/ We Had Sighs Fires In Mount Joy Borough During 1940 Entailing A Loss Of $5.006.00
MOST
THE MINUTE WEEKLY | LANCASTER
COUNTY]
The Mount Joy Bulletin
VOL. XL, NO. 30
Mount Joy, Pa., Thursday Morning, January 2,
1941
$1.50 a Year in Advance |
Clarence Schock
Creates Trust Fund
For The Benefit of
Lanc. Co. Schools
Profits of The Million
Dollar Schock In-
dependent Oil Co. To
Be Given Away Annually
First Contribution Given
Away Monday Was
Over $20,000.00
On Monday the
pended literature
thruout the county.
planatory:
To the School
School Districts
nuinty:
os of Schock Independ-
Joy, Pen
J dedicated to
of service. Its sole stock-
N a Trust Estate. All divi-
of Schock Independent Oil
faipany (herein sometimes called
{iCO”) are payable to this Trust.
a of this trust, except such
hited part as payable to the
Donor and the Donor's wife during
their natural lives, will be expend-
ed for the benefit of the commun-
During his natural life the
shall be Trustee and
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Aged Farmer
morning ap-
Directors of the
of
1S
3
§ incom
is
ity.
Donor
scle
Dies as Result
Of Bad Fall
William Bowers, about
of near Lancaster Junction,
3:45 a. m. Sunday at St.
hospital, about seven hours after he
had been injured in a fall.
Dr. Harold K. Hogg, deputy cor-
oner, said death was caused by a
fractured skull and crushed chest.
The man, he said, had been given
permission at the farm of Daniel
Fry, Manheim R. D. 1, to sleep in
the barn Saturday night. About 10
p. m. Saturday Mr. Frye and his
son found Bowers lying under the
forbay of the barn, Dr. Hogg said
adding that he apparently had fall-
en through a hay-hole.
Mr. Bowers lived in a
along the Chickies creek
farm of Phares Rohrer.
A brother and sister survive.
eet lil I ———
died at
Joseph's
cottage
the
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RICHLAND CLUB HERE
#)BSERVED LADIES NIGHT
The Richland club here entertain-
ed at a Ladies Nite Friday evening
in the club rooms at which time
bridge and “500” were played and
refreshments were served to 28.
Prizes were won by E. F. Kochen-
our, Clyde Nissley, Mrs. J. G. Lon-
genecker, W. R. Heilig, Lester
Mumma, Mrs. Mary B. Toppin, IL
Morris and C. R. Gilbert. It was
decided to hold another card party
sometime in January.
em sel
LANCASTER MAN GETS
ROAD BUILDING CONTRACT
John H. Swanger, Lane. contract-
or, has been awarded a contract
for the construction of 3.14 miles
of macadam road between Eliza-
bethtown and Hershey on Route
340. it was announced in Harris
burg by the State Highway Depart-
His bid was $113,483.52.
WAS PROSECUTED HERE
Edgar B. Zug, Manheim R. D. 1,
was prosecuted | by Chief of Police
Elmeg Zerphey, before Justice of
t pace Arthur Hendrix for a
gn violation.
ment.
seventy,
was distributed |
It is self ex- |
Lancas- |
CLARENCE SCHOCK
A Native Son
Mr.
Clarence Schock was born
in Mount Joy, December. 22
1865, a scn of John Schock
whose ancestors lived at Schock’s
Mill (now Rowenna) and near
Creswell. His mother was Mary
Ann Patterson, descendant of
Arthur Patterson who settled in
Rapho township prior to 1721
and was one of the founders of
the Donegal Presbyterian church.
Educated in Mount Joy High
school, before the days of com-
mencements and diplomas; was
graduated at Millersville State
Normal school in 1883; attended
Franklin and Marshall college
in 1885-86.
Entered business with
father in 1886, became owner of
business in 1895, and pioneered
in the marketing of petroleum
products in Lancaster county.
Ir. Schock is a liberal in re-
ligion and politics.
Married in 1916 to Evetta Tup-
per Jeffers, daughter of E. T
Jeffers, president of York Col
legiate Institute.
his
Two Youths
Injured In
A Collision
A collision involving two trucks
and a pleasure car on the wet and
road resulted in seri-
youths who
were passengers in the auto, Sat-
urday evening at 7:45 o'clock.
