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Advertising that “Pulls” Must Be Placed in a 2 Paper with Reader Interest — Around Here Everybody Reads the Bulletin — ’Nuf Sed
Two Parolees
Admit To Thefts;
Both Are Jailed
Two parole violators pleaded
guilty to theft charges and were
given jail sentences by the County
Court Friday morning.
Both will be returned to White
Hill at the expiration of their jail
terms here.
Harold J. Devine, twenty-one, of
Marietta R1, pleaded guilty to two
counts of larceny and one of fore
gery and was fined $100 and costs
and jailed for one year by Judge
‘Wissler.
Roy H. Shenk, Marietta R1, De-
vine's former employer, accused
him of stealing a blank check Mar.
4th and forging a $50 check which
was cashed by Duplers Meat Mar-
ket.
Shenk’s wife Florence, accused
Devine of stealing her $35 wrist
watch and $250 in cash, while
Levere C. Arnsberger, who
also lives with the Shenks, charged
Devine with the theft of a $10 suit-
case and two shirts, valued at $5.
The Court was informed Devine,
who has a 20-year maximum sen-
tence on burglary charges, was pa-
roled from White Hill last July 3.
An Expensive Ride
Jerome M. Freider, twenty, Man.
heim R2, another parole from
White Hill, pleaded guilty to oper
ating a motor vehicle without the
consent of the owner and was fined
$100 and costs and jailed for six
months.
Chief of police Park Neiss, testi
fied Kreider took the auto of Clyde
BE. Mumper, Donegal Springs, Road,
here, Sunday, March 12, and drove
around for five miles before return-
ing the vehicle.
Assemblies For
Holy Week At
East Donegal Hi
Holy Week Assemblies at Bast
Donegal on April 3, 4 and 5 will
have the following programs: Mon-
day, April 3: Processional - Valera
Johnson; Hymn “Holy, Holy,
Holy”; Devotions; “The Lord Is My
Shepherd” by the mixed choir;
speaker - Rev. William Biechler;
Hymn and Recessional. Tuesday,
April 4: Processional - Marian
Kieffer; Hymn - “Fairest Lord
Jesus” and “Onward Christian Sol-
diers”; Devotions; ‘Hymn of Praise’
and ‘Brotherhood’ by the Maytown
sixth grade; speaker - Rev. John H.
Thompson; Hymn and Recessional.
April 5: Processional - Marion Ney;
Hymns - “Come Thou Almighty
King“ and “Christ The Lord Is Ris-
en Today”, by the assembly; Devo-
tions; “I heard a Forest Praying”
and “The Green Cathedral” by the
Girls’ Choir; speaker - Rev. E. H.
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Jurors Are Drawn
For Coming Courts
The following jurors from this
locality were drawn for jury duty
at the coming court.
Petit Jurors May 1
Blanche Bigler, Mount Joy; Hen-
ry S. Miller, Manheim R2; Donald
Mohn, Bainbridge; Jacob Boyer, of
Florin.
For April 24
Esther Sweigert, Elizabethtown
R1; John S. Wolgemuth, Manheim
R2; Marguerite Fryberger, May-
town; Kathryn E. Sheaffer, Mount
Joy; Ammon H. Snyder, and Sam-
uel Mason, Elizabethtown R1; Rus-
sell Sumpman, Mount Joy, Florence
Starr, Mount Joy.
For June 12
C. J. Musser, Mt. Joy R1; J. G.
Eicherly, Mount Joy; Eugene IL
Herr, Landisville; Josephine Fun-
bar, Mount Joy; Irene B. Haw-
thorne, Bainbridge.
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FIREMEN (WERE CALLED OUT
AUTOMOBILE WAS ON FIRE
Our firemen responded to a call
about midnight Friday to North
Barbara Street, where it was said
an automobile was on fire.
When they reached the scene, the
driver of the car was leaving, stat-
ing the fire was extinguished.
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FIFTEENTH ANNIVERSARY
Mr. and Mrs. Guy D. Spittler,
New Haven street, celebrated their
fifteenth wedding anniversary om
Tuesday. Mrs. Spittler also cele
brated her birthday the same day.
MOST
UP -T 0 -THE-MINUTE
The Mount Joy Bulletin
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LANCASTER
COUNTY

