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The Mount Joy Bulletin
VOL. XXXII, No. 7
MOUNT JOY, PENNA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 13th, 1932
$1.50
A YEAR IN ADVANCE
One Reason Why People. Go Away Fre rom a Home To Trade, Is That Stores In Larger Places Are Well Advertised
S. S. Meeting
At Kraybill’s
AN ALL DAY MEETING WITH
SESSIONS WILL BE
HELD IN EAST DONEGAL ON
THREE
SATURDAY, AUGUST 13
A Sunday School meeting will be
heid in Kraybill’s Mennonite church
BOARD MAY ILLUMINATE
the Mount Joy Boorugh School
Board postponed from July Fourth
was held Monday evening with all
members present. The
side
building from
ening the street on the north
of the High school
in East Donegal Township, three | Poplar to Market streets.
miles west of Mount Joy, on Sat- The matter of illuminating the
urday, August 13. The following | Grade school grounds on the west
program will be rendered: side, was discussed with a repre-
Morning Session sentative of the P. P. & L.
9:15 Song Service, The report of the treasurer show-
9:30 Devotion. ed a balance of $1,079.57. A few
9:45 The Value of Bible Know-| minor bills were paid and Council
ledge Obtained in Youth, Ira Lan- |adjourned.
dis.
10:15 Improving the
Devotion, Walter Charlton
10:45 The Importance of a Fam-
ily Altar in Every Home, Amos
Stoltzfus.
Afternoon Session
1:15 Children’s Meeting, David
High.
1:45 The Superintendent Superin-
tending, Musser Herr,
2:15 A Complete Sunday
Amos Stoltzfus.
School,
2:45 From a Bible Standpoint
What is Required of Me? Abram
Risser.
Evening Session
6:45 Song Service.
7:00 Training Our Youth for
Service, Walter Charlton.
7:3 Sermon, Rom. 8:28, John
Gochenauer.
The moderator is Simon E. Gar-
ber; Secretary, Aaron Wolgemuth;
Choristers, Henry Stauffer and
Samuel Smith.
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RAPHO SCHOOL BOARD
MET TUESDAY EVENING
The school directors of Rapho town-
ship met the auditors on Tuesday
evening. The resignation of Miss An-
nabelle Smith from the Newtown
secondary school was accepted. The
vacancy will be filled by Simon Lan-
dis. D. C. Smith, of Maytown, for-
merly principal of the Dillerville
Schools, has been assigned to the
Union Square School.
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Support Orders
These support orders were made by
the Court Saturday:
H. Earl Heagy, Manheim, $5 a week
to his wife, Mabel.
Willis Baker, Marietta, $5 a week to
his wife, Anna.
C. Nissley Kreider, Lancaster, $2.50
a week to his wife, Edna,
General News For
The Busy Folks
INTERESTING HAPPENINGS FROM
ALL OVER THE COUNTRY FOR
THE BENEFIT OF THOSE WHO
HAVE LITTLE TIME TO READ.
Mail plane service was started in the
United States eight years ago.
H. J. Dietz, proprietor of the Dietz
Shoe Stores at Lancaster, is bankrupt.
Two colored men at Middletown
were arrested yesterday for stealing
geese.
The home of Mr.
on Columbia Ave.,
painted.
Mr. Wm. Beaston moved into the
Darrenkamp property on Columbia
Avenue.
Clarence Gerfin, of Columbia, landed
a7 lb. 4 oz. bass in the river there.
So they say.
The Otterbein Guild met at the
home of Mrs. C. E. Rettew on Mon-
day evening.
The Primary and Grade school at
Conestoga Center was destroyed by
fire Saturday.
Roy Axer, of Neffsville, has been
prosecuted for transporting, possessing
and selling liquor.
Two foxes brought here from Flori-
da, made their escape near Newtown.
They were chained.
Mr. Harry Krall is
one side of his double
West Main Street.
A butterfly measuring seven inches
across the wings and being all colors
of the rainbow, was found at Lancas-
ter.
The Columbia brewery, about which
there was so much trouble recently,
has been ordered paddlocked for one
year.
