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of Mr. and
The Bulletin, Mount Joy, Lancaster County, Pa., Thursday Afternoon, July 20, 1944
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I CAN'T NEGLECK
MY DOOTY— BUT
ay The Low Down
A WISE OWL From Hickory Grove
Say fellows, jowanna laugh? An
Say
: Day by day, we get bossed more
attractive armful of brunette is tell-
: and more from our nation’s capitol.
ing one on herself. She was smok- tha present clip we can soon
Hig: ST) close, down local business in each
it with her hand, inhaled deeply and of our 48 state houses and sell
at the same time squeezed her lips everything to the highest bidder.
together, tilting the cigarette up so And court houses and eity halls
ing a cigarette and without holding
that it burned the tip of her nose
and now she’s sporting a nice little
red burn where X marks the spot.
clear them out, too—lock, stock and
barrel.
| The latest Govt. idea is to edge
lin on fire insurances. Since soon
Harry Hauenstein has decided to after the MayBower, fire insurance
put a radio in his cow stable this ine beef on i solid and safe basis
winter. He says with all the “corn” gp. 4 state up to now has been
you hear over radio today the cows supervising its insurance outfits. It
should get enough to cut down the has worked good. If you smoked
feed bill considerable. and dozed in bed and your house
burned down, you collected. Or if
te you didn't collect it on account of
friend of mine now living in Jersey. being laid aut ot the meoticians,
He's a defense worker and writes. your heirs or somebody did so. The
“Like it down here. Having a won-~ insurance didn’t fail you. And any-
derful time and a half.” body thinking insurance is a lux-
ury, let him try burning down his
house once, and having no policy.
More and more each state is play-
they'll never learn how to sit on a ing second fiddle. More and more
barbed wire fence. we are looking like Europe—every-
thing bossed from one office.
Yours with the low down,
Joe
A lot of these newly trained pilots
may be able to fly like birds, but
A local Casanova
bad fault. When he sees a girl with
wrinkles in her stockings he can’t
has one very
resist telling her about it. Bat, it
has now been his downfall for he IRO NVILLE
recently met the girl of his dreams
first date he kindly
your
and for their
asked: “Dear, do you know
stockings are wrinkled ” And
dame slaps his face and says:
hate you, you cur, I'm not wearing
stockings.”
Miss Elise Weien of Marietta is
the Vacationing at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Berntheizel.
The helping Hand Bible Class of
the U. B. Sunday School will meet
at the home of Mrs. Helen Siegrist
A brand new GI went to his COD Tuesday evening.
and timidly asked: “Will you blame W. Luther Ulrich, $ 2/c of Camp
me for something I didn’t do?” And Ferry, Virginia spent the: weekend
» with his wife and daughter.
Miss Alva Harmon is confined to
her home because of illness.
The Merry Maids Class of the U.
his CO answered: “Oh course not.
And GI Joe answered: “Well, then
I must teil you, I didn’t get up for
reveille.” - - = - Isn't he a good boy |
{Camp, New York, visited his mother
An uptown Mamma is very happy
because her son wrote and told her
since he gation of the U. B. Church held a
over the weekend.
On Sunday evening the congre-
La Eel
he gained sixty pounds d 3
went into the army. What she campfire service at the Band .Park.
couldn't read because it was blurred The topic “Hobbies that are Profit-
was the next line explaining that able” was discussed by Scoutmaster
two pounds of it was flesh and the Glenn Kauffman, and the members
other 58 pcunds equipment. of Boy Scout Troop No. 55 took part
the service. The Rev. D. L
a/Shearer spoke on the subject
guy who would like to drown his “Greatness” and the meeting closed
troubles but he can't get the Serg- by “The Star-Spangled
eant to go swimming. Banner’ and “Taps”. The Scout
Troop had pitched their tents Sun-
A Marine taok his gal to the shore ® afternoon and camped in the
for the weekend and thinking he'd park until Monday morning.
buy her a seafocd dinner he asked: A picnic was enjoyed by members
4 And/and friends of the U.,B. Sunday
in
Bob Hope says a yardbird is
singing
lay
| “Do you like cod fish balls?” :
the gal (she lives right near us) School on Saturday at Twin Oaks
answered: I don’t know, I've never Park. Swimming and games and
attended any. = -- - -No, he over- contests were features of the day
and a band furnished music in the
evening.
rl ree
LEGION CONVENTION AT
HARRISBURQ IN AUGUST
Frank X. Muray, Pennsylvania
American Legion Commander,
Scranton, announced that the Key-
came the desire to throw her in the
ccean, and bought her a hot dog,
she could arsderstand that.