VOL. XLIX, NO. 4

Woman Commits
Suicide, Shooting
Herself In Attic
Mrs. Blanche Viola Campbell, 45,
wife of Melvin J. Campbell, Lan-
caster RS, ended her life by shoot-
ing herself through the neck with
a 12-guage shotgun in the attic of
her home Monday.
State Police and Dr. Joe C. Gil-
bert, Landisville deputy coroner,
conducted an investigation and is=
sued a verdict of suicide.
Mrs. Campbell was depressed ov=
er the condition of her youngest
child, Roland M., thirteen, who has
been confined for some time at St.
Joseph's Hospital, suffering from
blood poisoning and a heart condi-
tion.
The mother visited her son twice
Sunday at the hospital, police said.
The woman's two daughters, La~
berta Mae, twenty, and Patricia,
seventeen, were dressing in their
second-floor bedrooms when they
heard the shot.
The home is located on the Old
Harrisburg Pike near Bamfordville.

MJHS JUNIORS TO
PRESENT ‘STRANGE BOARDERS’
The Junior class of Mount Joy
high school will present a three act
comedy “Strange Boarders”. in the
high school auditorium on Thurs-
day and Friday, April 13 and 14th,
Thelma Sherk will play the lead-
ing role. Others in the cast are as
follows: Bonnie Bigler, John Bow-
man, Richard Boyd, Mary Grace
Bucher, Jack Boyer, Benjamin
Brown, Gary Ellis, John Krall,
Beverly Myers, Ruth Nentwig, Jer-
ry Shupp, Julia Witmer, Vernon
Wolgemuth and Peggy Zerphey.
Anita Myers and Joyce . Garber
are student directors. Chairmen of
committees are as follows: stage,
Richard Messick; tickets, Marion
Smith; properties, Peggy Zerphey;
publicity, James Booth; program,
James Bomberger; make-up, Mari-
lyn Newcomer; ushers, Harold Ruhl
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MT. JOY - FLORIN CHILDREN
NAMED IN HERSHEY SHOW
Residents of Mt. Joy and Florin
who will participate in the Hershey
Junior and Senior Figure Skating
Clubs’ 1950 ice program on Friday
night have been announced.
They include Miss Carolyn Sloan,
five-year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Walter G. Sloan, Florin; Terrey
seven, and Gary, ten, sons of Mr.
and Mrs. John E. Zeller, Mount Joy;
Sandra Eshleman, eight, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Eshleman, and
Linda Koser, eight, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Earl Koser, all of Florin.
The show is being directed by
Jean Wood and George Miller.
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LOCAL YOUTH ENLISTS
IN U. S. NAVY
Harold D. Hess, son of Mrs, Myr-
tle Hess, Florin, recently enlisted in
the U. S. Navy. Harold was accept-
ed for enlistment through the Lan-
caster Navy Recruiting Station, and
is now undergoing recruit training
at the Great Lakes Naval Training
Center, Chicago, Illinois.
Upon completion of his recruit
training, Harold will receive ten
days leave to visit his parents be-
fore returning to the training cen-
ter for hic next duty assignment.
RA
STORE ON CHICKIES HILL
RAIDED BY STATE POLICE
The raid late Friday night was
conducted by Columbia State Police
on a poker game in a small store
on Chickies Hill, between Columbia
and Marietta.
The raid, in which ten men were
apprehended, Arthur M. Rupp, 36,
of Columbia, was charged with set-
ting up and maintaining a gambling
place. He posted bail for a hearing.
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LOCAL REAL ESTATE SOLD
BY LANCASTER REALTORS
Schram Realty Co, of Lancaster
made these local real estate sales:
tract of land with new bungalow
near town on Donegal Sprngs road,
for Henry E. and Mary A. Weber
to F. David and L. Audrey Marsch-
ka; brick home, E. Donegal Twp,
near Rowenna, for the J. E. Baker
Co., York, to Frank M. Lutze, Steel-

ton.

