Jan. 21—Conoy; *Cross Roads; Mas- |
tersonville (Albert Faus); Manor (John
Schock); Pequea; *Refton; *Newtown.
Jan. 28—Maytown (Paul Koser); *E’-
town; *York County; Manheim (Monroe
Dourtie); *Mt. Pleasant; Refton; New-
town (J. Lindemuth).
Feb. 4—Cross Roads (I. M. Wolge-
muth); *Conoy; Mastersonville; Manor;
.Pequea; *Refton.

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VOL. XXXII No. 29
John Eshelman
Saves Man's Life
KILLED A WOUNDED BUCK THAT
GORE
THE
WAS ATTEMPTING TO
ITS ASSASSIN. THEN GAVE
MAN THE DEER
From the
following hunting story
from the Greensburg Tribune
last week:
Corp. John Eshelman,
State Police,
the life of Ivan Coulter,
as reprintec
19 year
ed by a wounded deer in the
onier mountains.
on the part of the
young Coulter.
Coulter had been
trooper
deer crossing when he heard a deer
approach, He took aim and fired his
shotgun in which he was using pump
kin balls. The deer, shot in its hind-
quarters, suddenly turned and at-
tempted to gore Coulter who re-|
treated back of a tree. In running |
sill farther away in order to
second shot,
his gun dropped from his hand, In
another second the deer would have
been upon him. In that second how-
ever, Corporal Eshelman,
nearby, who heard his cries for
felled the animal with a shot through
its head.
Again the feet
deer regained its
and again started for the hunter. A |
gun |
ripped through its neck and the buck |
second shot from Eshleman’s
dropped dead. The animal weighed
165 pounds and had six pronged ant-
lers. Eshelman gave the deer to
Coulter but the latter divided
meat with the state policeman
Corp. Jno. Eshelman is a member
of the State Police and is a son of
Mr. and Mrs Harry Eshelman, Delta
street, this boro.
a AP eee
RAPHO TOWNSHIP SCHOOL
BOARD HAS RECRGANIZED
Members of the Rapnho township
school board met on
organize. Francis S Weidman was
elected president Other officers are
Vice president,
tary, J. W. Moyer; treasurer,
Reist.
The Civil Works plan was discuss-
ed but no action was taken
eee eee
Chokes to Death
John Wesley Fry, aged 75
of Wrightsville, choked to death. He
was eating bread crusts and a por-
tion lodged in his throat. Before
assistance could be given him, he
dropped dead.

Appointments
For The Year

WHERE BRETHREN IN CHRIST |
WILL HOLD THEIR WEEKLY |
MEETINGS DURING NINETEEN |
THIRTY-FOUR

Appended is a complete list of the
meeting appointments for 1934 by
the Brethren in Christ:
Jan. 7—Cross Roads (A. Zercher); *Co-
noy; Mastersonville; Manor; Pequea;
*Refton.
Jan. 14—E’town; *Maytown; York Co.;
Mt. Pleasant (Joseph Gish); *Manheim;
Refton.
Ligonier sector comes the
of | ered at a
of Troop A,
is credited with saving
old
Monongahela youth, who was attack-
West |
Wrinkle field on the top of the Lig-
Only quick work |
saved |
standing on a |
get a]
he slipped and fell and |
hunting
help, |
the |
Monday to re-!
A. H. Bucher; secre- |
Alvin |
years, |
MOUNT JOY, PENNA. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13th, 1935
ONLY ONE OF HOFFMAN
PROPERTIES SOLD SATURDAY

The Hawthorne property at Locust
Grove consisting of more than nine
acres of land, two-story frame dwell
ing house and two tobacco sheds
was purchased for $1,600 by E. E.
Hoffines, of near Locust Grove, at a
sale conducted Saturday afternoon.
The property was the only one
sold, eight others being withdrawn
from the sale for lack of bids. The
{| other properties, which may be off-
future date, include the
Frank farm, the Hoffman farm, the
tract known as “Locust Grove,” the
Dupler properties, the Melchoir pro-
perties and the Stackstown property,
totaling nearly 440 acres.
The sale was conducted by John
Orth, of Marietta, trustee in bank-
ruptcy of Benjamin F. Hoffman.
Four tracts known as the Stauffer
| farm in East Donegal township will
| be offered for sale next Saturday af-
William Rahn, jeweler on East
Main street, who is a native of Rus-
sia, handed us the following letters.
They were received from Russia by
him, translated and are so interest-
ing that we publish them in detail.
Peasant Woman's Letter
The following letter was written to

