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The Mount Joy Bulletin
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LANCASTER COUNTY
Mervin W. Brandt Was |
Elected Principal of Mt.

VOL. XLIV, NO. 8
Terrific Explosions of
Acetylene Tanks When
Auto and Truck Collided
West of Florin Fri. Nite

Co. Farmers’ Field
Day Near Lancaster
Wednesday, Aug. 2
Lancaster County farmers are in-
vited to attend a Field Day which is
scheduled to be held on the H. H.
Haverstick farm just south of the
Linciln Highway and one mile west
of Lancaster City on Wednesday,
August 2nd at 1 p. m.
This is a completely
farm and the most modern of farm
implements are being used. The
owner of this farm plans to have
as many of them in operation as
possible at the field day meeting.
The most part of the
afternoon program will be devoted
to discuss ard demonstration of
soil saving ard soil improvment
practices. The highlight of this
particular part of the program will]
be none other than Ed Faulkner
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ca — A Mepis
RED CROSS MEETING AT LANC.
All persons interested in Red
Cross are invited to attend a meet-
ing Friday, July 21st at three o'clock
in the basement of the Greist Build-
ing, Square, Lancaster, for Prisoner
of War Discussion. Everybody is
welcome.
mechanized
important

{ Harrisburg,
{ ferno, fed by the gas.
Paul Stehman, Local
Miller, Was Badly
Injured; His Car and a
Truck Were Destroyed
Two men were injured, one seri-
ously, and 47 bottles of hydrogen
and acetylene gas exploded during
a fire which followed the collision
of a track and auto on the Harris-
burg pike, just west. of Florin, on
Friday night.
Paul K. Stehman, forty-eight, 207
N. Barbara St., this boro driver of
the auto, suffered head injuries and [~
was admitted to St. Joseph's Hospi-
tal. John A. Cooper, thirty-six,
the truck driver, suf-
fered burns of the arms and face.
Fire companies from Rheems,
| Elizabethtown and Mount Joy re-
| sponded to an alarm but were un-
the raging in-
Both vehicles
were totally destroyed. Fragments
of the steel bottles shot through the
able to extinguish
"air like shrapnel, some landing 400
feet from the scene of the accident.
The accident occured on the
three-lane highway in front of the
garage of Herman Snyder, half a
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A NINTH AIR FORCE TROO
THEATRE OF OPERATIONS—Cpi.
who participated in the paratrooper
BASE,
James F. Schatz and crew of C-47
P CARRIER {fTUROPEAN
tor.) 1st It
co-pilot,
invasion of France. (l.
Dan G. Wiltse, pilot, Detroit, Mich.; 2nd Lt. Robert R. Tyner,
Clevelanid, Ohio: Tech/Sgt. Charles W. Watson, crew-chief, Puyallup,
Wash; James F. Schatz, radio- Mt. 0%, Pa.
and Cpl.
County Draft
Board No. 1
Classifies
CLASS 1-A
James Pugh Stehman, Mt. Joy
John Robert Smith, E'town
Elam Spahr Adair, Manheim
Albert Henry Gingrich, R2,
toga.
Robert Glenn Keener, Manheim
Paul Russel Beshler, Maytown
Clarence Robert Brady,
Cones-

Kermit Shelly Oberholtzer, R1, Mt.
Joy.
Jacob Wenger Nissley, R2, Manheim
CLASS 1-C
Richard Bernard Young, Philadel-
phia
George Henry Brown III, Lancaster |
CLASS 2-A-F
William Ray Lovell, Jr., Arlington,
Virginia
Cont in Class 2-A to Sept. 1, 1944
Amos M. Ney, Elizabethtown
Class 2-A to January 1, 1945
Kenneth Hartle Bush, Everett, Pa.
Elam Dourte Snavely, R1, Manheim
Cont. in Class 2-A to Jan. 1, 1945
Jacob Amos Pickel, Rl. Manheim
Chester K. Shoemaker, R1, F'town
Frank Bennett Sangrey, Jr., East
Petersburg
Milton Nelson Brown, Marietta
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MARRIAGE LICENSES

