ry rey, | There’s No Better Way to Reach the People In This Community Than Thru Our Columns MOST UP-TO-THE-MINUTE WE EK: Y | N L ANCASTER COUNTY The Mount Joy Bulletin VOL. XLIX, NO. 41 Boro Tax Rate Remains 10 Mills With An Thirty acres of building lots have been annexed to Mt. on petition of the land owners at | Joy borough | the monthly meeting of Boro Coun- cil Monday evening. Mt. Joy Twp. School Board Mon- day night waived any claim for back {axes on the property. Final papers were signed by borough council, the township supervisors, the school board. The land, northwest August. Lineaus Longenecker, resented the council agreed to pay all expenses and the Joy's last annexation located border, petition for Mt. filed next to was who rep- petitioners before $8 Head Tax of advertising and recording the annexation ordinance. Secretary Brian was instructed to have Solicitor Arnold draw up a deed turning the water works over to the Boro Authority. Due to a discrepancy in the or- dinance there was no action taken on the proposition presented by the Joy Company at a recent meeting requesting the vacating of High St. to Pine Sb. A new ordinance wag ordered written designating Park Avenue as the terminal. Council also adopted the 1950 budget. It provides for ten mill tax (Turn to Page 5) 2nd County Music Festival At Mount Joy H.S. March 18 The All-County Orchestra and the Western District Chorus will participate in the second of two Lancaster County Festivals at the Mount Joy High School on Satur- day, March 18. The first of the fes- tivals will be held March 11 at Eph- rata with the All-County Band and the Eastern District Chorus partici- pating. Quite a number of our nearby school students will participate as follows: Ann Helen VIOLINS—East Donegal: Young, Sarah Ann Singer, Heistand. VIOLAS — East Donegal: Brubaker, Ruth Miller. CELLOS— Mt. Joy: Robt. Schroll. Sarah FLUTES — Mt. Sally Ann Nissley. ALTO SAX — Mount Joy: ley Schofield. FRENCH HORN--East Hempfield: James Enterline. WESTERN DISTRICT CHORUS FIRST SOPRANOS Conoy: Joann Licker, Alice Flower and Joycetta Funck: East Donegal: Ruth Moreland and Martha Gerlach; East Hempfield, Judy Shrader, Lois Ga- ble, Joyce Kline and Anna Lee See. Mount Joy: Mary Rosenfeld, Mary Grace Bucher, Nancy Myers and Marian Nauman. SECOND SOPRANOS—East Done- gal: Peggy Hicks; Mt. Joy: Gene- (Turn to page 5) Joy: Shir- Liquor License Money To Be Paid Out By The State Auditor General Weldon B. Hey- that he has ap- burn announced proved payments totalling $3,149,225 to cities, boroughs and townships in the Commonwealth. The represents a refund, out of the li- cense fund of the Liquor Control Board, for licenses issued to licen- sees in the respective municipalities. money | The amount being distributed is governed by the number and value of licenses issued in the municipali- ties involved. The list and the a- mount each will receive in this locality follows: Lancaster city, $36925; Boros: Columbia, $4,675; Elizabethtown, $1- 075 Manheim, $1,500; Marietta, $800 Mount Joy, $1,200; Mountville, $350; Townships: Conoy, $300; E. Donegal $800; E. Hempfield, $1,300; Mt. Joy twp. $800; Rapho, $850; W. Donegal $600; W. Hempfield, $1,250; and E. Petersburg Boro, $300. a Weddings Thruout Our Community During Past Week Miss Mildred Louise Walters, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl B. Walters, Salunga, and Charles Wil- liam Jamison, son of Mrs. Emma F. Jamison, Campbelltown, were married at 3:30 p. m. Saturday in Evangelical U. B. Church, Florin. The Rev. Leroy B. Walters, of Lan- the bride's uncle, officiated, Rev. John Gable, caster, assisted by the Florin. The bride given in marriage by her father wore a gown of white satin with sweet-heart neckline, long pointed sleeves and net train. Her finger-tip lenght veil fell from a tiara of seed pearls and she car- ried a white Bible with a corsage of white gardenias and streamers of Lily of the Valley. The matron of honor was Mrs. Samuel H. Nissley, of Mount Joy; sister of the bride. Mrs. Nissley wore a blue satin gown with head- dress and bouquet of mixed flowers. William E Walters, Salunga, bro- (Turn to page 2) WEEKLY ROTARY LUNCHEON Mr. Wilbur Beahm, supervising principal of our schools, spoke on