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There’s No Better Way to Reach the People In This Community Than Thru Our Columns
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vo. X1I1X, NO. 13
Krayhill s Is Now
Mennonite Eleme.
And High School |
old church will open

Ve — this a Mennonite
elementary and gh school
The church, formerly known
Kraybill’s Church, was built in
1812 and used until October 1948
after which it was closed to be-
gin conversion work The re
deling is nearly completed, the |
officials announced and the new
building will be known as Kray-
bills S

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The former church is now
classroom school There are
five classrooms, an office and 1!
cloak room in addition to, closet
epace on the main floor, a science
laboratory, play room and rest
oon in the lasement
In conjunction with work on
the new school, which is
ed to be opened for use Septem-
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LOCAL MATH TEACHER IS
ATTENDING DUKE
Taylor, teacher of
mathematics at our boro high
school] is attending the ninth an-
nual meeting of the Duke Matha-
matics Institute in Durham, N. C.
The purpose of (he institute is
to form a cl
f lin 1 eS Of

wut the
nation Tt i estimated that
( r 200,000 udents have bene-
May ChangeName |
And Enlarge The
Parent Band Club
Steps to change the name and
enlarge the membership potential
of the Parent Band Club were

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SALUNGA FIRE COMPANY
HELD CORN - DOGGIE ROAST
The Auxiliary to the Salunga |
Fire Co. held a corn and doggie
roast for members and their
families at the Finefrock cottage
near Marietta.
The committee in charge of ar-
rangements included: Alice Marie
Nissley, Chairman; Mrs. Walter!
! Eshelman, Mrs. Harvey Groff, |
I Mh Robert Brubaker, Mrs. |
Frank Musser, Mrs. Charles My- |
ers and Mrs. Russell Cooper.
Prize winners were Dennis Mc-
- { Farland, Gordon Groff, Mr. and |
Mrs. Wilbur Hiestand, Jurton |
| gallon
J
the East Donegal Twp High | i
H Groff. Mi Mary Goober | School building with the excep- |
rot, Mrs. ary ooper, , |
Bender, Mus Florence Martin,
Carol Ann Bender, Mr. and Mrs. |
Mr, and Mrs. Clarence Mowery
and Orlean Blessing.
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‘Mt. Joy Borough
To Get $685.86
Gas Tax Money
Auditor General Heyburn has
announced that he has approved
payment of $991,475.21 to cities
boroughs and first class town- |
1
| ships in the Commonwealth. All
the money represents the quar-
terly distribution out of a $20,-
000,000 appropriation from the
Motor License Fund, as provided
i for by the 19147 Legislature
Jse of the funds by local gov-
1
ernments is to street, and
road and bridge construction. re-
pair and maintenance Alloca-
tions are made on a road mileage
| basis ne political subdivisions
are required to submit semi-
nnual reports showing the work
that has been completed under
| the provisions of the act. and the
cost thereof.
City of Lancaster, $6,062.43:
Boros: Adamstown, $262.16: Ak-
ron, $178.96; Christiana, $314.39;
Columbia, $1,598.09; Denver, $277.
63; E. Petersburg, $297.95; E-town
$1,174.38: Ephrata, $1,689.98: Man-

taken Monday evening at a meet- | heim, $575.22 Marietta, $432.41;
in it Mount Joy High School. Millersville, $415 ); Mount Joy,
A set of by-laws were tempor- | $685.86; Mountville, 248.61; New
arly approved to wern the new | Holland, £528.18; Quarryville
organization and t change its $318.26; Terre Hill, $186.70; and
tit to the Mount Jc High | Washington Boro, $176.06
hool Band Clul ee ee —
Adoption of the new by-laws PA. RURAL MAIL CARRIERS
will take place at a meeting in| ASK FOR 40-HOUR WEEK
3 tember at which officers and a When Charles J Bennett Sr
nine-man board of director vill asked Uncle Sam to demote him
be elected Purpo f the new from the postmastership here to
uj stated the rticle is rural carrier job, he had a
to assume the responsibilty for| method in his madness Here
the band and caring for | mn be the reason.
its properties. The men who carry the mail to
Reason for changing the name | Pennsylvania's rural areas ~ went
to allow n hip. to an to go on a 40-hour week.
interested { Toumt Joy A resolution urging passage of
Under the former title ember 10-how legislation for rural
hip was restricted to parents of ilmen was presented yesterday
band members Mrs Warren | to the opening session of the 22nd
Bates, president of the Parents | biennial state convention of the
Band Club, officiated at the meet- | National Association of Letter
in | Carriers

