VOL. XXXI, No. 1
I'he Mount Joy Bulletin
MOUNT JOY, PENNA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3rd, 1
931
$1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
BOOST MT.JOY BY BUYING FROM MERCHANTS WHO HELP DEVELOP OUR TOWN
TWO HOMES HERE
WERE RAIDED
WILLIAM AND FRANK GANTZ,
» ST.
IN CLUTCHES OF THE LAW
COLORED, ON MANHEIM
Investigation resulting from
alarming rate at which a local World
War veteran's bonus money was
dwindling, led Wednesday afternoon
to a raid on the house of William
Gantz, thirty-fibe, colired, on
heim street, Gantz and Carie Wilson,
twenty-eight, also colored, were ar-
rested by Justice C. C. Hicks,
Maytown, and Constable
Sargen, of Marietta, and held for a
hearing Thursday evening
Justice Hicks on ‘charges of violating
the liquor laws.
The raid was made upon
tion from David Sternberger
Henry Stauffer, of town, who
that Edward Haines, thirty-nine,
recently received $700 from the
ernment as a loan on his bonus
tificate, had “dropped” nearly
informa-
and
said
gov-
half
of this sum in a spree at the Gantz |
place.
While no liquor was discovered in
the house, the arrests were made up-
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tp
Scalp Gashed by a Ball
While playing baseball at Eliza-
bethtown, Robert Fry, 35, of Man-
heim. sustained a gash on the scalp
by a pitched ball. It required six
stitches to close the wound.
etl
Will Not Solicit
Heretofore the Memorial Day com-,
mittee made a house to house can-
vass for funds but on account of de-
pression this was not done this year.
Only the business men will be solicit-
ed. Any person wishing to contribute
can leave their money with Mr. Roy
B. Sheetz
Changed Her Location
Marie’s Specialty Shoppe, conducted
by Mrs. U. E. Hoffer, moved from the
J. E. Schroll store room, on East Main
street to the Clarence Schock proper-
ty, a short distance farther east.
The former store room is now for
ret.
the
Man-
of |
Maxwell |
before |
who |
cer-
RURAL RESIDENT FOUND
A COIN 150 YEARS OLD
From time to time Mr. Levi Bruba-
ker, a prosperous farmer of Rapho
township near Strickler's church, finds
old coins in his fields. Occasionally
he picks up old English coins.
While harrowing corn a few days
ago he noticed what he thought was
a large brass button that had turned
green from being exposed to the
weather.
Picking it up he discovered tt was
a United States coin, which was coined
in New Jersey in 1787, exactly 150
years ago.
On the one side is the inscription,
Union and the date. On
the other side is “Nova Cesarea,” a
househead and a straight beam plow.
| The value of the coin is $10.00.
|
|
HOUSE WAS AFIRE
TWICE HOURS
[SEVERAL FIREMEN INJURED IN
BATTLING BLAZE ON A FARM
NEAR MAYTOWN THURSDAY
NIGHT
Fire,
firemen
starting four hours after
had extinguished a previous
blaze, Thursday night gutted the
| second floor and attic of a large farm
house, owned by Clayton Farmer, a
mile west of Maytown, just off the
Elizabethtown and Maytown road.
One fireman was forced to leap
from a second floc window to save
{his life, several other firemen were
Jstigntiy injured, and the owner of
the house was overcome by smoke.
Seven fire companies from nearby
borcughs were called, and more than
100 firemen and volunteers battled
the blaze for more than two hours
before they could bring it under
control.
The that responded
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BE A t'iri'inrr”)
companies
(Turn
Now In Session
The one hundred and eighty
fourth annual convention of the E-
vangelical Lutheran Ministerium of
Pennsylvania is being held in the
{ chapel of Muhlenberg college, Allen-
town, from June 1 to 4.
18,438 Autos Cross Bridge
Friday, Sa
All traffic records on the inter
county bridge were broken over the
week end when 18,438 automobiles,
the bulk of them carrying tourists
bound on week end trips, crossed the
span on Friday, Saturday and Sun-
day. Tolls collected on these days a-
mounted to $5,030.80.
