2—The Bulletin, Mt. Joy, Pa., Thursday, September 8, 1919 S y
chool Board's
The Mount Joy Bulletin
Jno. E. Schroll, Editor and Publisher
ESTABLISHED JUNE, 1901
Published Every Thursday at No.
9-11 East Main St., Mount Joy, Pa.
Subscription, per year $2.00
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Sample Copies ......... FREE
Entered at the Postoffice at Mt
Joy, Pa, as second-class mail mat-
ter under the Act of March 3, 1879
Member, Pennsylvania
Publishers’ Ass
Newspaper
oclation
EDITORIAL
A good Democrat says
Americans frequently use a
fad or phrase to death. He
Look at the Five Fercenter,
® ow
song
says,
A well known farmer
suggests a to use the surplus
He thinks it should be
liquidated and put in
nearby
way
corn,
barrels.
We
man
our local weather
will soon wish he was a ma-
With the
changeable not
that.
presume
gician, weather so
he's doing bad at
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When
stoop shoulder today. should
the amount of tax-
bears. It always
you consider a man is
you
also consider
ation he isn't
age,
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LAW VS. COMMON SENSE
New
slight
‘here seems to be a very
misunder-
law
discrepancy or
the
that went in‘p effect September 1si
standing 1elative to new
relative to motorists: and school
busses. The one who wrote the
law cculd have erred. But, be that
as it mayv—any moterist who strikes
an innocent child getting on or off
a school bus. has absolutely no re-
spect for our laws or our children.
The
play safe by stopping, thereby pre-
wise motorist will always
venting an injury or taking 3 life.
The
ne right to drive a car.
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UNION VS. UNION
and
absolutely
other fellow has
having
the coal
the AFL
and ‘he CIO are crossing swords as
the
many of the
Lewis Murray are
quite an argument about
miners union they head:
bargaining
industrial
land;
the
may
to whom shall be
agency at
establishments thruout the
aleng comes James Petrillo, of
musicians union and says he
withdraw the musicians from hotels
theatres, night elubs,
unless the AGVA quits herning in.
That locks
we are
much as though
TOO
land.
Very
having just a trifle
MUCH Union thruou' the
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INCOMING TALES
anglers returning
for de-
fish that
fisherman
i.ocal are
set
the
Scarcely a
frem vacations, all
tailed description of
got
but
away.
has a tale of woe, of how a
finny specimen of enormous girth
and fantastic length, broke the
line, snapped the pole. shook free
of the hook tore the net. It
might be true, you know. A
fish that you don’t catch always
appears lerger than the ones you
land. The swish of tail, the
fight and slash and breaking wa-
ter, seems to denote great
strength and durability. We
shouldn't question all of these
fish stories fer who knows but
that tomorrow it may be our own
circulated around.
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CONSTITUTION
A citizen
emphasis
that is
DAY
says we place more
upon the constitutional
rights than at any time in Ameri-
can History. In
ligious
and
for equality,
Constitution.
the
racial re-
struggles
the
management
they p-int to
and voice
rights and wrongs
the Constitution.
ef groups and
base claims to
To pre-
serve i‘, to oppose ‘entangling af-
liances’ v/'th fireign
that would endanger
to preserve institutions
traditions, to deepen
all cemes under the heading of
the Constitution. Preparedness
to fight for all of this, is our own
Labor
according to
There
individuals
life and
protect
alot
that
freedom,
are
upon it. and
countries
our own,
the
patriotism,
and
debt and obligation. Constitu-
tion. Constitution Day reminds
us of the strength in unity and
understanding.
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NO EASY JOB ANYTIME
It has been suggested that Con-
gress 1emein until the
first of the year, rather than ad-
in session
jeurn, t» complete some of the
unfinished business on hand A!
Congressman who works hard af |
his job, constantly faced with the |
|
radios. ete., |
conflicts and harrassment from in-
side the €
tuents
the consti-
probably
ngress and
without, is
out
now
worn with legislation. Being
in need of a rest, would he do
justice, use sound judgment on
the unfinished business? Too,
perhaps the public needs a vaca-
tien from Congress. Maybe it
gets kind of tired of the frustra-
tion and “back biting” that goes
on while the Body is in session.
A reader suggests that if folks in
Washington would do less talking
and give more action, all of this
work wouldn't be piled high on
their desks. Could be!
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A BUSY TIME
School again and parents are
kept busy adjusting life to meet
schedules. Vacation usually
means later rising for children as
well as later bedtime. That is
changed when school starts. The
continued after
This
more
music lessons are
the
practice
means
sched-
all
summer lapse.
periods and
School
ules. supplies aren't
in order. Fall clothes are occu-
pying a large part of the budget
and the parent's time. The care-
{ree air of summer and play now
changes to a more serious nature.
