ur tee. int, le A fA i Baccalaureate Service, Sun., May 22; Class Day, Tues. May 24; Commencement Thurs., May 26, High School Auditorium A Local Trucker Seeks Permit From Public Utility Com. Lloyd S. Caldwell, Lancaster RS, trucker, asked PUC permission for hauling chocolate products and similar manufactured items for the Bachman Chocolate Manufacturing Co., Mt. Joy, between Florin and Reading. Caldwell, who bought the truck- ing business two years ago, mis- takenly thought the firm had PUC permission for the run, according to testimony offered before Calvin 7. Spitler, examiner, at the court Pouse, Protests were offered on behalf of the Keystone Express and Stor- age Co. by Joseph R. Forrest, of Columbia R1, and Motor Fyeight Express Co. by W. G. Dinsmore, 500 E. King St. York. Caldwell, who now hauls for the Bachman firm between Florin and Philadelphia, asked an amendment to his present permit. He said he recently signed an agreement with the Bachman Co. to haul on the Florin-Reading route at 20 cents a hundredweight. Harry S. Stark, 307 W. Donegal St., Mount Joy, appearing for Bachman, con- firmed the agreement. Caldwell bought the business two years ago from Earl Good and was told he had rights for the Florin and Reading run, Stark said. The protesting carriers said they now have Florin and Reading routes. They said their rate would probably be 28 cents a hundred weight. Winner of Essay Contest Is Chosen; Announce Tues. The regular meeting of the [ Chamber of Commerce was held on | Monday evening at which time the winner of the annual Essay con- test was chosen. There were ten entries in the contest this year and the theme was “How Should The Public High Schools Prepare It's Graduates For Worthy Community Citizen- ship?” The writers of the entries designated by numerals only. ter the essays were read by the education committee, consisting of Wilbur Beahm, ‘Walter Sloan and Christ Walters, the members unanimously chose No. 4 the winner. The name this stu- dent will be announced at the Class Day exercises. The usual committee presented their reports Christmas decorations for ough was discussed. This put into the hands of a committee who will ask the Boy Scouts to install the lights after the have been erected by the No further plans were made. The meeting then adjourned and the merchant session, were Af- as of chairman and the was trees boro. division went Merchant Division C of C Considering Sales Day In Town Following the Chamber of Com- merce meeting on Monday evening the merchants division met to dis- cuss a town wide Sales Day for Mount Joy. Local businessmen were most enthusiastic concerning this pro- ject and all phases of publicity, prizes, probable dates, etc. were discussed. No definite action was taken at the time but it is hoped the dates for same can be announced after a meeting to be held this Monday, May 23rd. Watch for news concerning this big event in next week’s issue. —— A OR ——— LOCAL LADY AN HEIR The will of the late Levi N. Peck, former president of the Citizens Bank and Trust Co. and a former member of Borough Council of Middletown, was filed for probate at the Dauphin County Court House, Harrisburg, recently. Mrs. Floy Gilbert, of thic boro, is one of four daughters who will share in the estate. A FIRE INSURANCE RATES WILL BE REDUCED BY N. A. The Insurance Company of North America has reduced its rates on churches, public buildings, resi- dential, farm property, mercantile and non-manufacturing risks. the bor- | mously elected Quartermaster the Mount Joy Post 5752, Veterans of Foreign Wars, at a meeting held at the Fire Hall Tuesday night. He will fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Harold Wagner. was an informal “get together” all prospective softball players, un- der the direction of Warren Foley, to discuss the selection of a capable manager for the team. MOST The -THE-M VOL. XLVIII, NO. 51 The VFW Meeting Held Tuesday Nite unami=- of Robert R. Brosious was The Athletic officer, Warren Fo- ley, reported that the Marble Tour- nament was with the finals to be held on Thurs- day night. in its closing stages, Two new members were elected into the post, Daniel B. Carter and Giles Roth and Robert Childs were re-in- stated. H. Urban, while Clarence The post also decided to sponsor a donkey softball game on June 17 After the regular meeting, there of It has since been announced by Foley that “Red” Barnhart has accepted the managership. a etl A Aen TOBACCO SALES MAKE A BREAK The General Cigar Co., at Lancas- ter yesterday sent buyers into the field to buy Lancaster county's 1948 tobacco crop at 30 and 10 cents. It cents for reported was an increase of five wrappers. Buying heavy in the southern section. Farmers can rest assured that when General starts buying, other Lancaster buyers will go into the market. A big tobacco crop that was seeking buyers at 25 cents since early Spring will in all probability be grabbed in short order at the five cent advance. net Ar WEST HEMPFIELD PUPILS TOUR PHILADELPHIA Pupils of the 5th to 8th grades of Silver Spring, Airy Vale and Fair- view Schools, West Hempfield Twp., were taken by chartered bus to Philadelphia Wednesday. Chaperoned by Mrs. Fanny M. Tlgenfritz, Mrs. Bertha Reapsome, and Miss Mildred Reapsome, tearh- ers. The group visited historiral points of interest, the front and took a ferry boat ride to Camden. Approximately 43 adults made the trip. ell ee BRETHREN SHIPPED MORE PURE BRED CATTLE TO GREECE was zoo, water- children and The Brethren Service Committee [last week shipped six purebred | Brown Swiss cattle to Greece for into an insemination and breeding pro- | gram. | Benjamin G. Bushong, Columbia RD, executive secretary, said this is the third shipment since ‘the war. On May 23, the relief group slated to send the first airplane load of heifers to Venezuela. The shipment will be made from Day- ton, Ohio. is eee THE LEGION AUXILIARY HELD ITS MAY MEETING Twenty-five members attended the May meeting of the American Legion Auxiliary, last week. A contribution of $25.00 was for- warded to the Memorial Day Com- mittee. The local unit will be entertain- ed by the Denver Auxiliary at their June lst meeting. Members will meet at Newcomer's Service Station at 6::30 p. m. A joint meeting of the Legion and Auxiliary will be held in July I DEPUTY FISH WARDEN Mr. Charles Good, son of Frank “Mushy” Good, of this place, was appointed Deputy Fish Warden for this section. He sworn in during the past week. te ESTATE IS ADJUDICATED Among the estates adjudicated was that of Reuben S. Ney, of East was Donegal Twp. There remains $4,- | 736.37 for distribution among the heirs. BE a a FLORIN TRIO PARTICIPATED The Miller Trio, Florin, render- ed several selections at the YWCA at Lancaster on Saturday evening on a Youth For Christ Program. BOROUGH INVITING BIDS ON FIRE COMPANY BONDS Bids for the purchase of $1! 5,000 | rr —— general obligation notes, dated on Atten Lebanon-Chester County area have July 1, 1949 will be received by | I ore wed $919,571.43 from the fed- | the Mt. Jof Borough Council wg eral government from 1935 to the | 7:30 p. m. June 6, for the pur- | ongress, ottst’ Ace of 1948 and have repaid 69 chase of a new pumper for the lo- Trinity Lutl | | r cent of the loans. cal fire company. ; rin y uthe rn Church, Noun The figures are contained in a 1 Joy, sent nine of its women to he | saviour a The notes. ave to. be in denomiti=| i is | review by J. Omar Nissley, Jr, N= | Convention Congress of the Wo- | Quarryville supervisor of the Far- | actions of $5,000 each, maturmg | en's Missionary Society of the H me Admi ist at} serially at the rate of $5000 per on. ina | : ome y & ! N Ministerium of Pa. and the Adja-| Nissi y said the farm 1 > year