Columbia |
‘Cornwall ore mines,
Brief News Of
The Day From
Local Dailies
350 were killed when two munit-
ions vessels exploded on the Pacific
coust.
Geo. D. Singleton, 13, York R.D.
Boy Scout, drowned in the Cone-
wago creek Sunday. .
John Kucik, 37, a worker at the
was accident-
ally killed while on duty.
A cigaret spark started a fire
which destroyed 36 bales of straw
in a field at Chestnut Level.
Two Navy photographic planes.
from a training unit on training
flights, crashed near Millerstown,
Perry Co., and both pilots were
{killed.
Miss Catherine Searless, 24, of
Rahway, N. J. stuck her hand in a
bear's cage ,at a zoo and the animal
! mangled her arm so badly it had to
be amputated at the shoulder.
a Or mm me
HELD BAPTISMAL
Salem U. B. Church’ at Manheim
and Ruhl’s church, in Rapho, held
a baptismal service in the stream
Londa Zurin, Jr. and Earnestine on the farm of Emerson Ruhl Sun-
Gainer, both of this place.
day forenoon.
Mount Joy, Pa., Thursday Afternoon, July 20, 1944
Landisville
Campmeeting
Opens Friday
The 74th annual Landisville Camp
| Meeting will open Friday, July 21,
| at 8 p. m,, with a Holy Communion
| service in charge of the Rev. Rich-
ard H. Johnes, of Reading. The

through July 31
| with services each evening Monday
through Saturday at 8 p. m.
[both Sunday
[7:45 p. m.
camp will continue
and
evening services at

| Dr. John C. Bieri, Philadelphia,
will show moving pictures of Leper
{C olonies of South America on July
[22, and a colored moving picture
|travelog will be presented on July
JOHN S. EVANS {29 by the Rev. Arthur C. James,
West Main street, who will cele- [D rexel Hill. Other evening speak-
brate his 90th birthday tomorrow, [ers will be: The Rev. George A.
Lancaster, July 23; the
Rev. James A. Simors, Shenandoah,
| July 24; the Rev. A. Lawrence Pax-
Chesnut Hill, J:ly 25; the Rev.
Friday, July 21. Mr. Evans is en- |Laughead,
joying good health and has been a
member of Friendship Fire Co. No.
1 of this place for the past seventy- |son,

two years. {Douglas 1. Cloud, July 26; the Rev.
ee —— [Luther H. Ketels, Reading, July 27;
[the Rev. H. St. Clair Carter, Phila-
Educational | delphia, July 28; the Rev. Harry D.
{ Robinson, Lancaster, July 30
The Columbia Community Orch-
|
Short Tour- |estra will present a concert Sun-
. jay, July 23, at 2:30 p. m. and
Field Day | the re will be a special worship ser-
{ vice Sunday, July 20 at 2:30 p. m.
Franklin Duncombe,
There will
Intermediate
of
The executive committee, and the | with the Rev.
county agricultural extension ser-|Bala Cynwyd,
vice has arranged the following ed- Ihe a
ucational short tour and field day |
for Wednesday, July 26.
in charge.
for
supervision
registration
the
(Turn to page 2)
Retreat, under

7:45 A. M.—Assemble W. Orange | met emesis Slime
Street, Lancaster, opposite. the old |
Western Market House. 0 Ot gh, Di ki
gl oil Miller I ou IC
(k > far »-half mile south-
wr” rmansur. ew ane 10 Address Rotarians
capacity 18,000 broil- |
marke tie
Foods steers,
decker house,
ers at one time,
this lot July 18.
acres celery, 35
starts
Here Next Tuesday
iy The of the Rotary

acres tomatoes, weekly meeting
acres bolladonna, and general crops. | Club opened Tuesday with a few
8:30 A. M. Raymond Miller | remarks from our president Lester
(farm No. 2), north of Barr's Nurs- | Koder. We were all very glad to

