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The Mount Joy Bulletin

VOL. XXVIII, No. 15
MOUNT JOY,
PENNA.,
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1928
$1

.50 A YEAR IN

When a Merchant Loses His Faith in Newspaper Advertising, Spiders Commence Weaving Webs Across the Shelves of His.

Fiftieth Wedding
Anniversary Dinner

MR. AND MRS. HENRY H. LIN-
DEMUTH, OF YORK, WILL EN-
TERTAIN AT THE WASHING-
TON HOUSE
A dinner will be given at the
‘Washington House, here on Satur-
day evening, September 22nd by
Mr. and Mrs. Henry M. Lindemuth,
York, Pa., to about forty persons on
the occasion of their fiftieth wedd-
ing anniversary. In this group will
be the three bridesmaids, Mrs.
Annie Brown, Mt. Joy, Pa., Mrs.
Annie Haines, Lancaster, Pa., and
Mrs. Annie Williams, Philadel-
phia, Pa., and two of the three
groomsmen, Mr. John Miller and
Mr. Sam Henry, both of Mt. Joy,
Pa. The third groomsman, Mr.
John B. Zellers, Jr., has recently
died.
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U. B. USHERS’ LEAGUE
HELD GOOD MEETING

The regular meeting of the Ush-
ers’ League of St. Mark’s United
Brethren church was held on Thurs-
day evening in the basement of the
Sunday School room. The meeting,
was opened with a song by the Lea-
gue and Scripture reading by How-
ard Rehrer. Prayer was offered by
Warren Bentzel, followed by a sel-
ection by the male quartet. The
question “Is the Church performing
her work as given by Christ,” was
discussed by Lloyd Kline. “Doing
what you can with what you have,”
was discussed by John Shank. The
business session was held following
the selection by the quartet. Those
present were: Rev. H. S. Kiefer,
William Weldon, Joseph Witmer,
Christ Herr, Howard Rehrer, A. N.
Stauffer, John Brubaker, Curtis
Reisch, Lloyd Hertzler, Frank Muss-
er, Maris Gainor, Charles Derr, Nor-
man Sprecher, and Warren Bentzel.
Visitors were E. W. Bentzel, Walter
Greiner, Albert Mumma and John
Shank. It was decided to have the
Ladies’ Bible class serve the annual
banquet of the League this year. A
social hour was spent at Sternber-
ger’s restaurant.
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Revoke 26 Licenses
Twenty-six automobile
licenses were revoked and the
names of three persons added to
the prohibitory list by the Depart-
ment of Highways during the past
week.
drivers’

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General News for
Quick Reading
INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
FROM ALL OVER THE COUN-
TRY FOR THE BENEFIT
OF BUSY PEOPLE

Russell Shaub, aged 24, a line-
man of Lancaster, was electrocut-
ed at Camden, N. J.
Henry Bowman, aged 51, of E.
Earl R. 1, was injured at a saw
mill and died at the General hos-
pital.
The water consumers at Palmyra
won their fight against the water
company for a reduction of its
water rates.
By the arrest of two colored
men at Coatesville, it is believed
the ‘“dope’ source for Laneaster
will be shut off.
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Spoke to Rotarians
One of the best addresses list-
ened to by the members of our lo-
cal Rotary Club for some time
was delivered at the regular week-
ly luncheon meeting yesterday by
one of its members, Rev. George
A. Kercher, pastor of the Luther-
an church. While he was to speak
en his vocation, the Reverend gave
a “man to man” talk which seem-
ingly touched the heart of all
present.
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Treasury Balance
The Commonwealth began the
present month with a treasury bal-
ance of $68,486,025. Due to the
heavy payments to schools, the
balance was approximately $7,-
000,000 under that of the record
high total at the beginning of
August.
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Two New Cars
Mr. Jacob H. Shenk, of Shenk’s
Oil Co., is sporting a new 62 Chry-
sler Coupe and his son Stanley re-
ceived a new Dodge Convertible
Coupe. Both were delivered last
week,
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One In Ten Marriages Wrecked
One of every ten marriages sol-
emmnized in Lancaster County ends
in divorce. Records show that 1325
marriages were contracted here
Jast year and that 141 divorces
were granted.

