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St. Luke'sEpiscopal
Rector Rev. Watts
Tenders Resigna'n
The Rev. William J. Watts,
tor of the St. Luke’s Episcopal
Church, here, for the past four
years has resigned his charge ef-
fective March 15 it was announced
Wednesday. Rev, Watts, who is also
rector of St. Elizabeth's Episcopal
Mission, Elizabethtown, has accept-
ad a call to the Episcopal church at
Bloomsburg.
Rev. Watts came here from Lock
Haven.
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DRIVER ABANDONS CAR
AFTER CRASH NEAR TOWN
For twenty-four hours State Po-
lice waited for the owner of an au-
tomobile wrecked early Monday in
a collision with a truck near town,
to appear and claim the wreckage.
State Policeman John Amour
said that the operator jumped un-
hurt from the wreckage and con-
versed with Edward Murphy driver
of the truck. He then disappeared
in another automobile after its oe-
cupants had helped him push the
wreckage from the highway.
New Methods
Of Fighting
Fire Bombs
Fire Chief Ray Myers outlined
today the latest method of fighting
fire bombs approved by the U, S.
Office of Civilian Defense. “Every-
one must know what to do in case
of an air attack,” said the Chiaf,
“not only so we can fire da-
mage as low as possible, but also so
we can all face such emergency
with calmness and self-confidence.
Panic is the only thing to be afraid
of.”
“The 2-pound magnesium bomb
is the type military authorities
expect will be used,” the Chief con
tinued, “and, depending upon con-
ditions when you find a bomb, usefy
either sand or water spray on it.
Wait about a minute before attack-{;
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CLAIR JOHNSON, TOWN,
HELD ON FRAUD CHARGE
Clair Johnson, 207 East Main St,
this boro, was arrested Tues. night
by Chief of Police Elmer Zerphey
on a warrant issued by Alderman
Wetzel, charging fraudulent conver-
sion. He posted bail for a hearing.
Prosecution was brought by C.
Pirmin Burger, of Burger's Music
Store, Lancaster, who alleges John-
son purchased a guitar valued at
$20, on the installment plan and lat-
er pawned the instrument before
completing the payments,
The Affairs
At Florin For
Past Week
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Wagen-
bach, Mrs, Charles Ruhl and daugh-
ter, Doris, and Mrs, Appley, of Mar-
ietta, called at Albert Millers, at
Kreadyville and George Wagen-
bachs at Silver Spring.
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Snavely, of
Landisville, spent Friday evening
with Mr, and Mrs. Harry Leedom.
Mrs. Ralph Mumper will celebrate
her birthday on Sunday.
Mrs. David Wagenbach and Mrs.
Wm. Zink, of Columbia, spent Wed-
nesday with their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Dyer,
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Mower, of
Philadelphia spent the week-end
with H. W. Buller and family.
Mrs. Walter Diller, of Lancaster,
visited J. W. McCauley on Tuesday.
Max Nentwig and family moved
into ‘their property on Wood Street.
Joann Melhorn celebrated her
first birthday on Wednesday, Mar.
11th,
Mr. & Mrs. Elmer Schlegelmilch,
Mr. and Mrs, Seigrist and daughter,
and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Schegel-
mileh and daughter, spent the
week-end at the hunting camp at
Huntingdon County.
Miss Dolly Leedom celebrated her
birthday on Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Rider and sons
of Lebanon, and Mr. & Mrs. Court-
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FLORIN PROPERTY SOLD
Mr. Samuel T. Becker bought the
property on Church street owned
by his father, Samuel K. Becker,
sold at public sale on Saturday for
$3550.00. Auctioneer George Vogle
called the sale,
MOST
UP-TO-THE-MINUTE
The Mount Joy Bulletin
WEEKLY |
LANCASTE
Local Defense Committee Has Changed Its Time and Method of Collecting Salvage Here and at F
R COUNTY
VOL. XLI, NO. 2
Mot Tov; Pe a., March 12, 1942
$1. 50 « a Year in Advance
30 Rotarians
Attended
Luncheon
Thirty Rotarians attended the
wezkly luncheon on Tuesday, to-
gether with four visiting members.
