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Rheems Fire Co., Opens Season Aug. 30 — Florin Hall Association Festival, Sept. 6

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E. Donegal Awards
The Bus Contracts
At the reguar monthly meeting
of the East Donegal Twp. School
Board held Fridey evening, Aug.
15, bus contracts were awarded to
Howard Barnhart, Florin; Mervin
Arnold, Maytown; Paul Weiser,
Florin and Lloyd Miller, Marietta.
Bus routes were established as in
past years, except that Paul
Weiser’s bus will accept students

Community Chest
Campaign Will Open
Friday, September 26
of committees of
volunteers for solicitation in the
county districts for the Com-
munity Chest campaign is under-
way this week, with Dr. D. L.
Biemesderfer, of Millersville,
County Division chairman, in
charge. Solicitation for the drive
to support the 18 Red Feather
agencies during the coming year
will open on Sept. 26
Organization
County district chairmen have
been appointed, as follows: W. L.
Tyndall, Northwestern; Elser Ger-
hart, Northern; George C. Delp,
Eastern; E. Day Ressler, South-
eastern; the Rev. J. R. Carroll,
Southern; A. Norman Ranck,
Southwestern; C. S. Eaby,
eastern.
Goa] for the drive will be decid-
ed later this month, it was an~
nounced at a meeting of campaign
leaders this week. Dr. William H.
Bollman is genera] chairman of
the drive.
The campaign this
18 agencies instead of 16
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el ene
Repairing the Highway
Salunga To Elizab’tn
A process known as “sealing the
sub-grade” will be started by the
local division of the State Depart-
ment of Highways on two sections
of the Harrisburg Pike between
Salunga and Elizabethtown, it was
stated Friday by H. L. Worst, Jr,
Lancaster County maintenance su-
perintendent.
Worst said
to start work
an asphalt mixture through
drilled in the cement highway.
Pumped in at high temperatures,
the mixture hardens and will fill
a void created under the roadway
by heavy truck traffic, Worst ex-
plained.
The two stretches to be repaired
are on the three-lane highway be-
tween Salunga and Mount Joy and
between Florin and Elizabethtown.
Fach section is about. two miles
long, Worst said.
A pneumatic drill was used all
this week to drill holes in the cen-
ter of the concrete on the north
lane in the portion of roadway to
be repaired between Salunga and
Mount Joy. Holes are drilled about
six feet apart to permit the inser-
tion of the pump nozzles carrying
the sealing mixture.
edd
Nearly 9,000 State
Farm Show Prizes
Nearly 9,000 prizes
total in history — will be offered
at the 1948 State Farm Show next
January 12-16, the Farm Show
Commission announced.
Cash awards amounting to $44,-
599, the Commission said, will
range from $10423 to exhibitors
of dairy cattle, to $65 to the win-
ners of | a statewide horseshoe
pitching contest.
Other departmental] premium to-
tals include horses, $3.450; sheep,
$3,272; swine, $2785; beef cattle,
$6,018; dairy products, $202; corn,
$538; small grains, $282; potatoes,
$502; tobacco, $290; apples, $1,739;
edible nuts, $65 vegetables, $556.-
50; ample products, $185; apiary
products, $638.50; wool. $190; eggs,
$58; poultry, $8650; dressed tur-
keys, $88; baby chicks, $126; voca-
tional demonstrations, $600; voca-
tional school exhibits, $590; horse
pulling contest, $500.
Dn
CARNIVAL AT MAYTOWN
The Maytown Fire Company will
hold their annua] carnival] on Sat-
urday afternoon and evening,
August 23rd, on the East Donegal
covers
because
year