LEGION AUXILIARY'S ORPHAN
KILLED IN FALL AT SCHOOL
Raymond Dietz, 17, of Lancaster,
who was killed Tuesday in a 20-ft.
fall from a fire escape at the Penn-
sylvania Soldiers’ Orphans School,
Scotland, Pa., was the adopted or-
phan of the Ladies Auxiliary of W.
S. Ebersole Post of the local Ameri~
can Legion.
The youth died in Chambersburg
Hospital shortly after the accident
from a broken neck and fractured
skull.
Ladies of the auxiliary are noti-
fied that funeral services will be
held Friday afternoon at 3:30 from,
the Abram Snyder Funeral Home,
141 E. Orange St. Lancaster. View-
ing will be Thursday night.

Enumerators For
Census Named
By David R. Eaby
Enumerators for the 1950 Decen-
nial Census in Lancaster City and
county were announced Thursday
by David R. Eaby, district census
supervisor.
Starting Saturday, April 1, they
will start their trek from door to
door, counting noses and gathering
statistics regarding housing and
farming as well. They began their
training for this work Tuesday.
The list of local enumerators ap~
pointed are:
Bainbridge—George S. Engle.
Florin—Anna L. Hollinger.
Maytown—Walter B. Foltz and
Alice R. Goddard.
Mount Joy—Florence L. Starr,
122 North Barbara St., and Wandala
Hawthorne, 149 New Haven St.
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Warren Bates, Of
Town, Won Tenor
Prize In Contest
Pupils of the Manheim Township
High School captured the major
share of awards at the 13th annual
Forensic and Music League contests
of Lancaster County, held Saturday
at Millersville State Teachers Col-
lege. Nina awards went to the
Manheim Twp. contenders, while
East Donegal Twp. and Lititz High
Schools each won four awards.
Other schools participating were
Elizabethtown, Paradise and Mount
Joy High Schools.
Saturday's winners will compete
in the Southern District contest to
be held at Carlisle High School,
Carlisle, April 15. Date of the state
contest has not been announced .
Names of local winners follows:
Tenor—Warren Bates, Mt. Joy.
Serious declamation—Joyce Esh-
leman, and Sarah Brubaker, East
Donegal Twp.
Humorous declamation — Barbara
Doles, East Donegal Twp.
Class C mixed chorus (54 voices)
—East Donegal Twp.
Class D junior high school chorus
(45) voices) — East Donegal Twp.
About The Sick
Mrs. Bugene Grove, 235 Marietta
Street, is a surgical patient at St.
Joseph's Hospital, Lancaster since
Sunday. Her condition is quite
satisfactory.

