Te | 0.9%" 2? 77% % BN IRN NN TE 00ST PY I tT yor TR 00 al ei- Ts et. n’s ily in itz he er re er- nd he rn ed 12, ei- ith hle: st- ite ast ns re er 125 ut eC- an ei- ne Ire ey- m. ith tor eld the = 'T'he Mount Joy Bulletin VOL. XXXI, No. 9 MOUNT JOY, PENNA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 29th, 1931 $1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE ~~ \/ DON'T FORGET OUR ANNUAL UNION SUNDAY SCHOOL PICNIC AT HERSHEY FRIDAY, AUGUST 31 Lanc. Co. Farm [COMFORT STATION, ANNEXING FLORIN WAS DISCUSSED ’ A | The Boosters club met on Monday Women S SSO. | evening at the Garden Spot Rastane MRS. CLARENCE REIST ELECTED SECRETARY AND MRS. ABNER RISSER, TREASURER OF THE COUNTY ORGANIZATION Farm women were urged to assert their rights in the division of labo: on the farm of Mrs. Cornelia Bryce Pinchot, wife of the Governor, speak ing at the 16th annual convention of the Lancaster County Farm Women’s agsociation at Chestnut Level Satur day. With characteristic spirit, the “First Lady of fhe State” stressed the “old time tradition of the home” and paused after the program to meet many of the 700 persons present. The home also was the theme of the other two principal speakers Rev. W. J. Carruthers, of Baltimore and Rev. Rufus Bucher, of Quarry (Turn to Page 4) ————- THREE WOMEN, TWO MEN WERE ARRESTED IN RAID | Two men and three women were | arrested when State Police and Mili- tary Police at Mount Gretna raided an alleged open air speakeasy near Mount Hope, Lancaster county, the other night. These under arrest are Fred Gor-| Manheim; Harold Longenecker, thirty-two, Cornwall; Minnie Williams, twenty-one, Rose Tarker, twenty-five, and Alvia Har- rington, thirty-four, all of Manheim. The women are held on serious don, twerlty-five, charges and the men are held for vio-| lating the liquor laws. They will be given a hearing before Alderman Trapnell. - mn ee le WE MAY GET TWO VOTING MACHINES Monday Burgess W. D. Chandlel {received word from the County Com missioners that “more than likely they will be able to furnish one vot ing machine and possibly two fo: the primary election this Fall.” This is very encouraging and many look forward to the initial use these new machines here. rt lie — Soloist on the Air Miss Harriet Rannels, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. V. Rannels, Rowenna, was the guest soprano soloist with August Bruder, baritone, of Columbia, over station WKJZ, Lancaster, Thurs- day evening. Brubaker Reunion At Lititz Aug. 6 THIRTEENTH ANNUAL GET TO- GETHER MEETING WILL BE HELD IN THE LITITZ SPRINGS PARK — GOOD PROGRAM AR- RANGED Tre thirteenth annual reunion of the Brubaker ‘“Freinshoft” and their friends will be held at Lititz Springs Park, Lititz, Thursday, Aug. 6. There will be a morning and afternoon session. At 10 A. M. dst The following program will be ren- lered: Song, America. Invocation, Rev. C. M. Brubaker, Strasburg, Pa. Address of Welcome, Tahlman IL Brubaker, Phila., Pa. Music. Helen and Howard Erb, Lititz, Pa. Reading, Sheafferstown, Pa. Music, Rev. John B. Brubaker family, Middletown, Pa., R 1. Reading, Esther Snavely, Manheim Pa., R3. Sermon, of Kathryn Mae Brubaker of Rev. Claude A. Brubaker, {Turn to Page 4) SE A A Deeds To Be Recorded S. N. and Charlotte E. Gingrich and and E. Jay and Martha B. Nissly, all of Florin, to Michael B. and Emma Gl Hassler, of Mount Joy, two lots in Mount Joy for $1,200. ant. After lunch, Ray A. Kurtz was introduced by President S. H. Miller | Mr. Kurtz is from Richland, Pa., and |a student at Elizabethtown College He spoke on Disarmament, and the Next Disarmament Conference. At the business meeting the Boost ers by resolution decided to hold a festival in August. Also decided tc rent space for October should the Community Exhibit be held again this Fall. The comfort station was up for fur ther consideration. Also annexatior of Florin to Mt. Joy, in the opinior of many, a long felt want in the hearts of numerous residents of Flor in and Mt. Joy. EE Relocations on the New River Road | 14,800 FEET OF THE 36,085 FOOT STRETCH WILL BE