‘The Mount Joy Bulletin
VOL. XXX, No. 39
MOUNT JOY, PENNA, WEDNESDAY,
4, 1931
$1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
Most Folks Shop Where They Are Invited---An Advertisement | in These Columns Is An Invitation
SCHOOL BOARD
MET ON MONDAY
DECIDED TO IMPROVE THE SOC-
CER FIELD AND ADD TENNIS
COURTS — HIGH ENTERS UR-
SINUS INTER COLLEGIATE DE-
BATING LEAGUE
The regular March meeting of the
local School Board was held Monday |
evening.
The board appropriated $10 to pay
the entrance fee for the Mount Joy
High school to enter the Ursinus In-
ter-Collegiate Debating League with
Lititz, Manheim and Columbia. The
first debate will be held Tuesday,
March 10.
The recommendation that the
school playgrounds be improved and
that tennis courts be added this
spring was made in a report sub-
mitted by the Supervising Principal
Nitrauer.
It was decided
field in such shape that it will
covered by sod in the Fall
grounds surrounding the
school will also be improved.
The report from the Department
Harrisburg relative to the State
Retirement fund as
at the State Teachers’
Williamsport last Fall,
to put the soceer
The
grade
at
Teachers’
nrought out
convention at
was received.
The Board then paid bills for the
month amounting to $254.88 after
which it went into executive session,
excluding Lancaster repre-
sentative,
At this time the
the teaching corps
school term.
Card Party Monday
A-card party will be held in the
American Legion Home under. aus-
pices Post No. 185, Monday even-
ing March 9th at 8:35. Come and
play your favorite card game and
w.n one the many beautiful
prizes. Refreshments served hy the
Ladies’ Auxiliary. Admission fifty
cents,
a press
discussed
coming
Board
for the
wi
en eee lle
A Starling Shoot
Sunday, March 8, a starling
shoot will be held at the White Oak
Hotel. The birds will cost ten cents
each and all events and purses will
be made to suit the shooters. These
matches should prove real interest-
ing.
me od
Letters Granted
Amos R. Herr, Mt. Joy
administrator of Oscar G. Herr,
Mount Joy township.
COUNCIL MET ON
MONDAY NIGHT
PASSED A RESOLUTION AUTH-
ORIZING FRIENDSHIP FIRE CO.
township,
of
TO MAINTAIN A BENEFICIAL |
ASSOCIATION FOR FIREMEN’S
BENEFIT
The regular March meeting of Boro
Council was held Monday evening
with all Councilmen and the Burgess
present.
Burgess
ceipts from license
amount of $21.50 for
Mr. Miller reported
and streets cleaned.
Mr. Hawthorne reported
ceipt of a tank of chlorine
need a_car of coal at the
works. The committee
ted to get ‘bids.
Mr. Althcuse reported
al of all the bills.
Mr. Arntz reported
cle received and in service.
Smeltzer stated
number of men are applying
for work and if the weather
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LOCAL BOARD OF HEALTH
ORGANIZED LAST NIGHT
Chandler reported re-
money to
February.
ashes hauled
the
and the
water
instruc-
of
was
thes approv-
new motorcy-
that
to him
is fav-
d
Supervisor
A meeting of Mount Joy Borough
Board of Health was held last night
and the following organization effec-
ted for 1931. President, Harry G.
Brown; Vice President, Roy B. Sheetz;
Health Physician, Dr. A. F. Snyder;
Secretary, M. M. Leib. F. E. Hershey
was elected Health Officer. Salaries
of secretary and health officer were
made same as last year. On account
of the measles epidemic now prevail-
ing, on motion the following instruc-
tions weresmade to our Health Offi-
cer: That he makes inquiry from
Principal Brandt of the grade schools
as to the number of pupils absent for
three days on account of sickness,
their names and addresses. He is to
visit the homes of the pupils and in-
quire into the nature of the illness
and report same to the Board of
Health.
It seems that some
they have measles do not employ a
physician and therefore “the Board
of Health does not get a report of the
case and no quarantine is posted. The
Board desires the case or cases to be
reported to the Health Officer even
if a physician is not employed.
eal
families when
Harold Wagner
the past week.
was T years old
be |
the |
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ANNOUNCE ENGAGEMENT
OF COLEBROOK TEACHER
Rev. and Mrs. Aaron S. Heisey, of
near Cornwall, on Sunday announced
the engagement of their daughter,
Miss Helen Li. Heisey, to Earl W.!
