VOL. XXXII, No. 43
MOUNT r JOY, PENNA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22nd, 1933
The Mount Joy Bulletin
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The Auto Club
Elects Officers
HENRY G. CARPENTER, OF TOWN,
A DIRECTOR—OTHER CLUB MAT- |
TERS
S. Edward Gable, president of the
Lancaster Automobile club for the past
fourteen years, was re-elected for an-
other term at the annual meeting in
the Stevens House Friday night. J. G.
Forney was named secretary for the
twenty-third term, and Dr. W. H.
Trout treasurer for the twenty-fourth
year. The four vice presidents and’
fifteen members of the board of di-
rectors also were re-elected.
The vice presidents are: Frank M.
Abel, Lancaster; Dr. W. G. Hess, Holt-
wood; Dr. E. L. Cornman, Marietta,
and D. Lyman Hamaker, Ephrata. Mem-
bers of the board are: B. Frank Bach-
man, H. Clay Miller and B. W. Fisher, |
Lancaster; F. L. Spence, Columbia; H. |
G. Carpenter, Mount Joy; Harry Trout, |
Manheim; Paul H. Bomberger, Lititz; |
Jonas H. Nissley, East Petersburg; J.|
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Wade Gayley, Strasburg; Lloyd
Winters, Quarryville; Howard N. Hom- |
sher, Bartville; J. Ralph Hess, Gap; |
Isaac H Snader, New Holland; Jacob |
Eichelberger, Murrell, and Samuel L.
Snyder, Denver.
A resolution opposing any move in
the legislature to merge the state po-
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MT. JOY MEN ARE HELD
ON SERIOUS CHARGES
David Sternberger, local business
man, was arrested Tuesday by Con-
stable George Peffley, on a serious
charge, preferred by Mrs. Ella Pfautz,
of Mastersonville in behalf of her
fourteen-year-old daughter. It was
the second arrest made on complaint of
Mrs. Pfautz.
Abner Sprout, also of town, was ar-
rested Tuesday. He was committed
to jail, while Sternberger furnished
bail for hearings before Justice of the
Peace H. R. Steigerwalt.
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Took Part in Concert
Miss Doris Gorrecht, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Don W. Gorrecht, par-
ticipated in the Student’s Recital given
by members of the Conservatory of |
Music, Lebanon Valley College, Ann-
|4- -ROOM SCHOOL WILL
|
| Plans for a
{indicated today.
{ will be ready for occupancy in the Fall
“Plans for the building were pre-
pared by Henry Y. Shaub, local archi-
tect, and designer of many school
buildings.
The building will be erected in East
Donegal township and will replace a
two-room school now used to accom-
modate boys and girls of the district.
The proposed building will house pu-
pils up to the Sixth grade.
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Court Disposes
Of Local Cases
CONSTABLE HAINES OF NEW-
TOWN, PAID COSTS IN A RECENT
ARREST—LIZZIE KUPP'S SEN-
TENCE POSTPONED BY JUDGE
ATLEE
| Final disposition was made in sev-
i eral local cases by the Court during
| the past week.
| A Severe Sentence
Pleading guilty to serious charges
brought by Mrs. Ella Pfautz, of Mas-
tersonville, in behalf of her fourteen-
year-old daughter, Abner Sprout, of
North Market street, this boro, was
sentenced to serve from 4 to 10 years
in the Eastern Penitentiary and to pay
a fine of $1,000 and costs.
Sentence Suspended
Edward Zink, Marietta, was given a
suspended sentence when he pleaded
guilty to an assault and battery charge
brought by Harrison Dodge of Lancas-
ter.
Paid the Costs
David Eshleman, who lives along the
Harrisburg pike, just west of Long
Park, was acquitted of violating the
liquor laws before Judge Schaeffer in
Court Room No. 2.
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ANNUAL BANQUET OF CO.
FIREMEN ON SATURDAY
The annual banquet of the Lancaster
County Firemen's Association will be
held in Odd Fellows Hall, Lancaster,
ville, on Tuesday. Miss Gorrecht
played a piano solo, “Impromptu in E
Flat” by Schubert.
