@ ® ®® MOUNT JOY WILL GET A PARK, ATHLETIC FIE LD AND RECRE SB WE DO OUR PART VOL. XXXIV No. 40 Best Step Forward Here In Many Yrs. Council Bought 10-Acre Plot With Part of Park Money Balance of the $10,000 Will Be Used To Improve the Ground ‘When Boro Council sold our park to the Government for $10,- 000, many people were pleased and a number were displeased. Be that neither here nor there, the ottcome of the sale is now de- veloping. The park as it was, in recent years, was really no earthly good or benefit to anyone except as a beauty spot, its maintenance being an expense to the boro. Even sitting therein was forbid- den. 7 In its stead, ere long, we will have a magnificent and artistical- ly designed postofiice building. The money derived from the sale of this plot will bring more recreation, pleasure and satisfaction to our town and its people than twenty-five parks. At a special meeting of Boro Council Friday night a plot of ap- proximately ten acres of land, a brick double house, stone quar- ry, etc, were purchased. This plot, ideally located, will be con- verted into a park and recreation center and will be owned by the boro. Said plot is located in thé north central part of the town. It is bounded on the west by North Market street, on the north by the | Manheim road, on the east by North Barbara street and on the south by half a dozen property owners. Entrance to this plot will be made from Detwiler Avenue, North Barbara street, Manheim street and North Market street. | The plot cost the boro $1,235.00 and the difference between this | amount and the $10,000 received for the park will be spent on improvements. | It is Council’s intention to apply for CWA money to pay for! the labor in improving the plot. The tract has been ordered sur- veyed and immediately thereafter it will be designed, plotted, | planned and planted. It is more than likely that trees will surround the entire tract. | The ground is ideally located and has wonderful possibilities. As| soon as the work can be done it is Council's intention to have | several base ball diamonds, foot ball field, tennis courts, croquet | courts, quoit boxes, a swimming pool, an outdoor amphitheatre, | electric lights throughout, shrubbery, flowers, rock gardens, am-| ple seating all over the grounds and everything else pertaining to! the entertainment of both old and young. This is certainly a step in the right direction. developing the above, Council done more toward the progress of | our boro than has been accomplished here in many years. Then one must remember that this will not be a tax burden to | With CWA assistance and nearly $9,000 in cash, | By planning and | our citizens. wonderful improvements can be made. Then too, the revenue | that can be derived from athletic events should maintain the plot. | It is quite natural if we want people to live here, they must have sufficient inducements. A recreation center, like the one planned, filtered water, good schools, good churches, fine streets, good lighting, moderate taxes, etc., are all quite essential. We have them and we do not know of another boro in the county that | can boast of all these advantages. Jurors For Next Courts TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY- | Interesting General News INTERESTING HAPPENINGS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE WHO HAVE LITTLE TIME TO READ A pretzel bakery at Lititz had a $1,500 fire Sunday. A ball room 40x80 feet is being added to the hotel at Hershey. The City Service took charge of Young's Tire Shop here Monday. Judge Hargest, Dauphin Co., has banned the taking of photos in osurt A new pretzel bakery opened at Lititz with a capacity of 800 pounds a day. Tony Tronis, Elizabethtown, was arrested for issuing a fraudulent check. Twelve of a P. R. R. freight of 104 cars were derailed at Duncannon on Monday. 