For the week day traffic was un-
usually heavy on Friday when 4,764
machines made the crossing return-
turday, Sunday
| ing tolls amount to $1,418.80, but the
record crossing was made Memorial
| Day, Saturday, when 7,073 machines,
| almost a thousand more than the pre-
vious high mark, used the bridge.
Tolls collected Saturday amounted
to $1,869.30.
Sunday’s mark
previous high mark,
traversing the span.
were $1,742.70.
also exceeded the
6,601 machines
Tolls Sunday
GENERAL NEWS
FOR BUSY FOLKS
INTERESTING HAPPENINGS FROM
ALL OVER THE COUNTRY FOR
THE BENEFIT OF THOSE WHO
HAVE LITTLE TIME TO READ.
That was a very welcome rain that
fell Sunday evening.
River Park, at Columbia,
for the season Saturday.
Marietta High School graduates a
class of thirteen tonight.
opened
The Penna. Railroad Company will
purchase 150 electric engines.
Hoffer Park, near Middletown, op-
ened for the season Memorial Day.
There are 57 in this year’s graduat-
ing class at Elizabethtown High School.
Nathan Ginder, aged 19, of Eliza-
bethtown, is missing since last Tues-
day.
The Manheim
graduate a class of
night.
During the Poppy sale at Lancaster
last week Garden Spot Post sold
10,000.
Lewis Gable, 26, of East Petersburg,
had a fiinger amputated after the did-
get was crushed.
Elizabethtown’s stores will close ev-
ery Thursday at noon during June,
July and August.
A new company for the manufacture
of paper towels, napkins, tissue, etc.
was formed at Lititz.
The Grove reunion will be held at
the residence of Peter H. Grove, near
Dallastown, York Co. Sunday, June 7.
The graduating class of Elizabeth-
town College
Commencement: will be held Monday,
June 9.
R. W. Kaltreider, cashier of the
Farmers State bank, at Hallam, was
arrested Thursday for embezzling
nearly $3,500.
When Artz, of Annville, tried
get a cigar that fell out of his mouth
his car hit a pole. Nobody hurt but
car badly damaged.
“Teddy,” a mongrel dog owned by
Miss Marion Spinney, of North Action,
Mass., has learned to walk with a cork
leg, replacing the one he lost in a
steel trap.
High School will
forty tomorrow
numbers twenty-nine.
to |
GAVE MOTHERS’ AND
DAUGHTERS’ PROGRAM
The Otterbein Guild of the United
Brethren church gave an enjoyable
program in honor of the mothers and
daughters on Thursday evening in
the basement of the church.
The program included: Reading
Self- Forgetting Love, Miss Grissing-
er, who presided at the meeting;
Song, Love Divine; Scripture Read-
{ing, Cor. 14:4-7; Reading, Mrs. Ed-
j wards; Prayer, Mrs. Nissley; Vocal
| Duet, “Mother Machree,” Misses
i Kathryn Warfel and Esther Baker;
Playlet, including Eunice Herr and
Violet Gerber, accompanied by Miss
| Esther Baker; Saxophone solo, Miss
Hilda Engle; Offering; Prayer; Ad-
journment.
——
Bought Zifferer Interests
The General Fire Extinguisher
Corporation, Providence, R. I, has
{purchased the interests of the late
| Lothar R. Zifferer in the Columbia
| Malleable Castings Corporation, Co
y lumbia, it announced Saturday.
|The plant operates six days a week
|
and employs 250 men,
lA i
was
52nd Wedding Anniversary
! Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Curgan on
| David street, celebrated their fifty-
| second wedding anniversary at their
!home here on Monday. Their son
and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. J.
|H. Curgan of Philadelphia, arrived
| here Saturday and stayed for the an-
| niversary.
rd re
A Successful Shoot
| Mr. John Keener held one of the
| most successful registered shoots of
the season on his splendid grounds
|at Maytown Memorial Day. There
| were forty entries and a number of
| excellent scores were made. There
| were three 98's tied for high.
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Delegate at Harrisburg
H. B. Arntz is representing Mount
Joy Lodge, I. O. O. F,, at the sessions
of grand Lodge being held at Harris-
| bure this week.
er AD QR rene
1
{ Letters Granted
| Ephraim G. Shearer, Rapho town-
ship, executor of Mary S. Shearer,
| Rapho township.