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News In General
For Busy Folks
INTERESTING HAPPENINGS FROM
ALL OVER THE COUNTRY FOR)
THE BENEFIT OF THOSE WHO
HAVE LITTLE TIME TO READ
Spring started Monday.
Albright College is closed on account
of scarlet fever.
A. N. Herman will move from W.
Donegal St. to Landisville.
Lorraine Marrow, aged 3, of Millers-
ville, swallowed an open safety pin.
23 head of cattle and 5 horses perish-
ed in a $30,000 fire near Kennett
Square.
J. Roy Showalter, of York, was
struck by a trolley on the Lititz pike
Monday.
The Sunday sports bill is being re-
considered by the House and Senate
at Harrisburg.
Penna. tobacco growers have in-
dicated a reduction of 2,100 acres in
the 1933 crop.
The Roughwear Clothing Co. re-
employed 200 people Monday for
full time work.
Mr. Elmer Herman and family
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MAN GASHES FINGER
WHILE CUTTING WOOD
Stanley Cooper, thirty-four, of
Salunga, nearly cut off his left
thumb while chopping wood with an
axe at his home Monday evening.
Cooper was taken to St. Joseph’s
hospital by his uncle, W. S. Peifer,
Salunga, where he was treated by
Dr. C. R. Farmer. He was later
taken to his home.
| will be along former
| ing by prominent men and high class
‘late of Mount Joy.
on Saturday evening, March 25th, be-
ginning at 6:00 o'clock. The price of
the tickets is $1.75. The entertainment
lines with speak-
vaudeville. We predict a very good
attendance at this meeting.
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Bainbridge Resident Hurt
Miss Ada Landis, thirty-eight, of
Bainbridge, was treated at the Harris-
burg hospital Wednesday afternoon for
shock and a bruised right shoulder, af-
ter the automobile in which she was
riding overturned in a collision near
the approach of the Mulberry street.
bridge, Harrisburg.
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Must Reduce the Toll
The Public Service Commission’s or-
der reducing toll rates from ten to
eight cents on the Clarks Ferry Bridge,
crossing the Susquehanna River six-
teen miles north of Harrisburg, was
sustained today by the State Superior
Court, now sitting at the Capitol.
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Senate Passed Beer Bill
Beer and wine of 3.2 percent by
April 5 or 6 was assured millions of
thirsty Americans Monday when
the Senate approved a conference
report on the bill legalizing manu-
facture and sale of the beverages.
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A Religious Musicale
A religious musicale will be pre-
sented by the King’s Daughters’
class of the United Brethren Sun-
day School on Thursday evening,
March 30th, at 8:00 P. M. in the
church auditorium.
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Short Weighed Customers
An employe of Edelson’s Economy
store and the Premier Food Store at
Lancaster, were arrested and fined $15
for short weighing customers.
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Letters Granted
Kathryn Arntz, Mount Joy, ad-
ministratrix, of Howard B. Arntz,
Mrs. Harry Gish Was Hostess To
Farm Women Society Number 8
The Society of Farm Women No.
8, was entertained by Mrs. Harry
Gish, Saturday afternoon at her
home near Elizabethtown.
The society enjoyed the following
program:
Song, Believe Me If All Those
Endearing Young Charms.
Scripture reading, 89th Psalm, by
Mrs. Irvin Erhart.
Sketch, When Grandmother Was a
Girl, Ruth and Harriet Daggett.
Business Session during which
time committees were appointed for
the annual Flower Show, which will
be held June 9-10, at the Old Stone
Mill, Bainbridge.
Piano Solo, 6th Hungarian Rhap-
sody by David Schlosser.
Paper, Preserving and
Homesteads by Mrs. Norman
Garber.
Vocal solo, Londonderry Air,
Floy Schlosser.
Lecture, Westminster Abbey,
Rev. John Harries, Marietta, Pa.
Song, America.