Norman J. Kirk, of Lancaster,
James H. Buchanan, of Lakewood.
N. J, O. H. Schwanger and W. W.
Mundorf, of Elizabethtown; and'
two guests, Mri W. L. Keith, guest)
of Mr. Clyde Gerberich and Jno.
S. Frey, Marietta, guest of Mr.
James Buchanan,
The speaker was Mr. Ben Ferrier,
United States formost canoeman.
Lecturer, Wildlife Technician, Pho-
tcgrapher and Educator.
Mr. Ferrier has traveled more
31,500 miles by canoe, guiding some
one hundred fourteen canoe trips
through the wilds of Canada, the
Hudson Bay Country and Alaska.
He is internationally known as a
naturalist and guide. Certainly no
man has a broader knowledge of
the lakes and streams, the wild, the
Indian lore, and travel by canoe in
the Great Northwast.
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“BUD” LEEDOM, AGED 12,
DISLOCATED HIS COLLAR BONE
“Bad” Leedom, 12-year-old son
of Mr, and Mrs. Earl Leedom, on
East Main street, was painfully in-
jured last Friday during gym class.
He slipped while executing a jump
and landed on his shoulder, dislo-
cating the collar bone. He was ad-
mitted to St. Joseph's Hospital at
Lancaster, where he is a patient at
this time.
‘No Change”
In TNT Plant
Plans Here
Folks throughout this section
will be interested to know that ir-
respective of rumors on newspaper
articles concerning the TNT plant
in the Donegal, has not been aban-
doned entirely.
Here's a report out of Washington
within the past week:
“Col. J. P. Harris, of the War De-
partment at Wash;ngton, said today
there was “no change” in the gov-
ernments attitude with reference
to the possiblity of using the Done-
gals for an explosives plant.
Increased activity of surveyors in
the Marietta area prompted some
reports here it was under consider-
ation again.
In a telephons interview, Col.
Harris said the situation was the
same as when he discussed it with
a delegation from that ssction six
wcks ago, and told them there was
no plan for constructing such a
plant within six months if at all
Subsequently State officials from
Harrisburg discussed other pre-
ferred sites in Pennsylvania with
Harris.”
A
TWO CARS COLLIDED;
NO ONE WAS INJURED
Last Friday morning a collision
occurred at the intersection of Mar-
ket street and Columbia Avenue.
The cars were driven by Walter
Sheffler, Manheim street, town, and
Clayton Heisey Jr., R2, Mount Joy.
Congratulations !
MILTON S. BOWMAN
East Main St, this boro, who will
celebrate his Eighty-Fourth birth-
day Monday, March 16.
PREFERS JAIL TO JOB
FOR 50 CENTS AN HOUR
Paris Billet, forty, Rowenna, who
said he preferred jail to working
for fifty cents an hour got his wish
when he appeared before Justice
of the Peace Richard S. Daveler
Marietta, Saturday.
Billet, who said he was unable
to pay a flne and costs of $23.15
on February 27 as the result of a
fight following an auto accident,
was given until Saturday to raise
the money Daveler said, when
the man appeared Saturday he told
him that he had found work at
fifty cents an hour but that he pre-
ferréd jail to. working at that wage
Daveler then accompanied him
by sentencing him to 30 days in
the Lancaster county jail.
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FIVE LOCAL DRAFTEES
HAVE ENLISTED RECENTLY
County Draft Board No. 1, with
headquarters here, announced that
five of its registrants had enlisted
recently and been accepted for duty
with the armed forces. They are:
William H. Williams, Marietta, Air
Corps; Vernon A. Frey, Elizabeth-
town, and Herbert Roeting, Man-
heim, Army, and Henry W. Dohner
Manheim, R3, and Howard J. Barr,
Maytown, Navy.
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PLAN TEST BLACKOUT
AT BAINBRIDGE MAR. 19
Ervin F. Miller, assistant defense
coordinator for Bainbridge, ann-
ounced there will be a test black-
out held Thursday, March 19 , from
8:45 to 9 P.M.