Only One Violator
Hugo Koppehele, 221 N. Lime
street, Lancaster, was tile only per-
son arrested by Zerphey for violat-
ing traffic laws here during the past
week, |
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"Nissly farm, near Kin@erhook, has
GIRL ON A TRICYCLE
HIT BY A MOTORIST
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Doris Jane Eshleman, 3-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Eshleman, West Donegal street, is
a patient at the General hospital
where she suffers a possible frac-
ture of the thigh and other injuries
as the result of having been struck
by a machine here on Friday.
The child had been riding a tri-
cycle on the pavement along South
Market street, near the Methodist
parsonage, and was . struck by a car
driven by Roy Bates, of Mount Joy,
when she attempted to cross an in-
tersecting alley, known as Henry
street.
Bates removed the girl to the
home of her parents and Dr. A. F.
Snyder was summoned. Later she
was taken to the hospital.
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Joint Sessions
of D. A. R. Chapters
TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY
MEMBERS ATTENDED MEET-
ING AT DONEGAL SPRINGS
WEDNESDAY

Two hundred and fifty D. A. R.
members attended the joint meet-
ing of four D. A. R. chapters at the
old Donegal church, Donegal, Wed-
nesday afternoon. Representatives
were present from the Donegal
chapter, Lancaster; the Witness
Tree chapter, Marietta; and Colum-
bia; the Yorktowne chapter, York;
and the Lebanon chapter, Lebanon.
Rev. W. N. Yates, pastor of ihe |
First Church of God, Lancaster, was
the speaker of the afternoon, and
gave a patriotic address on “Child-
ren of the Constitution.” He urged
! WILL HOLD MEETING
Reunions of Pupils,
Teachers & Patrons
PLEASANT PLACE SCHOOL WILL
MEET NEXT SATURDAY
FAIRVIEW MET LAST
SATURDAY

Reunions of pupils, patrons and
teachers thruout this section seem
in order at this season as a number
are being held.
Fairview School
Eight teachers and twenty-two
pupils of fifty years ago attended a
reunion Saturday, held in the Fair-
view school, Rapho township.
Devotionals were conducted by
Rev. H. L. Hess, of Union Square,
and an address of welcome was de-
livered by Rev. Irvin M. Wenger,
Mount Hope.
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A LOCAL DISPLAY OF
GAS RANGES SATURDAY

The Donegal Gas Co. will conduct
an all-day showing of the latest
model Clark Jewel gas ranges in
their office and salesroom, 38 West
Main Street, on Saturday, Septem-
ber 22nd, the affair being in charge
of Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Ennis, factory
representatives.
The visitors will see ranges in the
modern trend of attractive colors
and no less interesting will be the
operation of the famous Lorain
oven heat regulator, the mark of
modernism on today’s gas range.
The public is invited to attend the
demonstration.

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HERE FOR POULTRYMEN

the importance of every citizen up-
holding the principles of the Con-
stitution.
The Donegal chapter embodied in ;
this meeting its annual observance |
of Constitution Day which falls in |
September.
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A COMMUNITY BOOTH
AT COMMUNITY EXHIBIT

