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The Mount Joy Bulletin
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LANGC ASTER COUNTY
VOL. XLIX, NO. 2
Mount Joy, Pa., Thursday Afternoon, June 9,
1949
$2.00 a Year in Advance
Recital By Pupils
Of Mrs. W. Sloan
Given on Saturday
A recital of the pupils of Mrs.
Walter Sloan was held at her home
on Saturday afternoon, June 4th at
two enjoyed by
the mothers and friends of the par-
totaling around forty
o'clock. It was
ticipants
people.
Groups of piano solos and
were artistically performed by the
following pupils: Nancy Schlosser,
Carolyn Sloan, Jackie Wolgemuth,
Sandy Koser, Jean Bucher, Eunice
Hess, Arlene Heisey, Priscilla Lane,
Yvonne Brubaker, Mary Grace Bu-
cher and Marian Wolgemuth.
The vocalists who rendered nu-
merous selections which were well
received were: Mary Ann Spangler,
Mary Grace Bucher and Jack Eb-
erle.
Assisting on the program were
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Women’s Repub.
Yub Garden Party
At Maytown Sat. aA professor of preaching
Mrs. John Buller, Maytown, the | at Princeton Theological
chairman of the card committee for | At the afternoon session, Dr. Theo-
the Women's Republican Club | dore A. Distler, president of F&M,
Garden Party to be held Saturday | College, will speak.
at the home of George R. Draben- Donegal Presbyterian Church
duets
The 36th annual reunion of the
Donegal Society will be held at the
histcrie Donegal Presbyterian
Church, next Thursday, June 18.
The address at the morning
will be delivered by the
Donald Macleod, M. A. Th.
ser-
Seminary.
at
36th Ann’l Reunion, Donega
Springs, Thursday, June 16th
Donegal Presbyterian Church Founded Prior To 1721
Donegal Springs, 3 miles west of|to start at 11:30 a. m.
here, was founded prior to 1721. | In addition t, the address the
On the church grounds still stand | morning program will include:
the famous Witness Tree beneath | Singing by the audience; Invo-
which members of the congrega- | cation and address of welcome, the
tion assemble one Sunday morn- | Rev. Thomas A. McGregor, pastor
ing and forced their pastor to |cf Donegal Church: music by the
pledge allegiance to the Colonies. | choir of the First Presbyterian
It is the shrine of history lovers | Church; address by the Rev. Dr.
and each year is visited by many ! Macleod and benediction ky the
tourists. | Re George H. Shead, D. D., stat-
W. W. Heidelbaugh will preside | ed clerk of the Presbytery of the
at the morning session scheduled (Turn to page 6)
stadt, Maytown, will be assisted by
the following workers in planning
the afternoon and evening card
features: Catherine Engle, Cather-
ine Gotshall, Mrs. Mervin Gotshall,
Woman Victim of
Tractor Accident
Died In Hospital
Mrs. Julia Mae Peck, forty-eight
the wife of Paul G. Peck, Mount
Joy RD1 died in St. Joseph's Hos-
pital at 4:20 a. m. Sunday from in-
Louise Hicks, Peggy Hicks, Jane
Waller, Mrs. Mary Breckline and
Mrs. M. L. Gillham.
Miss Florence Trone of Maytown
fas bean named chairman of the
reception committee for the party.
Miss Trone will be assisted by
Miss Sue Drabenstadt, Mrs. George
FE. Blumenstock, Chester M.
Mrs. juries suffered at 9 p. m. Friday,
Woolworth, Mrs. Charles B. Long, | when she was pinned against a
Mrs. Charles F. Stauffer, Mrs. John | barn wall by a runaway tractor.
Mylin, Mrs. Mervin Brandt, Mrs. Mrs. Peck suffered several rib
Marvin E. Bushong, Miss Marie | fractures, a fractured fight leg and
(Turn to Page 2) deep shock when a parked tractor
drifted from its parking plece and
pinned her against the burn wall.
Her husband freed her and took
her to the office of Dr. D. C.
ner, where she had received emerg-
Neighbors-Friends
Assisted Clean-up
And Barn Raising
Mr. and Mrs. Donald D. Engle
wish to express their sincere thank
ency treatment. She was then taken
to the hospital by ambulance.
