/ \ \ Jr & He © -- ie]. — October Events: Community Exhibit 13, 14 and 15; Lions Halloween Parade and Dance R.W.Reed Is The New Manager At Murphy's Store E. Donegal Drops Plans To Enlarge School Building The E. Donegal Twp. School reports that it has dropped plans for building an addition to their high school at Maytown since the voters rejected a $100,000 bond is- sue to pay for the project. bond issue was Tues- day’s primary and voted down. Dropping the building plan now Frank H. School The proposed submitted to referendum at said R1, means two things Strickland, Marietta Board president: (1) The High School will contin- ue to be two separate buildings in Maytown for its home econom- ~ ics and vccational The home economics department is departments. housed in an apartment house and the vocational deparament in an 4 & old shop building. aA (2) The Schcol Board will be unable to carry out plans to trans- | R. W. REED fer the sixth grades at township | R. W. Reed has been appointed schools at Florin and Maytown to manager of the new G. C. Mur- the proposed high school building. | phy Co. Store on West Main St. Strickland said, as a result, what | this boro, which will open on Sat- he termed crowded conditions will urday. Mr. Reed has been with continue to exist at the two grade | the Murphy Co. for the past 16 | years having started in the stock- | room in the company’s Harristurg schools. | store. He later served as assis- 60 Laymen And tant manager in four other stores in this area. | | | | Mr. Reed comes to Mt. Joy from | Ycrk where he has held the | sition of First Assistant since re- | turning from military service un- Ministers Met Here Monday Nite po- til appointment as manager of the On Monday evening sixty Lay-| Mt. Joy Store purchased from the man and Ministers cf the West Hershey chain Mr. Reed's wife District met in the Methodist po a cs : Church for a Laymen’s Conference. | and two children will join him It began with » dinne- served to |at a later date. all present hy the Hi-Gem Class ee Cee of the church wnder the chairmon- ¢hin of Mrs. Jos. Shaeffer. Then | BEGINNERS & PRIMARY DEPT. following the dinner a few words | WILL CONDUCT MEETING | 2 Ne rer. yo i Dr. The Beginners and Primary De- Alexander Smith the dictrict sun- partment of the Church of God Sunday School will have charge of regular Missionary erint-ndent, who presided over the meeting. Dr. Smith introduced the sveak- | the monthly Sh for evening — fry Wid meeting Wednesday evening, Sep- whem was Dr. Leon Moore, pastor of the Methodist Church | tember 28th, at 7:30. At this time a in West Chester and a former | film in color will be shown entitled Pisiriey Sum. of the "a Dis- | “The Healing of M'Vonlo.” This rict. eo spoke on 1e Advance | a . : For Christ and His Church move- | film represents the wide-flung mime ment in Methodism. | istry to lepers of all denominations Har- The second speaker was Dr. ( Turn to Page 5) rere ll eee A Labor Dispute On New Turnpike Section Monday Sheriff Hemer Fegan of Lebanon | joined through the services of the Aberican Mission to Lepers. Moses M’Vondo, a michievous lovable boy is one of the patients in the leper which is peopled with Christian folk. Everyone is cordially invited to this service. AS .]s' MARIS L. GAINOR HEADS USHERS LEAGUE HERE Officers of the Ushers League of colony, friendly said Monday that he was called to | U. B. Church, here, were elected the vicinity of Lawn where a dis-| at the home of John Booth. pute had developed between the | "hey included: Maris L. Gainor, Patterson Construction Co. which | president; Lloyd Myers, vice presi- is building a section cf the eastern dent; Ralph Geib, secretary; and Turnpike extension and some of | Frank Musser as treasurer; Cur- the workmen. tis Reisch the chief usher and Fegan who was accompanied by | Charles Latchford, assistant; Les- | deputy Charles Gingrich said that | ter Hostetter, program and Harry | a strike of some scrt was in pro- | Ney and Earl Myers, collectors. Several men carrying some | The group voted to pay $100 to the gress. signs, were peacefully picketing, | church