Education Classification, at the Ro- tary luncheon Tuesday noon. The birthday flower was given to Mr. Clarence Newcomer. One vis- iting Rotarian, Max Smith of Lan- caster was present. Mr. Dave Witmer gave a two- minute talk on Charter Night, at Millersburg, which was held Mon- day night and by Christ Walters, Harold Endslow and Dave Witmer. A meeting of the triplets, Eliza~ bethtown, Lititz and Mount Joy will be held next Tuesday evening March 14th at Hostetter’s at 6:30 o'clock. rece ll A) Geant The Local News For The Past Week Very Briefly Told There remains $16 in the estate of the late Jacob Inners, West Done- gal township for distribution among was attended the heirs. The East Petersburg Fire Com- pany will remodel its fire hall. The salary of the Boro secretary at Lititz has been increased to $90 month due to additional duties past few years. secretary per added during ‘the Elizabethtown pays $850 per annum. The school at Goodville, near Ter- ry Hill, had to be closed because it was impossible to heat the building due to the cold weather. Denver, this county, will pass an ordinance prohibiting the use of air rifles and BB guns. Charles H. Dillinger, secretary of our local Board of Health, is ill at his home on North Barbara street. Quarryville is seriously consider- ing the installation of a sewage sys- its tem. en ce lA CY ST. PATRICK'S DANCE The Junior Class of M. J. H. S will sponsor the St. Patrick’s dance to be held in the high school Audi- torium on Friday evening, March 24th from 8:30 to 11:30 p. m. Charlie Neimer Trio will play for dancing. TURKEY SUPPER, MARCH 18TH Ladies Auxiliary of the Landis- ville Fire Co. will serve a turkey supper on Saturday March 18th at the Fire Hall. Mount Joy, Pa., Thursday Afternoon, March 9, EDITOR OF THE BULLETIN WAS SEVENTY ON TUESDAY, MAR. 7 The Editor of The Bulletin quiet- ly but painfully celebrated his sev= entieth milestone at his home here Tuesday, March 7, engaged in the! toughest encounter in his career. He is battling, and very much so, with one of mankind's worst enemies, Mr. Arthritis. One of the most difficult enemies | known to medical scidnce, he took | a strangle hold on yours truly last October. He has had us hospitalized and bedfast most of the time since then, decreased our avoirdupois by 35 lbs. but during those nearly five months we have been giving him plenty of opposition. We are fighting back and unless we miss our guess we expect to be out to greet the first blue birds come Spring. We'll be seein’ you. —— IVAN NISSLEY, OF TOWN, CAUGHT SAIL FISH 6 FT. 6 IN. Ivan N. Nissley, of Mount Joy, is being awarded a certificate and re- lease button by the Stuart Sailfish Club of Stuart, Florida, for having trolling in the Gulf aboard the cruiser, caught, while Stream there, Mar-Bil, Capt. Bill Frazier, fish which, estimated, measured 6 feet, 6 inches. As a mark of good sportsmanship, Mr. Nissley return- the fish alive to the water. The annual fishing tournament conducted by the Stuart Sailfish Club is now in full swing, with the entered to date inches. The a sail- longest sailfish measuring 8 feet, 5 contest closes in the spring. Cee SUITS STARTED Summons in assumpsit: Pennsyl- vania Manufacturers’ Association Casualty Co., vs. Robt. Rosser, trad- ing as Rosser Construction Co. Complaint in assumpsit: Tide Water Associated Oil Co. vs. H. G. Shonk, Mount Joy. Numerous Fire Alarms But The Damage Is Slight We had quite fire thruout this a number of locality during scares the past week but fortunately all were extinguished without much damage. straw High wind spread burning over a field on the farm of Walter Heistand, Elizabethtown R3, four miles west of Elizabethtown and for a time threatened several buildings. The straw had been spread over the field to be destroyed by fire but got beyond control when it was ig- nited. The Elizabethtown Fire Co. extinguished the blaze. Slight Fire Here At N30 a. m. Thursday Friendship Fire Company was sum- moned to the borough shed on Hen- ry Street where borough equipment is stored, when a drum of oil be- came ignited. Borough employees were heating the oil to repair streets when it be- (Turn to Page 5) eee coll A eer WIFE CHARGES HER HUSBAND WITH ASSAULT AND BATTERY Nathan Zink, 250 