rice bir ho Today S Forgotten Bio fee Man Stopped Advertising Yesterday 27th Annual | Show Opened Today No folks, you're wrong, Barnum & Bailey's big circus isn't coming to town. Those large tents you see on Henry street will shelter a far more interest- ing show than Barnum ever dreamed of. This is the week of Mount Joy's Farm Show but our sponsors have always thought that title a bit common so we “put on the dog” and call it a Com- munity Exhibit; which is exactly what it is. Almost everything grown thruout this community will be on display from a tiny squash to a mammoth pumpkin, MOST Th e O-THE-MINUTE WEEKLY | N LANCASTER COUNTY Mount Joy Bulletin all = i? The Rev. of the elected presiden County Sunday at the 57th ann held corn, tobacco, hogs, choice beeves, lambs, school | work, canned goods, fancy work, etc., etc. The annual Lancaster County] in order to limit the number of Corn Husking Contest is scheduled | contestants to 12 finalists for the to be held at the Musser Leghorn [| main 80-minute husking feature, Farms a half mile southwest of | which starts at 1 p. m. Officials Florin, cn Friday, Oct. 15 announced that all ex- As in the past, applicants must | hibits for the annual community | show up for the eight - minute | shew must be entered on Thurs- elimination trials, which will be | day, not later than 1 p.m., at the 10 am. | (Turn to Page 6)¢ held at the same farm at Bros. Bie Former Residents, Crusher Plant At Now In California .Rheems Damaged Married 70 Years | as follows: | \ | Methodist Chur Ranck, here, was t of the School iversary VOL. XLVIII, NO 20 Res. Ezra H. Rank Reelected Pres. L.C.S.S.Assoc’n Ezra H EUB church pasto: re- Lancaster Association convention Wednesday in St. Paul's ¢h. Approximately 200 persons attended the three ses- sions and All other officers were Paul S. Baker, banquet. reele eted Landis- Mount Joy, Pa., Thursday JURY RETURNS VERDICT IN ¥AVOR OF THE SICO COMPANY Everything That In a case Monday, tried even though the defendant failed to ap- H d At pear, a Common Pleas jury retur :- appene ed a verdict in favor of the Sico . Company, this boro, in the amount Florin Recently f $131.21 and interest of $13.12 Mechan- a business trip Mrs. R. W. icsburg who was on against J. E Roberts of Murry Counsel for . Murry, trading as the Station, Murry Service Lancaster. called on her Mrs. N. E. Hershey to Pniladelphia, ents, Mr. and i yar- withdrew from the case by permission of the Court, Testimony was presented by Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Breneman two witnesses for the Sico Co pri- and Mr, and Mrs. Jacob Eshleman or to the judge's charging of the visited friends at Somerset County jury, which deliberated slightly | °™ Sunday. over 15 minutes Mr. and Mrs, Clarence Douple and children, and the formers merchandise to Mur- The case involved brother in Cali- Pittsburgh on Sat- mother visited a fornia, Pa sold by the Sico Company ry for which Murry Bear ville, first vice-president; the Rev was indebted fay Nevin H. Zuck, Elizabethtown, sec- | In the sum of $131.21 it was testi- er Ape Not: Mateer ond vice-president; the Rev. Nevin fied Mr. wd Mrs, Orman AE Sel C. Harner, Ph. D. Lancaster, third | EE and sen of Mount Joy, visited Mr. I Dr, . “" .ancaster, + 2 sid Mi M EF . and Mrs. George Mumper on Sat- vice - president; Miss Mary Of : : > urday evening. Swope, Lancaster, executive sec- Brief News From The Shi Stars Clas { the retary; Miss Claribel R. Kunkle = hrs so |r : or 3 i : Th D i F EUB Church entertained the Loyal {| Rohrerstown, recording secretary, { vl. . dy in and James M. Miller, Elizabeth- € a {A or Sons Class to a Halloween party al : y - . tne fire hall on Monday evening, town, treasurer. k R ki p > rizes were won by John Wittle, The Rev. Glenn Matter, Millers- | Quic €a g Mrs. Anne Buckwalter, and Mrs, ville, is a newly elected member | w y >. fF . f th xecutiv mmitt TS | Railrcads thruout the country Vera Raffensberger. 