The ‘Society will sew at the Lan-
caster General Hospital on Tues-
Creating
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by
by
BE BUILT AT FLORIN
four-room school building
in Florin have been completed and
| bids will be asked by April 1, it was
Construction will
S. EDWARD GABLE BEGINS FIF- early this spring and the new
TEENTH YEAR AS PRESIDENT— | jy; ing, according to present plans,
HAVE BEEN ISSUED BY
RISBURG, PA.
The regulations this year specify
that only those who cannot get the
loans elsewhere are eligible for the
loans from the $90,000,000 fund au-
thorized by Congress. Loans can be
used only for crop production, and
require the borrower to reduce his
BIRTHDAY PARTY HELD
FOR BAINBRIDGE MAN
Mrs. Mary Horton and son Wilson, of
Philadelphia, spent the week-end as
the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Shaeffer
Smith.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank P. Groff enter-
tained at a birthday dinner on Sunday
in honor of Mrs. Groff’s father, Mr.
Shaeffer Smith, who celebrated his
73rd birthday anniversary. The guests
were: Mr. and Mrs. Shaeffer Smith,
Mrs. Mary Horton and son Lilson, of
Philadelphia; Miss Jane Hawthorne,
Margaret, Raymond and Almeda Groff.
Other visitors of the Groff’s on Sunday
were: Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Feeser, Sr.;
Mrs. Margaret Hughes and children,
Evelyn and Wilbur, of Columbia and
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Feeser, Jr. and
daughter of Marietta.
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Women Exceed Men
Women teachers outnumber
teachers in Pennsylvania public
schools approximately four to one,
according to latest available records
in the Department of Public Instruc
men
tion. Of the 62,676 total teachers,
49,813 are women and 12,863 are
men. Supervising officials, both
men and women, total 1918.
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Spelling Bee
A spelling bee will be held in the
Mount Vernon School, 2 miles north of
Manheim on the Lebanon road on Sat-
urday evening, March 25th at 7 o'clock.
APPLICATIONS FOR 1933 CROP PRODUCTION
LOANS
THE SECRETARY OF AGRI-
CULTURE AND ARE NOW AVAILABLE TO FARMERS
UPON REQUEST TO THEIR COUNTY AGENT OR TO
S. M. WASS, FIELD SUPERVISOR, P. O. BOX 644, HAR-
acreage of cash crops 30 per cent
under last year, unless he does not
intend to plant more than 8 acres
of cotton, 2 1-2 acres of tobacco, 8
acres of peanuts, 20 acres of corn,
12 acres of sugar beets, 2 1-2 acres
of truck crops, 8 acres of potatoes,
Water Wheel to
Be Connected
COUNCIL SO DECIDED AT ITS
SPECIAL MEETING MONDAY
NIGHT SUPERVISOR “JIM”
SMELTZER WILL DO THE WORK
WITH LOCAL LABOR
Mount Joy Boro Council met in
special session Monday evening with
President Jno. L. Murphy, George Alt-
house, S. H. Miller, H. F. Hawthorne
and Burgess John G. Keener present.
Clerk Zeller absent, Councilman Alt-
house substituting.
The meeting was called for the pur-
pose of hearing a report of the Water
committee relative to reconnecting the
water turbine at the pumping station,
used for pumping water by water
power.
Mr. Hawthorne reported that Mr.
Murphy and himself called on the filter
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COUNTY GAME WARDEN
DISTRIBUTED GAME HERE
Instead of having individuals in var-
ious localities distribute game, the
County Game Protectors will do the
work in the future. This is a new or-
der of the State Game Commission.
There will be two spelling classes and
one general information class. Prizes |
will be given, “The Lancaster Fun
Makers” will entertain. Admission 20c. |
Passed to The
Great Beyond
MANY OF OUR BEST KNOWN
PEOPLE HAVE PASSED TO THAT
GREAT BEYOND WITHIN THE
PAST WEEK
William J. Smith
William J. Smith, 71, retired P.