| ternoon at 2 o'clock. her father who was serving in the
army:
| 1 4 Ty io night I pray for your
W ealth. ou saved my life in send-
1 I Take Over ing your order thro’ the Torgsin
| . agency. When I received the mon-
48 458 Miles ey, we all cried for joy
9 - I went to town to get something
=r | to eat. After much walking I found
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT | & quart of milk that I could buy,
KEEP COUNTY ROADS IN | but it was impossible to find even a
FOR TWO YEAR | quarter of a pound of bread I paced
1. 1934 | all over town with no results.
STATE
WILL
CONDITION

PERICD REGINNING JAN. .
Sl Horror lives in the streets of the
* : town. Every few steps you stumble
When the Pennsylvania Depart- y le psy umole
: over dead bodies—men, women and
nent of Highways next January | The bli tt
: » public pays no atten-
takes over the second class township | oi Day Mieh
tion—everybody lives in a trance.
| roads for a two-year period of main-

The next day I sent for three beans
and intended to eat them. Instead I
cried. I saw a vision of my daugh-
ter, Vera who died recently. Before
she died she begged with thin
voice for the least bit of bread. 1
do not want to die,” she repeated
over and over again. But I had neith
er bread or milk for her and there
was nobody who would give it to
me no matter how much I promised
in order to satisfy my sick child.
Hunger makes selfish, and so Vera
her
ambition to work A worker
It's hard to work under such
ditions.
In a
are alive,
it isn
buried
thrown
con-
town only 30
rest all died.
places. The dead
caskets—they
graves in groups.
nearby
the
many
without
in their
are
are

| died.
There is pleny of work to do |
around here, but nobody has’ any
gets 3-8 |
of a pound of bread and nothing else |
souls |
And so |
A German engineer
OWS:
foreigner and was paid
month with the
he had to pay in dues
ed class were not
hair-raising prices:
1 1b. of rye flour
beria even as high
of potatoes 5.5 rubles; 1
of hard black bread) 30
you going t

| “How are
this man with a salary «

He himself enjoyed privileges of
rent free
tions he was forced to join.
tions given to people of this privileg-
sufficient to
on and eatables had to be bought at
5 rubles;
as 15 rubles;
HUNGER TERRORS AS
THEY ARE IN RUSSIA
People Actually Eat Their Own Children--
Field Mice In Great Demand As Food
Engineer's Report
writes as foll-
a
500 rubles a
100 rubles
to organiza-
in Si-
1b
The ra-
live
brick (a loaf
rubles.
o live,”
asks
f 500 rubles
a month. How about the average
| working man who gets only 45 ru-
| bles a month?
| Russia—Urban and rural faces
starvation. The collectiviation of the
farms is the direct cause of this on-
| coming hunger. The Russian peas-
\ (Turn to Page Two)

tenance under the terms of the Par-
kinson Act, it will accept this res-
ponsibility for 48458 miles of roads News In General
instead of for 53,000 miles, which was
f
|
children.
|
|
iL
|
|
|

