CS cked 7 on SEE ND KS 'S KS ta nt, hich JAL: AT Sm A Meet Those War Bond Solicitors With a Sele And a Liberal Purchase When They Call MOST UP-TO-THE-MINUTE The Mount J oy Bullet WwW E EKLY I LLANCASTE R COUNTY VOL. XLII, NO. 15 Mount Joy: Pa., T Thuy sides AAjtemnos, September 5 1943 $1 50 a pn in Advance Dr. C. Howard Witmer Spoke Before the Rotary At Tuesday’ s Luncheon County Draft Board No. 1 Classifies Code to classifications: P, pending physical examination; Class 1-A— available for military service; Class 1-A-L—available for limited military service; Class 1.A.O—conscientious objector available for noncombatant military service; Class 1-C—member of the land or naval forces of the U. S.; Class 2-A—man necessary in his essential civilian activity; Class 2-B— man necessary to the war production program; Class 2.C—man deferred by reason of his agricultural occupation or endeavor; Class 3.A—man with child or children deferred by reason of maintaining bona fide family re- lationship; Class 3-C—man with de- pendents who is regularly engaged in agricultural occupation or endeav- or; Class 3.D—man deferred be- cause induction would cause extreme hardship and privation to a wife, child, or parent with whom he main. | tains a bona fide family relationship; Class 4-A—man 45 years old, or older. who is deferred by reason of age; Class 4.B-—official deferred by law; Class 4.C—neutral aliens requesting relief from liability for training and service, and aliens not acceptable to the armed forces; Class 4.D—minis- ter of religion or divinity students; Class 4.E—conscientious objector a- vailable for work of national impor- tance; Class 4-F—physically, mental. ly, or morally unfit. “Letter (H) be- hind classification indicates man now deferred because his ade group is not being accepted for military service. CLASS 1-A Franklin Lincoln Drayer, E'town Abram Weston Longenecker, Man- heim Nevin Levene Heagy, Manheim Donald Eichler, Jr., Florin Earl Calvin Hoffer, Mount Joy John Ellsworth Kissinger, Lancaster Robert J. Scheetz, Elizabethtown Stanley Clayton Snyder, Phila. Arthur Foch Schneider, Mount Joy Clarence D. Nissley, Florin Paul Putt Hammer, Manheim William Oscar Ulrich, R3, Manh’'m Ralph Robert Gordan, Manheim Robert Goudie Bryan, Canal Zone David ‘Eberly Greenawalt, Lincoln (Turn to Page 2) rr pr tl A Aer, Diesel Engine Again Out of Commission Trouble seemingly never runs singly. There was another break to the Diesel engine at the Boro Water Works during the past week. One of the cylinders is out of commission and the oil pump thereon is defect- ive. The Mount Joy Dairy Company's auxiliary unit was pressed into ser- vice again and is furnishing the power since Monday. At a recent special meeting of Boro Council an ordinance was passed to return to electric current for a year. The ordinance is now in the hands of Burgess Hendrix. It is expected there will be a report on same at the regular meeting of Council next Monday evening. SSS. OFFICER ELMER ZERPHEY MADE TWO ARRESTS Chief of Police, Elmer Zerphey, prosecuted Laverne Barron, Ham- ilton, Ind, charged with speeding ,in a large truck. He will be sum- for a hearing. Friday evening, Chief Zerphey arrested Eli Randler, and placed him in the Boro lock-up. Randler was prosecuted before Hendrix on a drunk and disorderly conduct charge. He® was released Saturday noon. upon payment of of costs. MARRIAGE LICENSES Ray H. Miller, Jr., Palmyra, Rl, and Nancy A. Forry, Elizabethtown, R2. Ralph Koser Wittle, Florin, and Marion L. Beck, Florin. John Keller Mohn, of Reamstown and Jean Raffensberger, Elizabeth- town Rl. GETS A LOCAL TRIAL Pvt. James E. Hartig, twenty-one, Marietta soldier charged wi™ rape in an attack on a 15-year-old Co- lumbia girl August 23, will go on trial Tuesday in the Lancaster County Courts instead of before a de ithe “The war must be won on the home front and the battle front”, Dr. C. Howard Witmer told mem- bers of The Mt. Joy Rotary Club an their regular luncheon meeting Tuesday, held in the Hostetter ban- quet halls. Dr. C. Howard Witmer, Chairman of the Lancaster County United Drive for