expected
to pump
holes
his crews
this week

— largest

from the Pinkerton Road area in
Mount Joy.
Resignations were received from
Miss Alma Grebinger, Mrs. Susan-
na Eater Hercelroth, Mrs. Lou Etta
Weaver and Mr. William Work-
man. Mrs. W. I. Beahm, Mount
Joy, was elected to fil] the vacancy
created by Mrs. Hercolroth’s re-
signation. rs. Beahm formerly
taught in West Donegal Township.
Mrs. Ralph Coleman, Elizabeth-
town, will succeed Miss Grebing-
er. Mr. John H. Evans, Lancaster
was elected as Industrial Arts
teacher to succeed Mr. Workman.
Mr. Evans is a graduate of Millers-
ville State Teachers College and
formerly taught in Fountain Hill,
Bethlehem. A vacancy still exists
in the home-making department.
Tuition charges for the coming
vear were approved by the state
department end are $5.88 per
month for elementary students
and $10.39 for high school stu-
dents..
A contract was awarded West
Disinfecting Co. to install and
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Activities
Reported By
Our Police
Robert A. Rye, Mount Joy, was
prosecuted by Chief Zerphey for
a stop sign violation on a motor
bike, at the intersection of East
Main and Barbara Streets. Ha will
be summoned for a hearing before
Justice of the Peace James Hock-
enberry.
Chief Zerphey
Ang Fusco, York, for stop sign
violation at West Main and Man-
heim Fusco wil] be sum-
moned for a hearing before Squire
Hendrix.
Two Beys Admit Crime
Twenty minutes after Chief of
Police Elmer Zerphey, began in-
vestigations of a burglary at the
home of John Zeller, Pinkerton
Road, south of Mount Joy, Sunday
night he apprehended two 13-
year-old boys who admitted the
crime.
Chief Zerphey said entrance was
gained by, window
a $12 fountain pen, $4 in cash and
also prosecuted
streets.
forcing a and
other items reported stolen from
the Zeller
with
were recoveed
of the two boys.
He said the youthful burglars,
of them now on probation,
be petitioned
Reckless Driving
Frank Hassinger, of town,
be summoned before Justice of
the Peace James E. Hockenberry,
home
the arrest
one
would
Court.
into Juvenile
will
on a charge of reckless driving as
the result of accident at 1:15
p.m. Sunday at a loca] intersection,
according to Chief of Police Elmer
Zerphey.
According to police, Hassinger
was making a left turn from Main
Street onto North Barbara Street
when he collided with a car oper-
ated by C. Wilbur Hostetter, East
Petersburg, who was driving west
on Main Street. Several hundred
dollars damage was caused to hoth
cars.
an
Fractured His Arm
Charles Bailey, fifteen, Mount
Joy RI1, was treated at St.. Joseph's
Hospita] Sunday for 3a fractured
left suffered, he told attend-
ants, in automobile accident
arm,
an
in the boro.
Hospital attendants notified
Chief Zerphey, who said he would
conduct an investigation.
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RHEEMS FIRE CO. TO HOLD
FIRST PROGRAM OF SEASON
The .new and modern outdoor
stage at Rheems is now ‘completed
and the figst carnival of the sea-
son will be held on’ Saturday,
August 30th, by the Rheems Fire
Co.
On

the program will be
Rebers orchestra, Famous Grey
family, Cracke:; Jacks, Siim and
Stewart, Don and Alpha Tranger.
A full evening of entertainment
for the whole family.
tl A re
ON THE SICK LIST
Mr. Maurice M. Groff,
became suddenly ill
morning and been
to his home since then,
is slowly improving.
rl ree
26TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Sumpman.
on Mount Joy Street, recently
Roy
of town,
Saturday
confined
where he
has

