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1 h C M O u ! 1 O B ull ( : 1 nN WILL FREEDOM SURVIVE VICTORY?
Another year of war has drawn to a close. Volumes of thet
MOST Ue - O-THE-MINUTE
WEEKLY I
LANCASTER COUNTY)
AN EDITORIAL
|oric will be written about the awful destruction of the past
VOL. XLIV, NO. 33
Mount Joy, Pa., Thursday January 11,
1945
: > monthe., P s will be made to describe the suffer-
$1.50 a Year in Adv ; twelve months. Puny efforts wi
ance ing of the men of the armed forces, who face death day after
Community Banks Elect
Directors For The Year
ROAD SUPERVISORS
REPORT AUDIT COMPLETED
The Auditors of Rapho Township
Road Supervisors met
Hill and report the account as:
Total receipts, $28,660.07; Expen-
ses $26,608.98,
merce held its sixth annual ban-
Local School Board
segregates The Sico
Trust Funds
“The Boro School Board met in
regular monthly session on Monday
January 8th, having postponed the
January 1st meeting,
All directors but Paul Stoner
were present.
The board decided to segregate
the Sico trust fund which has been
received and carry the fund in a
separate bank account.
Supervising principal Mervin W.
Brandt presented his report of at-
tendance and activities and same
was accepted as read
The minutes of the previous
meeting were read by Secretary
Breneman and also approved as
read.
A. bal on January 1st of $18,-
£92.81 wal by the finance
committee.
The supply committee reported
that two cars of coal have been or-
dered and the repair commitiee re-
ported the stair treads in the high
school replaced.
Tax collector Metzler turned over
$834.78 as collections since the last
meeting,
Bills amounting to $234.01 were
read and approved for payment
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Farmers’ Conservation
Reports Due Feb. 15
All farmers enrolled on the 1944
Agricultural Conservation program
who have complied with such con-
servation practices as constructing
diversion ditches, establishing con-
tour strip-cropping and sod water-
ways to control erosion on their
own land, and consequent erosion
on neighboring land. will have to
report such practices to their coun-
ty AAA offices before February 15
in order to qualify for payment un-
der the 1944 Agricultural program.
Reports of compliance in the use
of small grain winter cover crops
to control winter erosion on row
crop land and reports of harvested
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St. Joseph's Hospital
Started County Drive
Solicitation for the St. Joseph's
Hospital building fund started
throughout the county this week,
as rallies were scheduled by leaders
in the drive at a number of county
communities.
Meetings were slated at Columbia
Ephrata, Farmersville and Landis-
ville as the various county groups
enlisted new volunteer workers for
the campaign, which has a goal of
$695,000 for a modernization and
construction program at the hospi-
tal.
W. Hensel Brown, county chair-
man, announced that early reports
of the response to the hospital's ap-
peal are “encouraging’, and added:
“The county has a large stake in
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LEGION AUXILIARY MET
"WITH MRS FRANK GERMER
The American Legion Auxiliary
met at the home of the president,
Mrs. Frank Germer, on Tuesday
evening, January 9th.
Letters of appreciation were read
from four children of Scotland
School, Pa., to whom the Auxiliary
sent Christmas gifts.
Ten dollars was donated toward
ear phones for The Naval Hospital
at Philadelphia.
After the business session, Mrs.
Germer served delicious refresh-
ments.
quet and meeting at Hostetter’s
Bangnuet Hall here Tuesday evening,
January 9. Fifty-seven members
» various Banks thruout this
sessed valuation, $3,051,316.00
[sanding taxes $2,272.93.
Township has 131.59 miles
, of which 22.91 miles is re-
ra by the State.
sors care for 78.68 miles, and oiled
six miles af stone road in 1944.
than six miles of dirt road exists in
National Bank and Trust
Co., Mount Joy
The annual meeting of the stock-
[ the First National Bank
and Trust Company was held on
Tuesday in the bank building.
Directors were elected as follows.
and guests were present.
Christ Walters, Clyde Gerberich.
Charles Bennett, Simon Nissly and
Maurice Bailey were elected as di-
rectors to serve a three year term of
office
Appropriations
the Manheim Fire Co.,
Jno. E. Melhorn,
Joseph B. Host-
E. W. Newcomer, i
. Wolgemuth, John M.
Nissly Gingrich.
The reorganization effected Wed-
nesday morning follows:
Eby, president;
vice president; Dr.
Clyde Gerberich,
Amos H. Risser,
Robert Schro!l and Harry Walters.
extremely interesting talk on the
Outlook in Europe with particular
stress on Russia. Mr. Ramsey se-
Officers are, Abram
David Spickler,
etl A le cured his information first hand
Frenisip Fi Fire Co.