Miss Mary Newpher, 83. East Main |
St., was removed to the Lancaster
General Hospital by ambulance on
Sunday, a victim of pneumonia. Her
condition at this writing is improv-
ed.
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Lewis Hart, six yeu vic son OI / Grosh, late of Mount Joy. .
Mr. and Mrs. John G. Hart, 163
New Haven St, returned to his
home on Sunday after being hos-
pitalized at the Lancaster General
Hospital one week. The lad is suf-
fering from nephritis and will be
confined to his bed for some time.
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JUNIOR CLASS OF EH.T.HS.
TO PRESENT “THE PATSY”
Friday and Saturday, April 21 &
22, “The Patsy” will be presented
at East Hempfield Township high
school by the Junior Class.
Tickets are now being sold by
members of the class, get yows
now.
Mount Joy, Pa., Thursday Afternoon,
Sico Co. Makes | County Judges
Contributions To | Fix The Degree
Lanc. Co. Schools & Set Penalty
The Sico Company here presented |
County on March 16.
its eighth annual contribution to the
from the earnings as of December
31, 1949, is Forty-nine Thousand
Six Hundred Nineteen
($49,619.00).
contribution.
The total cash contributions made
by the Sico Company to the county
schools follows. The company con-
tributes to every school district
published.
Columbia Borough, $12,921.00
Conoy Township 2,851.00
Fast Donegal Township 6,175.00
Fast Hempfield Township 7,165.00 |
Flizabethtown Borough 7,829.00
Manheim Borough 7,352.00
Marietta Borouch 3,286.00
Mount Joy Township 3,291.00
Mountville Borough 1,302.00
Rapho Township 4,875
Washington Boro 390.00
West Donegal Township 2.392.00
West Hempfield Township 2.843.00
Mont Jov Rorouch 25 241.00
The contribution to the School
District of Mount Joy Borough was
caused by a desire to transform the
beauties of the Little Chickies Creek
which passes alongside of Mount
Joy Borough into a school play-
ground with a swimming pool which
could only be created by rebuilding
the old broken down dam.
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UNSOLD PA. SPUD STOCKS
ARE LARGEST SINCE 1944
Stocks of unsold Pennsylvania po-
tatoes totalled 3,570,000 bushels on
March 1, largest supply for the date
since 1944, the State Agriculture
Department reports.
A year ago, according to federal-
state surveys, merchantable stocks
of spuds held by growers and local
dealers stood at 1,880,000 bushels,
or more than a million and a half
bushels below this year’s mark.
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118 MEN-BOYS ATTENDED
FATHER AND SON BANQUET
The Father and Son Banquet held
in St. Mark's EUB Church last
week was attended by 118 men and
boys.
The Rev. Howard Bare gave a
whittling demonstration. Jerry Geib
received an award as the youngest
H. N. Nissly, the oldest;
B. Hostetter and Albert
the most sons
present.
and Eli
Brandt for having
present,
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COMMUNITY EXHIBIT MEETING
All directors and committee
chairmen of the Mount Joy Com-
munity Exhibit will meet the
Fire Hall this Friday evening at
7:30 p. m.
A hundred percent attendance is
urged as the business to be discus-
sed is important.
At the same time three directors
will be elected and the annual or-
ganization take place.
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LETTERS GRANTED
Henry N. Miller, Mount Joy RI,
and Christian N. Miller, Elizabeth
town RI, executors of the Henry E.
Miller estate.
George H. Hess, Landisville, and
Miriam E. Gantz, Centerville, ex-
ecutors of the Harry H. Hess estate.
Carrie M. Grosh, Mount Joy
executrix of the estate of John M.
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| PROPERTY WITHDRAWN
The two and one-half story dwel-
ling belonging to Marvin Garner,
located on the road from the Long
Lane to the Iron bridge, was with-
drawn at $3,900 at public sale on
Saturday. C. S. Frank was the auc-
tioneer.

A NEW PARTNERSHIP
Coleman & Coleman, architects of
Landisville, announce the formation
of a new partnership with John W.
Greiner, a native of our boro. It is
now Coleman, Greiner & Coleman
with headquarters at Landisville.
| John Peter
its 1949 report to the convention of | (14 Florin junkman,
public school directors of Lancaster
Public School Districts of the coun- |
ty. The amount to be distributed |
Dollars |
On March 16, 1950, a check mail- |
ed to each School District in Lan- {worn shabby
caster County for its share of this | soiled brow hunting cap.
| He confessed to the slaying of

but only those in this locality are |
| Air Base in the queen contest and
|
|
March 30,
Troutwine, 42-year=
charged with
fatally shooting his neighbor, Harry
G. Eichelberger was sentenced to
The Company is about to make | four to ten years in the county jail
| last Thursday. The two judges fixed
the crime at second degree murder.
Troutwine, watery-eyed and meek
in mien, appeared dressed in a salt
suit, a white shirt,
and gray overcoat and
and-pepper
brown tie,
| felt hat bought by neighbors and
friends. Before, he has always
clothes, including
neighbor, Harry Eichelberger, after
he had been assured someone ake!
care of his pet cats, it was testified
inn court.
Blank-faced and seemingly con-
fused about the whole thing, he told
the court he didn't mean to shoot
the 73-year-old man, that he didn’t
even know his gun was loaded.
He said he just wanted to have
some fun and scare him, he stam-
mered on the witness stand. i
Complete details of the testimony *
which was practically the same
news as published in these columns
recently, was given in less than 2
hours.
Several Florin residents including
Rev. John H. Gable, testified on
Troutwine’s character.

