A Sixty-Four Dollar Question: Do Citizens Want Mt. Joy By-Passed? Landisville Camp Opens Ju ly 16 and Ends July 25 MOST Creditors Ask For Sale! Of a Farm Machine Bankruptcy Ira N. Ber, were proceedings against heard at the County Court House yesterday. Principal issue was the request of creditors who bine at public sale. to sell a Two banks asked the want for a “turnover sale” of bine. The Union Bank and the of Marietta are tors. They “backed” of farm machinery Williams ruptey com- National Mount Joy First National Bank the principal credi- stated that Williams in the purchasing and livestock. bank- entered voluntary proceedings several months ago in Philadelphia. © Ge the Halde- Lititz Springs. 350 persons attended man reunion at Williams, Columbia R1 farm- | comi- | they | The 78th annual The THE M INUTE WwW E EKLY I N LANCASTER COUNTY Mount Joy Bulletin ‘amp meeting will open onFri- | July 16th, it was announced | VOL. XLVIII, NO. 5 f | | | day, | Mount Joy, Pa., Thursday Afternoon, Julv 1, 1948 $2.00 a Year in Advance Luther H. | Metho- | Dr. First today by the Rev. Ketels, pastor of the Church, director of the <5 DO camp. | several | dist Lancaster, and spiritual the The nationally program will feature known, will as well as local, days | The | pastor | § end ten Sunday, 25th. Ralph H. Manwiller, Methodist Church in the the | churchmen, and later, July Rev { of the Wesley Leola, will be director of music The Sacrement of 1:45 service will be the Holy Communion at Methodist nd ministers On Saturday, July 17, at Arthur C will travelogue motion On Sunday, |H. Zerr, trict of opening pm with pastors visiting 1ssisting 7:45 p.m. James, of Drexel technicolor | Dr | Hill, present a picture 18th, Dr. Levi | Supt. of the West Dis- | the Philadelphia Confer- (Turn to Page 5) July Local Gas Company To Change Ownershiis Gas consume ) I y W be interested in the fc Tors a formation The Boards cf Pa. Power and Light Co., United Gas ment Co The Harrisburg Gas Co., a sidiary of U.G.1., Direc ‘tors ol Improve nd sub- auth riz od their re pective ficers to ente into mutually wetory agree- ments unde Light Co erties County, to ¢ ized + which ind and owned its gas propertie Cumberland Co., the Gas Co details in Carlisle, Harrisburg After the fina] worked out, the necessary (Turn to Page 2) Ea. to have been appli- BANKS Monday, July Natio: nk the U Banks { f day. CLOSED JULY 5th Trust 5TH the Co.. Mount and and nion Nrtional Joy will be eclesed in ob Independence Day, The Union Sunday School Picnic at Hom shey July 14 Wednesday July 14, the Union | Mount Joy, Flori: Newtown will be held at Park Contests for children at 10:00 a.m. a annu dicnic of Hershey wil! egir twilight ball game at 6:30 pm the Band Shell at 7:30 pm Busses will be furnished by the Penn Highway Trans 0. and will lcave Mt Joy at 8:00, 9:00 10:00 am and will Her- 7:00, 9:00 and 10:00 and prayer service 1 o vd leave shey at pm. Busses at the Mt an will take on gers Nat'l passe passe following stops, Union Bank, First Nat'l. Co., Joe Joy Trust Detwilers Bar- First [4 Bank | Yl _— Hinion Natn'l Increases : Supls s a Second Time Union Na- | have $10,000.00 “ to surplus, 3h 7 $335,- i 4%, tT that rig Directors of the Mount Bank the transfer of | The | tional Joy auth- crized undivided {trom profits asing the latter item to $ After undivided will be approximately $85,- | 000.00. The bank’s capital is $125,- 000.00 and its 000.00. Total 738.05. inCre (00.00 profit the transfer, fund i reserve y $5,807. - resources are the second trans- | i fer as $25,000.00 was | This represents { i | ) {transferred December 31, 1947. { | within a year, eB Ul writ | GRANTED A DIVORCE Edward G. Drace, fifty-seven, of 39 W. High St., Elizabethtown, was granted a divorce Emma | = a Brief News From oo The Dailies For Quick Reading 1946. The will be and 8 The wow doctor, East Earl R1. Arthur n, was tp shot and killed on It Joe same of Jer World's | Championship which he successful- from Landisville indignities. They 1908 and separated fifty-seven, were married July 1, second annual gladiolus show. held at Lebanon, August 7, authorities arrested a pow- | George A. Boyd, 35, of and the Mt ailding in ber Shon all in wer Bank | Joy Florin near Leban- | groundhog, Gingrich, 54, » same st il] be made or x same stops wil] be made on mistaken for a The eleven Walcott Heavy weight make Louis will the busses at 10:00 am 9:00 basket truck will took igi only and make y dispose sey Joe and jr | i s the retain his pm. twenty-five times in Now he — AMERICAN LEGION Pharmacy Tyndall's | WILL ALSO CO-OPERATE Florin: Forney's Steh-| Last week The Bulletin! I mons Stores Tickets’ may be | that the local Lions Club will the erection f temporary bleacaers at high school ball We told a fib it serves us right for stealing-we will be on|ly defended Tickets for the from Monday, Wednesday | these Sloan’ I Store: picnic E a returning at { July will retire. 