1302 bills and joint resolutions were presented the Legislature met on January 1st. Charles Ziegler, 17, Spring Grove, was vaccinated 17 times thus far and “it didn’t take.” The authorities at Lancaster are considering the removal of the mon- ument from Penn Square. During the week ending Feb. 19 the Bureau of Highway Patrol with- drew 1664 drivers licenses. It is quite likely that the former Grove distillery on E. King St. at Lancaster, will be reopened. (Turn to page 8) sent tA Aer Sauerkraut Supper at Florin The Ladies Aid Society of the Florin United Brethren church will hold a sauerkraut supper in the Florin Hall, on Saturday, March 2nd from 5 to 9 P. M. Home made sauer kraut will be served. Price 25c. Baked beans, cakes, candy and ice cream will also be for sale. THE COURT Names of 244 jurors to serve dur- ing the three sessions of court were drawn from the jury wheel Wednes- day by Sheriff Daniel F. Shuman in Court Room No. 1 in the Court House. Judges B. C. Atlee and O.S. Schaeffer supervised the drawing in the presence of Jury Commissioners Mrs. Bertha D. Willis and Miss Julia Bolbach. Seventy jurors were drawn for each of the two sessions of Common Pleas Court starting Monday, April 22 and Monday, April 29. Twenty-four jurors were selected to serve on the Grand Jury during Monday, June 10 and eighty addi- tional petit jurors were also drawn the term of Criminal court starting {for the same session of court. Petit Jurors, April 22 Sara Schlegelmilch, housewife, Florin. Clarence D. Witmer, farmer, Man- heim, No. 1. Milton Miller, mason, Columbia 1. (Turn to page two) —- Weekly Card Parties The Maytown Fire company is ur- gently in need of new equipmentand with that point in view weekly 10 cent curd parties are held every Thursday evening in the fire house. The public is cordially invited to attend any or all of these parties. Eee of ‘ Tobacco Tax Ordered The Kerr-Smith Compulsory Tobac co Control Act will be applied to the production of cigar leaf tobacco in 1935, the Farm Administration an- nounced Monday. FOUR WERE DRAWN FOR DUTY | ultimate buyer. DURING THREE SESSIONS OF | | MOUNT JOY, PENNA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27th, 1935 Another Mt. Joy Lady Ninety MRS. ELIZABETH A. BARLOW RHODES. ON FAIRVIEW ST. IN THIS BOROUGH, IS NOW IN HER NINETY-SECOND YEAR In a little house on a little street lives a little lady—diminutive of sta- ture, pink cheeks, an abundance of silver hair, wide light blue eyes—If you visit this lady, you will see a picture. Seated in a rocking chair, wearing a black silk dress, trimmed with a lace collar and cuff set, fast- ened with a brdoch at her throat, hands idly folded in her lap when not in use. To complete the picture, a large Persian cat plays around her feet. At her right, a canary sings sweetly. The lady in the lime- licht is Mrs. Elizabeth A. Barlow years of Rhodes, who was 91 on October 15, 1934. age She was the daughter of James and Mary Mooney Barlow and was one of ten children, two sisters liv- ing besides her, namely, one in Ho- boken, N. J, aged 71 years and Mrs. Clara Barlow, 75 years who spends (Turn to page 4) Don’t Wart Crazy Time LANCASTER COUNTY FRUIT GROW- ERS ARE TOLD TO ADVERTISE THEIR CROPS IN ORDER TO MEET COMPETITION Lancaster County fruit growers at an | all-day session in Lancaster adopted a resolution opposing daylight time and heard the importance of meeting out- side competition in marketing their Crops. A resolution was endorsed “instruct- ing our legislature to insist upon en- forcement of our Standard Time Law.” The resolution was in support of a Pennsylvania Farm Bureau bill in the legislature which would make it “un- { lawful to display any other than Stand- ard time.” John Kline, commission merchant of Philadelphia, advocated an advertising | campaign to educate the public to eat Pennsylvania apples. In addition to ad- vertising the merits of Lancaster coun- ty apples by newspapers. County Farm Bucher urged that growers make their product as attractive as possible to the Much of the discussion at both the | morning and afternoon programs cen- ' tered on those questions—How can fruit growers as far away as Washing- ton and Oregon ship apples to the East, pay the freight and commission charges and still make a profit; and why do Lancaster housewives prefer such fruit and pay more for them than for apples grown in Lancaster county? rrr GG ne BIRTHS Mr. and Mrs. Mervin Brandt, May- town, announce the birth of a daughter at the General hospital. Mr. and Mrs. George Germer, of town, announce the