the estimated total of mileage at this | A birthday surprise was
time the bill was passed. A speedo- | For Busy Folks in honor of Mrs. Sue R. Grissinger
meter survey recently completed by | = at her home on East Main Street, on
the Department, Secretary Sam 8S. | Ne | Friday evening.
Lewis announces, reveals this reduc- | | INTERESTING HAPPENINGS FROM | The guests included Mr. and Mrs.
tion of about 4500 miles from the| ALL OVER THE COUNTRY FOR | John Funk and son. Ben, of Marietta
original estimate. The result will be | THE BENEFIT OF THOSE WHO | Mr. and Mrs. George Funk, Mr. and
an increase in the average amount! HAVE LITTLE TIME TO READ | Mrs. Jack Campbell. Mr Geo. Roth,
of money available for maintenance | | Ma: ies Mr. and Mrs. William
of each mile of township road Where will start 50 men on | Murpl fr. and Mrs M. Schwartz
as on the basis of 53,000 miles it had CWA jobs today Re : “| of Columbia; Mrs. Arthur Keller, of
been estimated that $105 per mile Mrs TL Shoater and Mrs UF Lititz; Mr. and Mrs. Farl
on the average could be spent in Hofer spent Sunday at Wasnoshoro and son, Earl. of Lancast
each of the two years out of the to- | F van S of Brieeraiile. | Myrtle G ger of Lancaster: Mr
al legislative appropriation of $11.- | was a patent on a and Mrs. Clarence Grissinger and
(Turn to page 7) pen. = digi | son, Bernerd; Miss Frances Griss-
Tw : Russell Westenhofer, 15, of Mariet- | nger, and Miss Ella Grissinger all
| CELEBRATED THEIR SILVER _| ta, fractured his right arm while [ of town. i
| ANNIVERSARY WEDNESDAY playing basket ball. A dainty luncheon was served.
Lancaster county will have five | Mrs. Grissinger received very love
Mr. and Mrs. John Shelley, of near liquor stores, one of which will be | and useful gifts
Mastersonville, celebrated their sil- | 1ocated at Manheim. — ey
| ver wedding anniversary last Wed- Miss Pearl Schroll spent the week | OUR FIREMEN ANSWERED
nesday. A number of friends and | end at Harrisburg as the guest of | TWO CHIMNEY FIRE CALLS
| relatives surprised them in the eve-| her sister. Mrs. R. R. Lauer.
| ning. Accordian selections were giv- Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kaylor, Miss |
| en by Arthur Geib. Refreshments | Dorothy Kaylor, Miss Bernice Geist |
were served and a social time was | weit, Irwin Myers and Mrs V. S
| eat by all. Those present were | Hoffman spent Saturday in Lebanon
{ Mr. and Mrs. H M. Lehn, Mr. and Arr
| Mrs Elmer Galbreath and daughter,
THIS CAMP SHOT 8 AND 9-
Irene, Evelyn and Fern; Mrs. Fannie POINT BUCKS IN LYCOMING
| Shelley, Miss Sadie Shelley, of near
Chiques; Mr. and Mrs. Ammon Boyd
and family, of near Fontana; Mr. and
The Elizabethtown Club spent one |
Co.

Mrs. Arthur Geib, of near Master- week at Waterville, Lycoming
| coils and succeeded in bagging two deer
Eee They were shot by George Charles-
ton, of Elizabethtown RD an 8-point |
and Alpheus S. Nornhold of Mount
Joy R D, a 9-point. Others in the |
party included Captain W. B. Steph- |
ens, Claude Ishler C K. Coble Rob- |
Pair Mammoth Porkers
A pair of the finest porkers killed
in this vicinity this Fall were slaugh
tered by Harry Doutrich, of near
Pleasant View. They dressed 569 | ert Rutherford, Irwin Haldeman’ |
and 543 pounds respectively. They | anos Haldeman, S. B. McCorkle |
were fourteen months old, consumed | fen, Snyder, Elwood Sheaffer
$60 worth of feed and this, plus the
cost of the hogs made the cost a
trifle over five cents per pound.
erect renner
George Hain, Harry Stauffer all of
' Elizabethtown; Russell Kaylor, Le-
vere Charleston of Elizabethtown RD |
Harold E. Weaver, Wm. H. Barnes |
of Highspire: Samuel M. Snavely |
of Manheim R D. Warren J. Nelson |
of Salunga was the cook.
eel en
MAN’S HANDS BURNED
Baby Beef Dies
The 4 H Baby Beef Club of the
Columbia Harvest Home Association
which recently purchased eighteen
beeves for the 1934 show, lost one of

*Maytown; York Co.;
Feb. 11—E’town;
*Manheim;
Mt. Pleasant (Earl Martin);
Refton.
Feb.
*Cross
18—Conoy (Jacob Wolgemuth);
Roads; Mastersonville (Abram |
Heisey); Manor (Fred Frey, Sr.); Pe- |
quea; *Refton; *Newtown.
Feb. 25—~Maytown (J. Strickler); *E’.
town; *York County; Manheim (Landis
Brubaker); *Mt. Pleasant; Refton.
Mar. 4—Cross Roads (Joe Wolgemuth); |