War Chest and Welfare, was the guest speaker at the Rotary Clubs meeting Tuesday when it met at Hostetter’s. Dr. Witmer, one of Lancaster's prominent physicans and president of Rossmere Sanatorium is general chairman of the Lancaster County United Drive which is a combined appeall of the Nationtl War Fund and Home Front Agencies. “Our men in the armed forces are ‘giving every thiin g They must be assured that all is well at home with their families and loved ones, if they are expected to continue fighting with the will to win. “The national war fund goal is $125,000,000, nearly half of which goes to USO the home away from home for our own fighting men - - a large share goes to United Nations Relief and War Prisoners’ Aid. - “Instead of having separate drives as was the case last year, the sixteen agencies comprising the national war fund have combined with the 16 agencies of the Welfare Federa- tion in one United Drive for reasons of efficiency and economy. Every group and every community must participate to insure success of this nationwide and local undertaking.” Dr. Witmer explained that com- munity ‘welfare organizations such as in peace time, and that this is the (Turn to page 3) tl Gp Mr MAY OBTAIN SUGAR FOR APPLE BUTTER Farmers who used sugar in 1941 to make apple butter for sale may register as an industrial user in ob- taining sugar for the same purpose this year, . according to a decision made by the OPA. Apple butter made with indus- trial sugar may not be consumed by the farmer or his family. Farmers who consume all the apple butter they produce may use five pounds of their canning sugar for the pur- pose. rm el A Greene AMERICAN LEGION LEASED THE GEO. BROWN PROPERTY The American Legion here has leased the former Geo. Grown prop- erty, now owned by George Brown II, on Jacob street. The owner is making extensive interior repairs and remodeling same and on Jan. 1 the Legion will open a social club there. Eighth Series B. & L. Stock Matures Oct.1 The regular monthly meeting of |, the Mount Joy Building and Loan Association was held last evening. A dividend of 2.6 percent was de- clared for the past. six months. The eighth series ‘of the Associa- tion will mature October 1°and all shareholders as of that date will be paid in full. The Board authorized the en ing of a new series, the thirty-sec- ond and limited the sale of shares to ten per person. The series will only remain open a limited time. One mortgage loan was granted. re A inn PURCHASED A PROPERTY Mr. Joseph Detwiler, the West Main street tonsorial artist has pur- chased at private sale and on pri- vate terms the Ray Lupold property on Lumber street, this boro. Mr. Detwiler now resides with his mother just south of town and con- templates occupying his purchase in the very near future. _ Paironize Bulletin Adve Mussolini was YANKed right off the map this week, and the other two would-be super- men are quaking in their boots cause they know the YANKS are coming!!!! 620 Pupils Enrolled Here On Tuesday The first day enrollment for the 1943-44 term, is 620 or 19 less than the previous year. The enrollment for the various classes folyows: ; Grade School Miss Charles, Grade 1 ........... 31 Miss Zink," Grade 1 12 Miss Zink, Grade 2 ............. 15 Mrs. Luecke, Grade 2 .......... 34 Miss Kaylor, Grade 3 ............ 41 Miss Heilig, Grade3 ............ 23 Miss Heilig, Grade 4 ............ 15 Miss Heisey, Grade 4 ........... 40 '| Miss Ibach, Grade 5A .......... 29 Miss Peifer, Grade 5B ........... 28 Miss Siegler, Grade 6A .......... 24 Miss Moore, Grade 6B ........... 26 Miss Cuskey, Grade 7 ........... 53 Mrs. Broske, Grade 8 ........... 41 High School Miss Deckard, Grade 9, .......... 33 Miss Grove, Grade 9 ............ 30 Mrs. Williams, Grade 10 ........ 27 Mr. Rupp, Grade 10. ............. 26 Miss Colquhoun, Grade 11 ...... 26 Miss Zeller, Grade 11 ............ 22 Mr. Hostetter, Grade 12 ......... 22 Miss Garber, Grade 12 ........... 