At the Harry James dance at
Hershey Zimmy gasped: “This place
is really jammed,” as he gasped for
breath and blew his handkerchief
on someone else's nose.
six to hold annual conventions in
wie and
In my office this morning I tossed August.
a piece of paper into the waste bas- Harrisburg will be host to the
ket and as I did so I heard it moan: State gathering on August 17, 18
and 19, with Legion headquarters
pee in the Penn-Harris Hotel and
Watch for big happenings on Auxiliary members convening at
Poplar Street most any day now.the Harrisburger Hotel.
——— Meetings by the Legion will be
A Salunga lady was telling her held in the Forum of the State
neighbor about her current ailment Educational Building. The women
when the latter, not believing she will hold their rallies in the Chest-
was ill at all, called her bluff by nut Street Auditorium.
saying: “If you're so ill, why doesn’t Almost 3000 delegates are ex-
the doctor operate ” And the quick- pected to atterrd the affair but re-
witted patient answered: “He would quests by the ODT and other war
but I'm so full of his pills I keep offices, have caused the Legion to
dispense with the traditional parade
holding the convention to a stream-
I lined business session.
re ee
“I feel like an awful scrap.”
rolling off the operating table.”
Here's a clever advertisement
just came across. A whiskey dealer
had a huge sign in his window, That Indiana motorist who is for-
which read: “Don’t buy whiskey, bidden to drive until 1969, will
buy war bonds, but if you have to probably have a new model by then
buy whiskey, buy from us so we tg start on.
can buy war bonds.” — — Not bad!
— saw? Now his outfit has two motor-
Did you hear about the dogface cycles.
for telling? B. Sunday School will hold a
Goal monthly meeting at Twin Oaks:
There’re a lot of men who are Park on Thursday evening. Mrs.
“cleaning up” in the Army with Edna Forrey will be hostess. :
a sharp point at the tip of a stick. Sgt. Charles Gingrich of Pine
of (
stone State will be one of twenty-;
to its base in England.’
Cpl. Schatz's crew-mates on the
trip were; 1st Lt. Dan G. Wiltse,
| pilot, Detroit, Mich.; 2nd Lt. Robert
R. Tyner, co-pilot, Cleveland, Ohio;
and Tech Sgt. Charles W. Watson,
crew-chief, Puyallup, Wash.
Cpl. Schatz is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Allen Schatz of 210 Mt. Joy
Street, Mount Joy, Pa. He is a grad-
juate of Mount Joy High School and
prior to entering service cn July,
8th, 1942, was employed as a cashier
the American Stores Co., Mt. Joy.
He received his radio training at
the AAF Radio School, Chicago, Il.,
graduating on Jan. 23, 1943 and was
then sent to Maxton, N. C., joining
his present unit. Cpl. Schatz has
been overseas since early 1943 and
has seen service in Sicily and North
Africa prior to being stationed in
England. A brother, Pvt. Harold
Schatz serves in the U. S. Infantry.
The IX Troop Carrier Command
of which Cpl. Schatz is a member
is part of the Ninth Air Force, U. S.
component of the Allied Expedi-
N
about those
IN THE SERVICE
Pvt. Kenneth W. Keck, twenty-
five, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Keck, Bainbridge, was wounded on
June 1 in Italy and has been award-
ed the Purple Heart. His parents |tionary Air Force. Brig. General
received the medal and a bullet, but |Faul L. Williams is commariding
no information was enclosed in the general of the IX Troop Carrier
box. Command.