For the alert and blackout the
fire company siren will sound at 8:45
p. m. and the all clear will be at |
9p. m.
nl Ares
GAVE TURKEY DINNER
A turkey dinner was given at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Zerph-
ey, Delta street, on Saturday, in
honor of Mrs. Zerphey’s birthday.
The dinner was a complete surprise |
to Mrs. Zerphey.
TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL
Mrs. Abram Mummau, 204 High
street, was taken to the St. Joseph's
Both cars were slightly damaged
but no one was injured.
Hospital at Lancaster, on Monday
for observation.
Mount Joy
Trucks will call for newspaper, |
magazines, waste paper, old rags,
rubber, etc, (no tin cans) according
to the following schedule: |
First Saturday in every month,
West Ward.
Third Saturday in every month, ;
Fast Ward. |
Second Saturday in every month,’
Florin.
The Boy Scouts will start out at
9:00 A. M. to gather salvage, Please
do not set any waste or salvage out
after 10:30 A. M. |
Do not save razor blades as they
are too dangerous to handle.
And Florin
Hereafter tin cans will be placed
in separate cartons from garbage
and will be collected on dates gar-
bage is collected.
In regards to scrap metal which
you wish to donate, our trucks will
collect with waste paper. Any per-
sons having scrap metal, news-
' papers,” magazines, etc. which they
wish to be paid for should notify
one of the following commitee and
they will notify a junk dealer to
call for same. Earl Miller, Wm. Le-
Roy Tyndall,” Christ : Walters, Geo.
Zink, Harold Brown, Daniel Wolge-
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. | ber,
Changes In Time & Methods
Of Collecting Salvage In
1
From a rcport sent out of Milton,
Pa., the residents of Conoy and the
Donegals can draw a sigh of rzlizf
for the present at lcast. Here it is:
Preparations ar: going forward at
Miltcn, Pa. for the erection of an
Army manufacturing plant to bez
known as the Pennsylvania Ord-
nance Works, a plant which was
originally d:signzd for construction
in the Donegal section of Lancaster
county.
Scveral wecks ago tha War de-
nartment awarded a contract to the
United Stat:s Rubb:zr Company, of
New York, for the operation of the
plant.
Land Less Expensive
The State Planning Board was
active in selling the Federal gov-
7 ‘Homeless
When House
Was Burned
A family of seven was left home-
less when fire destroyed a bunga-
low Tuesday afternoon.
Flames leveled the dwelling of
Kauffold Finnefroch, on the Mari-
etta pike, close to the entrance of
Grubb Lake. Temporary quarters
for four of the children were found
by the Children’s Bureau of the
Community Service Association.
Finnefrock, his wife and their
eight-months-old son went to the
home of friends in Rohrerhtown.
Finnefrock said he placed a cof-
fee pot on the gas stove and went
outside to work on his automobile.
When he looked towards the house
he said, it was afire. His wife and
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three children were visiting a neig- |
i
TNT Plant Goes to Milton
— Cheaper Land Upstate
Than In The Donegals
ernm:nt the idea that the Milton
area included sites suitable for the
plant, and preferabla to Lancaster
county because land is less expen-
At first a sitz on the east side
of the Susquehanna river was con-
tamplated, but, more reesntly a sita
on the west has be:n planned.
sive,
The State Planning Board's activ-
ity in assisting the Government in
fihding an ada2quate sife was ex-
plained by F. A. Pitkin, executive
director of the board.
“Acting at the request of the
Government and recogniz-
ing the nz2ed for TNT plants in
Pennsylvania within reasonable
distance of tha sources of supply of
raw materials,” Pitkin said, “the
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Ren Te
Firemen Buy
$3 000Worth
Defense Bond
Friendship Fire Company met last
Thursday evening in régular month-
ly session at the fire house with
approximately fifty members in at-
tendance.
Fire Chief Ray Myers presented
his report as follows: two fires, one
Feb, 8th at Root's, Manheim R. D.,
damage $3,500; Feb, 21, fire at Lloyd
Vogle’s, Florin, no damage.
The company recommended that
the death claim of Frank Hershey
bé paid to his widow.
They decided to purchasé an ad-
ditional $1,500 worth of Defense
Bonds with money in the Relief
Fund. A similar purchase was
made last month.
