1 A St a CP pA First Group Pictures of Our “Men and Women of Tomorrow Week A New Group san -THE-M INUTE WwW E EKLY I N LANCASTER COUNTY | Affairs "The Mount J oy Bulletin VOL. XLVI, NO. 4 Banker For 55 Yrs. Will Retire Oct. 1st HARRY N. NISSLY Harry N. Nissly has resigned as cashier of the Union National Mt. Ward Party By Auxiliary Annual Service May 25 On Thursday evening a group of eighteen American Legion Aux- iliary members conducted a Ward at Coatesviile Hospital. One twenty-three patients Bingo played, cigarettes and candy were tributed to each man. Refresh- ments consisting of ice cream and cup cakes were served. At the same time a large number of magazines, picture puzzels and playing cards were delivered. Sunday evening, May 25th, (Turn to page 2) party hundred participated. was dis- the Joy Bank to take effect on October 1, 1941. Mr. Nissly was born mile east of Maytown in East Don- egal Township, Lancaster County, Penna. He was educated at the Union and Rock Point Schools, E. Donegal High School and Millers- ville State Teachers College. He taught school at the Breneman School for one term and the Joint Schoo] for two terms. In 1895 he was elected teller- at the Union National Mount Joy Bank after he had served clerk: during the summers of 1892, 1893, and 1894. In 1905 he was elected assistant cashier, a position which he held for five years. In 1910 he became cashier. He has been cashier for thirty-seven years and was con- nected with the bank for over fifty-five years. During this period, (Turn to Page 2) one-half as a@ Organized Bainbridge Maytown Rotary Club The Rotary Club of Bainbridge- Maytown was organized at a meet- Bainbridge. Sponsoring the the Rotary with Levi represent- ing at new organization was Club of Elizabethtown, Hershey special ative. William Mundorff was elected president of the new club; Joseph N. Keener, vice president; Aloise H. Nagel, secretary; John Charles, treasurer. Raymond Sipling, Vin- cent W. O'Connor and Phares H. Landis were elected directors. (Turn to page 6) as a Men and Women of Tomorrow After a long unavoidable delay thru the photographer and engrav- ers, we have finally received the first assignment of pictures for publication in The Bulletin, as per cur announcement some months ago. These photos will now appear 5 - : k > » 2 right — Top Row — left to James, 1 1-2 yr. old son of James Schatz, R2, Mt. Joy; Rickey, 6 mos., son of Richard Heisey, Florin; Barry, 1 yr., son of Nissley Brubaker, R1, Mt. Joy. Second Row — Kenneth, 1 yr. son of Richard Enck, 219 North Barbara St, Mt. Joy; Elwood, 6 mos., son of Elwood C. Hocker, R2, Mt. Joy; Karen, 7 mos., daughter of Alvin Yingst, 140 New Haven St, Mt. Joy. weekly as fast as received from the engravers. They are certainly a lot of swell voungsters (the men and women of tomorrow) and we know they will prove interesting to all. Ancther group next week. Boiss - Third Row — Joan, 2 1-2 daughter of J. S. Sherer, R2, Mt. Joy; Charles, 6 yrs., son of Harry Weidman, 125 New Haven St., Mt. Joy; Sylvia, daughter of Clyde Mumper, 47 Frank St., Mt. Joy. yrs., Fourth Row — Randolph, 4 yrs, son of Oliver Mateer, Henry St. Mt. Joy; Linda Lee, 3 yrs. daugh- ter of Morrell] Shields, Columbia Ave.,, Mt. Joy; Bernell, 5 yrs., son of Warren Heisey, 343 N. Barbara St, Mt. Joy. a mt tt Mount Joy, Pa., Thursday May 1, A ‘Number of Auto Mishaps For The Week These occurred thruout this the past week: Irvin G. Myers, forty-nine, Eliz- abethtown, was prosecuted for fail- ing to yield the right of way. He was implicated in a two-car acci- dent near East Petersburg: Motorcycle Crashes Car An operator of a motorcycle another youth, riding tandem, the vehicle suffered minor injuries at 10:15 p.m. Saturday when the motorcycle on which they were riding crashed head-on with a slow-moving automobile, Chief of Police Elmer Zerphy