22 ———— Gem. PARENTS RECEIVE CARD FROM SON NOW A JAPANESE PRISONER Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Frank, Mount Joy, received two post cards from their son, Charles, who is a Japan- ese prisoner of war, and is interned at a Philippine Military camp. The cards state he is uninjured and mn good health. This is the first word received from him since Feb. 15, 1942. He was reported missing in action May 23, 1942, and further word on Feb. 27, 1943 reported him a prison- er of war. A A LADIES’ BIBLE CLASS WILL SERVE DINNER, SEPT. 15th The Ladies Bible Class of Trinity Lutheran Chur¢h will serve a din- ner on Wednesday, September 15th at the Parish House from eleven- thirty o'clock to one o'clock. Menu: meat loaf, scalloped pota- toes, Butter beets or peas, bread, coffee and dessert, fifty” cents. er etl THIEF STEALS $45 Mrs. Clay Stauffer, Mount Joy R2, reported to State Police that a sneak thief entered her home over the week-end and stole $45 in cash from a bureau drawer. Sergeant Owen and Private Here are in- vestigating. A in TWO NEW CASES i Two new cases of typhoid de- veloped between Lititz and Ephrata. Both took ill the same day. The authorities are now investigating the source. Six grandfather clocks were sold at a public sale at Lancaster, prices ranging from $185. to $535. | C= Waltz Bros. Are Charged With Rape Pvt. Benjamin Waltz, twenty-one, Mount Joy Borough Schools for the and his brother, Samuel, eighteen, both of this boro, were committed to the county prison without the usual privileges of bail for hearings on rape charges, following their arrest Wednesday by State Police. Private Waltz, who is stationed at Fort Bel- voir, Va, is home on a furlough, according to police. The pair, according to State Po- liceman George Smith in a com- plaint filed before Justice of the Peace Richard Daveler, Marietta, criminally attacked a fifteen-year- old Bainbridge girl between 11 and 12 p. m. Tuesday while they were in a car parked off the Marietta- Columbia Pike, near ‘the foot of Chickies Hill. Police learned from the girl that she and two girl friends h:d ac- companied the two brothers and another man to the party and it was when they were returning home at- ter leaving the other girls at their homes that the attacks took place. Brief News Of The Day From Local Dailies The Dream Highway was operat- ed at a $374.000 loss last year. A man at Philadelphia sold ten tons of coal off a six-ton truck. 7,700 air planes were manufac- tured in the United States during August and an indication of 8,000 for September. In the annual contest for Miss America at Atlantic City, 26 are entered from that many states and singularly all are blondes. The 20th Century Limited, the New York extra © fare train, was wrecked Monday, Three train, was wrecked Monday. Three were killed and seven injured. The Penna, R. R’s Century Limit- ed, one of the world’s fastest trains, was wrecked at Phila., Monday. 62 were killed and 123 injured — eet A UII. TWO AUTOS IN CRASH No one was injured in a crash be- tween two automobiles about a mile north of Manheim, on Route 141, Tuesday. The cars involved in the accident were being driven by Irene O’Connell, twenty-four, of Manheim and G. Walter Dulehohn, fifty-six, of ‘Elizabethtown. dt PRIMARY ELECTION SEPT. 14 The Primary Election will be held on Tuesday, September 14, and the polls will open here at 7 a. m. and will remain open until 8 p. m. State, county and local offices of import- ance are to be filled. centrals Stimulate your business by adver- tising in the Bulletin. a id WITMER FAMILY ADOPTS NAME “WITSTEAD” FOR HOME “Witstead” is the name recently adopted for the Old Witmer Home- stead in the Donegals. This farm is now owned and operated by Mr. and Mrs. David C. Witmer. It has been in the Witmer family for the past three generations. Mr. Witmer is the ninth in a fam- ily of 12 children, 6 boys and 6 girls. Elmer and his brother Harry served in World War No. 1, while Minnie, the next to youngest girl of the family is a nurse and is now intern- ed by the Japs somewhere in China. Mr. Witmer is doing his part in the present conflict on the home front’ with a splendid herd of Hol- stein cows and 1200 fine New Hamp- shire Red laying hens. rw Arthur P. Schock