30 4, nt pe pe The Mount Joy Bulletin VOL. XXX, No. 3 MOUNT JOY, PENNA.,, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 1930 $1 50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE MERCHANTS MUST ADVERTISE LARGELY—COURAGEOUSLY—THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE WANT AND WILL BE HELPED BY OWNING 165RS HOLD THEIR ANNUAL REUNION FORMER SOLDIERS’ ORPHANS RETURN HERE FORTY- EIGHTH TIME IN THAT MANY YEARS The forty-eighth reunion of the Sixteeners’ Association of Mount Joy Soldiers’ Orphan School met in the American Legion Home here, Saturday. | The meeting was called to order | at 2 P. M. by the President Jacob | Gramm of Harrisburg. The roll | call of officers was called with all | the officers present. Officers were elected for the en- | suing year as follows: President, Jacob A. Gramm, of Harrisburg; Vice President, Daniel A. Hull, of Philadelphia; Corresponding Secre- | tary, Sadie Barry Wyant, Sunbury; Recording Secretary, Jackson Stok- es. Lancaster; Treasurer, David W. Cotteral, Harrisburg; Chairman of Executive Committee, Charles Gearhart, Philadelphia. | At the regular meeting the following resolution was passed. “While we disclose the session’s accident in which our president | and his good wife were injured, | we feel grateful to God that their lives were spared. We extend to them our sincere . sympathy in (Turn to page 4.) IRA NEWCOMER’'S GAS STATION ROBBED OF $28 Robbers broke into the Ira K. New- comer gasoline station office, Eliza- bethtown, early Shturday morning and stole $28.00 in cash, much of which was in change from the cash register, according to a report to Police. | Gaining entrance through a side window the robbers worked with | the assistance of a street light i by, and were about 200 feet from the | Squire Ellwood 8S. near- residence of Grimm. ah A Persistent Violator George Billett, of Marietta, de-| scribed as a ‘persistent liquor law violator’ by District Attorney Sum- ner V. Hosterman, dommitted to three months in the Lancaster Co. | prison when he was unable to pay a fine of $200. Billett plead guilty to the possession of liquor in his home. | I EAL IIe was | Seven Cents a Mile The Transcontinental Air Lines have decided upon a fare of seven cents a mile for carrying passengers | by airplane. | OPINIONSIN3 LOCAL CASES | WERE HANDED DOWN IN COURT ON SATURDAY BY JUDGE CHARLES |. LANDIS interest Landis | These opinions of local were handed down by Judge in court Saturday morning: Garlin vs. Hendrix Charles A. Garlin, by his father and next friend, John E. Garlin. and gtopped his car and invited her to Mrs. Walter Warner, John E. Garlin in his own right, vs. | Emanuel Hendricks. August term,’ 1928, No. 142. Motion to strike off: judgment of non-suit overruled. William Donald Rice, by his father and next friend, John W. Rice, and John W. Rice in his own right, vs. Emanuel Hendricks. August term: 1928, No. 144. Motion to strike off judgment of non-suit overruled. | Sahock vs. Miller P. Frank Schock, now to the use of the General Motors Acceptance Corporation, vs. Harry P. Miller, de- fendant, and John G. Gibble, inter- vening defendant. Motion for judg- ment non obstante veredicto over- ruled. Rule for a new trial dis- charged. rrr A MEE 51 LOSE DRIVERS’ CARDS FOR DRUNKEN DRIVING | | The Bureau of Motor Vehicles | during the past week revoked the | license of seventy-six drivers and suspended those of thirty-three. ! Fifty-one drivers lost their | licenses because of intoxication while driving, eight because of | transporting liquor, nineteen be- | cause of larceny of automobiles ' and eight for failure to stop. Orphans’ Court The following were the amounts for distribution in the adjudications named: Martha Shenk, of Mount Joy Bor- ough, $411.11 Mary R. Cassel, of East Hempfield township, $20,798.38. John Keiser, of township, $9,252.86. Jacob L. Brubaker, of East Hemp- field township, $50,233.05. en tO eee. Sued By Landisville Man Amos Cooper of Landisville, has instituted suit in court at Lebanon against George H. Roberts of Steelton, asking da- mages as a vesult of an auto collision this spring at Mt. Gretna. Amount of dgmages asked are not mentioned. East Hempfield “Stunt Board” and solving the | MRS. GEORGE A. KERCHER GIVEN BIRTHDAY SURPRISE The Young ladies’ Bible Class of , Trinity Lutheran Church tendered |a birthday surprise party to their "teacher, Mrs. George A. Kercher on Monday evening at the parsonage. i The