Dr. Charles P. Stahr,
orner, issued a
denaal death.
Born in Ickesburg,
deputy cor-
certificate of
Perry County,
you and appreciation to all neigh- | peck was a daughter of Al-
bors and friends who so kindly onzo and Jennie Peck Aughe.
assisted them since the recent fire. | go hag been a resident of Lan-
Those who helped clean up the |. County for the past 15 years.
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Sto- |
7 | 230 from Flerin to Elizabethtown.
acci- |
| chipped: Maytown to Elizabeth- |
town; Marietta to Bainbridge: Mar- |
| ietta Pike to Columbia.
SP
‘Mrs. Longenecker ;
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of Dr
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| another car
debris and at the barn raising on| yn addition to her husband, she
June 2nd were: is survived by two children, Jean
Leroy Yoder, Perry Beaver, Elias | ang Jchn, both at home and these
Musser, Elmer Shearer, E. Smith, | prothers and sisters: Mrs. Florence |
AH. Mumma, Arthur Miler, H. S.|1enig. Markelsville, Pa. Edward
Ebersole, Abner Wolgemuth, Harry Aughe, Massachusetts; Nellie, wife
Brubaker, Wilbur Ebersole, of john Wolfe, Marietta RDI; and
drew Ebersole, Fzra, Engle, Mar-| yo, Columbus, Ohio and Roy, at
shall Sheaffer, Bob Rowe, Willis | fg,
Stauffer, Paul Brubaker, Paul Erb, } my. funeral was held from the
Albert Habecker, Henry Mellinger, | Nissley funeral home here Wed-
John Mellinger, Elam Brubaker, | hosday noon with further services
E. S. Gibble, Henry Brubaker, |i, (he Zion United Fvangelical
Daniel Brubaker, N. S. Ebersole, | Church at Elliotsburg, Perry Co.
Wm. Espenshade, Perry Cassel, | with interment in the adjoining
Benj. Ebersole, Harold and Robert | cemetery.
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IRVIN HOSTETTER INJURED
WHILE MAKING REPAIR JOB
Irvin Hostetter, forty-two, this
Week's Birth Record
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Breneman | place, was injured Tuesday after-
Mount Joy R1, a girl, at St. Jo-| noon when a wheel on a wheelbar-
seph’s Hospital. row he was replacing flew apart
Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Conway of | inflicting several lacerations.
Salunga, a boy at the General Hostetter was working in the J.
Hospital. B. Hostetter and Sons Farm Mach-
Mr. and Mrs. John Eshelman, | ine Repair. Shop. The accident oc-
curred at 1:15 p..m. He was admit-
Mount Joy R2, a girl, at the Gen- E
ted to St. Joseph's «Hospital where
eral Hcspital.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fletcher, of | his condition was reported as satis-
Mount Joy RD2, a girl at St. Jo- factory Tuesday night.
seph’s Hospital. Vip
Mr. and Mrs. John Helmstald- | LICENSES SUSPENDED
ter, Florin, a daughter Friday at the Among the auto drivers licenses
Lancaster General Hospital. suspended last week was that of
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Breneman, | Joseph M. Wolgemuth, Mt. Joy RI.
Mount Joy R2. a daughter at He was charged with speeding and
home Monday. | reckless driving.
Mr. and Mrs. John Landvater, of | melt
Landisville, a son Tuesday at the CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY
Lancaster General Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Warren Bentzel
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence B. Nolt, New Haven street will celebrate
Mount Joy Rl, a son Tuesday at their twenty-seventh wedding an-
the Lancaster General Hospital. jniversary Saturday June llth.
| State
RAPHO TOWNSHIP FARM
SOLD FOR $10,000 SATURDAY
A Rapho township
and 94 perches,
Manheim to Masterson-
Union
purchased by Galen
Manheim RD, for $10,000 at
public sale held by Minnie M.
Ginder, Saturday afternoon.