beginning one year from the| , - tt [| == sa ie arm loans are g t : 1€ | cent States, which met in Eman- | 40 only to persons unable to ob- ate of the nojes, No bids will | uel Lutheran Church, Pottstown, | in credit eitl t Ineal Dank be accepted which are for less than | Pa, May 12 to 16 4 } re eller al HANKS op the entire issue. or which. name 8 7 3 Le Roder wae dele [Hier Joy agencies. Loans : tre Re : rises sw i ha i. dh, | are made at the rate of 5 percent. bid price of less than par and ac-| gate from the Lancaster Confer- | mm wicor sal cured interest ! : ed he supervisor said the organi- ln | ence to the synodical convention | " te ug | o has on file 611 applications The bids will be received by W.| on May 12-16, and eight members | : ; f F. Brian, burough secretary. . 7 ¢ : | for loans with little hope of giv- ro cretary 0 » congreg: : ie congregation attended the ling aid because of a lack of funds, | | A Tie Vote Forced E.Donegal High To Crown 2 Queens A tie vote for two of the five candidates for May Queen at East Donegal Twp. High Schoo] result- ed in the crowning of two May Queens at the 13th annual pageant held at Maytown. Mary Jane Sollenberger and Ha- zel Miller tied for the honor, each 102 votes. It was the first time in the of the May Day that a tie was recorded in the election held the 324 pupils. Identities of the winners until receiving history event by were kept secret the corona- tion ceremony. A pageant of “Cinderalla” was presented for the ceremony which was attended by more than 2000 patrons. Presiding at the ceremony was Mildred Siegrist, the “1948 Queen, and the two new Queens received their flower crowns from Roy Prescott and Jay Wolgemuth, of the Senior class. Also in the May (Turn to Page 3) V.F.W. Post Plans Intensi To meet the needs of local vet- eran welfare this year, and to suc- cessfully carry our V. F. W. Na- tional Program, Mount Joy Post 5752 of the. Veterans of Foreign Wars, will intensify its Buddy Pop- py sale in Mt. Joy and vicinity on May 27, 28 and 30th, Charles Bai- ley, commander, has announced The low purchasing power of the dollar, coupled with the inadequacy of compensation rates for our dis- abled veterans, has placed an ad- ditional burden the rehabili- tation upon and service program of the veterans’ organization. Likewise, the of field contact men of the Veter- ans Administration has augmented overseas abolition of the force greatly the service of the V. F. W. Pests throughout the nation. The V. F. W. Commander ex- plained that approximately two- (Turn to Page 2) L Personal Mention Mr. Reuben Shellenberger, of town, spent last Sunday at Coates- ville with Mr. John Thompson. Mrs. Daniel Wolgemuth, Florin, Mrs. Paul Stehman Sr, and Mrs. Simeon Horton attended the 64th National Needlework Guild Convention at Philadelphia. About two thousand persons attended. Mrs. David Shonk, of town, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Braun, and Cloy Hoffer of Florin; Mr. and Mrs. Paul Risser and sons, Cloy, Wilbur and Jay, of Landisville; Mr. and Mrs. Merle Hoffer and sons, of Lancaster Mrs. Elsie Johnson of Home- stead, were supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Myers at West Lam- peter. Miss Joyce Ellis spent the week end at Philadelphia. RAPHO DRIVER PROSECUTED D. Clyde Moyer, Manheim RD2, charged with making unnecessary noise in operating his automobile was prosecuted by Manheim po- liceman Ammon Boyer before the annual and Justice of the Peace L. W. Musser, J Manheim, INU TE Mount Jot, Pa. Thursday Alsen, May 19, Lutheran Women Congress, held as a part of the convention over the week-end, of | May 14 and 15. Those who oq tended the Congress sessions were: Fo Clyde Eshleman, president of the local society, Mrs. Irvin Smith, | Miss Mary Charles, Miss Beulah Smith, Miss Dorothy Wolfe, Mrs. Nicholas Leitner, Mrs. Ralph Ober- | holtzer and Miss