R. R. engineer, died Sunday nite at
Marietta. His wife and one daugh-
ter, Mrs. H. R. Zink, of Marietta, |
survive. The funeral was held this |
afternoon.
Jacob W. Horst
Jacob W. Horst, seventy-six, died at
his home in West Donegal township of
complications.
He is survived by his wife, Lizzie,
and one son, Jacob L. Horst, of Eliza-
bethtown. He is also survived ky one
brother and two sisters: Amos Horst,
of Ephrata; Mrs. John Hoover, of
Rothsville; and Mrs. Michael Nolt, of
New Holland.
Services were conducted on Saturday
from his home, near Elizabethtown,
and from the Pike Mennonite church,
near New Holland. Burial was made
in the adjoining cemetery.
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CONOY TWP. ADDED TO
COUNTY'S ACCREDITED AREA
Effective on Saturday, March 25,
Ccnoy township will be declared a
modified accredited area for the
control of bovine. tuberculosis, ac-
cording to announcement Sunday
by the Bureau of Animal Industry
of the Pennsylvania Department of
Agriculture.
This will be the eighth township
in Lancaster county on which the
state has placed a modified quaran-
tine for the protection of cattle in
such accredited areas.
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Manheim Ahead
More than 150 girls from five
county high schools participated in
the athletic meet held Saturday at
the Y. W. C. A. under the direction
of the Lancaster Recreation and
Playground association. The Man-
heim Boro High school won first
place.
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Adjudications Filed
These amounts remain for distri-
bution in the following estates:
Sarah Albright, late of West
Hempfield township, $900.03.
Charles Shields, late of East Don-
egal township, $186.75.
Catharine Walker, late of Mariet-
ta, $8,141.59.
day, April 4.
Last Wednesday and Thursday Coun-
ty Protector Jno. Haverstick distribu-
| ted rabbits and ringneck cocks thruout
this locality. Fifty-four cotton tails
were distributed in close proximity to
Mount Joy as well as a number of
pheasants.
In the vicinity of Hull’s Tavern Mr.
Haverstick also distributed a number
of raccoons.
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Has No Opposition
A. N. Gingrich, supervising prin-
cipal of the Manheim township
schools, was nominated without op-
position as president of the Ameri-
can Business club at a meeting Mon
day in the Y. W. C. A. Mr. Gingrich
is a native of Florin.
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Treated for Bruises
Christian Brinser. five, Florin,
was treated for bruices bv Dr. H.
C Kendig after he ran into the
side o° a moving car, operated by
AL. Gantz, Elizasethtown R. D. 2
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Suits Started
The First National Bank and
Trust Co., of Mount Joy vs. Sara H
Habecker, executrix of Mary N.
Habecker, deceased, summons in
assumpsit.
Four Young Men
Arrested; All Are
Held For Court
On Tuesday, Mar. 14th, the home of
George Shickley, on Mount Joy street,
was entered, through a cellar window.
Six to eight quarts of wine, carpenter
tools, electric wiring and bulbs, storage
battery, shoe stand, to the amount of
$30.00 were stolen. Chief of Police El-
mer Zerphey assisted by State Police
Reilly arrested Paul Stark, Chas. Good,
Miles Detwiler and John Darrenkamp.
A hearing was held at the office of
Justice of the Peace J. G. Keener on
Tuesday afternoon. All were held and
furnished $500.00 bail for court. The
stolen goods were recovered.
New House Robbed
The new house of Morris Stauffer,
in the east end of town was entered by
thieves on Saturday, March 11th. Car-
penter tools, 200 feet electric wire and
electric tubing amounting to $40.00 was
stolen. Paul Stark, of town was ar-
rested for felonious entry, larceny and
receiving stolen goods. At a hearing
before Justice of the Peace J. G. Kee-
ner, Tuesday afternoon, Stark furnish-
ed $500.00 bail for court.
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Jake Wants a Divorce
An application for dicorce was filed
at the court house by Jacob Inners, of
Elizabethtown, R. D. 1, who is seeking
separation from his wife, Mrs. Mary
Inners. They were married 39 years
aga.
