mrs. John Hendrix, Mr, and Mrs.
E. D. Ebersole. Geta received
many beautiful gifts.
Games were played and refresh-
ments were served. Everyone re-
ported an enjoyable evening.
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Picked From Our
Weekly Card Basket
PERSONAL MENTION ABOUT
THE MANY COMERS AND
GOERS IN THIS LOCALITY
Mr, A. C. Kover spent a few days
at Berwyn.
Mrs. Christian S. Geib was a vis-
itor at Lancaster on Tuesday.
Miss Mary Henderson visited
friends at Harrisburg last Tuesday.
Mrs. Edna Witmer and daughter,
Luella, visited in Lancaster on|
Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Felker
tended Rev. Sheetz’s funeral
Sunday.
Mrs. John H, Stoll of Merchant-|
ville, N. J., was in town Monday,
on business.
Mr. and Mrs. Eli Ebersole attend-
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at-
on
Rag Carpet Party |
The American Legion Auxiliary |
will hold a carpet rag party on
Thursday afternoon, March 29th, |
at the Legion Home. Come and
bring your carpet rags, to be pre- |
pared and sent to U. S. Veterains’ |
Hospital, Perrypoint, Md., where |
they will be made into rugs by the
disabled soldiers. i
All ladies of this community are
invited to attend, whether auxiliary
members or not. |
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Under Same Ownership
The Lancaster Newspapers Ine. |
is a new syndicate which last week |
purchased all the daily and Sunday |
newspapers in Lancaster City which |
include the New Era, Intelligencer, |
News Journal and Sunday News,
They will continue to be published |
as heretofore.
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Baked Ham And Bean Supper
The St. Mary's Guild of the St.
Luke’s Episcopal Church, will hold
a Baked Ham and Bean supper in|
the basement of the church on Sat-
urday, April 14th, beginning at
five o'clock.
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Receiving Many Cars
Mr. P. Frank Schock received a
carload of Chevrolet cars and
Mr. E. B. Rohrer received a carload
of Hudsons the past week.
Emme Somme
Letters Granted
Harry F. Brooks, Jr., East Don-
Sewing Circle, After sewing, games
and music were enjoved and re-
at 7:30.
by Viola M. Arndt, of Harrisburg.
freshments were served.
egal township, administrator of
Mary E. Linthurst, Mount Joy!
township. |
on,
{ taurant yesterday.
Buick Master Six Brougham since
last week.
Levy Bros. closed their tobacco
ware-house here after packing to-
bacco for the past to months. |
Mrs, Harry Smith, of Mt. Joy,
spent Sunday here as the guest of |
her sister, Mrs. Jacob Y. Kline. | a
Mr. J. D. Easton is busy remodel,”
ing the former Schlegelmilch for:
e
perty which he recently pure d.
Mrs. Albert Fike and daughter
Evelyn, visited the former's aunt,
Mrs. Fanny Wolfert at Columbia
on Saturday.
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MR. AND MRS. CONNER
ENTERTAINS GUESTS
Mr. and Mrs. John Conner enter-
{tained on Sunday at dinner at their
home on North Barbara street, the
following guests: Mr. and Mrs.
Benj. Hopple and children, Edith,
Roy, Ruth, Minnie, Bennie, of
Mechanicsburg; Mr. and Mrs. Earl
McCauslin and children, Norman, |
Clarence and Thomas, of Grantham; |
Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Gottschall and |
daughter, Ethel, of West Donegal;’
Mr. and Mrs. George Conner and
children, Dorothy, Anna, Junior and
James, of Manheim; Mrs. John Sea-
christ and son, Eugene, of Man-
heim; Mr. and Mrs. Foster Conner,
of this place. |
LOCAL MAN BUYS A 7 |
CAR THAT
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Mr. George Brown, who resides]
on Marietta street, was very un- |
fortunate recently. He purchased
a fine new Buick Master Six car
from a Harrisburg dealer and iti
was discovered later that the ear
had been stolen in Tennessee. It
was stolen there, driven to Harris-
burg, sold to the dealer and resold |
to Mr. Brown,
The theft was discovered when |
the State Police located and took |
the car,
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Member Of Rifle Club {
Paul W. Hershey, Temple Univer-!
sity freshman from near Florin, is
a member of the newly organized |
Temple Rifle Club.
Hershey has had considerable ex- |
perience in rifle shooting at various |
Citizens Military Training Camps,
which he has attended, and last
season, he received the award of
Marksman for his skill.