OVER EN- TIRELY NEW GROUND—MANY CURVES ELIMINATED t | Sharp curves and steep grades are being eliminated in blazing a way for | the new Susquehanna River road from Marietta to Bainbridge. When the | road is completed motorists will have | an improved highway from Columbia to Middletown. | D. B. Ross, superintendent of the Union Paving company, Philadelphia, builders of the road, rinounced that lo- cal men will be given work wherever possible. Work started early this month and when operations are in full swing about one hundred men will be employed. The new road leaves the river near the home of Al Raub and rejoins the old right of way on the Green broth- ers and Rich property. This route | eliminates two sharp curves west of {the Susquehanna Inn. Two other | curves near the Albright estate and the B. F. Hoffman property are also eliminated. The improved highway will be 36,- 085 feet in length of which 14,800 feet will be built on a new right of way. | Specifications call for a road 18 feet | wide to be built in 75 working days. Bridges and culverts will be of rein- forced concrete. J Eh | FARMER FINDS ROBBERS IN HIS POULTRY HOUSE Returning home early one morning John Ober, Elizabethtown R. D. 2, sur- prised two men stealing chickens from his henhouse. The robbers fled with- out their loot when Ober turned his flashlight on the pair. He secured the license number of their utomobile, which has been turn- ed over to Columbia State Police. rr tl ree At Accomac Over Week End The following persons spent the week-end at a cottage at Accomac: Mr. and Mrs. Lester Rynler, Roberta Eckman, Paradise; Mary Grader, Lan- caster; Edna Hershey, Mountville; | Richard Benner, Landisville; Ivan Nis- | sley, Mount Joy: Phares Nissley, Lan- disville, / Ss aH Wire Pierced Her Cheek” Miss Jean Engle met with an acci- i dent Sunday while playing in front of the home of Elwood Gerber, on Don- egal street. She fell and the wire of the fence pierced her cheek. She was taken to the office of Dr. A. F. Sny- der for treatment. tl AN Civil Service Exams An open competitive examination for a clerk carrier in the post office here, will be conducted by Mr. Calvin R. mer, at the local office. Receipt of re applications will close July 31. Any information relative thereto may be obtained at the local office. anf A rr rn At Gretna Monday Governor Pinchot will inspect the National Guardsmen at 1 next Monday, Aug. 3. i Jailed For Non Support Eli Randler, of East Petersburg, was 1 sent to jail for six months for failure to pay a court order to his wife. Owner Refuses $5,000 for His 1910 Ford Touring Car Any of you chaps who by chance may be the owner of an old old, “chariot” or automobile, will welcome i sews that Henry Ford recently of- AWG $5000 for an old Ford. A crowd of Mount Joy folks were out autong on the concrete highway, above Harrisburg, Sunday. They were enjoying a stop at a refreshment stand when an additional car stopped. It was one of the kind that would at- tract attention anywhere. This particular car was a 1910 Model Ford Touring. It had four straight fenders, those old brass oil lights front and rear, large rubber bulb horn, etc. It looked like new. There wasn’t a mark on the paint and all the brass parts were spotlessly polished. The floor was covered with brussels rugs and the entire car was in the same condition in appearance as the day it left the Ford plant. The owner was a farmer and his wife and children took as much pride in the car as he did. Upon being in- terviewed by one of our local folks, he said that recently Henry Ford offered him $5,000 cash and a new Ford tour- ing in exchange or a new Lincoln touring car on an even swap. The old gent, who saw at least seventy-five summers, said he refused both offers because he actually thought he could get a trifle more for it from Mr. Ford. A preliminary investigation into the wreck of a crack Pennsylvania Rail- road express train at Conewago Sat- urday in which twa were hilled, failed to fix definitely the responsibility for the accident. It did, however, nar- row the possible causes