»~ The Man Who Is Content to Wait, For Customers to Find His Store; / Will Find Instead When It’s Too L ate, That He Need Not Wait Anymore 219 Baby Beeves Bring $46,070.53; 2 Sold For 60c¢ Lb. Gish, Elizabethtown R2, fifth. Shropshire: Marvin Wanner. Man- heim R3, first; Marvin Peifer, Man- heim R1, third. 3 Southdown: Alma Longenecker, Elizabethtown R3, first; Rhelda Eshleman, Marietta Rl, second. Baby Beef Sales These exhibitors from this vicin- ity received the following prices for their beeves: William Endslow, Marietta RI, 999 pounds, sold at $25.75 per hun- dredweight; James Endslow, Mari- etta, 840 pounds, at $20.50 per cwt. Those 219 baby beeves, weighing 212,670 pounds, exhibited by boys and girls from eleven counties aty the 4-H roundup at Lancaster last week, were sold for $46,070.53. They averaged 971 pounds each and brought an average price of $21.66 per hundredweight. The grand champion and the reserve champion both brought 60 cents per pound. 152 head of fat lambs also ex- hibited, weighing 13,540 were sold for an aggregate of $2598.87. These Jambs averaged 89 lbs. each and sold for an average price of $19.19 per hundredweight. (Turn to page 6) The Lamb Show : Last Thursday morning the judges picked the winners in the 4-H Lamb ° . Special Movie club. The local prize: winners were: | ‘Here Dec. 28 Hampshire: George Greider, Mount ' InDrive forFat Joy Rl, first; George Endslow, M4- rietta R1, second; Clair Knight, Co- lumbia R2, third; Paul Hess, Jr. 9c dc 3c Elizabethtown R3, fourth; and James | ,An intensive drive for waste Oc Endslow, Marietta R1, fifth. fats sorely needed at this time for 2C Cheviot: Fugene Gish, Elizabeth- | the manufacture of medicinal town R2, first; Roy Gish, Flizabeth- town R2, third; Mildred Gish, Eliz- abethtown R2, fourth: and Samuel dressings will be held during the week between Christmas and New Year's Day. The Girl Scout salvage committee is planning a county wide appeal with Mrs. Stephen Lockey, East Petersburg in charge. During the Christmas Drive a special motion picture privided through motion picture war activi- ties program will be shown in city and county theatres. The price of admission will be waste fat. The ccmmittee hopes that at least two The Final Decisions By Board of Appeal At Harrisburg, Pa, CLASS 1-A pounds will be contributed per per- Leroy Weaver Ereneman, R.1, Son. h Manheim o 4 S Clement Evans Lewis, Manheim The Joy Theatre here under the management of Mr. Clair Wagner will participate on Dec. 28 at 1:30 p. m., showing Heritage of Desert, Jasper & Haunted House, Bird Farm. On duty at the theatre will be Mrs. Clyde Eshleman, chairman of the local Girl Scout committee. The waste fat will be immediately transported to the Lancaster County salvage committee. rr APPOINTED TRUSTEE CLASS 2-A to May 26, 1944 Wiilis Weidman Shenk, Lancaster CLASS 2-B to April 23, 1944 Kerby Lee Reece, R3, Manheim CLASS 2-B te May 19. 1944 David Brubaker Hess, R1, Mt. Joy / CLASS 2-B to May 26, 1944 Orlp Edward Proctor, Jr., Detroit, Mich, Tawrence J, Byron, Elizabethtown William “Héfman Curran, R2, Eliz- Robert H. Chapman, Elizabethtown George Woodrow Glattacker, May-| In the estate of Jacob Trostle, town late of East Donegal township, the Howse Greiner Gibble, R1, Mount | court appointed the York County doy National ‘Bank as succeeding trus- George Henty Becker, Honclule, T. tee to replace the Guardian Trust CLASS 4-E Company, York, trustee for the use Melvin Dourte Snavely, R3, Man- | of Anna M. Glassmyer in the es- heim tate. ll LOCAL CATTLE DEALERS SELL REGISTERED HEIFER Brattleboro, Vt.