Native of Town, Died Suddenly Wednesday Arthur Patterson Schock, 49, son of the late H. C. Schock of this boro, died Wednesday noon of a heart condition after a short illness at the Veteran's Hospital at Aspin- wall, near Pittsburgh. He was born December 21, 1893, a native of this boro, and received his education at our boro schools. He prepared for college at the Pennsyl- vania Military College, at Media, and graduated from Cornell Uni- versity in 1916. He was a member of the National Guards since World War I and was commissioned as Lieutenant Colonel at the age of 30. He was Lieutenant Colonel of the 176th Field Artillery (Turn to page 3) The Affairs At Florin For Past Week Mrs. I. W. Funk, spent Wednes- day at Lancaster. ‘Mr. Fred Snook and family have moved to near Safe Harbor. Mrs. Ella Wachstetter will cele- brate her birthday, Sept. 16th Mrs. Samuel Sprout and mother have moved to Elizabethtown. Clyde Grube, of Camp Shelby, Miss. is spending a furlough at his home. Miss Maude Buller, who joined the WAVES, left today for her training. Mrs. Katie Smith and Mrs. Sam Sprout and children, moved to Eliz- abethtown. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Campbell (Turn to Page 5) or rrr A Cn ONE HOUSE RAZED; OTHER WILL BE CLOSED Complying with a recent request of Boro Council a house at 205 W. Donegal St., owned by the Penn- sylvania Railroad Company, and purchased .by Howard Dissinger, Salunga, has been torn down. The house along with the one at 211 W. Donegal St., but which is still oc- cupied, were the two houses, owned by the Railroad Company, that brought a complaint from the Boro Council. They were called a fire trap by the council, unsanitary, and unfit for human occupancy. The company stated that as soon as the one at 211 would be vacated. it would be boarded up, and not rented. Since it is part of a double house, it would be impossible at the present time to remove it, due labor and material necessary to re- pair the house at 209 W. Donegal St., which is the lower part of the double house. The Birth Record Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Wagner, at | Florin, announced the birth of a son | on September 2nd. li A NEW CONSTABLE | Jonas : Leinhart was appointed | constable of Mount Joy. township to | succeed Abram Y. Horst, who re- | signed. ————— eee. We have reached the place where if a man arises to give his seat to a woman, on a crowded bus the fellow is conspicuous! Local Affairs In General Briefly Told E. P. Brock is the new Burgess at New Holland. 841 pupils enrolled at the opening of Elizabethtown schools Tuesday. Mountville held a Community service plaque dedication Sunday. Six persons were injured in a wreck on the Penna. R. R. at Col- umbia yesterday. Three men near Ephrata plead guilty to illegal possession and sale of stolen gas stamps. The first case of anthrax in the county in more than twenty years was reported Tuesday. One death, five injured and thirty prosecutions is the week-end Labor Day toll of autoists in this vicinity. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Ellis will move into the Marvin “Messick property on New Haven and Marietta streets. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel L. Jacoby, East Petersburg, will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary tomor- Tow. The Jones Bros. at Little Britain. sold their entire dairy herd and quit business on account of labor conditions. Ralph Brommer, aged 20 months, Klinesville, was bitten in the finger by a monkey, when ke stuck his finger in a cage at a carnival at Co- lumbia. Among the eight motorists pros- ecuted at Lancaster over the week end was Robert V. Kendig of Salun- ga. All were driving too fast for conditions. RECENTLY ACQUIRED A REG. HOLSTEIN COW Brattleboro, Vt—I. W. Musser, Mount Joy, has recently acquired a registered Hostein-Fresian cow from from the herd of J. K. Clark, Cen- terville. Change of ownership for this ani- mal, West Bridge Segis Piebe 1885479, has been officially recorded by The Holstein-Friesian Associa- tion of America, Brattleboro, Vt. The Association issued 17,077 