evening was happily spent per- forming ‘stunts’ furnished by a puzzles provided for the entertainment of the guests. Delicious refreshments were served. Mrs. Kercher was the recipient of a lovely birthday cake and a gift from the class. Those present were: Mrs. Hiram Detwiler, Mrs. Harold Brown, Mrs. Joseph Breneman, Elsie Lefever, Mabel Carson, Mrs. Wm. Batzel, Sylvia Widman, Lena Dillinger, Mrs. Paul Hipple, Mrs. Raymond Gilbert, Mrs. Frank Young, Mrs. George Siller, Mrs. Howard Bortz- field, Mrs. Samuel Zink, Mrs. Har- ry Brown, Bernice Myers, Anna Keener, Mrs. Alpheus Rye, Mrs. George Brown, Jr., Mrs. Lee Ellis, Beatrice Pennypacker. AUTO MISHAPS OVER WEEK END MRS. ABRAM SHIRES OF TOWN, STRUCK BY GEO. SHATTO’S CAR WHILE WALKING TO FLORIN There were several auto accidents in this community during the past week but fortunately none of the par- ticipants were seriously injured. Auto Strikes Pole Monday evening a Ford stopped on East Main street in order to turn left at Jacob street. While stopped a Ford sedan going west tried to pass this car at the intersection but to avoid a collision ran into a telephone pole at this corner. No one was hurt and the Ford sedan was taken to Clarence Newcomer's garage for re- pairs. Two Cars Collide Thursday ajiternoon Russell Stoner traveling Florin in a Chevrolet sedan of tht Mount Joy Dry Cleaning Co., a Ford going in the same direction, turned leff at the Tydol Gas Station and the two cars collided. Both cars were slightly damaged, the Ford being ta- while toward Last was ken to Clarence Newcomer's Garage None of the occupants were hurt. A Truck Upset While Mr. Elmer Sentz, who re- sides on the Marietta and Lancaster pike east of Marietta, was hauling feed, he was ascending the hill at the Keagle property, on the Marietta & Columbia pike. His motor stalled and when the brakes didn’t hold, the loaded truck went down the hill back- ward and upset. Mr. Sentz was ac- companied by three children. Fortu- nately no one was injured and the truck was not damaged. Mrs.! Shires Struck Mrs. Abram Shires, aged 58, on Mt. Joy street, was struck by an auto- mobile Monday afternoon and is now at the General Hospital. She was walking to ‘Florin, on the THREE CENTS TAX AFTER JULY 1ST A CENT A GALLON COMES OFF GASOLINE ON THE FIRST OF NEXT MONTH Owners and operators of motor ve- hicles should not forget that at mid- night June 30 the States gasoline tax automatically is reduced one cent per gallon, Commissioner Benjamin G. Eynon of the Motor Vehicles Bur- eau advised to-day. “No special order bring about this result,” Commis- sioner Eynon said. “The law which increased the rate per gallon to four cents provided also that the tax re- turn to three cents on July 1, 1930. “It is possible that here and there is necessary to a gasoline vendor may overlook the law s provision; therefore owners and operators of cars and trucks should be on the alert. So far as is possible the Motor Vehicles Bureau will notify dealers of the change in rate.” The three-cent rate places Penn sylvania in the class with Califor- nia, Delaware, Illinois, Iowa, Kan- sas, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota and Washington, all of which levy a three cent tax. Pennsylvania inaugurated its gaso- line tax in 1921. In that. year twelve American states levied a one cent tax, which Oregon increased its two- AE Gn ENTERTAINERS AND THE GUESTS VISITORS WHO CALLED ON THEIR FRIENDS IN THIS LOCALITY AND WERE PLEASANTLY EN- TERTAINED With Samuel Geibes’ Mr. and Mrs. Walter Kulp and | Andrew, Harold and Walter sons, left side of the concrete highway. Mr. James Rhea happened along, | Mrs. Shires accepted the | started across the Lighway when George Shatto, also traveling toward Florin, in a Chrys- ler, and struck her. | Mr. Rhea brought Mrs. Shires to the office of Dr. A. F. Snyder here | and she was then removed to the | General Hospital. Her one | leg is | fractured, the other badly bruised, | ride along. invitation and | while her shoulder and head are also bruised. Mr. Shatto was accompanied by Mr. Paul Bruckhart of town. Skidded Into a Pole One evening last week Mr. Irvin Engle, son of FJ. Avery Engle, on West Main street, was driving east and as he tried to pass another car a short distance west of the Florin culvert, his car skidded into a phone pole. He was not injured but the Chevrolet sedan was damaged. ———————— Ee tele- 15 Women Released Charges were dropped against the