5th until | eleven years 14th, at { Mt THE merning, July business places; Joy: and stated fi- and used cn the regular busses nance Round trip fare 70 cents Chil- the base- {dren under six years, free. diamond. and C. of C. Taking Vote On’ I-way By- decided to co-operate Welfare a recent Chamber of Commerce it was with the So- Mount cial Association of meeting of the Mount ' n- that from a La news reprinted item caster paper, The Club Legion jointly truth is: Lions Ame! finance } ihe and the ican will the — A SUCCESS weatherman project FESTIVAL The nicely on A member Mie assing Boro Joy ‘4 i cooperated and do every J sible tx . ‘1 rything possible to Saturday night with the help make it of the a success. | ‘ : o. Auxilizry for their festi- Chamber of C ree Ww . : of Commerce will val: ior. the. bencht of the ambu- (Turn to page 5) lance fund A goodly sum was BAL munity. This is not the extensiem lisle to Philadelphia, but the repai of Route 230 now whether or not they favor this mu YES The Chamber of Conimerce is faced with the problem of favoring er opposing the new Fighway thro going through Mount Joy, We are trying to get an expression of the pecple in our Community Will you kindly mark the questionnaire accordingly. DO YOU FAVCR THE BY-PASSING OF AND COMMUNITY? RETURN TO MAURICE N. BAILEY, | Mr. SECRETARY MOUNT JOY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE event cf to the {erner’s Orchestra. NEW PAVEMENT Mr. Milton Bowman is 1 new concrete the Marietta property at | Main St {| Elmer Heisey is doing the work. AD Ce ees MONDAY A HOLIDAY As Fourth Sun- dey, next Monday will he observed Most of industries will be from the games, of realized 1d dancing music Andy LAYING LOT having laid Avenue side of the Local ugh Mount Joy, Florin and Com- cf the Dream Highway from Car- ring and rebuilding and widening pavement on his Sip A intersection of Flerin and Community ve. July comes on MOUNT JOY, FLORIN, s a general] holiday. our stores and closed. NO et and Mrs. Roy B. Sheetz, East Main St., celebrated their twenty- | eighth wedding anniversary Wed- Rosey: June 30th stand it! rounds ! Contractor, | ht makes might; and in that faith let us to the end, dare to do our duty as we under- \" ABRAHAM LINCOLN Every gilding That Happened At Florin Recently Mr. and Mrs Kauff- {man Mrs. spent jee veral days with S/Sgt. Mrs Richard Kauffman at Hampton, Va | Mr. and Mrs. George Mumper Sr. spent Sunday Mr. and Mrs |W. A. Berrier. The Loyalty Chorus of the Breth- and Alvin Biglex and with 3 rendered Hill , on Sunday Mrs. Clayton all-day ren Church a program at i the Bunker Church at Perry Cou Mr at ended an nty evening and Bachmanville on Sunday 3ruce F. Ging and Mrs. S. Nissley istered the | Harvard. He is a Academy, rich, son of Gingrich, reg session at of Mer- and a for summer graduate cerville class of '43 member of Chi Phi Fraternity Mrs. Winfield Randler moved from Florin to the bungalow Mr. and they re Stites at Elizabethtown RI1. Another Youth Advance Christ program will be Florin Church of the Brethren when Male Quartet of Messiah of Grantham, Pa full program of sacred music ently purchased from Grace the College sent a will pre (Turn to page 5) a Geo. Brown's Sons Sell Their Silic Mill | | Brown's Sons former Silk | 1 No. | Mill, corner East Donegal and Jacob sold to S. Lewis Monroe and orge locally known as the Sts., town, has been Harry H trading as Levy and Morris Levy Levy, Levy, Sons, of Lancaster | | The sale was consummated by Engle and Hambright Inc, er realtors. EE a SUFFERS A POSSIBLE FRACTURED SKULL AND NOSE Musser Martin, 28, Mt. Joy R2, admitted to the™ Lancaster Hospital Monday night a possible fractured was General suffering