*Conoy; Mastersonville; Manor; Pequea; |
*Refton. |
Mar. 11—E’town; *Maytown; York Co.;
Mt. Pleasant (C. H. Moyer); *Manheim;
Refton.
Mar. 18—Conoy (H.
Roads; Mastersonville |[(J.
Manor (C. N. Hostetter); Pequea;
ton; *Newtown.
Mar. 25—Maytown (Annie Heisey) *E’-
town; *York County; Manheim (Herry
(Turn to page 3)
Hilsher); *Cross
M. Helsey);
*Ref-

Xmas Candle Lite
At Milton Grove

A Christmas Candle Light Service
will be held in St. Paul’s Evangeli-
cal church, at Milton Grove, Thurs-
day evening, Dec. 21, at 7:30.
‘he service will be in charge of
l7. Emmert Moyer of Elizabethville
music will be rendered by a
ked qua tette. Rev. will
TH talks,

e Severa

them last week. A Hereford, the WHEN AUTO CAUGHT FIRE |
property of Miss Grace Nolt, Silver
Spring, died of shipping fever. All Melvin Wolgemuth, of near Union |
the beeves are insured. Square, was slightly burned about |
a —— the hands when fire broke out in his |
Wedding Anniversaries automobile parked in the barn on |
Mr. and Mrs. Eli Bentzel, on New | the farm of his father, Irvin Wolge-
Haven St., quietly celebrated their | muth.
49th wedding anniversary, on Mon- The Manheim fire company res- |
day, December 4. ponded to an alarm but their services |
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Strickler, south | were not needed. Damage to the ma-
chine was estimated at $100. The
of town, celebrated their 45th wedd-
ing anniversary on Monday, Dec. 4.
eel rer.
CWA Funds Sought
The East Petersburg Fire Com-
pany and the Civic Association there
are planning to build two cisterns
for fire protection, the work to be
done under the Civil Works Admin-
istration plan.
flames did not spread in the barn.
RE
Rabbits I.iberated
On Monday Deputy Game Protec-
tor Jerry Culp, of Columbia, called |
at this office with three crates of
cottontails that were liberated in
this vicinity that same day. There |
were twelve rabbits in each crate,
total of 36 bunnies. That should
make some real sport until next Fall
Mr. Culp also distributed rabbits |
at Rheems, Elizabethtown, Maytown |
and Donegal Springs.
$75,776 for County
A total of $75,776.78 is available for
distribution to Lancaster Co. as its
share of gasoline taxes collected dur-
ing the six months ending November
phecy; Hymn, O Little Town of | 30, the Department of Revenue, Har
risburg, annunced Monday.
Bethlehem; The Star of Bethlehem, 7
by Rev. Moyer; Hymn, It Cams Up- Shot White-Spotted Deer
on a Midnight Clear; Scripture read | John P. Braught, Carlisle R D 1,

ing, The Nativity; Hymn, - Silent | shot an eight-point whitt-spotted
Night; Scripture reading, Adoration | deer Monday afternoon in Perry Co
of the Shepherds; Hymn, While near Dean’s Gap in the North moun-
Shepherds Watched Their Flocks; | tain.
Hymn, Away in a Manger; They — ee
Name of Jesus, Rev. Moyer; Hymn, porting a Terraplane

|e from the #3. Glory; qnt Daniel B Brubaker is

hg he, Joy new Essex Terraplahe.
Bs name and is
flying he has

| of Walter
{ Brethren
| and son,
Geo.
| West Lampeter A. A.
| scheduled County
2| 600k stove in the home of Irvin Zink
| Florin,
| stove were blown thru the
BIRTHDAY SURPRISE FOR
MRS. SUE R.
tendered

fires kept the Mount
Joy Fire Company busy Monday
evening The first call for the com-
pany came at 6:20 o'clock when fire
broke out in a chimney at the home
Brandt. tenant on the
Phares Nissley farm. two and one-
half miles south of Mount Joy.
While the firemen were extin-
guishing this blaze with chemicals,
another call came from Charles Le-
high, of Florin but by the time the
firemen arrived there the blaze was
extinguished.
Damage was slight at both places.
mere tll) ree:
We Sisters Met
Sisters class of the United
Sunday School held their
meeting at the home of Mrs
Grissinger on Tuesday eve-
interesting program was
The business session was
followed by a social hour.
A dainty luncheon was served to
Mrs. J. Eby, Miss Della Breneman,
Miss Ella Grissinger, Miss France
Grissinger, Mrs. Clarence Grissinger
Bernerd.
HE eA, iE
Card Party Winners
Winners at the card party at H.
Thomas Restaurant are as follows:
*Pinochle: Mabel Hendrix, Samuel
Zink, Emerson Mateer, H. Farmer
Schneider, Jean Kramer, Wm.
Robert Schneider Grace Mee-
and Fred Schneider.
—_—————————
W. Lampeter Here
On Monday evening
Two chimney
The We
monthly
Clarence
| ning. An
presented.
Ellis
kins
Monday
December 18
will appear
1 team in a
game.
» game that
here to play the loc:
league
There will be :
will be called at
eee Eee