0 e exec /e CO ee, ncse yw reelected ‘wore DEC. Howard Wit have asked for a 13 percent increase Mr. and Mrs. Benj. F. Kauffman lecte ere q War - : Vos i Wer 8 : : ot M A in rates Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Bigler of Mt ner, Lancaster; Mrs. Arthur 1 2d y \ Q Jo é Mr atie Eshelman, Paradise; Clarence M Mrs. Sarah E. Druck, of York, nd Mis, Katie Poreman of Sy oN pi * 1 ain near FElizabethtown, spent several Fbersole, O. L. Hampton and J. R. | 00K an airplane ride to celebrate 1 I I eld. H Powers. Lancisier. Dr. B. 'W her: 90th Birladay. ays at J angley Field, ampton, > a aus) : . ; Va., visiting S, Sgt. and Mrs. Rich- Schlosser, Elizabethtown; the Rev. Motorists dropped $2,739,582 in rd Maurice J ver N a ‘kles ) arking fer: “u=- : : : A ries E Ho r, Columbia; | nic int : parking meters thru A public sale of household goods Ss | “hance ar e lO nna. during 1947 q : . Zou Ch hoe, 3 Bart, and th ut Penna. during 1947. end antiques will be held by S. Rev 5 Lewis | About a year ago Lebanon put a Nissley ‘Gingrich on Saturday, Oct. | HOSSLER’S SCHOOL FORMED | | A roaring fire, fed by 80) gal-| Upland, Calif —Mr. and Mrs. B.| Ions cf asphalt, raged through the ; F. Engle, who met 74 years ago in crusher plant of the Heisey Bros. , Lancaster County, Friday celebrat- | quarry at Rheems Tuesday morn- | ed their 70th wedding anniversary | ing, completely destroying the | by entertaining friends and rela- | crusher building and causing con- | tives, including 23 grandchildren siderable damage to the adjoining ; and 17 great grandchildren. | six-story tipple. Mrs. Engle is a sister of the Rev. The blaze, which is believed to | Eli M. Engle, on Marietta street, have started in an electrical con- | who is ninety-one years old. She trol panel cn the ground floor of | and her husband moved to Cali- the two-story crusher, quickly’ fornia about 60 years ago. spread to a storeroom “l began courting Mrs. Engle tank holding 800 gallons of asphalt | when I was 17 years old,” the ac- was ignited. related. “I Fed by miles over to her the dry It took four years engulfed structure, | (Turn to page 7) | —— where al | | tive husband used to the blazing ride nine father’s the entire asphalt on | timbers, fire quickly | farm to see her. the spread to the conveyor leading to the tipple and firally ignited the | AMONG THE FIRST DRAWN six-story building. FOR PRE-INDUCTION EXAMS (Turn to Page 7) | The names of 33 Lancaster i a | County men who were sent to] 32 LICENSES REVOKED yesterday and today In the week ending Sept. 24, the for pre-induction physica] examin- | A Parent was formed at Hossler's { A PARENT-TEACHER GROUP Teacher Association | School [tax on all coin machines. In a year | 30, at o'cleck. — ee one received $3,380. — Adis 4 LE HempfildH. 3. Class the city Hanser, fifty-six, was $15,000 in Orphans | arrested for embezzling funds of the Lutherans’ Rapho Twp., last Thursday evening | Home with Mrs. Page Schildnecht, presi- Enos K. Frey, sixtv-cne, Millers- '36 Holds A Reunion dent of the Lancaster County PTA | ville RD was arrested twice within Members of the class of 1936, Ccuncil, in charge of organization. | an hour for driving after ‘his lic- | East Hempfield High School, met Mrs. H. G. Shonk is teacher of the | ense had Leen suspended Inst week at a clam bake at Ho- school. The following were elec-| Miss Dorothy W. Volrath, thirty-] steticr’s, when they made Pia for | ted officers: Elmer Siegrist, presi- | five. of Maple Grove, was struck |the memorial