eries, 1200 turkeys, bronze & white | hear from him that our good friend
Holland, 5000 roasters on range, |and fellow Rotarian Paul Stehman,
overhead irrigation system. who is a patient at the St. Joseph
9:00 A. M. — Abram Miller—1200 | hospital, is improving. Another
white leghorns, double decker | thing we were told by our president,
(Turn to page 2) | that we are to wear our buttons at
ol the meeting, or some of these fine
days we will be sorry. Just what
Our Card he meant by that is not known by
{us members, but I feel sure the
Basket For | buttons will be worn in the future.
The Rotary Wheel, with its twen-
ty-four cogs that the club, under
The Week President Paul Stoner, worked so
Mrs. Roy Collins and Mrs. Paul 4 Turn to /Pate 8
Risser spent Saturday in Lancaster
shopping. [RAY BRUBAKER, FLORIN
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Myer of [PRESIDENT QF HIS CLASS
Kirkwood and Mr. and Mrs. Mark From the Moody “Bible Institute,
Myer entertained Mr. arid Mrs. Paul | "West Point ol Christian Service,”
Risser, and children Cloy, Wilbur [located in the heart of Chicago,
Ralph [comes word that Ray Brubaker of
[Florin has been elected president of
Aug. '45 Class, which incident-
is the st class in the
and Mary and Mr. and Mrs.
Lutz, of Parkesburg.
Miss Mildred Ginder arid Mr. and | the
Mrs. Ralph Lutz, Mr. and Mrs. Paul |ally
Risser and children, Satur- | tute’s history.
day evening with Martin Frey and| Mr. Brubaker, in
family. The being Mrs. [tending the
Frey's birthday.
large Insti-
spent
addition to at-
employed as
the
occasion school, is

[announcer and news-caster for
= ED two Institute radio stations - = =
MR. ROY B. SHFETZ WILL WMB'. and WDLM :
REPRESENT LEGION POST Enrolled in the Pastor's Course,
Mr. Roy B. Sheetz was elected Mr. Brubaker is planning to be a
delegate of the Walter S. Ebersole traveling evangelist.
ios

Post to the State Legion convention |
to be held in Harrisburg next COUNTY SUSPECT MAKES
month. HIS SECOND ESCAPE
Mr. Earl Kihns, of Elizabethtown, Paul Bender, 24, oi Lititz R. D
was endorsed for district command- {made his second escape from the
er at this meeting. The commander | police. Wanted on bad check
charges Bender was located at Man-
heim but when Officer Obetz jump-
will be elected at a meeting of the
County Council to be held in Lan-
ed on the running board of his car,
caster on Friday, July 28.
The Post is completing plans for |Bender drove away, pushing the
a picnic to be held on Sunday July officer off his injuring him.
30. The State Police broadcast and
Se [Bender was arrested at Champaign,
Ill. Handcuffed, he away from
the officers in that city. They chas-
a block and shot at him
three times but he escaped.
RE
ran
OIL FIRE EQUIPMENT
PURCHASED BY COUNCIL
At a special meeting of
council held Tuesday night,
purchased a two and one-half inch |
foam nozzle, for fightinf oil fires, at
a cost of $85.00
Also purchased at this time for
$450.00, was a 100 gallon Foamaid.
Burgess Hendrix and councilmen, |
Brown and Shoop were absent from |lic sale Saturday.
the meeting. cated at Hillsdale.
CHANGE IN OFFICE HOURS
boro | €d him for
council |

BOUGHT DAUPHIN CO. FARM
Miss Margaret Raymond, Florin,
a teacher at Geyer's School, in Lon-
| donderry township, the
{Harry Hohman Estate farm at pub-
The farm is lo-
purchased
{HAD A BEETLE IN HIS EAR

Dr. Daniel I Ford, Osteopathic| Levi Gish, sixty-seven, Elizabeth-
Physician, announces a change in town R. D. had beetle removed
his office hours. Read the ad- | from his right ear by attendants at
Joy Borough Schools
W. Brandt, of May-
supervising

$1.50 a Year in Advance
{
Local Affairs
In General |
Briefly Told
Military band had
its liquor license revoked.
Leonard Clemens, 9, of Lancaster,
was bitten by a groundhog.
The Pet show on the playgrounds
at Lititz proved a big success.
Richard S. Young, 79, was found
dead in his garden in Manor Twp.
Mr.
town,
Mervin
was
Mortuary
Record In
This Section
Miss Maggie C. Balmer, 76, died
at Elizabethtown.
Mrs. Martha W. Derr, 70, widow
of David Derr, died at Columbia.
Mrs. Hilda Naomi Nauman, 28,
wife of Richand Nauman, died at
| | Elizabethtown.
Mrs. Frances Marley Carvre, 1,
| lof Stowe, Pa., formerly of Marietta,
appointed