from skull dants and nose. Hospital atten- the man when he was struck in the face with a fan belt while at work. said il adult Breneman | meeting at | Mr. | With { given in the | Bible | Lancast- | was injured About 80 friends and members of the Methodist School attended a last Wednesday Miss Alice Strickler in of her 40 service in the Mort Salunga Sunday special service evening in honor of recognition years School. The the Sunday had tendent Rev. Mr charge of Mort and solo Miss Alice by Mrs Jack Longenecker, sing, reading by {| was, prgsented with a gift from the department and a basket of from the school. A flowers the Sunday congratulations telegram of received {rom the Rev. Levi Leer, delphia Conference and a {from Miss Elizabeth Eggleston, Sec~ retary Conference was read. A was Church with Phares Stehman as the Master of Greetings were brought Beniamin Charles of the Sunday €chool. The Rev and Mrs. N. H. Lutheran Church, Mr the Church of the Brethren Miss Janet Hess from the Church of Mr Mrs. Amos Strickler and daughter were also present. et eee Rotary Club Held Ladies’ Nite Tues. last was Ceremonies. Mr. "Mennonite Mr. Teer and Mr. Meisenheller of the by and God and meet- held form of a Tue evening the ing of Rotary year at Hcstetters in the Ladies Night with 62 Rotarians and Rotary The gram Chairman Walter lady resented corsage sday the Anns present pro- of each was in charge Sloan with a was Fol- sing- and lowing the dinner and Ralph Es Landvater group ing hleman introduced Mi 1st, Glenn guest solo- who sang three selections, ac- companied by Dr Schlosser on the piano. At the close of this special Art Mayer Anns, events feature, President wel- then had the and in and that year as this | comed the Rotary | summarized the | happened during his | President [a brief handed | Jos Shaefler acceptance Following the new ceremony gavel was over to the who gave a briel speech and then sented to Past President Mayer, the Past Pr the benefit of the the pre- Art pin Rotary Anns President esident’s For members the and | int duced other officers, di- rectors and committee chairman. The then turned Vice introduced He meeting was President the was over to the new | | W er Sloan who | spenlke for the evening. | Re v Aurance Shenk, | Penna { | from Camp Hill, who gave a very fine and forceful talk | talk The that general theme of his was we must learn to and to more of than things live together give ourselves rather see how much material His cause he we can get speech: was very good be- had some finé and very very | good points mixed with some humor The officers Shaeffer, Vice Secretary | good for the coming year Wal- Simon Jos. President; Shan, kinger, are President; and The above Herman Boyer, Treasurer, board of | men Walker bo ctors are | ar the Maye: ’ Dr. plus and Pat 21 He stetter. a CONGRATULATIONS | Mr. John H. Zerphey will cele- Tuesday, July 6th. Mr. William “Bill” Sheaffer cele- brated his seventy-first birthday on | Saturday, June 26th. Both men are enjoying and are seen daily, “Johnny” walk “William” rounds as messenger. - — — ee AIR CONDITIONED on his usual and on his STORE ern air conditioning unit installed at St.,’ and now invites you to shop in cool comfort. as Superin- | program which consisted of a hymn | boys and girls of | and best wishes was | district superintendent of the Phila- | letter | yf Education of the Methodist | luncheon | served in the social room of the | John Herr of | president | Joe | Methodist | brate his seventy-seventh birthday, | reau. a quiet life | The James Shaeffers had a mod- | Kitty's Dress Shoppe on East Main | Weidman, daughter Joseph B. Weidman Rl, Richard A. Charles, Mr Murs ard L.. Charles, Mount Joy married at 6:30 Lutheran Church, at Miss Mary L of Mr Murs of Bainbridge and and How - son of and R2, were p.m June 23, in the Elizabethtown, by the Rev. Ray- Fetter. attended by Miss Paul- the mond Li They were ine Weidman, | and Robert Hassinger sister of Jane Rankin Earl Way Jr. Betty Mrs and John Earl 3:30 Betty | John Miss | ghter of Jane Rankin, dau- Mary M Earl Way Jr. Way, Salunga pm Saturday Church, of Earnest Landisville John the son of married at Zion Lutheran Landisville,. The Rev. P. Leer officiated at ring The gabardine were in the the double ceremony bride wore a white suit with an orchid the