Marietta Ave. this boro, charged with assault and battery by his wife, Virginia V, was arrested last week by our Chief of Police Park Neiss. He was jail- ed to await a hearing before Justice Peace James Hockenberry, last of the here. a cell eee: A LOCAL DIVORCE GRANTED Pauline G. Ellis, thirty-nine, 127 N. Barbara St. this boro, from Joseph A. Ellis, forty-two, also of town on the grounds of desertion. They were married November 21, 1927 and separated March 26, 1929. eee + FOOD SALE MARCH 10th. The Ladies Aid of Church of God will have a food sale at the mar- ket house this Friday night at 6 p. mM. Your patronage will be greatly appreciated. ED GBs me ST. PATRICK'S PARTY A St. Patrick’s party with favors good entertainment and music by Charlie Neimer Trio will be held at the American Legion Home on Fri- day evening, March 17th. 2 Cars Rolled Over But All The Occupants Unhurt The occupants in two cars that overturned, one rolling over twice, made miraculous escapes from be- ing injured last week. Mrs. Dorothy Richwine, 21, of Bainbridge suffered head injuries Thursday morning when the car in which she was riding with her hus- band, Earl, was sideswiped and overturned on Route 441, north of Falmouth. Car Rolled Over Twice Lloyd Kautz, twenty, Elizabeth- town R3, suffered from shock but escaped injury when his car rolled over twice after colliding with a tractor-trailer truck on Route 441 near the Marietta Transportation Depot, north of Marietta. He was treated at the Depot dis- pensary and discharged. State Policeman Walter Miller said David Klinefelter, thirty-four, York R5, was operating the tractor- truck north on Route 441 and was in the act of making a left turn -in- to the Transportation Depot en- trance when Kautz attempted to pass and struck the left front of his vehicle. a —— — “STRANGE BOARDYFRS” JUNIOR CLASS PLAY, APRIL 13-14 The Junior class of Mount Joy high school will present a three act comedy “Strange Boarders”. in the high school auditorium on day and Friday, April 13 and 14th, re eel Oe V.F.W SMOKER, MARCH 17 Veterang of Foreign Wars will have a Smoker in the Fire Hall on Friday evening, March 17, for the benefit of the building fund. Engagements Of Well Known Local Residents Mus. Esther Miller of Manheim R1, announces the engagement of her daughter, Martha N. Miller, and Richard N. Geib, son of Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Geib, Mt. Joy RIL Mrs. Nellie Goodreau wishes to announce the engagement of her neice, Miss Sarah Schaar to Cpl Marshall A. Dussinger who is orig- inally from Mount Joy. Miss Schaar is employed by Jen- kins and is a native of Galeton, Pa. Cpl. Dussinger is now serving on active duty with the United States Air Force. They plan to be married soon af- ter Cpl. discharge in July. Dussinger’s ee me eee tl QC eer SPELLING BEE AT CHERRY HILL Friday evening, March 17th is scheduled as spelling bee night at Cherry Hill school beginning at 7:30 p. m. . Classes will consist of two spell- ing, a general information and a Penna. Dutch class. Dialogues and = singing the Mr. Wm. Thome, teacher. re A en CHIMNEY FIRE AT FLORIN A chimney fire at the Harvey Brenner home, opposite Wolge- muth’s Mill in Florin, called out the Florin Fire Company this morn ing (Thursday). Because of the high wind Friendship Fire Company was also summoned, but the blaze was quickly extinguished. ——-— HELD A SPELLING BEE The Salunga Mother's club held a spelling bee in the Maple Grove school house at Salunga. Spelling and general information classes were held. ats FOOD SALE POSTPONED The food sale scheduled by the Ladies of St. Mary’s Guild for this Saturday has been postponed in- definitely. by school. ne. Week's Birth Record Mr. and Mrs. Winfield Zink, Man- heim R2, a girl, at the Osteopathic Hospital. 