The Lancaster

Luella Gehr, 19, Ephrata, is this i
county’s first case of diptheria this | died at the Lancaster General hess
your. pital.
The sale of bonds for the fifth
war loan are $930,222 short in Lan- Peter H. Nissley
seventy-five
caster Co. : Peter H. Nissley,
An overheated motor on a re- i | died at Elizabethtown Tuesday after ‘
frigerator set a house on fire at a long illness. He was a member
Lancaster. of the Church of God, Elizabeth~

A church at Christiana has asked | §
its children to collect pods of milk

town, and is survived by his wife,
Annie H. Nissley, a daughter,
nie, wife of Roy Ream, Washi
CAPTAIN THOS. J. BROWN, III
Captain Thos. J. Brown, III, ar- [weed this Fall. MERVIN W. BRANDT
rived home for a thirty day fur-| Vernon Young, Manheim R3, suf- principal of the Mount Joy Boro|D: C. a son, Paul Nissley, Palmy /
lough, after twenty-nine months in |fered an injured hand when his car [Schools at a meeting of the School |and a brother, Hiram, Elizabeths 2c
the Pacific Theatre of War. swerved off the road. Board held last week. He succeeds |town. i 3
WE Es ye Diller R. Kendig, 72, New Holland | J. W. Harkness, who resigned his| Funeral Friday morning at *
I by | died from injuries sustained in an |position to enter the Navy in the o'clock with interment in Mt. T
S mans auto mishap May 11. near future. nel cemetery. x 0»
Lancaster Co. farmers are fatten- Mr. Brandt has been principal of (5
J
Mrs. Fannie N. Garber
Mrs. Fannie N. Garber, eighty
seven, widow of Henry E. Garber,
of 153 College Ave., Elizabethtown,
died Thursday, of infirmities of age.
Born in Mount Joy Twp., she was
a daughter of the late Elias and
Martha Nissley Eby. She was a
member of the Elizabethtown Men-
nonite Church. :
She is survived by the following
children: Tilman, at home; Mrs.
Ellen Longenecker, of Rheems:;
Elias, of Elizabethtown, and Ada, at
home; 11 grandchildren and 17
great-grandchildren, also two. sis-
ters, Martha, wife of Isreal Mum-
ma, and Mrs. Ellen Garber, both of
this boro.
The funeral was held Sunday a’-
ternoon from the Mennonite chutch
at Elizabethtown with interment at
Bossler's cemetery.
the Grade School here for the past
people in stricken Europe. 16 years and also taught for two
A Service honor roll containing years here previous to that time.
816 names was erected at Elizabeth- He also was a teacher in four rural
town by the Lion's club. schools in Fast Donegal twp.
James Shand, chairman He received his Master's Degree
Draft Board No. 1 at from Temple University in 1942 and
since 1940, has resigned. also did graduate work at Columbia
The 29th Gibble reunion will be University. He was graduated with
held at the Midway Brethren |a Bachelor of Science degree from
church, south of Lebanon Aug. 6. [Elizabethtown College.
The Lititz Service Association| The supervising
packed 567 boxes for the who is secretary of East Donegal
men and women from their Township School Board, will as-
sume his duties at the fall term.
No successor to position as
grade principal has been
named.
SR
Father George Dempsie
Gave Graphic Account
ing 68 heifers to be sent to destitute
Held a Picnic
AtThe Springs
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Eshelman,
Jr., of Buchanan Avenue, Lancas-
ter hosts to their children,
‘grandchildren and a few invited
“The Springs,” the edi-
tor's summer home, on Sunday.
A delicious luncheon to which all
as served on the
of City
Lancaster
were
guests at
dill ample justice, w. new principal,
service
com- |
awn.
Those present included: Mr. and
Mrs. John W. Eshelman, Jr. 1057
Buchanan Ave. Mr. and Mrs. Al-
fred Eckman and daughters, Miss
Mary Ella, Barbara and Nancy, of
1026 Woods Ave, Mr. and Mrs.
William C. Rehm, 353 College Ave.,
Mr. and Mrs. John J. Eshelman, ard
daughters Misses Vivian and Kath-
ryn Louise and son, John, of Eden;
munity.
Lester Stauffer, aged four, of Co-
lumbia, was struck by a Conestoga
Transportation bus at Mountville
and killed.
The building occupied by the
Harold Furniture Co., 25-27 E. King
St., Lancaster, was sold at public
sale for $133,000.
his
school