building fund and $10 to he added. the church flower fund. = re ee KIRKLAND BROS. SALUNGA The project is a non-union one, the officers said they were told by the contractors. SUE FOR A BAD CHECK It was reported from another J. C. Kirkland, of Kirkland Bros. source that the men were asking | near Salunga, brought suit against a 40 hour week and a wage in- | Bernard Firman, Erie charging him crease. It also was reported that | with issuing a fraudulent $843.75 the contractor has closed down |check. He was arrested on a the job. warrant issued by Alderman Wet- ere Qe OLD OAK SETTEE SOLD FOR ze] and posted bail for a hearing. The check, drawn on the Secur- $29.50 AT SHEETZ'S SALE ity Peoples Trust Co., Erie was Household goods and some an- tendered in payment for potatoes tiques were sold at public sale on August 7. © Payment .was stopped the poses of Roy B. Sheetz on | when Firman claimed the ship- East Main Saturday. | ment was eighteeen bags short. An old coach of wood with | er a parasol top, brought $3.50; and al FIRE CO. AUXILIARY INSPECTS 2 AMBULANCES rocker with the old Dutch grape | design hrought $1650; a child’s | Members of the Friendship Fire rocker, $4.50; two antique Kitchen | Company Auxiliary were shown chair, $6.50 a piece; a cherry wash- | two ambulances at the meeting of | last week at the fire house. The stand, $5.20; and an old oak settee brought $29.50. A U0 4 ene Week's Birth Record Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Lutz, Mount Joy R2, a daughter Friday at the | CHILD ATE MOTH CRYSTALS Ephrata Hospital. Lisa Crider, eighteen months the Mr. and Mrs. Charles Able, Mt. | daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Joy R2, a son Saturday at the Lan- | Crider, 53 W. Donegal St. was ex- { amined at the General Hospital on group is raising funds for an am- bulance at the present time. No [si was taken. The group plans to have a stand | at the Community Exhibit. rr | caster General Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Glen Eshleman, | Monday after she swallowed a W. Main St. a son Saturday at|tity of moth crystals. She was St. Joseph's Hospital. | discharged and home treatment Mr. and Mrs. Chas. C. Koser of | advised. Manheim R2 a daughter at the General Hospital. | GREAT BRITAIN SET OFF | ——-— — | WORLD FINANCIAL TURMOIL SEEK FEDERAL APPROVAL Great Britain reduced the value Federal approval is being sought | of its pound from $4.03 ‘to $2.80. for erection of forty dwellings for | Eleven other nations have followed civilian and military employes of | suit by cheapening their money to +, district of Mount Joy, the Marietta Depot. gain more dollars. IMO sT VOL. XLIX, NO. 17 The -THE-M Mount Joy, INUTE WEEKLY I N Mount Joy Pa., Thursday Afternoon, September 22, 1949 LANCASTER COUNTY ulletin $2.00 a Year in Advance — The Murphy Store West Main St. Opens Saturday Successor To Hershey 5 and 10 cent Store Starts Business In Mount Joy—Restocked With New Mer- chandise. On Saturday, September 24 found in the sings a new name will be when the G. C. Murphy Company starts its ser- vice to the people of this communi- ty. The local Hershey 5 and 10 Cent Store was one of five stores recently purchased by the G. C. Murphy Company from The Her- shey Stores, Inc, of Carlisle, Pa. In record-breaking time the store has been renovated, re-set and re- stocked with all new Fall and Win- ter Merchandise and will be opened | to the public, under the Murphy Banner, next Saturday. The Murphy Company, known as one of the most successful overa- tors of Variety Stores in America overates 220 stores in 12 States and the District of Columbia. Head- auarters of the Commanv are lo- cated at McKeesport. Pa., with (Turn to Page 3) a .ireei='”|n.rpf@frsi”]jpp Girl Scouts Gave $100 To Social Welfare Asso’n The Mount Joy Girl Scouts held a neighborhood meeting in the girl evening with prestnt. Mrs. A. Mrs. W. S. executive scout rooms Monday twenty adults C. Mayer presided. Heisey, of Rheems, field for this part of the county was also present. Mrs. Robert Hawthorne, leader of Troop 96 introduced a new as- sistant leader for the troop, Mrs. Frank