1950 FIREMEN'S MEMORIAL SERVICE TO BE HELD HERE MARCH 26 Earl Zink was elected first vice- president of the Friendship Fire Co. No. 1 at a recent meeting to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Levi Dillinger. The firemen set March 26 as the date for the Firemen's Memorial Service which will be held in the Presbyterian Church. President Hendrix named a com- mittee to meet with the Walter S. Ebersole Post 185, American Legion to discuss Memorial Day plans for the community. The committee is headed by Paul Brandt. The firemen planned to parade at Strasburg on June 3 as a non-uni- formed group during the firemen’s convention. - a —— Awards Given In Senior Shorthand Classes Here In the Senior shorthand classes in Mount Joy High School the fol- lowing awards are given. The Com- plete Theory Certificates, awarded on the correct shorthand writing style, and transcribing of one-hun- dred words. The following girls have received these awards: Edna Bartch, Fredine Gehman, Marian Breneman, Jeanie Wagner, Sarah Brown, Melissa Strickler, and Ab- bydine Markley. Transcription certificates are a- warded at different speed rates, ranging from 60 words to 140 words a minute. The following girls have received the 60-word certificates: Melissa Strickler, Marian Brene=- man, Jeanie Wagner, and Fredine Gehman. Jeanie Wagner has also received the 80 word certificate. The Junior and Senior Order of the Gregg Artists tests are available to both the senior and junior class- es. This test cansists of copying an article in correct shorthand form. All members of the senior class have received this award, and the B&L To Mature following members of the junior shorthand class: Joyce Garber, Shirley Schneider, and Carmen Fogie. In the senior typing class the following awards have been given. CERTIFICATES — Miriam Loew- en, 46 words per minute; Edna Bartch, 47 words per minutes; Paul Earhart, 33 words per minute; and Mirian Brenneman, 42 words per minute. PINS—Edna Bartch, 45 words per minute; Sarah Brown, 35 words per minute; Miriam Loewen, 45 words per minute; and Jeanie Wagner, 45 words per minute. These awards are based on ten minute time tests, and not more then five mistakes are allowed. BO An Organization For Our Memorial Day Celebration The Citizens’ Memorial Day Com- mittee held their initial meeting last night at the Fire Hall with ten members of various organizations present. The following officers and chairmen were elected: Chairman, Charles Bennett, Jr.; Secretary; Ernest Berglund, Jr.; Treasurer, John Booth; Parade, Ray Myers; Publicity, Joseph Shaeffer; Decora- tion, Sam Dock; Finance, Lester Hostetter; Fireworks, Frank Ger- mer; Traffic & Police, Park Neiss, Jr.; Entertainment, Ben Groff. It was agreed to follow approxi=- mately the program of last year with the Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion Posts con- ducting the memorial services at each cemetery in the morning. The Friendship Fire Company is plan- ning to hold their housing of the fire engines ceremony immediately following the parade in the after- noon. The celebration will be brought to a close in the evening with the awarding of prizes, musical entertainment and fireworks. The next meeting of the Commit- tee will be held next Wednesday at 8 P. M. at the Fire Hall, $2.00 a Year in Advance Religious Film The 2 Kingdoms In Luth. Church The sound film, The Two King- doms, will be shown at Trinity Lu- theran Church on Sunday evening, March 12, at 7:00. This film was produced for tion by Caravel Films of New York, and hag just been released. The new movies tells the story of | the Koerners, a refugee family from Silesia, who are struggling with the postwar problems of home- lessness, poverty and unemploy- ment. They have drifted away from | the church, and the father, ticular, puts his hope in the possib- ility of German's again becoming a great state. terials and spiritual help from a Lutheran relief worker and a Lu- theran pastor, himself a refugee. Yet the father’s basic attitude does not change until daughter is found to be guilty of counterfeit- ing. He realizes that he is partly to blame and that God's law is of first importance. Everyone is in par- his invited to see this picture which deals with problems | which concern all of us. A ee HARRY HERR, FLORIN, STRUCK BY A MOTORIST TUESDAY NITE Harry Herr, fifty-five, Florin, was injured Tuesday when struck by an automobile while crossing Main Street near his home, State Police reported. He was admitted to St. Joseph's Hospital suffering a possible cere- bral concussion and an extensive scalp laceration. His condition is not thought dangerous. Police said Herr was struck by an automobile operated by Stanley Zelonis, 423 S. Christian St., Lan- caster, and taken to the hospital by the driver. 