Opening of Our Boro Schools;
Faculty-Calendar For 1949-50
Retugions Hoar
Trip To Germany
A fnetalk on “My Trip To
Cermany” by George Leikschultz |
wos the highljght of Tuesday's
Rotary meeting at Hostetter’'s. In
his talk George said that he and
his wife left the United States on

June 16 at 10: a. m. via Ameri-
can Air Lines and sixteen and
one-half hours later landed in
Fronkfurt, Germany This in-
cluded a two hour stop at New-|V
foundland and a ‘half hour stop
at Shannon, Ireland. The trip
going over was very smoothe,
but they saw very little of the
ocean, for they were flying above
the clouds. George stated that
food served on the plane was
about the same as would be ser-
ved in a hotel.
In his talk George stated that |
it has been over twenty vears
since he saw his parents and his |
friends In regard to the food
situation over there, George had |
stated that you could buy the |
same things over there as you!
can here, but the prices are very
high. Most everything is now
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The School District of Mount
y
Toy Borough announces the |
| term opens with a general faculty
meeting at 10:00 a. m. Pupils
will report on Sept. 6th at 1:00
| p. m. to their respective build-
! ings This is a change from the
former years when pupils report-
ed the morning of the day fol-
Jowing faculty meeting. High
School pupils will report to the
Auditorium and pupils of grades
1 to 8 will report to classrooms
of the Marietta Street building.
|
Regular sessions will begin on |
|
Wednesday September 7th.
Calendar For The School
Year 1949-50
Sept. 6, 10:00 a. m. Genera!
Faculty Meeting in High School
Library. All teachers reporting.
1:60 p. m. Pupils of Loth schools
report. Dismissal at 3:00 p. m.
Sept. 7, Regular sessions begin.
Oct. 28, Teachers Institute,

no school.
Nov. 3, 4, Senior Play.
Nov. 24, 25, Thanksgiving vaca-
tion, no school.
Dee. 22, Christmas vacation be-
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Mount Jovy,

INUTE WEEKLY
The Mount Joy Bul
Maytown’s new $84,000 water
system is expected to be com-
pleted within six weeks if favor-
| able weather prevails, according
to the Rev. John S. Heistand, the
chairman of the East Donegal |
Twp. Municipal Authority.
Last week workmen finished |
the construction of the 100,000 |
tion of painting.
Digging a trench for water |
mains has been completed from
the north to the southern section
connections. This part of the
project is two-thirds completed.
Pumps and other equipment
arrived recently for the pump
house at the Irwin B. Gladfelte:
property, one mile northwest of]
Maytown along the Elizabeth-
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MISS DOROTHY AREHART TC
DO MIGRANT WORK IN FLA.
Miss Dorothy Arehart, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Are-
hart Route 3 of Manheim and al
oraduate of Manheim High School |
has been selected to do Migrant
Work for the Brethren Service |
Commission at Belle Glade, Fla. |
Miss Archart has just completed |
her training at the Brethren Ser-
vice Center, New Windsor, Md.
and is one of three to win this
honor.
The Brethren Service Com-
mission sponsors a Volunteer
Service Pre for young peo-

ple. Belle Grade, Florida is one
of fifteen such projects scattered
across the United States, Canada,
Puerto Rico and Europe. Miss
Arehart will become a part of a
staff of workers that are operat-
Ing a nursery, a cannery and are
directing recreational and relig-
ious programs for 600 migrant
families She will be leaving
immediately foi Florida for 10
months of service
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4-Lane Highway
Will Be Open For
Traffic Labor Day
The new re-located Harrisbur
Pike between Mt. Joy and Lat- |
caster will be open in time for
Labor Day motorists, according to
the State Department of High-
ways
We are doing everything pos-
sible to get the new four-lane
nighway open for Labo Day
trotlic, the spokesman said.
indicated that the highway will |
be opened early in September,
just before Laker Day.
The new seven and one-half
mile stretch of highway with the
two concrete roadways each
feet wide and separated by a
four-foot divisor strip will be a!
boon to motorists,
Running north of the Pennsyl-|
vania Railroad tracks for the en
| opening date of school as Tues- | tire distance and by-passing Lan
| day September 6, 1949. The |
Of G. Leibschultz’s
disville and Salunga, the new |
Personal Mention
reeks on selatie
{ road also eliminates many of the
dangerous hills and curves which |
make the present road hazardous
Re-located at an estimated cost
of $2,516,000, the new road even
tually will be the takeoff point
for the first link of Lancaster |
City’s proposed northern bypa
At present, traflic will leave the |
eastern terminus of the highway
at a point on the Manheim Pike
beyond the Lancaster Airport.
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TOT SWALLCWS TURPENTINE