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Ella Martin Is
Second In Alaska
Beauty Contest
Ella Martin, native of East Don-
egal, an Air Force dispatcher in
Alaska, was chosen runner-up in a
Winter Carnival queen contest at
Ladd Air Base, Fairbanks, Alaska,
recently. ise Bgl
With her sister, Florence, she has
been working in Alaska for several
months. Florence is secretary to an
Army officer and the two girls have
found varied and exciting careers
in the Northern outpost.
Ella was chosen to represent the

| in a letter to her parents, Mr. and
| Mrs. Curvin Martin, Mount Joy R1,
tells about the beauty contest.
candidates took a
trip to Anchorage, 350
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she
“The
four-day
eight
Truckload Flowers
Destroyed By Fire
Three hundred flowering Easter
plants were completely destroyed
by fire about 8:30 this morning
(Thursday).
The flowers, loaded in a large
truck, westbound to Hershey from
a Philadelphia florist, kept
warm by a hot water heater in the
rear of the truck. A crossed wire
indicated a short circuit in the
heater which ignited the highly in-
excelsior in which the
were
flammable
flowers were packed.
The truck was stopped opposite
the Lefever residence in Florin and
Friendship Fire Company was sum-
moned. The flowers were; valued
at close to $1,000.
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SPELLING BEE AT RHEEMS
Mrs. Howard Schaffer, teacher of
the Rheems school, announces the
postponed spelling bee will be held
this Friday, March 31st.
The classes will feature a Penna.
Germzn Class, taught by Mr. Benj.
Hambright.
The Bee will be held in commer-
ation of the 45 years of the Rheems
school.
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THAT'S A LOT OF BEEF
Cattle sold through the Lancas-
ter Union Stock Yards in 1949 to- |
taled nearly half a million head
with a total value of $65,000,000.
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THEY BELIEVE IN ADS

the Lancaster Intell yesterday. J
. lice Chief Leonard Tillman, Mariet-
| ta, wro said the
Heads VFW For
1950
CLARENCE S. GREIDER'S CAR
STOLEN AT MARIETTA MON.
A 1941 sedan owned by Clarence
S. Greider, dairyman, Mount
Joy RI, late Monday
night at Marietta, according to Po-
local
was stolen
thief abandoned
the auty after it struck a telephone
pole.
The theft was the third auto stol-
en in the borough within ten days,
Chief He reported
that the car struck the pole on East
Front St. and then hurled out of
control onto the nearby low grade
railroad tracks.
Greider was visiting at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. LaVerne Hinkle,
Marietta, when the auto was stolen
from in front of the house. Damage
to the car was estimated at $175.
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‘Martin S. Brown
Tillman said.

The 195051 Term
Martin S. Brown was elected
commander of the Mount Joy Post
5752, Veterans of Foreign Wars, for |
‘the 1950-51 term at a meeting held
Monday evening, March 27, at the |
local fire hall. Other officers were
Warren H. Foley, senior vice com- |
mander; Harold Wagner, Junior
vice commander; Robert Brosious
quartermaster; Leo Frank, judge |
advocate: Ralph Rice, chaplain; Dr. |
Robert Walker, surgeon; Charles
Baliey, trustee for three years;!
Miles Fink, trustee for one year;|
Charles Bailey and Jack Liggins,
delegates to department encamp-
ment; Miles Fink and Robert Bros-
ious, delegates to the county coun-
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MISS STANLEY, LANDISVILLE,
ENTERTAINS HANDICAPPED
Members of Lancaster Lodge No.
97, American Federation of Physi-
cally Handicapped, were entertain-
ed by Miss Stanley, Landisville, on
Monday evening.

The next meeting will be held
Monday, April 10 in the Stevens
House.
Mrs. Wayne Aungst and Miss
Stanley entertained with piano
duets. Games were played and!
prizes won by Mrs, Mable Aukamp, [
Miss Blanche Browne, Mrs. Ruth |
Naugle, Mrs. Marguerite Watson, |
Harold Toney, Miss Lena Ruof,
Miss Eleanor Swartz, Miss Cath-
erine Beck, Joseph Emerick, Miss
|i
Mrs. Raymond n
Blanche Hackerty, i