He is a member of the National
Rifle Association and hopes to be-
come a member of the Temple Rifle
Team. |
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A Large Funeral |
The funeral of Rev. Amos Sheetz |
was very largely attended on Sun-!
day, both at the house and at the-
church. The Mt. Pleasant church
was filled and many, many people
couldn’t gain admission.
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Paul Mueller Spoke
Paul Mueller, Esq., a member of
the Lancaster bar, spoke to the lo-
cal Rotary Club at its weekly lunch-
eon meeting at A. H. Stumpf’s res-
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Window Blown In
The large window in the pnt of
the second story at the home of
Mr. Henry Evans, on North Bar-
bara street, was blown in during
the high wind yesterday.
Went Out Of Business vs
Mr. Samuel Mateer, who conduct-
ed an oyster house and restaurant
on East Main street, has discontinu-
ed business and vacated the build-
ing. : .
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The Walter Ebersole Post No.
185, “American Legion of this place,
held a card party at the Legion
Home on Thursday evening. The
following prizes were awarded: Five
Hundred, Mrs. Christ Kinsey, Mr.
Kinsey, F. Shenk, F. B. Stauffer,
Mrs. C. F. Snyder, Mrs. F. Shank,
Mrs. Roy Sheetz, Chas. Habecker,
F. Feagley, Miss Hauck, H. Stam-*
baugh, Mrs. Warta.
Pinochle; “Bud Klugh, Mrs. F.
Stauffer, C. L. Snyder and Earl
Miller.
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MR. AND MRS. C. GEIB
ENTERTAIN MANY GUESTS
Mr. and Mrs. Christian Geib,
North Barbara street, entertained
the following guests on Sunday:
Mr. and Mrs. George and daughter,
on
Polly, of Perry county; Mr. and
Mrs. Cyrus Geib, of Stauffertown;
{Mr. and Mrs. J. Zeager and child-
‘ren, of Rheems; Dorothy Smith, of
|Florin; Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Miller
'and two sons, Jay and Bobbie,
of
Manheim; Mr. and Mrs. James
Garber and daughter, Geraldine, of
this place; Mr. Frank Painter, of
Lancaster; Mrs. Fannie Koser, Mrs.
Geib’s mother, of this place; Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Good and three
children, of Elizabethtown.
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MISS BETTY ANNE EASCHES
CELEBRATES 10TH BIRTHDAY
Betty: Anne Easches, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Easches, was
surprised by the members of the
Fairy Sewing Circle on her 10th
birthday last Wednesday. Instead
of sewing they enjoyed games
music, etc., after which a very love-
ly birthday dinner was served.
This Wednesday the children will
meet at the home of Florence
Heisey.
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Deeds Recorded
David Brandt and wife to Harriet
Heisey, property in Rapho township,
consideration $1,000,
Samuel B. Shearer to Oscar G.
Forney, property in Rapho township
consideration $3,900,
J. Miller Eshleman and wife to
Harvey B. Mumma and wife, pro-
perty in Landisville.
Harvey B. Mummaw and wife to
Henry H. Koser and wife property
Lin Landisville.
I. Scott Smith, trustee in bank-
ruptey of N. R. Hoffman to Irvin
W. Brinser, property in Bainbridge,
consideration $947.
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Spelling Bee Thursday
Tomorrow. Thursday evening, a
!spelling bee will be held in the Gar-
field school house, 2 miles south of
Mount Joy by the pupils of the
school and E. Ruth Charles, teach-
er. There will be two spelling and
a general information class. The
Mt. Joy Male Quartette will sing.
Admission 20 cents.
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Had Fine Steers
Mr. Roy Schroll, who tenants the
Michael Souders farm, east of
town, sold his steers Monday to Mr.
Christian Gingrich, of Lawn. He
had 12 head and they took on 41414
pounds each. They were delivered
to J. B. Keller & Bro. yards here.
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Violated Traffic Laws
Mr. Guy R. Smeltz, 701 New
Holland avenue, Lancaster, was ar-
rested by Chief Zerphey for violat-
ing traffic laws on Sunday evening.
He paid the usual fine before Bur-
gess Engle,
GIs.
The March “Patt”
The March issue of the Patterson-
ian, the Mt, Joy High school menth-
ly, is out. It contains the usual
number of well edited articles by
the various department editors, so
don’t miss a copy.
Three Cases Last Week
Three cases of chicken POX were
reported to the Board of Health for
the week.