of the wreck to two and cut the number of possible responsible people to three. One of these urmamed men will be singled out as the man who threw the switch which sent the train hurling through space while traveling at an eighty mile an hour clip, killed two men and did damage estimated at from $20,000 to $25,000. The dead were: Peter McCormick, 42, New York City, engineer of the wrecked train Everett W Walker, of New Cumber- land, Pa., fireman. W. T. Bain, 45, East Pittsburgh, hiker was killed by a hit and run driver go- ing to the scene of the wreck. Officials at Scene A group of railroad officials, head- ed by J. T. Phalen, superintendent of the Philadelphia Division of the road, assembled at the scene of the railroad accident soon after it occurred Satur- day morning. Throughout the day they worked to unravel the tangled trail of evidence. At the same time an independent in- Express Train Ran Into Open Switch at Conewago; 2 Dead Nine Cars & Engine Rolled Down Embankment vestigation was started by Dr. Frank S. Miller, deputy coroner, of Eliza- bethtown. This investigation had reached a stage where the deputy coroner was willing to issue a certi- ficate of accidental death in the case of McCormick. Two Theories Only two possible theories for the wreck are being considered. It is known that the heavy movement of National Guardsmen into Mount Gret- na had caused the railroad to place switch tenders at the junction of the main line and the branch which was formerly the Cornwall and Lebanon (Turn to Page 4) A Birthday Surprise for Mrs. Barnhart WAS TENDERED BY THE LADIES’! BIBLE CLASS OF THE CHURCH OF GOD, HER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS A birthday surprise party was ten- dered Mrs. John Barnhart, on Mount ! Joy St. Friday evening, by the La- | dies’ Bible class of the Church of | God, relatives and friends. Mrs. | Barnhart's daughter, Esther, planned’ the event, completely surprising her | mother, who had been taken to Col-| ambia by her son, Jay. The evening was spent very enjoy ably by games and music. A very beautifully decorated cake was pre-| sented to Mrs. Barnhart, on which | were 46 lighted candles. She also re- | (Turn to Page 4) —— Ee Susquehanna Inn Robbed A cash register, a slot machine and a shot gun were stolen from the Sus- quehanna Inn, two miles west of Mari- etta on the old river road, last week. “Whitey” Liggett, the proprietor, dis- covered the theft when he returned to the Inn Tuesday after an absence of several days. He reported to Constable Maxwell Sargen, Marietta, who is in- vestigating. lf A wt. Death Toll in Accidents Mounts TOTAL OF CRASHES DROPS BUT FATALITIES SHOW A DECIDED INCREASE Automobile fatalities in Pennsyl- vania continue to increase although the total number of accidents report- ed to the Bureau of Motor Vehicles is decreasing, Benjamin G. Eynon, Com missioner of Motor Vehicles, an- nounced today. With 3808 accidents, 170 fatalities and 3397 injuries reported to the | bureay in June, the total for the first | dents, 876 fatalities and 12,297 per-| sons injured. These latter figures re- | present an increase of 5.8 per cent. | in fatalities and 1.7 per cent increase in personal injuries when rompared with first six months of 19301 A decrease of 1.8 percent however is shown in total number of ac- cidents reported for the first half of (Turn to page 4.) ——— elle ENTERTAINED INMATES | OF MESSIAH ORPHANAGE the the Inmates of the Messiah Orphanage | at Florin enjoyed a treat on Sunday | when they were entertained by Mr. | and Mrs. Monroe Dourte, of near Old Line. The Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Herr, steward and ma- tron; Misses Mabel Ginder and Mary Thompson, Franklin Stra- guests were: workers; tic, Chares Sliger, Albert Beck, Rob- | ert Sliger, George King, Richard Ul- | rich, Velva Irene Rhine, Pauline Hawk, Mildred Neff, Margaret Rager Alice King, Sarah Purnells, Dorothy | Ulrich, Bessie Rager. Other were. Misses Anna Myers, of Mount guests | Joy; Elda Hiester, Ruth Book and Viola Gingrich, of Mifflintown, Jun-| iata county. — ——..