birth of a son at the Lancaster General hospital on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. James Markley, on Mount Joy Street, announce the birth of a son, Thomas Oliver, on Tuesday morning. Bee at Cherry Hill A spelling bee will be held at the Cherry Hill school, A. J. Thome, the teacher, on Saturday evening, March 2nd, at 7:30 P. M. Cherry Hill school is one mile south of Milton Grove. A general information class and two spelling classes will be conducted. Special music will be presented thru out the evening's program. eee atl Qe Welfare Meeting A meeting of the local Welfare Association will beheld inthe Grade School building, on Monday evening. March 4th. a Executive Meeting The next meeting of the Executive Committee of the American Legion Auxiliary will be held at the home of Mrs. Morris on Monday, March 4th. FARM WOMEN'S SOCIETY HEARS TALK BY REIST An address, The Father of Our Country as Our Ancestors Saw Him, by Linneaus Reist featured the pro- gram of a meeting of Society of the Farm Women No. 8 who met at the home of Mrs. Norman E. Garber, of Mount Joy R D 2, Saturday after- noon. During the social hour which fol- lowed the program, the refreshments were served to 43 members and guests by Mrs. Garber, hostess, and Mrs. Susan Heisey. The meeting was in charge of Miss Anna Keller, the president. The program included: Devotions, in charge of Mrs. Warren Chapman; two violin solos by Hernley Maderia and a reading, Lincoln's Deeds and Achievements by Joyce Hawthorne. ee Cor erm Resignation of E. B. Toppin E. B. Toppin, acting head of the closed bank division of Pennsyl- vania, has tendered his resignation to take effect March. 15th. He will become vice president of the Cam- den Safe Deposit and Trust Co. Mr. Toppin was connected with the de- partment 13 years. He received $6,- 000 a year. Mr. Toppin was a form- er resident of Mount Joy. Few Owners Get Stickers MORE THAN 1,100,000 VEHICLES HAVE NOT YET BEEN TESTED —EXPIRATION DATE IS MARCH 31 The compulsory inspection cam- paign reaches its halfway mark this week with a scant quarter of a mil- lion motor vehicles bearing official stickers. This estimate, made by the De- partment of Revenué’s Division of Saiety on the basis of reports receiv- ed to date, indicates that owners of more than 1,100,000 vehicles have not yet had their cars inspected and approved. They have' until midnight, March 31, to obtain the stickers which will make them immune to arrest when the enforcement phase of the campaign is begun by High- way Patrol on April 1st. Noting that 1,330,000 vehicles were (From page three) A GM en a JOHN L. BRUBAKER FILES A SUIT FOR DAMAGES John L. Brubaker, Florin, Thursday sued H H. Wiggins, trading as the Wiggins Chevrolet Co., and W. Everett Krous, Lancaster, for $85, claiming this amount for damage done to his car in a collision a half mile west of Salunga on March 4, 1934. The suit was filed at the prothonotary’s office by John L. Hamaker, counsel for Brubaker. ere AQ Arn DAVID C. SMITH MADE CHECK GOOD—DISCHARGED Two Special Meetings Friday Nite BORO COUNCIL PURCHASED A TEN-ACRE PLOT THAT WILL BE CONVERTED INTO A PARK AND RECREATION CENTER Along about the middle of last week there was a written request signed by the other five Council- men of our Boro, asking President Geo. Althouse to call a special meet- ing of Council for Friday evening for the purpose of buying a park site, ordering a survey and making plans for its develop- ment. The Call President Althouse immediately is- sued the call but not for the pur- pose as requested by all the other members of Council. Here is his call: “For the purpose of discussing the advisability of purchas'ng ground for a Boro Park” The Meeting Council convened in special session with Messrs. Althouse, Donaven, Mil- ler, Hendrix and Gilbert present. Al- so Burgess Keener. Mr. Krall was absent. After the foregoing call was read President Althouse said: “Fellow Councilmen:—This meet- ing is called for the purpose of dis- cussing the advisability of purchas- (Turn to page 6) ts A Gp rrr LOCAL TALENT ASSISTED AT SIXTH ANNIVERSARY The Women of the Moose, Chapter No. 701, of Elizabethtown, celebrated their sixth anniversary on Tuesday