—J. B. Keller & Brother, Mount Joy, have recently sold a registered Holstein-Friesian heifer to Willis E. Piefer, Manheim. Charge of ownership for this ani- mal, Pietertje Toitilla Jessie 2417639, has been officially recorded by The Rev. W. E. Stephens St.Luke Rector Resigns The Rev. W. E. Stephens, Rector of St.. Luke's Episcopal church, here resigned from the charge Monday, taking effect Jan. 1, 1944. -Holstein-Friesian ~~ Association of | Rey. Stephens accepted a call to American, Brattleboro, Vt. Christ Church at Caudersport, and The Association issued 17,077 | the Mission Church at Brookland, registry and transfer certificates to Pennsylvania breeders during 1942. er AQ Mr HAD HIS RIGHT HAND CAUGHT IN SHREDDER ' Clayton L. Breneman, of near Sporting Hill, had his right hand caught in a corn fodder shredder on Saturday afternoon. He was taken to St. Joseph's Hospital, Lan- caster, where it was necessary to amputate ‘two fingers. He returned to his home on Wednesday. et lin F. D. FIXES JAN. 1 Pa., the two churches being eight- een miles apart. mm eet eens TO DISTRIBUTE TOYS According to the custom of past years, the Young People’s Fellow- ship of St. Luke's Episcopal Church have collected and repaired toys for distribution on Christmas Eve to the poor children of the com- munity. The toys this year are in good condition and the Young Peo- ple are looking forward to their ef- fort of carrying to others the Spirit of Christmas. AS DAY OF PRAYER 0 Gite President Roosevelt has proclaim- | ON THE GRAND JURY ed January 1 as a national day of Cyrus Geib, laborer, Mount Joy 4 prayer for “strength and guidance |R2 and Harvey S. Weidman, re- 18 for the problems of widening war- | tired, Manheim R1, are serving on fare and the responsibilities of in-|the grand jury in the Lancaster > creasing victory.” courts this week. pr AE me = All Those With The Armed Forces oy Will Receive The Bulletin Free 4 Starting this week. the service men and women rill of Mount Joy, R.D. 1 and 2, Florin and Newtown, with the armed forces. in the States or overseas, Se will receive The Bulletin each week, through sub- 5 gg! scriptions paid by the Remembrance Committee. To date there are about 450 on the list. As they i are inducted new names will be added. Up to this pe gs : time the publisher mailed the Bulletin at his own expense. P i ! Every effort has been made to secure the cor- rect addresses of those in the service. The cooper- ation of parents in keeping the committee or this office informed of address changes will be greatly appreciated. ‘I exactly $16 over last year’s price. MOST VOL. XLII, NO. 29 UP-TO-THE-MINUTE The Mount Joy Bulletin WE Moun: Tov, Pe. Thursday EEK LY I Afternoon, December 16, LIAN C A STE 1943 R COUNTY $1.50 a Year in Advance Meeting Held Here For Building Camoaign Special gift solicitation in Lan- caster General Hospital's building fund campaign for $728,500 was un- der way throughout the county this week following organization meeting of county leaders in the office of the Schock Independent Oil Company here. Alfred C. Alspach, Chairman of Section 2, which comprises the northwest area of the county, pre- sided at the meeting and stressed the need which has impelled Gen- eral Hospital to seek funds for ad- ditional buildings. He said: “This is a cause that sells itself. Anyone at all acquainted with the hospital knows of the overcrowded conditions there. Plain common sense requires that we get more beds to care for not only present demands, but also the demands of the future. “This campaign must For that reason we are (Turn to page 4) — ee ell Mian rion Brief News Of The Day From Local Dailies The buck deer season state closed on Saturday. About one-third of the nation’s centists are in the armed forces. The police found a recluse with 37 dogs in his home near Fort Lee, N. J. Mrs. John" Mitzel, 65, of York, dropped dead while waiting to board a bus. The first steel rail ever rolled at the Steel works was produced 75 years ago. The First National Bank & Trust Co. at E=ston was closed by the department Saturday. The first sales of tobacco in Ohio were $45.58 per hundred an succeed. chocsing in this pounds, Harold