reports. Chief Zerphey said Paull Hossler, twenty- four, 103 Hanover St., Eli- zabethtown, and Leroy Hess, twen- ty-six, Florin, were riding west on Main Street in Mount Joy and col- lided with an automobile driven east by John M. Wolgemuth, Mt. Joy Rl. Hossler suffered a lacerated scalp, and contusions of both legs and shoulders, and was admitted to the St. Joseph's hospital. Hess, attendants suffered deey laceration of the face and was He admitted to the institution. An Intoxicated Driver Ray Sload, Maytown, ed by State Policeman (Turn to Page 6) © Hi- Crier Is Entered In Publication Contest The “Mount Joy Hi-Crier” of Mount Joy High School, is one of 105 entries in the publications con- test of the ninth annual Lehigh University Scholastic Press Con- ference to be held Saturday. May 3, at Bethlehem, Pa. The conference, resumed five-year wartime feature of publication problems by Delegates will story mishaps during motor section and on said. a was arrest- Leonard after a lapse, will discussion scholastic students and faculty advisors. for feature also compete writing following a campus tour. Speakers for the general sessions include: Herbert B. Nichols, editor, “The Christian Monitor”; Allen Lewis, writer, “The Philadelphia ’; Miss Nancy Garoutte, college editor of “Mademoiselle” magazine; Dale H. Gramley, editor, “The Bethlehem Globe-Times"; and Dr. Martin D. Whitaker, dent of the University. prizes science Science sports Inquir- ng . er associate presi- East Donegal Township School Notes Twp. Schools will hold their Eleventh Annual May Day Exercises Thursday, May 15, at 6:30 p.m. In case of rain, the festivities will be postponed un- til Friday, May 16. The identity of the May Queen will a secret until the time of the cere- mony. She will be chosen by student vote from the nominees of the Senior Class, who are: Betty Barto, Mary Jane Drager, Mary Lou Kelly, Dorothy Prescott and Dorothy Singer. Their escorts are Robert McKain, John Drescher, John Peck, Ben Hess and Warren Mueller. Others in the May Court are: Juniors — Rose Mattera, Mil- (Turn to page 2) Personal Mention Mr. and Mrs. James D. Rogers, of 128 E. Main Street, Mount Joy, are at the Hotel Traymore in At- lantic City. Mrs. Clayton Newcomer, Donegal Springs Road, left last Friday on an extended trip the Pacific coast to be about a month. She went from here to Montana. John Roth Jr., left Monday eve- ning for Denver, Colo, after spending two weeks here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Roth East Donegal remain to gone Sr., on North Market street. 1947 SLIGHT FIRE HERE LAST THURSDAY AFTERNOON Fire by a connected electric caused damage to a bedroom in an apartment, the residence of Mrs. Dorothy Zeller, 12 N. Market St. at 2:30 p.m. last Thursday. The Friendship Fire Co. respond- ed to the alarm which was turned in by Leroy Shaeffer, who saw the smoke while at work at the Stehman’s Flour Mill. At the time of the fire, which clothing and caused some damage to the interior of the Mrs. Zeller was at her place of employment, and her five children were in school. James Pennell, chief hose direc: of the fire company, was in charge of fighting the blaze, which was quickly extinguished. — Brief News Of The Day From Local Dailies A 3-day horse show wiil be held on the Columbia pike west of Lan- caster, starting June 6. A full grown gray fox was kill- ed Saturday in the Lancaster cemetery in Lancaster city. The Dz. Russell W. Chidsey, seventy-eight, was found at Blue Ball Sunday. will without short caused iron, some recom, tor body of in a quarry War Veterans their checks time — Uncle Sam has no money. Along with the death of the OPA June 1, it is estimated that about 2,750 employes will be dismissed. The body of a woman about thirty years old was found in the Susquehanna river at Cold Cabin Sunday afternoon. It cost C. Nelson