+. The annual memorial services of
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To the Public of Lancaster City |
and County:
The Lancaster Chapter of the
American Red Cross wishes to take
this opportunity (o extend their sin-
| cere appreciation and thanks pub-
{ licly to all workers who participated
in the reeent drive for War Reiici
Funds, and to extend their sincere
appreciation to ail contributors, as
well as organizations, ¢tc.. who con-
ducted benefiiz, monies of which
were turned over to the Red Cross.
It is very heartening to us to real-
ize that the Red Cross, the world’s
Lan. Chapter American
Red Cross Thanks All
Donors For War Relief
Funds—Mount Joy One of
Nine To Exceed Its Quota
pc
greatest humanitarian organization,
is so well received and so well
thought of in Lancaster City and
County, and it is this thorough co-
operation of the public in general
which makes it worth while for vol-
unteer workers to continue their
excellent work.
Up to the present time theré has
been raised $165,807.37 against the
total quota of $180,000.00, $130,000.00
of which was allotted to the Lan-
caster Chapter asia quota for war
relief -funds and :$50,000.00 for the
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| FLAMES DESTROY BROODER
HOUSE AND 400 CHICKS
One fire was reported during the
storm. On the farm of Ga:-
two miles north of Maytown,
| about 400 chicks burned to death
when a brooder house caught fire
about 4:30 a. m, Monday.
The high wind made, it impoossi-
ble to control the blaze and the
building was destroyed. Damage is
estimated at $400 by firemen from
Maytown.
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COMPLETED COURSE
Private Harry K. Ressler, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Harry M. Ressler, of
near town, has completed his course
in the Air Corps Technical School
at Keesler Field, Biloxi, Miss. He
is prepared to serve as an airplane
mechanic.
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II. N. NISSLEY HONORED
Mr. H. N. Nissley, cashier of the
Union National Bank hse, was re-
appointed by Governor James as a
member of the Board of Trustees
of Millersville State Teachers’ col-
J lege. There are cight others.
You Be The Judge!
In one column of this issue we
publish an article out of Washington
that there is no change in the TNT
situation in the Donegals.
In another column is a dispatch
from Milton that the plant suppcsed
to locate here, has located there.
We are giving you the news as it
is sent out and you may be the
judge.
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ASSAULT AND BATTERY
Chief of Police, Elmer Zerphey,
arrested Allen Schatz, 210 Mt. Joy
Street on a warrant from H. B.
Wittle, charged with assault and
battery by his wife.
In default of bail he was commit-
ted to the county jail for a heating.
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POWER POLES BLOWN DOWN
Ninteen poles wera blown down
southern end of the county
during a 50-mile gale Sunday night,
That’ entire section was inn darkness
as a result.
Congratulations! I
AMOS BORTZFIELD
Of this place, who celebrated his
Eighty-Third birthday on Tuesday,
March 10.
WELL KNOWN YOUNG MAN
FROM HERE, ASST. EDITOR
Clarence C. Newcomer, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence C. New-
ccmer, 401 Market Street, was
elected Assistant Managing Editor
of the Student Waekly, the Frank-
lin and Marshall College news pub-
lication, it was announced by Her-
bert Ellins, editor. Newcomer was
recently inducted into Nu Chapter
of the Sigma Pi National Social
Fraternity.
He is also Freshman Editor of the
Oriflame the College year book, and
is a member of the Debating team.
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WOMAN AND DAUGHTER
HAVE TYPHOID FEVER
Two cases of typhoid fever were
reported Wednesday by Dr. A. J.
Greenleaf, county medical director.
Mrs. David R. Nissley, forty-sev-
en, and her daughter, Lois, seven,
Manheim R1, are the patients. Dr.
J. Traut Herr, of Landisville, at-
tending physician reported their
conditions as good.
These cases bring to forty-three
the number of typhoid cases since
the outbreak last May.
eset) ees
WM. GANTZ, COLORED,
FINED 3100 AND COSTS
William Gantz, colored, Hopewell
street, this place, pleaded guilty to
violating the State liquor laws and
was fined $100 and costs in the Co.
courts this week.