Banquet And Meeting
Friendship Fire Company
banquet in the Fire
Charles R. Shirk,
E. W. New-
R. Fellenbaum.
having just recently returned from
foreign duty. Myr. Ramsey also an-
swered many questions asked by
the members of his audience.
assistant trust officer; Warren Bent-
and Joseph T.
tellers; Arlen Hilt stenographer and
r; Ruth Brown and Janet Ear-
and Charles
, messenger and janitor.
I'nion National, Mt. Joy
I. D. Stehman,
singing of the national anthem and
invocation by Il. N.
held a turkey
organization were Arthur Sprecher,
uary 4th. One hundred ninety-five
members attended.
Ralph Eshleman
of $290 as of January 9th
B. Brubaker, Harry Crouse, Solon
Barr and Christ Herr
, John B. Nissley,
Yeltew, Martin S.
y the reading of the min- group singing of America.
The Affairs
At Florin For
Past Week
First National, I s of the previous meeting, which
were approved as read.
Chief Ray Myers reported the ap-
rs, W. Scott Bushong, | paratus in working order and ready
swered during the month.
also reported that the air raid sirens
were donated to the
Defense Council and that $11.00 was
Hoffman and G.
Maytown National, Maytown
William Mun-
Saturday eevning at the “Hang-
The Chief made an urgent :
|Out”, at Florin Hall, spending the
for more help to fight and to help!
return the apparatus in proper con-
The reorganization follows:
evening in playing games and
aancing
First National Bank, Marielta way of entertainment will be added
John Orth, George P.
. Barr Spangler, E.
Memorial committee
ed ten deaths during the year Spi [neice for the young folk
(hie ious hamburger sandwiches,
Tingley, Frank Ziegler, 4 ry
gle) =e funeral sprays, a total of $74.50
a profit of $289.48 from the
{held December
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Sais terol peters
{onic d Brethren Church met at the
. B. Scott Fritz and home of Mrs. Augustus Shetter on
{ Tuesday evening
reorganization
Tingley was reelected
' E. Donegal T. Schools hom Ei
Plans Future s| es So
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ror COUNTY BOROUGHS
GET SEWAGE ORDERS
SISTERHOOD BIBLE
MET THURSDAY EVENING
. Sisterhood Bible Class of St.
the East Tones: al OE re School |
Board will be held Friday evening,
boroughs to prepare Post-War sew-
home of Mrs. tage treatment facilities. Columbia
John Haines with Mrs. Donald Waser
: dumps ils sewage into the Susque-
Evangelical Church
hanna river and Christiana runs its
January 4. After the business meet- sewage into a nearby creek.
Future assemblies
luncheon was served ¢
announced as follows:
Water Board Jan. 17 additional mu-
. 12, Chalk talk by Rev of nm, Hs
nicipalities will be considered. The
campaign includes plans to compel
. Charles Latchford,
ham Bell” (2 P.
Council Program.
. William Weldon,
Newpher Smeltzer, Mrs. Earl Myers,
Jacob Geltmacher,
Shirk, Miss Maggie
VISITED BY THE STORK
ig Jasketball game .
High Basketball game Osteopathic Hospital last Wednes-
y
rick, Mrs. Cora Eberle,
Joy Rl, a son at 11:47 a. m Wed-
nesday, at the Lancaster Osteopath-
John Haines, ic Hospital.
Speaking Class.
High haskeiball team
rt Program—Public
SHOT 127 DUCKS, 16 GEESE
AT FOX ISLAND, VIRGINIA
pathic
2nd Mrs. Myer wi
has completed
: " . : | Scores of past games were as fol-
from a 3-days duck hunting trip to | Pp 8
ia, where he was
MRS. KCDER TO PRESIDE
AT EXECUTIVE MEETING 3
Mrs. Lester Koder will preside at [and Lee Clark Stetson, Hope Ranch, |
an executive meeting of the Wom- | Santa Barbara, Calif.
en's Missionary Societies of the
Lancaster Conference, Lutheran |ard Lorrayne C. Mumma, Mt.
Ministerium of Penna, at Trinity JR2
Chapel, Lancaster with morning and
afternoon sessions.
Department secretaries and .rep-
resentatives of fifty-one socities
the guest of Mr.
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ot every thing he had in-
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low temperature, which ideal | | WIL L HOLD FOOD SALE
r. 127 ducks consisting |
brant | Mount Joy. will held a food sale in
{ Booth’s store on Saturday, J
and 16 geese was the bag.