There is work to he done.
The return to school should be
| pleasant yather than distasteful.
There is the renewing of friend-
ships that may well last the rest
of your life. There are activi-
ties, social and recreational, that
most children enjoy. These
young people juin together in the
pursuit of knowledge, to grow to
be wiser. better men and women
through the
of considerate and the upstanding
So it is back on the job again,
help and instruction
a mighty important job. We do | sections nor could we decrease the
wish ‘a happy, successful school | of teachers we employ. If
year to children and the parents | of the above conditions do
and teachers. ceeur (increase either class section
e 0 or the number of teachers), it is
MORTGAGING THE OLD our intention to limit the number
HOMESTEAD | of non-residents. We must real-
Financial stress brings mortg: ize, too that these ncn-residents |
ges and a sorry business trans- | are the source of considerable
action it is for the man who now revenue each year. From tuition
wents to be free of debt. Times | we get $9,000 more each year.
| have often caught us with a high | Shculd we have no non-residents,
mortgage proportion. and the | we would have to increase real es-
significant of economic conditions | tate taxes to recover the sum now
in the coun'ry. Though we raised by tuition. We therefore
are having anxious moments to- | feel that the acceptance of non-
day, it is heartening to learn that | residents is a financial lonfit at
nearly three out of five nonfarm | this time.
homes are mortgage free. The We have alse been asked if this
last estimate of farm homes was | move is necessary should there be
in 1945 and there were seven out | consolidation of schools in this ar-
of ten unmortgaged, at that time. | ea as now occurring in other coun-
There was a prosperity that gave! try areas. While we cannot an-
people the opportunity to pay the swer this question definitely, it is
debts, save money, liquidate the! our belief that any consolidation in
mortgoges. It is good that these our area would require the erec-
who made meney were prudent | ticn of a senior high school (grades
ensugh to take care of the lean 10, 11 and 12) somewhere in our
days that might come. Too | areca, by the State building author-
many war profits bought unwise- | ity It would be paid for by the
ly, needlessly, with no thought | state and rented to the participa-
of the tomurrows. But humans | ting districts. Our present high
are such that you will always | school building would then be us-
find foresight among many of ed f elementary and junior high
them, and so that old bug-bear school students. Since however,
‘mortgage’ is marked off. It | no plans have as vet been advanc-
makes for better sleeping too! (ed for consolidation in this area,
———ll 0 Wer we cannot be certain what the!
| trend would be.
Murphy Co Buys After a full consideration of all
. factors, your school board has de-
(From Page 1) cided that the best soluticn at the |
tirety with the exception of the | present time is to build the addi- |
merchandise The remaining two | tion, for it will relieve
covers the purchase of fixtures and |
leases only
Possession of the stores will be
okiained by the Murphy Company
n Sept. 15 which time they
will be tocked with all new
nerchandise and immediate opera-
tion begun under the new manage-
me
The acquisition of five addition-
al stores brings the Murphy total
to 220 units, located in 12 states
and District of Columbia Their
weadquerters are at McKeesport ir
Pennsylvania with buying offices
n New York City.
Ti tore here was remodelled
two yea o for a Hershey Store
and fq rly had been the location
of a Trimmer Store Jacob Stauf-
fer of Moun Joy 1s manager of
he store hich employs six per-
ere |
WHEN AND WHERE 18-YEAR
CLDS CAN REGISTER
Selective Service Boards have |
been placed on short time, therefore | science
the office at old City Hall, 32 Penn |
Square, Lancaster wil] be open for |
Mount
Northern County
Joy and vicinity, in fact all
registrants only
on Tuesday from 8:15 till 5:00 p.m. |
and Thursdays from 12 noon till 2
All
required to
p. m. eighteen-year-olds are
register as previously,
likewise all returned veterans ,just
cut of service. This is Local Board!
No. 83,
clerk. |
Mrs. Elizabeth C. Gegg, single body of water on
| surface of the globe.
(From page 1)
oom for agricultural class instruc-
tion It is
vert the present agricultural class-
then planned to con-
room into a homemaking depart-
ment This will enable us to
bring back to the school grounds
II our students They are now
going “downtown” for homemaking
and agricultural shop classes. In
addition we gain three more class=
rooms by this addition the
present general shop room, the
oom used for a cafeteria and the
ent kitchen At least two of
hese rooms can be used for ele-
mentary classes, if our present
high enrollment continues in the
lower grades
In the elementary grades our!
most crowded condition at the
present time is in the Maytown
School We have about 235 stu=-
dents enrolled here -- an average
of almost 40 students per rcom,
Our present enrollment at Florin |
is about 125 students -- an aver=- |
ge of 31 students per room. The |
size of the heginners class seems
to be increasing each fall. It ‘is
therefore to be expected that the
total
will
several
schools
for
Jy hous-
enrollment in these
not decrease -- at least
years to come.
the sixth grade, for example,
school
mg
in high rooms we can re=-
lieve crowded conditions in both
elementary schools.