Those injured were William
Stumpf, nineteen, Bainbridge, who
was admitted to the Lancaster Gen-
eral Hospital suffering a deep lacer-
ation of the forehead, concussion
of the brain and a sprained wrist,
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PROSECUTED BY POLICE
Jerome H. Davis, Mount Joy,
Route 2, was prosecuted by Lan-
caster City police for driving too
fast for conditions.
foggy River
ous injuries for two
* Lane.
rencer-Journ: ul
Cut Cour
Intellig
“ha 4. H Sicors
Distributed
Here Satur.
Fourteen head of
en S. Stoltzfus,
D. 1, and were
4-H Baby Beef
morning at the
vards here.
around 450 pounds,
Keller Brother
Stoltzfus farm for six weeks.
The boys and girls, with a par-
The
Union National Bank here is financing
ent, attended the drawing.
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HIT-RUN DRIVER SOUGHT
BY STATE POLICEMEN
An auto owned by Walter Reese
600 Fairview avenue, Columbia, was
struck by
slightly damaged when
Hereford
steers were purchased from Steph-
Bird-in-Hand R.
distributed among
the 14 members of the Mount Joy
club Saturday
The steers, averaging
originated in
Montana and were on feed at the
The Winners |
In Our Buy At
HomeContest
of
here
the
an-
}
Merchants’ division
Cha of Comme
ncunce the winners of thei:
“Buy At Home”
Each year the
| bor: sugh give away $150 in cash as
the
The
r ce
annual
contest.
merchants
in contest.
of West oa] strzet, Mount Joy. |
The winners of the $10 prizes were
O. Brubaker, Mcunt Joy R. D
and Mrs
Paris
2.
&y
Mrs. Harry Wintermyer,
Harry Walters, Mount Joy.
Won $5 Fach
were presented
Kaylor, Barbara
Kathryn Mary
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Completed
Catalog For
I
GreylronC.Co.
| On Friday the Bulletin delivered
| an order of catalogues which were
| printed for the Grey Iron Casting
| lccal industry which
s many kinds of hard-
household specialties,
$5 awards
The
Balm-
Louise
to Florence
| er, Leib,
| Company, a
[ manufactur:
ware, useful
|
3
{| iron toys, cte.
When strelling
{ many five
any city,
thru one of the
and dime stcres in almost
you will notice numerous
novelties and “what-nots” but how
many you know that a large
majority of those were manufact-
ured right here in Mount Joy!
The local industry's production in-
cludes ice crushers and shaves, min-
cing knives, nut and lobster crack-
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A Qn
ANNOUNCE ENGAGEMENT
OF MISS HELEN WARFEL
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Warfel,
Mount Joy R.D. 1, announced the
engagement of their daughter, Miss
“| Helen, to Jay R. Snyder, of Mount
Joy, R.D. 2.
Miss Warfel is a graduate of the
| East Hempfield High school, class of
1939, and is employed at the F. W.
Woolworth company.
Mr. Snyder a graduate of the
Mount Joy High School, class of
1938, and is employed by George
Brown and Sons Inc.
No date has been set for the wed-
of
of
is
ding.
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RALPH GABLE’S CONDITION
AT HOSPITAL IS FAIR
The condition of Ralph C. Gable,
thirty-two, Mount Joy R. D. 2, who
| was admitted to the Lancaster Gen-
eral hospital Friday suffering from
pneumonia, was repcrted as fairly
good by attendants Sunday night.
He was recently discharged from the
institution after having been unde:
weeks for “the
S
treatment several
same ailment.
A Man's Ashes
Put On Mother's
an auto that failed to stop on i Grave at Maytown
road between Marietta and Moun
Joy at 5:50 p. m, Thursday, State |
Policeman Roy Radcliffe, of
Motor
the Columbia sub-station reported.
The officer said Reese was travel-
about three miles north
of Marietta. when his auto was side- | |
ing north,
swiped the other auto which
was going south.
A noses
MUSSER'S SCHOOL CLOSED
Because of
the West
by
Hempfield
ser’'s schoolhouse. The
other school in the district.
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WAS 75 CHRISTMAS
We want to congratulate
Democratic friend Silas
editor of the Denver Press,
lack of attendance,
Township
board of education has closed Mus-
twelve
pupils enrolled will be assigned to
our
E. Bard,
who
Ashes of the late David G. Heisey,
thirty-seven, of El 'Portal, Calif.
were strewn over the grave of his
mother in the Maytown Lutheran
{ cemetery Sunday afternoon. The
ceremony was in compliance with a
| death-bed request of Mr. Heisey.