Township School Athletic Field at
Maytown.
celebrated their twenty-sixth wed-
ding anniversary. 3
MOST
VOL. XLVII, NO. 12
The Day From
Local Dailies
Choice steaks sold for $1.75 per
pound in Boston, Mass. last week.
Living costs in the United States
are now at an all time record
high.
Senator Ed Martin inspected the
Nationa] Guard at Indiantown Gap
Thursday.
A report out of Washington, D.
C. says that 60,000,000 jobs will
falter very soon.
The City of Wilmington has
closed al] its swimming pools due
to a polio epidemic.
Someone stole two hunting dogs
valued at $100 from Mrs. Daniel
Weaver at Pequea.
Twenty-five carrier
went on
boys on a
western strike
for a $3 a week raise.
Physicians at a Cincinnaii, O.
hospital declare that a child cried
a full hour before birth.
A Navy jet propelled
broke the all-time speed
by going 640.7 miles per hour.
Ilerdia Koch, 13, and Stella Pei-
fer, 15, drowned Sunday while
swimming in a lake near Lebanon.
A monkey escaped from a cir-
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ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED
Ms. and Mrs. C. T. Humphreys
of Big Island, Virginia, announce
the engagement of their daughter,
Zula Alma to Mr. Almos E. Shelly,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy E. Shelly
of Mount Joy, Pa. Miss Humphueys
is a graduate of Marquise High
School of Big Island, Virginia, and
the Philadelphia School of the
Bible, Philadelphia, Pa. Mr. Shelly
is a student at the Bible Institute
of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Mt. Joy Boro Gets
$594 For Road Work
$1,646,760.33 ap-
General G.
road
newspaper
plane
record
the
Auditor
Wagner for
Included in
proved by
Harold
and bridge construction,
street,
repair and
maintenance in Pennsylvania
cities, boroughs, first and second
class townships is $594.25 for Mt.
Joy boro.
Use of the
ernments is
and bridge
and maintenance.
made on a road mileage
funds by local gov-
limited to street,
construction,
Allocations
road
repair
are
basis. The
required
political subdivisions are
to submit semi-annual
showng the work that
completed under
the act, and the cost thereof.
Payments to be
Lancaster County's
lows: Columbia,
bethtown, $655.44;
66; Millersville,
$594.25; Mountville,
ington Boro, $152.55.
Townships: East Donegal,
83; East Hempfield, $990.54;
$1,800.94; West Hempfield,
Club Week Sparks
State 4-H Program
Back home from the 23rd annual
State 4-H Cluk Week August 11 to
14 at the Pennsylvania State Col-
lege, more than 1,000 club mem-
bers who attended that event
ready, club leaders say, to put in-
to practice new methods and prin-
learned in com-
reports
has been
the provisions of
received by
boroughs fol-
$1,356.98; Eliza-
Ephrata, $1,156.-
$359.57; Mt. Joy,
$215.41; Wash-
$971.-
Rapho,
$857.42.

are
ciples which they
petitions, demonstrations and ex-
hibits.
J. M. Fry, State director of the
Agricultural and Home Economics
Extension Service, of which the 4-
H Club program is a part, in an-
nouncing a 23,000 club enrollment
— more than 4,000 above last
year's — paid tribute to this large
group of rural youths for the “con-
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ATTENTION, NEWCOMER,
FOREMAN, MORRIS & OTHERS
Warren Cope, of Bethlehem, Pa.,
landed a 658 lb. tuna out of Brielle,
N. J. The catch was made with a
12-0 ree] filled with 39 thread line.