Longenecker, of Mount Joy.
Thirty guests attended a
held in the Heisey home, at
the announcement was made.
Miss Heisey is a graduate of Leba-
non High school, class of ’27 and al-
so attended Elizabethtown
She is at present teaching at Cole-|
brook.
FARM WOMEN NO.
MET AT FALMOUT
THE PROGRAM INCLUDED PIC.
TURES OF THE PASSION
PLAY AND A TALK ON A
‘TRIP TO EUROPE—REFRESH-
MENTS SERVED TO A VERY
GOOD ATTENDANCE
Laura Keller and Miss An-
Keller entertained the So-
of Farm Women, No. 5
their country home southeast of
here on Saturday afternoon. The
following program was given:
Opening tong, “The Star Spangled
Banner;” a copy of the year book
was pre.ented in response to the
roli call; viclin sole, Mary Eliza-
beth Nissley, Mrs. Norman Garber
gave a report of the Harrisburg
ccnvention; piano solo, Elsie Hoft-
er; vocal solo, Prof. G. Meyer,
accompanist, Mrs. E. G.
head of the music department of
Elizabeth college; viol'n solo, Mary
Elizabeth Nissley; Miss Mary
S.rickler showed pictures of the
Passion Play and gave a talk on
her trip to Europe; piano# solo,
Elsie Hoffer; closing song,
ca.”
Refreshments were served to
following: Mrs. Wayne Aungst,
| Mrs. Albert S. Ebe sole, Mrs.
{ George Enslow, Mrs. Robert For-
ney, Mrs Norman Garber, Miss
Pauline Garber, Mrs, Harry Gish,
Mrs. Clarence Greider, Misses Ma-
bel and Fanny Heisey, Mrs. B. F.
Hoffman, Miss Ada Kraybill, Mrs.
Ruth Kraybill, Mrs. John Mumma,
Mrs. Harry Miller, Miss
Musser, Miss Mary Strickler,
Ruth Eby, Mrs. Clarence
Mrs. Abner Risser, Mrs.
mer, Mrs. Jacob Heisey,
thur Sechrist, Mrs.
ers, Prof. and Mrs,
{ Mrs. Ray Withers,
{ Strickler, Mrs. Walter
Carrie Garber, Mary
Nissley, fisther Lindemuth,
Hoffer, Mildred Eby and Mrs.
| Lindemuth.
party
which
Mrs,
na L.
ciety
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the
Miss
Reist,
Mrs. Ar-
Samuel With-
E. G. Meyer,
Mrs. Elmer
Engle, Mrs.
Elsie
Had His Auto Stolen
Allen C. Bates, of S. Barbara
ing license No. 8803-Y, stolen
a parking space near Queen and
Walnut streets, Lancaster, last Wed-
nesday.
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Printing the Book
tract for printing the year
the Lancaster County Firemen's
! sociation and we are now busy on it.
This is the second successive year
this work was done in Mount Joy,
aa...
book of
Removed to Hospital
George Cator, colored, was
moved to the General Hospital at
i Lancaster on Monday treat-
, ment,
for
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Banking Head Resigns
Peter G. Cameron, State Secretary
Banking, has resigned.
RURAL DWELLING
of
EXPLOSION OF AN OIL LAMP
GIVEN AS THE CAUSE OF .THE
BLAZE FIRE COMPANY PRE-
VENTS DESTRUCTION OF THE
PROPERTY
A lamp explosion
in
thought
$2
Frank
while the f
Lancaster
by firemen to
,300 damage when
Fletcher, Jr.,
was shopping
have caused
the home of |
West Hempfield !
fire, Saturday evening.
A passerby saw the flames in the
lower part of the house shortly after
9:30 o'clock and notified Walter
Newcomer, a neighbor, who called
Friendship Fire company, of this
boro. Soon afterward the Fletchers
returned and rushed to the
saving ithe personal property
otherwise would have burned.
Arrival of the fire company and
the efforts of the family and neigh-
bors succeeded in restricting
blaze to one wing of the two
one-half story dwelling. The proper-
ty, which is owned by David Hos-
tetter, suffered about $1,500 damage
and the contents ruined are valued
at $800. There was no insurance.
The farm is located about
miles south of Mount Joy,
old Moore's Mill property.
which
college, | at Donegal Springs.