Young, Jr. Mrs. Young is a registered nurse and plans are under way for her to supervise the girl's work on the Home Nur- sing Badge. The scouts of troop will sew for the Needlework Guild. this Miss Eunice Herr, leader of the Troop “47, reported receiving a let- ( Turn to Page 2) ———— Rev. Wm. Bollman Sooke To Rotary Club on Tuesday | By Joe Sheaffer The United Drive at the noon luncheon of the Club which President Wall was the theme | Rotary | | met on Tuesday noon. | presided, with Ralph | Eshleman in charge of musical assisted at the piano by Dr. Schlosser. Ray Wiley again did the honors of introducing the guests, and presented three members with a carnation in recognition of their birthdavs. They were William Cov- entry, Clarence Lyons and Curvin Martin. President Walt announced about the Golf Fellowship meet which will be held at the Hershey Country Club on October 8. This was put in (Turn to Page 2) — Oe FRANK BRIAN, TOWN, OLDEST PERSON AT BRIAN REUNION notes, The Brian Clan held its annual reunion at Weber Park, New Hol- land recently. Frank Brian of town was given a prize for being the oldest perscn present and Gregory Brian, also of town was the youngest. Earl Irian, from Manheim was elected president of the clan. A —- HARRISBURG MOTORIST IS JAILED IN COURT FRIDAY Ernest P. Smith, 18 N. Cameron St., Harrisburg was charged by our with his after pleaded guilty in Court in morning and committed to jail in default of $10 fine and costs. He was arrested last July 31. ————— — A TRIFLE DISORDERLY At a hearing before Justice of the Peace Schaibley, at Columbia Mcnday evening Robert Hallgren, twenty-one 269 Marietta Ave. this boro, paid $5 fine and costs on a charge of disorderly conduct. He was arrested Saturday night. local police operating automobile suspension and Friday was LIONS CLUB TO SPONSOR HALLOWE'EN PARADE - DANCE The Lions Eli Hostetter's banquet hall ing, Professor E. W. abethtown College gave a very in- “How Am I Do- met at on Tuesday ever Hoover from Eliz- teresting talk on ing”? Plans were discussed Mount Joy. the lowe'en celebration in The parade, Lions Club will sponsor donating prizes for various James Shaeffer chairman of has the completed at costumes ete. been appointed not parade. Plans are the present time, but entertainment and dancing wiil also be provided at the High School following the parade. A Salunga Man Jailed The Fourth ‘Time Saturday rd of three jail for fourth term in A driver with a rec previous hitches in auto violations drew his county court Saturday, months for In one of the Earl Newcomer, forty- old Salunga farmer, had a hit-run au- SIX zig-zagging previous sentences, the man, C. two served 10 months in to death. His tends over year rd of auto viol2tions ex- the last 11 his driver's rec Four ta- One years times license was ken on four previous arrests. he didn't go to jail time the months in Newcomer was sentenced by Judge Schaeffer to six for drunken 13 at N. Lime and Ful- He $200 county jail driving last April ton Sts. also was fined and costs. Newcomer was convicted on the (Turn to Page 6) re eG WALTER DRAGER BOUGHT AN E. DONEGAL FARM SATURDAY Auctioneer Edgar F. Funk on Saturday sold a 97 acre East Done- gal Township farm for Maude E Moyer at public sale for an acre. Walter Drager, of near Marietta, bought the farm for $25.000. The property is located a ‘half mile south of Maytown and one and a half miles from Marietta. It contains a brick dwelling with modern facilities, large bank barn with shed attached, tolncco shed, corn barn, silo, milk house, pig sty, poultry house, garage and a stream running through the meadow, a —,,ioobb. | PUERTO RICANS, EMPLOYED jot FARMERS ARE RORBFD investigating a $116 in cash State Police are theft of from our approximately Rican wor- on the four Puerto labor farm, off the theft, Thaddeus the the kers at a Roy Wenger Florin, The liceman camp north of Pike. State po- two miles Harrisburg wecording t Nagle, workers were Wednesday The was in suitcases he said. er il ee RAPHO TWP. MAN JAILED IN DEFAULT OF BAIL Carl William Jenkins of heim RD2, was committed to 30 days in