The fish was landed in 45 minutes.
The
Brief News Of]
O-THE-M
250 ATTENDED WOMEN'S
GOP PARTY AT MAYTOWN
About 250 persons attended the
annual garden perty Saturday of
the Women’s Republican Club of
Lancaster County sponsored by
the Maytown-Marietta and
held year at the
George Drabenstadt, Maytown.
Miss Mary Strickler, formerly a
resident of E. Donegal] Twp.,
guests in Pennsylvania
costume. During the Dutch
conducted by Lloyd Land-
Columbia, Miss Strickler
in dialect on the pue-
area,
each home of
greet:
ed the
Dutch
auction,
vater,
commented
chases made.
Pennsylvania Dutch
served and cards were played both
supper was
afternoon and evening.
Mrs. Edwin F. Smith,
was chairman for
Maytown,
the
generaj
party.
sisal 8 Wi
This Section’s
Numerous
Weddings
Miss Carolyn W. Mummaw,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Guy K
Mummaw. Ironville, and Simon
Leroy Zimmerman, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Zimmerman, Hershey
R2, were married in the Ironville
Evangelical "United Brethren
Church. The Rev. Hiram Lefever,
officiated at the
ceremony.
Mrs. John
N. Y., attended
Nancy Bean, cousin
soloist, and
Norristown,
Elizabethtown,
double
Mr. and
Houghton,
Miss
of the bride,
Mrs. Samuel
ring
Garber,
the
couple.
was the
Stahr,
was the organist.
A wedding reception was held
at Aunt Sally's Kitchen, after
which the couple left on a wedding
trip the New England
States. will reside in Colum-
bia R1.
Miss Mummaw is a
the nursing staff of
Hospital, Mr.
who served in the U.
attending Flizabethtown
through
They
member of
the General
Zimmerman,
S. Army, is
College.
and
Beulah Blough
Howard R. Gamber
Miss Beulah Blough, Mount Joy,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer
Blough, Lebanon, and Howard R.
Gamber, son of Mr. and Mrs
Abram Gamber, Newton, were
married July 26 in the Methodist
Church. The Rev. Price officiated.
tO mre
SIXTY MEMBERS ATTEND
THE HERSHEY REUNION
Approximately 60 members of
the Hershey attended the
reunion held recently at Cassell’s
Park, Marietta RD.
The following officers
elected: Frank Daugherty,
president; Mrs.
vice-president; Mrs. Ida
Marietta, secretary, and
Jennie Boyles, Lancaster,
The oldest member pre-
Mis. Nora Hershey Bern-
family
were re
Landis-
ville, Chester
Fuhrman,
McElroy,
Mrs.
treasurer.
sent was
theisel, seventy-eight, Philadel-
phia.
The Rev. and Mrs. Howard Cov-
er, retired, recently returned mis-
sionaries from India, were present.
Mrs. Cover was the former Miss
Viola Hershey, Landisville. She
spent 44 years as a missionary in
India and the Rev. Mr. Cover
spent’ 34 years in that field.
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BOY SCOUTS ATTENDING
CUTING AT MIDDLETOWN
A ten day outing for Boy Scouts
is being held at Olmstead Field,
Middletewn, and is under the
sponsorship of the Air Forces.
Scouts from here in attendance
are Victor Morris, Glenn Bailey
and John Miller,
Post 39.
a...
TRANSFERRED TO LOWRY
FIELD, COLORADO
Sgt. Lloyd Zerphey,
has been transferred from Langley
Field, Va. to Lowry Field, Coloza-
do, for duty with the 106th AACS
Squadron as a teletype supervisor.
He will the weather:
transmission and weather relay on
teletype circuits.
PARADED AT WRIGHTSVILLE
Friendship Fire Co. No. 1 of this
place, and Auxiliary, participated
in the firemen’s parade at Wrights-
al] of Mount Joy
boro,
this
supervise

ville Saturday.
the members of the club living in|
I UTE
Mone Joy, Pa., Thursday
Local Affairs
In General
Briefly Told
Millersville.
{fractor.
{
| John
I broke
Bender, 38,
his arm. cranking a
Joanne Brown, aged three, Lan-
caster R5, swallowed a bobby-pin.
Donald Pletz, aged 2 1-2 years,
suffered burns from scalding
water.
Richard Geig, of Maytown, was
prosecuted at Lancaster for reck-
less driving.
An Old Fiddlers’ picnic will be
held at Maple Grove on Labor
Day, Sept. 1.
Howard Mann, 53, Manheim, feli
asleep at the wheel, hit a pole and
mashed his car.
A 1939 dolla:
fifty
thing
would only buy
cents worth of almost any-
at today’s prices.
The illness of Mrs. Nancy Strick-
ler, 19, of Millersville, diag-
nosed as infantile paralysis.
A wall-eyed pike
3-8 inches, weighing 8 and 1-2
lbs. was caught at Long Level.
Mrs. Edna C. Rettew, 40, Ephrata
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HERE'S ANOTHER FISH
STORY FOR THE BOOKS
Here's of those rare oc-
currences which only
time but inasmuch
took place right here at home,
just got to believe it. These three
fellows were like the ugly guy who
beauty contest and wasn’t
was
measuring 29
and
another
happen once
as it
in a life
you
won a
even playing.
Three young men,
Paul Nissley, of town
Keener, of Florin, enjoying
ride Sunday on the Big
creek, west of Salunga.
along nonchalantly,
“Had” Buller,
and John
were
a boat
Chickies
While
imagine their surprise when a 15-
into their boat.
many witnesses to
rowing
inch bass jumped
There were
the incident.
Harvey Weaver, Florin
Died This Morning
Harvey Y.
died at
aged fifty
in Florin,
(Thurs-
year.
Weaver,
years, his home
at five
day) aftey an illness of one
Deceased was in Florin, a
Anna Mary Young Weaver
late Elmer S. Weaver.
He was a trade
the Florin
and a member of the
am. this morning
born
son of
and the
moulder by and
a former employee of
Foundry Co.,
Church of God, Elizabethtown,
American Legion, Elizabethtown,
a veteran of World War I.
Deceased is survived by his wife
who was Agnes Ebersole, his
mother, Mes. E. S. Weaver, a sis-
ter, Bertha, wife cf Earl Land-
of Florin.
Funeral services wil] be held at
the late home on Monday at two
o'clock with further services at
Elizabethtown at 2:30 in the
Church of God, with interment in
the Mt. Tunnel cemetery.
Friends may call at the home on
Sunday evening from 7 to 9 p.m.
teint lhc
THERMOMETER WENT TO
97 LAST WEEK
Kenneth Drohan, Stauffertown,
Mount Joy R2, conducts a weather
station at his home. He informs us
that last Thursday the ther-
mometer rose to.a maximum of 97
degrees. The thermometer is in a
shelter which protects it from the
sun and rain.
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FESTIVAL ‘AT SALUNGA
The Mothers Club of Salunga
will hold a festival Saturday, Aug.
23 on the school grounds starting
at 4 o'clock. Home made chicken
corn soup and other refreshments
will be sold. There wil] be a fish
pond and pony rides for the chil-
dren.
vater,