Nancy Brooks. Heard at the Congress banquet | on Saturday evening were mis- | sionaries Rev. and Mrs. Edward Graefe from Argentina; Miss Helen Lawson from Liberia; a daughter of missionaries to China, who- was interned with her parents during the war, Miss Janet Reinbrecht; and national Christians, Miss To- | kiko Wawagiri from Japan; = and Miss ice Kushum Sokey Zachariah and Miss Al- from India. On Sunday afternoon, meeting, the speaker Charles W. Baker, Jr., the Women’s Missionary Society of mass Mrs. president of at a was the United Lutheran Church in America, and organization consist- ing of 80,000 Lutheran "Women in the United States and Canada. st — ICE CREAM STORE WILL OPEN HERE FRIDAY this Friday, May 20th, at 411% Kast | of Peiffer’s Store, Government Surplus afterncons and including | Sundays evenings returned to the Peiffer at Middletown. been store RULES AND REGULATIONS Twenty-nine the privileges motorists from section of state lost last the their ving week Here vicinity: they violated laws. are immediate Russell A. Patton, Joseph Arthur Mumma, H. Funk, E-town. Driving: Donald R1; Paul Pickel, those from our Speeding: Columbia; Florin; Enos Reckless mer, Gea- Columbia of Landisville. Driving Too Fat: Irvin Manheim RD2; Clyde S. Columbig RDI. Licenses Restored: Asher Mt. Joy; and Charles Charles- E-town. re REV. ELV.ER HOOVER, E'TOWN SPOKE TO OUR ROTARIANS Rev. Elmer the Elizabethtown College and a Chaplain in World to the tional Services” Auker, Mumma, mer, ton, Hoover, a member of faculty War II, Rotarians on at Tuesday's lunch- spoke eon, were: R. A. Harry Dor- sheimer, of Elizabethtown, William Mundorf, of the Bainbridge-May- town Club and Al Ebbert, of Lititz tl re BIRTHDAY PARTY Kitty Wittle, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Wittle, Marietta Ave, was honored at a party in celebra- thirteenth birthday. Agnes Visiting Rotarians Kumpf, of Lewistown, tion of her Guests were Rachel Koser, Rosenfeld, Lois Jane Kaylor, Joyce | Metzler, Mary Catharine Schneider Nancy Jo Detwiler, Kay Metzler, | Kay Kear, Jean and Glenn Wittle, and Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Wittle, PENNA. RANKS THIRD Pennsylvania ranks third among the States in the amount of motor fuel taxed at the prevailing rate, tration Wit- | WEEKLY | FARMERS BORROW | June A new ice cream store will open | {ore | | | people. THEY VIOLATED THE STATE'S | | this dri- | because | of | N L ANCASTER COUNTY $919.571 YEARS Lancaster FROM U. Farmers S. IN 13 in the ang Additional available after July 1. ee el money, Brief News From The Dailies For Quick Reading An 18-months old was drowned in a serub bucket at near- baby ty Reading. Three truckers were fined $50 each and costs at Lancaster. They had overloads. There are forty-three cases on the preliminary trial list of the Criminal Court. William F. Nelson, of Wellsville, caught a 30-pound rock fish at Con- owingo with a rod and reel. J. Raymond Witmer, 58, a rail- road freight clerk, was killed in the yards at Columbia Saturday. Over at Easton 12 truck drivers were arrested for over-weight. Eight paid $50 fines each and four were jailed. Frederick Bryan, World War I veteran donated eyes to the eye-bank hospital be- Harrisburg, a his he died. F. Bergman, A Pa., Leetsdale, Main St., town, the former location | always walks the distance of years he is old on his birthday. Last { week he walked from Atlantic City Hershey's ice cream will be sold |to Philadelphia 62 miles. A of eight civilian em- group | ploye: s of the Middletown Air De- Mrs. Bernard C. Kear is the | pot were flown to Alaska last proprietor and welcomes a share | week, 600 miles south of the North of your patronage. See advertise- i Pole, to make repairs to a disabled ment. | airplane. The army surplus merchandise| The Weather Man is rather tough formerly sold at this location has| on Texans. Last