B. Beitler, Philadelphia, was disbarred from that city’s courts. Next day he shot himself. There was a $75,000 fire at the Hardware and Foundry plant (Turn to page 3) —— es APPLIED FOR A DIVORCE Margaret M. Ober, Manheim R3. a has applied for a divorce from Greiner + Edward Ober on the grounds of cruel and barbarious treatment and indignities to the person. . re ree el Qe WIDOW GETS ESTATE E. M. Barto, this boro, who died Nov. 13 left his estate to his widow, Katie, will made Sept. 21 of this year. The Affairs At Florin For Past Week -] ogues, a Rhythm Band, and Lantern Richard Roherts, S1/c, stationed on the “Ranger” left Thursday after visiting Mr. and Mrs. N. E. Hershey nd family, and called on friends in Mount Joy and Columbia. Mrs. J. Y. Kline is at the General Hospital for observation. Mr. David Henderson, of Harris- burg spent Monday with Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Schlegelmilch. Miss Sara B. Hershey, returned to Philadelphia Sunday, after spending a week with her parents. Mildred Hamilton of the WAVES is spending a furlough with her mother, Mrs. Lillian Hamilton. Cpl. Martin Liggins of Camp Mec- Coy, Wis, is spending a furlough with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Alwine of Middletown, called on Mr. and Mrs. N. E. Hershey last week. Mrs. Wm. Dyer is bedfast at this writing. Christmas Program The Washington School, will have a Christmas program Thursday eve- ning, Dec. 23rd at 7:30 P. M. There will be recitations, dial- slides on Dicken’s “Christmas Car- The General Hospital's. WILL PRESENT “A GIFT FOR THE CHRIST CHILD” DEC. 22 The dramatic presentation by Dcrothy Clarke Wilson, “A Gift for the Christ Child” will be given on Wednesday evening, Dec. 22 at 7:30 nv. m. by the Youth Fellowship of the Methodist Church in the Social rooms. The play is under the direction of the Minister Rev. William W. Spiegelhalder and the following are included in the cast: Mr. Lewis Dil- Abram N. Stauffer Died Very Suddenly Early Wednesday A. M. Abram N. Stauffer, Wednesday morning. er, Ralph Alleman, Dorothy Ben- nett, Mrs. Florence Moose, and Em- ma Derr. An invitation is extended to the public to ‘attend. BI TWO MEN INJURED: AN AUTO DEMOLISHED Two men suffered injuries and a car was demolished in an accident 57 years and served as trustee. served faithfully ever since. First National Bank and Trust Com- pany here for 30 years. He is sur- and nephews. The funeral will be held from the Nissley funeral home here Saturday afternoon at 1:30 with further ser- vices in the United Brethren church at 2 p. m. Interment in Kraybill’s cemetery in East Donegal. Friends may call at the funeral home Friday evening 7 to 9. Christmas Programs By Sunday Schools And Local Societies The Intermediate Christian En- deavor Society and Young People of The Sunday Schqol of St. Mark's United Brethren Church will pre- sent “Christmas in the Cobbler Shop”, a Christmas Drama by Mrs. O. G. Herbrecht. on Sunday evening December 19, at 7:30. The cast of characters includes Martin, the cob- bler, Nelson Alexander; Mrs. Black- burn, a customer, Ella Mae Zink; Joseph, a good Samaritan, Roy Sumpman; Spirit of Christmas, Pat- ty Kepple; Spirit of Dream, Ro- maine Brown; The Voice (of the (Turn to page 3) —_—— a ELM TREE PUPILS WILL PRESENT XMAS PROGRAM Floyd A. Johnston, Bainbridge, was jailed in default of $300 bail following a hearing before Justice of the Peace M. L. Schaibley. Pro- secution was brought by Pvt. Chas. E. Simmons, of the Columbia Motor police sub-station. James Simpson, forty-six, of Bill- myer, was admitted to the Colum- bia Hospital Saturday suffering from a possible fractured rib, head in- juries and contusions of the face. According police, Johnston drove his car into the rear of a truck, at the foot of Chickies Hill. Beth vehicles were traveling east on Route 411. The car was de- molished and the truck badly