Reverently We Give Thales To God For victory Lu: All Pray For Enduring Peace
AFTERMATH
At 7 p. m. Tuesday. Aug. 14, 1945 President Truman announ-
ced Japan's unconditional surrender.
Congress has been called to convene September 5.
The Japanese war ended at 7 p. m., Tuesday August 14.
Japanese War Minister Korechild has committed suicide.
Marshall Petain was convicted and sentenced to death.
The end of all shoe rationing
The Navy has cancelled $1,200,000.000 ship building con-
tracts.
The Navy has already cancelled six billion dollars worth of
contracts.
There were 2,136 war casualties in Lancaster county since
Pearl Harbor.
Mount Joy had a real victory parade and demonstration on
Tuesday evening.
General of the Army Douglas A. MacArthur is now directing
the Japanese government.
Nearly everybody thruout
is predicted before January 1.
the nation is enjoying a 2-day
-honday, Wednesday and today.
Hirohito says the atom bombs were too much for the Japan-
ese, that's why they surrendered.
This is the first defeat ever recorded in the history of Japan.
No wonder they've always been so cockey.
The monthly draft call was reduced from 80,000 to 50,000 per
month and all must be under 26 years old.
The War Production Board will go out of business as soon
as industry gets going on a peacetime basis.
President Truman says that five and a half millon soldiers
will be released within the next
The OPA immediately terminated the rationing of gasoline,
12 to 18 months.
canned fruits and vegetables, fuel oil and oil stoves.
Employes are no longer under government regulations. They
are free to quit when they please and work where they please.
As soon as the President announced Japan's
grams were sent by the War Dept. cancelling $23,500,000,000
contracts.
Commander in Chief
President Truman
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The Mount Joy Bulletin
VOL. XLV, NO. 12
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Was Destroyed hy Fire
Fire of undetermined
caused damage estimated at $12,-
000 when flames swept a barn, de-
stroying the building, farm imple-
ments and crops, on “Lime Valley
Farm,” owned by Miss Mabel Hei-
sey, near Elizabethtown, Saturday
morning.
All implements
structure were lost, together with
400 bales of straw, 100 bushels of
wheat, a tractor, and hay put in the
day before.
Live stock was rescued from the
barn by Benjam'n Z. Miller, a
neighbor, Harry of Heisey, Rheems
and William Balthozer, of Mount
Joy.
It was the third barn destroyed
by fire in the county within a week.
Miss Heisey said that her sister,
Miss Alice Heisey, discovered the
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Two Local Young Men
Now Enroute To Greece
Two local youths, Luke Bomber-
ger, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. M.
Bomberger, Donegal Springs Road,
and Donald Reist, 20, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Alvin Reist, Mt. Joy RI,
left Lancaster Sunday evening for
New Orleans, where they will em-
bark for Greece as herdsmen on a
relief ship.
The youths volunteered as herds-
men throngh the Brethren Service
Committee. They their
seamen’s papers and passports and
were called Saturday to entrain on
Sunday.
They will sail on the Steamship
Charles Worcester, that will carry
about 350 horses donated by the
Church of the Brethren to war
stricken Greece. Each herdsman is
responsible for 25 horses.
The return trip will require sev-
eral months and as the ship stops at
various ports to pick up cargo the
youths will be allowed shore leave.
Both boys are graduates of Mount
Joy High School, Donald in the class
of '43 and Luke in the class of '45.
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Brief News Of
The Day From
Local Dailies
$30,000 worth of liquor was stolen
from a Philadelphia warehouse.
stored in the
received
Forty servicemen were killed in a
train wreck in Michigan last week.
Crops grown in the nation this
will be the third largest in
year
history.
Due to cut-backs there be
300,000 people idle in Detroit with-
will
in a week.
The OFA has halted the printing
of the next issue of food and gas
ration books.
A new air line from New York to
Washington has applied to Lancas-
ter authorities for a stopping point
there.
Elmer
township farmer,
the Big Conewago creek
County.
Mrs. Edith Kermit Roosevelt, wid-
of President Theodore Roose-
velt, celebrated her 84th birthday,
August 6th.