Improvements include a
brick and
house containing eight
property of
three acres on the
road from
ville near Square schocl
house, was
Hosler,
2 1-2-
story frame dwelling
and
barn, and
The sale
Walter Dupes,
Richard Martin as
rcoms
all conveniences, frame
other improvements.
was conducted by
auctioneer: and
attorney.
ll lice
HIGHWAY FROM FLORIN TO
E'TOWN WILL BE RESURFACED
In various
jects contemplated by the
the
made
announcing the pro-
state 1n |
very near future, mention is |
for the resurfacing of Route
The following will be oiled and |
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Injured In an Auto|
Mishap Tuesday
Mrs Mary 214 |
Marietta Avenue, this boro, widow |
0. G,
ly injured in
Longenecker,
Longenecker was bad-
an auto collision with
Route 241,
of Annville
on about |
four miles south on |
Tuesday at 4 p.
Officer Benedict Labenski
Police said Mrs
was driving South when, at
m.
of the
Longenecker |
a sharp |
curve in the read, she collided with |
an automobile by Richard |
E. Spitler Annville R2 |
who was driving in the opposite di-
driven
twenty-one,
rection.
Mrs. Longenecker suffered a frac-
frac-
leg.
wrist and possible
left
tured left
tures of the left ribs and
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APPRECIATE HIS LABORS
The Rotary Club
athletic ccach John
and $500 in
his achievements at
at F-town gave
Windish a
recognition of
E-town High
nlaque
School.
creel eee
BANKS CLOSED FLAG DAY
Next Tuesday, June 14th, Flag
Day, both lecal banks will be
closed, The Union National Mt. |
Joy Bank and The First National |
Bank and Trust Co.
mer roast fs
BUILDING LOT SOLD
Mr. J. W. Baker sold a building
lot in Landisville, to Ralph Herr at
private sale and on private terms.
Commencement
Awards Made At
East Donegal High
At the fifty-fourth
:
mencement exercises made at E.
annual com-
Donegal Twp. High School, May-
town, last Wednesday evening,
these awards were made:
The Raffensperger Journalism
Award, Alice Doles; The Faculty
Fnglish Prize, Alice Doles; The
Alumni History Award, Betty
Heinaman; Martin S. Musser A-
ward, John Heisey; The O. K
Snyder Industrial Arts Award,
Richard Haas; Richard H. Al-
brieht Memorial Award, Betty
Heinaman, Janet McKain; Gerald
Cosgrove Music Award, Hazel
Miller; James Mayer Athletic A-
wards, Winifred Barnnart and |
| Nancy Herchelroth, and Raymond |
rocd; Best Citizen Awards, Norma
Garber, Dale Alleman; Simons A-
ward, Alice Doles; Readers Di-
gest Valedictorian Award, Janet
McKain; Rotary Scholarship A-
ard, Jay Wolgemuth; American
Legion Award, Mary Jane Sollen-
erger.
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CYEERFUL SEWERS CLUB MET
The Cheerful Sewers’ 4-H Club
met at the home of Myrl Jean
Martin last Wednesday, June lst,
with eight members attending.
After a
club members fitted
short business meeting
[ the
terns
the direction cf
The
June
on pat-
their dresses under
Miss Yvonne Cook.
next meeting will be held on
15th.
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and cut
TWO LOCAL YOUNG MEN
GRADUATED FRCM P. S. C.
In the large graduating class at
Penn State College
from
this year were
two men this vicinity.
They Richard Fleet Brown,
Mt. Joy, B. S.
gineering.
Donald E.
B. A.
young
are:
in industrial en-
Mt." Jey RDI,
in commerce and finance.
rr cnet Wiimote
APPLIED FOR DIVORCE
Betty
24 S. 3rd
A. Mateer,
St.,
barbarous
Reist,
Complaint in divorce: Jane
Mateer,
St. Columbia,
thirty-three,
Mount Jey;
treatment
Nay. 26,
1946.
twenty-three,
Roy
Mount
and
VS.
206
cruel
Joy
married
June 13,
and indignities;
1942;
separated
ee mre sent Een.