State Liquor Control Board agents
testified to making purchases of
beer and liquor from Gantz at his
home here on December 7 and 14.
Gantz was charged with selling in-
toxicants without a license.
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FRACTURES SHOULDER
IN FALL FROM BICYCLE
Owen Smith, ten-year old son of
Mr. Owen Smith, 9 North Mar-
ket St. was admitted to the Lan-
caster General hospital Sunday aft-
ernoon suffering a fracture of the
left arm received when he fell off a
bicycle. His condition is regarded as
fair by attendants. Parents of the
child told attendants that the boy
fell from the beyele near his home
shortly after noon.
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FORMER RESIDENT WAS
HERE ON A VISIT TUES.
Mr. Albert Laskewitz, of Phila-
delphia ,a former resident of town,
called on old acquaintances in the
boro Tuesday. “Al” informs us
that his mother and sister have been
living in Brooklyn for a number of
years and his brother, Dovid, re-
sides near Washington, D. C.
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FIRE CO’'S MEMORIAL
SERVICE SUN., MAR. 15
; The Annual Memorial service of
Friendship Fire Co. will be held
on ‘Sunday evening, March 15th, at
7:30 P.M. at the First Presbyterian
Church.
Members will please meet at the
Fire House at 7 P.M. and proceed
to the church in a body.
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ON THE GRAND JURY
Mrs. Blanche H. Bigler, West
Main Street, is a member of the
Grand Jury in the Lancaster courts
this week.
ls Makin 100
High School
Model Planes
Plans and specifications for
cooperation in a national program
to build 500,000 solid scal=
airplanes for the Navy were re-
ceived from ths U. S. Office of Edu-
cation. Under this program, the
cal high school youth will be given
an opportunity to contribute
ly to the Nation’s war effort.
quota is 100 planes, 50 models
two of each type.
Mr. Robert
local
model
lo-
direct-
The
and
Hostteter, Industrial
Arts teacher in our high school, is
instructing students and other
dividuals in constructing model air-
craft on accurate scale, these mo-
dzls to be used as a training device
for the recognition of
range estimation and determination
of cones of fire.
in-
aircraft,
Szcretary of the Navy Frank
Knox in announcing the program
said, “The armed services of the
United States ne2d 10,000 models of
each of 50 different types of fighting
aircraft, 500,000 in all, and we need
them now. We need them for pur-
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ell ©
611 Pounds
RubberAsked
For Retreads
County Rationing Board No. 2 has
issued certificates for 17 tires and
15 tubes to residents under the ra-
tioning program, it was announced
after its meeting this week.
The board also received the ap-
plication of the Lancaster Cap Weld
for 611 pounds of camelback, and
reported the recapping of tires for
H. E. Rudy, Landisville, two tires,
J. C. Snavely and Sons, Landisville,
four tires, and P. R. Nissley, Land-
isville, two tires.
Certificates were issued to: Rice
and Wiedman, Manhiem pike, two
tires, two tubes; Albert J. Herman,
| Crippled Children,
New Trial Asked
In Automobile
Accident Case
Alfred C. Alspach presented a
motion for a new trial on behalf of
Irvin K. Snyder, Mount Joy RDI,
Mrs. Snyder, and their seven-year=
old daughter, Helen, all of whom
were injured when their car was in
collision with a truck driven by
Isaac Hoffer, Jr., of Elizabethtown,
RD2.
The $750 awarded by a jury last
month “for Helen Snyder's eye in-
jury was “grossly inadequate,”
since her injury was permanent,
Alspach said. The accident occur~
red near the State Hospital for
in Mount Joy
township. :
Mortuary
Record In
This Section
Harry J. Freeland, 62, died at
Columbia.
Mrs. Effie F. Fleck,
bia, died yesterday.
Mrs. Ida G. Bradly Mann, 52, wife
63, of Colum
of Albert P. Mann, died at Col=
umbia, :
Mrs. Sarah M. Kreiser, 71, wife
George W. Kreiser, died at the Ore-
ville Mennonite Home.
Mrs. Eleanor Geistwite.