- O--.- -H - - ----b.-- H Wrong Time to Strike Sixty weavers out of 600 employes at the Schwarzenbach-Huber silk mills at Columbia quit work on account of wages. If they know their business they'll go back to work at once because there are too many idle weavers who are oply too anxious to fill the vacancies. { — co tll \/ Still Selling Fords Mr. M. S. Potter, who' was the sales- man for Mr. Clarence S. Newcomer, local Ford dealer for years, resigned and has accepted a similar position with J. Hoffman Garber, the Ford dis- tributor at Elizabethtown. !and effects to Messrs. Rohrer Stoner {and H. N. Nissly, of the Union National Local Mortuary | six months of the year is 21,088 acci- | SALUNGA FIRM MEETS FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES "The Cherrio Club The firm of Kendig Bros. extensive hardware and implement dealers at Salunga, made a voluntary assignment last week, transferring all their estate Bank here. Messrs. Stoner are the assignees. All the creditors have been notified that a meeting will be held Friday, | Aug. 7, 1931 at 10 A. M. dst, at the! and Nissly { court house at Lancaster, for the pur- | pose of electing an additional assignee | or assignees if they determine same be necessary. The deed of assignment was made by Benjamin F. Kendig and John A. Kendig individually and as co-part- ners, trading as Kendig Bros. Benja- | min F. Kendig and wife and John A. Kendig and wife. | Record for a Week| MANY OF OUR BEST KNOWN PEOPLE HAVE PASSED TO THAT GREAT BEYOND WITLIN THE PAST WEEK. John L. Groff, 84, died at the Ore- ville Mennonite Home, Monday morn- ing. Christian H. Hamaker died at Co- lumbia, Sunday evening. He was 55 years old. Levi Shellenberger Levi Shellenberger, eighty-eight, died Sunday night at 7:30 o'clock at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Samuel Marshall, Bainbridge. . He is survived by these children: Benjamin, of Marietta; Mrs. Samuel Marshall, Bainbridge and Mrs. John Weaver, York. Also six grandchildren (turn to page 5) etl In ene. A FARMER'S MISHAP; EMERY WHEEL BURSTED | Mr. Clarence S. Greider, one of East Donegal's most progressive far- | mers, who tenants his father, B. Frank farm one mile west of town, met with an accident last week. He was working on an emery on farm when the wheel burst and a portion of it stm h One upper tooth wheel the k him on the mout d off and i 1- KNocK his lip badly It stitching. At that S tunate. ane SPARROWS CERTAINLY KNOW A THING OR TWO rows all the insects cc while transit. The writer watched the birds. Some w the inse while others, after gathering a supply, would leave, in our feed the | young. As soon as the entire front of one radiator cleared, the birds would go to the next car and continue their method of feeding. | Before replaced the horses, it was a cinch for spar- rows to get a square meal on al- most any city street, but when estimation, to was trucks conditions changed they were obliged to seek new feeding | grounds and in our estimation } | the city sparrow quickly and | quite easily solved the problem. | “Ain’t Nature Grand” or “Ain’t { Nature Good” to the poor birds? & | + A 7 | towns, ling, pre | Northfield, Minn., spoke on Russia ir Holds Its Picnic YOUNG LADIES FROM THIS SEC- TION HELD VERY SUCCESSFUL OUTING AT RQCKY SPRINGS LAST WEEK f men A program of swimming and outdoor sports featured the annual picnic of the Donegal Springs Cherrio Club of young women from Mount Joy, Eliza- bethtown, Florin, Rheems, and other which was held at Rocky Springs park last week. Estelle Brandt won the diving con- test, Helen Dillinger the ball throwing contest, and Harriet McElroy the run- ning race. Miss Mary Strickler, of Mt. 