The deceased was a son of David
L. and the late Laura Heisey, of
Mountville. He died November 29
at his home in El Portal and a mil-
held there on
was a native of
funeral was
He
itary
December 2,
Marietta.
He is survived by his father, a
brother, John, both of Mountville;
two sisters, Mrs. Rebecca Smyth, of
Neffsville; and Mrs. Helen Sirham
of Lancaster; and a brother, North
of Millersville, Ohio,
ere
celebrated his 75th birthday Christ- | BIRTHS
’
mas and is “still in the harness.
Continued good health Silas.
Se cd
AUTOIST IN TROUBLE
Clyde Simpson, Manheim Route 2
<,
|
i
Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Miller of
{ Landisville, announce the birth of a
| daughter at St.
{ Lancaster, Friday.
| —— § Een.
|
was arrested by a State Policeman |IS IMPROVING
Friday afternoon.
. . |
Given an im-|
Mr. George B. Zeller, who has
of the |
Joseph's Hospital, |
| DR. A. C. BAUGHER
ai ROTARIANS
| The Rctarians met Tuesday ncon
| in regular weekly session.
| Dr. A. C. Baugher, Dean of Men,
| at Elizabethtown College, spoke to
| the assembly. His pe was “Don’t
i Cry Over Seilt Milk”. . Baugh-
| er 's talk was based on oe passing
lof 1940 and the entrance of 1941.
Thirty Rotarians and three
Harry Revare, of Harrisburg;
R. W. Schiosser, of Eliza-
visi=-
ters,
| Prof.
First prize | bethtown College; Fiank Miller, of Andvow Helse
| the meeting.
AD Qin.
| YOUNG MEN’S CLASS GIVE
| Fr AG TO CHURCH HERE
At
{ the
the Christmas Exercises oi
Church School of the Preshy-
| terian Church on Sunday the 22nd
| the young men’s class had an un-
| announced part in the program.
prizes
; $25 (was awarded to Mae Hinkle | the Elizabethtown College attended p,.
|
They surprised all by presenting a
| beautiful American flag and stand
| for the pulpit.
Raymond Sumpman made the pre-
| sentation. Around him stood the
members of his Class-Martin
James Eshleman, Harold
James Hostetter, Clar-
Robert Stoner and
| other
{ Bowman,
| Fellenbaum,
ence Newcomer,
James Workman.
a
LEG FRACTURED WHEN
STRUCK BY AN AUTO
Louis Blane, about fifty, of town,
was admitted to St. Joseph's Hos-
pital Saturday night suffering a
possible fracture of the leg, receiv-
ed when struck by an automobile
at 11:15 p. m. According to Chic
of Police Elmer Zerphey, the driv-
of the car was Max Koenig,
thirty-eight, Hershey. The officer
said the driver told him the man
walked into his car on Main Street.
Local Affairs
In General
Briefly Told
Twenty muskrat hides were stolen
from a garage near Strasburg.
21 dozen eggs were stolen from
a Central Market stall at Lancaster.
Thieves stole 16 pigs from a farm
near Lancaster in broad daylight.
John H. Myers, Manheim Route 1,
was jailed for issueing a worthless
check.
Ziegler Wyliga, 38,
town, was arrested
for drunken driving.
David A. Miley, 70, was struck
by a truck and killed in front of
his home at Paradise.
The Ionian Singers, an all Ameri-
can Quartet, will give a concert at
Elizabethtown College Jan 30.
While a man near Lancaster was
absent from his home Christmas,
boys broke fifteen window panes.
Wm. Reed Harrison, 56, of Lan-
caster, was the 57th person to be
killed in the county during 1940 by
an auto.
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TWO CARS COLLIDED
HERE XMAS MORNING
On Christmas morning at 1:45 A.
M., a Chevrolet sedan, driven by
Geo. J. Bauman, of Enhaut, going
east ‘on Main street, collided with a
car operated by Geo. Leaman of this
place. Both cars were badly dam-
aged.
Bauman was prosecuted by Chief
Zerphy, on a reckless driving charge,
before Squire Hendrix.
er
of Elizabeth-
at Harrisburg
HE WAS “PICKLED” HERE
ON CHRISTMAS DAY
Albert Wagner, Asbury Park, N.
J., was arrested by Chief of Police
Elmer Zerphy, for drunk and dis-
orderly conduct on Christmas Day.