MEFPMBERS WILL. BE TREATED
The members of the Odd Fellows
Lodge be treated to a straw=-
berry short cake festival in the
Lodge Hall next Tuesday evening
June 14th at 7:30. Christ H. Herr,
Jr. secretary, has notified all the
members to that effect.
will
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l Occupants Escape A Florin Motorist
| risburg pike to the Marietta pike, | section of Pine and Mary Sts. and
following a tnuck loaded with) the Harrisburg pike, watching the
bales of tobacco. He said faulty | traffic approaching from the east.
brakes caused him to swerve to Helmstaedter told police he was
the right and his car became lod- driving beween 30 and 35 miles an
(Turn to Page 2) hour and as he got abreast of
———— the pedestrian, the man walked
Injury When Train Killed Pedestrian
Demolished Auto (Was Exonerated
Harry K. Shenk, forty-seven, of | John Helmstaedter, twenty-five,
[ Mt. Joy R2, his wife, Lillie Mae, | Water St., Florin, who was en-
forty-five, and their children, Roy, | rogte to work at the RCA, Lan-
| : hi Melvi eager driving southeast on Har-
| fiftee arry, rteen, Melvin, | .
| Afteen, Horry Hirteen eh rishurg Avenue on Monday morn-
ten, and Joanne, seven, escaped | ing struck and killed a pedestrian. |
from their car several minutes be- The victim was Weidler Grav-
fore it was struck by the crack | bill fifty-three, 732 W. Vine
Pa Limited. at Benders Crossing. Lancaster. He was walking to
: work at the Bearings Co. of Am-
The train, enroute from Chicago erica Plant, and had started to go |
to New York, was due in Lan-| across the Harrisburg Pike. |
caster at 9:42 a. m. According to Helmstaedter, the |
Shenk said he was driving south | mun was standing in front of |
on the road leading from the Har- | (he blinker stop sign at the inter- |
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TWO LOCAL YOUNG MEN
GRADUATED FROM F & M
Walter Nissley
Sideswined 2 Cars
Kenneth A. Gainer, son of Mr.
. and Mrs. Cyrus Gainer, Mount
Westo a town Joy Street, and Albert H. Peifer,
: son of Mr. and Mr. D. W. Peifer,
According to Cpl. John H. Rights E. Donegal St a
of the Harrisbure State Police, who from Franklin and Marshall Col-
investigated, Walter S. Nissley, lege at the June 7th commence-
fifty-one, 130 Newberry St. York, ment
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sideswiped two cars, fought off two Gainer reteived his
drivers of the other vehicles IN- | degree in chemistry and was on
volved in the accident and tried], = list while at F & M
to escape by fleeing at breakneck (py. oo member of “the Delta
speed on the Harrisburg Pike. Sigma Phi Fraternity, and served
He was apprehended only when 2% vies president his
t. | door opened |
{Council to order with Messrs. New-
| ill a
Council Is Preparing To
Turn Water System Over
To Borough Authority
Mount Joy | -
Rev. A. Z. Hess Is
Honored On His
The
Boro Council came
behind closed doors,
June meeting of
near being held |
an occurrence
new today but quite frequent 25 to |
30 years ago. But what a difference
in the cause. In those days we had |
some Councilmen who did not want
their left hand to know what their Ninetieth Birthday
right hand was doing. How differ- Rev Hess, 215 Marietta
ent today! Ave., was Be upon the oc=
The lock on the door to the
Council Chamber threw a fit and
| just wouldn't release. After the |
majority of those present gained
entrance via a rear stairway, the
and the |
stubborn lock was removed
President Robert Keller called |
and Steh-
recently elected to
comer, Krall, Hostetter
The latter
vacancy,
nan.
was sworn in pre=
ceding the meeting by Burgess Zer-
phey.