CHA =r Se Be a 0
F
bar
t to Right—Robert Miller, Baker, Mildred Zink,
Liman,
Row. Leit to Right
Anna Mae Nissley.
Left
Left
ront Row, Lef Jvelyn
rhart, Roy
Sydney College, Violet Hilt, Troutwin
Musser, Emilie K
to Right——Erma Wickenheiser, Ethel
to Right—Richard Meyers, Elsie Hoffer, Robert Hostette
Third Row,
Back Row,
Graduating Class of Mount Joy High Sehaol]
Nao lh Fonds 3 LN as
Jacob Kuhns, Doris Gorrecht, Esther
e, Myrtle Roth, Mildred Longenecker,
raybill, Catherine Garber.
or, Irid Grove.
| IREMEN'S CARNIVALS
BY RHEEMS FIRE CO.
CUT SCHOOL TAX
INE. HEMPFIELD
Those firemen at Rheems are cer-
{tainly an active bunch Now they
| have planned to hold carnivals three
BOARD ABANDONS PLANS OR A nights during the month. They will
NEW HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING 8ive a free prize each night,
AT LANDISVILLE FOR THE |
PRESENT.
there
no admission fee.
Saturday, June
town Boys Band
20,
of
the
35 pieces, will
Plans for a new high school build- furnish the
ing at Landisville have been aban- Wednesday, Tine 24 the
doned indefinitely and the school tax jou band will alive "thin os
of East Hempfield township has been | Saturday. June. 2d ena dol
reduced from twelve to seven mills bared of YS pieces will Ae io
by the Board of Directors. This act-j, i. ?
jon was taken at a meeting of the There will be a drawing
board Thursday. Plymouth Sport Model roadster
Members of the Board reelected all}, night.
teachers but made no changes in sal-
aries. Schools of the district will re-
open September 8 for the 1931-32
term.
Abandoning of plans for the new
high school follows a protest made by
tax payers of the district.
In recent years members of the
board have been building up a sur-
plus with which they planned to
erect a new high school building at
Landisville. Rumors and gossip in
the district, according to directors so
misled many citizens that they unit-
ed in a protest against the proposed
building because of the present ec-
onomic conditions.
Directors are without definite
plan to meet the situation. For the
present they plan to await the open-
ing of school to determine exactly
how much space they will need to
meet requirements of the district. If
present schools are overcrowded it is
possible that the board will erect a
small structure to temporarily meet
needs of the district.
Ce eA egos be asl
Mount
for a
the
Interesting Facts
A LETTER FROM A MISSIONARY
IN INDIA TO THE SALUNGA
CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN
SUNDAY SCHOOL
”
Jerusalem, March 7,
Dear Friends at Salunga:
I must write you once from this
place. Albeit IT shall be coming af-
ter the letter in the near future, but
I shall presumably be going straight
to Virginia and get settled, and later
on, when it suits all, I shall pay the
long promised visit. Meanwhile, I
hope you all are well and enjoying
your Lord. I am well and the family,
too.
Last
1931
a
November I wrote you, telling
you of our sailing arrangements, The
Mule Swims River (Turn to page 6)
George Detweiler, who resides
along the Washington Borough
pike and who farms Maple Island,
near long Level on the York coun-
ty side of the river, was surprised
when his mule, which he keeps on
the island, strode up to his home.
The animal, becoming lonesome or
else homesick, swam the river,
which at 4-foot flood stage 10
find its owner.
Our 32nd Year
With this issue the Bulletin begins
its thirty-second year.
Deeds To
William David
Roy Ruhl, tract
$600.00.
Sarah E. Eckinger to Warren
Weiser and Mae Z. Weiser,
in Mount Joy township.
Margaret Smith to
F. Shaeffer, property WwW.
street, Mount Joy, $3,400.00
re et -
Be Recorded
Knight and wife to
in Rapho township,
M.
property
Joseph and
2
a
1s Grace 7
Donegal
92
Fractured a Limb
Mrs. Park Neiss
fractured her leg
fell and
Monday.
of town,
on
Mount Joy's Memorial Day celebra- | of
tion is now a matter of record and
one that the committee in charge
can point to with pride. Although
predictions were to the contrary, the
weather man was kind and the day
was ideal,
Prelude, Hanover P. O. S.
band; Star Spangled Banner,
Rev. W. BR.