21st Stock Series $16,600 June 1 At the regular March meeting of the Mount Joy Building aand Loan | Association, held in the the First National Bank and Trust Co., Wednesday evening, the direc- tors decided to mature its 21st ser- ies of stock June 1st. There eighty-three shares outstanding a- mounting to $16,600.00. A dividend of 2.6 was declared on installment shares on earnings for are a six months period ending March 31st. The directors decided to open the 45th series April 1st, and each pur- chaser is limited to fifteen shares. A dividend of 1% percent was de- clared for 6 months period on full paid stock. Demands for loans is good and a limited amount of full paid Stoo will be on sale April 1st. your order for stock before date. that | pe etl Gr THE LOCAL BOARD FAVORS JOINING SCHOOL MERGER The School Board Monday night went on record as being willing to join a joint. school district with Marietta and East Donegal Twp. boards. During the session the directors discussed a report on consolidation progress made by Albert Seiler and Paul Stoner. It was announced that the next meeting will be held Tues- day, March 14, at the local high school. Also during the meeting the hoard named Dr. Ralph W. Schlosser, Elizabethtown College, as the com- mencement speaker. — THAT'S THE COURT ORDER Brady D. Hess, Florin, was order- ed to pay $15 a week for support of his wife, Myrtle Hess and three children of this place. An averheated stove caused a fire that destroyed a $5000 tobacco shed on the Amos Ebersole farm near Gap. Lutheran World Ac- | They receive both ma- | Lobby of | Place | No Folks, Its Not Canasta! Just Plain | | How many of you have ever play~- | ball? Perhaps we'd bet- a little differ- | How many of you really know | ed corner ter put the question ent, how to play the game? Corner Ball, my friends, was one of the most popular | this section fifty or more years | particularly among the rural folks. | Ask almost an [r | sports thruout ago, any country born now years or older and he will in- tellingently answer the question. In the days before automobile, adios, even the modern bicycle, the compelled boys of yesterday were their own amusement about the mpst [ to furnish and corner ball was popular. Each Sunday, public farm sale or similar occasion, holiday, young men and many of the grown- the then so | ups gathered to play | popular game, One of the main the game is the fact that three, four, five or almost any number can play. | And while it can be played almost anywhere, the most popular and ad- advantages of vantageous of all places was on a Corner Ball good sized dung yard, now almost extinet on most farms around here, In those days nearly all farmers fed a stable or two of steers. Along with cows,” horses, hogs, ete, come Spring that farmers had converted his entire crop into hundreds of tons of real, honest, productive fer tilizer-manure. Today most of our fertilizer is made on a scientific But it was those manure or ball was so basis. dung yards that comer popular, Thruout this locality, in the days of Auctioneers Chas. Zeller, Jonas Minnich, Cal Pierce, Philip Singer, others; corner ball games al- ways started at noon at the farm sales and continued until near the end of the sale when the dung yard had to be cleared and a ring formed in which to sell the cattle. Many, many were the times that the writ- er saw larger crowds witnessing the ball game, than the auctioneer’s au dience of bidders. Only last week at a public sale and (Turn to Page 2) Milton Mowrer Of Landisville Commits Suicide Milton H. Mowrer, disville house painter, hanging in a tobacco Saturday morning by three of his employees. He was in ill health for several weeks and death was listed J. C. Gilbert, Lan~ disville deputy coroner. His employes were asked to look for him by Mrs. Mowrer who be- came alarmed when he stayed at work later than usual. She said he had been farming some tobacco in addition to his painting work and had stored it in the shed where he was found. A son of Mrs. Annie Hershey Mowrer and the late Alpheus Mow- rer, the deceased was a member of the Landisville Church of God. In he is sur- fifty-four