Kilheffer, Millersville R1, $25 and costs for failing to show his fishing license a fish warden. A Joanna be monthly for a to started in the campmeeting 100-acre which Heights grounds, burned over area near Morgantown. Two hundred jury fire a escaped in- collapsed a ball fans when the bleachers at F. & M. College during game Saturday 54,000 cubic $4.500 was lost buckled afternoon. gas worth steel sup- the Tues- feet of when a and released at Columbia oert tank's aay. A bags of contents 100-1b. a ware- ceiling high stack of sugar toppled in at York, crushing to death four-year-old Frances Wonders played with two brothers. EE — house as she BETTY STONER PLAYED IN “CHURCH BELLS” AT L'VILLE Miss Betty Stoner, of town, played the leading role in “Church Bells,” a one act play presented by Northwest Branch of the Lan- caster County Christian Endeavor in the Landisville Curch God Saturday Other members of the cast Mary Greiner and Ruth Herr, abethtown; Daniel Kauffman and Lester Roland, Maytown; Jay Barnhart, Mt. Joy; and Vincent Kahler, Landisville. The Rev. R. H. Daihl, pastor of the Landisville Church of God was the director. the of evening. are: Eliz- Traffic Violations Officer Zerphey prosecuted Chas. Myers, Lancaster R6, for speeding on Main St. in a truck. He will be summoned for a hearing before Sguare Hendrix. Jacob Fine, Philadelphia, was al- prosecuted by Chief Zerphey for passing and will be summoned for a hearing before Justice of the Peace Hockenberry. Clifton Benson of Lancaster was prosecuted by Officer Corll, charg- ed with improper passing, and will be summoned for a hearing be- fore Squire Hockenberry. ———— Eee ADJUDICATION FILED These local adjudication filed in the Orphans’ Court. Henry H. Greider, West Hempfield twp., $2,628.00; Harry C. Kendig, Mount Joy, $1,646.00. or —— A BONDS APPROVED The court approved the bonds of two tax collectors: John K. Shenk, Rapho Twp, and Alous H. Nagel, So improper were Conoy Twp. $2.00 a Year in Advance Firemen To Solicit Boro This Section’s Also Announce The June Parade Route Beginning the first week May, Friendship Fire Co., Auxiliary will solicit the town for funds for the Convention Fund. Up-to-date the Parade Commit- received many responses ac- cepting the invitations to parade here, including fifteen Fire Com- panies, eight Auxiliaries and six- teen musical organizations. The route of the parade has been announced as follows: Form on West Main and N. Market, move North on N. Market to Detwiler Ave., East to N. Barbara, South to Mt. Joy street, East to Jacob, S. to Main, West on Main to New Haven street, South to Marietta Ave. East to South Market, South to Columbia Ave. East to Jacob, North to Main, West to North Market and dismiss. ll A Ce MT. JOY JUNIOR HI PUPIL WINS THE ESSAY CONTEST Anna Mary Forry, a Ninth Grade pupil in Mt. Joy Junior High School, was awarded a gold medal in an essay contest conducted by the Lancaster Chapter of the Co- Dames Society of Pennsyl- it was announced Friday. contest was open to all Junior and Senior High School pu- pils of the city and county and the subject of the winning paper was “My Obligation to the Bill of Rights.” The essays were judged by the Philadelphia Board of the Colonial Dames and the award was presented by Mrs. Edmund Claxton for the loca] chapter. The winner, who is . fourteen, is, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Forry, Manheim R2. ‘Art’ Mayer Heads The Rotary Club Living in harmony with other faiths and races, was the’ theme of Rev. Harvey Swanson’s speech to the members of the Rotary Club at a dinner-meeting Tuesday noon |p at Hostetter’s. In his speech, Rev. Swanson pointed out that we must number of prejudices can have world peace, in and tee T lonial vania, The t f t overcome a before and we must give equa] rights to the various races of people in this country who only want