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“Ame-i- of the state government.
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Frances ship,
(iron
D. C. Wit- Columbia into the river.
| birds,
Elizabeth beetles.
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“NEW DEER TEST
street, reported his automobile, bear- | EE
from STATE GAME COMMISSION
The Bulletin was awarded the con-'
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re- |
, buck
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DAMAGED BY FIRE ,.
line
amily | | dred Geistweit of Rheems, announce
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township, was partially destroyed by | Sunday.
house, | ployment to 250 men and women.
the from the Columbia bridge and toss-
and {ed into the river,
three crop thruout the county
near the | purchased at prices ranging from 10
MAY ESTABLISH
FISH HATCHERY
FEDERAL FISH H COMMISSION 1s
CONSIDERING DONEGAL
SPRINGS AS A PROBABLE
LOCATION.
Many, many years ago there was
cne of the biggest trout hatcheries
It was owned
by the Camerons and was in
|charge of Mr. Nathan R. Buller,
who later headed the State Fish
Commiss’on for many years, until
Gifford Pincho: became Governor
a second time.
Representatives of the bureau of
fisheries of the Department of
Commerce were here Saturday !
morning to inspect sites for the
establishment of a federal
hatchery at
D. ‘Mellinger; president of the Lan-
caster Coun y F.sh and Game Pro-
tective assoc'ation, announced Fri-
day evening.
At the same time,
a federal hatchery
lished in Lancaster
prospects that |
may be estab-
County in the
at near future were strengthened in a
communication = received
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re ell
by Be |
Gave Bail
Friday Constable Zerphey
Eli on a warrant
from the office of Squire Miller, at
Marietta, charged by his wife, Car-
rie, with desertion and non-support.
He furnished $300.00 bail for his ap-
pearance at court.
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Schools to Get $64,966
Second and third class schools of
Lancacter county will receive $64,
966, according to payments approved
by the auditor general’s department
for Court
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rested
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Both Were Reappointed
The nominations of John H. Miller
postmaster at Marietta and Chas.
Taylor at Columbia were confirm-
by the Senate in executive ses-
sion.
as
E.
ed
rr ree WP em me
Admit Their Guilt
Three boys from Hellam town-
who claimed they were drink-
admitted having thrown 39
grates off the new bridge at
ing,
Eee
The Ground Hog Lied
least that’ss the belief of
since the arrival of blue
wasps, caterpillars and
At
many
WILL GET FACTS
BE-
GINS EXPERIMENT TO SETTLE
LONG DEBATED QUESTION |.
E. THE PROPER RATIO OF
SEXES
Determined to learn the
facts about what has been
debated question the Game
inaugurated a
experiment to
sex ratio for
exact
a much
Commis-
large scale
determine
whitetailed
has
breeding
proper
In a ten acre enclosure near Pine
Grove Furnace, formerly known as
the “deer traps,” seven doe fawns,
three yearling doe and one yearling
now confined. About five
acres of adjoining woodland, thick
| with young sprouts of aspen, will be
"added after spring
are
to the enclosure
Additional individual deer will be
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Bridge
occa ion
on the
town, will be
a few days
of the bridge
detour should
eflcoring the
who have
covered bridge
bia rcad south of
convenienced for
cause the floor
relaid. The
a short time,
rr eres ee et QQ eee ee
BIRTHS
and Mrs. Paul Myers nee Mil-
to use
Colum-
in-
be-
be-
only
People
is
last
Mr.
the birth of a daughter on Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Nolt, of Mount
{Joy R. D. 2, announce the birth of a
(daughter at the General hospital on
Ea dc
That's Good News
At Marietta the Duplan Silk cor-
poration, Hazleton, second largest
manufacturer of silk in the United
States, hopes to open its new plant
within eight weeks and give em-
AE
Stole Iron Plates
Thirty-seven iron plates
jing 100 lbs. apiece, were
weigh-
stolen
Police
working on the case.
UD rn
Have Entered the Field
At last the big buyers have enter-
ed the buying field and the tobacco
is now being
are now
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TILLMAN SMITH, E'TOWN, \
CHARGED WITH FORGERY HERE
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Saturday might Constable
arrested Tillman S. Smith, of Illiza-
bethtown, on a warrant from the of-
fice of Squire Grimm, Elizabethtown,
charged with forgery. He forged the
name of John Zerphey, of this place
to a check which he cashed at Kray-
bill's store at Rheems.