Between 12,000 and 15,000 navy
workers at Phila have been given
“forced leaves” due to a
ment cutback. That
L. Root, 43,
was drowned in
in
ow
BR
BOY SCOUTS WILL MOVE
IN THE NEAR FUTURE
Our local Troop of Boy
with headquarters in Mount Joy
Hall auditorium for some time, will
move into new quarters. They have
leased the second floor of the build-
ing now tenanted by the local Ra-
tion Board, in the rear of the First
National Bank and Trust Company,
owners, and will occupy it as soon
as a private entrance can be con-
structed.
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SMOKED IN BED; FIRE
A lighted cigaret ignited a mat-
tress at the home of William Arnold
on Locust street, Marietta. The Pi-
oneer Fire Company responded and
extinguished the blaze. The only
damage was the mattress,
Scouts,
origin |
Strasburg S
York |
govern- |
should give |
them time to think their strike over. |
Mount Joy, Pa., Thursday
LT. COL BENJ. F. KENDIG
|HOME ON 30-DAY FURLOUGH
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Col. of
has arrived home
enroute,
Kendig, Sa-
on a thirty
after
Lt.
lunga,
day
Benj. F.
redeployment
serving thirty-two months overseas.
He was commander of the 44th
Sqdn., 316th Troop carriers first at-
tached to Ninth Air
to the First Airborne.
day he transferred to the
Photo Recon. Group.
Col. Kendig, while in the Troop
Carrier Command participated in
nine campaigns, holds nine battle
stars, the Air Medal with two Oak
Leaf Clusters, the Distinguished
Flying Cross and three Unit Presi-
Citations.
After leave he reports to
Greensboro, North Carolina.
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Money School Districts
Wili Receive From State
G. Harold Wagner, Auditor. Gen-
eral of Pennsylvania, approved
payments totalling $277,017.83 to
fifty-seven Lancaster Co. school
districts. The sums being allocated
were authorized by the Legislature
for the support of public schools in
Force and then
After V-E
Seventh
dential
hig
the Commonwealth.
A Ist the Lancaster
school
of County
districts and the sum ap-
follows:
$1,038.50; Ak-
Bart twp., $3,-
twp., $3,822.74;
$3,797.59; Chris-
Clay twp., $3,-
twp., $3,614.80;
$2,878.07; C
boro, $4,579.-
Earl
proved for each,
Adamstown boro,
$1,783.55;
Brecknock
ron boro,
115.07;
Caernarvon twp.,
tiana boro, $1,898.85;
519.85; Colerain
Conestoga twp.,
$4,463.85; Denver
10: Drumore $3,012.81;
twp., $5,456.14.
East Cocalico twp., $6,865
twp., $9,850.75; East
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MONTHLY REPORT OF THE
LOCAL VISITING NURSE
The monthly report of the
Visiting Nurse, Mrs. Ruth Walters,
of Florin, for the month of July
as follows: 143 visits made to 27 pa-
tients of which 43 visits were made
to 7 Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.
policyholders and 100 visits made to
Community
noy
twp.
twp.,
y; East
Donegal Dru-
local
is
20 community patients.
calls were divided as follows: 69 pay
visits, 9 part pay visits and 22 free
and organization visits. A total of
$67.25 was collected in fees and mi-
| leage covered was 1003 miles. Calls
for Nursing are received
| Sloan's Pharmacy, Mt. Joy.
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Another Contingent
Left Here Wednesday
Lancaster county's first
time draft group since early Decem-
ber, 1941; left for service yesterday,
including nine men over 26 years of
at
Care
peace-
age.
Officials of County - Draft Board
No. 1 here, which called yesterday's
contingent said were unsuc-
cessful in contacting State Selective
Presi-
they
instructions on
announcement
but the
Service for
dent Truman's draft
stopping drafting of
youngest age group.
It was indicated the
might be sent back home after they
reach the induction center.
Eleven 18-Year-Olds
Eleven 18-year-olds in the group
of 21 agreed almost unanimously
that they “were glad to go—to bring
home some fellow who did the
fighting.” 4.
Inductees over 26, many of them
fathers of two or three children,
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all
registrants
East Donegal Student
Won a $100 War Bond
Siegrist, Columbia Rl, an
agricultural student at East Done-
gal Township High schcol, won a
$100 war bord as first prize in Lan-
for outstanding work
project.
Carl
caster county
in his Hampshire Swine
Second prize of $50 was awarded
to Paul Hess, Columbia R2, and the
third prize of $25 to Ray Strauser,
Quartyville R3.