{ 13, from 10:00 to 12:00 in the morn-
LETTERS GRANTED
John G. Longenecker, this boro,
administrator of Esther B. Longe-
necker, late of this place.
Mabel Hiestand, Ephrata, and
Donegal Twp.
ARRESTED FOR NON-SUPPORT |ing
Elmer Zerphey arrested |
{Irvin M. Kaylor on Saturday morn- |
ing on a warrant issued by Squire
David Markley, Reading executors Hockenberry on a charge of non- | Mrs. Jacob R. Brubaker,
of Katharine Markley, latte of East support by Josephine Kaylor. Kay-
|lor posted bail for court.
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BROODER HOUSE BURNED
house on the farm of
DEEDS \ J) BE RECORDED
Clinton McCurdy to Abraham S.
Shaffner and wife, premises in May-
town for $3,000,
Manheim, was destroyed by fire It
was unoccupied.
Chamber of Commerce
Holds Annual Banquet
The Mount Joy Chamber of Com-
During the business meeting
The tellers are Clinton Eby, Jr,
Mr. E. C. Ramsey, world travel-
rand news correspondent gave an
The meeting opened with the
New members admitted to the
R. Greider, Samuel Dock, and
The treasurer reported a balance
Guests at the banquet included D.
The meeting closed with the
“Hang-Out” News
Over twenty young folk, enjoyed
This week a new feature in the
a Ping Pong table has been do-
On the refreshment list is the de-
MISS VERA EBY ENTERTAINS
AT SHOWER FOR MRS, J. L. RICF
Monday even-
, in honor of Mrs. John lee Rice
: for table decor-
ations was green and pink.
. serve:
streamers running down to the ta-
Miniature parasols
of pink and green were favors.
the luncheon marshmallows
corn popped at the living room fire-
'r, Shirley Eby and
rl @ Ens
E. C. Ramsey Spoke
Before 3 Audiences
Here On Tuesday
The Tuesday meeting of the Rota-
'y Club was quite a gala affair as
twenty-three Rotary Anns, and six
visiting Rotarians present,
Elizabethtown
r and G. B. Bitzer,
ve Lancaster club; also four guests,
guest of Harry Nissley; ¢
one member of the armed for-
The speaker was Mr. E.
7, noted war correspondent, news
were admitted, the largest number |
in any month since the Club was |
organized forty years ago. During | Thi S ti M
the year 2,304 new members were | IS eC ion 's ortuary
admitted and the renewal rate was |
® pe these figures to ol N u m © yo uy 5 Rec cord In
board of directors at their January | We cl di i Nn a S This Section
meeting S. Edward Gable, pres- |
Ramsey spoke to the high school in
» forenoon, and also at the Cham-
banquet in the
one of a definite subject,
on the different phases of the war,
+ soldier, the part
Russia is playing,
public at the door. Try them, you
which will be served and sold to the |
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[will go back for more
{
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Ladies Aid Society of the Florin
A meeting of the Shining Star
J. Weidman moved from
ee Eee eer
The State has cited two Lancaster
At a session of the State Sanitary
lustry to cease polluting streams
the state
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Pvt. and Mrs. James Hockenber-
this boro, a son at the Lancaster
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Bixler, Mt.
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Myer of
Strasburg, a daughter at the Osteo- Frey a
Hospital, Lancaster, January | Mrs.
June Risser.
ee ©
from forty-four leongregations will { crushed to death between a pile of | WEDDED FIFTY YEARS postmaster
hear reports and transact business. | iron pipe and a load of steel at the |
Marietta Depot Thursday.
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Insurance Co. Enters
90th Year of Service
At the annual meeting of the Mt
held on Monday,
. | Magill, of Leola, was flown to Bost-
. on for an operation.
Landis, and John A. Myer.
G. Carpenter was elected to fill the
death of | ville.
press $41 at a public sale at Half-
1| was injured when a car in which |
of the company for
past thirty-five years.
3. Coble was re-elected Presi-
Simon K. Behm, Vice-Presi- [$110 PER ACRE FOR
Landis, Secretary and
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Our Cord
Basket For
The Week
Ralph Lutz spent
with her parents.
| rear
25-ACRE FARM
{acres of land, partly located in Leb-
{anon county along the macadam
road leading from Mastersonville to | “" Eas
with Ralph Lutz at Parkesburg.
Mary Myer at the Osteopathic |
hospital, on Saturday.