In default of $1,000.00 bail, he was
committed to the Oounty jail for a
hearing Tuesday afternoon at 1.30.
He was only recently released from
the Lebanon county jail where |he
served a sentence for forgery. |
At the hearing yesterday the eyi-
dence showed that he forged thtee
checks.
fish |
Dcnegal Springs, Ira |
{ change in town
| fine
town and one
Brubaker’s store here.
Jno. Zerphey's name on all of them.
It 1s possible that there may be oth- |
ers. In default of $3,000 bail, $1,000
on each charge, he was taken to jail |
to await a trial at Court in April.
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MR. S. H. MILLER
IS DIST. MANAGER
WAS PLACED IN ( IN CHARGE OF’
THE PENNSYLVANIA LIGHT |
AND POWER COMPANY’S AF-
FAIRS IN THIS END OF THE
COUNTY MONDAY
important business
Monday when Mr.
Miller d.scontinued his
and modern electr.cal store
on West Main street, having leased
it .o the Pennsylvania Light and
Power Company.
At the same time Mr.
premoted to District Manager for
this company of all its electric and
gas affars in this territory which
was enlarged considerably.
The lessors of Mr. Miller's store
building will make that their dis-
tr.c. offices and sales room for the
sale of all kinds of electrical ap-
pliances, bulbs, lamps, stoves, etc.
The interior will be remodeled so
as to conform with the above.
The Penna. . Light and Power
Company recently purchased an
eight acre tract of land from Mr.
Hostetter along the Marietta pike
at the Union school house. A heavy
transmission line will be extended
There was an
Somuel H.
Miller was
substation will be erected
which the substation on
Barbara street, in this boro,
discontinued,
Mr. Miller will. discontinue the
sale of anything carried by the
lessors of his huilding. He has al-
ready .begun the work of erecting
an addition in the rear of his pres-
ent store building where Mrs. Mil-
ler and his son John Miller will
continue amateur photographic
work and electrical contracting.
They will carry a stock of electri-
cal supplies used in wiring, ete.
The Bulletin congra ulates Mr.
S. H. Miller on his promotion
which carries with it a handsome
salary, and wishes him unlimited
success in his new position.
HAS NEWSPAPER
OVER 100 YRS. OLD
MISS MARIE GANTZ, OF TOWN,
HAS A COPY OF THE SATUR-
DAY EVENING POST PRINTED
DEC. 24, 1825—REPOSED IN A
BELFRY HERE FOR MANY
YEARS
after
South
will be
Miss Marie
the owner
The Saturday
Philadelphia,
This
posed
Gantz, of this
of an old
Evening
December
newspaper for many
in the belfry of
school building of Mount” Joy Boro,
which stood opposite Dr. Chandler's
garages. When this building
to be used for a school, about 1
it was sold and remodeled.
fry taken down. Mr.
Brunner, now dead, obtained
paper at that time and
obtained it from her
Mr. Brunner's wife.
. The Saturday Evening Post at
that time was a four-page 6-column
sheet. Its subscription price was $2
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Meets Tonight
The regular monthly meeting of
the directors of the Mt. Joy Building
& Loan Association will be held at
the First National Bank and Trust
Company this evening.
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place,
is
Post, dated
24, 1825.
years re-
the high
873,
Jacob
this
Miss Gantz
aunt, who was
was
Rapidly Being Paid
To March 1 the tolls collected on
the new river bridge at Columbia
amounted to $110,850.
Oe.
Bought a Chevy
Mr. Harold Krall, of town, pur-
chased a 1931 Chevrolet roadster
from Mr. E. B. Rohrer, of town.
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Friday, March —At the
Community Sale, Florin, Pa.,
o'clock, real estate by Thomas
ward Stoppard. ‘Vogle, auct.