week a hurricane and killed a number of Monday they had a cloud- 10-inch rainfall and a num- struck burst, her of people were drowned. re tA eer REV. SUMMY ATTENDING THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE Pastor C. I. Summy of the Bible Church left on Friday evening for Terre Haute, Indiana, where he will be attending the an- nual sessions of Independent Fun- damental] Churches of America. He vary | plans to continue on to Des | Moines, Towa on a business trip | and to visit friends in that area. {During his absence Mr. Almos | Shelley and the Rev. Henry J. | Heydt will occupy the pulpit of | the Church. } ee lll A een | SKIDDING CAR STRIKES | PARKED BAKERY TRUCK | A wet macadam street was blamed for an accident Saturday | meeting at | | by “Voca- | afternoon on W. Donegal Street. Saylor's Bakery truck, operated Sam Becker Florin, parked near Mennonite Church, when a car driven by Harold Musser, Mt. Joy R2, skid- ded striking both the front and the rear of the truck. The fender of the Musser car was smashed down on the wheel. DA rs —— LOCAL PHYSICIAN HONORED As was announced in these col- umns several weeks ago, Dr. Da- vid C. Stoner, well known local was one of three doc- tors presented with a plaque by the Pa. Medical Society for fifty years of service. The presentation was made at a last week. of was the physician, Lancaster a eel BOY SCOUT FOOD SALE Friday evening, May 20th, Boy Scouts will hold their sale at the Farmers Market. the food All persons wishing to donate to | the sale please call any leader or a reports the Public Roads adminis~ | scout and they will call at you home. he said, will be | Cal- | 1949 37 Will Graduate At East Hempfield Wednes'y, June 1 East Hempfield Twp. High School will graduate a class of 37 members at commencement exercises on June 1 at 8 p. m. at the school auditorium in Landisville. Martha A. Gingrich, valedictorian, Jo Arlene Gingrich, saiutatorian, highest honor students, and Ken- = Miller Elaine Gingrich, | | | | also honor students, will deliver the and orations at commencement. The program will include the in- the Rev. George R. Johnson, pastor of Salem Evangel- | jcal and Reformed Church, Rohrers- a mixed octet, vocation by | town; selections by | selection by the high school mixed of Alumni award and chorus, presentation School Citizenship Scholarship awards, presentation of diplomas by Caleb H. Myer, presi- dent of the Board of Education; and the benediction by the Rev. Mr. Johnson. The Baccalaureate services will be held Sunday, May 29 at 8 p. m. —— eee MR PAUL STEHMAN JR. NEW E. W. COUNCILMAN At a special meeting of Borough Council on Monday evening, May oth, Mr. Paul Stehman, Jr. was el- ected as a councilman in the East | Ward to fill the unexpired term of I. G. Eicherly, resigned. ee ri SALUNGA FIRM'S TRADE NAME Wilbur C. Hiestand, Salunga, has been granted permission to use the name S. H. Hiestand Co. for general at feed, grain and coal business Salunga. eens Senate Friday confirmed of The the appointments these post- masters: A. Chester Dietrich, E. Petersburg and Benjamin Sherrick, Washington Boro. eee tl eee Everything That Happened At Florin Recently Mrs. R. W. Roberts called on her parents while on a trip to Lancaster. Mr. Paul Shank of Hanover ited his aunts, Mrs. B. F. and Mrs. Adah Eichler on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Felty and Mr. James Wagner, of Lancaster, | and Mrs. Lillian Palmer of Palm- dale, visited Mrs. Adah Eichler and | daughters on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. James Mumper and | | comity of Maytown, and Mrs. George Mumper on Tues- day evening. Mr. and Mrs. John Lewis of Don- egal were guests of Mr. and Mrs. N. E. Hershey on Sunday evening. The Church of the Brethren of the West Green Tree District ob- served Love Feast Wednesday and Thursday at Rheems church. Miss Minnie Shelly