accessories and Members of families were present matching corsage. im- mediate | Shirley Ann Swary Charles R. Miss Shirley Ann Swarr, | ter of Mr. Mrs. J Swarr, Landisvile, Engle daugh- Arthur became the Charles R. Engle, of Mrs. E. H Engle, of Saturday at 2 pm in Presbyterian Church McGregor offi- and bride of Mr. and Florin, Donegal The Rev. ciated. Mrs. Wesley Walker, attended the on Thomas Lancaster, matron of the Sara Mary niece of bride as Bridesmaids Helen Landisville. honor. were Misses and Swarr of Kaylor, br idegroom, sisters, Jane Suzanne E-town, the girl The | Wes man served as flower attended Lancaster, as bridegroom was Walker, Ushers by best Howard C the Lan- ley were Ficntz Thomas E. Frontz, the and nephews of bridegroom, caster Miss was or Doan, of Lancaster, Robert Neff, soloist A reception for the held at The thei Grace ganist, and shington Boro, immediate Aunt couple families was Sally s Kitchen, E- the and town West upon will wedding they St. in tou | on their 215 Marietta trip, return will reside at | this boro ? ‘The Lancaster graduate of Business College and is ky L. H. Brubaker, Marie Paul E. Miller The marriage of | Marie | Ginder, | Miller, bridegroom is a | emi loyed Ginder Miss Kathryn John S. 3 and Paul E Miller, Mt place at 6:30 pm niece of RD Arthur took Ginder, E-town son of RD 2, Saturday in the of the Brethren jamin G Joy Church Ben- the Chiques The Rev tauffer officiated at ceremony, [| The by her uncle, Maid of was he Y bride was given in John honor marriage Ginder. Mis Ginder Ardella S. for Miss Salunga sister, Givler of Best man was J. Becker er, cousin of the bride Shenk, Jr (Turn to page 3) lin... nse |BIG LER MUMMA HONORED |BY NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | Bigler H. Mumma, of 105 W. Main | Street, has been presented with the (1 Vational Quality Award for 1948 sponsored by the National Associa- [tion of Life Underwriters Gind- Ushers Chester were Jchn and | [ July | « Wednesday, | $19,990. | Boro, bride, | | for . | tonbora, Rankin, of | | | | | | | the | | op | Life Insurance Sales Research Bu- | He is associated with the Wil- [liam A. Arnold II the Penn Mutual Life Com-~ pany, with headquarters located in [the State Street Building, Agency of Insurance Harris- burg. The Award for the 1948 was given on basis of persistency and quality | of life insurance sold and maintain- {ed in force during the year. mrt A lassen THEY CONCEDE DEFEAT | Lancaster's Democratic says that Dewey's | be the first to adorn | House in 35 years. Daily may White mustache the { with "ed bail Monday bef | missioner W, | \ | | [at | {that of Joseph Wells, for failure to maintain proof of fi- { the United ‘nancial responsibility. Miss Alice Strickler Is Weddings Thruout| The Local News Mortuary Record Honored For 40 Years Our Community |ForThe Past Week Throughout This Of Feithful Service During Past Week| Very Briefly Told Entire Locality Henry W. at Columbia Mi yumbia. Robert H R2 rd bia Saturday. Mrs Flora, the Columbia Hospital. Martha F. Walker Washingtonboro. Miller, Marietta, hundre ¢ Ginter, seventy-six Epi Three Sweigart family euanion at Sarah Elnora Criswell, 83, at Manheim School Board | purchased Twp even buses at a cost of Hershey, sixty-four, at Manhe im boro Councilmen nth Columbia's nine G. Edw Baight, 86, at Colum= will receive $25 per mo starting Ist. Williamson, 42, was given | Catharine eighty, at Roy bite Ix Monday 89 the a dog Rohrer, Along with day's and Tues near aged 69, hard- Tuesday . the first larry T | | ware man at Benj. W! Eliza Hospital, hot we: Japanese beetle Mrs. Eva Me slipped on and broke her wrist. July 1, Mrs Splain assumed the Mountville. Application has Marietta's urally there is A New Holland lad, a policeman, ran into 75 empty came Washing waxed 'zger, 49, Johnson, sixty-five, of bethtown, at the Ruth Baker Mechanicsburg. rs. Elmira FE. Mease, ninely, at She was born at Sa=- Alice Ober, Mount Joy sister. floor Anna duties as Leidy | post= Today, Farmersville. lunga. Mrs. RD. isa mistress at to in- Nat- been made crease water rate opposition Gish Christian E. Gish, twenty-nine, Bainbridge R1, died at 7:35 p. m. ¢6.000 on Saturday at the Harrisburg State com- | Hospital, Harrisburg #fter being in yrg. | ill health over five Born Conoy Twp. he was the son of Mrs. Ada