Mr. Frank Sprout and force fin-
ished painting the home occupied
by Mrs. Demmy on North Barbara
St. .His force are now painting the
dno. Longenecker property on the
same street.
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With T. E. Stoppards
Mr. and Mrs, T. E. Stoppard enter-
tained these guests at their home at
Route 1 Mount Joy, on Sunday: Mr.
and Mrs. S. L. Stoppard, Mrs. Martha
L. Stoppard, of Middletown; Miss
Rhoda Lepperd, Mr. Charles Smeltzer,
Harrisburg; Mr. and Mrs. Earl Lep-
perd, of Hershey; Mr. and Mrs. John
kd Lepperd and daughters, Doris, Elva
and Pauline, of Campbellstown; Mrs.
Jacob Emenheiser, Mr. and Mrs, Fern
Bradfield and son Bobby, Misses Anna,
Helen and Ethel Emenheiser all of
Florin and Mr, and Mrs. George Hei-
serman, of Mount Joy.
Clifford Boyce,
has been re-
remodeling
dwelling on
Spirit of
a
The Construction
Camp Vanishes
ORDERS FOR MATERIAL
IN LANCASTER, YORK and HAR-
RISBURG TOTALLED $2.000,000—
LABOR WAS LARGELY LOCAL
Workmen are busy
camp development of the Safe Harbor
Water Power Corporation at this point
on the Susquehanna River.
As the temporary construction van-
the site and the relocation of the road
WAS SCALPED BY INDIANS
LIVES FIFTY-SIX YEARS
A York county man who survived |
an Indian scalping fifty-six years
ago died Monday night at the Har-
risburg hospital. He was Oscar
Seifert, a native of Lewisberry. He
was T2 years of age. At the age of
16 he went West with his brother,
and while the two were in Montana
they were attacked by a band of
Indians and scalped. The brother
died from the effects of the attack,
but Oscar survived and returned to
Lewisberry. Only a few persons
knew that his bald head was due to
GRADE SCHOOL GROUNDS
The regular monthly meeting of
minutes of
PLACED |
removing the |
ishes with the general cleaning up of |
bed of the Columbia and Port Deposit |
May Rent Cabins
To meet the
camping facilities in our State Forests,
Secretary Lewis E. Staley of the De-
partment of Forests and Waters, re-
ports that cabins and tents have been
provided in four of the State Forest
districts.
In the Cook Forest Park in Clarion
and Jefferson counties three one-room
cabins with outside porches, and four
8x10 tents equipped with wooden floors,
are available. Each cabin provides
accommodations for two to four per-
sons and are equipped with cots, mat-
tresses, tables and chairs, Cooking
utensils, dishes and bed clothes are
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{ LOCAL FOLKS
)ENRYN TENT MEETING
Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Zerphey Mr. |
ind Mrs. ArtMur Zerphey and sons;
Mr. ari Mrs Jay Shirk and son-;
Myr. ¢énd Mrs. Maurice Sane r. Mrs
i and Mrs. D.
Wie. Grabill
t Kuhns,
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! Mrs Albert
and Mrs
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Sheaver, of
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Local Bank Named
The Court appointed the Union Na-
Rhoda Ginder, Arlena Ginder and Le-
roy Ginder in the estate of Nancy W.
Fry, Manheim.
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Postoffice Changed
The Rowenna postoffice has |been
moved from the P. R. R. station to
Postmaster E. O. Hendrickson home.
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High Death Toll
Eleven persons were killed on the
Lincoln Highway between Lancaster
and Coatesville since Memorial Day.
the Indian attack. Seifert was bur-
ied Wednesday at Lewisberry.
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Fell Off a Truck
Mr. John Garlin, on West Main
Street. fell from a truck load of
ties on Friday afternoon. The ties
are being taken from the trolley
line and removed. Mr. Garlin lost
his balance at the corner of New
Haven and West Donegal St. His
back is sprained.
etl) Ce.
Wheat 40c Bushel
The first new wheat to be sold in
Adams County this year was taken to
the Wolf warehouse at Gettysburg by
Edgar Weaner, a farmer living along
the Harrisburg road. He took ninety
bushels to the warehouse and received
forty cent a bushel.