27 Florin
at 8
Ed-
I” 13 cents.
newspaper, |
ceased |
The bel- |
One for $12.75 at Kraybill’s places for holding
store, Rheems; one for $12.75 at A.!R. tions in said School District for
Kettering’s butcher shop at Elizabeth- | purpose of obtaining the
for $12.60 at Daniel | |the qualified electors of
He forgdd 'District to increase the bonded
to this point where a large outdoor :
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WANT MONEY FOR
SCHOOL AFFAIRS
{A SPECIAL ELECTION IN EAST
DONEGAL APRIL 14 FOR THE
PURPOSE OF SANCTIONING A
$60,000 LOAN FOR BUILDING
PURPOSES
At a meeting of the School Board
of East Donegal Township Nov. 28,
11930, that hody passed a resolution
“that a public election be held on
the fourteenth day of April, 1931, be-
tween the hours of seven a. m, and
seven p. m. at the usual voting
municipal elec-
the
assent of
‘said School
in-
debtedness of said school district.”
The amount of the last assessed
valuation of taxable property in said
School District is $2,934,434.00.
The amount of the existing debt
said School District is $75,000.00.
The gross amount of the proposed
of bonded indebtedness is
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of
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{increase
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The percentage of the
{gross bonded indebtedness
School District (computed
[last assessed valuation) is
The proposed increase of bonded
indebtedness of said School District
is for the following purposes:
"To purchase or to acquire land in
or near the village of Florin,
Donegal Township, Lancaster
Penna., and to erect, equip or
nish a school building thereon.
To make necessary repairs or re-
construct the cold elementary school
buildings located at Lincoln, Mt.
Pleasant, Union and Maytown in
said East Donegal Township.
Afiter very careful consideration,
the Board decided that the above
mave was the best way toward relief
andl the matter will now be left en-
tirkly to the voters of this school
district.
proposed
of said
upon the
0204.
Jast
Co.,
fur-
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Estates Adjudicated
These amounts remain for dis-
tributfon among the heirs in the
following estates of local interest:
Sallie E. Hershey, Mt. Joy,
$927.35.
Jacob PF.
$69.23.
Hershey, Mt. Joy,
Rh a
Injured Her Knee
Miss Etta Mae Geib, of near Sunny-
side, while going for the mail, fell and
badly injured her knee. Dr. A. F.
Snyder is attending her.
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GENERAL NEWS
FOR BUSY FOLKS
HAPPENINGS FROM
ALL OVER THE COUNTRY FOR
THE BENEFIT OF THOSE WHO
HAVE LITTLE TIME TO READ.
INTERESTING
The {Fire Company at Millersville
will build a new hall.
Mrs. | Martin Gereber
the sick list the past week.
Three county
lost their
Mhss Rose
ietta, fell
Major
will
has been on
Lancaster drivers
licenses last week.
M. Hegner, 54.
fractured her
Smedley
Lancaster
of Mar-
hip.
D.
and
But-
March
ral
al
Gene
ler speak
25.
Geo. engineer
10: re-
horo
asked
Danner,
has been
Rn. C.
of Manheim,
sigm.
Twenty
on Monday
cards.
John Hinkle,
start a dairy
cents a quart.
A man was Phila.
terday while delivering 300 gallons of
whiskey in a hearse.
A $225,000 apartment house
will be built on the McGram sjte
at Lancaster this year.
One of the movie houses at Col-
umbia, has reduced its evening pric-
es for aduits to 25 cents.
Mildred Harry and Florence Gib
son, two junaway girls of Columbia,
were arrested at Philadelphia.
Residents of Kreadyville have filed
butcher's smoke
a nuisance.
arrested
1931
drivers were
their
auto
for not having
will
11
Marietta,
milk
at
and sell at
arrested at yes-
protests against a
house, claiming it is
Miss Anna Hinkle, one of our lin-
otype operators who was seriously
ill, we are pleased to say fis recover-
ing. ‘
The molders at the Grey Iron,
who were working three days a
week lately, were given one day this
week.
Dan Kremer
birthday on Feb.
Monroe, celebrated
day the same day.
Mr, Charles Roth sporting a
new 1931 Ford coach which he pur-
chased from Mr. Clarence New-
comer, the local dealer.
en
celebrated his 69th
28th. His brother,
his 74th. birth-
is
Bee at Sunnyside
A spelling bee will be held at Sunny-
side School, Mr. A. M. Martin, teach-
er, next Wednesday evening, March
11. There will be two spelling and a
with music, dialogues, recitations, etc.
Admission will be charged.
general information class interspersed | Was sentenced to
MR. RAYMOND KAYLOR HAS
MANY KIND NEIGHBORS
Raymond Kaylor,
most four
hospital,
who spent al-
months in the St. Joseph's
Lancaster, following an ac-
cident while grinding corn at his
home, was agreeably surprised on
Wednesday morning, when a group
of friends assisted him in his spring
plowing.