The project was sponsored by the
Agriculture Foundation. The
prizes were awarded at a dinner
meeting at the York Y. M. C. A. by
James E. Galen, of the
Ephrata Sears Store, M. W.
Auspach, manager of the Lancaster
store, introduced the speaker, Lloyd
D. Odhner, manager of the Penn-
sylvania Council of Chain Stores.
Others in from Lan-
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mello Mies
ODD FELLOWS HALL ASSOC.
TAKES OVER REAL ESTATE
Some months ago the Mount Joy
Hall Association sold at public sale
its 3-story Hall Building and two
dwellings. The poperties were pur-
chased by Mount Joy Lodge No. 277.
Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
This organization procured a
charter, formed the Odd Fellows
Hall Association, and took possession
of the properties. They contemplate
a number of important changes to
the Hall building in the very near
future.
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GETS PERMISSION FOR
RIVER MOTORBOAT SERVICE
The Public Utility Commission on
Friday granted Norman F. Welsh
Jr., of Wrightsville R1, the right to
operate a ten-passenger motor boat
in the Susquehanna river between
Long Level and Wrightsville and
between Long Level and Safe Har-
Sears
manager
while
attendance
bor.
The proposed service is round-
trip, pleasure and sight-seeing trips
the commission said.
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LOST TIP OF FINGER
Dupler, fifty-eight, Eliza-
bethtown R1, lost the tip of the third
finger when he struck his hand with
when a hammer broke
He was admitted to the
Lancaster General Hospital for an
emergency operation and later dis-
a handle
Tuesday.
charged.
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TURNPIKE TRAFFIC UPPED
Traffic is picking up on the Penn-
sylvania Turnpike and pfficials saw
a prospect Thursday of getting out
of the red after three
caused by wartime gasoline ration-
lean years
ing.
Our Card
Basket For
The Week
Misses Florence & Doris Kaylor,
Doris Rice spent the weekend with
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bookman of
York.
Miss Sandra Nagel of Marietta
{spent the weekend with her grand-
| parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Nagel
Elizabethtown.
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STAKED OFF NEW HOUSE
Councilman Clayton Newcomer,
with the assistance of his contractor
Jacob G. Baker, staked off for his
new and modern brick dwelling on
the South side of Donegal Springs
Road. Excavations will: begin this
week.
TREATED FOR A HAND INJURY
Howard Dissinger, forty-three,
who told attendants he
dropped a heavy tool no his hand
was treated Tuesday at St. Joseph's
Hospital for a laceration and pos-
sible fracture of the thumb.
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RECOVERING FROM INJURY
John Fuller, East Main St., who
suffered a painful foot injury last
week, while at work at the Marietta
Holding and Consignment Depot, is
able to be about with the aid of a
of
Salunga,
cane.
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SUIT FOR DIVORCE
George H. Sheaffer, Florin, filed
suit against Edith B. Sheaffer, Mid-
dietown Rl. They were married
Sept. 20, 1941 and separated Dec. 31,
1943.
Afternoon, August 16,
EAST DONEGAL SCHOOLS
WILL OPEN SEPT. 10
At the regular monthly meeting
Friday evening, Aug. 10, of the East
Donegal Twp. School Board, it was
decided to open the schools this fall
on Monday, Sept. 10 at 9 A. M. Fac-
ulty meetings will be held Thursday
and Friday preceding the opening.
An enrollment of 725 students is ex-
pecte , 240
in the Maytown Grade School and
125 in Washington school at
Florin.
Mrs. Nancy Schule Walls, of Flor-
in and Miss Virginia Darnell of Leb-
anon Valley College, approv-
ed as temporary music instructors
for the coming year. Mrs.
will teach vocal music and will di-
rect the choruses and Miss Darnell
will teach instrumental and
direct the band.
Local Affairs
In General
Briefly Told
The Dog Days ended last Satur-
day.
John H. Rosenfeld, Salunga,
listed in the Navy this week.
Fire destroyed the large barn on
the MecSparran farm, near Hensel.
Columbia Council let a contract to
draw plans or sewage disposal plant.
Albert B. McCune, Columbia R2,
at Lancaster for
the
were
Walls
music
en-
was prosecuted
reckless driving.
Frank Gilbert, 59, Coatesville,
hanged himself in the Lancaster jail.
He used his belt.
Robert B. Graybille, Rohrerstown,
was arrested for operating a motor-
bike without a permit or license.