in honor of Richard dent; Lynn Ober, vice president; | and killed by a hit and run driver. | Markley a member of the lage Anna Mary Forry, secretary; and | Her body was found in the gutter. | who ! ot nis } ouring Wori! Wor Irvin Auker, treasurer. —— Mr 1 ® The next meeting will ke on Oct. | MACHINES TO BE DESTROYED { The memorial will be in the for | 22. a —_ The court approved destruction | oi a plaque on the namo of - of four slot machines which were | the outst nding thilete oi each JURY REVERSES RULING eized in a raid March 31 in Mari- | year will be placed. The athlete OF LANCASTER ALDERMAN etta. They were the property of | will also receive a certificate, { A jury in Court yesterday return- | Alfred Clark During the bii-ness session [(x- Bureau of Highway Safety with- | ations were announced Monday. drew the cards of 341 drivers. Of | Among them are Charles I. Mel- this number 32 were revoked and horn, Mount Joy Rl; Irvin G. Kos- 309 were suspended. Operating | er, Klinesville; Albert E. Zeager, Privileges were restored to 438. J Rheems. H. S. Newcomer & Son, Tne. Purchased Sheridan’s Garage and implement business. koro. The boy was treated by Dr. David E. Schlosser, and then taken to the hospital. Possession will be given on or be- (Turn to Page 3) awarding Ira ed a ruling of a local Alderman J. handed down the R2, $94.88 Arndt, automobile dam: sealed ver Acker, accident. dict alderman. reversing Edward original 18es Lawn, as the result of against H the Wetzel judgment Elizabethtown P an Arndt appeal- | {ed the decision to Court and the de- | cision of Alderman Wetzel was set aside, ———— re returned in the 24 and 25-year : i portant realty i _— TTT | REJECTS $430-ACRE OFFER broke here last evening whereby Bo 3, Struck B y Auto | FOR RAPHO TWP. FARM H. S. Newcomer & Son, Inc, became y, y A final offer of $130 an acre was the new owners of Sheridan's Gar- Near His Home, Florin rejected and a Rapho township age, corner West Main and New farm of 54 acres, a mile west of | Haven streets. Richard Oberholitzer, three, | Frisman’s Church between Mount The purchase includes a lot front- adopied son of Mr. ang Mrs Ralph | Joy and Manheim, was withdrawn | ing 100 feet on Main street and ex- | Wood Seest, Florin, when offered by Lester B. and | y tending in depth 206'2 feet to Hen- mite Be uate Fannie B. Brubaker at public sale ry street, The improvements are a SE Los i aii "5 Thurstay aftetndon. Samuel 8 brick garage and show room 50x180) ye x5 Y 9% | Wenger was the attorney, Soot. Alto a 25 story frame dwel. | 2810 near his home. ; He was re- | Ms iri . . | ported in “fair’ condition Tuesday | ling. This is the former Enos nicht . D d d d Rohrer garage and residence. Wostital attaches sald Ge Wat ee S ecor Bg After a thoro face lifting the place suffering from a fractured left leg, | Hannibal and Mildred Capretti, will be the show rooms of the Chev-| , possible skull fracture, lacera- | Lebanon, to Paul H. Stern, Man- | rolets and Oldsmobiles while the | jn of the scalp, right eyelid and | heim, tract containing 2 acres, 118 rear will be used as a garage. The upper lip and bruises and contu- | perches, Mount Joy Twp. entire garage equipment and repair | sions of his entire body. Herman and Anna Gromoll, Mt shop of H. S, Newcomer & Son, Inc. State Policeman Joseph Hart- Joy Twp. to Hannibal Capretti, located for many years on N, Bar- man, who investgated, said he | trading and doing Lusiness as Nip's bara street, will be moved to the | |...ned the boy darted from the | Motor Co., Lebanon, tract contain- new location. sidewalk near his home into the | ing 2 acres, 118 perches, Mount Joy | The building vacated by the New- | pata of an auto driven east cn | TWP. $1250. comer firm