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MARRIAGE LICENSES
Joy | manded and placed on probation
| TRAPPED SIXTEEN RABBITS in sires
Mt. Joy Sportsmen's Association - —- plans to
Joy [trapped 16 rabbits and released | NAMED ASSESSOR This will
{them in Rapho, Mt. Joy and East| Harry LL. Heisev
| Donegal townships. The agents are Ra Was named to 3
| Charles Vogel and Newpher Smelt- Henrv as
| zer Township
A A ern
KILLED AT MARIETTA DEPOT
caster,
Mr. and Mrs. Amos S. Earhart,
{Mount Joy R, D. celebrated their | RATE INCREASE DENIED Lancaster Junction, were found
{50th wedding anniversary on New| The FUC
of | Year's Day. They were entertained | denied the Flizabet thtown Water Co. garage at Manheim. They left the
Silver Springs, is reported a prison- |at the home of their daughter, Mrs. | permission to increase its rates from motor running to keep warm and
er of war in Germany. "Roy E. Shelley, Milton Grove. ‘$2 to $3 per quarter. were asphyxiated by the fumes.
day, year after year, far from home and loved ones. Actually.
| Reich’ S Evangelical there are no words that can adequately sum up 1944, the most
critical year in American history.
Church Elects Officers The astounding thing obout the home front is the fact that
| except for the families of service men, it lives normally and has
At the congregational meeting | | conception of the horrors of war. Communiques from Wash-
held at Reich’s Evangelical Congre- ington on the price of toilet paper or some other trivial item fill
gational Church Sunday nig » | : 5 i 3
ch Sunday night the | og columns in the press. Social security planning, “full”
following officers were elected to
| employment and dizzy talk of a contented postwar world, with
Sunday School officers: J. D. Ro- | all the worries assumed by a benevolent government, arise
|
land, superindent; Sylvester Shu- [from the American scene like a haze from a swamp. Clear,
man, assistant superintendent; sec- | unqualified thought on the subject of personal freedom, is al-
retary, Lester Roland; assistant sec-
retary, Helen Tressler; treasurer, |
Lau Tressler; pianist, Martha Ro-
land; assistant, Dorothy Roland; li- | of oppression and government by small cliques loom larger and
brarians, Nancy Woods, James | darker over the world. The United States is no exception to
Horst; assistants, Kenneth McMil- | this trend. Much of our postwar planning is a crazy mixture
lian, Shirley H » Dep:
an lirley Rice; Home Depart- | of initiative and bureaucrertic paternalism. The con-
ment, Superintendent, Minnie R.
Demmy; Cradle Roll, superinteri
ent,
{ most totally lacking.
| As the war moves on, country after country sees the spectre
| flict between those who believe in state socialism and would
Mes. ‘Edward. Charles, {have the government take over basic industries. and those who
Church officers: Trustees, Ray | believe in the superiority of privately owned enterprise, has led
Burris, C. S. Brandi, Sylvester |to rash promises. Many on both sides apparently believe that
Shuman, John D. Roland, Edward | the crux of the issue is a full stomach, with the result that a ma-
Charles; ushers, Lester Roland, Roy
Bixler, Roy Bernheisel, Brady,
Johns: assistant ushers, Lan | outpromise the cther unt’l it has become rank heresy to suggest
ler, Ray Burns, George McMillian; | that there may «at times be lean going in the future.
terial value has been put on freedom. Each side has striven to
pianists, Martha Roland, Dorothy | Millions expect government to furnish them jobs, to guaran-
ole The SEAR ‘lass leader | : .
Roland. The present class leader | too pegee time prices, to protect them from the insecurity of com-s
and assistant were chosen in Ha to |
petiticn. They should remember that the more they ask of
serve two years. The Rev. C. Don-
ald Waser, Manheim. is v £ | government, the less freedom they will have. If government
pastor of the church. | ends by owning most of industry and employing most of the
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| will become a mockery. As Robert S. Henry, eminent writer
Lancaster Auto Club historian, observes:
“The right of nonconformity is ultimately the most important
Has 16,371 Members | | of human rights, but I doubt if it can long exist independently
The year 1944 was a banner ove tof the right of private property. After all, te man who owns
for the Lancaster Automobile Club. | nothing, and has no hope of owning anything for himself, is un-
Despite rigid motoring restrictions | der a terrible handicap in expressing untrammeled individual-
and a big decrease in the number of | ity, He is without a place for his foot to stand upon, in opposi-
cars in operation in Lancaster coun-
ty the Club reached an all-time |
high in membership. The total paid
up membership as of January 1st.
1945, was 16,377, a gain of 1,652 for | ever, let too much government destroy the freedom and hope of
the year.
tion to the conforming forces of the collectivist state.”