TE Es en
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Richard G. McCorkle; Elizabeth-
tows, and Leona M. Brooks, Florin.
John H. Dodds,
Abingten, and
Sarah Adelaide Workman, of this
bero.

HOSPITAL PATIENT
Mr. Roy B. Sheetz,
tician,
loca] mor-
underwent an operation at

the Lancaster General Hospital on
Monday,
i
WEEKLY I N
Afternoon, August 21,
TWP. SUPERVISORS OPEN
STONE-ASPHALT
Conoy
BIDS
supervisors, a
Township
evening
Risser,
meeting Monday
Abner H.
awarded
a public
at the
Bainbridge
home of
RD,
and asphalt for
contracts
the
roads.
for stone im-
provement of
A contract for
township
10.000 gallons of
asphalt was awarded to the Mec-
Minn Industries, Inc., Lincoln
Highway, Fast, at 12 and three-
quarters cents per gallon.
The contract for 730 tons of
stone, 630 tons of 2B stone at $1.60
per ton and 100 tons of 1B stone
at $1.70 per ton, went to the Penn
Lime, Stone and Cement Co.
Rheems.
The township supervisors adver-
tised for bids 10 days prior to the
awarding of contracts.
The Affairs
At Florin For
Past Week
Mrs. Jacob Boyer Mrs. El-
mer Schlegelmilch spent Saturday
at Philadelphia.
Miss Nancy Stucky spent
eral days in town visiting
Elizabeth Kraybill.
Florin Hall Association will hold
their third carnival of
on Saturday Sept. 6th, with a con-
cert. from 2 to 7 p.m. by the May-
and the Tumbleweed
entertain the
valuable will

and
sev-
Mrs.
the season
town Band
Caravan to
evening
be awarded.
Mrs. Cecelia
atives in town on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs.
spent several days at Campbell-
town with Mrs. Ellen Neidigh.
A public Sale of personal
perty will be held by the
Herr Estate Saturday,
30th beginning at lo’clock.
Mrs. Earl Gerlitzki is a
patient at St. Joseph's Hospital
Tuesday.
you in
and prizes
Young visited rel-
Geo. Mumper
pro-
Grant
on August
surgical
since
Mr. and Mrs. Benj. Hambright
and Mrs. Emma Eshleman spent
Wednesday at Cleona Camp Meet-
ing.
The Home Builders Class of the
Florin Church c¢f the Brethren
held a reunion at the Cove on
Sunday evening, which was very
well attended.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Gerlitzki held
at their home on
honor of
a birthday party
Sunday in
Darlene.
eet Ml crite
their daugh-
ter,

DENVER GIRL WINS 2ND
BABY BEEF CHAMPIONSHIP
Erla Mae
Denver R2,
omore, won
Leininger, sixteen, of
a high
her
school soph-
grand
the
family rule to three years straight.
Her 1030 1b. Black Angus
at the round-up of
Garden Spot Baby Beef Club.
At a held yesterday
Miss
sold
second
championship and extended
scored
annual the
public sale
Leininger’s steer was
for 90 cents
Personal Mention
prize
a pound.