evening. A splendid program was presented during the evening, a number of lo- cal talented people being included: Reading, Mary Barnhart. Instrumental duet, Russell and Roy Sumpman. Vocal solo, Marshall Dussinger. Elaborate refreshments were served BR + Poor Andy Mellon It has developed in a hearing over income tax that Andrew Mellon's personal wealth as carried on his books is $97,603,005.00. = —— Will Discard Low Numbers On Auto Tags THERE WILL BE NO EXCEPTIONS WHEN IT COMES TO DOLING OUT LICENSES SAYS GOV. EARLE Low-numbered automobile tags will end this year “and there will be no ex- Thursday, Chief of Police El mer Zerphey, served a warrant on David C. Smith, of Marietta, R D, | for passing a fraudulent check, charg ed by a local business man. Smith was brought before Justice of the Peace J. G. Keener and made resti- tution for the check, paid the costs | and was released. Last R.R. Protests The Verdict THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD | CONTENDS IT WAS IN NO WAY | RESPONSIBLE FOR BAINBRIDGE | LADS DEATH Testimony was heard in argument | court on an appeal filed by the Penn- | sylvania Railroad Company protesting a $400 verdict recently rendered in the death of William Bachman, 16, Bain- bridge, who was killed December 27, 1933, while coasting over a railroad crossing in Bainbridge. B. J. Myers, esq., representing the P. R. R. contended the railroad company was in no way negligent and that suf- ficient warning had been sounded at the crossing. He further contended the youth should have “stopped, looked and listened.” Charles W. Eaby, counsel for the boy’s father, H. E. Bachman, in argu- ing against the move by the railroad company, declared the youth had not been given sufficient warning of the approach of an engine that was run- ning “light” from Columbia to Harris- burg. No one saw the actual accident, it was brought out during the trial, but the body of the youth was found along the tracks after the engine had passed. ee tl) Cee Bogus Bill at Akron State Police at Columbia were noti- fied by the Akron National Bank of a counterfeit $20 bill passed in that vi- cinity. The matter was referred to the Department of Justice for further in- vestigation. ti fone Meet With Mrs. Zink The Sisterhood Bible class meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Roy Zink on Columbia Ave, Thursday evening, March 7th. A fine program; will be presented. A good attend- ance is requested to attend. | ure combinations of ceptions,” Governor Earle announced at Harrisburg Tuesday night. To put an end to “the aristocracy of low license numbers” the Governor said, none will be manufactured for 1936. There will be no plates contain- ing only letters, no numbered tags of less than five figures, and no letter-fig- less than four characters. “The manufacture of plates for 1936 is now beginning at the Western Pen- itentiary and we are starting the straight numbers with the figure 21,- 001,” Governor Earle said. “There will be no distinguishing marks on any tags. I see no reason why any persons prominent in State politics should go around violating traffic laws.” The Governor's own official car, as has been the case in recent years, car- ries a special tag containing the State “The Governor.” After this our State seal and | : + eli year his own car will have no distin- guishing tag, he said. The special series of legislative con- sular, executive, judicial and National Guard tags also will be abolished, he said. “Next year all applications will be filed in the order in which they are received and there will be no excep- tions,” he added. se Who's The Liar With those few Spring like days last week, the opposition gave Ground Hog supporters the laugh. Last nights drop in temperature ac- companied by a snow storm gave the other side a chance to laugh. Now who's wrong? ee etal @- Qe. Engagement Announced Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Keiser, of May- town, have announced the engagement of their daughter, Mary to Paul Nolt, of Lancaster, son of Mrs. Clara M. Nolt and the late Ezra J. Nolt. emer Am Manheim Co. Gets Contract The War Department Wednesday announced the award of a contract to the Alpha Cement company