We have been asked if it is not
true that we could relieve crowded | designer at
conditicns not taking non-
We
now by
resident, or tuition, students.
now have eighty such
They are enrolled in grades seven
to twelve. They do increase ‘the
number in each class section but
if they were entirely eliminated’ we | a
would still have the same numb:
f class sections although the num-
ber in each class would be de-
creased by four to eight
Jy refusing to take any non-resi-
dents we could not eliminate
present
crowded conditions and at the
students. |
any |
|
same time be in line with possible |
consclidation at some future time. |
If you agree with our decision, we
hope you will vote for it at the
September primary election, at |
which time it will be placed cn
the ballot. We hope for a favor- |
able response from all citizens who
Lave the best interests of their
schocls at heart. We urge you |
to vote for the loan and we hope
you urge your friends and your |
neighbors to vote for it.
Our schools reopened last Thups- |
day, September 1st. We
ber 16th so that rural students can
ald in harvesting fall crops.
eral new teachers have been em-
ployed They are as
Miss Doris Yost,
Miss Winifred Houck. girls physi-
cal education; Miss Margaret Har-
Mr. Stanley Dotterer,
math and Mr. Ellis
biology and general
Mrs. Whitekettle,
who taught home-making last year
nish, art;
clence and
Kreider,
Loy
will menage the school cafeteria.
Miss Houck succeeds Mrs. Joan
Saylor who resigned last spring |
and Mr. Kreider succeeds Mr. Jack
Ray, who resigned recently to ac-
cept a position in Lemoyne.
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LARGEST WATER BODY
The Pacific Ocean is the larg-
the |
shall |
have short sessions through Septem -
Sev- |
follows: |
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home-making; |
Rotarians Hear
Interesting Talk
On Toy Making
By Joe Sheaffer
As usual this past Tuesday found
Rotarians and
Rotarians, visiting
guests traveling to Hostetter’s for
the meeting,
charge of President Walt Sloan.
The
noon which was in
singing was in charge of
maestro Ralph Eshleman, Adam
Greer introduced the visitors, Sec-
retary Les Koder gave the attend-
ance report for the month of Aug-
use and Sam Miller spoke about
the weather.
President Walt announced about
the Clam Bake on Wednesday eve-
ning at Hostetters’ which
family affair, and also that the Di-
rectors would meet at his home on
7:30.
another attend-
Tuesday evening at
The
ance contest on Tuesday, under the
Dave
Simon
has set as
club started
guiding hands of captains
Witmer, Christ Walters and
Nissley Walt
one of the goals for the club an av-
President
erage attendance for the year of at
least 90 percent.
Art Mayer who
the
off states, introduced Jac-
ob Brubaker Mr.
Brubaker, a native of Mount Joy,
now residing in Lancaster, is a toy
the Hubley Mfg. Co., of
has been vaca-
tioning for past six weeks in
many fai
as the speaker.
Lancaster
Mr. Brubaker on “Toys”,
spoke
students. | and various trends they go through
He displayed a catalog printed for
Huble Co. and dated 1894, showing
the line of cast iron toys so popular
the
few years back. Following
cast iron age, came the wood age,
dnd at the present time the plastic
and die cast
toys.
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WORLD WAR I VETS TO GET
INSURANCE THIS MONTH
Alout» 435,000 holders of
World War 1
ceive special dividend checks
veteran
will re-
that
msurance
from a few to several hun-
dollars
announcement ot
range
dred this month, accordin
to an
Administration.
£40
| ments will be persons who took out
U.S, Life
ans
Sharing in the million pay-
Government Insurance
on a permanent plan at any time
prior to Jan. 1, 1944 and kept ii
in force through Dec. 1948.
| VA emphasized there is no con-
nection between this dividend pay-
ment and the forthcoming special
divided on National Service Insur-
once. Assets of the two insurance
programs are maintained In sep-
arate funds the VA stated.
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DEEDS RECORDED
J. Miller Esaleman, Landisville
to G. Melvin Nerhood, Landisville
lot of ground in Landisville.
Lloyd F. Shank. Mount Joy to
Ann Shank
and
Lloyd F
of Mount
and Josephine
Joy, tract
St., Mount
Dorothy Y.