Officers and chairmen of the
various committees of the Com-
munity exhibit to be held on Octo-
ber 18, 19 and 20 met on Friuay
evening in the council chamber.
BE. G. Whitmer, of Lititz, will act
as judge. . It was decided to con-
duct a community products booth.
Five townships will be represented.
The booth will be erected in the
market house. S. B. Mason, of
Rheems, was appointed judge of
rabbits and guinea pigs. The Boy
Scouts will occupy a booth in the
market house and all intending to
display products are asked to com-
municate with Mr. Lenhard, West
Main street. The next meeting will
be held on Friday evening, Septem-
ber 28, at 8 o'clock in the council
room.
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THE AMERICAN LEGION
ELECTS ITS OFFICERS
A meeting of U. S. Ebersole Post
No. 185 was held in the Post Head~
quarters on Thursday evening. Of-
ficers were elected as follows: Com-
mander, Earl B. Miller; first vice
commander, Warren Greenawalt;
second vice commander, Albert My-
ers; adjutant, B. A. Schupp; finan-
ce officer, Paul Hipple; chaplain,
Lloyd Kline; historian, B. F. Groff;
sergeant at arms, James Hilt; ath-
letic officer, Lee Ellis; executive
committee, C. A. Coen, Frank Ger-
mer, Clyde F. Eshleman, H. Ross
Eshleman and H. A. Mitchell;
tees, John GG. Longenecker,
Keller and J. Statler Kuhns
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MR. CYRUS LONG IS
FOUND NOT GUILTY
Cyrus Long, of Mt. Joy township,
who was alleged to have entered
the chicken coop of Henry Ginder,
of Mount Joy township, and stole
16 chickens and a hog, was found
not guilty ‘on a charge of felonious
entry and larceny, The value of the
stolen property was placed at $75.
Long maintained that he had no-
thing to do with the robbery but
accompanied several other persons
whom he later left on the night of
the robbery.
BR
trus-
Ray
Two Dandy Crops
E. T. Maxwell, tenant on the
nine acres of tobacco. The leaves
are 19 inches in width and 33 in.
long with from 18 to 22 leaves to
the stalk. He also has 14 acres of
corn, the ears measuring 18 to 22
inches.
Mr. Maxwell and son raised the
crops and have to be complimented,
as they are two of the finest crops
in the county.
Mail School Checks
Checks tataling $4,015,459.06
ar: being mailed this week by
State Treasurer Samuel 8. Lewis
to more than 300 school distyicts
of the second and third classes.
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License Receipts
Receipts of the bureau of mo-
tor vehicles during August were
$827,372, am increase of 12.5 over

J Friday evening September 21,
! furnished for
There will be a
in the old High
poultry meeting
School Building,
at 8 o’clock.
Prof. C. O. Dossin, Poultry Speci-
alist from State College will discuss
housing of pullets, fall feeding and
management of the laying flocks.
New poultry record books will be
those interested in
keeping a record of their flocks.
The meeting is open for everybody
interested in poultry.
Chickies Home Robbed
Some time Tuesday afternoon a
thief gained entrance to the home
of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Waters, at
Chickies, and after ransacking the
premises escaped with a quantity
of butter, lard and soap.
Recent Local Real
Estate Matters
On Saturday evening at the Bul-
letin Office Mr. Wilhelm Walters of-
fered his 2% story frame dwelling
on Marietta street at public sale.
The property is located at the cor-
ner of Marietta and Lumber streets.
It was withdrawn at $3,500.00 and
will now be sold privately.
The fine farm of Mr. John W.

Newcomer, containing 102 acres,
located 1 1-2 miles east of Rheems!
in Mount Joy township, was of- |
fered at public sale last Wednes-
day afternoon. It was withdrawn
at $143.00 per acre. C. S. Frank];
was the auetioneer.
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Patrick Conway at Stevens
Patrick Conway 2nd his world
famous band of New York has been |
engaged by the Stevens Fire Com-
pany for their last outdoor carnival
of the season on Saturday, Sept-
ember 22nd afternoon and evening.
The first concert will open at 4 p.m. !
at which time the free bus service
from Ephrata will begin.
Damm Bros. & LaBelle
acrobats will give a dazzling anc dt |
sensational exhibition of acrobatic
feets, full of comedy and dexterity,
in three acts. LaBelle is the young- |
est performing acrobat in the world, |
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Called On The Editor
Mr. Roy XK. Hoober, District |
Game Protector of Larcaster Coun- |
ty, of New Holland, and Wilbur M.
Cramer, Division Supervisor of the
Penna. State Game Commissioners, |
of Reading, called on the editor |
Saturday. Both report excellent |
prospects for a successful game
hunting seasen this Fall.
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Will Be Continued
The furniture and undertaking
business, for many years -conduct-
ed by the late H. C. Brunner, will
be continued by his estate. Ar-
rangements have been made to
give the business prompt and
careful attention.
ere Geer
A New Advertiser
Messrs. Hassinger & Risser, ex-
tensive auto dealers and repair
men at Elizabethtown, are new ad-
vertisers in this issue of the Bulle-
tin.