Soprano Solo, Two Selections,
Dorothy Schock; Reading,
Gettysburg Address. Prof.
Beahm Bass-Baritone
There No Death, O'Hara;
es of Picardy, Wood; L.
Lancaster, Pa.; Selection,
Band of Elizabethtown; Oration,
Rev. Walter W. Edge, D. D.;
Audience; Selection, Mount
Rev.
ience; Prayer, Petre;
Wilbur
Solo,
B:
A:
In the morning many of our town is
folks donated flowers. These were
converted into bouquets which were
placed on the graves of heroes in the
Landisville, Salunga, Newtown, Mt.
Joy, Camp Hill, Lincoln and Eberle
cemeteries by the Legion boys.
At two o'clock patriotic services
v B. Segelken, D. D.;
were held on the public school
grounds on Marietta street, the fol- The
lowing program was then rendered: jr Ralph F. Eshleman.
by Boys
ca,
School Band; Benediction,
2
5
Taps.
will be all kinds of refreshments and
About India
Miss
Lincoln's
kL
Ros-
Dana Haas,
by
Ameri-
Joy
C.
music was under direction of
CONTRACT GIVEN
~~ FOR A CAR OF OIL
ONLY ABOUT $1000 OF OUT-
STANDING BORO TAX FOR MT.
JOY ON THE 1929 AND 1930
DUPLICATES.
Elizabeth- |
| Boro Council held its regular June
| meeting in the Council Chamber
| Monday evening with these members
| present: Messrs. J. L. Murphy, H. B
Arntz, Geo. Althouse, H. F. Haw-
| thorne, Jos. Witmer, Burgess W. D.
! Chandler and Secretary J. H. Zeller.
Councilman S$. H. Miller absent on
| account of sickness.
The chairman of the Water Com-
| mittee, Mr. Hawthorne, recommended
| giving the reservoir its annual clean-
ing. The chair left the matter in the
{hands of the committee to do the
work whenever they saw fit.
Bids were received and opened for
carload of road oil. Upon motion
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OY —
GRADUATING CLASS ON
A TRIP TO WASHINGTON
a
at 8:12
on the
here
This morning
chartered car
Railroad, left
a special
Pennsylvania
on a trip to
Washington, D. C., Mount Vernon
and Alexandria and other historic
points of interest thruout Virginia.
The happiest crowd ever, compris-
the graduating of Mount
High School, Wm. Nit-
Miss Edna and Mr.
Wilbur Beahm,
They expect
Friday evening.
DG een.
An Auto Stolen
automobile, the property of
Fisher, of Columbia, stolen
from its parking place at Silver
Spring late Saturday night, was re-
covered on Sunday afternoon near
Grubb’s Lake, less than two miles
from the place it was stolen, badly
wrecked,
sl li
od
Joy
class
Prof.
Martin
teachers.
to return
rauer,
home on
An
Joseph
Another Registered Shoot
Mr. John Keener, the Maytown
marksman, will hold another regis-
tered shoot on his beautiful grounds
there on Thursday, June 25. He will
give the usual number of handsome
trophies.
York Drum Corps Wins $100
First Prize; Harrisburg Second
The Biggest and Best Parade Ever Held Here
Aj
Aud-
The Parade
Immediately after the exercises
the parade formed in the order and
nioved over the streets of
as outlined in last week's Bulletin.
It
es ever seen here,
be
American
in
Legion
to
won competition.
Drum Corps,
F. W. Drum
$50.00.
Harrisburg V. of
won second prize of
The Concert
The band
by the P. O.
in the
band, of
concert
S. of A.
{
the boro
was the most wonderful of march-
Cash prizes were offered and had
The
of
York, won first prize of $100 and the
Corps
evening
Han-
lover, was also very largely attended
E. C. CHURCH GETS
ALRIGHT OPTION
CONSTABLE HAD
VERY BUSY WEEK
LARCENY, BAD CHECKS AND EM.