Willard F.
Roadarmel, Elizabethtown a
Joy
premises
on Fairview Joy
Bruce W.
Mount Joy to
Cheera
Halk,
and
and
building in M
apartment
Twp. for $12,600.
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NATIONAL PRESS BUILDING
WASHINGTON, D. C. cl
i By Anno Goode
Summer's on the wane and how most
of us anxiously look forward to cool
Fall days! Meantime, there is always the
exciting talk about Autumn fashions to
pacity us. Biggest news to date seems
will be a |
the Veter-
FROZEN FOOD
Ice Cold Watermellons half or whole
Donald Duck Orange Juice 27¢,
Fillet of Haddock 1b.
Fillet of Cod 1b.
Chicken Pie ready to bake 49c &
Crab Cakes
Cut up Chicken Fryers ib,
¢ for $1.00
80c
40c
79¢
47c
60c
Open Daily 8 A. M. to 5:30 P.M, —— Friday 8 A. M. to 8 PP
DIAL 3-5136
Mt. Joy Frozen Food Lockers
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ESTIMATES CHEERFULLY
AMOS 5. NEWCOMER
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FOR THE GRANTING OF RETAIL LICENSES AT
TUESDAY ELECTION
AMERICAN LEGION
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Help The LEGION To Help You:
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QUESTION:
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better?
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THE EASIEST WAY TO
TRANSFER MONEY
to be advance Paris styles which feature |
straight and shorter skirts
*
Grapes are on the plentiful food list |
for September. Serve as a fruit for
breakfast or make a big luncheon or
supper salad bowl beginning with crisp
greens, then grapefruit and orange sec
tions mixed with apple and banana
slices. Top with small bunches of grapes.
Serve with side bowl of dressing made
of two parts French dressing blended
with one part real mayonnaise
*
Add to pet poison ivy cures this one
recommended by the Dept. of Agricul
ture. Bathe affected areas with hot
water as hot as the skin can stand
Many who have tried this remedy have
had relief for several hours :
* *
= Sufficient stuffing for chicken is easy
it you remember this easy rule. Allow
3 cups of fresh bread crumbs for a 4-
pound fowl, 4 cups for a 5-pound bird
* *
When sheer curtains become faded
and color-weary near summer's end,
take out old color with white color re.
moveryand re-dve; with all purpose dve
Pastels are fresh and pretty and a nice
change if you've had white or cream
ones up. * 7
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of food coloring. Cover jar and shake
| Sprinkle on cake frosting. mt.
Pretty cake decoration is colored co- |
coanut. Just fll glass jar about half ful! |
| of shredded cocoanut, add a few drops
Whether the person you want to pay is three
blocks away or three thousand miles away, you
can simply draw a check and mail it. A network
of correspondent banks all over the country is
1
ready to help speed the transfer of your funds
by fast trains and planes. There are more than
351, million checking accounts in American
banks. The people they represent know that
paying by check saves time, effort and money.
Enjoy these advantages. Open an account here.
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What have other groce
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got?
We have always prided
ourselves on our qualily
foods, low prices and fine
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But we don’t pretend that
our stores are the only good
stores in America; and even
the best food stores can be
improved.
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Pure Lard
1-lb print
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So if you should find a
better product or finer
service of the type you
think we should have at
A&P, please let us know
about it. Write:
Relations Department,
A&P Food Stores
420 Lexington Avenue
New York 17, N. Y.
Northwestern Large
"FRESH PRUNES
LARGE
SIZE
3. 25
3 29°
BEANS 2
MARYLAND GOLDEN SWEET
Potatoes 4 19:
Golden Blossom
SLICED
Pineapple
Fancy in Extra Heavy Syrup
27
Sliced Apples cr
Apple Sauce 7
Nibiets Mexicorn a
Del Maiz Corns. 200
Daily Dog Food I. &%°
Pancake Flour 20st
Oleomargarine " :
Salty Thins 77" gi
Red Delicious
APPLES
Fresh String
20-01
can
Desseris 00.0" 4... &3°
Luncheon Meal + 3 °L.00
Hamburgers 0 ogee
Tuna Flakes 0.07 uP
Yona Peaches |... 2745¢
Pastry Flour; "34° 65¢
Dash Dog Food
Laundry Soap
Te 5°
3. 20¢
2 bres of 2 od 23c
Apricot Nector oo... 3c
Chewing Gum & Life Savers 3 ries 1@e
Candy Bars 6 has 2c
Tomato Catsup Hunt's 2. 23c
Reqular
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83 E. Main St. Mount Joy, Pa.
All Prices In This Store
Are The Same As Those
in Effect In Our Super Markets
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