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Applies for Divorce
Mrs. Edith K. Nissley, of Lancaster,
has applied for a divorce from J. O-
mar Nissley. He is a native of Done-
gal Springs.
Arm Burned Off
Lloyd Wivell, of Lancaster, had his
arm burned off at the elbow while
working at the Safe Harbor power
plant.
New Body Moves
To Reduce Toll
STATE DEPARTMENT IN CHARGE
OF B. G. EYNON, WILL STUDY
ALL ANGLES OF ACCIDENTS IN
NEW SAFETY MOVE
Specific remedies for reducing motor
vehicle accidents in Pennsylvania will
be sought by Governor Gifford Pin-
chot’s Committee on Street and High-
way Safety. This work will be assigned
to subcommittees competent to deal
with the problems.
The committee held its first meeting
here on June 22. Organization of the
following subcommittees was agreed
upon: Accident Statistics and Analysis.
Traffic control and Enforcement; Con-
truction and Engineering; Education
and Safety Legislation.
The committee on accident statistics
and analysis will develop uniform
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Better License Them
There is a drive on to get the 1,000
unlicensed dogs in Lancaster Co.
Fines ranging from $5 to $100 or 30
days in jail is the penalty imposed on
the owners.
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BIRTH
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Hawthorne
announce the birth of a son.
Perry Countians
To Hold Reunion
SATURDAY, JULY 30, IS DATE
SET FOR ANNUAL GATHER-
ING TO BE HELD AT CAS-
SEL’S PARK, NEAR MARIET-
TA
At a meeting of the “Perry
Countians,” an organization of res-
idents in this section, who are na-
tives of Perry county held last
Thursday at the home of Samuel
Tressler, in East Donegal, it was
decided that the annual “Perry!
County Reunion” will be held at
Cassel’s Park, one mile northeast
of Marietta, Saturday, July 30.
Features of the reunion will in-
clude solos by Miss Dorothy Shope,
duets by Miss Florence Lindemuth
and Mrs. J. Willis Smith, and se-
lections by a trio consisting of
Mrs. Mervin Arnold, Mrs J. Willis
Smith and Miss Florence Linde-
muth. Instrumental music will be
featured by the Garber ensemble, of
Blain, Perry county, and a Mariet-
ta group.
The following
ing lhursday: Mr. and Mrs. A D
Carber, Mr. and Mrs. Georae
Mum of Florin; Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Gutshall and son, Bobby, ot
Mount Joy; rles and John Bor
rier, of Columbia; and Mrs. Sylv::-
ter Shuman and son. Bobby, Mrs.
Lewis Shuman. Mr. and Mrs. S H.
Mrs. Russe! Shope ani
; Mis: Florence Lindemvuth
hryn Sanders, ll of near
ir.eet-
attended tle
per,
Intertainmen: during the even-
rg ed of music given by
the “Prairie Boys,” consisting of
Leonard Tillman, Ralph Shope and
Lloya Shank.
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MISS DOROTHY GRAYBILL
TO REPRESENT 4-H CLUB
Miss Dorothy Graybill, of Elizabeth-
town R. D., was elected as a delegate
to represent the Girls 4-H Sewing
club, of this community, at Camp Lion,
Pine Grove Furnace, it was announced,
following a meeting at the home of
Misses Mary and Miriam Gibble, near
Elizabethtown.
Following the business conducted at
this meeting, it was decided to enter-
tain the Dauphin County Farm Wo-
men’s society at their next semi-
monthly meeting, on Thursday, July
14, at the home of Mrs. Joseph Ris-
ser, near Elizabethtown.
et
The P. R. R. tool house at Wash-
ingtonboro was broken into and robbed.
In State Forests
MANY PEOPLE ARE TAKING AD-
the last regular and special meet- VANTAGE OF LIVING OUTDOORS
ings were read and approved. DURING THE HOT SUMMER
The secretary reported having MONTHS
written to Council relative to wid-
increased demand for
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Railroad, the facades of the ia
house and the architectural features | re and Mrs, Jo-
of the mile long dam reveal the | sep! Miss Annie Shearer,
thought and careful planning of the! la Mellinger, Mr. and Mrs
company in bringing the design into * hold, attended the tent
keeping with the natural beauty of meeting near Penryn on Sunday.
the region, { This meeti of the Brethren in
The largest part of the labor used in Christ churel h “has entered into its
the construction of the $30,000,000 de- second w eek of the series, which
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eons orl Oldham, of Altoona.