default fine and costs at a hearing Alderman llgenfritz Jenkins was arrested by occurred while absent from camp money Man- jail $10 befor for of a Thursday, and city po- lice Wednesday in the 400 block of North Mulberry Street on drunk- enness and disorderly conduct charges. A — MOTHER AND HER SON ARE POLIO PATIENTS AT HOSPITAL Ronald Ney, 13, of Marietta taken to the General Hospital suffer- ing from polio Last week Ney the was Lancaster recently. He was Mrs. Lil- stricken his mother lian thirty-two was with same ailment and taken to the same hospital. me THREE AUTOISTS FINED Justice the Peace Glenn W. Kauffman at Ironville fined three motorists $10 each and costs for auto violations, Among them is Donald R. Eshleman of East Pet- ersburg, reckless driving and Ray- mond Findley, Manheim R2 for speeding. cenit setlist Mr. Hyman Stein of Lancaster and Pearl Williams of town attend- ed the York Fair last Thursday. ‘W. Fackler, Game 55." the Chas. Good, Fish; ‘Wardens Here for a Hal- | POSTOFFICE A SU An Clerk | by | Service AT FLORIN SEEKS BSTITUTE CLERK examination for the announced Third U. S for duty at Florin, ly 1y Director, Civil Region Applicants for emplcyment at the Levi F. Sheetz 2 Boys Attempt Native of Florin To Burn Grade Pastor Thirty Yrs. School Building By Elwood Martin "Post Office, Florin, must report for The following ww concerning Several juvenile boys, aged 9 and Brother Sportsmen: As you can eXamination at the Mt. Joy Post | Rev. Levi. F. Sheetz native and | 10. attempted to cut the current see from the 14th annual report of Office. Applications fcr this ex- former printer and newspaper man! school term short, last Saturday Mt. Joy Sportsmen, we are not only ! amination must be on file with the | of Florin reprinted fron the | morning, by numerous “trys” to putting out game to he killed but | Director, Third U. S. Civil Service | Sept. 3rd issue of the Centre Dai- | burn down the grade schoo] build- we are protecting it. We have Region, 103-A Customhouse of | | ng on Marietta Ave. two game reserves of approximate- Philadelphia 6, Pennsylvania not Paper attached to wires was ig= ly one hundred acres and started | later than the clcse of business on nited and stuck through a mail slot the Mt. Joy Bird Sanctuary for pro- | October 6, 1949. in the door of the supply room on tection of birds and game. Interested persons may obtain the ground floor just inside the Mt. Joy Sportsmen have estab- further information and the neces- | main entrance. Tablets, notebooks, | lished two fish nurseries, and one | Sary application form from the paper, books, ete. are all stored in fish sanctuary at Donegal Springs Postmaster, Mr. Eshbach, located | this room, where an investigation, which was stocked with fish raised by our Association. These fish were released Sept. 1st in the Denegal Run. In the past year, (Turn to Page 4) cise ll BOY, THREE KILLED WHEN STRUCK BY A TRUCK Junior Bear, Mr Mrs. Petersburg the son of East fatally. front three, Benjamin Bear, injured by a truck in He suffered head injuries and was pronounced dead on arrival at the General Hospital. and was when struck of his home. State Police said the truck was owned hy George Geib, near Kis- sel Hill. Brief News From The Dailies For Quick Reading Palmyra boro voted dry by a vote of almost two to one. Nearly 12,000 were added to the >a. Relief Roll last month. 480,000 coal miners in twenty states went on strike Monday. thirty first Rolberies have increased Philadelphia the six months of this year. When the out on strike Monday several rail- roads laid off 26,000 employes. A woman at percent in coal miners walked Coatesville played her radio so loud that it annoyed neighbors one block away. She was arrested. Five tons of coal was scattered in a field when two trucks collided and one upset on the Manheim Road near Binkley and Ober's quarries. When his tractor trailor ran off the road and rolled down a 35 foot embankment near Harper's, Chas. Wall, 30, Souderton was burned to death. —— APPLIED FOR DIVORCE Complaint in divorce: Earl Mar- tin Ginder, 39 of Mount Joy RD? vs Marian Weaver Ginder