BEZZLEMENT WERE CHARGES
WHICH CAUSED NUMEROUS
ARRESTS
on the old Albright
college plant at Myerstown was
granted to the Evangelical Congre-
gational church Friday by the Evan-
gelical church. Indications are that
the buildings will be used for an ed-
ucational institution While the
ue of the property is estimated at near
$500,000, the actual price agreed up-
on may only a tenth of that sum.
The Evangelical church
months ago offered the Myerstown |
plant to the Evangelical Congrega- |
tional church, as the administrative
and educational departments of the
college moved three ago
to Reading and merged with Schuyl-
kill seminary there, under the name
of Albricht college. The offer
finally accepted Friday.
An option
val-
Following are the activities of Con-
stable Elmer Zerphey for the past
week:
be
some |
Two Embezzlement Charges
Constable Zerphey arrested E. M.
| Snavely on a warrant from Squire
Engle’'s office, Middletown, charged
| by M. S. Chambers, of Chester Coun-
ty, with embezzlement. He was re-
as | leased when he made a settlement.
Frank Yost was arrested by Offi-
! Zerphey on warrant from
| Squire Thompson's cffice in Chris
'tiana, charged by M. S. Chambers
| with embezzlement. He will be giv-
of 1 a hearing at a later date.
| Bad Check Charge
: week Constable Zerphey ar-
rested Bender, of Lititz R.
D. from the office of
Squire Grimm, E'town, for passing a
fraudulent check on a local business
man. The brought the
on information received. He
after making restitu-
{ion and paying the costs.
were years
—— ry Wt oo cer a
REV. HARRIES TO SPEAK
AT THE MEMORIAL SERVICES
John Harries, pastor ™
Presbyterian church,
of the speakers at the
memorial at the Old
Presbyterian church, this
The Rev.
the Marietta
will be
annual
Donegal
month
There will
ing the day,
evening.
—— ————————
one Last
services Howard
on a warrant
be three
morning,
dur-
and
sessions
afternoon constable
charge
was released
Sundayed in Perry Co.
Mr. and Mrs. John Newcomer
daughter, Mary; Mr. and Mrs.
Newcomer and daughters, Alta
Anna Mary, Verna and Kathryn;
and Mrs, John Newcomer, Mr.
Mrs. Henry Shenk, of Lititz; Mr.
and Mrs. Amos Newcomer, Mr, and
Mrs. Joe Risser and son, Raymond;
Mr. and Mrs. Enos Weidman
children, Clarence, Vera and
and Mrs. Anna Schwenker,
Sunday at Camp Ream, Perry
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Will Clean the Basin
The Water committee has instruc-
ted Supervisor Henry Smeltzer to
clean the reservoir next Sunday. The
water will he shut off at 10:30 on
Saturday night for that purpose. In
case of rain it will be cleaned the
following Sunday.
and
Ira
Mae,
Mr!
and
Arrested Twice
Constable Zerphey arrested Ralph
Forry, of near town, for passing a
fraudulent check. He was arrested
for speeding and gave Dr. Chandler a
check for $13.75 to pay his fine and
costs. The heing returned
no-account Constable Zerph-
brecught the charge before Squire
Grimm information received. He
was released after paying check and
imounting to $19.50,
check
marke
and ked
John;
spent
Co.
ey
on
Coots
Charged With Larceny
Constable Zerphey arrested Wm.
warrant from Alderman
office, Lancaster, charged by
American Auto Store with lar-
hy He was released
under $300.00 bail for a hearing at a
later date.
Gantz on
Kline's
the
ceny
a
bailee.
Brethren and Homes
Benefit By This Will
Bequests of $800 to Brethren in | Brethren in Christ church at Harris-
Christ church in the will of Miss Mary aw to the Jr g the Mess-
Ca ia rphanage o e rethren in
Shearer, id Ravhe township, Christ De at Florin, and $100 to
who died in St. Joseph's hospital, at the officers of the Mastersonville cem-
The will was | etery of the Brethren in Christ church.
The residue of the estate, estimated
at $10.000 in personal property and
$1,500 in real estate, is divided into
twelve equal shares to be dstributed
to a sister and eleven nephews and
nieces. Ephraim G. Shearer, of Mas-
tersonville, brother, is named ex-
ecutor of the estate.