of Manheim, Pa., for 600,000 bags. met) CR Chair 20 Years Old Pennsylvania’s old oaken electric chair, installed 20 years ago at the Rockview prison, will claim its 240th victim March 4. When in need of Printing, (anything) kindly remember the Bulletin. a li. NS hr (. Local Doings | they a '1'he Mount Joy Bulletin PARENT-TEACHERS PROGRAM AT SPORTING HILL MAR, 7 The Rapho township Parent-Teach- ers program will be held at the Sporting Hill School House Thursday March 7, at 7 P. M., when the fol- lowing program will be rendered: Music by the audience. Devotions—Rev. Harry Fahnestock Male quartette — Messrs. Fahne- stock, Jacob Ruhl, and Irvin Peters Address—J. F. Knittle. Spelling class composed of the ad- vanced pupils of the Rapho Schools. Special features by various Rapho Schools. Male Quartette. wre fifi ——— Gerberich to Speak Clyde E. Gerberich, president of the Gettysburg college Alumni Asso- ciation, spoke at a meeting of the New York alunmi of the college in the Fraternities Club building, New York last evening. Costs Were Divided John Levenight, of Elizabethtown sued Mrs. Annie Halk for striking him with a broom. She was given a | hearing, case was dismissed and the costs divided between the two. Man Killed By a Fall AMOS B. BENDER, MARIETTA STREET, FRACTURED HIS SKULL WHILE REPAIRING A GRAPE AR- BOR AT HIS HOME | Amos B. Bender, sixty-one, died in the Lancaster General hospital at 2:55 p- m. Monday, of injuries suffered in a fall at his home, Marietta and Market Streets, several hours before. Death was caused by a fracture of the skull, according to Dr. A. F. Snyder, local physician, who was summoned. Deputy Coroner William Workman, investigated and issued a certificate of accidental death. Repairing Grape Arbor Mr. Bender had been repairing a grape arbor in the yard of his home feet to a concrete walk, striking his head in the fall. After treating the man, Dr. Snyder |. ordered his removal to the hospital. He was the son of Mrs. Susan Bear and the late Henry R. Bender and was born in Rapho township. He was a member of the Mennonite church. He is survived by his wife, who was Miss Annie Brubaker, of Lititz, before marriage, his mother, who resides in Salunga, and a sister: Mrs. Jacob H. Musser, also of Salunga. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p. m., Thursday at the home, with further services at 2 p. m. in the Mount Joy Mennonite church. Burial will be in Kraybill’'s cemetery, near Mt. Joy ee etl Musicale at Bainbridge A group of radio singers gave a re- VILLAGE WEST OF HERE { Ira Wolgemuth moved to the C | B. Myers property. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Leedom spent | Monday at Harrisburg. Mr. and Mrs. 8. Nissly Gingrich spent several days at Philadelphia. The Official Board meeting will be held at the church this evening at 7:30 o'clock. Phares Wolgemuth and family oc- cupy the property vacated by Ira Wolgemuth. Mrs. Benj. F. Greenawalt, of Mt. Joy, attended the Young sale here | on Saturday. | Mr. Richard Funk, of Hershey was the guest of Rev. and Mrs. Funk, | last Thursday. Mrs. Elizabeth Hoffer, on Choco- late Avenue, is able to be about again after a recent illness. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Campbell | were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Starr, of Rohrerstown. A marriage license was issued to Emma Williams, of this place, and Jac. A. Shaeffer, E. Lampeter Twp. | Evangelistic services are being con- ducted at the Elizabethtown Church of the Brethren in Christ. Rev. John Lebo is in charge. Friday, March 1st, is the night of the Democratic Card Party in the (Turn to page five) rt RI Marriage Licenses Mervin K. Shoemaker, Middletown, and Ruth S. Dupler. Bainbridge. Jacob A. Sheaffer, East Lampeter township, and Emma Williams, Florin. ra Highway Blocked With Sugar A large truck loaded with 232 car- tons of sugar upset at the Malvern un- derpass on the Lincoln Highway, block- ing traffic for two hours. 