Aston, Miss Norma Aston, Miss
Thelma Buch and Miss Ethelyn |
Browne.
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MUSIC WEEK IS MARKED
AT EAST HEMPFIELD
In recognition of National Music
Week, pupils of East Hempfield. |
Twp. High School, Landisville, were |
entertained at two musical programs |
Franklin and Marshall College |
directed by John H. Peifer, Jr,
presented a program which includ
ed a trumpet trio by Al Snyder,
Karl Poorbaugh and Bill Holter and |
piano solos by Ronald Noll.
second program was given by the | sued a pe
ter
Chicago Brass Quartet.
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SGT.. HERMAN A. RIES
SPOKE TO OUR ROTARIANS
Police Sgt.
guest speaker at the Rotary Club
luncheon Tuesday noon at the Hos-
tetter Banquet Hall. His subject was
| nounced,
! burned to death in a $6,000 fire on
| erville.
| plant at Marietta. This awaits the
i Sante Volpe,
| prosecuted for
| side of
| py
{ MILTON GROVE SAND FIRM
| PLANS TREATMENT PLANT
The | Mount Joy Township, has been is-
| and sedimentation units to remove
. |
Herman A. Ries was'
“Safety.” Walter Sloan, president, |
was in charge. Election of officers
has been’ postponed until next
week's meeting.
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Week's Birth Record
Mr. and Mrs, Eric Olsen, 232
i S. Market St., this boro. a daughter,
at 12:04 p. m. Friday at Lancaster
General Hospital.
Dr. and Mrs. John H. Trimmer,
a girl Tuesday, March 28, at York
{ hospital. Mrs. Trimmer will be re-
membered as Pauline Nissly, Florin.
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G-ACRE "ARM BRINGS $6,750.
A West Hempfield Twp. property
of six acres and 31 perches at Kin-
| derhook vag purchased for $6,750 | nia District 4-H D 1
Oblenders’ Furniture Store at by Frankkin Charles, of Conestoga | will be ot i ay Sa Siw
Lancaster had 16-pages of ads in Center from Samuel C. Orem, Jr, Guernsey Sales Pavilion, Lincoln
at a poll c sale
REL
$2.00 a Year in Advance
The Local News
For The Past Week
Very Briefly Told
and Mrs. Frank Germer left
Florida to enjoy a ten
Mr.
Friday for
days vacation.
Mrs. Alice M. Shank, of East
Dcnegal, celebrated her eighty -fifth
birthday Sunday.
Fourteen sea gulls were seen at
the Hambright School, on the Roh-
rerstown-Millersville Rd.
Rototiller and Farm Machinery
Sales, by Irvin H. Nolt, 210 North
Lime St, Lancaster, is bankrupt.
James FE. Hess, of Florin, was one
a number of men caught in a
raid at Columbia Sunday morning.
Ephrata will be the first town in
this section to open a metered park-
ing lot. It will cover a 36-car area.
Two l-room brick school build-
ings at Washington Boro were sold
of
for $440, The ground will be sold
later.
Arrangements are underway at
Columbia to revive the old Keeley
Stove plant as a modern stove in-
dustry.
Stevens Trade School, at Lancas-
{ ter, will accept 75 or 80 boys for
its September term, it has been an-
Two thousand month-old chicks
Leaman's farm near Brick-
At a public sale Tuesday a bid of
$39,000 was made for the Holloware |
courts approval.
Ephrata’s new community hos
pital is facing financial difficulty.
They will soon make a drive fo
raise $150,000 to $200,000.
Mrs. Sara Baer, sixty-nine, Sun-
nyside, was arrested several years
ago for neglecting two children.
Now she was arrested for cruelty to
eleven dogs.
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Activities of Our
Police Officer
The following activities were re-
ported by Chief of Police Park E.
Neiss the past week:
Wm. C. Brusius,
prosecuted for improper
also of Philadelphia,
driving on the left
an intersection.
Both motorists were given hear-
gs before Justice of the Peace
James Hockenberry.
Paul Lehmer, New Cumberland,
was charged with improper passing
at a hearing before Justice of the |
Peace Robert Brown.
William Waltz was arrested on an
and battery charge brought
Sam Hershey. At a hearing be-
Hockenberry, Hershey
and Waltz
Philadelphia,
pass and
assault
fore Squire
withdrew the
paid the costs.
eesti
charges
The Milton Grove Sand, Inc. of
rmit by the Sanitary Wa-
Board for treatment of |
wastes. (
The concern will install settling
the
300 gallons of
water per minute. The system will
be in operation concurrent with the
opening of the sand plant.
The plant is located a short dis-
tance east of Milton Grove, near
the old Hiestand Mill.
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| LANDIS MUST PAY FOR THE
| TOBACCO LATH HE BOUGHT
Irvin O. Hoffines, East Donegal |
farmer, claimed he had not been
paid for 9,500 tobacco lath he de-
livered in 1947 to Marvin Landis
Marietta R1. Hoffines was granted
| $373.75 in"a sealed verdict opened
in Common Pleas Court.
Hoffines had brought suit for $380
charging he delivered the lath to
Landis in September 1947, but had
never received the money due him.
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4-H DAIRY CLUB SHOW
The annual Southeast Pennsylva-
solids from about