The
ular and special meetings were read
minutes of the previous reg-
and approved
Tax Collector
made a report of his May collections
James Hockenberry
and amounts outstanding on Boro
taxes. REV. A. Z. HESS
Burgess Zerphey presented a list | casion of his 90th birthday, Sat.
of permits granted during the past | June 4th, when members of his
to help him cele-
r. Hess has been a resi=
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family
Lrate.
and the gmount collected for
to the
month
Also collections
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The Local News Mortuary Record
For The Past Week| Throughout This
Very Briefly Told [Entire Locality
each one,
A third story is being added to Mrs. Catherine Jagner, eighty=
the Mennonite Home at Oreville at| six, at Columbia.
a cost of $35,000. Mrs. Elva Lee Bradley, sixty-
: junior year tio : :
the driver of one of the vehicles and president his se ho or Yeu Patricia Quinn, aged three, was|{wo, at the Columbia Hospital.
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involved drove his truck across Deifer received: hi ou ye a injured at her home at Kinder- Florence, widow of Harry Barr,
: . ceive s degree in than. chem Ei \
the road in front of him. The Spanish. ond was on the hook when struck by an auto, at the Masonic Homes, aged eighty.
pursuers said that he drove most Nonor list, the dears Uist. end wes James H. Kloker, twenty-six, of Yeoh "NX. pas
of the two miles at a speed in ex- ii an's list, and was | york, slipped off a rubber raft and 20D ro oh y
; P a member of the Canterbury Club. | 4 eight, veteran Columbia banker, on
cess of 60 miles. 4 > > | drowned at Long Level Sunday. ght, BR: ’
Nissley, driving south on the The 500 Ib. safe stolen at Rein- [Monday
Harrisburg Pike about north of S h l d U holds, was found ih a creek. Ti Mrs. Swift B. Gable, of Colum=
Elizabethtown, was passing an C 00 oar ps contained twenty cents of the] bia, was found dead in bed by her
automobile driven by Glenn Gin- . $1,000. husband.
rich, twenty-six, Elizabethtown, Tax To 25 Mills: { A man and his son were fined Miss Jean Barnes, seventy-two
when he hit the left rear of Gin- ’ for having more than thirty-five |at Columbia. Mrs. Jane Eddy, of
(Turn to page 2) 3 h . live bait while fishing at Safe Har- | Lancaster, is an aunt.
lati eacC ers esign bor Dam —r—r
hd ry EE J .
OUINCY ORPHANAGE BAND At the regular monthly meeting | Defy
WILL PLAY AT REUNION of the School Board Monday eve- | MT: JOY DAIRY MEETING Norman Derr, fifty-five, of Mari=
A meeting of the Committee to ning, the tax rate was raised from Production of quality: milk and ea, at the Lancaster General Hes
plan for the fourth reunion of the | a3 (95 mills. proper care of the milking machine pital. He was a member of St. John's
Newtown School and community Reason. for the increase was laid | will be discussed by Ivan E. Park- Lutheran Church, Maytown.
was held
Rev.
recently at the home of | {; sowing expenses of running the |
and Mrs. Raymond Arndt. |
the schools. The per capita tax was set |
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in, Penn State dairy specialist.
here this evening.
It was decided to hold the reunion at $5, same as last year. No gener: al The session, sponsored by the E r thin That
this year on Saturday, July 2, on increase in salaries was put a Mount Joy Farmers Cooperative as- VE y g
the Newtown School grounds. the proposed budget for the 1949-50 | sociation, will be held in the audi-
The Evangelical United Brethren school term, which was adopted. A can of the High School, start- Happene t
Quincy Orphanage Band will be an Joseph Breneman was appointed | ing at 8 p. m.
added attraction this year. They se wl —r | i Fl . R tl
7 | secretary of the board, and the First |
will be present at the afternoon and | nN.tional Bank and Trust Company | WILL. GRADUATE FROM W. & M.. orm ecen y
evelung sessions named treasurer. | Miss Mary Elizabeth Gerberich, A piano recital by pupils of Mrs.