Mrs. Joseph Wilson of Altoona
is spending a few days with Mr.
and Mrs. Jimmie Childs.
Mr. and Mrs. Blaine Grosh of
Milton Grove entertained guests
from Hollywood, Calif, Cleveland,
Delaware, Falsington and McKees-
port, Pa.
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BOY SCOUTS TOURED
GETTYSBURG BATTLEFIELD
Members of the local Scout
Troop 39 and
Troop
a trip to the state
Boy
several] members of
Senior 339, twenty in all,
enjoyed capitol,
at Harrisburg,
Tuesday.
They
and Gettysburg on
by Earl
Shelly, OC. K
Snyder, Jr., assistant scoutmaster.
A Ur
PIERCED HIS HAND WITH
PIECE OF BALING WIRE
Becoming quite ill afte;
of baling wire pierced hand,
Kar] “Pud” Shatz, of near town,
was treated by Dr. W. R. Schlosser
and later removed by
to the Lancaster General Hospital
on Tuesday. :
were accompanied
scoutmaster, and
a piece
his
ambulance

A child aged eight is York's 20th
polio victim.
York has given its 345 school
"teachers a $300 salary increase,

LANCASTER
1947
Mount Joy Bulletin
COUNTY
$2.00 a Your in + Advance
Faculty of the Mt.
Joy Boro Schools
w= + + +
ROUTE OF THE NEW DREAM
HIGHWAY IS UNSETTLED
Any attempt to
of the extension of the
Pennsylvania Turnpike at this
time is pure speculation, the Penn-
Turnpike Commission
at Harrisburg.
has been definitely
the
locate the route
eastern
sylvania
said Thursday
“No
settled
route
upon, Commission
said.
The
not
that it
three
ex-
added
to announce
Commission
ready
routes of the
was
eastern
“only
being
alternate
they
are still
because are
and
tension
tentative
studied.”
Rotary Club Observes
Father-Daughter Day
It was Father and Daughter Day
at Tuesday's Rotary meeting, with
Mrs. Charles Workman of Lancas-
ter ,as speaker, “Since You Came
To Our House” was Mrs. Work-
mans subject. Guests for the pro-
Mrs. Joe Shaeffer, Joan
Eleanor Stoner Eshle-
Warfel, Betty Leon-
Mary E. Ger-
yet

gram were
Shaeffer,
Shirley
ard, Carole Somer,
Patty Tyndall, Adelaide
Workman, Carolyn Sloan, Sally A.
Nissley, Mary Joan Schlosser,
Sally Vanderslice and Charlotte A.
Bennett.
Chester W. Carpenter of Lan-
caster, Leonard T. Miller of Lititz
Russ Hein of Elizabethtown
Visiting Rotarians.
rr
HELD BIRTHDAY PARTY
A birthday gathering was held in
Mrs. Harry Guntryman
Walters’ Park, Elizabeth-
The following were
and Mrs. Harold S.
Schantz, David and Fore-
man, Hershey; Mr. and Mrs. Henry
E. Gish and children, Lancaster
RD; Mrs. Amanda Gish, Mr. and
Mrs. Amos Herr, Sebring, Fla., Mr.
and Mrs. William Farrow, Mass.;
Dr. and Mrs. Daniel G. Nein, Mz.
Waller E. Gish, Mr. and
Martin Gish and children,
Mrs. Paul L. Gish and
and Mrs. A. G. Walters,
Mrs. J. Ira Welgemuth
and Mr. and Mrs.
Guntryman, all of Eliza-
man,
and
were
nonor of
at A. G.
town, recently.
present: Mr.
Lois
and Mrs.
Mrs. J.
Mr. and
son, Mr.
Mr. and
and children,
Harry
Lethtown.
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JAC. E. TRIMMER BUYS
THE JAS. GLATFELTER HOME
at the Bulle-
Glatfelter sold
a-half story frame
property on the South side of West
Main sereet, this public
le. It was purchased by Jacob E.
Carlisle, owns
building and apartments
The price was $7,200.00.
In the absence of auctioneer C.
S. Frank, is indisposed, B.
Frank Aldinger, of Elizabethtown,
called the Claud Zeller
the clerk.
Possession of the
be given Oct. 1
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PLAYGROUND BOYS ON A
TRIP TO PHILA. TODAY
Thursday day
playground who attained the
On Friday evening
tin Office,
two
James
his and
boro, at
Trimmer, of who
the store
adjoining.
who
sale. was
property will
was a big for
boys
required points during the play-
ground season, as they journeyed
to the City of Brotherly Love by
bus and auto, to see the St. Louis
Cardinals and the Phillies battle
it out at Shibe Park.
Their holiday was scheduled to
start at 9 am. from the play-
ground.
DOW
THE ANNUAL FIREMEN'S