Explosion at Florin
unknown cause, the
From some
Parts of
plastered
walls and some windows were brok-
en. No one was hurt.
———-- Ee
Card Party
A card party will be held at Har-
ry Thomas Restaurant on Friday
evening, Dec. 15th. Ducks and also
chickens will be the prizes. Every-
body is invited. Come and help to
swell the crowd.
——-
Keller & Bros. Sale
J. B. Keller & Bro. will have pub-
ic sale on Friday, Dec. 15th, at 1:25
sharp, where they will sell Craw-
ford, Northumberland and Erie Co.
cows. Read their ad on another page
ee eee
exploded yesterday.
Turkey Sale Wednesday
Next Wednesday evening C. S.
Frank & Bro will *»ld thei* annual
Christmas sale Will offer

JOHN SHELLY H
NO.
MRS.
ORGANIZATION
COUNTRY HCME
TERSONVILLE —
ING MEETING
Society Fa
Saturday
John
AN
The Farm
No. 2 met on
the home of Mrs.
Mastersonville.
Miss Anne
Bureau, explained the
proper arrangement of
the living room as a de
Helpful pamphlets were
uted whereby many a h
greatly changed from a
arrangement to a thing
which pleases and attrac
bers of the family and a
Tre Society presented
Mrs. Jno. Shelley in ho
25th wedding annive
some electric toaster.
Christmas cheer was
cach member and
and happiness to many
The program included:
Silent
Forbes of
guest,
HELD
The Junior Catechetica
Evangelical
held a party at the home
Mrs. H G. Walters on T
ning. A number of inst:
lections were given
ments were
hour, Those present
Mrs. N. S. Hoffman, Je
Edna Rahm, Miriam Sh
Jane Engle, Catherine
Beryl Herr, Beulah Smit
Anne Walters, Jimmie
Donald Peifer, Cletus
Harry Walters, Jr.
served
CHARGED WITH
Ambrose Bailor, negro,
was arrested by Constabl
Sargen and committed to
Jail to await a hearing
tice of the Peace
Bailor also arrested
from the
was
office of Squire
While
raim Shearer,
helping to saw
of Masters
hand. In attempting to
belt that had slipped, M
pital by his son-in-law.
seven directors was elect
Rapho Twp.
BIRTH
Mr. and Mrs. Abram
Rapho township, annou

as 5 d the
tno al Th oN i ment.
J
of a daughter at home.
a FF
NEAR
Shelley,
ts the
rsary,
Night, by all;
(Turn to page 8.)
x. A
JR. CATECHETICAL CLASS
A PARTY TUESDAY
Congregational
and
after a
were:
ank,
Kaylor
before
Hicns, of
W( yod,
the thumb and first finger
field of fifteen candidates.
M. Herr, on Route 1, Mt. Joy,
one of the directors elected.
RE
Letters Granted
Miles Cooper, Rapho Twp,
istrator of Amanda Cooper,
| :
GRISSINGER | Farm Society
Met Saturday
OSTESS
2 AT HER
INTEREST-
rm Women
afternoon at
the Farm |
beauty of the
furniture in
smonstration
also distrib-
ome can be
disorderly
of beauty
mem
Iso guests
to Mr. and
nor of thei

1 1
a hana-
resented to
bringing joy
hearts.
Scripture
1 class of
church
of Mr.
uesday eve-
umental se-
refresh-
social
Rev. and
an Brandt.
Mabel
Weidman,
h, Barbara
Eshleman,
and
rs Ap A emer
TWO BILLMYER NEGROES
LARCENY
of Billmyer
e Maxwell
the County
May-
but escaped
Hicks.
—— Ee
LOST THUMB AND FINGER
WHILE SAWING
WOOD
Eph-
onville, lost
of his left
replace the
r. Shearer's
hand was caught by the circular saw
He was removed to St. Joseph's hos-
Miles
——— eee
Elected a Director
At a meeting of the Lancaster Co.
Dairymen’s Association, a
board of
ed from a
Mr. C.
was
admin-
late of
Brandt, of
the birth