Brethren To Hold
tional Bank of Mount Joy guardian for |
THE SHELLY REUNION AT
MANHEIM, SAT. JULY 30
The annual Shelly reunion will be
held on July 30th, 1932, at Manheim
park, about one-half mile south of the
public square of Manheim, Penna., on
Highway Route No, 72.
The committee has arranged a
schedule of events that will appeal to
both young and old. A history of the
family will be presented at the busi-
ness meeting which will be called to
order at 1:30 P. M. Eastern Standard
Time.
Any person desiring further infor-
mation will address Carl E, Shelly,
Attorney-at-law, Harrisburg.
Arntz-Jacobs
FOUR GENERATIONS REPRESENT-
ED IN TWO GROUPS AT GATHER-
ING AT KEENER'S PARK, ELIZA-
BETHTOWN SUNDAY
The third annual reunion of the
| Arntz-Jacobs families was held on
Sunday at Keener's Park, ZElizabeth-
town, Seventy-two persons were pres-
ent. Two groups of four generations
were present: Mrs, Lizzie Sears, great-
| grandmother, Mrs. Luther Kneisley,
mother and Walter Yocum Kneisley,
The
James Atticks,
Curtis Atticks,
son, all of Harrisburg.
group included Mrs,
great-grandmother, Mr.
grandfather, Mrs. Lester Yeager,
mother and Eleanore Yeager, daugh-
ter, all of Paxtang. Prizes for the old-
est persons present went to Mrs. Liz-
renty-nine, of Harrisburg
and Mr. Noah Morrison,
The youngest member of the family
present were Walter Yocum Kneisley
of Harrisburg and Joan Doerner of
Chambersburg! Ralph Scott of York
won the cracker contest. The peanut |
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of Lancaster. |
Y. P. Conference
WILL BE HELD AT ELIZABETH-
TOWN AUG. 8 TO 20 WHEN
REPRESENTATIVES FROM
EASTERN AND SOUTHERN
PENNA. WILL ATTEND
The fourth annual
ple’s conference of the Church of
the Brethren of Eastern and
Southern Pennsylvania will be con-
ducted at Elizabethtown college
from August 8 to August 20, when
several hundred representatives of
the various churches of the district
are expected to be present.
The conference, it was announced
is arranged by a board of directors
appointed by the Board of Religious
Education of the denomination of
Eastern and Southern Pennsylvania,
and includes representatives of the
Sunday schools and Young People’s
associations.
The conference will be divided in-
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New Trial Denied
A new trial was denied in the case
of Martin E. Brubaker, of Lancaster,
versus Rev. Francis E. Purcell, of Phil-
adelphia. A jury recently refused to
award Brubaker damages for an au-
tomobile collision in Florin in Janu-
ary, 1931.
Ninth Annual
Young Peo-
Reunion Is Held
other! xj A NHEIM
| ination
4,500 Troops At
Mt. Gretna Camp
HEADQUARTERS COMPANY, 56th
INFANTRY BRIGADE MOVES
SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH OTHER
UNITS
Columbia National Guardsmen,
Headquarters Co. 56th Infantry Bri-
gade enlisted to full pease-time
strength of two commissioned o.cers
and 33 enlisted men, are in their an-
nual two-weeks of field training at Mt.
Gretna. They will be among 4500
Pennsylvania troops in maneuvers.
While they were leaving Columbia,
additional regiments entrained from
Philadelphia, Harrisburg and other
sections of the state. The 103rd Caval-
ry and 111th Infantry will comprise the
largest units.
These units will remain until July
23 when their places will be taken by
other units, including the 52nd Caval-
{ry Brigade of which General E. C.
| Shannon, Columbia, is commandant.
Major General William G. Price, Jr.,
will serve as commander of the en-
campment for the last time this year
for he will be retired in March 1933
under the maximum age limit clause of
the army regulations and will be suc-
ceeded by General Shannon as com-
mander of the 28th Division.