a good job, a decent place to live, and the right to a good education. During the business session, Ar- thur C. Mayer was elected presi- dent of the club to succeed Paul Other newly elected of- Joseph Shaeffer, Simon Fickinger, secre- Boyer, assistant we Stehman. ficers are: vice- president; and Herman and treasurer, t Beahm was appointed to the board of directors, with Mr. Stehman becoming the seventh Plans were discussed to the public playground during the months of July and August, and Donald Waser was ap- pointed supervisor of the project. A A ma TWO YOUNG MEN MAKE A MIRACULOUS ESCAPE Twe young men aged 21 and 22, of Conestoga R2, owe their lives to Lady Luck. They ran off the highway at Maple Grove at 2:45 a.m., their car turned a somersault down a 30-foot embankment, land- ing on its top in the creek. They opened the door, climbed into the water and waded ashore, They were only slightly injured. A A Am MAY HOP FRIDAY The Junior Class of M. J. H. S. will sponsor the May Hop, to be held in the high schoo] auditorium on Friday evening, May 2nd. Crowning of the Queen will take place at nine o'clock. Dancing to the music of May- nard McKissick of Harrisburg from 8:30 to 11 p.m. ee MRS. HUG NEW PRESIDENT Mrs. Lester L. Hug, Landisville, was announced the new president of the Dance of the Month Club, along with other new officers at the annua] dinner dance of the Club held Saturday evening at the tary; secretary Wilbur member. sponsor t Seaside Hotel in Atlantic City, | Mr. and Mus. Marietta | son of Mr. | Miller, ried at home Risser of Mr. Rheems, walt, Jr., r married at 6:30 p.m. Friday in St. Mark's ate families mony. Miss Clair Hoffman Heads Youth Group Brethren Lancaster County cently at the Cross Roads Church, near Florin and the following of- Mount. Joy, Martin, Elizabethtown president; ville, Manheim R1, Frey, Conestoga R2, chorister. The officers will July 6. Chorus, voices will join with Joy a spring concert in the High School Auditorium on Thursday May 8th at 8 o'clock. arranged spirituals, don, Schofield, Donald Starr and Lowell Sumpman. Newton, accompanist. Rheems, Lancaster General Hospital. heim R2, Manheim R2, at the Lancaster General Hospital. Trust Company executor ‘Numerous ‘Weddings Miss Edith P. Ing daughter of Leander H. Gantz, Kraybill Miller, Mrs. Reuben Z. Bainbridge R1, were mar- 11 am, April (17 in the the bride. Bishop Noah officiated. and R1, and of Nancy M. Pyle Warren H. Greenawalt Jr. Miss Nancy M. Pyle, daughter and Mrs. Roy G. Pyle, and Warren H. Greena- son of Mr. and Mrs. War- en H. Greenawalt, of town, were Evangelical United Breth- en Church. The Rev. Ezra H. Ranck officiated. sister of the Miss Betty Pyle, bride, served as maid of honor and Robert P. Frey was the best man. A reception was held in the home of the bridegroom for the immedi- following the cere- The first session of the Tri-Dis- rict Young People’s Society of the in Christ Churches of was held re- Hoffman, John Z. RD, vice- Landis- Dourte. Emerson icers were elected: Clair president; Ruth Heisey, secretary; Allen treasurer; During the session Bishop Henry N. Hostetter spoke on the “Purpose and Benefit of a Tri-District Young People’s Society. ry A. Ginder conducted ” The Rev. Hen- a round able Bible quiz with the Rev. B. E. Thuma as judge, which was won by Ethel Heisey. Special music was provided Mixed Octette, the and Light Chorus of by Manor-Pequea by the Gospel Rapho District. installed be on SPRING CONCERT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL The Mount Joy volunteer High School group of 110 the Mount to present J High School Band evening, been Negro has includes A valuable program which modern ures and marches. be Clarence Eshleman, numbers, over- Wel- Shirley Soloists will Charles be Mr. Broske, Directing will assisted by Mrs. The public is invited to attend. Week's Birth