reg- istry and transfer certificates to Pennsylvania breeders during 1942. A HOW TO REPORT A FIRE Fire Chief, Ray Myers, of Friend- ship Fire Company, calls to the at- tention of every citizen the cor- rect way to report a fire. Please read the ad carefully. which appears on another page, and call the operator when reporting a fire. Give her the exact location and she will summon the fire company. Your cooperation will save time and loss of property. Our Card Basket For The Week Mrs. C. M. Wallace, of Paoli, spent Thursday in town. Pvt. Stanley Shenk, of Fort Mc- Clellan, Ala., is enjoying a furlough. Mrs. Paul Risser and daughter, Miss Mary, spent the week-end in Washington, D. C. as the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Shonk. Mary Herr and Sandra Nagel spent a week visiting the latters grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Nagel of Elizabethtown R. D. Burgess and Mrs. Wm. E. Hen- drix arrived home Tuesday even- ing from a week-end trip to friends and relatives at Collingwood, N. J. Mrs. Nesta Farrell and her two daughters from Naco, Arizona have visited her Aunt, Kathryn Felker and daughter Ethel on Frank Street. Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Bailey and children enjoyed a few. days vaca- tion to the Skyline drive, Luray Caverns and Mt. Vernon,’ returning Monday. Mr. Harold Coldren, Calif., who The 3rd War Loan IN Drive Opens Today Thursday, Sept. 9th Boro Divided Into Six Districts County's Quota Is $13,582,000 Loan” and Lan- The “Third War opens September 9, 1943 A meeting of the Mt. Joy Borough War Finance Committee, the Divis- ional Chairmen and Chairladies, and Solicitors was held on Tuesday evening and all plans outlined for the campaign. The Borough has been divided into six districts. The First District is all the territory East of Barbara Street including the Fast side of Barbara Street, and is in charge of the American Legion. Commander Geo. Brown II his appointed Mr. George Zeller as district chairman. District Two comprises the terri- tory between North Market, North Barbara, and East Main Streets, in- cluding the north side of East Main, the East side of North Market, and the West side of North Barbara Streets, lying within those bound- aries. This district is in charge of the Auxiliary of Friendship Fire (Turn to page 6) Fall Rally Meeting of M. Societies A Fall Rally meeting of the Mt. Joy and Donegal Missionary Socie- ties of the Presbyterian Church will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 14th, at 7:45 P. M, in the Sunday school room of the Mt. Joy Church. Mrs. R. Fellenbaum will have charge of devotions. A moving picture “Banners Un- furled”, will be shown depicting glimpses of the work of the church in “defense outposts among enlist- ed men and in the great center of new industrial activities. ns AD Ee CHAMP TOMATO PICKERS Arlene and Katheen Lefevere, Lancaster R2, can justly be termed the champion tomato pickers in the county. In one day they gathered 367 bas- kets and the next day 350. Deeds Recorded W. Frank Carpenter and wife, Mary Louise, Lykens, to Cora E Sprecher, Mount Joy Township, dwelling at 144 New Haven Street, Mount Joy, for $2,275. George Brown's Sons, Inc., to Jay G. Eicherly, on Main St. Mount Joy. George Brown's Sons, Inc, to George A. Bair and wife, premises at 210 and 212 S. Barbara Street Mount Joy. George Brown's Sons, Inc, to Carl S. Krall and wife, premises at 112 Columbia Ave., Mount Joy, for $1,500. Executor of Frances H. Kendig, late of E. Hempfield Twp., to Clyde S. Sides and wife. Helen G., Sa- lunga, land in Salunga for $225. Executor of Frances H. Kendig, late of E. Hempfield Twp, to Charles R. Myers and wife, Dorothy H., Salunga, land in Salunga, $200. Christian H. Brosey Clarence H. Garman, premises in Mount Joy Twp. George Brown's Sons, Inc. to John Rahm and wife property at 104 Columbia Ave., Mount Joy for $1,- 600. property for and wife to drive caster Countys quota is $13,582,000 entirely from non-banking sources.’ Record In This Section Milton H. Landis, 80, near Lititz, was found dead in his corn field Friday. Frederick H. Johnston, 65, died at Lancaster on Friday. He was born at Maytown and was a member of the Lutheran Church there. Martin Flickinger, 83, veteran live stock dealer and a direct de- scendant of John Quincy Adams, sixth president of the United States, died at Lancaster. Jacob F. Albert i Jacob F. Albert, Sr., 617 Race St., Middletown, former baker at the Masonic Homes Elizabethtown, died last Friday at a Harrisburg hospital. He was 76 years old. Mrs. Mary Resh Myers Mrs. Mary Resh Myers, seventy= four, widow of Emanuel H. Myers, formerly of Newtown died Tuesday night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Albert Mumma, 116 S. Barbara St., She was a daughter of the late John and Elizabeth Krall Resh, and a member of Newtown U. B. Church. She is survived by one daughter, Anna Mary, wife of Albert H. Mumma, with whom she resided, a son, Ray Myers, of town, three grandchildren and three great grandchildren. She was the last of her family. The funeral will be held from the Sheetz funeral home here Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock with inter- ment in the Newtown cemetery. Samuel M. Cover Samuel M. Cover, ninety-two, died at 9:45 p. m. Monday at the (Turn to page 3) Landisville Schools To Open Mon. East Hempfield Township will open on September 13 at 8:30 a. m. The opening day of school will be a half-day session. The school busses will operate on the and will make stops, during the past The schools of same routes as followed school year. The faculty will be as follows: High School, Miss Evelyn J. Duerst, commercial; Miss E. Mae Shenk, mathematics, girls’ physical educa- tion; Amos R. Herr, social studies, boys’ physical education; Miss Esth- er Withers, English, Latin and French; Miss Mary Lee Forney, English and public speaking; Miss Ethel Steinkemph, history and math- ematics, replacing Leroy Nissley, who is in the U. S. Navy; Lester H. Good, science, replacing George E. Gard, who is teaching at Lafayette College; Mrs. Verna Kreider Imb- er, music supervisor, replacing Don- ald L. Mease, who is in the U. S. Army. Flementary Schools, Landisville Elementary, eighth grade, Miss Margaret Esbenshade; seventh grade Miss Elizabeth Kahlor; sixth grade, Miss Marian Shank; fifth grade, Mrs. Laura Kauffman; fourth grade, Mrs. Ruth Bram Lynch, third grade, Mrs. Lillian Geisler Kauffman; second grade, Miss Emma Jane Whirt; first grade, Mrs. Ruth Givler Kachel. HIPPENSTEEL GETS 31% TO 7 YEARS IN JAIL Pleading guilty to attempted mur- | der charges, William B. Hippenstesl, | sixty-seven, Elizabethtown, Friday was sentenced to the Eastern State Penitentiary for a period of three and one-half to seven years, fined $100 and ordered to pay the from {is spending a vacation at his home | costs. lin Manheim, called at this office] Hippensteel who was sentenced Thursday. He was a former Lino-|{by Judge Oliver S. Schaeffer, was type operator here. charged with attempting to kill his | Ee TWO MORE RECRUITS Three 17-year-olds from this area left Tuesday for enlistment ‘in the Navy. Among them was Lee Charles years. —- DRIEST IN 23 YEARS The month of August driest since 1930—just twenty-three | was Hippensteel, of Elizabethtown and Donald Bertram Fidler, Columbia Route 1, in 31 days. Mrs. Patience Garretson. and Fast Petersburg Elementary, eighth grade, Miss Martha Jane Nies; seventh grade, Miss Ruth Longenecker; sixth grade, Mrs. Martha Hershey Cherry; fifth grade | Mrs. Esther H.Weidler; fourth grade, Miss Miriam Hershey; third grade, Mrs. Naomi L. Bard; second grade, Adele Harry; first grade, Miss Rohrerstown Elementary, seventh eighth grades, T. R. Lefever; fifth and sixth grades, Miss Anne son, Charles, forty, with a corn cut- | peifer; third and fourth grades, Mrs. ter and an open razor on August 28. | Esther M. Dussinger; first and sec- | ond grades, {er, Arthur A. Hackman, supervising the | principal of the township. Miss Mame Newcom- All pupils entering first grade Only 1.3 inches of rain fell | must present birth and vaccination i certificates, — Mortuary Yo wr wi Ll Sm ows lio
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