JAMES DOLLEY INJURED L. B. Herr and Son, Lancaster, | daughte r of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde | Walter Sloan was held at her home,
SCOOTER STRUCK GUARD RAIL | 2werded a contract for school Gerberich, West Main street, will] Chocolate Avenue, Saturday afters
Jame Dolley Thirty two Col- supplies. The contract was for $1,- | receive her Bachelor of Arts degree | noon. Mrs. Sloan will discontinue
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bia BDL suffeved. on’ injured 685. Resignations of Mr. and Mrs. | ot William and Mary College, Wil- | teaching piano for the present.
ankle when his motor scooter had Witliard Newton and Mis. Vir liamsburg, Va. at graduation exer- Annual children’s day program
struck a guard rail on the Harris- ginia Herman were accepted, | cises this weekend. will be presented in the Florin EUB
burg Pike east of Mt. Joy, about and George C. Houck, Biglerville, Seema df freee Church on Sunday morning June 12
9p m : (Turn to Page 5) LETTERS GRANTED at 9:30 o'clock. Program follows:
9 p. m. eA RR ea AAG > :
} as : Song, Congregation; Scripture
Dolley told police he was forced 3S Elsie M. Stauffer. Mount Joy 1
I "08 traffic LEB. VALLEY GRADUATES oo Te inictvaivic “1 Reading and Prayer by Rev. Gable;
off the road by oncoming traffic. The following students received | Twp., administratrix of the estate 2 Wi
He was treated by Dr. David E. thee div] Mond Sarah H. Ney, late of Moun Welcome, by Sallie isegarver;
Schlosser of HF dips onday morning, | Sometimes, Rose Musser and Con=-
Schlosser of town. June 6th, at the 80th Annual Com- Joy Twp. Ys eo Pierce: Praises, by Gene Mateer,
mencement exercises at Lebanon | xe Hes and Jackie Rav: Exer.
: alle ee ille: Erma S. MARRIAGE LICENSES enh : A a
Parson Mabon. Ji Te {ova Do Brain heer
Gainor, 35 W. Donegal St., and] Jchn M. Stahl, E-town and Nan- Tav Geib. Morris Weaver, Don=
x . 3 ‘ 7 w Jana AR) . New ile . rv, Jay 4» 2
fr. James Glatfelter spent the Versa) L. Gemberling, 112 W. 3 Jas Brown, 29 New Haven St ald McGarvey and Lawrence Wit
past week at Glen Rock, York Ma" = t. “5. ; Hug ore, © oo neil. Weer. A Change In The Weaths
County. | . er—by Vicky Heagy, Janet Weaver,
Mes. Catharine Arntz and Mr, Observed Their 54th Wedding Anniv erSAYY coo Suydm, Gloria Ricedord,
Gerald Arntz, Mt. Joy St., motored - | Linda Way and Sandra Crow]; Ex=
to Kennett Square, on Sunday, (Turn to page 3)
where they visited Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Arntz and daughter.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Watt, Donegal
street, motored to Lewistown on
Friday evening where they attend-
ed the funeral of a relative Satur-
day. They returned home Saturday
evening,
Miss Melissa Strickler, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. John Strickler, Joy
Theatre Apartments, left Saturday
for California where she will visit
Mrs. Robert McKlveen and family
t 3-4 Almeda Drive, Oxnard.
Mrs. McKlveen will be remem-
bered as the former Miss Alice
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AWARDED RAZING CONTRACT
Mr. Jac. D. Strickler, local con-
tractor. has been awarded the con-
razing the 2-story frame
and apartment building
the rear of the First National
3ank, on North Market Street.
The work is to be started after
Wednesday, June 15th, and
entirely completed by August 1st,
to make way for the parking lot
and modern drive-in window at the
bank.
IT HAPPENED AGAIN
tract for
mercantile
| at
next
Bishop, of town.
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NOW HE'S A REPORTER
S. H. Miller Sr, West Main St,
has accepted a position as local re-
porter for the Lancaster Newspa-
pers
Mr. and Mrs. H. N. Nissly,
Barbara Street observed their
N.
54th |
wedding anniversary Monday. A |
dinner was given in their honor by
their son-in-law and daughter,
and Mrs. S. B, Stayer and
Mr. |
grand- |
About 5:15 Tuesday evening, two
son, Samuel, Millersville. cars collided at the Main and Mar-
Mr. Nissly, is well known in| ket St., intersection. No one was
banking circles, retired about a] injured but both cars were damag-
year ago. ed. One car was proceeding west
Both Mr. and Mrs. Nissly are | on Main, the other north on Mark
enjoying good health, } et
Vio dy
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