Our people could lose everything of material value as the
| price of victory in this war and still have a bright How-
; the individual to build again and there is no future. The right
In December 482 new members | of ownership is more important than ownership itself,
ident said “this membership growth | | Harry W. Righter, 59, died at his
(Turn to Page 2) Jeanette Holey | home in Columbia, Sunday.
mrt ts Ip Te
John Stoll Jr. | Claud K. Musser, sixty-five, died
Miss Jeanette Heisey, daughter of suddenly at his home at Elizabeth-
OCa airs Mr. and Mrs. Harry Heisey of town.
Rheems and Mr. John Stoll Jr: son Mrs, Cora Fink, seventy, Eliza-
In General of Mr. and Mrs. John Stoll of 671 bhethtown, died at the Lancaster
Union St, Lancaster, Pa were Ceneral
: Briefl Told { married Wednesday afternoon Jan Charles E. Garman, fifty-nine,
| Y 13 at the residence of Rev. Roy S. Suprerintende : i -
in the office of the perintendent of the Elizabeth
in Elizabethtown,
Forney. Rev. Forney officiating, town Water Co. and a former chief
| using the ring ceremony burgess of the borough, died while
| The attendants were Mrs. Geral- shoveling snow on the company’s
A Dutch cupboard sold for $130, | dine M. Barr sister of the bride, property about 10 a. m. Sunday.
and Miss Kathryn Jane Gantz ——
studio couch $71 and a tobacco |°
A child of Mr. and Mrs. Richard |
Maggie Lee Sumner
| Anna RL Haverstick Maggie Lee Sumner, Elizabeth-
Dorothy Weisser, 27, Columbia, [Norman J. Smith town RD, died last Thursday fore-
Announcement has been made of ncon after a brief illness. Death
{she was riding crashed into the [ the marriage of Miss Anna R. Hav- wag caused by pneumonia. She is
of a bus at Marietta. { erstick, daughter of Mr. and Mrs urvived by her parents, Mr, and
il Wisin | Lee H. Haverstick, Maytown, and WM:s. Sidney Sumner.
| Norman J. Smith, son of Mr. and -
| Mrs. G. € th, Mt. Joy Rl, 4 «CQ
| Mr Smith, Mt. Joy I Jacob S. Snyder
John A. Shell, Columbia RD, paid | Which took place at 2 p.m. SUN": Jacob S. Snyder, eighty-eight,
[$110.25 an acre for a farm of 125|day Dec. 31, in St. John's Lutheran oo4 Ny Bayhara St., Mount Joy, died
Church, Maytown
The Rev.
ciated. A banquet for 55 guests was
at 1 u. m. Monday at his home af-
several weeks’ illness. Born in
il Township. his parents
| Lawn, at public sale by B. S. Stauf- h 1d a: Tovieiter’s banquet hall were the late Christian and Fannie
on Tuesday afternoon.. Thirty Sete = : Stauffer Snyder. He had been a
{acres are pasture and woodland. F. | Mi Dy ob d “€ farmer in former years and was a
|B. Aldinger called the sale Musser Leghorn Farms, Mount Joy, oppor of the Mennonite Church.
| A li and Mrs. Smith at Mac-It Parts Co., +, .
; His wife. who before marriage was
| TWO HARRISBURG YOUTHS Lancaster aa Lizzie Forrey, survives. He was
week end | HEARD IN JUVENILE COURT |. the last of his fmailyy.
WO PROSECUTIONS vy
Joseph Smith, seventeen, and = Pol Gas Funeral services were held this
Martin | Jack Coyle, seventeen, both of Har- De Dace : SEER afternoon with burial in Kraybill’s
| . rel} I'tsS wo rosecution the yast
visited | risburg, alleged members of the| ps I ol (Turn to page 3
week, beth before Sq Hocken- ——
“Black Diamond Gang” arrested in
the holdup at Ira K. Newcomer's
service station, at Elizabethtown, on
{ November 30, were severely repri-
CHORUS WILL PRACTICE
The Community Chorus will
ractice at the High School Monday
vening at 8:00 P. M. this is an im-
ant practice and all members
> urged to attend. The chorus
ive a concert in March.
be the last practice at
which new members will be accept-
1 until after the first concert.
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MAN AND WOMAN FOUND
DEAD IN MANHEIM GARAGE
Walter Guy Rohrer, 40, Manheim,
and Mary Elizabeth Ellinger, 33,
AA AS
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tember 9th
Harrisburg Thursday dead in the rear seat of a car in a