of Lancaster visited her father Mr. Samuel Shel- on Monday. Mr. George Mumper Sr. David Mumper visited Mr. Warren Eshelman and family Emigsville, York Co., Sunday. The festival season in Florin will open on Saturday, June 11, sored by the Florin Hall Assoc. The old time fun, games, entertainment and good eats for everyone. Remember the date. Mr. Gerard R. Zielke, paedic appliances, has been certi- fied by the American Board For Certification of the Prosthetic Or- thopedic Appliance Industry, Inc. as a certified Orthotist. The bus trip sponsored (Turn to page 4) etl Eee Activities of Our Police Officers vis- { { { | | | called on ly - and Mr. and Mrs. at spon- festival with ortho- by the Traffic violations reported by our Chief of Police Parke Neiss are: Robert C. McCowan, Swarth- more, Pa., improper passing; Rob- ert W. Broome, Lititz, R3, stop sign; Frank Wallace, Marietta, Pa. stop sign. All violators will be summoned before Squire Hockenberry, Kauffman $2.00 a Year in Advance Mortuary Record Throughout This Entire Locality | | | on Mr. | Mrs. Martha Russell aged 101 years Frank Caracher, ietta, was found dea John M. Tshudy, fifty, Manheim, at Palmyra Lizzie, wife of Hz myer, at Manheim on Monday. was aged sixty-one. Mrs. Emma Landis, the widaw of Aaron died at William T. en, born at Marietta, died zt Tren- ton, N. J. Military funeral services will be conducted at Marietta Fri- day. Miss Esther Marie Mann, twenty- three, formerly of Manheim, died Sunday at the home of her sister Mrs. Mark B. Wolgemuth at Gran- tham. Mrs. Margaret H. Miller, sixty- four, wife of Leroy Miller, Lancas- (Turn to Page 5) EE A $25,000.00 Mount Joy Bulletin Rohrerstown on Friday McClair, CORPORATION eighty-six, 1 in bed at Columbia Mar- a native of Monday. Winter- She eighty-seven B. Landis seventy Car Mysierioudly Abandoned on RR Tracks East of Here Just how John Darrenkamp’s car | got from its parking place at Van's, West Main Street, to the Penna. un R. R. crossing one mile east of our town ig still a mystery. The 1949 model sedan was truck by a train at 12:35 a. m. Saturday morning at a grade crossing between here and Salunga. Up to this time no dri= ver can be found. The back end of the car was hit by the locomotove and hurled 35 ft. into a ditch north of the crossing. Police estimated damage at $1,200. The car, according to State Po= liceman Joseph Rogan, is owned by John Darrenkamp, thirty, 146 N. High St., this boro, who told police it was stolen and that he had no knowledge of the accident until no- tified by Police said the police. was headed north on a township road when the lost control and off the road as he neared the sing was in a ditch a culvert, with the rear end the tracks when it W. S. Carter, Man- , a passing motorist. around and un- able to move the car himself, Car- ter tele- before scene, a train had auto driver apparently ran Cros The car beside still was resting on seen by heim R2 Seeing no one drove to Mount Joy to State Police, but Rogan reached the passenger phone Pvt. westbound struck the Darrencamp, abandoned auto. taxi operator, told police that he had parked the car IS GRANTED STATE CHARTER |at Van's service station, Mount A new $25,000 corporation has |Joy. He said the last time he been granted a charter by the |saw his car was 11:00 p. m. state. i —— "A It is Merchandising and Manu- | facturing Associates, Inc, of Wa- R ul M thlv bank Road. It will deal in ma- €g ar on y chine tools and products and ac- M ni eeting Mt. Joy’s Incorporators are E. W. and Car- . . ol M. Timper, both of Lancaster A L R3, and Harry G. Walters, Jr., of merican egion Lancaster R2. The latter is a The Walter S. Ebersole Post No. son of Harry Walters of this boro. |185 held their regular monthly eee meeting at the Post Home on STACKSTOWN MAN REPORTS Thursday, May 12th, at 8 p.m. BANK STOLEN FROM HOME There were 42 members