A communication from the War
Department was received, stating
S/Sgty John H. Roth Jr. of Low-
that the youth is showing “normal |, Fiefd, Colo, ard his brother
improvement”. The soldier's Roth, F 1 cc ofthe U.S.
ter, Miss Margaret Keck, received Navy are on furlough with their
a letter from a buddy of her broth-
3 : . parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Roth Sr.
er's saying that he was with the
North Market Street.
youth when he fell and that he “was | g Sgt. Roth, who returned from
not hit too hard”. England in December, has been
stationed at Lowry Field, Denver,
Altus Army Air Field, AAF Colo., as an instructor in Field Div-
_|ision; while Clarence who is assign-
ed to the U. S. S. South Dakota,
has been in the Pacific Theatre of
| War.
Training Command, Altus, Okla.,
Aviation Cadet Robert E. Germer,
20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank F.
Germer, 121 N. Barbara St., Mt. Joy,
has arrived at the AAF Training
Command's Altus Army Air Field
to begin the final nine-weeks phase
of his military pilot training. After
flying 70 hours in two-engined
training planes and taking 70 lect-
ure-hours of combat subjects in
ground school, Germer will be a-
warded the silver wings of Army
Air Forces’ pilot.
F/O John W. Hawthorne, of Nee-
pawa, Manitoba, Canada, a member
af the Canadian Aig Force is visit-
ing his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Benj.
Hawthorne, on East Main Street.
Wm. H. Brown S 2/¢, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Brown, of town, is
spending a seven day leave at his
Pfc. Robert W: Bentzel, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Warren H. Bentzel, of
131 New Haven St., Mount Joy, Pa.
was assigned to the AAF Train-
ing Command Radio School at the
Sioux Falls Army Air Field, Sioux
Falls, S. D., for training as a radio
operator-mechanic. Upon comple-
tion of a 20-week course, he will be
fully trained to take his place as a
member of a highly skilled bomber
crew of the Army Air Forces.
home.
Seaman Brown is now serving on
la training ship, and recently receiv-
bar from the
the Eleventh ‘Am-
with the following
ed a commendation
Commander of
phibious Force
letter:
“During the attack upon
the Island of Sicily commencing on
July 10, 1943, you were assigned as
recent
Coxswain of an amphibious landing
Davis-Monthan Field, Tucson, |force attached to the U. S. S. Lyon.
Arizona, July 13-—Pvt. Hazel R.!Your thorough preparation for this
Garber, daughter of Mrs. Grace iduty and your diligent and intelli-
Garber, Rheems, Pa., is now station- |
ed at this heavy bomber base in the |8¢Nt :
parachute department. {sulted in the highly successful per-
Pvt. Garber was employed by the [formance of a difficult mission. Your
2 2, * oo rmoy - > . :
Elizabe thtown, Pa, Garment Com-{.ctions were keeping with the
pany prior to her enlistment in the Voce 3: .
WAC [highest traditions of the Naval Ser-
vice and for your part therein, you
application to your task re-
in
are hereby commended.”
Brown also took part in the
vasion of Salerno.
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July 2nd, 1944 | in~-
| Dear Mr. Schroll: |
I received your paper of April 6th
and even though it was late it was
geod news. I wish to thank yon
for it. I am you my new
address so it wil' conti-ue to reach
me. The homo news welcoma
when you are so far away.
Yours Sincerely,
T/s Roy Wagner
Air Force Careful in
Selection of Personnel
The army air forces’ careful
screening of fliers who received their
flight training several years ago, to-
day is paying dividends in the form
. | of amazingly low psychoneurotic
Dale Harvey Fuhrman, Petty Of- | cases, according to Col. Walter S.
ficer 1/¢, twenty-five, son of Wil- | Jensen, medical corps, deputy air
liam M. Fuhrman, Maric has | surgeon of the army air forces, De-
is
been wounded the fourth time in| gpite the fact that American fliers
the present war. According to a| gre doing a job which demands the
isieg: am fr om He Navy | coordination of manual and mental
lepartment by his lather he was ging «which put the driving of a
recently wounded again in the
streamlined locomotive in the kiddy
car class of human learning,’ they
European Theatre, presumably in
the invasion area. No details were ! : : .
given are holding up amazingly well,
Fuhrman, a veteran of seven Colonel Jensen said.