S. Ebersole Gish and the Jate John E.. Gish. He was a mem= ber of Good's Mennonite Church. [ He is survived only by his mother. eesti Wines mn 18. chased hy Christian E. milk | and wrecked a car. Christiana rece the cans ived a new fourth fo service in the past 18 Nitrauer, f elected vice 1 am yal ince, munity for years. William E of town, wig the I: Ralph Frey, Church of the bethtown for rmerly | In presi- Club pastor of the Eliza- years, dent of mcaster Rotary Rev Brethren at the has 2 Heroes Bodies Week's Birth Record Being Returned Mr. and Mrs. a son Saturday at past 17 resigned. ee eel James Young, the Florin | { County war dead bodies being | returned aboard the Army trans- Victory, the De- announced Ten Lancaste en Lancaster Columbia | aa | are among the 3,734 Hospital. Myr. and Manheim Mrs. R2, a of home Harold Lefever, Greenville daughter at : the port | partment of Army Sunday. Monday Mr. and Mrs. Ray unga, a daughter, co Sweitzer, the | Sunday at the 10 local service de- from abroad for return of brings to the The mo Lancaster General Hospital. total of 72 Mr. and Mrs. Wil of Florin, a Thursday, at ceas ‘eturned liam K. Ressler, | I¢ X commun=- next- home their interment in their son the ities as requested by Lancaster General Hospital. Mr Mrs. Walter E. Hiestand, | Manheim R2, a d Monday at Lt the Lancaster General Hospital Lt. War Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Sowers, of | Mr Manheim R2, a Monday at the | Hospital | in —— ree Ww and Kuhn Kuhn, Statler this be killed in France, July 12, 1944. 21 He enlisted in the 1942 Warren H. ven H. Mrs. J. no, was wghter son of and Kuhn, action He ROTC studied at Balti- commissioned went son, Lancaster General n June, and He , Md at Fort THIS BORO | RULING | John alder jo filed by ordered to pay a | $70 Shatto SHATTO, ALDERMAN An appeal from an has been who was GEORGE APPEALS Unive pkins sity, He was Ga 1944 B. Nissley Nise M Raymond man’ Benning, and May, ruling horo eas In man cesspool cleaner Pvt. Raymond George R has reverse the J. Edward Wetzel that the $70 ward Armstrong J tel R4 The hearing in the m: but Chatto did time aymond B ley, son Nissley killed the Main court t | Ald Wetzel paid on East local decision of asked the in age was re- He March of overseas ook August 30, He In {inderh was 1944 at previously rman § °° ruled to Ed- | Lancas- | Ported n held the service June 2 bec month be action. en- 1942 than when he was killed. yO cw. stones anmeeren | Mention MADE RESTITU TION | Miss Alice Brub Carl W. Stokes, Bainbridge, | Ave Florin, spent arrested State Trooper John | In New York City Columbia Sub-station | Miss Shirley week-end irom ilderman had we tter on He less not appear at that ED OI ne Chocolate week-end guest of resi- ker, the by as the Golden of the Shirk, a former over the ed nt I town and charg of Little two Rock Mrs. Missouri with larceny. Ziegler, Police $14 in home of sisters, Mrs. Elizabethtown, accused of taking | Ark., visited his oosevelt dimes the and Lloyd Niblock, Bainbridge the first on June 18. At a before » met in 32 years. | - — Peace, \ Sa r Mun- | rwnship, Si al he is from hearing William he made res- the moy T Justice of dorf, | MARRIAGE LICENSES Paul Hess, Jr., Elizabethtown R3 | Betty J. Breneman, Mt. Joy R2. Paul E. Miller, Mt. Joy R2, and 1 —— Kathry M. Ginder, Elizabethtown TRUCKERS POST BAIL FOR : U.S. COURT APPEARANCE John L. Francis, 6521 N. Lam- Five defendents in the U.S. | bert St., hiladelphia, and Bar- Walters, 254 Marietta titution. and paid the costs of prose- [cution and the charge was with- (a1 [drawn. more Government's case against thirty truck owners and operators charged ret DCI. rene FOR A DIVORCE Complaint in violating Interstate Commerce regulations, SUES fore U. S. Roger Commission safety post- Anna U. Maytown, vs. John Leo 15 E. Main St., Mt. and barbarous treat- and indignities to the person; | married June 28, 1948, Er Com- divorce: Simpson. Fuller, 39, Among them were Fuller, 486, Mount of Landisville. ee DQ ree eee AUTOIST LOST LICENSE Among the driving privileges re- | WOULD MAKE SOME TRAIN voked by the state enough to a year's output of coal in States would stretch [six times around the earth, Guy Haines, Reuben Mille Joy R2 and r, | Joy; cruel last week was | A single train long Manheim R2, | carry ER AS