will be used for storage | Wood Street by John Lee Rice, Jr., TT -_—— in connection with their hardware | twenty-three, 120 W. Main St., this A total of 163 draft questionaires age groups registered conscientious ob- jectors. rw (The New American LaFrance Pumper Purdiased by Bore Come! Moti Nite | Nr | ENGAGED Mr, and Mi J. M W. Market St., the engagement of their daughter | os tey Haverstick, Rohrerstown, was named chairman of a 402 | p! | aniaounce | me committes to Reich, in for the 1949 reunion. Nineteen \ rv » Marietta mbers of the class were present well as a number of guests. Mary Helen, to Gerald R. Sheetz, sen of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Sheetz,| The nineteenth polio case has Mzain St. of this place been reported in the county. Boro Council Purchased Fire Engine For $14,924 ‘Water Rates To Be Upped Jan. 1- Some Double Pres. called a meeting of Council Monday Eicherly special nite for| LETTERS GRANTED Hiram S. the transaction of general business. Greiner Mount Joy ! . { All members except Dr. Gates | Twp. administrator of the estate | were present. Also the burgess. [of Martin W. Griner, late of Mount The Water Rates Joy Twp. Mr, Keller, of the water commit- | Ruth B. Keller, Mount Joy nd \ . » ry 8 160. : ro-thirds : | tee, reported that two-third 91] Union National Mount Joy Bank, held a hemes in the the committee Lhere are 864 The creasing the meeting. 3 4 inistrator c. t. a. of the of Raymend H. Keller, Joy estate late of Mt. boro. recommends in- those wino now pay $5 to $12 per year. committee water rate for Oscar M. Donaven, administrator [tie M. Mount Joy, of the estate of Ber- Snyder, late of Mount Joy. Marion M. Nissley, Mt. the Columbia, Union National Mt. | administrator ¢f the Upon motion the solicitor in con- Tripple Sr. Water instructed to All others, except business places and Industries to $22 per year and Joy, ex- Webster families in | i $33 | ecutor of places where there are two | ur | the same house the rate be George T. Tne industries be rates for kLusiness estate, and doubled plus 25 Joy bank, Clyde M. cents fcr each employee, estate, committee : ———— prepare an VARIOUS FIRE COMPANIES foregoing | TO RECEIVE RELIEF MONEY junction with the | will ke | ordinance as per the | suggestions, The numerous Firemen's Relief Mr. Keller repcrted that no wat-| Fund Associations, fifty - eight in er rents have been paid for the | all, will receive the follcwing | Trimmer apartments since their | amounts from foreign fire insur- completion over a year ago. The | ance. { matter will have the atten- | Local amounts are: Bironghs, Eli- proper | tion. 781.95; Manheim, $3,- Mr. Paul Stehman was reim- | 256.26; Marietta, $752.65; Mount ot to the amount of $48.50 for (Joy, $419.73. Townships: Conoy, taxes paid in error. | $24.10; fast Donegal, $101.19; East | F srmer burgess Jchn A. Bach- Hempfield, $216.42; Rapho, $43.88; Von appeared before council and | West Donegal, $86.19; West Hemp- | complained about the dusty con- | field, $71.53. dition of Donegal Springs Road in ils { front of his property. Upcn mo- A Lancaster County horse show (Turn to page 7) will be held Sunday, Oct. 17, Afternoon, October 14, WAS INJURED between BUT NO ONE collision There was a two cars at the intersection of | Main and New Haven streets Sat- | urday afternoon at 2:10. Fortun- ately no one was injured but both | ars were damaged to the extent of about $100 it was reported Carol J. Kiecker, of Harrisburg, | wes traveling east in a Dodge Aaron Heisey, of the stop sign before M in damaging the town, stopped at I that starting across street The collided left cars front of the He:sey car and the right rear of the Krecker car. As none of cur local” policemen could