Local Farmers May Now
Apply For Crop Loans
30 acres of rice, or 40 acres of
wheat.
The maximum permitted to any
one borrower this year is $300; or,
in the case of tenants, the total of
all loans to tenants of any one
landlord within a single county can
not exceed $1,200. The actual
amount advanced by the authorities
will depend upon the borrower’s re-
quirements. A first lien or mortgage
on the crop will be required. The
regulations require that loans be
repaid on or before October 31, 1933
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PINCHOT PAVES WAY FOR
BRIDGE AT BAINBRIDGE
Homsher bill which permits
The
the State Highway Department to
borrow the Reconstruction Finance
funds for the construction of toll
bridges was signed by Governor
Pinchot and became a law Friday.
The measure was introduced by
State Senator John C. Homsher, of
Strasburg, chairman of the Lan-
caster County Emergency Relief
iommittee and is designed to secure
funds for the erection of bridges at
Safe Harbor, Holtwood and Bain-
bridge.
The projects would be self-liqui-
dating and the construction would
be rushed to furnish work-relief as
soon as funds were secured.
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MR. ROY B. SHEETZ HEADS
OUR BOARD OF HEALTH
At a meeting of Mount Joy Boro
Board of Health held on Thursday
evening, the following organization
was effected: President, Roy B.
Sheetz; Vice President, Harry G.
Brown; Health Physician, Dr. A. F
Snyder; Secretary, M. M. Leib. F.
E. Hershey was elected Health of-
ficer.
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The Bruckhart Estate
A balance of $2,298.74 was order-
ed distributy ' among heirs in the
estate of Pa.i Bruckhart, late of
this boro, in an adjudication hand-
ed down by Judge William N. Apple
in Lancaster County Orphans’ court
Thursday.
P.P.&1L. Culs
Electric Rates
BEGINNING APRIL 20, COMPANY
MAKES A VOLUNTARY REDUC-
TION OF $700,000 A YEAR WHICH
IS WELCOME NEWS TO CON-
SUMERS
Another voluntary rate reduction is
announced by the Pennsylvania Power
& Light Company, effective April 20th,
1933, applicable to its entire system.
This reduction affects the residential,
domestic and farm service customers,
as well as the commercial, small power
and large power customers and in-
volves certain changes in practice which
also result in savings to the customers.
This is the third general reduction in
rates, since the beginning of the present
economic depression, benefitting con-
sumers in Lancaster and portions of
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Funeral Largely Attended
The funeral services of Council-
man Howard B. Arntz last Thurs-
day was largely attended. Boro
Council acted as honorary pallbear-
ers and the acting pallbearers were
George Zeller, John Dillinger and
Wm.» Ellis, of the I. 0. O. F. Lodge
R. F. Eshleman, Harry Kaylor and
Earl Kaylor of the Evangelical
Congregational church. There were
floral tributes.
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Large Barn Burned
The large barn on the farm of John
J. Landis, R. 3, Lititz, was destroyed
by fire last Wednesday. The estimated
loss is $9,000. A few pigs, chickens,
some tobacco and farm crops were
destroyed. The barn was struck by
lightning. The farm is tenanted by
Noah Landis, son of the owner and a
son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. John W.
Newcomer on West main street.
Pageant Presented Here
The Intermediate C. E. Society
of the Church of God at Elizabeth~
town, presented the pageant, entit-
led “The Challenge of the Cross,”
in the Church of God at Mount Joy
on Sunday evening. It was very
well rendered and very well attend-
ed.
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Signs Gas Bill
Governor Pinchot Friday signed
the Sterling bill requiring gasoline
dealers to display the amount gas
tax separately from the retail price
of the fuels.
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MOVINGS
Mr. George Meminger moved his
family from West Donegal St. to
the Hershey property on West
Main Street.
BROTHERS AND SISTERS
HELD REUNION SATURDAY
A reunion of the sisters and the
brcthers of Mr. Daniel Kreider met
at his home on Saturday evening at
Petersburg. Supper was served to:
Mr, and Mrs Jno. Newcomer and
daughter, Mary of town; Mr. and
Mrs. Jno. Kreider, Mr. and Mrs.