He was taken before Justice of the
Peace Arthur Hendrix and in de-
fault of ten dollars fine and costs
was committed by Hendrix to the
county prison for a period of ten
days.
THE WEATHER WAS IDEAL
The weather around here was be-
| yond a doubt, the finest Christmas
| day we can remember in years. The
| sun was bright the temperature
around 50 and it reminded one of 2
| Spring day.
SU
| FIRST TOBACCO SALES
The first tobacco Sales in the co-
mediate hearing he gave bail for |been cofined to his bed with illness | unty were reported around New
court. Simpson admitted his license [for the past month, is improving | Providence where several crops were
was revoked two years ago.
slowly.
sold at 10 and 11 cents thru.
‘Miss Heisey
Given Party
On Birthday
Mr. and Mrs. Harry G. Heisey
Rh:ems, entertained at a party
cently in honor their
Geraldine, who celebrated her
tecnth birthday anniversary.
The guests included: Mr. and Mrs
ey, Mr. and Mrs. Irwin
Dorothy Arnold Ruth Sip-
‘ling, Bertha Singer, Bernice, Nancy
and Doris Ginder, Edna Brandt
| Jean and Sara Jane Brandt, Dorothy
Gibble, Evelyn Eshleman, Dorothy
Jeanette, Thelma and Ruth Heiszy
Mildred Gibkle, Virginia Pyle, Lu-
rene EBringcer, Joanne McCauley, Hel-
en Stephens, Jean Heisey, Kathryn
Firma Lehman, Elva S
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of daughter
six-
andl,
Murphy, olen-
House Afire,
Mayt'wn Lady
Is Burned
Mrs. Joseph Ney, Maytown, was
burned slightly about the hands
while attempting to fight a fire
which damaged her heme and en-
dangered the lives Ler three
children about 2 p. m, Monday.
Abandened railroad ties that were
being burned in the furnace created
an intense heat and set fire to cloth-
ing hung over an open register to
dry, according to firemen.
Mrs. Ney first attempted to
smother the flames and was burn-
ed about the hands. Unable to stop
the fire removed her three
children from the house, The May-
town, Marietta and Mount Joy fire
companies responded and saved the
dwelling, The front portion of the
home was damaged.
Firemen estimated the damage to
the contents at $300 and the dam-
age to the house at $1,000. They
said the house is insured, but the
contents were not.
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H. L. RUPP, HARRISBURG
SUCCEEDS RALPH DUNCAN
The Mount Joy Borough School
board, at a special meeting, inter-
viewed and appointed Henry L
Rupp, Harrisburg, to the position of
science teacher in the borough high
school.
Rupp, a graduate of Shippens-
burg State Teachers college and a
former teacher in the Harrisburg
schools, succeeds Ralph Duncan, whe
was appointed to fill the vacancy
created by the resignation of Capt
C. E. Stauffer, now stationed with
the National Guard at Camp Pen-
dleton, Virginia, Duncan recently
tendered this resignation to take
effect immediately.
of
she
Former Teacher
Here Promoted
To Army Captain
The many friends of Mr. Carry]
Stauffer, until quite recently a mem-
ber of the faculty of Mount Joy
High School will be pleased to learn
that he was promoted to the rank
of Captain. Word to that effect
was received by his mother Mrs
Barbara Stauffer, at Columbia.
Capt. Stauffer is in command of
Battery F., 13th Coast Artillery,
stationed at Camp Pendleton, Vir-
ginia,
Capt. and Mrs. Stauffer and their
son, Shannon, have been in Virgi-
nia for the past several months.
While in town he resided in the
Newcomer property opposite the
Bulletin office.
EVANGELISTIC SERVICES AT
MT. PLEASANT CHURCH
A series of Evangelistic
will begin at the Mt. Pleasant
church Sun, Jan, 5. The Rev. C. H
Moyer, of Elizabethtown will be the
evangelist. Everyone cordially
invited to attend.
Umit ee
SCHOOL TEACHER RESIGNS
Luther Ulrich, teacher at the Sil-
ver Springs, tendered his resigna-
tion effective January 2 to accept
another vosition. He will be suc-
ceeded by Benjamin Weaver, who
has been er at Musser’s school
for the past ‘welve years.
services
is
An Express
Of Appreciation
ion
Elsewhere in the columns of The Bulle-
tin, a news item appears concerning a gift
of approximately $20,000.00 from a citizen
of Mount Joy te the school districts of
Lancaster County.