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It Won't Get Old
Mrs. Fred Lieberher, om Marietta
stieet, has a snow white cat and al-
though the feline is eighteen years
old, it is as playful as a kitten.
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Marriage Licenses
Paw M. Wolgemuth and Alice M.

the same month in 1927.
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3RD ANNUAL REUNION
AT FAIRVIEW SCHOOL

Former teachers, pupils and
friends of the Old Fairview school
house, held thier third annual re-
union on Saturday, at the ‘Little
Red Schoolhouse” between Master-
sonville and Elizabethtown.
About 150 persons attended.
Following is the program: Devo-
tions, Rev. Henry Hess; Address of
Welcome, Rev. Irvin M. Wenger;
solo, Amos - Stauffer; Recitation,
Emelia Hossler; Reading, Barbara
Heisey, of Landisville; Address,
Mrs. Sue Brandt, of Lancastery
Music by “The Dourte Family”;
Reading, Mrs. Esther Wittle Hall-
gren, of Mt. Joy; Address, Rev.
Monroe B. Miller, Elizabethtown;
Music, Reminiscences of Old Time
Schooldays, by David Shenk, Mt.
Joy; Mrs. Benjamin Brubaker,
Grantham; Allen Hollinger, Mt. Joy
and Mrs. Fannie Risser, Campbell-
town; short addresses by former
teachers.

Were Tendered a
Kitchen Shower
THE EVENT WAS HELD SATUR-
DAY EVENING IN HONOR OF
MR. AND MRS. CHRISTIAN
MARTIN
A kitchen shower was given in
honor of Mr. and Mrs. Christian
Martin on Saturday evening. The
guests present were from Mt. Joy,
Lititz, Ephrata, Millersville, Browns-
town, New Holland, Bareville, Man-
heim, Reamstown, Strasburg, Good-
ville and Groffdale, and were the
following: Esther Beck, Mrs. Noah
Sensenig, Mrs. Irvin Weaver, Mrs.
John Beck, Margurete Weaver, Mrs.
Aaron Hess, Mrs. Reno Weaver,
Alice Martin, Kathryn Weaver, Mrs.
Galen Mohler, Mrs. John Burkhart,
Anna Weaver, * Mrs. Willis Weaver,
Margaret Whiteroft, Mrs. Elmer
Whitcroft, Mrs, Christian Martin,
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REDUCES SERVICE
CONNECTION CHARGES

Connection Charges,
which apply when an extension
telephone or a private branch ex-
change is connected or when there
is a change in the type of instru-
ment, have been reduced by the
Columbia Telephone Company. The
new charges become effective Oct-
ober 1st.
The charge for installing an ex-
tension telephone or private branch
station has been $3.00, the new
charge will be $2.00. Changing
from one type of instrument to an-
other will be reduced from $3.00 to
$2.00. Moving or changing the lo-
cation of a telephone within the
same building will be reduced from
$3.00 to $2.00. The charge for re-
connecting the telephone service
that has been ordered disconnected
Service
iby the subscriber will be reduced
from $3.00 to $2.00.
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A LOCAL CASE IS
SETTLED AT COURT
The following is
Lancaster New Era:
Mr. E. A. Kessler,
was heard on three
passing fradulent
Landis’ court.
John Lively, of Columbia, a produce
dealer who alleged that he had sol
three bills of goods to Kessler and

taken from the
of this place,
indictments of
checks in Judge
that ke had given bad checks in
payment. Kessler’s defense was
that he gave checks dated ahead
with the consent of the man who
haled him into court. Mr. Kessler
was found not guilty and the jury
directed the costs be divided be-
| tween the two parties.
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E'TOWN GIRL HURT
AT WERNERSVILLE
William Eby, of Elizabethtown,
collided with a parked automobile
lat Wernersville near Reading yes-
terday, when a suitcase in his car
fell upon his shoulder and distract-
ed his attention.
Miss Anna
daughter of Mr.
Jane Espenshade,
and Mrs. John Es-
penshade, of Elizabethtown, BR. D.
riding with the Eby
family, was cut about the head and
face from flying glass resulting
from a broken windshield.
In Business for Himself
Mr. Joseph Heisey, of Florin,
has been employed by Messrs. H.
S. Newcomer & Son here for a
number of years, resigned and has
gone into the plumbing and heat-
ing business for himself. He is
located at Florin. Joe has many
friends in wishing him success in
his business venture.
Distributed Ringnecks 1
Mr. Jno. E. Schroll distributed a
number of Ringneck pheasants in
this locality last week. The birds
were half grown, ang as ‘many
males as females were liberated.
The former will’ make’ fine shooting
this Fall.
Entertaghed Guests
Miss Clare had a social
gathering at hfy home on Marietta
street Friday fafternoon when she