Man-
Mr. and Mrs. Harold L. Groff, East I John Sensenderter Se :
Lemon St.: Mr. and Mrs. Giles Kiehl | elm, went grounkiiog wnting on Galen L. Lefever
all of Lancaster: Mrs. John'D. Dick- Tuesday and nothing has been seen 0f Japanese People Galen L. Lefever, fori bree, of
Landisville, died last Wednesday in
or heard of him since. |

son, and daughter, Suzanne Louise, : Shi .
Mrs. Robert Lauer, of Harrisburg; Police Chief Henry Dewey Obetz, The July meeting of the Mount |ihe State hospital, Harrisburg, after
Robert Hoffmaster. Mr. and Mrs. & 45, Manheim, was badly injured | Joy Chamber of Commerce was held {, year’s illness. He was a sont of the
M. Hendrix and daughter Jacquie- when he was pushed off an auto|on Monday evening at the Benjamin and Eva Lauchrian
Lon. Miss Scholl, and. Mr. while trying to arrest the driver. with forty members present. Lefever and attended the Church of
and Mrs. Jno. E. Schroll, all of town. ~ Father George Dempsie, rector of {the Brethren, Mountville. Besides
There was every indication that | INSPECTION PERIOD | St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, gave apis wife, Lucille Craft Lefever, he is
: account of the customs and
graphic survived by the following sisters:
ENDS MONDAY, JULY 31

all present thoroughly enjoyed
themselves. The Lancaster Automobile Club |people of Japan and the sins of thelig, wife of Harvey Wile, Mount-
wee tli lisesi calls attention to the fact that July | Japanese people. ville; Susan, wife of Rosier Patter-
. 31 is the last day of the current | Two communications from the son, Rohrerstown; Dora, wife of
The Affairs motor vehicle inspection period that | State Chamber of Commerce were [Robert Deetz, Columbia; and Belva.
began May 1. iread concerning industrial pros- Lancaster, A brother, Benjamin, of
“Owners of cars on the road after pects. The first, a Women's Dress
July 31 of the new [and Coat Manufacturing firm would
stickers will be subject to arrest.” a [require 100,000 square feet. The oth-
statement issued by the Club warns. would need 150,000
“Inspection stations’ rushed this |square feet of space. No space being
this time
Roweanna, and the following half
sisters also survive: Mrs. George
Kurtz, Mrs. Paul Fink and Ella, Mae
Lefever, Columbia; Francis Lefever
New York; and Betty Jane Lefever,
At Florin For
Past Week
without one
{er manufacturer
are
wailable at there was no

Warren Shetter was given a med- month, so if your car or truck isn't |: of Lancaster.
ical discharge from .the Navy on | inspected you'd better arrange to action taken. The funeral was held Saturday
Tuesday. “have it done without further delay| A letter from the United States morning from the Koser funeral
Mrs. B. F. Kauffman spent Tues- | as most stations will not be able to | (Turn to page 3) home at Landisville with interment
day at Lancaster visiting Mr. and | harile the job on short notice.” in the Mountville Brethren ceme=
Mrs. Nelson Felty. | =~ | FRESH AIR KIDDIES tery.
Mrs. David Myers, of Palmyra | ELIAS Z. MUSSER, MT. JOY R. D. ARRIVED WEDNESDAY ;
was a week end guest of Mr. and | BUYS TWO CHOICE HOLSTEINS| Twenty-one Fresh Air Children
Mrs. Clarence Myers. | Brattleboro, Vt. July 13—TWwo came into town on Wednesday from Engagements
Mr. Leroy Leedom and family |cows were recently purchased by |New York City to be entertained by
called on his parents Mr. and Mrs. {Elias Z. Musser, Mt. Joy, from Ed- |gracious hosts in the community.
Harry Leedom on Wednesday even-|ward O'Neal, Palmyra. The cows |The goal set for this year was twen-| Mr. and Mrs. Landis L. Charles,
who reside a short distance south of