fifteen women arrested some weeks ago in a wholesale raid on five houses on Front street, Columbia, for lack of evidence, Justice of the Peace C. €C. Hicks, of Maytown, revealed to- day. EE Gas $3 a Gallon A stranger was given ten gal- lons of gas at a Brickerville station and then drove off without paying for it. He was arrested later and it cost him $30. Br Sued For a Bill The United States Rubber Com- pany has brought suit against S. G. Graybill, of Elizabethtown, for $529.83. — Letters Granted The Union National Mount Joy bank, of Mount Joy, executor of Irene E. Eberle, late of Mount Joy. eel Qe . At the Hospital Mrs. Harvey Hercleroth, of near yar., Mrs. Annie Ruhl and sons, Elmer and Jacob and Mr. and visited Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Geibe and family. With Clinton Engle’s Mr. and Mrs. H. Clinton Engle and family entertained on Sunday, Mr. and” Mrs. Warren Engle and family of Philadelphia, Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Brubaker, Mary and Martha of Lan- caster; Miss Miriam Engle, Mr. and Mrs. J. Raymond Engle of this place, and Mr. Kermit of Abeline Kansas. With Harvey Ebersole’s Mr. and Mrs. John Snavely and | (Turn to page 8) | mr rere EEG ee | AN EFFORT TO MERGE THREE DENOMINATIONS favorable Efforts to create a sentiment toward the plan to merge the United Brethren, FEvan- and Reformed denomin- ations in America into a single church, will be made at a conven- tion of the East Pennsylvania Con- ference of the United Brethren denomination, which is being held at Mount Gretna, June 24 to 29. Representatives of the Evangelical church are attending the confer- ence, : —r T. L. LIGHT BRIGADE f HOLDS FINAL SESSION | | The Light Brigade of Lutheran church held session for the season, Monday afternoon at the church. A Philippine Program was rendered and the children brought gifts for a “Treasure Chest” to be sent to the children of the Phillipine Is- Trinity its closing lands. After the service the child- ren played games on the church lawn and refreshments were serv- ed. A Cent Congratulations Asher Witmer celebrated his birthday. Mr. Stanley Shank is celebrating his birthday today. Merle Detra celebrated her birth- - /\ Fo NOP town, was taken to the Lancaster hospital for treatment. -~ 3 A " day the Ne E'TOWN CEMETERY CO. MUST PAY THE TAXES The Mount Tunnel Cemetery Com pany will be compelled to pay taxes to the Borough of Elizabethtown on its property through which sewers have been laid, it was decided by the Lancaster County Court in an opin- ion handed down this morning. The case was reviewed in ment court here Monday torneys for the Cemetery that since all the land through which the sewer lies has been sold for burial plots, no possible benefitts could accre to the Cemettery of the owners, Thus it would not be liable for assessments, they claimed. Argu- when - at- pleaded The Court in its opinion upheld the previous decision that there is nothing in the charter of the asso- ciation which renders it ekXempt from municipal The necess ity of the improvements is a matter for the city or town de- cide and does not enter into the case in court. The frontage on Maytown avenue where the sewers lie is 589 feet, the testimony showed and the claim is for $2,823.05, which is now due to the borough from the Cemetery. YOUNG FOLKS JOIN IN WEDLOCK NUMBER OF VERY WELL KNOWN assessments. councils to MAYTOWN CHURCH REDEDICATION SERVICES WILL BE HELD FOR AN ENTIRE WEEK BEGINN- ING SUNDAY, JULY 6TH Officers and members of the May- town Reformed church are preparing for rededication services to be held from Sunday, July 6, to Sunday July 13. Rev. James B. Musser is the pastor. Special Church school services will be held the first Sunday at 9:30 o'clock, with a dedicatory service at 10:40 a. m., when Rev. George M. Whitmore, of Irvington GC » Foot Cut by Bicycle Now at Conrad’s Arthur, young son of Mr. and Mrs. Mr. Wm. F. Conrad, the West|Rahn, East Main street jeweler was Main street barber, has employed |cut about the foot on Monday even- Mr. Earl Hinkle, who is an expert ]ing while riding on the front of his on ladies’ hair cutting. Mr. Hinkle | brother's bicycle. Dr. D. C. Stoner g was formerly eniployed at the Mi- [attended him. Three stitches were lady Beauty Shoppe. required to close the wound. h @ - = Patter- | way | evening | AN E'TOWN MAN TRIED TO END HIS LIFE Weakened almost to the point of death by loss of blood, Monroe Boyd, sixty-five, of |Elizabethtown, was found in a pool of blood beneath the grandstand. at the Klein athletic field ag Elizabethtown Monday evening. His left wrist and forehead were slashed, indicating an attempt at suicide. Harry Heagy, Jr, twelve, found the man when going past the grand- stand on his way to play. He noti- fied Chief of Police W, Blain Steph- ens who had the man removed to the office of Dr. J. A. for treat- ment. Boyd was intoxicated according to Stephens and Dr. Blasser., When he hae, recovered enough to regain pow- er of speech he said. “My family is trying to make a monkey out of me.” The wounds may have been caused by broken glass on the ground neath the grandstand, according to Stephens and Dr. Blasser, when Boyd fell there. SM OUR MORTUARY RECORDINGS MANY WELL KNOWN PEOQOPLF HAVE PASSED TO THE GREAT BEYOND Blasser be- Mr. Grant Ernest, formerly of town, died Tuesday at his home in York. Funeral held Friday. services were John Musser Hess Musser, Musser, died Saturday night at her home, near Silver Springs, West Hempfield township, of complications. Mrs. Musser, who Mrs. Martha G. John N. wife of was in her 84th year, was the last of a family of thirteen. She was one of the oldest members of the Old Order of River Brethren. Je- sides her husband, two children, | Erma F., wife of D. N. Hostetter, and C. J. Musser, both of Mount {Joy R. D. 2, four grandchildren and one great grand child survive. | Funeral services were held Tues- day afternoon in the Silver Spring United Brethren church wi burial in the adjoining cemetery. er ear | Levi B. Brubaker Levi B. Brubaker, forty-one, East Petersburg, died at the Lan- | caster General hospital Friday af- | ternoon following an operation for appendicitis. He was admitted to the hospital Tuesday evening. He | was a salesman for farm supplies, | and a member of the Hummels | Creek Mennonite Church. He is survived by his wife, who was Mabel Buckwalter before marriage and these children: Clarence, Grace, Ruth and Alta all at home. (Turn to Page 8) a ,——y WILL GET HEARINGS ON { COMPENSATION CASES the | cases: ! Florin, a- Florin, for | held on compensation Melhorn, Moose, will be following local Martha E. gainst D. Roy Hearings | Hershe y on DUNKARDS TALK ABOUT A CHANGE ARGUE THAT “PARK AMUSE- MENTS” HAVE NO PLACE IN CONFERENCE AT CLOSING SESSION Although Milton Hershey, famed chocolate maker, fifteen years ago financed erection of a conference hall in Hershey Park especially for con- ventions of the Church of the Breth- the Dunkards at the close of 32nd Annual World Meeting there debated whether they should discontinue meeting at Hershey be- cause ‘“‘outrageous desecration of the Sabbath” took place during the pres- ent conference. “Park amusement and other world- ly pleasures” have no place in a church conference, it was argued by those who proposed that future meet- ings be held in more secluded places. The debate ended when the question should be held less often than annual- ren, their ly was recommended to committee until next year. Resolutions supporting the Eigh- Amendment and deploring the prevalence of divorce as inimical to the institution of marriage and the sanctity of the home were passed by the conference. decided that the 1931 con- will be held between the Rocky Mountains and the Mississippi River, probably at Lincoln, Neb.; Kansas City or Colorado Springs. The refusing baptism to children continued, it was decided. teenth It was ference practice of will be nee. etn {Amer ene: A Wedding Reception A wedding reception was held at the Mr. and Mrs. Abner Sunday in honor of Mr. Mrs. Alfred MeNuel The fol- lowing guests were present Mr. and home of and Mrs. Martin Hershey of Lancaster; Mr. and Mrs. Christ Hershey of near town, Mrs. Ward of Elizabethtown; Mrs. Edna Witmer and daughter Lou- ella, Mr. and Mrs Abner Hershey and idson Eugene, Mrs. Annie Barn- ol town. ee Sued for a Bill E. 1. DuPont deNemours Company tered a suit against A. M. Eshle- of Landisville, for $253.10 due on dynar alleged to have been bought by him tn A ARI E'TOWN WOMAN HELD FOR FORGING MRS. JOHN GAINER IN A MAIL ORDER MIX-UP—GAVE BAIL FOR $1,000 AT HEARING Lancaster county te A campaign stop losses of mail order houses by frat was opened Wednesday night, whe investi ms for the Associa tion of Mail Houses, with head: quarters at Pittsburgh, caused the ar est of Mrs. John Gainer Maytown enue, Elizabethtown, on a warrant _ listing ten counts and in of forgery