Miller, East Denegal tewmnship.
| entertained a fhumber of guests.
The prosecutor was |
their services here
Local Doings
Around Florin
BIRTHDAY PARTY IN HONOR OF
MISS RUTH BAKER—PERSON-
AL AND OTHER NOTES
ABOUT TOWN
Mr. Wesley Wittle spent Sunday
at Bethlehem.
Harry B. Wittel has purchased a
Zenith Radio from Mr. McElroy.
Mr. A. W. Mummau received a
carload of steers here Saturday.
Mr. John Cosgrove and wife and
Mr. Jacob Rider were at Lancaster
Saturday.
Mr. Ezra Hess and family visited

friends at Erisman’s Church last
‘Sunday.
Mr. Elmer Schlegelmilch spent
last Thursday in the City of Broth-
erly Love.
Mr. and Mrs. Christian Malehorn
and children spent Thursday at
Lancaster.
Mr. Joseph Eshleman and family
spent a few days in New Jersey vis-
iting friends.
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PASTORS AID SOCIETY HELD
MEETING AT ROWENNA

The pastor's aid society of the
Ludwig Methodist Church held their
regular monthly meeting on Tues-
day evening, at the home of Mr.
Hassinger Smith and family, at
Rowenna. The trip was made in
automobiles.
The meeting was in charge of the
vice-president, Mrs. Andrew Bore-
man. Plans were discussed for
holding a food sale on Saturday,
October 6th.
A program was then rerdered:
Joyce Hawthorne, Janet Fitzkee,
Mildred Miller, and Mrs. Hassinger
Smith gave readings. An interest-
ing talk was given by the pastor,
Rev. E. L. Eberhart, old familiar
songs were sung by all and the hos-
tess Mrs. Smith served delicious re-
freshments.
Among those present were: Rev.
E. L. Eberhart, Mr. and Mrs. Paris
Engle, Mrs. Walter Hawthorne and
daughter, Joyce, Mrs. Ervin Miller
and son, Jimmie, Mrs. Grace Bach-
man, Mrs. Samuel Marshall, Mrs.
George Bachman, Mrs. J. C. Stever,
Mrs. Andrew Boreman and daugh-
ter, Esther, Mrs. William Brene-
man and daughter, Jean, Mrs. Sarah
Kuntzelman, Misses Bertha Chappel,
Mildred Miller, Janet Fitzkee, Dav-
ida Snyder, Dorothy Smith, Jane
Hawthorne, Edward Fitzkee and
Mr. Hassinger and family.
Young Folks Are
Joined in Wedlock
NUMBER OF VERY WELL KNOWN
YOUNG FOLKS ARE JOINED
IN THE HOLY BONDS
OF MATRIMONY

Bernard—Tressler
New York, Sept. 16—Mrs. Em-
ma Tressler, of East Donegal, and
Francis Bernard, of 2201 Se. Tlst
Street, Philadelphia, obtained a li-
cense to wed here yesterday morn-
ing and said they would be mar-
ried today at Holy Trinity church,
West 161st street, this city. Mrs.
1
B. F. GREENAWALT IN
AN AUTO ACCIDENT

Mr. and de. Benj. F. Greena-
walt, on Old Market street, while
on a visit to points in Virginia,
met with an automobile accident
whereby the former sustained a
double fracture of the right arm.
They were riding with Mr. G.
A. Runkel, of Lancaster, who ran
his car over a bank rather than
into a car that turned over in
front of him suddenly. His car
was upset.
Mr. Greenawalt sustained a
double fracture of the right arm
while Mrs. Greenawalt received la-
cerations on the right arm and a
scratch on the face. Both were
taken to King’s Daughters hospital
at Staunton, Va.
The accident occurred on the
Lee Highway near the new Stone-
wall Jackson golf course.
Picked From Our
Weekly Card Basket
PERSONAL MENTION ABOUT
THE MANY COMERS AND
GOERS IN THIS LOCALITY