Record M:. and Mrs. William Gilbert, of a daughter Friday at the Mr. and Mrs. John Drace, May- town, a son, at 2:10 p.m. Tuesday. at the Columbia Hospital. Mir. and Mrs. Shenberger, Man- a daughter, Monday at he Lancaster Osteopathic Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Ginder, of Florin, a daughter Friday at home. Mr. and Mrs. Abram Metzler, a daughter of Friday On. BELOW FREEZING SUN. NITE The thermometer dropped to 28 degrees on Sunday night and as a result many flowers The escaped injury. were frozen. fruit thruout this section LETTERS GRANTED The First Nationa] Bank and of Elizabethtown, of the estate of Twp. —— — kh ally | | Briefly Told Minnie | ed at Lancaster after he figured in G. C. Hunter, late of West Donegal {a munor collision with a In General Lancaster had its first circus on Monday. Ephrata set its farm show dates for Sept. 24 to 27. Four schools, the Manheim resigned. teachers in have Woltman’s garage, at Columbia, wag destroyed by fire. At a public sale Saturday a 1913 model Ford was sold for $75. 1904, Elizabethtown Sat- The class of High School, held a urday. There was a slight fire the Marietta Silk Mill at Columbia on Monday. reunion in 204 employes of the Champion Blower and Forge Co, Lancaster, went out on strike Tuesday. Charles D. Carson, East Main street, who was quite il] last week, at this writing. girls wil] deliver is improved Two Lancaster the student commencement dresses at Millersville State Teach- ers College May 26. I On May 24 residents of Lititz will vote on the formation of a boro sewer authority for the pur- Hose of installing a sewage system. a At Florin For Past Week Mrs. Greenawalt is the house guest of Mz. dom, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bitner Baltimore, Md., called friends in the vicinity on Sunday. The Shining Stars Sunday school | 1. class of the Florin Evang. U. B. Church will hold a rummage sale 1 in the Market House, Mt. Joy on Saturday morning, May 3rd at ten o'clock. Mr. and Mrs. James Eichler visited Mr. and Mrs. Martin Bless at Falmouth on Sunday. Mz. and Mrs. Geo. Mumper spent Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Mumper at Neffsville. Mrs. Nelson Felty of Lancaster visited Mrs. Adah Eichler Wednesday. Mrs. Rose Schmidt Brunswick, N. J., end with Mir. and Liggins. Mrs. granddaughter, and Mrs. Norman Mateer Mr. Mss. David Mumper and children and Mr. and Mrs. John Zeager of Mt. Joy, called on Mr. I and Mrs. Geo. Mumper Sr. on Sun- day. The Catholic Church held a card party at the of Mrs. Paul’ Frank last week, with the following Pinochle: Butie Engle, Ernest Brown, Miriam Eva Hostetter, Quentin Ams- Rahm, Lucy Russell Bretz, Schofield of on J New week Martin of spent the Mrs. Farmer and Maytown, Mr. ]! and sons, Elizabeth of and C home prizes: Jac. Lillian Cloy Hoffer, Schneider, packer, Margaret Grady, Anna Engle, Mrs. C. S. Frank, Ann and Lillian Bretz. 500: Fva Reigle, Samuel Engle, Mrs. Bischel, Mabe] Fenstermacher and Mrs. Helena Brown. winning Schofield, Braun, Ellis, Maud I DR. G. WALTER SLOAN BUYS THE JOS. GOOD PROPERTY Last Saturday afternoon Auct. C. S. Frank sold the real estate for the heirs Joseph H. Good, deceased, at public sale at Florin. It included 2 1-2 brick house, 3-car garage on the West Florin. was Dr. G. and the of a story and poultry house side of Choco- late Avenue, The purchase: Sloan, local druggist was $11,560.00. The cccupy his purchase. BR W. LUTHER ULRICH ASSUMED HIS NEW DUTIES YESTERDAY W. Luther Ulrich, Columbia RI, assumed his duties as a clerk in the Prothonotary’s Office the Court House on Wednesday. He is in charge of naturalization. A veteran of World War II, Ul- rich is a tax collector of W. Hemp- field Twp. and is a member of the Republican County Committee from the Silver Spring district of the township. He taught school for 16 years in W. Hempfield