The following persons participated
John Shenk, Jonas Whisler, John
Ginder, Albert Gingrich, Harry
and Roy Kaylor.
They were all served a sumptuous
dinner by Mrs. Kaylor, assisted by
her mother. Mr. Kaylor wishes to
extend thanks for the kind assist
ance,
rs ee Gere we
OUR MORTUARY
RECORDINGS
MANY OF OUR BEST KNOWN
PEOPLE HAVE PASSED TO THAT
GREAT BEYOND WITHIN THE
PAST WEEK.
John Smith, aged 93, of Colum-
bia, d'ed on Friday.
Mrs, Hettie Neidigh, 86, widow of
John M. Neidigh, died at the Menno-
nite Home, Oreville.
Bishop James Garland, 65, head of
the Protestant Episcopal diocese of
Penna, died at Phila. from pneumonia.
Claude L. Buller
Word has been received
death of Claude L. Buller,
of Maytown and Donegal
which occured Thursday
af.ernoon at his home, New Haven,
Conn. H. E. 14 South West
End avenue, Lancaster, a broth-
er. Services and interment will be
in New Haven
of the
former-
iy
is
Abraham B. Espenshade
Abraham B. Espenshade, sixty-
formerly of Elizabethtown, R.
died Wednesday afternoon at
Dauphin comunty hospital, Pax-
compl cations. Nephews
the only survivors.
held Saturday morn-
ing at Geyer’s shurch, near Mid-
dletown, with interment in the ad-
joining cemetery.
WoO,
D.
the
tang,
and nieces are
Services were
9
9,
of
Abraham R. Myers
Abraham R. Myers, sixty-eight,
died at his home, 512 S. Market
street, Elizabethtown, Wednesday
afternoon, He is survived by his
wife, Ida R. Myers and two chil-
dren, Irene, wife of Roy Holten,
Linsay, Ontario and Ruth, wife of
W. O. Black, Elizabethtown; also
three grandchildren. Services were
held at the Friday afternoon
with burial Tunnel cemetery.
home
in Mt.
Elder John Herr
John Herr, eighty-three,
home at Elizabethtown,
morning of complications.
These children survive: Henry, of
Myerstown; Lizzie, of Elizabethtown
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Elder
died at his
Sunday
Birthday Surprise
A very pleasant birthday surprise
was given on Saturday for Mrs. Paul
Risser of Route 3, Manheim in honor
of her thirty-fifth birthday. Refresh-
ments were served to the following:
Mr. and Mrs. David Shonk, Mrs. Eph-
raim Eshelman, Mrs. Elizabeth Hoff-
er, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Greiner, Mrs.
Arthur Braun Ernest
Lairie, Loucille Anna
Risser, Mildred Ruth
Edith June Risser,
Martha Geib, Dorothy
Brandt, Merl Hoffer,
Donald Lutz. Music
Miss Verna Brandt.
received many
and
and sons,
Brown,
Risser,
Mae
Risser, Verna
Cloy Hoffer,
was furnished
Mrs.
and
by
beautiful
wishes to thank
kindly remembered
if
gifts
who so her.
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DOGS GUARD A
SUICIDE'S BODY *
NORMAN RISSER, F FEARING RE-
MOVAL TO THE HOSPITAL,
DROWNED HIMSELF LAST
FRIDAY, WAS LATER FOUND
BY A NEIGHBOR
Two mongrel dogs which he be-
friended the death watch for
an Elizabethtown man who com-
mitted suicide shortly after noon
Friday by drowning in less than
foot of water in a small stream
near his home,
The man who took his life was
Norman Risser, fifty-seven, of East
High street, Elizabethtown, who
had become despondent over the
fact that he was to have been re-
moved to the county hospital Fri-
day afternoon because of dis-
ordered mental condition.
Standing guard at the edge of
the small creek a few feet from the
partly submerged body, the two
dogs for a time prevented Henry
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A Mn
Only Gets Three Years
Harry D. Malschnee,
cashier of the Akron National
to 6
a shortage
stood
a
a
former
bank,
in
ar
a0,
9
5
for
years
jail and $500 fine
$33,000.00.
and |
riding
Leib, |
Elwood Hocker, |
Risser |
useful |
everyone |
of
ALLOTMENTS FOR
NEW BUILDINGS
AMONG THEM WAS WAS $80, 000 FOR A
NEW AND MUCH NEEDED POST
OFFICE BUILDING IN MOUNT
JOY—OTHER TOWNS GET AL-
LOTMENTS.