'Joy, president, was in charge of the program. Miss Anna Keller is directress of the club and Miss Mary Cameron, of Har- risburg and Florin, is the club sponsor. REUNION AT SUNNY SIDE SCHOOL, AUGUST 6th The following program has been ar- ranged to be presented on Thursday evening, Aug. 6, at seven o'clock, staridard time, at the Sunny Side School Reunion: Songs by the audience. Devotions—Rev. H. L. Hess. Address of Welcome—J. W. Moyer. Business Session. Quartette—Ella Young Kraybill, A. P. Geib, Emma George Geib, I. H. Stauffer. Recitation—Edith Snyder. Instrumental Music—Stanle;* Moyer. Address—Dr. H. K. Ober. Singing old time songs by audience. Reminiscences—A. W. Stauffer, P. C. Geib, J. D. Brubaker. Three Minute Talks—J. B. Brubaker, B. G. Stauffer, Ella Young Kraybill. Recitation—Mildred Risser. Instrumental Music—Stanley Moyer. Offering—Song—Benediction. Perry Countians Held Their Picnic ABOUT 1500 ATTENDED THE AN NUAL OUTING AT CASSEL’S PARK, NEAR MARIETTA, LAST h SATURDAY Nearly fifteen hunudred people from Lancaster, York, Dauphin, Per ry and surrounding counties attended the twelfth annual Perry County pic nic on Saturday, at Cassel's Park near Marietta. The picnic activities included a program at the morning session, and the afternoon session was devoted tc a recreational period which included a baseball game, in which Parkes burg Chevrolets defeated the Raut (Turn to page 5) Soins sa Mrmr OUR LOCAL BOY SCOUTS ARE GOING TO CAMP | Our local Troup of Boy Scouts will leave for Camp Chiquetan Saturday | for their annual outing. Rev. W. R.| Petre is the new Scout Master and Mr. Among those who attended the pi-4 john Right of Elizabethtown, is as- (Turn to page 5) ———— @ eet A Slight Fire On Saturday noon there was a slight fire on the farm of Harvey Newcomer when, while threshing, sparks set fire to the roof of the barn. Mount Joy Friendship Fire Company was im- mediately summoned and extinguished the flames. General News For The Busy Folks INTERESTING HAPPENINGS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE WHO HAVE LITTLE TIME TO READ. H. F. Bird, druggist at Manheim, is V bankrupt. Walter Hipler, 34, had his arm badly mangled when caught in a binder. The Balmer family will hold a re- union at Penryn next Sunday, Aug. 2. A very successful Smoker-Crouse reunion was held at Long's Park or Saturday. Donald Meadford of Manheim, was badly cut about the head while bath- ing at White Oak. The Manheim Asbestos Plant ex- pects to shut down from the 6th of August to the 11th of August. local colored fol I their picnic at Rocky Springs last 1d it Ww 1 success. of Jersey » estat of this boro legal be {found ir advertising columns. sien Alpine Started the Work Contractor Warfel, of Lancaster egan the work on the constructior {of our new filtration plant on Mon (day. Preparations are being made | for the foundation of the plant at present. ———- Eee Spoke to the Rotarians Yesterday at’ their regular weekly Meet Dr. Donald Cowl ident, of Carlton College, at a very interesting and impressive manner, rr a eee Stolen Car Found An abandoned automobile was { found on the Marietta pike near town | Monday. It was stolen from the gar- of Diller Reese, at Lancaster. Ross Lynch, 20, of New Holland, was age | arrested for the theft. re ee eee. BIRTHS A son was born to Mr. and Mrs George Halbleib at the General Hos | pital at Lancaster yesterday. sistant. Those in the Troup who will go are: Charles Bailey, Harry Weidman, Leo Frank, Jay Snyder, George Wall, Rich- ard Dillinger, Eugene Grove, Gerald Arntz, Oliver Mateer, Walter Brown, Howard Brown, Robert Brown, Thom- as Brown, George Brown, James Heil- ig, Edward Heilig. —_————————— Improving Their Office The office and show room of the Pennsylvania Power and Light Com- pany, the S. H. Miller building on Main street, is undergoing marked im- provements. The entire interior is being repainted, the floor will be cov- ered with linoleum and new furniture added. When completed it will be one of the finest in town. This is the office of Mr. S. H. Miller, local superintendent. —— eee. Another Gas Station Mr. Jacob Shenk has a force of men busy erecting another gas and service station along the highway be tween here and Florin. It is located immediately west of his other station at present leased to the Tydol Oil Co. —— ER. The Eshleman Reunion The Eshlemon Reunion will be held at Long’s Park Saturday, Aug. 8th. Will members please provide their own lunch except