be located, sheriff Elmer to investigate Mr, present deputy Zerphey asked Zerphey then the report over to policeman Mich- ae] Good Fire Co. Auxiliary Gave Uniform Fund Toward New Engine A joint meeting of the ship Fire Co. No. 1, was made and the investigation turned | Friend- and the Ladies’ Aux. of the Fire Company was field Thursday night. There were twenty - one ladies present and thirty-two men, | call dur- | The chief reported one ing the month. Entertainment committee turned in $16.19. Trustees reported the. memorial plaque hung on the east wall of the social room. The following men were named | on the smoker committee: James Markley, Paul Brandt, Earl Zink, | Hubert Rice, Harvey Balmer, Mike | Frank Good and Carl Co- en. | Bills to the amount of $180.67 | were Randler, approved. The fire engine committee re- | ported that council opened bids for | a new engine, but the solicitor ad- | vised not to accept any until he can prepare the necessary papers to borrow the money The auxiliary gave their consent for the fire company to transfer the | money from the uniform fund to fund The death of Ray the engine Kelley was re- ported and his death claim ordered ! paid Paul Brandt was elected trustee (Turn to page 3) — KINDERGARTEN OPENS Miss Mary C. Downey, of Lan-| caster is coming to Mount Joy to | serve this community with private kindergarten. | The classes will be held daily in | St. Luke's Episcopal Church, from | 1 to4p m Miss throughout Downey is well known Lancaster C . | her kindergarten [ { RE —_—— AROUND HERE | ounty for THREE FROM 1948 TWO CARS COLLIDED HERE | ting the iy Washington School Bulletin Plant Thurs. { CHURCH BUYS PARSONAGE $2.00 a Year in Advance State Rules Against Boro On Burgess Member Boro Auth’ry Quite some time ago Mount Joy { Boro Council named a Boro Auth- m Com Husking jority, whose duty was to lay plans tor the improvement of our local Championship Friday The facilities. As a member of Burgess Thos. J. B. | named. The De- | refused to | to be | | | water board, Lancaster County is scheduled October 15th Annual Corn Husking Contest held on Friday, Brown was one partment at Harrisburg approve the authority stating that {at the Musser Leghorn Farms the burgess could not be a mem- | which ‘are located one mile south- bel west of Florin, As has been cus- Solicitor Arnold was of the state tomary, the preliminaries will be neld at 10:00 o'clock in the fore- The main event will be lim= ited to last year’s champion and to the eleven winners in the morning opin=- | icn that the erred in its de- | cision and said he would be | noon pleased to argue the case before the powers that be at Harrisburg. At a councilmanic meeting about | preliminaries. | that time Councilman Robert Kel- | This contest is again sponsored ler, who was of the same opinion | by the Mount Joy Community Ex- hibit. will be awarded of contes- | the contestants in the final contest. The any corn huskers living in Lancaster Coun- ty as the sclicitor, $200 toward the State's ordered the volunteered to pay Cash prizes expense opinion. Council association invites solicitor to proceed (Turn to page 7) to compete. Mortuary Record Throughout This Entire Locality fifty-five, at Students Toured The Harry Davis Hoover, Marietta. Sixty-seven students, accompan- ied by two teachers, of the Wash- . : 4 * Mrs, Della M. Broome Wisler at ington Elementary school, at Flor- ol | 4 i in, visited the lccal Post Office and Pun ra ly) St The Bulletin office last Thursday : il Satan i$ a y rauss, {er eighty-eight, at Marietta. | : Harris David Hoover, fifty-five, At this icquainted office the with the children were of Marietta, at St, pital Sunday. : Joseph's Hos- procedure in editing and printing a