Lan- was found shed early as suicide by Dr. addition to his mother, vived by his wife, Mrs. Eva C. Gring Mowrer; a daughter, Eleanor, wife of Richard Schmoyer, at home; three sisters, Mrs. Elvin Gaul of Lancaster, Mrs. C. Raymond Kauff- man of Manheim RI1, and Mrs. Da- vid Stauffer of Hershey, and one grand-daughter. The funeral was held from the | Koser funeral home Monday after- | : : : : noon with interment in the Landis- cemetery. ree WANT 3-YEAR RENEWAL OF | AUTO OPERATOR LICENSES The Pennsylvania Motor Federu- tion renewal of every ville today called for auto operators’ license once | three years instead of the present annual system. A resolution adopted by the of a two-day conference here among its 57 AAA automobile club affiliates in the “The expiration and renewal of operators’ system to that effect was organization at the | close state, annual licenses under the present annual unnecessary in- the mposes results in convenience to motorists of Pennsylvania and the Department of Revenue tremendous peak loads of work annuolly,” the resolution saidfl nome cesses Everything That Happened At Florin Recently The regular monthly the Florin Fire Company, held next Tuesday evening, 14th, at the Fire Hall. Saturday, March 18 a public sale cf household goods will be held by Mr. and Mrs. Albert Haines, North Market street. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Brinser daughter, Connie Lou, were Sunday supper guests of Mr. Mrs. Samuel Crowl. Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Crow] were weekend guests of her mother, Mrs. Elsie Gerlach at Lancaster. Mr. and Mrs. William Beck mov- ed into the Sumpman property on Donegal Springs Road on Saturday. My. and Mrs. Jacob Stehman moved into the property vacated by the Becks, which Mr. Stehman re- cently purchased from Harvey Campbell. Mr. Harry Cornwell was admitted on { { | | meeting of will be March and and | Manheim, Mortuary Record Throughout This Entire Locality C. Nelson Charles, thirty-six, at East Petersburg last Thursday. Howard L. Rothrock, 66, former resident of Bainbridge, died at New Kensington, Westmoreland County. Jacob S. Connelly, eighty-two, of Lancaster General illness of two in Hospital, after an years. Mrs. Eli Shope Mrs. Edna H. Shope, fifty-three, wife of Eli C. Shope, Middletown R1, died at St. Joseph’s Hospital where she was a patient for six weeks. She was a member of the Strickler’'s Mennonite Church. Mrs. Mabel Smith, of this boro, ig a sis= ter. Mrs. Victoria Bowers Mrs. Victoria May Bowers, fifty seven-widow of William P. Bowers, Rheems, died Monday in St. Jos= eph’s hospital. She was a member of the Luth- eran Church in Perry County. Surviving are these daughters (Turn to Page 2) Brief News From The Dailies For Quick Reading The postmastership at Birdsboro, County won't go begging, There are now eleven candidates. President Truman has flatly re- fused u peace mission trip to Mos~ Berks COW. There were 2430 persons killed in traffic accidents in the United States during January. In a western city a policeman en= tered a burning building and res- cued a crying doll. The child in the same bed burned to death. The Boro of Annville has pur- chased a truck and police cruiser. sr stm A NOW THEY HATCH COLORED CHICKS, FEATHERS WILL FADE Some two dozen chickens hatch- ed at Vineland, N. J. are right in the spirit of the Easter season. Instead of the usual pale yellow or black, their downy loats are red, areen and deep yellow. It's the result of experiments made by Mrs. Aya Mary Kiss, of Cleveland, Ohio, who inoculated 50 eggs with government-approved dyes. About 27 of them produced chicks with other than the normal colors. The chicks were hatched at the Wene chick farm here. Mrs. Kiss explained their coats gradually fade into normal color as they mature and lose their original feathers. el Qn 36TH ANNUAL MEETING The 36th annual meeting of ‘the Board of Missions and Charities of the Mennonite Church was held on Wednesday and today in the East Petersburg Mennonite Church. wo ——— RUMMAGE SALE Friday afternoon, March 10th and Saturday, March 11th, all day, a Rummage Sale will be held at Wol- gemuth Inc., on East Main street, by (Twn to ¥age 2) the Marietta Chapter of Eastern Star, i i § Wn i 1 !