Ames Kreider and daughter Anna
Marie, of Neffsville; Mr. and Mrs.
Daniel Good and children, Daniel
and Klla, of Petersburg; Mrs. Liz-
zie Miller ani daughters, C ra ana
Ella cf Millersville; Mr. ani Mrs.
Jno. Brubaker and children, Anna
Mary, Edna, David, Marlin and
Vena, of Kirkwood; Anna and Ida
Peifer Mr. Espenshade of Peters-
burg; Mrs. Lizzie Kreider and Mr.
of Manheim
Boards Must
Fix Tax Rate
DR. RULE ADVISES BOARDS TO
CALL IN CONTRACTS OF TEACH-
ERS WHO ARE TO REMAIN IN
SERVICE — LEGISLATION MAY
EFFECT SALARIES
Eenjamin Stauffer,
Pennsylvania school boards are con-
fronted with unusual conditions as they
prepare to make budgets and set tax
rates for next year. Pending legislation
which may effect salaries of teachers
has been summarized and sent to all
county and district school superinten-
dents of Public Instruction.
He strongly advises school boards
against wholesale termination of teach-
ers’ contracs until the Legislature acts
upon a bill to make salary reductions
permissive. He indicated how con-
tracts of acceptable teachers can be
continued and possible salary changes
adjusted in keeping with pending legis-
lation.
To change a teacher’s contract, the
school board must notify the teacher in
writing not less than sixty days before
the close of the school term. Dr. Rule
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LANDISVILLE MAN HURT
WHILE RIDING MOTORCYCLE
State Highway Patrolmen Friday
night were conducting an investigation
to determine the cause of an accident
on the East Petersburg-Neffsville road,
Friday, in which Elmer W. Leaman,
twenty-five, of Landisville, was seri-
ously injured when thrown off a mo-
torcycle he was riding.
Conveyed to the Lancaster General
hospital in the institution's ambulance,
Leaman was found to be suffering from
a possible fracture of the skull and a
laceration of the head. He was admit-
ted.
According to Patrolman John A. Au-
mon, Leaman was traveling toward
Neffsville when the cycle spilled on a
curve. Questioned briefly at the hos-
pital by the officer, Leaman said he did
not know what caused the accident.
Aumon expressed the opinion that the
cycle might have run off the hard road
surface and skidded in loose stones at
the side.
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70 SILVER DOLLARS HOARD
OF WOMAN IN BOILED SOAP
When the household goods of the
late Mrs. Margaret Gutshall, of
near Blain, were being prepared for
the recent sale, seventy silver dol-
lars were found in a vessel contain-
ing home-made soap.
Mrs. Gutshall had wrapped each
coin in paper, placed them in the
bottom of the vessel and poured in
the hot soap, thus making a secure
hiding place for her money.
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A St. Patrick’s Party
Mr. and Mrs. Cheyney Eisenber-
ger, on West Donegal St., enter-
tained to a St. Patrick’s party on
Friday evening. Decorations were in
keeping with the day. Elaborate
refreshments were served to: Mrs.
John Germer, Misses Elizabeth |
Stehman, Marion Buller, Maude |
Lawton, Nellie Lawton, Ida, Kath-
ryn and Edna Eisenberger, Mr. and |
Mrs. Eisenberger.
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A Tri-Meeting
The Rotary Clubs of Elizabeth-
town, Lititz and Mount Joy, Ro-
tary’s Triplets, held a joint meeting
at Elizabethtown Friday evening.
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A Profitable Meeting
A well attended institute of the
Children’s Division workers of the |
Sunday Schools of the county was
held at Lancaster Saturday.
Meeting For
Our Farmers
COOPERATIVE PURCHASING TO
BE DISCUSSED AND EX-
PLAINED AT A MEETING TO
BE HELD HERE BY EASTERN
STATES FARMERS EX-
CHANGE
On Thursday evening, March 23,
at 7:15 in Marietta street school
building, in this boro, there will be
a meeting for the benefit of the far
mers of our locality.