Mr. Sam Conner was a York Co.
visitor over the week end,
Mrs. Lucy McDonald spent Thurs-
day with Mrs. Fred Lieberher.
Mr. John Bowman, of Philadel-
phia, visited friends here last week.
Mr. Grant Flory, of Palmyra vis-
ited Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Garber
Saturday.
Mrs. Elmira Diffenderfer and
Miss Ella Shirk spent the week
end at Newtown.
Mrs. Emma Peiffer and Miss
Mary S. Myers visited Mrs. Fred
Lieberher Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kegel, of
Anchor, spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Lieberher,
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A MUSICAL FEAST
HERE SEPTEMBER 27
A Musical Feast is
lovers of good music
night, September
offered to all
on Thursday
27th at 7:45 at
the Evangelical Congregational
church. The well known and tal-
ented orchestra of the Grace Evan-
gelical Congregational church of
Lancaster will serve the music.
This feast is held under the aus-
pices of the Men’s Bible Class. A
silver offering will be received. You
are invited to come and spend a
pleasant evening with us.
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OFFER $50 REWARD
FOR CHICKEN THIEVES
Our readers will remember that
last week the Bulletin contained
an item relative to chicken thieves
on the farm of Mr. Herman Hoss-
ler, R 2, Manheim. Mr. Hossler
tenants his father’s farm several
miles northeast of here and this
is the second time he was visited
by poultry thieves within a year.
Mr. Hossler now offers a reward
of $50.00 for any information that
will lead to the arrest and convie-
tion of the thieves.
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HOSE RELAYING TEST
HELD LAST SATURDAY

Linkey suffered injuries about the
face and legs. Both were taken to
St. Joseph’s hospital but Linkey
was dismissed from the institution
later.
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Don’t Miss This
There will be a real game of base
ball on the Recreation Grounds on
Saturday between the regular team
here and the Old Timers. The en-
tire proceeds will be donated to
Messrs. Shirk and Alwine, two de-
serving players who volunteered
the past season,
ome out and see many of our
old timers in action again.
Will Settle The Estate
Mr. Harry N. Nissley, eashier of
the Union Natienal bank here, is
the executor of the estate of Harry
C. Brunner, late of this boro.
Ea aad and

BIRTHS
Mr. and Mrs. B. R. Bishop, Jr,
on West Main street, anneunce
the birth of an 8-1» daughter.

Tressler was born in Blaine, Pa., ea
the daughter of Samuel and Alice Fire engines representing Man-
Snyder Tressler. Mr. Bernard was| heim, East Petersh Mount Joy, |
born in Philadelphia, the son of} Noffsville and Landisville, hooked
Lewis F. and Mary McGlynn Ber-!up by 5380 feet of hose, relayed
nard. water from the spring on the Phares
W. Baker farm to Main street, |
Wo!gemuth—Miller Londisville, a di of. slightly |
A pretty rose and blue lamplight | more than a mile, Saturday. |
wedding was solemnized by Rev. L. The test as one of the most |
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ome mie rains ection of the Lancaster County |
TWO AUTOS COLLIDE, Ee AS
TWO MEN INJURED |couNTY MAN SENTENCED
ere 3 | ON FRAUDULENT CHECKS !
Lawrence Floyd, 19, Columbia | in
B.D. 1, and David Ww. Linkey, of Tillman S. Smith, 4%, of Eliza- |
near Columbia, were injured late | bothtown. who was found guilty on |
Sunday night when an automobile! charees of foreery and passing |
in which they were riding crashed| fraudulent checks, was sentenced |
with a machine driven by Miss|to jail for six months by Judge C.
Clara Roland, Ironville, on the|V. Henry, of the Lebanon county
Marietta pike three miles east of |ecourt, Thomas Miller and A. S.
Mountville. Floyd was hurled |Rover, both of Lebanon, were the
from the machine and was badly | Prosecutors.
injured about the head and body.
STATE PAVES 24 MILES
IN WEEK; 270 FOR YEAR
A total of 24.90 miles of new
pavement were construosed on Pen-
nsylvania’s highway system during
the last week, according to the
weekly compilation of centractors’
construction progress by the de-
partment of highways.
The weekly figure brought the to-
tal mileage built this year to 270.
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Food Sale
The Mite Society of the Method-
ist church will hold a food sale on
*he church lawn on Saturday, Sept.
22nd, beginning at eleven o’clock.
Vegetable soup, potato salad,
croquettes, pies and eakes will be
on sale, *
BY i ie a
Good Store News
We want to call the attention of
our readers to the spacious adver-
tisement of Merchant Jehn M.
Booth on page 8 of this issue. It
contains interesting news for every
family,