BOY WINS
STATE SCHOLARSHIP
Lester S. Hollinger, of Manheim,
was one of eighty school students
in Pennsylvania awarded a state
a competitive exam-
conducted in May by the
Public Instruction,
Harrisburg on
scholarship in
Department of
it was announced at
Monday. Hollinger has the privi-
lege of a state scholarship of $100
a year for. four years at any Penn-
sylvania college or university ap-
proved by the college and university
council.
A total of 2,278 boys
representing 472 public
and 44 private schools
in the contest.
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Estates Adjudicated
These estates of local interest were
adjudicated:
Lou Kuhns, late of this boro, $237.76.
Moses H. Ober, Rapho township,
$8,893.68.
Benj. L. Kauffman, Rapho township,
$3,892.26.
and girls
high schools
participated
J. A. Ulrich, Elizabethtown, $89,-
038.40.
Emma Kauffman, Rapho township,
$1,616.24,
Second Reunion
Of Ruhl Clan
WAS HELD AT THE HOME OF
PHARES MOYER, NEAR MAN-
HEIM, LAST SUNDAY—H. P.
WISEGARVER, PRESIDENT
The second annual reunion of the
descendants of Philip and Cather-
ine Farmer Ruhl was held at the
home of Phares Moyer, near Man-
heim, Sunday, July 10, when the
following prorgam was rendered:
Hymn, Faith of Our Fathers; De-
Geyer Reunion
TY [
BE HELD AT HOFFER;
WILL
PARK, MIDDI Pr WN, SAT- |
URDAY, JULY 23—GOOD PRO-
GRAM HAS BEEN
votions and Prayer, Cyrus Stauffer;
Address by President; the Sunday
School lesson explained, Rev. C.
Gibble; Song, Jesus Loves Me, by
children under 14 years; Sermon;
Rev. Cis it i Song, Saviour
Like a Shepherd; Social and Lunch
; Ho ur; Sextel tte ’ by Oscar Ruhl,
| Henry Myers, Paul Heagy, Ray-
mond Moyer, Harry Dohner and
Voi n Stauffer.
nvocation, Rev. Christ Gibble;
fe n, Almeda Ruhl; Instru-
mental Solo, Wilson Baum; Address
by Rev. Paul Wenger; Song by the
itgrandchildren over 14 years
old, Old Rugged Cross; Select read-
of the]
t Hoffer |
The ninth annual
Geyer clan will he
Park, Middletown July |
23, when all clan
are urged t
The following program has been
arranged
Song services; Organist, Erma
Geyer, Elizabethtown, Pa.; Serip-
ture Reading, Ll Geyer, | Middle-
town; Prayer, Herbert ‘inters of
Hershey; Duet, Lois t and
Helen Middletown; the
Winters, R1
President’s
Samuel R.
Solo,
town;
Welcome,
R1 Middletown;
Michael Geyer, R1, Middle-
Reading, “Washington, the
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HOW LONG WILL THE
DEPRESSION LAST?
A business depression started in-
1857 and lasted 12 months.
1869 and lasted 8 months.
1873 and lasted 30 months.
1884 and lasted 22 months,
1893 and lasted 25 months,
1903 and lasted 25 months.
1907 and lasted 12 months.
1914 and lasted 8 months.
1921 and lasted 14 months,
1930 and lasted?
ARRANGED | ove:
entitled
Harrison
Five minute talks,
ing, Verna Ruhl; Song,
The Front Door, by Mr.
Ruhl’s children;
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Don’t Forget July 21st
This is the day the Lancaser Coun-
ty Grocers are going to Atlantic City
on their annual picnic. This is a big
affair and everybody likes to go. For
this occasion the Pennsylvania Rail-
road Company will run special trains
and at surprisingly low rates. The
rate from Mount Joy being $3.00 for
the round trip. You don’t have to be
a groceryman to go to this picnic. All
you have to do is buy a railroad ticket
and join the crowd. You are invited to
go with the crowd and enjoy the day
at the shore.
By.