TO
near
and |
MAS- |
|
|
$1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
ELVIN E. BAKER HEADS
FRIENDSHIP FIRE COMPANY

Boro Couneil
officers featured the
Mount Joy Friendship | Accepts Offer
Election of
meeting of the
Fire company meeting on Thursday
evening.
The following officers were elected: | DECIDED TO GRADE STREETS.
President, E. E. Baker;
John Hendrix;
James Metzler;
Eshleman; assistant |
Pennell; treasurer, H N. Nissly; the |
chaplain, Rev. Petre; chief, Ray My-
ers; chief engineer, I. M. Kaylor;
chief chemicalman, John L. Schroll;
vice president
second vice president |
secretary, Charles |
secretary, Jas. |
LAY WATER MAINS, OPEN AL-
LEYS, ETC. ON CIVIL WORKS
PROGRAM — WELFARE DEPEN-
DENTS ARE TO BE EMPLOYED
Mount Joy Boro Council held a
| special meeting last Thursday even-
ing for the purpose of considering
chief hose director, Joe McCord; the | it
i acceptance of the -
chief hook and ladderman, Robert | a ie Civil Works gilt
Eshleman; collector, Clarence Gib-| Aj the re and" B
bons; trustees, J. D. Pennell, B. F.| gq ner were present nd es

Groff, E. Barto; delegate to State | outlined the work after an interview

Association, Leroy Mateer; alternate | with Chairman Brubaker at Lan
to State Association, Cyrus Gainer; | jan after ‘which . vario a
delegate to County Association, Ray | Wore discussed us projects
Myers, James Pennell; alternate to | ~ 2 decide av
County Association, Joe McCord, H. | pote) ected i Jay 10 feet o
Brown; captain- of police, John Hen- the pumping Station This cots "i
drix; Entertainment ‘committee, Ray | {4 engineer's barometer ined Bui
Myers, Robert Eshleman and John | when the Tosorvoin is full hg wm
Hendrix. , + ae It was decided to grade Detwiler
| Avenue from Market to North Bar-
bara Street. It is also likely that a
l.ocal Doings 4-inch water main will be laid on
this street
° An alley will be opened from the
Around Florin rear of the Rohrer Stoner property
| on Donegal Springs Road, west to
west side of the J. S.
This land was do-
alley on the
NEWS OF GENERAL INTEREST AS | Kuhn property.
IT OCCURRED IN THAT BUSY tated by Mr. Emanuel Sumpman a
VILLAGE WEST OF HERE | number of yews ogo
RE Clerk Zeller was instructed to
Mr. and Mrs get prices on 500 feet of 4-inch pipe
* : Am and 1400 feet®»f 1-inch. Also fittings
ep ———— {an
James Hockenberry

visited at Perry County on Sunday. for sam 1 a 1
same a > 5,
Mrs. Frank Skean and daughter, | M = ang one Hire pug
Tre NE
Helen May. 'viglied at Lancaster on]. r. Emanuel Sumpman offered to
Sttuedov give a 40-ft. street, formerly the
S ay. .
Mr. ad Mis. Jou. Baltozer. and trolley bed, which extends from
spent Sunday st. New Bale the standpipe in the West end of the
I vote town, west toward Florin, if the
i re. : :
| Mr. and Mrs. Harry. Keener and boro will accept That portion of the
| and Fike wore af said trolley bed from the western
| Lancaster on Saturday x boro limits west to Chocolate Ave.,
| ro he Florin. Mr. Sumpman will also give
Mr and Mrs. I uke Kiefer of Mil- Bast D 3 hi Thi
| Las onege y 3
| lersburg urday and Sunday | ae nega is
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Christ Male- | ¥°U d make an excellent thorofare
5 re ene a between here and Florin and elim=-
> 3 , | inate all dangerous grade crossings
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Ebersole and . Se ar
Mis Miller: of woos Tose. of the Penna. R. R. at Florin.
fer's Church, ‘were visitors Council instruct th > Burgess to
at Lancaster ! make application to the CWA immed
Mis 4 DB Hershey visited in te; outlining the work contem-
<7 ated here
York last week end at the home of d her :
Mr, and Mrs. Penrose Gilbert and The opening of a number of other
Jur treets were also considered but it
A complete item df the explosion | WOW not be possible to get things
in shape to do that work now as all
on Tuesday at the home of Mr. and a
must be completed by