Quoting from a survey made by a
group of psychiatrists in ¢ 2 of the
major theaters of war, Ct onel Jen-
sen said: “It is worthwhile noting,
from the psychiatrist's standpoint,
that the outstanding fact was not the
few men who ‘broke,’ but that the
i great majority of flying personnel
tolerated these extreme stresses and
| dangers in a ‘normal’ manner and
| without becoming psychiatric casu-
|
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years in the Navy, is a survivor of
the sinking of the carrier Lexing- |
ton, the battleship West Virginia |
and the freighter Kellogg. ol
A brother, Sgt. William M. Fuhr- |
man, Jr., turrent gunner on a Fort-
ress, was killed Nov. 13, 1943, over
, Germany and another brother, Pvt.
Charles E. Fuhrman, is now in the
| Admiralty Islands.
To Mt. Joy Bulletin,
A Ninth Air Force Troop Carrier
Base, European Theatre of Opera-
tions—Cpl. James F. Schatz, a nat- |
ive of Mt. Joy, now a radic operator
on a C-47 in a squadron of the IX |
Troop Carrier Command participat- |
ed in the troop carrier plane fight
which dropped paratroopers over
the Normandy peninsular The |
paratroopers’ invasion preceded the
invasion by Allied amphibian forces
by several hours.
“Undoubtedly, it was my greatest |
experience”, commented Cpl. Schatz ! er
wy participation in ee invasion | FOOD SALE JULY 22
“The thousands of ships, air and The Ladies Aid Society of Trinity
naval, presented an amazing spec- | Lutheran Church will hold a food
alties.”
Colonel Jensen attributes the low
rate of mental casualties to the air
forces’ policy of eliminating in ad-
vance those susceptible to failure.
The elimination and screening is
done in preflight school and before
the individual is given instruction in
a plane. Roughly, 50 per cent sur.
vive the screening devices and fewer
than 20 in every original 100 become
aviation cadets.
tacle”. Cpl. Schatz thought the|_ i
‘plane umbrella” particularly re- j sale on the porch at the Claude
assuring. | Zeller . residence East Main street,
“Our most anxious moments, of |Saturday, July 22, beginning at ten
course as we expected occurred ! o'clock.
when we first encountered enemy |
ound fire, but our plane dropped A
gn paratroopers over the DZ (Drop- Stimulate your business by adver~
ren,
NS, THA'S WHAT
| GOT AN TH NAVY SHOWS
ME HOW T'USE ‘EM~
ome | GOT AN IDEA! J
By GENE BYRNES
NOW SO LONG AS
MOM DON'T MISS
THIS MIRROR, I'M IN
TH' GROOVE!
Reg. ©. 8 Pat. Office. AD sights reserved.
The Cow with a Complacent Ego
“THERE'S A WAR ON, MRS. FERDINAND /
AMERICA 1S CRYING FOR MORE FOOD
BESIDES, FARMER BROWN [5 BUY-
ING AN EXTRA WAR BOND THIS MONTH,
OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN
219 MARIETTA AVE. MOUNT JOY, PA.
PHONE 273 J
3 &
Announces change inp OfficgfHours.
EVERY OTHER DAY
9:00 A. M. to 10:00 A. M. I J1:00 P. M. to 4:00 P. M.
6:00 P. M. — 8308. M.
Closed Thursday and ‘Evening
EVENINGS J O Y MATINEE
sHows
7 AND 9:00 P. M. A a
SATURDAYS T H EA | R i HOLIDAYS
6-5.10 P.M. 2:00 P. M.
Mount Joy, Pa.
FRIDAY—SATURDAY, JULY 21-22
MICKEY ROONEY — BONITA GRANVILLE -in-
‘ANDY HARDY’S BLONDE TROUBLE”
MONDAY, JULY 24
NELSON FDDY — SUSANNA FOSTER -in-
“PHANTOM OF E OPERA”
4
y
: TUES. JULY 25 — 2 SHOWS
ADOLPHE MEN]J®U -in- “HI DIDDLE DIDDLE"”
| —ALSH— :
ALAN MOWBRAY -in- “DEVIL WITH HITLER”
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WEDNESDAY THURSDAY, JULY 26-27
JAMES CAGNEY — MARGARET LINDSAY
“FRISCO KID”
NEXT WEEK — FRIDAY SATURDAY, JULY 28-29
MARIA MONTEZ — JON HALL -ir-
“COBRA WOMAN"
-in-
HELLAM, PA.