Linda Mae Trone, 18 months!
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ells-
worth Trone, E-town Rl, swal-|
lowed a quantity of turpentine at
her home Wednesday night. She
was treated at St. Joseph's Hospital,
Lancaster, and was hell there sev-
eral days for observation.
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CHAMPION POTATO PICKER
In a state wide contest for women | §
Clara Nolt, of New Holland won by | \
picking 200 pounds of potatoes in
four minutes and 23 seconds. Dora
Rohrer, Columbia, was second
LANCASTER

Pa., Thursday
Expect to Finish
Maytown’s Water
Plant in 6 Weeks

JAMES EBERLY ASSIGNE
AIRWAYS SERVICE
Voters To Decide |
On Addition To
E. D. High School
Communication |
+ September pri-

i i J agricultural shop and an
standpipe in the rear of ric shor

pected to increase
f the borough including sewer “to :
) ¢ S AACS Squadron of Okinawa.
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SUNT of Tomorrow!
tin
$2.00 a Year
Bottom row: Rachel, and Shirley.
Mr. and Mrs. David
Joy; Julia and Virginia,
daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur
, Silver Spring; and Har-
of Mr. and Mrs. Irvin
Jr, Mount Joy.

A newsletter explain-

ing in detail the proposed addition
» school board to each town-
New Minister
Ordained in Local
Mennonite Church
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enn MB cme
A LINEN SHOWER FOR
MISS MARY REICH LAST WED.

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*. Family Reunions
wt Still In Order
In This Vicinity
About Sept. Ist
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Sheets Cott ge, |
. Gerald R. Sheetz, |
of town, on September 10th.

and sprinkling can. These |

were complimented by smaller
with Sunday School

Robert Shank,
Joe Reich and Miss Margaret
, all of Marietta,
Jack Bennett, Mrs. |
who preached an
IN COLLISION
Harold Bender PASSENGERS
ON MASTERSONVILLE
1
CORN AND DOGGIE
Mrs
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Everything That
Happened At
Florin Recently

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Brief News From
The Dailies For
Quick Beating
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MARIETTA YOUTH HAS

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An eee
EFFECTIVE SEPT. 1
After September

1, only accidents
SH $100 damage or more or
must be reported |
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THEY OPPOSE CIO UNION
The employes of IX at New Hol -
State Revenue Department.
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CHOSEN POTATO QUEEN
| A Cambria county blonde,
r in the | Mae Gooderham was chosen potato
queen at Coudersport,

evidently have a two-months hitch-hiking
Tuesday they eth trip
climbed abeve $255
J Fairview School, 340 to 78 against union bargaining.

Dr. Jno. S. Gates Mortuary Record
To Return Here Throughout This
Entire Locality
B. Gould, sixty-one,
Katharine Flowers, sixty=-
at Washington Boro.
Hammer, seventy-
Manheim, at his home Satur-

Dickinson
Jane Dickinson, infant
of Jerry and Minerva
Dickinson, Maytown, died
morning at Lancaster
Hospital. Besides
parents she is survived by a
Gary and her maternal
Mr. and Mrs. Mon-
of Marietta RD; and
grandmother, Mrs.
Dickinson of Maytown.
J. Greenly
J. Greenly, ninety-
of David Greenly has
home of her daughter,
Shank, Elizabethtown
Monday.
member of Good
» Church near Elizabeth-
are the following
Jen Shank, Eliza-
old time festival is
for Saturday, August 27
Florin Hall by the Florin
‘0. Program featuring the 101

Iso a Quiz show by
Koman.
of town have pur-
equipment of Huber
of Mt. Joy and will
business of white-
and disinfecting.
and Mrs. N. E. Hershey visi-
and Mrs. R. W. Rob-
Mechanicsburg on Sunday.
and Mrs. John Charles spent
at Atlantic City, return-
Juilders Class of the
Church of the Brethren will hold a
Reunion at the Cove Sunday
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FETED AT SURPRISE SHOWER
Eugene Eicherly was ten=-
surprise shower at her
79 East Main St, Tuesday
white color scheme
out in the gift wrap-
sent were the guest of
Gene Eicherly, the for-
Patricia Kepple, Mrs.
Shupp, Miss Betsy Bigler,
Miss Christine Weidman, Miss Doris
Mrs. Gerald Hostetter,
; Roberts, Mrs. Nicholas
Miss Mary Hipple, Mrs.
Shaeffer and Mrs. George
ADA It mi
PUBLIC DEBT
PASSES $255 BILLION
The public debt, rising as the
overspends its in-