3 | | the Manor | company ATION CEN TER $1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE Bus Permit Petition Is Opposed BENJAMIN H. BOLTZ, MAYTOWN, ADMITS VIOLATING LAW FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS UN- KNOWINGLY An applicant for permission to fur- nish bus service from Maytown to Eliz- abethtown, and Elizabethtown to Mid- dletown, told the Public Service Com- mission Wednesday he, unknowingly, had been operating illegally for three years. The applicant, Benjamin H. Boltz of Maytown, said he has been carrying fellow-workers at an Elizabethtown Shoe Factory to and from work, and has been carrying picnic, sports and other groups, under the inpression he needed no certificate of public conven- ence. Boltz supplied the information on questioning by Commissioner P. Steph- en Stahlnecker, before whom his ap- plication for the bus to Elizabethtown and Marietta, was heard. The Lebanon Auto Bus Company protested Boltz’s application and C. V. Henry, council for the company, said Boltz had been warned repeatedly. Boltz said he plans to carry seven co-workers from Maytown to the Eliz- abethtown factory, and back =t night. He said he owns a 25-passenger bus and would hire a driver for the Eliza- (Turn to page 4) Local Real Estate Deeds Are Recorded Gabriel B. Geib, Florin, to Loren P. Somer, Mount Joy, two properties on Lancaster-Harrisburg pike in Mount Joy township, for $2,200. Conoy Township Community Asso- ciation, Bainbridge, to J. E. Baker Co., York. lot at Mulberry and Elbow al- leys and Front street, Bainbridge, for $800. John E. and Velva R. Fullerton, Le- and while working on a ladder, fell 12 | moyne, to J. E. Baker Co., York, two- story house on lot 118 on Market street Centreville, an extension of Bainbridge ind lots 116-117 for $1,105. Tomatoes To Be Grown Extensively {WENTY-EIGHT FARMERS AROUND HERE WILL RAISE 100 ACRES AND WASHINGTONBORO FARMERS 116 ACRES r County farmers are going on a large Lancast . in for growing tomatoes ligious program in the Bainbridge High | as is indicated by the willingness School auditorium Sunday afternoon, | ,¢ many farmers to grow “tomatoes” for the Bainbridge Lutheran church for the H. J. Heintz Co. si Young Man Missing : Mecting at Florin Ray Peifer, twenty, son of Mrs R. D Porter, manager of the H. J. Harriet Ironville, has been BSinz plant at Chambersburg, explain- reported missing from home since ed the plan to Sraate a formato market Friday, according to pelice. Yt 2 meetmg ol 125 farmers at Florin Friday afternoon. | Twenty-eight farmers of the Florin- | Mount Joy community signed contracts representing about 100 acres on which greed tgorow tomatoes for the A t F 1 oO Yr 1 n | concern next summer. The contract {calls for $12 per ton payment to the a | crower. NEWS OF GENERAL INTEREST A‘ | The Heinz company is seeking a IT OCCURRED IN THAT BUSY { minimum of 200 acres and more grow- are expected to sign contracts in near future. The tomatoes would be received at a local plant and from there be distributed to various canner- ies owned by the concern. At Washingtonboro Tomato growers of the Columbia and township districts opened a new eir product when con- tracts were signed with the J. H. Heinz to furnish tomatoes for the company’s factery at Chambersburg. About 150 farmers attended a meet- ing at the sales room of the Washing- tonboro Tomato Growers’ Association and accepted an offer of $12 per ton. A market for th total of 116 acres were signed up and other growers are expected to sign la- ter for at least 200 acres. Prices in other years have ranged from $10 to $15 per acre. The yield per acre aver- ages as high as 12 tons and in some in- stances 15 tons. Three representatives of the Heinz company addressed the meeting. mrss A A Entertained Tuesday Evening Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Brown, om Tuesday evening at their home in South Market St., entertained in honor of the birthday anniversaries of Mrs. Brown and Mr. C. A. Pierce, the father of Mrs. E. A. March. The guests of the evening enjoyed cards. tenner Went to Mass. J. E. Melhorn. of this place, left last evening with 13 other mem- bers of the Eastern States Farmers Exchange to attend the annual meet- ing in Springfield, Mass. Seeks Hollyhock Title Mrs. A. H. Spencer, of Ajlune, Wash., will again seek the world hollyhock title this year. She claimed it last sum- mer with a stalk 18 feet, seven inches tall, hearing 299 blossoms.