Never before in its
long and glorious history has our com-
munity experienced such a thrill.
At this very minute with Europe torn
by the tragedies of another great war and
the entire world seemingly gripped by
barbarism, a man from Mount Joy, Penn-
sylvania, whe has an unwavering faith in
the democratic way of life and whose
philosophy of living
must have come from
the inspirations given us by Christ, Him-
self, in His Sermon
On The Mount, steps
forward te give of his time, energy and
savings to those upon whom will come the
leadership of our great country and in
whom the hope of our nation lies, the boys
and girls of America.
In designating the school districts of
Lancaster County as the recipients of the
income from his business, this outstand-
ing citizen is embodying in practice what
many claim to be the right thing to da,
but. who because of the lack of courage of
their convictions, never do it. It is addi-
tional evidence of the sterling character
of the donor who has never left an oppor-
tunity slin bu to help these who are will-
ing ‘to help themselves.
It is, therefore, fitting and proper that
we salute you, Mr. Clarence Schock, as a
man among men, o loyal citizen whose
love and service for
others come first and
whose life itself was lived so that others
will enjoy their lives more abundantly.
Again, from the bottom of our hearts we
gratefully express our sincere thanks for
thie humanitarian act and extend to you
and Mrs. Schock our best wishes for con-
tinued happiness throughout the new
very and for many more years to come.
Misc Marion Nolt
Of Landisville
To Broadcast
Miss Marion Nolt,
will participate in a radio broadcas’
from Washington, D. C. at 12:3"
o'clock Saturday afternoon, in a pro-
the
Service re-
of Landisville
gram by Federal!
Agricultural Extension
lating to 4-H work planned in the
nation during 1941. othe:
farm youths from West Virginia an”
Pennsylvania will have part in the
Station WGAL, Lancaster
broadcast.
sponsored
Several
prog
will carry
ram.
the
Marion , member of the senio:
class at the Landisville High School
is president of the Girls’ 4-H Clut
Council of Lancaster County. She
has had of experience
in club work under the direction of
Miss Anne Fort
economics representative, and last
summer attended the 4-H leader-
skip school held at State College
RICIIARD RICE
WAS ARRESTED HERE
Tuesday evening at 6:30 p. a
hit and run accident occurred on
New Haven Street here.
Richard Rice, Marietta street, was
prosecuted before Justice of the
Peace Hendrix charged by Irvin
Smith Jr. for
scene of an accident.
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ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED
Mr. Chas Dillinger, North Par-
bara Street, announces the engage-
ment of his daughter, Elsie May, to
Mr. Clyde Brill of Marietta, Pa. No
date has been set for the wedding.
sl A Ai
HE WILL BE 70
We want to congratulate our vet-
eran townsman, Mr. Clinton Eby, on
North Barbara St., who will cele-
brate his 70th birthday anniver-
a
eight years
bes, local home
nm.
failing to stop at the
sary on Saturday, January 4th,
The £ Annual
Fire Report
For 1940
Appended is the annual revort of
Mr. Ray Myers, Chief of Friend-
ship Fire Company No. 1, of this
place:
The answered calls
during the year; 19 were in the
country and 8 in the borough.
The value of property endangesr-=
ed by fire during the year, $72,158
Damage to property $26,101.
Of that amount
the borough.
The total amount of property
saved by the firemen was $46,049.
The value of property saved in the
borough was $132%4.
he following calls were answer-
ed by the company: Dwellings 8,
chimney fire 5, garage 1, brooder
house 1, grass 1, dump 1, automo-
bile 3, bridge 1, barns 2, green-
house 1, washhouse 1, hay in barm
1, false 1.
The company
miles, used 30812 gals
gals. oil, laid 6050 ft.
and 1,950 ft.
year.
This is a very creditable report,
and we congratulate the firemen
for their good work thruout the
year.
on
company
was
traveled 14815
gasoline, 18
2% in. hosa
3% ft. hose during the
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W. MAIN ST. PROPERTY
SOLD AT PRIVATE SALE
Mr. Charles M. Eshleman, of Eliza~
bethtown, cold the two and one-half
story frame house at 225 West Main,
street, Mt. Joy, to Phoebe Barto, at
private terms.
Immediate possession was giz
and the house will be conve .
into two 3-room apartments.=
Spain fearsits | te
will be 80
2
$5,006.00 was “in