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{ exhausted before one mile of A 4
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Shenk’s School Bainbridge. |
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| THIEVES ENTERED HOME

Road We Must
Travel Son
MANY WELL KNOWN FP!
HAVE PASSED TO THE
GREAT BEYOND

of Wm. Wolf, of Columbia,
found dead at Harrisburg,
was 76 years old.

Joseph Eshleman
Joseph H. Eshleman, 73
old,” 134 East High Street,
bethtown, a well known
and educator of Lancaster cou
died Sunday night in the 1
ter General hospital following
operation for nephritis. Death
believed to have been due to
blood clot. 5

Daniel D. McCarthy
Daniel D. McCarthy, a fo
resident of Bainbridge, die
Wednesday night at the home of
daughter, Mrs. Harry Wi
at Enola, in his
leaves two sons, John, Bainb
and Calvin, Harrisburg, |
daughter at whose home he di
Funeral was held Saturday
goon at Bainbridge. Burial
ood’s cemetery.
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MT. JOY CHURCH GETS
SEVERAL B

Four charitable bequests
made in the will of Harry
Brunner, of this boro, filed
day for probate with the
of wills. The estate in the petiti
for testamentary letters is estin
as being in excess of $12,000.
bequests are as follows:
$200 to be added to the coal
for the benefit of the poor fami!
of Mt. Joy.
$2,500 to the elders of the Chu
of God of Mt. Joy; $52 of the in-
come from this amount to be p
annually to help pay the salary
the minister and the remainder
the income to be used for incident
church expenses.
$1,000 to the elders of
Church of God of Mt. Joy to
lish an epgan fund and tol
paying the salary of the ore
$1,000 to the Sunday 2
the Church of God, the income {
the same to be used for pa bene
of the school. .
New Appropriation |
For Road We
ADDITIONAL MONEY MONEY RAN"
AND THE BAINBRIDGE RO.
WILL NOW BE COMPLETED
An additional appropriatio:
granted by the Pennsylvania Hig
way Department for improving th
road from Elizabethtown to BE
bridge, according to announcemer?
made today to representatives
the department.
Due to the lack of this app 0
tion the new road along the § “
Route No. 241, from Elizabethwssses
to Bainbridge had been delayed

siderably during the past ¢
weeks, since the former appre.
tion was exhausted in makin
new road comply with the start
width of 18 feet, instead of 16
as was planned when the ap
priation was first made.
In widening this new road to
18-ft. span, the appropriation Wa
completed.
tarted again ye!
distance below
Road building
terday from a

SNYDER |
OF MR. JOHN
Yesterday afternoon Gant
Elmer L. Zerphey arrested: Wi
Thomas, Avon, N. J., and 1
Me Williams, Elmira, N. ¥
| they had forced an entrance to th
| be ome of Mr. John Snyder at Florin
and stole Mrs. Snyder’s purse anda
pair of shoes belonging to Mr. Sny-
der. They were taken before Alder-
man Trapnell at Lancaster and com-
mitted to the County jail for 30
days for vagrancy.

ANNUAL MEETING OF
CEMETERY ASSOCI

The Mt. Joy ‘cemetery SS
tion held their annual eleg]
the First National Bank and]
the following:
R. Fellenbaum; Managers
Hoffman, Milton Bow
R. Heilig, Howard G. 3
Oscar M. Donovan and
Stauffer.
The managers will
ganization at the Fi
Bank tomorrow
Twenty-Seven
The Well Baby Cli
tendance of twenty
yesterday. New r