About the best news handed out
from Washington, D. C., in "many
years, was made public here Saturday
when dispatches from Washington
Friday night revealed that Lancaster
county’s allotment of the $504,000,000
public buildings fund totaled $555,000.
Included in this allotment is an ap-
propriation of $80,000 for a new post-
office building in Mount Joy.
According to the report sent to
Congress by Secretary of the Treas-
ury Mellon and Post Master General
Brown the funds will be used for the
erection of new alterations old
Federal Buildings.
Columbia led the list of individual
allotments in Lancaster county wth
a total of $105,000. Other allotments
were as follows: Manheim, $100,000;
Elizabethtown, $90,000; Ephrata, $90,~
000; Lititz, $90,000; and Mount Joy,
$80,000.
Allotments to cities
adjacent to Lancaster
Reading, $850,000:
000; West Chester,
%80,000; Boyertown,
ton, Md., $75,000.
It will be remembered that about a
year ago the department advertised
for bids for a new postoffice building
here but as there were no applicants,
we presume the Department consider-
ed this the next best move—erecting
its own building.
—— A
AN ILLUSTRATED TALK
ON REARING CHICKS
to
and boroughs
County include
Harrisburg, $750,-
$80,000; Red Lion,
$80,000, and Elk-
“Your profit or loss in poultry for
the coming year depends largely on
starting good chicks right. Growing
strong, healthy pullets.”
C. O. Dossin, Poultry Extension
Specialist from State College, will
give an illustrated talk on starting
and rearing chicks in the Grade
School Building, here Wednesday ev-
ning, March 11 at 7:30. Everybody
interested in poultry is invited to take
part in the meeting.”
A Ue. eee
Broke 'Em All
Amer Kreider, of Florin, gave the
boys at the P. R. R. club at Lan-
caster, a shooting lesson Saturday
when he broke 50 straight. Two oth-
ers tied for second with 46 each.
AUTO MISHAPS
OVER WEEK END
MISS ESTHER NYE, OF MARIET
TA, BADLY INJURED IN ACCI-
DENT WEST OF TOWN SATUR-
DAY NIGHT — IRVIN ENGLE'S
CAR UPSET
There were two auto accidents
figured over
one young
the
1
the
lady
other
fortunate.
which local folks
In the
injured
end.
badly
occupants
week a
was
the
but in
were more
Esther Nye Hurt
Esther Nye, fifteen,
in the Lancaster
Miss
etta,
hospital
Mari-
General
of
is
suffering injuries sustained
when a machine in which she
demolished
was
was after side
swiping another machine and crash-
the
nd
cut
ing into a tree on Harrisburg
|
, between here a Florin, Satur
day night. She was on the mose
and forehead.
of
the
the
A. Shirk
of
| George Elizabethtown
9
R
| slightly
driy cl
‘2 and
D er machine, was
cut about was
| &1V
|e
en first
ian, of town
According to Px
A.
Pa
towards
|
Highway
|
St
own, when mach
of
opposite
sideswipeed a
e
| vi anhe
|
tre
driven Lein Alleman,
going in the
then crashed into a
Car Turned Over
while Irvin Engle,
town, and accom-
Neiss. also of town,
the Marietta and
the Chevrolet sedan
heyond his control, off the
and The occupants were
not injured but fhe car was damaged
et A
Child Health Clinic
The reemlar
Health Clinic
American
45
Sunday son of
J.
panied
Avery Engle, of
by Park
were driving on
Lancaster pike,
got ran
road upset.
child
the
There
meeting of the
held
Home.
Mothers.
Workman and Dr.
nrofess’ anal
Miss Ethel
was in
Legion
Babies,
Will’am
were
were 35
Dr.
Snyder
charge
Kersey
The
Garber
Mrs. O.
The
held
from
assisted by
R. N.
hostesses
Mrs
G
Child
the 17th
2 to 4.
ee et
This Is Penna. Day
Governor Gifford Pinchot
ignated today, March 4
nia Day.
Ww.
and
were Mrs. E
George Kercher
Longenecker
Health Clinic
of March,
will be
hours:
and
has
as Pennsylva-
des-