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:
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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