Mrs, Eleanora E. Giestwite, seve
enty-three, widow of Clayton
Ceistweit, of Elizabethtown, died
at her home of complication of dis-
The funeral was held Wed-
nesday afternoon with interment
in the Mount Tunnel cemetery. .
cases.
Mrs. Minnie M. Shelly
Mrs. Minnie Musser Shelly, sev-
enty-three, widow of Harry G.
Shelly, died Saturday of heart
trouble at the home of her daughter
at Palmyta. Mrs. Shelly was born
at Maytown, a daughter of the late
Rev. John and Anna Kuhnes,
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Local Affairs .
In General
Briefly Told
The March session of criminal
court is being held this week,
Three fire companies are ‘being
Lancaster R1, one tire one tube;
Elmer Kauffman, Manheim R1, two
tires, two tubes; H. E. Rudy, Land-
isville, two tires, two tubes; Sydney
George, Columbia R1 two tires, two |
tubes; R. S. Ludwig, Lancaster, two |
tires, two J. C. Snavely and |
Sons, Landisville, two tires; F.
Roberts, Lancaster,
tubes; Miller
tires, two tubes.
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Mrs.Hostette
Hostess To
U.B. Societies
The Ladies Aid
societies of the United Brethren
church held their monthly meeting
on Monday evening at the home of
Mrs. Robert Hostetter on Donegal |
St. |
Mrs. Charles Latchford acted as
leader of the Misionary society and |
the theme was “I Believe That This |
Is the Victory that Overcometh the |
World, Even Our Faith.” Mrs. Al-
vin Bigler led in prayer.
A brief history cf the Women's
Missionary Association, presented |
in song and story,
Mrs. Clinton Eby. Group singing |
and duets by Mrs. Warren Bentzel|
and Mrs. Robert Hostetter were in- |
tersperced in the history. |
Scriptures were read by Miss |
Della Breneman, Mrs Clarence |
Gruber, Mrs. John Booth and |
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two tires,
Bushong,
two
and two |
and Missionary
was in charge of!
> following is reprinted from
Lancaster New Era:
Members of the Brinserite and
the River Brethren denominations
held the fourth of a series of ann- |
ual Fellowship meetings at the|
Crossroads River Brethren church
on Saturday, and a pastor of each
discussed matters which the two
faiths have in common.
known as the Union Zion Children
and the Brethren in Christ, have
[a pet shop at Lancaster,
{dead in bed.
| The
organized in Lancaster township.
Owners of five ‘unlicensed dogs
were arrested and fined $5 and costs
each.
Edward James
| near Ephrata,
Becker, aged. 2,
fell down stairs and
| died.
Robert P. Antes, 65, proprietor of
was found
Columbia,“ sus-
at’ the Marf-
Ira Stauffer, 45,
| tained a fractured leg
| etta Army Depot.
Inaugural services for Elizabeth
tewn college's new president, Der,
A. C. Baugher will be held May 20.
Mrs, Stella Brubaker, 46, Rohrers-
town, mother of seven children, was
put to jail for beating her crippled
son aged 15 years.
Melvin Brubaker 27-year-old farm
{hand of Bareville, plead guilty to
upsetting tombstones in many Lane
caster county cemeteries.
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ENLISTED IN THE NAVY
Howard J. Barr, Jr., son of Mr.
and Mrs, Howard J. Barr, of May-~
| town, has enlisted in the Navy and
| left last week for the
Naval Train-
ing Station at Newport, R. I,
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MAYTOWN LAD HONORED
At a meeting of the Future Fare
mers of America, John Brubaker,
of the Maytown Chapter, was clect~
| ed secretary.
A i TL
Private Wm. S. Gucker, 23, shot
and killed himself at Indiantowm
! Gap while on duty.
and River Brethren
May Re-unite After 90 Years
been separated for nearly 90 years,
Brethren were an off-
shoot of the Mennonites, and the
Brincerites left the River Brethren
cver the issue of meeting in church
es or in the homes.
The meeting Saturday, attended
by about 250, was addressed by Rev.
River
Adam Wenger of Jonestown and by
| Bishop Charles Beyers, of Chests
The two denominations, formally | bersburg.
Plans were made for a similsy
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