thirty- eight, 626 Juniata St.; cruel and barbarcus treatment and indigni- ties; married Oct. 16, 1929. —— tl AG A MOVED TO LANCASTER Last week mortician Roy B. Sheetz moved his family and his household effects to Lancaster and that the future. ai. ir —ooorr.2oo JOINED NAVAL RECRUITS A. Plaster R2 was one of five to join the 19th Nava] Reserve Batallion is where they will reside in Gilbert of Manheim as a re- cruit. Fe ve de ve ve de de de de de dhe se se de de ke ke ok he ode ke deo One of Many So frequently we have told you of the wonderful results obtained from Bulletin advertising, but here is one for the books. Last week Mr. Charles R. Peifer placed the following ad in the Bulletin with orders to run it till forbidden. Genuine Duo-Therm Used 3 months. Per- Will sacrifice. Phone 9-15-tf FOR SALE: fuel oil heater. fect condition. 3-4814 Mt. Joy. Mr. Peifer called at the office on Tuesday, told us to discontinue the ad and declared that sold the heater less than an hour after the Bylletin printed Thursday, The ad cost him 35 cents. Further proof that if you want results from advertising, place that he was ad where people will not only see but read it Mr. The has the times at Florin, IS A MEDICAL PATIENT Michael a tobacco dealer and approved a $625,000 program to add two new Crippled Children. ON THE him speedy Pa. —— ee Everything That | Happened At Florin Recently and Mrs. Harry G. Herr tertained on Friday evening in hon- | (Turn to page 3) et rere R. Hoffman of Maytown | former mem- ae semen wae AN ADDITION TO HOSPITAL Authority building new General State wings onto Hospital for ease SICK LIST Chester Armstrong, proprietor of the Washington House, has been confined to his bed for the past week. His host of friends wi recovery. it A Mlle eit oe BROWN’'S LICENSE SUSPENDED The State Liquor Control Board Friday suspended for thirty days, effective Oct. Tth, the license of Andrew B. Brown, West Main St for Sunday sales. 2 sic senna li JUST PLAIN LUCKY Walter Divet, Columbia, escaped with a few hruises when his car failed to make a turn near the Ironville School, turned over three and then hit a pole. en=- | For The Past Week Very Briefly Told by Chief of Police Neiss and prin= | cipal, Charles Heaps, revealed a mass of charred paper inside the door The floors were also splattered | with ink. The boys came forward volun= misde- tarily and confessed their meanor., eens eet) QR ‘Teacher Resigns; ened for the conversion of the coal or of Mrs. Ella Wachstetter, who | celebrated her eighty-sixth birth- div. | LEVI F. SHEETZ Vacancy Filled Mrs. Washstetter received many | ly Times of State College and from | gifts and cards. | Bellefonte: The postponed meeting of the The guests wore: Mrs. Charles Rev. Levi F. Sheetz of Bellefonte School Board was held Monday Latchford, Mrs. Clayton Breneman, | is observing 30 years’ work as | evening. Clyde Gerberich presided. ae Nay Duoler, ps Erma | vasto: in Centre County this | The resignation of Miss Cather- ner, i on Laston, Irs. | month ' v 2 Since 2 Augnstus Shettor. Mrs. Lara Hei fn 20 interview or his 1° Cuskey Junior High School fey Mrs J W McCanley, Mrs. Es- ary th 66 vear old minister sald | teacher was accepted. Mis. Joseph Foo Weaver. Rev. John Gable and (Turn to page 5) | Sedule, of Elizabethtown, who just Souder iy og wa Die TT oy | graduated from Penn State has ac- Juckwalter, Mr. John achstetter, | 5 Mr. Richard Latchford and Miss { cepted the position. Bids were op- | The Local Ne ews furnaces to oil burners in the high school. The board accepted an invitation {o attend a joint meeting of he ber of the State House cf Repre- | school boards from Elizabethtown, was verortad tho Ver Nes vg; - sentatives was reported in a v YY! The Millersville Fi C will West Donegal, Mount Joy Town satisfactory condition at the Gen- | erect a new 245.000 Gre i | ship and Mt. Joy Borough to be eral Hospital where he is a medi- | yp. drivine his nate down the held in Elizabethtown, October 4. ve . 