attend- Oliver Sager, Stackstown, Bain- this meeting. bridge Rl, reported to State Police The Americanism Committee re=- that while he and his wile were ot= ported that arrangements are now tending Root’s sales near East Pe. | being made for the presentation of tersburg, a burglar entered their the Eighth Grade Award on Fri- tome Tresday evening and stole ‘a day, May 20th at 2:30 p. m. in “piggy” bank containing $11.50. En- |the High School auditorium. trance was gained by using a door It was suggested that the Adju- kev. ? tant write to each civic group in Stale: Poller. Buus. Williams. Mount Joy, advising them of the of the Columbia sub-station is in- of sending one Tor ching | more boys to the Keystone Boys EY ere { Camp at Indiantown Gap during ; the month of July. It is our hope JUNIOR-SENIOR PROM | the it quite a few boys can leave The annual Junior-Senior Prom | from Mount Joy to attend this was held last Friday evening in the | camp. So far, the American Le- high school Members and school present. auditorium. of both classes, faculty | board members were | ~The Local News (um to Page 2) ——— — The Junior Class, as host sented a program of musical num- Th P WwW bers. The senior class colors, brown | or e ast eek and gold, were used in decorating, as was the 49er emblem, the pick Very Briefly Told and shovel. Music for dancing was furnished There are 76 pupils in this years by the Lord Charles orchestra. | sraduating ® as at Elizabethtown. sme see Giessen The Silk Mill at Columbia, one of LANDISVILLE LADY HURT IN | tha boro's largest industries, will WRECK AT HIGHSPIRE | close June 25 Mrs. Ethel Steinkomph, of Lan- | Elias R. Hess, at Bareville, ‘has disville, was injured in an auto ac- {1 planted over an acre of tobacco cident at Highspire. She suffered {last week, the first in the county. minor abrasions and contusions | 2.962 residents of Columbia, have A large truck that failed to|not paid their 1947 and 1948 taxes, stop, side-swiped a smaller veel A car owned by Clair B. Landis, hicle, ripping off a front wheel Manheim R1, was stolen at Lancas- causing it to swerve act the | ter highway and hit another car { An open safety pin was removed State Police are on the case | from the throat of an 8 months- | old child at St. Joseph's Hospital. POLICE AT LANCASTER ARE { Lloyd Lefever, thirty-two, East WATCHING MOTORIST ALWAYS Petersburg, was injured when a Maris H. Eichley, of Salunga, was ! rototiller he was operating, fell on prosecuted at Lancaster, charged his leg. with driving through a red traffic] Mervin W Brandt, assistant light. | county superintendent of schools, Henry F. Garber, Mount Joy R2, | former principal here, will be charged with driving too fast for| Quarryville’s Commencement ad- conditions, was clocked at 50 mile | dress speaker. | ere ren an hour on Harrisburg Arch to Mary Sts cr ll CCME ON FOLKS, WE STILL NEED $500.00 Memorial tee needs of $2,500 00 Celebration. If you have been missed drive or hav bution, please give John M. Box Day for e not sent your th, Final $900.00 to meet its our MN Treas. your donation t from Ave., Commit- Quota Day 10¢ Temorial in contri- IGNORED A RED LIGHT Engle, Charles R. Street, by Lancaster through a this boro, red police for traffic was 215 Marietta prosecuted driving on light. the | | port I { | | | | « | { | QUITE MARTIN IS LOW BIDDER Paul A. Martin, local contractor, sul the bid of $32,853 for demolition of a building and an addition to a to replace and wash room facilities in the women’s dormitory at the Lock Teachers’ College. Jacob Gerram Co., of Williams- was next bidder at $32,987. The ntract will be awarded in the near mitted low building toilet Haven State future eer A NOSE DIVE The nation’s output of goods take the biggest postwar dive in the first quarter of this year which is $9,000,000,000.
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