17th Landis Reunion
The seventeenth annual reunion of
the Landis family will be held at Per-
kasie Park, Pa., thirty-five miles north
of Philadelphia, on Saturday, Septem-
ber 3. It was announced Tuesday by
D. B. Landis, president of the Lancas-
ter County Landis reunion committee.
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A New Grocery
Mr. Wm. Lawton, of Lancaster, who
recently purchased the property of D.
F. Gable on North Barbara street, has
opened an up-to-date grocery store.
See his ad on another page of the Bul-
letin,
Breeders’
ing at the
July 6th.
cussed.
and one-half mile east of Middletown,
day, August 3rd.
town,
shower at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Steiner, at Elizabethtown, re-
cently.
tives. (
GOOD B. & L. RECEIPTS
DESPITE DEPRESSION
The regular monthly meeting of the
Mount Joy Building and Loan Asso-
ciation was held at the First National
Bank and Trust Company last Wed-
nesday evening with these directors
present: Messrs. R. Fellenbaum, J
Willis Freed, Christian Walters, Dr, E.
W. Newcomer and Jno. E. Schroll.
Secretary E. M. Bomberger reported
receipts for the month of June were
$1,358.33 and Treasurer Fellenbaum
reported a balance of $1,368.75 in the
treasury.
Mr, Bomberger made a report of a
meeting of Building and Loan Associ-
ation representatives which he attend-
ed at Lancaster last Thursday.
Several applications for withdrawals
were promptly granted, a few bills
paid and the board adjourned.
Local Mortuary
Record for a Week
MANY OF OUR BEST KNOWN
PEOPLE HAVE PASSED TO THAT
GREAT BEYOND WITHIN THE
PAST WEEK
Nellie LeFever died at Columbia,
aged 35 years.
Frank, Gruelick, 64, formerly of Co-}
lumbia, died at Erie, Pa.
Dr. Warren F. Teel, president of Al-
bright College died last night.
Benjamin F. Brown, 89, who march-
ed with General Sherman through
Georgia to the sea, died at Strasburg
last Wednesday.
Elam W. Sensenig
Elam W. Sensenig, sixty-one, son
of the late Tobias and Magdalena
Witmer Sensenig, of Neffsville, died
suddenly Monday morning follow-
ing a heart attack suffered while at
work on a farm near his home.
Mr. Francis Gebhard, Mrs. Daniel
Wagner and daughter, Sara and Miss
Lorraine Boeshore, of Lebanon, called
on Mr. and Mrs. Don Gorrecht on
Thursday. Miss Boeshore spent sev-
eral days with Miss Doris Gorrecht,
who was a classmate at Lebanor Val-
ley College.
Mrs. Robert A. Snyder
Mrs. Robert A. Snyder, nee Sylvia
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GARDEN SPOT CLUB MET
AT SPORTING HILL
The Garden Spot Rabbit and Cavy
Association held its meet-
Adams Filling Sation at
Sporting Hill on Wednesday evening,
The rabbit show connected with the
community exhibit was generally dis-
The next meeting will be held one
at Dupler’s Filling Station, on Wednes-
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Miscellaneous Shower
Mr. and Mrs, Clarence Wagner, of
were tendered a miscellanous
The guests included Mrs. Wagner's
Sunday School class, friends and rela-
Elaborate refreshments were served
remanent:
Local Doings In
And Around Florin
NEWS OF GENERAL INTEREST AS
IT OGCCURRED IN THAT BUSY
VILLAGE WEST OF HERE.
Mr. and Mrs. Fern
Bobby; Miss:
son,
Lutheran
rails, at ine
. Nissly Gingricl
entertained ber of guest (
a lawn par their home on Fri-
day even: in honor of their son,
Bruce, wl
day.
Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Kernan, pro-
prietors of the former Kinsey Res-
taurant. have sold the restaurant on
private terms to Mrs. Anna Engle,
of Lancaster, who has taken im-
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Held Keller Reunion
The eighth annual reunion of the
Keller family was held in the Lititz
Springs Park, on Saturday with an at-
tendance of about 150. The Kellers
came originally from Switzerland in
1777, and settled in Lancaster county.