Highway Fast.
evening
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Mortuary Record
Throughout This
Entire Locality
Miss Elizabeth Reynolds, eighty,
at Marietta,
Martin Albert Bretch, fifty-six,
at Columbia.
William W. Loose,
at Manheim,
Ernest Butler, World War I vets
eran, at Columbia.
M. Luther Peters, fifty-five, near
Washingtonboro Monday.
Mrs. Isabel H. Shertz at the Ma=
sonic Homes, Elizabethtown.
Elizabeth, wife of Walter A.
Mann, at Columbia, aged sixty-one.
Jacob Eshleman Forrey, seventy=
eight, Columbia R2 at his home on
Monday from the effects of a stroke,
Elias P. Risser
Elias P. Risser, eighty-one of Eli=
zabethtown, died Saturday at his
home. He was a member of Good's
Mennonite Church. Surviving is a
brother and sister: John P. Risser,
Elizabethtown RD, and Mrs. Amos
Caslow, Hershey RD. Several niec=
sixty-seven,

‘es and nephews survive.

Emanuel Eshleman
Emanuel Eshleman, seventy-sev=
en, a retired farmer, died at the
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Everything That
Happened At
Florin Recently
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Miller of
Rheems called on the latters father,
Samuel Shelly on Wednesday eve=
nnig.
Lloyd Bradfield moved his family
and household effects to Bainbridge
on Monday.
The real estate and an unimprov-
ed lot of the Frank L. Fair Estate
will be sold at public sale on Sat=
urday, April 15th.
On Saturday, April 8th, the Hans
ry Eichelberger Estate will hold
public sale of the real estate and
personal property.
Easter flowers will be sold at the
Post Office building April 4, 5, 6
April 7 and 8 at Mt. Joy
at Rutt’s Insurance office. The sale
is sponsored by the Brotherhood of
the E. U. B. Church.
Mr. John Arndt was prosecuted
at Elizabethtown for a stop sign
violation.
Mr. Arthur Shetter and family of
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rn. sent A CI
THE BEACON S. S. CLASS HELD
SAMPLE FAIR IN FIRE HOUSE
Mrs. Jay Barnhart and Mrs. Cal-
and 7.
Kramer won prizes in a Bible Quiz
at the Sample Fair held Tuesday
at the Mount Joy fire
house.
A program featuring reading by
Mrs. Joseph Detwiler was followed
by an auction sale. The affair was
sponsored by the Beacon Sunday
School class of the Evangelical
Congregational Church for the ben-
efit of the building fund.
AG ee
LANDISVILLE MAN REPORTS $80
AND WALLET STOLEN AT HBG.
Jesse Snavely, Jr, Landisville,
reported to Harrisburg police the
theft of his wallet containing $80.
over the week-end. He said the
wallet was stolen Friday «night
while he slept in a midtown Hare
risburg hotel room.
J
SELLING EASTER FLOWERS
The Brotherhood of the Florin E.
U. B. Church will sell Easter flow=
ers at the Florin Post Office Build=

ling and B. Titus Rutt Ins. office in
Mount Joy, next week. Read the ad
on another page.
A A
SPOKE TO FARM WOMEN
Rep. Dague spoke before two
groups of the Farm ‘Women’s Soci
ety telling them about the duties of
a congressman at East Petersburg,
Saturday.
WILL FETE AUXILIARY
Members of Mount Joy Unit Ame
erican Legion Auxiliary, will enten=
tain Unit 34 Auxiliary at a Gavel
Bell Party Tuesday. April 11.
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COUNTY TAX FIVE MILLS
The County Commissioners adop=
ted the 1950 county budget, fixing
the tax rate on real estate at five
mills. That is the same as last year,
FOR DISTRIBUTION
Among the estates adjudicated
was Catharine E. Mellinger, Fast
Donegal township. There remains
$2,956.00 for distribution. i

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