PICNIC, SAT. SEPT. 13
Friendship Fire Company wiil
hold its annual picnic at the cove
on Saturday, Sept. 13, with the
understanding that “all activit

$
to cease at 8
grounds will
pm. when the
be cleared.”
In case of rain the picnic wil] be
held in the fire house.
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LETTERS GRANTED
Margaret O'Connor Miller, Mt.
Joy. administratrix of the estate
of Mary I. O'Connor, late of Mt.
Joy.
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1947-48 Session
Starts Wednesday
September 3rd
The 1947-48 school term will
open on Tuesday, Sept. 2nd. with
a genera] Faculty meeting in the
high schoo] library at 10:00 am.
Pupils in Grades 9 to 12 who are
new to Mount Joy schools will re=
port to the high schoo] auditorium
at 1:00 p.m. Tuesday Sept. 2nd for
registration.
All beginners who have not
registered and all other pupils in
grades 2 to 8 who have not pre=
viously attended Mt. Joy schoois,
are to report to the Marietta street
building at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday,
Sept. 2nd, for registration.
All pupils wil] report to their
respective buildings on Wednes~
day, Sept. 3rd, at 8:30 a.m. High
schoo] pupils will report to the
auditorium. Pupils remain in
school for the morning only with
dismissal at noon.
Regular sessions will begin
Thursday, Sept. 4th.
Faculty for the 1947-48 school
term:
Grade 1 — Miss Edna Charles,
Mrs. Emma Good.
Grade 2 — Miss Ruth Brubaker,
Mrs. Ruth Leucke.
Grade 3 — Miss Dorothy Kay-
lor, Miss Irene Heisey.
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Mortuary
Record In
. .
This Section
William E. Donnan, 69, at Co=
lumbia. ’
Franklin W. Kline, 76, at Co=
lumbia Tuesday.
Mrs. Ellen Virginia Myers, 73,
died at Columbia Thursday.
Anna Weber, wife of Titus Bru-
baker, at Rohresstown aged sixty-
three.
Emma, wife of William H. Lehn,
Elizabethtown RD, died Sunday at
her home.
Hannah, widow of Peter B.
Johns, Neffsville, Friday aged
forty-eight.
Mrs. Lizzie Gantz
Mrs. Lizzie S. Gantz, eighty=-
seven, Elizabethtown RD, died at
5:30 a.m. Sunday at the Lancaster
County Hospital. She was the
widow of the late Leander Gantz
survived by five step-chil-
John Gantz, Mount Joy RD;
Gantz, Marietta; Elmes
Gantz, Elizabethtown; Anna, wife
of Dawson Shearer, Manheim: four
Mrs. Clara Greiner, Eliza-
Mrs. Maria Wittle, Har-
Mrs. Allen Gibble, Mil-
and it
dren;
Leander
sisters;
bethtown;
risburg:
ton Grove; and Mrs. Emma Wick=
enheiser, Salunga.
The funeral] was held Wednes=
with interment in
Fast Fairview cemetery.
day afternoon
the
Week's Birth Record
Mz. and Mrs. Isaac Ginder, Mt,
Joy R1. a son Tuesday at the Lan=
caster General Hospital.
Mz. and Mrs. Russel] Adamire,
of Manheim R2, a daughter Sat=
urday at the Lancaster General
Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. John Bigler, Man-
heim R2, a daughter, at 12:11 pm.
Monday, at the Lancaster General
Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Blessing
a son, at 2:41 p.m. Mon-
at the Lancaster General Hos

Salunga,,
day,
pital.
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INVESTIGATING BARN FIRE
State Police Fire Marshall Ro-
bert Strahan launched an investi--
gation into a $15,000 fire which de-
stroyed a large barn on the farm
of William Randler, Manheim R3,

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