newspape-, Isaac Lawrence Peiffer, forty, of finishing their tour by watchin: Elizabethtown. at St Joseph's the weekly edition “go to press” Hospital Sunday. and receiving sample copies us| yo E., wife of Walter L. they came off the press Herr, Elizabethtown, at her home Various phases necessary in pro-| Friday aged fifty-five years. aucing job printing were also ex- plained, but the students seemed Charles M. Schneider died last nost fascinated by the Wednesday in Los Angeles, Calif. end Ludlow, which produce! hot where he resided for the past metal slugs with their names on, (Turn to page 3) BUCKINGHAM MANSION HOUSE | TO BE METHODIST REST HOME The Buckingham Mansion House, built in 1740 by Peter well as the which rotary press rapidly prints, folds and trims the newspaper M1 Wilbu Ralph Mrs. ympanied the Beahm and Coleman ace . at Cornwall, fo 11 A B st le 1s ( pr Ble - N by A El toh 2 le Grubb, was purchased for $20,000 Nancy Arndt, Elizabe 3loo : R a x ks : ay and will become a rest home for Char >owers, Mira ubaxKer, » . 2.0 . Esbenshude. .M G retired Methodist ministers. It is a Ja y LSD SHAe, via ene ”~ . Kenneth Geib, Arlene Heisey, Peg- Pi-sere' tract of land with large Hol Basi H iki R oh stable and carriage house, garage 3 elsey WV 11Ce ess, 1 1 esd : and: vreenhouse.. The mans Kopp, Cynthia Lehman, Milton oe Sree Jouse The mansion has Martin Audrey Musser, Ethel! = I A Musser, Donald Slaseman Santee] Traxler, Clarence Witmer, Ken- Th L al N w neth Wittle, Alvin Wolgemuth, | e 0C € S (Turn to page 7) mz” For The Past Week | THE LANDISVILLE LUTHERAN Very Briefly Told J. Willis forty-one, Par- Blotten- | { adise Rl, was run over by the front Lutheran An eight dwelling at for $10,150 by berger to the -room brick and frame | Landisville sold | Anna E, Landisville was Landis, | wheels of a tractor, IN RECENT PROSECUTIONS | at a public sale held Sat- | While on a visit at Wrightsville Twenty=s file Wore : wday. The property is to be used Sunday, Mrs. E. E. Grosh, of Mari- Wenty=-3ix motors > Were Dro=l.sa parsonage. Other articles sold etta, fell and broke her hip. secuted over the week-end, thre | included dishes from $3 to $8 each, | A man at Lancaster, fined’ res pi © vi | I i ae an é of whom were from this vicinity and a cocoo clock for $25. E. V. dently for drank und: disorderly Harry Reynolds, Florin, was pro-| o | J 3 8 J : 2 Spahr was the auctioneer | threw a brick thru a window at the secuted by Lanc. police for reckless | wo es seme tl Af fre i ; | . 1 . | 10me of a policeman driving. Oreville S. Heisey, Man- mia ais . Sex heim R2 on the chats | WANT CITY BY-PASSED | A 4-room cottage was ripped off ‘im Z on 1€ SA arge, ay n 1 i . Merle B. H Mount Jov RL. at) The Lancaster Automobile Club jtg foundation at Sandy Beach when wrle B ess, Mot Joy 11, at a | Friday night named a seven-man a milk truck ran off Highway 222. Denver oii ignoring a top sign | > ——— — Week's Birth Record Mr.. and Mrs. Marlin Gish, of Florin, a Monday at the Lancaster General Hospital Mr. and Mrs, William Waltz, this daughter Tuesday it the daughter boro, a Lancaster General Hospital. committee to work for a by-pass | traffic are at 1t around Ronks Hallowe'en pranksters that would carry through - vather early. Down around the city. {they are already burning corn Ty {shocks at different places. THAT'S TOPS FOR TOBACCO NY A Lancaster dealer sold thirty The “Staurbridge Lion,” first cases of tobacco measuring 24/{ steam locomotive to run success= America, 1829 inches at a t This a good price for p price of 75 cents a| fully in was put into op- pound speaks well award fevation ir at Honesdale, Penn- this year’s crop sylvania A I AAA CINE i RRR SEER
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