Mrs. Irvin Zink, will be found on eA You
another page of this issue. 5, 1934.
The Ladies’ Aid Society of Florin
United Brethren church will hold a .
Gift Sale in the Clarence S. Nissly F In F nil
Store on Saturday, Dec. 16th our al y
On Monday evening there was a
slig hi ww fire a EE »
slight chimney fire at the residence Bur ned to Death
was extin-
Company re
of Charles Lehigh, but
guished before the Fire
sponded. FATHER, MOTHER AND TWO
Mr. and Mrs. N. E. Hershey and SONS LOST THEIR LIVES—THE
daughter, Sara, visited their son HOME ALSO IS COMPLETELY
and family, Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Her- | DESTROYED AT SILVER SPRING

shey and son, Bobbie, in Lemoyne
on Sunday. : Four members of a family of five
Miss Amanda Wittle, who was x ee : yi 5
undergoing treatment at the Lancas| P® ished last Wednesday when the
ter General hospital, died on Tues- | flames which razed their home at
day evening. Deceased was thirty- Grubb lake, near Silver Spring. The
five years old and was a daughter | fifth member, a daughter was slight-
of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Wittle. ly injured as she escaped by leaping
The Sisterhood Bible class of the| from a second story window.
Mount Joy U. B. church met at the The dead were:
home of Mrs. Harry Leedom on William Henry Schmuck, forty, a
Thursday evening, at which time a | machinist and farmer
Christmas program was presented. A Mrs. Emma Kneisley Schmuck, 36,
full account may be read on another | his wife
page of this issue. Clyde K. Schmuck velve, a son,
er student at West Junior High school
Court Order Reduced Donald K. Sch len, a son,
The order of John E. Metzler, of | Pupil in thte § r Spring school.
town, was reduced from 83 to $2 a The fire started when : Mr Sch-
week for the support of a child. Mr. muck b oil lamp and
Metzler, who is divorced from his | the fives of kerosene ex-
first wife, is $64 in arrears, but has Ploded two boys
promised to make payments at once and
| on the new order. on
sn at A AO 1a Ma-

Jus- |
| bethtown,
town, on a charge of larceny. He is
accused of stealing copper wire val-
ued at $500 from J. E. Baker, of Bill
myer.
Silas Scott, negro, who was arrest-
ed on the same charge, pleaded
guilty several weeks ago and was
sentenced to 90 days. At the time |
One of the Winners
The W. T. Grant Co. just complet-
ed an Art Needlework Contest, nam
ing the prize winners. Among them
was Mrs. Milton B. Wittle, of Eliza-

formerly of this boro.
rrr eG Mere

Arm
Fractured His

Of Importance To

Tobacco Growers
Certificates for
with an explanatory
Tobacco Reduction
cultural Adjustment
have been mailed to
their signatures are wit-
a disinterested person. If
payment is desired at this time
return certificate.
interested parties on the con-
care that
nessed by
the second payment)
letter on the
Program, Agri- |
Administration, |
all contrac cting |

| no
io not
All

growers who produced tobacco in| tract must indicate their consent on
1933. Those who did not grow any | Farm B. This means that all parties
tobacco in 1933 will not receive any | who had to sign in order to receive
certificates but will be paid direct|the first payment must again sign
from Washington in a short time. jon Form B in order to receive sec-
All growers who received this let- | ond payment.
ter are urgently requested to make| It is also important to fill in the
up their minds at once as to whether | amount in pounds of old tobacco,
or not they wish the final payment | fillers and wrappers combined, un-

now, on the basis of the offer, or
wait until next spring, to be paid 40
sold and remaining on your farm in
the spac 7 provided for this purpose

cent of the value of the contrac- at the bottom of your certificate.
crop. In : fy case do r | delay, as any
hitch the p

payment is desired now grow
the certi e, ta
\
| will delay the

paynients to gro

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