This meeting is being held to
give you first hand information
through personal contact with em-
ployees of the Eastern States Far-
mers Exchange about this great
farmer-owned, cooperative purchas-
ing enterprise. Its achievements are
remarkable, and what makes them
significant is that they are all the
achievements of farmers working
together, farmers all interested in
so purchasing their supplies that
they can cater more profitably to
the eastern markets,
Started as a New England organ-
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A $10,600 BLAZE AT
ELIZABETHTOWN ON FRIDAY
Pine shingles and_ roofing paper
valued at $10,000 were destroyed or
ruined in a fire which attached a ware~
house at the Hoffer Brothers planing
mill in Elizabethtown, Friday after~
noon.
Employee of the mill said the fire
started under the floor of the building
and the owners, Abram and Jacob Hof-
fer, said the fire was either maliciously
set or was started by boys smoking in
the space between the floor and the
ground.
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An Excellent Musical
The third annual musical festival
of the Lancaster County public
schools will be held in the Manheim
township high school, Neffsville, on
Friday and Saturday evenings,
March 24 and 25. The complete pro-
grams appear elsewhere in the
Bulletin.
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Ain't That Tough?
Down at Caatesville a man put
his chickens in the cellar and then
placed a shot gun so that any one
cpening the door would shoot him-
Someone stole both the fowls
and the
Sey
gin.
Marietta Banker
Hanged Himself
BRANDT,
J. NISSLEY PRESI-
DENT OF THE EXCHANGE
BANK, MARIETTA, COMMITT-
ED SUICIDE MONDAY AT HIS
HOME—BANK WAS CLOSED
John Nissley Brandt, forty-seven,
president of the Marietta Exchange
bank, who died early Monday morn-
ing, committed suicide by hanging
himself at his home, according to
the official verdict announced by
Dr. J. D. Hershey, Manheim, Lan-
caste county coroner.
Deceased was born at Marietta
and was a son of Joseph L. and Ag-
nes Brandt. At age of 15 he entered
the bank and rose thru the ranks as
clerk, teller, and finally to the pres-
idency. He was also in the
insur-
ance business.
Mr. Brandt leaves a widow and
one son, Joseph N. Brandt, Jr, a
| student at Franklin and Marshall
college. He is survived also by the
following brothers and sisters:
Edith, wife of Ethelbert Miller, of
Marietta; John J. Brandt, Hamburg
N. Y.; Miss Grace N. Brandt and
Miss Ruth M. Brandt, of Marietta,
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Bill Reconsidered.
The Swartz Bill, legalizing Sunday
afternoon sports, was reconsideded at
| Harrisburg yesterday by a vote of 26
to 23, one member being absent.
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Plant Was Sold
Yesterday the manufacturing plant of
Century Mfg. Co. at Elizabethtown,
was sold at public sale to the Eliza-
bethtown Trust Co. for $4,800.
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Bill Finally Passed
Yesterday Congress enacted the 3.2
percent. beer and wine bill It will be
signed by President Roosevelt today
and becomes effective April Tth.
A Double Wedding Reception
& Family Reunion Held Sunday
A double wedding reception and
family reunion was held at the Jno
Young home on North Barbara St.,
on Sunday. The newly married
couples were Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Gibbons and Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Miller. The brothers of Mrs. Young
and their families were included in
the reunion, Mrs. Young being the
only sister.
Those attending were: Mr. and
Mrs. Cyrus Good and son, Clarence
| of near Sporting Hill; Mr. and Mrs
Harry Good, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Gibbons, of Elizabethtown; Mr. and
Mrs. Edwin Good, Mr. and Mrs. Ro-
bert Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde
Hershey and children, of Gor-
donville; Messrs. Ephraim Good
and Irvin Nissly, of Manheim; Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Nissly and two
children, of Mastersonville; Mr. and
Mrs. Leroy Ellis and Stanley Young
of town.
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