SUNDAY, JULY 23rd
you at your favorite show place, VALLEY VIEW PARK.
PRESENTING te you the master of all magicians in the person of
WILLARD
WILLARD will have spooks right there on the stage with him. He'll
yourself.
Things, folks that you must came and see to really appfeciate this master
of all magicians. Come prepared for many surprises sich as you've never
had the chance to see. :
Straight from W SV A Harrisonburg, Va. we are proud to present
none other than, {
CURLEY JOE From MEXICO,
And Ris Camptire Rdund-up
BLUE EYED PAULA, singing, we arg sure yoy will enjoy SPARKEY,
PURPLE SAGE TRIO, CRAZY ELMER and BROTHER GFORGE, BOB
BEACH, and their two comedians, SLEEPY and COWBCY SLIM
Come and give this agt your
POP MELCH
the grandest show tro@per off all times.
Come and see him perform his BAR ACT. fHpw he disappears in
barrel, also see his sensational trampaline fect assisted by
daughter MARIE.
the
Last but not least yo mn favorite
PRAIRIE PALS
SHORTY, SALLIE, RAWHIDE, AND BOB.
Plenty of reserved parking for cripples and shutins.
Anyone in the armed forces is admitted free. Plenty of tables to
spread out your lunch and plenty of good eats on the ground for vour
convenience.
Prices, 37c plus tax. Children under 12 accompanicd by parents admit-
ted FREE.
DON'T TAKE ANY ONFS WORD FOR IT COME OUT AND SEE
VALLEY VIEW PARK YOURSELF
We write
and Print
Your Ads
GET
THE
MONEY
Jou
whe backed his jeep into a buzz A WISE OWL
ping Zone) and returned without ' tising in the Bulletin.
Everybody, Everywhere, Reads The Bulletin
fe —— EE ——————— El
VALLEY VIEW PARK
7 miles east of York, Pa. |
Another sensational group of entertainers to make the day pleasant for
have a closet where you are invited to come in and sée the spooks for |
He'll have tables and chairs dancing around at his command. |
his beautiful |
A FORM OF
TRANSPORTATION
People have traveled on shoe leather a lot during
these war time, gasoline-rationed years. But the
day will come when the family automobile will
be available for unlimited use. And it will be a
new automobile, too. When that time comes,
workers at U. S. Asbestos Division in Manheim
will be on the job making brake linings and clutch
facings for automobiles, buses and trucks. Today,
these workers supply these products to ess
ortation at home and on the battlefronts.
job at U. S. Asbestos
iob
en-
tial transp :
YOU can get an essential . A
Division today and work for continuing
-
security.
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Here is YOUR opportunity to serve in essential employ-
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continuing job.
NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY
We will train you on the job.
PART TIME WORKERS: If you have only
day, or evening (or only Saturday and
you can still qualify for a part-time job.
your working hours to fit Jour available
Let Us Discuss |Your Opportunities
with You’
IN MANHEIM, apply on MONDAY thru FRIDAY, 7 A. M.
to 5 P.M. SATURDAY, 7 A. M. to 12
NOON. | Saturday afternoon, Sunday or
evenings by Appointment: Call Personnel
Managédyr K. Hahn at Manheim 155-J
after in iewing hours.
IN MOUNT JOY, apply on MONDAY, WEDNESDAY and |,
THURSDAY, 7P. M. to 9 P. M. at P. HH. ’
Sweigart, 31 Detwiler Avenue, Mt. Joy.
LANCASTER, apply to U. S. Employment Service
office, 228 E. Orange Street.
Must
IN
Statement of Availability.
* Essential Workers Have
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of Raybestos- Manhattan, Inc.
MANHEIM, PA. r
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