Twp. mismo iP PROSECUTED AT LANCASTER Clarence E. Lyons, Mount Joy R2, charged with passing double over an intersection, was prosecut- Walter price will C doctor in truck J Thursday afternoon. _ at the bethtown, on Sunday brother mouth. half wood ad- | bridge RI, Joseph's Hospital. son Lehman, His paternal grandparents are Mr. and The Affairs |= Horace H. Heidler Silver Thursday after an illness weeks. farmer Silver Spring Evangelical Brethren Church. by his wife, number ast wife Hotel she had resided, April 25. A daugh- ter ARTIFICIAL oO Artificial Landisville, ceeding their ed from tests in dairy provement the “most conclusive tificial County compares very good ducing 305 days on twice-a-day Steven's recently diptheria and the given the group toxoid. Children ceived the Gratch, by Mrs. Ada J. Frank, R. N.,, May- town, drive. there doing 2,000 eggs were gathered and de- livered to the hospital. Mortuary Record In This Section Wm. Montgomery, = sixty-six, of Columbia, died Sunday. William A. Kibler, seventy-eight, died at Marietta Monday. Franklin Miller, seventy-nine, of Marietta, died a Lancaster Hospital. Mrs. Katie of Elizabethtown, at W. Brosey, eighty= died at five, abethtown. Dr. Vere Treichler, sixty-seven, thirty years resident physician Masonic Homes, at Eliza= died Monday. for a life died his Fal- Deibler, ninety, of Conoy twp. the home of Deibler, at John W. long resident at Harry seven and one- of El- Bain= Anna T. Krodel, months old daughter and Evelyn died Tuesday in St. She was ad- nitted to the institution Monday. Donald Lehman, infant twin Earl and Grace Hallinger died at Elizabethtown. J. of Mrs. Henry G. Lehman, Mt. eighty-two, his home of two H. Heidler, died at Horace Spring, Born in Chestnut Hill, a son of and Mrs. Harry Lee-| he late Levi and Martha Hogen- Wood St. tobler Heidler, he was a retired and was a member of the United He is survived Leah Heidler and a of nephews. He was the of his family. Mrs. Mort Fordan Fordan, sixty-three, Fordan, died at the Pittsburgh, where Mrs. Nan of Mort Henry, Wilford and Cora she was a of the late ane Good Cheever, former resident of Mt. Joy. Besides her on jy son, City; ters: Cal; Hanau, grandchild also survives. she is survived by a Gardner Fordan, New York these brothers and sis=- Erie; Frank, LosAngeles, Helen, wife of Herbert New York City. One husband, and Paul, and of Funeral services were held at Sheetz Funeral] Home on Mon- (Turn to Page 5) An BREEDING PROVING VALUABLE About eight out of ten young ows produced through the service f the Southeastern Pennsylvania Breeding Cooperative at this county, are ex=- milk and he S dams in yutterfat production. Initial records have been obtain= herd im=- work and considered the prcof yet pro= real worth of ar=- breeding,” according to Agent F. S. Bucher. 8-10 improvement ratio favorably, he main- records for na- breeding which less than the daughters have been as better than their dams. cows from association results ave vided as to the The tains, with similar tural in half as or Many of the young artificial breeding have been pro- 500 pounds of fat in milking. ————- Eee 400 to 172 RECEIVE INJECTIONS AT BAINBRIDGE SCHOOL Students of Conoy Twp. schools, Hill, Bainbridge Consoli- lated, Ebersole’s and Wickersham received injections of tetanus toxoids at Bainbridge 10 years of age were and of this reacting received the under this age given the toxoid. One center. Pupils over Schick test, those limit were hundred seventy-two children re- Dr. Michael physician, assisted treatments. school administered the injections. nn set ree. HELD AN EGG DRIVE The East Petersburg General Hospital Auxiliary held an egg the Grade the school children collecting. Over ——— Eee Mr. Jno. W. Kreider sold his property on Manheim street to Mr. Jay Meckley. . i
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