OUR MORTUARY
Lancaster city, May 21.
filed for probate one day last week.
Trustees of the Rapho district of the
Brethren in Christ church are left
the sum of $300 to be used in a man-
ner as may seem best and most ex-
pedient.
Other bequeasts include $200 to the
trustees of the Messiah Home of the
a
ENTERTAINED IN HONOR OF
THEIR SON'S BIRTHDAY
and Mrs. H. G. Walters enter-
tained in honor of their son Harry, |
1
1
who celebrated his fourteenth anni- |
versary, at their home on Thursday | MANY OF OUR BEST KNOWN
evening. The boys spent the evening | ppopLE HAVE PASSED TO THAT
with games and music and refresh- | GREAT BEYOND WIT: IN THE
ments, including large birthday | PAST WEEK.
cake, were served and enjoyed by all.
Harry received a number of very use- |
ful gifts. Those present were: Thom-
as Schroll, James Kipple, John Kray-
bill, Richard Beamenderfer, Omar
Groff, Robert Brown, Herbert Mum- |
ma, Robert Buller, Oliver Mateer, |
John Barnhart, Karl Haines, Gerald |’
and Robert Arntz, Irvin Smith, Dick |
Rice, Lester Hostetter, Edward Wer- :
ner, Arthur Schneider and Harry | aged 64 a
Walters, jr, Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Arntz, Mrs. Ellen
Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Walters and} was
daughter Barbara Anne.
QE
LIST OF ADJUDICATIONS
Mr.
a
Joseph Meisinger, 46, died at Colum-
bia.
Mrs. Catherine Aston, 81, of Colum-
bia, died Wednesday.
Meisinger. aged 46, died on
Columbia.
Joseph
aturday at
John F. Funk, burgess of Washing-
tonboro for the past 25 years, died
79, lied at
East
Balmer, who
interred at
Isaac G. Berntheizel, 55, a native and
resident of Columbia until recently,
died at Irvingtun, N. J.
Harry Hackerty, 49,
a resident
Ge
IN THE ORPHANS’ COURT |
until the past
of Columbia,
Hospital.
|
|
|
|
One of the largest lists of adjudica-
tions handed d
was the one last Thursday by Judge
William N. Appel, thirty-four |
estates were by |
the court a complications of diseases.
Those of local interest are { He was born in Klinesville and was
Michael G. Harnish, West Hempfield |: » late John and Mary Sei.
twp., $24,492.00. |
Benjamin C. Bricker,
field twp., $8,696.53
Emma S. Kurtz, East Hempfield twp., |
$5,021.89.
L. C. Wennerholt,
twp., $8,913.17.
John S. Moyer, Rapho twp, $4,774.64.
John H. Kressler, West Donegal
twp., $892.83.
Emma L. Sherk, Marietta, $391.96.
—— I
neral
own In recent years
George H. Seifried
H. 68, died at Lan-
The
1
ordered distributed Sellried
. Walter Ziegler
Tr ceived
East Hemp- |
ha of the
(Turn to page 5)
meet eres
MISS A. MARTHA MOYER
BEAVER COLLEGE GRADUATE
Word heen
East Hempfield |
Miss Anna Martha Moyer,
{ ter of Mrs. Gabriel Moyer, 101 New
| Haven Street, this boro, will be
Treated at Hospital radusted June 10, 1931, from
Mrs. Agnes Walters, sixty-five of | Beaver College, Pennsylvania, with
this place, was treated at the Lancas-! i}e degree of A. B. in Primary Ped-
ter Hospital for a fractured left shoul- |
der, sustained in a fall.
daugh-
| Agogy.
| Miss Moyer is a member of the
| Pennsylvania Club, the Junior-Senior
Marriage Licenses | Privilege Committee, House President,
David K. Newcomer, Mount Joy, | member of the Y. W. C. A., Treasur-"
and E. Kathryn Lindemuth, Mount |er of the Y. W. C. A. Cabinet, and"
Joy. was a Court Lady in the recent May
Day Pageant, one of the outstanding
Middletown has six surviving Civil | events of the year. During her Jun-
War veterans the oldest of which is:ior year, Miss Moyer was a me 3
Daniel F. Fishel, aged 92. i of the Glee Club.
tl eee