dam- aged. to ell Cen... GAVE BAIL FOR COURT Floyd A. Johnston, Bainbridge, pleaded guilty to charges of drunk- en driving at a hearing before Justice of the Peace M. L. Schaib- Columbia, at 10:30 a. m. Mon- He was released on $300 bail at the next term of ley, day. to appear court. nn SR County Draft Board No. 1 Classifies The Elm Tree School pupils will : CLASS 1-A ; present their annual Christmas Orville Stanley Heisey, Manheim Four t Tuesd : Arthur Clifton” Lighty. Rl, Bain- [Program next luesday evening, December 21st, at 7:30 p. m. Dialogues, recitations and musical bridge Kemp Wendell Ierley, Bainbridge Charles Wilke pent, Manheim | numbers will be included on the au ussel Beshler, Maytown SR i : | Richard Demmy Morton, R1, Bain- program as well as special music by Shirley Eby. A silver offering will be lifted and the public is cordially invited. Jerome Brubaker is the teacher. i CHRISTMAS PROGRAM AT AIRY VALE SCHOOL, DEC. 18 A Christmas program will be giv- en at Airy Vale School, in West Hempfield township, on Saturday, Dec. 18, 1943 at 7:30 P. M. There will be special music by Mr. Sim- mons and his orchestra from Lan- caster. A silver offering will be taken. Teacher, Mildred Reapsome. | wa ee TRAPPER IS FINED Roy B. Stauffer, charged with setting traps without name plates attached, was prose- cuted by Deputy Game Protector Earl Diehm, of Manheim, before Justice of the Peace Musser, Man- heim, and find $10 and costs. tl lbs WHAT! NO SUGAR! The Local War Price and Ration- ing Board announced Monday that Lancaster County farmers will not get any extra sugar for home cur- ing of meat. BR WERE DRIVING TOO FAST Among the eleven motorists pros- ecuted at Lancaster over the week- end for driving too fast were Irma E. Stephens, Landisville@and Paul Brendle, Columbia R2. Qn. Gindo Magni, Lancaster, was ar- rested for operating a trolley carin Lancaster County Fruit Growers'|a reckless manner. He deliberately Association, J. Clarence Reist, of | ran into an auto stalled on the bridge James Melvin Kupp, Manheim Cortinued in 1-A Robert McW. Rice, Elizabethtown Ciair Leroy Wagner, Mount Joy Rov Stanley Keener, Palmyra Farl Bcllock Simons, Marietta Continued in 1-A-0 Russel M. Hoffer, Elizabethtown Clyde G. Hollinger, Manheim CLASS 2-A to April 1, 1944 Samuel Zimmerman Longenecker, R1, Lancaster Norman Ginder Myers, Rheems (Turn to page 2) ———— MONROE METZLER FARM SOLD TO RUFUS HEISEY Monroe Metzler, Manheim, paid $4635 for a Rapho township farm of 68 acres at public sale held Sat- urday afternoon by Rufus W. Hei- sey. Located along the road from White Oak to Ruhls Church, the farm includes a frame dwelling and bank barn with tobacco shed at- tached. F. B. Aldinger was the auctioneer. A farm tractor, 1941 nfodel was sold for $180. PAE I GI RELEASED ON FORFEIT Reginald Leibford, forty-one, Mt. Joy R2, arrested at 6:39 p m. Satur- day by Lancaster eity ‘police at Lemon and Mulberry = Streets. on charges of drunkenness and disor- derly conduct, posted a forfeit Sun- day in the police station and was released. BR WAS ELECTED TREASURER At the annual meeting of the Manheim R3, | (Turn to Page 2) Landisville, was elected treasurer. | tracks. one of the best known residents of our boro, | died very sudden and unexpectedly | He went to | St. Mark’s United Brethren church to look after the fire where the pas- Dr. Kendig of town, was called death due to a coronary occlusion. He was a member of the church for He was elected as janitor in 1902 and He was born in Rapho Township, a son of the late Abram and Cath- erine Nissley Stauffer and was reg- ularly employed as janitor of the near Columbia Saturday—resulting in the prosecution of the operator vived by three brothers, Morris N.; of the car for driving while intoxi-|Samuel N.; and Harry N., all of cated. Mt. Joy; and a number of nieces FRANK B. WALTERS HEADS CASIPHIA LODGE HERE Frank * B. Walters, East | street, was elected worshipful mas- | ter of Casiphia Lodge No. 551 at | the annual banquet | ficers named were Henry L. Rupp, | senior warden; Oliver K. Snyder, junior warden; treasurer and William Tyndall, sec- retary. Milton C. Bowman, T. N. Hostetter and Frank H: Shenck | were elected trustees, and Oliver K. | ler, Evelyn Young, Doris Linton, Mrs. Joseph Scheaffer, Velma |tor of the church Rev. E. H. Ranck | Snyder, representative to the Grand Sherk, Fdna Derr, John Crider, |found his body in the furnace room. | Lodge. Robert B. Thompson, past mas- introduced Major speaker for the Banks Wagner, Norman Linton, Mrs. Walter Sloan, John Walters, found he had died a short time ter of the lodge Ruth Kirfman, ‘Charlotte Bennett, |Frevious. Dr. William M. Work- | H. Kupferer, Mrs. Ralph Alleman, Myrtle Zea- man, deputy coroner, announced ing Local Affairs In General Briefly Told school children ill with the flu. The Elizabethtown Water Co. has | asked the PWC for a rate increase. Flu has closed the public schools| at Akron and two in Lancaster city. | Thieves ransacked the city Sere vice Gas Station at Landis Valley. | Sheldon Eisenberger, 30, of Lan- | caster, wanted for three years, was | arrested at Philadelphia. Governor Ed Martin will speak the Masonic Homes, Elizabethtown | Friday evening at 5 o'clock. Roy R. Gerlach, of Columbia, wor arrested three times in 45 foinates) for traffic violations at Lancaster. | The Lancaster postoffice has al- | ready added 59 additional clerks to | assist during the pre Christmas rush. Joyce Fryberger, Maytown fresh- man, was one of four local students on the Dean’s list a Elizabethtown College. Forty-two pre-Pearl Harbor ati | ers were sent from Lancaster Co. and inducted under the armed forces last week. The OPA told bakers in this | area they may increase the size of | bread up to 25 percent and also the price proportionately. Charles D. Sheaffer, 6, of Man- heim, was badly injured when he | ran in front of a truck while on his | way home from school. Three children were rescued thru | the window of a burning home in| at Colerain township, set afire when | a kerosene range exploded. | Jurors Are Drawn For Next Term | Two hundred eighty-four to serve in the January and March | terms of court were drawn from the | wheel. Those from this locality are: Common Pleas Jan. 17 | Mary Breckline, housewife, Mari- | jurors etta. Karl S. Fritz, teacher, Elizabeth- | town Alma L. Keller, housewife, Mt. ! Joy. Anna Mumper, housewife, Mount | Joy Oscar V. Rannals, storekeeper, Marietta R1 March Common, Mar. 6 C. R. Frey, real estate, Elizabeth- | town { Joseph B. Hershey, retired, Mt. Joy | Allan A. Hertzler, clerk, Eliza- | bethtown. Evelyn Kochenour, housewife, Rheems. Lillian E. Perrett, retired, Eliza- | bethtown. ! (Turn to Page 5) I WEST HEMPFIELD TWP. SCHOOL BOARD ELECTS | John A. Fox was re-elected pres- ident, and Nathanial Snyder, vice president of the West Hempfield Township School board at a meet- | ing last week. The board paid bills amounting to $3,200. The Christmas vacation for the pupils was set from Dec. 24 to Jan. 3. —— Ee LETTERS GRANTED { Elsie M. Staley, West Hempfield | Township, administratrix of Walter | J. Staley, late of West Hempfield | Township. i There are 2900 Lancaster county | lersville, Two Men Killed When Truck And Automobile Collided West and meeting | | which was held recently. Other of- | Of Elizabethtown Early Satur. Maurice N. Bailey, | Main Two county men were killed and f in a col-} milk truck } Harrisburg Elizabeth- The icy condi- | two others were injured, 11-ton the | lision between an | and pike, twc miles we town, at 3:30 A. M. tion of the highway | the crash, State Police a Richard K. Rittenhouse, | Lane: aster R1, a member of a | ing party Huntingdon | County for the opening of the | season Monday was the | He was killed instantly, Frank