All professional employes of the
Lancaster City school district were
given an increase of $100 per year.
Wm. D. Lawrence, 74, father of
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The Affairs
At Florin For
Past Week
Mr. and Mrs, George Mumper Sr.
and Mr. A.D. Garber spent the
week end at Camp Buck Ridge,
Perry Co.
Mrs. Emma Peifer spending
several days at Middletown visiting
friends.
Mr. and Mrs Elmer Schlegelmilch
and Edward Henderson attended
the funeral of their sister Mrs. An-
nie Shaub at Maytown on Tuesday.
Mrs. Oscar Rider and son Melvin
spent Tuesday at Lancaster.
Mr. and Mrs. James Mumper and
son Freddie visited Mr. and Mrs.
George Mumper Sr. on Thursday.
A public sale of personal property
will be held Saturday, Aug. 18, at
one o'clock, at the home of Mary E.
Sheaffer Walter Dupes as the
auctioneer.
in
is
with
tll
CAR IN A MISHAP WHEN
THE FRONT WHEEL LOCKED
While rounding a curve on Mari-
etta street Tuesday evening, the
front wheel on Mr. Clayton New-
comers’s coupe locked and crashed
into a pole, badly damaging the
front of the car. Mr. Newcomer
sustained a brush burn on the fore-
head.
The car was removed to his ser-
vice station and later caught fire,
quite likely due to a short circuit
caused by the accident. The fire-
werz called out but soon ex-
men
tinguished the fire.
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THE LIONS AUCTION SALE
PROVED A BIG SUCCESS
The Lions’ auction. was held
Newcomer’s Service Station Friday
evening and was a decided success
They had a large lot articles
ranging frim bottles ti farm
tors and auctioneer Dupes was kept |
busy until after ten p. m. The sale |
amounted to over $1,400 and a neat |
sum was realized for the club.
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SPEED LAW VIOLATION
Officer Elmer Zerphey prosecuted |
Clair Eberle, of York on a speed law |
violation before Justice of the Peace |
James Hockenberry.
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HOME FOR NINE DAYS
Newton Kendig who is stationed at
Bainbridge, Md., arrived here early
at
|
of
trac-
|
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Monday to spend a 9-day furlough
1945
Community Service
Of Thanksgiving
will be held under
Mount Joy Min
end of the war
the auspices of the
isterial Association on the
evening following announcement of
V-J day. This service will be held
St. Mark's United
7:30 p. The
in
at m. sermon of
Dear Neighbors:—In letter of
August 2nd addressed to the Lions’
Club, the last “No
worth-while civic improvement can
my
sentence was
be accomplished without the gener-
al
citizens.”
Although I ha
do offer as a gift to the Borough of
Mount Joy thirty acres of
land, by the
the
approval and cooperation of our
ve offered and still
about
Joy
Little
now occupied
Company,
Chickies creek, to be used as a War
Memorial Park, the Borough of Mt.
Joy, in accepting this offer shall be
obligated to Borough
Park without any
it as a War Memorial if it is clearly
determined in the judgment of Bor-
ough Council and the Burgess that
the people of Mount Joy prefer the
present park to be used as a War
located along
use it
obligation to use
as a
Memorial.
It has been clearly
our town that all or
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DEEDS RECORDED
Mount Joy Hall Association to the
Odd Fellows Hall Association of Mt.
Joy, three story brick structure and
Mount Joy, $10,-
understood in
nearly all or-
two frame houses,
000.
Clayton G.
B. Hollinger,
to Aaron Gingrich,
Lebanon Twp., ¢
Joy Twp., $1,027.63.
Aaron Gingrich and Fannie M.
wife, Campbelltown,
Lebanon Twp., to Frank B. Sweigart
and Edna S. Sweigart, his wife, Rap-
25 Mount Joy Twp.,
Hollinger and Fianna
wife, Rapho twp.,
Campbelltown,
Mount
his
acres mn
Gingrich, his
acres,
ho Twp,
$1,100.