[on Saturday
proprietor of
Room, a short
chor, on the
tween here and Elizabethtown, sus
tained
right wri:
which he
Lincoln he:
just how
10 celebrated his 5th birth- | the
Mark’s
meet Thursday evening, July 14 at
the home of Mr. Charles Z. Derr, 61
West Main Street. /
speaker of the evening,
music will feature the
Sisterhood Class |
Met On Thursday
HELD INTERESTING MEETING AT
THE HOME OF MRS. H. N. NIS-
SLY—GOOD PROGRAM RENDER-
ED—REFRESHMENTS SERVED
The Sisterhood Bible class of the
United Brethren church met at the
home of Mrs. H. N. Nissly on North
Barbara Street, Thursday evening.
Mrs. Earl Myers, the president, pre
sided: Devotions and Prayer by Mrs.
L. C. Sprecher; Reading of minutes;
Reports; Resolutions of respect were
read by Mrs, Eli Bentzel for Mrs. John
Stauffer; Offering; Business session
was followed by an exercise “The
den of Womanhood,” Mrs. alter
Greiner was reader and these ladies
were included in the presentation: Red
rose for love, Mrs. John Schroll; Blue
violet for modesty, Mrs. Earl Myers;
White daisy for patience, Mrs. John
Reigel; Arborvitae for unchangng
friendship, Mrs. Harry Ney; Pansy for
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semis foreman
A LOCAL RESIDENT, 97,
FELL FRACTURED THIGH
Mr. Martin N. Brubaker, on East
Main street, had an unfortunate fall
evening. About 9:30
o'clock a he was about to retire, and
was being helped from his wheel chair,
which he has used for quite a num-
ber of years, due to loss of eyesight, to
his bed, he lost his balance and fell.
Miss Annie Blensinger who takes care
of Mr. Brubaker was unable to avert
the accident.
While he is doing remarkably well
and resting comfortably, he has some
pain, resulting from a broken femore
bone in his left thigh. Mr. Brubaker
is in his 97th year.
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Held Picnic Supper
The Sunday School Class taught by
Mrs. Geo. A. Kercher held their pic-
nic supper on the parsonage lawn on
West Main street, on Monday evening.
A part of the book, “Serving Around
the World,” was read during the meet-
ing. A good attendance of members
enjoyed the outing,
0) esses.
Elected a Director
At the meeting of the City Mutual
Fire Insurance Company held at Leba-
non on Monday, Henry G. Carpenter
was elected a director of the company.
Mr. Carpenter has been Underwriting
Manager of the company for a number
of years.
Auto Mishap On
State Highway
AUTO AND HEARSE COLLIDE
AFTER WHICH ANOTHER
CAR RUNS INTO WRECK
EAST OF ELIZABETHTOWN,
THURSDAY NIGHT
Mr. Harry Keagle,
the Carsenia T
distance west of A!
concrete highway b
injuries of the chest an:
i when the machin+
driving and a new
, being driven by Mr.
of Williamsport, the
on the Harrisburg!
of Eliza-
Harry Pai
ywner, I
pike,
lod
f mile east
and greatly enjoyed. by thtown, at 9:30 P. M. on 'Thurs-
The couple received a large variety day.
of useful and beautiful gifts. Ke was treated by Dr. Troy
iompson, of
Elizabethtown, for
There are conflicting stories as to
accident occurred.
was going east in a Hudson
edan and the hearse was travelling
The front of the Hudson ecol-
(Turn to page five)
theo
the
MARTIN FAMILY
AT LITITZ
REUNION
WEDNESDAY
1 reunion of the Mar-
1 be held at Lititz
Park, Lititz, next Wednes-
am will start at 2:30 S.
be as follows: Devotion-
Historical Address, C.
1 er; Music! Ad-
Martin, Leba-
siness Session.
to provide their own
Guests are
eres:
BAINBRIDGE PAYS ITS
TRIBUTE TO WASHINGTON
A We as hin
ice was
bicentennial serv=
held on Sunday evening in
Ludwig M. E. Church.
gton
John A. McSparran, Secretary of
Agriculture, delivered the address,
a splendid program was rendered
with special singing by the Mt. Joy
male chorus.
ee.
Ushers’ League
The Ushers’ League of the Saint
United Brethren church will
3
Rev. G. A. Kercher be the |