ing. are EHM Beauty Mercedes 2462762 ty, children and this is the highest |
The Missionary Society of the|and Silver Springbank De Kol 246- | number ever to come into the com- | town, announce the engagement of
statement | their niece, Miss Mary Rush Hertz-
ler, daughter of Elmer H. Hertzler,
Officer Candidate Jay
AUS, son of Mr.
K. Musser of Eli-
according to the
Florin United Brethren Church held | 2763.
(Turn to page 3) | Change of ownership
a | Holsteins has been officially record-
HARRY N. FRANK FAST |ed by The Holstein-Friesian Asso- |
munity
these of a member. |
represent- | Paradise, to
Wm. W.|Charles Musser,
and Mrs. Charles
for former committee
nationalities are
the Rev.
Several
ed in group.

PETERSBURG, SUCCEEDS THE |ciation of America. Brattleboro, Vt. | Spiegelhalder was in charge of plac- |?
LATE B. FRANK GREIDER | The Association issued 18,832 reg-|ing the children this year and stated |zabethtown.
At a meeting of the directors of istry and transfer certificates to|that many of the children this year Miss Hertzler is a graduate of
the Manor Mutual Fire Insurance |Pennsylvania breeders during 1943.|are going into homes in this com- |the Mount Joy High School and
Company, Room 309, Woolworth a {munity for the first time while|Lancaster Business College. At
Building, Lancaster, Mr. Harry ATTENDED TESTIMONIAL about seven are returning to hosts | Pres she is employed in the
Frank, of East Petersburg, was| Rev. and Mrs. Wm. W. Spiegel- (who have entertained in former |Clerical Department at George
elected secretary to succeed the late | halder, local Methodist minister and |vears. | Brown's Sons, Inc., Mount Joy.
B. Frank Greider, of this place. He his wife, attended a testimonial and | Be Prior to his entry into Officer
Candidate School at Aberdeen
{WAS APPOINTED GUARDIAN
was elected for the unexpired term. | reception for Bishop Fred P. Cor-
Henry B. Haines of Maytown
mn eel A ee *
Tuesday evening at the Proving Ground. He is a graduate
and Marshall College
was |
| {of Franklin
|son on
ELIZABETHTOWN BUS | Zembo Mosque in Harrisburg. Bish- named guardian of J.
CAUGHT FIRE MONDAY {op Corson is the new Bishop of the | Haines, New River. N. C.. and i .n-|and a member of the Alpha Kappa
by | Pi fraternity.

An Elizabethtown bus operated | Philadelphia Conference of which ry K. Haines, Ursinus College,
by Christ Herr, caught fire when |the Mount Joy Methodist Church is| the Orphans Court yesterday The |
oil from a broken line poured over a member. order was made in the estate of GROCERY FOR SALE
the muffler in Rohrerstown at 7 p. NN |Henry P. Kready, late of Manor| Mr. Benj. Myers, at Bainbridge,
[is offering his grocery and. notion
| store, including fixtures, ete. at
| private sale. Here is a good and
going business to be sold worth the
money.
AM A Arn
MISS HENDERSON NAMED
Miss Grace A. Henderson, May-
town, was appointed a member of
m. Monday. The fire burned out| DEEDS RECORDED
when the oil was consumed and the | Eli B. Mumma’s executors to Ben-
bus was not damaged. Passengers! jamin H. Shenk, premises in Lan-
were delayed about an hour until disville, for $5,025. |
the bus was replaced. | Blaine O. Grosh and wife,
ES EI | Phares S. Ginder and wife,
BABY BEEF, SHOW AUG. 23-24 | Beulah Greiner, property at Milton
The Garden Spot Baby Beef Show | Grove.
and sale will be held at Lancaster |
Twp.
eet eee
VISITED BY THE STORK
Mr. and Mrs. Roy H. Siegrist, Mt.
to|Joy Rl, a daughter, at 5:06 a. m.
and | Wednesday, at St. Joseph's Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. John B. Metzler,
{| Manheim R2, near Fairview, an-
etm :
| nounce the birth of a daughter, An-

vertisement on another page. ) St. Joseph's Hospital.
August 23-24. Patronize Bulletin advertisers. {na Lois last Wednesday morning. the Mount Joy price panel
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