coffee and ice cream which will be served by the committee in charge. UD eee. \P. P. & L. CO. ERECTING Our Union Picnic At Hershey Friday AN INTERESTING PROGRAM OF ATHLETIC EVENTS WITH MANY PRIZES FOR THE WINNERS— TWO GAMES OF BASE BALL The annual union picnic of the Sun- day Schools of Mount Joy and Florin will be held at Hershey Park Friday. This will be a general holiday in town and nearly all our business places will be closed. Mr. P. Frank Schock, chairman of the Sports committee, has arranged for the following events with many prizes for the successful contestants. These events will begin at 11 a. m. | Running Races, boys under 16; boys 12, girls 12, girls 16; Shoe Scramble, boys 16; Wheel Barrow Race, Peanut Carrying, Newspaper Race, (15 yards) men; Women’s Foot Race, Newspaper Rolling Contest, Three Legged Race, Running Race open to all, Needle Threading Contest, (men); Nail Driv- ing, women; Peanut Scramble, 6 years; Cracker Eating Contest open to all, Ankle Balloon Race, Penny Scramble, Wheel Barrow and Running Race open to children 6 and under. The regular league team will play the old Timers at two-thirty o'clock. Also at 5:30 o'clock the regular team will play the Palmyra team. Present indications point to a record attendance. Complete information was published in last week’s Bulletin. —_——— NEW SUB-STATION HERE Some time ago the Bulletin made mention that the Pennsylvania Pow- er & Light Company purchased sev- eral acres of land from Mr. Hostetter along the Marietta pike for the erec- tion of a large central sub-station. Monday operations were started on the tract for the erection of the building and now a num. er of men are busy there. The location is a short distance beyond the Union School House, on the left of the High way and adjoins the property occu- pied by the late Mr. Frysinger. ammeter} Service Station Robbed Last Friday morning between ry and 8:15 the cash register at Gris singer’s Service Station, on Bast Main street, was robbed of between $66 and $67 in cash. The theft was immediately report- ed to the State Police at Columbia, who are now investigating. — Many Attend the Geyer Reunion GOOD HISTORY OF GEYER IMMI- GRANTS AND GEYER IN THE REVOLUTION GIVEN BY MISS SUSAN R. GEYER Miss Susan R. Geyer gave the his~ torical report on Geyer Immigrants and Geyers in the Revolution at the eighth annual reunion of the Geyer clan held Saturday in Hoifer Park, Middletown. Gifts were presented to Mrs. Eliza- beth Geyer, of Middietown, eighty- nine years old, as the oldest member present. Lawrence Geyer, two months (Turn to Page 8) ERI LOST TWO VALUABLE HUNTING DOGS—SETTERS in two weeks the editor of the lost two of the best hunting Free Show Here program of Llewellan setters. he ever ago he was obliged to 12 years, on agea “Bert, other dog, “Ben” death. This valuable v's Mohawk Scout, was Rose Hill Apr. 17, 1921 at and 1 dogs ever was one owned in these dogs were by Mr. of Lancaster. presented to John W. Eshel- A Harvest Home and Sunday School meeting will held at Mennonite church, three miles west of here, in East Donegal township, Sat- urday, August 15. There will be three be appended: Merning Session 9:15 Song Service. 9:30 Devotional. 9:45 Our Aim in Sunday Work: 1—Attendance, Samuel Longen- ecker; 2—Teaching The Word, Elam Stauffer; 3—Winning For Christ, M. R. Kraybill; 4—Preparation For Service, M. E. Garber. 11:05 Qualifications of a Sunday School Worker, Martin Z. Miller. Afternoon Session Song Service. Harvest Home and Sunday School Meeting on Aug. 15 Kraybill’s | sessions and the complete program is | School | 1:00 Devotional. 1:15 Children’s Meeti | Kready. | 1:45 Harvest Sermon, Noah W. Ris- | ser. ng, D. Stener 5 Perparing The Myer. 2:45 Increasing Interest in the Lord's Work, Arthur D. Ruth. Evening Session Song Service. 6:45 Devotional. 7:00 Present Day Influences, And Their Effect On Our Young People, Amos Myer. 7:30 Sermon, Arthur D. Ruth. Mr. Frank Martin is the moderator, Mr. Norman M. Stauffer is secretary and the choristers are Amos G. Kauff- man and Miller M. Hess. : : Lesson, Amos