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AN EAST DONEGAL FARM
BROUGHT $27,000 SATURDAY
An East Donegal township farm
approrimate 84
ing a 2% story brick house and oth-
er improvement $26,-
000 Saturday, when offered for sale
by Harry and Daisy Hossler, execu-
and executrix of the of
late Mary K. and Daisy W. Hos-
It was Lloyd
Shuman. A «
old kitchen
Walter Dupes
of acres, conain-
s, sold for over
tor estate
the
sler. “ures ised by
sold for $4 and
$7.75
I adle
chairs at apiece
w auctioneer
FRY PROPERTY AT NEWTOWN
WAS SOLD ON SATURDAY
On Saturday Auction-
eer C. S. Frank sold the Samuel M
Fry Estate Newtown,
for Samuel Fry,
executors. 81-
136
dwelling, frame
and was purchased by
aiternoon
property, at
C. and Nathan (
It consisted of a lot
feet with a > story
and §g
Mr. Haine
570.00
of Newtown, for
VISITS HERE
for man
for y
FORMER PASTOR
ev. Frank G
Bossert,
>resbyte r
E
with his mother on East Main street.
pastor of tne I
here 1 at Dosegal
gal
years
rings, spent the kind in town
friends and
Bossert is a
minister and resides <0 New Egypt,
N. J.
During
serts were the hou
and Mrs. Reuben Fe
Main St.
Si
calli acgquaint-
ances. retired
Bos-
Mr
llenbaum on W.
their stay here, the
» guests of
er iiss
VISITED BY THE STORK
Mr. and Mrs. Freeman Ford, Sil-
Spring, a daughter Thursday at
the General Hospital.
Sgt. and Mrs. Paul
Florin, a daughter,
Wednesday, at St. Joseph's
ver
Bronson, of
at 8:07 p.
Hospi-
m.
Re i kP-Hfirz”ysyp™.:.n|
Patronize Bulletin advertisers.
A service of thanksgiving for the
| Rev.
of
astor of the Chure d. -
Sunday |? or of the Church of God. Pray
$1.50 a Year in "Advance
occasion will be prepared by the
H. M. Mumper, vice president
the Ministerial Association and
ers of thanksgiving, and for divine
guidance in the making of the
peace will feature the service. All
Brethren | residents of the community are in-
the |vited to be present.
An Open Letter To The
Burgess, Borough Council
And Citizens Of Mount Joy
Mortuary
Record In
This Section
Mrs. Barsina Kame died at Mari-
etta aged 86 years.
Mrs. Alice C. Hoffer died at her
home at Manheim Saturday.
Rose, wife of Charles Swingler,
died at Columbia aged 36 years.
Annie, wife of Jacob Steffy, died
it Mountville. She 74 years
old.
Mrs. Mary E. Mummw, 81, widow
of Peter R. Mummaw, died at Col-
umbia.
Annie N. wife of Phares Bemes-
derfer, of East Petersburg died early
Monday morning.
John P. Herr, Manheim R1, died
at the Lancaster General Hospital.
He was aged 82 years.
Bessie G., wife of Elam C. Hertz-
ler, died at Lancaster aged 71 years.
The family resided here a number
of years ago where Mr. Hertzler was
aged in the general store busi-
ness.
was
en
Mrs. Minnie Kauffman
Mrs. Minnie M. Kauffman, sixty-
three, of Harry B. Kauffman,
died suddenly at her home, Colum-
Rl. According to the deputy
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Chester Preacher's
Car Crashes Into a
Parked Sedan Here
downpour of rain
on Wednesday,
Main St. highway
treacherously slippy, a
owned and driven by
Spear, of Chester,
owned by
con-
wife
bia
During a brief
shortly after noon
which caused the
to become
1941 Buick,
Rev. Joseph A
and Plymouth
Mr. Reuben
siderably damaged.
Rev
Main
vhen
Rev
our
sedan,
Fellenbaum, w e
Spear was driving east on
St., following another car
down to a stop.
left to go
way was slip-
Buick skidded
of the
The impact
r completely around
end crashed into
f the Fellenbaum
at the curb
The Buick
a stop in the middle of the
he Market St., ine
1 owed
Spear turned to the
d it but the high
pery
front
residence
ned
ind the rig
left front end «
which was par}
front of the
me to
vad almost at
rsection
Rev. Spear was treated
ts by Dr. Wm. Workman.
Fellenbaum’s car was badly dam-
but the escaped with a
ind Spear
away af a short
for - leg
Rev.
ter
HELP THE FIREMEN |
Joy Firemen
your din-
Mount
and eating
Help the
by coming
with them Sat-
18th the Fire
ner and supper
irday,
House.
You may need their help some
time.
Again they will have that
chicken torn soup, the best made.
Music by the Malta Band of
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August at