S. Miller, deputy Elizabethtown, having | fractured skull. i It was the 28th highway death in | the county this year, eleven less than for the same period last year. Ralph Witmer, Mil- who wos admitted to the two autos on st of J was blamed for said. thirty, hunt- enroute to doe one victim, according to coroner, suffered a thirty-five, Two Held For Court In The 1 1 Alvin Yingst, Mount Joy: Arthur C tl C Schneider, Mt. Joy: John Marley, a e ase Columbia; William Gordon, Harris- J. R. Mumma, Mount Joy R2, burg; Earl Long, Manheim; Charles cattle dealer, and his brother, Levi | Reisinger, Elizabethtown. R. Mummau, operator of the Lan- John Wagner, Drexel Hill; Louis caster County Diner near Eliza- | Buller, Maytown; Kenneth Eber- bethtown charged with removing | sole, Elizabethtown; Arthur Hostet- and secreting property to defraud | ter, Mount Joy; Christian Coble, creditors, were held for court in| (Turn to Page 2) $1,000 bail each following a hear- Ty ing before Alderman Wetzel. LOCAL RESIDENT FILES Prosecution was brought by | AUTOMOBILE DAMAGE SUIT Deputy Sheriff Abe Lane who al- Damages of $426.45 were asked in % {leges 12 cows and eight calves, [3 suit filed Wednesday by Clayton | valued at $1800. were removed |K. and Geneva P. Newcomer, of this from the Beverly Sales Barn, Mt. | place, against Chester E. Groff, Co- [Joy township, on Nov. 29, after | lumbia, R1. The suit arose from a they had .been levied on. | collision at the intersection of a Landis C. Martin. Bareville truck~ | road from Salunga to Oyster Point er, testified that J. R. Mummau | 2nd a road leading from Silver engaged him to haul the cows to] Springs on Sept. 14. | Cumberland county and that Levi| According to the plaintiff's state- | Mummau unlocked the barn and | ment, Groff was driving with four | preduced a chute to load the ani-|in the front seat. The plaintiffs mals on the truck before instruct- | are asking for $176.45 for. repairs to ing him where to deliver the cows jus ir car and $250 for depreciation, ———— et A ree | CHRISTMAS PARTY AT The Birth Record MES. N. LUNToNS HOME Mr.and Mrs. Roy Matheny, Bain- Last evening, the W. S. C. * | bridge, a daughter Saturday at the | met at the home of Mrs. Norman | columbia Hospital. | Linton. This meeting wes in the| ny. and Mrs. Lester Mumma, of |form of a Christmas party, and all | nis place, a daughter Tuesday in persons were asked to bring a gift. | ype Lancaster General Hospital. Dime folders that were distribut- | —— ed at the beginning of the year were collected, the money to be used toward the organization's budget tc American Christmas Party Draft Board No. ers here. cnisco, Dauphin county; mer, Mount Joy: heim; Lester je General Hospital in an unconscious suffering compound the skull and fractures of the right shoulder -and right el- condition, a fracture of bow, died shortly after being ad- mitted. James Schlegelmilch, thirty-eight, (Turn to Page 2) Inductees Announced By Board No.1 The following induction list was Monday by County 1, with headquart- announced ARMY: Lawrence C. Engle, Wic- David Bal- Mount Joy; Harold Shatz, Jr., Donald Graham, Man- Allen Brant, Manheim, R3; Shenk, Manheim, R2; Wil- iam Kuhn, Manheim; Robert Bil- et, Marietta. Clayton D. Newcomer, 81, died at a native shington boro, Wilming- Del. m, Legion’s The Annual Christmas Party of the W. S. Ebersole Post No. 185 will be held on Dec. 24th at 1:30 P. M. in the Joy Theatre here. All children of the Corn nmunity up to and including 12 years of age are cordially invited to come to this party « Santa Claus will be with us to dispense his good Christmas cheer and we know that all the % ‘Kiddies’ will have an enjoyable time, So don’t forget to be with us and all parents an ‘ged to bring your children to our party W. S. EBERSOLE POST NO. 185 AMERICAN LEGION MOUNT JOY, PA BTR — ARS ha
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