3 | —— - eappationt. | Gap Hill, Park Marsh, Gap RD| took ill and died | HERCHELROTH PLEAD GUILTY CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY Elmer Wclf. Manheim RD3 was| Thomas Herchelroth, of Colum- Board of Health secretary, | arrested for taking a radio from al bia Rl, formerly of Marietta, plead “Charlie” Dillinger, N. Barbara St.,| car and ix guilty to a drunken driving char- is celebrating his seventieth birth- Richard L. Musser Elizabeth - and was fined $200 and costs. day today (Thursday). Congratula- | town is the 1 clerk in the coun- | He was arrested in Marietta on tions, Jim ty commi ne flict August 20th is OM — Earl Land forty f Manheim | ~~ » . R1 urested f hooting and n k R * Fifth Annual ping nei’ d Becker Reunion { George H. Denlin eighty-nine | retired farmer at Paradise, hang At WwW | th’ Flower Show | A lt trom inh oigemuin s barn » annual reunion held hy th The fifth annual flower show of | hy f I : py I gio: y the Maytown Grade School will be Christian B uiter thart IX, ami y of the late anc Mrs. held in the svmnasium of the East | painter at Manheim, fell off a roof | Samuel N. Becker of Manheim, Bast Denegal High School in Mav- listance of 25 fe nd fractured | was held at the home of Mr. and town, Thursday, September 22, 1949 Vis shall Mh: Abner Wolgemuth of Mount All flowers on disolay will he ar- Vi Maude Yottonstel East | Joy RD on Saturday evening Sept. ranged bv the pupils of grades one ; : : : in ith hildr hel to six. The flower show will be | Petersburg | Easter lily that 37 with all ten children and their open to the public in the afternoon | is bloomi the cond time this | families present. The following from 1:30 to 3:30 and again in the | Summ | persons attended: evening from 7:00 to 9:00. During | Thurthan Llovd. of Elizabethtown] Mr. and Mrs. Charles Becker, the 2 band concert will be R3. is bein ought bv Manheim | Mr. and Mrs. Robert Becker and siven by the combined bands of the ; } ; 0 Fast Donegal and Marietta Hicoh | police He is charged with beat- | daughter Cheryl, Mrs. Paul Trim- Schools under the direction of H. | ing his wif (Turn to page 4) Morrell Shields, director of instru Councilman Clavt Newcomer i ——— em mental music in both schools 5 There wil be priz warded f sporting a new Oldsmobile which e o_o f ere / oe nrzes «< Jarae 3 y . all classes of fall fiowers as well a he purchased from our local deal- Activities 0 ur potted plants and novelties | er, Newcomer Motors Inc. | The judging of the flowers will he —— — — P ki Offs in charee of oe Bde ao now many or vou know |B 1Cers Mrs William Simons, and Mrs. H That true) NOW aul nearly a t Volics Parks Nei B. Haines. hief of Police arke Neiss re=- The following grade school teach three tin 8 : auch am freight | two prosecutions: Frank Ma- ers will assist the with their | Il railroads in the untry | der Jr. of Philadelphia, 40 mi. p.h flowers. Mrs. Mae Hicks. Misses Ro en I EY maine Weigle, Ruth Eby, Miriam n tractor trailer anc rat 1d w. Kieffer, Lily Martin, and Sara Mis Mor t Rep d Weaver, Lancaster, 45 mi. p.h. in chlich. or uary ecor tractor trailer. Both were summon- ed before Squire Hockenberry. Throughout This Wednesday Chief Neiss served a warrant on Percy Tschudy, Man~ heim, R4, on a disorderly conduct Entire Locality charge by Eva Mae Christ, Manheim Mrs. E 1 Bubb, se n | R4 f Colun — Monroe D. Hacker seven . Mnheim. Hospital Chapter { at Colu oi Held Card Party ever ( Mount Joy Chapter of the Nathan Bruckhart, ninety-two at | 1 General Hospital Auxil- Manhein t Cornwall ry sponsored a benefit card party Mrs. Fva Hiestand, forty-three, | 5, Tuesday evening in the Fire widow of Ray H nd t Mari- | Hall etta Refreshments were sold. All Mrs. Kate H. Zi proceeds were used to purchase wife of Rev. ( Bret! linens for the hospital. ren Home at Neflsvill Mrs. James Phillips was gener- Harold V McNai burgess at | 51 chairman of the party. Other Middletown for the past twenty | .ommittee members were Mrs. years, died suddenly aged fifty- | Charles Bennett, chairman of food: even Mrs. Roy Packer, card chairman; Mrs. Mary Theresa Rich, fifty- | Mrs. George Albert, in charge of | seven, wife cf J. Milton Reich, t| prizes; Mrs. Paul Stehman, Mrs. i (Turn to page 3) | (Turn to Page 4)